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South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27

Helen gasped as she pictured this
ponderously fat woman in dress Of
that silk.
Il suppose these cclors are fast?
expect TO wear il at the seashore-you
don't think the salt air would fade
it?"
The clerk gravely assured her that
the cOlors we're fast.
How wide is this? You said six
yards would be enough. didn't you ?"
That's - AZ inches, madam. Six
yards is what we usually sell. but per-
haps. apOlOgetically, you might re-
quire a trifie more"
This light is so poor to Judge col
ors by after another ten minutes hes
itation. Gould you take these To the
Window"
The colors were raw and glaring
enough to be seen in any light. yet
the clerk patiently took the three
bolts out in the aisle.
Helen knew now thar her chances
for being waited on would be better
with any other clerk. but she was
curious 10 know just how much more
of this clerks time this woman would
have the presumption to take.
Well. this isn't quite hat | want
-Dul i suppose 1 ii take IL. Sne luT-
INJURED at length. reluctantly You're
quite sure you haven't anything you
haven't shown me that | might like
better?"
Madam, I've shown every piece Of
foular5 in stock helplessly
We'll, six and a half yards OF this.
then" in an injured tone that implied
she had been hurried, to her decision.
Helen gave quite an audible sigh Of
relief. The clerk measured off the
silk and took out his scissors.
oh wait-just a moment. Before
YOU cut it-just let me see this other
piece again. 1 wonder after all if l
wouldn't like this better? Yet l don't
quite like that striped effect. There
was one here very much like this
without that-Oh. here it is. Now,
if | could see this in the light"
Helen knew that if she had been
that clerk she would have screamed.
But the clerk. with an imperturbable
face. took the bolt to the light
brought it back and gazed EXPRESSION
less into space. while the woman be-
gan again 20 pull over all the other
silks.
You didn't show me that. did you?"
pointing to a piece the clerk next to
them was showing.
That's taffeta. madam. You said
YOU wanted only foulard."
We'll, Of course. If | can't get what
in fOulard I may have to take taffeta
Let me see what you have anyway"
BY this time Helen felt that she
herself wanted 10 shrek, yet with a
perverse curiosity she was determined
to see it through.
With divine patience the clerk now
brought out bolt after bolt of taffeta.
When he finally said that is all We
have in taffetas madam" she again
went back to the foulards. To have
room TO show the taffetas. he had put
some of the fOulards away. These he
got out once more.
We'll. | really don't think any of
those are exactly what / want, but
YOU can give me "A sample of this
And yes-Ill take one of this too.
oh. thank you
And she walked off serenely.
With the same eXpreSsionless face,
the clerk turned TO Helen.
I'll take six yards of this. please"
The astonishly brisk curtness of
Helen's voice was due both to her
tenseness and to a perverse desire to
emphasize the swiftness of her deci-
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27

Hall Gaines great play THE Chris
tian" i'm picture form will be the at
traction at the oliver for four days
starting today at ESQ The pTOduC-
tion 4 stupendOus one containing
five hundred scenes and enacted by
an excellent cast including Earl VIII
iiams. Edith Storey. James LacSaye,
Alberta Gallatin, Charles Kent and
Edward Kimball IL requires eight
reels to show the pictures SO only two
performances will be given each day
at $50 and S.15. The admission for
the matinee will he ten cents and at
night ten and twenty cents. This is
the first OF a number of feature pic
tures Mr. Hines will present at the
oliver during the season.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
At THE ORPHEUNI

The Orpheum bin changes today
and one act not previously announced
viii bc seen. The Four Wants troupe
of expert wire artists replace an aero
batic act. Fiddler and Shelton. eX-
pert coloTed entertainers. Will offer
their original act, "Sufocated With
DeIightedncss Chas. Bowscr a co.
have a cOmical Conccit in the sketch,
superstition" The three Dixon sis
tcrs. IN songs and dances. and George
and Mack. in comical songs, viii COM
pletc the bill
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
MUST NOT SELL TOBACCO
Methodist State Convention j. Op-
posed Ia the Use.

PARAMOUNT Ind Aug. 20 - The
Wesleyan Methodist state conference
In session here Wednesday adopted a
resolution declaring that the use. cul-
tLVatiOn manufacture or sale OF any
form OF tobacco is bar 90 fun MEM
hership in the church Each cOngre-
cation In the state must adopt the res
c.lution before it becomes a law. The
church already has taken a like stand
on liquor.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
Az THE MAJESTIC

The Majestic offers new faces on
the vaudeville bill today and new pic
lures in that portion Of the program.
The latter include. "Rube. the Inter
loper''. and In old England for the
Kalem studio. "Dr Smiths Baby.
which is : really laughabIe Nitagraph
comedy. Lies Lottery will add a
touch OF the dramatic TO the bill.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
MANY AUSTRIANS DESERT
Rescrvists Failed To Show Up Accord
ing To Prisoners.

ROME. Aug. 27.-Dispatches from
Nish declare that there have been
wholesale desertions from the Austri-
an army. Prisoners taken by the Ser
vians say that in some regiments for
" per cent of the reservists failed to
show up. 1t is said that Emperor
Francis Joseph is being kept in ig-
nOrmce of the real state of affairs.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27

4 first aid package is included in
in the equipment of every aerOplane
belonging to the German army. 1t is
placed behind the seat of the pilot.
and marked with a conspicuous red
cross. so as to he readily found by the
first person to reach the scene of the
accident.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
GETS CUSTODY OF CHILD
Judge Van fleet Issues order for
Mrs. Mary Jacobs.

Judge Vernon w Van Fleet has
issued an order permitting Mary
Jacobs. who has filed suit for divorce
from Walter Jacobs. possession OF All
their household furniture and cusl p
of their child. The order also b..
quircs that the husband pay 81 per
week for the support of the child dur
ing the pendancy of the action.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27

1.-THE Calling OF Dan Mathews"
Harold Belle Wright's latest play is to
be the first dramatic attraction Of
the season at the Oliver, coming next
Tuesday evening. September first The
book has had popular run and the
play bids fair 10 Outclass that other
success OF Mr.. Wrights THE Shep-
herd of the Hills"
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
JOHN BUNNY.

Bunny. the pOmpOus mayor Of
Smithtown, finds himself locked out
of his own house, tries 10 get in by
way OF the dumb-waiter. it sticks
when half way up and his wife, think
ing him a burglar. calls the police. \
squad OF officers arrive and fire their
revOlveTs mp the dumb-%aiter shaft.
Bunny. who has fallen asleep. is awak-
ened with "a start. sending the dumb
waiter crashing To the cellar. There
he is pOunced on and after "a terrific
struggle. subdued. The police dis
cover Il is the mayor and almost
faint. while Bunny angrily shouts he
will "break" every one of them They
go meekly out while his sympathetic
wife nurses his cuts and bruises IL
is a comiCal affair. but Bunny takes
il quite seriously and considers il no
joke.
Bunny will apear in the Locked
House" at the Auditorium today. sup
ported by Flora Finch and Paul Kel-
ley.
The Masked Wrestler" a two act
drama featuring Francis y. Bush
man and Beverly Bayne, the Pathe
daily news with the latest war and
other items OF interest and The
Business Boy and the Droppers-In"
one OF George AIDES fables viii also
Ice shown.
Friday Klaw and Erlanger viii pre-
sent The Fatal Weddins" a three act
ulelodrama and Warfare I'm the
skies" a two act Nitagraph with Earl
Williams and Edith storey in the cast.
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27

New pictures at the Colonial today
~ THE Prosecution. a dramatic
Vitagraph: The Captains Chair" a
sea story by the Selig players and one
Dther good comedy
South Bend news-times., 1914-08-27
The Fat Woman.

have. madam" answered the clerk
with an unmistakable note Of wear'-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
FASHIONS RosEBUDs OF IRON
New Jersey Blacksmith Probably the
Most skIllfuI Metal Worker In
the World.

Louis Van Boeckel, the blacksmith
Of small Belgian hamlet, has won
more than local fame by his skill in
fashioning flowers from metal by
means OF the tools of his trade. He
has an American rival, however, in the
person of James Gran, a blacksmith
whose smithy is in Plainfield, N. ].
ut Is interesting to watch this
smith make rose," says a writer in
the New York Sun. "He first fashions
the core, and then FORCES the smaller
petals, hammering the ends out fat.
Next, he takes a contrivance shaped
like a screw-driver and opens the out
er petals first. After hollow
ing out the petals, he grasps the iron
rosebud in a pair of tongs, thrusts 1t
into the fire, and heats the stems of
the petals. He takes 1t out of the fire,
and hammers the stems into a solid
mass.
"He forms the larger petals in the
same manner, and having thus made
the complete rose, he grasps it with
larger tongs, heats and hammers it
again, and finally puts the red-hot,
glowing mass in wise.
"All the different parts of the flower
he FORCES separately. He makes the
veins, or radical ribs of the leaves,
with the peen of the hammer. The
same tool, when it is slightly tilted,
and its blows directed to the outside
Of the leaf, makes the serrated edges
of the leaves. He first holds the piece
from which the leaf is made in the
tongs and heats and fiattens it on the
anvil. He forms the center rib in the
leaf by letting that part lap over the
edge of the anvil while he fiattens the
rest of the leaf.
"Mr. Gran works entirely from men,
DRY, and uses no model. His skill in
metal working Is said to be greater
than that of Van Boeckel himself"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
SUSPECT CONFESSES
Staying B0TSF|ELD
J. Hammond Says Victim First
Assaulted Him.

West Branch, Mich, March IL
John Hammond, or John Forbes"
the man arrested in connection with
the murder of Charles Botsfield, con-
fesed to Sheriff A. o. Guilford, Prose
cutting Attorney Bennett, William
Hammond, his brother and press
representative, at Rose City. =
Hammond says that Botsfield enter.
ed their house after doing the chores
and complained about doing too much
of the work. The former says he
got his shotgun and other belongings
and was getting ready to leave when
Botsfield began hurting wood at him,
and was in the act of striking him
with missile when he shot him, his
victim falling over the bed. He says
he carried the body t. the barn, re-
turned to the house, and washed away
the blood. About noon he set the
harm on fire burning two horses, three
cows, three pigs and about fifty chick.
ems.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
WEAK and DISEASED HEARTS
TREATED FREE
BY the Great Specialist, Or. Franklin
Miles. Who Will Send His New
Book and a So. 60 Treatment
Free.
Many So.Callsd "Incurabls"
Cases Cured After 9 co l3
Physicians Failed

To prove the remarkable curative
powers of his new Special Personal
Treatments for heart disease, short
breath, pain in side, shoulder or arm,
oppression, irregular pulse, palpita-
ton, smothering, putting of ankles, or
dropsy, DIR. Miles will send free to
afflicted persons 50 so treatment.
These treatments are the result of
80 years extensive research and re.
markable' success in treating various
ailments of the heart, liver, stomach,
kidneys and nerves, which often com
plicate each case. So astonishing are
the results of his treatment that he
offers all sick persons two pound
Trial Treatment Free. His Book con.
tains many wonderful cures.
Send for Remarkable Cures in Your State.
Certainly nothing could be more
generous. Few physicians have such
confidence in their treatments. All
afflicted persons should avail them
selves of this liberal offer, as they
may never have such an opportunity
again. Delays are dangerous. No
death comes more suddenly than that
from heart disease
Send at once for his Book. Examin-
alton Chart. Opinion aud Free Treat
ment. Describe your disease. Address
DR. Franklin Miles. Dept. HA., 206 to
GIG Main Street, Elkhart, Ind.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
Sea Monsters,

That "thresher shark" of fabulous
dimensions just caught on the south
coast of England is fast becoming a
formidable rival of the sea serpent
and the big gooseberry. He is fairly
common during summer around Corn
wall, where he does great damage to
pilchard and mackerel nets, in which
he completely finds himself, like a
caterpillar in his chrysalis. The
thresher shark is also called the sea
fox, from the remarkable tail, which
he uses to brighten shoals Of fish, and
so make them more easily caught.
There are sailors yarns that this
whiplike tail is sometimes used for
flogging whales to death. But the
real prosecutor of the whale is the
gladiator dolphin or sword grampus
(Delphinus gladiator), a very carniv-
orous fellow, who kills and eats
whales, seals and even his brother
porpoises.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
Many Divorce DEGREES MuddIed
= by New York Justice.
ONLY new YORK GROUND HOLDS
Divorces Granted in Other States
Against Resident of Empire State
Void Unless on Single Ground statu.
tory In New York-Marriase Follow
ing Illeaal-InvaIidates Thousands.

New York, March 11.-New York
~lll not recognize divorces granted in
other states against residents of this
state unless they are given upon the
single ground which Is statutory here.
This decision was handed down by
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum an.
hulllng the marriage of Mrs. Mary C..
Berry, the California cattle queen"
Justice Greenbaum's decision is in,
terpreted to mean that where a d.
vCrce had been granted to a bona fide
resident Of another state against a
resident of New York, it will be null
and void here on other than recognized
grounds and consequently marriage
contracted by either party to the di.
vorce is void here.
Even where persons are married in
another state lawfully, under that
states laws, the New York courts will
not recognize the marriage if void un-
der our laws.
invalidates Thousands of Marriages
This, unless reversed, will make in.
valid thousands of New Jersey marri-
ages between defendants in divorce
actions prohibited from remarrying
here. 1t will illigitimize children born
under alliances of defendants who 60
outside the state to wed.
Mrs. Berry, in her annulment pro.
ceedings, named Belle G. Berry as the
actual wife of the defendant, Charles
Berry, when she herself was married
to him in 1912. Mira. Berry No. had
divorced her husband in 1910 in Hi.
nois on the ground of desertion.
Justice. Greenbaum, finding Berry q
resident of this state, accords PRO
lection" to him in the divorce Action
CT his first wife.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
DEANOF SPORT WRITER'S DIES
w. w. Naushton sueeunbs to Heart
pisease at San Francisco.

San Francisco. Cal, March Nv.
w. Naughton. president of the san
Francisco Press club and dean OF
Pacific coast press sporting writer's
known the length and breadth OF the
country died at his home from heatt
disease after an illness of a fortnight
Naughton was seized with acute IN.
digestion, attended by pressure OF gas
on the heart. after a late supper ana
lis condition was recognized imme IL
otelv TO be critical, but the follGwiL 9
day he rallied and when MS pnys,,
clans permitted him to be r'turneo
from St Mary's hospital to MS nome
81 was believed he wsuld recover
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
HUMORS OF THE CHINESE WAR
Foreigners Got Much Amusement Out
Of Doings of the Very Serious
Native Soldiers.

Humor, of grim sort, of course,
abounded in the revolution which es-
tablished a republic in China. Fred
erick Mccormick. in "The Flowery
Republic" tells of the formation of a
corps in the north who gloried in the
title, Dare to DIE" The rebels in
Canton were not satisfied to adopt
this term from their brothers, and
delighting in the superlative and ex.
treme, called themselves the Deter
mined to Die" The first were merely
willing marty~s, but the Cantonese
were desperate for death. A foreign
wag dubbed them the Much Wanchee
Dies"
Among the various military organ
izations that sprung up In Canton"
says Mr.. Mccormick, twas company
of bomb throwers called the Bomb
Pioneers Their uniform was light
blue foreign knitted underwear that
fitted them as their own skins. They
wore brown knitted socks supported
by American garters. Over the I'M
derwear they wore shoulder braces
from which were stretched across the
breast white bands bearing the name
Of their organization. Their leaders
wore blouses and caps and carried
swords. In parades they sometimes
carried arms full of bombs and were
in danger of blowing whole streets
to atoms. In public meetings on two
occasions there were accidents In
which numbers Of people were killed
and wounded"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
ing purpose runs"

Ing purpose runs.
The moving picture film, beginning
with the far-off days when chaos lay on
the waters. is depicting for us how God
called the earth into being from the
void and how He has upheld 1t and
sustained it and carried ii onward and
upward toward its divinely appointed
goal, All this is done while machin,
cry. reproducing spontaneously the
tones of the human voice, helps in en-
tertaining, enlightening and instruct
ing the auditor
All this Is being accomplished and
will be accomplished by the marvellous
photo-drama of Creation" produced
by the International Bible Students
Association. This body of earnest and
active supporters and disseminators
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
shakespeare In California.

The Los Angeles board of education,
acting upon the advice of School Su-
perintendent Francis, has excluded
1.-THE Merchant of Venice" from the
schools. 81 do not believe" says Fran
els, that The Merchant of Venice cor
rectly portrays the character of the
Jew. There are many fine traits of
Jewish character that are not brought
out in Shakespeare's play" Why not
exclude all of Shakespeare's plays?
Hamlet" for example, which the
Francis type Of mind would naturally
consider as suggesting that all Danes
are morbidly semi-insane; Macbeth, "
which Mr.. Francis might presume to
imply that all Scotchmen are murder.
ers.-Sacramento Union.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
Notice Of Primary Election.
To the Electors of the City of owosso:

Take notice, that the city primary election
OF the City OF Owosso. Michigan, will be held
In said city on Monday. the tweptv.third day OF
March, IVA, for the purpose OF nominating
two candidates for each OF the following
named Offices. namely a Mayor for a term Of
three years; a Commits sioner of public utilities
for a term of two years; a Commissioner OF
public improvements for term OF one year,
and constable for q term OF two yeats. AT
said election the two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for each office shall
be the candidates whose names shall be
placed on the ballet for the municipal election
TO be held on April 9th. 1914.
he following named places are hereby
designated according TO resolution OF the
Common Council OF said City as The polling
places in said city for said primary election:
First ward-No eli North Ball street
Second war6-Owosso Times Printing ONCE,
East Main street.
Third ward-Citv Hall, East Main street.
Fourth ward-Fourth ward voting booth,
South Water street.
Fifth ward-No. 1905 West Main street.
The polls OF said primary election will be
open from seven o'clock In the forenoon until
five O'Clock In the afternoon OF said day.
Dated March 9Th, 1914.
ARTHUR II. DUMOND,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
MUNCIE "DRYS" VICTORIOUS
Many Women Help Put City In Pro.
hibition Column.

Muncie, Ind, March 11.-As a re.
suit Of the local option election Mum
Gle will become the largest dry" city
in the state of Indiana within ninety
days. as provided by law. A bitter
campaign waged for several months
terminated in a victory at the polls
for the dry" forces by majority OF
462 votes. In the 1911 election the
"wets" won by a majority of 504.
Determined to reverse the condi.
ton at the polls hundreds OF women
took part in the election and served
luncheon and hot coffee.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
MISS BRANDT AFTER
zEIGLER'S MILLIONS
Iowa Teacher Thinks She Is En-
titled to Half of S15,OOO,OOO.

New York, March 11.-Testimony
upon which Miss Florence Louise
l5randt, kindergarten teacher of
davenport. Ia, and sister of VIM.
Aiegler, Jr., relies to recover a half
OF the $15.000,OOO estate left by the
late VIM. Zeigler, the baking powder
manufactures, has been received here
from Chicago, where it was taken by
commission under an order of the
supreme court. Patton and Patton,
Miss Brandt's attorneys, who appeared
before Commissioner Hugh O'Neill in
Chicago, when the witnesses were ex-
amined there, believe that the testi.
mony proven their contention that
VIM. Zeigler repeatedly promised to
make Miss Brandt a joint heir with
Der brother, VIM. Conrad Brandt, who
changed his name to VIM. Zeigler, Jr
after he had been adopted.
The testimony shows that she con
sented to have her adoption by her
uncle abrogated as The result of the
continued pleading NY her father,
George w. Brandt, who died on Dec.
II last, less than two weeks before he
was to haJn appeared before Commits
sioner ONoill and testify in her be-
half. Her mother, Mrs. Anna II
Brandt, who had been divorced from
her father shortly before she and her
brother William were adopted by tn
baking powder manufacturer did MOI
consent to the abrogation of the adop.
ton, and this is one of the grounds on
which Miss Brandt claims that she
is entitled to half the estate which
which went to her brother under the
Zeigler will.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
STATE LEASES 215 ACRES
jackson Prison Warden Adds Farm
to Those Now Worked.

Jackson, Mich, March 11.-Warden
Simpson leased the Jay F. Lowden
farm, four miles northeast of Jackson,
and will use it in connection with the
other prison farms this year.
The lease is made with an option
for the purchase If the property,
which consists of 215 acres. 1t will
be operated by convicts.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
PHOTO DRAMA OF CREATION
Eee and Voice United Tell Absorbing Story of Human De
velopment-Life Of Christ eliminating FACT of History
One Feature Of Non Sectaran. Free Exhibition.

the hidden. mechanical lecturer, speak
ing in tones of eloquence and might.
explains clearly each picture.
Scenes Staged In Holy Land.
The preparation of the films used in
the exhibitions has involved cOnsid-
cradle expense and activities conduct
ed in all parts of the world. The cam
eras have been carried into the Holy
Land, and there on the Mount OF
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
CHARGES AGAlNSTJUDGE FAIL
Congress Body Refuses to lmpeach D.
T. Wright of District Court.

Washington, March 11.-Charges by
w. H. Cooper, local banker, against
Justice d. #. Wright of the distric,
supreme court, asking for his impeach.
ment, were dismissed by the house
judiciary committee as "uncorrobor.
ated."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
HELPED CATCH JEFF DAVIS
Andrew j. Ward Passes Away at
Grand Haven, Mich.

Grand Haven, Mich, March IL
Andrew ]. Ward, Sc, enty years oio'
died here at his home of cancer OF the
stomach. i.
Ward was member Of the band OF
the Fourth Michigan cavalry under
Colonel Pritchard, late of Allegan' dur
ing the Civil war, and had the distinc'
ton of being present at the capture
of Jefferson Davis near Macon, ia
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-13
Solomon Generous as Well as Wise.

A family travelling in covered
wagon through Solomon the other day
had an opportunity to learn what kind
of people live in that town. A horse
belonging to the travellers dropped
dead In its harness on the main street
Of the town. The family was poor
and had no money to buy another
horse, so the Solomon folks took up
a collection. bought a horse. gave 1t to
the strangers and sent them on their
way within a few hours.-Kansas City
Star.