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two netd gun. and several machine

Two hetd guns and several machine
guns.
some OF the forcest tightins of the
campaign is in progress on the Rus
Sian front. The Germans continue their
furious attacks in an effort to drive the
Russians out of Dvinsk. while in Vol
hynia and Galicia. the Russians con-
tinue to harrass the Austro Germans
who had designs on kiev. from which
town they are now further away than
they were few weeks ago
General IvanoT apparently is deter
mined to hold back the Austro- &c err :
mans, and his efforts are meeting with
n considerable success. The fortress
triangle, which includes Dubno. Rovno
and Lutsk, is almost entirely In the
possession OF the Russians
In Galicia. the Austrians have been
driven back across the rivers which
run parallel TO the border.
The Italians. like the rest of the
allies. report a number of successes in
taking fortified mountains from the
Austrians.
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SHIPMENT HELL Up
FOn "ISSESTIGATIOA.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., September 26.
Treasury Department officials eX.
planned tonight that the shipment OF
arms neld up At Laredo had been de-
tanned merely for Investigations" Sew
eral shipments recently have been sim :
ilarly examined before being permitted
TO pass into Mexico.
Officials said the American govern
mcnt was careful to see that the ship
mcnts consigned to the Villa or the
Chrranza factions really were intended
for them and not for Independent bands
OF hlbusterers or border raiderp
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Mrs. John Morgan.

lSpecial to The Times Dispatch.
FRONT ROYAL. VA. September %.
AIRS John Morgan suffered n strokc
al tpopleHy' from which she died eurly
this morning. Prior to her marriage
10 Mr.. Morgan. proprietor of the Nor
gan duck ranch at Riverton. she was
Miss Mary Mckay. a daughter of tho
late John Mckay, for many years com
missioner OF revenue for Warren
county ana member OF one OF it's
oldest and most prominent famiIiav
She is survived by her husband and
three children.
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BALKAN SITUATION
REMAINS PUZZLE
Continued from First Pagc.)

put that ii WAS not directed against
either Roumania or Greece
since our last conversation" NJ.
Radoslavof said, tho war has ap-
preached Bulgaria. The world knows
the great interests Bulgaria has I'm tho
Balkans. and nobody can say how far
or how near is the moment when Bull
Raria Will have to protect those in
terests
These are the reasons which forced
us to pass to armed neutrality. thoteby
following the example of other neutral
states. our mobilization at present Is
purely n defensive measure and not Mt
all directed against Roumann or
Greece. Bulgaria has no aggressive de-
signs against those states, n fact which
wish cmphatically to poin; out"
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NJ. a.. ROscndorf.

NJ. J. Rosendorf formerly we'll
known merchant OF this city. died ut
his home in Boston last night he
was the father of Mre. NJ g. Rosen-
baum ard of Samuel S. Rosendorf, OF
this city. The funeral will take place
in Boston tomorrow morning. Mr..
koscndorf was member OF t. r. Lee
camp, NO. /. Confederate Veterans.
having served in South Carolina
cavalry troop during the war. He was
also member Of Fraternal Lodge. No.
90, OF Masons. OF this city After
being engaged In the retail mercantile
business in this city for many years
after the war he moved his home to
Boston.
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j. Franklin Gibson.

j franklin Gibson. prominent
farmer of Louisa County, died Of apo-
p!cXH NJ his residence near Theima,
Va yesterday morning, aged seventy
threo years. He was for many years a
steward OF Zion Methodist Church. nj
zion va. lie il survived by his only
son, Frank II. Gibson. OF this CITY and
by three nephews, Messrs S l.. and
j. J.. Jones, and Or. Thomas Jones. OF
Richmond
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DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
sister katherine TholI.

Sister Katherine Thoil, .. s. b.. died
at st. Edith's Academy. Bristow. Va.
after an Illness Of several months.
She is survived Ivy hcr sister. Miss
Elnora Thoil, Of this city. and two
brothers, Arthur Tholl. of Washington.
and Thomas j. Tholl. OF Phoebus Va.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning ut 10 o'clock from ST Edith's
Academy. BriStOW.
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Arrested on Di.ordcrIy Charge.

Policemen Goldsby and Campo
donica last night arrested Bernice
Adams. colorcd, on Il charge of mnin-
taiIing dsordcrly house in the rear
OF ITO Mayo street. The officers found
Ansell Allen and Lizzie RIGGS colored.
III the house at the time and arrested
them on charge of being disordcrly
there.
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Eorty-rhrcc vcsscl, Tied In.

PANAMA, September 26.-Forty three
'esseis hro tied up in the Canal on
account or the slide OF earth last week.
i,epor's from the scene OF the slide in :
u'ca'e 'hat 1t will be several days yet
peiorc SHIPS OF even light draft will
be able to pass
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ARMS FOR CARmkNZA
DETAINED AT LAREDO

LAREDO. TEN. September 26.-
United states customs officials here
to-day held up 100000 rounds OF cart
ridges and large number OF army
rites consigned tu carranZa agents
on orders shid TO have emanRted from
Washington.
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FORTY HAITIENs KILLED:
Ten Americans Wounded In Clash with
Rebels About Two Miles
from Cape Hattien.

CAPE HAITIEN. September 2S.-In an
attack by Haiticn rebels on an Amer
lean force. about two miles from Cane
Haitien. forty Haiticns were killed. Ten
americans were wounded.
The rebels have refused to disarm
ana the Americans nre marching on
haut Du Cap, In the plain Of the north
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Concealed WennonA.

The police yesterday captured two
alleged pistol tnters and will have
them arraiEned in the Police Court to-
day on these charges
Policemen Dubuque and Wyatt ar
rested Nokc Smith. colored. while po-
liccman Standby apprehendcd Charles
J.. Browning
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GREAT STORM IN ITALY
Causex Flood md InndsIidcs. but Ihu.
Far There Is M Report Of
Loss q Life.

ROME. Saturday. September % tvia
Paris, September 26).-., great storm is
raging throughout Italy causing Goods
and landflides. Thus far no loss Of
human lite has been reported Tel
graph and telephone services are yrea,-
~ deranged.
The Vatican IVES flooded.
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NO TRACE OF S. O. S. CALL
Wireless officials on Pacific Coast He
iicNc Signal Sent ny Some Prac-
tlcul lockers,

SAN FRANCISCO. September 2s.--
After trying nl1 night TO determine the
origin OF an IS, .. s." received by
Pacific coast radio stations at 1925
o'clock last night, officials OF the va
rlous wireless companies here an
nounced to-day that they had been
unable to communicate with any YES
sci in distress. 1T is believed the sig
nal was sent by some practical jokers.
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'REPULSE NEAR LOOS
ADMITTED BY GERMANS
Also Report Considerable Casualties
and Loss of Materials North
west of Lens.
STATEMENT BY WAR OFFICE
One Division Between Rheims ami
the Argonne Obliged to Evacuate
Its Advanced Position by Bonn
bardment for Seventy Two Hours,

BERLIN. September &c (via London),
"A repulSe of German division near
Loos. northwest of Lens, with con-
siderable casualties and the loss OF
materials. is admitted in the German
official communication made public
here to-day.
Tho evacuation of an advanced Ger
man position north of Pertches, be-
tween Rheims and the Argonne Forest.
also is admitted by the War Office.
The communication says:
The battles in the continuation OF
the British and French offensive. which
had been prepared FOR for months, have
progressed without bringing our as
sailants considerably nearer TO their
aim.
"On the coast also British warships
have attempted to interfere by their
tire. especially on Heebrugge, but with
out result.
IN the sector Of Yprcs the enemy
suffered heavy losses and had no sue
cess.
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GERMAN COUNTERATTACK
PROGRESSES FANORAHIy

Southwest OF Lille. the enemy sue
cecded In repulsins one Of our divi-
sions near Loos from its advance line
of defense to it's second line. Natur-
ally. we had considerable losses. in
Guiding material of all kinds enclosed
between the two positions. a counter
attack is progressing favorably.
we voluntarily evacuated the ruins
OF the village of Souchez. Other at
tacks on this front were easily re-
pulsed at several points with the
heaviest of losses for the enemy
The Thirty ninth Regiment OF Land
wehr especially distinguished itself.
This Is the same regiment which
sustained the principal attack north
of melville in May
I'm tho struggles between Rheims
ana the Argonnc, north of perthes, one
German division was Obliged to evacu-
ate It's advanced position Ivy n bonn
bardmcnt for seventy hours. and retire
to It's second position situated from two
to three kilomctcrs G.2i to l.SS milrs)
behind the first.
However. all attempts to break
through failed"
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4 NERVE TONIC.
norsford's Acid rho,nhate

Recommended for relief Of insomnia i'm
f"ired nerve force AMI fatigue. invisorates
the entire system.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
THRICE IS HERO
OF PRISON CAMP
Story of the Deeds Of AuguSte
the Little French Tailor.
NOW HE WANTS TO FIGHT
Three Times He Wrecks Plant Where
Asphyxlating Gas Bombs Are
Made and Twice Escapes to
His Own Lines.

Paris.-It was in Nantes that | met
this little man | am going to tell you
about, and | think l will tell you the
whole incident, just as it happened to
me, so that you can see in what a
queer, unexpected way one may run
against a hero | found him on the
railroad quai in a French provisional
town in the shape of an undersized
tailor slightly bald and forty-two
years old.
Nantes is one of the twelve cities OF
France that have statues in the Place
de la Concorde, in Paris. One passes
through there on the way to and from
the coast towns of southern Brittany
and, having come from st. Nazaire'
was waiting in the Care d'Orleans in
Nantes tor the train TO Paris and
meanwhile trying to find my porter TO
see if he had all my luggage gathered
in one place.
found him at the far end of the
quai, with my bags at his feet, talking
to a young girl wearing the Breton
coiffc and the wide-sleeved Breton cos
tune.
"Auguste has come" the girl was
saying as ! approached. He arrived
last night from Paris, and came to our
house this morning"
My porter touched his cap to me.
Everything is here, monsieur" he
said, "and the train will stop directly
opposite us on the No. line. This is
my sister Madeleine, who has come to
tell me about Auguste."
Very Proud of Aususte.
"Auguste is our cousin" explained
Madeleine, "and he is coming to the
station to see my brother. My brother
was his favorite when we were chill
dren. Here he is now!" she cried. And
/ turned and saw a group Of three ad-
vancing along the quai
A lame girl was on one side and on
the other was a tall man in baggy
corduroy trousers, while between them
was small man, wearing trousers
that were too long for him and
brown sack coat and gray cap. He
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
"Yout wjfeY"

"Youf wife?"
Yes" he replied. when ! escaped
from the camp ! went TO say goodby
to my wife and children. My wife
cried and begged me to go back and
give myself up, She said was sure
to be captured and then ! would be
shot But her sister came In while |
was there, Her sisters husband and
bis two brothers are fighting in the
German army. One of his brothers
has been wounded and has the Iron
Cross, And she said that | was
right to go. She said that ! WAS
French. and II was right for me to
want to fight for France She told
my wife to let me go. So kissed my
wife and children and came back to
France.
1T was In June that escaped, and
they caught me Just as ! got to the
Swiss border and started to take me
back again. But | escaped once more
and this time got here. It took me
two months"
Haven't you done enough" asked.
DO you want to fight now?"
OH" he cried, raising his clenched
fists, give me gun and bayonet in
my hands!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

sequences whe
this allowance
Downey his foot down.
This demonstrating
negligence congresses
other bills
official of the comprollers
said be for officer
the the
Many
exposed the Downey regime
So beneharies of the
he of Downey
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

cartridge packed Is rounds OF
gunpowder
bucksho mulane
which the diameter
throughout
The O do the adversary
take the eo of the
difficulty
mpractcabe
perlng it's
formidable
light firing ordinary bull
lets o.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

printed
black valet Then pospusookng hotels and
finding residents, card"
hall the live three girls
working
third from
might call visiting paror mad for that just what There
ladies who live hotels while they
to keep personal maid willing week
their cleaning There
that she is well paid for it, my buying and selling
hand ewelry girl admitted
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

are five dry cells ami a vibrator. The
electric pulsations are started by tap
ping telegraph key, and the current
which the doctor says f modified with
a hidden transformer of his invention,
sends out its messages in waves long
and short. The equivalent to half
watt or one-eightieth as much as is
required for the ordinary electric light
bulb is the amount Of electricity
necessary. From the box projects a
wire. In warfare use this wire is car
ried down the leg of the soldier, and
connected with a metal plate or spur
in the shoe. The receiving instru-
ment consists of a drum about which
is a coil of wires On top of this is
very fine defector. 1t has pair OF
ear pieces such as are worn by tele'
phone operators. Doctor Cox can iend
ana receive messages by his instru-
ment over a distance of Is miles. The
picture shows Doctor Cox with his
cane Tor receiver) raised for mes
sage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
STORES OLD VIoLINS IN BANK
Baltimore Society Man Thinks Hobby
viii Some Day Make Him
Rich.

Baltimore the vaults of the Mer'
camille Trust company, where thou
sands of dollars worth of securities
and other valuables lie, more than a
score of violins have been packed
away by Frank Della Tore, a. promi.
nent society man. In twenty years.
Tore thinks the instruments will be
worth $4,000 or $4,000 each,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
INvENTS POCKET WIRELESS
New York Man Has Apparatus That
Sends and Receives Messages at
Distance Of 19 Miles.

DR.. II. harrington Cox of Bedford
Hills, N. Y, has invented a compact
and efficient wireless receiving and
sending apparatus which may be
strapped about the waist and safely
hidden in the folds of a cloak so
that it would be invisible to an un-
suspecting person. The sending ap-
paratus consists of a box in which
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

young western girl who occupies
fiat on the upper West side. Yes,
do other things besides blacking boots,
but it was that particular branch of
my trade which attracted attention
and got me my clientele. l mend and
clean gloves and renovate the ward
robes of men, women, children and
dogs, My clients all admit that it was
the bootblack that attracted them.
Women hate to go to a bootblack and
sit in their high chairs while they
have shoes polished. | learned this
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

the front d
the palace This taken by the United
plous situation
members of the American legation Peng and their complete o
demanded for
instructed by
infantry Taku and Mai Gen
R Chanee, U. S. V. selected command"
person had card made for heavy
bgwasted sivergy crun
buged the sides like
dersized and obvious bride
elephant said to
disregard of the fact that other people
have
Lody Jim; l the
sarn-comerlong"
key Of Pekng only much
naturally they turned to metal attractive
whom the clear the Chinese returned
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
GETS DIVORCE LEST SHE DIE
Kansas City Woman Facing Opera
ton Feared Husband Would Get
Her Money.

Kansas City, Mo.-The uncertainty
Of the result Of surgical operation
was the plea made by Mrs Grace Eyth
for divorce from Adolph j. Byth q
salesman.
Mrs. Eyth told the court she was
about to undergo a serious operation
and in the event of her death her hus
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
POINTED PARAGRAHS

Idle curiosity is the busiest thing
on earth.
Never form your opinion OF an egg
until the lid is of.
At the sound Of dinner bell great
minds run in the same channel.
A man isn't necessarily bashful De-
cause he declines to meet his obli-
cations.
You can usually ascertain Wom-
ans real age by asking some other
wNnnon
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

A Chicago inventors burglar proof
window sash is provided with bars
that rise from within the window
frame as the sash is lifted
Ladybirds are Of great service to the
gardener by reason of their destruc
tion of plant lice, among which they
lay their eggs, and as the laryu come
to life they feed on the lice.
Water issues from an artesian wen
on Georgia farm with sufficient force
to light its owners house and barn
with electricity and to give him powa
for small machinery.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
PoSTSCRlPTS

An Illinois inventor has patented
,,a4or with two sets of strings on
hitch one person can play duets.
a massachusetts man has patented
.ds IN be worn inside trousers to
saen @ the knees from bagging.
A Al Englishman has invented a fly
IT. instrument that works with a
,r,gger and resembles a pistol.
:" combination ladder and scaffold
u,tb many uses that folds as compactly
= stepladder has been patented
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

one pound Of high explosive-enough
to blow a flying machine to smither.
eens or to inflict dangerous damage
upon a Zeppelin or other dirigible.
Commander Davis is the navys
foremost inventor 1t was he who not
long ago originated a new kind OF
torpedo gun which is under considera
tion by the department.
One remarkable feature of his
aero gun" is that it shoots both
ways. For loading, it is broken" in
the middle, where the big cartridge
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
SEEK SQUAWS AS BRIDES
Mexicans Make Love to Indian Maids
Who Own Land in State OF
Wisconsin.

Ashland, Wise. E. Redfield Of
Santa Clara, Cal, allotting agent for
the United States government, here to
allot $4,000 acres on the Bad River
reservation to 545 members of the
tribe, brought from California bun
die of applications from Mexico for
Chippewa brides.
But he thinks the Mexicans are
seeking the squaws more for the sake
Of the land than any personal endear'
ments.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
POISON GAS TO KILL PESTS

San Angelo, Tex.-Killing prairie
dogs with gas is the newest and most
successful method Of warfare against
the western pests, according to re-
ports from the infested country near
here.
Chlorine gas from large automo-
bile generator is forced into the holes
through a hose. The hole is then
quickly covered and the occupant, be
it prairie dog. ground squirrel or
snake, Immediately dies.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

day she came Cupid had to get out
and stay out. She tore UP Cupid's
parlor and turned it into a matter-of-
fact office.
The trouble all started several
months ago when Miss Margaret Dice,
then secretary of the association, an
nounced one day that Cupid's parlor
was to abolished. Cupid's parlor con-
sisted of a small room on the main
floor which had been dedicated since
the erection of the building to the use
of the Young women who roOmed at
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

scribed as verging upon graft. In
some instances, it is admitted in the
comptroller's Office, the apparent
graft" was perfectly regular under
the law, but even in these Downey
held it to he illegitimate and declined
to approve vouchers which technical
ly seemed to be correct.
For example an army officer sta
toned in the tropics put in claim
for his fuel allowance" Of SIS for
heating his home" and threatened
.hn onr,, rtrnller,e nficp with dire con-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

except 70 wash IN mad been lnduIging
in amazing quantities. Men who had
not used it as tipple for long time
had been forsaking bars and clinging
to water attachments in public places
in lieu of pumps.
Analyses of the water discovered
a peculiar taste. 1t was like three
fingers of bourbon diluted to the
eighth degree. This failed to solve
the mystery, however, as no one sup
posed for a moment that a distillery
had been located near any of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
Brick Cures Crossed Eye.

Natchez, Miss. When Charles
Wright went into fight with another
how Wright had a badly crossed eve
which had been defective since birth.
The enemy hurled half brick At
wright, bruising his cheek, but 1t per-
manently Strengthened the crossed OPP
tic.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
Farmer Dies, Team Plows on

heading, Pa.-Two horses plowing
without driver excited the curiosity
of John Huber, Robesonia farmer.
Going into the field Huber found he
body of his neighbor, Adam Heller,
forty-five years old, lying dead in a
furrow. He had been stricken at the
plow.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

A wise man does his duty; a fool
does his friends,
When a man begins lodging his
creditors he realizes how small the
world is.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
Source Of inspiration.

How did that dramatic critic come
to write such an unqualified roast OF
our new play?" exclaimed the man.
ager.
Maybe" replied the author "he
overheard some Of the things Won
said to me about It,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

tion on the accompanying card,
Curiosity is contagious As soon
as the Chinese had passed on another
person who had been watching from
the fish pond went over to the case.
AZ first sight the exhibit looked like a
cistern pump of old and rusty iron,
and lying by it another piece of the
same ancient metal that might be a
sort of lever say, about three feet
long. Its dramatic interest for the
Orientals lay in the printing on the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29


neghborhood of the numerous city dams
the
supplies the city, dumping
in
noticed the city water
andi IN ant think
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

o
equipped
most together
a o a
said building if
taken
arrival
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

departments occupy complained
arranged with
annual
o $4,000
and FIJI
teenh bought with the announced
buildings to appropriate
fell the properties on
by government by the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29

band would receive half of her $780,
600 unless the divorce decree was
granted. Judge Johnson granted the
divorce.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
Cupid Is Banished by Topeka Y. W. C. A. Official

r. KAMA Pennsylvania girl Miss Clare
Cupid the
hdng Miss Armstrong ent reached Ionek