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MANNING, S. C., WE~DNESDAY, JUL 26-96 'N.2 ERMANS EIT ALLIED ADVANCE PUTTING FORTH FULL STRENGTH TO PREVENT ALLIES FROM GETTING THIRD LINE. AUSTRALIAN TROO$ GAIN Allies Have Captured 26,000 Prlseners. 140 Big Guns and Many Machine Guns Taken Since July 1st. London.-Australian troops have es tablished theselres in Pozieres and are said to have gained a position on both sides of the road in the direc tion of Bapaume, in a new British at tack against the Germans on the en tire front from Pozieres to Guillemont. The Germans have been putting for ward their full strength in attempts to prevent the British forces from reaching their third line positions. Fighting of the fiercest character is in progress. The fact that General Haig has been able to resume the offensive so soon after the unsuccessful German coun ter-attacks of last week in which very strong German forces were brought forward is regarded as a good agury. At Guillemont and Longueval for tunes fluctuated, both places changing hands several times. Late tonight the fighting was proceeding with the ut. most violence. The German eounterettacks recently delivered against the French front have proved equally unsuccessful and the Entente Allies now are fighting slowly In the direction of Combles. which Is only two miles distant from Guillemont. According to reliable estimates the British and French together have cap. tured since July 1 more than 26,000 p-isoners, 40 guns and hundreds of ma, chine guns. British troops operating In he northeastern section of German East Africa have occupied Muheza and Amani. HERRERA SENDS GENERAL TREVINO TO MEXICO CITY Commander of Carransa Forces In Northeastern Mexioo Is Transferred. Washington.-Gen. Jacinto Trevino, commanded of the Carranza forces 'In northeastern Mexico has been ordered to Mexico City and will be succeeded at least tenporerily, by Gen. Luis Barrera. commander of the Chlhua buaCity garrison. Despatches to the War department from General BeO, reporting the transfer, contained no explantion as to the cause. Army officers here were plainly surprised at such an important change at this time. General Trevino has personally di rected the campaign against bandits in Chiuahua and it Is said'to. be largely because of his efforts that the Car ranza soldiers have continued heir operations against Villa and other out law leaders on such a broad scale. For that reason some regret over the transfer was expressed here, though officials said they were confident that General Herrera would use every re source at his command to continue the campaign. VILLA IS MOVING TOWARD TORREON San Antonio, Texas-Villa has not attacked Torreon nor cut the com munications between Torreon and the border but was nsog~ng southward through the State of Durango in the direction of Torreon six days ago, ac5cording to Information received here from General Bell. Army officers here do not share the optimistic views of Carranzista offcers that Villa Is be ing cornered by Carranza forces. GERMANS CLAIM ATTACK HAS BEEN ABANDONED Bermi, via London.-The German army headquarters staff in an official statement c-laims that the great uni form Anglo-French attack on the Somme sector In France has been abandoned. .JAMES W HITCOMB RILEY, HOOSIER POET, IS DEAD. Indianapolis, Ind. - James Whit enib Riley, the Indiana poet. is dead. T'-.th was due to a stroke of paraly N-ey. born of the Middle West, r~ the joys. sorrows. fancies and -'ors of its folk. largely in its own v'et. The world was so touched av his inspiration and the realism of hi homely symbols that he was one 'a the few, that. devoting their lives -poetry gained a fortune. BOMB E.XPLODEr' IN CROWD KILLS FOUR, INJiURES 41. etan Francisco.-At least four per. sons were killed and 41 or more In jured here when a timed bomb. con cealed In a suit case, exploded cn Sin Francisco's main thoroughfare Is 9e nmidst of a throng viewing a pre -"einess parade. A one-story brick aimeture r'ainst which the suit case ~od wn wrecked, and the explcsion '-w a gap through~ the crowd. blast -men, women and children M A1 FOOD GOING INTO FLOOD DISTRICTS CITIZENS HAVE TURNED TO RE LIEF WORK IN THE DEVAST ATED DISTRICTS. FEDERAL AID IF NECESSARY War Department Engineers Are In vestigating.-BelIeved Now Thai Death List Will Stand Near One Hundred. Charlottet-With the southeastern foods virtually over, North Carolina citizens have turned to the work of relief and supplies of food and othe3 necessities are going into devastated fistricts from half a dozen cities in he state. Representatives Page and Webb, in Washington. have called the War De prtment's attention to conditions in the Yadkin Valley and Secretary Baker has ordered a report from di. tict engineers with a view of ask [g congress for authorization to ex iand help to sufferers if federal act, [on should become necessary. Conditions are described as se tons In Wilkes. Ashe and Watauga anties, where many are said to be racing famine through inability to gel ood supplies into the district be ause of lack of transportation. In North Wilkesboro a committee ap pointed by the mayor has sent oul ppeal4 for help. All food ,supplies ire said to be exhausted or greatly urtailed and with roads and railways rashed away the transportation prob em is serious. Flood victims in the Asheville die Pict are being provided with food Yom that city, and wagons and notor-troks are leaving other points with supplies. Rutherfordton has lent wagon trains and pack horses er the mountains with food for 350 )arsons in the Chimney Rock and at Cave section. About 100 tourists tad summer vacatlonists are among :hose penned up in the hills. Two additional bodies have been recovered from the Catawba river near Belmont, leaving six of the 20 who went down with the Southern Railway bridge Sunday unaccounted or. It is believed now that the eath 41st from the flood will be less than 100. The armies o frepair men sent tc he flooded section are making rapid progress and prospects are that next week normal schedules will be resum id on the main lines of the railroads ifected. Various branch lines will be ft of oommisson much longer. BILL TO PROVIDE GREAT NAVY PASSES THE SENATE Amendments Voted Down Overwhelm Ingly and Bill Goes to Conference. Washlugton.--The naval sappropria ion bill with a three-year building pro gram including the imnmediaste con truction of four dreadnaughts, foiu great battle-cruisers and 58 other craft passed the Senate by a vote of 71 t< . It carries-3$315.826,843, or $45,857,581 more than the total as the measure passed the I~ouse. Many proposals to curtail the enor nous building Increases written lntc te measures by the Senate Naval yomittee were defeated eyverwhelm ugy andi as soon as final passage was inounceg the Senate votd to insisi on Its amendment and send the bill al nce to conference. Two Democrats, Senators Thomas and Vardaman and six Republicans Senators Clapp, Curtis, G-ronna, La lipoette, Norris and Works. voted against the bi which ha had the support of leaders of both parties dur lng the week of debate that preceded Dassage. ROTARY CLUBS TO MEET NEXT YEAR IN ATLANTA Cincinnati, 0.--Atlanta, Ga., was se lected as the convrention city in May 1917, of the International Associatior of Rotary Clu'bs here by the new and retiring officers empowered to make te selection. C. R. Perry, of Chicago, was re lected Secretary. PROHIBTIONISTS PICK HANLY FOR PRESIDENCN St. Paul, Minn.-The Progressive NationaI Convention, which has beer In session here, adjourned sine die after nominatizig J. Frank Hanly, form. er governor of Indiana, as candidate for president of the United States and Dr. Ira D. Landreth of Nashville can idate for vice president. Dr. Lan. fre's nomination was made unani ous after the other vice presidential eandidates had by ' withdrawn. Mr. Ban was nominated on first ballot. Te stste departmenit cer ag-iculturi was busy sawssdog quesions by long datiance teltephone as to the comlliios of the public highrways of the stzrbe an many coiled In person seeking inice The Carolina, & Northwestern Ref way, which suffered an appalling finar cial loss during the recent hurricane is rapidly gettdng Its tracks and tree fes wieh te exception of the Catawtb river in sbape again. It was announce gt th'- general offices in .Ohester the Rie d mnage to the track most notice t this time Is ten mfles this ad P koIcry. [NING' MANNING 1 -'RGES TROOP MOVEMENT SENDS PRESIDENT LETTER RE. PORTING REGIMENTS READY FOR SERVICE. NEWS FROM CAMP -MOORE Interesting Happenings AbouL Pal metto Soldiers Who Are in Camp al Styx, The Mobilization Point for the South Carolina National Guard. Gov. Manning took up the matter o 'nfoving the National Guard of Soutb Carolina to the Mexican border with the Washington government. Let ters urging that an early movement be ordered were addressed by Gov. Manning to the secrce.ary of war and the president. No ward has been received at Camp Styx as to when the guard will e moved. The officers are straining every nerve to put the First Regi ment in condition as required by the new order of the war department. Gov. Manning sent the following letter to Newton D. Baker secretary of war: "We have now In camp here twc regiments of infantry and one troor of cavalry, which have been reported as ready to go to the border by toe United States army officers. "These commands are well officer ed and have a fine personnel. Both officers and men are extremely an sous to see service, and. I write to urge you to do all in your power to have these troops go-forward at onca There is no question in my mind that they will do creditable service both for the United States and the State of South Carolina. "This State responded promptly tc the president's call. The troops are in excellent condition, and are ready and anxious to go forward. Their prompt movement to the border wil serve as a stimulus to the National Guard of South Carolina, and I am particularly anxious to encourage this spirit. Please advise me when they will move." Word reached Camp Styx from Co lumbia that Gov. Manning had sent a letter to President Wilson and the war department urging that the two regiments be sent to the border at an early day was received with pleasure by the men and officers of the Na, tional Guard. Plans went forward for the estab lishment of reeruiting stations in South Con:,lina for the militia. Ten ttive plans caal fbr the establishment of stations at Columbia, Florence, Spartanburg and Greenville. Coast artillery officers have been summoned to camp and will be detailed as re cruiting officers. The men of the First regiment have been working hard to get into condi tion .for moving to the border, and if there are a few more rough edges to be ground off it will not matter. be ause the guardsmen are willing. The mtter of equipment will of course be left to the federal officers, and it is believed that everything possible will be done to expedite the movement of th troops. The men of the Second regiment are working hard to get in condition for the much dedired and much talk ed about trip. W\hile no announcement has been made. it is believed that effort is be ing made to have the troops moved at the earliest possible moment. The matter may be handled directly with the secretary of war. J. S. Caidweil Resigns. Declaring that he had been -accus ~d of disloyal-ty, J. Shapter Caldwell, assistant adjutant general, has mail ed his resignation to W. W. Moore, adjutant general. "I have not received the resigna tion and will give it considerationi when I do." said the adjutant general. just before leaving for Barnwell. where he attended the campaign meeting. When the National Guard was or dered mobilized at Styx, Maj. Ca~ld well was appointed as camp adjutant. His resignation does not affect his position as camp adjutant Maj. Caldwell mailed the following letter to the adjutant general: "I respectfully request that I be granted a two months leave, to which -I am entitled by law, and that at the expiration of this leave I be relieved from duty .as assistant +o the adju tant general." The law requires that the resigna tion be transmitted to the governor through the adjutant general. Coy Manning had no comment to make concerning he resignationl of Maj. Cadwell. It has been another dull week in camp. he men going hrough with the regular ioutine. The big pu~mping sieaon was put In woking order by thE members of the Iengineer company. This company ha-s also b)een doing some good work on thle road to camp. ;The members of the Chlarleste:3 -ht Dragoons have got their ne' t- ireC'ted. The engineer : -. oor, took the :1 tr bthe Dragoons a:niw them. The mc:" op:ny were - hemilitary shor VWOR' FOR THE TAX BOARD d .;rnes Explains Purp-s of Creating d Tax Commissionri-Busy Gather ing Information. Columbia.-The state tax commis sion is gathering information on which to base an equitable assessment C of the property of individuals ant corporations in South Carolina. A. W. Jones. chairman, said: "The tax commission was created i for the purpose of equalizing the as sessments on the property of individ- 0 nals and corporations in order that E all classes o' property might ,bear an } equal share of the expenses of state and county ger-nment. In order for I the tax crmomission to accomplish this t result it is necessary to secure all the data and information possible in ref erence to values and assessments, and which, when collected and Compiled, is to be used in equalizing the assess ments and placing all poperty on an equality. It is our intention to col lect and compile this data as :rapidly as possible for use in taking action on assessments to be made. It is nec essary that we secure this informa tion before our work can be satisfac torily accomplished. We shall con tinue our work with only one end in view, namely, the equal distribution of the burden of taxation among all the people alike. No man should pay more of his share of the taxes. No man should be allowed to do less." South Carolina Fares Well. Washington.-South Carolina fares wl in the omnibus public building bif made public and reported to the house by the chairman of the public bildings and grounds committee, Rep resentative Frank Clark of Florida. Aiken gets $75,000 for a United States postoffice and custom house; Dillon gets $25,000; Lake City, $35, 000; , United States postoffice and custom house; Dillon . gets $25,000; Lake City, $35,000; M-United States postoffice and court house and other government offices at Greenwood, $125,000, the secretary of the treas ury being authorized 'to sell the pres ent federal building and site at public sale ifor cash to the highest bidder; Bamberg, $5,000; Conway, $3,000; Easley, $5,000; Greer, $5,000; Harts ville, $3,000; Manning, $5,000; Sum merville, $50,000; York, $9,000. Men Walk Home. Spartanburg.-H. L. Bomar ot the Spartanburg bar, E. P. Avent a well known coal agent, and J.-W. Bell, a wholesale merchant of this city, ar rived here, having made their way through the country walking many miles from Marshall, N. C., where the Carolina Special from Knoxville, Tenn., was caught by the waters of the French Broad. They left the train Monday morning, walked to 'Marshall, a distance of five miles, secured a car there that carried them some distance towards Asheville, walked from that point to Melrose. where they caught the first train out of that place for Spartanburg. Their accounts of the destruction In the wake of the floods bring new lights on the problems con fronting the railroads and the stric ken towns. Two Die When Tower Falls. Grenville.-Larry Dean I -k, aged 21, and R. Boyce Kay, aged 27, are dead as a result of the collapse of al wooden tower that -was being used in the construction of concrete piers for the Southern Railway trestle over Sa luda river, near Greenville. The first: died almost instantly, while the l-atter died several ho irs later at a Green-' vile hospital. The tower fell while the man we-e mounting it to attach guy wires. The tower. 75 feet high, is belicved 'to have given away be-. cause of a sofitening of the ground. caused by recent rains. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. On account of the rain and unfavor able weather conditions during the past week work was greatly handicap ped and delayed on the Palmetto high way leading from H~art's Bridge to Camp Moore at &.yx. At a meeting in Chestr'r a military company was organized with about 45 members, and the following officers were elected: Jim S. McKeown, cap min; WV. V. Bowman. first lieutenant; W. H. Ferguson. second lieu-tenan. rhe non-commissioned officers will be appointed la'ter. Gaffney reported 10 inches of rain in twenty-five hours. The A. H. Pyron Company of Green Vite has been commissloned with a espital of $2,500 to do a general gro cery business. The petitioners are: A. H. Pyron and Marion A. Pyron. John A. Hiudgens of Pelzer has been appointed as a magistrate for Ander son county to succeed John B. Bonner resignd. Recently a number of s-tates, North and South, have been specialy studyir:6 he organization and operation of he state bureau of marketing opera ted by the South Carolina d'epratmerdt of agriculture in <teperation wilfa loading news.paye-s of the state. Hope of an eariy movement to the border having been.. practically aban doned by the officers and men of the National Guard. the inhabitants of tial: military village will now settle dowvn to regular routine work. When the troops were first nmobili: ed the one big tdea in thc minds of the officers was to equtip every company nd make ready for an~ early move on the border-. This fond hope having gone glimmering the meni will now be put through stiff drills every dlay. The oficers intended to train the men in the art of warfare after they had, reached the cone tratiou camnp ':ome. ANNOUNCE DATES FOR MANY FAIRS DATES ARE BEING WORKED OUTI FOR COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIRS OVER STATE. STATE FAIR OCTOBER 23-27 Columbia Will Celebrate Harvest Jubilee Agaln.-Premium Lists to Soon Be Ready. Columbia.-Dates are being worked out for the agricultural fairs in the various counties of the State this fall. The state fair is to be held a few days earlier this year, the dates for thid having been fixed for -October 23-27, inclusive, and plans are gradually be ing formulated for an unusualy big week of events. The Harvest Jubilee, which was introduced as a novel fea ture last year and brought many ad ditional thousands of visitcrs to Co Iwnbia, ia to be enlarged and develop ed this fall. $6,000 having been re cently appropriated for the develop ment of this feature. Premium lists have all been completed and are now being printed. These will be distrib uted generally within the next few days. Dates for county fairs which have been fixed include: Spartanburg county' fair, Spartan burg, October 31-November 3, inclu siv~e; Paul V. Moore; Spartanburg, secretary. Williamsburg couny fair. Kings tree, November S-11; George A. Mc Elveen, Kingstree, secretary. Marion county fair, Marion, Novem ber 8-10; general superintendent, n L. Schofield. h.rlboro county fair, Bennettsville Qctober 31-November 3; secretary, J. P. Gibson, Bennettsville. Clesterfneid( county fair, Chester geld, November 6-11; C. L. Hunley, Chesterfield, secretary. York county fair, Rock Hill, Octo ber 7-20, inclusive; secretary, Wil li1m !H. Timmons, Rock Hill. Orangeburg county fair, Orange burg, November 16-17, inclusive; sec retary, J. H. Hughes. Orangeburg. Lexingtpn county fair, Lexington, Gotober 17-19;-secretary, M. D. H.r man, Lexington. Clarendon county fair. Manning No'ember 15 .7; John G. Dinkins, secretary. Terrible Blows In Pee Dee. Fiorence.-Florence, the county and the entire Pee Dee section. have been hard hit by the tropical storm that for 36 rours swept over eastern South Car otina. Never in the history of this section has there fallen such a quan tity of rain. The United States weather bureau at thi place gives the official figure1 for the 36 hours as being 14.25 inchel of rain. For the first 12 hours 1.21 inches fell. The next 12 hours 11.02 nd the last 12 hours 0.66, making total of 14.25 inches, an unprecedent ed reoord. The result is that every bridge 02 Jeffrey creek, on High Hill creek, oi Willow creek, on Black creek. Poll waimp and Beaver Dam, have beei carried away. Two of the bridges or Jeffreys Creek at Coles and Sycamon were newly constructed reinfore< concrete bridges and cost the countl upwards of $10,000. At Jeffreys creek one mile south of Florence, the wate: was five feet above the causeway atu not only carried away the new con crete bridge but is s'weeping away bent by bent, the Atlantic Coast Lin: railway trestle and bridge. The wate; at that point rose five feet deep 12 the Coast LIne's pumping station usec to supply the shops and locomotive: St this place. It and the shops arn put out of business. Great Meeting Despite Storm. Beaufort.-The meeting of th South erm Carblna Assoclilon was heli bere in spite of stormy weather eon ditions that prevai-led throughout th< ay. Owing to the storm warning: hat had been sent out, however, ver: tw out of town visitors came for thi meting. State Farm Under Water. Sumter.-The reports fi ' -nte: county Indicate that the los crop was not as great as was at lr..- fear d although the loss will be a heav: one, especially to farmers in the easi er section of the county, who los pmotically all of their obacco, noni of which was grown. Cotton and cor:: bo suffered heavy damag'es, how ever. The dam on the Wateree nea; Eagecd broke under the~ pressuri from the high water and the wholo o the state farm was inundated, causinj a be lose. . a day pass wit1hout i~cident I: t .e camp. The offIcers are findini plenty of work for the men and it wi: not be many days before hard drinl and long hikes will be In order. That restless feeling among th men will noit down and as the day pass the members of the First regi mnt to-n anxious eyes to-ward th iomr. Officers and~ enlisted mel think the call is not far away now a.n any man approached will tell one tha She expects to be speeding to Texa withinl "the next day or two.' nere in agas." -c6e we recent o R er of the war department, it is evi ent that i..e more than 2,000 young ien will be given their training right ere at home. In other words, if the ien are sent to the border they will o as first class soldiers. fit and ready )r any performance outlined by the v ommanderin-chief. A It means hard work. It means that b he men will spend a very active sum- e ier, all the better for the hard work. t cord has ben passed around that the e ard work orders are soon to be issued. 'here was talk of long hikes with tos over night and many hours of n ard drilling. Maj. R. F. Watson's battallion of the 1 'rst infantry gave a dress parade on r he rifle range. Rifle practice has begun on the C ange which runs up to 1,000 yards. The entire engineer company, which a ra recentfy mustered into the Fed-r sail service, was inoculated with anti *vphoid serum. . The companies from Orangeburg. n 'immonsville and Sumter went on a t ive mile hike. "Proper Military Channel." f Col. Blythe's mail is filled with t iseless letters in that many persons e rite him daily seeking discharges I or enlisted men. Such- applications ust go through the proper military i hannel which is not a letter to the :ommnding officer of the camp. Such applications for discharge can I nly be granted on application of the mlsted man himself,'( said Colonel 3lythe. ."He must state the ground ff the application which is that he t s a married man, having a family de >endent on him for support and that ie has actually been supporting it, ac :ompanied by proof of these facts. As iommanding officer here I have no Luthority to grant discharges. The ap lication must go through the proper nilitary channel which is to the com nanding general of the department of he East, Governor's Island, N. Y., 'ho has full and final authority. The orders from the department of he East in regard to the discharge of ieads of families are as follows: "Department commanders may is ;ue discharges from service to enlist ad men of the National Guard or or anized militia called into service of the United States who are serving rithin their respective aepartments provided applications for discharge re made through military channels o department commanders setting !orth that the applicant has one or pnore relatives who are dependent on him for support; -the application to be accompanied by adequate written evidence of real dependency." Exchange of Property. The work of exchanging property of the state for federal equipment goes :n and only six companies in the Sec nd regiment are now using South Carolina property. Tcday was pay day in the First reg iment and many of the men have money that they can not spend for leave in this organization is practically an unknown quantity with orders: to entrain expected daily. Most of the money paid the men today will be sent to their families andein some cases the soldiers do not touch the funds, having it forwarded direcly - to their families. Tents for Engineers. The engineer company has turned ts back on the dog teats which gave way to the barn Friday night and to night the engineers have regular. tents, vacated by the cavalry troo5 which has the new and improved type: of shelter. Te.; and food mean noth ing to the new company of the Na tional Guard for under the most ad verse circumstances the members of the engineer corps did not complain The Border. "When are you going to the bor der?" an officer was asked, and like the p~rivate, he replied: "i dont know." The officers are pleasel with the pirt of the men and the mernare pltesed with the courtenib treatme~nt of the officers and just one little word fem the war department or rat!:cr h department of tho e''t would n ake about 2,400 young S-mm Caro lr'ans happy The Border to the average inhabi tant of this military village means anywhere along the 1.500 mmiles of frontier. The men will be satisfied with any point. They don't care where they arr ~oing, .iust s'o long as Kngstree Feels Hurricane. Kingstree-The most destructive storm that has visited this commun Ity in many years was the hurricane which swept Kingstree and~ vicinity from 1 o'c-lock Friday morning until 2in the afternoon, followed by tremen-: dus downpour of rain. Some idea of the flood that has swept Kingstree may be drawn from the fact that over 13 inches of rain is recorded as fal'ing here within the sme r-mber of hcours. Blac-k river-. on the w.est of to-::-.. was higher than ;ver known to -re afre Maude I'uiton. the clever actress. has a fund of anecdotes, and here's oe of the best among them: "Sh had stopped, panting, by the rrod to rest. It was the shell road in Pass Christian, and she was black. Beside her was a heavy market bas ket filled to overflowing. A passerby smiled and she responded with a full and free confidence. 'Yass'm, I is some tia~'-d. An' lame. All painful wid misrK'es. Yass'm I coultda done ten soroe else to mahkcet fo' me. Ml grandson he coulda gone. But I dasn't trus' him- He spends mah money too briefly.: "--Young's Maga ESENT INiiU-ON OF MAN fild Elephants Greatly Retard Work of Missionaries in Central African Region. The strongest opponents to the ad ance of civilization in west Central frica, says Bishop Lambuth, the [ethodist missionary, are the wild lephants. They break down fences, ,ample gardens, pull up trees and wen telegraph poles, for no other ap arent reason than because they ob :ct to anything strange in their fa iliar haunts. One savage monster early wrecked a small steam launch elonging to the mission on the upper aches of the Congo. The boat, with three white men, in Luding the bishop, and a crew of five egroes, had tied up on the edge of deep forest in a quiet bend of the iver. A stout plank was laid as gang ray from the bow to the bank, and the rew worked until nightfall cutting nd piling firewood for the boat's fur ,ace; then they came on deck for heir evening meal. The three white ten were already at dinher, when a earful yell from the natives brought hem out of the cabin to' see a large lephant viciously attacking the wood dle. The blacks shouted and threw nissiles, and two of the more ven uresome even went asifore with fire. irands snatched out of the cook stove o drive the monster away. But he aid no attention to them until he had lemolished the woodpile, when he whipped one man with his trunk heels >ver head into the river and chased he other bacl into th/boat. Thundering loudly, with 'red gullet pen, tusks flashing and trunk- flail. ng the air, he planted both tre nendous forefeet on the gangplank. :t bent until it crecked under his eight, but held stoutly, although the whole boat careenad, and seemed eady' to capsize. In another moment the elephant had crossed the plank, and was astride it with hindfeet on the shore and fore. eet on the boat. There he stood, afraid to advance or retreat, a gi ;antic image of baffled rage. In his fury he began stamping with those great forefeet, and the boat rocked :lazily back and forth. What might have happened if the nonster had come aboard with all his trenzied weight can only be imagined; for the captain by this time had letched the only rifle on board and, risking all on one shot, had 'thrust the muzzle almost into the gaping mouth and pulled the trigger. Fortunately, the bullet lodged In the base of the brain. The elephant tumbled to his knees and, into the water next the bank, his u'lk thrust Ing the boat aside so suddenly that it snapped the bowlines and sent the men staggering to the gunwale. At the next government trading post the captain had two splendid tusks to show as the result of his cool daring; but to his astonishment, he was' ar rested for shooting the elephant ith out a license. It was with great diffi culty that the government official was convinced that the ~animal had been shot in, self-defense. Even then he confiscated the ivory.-Youth's Com panion. Dressing for the Party. On the trolley the oth'er day there were two winsome damsels hanging to straps and entertaining each other In sparkling conversation abgut what they were going to wear at some func tion that was soon to happen, accord Ing to a writer in the Ohio State Journal. They told of their shoes, their stockings, their lingerie, the skirts, the bodices, the neckwear, their hats, their gloves and every item of their garb and the material thereof, and their conversation seemed almost a symphony in velvets, silks, jewels, that one could imagine them entering the drawing room in pink, tulle and ilowered voile, the objects of the ad miring gaze of all the company. We would have given a $5 bank note If we could have caught that con versation on a dictagraph. By the way, why don't the record people get a couple of these fascinating d. ,nsels together and have them tell what they are going to wear to a party? It would be very interesting talk, as one might imagine, if he had seen that whole car using their auricles in every sort of fashion to catch the mellifluous ac cents of those gentle maidens telling what they were going to wear. Snake in Search of Modern Eve. A decorator at a millinery shop at Atlantic and Kentucky avenues, At lantic City, N. J., reached into a draw er behind the counter while waiting on a customer. She felt something grasp her arm, then she fainted. Coiled around her arm was a snake six feet long. The woman shopper screamed and ran for the street. The clerks and other patrons followed. The police arrived on a hurry call, and found the snake still curled around the girl's arm. They took it to headquarters. How the snake got in the store was solved tonight when members of a high-school fraternity tried to claim it. They explained they had two of the reptiles for initiation. Both es caped from the fraternity rooms above the store. The other snake has not been found. Fewer Deaths From Tuberculosis. The tniberculosis death rate of New York, Philadelphia and Boston com binad has declined from 380.6 per 100, 00 of population in 1882 to 164.6 in 19Mi. The 1914 death rate was, there rore, only 43.2 per cent of that of 1882, >r, to put it the other way, the death rate of 1882 had by 1914 fallen 56.8 OFFICER WASTED FW WORDS Coniveyed Injunction Briefly, but Left Hearers With a Small Matter to Ponder Over. Though the czar packed him away to the Caucasus and put others in his place at the head of the Russian levies sent to stem the tide of German inva sion, Paris still cherishes its admir - tion of the tall, grim Grand Duke Nieholas Nicholalevitch, ,sometime generalissimo of the armies of Mus covy. And it is in Paris that they still tell this story: One evening, when his forces lay near the Polish frontier, the grand duke gave orders that all the persons engaged in purveying supplies to the soldiers should be assembled at nine o'clock alongside the track = where the grand ducal train was stabled for the night. "I have a high ly important communication to make y the Individuals it '"-.ation,' Nich olas explained. Promptly at the hozr named the In vited guests were on hand and stood in line respectfully waiting. They did not wait long. In not above a minute the grand duke stepped out of his car, facing the trades persons, and looked them over for several minutes In si lence. Then he spoke: "Gentlemen, what I have to say to you is very serious for you, and is comprised in exactly three words. 4 not steal-or I'll hang every mother's son of you." With that he turned on his heel and re-entered his car. The audience was at an end. ELEPHANT GIVES FIRE ALARM Baby Pachyderm's Grunts Save L rgO Menagerie From Flames Only - Just in Time. Credit should be. forthcoming to Little Nehro. She, "the world's small test elephant," at last ras gained a legitimate story. The J. H. Esehman World- United Shows winters in a couple of vacant:" lots at Guinotte avenue and Salisbury street, Kansas City, in-the East bot toms. There are ten cars. A spread ing barn protects the animals. The barnkeeper and assistants were playing rhum in the private car of Mr Eshmar They heard big grunts from Little Nemo. They rushed out. The r interior of the barn was mlazing. The elephant had kicked over a gasoline stove in the straw. "Cap" Watkins rushed in. Little Nemo was fast los ing her senses in the smoke. It was dark and the "Cap" groped about, un tied Nemo's halter and shouted, "Come, Nemo!" Nemo came. In the meantime someone had called the fire department. Before it arrived other assistants had removed the South American llama and the wagon of screaming monkeys from the barn. Activities of Women. The maximum wages paid femaiet " stenographers in Ireland is three dol lars per week. . Women munition workers In Eng land are forbidden-from wearing metal buttons on their blouses or metal hair pins in their hair. The county courthouse in Kansas City, Kan., has a room equipped a mirrors, powder puffs, etc., for the use of women jurors. The young widows of the mest ex clusive set inLo Angeles have organ Ized a Merry Widows' club which has as its object the "pursuit- of happi ness." Since King George was incapaci tated by his accident from his duties of state, Queen Mary has proved a wonderful assistant and a woman of exceptional discrimination. Mrs. Mary Moore Is Philadelphia's first woman rural mail carrier. As the government does not appoint wom en mail carriers, Mrs. Moore got a man appointed to the route, which she drives as a substitute carrier, the gov ernment not objecting to perm~tting women to carry mails as substitutes. New Safety Device. A clever device to 'insure that not more than ten men at once shall ride on the mine cages Is In use at the colliery of Jermyn & Company at Rendham. It consists of a turnstile with four spaces whicbL will revolve exactly two and a half times In one direction, thus admitting ten men. The turnstile revolves on a screw thread& of which there Is just enough to pe. mit the two and a half revolutions. Then the gate to that shaft Is closed, and that to the adjoining shaft opened and ten men are., admitted by the turnstile revolving in the opposite di rection to the cage In that shaft. The device stands between the two shafts. It is the invention of Supt.-John Cor coran, and has been in use long enough for a thorough test. The only way to load more than ten men on either cage Is for the extra man to climb over the turnstile or -gate, and, of course, the headman wll not per mit that. * Mrs. Wilson's Lack of Jewelry. One of the things that Washington Is noticing about Mrs. Wilson is the fact that she, the owner of a jewelry business that has been established for a century, wears almost no 'jewelry herself. One really handsome orna ment seems to be about all she cares for even on state occasions, and most frequently she wears none. People observed, with a grin of rather mall cious delight, that the president went to St. Margaret's with Mrs. Wilson one Sunday. It was the first time, and downed the rumor that he was too god a !resbyterian to go inside an Episcopal church.-Washington Lt. Iter to Chicago Tribune.