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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02
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HosttJ, Tor Holiday iarty. aok Dy
Miss Katherine Twitohell worry
charmingly entertained a number of
her young friends Saturday after
noon at her home. 40 Pierce street,
with a holiday party. After spend
Ing some time in the enjoyment OF
various games, dainty refreshments
were served.
The reSllar meeting of the Phil.
harmonic club SCHEDULED for Monday,
was postponed until this afternoon,
when It will Ne held>with Mrs, II. II.
Cooper. 500 Harrison street, at 3
o'clock.
The Twentieth Century club will
have for It's charming hostess, Mrs.
Berger. who will entertain the club
at the home CT her mother-in-law
Mrs, A. v Berger 500 Van Buren,
street.
Mrs. T. X. Jones will entertain La
Costura this afternoon at her home
S02 Fillmore street, from . to 6
O'Clock.
Miss Maud Lynch and Frances
Humphreys will be hostessos for the
Kidd-Key club at the home OF Miss
Humphreys from TO E O'Clock.
The p. +. q. society will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Hill, 9ol
Jackson street. at O'Clock.
The Mary Jennings Circle of the
First Christian church announced 10
meet Saturday will be postponed until
January 10.
Mrs. ]. n. Haney, Jr, will be- host
ess this afternoon for ST. AIMS Altar
Guild at her home. Coz Lincoln street
from TO 6 O'Clock.
The first meeting of the New Year
of the Mothers and Teachers club
of the Polk street school, will he hello
December 8, in the high school audi
forum.
Rersonal.
Miss Annie Mcdonald has return,
ed from her Christmas visit at Ia
hoka.
Mrs Ida Cockrell is at homie agair
after a very ENJOYABLE stay out or
the Dysart ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Bivins have n,
their guest. Mrs Bivins sister, Mrs
Edwards OF Altus. Okla.
Mrs. Norman Crittenden and son
Norman, Jr.. are in Bonham III,
guests of Mrs. Crittenden's mother
News reaches Amarillo that Mrs
Galloway, mother OF Mrs. o. NJ
Eakle. who has been ill In For
Worth. is somewhat improved
Miss Virginia Lewis, who has beer
visiting with DR.. and Mrs. J. f. Num-
during the holidays. leaves today FOL
her home at Shelbyville. Kentucky.
Mrs. W. h. Brown returns toda,
10 her home at Argyle after a vlsi
of several weeks with her daughter
Mrs. l.. Cecil Cazzell. In Amarillo.
Mrs. l.. Rainey has returned HON,
after spendingth o holidays with he
daughter. Miss Sue Rainey. who {
attending school AZ ShaVness. Okla
Miss Minnie Isle Galloway, witt
went 10 Wichita Falls SUNDAY q
meet her college ohum Miss Susann
Porter Yates. Is expected 70 return
home tonight.
Or. +. w Little left last evenini
for Englewood. Kansas. after n YER
enjoyable visit with A. f. Meyer an,
family. 1908 Monroe street. Mrs
Little will remain over until Thurs
day. when she will be accompanies
home by her mother. Mrs. Louise +
Never. who will spend some tim
with her daughter In Englewood
later going 10 Little Rock. Arkansas
where she will be the guest of Mr..
+. II. vcnzel. another daughter.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02
Mndcrn Moodmen supper.

All Modern Woodmen are request
ed TO attend the class adoption and
supper TO be held Wednesday night,
January s. This will be an anniver-
sary celebration. and we want all
members present. Visiting ntigh-
bors cordially invited
JOHN r. GlLVlN, Counsel.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

Choicest roaSts and steaks. cut just
as YOU want them, in our market
Griffin Grocery Co. 5l-tf,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

FOR SALE-Mission dining set,
birdseye maple bedroom set. rug
Mrs. J. II. Ware. 7O4 Fillmore, phone
S9S. 1882
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

FOR SALE-Fresh pork In any
quantity, from one. quarter to a whole
hog, delivered free any place IN town.
T. +. Bettes. phone 065. 49-12p1
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

Have you seen the Marimbc Trio
at the ncandi? II not. see them this
afternoon and tonight. They are
good hl-2e
E-s~r-
Panhandle fed home killed meats
always at our market. Griffin Gro
Gerry. 5i-tfc
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

HOsttJ 'iUr Holiday Iarty. a0k y
Miss Katherine Twitohell worry
charmingly entertained a number of
her young friends Saturday after
noon at her home. 40 Pierce street,
with holiday party. After spend
Ing some time in the enjoyment OF
various games, dainty refreshments
were served.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02
Junior u. Y. +. L.
Entertained.

The Junior II. Y p. L. OF the Tab
ernacle Baptist church was delight
fully entertained last evening at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Duncan,
loO2 Johnson street. Following a
pleasant round Of games, the young
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

The ~eAilar meeting of the Phil.
harmonic club scheduled for Monday,
was postponed uhtil this, afternoon,
when It will Ne held,with Mrs. II. II
Cooper, SEQ Harrison street, at .
O'Clock.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

The Twentieth Century club will
have for its charming hostess, Mrs.
Berger. who will entertain the club
at the home CT her mother-in-law,
Mrs. A. v Berger. 500 Van Buren,
street.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-02

The first meeting of the New Year
of the Mothers and Teachers club
of the Polk street school, will he held
December 8, in the high school audi
forum.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
When a Herring Is Herring It IS Herring

CCORDING to Secretary OF the
"a Treasury Macveagh q herring Is
a herring when herring.
The secretary of the treasury. who
returned to his once the other day.
was called upon to render decision
on what is herring. and he did IT ac-
cording to the foregoing paragraph.
He decided also that herring Is not
any one Of a number of fancy fishes
nouularly classed as herring. as many
OF the importers would like to have
the customs oficials believe that they
are herring.
Like the question. What is whis-
key and rs a hen bird" What is
a herring" has caused considerable
trouble to custom officials. Assistant
Secretary Curtis wrestled with the
herring. that is the herring question
and then passed 1t on to Secretary
Macveagh and the latter Che having
been . Wholesale grocer for many
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14

years and an importer of herring)
promptly held that a herring is her
ring. and that anchov!es. brisling. car
dimes. sprats. pilchards and alewivcs
are impostors and hereafter shall not
be behring's.
To the importer this means that
herrings when imported will be as
sessed cent pound II fresh. and
half cent pound II packed any 9TH
er way. and that the importers shall
pay a duty OF threefourths OF cent
a pound. or 90 per cent. ad yalcrcm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14

Mr.. Holmes adds that lit is rare that
one of the younger women know bow
to knit"
Throughout large areas" he says,
"the pride of the housewife In great
stores of preserves. dried and picked
fruits, berries and vegetables exists
chiefly in history. and dependence II
placed mostly upon the local store for
the products Of the cannery and the
evaporation"
Within the period mentioned Mr.
Holmes reports that wages paid to
men laborers on the farm have arisen
as high as 70 per cent and that har-
vest hands are now paid upward OF
$50 a month with board. For the
farm laborer who lives on the farm
the year around, Mr.. Holmes declares
the money paid does not represent the
real value of his remuneration, for
the cost OF living" virtually is solved
! for him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
ORIGIN OF THE CRESCENT
Was Once Emblem Of Byzantine EN-
pire and Eastern Church-Now
Regarded as Mohammedan.

London.-Though now regarded as
essentially Mohammedan, the cres-
cent was Christian in its origin. A
crescent moon was the emblem Of the
Byzantine empire and the eastern
church, and the Turks adopted 1t as a
badge of triumph after the capture of
Constantinople in 1453.
With reference to the crescent the
story of the origin of the crescent
shaped Vienna roll Is worth recalling.
It arose in the sixteenth century when
the Turks were besieging Vienna, and
failing to carry 1t by assault began
to drive mines under the walls. Al
that period the city's bakehouses were
in the walls under the Notifications
and when the mines were almost
through the sound Of the work wal
heard in the underground bake houses
and the alarm given. 1t was to cele
brate this event that the bakers adopt
ed the Turkish emblem as the SHAPE
in which the make their bread.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
Man Peers Into Barrel, Loses Balance
and Rolls Down Street-Nai's
Cause Him to Howl.

Williamsburg, pam animated
barrel rolling along Kent avenue, near
South Tenth street. caused pedestrians
to pause in open-mouthed wonder.
From the headiess end Of the barrel
protruded a pair of legs. From the
general interior issued mufaed howis
for help
Within the barreI-but the fact did
not appear at the moment-was good
deal Of Thomas Roach. machinist
living at No. 80 Norton street, ana
some nails. The nails were extremely
irritating to Roach and disastrous 10
his clothes. hence the howls-
Roach-and this also became evi-
dent after the man had been removed
from the barrel and the nails from his
anatomy-got into the barrel and q
large amount of trouble through cur
iosity. Wishing to know what was
within he peeked In. lost his balance
and fell in.
Encountering the nails Roach rolled
into the middle of the street In a vair
effort to detach himself. But the
! further he rolled the more tenacious
did the nails lay hold of his clothes
| and flesh and the greater was MI
agony. Roach waved his legs as al
| added plea for help. but none came.
Pedestrians seemed to think tn
man in the barrel might be paying
oct and as his antics we're highl,
amusing. they set to and helped rol
him until he had progressed a BLOCK
They were still rolling when Police
man Bender of the Clymer street sta
ton appeared. He tried to pull IN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14

w ASHlNGTON.-Government scien-
w lists in Washington displayed
great interest in dispatch from Win
nipeg few days ago, announcing
that Harry v. Radford. the American
explorer, had discovered more than
$50 wild buffalo In the Slave lake dis
trict Of the Hudson Bay country.
The wild buffalo of the American
plains are gone and nothing remains
of them save a few museum and
geological park specimens.
Outside of the national geological
park In Washington. the Bronx Zoo.
in New York; Yellowstone National
park, and a few other collections of
domesticated bison there are no
known living specimens of the buffalo
in this country, and the last wild herd
in the United States is believed to
have been exterminated. For many
years reports have come out of the
Hudson Bay country concerning the
existence of new and distinct spe
cies of buffalo, but only within the
last ten years have scientists agreed
that this species is different variety
from the American bison.
I'VE are very much interested II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
Washington Library

Horatio Alger's juvenile heroes-haxe
too ready road to success. OF Ayers
works the committee said: &c. A.
Henty. while not writing any better
class Of literature than does Alger,
stands just across the border line
which divides the good from the bad.
The mediocre writings Of Henty
based on historical truths inspire the
boys to read better literature. Alger
spoils the capacity for better read
Ing"
The ELSIE" books. dear to the
hearts Of every schoolgirl Of the '70s
and sos and heretofore regarded az
harmless because 90 highly moral. are
roundly condemned as tending to
make q girl interpretive and "goody-
goody." The same charge with less
vehemence of utterance IL laid at the
door Of the Fancy series.
Only q shade worse than Old
Sleuth and Nick Carter" Is the view
of the library committee with regard
to q list including the revolutionary
series, by George Warren: the college
sports series, by Lester Chadwick;
the Jack Ranger series. BY Clarence
Young: the Boy Hunter series. by
Capt. Ralph Bonehill; the Motor Girl
series and the Dorothy Dale series. by
Margaret Penrose.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
SUICIDE At GRAVE
Mystery Widow Ends Life IN
Milford, Conn.,, Cemetery.
KneelIng In Prayer, Woman, Said to
Be From New York, Shoots Her.
self In Graveyard-Leaves
Note Explaining Act.

Milford, Conn., am going to join
my husband. Please bury me beside
him"
With only the pencilled note to In
Indicate her motive, Mrs. Alice De-
vine, the handsome widow of Horace
Devine, knelt beside the grave Of her
husband in the cemetery here and
killed herself. putting bullet In her
temple. Her body fell across the
grave of the man from whom she
could no longer remain separated. and
the note was found there.
None of the employees Of the ceme-
terry had seen her enter. nor had any
known that she had committed sui
eide, until her body was found. Only
the earth stains on her skirt showed
that she had been in the attitude OF
| prayer.
| To the dramatic manner In which
Mrs. Devine took her life is added the
mystery of her identity. Although
her clothing indicates that she had
been in comfortable circumstances.
there was no jewelry. or any paper
bearing an address. The note was
addressed to an undertaken, E. L
Nettleton, who had buried her hus-
bands body.
The only information Mr.. Nettieton
and John Ives, the medical examiner
who took charge of her body. could
gather. was that Mr.. Devine, who
once lived in Milford. had told the
few persons in this town who knew
him. that he had married woman
residing in New York city. Her ad
dress there he did not tell. but ht
had said that she had lived at various
hotels with relatives. and had no per
manent home.
Soon after their marriage those whit
knew Mr.. Devine said the couple NOV
ed to Ohio, where Mr.. Devine died
His body was brought to Milford D.
the widow. So far as known tner
were no children.
Mrs. Devine, who was OF medium
! height, with dark eyes and brow
i hair, apparently was about thirty
eight years old.
y How long the couple had lived ]
i Milford, whether Devine had any re
Q atiyes here and who are Mrs. Devine
e relatives in New York city are que
lions the medical examiner is tryin
d to solve. As no one appears to clail
o Mrs. Devine's body Mr.. Nettieto
3. buried her at his own expense an
II granted her dying wish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
BABY is SHOT BEFORE BIRTH
Born With Bullet In Side, Little Eel
low VIII LIve-Man to BE Charo-
ed With Attempted Murder.

Honolulu.-To come into the world
with a .ss caliber bullet In his side
is what baby Cavalho did, and two
hours after birth the little fellow was
successfully operated upon by sur.
geons who now say that he viii live.
Two days ago Mrs. Juan Cavalho.
a Porto Rican woman. had row with
her brother-in-law and was shot in
the abdomen. Within twenty hours
the child was born and physicians
found that the bullet had embedded
itself in the little body.
The brother-in-law. whose name is
Ricas, has been placed under arrest
and will face charge Of attempted
murder. though lawyers say this Will
be changed to murder in the first de-
gree II the child should die. The doc
| tors say, however. that as the mother
is in good condition and the BABY an
unusually strong one neither OF them
! IL in immediate danger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14

NJ p.dsord.s discovery" said Dr..
Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary
Of the Smithsonian institution,
charge of the United States NATIONS.
museum. I'VE know this eApio
very well. The object of his expeer
ton was to visit the home OF INC
wood bison in the almost unknown
region of northwestern Canada, west
of the Slave river. and north .. ~
lower Peace river. This expeoilio~
started in 1909 and has included tacA
surveys over many hundreds OF mnes'
and furnished Mr.. Radford the oppo.
tunity Of closely studying the wooo
bison In its haunts, and OF making .no
first recorded observations on tn's
rare animal in life.
Eighteen specimens were seen ~
him during the first part OF MS Ok.
ploration tour. and under permit
from the Canadian government one
was killed by him. 1t weighed .'4vA
mounds. and both the skin and skeie-
tom were preserved. The skin was
nresented by Mr.. Radford to the
Provincial museum at Edmonton AZ
berta. while the skeleton was obtained
by the National museum at Washing
ton.
This skeleton and the skull are
very fine specimens, and the skeleton
is probably the only one OF WHO
buffalo in any museum. Our informa-
ton was that Mr. Radford had not re-
turned. and that his expedition con-
tinued into the Slave lake country
and beyond. This is the first WORD
we have received from him since tnia
specimen was obtained"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
Officials Assert That Many Wives Are lndolent

SHARP arraignment of the farm
IA ers' wives and daughters OF the
country and incidentally their city
sisters is contained in q report made
the other day by George K Holmes.
chief of the division of production and
distribution of the agricultural de-
partment. Although wages have ras-
en- steadily during forty-four years.
Mr.. Holmes declares that the women
of the present age have forgotten or
are too proud to indulge in household
work ON the farm. The lure of so
ciety," which has reached out to the
farm, he says. is much to blame for
the conditions. which he described as
acute"
Country girls, as well as city girls.
says Mr.. Holmes. in reporting to Sec
rotary Wilson. "seem to regard house
hold labor for hire as undesirable.
Joined with this fact is the other one
that the women of the farmers fam
lily are neither able moi. willing to re
peat the manual labor performances
of their grandmothers on the farm"
The raising of the standard OF iv
ing on the farm, the report continues
IL responsible in q measure for the
women Of the farm now engaging II
social functions" which the govern
ment expert holds to be "incompati
BILE with the performance OF househoit
labor" The passing Of the old-tim'
domestic industries is deplored. ant
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
CURIOSITY BRINGS ODD RIDE

prisoner out, but desisted when Roach
shrieked with pain.
Peering into the barrel Bender saw
the nails and got a saw and an axe.
BY liberal use of both he finally ex-
tricated pretty much all of Roach and
some Of his clothes. Then he sent to
the Eastern District hospital for an
ambulance. The surgeon took Roach
into the ambulance and applied plaster
until he looked more or less like
patchwork quilt Then Roach went
home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
Oliver Optic Is Barred in

nLIvER OPTIC. Horatio Alger. Mrs.
u Alden ("Pansy"). and a score or
more of the lesser lights Of the 1uve-
nile literature of a generation ago VIII
suffer q permanent eclipse in the pub
lie library of the District of Columbia
The executive committee OF the II
brary is cooperating with the teach
ers to discourage indiscriminate read
ing Of Juvenile stories by the youth OF
Washington.
In the opinion Of George F. Bower
man. librarian. books that tend to In
stitute false ideas in the minds OF the
growing youth. those which force an
interpretive trend in little girls and
those which falsely depict actual con
ditions of history must be set aside.
Oliver Optics works are classed a
"purposeless."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
GOLD DROVE HER TO DEATH
Buried Treasure, Undiscovered, IL
Cause Of Woman's Suicide at
Council Grove, Kan.

Council Grove, Kan.-Worry over
her inability to find $4,000 in gold
which she knew to be buried In an
from not on her farm Is believed to
have caused a a. OF dependency
which led to the suicide here OF Mrs.
Joseph Rutledge. who shot herself
through the head.
The woman's husband had concealed
his savings in his own way. promis-
ing to reveal the cache to his wife be.
fore he died. His death came sudden
" last February. before he could re
veal the hiding place.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
"PIRATES' ARE TAKEN

But their elation had overstepped
caution and they had sent postal
cards to friends in Long Island City
telling OF the scheme and that they
intended to load the vessel with all
the booty stored in the cave These
postal cards fell into the hands OF the
police.
All four prisoners were charged
with burglary. but Cazio and Romano
were discharged for lack of evidence
Timberlain and Donau were held fol
the action of the grand jury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-14
Youths Come to Grief When
They Board Yacht.
Arrests Follow the Looting OF Many
Vessels at Anchor Of Nyack, N.
Y-Leader Told Of Huge For
tunes That Awaited Them.

New York.-Like a black visaged
tale of the days when Captain Kidd
swept the sea, was the yarn unfolded
in court in Nyack when four youths
with the lure of the southern deep,
strong in them, were arraigned on
charge of burglary following an at
sempt to steal the $4,000 yacht Of
James B. Hammond.
Two months ago the gasoline yacht
of H. r. Humphreys, a member OF
the Albany Yacht club. disappeared
from her moorings OF Tarrytown.
Fine cruising and inland yachts were
stripped of their binnacles. glasses.
charts, canvas and various other
equipment.
Chief of Police Curran. of Nyack. had
had detectives working along the riv-
er shore for weeks, and q fortnight
ago discovered a veritable pirates
cove back of the old Flatrock Com
pany property at Mack. In machine
shop and a rocky recess were
stored various appliances and ap
purtenances from steamboats,. yachts
and sailing vessels amounting In value
| to several thousand dollars.
| The arrest OF DOC" Lehman follow
ed October %, and three weeks lat
er Joseph Romano, of No. 1873 WASH
ington avenue, and Edward Timber
lain. of Long Island City were made
prisoners on a charge Of robbery, J
being believed they could tell mucl
about the pirate raids along the Huu
SON. Dadinic Cuzio, of No. 101 Wash
ington avenue, and Robert Donati, o
Sherman street and Washington ave
nue.. Long Island City. were arrested
also charged with robbery.
DOC" Lehman, according to IN
stories. was the brains OF the crew
He had appeared on the shores
Long Island some weeks ago IN
fine power yacht. He told rosy ST.
riees of a cruise to the southern sea-
where he expected to find millions
dollars worth of pearls. He confde
the theft of the yacht, and that he ha
renamed her the Serpent Angea
Caffone and Joseph Caffone. Dominic
Cuzio. Joseph Romano. Edward he
berlain and Robert Donati all re
into the lure of the sea and stArte
up the Hudson with Lehman. IA
Caffone boys rebelled and were p
ashore. At Troy Cuzio and Roman
| left
But the pirates, embolden by pa
successes. now tried the brilliant fe
that led to their downfall. II
Lounger II. was anchored on the Hal
, mond estate at Nyack and was mi
| equipped for deep sea voyage. WI
, gasoline and provisions aboard 81
had been left unguarded for nome
in the night when, it is charged. DO
: Lehman and his trusty followers we
!. aboard her Lehman was a past mi
: ;e- at gasoline engines and soon I
motor was purring at lively rate
!. the Lounger was slowly nosing out
to the Hudson
Suddenly there was a rude shaki
and the vessel stopped. with her
J. gines pumping ahead. She had caue
on a great cable stretched across
: little harbor to prevent just sucn
a emergency and there she stuck
: able to move her forward or back.
= pirates took to the email boats
escaped.