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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
A LAUGH is A TONIC.
Il Aids Digestion and Tends to Good
Health and Long Life.

Health and Long Life.
There are people who take life too
seriously. They allow their souls to be
eaten UP with cares and anxieties.
Many worries are useless and help
nothing. Bits Of humor are lost on
these persons. They wonder how any
one can be so thoughtless about the
realities of life.
In all the animal creation laughter Is
given to man alone. given him. like
all other faculties, to make the best
OF. Laughter. It Is true. Is not for all
times and occasions. but 1t has its
place and is necessary to our well be-
ing. A laugh Is a cure for many Ills.
Ii aids digestion and so tends to good
health. 1t %prolonges life. Laughter
often settles a disagreement and pre-
vents real troubles. Hard working
business and professional men some
times forget to laugh. The strain OF
work grips them hard. and they get
old before their time.
The ability to see the humorous side
of an accident. a mistake or a folly. IL
a great aid in making life more endur-
able. Laughter overdone. like all vir-
tues carried to excess. Is a vice or q
folly. Cultivate your sense of humor,
Better to laugh too often han not to
laugh often enough.
Who laughs knows no defeat.
Milwaukee Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28

The Oldest baseball In existence Is
owned by the president Of the East
End Church Baseball league of Pitts
burgh. The ball is nearly fi~tty-three
years old. 1t was used first In a cham
pionship game between the Eclipse
team of Kingston. n. u, and the Hud-
son team Of Newburg. n. Y. The game
was played on June 20. 1862. and end
ed 40 to Is in favor of the Kingston
team.
The ball is made of one piece Of
horsehide. sewed In the center. When
it was used underhand pitching alone
was permissible. Curves were I'M
known.
The ball carries $500 burglary insur-
ance and $500 fire insurance. 1t was
given to its present owner by John
Miller, who played first base on the
Eclipse team. Miller is 100 years old
now and lives In Cornwall-on-the-H ud-
SON.
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~ 0as
ruary the fleets of the allies steamed,
but when they neared the entrance
to the Dardanelles the progress of their
journey had no further similarity to
that of their NEUROLOGICAL predecessors.
The Golden Fleece Of the allies hangs
hundreds of miles nearer in the vicin-
ity Of the Golden Horn, but unless the
Dardanelles be ~trayersed it must re-
main out Of reach.
Powers Permitted Turkish Ownership.
For generations the treaties Of peace
made between the greater European
powers have contained provisions, re-
mote or direct, setting forth the rights
Of the signers in the Dardanelles. Dog
in the manger like, the powers, lack
ing the effrontery to deliberately seize
the pivotal passage, have, nevertheless,
prevented their rivals from possessing
the coveted area. This has never been
accomplished by consenting to the
ownership Of the Notifications Of the
waterway by the Turk. Hence when
ever European trouble began the Hell
lespont commenced to seethe.
No natural streamway ON earth Of
fers greater facilities for fertilization
than do the Dardanelles. From shore
to shore the distance varies from three
to four miles. But there is one place
where there is barely a mile of water
between points. and there the straits
are best protected. Anciently this mar
rowest spot was famous as the site
Of Sestus In Europe and Abydos in
Asia. But since modern cannon have
been planted on both sides of the pas
sage. and students have been digging
about the vicinity for old time tidings,
the ancient points have been set some
distance away. Artillery engineers
found closer range for their guns.
Opens Into Aegean Sea.
On the west the D~ardanelles opens
into the Aegean sea. Across its his
toric waters, toward the setting sun.
lies Athens. the capital of Greece. To
the east the Dardanelles open into
the sea Of Marmora. a body of water
10 miles long and 30 miles wide
smaller than any of the larger lakes of
the United States. though designated a
sea. Once you cross the sea of Mar
mora you are at the gates of Constan-
tinople. The scheme Of the sultan,
however. is to stop you at the outer
gates of the waterway long before you
have a chance TO get up close to the
palace portico. So you see the capital
of Turkey is locked up in the safe e
of Marmora. east Of the eastern OPEN
ing of the Dardanelles. 1t was two
months ago that the warships of the
allies first started to "crack" this his
toric safe. using the fifteen inch shells
Of the Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth as
their most effective dynamite blower
Now when a battleship intruder APP
proaches the western opening of the
n of the Aegean sea he
sees afar off two castles or fortresses
hat guard the gateway to Constantine
de. On the European shore Is the cas-
lie of Seddul Bahr. and on Aslatic soil
$ the castle of Kun Kaleh. There
hey loom. a %frowning menace TO the
butter In"
Sultan's Two Crack Forts.
But these grim welcomers are not by
my means the main hope-at least
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they have not been In the past-of the
sultan against the forcing of the strait.
He has relied most upon his two crack
forts, situated several miles farther
along the passage, where Europe and
Asia are separated by not more than
1900 yards. The fort on the north
western shore Is known as Kilid Bahr,
or the Old Castle Of Roumelia: that on
the southeastern side is Hamidieh Sui
tanieh. or Chanak. and was also
known in the past as the Old Castle Of
Anatolia.
Within three weeks after the recent
arrival Of the feet of the allies at the
Dardanelles the outer forts Of Seddul
Bahr and Kun Kaleh were reported in
ruins as a consequence of the heaviest
bombardment known in history. Ca
bles said that the warships had con-
tinued their work of destruction until
the strait had beer Cleared for a dis
lance Of six miles. The clearing"
must not be taken to mean that the
Dreadnoughts had advanced through
the passage until they were in the VI
cinity of Hamidieh Sultanieh and XII
lid Bahr, hardly SO close as to call 1t
vicinity"
Hamidieh S~ultanieh's Deadly Fire.
Naval experts say that no fighting
contrivance eyer built on a Keel can
withstand the fire of Hamidieh Sulta-
nieh at close range. Absolute accuracy
of fire is declared to have been achiev-
ed, so that any vessel near at hand In
the Dardanelles must fall a certain
mark to the great defense guns. Ami
hilation from a long range distance
must be the program of the fleet COM
manders. Once the mighty works of
Hamidieh Sultanieh and Kilid Bahr
are crippled or destroyed the strait
may be forced. This is what the ma
val experts say, at yet at the very mo-
ment this sentence is being read the
world may learn again that some dar-
ing naval commander has braved Ha-
midieh Sultanieh and upset the sage
announcements of the modern sea
tacticians.
So where the Dardanelles Is narrow
est these crack castles stand, fitted
with the most up to date guns and
works of defense. On the Asiatic shore
lies the town of Dardanelles. spreading
out from Hamidieh Sultanieh or Sulta-
nieh-kalehsi, which is, in fact. the town
name in Turkish. 1t is the capital Of
the minor province Of Bigha. The mil
itary commandment of the main forts or
castles resides here. He Is also in
complete control of the closely welded
chain of Turkish forts stretching for
miles along both coasts of the Darda-
nelles. There Is a Turkish garrison
stationed here.
Plainly it isn't very Easy sailing or
steaming to get through these forty
seven miles IL the sultan doesn't well
come you. 1t never has been so con-
sidered. In the past. In most In
n whenever a warship has got
through. 1t has been because the sultan
has let down the wicket at the Aegean
end. And between wars for many
years past the guardian Turk has per-
mitted no vessel Of any description to
pass Hamidieh Sultanieh after dark
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Woman is Very Thorough.

"A man when he is angry will tell
you what he thinks Of you"
"Yes. and a woman when she Is an
CRY will tell you what she and every
body else thinks Of YOU" Boston
Transcript.
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Duke Kahanamoku. the Hawaiian
swimmer. made two worlds records In
a swimming meet in Honolulu recent
ly. He clipped three-ffths Of a second
of his WI mark for fifty yards, COW
ering the distance In 0:23 fat. and
swan 100 yards in 0:53 is, 0:O1 2-5 bet
ter than his previous worlds record.
Kahanamoku and Edward Cunha
swan 900 yards In 2:29 to a dead heat.
Out Of seven starts Kahanamoku got
six firsts and one second.
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waterway have been a war
focus Of the world for fifty
centuries. The Dardanelles Is
the modern name Of this history max
ing strip Of eddying current which
separates southeastern Europe from
Asia Minor. Called the Hellespont by
the anc1ents, 1t has been sailed through,
steamed through and marched across
on boat bridges ever since man hrst
carried battle to his foe.
Last February the giant guns OF a
score Of English and French Dread
thoughts began belching devastation
over the famous waters. The strait
20 often the center Of wa was again
In turmoil.
Allies Lose seven e~attlsships.
In the fighting at the Dardanelles the
British have lost six battleships. They
are the Ocean and Irresistible, sunk by
mines In the battle Of March 10; the
Ooliah, sun by a Turkish destroyer
in April: the Triumph and Majestic,
torpedoed by a German submarine IN
May, and the Agamemnon, which pre-
sumably met the same fate about the
same time. The French nave lost the
Blauvelt.
This is a larger number Of ships OF
the line than the British navy has lost
In any action since the defeats by the
Dutch In the middle Of the seventeenth
century and a larger number Of iron
clads than any navy has ever lost,
with the exception Of the Russian loss
es in the battle of the sea Of Japan In
1905, Added to the disabling Of other
armored vessels by gunf1re in the bat
tie Of March Is and the loss Of some
smaller vessels at various times, these
losses have given the British people a
great shock.
Pierce the Dardanelles and you can
capture Constantinople. A schoolboy
s~trategist can see it. For 5000 years
great wal captains and diplomatists
have made a play for the temporary
use or the permanent possession OF
Thu celebrated silver stream. Centu-
ries before the great Emperor Constan-
tine founded the city CT his name the
waterway was traversed by crude
fleets to approach and attack ancient
Byxanuum, on the site Of which the
Turkish capital Of today stands. The
rich coasts of the Black sea were also
reached and ravaged through the same
medium.
Protected Through the Ages.
To balk such fleets the defenders of
the invaded area sank distractions at
the narrowest part of the strait and
chained barriers from shore to shore
Once the Dardanelles were chastised-
actually spanked-for daring to break
into pillows and upset the pontoon
transit plans Of the Persians. When
ounpowder came cannon were placed
with scientific effectiveness to block
the passage Of a foe.
In short. there has been a realization
through all the ~ages-the same as there
Il at the present moment-that II he
f~orty-seven miles Of he Dardaneiles
could not be passed through everything
TO the east was safe. This realization
reached beyond recorded history well
into mythology. Through the narrow
the argonauts had to pass
their voyage In search of the
Fleece. From the isles OF
they started. crossing the god
peopled Aegean sea and entering the
mouth Of the even then famous water
way. Over the same course last Feb !
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. Comsbaek covalsskis.


One Of the most remarkable come
backs in baseball is Harry Covaleskie,
the left handed pitcher Of the Detroit
club. Covaleskie was considered out
Of major league baseball when five or
six years ago he was SEN to the South
ern league. For a time his work there
was only mediocre, and those who
were responsible for his going there
felt satisfied that no mistake had been
made.
But Covaleskie continued to improve
and finally became a star in that com
pany, and Detroit drafted him. he
now is one of the best pitchers in the
league and is very likely to make a
better record this year than he did last
season.
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has no superior. At killing attempted
steals he is perfection itself. Likewise.
Bill can hit a little.
He holds the distinction of being the
best 'sacrifcer" In his league. and
there are few more dangerous batters
in the pinches. Killifer is a worthy
successor Of Charley Doom, ex-man-
ager of the Phillies, and 1t is no doubt
largely due to Dooin's teachings that
Killife- is today one OF the very few
really great INIT men, In the game.
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Topics of the Sport World

By SQUARE DEAL

Though not as well press agented as
some of the men playing the same po-
sition in the big league. Bill Killifer.
catcher of Pat Moran's Phillies. is new
ertheless a star of the first water.
There is no faster backstop in either
league. and at holding up pitchers he
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
California Keeps Coach.

CdTIToFHTd Neeps OodCH.
Jimmy Schaeffer. who has guided the
baseball and football destinies of the
University Of California for five years,
has accepted the terms Of a new con-
tract for the coming two years. He
has been very successful in his coach
ing.
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No Shin Guards For Gowdy.
Hank Gowdy is the only catcher In
the majors who backstops without shin
guards.
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forty-seven Miles of Fortified
Turkish Waterway Have Been
Storm Center of Europe-Hos-
tile Fleet Has Never Pene-
trated It-Seven Giant Battle
ships Of Allies Have Already
Been Sunk In Present Cam
paign and Little Progress Made
by Attackers.
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The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN.

Golden Text.-"Draw night to God,
and he will draw nigh to you" JAS.
~, 81.
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But these grim welcomers are not by
any means the main hope-at least
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07

MEETING At END
RULES OF NEW YORK coNvEN.
TON ARE SUSPENDED TO
PERMIT FASTER WORK.

Albany. N. Y, Sept. Anew York's
constitutional convention, which con-
vened April Z, suspended all rules to-
day and prepared to finish drawing
its proposals SO that they may be sub
mitted to the revision committee late
tonight or early tomorrow.
I Several important subjects remain
ed to be acted upon today. Foremost
among these was the proposal to per-
NIT legislative enactment OF a living
wage law for women and children,
and the placing of victims of occupa-
tional diseases under the workmen's
compensation act.
Plans already are being made by
the republican majority for getting the
new constitution before the people.
1t is proposed to hold q series Of
public meetings in the larger cities
to explain the proposals.
A pamphlet campaign also is being
considered. Elihu Root probably will
draw up pamphlet explaining the
main proposals and this will be dis
tributed widely.
At the close Of today's session a re-
cess will be taken until Thursday,
when the delegates will return to pass
formally on the proposed amendments
as revised by the committee. Fifal
adjournment probably will be taken
next Friday or Saturday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
LACK OF FUNDS TO
AID PEACE ISSUE
MEN IN TOUCH WITH THE POPE
LOOK TO UNITED STATES TO
CALL CONFERENCE.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 4.-Efforts
of Pope Benedict to bring about peace
in Europe continued an absorbing sub
ject of discussion today in official and
diplomatic circles here,
/ Press dispatches from Rome quot
ing the pope as expressing the belief
that Tbs. lIIpitad. States is now in a
position to address both groups of bel
ligerents in the matter of peace, with
1 the probability of inducing them to
take the preliminary steps which
would lead to negotiations for cessa-
| tion of war, attracted considerable at
tention here. The pontiff also express
| ed qualification at the cordiality of the
interview between President Wilson
and Cardinal Gibbons on Thursday,
when the latter delivered a message
to the president from the pope regard
ing peace.
The pope's statement confirms re-
ports in Catholic circles here that he
was hopeful that the United States
might make an effort to get the bel
Hgerent nations to sign an agreement
to enter peace conference. The be-
lief was expressed by prominent Cath
olics usually informed regarding at
fairs at the vatican, that the financial
condition of the leading belligerents
would compel consideration of peace
overtures before the opening of an
other winter campaign.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
LOST GROUND IS DEVASTATED
Appointment of NeDA AideSt0
Russian LeQdeyMspires Hope

~ ~ - **+* ++*+ - ******** + + *** **+
+
Peograd The appointment General Aexev chief
Nicholas and of General
led
against Austria
The the vlya river
convinced that the the Germans the
take of the railway between
Wilma and also the fortress of Rovno far the south and enench
within miles
Rovno and working against the northern line spec
Ida miles southeast
excellent successfully defending
the Dvina line.
Petrogad city councimen citizens has
Wednesday Guchkof criticized
a
line with that adopted by citizens Mos
expression of the nations determination the
victorious conclusion
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
LEARNS IDENTITY
AFTER MANY YEARS

San Francisco, Sept. 4.-By mis-
shaped toe and birthmark on her
body, Mrs. G. E. Kostade had establish
ed today her identity as Annie Mooney
who was Kidnapped from her parents
in this city thirty-one years ago, when
she was five years old, kept by Chinese
for several years and rescued by DO
lice from a trunk in which she was
hidden.
After her rescue from the Chinese,
Annie was adopted by Portuguese
family. Her foster mother died when
she was IA years old and four years
later Annie married Kostade.
James Mooney, her father, and
others offered rewards aggregating
$4,000 at the time of the childs disap-
pearance. Mooney and his wife died
several years ago, but four sisters and
a brother are here to welcome their
long lost sister.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
BALKAN LEAGUE
GETS ATTENTION
Absence of Real News From
Battle Lines Switches
Interest to South.
SERBIANS TO CEDE
PART OF MACEDONIA
Bulgarians Demand Whole
Of Territory as Price for
Aiding the Allies.

J London, Sept. Am the absence O
marked changes on any of the battl,
fronts, the English public has agai,
turned it's attention to the diplomati,
situation in the near east and to ru
mors of tentative efforts in the direc
ton Of peace negotiations.
1t Is announced officially at Nist
that the final draft of Serbia's answer
to the note of the quadruple entente
is ready and will be presented shortly
1t Is presumed here that the reply on
the whole will be favorable in regard
to concessions to Bulgaria although
little hope Is entertained that Serbia
will grant her late enemy all the ter.
ritory demanded in Macedonia.
Advices from Sofia indicate that
unless the whole of Macedonia is
conceded, there is little chance of re
establishment Of the Balkan league.
1t is pointed out in official circles at
the Bulgarian capital that compliance
with the program Of the entente allies
means actual participation in the war
while agreement to the request of the
central powers implies merely friend.
ly neutrality, expressed in permitting
the shipment through Bulgaria of
arms and other war supplies for the
Turks
Although 1t has been established
rather definitely that London has no
part in the initiation of informal peace
discussions, it is plain that Official
circles are interested keenly in the
news of activity in this direction.
There are straws in the wind which
indicate that what are designated as
proper peace overtures" on the part
of Germany would meet with consid-
Grafton. However, the general public,
not SO we'll informed as is the govern
ment, probably would regard such ov-
ertures as premature.
While diplomats are seeking to en-.
large the sphere Of the war and while
talk of peace is In the air, the great
struggle continues along all fronts
without interruption. The Russians
are fighting desperately along the
Dvina, protecting the shortest road to
Petrograd. They are developing a
counter offensive before Wilma. which
evidently is designed to threaten Field
Marshal Won Hindenburgs right flank.
French artillery Is pounding the Ger.
man trenches along the western front.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
FLOODS RESULTING
IN MUCH DAMAGE

Springfield, ILL.,. Sept. 4. - Flood con.
ditions along the Illinois bank of the
Mississippi south of st. Louis have re.
suited in appeals to Governor Dunno
for relief, it was learned today. Ad-
jutant General Frank s. Dickson was
sent to Reynoldsville, Ill.,, where he
boarded the steamer Illinois, which be-
longs to the naval militia OF the state.
Under his directions the boat was
loaded with provisions which are being
distributed today to the distressed ma
tives whose crops were destroyed by
the food. It Is understood that tents
were to be given to any whose homes
had been washed away.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
new WAR FUND GROWING
Subscriptions to Third German Loan
Coming In With Promptness
Say Officials.

Berlin, Sept. 4.-(By wireless to
Sayville) Subscriptions to the third
German war loan are coming in rapid.
ly, in advance of the time set for the
formal opening of subscription lists.
The Berlin Municipal Savings bank
has subscribed 45,O0O,0OO marks
($11, ,25O,0O0) as compared with the
subscriptions of 3O,OOO,OOO marks for
the first war loan and 40,000,000
marks for the second. The Agricul-
tural Central Loan bank subscribed
25,0OO,OOO marks. Seven other SUBJ
scriptions amounting to 14,500,000
marks have been received.