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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

WiIkerson Remembered That Long
Night Whom He Had Crept to Safety.
and death we see things more clearly
than at any other time. and Harry
Wilkerson. as he looked over the famii-
lar valley. remembered that long night
when almost mortally wounded by
Thomas Gallons bullet he had crept
to safety. Every peak. gully and gulch
was as plain to him as ii was on that
night. but this time it conveyed diff
ferent meaning. During those long
hours OF agony and thirst years ago
this scene had meant to him simply
hell from which he must struggle ont.
Now it was a paradise he was going
to regain
He bad heard great deal about Gal
Ions mediocre success. and he did not
fully understand why it was that The
Master Key" mine did not pay better
Was it possible that his former part
ner had not been able to find that rich
vein Of gold after all? He smiled again.
He would find it,
Then there was that girl whose VI
vacity and beauty he had heard SO
much about.
Some instinct told him that Gallon
must be ever thinking of him. and
with the dramatic impulse OF a man
who has long nursed the hope Of bitter
vengeance. he planned his reappear-
ance. He would find his old partner
alone. and there and then they would
once more have it out This was the
reason that he had not taken the motor
stage. but had come on horseback. ST
lently watching for his opportunity.
His keen eyes scanned the scene below
him and easily picked out the bunga-
low.
Those whom we most want 10 for
get rcappear at strange times. Thorn
rs Gallon saw the ghost Of the partner
be had murdered on the crest OF the
hill above the mine they had discover
Cd years ago together
How shall he still save for his daugh-
ter Ruth the property for which he
gave his happiness?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

Thomas Gallon was old fashioned IL
many ways. Instead OF using co per
cent dynamite everywhere and deto-
mating it by electricity, he still insisted
on using old fashioned powder ana
tamping 1t with fuse, a sign OF bis
obstlnacy.
She climbed into the ore car and
tried TO unset the brakes. 1t was her
only hope Then she realized that the
cable was still attached. She climbed
down by the light of the now flaming
fuse and unlocked the heavy shackle,
A moment later she was again In the
car with her little hands firmly on the
lever With strength bred OF despera
tion she managed to release II.
The heavy car slowly creaked away
down the dark tunnel. Then 1t came
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19
WILSON AND
BRYAN AGREE
ON QUESTION
PRESIDENTAND SECRETARY
HAVE SAME VIEWS ON
PROHIBITION

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 19,-There
is no difference between President
Wilson and secretary Bryan over the
prohibition and suffrage questions as
they now relate to the federal gov
ernment Several weeks ago Mr..
Bryans Commoner contained two edi-
torals which dealt with both sub
jects. and supported both. The pre-
hibition leaders and organizations
working for woman suffrage were
enthused over winning recruit in
Mr.. Bryan, as they thought, and a
number Of eastern, newspapers be-
gan commenting upon the apparent
break between him and the President.
Last weeks Commoner, however,
fully explains that the expression In
the former issue related to the ques-
tion only as state issues; however,
Mr.. Bryan says that he would sup
port both amendments II they were
submitted, but that the time does not
seem propitious to submit either OF
them There is no reason in believ-
ing, he says, that prohibition
amendment or suffrage amendment
would at this time be ratified Wy
-fourths of the states, even
though it secured vote of two thirds
of the two houses. A national contest
for either amendment, he says, would
simply divert attention from other
issues upon which the people are
ready to act without advancing the
cause of womans suffrage or the pro-
movement.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

It Really Does Relieve rheumatism
Everybody who is afflicted with
Rheumatism in any form should by
all means keep bottle of Sloans
Liniment on hand. The minute you
feel pain or soreness in a joint or
muscle, bathe it with Sloans Lini-
ment. Do not rub it, Sloan's pene-
trates almost Immediately right to
the seat of pain relieving the hot,
tender, swollen feeling and making
the part easy and comfortable. Get
bottle Of Sloans Liniment for 70
cents of any druggist and have 1t in
the house-against Colds Sore and
Swollen JOINTS Lumbago Sciatica
and like ailments. Your money back
if not satisfied but it does give al
most instant relief. Buy a bottle
today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

enough TO stop its momentum on the
long trestle that led to the dump. She
was fleeing death by fire and gas and
rock only to be hurled headlong over
the lofty end of the track. A vision
rose before her of being flung through
the bright California air right at hel
fathers feet Behind her she heard
the sputtering of the last few inches
Of the fuse. She crouched in the car.
Just as it emerged from the tunnels
mouth it was as if huge hand thrust
the car forward The boom of the ex-
plosion deafened her. she stood up
now in the wildly speeding car and
cried, John, John!'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19
CHAPTER III.
The Runaway Car.

E1ANY man writes down on pa
[MI per the things he cannot ar
- ticulate. Thomas Ga lon'
e6 dreaming OF two women, taci-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

q ~ n ~ ~ ~ m ~ "a p y 20 81 ~ I'd
s. l.. L. Billings, dealer and n
~ shipper of Guthrie Mineral Wells N
~ Water. Shipments made to amy "a
~ point In the United States. N
a Phone 500. Res. 913 e. Harrison. n
q ~ ~ 70 M 50 ~ 10 ~ "a "a "a ~ M ~
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fE9Ss@SV ana SuW ulI0 ut Tue dHCuOI
(4&SJ age of the ore cable car VI
the hill, across the gulch from the
trestle. ,4dq
John" said Gallon, 81 am getting
old. Years ago there were two part
ners Of us prospected this country
and we found free milling gold. say
we, John, but there was little girl
| kept the location of that mine to my
self. There was trouble, John. He
suspected me- He turned his dim
ming eyes on the stalwart young ma.
in entreaty. II guess yon know why
tried TO keep those plans tn myself
"Who is the MANI demanded tie en-
gineer, patting the great iron ore car
rier with his hand rs a man paeiiies
a restless animal
At that moment there came faint
cry from miner on the trestle,
What does he wantY demanded
Gallon peevishly.
John DORIS eyes saw the miners In
the camp. wives and all, streaming out
and staring upward They had got
the meaning of that cry, He thought
TO himself. Where is Ruth?" 1t came
over him that she was bringing lunch
con to her father and himself IN the
mine lie stared up at that dark hole
In the hillside ana saw an eddy of
smoke Instantly he knew that she
must be somewhere within that dark
depth
With all the force of his lungs he
bawled down to the engineer. who was
staring stupidity upward; swung him
self into the bucket. pulled his signal
whistle ont Of his pocket and blew 1t
turiously
The engineer seemed TO listen for a
moment. then Kicked or his brake and
blew his answering whistle. A second
later the bucket was swinging down
the lofty cable across the gulch.
1t was not clear in Johns mind how
he could rescue Ruth The quickest
way 10 get To the trestle was by the
bucket: then he would have those long
long stretches of ties 10 traverse. and
when he reached that smoke filed tun
mel could he get through? He must
He stcadied himself and thought. his
eyes fixed on the hole In the hillside.
The bucket was still surging hun
dred feet away from his goal when he
saw the ore cur emerge ana in 1t the
slender form OF Ruth No one realized
better than he that her strength was
not equal t. setting those brakes and
that she had escaped one death only 20
meet another.
His trained eye caught sight Of one
chance He yelled down to the en-
gineer. Quick. quick. Tubbs.'
The engineers blank face npturned
toward him seemed that OF a man
dazed 10y imminent disaster. out John
DORIS imperiouS will reached across
and down 5hat space. The engineer
pulled his throttle wide open. and as he
did so John norr swung himself over
the edse Of the bucket and hanging
down by his knees right over the tres
tie. waited Tor the oucoming car.
"Rmb.- be cried Ruth. come 70
me-
lie saw her tern toward him. bal
ance herself On the swaying ore car
aad lit up her arms. He stretched his
own down. and as the mass of steel
and ore dashed under him. caught her
up He did not hear the crash that
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

Ruth fastened Toward the Entrance
Of the Mine.
showed her nothing but an ore car and
the tools dropped 10y the last shift
when they had quit FOR dinner.
"Fafher,r she cried. peermg into the
darkness beyond
John
She STEPPED on into the shadow and
-allcd again Her foot slipped on the
.ough door 81 the tunnel and as she
.ried % save herself her lamp fell. A
moment later she saw trickle OF IRE
running along toward the heading. IL
was "A fuse leading 10 a blast that had
not yet heeu shot With all light gone
except that blue flicker. penned IN as
she was by the ore car. standing there
with SET brakes. what hope had sheI
How loug would IL he before that TT
tie gust of fame reached the pOWderf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

a0''V'i Iet''sIf WAT % tTIs HlatteIt
hearts Of maidens. BY n tremendous
effort he pulled himself together and
smiled.
"Why. nothing was the matter. child.
was only thinking.
But there was something in his tone
that made Ruth draw back. In her In
n0cenre she had not learned 10 discern
the difference between the various
rude passions that govern this world
She was still afraid She crept out the
door
Gallon let his head fail on the table
1pon his empty arms
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
By JOSEPH P. AMIN.

Dynamic persistence plus patience
equals successful genius.
This is the formula, roughly stated,
which evolved Emile Berliner. eminent
inventor and good citizen, of Washing
ton.
Mr.. Berliner doesn't express It this
way. 1t is not matter-of-fact enough
for him. Besides. he IS not given to
ideshstic seli-analysis. But if you
will talk with him-if you are ,fortu-
nate enough TO have an opportunity to
talk with him--and will then talk him
over with one who knows him we'll,
this is the explanation you probably
will arrive at for his present position
in the world of science and philsn-
thropy.
Back in 1870 a nineteen-year-old
German lad. recently migrated from his
home in Hanover. Germany, bowed his
back daily over dust-dry ledgers which
recorded sales of Washington mer-
camille establishment His brain was
working; he was guessing. Later, his
persistence having gained for him
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duct and raw milk and the Society for
the Prevention of Sickness. He
guessed" that the aeroplane. to be sue
cessful, must have the lightest, small
est motor possible. And the greatest
aeroplane records have been made with
motors of the Berliner type. These are
only few OF his "guesses," roughly
sketched.
What is necessary to success in the
case of an inventive genius?" l asked
him.
Patience; unlimited patience" he re-
piled crisply "and application"
In other words. patience and ef,
fciency." he replied The inventor
must have the patience to face failures
hundreds Of them, and still keep on He
must be ready to average ninety-nine
failures for every success or encourag-
ing development
We were sitting in severely fur
nished library in Mr.. Berliner's hand
some but unpretentious residence at
I45S Columbia road. l had come by
appointment
What do you want to see me about p
he had asked bluntly over the tele-
phone, when asked for an hour OF
his time.
81 want to talk about yourself" was
the only reply l could frame But the
appointment was made; | sent in my
card, and was ushered into a small
room. the walls of which were COM
pletely encircled by books, and the sole
other embellishments of which consist
ed of four landscapes in oil
Very shortly after, brisk step car
ried Mr.. Berliner in Mr.. Berliner's
personality seemed TO stand out all
over him. | knew how he would speak
before he addressed me. He was the
brisk, busy, courteous business man to
the last mark Alert and perfectly
poised, sure of every muscle he called
into play, sure of every word he ut
tered, outstanding but not stiff. he might
have been the president of a big bank
or railroad, entering his library after
round on the links and a shower.
or quick canter across country. Mr..
Berliner. according to Who's Who. is
siNty-three years old. and few months.
He could have passed for fifty when
talked to him.
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told me 81 had Just landed in New
York. | cIerked here a while before
returning to New York. where
taught GerRan, kept books and did
various other jobs TO keep body and
soul together Among other things
washed bottles in a laboratory for 81
a week, and was glad to get the job
Later, ny old employer in Washington
offered me a position. and | returned.
| had been studying electricity by my
self, and had picked up some physics
| was interested in the development oi
the telephone 1t was imperfect to d
degree Few really took it seriously
as a probable public utility. In 1876
| commenced experimenting with The
loose contact transmitter. perfected
it in about three months.
THE Bell Telephone Company sent
for me and bought my invention. and
| entered their service. Their service
was then very small, but the company
was under the direction of the men
who ultimately made it the powerful
concern of today. was associated
with Theodore N. Vail, president of the
American Telegraph and Telephone
Company and the Western Union Tele-
graph Company and two other men,
constituting virtually the entire staff.
"Of course things moved along rap
idly. Three years later 1 established a
telephone factory in Hanover, Germany,
where l was born. l put my two
brothers in charge Twenty years later,
by the way, added in Hanover a talk
ing machine factory under the manage
ment of a brother.
1T took seven years of work to per-
feet my next 'guess'-a machine that
could talk and sing naturally. The first
part was not difficult-to perfect a ma
chine that would catch hold and give
back the human voice But to find a way
of duplicating each record was a diff
ferent matter l don't know how many
failures it involved, but there were
enough of them. Eventually discover
ed an etching process that was inexpen-
sive and comparatively simple
"The theory of my taking machine
was to utilize a groove of even depth
and varying direction. and in which
the record groove not only vibrated but
also propelled the stylus across the rec
ord. That and the duplicating method
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welcome, but finds a congenial and in
structiys atmosphere.
And with all the attractiveness of
civic beauty not duplicated in any 9TH
er city. one finds a beauty unmarried
by unlovely elements OF the great CEN
ter OF population
The entrance OF robust, pretty lass
OF fourteen brought Mr.. Berliner
around to his pet hobby-the Society
for the Prevention OF Sickness. His
daughter was the inspiration Of his
greatest philanthropy. OF which he was
the originator. director, and inancier
for years. She caused the inventor to
turn his genius in new channels, to
study the science of health and the
feeding OF infants and to wage for
years a relentless warfare upon the
murder of babes through impure milk
and other dairy products The fight en-
listed against Mr.. Berliner dairymen
and physicians. drug manufacturers and
all the influences which these powerful
interests command. He fought ignor-
ance among well-intentioned people
the hardest battle any propagandfst
meets He spent money. and he gave
his time and his mind to the fight, and
he won. 1t was a victory which his
commentators never have failed to
elaborate on. and which !, ranked as
one of his greatest achic, nents. As
he told me, briefly, OF { fight, his
deep-set, large grey eyes lightened and
softened behind his glasseS-he was the
brusk business man turned philanthro-
pist.
Il had lost one child" he said. "and
another was on the edge of death. The
best doctors l could get did the child
no good; she was failing rapidly. Fin
ally Mrs Berliner and | took a hand.
We started with the child's food. feel
ing our way carefully. studying cause
and effect We prescribed pure milk,
air, and sunshine in abundance. and
were rewarded in a little while by
signs of marked improvement. The
baby is now fourteen years old. She
was in the room just now.
Aroused by my experience in her
case, | commenced study OF infant
mortality. I traced, as | then believed
and as | have since proven. the slaugh-
ter of thousands of babies to contain
mated cows milk To this same source
l traced the death of thousands of
adults from tuberculosis and typhoid.
Il organized. in myself, the Society
for the Prevention of Sickness.
printed bulletins and pamphlets about
milk; I consulted aud conferred with
the ablest scientists in the country on
the subject. worked with DR.. George
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emanating from this center, works upon
the entire country.
The scientific man finds in Washing
ton the greatest library in the country ;
he finds governmental agencies. oper-
ated by scientists with unlimited facili-
ties for gathering information and ap-
plying it, and all working along the
same lines as himself.
Society here furnishes a more de-
lightful, congenial atmosphere for the
student OF American psychology and
institutions than it would be possible
to derive from any other society. We'll
come is refused only to the mediocre.
1t is not a question of long residence
the criterion always is, What has he
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arian, and Mr.. Wallace Hatch, secre-
tary of the Associated Charities.
AT the first conference OF this COM
mittee DR.. Schroeder announced his
discovery that the feces of tuberculous
cows are often heavily charged with
vlrulent tubercle bacilli and pointed
out that the examination of numerous
samples OF market milk showed that
very little milk entirely free from con-
taminatiOn from COW feces reaches the
consumer, hence that the presence OF
a single tuberculouS COW in a dairy
herd must be regarded as a danger to
which any portion or all OF the milk
from the herd may become infected
with tubercle bacilli As a result of
this announcement, Commissioner Mac
farland, through the Board OF Commis-
siOnerS. called the Washington milk
conference, to which were invited most
OF the prominent authorities on santa
ton that could be gathered from among .
the local scientists, and from the bu-
reauS of the national governments,
members OF the different milk aSSocia-
tiOnS. the local Bar Association. the
Veterinarian Association, the Wash
ington Academy OF Sciences, and the
Chemical Society of Washington. At
this conference a permanent organiza-
ton was effected. and the proceedings
and reports were printed and distrib-
uted by the United States Department
of Agriculture
Through this medium the movement
was made nationwide. the work was
made the foundation of many municipal
and State dairy laws, and its effect was
felt across the Atlantic in Europe, par
ticularly in England.
Backed by the work of the Wash
ington Milk Conference, the Society
for the Prevention of Sickness contin- .
ued its campaign with increased vigor.
1t initiated various other issues con-
nected with the milk supply. We at
tackled Washington hospitals because
they furnished indiScriminate raw milk
to their patients. We criticised in par
ticular the Childrens' Hospital because
several of its leading doctors continued
to oppose pasteurization.
when the society started its milk
campaign thirteen years ago. not a
quart of milk sold in the District was
pasteurized or otherwise treated. To-
day. according to the District health
officer. DR. Woodward. over one-half
of the bottled milk sold in Washington
is pasteurized. As a consequence, the
mortality rate. particularly among chit.
dren, has steadily decreased. And in->
fectious diseases have declined in fire.
quency.'
And this IS only one of Mr.. Berliner's
philanthropies. True, it is his great
est; but there are many others to
which he has given not only OF his
ample means, but of his time and his
genius.
| recently asked a Washington man
who. in New York or Chicago. would
be known as one of the. merchant,
princes of his city, what he thought OF
MIR. BerIiner He pondered my ques-
tion for several minutes. Finally he
replied:
There is no better citizen in the Dis
trict."
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NJ Kober. of this city. who with DR..
S. c. Bhsey had called attention to the
relation of impure milk to infantile.
mortality. We early came into con-
fict with the American Pedriactic So
ciety. which had sent out the dictum
that children did not thrive on heated
milk and contracted scurvy and rick
cts from being fed on it. Through bull
letins printed in the Sunday editions |
advertised the danger of raw milk and
the safety in scalded milk-I did not
then use the term pasteurized. DIR. Wood
ward joined with me in the fight and
Immediately incurred the enmity of
milk dealers associations throughouts
Maryland. Virginia. and the District of
Columbia.
The Associated Charities commit
tee on tuberculosis took the matter Vi
in 1907, six years after I had COM
menced the fight. and created a milk
committee of which | was chairmas
and which comprised. in addition. DR..
E. c. Schroeder and DR.. William H.
Dexter, of the Bureau of Apimal In
dustry; DR.. Buckingham. the Veterin-
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were not perfected until 1887 The
present machine known as the Victor is
used for education. entertainment, po-
litical propaganda. passing one voice
up and down the earth"
Hobbies? Yes. Mr.. Berliner has
hobbies. His family is one-the prin-
cipal one, of course. His roomy home,
with its gardens and greens, combina-
ton of country comfort and city con-
venience. is another Washington is
another. and an important one The
saving of human life is a hobby that
he rides and pays highly for.
We reached Washington very quickly
in our interview.
AS a national capital how does
| Washington rank in intellectual influ-
ence on the country and the world?" l
asked him.
The answer is in that book. point
! ing 10 a copy OF Who's Who on the
table "Of the men registered in that
| book. the total number of Washing
tonians is the fourth largest of any
whole state group Washington is the
meeting place of the brains OF the coun-
try. Particularly is this true of science
and political economy. This is the great
est rendezvous for scientific men in the
country today, and the influence of
Washington is felt throughout the
scientific world
Take the matter of sanitation-and
that is one OF my hobbies-the PAM
phlets, monographs and other publica-
tions of Washingtonians form the text
books of the world The sanitarians who
live and work here have done more to-
ward the lessening of disease than any
other group. And in their field, the pub
locations of the Department OF Agri-
culture and the Bureau of Public
Health lead all.
But do we contribute as largely as
other capitals to arts and letters"
No: we don't. Arts and letters
draw their themes from places where
one views the extremes of life and CIV
ilization, from the rapid action of ex-
tremely wealthy society; from the sor-
did life OF extreme poverty, from the
center OF great financial transactions; +;
from the perfect quietude of the coun-
try, from the rugged, picturesque life of
the mountain and plain.
Washington doesn't furnish these
backgrounds. But here, away from the
turbulence of the great center of popu-
lation, one>hnds the culture, the broad
vision, the facilities, and the atmos-
phere which appeals to the searcher for
special training; for research material.
we have gathered here the brains Of
the nation. We draw them from men
who have been successful in business,
in science, in exploration and exploita-
ton For instance, take the men who
are drawn here by the national govern