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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 154.
SEWJtRD. ALASKA. ISWWlAY. JULY It D&
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AMBROSE E. GONZALES
WELL KNOWN AUTHOR
A N D EDITOR. PASSES
WRITER OF NEGRO STORIES PUB
LISHED MANY WORKS IN
NORTH CAROLINA “GULLAH”
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 12. (£>).— j
► Ambrose E. Gonzales, 6S years old,
celebrated author and editor, died to- *
day.
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Ambrose Elliott Gonzales acquired
a nation-wide reputation thru his
stories written in the strange dialect |
of the Negroes on the South Caro- (
} lina coastal islands. His mastery of I
the dialect, known as “gullah,” en
abled him to write fluently in it, and
the publication in 1922 of “The Black
Border,” a collection of short stories
in that dialect, was widely and favor
ably commented upon in literary cir
cles.
► Mr. Gonzales at the age of 16 be
came a railroad telegrapher and af
ter working as such .for several
j-tcris spent %■.= ydflto :y farming In
South Carolina. He returned to the
key in 1SS1 and 'became a commer
cial operator in New York. He next
turned to newspaper work, which he
entered in 1885 with the Charleston,
S. C.. News and Courier. Five years
later he was appointed Secretary of
the state department of agriculture.
In 1S91, with his brother, N. G. Gon- \
zales, he founded “The State, the
present morning newspaper of Col- !
umbia, S. C., and has been president,
treasurer and manager of that news
* paper since 1893.
During the Spanish-American war
Mr. Gonzales served as a captain in
the American army.
Several years before his death Mr.
Gonzales was stricken with paralysis,
which partly disabled him. However
■» 'he continued the active management
of his newspaper and the writing of
negro dialect stories. The latter
formed the bulk of his literary work,
altho occasionally he wrote other
stories. In addition to these activi
ties he operated a large farm near
Columbia.
Mr. Gonzales was born in Colleton
district, now Colleton County, South
Carolina, May 29, 1857. He was the
# eldest son of general Ambrosio Jose
Gonzales, the Cuban patriot, and Har
riet Rutledge Elliott. His mother
was a member of one of the histor
ical families of South Carolina. The
son was educated at home and at
private schools in Virginia. He nev
er married. Mr. Gonzales was a
x brother of William E. Gonzales, Un
ited States minister to Cuba from
1913 to 1919 and the first American
Ambassador to Peru, to which post
he was named in 1919.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Temperature at noon, 75 above;
skies clear and northernly winds.
Scores Marines Killed
When Bolt Lightning
Strikes Naval Arsenal
STEAMER JEFF DAVIS PASSES
TANANA WITH FEW PAS
SENGERS EN ROUTE
SEATTLE
TANANA. July 12. <vP>—The river
steamer Jeff Davis passed through
Friday en route to Nenana- Governor
Parks was a passenger. Several per
sons from the Holy Cross mission are
en route. W. M. Miller, of the geolo
gical survey, who has been mapping
lands in the Interior for suitable rein
deer prazing is a passenger for Ke
nana thence tc tL: si ^?.n: oi ob
servation on the Alaska Railroad.
Fonck Will Attempt Hop
N. Y. to Paris in Anpst
XEW YORK, July 12. (/P>—Captain
Rene Fonck. French flying ace, will
attempt his trans Atlantic non-stop
flight from this city to Paris during
the first week in August, according
word received here today. The flight
is to be made with no special pro
tection from ships at sea. The re
ported decision to -attempt the hop
was announced after Fonck and Ho
mer Barry conferred with Ribert Jack
son, banker of Concord. N. H.. one of
the backers of the flight.
Play Benefit Ball Game
for Matty’s Memorial
NEW YORK, July 12. ^—Christy
Mathewison’s old team mates and op
ponents came out of tlie past at the
Polo grounds, and played a three in
ning game for Matty’s memorial fund,
before notables of baseball and offi
cialdom. The stars of thirty years
ago, including Joe McGinnity. Johnny
Evers, and Rube Marguard played on
the old Giants team and Joe Kelley.
Fred Kenny, Roger Bresnahan and
others played as the Senators. The
Giants won. eight to six. The bene
fet netted twenty four thousand dol
lars.
EXPERIMENT SALMON OIL
ASTORIA. Ore., July 12. (JP—Ex
periments are being held here in an
attempt to use salmon liver oil in
place of cod liver oil, for the many
purposes that it is used. Salmon liv
er oil they state, is more palatable
and more easily retained by infants,
! so if the medicinal properties are the
same, a new industry may spring up
on the Pacific coast.
NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT LAKE DEN
MARK. DOVER, N.J_ DESTROYED SPREADING
DESTRUCTION THRUOUT SURROUNDING
TERRITORY—SHOCE FELT THIRTY MILES—
DOCTORS. NURSES. AMBULANCE' HELD
MILE AWAY FROM BURSTING SHELLS
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Consmsfiihnc OSwr BMed lldk F'rliimc Fire—
Identified I>cac lieoi G, vf„ R*tts. Mrs Ft*nct*
Feeney, Harry C. Rmm—l jesi Rejwrt Sixteen lVn4
DG\ Eh, July 12. ,4F*—Nm i^ies
Sunday nigh: in the area k which ;he Lake Denmark \ i
val ammunition depot was devastated. They we:r x :
brought out of the guarded area due to continuing daiip 7
from bursting shells. In addition to the se ’en h xhes.
three others are known to be dead. Upward of 2 an
missing. The damrxe to the naval arsenal and adjoin; ;
Pica tinny arsenal o: the army reservation is ^estimate 1
a hundred mi lb on filars. The sires xsaxuti-ors a; ;:
naval depot were valued at ST mEiion. Refugees f .
villages surrounding the arsenals gathered m towns
side the area 0: c >r ruction where the Red Or ss. ;
other relief organizations cared 1
t, 14 remained in hospitals
d 066 refugees sheltered
Salvation Army an
them. At Morris:
Between 400 a
large contigent a: 1
marines were rem
Among them was
officer of the naval
the tire following ;
be perf ormed in an
ton
ewfoun
ed
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the BrwIJrr. naval hopriml,
nptain O. C fowling, comma: ilrx
opot. He was blinded while fx n;::
>e Srs: explosion. An operation will
Ton to save his sight.
BB Among the identified dear, are Lieutenant George Vv
Botts. marine corps Mrs. Frauds Feeney, a Brookhr.
visitor a: the naval reserration and Hairy C Bn-m fins:
class pharmacist's mate of Poughkeepsie. Xew York.
Late Sunday might more tnar 24 beer? after the nrs;
explosion shells continued t© oerst at freouen: intervals.
A west wind held the fine away from large stores of am
munition at the Pier tinny arsenal
DOVER. July II Vi
liam Sayies. eommandiric £ partt
which a? soon as the 'btmibz. dme®: of
explosion* ceased t oday. • verec M
search for the dean. Be r ported 7®
Washington the dead w probably
total 16.
DOVER. X. J.. July II 3V—-From
50 to 75 persons are reported killed
in the series of terrific explosions at
the nary munitions depot near here
which destroyed the depo and spread
destruction rhmout the surround;tt
territory. Hundreds of persoos with
j in the radius of a few miles of the
depot were injured when blasts ieveJ
i ed their homes. A holt of lightning
in the late afternoon struck the ar
senal which exploded. The entire de
pot force of 76 were called out to
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