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NORTHERN THEATRE
OF WAR IS cm
Hungarian Ambassador of
War Issues Statement on
Situation—Received
by Wireless
Manchester. Mass.. September 24.—Dr.
Constantin Theodor l)umba, Austro-IIun
irarian ambassador to the United States,
tonight announced he had received a
wireless by way of Sayviile, as follows:
"There have been no tights in the north
ern war theatre during the last t^w days
except some unimportant cannonades. De
spite unfavorable weather our troops a re
in excellent condition.
"In the Balkan war theatre an Import
ant Servian position west of Krupaiy
(Kroupani) wap taken after several days
of hard 11Ailing. The resistance of the
Servians there is broken and Servtan
guns captur*#.
"The French fleet has once more bom
barded the fortifications at the entrance
<■£ Bocche T-ilattaro (Bocche Di Cattaro)
without any success. Two lighthouses on
n small island were destroyed; then tlA
s luadron left the Adriatic again.
"COUNT BERUHTOLIV’
Ambassador Duniba added the following
comment:
."It results from the above oommuni
that all reports sent out from St.
Petersburg. Rome and London about the
desperate position of rutting off of Gen
eral Dankl's army near Prozemyol are
pure fiction, meant to Impress public opin
ion In neutral countries. The same ap
plies to the Servian lies about successes
in. Servia and Bosnia."
Sir John French’s Report
(Continued from 1'ncre One)
Jittvo been drenched to the skin for
seme days, and their trenches have
been deep in mud and water, and in
►pite of the incessant night alarms and
the utmost continuous bombardment to
which they have been subjected they
have on every occasion been ready for
the enemy's infantry and have beaten
them back with great loss. Indeed, the
Fight of the troops coming up has been
a positive relief after long, trying
hours of inaction under shell fire.
Heat Dow n Resistance
"The object of the great proportion
of artillery the German! employ is to
beat down the resistance of their
*nemy by concentrated and prolonged
fir?, to shatter their nerve with high
explosives before the infantry attack is
launched. They seem toyhave relied on
doing this with us. but they have not.
done so, though-it has taken them sev
eral costly experiments to discover this
fact.
"From statements of prisoners it ap
pears that they have been greatly dis
appointed by the moral effect produced
by their heavy guns. The German artil
lery fire is excellent, but tha British
soldier is difficult to depress, Wen by
immense shells filled with a high ex
plosive, which detonate with terrific
violence and leave craters large enough
to act as graves for horses.
"The German howitzers are from
eight to nine inches in calibre and
throw up immense clouds of greasy
smoke. On account of this they are
<H. ft bed ‘coal boxes,' 'black marias,' or
‘Jack Johnsons’ by the soldiers.
"Men Who take things in this spirit
gtV. it seems, likely to throw out the
calculations based on the loss of mor
tile so earefulv framed by the German
m51Uar> philosophers.
"A considerable amount of informa
tion has been gleaned from the pris
ons rs. It has been gathered that our
bombardment on the 15th produced a
1 gv« at Impression. The opinion Is also
reported that our Infantry makes such
good use of the ground that the Ger
man companies are declmateij by our
rifle fire before the British soldier can
be seen.
Extraordinary Mixture
"From an official diary captured by
the first army corps It appears that
one German corps contains an extra
ordinary mixture of units. If the com
position of the corps is similar it may
be resumed that the present efficiency
of the enemy’s forces is in no way com
parable with what it was when the war
com me need.
"The losses in officers are noted as
having been especially severe. A bri
gade is stated to be commanded by a
major; some companies of foot guards
by cue year volunteers, while after
the battle of Montmirail one regiment
lost t6 out of 60 officers.
"The prisoners recently captured ap
preciate the fact that the march on
Baris has failed and that thejr forces
are rttreating, but state that the ob
ject of this movement is explained by
the officers as being to withdraw into
closer iou< h with supports which have
stayed too far in the rear.
"The officers also are endeavoring
to encourage the troops by telling
them they will be at hom^ by Christ
inas. A large number of the men be
lieve before then.
"According to their officers the Eng
lish striking forces are exhausted anti
the English people really never wanted
war.
"From another source: ‘The English
are brave and fight to the last man.
Ore df our companies has lost 130 men <
cut of 230.’
Letter Printed
"The accompanying letter, which re
fers Jtc the fighting on the Alsne, has
.been printed and circulated to the
. tt oopr:
“ "Letter found on German officer of
seventh reserve corps, I'erny, south of
Laone, September 17, 1914.
•"My Dear Parents.—Our corps bas
the task of holding the heights south
of Cern'y in all circumstances till the
fcwirt^nth corps on our left flank can
grip the enemy’s flank. On our right
are other corps. We are fighting with
the English guards, highlanders and
stout-ves. The losses on both Hides have
lieen enormous. For the most part this
Is due to the too brilliant French ar
tillery.
‘‘•The English ate marvelously
trnlned In making use of ground, one
never sees them and one Is constantly
under fire. The French airmen perform
• f.nderfu] feats. We pannot get rid of
them. As soon as an airman has flown
over US. 10 minutes later we get tlielr
snrut*el fire In our position. We have
little artillery In our corps; without
It we cannot get forward.
'•'•Three days ago our division took
’ possession of these heights and dug
( Itsvlf In. Two days ago. early In the
morning, we were attacked by Im
mensely superior English forces—one
brigade and two battalions—and were
turned out of our positions. The fel
lows took five guns from us. It was a
4i 'nendous hand-to-hand fight.__
W-lth the help~''of reinforcement!!
and the artillery we drove the fellows
, out of the position ugain. Our machine
guns dhl excellent work: the English
fell in heaps.
. . ‘“During the first two days of the
1 . bottle I had only one piece of hread
k and no water. I spent the night In the
| rain without my great coat. War Is
I terrible We are. all hoping a decisive
•J" ha ftp will end the struggle. If we heal
tin English, the French resistance soon
will be broken. Russia will be quick
ly lie' ti with: of this there Is no doubt.
“ 'W. have received splendid help
froni the Austrian heavy artillery at
Mimbfuge. They bombarded Fort Cer
romuln* 111 such a way that there was
not m meters of parapet which did
not rhotv enormous craters made by
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STATEMENT OF DIPLOMATS
DISPLEASING TO PRESIDENT
Washington, September 24.—President
Wilson today manifested to callers his
displeasure over recent utterances of
some of the diplomats acredited to the
t-ntted States from belligerent govern
ments. He mentioned no names and told
newspaper men he would make no com
ment, preferring that the discussion be
conducted through the regular channels
of the state department.
Three published interviews in particular
have given the American government of
fense, one by the Turkish ambassador,
A. Rustem Key; another by Sir Lionel
Carden, British minister to Mexico, and
a third attributed to Baron Von Schoen,
formerly secretary of the German em
bassy at Tokio, but formally repudiated
by him.
^ hether other interviews had been
taken up officially has not been divulged.
Hie Turkish ambassador, given an op
portunity to withdraw his remarks, in
formed the President he did not care to
change his views and would leave the
****•••*••••••••_
I'nited States soon on leave of absence.
His interview-compared lynching* in the
I'nited States and water cures" in the
Philippines to acts the Turkish people
had committed in rigorous uprisings.
An explanation of the remarks of Sir
Lionel Carden, who criticized President
Wilson's Mexican policy, is expected' to
be forwarded by the British foreign of
fice.
Baron Von Schoen called on Acting Sec
retary Lansing of the state department
and personally repudiated an interview
in which he was represented as saying
that war between the United States and
Japan was inevitable. The German secre
tary s explanation was accepted by Mr.
Lansing, who said afterward that Baron
Von Schoen mentioned it voluntarily while
discussing other matters.
The deduction official Washington lias
drawn from these occurrences is that Pres
ident Wilson looks witfremphatic disfavor
on the circulation of propaganda by the
diplomatic representatives of any of the
belligerents or governments if that pro
paganda is calculated to play on the
patriotism or feelings of the American
people in a way that might involve the
neutrality of the United States.
the shells. The armored turrets were
found upside down.'
Items of News
“Among the items <«f news are the
following:
Recently a pilot and observer of
Hie royal flying corps were forced by
in accident to descend in the enemy’s
lines. They escaped into thick under
growth. The enemy seized and smashed
ihe machine but did not search for our
"iien with much zeal. The men hid till
lark and then found their way to the
Yisne, across which they swam, reach
ing camp is safety.
“Numerous floating bridges have
seen thrown ucross the Alsne and some
permanent bridges had been repaired
jnder fire. On the 20th Lieutenant
main* deleted) pf the Third signal
’orps, royal engineers, was drowned
A'hile attempting to swim across the
river with a cable.
“Espionage is still carried on by
'he enemy to a considerable extent.
Recently the suspicions of French
roups were aroused when they came;
icross a farm from W’hich the horses
lad t een removed. They discovered a!
telephone connected by an under- j
ground cable with the German lines. 1
md the owner of the farm paid the
penalty in the usual way in war for
tiis trickery.
“Alter some cases of village fighting
earlier in the war some of our officers
reported that the Germans had at
tempted to approach to close quarters
"y forcing prisoners to march In front
of them. The Germans recently have
repeated the same trick on a larger
scale against the French, as is ihown
l>y the copy of an order given below.
It is therein referred to as a ruse, but
if that term can be accepted it is a^dis
lineily illegal ruse.
Prisoners in Front
“‘During a recent night attack' (the
order reads), ‘the Germans drove a
column of French prisoners In front
of them. This action is to be brought
to the notice of all our troops (1) in
order to put them on their guard
against such a dastardly ruse; (2) in
order that every soldier may know how
the Germans treat their prisoners. Our
troops must not forget that if they
allow themselves to he taken prison
ers, the Germans will not fail to ex
pose them to French bullets.’
“Further evidence has been collected
of the misuse of the white flag and
other signs of surrender. During recent
fighting some German ambulance
wagons advanced to collect w’ounded.
An order to cease fire was given to
our guns. German battery commanders
took advantage of the lull to climb
up their observation ladders to locate
our guns, which soon afterw’ard came
under a far more accurate fire than
any to which they had been subjected
up to that time.
“A British officer, captured by the
Germans who later escaped, reports
that while a prisoner he saw men who
had been fighting subsequently put on
Red Cross brassards.
“That irregular use of the protec
tion afforded by the Geneva conven
tion is not uncommon is confirmed by
the fact that on one occasion men in
the uniform of combatant units have
been captured wearing a Red Cross
brassard. The excuse given has been
that they had been detailed after the
fight to look after the wounded. A cav
alry officer report* that the driver of
a German motor car with a machine
gun mounted on it w’ore n Red Cross.
“Full details of the actual damage
done to the cathedral at Rheims doubt
less will have been cabled home, so
that, no description of it is necessary.
The Germans bombarded the cathedral
twice with their heavy artillery. One
reason it caught fire so quickly was
that on one side of it was some scaf
folding erected for restoration work.
Straw also had been laid on the floor
for the, German wounded. Tt is to the
credit of the French that virtually all
the German wounded were extricated
from the burning building. There was
no justification on military grounds
for this act of vandalism, which seems
to have been caused by exasperation
born of failure—a sign of impotence
rather than of strength. Tt is note
worthy that a well known hotel not
far from the cathedral, which was kept
by a German, was not touched.”
Huddleston Speaks Sunday
George Huddleston, who will be the next
congressman from the Ninth district, will
speak at the regular weekly meeting of
the Young Men’s Christian association on
Sunday‘afternoon at 3 o’clock. Mr. Hud
dleston’s topic will be “World Brother
hood.M
Deaths and Funerals
_________ •
Henry P. Darnell
Henry P. Darnell, aged 52 years, father
of Sydney H. Darnell, head of the local
detective department, died yesterday
morning following a lingering Illness at
the Darnell family residence, 2620 Ave
nue G. Mr. Darnell was a Kentuckian
and had been a resident of Birmingham
for several years. He Is survived by his
son and one daughter, Mrs. Rqse Durbin
of Vernon, O.
Funeral services over the remains will
be conducted from the residence this
afternoon at ^ o’clock. Interment will
follow’ in Elmwood cemetery. The pall
bearers will be: J. T. Moser, J. E* Foley,
Enoch Warren, James Daly and Walter
Garner, all members of the detective de
pf> rtment.
Throughout yesterday many police of
ilcers and detectives called at the Dar
nell residence to pay their respects to
the members of the Darnell family.
Mrs. Sarah E. Crenshaw
Mrs. Sarah E. Crenshaw', aged 73 years,
died suddenly late yesterday afternoon at
her late residence, G318 Second avenue,
north, Woodlawn. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later.
Clarence S 4rley
Guin, September 24.— {JBclal.)—Clarence
Shirey, assistant casht ||of the Marion
County Banking compa Jl at this place,
died yesterday afternooi jt the residence
of his grandparents, y Airid Mrs. Jomi
W. Hughes. • » |
The deceased was 22 ;an*s °f age. He
was buried in the city c jaetery here this
afternoon, the funeral s rices being con
ducted by the Rev. H. L. Aldridge, pas
tor of the Methodist church, assisted by
the Rev. W^A. Darden, pastor of the
Baptist church.
JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phon# 1002.
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AMUSEMENTS
“Hanky Panky”
Burlesque in its best form was seen last
night at the Jefferson theatre in the en
tertaining musical show, "Hanky Panky,”
which highly delighted the audience. A
jumble of jollification, catchy music and
graceful dancing, with plenty of oppor
tunity for comedy work, the audience was
kept in a state of merriment from the
rise of the curtain to the finish. The
stunning chorus and appropriate stage
settings gave additional pleasure to the
show.
While the fun last night was fast and
furious, at times, there was not an
objectionable line or an undesirable fea
ture. The costumes were in keeping with
high class musical comedies and were
new and pretty.
The teamwork of A1 and Fannie Sted
man, in the second act, was easily the
feature of the show, the other honors be
ing divided between Lester Bernard and
Davy Joines, Dutch comedians, and Ralph
Edwards, in a Hebrew character. Carlo
Paula and Blanche Young and Virginia
Evans and Louis Archer presented the
serpentine tango and other dance num
bers with much grace and skill. The
singing numbers were only fair so far
as the principals were concerned, but
they made up for the deficiency in their
comedy lines and dancing.
The opening scene represents Walling
ford’s villa on the Thames In England.
The trio of comedians undertake to sell
him an Egyptian mummy. The mummy
comes to life and causes much confusion.
Wallingford returns to Chicago, the sec
ond act showing the campus of the uni
versity. The most striking and pretty
ensembles of the chorus are shown in
this .act, that of the college girls being
most effective. On the whole the show
vas very good and afforded much gen
uine amusement. C. H. M.
“Oh! Oh! Delphine”
IClaw & Erlanger will present for the
first time in this city their big musical
comedy success in three acts, “Oh, Oh,
Delphine,” the book and lyrics of which
are by C. M. 8. McLellan, the music
by Ivan Caryll and the source of the story
taken from the French of “Villa Prim
rose.” Matinee and night performances
of “Oh, Oh, Delphine,” will be given at
the Jefferson theatre on September 30,
the seat sale for the same to begin Mon
day morning.
At the Lyric
No better vaudeville has ever been of
fered In Birmingham than the bill at
| the Lyric this week. Such Is the unani
mous opinion of everybody that has seen
the bill at any time during the week.
Each of the seven acts Is good and sev
eral of them are stars. The Saturday mat
inee promises to be a record breaker.
At the Bijou
“The*Oay Morning Glories” continue to
please the crowds that are attending the
Jiijou this week. The chorus is clever
and well drilled; the costumes are pretty
and the comedy Is enjoyable. The public
seems to like the show from every stand
point. and this liking is evidenced by the
applause at eacri performance.
EXPOSITION WILL *
NOT BE POSTPONED
Washington, September 2f.—Secretary
Bryan today announced formally that the
Panama-Pacific exposition at San Fran
cisco would not be postponed because of
the European war. No foreign nation,
he said, had given notice of its intention
to withdraw from participation because
of the conflict.
Mr. Bryan’s statement said in part:
“The Panama- Pacific International ex
position will open February 20, 1915, ac
cording to the original plan. The gov
ernment hus received official notice from
87 foreign governments of their intentions
to participate. No foreign nation has
given notice of its intention to dithdraw
on account of the war.”
PASTOR RUSSELL
SPEAKS AT ORPHEUM
—
Pastor Russell of the Brooklyn Taber-!
nacle last night lectured to an apprecla- j
tive audience at the Orpheum theatre on '
“The Nation’s Distress Before Armaged
don.” Pastor Russell dealt with the
causes of the present European war and
conditions before the conflict %was pre-1
cipitated.
Pastor Russell has many followers in
the Birmingham district and those who
heard him last night gave him close at
tention and enthusiastic applause.
Pastor Russell is on a speaking tour
of the south. J
BARON^ EISENBACH
KILLED. BY JAP
Peking, September 25.—(1:10 p. in.)—A let
ter from a German In Tslngtau says that
Baron Von Eisenbach, former second sec
retary of the German legation at Peking,
was killed by a Japanese patrol dressed in
Chinese clothes.
A dispatch from Peking, sent September
19,‘Said Baron Von Eisenbach had been
killed before Tslngtau September 16 in
a skirmish.
PERSONAL
Mr*. J. L. Satterwhlte of Atlanta Is
visiting her brother. Capt. Robert H.
Ilawklna of the police department at
2530 Avenue G.
Reaches Port Safely
Yonkers, X. Y , September 24.—A letter
received here today from Albert Van
Houten recently appointed American vice
consul at Kehl. Baden, German, said
he had reached his post safely alter be
ing arrested three times by German au
thorities on suspicion thaj he was a Brit
ish spy. I
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Marcaroni Ordered
Naples, September 24.—(9:35 p. m.)—Five
hundred thousand cases of macaroni or
deietl before the winter are ready for
exportation t<* the United States, but be
f. inning October 1, permission will be
given to export only the samaiquantity
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OLD DIAZ FACTION IS
ALLIED WITH VILLA
in New revolt, say
CARRANZA LEADERS
(Continued from I’age (In-dt
take the offensive for the present, and
many officials believed the efforts of
Gn. Pablo Gonzales to act as peacemaker
might not be fruitless. Gonzales was the
principal factor In drawing Carranza and
Villa together after their first break,
which was adjusted by the agreement of
Torreon.
Rafael Zubaran, head of the local con
stitutionalist agency, tonight Issued the
following statement:
"I am hopeful that the present con
flict between the first chief, Venustiano
.Carranza, and General Villa, will be
peacefully and sufficiently composed, for
the reason that there is no real cause for
Its existence. I trust that when General
Villa reconsiders his rash action he will
disavow it for the ganuine welfare of his
country ind in furtherance of Its com
plete pacification.
"It Is apparent from the text of the
following telegrams exchanged between
Carranza and Villa that the latter had
no real grounds for his position and that
a peaceful arrangement between them
will be found:
“ ‘Mexico City. September 22. 1914.
" ‘Rafael Zubaran, Washington, D. C.
“ ‘I transmit you herewith Information
obtained by me In a telegraphic confer
ence with El Paso: When Obregon arrived
In Chihuahua, Villa was angry because
Hill's troops had not left Sonora, and he
asked Obregon to Issue orders for the
immediate withdrawal of these troops.
Obregon replied that he would not do
this unless Villa ordered Maytorena's
troops be placed under the command of
General Cabral This Villa refused to do.
Villa Infuriated
" ‘When Obregon remained firm In his
stand Villa became Infuriate# and ordered
a guard to take Obregon out and shoot
him. Obregon fearlessly told Villa that
If it were necessary for him to give up
his life to obtain the pacification of his
country he would gladly do so. Obre
gon's secretary cried out to Villa: ‘‘How
can you shoot a disarmed guest?" Raoul
Madero added his entreaties and the ex
ecution did not take place.
“ ‘Obregon is to be kept in Chihuahua
until Hill leaves Sonora with hlB troops.
If Hill checks Maytorena, Obregon will
be shot. Julio Madero carries the order
for withdrawal of Hill’s forces. Com
pliance with it is the only way that the
life of Obregon can be saved.
“ ‘V. CARRANZA.'
"Following the receipt of this Intelli
gence. Carranza ordered the closing of
the railroads north of Aguas Calientes.
When Villa was informed of this move
he sent the following telegram to Car
ranza:
" 'Chihuahua, September 22, 1914.
" T have just been Informed that fol
lowing an order from headquarters tha
railroad traffic north of Aguas Calientes
lias been discontinued. This order is an
act which shows hostility towards the
division of the north; it is absolutely un
justifiable, and one for which I can find
no reason. I am requesting you to give
me an immediate explanation of the-mat
ter so I may know how to act. The states
and cities through which the railroad
passes will Buffer considerable damage
by this order. It Is necessary to remedy
this condition as soon as possible. I am
awaiting your Immediate reply.
" 'FRANCISCO VILLA.'
Carranza’s Reply
"To this communication Carranza re
plied as follows;
“ 'Mexico City, September 22, 1914.
" 'Before answering your message which
I have just received, I desire an explan
ation of your conduct towards General
Oregon in Chihuahua.
" V. CARRANZA.'
"Villa sent the following telegram to
the request:
“ ‘Chihuahua, September 22, 1914.
" ‘In answer to your message I hereby
Inform you that General Obregon and
other generals of this division left last
night for the capital with the purpose
of taking up important matters in con
nection with the general situation of the
republic. Rut in view of the course you
have taken, which shows an avowed de
sire to place obstacles in the way of
reaching a satisfactory arrangement of
all difficulties, and to hinder the attain
ment of the peace we all so much desire,
I have given orders for them to discon
tinue their trip and to halt at Torreon.
" ‘Consequently I Inform you that this
division will not take part In the conven
tion which you have called and I also
inform you that the division of the north
no longer recognizes you as the first chief
of the republic. You are at liberty to
pursue any course that mav please.
' 'FRANCISCO VILLA.' "
Mobilizing Troops
Douglas, Arlz.. September 24.—Rep*
resentatives of General Carranza hero
today reported that General Iturbide
was mobilizing at San Bias, Sinaloa,
from 4000 to 8000 men to maroh against
Governor Maytornea of Sonora.
Advices received in Agua Prlett
stated that Rosario Garcia, a bandit,
bad captured the town of Sahuaripa.
150 miles south, in the name of Villa.
Garcia first supported Diaz, the*
switched to other allegiances during
the progress of various revolts in Mex
ico and his exploit at, Sahuaripa la
deemed nothing more than a bandit
raid.
Carranza adherents expressed satis
faction on learning that the Villa army
of 5000 men under General Angeles had
been halted on Its march to Sonora.
General Hill, commanding the Car
mnzn forces against which Maytorena
was moving today, Is being rapidly
xvoaki nod by desertions. It was report
ed today, numbers of his men having
come to the border. Hill himself Is
at Cananea. while the main body of
his troops Is at Santa Barbara, 15
milts east of Nogales.
Communications dut
Vera Cruz, September 24.—(6:30 p. m.)
All the telegraph and telephone wires
and the one railroad line linking the
capital and Vera Cruz were cut today.
Rrlgadler General Funston, In com
mand of the T'nited States forces here,
and W. W. Canada, the American con
sul, have heen unable to ascertain the
reason for the severing of communica
tion or what Is transpiring In Mexico
City.
A force of men under Hlgenio Aguilar,
a former federal general, began tearing
out the railroad north of Esperanza, about
100 miles west of Vera Cruz, today, and
at the same time cut the land wires. The
first Intimation that these things were
being done came from the railroad agent
at Esperanza, who sent a message to
Orizaba, to the south, saying "people are
burning the bridges and tearing out the
rails."A few minutes later communica
tion ceased The agent at the station
to the cast of Esperanza said It was un
derstood there that the work of destruc
tion was being done by Aguilar's men.
Track Torn Up
A train which left the capital early to
day was on this side of the tom-up
track and Is expected to arrive here to
night. The train that left here for the
capital Is returning from Orizaba.
On account of the situation Consul Can
ada has recommended to the state de
partment the advisability of retaining
American troops in Vera Cruz until con
ditions are more normal. Seven American
transports are loading army supplies In
anticipation of the evacuation.
It is stated that one of General Villa's
agents In Vera Cruz recently canvassed
the fugitives here and' promised some of
them that If they Joined Villa their old
ranks would be recognized.
It is said that Tllgenlo Aguilar hus about
6C00 men in Ills force, the greater part of
them old aVmy men whose qfflcers have
held them together. Associated with
Aguilar are Generals Benjamin Argumedo
ami Andrew Aimazan.
I* 1% reported here that General Villa
recently attempted to "buy ammunition In
the I'nlted States but failed to contract
fur more than 2,000,000 rounds.
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Fort Where Russians Landed on Way to France
I (v ^ ■ :y. : “ ' i I
"* VIEW OF MULL .ENGLAND. --?
Hull, England, is a busy port these days, where thousands upon thousands of Russian soldiers are lauding on
their way to' join the allies' array in France. The troops are coming all the way from Archangel, on the Arctic coast
of Russia. This extraordinary military move was undoubtedly conceived by I.ord Kitchener, who, with the unlim
ted facilltlestof the British transport service, rendered possible the landing of the much needed reinforcements The
-iP front Archangel to Hull takes about five days
Marconi Asks Injunction
Against Possible Closure
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the case at as early a day as your coun
sel may desire."
To Close Station
Washington. September 24.—Orders for
the closing of the Marconi wireless sta
tion at Siasconsett, Mass., at noon tomor
row will be carried out regardless of
the company’s appeal to the courts, ac
cording to navy department officials. Sec
retary Daniels was out of the city when
word reached Washington that President
Griggs of the Marconi company had tele
graphed notice of an application to a
federal court for an injunction to restrain
the department from censoring or clos
ing the station. It was said at the de
partment, however, that Mr. Griggs’ ac
tion would not change the attitude of the
navy In any way.
If necessary, it Is said, a file of ma
rines may be sent to carry out the clos
ing order, but officials do not expect re
sistance.
Fishing Schooner Driven Ashore
Cerrabelle, Fla., September 24.—The
fishing schooner Priscilla, bound from
the fiBhing banks for Pensacola, her
home port, was driven ashore near here
today during a severe storm in the gulf.
She'Will be a total loss. The crew was
rescued and brought to Carrabelle.
Ashland Holds Election
Ashland, September 24.—(Special.)—Ash
land held an election Monday for the elec
tion of mayor and councllmen and the
following officers were elected: H. D.
Adair, mayor; councilmen, R. C. Hooten.
C. C. Harris, J. R. Hamlin, J. W. Devie
and J. A. Beck.
Binoculars Reveal Pirates
From the Philadelphia North American.
When John Ran. steward of th *
scho-.ner Eagle Wing, at anchor in the
Delaware river, off Coopers Point, stood
on the wharf and swept the river with his i
binoculars t< pick out his vessel he dis
covered river pirates at work stripping
her.
H1 appealed to the police tug and ’hat
craft hurried to the side of the schooner.
Hal- a dozen rpen who were in a launch
alongside the Eagle Wing fled, but Henry
Sels who was aboard the vessel, was ar
rested and locekd up.
Sels is charged with disposing of the
schooner's property to the pirates. T^e
declared himself to be one of the crew,
and contended that the goods were his
own. The steward, however, told the po
lice he had never seen the man before
and insisted upon his arrest.
—
Traveler’s
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Here is a story that was told at a recent
dinner by Dr. Allerton S. Cushman, direc
tor of the Institute of Industrial Re
search, Washington, when reference was
made to sarcastic Jolts:
Some time ago an esteemed citizen wert
to the package room of a big rhflroad for
a suit case he had checked a few nours
before, and, being in something of a
hurry, he tried to beam upon the grip I
juggler that he stacked up against.
"I,ook here, old pal." he earnestly en
treated, “my train leaves in just three
minutes. Can't you gef that suit case of
mine?"
“Yo uare not the only man on earth.,’
was the grouchy rejoinder of the trrip
juggler. "You will get your suit case
when your turn comes."
Whereat the traveler subsided. Ho saw
what be had collided with and prepared to
pay the penalty of his rashness Oru?
long, exasperating minute the grip jug
gler loafed! Then another! Finally the
suit ease was produced.
“Thank you!" freezingly refnarked the
traveler as he faded away. "If you over
lose your job here come to me. 1 ieed a
man to chase snails."
Watch Sets Speed of Men
From the New York Tribune. •
New York.—One of the most interest
ing exhibits at the jewelers' exhibition I
which has been in progress at Agricul
■ — ■— . —~
tural hall was a novel watch for the
Use of officers having charge of troops
on the march, an invention of an Aus
trian officer.
On the face is a little arm (Illuminated
by radium for night use), which can be
made to swing so many times each min
ute. Thufj an officer wishing to bring his
men to a certain place at a certain time,
decides that they must march 120 paces
a minute. He then sets the arm to swing
120 times a minutes, sets the pace to keep
time with the beat, and so regulates tho {
speed of the march. \
In Better Condition
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
One afternoon a stranger happened
in a cdfintry town i nd while attend
ing to some business in the corner
grocery an old man rambled in. The
stranger became interested and asked
him his age.
“I am just 100 years old,” answered
the old man sitting on a packing box.
“Is that so?” jokingly responded the
stranger. “Well. I'll bet you don't live
to see another hundred.”
“T don’t know about tliat,” was the
smiling rejoinedr of the aged native.
“I am a whole lot stronger now than
I was when T started on my first huuA
died.”
Thunder of Wedding Bells
From the London Chronicle.
The case heard at the Leeds Assizes
exemplifies once more the frequent con
junction of fire raising with jumping fur
niture and crockery in those “ghost” vis
itations which are traceable to hysterical
women. Andrew Lang noted Instances in
England, Scotland, Russia, France, Ger
many, Iceland. New England, China and
Peru. A striking one was “the Great Am
herst Mystery,” which agitated Nova Sco
tiq in 1879. It occurred in a household
where one of the girls, Esther, began to
“swell visibly.” Peals of thunder re
sounded through the house; bolsters, po
tatoes, armchairs, umbrellas and carving
knives flew about; and finally lighted
matches rained from the celling, and all
sorts of things took fire by "spontaneous
combustion.” But it all stopped as soon
as Esther married.
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