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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
"yictory" breakfast for Mrs. Wilson

i'f W. - W
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-The ar
rangements for the victory" recep-
ton and breakfast which the Wom-
ans Democratic Club will give In
honor OF Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and
her daughters at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria tomorrow morning have been
completed. Among the notable wo-
men who have accepted invitations
10 the reception are Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, Mrs. Adlain Stevenson.
Mrs. John A. Dix. Mrs. William Sui
ger. Mrs. Judson Harmon, Mrs. Eu-
gene A. Foss, Mrs. William Jen-
nings Bryan; Mrs. Champ Clark
Mrs. Oscar Underwood. Mrs. William
]. Gaynor and Mrs Thomas F. Ryan.
The reception will be held at noon
and breakfast will be served at |
o'clock. The dining room will be
decorated in the clubs colors. red,
white and blue. carried out In
groups OF American flags and tri-
colored carnations. the official flow
or OF the club. In the course OF
the reception and breakfast an or
chestra will play American airs, and
four young women from the North
South. East and West, will sing the
songs OF their communities. Twen-
ty-four little girls. daughters \ OF
members of the club. will present
Mrs. Wilson with roses to represent
each state in the union The child
rem will be dressed in white. and
on their shoulders will wear each
the shield OF a different state.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
JAPANESE NOBLEWOMAN
KILLS INFANT son
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press
OAKLAND. Cal. Dec 20.-Lash-
ing her infant son TO her body and
plunging dagger into its heart,
Mrs Kuke Kitakami, a young Jap
anese woman OF noble birth attempts
ed to kill herself today.
She was found bowed down before
her Japanese gods and images OF
her ancestors. awaiting death with a
dagger wound in her throat.
Descent into poverty and the
death OF her husband caused the
woman to choose death rather than
charity
TIE dagger used was family
heirloom. inscribed with the plea "a
always be used In defense Of the
family honor
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
GIRL REC|TEs IN
Gymnasium SUIT
COMPELLED TO DO SO BY
INSTRUCTOR IN MUSIC
AT UNIVERSITY.

ny Associated Press
MADISON. Wis. Dec 20 Tho
University of Wisconsin regents TO
day began an Investigation into the
conduct Of the instructor IN music.
who is charged. among other often
ses with having made a "Co-Ed" re-
move her coat and appear In class
clad only In her gymnasium suit
Tho r'rl bad NOT had 'ime between
ciaeses 20 change her costume. and
in spite of hor protests. So is charged
fhe Instructor made her lead fhe
class from che front Of the room a
fhe direction % the musical score
Tho girl was 20 humiliated and
spirit broken" that she left fhe unI.
versify
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WHEELER WOULD hRBITEATE
PANAMA CONTROVERSY

WASHINGTON. y G.. Dec 20 --
That the United States should ar
bItrate the Panama controversy with
Great Britain. vas the declaration
made tonight by Everett = Wheeler.
az the New York opening session of
the American Society FOR 'ho Judi
rial Settlement of International Dis
putes
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
Iowa Shecpmcn Meet

OTTGM MWA. Iowa. Dec 20-For
the third time In It's history, the
Iowa State sheep Breeders and
Wool Growers Association met here
today In annual convention. 10 re-
main In session two days The at
tendance is large and the program is
unusually interesting Dr {. d. Cline
of the Iowa State Agricultural Col
leee. is scheduled 20 deliver two
lectures before the convention. one
ou tbo disease Of sheep and the 9TH
or on feeding Several noted sheep
breeders viii also deliver addresses.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
Q. 4. a y. EXTENSION
WORK PROGRESSING
Special TO Daily News.

oltfAai to bhlD
PADUCAH. Tex. Dec. 20.-There
: something doing on the Quanah.
Acme a. Pacific all the time. The
local train usually has more cars
than II can take away every day,
and sometimes cars stand on the
track several days before they can
he moved. This Is partly due to the
fact that so many cattle have been
shipped during the fall
The work on the extension OF the
road Is getting along nicely. The
rails have been laid several miles out
OF Paducah. and they are rushing
the work as fast az possible. A num-
her OF the contractors have finished
their work and will soon be ready to
leave within all probability the
road will be finished as far as Roar
ing Springs by next May or June.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
Rebel Activity Increasing
a. As.ori.tcd prcsa

Ill PASO. Texas. Dec. 2o-Reyo.
lutionary activity In Northern MeXi-
60 is notably on the increase Mines
are being looted and towns raided
I'm DURANGO and Sinaloa
Orozco's rebels stll control much
territory IN Chihuahua
The MeXican government secret
service claims 20 have uneaihed d
new revolutionary plot in Sonora for
the first OF the year
II Is asserted that the Cananea
strike is preliminary to plan Of the
rebels 10 throw hardy miners ont of
work 20 thev will Join the rebel
ranks.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
WILSON STUDIES
CORPORATION LAWS


BY Associated Press.
TRENTON. y J.. Dec 90 -Presi-
dent-elect Wilson studied several
hours here over the corporation
laws OF New Jersey. with a view 70
recommending radical changes 70
the legislature. He heard an ap-
peal from United States Senator
Oyerman Of South Carolina. that
Josephus Daniel. national commit
teeman from that state be appoint
ed postmaster general
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
CANDY KINGS son
sUSTAINS FATAL INJURY

MORRISTON, y. J., Dec. 90
John s Huyler, aged 10, son OF the
late John s Huyler. a millionaire
candy manufacturer. was fatally in
jured today when he fell beneath
the wheels OF a train while attempt
ing 10 jump on the train pulling ont
OF the station for New York.
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Massachusetts Bar Meeting

sPR1NGF1ELn Mass. Dee. 70
Many lawyers and iurista Of note
rere nresert here today a. The op-
euine Of The annual meeting Of the
Massachusetts Bar Association. The
leading feature OF the initial session
fhis afternoon was an address by
Or Charles " Eliot. president en-
eritus Of Harvard Unlversitl.
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NAMES Of CABINET
MEMBERS SECRET
WILL NOT BE ANNOUNCED
UNTIL JUST BEFORE IN
AUCURATION.

A.soeis,ed Pres.

Z TRENTON. y. j.. Dec. 90.
=. -&,er Bryan or any OF the other
sm.nent Democrats mentioned ior
cabinet places will be appointed
probably viii not be definitely known
until few days before the inaugu-
ration.
What am trying 10 do. Is 10
see the field OF choice and ge' as
many opinions as possible. that are
worth while" said presidont-cleci
Wilson tonight
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
Convict Faces Arson Trial

JACKSON. Miss. Dec. 20.-Jos.
Davidson. one OF the ringleaders In
the recent rebellion OF the conyicts
In the Michigan State Prison here,
was arraigned In court here to
stand trial on a charge OF arson Da-
wilson is alleged to have set fire to
the sisal warehouse al the prison
as a part of the plot Of the convicts
10 escape
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
VEGETABLES ROT WHILE
PRICES ADVANCE
by Associated Press

ny RtsoclAttn fft-h
PITTSBl RG, Pa, Dec 20-The
committee on food supply OF the
Pittsburg Chamber OF Commerce
started an investigation OF the high
cost OF living The result OF the in
formation was that train loads OF
vegetables have rotted in the local
produce yards while retail prices
we're soaring
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WOMtN'S AsSiILiNT
KILLED ny nIIltTINE


By Associated Pres
CHICAGO Ni Ue. -r Martin
Panko. 90 lear. cid. vho comics -
10 having alta. ked moro than 'U'r-
,y women Iu the past year del to-
lay OF bullet wound inflicted by
Detective Wolfe when ho attempt
&C. 10 arrest the man after ho had
assaulted Mrs Grace " Roichart
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CHRISTMAS LETTER
PROMPTS SUICIDE

n associated Press
Los ANGELES. Cal. Dec 20.--A
Christmas letter received from his
four year old daughter in Dayton
Ohio. caused Henry Bumpers 10 at
tempt suicide with poison today
Written IN the child's scrawl the
letter asked Papa TO bring HIS baby
doll for Christmas"
Homesick and without funds ID
make the trim home he took poison
u IL believed he viii recover
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
WEATHER


Panhandle and Pecos valley. clear
and cool North. cloudy and threat
cniug East. cloudy rain az Long
view and Marshall Central. par
cloudy West cloudy and threaten
iug south cloudy threatening.
slow rain at Nacogioches and Hous-
ton Temperature az Bonham 46.
af Tazarkan1 RS. at Dallas %. ar
Austin -H. 1f Galveston f0.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
Pl,ICI DE EGGS
REDUCED BN MERCHANTS

By Associate Press
CHICAGO. H. Dec 2o Women
who started today 10 reduce the
price OF eggs 20 % cents per dozen.
are causing grocers generally 10 ad-
yortIsc eggs ar that price or less
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21
Discussing Workers Compensation

NEW YORK. Dec. 2O.-Under the
auspices OF the National Civic FEEDER
alton conference was opened here
today at the Metropolitan Building.
for the purpose OF considering and
discussing a bill for the compensa-
ton OF workmen in the State OF
New York. Many noted legislators.
lawyers. manufacturers and labor
representatives we're present at the
opening session, when the subject
was formally brought before the
conference. No formal program has
been prepared for this conference.
hut Il IL certain that the discussion
will extend over practically every
important question involved In the
compensation OF workmen for inju-
ries. such as contributory Insurance
by workmen. the creation OF a state
fund into which employers who so
desire may pay premiums and out OF
which the injured might be COM
pensated. and the desirabhity OF en-
ptoyes contributing 10 the state
fund. The conference Is expected
10 continue in session FOR several
days
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-21

WASHINGTON ID c. De-. 90
yesterday for the customary holiday
recess January . has been decided
cess January has been decided
upon as the date for reassembling.
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SOLDIERS ATTEMPT
PRISON DELIVERY
BY Associated rress

y BY Associated rfess
= NEWPORT NEWS. Va,
y Dec. 20.-An attempt at a
' wholesale prison delivery by
' the soldier prisoners. at Fort
y ress Monroe. was frustrated
last night when a special
= guard detected the men saw
= ing the iron bars OF the win
= dows.
= Ten men were In the plot
= aud were apparently aided
from the outside.
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Mn.hIngtnn Fnrccn.t

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. 90
West TeVas-Fair Saturday and
sunday
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-22
Model far All Fathers.

The Suitor (rather difldently)-Mr.
Darlington, l have come to ask you II
l. to say, that Is, that L
Mr.. Darlington (beaming)-That
you want to marry Ethel, is that it?
Take her. my boy, and be happy. She's
q good girl. and I'm glad to see that
she's going to get a good man. I've
known how things were with you and
Ethel, my boy, and I've been waiting
to congratulate you both.
The Suitor-You know, Of course
Mr.. Darlington, that | am not
wealthy man, that in fact, l cannot
support Ethel In the style to which
she has been accustomed. I a give
her a good home and we won't starye
but we'll be pretty poor.
Mr.. Carrington-Don't let that wor
~ you, Albert. II I'm any Judge Of
men you'll be a lot better off than
am when you're my age, and It's .
mighty good thing for a young couple
to 60 through the years OF struggle
together. I was poor when I married
Ethel's mother and we had a lot o
fun out of being poor. Shake. Albert
and have q cigar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-22
TOOL THAT MEANT VICTORY
Properly Tempered, Il Always viii
When In the Hands Of a Man
Who Means to Succeed.

"You can't"
He did not exactly count the voices,
but It seemed to him as II every voice
In the world screamed at him, and
from all sorts OF queer places:
You can't"
When the voices had hoarsed them
selves into silence, rude hands scrawl-
ed the words on bits OF bark and pa.
per and thrust them before hls eyes,
Once the words formed themselves
into opposing rocks In his path and
he fell over them.
Again. they multiplied themselves
like drops OF water into an unfriendly
sea and he nearly drowned.
He listened vainly at the lips OF his
kin for one fair word Of cheer,
He prayed nightly to a stony.heart.
ed and busy God and took back to his
torn heart only the hollow echo Of his
prayer.
He saw many fingers tapping upon
foreheads and knew that the motions
Of the fingers spelled Fool.
In the Wales the brooks sang taunt-
ing songs to him; as he swung up the
steep places in the forest the SOUR
rels from the trees pelted him with
empty, symbolic shells; upon the
plains the wind, having a good chance,
cut the skin OF his cheek and scudded
away through the grasses with sar-
donic laughter.
The hand Of sickness pinned him to
his cot for long seasons; his competi'
tors in the ace for achievement ran
away from him as II he were tied; the
very bigness Of the looming cities leer'
ed at him as he struggled with disap'
pointment and delay.
"You can't"
II stung him into greatness.
Somewhere within the locker OF his
being he found a tool and sharpened
1t. The tool was labeled viii. viii
this, through many patient days, h'
wrought upon the sneerlng face o.
Fate to make It smile. The while he
worked the voices spat their jlbe-
"You can't" "Gibe on!" he cried
He let his kin go hang. He ceased t.
rail at Gods Indifference, He dis
covered a mighty divinity within him
self and bent him new to his task
His Work-the VIII to do it--thes'
were his friends. his life, his all.
The work was never finished, quit
no good work aver .is--but when a
last his hands were still, upon his sla'
men carved the paradoXic phrase:
HE did!"-From the Magazin
Business.
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Belated Information.

Albert Morris Bagby was being con.
graduated at the Waldorf-Astoria In
New York on the success Of his "mu'
sical mornings"
Il impute my success" he said. TO
the fact that l engage no talent that I
don't know thoroughly, In entertain
ment, as in matrimony, knowledge 10
most important"
Then Mr., Bagby smiled and said:
1.-TWO ladies were talking the Other
day about the Chinese revolution. The
younger lady said:
"'Isn't 1t dreadful In China? A wo
man doesn't Know her ntspdnidii, sha
married him.
8 1.-THE other lady, a divorcee. answer
cd bitterly:
0 al didn't know my husband till
q married him, either.'"-St. Loui
Globe Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-22

Elan Harnlsh. known all through Alas
9TH birthday with q crowd OF miners ~
fhe Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
60 heavy gambling, In which over 10000
9 staked. Harnish loses his money ana
Dis mine but wins h mail contract. he
' starts on his mail trip with dogs and
eledge. telling his friends that he will be
IN the big Yukon gold strike at the start,
Burning Daylight makes a sensatonaiiy
appears at the rivoi and Is now ready
to Join his friends in a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold viii be
found in the up-river district Harnlsh
buys two tons Of flour, which he declares
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
srs gold and Daylight reaps q rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson, becomes me
and defeats a combination Of capitalists
in. a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization. and. amid the bewildering
complications Of high finance. Daylight
hnds that he has been led to Invest his
eleven millions in a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York. and confronting
bis disloyal partners with q revolver. ne
threatens to kill them II his money Is not
returned. They are cowed. return their
Francisco where he meets his fate IN
Dede Mason, a pretty stenographer: He
makes large Investments and gets into the
political ring. For a rest he goes to- the
country. Daylight gets deeper Into high
finance in San Francisco. but often the
longing for the simple life nearly over.
comes him. Dede Mason buys a horse and
Daylight meets her in her saddle trips
One day he asks Dede to go with him
on one more ride. his purpose being, to
ask her to marry him and they cantei
away, she trying to analyze her feelings
Dede- tells Daylight that her happiness
could not lie with a money manipulation
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CHAPTER XVII.

For six weeks hand-rupning Day
hit had seen nothing OF Dede ex'
ne.bt In the office, and there he resG
,.,iely ~refrained from making ap
49, baches. But by the seventh Sunday
bb,,b hunger for her o~vermastered him.
was a stormy day. A heavy south
}st gale was blowing. and squall art
souall Of rain and wind swept ovef
..je city. He could not take his nina
III of her, and a persistent picture
lime to him Of her sitting by a wiu'
sJw and sewing feminine fripperios OF
aa'bme sort. When the time came Tor
ss9s pre-luncheon cocktail to be served
b him In his rooms, he did not take
IL Filled with a daring determine
don, he glanced at his notebook foI
| rrbede's telephone number. aid called
ebr the switch.
At first 1t was the landlaey's daugh
| lar who was raised, but in q minute
lie heard the voice he had been hun
oIry to hear.
y ~ lust wanted to tell you that I'm
coming out to see you," he said.
didn't want to break In on you WITH
but warning, that was all"
HAS something happened?" CAM
her voice. -.
"rll tell you when | get there" III
ievaded.
She came herself to the door u
receive him and shake hands viii
him. He hung his macintosh ant
That on the rack in the comfortable
I|hall and turned to her for direction
They are busy in there" she saio
indicating the parlor. from whic'
came the boisterous voices of younI
people, and through the open door Q
which he could see several colieg
youths. so you will have to con
into my rooms"
To BE CoNTINUED.)
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all the purchaser had to do was TO
select his lot and architect and starr
building. The quick service Of Day
lights new electric roads into Oak
land made tnis big district immediate
" accessible, and long before the Ter
ry system was in operation hundreds
of residences were going up. The
profit on this land was enormous. In
a day. his onslaught Of wealth had
turned open farming country into one
of the best residential districts OF the
city.
But this money that flowed In upon
him was Immediately poured bacE
into his other Investments. The need
for electric cars was so great that ne
installed his own shops for building
them. But no matter what pressure
was on Daylight, his Sundays he re
served for his riding In the hills. II
was not the rainy winter weather
however, that brought these rides
with Dede to an end. One Saturday
afternoon in the office she told hin
not to expect to meet her next day
and, when he pressed for an explana
ton
i've sold Nab"
Daylight was speeches. for the mo
ment. Her act meant one OF so man!
serious things that he couldn't classi
fly It. It smacked almost of treachery
She might have met with financial dis
aster. It might be her way Of lettinl
him know she had een enough o
him. Or
whats the matter?" he manages
to ask.
Il couldn't afford to keep her wit
hay forty.tive dollars a ton" Ded
answered. MY brothers. expense
have been higher, as well, and | wa
driven to the conclusion that since
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-22

The tide-lands had been in litigation
for years, and he took the bull by the
horns-buying out the private owners
and at the same time leasing from the
city fathers. By the time that Oak
land was aroused by this unprecedent-
ed activity In every direction and was
questioning ~excitedly the meaning Of
1t, Daylight secretly bought the chief
Republican newspaper and the chief
Democratic organ, and moved boldly
into his new Offices. OF necessity, they
were on a large scale. occupying four
floors of the only modern ONCE build
Ing In the town-the only building
that wouldn't be torn down later on,
as Daylight put It. There was de-
partment after department. a score Of
them. and hundreds of clerks and
Stenographers. As he told Dede:-
I've got more companies than you
cal shake a stick 1t. There's the Ala
media & Contra Costa Land Syndicate,
the Consolidated Street Railways, the
Yerba Buena Ferry Company, the
United Water Company. the Pied
mont Realty Company. the Fsj~view
and Portola Hotel Company. and hall
a dozen more that I've got to refer ia
a notebook to remember. There's the
Piedmont Laundry Farm, and Red
wood Consolidated Quarries. Starting
in with our quarry, | just kept a-goine
till l got them all. And there's the
ship-building company amt got q
name for yet. Seeing as l had to have
ferry-boats. decided to build them
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Longevity Calculations.

According to Button, the life OF man
"can" last six times az long as 1t takes
him to become fully developed; ac-
cording to Bacon and Hufand. eight
times as long. Now, since man Is not
considered in the anatomical sense
completely mature before the twenty
fifth year OF age, his life, according to
the last named two Authorities.
."could" last 200 years. But as a mat
ter Sssct. outside the nn.'fe, there Is
D no record whatever Of such long nves
4 Among the extraordinary cases OF long
| evity on record and well attested II
d that of the Englishman, Thomas Parr
9 who lived happily at Shropshire t.
b the age Of 1872 years. The celebrated
Harvey, who dissected him after death
o found his body In excellent condition
Q and stated that had 1t not been 10
his intemperance he might have live,
much longer. A census taken undo
Emperor Vespassin showed In tn
relatively small territory Of ltal
II alone so persons over 100 years ole
T. and among these are two had reach
cd the age Of 140. The census of tn
"a United States for 1900 shows 1893
q c%entenarians, and that for 1910 $50
(males 1,271, females, 1888. Thes
" figures have only a dubious value, an
merely because the vanity of som
old people causes them to claim thei
age much higher than it really II
but for the fact that the majority G
= these cen~tenarians are ignorant PEI
J. sons (2,533 negroes, Ill Indians an
D three Mongoliansl, whose statement
p as to their ages cannot be relied upol
~ Christian Herald.
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.,t You'd Just Let Nc Buy Her Back"

could not afford both, I'd better let
the mare go and keep the brother"
who bought her," he asked.
Dede's eyes flashed in the way long
since familiar to him when she was
angry.
Don't you dare buy her back for
me-" she cried. "And don't deny that
that was what you had In mind"
Il wish you would reconsider. Miss
Mason" he said softly. mot alone
for the mares sake, but for my sake.
Money don't cut any Ice In this. For
me to buy that mare wouldn't mean
as much as 1t does to most men to
send a bouquet of flowers or a box OF
candy to q young lady. There's no.
body | feel chummy with except you,
and you know how little we've chum-
incidence q week, II 1t didn't rain,
on Sunday. I've grown kind OF to de-
pend on you. If you'd just let me buy
her back
mo, no: I tell you mo-" Dede arose
impatiently, but her ayes were moist
with the momery Of her pet. please
don't mention her to me again. II
you think 1t was easy to part witt
her, you are mistaken. But I've seer
the last Of her. and I want to forge
her"
Daylight made no answer. and thu
door closed behind her.
Half an hour later he was con
ferrfng with Jones. an erstwhile ele
ator boy and rabid proletarian whom
Daylight long before had grubstake'
to literature for Q year. The result