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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-19
Only "a Ball in the Hip.

1T is nothing, only a bah in the
hip" he said, "but my companion was
killed outright"
1T is nothing, he kept repeating,
Jas he held up the flag of his coat,
showing Il small round hole cut rs
nicely as with a pair Of scissors But
! It was not this, or The bah in the hip,
which was giving him paint was
his companion killed at his side.
Shortly after this another grew
some incident interrupted the eXplora-
ton of the trenches. An officer of
high rank arrived suddenly to report
to the commanding general mine
had just been exploded, killing Cap
tain c. and wounding two leuten-
ants and forty men. This he told has
I lilly as the general paused to receive
the report. Captain c., he went
on, had lived long enough 10 write a
few words to his family. The eXplo-
sion of the mine had not only scat
tered deadly fragments among the Of
fieers and men, but most of the men
had been overcome by gas fumes.
The Passing OF Captain.
This tragedy, hastily reported to the
general as the party trudged through
the trench. was only one of the Incl
dents of this greater tragedy going on
night and day all around here. Gen
eral Hellouin spoke of the gallant ser
/ vice of Captain c., gave directions
for suitable care of the body. and the
panty passed on to inspect the
trenches.
It is no easy thing--this walking
through the front trenches. They
have tried to floor them, TO keep the
men raised out of the sticky clay,
But the floor Is of round saplings
about the thickness of telegraph poles,
laid side by side, making a bunny
surface 1t is all right for the poilu,
in his wooden sabots. But for a ci-
william it is like going over railroad
ties. And besides there is the zig-zag
for the trenches turn sharply every
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-19

Apparently the Germans had di-
vined the presence OF n party or had
heard the low voice. For suddenly
the line OF clay trenches Immediately
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-19

1.-THE militia are being called out so
MS Ia leave some troops In the several
states. They VIII be modified at their
home stations. where necessary re-
cruitng can be done"
Brig. Gen. Alfred Mills, chief Of the
division of militia affairs estimated
the minimum militia force 10 be
called out to be las. 200 men.
Organizations Of the militia and
national guard have been called out
by kilograms 10 the various governors
with places Of assembly designated as
follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

at this door when he heard a voice, and at first he thought it was a hu- man voice, crying shrilly through the gloom.
 Let me out!" was the frantic cry close above him. "Let me out!" Cropping and paving along the wall. his hand came in contact with the rung of a narrow iron ladder. He caught at this ladder and drew him. self up, for he now stood shoulder high in the ever mounting flood. On the topmost rung, as he mounted, he found shaking and feathered body clinging stubbornly to the rust1ng iron, beating with it's beak on the hollow sounding boards above it's head.
 In a flash Manley himself was shouldering up against these boards. There was the sound of rendlng staple, and in another moment he was swarming up through the ruptured trap door, catching at the parrot as he went.
 In that upper room he found him. self confronted by drunken man with wide staring eyes, man who viewed him with such vacant terror that the blue-barreled revolver was not even called into service. For tnat startled figure Manley sent over With one charge as he leaped for the door'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18
By ARTHUR SPRINGER Author of "Thc Wire Tappers," The
 The Hand of Peril" Etc.
(The MarUelous Story, Hitherto Unpublished, From Which the Pathe Photoplay of
 the Same Name Was Made)
SYNOPSIS

LNoCH GOLDEN q ~ their dorf Pdlidori secret 0 the islamd Pddor the Hood the oih the child. Golden
  Golden is hardened millionaire Pdidori pnceg
  her he | the The andth  again. ManeN his tvoous "OWp 
  brandy cask aud drivin0 of ,th
 
  under the letter. aoith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

At the home of Enoch Golden. in the meantime, the terrified Wilson had regained both his feet, his pres ence of mind and a presentable DOT tion of his dignity. His frantic shouts for help had brought the rest of ths servants focking to the library, and his equally frantic efforts to describe what had taken place did not add to the peace of that little group from below stairs.
 ''I tell you, Tibbins, Miss Margory's locked in that vault. and there's no one in the 'ouse as knows 'ow to open it."
 Then some one telephone for the police!" cried the second man, as Wilson shouldered out through the group swarming and gest'culating about the vault door. "Yes. the po- lice!'
 He had the instrument in his shak- ing hand when the door opened and David Manley stepped quickly in, with Tito, the green bodied parrot, on his arm.
 Its Miss Margory, sir" began the quavering- voiced butler.
 Well, what about Miss Margory?"
 
 no one in the 'ouse knows the con- bination!"
 Good God!" cried Manley, sud- denly transfixed. Then he ran to the vault door, fiinging the others aside. Flinging off his coat, he bent over the dial. The silent group circled about him. And still he worked, worked with every nerve on edge. every sense alert, for time, he knew, was precious.
 Twenty-one- thirty - forty-two - sixty!" was the shrill and monotonous cry of the parrot, with one eye cooked ceilingward.
 Manley suddenly wheeled about.
 What in Gods name does that parrot mean?" Wait! It is-it must be"-But instead of finishing that declaration he repeated the birds cry. "Twenty-one, thirty, forty-two, sixty
 In the next breath he was facing the vault door, with his trembling fingers turning and spinning the glim- mering dial.
 Then. without breathing, and with colorless face, his hand grasped the tumbler lever. And not one of that group moved as he put on that lever the pre- ssure that would tell the tale. Its all right" Manley called from the darkness of the inner vault She's alive-shell be around in a minute only somebody get some waterl"
 Gro Be Continued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18
The Figures of Fate.

Margory Golden, alone in her fa- ther's library, stared apprehenslvely about that massively furnished room as though dreading that some new terror might leap out at her from its shadowy corners
 AS she sat there, deep in thought. she was depressed by the sudden sus- nicion that some one of the many servants in that house was a traitor to his master. Yet as she checked them over, one by one, she found nothing on which to ground this ghostly suspicion. She remembered that she had once been suspicious or even Manley himself, of this serious minded friend who hid his true feel ings behind a mask of light-hearted irreIeyancies. And there were things in which she herself had not been altogether candid with him. There was. for instance, the matter of Tito, the Amazon parrot. She had not confided to Manley the fact that in that bird, stumbled across in fan cier's shop, she had found an old friend, a friend dating back to her unhappy days in the Owls Nest. And she sighed aloud as she gathered up the papers on the rosewood desk and turned to the vault to which she had forgotten to restore them.
 "Twenty-one, thirty, forty-two, sixty" she repeated. recalling her fathers instructions over the wire. edge for several minutes.
 ..Forward and back and forward and back again, for it's four movement dial, whatever that may mean!"
 The vault door opened, obedient to the combination, and seeking out the inner compartment marked "J" she restored the papers to their place. Her hand was still on the open vault door when the shrill call of the tele- phone bell sounded through the quiet room,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

She crossed to the desk and took up the receiver.
 Do you know who is speaking?" demanded voice which sent thrill of apprehension through her forward stepping body. And the question was repeated as she sat silent, staring be- fore her.
 "Yes." she finally answered, trying to steady her voice. Its Legar."
 The wire brought his answering laugh close into her ear.
 You know the voice, I see. And think you know the man. So listen to what l have to say. I've got your friend Manley, and he'll stay where I've got him. And unless you want him turned out of here with about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

fear from Legar. So when she fell back, as he sprang forward to strike her hand from the bell. she saw that her retreat lay in the direction of the vault door.
 Give me that map!" he said, in voice husky with blind and unreason- ing rage.
 Margory Golden, however, had no intention of giving him the map in question. She fought against him. with all the strength at her com mand, knowing that any moment now would bring the needed help.
 But Legar, with his hand on her throat, hurled her back against the heavy vault door. shook her as @ ter rier shakes rat, snatched the yell low sheet from her fingers, flung her staggering into the maw of the open vault, and with a throaty and beast like cry of triumph swung the great steel door shut, even as the partly dressed Wilson ran gaping in through the library door. Yet Legar took time to throw back the tumbler lever and spin the dial before turning to confront that wide-eyed servant. The latter, remembering past en- counters, dropped with a bleat of terror as the scar-faced intruder swung one hand back to his hip and covered Wilson with an ominous looking automatic. Then hearing other approaching steps, he dove through the second door, scurried like pelted hound through shadowy rooms, slipped eel-like through 8 quickly opened window and escaped to the street.
 There he ran for Q dark-bodied car standing in the deep tree shad- ows, and with a gasp of relief flung himself up into the cushioned seat, at the same moment that the waiting limousine moved briskly yet silently forward.
 As he did so a masked figure sit ting crouched close back in the hooded gloom of that seat suddenly threw out hand and garroted the startled Legar against the leather upholstery. on which he began to writhe like caterpillar on cabinet pin. But with an equally delft second movement the man in the yellow mask snatched the oblong of manilla paper from his opponents hand.
 This" blandly announced tho man of mystery as his garroting fingers relaxed and he stepped down to the running board, "is one of the rare moments when have the pleasure of trumping your ace!"
 And the all but apoplectic Legar lay back gasping for breath as that stranger dropped lightly from the speeding car and vanished shadow like into the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18
"The Iron Claw"
 Is Reaching Its Biggest Thrills

Here is fhe ftfh fnstoI- n1ent more thrills - more lope-more fights for love, for hate, for noney-more villdinyi Begin the story here and provide tor fhe sixth episode by ordering your next Sundays paper today.
 YOU'LL BE SORRY
 IF YOU MISS IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
BANDITS CAPTURE TOWN.

Chihuahua City, Mex, Aug. 27.-30O
Villa bandits captured in the town of
Satevo, Chihuahua, so miles south of
here on Friday, according to reports
to General Jacinto Trevino today The
outlaws, under Uribe Aranga and Mar
tin Lopez, surrounded the town and
after six hours battle, the garrison
numbering 200, under General Be La
Fuente, being without ammunition
was forced to evacEat, Villa, him
self was not with the outlaws, it was
said.
A second engagement with Willis
tas was reported by General Apollo
nio Trevino from Torreon. He SAID
that 20 bandits of the leader Ferniza
attacked a small detachment Of Car
ranzistas in the Lagrna district, but
were driven off, their leader and six
men being killed after three hours of
fighting. Letters from Villa under
a recent date were found in Ferniza .
pockets, it was reported.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
TWO MEN MEET DEATH
IN AUTOMOBILE RACE
Eight Others Were Injured, One of
Them Fatally.

Them Fatally.
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Aug. 27.-Two
men were killed and eight others in
jured, one of them fatally, when II or
IA automobiles piled up at the first
turn during the 100 mile race at Re
creation Park here this afternoon.
The dead: Marion Arnold: machln-
cian, Chicago, decapitated; Jack Pea
cock, driver, Brooklyn, both hips
broken and head crushed, died in hos
pital.
The accident occurred when Pea
cock car, leading in the race, skid
ded and struck the fence at the frs:
turn Tt was overturned and thrown
squarely across the track. Before the
track attendants could signal the other
drivers, ten of the machines. going at
terrific clip, ploughed into the ov-
erturned car. Five of them were COM
pletely demolished.
The car driven by Andy 3urt, whose
mechanician, Marion Arnold, was kill
ed, was the first to strike that of Pea
cock. Nine others came into the
wreckage a moment later.
Todav's accident IS the worst that
Las occurred at Recreation Park since
1911, when Lee Oldfield' 8 racing car
rloughed through the fence and killed
eight persons.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
CONGRESS- MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO QUIT.
Threatened Railroad Strike Has Made
Time of Adjournment Uncertain.

Washington, August 27.-Plans for
adjournment of Congress next Friday
are not maturing as rapidly nor as GER
tainly as majority leaders cooperating
with minority chieftains had contem-
plated. The crises in the railroad stu
aticn is the pal obstacle encoun-
tered at the eleventh hour, and no one
! tonight would predict what might hap
pen or when the long and arduous ses-
sion would end.
Well-laid plans for adjournment at
the end Of the week were in progres
yesterday when President Wilson IS visit
to the capitol to talk over plans for
legislation which the threatened rail
road strike might demand, disturbed
all calculations.
The Senate has begun the final drive
on the emergency revenue bill and will
continue consideration of amendments
who are opposed to various features
of the bill proposing amendments.
Senator Underwood will make another
protest against the proposed increased
tariff on dyestuffs. Senator Phelan OF
California, wants amendment to the
wine tax and Senator Overman, of
North Carolina, will lead revolt
against the proposal to tax manufac
turers of all materials entering into
munitions of war five percent on their
net profits. He will propose to exempt
+ox
his amendment being designed to pre-
vent taxation of cotton which enters
into explosives.
When amendments have been disposed
of the Senate will lay aside the revenue
bill long enough to pass the general
deficiency appropriation bill as soon as
it comes from the House Tuesday or
Wednesday,. With the last Of the appro-
priations out of the way and conference
reports completed Administration lead
ers hope to pass the revenue bill; to de
feat motion that will be made to take
up the corrupt pcartices AMI immigra
ton bills and then to adjourn. Senator
Owen will struggle to end for action
ON corrupt pract1ces ana oehator 0IhlIt
of South Carolina threatens to call uI
immigration: again.
So far as known tonight the only
. legislation that may be pressed affecting
the railroad situation is the bill to en-
p. large the Interstate Commerce Com
mission from seven to nine members.
Il House leaders are going ahead witt
= the completion Of their program. Witt
quorum of members in town the Hous
will meet Tuesday and act on the de
. fciency appropriation bill. It will fol
e low this with action on the amende
d shipping bill which has been held u
= because of the lack Of a quorum. The
J. it will await the Senate revenue bi
IS amendments and whatever the railroa
t. crises may have in store. All thought +
nassinp Joint resolution for adjourn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
GRADED SCHOOL
WILL OPEN ON
... SEPTEMBER IL

The 1916-1917 term of the Scotland
Neck graded schools will commence
Thursday morning, September IA, at
300 O'Clock. This announcement was
made yesterday by Mr.. J. L. Josey.
chairman of the school board, who said
the new superintendent, Mr.. r D. Jen-
kins of China Grove, N. c., was ex-
pected most any day.
This term is expected to eclipse all
former sessions of the local school in
regards to attendance and work accom-
plished. No pains have been spared to
secure the best teaching talent possi-
BILE, and it is doubtful if there is a
town anywhere in this section which
can show as many teachers f., the en-
rollmeut. The following persons com
pose the teachers:
First Grade-Miss Elinor Smith of
Scotland Neck.
Second Grade-Misa Ella Mae Miller
Of Wilkesboro.
Third Grade-Miss Louise Josey Of
Scotland Neck.
Fourth Grade--Miss Eva Moore %
Scotland Neck.
Fifth Grade-Miss Lois Thompson II
Nc Donald.
Sixth Grade-Miss Mary White O.
Scotland Neck.
Seventh Grade-Miss Helen Hilliard
Cf Scotland Neck.
Eighth Grade-Miss Julia Iryant Of
Rocky Mount.
Ninth Grade-Miss Virginia, Leggett
Ct Scotland Neck.
Tenth and Eleventh Grades-Miss
Ethel Thomas of Lenoir.
Miss Thomas is principal of the
school again this year. -, and the
two last named ladies will ave WORK
in the tenth and eleventh grades.
Parents are urged to have their chill
dren at the school house on Thursday
morning, so that they may be properly
assigned and get list OF the books re-
CURED. Actual work will begin on the
following Monday.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
CAMPAIGN
NOW HOLDS ATTENTION
Bulgarians Are Exceedingly Active,
But Berlin and Paris Disagree as
to Results,

Bulgarians Are Exceedingly Active,
But Berlin and Paris Disagree as
to Results.
Germany and Italy are at last at war.
Italy has ended the anomalous situation
that has existed for months by declar-
ing that from Monday she considers
herself the enemy of her former ally.
Heavy fighting continues between hee
entente and Teutonic allies in the Ma
cedonian theater from the region of
Lake Ochrida eastward to Katlon in
the Aegean, but with results beclouded
by diverging statements of Berlin and
Paris.
Berlin reports that Bulgarian forces
operating to the west of Lake Ochrida
have captured Malik in Albania, am:
that along the Struma King Ferdi-
nand Is men are approaching the mouth
of the river. Paris admits the Bulga-
rians have taken all except one of the
forts at Kavala, on the Aegean, but
says the newly acquired positions have
come under the fire of British warships.
Paris says also that along the Struma
French artilt ,ry is bombarding the enc-
my, while west of the Vardar and near
Lake Ostrovo the Serbs have put down
vigorous attacks by the Bulgarians
Despite bad weather there has been
considerable fighting and a renewal Of
mine warfare along the British front in
France. London reports the capture of
200 yards of German trench Saturday
night north Of Bazentin-le- Petit and a
further gain northwest of Ginchy Ber-
lin says that British attacks Saturday
south of Thiepval, northwest of Poz-
ieres and north of Bazen-le- Petit, were
without success.
Paris records only the rpulsee Of Ger
man attacks along the line held by the
French. These attacks were especially
violent in the Vaux- Chapitre wood of
the Verdun sector, in Lorraine and in
the Apremont forest.
The Russians, for sometime inactive
in the Riga region, again has started an
CuSINc I1OWtVGT, LuelT e!IOFCS CO
cross the Dvina river southeast Of Riga
and also near Friedrichstadt failed, ac.
cording to Berlin. On the remainde,
of the Russian front no important fight
ing has been reported. In the Carpa
thians Petrograd chronicles fresh ad
vance at Koverla near the Hungarian
border.
In the Caucasus region Petrograd re
ports Russian success over the Turks
along the Masladarasi river. HARD
fighting is in progress near Diarbekr
between the Russians and Ottomans.
Infantry fighting on the Isonzo front
is at standstiI but the Austrians are
heavily bombarding Italian positions
along the river and at Vallone. In the
Carnic Alps the Italians have taken
several Austrian positions and on the
Trentino front the Austrians are Wig
orously shelling the Italians.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
DIAMOND LIES ON GROUND
UNNOTICED FOR TWO DAY

Washington, Aug. 27.-After lying
at Glen Echo park for two days shin
ing up into the faces of thousands Ct
pleasure seekers who passed it by each
night, 500 diamond. lost at the Park
Thursday night, was found early yester-
day morning by special officer on the
grounds.
The employees Of the park made a
fruitless search for the big white stone
of three karats on Friday. That night
after the crowds had gone, the search
was renewed with searchlights.
The diamond was lost by 4 lady who
went into the park Thursda.y night in
the company of DIR. Norman Glover, OF
Wardsmans Courts. In reporting the
loss to the local police, Dr.. Glover said
the stone fell from its setting in
ring.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
ment on a definite had has been aban-
doned until the clouded legislative at
mosphere has cleared.
JITNEY SERIOUS RIVAL
TO SAN JUAN CAR LINE
5000 Passengers Daily, Causing
Loss $4,000 This Year.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 27.-
The jitncy automobile is carrying
more than 5000 passengers a day here
electric street railway system, accord
ing to statement made by 0. M.
Sewell, General Manager of the Por-
Company, who asserts that the COM
pany's loss since January l has
amounted to $34 1000.
Reports prepared by the company
show that since the jitney first made
there have been from 35 to 1S3 i'll
daily operation. None of the jitney
owners operating cars before Janu-
ary l now have their ears in service,
it is asserted, and all have lost money,
is the contention of the street railway
company. Gasoline was nineteen cents
per gallon when the jitney first ap-
peared, now it is 26 cents per gallon.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-29
TO BURN OLD WARSHIP.
Receiving Ship Franklin Condemned
an Unfit for Service.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 27.-Cundemned
as unfit for service as even a station
ship the receiving ship Franklin start
ed on its last voyage today when tug
started to towing it to Eastport, Me-.
where the hull will be burned on the
beach to allow the purchasers to get
the copped rivets and shecting from
it's timbers.
For many years the Franklin, which
was built between 1855 and 1865, has
been used as a receiving ship at the
ST.. Helena naval training station. The
hull began to leak several months ago
and was sold. For time it was re-
ported the old hull would be used as
a barge.