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fHIBTEEN KILLED 1 Ywenty-five others injured WHEN TROLLEY CAR IS RUN DOWN BY SWITCH ENGINE. Panic Stricken Passengers Jump From Ooors and Climb Through Windows. Falling Under Wheels of Moving Freight Cars. Detroit.—Tollmen perrons hilled and more than twenty-five in jured, several probably fatally, late Sunday night when a switch engine pushing two freight cars crashed into a crowded street car at Forest ave were nue and Dequinder street, on the east side. There were more than ninety persons in the street car, many at them returning from the theatres. The street car was struck almost in in the center, the impact pushing it from the tracks and sliding it along side of the freight car*. 1'anic-ntlcken passengers began Jumping from doors and climbing through windows. Most of the dead were killed by jumping from the car and falling under the wheels of the Httll moving freight cars. 'Pliose who were killed outright at the crossing were so badly mangled I hat identification there was 'mpos slble. According to a member of the switching crew, the tram was moving at abolit twenty miles an hour when It struck the street car. ! a ARKANSA8 SENATOR CALLED. Preaident Pro Tempore of Senate Suc cumb» to Stroke of Apoplexy. Little Rock, Ark.—United Slates .Senator James P. Clarke, president pro tempore of the United States sen ate. died at hi* home here Sunday. Senator Clarke .uffored a stroke of ipoplexy Friday and never regained onrctonsnms. Senator Clarke was born in Yazoo ?lty, MU*., August 18, 1854. He wn» ■ durât ed in the chonl* of lit» native itate and in 1K7R graduated from the aw department of the University of Virginia. He began the practice of aw in Helena. Ark., in 1879. Wittering politic t Mr. Clarke was ulvanced rapidly from legislator in 1886 to state senator in 1888. to the prosit!ency of the state senate in 1891 md to attorney general In 1892, He wan elected governor in 1894. In 1903 tie WH8 elected United Btatc- senator and was re-elected in lUDil and again in 1915. He was elected president pro tempore of the senate in 19111 and re elected in 1915. Be Mei ( - RU MASTER PLUMBERS CONVICTED raziei - Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Restrain Trade. lckei fi Ralt la»ke City -Four hours after they boil retired for deliberation, tue I Jury in the case of a number of Iona ■hurge i an and oat-oMown plumbers, I with conspiring to restrain irtvde it irninR violation of the Hliermau anti tru !aw, returned a verdict of guilty, wilt recommenitai ton at extreme mercy, le maximum penalty i* one yemv imprisonment, a $10.000 tine, or both. turne N Wai fr Fire in Ocean Liner. New York.—Fire which broke out *i»n m (he cargo hold of the American Une at earn ship Philadelphia Thurn day, while the ran 80 b mile? w from till* port, still was moulderinf. oil when she arrived here Sunday, I ho; of I he i>48 passengers wore aware ol ompattthe peril they bad been in until after the liner docked. tel "rank Few Inder reti irley.w al Zenpelln Attacks More difficult. Amsterdam.—The military critic o' the Frankfurter Zeitung -;uv-i condi tion* for Zeppelin attacks on ling. ire much more difficult than ■ven a year ago. The British, lie say», have had time io carry their defence measures to he highest perfection. tw land ridian . wit society tu on V Washington. th Michigan Guardsmen Ordered Out. ie war department i Saturday ordered the Thirty-third j -ogtment of infantry, tnvops A and j . B. of cavalry, field hospital No. 1, am I ret ut Lonf 11 anCl ' < No. 1, one company ; Vi mV engineers and signal corps, baiter- j erecti'" < - v infl B of field artillery, all of Michigan, to the border. on son C Roo««ve»t Asoai't Wilson's Policy. Sth.. » Battle ('reek, Mich ^ .real throng of in a cold cirrus rent here Sat j irrt ay afternoon, Theodore Rnosevett ' stalled ri.e administrative record of ! Speaking to persons who wer F'klc-1 antes, former vlee-presldent of the *p$fw States and .now candidate for f-JkatXy. vice-presidency on 'be depubli- ■ have #0 ticket, addressed three big Salt !«WSa»V94fcke audiences on Saturday. Chinese President Buried. tr. half Ycshtenr Wilson and urged he -*iec Sum ton of Vfiiaries ß. Hughes. ibirls - Fresh from the battlefield, I -- _> of the famous Twentieth rmy enrp*. which distinguished rseif ! at a men larty at Verdun, played » game i rjfca- f football on Sunday with the i»am W**<tw*f she isJenociation Sportive Iri-ancalse. i by From Trench to FcotbaU Field, tetriW ®ï«ven men Faicbente* at 3®lt Letee Salt L®lie City.—Charles W. j j . w !*? Mer'dttf hantrfenfn, Chin*.—Just one year' fib per the movement to make Yuan if Ka1 emperor was formally launch- • lotted it, the body of the dead president w»» j wataced in its final resting place near (Haute® is city on September to. was Die jeui MIM flotl* SENSATIONAL PICTURE OF ACTUAL WAR IT r T M: i> H8M:; ■ i **"h*^i: *' >■> mfk & ■ m mm W-. lt*M • • -4 4 iM, v If ?■; ■ h j, i>iÉi •M vt Lw A; ip I,:« 1 » ' _ V m :?*>■ Mi N - * I *• •» (Ms - V~V' : • ;4: A Ei*g m wm ■■■ tV 7 • < T' yjJm r 3i. 7x ■ - w il .**ssfs*y*ss ■ wrm m -/ » zü OHOClWVÖOI Vf one of the mont sensational war pictures taken up to this day. graphic exposition held In Paris, defending themselves down to their last cartridge, companions. An officer Just hit can be seen dropping ills rille. It was granted first prize at the war photo Several French soldiers trapped by the enemy in a ruined village in Alsace urn Note tlte wounded soldier bunding his last bullets to one of lii:i TRACTOR WHICH BRITISH MADE INTO TERRIBLE "TANK rrsr;*ri -y .V A ;ÿW" '< ' ; J .* «w Æ \ A * ■—rr ft «um ■ > \ , UMM ' : ■ iS .»TT % y '■ ■>& i ■ ; C#'ä -■ t m. Wt- y IT - «4# ' ' M- • * 'mm ;-Y 4*f international fiim Senacc I MW Tlil< is din* «»f f !»♦• big trnerors, umib* in l^orin. 111., which were transformed by the British into armored and armed "tank«'* und used with terri lie effect in the Somme sector. .. ? Si EAGLE CAUGHT 8Y AN AEROPLANE ! ! > if / / FT ' t / Æ H i I V.7 n \ » & I ■ ■79 f i* !' : \5 li I * I r * ! ■*> I ! I m »•7 Lu i 9 j I j fl I fl t ; j v! I W r; idS Vn unusual photograph of :m engte caught in a French aeroplane. Imnglng by tils wings on the wires of tto- framework of the machine. Tlte eagle was probably trying to attack ilie aviator when his wings were caught in the wires. j ' ! r8,,WH > '* ^'«len. Some of :Ue ire fields of Green used in stoking the j j I j I j j struck by a harpoon bas I iltve at the rate at ; I It may not is» generally known that i the hair of the head grows faster t» I otmnier than m .vint or a Tito owners do not complain hit- | ■ t(krty (>f s ,^ ns[ r(1B over by reckless pedestrian®. ODD FACTS Ui-at is largely Sand are half a mile in thlcknesji. aninait, dogs appear to --vince the keenest musical suseoptlbll- I tty. The earth's atmosphere la supposed j ! to vary m depth from 120 to 2tW j i miles, i been Of all A whale known to 200 yards a minute. Sheets if paper pass for money In j j Corfu : me sheet buys one quart of ' j rice and 20 sheets a piece of hemp j . cloth The gems, ornaments and precious | *toties belonging to the «hah of p.-r*ta j are . stimated ;o be worth about $8T>,- t S • j Of» nnn. The most valuable pearls are per fectly round in sh»|ie; next come the »"»«on-shaped, then the drop or pear shaped pearls. lretand lias H4.i4tSl land holders hav ing plots not cxcetHling an acre, 01,730 who hold more than un? acre and not more than live acres ; IfkVJflO tinder 15 j and lSfi,058 not exceeding 30. I The Chinese government is planning j to extend its system of wireless tele j graph y into Tibet. I There are nearly 4,000 hooks on elee ; trlcal subjects in the library of oon I gross at Washington. i By constructing a spoon with a false I bottom an inventor can make it pos slhle to get two gurgles out of every | spoonful of coffee instead of one. What is said to be the largest drill j j ever made has been recently made for j some -pedal work being done by a ' Pennsylvania contracting snpply house j which had occasion to drill holes 12 inches in diameter through large tlrn | per*. It is more than 6 feet in j length and in operation It out a 13 t inch liole ;hrough a pile of timber « S feet high. SOLD A GUN TO ENGLAND iC 1 mg; y. ■ÿ ! ! -*■ ; ' i * ' f. » r ■■ V, /■' * V tm ïi'XJ f ! vfcsj W tty % m I WZ , 11? m Ig ps j j j b.: : - . V ■ •. y - Mrs. Kathryn M. Stanton, aglow with the triumph of selling the <vntrt fugal gun. for which she stood sponsor. ! to the British government, has re The turned on board the Tusennin. new wtmpon is operntisl without pow der and is noiseless as well as smoke less. aim, and they may be anything from an egg to a lump of dynamite. Mrs. j Rtnnton financed the building of the j It hurls missiles with deadly model and personally superintended the making of the gun. Stntps did not care to purchase the in- j ventlon, so Mrs. Stanton sold to Great ! Britain. Phe United ; : j I Wtart He Had Done. 'Td be ashamed to heg lf I was a ! Mg, healthy-looking man like yon," ; said the sarcastic female. "You ought to l>e looking for n job. Have yon done anything at all during Ihe past year?" "Yes, ma'am, I her." answered the husky hobo, meekly. '1 Just finished doin' t'irfy days, ma'am." « IDAHOAN WOUNDED BY OF SECOND INFANTRY STRUCK 3Y BULLET FROM MEXICAN SIDE. CAPTAIN That Mexican Version of Affair is Shooting Was Accidental, While Many Witnesses Declare Shoot ing was Intentional. Nogales. Ariz.—Captain Wilson of ; the Second infantry. Idaho National ; Guard medical corps, was shot in the while left thigh Sunday afternoon standing in front of the Southern Pa cific station checking his baggage to return to his home in Idaho. The bullet is believed to have come from the Mexican side of the line and said to have j of is a Carranza soldier is been seen to run, toi lowing the shoot- | ing. Captain Wilson's condition is not se rious. He is in the hospital here. Many witnesses declare that the shooting of Captain Wilson was delib erate and intentional, but the Mexi io no can version of the affair is that a prisoner escaped from his guard, ran across the international line near the depot, and that the guard's shot in tended for the fleeing man hit Wil son. The police confirm this part of the story, saying they have an escaped Mexican prisoner with a bullet hole j through his clothing. It is reported ] that the Mexican guard was executed. I on Captain Wilson is one of the leading , physicians and surgeons of Twin ! on Falls, Idaho. ! MYSTERY SURROUNDS OEATHS. - j Sisters and Guest Found Dead in | of 41 Their Chairs. Lancaster, O.—Neighbors of Agnes and Alice Smetters, maiden sisters, aged 48 and 50 years, seeing no ac tivity about the iiome of the two wom en on Sunday, entered the house and found the two women and Miss Mary Stretton, 30, a visitor, sitting erect in rocking chairs and ail three dead. There was no sign of violence or poisoning and examination of the gas pipes revealed no leaks. Medical at tention revealed deaths and the bodies have been taken charge of by the coroner, who is at tempting to soive the mystery of the deaths. no cause for the STRIKE RIOTS IN YONKERS. Disorder Follows Attempt to Street Cars. Move New York.—Rioting occurred Sun day when an attempt was made by the Yonkers Railroad company, whose men are on strike, to rnn surface cars from Yonkers to the subways system. The motorman and conductor of one car were severely bruised and ail win dows of the car broken. The entire police force of Yonkers, numbering 200, was called out to quel! the riot, made. and twenty arrests were Several persons were hurt. Texas Banker Convicted. Fort Smith, Ark.—T. \V. M. Boone, president of the defunct American Na tional bank, which failed here with shortage reported by bank examiners to have been over $200,000, was found guilty by a jury on one count of an indictment charging falsification of a report of the bank's condition to the ! comptroller of the currency. I Two Italian Vessels Sunk. Washington. — American Hurst at Barcelona. Spain, repot-ting Saturday to the state department the sinking of the Italian steamer Ben park and the Italian steamer Nitnolo. said that no Americans were aboard ! either ship. Consul j i ! ! Captain of Schooner Drowned. San Diego. Cal.—Captain John Rossi ! was drowned when his fishing schoon cr Savaraina piled up on the rocks of i Santo Tomas point, thirty miles south of Ensenada, Friday night. Lower California, last Widowed Sisters Suffocated. New York.—Two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Veeder, aged 70 years old. and Mrs. Caroline Cutherbeck, aged widows, were suffocated from a fire which caused slight dam 3Se in a three-story building. j Judge Anderson Die* in Denver. j Denver.—Thomas Henry Anderson, j associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, died Sun OS, both by smoke ! <lay at a ocal hospuai following operation, lie came to Colorado 1 May to regain his health. an last Emperor a Deposed. London.—Emperor Lidjl Jcar.au of " a ® been deposed j ' lf , Jcasru j S 22 years old j ' lTl a 5™ f son of »'-»t'PPror Menelik, whom he succeeded in 1913 . at Addis j ! Height Record Broken. Turin.-The Italian airman the Auto world's He carried a height of record was ; nacct has just beaten : height, record near here, j six passengers and rose to I 19,000 feet ! <j qqq feet ; Missouri to Vote on Prohibition Jefferson City. Mo.- The supreme court on September dered that the proposed amendment providing for prohibition be The previous constitutional ! state wide I placed on Ot® Not Missouri 3 or em ber ballot. BRITISH GIVE THE TEUTONS NO REST : STEADILY PUSHING FORWARD AND MAKING SUBSTANTIAL GAINS EACH DAY. Rain Hampering Operations on h® Anglo-French Front North of Somme. Intense Fighting on the Eastern Front in Russia. London.—Steadily the British rioopa pushing forward toward the L >e ronne-Uapaume road, the main artery immediately behind the German hnea north of Combles. After talcing 500 yards of trenches General Sir are progress in the capture ot M yard, of German trenches east ox Lesbouefs. The British occupancy of the terri tory between Thiepval and the Ancre is being contested strongly by ;he Germans. A German counterattack after the entry of the British into a section of the Hessian trench, re sulted in the forcing out of the Uoli Lesars, southwest of Douglas Haig's men made additional ers. The section was regained later, however, by the British, London says. Heavy fighting also has occurred around the Stuff redoubt. Rain is hampering operations on the remainder of the Anglo-French front north of the Somme, according io official statements. Paris mention» no activity after the advance between 4 Fregioourt and Morval toward Stully, on r » le Perone-Bapaume road. There has been no great activity on ;Ul ' °T t»» e other fronts in Lurope except in Transylvania, where the Austro-Germans have repulsed ; he Rumanians at Hermannstadt. Vienna says the Teutonic forces also have occupied the heights east and south east of the town, after violent fight ing. The battle in this section, how ever, has not yet been finished. The intense fighting in the region of Korynitza on the eastern iront in Russia appears to have come to an end. Berlin and Vienna say that the Russian prisoners have increased to 41 officers and 3.000 men. The forces under Prince Leopold of Bavaria here also took two cannon and thirty-three machine guns. Berlin records the re pulse of Russians near Goduzischki, and Petrograd claims the defeat of Germans near Gukalov. In Macedonia entente allied troops are withstanding Bulgarian attacks. Serbians have carried attacks on the Kaimakcalan plateau, and French Broda river. PREACHERS r PLEA FUTILE. Mob Hangs Two Negroes Implicated in Murder. Nowata, Okla.—Two negroes, ac cused of being implicated in the kill ing of Deputy Sheriff James Gibson during a jail delivery here Friday, were taken from the jail by a mob and hanged in front of the court house. A first attempt to lynch one of the negroes, immediately after their cap ture, was frustrated by the Rev. Perry Pierce, a Methodist minister, who pleaded with the mob until the sus pended negro was cut down, uncon scious, but alive. The mob dis persed but returned later. Germans Criticise Americans. Berlin.—Immediately on the heels of the utterances of the imperial chan cellor in the reichstag concerning the submarine campaign, the afternoon newspapers generally print strong criticisms of the neutrality of 'he United States, based on the news ot the death of the Kiffen Rockwell, and the presence of other American aviators on the west ern front. American aviator. Charged With Poisoning Aunt. Quincy, 111.—Harry M. Van Aisten® of Sacramento. Cal., is being held iter by the police, pending an investi gation into the cause of death of his aunt, Mrs. Mamie A. here Friday, dienst of Chicago, a sister of the dead woman, also was arrested, but later was released, of poisoning. Van Aistene. Mrs. Emma L. Schoea Mrs. Van Aistene died Coal Miners to Quit. _ Beattie, Wash.—Suspension of work Saturday night by all coal miners it» Washington belonging to the United Mine Workers of America was order ed by the district convention. The suspension was ordered to permit * (cierendum vote of the members o* the counter proposition submitted by ^he operators to the miners' demand °r a 5 per cent flat wage increase. Sheep Slain in Trolley Wreck. Ogden.—More than 300 sheep were killed when an Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway company stock train of flw® cars was derailed at a bridge in Og den canyon, the loss being $ 10 , 000 . Burlan's Retirement Rumored. Berlin—The prints a report from Vienna (hat th® letlrement of Baron Burian as Au* ■.ro-Hungarlan minister of foreign of* airs is rumored there with "growing certainty." Vos si sc he Zeit un* Armed Force Grosses Line. Washington.—General Knnstnn 7, sed the war department that a band ! ot thirty armed Mexicans crossed into I American territory Friday, »ear • sh'tn, Texas, but retreated across th® -Rio Grand« w ihout firing.