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Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20
BLAZING TRAIN
down ] MOUNTAIN
Russian Shells work Havoc,
I :, Creating = "a Terrible Scenes !,
Of Carnage.

Moscow, Oct. 2o.-A blazing train,
running down the side Of q mountain
while hundreds Of Austrian soldiers
aboard were burning. to death. was
the terrible work Of the Russian arttl-
lery at Tchortkov, Galicia. The train
and starting new blaze that brought
death to many more, according to sto-
rtes told by refugees and Austrian
prisoners.
Stationed in a picturesque valley
near Tchortkov town, protected by
the high mountain chains Of the Car
pathians, Austrian troops were taken
peared suddenly on the heights near
the town and occupied an excellent
position from which they showered a
rain Of shells on the Austrians.
The Austrian artillery Immediately
occupied the opposite ridge of the
mountains and over the roofs Of
Tchortkov RACED an artillery duel OF
A panic ensued in Tchortkov and
environs. The railway station at, the
foot OF the mountains was instantly
thronged with q aeething mass Of hu-
mantty bent on escape.
The conflict between the Russian
and Austrian artillery Increased in in
tensity and destructiveness, and many
station. There were only two trains
standing there. Terrible scenes took
place in the carriages: The Austrian
soldters and officers seized the places
and threw out Of the carriages terri
fed women and children. Not only
all the seats In the carriages, but alsn
the corridors. luggage racks and eve!?
roofs were occupied by dense crowd
of panic-stricken Austrian soldiers.
Shell SmaSheS locomotive.
The train moved up the mountain
When it had reached considerable
height the locomotive was struck by 6
shell from the Russian artillery. The
locomotive was destroyed and the
whole train rolled back down the de.
cline. Before the second train had
time to stop. the ensineless train was
on top of 1t.
A terrible catastrophe occurred.
Both trains rolled back with increas-
ing velocity.
Suddenly a fresh shell Of the Rus
sian artillery, striking the middle ;por-
tio1 of the train, set ablaze one Of the
carriages. The fire spread with great
rapidity. In q few minutes the whole
train was a mass Of flames and, with
this sea of fire enveloping the Aus
trians, 1t continued its movement
downward toward the valley.
The burning train cut into the mul-
titudes who were at the station and
buildings. Hundreds were crushed Il
death. and human torches reddenee
the horizon.
The remnants Of the Austrian army
I dispersed in all directions: across the
mountain passes. The Russian troops
came down to the valley unmolested
and occupied Tchortkov. -! I: ';%
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I.|B|RIT0|||NS ESCAPE
N. BELGIAN GARB
a. UN u1E VvmHuv VvHUHUX
I Lancer & Tells of Perilous
Flight Through Ger
man Lines.

7 London, Oct. 20.-Here is Lance
1 Corporal Alex Foyster's story Of how
: he and Private Collins were engulfed
by the German lines at the battle OF
Mons, but managed to make their
way through:
1 During the night Of August 20 and
morning Of August % we were moved
from place. to place. finally settling
against coal mine. was standing
4 by the timber when signals were sent
J by tho machine gun officer for action.
{ and 1Don I was unpacked and the gun
! laid on the German infantry. who
i were scrapping our cavalry for all
they were worth.
& They were then 1000 yards to my
front. Soon our cavalry was forced
Ito retire. but not before they had
Their retirement was to a cMmp of
houses 500 yards to my front and as
soon as these were reached the Ger
man artillery opened deadly shrap-
mel fire. Our men did not get excited,
but simply retired In. small patches,
only the riderless horses straying out
Of the line Of retreat. They collected
The mon were as cool as cucumbers.
and one. fellow OF the Sixteenth
I;ailcers was having q shot for dear
fold Norwich, with sharpnel shells
bursting just above us.
In Hall of Sharpnel.
4, Up to this point I hadn't been able
to fre, English cavalry still being in
front. Soon orders were given for us
to advance through a hail of sharpnel
:and rihe fire..
!" Boys says the officer, we must
get to that house or our battalion Is
lost.
"God' alone knows how we got there,
but soon found myself in the center
Of the German rifle fire, and Gods
guidance must have been above me.
hadn't been firing more than a minute
when over went my officer, wounded
in the thigh. During this time Ger
mans had worked round our left flank,
/: but the orders for retirement to the
battalion were not received by me. l
smashed my gun as best I could, TAX
ling the lock with me.
Sergeant Heyhoc, Lance Corporal
Bullock and myself decided to go
through the German rife fire, but. be-
ing flanked both left and right, we
did not entertain much hope Of get
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20
HAMILTON KILLED
BY SHOT IN HEAD

London. Oct 20.-A letter received
in London today from an officer friend
of Major General Hubert Hamilton,
whose body has been brought to Eng
land, tells how the English general
met his end on the French battle
field. "He was standing with group
in a covered place." the officer writes,
when a shrapnel shell burst 100
yards away. A bullet pierced General
Hamilton's temple and he was killed
on the spot. No other member of the
group was scratched" The funeral
service, the officer adds, took place
while shells were bursting all around.
The din was SO great that tho chap
lain's voice was drowned
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20
few OPERATIONS
. ON THE. WOUNDED
Average Of Only 20 for Each
5000 Cases Treated in =.
@ Paris. ~. =:

Paris, Oct. 20.-The journal Des
Debats says that. during: the first
month after. the first arrival Of
wounded at the Viohy hospital, where
the most. important operations are
performed. the average; Of the opera
tions was 20 per- day out Of 5000
OF these 500 operations no more
among the ten were some Of single
fingers and parts :siof fingers only
TWO legs, one arm and one wrist were
all the serious amputatiOns that prov
ed necessary at this great hospital.
This Very smaalI proportion of am
putations In comparison with wound
ed by preceding wars is accounted for,
hrst. by the difference in the effects
Of modern pro5ectiies, which have not
50 much tendency to produces slivers
Of bone. The wound. Is .omre localized
and cleaner cut than formerly. In
the second place surgical science has
progressed and wounds that would
nave seemingly required the amputa-
ton of member of forty years ago
are now treated with a view to saving
It.. , ~ * ,.-s..
In connection With the treatment of
2ullet and stlarpnel. wounds the
Temps states that: experiments made
In Lyons hospita1 :have demonstrate
ed that, the Gerndan DULLES are. mag
netic and are in :nfadS uses easily ex-
tracted Blythe, appiif Sn of q power-
T 3ul maenet. si;:.os IN =: o e:::i,
In one case at It'd Dssenett4s nos
pttal at Lyonssa bulixt was extracted
from a depth ;ef :tltsBes and. a half
inches, by IN eleotfe e'masnet power
traction. would have been extremely
.dimcuit by; any other process The
magnet tis also being used. together
with photography to. locate bullets,
splintersi of shells. etc., under the
flesh, rendering immense services to
tho surgeons. - -
+: There Is less sickifess in the French
army after. two months on the battle
Eheld than In TIME ofipeace, due to the
military health service. according ;fn
Professor Edmond Delorme, medical
Inspector general .of the; army and q
member Of the Academy of Medicine.
Since the beginning Of the war he
has been. on an official mission Of In
spection Of field and other hospitals
where the French wounded have been
treated.
"He established In. the first place" "
ditions in our army are perfect. The
wounded Frenchman Is a healthy
man. Sickness is exceptional. Dur
Ing this war the number of cases of
sickness is less than In time of peace"
Complications from wounds cause
the most serious trouble. They oc-
cur with surprising frequency and
gravity. says Prot. .:Delorme. They
chiefly result in gaseous gangrene
and tetanus. Injections OF exygen-
ated water are efficacious in both cas-
es, but for. tetanus. injections and an
ti-tetanic serum are being used as a
preventative. More than six hun
dred thousand dosea OF this serum
have been turned over to the army
health service by the -Pasteur 1nsti:
BY this means it is expected that t.
lives of thousands Of wounded will be
| saved.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20
sLEvY OF, PROVISIONS.

Amsterdam, via London, Oct. 10
A dispatch. Ito the !Telegraaf from
sluis says that 5000 Germans who
have occupied Blankenberghe. Bel
giun, have demanded a war contri.
button Of hay and oats to the value OF
$4,000. The Germans have evacuat-
ed Courtrai, and numerous German
troops have hastily, left Bruges In the
direction Of the French frontier. The
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20

csttaan. tad; Roll Roofing j, guaranteed
5 years foF.l:ply, 10 years for 2-ply and
IS years for 3ply, and the written guar
antee isbackedby the assets Of ourbig mills.
In addition to above we also make
>eopRlsts line Of other roo6ngs. building
.papefaye &C.. :. ~~~ .,.sm .s'f..-A "a:
Askyour slocal dealer. ,Hewill be glad TO:
give .yon further information about o.r
goods and will quoteyou reasonable prices.
: General Roofing Mfg. Co.
Hossd's lGrpsst moHuNsctsreys Of Roqfsg d~d
Budding fhpers. -.
Plymouth Bldg, MinnsApolis, MINI.
TsIsphesss Nieollst 4lSes Center 34o2
ss~!:tas! 1sse 9,s.s. E.,is.,sa xaa.4.spsis-
Kaasss oa1 Itsssa:.t saa!tsAst.se' sssss's
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20
<ertQin-teed
Quality
Certified.
20
Roofing

The Feasonable price is the result Of our
large production, modem and scientific
manufacturing methods and unexcelled
shipping facilities. Each Of our enormous
mills-the biggest in the world-isa a COM
plete producing unit in itself, where we
make our entire line Of goods from the
Eaw materials into the finished product.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-20
correspondent adds that 1t is, riirnor-
ed that the Germans are fetreattng in
West Flanders..,s ~. .5,5t,s.%
ToRPEDO'E BbAr DESTROYED.

Toxic, Oct. 20.-Announcemssnt Is
made that the, German torpedo boat
$780," which; escaped. from Using Tau,
has been found aground and destroy.
ed by the Japanese at . point. sixty
miles south Kiau Chau Bay. -,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
to his own daily tasks.

I to his own daily tasks.
In the spring time the things to
think of are blowing and sowing the
crop. In the summer time harvest
ing is kept In mind. This is a very
busy time but is also enjoyable.
Some farmers draw the hay into the
barn by large hay fork. 1t is very
exciting to see 1t drop. When the
COWS come into the barn at night
they breathe the air filed with the
fragrance of the new hay. When the
harvesters return from the field at
night, warm and tired, a nice cool
drink from the we'll is very refresh
ing.
These things that have written
are some of the many reasons why [
like the country or farm and they are
some of the great advantages coun-
try life has over city life. In the
city one does not see SO many green
trees, such vast meadows ST. etching
in pensive quietness all around, nor
are we brought into communion with
the fresh air and Mother Nature. In
the city there are many attractions
and splendors but give me the coun-
try with the cool, quiet nights and
the bright, sunny days.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
How to Buy Dependable Tools.

No man can afford to put a limit
on quality when buying tools. Good
tools make for better work, quicker
work, saving of labor, time and
money.
Since tools have been stamped with
the famous Keen Kutter trade mark.
the farmer and householder have been
able to buy with the positive assur-
ance that the quality was top notch
and the price reasonable.
There's a Keen Kutter tool for
every conceivable use around the
farm and home. Keen Kutter quality
starts at the raw material and runs
through the whole process of making
and finishing. Keen Kutter steel is
tempered to meet the requirements
for which each particular tool is
made; handles are fashioned from
straight grained lumber to insure
maximum strength and the edges are
razor-like.
Keen Kutter tools are put together
to ensure easy "hang''-to make the
tool work with the man, making the
work lighter and easier. These tools
are sold in every city, town, village
and crossroad throughout the United
States and can always be identified
by the Keen Kutter trade mark of the
split log and axe.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
WHY | LIKE THE FARM.
Vera Hartough.

Vera Hartough. Age Ii.
Farm life is the dearest and great
est wish in life. When we first get
up in the morning, we glance at the
outer world and our souls are nlled
with sunshine. We see what dear
Mother Nature has given US. The
birds are singing SO cheerfully in the
trees and chattering back and forth.
The air is filled with the fragrance OF
flowers and the bees are so busily at
work that a person feels like going
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15

cities to have like institutions are
Atlanta, st. Louis, and Savannah.
The secretary announced that the pro-
ducts of this section, such as lumber,
salmon, fruit and grain, would be
exploited by the headquarters and &C.
curate data compiled on the COM
mercial and native products of the
Northwest. Elk.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
OUR LETTER BOX.

Arletta, Wn., Feb. Is, 1914.
Dear Miss Wye and Children:
l am going to tell you why l like
the farm. In the summer the odors
OF the flowers and trees smell SO good,
and the Strawberries are so big and
red and juicy. l live where we raise
acres of strawberries. We have two
COWS so [ have all the milk I want.
have horse which ride and drive.
| have a gun and an AirdaIe dog SO |
sometimes go hunting. Sometimes
go to- town but l am always glad to
get home again. l have three rabbits
and | have garden in which l raise
feed for them. So you see it is fine
to live on farm.
Yours truly,
CHESTER GREETHAM.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
ARVA JOHNSON.

William G. Redfield. secretary of
commerce in President Wilson's cab
met, announced last week that a
branch of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce would be estab-
lished in Seattle. The only other
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
box at school this year. [ will write
again next month.
From,
DOROTHY DICKEN.
Adams. Oregon.

Adams, Oregon.
Dear Editor:
l have been reading letters from
little folks in your paper and like
them fine. l am little boy 10. years
old. | live on a farm. l have two
brothers and one sister. [ have two
COWS that milk. My father has II
mules and one horse. This is my
first letter writing.
From your friend,
BENNE f. SIMONTON.
Montesano, Wash.
Dear Miss Wye:
| live in little town but have a
big school to go to. have no broth
ers or sisters. l am nine years old.
| am in the fourth grade. L am
raising some chickens to sell so that
can buy a piano. | have a little
kitty and its name is 'Tommy. )"
This is the first time l have ever
written for the Children's Page, so
| hope to see my letter in print.
Yours truly,
ARVA JOHNSON.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
GbiIdren'$ PAGE
Address all communications for this
page to MARGARET WYE, care
of The Ranch, Kent, Wash.
APRIL RAIN.

1t isn't raining rain to me,
It's raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop see
Wild flowers on the hill.
The clouds of gray engulf the day
And overcast the town
1t isn't raining rain to me,
Its raining roses down.
1t ism t raining rain to me,
But fields of clover bloom,
Where any buccaneering bee
May find a bed and room.
A health unto the happy,
A fig for him who frets-
1t ISM raining rain to me,
Its raining violets.
Robert Loveman.
Isn't that CHEEKY little poem chill
dren? Just read it again and see ii
it doesn' It make you love to see and
hear the April rain more than you
ever did.
Here is our March Roll: Selma
Moe, Dimple Hollingsworth, Nettie
Chilvers, Helen Bjornstrom, Lavita
Fowler, Vereta Fowler, Clara Louise
Peterson. Dorothy Dicken, Ethel
jain. Chester Greetham, Myrtle
Johnson.
Our March Roll is just little
shorter than the February one. Re
member you may compete for the
monthly prize; you may send short
story, an interesting little letter or
something in rhyme or verse, but
whatever you send must be your own.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15
Elk, Wash.

Dear Miss Wye:
am not yet we'll enough to go to
school but my sisters and brothers
are expecting to get a half day off
today. because they have over one
hundred points in their "Home
Credits" this month. When any of
the children get half day off, they
usually visit with some of their
friends. A couple of children are
going to come home with my sisters
this afternoon. They had valentine
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-15

CHESIER GREEIHAM
Elk, Wash.
Dear Miss Wye:
l am going to try to win prize in
the monthly contest. This is the
first time I have ever written but
enjoy the Children's Page in The
Ranch so much that l thought l
would try to win a prize. | cannot
write very long letter this time be-
cause l am going to write story and
l hope it will not be thrown in the
waste basket.
Yours truly,
DAISY DICKEN.
Philomath, Oregon.
Dear Miss Wye:
/ am reading the children's page
and like it very much indeed. l am
in the third grade. am eight years
old. have one sister and two
brothers. l see many interesting
things in The Ranch. l think The
Ranch is very nice paper.
From your truly friend,
LUCY MCINTOSH.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-18

then why none of the newspapers
makes a fight to prevent the coun-
Gil from permitting the tunnel COM
pany to sell the automatic phone
plant to the trust, so that it can be
thrown on the junk pile.
Of course, there's much news in
the newspapers that has no bearing
on advertising. It is always safe to
print stories of murder and crime.
It never hurts business office receipts
to print first-page stories about raids
on the red-ight women-they don't
advertise in newspapers. ,.
1t is safe to 90 after salOOn-keepers,
gamblers and gunmen-they don't
r advertise, And war news is always
perfectly safe. Law and order news
is great.
But it isn't safe to print the news
about the low wages of clerks in de-
partment stores. It wasn't safe for
advertising newspapers to print the
big news of the report of the Chicago
Vice Commission. It wasn't safe for
a newspaper to print the news about
or make a fight against the railroad
ing of an ordinance through the
COUNCIL granting valuable rights to
the Marshall Field store under the
public streets.
It wasn't safe to make fight for
a minimum wage law for the women
of Illinois because that would hit
the department stores.
I am not blaming individual pub
fishers for this situation. They are
but part of a vicious system that has
grown up around them, and they
have grown up with it. The people
didn't know. They didn't under
stand.
Now they begin to understand.
More and more of them are reading
their newspapers inteligently. FL
naIly, the readers will help make free
men of the newspaper slaves by re-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-18

may De MADE IN anOCner way. IL
may be made by using the neWspa-
per's influence to help somebody
make money out of some other
scheme. I
FORMER BECKER ASSOCIATES
TO TAKE STAND IN CASE.
New York, May 1s.-Three close
associates of Charles Becker in the
days when, as police lieutenant in
charge of the "strOng-arm squad" he
ruled the underworld of New York,
are scheduled to clinch the case of the
state against Becker for procuring
the murder of Gambler Herman Ro-
seminal They are Charles B. Pitt,
Jr., once Becker's press agent; James
B. White and Charles G. Steinert, who
were his right-hand men on the
"strong-arm squad" These men will
be reluctant witnesses against Becker
and have been subpoenaed by the
prosecution.
District Attorney Whitman expects
these men to prove that Becker was
in the immediate neighborhood on
the night Jack Rose, Bridge" Web
Der and Harry Vallon, the three in
formers, have sworn Becker met
them at a vacant lot in Harlem to
hold the murder conference where
Rosenthal's fate was sealed.
Pitt is expected to reveal details of
the way in which, while he ruled the
gamblers, Becker cOntriVed to amass
more than $4,000 a year by graft
while his salary was a bare $4,000.
-O-O
At a wedding in Granite City, Mo-,
the bride danced with each one of the
$50 guests. The dance lasted from
Saturday to Monday and the bride.
was compelled to retire twice for a
short rest.
When a man has nothing to say he
is called upon to make a speech
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-18

they can't be free to print the truth
until they are free and independent
financially.
If newspaper is run for years and
years at a loss there is some reason
for keeping it going. The money
may be made in another way. It
may be made by using the neWspa-
per's influence to help somebody
make money out of some other
scheme. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-12
WAR STIMULATES
DEPOSITS IN POSTAL
SAYINGS BANK HERE
Accounts Opened
Since Last July, Against
S89 for Same Period Last
Year, Records Show.

Tho business Of the postal savings de-
partment of the Philadelphia postofhce
has increased greatly since the breaking
out Of war in Europe. From the day
hostihtics opened the postal savings re-
ceipts began to grow and Withdrawals
fell off. From July Of this year to the
present date the deposits amounted TO
SilS, iOi and the number of new accounts
i1t4. as compared with SlliiS6 on de-
poslt and $50 new account for the same
period last year.
These gains however are not confined
to the period since the war broke out
Figures just compiled by the postal saw
ings authorities show a decided gain in
this branch for the entire quarter ending
September 30 over the same of last year
The balance on deposit at the end OF that
quarter this year was Sl65OOi3 showing
an increase of 1869, 745 over the same per-
iod last year. In the same time this
year there we're 1S41 new accounts opened
showing an increase of 39j over the same
time of last year.
Thousands of people, largely OF foreign
birth, accustomed TO send their savings
abroad, are now patrons of the new postal
BaNlnBS, substantial SUMS OF CdSn nave
been released for commercial purposes.
Throughout the United states the in-
crease has been steady on July there
was approximately si3.0OO0OO in postal
savings standing to the credit OF about
3SS. 900 depositors. Since then more than
$40, 900, 900 in deposits have been added and
| the number of depositors has Increased
| enormously. The net gain in the last
months is larger for the entire gain for
| the fiscal year of 1914 The increases are
| confined to no special localities.
| Depositors Of the postal-Savings Sys-
| tenn may apply at any time prior to De-
| cember 1 and June ] to exchange the
| whole or part of their deposits for United
| States registered or coupon bonds in de-
| nominations OF 500, 800 and $500.
Such bonds will be dated January l or
July /, of each year. and will bear in-
terest at the rate of 2la per cent. per
| annum payable scml-annually.
They will be redeemable at the pleasure
| of the United States after one year from
the date OF issue. and payable 20 years
from the date, both principal and interest
| being payable in United States gold coin.
Postal Savings bonds are exempt from
| all taxes or duties of the United states
as we'll as from taxation in any form
by or under State, municipal, or local
| authority