VOli. XLI
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
V MONDAY.
The allies have made further pros
. ress In the Champagne region, std
that all captured positions In the 'Ar-
region have been held, the Paris
official statement says. German at
tacks have been repulsed with heavy
loss, the statement adds.
Berlin despatches say that in the
naval attack on Zeebrogge, which ac
companied the land advance, one Brit
ish Warship was sunk and two were
damaged. '
In the meantime, the Russian ar
mffes have Tesumed the along
a 260-mile front, from the Drlna river
tft the Prlpet marshes, on the eastern
ront. Eeven fortified town* have
been -retaken, Including Ostrow, Pet
rograd-announces.
TUEBDAY.
The forward drives of the French
and British troops continue with new
gains near Artols and In the Cham
pagne region. - Paris reports that the
right wing of the German crown
crown prince's army in the cham
pagne has been shattered, and thai
German counter attacks In _ the Ar
gonne region, have failed. The crown
prince 1* said to have lost, 100,000
men during the last few months.
Official statements from Petrograd
report severe fighting along the entirs
western front, with the Russians, a)
most points, on the offensive. The
Germans still are attacking neai
Dvinsk, apparently 'without *ucce*a
The czar's troops, have captured many
prisoners on the Gallclan front, and
report a success over the German* ID
a battle at Ekau, Courland.
WEDNESDAY.
German casualitles resulting from
the big offensive of the French and
British, inciluding killed, wounded and
prisoners, were given officially by the
French war office as in excess of the
strength of three army corpa (mote
than 120,000 men).
The British forces north of Lens, ID
Artols, are storming the third line ol
German defences. Over SjOOO- prison
ers were captured and great quanti
ties of munitions.
Reports from Russia say an entire
German army corps (40,000 men)
were trapped In the marshes neai
Plnsk and only a few escaped death
The official report says the Russiar,
offensive continues unchecked.
The first-class Italian bittleshij)
Benedetto Brln was literally torn tc.
pieces by an internal explosion while
lying at anchor in the harbor of Brin
disl. Only 37S men and eight officers
of her complement of 720 are
known to have been saved.
THURSDAY.
French forces have penetrated the
second line of German defences In the
Champagne region, France, according
to official announcement In Paris
Both the British and French are en
gaged in a drive toward Lens, whlcl
controls the German position>at Lille
The German war office admits the
loss of Hill No. 191, near the Cham
pagne region, and the allies announct
they have captured - Hills 70 and 149
in the fighting near Artols.
Petrograd official reports say the
Russian army has made great gain;
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
between Dvinsk and \TOn; and the'
they have- captured • Postawy aftei
driving the Germans twenty-flv
miles. General von Hlnderiburg If
pushing his attack upon Dvinsk,. but
the defenders are said to be hoidlnf
their own. Austro-German gains nqai
Lutsk, in Volhynla, are admitted.
FRIDAY.
Paris reports continued ativarfcei
by allies ill France, and says Germar
counter attacks near Artols and In the
Cliamp&gne region have been repula
I ed. The Germans have begun t
heavy bombardment north of the Als
| ne at Souplr. The army of the Gar
; man crown prince la reported to b
menaced by the French advance, and
reinforcements have been sent to him
One million British troops are al
the front In France.
Continued German attacks neai
Dvnsk have railed, according to Pet
rograd. The Russian line la reported
to be holding all a)ong the eastern
front except north of Plnsk, where
the Gerrftana have had some BUC
cesses. A new German offensive
south of Riga was repulsed.
France 'and Great Britain have
taken military measures to defend
Serbia and Greece against Bulgarian
aggression, the Paris Temps an
nounces.
SATURDAY.
Reports to London say that Bui
garlan troops have befcn massed on
the Greek and Serbian borders, and
At is believed that the nation has deft
nltely decided to cast In Its lot witfc
the Teutonic allies. An ultimatum
from the entente to Bulgaria, is pre
dieted within the next fojatg-eighi
hours. '
Further gains by the ailieed troop»
near Artols and In the Champagne re
glon are reported by the French wai
office, notwithstanding a heavy Ger
man bombardment. French avlatori
are reported to have attacked wlti
guns the railroads behind the German
positions.
Despatch.:g to London say.4he Rus
sians aro holding their own on tin
eastern front except in front o!
Dvinsk and in Vrfhynla. Petrograd
_ admits a German advance south ol
* Dvinsk. •
WANS FAIL .
TO HALT ALLIES
French Win More Ground at
Vimy Heights.
AID SENT TO GROWN PRINCE
Beventh Day of Great Battle Bhow*
Fighting Still Favora the Anglo-
French Offensive Opgssptions.
Gorman cirmtor attacks launched
during the nifiht in Champagne and in
the" Artois dlsliLt In efforts to regain
the positions captured by the aillles
were iepulscd, the French war office
announced.
The oiilcial statement shows that
the fighting, its seventh day,
is proceeding .under conditions favor
able to the allies, despite the fact that
they are being assailed by Germany'*
finest troops. Including the famous
Prussian guard.
In the great battle In Artols the
French have made fuTther progress by
means of attacks with hand grenades
on German trenches, according to the
Paris war office. In the Champagne
district a German counter afEack near
Maisons de Champagne was checked.
The Germans violently bombarded
French trenches near Souplr, north of
the AUne, but made no infantry at
tack.
The Berlin war however, mays
the British hare ceased their attacks
and the Germans have made farther
progress north' of Loos, near Lena. All
French attacks east of Souches, north
of Neuvllle and in the Champagne,
failed, It la further stated.
The French are bearing the brunt
of the fighting now In progrea* on the
western fronts/ They are hammering
at the second Gernfen line la Cham
pagne, In the direction of the Grand
Pre railway, and at the same time
i dropping bombs on the tine add sta
tions to preveat the Germans. from
bringing up reinforcements. Absence
1 of news from the British front indi
cates that «heee force* are occupied
with consolidating their positions in
territory recently won.
The British forces BOW la Franca
are estimated at a round million men,
which will be increased by 800,000.
Dally lengthcnKig of the obituary col
uflms of t'ra London newspaperoU"!**
ginning to measure the price paid by
the British for their recent offensive,
i ;In the Argonne the Qerman. crown
prime's army has bain tfatwefr'So
badly that part of the am!*- of Gen
eral von Btranti has beea sent to (tif
fin It. , •
The borfty captured in the Arstruab
of "the forward movement 1s growing
rapidly as the work of counting la
''emulated and the seriousness of the
German losses ia now blear. Tfcs
i ntimber pf field and heavy guns taken
i In Champagne alone totals 111.
' A bomber Iniout of unusual inten
sity, directed against the newly won
' positions In Artols, has failed com
pletely to dislodge the French troop*
or even to. shake the secujity of their
hpld. The latest entrenchments taken
i in this sector oa the height* between
'Bonchuz and Vimy ere being planted
with heavy batterlee.
.With the German lecond llfls pierc
> ed at several points, a great battle la
r raging in Champagne, west of the Ar
gonne. with the railway from Cbal
lerange to Baxancourt as Ma stake.
• Upon this road the kaiser's troops,
, from Rhetms to the Argonae, depend
for their rupplles.
Emulate Time.
' Time works wonder*. By keepln' at
It you may ketch up with time soma
day:—Boston Herald.
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M Cn»n«hfth aii.-r 111• allien demand to knew llulKarls's position the latter mobilise*] all lit-r troop* Tills was closely followed by
LLCWS ON&PSNOIS Greece calling; all her men to the colors, fearing a move ou Servla. Probably to Impress Bulgaria the long delayed "drive" of
Qf the' Week England and France commenced, the Germana losing considerable ground and thousands of men, while more ammunition was
expended Mian In any like period of the war. Other Mexican ralda across our border resulted in an American trooper being
killed. The O. A. R. gathered In Washington to repeat the grand review of fifty years ago. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., investigating conditions in Colorado,
said ha would push welfare plan, though be stands to lose $335,000 yearly. The New York national guard. 10,000 strong, showed the Empire City In a war
game some of the things which wonld happen In real warfare, even building and blowing up bridges.
THEODORE N. VAIL
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First Man to Bend Voice 5200
Mllea by Wireless Telephony.
Photo by American Press Association
•
Mr. Vail, who is president of the
American Telegraph and Telephone
company. Is sponsor for new deve'.op
merit tnat may enable speech to
travel around the world In the air.
LOSE 63,468JN 11 DAYS
Lstest Lists Raise Prussian War Toll
to Nsarly 2,000,000 Men.
The Prussian casualty lists, NOR.
330 to 339, ooverlng " the period
from September 17 to September
28, give the names of 83,48*
men killed, wounded and mlss'ng,
according to the Nieuwe Rotter'
damsche Courant, of Rotterdam. The
Courant guys that the >e figures In
crease the total Prussian casualties
to 1,918,148.
How the severity of the fighting rs
cently has Increased, continues the pa
per, Is Indicated by the following fig
ures: The list from No. 300 to No.
809 announced 46,750 casualties; the
list from No. 310 to 319 contained
53,396 names; the (list from No. 320,t0
No. 329 gave 58,445 names, and the re
maining lists as above.
Besides ~be Prussian lists, there
have been published 224 Bavarian,
199 Saxon, 274 Wurtemberg, 49 naval
and 4 lists of Prussian officers and
non-commissioned officers In the Turk
ish service.
BABY ROVER IN TORTURE .
Lpst and Helpless 40 Hours In Cold
Rain In a Ravine.
After 40 hours' exposure to cold
and rain, during which period be was
without food, and bad to sleep two
nights on the wet ground, John, two
and a half-year-old son of John Den
nis, of Qlen Lyon, near faMlkes-Bsrre,
Pa., waa found still alive In a ravin*
1200 feet from his home.
The youngster was weak and al
most completely exhausted, and not
sufficient vitality remains to warrant
expectations that he will recover.
The child wandered away on Thurs
day at 4.30 P. M., and, although the
entire Newport police department,
hundreds of friends and neighbors
and the state police joined In scour-
Ink the forest near by, their search
was fruitless until Saturday.
BOOZE IN BURIAL CASKETS
Two Officials snd Factory Employe
In Orip of federal Law.
T. C. Betterton, general man
ager, secretary and treasurer o
the Tennessee Coffin and Casket
company and police commissioner
;Of Chattanooga, was arrested,
•d, charged with violating the penal
cods of the United States by shipping
whiskey In caskets sent out from bis
factory without being properly label
ed to show their contents.
Warrants also were served on T. L»
Mylas, superintendent, and Frank T.
Fox, packer, of the factory.
The casket company la said to have
made U a custom of Inclosing In cas
kets botCDea 9* whiskey as presents
for their customers. All three men
gave bond for preliminary hearing.
HUNTS FATHER AS SLAYER
My, Seventeen, Seeks Parent Who
Murdered Hie Mother.
The seventeen-year-old son of
Jason S. Haines, of Bridgeport, Conn,
who murdered bis wife on Monday In
Trumbull, led a searching party In the
woods and swamps In the neighbor
hood In an effort to And Haines.
The man's own bloodhound was put
on bis trail, but was nnable to follow
It.
All the roads leading from Trumbull
are. guarded by armed doputy sheriffs.
GRAHAM, N. C., -THU&SDAY, OCTOBER 7 1915
Haines .*! £e"e*.ed Co be uiSitiu 'n one
of the numerous caves in the wo-jds
not far from his home.
Ballor Kills Wife, B*rvant, Himself
Charles Hanson, a sailor, of Brie,
Ja., shot and killed his wife and
their servant, Theresa Slmms, and
then killed himself. Domestic difficul
ties, which culminated recently in the
arrest of Hanson at the Instance of
his wife. Is said to have precipitated
the crime.
German Loan Totals $3,025,390,000
Statistics of the third German war
loan have now been completed, and
they show an Increase over the total
provisionally announced. The final
figure Is given by the Overseas News
Agency as 12,010,000,000 marks ($3,
025,860,000).
mi nn ■ HI II - I imnrnw^
Battle Sleep
— wmrnmmmm M mmm «
Somewhere, O lun, some corner there
must be
Thou vlslteat. where down the itr&rxl
Qulttfy. etlll* the wavea go out to tea
From the green fringe* of a pastoral
land!
Deep In the orchard bloom the root trees
stand.
The brown sheep grace along the bajr,
And through the apple boughs above the
sand
The bees hum sounds no fainter than
the spray.
There through uncounted hours declines
the day
To the low arch of twilight's close,
And, just as night about the moon grows
gray.
One fall leans westward to the fading
. roee.
-Giver of dreems, O thou with scathlses
wing
Forever moving through the fiery hail,
To flame seared lids the cooling vision
bring
And let some soul go seaward with that
sail.
—Edith Wharton In Century. |
SOLDIERS TRAIN TO KEEP
IN HAPPY STATE OF MIND.
Force Themselves te Sing For Sake ef
Their Comrades.
In a letter to a former cbum in a
London office, printed In the
Morning Post, u member of a well
known Loudon Territorial corpa who I*
serving with the medical staff of his
battalion endeavor* to give an Impres
sion of "the proper utmosphere" at the
front, lie Insists that the soldier has
"schooled himself" Into the "singing
and happy" frame of mind. He says:
* "Each puts on a bright face for the
sake of the rest, and the effect 1* ac
cumulative till we are all happy, hav
ing forgotten what real comfort was.
Then, again, the fearlessness la not of
the 'dramatic heroic' order yon read of
in the papers.
"One comes gradnsliy into the war
xone, add except for a few that are
sent back a* nervous wrecks every
one gets gradually used to his position.
Just as th* people in London get used
to the risk of electric trams and motor
busses. Tbe soldier know* be I* in
finitely Increasing hi* risks, bat even
then the lndlviUnnl risk from shell fit*
is not so very great.
"I have seen tbouaanda of sbelle
burst harmleaaly In field J;- though, of
course, every now and again there ia a
diaaater, such as a shell falling In a
platoon tilllM. Th* chance of a shell
felling on the bouse you are In Is com
paratively email, and If yon are In the
open and lie flnt when one Is coming,
unless by sn outside chance It falls
right on top of you (In which case yon
know nothing more) you are not even
wounded- f
"A shell buries lteeif aa It explodea
and. Unless the ground Is very bard,
glvaa a narrow upward cone. Of
couree the wide downward cone of
shrapnel Increases the risk of wooads,
but I am glad to ssy that the German
shrapnel la naually very, badly timed."
GENERAL MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR quiet;
whiter clear. s4.;o©4JO; city mlila,
'"ifk&A,,,.,: b„.l. ..
'IirHEAT firm; No. t red, aew, fl.Ofi
em
CORN weak; No. I yellow, 11019 c.
OATS quiet: No. > white, 42c; low
or grades, 40 He.
POULTRY: Live steady; bans, l«
©l7c.; old rooeters, 12ttlic. Dreesed
steady fowla, lftfce.; old rooe
t*RbTTEß qalet; fancy creaasery,
W^or steady; selected, MOtTa.;
nearby, iJc.; western, lie.
Live Steck Pricea.
HHICAOO—HOGS—Steady; mixed
snd hut'-hers, $«.7, r 4>; rood heavy,
16.6008.28: rouch heavy, |«.«oe6.M;
b; &W
CXTTI.E— Weak and lie. lower:
beeves U.tUff 10.50; cows aad heif
ers, tfllso*; Texans, $«.75©8.40;
calves. l>.Mft»W).
SHEEP —15c. lower: native aad
weetern. $2©6.10; lambs, 16.40©».1».
TRAiN KILLS
NINE IN TUNNEL
Eight Others Are Injured, Sev
eral Fatally.
PASSENGERS IN A PANIC
Reading Railway Express Dashea
Among Workmen In Black Rock
Cut, Near Pnosnlxvllie.
Nine men were •killed and eight
others seriously hurt when an expres*
train over the Philadelphia and Head
ing railway ploughed through a gang
of workmen in a tunnel near Phoenix
ville, Pa.
The men, nearly all of whom were
Italians, were engaged on the work of
widening the tunnel and they were
standing beside their work train,
which waa on the northbound traek.
There are but two tracka In the tun
nel and the men had no chance of
escape when the express dashed Into
th tunnel among them.
The dead are as follows:
James Tllley, foreman of track
crew; Antonio Dadario, Giovanni
Oranato, Raffaelo Otannine, Domenlco
Druno, Crecol Padole, Alfonso Barivls,
Alphonso Luxiano, John Oulaxlamono.
Passengers on the express wsra
panic-stricken when the brakes were
applied after the locomotive bad
struck the workmen.
The shouts of,the injured and thoae
who escaped were heard by the pas
sengers, who bolted for the doors In
an attempt to escape from the tunnel.
Trainmen quieted those abroad by
leading them to the laat car, from
which the end of the tunnel and day
light could be aeen. Hurry oalla wsra
•ent to Phoenlxfllle and N orris town
and physician* living near were sum
moned to the scene.
Wallace Zimmerman, the Injured
foreman of the gang of drillers, man
aged to tail of the accident, although
he Is in a serious oondltlon in the
Phoenlxvllle hospital. He aald:
"1 was at work with my gang of
drillers in the tunnel. We were en
larging the roof. There are two tracks
in the tunnel, and we were 100 feet
In the tunnel from the south entrance.
We received the signal that the work
train, which was on the other track,
was going to back out of the tunnel,
and the workmen and myself stepped
on the other track, which we believed
was clear. Then suddenly we saw a
light loom up in front of us and beard
the rumble of the oncoming exprees.
Before we could move, the passenger
train dashed among n*.
"The next thing I remember I was
lying in the middle ol the traek oa
which waa the work train. I could
not move, and I knew I was badly
hart. I could see the dead and dying
men lying scattered around me. It
waa a horrible sight. Soon 1 heard the
shouts of the rescaera and aaw them
picking np the men who were lying
about and carrying them out. of the
tunnel. I tried to shout, but could not
make s sound. I fainted, aad the next
thing I knew I was here la the hos
pital. How horrible It was!"
Further Inside the tunnel Tllley wag
at work with tweaty men. After the
train ploughed through Zimmerman'*
gang It tore through the men aadar
Tllley, who bad been engaged la pick
ing up rocks aad loading them 1a the
work train.
Man and Pour Children Killed te Ante
A collision at a bllad grade croaa
teg, at which there la BO watchman,
between aa automobile loaded with
•chool children aad a Penaaylvaala
Railroad traia oa the Laaeaster (k
Downlngtown division reealted te five
deaths and serious injury to two
others; The accident ocourred one
mile weet of Leola, nenr Laacaatar,
Pa.
The dead are: Edwin ZaD. of Mo»
terey, aged fifty, driver of the oar;
Bdwte Zeli, Jr., aged twelve; Jason
Oroff, aged eight; Paul Oral, aged
twelve, brother of Jason, both at Is?
Ola; Martha Bach, aged tea, of Mon
terey.
ne Injured are: Ooorge McCarthy,
aged ten, aad Mary Oroff, aged tea,
both of Leola.
Zetl waa boond from hia home to
the Leola High Schaol to gat his old
er daughter when ha was hailed by
tha children. Nine of them clambered
Into the machine aad all were killed
or Injured n f*w mteutee afterward
except two.
- Neither Znll nor the engineer were
able to selseacb other because of a
deep cut where fbe highway crosses
the track.
PREMIER RADOSLAVOFF
Spilt In Vulgarian Cabinet an
Question of War With Serbia.
Phots by Amsiiosn Prsss Aaaertatlsa.
Ctar Ferdinand's heaitancy la or
dering hostilities against Ssrvla haa
caused a crisis.
Exhibit U. S. Soldier's Head in Mexico
The hesd of Private Richard J.
Johnson, United Btnte* cavalryman,
who has been missing since last Fri
day's battle near Progreso, hae been
exhibited as a trophy on tha Mexlcaa
side of the Rio Orande, according to
a statement made by a Mexican pris
oner to Hidalgo county officers at
Pharr, according to a report which
reached Rmwnavllle, Texas.
The officers admitted that thay were
holding the Mexican In connection
with the disappearance of the soldier,
v Johnson enlisted In January, 1914,
and army records give' bis nearest
relative as Miss Katharine Johnson,
Mount Morris, N. Y. He was twenty
one years old.
U. S. Msrlns Slsln In Hsytl
Details of flghtlng between natives
and Amerliaa forces nsar Cape Hai
tian, In which John Piatt, a sergeant
of marines, was killed, ten marines
were wounded, and more than fifty
Haytlaas ware killed, reaehed the
aavy department In messages from
Rear Admiral Caperton.
The first expedition sent out Satur
day afternoon, to Haut du Cap aad
Petit Anae, near the city, aad on th*
main Hae of *uppil*s, passsd satire
outposts, whose commander* objected
to the expedltloas, but offered no re
sistance. The next day, two patrols
went out again, and after the expedi
tion reached Haut da Cap, firtag be
came general and both patrola war*
engaged.
About fifty natives were killed. Th*
patrola rslumeTl to Cape Haitian, last
algbt, aad Admiral Caperton reported
the aupply routes had been complete
ly cleared of hoetlle forces.
Slehop Savee Priest
Bishop John J. MoCort, of PhlladeV
pbia, confirmed *OO children la si*
Catholic cburchae at Mabaaoy City,
Pa. Incidentally. Be roe cued a local
Catholic clergyman from fire.
Aa Rev. P. C. McEnroe, the veM»
able pastor of St. Caniens' Cathalle
church, was assisting the Mshop Is
the confirmation of 400 Cetecbumcaa,
Father McEnroe's vestments caught
Are from a candle on the altar. Hud
dealy, be waa ablase. Parishioners
shrieked end the catechumens became
peak stricken.
Btehop McCort threw hie arms
about the priest, smotbsriag tha
Saasee, aad restored order among the
audience, which taxed the capacity of
the church Apparently unperturbed,
Bfcbop McCort continued bla confir
mation services. Father McEnroe was
Injnred slightly.
IKJOOO Slaxs In Lenceeter
fire of uakaown origin completely
demolished the 8L Anthony's LY
ceum hall In Lnncaaler, Pa. The
damnge la estimated at 91S.MS.
Tha halldlag contained a gymaasium,
parochial school aad a large aad!tori
am. While fighting the blase, Fire
Chief Joh aeon waa aevsrely ant en
the face by glaee. After hie tejariea
had been treated he returned to the
fire aad directed his men te their
work.
Powder Kxpieeien Klile Three
Three men were killed aad three
others lajared la aa qxploelon la tha
powder mill of the Dnpont de Ne
mours company,' fit Hnsksll, nenr
Pompton Lake, N. J. This" is the sec*
aad big explosion te the Haskell pleat
slace the war begaa. Great quanti
ties of powder'for tha allies era be
ing turned out there.
LIVED 7 DAYS ON
BONESMD OIL
Six Men and Diree Boys
Are Rescued From Mine.
ALL ARE VERY WEAK
They Chswed Wick* In Lamp* to Oat
the o>l and Finally Qava up Hop*
ef R**eu*. -
The alx man and three boy* en
tombed In tbe Coafldale mine, near
Pott*rllle, Pa., latt Monday moraine
were reacued alive and In good con
dition Sunday afternoon. They ware
taken to the Panther Creak hoapltal,
where their famlliea were forbidden
to *ee them.
They kept alive by eating chlckan
bone* and chewing the oil from the
wick* of their miner lamp*. Of the
eleven men Imprlioned when a -rush
of water blocked them, all have now
been rescued alive.
The resMed man, alt, of Coaldala,
are: Elmer Herring, Mlcftael Outody,
Peter Lohanhlch, Joseph Ludglnl,
Char lei Matocka.
The boy a aaved are: Joaeph Mur
phy, of Tamaqua: John McAndrew
and John Bonner, of Coaldala.
The accident occurred In the Poeter
tunnel of No. 11 mine of the Lehigh
Coal A Navigation company oollleiy.
A blatt raleaaed water from aa aban
doned working, and the flood raahed
Into the gangway, where the eleven
men were working and blookad thai'
gangway a dlitanca of mora than 1100
feat. William Watklna and George
Hollywood escaped on Tueaday after
noon, by making their way from a
chut* through various air waya, until
tbey Anally reached the aurfaoe.
The other nine were caught farther
back In tbe gangway and ao found
thetr aacape cut off. They made tbelr
way up a chute, where they hnddled
together almost seven daya. Several
of them were able to aava their din
ner palls and the contenta ware appor
tioned out aparlngly, while the light*
of their miner lamps were extinguish
ed to keep the air pure and to boa
band the oil for nourishment.
Thursday tbe laat drop of oil waa
consumed aod alao tbe laat of the
chicken bone* which two of the men
bad In tbelr pall*, and nut until then
did they give up hop*. They had
baard the rescuer* working at time*,
aad they felt themselves growing
weaker and weaker, tbey abandoned
hope of being Uken out alive.
When the reiculng force came upon
them, after having driven 1100 fe*t
through the blocked gangway, they
were too weak to make any demon
atratlon of joy. They accepted their
reacue In a quiet way, and ware not
encouraged to talk.
When the last barrier was broken
through the gangway waa found to
b* filled with water, and It wa* necea
aary to uae the electric pumpa to
clear It out before the reacuera could
get to the chute. In the meantime,
word had been aent to the aurface and
ambulau ea were brought to the mine
opening, and a crowd quickly gather
ed. It was not known until the en
tombed men reached the aurface
whether they had been found dead or
alive. A number of phyaldana were
In the mine at the time the reecne
wa* mada.
SKEWERS KILLED CHICKENS
Priie Fowls Drove Sharp Stlek Into
Throat and Sled to Death.
John M. Pulton, for year* tenor in
Orace church. New York, but of
recent year* a retired farmer liv
ing at Einisford, nesr Tarry town,
N. Y., found eleven of hla prlxe fowl
dead In his barn with wooden skew
era sticking In their throats.
At first be suspected a German plot,
but on further Investigation he clear
ed the mystery.
Mr. Pulton gave a barn dancee and
all the dancera were well supplied
with lollypop*. Many of tile dancera
aucke4 them until a dance waa soo
and then dropped them on the floor
or Into the garden. The chlckena
found them and they gulped the atub
end* of candy leaving the wooden
skewera atlcklng out. In trying fo
get rid of the akewers tbey pecked
the floor *o hard that they drove the
aharp point through their throats and.
Med lo death. s
{
Kill* Two at a Croaalnqfcfljjy
The crew of an incoming ffctriiK
railway paaaenger train atnTliea
town. Pa, found the bodlee of two
men on a crossing on tb* outakirta
of this city One had been cat In two,
and the other's neck waa broken. It
la presumed that they were run down
by nother train. One man was about
eighteen years of age, and the other
thirty. The pbllce have taken charge
of the bodlee, which are believed to
be those of tram pa.
Pittsburgh Payrelia Highest in Years
Reporta of Are of the largest
bank* carrying the payrolls of
Mg corporations in the Pittsburgh
district aliow that the October
pay will approximate $11,000,000, ex
ceeding tba*. of any month for several
year* by at leaat 15 per cent The
largest preceding payroll month of re
cent year* waa October, Itll, whan
the aggregate for the same hank* wa*
ft 1.000,000.
Middy Dtemlsaed for Hating
Alexander R. BoiUng, I7OS Qer
aaanipwn avenue. Philadelphia, waa
dlsnTseed from the United Btatee
Naval Academy at Annapolis, where
he waa a student In the third class,
for basing. BoiUng la one of six mid
shipmen to be dropped.
H Mn njf n ■■■
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▲ Swodtoh method of producing
•l«p k to wrlaff out • handkerchief la
K» water nod lay It MIW tba eye*.
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NO. 34
LIFE SAVERS ARE
COAST GUARDS TOO
Service Becomes a Pari of
United States Navy.
RIFLE PRACTICE NECESSARY
Principal Duty In Cass of Emergency
Would Be to Ouard th» Wireless St*.
tlona—Lighthouaee B«rve aa Bignal
Towara, and M«n Are Trained Bh*-p
--ahooters.
Tbe life saving service hitherto ha*
been a civil Inatltutloa It la now in
process of organization as a military
eetsUlshment for use In case of war.
Every aurfman la to have his Krag
rifle oiid will be regularly enlisted In
stead of being hired for the season, aa
heretofore. Each life saving station
will be provided with one machine
gun, and tbe kee|>er will bold rank aa
captain.
Hlfle practice, and plenty of it, win
be in peace time a part of the routing
boalneaa of every station, in order thai
tb* men may become expert sharp-,
abootera. Tbey "will dig trenches In
the aand of tbe beach and with ma
chine gun and Kregs will defend the
ahore line agalnat attack by landing
parties of an imaginary enemy.
Immediately upon' the outbreak of
war the eervice (now renamed the
coaat guard) will automatically be
come an adjunct of the navy, and aa
attch It will have aaalgned to it tbe
flmportant doty of protecting tbe naval
wtralaae plants strung all along oor
coaata at Intervals of 200 mile*. The
first thing likely to be attempted by
an enemy 'la to capture and dlaable
these outfit* for distributing intelli
gence.
Bach wlrclem plant will be In com
munication by telephone and telegraph
with all the life aavlng stations for a
distance of hundreds of mile*, and, un
der the system now being organised, aa
emergency summons will call out from
each atatlon a seagoing power boat
carrying a machine gun and a dozen
or more armed men. Thus, within a
surprisingly short time, a formidable
body of defenders will be assembled,
trained for tbe kind of fighting that la
expected of them. Hastily throwing
np lntrenchmenta along tbe beacb, the
best fortification in tbe world is a bank
of aand. Tbey will be able to offer dan
geroua opposition to an invader.
Every Llghthouee a Signal Station.
Every llgbthouae from this time forth
I* to be equipped as a signal station
and similarly provided with telephone
and telegra|>h. By the same meana of
communication tbe life aavlng station*
will lie connected together as In a con
tinuous chain all along the coasts. No
hostile fleet can npproacb within sight
of shore and csca|>e the attention of the
Hurt men, ami lighthouse keeperjL who,
In their ordinary business, are Trained
to aee everything that floats In range
of human vision.
Tbe lighthouses will servo admirably
aa signal towers. Their equipment, ua
well as that of the life saving stations,
will include [sjwerfiil telescopes ami"
binoculars, wigwag fluga, navy numeral
flags, iilstola that shoot fire bulla of
different colors, and acetylene lam; -9
for signaling at night In time of war
a special signal book will bo furnished
by the navy department, the Interna
tional code liclng of no value, of coor-v,
where aecnocy Is desired.
At short Intervals ajong tho beach are
telephone boxes, like those used by p\>-
1 icemen In cities. Tbe surfman out on
petrol la never more than a mile or two
from such a box. SupiKMe that tn time
of war he catches sight of a squadrou
of hostile warship*, lie runs to thai
nearest box and telephones to the sta
tion. Tbe station keeper telephones
or telegrapba to the naval wirelex*
plant fifty miles away perhaps. Tho
wireless-outfit sends the newa tb the
great long distance wireless Lowers at
Arlington, across the Potomac from
Washington. Arlington calls up tbe
nary department which Issues corre
sponding order* by wireless to onr bat*
tie fleet and to the coaat forts.
Wartime Regulationa.
In case of audden and serloua emer
gency the roast wireless plant would
send direct to tbe fleet and
to tbeJM-ts and batteries. Even when
aotlJjm In iiarttcular Is "doing" In war.
WyijNi ilallj; telegram will be dlspatcb-
ea?ftVlf saving station to the
of its own district (tn-
TandjTuslng a cipher word to indicate
that nil bands are well and the equip
ment In good order.
Ail aucb messages In time of war
will have ylgbt of way over the wire*,
which when necessary will be cleared
of every other kind of business. Tbe
efficiency of aucb a syatem waa tested
in a more or less experimental way
during tbe Spanish war, when K
proved highly satisfactory. A strik
ing Illustration of Its merit* was af
forded when tbe battleship Oregon,
after circumnavigating South Amerl
«a, arrived at Jupiter inlet. Captain
Clark aent a boat aabore to tbe Ufe
saving station, and Inside of ten mln
nta* tbe navy department at Washing
ton bad bis message.
Tb* places most likely to he attacked
by a hostile fleet are In tbe neighbor
hood of harbors and wherever there l*
greatest congestion of shipping. Por
tanately It to along these parts of Jhe
toast that life earing at at ions are moat
Slickly sprinkled.
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Poetical Editor—No, I haven't written
on it yet—Exchange^
Rapid Shorthand.
Dictated newspaper matter to a total
of 1,000 worda baa been token down la
shorthand la fire minute*.
Asbestos.
The first use of asbestos was In tbe
manufacture of crematory robe* for
the ancient Soman*.
A Matter ef Figure*.
Jack—What kind of figure haa ahe
|OtT Bam—Phyaically, poor; financial.