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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
GEN e RAJ.

Henry Clay Craft. the Oldest Journal
list in the United States, died at his
home in Brooklyn, N. Y. aged eighty
two years.
Alfred Henry Lewis, newspaper man
and writer of books. died at the home
OF his brother in New York of an In
testinal disorder.
With gifts whose value totaled $780,
900 and promise that all of the 5000
employees will be given work through
out the coming year. the John b. Stet.
son Company played Santa Claus to its
workers in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Hannah Koskoff is dead in the
Harlem home of the Daughters Of
Israel at New York. She is believed
to have been the oldest woman in the
United States, having been born III
years ago In Kiev, Russia.
Harry X. Thaw soon will make an
other fight TO establish his sanity, in
the opinion of several acquaintances.
The opportunity, 1t is expected. Will
be afforded when Thaw is returned to
New York state to answer the indict-
ment charging conspiracy to escape
from the insane asylum at Matteawan.
The greatest and most widespread
celebration of Christmas in the history
of the United States was reported by
United States postal officials, express
companies. merchants and charitable
organizations. Although thousands OF
their citizens are mourning friends or
relatives among the war sufferers in
Europe. scores of cities welcomed the
natal day of the Prince of Peace with
electrically Illuminated trees. fanfares
of whistles and bells, while singers
paraded the streets.
The request by Colonel George w.
Goethals. governor of the canal zone,
for the dispatch of American warships
to the canal to preserve the neutrality
of the United States, was suggested by
naval officers in charge of wireless
| plants and naval affairs in the zone,
was forwarded to Washington as a
matter of form by Colonel Goethals,
acting in his capacity as governor OF
the canal zone, and the incident is
ended sa far as Colonel Goethals is
| concerned-so announced the colonel
himself upon his arrival in New York
from Cristobal on the steamship Pan
ANA.
Facial beauty is no longer an asset
to women alone. It's loss to mere mar
is ground for damages. So ruled Cir
cult Judge w. NJ. Thompson at Dan
Vile. H.. in awarding John l.. Bill
man, a coal miner s562 for disfigura
ton of his features in a premature ex
plosion in the Two Rivers mine a veal
ago.
Mrs. Antoinette Becker, fifty-eigh,
years old, has confessed, according tc
the police. that she killed Miss Fran
ces Bomholdt. the aged woman who
was found beaten to death at hel
home in Detroit
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
FOREIGN.

A dispatch from Durazzo, Albania, to
the London Central News says that
the palace of Essad Pasha at Tirana
was set ON fire.
The Berlin Norddeutsche Zeitung is
sues warning against using grain to
feed animals, especially rye. which is
needed for breadstuffs.
The Chamber of Deputies voted
unanimously at Paris an appropriation
of $1,7O0,00O,0O 900 to cover the expenses
OF the next six months, including the
cost of the war.
The Imperial Diet was dissolved at
Toxic. The House of Representatives
rejected the army expansion measures
proposed by the government This led
to the dissolution of the House.
Queen Wilhelmina, in signing a bill
Ni1o,000.O0O) informed the finance
minister that she would personally un-
derwrite 100000 florins ($1,o0O. .00O)
Of the amount.
The Swiss government has decided
to order a partial Rehabilitation, ac-
cording to the Paris Petit Parisian's
Berne correspondent, who says that
25O0O0 men will gradually be released
from duty.
The population of that part of Al
SAGE extending from near Altkirch to
near St. Die, strip OF territory OF
about twelve miles, enjoyed n French
Christmas for the first time since
1870 The midnight mass of Christ
mas Eve in Thann WAS celebrated
with exceptional pomp.
Reuters Vienna correspondent says
an official communication issued in
Vienna explains the reasons for the
defeat of the Austrians by the Servi-
ans and announces that Field Marshal
Oskar Potiorek, the Austrian COM
mander-in-chief. has been superseded
by General Archduke Eugene.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
WASHINGTON.

Albert +. Schade was appointed
postmaster at Jojunior. Montrose
county, Colo. This is "a new office.
and Schade is the first postmaster.
Aid for 6s2 Russian Jews, who have
Just reached Alexandria from Jaffa.
was asked in cablegram to the
American Jewish relief organization.
Democratic Leader Underwood pre-
dicted that when the proposed consti-
tutional amendment for woman suf-
frage reached vote in the House it
would be defeated probably by two
thirds vote.
President Wilson played Santa
Claus Christmas day for his small
grandniece. Anne Cothran. who spent
the holidays at the White House with
her mother and grandmother. Mrs.
Anne Howe. the Presidents sister
Congress suspended business
Wednesday and went home for Christ
mas. Both House and Senate ad
journed to meet again Tuesday, Dec,
30.
Great Britain has consented to the
proposal of Americans to send relief
to Jerusalem. Turkey has approved it,
and word now is being awaited from
France.
The parcal post volume for Christ.
mas broke all records, Postmaster
General Burleson announced. New
York and Philadelphia reported the
greatest percentage of increase.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Relaian Tax Cancelled.

Paris.-"German proclamations an
nouncing levy OF 500,000,000 francs
($100. 900, ,O00) indemnity at Brussels
have been passed over" says the Jour
nal, "and the report is current that
the measure was withdrawn by the
German governor as the result of rep
resentations by the American secre-
tary of state, William J. Bryan,
through Minister Brand Whitlock,
pointing out that the tax was In VIC
alton of The Hague convention"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Christina. Cheer In Road Camps.

Pueblo.-At numerous convict road
camps in this and adjoining counties.
as well as at the state penitentiary at
Canon City, Christmas cheer was dis
pensed with lavish hand. Special
dinners, including all the christmas
"fixings," were served to several hun
dred prisoners. At the state prison a
concert by the prison band. vaude-
vile performance and moving picture
entertainments enlivened the day for
the inmates.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get n 1o-eent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
moss, coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed. fermenting food IN tho
bowels or sour. gassy stomach
Poisonous matter clogged In the IN
testines. instead Of being cast out
of the system Is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull. throbbing. sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out al
the constipated waste matter ana
poisons In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you Sleep 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Quiet louvAln.

had look at the now much-talked-
of Louvain. quite pretty old place.
with its magnificent hotel de Vile
crowded in by the impressive church
in the center of the town, and its In
Vulnerable other old gray churches
with long sloping roofs-the place
perfect nest of nuns and friars. The
streets were lined with the high walls
and closed windows of convent after
convent, and huge clusters of monas.
teries were on the hills about the town
many were newly built and modern
and the town was seething with
black-robed priests and brown bare
footed monks and coped nuns. This
was the great Roman Catholic center,
where some of the monastic orders
have their chief establishments The
library of the university, 30 ruthlessly
destroyed, contained priceless col
lection of church documents.-"A
Glimpse of Belgium Before the War"
Isabel Anderson. in National Maya
zine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
nvoiene Adventist Shot and Killed.

Longmont.-William Hopkins. rs. a
member of the Adventists' colony at
Hygiene, was shot and killed by A. s.
Beers, 40. travelling optician and also
a member of the Adventists' settle
ment as result. it is said, OF atten-
tions of Hopkins to Beers wife
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Mine EmpIoye. Had Turkey Dinner.

Leadville.-S. ID. Nicholson, man
ager of the Western Mining Company
gave each of the company's $50 en-
ployes fine. fat turkey for the
Christmas dinner. The local national
banks gave their employees gold pieces.
and the poor were cared for by the
Elks, Eagles, Woman's Club and other
organizations.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Denver Mayor Grants Twelve Pardons.

Denver.-Twelve pardons were the
Christmas gifts OF Mayor ]. M. Per
kins to prisoners in the county and
city jails. Commissioner Thum. as city
clerk, affixed his signature to the pa
pers and the men were released in
time to spend the holiday with their
relatives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Five Burned in Hotel Blaze.

Denver.-Seventy five guests were
routed from their rooms and five were
badly burned in fire at the Bucking-
ham hotel DR.. William E. Stemen res
cued three women from the flames.
The fire is believed to have started in
a room on the third floor. Its origin
is q mystery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
eroncho Buster Die. From Wound

Grand Janction.-Arthur G. Gross,
champion broncho buster, who was
shot by Sam Moore. cowboy. at the NJ
Bar ranch in the Book Cliff mountains.
died in Fruita at the Clovorlawn hos
Dital
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use Of cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant
supercreamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp. hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches. redness and roughness, the
scalp of dandruff and itching and the
hands of chapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard. Cuticura.
Dept Y, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
WAGON Crushes Farmer

Eaton.-Falline from heavily
loaded wagon that ran over his hip
and chest. w. A. Johnson, a farmer
near here, is suffering with frac-
tursd hip and physicians fear ne is in
jured internally and may not recover.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Her Ace.

Howard-Hold old can Miss Jones
be?
Victor-Old enough to call college
men college boys."-Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
Physical Objections

Let me take you apart
You can't. I'm all broken up as it
is."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-31
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service. a
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Jan. 11.--Midwinter Meeting Colorado
Editorial Association at Denver
Jan. 11.-BanQuet Pioneer Printers' So
ciety at Denver Nie
Jan 1S-1,.-Meeting State ASSN of
County Commissioners. in Denver.
Jan. 2O-2l.--Colorado Good Roads As
sociation Meeting. in Denver.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03
BOOK REVIEWS

Forty Years OF It," by Brand
Whitlock. p. Appleton 81 Co, New
York and London. 1914.
Memoirs may be divided for all
practical purposes into two classes
scenes and known persons worth de-
scrtbing, but who have not the art
70 describe them. and writer's who
have plenty Of art, but nothing to de-
SORT be They write delightfully."- Of
tea parties and personages nobody
ever heard OF. The present volume
Is an extraordinary exception 70 the
rule. 1t is in fact the most delight
fu Of resent American memoirs. the
life story Of a man who has lived
amid great movements. and. who. al
the same time. Is a literary artist
Few If any men in this country
nave had such an experience as Brand
Whitlock s He is a writer Of poetic
feeling. a dreamer, an ldealis', n
specimen of that type which has NTH
erto been so ruthlessly relegated 10
the retired life and which ia now
lust beginning to enter the field of
practical politics, Americans are
lovers of old things they have deep
and abiding affection for the regula-
t{on public man with his threadoare
program Of vague promises covering
a keen ambition for office. They nat
uraliy distrust the real reformer. the
man who Is in politics for something
else than personal benefits: Il seems
so extraordinary, uncanny even.
Brand Whitlock Is Of this genus
and of species rarer much than that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03

the practical idealist 1t has beer
his fortune to uphold the idea Of hon.
est government for many years tx
tho face of the most crushing de.
feats and whitening neglect and nnai'
ly To win power and achieve many
Of the reforms fought for. AS The
friend and fellow worker of Altgeld.
Golden Rule" Jones and Tom John
son In the lnaterialistic and capital.
istio eighties and nineties in Illinois
and Ohio. NhltIock gained his FIRST
experience IL public affairs and these
are the days he tells us about IN hs
book. Few character portraits In re-
cent American literature arc hetteI
than Whitlock's drawing ~ Colder
Rule" Jones, OF Toledo, that incre4-
ihle man who actually attempted "a
put the golden rule in practice The
well meaning. but unfortunate Ait.
geld and Tom Johnson. greatest Of
municipal tribunes. are also made 70
live and speah fer us. r is likely that
this deferse Of Aligeld VIII lead tn
reversal of public opinion concern
ing a man who has endured about
as great burden ~ abuse as any
figure in American history
Forty Years OF II" is book good
10 read and good for the reader. II
IL SO charming, 80 high. so inspiring
u patriotism aud ideal!sm thar you
rise from II q better and what IL
more. "A Drawer citizen. For Brand
WhitloCS Is an opttmist and tells how
wrong and oppression entrenched and
insolent may be overcome and cast
down, The friend who contributes
the introduction rather regrets Thai
Whitlock could not have devoted his
life to literature instead Of politics.
~
are plentiful enough, but true and ear
nest men fighting for good govern
ment through long and weary years
are so few that We feel even ons
cannot be spared.
n. r. ECKENRODT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03
.lBATT THIS NUISANCE.

Following up remarhs anent Broad street
oafine to which this paper took occasion to
call the attention Of tho police recently. me
Fir9iaion wishes further that the authorities
would have an eye To the disorder prevalent on
Seventh street, between Broad and Marshall,
every day during the lunch hour~l2 10 ] O'Clock
All that hour a mob Of colored women employed
al laundry locatod In that block, parade the
ueiehborhood and make themselves generally
obnoxious TO pedestrians Tho writer one
Of a eroup Of these women walking FIVE abreast
on the sidewalk ia common sight At that hour)
wantonly Insult a white man yesterday and then
curse him when he mildly protested. There are
several plans which suggest themselves 70 us IN
abatement Of this nuisance which is especially
haraasing 10 the white women going to and
from the market but we leare the solution Of
the matter 10 the police. At that hour the
he iebborhood IS filled with these wenches strut.
tine up and down the sidewalk and pedestrians
must take TO the curb or risk being insulted
It Is nuisance that should be abatod without
further delay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03
NEWS OF V. P. |.

BLACKSRURG, VA, May 2.--The
first intercollegiate debate ever held at
e r. l. took place last night when
teams from william and Mary and
the two literary societies Of the col
lege debated in german club hall be-
fore a large and interested crowd.
Five men from the Tech track team
left for Baltimore Thursday night to
take part In the annual intercollegiate
track meet on Homewood field there
tonight. Professor A. s. McCown ac-
companied the men to Baltimore.
"A Manual of Bacteriology' is the
title of a scientific book just issued by
CHM & Co. of Boston. of which DR.
II. S. Reed of the department. OF plant
pathology, Y. ?. J.; is the author.
The book Is designed for use as scien-
tific work in this particular branch
of agriculture.
A Washington, p. c.. chapter of the
v. r. T. alumni association has Just
been organized with j. r. Eoff. of
Va. az president: F.
w. Smithers, Of Richmond. as vice
president: r. III. Henley, of Norfolk.
secretary treasurer. Some thirty
former students Of the Virginia Poly
technic institute were present at the
initial smoker of the chapter at Fritz
Reuters"
ISOLATION, will visit v. r. /. next Thurs
day night, May it'll, and speak in the
Y. NJ. c. A. chapel TO the students and
faculty on the student conferences. to
be held at BLACK Mountain, N. c., this
summer Tho college had a large rep
resentation there last year and will
send a number OF men again this sum-
mer.
c. II. Quinn, assistant engineer of
motive power OF the Norfolk and West
ern railway, made an Interesting ad-
dress to the students Saturday night
under the auspices Of the Mechanical
Engineering Club of tho v. P. l.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03

est Of work through the personal effort and ex-
ample of its preachers and teachers, but there
is no question but that advertising helps, parti-
know one another we'll, and the methods of
contact are more difficult and different from
What they are In the towns and small com
munftios.
The New Orleans Item calls attention TO the
fact that IN a recent issue Of the Baltimore sun.
Saturday, April 11th. Is a whole page Of display
giving details Of the services - be held In the
city churches on Easter Sunday The adYertis-
ms IS well written well displayed and dignihNd'
That this entry of the church into The advertis-
Inc field IS productive Of results Is evidenced
by tho growth of such Advertising in news
papers that succeed in interesting the churches
and in. communities where the church people
have determined upon reaching the masses OF
the people who turn to the newspapers for in
formation. and Cor a knowledge Of what Us going
on IN the big world.
se1gnen you come to think Of H. # Is reasona-
b1a that churches should advertise. There are
not enough churches In New Orleans to hold
tte families who read THIS newspaper who are
jweliare IN this city If al these families were
10 respond 70 ady4rtisiuE. ard make mp their
minds to 20 10 church In some cities the
preachers Of all the churches have got together
and Interested the newspapers IN promoting
go-to-church Sunday movement Results nave
teen astonishing"
on he raee referred to in the sun there was
display advertisement authorized and paid for
by group Of men Interested in making the
social Implication Of the gospel" The adyer-
Using contained n beautiful illustration an
bleInatic OF the Easter season, prepared with
great caro-, the idea being 70 interest the masses
in the religious festival and bring It close home
TO them It fs safe to assume that many per
sens were thus induced to attend Faster ser
vices who otherwise would have stayed from
church. and It is reasonable to assume further
that a small proportion Of them may have been
induced to become regular church attendants,
all through the use Of little 3udlcious adycr-
Using.
And why shouldn't the church use the columns
Of the newspapers? Why shouldn't It use the
billboar1a II IT sees fit to reach the nonchurch-
goers? The latter method Of exploitation more
r-ldely 1ars upon the sensitive conservative
perhaps. hut is certainly not as effective as the
advertising which goes into the homes We
strive to make the ediAoas devoted to the wor-
ship of Cod attractive within aud without why
should there be any prejudice or any timidlty
abort going into the highways and byways tc
gather the scrfhes. the hypocrites, the phari
aoes and the unbelevers together in these tenn
pies we have made beautiful TO hear His servants
proclaim His holy word.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03
RECORD YEAR FOR MISSION roARp,

II viii ba a matter Of no little qualification TO
the Baptist denomination to know that the
foreign mission board. for tho fiscal year ending
APRIL 30th. financially has enjoyed the best year
In its history and that its debt has boon mate
rally reduced The receipts for the fiscal year to-
tailed over half million and the deficit was de
creased from s7G,aoo27 TO SIS 2s--a pleasing
report for the foreign mission board 70 take to
the Southern Baptist convention at Nashville on
May 18th
1t Is Of further interest to note that Or ]. F
Love. the new home secretary Of the board. win
arrive In Richmond this week to assume his
duties TIE creation OF this office makes I'm
portant changes IN the staff of the foreign mis-
sion board Or, r. J, Willingham becomes general
secretary; DR. W. H. Smith, corresponding Eek
Rotary. and DIR. Il d Ray. foreign secretary.
Or. Love comes from Dallas. Texas. where he
was assistant corresponding secretary Of the
home mission board Richmond viii welcome
him cordially az a citizen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03
A Preacher of the Gospel

In memory of Rev. William Meade Clark. D.
D, rector Of St James Episcopal church,
Of Richmond Va. who departed this life April
~, 1914,
A gallant soldier of the cross has fallen in
the ranks hero in the strife, who knew
fear, who feared foe. who shirked duty.
who never failed to obey the orders Of his COM
mander, who fought A good fight, and gained at
last the crown reserved for those who keep
the faith
When but STRIPPING at the University OF
virginia, back yonder in the seventies he
listed under the banner of Jehovah, and conse-
Grated his life and all that in him to the
gospel In the line of duty he engaged at
odd times to teach in the Sunday school OF
neighborlng village, and in attempting to board
train, when Sunday school had closed to
return to college, he was struck by the step
~ tho coach and received injuries which cost
him a limb. and came costing him his
life
He was conanea to his bed for a long Pc
Rod and II the privilege of this writer TO
be with him in his Illness. and to assist In
nursing him back to life
The accident cheated Mr. Clark out of the
greater part of a sessions work and the dsap-
pnintmcnt was keen. But no word of COM
paint was ever uttered by him; there
the spirit Of grumblinr in his heart. He never
lost his nerve, nor his cheerfulness. his
faith in Him to whom his life was given He
Except up With his classes rs hes. he could.
turned the next sess ~ and finished his course,
then went to the theological seminary, whence
he graduated with distinction, and finally enter
ed the ministry in the humblset capacity: going
as it were like John the Baptist into tho wilder
ness. that he might have a season or MIRO
partition closer MON
with his God
Modest and retiring he pushed him
self, but In the spirit of humility enjoyed by
the Savior, he patiently waited to be called