ITALIANS WRECK
AUSTRIAN BASE
Hangars and Field at Divassa
Bombarded By Airmen
CHOLERA INFECTION FEARED
Austrians Lose Supplies In Strina Val
ley—Germans Announce Russ Army
Broken—Artillery Fights In Albain.
Turks Claim Allies Repulsed and
Cruiser Hit—ltalian Reinforcements
Aid at Dardanelles.
Rome, Aug. 30. —Italian aviators
have completely wrecked the Austrian
aviation base at Divassa, east of
Trieste, according to the official state
ment of the war office. The hangars
and field were bombarded first on Fri
day, and Saturday the work was com
pleted. All of the Italian aeronauts
returned safely.
The military authorities have or
dered compulsory anti-cholera vaccina
tion for all men and officers in both
the army and navy. A good many
Austrian soldiers who had been moved
from the Galician front to the Italian
front have recently been made prison
ers and there has been some fear that
they might bring the disease with
them. The war office statement says:
In the Val Sugana the Austrians
destroyed some railway and highway
bridges between Roncegono and Nova
ledo. The enemy's attack against
Monte Armentera on Aug. 27 was re
pulsed.
On the upper Isonzo our mountain
division attempted an arduous attack
west of Montemaggiore against tbj
trenches on the summit of the Rom
bon. After heavy resistance we suc
ceeded by artillery fire in dislodging
the enemy from some of the trenches
Aerial explorations showed that the
enemy was actively engaged in re
pairing the damage sustained at the
Divassa aviation field. We repeated
the bombardment of this place, drop
ping 120 bombs. Two hangars were
destroyed and the entire camp was
wrecked. Our aeroplanes returnee
successfully.
Details of our success in the Strina
valley show that the enemy suffered
severe losses, leaving in our hands ?
great quantity of machine guns, am
munition and sixteen cases of bombs.
An important force of the enemy at
Saccarant and Pozzi Alta suffered
heavily, some guns being destroyed
and those remaining being transferred
to other positions outside the defense
works, from where they still reply to
our fire.
The enemy continued an artillery
action against Borgo, in the Val Su
gana region, doing little damage, and
tried to attack in force our positions
at Seikofel, in the valley of Monte
Piano, north of Misurina and Zellan
kofel, west of Montecroce and Car
nico, but everywhere were repulsed.
In the Plezzo zone our artillery op
erated effectually against the enemy's
troops in the Lepenje valley and
against columns on the march along
the route to the upper Isonzo inter
rupting their advance. On Carso we
also effectaully bombarded the
enemy's skirmishers near Doberdo
lake on marching columns between
Doberdo and Larcottini.
Slavs Retreat South of Kovno.
Berlin, Aug. 30. —The war office is
sued this statement:
Eastern Theater of War —Army
group of Field Marshal von Hinden
burg: Southeast of Kovno the stub
born resistence of the enemy has been
broken. Our troops are pursuing the
retreating Russians. The wooded re
gian east of Augustowo has been
gion east of Augustowo has been
suit of the enemy, we reached Dom
brova and Grodek and the sector east
of the city of Narew. The army group
of Prince Leopold is advancing
through the Bialowiez forest in pur
suit of the enemy and has nearly come
up with his right wing near Szeres
zowo.
Army group of Field Marshal von
Mackensen: After rear guard fighting
the Russians were pressed back as
far as the Koddubno line on the Pru
zana road. Troops co-operating with
us from the south through the marshy
region have pursued the enemy and
almost reached Kobrin.
Southeastern Theater of War—The
Austro-German troops which defeated
the enemy have driven him back
across the Polorzany-Koniuchy-Ko
zowa line and behind the Korohetz
sector.
German Pioneers Bombarded.
Paris, Aug. 30.—The war office
statement says:
Our artillery continued its activity
against the positions of the enemy.
The cannonading was especially ac
tive in the sector of Ablain, in the
region of Roye, to the north of the
Aisne, and in the vicinity of Craonne
and Berry-au Bac, as well as between
the Aisne and the Argonne.
Our aeroplanes bombarded the rail
way station and the barracks of the
enemy at Grandpre, in the Ardennes,
as well as the barracks at Monchemin
and Lancon, in the Argonnes.
Turks Claim Victories.
Constantinople (Via Armsterdam),
Aug. 30. —The war office told of gen
eral attacks by the allies from the
Sulva bay district to Avi Burnu. A1
of them were repulsed and a cruiser
and a transport which came within
range of Turkish artillery were hit
several times.
BRITISH TARS MAKE
MERRY AT DARDANELLES
Photo by American Press Association.
DUPONT POWDER
MILL BLOWN UP
Plant Near Wilmington Is De
stroyed-Two Workmen Lost
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 30. —Will:
terrific reports heard for miles two
block powder mills of the Dupont
Powder company at the Upper Hagley
yards, near this city on Brandywine
creek, exploded at 8:30 o'clock Sun
day morning. Lawrence Cunningham,
aged forty-six, married, of Henry Clay,
a suburb, and John Gillespie, aged
thirty-five, of Hazleton, Pa., unmar
ried, were instantly killed.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined. Several hundred
pounds of powder of a powerful brand
were stored in each mill. . The first
to explode was a fuse plant, which
caused the explosion of the second
mill near by. The two victims were
employed in the fuse mill.
Only one body was found. Whether
it is Cunningham or Gillespie it is
impossible to tell. It is burned and
mangled beyond recognition. The sec
ond man was blown to atoms, the
only remains recovered being bits oi
charred flesh hanging in the branches
of trees on the opposite side of
Brandy wine creek.
Both mills were destroyed, being
swept clean of their foundations. The
force of the explosion hurled pieces
of machinery, shafting and large
stones for a great distance in every
direction. Trees were uprooted or
twisted as though a tornado had
struck them. Houses shook in all
parts of this city, four miles away,
while the property damage near the
mills was considerable.
The country place of Frank L. Con
liable, vice president and director of
the Dupo** company, near the plant,
was considerably damaged. The occu
pants were more or less injured. The
windows of th® home of Judge Ed
ward G. Bradford of the United States
distrrct court, also near by, were dam
aged. One of the Dupont family
homes on a hill above the mill was
badly damaged.
Shortly before the accrdent the
mills had been charged by workmen.
After starting the machinery the em
ployees left, as is the custom. Cun
ningham and Gillespie evidently did
not get a sufficient distance away
after starting the machinery.
Acton Plant Destroyed.
Acton, Mass., Aug. 30. —With a
deafening roar the glazing mill of the
American Smokeless Powder company
here blew up early Sunday morning.
For forty miles around the shock
could be felt and in many of the
neighboring communities windows
were jarred out and considerable dam
age caused.
Immediately there were wild ru
mors that the plant had been exploded
by Germai spies. This idea was dis
pelled, however, when from officials
of the company it was learned that
the company had not been manu
facturing any powder for a warring
nation. Instead all of their output
was for sporting use.
DON'T LIKE "DETECTIVES
Marietta, C-., Scrutinizes All Visitors
to Town Since Lynching.
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 30. —Eight men
who did not give satisfactory explana
tions of t v,i ir presence here were
rounded up placed in a box car on a
freight train and sent away. Since
Leo M. Fraiik was lynched near here
Aug. 17 several persons, whose busi
ness in the town was not known, have
been invited to leave.
These events and the continual re
ceipt of letters threatening various
sorts of vengeance for Frank's lynch
ing caused police officials here to in
crease the number of officers to fif
teen. The letters are being received
from all parts of the country by town
and Cobb county officials and by per
sons who have given statements on
the Frank case to newspapers outsi le
he state.
J Don't Miss the Big \
I Indiana County Fair [
iSept. 7, 8, 9 and 10 |
Aeroplane Flights |
and demonstration of liow they are used in the t
European war by dropping of bombs 011 objects.
All lovers of harness racing will be f
3 pleased with this year's program.
J Fine Stock Exhibit, Big agricultural Display
and Interesting Exhibits in all departments.
| 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
CHINESE EDIBLE DOGS."
They Are Fed Mainly Upon Daintily
Prepared Vegetable Food.
English bon vivants have tested the
merits of the Chinese edible dog, and
they pronounce it very good dog in
deed.
The dog is iestiued from the begin
ning for the table. Like the edible rat
of the same country, it is fed mainly
upon vegetable food, which Is often
delicately prepared and specially de
vised. in order to give the dog's flesh
a peculiar flavor and aroma. The re
sult is something quite different from
the flesh of the ordinary dog of the
western world.
The genuine Chinese edible dog is
known by its bluish black tongue,
which Is a peculiar mark of its variety,
in infancy and early youth the dog's
tongue is red, and upon reaching ma
turity and the edible age it suddenly
becomes black, sometimes within two
weeks.
Another peculiarity of this dog is its
lack of the harking faculty. It Is said
that the dog can bark, and on oc
casions does so. but these occasions
are rare. .
Many experiments, most of them un
willing. were made with the flesh of
dogs during the Paris siege. New
foundlands and St. Bernards were pre
ferred, under the mistaken impression
that they would prove more eatable
than other varieties. They proved to
be detestable in all cases.—Every
Week.
CORK TREES OF SPAIN.
How They Are Stripped of Their Bark
at Ten Year Intervals.
An important industry in Spain is
the cultivation of cork trees. This tree
is an oak which grows best in the poor
est soil. It cannot endure frost and
must have sea air and also some alti
tude. It is found all along the coast of
Spain, the northern coast of Africa and
the northern shores of the Mediterra
nean.
There are two barks, the outer of
which is stripped for use. The cork is
valuable according as it is soft and
velvety. When the sapling has reach
ed the age of ten years it is stripped of
its outer bark for two feet from the
ground. The tree will then be about
five inches in diameter and about six
feet up to the branches. This stripping
Is worthless. The inner bark appears
blood red. and if it is split or injured
the tree dies.
When eight or ten years more have
elapsed the outer bark has again grown,
and then the tree is stripped four feet
ftom the roots. This stripping is very
coarse and is used to make floats for
fish nets. Every ten years thereafter
the bark is stripped, each year two feet
higher up. until the tree is forty or
fifty years old. when it is in its prime,
and may then be stripped every ten
years from the ground to the branches.
—Exchange.
Royal Kisses.
The kings and high officials of Eu
rope when they meet always embrace
and kiss each other, no matter what
their relations have been in the past or
may be in the immediate future. This
is a kiss of respect. It may be given
on the lips, the cheek, the brow or
the beard and is nicely adjusted, ac
cording to the age and rank of the
giver. From this close personal con
tact it passes through many forms
kissing the hand, parts of the cloth
ing and even the ground trodden upon,
according to the idea of respect or fear
inspiring the one who performs the
Tb<i nations, of. the west ha ve_ not
1 1 adopted this ancient custom as a form
of salutation, but have reserved it for
the more tender relationships of life.—
Christian Herald.
Dumas and His Porthos.
Dumas, like Balzac, was fond of his
own creations. Among them all tie
loved Porthos best. The great, strong,
vain hero was a child after bis own
heart One afternoon, it is related, his
son found Dumas careworn, wretched,
overwhelmed. "What has happened to
you? Are you ill?" asked Dumas Ills
i "No." replied Dumas pere. "Well.
what is it then?" "I am miserable."
1 "Why?" "This morning I killed Por
thos—poor Porthos! Oh. what trouble
| I have had to make up my mind to do
It! But there must be an end to all
things. Yet when 1 saw him sink be
neath the ruins, crying. 'lt is too heavy,
too heavy for me!' 1 swear to you that
I cried!" And he wiped away a tear
with the sleeve of his dressing gown
—
An Old Indian Drum.
The Sioux Indians formerly had a
conjurer's drum, which they called wa
kanchanchagha. It was used on reli
gious and ceremonial occasions, had
two head* frequently decorated with
crude pictures of animals, and was
beaten with great vigor for the pur
pose of appeasing the wrath of their
offended deities or of contributing to
the recovery of the sick.
Africa.
Africa is the most elevated of all the
continents. It is the "continent of
plateaus." The great tableland in th
south has a mean altitude of over 3.500
feet The wide tableland on the north
has an average elevation of about 1.300
feeL
Impossible.
; "Can't you play tennis without mak
ing all that noise?"
"Why. how can you expect us to
play it without raising a rackef?"—
Baltimore American.
Pepys on a Coal Famine,
i There was a coal famine in England
In 1686. England was at the time at
war with Holland and, owing to the
presence of the Dutch fleet in English
; waters, the Newcastle colliers found it
impossible to get through to London.
A period of great privation ensued.
Writing in his diary in June, 1667,
Pepys observes that "the great misery
the city and kingdom is like to suffer
for want of coals is very visible and, it
is feared, will breed a mutiny." Later
in the month comes the following en
try: "Such is the want already of coals,
! and the despair of having any supply,
that they are come this day to £5 10s. a
chaldron."
Japanese Gardens.
The Japanese lay out their gardens
so as to suggest famous scenes in their
history. Miniature landscapes are laid
out to recall well known spots and
suggest the events that have taken
place there.
REASON FOR
IT.
Your vacation
doesn't seem to
have done you ~!
much good. You /L/
look all broken / 7J Vfl
That's not / V fv/' \Jt
Strange. I had to T
divide myself x n lf 1 J
among a dozen
girls.
Mil 111 MM 111 KM.
D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government
is 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 Congress consist
| of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. How loug is the President
of the United States elected?
I\. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in ease he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
j 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
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What 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. 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?
Saving and Small Earnings.
In the Scotch parish where the sav
ings bank originated a great majority
of the inhabitants were poor cottagers.
Their average wages did not run over
8 shillings (about $2) a week.
"It seemed," wrote Samuel Smiles,
"a very unlikely place in which to es
tablish a bank for savings, where the
poor people were already obliged to
strain every nerve to earn a bare liv
ing, to provide the means of educating
their children—for. however small his
income, the Scottish peasant almost
invariably contrives to save something
wherewith to send his children to
school—and to pay their little contri
butions to the friendly society of the
parish."
In four years this unpromising field
yielded to the Rev. Henry Duncan's
bank at Ruthwell nearly $5,000. The
| bank became self sustaining, and all
over Scotland and England the new
savings bank idea spread. Chicago
News.
England's First Scientist.
The first great English scientist was
Roger Bacon, who died in 1204. The
exact date of his birth is unknown, but
it is believed that this year marks the
seven hundredth anniversary. He was
persecuted and condemned and much
of his work destroyed, so that the ex
tent of his discoveries cannot be defi
nitely known. It is certain that he
was centuries ahead of his ignorant
and credulous times in chemistry, me
chanics and mathematics. Branded as
a magician, he was thrown into prison.
From 1277 until a short time before
his death Bacon was immured in a
filthy cell. He is said to have invented
the camera obscura. the air pump and
the diving bell, and he was acquainted
with the uses of optical lenses and the
nature of gunpowder, although the pro
jectile power of gunpowder appears not
to have been discovered until the fol
lowing century. It is said that during
a war Bacon set fire to the chief build
ings in a town by using burning lenses.
At the Police Station.
Lieutenant—Prisoner, do you read?
Prisoner—No, sir.
Lieutenant —W rite ? —Exchange-
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected t
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
D. How many representatives
are there? ..
R. 43~>. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211.000, (the
ratio tixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed ?
R. 2 years.
D. llow 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.
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 von 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
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
'l.-wp 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.
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Some Queer Ones j
A woman can dress on $3.50 a week,
a Milwaukee court holds.
. I
A will found In an old slipper In
Michigan disposed of an $BO,OOO estate.
Kisses, stolen or otherwise, are worth
$ll each in Hammond, Ind., the court
decides.
Rat terriers have been shipped by a
Delaware man to rid the German
trenches of rats.
A couple who wanted "something out
of the ordinary" married in a cell of
the village lockup at Put-In-Bay, O.
A vagrant told by the Hackensack
i (N. J.) court he might fix his own sen-
I tence discharged himself on condition
I that be leave town.
Coffee grounds In the food of a Har
wich (Mass.) man's chickens made them
so wide awake the roosters nearly
erowed themselves to death.
Grounds For Divorce.—Wife cast vote
as director that ousted Corona (Cal.)
man from job, and he is suing for di
vorce on ground of cruelty In leaving
him no means of supporting her.
The Human Face.
Rosa Bonheur, the great painter of
animals, had a system of mnemonics
which was exceedingly quaint. She
could trace In the faces of those peo
ple who visited her a resemblance to
some sort of animal. For instance, if
some one reminded her of a certain
j fcady she would probably hesitate for
' a moment and then say, "Oh, yes, the
lady with the camel face!" or, "Oh, I
remember—she had a cow face!" This
memory system was not flattering to
her friends, but it showed how satu
rated she was with a knowledge of an
imals and their characteristics. On ev
ery human face she found a likeness to
some animal she had studied and de
lineated.