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force of the bullets, which were hred
from the underbrush right at the side
of the road. johnson and Shelor were
shot five or six times each. The bodies
showed that some of the shots were
fired from n shotgun. while the others
were from rifles and revolvers.
sIngo and Logan counties. where the
assassination occurred. went wild. As
news of the tragedy spread men LEFT
their farms and their stores and their
workshops and guns in hand gathered
at the town of War Eagle enXious TO
join the man hunt and avenge the
deaths Of three Of the best known men
in the county.
Finally 500 men were selected and
the search through the dense under
brush and forests OF the western Ale
ghany Mountains began. Sheriff Hat
field appointed captains, who were In
deed captains courageous" and these
! had their men well in check. Although
| il was known that every effort would
I he made to bring in the men alive after
| they were captured, nobody cared much
whether they were brought In alive or
! not, and IL was known that no chances
would be taken with the lives of the
members OF the posse.
| This hunt began late Friday afternoon
and continued all Friday night without
result. Lanterns, like firefiies, make
points OF light through the mountains
which showed the searchers what their
comrades were doing. There was little
fear that the bandits would fire on the
hunters then for fear OF disclosing
! their own position. Early Saturday
morning b,oodhounds were put on the
trail. They were in charge OF John
Bclchcr and Detective Burrell. They
were slightly In advance of the main
I body of searchers when suddenly. from
: behind "A great log that made natural
fort. a line Of fire blazed. Beicher and
Burrel were killed Instantly
4 bloodhound tied to Burrelis wrist
whined piteously as his master fell
and tried to pull away from the dead
figure. but the thong held, and other
members Of the posse had to cut him
loose.
At once the searchers poured volley
after volley of rifle shots iDto the maze
of underbrush which forfrr~s natural
screen for the log behind which lurkes
as deadly foe as these men OF th'
hills had ever faced.
Finally It began to rain, and when II
rains in the mountains some water
falls. Not man Of the searchers de-
serted his post But, somehow. In th'
gloom of the hills and trees. the ban
dts got away from behind their los
and slipped out. Their absence was sooi
discovered and Sheriff Hatfield decide,
To take as few chances az possible o
l having more of his men picked off a
Belchor and Burrell had been. He an
!, nounced his plan of advancing on tn
= bandits from all sides at once. and a
he sent word of this down his lines. tn
4 groups Of grim faced mountaneer
e grew closer together as it was realize
t that IL was only question of a few
I hours at most.
+. Their progress was slow on accoun
% of the difficulties OF getting over tn
\ hills, bu: the bandits ms well wer
e doubtless hampered in their movements
! but the storm was in their favor. AIS
r they had IA slight start Of the officers
At one point the trail showed tn
S bandits had To fail or jump down
e precipice which stands sheer thirty fee
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Experts Have Spent Years Studying Scientifically
the Army Have Evolved Suitable Shoe Germans Handicapped
With FIobnaled Uncomfortable Boots

long enough to allow for free play IN
both of these directions. The ordinary
shoe does not do this, and indeed the
footwear commonly in vogue not only
c. amps the foot in these two particulars
but actually tends to deform and to
lessen the efficiency Of the foot in an
other vital direction.
DIR. Hermann Meyer, the first man To
formulate correct lines for footwear. de-
Clared that the great toe must lie in
such a position that its axis when car
ried backward shall pass through tho
centre OF the heel" Now when the
great toe is bent away from this line
and inward by the pressure of the shoe
distortion is produced which the
technical man terms "halluN valgus.' \
foot of this sort Is not the perfect lever
which nature intended it tn he. Have
YOU ever tried to dislodge a stone with
crooked stick or a bent crowbar? If
so you will recall your difficulties and
remember how inefficient your lever
was. The man that tries to walk for
any distance or the soldier upon his
| hike should not he obliged to employ
such levers either, and yet until very
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UNCLE SANF4AS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR HIS FIGFITNGM NAN

that food gives strength and also spirit
but the lighting man moves to-day. as
he did many centuries ago, on his feet,
and the condition OF those eXtremities
is vitality related to his efficiency in the
hour OF trial This has been brought
home with painful emphasis among
the belligerents abroad, and it should
be cause for rejoicing here that our
army Is provided with perfect shoe.
our experts have had this problem in
mind for "A long while. and as one OF
them expressed II recently Next to
he quality of the gun he carries more
depends upon the condition of the shoe
he wears than upon any other factor
that goes toward the makeup OF an
effective soldier
our war with Spain brought home TO
! us the need OF a substantial change in
| the footwear OF our soldiers; we learned
| then that when the shoe pinChes the
! soldier IL not ut lighting man. In
: deed. at such time his mind Is any
/ where but on his chosen job. Accord
! inglN. the matter became one for in
| Nestigatlon, and the way TO betterment
was not made clear until some OF the
members of the Medical Corps OF the
| United States army approached the
problem from a physiological stand
point. The men that have been con-
spicuous In this phase OF the subject
have been Majors r. l.. Munson and
William w Reno, both OF whom have
written exclusively. convincingly and
, suggestively upon this important topic
, Indeed, Major Munson was the medica
member of special board which two
years ago made a thorough investiga.
ton of the foot needs OF the army anC
; reported upon the general requirement,
, OF suitable military shoe. Please OBJ
, serve that we use the word shoe anc
not boot because. as we understand
these words in America, the boot Is tn,
: top affair which reaches further knee
r ward and which Is In common use II
! the continental armies of Europe. TIL,
boot is waste of leather. overhot
. heavier to carry and needlessly expen
sive.
1 Until our medical and combatant ex
( perts OF the army began the seriou
n study OF shoes for the soldiers the me
: wore creations that might fittingly b
= termed brogans. and the army of foo
o troubles ran the entire gamut for whic
l. sufferers seek the chiropodist. Unfor
= tunately the evil did not end with tn
g plebeian corn, but obtained the proper
y lions of its unholer brethren, bunion
I and their ilk, Indeed, the toes were dis
h placed and the nails were not infre
n quently forced inward. This was Oh
5 penalty which civilized armies had com
y to pay for the adoption OF the boot an
g shoe, and while inventive genius len
: its restless skill to improving guns an
d ammunition. scarce thought was give
y to the very foundation of the fightn
II soldier, the covering for his feet.
e This topic Is one that concerns the ci,
= ilian quite as much as 1t does the so
n der, and the army experts are reall
blazing the way for national bettermer
a in this matter of sane footwear. A
& most all of us have abused nature
g choosing the shoes that pleased the ey
y and have paid little or no attention
70 the requirements Of the feet. Just fame
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what would he the mediocre measure
of our dcxterity II our hands had been
continually glove clad. You probably
have never thought of this vital subject
in this way before. The japanese were
greatly superior TO their enemies, the
Russians. when on the march, and all
because of the sandals which gave their
feet free play. Here Is what Major
Reno has said upon this matter:
Barefoot and sandal wearing races
are VIGOROUSLY better marchers than
shoe wearing peoples History Is full
of testimony to this fact. 1t seems that
one of the penalties OF civilization is
decreased marching power. And one OF
the principal causes Is not hard To find,
4 shoe limits the freedom OF the foot
and in time causes atrothy of certain
foot muscles. The normal foot ~ very
flexible. Great freedom OF action is
needed in walking, running, jumping
and climbing. The large joints of the
foot must not he confined. The grasp
of the toes against the ground and the
backward push of the great toe is OF
value at every step. The longitudinal
and transverse arches must be free ia
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prescribed herein will be taken with the
soldier standing in bare feet and with
40 mound burden on his back, bearing
the entire weight upon the foot TO be
measured" In this fashion the needs
Of each foot are determined, and the
shoe given the man Is just so much
larger than the measurements obtained
in This way. The forty pounds repre-
sent the field equipment OF the infantry
man. and this burden has a deal to do
in fixing the size OF the shoe suitable
for each man. A notable feature about
the last of the new army shoe Is the
straight line OF the inner side. This
gives the great toe full play in it's nor
nal direction and helps to eliminate
"hallux valgus" where the distortion
has not become permanent. The big
toe alone does quite 40 per cent. of the
total work OF the toes, and for efficiency
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Is greatly increased, as the body Is al
ready falling forward for the next step
when IL Is applied. The continual loss
OF power in the backward push caused
by halluX valgus Is a further potent
factor in decreasing marching capac-
ity"
The muscles Immediately concerned
first feel the strain. and then the sense
Of fatigue Is taken up sympathetically
by other muscles. and soon the whole
body is utterly wearied You know just
exactly what this means after standing
for long time or after a tramp in the
usual run of shoes. Not only have the
muscles been fatigued, but the constric-
ton OF the shoe has hampered the cir
culatlon of the blood. This has it's
nervous reflex and so the doctors tell
us, lowers our powers of resistance and
makes us easier victims to the attack
of disease microbes.
Not more than four years ago one OF
the inspecting officers OF our army re-
! ported: while the infantry Is composed
OF the best material in, the world and Is
| as well. II not better, trained in the use
| OF the rifle than any other army, It's
! marching capacity is below mediocrty
and vet It is admitted to-day that the
fate OF battles of the future depends
as has in the past upon the marching
capacity of the infantry" Major Reno
saws: 1.-THE expert riheman gets extra
| nav every month. The expert marchei
gets nothing. why the discrimination
Jmproyement IL needed in all possible
directions. But just as good rine u
necessary for expert shooting, so Is
veil hitting shoe necessary In march'
ing" A..
2 ltcordingly. the army has spent the
better part of the last four years IN
studying scientifically the foot needs OF
it's men and in evolving shoe tha'
has no equal elsewhere. 1t Is the per
feet footgear for the fighting man
hut before It's physical requirements
were determined the feet OF many
hundreds OF soldiers were examined
minute,y-nternally by means or N-ra!
photographs and externally by the mos
careful inspection before and after
march. In this way the army surgeons
traced the effects OF fatigue upon tn
bones and muscles OF the foot. and saw
that a suitable shoe would have to b
large enough to meet the lengthenini
and widening of the foot as the arche
gave under the stress OF fatigue.
shoe that seemed comfortable befor
the hike and fitted the foot easily the
Twas pretty certain to be too tight er
the march was done.
Z The experts learned too that but FEY
, men really know the proper size c
:. shoes for their feet. A lifetime habit c
[ choosing shoes that were too small Ina
d commonly destroyed good judgment
C his particular. According to the Yer
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recently no thought was given to this
handicap under which the fighting man
labored If he belonged to the infantry.
As Dr. Reno says: In exactly the
same proportion as the great toes are
bent Is the efficiency Of the foot as
lever reduced and marching capacity
lessened'
or so much concern is this subject OF
"hallux valgus" that it is necessary
that we elaborate stlll more upon 1t,
and again let nv quote Major Reno: AT
every step as the foot leaves the ground
the great toe by virtue of its intrinsic
muscles and leg assistance gives a final
backward push that is Of material aid in
| propcling the body. It II like the well
| timed shove N n swing In motion. The
effectiveness Of this backward push
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for a supply Of the explosive. while pla-
toons of his men kept up steady hre
on the cave to prevent any Of It's uccu-
pants getting away.
Finally the dynamite arrived ana
masses Of /; were thrown in the direc-
ton of the cave. The detonations were
frightful. a., finaily the firing 10y the
outlaws began to dwindr ,een mas
sive charge OF dynamite was hurled at
the mouth of The cave. The explosion
tore to pieces the entrance, disclosing
behind it natural fortress OF ROCKS
The firing was kept up from BEHIND
these rocks by the bandits, until the
sherin's men began 10 wonder what
manner Of men were these who could
not he killed by bullets or by dyna-
mite
Then there came the sound of rooster
growing and then Ave quick shots. For
| few minutes there was no sound. The
avengers fired another rolley at the
rocks There was no reply, and con-
| certed rush was ordered. without slack
! enlnE their nrtSth posse rushed the
| place. Five dead men lay before them.
! Four had been dead for several hours,
| the other was still warm. He alone and
single handed had fought nearly five
hundred men and had held them back
while his companions died. Then he
too gave up his life. All were Italians.
! The names OF none OF them were known
to any Of the posse.
Their bodies were battered. riddled
and mutilated by bullets. by the dyna-
mite and by the scars OF the rough
country over which they had travelled
In one part OF the cave was found the
yalise containing the money which had
cost so much bloodshed. Only $500 was
misslng-all the rest was there, mute
monument to three men who had gone
out from their homes happily on FRIDAY
morning.
The bandits had been without food
for forty eight hours. They had fed
over many miles OF the toughest coun-
try in West Virginia and had made q
brave fight Notwithstanding the evil
spirit which prompted it.
The bodies were taken to the nearest
railroad station wrapped in sacks and
taken to williamson. They were buried
this week. All were found to have
, worked in the Glen Alum mines anc
, knew To the minute when the payroi
should be brought out
For a time r. was thought that sew
, eral Young men in the neighborhoot
/ ndu uftn 'bINflHtu III wv Fi''' w
: were arrested. but the general opinion
p is that only the Ave Italians were con
. cerned. and now that they are dead the
y book Is closed.
4 II was al first reported that the ON
= GERS had become confused in the dark
= ness and had fired on each other, bu
this was shown 10 lie mistake.
4 Jim Ellis a member of the posse. said
t They were little fellows, but they wer
4 bad actors. | don't know how soldi"
d feels when he Is under fire, but ! CUES
e / must have had about the same sensa
Z ton. The bark on a tree under whicl
q was crouching was creased abou
o fifty times before the last Of the bandit
@ was killed escaped without
O scratch. but I guess | was lucky. Tn
g men were in natural cup on the noun
tain top protected on all sides by tree
q and huge logs. Every time member q
Ia the posse showed himself II looked a
d il one Of the Italians saw him. as h
Q was at once subjected TO murderou
" fire."
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contract or expand with every variation
In the load"
Most OF us have heard about the fall
ing of the arch OF the foot, leading to
that ultimate malady fiatfoot Now
that arch Is the longitudinal arch re-
ferred to by Major Reno. but there Is
another arch which crosses the foot
Just about the part we call the ball"
This arch carries the weight upon the
ground when we rise upon our toes and
serves as a resting point for the for
ward end of the longitudinal arch. Both
OF these arches fatten and expand when
the weight Of the body with its load is
brought To bear upon them, This means
that the foot actually lengthens and
widens, and as the experts have shown
the shoe should be wide enough and
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know VINO SWlpeu tnat w ON
ans League Spr Animals contribution
box there on the desk, where every
body could drop in the pennies for the
needy animals.
ITS bad enough to steal from a
human being. but Ia steal from the
lower animals that are helpless Is too
rotten for expression. That box had
seven or eight dollars in il too and |
was looking for the league people to
call for Il.
Stealing from blind babies IS an
other style Of total depravity We have
to contend with OF the lowest order.
But theyll steal anything. and | have
made practice OF claiming contribu-
ton boxes that are left here. but tha'
league box was right before the CASH n
and we never thought II would be swlped
like that. But 1t was, AMI We don;
know whether IL was just some drou
side and came in after II, or come re-
spectacle customer who knows tie
store.
What? On, yes. there are TIA. kind
tat work too. and it's easy enough "a
sip a small box into a iandDas ~ q
mun or unGer "A wrac. | know It's
easy because I've seen it done, and by
"a highly respectable person.
do think c"ime IL on the m
crease? Well. wouldn't say 60 I've
been in the drug business twenty-five
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.,ears and we lost contribution boxes
about the same then az We do now
unless We nailed them down or cha ned
them
MY dear ignorant friend" said a
Western millionaire to humble New
York hack writer. YOU don't know
what you are talking about when you
say You wish YOU had the money |
have or similar amount
LIS YOU that has the advantage over
me by long odds. You can go anywhere
YOU please at any time you please, and
II YOU need money, and you never neeu
a great deal. all you have to do Is to
take out your pad and pencil, dash OF
something readable and your Income
follows in short order.
"But look at me. had a business out
West that was .ked 10 go into trust
and he request was in the nature of a
command which meant trust or bust
and went into the trust. Now ] have
a million and a half of the stock and a
million in raw cash and what in thunder
am. to do with 1t? The stock is all
right. but what abou; the cash?
can YOU tell me where ! can put
that much money where It will be safe
and bring me in fair return? I've
got to have the return. sure, for my
living expenses are over fifty thousand
a year and ten thousand year on tbs
side il all I have 10 meet hem with
The stock ought to pay a dividend anC
Il very likely will. but | don't know
that, and | do know what my expense!
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A pp ,hree days, from Friday, Au-
gus; II. until sunday August
., "A series Of events occurred
i n the West Virginia noun
,.,r. winch IN number OF casualties out
-..,,,od a south American revolution
rs. names VI the known dead are:
ne II. Amick, physician for the
o,,, ,um Fuel Company, killed by
Ss,at, who fred from the mountain
side
,osspb Shelnr. head bookkeeper and
,symastcr for the company assassi-
,,,.d n the same way that Dr. Amlck
Wss
II Johnson. Jr. chief electrician
t,r IN company. murdered at the same
time and in the same way
lain fletcher justice OF the peace at
North Fork. W. Va.
N +. Burreil, detective trailing the
bandits.
loan Tlier. a posseman.
$40 Uagodish, Hungarian miner,
msr,ber Of the posse.
r.,e Italian bandits. names unknown.
ON Friday morning, August IA. the
three men first named. Amick, Shelor
srd Johnson. a. guards Of the COM
r,o,.s payroll of 500 set out for
enc chen Alum mines from the bank at
. nearby towr where they had secured
the money to ,ay of the men.
They we're in a railroad motor car
soJ their road lay along much fire.
ouented thoroughfare. so no thought OF
DANCER came to the men, who were
r.r,,ps tom care free on that account
For a few niles into the dark hills
Of Wes' Virginia the three men went
,t. money SAFE in a satchel in a com
r,rtmeut of one Of the seats. suddenly
rom ~. side II the road several rifles
hs.n barking.
pr Annex was struck first. The
,ho.h 4 the bullet. which was free
Pom 4. hort distance. knocked hin
clrar " the motor car and left hin
dead on the side of the tracks. The
other men. badly wounded, jumped anC
died about ten feet away.
Evidently the bandits sought TO glu
,heu ;ast. FOR blood, for when thei
victims we're found the three hodie
mad been virtually riddled with bullets.
Within five minutes after the thre'
men had ridden jokingly into thi
suct,h of road they were dead and tn
81. 500 the possession Of which hat
cost them their lives. was on it's wa,
To the hiding place Of a. band of des
pefadues.
T. Vas not long before passersb!
found th. bodies and carried the new
10 WNhamstown, the nearest towr
Sh,rf Hatfield. relative Of the me
WIN twenty-five years ago were com
ha,ants IN the Hutiield-McCoy feu'
The d,s,ilieSt ever known to the Ken
w.El -Ncst Virginia mountain countr!
summoned "A posse OF the hravest me
NJ could ind. These men knew III
mountain bypaths, they knew the wor'
men IN the county: they could shoe
an they We're not afraid Of anything
one detachment was sent ~ the seen
n the triple assassination to bring
thc hpdics They presented horrib
SIS, Here Is what the coroner foun
whom he made an examination OF the
remains:
pr Amick was shot eight times. n
boiy being almost cut To shreds by u
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Arrhsc .vnaoJ and contract
III. sn,;,,, . &c ,y.;oht
a, b,,,,,,, SiI ia rs
,o,d; N' "'N
TIME great General STAFF of Ger
many has slipped a cog in its
L minute preparations for the
present conflict. The Kaiser's
foot soldiers are paving the price for
The oversight. and thousands Of them
, have limped TO the front and suffered
crucial handicap at the moment OF
combat. Their hobnailed boots have
stood well the rigors OF the march. but,
alas the feet within have suffered wo-
fully. II YOU have tramped far on hot
day in new shoes You will probably be
fully prepared To sympa thiZe with these
clumsily yes. carelessly, shod Teutons.
Il costs tidy sum to shoe a stand
ing army in time Of peace. and It costs
great deal more to provide footgeaI
Tor an army when war is rife, and this
pretty penny becomes still more appall-
ing when boots are to be ready for the
mastering in Of the bulk of the reserves