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AUSTRALIAN FIRING A TRENCH MORTAR This remarkable looking weapon, which la being used with telling effect agalnit the Turka In the Dardanellee campaign, la a trench mortar, one of the new englnea of war which haa been brought into play during the preaent European war. It la mounted on boxea, and judging from the war It la handled when fired there la conalderable risk to the pointer or operator of the weapon, for while one arm directs the fire of the mortar the other arm pulla the alug which aeta It off. LIKE P W PARTY Italian Faces Death With a Smile 7:-' and a Joke. Austrian Officer* A*tonl*h*d at the Basy, Cheerful Way* of Italian Soldier*?Comradeship Be tween Officer* and M*n. BV CAMILLO CIANFARPA. (International Near* Service.) Ddlne, Italy.?A stay of a few day* at any of the sectors into which the Italian front I* divided will-convince the neutral observer of several thine*. Two of these will suffice as chiefly characteristic of the Italian army, vis.: The rood humor of the Italian troops even In the face of the moat desperate straits; and the ex cellent relations which exist at all times between the officers and men. Shrapnel shells may explode at reg ular Intervals In and around the Italian trenches, the roar of the guns may be deafening and awe-tnaplrtng. the rain of bullets may raise clouds of dust and send pebbles and chunks of rocks hurtling through the air? and yet the Italian soldier will al ways be ready to get all the fun he ean out of the situation. In fact the clammy hand of death may be lurking In every corner and yet his native smile will never desert him. the unquenchable fire will never leave his eyes, he will always be ready for a joke at the expense of the unsuspecting comrade standing, rifle in hand, at his side, alert at the first signs of real danger. This good humor, the radiant smile and the easy cheerful ways of the Italian "Tommy," even after the most bloodcurdling operations. In which he may have risked his life a doxen times, excites the wonder of the Aus trian officers. One of the latter In a letter to his mother which was found on the bat tlefield declared that he could not make up his mind whether these Italian soldiers were cynics or en thusiasts. "For a whole day." contlnued.the officer, who Is a devout Catholic, "1 was prevented from training a gun against a certain spot, because I saw through my field glasses that an am munition wagon was guarded by a priest armed with a long shining cross." When the Italians evacuated the spot It was discovered that the priest was nothing more nor less than a black cassock and a wldebiimmed hat. supported on two wooden sticks and the cross formed out of a num ber of tin meat cans. Musi? and singing, however, form the chief diversions of the Italian troops, whenever and wherever the officers allow It. As Colonel Dunn, military attache at the American em bassy, remarked after a short visit to the Italian front, "These encamp ments behind the firing line are more like a picnic party than soldiers on a battle front." Every contingent has Its quota of guitar, mouthorgan and mandolin players, and night concerts follow each other on every side until the "Last Post" Is sounded and the regi ment retires under canvas. But even " then after the patrol has disappeared toward the farthest end of the camp, a tender and touching melody steals through the air, lulling the nearby restless to sleep. As to the relations existing between the officers and the men In the ranks, they form. In the opinion of Captain Hayshl, member of the Japanese mil itary mission, a striking feature of the war. Italian military discipline ts strict, but not harsh. It Is main tained by kindness and Justice rather than by fear. ' . First, the difficetVuvariably treat their man as they deserve to be treated; kindly, humanely. Moreover, they do It without loss of dignity. Hence, the soldiers respect, honor end even love their superiors. In the trenches end everywhere on the firing line, where danger Is great est, the feeling of devoted comrade ship between officers and men Is ad mirable and It is safe to say that every soldier Is ready and willing to lay down his life for hla superior. Stories of soldiers who risked their lives to save those of their officers are a dally occurrence at the Italian front The last soldier to be decorated was a certain Ouido Vltelll who, on seeing In the course of an engage ment his lieutenant fall grievously wounded, left the trenches accom panied by a comrade and rushed to the rescue. The spot where the offi cer lay was quite a distance from the trench and Vltelll was struck twice in the hand and In the cheek, while his comrade was slightly wounded In the leg. Nevertheless, the two wounded sol diers succeeded la carrying their su perior officer Into the Italian lines. At the hospital, where he Is now re covering, Vltelll related his adven tures to the captain of his company, adding that he was glad of the oppor tunity of proving the devotion he felt for the gallant young lieutenant Nat urally, the captain has recommended hla for the medal. MISS MARY ELLEN WILSON Second daughter of the Secretary of Labor, W. B. Wilson. Bank Teller Admits Hold-Up Pake. Cedar Rapids, la.?Leo Perrln, de posed paying teller of the Cedar Rap Ids National bank, la under arrest, charged with embexslement of $20,070 from that Institution. Perrln was ar rested after he confessed that the money, lost by the bank In a supposed hold-up, really was taken by him. He was taken to Jail when unable to ob tain signatures to his $5,000 bond. Lives on Coffee. Baltimore?Kate Larber, aged thlr teen, has since she was fourteen months old taken practically no nour lshment except coffee, which sh< drinks in large Quantities, sometlmei 10 cups a day. KANSAS HAS 900 PAUPERS Twenty Counties In the Stat* \Have No Poor Farm* Nor Poor Indlgenta. Topeka.?'Twenty of the 106 Kanaaa count tea bare no poor (arms or Indi gent poor, while In other oonntloa the poor farma are eelf-oepportlng. accord tag t? a report mad* by J. W. Howe. { aacrotary of the state hoard of con trol. la tho year coding July 1 the to Hots* counties In Kansas cared foi only *00 paupers, the-report says. rending the construction of nee quarters at the Wtnfleld Hospital foi the Feeble Minded, a number of In sane and feeble mladed patients haei been cared tor by Individual coon ties. As a result there vers ten more In mates of poor farms this year thai last year, in the year ending Jul] 1. says the report, there vers 1* chtl dren In the county natltetioas a against 14 the previous year. r Rabbit Hola a Treasure. Pratt, Kan?A Mexican some six ' ml)ft east of hara was hunting rab r bits yesterday and ran a rabbit Into - a hole. Ha reached Into the bole and ! polled Use bunny out, but the rabbit - held to a sleeve of a man's Jacket Further Investigation by the Mexleai showed a large swag of heavy silver l ware that had been hidden In tb r bole, wrapped up in the jacket. Tb - silverware was turned over to a naa ? by resident and ha notified the of ?an. >7 , . \,'-U ? EARS OFJHE ARMY Signal Corps Get Little Credit for Most Heroic Work. With Shot and Shall Playing Around Him Slgnalar Coolly Spllcoo Bro ken Telegraph Wire* ? Al waye at Danger Point. By CHRIS HEALY. (International Nawa Uervlce.) Liverpool.?When the full *tory ol the war la written we ahall know the avact part played by the akllled craftsmen of Great Britain. Appre ciative hint* are given here and there of the work of the collier In detect ing the enemy's mlnea, and boring counter-mine*, and of thla work and that of the navy, tn building jg/T " .'At but none of the official war corre spondents have told u* of the bravery and skill of the telegraph section of the Royal engineers, whoae work la to organise victory by making U pos sible for one line of the men to com municate wltj the other by erecting and repairing wires; In a phrase, by acting as the ears of the British army. The signaler is seldom the hero of one of those great stories of aggressiveness which makes the name of Michael O'Leary the subject of a thousand stories and legends, yet bis work, nevertheless, la heroic to a de gree. An officer who has recently re turned from the region round Yprea, Festubert, and La Bassee tells me that the bravest feat he witnessed during his Stay at the front was that of a telegraph signaler in tha mldat of a battle whose fortunes were turn ing now on the aide of the Germans, and then on ours. A shell came from th* Prussian side, which blew In a trench and cut a telegraph line to pieces. The next moment a signaler dashed through with a layer of wire In his hand, his pincers between his teeth, and Quite an armory of other tools In his pock eta. Then with shot and shell playing round him be began to relay the bro ken telegraph line, fixed It up, walked calmly back to his original spot, wiped from his face the mud and dust with which It was covered, relit his pipe, and awaited his next Job. "It was the coolest piece of work I hare ever seen." said the officer. He was a judge, too, for he had seen six Victoria crosses earned, although the signaler in this case did not get one. Here Is a sketch of the dally rou tine of the signaler; He rises while all the other soldiers* are asleep, and quietly makes his way to the place where the new trenches are to be made, estimates the amonnt of mate rial necessary, thinks of the men he can spare from the work of repairing, an it hen goes back to make all the preparations needed, which must be completed before the shell signal la given that the artillery attack has onened. He wail* with (trained nervee, eo as to be at the heelt ot the rash of Infantry which Is to capture the ene my's trenches; then, as the last Ger man Is bayoneted or taken prisoner, even before the work ot the Red Cross section has begun, he starts laying the telephones and telegraph wires which are to keep the Held commanders In touch with one an other. I 1 Night work Is not only difficult but dsngerous. Apart from the discom fort of trudging through plowed fields, often after heavy rain has made them Into huge quagmires, fall ing Into deep ponds made by a big shell, and running the risk of being drowned where a cry for help may mean wholesale death for your own sector; dodging the star shells which the enemy send up to take a view of things, the signaler must always bear in mind that the lines must be laid or repaired, and his own life Is simply a means for that end. If he Is killed after his work Is done, then he can die happy knowing that he has saved the lives of men. It his work Is unfinished, then death ? has a new terror, a new agony. This braces him up when a star shell lights the sky. He promptly faces his own trench with his back to the enemy. The pink patch on his face would not only make him a target for a sniper, but would also give away the posi tion of his reglmedt So he stands still, or else throws himself face downward, running the risk of getting honorable wounds, In the back. By the time he has meas ured the ground for the new lines, given a look for the other lines in use, and made a test or two, It is time to return to his dugout quarters, crawl In for an hour or two's rest, and. perhaps, lust as he has fallen com fortably asleep, be peremptorily awakened by the news that the ene my has blown In one of our trenches, and the wires must be repaired or re laid at once Under no circumstances whatever must the communications between the artillery and the Infantry sections be Interrupted for a moment, for that might mean "disaster to the whole army. ^ His Precious Horses. Miller, 8. D. ? Robert Wilson, a prominent ranchsr here, Is known for the fins horses be raises. He has - many ready for the market but he re i fuses to sell one while the war In - Burope lasts, tearing they would be i sent there and Injured or killed In i battle He refuses fancy prices right along for horses. GERMAN SHELLS BURSTING OVER FRENCH POSITION * This remarkable picture o( bursting German shells was mads lust at the moment when they were falling on a farm in the Argonne district used by the French as a rendezvous. The shells were directed at the French sol diers. who are seen working. None of the French soldiers who were present while the rain of shells fell on them were hurt. WAR'S TRA6EDY FOR THE NONCOMBATANT One of the London Dally Mali's prise photographs, showing a family returned to their native Tillage after a Bartons battle had been fought there, only to find their cottage in ruins. CAME TO BORROW A BILLION FOR ALLIES ^ ^ flNUKBBhrfOflO V, / \ ^ UNMWOOD / ^pm^.X Representative* of England and France, who eame to the United States for the purpose of negotiating a loan of a billion dollars for the allies, are shown In this Illustration. J. P. Morgan (1), as financial agent of the Brit ish government, acted as their host. The others are: (2) Sir Edward Holden of the London Clt7 and Midland bank; (3) Sir Henry Babblngton Smith; (4) Lord Reading, lord chief Justice of Oreat Britain and head of the commission; (5) Octave Homburg of the French foreign offlce; ?) Basil B. Blackett of the British treasury; (7) Ernest Mallet, regent of the Bank of France. T5 ?' Russian Barbara Act aa Surgeons. Russian barbers with about six weeks medical -training are with the esar's army In great numbers as futl Qsd ged surgeons, aocordlng to reports of wounded German soldiers who have Just returned from the front. These soldiers, many of whom bear evidence of Improper amputations, also com plain of poor sanitary conditions In Russian hospitals, but praise the Rus atan woman nurses as being kind and saaslderate. Lavender Repels Mosquitoes. Noted In this evening's Issue a formula for repelling mosquitoes. A simpler and more effective repellent la oil of lavender, sprayed through an atomiser on parts exposed. Thla oil Is mora efficient than cltronalla, ammonia, camphor, tar and a hundred other "straws" that "sheeter" victims have clutched at' It has been found tried In New Jersey and not found wanting, so what more can one aak forT?(Letter to New fork Globe). TAKING WOUNDED ABOARD Thl* photograph, taken at the Oar danelles. shows a Brltlah aoldier, wounded In the arma, being lowered aboard a hospital launch In what It known aa a "bosun's chair," which t? swung out by means ot a c-ane. Would Help Some. It Is a small English country town, and one of the members of the specie, war relief committee is also proprie tor of a drapery "emporium." To him came for advice and assistance s poor woman who had Just "heard the worst" about ber man at the front Would the separation allowance M paid still f Or would tbe war ofllce make a special grantT "I can't say definitely what the war ofllce will do In your particular case," was th? Judicious verdict, "b"t, person ally. I shall be glad to?ah-^Jo supplj you with mourning from m? establish meat at a wholesale price." USES FOR OBSOLETE GUNS Have Been Turned Into Many Object! ,of Internet, Eapeelally In Eng land?Some Inetancee. - Many unmllttary thtnga are made of obaotete (una, and In Bncland eepe clally are to bd fdknd a number of ob lecta o( Intereet la thla line, eeya the Marine Journal. Tbe Victoria Croaa, tar Inetance, baa aleraya been menu (actnred from the (una captured at - ?ebaatupoi Many tblnca la the Brit U '.? ? ?, i lita isles are named tor Waterloo la consequence ot the great victory that was won there over Napoleon on June 11, 1816, one In particular being the Waterloo bridge, the gas brackets on which were fashioned many years ago from cannon used at Waterloo An other Instance la the ornamental capi tal of the monument to Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, which was mad^ from old -cannon, anr at Aidersboi there is* an effigy of Wellington and his charger Copenhagen, also made from worn out guns. In the crypt of St. Paul's there ta the funeral ear which here the remains of Welling ton to hla last resting place, made en tirely of enemy guns. Farmers Makes Direct Sales. The United Fruit companies of Nora Scotia (Ltd.), a cooperative society ot orchardlsts and farmers throughoi the Annapolis valley, hare opened s store in Halifax aud wiii seii butter eggs, vegetables, apples and othe country produce direct from the farm to the consumer. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK ?opt W. m*. Allied repulead German attache on both wlnge, but Germane gal nod In cantor. French re-onforoed on tho Mouaa. Qormano bombardad Mallnoo. Ruaalana oheefced Oorman ao vanoa into Poland at buwalkl and antorad town of Prsemyal. tarba and Montanogrlna roaohad Roumanian bordar. Japanoao defaatod Oormana In outaklrta of Klaoehow. Oorman avlotora dropped bom bo In Parla and Mfareaw. Cholora outbreak In Auetrla. ?opt. 28, 191*v _ . Alllaa mad* pregC. : of tho Mouaa- ^ Balglana retook Aloat and re pulaod Oormana at Mallnoo. Oonoral Hlndonburg'a army forced to rotlro from Poland. Ruaalana ooouplod Demblea and took a fort at Praamyal. Ruaalana oroaoad the Carpathlana and Invaded Hungary. Japanoao approached Talngtau. Oorman Congo aahiad by Brttlah and Froneh. French warohlp aunk by Cattaro forte. Ruaolan aoldlora ooouplod TllaM aetata of kaloor. ?apt. 29, 1914. Germane occupied Mall and Mallnaa and bombard ad Llorre. Outar dafanaaa of Antwerp ?ballad by the Qarmana. Barba retook bomlln. Ruoolana awopt ovar northarn Hungary. Japanooo Invoatod Talngtau. Chlnaao blow up railroad brldgoa to hinder progrooo of Japanooo. ?rKlah warahlpo bombarded Talngtau. Qarman cruiaar Imdon aank five Brltlah etaamara In Qulf of Bengal and all tank ataamoro at Madraa Zappolln dropped bom bo In Bel gian towna. U. S. B. Tannaaaaa ordered to the Adriatic. Sept. JO, 1914. Allloo drove back both Gorman wlnga and retook St. Mlhlel. Germane doatroyod town of Orchloe. Germane failed In attempt to crooo the River Nlomon. Retreating Auatrlana aurreundod near Dukia. Hungariana retook Uzaek paoa. Japanaao reachod Lao-Cho and Qarmana abandoned their artillery. Italian ahlpo aunk by Auetrlan mlnoo. Brltlah erulaer Cumberland cap tured ten Qarman merchant ataam oro. Cadeta from Canada Royal Mili tary college tailed for England. Oct. 1, 1914. Allloo won fight around Royo. French thcllod Germane In quar doa Bolglana bombarded Tormondo church to drive Germane from otaaplo. Bombardment of Antwerp forte continued. Qarman and Japanooo warahlpo fought In Klaochow harbor. Troopa from India landed at Man named. Oct. 2, 1914. Alllao chocked at Arraa. Germane driven back acroaa the Meuee. Two Antwerp forta allencod. Ruaalana broke Gorman cantor and took up now battla lino from Marlampol to Oaaowotz. Germane bombard Oaoowotz. Ruaalana took two forta of Przomyal. Gorman crulaora ahelled Papeete, capital of French lalanda of Tahiti. French gunboat aank Qarman auxiliary ahlpe Rhloa and ltolo. Gorman erulaer Leipzig tank Union oil tanker Elalnoro. Gorman foralgn office accuaod French of torturing wounded at Orchlea. American Rod Croaa ahlp arrived at Paulllae, Franco. War may be necessary?bat there'a no sane reason why people should try to change seats while In rowboats. Near-Publicity. The nearest soma men ever come to getting their pictures Into the papers Is when a cross (X) is shown on the half-tone to Indicate where the Inno cent bystander stood when It hap pened. Daily Thought. Even In ordinary Ufe the unselfish people are the happiest?those who work to make others happy and who forget themselves. The dissatisfied people are those who are seeking hap piness for themselves.?Besant Dally Thought I do not say we ought toebe happier as we grow older, but we ought to be calmer, knowing better what life Is, and looking forward to another, which we believe to be a reality, though we cannot tell what It means.?JowetL Those Musicians. "Do yon think, professor." said the musically ambitious youth, "that I can ever do Anything wltj my voicet" "Well," was the cautious reply, "U may come In handy to holler with la case of lira"
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