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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-31
BIG DAMAGE IN FIRE

New York, Jan. Sill firemen in
iured, 1900 women driven from Bar
on De Hirsch Home for Working
Girls, an entire block was threatened
and S25O,OOO damage done when fire
swept Walters Piano plant, 226-228
E. 63d street, early today. Explosion
tore out 63d street side of factory,
followed by second explosion which
tore out side wall and injured fire
men. Three is hospital in critical
condition.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-31

bridge. He was issuing orders and
men were running back and forth.
The deck was already awash and /
realized was facing death. l muir
INJURED a prayer and looked around
for the lifeboats. One was being
swung on the davits and started for
it. But as l did, there was sudden
roar like an explosion, the deck on
which l stood seemed to press me
into the air and then l seemed to lose
consciousness.
when l struck the water the
shock startled me. l cried for help.
Others were. crying. Men and wo-
mems voices rose on the still air in
a horrible moan. 1t was awful. l
gave up hope. The dense fog seemed
to shut out everything.
"Just as was slipping away into
blissful unconsciousness, there came
sudden shock as Of someone strik-
ing my face. l had been saved"
The government investigation of
the wreck will begin Monday. De-
spite the most positive denials by Of
fcials of the line, the rumors prevail
that the Monroe was inclined to top
heaviness and secretary of commerce
wired federal inspectors that the in
quiry must be thorough and all re-
sponsibility must be fixed.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-31

COACHES FLOP-TWELVE HURT
Lockport, ILL.,, Jan. 31.-Ten per-
sons were injured, two probably
fatally, by the derailment of the mid
night flyer of the Chicago & Alton,
from Chicago to St. Louis, in blind
ing snowstorm near here today.
Seven coaches and the engine left
the rails when the front trucks of the
locomotive struck a broken rail. Two
coaches turned over.
Those cut and bruised were: W. B.
Smith, New York City; w. o. Speers,
$50 Lawrence av., Chicago; E. A. G.
Hay, 4512 Franklin blvd, Chicago;
E. H. eRynolds, Is VandeVenter pl.,
St. Louis; Fred H. Ehmiller, Flora
blvd, st. Louis; w. B. Stocks, 713
117th St, New York; ]. G. Mckee,
Little Rock, Ark; John B. Brown:
Chicago.
The seriously injured are: Lewis
Barr, Malta, Mont, and Miss Pearl
Holmes, Chicago, internally injured.
1870
MAY EXPOSE MORE N. Y. GRAFT
New York, Jan. 31.-Expecting to
produce records which will show that
Charles F. Murphy, chief of Tam
many Hall, James E. Gaffney, his al
legged "bag-man" and others bought;
great quantities of real estate dur
ing the last two or three years, Dist
Atty Whitman ordered records of
county clerks Office in seven counties
searched, as part of his probe into
highway graft.
1870
TRAINS CRASH-ONE MAY DIE
Saginaw, Mich, Jan. 31.-Pere
Marquette passenger train No. 1
ploughed into rear end of freight
train No. II. Harvey L. Hirschbaum
of Evart, conductor of freight. may
die. Two others seriously hurt. Fifty
passengers thrown from their seats
and MANY received minor injuries.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-31
SLAYER GIVES sELE UP

SLAYER GIVES SELF UP
jacksonville, ILL.,, Jan. 31.-John
Henry, slayer of Chas. Ezard and
Constable Everett Grain and Grains
5-year-old son at Woodson four days
ago, was brought to the county Jail
after giving himself up last night.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-31
THIS IS FUNNY

The grille who went out to swim
And hung her clothes on lin b
Had no fear of water.
The lifesaver caught her.
That's why they hang medals on bin
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14

termination. Down through the noisy
crowd he pounded ut the heels of his
antagonist, then out upon the second
lap. But now his fatigue increased
rapidly. and as it increased, 20 did
SINNERS lead. At the second turn
Wally was hopelessly outdistanced,
and began to sob with fury. In an
ticipation Of the last, long, terrible
stretch. Back toward the final turn
they came, the college man desper-
ately laboring, the cook striding on
like q machine. Wally saw the rows
Of FERNS standing upon the fence, but
Of the shouting he heard nothing.
Skinner was twenty yards ahead now,
and fung q look back over his shout
der. As he turned into the last
straightaway ne looked back again
and grinned triumphantly.
Them. Wallingford Speed gasped,
and calling upon his uttermost atom Of
strength, Quickened the strides Of his
leaden legs, Skinner had fallen!
A shrek of exultation came from
the Flying Heart followers; 1t died as
the unfortunate man struggled to his
feet, and was OF again before his OPP
ponent had overtaken him. Down the
alley Of human forms the two came;
then as their man drew ahead for an
instant or two, such a bedlam broke
forth from Gallagher's crew that Law
renee Glass, well started on his over
land trip, judged that the end had
GENE.
But Skinner wavered. His ankle
turned for a second time; ne seemed
about to fall once more Then he
righted himself, but he came on hob
bling.
The last thirty yards contained the
tortures of a lifetime to Wally Speed.
His lungs were bursting, his head was
rolling, every step required q separate
and concentrated effort Of will. He
knew he was webbing, and felt his
knees ready to buckle beneath him,
but he saw the blue tight-stretched
ribbon Just ahead. and continued to
lessen the gap between himself and
Skinner until he felt he must reach
put wildly and grasp at the other
mans clothing. Helen's face stood out
from the blur, and her lips cried to
him. He plunged forward, his out
flung arm tore the ribbon from It's
fastening, and he fell. But Skinner
was behind him.
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ly possessed by the blind Of DR.
rection that guides the homing pigeon
or the salmon in its springtime run.
He was headed tow ard the east.
why, it's Larry!" calculated Speed.
And Cloudy and Carara."
"Wally, your man has lost his rea-
son!" Chaplin called.
At that instant the watchers saw
the Mexican thunder down upon
Glass, his lariat swinging about his
head. Lazily the rope uncoiled and
settled yer the fleeing figure, then,
amid a cloud Of dust. Carara's horse
set itself upon its launches and the
Whitehead figure came to the end Of
its flight. There was q violent strug-
gle, as IL the oowbody had hooked q
leaping tuna, cactus plants and sage
brush were ~uprooted, then the pony
began to back away, always keeping
the laris. taut. But Glass was no
easy captive. as his threshing arms
and legs betrayed, and ven when he
vas dragged back to the scene Of the
race, painting. grimy, dishevelled, the
rope still about his waist, he seemed
obsessed by that wild insanity for
flight. He was drenched with perspi-
ration, his collar was dangling, one
end Of a suspender trailed behind him.
At sight of Speed he uttered a cry.
then plunged through the crowd like a
bull, but the lariat loop slipped to the
neck and frightened like q hangman's
moose.
Larry" cried his employer, sharply.
have you lost you head?"
Amt they g-g-got you YETI" queried
the trainer in q stranglins voice.
"You idiot, l wont"
What"
II ~won-easy."
You wont" Larry's eyes were
starting from his head.
"He sure did" said Slower. Didn't
you think he could?"
Glass apprehended that look Of sus-
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SYNOPSIS.

Cowboys Of the Flying Heart ranch are
heartbroken over the loss of their much
priced photograph by the defeat Of their
the centipede ranch. A house party il
On at the Flying Heart. ]. Waflingford
speed, cheer leader at Yale, and Culver
nsr. are expected IntsfrS0iif aaien sia amp spe FSP,
swsethesrt, suggests to Jean Chaplin, sis
ter of the owner of the ranch, that she
ihe'D %oSoTrap H hsT Iov ssc, to win fhs back :
Covington won't run. Speed will. The
cowboys are hilarious over the prospect.
Speed and his valet, Larry Glass. trainer
at Yale, arrive; Helen Blake asks Speed,
who has posed to her as an athlete, to
race against the Centipede man. The
cowboys join in the appeal TO wally. and
rearing that Helen win find him cut, he
consents. He insist. however, thai he
shall be entered as an unknown. figuring
nat C~ovington win arrive in time to take
sts ItaSs' Fresno, gies club singer from
Helen, tries to discredit Speed with the
ladies y the cowboys. Speed and Glass
t Ruti II fn n1a time they are r. supposed .epSe to Be
The cowboys tell Glass 1t is up to him to
see that Speed wins the race. Willie, the
sunman declares the trainer will 50 back
gram comes from Covington saying he In
In Jail at Omaha for ten days. Glass in
a panic forces Speed to begin training In
IN the training quarters and prepare min
a diet of very rare meat. Miss Blake
bakes a cake for Speed and is offended
It C~ovington arrives on crutches. He
says he broke his toe in Omaha. Mrs.
Aeap. engaged to Cevington and in love
Helen, because Speed had failed to pre-
vent .Covington from joining the party.
Speed decides to cripple himself, hut
with a proposition to throw the race.
Glass attempts to escape at night, but is
captured. Fresno gives Gallagher, the
Sentipede foreman. $500 to bet against
Speed for him. Helen Blake hears OF IL
n bets $500 on Speed. Glass recognized
Skinner an a professional runner.
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reach his point of vantage the sprint,
ers burst into the homestretch. Larry
Glass saw it all at a glance-Speed
was weakening, while Skinner was
running easily. Nature had done her
utmost; she could o work the i'm
possible. AS they tore past, Skinner
was ahead.
The air above the corral became
blackened with hats as II a flock OF
vultures had wheeled suddenly; the
shrek of triumph that rose from the
Centipede ranks warned the trainer
that he had tarried too long. Heavily
be set of across the prairie for New
York.
The memory Of that race awakened
Speed from his slumbers many times
In later years. When he found tbs
brown shoulder OF his rival drawins
past he realized that for him the end
OF all things was at hand And yet
be II said TO his credit. he held dog
gsdly to his task, and began 70 6ghi
~aDing strength with renewed Dc
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CHAPTER XVIII.

HE only thing in the world
that the victorious Speed
wanted was to lie down and
stretch out and allow those
glowing Goals in his chest
to cool OF. But rough
hands seized him, and
he found himself astride
of Stover's shoulders and
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14
Children, Color Up ThIs Picture.

copyright, 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Long time ago, as the sun went
down behind the notch in the noun
tains, the old men would take the lit
lie boys of n Indian tribe to a quiet
place outside the camp and say to
them:
Listen! Soon you will hear the call
Of the messenger of the Thunder
Boys" And when the quail began to
pipe, the old men would tell this story:
After the two IONS of the Wise Mar
and the Wild Boy who lived in the
trees had let all the animals out OF the
cave. and after they had scattered over
the world, SO many men became hunt
ers and hunted the animals so much
that the animals decided in council
that they would go away.
All but the quail, who lived right
beside the people and ate the corn
from their fields. The quail said:
Il will stay"
So. all the others went off to the
country in the West beyond the suns
door, where the hunters could not fol-
low them. And then the corn which
the people had stored began to run
low, and everybody got hungrier and
hungrier. The hunters went every
where, but could find no animals of
any sort
Except the quail-and the quail was
SO friendly that they would not kill it.
And the quail said:
you must send for the Thunder
Boys who live in the West beyond the
suns door and ask them how to get
back the animals. l will be your mes
senger."
So, just as the sun was going down,
the quaiI sang her song and few away
through that gap in the mountains,
which is the suns door.
Next morning. the two Thunder
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picion. Certainly" said he. Didn't
/ say no. all along? Now take that
clothes line on Of me; I've got to run
some more"
.
That evening ]. Wallingford Speed
and Helen Blake sat together in the
hammock, and much Of the time her
hand was in his. From the bunk
house across the courtyard Hoated
the voice of the beloved Echo Phone
graph, now sad, now gay; now shril-
ling the peaceful air with Nine. Mel
ba's Holy City," now waking the
echoes with the rasping reflections OF
"silas on Fifth Avenue" To the
spellbound audience gathered close
beside 1t, 1t was divine; but deep a.
was their satisfaction, 1t could not
compare with that of the tired young
SON Of Eli. Inefable peace and con
tentment were his; the whole wide
wsrld was full of melody.
"And now that I've told yeu what
a miserable fraud | am, you won't
stop loving me?" he questioned.
Helen nestled closer and shock her
head. There was no need for words.
Jack Chaplin came out upon the
porch with the chaperen. We'll, Fres
no caught his train" he told them.
And we have had such q glerious
drive coming back, The night II
splendid"
Yes, SO nice and moonlight" Wal
ly agreed pleasantly, whersat Jack
Chaplin laughed.
It's Is black It pitch"
why, SO It Isl" Then as q fresh
song burst forth from the very heart
of the machine, he murmured affec-
tionately: by Jove. there goes The
Baggage Coach Ahead once more!
That makes ten times"
Its q beautiful thing. isn't it7"
Miss Blake sighed dreamily.
Il believe I'm learning to like It
myself" her lover agreed. Poor
FrezI"
/.
The bridesmaids wors white organ
die and carried violets.
THE END.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14

gyrating about the Echo Phonograpt
In the midst of a war-dance. He
kicked violently with his spiked shoes
whereat the foreman bucked like q
wild horse under the spur and dropped
him, and he staggered out of the
crowd, where a girl few Il him.
"Oh. Wally," she cried, Il knew you
could" He sank to the ground, and
she knelt beside him.
Skinner was propped against the
corral fence opposite, his face distort
ed with suffering, and Gallagher was
rubbing his ankle.
"'Taint broke, / reckon" said Gal
lagher, rising. 81 wish to hell II
was!" He stared disgustedly at his
fallen champion, and added: I'VE
don't want y'all for q cook NO more,
Skinner. You was no good NO
how. He turned to Helen and handed
her a double handful Of bank-notes, as
Berkeley Fresno buried his hands In
his pockets and walked away. Here's
your coin. miss. II ever you get an.
other bunch, let me know. An here's
yours, Mr.. Speed; it's a weddin-pres
emit from the Centipede." He fetched
a deep sigh. Thank the Lord vel
git somethin' fit TO eat from now ONT
Speed staggered to Skinner, who
was still nursing his injury, and held
out his hand, whereat the cook winked
his left eye grayely.
The best man won" said Skinner,
and say-there's a parson at Albu.
querque." Then he groaned loudly,
and fell TO massaging his foct.
There came a ~fiuttering By his side
and Miss Blake's voice said TO him,
with sweetness and with pity:
I'm 20 sorry you lost your posi-
ton, Mr. Skinner You're . splendid
runner"
Never mind the job, miss. I've 70,
something 70 remember Il BY" He
pointed TO q sash which Lay besids
him. The loser Sets the r1bbon
miss" be explained CALAMITY.
Oh 70 the right there cams q new
outery, and far scross me IsYsl Drsirs
a strange sight was revealed 70 tins
Dsholoers. a fat sasn IN white esa
neis WA Doubling and io6g1ag sEeal
OF two borssmeD, sRe eyen from 4
considerable distance 4 eDg16 Dlzari,
De seen thas be WAS behaylEg Nth 70
maFkabls agility for one " bssyy
Repeatedly hts ypssasrs Treated hsa
on. bs' he -pshs1 past then, sssnanE
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14
How They Do IL

It's just the same in every country
on earth. The boys who are strangers
to each other meet for the first time.
After standing and looking at each
other for a moment one Of them sticks
up his ose and says:
"Humphi"
"Humph!" repeats the other as his
nose goes up.
you can't fight"
Neither a YOU"
Il car lick you with one hand tied
behind me-"
so can / you"
I'm awful when I'm mad"
Som l."
You orter Q me kick oncei"
@And YOU orter zee me bitel"
HUI
Hui"
And then they go to talking about
goats and dogs and kites and marbles,
and ten minutes later are friends and
taking bites from the same apple.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14

Boys came to the people and heard
what they wanted.
We will teach you seven songs to
sing" said the Thunder Boys, land
when you have learned them, you can
call the animals back
And so they built a fire in the coun.
Gil house and sat down around it to
learn the seven songs. That was a
long time ago, and only two songs are
known to the hunters in this day. One
OF the songs, as the Thunder Boys
sang 1t, vas like this:
BE friend, oh big bear!
Be u friend, oh swift deer!
Be our friend, oh wild ducki
Come and talk with u.s."
And the other song was like this:
We are hungry and lonely;
We are sorry that you left us.
Come back and let us tell you.
When we kill you. swift deer.
We will pray to YOU blood
We will tell you we're sorry!"
Over and over, all day long, the
Thunder Boys sang the songs, and at
A@0S uAA shO nuHiCIS lShFu6u LH6M. anu
then the Thunder Boys ran away out
of the council house and, just as the
sun went down, they disappeared over
the mountains. And on the third day
the hunters began early in the morn.
ing to sing the new songs. Sure
enough, the animals came back. in q
long procession. from the West beyond
the suns door, and the hunters went
out to get meat for the hungry people.
That is why. long time ago. the old
men told the little boys the quail was
their messenger to the Thunder Boys.
and when he sang his goodnight song
she was about to go through the suns
door and carry word for the hunters.
And that is why the hunters sing
their songs before they go into the
woods and to the mountains.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14

flash light on n binding post and
the cord on the other. II the light
goes out, the trouble does not lie In
the sounder, but in some other part
of the line. The line may be test.
ed In a similar manner if one end is
short-circuited and the flash light con.
nected to the other.
A tester of this kind cannot be used
on long lines. or ON instruments of
much resistance, as their resistance
viii overcome that of the light. Keep
in mind the fact that the lamp will
always burn on an open circuit and go
out on a closed circuit.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-14
Down the scale.

A certain bride is very much In lsvs
with her husband and very willing v
admit IT. She likes 70 sound his
praises 70 her mother and to her girl
friendE She has a number Of srfgfnal
expressions. When her husband IL
good she says he IL "chocolats caks,
three layers deep" When he IL very
good he 70 chocolate cake, four layers
deep and 80 IN gr the scale. Occs-
rlonz1gy, however. things take q turn,
The brides mother dropped I'm tbs
other dzy. The bride yas a trins
Dssyish, bat her mother pretended rot
70 notice thEs,
-Ane how wss John tsdayyv was
her inquiry, ~choeslsts, four layers
lssDT~
~ke.s
~ThFes layers sssD7~
~Nes
Tive layers ssspT"
no Thts with q p1st
NThss what IL her,
doc ksesit:~ Hs4aozAd hsstaay
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FIash-LIsht Tester.

button, lighting tho lamp, theG place
the bottom Of the fash light on one
binding post and the cord on tho 9TH
sr, says the Popular Mechanics. II
the light burns brilliantly. the battery
h dead, but IL II burns diniy or goes
Dut the battery IL good.
II may happen that the experiment.
MS Telegraph line IN out Of order and
khs trouble cannot be found. Tho
sous1sY nsy be tested out BY discon-
ssetsng the wires from the instru.
as1t and placing the bottom Of tn
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Education Pays.

It is well enough for a boy to know
the advantages OF an education. The
man In the future without an educa-
ton 10 handicapped. The average
man with an education gets $1,000 a
year; the average man without an edu-
cation can get s1.B0 per day. In forty
years the former will earn $4,000,
while the latter has earned $4,000.
The man with an education IL $500
better OF than the other man. II pays
TO think and to know how TO do Ger.
tain things. Every day in school 10
worth . good deal TO the average boy.
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FLASH LIGHT FOR AMATEURS
Electrical Testing instrument for Elk
perimenters VIII Serve for vari-
ETY. Of Purposes.

The amateur having. an ordinary
fash light a make an instrument
that will serve for a variety OF pur-
poses. 1t is only necessary to solder a
piece OF lamp cord to the spring of the
battery which comes in contact with
the lamp, and pass the end through a
hole drilled In the top of the case.
The end can be fitted with a cord tip.
To test batteries, take the flash
Ugh, In the right hand and press the
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CHAPTER xvn.-contInued.

Instantly a fulllunged roar went up
that rolled away to the foothills. and
the runners sped out of the pandemon.
ium, their legs twinkling against the
~dust-colored prairie. Down to the
turn they raced. Speed was leading.
Fright had acted upon him an an cleo
trio charge; his terror lent him wings:
he was obsessed by q propelling force
outside Of himself. Naturally strong,
1.-the, and active, he likewise pos
sessed within him the white-hot fame
of youth. and now, with a nameless
fear to spur him on, he ran as any
healthy, frightened young animal
would run. At the second turn Skin
ner had not passed him, but the thud
of his feet was close behind.
This unparalleled phenomenon sur
prised Lawrence Glass perhaps most
of all. Was this a miracle? He
turned to Covington, to find him dane
ing madly, his crutches waving over
his head, in his eyes the stare of a
maniac. His mouth was distended,
and Glass reasoned that he must be
shouting violently, but could moi be
sure. Suddenly Covington dashed to
the turn whence the would
be revealed as they covered the last
half lap. for nothing was distinguish
able through the fence, burdened by
human forms, and Larry numbered aft
er him. ploughing his way through the
crowd and colliding with the box upon
which stood the Echo Photograph, of
New York and Paris. He hurled
Mariedetta out Of his path with brutal
disregard, but even before he could