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Panama-A census Just completed
shows that there are 61,279 persons
In the canal zone Most of the coun-
tries of the world are represented.
Liverpool.--The homeward fight of
Americans has begun, and the Lusitantc
sailed toda with full cargo of pas
senqers. All vessels scheduled to sail
during the months of August and Sep
TENDER are completely booked.
Wveville, Wis.-Denial of the re-
ported orgy of troops at Camp Doug
las was made today by federal com
manders Brigadier Hoyt head of the
department of the lakes, stated that MS
investigations showed that there had been
the best of conduct by guardsmen ana
regulars and that there was no basis
for the reports that women had been
insulted by the soldiers.
san Luis Potosi, Mexico.-Henry
Cruinbley an American well drillefi
was stabbed and killed by a Mexican
with whom he had quareled al
Hacianda San Martin Nillachuato, III
northern Guanajuato, on July Il, ac
cording to news reaching here today
Crumbley was native of Martha, o.
Eau, Cantal, F'rance.-Ilenri Ramon
dou, the official secretary to Presi
dent Fallieres at the Efysee, died sud
denly today on his : 'ntry estate here
Jackson, Miss.y-fW j. Rice, cashier
ofsthe Centralss'pank of Jackson, which
81, spess5 seu two years ago, was SEN
fenced today TO serve two years in the
state prison. Rice was convicted OF
issuing a false statement as to the
condition of the bank Motion was MED
seeking new trial.
Baton Rouge, La.-Numerous protests
have been received by the Louisiana
state tax commission, which is REVISING
the state system of taxation, against inc
proposed annual tax on bachelors Inc
most important reform decided upon by
the commission is the exemption or as
sessment up to $1,000 on all residehces
owned by the occupants
New orleans.-Lucia Guerra, 26 years
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Taft Loses Fight

Topeka, Kan, July 27.-Supporters of
President Taft today lost their final effort
TO keep the names of presidential electors
who are favorable to Colonel Roosevelts
candidacy off the republican urinary bal
lots. The supreme court sustained the
decision Diminishing the injunction suit
brought by the Taft forces to prevent
county clerks from printing names of the
Roosevelt electors on ballots.
The court held that the Questions in
volved were political in their nature ana
the wrongs complained of were of a kind
for which the courts are not authorized TO
grant relief.
Taft men charged that as Roosevelt was
not the nominee of the republican party,
men who had pledged themselves to vote
for him If chosen electors had no right
on republican ballot
Taft supporters will carry the case to
the supreme court of the United States.
it was said tonight. d. w. Mulvane. who
Will have charge of the Chicago head
quarters of the Taft campaign, said the
republicans whom he refdsed to name
will go to Washington soon to have
the ease reviewed by the country,s hsp-
est tribunal
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THE HEAVENS IN AUGUST
by PROFESSOR
Shooting
SKY August The A prl Eclipse of the Sun

| seen from the northern ATTITUDES II will
appear to pass below them.
When any star is thus hidden by
the moving moon 1t almost always dis
appears instantaneously; ii goes out as
suddenly as a flash of lightning; there
| is no hanging on the edge of the moon
and no gradual fading away. Even
when the phenomenon is photographed
| by an apparatus containing revolving,
very sensitive. Photographic plate, no
gradual fading can be detected. The
star shines out in full brightness un-
til the body of the moon actually hides
| IL from view. This shows us clearly
that the moon has no atmosphere, or,
at most. an ineoneeivably rare one, Tor
had our satellite an atmosphere only
one wo-thousandth part as dense as
our own, there would be a distinct lin
gering and fading away of stars on It's
advancing edge.
phenomenon of even more interest IS
the occultation of a star by planet.
! This has been several times observed, but
owing to the very much smaller apparent
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Washington, July 27.-Congressional
inquiry into the vulnerability of the
American battleship was demanded in
the House today by Representative
Evans of Illinois, democrat. He of
fered resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the report that six bat
tleships of the Atlantic fleet during the
war maneuvers in Narragansett bay
recently were theoretically sunk by
submarines. He insisted that such a
state of affairs If permitted to exist
would be fatal in time of war. The
| resolution went over.
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sizes of the planets and their far slower
motions, it is witnessed far less frequent
", especially as all of our planets are SO
bright that the faint stars seem to dis
appear as the planet draws near them.
The last observation of this nature to be
reported was an occultation on the 18th
of last August of a seventh magnitude
star by the planet Jupiter, of which sew
eral observations and several photographs
were taken. In this case the brightness
of the star diminished as 1t drew near
the edge of the planet, but what is Of
especial interest is that when apparently
touching the edge 1t disappeared Instant
ly, probably because its light suddenly be-
came hidden ny an impenetrable cloud of
vapor. Usually the disappearance is
gradual. the star Hanging on the limb
as astronomers say. until frally the in
terposed vapors become so dense that it
is no longer visible.
The Planets in August
| Mercury which reached its greatest dis
lance east of the sun on July "a. runs
rapidly westward throughout the month,
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| passing the sun and entering the morning
sky on August %, but not reaching west
| ern elongation until September & 1t may
be seen with difficulty low in the north
west just after sunset. toward the begin
| ming of the month land in the morning
| sky in the northeast toward the end OF
the month just before sunrise.
| Venus is also too near the sun to be oh
served easily. 1t sets in the northwest only
80 minutes after sunset August /, but this
] time is increased to so minutes by Au-
| gust 81, when it may be detected shining
out in the northwest very near the ground
just after sunset.
Mars though continuing its rapid
eastward motion across Leo and into
| by the sun that 1t has now moved
just beyond the borders of our
monthly may On August 27 1t will
pass very close to the bright yellow
ish star Beta Virgins. If the OBJ
server will turn due west at about
| s o'clock on this evening he will
| see these two bright objects only a
short way above the ground and SC
near together that they can be dis
tinguished only with difficulty with
the naked eye. In pair of opera
glasses or in small telescope, how
ever they will form an interesting
figure, the brighter and far redder
Mars lying a very little distance to the
south Of the yellow staH
Jupiter will al once attract attention
as it shines out so brightly. little to-
ward the west of the south point, neal
the center of the striking summer con-
stellation of the scorpion. 1t is still in
excellent position for observation, and
with its bright moons and it's banded
surface is a magnificent sight
Saturn may be seen well Up from the
ground in the east. almost exactly mid
way between the beautiful groups of the
Hyades and the Pleiades at l o'clock III
| the morning. The rings arc now vel
widencd out and the planet presents a
| beautiful sight in small telescope. This
part of the morning sky is now attrac-
tive and will so well repay observation
| on account of the presence of Saturn, the
occurrence of the August oeteors to The
Pleia6es, on the night of August 6. thai
| We add this month chart of 1t Gig. =.
Uranus is moving slowly west and
south in the constellation Capricornus.
/ Neptune is too close to the sun to bs
observed during this month.
! The April Eclipse of the Sun
1t may be remembered that on April i
last there occurred a most curious ant
interesting eclipse of the sun. This wal
remarkable from the fact that while oul
satillte was passing between the sun ant
the earth 1t was at such a distance from
us that its great conical shadow wa,
almost long enough to reach the sur
face of the turning earth itself. 1t wa.
predicted that when the shadow frs
struck the earth in northern South Amer
& lea, its extreme apex, owing to the dis
lance away of the moon at that instant
would not quite reach the earth's sur
/ face. Consequently no part OF the cart
would then lie within the shadow, ant
from no place would the sun be seen t
be entirely hidden. Observers in tn
path of the produced conical SHADOW
would then see the round. black ball 0
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Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 27.-Colonei
Roosevelt made sharp retort tonight to
the statement of Chairman Hilles
I'm my last article. in the Outlook" he
said, Il said that the homily of pick
pocket did not tend to edihcation. Let
Mr.. Hilles read that and profit by it. I re-
Ter him also to my article in the Out
look, Thou shalt not STEAL not state
ment that it contains can be refuted by
Mr. Taft or any of Mr.. Taf;'s supporters.
No poor creature sentenced for steal
ing purse while the convention was on
was more clearly guilty than every man
who took part In or benefited by or
apologies for theft of the nomination at
Chicago. No honest man can defend it
and claim longer to He an honest mar" "
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PRISON DOORS OPENED AND
CONVICTS ATTEND BALL GAME

den Homer tonight, that II the haying
was finished by noon today they might
have a game of ball. The last load went
into the barns on scheduled time Any
man who violated rule this weak was
to be barred from the game. but there
were no infractions. The men enjoyed
the game thoroughly and there was no
untoward incident. 1t was an experiment
in discipline and it worked to perfection.
| probably shall permit other games In
the future"
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Figure 3-Showing the Position of the
Meteor Swarm Through Which the
Earth Passes on August 10, 1918

by careful watching the observer may
notice that each month the path of the
moon in this part of the sky lies little
lower down than the path pursued the
month previously.
Consequently. as seen by us the oc-
cutation is not visible, the moon pass
ing below the star. Could we journey
to the southern hemisphere on the night
OF any of the OCCUPATIONS we would see
the moon apparently rising in the SKY.
owing to our displacement on the earth.
and in time il would be seen to hide the
star from view. On the morning of
August the moon Will similarly pass
squarely over the Pleiades as viewed
from the southern hemisphere, but as
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SMALL LEAD FOR
TAFT SUPPORTERS

Dallas, Texas, July 27.-Taft supporters
have a slight lead in dominating today's
precinct conventions In Texas, accord
night The precincts chose delegates to
the county conventions, which will be held
next Saturday. and the county conven-
lions will in turn choose delegates to the
republican state convention, which win
name a state ticket and form "A state or
SANITATION. The struggle centers around
possession of the state organization. $.
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Comstoek, n. Y. July 27.-The gates OF
Great Meadow prison were opened wide
this afternoon and between 400 and 500
convicts assembled in a field near the
wardens residence to witness a game of
baseball between teams Of white and ne
gro eonvlcts. The prisoners were per-
mitted to root" for their favorite team
The negroes won by score of % to Z
Il had promised the men," said War
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Agree on Buchanan Bill

Washington, July 27-A tentative
agreement to report favorably the
Buchanan bill which affects navy yard
employees throughout the country was
reached today at a meeting of the sub
committee of the House naval affairs
committee. The bill would fix a mini
mum wage Increasing the present scale.
Before a final report is made to the
House on the bill there will be fur
ther conferences with the navy yard
board and House subcommittee.
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Archibald Trial Costly

Washington. July 27.--The House today
adopted a joint resolution appropriating
5000, to pay the expenses of the inn
parchment trial of Judge Archibald, of
the commerce court. before the Senate.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of The appropria-
tions committee, gave no animation on
introducing the resolution as to when the
Senate expected to begin the trial.
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Atlanta wants to show you, if you will
only come, the way she keeps a-groWing,
and she's a-groWing some.
She's going to put on record, IN AUG
UST'S FIRST TEN DAYS, stunt that will
surprise you and fill you with amaze.
She'll have an EXPOSITION Of things
she makes to sell, and though she makes
Five Hundred, there's some YOU'D make
as WE'LL III
It's all in getting started, in knowing
how to go; then, when you've learned the
secret, just grow and grow and grow.
Atlanta's invitation is cordial, wide and
free. She says to all of Dixie: Come,
neighbors, come and see! I've got lot to
show you-my busy wheels a-Whir my
skilled and deft mechanics, my factories
hum and stir. want to give you, neigh
bors, an insight into facts; to show how
dreams of progress come true in useful
acts"
my goods, no doubt, you're selling Now,
surely, if you knew just HOW [ MAKE
these products, you'd sell them better
true!
you'll take greater interest in stuffs
you've SEEN produced, and maybe, GET
IDEAS THAT WILL GO HOME TO
ROOST.
IF I can help I'll do it. No strings are
tied to this. I simply make and offer, twill
pay you NOT TO MISS"
Vacation in Atlanta? You sure can
make it pay? Three thousand folks are
coming. Won't you decide today?
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SHE MIGHT MARRY

Washington, July 27.-Allie Rundles,
q 17-year- old miss of Madison Ala.
has petitioned Congress to change her
name. II don't like the name sl9
writes in a letter received today by
the secretary of the Senate, land have
decided to ask the legislature for the
favor OF sending me a nice name; please
do your best in selecting real nice
name; I'll pay the cost. you letting
me hear soon
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OSCILLATIONS

The occultation of Antares by the moon,
which occurred on the evening of June
49, was witnessed by many observers In
the western part of our country, but in
the east the skies were so generally
cloudy that but few saw this interesting
phenomenon The path of the moon
among the stars is at present changing
so little ard the occultation was so near
~ a central one that it will be repeated
each time that the moon in its monthly
curse reaches this part of the sky dur
ing August, September and October. But
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POLO PONIES AND
POOR ABORIGINES



pleted and the Senate sitting as the
tribunal. The court shall decide wheth-
er the trial shall be postponed
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WALSH TAKES OFFICE
AT MOBILE MONDAY

Mobile. July T.-(special) -Walter
walsh. the newly appointed chief of po-
lice. returned to Mobile this afternoon
after an absence of nearly month. He
will assume charge of the police depart
ment Monday. Mr.. Walsh was appointed
chief after the death of Chief Vincent A.
Giblin, but did not assume office as he
had been chosen as a delegate from Mo-
bile to the National convention of the
Elks held at Portland, Oregon.
Miss Evie b. Smith. sister of Mrs. Jen-
ME Bromberg of Birmingham, and OF
Gregory, l.. ", Harry T., and Richard
Inge Smith, and Mrs. Emma Radclin, and
Mrs. Fannie s. Thornton, Of Mobile. died
here this morning after ;tn illness of
about FIVE months. The funeral will be
held from Trinity church Sunday morn
ing ~ . o'clock.
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G.. d. HILLES FIRES
THE OPENING GUN

Continued from Page One)
added. we hadn't counted on any but
Ithose two
"Yet he sought to cast a cloud over the
title to 20 other seats.
".When you go seeking equity, do
equity that is an old maxim of equity
law, and a just one. Mr.. Roosevelt, pre-
tending to seek equity from the repuo-
Ilican national committee. sought to induce
that committee to unseat at least 16e reg
ularly elected delegates, and in their stead
! to seat Roosevelt delegates whose election
n had admitted was fraudulent-admitted
| it by abandoning the cases either before
the national committee or before the time
came to present them to the committee
on credentials OF the convention,
Course Calculated to Prejudice
what would you think OF lawyer VINO
advised his client to bring 2S suits, KNOW
ing there was justice, If In any, at ieas. ~
only IS? Would not such course preJuuioe
the most just court on earth! but VIC
/ is precisely what Colonel Rooseveit y"
vers did in the case of the republican ma
tio,,l committee Why? They knew the
raveIa tiof, of the fraudulent character OF
their cases in one contest after announcer
must prejudice the court AGAINST theih'
| and Thus tend to lose any or neir cases
which possessed merit We're tney loois
| to pursue such a course? NO Iney were
,v,ss If interruptions, politicians. They
@ ,ot seeking equity but political adj
vantaee, They knew none of their cases
possessed merit But they sought to de-
pe',.s the public, not to convince the court.
Tbev believed that by instituting and
pressing many fraudulent contests they
could either induce the committe as
s,sastar 81 political expediency to seat some
take contestants rather than reject
| them all or compel the committee to re-
iect them all in order that they might
deceive the public into believing that
steam roller methods had been used. The
correctness of this reasoning Will be
shown by the full statement of the facts
"Mr Roosevelt is too shrewd politi-
clan, had there been real merit in the
contests of the rs delegates whose title he
| said was plain ever to have jeopardzed
them by mixing them up with over 10
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along its path by the tidal action of the
sun AS each dark and cold little par
ticle of the swarm ploughs through the
air of our swiftly moving earth 1t Is
burnt up by the friction and is seen by
us as shooting star.
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Cotton States League
STANDING

At jackson: Jackson 4. vicksburg 8.
At Greenwood: Greenwood Is, Yazoo
City l.
AT Columbus: Columbus S. Meridian ).
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The August Shooting Stars

From August 10 to August 10 the
earth passes through the densest part
of the stream of meteoric particles
known as the Perseid swarm on
any one of these four nights the OBJ
server by facing the northeast and
watching for a few minutes, may SEQ
b1uish, very swiftly moving shooting
stars dart outward in all directions
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Besides the innumerable objects of
interest always to be found by one who
explores the heavens with small tele-
scope. we will witness this month the
bright August shower of shooting
stars; we will have with us for observ-
alton and study the very brilliant Jup-
tier and Saturn, and We will see the
planet Mars approach so closely to A
bright star that except by careful
scrutiny they will appear as single
star
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|NONE Of BALLOONS
YET HEARD FROM
Seven Compete in Elimina-
ton Race
ONE BAG DISABLED
Couple on Honeymoon Trip in One
of the Racers-Will Try to
Regain Bennett Trophy
in Germany
ONE BAG DISABLED


contesting balloons that late yesterday
arose from the aviation field here in
the national elimination race to de-
termine which three shall represent the
United States at the international meet
in Germany, had been heard from d.
rectly early this morning.
| The balloon Cole, representing In
dianapolis, was sighted as Ii passed
over st. Joseph Mo-, and at that time
was taking a northeasterly direction,
| that IL continued. will send the balloon
across Iowa. The pilot balloon, Kan
sas City II, landed 22 miles from here
after four hour flight.
! Kansas City, July 27-Seven balloons
manned by the premier pilots of Ameri-
ca assembled here late today in a race
TO determine what three shall journey
to Stuttgart, Germany, this fall to com
pete with foreign sportsmen in an ef-
fort to regain for America the James
Gordon Bennett trophy lost last year
when a German balloon won the race.
The pilot Kansas City III (non-c con
testanD, carrying DIR. Milo %. Hartman
and Miss Violet Davis of Kansas City
on the first leg of their honeymoon trip.
preceded the seven bags aloft to only
show the way for the contestants. They
were married just before the race
started.
| The balloon st. Louis " most feared
! by other pilots, did not arise from the
aviation field, instead tonight 1t lies
| fiat on the ground disabled by a score
Of small holes from which gas seeped
out, causing A. b. Lambert, official
starter. TO declare 1t officially out of
the race.
| William F. Assman of st. Louis, pilot
of the unfortunate balloon, had been i'll
and was unable to reach Kansas City
until this morning, but he had intended
to make the fight. He said he had
given contract several months ago TO
repair the balloon and supposed the
work had been done The leaks were
discovered when the work of initiating
the balloon began and efforts were made
to patch them, but to no avail Assman
begged to be allowed to ascend but
Lambert decided the risk would be too
great
Aero officials said the st. Louis "
was an old balloon. 1t had been used
by Lieutenant Lahm in winning the in
ternational race in 1906, and they be-
lieved the Juggling of the ropes had
caused the bag to leak
Ideal weather conditions prevailed 1t
was cool and wind from the southeast
blew Is miles an hour, carrying the
bags swiftly from the starting ground
to the northwest
The pilot balloon landed at Q o'clock
tonight at Smithville, Mo, % miles
| northwest of Kansas City. The Pilot
was not trying for a sustained fight.
According to Pilot Jacob he reached an
altitude Of $500 feet. The bridal party
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Roosevelt Answers Hilles

contests which he knew and has admitted
were pure fakes y
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Des Moines. Ia, July 27-One of the
balloons in the national balloon race
passed over Des Moines at 1925 to-
night going due north at high speed.
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The pilot balloon landed at o'clock
tonight at Smithville, Mo, % miles
northwest of Kansas City. The Pilot
was not trying for a sustained fight.
According to Pilot Jacob he reached an
altitude OF $500 feet The bridal party
returned TO Kansas City by motor.