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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Evil of Free Raw Wool.

II IL we're not for the injury to the
Industries involved the test OF 1ree
wool and free sugar might be well
coined in the sense that it has shown
the utter fallacy of a time-worn ar
gument. In the last fiscal year a.
953.934 sheep were slaughtered. The
average slaughter for the seven pre-
ceding years was 11,907,021. Can 1t
be argued in the face of this distress
ing comparison that free raw wool
has been of advantage to the country ?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
,nheritanoe Taxes Yield ss,e14.

Denver.-Inheritance taxes amount
ing to 1854 have been collected from
three estates in the last few days by
Leslie E. Hubbard, state inheritance
tax appraiser. The estate Of Frank
Dillingham; of Denver, valued at $60.-
900, paid tax of $3.50. A tax of ST.
e67 was paid by the estate Of Julius
=. Schmidt of Denver. The estate
was valued at $139.3o4. Upon the es-
tate OF William P. Baker Of Denver .
tax Of 1887 was received by the state.
the appraisament fixing the holdings
at $9.764.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Poor Idea Of Taxation.

The proposal to tax freight receipts
seems singularly infelicitous. At the
moment when the railroads are suf-
fering for needed revenue, and when
they have been denied the privilege
of increasing freight rates, the govern
ment itself ought not to step in and
impose tax which will increase the
cost Of shipments. A still more DO
tent objection has been found In the
disturbance which would inevitably be
caused in the nice balance Of trade
conditions, especially In the competi-
i've coal fields.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
SPORT.

Lincoln Beachey, in an aeroplane,
looped the loop four times over the
dome of the capitol, while President
Wilson watched the performance from
a White House window.
Kid Williams knocked out Kid Her
man of Pekin, H., in the fourth round
of a six-round battle at the Olympia
Athletic Club at Philadelphia. For
three rounds the little fellow from the
West took beating that was almost
unbelievable.
Tyler, one Of the stars of the
Braves pitching staff, has purchased
a 400-acre dairy farm outside of Bos-
ton. He intends to spend his winters
on it and retire from the diamond aft
er few years to give his entire at
tention to it's management.
Jack Dillon, Indianapolis middle
weight, gave Frank Mantell of Paw
tucket, r. l., severe beating in a
twelve-round no-decision bout at
Columbus. Ohio. but Mantell's block
ing, particularly after the seventh
round, prevented the aggressive Dillon
from landing knockout blow.
The Boston National league team
cinched the pennant for 1914 by de-
feating the Chicago Cubs while the
lowly Pirates were winning from the
former Champion New York Giants.
If the Braves should lose all their re-
naming games and the Giants win all
their eight contests the Hub City
crowd would pOSa ont ahead by half
game.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Pass Pharmacy Examinations.

Denver-Annouucem has been
made by the State Board of Pharmacy
that the following persons passed the
examinations for registered pharma-
cists: Danta M. Stamm, Geneseo, H.;
John l.. Sweeney. Colorado Springs;
Charles F. Roe and Joseph X. Powell
son, Boulder; Edward J. Hellwig,
Fred r. Hildreth and Howard B. Scar
borough, Denver. Four diplomas were
given for assistant pharmacists.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Growers Fight Federal Law.

from Weld county have lodged pro-
test with United States District Attor-
ney Harry B. Tedrow over the pro-
posed enforcement of the federal regu-
lations requiring that every sack OF
vegetables shipped out of the county
must be labeled with a tag telling the
exact contents and the weight. The
growers claim the law is too drastic
and that it would work a hardship
upon them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
How Kentucky Regards Bull Moose

The "He-Goat of the High Tariff is
the euphonious name given by the
Louisville Courier-Journal to the
Pennsylvania Progressives. "ln the
North says the Courier-Journal, ''the
Progressive is dissatisfied Republic
an, in the South a disgruntled Demo
crat. In Louisiana one might call him
old Sugar-in-the-Gourd In Roosevelt
he is masculine, in Perkins feminine,
and in Pinchot neuter." Notwith-
standing the varied and various affilia-
tions of the Bull Moose party, the
Louisville observer agrees with most
other careful students of the times
that party whose sole bond of union
is loyalty to one man is not likely to
have much influence in the future poll
tics of the country.-Public Ledger.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Mrs, Bradford Honored.

Denver.-The American Academy of
Political and Social Science has ex-
tended an invitation to Mrs. Mary G.
c. Bradford, state superintendent OF
public instruction, to contribute an
article upon "Women's Activity in the
School" for book which the academy
will soon publish under the title OF
"Women in Public life"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
WORKING on EIwood Pass Road.

Denver.-The route has been chosen
and work begun upon the Elwood Pass
road, between the South Fork station
on the Rio Grande river and Pagosa
Springs, according tc James E. Ma
loney, deputy state highway commits
Sioner
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Colorado Man Appointed.

Denver. Governor Ammons re-
ceived word from Senator G. s.
Thomas that President Wilson has ap-
pointed H. P. Corbin of Foxton, Colo,
to be engineer of the United States
and Mexican international boundary
and water commission.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-03
Maxine Party Useful

Colonel Roosevelt is ready, If this
country Is drawn into the war, to raise
another regiment of Rough Riders.
Then he might add a reserve force
of Progressives, in which case the
new party would be useful as well as
ornamental
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be deemed out OF the question. a balloon
being so conspicuous an object In the
sky. but experiments have shown that
much may be accomplished by making
the envelope" OF a suitable color The
French have found that balloons OF a
pale blue tint so harmonize with the hue
OF the heavens as to be relatively in
visible
The Germans. however have decided
upon neutral gray as best for the
purpose. At dusk especially a gray bal
loon IL an obscure object at a moderate
distance, and not easily fred at with
accuracy. The same idea n applied to
the wings Of aerOplanes. Even the bodies
or The Taube flying machines used a.
> scouts for the Kaisers troops (some OF
which are armored beneath for defense
against rife bullets) arc painted gray.
Everything IN modern warfare tends
toward concealment OF the lighting man
and the fighting machine The great
guns In the formidable Qualifications
which defend the city Of Paris are mount.
Cd on disappearing carriages" The huge
weapon, weighing perhaps forty tons. 10
lfts itself above a parapei. discharges a
proiectile ana Immediately sinks oct OF
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1t Never Occurred to S,
Her Artistic Posing
by Her Husband

He lived across the Hudson River
in weehawken. In Weehawken no
led her to the marriage altar on octo-
Der 60. 1912.
The records In the case do not
specify why. but on January 20. 1919,
they went through another marriage
ceremony IN New York.
The first public sign that the mar
rage was not a success was Mrs
Briggs petition for a separation filed
in the Supreme Court early last
Spring. She had ieft the weehawken
domicile and was living on Riverside
Drive. New York. But before this
case came to a hearing Mr.. Briggs
filed a counter suit for anuulment OF
the marriage on the ground that
Charlotte Mayburnes divorce from
ner former husband was defective.
The papers stated that on Septem.
Der l6. 1906, Miss Mayburne had mar
ried Harold Porter In Buffalo; that
she forsook Porter and Buffalo and
moved TO another city, where an
Ohio court granted her a decree OF
divorce, and that the same was de-
fective because Porter was never
served with a copy Of the complaint.
In the hearings OF the two cases
and In the statements by Mrs. Briggs
made for publication. It appears that
Mr.. Briggs was an easy husband to
have become reconciled with up to
the time that he was transfxed with
Indignation on seeing a painting
called Innocence" displayed In the
show window OF New York picture
shop. IL was a startlingly accurate
portrait OF Mrs. Briggs in a sitting
pose clothed only In her innocence
which. Mr.. Briggs recollected. also
was the garb OF a standing figure
upon canvas entitled September
Morn"
Worse yet. with Mrs. Briggs full
knowledge and consent, an art firm
was putting published copies OF the
picture on the market. This awful
prospect Just at the time when he
had great hopes OF u reconciliation
Could he ever endure the idea OF his
wife as Innocence" displayed In
every shop window as the rival OF
September Morn He rushed on
and put IL to her just that way.
Why" said she. its work OF
art. a classical painting. II the
VelasQuez 'Rokeby Venus was a
sitting instead Of a reclining figure
you would notice their resemblance
in classic purity of purpose and de
sign. The painting Is all that II
claims TO be-'Innocence.'
Its got my wife's face" said he
land IL doesn't wear any clothes"
When Mrs. Briggs. from her ar
studio viewpoint. remarked with sar
casm that there was nobody but tbs
man in the moon there to notice Il
all chance OF a reconciliation van
ished. Mr.. Briggs. who. Il appears
had already made some investigation
into her former marriage and divorce
rushed OF and filed his counter sui
for annulment. This caused Mrs
Briggs to be interviewed. She said
Il met Harold Porter in Canadi
when he was in college. was four
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sight Ear In the rear. and sunk in deep
pits underground. are groups of 12-inch
mOrtars. The marksmen In charge of
them do not see the enemy. but deliver
their fire in response to orders. as 10
range and direction. given from n dis
lance by Officers who are provided for
the purpose with mathematical observing
instruments.
AT the present time. By the way. our
own War Department IL establishing a
formidable battery OF such mOrtars In the
crater OF an extinct volcano on the Island
Of Oahu. In the Hawaiian archipelago.
II Is six miles east OF Honolulu. and the
volcano, jutting out into the sea, IL called
Diamond Head Hidden behind the era
ter's rim, these mighty weapons. dis
charging explosive shells toward the
sky AZ an angle Of forty-ive degrees. can
throw them with such accuracy as to drop
them with fair certainty upon the deck
81 an enemy's warship six miles away.
Forts In former tines were huge struc.
lures Of masonry. with enormously thick
walls. They could not stand agains
modern high-p0wer guns. which arc cas-
~ capable Of Wrecking any physical oh
stacic that man can create Hence. 10
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works. The guns and mortars are In pits
called "emplacements"-und ground.
All that appears to tue eye Is an arrange
ment OF well-kept lawns
Such a fortress cannot be destroyed
except by actual capture. To attack IL
successfully with artillery. the enemy
would be obliged literally to batter
down the landscape. II Is a congerIes
Of little forts. each emplacement with
its group OF guns or mOrtars being inde-
pendent IL one should be taken by the
foe. the others would all concentrate their
Gre upon Il Immediately and drive the
enemy out
q The strongest Qualifications in the
Western Hemisphere defend the harbor
OF Halifax. y. 8. yet to the view there IL
only rolling EreensWard. with clumps OF
bushes here and there. the whole effect
suggesting rather the work Of the skilled
landscape gardener than that Of the mill
tary engineer.
The aim a. always invisibiHty In the
great war now going on In Europe the
Eunpowder used a. All OF u OF ne smoke
less kind-a device fer concealment. u
does not reveal 70 the enemy the where
abouts Of the marksman. n renders the
hidden sharpshOoter doubly dangerous.
BY reason Of the fact that he cannot be
located. Ills bullets strike. but u l. not
known whence they come.
Today all OF the warships OF the Pow
ers engaged IN the European conflict are
painted gray. II renders them invisible
a. night, and relatively inconsplcuous
IN the day time To show. however. how
imagination I'm such matters may 90
ahead OF facts. n a. worth while here 90
quote some remarks made BY the lead
ing newspaper OF Santiago tCubal. IN IT,
issue Of March 3. 1888. commenting on
the naval Preparations Of the United
States ID said.
~Of an the improvements that are
being introduced IN the United states
navy, perhaps. the most curious are the
disguises Tor their warships FOR use In
time OF var.
These disruises consist Of painted
srreena % wood and oilcloth. 80 hxed
that they can be lowered overheard and
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the stage. are made up OF actors and
scenery. For military purposes II IS de-
sirable that the actors shall match the
scenery as closely as possible. Khaki
matches a desert first rate. but most land
scapes are dark green.
The Invisible man I'm modern warfare
occupies an Invisible house. The tents
O. he German troops now operating IN
french territory are gray, like their
clothing. Those in use by the British
army are OF khaki color. Thus the up
to-date military camp presents a far less
conspicuous target than the white city
OF an old-fashioned army. Like the in.
dividual soldier. q hides from view.
in former days. as in our own civil
var. officers in battle were readily dis
tinguishable by large epaulettes and
other insignia Of rank. The enemy's
sharpshO0ters were thus enabled 20 pick
them on In order that this may not
happen. BIch Insignia nowadays are re-
ducod In size as much as possible Even
ChcUOns on the sleeves ~ the mon
CONS" are much smaller and less conspic
uous than OF old.
Even the war balloons are made az
nearly Invisible as possible. This might
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fastened 10 the ships side. covering and
hiding the batteries. and so painted a.
exactly TO represent some particular YES
sci Of one OF the commercial lines plying
between New York and Europe.
"The advantage TO be gained from such
a clever continuance is obvious. as it
enables a ship. on sighting an enemy Of
greater power or speed. to don q peace
full. innocent disguise and evade pursuit
OF. on the other hand, TO approach
weaker adversary without exciting
suspicion"
'The navy yards in the United States
have been working steadily on this
problem since last November. and sew
eral OF the large cruisers are already
equipped IN the manner described. The
New York viii impersonate the Kaiser
Wilhelm l. OF the North German Lloyd;
the cruiser Columbia IL 10 represent the
Fuerst Bismarck. OF the Hamburg-Ameri.
can Packet Company. and the cruiser
Minneapolis will be disguised as the I'm
bria. Of the Cunard line. We have not
obtained an exact list Of the rest. but
suffice q to say that each warshiD OF the
United States viii be able when desired
10 assume the aspect Of some Nell-knOWn
peaceful merchantman."
Nonsenaical, OF course hut in this
world the real often transcends the
purely imaginative Thus an almost
weird interest attaches 20 certain e0.
poriments actually made a short time
ago BY our War Department IN the treat.
ment Of field artillery for invisibility. u
vas found that such artillery, when
painted In vertical stripes OF red. blue
and yellow. disappeared entirely from
view AZ a distance OF only 1000 yards
IN woodland. among the trunks and trees
they are intircly invisible AZ even short
distances Here In hint which the com.
10 great advantage.
One should not forget the fact that
submarine boats are designed primarily
Tor hiding under water. Whether on
land or sea. wherever methods Of fEht
ina are concerned. thc aim On view IL a.
ways c0nccaiment from the enemy In
visibility first
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V.fosIl-D you believe that any
wv Toman's Innocence could
w get her iaso trouble, Isn't
.snoscncs the most ideal of all her
Iosssssions: Doat az the poets and
preachers make OF Innocence tbs sum
OF ell fcrainins virtues? Way. even
crusty Cd Or. Samuel Johnson, who
compiled TIC r-st rally useful Eng
lish dictionary. coa,d forgive An sSo
that nclts n unperceived decay aud
c.ides IN modest innoceace away"
And yet Mrs. Charlotte Davies
Briggs can show by records OF the
courts that she has been twice the
victim Of her own innocence.
First. her outward appearance of
Innocence was so striking that cele-
brated painter was inspired to perpet-
uate IL in n picture called limo
cence." copies OF which were scat.
tered broadcast over the land. Be
cause this Innocence" was quite
innocent OF clothes. IL got Mrs.
Briggs into trouble with her hus-
hand.
But Mr. Briggs agreed TO pay her
counsel fees and S25 a week alimony.
Then. all OF n sudden. her innocence
victimized her a second time. This
was her innocence about divorce
laws. which has caused alimony to
fade away beyond hope OF recovery.
On Tuesday. October 10. Justice
Leonard Giegerich, OF the New York
Supreme Court. signed a final decree
annulling the marriage OF Victor Har-
vey Briggs and Charlotte Davies
Briggs, on evidence that Mrs. Briggs
had never been legally divorced from
her first husband.
This decree restores what the law
yers call the status quo anticipating
Charlotte Davies Briggs back where
she was. matrimonialiy. before she
went through that marriage cere-
mony with Victor Harvey Briggs.
According TO the decree-which set
ties 1.-THE said Victor Harvey never
was the husband of the said Char
lotte Davies. AS one can't divorce a
woman 10 whom one never was mar.
ried. OF course one doesn't have 10
pay dllmOuy 10 lndl NOmdn. %
Charlotte Davies Briggs account with
, her own Innocence" and innocence
is all on the debit side. and may be
summarized thus:
Goodby, wealthy and generous Vic
tor Harvey Briggs,
Farewell. alimony,
Yet there appears 10 be a credit
side after all. for she who iately wal
called Mrs. Briggs remarks:
I'D rather be happy than married
anyway
The foregoing are the essentials oi
the story. Some OF the details arr
interesting. even picturesque.
As Charlotte Mayburne. Cleveland
Ohio. society giri and prize beauty.
she was frst known TO fame. \
local beauty competition brought ]
about She came to New York an
served Harrison Fisher and other al
fists as a model. Victor Harye
Briggs. manager for a New Yorl
firm OF printers and bookbinder
. met her and fell in love with hel
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ring in that same separation case. in
which Mrs. Briggs charged her hus
band with cruelty.
Cruelty" he exclaimed. "why she
threw a settler bottle at me Fortu.
nately she was a poor shoe but IL
showed her violent temper"
Really" explained Mrs. Briggs, Il
didn't throw any bottle at him. did
squirt little settler at him. He was
in very hot temper, and | wanted
TO cool him Off"
After thinking IL over. Mr. Briggs
said that he might have borne all
this, but one evening he cape home
and found his wife dancing before an
open window CARRIED only in her pos
ing costume.
After the Innocence" incident Mrs
Briggs said 1T is perfectly absurd
that my husband should object &c
that painting. Why. he knew that
was posing for pictures more or Less
classical. have posed for Harrison
Fisher and many other noted artists
It's purely a matter OF business
At the same time. according to Mr.
Briggs testimony. he was turning his
$75 weekly pay envelope over to he
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Mrs Briggs InnOosnty Playing With Puppy and Toy Dog

teen and he was nineteen. We got
married and he went back to college
and | went back home. l divorced
him in Cleveland because his parents
wanted me to do so. | don't know
anything about the legality of the
decree.
But there Is no unfriendiiness be-
tween Mr.. Briggs and myself. The
last time he sent me alimony he in.
closed this poem:
IF you and I-just you and
Should laugh instead OF worry;
II We should grow-just you and L
Kinder and sweeter-hearted.
Perhaps I'm some near by-and-by.
A good time would get started
Then what a happy world 'twould be
For you and me-for you and me"
The alimony referred TO had been
paid by mutual agreement in the
separation proceedings before limo.
Genes" had inspired Mr.. Briggs To sue
for annulment. II appeared 10 repre-
sent Mr.. Briggs desire for a reconcid
alton. which Innocence" effectually
disposed Of.
Still, there was some lively spar
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Why the Red Trousers of the French Waste Lives War Whose hvbt

~ EPORTS from Europe indicate that
the French soldiers are paying a
tremendous penalty for the van
ity Of being equipped with red trousers.
These spots Of red make perfect targets
for tho Germans. and as a consequence
military mathematician figure that az
least one-third more French are killed
than would he Y their uniforms were
less ConspicUouB
The cables regarding the red trous-
ers OF tho French and their effects on
battlefield mortality turn attention TO the
pecuiar aud do-.ioant factor OF invis-
ibiity IN this var II =. as far g. pos
s.hle. an invisible wHr. In this greatest
CT siruggies man las gene back TO the
old principle OF protective cOlOration"
that W the greatest weapon % insects.
birds aid some OF tae lower animals in
their struggle for existence against
stronger easmie1.
The iiritiSa soldier r. clad ~ e uniform
Ct yeilewish dirt cOioret Khaki" IN o-5sr
that be may harmonic with the lard
acape and be az nearly Invisible a. pos
glbie
Tas Germans. With the same idea a
view. are uniformed IN gray. Even their
helmets are covered with the same gray
ol0th--an ex2edient entirely new IN the
present war. T0elrs is an army Of shad
cWs. the moi hard % distinguish from =
grass background or from the trees Of
a forest out u which thoy advance. Tley
make poor targets % shoot a.
D u has been seriously augxcstad that a
thaki-coiOrcc breed o; horces might NJ.
Developed for uae - cavalry. Quite pos
si0iy this may yet be done. Meanwhile
attempts have been made 10 dye horses
q Khaki Tint with a solution the chief ir-
grediant of which a. permanganate -
potash. I'D % date 20 aauafactnry re-
suits have been obtained from these ~
perimentl
m the army % the United States khaki
has been replaced % great extent BY
uniform material 81 another color. Enow1
~ olive drab" no ie considered BY our
War Department decidedly preferable 10
the yeii0uish art color. harmOnizing much
better with most landscape. The pic.
lures presented By war rks those Of
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evidence compelled the court to find
that Charlotte Mayburne, owing TO
defective divorce from Howard Por-
ter. never had been Mrs. Briggs at all.
So you see what paradoxical results
Innocence" can bring about-in spite
OF the high esteem In which limo
cenee is held by the great poets. As
for example:
Ills best companions. innocence
and health. "-Oliver Goldsmith In
The Deserted Village"
When faith Is kneeling by his bed
OF death,
And innocence is closing up his
eyes
Michael Drayton. away back In
1890.
20 mirth and innocence, o milk
and waterford Byron in "Beppo."
And dallies with the innocence OF
.ove."-Shakespeare in Twelfth
Night"
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they met by accident. Her
statement goes on:
"He was pleased TO see
me. and asked me to go
into the Waldorf and have
luncheon with him. / was
hungry and consented. We
were soon seated at a cor
ner table. He was smiling
at me and I was smiling at
him. He said that he had
forgiven me for posing.
and wanted me 20 come
hnnE IA Hnra-nA La Ill
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What are you going TO do about
itg' he asked.
"Tsam thinking II over replied.
and III have to think a whole lot
before ! make up my mind
Justice Giegerich's decree annulline
the marriage appears 10 Indicate
either that Mrs. Briggs mind was not
easily made up. OF that oyerpowering