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“TOP” CRAVEN GOT HIS WISH
When “Top” Craven left port on
the old frigate Minnesota as a navy *:
ensign he crawled under a tarpaulin /
Before he was out of sight of land to /
die in peace. At the etui of the second if ‘ „ yjjfiUßMA
day he was still under the tarpaulin
and considerably disappointed because
the Minnesota had not gone down. A Laffijßßfe
friendly officer looked In upon him
“You bet there is,” moaned “Top.” |
"I want a good big hole on dry land to V '^Piraj
crawl Into.” \
Today the brilliant thatch which \
gave him his nickname has mostly dis- Vp Jmfr
appeared and he is lovingly culled “Old 4jP
Man” Craven, lie sits in a great office
floor Jm
street and pores over plans and S] \
flcations which tire to give New York
city its dual subway system, the great
est underground transit system in the flm ”
world. At last “Top” Craven got his wish. He now has a “hole on dry land
to crawl Into,” several of them, in fact, and when they are completed they will
be the largest and the longest in the world.
Alfred Craven Is chief engineer of the New York public service commis
sion and draws a salary of §20,000 a year, the highest remuneration payed to
any public official In the state of New York.
After graduating from private school in Bound Rock, N. J., at seventeen,
Craven secured a congressional appointment at the United States Naval
academy, which was then temporarily located at Newport, R. 1., owing to the
Civil war. He was graduated as ensign and six years later promoted to the
rank of master, having been presented by congress with a service medal.
He then resigned and joint'd the state geological survey of California.
When this survey was completed he took up the study of irrigation and devised
plans which Inter helped to make the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys
more fertile and productive. Later he Joined the miners at Virginia City as
an engineer, which proved decidedly profitable.
OUR WITTY VICE PRESIDENT
Ilcre is Vice President Marshall’s
latest bon mot: In the course of the
< fJjBIAEV senate proceedings one morning he
■'fiL called for a vote on an amendment that
*Wk "as of sui'h a routine nature that no
'‘44iiO senator bad enough interest in it to go
JHW&v j, * M to the bother of expressing himself.
''-'y.. H : : M “All in favor please vote aye,”
k I “Very well,” ruled Marshall, quick-
' * y ' " th , e vot;e / s n tle> The vice P res |'
-0* * * ijji' paper owner and editor. The other
Jk day an old newspaper friend from In*
dlana was visiting the vice president,
and in showing the Indianan about,
MBByiTiraL Wi Mr. Marshall took him into the press
gallery of the senate. The vice presl
were any of the hoys he knew, and, recognizing one, he presented his Indiana
friend.
“Do you think you can qualify ns a newspaper man so as to register your
friend?” the vice president was asked.
“Qualify, eh?” Qualify,” ejaculated Mr. Marshall, “my paper was sued for
$20,000 libel once.”
MRS. WILSON RESOURCEFUL
Possibly because of her successful " ’*"
business career, possibly because she
was horn that way, Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son is mighty quick-witted, resourceful
and self-reliant. She gave a little ex
hibition of these qualities the other
entered a modiste’s shop on Conner
tlcut avenue she forgot to put ou the sir
brakes in her electric machine.
While Mrs. AVilson was trying on a
“Oh, there is an auto running
Mrs. Wilson dropped the hat, left |li||l!flv
the shop on the run and jumped into 1^
the electric, which was rapidly gain- ' V ' '
ing momentum as ig rolled away. V
Mrs. Wilson quickly stopped the
car, whirled it about and brought it ,• v ■! <■"
to a stop in front of the shop. After
carefully adjusting the brakes, she re- »££332228 ‘ ’ :>> x , v . .
entered the shop. L_ L .
“I’ll try that hat ou again, now,” smiled the iirst lady of the land to the
salesgirl.
WHEN BROUSSARD WAS KING
| i Senator Robert F. Broussard of
Louisiana is the only United States
senator who has ever served as king
Broussard used to spend a great
/•A (leal of time in Central America, and
v once he happened to be a guest at the
t palace of Honduras when there oc
fS&lilifeC* . eurred one of those fascinating little
<r?i Central American revolutions, such as
have popularized a great many of our
v , ' i The ruler that Broussard was vis
-7':;5 | ' iting was driven from the palace, but
f stall the new ruler they had picked for
tiie job. So it was agreed by the two
factious that Bob Broussard, so long as
yi he was right there ou hand, should act
& as a sort of king pro tempore.
Broussard, however, did not lean
JBSk much toward the king business under
I'fiSyil ’•* e circumstances. He was free to ad-
mit that with conditions right he might
be willing to take up kinging ns a permanent occupation. But he did not wish
to butt in on their revolution. So in a quiet, unostentatious manner he vacated
Ills throne, hung up his crown on the hat rack, speaking figuratively, and made
ilia way across the country’s border, leaving his entire kingdom flat cu its back
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA.
EPITOME OF THE
WEEO EVENTS
In a Condensed Form the Happenings of
All Nationalities Are Given
For Our Readers.
WEEK’S NEWS AT A GLANCE
Important Events of the United States
and Particularly in the
South.
European War
The Russians have cut the Delatyn-
Kolomea railway, the principal line of
communications for the Austro-Ger
man force’s defending Lemberg.
It is reported that the Russians
have routed the Germans on the right
bank of the Dniester.
Rouinania has again come into the
light. Dispatches tell of the recent
decision of the two strong opposing
factions in the Roumanian political
arena to act together hereafter. Their
attitude is said to be in favor of inter
vention on the side of the entente al
lies.
Constantinople officially reports that
the Russians have been driven out of
Kermanshah, in western Persia.
The Russian report that they have
broken the Turkish line east of Bai
burt.
The number of Russian prisoners
captured south of the Pripet river, ac
cording to the Austrian claim, is 23,-
000 men.
The Holland-American line steam
ship Ryndam arrived at Rotterdam,
Holland with a hole in her forepeak
caused by Hitting a rock near Kirk
wall.
Russian cavalry patrols have cross
ed the Carpathians and entered Hun
gary. They advanced from Kimpolung
and entered Hungarian territory on
July 4. They cut telegraph wires and
blew up biuldings in which food and
munitions were stored.
The Russian armies have fortified
new positions, and are again attacking
on the whole length of their front.
The Russians report that they have
pierced the German lines commanded
by Prince Leopold of Bavaria in the
region of Baronivichi.
Austria admits that General von
Bothmer’s forces in the region of Tiu
maeh have fallen back from Tarnapol
in •an effort to “meet the threat to
their communications.”
A land and sea attack is said to
be the next big move of the Russians
against von Hindenberg’s army in the
north.
The steady pressure of the Franco-
British offensive continues along the
entire line of operations. Reports
show an increasing number of batte
ries captured from the Germans, in
cluding a number of big guns.
All points thus far taken by the
French in the general advance have
been held against every counter move
by the Germans.
In the general move of the allies,
according to the French version, there
is no concentrated effort, but a gen
eral systematic, co-ordinated move
ment along the line. This, it is point
ed out, limits the remarkable facility
of the Germans to rush troops to any
given point.
In the British area, there was a big
storm of rain and lightning on July
4, but the fighting continued.
The English report that there has
been a lull in the fighting on the west
at all points except Montauban.
The Anglo-French offensive in
France, begun July 1, continues with
unabated intensity.
The British have captured the im
portant town of Fricourt and the
French have taken Curlu.
The fighting at the south end of the
British lines is of the intensest na
ture.
Both the British and French war of
fices report a steady advance at cer
tain points between the Somme and
the Ancre sectors, but admit that the
German defense is formidable.
Notwithstanding the general ad
vance of the British and French, the
Germans continue to hurl attacks
against Verdun.
The Germans admit the advance of
the allied armies at certain points
in the western zone, but claim that
the German army has lost no vantage
ground.
There are many air fights going on
daily in the western area of the great
European war, but the squadrons are
so equalv matched, that there is no
gain recorded for either side. Oc
casionally a German airship runs an
allied aeronaut to earth, and vice
versa.
Mexican News
The de facto government declares
that the United States has no moral
or legal right to maintain an armed
force on Mexican soil.
The Mexican government denies that
it has offered asylum to bandits who
committed depredations against Unit
ed States citizens and property.
National Guardsmen by the train
lead are arriving at El Faso daily.
Many unloaded at El Paso, but the
great majority are rushed to points
westward to complete concentration
on the frontier.
Army men say that at the present
rate of transportation all points along
the border soon will be strengthened
to a degree that will make impossi
ble Mexican forays on American soil.
Two troops of the Eighth cavalry
pursued a raiding band of Mexicans
from Fort Hancock, Texas, across the
Rio Grande, but was unable to dis
cover the location of the bandits.
At San Diego, Cal., twenty-one Mex
ican soldiers were killed and twenty
five wounded in a clash between blue
jackets of the gunboat Annapolis and
Carranza soldiers at Mazatlan June
18. The trouble was started by a
Korean lieutenant in the Mexican
army.
Lieut. F. H. Wright narrowly es
caped death in the fracas at Mazatlan.
He was ordered to shout “Viva Mex
ico” or give up his life, but was saved
by the intervention of one of the head
officers of the garrison.
The bodies of Capt. Charles T. Boyd,
Lieut. Henry T. Adair and seven troop
ers of the Tenth cavalry, who fell in
the fight at Carrizal, were delivered
to tiie United States authorities at
Ei Paso.
Returning Americans report that in
several of the Mexican states notices
are posted that a state of war exists
between Mexico and the United States.
Corporal F. X. Cooke of K troop,
Tenth cavalry, who took part in the
battle of Carrizal, has turned up, and
conrms the reports of the other re
turned prisoners that the Mexicans
fired the first shots.
Refugees arriving in Philadelphia
from Mexico claim that they were
robbed of their money and valuables
before they left Mexico.
The de facto government says the
United States government arrested
Huerta for no love of Mexico, but be
cause Huerta was suspected with hav
ing formed an alliance with Germany.
The Mexicans returned twenty-one
saddles and a quantity of rifles, pis
tols, ammunition and clothing captur
ed at the battle of Carrizal.
President Wilson in a speech at
New York said there would be no war
with Mexico except as a last resort.
He said he would risk his political
fortune and his place in history. The
speech was delivered to newspaper
men and statesmen from every sec
tion, and was accorded rapt attention.
A. R. Blankship, an American who
owned a large cattle ranch in the
Mexican state of Pueblo, reports that
he has been robbed of $13,961, and all
his cattle were stolen.
Domestic
James G. Cannon, for many years
one of New York City's leading bank
ers and widely known for his conserv
ative constructive work in financial
circles, died at his country home at
Golden’s Bridge, N. Y. He was 58
year of age and had been ill for sev
eral weeks.
John M. Parker, vice presidential
nominee of he Progressive party, is
sued a statement to the Third district
Louisiana Progressive in which he
urged that they stand firm and con
tinue the fight against the Democrats
regardless of desertion.
Mrs. Hetty Green, reputed to be the
wealthiest woman in the world, died
at the age of 80 at her home in New
York. She had suffered three strokes
of paralysis in the past two months,
and had been practically helpless for
several weeks.
Washington
Early resumption of friendly diplo
matic conversations with the Mexican
de facto government is expected to be
resumed shortly.
Carranza’s last note is remarkable
for its brevity, its restrained and very
friendly tone and for the absolute
lack of any of the strong, even inso
lent language, which characterized two
former communications.
It is stated that the last Carranza
note treats as a closed incident the
exchange of unfriendly communica
tions which nearly precipitated war.
A telegram received from Punta
Arenas, Chile, the most southerly town
in the v.mrld, announces that Sir Ern
est Shackleton, the Antarctic exporer,
has arrived there.
Three million u liars for enlarging
the Appalachian forest reserve during
the next two years would be made
available under an amendmnt to the
agricultural appropriation bill adopt
ed by the senate.
Orders for retirement July 25 of Ad
miral Cameron Mcßae Winslow, com
mander of the Pacific fleet, who will
then reach the age limit, were issued
by the navy department. Announce
ment of his successor will be made
within a few days.
General Carranza’s reply to the two
sharp notes from the Washington gov
ernment was deceived at the Mexican
ernment was received at the Mexican
public with the arrival at Eliseo Arre
dondo, Carranza’s ambassador desig
nate, and indicated that it was of an
unexpected conciliatory character.
Carranza’s last note was framed as
a reply both to the American note re
fusing to entertain any request for the
immediate withdrawal of American
troops from Mexico and to the later
stern demands presented after the
Carrizal incident for release of the
prisoners taken in that fight.
It is stated at the Mexican embas
sy that Carranza's last note was pre
pared by Carranza personally. Car
ranza is emphatic in the statement
that the de facto government will re
store order in Mexico and will estab
lish an adequate guard against border
raiders.
Carranza reiterates that the pres
ence of American troops in Mexico
does absolutely no good, and serves
only to stir up the already unsettled
conditions in the border states.
The City of Mexico and Vera Cruz
honored the American Independence
Day by hoisting flags on all public
buildings.
A dispatch from Winnipeg, Canada,
says that Thomas Kelly, a millionaire
contractor, accused of defrauding the
province of Manitoba, in the erection
of a parliament building there, was
found guilty by a jury in the assize
court.
teWOIONAL
swrsoiooL
lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright by Western Newspaper Union.)
TeSSON FOR JULY 16
PAUL AT ATHENS.
LESSON TEXT—Acts 17:16-34.
GOLDEN TEXT—In him we live, and
move and have our being.—Acts 17:25.
Athens! What a name to conjure
with. Athens has always epitomized
the acme of intellectualism, culture,
art, and esthetic accomplishment.
Driven from Berea and alone, Paul fled
to the coast and taking ship crossed
over to the Thessalonian peninsula.
Entering the city—he beholds its stat
uary, meets its philosophers and views
its moral degradation and its myriad
manifestations of heathenism. Out
wardly cultured, molding the thought
of the world, yet it passed from its
pinnacle of power because it knew not
God. Paul saw the pantheism of the
cultured Stoics and the Epicureans,
who because of their distant and but
little concerned gods, enjoyed the
pleasure of wealth and ease.
I. Paul Brought to Trial (w. 16-21).
Such sights stirred the spirit of Paul.
The marvel is how indifferent we may
become in the presence of the great
spiritual poverty of our time. His
spirit stirred within him, when he saw
the city crowded with idols. As Paul
followed his custom and began his
preaching in the synagogue he also
took advantage of the opportunity to
do open-air work in the market place.
Here a small group and there another.
This he did daily until the teachers
(v. 18) began to take knowledge of
his presence in their city. Some in
contempt called him a “babbler,” while
others concluded that he represented
some new religion, though he set be
fore them the same message of salva
tion in Jesus Christ which had caused
such remarkable results elsewhere.
That they might hear him more fully
and without the interruption of the
mart of trade, Paul is taken to the
Areopagus, or Mars Hill, where from
time immemorial the greatest crim
inals had been sentenced and the most
solemn questions of religion set
tled.
11. The Unknown Made Known, (vv.
22-29). Such idle speculation (v. 21)
was of no value to the Athenians. This
Paul knew, yet he began his address
in a most conciliatory manner (v. 22
R. V.). Ho would win their favorable
attention before he called them to re
pentance. Keenly observant, Paul had
seen among the many inscriptions one
“to the unknown God,’’ and this one
whem in ignorance they worshiped, he
would set ferth. Many today are in
blindness, seeking to know God when
he has already been made manifest (to
be seen). (John 1:18; John 5:20; John
14:9; II Cor. 4:6.) It is man’s own
fault if he does not know God (Rom.
1:20-22, 28; II Cor. 4:4), and no knowl
edge is more important (John 17:3),
Paul’s opening words in verse 24 were
hut to seize a well-known object of
their street decoration and discussions
and with it to lead on to the great
truth he yearned to have them compre
hend. This caught the philosophers
as well as the idle curious. God is not
a philosophic conception of the mind.
He car.nct be confined to temples
made with hands nor does he need the
services of our hands, seeing he cre
ated all things and giveth to all things
life. Paul’s next point was that “He
hath made of one every nation of
men.” As yet how little men really
believe that truth—witness the Euro
pean conflict and the economic, racial
and social differences of this land.
Negro segregation and Asiatic exclu
sion are but illustrations of our sepa
ration from the teaching of the broth
erhood of man. But this brotherhood
is not alone for altruistic service but
“that they should seek God.” This
was his great and glorious purpose in
creating the nations of the earth, in
setting the seasens in motion, to min
ister to their needs, and in appointing
the bounds of their habitations: yet
how far man has departed from that
ideal (Rom. 1:28). It is of the high
est importance that men should seek
God and he is not difficult to find for
those who seek him (Jer. 29:13).
111. What the Athenians Lacked
(vv. 30-34). Thus far Paul’s auditors
must have followed him keenly, and
it was the goal toward which he
had been driving so relentlessly. Such
sublime conceptions, keen logic and
quotations from their writers won
their attention. He then delivered a
keen thrust at this, the “psychological
moment,” by calling upon them to “re
pent.” The Athenians lacked a realiz
ing sense of the personality of God—
that man could have personal and in
timate relations with God cr that a
man could or had risen from the
dead.
Any candid seeker after truth who
will examine the evidence will be con
vinced of the truth that Jesus of
Nazareth, crucified upon a Roman
cross, rose from the dead.
These Athenians also lacked the
ability to accept this fact and to yield
their lives in obedience to it, and so
some tried to sneer away the truth,
but that did not alter it.
Some were amused, and icme evi
denced a curious interest, saying, “We
will hear this again,” but certain men,
Dionysius and Damaris, “believed.’’'
jSucli has ever been the manner of the
reception of glad tidings.
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Never, knowingly, have we published
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Genuine Eloquence.
There are no people in the world
with whom eloquence is so universal
as with tiie Irish. When Leigh ltitchie
was traveling in Ireland, Lie passed a
man who was a painful spectacle of
pallor, squalor and raggedness. His
heart smote hint and he turned back.
“If you are in want,” said Ritchie,
“why don’t you beg?”
“Surely it’s beggin’ I am, yer
honor.”
“You didn’t say a word.”
“Of course not, yer honor, but see
how the skin is sp’aking through me
trousers! and the bones cryin’ out
through me skin! Look at me sunken
cheeks, and the famin’ that’s starin’
in me eyes 1 Man alive, isn’t it beggin'
I am with a thousand tongues!”
Fitting Devotion.
“That infatuated youngster fairly
dogs my steps.”
“Merely a case of puppy love.”
WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY
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ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre
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the natural way. Price SI.OO. —Adv.
A hoy’s mother has to teach him to
say his prayers, but lie can learn to
swear of his own accord.
For poisoned wounds use Hanford's
Balsam of Myrrh. Adv.
Most men become experts iu but
ting in.
Achy Joints Give Warning
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