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HtILDS HUGE CAVE
WITH rE:AS GROWING. on 4

Within a fortnight had bull, a
huge cave. on top OF which French
peas We're growing Cndcrueath thi,
a two-foot cover was arranged 50 that
the whole thing could bc lifted with
out spelling the plants
Late on Wednesday VIC informed
asked him 10 help us. ~ 8 O'Clock ~
the afternoon we stepped into The cave
and our friend pu, on the cover. \,
/ We We're found missing.
We were believed TO have left for
Cape Vincent, At midnight We lifted
the cover. crouchcd 10 tho water. came
down the river and got TO KING stcn.
ON our way there We had To chang"
our course and turn towards Can.
uanoquc.
The first night We crossed hun
drcd fences. By daybreah "" had dug
new hole in the bush near Can
nauoque channel to spend the day
when night came wo made for 2
boat along the shore which wo fouua
III tho morning, about $50. Forcing
the lock Of hoathouac with a jack
knife, we rcjoiccd in our good for.
tune.
we padded TO Grindstonc Island.
where we We're advised to go To Co
mon, Point 10 get a motor boat. From
there We went to Clayton. As soon
as We could get TO a telephone We rang
up our Canadian hosts and urged them
not To worry about us our health
was perfect and our hearts were light
under the Stars and stripes"
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SAVED FROM DEPORTATION
Presidsnt's Order Received JuAt Before
Women Are TO Sail OH return
Voyage.

NEW YORK. August pa special
order from President wilson which
reached the steamship Nieuw Amstcr-
dam just before the liner sailed yester-
day, saved Mrs. Sarah Schimclson and
her daughter. Esther, from deportation.
The woman's husband was executed
by tho Russians in Suwalki. Russian
Poland. for selling bread 10 the Ger
mans after the Tentons first captured
that place. when the Germans retook
tho town the widow, her daughter and
her eleven-year-old son were sent 10
Berlin and given H passport 10 America
with orders not to return.
Arriving here. the immigration au-
thorities ordered the girl he deported
for feeble mind edness, and the mother
was ordered 10 accompany her. The
boy was permitted To go to relatives
~.
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HELD FOR ELECTION FRAUDS
Twenty Men. Including Member OF
Governors StaG, Indicted In
West Virginia.

CHARLESTON. W. VA, August ~.
Twenty men. including Edward OToo!c.
representative of United States steel
coal interests in West Virginia, were
to-day indicted by Federal grand
jury at Webster Springs Cor alleged
election frauds III Mcdowell County.
The indictments c6tcr o,ffy one cleo.
tion district, Investigation will te
made in every county where frauds
have been reported.
OToole, who is a member of The Gov
ernor's stan. is specifically Charc ed
with having brought 200 voters into the
State, who were used AS rcpeatcrs &c
bring about the nomination Of VII.
liam F. Hitc, 4 candidate for Unite,
states Senate
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sERBIANS DEFEATED
WITH HEAVY LOSSES

SOFIA. August Is ,ria London).-
After severe fighting on the Bulgarian
right wing on the Macedonian front.
the Serbians have been defeated with
very heavy losses and compelled to
retire, the War once announced to-
day. Eighteen consecutive attacks
were made by the Serbiaus.
On the eastern end OF the front. Bull
xarian forces have reached the Greek
Aexean coast. and put British cavalry
attachments to flight Several villages
have been occupied by the BulGarians.
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FREDERICK SRURG. VA. August %
The FredcriC X sburg Chamber of Com
mcrce is making efforts TO secure ?,
large industrial plant from one cf the
New England States. The plant has
hccn in business for twenty years is
prosperous, but is having difficulty in
securing labor. 1t will be willing Ia
move to = new location on this account
At a meeting OF the Chamber OF Com
merce last night. subscriptions were
nskd for. The largest given was So
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for twenty months l have remained
under the power OF the Union Jack,
where he put me"
MIR. Brubacher set his coffee cup
down and drew from his pocket /,
bunch of keys.
Il WAS manager of Il pulp mill at
Rimouski," he said. by virtue of my
German birth I became II guest of the
Canadian government. They con-
nscatcd everything | had. except my
KEYS and my courage"
II matched my courage with MIS-"
said John, 80 together we planned our
little Sortie"
Together they told their story.
''Abou, two months ago we were
given permission TO pass about -four
hours each day on the slope surround
inE the fort. While We were on, we
were closely guarded Pcrmancntly
awake in us was the thought of being
relieved from the misery of the life. so
we were continually looking for a
chance TO &c, away. After much brood =
ing. wc decided 20 go in for hardening
on the slope. I" see il tho plan they
had worked oft would mature II did.
FirS, planted sweet corn. This WAS
To protect me against ono sentry no
give the impression that ] cared for
nothing but gardening, planted GU
Cumbcrs. bcas, beans and salad Evcry
day ! hid a piece Of hoar. under my
shirt when going on the slope
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ATTACKS ny ALLIES
REPuLSED ny GERMANS

BERLIN. August &c tvia Londom.-
Attacks last night by tho British in
the Thiepval and FourenuS wood sec
tors, on the SCmmc front, and by the
French near Maurcpas were repulsed.
the War once announced to-day.
In the Champagne. northwest OF
Tahure. French trenches were raided
and torty-six prisoners captured.
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GREEK PORT OF STARTIIA
CAPTURED ny BlLt;ANIANS

PARIS. Angus, 26.-'rhc BulEarians
have attacked and captured the Greek
fort Of Startila. after killing its com
mander, ChanEas. and the entire gar
rison, which offered spirited resistance.
says Saioniki dispatch 10 tho Mattn.
The dispatch is dated August IS, and
was delayed.
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NeEro LynChtd hN Ninh.

SHREVEPORT. LA, August %
Jesse Hammet, negro, who was placed
In jail at Vivian. twenty miles north
CT here and accused OF entering th.
bedroom Of Mrs. walter George vic
OF an oil drliler. and attempting 10
assault her. was lynched by a mob
there to-day.
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VIII Give Trolley Part,

The Ladies Sewing Circle OF stock
ton Street Baptist Church will give a
trolley party tomorrow night at s
O'Clock. tho cars leaving Seventh and
Perry Street" and making circuit Of
the city. with stop-ofs at Forest Hi
and william Byrd Parks. Proceeds
will be devoted to the bentht Of the
church building fund.
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PRES1Do. August - ,liy au,omohila
to Maria, Texas -R.poris reaC,,o,, XII,
to-day that Mexican bandits ra,,o
ACROSS the Rio Grande near Ruidcs,
town fifty miles up INC riv.r anI
raided an American ranch driving az,
nineteen horses TO tho uth., sid,
Troops OF the sixth United STAR.
Cavalry and the TeXas Cavalry arc STA
toned at Ruidesa.
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THOMAS tEDGAR STRIPPING
TO SETTLE IN RICHMOND

pANNlILE. VA. August 26.--That
Thomas Edgar Stripping will settle in
richmond. there to start anew his life
is the statement contained in Il letter
received to-day from the former chief
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OF police by John r. Cook. clerk OF tho
| Circuit Court. Stripping is at present
at liopewcll visiting his married
daughter. and says that he, liz anxious
| to get back into harness He plans
visit to Danvillc In the near future
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ported. ground being gained on both
sides OF Mouquet farm. notably 10 the
southwest. where 400 yards OF German
trenches along the et-Thicpral
road were captured.
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DEATHS

CARTER -pict AUGUST q: ~! "a NJ
MRS j. NEpDI.RlpGE CARTER. widow o:
w r Garter AZ tn. residence 81 her son
in-law T. " F.lscr. sos North Avenu. Bar
,lren-Nrs Nellie L M"pow"ii. Mrs T. !.
Moore. Mrs Vi FciEcr. Norman Ca,'
Two brothers. Robert VI Robertson ant
Richard ". ROBERTSON and two sisters. Mrs
Wu;Iam r Wood and John + pridiv.
Funeral notice later
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me British claim that a German sub
marine was TANNED and that another
"as SUNK III the North Sea ngh, The
herman Admiralty carly in the week
ao"''''ec mat one submarine was dam.
Sseo' out declared il returned safely.
II haid tnat the report that one SUB
marine was destroyed could be passed
only when all submarines reported.
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Livery 3tnbic ue,,roxcs.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VA. Angus, &c
Fire last night destroyed the livery
stable or Charles Grayson. colored, to-
gcthcr with it's contents The ,oss !,
estimated at $4,000
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ny MAY IRWIN.

IRWIN ISLAND CLAYTON. y. Y.
August 26.--Thc unexpected guest sat
at my dinner table to-day and brought
in the spirit OF the Deutschland There
were two of him.
Sustained by the same indomitablc
courage that had mpclled the crew
of that submarine to bring theti craft
safe into Baltimore harbor and nome
again these young Germans had made
their escape from the detention camu
at Kingston. ont.
1T is great to hc free" said Erwin
John. His companion. Willy Rruhach
Ell smiled. Yes" he supplemented
with smile in his wild eye jus,
think of the thousands of people in
this country who do not appreciate
the word liberty"
Looking at these two mon. leaned.
hronzcd and sinewy, with heads crop
ped closely as the stuhhle or n harvest
field. il was hard to believe that dur
ing every second OF the thirty-siN
hours just ended they had lived in
danger OF death from bullets OF the
guards at the camp whence they had
escaped
'rhcy had crept GU; under cover OF
the still. dark sky and the darker st.
Lawrence River. crawling through tn"
marshes. lighting through til. thick"ts.
here forcing the lock OF a boHi-houSc.
there plunGinG into the river itself and
swimming for yards in the very Make
Of one Of the whitc-b breasted patrol
boats sent to seek them.
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a commission TO arbitratc this wage
question or delegation OF power to the
Interstate Commerce Commission TO
arbitratc.
1t would make tho arbitration retro
active. and tho roads would pledge
themselves to create 4 fund To care
for back wages. If increases are APP
proved Ivy the arbitratOrs.
Three things are cited ny the eXecu-
tivcs to back up this proposition. The
hIst is that many of the big shippers
Of the country have declared them
selves opposed to an abandonment Of
arbitration, and have insisted that an
ciTht-hcur day must not be granted
The second is 2 conviction that to give
III :" tho men under present conditions
would undermine discipline on the
roads 10 4 serious extent. and would
hav" far-renchinc after-eTects The
third is that NO matter what assur-
ances arc given. they feel they can
not expect rate increase This feel
in" is explained with statements tha.
tn" roads have not forgotten the way
'hoy We're attacked when the : per
cen, case was NJ, and that they do
not care to lose the position which they
feel they have gained with the public
oN fiskinS another attempt
FACING sITu ALTON
WITH UNITED FRONT
/ The attitude Of the executives 10.
night was n marked contrast to tina,
OF few days ago. Apparently. differ.
"nc"S Of oDinion have been swept away
and they arc facing IN" situation w,tr
a united front and ready for wha, ma,
come
brotherhood leaders said ,o-nirb,
that the departure Of :. large nup,b.,
OF the go representatives for ,hci,
homes during the day should no, l..
interpreted AS an Indication that TN.
men were breaking on the ncro,in
nons or had abandoned hope OF SO,
Element. MANY more would lcav. 10
morrow, the leaders said. but the head
and vice presidents of an tho hro,be,
hoods you'd remain. and would hay
suhcien, authority 10 deal WIN an,
development
IL was understood that ,he CHIEF ro.,
son for the exodus Of Labor mon la,
,, in the fact that they were anxious :,
! keep in closer touch with the union
) they represent. and wan, 20 make su,
Of their ground in that direction bt.ar
taking Il decisive step They VII! can
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INT!:ItNED At KINGSTON
FOR TWENTY MONTHS

They landed at last. hrea'hlcss Hnd
dripping. safe from the linton Jack.
under tho stars and Stripes. For ;wen-
" months these two young Germans
had been intcrued at KINGSTON.
Il was touring for pleasure. said
John, eating his rice soui''H with owl
dent relish. Il had been viewing Nj
arara Falls Au immigration officer
passed through the train.
"'What nationality are YOU?
"'German,' said. thinking was
on the American side.
Alas. how easy things go wrong.
"Hc SAID: Como with me. Making
"A virtue of my necessity. | went and
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tso. Other subscriptions were taken
nd tho matter will be further pressed
by Il committee canvass OF the city.
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TWO GERMANS ESCAPE
FROM DETENTION CAMP
FOR ihfrty-Sfx Hours Live in Danger
of Death From Bullets of
Their Guards.
SEEK REFUGE AT IRWIN ISLAND
VISIT Summer Home of May Irwin,
tho Actress, Who Acts as Their
Hostess at Dinncr-Leayc Later
for Boston.
Especial to The Times-pispa,ch.l

I"PtCIiI 10 The TimcS- DiSNatch.I
CLAYTON. y. Y, August 26-Erwin
John and Willy Brubacher escaped
'n'erhed German prisoners from the
Canadian detention camp at Kingston.
sought shelter and Il meal to-day at
irwin Island. the summer homo OF May
Irwin. the actress. They left to-niy hit
for Hoston. Here is Miss Irwin's story
of
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vass sentiment very carefully among
the rank and file OF the brotherhood

vass sentiment very carefully among
the rank and file OF the brotherhood
men.
After President Wilson'S conference
with senators Ncwlauds and Kern Sen
ator NcwlandS discussed the situation
with Senators Robinson, Salisbury,
Lewis and other Democratic members.
and senator Cummns, Republican
member OF the Commerce Commit tee.
Senators were rcticent but the whole
situation is said to have been laid
before the Democratic Senators Just as
ii stands for them to think IL over and.
if possible, TO find some means Of sat
sfying the demands of the roads
Senator Ncwlands said he had no,
called :; meeting of the Commerce Com
mi,tec. It was regarded as probable.
however. that :, meeting might be held
q MnnLaN
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INFORMAL CONFERENCES
O,' DEMOtRATIC MENIHI:US

on Monday.
INFORMAL CONFERENCES
O,' DEMOCRATIC MENIHI;US
Informal conferences of Democratic
members probably Will he held during
tho next few days To deliberate on the
proposal ~ amy rate. no immediate
congressional action is anticipated. and
no ono in authority would state
whether the railroad crisis would OPP
crate to prevent adjournment Of Con-
gross next week
Speaking OF tho situation. Senator
Newiands said Congress had power to
direct the Interstate Commerce Com
mission 30 increase rates or TO lower
them. y suggestion had been made.
IL was reported, that Congress might
pass the pending bill to increase the
membership OF the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission from seven to nine
and attach an amendmen, expressing
the sense of Congress that the railroads
should have an increase III freight rates
if they accept an eight-hour workday.
such an expression by Congress prac-
tically would amount to directing the
commission to grant an increase.
Whether such action would satisfy the
railroads. senator Newlands said lie
had no idea.
AS matter of fact. the law now
specifically states" said Senator New
lands. that in fixing railroad rates the
Interstate Commerce Commission must
take into consideration all operating
expenses. and an increase in wages at
,cmdant TO an eiEht-hour workday
would amount 10 an increase i'll operat-
inC expenses"
4 icl, tl,1t fn,N of
the brotherhood leaders proha bly, would
remain here longer than Monday. The
heads Of the four brothcrhoods and
their vice presidents. however. prob
ably will remain indefinitely if settle
ment of the dispute is not reached soon.
The head of each organization met
with his vice-prcSiden, tonight ana
discussed tentative plans for u strike.
SAY ONLY TWO STEPS
CAN PREVENT WALi<OUT
AS the brotherhood men saw the sit.
uation tonight only two steps could
prevent a walkout. Those are for the
railroads TO withdraw their insiatcncc
upon arbitration for all OF the demands
of tho men. or for the government to
take over the railroads for operation
for the duration OF the strike. Little
confidence was expressed that the
railroad heads would rccede, but the
men professed TO see great hopes of
government operation OF the li,";.
part iculariy after the Presidents visi,
10 CONGRESS. Just what these hopes
were based upon was not apparent.
II a strike should come. il was learned
Tonight, it probably will not become
operative for about wecld The
brotherhood men. while they have the
right TO declare strike from here,
probably would not do 50 until tn.
representatives leaving to-day and to-
morrow had talked the situation over
with their local committees Some of
them could not reach home in less than
i've days.
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PRESIDENT TURNS
TOWARD CONGRESS
IN RAIL PROBLEM

lcnntinued Ero,S First raee.l
The state herald., 1916-06-16

preciated their loyalty to him and
their efforts to get him nominated. but
that he thought the time had come
when carrying out the spirit Of the
statement Of the Progressive national
committee in January and the state
ment made by him in Trinidad In
February. 1t was their duty to present
an alternative name on which he
hoped the Republicans and Progress.
sives could unite. He presented the
name Of Henry Cabot Lodge. He
quoted the three paragraphs of his
telegram to W. B. Jackson Of Mary.
land.
He stated that Mr.. Lodge had besn
a member Of the lower house Of con.
gress and Of the senate Of the United
States for thirty years; that he was a
man Of the highest integrity. great far
sightedness. and Of wide vision as to
national needs. and qualified In every
way for the high ONCE Of president
The Republican convention opened
at the Coliseum at II a. m, June T..
Senator Warren @. Harding Of Ohio
was elected temporary chairman, and
he delivered a speech setting forth
conservative Republican principles.
Following this the regular committees
were appointed and organized and rou.
tine convention business went for
ward. There was only moderate ex-
preston OF enthusiasm at any time.
With the hope Of agreeing an presi.
DENTAL candidate whom both parties
might support. the Progressives. In
convention at the Auditorium. and the
Republicans appointed joint confer.
ence committee Thursday. and this
The state herald., 1916-06-16

the convention met at noon Saturday
indications pointed to the naming of
the New York man and the vote was
Overwhelmingly Hughes from the mo.
ment the first Alabama-was
called upon. He was given 949h;
Roosevelt, 18M: DUPONT, 6; Weeks,
8; Lodge. Z. and LAFollette, 3. Only
494 votes were necessary for the nomi.
nation.
Compromise Candidate Refused.
The nomination Of Hughes came af.
ter the Republicans turned down the
proposal Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt
that United States Senator Henry Ca
bot Lodge Of Massachusetts, be named
as compromise candidate.
The action Of the Progressives in
tabling the suggestion of their leader
was read before the Republican dele
gates and Chairman Harding an.
nounced that the message would be
recorded in the proceedings of the
convention.
Roosevelt In q telegram to the Pro-
gressive convention received in the
morning suggested the name of Sena.
tor Lodge as a compromise candidate
upon whom both Progressives and Re.
publicans could unite
Mr.. Roosevelt said that at about Ave
he was notified by the Progressive
conferees that they had come to no
conclusion with the Republican con-
ferees and that the Republican con.
ferees had again asked for any sug.
gestion Of name as candidate from
the Progressive conferees.
He then wrote to the Progressive
conferees stating that hs deeply ap-
The state herald., 1916-06-16

committee met at the CHICAGO club.
Shortly after midnight Il was an.
nounced that po progress had been
made toward fusion OF the two parties.
The Republican members of this
committee were Senator Reed smoot
OF Utah. W. Murray Crane, ex-senator
from Massachusetts: Senator William
z. Borah Of Idaho. Nicholas Murray
Butler Of Now York. president Of CO
lumbia university: A. r. johnson Of
Ohio. former Congressman. The Pro
sressive members were Gov. Hiram
Johnson Of California, Horace q. VIII.
kinson Of New York. Chsrles.J. Bona.
parte Of Maryland. former attorney
general. John M. Parker Of Louisiana.
George W. Perkins Of Now York.
Nominating speeches began in the
Republican convention about throe
O'Clock Friday afternoon. and nomina.
tions were closed before eight O'Clock.
Balloting began at once. Two ballots
were taken before adjournment for the
night.
s soAhU1stv0 CUuVeutlOn opened
Mt exactly the same time tho Republi.
cans started their meeting. Tempo.
rary Chairman Raymond Robins dei,y.
cred the Progressive policy speech.
Routine business followed-but II
wasn't routine in the same way % the
Republican session was. Tho Progress.
sivcs. with such men - william Allen
White. Victor Murdoch and Hiram
johnson. were loudly enthusiastic.
This convention was really an expio-
sivo afYair-cheers. table pounding,
radical talk and all that.
II Is said that George W. Perkins
and some others Of the Progressive
group had hard time keeping the
radical element from nominating
Colonel Roosevelt shortly after the
show started. Tho conservatives lived
In tho hope Of fusion with the Re-
publicans. The radicals said they
didn't caro- what tho Republicans did.
They wanted Teddy" md thcy want.
cd him quick. There was no dicksr.
ing spirit In these fellows.
The state herald., 1916-06-16
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The state herald., 1916-06-16
Not Available This Year.

The Rev. w. H. Book. pastor Of
the Tabernacle Christian church Of
Columbus, Is telling story told him
by schoolteacher in county not
far from Bartholomew. The teach.
or and the township trustee were
talking over plans for the annual
school commencement. The Ques-
ton Of speaker for commencement
arose.
Let's get this here Rip Van Win
kle to made the Speech" suggested
the township trustee.
"Who?" asked the surprised
teacher.
why, this here Rip Van Wrinkle" "
the trustee replied. I've heard q
good deal about him and l thought
maybe he might make q right smart
speech"
The teacher had to tell the trustee
that Rip was not available for com.
mencement addresses this year.