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I ITRST SECTION
EUPHRATE
IS M0S1
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As It First Emerges from Behind
Curtain which Divides
Known from Unknown.
TO 7M? TKUCBftAMt
WASHINGTON, March 18.?The
Euphrates la the largest river in
western Asia, and civilization is reputed
to have come into being upon
its banks. For 6,000 years at least
empires have risen and (alien on its
plain, conquering armies havei
marched to battle, and a hundred clt- (
ies have come up out of the earth (
- and fallen Into obliterate ruin again,
ft Describing this great river as It
rune Its seaward course today, the '
National Geographic Soci |y, whose '
headquarters are in this city, says in '
a statement given to the press today:
Most Historic. '
"The Kuphrates lays a strong '
claim to the honor of being the most
htstorlc river on earth, and certain
it is that in the region it drains, ,
along with Its twin sister, the Tigris,
man first emerges from behind that
impenetrable curtain which divides
the known from the unknown past.
"From then ' henceforth civilizations
have risen and falen, nations
have come and gone, cities of rare
beauty have raised their proud heads
above the plain only to pass on into^
obliterate ruin. ,
Rises in Two Arms,
"The Euphrates rises in two arms '
flowing parallel to one another on
the north'side of Taurus mountain.'
through narow valleys Into which,
pour Innumerable small streams from i
the high Armenian plateau. The;'
northernmost of the two branches'
is the shortest, but it is generally^
regarded as the real source of the
river. It lies to the north of Erezum
while the longer branch passes It to 1
the south. '
"The two branches are divided by 1
the wild mountain district of Der- J
elm. i
Zigzag Course. I
"After linking, they form the Euphrates
proper, whicli boldly breaks 1
its way through the monntalns by a l
zigzag course that carles it now to i
ihe right and now to the left. Now
it (lows for thirty miles at right an- gles
to its general course, then sixty
miles parallel to it, and then ISO <
miles at right angles again as
though it wore headed for the Mediteranean
sea. Then it winds to the
south for eighty miles.
"Here is takes up It's general trend
to the southeast and with innumerable
sharp windings and bends, but
with only a few broad curves. It
heads its way to the sea. The air line
distance of the remotest spring of
the Euphrates from the sea is only
800 miles, and yet Its waters must j
travel 1,800 before they reach the j
sea. ' x :
Slow and Slnecfst. i
"In the last 1,200 miles of Its <
course the Euphrates is slow and j
sluggish, wandering all over the land ,
when It has opportunity, making that j
which It touches a marsh and that
C which It cannot reach a desert. \
Mk "Its fall during the last 1,200 j
^ miles Is only tea inches to the mile ,
and it broadens out so much that ]
while it oontalns enough water to
float the greatest battleship, it Is so
shallow that at places a swimmer
cannot float In it.
Rise to Suit Armies.
"The river promises to rise this
year at a time exactly suited to the
needs of the armies fighting on its
banks.
"It Is beginning Its annual rise
this month, and will reach its maximum
In May. When at 4ts flood
stage; It is navigable, and can play ]
*- a. a _ - ?a. > _ llti. - ~ j
an uupunam pari, iu imiuury operations."
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Malaria Causes $60,000'
Lessia Town of 3000
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SACRAMENTO, March 18.?Malaria, '
besides causing much discomfort to
the affected individuals, produces a
very large economic Iosb in the sections
where it Is prevalent, according
to Or. James G. Cummlng, director
of the state bureau of communl- ,
cable diseases.
Cottoning made an investigation in
a coum unity of 3,000 population, and
estimated that malaria annuallycauscs
rt loss of $60,000 in wag.es.
This disease Ib also declared by
physicians of interior towns to constitute
fifty per cent of their practice.
SIX MARCHES
Are Written by Princo Joachim Albrecht,
of Prussia.
* BERLIN. March 18.?Prince Joachim
Albrecht, of Prussia, whose
musical compositions have been a
prominent feature recently of programs
at the Prussian, court, has
written si* marches of a popular
character since the beginning of the
war. They-are called "Pro Gloria et
Patria,'1* "1914," "The Liege March"
"With God for King and Country,"
"Young Germany" and "The Men in
Field Gray."
LEARNS SIGN LANGUAGE TO
WED A COUPLE OF MUTES.
tOAKVlLL?, la., March 18.?The
Rov. H. P. Bohn made signs, with
his hands recently when he performed
a marriage ceremony between Miss
Fern Jamison, daughter of a cattle*
man of this city, and Edgar (Mather,
of Abingdon, 111. The two are mules.
The minister, who.already speaks four
languages, added the fifth to his list of
accomplishments in four days for . this
occasion.
TO LIBERATE HEROIC CONVICT.;
IiHAViENWORTH, Kan., March 18.
?Out of the Icy waters of the Missouri
river Albert Owen, a convict,
rescued 8am Connell, a "trusty." For
his bravery Owen will be given his
freedom soon. After the skiff In
which the two were riding had been
upset by a cake of ice Owen helped
Connell obtain a grip on the boat and
then swim ashore and summoned aid.
(Mourning is absolutely prohibited in
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STRAW HATS HIGHER. 4
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(Br AtSOCIATCO PIIIBB) 4>
LONDON, March 18.?The 4
price of straw hats in London +
Is to be advanced twelve-cents 4
the coming season. The rea- 4
eon is that the straw plait 4
which comes chiefly from Japan 4
will be much higher, while the 4,
cost of production has oIbo 4
? advanced. Makers are ocon- 4
ousting in material. The rib- 4
bon will be slighly narrower 4
(had heretofore and the aver- 4
' age hat will have a three-inch 41
crown with brim two and a 4.
quarter Inches wide. 4!
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iniWir
Boy Gets Rifle and KHfs Animal \
in a Deep, Dark Cave
in Colorado.
CANON CITV. March 18.?Donald
tnd Harold Chapson, sons of J?lraer
Chapson, a rancher of the Pagosa
Springs district, were riding their
ponies In the foothills looking after1
some cattle, when they noticed some
jnfamillar tracks In the snow, which j
they followc.d to the mouth of a cave,
two miles away.
Donald crawled in to investigate, i
It was pitch dark in the cave a few1
Fards back from the entrance, and
Foung Chapson was unable to see'
my thing ahead of him. After he, had
followed the windings of the cavern
tor a distance of forty or fifty yards
i big but not unfriendly bear placed
lis nose in the face of the intruder,
lut made no effort to bite.
Young Chapson turned and lied lo
tils -horse, got his rifle and returned
to the cave and shot the bear, which
weighed 300 pounds.
Forced to Take a Bath,
Wants Hazers
Arrested
"PALTO ALTO, March 18.?A compulsory
bath said to have been administered
to David Malcolm Rosb, of j
Modesto, a student at Stanford University,
by eighteen of his fellow students,
sophomores, caused Ross to
ippeal to the law as represented by
Justice of the Peace S. W. Charles, of
Palo Alto.
Ross was "tubbed," he told the JusLice,
because he had -refused to perform
freshman duty and asked that
warrants be issued for the arrest of
bis alleged assailant*.
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After Siege of Month
Crazy Man is Captained
R1ACIIN?, Wis., March I8.r-After a
thrilling battle with Sheriff Samuel I
Hollick and six deputies, Ebenezer1
Smith, "aged 5. Watorford, an insane.
bachelor, who has been barricaded in
tiiSj home since January 1, was taken
into custody and is in jail.
The battle was watched by a crowd
af more than 300 Watorford residents.
Smith was prepared for the attack,
and for a time resisted the sheriff's
officers with knives, hatchets, hammers
and a large pile of stones and
Urcwood which he had plied up Inside
tho house. '
IKISH OATS
Are to Be Shipped AbronrTand Later
So Will Potato** Be.
DUBLIN, March .18.?The Irish
agricultural department announced
that it has euoceeded in securing and
placing a government contract for
10,000 tons of Irish oatrf for shipment
abroad. . The contract was executed
by grain merchants and the
grain loaded in Belfast. This Is the
first contract of the kind placed In
Ireland since the beginning of the
war. It is expected that a similar
contract for a large consignment of
potatoes will shortly be Secured.
WORKED TWENTY YEARS TO WIN
BRIDE, "BUT GETS CASH INSTEAD.
DES MOINES. Ia.. March 18.?LowIb
O Bates, a farm hand, who worked, for
twenty yennr on farms owned by the
late Edward Howell and his daughter,
Jennie, without salary,, expecting to
wed Miss l'owell as his.reward, will
receive as the result of a jury's
decision Jn the Polk, county district
court. i
Bates contended he worked with an
understanding .that when (Howell died
he would -marry Miss Howell. Soon
after Howell died the death of his
daughter occurred. Bates sued for
$40,000 back pay. ..
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FIRST TO BE WORSTED.
LONDON, M^rcti 18.?The Gerihan
Fojtker monoplane which wm
damaged in an ait battle recently,
was the first of these machines to be
worsted In a fight In' one month
these' machines have accounted for
the loss of sixteen 1 British aeroplanes.
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FASTS NEAB?Y jI MONTH.
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OSAGE, la,, Mar. 18:?Martin Stoutenburg,
a laboring man of this place,
has completed a fast of twenty-three
days, undertaken la the hope of ourlag
himself of catarrh. He declares
he feels like a new man. Throughout
the entire-Ome he dULall.tbe? cooking
-for his'Wtfe, who ?is an invalid.
He lost-only 1 twenty-three pounds and
sajsWa strenj^h was not greatly hn'*
SUNDAY TELEGRAM, C
RIFLE REGIMENT
ORGANIZED IN
PITTSBURG 1
Services of the Organization;
Are Offered to President i
by Colonel Keenan. j
( V 4HOCtATKD PUIS at*
PITTSBURG, March 18.?The first I
regiment of American Riflemen ha?'
been organized In this city. The
movement is forwarded by the Young
Men's Business Clubs of which there
in one In most of the large cities of
the country and the sole object Is to
acquaint laymen with the handling
of a military rifle. The movement Is
said to have originated In Cleveland
and the Idea was disseminated from
there, but the Pittsburg regiment Is
the first to complete organization.
Col. T. J, Keenan, of this city, took
up the mntter and presented It to the
Young Men's Business Clubs, with the
result that these bodies pledged supp6rt
to It throughout the country. In
1L1. ? I >... ? 1 ?. M.i P AA trniti hava an. i
H1IS Clljr ilJUlUBl OVU UlCU nu* i
rolled for the liiovortiont. It is not
to be a uniformed or drilled body, ac-;
cording to the promoters. All expense j
will be borne by the indUiduftls. and
the time required for qualification as
a member of the organization is not'
more than one hour a week on a rifle j
range that is at the disposal of the:
organization.
Among the members of the local1
body are a number of Nationnl
fluardsmen, who have been sharpbliooters
and first cIosb marksmen for
years, and several retired army officers
who have offered their sendees
In coaching nnd Instruction with the
military rifle.
It Is planned to have a camp at the j
range, which Is a few miles from the:
city, which will he established
throughout the Bummer. At this camp
members may go nnd come as they
desire, being under no rigid discipline
beyond being required to qualify as
an expert marksman.
Employers of men desirous of participating
in this movement hare expressed
a willingness to give employes
an opportunity to take advantage
of the rifle range, and offers of
assistance from regular service men
have been abundant.
Col. Keenan expresses tho opinion
that one million men would be participating
in this training during the
summer, laying a foundation for a
trained citizen soldiery, against times
of need.
The Pittsburg regiment has been
offered to President Wilson In this
telegram which Col. Keenan sent to
Washington:
"I am authorized to offer you, in
case of national need, the services of
the first battalion of the first regiment
of American Ttiflemen. All tho
members of the organization are oC
military age, and have pledged themselves
to qualify at once/and at their
own expense, ns marksmen with the
regulation rifle of the United States
army. If a million Americans will so
qualify during the next few months
.your plea for national preparedness
will, supplementing congressional action,
have met. with a practical popular
response that will help to lusuro
our country against enforced participation
either in the present of in any
future war."
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In Jail, Man Finds
$5 in Robin's Nest
HAMMOND, hid., March 18.-'Frank
Trahtzbas, of Chosterton, Ind., reflecting
in a police jail cell here after
a two days' fling along the gay white
way, wondered how he was going to
pay a dollar flrto when hp ' spied a
robin's nest In a tfrco within an arm's
length of the cell window. Peaching
out, he shooed the robin . away and
picked a $5 bill from the nest, siim*v.nnn,t
thn if>iw nalil Mr fine and
Uivuvu i??v ? ir ? ? ? ?
wont home.
CflMOKE
Afimony Takes Ail His Money,
Says Man Who Appeals to
Judge for Mercy.
N
KANSAS CITY, (March 18.?Jn order
that he might have a little money to
smoke cigars, Alfred Hodgon, cattle
buyer, applied to Judge Robinson, of
the circuit court, to decrease his temporary
alimony he was paying his
wife pending the hearing for divorce.
Hodgon said that ever since their separation
three years-ago he had been
paying her $30 a week, and was forced
?l.a nn' amnlrlno* fn malt a +Ti? nav.
IV guv W|f |fM*VuiuD ww MCW..V WM w
ments.
Judge Robinson ruled that smoking
was injurious and ordered Hodgoa to
continue paying 930 alimony and stay
away from tobacco.
ANSWER TO ADDRESS ON .
EGO AFTER EIGHT TEARS.
(MARION, O., Mar.. 18.?(Eight years
ago, Dale Bain, son of Health Officer
Addison Bain, was working here in an
egg packing house. At that time he
wrote his name and address on an egg.
?Ta has received a postcard dated January
18,3016, written hy Len'ore K rondel
d. of Summit, N. J., who says, 'she
bought a dozen eggs at a grocery and
found.(Bain's name written on one of
them. ,"0jt course, Dalo may bp a
boy's name, or a girl's, but write to
me anyhow/' she requests.. VSInce, she
has. been, good enough to write to .mo
after, all these years, I,am, going to
be 'fresh' enough to writeto her
again," Bain declares.
RESCUES MAN WITH LASSO. i
KANSAS OITY, March 18.?Ability
to throw a lasso enabled George-Bell,
a city fireman, to rescue Frank Slathro,
track sweeper* caught, in a mass
of-electric wires, after he had'been
knocked from the elevated road.
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LARKSBURG, W. VA^ SI
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GOOD GUESS "WORK. *
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+ LONDON, March 18.?Care- *
fol Inquiries eoem to show that
for the most part Insurance +
companies have been well with
In their estimate of what the *
war was Ukety to cost them,
+ the average amount expended
being about seventy-five per
cent of that estimated. Consld
crlng the great number of men
who may be exported to havo
Insured their lives who at pros
t ent arc fighting, the figure Is
not a high one; hut it Is noticed
+ that the companies are carry- +
Ing largo sums In rosorvo. +
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Jail Cat Toak to Ram;
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Dies of tooMuch Booze
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 1ft.?In
an alcove of the Jail yard, Oto. the ,
county Jail cat, lies burled beneath
a neat mound of ashes and cinders,
with a orossboard bearing the words, ,
"He died of drink."
Olo was locked In a room containing
hundreds of quarts of liquor
4>%<h? l.,wl akmuhL . t.nll, C ~ r a 1.
mat. iiuu opiuun n ii'iiiv. numr ui uiu ,
pungent fluid hud mndo n little pool !
In the center of the floor. Ole lapped ]
at It gingerly.
Then a wonderful change came
over him. He felt rejuvenated. He |
felt powerful and combative. Throw- ,
ing back his head disdainfully, ho
looked around for Deputy Bush's
dog that he might whip him.
They found him nt daybreak and
burled him with Impressive honors. ^
Spanking
Is Good for Babies, Declares <
Boston Man, Who is a Baby ]
Specialist. ;
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iEOSTDX, ifarch 18.?Dr. John Ixjv- <
ett Morse, of the Harvard medical I
school, baby specialist, has prepared I
a list of "don'ta" for children. He
calls sugar the root of all baby ills.
They Bhould be made to cat what Is <
set before them, he says. Arms and i
logs should, not be bare except on the i
hottest summer days. Never deoeivo i
them. <
Few babies grow up without the i
need of real oorporal punishment, adds ]
Dr. Morse. Xover spank tbo hands or i
face. He also says that many children
have died of disease or accident i
because they were not taught obedl- <
once. The death certificate should i
read "failure of the parent to teach |
obedience," he concludes. i
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Proposed by Justice of the
Peace, Wbo May Get Together
upon Ceremonies.
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JEFFER8ONVILL1B, Ind., March 18. I
?Sonic of the six justices of the peace <
of JefTerson, who fight among them- 1
selves for "marriage couples," aro 1
proposing a combination whereby all 1
six would establish central marrying ]
parlors and would pool and divide i
equally an tnclr earnings. i
The chief benefit would' be the I
elimination of the "runnertP," with <
whom the justices now split their <
fees, which only In exceptional cases 1
amount to more than 93. One result i
of the competition has beon the cut- ]
ting of'fees. Many eloping couplos <
now get married for $1. Secret wed- I
dings gonoralty cost the elopers a '
little more, and a 125 fee showg up ]
once in a while. 1
wiiiRis i
Are Being Suggested Because ;
So Marry Clergymen Have <
Gone to the Trenches.
LjONDOX, March 18.?Wom,on. cur- '
ates are being suggested because so !
many clergymen have gone td the
trenches and because theological students
who have not already enlisted ,
will bo absorbed under the compulsion
act unless they arov physically unfit 1
For ten years before the war there
was a steady decrease in the appll- J
cations for ordination owing, In~sonie \
measure, to the modern recognition of
the fact that a young man, of what Is
known as "good family" may engage
in commerce without any social disadvantages.
Genteel starvation is no
longer preferable to getting a good
living outside "the professions" and
the candidates for the church have
graudally been narrowing down to
those who feel an earnest call to
preach or to undertake the more exacting
forms of Christian work. The war
apparently has not hastened the
process. I
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MUTES MAKE TIBES. > <
AKRON, Mlar. 18.?Sixty deaf mutes 1
are employed by a tire and rubber <
manufacturing company here., It .Is.?
(be. policy of this establishment to em- <
ploy all deaf mutes who apnly for i
position who are strong, willing to 1
i- J s t i mt.... #
worn ami wnu xihvu johhi mey <
bare proved to be efficient workers
and are often placed In -responsible 1
positions. >
CARAWAY WTTTFH I3IVB8
SIX SOYS TO OEEAT WAR. 1
JOOv>i.N?OS-M ,VE6( N. B.e Match 18, i
?Perhaps no other mitither in Canada l
has made suoh-a sacrifice for the em- j
pire as has . been made by, dfrs. Wll- 1
itam Oolburn, of, Shulee. who, has <
cheerfully/seen all. six of her sons
volnnteer, for .service under the king's
brnner. Plveiof the boys are now i
with then colors, and, the sixth is at i
htme against hie/erlll. -ajphysical.dli-;
ability, having forced him to leave the 1
battalion which he Joined some -time i
ago. The* last of the hoys to enlist
iffltlu service roll at T i o l few
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TNDAY, MARCH 19, 1910.
hut
SAFETY EXHIBIT
OVERJOUHTRY
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to
Co-operate with Department
of the Interior.
"WA8W1NOTON. March 18 ? The
Safety First Exposition, which was
held in Washington recently and
which depleted what the federal government
is doing In the Raving of life
and property, may ?non he brought to
tho doorsteps of every cllixen In the
I'nlted Stales,
Writes to W'lllord
The exposition was of such farreaclting
educational value and created
so much public Interest that Secretary
of the interior Franklin K.
I jane conceived the idea that the rest
of the country ought, if possible, to
ho given the opportunity of seeing It.
He accordingly wrote n letter to
Daniel Wlllard, president of the rtaltlmoro
and Ohio railroad, requesting the
free use of a eomploto train for that
purpose. President Wlllard responded
Immediately and offered to furnish nn
all-steel train of any necessary number
of cars to transport the exhibits.
The railroad also agreed to haul this
train free of charge over the entlro
length of its line, stopping a sufficient
length of time In each city or town
to enable the people to Inspect thoroughly
the various exhibits.
It has l>een tentatively agreed that
this train will ho In Washington by
May 1, and that It will be equipped as
rapidly ns possible and sent on its
way. An Itinerary will he arranged
without delay. It is the plan of Secrotary
(Lane that upon the completion
of this Itinerary the other prominent
railroads of the country will be asked
to extend similar fnvors over their
lines and in this way ho hopes that
everyone in the country sufficiently
Interested will he able to see the ex
blbits.
Educational Advantage.
The exposition held In Washington
iriginated with tho Bureau of Mines
and through tho encouragement of
Secretary Lane spread to all the other
departments until twenty-seven federal
bureaus were represented, as well
as tho American Red Cross and the
police department of the _ District of
Columbia.
"I am of the opinion that such a
moving exposition will be of great
educational advantage to the country,"
said Secretary Lane today. "The exposition
as I saw it was a revelation
as to the extent of the federal government's
activities along theso lines of
life saving and property saving. That
it croated great popular Interest wss
evinced by tho fact that in the very
busy city of Washington; having manifold
other interests, the exposition
attracted more than 35,000 persons
during the weekj|
"Beat of all, this moving exposition
will give the people of the Interior
towns and cltlos ah opportunity to see
and understand what the federal government
Is doing, in places remoto.
For instance, the work of the public
health service, treasury department,
In guarding the gateways of the republic
against epidemics of dlseaso
sent us from foreign shores and the
stamping out of these diseases on tho
threshold of the countdy; the work
sf tho coast guard service, treasury
Jepartment, in saving llfo at sea, making
the ocean lanos safe for travel;
Lhc navigation bureau, commerce department,
with its extensive systom
sf wireless which bar already saved
thousands of lives oil shipwrecked
ressels; the forest sorvico's plan, department
of agriculture, of' fighting
forest fires and preserving millions of
iollars of natural resources to the
nation; the methods used by the
sureaV of mines, interior department,
In rescuing entombed minors from
terrible death, . and the safety mpth5ds
of 'the . interstate ctfmmqrco, commdsslon*
which have so signally reiuced
ihe deaths among trainmen.
Army and h'avy
"In addition there is the safoty
work of the army and navy departments,
in' sanitation and the, stamping
out of the typhoid fever in the
iroiy and navy.
"These are but a few of the 'many
Interesting activities of the federal
government that ;tho. people will be
privileged to Bee am) learn about,
altogether 't will be a rare pppor:unlty,
for the averagecitizen of the
[Jhlt'ed States and will' give him a
tetter and qlpafer Idea of what; a
great and humanitarian country he
Uvea in." . . . . .
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Blind Jan and Dog
Are Frozen to Death
.
:
RICHMOND* Ind. jMaroh J8.t?The
[ro7,en body of Charles Macy, 35 years
>ld, a blind, man living noar Hagersjp.wn,
ind., who disappeared from hi*
some during a heavy snowstorm, has
T^cn found in a woods only a short
Mjflanrfi .from his rosfdnnoo. I.vlntt
icross his master was tho froaea body
>fa...collie dog. Tracks about the
pan's body Indicated tbat the dog had
'ought off bogs,.and had attempted! to
Irag his dead master out of tbe. woods:
r.vilU>V D3JAP SnOT WITH ,7 ;
BOW: AND. ARROW, IS.j DEAD;
f.TTTT?' .I f 'j jt'/;" f-,-.
CRANDON. Wis.. March
he death of Winbash, whoseAmeri:an
name was John Seymore, Wiaqm;in
httH^IoHt onc'^^ its Krea^c'st Ch^i^bOOt
'illUL (Jtt
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v:^?pP!SpPI5;'v :'v'
SENATE BILL
i A BUSINE!
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CHELHRBX SATE TRAIX. >
POTTO! ATAX, Kan.. March 18.
?Teachers and pupils of Tur
nor school, near hero, saved
/ho Rock Island passenger *
* train from a bad wreck, nc- +
t cording to members of the
train crow. Aftor being dls
missed from school. Ralph +
Hartley, aged thirtoon. and Paul
4 Hrockoff. aged eleven, dlacov- +
ored a broken rail wbilo cross
JL. i At. - A I? J *0- ? 1 JL :
t his imo xrncnH i J tin r ion ncnoni. w
* They ran back to acbool and
+ tolil (Miss Grace Powell, tho +'
+ teacher, who was Informed by *
+ the agent at Flalrvlew that the
+ train had already left that
+ town. With their teacher'a red
sweater the boys flagged tho +
+ oncoming train. A bad wreck :
would have resulted If the crow
+ had not been cautioned toy tho +
+ youngster's signal.
*
+ + + + * ** *** 1
Mad When Embalmer
f olio Fnr Hie CArnco
vuuj ivi uia vuipat
ST. IjOUIS, March 18.?Justlco of
tho Peace Ragland, of Maplewood, St.'
Louis county, Is attempting to And:
which one of his "friends" called an i
undertaker to hia homo to "tako charge I
of his body."
Tho justice explained that he happened
to look out of the window and
how an undertaker's wagon drive up.
and stop at the front of bin house.
In a moment tho undertaker was at,
the front door.
Justice RaglAnd opened the door
and said that he saw the undertaker
was a friend and fellow lodgo member,
William Armbruator. Armbruster was
so shocked that ho was speechless for
several seconds. RaglsnH said:
"1 told him I wasn't dead, and bo
remarked tbat he guessed I wasn't."
GETS MONET
For Steer He Sotd Twenty-two i
Years Ago wfien Beef was
Three Cents a Pound. |
LANDER. Wyo., March 18.?Af- 1
ter nearly twenty-two 'years, Con j
Sheeban, a ranchman, on the sv^eetwater,
has received $29.80 In payment
for a steer Which was marketed
at Chicago In 1894. The money <
was transmitted by the Wyoming
Stock Growers' Association, which
has been holding It since September,
1804, vben its inspector at Chicago,
discovered h steer branded' with a
cross curb C in a shipment made by
J. M. Carey and brother, from Caspar.'
Not until recently was it established
that the cross curb C cattle
were owned by Sheehan brothers, a
Arm of which Con Sheehan is the
surviving mr iber.
The delivery of the money recalls j
that twenty-two years ago Wyoming |
beef won bringing:. only three cents ,
on the Chicago market, i
tcu TuniicAun
ILll IHUUunlfU
More Skilled Miners Will Be!
Wanted on BrFtisfi Front |
Next Twelve Months. i
: i
LONDON,-March 18.-?Ten thou- i
aand more skilled miners will be j
wanted on the British war front duY
ing tho next twelve months to carry j
on the work of tunneling for the" lay- |
ing . of mines, according to Robert \
Smllllp. president of the Miners' i
Federation of proat Britain. (
In making this1 announcement, Mr. ,
Smlllle stated that while.a consider- j
able- number of . miners were, already ,
ongaged In this work the government
wanted more and was going tp appeal
to the .home oDce for them. These
-men, however, .will have to be enroll-' j
ed as volunteers.
WOMAN 18 A GOOD SHOT,
-i . V - 1
, COTTONWOOD JAIiLS, Kan., Mar. J
18.?Mrs.. Clarence- ,V- RJggs, wife of i
a pointer- and. paperbapger of Cedar 1
Point,-dpubtless Holds the champion- j
ship .among women hunters In Chase 1
county, . - Af;,fe*K. days. i ago Jaiaar r, her
home #on.; the.*Cottonwood, river she !
bagged.-seyen rabbits., Sho,u?eS &, 2% !
caliber- repenting' trifle most of the 1
tlme>: ,j
FAT,LADY -fcA*>BS AWAT.
1 . . -i ??rrr, -?i- , 1
. OLtEJVESLANiy,i (March 18,?died nX ?
H,-4*0 ward's Mflfo been; more sylph i
like, ho wouldn't.be suing for divorce. 1
But, olx years ago she, got a, Job as <
"fat lady " in a) sideshow, and he .basalt 1
toen. her since.1
1 1. T?i 1
SHE PROPOSES* I
:< :it. tign. , ' 1 1
DE>S MOLN3DS, la., March 18.?Miss \
Augusta Knies, ,2U of- Lansing, Mich.. t
obtained; a marriage license to- wed i
Ilarley Decker, 29, of Dcs Molnes.-and t
told r tbo; marriage license , clerk, she <
proposed, but allowod Decker to set t
the date. 1
ytT mpn * ^r'ljar
J11.1 EI) >f.V3f SUES.
V., BIUIVI4 10.?-OAIVU l?l- 1
PAGE NINE
. PURELY 5S
MEASURE' Wk
Which Pertains to Federal Aid
to the States in Construetion
of Good Roads.
WASHINGTON* Mhr. 18,?One of .
the moat important and pressing mat- V ,
tors with which the Con gross must
deal at Its present session is the mat- '||
tor of good roads. A month ago, or
more, tho so-called Shacktoford bill '
passed tho JTouso by an overwhelming Av3
majority and was sent to the Senate.
It carried an annua) appropriation of
825,000,000 out of tho general tressury
to air tho states In the construction
and maintenance of rural post
roads and was sent to the Senate for
its consideration. There was something
of a passing flurry in that body,
as to which committee the measure
should be referred, which was ami*
cably adjusted by referonce from thdx
committee on agrlculturo and forestry
to the committee on postof&oes and
post made. That commlttoe has completed
Its work and reported a bill * fjH
very much like the Houso measure . % ' K
In Its general terms but differing In * jj
Important foattires from the tineas
bill to such an extent as to make It.
as it has been described by one of
the experts who has made a lifetime :;';J
study of this problem, "the best roads
measure that has ever been proposed
in the national legislature." 1
Wise Provisions.
Tho Senate bill which has bsen
pressed with line Intelligence by Sen-. .
ator Bankhead of Alabama, provides ' :f3|
for the year 1(117 an appropriation of' J
In,000.000, for the year 1018 an appropriation
of $10,000,000, for the year I
1910 an appropriation of $15,000,000 . jg
for the year 1920 an appropriation of "'M
$20,000,000. and for tho year 1921 an *
appropriation of $25,000,000. The man- ,
agement, distribution and expenditure J
of the appropriations so provided arete '-V
bo entrusted to tbe secretary of agrt- /.
culmre and under conditions, clearly
Btated in the meaauro, which ha fs
directed to require. These condl- "tfia
Hons, briefly Stated, are to prevent the I
waste1 of the funds taken but of the
fedornt treasury so that each dollar $$
expended in the work of making good
roads shall have a dollar's worth of
work to show for It. "The' secretary" |
M UPMUIHire Is authorized to eo^pdr- J
i\te with the states"; the secretary of > J
Agriculture and the state highway de- -M
jartment of each state shall, agree i j
therein and the character and meth<
>f construction." After makldtf certain {
slearly stated deductions to dover thh *
ixponso of admlnlstraUoh from .the ;
und provided by the United States.
'the secretary of agriculture shall ajKi
portion the remainder of the approbation
for ouch fiscal year among the
icveral statoa," one-third In the ratio "5$!
which the aroa of each, state bears to -*'<*
the total population of all the states,/^
and one-third In the ratio which the. S'ta|
mileage of rural dollvery routes and ^ {
star routes In each state bears to. tl
and the state highway department of
what Umes. and* In w^at amounts,
layments, as work progftssesj shall ?
K) made under this act, and pajhnent
>f those amounts' Is to be made by the
Irawn by the secretary of agriculture.
Ml road projects under "this act ate (
.0 be approved by the Secfcdtary of,
nade by Congress, the act providing 1
hat he shall approve plans* speciflcalons
and estimates. The'states or
zed to withhold further filch aid
|
ndwuire. ^ There ,1s-,no^ politics in it, I
hq, sectionalism,)? ,no favoritism, no I
lartnershlp- The conditions are plain
ind slmplo?ratio in area, in populalon,
ln mileage. Better ,than all this,
iftWflVftr. * nrnvtalnn thnf fh?
uiwro TTvV'UUI II#
There will be no attempt on the part
overnntt wishington to
bie 'States?all that will bo insisted
tpon is that if the states caro to parIclpatc
'titer must participate under
he^terms of thc^bill. d b th^ t : !
he states would care to make on their |9
(. the Hist step toward* the solution s\i i
4 one of the greatest ooonouiic queslons
of the times, and will lead in- ^li
vitably to other measures in the fu- ;-3
Russia has 5,000,000 lews.
Fifty vocations arc taught in tho
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