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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
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f Aeroplane Flights |
and demonstration of how they are used in the
* European war by dropping of bombs 011 objects.
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"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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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