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CHECK SNAIL GERNIAN ATTACKs

LONDON August 7.-General Haig reports this
afternoon that he has repuSed several small German at
tacks at different points ON the Pozeres front He also
announces that the situation the Somme front remains
unchanged Attacks by side another are now fire.
quen on those fronts but they appear not to be as
sauts Of general nature They described as rather
searches for the weak points in each others defenseS
which most likely will be followed by another general
battle
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ENGINEERS
JOIN n. Y. STRIKE
Mediation Commissioners Leaving For
Gotham to Offer Services.

NEW YORK, August 6.-The en-
gineers Of the elevated railway sys-
tenn have voted by ninety to one in
favor of the strike and it is possible
that they will walk out soon.
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HEAT AGAIN KILLING
PEOPLE IN THE EAST

CHICAGO, August T. Another
heat wave is sweeping Chicago ana
the temperature is 90. Six men are
reported drowned while seeking re-
lief from the heat by bathing and
several others had narrow escapes.
Two deaths directly due to heat are
reported.
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FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
SECURED FOR SEWARD SHELTER

Fifteen thousand dollars had been
subscribed in this city for the estab-
lishment Of a smelter in Seward up
to yesterday, the committee announc-
ed today, and the work Of securing the
ten thousand is proceeding
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R. R.
STRIKE SEEMS NEAR

railroads. Formal announcement of
the result Of the ballotting will be
made tomorrow unless the companies
cede an eight hour day and time and
a half for overtime.
The strike, it is admitted on all
hands, would be the most disastrous
and far reaching of all the industrial
battles of the nations history.
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DIVER SUTFOCATED IN
TEN FEET OF WATER

ASTORIA, August 7.-Axel B.
Anderson, diver, was suirocated yes
terday in ten feet of water in the
Columbia river at Altoona, Washing
ton, when he went to the bottom to
put chains around fishtrap pilings.
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STORM A
SEATTLE STREET CAR

SEATTLE, August 6. - Two hun
dred longshoremen last night stormed
street cal that was carrying negro
strike breakers and seven men We're
injured before the police succeeded in
the crowd.
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SOCIALISTS VS.. SOCIALISTS

PARIS August THE French congress of socialists
have decided not to resume relations with the German
socialists after the The reason given that the Ger
man socialists violated the tenes of socialism by their
tions in connection with the war
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BATTLES RAGE ON MANY FRONTS
BUT WITH VARYING SUCCESS
BRITISH DEFEAT TURKS

LONDON August Tt is officially announced that
the Turkish forces which attacked the British east OF the
Suez canal have been completely routed by our troops ana
have been driven back eighteen miles. The Turks 1ed
precpitatev. the communication says and all Turkish
troops have now been entirely cleared out of Kaa and
UmaSha basins
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HUGHES ON THE MOVE

DETROIT, August Z. Charles +.
Hughes arrived today on the first lap
of his transcontinental journey for
campaigning purposes.
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BREAK TEUTONIC RESISTANCE

PETROGRAD August Russian attacks along the
Sereth and Graberka rivers south of Brody in Gaica
broke the Teutonc resistance and have resulted in the
capture by the Russians of six villages and the ridge along
which thev were located The war office announcement
also SAYS that three thousand prisoners taken by
troops.
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-08-07
WENT WEST

The following went west on the
Evans this morning: J. H. Irving,
Frank Nyberg and wife, George Vim
ger, Charles Williams and B. r.
Baker
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INFANTILE PARALYSIS

NEW YORK, August 7-One hundred and forty-fve
new cases of nfante paralysis have been reported in
New York in the past twenty hours. Fortyfour
deaths took place in that period The total number of
to date has been 568 and the total deaths are
l 143.
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RUSSIANS CROSS SERETH

PETROGRAD, August 6-(Smday)-The Rus
slams have crossed the Sh south of Brody and have re-
pulsed counter attacks 1t is admitted however that our
infantry has retired southwest of Kuy in the Carpath
ianS.
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GERMANs CAPTURE TRENCHEs

BERLIN, August Tt is officially announced that
portion of the trenches which had been lost to the British
near Pozieres during the big offensive have been recap
ed by our troops Our forces in that region delivered sew
ea counter attacks last night with the result stated
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TAKE AUSTRIAN POSITIONS

PETROGRAD, August 7.-Austran positions south
of Brody have been taken it officially announced to-
day Fighting in that region is proceeding violently IN
places but all the conditions look favorable for General
BlusiIOtf.
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THE BELGIANs FIGHTING

LONDON, July THE little Belgian army has re-
Gently made several determined attacks in the corner Of
the line which they hold in what is left of their own
country.
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TEuTONs CAPTURE POSITIONS

BERLIN, August T. - The Austro-Geman troops
which resumed the offensive against the Russian left wing
in the Carpathians have captured the heights of Paik
and Dereskowata it is officially announced The latest
from that front that the Teuton offensive is proceeding
satisfactorily
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MAY SETTLE N. Y. STRIKE

NEW YORK. August Z. = The latest from the New
York strike is that the motoen and conductors and the
companies are arranging agreement which may end the
trouble.
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BRITISH NEAR POZIERES

LONDON August g. - The British are within six
hundred yards of Pozieres despite unusually violent
artillery opposition The enemy arshps have been active
out eight of them were dispersed yesterday.
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NEW YORK ALSO

NEW YORK, August THE heat
caused three deaths and 9 proStrations
here today. The temperature is 30.
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MRS. HARDING DEFEATED

Topeka, August T. = The corrected returns from
the primary elections show that Dr. Eva Harding has not
received the nomination after ALL 1t is now evident that
Rev. H. j. COrwine has received the Democratic nomlna
ton.
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QUIET ON SOMME

PARIS, August 6.-The Somme front is quiet, the Of
hcal note says. The Germans have made furious at
tempts to recapture Thaumont but failed with heavy
losses.
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in the most promising way. The com
mittee expects that the total amount
will be ready in a very ~ days.
Everything indicates that interest in
the project is increasing rapidly
everywhere.
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ILLINOIS HAS PARALYSIS

SPRINGFIELD, August Z - The first death of an
adult from infantie paralysis occurred here today.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Naming a Novel.

'aThe thing to do" said the literary
man, sis to call your novel after the
name of the leading character"
"Why?' asked the youngest novel
list.
Because the best and the most sue
cessful novels always have such
Names" the other replied. Take the
great novelists The greatest book of
each gets its title from the leading
characters name.
Instances are easy to give. What
is the best novel of Dickens? 1t is
David Copperfeld.' What is the best
novel of Thackeray? 1t is Henry Es-
mond' What is the best novel OF
Scott? 1t is 'IvanhOe.' What Is the
best novel of Thomas Hardy? Tess
Of the D'Urbervilles.' OF George Mere
dith? The Ordeal of Richard Feyerel.'
OF Rider Haggard? Allan Quater-
main OF Tolstoy? Anna Karenina.' 4"
New York Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
a ThieHs AnsAUer

The secretary of the New York Pris-
on association tells of the answer a
thief gave to the question, 'Is honesty
the best policyP' 1t was in the Elmi-
"a reformatory, where class was un-
dergoing instruction. A young man
asked permission to answer the ques-
ton. Il believe honesty is the best
policy" said he, because Of a case
where 1 knew it to work that way.
See? There was two young fellows in
New York, and they was crooked. See?
And they didn't succeed. They went
to Philadelphia, and they turned over
a new leaf and agreed to be square and
honest. They opened clothing store.
See? And they prospered. They got
everybody's confidence, and they Dor
rowed 100000 to enlarge their bust
ness, and then they failed and got
away with every cent Of the money,
which they never could have done If
they hadn't been honest. Seer
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Saved the Scene.

John Galsworthy, the English play
wright, tells of the wit Of an actor
named Littledale, who in one play had
to leap into a river to escape a wild
beast.
'"The stage was so arranged that the
river was invisible. Littledale's leap
usually ended on a soft mattress in
the wings. while a rock was dropped
into a tub Of water to create a splash.
Everything went on all right at re-
hearsaL and the night of actual per-
Torrance came. When poor Littledale
jumped he fell eight feet and landed
on an eaken floor with a crash.
''The audience set up a litter. But
the heroic Littledale was quite equal
to the occasion. Heavens he shout
ed, the waters frozenr"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Only One Athens Now.

There is and has been for many cen
turtles only one Athens. But antiquity
knew no fewer than nine cities or
towns of that name in various parts of
Greece. and even in the time of Plau-
tus it was sometimes felt necessary to
distinguish the great one as Attic
Athens 1t was natural that Greek
cities should take their name from
Athena. the goddess of wisdom, war
like prOwess and skill in the arts of
life, who. according to some legends.
herself founded the City of the Violent
Crown. Others ascribed the naming
Of the city to Theseus or other myth
cal kings. The IS" Of the termination
is real plural, for the city was given
a plural name CAthenaD, as being made
up of several Constituent parts.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Sincerity In Art.

Only an honest book can live; only
absolute sincerity can stand the test
Of time. Any selfish or secondary mo-
tive vitiates a work Of art. as it viii
ates a religious life. Indeed, I doubt
II we fully appreciate the literary
value Of the stable. fundamental hu-
man virtues and qualities-probity, di-
rectness, simplicity. sincerity, love
There are just as much room and need
for the exercise Of these qualities in
the making of book as in the build
ing Of house or in a business career
How conspicuous they are in all the
enduring bOOks-in Bunyan, in Walton.
In Defoe. in the Bible! 1t is they that
keep alive such book as Two Years
Before the Mast" which Stevenson
pronounced the best sea story in the
language, as it undoubtedly is.-John
Burroughs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Japan's DRAGON Lamps.

Japan abounds with sacred places
Shintoist and Buddhist-formerly re-
puted for the appearances of the so
called dragons lamp" This is mys-
ferrous light that comes out Of a pond.
lake or sea and alights on a certain
tree, mostly on a certain night. 1t was
held that the light was dedicated by
a dragon dwelling in the water to a
god whose shrine stood near the trees.
For example, the famous Ryuto Of the
temple of Avalokitesvara on Nagusa
hill, province Of Xii, made its annual
ascent from the sea to pine tree in
the precincts every ninth night Of the
seventh moon. At the midnight Of the
18th of every month a Ryuto came
from the northeast offing to the so
called dragons lamp pine" near the
shrine of Mandjusri at Kiredo, prov
ince of Tango, whereas on the same
tree another light, named Celestial
lamp" made its descent from the heav
ems every sixteenth night of the first.
fifth and ninth NOTWITHSTANDING.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Elr. ysr.u, LIE Insursnes.

OF the 100000 or 90 dwellings IN
the United States 90 per cent are pro-
tected-at least TO some extent-by
fire insurance. But Of our 100000
inhabitants only Is per cent have TAX
en- out life insurance policies. Men
seem to be more uneasy over the mere
possibility of the burning Of their
houses than over the stern certainty
that death will some day overtake
them. This is a strange contradiction
in human nature. To safeguard the
nations material possessions is well,
but how much more valuable than the
homes are the human lives Of the
countryI In this age, when the prin-
ciples of life insurance are so well
understood, there should be no such
discrepancy between the number of
homes and of lives insured. In many
instances the former could not be
saved from foreclosure were the earn
ers of incomes to pass away leaving
the families unprovided for. 1t is as
much the duty Of every man to insure
his life as to insure his property, and
IL he has no insurable property there
is all the more reason for insuring his
me.-LeSlie's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
If a Naturalist Painted,

If were to paint the short days of
winter should paint two towering
icebergs approaching each other like
promontories. for morning and even
ing, with cavernous recesses and a SOL
itary traveller wrapping his cloak about
him and bent forward against the
driving storm. just entering the narrow
pass. | would paint the light Of Ia
per at midday. seen through a cottage
window. half buried in snow and frost.
In the foreground should be seen the
sewers in the fields and otherevidences
Of spring. On the right and left Of
the approaching icebergs the heavens
should be shaded off from the light of
midday to midnight with its stars, the
sun being low in the sky.-Henry Da-
vid Thoreau.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
The Colder Hemisphere.

DR.. George G. Simpson Of the Indian
meteorological service at Simla, in In
dia, who asserted that the southern
hemisphere is much colder than the
northern, gives in the Scientific Amer
lean the reasons on which he bases his
opinion. The air is warmed not by the
rays of the sun, which simply pass
through it, but by the earth, which alb
serbs the rays. Now, in the northern
hemisphere there is much land toabsorb
the energy of the sun and to give heat
to the air. In the southern hemisphere
there is much less land, and all the
land within the antarctic circle is per
manently covered with ice, which forms
a virtually perfect reflector and which
sends back into space most of the solar
energy that falls upon it. Five mil
lion square miles of the earth's surface
in the southern hemisphere reflect into
space a large part of the energy re-
ceived from the sun-a fact that in it
self is enough to account for a consid-
cradle difference in temperature.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
GspIodina lee.

To make q piece Of Ice explode the
first step Ia TO put on n plate lump OF
clear ice about as large rs your nst.
Then with q reading glass Or the lens
of a magnifying glass focus the suns
rays so that the bright spot Of light is
exactly In the center Of the lump. In
a little time the ice will. begin to melt
from the inside. and after a few mo-
ments a small cavity will appear, for
the ice. having expanded in freezing.
will not take up so much room Wnen
melted. The cavity, being entirely sur
rounded by ice, will be a partial vac
uum, filed with a watery vapor OF very
low pressure. When you have melted
a large cavity lay the glass aside and
let the ice melt in the sun. Turn 1t
so that it will be sure to
melt evenly round the cavity. After
awhile the cavity will be surrounded
by a thin shell Of ice. Then, because
of the great pressure on the outside
about fifteen pounds to the square
inch. the thin walls will suddenly
collapse, and the ice will fly In all df-
Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Courtinq In Spain,

In sunny Spain etiquette is so very
restrictive in the matter of courtship
that it is wonder that young people
ever manage to get married at all.
Even when. after many difficulties, the
engagement is accomplished, the par
ents have a deciding voice in fixing
the date. and. as they prefer long en-
gagements. the wedding day is usually
fixed somewhere in the dim future.
The best man and maid of honor are
expected not only to fulfill the usual
duties, but to contribute-sometim
very substantially-to the expenses Of
the wedding feast Wedding cake is
unknown. but instead packets Of sugar
ed almonds are distributed among the
guests and sent by post to those who
are unable to be present-Kansas City
Star
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
How to Soften the Elbows.

Sometimes woman who has pretty
arm is troubled with dark. rough ell
bows and coarse skin on the back of
the arm just above the elbow. In either
case it will take some time to restore
the original soft white flesh. Purchase
some liquid green soap. which is really
yellow in color. make a good lather
with it and rub it we'll into the skin.
Leave it ON for about five minutes.
then rub it off thoroughly with warm
water and dry very carefully. Care
less drying of this part of the arms is
the usual cause of the roughened skin.
After the cleansing apply a skin food.
rubbing it in well.
If the harsh surface does not yield
readily rub the rough place with q
pumice stone. then treat as described
-Woman's World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
leapinq Treason.

King William III. Of England was
passionately fond Of the chase and
made it a point never to be outdone
in any leap, however perilous. A Mr..
Cherry, who was devoted to the ex-
lied Stuarts, took advantage Of this
to plan the most remarkable design
which was ever formed against a
kings life. He regularly Joined the
royal hounds, put himself foremost
and took the most desperate leaps in
the hope that William might break
his neck in following him. One day,
however. he accomplished one so i'm
minently dangerous that the king when
he came to the spot shook his head
and drew back. 1t is said that Mr..
Cherry at length broke his own neck
and thereby relieved the king from
further hazard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
us,- prv..,. Wa. R.ser.s,sd.

There was no need Of celebrating Ar
Dor day In Prussia In the days when
Friedrich Wilhelm I. was king. for That
monarch had q plan all his own by
which he replenished the forests and
kept the country well supplied with
fruit trees.
According to Das Buch fur ALE, the
king, having observed that there was
q great dearth Of fruit and oak trees
In Prussia and not being willing to
undertake the tremendous expense OF
reforesting the country himself issued
an order to all clergymen that, after
June q, 1720. they should refuse to
perform any marriage ceremony unless
the groom could produce evidence that
he had just planted six fruit trees and
an equal number of oaks. If it was In
winter or in the middle Of a dry sum-
mer, when plants would not grow, the
groom had to produce and lay aside
sum of money sufficient to cover the
cost of the trees and promise to plant
the required number when fall or
spring came.
The edict worked wonders. The next
generation In Prussia had no lack OF
fruit and oak trees.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15

This land Of Alsace b In many ~
spects the most beautiful that have
ever seen. Strung along the horizon.
like sentinels wrapped In nantes Of
green, the peaks of the Vosges loom
against the sky. On the slopes Of the
ridges, massed in their black battal-
ions, stand forests Of spruce and pine
Through peaceful valleys silver
streams meander leisurely, and in the
meadows which border them cattle
stand knee deep amid the lush green
grass. The villages, their tortuous.
cobble paved streets, lined on either
side by dim arcades, and the old, old
houses, with their turrets and balco-
MES and steep pitched pottery roofs.
give you the feeling that they are not
real, but that they are scenery on
stage, and this illusion is heightened
by the men in their jaunty berets and
wooden sabots, and the women whose
huge black silk headdresses accentuate
the freshness of their compilations. 1t
is at once a region Of ruggedness and
majesty and grandeur, Of quaintness
and simplicity and charm.-F. Alex
ander Powell in Scribner's Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
A Painters Broken Arm,

A friend once entered the studio of
George Inness, the American land
scape painter, while he was at work
and remarked that the picture on the
easel seemed to him much better than
certain former works of the artist.
"Rightr' said Inness. This is going
to be one of my best things, and the
reason is that l have had the good
luck to break my right arm and am
obliged to paint with my left hand.
You see," he added, showing his right
hand in a sling. this hand had be-
come so darned clever that could not
catch up with it. and it painted away
without me. while this hand"-shOw-
ing the left. with which he held his
brush-"is awkward and can do moth
ing without me"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Iefferson's Letter.

A few lines written by Jefferson to a
friend in a foreign country ruined the
warm friendship which had existed be-
tween him and Washington. The let
ter is known historically as "Jefferson's
letter."
Jefferson sent a letter to Philip MAJ
zei, an Italian, in April, 1896. Mazzei
published an Italian translation of it
in Florence the next year. 1t was re-
translated into French and published
in French newspapers, from which it
found its way into the British papers
and to America.
In this letter Jefferson opposed the
Jay treaty and commented freely
against Washington and his admins
tration as Anglican, monarchical and
aristocratic. This letter destroyed
Washington's faith in Jefferson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15

industrial Courts.

~ long ago m 1905 France created
Industrial courts, and the example has
been followed by Germany, Switzer-
land, Italy and Belgium. A president
who represents the public, and an
equal number of workers and employ
ers sit as a jury rather than as a
court. Lawyers are barred. The par
ties to the dispute take turns relating
grievance and defense, and in conse-
Quence Of this simplicity 80 per cent
Of the cases are adjusted without
formal hearings. In event Of threat
ened strikes or lockouts the courts
have the power to sit as boards Of ar
bitration, and it is only in rare cases
that satisfactory agreements are not
reached.
Compare the simplicity of this pro-
cedure with the American method of
frequent trials, frequent appeals, re-
yersed decisions, remanded cases,
court costs, lawyers fees and months
Of delay, gantlet that no poor man
dares to run. The dollar out Of which
an alien is cheated may mean to him
the difference between a bed or a park
bench, and certainly his sense of in
justice will not inspire him with re-
spect for democratic. Institutions
George Creel in Century.