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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
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Sunday was the shortest day of
the year
Senator Stone Of Missouri is Ill with
Z cold at the national capital.
The Mid West Retail Implement and
Vehicle Dealers association will con-
yene at Omaha January 90. 1914.
Senior Jose Santos Zelaya, former
president Of Nicaragua, says he is
going to Spain.
Cotton of the growth of 1918. ginned
prior to December IL, amounted to
11.923.60 bales.
James G. Hill, aged 70, formerly
supervising architect Of the treasury
department, died recently.
Coroner's figures show that the
humber of deaths In New York city
caused by automobiles has risen from
"a In 1907 to 80 for 1918.
One Of the largest elk flights from
the Yellowstone National park In re-
cent years occurred Saturday as re-
suit of terrific snowstorm.
The annual meeting of the Pacific
Northwest Hardware and Implement
Dealers association will be held in
Spokane January 81, 20 and %.
A government decree of Santo Do
mingo calls special session OF con-
eress for January to discuss the
validity of the recent elections.
Judge Benjamin B. Lindsay. founder
OF the juvenile court at Denver, Col,
and Miss Henrietta Brevoort of De-
croft. Mich. were married recently
At Graetz. Germany. Count Matthias
Mielzynski, millionaire Polish noble
man and member of the German i'm
perial parliament, shot and killed his
wife and his nephew.
Circuit Judge Adams has granted
the receivers of the Wabash railroad
permission to issue receivers certifi
Gates to the amount of 100000 to meet
the semi-annual payment on equipment
bonds
A large turbine steamer for the Pan
anna canal service of the Hamburg
American line was launched recently
In Germany. The vessel is to have
4 speed Of 10 knots and will carry
1000 passengers.
The twenty-third annual session OF
HE Western Surgical association me,
eecently in st. Louis. DR.. w. B. Davis
ct Omaha was elected president; DR.
Leonard Freeman, Denver, vice presi
dent, and Arthur T. Mann, Minneap
Oils. .secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Harriet Adams, aged rs, former
Dre sident of the United Women of the
Republic. writer of fiction and ma
el0nally known as temperance
worker. was killed by an explosion
at Cleveland. Ohio. recently.
Robert B. Kellogg. publisher Of song
poems. who has been on trial in the
federal court in New York on charge
OF having used the mails with intent
TO defraud. was found guilty and SEN
fenced to l3 months imprisonment.
The incident of the recent dinner of
the Cardiac society, which resulted
b reprimands for high officers of the
army and navy. is to be officially
closed through public statement to
be given out by the president himself.
The labor unions of Germany have
decided to withdraw deposits amount
Ing to 100000 from a leading bank
IN Berlin which recently DISCHARGED
one OF its employees because he had
been engaged in agitating for the for
NATION nf a hank cIorkop union
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
DID'T AID PRESIDENT HUERTA
Spanish Ambassador Makes Denial Of
Charges Alleued by Villa.

Neutrality-suspicious. Riano, the
Spanish ambassador, acting under in
structions from Madrid, has formally
denied to the state department that
Spanish subjects in Mexico aided the
Huerta cause, as contended by Gen.
eral Villa, who defended his action in
confiscating Spanish property by
charging that Spanish residents in Chi
huahua had violated the neutrality
laws.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
Confederate Editor Dies.

Nashville, Tenn.-Sumner A. Cum
ningham, editor and proprietor of the
Confederate Veteran, and we'll known
among both Union and confederate
veterans, died Sunday.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
FLOOD COST 200 LIVES, $4,000, 900
Texas Situation Requires $4,000 for
EaHna RaannnnAiaa

Texas Situation Requires 5000 for
Farm Resumption.
Houston. Texas.-Representa of
DO counties affected by the recent
Texas floods at q meeting Monday
made calculation of the overflow
damage. Total property loss was es-
timated at $10.000.00O and total loss
OF life at 200 persons. It was esti-
mated that an emergency fund exceed
Ing 100000 was necessary immediate
" to supply seeds and other necessi-
Ties before farmers, who lost practi-
cally everything. could plant next
seasons crops.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
Eiectrlfy Railways.

The Swiss government is consider
ing the identification of all of its rail-
ways.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
President Wilson Goes South.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson left
here Tuesday for Pass Christian. Miss.
about 81 miles from New Orleans. for
ais three weeks vacation.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26

A Australian has invented a milk
Ing machine with capacity of so
COWS an hour.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-26
JAPs MAKING ARMS FOR MEXICO
Not Unfriendiy Action to America, but
Merely Matter of Business.

Tokio.-The arsenal at Toxic Is
manufacturing arms ordered by the
Mexican government, which it is ex-
pected, will be shipped soon. Japa-
nese officials explain that this is mere
" matter Of business, and Is not In
dicative of any unfriendliness to the
United States.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

retail druggist from Marshalltown.
L.. investigation proved that the
benedict was young and good looking,
that he was the satisfied owner of a
small but prosperous drug business,
that he had no discoverable ambi-
tions beyond small but prosperous
drug business. His name was Edward
Clifton Will. Would America Work
man be happy In Marshalltown, Ia. ?
Every one who knew the gay-hearted
girl shook his head or hers--usually
hers. AS an indication Of the certain
ties of Fate, they referred to the lone
" Mr. Elms living on the side street
with his unmothered son.
The apparent fact Is that America
Workman did live happily in Mar
shaIltown. Ia. as the wife of q retail
druggist. The testimony OF the CRATE
full little society of the Middle Western
city which experienced the humor and
grace and kindness of her leadership
for several years proves ii, so far as
testimony can. Suddenly, early in 1909,
the young druggist died. leaving a
widow who, as every one who knew
her at that period believes. was sin
cerely grief-stricken.
Mrs. VIII gathered up her husbands
little estate, consisting mainly Of the
visible assets OF his drug store, and
returned to California.
From then on America Will lived IN
the gay world that she deserted after
her divorce. Her first amusement was
a trip to the Orient. undertaken with
q party Of L rich Californians. After
that cruise she went to Coronado
Beach, near San Diego, the most beau
tiful OF the California winter resorts.
Her old family friends in Los Angeles
had established somewhat tanner
social life than that to be found In
the palm-fringed spot at the son Invest
corner of the continent English titles.
New York multi-millionaires and The
French nobility are common events at
Coronado. The sports and the dances
and the social life in general have
been established on European scale.
Behind 1t All, in a huge house built
around patio, lived Ulysses S. Grant,
s recent widower, Mrs. Will met him
In her first season.
Social life at Coronado was not easy
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

band several hundred thousand dollars
Of the Grant estate should descend to
Fred Elms. the one offspring Of that
early mistaken marriage! In the hour
CT her triumph America Workman did
not forget to provide for her own
flesh and blood.
In San Francisco, on the steamer that
was to take her around the world, Mrs.
Grant gave one brief interview to
the gentlemen of the press. She was
white and spent with the long strain
Of the wedding in San Diego the day
before, which had been distressing"
o. the sixty-five guests who had been
hidden to the wedding feast only
twelve appeared. Every one of the
places that had been set aside for the
numerous Grant and Chaffee families
was vacant
Il never. want to see America againi"
cried the tired bride.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

nouncement came the news of the pre-
nuptial agreement. BY a document
signed three years before the wedding
America Grant becomes the sole pos
SCISSOR of nearly three million dollars
at her husbands death That consti-
lutes the entire Grant fortune, save for
certain places of real estate that de-
scended to the Grant children from
the Chaffee side of the house and
which are beyond the fathers control.
The immediate departure of the bridal
couple for the Oriental steamer that
awaited them at San Francisco is re-
ported to have been made to avoid a
suit to be brought by Chaffee Grant,
the bridegroom's son, against the terms
Of the agreement obtained by the
brides lawyers.
And the crowning clause In that
agreement provided that in case Of
| America Grants dying before her hus-
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
Daily Rules d Life for the Sun Worshippers

Eat breakfast and learn to control your appetite.
When sick tdks fen yell-draun breaths
Do not enguge n heated controversies.
Express your hdpg feelings By hunning and Uhsstng.
When jdtgued from opencork other take fsU
long redths and ssOduop the yoIk Of an egg.
Whss retiring at night Jorgiss and forget.
Sleep h your feet 10 the south and lie on yor right side.
Chant Used IN the Services to the Sun God:
God Is breath and God is greatness.
God alone reUeoleh might
Au knot0 il God and goodness.
In his name shall Be right.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

The Grant family credited the rumors
Of the engagement until the facts were
made public BY the head of the house
himself. And, notwithstanding nu-
merous published reports Of the oppo-
sition of the Grant clan, the mar
rage was performed by justice OF
the peace on the date set by the COM
tracing parties.
Mrs. Grant is now the stepmother OF
several children who are older than
herself One Of them is the wife of
Lieut. U. S. Macy of the United States
Navy. Will she be able to heal the
sore hearts that have been caused by
her appearance In the family tree?
No one who has watched the ably man
aged career Of America Workman for
the last seven years since she made
the first wild marriage Of her girlhood
lis worrying about that
On the heels OF the wedding an
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
maria ge has 5

those early days John Workman wooeJ
and won the grandniece of Pic Pico.
greatest of the Spanish Governors OF
California before the Yankee invasion.
The sole child OF the Yankee-Spaniard
union was named America in honor
of the continent where the two races
have mingled and played out one ol
the dramas of history.
The first venture Of America Work
man, after brief but exciting social
career that followed her school days
was an early marriage. The groom
was Mr.. Elms. His given name Il
not remembered now by the friends
of his brilliant wife. He lives quietly
on side street in Los Angeles with
his boy. the fifteen-year-old son oil
America Workman, whose marriage to
the lads father ended so speedily. A
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

high altar, primitive
in its simplicity, is
reared a cross. At
its base lies a shining
disk representing the
Eternal Sun God
Near the altar is
q tall candelabrunn.
The wavering light
from the taper sig
nifies the everlasting
fire Of the $ u n !.
Above the head Of
the High Priestess
glistens iridescently
q great golden orb.
On the walls of thA
temple the flags Of
ali the nations Of the
earth touch each
other peacefully as
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

al first for the beautiful young widow
with the incongruous past. In the end.
OF course, America VIII found the
ennbattled forces of the Grant family
far more conservative than Mr.. Grants
heart The first Mrs. Grant, daughter
OF United States Senator Jerome Chat
fee of Colorado. had brought large
means to the Grant Golfers, and once
the attentions Of the elderly lawyer
financier becams marked signs we're
not wanting particularly on the part
Of the Chaifee connections, that any
permissible social means would be used
to forestall marriage. The polite
battle lasted for months. Mrs. Wills
tact, however. constantly in use
throughout the two seasons she passed
Is Coronado. coupled with the aroused
independence of her Wo0er. carried
the day. The courtship was conduct
ed quietly. SO quietly that not even
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

Bizarre Ceremonies at the Annual Co
vention of the Mazdaznans Presid
Over by Picturesque Mother Maria
Who Leads the American Zoroastrar
in Prayer. The Devotees Of Ligh
Battle in the Sunlight and Air and Liv,
on Nuts and Vegetables.
Breathe on US, Mother Sunshine; let us know
The full Of sweetest life. till, even as thou.
We radiate all beauty and all power"
HE prayer to the Sun God is rising from
/ the lips Of men and women to-day in
American cities, even as it rose from the
lips of the followers Of Zoroaster five thousand
years and more before the Trojan war Even
as in the Ptolelnaic days, when +he pyramids
were young or not yet hewa from the living
rock, men and women are turning to the
East with the coming Of the dawn to pray
to the fiery seat and centre Of the solar
systan.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

0OWtS VI A0cG kCc FIo h4c always vi tllc
tables in summer.
There have been strange stories
told Of sinner Secrets" Of the cult,
stories based upon the volume COM
piled by the High Priest to guide the
worshippers in their daily conduct.
Efforts have been made to have this
volume destroyed and kept from circu-
lation, but it is said that every follower
of Mrs. Hilton has copy and is
conversant with the text.
Despite whisperings of strange and
hidden rites, the High Priestess is
continuing her effort to increase the
fold Of sun worshipping women, and
the sun and dew baths, the lure Of
Oriental music, the mysticism that
comes out of the East and the promise
Of youth and beauty forever are
winning converts for her. :
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
Son of the F orner President,
After His Marriage With
Mrs. America viii, Goes
on a Tour Around the
World, Follo wing the
Itinerary of His Illustrious
Father, Visiting the Courts
Which Honored the Civil
War Hero.
TT S. GRANT JR. married Mrs.
Oe America Will in san Diego on

TT s. GRANT JR. married Mrs.
Oe America VIII in San Diego on
Saturday, July 10.
The distinguished family of the
groom objected in no uncertain terms.
Differences In social position between
the pair were alleged, differences In
race, differences in age. All OF the
charges are undeniable. The SON of
the great civil war general is now
sixty-one years old. The youngest of
his tive children. indeed, is quite
twenty. Indisputably. also, the bride
is but thirty-two. Already America
Reconsideration has brace
OF husbands, already a meteoric ca
reer as the wilful daughter of John
Workman, Yankee who grew rich
In the Southwest and who married
a Mexican beauty of another genera
ton. Out of this colorful past.
equipped with the remainder of two
fortunes, in addition to her own uatri-
mony, the memorable widow appeared
In the smart society of Coronado
Beach Two seasons OF able social
ssnesa' hip and she had captured the
nsaL i'd the name OF one of Cali
fra'a foremost private citizens.
earse the powerful Grant family
's = Of course conservative So
-ss a general. instinctively fearful
q nz conner. arches its eloquent eye
ro But on Saturday in July
~ lthed Mrs. Will was united to
A rly admirer under the noses
fFr rites and sailed away with
--.I- - : trip around the world.
That world-belting excursion itself
Is sign of how complete has been
the triumph. A generation ago the
first Ulysses S. Grant, late President
OF the United States, made that iden-
teal tour. The ruler of every coun-
try In his path paid homage to the
great warrior-statesman, then about to
retire from public life. This summer
the son who bears his name will maks
his second bridal trip in Gen. Grantf
footsteps, visiting the courts that hoe
ored his father from Bangkok to Loa.
don.
On his arm Will be the picturesque,
much discussed young wife to whom
the conservative Grant family objected
in vain
America Willis history is romance IT.
self. OF the four elements of romance
youth, beauty, wealth and headlong
passion-it lacks notsone. The strange
ly assorted threads In her career have
furnished the magnetic young woman
with a background that attracted the
adventurous members of society as
readily as 1t repelled the conservative
Aided by her brilliant personality, 1t
gained her the homage of the most
marriageable widower In California.
America Workman is the daughter
OF one Of the hardy Yankees who ven
tured into Southern California shortly
after the discovery of gold in the re-
gion near San Francisco Bay and found
in the cattle-grazing lands Of the
Southwest the fortune that many OF his
comrades failed to gain further north.
Several OF the large public buildings
of Los Angeles bear the name of John
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

Adusht Hanish, whose centre of activities is Chicago
The sun-worshippers say that the High Priest and High
Priestess are In constant telepathc communication, their
thoughts flashing out and meeting day and night, giving
and receiving messages
In Lowell il the Temple Spenta Maria in which the
High Priestess conducts the Zoroasrian rites. Rich
Oriental rugs cover the floor Of the Temple and on the
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
for u. :. Grant
The Beautiful Bride, Many
ing Against Bitter Oppo-
sition Of the Grant F amily
and F acing Even the At
ternpts to axe Away the
Fortune Mr.. Grant Has
Settled on Her. Declares
She Never w ants to See
America Again.

divorce, sought by the wife and un-
contested by the husband. came within
few years. Mrs. Elms resumed her
own name aud left Southern Calltor-
MA She appeared later In Chicago.
where she Had friends.
The visitSended in another marriage
-one that startled the old friends Of
the romantic California girl by the
very mention of the antecedents Of the
groom. America Workman married to
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

carrying always eternal beauty and
youth if the precepts Of the High
Priestess are followed with fidelity.
How old is Mother Maria?"
She will not tell. Some say that
she has passed the dangerous forties
and yet her face is that of young
woman; her form has the perfection
that comes with carefully acquired
maturity, and she sings as she occupies
herself with the tasks and duties of the
average woman. Ridicule sharp and
bitter has been aimed at her in the
quiet streets OF Lowell, but she heeds
it not. She never falters in her effort
to bring to her congregation more
women, women who want to live in
youth through all Of their lives and
Il there . woman who does not2
Converts among the men are sought
by the High Priest, Ottoman Ear
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

-. cloud as incense to the Sun God.
n,,-;z- the recent convention of the Mazdaznans
bsd = lowell in the Temple spenta Maria the High
priest robed in snowy white. black stole about his
neck and grt at the waist by great red SEAL proved
b his exhortations the faithful that the aim of the
cult i eternal youth and beauty. He besought the
vvorshippers to feed their system on "banquets of
oxvpen drink of the sunshine and breathe deeply and
perfectly.
That some Of the women worshppers of the Sun have
taken dew baths unclothed matter of court record
IN the evidence of Mrs Ellen Shaw taken in lawsuit
in Boston. The Mazdaznan women believe that the
touch OF sunshine and air to the body Of more import
ance than filing the stomach with food Their baths
are taken in such my robes that but little Of the warmth
or air is lost Led by the High Priestess the women
worshppers wave their gently they stand in the
open facing the As they do this they chant the
prayer to Mother Sunshine" Especially among the
younger women converts the worship Of the Sun God
has the diaphanous robe for the bath appeared.
hearty meal by the followers Of Mrs. Hilton
ssts Of nut meats lettuce and perhaps slice Of tomato
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

it is given to-day, rises first from the lips Of
clad IN immaculate white robes robes gauze like that
the breath of the morning brings into relief th rss =
her form The high prestess, Maria Elizabetb p,,sh
Hilton. raises her arms toward the sun as it ss ana
the folds of her robes drop back showing their ,srs
whtenes About her on the greensward Of her home at
Lowell, Mass, the faithful do likewise and ecbo her
prayer.
The High Priestess drops her as she feels the
kiss of the upon her shapely body SO thnlv
ad and then turns to her followers She crosses hsr
hands, wrist upon wrist, and the men and women aba,t
her do likewise Thus crossed-so the worshupers Of
the sun belevethe magnetic energy of the entire bodv
conserved The High Priestess joins hands with each
Of the cult and kisses each and woman three times
Mother Maria" as Mrs. Hilton is known to her
followers calls the followers Of the revival Of the ancient
worship Mazdaznans She breaches to them that All
life and all holiness come from the about which the
earth has whred like moth for countless aeons The
average span Of life is day in her reckoning for she
and those who worship with her believe that the mortal
span may run into hundreds or thousands Of wears.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

'erennlal Youth and Beauty
! symbol of the end of war and destruction
There are inscriptions in Persian which only
the most devout Of the Sun Worshippers may
comprehend. The High Priestess sits in
richly carved chair while the faithful gather.
The Mazdaznans are not compelled to use
any one color in the flowing robes with which
they vest themselves for worship. The
worship begins. The multi-colored con-
gregation rises and echoes these words Of
the High Priestess:
ssPeace, peace, peace of abundance.
Shower, shower, shower unto you.
An air, limiting at the Orient and the
mysticism Of the East. steals through the
temple from pipe organ and the MAJ
daznans chant in Persian hymn beyond
the ken Of the unelect. From the foot Of
the altar tiny spirals Of filmy smoke arise
ar,,s cha fracranra of rnvrrh and rnirea
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-18
MURDER MYSTERY
BEING UNRAVELED
WOMAN IN BLACK LEFT PAIR OF
TAN GLOVES AT
SCENE.

HASTINGS-ON Sept. II.
The police have now several work
ing clues to aid them In their efforts
to solve the mystery Of the man who
was murdered near Rowleys Ravine.
a mile from here. and whose body was
found Monday by James Sincotto, six
teen years old
The mysterious woman In black.
whose visit to the body. armed with
revolver and club, and who left
without showing in any way that the
body was a surprise to her, left be-
hind her pair Of tan gloves. They
were found when the police were CALI
ed to the body.
Sheriff Doyle found today the store
where II is believed the gloves were
sold Ida Wendt, saiesgirl In the
shop, remembers that on Monday
morning a woman of the description
of the woman of mystery called at the
shop.
she was the same age, build. and
figure as the woman described by the
Sincotto boy" said Miss Wendt- she
was dressed all in back, and wore n
long silk coat | noticed the scar on
her throat and | thought she was an
Italian"
Coroner Dunn believes that the
murder was committed in New York.
the body packed in trunk and
brought by boat to where 1t was
found.