The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 9, Number 23, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 October 1916 — Page 2

3,000 ROUMANIANS TAKENJSYJEUTMS Vast Amount of War Material Captured at Hermannstadt. ARMY ROUTED BY GERMANS British Forces Seize Bulgarian Trenches on Struma Section of the Macedonian Front, According to London War Office. Berlin, Oct. 3.—The victory of General von Falkenhayu over the Roumanians around Hermannstadt, in Transylvania, grows with every new dispatch from the front. . . The Roumanian first army has been shattered and the second army rushed to its assistance has been badly battered, being now solely on the defensive. The victory has caused the greatest excitement and jubilation seen here in months. Following is the Berlin official account) of operation in the Transylvanian theater: “On the eastern front Roumanian attacks in the Maros valley were repulsed. In the Georgeny valley and [ farther south our vanguards partly evaded the enemy’s thrust. “The booty taken by the German troops in the fighting south of llenudorf has been increased by eight chntion. “As a result of the battle of Hermanns),adt more than 3,000 prisoners and 13 guns were brought in. One hangar, two aeroplanes, ten locomotives, 300 railroad cars laden with munitions, more than 200 munition wagons, more than 200 loaded baggage wagons, 70 transport wagons and one hospital train also have been taken. Further material is being brought in gradually from the woods. “Smith of the pass strong Roumanian attacks directed against the ; heights west of Cainet were re- ; pulsed. In the Hatzeger mountains I the foe made a fruitless attack west of Stroll Sztrigy valley." RUSS RENEW LEMBERG DRIVE. 4,000 Teutons Captured, Says Official - Report Issued at Petrograd. London, Oct. 3.—The two-pronged advance of the Russians on Lemberg is again gathering lull headway, and the Austro-Gennnn armies of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Archduke Karl have been pushed back. Both northeast and southeast of the Galician capital the Russians have registered advances, capturing, according to the official report issued on Sunday at Petrograd, more than 4,000 prisoners. Russian gains are admitted by Berlin. The two main actions are being waged in the region of the BrodyKrasne railway, about 30 miles northeast of Lemberg, and in the Brezezany sector of the Zlota Lipa river, 50 miles southeast of the city. In the former districts the Russians have pressed forward against heavy resistance, taking about 2.000 prisoners. A Teuton position on the right bank of the Zlota Lipa was carried on the southeastern sector of the advance. SENATOR J. P. CLARKE DIES. President Pro Tampere of Senate Succumbs at Little Rock. Ark. Little Rock, Ark... Oct. 3—United | ’ States Senator James P. Clarke, presi-dent-.pro tempore of the senate, died ; here on Sunday after an illness of four days with apoplexy. Senator Clarke was a Democrat and a resident of Little Rock. He was born in Yazoo City. Miss., August 18, 1854. He was educated in The common schools of his native town, in several academies in Mississippi, and studied law at the University of Virgitila. graduating in 1878. In 1892 Senator Clarke was elected attorney general. He was elected to.the United States senate to succeed James K. Jones and took his seat March 9, 1903. The present |vas this third term. He was elected president pro tempore of the senate at the beginning of the sixty-third and sixty-fom'th congresses. The senator’s present term would not have expired until 1921. TRAIN HITS CAR; EIGHT DEAD. Thirty-Two Others Injured When Engine Crashes Into Crowded Coach. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 3.—Eight persons were killed and 32 injured, 15 of them seriously, when a Grand Trunk train, south-bound at Dequipdre street and East Forest avenue, crashed into a crowded crosstown street car late Sunday night. The bodies of the killed were so badly mangled that it was almost impossible to identify them. Halt Raise in Steel Rates. Washington. Oct. 2.—Tariffs of railroads In the middle West and East proposing increases of 7 and 8 cents per 100 pounds on iron and steel articles were Suspended by the interstate commerce commission. Germans and Swiss Agree. Berne. Oct. 2.—Dr. Arthur Hoff-n-aan. foreign minister and chief of the political department, announced that economic negotiations between Germany rfnd Switzerland had been completed, satisfactorily. Cult Leader Refused Parcle. Joliet, 111.. Sept. 30.—Evelyn Arthur . See. notorious as fee former leader of ® the Absolute Life cult, was refused an audience on Thursday by the state parole board when he applied for clem-, ency. I U. S. Submarine L-7 Launched. U, i Long Beach* Cal., Sept. 30. —United States submarine L-7 was launched here by the California Shipbuilding 'company while six torpedo boat destroyers of the Pacific fleet drowned [band music with their whistles. ,

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Hugh Dorsey, who won fame as the prosecutor of Leo M. Frank, has been chosen in the Georgia state primaries to head his party’s ticket for governor. The selection assures his election.

KING CONSTANTINE OF GREECE TO DECLARE WAR

Decision Ends Long Diplomatic Battle —Four Thousand Troops Join -Revolt in Crete. London. Sept. 29. —The council of Greek ministers has decided, in agreement with King Constantine, upon military co-operation with the entente powers, says a Reuter dispatch received on Wednesday from Athens. ■ A possible excuse for a Greek declaration of war is seen in an Athens dispatch reporting that the Greek steamship Ellen was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Sardinia. The crew was saved.Paris had advices that Greek troops in Canon, to the number of 4,000, have joined the revolutionists. Only a colonel, a few other officers, and 24 of the men remained loyal to the government. The decision of Greece to enter the war ends one of the most interesting diplomatic conflicts in world history. With Italy, Bulgaria and Roumania, Greece pivoted on the brink of war from the first day of the world- conflict. Now that the country has decided to take the plunge, the last of the uncertain powers is out in the open, a diplomatic war is ended in victory for the entente and»the way is open for a finish tight on the battlefields of Europe. “HANG GERMANS NOT LOYAL.” Von Bethmann-Holiweg Makes Statement in the Reichstag. Berlin, Sept. 30. —Any statesman refusing to do everything possible against England would deserve hanging Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollewg declared in his speech before the reiek-stag, which convened here on Thursday. The chancellor did not refer to possible peace. He began by outlining the events which led up to the Italian and Roumanian declarations of war. “For more than a year the Italian government resisted. Finally the measures which England employs with equal ruthlessness against neutrals and her allies were too strong. Italy's warfare depends upon English coal and English money. Finally she had to give in. FLYING BOAT HAS MISHAP. Craft Overturns When Tender Launch Collides With It. New York, Sept. 30.—The largest hydroaeroplane manufactured in America, designed for the United States navy, met a mishap after it had been successfully ■ launched at Clauson’s PoiiU The huge flyer'turned over, nearly drowning seven men. Thi% was in no wise the fault of her designer, constructor and aviator, Warren S. Eaton. He put the craft into the water with a 40-mile wind blowing. The flying boat was fitted with temporary engines, and so was not sent into the air. Yet it ran with and against the wind with ease. The motor outfit will consist of two 90-horsepower engines. The flyer is designed to carry two machine guns. Bandits Hold Up Train. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 29. —Michigan Central passenger train No. 14, due at Detroit from the west at 11:35 Wednesday night, was stopped by armed bandits two miles east of Dearborn. The mail car and engine were uncoupled from the train and driven ten miles from the scene of the holdup. The mail and express cars were looted, Grave Diggers Win Strike. New York, Oct. 3.—The strike of 150 grave diggers in Calvary cemetery was settled with a victory for the workers. They will work at a salary of $2.50 for the nine-hour day, an ineroase of 25 cents in pay. Two Die in Pennsylvania Wreck. Cincinnati, Oct. 3.—When a piston tod on the engine of train No. 1231 on the Pennsylvania line broke, the train left the track and partially overturned. The engineer and fireman were killed. Millionaire Is Police Head. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 30.—James Couzens, millionaire and former vice president of the Ford Motor company, has accepted the appointment as police commissioner. He succeeds John Gillespie, who resigned. Retired Army Officer Ends Life. Port Orange, Fla., Sept. 30.—C01. F. W. Roe, U. S. A., retired, son of the late Admiral Roe, shot himself here and died Instantly. He is survived by an invalid widow and mother. He had invalid.

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CECIL REPLIES 10 KOLHOSSPEECH British Minister Says Germany Seeks Only Truce. ‘EUROPE IS READY FOR PEACE’ Cecil Declares Talk of Victory Has Vanished and Asserts U-Boat Campaign Will Be Resumed. London, Oct.i2. —All of Europe is “ready for but Germany wants “only a truce.” This statement was made by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war, trade and blockade, in answer to Chancellor von Betlimann-HoHweg’s speech at the opening of the German reichstng. “The chancellor’s speech shows a considerable change in tone,” declared the British minister to the'correspondent of the International News service. “That talk of a German victory bus entirely vanished is remarkable. There was no word concerning ’lelglnm.” Asked if he consideP.-d the chancellor’s criticism of England more intense than before, Lord Robert said: “It is an old. trick to try to convince our allies that we are bleeding them to death. The idea that England wants world supremacy is fantastic.” The minister expressed the opinion that Germany has not stopped its submarine campaign, but only slackened during July and August because they were hard hit. “Everybody is ready for peace,” he concluded. “It depends upon what one calls peace. The Germans are not ready for peace; they only want a truce for tt period of preparation for further world attacks. As long tjs they continue to- be governed by the military class, which is considered superior to everyone else, there is no chance for peace.” Berlin, Oct. 2. —Germany will persevere until victory is here, the reichstag was assured by Chancellor von Bethmann-Holiweg. according to the full text of his speech, l which was published here. The chancellor asserted that the harvest this year had made Germany’s position much more secure than was the case last year. In his attack upon Great Britain Von Bethmann-Holiweg declared that that country was breaking one international law after another, and was above all Germany’s “most egotistical. fiercest and most obstinate enemy.” MORE ■TROOPS SENT HOME. Illinois and Wisconsin AAille*/ and Field Hospital V/xI Return. San Antonio, T.x., Sept. 30. —The following troey.3 :-re designated to go home: Second Mu fee, Laredo; regiment Ksw York artillery. Brownsville; First sylvania field artillery, El Faso; Buttery A, Rhode Island field artillery. El Paso: First battalion First Massachusetts field artillery. El Paso; First Illinois Field artillery and Wisconsin battery, San Antonio; field hospital, Illinois, San Antonio; Second Massachusetts. El Paso; First Connecticut, Nogales; First Montana, Douglas ; First squadron New Jersey cavalry, First battalion Nexy Jersey artillery, Columbus: Battalion District of Columbia, Nab; First squadron Utah cavalry, Nogales, and First Ambulance corps, New York, McAllen. These troops will be replaced by 10,(MX) Guardsmen ordered to border service JAPAN FRIEND OF AMERICA. Steel Corporation Head Fails to Find “Yellow Peril.” Chicago, Oct. 2.—Elbert 11. Gary, e’?sinnan of the United States Steel corporation, spent three months in Japan hunting for evidence of the “yellow peril.” He announced in Chicago on Friday that he was firmly convinced hy his investigation that ’Japan’s feelings toward the United States are friendly, and there are no differences which might arise between the two nations which cannot be settled by negotiations.’ SAYS GENERAL STRIKE FOILED. New York Police Assert That Huge Walkout Did Not Take Place. New York, Sept. 30.—The widely exploited sympathetic walkout of trades unionists in Greater New York in aid of the striking carmen, which was supposed to have started on Thursday, has not materialized, according to the police. The labor leaders claimed, however, that upward of 140.000 workers actually had quit their places, but refused to make public the names of any unions answering the call. Norwegian Steamer Captured. Amsterdam. Oct. 3. —A dispatch to the Telegraaf says that the Norwegian stenm'r Robert Lee has been captuieo by the Germans and taken into Zeebrugge. Her crew is being sent to Rotterdam. ' Bombs Dropped on Sofia. Berlin. Oct. 3 (via Sayville).—Sofia reports state that a hostile aeroplane dropped five small bombs on Sofia, killing one man and two horses and slightly wounding a woman and a child. Bulgars Repulsed. London, Oct. 2.—An attempt by the Bulgarians to occupy Kopriva, west of the Struma river in Greek Macedonia, was repulsed by the allies, according to a war office report issued Friday on Balkan operations. Russ Air Raids Increase. Petrograd, Oct. 2.—Air activity over the eastern front is Increasing. Russian aviators have carried, out a big raid behind the German lines. The Russian machines were lost in one combat.

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New portrait of General Haig, commander of the British forces in France, to whom is given much of the credit for the terrific offensive by which the allies have captured Combles and Thiepval. Military authorities say that his conduct of the battle of the Somme will put his name among those of the great generals of history. HUNDREDS ARE REPORTED SLAIN IN MEXICO FIGHT More Than 100 Villistas Fall in Battle Fifty Miles Southwest of Chihuahua. Chihuahua City. Mex., Sept. 30. More than a hundred Villa followers were killed, the bandit leader Baudelio Uribe, was taken prisoner and heavy casualties were suffered by Carranza forces in a tight at Cusihuirachie, an important mining eentej - about fifty miles southwest of Chibstihua City, according to a message received by General Trevino from Gen. Matias Ramos, ’ who ’ himself was slightly wounded. General Ramos had left Chihuahua City with a large force of Carranza troops, with orders to divide his force and distribute the troops in such positions as ts prevent Villa from moving northward toward the American expeditionary force. It is stated tiiat the garrison at Cusihuiriachic co-operated with the forces of Ramos-, but whether they were attacked or were the aggressors is not known. .. Baudelio Uribe, leader of the band and Villa's chief lieutenant, was the originator of of cutting off the ears of captured -governu»etft soldiers. Troops continue to pour into Chihuahua City from the South to participate in the Villa hunt. Gen. Apolonio Trevino’s command arrived froqi Torreon during the day and paraded through the streets. These troops will be sent into the field at once. WOMAN SLAIN AND BURNED. Victim Found Strangled in Ruins o! Summer Home. Mountain View, N. H„ Oct. 2. Mrs. Frederick L. Small, wife of a Boston real estate broker, who was burned in a fire on Friday which destroyed the Small summer home at Lake Ossipee, was murdered, i| was discovered \vhen the body was taken from the ruins. She had been beaten (•ver the head and strangled Uy a rope tied around her neck. Later, on his own authority. Sheriff Chandler placed Small under arrest and held him at a local hotel pending instructions from the county solicitor. The police believe the fire was set to cover the crime. By a mere chance, however, this failed. The body dropped into the basement and the head and neck lodged in a pool of water. The rope which had been drawn twice around the neck was preserved. TOWN TAKEN BY HAIG’S MEN. British Capture Village of Faucourt L’Abbaye. London, Oct. 3—British troops in the center along the Somme line have made an advance on a 3.000-yard front from east of Faucourt I’Abbaye to the Albert-Bapaume road, according to the official statement from headquarters issued on Sunday. Faucourt I’Abbaye itself is reported to be in the hands of the British. The operations were aided by the armored “tanks.” Emperor of Abyssinia Deposed. London. Oct. 3.—Emperor Lidj .leassu of Abyssinia has been deposed at Addis Abeba. Lidj Jeassu is. twentytwo years old and a grandson of Emperor Menelik. whom he succeeded in 1913. 4 ~ Governor Willis and Kin in Crash. Delaware, 0., Oct. 3. —Gov. Frank B. Willis, his wife and daughter, Helen, received injuries when a heavy truck ran into a taxicab in which they were riding from the home of the governor’s parents here to a station. Fells Three Flyers in 2:30. Paris, Oct. 2.—Three German aeroplanes brought down in 2 minutes and 30 seconds is the latest exploit of Second Lieutenant Guynemer. Incidentally he fell 10,000 feet, but escaped unhurt. To Extend Trade Activities. Washington, Oct. 2.—William J.. Carr of the state department left here for a three months’ trip to practically all American consular offices In Europe to lay the foundation for more extended trade activities after the war. . *

ffIOTUX RECEIPTS TOTJLJI3I,ffiB6 Income for First Six Months of 1916 Is Made Public. COUNTIES GET $682,902.42 Recording to the Semiannual Report, the Administration of the Automobile Licensing Law Cost $48,596.54. Indianapolis.—The income to the state of Indiana under the automobile license law for the first six months of 1016 amounted to $731,498.90. according to the semi-annual report on the law’s operations, made public by Herman L. Center, assistant to Homer L. Cook, secretary of state. Os the total sum. $48:51X1.51 was spent for the administration of the act, leaving $682,'J(r2.42 to be distributed to the counties for roqd construction and maintenance. The secretary’s report shows the amount distributed to eacli county out of this net sum. The automobile licensing law-pro-vides that the net income from the sale of licenses shall be divided among the counties as follows: One-third of tin total to be distributed equally among the counties: onethird of the total tiS be distributed pro rata according to the number of miles of improved road in each county; onethird of the total to be distributed pro rata to the total amount of license money received from each county. A recapitulation of the six months’ .activities of the secretary of states of*ii -e in Lite licensing department follows : RECEIPTS. Automobile 1icen5e5,5671,576.00 Manufacturers’ and dealers’ licenses 23.100.00 Chauffeurs’ licenses ti.flb.w Motorcycle licenses 15,7!V"0 Jluplicates 4,ijA.vo Transfers S.vob.vu interest ÜbOLW Total receipts DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries $ .Xutomobtle plates 27,33i.7Chauffeurs’ badges Parcel post and postage. 8.6.>9.-2 Stationery and supplies. LMJ-H Rebates 1..35.M, 45. ? >..M Net distribution to counties <- Inspect Food Handlers. 11. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner, issued an order, effective October 1, which is intended to result in compulsory medical exainintition and successful passing of such examinations by all persons employed in food-handling establishments in the state. The medical inspection of such food handlers has been going on in some localities of the state tor some time, but the state-wide order is intended to compel such inspection and the elimination- of all persons affected with communicable disease, or carriers of such disease, from food-hand-ling occupations throughqpt the state. The order to all inspectors of the state board of health carries a penalty for proprietors'of such establishments who fail to comply with the law’s provisions. Wherever such an employer does not comply with the law hereafter his place of business will be reported as “bad” to the state food and drug commissioner, and he will thereupon act on a recommendation from the inspector that the place be “condemned by the state board of health, the condemnation “to remain in force until the required medical certificates have been filed with the local healtfi officer.” The order follows: “Beginnning October 1, 1916. you will give special attention to the inspection of the following types of food producing and distributing establishments, to-wit: Bake shops, groceries, hotel kitchens and dining rooms, restaurants, ice cream parlors, soda fountains, saloons and other places where food or drink is prepared or served. “liy-addition to the customary sanitary inspection, jMu will require of the proprietor if he personally engages in his business, and all clerks, cooks, waiters, bus boys or other employees who come in contact with or handle food, a medical certificate showing such proprietor or employee to be free from infectious or contagious disease. “You will make personal inquiry to determine whether the proprietor or employees have at any time suffered from typhoid fever, and if you find such to be the case, you will determine whether or not the necessary clinical tests have been made to prove th absence of the bacillus typhosus in the excretions of the persons examined. “In the event you find that the proprietor or any of his employees as specified above has no certificate of health, or having had typhoid fever, is not proven to be a noncarrier, you will score the establishment ’bad’ ami recommend that the state commissioner of foods and drugs issue a ’c<mNew Incorporations. The Railroad Men’s Building and Savings association. Indianapolis, has increased its capital from $15,000,000 to $14,000,000. Crescent Drug Company, Bedford; capital. $2,000;, drugs; directors, Karl Kramer, D. Kramer and Frank I’revo. Library Realty 'company, Indianapolis'; has increased its capital from $30,000* to SBO,OOO. First Church of Christ. Scientist, Anderson, has changed the manner of the election of its officers. First Trust and Savings bank of East Chicago; capital $50,000; banking; directors, G. J. Baden, J. G. Allen,’ Fred J. Smith. The Circle Realty company, Indianapolis; capital $10,(X5); realty; directors, John Rail, M. J. Marley, William Kinney. American Window Cleaning company, Terre Haute; capital, $10,000; window and metal cleaning; directors. Joe'lMdwa, A. G. Binder and Eva Bidwa. Greencastle Orchard company, Indianapolis. has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to $200,000.

demnation' order .against it. t«> reina'.n' in force until the required medical certificates have been filed with the local health officer. “This order is issued in conformity with section 9 of the sanitary food law and the rule of thq state board of health, adopted in January. 1916. ordering employers engaged in the production and distribution of food to require a certificate of good nealth of all employees. “IL E. BARNARD. “State Food and Drug Commissioner.” Indianians Get Places. The post office department at Washington announced the appointment of the following Indianians to places In the railway mail service: W. A. Harlin. South Bend: R. E. Wilson. Wina- i mac; M. R. Troyer. Upland; C. N. Richmond. Gosh.m; L. H. Olds, Elkhart: Roy Harroff, Kimmel; J. A. Follick, Scottsburg; C. 11. Clay, Dunfee; W. E. Metcalf. Fort Wayne: C. C. Fox, J. B. Darnell. Indianapolis; Mamie Bunes. Alfordsville; Fred Gladden. Charlestown; J. L. Ketcham. Washington; Cornelius Shafer. Geneva ; R. 11. Eyes, Burnett; C. C. Updike. Westport; J. D. Mcßride, Indianapolis; 11. S. Lamb, Amboy; O. E. Denoon. Lebanon ; P. R. Moore. North Salem; A. N. Smith. Fort Wayne; W. W. Walt, Rolling Prairie: S.'A. V. Grisseti. Terre Haute; M. E. Allen, Tunnelton; O. R. Pfaff. Carmel; J. H. HAifchins. Muncie; V. R. Miller, Athens; F. W. Malon, Indianapolis; O. D. Schuem. Shoals; 11. S. Smelser. Centerville; T. G. Blue. Connersville; Milton Irwin. Mexico; R. S. Funk, Corydon; 11. F. Evans. Davidson; J. L. Fitzgerald. Clarkshlll; C. A. Webster, Colfax; John Duckwall, Noblesville; Fred Covalt, Muncie: E. W. Young. Cowan; H. M .Walker. Anderson; L. Q. Ray. Lakeville; W. E. Keither, Monterey; G. C. Grossbach, New Albany: H. R. Rubble. Rockport; C. R. Gant, Elizabethtown; .1. D. Carlos. Lyons Station; L. E. Dashieli. Moon's Hill ; J. P. McGovern. Loogootee; K. C. Benson, Fort Wayne; Paul Morris, New Albany; Roscoe Stitt, Elberfield; W. A. Roomier. North Manchester; G. G. Steele. Logansport ; J. If. Uhn. Butler; Esthel R. Fish. Mentone; Warren Lindley, Tangier; C. 11. Weber, Greenfield, and Hall Paul, Star City. Escape Law Too Severe? Edward J. Fogarty, warden »>f the state prison at Michigan City, in a discussion with (lie slate Ijoard of . pardons, declared that the Indiana law placing a penalty of imprisonment for twtrlo five years against men who escape from the stare farm, was too severe. lie related stories of escapes from the Michigan City institution and told of the causes, which usually had led the men to attempt escape. One prisoner, the warden said, had been seized with an impulse to see his old mother ami had escaped, later becoming frightened and hiding from the prison authorities for nine months. This man, he pointed out. did not have a criminal intention in escaping. Mr. Fogarty's talk with the board came in the midst of a plea from an attorney fore i#iency by the board in the case of George Wheatley, sentenced to the state farm in May, 1915, by the mayor of Vincennes for a term of 180' days and fined SSO and costs on a charge of recklessly driving an automobile. Wheatley, so the board was told, splashed mud on a woman’s dress when he was driving a small taxicab. Later, he escaped from the state farm, was almost immediately recaptured, and sentenced to a term of from two to five years at the state prison at Michigan City. Mr. Fogarty asserted that the reason so many prisoners escaped from the farm in the early (lays of the “escape” law was because they were unfamiliar with the penalty provided. Now, he contended, the state prison receives relatively few' such escaped prisoners. Hoosier Gunners Proficient. Lano Grande, Tex.—lt should interest the civilian-reading public to see what sort of guns the boys of 1916 are using down here on the Mexican border, particularly the guns of the Indiana troops. Already the Hoosier trbopers assigned to the gun squads are becoming proficient in the use of the Lewis machine gun. having learned rapidly the principles and passed the primer stage of instruction. A gas port in the barrel of the Lewis rifle allows part of the gas from the last exploded shell to drive in on to a piston, acting against a clock spring, which rotates a charging disk and operates a firing mechanism. The charging disk holds 47 cartridges. Disks can be changed in two seconds. There are 36 disks for each gun. The rate of firing can be speeded up to 960 shots a minute, although the usual practice is to fire only 450 shots a minute, firing in a series of. short bursts of fire. The outside of the rifle barrel underneath the protecting case is flanged and a hood projecting four inches beyond the muzzle causes the freed gases from each cartridge to draw a current of air forward along the barrel, thus helping cool it. SHORT STATE NEWS. Newcastle.— Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Watkins celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home here. Mr and Mrs. Watkins are the parents of J. Leb. Watkins, mayor of Newcastle > Maron.—Neal Silvers ot Summit, 0.. enmneer of a Chesapeake It Ohio freight engine, suffered internal injuries” when his engine sideswiped cars on a sidetrack in this city. Six cars of the freight train were derailed.. Auror a.—Rev. William H. McDowell, who resigned as pastor of the Rising Sun Methodist Episcopal church, with his family, has gone to Indianapolis to live 4. farewell was tendered Mr. and’ Mrs. McDowell by the congregati Michigan City.—Albert H. Leist. fifty-one, postmaster under I‘residents McKinley and Roosevelt, former city cleric of Michigan City ami treasurer of the Roosevelt Ste.imsbip company. and the late Indians: Transmutation company, which cbartereo u-r steamer Eastland, died here follo-v tn a several years Illness.

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North Vernon.—The left hand <>f John AL Ries, a farmer of 1 Lovett township and a former trustee, was cut off in a corn shredder. South Bend. —Archie Stewart, confessed forger, was to tin* state prison for two to fourteen years by Judge W. A. Funk in circuit court. Kokomo.—Effective Sunday, milk prices in Kokomo will be increased from Sto 9 cents a quart. Cream also will be increased from 20 to 25 cents a pint. New Carlisle. — Tying n strap around his neck and to a rafter, fif-teen-year-old Joseph Shelby jumped from the hay loft, hanging himself. No reason is assigned. North Manchester. —Miss Ityna Hooter. fourteen, daughter of I’eter fleeter, is dead of infantile paralysis. She- became paralyzed Monday evening, and was unconscious until she died. Fowler,—The quarantine-mgaiusf infantile paralysis has been lifted at Oxford. The daughter of Benjamin Bugbee. who was affiicted. is improving. No new cases have developed. Wabash. —Miss Janet Jones, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Howard Jones, has been (elected to represent Wabashcounty in the cavalcade at the state centennial celebration at Indianapolis. Brazil.—Richard Alexander, an insurance man. has been missing from Brazil ten days. . An automobile in which Alexander left was found in a blacksmith shop north of Terre Haute. Laporte.—The First Presbyterian church of this city has authorized the voting of an invitation to the Presbyterian synod of Indiana to hold its 1917 meeting in this city. Connersville. —Benjamin Seal is in jail here charged with setting tire to the house of Bert Cook. The fire waj« discovered shortly titter Seal is alleged to -have quarreled with Mrs. Cook, a relative. IndianttpolisL—The new field hospital unit of the Indiana Ntitional Guard, recruited by Maj. A. G. (’hittiek, was ordered to move to Fort Harrison, pre- : paratory t<> being musterejd into fed- [ end service. Alexandria.—Fifty Indianapolis Masons came here in a special car and the degree team of the Indianapolis' chapter conferred the select master degree. A banquet was served in the Masonic temple. Hartford City.—Misses Verna and Glendola Patterson of Marion were severely injured when an automobile in which they were riding, with their mother and 11. J. Ivin of Marion, ran into a ditch north of this city. Vincennes.—Rev. Loftu- Aspy. pastor of the First Baptist church at Camden, Ims accepted a call to become pastor of the First Baptist church hen'. Rev. C. W. Chadwick, former pastor of the church here, has gone to Linton. . Columbia City.—John L. Pence is the hardest-bit victim of the local option election in Columbia township, which resulted in a victory for the dr.ys. Anticipating a wet victory, he had already built a roadhouse just outside of Columbia City, which is dry. Indiana Harbor. — Suffering from bruises received when he fell down a flight of stairs. Senator Charlan Curtis of Kansas continued his YSpublican Speeches. lit the 'fall Senator Curtis’ legs were wrenched ami he was badly w bruised, but he gamely completed his speaking engagement. . Bloomington.—Raddick Wylie, who portrayed his late grandfather. Andrew Wylie, first president of Indiana > university, in the recent centennial pageant, killed himself wife a shotgun. Although he wajs said to be worth $260,090. it is believed he com- ■ mitted suicide liycause his crops were [ unharvested. | Bloomington.—Rev, Janies Pearson ; of Washington was arrested here, 1 charged with blocking the streets when preaching from a wagon on the public I square. Pearson was released from jail last ■•week on probation after he had served four days of a sentence for j having attacked Roy Buckley, special ■ judge, in police court. 1 Fort Wayne.—Seven men* were in- ! jured in the collision of an automobile 1 and a handcar, tit a grade crossing of the New York Central railroad. Her- ; man Stark suffered the fracture of his I skull and may die. David Krider suffered the fracture of his left wrist. The driver of the automobile escaped • injuries, although the automobile was demolished. i Indianapolis.—The fiscal year of the state of Indiana closed with more than $2,000,000 in the state treasury, according to the report of Auditor Dale ' J. Crittenberger to Governor Ralston.' I Os this amount over $1.0(f>,000 is in I tip' general fund and no advance calls ! for settlements from countries will be ; made before the regular December settlement. Governor Ralston, in a statement. declared the financers of the I state had never been in better condition. Valparaiso. —A bomb was hurled against the wall of the book store operated in connection with Valparaiso university, smashing a winddw and 1 shattering a part of the wall. Policeman Charles Cook, who was near the building, was so badlj' stunned by the explosion that lie was unable to find out who threw the missile. Short--1 Iv after the explosion. Rudolph Will, a bartender, was held up by an armed man. who escaped with $450 from the safe in the saloon and Will’s watch. The police are working on the theory . that the bomb explosion was a part of 1 the robbery plot. I Valparaiso. —The northwest conferI enee of the Methodist Episcopal church ; voted unanimously to meet in Valparaiso in 1917. Clinton was the only other city considered. Indianapolis. —A new ambulance company of the Indiana National Guard has been recruited from Logansport, Frankfort and Noblesville. Capt. A. G. Chittick informed Adjutant General Bridges. Lawrenceburg. — Mrs. Emma E. Stein, forty-two, wife of Philip C. Stein, drank rat poison by mistake for headache powders. She probably will recover. ■ *