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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18

+RIG ED KoNETCHY. the Pittsburgh
 I Feds first sacker. is now putting l1p the brand of ball that made him famous. Last season he fell of some what in his playing at the initial sta- tion. But this year he is covering his position in masterly style
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18

Heresaa 3 aehealale of honuses for held-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-12

Il Il
tunited Press Leased Wire Service.
GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 12.-it
false that strangers are in immin'
ent danger In Vera Cruz Carranza
'oday cabled his consul personally.
AT the same time he reported re
seipt of an answer to the note he I
ulessed to the Argentine government
- this the president replied that MS
sovernment entered the Pan-American
sonference with the understanding
mere should be no discussion Of
Mexico's domestic affairs and no arm
Cd Intervention.
explaining the Brazilian ministers
separture from Vera Cruz, Carranza
0alo 1t was because of ill-health, but
30 sa'u that as for the Guatemalan min
..'ef ne was expelled under article 33,
pernicious foreigner accused OF
''Ning sides with the Zapataists.
Sarranza charged. too, that Presl
ent Cahouski CABRERA of Guatemala,
tneouraged revolts which recently had
1ouoied the Carranzistas.
o ~ was admitted that a subordinate
sS,.. iai IN Vera Cruz had made an Ill
asssed speech concerning the peace
Ssierence but these sentiments wera
sssowed and as result no anti
ra rsn demonstration has occurred.
,sslranza ,sss declared the constitution.
government guarantees lives an
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TJTnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-f'or the
first time since the present German
offensive against the Slavs began, the
part being played in the campaign by
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg Is an
nounced by the German government.
He is revealed as being in command
of the operations in the Baltic prov.
inces and as holding in check a Rus
sian attempt to advance toward Riga
and Mitau.
simultaneously, and perhaps with
ominous significance, the NoVoe
Vremya. Petrograd's leading news
paper, is declared in today's dis
patches to have published warning
that the real German objective is Pet
rograd itself.
Where Won Hindenburg is, there
must center the climax Of the present
struggle to force the Slavs to make
separate peace.
The Baltic campaign has possessed
elements of mystery from its begin.
ming. Only bare announcements OF
its occasional progress have forced
their way into official reports, and
the numbers of troops engaged have
been kept secret. 1t has been assum
ed that the purpose of the Baltic OF
fensive was to cut the Warsaw-Petro
grad railway and thea attempt tc
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would- ld-Inerea,e HOLIDAYS.

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The Rev. H.
p Hames. curate at All Angels Epis-
copal church, Eighty-irst street and
West End avenue. has a proposal to
change the calendar which he says
several influential New York clergy
men favor. Novel features of this
Hames calendar provide that all the
holidays shall come on Monday. This,
he says, will give the tired man two
whole days and half of rest. Again,
there will be only twenty-eight days
in each month and the remaining days
will be put into another month, named
Holiday which will come in be-
tween July. June and July The ex-
ira day still unprovided for-two in
leap year-wilI be put at the end Of
December for more holidays.
eThe fact that each month will be-
gin on Sunday and end on Saturday
will go far toward regulating our hap
hazard method of present day compu-
tation," said Mr.. Hames. Also, joy
viii be felt by the trader and the so
cial set alike that Easter will be uni
formly the third Sunday in April in
stead of following the vagaries of the
wandering moon from early in March
to late in April. Another convenience
is that Christmas will always arrive
in the middle of the week.
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What the War Moves Mean
Bv ]. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

drive the Russians southwark into the
arms of Won Mackensen and the Wis
tula armies. But, the annihilation of
tho Grand Duke Nicholas field forces
may not be the major purpose of the
Austro-Germans after all. The i'm
mense difficulty of the task may have
caused it's abandonment, if indeed it
was thought ever to be really possible
by the German general staff.
Instead of expending all their
strength trying to put ring about
the Russians. the Teutonic strategists
may intend principally to isolate Pet
rograd, and block the Slay armies in
central and southern Russia. Then
Won Hindenburg could march into the
czar's capital and compel the car and
his court to fee. 1t is obvious the
Russians are beginning to fear this
NAV turn out to be the German plan.
There are no illusions apparently
among the Slavs concerning the Napo-
leonic comparison. Because NAPOLEON
could not consolidate his hold on
Moscow is no reason why the Ger
mans. once in Petrograd. cannot cling
to the city indefinitely. The Novoe
Vremya estimates the present Teu-
tonic power is seven times that Of
Napoleon's. Whether Russia's own
power has increased seven fold dur
/ ing the past century, remains as yet
1 to be proven.
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ENG|L AM!

UNITED Press Leased WhSService.1
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The admiralty
today had no confirmation Of press re-
ports that a British submarine has
torpedoed a Turkish cruiser near the
Bosphorus, forcing her to run ashore'
and had sunk another Turkish trans
port.
The Daily Telegraph's Athens cor
respondent cabled that the former
German cruiser Goeben, renamed the
Sultan SeiIm had been torpedoed. The
Athens correspondents OF the Daily
News reported that the cruiser Bres-
Iau and an armed Turkish transport
were victims Of the British subma-
rine.
THREE sMAcKs sMITTEN.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-Three small
fishing smacks were sunk today by
German submarines In British wa
ters.
TALK OF PEACE.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The Milan cor
respondent Of the Times reported TO.
dav that Germany 10 willing to neso-
tiate for peace on the basis Of with
drawai from Belgium and already has
made preliminary overturea to obtain
the mediation Of the pope. Both Ger.
many and Austria are unwilling to
face another winter campaign, tbs
Times correspondent declared.
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RANCE

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
PARIS, Aug. 12.-Trench to trench
fighting with srenades and large
bombs, with heavy; artillery rocking
the whole region, makes the conbats
being waaed around verdun tho most
furious on the Franco-Fianders battle
front in the past fortnight. .t's "
officiaI dispatches this afternoon re.
ported the repuIso Of two determined
night attacks by the Germans near
Maria Therese and Fontaine Aux
charmes. The crown princes troops
are hammering hard at the French
positions near Vienne Le Chateau.
lie Pctre woods, in the Pont-A-Mous-
son region have been the scene OF des-
perate fighting In the last twenty-four
hours, the Germans plling up heaps
Of dead against the French block
houses. In the vosges region Ger
man attack on the French trenches at
the summit Of Llngekopf was repulsed
by a shower of arenades.
Bomb actions and cannenadIng con-
tinued throughout the night around
Souehez, the war office reported.
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FOUR KILLED ON
EXCURSION TRAIN
Knights Of Pythias outing Came to
Sad End With Fifty People
Injured.

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. 12.-Four
persons were killed instantly and
fifty injured, fifteen of them seriously
at 2:30 a. m. today when the Mt Ster-
ling, Ohio, knights Of Pythias, B. and
O. excursion train. returning from an
outing at Cedar Point was crashed
into from behind by freight train at
Orient Station. fourteen miles south
west of Columbus.
The accident occurred in a binding
rain storm. The excursion loaded with
three hundred men, women and chill
dren had stopped at the Orient Sta
tion to discharge passengers when
freight train trailing the excursion,
crashed into it's rear, demolishing the
last coach. The dead:
THAD MITCHELL, Is, Mount Ster-
ling, Ohio.
MAGGIE soLLERs, 20, Greenland,
Ohio.
% LOGAN sALLER, %, williamsport.
Ohio
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MEXICAN BOILING POINT Is NEAR


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SOFIA, Aug. 11.-(Deiayed.)-The
German and Austrian ministers visit
cd Premier Radoslavoff on Monday,
seeking Information regarding tho
new proposals said to have been made
by the allies TO obtain BuIgaria's par
ticipation In tho war. They are un-
derstood to have Informed the primo
minister that Germany was about to
begin an offensive against Serbia, and
promised to mako important eonces-
sions to Bulgaria II she remains neu-
tral.
Radoslavoff later conferred with
Gar Ferdinand. The socialists In par
lament are demanding that the peo-
pie be consulted before Bulgaria
takes any decisive step.
THE above cable dispatch evident
ly was filed at Sofia on Monday, but
was held up by the censor and not
allowed to be telegraphed to Berlin
for transmission to America, via Lon
lon, until yesterday All cable des-
patches from Balkan capitals In the
past fortnight bear evidence Of hav-
ing been held up from one to six days
by the censors, in addition to the
usual delay at Berlin and London.l
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ITALY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
ROME, Aug. ia daring attack by
two bersagilerI companies In the full
glare Of Austrian searchIlghts Tues
day night, swept the enemy from a
strongly entrenched height at Monte
seibusi, General cadorna reported to
the war office today.
The bersagileri charged without fir
ing a shot, routinJ the enemy witt
their bayonets. This position. r.
ever, was made untenabie by fri1ntfll
fire from Austrian artillery on sur
rounding peaks and before dawn yea
terday tho italians Withdrew after
first wrecklna the enemy's works.
At several other points on the
plateau, Austrian attacks have been
repuiscd. on Monday strong enemy
attempts to advance toward SeikofeI
and also toward Fonte Del Rimbianco,
were repulsed, said the official report
Gin carnia, enemy attacks on the
entire front were repuIsed. We ad.
vanced slightly at PIavruIdness during
Monday night and Tuesday by heavy
artillery and Infantry attacks"
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THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Partly
CLOUDY tonight and Friday, with show
ers Friday. Not much change in tenn
perature.
For Iowa: Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday with showers Friday and
west portion tonight Not much
change in temperature.
For Missouri: Partly cloudy tonight
with showers west portion. Friday
probably showers.
For Illinois: Partly cloudy tonight
and Friady. probably growing unset
tied Friday.
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BROWNSVILLE.
More Troops Wanted.

Throughout the section there Is an
insistent demand for more United
States troops. Congressman Garner
announced today he would add his
appeal to the governors In seeking
Wilson'S aid.
Soldiers are keeping the closest
watch on the situation about ten
miles below here where 1t is reported,
several hundred bandits are massed
ready to sweep into Texas.
Matamoros is danger spot. Warn
ings to officials have declared Mexi.
cans will make concerted attack on
Brownsville If there is any occupation
OF Vera Cruz. While the latter propo'
sition does not now appear imminent,
there is a growing feeling all along
the border that Carranza Is not get.
ting "a fair deal' from the United
States. Reports from Laredo declare
that this spirit is rampant and that
the possibility OF an attack there is
strongly represented.
Brownsville citizens were vehement
in their denials today of General Fun.
ston's suggestion that local political
feuds had bearing on the situation
and were indirectly responsible Tor
the recent raiding.
IBy Charles P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-President
Wilson faced an involved Mexican
tangle today. General Carranza had
defied him. It was known the admin
istration meant to answer this warn
ing.
Even before time had been given
for the pan-American conferees to
make their final appeal to the Mexi-
can leaders to "get together" the
president had before him the first
chiefs warning to them to cease med
ding.
Secretary Lansing was the first OF
his cabinet advisers the president con-
ferred with on his return from Cor
nish and the Carranza defiance was
the first matter they took up.
That the first chiefs note was
deemed highly Objectionable was tac-
itlv admitted
II was recognized, however, that
s,;cb an answer as the administration
almost certainly wanted to make. was
likely to precipitate such a situation
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ALL CITIZENS ARMED.

AZ a result Of the wider territory
through which this "army" Is working,
Governor Ferguson has asked Presi-
dent Wilson for more border troops,
susoesting the doubling Of the pres
ent number.
Citizens throughout Hida'go, Cam
efon and Starr counties are all arm
K ed. The country has all the spirit and
appearance OF the old frontier days.
Rifles are ready in practically every
home; the men 90 abroad with revol.
sers sIung In holsters at hip or tuck.
ed Texas fashIon" Just under the
let arm for best action. Cavalry and
Infantry are patrollino the three coun.
ties and extra police are on guard
hsre.
Private Windhouse Is the latest Vic
tim Of the army" He was slain
tuesday night In southern Hidaigo
county. Reports OF skirmishes in re-
mote sections still come In almost
hourly over telephone lines, though
sarly today and last night there was
comparative quiet.
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GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
BERLIN, Aug. 12. (via wireless to
Sayvllie. IA protest against the sale
Of American war munitions to the al
lies, drafted by the military rabbi,
Or. Levi, was made public today by the
Association of Jews In Germany foe
distribution throughout neutral coun-
tries.
1t was based on the allegation that
the Russians have thrown Amer
lean made shells into Polish towns be-
Ileved to harbor Germans.
"Europe stands In flames" wrote
DR.. Levi. "Across the ocean IN peace
America hears not the thunder Of can
non, a fruitful rain Of gold falling on
her lands, enjoying the golden peace
1--WE cry to America, that In TINS
most unhappy land, from Whenee
come thousands Of your most loyal ana
citizens, our towns are Do
ing destroyed by your shells.
AIR RAID KILLS EIGHT.
BERLIN, (vla wireless to London), !,
Auc. 12.-French aviators bombaroec
the German cities OF Zweibrueken and
sankt lngbert, killing eight eiv'''ans
and woundino several others.
Both cities raided by the French
ajrmen are in Bavaria. ZWeiorucken
r. q CITY Of 5000 on the ZWarbach.
sankt Inghert lies ten miles west 9!
zweibrucken. I, Its iron foundry ana
other factories probably attracted 1ne
raid by the French.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
BERLIN, via wireless to London),
Auo. 12.-GeneraI Won Schoitz's army
has captured the Important bridee-
head al vizzna, east Of lomza, ieao-
inu over the Narew, river. This AFTER
noon,s Official statement also report
Cd the capture OF the VAIN bridge
head.
i south Of Wilma where v'o,ent
!; battle has been In progress Tor TWO
! davs, General Won Gallwtitz mas occu.
i r,isd zambrowo, twelve miles rroH'
the Warsaw-Petrograd railway ne
/ Russians arc falling back against tne
! railway on the entire line from LoH@a
south TO Novo Georgiewsk.
Bayarlan troops moving nortn !roH'
| iyancorod have captured the ra'iWsy
town Of Lukow, only seventeen "Mes
south Of SledIce, toward wnien tne
Russians who fed from Warsaw arg
retire atina. Lukow stands on the
shortest railway route between Wat e.
saw and Brest Litovsk, making u I'M
| perative for the retreatlng S'avs 70
, take round about course In retiring
upon the fortress.
"our air forces have bombarded the
Bja,ostok railway Junction" said the
official statement this afternoon
"causinq several sharp explosions.
ain the north General Won E'chnorn
has repulsed Russian attack soutn OF
the Niemen river In a bloody battle,
the enemy suffering heavy losses.
ain the southeast, General Maoken.
sen ha. penetrated strongly fortified
russian positions after sharp fighting
on the whole front between the BUG
and Parczev, the, enemy retreat'ng."
In the western theatre Of war the
only combats of Importance are oc-
curing in the western Argonne, where
the crown prince is attacking the
French lines. The war office report.
cd the capture Of group Of fortified
French positions near vienne lie Cha
teau.
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Vesuvius, Mount Etna and Stromboli Suddenly
Become Active at the Same Time and Fill
Sky With Flames and Smoke.
IN NE|CHBORHOOD ARE FLEEING
Earthquakes Have Been Felt and Fear is Express
ed That Another Great Disaster is About
to Visit the Country.

visited by destructive outpourin1s Of
lava, are flockInq to their churches 20
lmplore divine protection.
MessinI, sixty miles northeast Of the
great volcano and tho scene OF the
greatest earthquake disaster In his
tory, ls greatly alarmed. Tho popuIa-
tlon 10 ciamorinp for the traditional
procession Of tho Madonna Della Let
terra, which has 90 often saved ths
city from Etna's wrath, according TO
popular belief.
stromboli, rising 5000 feet abovs
the sea on ono Of the Llpari islands,
was giving forth an angry stream OF
lava that poured into the sea and
spoutlng forth thin dust OF ashes,
flames and smoke az the Adriaflcus
steamed northWard. So far 40 we
could ascertain through the smoke
haze that overhung the sea, none of
the small villages at Its base had been
burned. Tho heavy vapors from
vesuvius cloude ed the bay Of Naples
today. Residents of some Of the small
villages near the base Of the volcano
arc fiockine into Naples, carrying their
household eoods strapped across tneif
backs.
1 ! .
vesuvlus, standing on the east side
OF the bay of Naples and ten miles
southeast OF Naples, has not been ac-
tive since 1905. It's most violent erup-
tions included that Of the year IS, de-
stroying Pompeii, Herculaneum and
Stabiae; the eruption of 1881. over
whelming five towns, and that or
1872.
Mt. Etna lies on the northeast side
of Sicily near the coast and about
twenty miles from Catania. 1t has
been in active eruption about eighty
times, the eruption Of 1893 killing
about 10000 persons. Mount Etna mas
not been active since 1892
Stromboli is on the island OF the
Same name. in the Mediterranean off
the north coast of Sicily. Since 1t
was first known to historians, Strom-
boil has belched forth lava at inter-
vals OF few years.
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Barely Knew Him.
Rin ShranneI Order.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Aug. IL
Through a Cleveland stock and bond
house. the Moline Plow works, of Mo-
line. H. has closed a contract to buy
the Avery Stamping works of this
city and will transfer to Cleveland the
bulk of a s12,0OO,0oo shrapnel order
for the allies.
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Weather Conditions.

An area of low pressure is central
this morning over the lower lake re-
gion and is attended by heavy show
ers. In remaining districts generally
fair weather prevails with only slight
temperature changes. The heavy rain
falls reported are: Detroit. 1.26
inches: Knoxville, 0.7S; and Chicago,
.0.4s. Light showers fell in western
Iowa yesterday afternoon.
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Mexican Bandits Along the Border are Pledged
to Murder United States Citizens and Snatch
Piece Of Land For Foreigners.
THREATEN TO ATTACK
Every Texan Carries Rifle or Revolver and is
Prepared to Defend Himself Against
Invading Army" of Outlaws.

rrrr,ted press Leased Wire Servicel
BROWNSVILLE, Texas,
Kug. 12.-Terror rules along
the border.
.'The army Of liberation
for Mexicans in Texas" is
Spreading through the district
an organization following
the "plan of San Diego, :
whereby portions Of the
American border would be
4 mstchsd from the United
Stat1s and turned over TO
1Isxicans, negroes, Chinese
md Japanese.
This army consists Of
Msxicans from Texas and
ACROSS the border and its mem
bership is estimated at from
800 to 1000 or more. It is
pledged to slay Americans
over sixteen years Of age.
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property to individuals "of whate'e.
race"
Mexican Wrath.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.-Generai
Carranza, through his agency here
authorized the publication today OF
scathinr arraignment of the Latin
american conference, the white house
and financial interests on both sides
of the border, written by General
Heriberto lara, constitutionalist.
"I am informed the American de-
nartment of state has suggested TO
the a p C,s the idea of interfering III
a direct manner in our affairs, ne
saws. that it is proposed to impose on
nc president who will be supportea
hs the white house by force OF arms.
"If such thing has been accomf.
1ished by Mexicans and foreign jews,
Who from the other side OF the border
snecuIate in scandalous and erin
inaI way with our misfortunes, and II
the washington government considers
The highway robbery of the bandlts OF
wall street more worthy OF protectioh
a,d esteem than the autonomy OF a
country. I energetically protest asaihs' 3
a n outrage of such character.
"It cannot be justified either In ~ ,ns
mama of civilization or the principles
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Judqe Munger Dead.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
OMAHA, Neb., Aug 12.-District
Federal Judge William H. Munger, 70,
died this morning after a two years
illness. He was 33rd degree Mason.
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[By Henry Wood, United Press staff
Correspondent,

ray Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
NAPLES, Aug. 12.-Vesu-
vius, Mount Etna and Strom-
boil, three of the world s
greatest volcanoes, have sud-
denly become active and are
belching forth great clouds Of
steam and smoke. Streams Of
lava are pouring down the
eastern slope of Mount Etna
from two new craters, threat
ening the destruction Of Sicili-
an villages. The whole popu.
lation Of Naples and of Mes
sina and other Sicilian cities
are in a state of terror.
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EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.

EARH0UANE S1OSNS.
Severe earthquake shocks have been
felt at laramie and BrindisI In south
ern italy, according to dispatches re-
ceived here today, increasing the fear
that gigantic earth disturbance Is
about to shake Italy, though Naples
scientists are trying to reassure the
public. The first earth tremor was
felt at BrindsI at o'clock Tuesday
morning followed by nine others. It
was estimated that the center Of dis
turbance was 1925 miles from Brin-
disi. The meteorological apparatus At
vesuvius observatory was wrecked
by earth tremors yesterday.
Enroute from Athens to Naples
aboard the Greek steamer Adriaticus.
/ personally witnessed the reaW"aken-
ino of the three great Italian vol
canoes. Passing through the lonian
sea the smoke pouring from Mt. Etna
was visible for miles. The top of the
great cone, standing two miles above
the sea, was shrouded In thick cap
of smoke and steam.
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LAVA Is FLOWING.

Dispatches from Catania today sa'd
that two new craters nave peeh
opened on Mt. Etna on the eastern
side and that thick stream OF lava
Is pouring down the s'opes, thTeate n.
ing the destruction Of Casino oei
InoIes. The people Of Catania, often