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10 Make Shipwreck Perfectly Safe
VERY ingenious device has been In
vented by a German. Gustav Helm
rich which he declares will denrfYe


~ vented by German. Gustav Helm
rich. which he declares will deprive
shipwreck Of all its terrors under all circum-
stances.
Furnished with this device a passenger
might De thrown into mid-Atantic and live
in comfort for many days while waiting TO
be picked up.
Tho apparatus is made Of va.ertight can
vas. 10 has sleeves ending 600 gloves There
ia port hole in the head which can be
closed when the weather Is rough. When
the port hole is closed air enters through n
tube above the head. 80 water can enter
through This.
The man or woman using this device
stands with his feet iu a sort Of bucket which
forms the base. This bucket takes
.u certain quantity 81 water
which acts as ballast. and keeps
the I'Hs8vnr and los occupant up -
right Sufficient food and drink
can Boz taken aboard to keep the
pas enger alive for week or
more
Tho apparatus g. provided with a revolver
and signal NFhfs u'fH which The shipwreck-
"d passenger can signal fUr help by dav or
night Attached tu rho apparatus are ropes
NF which 'n0 ur three people can keen them
so'r.s aFHai If they have not tIo good FOR.
iIr' to have life saving outfits OF their
own.
10 ia proposed chat ono srf % this kind
should HH provided fHr every person on n
Ship So present 1s Dos boon proved BY
many terrible Disaster. there are no 1fc-
ruHfn provisions for saving Ufs fr case of a
sudden ..rt.HE NJ fhr ship through collision
or lnF other cause
Tho HH.'r n-H mott sufficient f1 carry an
passenger and 10 seems dorHfruI whether
suf ..'or' number V.I over Poo prov .Iaf. al
though rn unusually active movement for boz.
..I'.- .''.'. I' .'1 "H. boon going 0n lately.
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Whle the 'heathon' priest prayed
the One Living God permit the molly drops TO wash
away the sin that given TO Il before the foundation
OF the world so that this child may be born anew
sim more curiously familiar some OF their pray
crs. wilt Thou blot out. o Lord, forever"
or them. Is this punishment Intended not for
reformation but for Keep peace with
all bear injuries with humility. God, who ALL Will
ayougo you"
While the most striking parallel Of 81 with the New
Testament notes the historian. was The decA.
ration in their that he who looks too cum.
ously on a woman commits sin with his eycsr
Again the rite circumcision practsed among the
AHtecs and among tho exhortatons Of the priest was
ins one. Clohe the naked and feed the hungry What
ever pryatons &c may COS; thee; for remember tbeir
flesh IS like thine. and they men Ike thee"
NO mention however is made in the older writings OF
similar stories TO the earliest Legends the Bible the
carVen Illustrations Of which have just been recognized
And here too. 30 may DO said that almost all tho ON
bem' Of the Masonic order have been Identified I'm the
fucatan buried cities csryen 60 their temples There
Is even The Apron with the Eye within the Triangle
In connection with these discoveries an early theory
has gained some credenco This bound up with the
Story OF QIetzalcoa the great white God Of the Azfocs
Tho legend they held az him was that one dav hack I'm
the far distant past stranger OF noble appearance white
and bearded. sailed BOO from tho Atlantic ocean In bark
{" 7'Ip"h SKINS ITO taught them agriculture gave them
laws and ton mourning the wrath ~ one OF tho rrir
c'pe gods ~ the country sailed away after pro.srp
70 return again with his and rule Tho country
AZ the time OF che Conquest there vas a ycry svp1ci
tradition Of Q1etaooau which described hir appearance
WIN cow nc'rr mirr'orors The legend u fact ga
''H 20 assist Pho Sr7na-fs n con0uerirr ha rurntv
h'.1u7e tho sunerff'f1ue Wonfezuma Tho ruler Vas
persuaded mat tho S1au'ards those or whom Quot
alr0nU had proufaa.af
i' has been ho'l fy some scholars tbat ora,zaicoau
" ..'.' mo apostle Thomas. The Aztec name means
..t'.''u serpent hIf fha 'aef syllable also means
..I'. 'd.rHa 'Nn Greek f1r ThHuaf also avr fHn1
Ih.7 SCENE eI-rf Ground f1-. such 90 startling
.'N'' ''n fI' 1000 analysis ~ aI fhn rIcfa scents f1
prove that centuries before Columbus , 8fio man ala
"'aIt F.f tho Narars. ITO taught Thorn many 'H.r-r
a1 pro mo laws ho gave them vrra anar.a Pho moral
'-. i'..a and Tho legends mentioned Tho priests 0f
0 ."'F. rHI.1 fearing fHa Influence ff. TEACHINGS .-r
t' nf expelled h'u from fha country Tho f..anra.
remained liked n fHr Urmor'a. OF those hr bad lHrbf
however aut n0-' pictured .r mo stones so recently
..'I.H'd 80 Tho Same firr. eide Boy eiFn with 'ha
'.fHf'r. code was observed tho colo OF tho ancient
t'I. only boo 'n'e wa. can 'Hn mystery boo 1f 1U ar.
,''f'H Who 0urtlH'rHHT really wac can never ha
FInFr 'If Ia unjust have been ri Christian and "a man
"i enormously strong rnraurHII.r
H De- another odd thing u passing that .n ffc picture
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Below is the Wonderful Ruined Temple a,
CAmai Known as the Temple of The
Columns in Which Rituals Cor.
responding Strangely to the
Christian Were Observed
Long Before the
Spanish Conquest.
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seems 10 be adding 10 IFS blsndish.
ments 10 hers while Adam stands
listening.
sun Other carvings have been in.
terpreted as illustrating the variou.
legends Of the Patriarchs. and I'm
one case there seems no doubt that
a legend identical with the sncriNc..
Of Isaac is depicted.
In fact. say the archacologlsfs
either here there Is series OF CD
medicines unparalleled in history
and well-nigh unbelievable. or else
some one thoroughly srhooI cd In Ola
and New Testament came into con
tact with the Mayans. the prede.
cessors OF the Aztecs. In some far
distant time and partly, at least,
converted them.
IL Is worthy Of note that even at
the time Of the Conquest the priests
who accompanied Cortez we're struck
by these resemblances. They found
side by side with the basest and
most brutal superstitlons. the most
familiar religious observances. There
was. for instance. the ritual OF the
baptism OF infants, and one can i'm
agine the surprise Of the conquerors
when they saw the babies sprinkIed
with water Just Ike a Christian babe
while the heather" priest prayed
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Mayan has Relief Reprcse,,i,.
IsmptinS Adam. The Two Are S..n
holding the Snake which l. Counsel
ing mem. and Uo the RiRhD n
van Sculpture Which l. Thought
10 Represent Adam and Abel.
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DECKER REPORTS ACT
TURKEY NOT HOSTILE

Washington 2l-After
today that word had Captain Decker
that the firing the Turkish forts launch
November IL hostile Secrtay Daniels that
portion Deckes had beer made public when received
ebcaus considered contradictory He that Dkes
Of the firing contained the hostile
The department omitted the contradictory
word that the originally Secretary Daniels
unable explain its
planaon opinion by the the Tennessee without now
edge of what took place
At the White the
reported the firing hostile act being
feet but warning because the Smyrna mined closed
Secretary Daniels said he had received further
Decker that he assumed the commander awaiting
Ambassador Morgentau M Daniels said contradictory
had been omitted in his because seemed
Of opinion which in Itself nsxpcabe There
withdrawing either OF the said
be concerned the general conditions in Turkey
Washington.N 2l-Capan Denton Decker of
had that the
Asia Minor intended
After with President Wilson, Secretary
out the following statement
THE public already what happened namely
harbor
ment had declared closed shot fired th
The captain of the Tennessee reports that intended hos
tile
investigation being explana
with Ambassador Mganhau
delays of as much a week.
Secretary Daniels authorized the
November 49, the contained
No that
withheld the Of their ilst
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TEUT0N HOSTS FALL
BACK BEFORE STEADY
ADVANCE OF RUSSIANS
Great Armies of Kaiser and Allies Still in Deadlock in
Western Area. - ::z.~.TI Troops Obstacle in Path
of Invaders sses Great

The situation brought Turkish at
firing
will be cleared without Ten
There conictons in Peograd Berlin
fighting All
tension decide
hut odz The military
Perosrad however
with heavy Losses Teutonic allies
The klcdive Him. who
in in
leading
without ing
in
Belgium
office Immediately rpulsed Al
had
fighting since the
along
with the
main
while
OF
a. thirty
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| { CTS | A I I'VE
Com M|TTEE
To REPORT
TO-DAY

Denver. Colo. Nov. 21.-The leg
islative committee appointed at the
special session last spring to investi-
gate the coal miners strike, expected
to present a report to Governor E.
NJ. Ammuns some time today. Two
reports are planned by the commit
tee---ne to the governor covering
the present situation end immediate
needs and one to the legislature re-
garding new laws to govern labor
controversies.
The report to be presented to the
governor today embodied the results
of the committees recent visit to the
southern Colorado strike district.
Observers of the situation believe the
committee will make edfinite recon-
mendations regarding the resump-
tion of military control by the state
troops following the expected early
withdrawal OF United States forces
from the state
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PctrOgrad, Nov. 21.-The Army
Messenger, the official organ of the
official staff of the Russian army.
summing up recent operations in the
eastern arena of hostiliti.s. says:
The Germans are making fresh
efforts to penetrate our front be-
tween Lowicz and Skfernievice with
the object Of marching on Warsaw.
1t seems that the enemy threw i'm
rortant forces In this direction. The
effort of the Germans to march on
tween kielce and Radon resulted in
total failure and our troops forced
the enemy to retire all along the
front.
The Germans lost enormous num-
bors in dead, waInded and prisoners
as well as provision trains. artillery
and war material.
On November IS important AUS
iro-Gcrmau forces. supporting them
selves on the fortified country be-
tween Czcnstochowa and Cracow. un-
dertook an energetic offensive move
mcnt against our troops. Repuised
on all this front with heavy losses,
the enemy endeavored a fresh often
sive movement. but again our forces.
Dy o counter-attack, drove them back
with heavy losses. We took a large
number OF prisoners.
"U is announced that there is flu
rious fighting in the region Of Cra-
COW, the Germans realizing that this
position. with it's strong fortitica-
tious, is their last protected position
OH this front
The advance of the Russians into
the Nfansurian lakes region of east
cru Prussia, near Johannesburg and
Arra, has revealed the extent of the
ureparations made by the Germans to
resist invasion. The whole region is
described AS a gigantic fortress fac
ing to the east and south in the form,
of huge semi-circle, 90 miles in
extent.
The spaces between the lakes.
which range from marshy ponds by
the hundreds to bodies of water %
miles long, are entrenched with wire
fences. At intervals there are earth
on rcdoubts, which are reinforced
with some stone work and protected
by mine fields. Wherever 1t is prac-
ticable canals have been dug. Be
hind these canals lie German
trenches.
At Arris where the Russians are
reported to have made considera-
ble advance in the last few days
,hev have been compelled to storm
con,rete block houses. resulting In
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GERMANY PROTESTS
OF ALLEGED ATROCITIES

Washington, Nov. 21.--Count Won
the German ambassador.
filed note with the state depart
mcnt today complaining of violation
OF the Geneva Rcd Cross convention
OF July 8. 1906. OF whic:i Fren troops
are alleged to have bene gritty.
The ambassador accompanied the
note with a long report from the
German foreign office making detail
ed charges.
The charges declare That German
wounded were treated roughly and
sometimes robbed, and in
some cases mutilated and murdered.
The complaint also declared French
troops attacked German field hoSrit-
ais and robbed them of their person.
nalIe and equipment. In one ease
the commander Of n hospital column
Is said to have been arrested by
French troops and taken away. while
another affidavit declares a German
field clergyman was captured and
treated as a criminal.
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GENERAL FARRAR
MAY ATTEND HEARING

Denver, CoIo.. Nov. l.--Govcrnor
r. NJ. Amnons Ia endeavoring to ar
range for Attorney General Fred
.Farrar to attend the hearing before
the department of interior at Wash
ington, D. c.. at which time an APP
peal from New Mexico will be heard
involving the question of whether Il
state is entitled to minerals in its
school lands owned by the state un-
der congressional grant.
The case is an appeal from rulin g
by the federal land commissioner in
New Mexico.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-21

POSSE
ON TRAIL OF
GEN. SAlAzAR

Albuquerque. Nov. 2l.--Party
after party of deputy sheriffs and
deputies from the United States mar
shal's office are returning after
securing tho country In all directions
IN af ruthless search for General Jose
fnez SalaZar. the federal prisoner
who escaped from the Bernallillo
county Jail last night. The theory
Of the sheriff's office is that Salazar
has not left the immediate vicinity
OF Albuquerque and that he is uuder
cover previously arranged. waiting
to slip through the line of guards
thrown out in all directions. Every
peace officer in the state haa been
notified of Salazar's escape and per-
sons considered friendly to him are
under close espionage.
g;lt is not believed lie cannot get
from thtidiarict. although up to this
time no trace Of the prisoners has
been found. or of the automobile
which brought the assailants of
Jailer Armijo to the prison. Sala-
Ear it IS now practically certain did
not leave the prison in the automo-
bile. but buggy which has been
traced back 10 the city limits of AL
buQuerque.
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NO JURY YET
IN CHANDLER
STRIKER CASES

Cannon City. Colo, Nov. 2l.--
The Fremont county court took re-
cess at II a. m. until 10 O'Clock
Monday morning after five days OF
effort to secure jury to try the
seven defendants charged with the
murder of William King during the
attack on the Chandler mine on
April 25th There were leven VEN
iremen in the jury box when the
judge ordered u recess and they were
placed in the custody of bailitfs to
await the reassembling of court.
The court today ordered venire
of 100 names drawn. This is the
third since the opening of the trial.
The indications are that the jury
will not be completed before tho mid
die or latter part Of next week.
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c T R N A Ms
SEIZE j. {
SHIP
American Registered
Steamer is Relieued
of Cargo. Compi-
cations Feared

Santiago. Chile, Nov. 2l.-The
American steamer Sacramento. which
until few months ago was the Ger
man steamer Alexandria. has put in
to Valparaiso. and the story related
BY her captain has resulted i'll the
Chilean authorities starting an inves-
tigation to determine who is respon-
lble for the apparent violation Of
neutrality in which she was involved.
The Sacramento. captin. jacobson,
left San Francisco for Valparaiso un.
der the new register and flying the
stars and stripes October Is. Cap
tain jacobson declared that his
steamer was seized on the high seas
by German warship and taken to
Juan Fernandez island. belonging to
Chile. Here he was obliged by the
Germans to turn over his provisions
and COCO tons of coal.
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CHAUFFEUR DIES RESULT
OF AUTO EXPEDITION

EncinO. \. NJ. Nov. 2l.-Edward
Criep of Denver. a chauffeur. died
here today upon his arrival with an
automobile party from Denver, who
had Deen lost in the Pedernal noun
tains for IS hours. Criep had been
driven insane by exposure and lack
of water. Tie other members OF the
party arrived in fair condition, con-
sidering their hazardous experiences
The men were on their way from
Denver to Juarez to attend the races
when they lost their way in the hills
The party consisted of Harry Vier-
den, Gene Normile, Jack Russell.
Richard Mitchell, Charles Wilson. T..
a. Beardsley. Harry Lambert and
Criepe.
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EASTERN war
ZONE IS DRY

fekinE, Nov. II 21.--Passengers COM
ing to Peking by way of the Trans
siberian railway say there have been
remarkable changes along this line
of travel since the beginning of the
war
| Vodka and other intoxicants us
ually for sale at every small station
are not here to be had. Almost every
hour OF the day and night trains
were encountered by Germans west
ward while other trains carrying
crowds of Austrian prisoners are
moving eastward to Siberia 4 tele-
graphic news service from the gov
lcrnment press bureau is delivered
twice day to every station along
the line.
The Austrian prisoners are allowed
great freedom. Their guards are few
I'm number and quite Indifferent as
to what the prisoners do. They
Know there is no danger in the Aus
trians escaping. They can not talk
the language and 1t would be impos-
sible for them to travel any place on
foot without discovery. No German
Iplis0pers we're seem.
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THOUSANDS MORE RECRUIT
For 1RlfISH ARMY

Manchester. NSS. 1s.@Kscruitsag
the north of Eng'an- is
proceeding slowly and the newspa-
pers Of Manchester and Liverpool are
outspoken in their discussion OF the
subject. Within the last four days
Manchester. with poulation o..
about 100000 supplied only i.oou
recruits, through total of 80 re-
depots.
Reports from Liverpool show tbs.
recruiting is even slower there. a
Boy Scout band has been parading
tine streets for days in an effor; 20
stir up the Young men but without
effect.
Football games draw large crowds.
Theatres are filled with men Of mill
tarlc age. but apparently they arc
not moved by Lord Kitchener's call
To- more men.
In discussing the situation the
Manchester News says:
THE shadow of conScript;tli with
all it's inherent evils and it's serious
industrial handicap looms over III"
country. The overwhelming war 10
likely to be prolonged. Should this
be the case. all the men that the
army advisors have asked foc will ne
needed. They are not being oo,ain-
I'd, however When Manchester eau
send only 100 a day to rcinfo,cn our
iarmy it become obvious that some
thing will have to be done to set a
better place.
Hhigher separation allowances for
lwives sld children and new grants
ito their dependents are helping to
increase the response to the coun-
try's call The reduction Of the
standard of height to five fee, three
l1nches should give q further s.imu-
| lus. If this does not meet the case
Irew iempta ions must be Offered.
iOotherwise compulsion faces Young
men vino for various reasons are
hanging back.
In ireland recruiting is slower than
in the north of England because it Is
icomplicate dwith the bitter political
strife which has subsided only par
italy rs u result OF the war. Party
Headers nave e/erted every effort to
hasten Irishi recruiting without tle
hoped for results.
Many Irish officials have explained
the slackness of recruiting in Ireland
by saying it is country of women
land old men and that the young men
|have left for countries where greater
opportunities await.
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PR0H|B!T|0NMAY
NOT HOLD IN
COLORADO

Pueblo, Colo, Nov. Ell hat the
the last general election may not be-
come effective for Two years. If at all.
Is tile claim which is now being free
ly made IA result of an investiGa-
tion into the legality of the amend
mcnt which has been made by attOr-
neys for the brewers and also for the
AntiSalOOn League. The amendment
as passed provides that the lcgislat-
ure shall arrange the penalties for
the violation of the prohibition
amendment and shall in fact fin
prohibition law for Colorado whicn
will put into effect prohibition
throughout the state. Under the In
itiative and referendum amendment.
whatever law the legislature may
make can be referred for a vote OF
the people at the general election
two years hence. say some lawyers
Under the condition all that will be
necessary in order to postpone prohi-
bition for two years, it is claimed
will be for the people who do not
want prohibition to have the law re
ferrcd to the next general election
II is said that steps have already
been taken looking to the referring
Of any law the Legislature may pass.
There are 60 members of the hous"
and - members of the senate. IN
order for bill to pass SO that it can
not be referred ii mist receive a two
thirds vote, or - votes in the house
aud - votes in the senate. A can
| vass of the men who will make ny
the house and senate is said to dis
close the fact that the prohibition
ma jority does not come anywhere
near the required two-thirds.
When the legislature passes the
prohibition law. petitions for refer
ring will be circulated, it Is claimed.
by Interests throu ehout the stat"
| which are opposed to prohibitiou. and
that there will he no difficulty in
securing sufficient signers to refer
the bill and thus render il inactivs
and OF no effect until the next gem
eral election two wears hence when.
shonId the people be so disposed. thev
can reject the amendment and thus
prevent Colorado going dry Hut the
interests which PROPOSE TO fight tn"
Droh ibitfon amendment through the
| legislature claim they are assured NJ
rostponinG prohibition for TWO Years
instead OF one year.
Competent Pueblo attorneys who
were questioned TO-DAY about the uot-
ter were unanimous in claiming that
| should the interests opposing proh'-
~. : :
under the initiativ" and referendum
amendment. they could certainly
| nostpone prohibition for two wears.
or until the next general election.
JEputjnucJ on psEy 81
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Washington. Nov. i.--Adminis-
tration officials reiterated today that
the state OF affairs in Mexico had not
changed plans for the evacuation of
Vera Cruz and that according to all
present plans Major General Fun
ston's forces would be withdrawn
on November "a.
Officials were without further ad-
vices today from Mexico aud the Veil
over the Kaleidoscope events in the
southern republic was drawn again.
Earlier reports Of a military coup
by General Blanco commanded fore
most interest among officials who re-
called that Blanco had been wa,ering
in his allegiance first toward Carran-
"a and then toward the forces of the
Aguas Calientes convention.
Reports that General Obregon was
making movement toward Calina.
Cruz to go up the west coast was re-
garded as evidence of some strategic
move against the advancing forces
OF the north.
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BLANC0 PEACE
GUARDIAN IN
MEXICO
u. 5. Troops at Vera
Cruz May be With
dravn Nou. %

Mexico City, Nov. 21.-It is
learned on the highest authority that
General Luicio Blanco will remain
in the capital to act as the agent
through whom the new government
will take over the rcins. If necessary
he viii defend the Inhabitants from
the attacks Of any of the three par
ties. but the opinion is expressed gem
orally that the adherents OF Carranza.
Zapata and Villa will treat through
General Blanco. thus making the
change 4 bloodless one.
General Villa is expected here
within a week.
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STRIKER CHARGED
WITH STATUTORY CHARGE

Renijo Padilla. striker at Stark
vile, was brought to the county Jail
last evening charged with a statu-
tory offcnse. Padilla was given a
hearing before the justice of the
peace at Starkville and Was bound
over to the district court on $500
bond and in default of bond was conf
United to remain in the county jail
until his trial comes up in court.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-21
AMBASSADOR HERRICK
IS WE'LL LIKED

Paris, Nov. 2I.-Warm apprecfa-
tion of the work of Myron T. Hecrick.
the American ambassador to l''ance
il expressed in the leading newspa-
pers here They voice the deepest
regret of the French people at bins
dprived of his services at this crlti-
cal period and declare that the de
parting Of the American din'omat
carries with him the affections of
France.