TEUTON CAPTOR OF RUSS FORT NOVO GEORGIEVSK JLsf... * >p ;!| ngSteffifa *-ft yVfly/--: •+' *■<•: y :V yf Photo by American Press Association GENERAL VON BESELER. HAITIENS THREATEN YANKEE MARINES Reinforcements Sailing To day Take Field Pieces Along Norfolk, Va., Aug. 24. —Three hun dred and fifty marines will board tne cruiser Tennessee today, taking twelve three-inch field pieces and an artillery division of that service, bound for "southern waters," but gen erally believed to be reinforcements for Admiral Caperton at Port-au Prince, Haiti. Natives Threaten Yankees. Washington, Aug. 24. —The United States is making preparations to meet any emergency that may arise in Haiti. Disorders in the north, report that the natives have refused to give up their arms, and inflammatory ut terances by Dr. Bobo, the deposed Haitien leader, foreshadow a possibl disturbance. Sunday, according to a dispatch received at the navy depart ment from Rear Admiral Caperton, a few shots were fired in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. There were no casualties. At St. Marc conditions have quieted, bands of natives at that point having turned over their rifles to the proper authorities on Saturday. Admiral Caperton has informed the department that he has taken ovei the customs house at St. Marc. The admiral already had assumed char of the customs houses at Port-au- Prince and Cape Haitien. MAY BUY GERMAN BOATS Sweden-American Line Seeks Busi ness With United States. New York, Aug. 24. —That some Ger man freight vessels now held in Amer ican ports by the war will be pur chased by a Swedish company to travel between New York and Sweden was practically confirmed by Lagerslof, president of the Scandi navian-American Trading company, with offices here. The line is the "Sweden-American," organized ten years ago to transac! business with the United States, but which has never done more than carry on coastwise trading. "The time is not ripe to discuss the subject," said Mr. Lagerslof, when questioned about the report that trtf line was preparing to buy the great German liners now in America:, j harbors. "Sweden has had shor crops for two years and her con. supply has also been cut off by Ge: many. She will transact much bu? -! ness with tba United States for soni-> time to come, and it is probably cor ! rect that the company plans to buy | the German freighters here instead of to build new boats. "Our harbors could not accomm date the big liners, so that is out of j the question." AUSTRIA TRIED FOR PEACE So Says Servian Premier In Interview In Italian Newspaper. Milan, Aug. 24. —Premier Pachitch j of Servia, in an interview published in the Courriere Delia Sera, says tha. j Austria has tried repeatedly since the beginning of the war to make a i arate peace with Servia, but eacu time has met with a flat refusal i'.o.j the Servian government. Premier pachitch is optimistic with regard t.• the proposed formation of a ue> Balkan league, promulgated by t.ie allies. That Servia has given in to Italy regarding Albania, and is willing to ' "bow to the decision of Europe" is one of the assertions made by th. Servian statesman in the newspaper article. His government, he em phasizes, is eager for a friendly so' \- tion of the Adriatic question with Italy, recognizing Italy's predominai. j position in that field. Hope For Steamer Abandoned. New York, Aug. 24. —Hope has been abandoned that the missing United Fruit steamer Marowjine wcu'i be found. The Banagarez of the sanm ! line sent a wireless message statin that a thorough search of the Cuba j coast had failed to show any trace o j the vessel, now overdue <fi vs. FAVORS ARMOR IN MODERN WAR A. Conan Doyle Suggests Use of Shields and Helmets. PROTECT THE LIFE CENTERS Noted British Author Says No Man Can Rush Over 300 Yards of Rough Ground In the Face of Machine Guns. Says Shields on Wheels Would Prove the Solution. Sir A. Couan Doyle in a letter print ed in the London Times advocates the use of armor in modern warfare. "When Ned Kelly, the bushranger, walked unhurt before the rifles of the police clad in his own handmade ar mor he was an object lesson to the world," writes "Sherlock Holmes." "If the outlaw could do it why not the soldier? "Such actions as - that of May 9. where several brigades lost nearly half their number in endeavoring to rush over the 300 yards which sep arated us from the German trenches, must make it clear that it is abso lutely impossible for unprotected troops to pass over a zone which is swept by machine guns. Therefore you must either forever abandon such attacks or you must find artificial pro tection for the men. Protect the Life Centers. "It has always seemed extraordinary to the writer that the innumerable cases where a Bible, a cigarette case, a watch or some other chance article has saved a man's life have not set us scheming so as to do systematically what has so often been the result of a happy chance. "As a man faces a hostile rifle his forehead and his heart are the only points presented which are certainly vital. The former would be protected by such a helmet as the French have now evolved. The second should be covered by a curved plate of highly tempered steel, which need not be more than a foot in diameter. With this simple and light equipment the two centers of life are safe. Favors Shield on Wheels. "With these precautions the death rate should be greatly reduced from rifle and machine gun fire, as also from shrapnel. Nothing, of course, will avail against a direct shell burst, but grant ing that the individual life would be saved this does not bear upon the cap ture of a position, since so many would fall wounded that the weight of the attack would be spent before the stormers reached the trenches. "For this armor which will give com plete protection is needed, and since, as your correspondents have shown the weight of this is more than a man can readily carry, it must be pushed in front upon wheels." Armor Plate and Platoons. Sir Conan Doyle pictures a great number of plates, held together like the shields of a Roman tortoise, and pushed by the men, who crouch be hind them. When one is disabled it can be readily dropped, and the gap closed. Others are fixed sideways upon the flank of the advance to pre vent an enfilading fire. There is not one tortoise, which would attract a concentrated fire of artillery, but each company or platoon forms its own. These numerous armor plated bod ies rush with small loss over the space which has already been cleared as far as possible of obstacles, and so have some chance of reaching the enemy's line, not as an exhausted fragment but as a vigorous storming party with numbers intact. MUST NOT FLY OVER CANADA. Aviators Warned by Governor Ham mond on Advice of Secretary Lansing. A warning to aviators of Minnesota to cease flying over the international boundary line into Canada was recent ly issued by Governor Hammond. Several times since the opening of the European war aviators cruising along the border districts have crossed the line despite statements of Canadian officials last fall that the practice would not be tolerated. Governor Hammond's attention was called to the matter In a letter from Secretary Lansing. Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice informed Secretary Lansing that a Canadian order in coun cil was adopted Sept. 17. 1914, setting aside prohibited areas over wMlch aero planes could not fly. In future aviators flying thesw aero planes will be in danger of gun3re by Canadian soldiers, it was stated. FIRST TO SCALE MOUNT GEIKE Dr. Gilmour of New York and Professor Helvsy Ascend 11,106 Feet. Mount Geike, one of the highest and most precipitous peaks in the Selkirk range of the Canadian Rockies, was successfully scaled for the first time by Dr. A'ndrew J. Gilmour of New York and Professor Helvey of Excel- 1 sior Union. The ascent was to a height of 11.106 feet Dr. Andrew James Gilmour, who is forty-four years old. is engaged in gen eral practice as a physician and sur geon in New York city. He has trav eled extensively and is well known for his skill and daring, both as a hunter and as a mountain climber. Don't Miss the Big f ] Indiana County Fair I Sept. 7, 8, 9 and 10 I j _ 6 f Aeroplane Flights | and demonstration of how they are used in the * European war by dropping of bombs 011 objects. •q "3 All lovers of harness racing will lie ► 3 Im/Av/LO pleased with this year's program. T 3 Fine Stock Exhibit, Big agricultural Display ? 3 ail d Interesting Exhibits in all departments. f I Largest and Prettiest Fair Grounds in State | I ..The Indiana Macaroni Company.. | OUR MACARONI Can be Bought at the Following Stores: The Cunningham Department Store, Steveson Myers, Plotzer Meat Market. They are FRESH. Made in Indiana ■ / The Venerable Microbe. Just to think, the microbe has been In this terrestrial sphere twenty mil lions of years! Disease germs that now afflict humanity have been discovered in the fossils of the earliest life on earth. There was a belief that bac teria were a modern pest, and they came just in time to plague mankind. But why should they exist before? What was the object of their insignificant lives? This question science answers by saying that they first came to assist In the decomposition of the calcareous rocks. This certainly was a more honorable mission than to scare people in later days into the use of special drinking cups and to set up great gov erment bulwarks to resist their imagin ary fury. The microbe was formerly an honorable and useful citizen, but now he has fallen from his high estate. —Columbus Journal. What Vinegar Will Do. Vinegar works like magic in cleaning dirt and smoke from walls and wood work. Put some in a basin, wet a flan nel cloth in it and wipe the article that needs cleaning. When the cloth be comes soiled wash it out in clear water before putting it in the vinegar again. It will remove fly specks from wood work, picture frames, windows and so forth. It will soften an old paint brush on which paint has been allowed to dry. Heat some vinegar to the boiling point and allow the brush to simmer in It for a few minutes. Remove and wash well in strong soapsuds and the brush will be like new. If the hands become chapped or roughened after having them In water for a long time rinse them well and apply a little vinegar, letting it dry on.—Washington Star. New England Pie. Some poor dweller in the benighted beyond of Chicago asks what a real New England pie is like. It probably will not help him to be told, but if he means apple it is like an essay by Em erson liquefied with the music of Mas senet and spiced with the cynicism of Shaw. If he means pumpkin it is like some of Gounod's music heard iu a landscape all sun and flowers, and If he means mince pie, why, it is like an Increase in salary and a present from home arriving on the day when one's conscience was behaving itself.—Bos ton Globe. Encouragement. "Why don't you offer your heart and hand?" "I fear she would turn me down." "I don't believe it She has given you enough encouragement" "Why, she never gave me the slight est encouragement." "Get out! I heard her telling you yesterday that her mother did not al- | io w her to accept anything of value from young men."—Houston Post Mining In the Sea. Among the sights on the island of Martinlqme is the mining of material for the manufacture of lime from the bottom of the sea. The bulk of the lime used on the island is manufac tured from madreporic stone or reef coral so mined. Making Sure. "I want an auto horn." "Yesslr. Do you want somethl warn 'em or something to "Bcare —Louisville Courier-Journal. .. 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 gorge —a stone paved road which yet looks as soft as velvet, so that one almost has a desire to stroke it. Maxim Gorky. ■ Uncle Sam's Forests. Publicly owned forests of the United States contain more than one-fifth of the country's timber. Hamburg's Unique Ferry. Hamburg possesses a steam ferry of a somewhat original type, for the main deck can be raised and lowered by suit able machinery in order to take up a difference of level of some sixteen feeL The large structural framework rises to a considerable height and is intended to guide the whole platform in its ver tical movements. By the use of pow erful electric winches it is possible to raise and lower the deck as a whole, even when it is loaded with numerous heavy vehicles, such as are used in landing material at the port. The rea son for adopting this arrangement of the deck lies in the fact that at the Hamburg port the difference in tide level is considerable, so that when the boat lands at the wharf it is by no means on the same level at all times and in the ordinary case the heavy vehicles would be obliged to mount or descend a steep incline. It is In order 1 to avoid this drawback that the pres ent type of ferry was constructed, and as the movable deck can always be brought flush with the level of the dock, the vehicles can now run off in the ordinary way. Lawyers and Liars. The eminent cross examiners of New York city have their favorite methods of knowing when a witness is telling the truth or lying. One lawyer says he can tell when a witness is lying by the movement of the lips. Another declares the hands form the best ba rometer, and another declares the twitching of the muscles of the cheeks is a sure sign that the witness has been trapped In a lie. Still another disciple of Blackstone says that facial expression always helps him. as well •s watching the feet, which are usual ly shifted uneasily when lie is ap parent. Then another declares that by keeping constant vigilance on the eyes of the witness he knows when he has his man "going." If taken as com plete formula it would mean that a perjurer to escape detection would have to school his face to be impassive, keep his hands in his pockets, hook his feet in the rounds of the witness chair and shut his eyes.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Still They Wonder Why. The two women were discussing that never failing theme —the Incompetency of domestic servants. And the bit of the conrerßation we overheard gave ns a. line on a possible reason for mauy HARD TIMES— THAT'S WHY You've gotter A crrt down on ex pems'.ve gowns. 1 The Idea. This \1 ( is the cheapest V gown the artist W<Jg / I \ ever drew. He -vjJttcgw used very little i ' OiciisinoMilm in. D. Have you read ihe Consti tution of the United States? ' R. Yes. D. What form of Government h this ? R. Republic. D. What is the Constitution of |the United States? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. What does Cougress consist of? R. Senate and House of Rep resentatives. D. Who is the chief executive of the United States? R. President. D. Ilow long is the President jof the United States elected? R. 4 years. D. Who takes tlie place of tlie President in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. I). By whom is the President of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors | eleted ? e R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the j i state of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature I 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. Washington. D. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States Senate? The Exception. i "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. Unnecessary Advice. "Don't question my veracity, sir." "I won't. It wouldn't answer."—Bal tlznore American. GUNPOWDER IN WAR. For Centuries Its Use Was Opposed In the Name of Humanity. There was a period when any kind of "explosive" fighting 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 without a struggle. In fact, it was under the "humanity" ban for almost three cen turies. This remarkable compound of salt- j peter, sulphur and charcoal, which wa3 given its first tryout 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 I Roger Bacon iu England about the year 1290 and by a German monk named Schwarz twenty years later. Another independent discoverer of the same dangerous mixture was an un known and uncelebrated Moor, whose secret was ultimately carried into Eu rope in the fourteenth century. Even he was not the first to make an ex | plosive compound. The Chinese "beat him to it," having used this same kind of mixture for rocket signals before the Christian era. The fall 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-DemocraL i R. Two. D. By whom are they elected? R. By the people. D. For how long? R. 6 years. 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. D. For how long is he elected? R. 4 years. I). Who is the Governor? R. Brumbaugh. I). Do you believe in organized government ? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to organiz j I'd government R. No. I). Are you an anarchist? R. No. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not be -1 ieve in organized government. I). Are you a bigamist or poll gamist ? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or poly gam ist? 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 1.-WF of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinances for the City ? R. The board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain permanently in the U. S. ? R. Yes. ' HUMILITY. Humility is the means of progress. When we realize how little we know we shall yearn and strive to know more. When we feel how imper fect is our character, and not till then, we shall make earnest efforts after our improvement. Woman Is Very Thorough. "A man when he is angry will tell you what he thinks of you." "Yes, and a woman when she is an gry will tell you what she and every body else thinks of you." Boston Transcript 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 SL Bernard and the Great Dane, are to their smaller canine fellows. It la rare that a big dog turns upon one of the little fellows, no matter how aggravating and snappy the latter may be. Instead, he invariably treats the small dog's antips 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. 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 •pending Just as little as we possibly can. I get up in the morning at 6:30, and I work until after 5. But, son, the money Just won't go round at the rate that your expenses are running. Now, I ask you, as one man to another, what 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
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