GERMANS TAKE
LOMZA FORTRESS
Russians Believe Enemy Will
Capture Kovno and Wilna
ALLIES LOSE AT GALLIPOLI
Turks Claim Signal Success In Dis
persing Force Landed Under Guns
of Ships—Pope Pessimistic on War.
Submarines Get Two British Ships.
Zeppelins Raid England—U. S.
jects Au6triair Contention.
London, Aug. 11. The German
forces have taken the strong fortress
town of Lomza; they are likely to
take Kovno within another forty
eight hours, and the Russians believe
they will take Wilna, according to dis
patches received from Petrograd. This
would give them the Warsaw-Petro
grad railway at a point to the rear of
the Russian armies, according to the
last official statement from the Rus
sian capital, but the railroad has been
open for twenty-four hours since then
and the main bodies of Russian troops
fighting to the south, at Lomza, Os
trow, Ostrolenka, Ossowiec, will have
had time to escape.
Military observers here admit that
Germany is at last succeeding in her
drives to intersect the two great rail
ways from Warsaw to Petrograd and
Moscow, respectively, but they are
just as strongly of the opinion that
defensive actions of the Russian rear
guard all along the line has caused
the enemy to fail in the great objec
tive, cutting off the Russian main
guard.
It is more than likely that they will
get at least 100,000 prisoners out of
the fortresses which have been cut
off in this defensive fighting, but these
have been sacrificed to save more
than thirty times their number of
seasoned troops.
An attack by German airships
which flew over the English coast
Monday night was announced by the
official press bureau. The statement
says one of the airships was damaged
by British aeroplanes and was towed
into OetNL
Fourteen were killed, including
four children, and fourteen injured.
Sir John French, commander-in
chief of the British forces in France
and Belgium, in a report given our
by the official press bureau, says the
British troops have withdrawn from
their line south of Hooge, near
Ypres, but have consolidated the vil
lage of Hooge.
The British destroyer Lynx wae
sunk in the North sea, the admiralty i
announced. Four officers and twenty !
two of her crew were saved.
!
Turks Win at Dardanelles.
Constantinople, Aug. 11.—Turkisr !
troops completely dispersed force
which the entente allies landed neai
Karachali, on the north of the gulf o
Saros, in Dardanelles operations or
Saturday night, according to an of |
fleial statement issued by the Turkish j
was department. Troops landed nortt j
of Ari Burnu made a slight advance I
under protection of the Anglo-French
fleet, the statement adds.
i
Auxiliary Cruiser Torpedoed.
Berlin, Aug. 11. —The British auxil
iary cruiser India has been torpedoed
fn the North sea by a German subma- i
rine while entering Restfjord, Sweden.
Eighty of her crew were saved by i
the steamship Goestland.
An official communication issued !
here tells of an allied air raid Mon
day over Zweibruecken and Sankt
Ingbert, Bavaria. Eight persons were
killed and two wounded in the latter
town.
Fear Disease Will Depopulate Europe.
Rome, Aug. 11. —The pope has
granted an audience to the French
Cardinal Billot, a Jesuit, who has con
fided to his friends that the pontiff
is deeply grieved by the failure of his
efforts toward peace and is now con
vinced that the war is bound to be
prolonged another year. It is also ;
learned that the pontiff is deeply con
cerned over the epidemics of disease
now raging. He fears that these will j
increase the mortality to such an ex
tent that Europe will be depopulated.
U. S. Rejects Austrian View.
Washington. Aug. 11. —The United
States government dispatched to
Vienna a reply rejecting the Austro-
Hungarian views recently set forth in
a note contending that the great scale
on which war munitions are "oeiig ex
ported front America to enemies of
the Germanic allies "is not in con
sonance with the definition of neu
trality."
Discouraging.
"You love me, darling?" he asked.
"A little," she replied.
"Ah. but do you not think your love
will grow?"
"Yes, but I'm not sure which way."—
Exchange.
He Took It.
"I'll not take No' for an answer. Miss
Bunker —Friscilla," he declared brave
ly as he persistently pressed his suit.
"Then, sir," replied the cold and cul
tured Boston giri, rising proudly to the
occasion, "will you in lieu of that much j
hackneyed negative assertion accept
my positive declination to respond con
currently to the query propounded?"
And he did.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
He Was the Kaiser's
Intermediary
Photo by American Pres6 Association.
CHRISTIAN X.,
King of Denmark.
FIFTY MILLIONS TO
| HELP TRADE BALANCE
Steamers Bring Large Ship
ments from England
New York, Aug. 11. —The value of
the gold shipment from England to
! New York, which arrived here this
I 4
morning from Halifax by special train,
is $50,000,000, according to R. E. M.
Cowie, vice president and general
manager of the Adams Express com
pany, in charge of the shipment.
A pilot train preceded the gold train
through Maine. The guards stuck to
their cars when the gold passed
through Bangor and other ways evi
denced the value of the cargo, the
j largest single shipment ever made, it
is reported. Detailed information
relative to the shipment is not ob
tainable. A banker who is directl>
interested in the transaction admitted
that the shipment is consigned to J.
P. Morgan & Co.
The greatest secrecy has been
thrown around the shipment and
every possible precaution was taker,
to insure the safety of its arrival. The
steamship which brought the gold
| from England to Halifax was con
voyed all the way across, the route
to Halifax rather than to New York
; having been chosen for its greater
i safety.
Canadian secret service men guard
ed the unloading of the bullion and
its reshipment. The Canadian de
tectives were on duty as far as the
border, where they turned over their
: treasure to express company guards.
At the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
, the firm preserved unusual silence re
garding the shipment. They conceded
; that they were expecting a shipment
of gold from Great Britain and that i;
| was coming from the Bank of Eng
; land.
The exchange problem between
Great Britain and the United State
is a much more stupendous one than
perhaps has been heretofore realized.
A short time ago our most prominent
bankers were talking of a British
credit or loan of $100,000,000, which
would readjust the difficulties in
sterling exchange. It is now realized
that $500,000,000 is nearer the sum
which would be necessary to put
sterling back on a normal basis.
Some weeks the payments falling due
in this country are not far from $lOO,-
000,000.
FISHERMAN FINDS MINE
May Have Been Attempt to Destroy
Morgan's Yacht.
Port Washington, L. 1., Aug. 11. —
What may reveal an attempt 'of some
one to blow up one of the many fine
yachts which come into harbor, or an
j escaped mine that has floated across
the ocean from the war in Europe, is
the discovery of Adelvain Van Wick
len, a lobster man. The bomb or
mine is now in the bottom of the
sound waiting for experts from For;
i Totten to examine it.
Van Wicklen rowed out to attend
to his lobster pots. Fast to one of i
j his stakes by a rope he found an ob
ject which he thinks is a mine. When
hauled to the surface it wa< found
to be marked "165 pounds dynamite."
J Jding enough rope to let the object
Fink to the bottom Van Wicklen
lowered tin* object, but later made a
fuller examination.
It was suggested tfiat the "mine"
might be a runaway experimental
buoy from Fort Totten. Van Wick
len communicated with the fort and
was told that from his description it
could be said that the mine, if it b- 3
one, did not belong to the United
States army, as none of the kind he
described are used.
If the object is a contact mine, as
it is believed, there would have been
great danger to the many fine yachts
which make the harbor. J. P. Mor
gan's big yacht, and those of H. L.
Pratt. H. T. Davidson, William L.
Harkness and George Baker are a
' few of those that frequent the harbor
at all times of the day and night.
Don't Miss the Big
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2 Sept. 7, 8, 9 and 10 |
Aeroplane Flights \
"2 and demonstration of bow they are used in the *
European war bv dropping of bombs 011 objects.
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3 Fine Stock Exhibit, Big agricultural Display ?
and Interesting Exhibits in all departments. f
| Largest and Prettiest Fair Grounds in State I
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Th* Popular Craze.
"Sir," said the young man, "I want
to marry your daughter."
"You do, eh? What have you got to
•ffer?"
"Myself, which includes a fair edu
cation, a good state of health, a rea
sonable amount of ambition, a credita
ble appearance, a modest salary and a
strong desire to come into your offlcs
and get useful."
The older man shook his bead.
"Not enough. Times are too hard. I
cant afford a wedding."
The young man smiled.
"Now for my trump card," he said.
"Everybody is eloping. We will elope
and save the expense."
The old man caught his hand.
"She's yours, son; she's yours!**—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
\ Vegetable Chat.
"I see that some college professor has
been saying that he believes that vege
tables can see and hear while growing j
in the garden."
"Is that so?"
"Yes; not only that, but he believe*,
that ages hence they will be able to
converse with one another."
''Oh, that's old!"
"What's old?"
"Vegetables conversing. I've often
beard 'Jack and the Beans-talk!*"
Nearly All.
First Diner (trying to break the
notony of delay)—Do you believe thag
all things come to him who waitaf
Second Diner—l'm working on that
ory anyhow. Some time ago I ordered
a plate of hash.—Richmond Times-Die
patch.
The Logic of It.
The Yale freshman year was proving
too expensive to father, so father decid
ed to have a "heart to heart" talk with
Johnny, home for the week end.
"Now, son." said he gravely, but af
fectionately, "your mother and I are
spending just as little as we possibly
can. I get up in the morning at 0:30.
and I work until after 5. But, son, the
money just wou't go round at the rate
that your expenses are running. Now.
I ask you, as one man to another, what I
do you think we had better do?"
For a moment Johnny's head was
buried in thought, and then he replied:
"Well, father, I don't see any way out
but for you to work nights."—New
York Post.
Too Deep Fr Him.
A Britisher was announcing his
views on things in general and sum
med up his own position by the state
ment. "Well, I've seen life." "But,"
said his American friend, "one of your
own bright poets has said, 'Life's a
" The Britisher is still exploring
remark —New Yoik Times.
Animal Etiquette.
No one who is at all observant of
the ways of animals can have failed
to notice how gentle large dogs, like
the St. Bernard and the Great Dane,
are to their smaller canine fellows. It
is rare that a big dog turns upon one
of the little fellow*, no matter how
aggravating and snappy the latter may
be. Instead, he invariably treats the
small dog's antics with unruffled and
dignified tolerance. For there is a
recognized code of etiquette among
animals, if you please, quite as much
as there is among human beings. In
truth, there are not a few respects in
which the animals can give points on
politeness and good behavior to man
himself.
Woman Is Very Thorough.
"A man when he is angry will tell
you what he thinks of you."
"Yes. and a woman when she ie an
gry will tell you what she and every
body else thinks of you." Boston
Transcript.
Uncl Sam's Forests.
Publicly owned forests of the United
States contain more than one-fifth of
the country's timber.
WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL?
flfell, Hero's Your Plot All Ready For
the Little Details.
Take one ocean liner plying between
San Francisco and the Philippines.
Add a young man going to Hawaii on
business and an heiress and her aunt
going nowliere in particular. Mix the
j two young folk gnadually among th 6
other passengers, with an occasional
half hour alone away from the watch
ful eye of the aunt. Turn the ship into
the center of one tropical storm. Mix
gradually until they come to a froth,
the sea and the howling of the winds.
Befit the vessel slowly against jagged
rocks until it is well pounded up.
Throw in looks of despair to suit the
taste. Add one blinding flash of light
ning "that rent the heavens" to a
"convulsive heave of the stout old hul- ;
that had braved the southern seas for j
years."
Pour a wave mountain high ou the
ship, mixing the passengers briskly
together; then turn the entire mass J
suddenly into the sea. Put the young
man's arm providentially against a
floating spar, chicken coop or a door
torn off a stateroom. Have another ,
convenient wave sweep the maid in
his direction. Put in a "strong young '
arm." Add "then all grew black."
Drop in a sandy beach unexpectedly
Put the hero on the beach. Have him
"come to" with the sun shining bright
or brightly. Close by put the maid,
a la the daughter of the skipper of the
schooner Hesperus, minus the salt sea
being frozen on her breast.
Inject into the situation at this i>oint
one handy cave, with another ditto j
near by. Add signals daily to passing
ships. After baking thoroughly for
six months on the island put in a res- j
cue after hope had been abandoned, a
trip to the good old U. S. A. and one
church close to the corner. Mix in '
sufficient detail to suit, place in an at
tractive cover and serve to the public
at $1.35 per serve.—lndianapolis News.
Discreet.
Tourist (after a long discussion with
station master on the subject of catch
ing a steamer)—So you would advise
me to come back by the Sunday night
train in order to catch the boat on
Monday morning?
Station Master (severely)—A' wud
advise nae mon tae profane the Saw
bath. but A'll jist repeat—if ye wait
till the Monday ye'll nae get the con
nection.—London Punch.
He Took It.
While James H. Beard, the ar st.
was painting a portrait of Za< diary
Taylor he said to him. "Well, general,
I suppose you are to be our next pres
ident?"
hope not," grunted the bluff old
hero. "No military man lias any busi
ness in the presidential chair, but if
tbey offer it to me I suppose I'll be
fool enough to accept it."
And he was.
/
OA 110 Good Gilil Ml KIIW.
D. Have you read ihe Consti
i tut ion of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. AY hat form of Government
is this?
R. Republic.
D. W hat is the Constitution of
• the United States ?
R. It is the fundamental law of
; this country.
D. AYho makes the laws of the
United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
| of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. How long is the President
of the United States elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. AY hat is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elcL-d ? e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. AVhat does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. How many State in the un
ion?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. AYashington.
D. Which is the capital of the j
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has'
each state in the United States j
?
Geebronomicaliy Speaking.
Simply because gluttony is a vice it
does not follow that dyspepsia is a
virtue.— Philadelphia Ledger.
morning.
A perfume of flowers is wafted gent
ly from the mountains. The sun is
new risen, and the dew still glistens
on the leaves of trees and the petals
of flowers. A road like a gray ribbon
thrusts into the quiet mountain gorg:-
—a stone paved road which yet looks
as soft as velvet, so that one almost
has a desire to stroke it. Maxim
Gorky.
Takes a Sip of Tacks.
While she attempted to take a drlnft
from what, she thought was a glass of
water while in the tLrk at her home In
Point township. Northumberland cun
ty. Pa.. Miss Alice Ithoades. eighteen
years old. swallowed several hundred
tacks and pins. She was taken to thr
Marv M. Packer hospital. Sun bury.
The Exception.
"If at first you don't succeed, try.
try again."
"That's good theory, but it isn't al
ways wise practice."
"Why not?"
"I once tried to paper a room myself.
I didn't succeed, but I assure you that
my experience taught me never to try
It again."—Detroit Free Press.
Lincoln's Funeral Coach.
The first Pullman sleeping car, con
structed in ISO 4 in the shops of the
Alton and Chicago an l called the Pio- 1
neer. served as the funeral coach for j
President Lincoln. Its ost was SIS,- j
000. which was regarded in those d:y3 !
as most extravagant, and as it was
higher and wider than the ordinary
cars and the clearances of station plat
forms and bridges when it was decid
ed that it should be the funeral coach
of the president many changes were
involved. Gangs of men were set work
ing night and day to cut wider clear
ances all the way from Washington
(byway of New York and Albany) to
Springfield, 111.—Brooklyn Eagle.
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years. 1 1 *
D. How many representatives
are there ? ..
R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211.000, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. 38.
D. Who is the chief executive
] of the state of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
I). For how long is he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government ?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organiz
ed government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
ieve' in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poll
gamist ?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or poly
gareist?
R. One who believes in having
more than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government?
R No.
D. Have you ever violated any
'i.-wp of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
j R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
i permanently in the U. S. ?
| R. Yes.
Where Was Wales?
Spencer Leigh ilughes, M. P., tells
of the following a teasing experience:
He was once passing the war office
building in Whitehall when his com
panion. a Scotchman, pointing to the
emblematic devices engraved over the
door, indicated the Scotch thistle, the
English lion and the Irish harp
"Where is the emblem of Wales?" ask
ed his friend. "Oh." Mr. Hughes re
plied. "I expect there is a leak Is
the roof."—London Express.
GUNPOWDER IN WAR.
For Centuries Its Use Was Opposed In
the Name of Humanity.
There was a period when any kind of
"explosive" lighting in war was con
sidered barbarous. The discovery of
gunpowder put a stop to the old fash
ioned method of attack, in which only
missiles and sharp edged weapons were
considered ethical, but gunpowder did
not come into approval vithout a
struggle. In fact, it was under the
"humanity" ban for almost tbree cen
turies.
This remarkable compound of salt
peter, sulphur and charcoal, which was
given its first try out at the siege of
Constantinople in 1453, had been
known to both the chemist and the
soldier for a hundred years or more.
It is said to have been discovered bj
Roger Bacon in England about the
year 1230 and by a German monk
named Sc-hwarz twenty years later.
Another independent discoverer of the
! same dangerous mixture was an un
i known and uncelebrated Moor, whose
secret was ulrim teiy carrit d into Liu
j rope in the fourteenth century. Even
| lie was not the first make an ex
plosive compound. The Chinese "beat
him to it," having u d this same kind
of mixture for rocket signals before
the Christian era.
The fail of Constantinople was
brought about by the use, the wholly
unethical and altogether barbarous use,
of cannon balls, and it was not until
about a century later that the world
gave its full sanction to the killing of
men by means of gunpowder.—St Louis
Globe-Democrat