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Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
Gardner Killed in Wyoming
When Automobile Overturns

Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 15.-While
coming toward the Black Hills in his
automobile, Asa Gardner of New Eng
land, N. D.. was instantly killed near
Beaulah, 'Wyo., this morning, when
the car overturned on a steep curve
and pinned him under. With other
members of the party who were unin-
jured, Gardner's body was brought to
Belefourche.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
WatertoWn Auditor
Given Prison Term

Watertown, S. D., Aug. 80. M.
Lane, formerly city auditor of Water
town, pleaded guilty in district court
here today, to eimbezzlement, and was
sentenced by Judge Sherwood to four
years i'll the ,penitentiary at Sioux
Falls. Lane was charged with having
embezzled more than $4,000 of
municipal funds while in office.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
Postoffiee at n
0akdale Robbed

Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 15.-The post
Office at Oakdale, thirty miles west of
here, was robbed early today by two
men. A citizen discovered them at
work and tried to alarm the town.
The robbers fired one shot at him
and made their escape with SOS.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
Volunteers Sail on
BattIeShip Illinois

Norfolk, Va, Aug. l5.-The battle
ship Illinois sailed today with between
100 and 200 civilian volunteers on
board from Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin for a
months practice cruise. 1t will pro-
coed to Fort Pond Bay, L. L
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
Hughes Will Speak
At Topeka August 81

Topeka, Kan, Aug. l5.-Charles
E. Hughes, republican presidential
nominee, will speak in Topeka August
81 instead of September /, according
to telegram received here from VIII
liam R. Wilcox, who is in charge of
Mr.. Hughes itinerary.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
The Weather
For Nebraska-Fair.
Ternneraturea at Omaha Yesterday.
Comparative Local Record.

Comparative Local Record.
1916. 1915. 1914. 1918.
Highest yesterday :. S6 S6 "a lO3
Lowest yesterday -. 65 6S 65 rs
Mean temperature =. rs 75 so 90
Precipitation ........ T FL 90 90
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature e..................7 rs
Excess for the day .....................
Total excess since March .225
Normal precipitation .......... IL inch
Deficiency for the day. y....... IL inch
Total rainfall since March L.. 80 inches
Deficiency since March 1....... 8.75 inches
Excess for cor. period. 1915.... .01 inch
Deficiency for cor period. 1914. 4.5s inches
Renarta frnm &tatinns at Z 2 NJ
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Continued on Page Two. Column Two9
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-16
Reports from Stations at p. NJ.

T indicates trace of PRECIPITATION.
-l# L. A. WELSH. Me.eorolpgist.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

beast. Had Peg been conscious her
struggles might have been her undoing.
Slowly the girl regained conscious
ness and opened her eyes bewildered
upon the strange surroundings.
She struggled to her feet, and fell.
Again she attempted to arise, but was
too weak to stand. Crawling to pile
of lumber nearby she raised herself
with the aid of this support and leaned
heavily against the lumber to collect
her senses.
Jerry had by this time entered the
lumber yard and was searching among
the piles of timber for the girl. The
animal men passed on down the road
to overtake the elephants. Young
Doctor Lund had followed Jerry into
yard, but search where he might there
was no living soul.
Peg, meanwhile, had started on her
own account to find her way through
the alleyways that separated the
high piles of lumber. She had gone
only a short distance when, with hor-
ror, she beheld two evil looking men
seated on low pile Of lumber near
where she stood. Peg tried to evade
their notice, but one of the bleary-
eyed creatures caught sight of her and
shouted:
"Hully Gee, Nike Look at the gal
Let's get her"
The two unkempt and half-drunk
creatures started for Peg and chased
her among the lumber piles. Her
desperate position gave the GIL re-
newed strength for little white, but
the drunken brutes who were chasing
her had too great an advantage.
Jerry, running among the lumber
piles, and across the wagon roads that
divided the yard into sections, heard
Pegs screams for help as the first
indication Of her whereabouts. TAX
ing his directions by the sound of
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

Pegs voice, he came upon the strug-
Cling girl, just as she had been over
powered by the drunken sailors.
Regardless of consequences Jerry
pounced upon the huskies and gave
them the best battle he was able to
muster, but when one of the men
swung a short piece Of board through
the air and brought it down upon
Jerry's head the young jockey went
down and out. Despite her struggles,
and regardless of her screams and
pleads for mercy, Peg was toy in
the hands of the sailors.
Lifting her by main strength the
thugs started toward the water, just
as Jerry, lying prone upon the ground,
began to recover his senses. The
jockey caught only a glimpse of Peg
and her captors, but it was enough to
give him the direction. Dazed and
bewildered as he was, Jerry remem-
bered and was struggling to follow the
sailors with their prey, when young
Lund in his desperate search for Peg,
came running through the lumber piles
and almost stumbled over the pros
trate jockey.
ooh, Mr.. Lund," gasped the boy. run
that way-they've got her-Ill follow"
And Lund. with all speed, fled in the
direction Jerry had indicated. Lund
had not travelled far toward the
water, before he came to place
where the road forked. and both
branches led down to the docks.
There was not a human being in
sight. Taking chances Lund selected
the wrong road. and he lost precious
moments before he had raced to the
docks and found the place deserted.
Of to his right the piles of lumber
were stacked close to the pier, but he
turn. To his left there We're more
lumber piles and nobody to be seen.
He quickly decided to retrace his
steps and take the other fork Of the
road, and with all speed he ran over
the distance he had wasted in his un-
lucky decision. Just as he reached
the fork of the road, Jerry met him,
the young Jockey staggering along as
best he could. Although he was fast
recovering his usual agility Jerry was
still rather groggy from the blow the
sailors had given him on the head.
Lund led the way down the road
over which he was now certain Peg had
been carried by her captors. The
strain of his long run began to tell
and, agile and muscular as he was
his speed was slackening under the
hard strain OF his protracted effort
Looking over his shoulder he saw
that Jerry was now making good speed
and as they neared the wharf the.
were on even terms.
As the two men dashed out Into tn,
open on the docks they realized t.
| their dlsmay. that the sailors hat
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

No one ever really knows what
"stampedes the elephants" with a
circus. The most trivial disturbance
may brighten the animals into panic
and once started the tremendous
brutes have their own way. Nothing
can stop them and the men who are
their complete masters at other times
have absolutely no control over the
movements of the beasts once they are
thoroughly alarmed.
Blinded by fear the bulky brutes
press forward in the face of an OBJ
stacle. They have been known to
break through brick walls, walk
through strong fences as though they
were kindling, and the ropes and can
vas of a circus mean nothing to an
elephant on stampede.
Pegs sudden fall from her horse
might have been passed as an accident
by the crowd that beheld the girl
topple heavily to the ground. Her
horse, relieved of Its burden, stopped
on the other side of the ring. And
in the second that Peg lay PROSTATE
upon the ground, Prince, the big
elephant that stood in the ring, but
a few feet from where the girl fell,
made move that was faster than any
human being could follower prevent.
Trumpeting madly the other ele-
plants In the groupe with Prince ran
in different dlrections-but Prince had
his own ideas. Before anyone, in the
al n n LII
brute was about he had dashed TO
the spot where Peg lay PROSTATE, and
wound his trunk around her body.
Lifting her as though she were a babe,
the ponderous brute made dash for
liberty.
The wildly excited multitude fled in
all directions.
Young Lund, from his seat in the
crowd, had seen as much us anybody
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

could of the swlft-moving events, and
feet. The surging crowd momentarily
hid her PROSTATE body from his view,
but he saw the elephant dash into
the ring where she had fallen. Then
caught flash of the girl held securely
by the elephant.
The young athlete fought his way
through the crowd, working himself
along the seats until he came to the
end of a section and then dropped to
the ground. When he reached the
open, Lund saw the herd of elephants
dashing down the road, and lost no
time in following as fast as he could
run.
There was one man among the
circus folks who had managed to act
about as quickly as did the elephants.
Jerry, the jockey. who would go to
unknown extremes to serve the pretty
circus girl, was always on hand to
watch her ride, and when he saw her
fall he started to her assistance. But
the elephant was quicker than the
man.
When Jerry saw what had happened
he dashed away in pursuit of Prince
and his self-imposed burden.
Prince ran with Peg in his grasp
for a long distance down the road.
At length his attention was directed
to lumber yard that spread itself
along the shores of the harbor. He
turned through an open gate, ran some
distance inside the yard, and deposited
Peg upon the ground. Then Prince
retraced his steps to the highway. and
followed the other elephants.
The circus people had, by this time,
recovered from the shock and surprise.
Animal men ran down the road in
pursuit of the elephants and Flip, the
clown. headed a party of performers
who followed along in search of Peg.
Jerry had seen Prince turn into the
lumber yard and again emerge without
his burden. Young Lund, running
alone in hot chase, had also marked
the incident and also saw Jerry dis
appear through the gate.
For some time Peg lay motionless
and insensible upon the ground where
the elephant had dropped her. Al
though she had Travelled for con-
siderable distance, under extraordin-
airy conditions, the animal had carried
her as carefully as a mother could
handle child. There was no shock
and no bodily damage for which the
/ elephant was responsible.
But the bullet from Chockro's re-
volver had torn slight wound In her
scalp as it passed in almost fatal
proximity TO her head; and when she
fell from her horse, the impact had
fairly stunned her. Thus Prince bore
an inanimate burden, a fact that prob
ably saved the girl from being
J trampled to death by the frightened
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
SYNOPSIS.

La Belle lie sIeur. animal queen, dies
after giving birth TO baby; Doctor
Lund. owner OF circus La Bellies hus-
band refuses 10 recognize child. La Belle
intrusts baby 10 Flip, clown, who rears
Peg as circus rider. Later Doctor Lund's
second wife determines Peg shall not
share Lund's millions and sends Hindu
10 follow circus and dispose OF girl. Doc
tor Lund sends thugs 10 get from Flip
letter that proves Pegs parentage. Mrs.
1und also wants this letter. Many OK
citing and hazardous attacks and events
transpire. Doctor Lund's son who Is fol-
lowing Peg to induce her to become his
wife rescues girl from many perilous
straits In the preceding episode Peg has
received as n gift from her companions
with the circus, a running horse which
has been entered IN a race against a horse
owned by Mrs Lund. When the race 10
ready 10 run Chockro and his gang at
tack the Jockey and injure him so that he
cannot ride. Peg gets permission 20 ride
her own horse, and DOMINIC the injured
Jockeys uniform, wins After. the race
Peg Is overpowered by the Hindu and his
thugs and thrown into an automobile. As
she H. being rapidly driven away. young
Doctor Lund overtakes the machine and
Jumps aboard.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

Trigger. There was no report. Again
ana again he pulled the trigger anu
'hen realized that the gun was useless.
we must fight for it, Peg" saiu
Lund' as he drew the girl with hiiu
Dehind the top of the companion-was.
Looking about for some means o.
protection against the onrushing san,
ors' Lund was only able to lay hanus
On TWO iron Delaying pins, used .!
sailors to hold coils of rope as the'
were hung against the bulwarks.
Their launch adrift, Jerry lylns
unconscious upon the forward decs'
the drink-crazed sailors rushing mndly
upon them, aund and Peg resolved "
sen their lives dearly as they faceo
their unexpected peril.
lend or ELEVENTH EPISoDEJ.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
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DEUTSCHLAND A MENACE.
Intended to intinnidate, French Writer
Declares.

Paris.-Gabriel Hanotaux, former
minister of foreign affairs and presi-
dent Of the Franco-American commits.
sion for the development Of economic
literacy and art, in a political leader
in the Figaro declares that the ap-
pearance OF the German commercial
submarine Deutschland in American
waters is a part of German diplomacy.
II will be followed, he asserts, by q
reopening OF the question OF German
resumption Of the submarine cam
paign against merchant ships. and he
alludes to it as a diplomacy to intimi-
date neutral powers annd sow discord
between neutrals and members OF the
entente.
ut ia as IL Germany said to the
nations beyond the seas. The sea no
longer is an obstacle; there we are,
and beware our coming 1t is a part
OF the German system to try intimida-
ton rather than persuasion
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ORDER GUARDS HELD
BORDER SITUATION PRONOUNCED
LESS ACUTE
SAYS SUBMARINE A MENACE
French Writer Declares Deutschland
10 Intended to intimidate.-
Floods Cause Immense
Damage to Crops.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-The war department
has sent orders to all department com.
manders to delay transportation to
the border Of national guardsmen now
mobilizing until they are thoroughly
equipped and organized. The order
will revoke a ruling issued when the
Mexican situation was acute, waving
certain requirements. The order az
fccts about $4,000 men still held in
camps. The latest information OF the
department is that about 100000
Euardsmen now are at the border.
With the $4,000 regulars there and
the 5000 additional men called from the
reserve, officials estimate that there is
sufficient forces to cope with any
present emergency.
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Activities Of Women.

Over 6,OOO women marched in the
Boston preparedness parade.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is
the only woman who is II reigning SOW
ereign.
There are between 3,OOO,OO0 and A.
0OO.OU woman voters in the United
States.
To wed man she never saw, Viola
Kleckner recently left Sanbury, Pa, on
7,OOOmile trip to Seward, Alaska,
where she will become the wife Of
james NJ. Foley, mining engineer.
1t cost the suffragists of the cOun-
try over S6O,OOO to get n suffrage
plank in the Republican and Progress
sive party platforms.
Empress Augusta Victoria of Ger
many visits the hospitals every week
to console the wounded soldiers Of her
country
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EIoods Cause Immense DAMAGE.

Atlanta. Ga.--Serious floods in North
Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
caused five known deaths, rendered
hundreds homeless, damaged property
and crops to the extent OF s10,000.0O0,
according to first estimates, and de-
moralized railway, telegraph and tele-
phone communication. Following the
hurricane that struck the south At.
lantic coast last week. unprecedented
rains have fallen. driving rivers and
smaller streams from their banks and
imperiling many lives.
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Jury Frees Orpet.

Waukegan. lll.-William Orpet. the
university student charged with MUIR
dering Marion Lambert, high school
girl and his former sweetheart, was
found not guilty by jury in Judge
Donnelly's court after FIVE hours de-
liberation. The jury retired at ESQ
o'clock. At 6 o'clock its members were
taken to dinner at boarding house
where they spent half an hour. One
hour later came the fash that YER
Gict had been reached. Probably fifty
persons were waiting for 1t.
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Railroad Opened for Shipment.

Ell Paso. Textile Mexico North
western railroad has again been open.
ed for the shipment of supplies to
American troops in Mexico. This &C
ton follows the lifting Of the en-
barge on food and other expectations
to Mexicans, Shipments are being
made by Ell Paso concerns, by way
Juarez, to Casas Grandes merchants,
who in turn dispose Of their supplies
to the quartermaster at the field
base. Army officers welcome the IN.
direct use of the Mexican railroad for
transportation of supplies.
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Preside. Tex.-one detachment OF

Preside. Tex.-One detachment OF
the United States border patrol fired
on a second detachment near here,
mistaking it for a body of bandits.
One soldier, Private Milhoun OF the
Sixth cavalry, was wounded. Milhoun,
with several other troopers, was re-
turning to camp with several horses
they had rounded up. Nearing a small
thicket in whcih they detected a
movement they called out and fired
several shots. A patrol hidden In the
brush, mistaking them for enemies,
fred upon them, Milhoun being shot
through the Jaw.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-07-20
FOREIGN Trade Exceeds All Records.

Washington. countrys foreign
trade during the fiscal year ending
with last month, reached a total or
$6.525,OG 900, exceeding by many mil
lions all previous records, according
to preliminary figures announced by
the commerce department. Exports
were valued at $4,325 ,000,0 900 and i'm
ports at $2,1S0,0O0,OO0. The figures
are based on complete returns for the
first eleven months of the year and es-
Inmates for June.
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FIFTH REGIMENT peTRAlNs.
First Detachment on Hand to Welcome
Newcomers.

First Detachment on Hand to Welcome
Newcomers.
The Fifth regiment, under Colonel
Herbert Paul, arrived at Camp Llano
Grande, near Mercedes, Tex, Friday
morning and Immediately began to
detrain. The entire Fourth regiment,
including Colonel Eberly and stan and
the regimental band. was on hand to
welcome the newcomers.
Almost six days were required In
bringing the Fifth from Lincoln to
camp. Many delays we're encountered
along the way. At Muskogee the regi.
ment was tied up nearly twenty.four
hours. A freight train just ahead OF
the troop train went into the ditch,
derailing three cars and an engine.
At Bishop; Tex, the troops were
again delayed by washouts, Along a
distance Of seven miles the tracks
were under two and three feet OF
water. At Denison, Tex, the troops
were transferred into tourist sleep
ing cars. Twenty.seven OF these cars
we're awaiting the Nebraskans when
they reached that town.
BY night there we're more than 1000
Nebraskans encamped.
All mail for the two regiments
should be addressed to Mercedes. Tex.
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ANATOMY From Experience.

The former big league baseball man
ager, who had been canned because
the team finished last as usual, was
taking civil service examination in
order to secure n political job. He
was amazed at the list Of fool ques-
tions on the examination paper. He
didn't know the distance from the
earth to the moon, so he passed that
one up. And he could not describe n
syzygy, so he called that test loser.
But the third question interested him.
1t said:
Name the largest bone in the hu-
man frame"
And with grin of confidence the
former manager wrote this answer:
"The head."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The vacuum cleaner ought to work
well on many heads we have seen.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-07-20

State Fire Commissioner w. s. Rid.
CELL reports that inspectors OF his
department made Abs inspections In
June In ninety.six different towns and
issued Sb2 cleanup and condemna.
ton orders. Two buildings were con.
demned and removed at Ewing. The
fire losses in June as reported to the
state warden amounted to $5S,42S.
The department Is endeavoring to
make an inspection OF the whole state
with the object in view of making the
state as free as possible from fire
hazards.
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TO Enable Soldiers to Vote.

Representative. Sloan has introduced
a bill at Washington giving the right
to national guard volunteers who may
be on the Mexican border on election
day to vote for presidential electors,
senators and congressman, such cleo
lions to be conducted by officers OF the
troops chosen by the men, and the
votes to be counted in accordance with
an election certificate to be sent to the
canvassing board Of the respective
states.
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Huahcs' Notification July 81.

New York.-Charles Evans Hughes
will be notified that he is the repub'
lican candidate for president on July
81. at s p. m. in Carnegie hall, New
York City. Selection of this date for
the prefunctory notification ceremony
was announced by Senator Warren q.
Harding. chairman of the notification
committee, following conference
with Hughes and Chairman Wilcox.
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Pay Nebraskans Deserved Tribute.

A deserved tribute was paid to the
Nebraska troops by the citizens Of
Denison, Tex, who declared they were
the most orderly, the most obedient,
and the most manly soldiers who have
passed through that town. Guards
men from eight or nine states have
passed through Denison in the past
ten days en- route to the border. A
committee Of business men ret the
boys at the station and distributed
cigars, stamped postal cards and
newspapers among them.