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The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Prayers for Horses.

Marcus Horton, author of the re- gently published novel, Bred of the Desert'-the story of horse and his oWner-has approached in fiction what the Russians have done in fact He recognizes the great service of the horse to man in peace and makes one of his characters repeat an imaginary prayer of the horse to his master. The Russians have put into their war lit- urgy the following petition for horses: And for those also. o Lord the humble beasts, who. with us, bear the burden and heat of the day, ans offer their guiltless lives for the well-being of their countries, we supplicate thy great tenderness of heart. For thou hast promised to save both man and beast, and great is thy loving kind ness. Lord have mercy,"
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
FAMED AS REF0RMER
WOMAN HAS DONE SPLENDID
 WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Twenty Years of Active Labor Crowned With Magnificent Result Systematic Efforts Have En-
 abIed Her to Do Wonders.

In San F'rancisco's Chinatown Miss Donaldina Cameron is honored with two unusual names. Anon the Chi nese highbinders she is known as the "Female White Devil" among the girls of her rescue mission she IS called the Little Mother Miss Cam eron has been doing rescue work among -he Chinese of California for nearly twenty years, and during that time has rescued 800 girls ranging in age from little tots given away or sold as slaves by their parents or natural guardians to grown girls who had fallen into the clutches of high binders.
 She has gone at midnight into the farthest corners of the rookeries that were the Chinatown of old San Fran cisco. She has chopped down doors. craWled on her hands and knees along secret passages. and in several in- stances rescued at the point of the pistol the miserable slave girl who had appealed to her.
 In her rescue work Miss Cameron does not go after the girls who are content to live such lives. but to those who appeal to her or who she learns wish to get away from it. She has taken more than one girl as they were passing along the streets and forced the Chinese "owner" to go to court. On several occasions she has been followed and threatened by mobs of Chinese and their friends.
 Of Scotch parentage, Miss Cameron was born in New Zealand. She came to America as a young girl and for twenty years has been employed by the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church for rescue work among the Chinese of San Francisco. She is paid only $50 a month, and in- sists that she thinks 1t quite enough.
 Once she gets a girl she does not try to Amerieanize her or keep her away from reputable people of her own nationality. On the contrary, the girls study Chinese books along with English and are encouraged to hold to their own religion.
 Since Miss Cameron has learned that all Chinese girls wish to be mar ried she does her best for them as a matchmaker. She sees that they meet reputable men who are able and will Ing to give them good homes and proper treatment Nor does her in- terest cease with their marriage. Her short vacations are usually spent visiting girls who have been under her care and who have married She is entertained as an honored guest and husbands are said to be careful to put their best foot forward
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

French were obliged to fall back rap idly to the line of the River Marne.
 On the left the French had with drawn to below Paris and the western most German army. under Von Kluck. followed
 The garrison of Paris was put in thousands of motor cars and hurled on Won Kluck's flank. The latter was not taken entirely unawares and met the attack strongly. but at the same time the army of General Foch attacked the German army on Von kluek's left and drove it back.
 Driven Back From Paris.
 The Germans had begun the battle with five armies in line. The with drawal of the two farthest west now caused the retreat of the third. fourth and fifth in that order, each in turn finding its flank exposed by the with draw2l of the troops on it's right. At the same time the movement on the east end of the German line was ae- celerated by strong attack from the French fortified zone of Yerdun. The German retreat was as orderly 2 as that of the French and English had been. The invaders took up an ad. mirable defensive position. It ran just north of the Aisne river. on a series of bluffs, then just north of Chalons and through the wooded. rough regions of the Argonne and the Woevre. joining hands here with the troops besieging Verdun The allies have tried this line in vain ever since.
 Both combatants now tried to turn the west flank. Enormous bodies of cavalry. On the part of the French Flanders. On the part of the French there was largely the desire to link up with the Belgians. now being attacked in Antwerp. The mighty siege guns of the Germans made short work of the Belgian seaport, however, and it fell on October g. The remnants of the Belgian army retreated along the sea coast and the Germans ill a final rush reached Ostend October 15),
 Line Extended to the Sea.
 The battle line of the Aisne was now extended to the sea. the Germans hold. ing the important French city of Lille. while the allies kept Ypres in Belgium and. partly by flooding the lowlands. held the position of the Yser river and canal.
 From October 16 to November 10
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

 May Sherman submarine sinks the Lusitanin, more than 1,150 lost. Rus sians In full retreat from Carpa- thians. May 9-Germans capture Libau Baltic May t2-French capture Ceremony, north of Arras. at great cost. May I4-American first submarine note made public. May 34-ItaIy declares war on Aus tris.
 May 28-ItaIians invade Austria. May 29-itaiians take Grodno. Russians check Germans ut SienaNa. May 3l-Eirst German note subma- a- rine reaches Washington. Zeppelins drop bombs in London. June 3-PrzemysI fails to Austro-Ger- mans. June 1O-Germans capture stanisInu. June 1l-second U. :. submarine note to Germany made public. Italians take MonfalcOne. June I2-itaiians take Gradisca. June 1e-Austro-Germans occupy Tor nogrod. June 22-French take MetzeraI June 23-French announce occupation of the .Labyrinth.'' north of Arras. June 2f-AustrO-Germansc capture Lem- berg. June 2s-Austrinns cross the Dniester at Haliez. June 29-HaIicz falls. July @Hussians defeat German at- tempt to land at Windau. July 3-Russo-German naval battle of GOttland. July 4-itaiians take TOIminO. July 5-Berlin announces gains In the Argonne forest. July 18-Germans take Przasnysz, 50 miles north Of Warsaw. July i9-Germans advance at many points in Russia. taking Windau. Tu- kum. Blonde and Grobec. July 20-Russians report sinking of 59 Turkish sailing vessels. German guns reach outer forts of Warsaw and damage the LubIin-ChOlm rnil- way. July 2I-fhird U. :. submarine note goes to Germany. July 22-TurlkiSh- German expedition landed in TripoIi. July 2f-Germab take two forts near Warsaw. July 28-Russians repulse Austrians in Galicia.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

France by the amazing German rush through Belgium, Nicholas attacked sooner than he otherwise would have done. As a result, he met two disas- ters.
 He sent General Samsoroff into East Prussia from the south and General Rennenkampf into East Prus sia from the east, the latter winning the first large engagement of the war in the East at Gumbinen.
 At this moment the Germans, be- lieving that the French were well in hand and about to be surrounded on their eastern frontier, quickly with drew 250.000 men from France and hurled them by rail into East Prus sia, where they fell upon Samsonoff with crushing force in the great Ger man victory of Tannenberg (Aug 28).
 Meanwhile, the Austrians, leaving only a few troops in Galicia to hold back the Russians advancing from Tarnopol on the line of the Gnila-Lipa, struck the Russians en masse at kras- nix and routed them to Lublin.
 Most Bloody Drive of War.
 With two armies in difficulty, the grand duke decided to abandon one to it's fate and save the other He threw re-enforcements into Lublin and ordered the line of the Gnila- Lipa river be forced at any cost In one of the most bloody drives of the war the Russians advanced into east ern Galicia and occupied Lemberg.
 The Russians then advanced to Rawa Ruska and took the Austrian armies in Poland in the rear, cutting them up frightfully.
 Meanwhile Von Hindenburg had completed his victory over Samsonof by turning on Rennenkampf and clear ing East Prussia of Muscovites. But though Rennenkampf had been de- feated and Samsonoff almost anni- Inflated, the Germans.
 The Russians were now as far west as Tarnow i'll Galicia, while their Cossacks were able to make raids into Hungary farther south. Hindenburg concentrated a great force suddenly in Silesia and began drive from the west against Warsaw and Ivan gorod The Siberian corps arrived in the nick of time to save Warsaw from the enemy.
 High Tide of Russian Invasion.
 Hindenburg then drew off the north ern section of his army in Poland to
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Father knIckerbockers 25o Years.

fdthef NhiekerDocker'S 250 Years.
 New York city celebrated last Thursday the 250th anniversary of it's municipal government under mayor and board of aldermen
 When Thomas Willett was sworn in as mayor, with his five aldermen. on June 24, 1665-the date appearing as June IA, according to the old cal endar form. i'll the early accounts by the English governor. Richard Nicolls, the last vestige of Dutch rule was obliterated
 There was, indeed, one break, but of so short duration that it's influence was negligible. In 1873 while England and Holland were at war. Captain ColVe, with small Dutch fleet. ap- peared in the harbor. The English recognized that the fort was no more able to resist an attack than it was in the days of Stuyvesant, nine years before, and the Dutch again captured New York. In less than a year. when the European war ended, it was re- stored to the English.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
 IN THE WEST

The first month and half of the western campaign was made up of startling, swift moves. On September 12, after the defeat on the Marne, the Germans took up defensive positions along the Aisne river. The ten and a half months since then have seen a long deadlock
 The battle line of the Aisne and the Disc quickly extended northeast to the sea. Fighting has been continuous. with tremendous losses. The general situation has remained unchanged gains of few miles for one side at one point offset by minor gains for the enemy in other sectors.
 At the beginning of August the kaiser took possession of the little state of Luxemburg and demanded passage through Belgium to the Fran eo-Belgian frontier.
 Permission to pass denied. Von Einem attacked Liege (August Al. while other German armies passed around the city and swept over the level Belgian roads at terrific rate. The little Belgian army yielded Brus- sels and fell back to Antwerp and Ghent
 First Big Engagement.
 Not until the Germans had almost reached the French border did the first important engagement take place This is generally known as the battle of Mons-Charleroi (about August 20- 2S). but at the same time there was severe fighting along the whole line through Thionville in Lorraine and along the Vosges in upper Alsace. which the French had invaded with temporary success
 This battle resulted in defeat for the French and English.
 While obtaining some successes in counter-attacks on the advancing Ger mans at Peronne and at Guise, the
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Ideal Diet for the Baby.

An ideal diet for children of twelve or thirteen months was announced by the children's bureau of the de- partment of labor, which has been studying the problem of the "Babys Second Summer" The bureau rec ommends the following: Six o'clock a. m., milk. eight to ten ounces: eight o'clock, orange juice, one to three tablespoonfuls: ten o'clock. cereal one tablespoonful with milk or stale bread and zweiback with milk six 10 eight ounces; two o'clock. broth with stale bread or beef juice. one ounce with bread crumbs; six o'clock, same as ten o'clock, and ten o'clock at night. milk eight ounces.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

much destruction, of which the pub lie has never been informed Ger man raiders have gone over Paris. have attacked the headquarters of General Joffre. have tried to reach the king of Belgium and President Poin, care when they were together and have frequently bombarded Dunkirk and other British concentration points. ships at sea.
 Allied flyers in the west, however. have performed the most spectacu- lar feats, so far as the public has been
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that they must be wary of airship guns. Since then they have not ven tured to fly so low
 London Reached at Last.
 The first raid on the English coast was made January 19 on Yarmouth and other Norfolk towns. with less than a score of deaths
 With the spring came what prom ised to be the beginning of the great raids on London. The night of April b Zeppelins flew within about twenty miles of that city and dropped bombs in the region of some war supply man
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Hindenburg's New Carpet.

A translation issued by the German Information service concerns the pres entation of a remarkable carpet to Field Marshal von Hindenburg. It reads:
 ..The city of Konia, in Asia Minor. recently presented Field Marshal von Hindenburg with a magnificent carpet. On it is woven an exact map of East Prussia, the seat of the field marshals great victory. In the left corner of the carpet, surrounded by a laurel wreath, is a portrait of Hindenburg. and below an inscription in German and Turkish containing the words: TO his EXcellency Gen. Field Marshal Paul yon Benckendorff und von linden burg, to express thanks for the great victorious battles at the Masurian lakes, presented by the inhabitants of Konia, in Asia Minor"
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

informed. They have sent out squad rons of aeroplanes, as many as 20 at side the German lines. and assert that great damage was done
 The Zeppelin raids have been few, and the destruction wrought far less than that done by the aeroplane.
 Their first exploit was the lombard ment of Antwerp, October s, when two or three dropped many bombs and fired guns at various buildings This was probably the most destructive of their raids, for 1t was then learned
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1 overwhelming victory there. Enor- nous captures of Russians were made and the fortress of Gradno was at tackled farther west. from Ossowetz to Pultusk. The Germans retreated to Mlawa and then tried to flank the Russians at Przasnysz, which city they took. But the Russians again tianked the fanking party. as they had done at Lodz and won an important success (February 22.2S).
 In March and April, the Russians pressed through the western Carpa- thian passes and entered Hungary. Just when their future seemed bright est, the Germans broke the Russian line in West Galicia and let through enormous forces.
 Pressing westward irresistibly, they took the Russian Carpathian armies in the rear The latter tried to retreat, but vast numbers were captured Przemysl, which had succumbed to the Russian besiegers March 22, fell again into the hands of the Austro- Germans
 Great German Maneuver.
 From Przemysl Von Mackensen drove east through Mosciska and Grodek and captured Lemberg, the Galician capital. Then he turned north and marched upon the Warsaw. Ivangorod -Brest Litovsk triangle from the south.
 At the same time the Russians in southern Galicia, putting up a desper- ate resistance. were driven by Von Linsingen first to the line of the Dniester and then across the Gnila- Lipa to the line of the Zlota -Lipa.
 Reaching the vicinity of Krasnik in their drive to Warsaw from the south, the Austrians sustained a se- we're check in the scene of their tri- umph of the previous summer. Held on this line the Germans attacked hot ly from the north and took the town of Przasnysz July 14).
 The Germans now begrn the grand. est maneuver ever seen in the history of human warfare.
 From the Windau river in the Bal tic provinces all the way along the border of East Prussia and in a gigan. tic sweep through the vicinity of Ra. dom, west of the Nistula, and a line south of the Lublin-Cholm railway they delivered smashing blows and have reached the very gates of War saw.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
AER0PLANES 4 REVELATION;
 DIRlGIBLES DO LITTLE

In the air the dirigible has been a great disappointment, the aeroplane revelation.
 When the days of secrecy are past and interested ones are permitted to dig into the records of the aeroplanes. many tales of surpassing interest will be found and much information, too, for those who study the art of war.
 Most notable has been the achieve ment of the aeroplane in overthrow
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

ing the strategy of surprise in war.
 Only on the Russian front, where the German air corps has been supe- rior. has it been possible to carry out great surprise tactics.
 The aeroplane has also been invalu- able in the trench warfare in hunting out the positions of men and guns.
 Destructive raids have been made also. Points of concentration behind the lines of the enemy, railroad sta tions, trains. supply and ammunition depots, and airship hangars have been the target of bombs that have wrought
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ufactories, causing slight damage.
 After two other scares the big craft did reach London on the night of May S1. It is known they were near the Woolwich arsenal and unofficial reports have 1t that they set great docks afre.
 After this raid the British censors determined that no news of the locali. ties and details of this or subsequent air expeditions would be given ont op the ground that they did not wish to give information to the Germans that might aid in future ventures.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
FIGHTING ON THE SEA

At the end of the first year of war not German fighting craft, except submarines, is known to be at large outside the Baltic sea. The Austrian warships are confined to the up per Adriatic and the Turkish fleet to the Sea of Marmora and adjacent straits. The mer- chant marine of the central European powers has disap- peared utterly from the ocean highways. Sixty million dol lars worth of German shipping lies idle in the docks of New
 York. while several times as much is bottled up elsewhere. At the same time the German submarines have inflicted enor- nous losses of allied shipping While both sides have prob ably concealed many losses, the following is a fairly accu- date summary of the number of craft which have been de- stroyed:
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in
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  q grea rive a ds the spots f the siege line where the
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Entente Allies.

Entente Allies, Brit Rus ish French sian
 Battleships 10 e.
 Cruisers ......12 3 Submarines .. 4 ..
 Auxil. cruisers 5 Gunboats, de- stroyers. and torpedo boats 6 Total Japanese and Italian losses, seven vessels of all classes.
 Teutonic Allies. Ger Aus many tria Battleships .......... l :. Cruisers .............1S Is
 { Submarines ...... 9 Auxiliary cruisers ....19
 { Gunboats. destroyers, and torpedo boats 20 Total Turkish losses of yes
 sels of all classes, four.
 Total tonnage en-
 tente allies ...........376,770
 Total tonnage,
 Teutonic allies 224,746
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-20
New York Store

Mike Sherman has just opened
up in the Lawson building an up
to-date Ladies' and Gents
furnishing store, in fact 4 gener-
al store where you can find any
thing that you wish in the way
of wearing apparel.
We welcome Mr.. Sherman to
our city. and assure him that he
will have the hearty support of
Knox County's citizens.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-20

One of the most beautiful social
affairs of the season was the
afternoon reception given by
Mrs. James d. Black and Miss
Gertrude Black Saturday after
noon from 3 to 5 O'Clock in honor
of Miss Sandusky, Mesdames.
H. c. Black, Winter and Todd
The house was attractively decor
ated throughout in rainbow colors
The house was especially attrac-
tive, roses, lilies and ferns being
used in profusion. On the table
was a glass vase of pink and
white lilies and yellow roses rest
ing on a lace piece of green satin
The refreshments which were
furnished by Klein, of Louisville
and consisted of brick cream and
cakes We're also carried out in
the colors
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-20
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Mountain advocate., 1915-08-20
Prof. Ii. {. Lewis Crate.
fui to friends for
Support.

Bmj)urviIIe, Ky, Aug. IL, 1915.
To the citizens of the II Sen
atorial District:
Becaus" Of the unusual condi-
tons under which have receiv-
ell such Expressions Of your con
iidencc and support, feel that |
am unusually grateful t. yoI.
| did not get ilto the campaign
until after | closed school near
the first Of June. And one of
my opponents. whose name,
fame. and wealth stand for some
thing, was from my own town
and County. Also one Of my
opponents had a letter of indOrse-
ment from Congressman Powers
of my town and county.
Being poor and unknown as |
was, and having these odds to
contend with and to combat, and
yet receiving your support as !
have, is something for which |
am deeply grateful. consider
that the best | can ever do for
you will not repay you. | shall
certainly give you my best effort.
After the smoke of the pri-
mary has cleared away | have
malice toward none, but charity
for all" and | believe that the
right will finally prevail. thrust
this is the sentiment of every one
engaged in the primary. My
opponents We're kind and gentle
manly toward me. ! tried to be
to them.
| believe that the people Of Ky.
as well as of the entire country,
are so strong in their demand for
a change in. the business and
political affairs of our state and
nation that they are going to
help bring it about. trust that
every Republican and all others
interested will work together
and help to elect Ed Morrow and
the entire Republican ticket this
fall. Then we may hope for re-
lief.
Trusting that we may make a
winning fight this fall, and that
| may be able to render you some
valuable service. | am
Yours very truly,
b. G. Lewis.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-20
BARBOURvILLE, KY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1915,

"a was the man who murdered
Mary Phagan.
The daily papers ;r, full of G G
account, and if t lis had Happen.
ed in the State Of Kentucky tee
would have been 4 grea. ~ to do
about it than is now, especially
had it BEEN dOlc in the Noun
tainS. bat, we. tn people Of the
Mountains are fast forging to the
front. We have less crime than
most any other part of the State.
and IT We progress IN the futro
as We have in the past. we ) Ion
will have wiz cd crimn from the
lagts of history in thia par, Of
State.
The killing Of Mar Phatan
was Il most deplorablr crime. but
two wrong doe no, max. a
right, y0I cannot right & WrJag
b. committing another wrong.
il murder no mlltnr how F.
committed or who commits it. I
Ga)rgia has htih.rm > .o.lr, /
on tor 4 long time, someone said .
it was because liquDr was sold
there. that is not it, i, is l,clusa /.
it is thought by some that it is
right to take an eve for an eye |
or a tooth for Il tooth. thDGr days :
are over. This cJuntr, ought to
leave superstition for brpH and ,
get on higher plain Of ciyiliza-
ton and live under the laws of
the State and Nation or else get
up and leave it.
Mountain advocate., 1915-08-20

Leo M. Franks. was taken out
of prison and hanged by Il mob
last Monday night. This was a
horrible crime. and is 4 disgrace
to the citizenship of the Grand
old State of Georgia, and the
guilty should be brought to JUS
tice, for the men who participat-
ed in that was as guilty of murder