Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE [ARTICLE]

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

At least 14 men were killed and 30 Injured Monday in an explosion at the Repauno plant or the Dupont Powder company at Gibbstown, N. .1. The cause of the explosion is not known. Twenty persons are believed to have been killed and many others injured in tlie collapse Monday evening of tlie old Reacon-Journal building, occupied by the Serris Ureas restaurant at Akron, Ohio. The victims were seated at tables in the restaurant when, without warning, the building gave way and they were buried beneath the falling walls. The collapse of the building was due to blasting for an excavation on an adjoining lot. The act of congress approved May 4, 1916, provides as follows: “That the President, is hereby authorized to appoint cadets to the United States military academy from among enlisted men of the regular army between the ages of 19 and 22 years who have served as enlisted men not less than one year, to be selected under such regulations as the President may prescribe.” It is believed that this provision of law will prove to he a great incentive to the enlistment in the army of desirable applicants,