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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10

our fire An enemy attack today on
the eastern slope OF the same mis-
failed The last group OF houses in
The villages OF Melville was left In
Lossession Of the enemy during the
night.
I'm the district to the east OF He
buternc a battle again is raging after
an unsuccessful attack Of the French
In the early morning hours.
AN enemy attack In the forest OF
lie Pretre was REFUSED with sangui-
nary losses Fighting continues for a
small part Of the outer trenches
Eastern theater of war: The east
ern bank Of the River Windau at ku-
byli northeast Of KuTachany has
been captured by us.
"Our attacking troops are approach
ing the town of Shawl Gin koVnoJ
from the southwest
"On the Duhysa, the cnemys north
ern wing has been driven back in q
southwesterly direction. BY an enelr-
cling attack orr foremost line has
reached the highway OF Betlgol-All-
glice.
"south of the Niemen river the
Russians fetreated in the direction
Of Kovno after stubborn fighting at
Dembowaruda and Kozlszki. Three
hundred prisoners and 200 machine
guns were captured. During the pur-
suit which followed we gained the for
titled positions facing Kovno on the
high road between Marampol and
KOvno.
In the southeastern theatcr East
Of Przemysl the situation remains un-
changed. 70 the northeast Of Iu-
rawna troops under General Linsingen
brought the Russian e0untef-attack 90
standstill. Further to the south
fighting Is in progress for possession
Of the hills 10 the east Of Kalusz and
west OF Jezuwol
"Stanislau already Is In our posses
sion. we taking $500 prisoners and
capturing thirteen machine guns"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
Poisoned Crew out Again.

Gales Ferry, Conn, June All of
the twenty-three members of the Yale
rowing company stricken by ptomaine
poisoning last night are out of dan
ger. although unable to row today. OF
the number, seventeen were oarsmen,
two were cooks and the others were
Frank Holmes boatrigger, and his as
sistants. OF the oarsmen, Captain
Sturtevant. Morse, sheldon, McLane
and Wiman are members of the first
varsity crew.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10

the president IN employing these rem
edies, H. In the future, he finds II
consistent with his sense of duty to
favor them"
Secretary Bryan gaid In giving ont
his statement that while II mentioned
only two particulars Of difference he
reserved any others for presentation
In the future.
The Issuance Of the explanation had
been timed 10 coincide exactly with
The dispatch Of the American note to
Germany
Mr. Bryan left the state department
shortly after ! o'clock. The note was
put on the telegraph wires NJ o'clock
WHOM Mr.. Rryana resignation went
into effect
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
ANOTHER CNLICINN CITY
CAtrt RED ny TEuTONs

Berlin. June 9 tvia London, $3.50
=. m.)-The Gallcian town of Stanis-
Ian has been captured by the Aus
TRANS according 80 the official state
ment issued by the German army
headquarters today. Stanislau Is sew
enty five miles southeast OF Lemberg.
the Galician capital
The statement follows.
In the western theater Enemy
forces commencing an attack yester-
day afternoon on the eastern slope Of
the Lorette hills were driven off by
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
LANSING NAMED
TEMPORARILY To
SUCCEED BRYAN
President May Delay Selection
Of Secretary of State for
Quite a Time, Notwith-
standing Law

Washington, June 9.--No decision
has been reached by President Wilson
as to the choice of a successor to
William Jennings Bryan as secretary
of state He probably will not make
selection for several weeks
In well informed quarters the be-
lief was expressed that Robert Ian
sing, counsellor OF the department of
state, who was commissioned today
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
VILLA PREPARES REPLY
TO PRESIDENTS LETTER

lei Pasp, Tex, June 9.-General
Villa was in conference today with his
cabinet formulating a reply to Presi-
dent Wilson's recent note, according
to unofficial adVices received here.
The consultation was being held at
Aguas Calientes. Officials here were
without advices as to when Villas re-
ply would be ready for transmission.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10

Totals ...50.3A2 t53.9S0 53.747
The LOSSES IN the naval division are
not included IN This list.
Mr. Asqulths statement OF losses
was for The continental and Medlter-
ranean forces Of the empire. lie
promised Go give the losses In the MT
val division luter Neither did the
lst OF today include the forces Of
Great Britain engaged ia the various
smaller wars In Africa and the near
east.
Four months ago or after six
months of fighting Il was announced
officially that Great Britain had lost
100000 men IN Killed, wounded and
missing, The figures made public to-
day show that the losses in the last
four months of the war amounted to
$4,000. or so 600 more than In the
first six months. The increasing
losses MY be accounted for by the
heavy fighting of the spring and the
fact that the British army now on the
continent Is much larger than earlier
In the war
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
Our Extras

This half-milIion dollars we
add to our tire cost means
better tires than ever. 1t goes
largely into extra rubber.
Then remember this: Good
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10

Only few left OF the books. Songs
That Never Grow Old" See them at
the Journal office.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
Goodyear Passes Goodyear
$5OO,0OO Better

other features found in but
few tires.
If we omitted those extras,
our probable output this year
would cost US ST, $685. 900 less.
We could make that much
extra profit.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
TOTAL BRITISH
CASUAL TYLIST ON
LAND IS 25S,O69
More Than $4,000 Officers
and Men Have Perished on
Fields of Battle Since Com
mencement of War
10, aosalaa louaaAl spseal l,.sso wlssl

taF noEniHa JOURNAL special LGhsub wisEl
London, June a.--Divided into cate-
goriea Of killed, wounded and missing
officers and men. the list Of casual
ties given out BY Premier Asuuith to-
day shows q total loss Of 2bS 0G9 tab
uated as follows.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-10
What of You?

Goodyear rules Tiredom
because of those extras. 1t
outsells any other tire. 1t is
today outselling our output.
These features are hidden.
Tires that lack them look about
like Goodyears. But they don't
wear like Goodyears. If they
did, we would omit them too,
and save that S1,635,000.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04

'"Then some of the first citizens who
had been interested in getting up his
reception, when the fact that he was
penniless and had passed into old age
became notorious, offered to get up
donation affair for him. have always
believed they did it to humiliate him.
Sandy declined their offer, saying that
he had many friends who would not
see him suffer. And he had and has
now. When he wants meal there are
a thousand people ready to give it to
him. He has a room IN a house he
built for a poor family, and those he
befriended are constantly clamoring
for him to eat with them.
Nevertheless Sandy O'Neill Is a
wreck"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04

careful problem of the M
public rail-
encountered with lot Of
there have soced railroad whose have figured
believe railroads
of the country largely owned by few rich AS matter of fact
billion dollars American railroad securities than
the other is the hands of
modest savings of lifetime these securities order that they might
securities is depressed DESTROYED the hardship
good bad who have figured prominently railroad circles
life and
the sOndne Of these bonds called into question the financial di Of
myriad welfare millions policy
holders deposos the
millions deprecated
Their efficiency smallest
In the
goods the toll beQueathed them"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04

Prof. H. D. Fetzer, Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, arrived this week
to solicit pupils for the B. c l.,
of which he will be principal.
He was born in Alsace-Loraine,
Germany.
The colored Presbyterians are
going to rebuild their church at
Burdick. Their last house of
worship was burned down sever
al years ago.
Gilbert Abner and wife motor
ed co New Market, Sunday, 10
visit their parents.
The Cumberland Telephone
Company is making general re-
pairs on the Greensburg line.
Stock hogs are very scarce in
this section.
Mr.. |. K. Miller has lost sever
al fine shoats form some farm, Of
disease
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04
This is the ''Thornhill'' Wagon
the Wagon that Must Make Good

The best known materials-the labor
of master workmen-the aid of the most
ingenious modern machinery have been
employed to make the Thornhill wagon.
The wheels are made with excessive
care. For the spokes the manufacturers
use the finest hickory-machine driven
to insure the right dish. The hubs are
of oak, thoroughly seasoned and banded
with double refined sable iron.
, The holsters are Of the best white oak.
They have an iron plate at top and bot
tom, riveted through and through-mul-
tiplying their strength.
The "Thornf;ll" has r.allesble front
hound plate that IS braced e tie hounds
at all t~ints This IS an exclusive
FThornhill' feature. It prevents the
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04
Trap For Quotation Experts.

If any one wants a catch question to
spring on a gathering of self confessed
literary sharps let him ask whence
comes the quotation, zone touch OF
nature makes the whole world kin"
This is one of the six best sellers In
the world of quotations, yet not one
person in hundred knows where 1t
comes from. 1t is. comparatively easy
to guess the author, but almost t'pos-
sible to find a person who can name
the work.
One could build any number OF par
lor games around zone touch of nature
makes the whole world kin" Try IT.
Spokane Spokesman-Review
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04
POISONOUS SNAKES.
They Are Absolutely Proof Against
Their Own or Other Venom.

Their Own or Other Venom.
Snake venom is a transparent fluid.
yellowish In color and Of about the
consistency of human saliva. When
dried it takes the form Of f1aky yellow
crystals: In this shape or dissolved In
alcohol or glycerin it will remain IN
altered and will preserve its poisonous
properties for an indefinite period. No
satisfactory chemical analysis has ever
been made of it, but 1t seems to be
very complex albuminous compound
A curious discovery recently made Is
that the blood of venomous serpents Is
itself poisonous, containing as it does
the prir 2iples that are concentrated In
the secretion Of the venom glands.
Venomous snakes are themselves abb
solutely venom proof Rattlesnakes
dosed by injection with large quand-
ties of their own or other venom have
shown not the slightest Ill effects. An
other remarkable fact is that serpent
venom is harmless to human beings or
| other animals If taken internally. The
| late DR.. S. Weir Mitchell found that
one-fourth of a drop of rattlesnake
poison would kill a pigeon if given by
| hypodermic injection, but pigeon fed
with six drops a day for three success
sive days suffered not at all in conse-
quence.
Professor Mangili, a pioneer investi-
gator in this line, had an assistant
who boldly swallowed all the venom
that could be extracted from four large
vipers No bad effects followed. The
same negative result was noted by
Professor Baird, at tia time secretary
of the Smithsonian institution, who ate
the venom glands of a rattlesnake. AS
recently ascertained, serpent venom III
such circumstances is harmless. be
cause it cannot pass through the mu
cous membrane that lines the stomach
and it undergoes changes during di
, gestion that allow it to-enter the blood
as an innocuous substance. = Every
Week.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04

ent automobiles on the Columbia
and Campbellsville pike last
Sunday.
Mr.. Fulton Campbell, Meadow
Creek, is one of the most enter
prising farmers we have in our
county. He has nine acres of
sweet clover, some Of it twelve
feet in length. He also reports
Soudan grass eight feet in
height. He has quite number
of catalpa trees which have a
good growth. No community
knows the worth of such a farm
er.
Mr.. Sam Johnson, who was op-
Grated upon for appendicitis,
some time ago, is regaining his
strength slowly. He had mar
row escape from death, and ev-
cry one is surprised a: his recov-
cry.
We have the most fiattering
outlook for corn that the county
ever had. All fields are good
with the exception of lowlands.
The fields that were not fertil.
lied are equally as good as those
that were.
The bi-countv institute Of
Green and Taylor has been If
session at the Baptist Academy,
this week. Prof. T. ]. Coats is in
structor He Is a thorough go
ing school worker, and is doint
a great deal to increase educa
tional interest throughout tn
, State. The attendance of teach
ers is good. The restriction
placed upon the teachers by tn
superintendents compel them {
, attend.
The farmers are nearly throug
making hay, and there is a
abundant crop. Wheat and oat
; have been threshed in a very ba
, condition. Wheat is bringing
dollar per bushel, but yer
: small amount is marketable O
8 account of being wet and inferio
e grade.
: The tobacco prospects are yer
good, but it has not been yer
: well cultivated.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04

gears from ever getting out of line and
causing hard pulling.
"Thornhill" wagons are equipped with
long sleeve malleable - non-breakables
skeins that insure light running, and oft
last any other skein. Each sksin IS
fitted to its axle with a Defiance ma
chine-infallibly accurate. This mae ne
insures the right pitch and tuck, r-c!.es
light draft a certainty.
The axles are of toughest Mickey
the steel axles of the best refined steal
The sides of "ThornhilI" beds are
made Of poplar. 1t costs the makers
more-but it holds paint better and e. $
better service. :;
Come in and see this wagon-sV.d
under binding guarantee.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04
Hatcher.

Within the last week two per-
sons have been adjudged insane
in this county and sent to Lake
land. The unfortunates are Ben
Mills, Merrimae, and Tandy
Brockman, Palestine. This is
the third time that Mr.. Brock
man has been sent.
Rev. A. r. Miller, Eldorado,
Oklahoma, and Junius Miller,
huntington, West Va, are Wis
iting their father and other rel
atives at this place. Rev. Miller
is teaching and preaching where
he has been for several years.
Junius holds lucrative position
as bo0kkeeper. They are broth
ers of Rev. Sam Miller, Lou S.
vile. This community is proud
of the record of these young men.
The temperance forces are
well organized in this county.
Twelve ministers of the gospel
made lectures Friday night to ap-
preciative audiences. Quite a
number of other speakers are in
the field, and enthusiasm seems
to be running high. No politics
is mentioned Dy any OF the
speakers, but they present the
question in way that the NOR
al effects will necessarily be foI
the betterment of every one.
Prof. ]. H. Sanders, Shep-
herdSville, Is visiting relatives
and friends in this county. HI
is principal of the Graded SchOo
and receives a salary of $125
month.
Little Miss Frances Penn
Miller, of Louisville, is with he
grandfather. James D. Miller
this place.
Revs. Grundy, Piper Shank
and Richardson are conducting
series of meetings at Liberty
They are having large congrega
tions, but to date, no addition
to the church. They will clos
the meeting Sunday, and com
mence one at Shiloh.
There were twenty-five differ
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04
For a Sprained Ankle.

If you will get bottle of Chamber
lain's Liniment and observe the d.
rections given Herewith faithfully,
you will recover in much less time
than is usually required. Obtainable
at PAUL Drug Co. Al
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-08-04
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
VIIl.-C. E. Schaff
On Railway Investments

President Wilson, recently referring to railroad
problems said in part: They indispensable to
whole economic life and railway securities at
very heart investments large and small public
and private by individuals and by institutions.
There is other interest central to the business well
fare of the country this No doubt in the light of the
day with its understandings, the problem of the
railroads will also be met and dealt with in spirit of
candor and justice"
When the citizen of the land stresses the import
of understanding and dealing justly with the rail-
roads, certainly the American plowman venture upon
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-14

William to Mr.. Knoch in March, 1915
for 1926 per acre, and now he (Mr.
Williams) buys it back at a SIS per
acre advance, believing ii to be an
excellent investment, as he expects to
sell this land for $50 per acre with
in the next two years.
Langford-Agnes Holt. 10 years
old, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
gust Holt, residing seven miles east
of L%angford, was seriously wounded
by her 12-year-old brother when the
latter fired a shotgun, the charge
striking the girl and infiicting serious
and possibly fatal wounds. Thirty of
the shot struck her. one penetrating
the left lung and lodging in the back
bone. The little girl was lying down
i'm the grass and her brother did not
see her. The lad secured possession
of the shotgun without the knowl-
edge of his parents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-14
FROLICS
Bolt Alighted ON Rankin's Head,
Shaved Half OF IL, Then
Took His Whiskers.

Rapid City, Aug. 14.-"What are
you people all doing here?" These
were the first words uttered by James
Rankin, a farmer living some miles
from Rapid City, when he regained
consciousness today, after having
been unconscious for a period of
three days as the result of being
struck by lightning.
Rankin was operating a binder in a
wheat field during the approach of a
thunder storm, and that is all he re-
members until he r%egained conscious
ness today.
The bolt of lightning cut all sorts
of capers with him. Hitting the hat
he vas wearing. it cut it in twain as
neatly as though it had been divided
with a pair of shears. Then the bolt
burned off half the hair on one side
of his head, n of his eyebrows and
half his moustache and whiskers.
Continuing, it burned a streak down
his body and legs. finally connecting
with the iron seat on the binder.
where it grounded. Rankin was
Knocked from the binder and picked
up for dead.
He now apparently is hone the
worse for having been struck by
lightning.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-14
CHAPTER OF MISHAPS
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED
IN AND AROUND WEBSTER
THIS WEEK.

Webster, Aug. 14.-Frank Kampa,
a 14-year-old boy residing in Gren-
Vile township, was kicked by a horse
and suffered injuries which caused
his death three hours later. He went
into a pasture for the horse when the
animal kicked him in the head, frac-
turing his skull.
There were several other accidents
in this region this week. Joseph A.
Karr of Rusk township had his arm
caught in the fly wheel of the engine
TO his threshing wheel. He was
thrown about twenty feet by the en-
counter with the engine, and the arm
was nearly torn from the shoulder,
the bones broken and a large artery
severed. Physicians hope to save his
life and avoid amputating the arm.
While riding a bicycle near Web
ster the 1~2-year-old son of Fred
Schmidt was attacked by a dog and
seriously bitten. The dog seized the
boy by the hip and then bit him on
the shoulder, infiicting five wounds
altogether. which penetrated the flesh
60 the bone. The boy is being treat
ed at a hospital and will recover
Dan Esget of Lily was working IN
some machinery when he dropped a
hammer which struck a small file in
such a way that il flew upward, strik-
ing him in the eye and rupturing the
eyeball.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-14

side where the cutting blade was.
with the result stated.
Tyndall-Edward j. Masourek, age
rs, a farmer living near here, was
killed as he was crossing the Milwau-
kee track here. He was so badly
crushed that he lived only two hours.
Mitchell-To Albert Lester. 1919
East Second avenue, belongs the cred
1t OF being the first in this vicinity. If
NOT In the state, to raise apricots.
Eight years ago Mr.. Lester secured
the seed from Illinois, and this spring
his twenty trees were bearing bios
m The fruit Is now ripening, and
soon the Lester family will be enjoy
ing home grown apricots picked from
their back yard.
Lake Andes - While returning
from a fishing trip the gasoline tank
OF a railway speeder on which Section
Foreman Hess of the Milwaukee rail
way, and his wife and others were
riding, exploded and Mrs. Hess was
blown bodily from the speeder. When
the car was stopped it was directly
over her and had to be lifted from
tho track in order to release here.
She suffered serious injuries, while
other members OF the party were
bruised and cut.
Montrose-An unimproved 40
acre farm, four miles north of Mont
rose in McCook county. has just been
sold by Harm O. Knoch of Davis to
F. q. Williams Of Montrose. This
same piece OF land was sold by Mr..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-14
STATE NEWS.

Deadwood-One of the worst
washouts in the history of the Black
Hills line of the Burlington occurred
just south of Custer. sixty miles be-
low here, when a third of a mile of
track and roadbed went out following
three successive cloudbursts Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. Trains
both ways have been stalled since
Tuesday.
Clear Lake - The 10-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fit
ting. living on a farm near here, had
p Of her feet nearly cut off by a
mower Her brother was driving the
horses attached to the mower and she
went out to him for the purpose of
giving him q drink. Instead OF going
to him on the proper side Of the ma
chine, she approached him from the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-14
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily.
Leader Files

Miss Laura Fuller went to Villas on
the evening train.
The town has been billed today for
Lemen's circus which shows here
September 8.
New wheat begins to move. One
carload came east today from Ar
t~esian, two carloads from Howard
and six were sent out from Elan
dreau.
Train Dispatcher III. r.. Wood and
assistant. J. Z. Hickey, have control
of the wires at the depot today and
John Moore started for Lacrosse. Mr..
Wood says there will soon be a
change in time table and an aban-
donment of mixed trains, which will
be very agreeable to the travelling
public.
Six local wheel sprinters took a
squirt to Wentworth and back-a dis
lance of Is miles round trip-last
evening. Martin Johnson was handi-
capped 8 minutes as against Harry
Hunt and 6 mines as against the 9TH
ers--Wm. Rae. Ivan Hubbell, Bert
Holdridge and Frank Smith. The
riding was fast and furious, Rae COM
ing in ahead in 56:57, with the 9TH
ers close behind, except Smith who
bust" his wheel in a rut two or three
miles from Wentworth. Johnson,
however, made best time, 55:35.
Some of the boys were pretty badly
spawned and ringboned when they
returned and have needed consider
able rubbing down to keep them linn
Der since.