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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Tregarya to the Rescue

The argument over religion into
which the two had waded was sud
denly interrupted by cry from Hon
oria. 20 my dog, my dog! Mops is in
the river. That horrid gazelle has
butted him in and he will be drowned
The colonel lay down upon the
bridge and reached for Mops, who was
being whirled down to the rushing
weir. His arm was a foot too short
At that instant a huge form plunged
into the river and Mops was jerked
out over the colonels head, safe and
sound
The man who had plunged into the
river to save the worthless dog, at the
risk of his own life, was Tregarva,
one OF the keepers. young Cornish
giant.
you Will be drowned at all events"
cried the colonel with an oath of Uncle
Tcby's own.
Tregarva saw his danger and made
a desperate attempt to grab the bridge.
The colonel caught at the man and
tore off a piece of his collar.
The calm, solemn face of the keeper
flashed beneath him and disappeared
through the roaring gate There was
a rush to the other side of the bridge
and Mellot and the colonel, followed
by Honoria, who was still wild with
terror, ran down below the falls to
where the form of the keeper could be
seen whirling about in the pool.
Forgetting his crutches, Lancelot
started to follow the colonel, but Ar
gemone said "Lancelot, Mr.. Smith, you
shall not go-you are too ill-too weak.
Stay here-I command YOU"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

prevent her from rendering to me. her
mother, the utmost fflial obedience
With a few remarks about his immoral
SOUL Mrs Lavington closed, with prayers
fer his conversion.
What could he do? Sometimes he
thought of flying to The Priory and
making a last appeal to the squire and
his wife-one last apepal to Argemone to
rebel,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
BETRAYED hY a Book

But as Lancelot unused he heard a
loud shout of boisterous laughter close
beside him and the old master of the
hounds, Squire Lavington, roared out:
"A pretty sportsman you are, Mister
Smith, to fall asleep at the cover
side"
Here Colonel Bracebridge, soldierly
looking, middle aged, cantered up.
what Is this book the boy has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
What He Wanted

From the PhfIadelph1a PUBIC Ledger.
Captain: Cant you do something for
that seasck passenger. doctor?"
Doctor: mo; he wants too much"
Captain: "Why, what does he want?'
Doctor: He wants the earth!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
The Abbess' Curse

Poor fellow-he could stand no more
He hid his face in his hands and burst
into long, low weeping.
Weeping? No, you must not cry
she said. There, put your arm under
my head. o, l must have strength to
tell him. 1t is for that l sent for you
Then she babbled on about the hor-
rible condition of the cottages in the
village; told of how she had caught the
fever. She begged him to devote the
rest of his life to the betterment of
the condition of the poor, and spoke
of the old curse which, tradition said,
hung over Whitford Priory.
There had been nunnery there once
and when the Lavington OF the time of
King Henry VIII came to drive out
the nuns the abbess pronounced a curse
upon the family, declaring that there
would never be happy and prosperous
times in the village or the mansion un-
til the Lavington name vanished from
the Priory and the Nun Pool waters
cleaned out the village.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Things That Could Never Be

While in the midst of his doubts
and perplexities there came to see him
Tregarva. The man had left the coun-
try and had resolved to try his hand
as laborer among the poor Of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Zone Lanceot drawing Argemone

Because I am not fit for your So
ciety," answered Lancelot,
who tells you so? Why will you
not become so?"
Lancelot hung down his head.
"As long as game and fish are your
only associates you will become more
and more mournful and self-absorbed"
Here came an opening for one of Ar
gemone's preconcerted orations and
she improved the chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

Next weeks one-page classic will b,
saragossa," by Perez Galdos.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
AN ENGLISH MAYOR
Would Like Compensation for Reliev
 ing Germans

FALMOUTH, Aug. 1S.-Henry S retary, was met by the mayor of Fal- mouth on his return tonight from London, where he was engaged in working out plans for the relief of stranded Americans in Europe Breck- enridge thanked the mayor for the hos pitality Falmouth has extended to American citizens, and assured him that the American government would repay whatever expenses had been in cured in their behalf
 The mayor, then told Breckenridge the town had been put to considerable expense in housing in the hotels the officers of the German mercantile ships which had been brought to port as prizes and suggested Breckenridge tC make representations to the German government for refund of the amount thus expended. Breckenridge expressed the opinion that such a course would be outside his mission, but suggested the mayor write Walter Hines Page American ambassador now Germany's representative in Great Britain, to have him broach the matter to the German government.
 The cruiser. Carolina will sail to- morrow morning for Rotterdam witt Breckenridge and the relief money or board I1
 T dc not anticipate any danger iron the mines in the North Sea-" sait Breckenridge, although do not guar l antee that our ship will return safely , shall go to London again on my re 1 turn to See Ambassador Page"
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
INNOCENT BYSTANDER
Switzerland Suffers Severely From
 the War

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Swiss mills and factories are closed, busi ness is at standstill and enterprises dependent upon manual labor are paralyzed, according to Dr. Charles Hubscher, in charge of the Swiss le- gatiOn here. With the army mobi- lized, Hubscher said the crops are rotting in the fields for lack of har- vest hands and the country faces starvation unless wheat is received from the United States.
 Switzerland will remain absolutely neutral" Hubscher said. '1t is her only course for protection
 Shortage of food supplies has 1lot been felt yet, however. Recent dis patches say that American tourists still in Switzerland have experienced the best of treatment.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
G|RL|ES MAKE GREAT
 HIT WITH BIC CROWDS

A nifty little comedy of sixty minutes duration, interspersed with singing numbers of the whistly kind; a chorus of frisky girls of the baby doll" type, and four principals who can and do sing; a clever concep- tion of a stage setting in the form of a ship, The Candy Ship" and electrical effects that would do cred it to a travelling combinations all moving in unison and harmony, and you have Armstrong's- musical com edy, which delighted a phenomenally large audience at the Columbia last night
 Coming at a time when the last lingering dog days of an unusually hot and dull summer are drawing to a close, the change from vaudeville to something different and far more acceptable was either a fortunate happening or else a wise business move, and to have studied last nights packed to the doors" crowd was the answer.
 Phoenix has known of Armstrong and what he was doing on the coast TOT long tune, d1lu 1lldHy nave seen his shows from time to time over a period of years, and thus it was that the news spread that really good show was coming, and few, if any were disappointed.
 There is something entrancine about the, i've should worry swing in these light, airy, tuneful farces but it serves to make one cheerful and forgetful of the events and trials of the day, and happy in that every face around is smiling and likewise happy, and this old planet isn't sucl a bad place after all.
 The Candy Ship When The, Opened the Panama" If I Wer Only a Man." San Francisco Bay, were some of the numbers, but tn show is so put together that it al seemed one continuous sing-fest, an' the shoemakers of Phoenix vii prosper, for one cannot keep tn pedal extremities still.
 Ed Armstrong, Honora Hamilton George Henry, Bobby Dean Ca "bab doll'D, Robbie Mack, Gene Astol Cecil Brech and something like dozen girls sang, danced and mad merry and the audience did it
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
CHINESE STUDENTS
ASSOCIATED PRESS pYsPATCH1

SEATTLE, August 1S.-How g hundred and sixteen Chinese. many of whom wore full boards, were brought into the United States with in the last three years under the guise of students, only to disappear from the schools, and how fourteen others were carried across the line from Vancouver in a freight engine tender, was developed by the fed elal industrial relations hearing here, which closed tonight
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
ALL AMERICANS
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Continued From Page One) take them to the United States when the war broke out, have arrived here. At first they were ordered by the Ger mans to go in the direction of Belgium, but were then diverted to Denmark. They are being cared for in Copenha- gen until they can get a boat sailing for the United States.
 It is said that there are still 600 Rus sians in Rostock: 800 in Stettin and 2000 in Spandau, three cities in Ger many, who will not be permitted to leave as they are liable to military duty with the Russian army
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
A Contribution

PARIS, Aug. 1S.-President Poin- caire will sign a decree tomorrow au- thoriZing the race track executives to pay over part of the proceeds of the pari mutual betting machines to the Red Cross fund.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
American Women's War Relief

LONDON, Aug. 1S.-At the first meeting of the American Woman's War Relief society, held at the resi- dence of Mrs. William Leeds, sS0,- 100 was subscribed. The subscrip- .ions ranged from $25,OOO to a few shiliings. Among those present at the meeting were the Duchess of Marlborough, who presided; Lady Churchill, Lady Paget, Mrs John As tor, Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, the Duch- ess of RoXburghe, the Countess Gra- nard and the Countess of Essex.
 It was decided that the society should equip a hospital and hospi- tai ferry, which is to be managed by the British Red Cross.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
New Work for Swordsmen

PARIS, Aug. 1S.-Georges Brett mayer and Roussier Doreieres, the two most celebrated French swords men, have enlisted to work machine guns aboard air craft, and are train ing for their duties at the Versailles aviation station.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
ONLY RUM0RS
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army, resigned his post in conse- quence of the declaration of war against Austria, where he was born and created a baron. He returned to Vienna and reported to the war minister for duty"
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19
INDIANS FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
rAssoc1Arrp PRESS p1spArcH1

ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. 1S.-The Chippewa Indians of the Bad River tribe. at the largest council in years, voted unanimously in favor of woman suffrage.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19

share and left nothing to the imagi nation. It was delighted.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-19

French Reservists from Montreal
 MONTREAL, Aug 1S.-Eight hum dred French reservists will sail from Montreal tomorrow, according to an announcement at the French consult
 ate today
Evening star., 1914-03-22

and put them into my grip. 1 also carried
a full line of can openers and a spoon. Off
| rushed to the local accommodation, with
the smile of the office force to bid me success.
The first town | reached l went to the
principal grocery; but the buyer was not in
need OF any goods.
"Just placed a full ORDER" he said
"Well, said |, shivering within and with
out, "here are some of the greatest beans
canned in America. Just taste that, will
you?' for by this time | had one of the cans
opened.
With a sneer he did take the can, and
took a small particle on the end of the
spoon. This he brought to his nose, and
shifted as wild animal feeling the nearness
of some foreign body in the wilderness.
Then he took full spoon and placed it on
his tongue.
"Great beans!" l reassured him.
"Say, Man, that's just the kind of stuff
have been looking for for the last ten years"
he astounded me by saying. whats the
price?"
"Well, our house bought those of bank
rupt cannery, and we shall be pleased to
place the order at just four dollars and fifty
cents a case. How many cases would you
like?"
-Four dollars and fifty cents easel Great
Scott! That's just ten cents more than the
Cleveland house charges regularly. Where
does the bankrupt discount come in?"
Taking out my little notebook, in which
there was nothing written, scanned page
after page, and finally looked up and said,
"How many cases do you want? l will
make better price on lots
'"Well, if the price is right, send me thirty
six cases right off,
a will send you fifty cases for hundred
and seventy-five dollars, ten days net
quickly said.
"Make it hundred and sixty-ive, and
sign the order he said.
l made out the order, booked the goods,
and also sold him more than a thousand
dollars worth of groceries, general mer
chandise and drugs.
Say, the boss was certainly surprised
man! He had won a customer he counted
as unapproachable, and today sells him ten
thousand dollars worth of goods every year.
That's not all. | have a good trip now, and
sell goods at every turn of the road.
Evening star., 1914-03-22
Winner of $40 Prize
BE A SALESMAN
By VIM. McGinnies of Boulder. Colo.

|0NE evening bunch of us were gathered
~ in the hotel lobby after dinner, and the
conversation drifted to our early experiences
on the road to the things that had influ-
enced us in our work and contributed to our
success or failure, and how we had profited
by the lessons.
@I'll never forget mine, or the man who
gave it to me- said Ed. at was my first
trip. We were out in Colorado, on one of
those branch lines, where they had only one
train day; so when you started out with a
bunch you simply had to stay together until
the finish.
@There were about a dozen of us. We
had made the circle together, and were
waiting at little watertank junction point
for the main line train, and l had just ex-
pressed myself as glad to get back to where
l could make more speed in travel.
"You all remember Wax, one of the best
men in his line that ever opened trunk.
He was sitting on an empty beer keg, smok-
ing cigar. Turning to me, he said:
"'Sonny, you've been hanging around
with this bunch for about ten days, and it
strikes me you should have caught onto
few things by this time. Maybe you are
like kitten,-born blind, and haven't got
your eyes open yet.-but it strikes me that
Ile llllllI ID dDoul up tll'l IL
you were getting wise TO your job.
ave had my eye on you ever since you
have been with this bunch, and l notice you
study a timetable far more than you study
your cost book. You spend more time kick
ing on hotels and railroad service than you
do in brushing your samples and getting
acquainted with them. You lost that order
at Ouray yesterday because you couldn't
answer a simple question about your goods.
Your consuming ambition seems to be to
make towns, to burn up mileage and excess
baggage coupons, to get into town ahead
of some other fellow in your line.
"'Quit it! Go off somewhere in the sage
brush and have a talk with yourself. You
can't get ahead of the whole bunch. First
you know, you will be catching up with
those who started behind you. You will do
it easily too, if you don't add any more
weight to that order book than you have
been doing for the last week. Quit this
Evening star., 1914-03-22

figuring on making towns, and figure on
making sales but more especially on making
customers.
"'Get wise to this: It's comparatively
easy to sell merchant few goods; but to
make customer of him is an entirely differ
ent proposition. To make a customer of
knowledge Of your line: this IS salesman
ship. When you get bunch of merchants
to do this, you won't care how many are
ahead or behind, or whether there is a rail
road in the whole State or not They will
give the fellow who is making towns and
Evening star., 1914-03-22

studying time tables the go-bv and keep the
glad hand and fat order for you.
IF you are going to stay on the road,
don't be travelling man, don't be drum
mer, an order taker-be a salesman
"Then he walked to the other end of the
platform, leaving me standing there too mad
to speak. 1t was the hardest call-down 1
ever received in all my life, and it did me the
most good. From that day to this | have
been trying to get into the salesman class"
When the trdVeling mems tales noqC hand
are bubliShed-7ujie 1yiH be at no distant ddte,-
this successful series 7giH be brought TO an end.
Further contributions. therefore. not solieitedl
Evening star., 1914-03-22

travel straight Go out and get job-any
old kind of job. If you can't get one, I'll
do it for you. Stick at it month to show
me you want to make good. III take care
of your living expenses until you draw your
pay. When the liquor S out of you and
you're in shape I'll send you to business
college to brush up on your shorthand.
Then III get you a job somewhere at ten
dollars week. When you are worth more
up, be man, and get on the job!'
An hour later, decently clothed, little
money in his pocket, and with home pro-
vided for him, the man went out in search
of work. The priest kept his word-as he
always does. In two weeks he had placed
the onetime stenographer as a bill clerk
the man had been working as window
washer meanwhile. "It's fine work to
drown out the liquor, is window washing"
averred the reverend father, with twinkling
eyes. Then he sent the man to a business
college, and secured the promised position
for him.
That happened little over year ago.
Today that stenographer is making twenty
Indebtedness to the mission, and is physi-
cally, mentally, and socially rejuvenated
member of society.
THAT is the Rev. William J. Rafter's idea
of a real chance likewise a fine example
of the ultimate result He doesn't believe
in meal ticket and a nights lodging for the
man who is down and out. The problem of
how to eat and sleep is desperate one to
the honest man who is out of work and
penniless, and the wise priest lifts it from
his shoulders for week or month, if neces-
sary All he asks is that they earnestly try to
make good. A few fool him; but not many.
In the rear of Father Rafter's office is
what he laughingly calls his Scents Out
fitting Store Here are racks and shelves
loaded with every description of wearing
apparel and haberdashery.
"Maybe It's true fine feathers won't make
fine birds, he smiled; @but they're mighty
fine aid in getting a job.
He has clothed decently and well an aver
age of six men day for the last year,-over
eighteen hundred in all. In many instances,
where the applicant was man OF education,
with training for clerical work, Father Raj
ter has sent him to a tailor and supplied him
with an address that did not have Bowery
flavor. The Bowery priest does not believe
in half measures. ,
He has found employment in the last
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
PAYMENTS OF POLL
TAXES FALL SHORT
Rush Friday Fails to MateriaIize; Sat
urday is Last Day, and COIlec-
tors office is Busy.

Poll tax receipts may fan 1000 short
OF the number issued two years ago
me number then was approximately
500. The expected rush on the col
Iector's office failing TO materialize
FRIDAY, has practically shattered the
belief that the number of poll tax re-
celpts issued this year would be in
excess of any issued in previous years.
Up 10 o'clock Friday night 400 Der
sons had been issued receipts. bring
ing the total number up to 56S2. out
of the 400 probably 100 were exemD-
tons. The collectors office remained
urday the last day on which a poll
tax receipt can be obtained, the col
lector's office viii be open until mid
night
Compared with the rush for Doll tax
receipts on the tax collectors office
two years go at this time, the seem
IN the collectors office is featureless.
Two years ago hundreds stood in line
and crowded the Railways Of the court
house. Many were compelled to stand
IN line for hours before they could get
to the windows. This year, up to and
including Friday, a prospective DOlI
tax payer experienced no DELAY. Sat
urday a rush is expected Collector
VIII Z Watson expects to issue 1000
receipts before closing the office
The falling off in the number of DoI1
tax receipts is accounted for on tbe
ground that the pending campaign has
not been greatly agitated Two wears
ago the city campaign was on. After
the last poll tax receipt has been is
sued it is expected that candidates Of
the ring" and opposition will MAKE
their announcements.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
Fearing Riot of Girls,
Marion Of School Asks
RemOOaL Of Julia Flake

Geneva, III: Jan. 91.-Fearing an
outbreak of the inmates Of the stare
Training school for girls here SacaTqe
of the arrival of Julia Flake. the girl
alleged to have plotted with her STEM
father, Robert Higgins. to kin her
mother, superintendent Carrie O'Con-
nor appealed to the state hoard of
administration, which sent her here
Mrs. OConnOr asserted the Durnosa
Of the Geneva school is not to care foT
girls accused Of the crime to which
Julia Flake is said to have confessed
and believes her presence viii have =
demOralizing effect upon the Others
Julia Flake arrived at Geneva fo5a,,
She is registered under an assumed
name, is isolated in the hospital and
none Of the other inmates know of her
identity.
we have had many girls here. who
I am afraid, would set up Julia. Flake
as heroine, and idolize her. This is a
training school, not a penal institution.
and I hope she viii be removed at
once"
The girl was sent to the training
school Friday for detention pending the
consideration of her case by the grand
jury
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
LAS CRUCES AUTO LINE.
FOR MESILLA VALLEY POINTS.
GIOBF no PHOFNIX.

hours. Via Roosevelt dam Leaves
Dominion hotel. Globe, daily, $3.50 a m
Arrive Phoenix 4:30 p. m Fare SIS. Make
reservations in advance.
ella Valley Auto Stage Line, Globe, Ariz.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31

Thursdays Los Angeles Examiner
says:
An attack of appendicitis that sent
his bride OF week to the Good Samar-
itan hospital Tuesday night. inter
rupted the honeymoon of William ].
Caples.
Mrs Caples, formerly Miss AIuriel
BueA of San Francisco, was reported
last night to be recovering from the
operation.
Tuesday is a day the Capleses saw
Lhey VIII always remember. It was on
tuesday, two weeks ago, that the
dashlng romance, which set San Fran
cisco society abuzz, began.
Miss Buel, daughter of a well known
san Francisco physician, met Caples,
member Of an equally well known
FL Paso family, at a dance on the u
,. s Denver. BY the next Monday
CapleS had won Miss BuelPs heart and
they resolved TO elOpe.
Taking the night train for Los An
geIes, they were married here Tues
day, just before the arrival of the
brides father to prevent the cere-
mony.
1t was the following Tuesday that
the bride suddenly became so i'll her
life was feared for.
Wonder what viii happen next
tuesday, said Caples last night.
The operation was performed by DR..
Cecil T. Reynolds and the brides
father