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The Washington herald., 1912-09-01

~ WAS born a tinker" he started
~ That is TO say, have always loved
10 plan things In my head and create
them with my own two hands. Ny
first fad was making art lamps in
spare time. ! graduated from that to the
making OF hall clocks. but the year that
Marian. that's my wife, and took a trip 10
California, hit the one fad that has been
lasting. We. both Of US. fell>in love with the
California bungalow idea. You know out
there the low. rambling one story house Is
the thing. Everybody builds a bungalow
home After I'd seen these quaint. artistic
little homes nesting among the roses and
deep green foliage, I forgot the art lamps
and the hall clocks and made up my mind
that when / got back was going 10 build
bungalow-some kind-somewhere and that
It was going TO give me more plea sure than
anything else l had ever done So, all dur
ing our trip made notes and floor plans OF
the different places we visited and when we
returned i had a suit case full Of notes and
sketches on the subject"
The Average Man interrupted. II am
afraid that you have started your story a
little late To build bungalow a man must
have money. That's a far more expensive
fad than merely making hall clocks or art
lamps. Suppose you tell me how you got the
money to build the bungalow"
The Contented Man smiled apologetically.
II am not a good story. teller. You see, l
had been making a salary Of 81 600 a year as
corporation counsel for q promotion con-
Germ and being OF an economical disposition
had 49, 900 TO my credit in the bank. This
money represented my savings for a number
OF years. But, understand, had reached
the limit Of my earning capacity in the posi-
ton / occupied and was a man - years OF
age when started TO build my bungalow
1t was a case OF home building with me-a
place built according TO my own tdeas-a
place that would represent the embodiment
of all my desires-a place 10 comforta bly, pass
the remainder OF my days"
%" said the Average Man, now l I'm
6erstand. Pardon me for interrupting. I
tust wanted to get that one point clear &C
ahead"
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ling; the Sapling natures, and we have
the old storm warrior Of the forests
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11

It's a shame to spill milk, but II
Isn't q crying shame 5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
sklpper,s Good.eY

The captain Of one of the CRACK"
American liners used to say that his
wife was always the last person he
spoke to on leaving port and the first
on returning. In sense, though not
in the one understood by most Of
those who heard him make the state
ment, this was perfectly true. says
the Liverpool Mercury. His house
was on the banks OF the Mersey, and
he never passed it without speaking"
It by means Of the ships whistle: For
the occasions he had a special code.
which none of the crew, who all knew
OF the practice, could understand. Ono
has under, his control a powerful siren,
on which he blows three terrific walls
as signal to his wife. AT night they
are sufficient to wake her from her
first sleep. Another captain, who re
tired not long since, had certain
whistle for goodby when he was drop
ping down the Mersey, and another
for .all well'' as he was coming up,
and he Invariably blew one or the
other when passing a point to which
his thoughts often turned when he
was on the trackless deep. Both Of
these signals were well understood,
not only by his wife and children, but
by many Of his friends. ,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
WOOL HEAD INDICTED
ACCUSED OF DYNAMITE PLOT IN
LAWRENCE STRIKE.
5Is Head Of Company Employing $1,000
Hands-Gives 5000 Cash
Bond. ls5ts u

Boston. Sept. Charging him IN
an indictment warrant with conspir.
ing to distribute dynamite In II Law
renee during the general strike there
last winter President William M.
Wood OF the American Wooden com
pany was arrested. here Friday.
The American Wooden company.
which bore the brunt OF the great
Lawrence strike. from January ~
until March IA, controls thirty-three
manufacturing plants In New England
and New York state. It has capital
tzation of SIS, 900, 900 and employs 35.-
900 operatives when all the machinery
is in motion. y ftsSi$ V
President Wood Is one OF the best
known textile men in the country.
He furnished cash bail Of $4,000. It
is understood that he will be formally
arraigned in the superior court.
Dennis Collins Of Cambridge, who
was indicted and arrested on charge
of unlawfully having placed dyna-
mite in railroad passenger train for
transportation. Is IN Jail IN default
OF $500 bail YEAH l;s 4, M -
4 The discovery Of dynamite IN q
Syrian lodging house. g cobbler's
shop and cemetery In Lawrence
last January, while the textile strike
was at its height, caused a sensation.
Soon afterward John ]. Breen, a
undertaken. was arrested
on a charge OF having uniawfully
placed the dynamite in the places
where it was found. Breen was found
guilty and fined $500. II Il ,s.5i. 5.i3
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
4 DIE; 26 HURT IN WRECK
Passenger Train Plunges Into River
IN When Bridge Near Camp Douglas,
Wis, 10 Washed Away. a

Camp Douglas, Wis. Sept. -four
persons were killed in the wreck OF
passenger train No. 10 on the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha rail-
road, which plunged into the Lemon
weiter river near Camp Douglas at
five o'clock Monday morning.
Every car. including the sleepers.
with passengers still lin their berths,
was hurled into the stream, whose wa
tiers. augmented by the cloudburst OF
the previous night, had made 1t a tor.
rent. .s. ,ss Il q
"A. The accident was due to the Wash
ing away OF a bridge over which the
train had passed safely a short time
before. The train was tagged at
Tunnel because a washout farther on
had made the; track impossible, and
was ordered back to Camp Douglas SO
that the passengers might breakfast
q. Meanwhile, the flooded Lemonweiter
had tori away the bridge and, I'M
warned the engineer could not stop his
train in Il emit osave it from plunging
over the brink. Many Of the injured
are women and children on holiday
trips. ss%3E
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
5000 HOMELESS FROM FIRE
Flames Sweep Ocean Park at Los An
seles and Destroy the Beach
City.

Los Angeles, CAL. Sept. 5.---Five
thousand people were homeless in
Santa Monica Tuesday night as the
result ola fire which originated In the
kitchen Of the Casino cafe at five
o'clock Tuesday evening and burned
uncontrolled suntil nearly nine. The
loss is said to be $4,000, 1000. "a
Six solid blocks of cottages and
apartment houses, crowded with sum
mer visitors, were destroyed.
The famous Frazer's Million Dollar
pier, with all its concession buildings.
was totally destroyed. except for the
concrete piling Of the pier itself.
The Decatur hotel, famed to all who
have travelled to the Pacific coast in
the last ten years. was leveled, along
with tho long string Of small business
houses along the pike" and the bath
house, one Of the finest and largest
on the coast, rests in Its own ashes. ID
( One Japanese is known to be dead
He jumped into the ocean while trying
to escape from the blazing pier, and
was drowned. Seven other Japanese
are reported to have lost their lives
in the holocaust. ts
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
TROOPS s'T'0|IP: RIOT
AsHooTsTo KILL" ORDER GIVEN
MILITIA AT MICHIGAN STATE
III. PRISON.
TORCH USED ON BUILDINGS
Soldiers Fire Two voileys Inside
Prison, but Inform alton 10 Re-
fused-Prlsoners Break Loose and
Destroy Everything In the Yard.

jackson. Mich. Sept. Five com
panies of militia are patroling the
corridors Of the state prison here
where Is frenzied convicts, crazed
with they probability Of battling their
way to freedom and mad with hunger
broke from the bull pen and fought
a desperate battle with the small
force Of prison guards.
Z The militiamen are under orders to
use formaldehyde II the convicts make
any outcry or offer resistance. This
would tend to render the men uncon.
scious. They are also authorized to
shoot to kill" should 1t become nee.
essary. ...t
That part Of Jackson In the vicinity
Of the prison Is under martial law.
Governor Osborn and Adjutant Gen
eral Vandercook have arrived to take
charge Of the situation. x 3
The rioting began when a number
of prisoners released seventy-flve
others from the prison bull pen where
they had been confined for causing
disorder! among the inmates OF the
prison. Within a, few minutes the
rioters had the place in an uproar.
Attacking the outnumbered guards
with knives and clubs they tried to
force q way to, liberty. In response
to a telephone message from the
prison superintendent Governor Os-
born ordered every available militia
company to reinforce the prison
guards. Five companies were soon
on the scene. IL ,sst;
The city fire department was 4 en-
listed when 1t was feared that the
rioters might set fire to some Of the
prison buildings. The flremen proved
an efficient fighting force With
streams OF cold water they drove many
Of the belligerents back into their.
cells. Al: u. Il VI Il. KIT;
The militiamen were given orders
to shoot any man trying to get over
the wall. The prisoner shot refused
to halt when running across the
grounds, apparently to get over the
wall. He was not injured seriously.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
Says Chinese Are Heroic.

c. H.. Chu, evidently Chinese stu
dent Of Columbia university, New
York, writes the New York Sun to
contradict certain statements that
have appeared in newspapers since
the Titanic disaster, to the effect that
among Chinese in similar circum-
stances the rule Is men first" Mr..
Chu asserts that ''the teachings Of Con-
fucius all favor self-sacrifice, the
helping of others than yourself. Con-
fucius says that man who in peril
steals his own life instead Of dying
under .duty's call Is less than man.
There is nothing in Confucianism,"
continues MIR. Chu, "justitying any
man who saves himself by letting Z
woman or child lose life. j.
1.-THE experience in China is that
many. many times the noble rule 10
followed: Women and children first
Sometimes Of course the men neglect
the higher law. and are severely blam-
ed by the people in general II they
do"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
Must Master the Iron Clubs

The true secret OF successful golf 10
accurate iron play. A man cannot be
q really first-class player unless he ts
more or less master OF all manner
of iron clubs. Deadly accurate ap-
preaching will make up for many de-
fects in wooden club play. and, in con-
sequence, 1t is the iron clubs above
any other with which player should
practice. am not going to say that
It, is necessary for a player to be q
complete master Of every class Of iron
shot and to have intimate knowledge
OF. the correct way Of playing them,
but will say that it Is absolutely
necessary for player who is anxious
to attain any great measure OF scccess
to have a good command of his iron
clubs Harold H. Hilton. In the Out
ing Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
50 4. DEAD j Al in STORM s:I' M.
FLOOD SWEEPS Pennsylvania
WEST VIRGINIA, AND OHIO.
Property Loss Is Placed at s5,ooo,ooo
Bridges and Railroad Tracks
Carried Away.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 4.-The worst
western Pennsylvania. eastern Ohio
and parts of the Panhandle district
Of West Virginia occurred Monday. A
vivid lightning display preceded 1t for
more than an hour, and seemed as
If 1t would rend the heavens For
nearly five hours the rain fell in tor
rents. Cloudbursts filled fertile val
leys with raging rivers that annihila-
ted crops and carried away bridges
and railroad tracks. Lightning struck
in scores OF places. Quiet streams rose
In an hour to become grim agents OF
destruction. Railroad traffic practical
ly stopped and wire traffic is paralyzed
throughout most of the region.
When reports from all points were
compared. so are known to be dead.
This list OF fatalities will probably be
much larger, for in many remote ham
let's In the wide area scourged by the
food there will be no communication
for. days. Golfers. w. Va. is practical
ly. wiped out Cherry Valley, w. Va.
is In ruins. The towns of Avella, Can
onsburg, Washington, Burgettstown
and a dozen smaller places in the ex-
IRENE western end Of Pennsylvania
are inundated. At New Philadelphia.
Steubenville and other Ohio towns,
near the Ohio river. the damage
wrought was heavy. n; Fl 4
The Panhandle division of the
Pennsylvania railroad ceased train OPP
erations. Fourteen miles OF track were
washed away near. Golfers. Three
bridges were carried down stream.
For miles along Racoon creek the
roadbed Is submerged. It will be .
fortnight before traffic can be re-
sumed here
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
.kAREL PIC ED BY BADGERS
Former Football Star 10 Chosen Demo-
cratic Candidate for Governor
Of Wisconsin,. ~ s., f=zs

Milwaukee, Sept. i6.-Judge John C..
: Karel, former Wisconsin football star,
won the Democratic nominee Tues
day for the governorship Of Wiscon-
sin. Anti-La Toilette Republicans
sided in 4 his nomination, defeating
sAdolph y Schmitz. Republicans were
30 active on both sides Of the Demo-
cratic quarrel that 1t is doubtful
whether there win be. Republican
ticket in the field this fall. The state
law; requires that at a primary q
party must poll at least 10 per cent.
of Its vote at the preceding election
10 hold its organization. Returns to-
day indicate that the Republicans
may have failed to do this. 49,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
MERE in STUFF WINS RACE
Captures the Illinois Trophy, While
the Aurora Cup Goes to Hughes
In Mercer.

Elgin, Ill.,. Sept. 3.F1rst days win.
ners at Elgin's third annual race
meet Friday were:
Jencks Trophy contest for small
cars. won by Harry Endicott. driving
Mason. Distance, 101 3-4 miles.
Time, 100 minutes. AZ seconds. Az
erage, 60.57 miles an hour.
Aurora Cup. won by Hugh Hughes.
driving Mercer. Distance. 152 miles.
Time, 14O minutes, 40 seconds. Aver.
age, 65.04 miles an hour.
Second, Pullen, driving a Mercer.
Time. LAG minutes. 80 seconds. Third.
Trussell, driving Falcar. Time. 100
minutes, 10 seconds. III
Illinois Trophy race-Won BY
Charles Merz, driving a Stutz. Dis
lance, 203 miles. Time, 1874 minutes.
80 seconds. Average, 66.11 miles an
hour. Second, Gil Anderson, driving
a stutz. Time. 1856 minutes, IA sec
Qnds. .5- i.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
Unusual Occurrences.

Richard Harding Davis. during his
Atlantic City honeymoon. said ut .
fish luncheon: "A, Y
confess that am not pleased
with the modern trend Of fiction. The.
newest fiction leaves q bad taste in
the mouth. It il full Of double en-
tendre-like the parlor maids remark.
"A gentleman came down to break
fast one morning with bloodshot eyes,
He drank eight glasses OF ice water.
hurriedly. then he muttered hoarsely
to the pretty parior maid:
"'Tell me, Adele, did reach home
last night very much under the wealth
err l,5
Indeed you did. SIR. the maid re-
piled. Why, sir, you kissed the mis-
sis! '"-Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
IMPROVEMENT IN NICARAGUA
Reports to Washington Indicate That
the Navy viii Soon Have Stu.
IN alton In Hand. n

Washington, Sept. A decided I'M
proven ent in conditions in Nicaragua
was indicated by cablegrams to the
navy department from Rear Admiral
Switzerland: 1t is believed the navy
soon will have the situation well in
hand, as far as the control Of lines
Of communication between Managua
and Corinto is concerned. Y.
Dispatches from Minister. Weitzel.
however, report conditions worse In
the vicinity Of Granada. The minis
ter's dispatch confirms press reports
Of the suffering of the people. practic-
ally without food supplies. Unless
the government forces sent to the re-
lief OF Matagalpa have been defeated
or checked. it is probable that the
large foreign colony in that vicinity,
which SO strongly appealed for help,
has been relieved. Nd
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
FOUND A SACRED LAKE
GOLDEN ORNAMENTS RECOVERED
~ FROM GUATAviTA SHOWN.
Treasures That Were Thrown Into the
. Water by Indians Of Colombia, In
+ Their Religious Rites Before
4 the Spanish Conquest. ~ u. y. z

Scores Of antiquarians and others
Interested in the races that inhabit-
ed the American continent before the
coming of the white man visited the
assembly room at the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel to see the relics recently taken
from the sacred lake OF Guatavita,
near Bogota, Colombia and brought to
New York by Mr.. Hartley Knowles
Of London, the New York Herald re-
ports. 4 e
The story of the finding Of the rel
les, which consist of, gold ornaments,
emeralds and pottery, reads like a
romance. Ever since the Spaniards
conquered the Indian race that in
habited the fertile plateau in Colon
bia efforts have been made to re-
cover treasures sunk in the lake each
year by the: Indians as religious
rite. Spaniards undertook the task,
but draining the lake was too diff
for them. Another determined at
tempt was made in 1923 by Capt.
Charles Stuart Cochrane, an English
man, but 1t ended In failure. In 1900
British corporation was formed, and
1t tunneled the mountains and drained
the lake. It. has now begun to mine
The relics buried deep in the mud.
FL Lake Guatavita is almost in the CEN
ter Of the Great Anlean plateau that
was the home of the Chibch kingdom,
composed OF Indians who lived by ag-
riculture and who had civilized form
0,,a ~ al nj
Usaquen, is said to have had more
than million Inhabitants.
The Chibchas paid homage to two
gods. The sun was the benefcent
deity, and the antithesis Of the sun or
evil spirit they believed was q huge
serpent, which lived in the center Of
lake Guatavita and which when an
gered brought storms. drought and all
the other evils which sometimes af-
dict an agricultural population There
tore, though they hated the serpent,
they pretended to worship him and
sought to propitiate his wrath by
gifts. III {, II
-Four temples to the serpent stood
On the bank OF the lake, which was
only mile across, but very deep.
Once year q great feast was given
the serpent devil. The chief cere-
mony consisted 4 OF casting gold or
.naments and other precious objects
Into the center Of the lake, where
the god could get them. The exact
center was found by stretching two
hide ropes in the form OF a cross, from
the four temples. Rats were then
propelled toward the center OF the
lake, amid the din of musical instru-
ments and the cheering Of the multi!
tude. One raft was occupied by the
ruler, whose body was covered with
gold dust. When the precious objects
were dumped overheard the ruler him
self jumped into the lake and washed
of the gold. 55;
The first Spaniards to visit the coun-
try witnessed these ceremonies, and
the practice gave rise to the Spanish
legend OF Ell Dorado. :,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
sTELEGRAPHIC.
NOTES

Boston, Sept. William M. Wood,
president Of the American Wool com
pany, pleaded not guilty in the supe.
rior court Tuesday to an indictment
charging him with conspiracy to dis.
tribute dynamite in Lawrence strike.
Annoy, China, Sept. "a typhoon
swept Fuchow Monday, causing great
loss OF life and damage to property.
Steamships from the north report the
sea OF the mouth Of the Min river
strewn with bodies. n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
RIGHT USE OF ADJEcTlvEs
Some Authors Employ Them Lavish.
~, Others sparinaly but With No $
.sx Loss Of Strength. az

Did Goblet say: when q man
comes to his adjectives. tremble for
him." or did he tremble at the thought
Of a writer using the word ''It?" The
only book by Goblet now on hand 10
his "Tour in Scotland" in which he:
says dreadful things against potatoes
and shouts the praise OF brose, oat-
cakes and oatmeal, book delight
full by reason of its vituperation, as
when he described the Globe newspa-.
per as that rumble tumble of filth
and beastly ignorance" and Denman,
as the dirty bill of indictment draw.
er" for the Broughhams and the,
Greys. Probably the saying is In Cob
belts English grammar. We were
reminded Of it by reading about John
Walter, the founder OF the London
Times. That Journal was at first
printed geographically: that is, .
cast entire. to save compositors the
trouble OF collecting type. Thus these.
phrases were on single block:
Dreadful robbery" "atrocious out
rage. fearful calamity" interesting
female" There are writer's today who
always join the same adjective to GER
tain nouns, just as it Is easy to fall
into the trick of ch2racterizing per-
son or qualifying a thing by applying
three adjectives, as the Irish lady was
described In her epitaph as .'bland.
passionate and deeply religious"
They say that Kinglake, writing "The
Invasion Of the Crimea," worked for
q number OF hours and left spaces
for adjectives. He then rode on horse
back, meditated the fitting adjectives,
and on his return inserted them. Was
it not Daudet who said that the ad-,
Jective should never be the legitimate
wife OF the substantive? Look through
"Gulliver's Travels" mark the sobri-
ETY. in the use of words. and note the
strength and authority thus gained.
Lafcadio Hearn's+ description of the
Windward islands is in striking con-
trast-the style is as lush as the
tropical vegetation; the reader should
don colored spectacles. Yet with q
few adjectives Poe and Coleridge
could work wonders. and Walt Whit
man was often fortunate, as when he
spoke Of the gorgeous, indolent
suns" the sun $50 calm and naughty;
mad, naked summer night. Philip
Hale. in Boston Herald.