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Subscribers VOL. 121. NO. 75 C3 rt- Main :wg V- m-.K$ dy~%} |Hospitals Jutted -.JL„ TiMUI4 wDMMTokiTs&M -The death list resulting From the explosion of a car load of gasoline in the Santa fe railway yards here late yesterday was raised to forty aday when five of the injured jiied in local hospitals. Search fers are still digging in the of a pool hall for six otdies supposed to to hurled lore. Seven bodies were re fwrathst ptaH»"ls«t jht. The known Injured till is estimated at 200, al iongh it is believed there &re scores of persons with oinor injuries whose cases a-ve not been reported/ Caused by Spark AHDMORE. Okla., Sept 18.—A park from a workman's hammer cost jio lives of. forty persons, serl nsly Injured 200 others, and caused property damage of 1600,000 here esterday afternoon. Two workmen were repairing a tank »r in the Santa Fe railway yards, he car contained 250 se. In the car. There was a ter exploslon, followed by many les pr ones, [The Ardmore rallwav station, used klntly by the Santa Fe, Frisco and lock Island lines, was demolished, tie Rock Island freight shed and fores of other buildings were est Hre by the flying liquid: The flames Tead rapidly until nearly all of Main Ireet appeared to be a furnace. The fll of smoke created, prevented ef ctlve rescue work Many of the ^8 were not controlled until late s» night. iThe city waa under martial law to *y. Scores of workers are digging smouldering ruins for bodies and Isculng those Imprisoned In wrecked Jlldinjcs. Thirty-five bodies had been revered early today. The hospitats ^re filled with injured and private pmeg were caring for scores. Physl ^ns from Wilson and Marlette were a'ng. IMany of the dead and Injured were Jmoved to thelf homes by members their families and it was impoa '.e early today to make an accurate Pre8# jiB •. of The Daily Gate City aro served the full Leased Wire Service of the United Press Associations. Street Became Roaring Furnace and Forty or More Live# Were Lost When Ard more was Set Ablaze. BIG TANK GAR Of Oil EXPLODED leased Wire Service.] BROWNSVILLE. Texas. Sept. 28.— £"e hundred Mexicans are massing fug the Rio Grande opposite Pro- fernoon. The movement Is so open ,aved to be a feint to draw perlcan soldiers to that point while Mrs cross the rlter farther to the I0?1*'1 of are Filled With Wounded Citizen* -i While Workmen Search the Ruin» for -4 Bodies I'ii of Cither Victim*. ^valry sad a com- of infantry are now stationed at HErU\5n—-'—e fp«tag the crossing. It Is the Mex*cans RPt t° cress, it will be at Galveston that wire Service 11 estimate of the toll. Comparatively barrels of gase- One of the workmen struck the ir a blow with a hammer. A spark suited and Ignited the fumes from 'eak Identified, aa many are burned and mangled beyond recognition. Fifteen of the bodiea are those of negroes. In addition to the railway station, List, of D.s«4..' The llsi of dead lnej -HfeffBT 8TM8, Sa burned. ^s" 'flagmaaf MrUTON TAYLOR, employe Daw son Produce company, head blown off. B. J. COX. 50, fireman, brick plant. C. A. OOULiD, 50, poultry dealer, killed while seated in wagon. IRA WOODS, employe reflnery com pany, working on tank car, blown to pieces. CHARLES R. SMITH. 45, former policeman, killed by falling wall. M. E. ATKINS. 55, transfer man, killed by falling wall. BRESTON BLASE, Safcta Fe flag man. 'f•• REUBEN WARREN, farmer. 8. T.-WTFORD. 40. cook. WILLIAM ORAHAM, employe refin ing company, burned to death In the depot SAM STALLOUP, six, killed by fin ing wall. F. D. CORNELLi^'ifW^:W-^yfe THOMAS GILKEY. FOUR UNIDENTIFIED .WHITE MEN. UNIDENTIFIED INDIAN. The War in Mexico FIFTEEN UNIDENTIFIED QROE8. HENRY HILL, burned to death ini freicht shed. [Latest Developments Among Our Revolution ,ary Neighbors of the South. NE- UNIDENTIFIED BROTHER OF HILL, perished with him. MRS. ROBERTSON, killed In depot JOHN COLLINS, killed by falling wall. W. J. 8TALI/3UP. vt 5:: MRS. CLARA DAVIDSON! 4 SAMPSON CRISP. WILLTAM DENTON. ALBERT WRIGHT. JAMES HICKS. S. B. BERRYMAN. BENJAMIN WATERS. ALBERT WASHINGTON. ALLEN RUBY. ABRAHAM BENJAMIN. LOUIS BONNER. TAYLOR STBRRETT. :'Vj A: -:Ak ^'•4^ TV, LUTHER ARNOLD. I WILLIAM METCALF. 3 (Continued on page 2.1 SSf# there, fired into the house. Mabel Car ter, a daughter of the rancher, was struck in the arm. Two brothers rode their horses to Harllngen and gave the alarm. A detachment of Infantry *t was reported here this was sent to search for the Mexicans. Trooper R. J. Johnson, who disap peared during the Progreso battle Fri day, was still missing today. Private Smith, one of the men sent out to search for Johnson, has also been .tace M, !countryrden at this time. Soldiers are icfc the cavmlary border patrol, rnah««t at. I banl in he of A a at a It tfu rumored that Mexicans have w^Um«i—made William Philip 8lnwns, United Prsss Staff Corrsspondsnt] PARIS, Sept. 28.—The greatest battle the year on the weatern front ilng waged today with even mor/. lous attaeKa than character lx»f ie beginning of. the Anglo onslaught /Ing ataggered the fcalaer*a arm /•S xrlth one mighty smash, the alllea ,v back and reformed for another aw. That explained the apparent slackening of the offenelve Indicated 'Mn yesterday aftemoon'a communique. The second sfoks waa made laat night with artillery cannonading and Infan try leaping to the attaete Dispatches received here during the night aaid the Germane were yielding ground "yard by yard In the Cham pagne, fighting bravely, but going down before massed ohargea of French bayonets. The enemy haa made eev oral attempts to stem the advance by flooding the area before their trenchea with clouds of aaphyxlatlng gaaaea. High wfnda aw«pt the Vapera away aa they left the German trenehea. The chalky hllla of the Champagne region •re throwing up great white clouds cf dust under the conatant hammering ^f Prttfisft and Qertnan shells. Dead and wounded are being mantled by a enow whlta powder, epfotched with ortm- The Germane under Cfeneral Von Fabeck are battling desperately In the Champagne to aava the Bazancourt- the buildings of Swift and Company, Argonne railway tow«rd whlph the Pennington Wholeaale Grocery com- Anglo-French armlea have bean moj^ pany. Whlttlngton hotel, Maddin and Mng alnss early Saturday. All the Company dry goods, and Dewltt Cigar French galna are being held and the company were destroyed. The plants newly captured posltlone improved to of the Dally Ardmorlte and Statesman meet counter attacka. "were badly damaged. Not a building To ths north, the British srs rsport on Main street escaped damage, either |ed to be mak I ng fUrtTKI' from tha exploaion or the Area that der the greatest dlWctyiea. The fn(inw«L strongest defsnsivs line of wte western 1 front raachea from Arras northward to ths aaa. Against this hard barrler General. French works and Improved their hold on the territory'before Mone by capturing ad ditional trenoh sections. ••'''fei FURTHER OAINS. PAR 18, Sept. 28.—Despite the most obstinate resistance the French have made further gains both In the Cham pagne region and'around Arras, ft waa officially announced thle afternoon. The fighting of the laat twenty-four -1Continued on page S.) pA TURKEY [United Press Leased Wire Service.] LONDON, Sept 2B.—The Mussul man population of Adrlanople haa zls en In revolt sgainst Adll Bey, Turkish vail of Adrianopie, according to the Athena correapondent of the Exchange Telegraph who cabled today that the vall'a two aona and" two chauffeure were killed and hie wife Injured by |r mob. "The correspondent reported that money is being removed from leading Turklah banks and transferred to Asia Minor and that Inhabitants of villages along the eea of Marmora have been ordered ta hold themselves in resdlness to evacuate. AMMUNITION HALTED. ATHENS, Sept. 28.—Two thousand wagone laden with ammunition for the Turks are maeaed near the Hungarian Which xkt ment. torlc battlefields—and ii. um Junius. »«. sent Wjord that they intend to cross s»»m P®* I proportions. The climax of the en nwe» ii'sa JSrSSTwTJ•S.».TB'S •y.tiy Of Mexicans lard regarding preparations to meet I personal experience meetings KEOKUK, IOWA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1915 [United Press Leased Wire Servlce.J LONDON,, Sept. 2S. Dispatches from Stockholm today reported heavy firing off the southern coast of Swed en early yesterday. It waa atated that the/fog waa so denae, inooming sklp pres could not aee what waa occur ring, but it was believed German war ahlpa were engaged with British cub marlnee attempting to enter the Baltic. [By Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff Correspondent.] LONDON, Sept 28.-—Slight addition al progreaa along the French front was recorded In this afternoon's of ficial Paria communique dealing with the great Anglo-French offenelve, but there la evidence that the Germane have recovered from the flret blowa and are now'*1 holding their own at moat sectors of the battle front. The French communique waa brief. It reported gains In both the Artole and the Champagne region, but laid stress upon .ths strength of the Ger man positions now being a tucked in jthe champagne, thereby giving warn )ng that Military critics here, however, do not expeot any amaahlng gains through Gorman Unas such aa were reported on the first day of the Brltlah attack. They believe that the Brltieh on slaughts srs dlrsctsd largely for the purpose of drawing off German re- (Continued on page :r^- After ths first shock of battle, ths Bavarian crown prlnbs Rupprecht rushsd up' his reserves and called for reinforcemsnts. Throughout yesterday his troops made repeated afforte to get a new grip on their poeltlons snd start a countsr offensive against French's hosts. The Britldh best down each aeparat* attempt, maintained Leased Wire ServlcoJ themselves »n thsir newly captured tUnlted Pr The Greek minister to 8srbla, ac cording to roporta reaching here to day, haa Informed the Serbian prime minister thst Greece haa decided to oppoee with her armlea, any attempt by foreign troops to pass through Greek territory. Count Audrsassy, former prime minister of Hungary, declared In an sn interview putoMshed 'n the Tage-, blatt tocla will remal "If Roumanla Jolna the alllea and the alllea triumph, then Russia would (Continued on page 2.) ["United press Leased Wire Service.] LONDON, Sept. 28.—The Exchange Telegraph's Athens correspondent 2!! .nH Rruma^r\ccordlna to Germans plan to begin their invasion SS brJughV^ri today rof Serbia "within a fortnight Will Retrace the Path of Peace, FUnlted Press Leased Wire Service.], Thrilling escapades of Anderson- aa w^IIa oompafmtlve lnslg make sn »t-!the rivy snd get revenge tor their, nriceedinra of the for- campment comes tomorrow when the killed in the Progreso] The formal proceedings^ „in Bit! I o to meet personal experience uremagj reminiscences of bygone Mttle fields. *•$. feii t'% HOLDING THEIR OWNi1 cruahlng defeat of the teutone must be expected. Early thle afternoon, neither the Brltlah nor the German war ofTica ofTlciat atatemente on the laat twenty four hours fighting In France and Flandera had been made public. What occurred last night In ths violent bat tling on the Brttlph frort is not defln Itely knOwn. tn Aawllle) BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville) Sept 28.—The 8srblan ambaaaador to Bulgaria, Tacholak Antlssha, la leaving Sofia under the pretenae that his health is falling, according to dla patchea to Budapest nswapapsrs to day. Bulgarian con aula In Macedonia are being recalled under the aame pre text, the Budapest newspapers assert. The Bulgarian premier, M. Rado 8lavoff, la aald to have Informed the Serbian ambasaador of the withdraw al of Bulgarian consuls when the am bassador called to bid him goodbye. They Trod Fifty Years an/I TlHKv iki»lanno warA wwAHTlf. flurvfTTON Sent 28 —BVldod* vlll6 &nd Ubby prisons w©r© recount* sh^s orfltty yia'r. Were renewed to-led at the association of civil war ate veterans of whom there are a few Private day at ®'0^rt^ese°fa°^ Ten thousand18veterans were regis-1 management declaring the pageant is comrades" in-1 tered at Camp Emery when the books! exclusively for the G. A. R. members. Three hundred Even affiliated organizations will not I .«f.M th. crowd o, erans and visitors to Inaugural day 5?S JTSSTK ... _.. &1. A ma 4 AI A# At* ii'n» the years ago. at the olose of the war Into' when they were reviewed by Presi with dent Johnson and General Grant. It was announced today that none -. ~"K f- I ,,,«$fiisi»i#i Slnoe their first day'a assaults, neither the British nor the French have dented the German line. The BMceeaa attained by the alllea In the first fisw hours of fighting wss dus solely to their long artillery prepara tion, according to reporta reaching here. Several weeks shell fire had partly demoilehed the advanced Ger man trenches and It was oonaldered uaeleea to defend them at heavy cost of llfs. For thst reason the Germane fell back In the Champagne and re teaeed their grip on a narrow trench front at Looa. In the eecond day's fighting no such easy task confronted the French In fantry. Thsir artillery had not blown in.the secopd line trenches snd from behind thess works the Germane main tained thsmeelvaa without yielding ground. In the north, the British were halted before they reached the wire entangle ments* thrown back by a hot fire and then pureuad to their own trenches. It Is officially declfred that the enemy ofx^v Troni row Arrii nortn «ne [United Press Leased Wire Service.! ... PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—Russian iy that Roumanla must and warships bombarded German positions. conduct. fn neutral. near the Gulf of Riga on Saturday morning, allepcing all enemy bat- tcrlea, It was officially announced here *r* y,«r* ™«?!5 [By Carl W. Ackerman, United Preaa Staff Correapondent.] BERLIN, (via The Hague), Sept 28. —The flret ruah of the Anglo-French troops In the west haa been met and atopped. The aecond ruah, it waa promised here today, will be dealt with even more effectively. There Is svsry confidence thst what waa planned aa a great offenelve move ment will crumble into mere trench warfare before the end of the present week. In spite of the check adminis tered by ths Germane In the fighting of Sunday night and early yeaterday, the alllea are sxpected to return the attack. The opinion .prevails here that the onalaughta against the German po eltlons will laat for at leaat a week, unleaa a disaater like that experienced by the Brltieh at Neuve Chapelle halts the operatlpna. ATTACK WAS FAILURE. BERLIN, «spt. 28. (Via wireless to Sayville, L. I.)—The general attack by Anglo-French troopa on the west ern front le already considered a fail ure by military crltlca here. It le not believed poeelble that the alllee can break through the German front *0- ALL ATTACKS REPULSED. A, BERLIN, Sept 28. (Via wlreleoe to London.)—Ail I Angio*Frenchi attacka of yesterday and last night were re pulsed with heavy loaeee, the war of fice ststed In sn official bulletin this afternoon. The enemy continuea violent attacka at every eeotor, but haa been unable to pierce the Ger man front The French euffered very heavy loaaee In heavy attacka against (Continued on page 2.) RUSSIA agked ing Commander Prince Wlasemskl, nner New Amsterdam. Ambassador Captain 8winln and five others snd wounding eight ssilors. The fighting around Dvinak and it the region southeast of Riga Is now becoming more violent The Germans evidently have reoelved the supplies of ammunition for which they were waiting and are bombarding Russian poeltlons all along the Dwlna. The czar's troops, however, are more than holding their own, and be aides the 1,000 prisoners mentioned in last night's communluqe^ have *:«".. ».h.r c.P.u™ I From the (Continued on page 2.) Ago 1 mitted to march tomorrow. Confeder-j iterans of whom there are a will harve no place in line. participate. Tonight President Wilson will for mally welcome the veterans to the capital. It is expected that he will parallel the spectacle of peace here with that of Europe's war. "Dog watches" of naval veterans were an interesting feature of today's ceremonies. '.'C 1 [United *. PI^BS Leased "^ire Service.] WASHINGTON. Sept. 28.—Uncondi tional recall of Austrian Ambassador Dumba was announced at the state department today.' A telegram was received this morning from Dumba at the state department, stating that he had been recalled by his government and assuring that a safe conduct be secured. He announced that he would leave October 5 from New York. Act ing Secretary of State Polk announced that last Saturday American Ambas-' sador Penfleld had been officially ad vised by Austrian Foreign Minister Burlan that the Austrian government would recall Dumba as requested and asked Penfleld tha-t a safe conduct be secured for the envoy. Foreign Mlulster Burlan also ad vised Penfleld that, as a matter of course, Dumba's recall would be final. This removed all possibility of Dumba being recalled only on leave of absence to give an explanation. Since Saturday the state department had been waitng to hear from Dumba regarding the time of his departure and ofllclal notification that he had actually been recalled by Velnna, the notice given Ambassador Penfleld be ing merely that he would *be recalled. Acting Secretary Polk announced to day that a safe conduct for Dumba had been secured by the allies' em bassies here and would be forwarded shortly to Lenox, Mass. Until today the state department was uncertain whether the formal notification of Dumba's recall would come from the Austrian government direct Ambassador Penfleld or Am bassador Dumba. Penfleld's report Saturday that he had been assured that Dumba would be withdrawn had given officials confidence that Aus tria's action would be completely sat isfactory. That the Dumba Incident is now regarded as closed was official ly announced at the state department. The administration regards hlB uncon ditional recall as complete and full satisfaction. There probably will be no other formal note or action by Austria or communication with Dum ba other than forwarding the safe Acting Secretary Polk today Charge Barclay of the British embassy s4fe today. dor. The safe conduct for Mme. Dum A chance shot from one of the Ger- already has been arranged. They man gune struck a Russian vessel, kill-1 WJH SAN to arrange immediately the conduct for the former ambassa- 0n the Holland-American Penfleld had advised the department ish and French are for the moment without serious importance. The chief British objective at present is Lille, just as it was at the time of the short-lived Neuve Chap- elle offensive, six months ago. brut wearers of the blue would be per-, Germans have concentrated their ma- The FYench are now almost lor strength apparently In this dis-. quite within sight of this they continue to hold all! The town of Somme-Py, mentioned in 4 Austria Heeds Request of America and Asks That Her Representative Here Come Back Home Without Argument. •'. v.v$?$ *. .THE WEATHER Temperature Uno hanged Probably unsettled* Local temp—7 p. m. 56 7 a. in. 55. EIGHT PAGES "i! HE WILL SAIL AWATkON OCTOBER 5 Safe Conduct for Dumba and Wife Will be? Se cured and Incident Will Soon be For gotten Incident of the War. •y: V? T-C that appointment of a successor to Dumba has already been taken up by the Austrian foreign office and an nouncement is expected in a few days. This Informal information is believed to dispose of the rumor that Austria might indicate her displeasure over Dumba's recall by leaving the post here vacant for a time. Officials would not indicate today what steps are being considered against others involved In the corres pondence found on Archibald. Archibald himself will not be al lowed. to leave the country again. This was officially stated by a high official today. If .he should #€:ftln make appli cation for a passupst, lt wllt be de nied. The second installment of Archibald letters sent by Ambassador Page from London, it was said, do not contain anything Important. It is probable the remaining letters will not be made pnblio by the state department. It was positively stated that other let ters of Captain Von Papen, German military attache, do not contain any reflection on President Wilson,. Awaiting the Recall. LENOX. Mass., Sept. 28.—All dress ed up and no place to go described the predicament of Ambassador and Mrs. Dumba at their summer home here today. Their trunks are packed and the ambassador and his wife are ready to depart the instant they get the official recall from Vienna and a safe conduct guaranty from Washing, ton. The Austrian ambassador and Mme. Damba had intended to sail from New York today on the Rotterdam, but are understood to have cancelled their passage not-with-standlng the fact that the Rotterdam postponed her sailing until tomorrow. It is under stood they will leave on the New Am sterdam on October 5, providing the official recall and safe passage guar anty is received. Gone to Mexico. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.—Cap tain Frits Von Papen and Prince Hatz feldt, it was discovered today, sudden ly cut short their "vt.ation" here yes terday and departed for Mexico. The German military attache's busi ness In Mexico was the subject of considerable discussion in official (Continued on page 2.) What the War Moves Mean By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man ager of the United Press. rUnlted Press Leased Wire Service], Lille are the two principal advance NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—The Ger- supply stations and railway centers mans have not wrfolly stopped the for the German armies In tlie. pres allies' western offensive but have ent western battle. Their capture byV seriously impeded its speed and have the allies would compel a large re brought the movement to a full halt construction of the German at all crucial points. The flight ad vances now being made by .the Brit- freeing a considerable area of north western France. The immediate ob jective of the French offensive in Champagne is the railway which con nects the German central positions with the environs of the crown prince's field headquarters at Mont Tho faucon. their first line positions in advance of the French official dispatches, com L511e. The British gains to the Bouth mands it at a principal highway of L4He are not of such a nature as crossing, twenty-five miles west or to affect France's great industrial I Montfaucon. Somme-Fy's fall would center. They are being made chiefly not compel the crown prince t& move near Lens, seventeen miles southwest his aVlvance positions further bacs of Lille. toward German territory, but would The Lens operations of the British help the Frehch line to move to the army are in co-operation with the east. French a/ttacks jrth of Arras. This double movement apparently has been planned for the purpose of reaching Douai, about twenty miles directly south of Lille. Douai and mL' ft i' lines If not railway. It is at the eastern end of the new French positions that the Germans are holding best. As lon£ as they re main immovable there, the crown prince's army 1b safe. v«-*w Tv' Ir*