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SINGAPORE.—The awful scenes
which prevailed when the velcano
of Kalut, in -Java, burst into erup
tion on May 20, destroyed 26 vil
lages and caused a loss of life esti
.f mated by some at 50,000, are vivid- j
ly described by Miss E. M. Cranen..
who has arrived here from Soura
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baya.
A river of boiling mud and lava -
which overwhelmed the village of j
Blitar, where Miss Cranen was stay-;
ing, she says, was ten miles wide ’
m and four feet deep.
The first symptoms of the com- j
ing eruption. Miss Cranen said,
were sounds like thunder and vivid ‘
flashes in the sky. Enormous boul-1
ders were flung from the volcano
into the low lands around it for im
mense distances. There was pitchy
darkness owing to a rain of ashes.
Then came warning to the occu
^jjants of the hotel at Biitar that
the river of lava and mud was ap
proaching. “We were almost beside
ourselves as to what to do to avoid
a hideous end,” she said. Twenty
four of those staying at the hotel
escaped death in the boiling mud
by fleeing aboard a motorcar driven
by the wife of the assistant resident
* commissioner.
According to Miss Cranen, the;
river of mud ran for three hours
and wrought fearful damage to life
and property. It covered the rail
•way station, buried the locomotives
and cars, and destroyed virtually
every house in Biitar, Wlingi, and,
Srengat.
A Mr. Boekhont managed to res
^cue his wife and some of his chil
dren, but owing to the velocity of
the mud river, was unable to save
two of his little ones, who perished
before his eyes. One European,
; while in bed in his house, was car
ried away and deposited miles dis
tant.
A Sourabaya paper which places
the total loss of life at 50,000 says
that 15 Europeans perished, and
that after the volcano subsided the
arms and legs of the victims were
seen protruding through the mud
all over Kediri district, in the vicin
jjfy of Kalut. Many thousands of
persons are reported missing.
It is learned that three lava
streams flowed from the volcano,
all taking the same course as in
the eruption of 1901. One of
these destroyed Blitar. Govern
ment geologists who ascended to the
crater of Kalut after the eruption
found it empty.
The Dutch governor of the devas
tated district reported that 5.100
persons were killed in the eruption
of Kalut.
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Yukon, up Fort Yukon, 3:30 a. tn.
Car! White, up Tolovana river,
3 a. m., 17th.
Kelley, at Chena.
Casca, up Dawson, 2 p. m., 17th.
Selkirk, up Dawson, 13th, last re
port.
Dawson, up Hootalinqua, 6:30 p.
m., 15th, last report.
Alaska, at Tolovana, loading wood.
Julia B, up Kotlik, 1 p. m., 17th.
last report.
Davis, at St. Michael.
Seattle No.. 3, down Holy Cross.
6:30 a. m., 18th.
Benehley, at Louden.
Reliance, at Fairbanks.
Jacobs, at Gibbon.
Washburn, at Holy Cross.
Relief, down Kokrines, 10 p. m..
18th. ^
Pelican, down Birches, 5:30 p. m..
18 th.
Kotlik, down Kotlik, 12:30 a. m..
18th.
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EL PASO, Tex.—Like the chain
of forts built in the days of the
Indians to guard the Staked Plains
and the Southwest from raids by
marauding bands of savages, the
United States army is building per
manent outposts along the Mexican
border to prevent incursions by
armed bands of Mexican bandits
across the border. These will ex
tend from the Pacific to the mouth
of the Rio Grande at Brownsville,
Texas, and will be garrisoned by
detachments of infantry and cavalry
from the Southern department.
Construction work is in progress
on these permanent outposts in the
El Paso district, including the Big
Bend sub-district of Texas and the
sub-district of New Mexico. In the
Big Bend, where many Mexican
raids have occurred, these outposts
are being built like the blockhouses
of frontier days, with trenches sur
rounding the low adobe and con
crete buildings, built in the form
of a quadrangle, to give the best
possible defensive protection. At
Palvo. Ruidosa, Redford, Glen
Springs, and Yado Piedra these out
posts are being constructed under
the direction of Colonel George
Langhome, commander of the sub
base. A cantonment also is being
built at Marfa, Texas, 60 miles
from the border, to serve as head
quarters for the outposts.
In the El Faso district proper an
outpost is being built at the Santa
Fe street approach to the interna
tional bridge to Juarez. This will
house the dismounted cavalry bridge
guards, who inspect everything sent
to Mexico. At Ysleta, Fabens, Fort
Hancock, and Sierra Blanca, Texas,
similar buildings will be erected for
the patrnls and detachments guard
ing the fords from Mexico. All
will be plastered with cement on
the exterior and will have stables
for cavalry horses, electric lighting
systems, running water, shower
baths and modern mess kitchens. A
cantonment is being built at Fort
Bliss to house the reserve troops
for these outposts, which will in
clude 110 men and four officers
each.
Outpost buildings along the New
Mexican border will be constructed
of lumber from Camp Cody, New
Mexico, and unused materia! pur
chased for other cantonments dur
ing the war. The headquarters will
be located at Columbus, with out
posts at Hachita, The Corner Ranch,
Slaughter’s Ranch and other strat
egic points along the New Mexican
border. Each outpost will cost ap
proximately $18,000 and will be
built under the supervision of the
El Paso division quartermaster’s of
fice.
Branch depots of the zone supply
depot in El Paso will also be built
along the border to supply these
outposts and truck, wagon, and pack
trains organized to carry supplies,
ordnance and forage for the isolated
border outposts along the Rio
Grande.
BOOTBLACKS APPEAR
ON STREETS OF BERLIN
BERLIN.—One more of the prac
tical “fruits of the revolution” has
been the appearance of bootblacks
in the downtown streets of Berlin.
They are especially welcomed by
the hotel guests, who. since the
dawn of “new freedom” and the
shortage of footgear, are steadily
discarding the once proper night
custom of placing their Loots in
front of the door of the apartment,
where they awaited the porter's
early morning round.
Greater Berlin has just licensed
160 public bootblack stands. Oper
ators will wear a n umbel and a
Prussian eagle band on their caps.
Henan*—The Gateway to McKinley
national Park.
UP GENERAL
AMERICAN MEDAL
—
VLADIVOSTOK.—Maj.-Gen. Wm. ■
S. Graves, the American command
er in Siberia, recently presented the
Distinguished Service Medal to Gen.
K. Otani, senior Allied commander
in Siberia. In doing so, Gen. Graves
said he desired to testify to the
courteous and careful consideration |
given by the Japanese commander
to all questions placed before him.
Gen. Otani expressed his gratitude
to the President of the L'nited
States for the honor conferred, and
tendered a dinner to Gen. Graves
and the American staff. In propos
ing a toast to Gen. Graves, the
Japanese general stated that “the
harmony and co-operation which ex
ists between American and Japanese
forces in Siberia is largely due to
the wise manner in which Gen.
Graves has guided affairs."
Gen. Otani said that he had is
sued an order to the Japanese forces
in Siberia, informing them of the
bestowal of the medal and urging
them to redouble their efforts “to
promote and to make still stronger
the spirit of concert and friendship
existing between the armies of
Japan and the United States.”
CANADIAN WORKERS
LOSE LARGE AMOUNT
THROUGH STRIKES
WINNIPEG.—Canadian working
men lost $7,000,000 in wages in
June, and slightly more than half
that amount in the preceding month,
according to estimates.
The Winnipeg strike alone cost
the workingmen several million dol
lars. Board of Trade officials be
lieve the economic loss to mer
chants, manufacturers and the pub
lic was at least 100 percent more
than the labor loss.
In June, the 80 strikes in Canada
involved 87,017 men, women, and
children. The official estimate shows
a loss of about 1,445,021 working
days. The average wage involved
in the Winnipeg strike was about
$5 a day.
In May there were 84 strikes in
volving 77,688 workers, who lost
893,816 working days.
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not there. He tries to prove an
alibi. You know what an alibi is,
don't you? Here’s the manner in
which a negro defines it: “An alibi
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meetin' whar you wasn’t, in order
to show dat you wasn't at a crap
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