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Evening journal., 1915-08-09
FIVE Americans
ARE WOUNDED By.
mexican BANDITS
Six Outlaws Killed in Ly-
ford Clash; United States
RuSheS Troops
TEXAS IN TERROR after
RAIDS BY The BANDITS
BY The United Press.

bN ne ANiiNN AifHes
HARLlNGEN. Texas. Aug. o.-Rein. .
forcements consisting of thirty five
United States soldiers and twelve civil
ians were rushed from here early today
TO the Norias ranch. ten miles north OF
Lyford, in Cameron county. where five
Americans were reported wounded, two
Of them seriously, and six Mexican out
laws were said TO have been killed or
wounded in a battle last night between
United States troo u.s., Texas Rangers
and American ranchmen on one side and
Mexican bandits on the other. Adli-
tional reinforcoments consisting Of
Troop b. Third United States Cavalry,
are en- route from Brownsville for the
Norias ranch. Rumors say that M least
200 MeXicans were IN the attacking
party. The outlaws are said TO have
attacked the Norias ranch hove" shortly
after dark The ranchmen, fourteen in
number. defended the house until late
last night. and the surviving MeXicans
withdrew. In the M antime the sixteen
Texas Rangers had arrived and when the
/ MeXicans rcattacked about midnight
they were met with volley which dis
persed the party
! = tNtildl AIdln Mlln iNt fINNln
from this point is expected az the Nor
las ranch and the Mexicans are said
to be retreating to the south.
Messages received here say that of
the FIVE Americans injured. three
we're United States soldiers and two
were civilians.
All this section OF Texas Is in ter
ror as a result of the frequent Mexi-
can raids and many trains have been
stopped and business practically sus.
pended throughout the threatened ter.
ritory. Ranohers have been warned
that a number Of other raiding parties
are in the field and Texas Rangers
and armed civilians are being rushe,
TO the exposed points
Information received here said tha
! about $50 Mexicans were at Thre
p Wells, 45 miles north Of Brownsvill,
and that they we're moving on th
{ ranches In that vicinity.
Sheriff A. Y. Baker, Of Hidalg
county. is reported as saying tha
300 Mexicans have crossed the ri
! Grande. and are travelling over Hid
= algo county In parties Of threes an
fours. apparently making their wa
to some meeting point
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
CROWD At CAMP
ON little sunday
CottegerS Keep Open House
On First Big Day OF
Summit Services
PASTOR DENOUNCES
"HALF CHRISTIANS
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT CAMP,
Aug. 9.-Under a canopy of clear blue
skies that, with the exception of a
brief storm early in the afternoon.
smiled on the camp all day. Sunday
was fttingly observed at Brandywine
Summit Camp. Though called Little
Sunday" it proved to be the biggest
day of the camp so far. Thousands
of persons from Wilmington, Phila-
delphia, Chester and other nearby
places thronged the grove all day.
A line of automobiles and carriages
stretched the entire length of the
camp driveway and overflowed down
into the grove just east of the camp
grounds. An estimate places the
number of visitors to camp yesterday
lat nearly 1000.
All the cottages kept open house
and all had numerous visitors.
Porches overfowed and the avenues
all day were promenaded by happy
visitors who stopped at various
porches long enough to exchange
greetings.
After family prayer at o'clock in
the morning, the first service of the
day was a testimony meeting at 8
o'clock The Rev. DR.. ]. d. c. Hanna
of Philadelphia. one of the resident
preachers, conducted it, While it was
being held in the Tabernacle for the
'grown-ups." the boys and girls OF
the camp held their meetings in their
respective tents. Previous to their
meetings the little folks marched
around the woods, sixty-five strong
carrying American flags. They were
headed by Charles Cleaver, cornetist
who played Onward, Christian Sol
diers," and brighten the Corner
Where You Are" as they marched
and by the Rev ]. R. Bicking, VIII
liam Collins and Mrs. S. NJ. Keen
The girls have named themselves the
Summit Girls Brigade"
At 1870 o'clock the Rev. DR.. c. T
Wyatt of Middletown preached. He
took for his text the twentieth verse
of the third chapter of Philippians
For our county, our citizenship is ir
heaven"
Il do not take any stock in ny.
phenated Americanization, said DR.
DR.. Wyatt" and / take still less stocl
in hyphenated Christianity No mar
can enjoy the privileges Of citizenship
In the kingdom of God who is moi
willing to renounce his allegiance tC
all other beliefs"
The morning meeting was ATTENDED
by what was said by a number o.
tenters to have been the largest Sun
day morning crowd at camp for years
With the Rev ]. R. Bicking il
charge. the children's service wai
held at 1.S0 o'clock. II was ATTENDED
BY about one hundred and fifty chill
Continued on Page 81
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
italian Guns DRIVE
AUSTRIANS FROM MONTOZZO
Rv The United Press.

GENEVA. Aug. "a plunging FIRE
from Italian batteries stationed two
miles in the clouds. has forced the
Austrians 10 evacuate the whole re-
gion around Montozzo. "a miles north
west Of rent
Advancing from the Tonale Pass
region Alpine troops first captured
the pass of Montozzo and then NOV
ing swiftly forward in a night attack
/ took Montozzo Peak, capturing Aus
trian troops and guns on the summit
Italian artillery was brought up the
mountain paths and the Austrians
shelled out of their positions on the
surrounding peaks Of the Val Del
Monte region.
The Italians are making prepara-
tions TO defend themselves against an
Austrian attack down the Adige VAL
ley, which It is believed, will follow
the ending Of the Warsaw campaign.
Rock barricades are being built
across the valley south OF Rovereto
Continued on Page 2.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
shot AND SHE'LL
RIP ARMIES ON
THE BUG RIVER
Russians Attempt TO Check
Germans Advance South
of Vyskof
KAISER NOW Threatens
WARSAW -PETROCRAD ROAD
BY Tho United Press.

BERLIN. Via The Hague. Aug %
BY blasting his way through the Rus
sian defenses. with terrific gunhre.
General Won Gallwitz. with 100000
German troops, has arrived within
less than ten miles of the Important
Warsaw Petrograd railway, one Of
the two last avenues of escape for the
slavs in the Warsaw district
A violent battle has been begun az
the Bug river south of vyskof where
Won Gallwitz is attempting TO force
a crossing. The Russians are maxi
ing stand behind the fortified
bridge-head on the southern bank Of
the stream The German batteries
are covering actions both north and
south of the river crossing where
pontoons are being thrown across
the river.
Thirteen miles TO the southwest.
the army of General Heltz. after oc-
cupying Serock, is moving south
along the highway to attempt a sec
ond crossing of the Bug west OF its
junction with the Rzadza river. The
Russians apparently are not offering
serious resistance, but are falling
back on the river.
Meanwhile the Germans who crossed
the Nistula south of warsaw are press
ing closer TO the left flank of the Slavl
in the Warsaw Novo Georgievsk salient
and the Warsaw -Siedlce railway, thu
last Of the two railways by which the
Slavs may make a successful retirement
The combined operations of the thre'
armies is steadily Tightening the ring
! around the Slav forces and press dis
, patches predict the capture OF larg'
! bodies Of the enemy
4 But little news has reached Berlin il
\ the last twenty-iour hours of the sue
cess Of the German operations TO tn
a north, particularly around Riga an
4. Ko,no, whose early capture BY the Gel
y mans was expected last week. lhi
Z dealt mainly with the situation a
e kovno, where the Germans are maneu
Z vering TO a flank attack
b In the southeast General AIackensel
r continues 70 make progress, despite oc
casional Russian counter attacks.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
PROMINENT MEN ACCUSED.

Special l.. THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CLAYTON, Del, Aug 9.-This town
received a shock on Saturday when
State Detective Mccoy arrested W. R.
Keys, the well-known druggist, and
Postmaster Wright on the charge of
selling intoxicating liquor without Ii
censes. When arraigned before Mag
istrate Postles in Smyrna, they waived
a hearing and gave bail for their ap-
pearance at the Court of General Ses-
sions. Friends of both men say they
will be able to prove their innocence
if the cases ever come to trial. The
same friends say that local political
feeling and business matters are back
of the accusations against the two
men,
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
another shot At
FRIENDSHIP CAMP
Howard Hollis Gets Bullet
Through Two Legs, But
No Arrests
SCENE OF MURDERS
AND FIGHTS IN PAST
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CLAYTON, Del. Aug. AT Friend
ship colored camp. near Clayton yes
terday. Howard Hollis, colored, was
shot in both legs during a fight near
the camp ground. He was so badly
injured that he was taken to a Will
mington hospital for treatment
II was also reported that gambling
was carried on along the railroad and
evidence of the sale of liquor also
has been secured. but no arrests have
been made as yet.
Scarcely a year has passed in a
period of a dozen years that some
body has not been shot at or near
Friendship Camp. II has a list Of
murders. fights and shootings and
stabbings to its discredit, and the au-
thorities have gotten so they look for
trouble there each year.
Just who shot Hollis has not been
learned and no arrests have been
made.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
Severe STORM Sweeps
THROUGH kent COUNTY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Aug. 9.-Portions Of
Kent county we're visited by heavy
rains yesterday. accompanied by
lightning At Clayton, the steeple Of
the NJ P. Church was struck and so
badly damaged that new steeple will
be required. The Sunday school Of
the Church but a short time before
had adjourned the afternoon session.
In and around Harrington and as
far over as Denton. Md. and Con-
cord Camp the rain was severe.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
TROOPS INCREASED.

BY The Cnited Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Troops at
Brownsville have been increased by
one battalion Of the Ninth Infantry.
ordered there from Laredo. General
Funston reported to the War De-
partment today TO protect the prin-
cipal towns in the district, leaving
the cavalry free to hunt Mexican
bandits and raiders
Evening journal., 1915-08-09

In the accompanying illustration is
shown an unusual photograph taken
little over a month ago at the
Dardanelles. In it British soldiers
are seen. just after having transport
ed a big gun, throwing their coats
over IL to conceal it from the view Of
the Turks.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
Lightning RIPS Shingles
FROM Church STEEPLE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
CLAYTON. Del. Aug. "a severe
electrical. wind and rain storm swept
this section at 8 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Lightning struck the
steeple on the NJ E. Church. ripping
shingles off, but did not set fire to the
building.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
RAIDERS BURN BRIDGE.
By The United Press

by Inc united fres1'
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Aug. 9-Mex-
ican raiders burned a bridge and
raided a section house near Watkins
Saturday night. say reports received
here today. The burned bridge was
crossed by the Sunset Limited only
a short while before the fire was
discovered.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
BLACK Handlers
PRY INTOSTORES,
DEMAND $4,000
Slash Goods, Strew Matches,
In Boston Cloak and
Nelson Stores
Get LITTLE Cash: FAIL
TO BREAK Open SAFE

Men or boys posing as "Black
Handlers" who left notes demanding
that sS5.00O be paid to them tomorrow.
broke into the Boston Cloak Store. No.
i24 Market street and the store of the
Nelson Shoe Company. No. 422 Mar
ket street early this morning.
While little Of value was taken the
thieves maliciously cut clothing with
a knife. They left a "black hand"
note in the Boston Cloak Store de-
mapding that $4,000 be placed in a
paper bag and left at Fifth and Ship
ley streets tomorrow. In the Nelson
Store a note demanding that $25,000
be deposited tomorrow at Fifth and
King streets. was left Il is the opin-
ion Of the police that the vandalism
in the stores was the work OF boys.
Entrance was gained in the Nell
son Store by breaking a panel out
of a back door and It is thought that
the Boston Cloak Store was entered
through a second story window.
At Boston Cloak Store.
Upon entering the Boston Cloak
Store the thieves failed TO open the
safe. so they battered the combination
and ruined II. There was no money
| in il anyway. From the cash regis
ter they secured about FIVE dollars
in change
They visited the tailoring depart
ment OF the store. and with knives
slashed women's clothing, doing dam
age to the amount Of about 800 "a
garments that had been sold and left
for alterations.
| TF.r F.If-rrrfw- -1tr r.~ar IL /.
desk. written with pen and ink Of III,
firm:
BLACK HAND GANG.
Leave $4,000 raped In bag
at Fifth and Shipley streets or
your life Is In danger. Bring Il
tomorrow.
A clock hand also was drawn o
the bottom OF this letter. which wa
written on Boston Cloak Store sta
tionery.
Before leaving the providers lei
this note on the desk:
You ought not 10 keep your
store locked.
The writing of the notes was /
different hands. but both we're writ
ten upon the stationery of the store.
Cut Shoes With Knife.
In the Nelson Store they RUNE
several pair of fine grade children
shoes by deliberately slashing ther
beyond repair
Finding a brush used in markin
cards and a bottle of ink they wrot
a card as follows:
BLACK HAND GANG.
Put $4,000 In a bag and leave
=, II at Fifth and King. DO II 10.
= morrow morning or you will be
killed.
;, A large black hand was drawn o
= the bottom of the wrapping paper o
which the note was painted.
I They also wrote BLACK Han
T. Gang on the top of the wrappin
e counter. On a sheet OF wrapping pape
e they drew a tent and over It the in
S scription BLACK Hand Gang"
e Taking a canvas tennis shoe the
l. put it in the button machine an
Continued on Second Page.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
REMAINpER OF CROP RUINED.

EASTON, Nd. Aug. 9.-The wind,
hail and rain storm yesterday after
noon. it is feared. completely ruined
what remained of the corn and
tomato crops in this section.
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
eEExASs OCCUPY PBAGA.

BY The United ProsR
BERLIN Via Wireless, Aus. a.-occupatlou Of Prasa was
announced in The omciaI oaoe statement today
THREE O. s. SOLDIERS SHOT BY MEXICAN BANDITS.
BY The United Press.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex. Aug 9.-1hros .unltsa states SOL
ders hve hfteen Meziesus reported have
wounded in battle today on the NoFas ranch where st
night ave Mezcans Eed two Nopnded and tgo Amer
injured
Jesus esrcis, a vsH-Enova Brownsville Mexican. who
gave information authorities concerning the rader
movements died today nom received in last nish
battle
The situation is tense and Lsrs5o companies q in
saptry VIII poD ths hunt thss afternoon
Evening journal., 1915-08-09
WEATHER

Part cloudy tonight. Tues
day, fair; gentle to mOder-
ate west TO northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24

720 West Twelfth street, August 21,
girl; Desire Debacker and wife, north
of Topeka, August 13 boy; Edward
Price and wife, Ninth street and Col
den avenue, August 10, girl; Alonzo
Clemens and wife, Twenty fifth and
Adams streets, August 20, boy; James
n. Lydic and wife, r. r. No. 1, girl.
A party went fishing Sunday from
Topeka IN automobiles. No names
are to be given, but the cars used
were: An Overland, q Maxwell, a Ford
and u Grant. On the way out, the
Grant owner was subjected to much
abuse and criticism because he drove
a baby buggy The man with the
Oakland even went far to call
the Grant a $2.75 wagon. Then the
w. k. storm came up and every car
in the party, with the exception of the
Ora MT, was stalled along the road to
Topeka. Even the Ford failed to
''ramble right along" The man with
the Grant arrived in Topeka in time
for supper. No one of that party but
the driver of the baby buggy has any
thing to say about it now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24
HE INVENTS A BOMB
Topeka Boy Seeks Patent on a Death
Dealing Device.

The war in Europe is attracting the
attention of inventors the world over,
who are racing their brains in an en-
deavor to furnish new means of tor
ture and destruction. Since the out
break of hostilities, little more than
a year ago, many new death-hurling
devices have been perfected and tried
to kill several thousand men in an
hour or SO. Many Americans of in
vent:Ve turns of mind have entered
this new field of industry.
One who wants to make his mark
in this way is a 10-year-old Topeka
boy, Egbart Whitney, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Whitney, of 1874 Western
avenue. The boys parents. on their
return a few days ago from the Pa
cifjc coast, found that he had been
laboring over a proposed patent which
he believed the federal government
would be tickled to get.
So the youthful inventor gave his
father letter to mail to the United
States patent office at Washington. 1t
follows:
1.-The shell 1 am sending to get a
patent on is very useful in warfare
The part marked thin plating if it
strikes anything, and the gases go out
kills everyone within the distance of
a block. The way you get the gases
in is this: put the gases in the hollow
lead and solder it up
The letter was signed "Your Young
Inventor. Egbart Ward Whitney, 10
years old, 134 Western avenue"
A diagram of this new war missile
was also inclosed. Before sending it
to Washington Mr. Whitney eX-
amined the contents of the letter and
for obvious reasons did not mail it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24

and cooler weather for about three
days. followed by rising temperature
and some c1oudiness and probably by
showers some time during the last few
days of the week.
.'Great Lakes Region-Cool and
generally fair for several days, with
possibly light frost Wednesday morn
ing in exposed places in the Michigan
peninsula. During second half of
week temperatures will rise, with part
cloudy weather and with probably
some showers over upper lake region.
plains States and Upper Mississippi
Valley-Cool and fair weather for two
or three days, followed by rising tenn
peratures that will not be unusually
high, and probably by showers toward
end of the week. Frost will be proba-
bic Wednesday morning in 1ow1ands in
Wisconsin and in northeast Minneso-
ia.
Rocky Mountain and Plateau Re
gions-Local thunder showers We'd
nesday and Thursday, followed by fair
during the remainder of week except
over northern districts, where show
ers are probable toward the end of
the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24
STOCK VALUATION VOID
Commerce Board Sustains COnten-
tiOns Against 45 Roads.

Washington, Aug 24.-ValuatiOn
of cattle. horses and other animals in
live stock shipping contracts made by
forty-five railroads west of Chicago,
were today declared to be unjust and
unreasonable and ordered cancelled
by the interstate commerce commits
sion The commission declared the
scheduled valuations were not repre=
sentative of the average actual values
OF the animals shipped
The decision upholds complaints
brought and supported by the Ameri-
can National Live Stock association,
the railway commissions of Iowa, Col
orado and South Dakota; the Arizona
Corporation commission, the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association, the
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas,
and numerous live stock exchanges
and associations
= The decision says that the Cummins
amendment to the Interstate COM
merce law has lin effect abolished in
Interstate commerce the whole system
of released rates based on agreed
valuation as distinguished from actual
value
New rates were provided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24
BAN ON SLOT MACHINES
Attorney General Brewster Has Issued
a Ukase Against Them.

An order to clean up all slot ma
chimes in the state, that lead people to
gamble, was issued today by >. M
Brewster, attorney general. The case
which brought forth the order was
that of a gum machine that paid a
package of gum for every nickel put
in and in addition fifty cents in trade
would be given to the lucky person
who hit upon a designated number
This machine was held to be illegal
by the attorney general because it led
people to gamble with the hope of
hitting the lucky number.
Cigar machines that pay one cigar
for each nickel ana two cigars for
every fifth five-cent piece are held to
be legal because the person playing
the machine would get full value for
his money, six cigars for a quarter,
just as he would if he purchased the
cigars across the counter. The attor-
ney general felt, however, that a man
playing a gum machine would not pay
a dollar for gum if he did not think
that he could hit the lucky number
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Mrs. Lottie n. Milburn, age 54, wife
of P. F. Milburn, died Monday at her
home, 519 Tyler street. The funeral
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at the residence. Interment
in Topeka cemetery. Besides her hus-
band, Mrs. Milburn is survived by
three children-Ruth, Rosette and
Perry
Mrs. Villa Thomas. age "A. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Vaughan,
died Monday at local hospital
Friends may view the body at the
home, 1894 Lane street from 3 o clock
today until ? o'clock Wednesday. The
funeral will oe held at $3.50 o'clock
Wednesday at st. Johns A. NJ. E.
church. Interment in Mount Auburn
cemetery
Jacob r. LeVore, age "a days died
Sunday at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Emma LeVore. in Kansas City.
The body will be brought to Topeka
for interment. Funeral arrangements
will be made later.
The funeral of Miss Florence Greer
will be held at the home of her sister.
Mrs. ]. W. Gleed, 1886 College ave-
nue., at O'Clock Wednesday after
noon Interment in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-24
TOPEKANS TO SEATTLE
Several Local Bankers Will Attend
American Association Sessions.

Kansas members of the American
Bankers association, 100 strong, will
go to Seattle for the convention, Sep
TENDER to 10. They will leave Den
yer in a special train, accompanied
by the Colorado delegation, on the
evening of September 1. Several Kan
sas City, Mo, bankers will also be In
the party The train will go to Seat
tie over the lines of the Burlington
and Northern Pacific.
The special train and arrangements
for the trip are in the hands of the
transportation committee of the KAN
sas State Bankers association, which
is composed of former Governor w.
J. Bailey of Atchison: 2. w Goebel
Of Kansas city; e. E. Mullaney of
Hutchinson; Judge c. E. LobdeH OF
Great Bend, president of the state as
ISOLATION, and w. w. Bowman of To-
peka, secretary
The Kansas delegation fully intends
to back a Kansas City, Kan. banker,
Peter W. Goebel, president of the
Commercial National bank of that
city for first vice president of the
national association. GOebel IS a
prominent member and was a member
of the executive committee at one
time. He is now chairman of the
committee on federal legislation. 1t is
believed that he will have little OPP
position for that office.
Kansas bankers are also pulling for
Kansas City, Mo. as the 1916 meet
ing place of the association.
The following Topekans will go to
Seattle: Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Guild, Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Cobb, Mr..
and Mrs w. w. Bowman, w. J. Miller,
w. w Miller, P. f. Laughlin and pos
sibly few others.
1t is expected that at least 5000
to 1000 bankers will be in attend