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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. WHY WOMEN WHITE LEPERS To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi cine Co. Women who are well often ar,k “Are the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. are continually publishing, genuine?” “Are they truthful?” “ Why do women write such letters? ” In answer we say that never have we published a fictitious letter or name. Never, knowingly, have we published an untruthful letter, or one without the full and written consent of the woman who wrote it The reason that thousands of women from all parts of the country write such grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound has brought health and happiness into their live 3, once burdened with pain and suffering. It has relieved women from some of the worst forms of female ills, from dis placements. inflammation, ulceration, irregularities, nervousness, weakness, stomach troubles and from the blues. 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