The hummer., June 25, 1915, Image 6

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PECULIAR ACTION OF THE TIDE
MADE RESCUE DIFFICULT.
DRAWN TO DEEP WATER.
FISHING SMACKS CAPSIZED
Llf Guards Report a Storm Caus
ing a Guilty Between a Sandbar,
a Hundred Yard! Away, and
tha Beach.
Atlantic City. Buffeted by a hug
ware and carried into deep water by
treacherous undertow, seven bath
ers, including prominent men of the
Philadelphia summer colony, were
drowned In the aurf here. Scores of
others were dragged to the beach In
an unconscious condition after life
guards and other bathers had battled
desperately to save their lives. One
other man was drowned, when six fish
ing smacks were capsized simultan
eously as they were about to come
ashore at Mississippi avenue, and a
score of fishermen thrown Into the
water. The dead are: Miss Marlon
Rhoades Creamer, 18, student at
Berehood College, Jenklntown, Fa.;
John Lysle, 25, a prominent member
of the junior bar of Philadelphia;
Philip Arnold, 18; Frank Brlgham, 16;
Charles J. Matlock, 28; James McCay,
William Crow, all of Philadelphia.
Charles Green, the fisherman who
lost his life, resided here.
Lifeguards say a storm caused an
offset or gulley between a sandbar a
hundred yards out and the beach. The
offset extended the entire length of
the beach and with the development
of strong undercurrent, the bathers
were swept Into water of unexpected
depth. Many heroic rescues were
made by members of the beach patrol
and by volunteers, and several per
sons gave up their lives In efforts to
sere others.
Arnold, Crowe, McCay and Matlock
plunged Into the surf to assist Walter
Margerum, one of the guards, who had
been knocked unconscious by a can
buoy. All of the would-be rescuers
drowned, while Margerum was brought
safely ashore a short time later by an
other guard.
John Lysle was talking wlti friends
on the beach when he heard Miss
Creamer's call for help. He immedi
ately went to her assistance, but was
carried away by the tide. Earl Col
lins of this city succeeded in reach
ing the drowning girl, but she was
pulled away from him and sank. Col
lins, however, then fought his way to
' another girl and brought her ashore.
SENTENCE OF DEATH STANDS
Little Hope Is Expressed That Federal
Court Will Act Favorably in Fa
mous Case.
New York. Only clemency at the
hands of Gov. Whitman, or Interfer
ence of the United States supreme
court, now stands between Charles A.
Becker and the electric chair.
The court pf appeals at Albany de
nied application of Becker's counsel,
Martin T. Manton, for a re-argument
of his decision affirming sentence ot
death. This action severed the last
hred of hope of the former police lieu
tenant for a review of his case and
made It mandatory for the Becker ad
visers to decide between appeal to the
supreme court and Gov. Whitman.
The latter course Is said to have
been decided upon. Id a few days ap
plication for examination of the Becker
case. It Is understood, will be forward
ed to Albany. In view of the fact that
Gov. Whitman, as district attorney of
New York, was active In the convic
tion of the former police lieutenant
the advisability of asking him to dele
gate the Becker examination to Lieut.-
Gov. Schoeneck has been considered.
"We "will keep on fighting," said
Mrs. Charles Better.
Becker Is under sentence to die on
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T PACIFICATION OF MEXICO
r Civil and Military Authorities Will
J Submit Their Plan.
El Paso Texas. Civil and military
representatives of the Villa govern
ment will submit a plan for the paci
fication of Mexico to the Washington
government probably this week it be
came known here. It was understood
the plan has Villa's approval; that
Gen. Felipe Angeles has gone to Wash
ington to represent the military and
that Miguel Diaz Lombardo, foreign
minister, will reach the border ip a
few days, en route to Wasltington to
represf1 the conventionalist civil
governing) t.
Russians Are Re-enfSrced.
Berlin. Special dispatches from the
Austrian headquarters report that the
Teutonic allies are pushing the Rus
sians vigorously from the San river to
the Bessarabia frontier. The latest
operations resulted In bringng Gea.
Mackensea's forces in contact with
Grn. Ltnslngen. Heavy fighting is pro
ceeding along the whole line in Gali
cia. The Russians are bringing all
their available forces, consisting partly
f fresh recruits, to resist the advaue
t. the German allies.
Lieut Warneford and Henry Beach
Seedhem Killed In SQO-Foot
Drop.
Pnrls.--Ll.i4t. Rsr-iald A. J. irtie
ford, who gained fame recently by
blowing to pieces a Zeppeiln o'er Bel
glum, was killed by the fall of an
aeroplane at Hue, France.
Lieut. Wameford was piloting the
machine, which had as a passenger
Henry Beach Needham, the American
writer, who also was killed.
Lieut Warneford and Needham fall
from a height of 600 feet. The lieuten
ant bad been spending a few days In
Paris, where he came after his Zeppe
lin exploit to receive his decoration
of the Legion ot Honor.
According to a report received In
Paris, the accident resulted from an
explosion in midair, which caused
Lieut. Warneford to lose control, the
machine crashing to the earth.
Needham's body was taken to the
English hospital in Trlanoa Palace,
Versailles. He had been In Europe
about four months, acting as corre
spondent ot magazines and a New
York newspaper.
He had received permission from
the military authorities to make a
flight in order to get material tor a
story. His wife, who also Is a writer,
1 kin
trip
part ot his trfp abroad. She sailed
for America six weeks ago.
Reginald A. J. Warneford, a young
Canadian sub-lieutenant in the royal
navy, suddenly acquired world-wide
renown by destroying a Zeppelin over
Belgium on June 7, this being the first
time on record that a Zeppelin had
been wrecked by an aviator In an aero
plane. By a brilliant flight Lieut.
Warneford obtained a position above
the Zeppelin and dropped bombs on
it The dirigible crashed to the
ground and turned up. The 28 men
in the crew were killed.
For this feat Lieut. Warneford was
decorated with the Victoria Cross and
the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Lieut. Warneford made his first
flight at Hendon, England, less tha .
five months ago, and had been with
the flying squadron only a few weeks.
CHICAGO'S STRIKE ENDS
Mayor Thompson Is Named as Third
Member of Arbitration Board at
Meeting of Factions.
Chicago. Peace in the strike of 14.
000 street car men was restored June
16. All points at issue will be settled
by arbitration. Operation of cars on
all lines was resumed as quckly as the
striking men could be notified. The
end of the strike, which tied up elec
tric transportation for two days, came
with the selection of Mayor William
Hale Thompson as the third member
of the board of arbitration, the main
question at Issue.
Officials of the companies will se
lect an arbitrator, and It Is announced
W. D. Mason, International president
ot the street car men's union, proba
bly will be named to represent the
men.
The selection of Mayor Thompson
came at the end of a 15-hour confer
ence which began June 15. Union lead
ers, officials of the traction lines and
members of the mayor's aldermanic
strike committee were in attendance.
The strike on June 13 was called
after an all-day conference of trans
portation officials, labor leaders and
Mayor Thompson had shown the two
interests at odds on the question of
increased wages, which the men in
sisted must be guaranteed before ar
bitration could be considered.
ARE GIVEN TO U. S. CONSUL
Americana Were Threatened With
Death For Circulating Counter
feit Money.
Washington. Villa authorities at
Chihuahua turned over to George B.
Carothers, American consular agent,
George Marks and S. Finkelstein (also
known as Franklin), the Americans
threatened with execution o the charge
of circulating counterfeit money. Ca
rothers reported to the state depart
ment that he would send the men to
the Texas border.
The United States government was
Informed by Francisco Lagos Chazaro,
president of the Villa-Zapata conven
tion government In Mexico City, that
if President Wilson's recent warning
to Mexican factions to compose their
differences should signify "pressure or
threat" the convention government,
"still harboring the conscience of Its
sacrifices, will maintain the dignity of
the Mexican people."
The communication, transmitted by
the Brazilian minister at Mexico City,
states, however, that the convention
continues "to conjecture that the gen
eral idea of the government of the
United States is to help us In a friend
ly way to bring to an end our fratri
cidal struggle, which would be for the
greatest good of tho country."
Mt Lassen re Dangerous.
Washington. M. Lassen, California,
whose violent eruption of May 19th
places it in the first rank of volcanoes
now dangerously active, has become
the subject of an Informal co-operative
study by the geological survey and the
forest service.
The volcano Is regarded as excep
tionally interesting from a scientific
viewpoint, according to the geological
survey, inasmuch as it is the only ac
tive volcano in the United States prop
er, is very acresible to observers, and
appears to be full of danger
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REAGH 527,0
HAVE DEFRAUDED THE GOVERN
MENT IN AMOUNTS DUE FOR
SPECIAL TAXES.
42 VIOLATORS CONVICTED
Finee Aggregating $148,000 Have Been
Assessed Frauds Committed Im
mediately After Enactment of
Law Uncovered.
Washington. How violators of the
oleomargarine law have defrauded the
government out of at least $27,000,000
due in stamps and special taxes wat
revealed by Secretary McAdoo In a
statement based oil a preliminary re
port of a sweeping investigation con
ducted by Commissioner Osborn of the
Internal revenue bureau.
Frauds committed as long ago as
1902, immediately after the enactment
of the law, have been uncovered. The
commissioner began his inquiry some
months ago and from time to time
news of prosecutions hat reached the
public, but until last week no inkling
had been given of the Investigation's
scope or of its extraordinary results.
t'npald taxes aggregating $$51,000
have been recovered and deposited In
the treasury, "with the prospects of
further very large collections." Forty
two violators of the law have been
convicted since the first of January,
and 29 of these have been given prison
sentences. Fines aggregating $148,
000 have been assessed, in addition to
the recoveries actually made, and the
announcement declares that while
fraudulent practices of this sort prob
ably have been checked, the Investi
gation will be continued and "every
law-breaker brought to Justice."
The announcement shows that since
1902 more than 200,000,000 pounds of
colored oleomargarine have been man
ufactured and fraudulently sold as un
colored. DAMAGE BY MOSCOW MOB
In Anti-German Demonstration 700
Buildings Are Wrecked Teu
tons Owned 113.
Petrograd, via London. Moscow
suffered damage to the amount ot
$20,000,000 during the recent anti
German demonstrations in which near
ly 500 stores and factories and more
than 200 private lodgings were de
stroyed. The infuriated mobs turned the city
Into wild disorder, according to eye
witnesses. From music stores, pianos
and other musical instruments were
hurled into the streets, until the piles
ot wreckage made traffic Impossible.
The rioters, heated with liquor
found in the demolished wine stores,
became reckless in their pillaging,
burning many stores and apartments,
the owners of which were Russians.
Of the total number of buildings de
stroyed only 113 belonged to Austro
German subjects.
The demonstrations beginning early
on June 9 lasted more than 24 hours.
Buildings burned and crumbled to
ashes, and the fire departments, al
though active throughout the disturb
ances, found it Impossible to cope with
the flames, so extensive were the
conflagrations.
The Moscow council, at a meeting,
took measures to quell the disorders
and prevent a repetition of the riot
ing. TWO ARE SHOT TO DEATH
Alleged Intruder Killed Woman, Then
Committed Suicide.
New York. Mrs. Barbara Cornelius,
wife of a produce market employe,
and George McAghon of Jersey City
were found shot to death in the bed
room of her Brooklyn home. The po
lice were Informed of the tragedy by
the woman's husband, who said that
McAghon climbed into their bedroom
window during the night and fired a
shot at him and that while he was
trying to arouse neighbors McAghon
killed Mrs. Cornelius and then com
mitted suicide.
McAghon was found lying on the
floor with a revolver clutched In his
hand and with powder marks on his
fingers.
Cornelius, who is a night worker,
said that he had never Been McAghon
before and had taken him for a beg
gar. The police say they learned that
Mrs. Cornelius had received postal
cards signed with McAghon's Initials.
Somebody Must Be Rich.
Washington. First estimates of re
turns from the personal and corpora
tion Income tax have been revised up
ward by treasury department officials,
who now anticipate more than JS2.000,
000 during the present calendar year
from this source. Under the law pay
ments of the tax may be made as late
as July 10, but from the way in which
the tax is pouring in officials are confi
dent that a la.-ge proportion of the to
tal will be in the vaults before the
close of the present fiscal year, on
June 30.
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Fighting In Gulieia Developed Noth
ing to Stem Auetro-Cerman
Advance.
London. Another 24 hours of fight
ing In Galicla developed nothing to
stem the Austro Gernmn advance to
ward Leniberg, and Berlin claims the
Russians are retreating over their
own frontier toward Tarnogrod, four
miles from the Galician border.
This means an invasion of Russian
territory at a new point, but ccordl m
to military observers here, It may
spell ultimate advantage for the Rus
sians In that a general Russian retire
ment northward into Poland would
divert Gen. Llnsingen'a attempt to
crush the Russian center near Zura
wana, which would sever the communi
cations of the Russian army In South
eastern Galicia and Bukowlna. The
military writers here say the real dan
ger tone from the Russian standpoint
is In the Zurawana district and along
the Dniester.
According to Berlin, the Austro-Ger-man
forces have battered through
Nlemecrow, 30 miles northwest of
Lemberg, and are advancing toward
Jaworow, which is only 25 miles west
of the Gallcren capital.
Masses ot Austro-Germans thus are
sweeping from the San toward the
capital, and the prediction is made
that the decisive battle, if one is
fought, will take place in the vicinity
of Grodek, where military observers
believe the Russians should benefit by
the lake country.
British newspapers, though not min
imizing the Importance of the Austro
German successes in Galicla, acclaim
what Is styled the Grand Duke Nich
olas' elusive strategy In shifting his
front from north and south to north
west and southeast. This maneuver,
It Is asserted, has deflected the Aus-tro-GeGrman
blow to some extent and
at the same time denied to them a
full test of strength.
Thus the Russian retreat is char
acterized in London as strikingly par
alleling the allies' vicatory on the
Marne. The struggle along the Dnies
ter and before Lemberg, It Is consid
ered here, must determine which side
Is the more astute in the present ma
neuvers.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST
British Troops Win and and Lose a
Mile Front in One Day Allies
Advance at Ypret.
London. For the first time in weeks
there has been heavy fighting over a
comparatively extensive line of thu
British front in Belgium and France.
Berlin describes it as an Anglo-French
movement synchronizing with Russian
reverses in Galicia.
To win mile of front, and then to
lone it before terrific German countei
attacks was the experience of the Brit
ish June 15 near Festubert. In a state
went, frank If brief, Field Marshal
French records this incident, but does
not state the losses, which must have
been heavy on both sides.
The Germans are as frank In con
ceding the loss of ground near Ypres,
even temporarily, to yield a mile of
their Festubert stronghold.
The latest Zeppelin raid on England
has created hardly a ripple of excite
ment Aircraft protection was one of
the subjects discussed June 16 in the
House of Commqns, William Jeynson
Hicks urging a marked increase in
this branch. He said that London must
soon expect a serious raid and added
that at one time more than five Zeppe
lins of the latest type were over the
English coast.
The under secretary for war, H. J.
Tennant, besides giving assurances
that bigger aeroplanes were under cou
structlon, said that since the beginning
of the war the number of machines
had been Increased tenfold and the
number ot men engaged in this branch
fivefold.
LAST APPEAL FOR FRANK
Gov. Slaton Heart Appeal For Commu
tation of Sentence and Takes Case
Under Advisement.
Atlanta, Ga. The fate of Leo M.
Frank was placed in the hands of Gov.
Slaton June 16 at the close of the hear
ing on an appeal for commutation of
his death sentence. The governor took
the case under advisement and an
nounced he would render a decision
as soon as posisble.
Frank is under sentence to be
hanged on June 22, for the murder
of MaryPhagan.
The session was occupied by Attor
ney Wm. M. Howard in his closing ar
gument In behalf of Frank's plea. Mr
Howard was interrupted frequently by
questions from the governor on vari
ous points of evidence
Expect to Enter Capital This Week.
Vera Cruz. It is stated that consti
tutionalist forces surrounding Mexico
City expect to enter the capital the
middle of the present week. Gen.
Carranza will remain in Vera Cruz.
Japan Protests to China.
Tokyo, Japan. According to an
nouncement made June 16 by a Japan
ese news agency, Japan has sent a
protest to China concerning the anti
Japanese movement In the republic.
The discontent of China with Japan's
course during the negotiations culmi
nating In acceptance of the Japanese
ultimatum last month has been mani
fested principally by boycots. A re
cent dispatch Baid British and Russian
volunteers bad dispersed an anti-Japanese
riot at Hankow for their owt
protecton.
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SON, OF TUSKEGEE,
ALABAMA.
EXPERIENCE IN WAR ZONE
Victor Paul, Native of India, Relates
Experience Hat No Desire to
Return to Scene of World
Strife.
Tupelo. The accommodation train
from Memphis ran over and mutilated
beyond recognition a white man Just
north ot the crossing ot the Tupelo
and Pontotoc road.
The remains were scattered along
the track and part of the clothing
wat on the cow-catcher when the
train reached Tupelo. Engineer Holt,
who wat running the engine, stated
that he saw something lying near the
west rail when 40 or 50 yards distant,
but thought it a dead calf or bundle
of paper. He did not check hit train,
nor did he realize anything had
happened until he reached the ttatlon
and discovered the clothing on hit en
gine. He Immediately went back and
found the particles of the body and
clothing scattered along the track. In
the pockets of the dead man was found
a memorandum book with the nam
ot E. C. Johnson ot Tuskegee, Ala.
Communication wat had with his
father In Tuskegee, and arrangements
made by undertaken for the shipment
ot the body there. The train wat In
charge ot Conductor Webb and En
gineer Holt. A coroner't Inquest wat
held by a Jury under Squire G. W.
Rltter, all ot the train crew being
present.
VICTOR PAUL RAN.
Walter Telia Experiences In France
Before Advancing Germans.
Natchez. Victor Paul, native of In
dia, and British subject, has no desire
whatever to return to the scene of the
world strife. He says the fact that he
is alive is due entirely to his sprint
ing, ability. In speaking of his expe
rience he said:
"I was a waiter in a hotel in Cham
pagne, where there were many others
of different nationalities. One day we
heard sounds like thunder rolling in
the hills boom! boom! The othet
waiters said: 'It is the Germans, let
us hide ourselves, for if they find us
they will perhaps kill us,' but when I
looked out and saw balls of fire strik
ing everywhere then I said, 'no, let
us run, for If we hide the shells will
no doubt kill us, anyway.' And so we
ran and ran quickly. Overhead we
could hear the shells at they went
through the air. When I wat first
struck in the leg, I did not know it
until I felt something warm It was
blood. I ran on, but soon a fragment
ot shell struck me in the other leg
but I ran on. After going some dis
tance I began to feel weak from loss
of blood and stopped long enough to
plaster the wounds over with mud. I
went eight miles further, arriving at
the lines ot the French, where an Eng
lish Red Cross nurse bandaged
my wounds. I was sent to a hospital
in Paris, where I remained until con
valescent." After securing passports
Paul obtained passage on a mule ship
to New Orleans and came from there
to Natchez.
Boy Scouts at Rulevllle.
Ruleville. Rev. J. H. Ingram, pas
tor of the Methodist Church at this
place, is organizing local Boy Scouts,
and already has the movement well
under way, having applications from
sowe 20 boys. A charter will be ob
tained from the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. A ball team will be possibly or
ganized among the membership and
g'ames will be had with other clubs Ir
the vicinity.
Never Again, Says Irvln Cobb.
Laurel. Irvin S. Cobb has ceased to
In an admirer of William Jennings
Bryan. In a telegram to his personal
friend. Col. Mott Ayres of this city, Mr.
Cobb says:
"I don't think my personal opinion
of Herr Wllhelm von Bryan would
look well In a family newspaper. I
voted for him several times but never
again."
Bail It Reduced.
Magee. Judge W. H. Hughes of
Raleigh heard the writ of habeas cor
pus In behalf of Mrs. Bob Hollaway,
who is charged with attempted mur
der, for the reduction of ball, fixed in
the justice court at $1,600. After ex
amination of several witnesses Judpe
Hughes allowed her bond In the sun
of $1,000, which was made.
Wheat Yield Is Immense.
Greenwood. N. L. Cockrell of near
ttta Eena, Miss., has sent the Green
wood Business League a sample of his
wheat crop. Besides the 200 acres In
wheat, he has 300 acres ln.oats, and
the yield per acre will be Immense.
Boy Scouts at Natchez.
Natchez. Natchet is to have a Boy
Scout organization. A meeting was
held recently at the chamber of com
merce to perfect an organization.
Prominent men of the town aro back
I tug the movement
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FOX-HUNTERS IN THE WAR
Thousands of Men Who Enjoyed That
Sport In Britain Are Now at
the Front
Waterloo, according to the duke ot
Wellington, was won on the playing
fields of Eton. Ehould Britain emerge
triumphant from the present conflict
we may find someone rising to claim
that the campaign in Flanders waa
won in the English shires. The thlrea
are the headquarters ot fox-hunting,
which mott humanitarians' denounce.
George Bernard Shaw, for example,
baa no words strong enough to con
demn It with. Mr. Jerrocke, the hero
of a sporting novel, describing fox
hunting at "war without its guilt and
only 25 per cent of ita danger." It
has to be admitted, however, that
they who follow the hounda hare an
swered magnificently to their coun
try's call.
There are. It proves, 150 master
of hounds with the British color,
3,000 members of hunts and 1,500
hunt tenants. To them must be
added the officers of the regular army
who are acustomed to ride to hounds,
likewise numbering tome thousands.
The total Is an impressive one. It
suggests that the real attraction of
this sport may be that it is, at Jer
rocki says, "a sort of war."
Ancient Artlsant In Africa.
The question has often been asked.
Was there any earlier race in occupa
tion of the arena In Africa at present
held by the Bantus? In Man W. H.
Beech reports that In the Klkuyu coun
try tome ancient pottery bat been said
to be the work of a people called Gum
ba, who displaced the Mlathoachiana,
cannibal dwarfs.
These Mlathoachiana are now be
lieved to be earth-gnomes, skilled in
the art of iron working. Mr. Beech,
with some amount of plausibility, sug
gests that they were possibly bush
men, pygmies, or both, and that they
were a local Indigenous race, of the
stone age who used flint Implements
often found In the Klkuyu country.
The Gumba are tald to have made
pottery and to have taught the Klkuyu
the art of smelting. They may have
been pre-Bantau Hamlte invaders; but
of this there is no evidence and the
legend may tend to show that the
first discovery of Iron waa made ii
Africa.
How we do kve an idle person who
comes along and bothers us when we
are busy!
In most localities the porch swing:
has displaced the top buggy at love's
first assistant
A musical education does not always
put harmony In a discordant soul.
To Build
Strong
Children
Supply their growing bodie
with right food, so that Brain,
and Muscle, and Bone devel
opment may evenly balance.
Grape Nuts
FOOD
was originated to supply, in
proper proportion, the very
elements required by the
human body for growth and
repair.
To supply children a dish
of Crape-Nuts and cream
for breakfast regularly, is to
start them on the road to
sturdy health.
"There's a Reason"
for
Grape-Nuts
Sold by grocers.
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