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KINGS MOUNTAIN EZRALD. KINC3 KOUNTAEST. N. G .;;.' Ait, 4" .l WHO LEAD THE FORGES OF TRIPLE ENTENTE offra, Generalissimo of the V French Army, Believes In Policy of Attack. LICOE AND KITCHENER tlh Commander On 81 and Land Art Notabla Flgurs 8ukomllno(f and Grand Ouka Nleholaa ' Haad Ruaaia'a Mllliona of Troop. i ana urana uuk Haad Ruaaia'a I f . i. ; of Troop P Notabla figure and I Notabla figure and interesting per sonalities are the men who are com manding the armed forcea ot the triple ; . entente In the European war! Prob- ' ably the leaat known. of them all In ' ti country la Joffre, generalissimo of tha Wench army, who controls the I '. moTamenta of more than 3,000,000 of f Ocera and men. , Like so many great military leaders, General Joffre, la a silent man, rather rattrfng In hls demeanor, yet of the "Ndest, quieten, most unaffected and V going maimers, which do not at convey tha Impression of hlB rigid and steelfllke determination that tltuta hi chief characteristics, v In' figure, with heavy flaxen ache plentifully tinged with sil UjJeMyf tufted eyebrows, shading r oTs'17 clear Dlua eyet taat i tliJh Wlttl merrlment, or t!jUM and but seldom hard, be .. .jjjjwhen In civilian clothes one uf Uroia" courtly country gentlemen that are to be found In rural France. ' Army Haa Confidence In Him, During the threa years that he has I been In supreme command ot the army .the latter has had time to take i measure, with the result that It has ' corded to him Its unbounded . dence and believes In him as who can be trusted to lead i AiVv..u .fiathemati i ' J.,.- i j Jfclentlflc sol- dler In the best , Be: ;;, General Joffre Is tj ' supporter of thi 1 war. Tha onl: , .'. ' nsa for are t. & la thes opinion of the word. iost determined Ucy of attack In ties that he has any of the offensive, and re best suited In his pa of the temperament ..i j , . .. "JtSUHig from the Pyrenees, a gradu ate of the Ecole Polytechnique at . Paris, from which all the engineer and .; artillery officers of the French army " obtained the rudiments of the aclen , tide branches of their profession, he at . the age of eighteen commanded a bat- - tery of artillery throughout the siege ' of Paris, and on the restoration of peace was appointed to a first lieu- , tenancy In the engineer corps. He took part In the Formosa and Tonkin campaigns, and later was engaged In ; west Africa, directing the construc tion of railroads there, heading the re : Uef column which went to the assist ance of the Bonnier expedition, and finally penetrating as far as Tlmbuc- . too, and seizing that mysterious city, ' which for centuries had been the head quarters of the native trade of Central ; Africa. He likewise had a large share . In the conquest of the Island of Mad- sgascar. Joffre's chief lieutenants are the brilliant Marquis de Castelaln, General Pau, a hero of the war of 1870, and General Hubert Lautey, to whom France la indebted for the conquest of Morocco. Peyrere Hesds French Navy, As for the French navy. It Is under the supreme command of Admiral de la Peyrere. Acknowledged both at home and abroad as the most distin guished officer of the French navy, he haa both la his capacity an chief of the admiralty staff and as minister of marlife completely reorganized that service, eliminating the dead wood, abolishing hundreds of almost Incred ible abuses, consigning to the scrap v heap battleships and cruisers that were out of date and paying partlcu ,' lar attention to the development of . submarine navigation. His popularity ' among all grades of the service Is very great. , With , knowledge of warfare at sea, derived from his experiences as chief ' of staff to Admiral Courbet In France's - naval conflict with China, It Is to him that not only his own country but also England and .Russia look for the pro- tection of the Interests of- the triple entente in tha Medeterranean, where all the naval forcea ot France are con centrating under his command. , ' Admiral Sir John Jelllcoe. Great Britain's powerful home fleets, for the greater part aasembled In the North Sea, are under the chief com mand of Admiral Sir John Jelllcoe, un- , til now second sea lord at the admiral ty and renowned as the shortest officer of the British navy, barring of course the midshipmen. His exceptional brevity of stature did not, .however, ; prevent him from winning tame In his younger days as an all round athle and as a boxer. tr ;. Moreover, he ha seen plenty of fighting, having been present, at the bonfbardment of Alexandria In 1882 and afterward taking part in the bat- . tie of Tel-el-Keblr aa an officer of tha ',: naval , brigade, while he waa badly wounded In the attempt to relieve the , beleaguered foreign legatlona at Pe al a. 14 yearn ago, .receiving a Boxer bullet through hlsYings. His recovV ery waa In the nature of a miracle. But ha seems to bear a charmed life: Thua, some year previously, he waa very 111, suffering from Malta fever, on board the battleship Victoria when it waa rammed by the Camperdown and sent to the bottom of the Mediter ranean, off the coast of Syria, carry ing down with her Admiral Sir George Tryon and mora than 600 officers and men. He was one of the very few who escaped. England's military forces are under the supreme control of her foremost soldier and most successful command er in chief, Field Marshal the Earl Kitchener of Khartum, who haa been appointed minister ot war. His achievements as the conqueror of tha gudan and a the victor of the battle ot Omdurman In 1898, the auccess with which he put an end to the Boer war three years later, bis complete reor ganization of the army and military defenses of India and more recently hla magnificent constructive work aa British plenipotentiary In Egypt are familiar on this side of the Atlantic. Tha chief command of the English foroes in the Held haa been allotted to Field Marshal Sir John French, who heads the troops dispatched to the slstance of Belgium. HenratU a few months ago waa chief of the general staff of the army, a post which he re signed owing to his differences with the government In connection with the military dispositions for dealing with any disturbances resulting from th armed movement In Ulster. He enjoys the well merited rf"" lion of being the most able ,rj loailpr nf tha nritUh nrmv ydd WOn fame as such during the Pwar. nnr-lollv In nnrlhn ..IjhlS memor able dash at the head" large ,orce nf pavulrv tn roH.voV'O ,lc8e Kl- herlfiv H l.o .'"ted Lord Kltch- .nor in th. rr8 ' Cronje and In rns entire lorce. War Minister. lgantic army which on war footing Is estimated as over six million men Is chief command of two men. 1 Sukomllnoff and the Grand Nleholaa Nlcholalovltch. The atter Is to direct the operations In the field as generalissimo, whereas the for mer remains at St. Petersburg as min ister of war. Unlike most of his predecessors at the war department, Sukomllnoff Is a Hlav and a Russian Nationalist. His .work, until summoned from Kleff few years ago to assume the task of reorganizing the military forces of Russia as minister. of war was entire ly concerned with the strategic prob lem of the western frontiers of the em pire. By profession he is a cavalryman. and It Russia is today In a position to' show a bold front to Austria and Ger many, Instead of being compelled to comply with their demands, aa in 1909, when owing to the unreadiness ot the czar's army the empire was humiliated in the sight of the entire world, It Is wholly due to General Sukomllnoff, Grand Duka Nicholas. As for Grand Duke Nleholaa Nlcho lalovltch, he Is probably the tallest member of the reigning house of Rus sia, and looks what, he la, a born cav alryman, spare of figure and of ex ceptionally distinguished bearing. Ha won the St George's cross for conspic uous gallantry on the battlefields of the Turkish war In 1877, Is rated by the German war department at Berlin and by the military experts bf Europe as the most clever and brilliant caval ry leader now living, and has for sev eral years past been at the head of the military district of St. Petersburg and of the capital, and aa such respon- I slble for the safety of the czar, tha reigning nouse, ana or tne government. "WILLIE HAS APPENDICITIS' Code Message That 8ent th Kron- priruessln Cecelle 8cuttllng Back to Bar Harbor. Baltimore, Md. Edward U Palmei of Roland' Park, whose wife Is spend ing the summer In Southwest Harbor, Me., lust across the bay from Bar Har bor, received a letter telling ot a visit she had made to the Kronprlnzessln Cecelie. ' "We talked with tsverat pereon on board the liner," Mrs.. Palmer wrote. "They told us they were within two days ' of Germany when the steamer turned In response to a wireless. The- words used in the message, which was in code, were: 'Willie haa appendi citis.' - - -. .. "It was a pretty good Joke on Ger many. I imagine .the kaiser would have appendicitis if the bullion the Cecelle' carried had fallen Into the hands of the English." The code message. Interpreted, aald that war had been declared between Germany and England. WHAT SHALL THE CALLED? WAR BE What is the war to be called? Peace advocate, scientific student of war, already apeak ot It aa ''Arma geddon." v,'? - It might be called : the "Anti Teutonic" war; not from partisan mo tives, but simply to avoid the clumsi ness of seeking to enumerate th Franko, Russo, Anglo and other op ponents of Germany and Austria. r , But in common use most Americans now call It the "European war." The "Pan-European war'" would probably be batter. And this may be tha title by which tha struggle will be known in-tha future. '"r '.. ',; ". But tt would be tha beat label of all could civilisation impress It verdict upon the great conflict by sending It down into history a "Tha Last War." BRITISH INFANTRY CROSSING A PONTOON BRIDGE . rrk . vV' ".';:.-' (I, i I . sJ--w II I ria. -.. ' . ft t I I ML r" -Tva .. rnuMiANnrRQ nr rAiimiQ rnQQArif rprimfmt VUFn..yb.. w. .nmvvw vvwwr.v.. ..a.vi.ma... . , WW " " - . SI--4 ay. w - E i vi W.-.- ,3 11 1 1 ...I. . . . , K. i, . . . . i . i. ., i... .. YnilWf! (PRVISM IMCiWTnYMCM I IlinilTU iniunnun inirn m nun ' .... .......m... miunil MUNAiltUd ALLILU IN WAH t flfcj .V A . -ari,V r-y- i ft fi it rs&z y 'i ,r Tan u p-. J0 .'iHiimm The king of England (right) and th cur of Russia, photographed to- JLn gether at one of their recent meetings. . . COMMANDEERED BY THE BRITISH STUDYING THE WAR MAP . I ' 'J, ' ' Sf Tha Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of Asia, fastest steamship on the , J Paclfiflc, commandeered by the British admiralty and armed at Hongkong a VYz v - cn",er- 1 ' " j FUNDS F0R STRANDED -amer,cans t J 1 , Thrc washb no-mo; THA SO back- per sa mJm ntnrm v r"" I tn4 . v I RUW ,:, CARlO.NAi SOAP U harm t, the finest fabric and make yoar wash sweet and aanltary. It doe nornaed hot water. Carbo DUlnfecta Naplha Clean RL'B-NO-MORE rub.no.more Carbo Nsptha, Sosp Wssbiag Pewdsr Ftv Cents AU Grocar The Rub-No-More Co., FtWayne, Ind Fhome and an income for life 0rtt Moantslii luds, pwtij lBiprord(wWip en, csmt iPhiu. A long Ho. nd No. i t. fUllway. HrrVte tbe vhuea of ft llftUmL Otbor biff Iftad bavnigtiDsT. write or call fur further part icq lut OfAKK TIMItKK COMPANY StMtaVMra Trutvt UaUOiuCi I4ttJ Kock. Ait. PIGS RflVliterod Beftablfvplr1 fBDelmbnwdl cikiicvm laaiTiauHwi pntun UpaUmt a.U.fSIIUp,W Hu braMlsni: big UMUiln, '1-MUk In Siberia. party?" asked the first "Pleasure Cossack. "You might say so," answered th other. "We're going for a knoutlng." Too can safely place faith In Han ford's Balsam of Myrrh. Adv. Not From th Burn Collection. ' ' "Where did golf originate, Sandy?" "It wass ' furrat spoken In Scotia lad." Philadelphia Ledger. Let' Be Charitable. The Inventor of the first player pi ano Is dead at eighty-five. Peace to his : ' ashes. Let us forgive him. He never knew what bis device would do- to nervous folk in our nolse-rldden' Amer ican citlea. . Unreasonsble, George Bernard Shaw Is one of the few vegetarians who have remained : tree to the faith, and in a recent letter tw a woman, reproaching her for her light. againBt the aigrette when she stlfl ate meat. Mr. Shaw said: "The lack of logic prevails every- where! We call the tiger a ferocious and ravaging beast, but what would you ladles be called if, for example, I tfi lamb chop had a voice?" , , - Couldn't Corner Him. "Ceunt," said the lady to the for eign nobleman at the charity bazaar, "won't ysu buy this rose. It la only "I am very sorry," said tha Count, with a courtly bow, "but se price la a leetle too .high." - The lady kissed the . rose. "And now, Count will yon buy it?" . "No, madame." ha aald, with a still deeper bow. "Now se rose 1 priceless." Well tyleant. On one occasion when the king and queen of Great Britain visited togeth er very elaborate preparations were made fo their reception. The city was lavishly decorated and one enterprising tradesman, desiring to display his loyalty, had the words. "Heaven Mess them both!" outlined in paper flowers across the front of his shop. Unfortunately he forgot to re move a large business sign that was" Just above. . The resmlt read: ' "Ham and beet sandwiches." "Heaven bless them both!" ' SI DISAPPEARED , Joffaa Alia Vanish Before Postum. It aeema almost too good to be true) tha way headache, nervousness. Insomnia, and many other obscure troubles vanish when coffee la dis missed and Postum used aa the regu lar table beverage. ' Tha naaon la clear. . Coffee con tains a poisonous drugcaffeine which causes the trouble, but Postum contains only the food elements la choice bard wheat with little mo- A Phlla. man grew enthusiastic and wrote aa follow: "Until 18 month ago I used regularly every day and suffere headache, bitter taste' In . m - and Indigestion; -'"" table, 'had varfeb'' loss of fleshd?pVv 'T attribute tberu,..t because sltte I Quit it and t. Postum Ieer better than K it years,m less suscantihu have gaH 20 lbs. and Ufa ai have appeared foniBed ' NalS Klven h D...' ti. - V Kaiser Wllhelm. on the left looking over a war map with his commander- in-chief, Gen. von Moltke. . t, The kaiser has now gone to tha front- to command personally hla armlea that ars) trying to invade Vranoa.' - . , ' Carrying th supplies aboard the, cruiser Tennesseei. to top to relieve tha, distress of Anwrioaa tourists. Insert la a. c. uacker, tn oonunand of th J tUkea to Br- ism WW, I ar given, by Postum n.iA vree-, mien. Heart "-n, Wevnie," In pkgi 4 "7 sium.comes In two forma: ," JtA ,f ' ""' oe wen V.'-. . , v uiuuio pow- i 7 rffpoonful Wolves QulckiyV to eupiif hot water aad. with cream I n i! ft' mak81' delicioua beTa'" " o0 and toe tins J. TrS V ot per cup of both kind U' The bout thieame. i i seres' a Reason" tnr ild by Qrocera. to-i rr "T1 We ilsa I. aedl nec h doi 111 Ut Ma, Id any a pr 'Yes, mam ' n c mail o ;llas ,' h-f ... f c..ir; iind sh '' f c . Jsnii n toi " I ria, ,, ' the ft-
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