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Intelligencer JVCKDISON COUNTY'S DK1LV YEAR--NO. MB. UDWARDSfTILLE. ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12,, FQUK PAGES. HEAT WAVE HEAVY RAIN STORM BRINGS OOOt WEATHER TODAY.

UihuiJng and Wind Preceded The Falling of lUln. The heat wave which has gripped Kdwardsvtlle almott without relaxation (or over two wpnka completely broken following the heavy rain of latt evening, which In torn followed one of the most brilliant natural electrical displays of the season. One of the, large oil tanka at Wood river struck by lightning ind for a time It was (eared the blue might be transferred to 'others of 300 tanks In the field because of the-high wind. The tank kiruck was 90 feet la diameter and about 30 feet h'gh. It laid to hare been Ailed with heavy distillate para- fine oil.

The blase could be seen for miles. Many from Edwardsvllle took note the glow over towards the vest and wondered whether It was a -hay stack, barn, farm residence or a part of Woodrlrer. The fire fighting efficiency of the employes of the Standard Oil Com- at Is all that con- itant trslnir.V can It so there was no dels), no excitement when It was reported a tank had been Every man went to his post ind the work of protecting the other tanka was systematically carried out. farmers who have crops- of late were more than glad to see the rain It of the Ftoady kiiid i ponftrat-s, a the first tpurt was complVi'd, Tf.o party corn vlll not be greatly benefltted by the rain because It Is practically matured The s'orm approached Kdwards- ttlle from the north and northwest lust twenty-tour hours t(tcr (trench tag rains bad fallen In Northern 1111- ools and Iowa. There tho rain was heavy thtt many creeks went out their bunks TWO TOURING CARS DAMAGED IN WRECK LAST EVENING.

MucHine Owned By Oharlee Schmidt Crashed Charles Hack's- An automobile accident occurred last' evening at 7 o'clock at the corner of St. Louis and Myrtle streets, when a big touring car owned and driven by Charles, Schmidt, a wealthy farmer, residing on the Bluffs collided with a new seven passenger machine owned by Charles Hack, the grocer, and driven by his daughter, Mrs. James L. Stubbs, Considerable damage was done to both cars. In the car with Mr? Schmidt was his son, William.

They were return- Ing home from town on St. Jxjuls street. Tr.e car was running west. In the Hack car Mrs. Stubbs, her sister Miss Katherine Hack and Mr.

and Mrs. Hack. Tbe Hock car was turning the corner off Myrtle street, east Into St. Louis, Mrs. Stubbs said she blew her horn before the corner and reduced speed, because she saw a ttrange auto coming east on St.

Louis street. As she turned east she did not see the Schmidt machine, nor did Mr. Schmidt see the Hack car, because of a house which sets near the street. Mrs. Stubbs astd she blew her CORN ON THE horn again as she emerged on St.

Iouls street at an angle. It was then that both saw each other, but too late to avert an accident. Mr. Schmidt ran against the curbing trying to avoid striking the Hack car, but It was too late and the big car crashed Into the side of the Hack car. No one was Injured.

The running board and fenders on the Hack car were broken and the side body caved In. The bumper of the front of the Schmidt car probably saved the car from more damage. HOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE Indications now are that the board property of TM wl11 ea8l flnUh ll8 work A NEW DEVICE CONVENTION LOCAL GENIUS INVENTS A REEL i FOR CLOTHES LINE. was considerable. Territory around UaHnllo suffered most Shortly before 5 o'clock a ctronrf sprang up nnd the dust from the a whipped up and In i i eddies.

Light alng and uere almost continuous. Sonm of the lightning fllshrR were particularly bright and It sontned certain tliat somo building would be struck. failed to mention in tho I'm tnda) tn SUrh A nrriflt-nf. a out of town lad many and pxpnrlencts ret i homo. Failure to be fully prepared, i i i with rPatns; was UIP cation of innct of HIP trouble.

One part) coming homo from Altdn In tbe WPP i hours of the morning suecwfuliy negotiated all difficulties i thpy readied a very steep abort i mod to run around the hard road work near Eickhoff's llace three miles from town. The machine slipped Into a ditch at the foot of tbe hill. A farmer pulled It out with a team, It was Impossible to make the hill without chains so the machine was headed for Wanda. The Bluff hill on the Poag road and the Sunset Hill present almost equally great barrier? so the party went around through Olen Carbon and finally got who come chains, experienced here. All motorists home without great difficulty In keeping out of the ditches or ta getting out of those Into which they dropped and no records for speed were reported, Severs! transient machines were left here over night while the owners went home on cars and trains.

BDWARDttVILLK OIRL HAS TAKEN HKK FINAL VOWS Sister Therese, formerly El- MBor Kellermann, of arrived here this morning for a vis- It with relatives. She this week, took her final vows at the convent she has been studying In, at Fort Wayne, Ind. It Is understood Sister Tberese Is one of the two from this district awarded a further course of study at Washington, D. and she will before the end ot the present month. The report may not be drawn up and signed until early next month but tbe actual work will have been completed.

Under the law the board can not draw per diem for work after September 7. Last year's board went considerably over that period but the county board refused to allow the bills after tho date set by law. The board is now visiting the various cities of the county to hear property owners who have objected to tho assessment against their property or whom the board of review have changed. Tfflg work will be completed next week. The plan Is to hear Jarvls and Ft.

Russell Monday; Alhambra Hamel, and Chouteau Tuesday and New Douglas and Olive Wednesday. Marine and Pin Oak taxpayers appeared today, and yesterday was spent' In Highland hearing Helvetia and Saline owners. Board members have announced that the hearing on the assessments against the Merchants and McKlnley bridges will be taken up on August 18 and and Saturday of next week. This hearing results from a complaint filed with the board by J. P.

held that the bridges were assessed greatly under their real value and asked an Investigation by the board. He Has Attained Considerable Fame Through His George Putnam, of this city, famed all over the United States as the "wash-stick man," is out with a new contrivance, which is as useful and altogether desirable as his watfh- sjick. It is a clothes line reel, with several added features that make It particularly desirable. One side of the frame Is elongated for tb.3 purpose of nailing It permanently to the post, tree or corner of the The reel operates freely in the frame, with the handle promoting from one Bide. the line la wound or unwound to the desired extent there is a latch which engages and holds firmly tbe handle.

Then If rain should threaten and the housewife wishes to take the line Indoors by simply turning one Huttoft nhe may lift out reel, line and all, nnd they may later be replaced, an BUY TRAIN OP STONE FOR FIELD FERTILIZER Through the advice of State Chemist Logan, of Chicago, who has been making soil Investigations In tho vicinity of Liberty Prairie, ten prominent fanners of that place have pur. chased ten stone which The stone will be distributed over the fields to make tbe soil richer. car loads of powdered will arrive 1 tomorrow. Mrs. Broderlck Hostess.

Mm James Broderlck was hostess to a riumfce- of ladles at her home on Thursday afternoon. The' feature of the afternoon was AO and a most pleasant tlaw was enjoyed. A dainty lumheon was served by the hostess at o'clock. Mlssei Marge and Mabel Broderlck of Reck Island Put's new invention is a good one, as the housewife may readily see. There Is no metal about it to discolor the line and affect the clothes.

It la all of polished wood, Those which he has made thus far have been given away, just as his wash- stick Is. If he chose to patent It bo could undoubtedly realize handsomely on his idea. That Is not Put's plan, however, the sordid element does not enter into it with him. He distributes bis useful devices without cost and thereby mjhkes mapy homes happier. Few people realize the extent to which his devices are known.

Magazines and newspapers have told about his work and reproduced hit) picture until he is a familiar figure all over the country and his mall comes from every quarter. DUMP CAR DOOR SPRUNG; INJURES A WORKMAA A. Burger, an employe at the gas plant sustained a crashed left foot yesterday while unloading a car of coke. A doer on a dump car sprang and fell, wedging nis foot tbe door and the" rail. Burger' was formerly crippled in the right foot and is now havlrfg a hard time getting about with both feet crippled.

SIMON FROM CLERKS' MEETING. He Was Chosen a Member of the Law Committee of Organisation. Simon Kellermann, accompanied by his wife, has returned from the seventeenth annual convention of tho Circuit Clerks' and Recorders Association of Illinois, held in Pekln, Tazewell county, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Officers elected by the convention were as follows: President--C. A.

Summers, Belleville. Vice P.osen- cranz, Dixon. Secretary--Justus L. Johnson, Geneva. Treasurer--L, O.

Brockway, Waukegan. Members of the law committee are; Simon Kellermann, Ed- vardsville; 'J. Q. Whitson, Poutiac, and Mr. Brockaway.

To thia com- lUttee are referred all questions of law which may.arise In connection with the official duties of any member of the association. The committee looks 'into the matter, secures expert legal advice, and then renders Us opinion. The three days were filled with social and business sessions. Araon; the former were a fish fry a boat trip, both of which were very enjoyable. Business discussions were naturally confined to discussions concerning the official acts of the members of the association and several of the ad- cresses were most beneficial.

ant advertising is tbe way. The Intelligencer want column ts at your service. Intelligencer Job work Is attrac- depart for that place. wtrt tn out town guests; executed, reasonably priced Hew Vork, Aug. ias failed in the attempt to arbitrate differences between, the 400,000 trainmen and the 225 railroads af- ected.

This was the formal an- 'ouncement here tbday by Judge Martin "Knapp, head of the federal board, of conciliation. With this announcement fears of a general tailroad tie-up because or a strike of all employed loomed more danger- cue than at any time up to.the present. CAREFUL TEST SPECIAL COMMITTEE GATES EFFECTS OF LEAD GAS Will Report to St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company. The special committee on gas investigation for the St.

Louis Smelting and Refining Company, consist- Ing of Harrison Barco, of Edwards ville, and A. Richardson, of Marine, met In Edwardsvllle this morn- Ing to receive the reports of the are working under their direction. Is a long task on which this committee Is at work, and an important one. Claims aggregating have been flled by farmers and other landowners in the vlcin- ily of the works at Colllnsville, protesting that the heavy fumes from the lead works settled over the country surrounding and damage crops and the trees. The company wishes to know whether the fumes have any such effect, not only to contest suits, but to determine how and why if there is justice in the claims, so that the smelting process may be revised it It is found desirable, and other methods of refining employed so as to minimize the gas.

Many curious operations are being performed in the thorough test which ts now under way. Samples ot the air are taken near the retorts at the ground limits of the plant, and at varying distances through the fields, up to a mile and a half. Samples of the earth are taken. The trees and shrubs re examined for curculio, scale, borers and other 'n- sect pests. One apparatus which has excited tbe interest of residents, is a "glass house.

1 Nobody lives In this house, 'which is really constructed ot mica. It is several feet in extent each and is taken out into the fields and placed over potatoes, or hay or other vegetation, into it the exact mixture Then there is SHI taped ALLIES SEEK A NEW COMER EN THE EUROPEAN WAR. Trouble in the Balkans Is About to Flame Up. By ED, L. KEEN.

(U. P. Staff Correspondent) London, Aug. Indications that the long expected offensive of the all las'in the Balkans mar have begun were contained In dispatches received here this afternoon. By a sudden blow on the Dolran front, 38 miles north ot Salonika the French troops have captured the rail way station at Dolran, evacuated by the allies when they retreated from Serbia last fall.

An official statement from the French war office car ried this announcement today. An Athena dispatch to the Central News at the same hour reported great battle raging on the Balkan front. The allies hare occupied no only the Dolran station but tbe high ground adjacent, the dispatch said The British war office thna far has made no announcement of the begin ning of the great drive expected sweep the armies of the Central Em plres out of Serbia. For several day advices from German sources, how ever, have reported Increased anx icty at Berlin over rumors that the allied Balkan offensive was about to begin while the great triple offen sive on the western, eaatern and the Italian fronts was under way. The allies, Berlin reported, plan ned to squeeze Germans and Bulgars by pressure on four fronts, simultaneously, hoping at the same tlm to draw Roumonla Into the wa, against tbe Austro-Germans.

The news of the allied success in the Balkans followed announcement of new and sweeping successes by th Russians in their advance agalns Lemberg from the southwest. The Slavs are crossing the Bis trltza River three miles east of Stan lelau and have made a rapid advance gainst the important city of Halltz at the same time continuing the! advance on the Sereth River furthe north with large captures in No Important fighting has ocpur red on the Balkan front since laa December when the Anglo-French ex pedlonary forces under Gen. Sarrail retired from southern Serbia undei heavy pressure by superior forces Austro-Germans and Bulgars, The fighting at Lolran officially announced today is the most Import ant Balkan engagement since the allied retreat. Whether It marks a actual beginning of the offensive the British, French and the re-equip ped Serbian army, la not yet defl nltely known. Recent reports from Athena statet that a very large part of the Austro- German troops that defended the Balkan line had been withdrawn because of the pressure of allied troops on other fronts.

The Bulgars, it was reported, had taken over the defense of Serbia from the allied invasion. It was reported Berlin two weeks ago that Field Marshal Von Mackensen who directed the Austro-Gennan Balkan campaign, had returned to the Russian front. The exact number of Anglo-French and Serbian troops concentrated in the Balkan front is not known. (Mall advices reaching the United States said the allies have 600,000 soldiers In Greece). which prevails at certain of points gas The effect the vegetation is then carefully noted.

It is estimated by the committee that the tests, which have been going on for some" weeks, win require a year to complete satisfactorily. Attended Meeting. Mrs. Edwin Sheppard and son' Eugene and Miss Phoebe Montgomery will motor to Bethalto next Tuesday where they will attend the evangelistic meetings being held there. II.DWARDSVILLIAN WRITES FROM THE BORDER LINE Albert L.

LePage writes from the Mexican border to the Intelligencer as follows: Co. 1st is on guard at present. We have a ground mess ball and kitchen, just completed. We eat out first meal In hall 6-7-16 at 6 a. m.

As soon as. Mrs. LePage sends me my kodak, I will send you a few pictures. Our company has the only tree in the entire camp. We also have a nice flowering cactus beside the other plants we placed In rows.

The boys read the with as much Interest as ever. Several claim your paper has more real news than the St. Louis papers. Mr. Is especially anxious to read your paper.

Temperature to 119 and 120 GEN. LETCBITSKY'S FORCES SWEEPING WESTWARD. Now OB Dnclster River Bat Miles From Hallts, Tea Petrograd, Aug. 12--Striking westward with amaiing rapidity the right wing of Letchltsky'a army has reached the Dniester River south ot Mariampo, wnlch to only ten miles from tbe important town of Halltz, It was officially announced today. News of tula Important success temporarily overshadowed the advance against the city ot Stanlslau, south ot Halttz.

The war office announced that brtcges are being built across the Blatritza river three miles east of Stanlslan. The town ot Haltiz, lying at the railway crossing of the Dniester, and but 58 miles southeast of Lemberg, has been discovered as the key to an operation against Galiclan capital from the southwest. It was expected that Gen. Letch- itsky -would first tako Stanlslau and move northward against Hallts. The Austrlahna wore prepared tor a most stubborn resistance at the Halltz bridgehead, where they expected to block tho crossing; of tbe Dniester and a further advance by the Czar's troops against Lemberg.

Letchltzky evidenty took the enemy by complete surprise. Throwing a force across the Zlota Llpa River northeast of Stanlslau, he began a advanve against Halitz on the bank of the Dniester. The official statement Issued yesterday placed the advance guards thirty miles from Halitz. Today's official statement reported the Dniester reached south of Mariampol. which is directly nerth of Stamslau and only ten miles from Halitz.

This unexpected maneuver not only Is expected to force the Immediate exacuatlon of Stanlslau, It also endangers the position of a large Austro-German. force south of the Dniester. On the Sereth River front, despite desperate Austro-Oerman counter attacks Gen. Sakharoff continued hia advance yesterday. Besides capturing several villages and woods the Russians reached a commanding ridge on the right bank.

In the last week the Russians have captured 268 officers and 13..000 men oa this front alone. The advances continue on the whole front southeast of Hallts, the war office announced, the Russians having captured 2,500 more prisoners. Fighting la now going on at several points. It Happened at Fate. Fate, Aug.

12--Shot through the stomach three times, with a 22 automatic rifle after he had been called to his door thia morning, T. B. James pursued Jack Canup several blocks, took the rifle from him and beat htm to death. James died a few minutes later, after he had walked to the home ot his father- n-law. James and Canup bad quarrelled over a trivial matter last Christmas but the incident was believed closed.

Canup was unmarried and James. survived by a widow and one child. Both were about 25 years old THE WEATHER, THE CHEERFUL CHERUB cirvUr. rrvy eye, A Feelins tKtA I muck rtjoice -I Partly cloudy today asid Sunday;.