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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-05-20

Her race was still averted. and when
she did not speak he turned his head
from ier on the pillow, with a breath
that was almost moan. She started.
looking at him an instant in piteous
hesitation, then swiftly kissed the lit
tie key and closed her hand tight upon
1t. Truth? She saw only the pillow
and the graying face upon 1t! She
threw herself on her knees by the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15
THIEVES RICE LEAVES TRAIL
Mcpherson Officers Find Robbers
Repairing Flat Tire

Mcpherson, Oct. 13.-The mer-
camille store at Conway was brok-
en- into and robbed yesterday. Word
was Immediately sent to Sheriff l..
E. Jackson and Deputy j. L. Seitz'
who took a motor car, found tracks
from the store that led to car in
the road going west They followed
and overlook machine with two
young men repairing a tire. me
machine was new, with latest equip
ment and self starter. In the front
seat was found unconcealed a large
quantity of cigars and the rear seat
and chest were filled with under
clothing.
In robbing the store they upset a
sack of rice and were tracked by
means of this, as they had stepped
in 1t and rice was found clinging to
mud on their shoes. The men have
given several names. On returning
to Mcpherson Sheriff Jackson found
a notice of the theft Of car from
Wichita and the machine was iden-
titled as being the one.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15
TELLS OF COMRADES
PLAN TO ESCAPE

Junction City, Oct. 19.-Their
daring plan to escape from the Fort
Riley guard house frustrated py
another prisoner, Privates john
Demming, Eighteenth infantry; Ed
ward Hildebrand, Fifth cavalry, and
Charles w. Hotting, Sixth field ar
tillery, were placed in solitary con-
finement and an investigation is
being made.
Acting on the informer's tip that
a Jail delivery was about to DO
made, the officers of the day search
ed the cells, finding number OF
saws and wrenches which had been
struggled into the guard house.
Phree of the bars in Demming's
cell had been cut and several 9TH
ers had been partially sawed
through.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

~Doi what funi" she cried. a. the
car started.
aThe flaid.marshal was Partow, their
chief OF starr" westerling asked.
ayes" said Mrs. Galland. Il remem'
ber when he was a young infantry ON
Ger before the last war. before ne mao
won the iron cross and become 80
rreat He was not OF an army family
"a doctors SON. but very clever ana
skilful."
"Getting q little old for his work."
remarked Westerling. But apparent
" he is keen enough to take per
sonal interest in anything new.
"Wasn't II thrilling and-and ter
rible!" Marta exclaimed.
eyes. like war at our own door
again." replied Mrs. Galland, who knew
war. She had seen war raging ON the
mass road. "Lanstron. the young man
said his name was" she resumed after
a pause. "No doubt the Lanstrons OF
Thorbourg. An old family and many
of them in the army"
"The way he refused to give in-tna1
was nnel" said Marta. !.
Westeriing. who had been ensrossed
in his own thoughts. looked up.
Courage Is the cheapest thing an
army has! You can get hundreds OF
Young ofiicers who are glad to take q
r,sk Of that kind. The thing is," and
his fingers pressed in on the palm OF
his hand in a pounding gesture OF the
forearm, ito direct and command
head work-organizationl"
"If war should come again" MARIA
began. Mrs. Galland nudged her. A
Brown never mentioned war to an ON
Ger of the Grays; 1t was not at all IN
the accepted proprieties. But Marta
rushed on: 80 many would be en-
gagged that 1t would be more horrible
than ever"
"You cannot make omelets without
breaking eggs" Westerling answered
with suave finality.
THE aeroplane will take Its place as
an auxiliary" he went on, his MIND
still running on the theme OF her
prophecy, which the meeting with Lam
stron had quickened. "But war VIII,
IA ever. be won by the bayonet that
takes and holds a position. we snail
have no miracle victories. no"
There he broke of. He did not &C
company Mrs. Galland and Marta back
to the house, but made his adieus al
the garden-gate.
"T'm sure that shall never marry o
soldier!" Marta burst out as she and
her mother were ascending the steps.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15
CHURCH
ELECTS OFFICERS

Atlanta Ca, Oct. 13.-The Rev.
Walter M. White, Cedar Rapids, Ia.'
was elected president Of the inter-
national convention of the Disciples
of Christ. other officers elected by
the annual meeting include /. W.
Gill, Wichita, Kan, and e. L. Rig
don, San Francisco, vice presidents
and Fred w. Fleming, Kansas City,
Mo-, treasurer.
A poll to abolish the general deli
egate convention system of annual
meetings was withdrawn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

Junction City, Oct 1S.-Six head
of live stock. including horses and
mules valued at several thousand
dollars. were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed the Harlow w.
Pugh livery barn early this morn
ing. Later, another mule, that had
been turned out of the barn, was
killed by Union Pacific train east
of town. A man who was sleeping
in the hayloft was awakened by the
heat and had q narrow escape. The
origin Of the IRE Is q mystery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

that he thought he would try rising a
little higher. The submits Of the range
shot under him, unfolding a variegated
rug Of landscape. He dipped the planes
slightly, intending to follow the ranges
descent and again they answered 70
his desire. The tower doomed before
him az suddenly as II 1t had been shot
up out of the earth. He must turn,
and quickly. to avoid disaster; he must
turn, or he would be across the white
posts In the enemy's country.
"Oh!" groaned Marta and Mrs. Gal
land together.
In an agony Of suspense they saw
the fragile creation Of cloth and BAN
boo and metal, which had seemed 90
secure as an albatross riding on the
lap Of q steady wind. dip far over
careen back in the other direction, and
then the whirring noise that had grown
with its flight ceased. 1t was no longer
a thing Of winged life. defying the Law
of gravity, but a thing dead, falling un
der the burden Of living weight.
THE engine has stopped exclaimed
Westerling, any trace Of emotion Il
his observant lmperturbabiiity that o
satisfaction that the machine was tn
enemy's. He was thinking Of The o.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15
TRIED no BRIBE JUROR
Richmond Case at Salina Takes q
Startling Turn

1salina. Oct. 13.-An attempt TO
bride, or at least influence Juror
has been made in the Clifton Rtcn-
mond conspiracy and forgery case.
So Russell Wakefield, one OF the
Jurors, testified in open court. MT.
Wakefield said that Thursday ev-
ening about 1880 while at the Ma
tional hotel where the jurors are
kept, he went into toilet room.
He heard a voice say, Here Rus
sell." and a paper was handed over
the door to him. Following Wake
fields statement on the stand the
defense made a strong effort To-
have a mistrial declared, the jury
excused and a new trial granted
but this was overruled by the court
The message read:
Russell: Don't fail to free Rich
mond. It's a put up job. He Is not
guilty. Will prove this to you after
wards. l will get you $50 on this, so
don't fail to hang jury. Don't show
or tell it to any one. You can talk
several more into staying with you
as there are or others on there
for Rich. Furthermore there is no
evidence to show him guilty.
Schwartz or Anspach are the guilty
ones. Nuns the word. Destroy this
at once"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

Hawk-syed. with q great beak nose
and iron-gray hair. intensely and sol
emniy serious, lacking a sense OF
huuor. he would have looked at home
with his big, bony hands gripping q
broadsword hilt and his lank BODY
clothed in chain armor He hard q
mastIfrs devotion to its master for his
chief.
"Since Lanstron became chief OF In
telligence OF the Browns information
seems to have stopped" said Wester-
ling but rot complainingly. He appre-
cilted Bouchard's loyalty.
"Ycs, they say he even burns MS
laundry bills, he is so careful" bou-
chard replied.
But that we ought TO know" Wes-
terling proceeded. referring very IN
slstently to a secret Of the Browns
which had bafied Bouchard. Try
woman" he went on with that terse,
hard directness which reflected one OF
his sides. There Is nobody Ike
woman for that sort OF thing. Speho
enough to get the right woman"
Turcas and Bouchard exchanged
glance, which rose SUCCESSFULLY from
the ton of the head of the seated vice.
chief 1of STAFF. Turcas smiled slightly
while Bouchard was craven as usual
"You could hardly reach Lanstron
though you spent q queens ransom
said Bouchard in his literal fashion.
81 should say mott" Westerling ex-
claimed. mo doubt about Lanstron's
being all there! saw him ten years
ago after his first aeroplane flight un-
der conditions that proved 1t. How
ever, he must have susceptible suoor
dinates."
Wen set all the machinery we
have to work to find one, sir" Bou-
chard replied.
Another thing, we must dismiss any
idea that they are concealing either
artillery or dirigibles or planes that
we do not know Of" continued Wester-
ling. "That is a Pigment Of our appre-
tensions. The fact that we find no
truth in the rumors proves that there
is none. Such things are too important
to be concealed by one army from an
other"
"Lanstron certainly cannot carry
them in his pockets" remarked Tur'
cas-. still, we must be sure" ne
added thoughtfully, more to himself
than to Westerling, who had already
turned his attention to document
which Turcas laid on the desk.
1.-THE 12sth Regiment has been or
dered to South La Tir, but no order
yet given for the 1920, whose place 1t
takes" he explained.
Let it remain for the PRESENT."
Westerling replied.
After they had withdrawn, the look
that passed between Turcas and Bou'
chard was a pointed question. The
1920 to remain at South La Tir! Was
there something more than "newspa
per talk" in this latest diplomatic
:. crisis between the Grays and the
Browns? Westerling alone was in the
confidence of the premier OF late. ANY
exchange of ideas between the two
subordinates would be fruitless sur
mise and against the very instinct o.
star secrecy, where every man knew
only his work and asked about no one
else6.
Westerling ran through the papers
that Turcas had prepared for him. Il
Turcas had written them, Westerlinf
knew that they were properly done
Having cleared his desk into the hands
Of his executive clerk, he looked at the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

In this story Mr.. Palmer, the
noted war correspondent. has paint
ed war 40 he has seen II on many
battIeAsIds, and between many ma
.sIons. His Intimate knowledge Of
.arnIes and ornaments has enabled
hIm to produce q graphic picture OF
che greatest Of all wars ana me
knowledge Of conditions has led
hIm TO prophssy an end Of armed
conflicts. No man 10 better guar.
ned TO write the story Of the final
vorld war than Mr.. Palmer, and
he has handled hIs subject with
snastOr hand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

n unused. This done. he put seven
teen under twenty-seven and tniIv
two under forty-two. He made tn0
subtraction and studied the two tens,
A swing door opened softly and nls
executive clerk reappeared with a sot'
tread.
some papers for your signature
sir" he said as he slipped them on me
blotter in front Of Westerling. AND
the 1s2d-no order about that. sirf'
he asked.
"None. II remainsI" Westerling TO
piled.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

clock. It had barely turned four. He
picked up the final star report OF OBJ
setvations on the late Balkan cam
paign, just printed in book form,
glanced at It and laid 1t aside. Already
he knew the few lessons afforded by
this war done on the cheap" with
limited equipment and over bad roads.
No dirigibles had been used aud few
planes. 1t was no criterion, except In
the eject Of the fire Of the new pattern
guns. for the conflict Of vast masses OF
highly trained men against vast masses
of highly trained men, with rapid
transportation over good roads, com
plete equipment, thorough organiza-
ton. backed BY generous resources, in
the cataclysm OF two great European
powers.
Rather idly, now, he drew q pad to
ward him and, taking up q pencil
made the figures seventeen and TWEEN
tyseven. Then he made the figures
thirty-two and fortytwo. He black
ened them with repeated tracings ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-15

ton his new assignment; he was going
TO the general star at the capital. MIS-.
Galland murmured her congratulations
in conventional fashion.
Marta's chair was drawn back from
the table. She leaned forward In
favorite position Of hers when she was
intensely interested. with HANDS
clasped over her knee. which her
mother always found aggravatingiy
tomboyish. She had mass OF lustrous
black hair and Q mouth rather large
In repose, but capable OF changing
curves of emotion. Her large, dark
ewes. luminously deep under long
lashes. II not the rest of her face, had
beauty. Her head was bent, the
lashes forming . line with her brow
now. and her eyes had the still flame
of wonder that they had when she
was looking all around q thing and
through II to find what It meant.
Some day you will be chief Of stan,
the head of Gray ARMY" she suddenly
exclaimed.
Westerling started as II he had been
surprised in a secret. Then he flushed
slightly.
"Why?" he asked with forced care
lessness. your reasons? They're more
interesting than your prophecy"
Because you have the will to be-"
she said without emphasis, in the I'M
personal revelations Of thought You
want power. You have ambition"
He looked the picture Of It, with. his
square Jaw, his well-moulded head set
close to the shoulders on sturdy
neck. his even teeth showing az his
Inns parted in an unconscious smile.
Marta, Marta! She Isis 80 ex-
plosive," Mrs. Galland remarked apollo
getically to the colonel.
81 asked for her reasons. / brought
It on myself-and 1t IL not a bad COM
pliment," he replied. Indeed. he had
never received one so thrilling.
His smile, a smile well pleased with
itself, remained as Mrs. Galland began
to talk Of other things, and its linger'
ing satisfaction disappeared only with
Marta's cry at sight Of the speck in
the sky over the Brown range. She
was out on the lawn before the Others
had risen from their seats.
IAN aeroplane! Hurry" she called
How fast the speck grew!
Naturally, the business Of war
watching for every invention thai
might serve its ends, was the mrs.
patron Of fight Captain Arthur Ian
stron, pupil of a pioneer aviator, hat
been warned by him and by the CHIEF
| of star of the Browne, who was look
ing on, to keep in circle close to the
ground. But he was doing so wei
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

Fortunately the American party Congress is making
strong fight against the repeal of the free tolls provision Against
the protest like Clark and Underwood gag rule was
enforced Friday for the purpose of raroadg the
through the House But the Administration which counted
a majority of hundred votes found thirty odd behind it,
An awakening of ALL the members of Congress the
merits of the will defeat the bill and insure the free
our Canal to American vessels.
The Georgian asks its readers make their Congressman
clearly understand American sentiment Telegraph what you
and what your friends think about Let them know that YOU
heartily dsapprove President or of any one else announcing
that right wrong should yield Great Britain
Insist that in this coming vote they act for you and
England
YOU understand the matter Make your congressman I'M
deTstand it.
The patriotism of Americans never been appealed to in
vain Every great President who has refused be bued by
British arrogance has understood this thoroughly jefferson
Jackson Cleveland knew that they would be abundanty sup
ported when they voiced American sentiment
with foreign countries.
Congress win be amply supported if it acts periodically.
The convenience of President is importanto the Presi
dent The welfare the American people of paramount i'm
poTtanCe TO the whole country.
II is your money readers which has Maid for the Canal Il
your money which will so upkeep and its defense Let
Congress refuse you ships the right go through and you
will say eoodby forever to the hope American merchant
marine.
incidentally you will find it yaluee as means of cheap,
atey high And YOU viii pay the added price the Taroad
will exact UNLESS THE CANAL SHALL BE KEPT OPEN
10 AMERICAN VESSELS
You have heard endless argument as to the merits of the
The abest lawyers IN the country contend that
perfect right to own Canal way The cor
poraon attorneys like Elhu Root naturally insist that we
haven any such right.
And the President without going deeply into the merits of
the matter airy says that right wrong should give
England all she asks for
What the President does in the matter YOU can not help
now will be three years before there Presidential cleo
ton But there a Congressional election next fall
And American citizens is your duty every
Congressman understand that If they like of Tories
today their places viii be filed with AMERICANS after next
election day
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
Bv DOROTHY DIX

ual, and both standards of meas
urement are wrong.
When God made woman He
gave her Imagination as a conso-
lation prize so that she would
never have to see her husband
and children as they really are.
A woman's definition Of true
friend is another woman who will
stand for the stories about her
children's smart sayings, without
retaliatirg by repeating what her
infant prodigies do and say.
Many neglected wife of a rich
man tries to smother the ache in
her breast by piling point lace
and diamonds on it.
The only happy women are
those who have genius for little
things and an Unsuitable thirst for
small beer tattle.
Some of the choicest Jewels in
many a wife's collection were
bought by her husband for her
with conscience money.
In the strange scheme Of Justice
it is the bad women who avenge
the wrongs Of the good women.
Only fools laugh at a woman
lavishing her affection on a dog.
The discerning weep at the spec
tacle of heart so poor that it has
nothing but a dumb brute to love
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
Let COngressmenVOte as Ameri-
cans and Not as British
Subjects
Better to Disobey President Than to Prove traitor to the
People.

The gentlemen who sit in Congress to-day will do well to re
member that they represent American people and not the
subjects of the British King
The Canal bill before them It which repeats
wise and patriotic action already by Congressin the
days when Congress from railroad and English in
uence request Great Britain Congress asked to de
prve ships of all advantage from the costly
Panama Canal England which spent not penny toward the
building the Canal demands that English ships use on the
same terms American ships.
We dug Canal and paid for it. England seeks to stand
gateway and refuse to permit American ships to pass
through it English terms
The issue could not palmer a straight out and out
English and American commerce The
railroads patriotism always reckoned in dollars and
cents side with England
The President Of his sides with England
BUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ELECTED TO REPRE-
EENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFORD TO
SIDE WITH ENGLAND And they attempt to side with
England and against their counymen there will be other
Congressman replace them Immediately after the next election
The Speaker the House Representatives Champ Clark
able patriotic has refused to cast his vote in support
of England unreasonable demand The majority leader Oscar
Underwood business of wide experience and very level
side with England At the risk of offending
President many have taken the
that Americans entitled to consideration by Congress
than Engishmen
CLARK and Underwood, BECAUSE THEY ARE BIG MEN
have the courage risk Administration dspeasure and to vote
and speak in support of an AMERICAN POLICY
some OF Lne OJneTs, bGCAOGE 1nE1 AhE LII LIE lIIIN
mey the Administration bids them content with the hope
of reward for their betrayal of the citizens who elected them
To them would say:
THAT hope gentlemen, is pretty himsy af
fair. The American people will judge you by
your vote on this canal bill.
THE American people will stand by you as
long as you stand by them. They pay you. They
are justified in believing that you will serve them
''If you do not serve them you will be retired
very suddenly to private life where you will be
out of reach of the Administration pie counter,
and beneath the notice of the very men who are
now urging you to act against the interests of
your countrymen."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

~YMPATHETIC women are
the worlds pincushions.
1t is strange that the wo-
man who prides herself on always
speaking the truth so seldom tells
anything but an unpleasant truth.
For a woman to be without
someone to hate makes her al
most as lonesome as to be without
someone to love.
Women achieve more to spite
their enemies than they do to
crafty their friends.
There are so many women in
the world who are pure gold
with a dull finish.
Some widows wear wells to hide
their grief. Other widows cover
their faces with wells to conceal
their Joy
The test of a woman's clever
ness consists in never letting her
husband find out how clever
she is.
Our husbands respect us for our
virtues and admire us for our
strength of character but they
never love us so well as when we
are making three-ply idiots of
ourselves
Men Judge women as a whole.
Women judge men by an individ-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

the Roman farmer who, two
thousand years ago, scratched the
surface of his land with wooden
pillow, separated the wheat from
the husks with a wooden roller
called "tribulum" The process
was called tribulatio. On any he
roic view of human life our "trib-
ulations'' are the experiences
which separate the chaff of our
disposition from the good grain
And that is a lesson worth learn
ing.
Nearly forty years lie between
'Trench's Study of Words" and
Miss Wright's magnificent vol
ume, Rustic Speech and Folk
Lore" just issued by the Oxford
University Press, The passion
which was born in the breast OF
that ignorant lad now seizes with
joy upon this storehouse Of
wealth. Some wise person who
knows all about rustic speech and
knows it all wrong is on record as
saving that the average country
man has a vocabulary limited to
500 words. The English Dialect
Dictionary. in six volumes, con-
tains 100000 definitions
Miss Wrights researches link
on our common American words
with the golden age Of English
literature. The word chores"
viii serve for illustration as well
as another The boy who has
not done chores" is greatly to be
pitied The English have the
word as char" and retain it in
"charWoman' and the like. A
saying traced back as far as 1878
and then lost belongs to the tales
of a grandmother, That char is
char'd, as the good wife said when
she had hanged her husband.
Shakespeare has II in Antony
and Cleopatra. Chairman seeks
to repress Iras with her swell
ing words addressed to the dying
queen, Royal Egypt, Empress
ard Cleopatra says:
NO more. but cen a woman, and
commanded
BY such poor passion as the
maid that milks
And does the meanest Chares
From the Dialect Dictionary it
appears that there are 1900 words
of telling person he is fool
II is necessary to learn few
more Of them 10 describe the In
diVldual who can see only words
i'm what poor Hamlet called
W ords, words, words.