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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18
The ThreeW Men Wonhippng the
As In the "Passion" at Oberann7ergau,
Working Men, Women and Children
of Pon1fret, Conn.,, Regardless of Creed, Enact
Scenes from Our Sauiour's Life, and
Establish an Annual Nativity Performance

THE hills that shelter the little
town OF Pomfrct, Connecticut, now
share with the ruggeder slopes Of
the Bavarisn Alps at Oberammergau the
honor OF marking the scene of a modern
miracle" play.
At both these widely separated spots
on the globe a drama dealing with the
life OF our Saviour is reverently per-
formed by the villagers For more than
half century the peasants and artisans
OF Oberammergau have enacted the
."Passion Play which, latterly, has
drawn visitors from all over the world
On Christmas Eve, just past, the vii
layers OF Pomfret presented their drama
Oh Holy Night" dealing with the ma
tlvity of Christ. The reyerent spirit in
which the several scenes were depicted
reproduced with such intensity that same
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

tor of the government It's nature Tor
'sex') is Feminine" its lord. 'mascu.
line This indicates that the AFFAIRS of
the government should be ruled over by
man aud woman equally, or individually.
Now. II all the houses-from one to
tweive--are considered separately, and
their signiflcations, sex etc, noted, IL
will readily be understood why women
will vote and be allowed to control as
we'll as man. For instance, house two,
which indicates the financial affairs of
any government, should always be under
the control OF woman. II Is feminine
house, and Its planet, Venus, Is OF the
sex" feminine House three. railroads
and general traffic, ruled over by Mer-
curry (the swift Of foot mesengerl, is
masculine" Man should control these.
House fye. schools, Fairgrounds, amuse-
ment and children; ruled over by the
sun; masculine. Man should control
House seven, the public and interna-
tional affairs. This is masculine
house but its ruler ds Venusz-"ferainiue"
and should. Therefore, be governed by
both man and woman. House nine. ship
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

spirit In the audience Of townspeople
and country people that by common con-
sent, 'Holy Night" Is established as an
annual observance In Pomfret Perhaps
Its Christmas Eve representation Of the
Nativity may come to vie in worldwide
interest with the Passion Play" at Obe-
Tammergau.
Recognition OF no special act of proyi-
dence actuated the people Of Pomfret to
enact the drama of the Nativity as a
mark Of their thankfulness-as the peo-
pie Of Oberammergau In similar way
celebrated their escape from the plague.
1t was the desire Of these New England
villagers simply to celebrate in an ap-
propriate manner, and with reverential
feeling. that event Of nineteen hundred
and thirteen years ago which was to
cast the grateful spell OF Christianity
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

ture IN fact, this idea was so general
that the large audience exhibited an at
titude moro reverent than is often ex'
hibited by church congregations.
The Introductory music, before the
curtain went up, helped. First scatter
ing individuals, and then the entire au~
6ience Joined in the familiar airs OF
while shepherds Watched Their Flocks
by Night" "Once In Royal David's City"
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and
1.-THE Little Town of Bethlehem"
Then, while the hall was lighted only
by candles, the Gospel o. the Nativity
was read. There was absolute quiet.
The story of the Annunciation. of the
Birth in the Manger and OF the visit Of
the wise men, as told SO majestcally In
st. Luke and St Matthew, seemed to
touch every heart,
AS prelude to the first scene voice
behind the scenes, supported by hum
ming chorus, sang the old German hymn.
Silent Night"
Imagine living persons in celebrated
paintings OF the Annunciation, and you
will appreciate the emotions OF this sim
pie New England audience when it be-
held Mary kneeling in prayer. while the
Angel swept out from the shadows with
a lily In Its upraised hand. to electrify
the Virgin with the words:
Hail, thou that art highly favored,
the Lord Is with thee: blessed are thou
among women"
The face Of Mary is filled with Won
der, At sight of the Angel she is at first
bewildered. frightened. Then the mes
sage sinks into her heart, Her arms are
crossed on her breast. With her head
bowed upon them, she makes submis-
sion:
Behold the handmade OF the Lord: be
il unto me according to thy word
The angel departs. As the curtain falls,
many in the audience are sobbing.
Now is seen an open fisld-gloom
everywhere, except for the dim light OF
n lantern here and there, Shepherds are
seen lying upon the ground. their staves
beside them. a faithfpl, dog among them,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

over the peoples Of all lands.
The beautiful and inspiring scenes of
the Nativity. rather than those of the
Passion, were selected for the substance
OF the Pomfret Christmas Eve drama.
Some leading spirits of the town started
neighborhood association as a means
of developing and carrying out the idea,
The plan seemed to touch all hearts II
promptly broke down all those barriers
Of creed usually of such importance Il
the social life Of small towns
Suddenly it seemed that the three
church societies OF Pomfret-Congrega
ttonal. Episcopal and Roman Catholic
had forgotten all their differences of re-
ligious opinion. There was perfect unity
of interest in paying this reverentiaI
tribute to the occasion of the birth of
the Saviour, The native Puritan ele.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18
Suffrage in 1918, Woman Mans Treasurer, Stars Say
By Professor VIM. j. MACCABEE.
THD stars predict that in 1918 there
will be universal suffrage In all

By Professor VIM. ]. MACCABEE.
THE stars predict that in 1918 there
will be universal suffrage In all
the civilized world.
BUT flrther than that the stars tell just
wnat public Offices woman is fitted for
and, as all things find their proper place
40 time, Just what Offices she will control
Exclusively after the necessary period of
trial and disappointment is over. In
reading this horoscope Of woman In poll
sies Is one finds many surprising things.
iue most astonishing is that the stars
psoye her to be the natural treasurer
Iall this. '''' """ 'ne STARS sno"
oeslhning from the sign Aries the
ms.re houses are evenly divided as re.
us lnsiI classification of sex That is
gay, all the odd numbered houses from
Uhe 10 eleven are designated "Mnscu-
line Those from two to twelve "Fen-
mine The planets Neptune Ira
saturn Jupiter. Mars and the Sun nre
sonsioered Masculine But when Mars
rs III scorpio Ia feminine sipnl ha nar-
taKes or that sex, Venus. Mercurv tha
Moon' the moons north and south nodea
kLeouls and Candu), and the part NJ Far.
kune, are also feminine
out mercury is convertible; that is. It
tahes on the nature. or sex, OF the house
,s IN, OF the planet it conIoins. For
! stahce, when in Gemini It Ia "Mascu.
4 49, put when in Virgo 1t is "Fem-
me part OF fortune is aIways
e ieay OF the second house (the house
y money! In every scheme of the heay-
LIE i,ehce, It will be seen that the sex"
esen,y divided between the planets,
Al g. .he lncredulous and skeptical doubt
hgo, declared and slgnIfed IN thair ases atar
Pal revolutions. that man and wonon 40,
unl n, Iu,e equally. and that woman is the
Th ~ man IN governing power.
1Lss, study OF the .zodiacal map and bousas
'n'm ehat house ten Is the signiHca-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

In the distance their hoeks are seen. also
at rest. Presently a radiance. drawing
nearer from distance. illuminates the
scene. The shepherds are afraid. Then
a voice cheers them with its glorious
message:
Fear not, for behold bring you good
tidings Of great Joy, which shall be tc all
people; for unto you Is born this day, Id
the City OF David. Saviour which Is
Christ the Lord"
In the distance the Heavenly Hosts
gather. and the angelic choir sings the
glad tidings: GLORY to God In the high
est, and on earth, peace, good will toward
men"
The light is gone, The shepherds con-
fer together-they hasten after the an
gelic host, toward Bethlehem.
The rapt audience seems to be living
in that wonderful century so long past
With the shepherds 1t has fastened to
Bethlehem, to the manger, over which
Mary and Joseph watch with such loving
reverence. The shepherds steal in, over
awed, fall on their knees. worship and de-
part.
The wise men come and pay their
homage to the occupant OF the manger.
Kings and princes and rich men come
with their precious offerings-all for the
babe in the manger. There is, before
that manger. pageant OF the worlds
might and power, which seems to fade
into littleness in the radiance from the
manger.
Here ends the simple. direct and most
reverential action OF the Nativity as
given by the villagers of Pomfret. But
the whole town awakened TO realize that
no revival" ever held had half its power
TO reimbue It's people with the real spirit
of Christianity. They had seemed to
actually participate In those miraculous
scenes Of nearly two thousand years
ago.
So. by common consent the Christmas
festival performance OF this dramatized
story of the Nativity is established In
Pomfret-as the Passion Play" is es-
tablished in that other Obscure village IN
the Bavarian Alps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
BOTH SIDES.
Jack Rose Proves to Be a Very Salts
factory Witness.

New York. May 14.-Almost six
hours on the witness stand as the
states chief witness, In the trial OF
Charles Becker, charged with having
conspired for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, Jack Rose was prepared to-
day to resume his place as the stellar
attraction Of the case, this time to aid
District Attorney Whitman in bolster
ing up the points attacked in his tes-
timony by M. T. Manton. chief counsel
for the accused.
Throughout his cross-examination,
Rose matched his replies to the ques-
tions put by Mr.. Manton. with q re-
serve and retention of self control that
welded a strange fascination upon ev-
cry person in the court room and when
adjournment was taken he appeared
to have come out of the ordeal in which
his life had been laid bare. less IA
tigued than did any Of the other prin-
cipals of the trial. Roses statements
as a witness appeared to please Dis
trict Attorney Whitman but Manton,
too, expressed elation at several adj
missions his questions drew forth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
SATURN AND SUN SPOTS.
Planet May Have Given Part Of Her
Rings to Make the Solar BlOtches.

Whatever may be the causes of sun
spots. Prof. H. H. Turner's SUCCESS
ton that they may be splashes caused
by fragments struck from Saturn's
rings is one which, as he says, is un-
Ekely to have occurred to any one
before. Among his critics there is ap-
parent a not unkindly intention to
show as soon as possible that his cal
culations are wrong, and thus to con-
vert his speculations into a mathema-
teal problem. One Of them, Prof. A.
6. Eddington, in taking this line, does,
however, hint at an objection which is
the first to occur to a layman, and
which takes the form of inquirfng
what under such hypothetical circum-
stances happens to Saturn's ring.
Prof. Eddington observes that only
"a small fraction of the matter struck
out of Saturn's ring would fall near
the sun, so that there would be a great
wastage and dispersion Of material
Vet If enough has to be Clipped out
of the ring or rings to furnish sp1ashes
of half million square miles in area,
one would expect the rings to signify
their loss in some manner. Saturn.
although not yielding much informa-
ton about its structure, even to the
greatest of telescopes, has always been
kept under close scrutiny, and any
changes in its appearance are eagerly
looked for; but few have ever been
recorded. and none very satisfactorily
de demonstrated. Strive suspected more
than half century ago that the par
ticles. the brickbats as they have been
called, which constitute Saturn's rings,
must sometimes come into collision:
and In 1893 Prof. Lowell announcod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
SALE OF CITY BONDS.


The city Of Topeka will offer for
sale the first Of next month 100000
worth Of special Improvement bonds.
tax-exempted in this state. The bonds
will be issued in denominations of
$500 each, dated June 1, 1914, will
mature serially in one to ten years
and will bear interest at the rate of
AZ per cent, principal and semi-an-
nua1 interest payable at the state
treasurer's ONCE. Topeka subscrip-
tions may be made at the Prudential
Trust company or with Roy L. Bone.
city commissioner Of finance
The bond sale means an actual
cash saving OF $3,025. according 20
figures compiled today by Commits
sioner Bone. Municipal bonds were
formerly sold to eastern brokers and
bore per cent interest. A difference
to the city of $3.50 for S u years means
the addition Of several thousand dol
lars to the city treasury.
peka. The bonds will be sold here.
bought here. paid for here. and will
bear interest here. Work on the spe-
cial improvements will be let to local
contractors. Local labor will be en-
ployed.
The sale of the bonds in Topeka,
found profitable to the city and pub
lie, was first tried out under the gov
eminent Of the city council. An adj
vertisement for the bonds, to go on
sale June 1. was issued today by Com
missioner Bone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
CITY LEAGUE GAMES.
and Sunday VIII Be Busy
Time for Organized Amateurs.

The clubs Of the City Baseball league
will be busy Saturday and Sunday and
three more games Of the schedule will be
played. The knights and Ladies Of Sc
curity team will play the Fraternal Order
Of Eagles Saturday. A double header
will be played Sunday, the Rock Island
club playing the Voiland Clothing Co.,
and the knights and Ladies Of Security
team will play the College Hill Bakery
aggregation.
The FAM Of the City League have begun
drawing lines on the strength Of the ag-
gregations. The Voiland, College Hill
and Rock Island teams are doped out to
be the strongest Of tho City League and
opinions differ as to the strongest Of this
trio. After the games Saturday and Sum
day the fans will be able to get a more
definite line on the strength OF all the
clubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
WANT MORE SECURITY
Missouri Pacific Creditors VIII Then
Extend Their Notes.

St. Louis, May 14.-Confidence that
the Missouri Pacific railway would
meet it's difficulties by extending its
$25,00O,O0 note issue due June l, for
another year, was expressed by B. F.
Bush, president Of the road, when he
arrived here today from New York.
where he had been consulting with
bankers regarding the finances of the
road.
The note holders, he said, would
agree to the extension for one year IL
100000 additional collateral is fur
nished.
1--WE could have obtained aid in
financing this payment" said Mr..
Bush. eff we had been willing to pay
a big bonus. I stood out against doing
this and I am satisfied we will get
through all right. In another year
hope things will be a little easier for
the Missouri Pacific and for other
railroads. All the roads have been up
against it.
within the next year, I believe. the
I. C. C. and state authorities will be
ready to give us a little more leeway
and we will be better able to meet the
financial demands upon U.S."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

that he had detected certain bead
1ngs or nodules in the plane section
of the rings which seemed to indf-
cate conglomerations Of the brick
bats at those points.
A similar observation was cabled
by Prof. David Todd to the Astron-
omiche Nachrichten in February of
last year. The cab1egram was in
cautiously couched in Latin and its
purport was taken by the German as
tronomers to mean that there had been
a conflagratfon~ on Saturn. Long be-
fore Prof. Todd could put this unhap-
py misapprehension right the oppor-
tunity of confirming his suspicious
by Independent observation had van
ished, and eventually nothing was left
of them except his later explanations.
These two occurrences neither COM
pletely established, are. with the ex-
ceptiOn Of the discovery Of some wisp-
like markings on Saturn's inner ring
five years ago all the changes that
have been noted. If the Leonids have.
therefore, been disturbing the rings
for something like 1000 years, their
work has been carried out in a very
unobtrusive manner. Nor must it be
forgotten that the constitution and
structure of the rings are themselves
matters Of speculation. 1t can be
shown mechanically that they are
neither unbroken rings Of solid mat
ter nor liquid. But the size Of the
''moonlets,'' ''brickbats," or particles
which compose them is not known.
Poynting thought that they might be
Of the nature of dust, and hazarded
a speculation that Saturn might not
impossibly have captured a comet and
spread the cometary tail about itself
as ring. Barnard thought that the
particles might be self-luminous. but
admitted about five years ago that he
could not reconcile this idea with the
physical constitution Of the rings.
Finally, Birkeland has indicated some
reason for supposing that the bodies
composing the rings are SO small that
they are not to be considered as Ordi-
nary matter, but as species of elec-
tro-magnetic luminescence.-Lond
Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

cr~esr~><~>>s~sr>~&~~ S~-~~~~~~~OuO0~<
M ElWell to C. Elwell. lots 1aO-21
quincy .......-...............$
e. r. Pryor and wife to /. ]. Shidei-
er. lot n Hancock street, Cranes
L: F.. clearinghouse and wife to e. A.
Firners and wife. lot Elmwood
avenue. Edgewood add.
F. r. Souders and wife to 8. Medli-
colt. part lots l37-2oe Byron avenue,
Byron Place add.
NJ. c. Harris and wife to J. W. Cam
non. lots HS-T-9-S1 AFTER avenue.
j. w. Morris add z
w. N. Smith and wife to 8. Medli-
colt, lots 203-5 Byron avenue.
Byron Place add.
J. w. Doron ana wife to F. Kloster.
lots S-SS Wabash avenue, Walnut
faLk SUD-. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
F: Kloster and wife to G. Keberleinn.
lots S-6-7-8 Wabash avenue, WAL
nut Park Observation-Disclosures.
M. F. Coate and wife to J. e. Fritz
ton. lots 1865 East Third street.
E. c. Arnold and wife to the Shaw
nee Inv. Co., tract in sec. 2-12-15. -.
c. L. Berner to W. M. Forbes and
others. W. Y lot 496 Van Buren,
street, Huntoon's add.
NJ Sprfggs to c. L. Berner. same...
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
THEY cAU6HT RYAN.
Un1ted States OAelcexs Arrested Him q
Wichita On Yaees Center Charge.

United States Marshal J. r. Har-
r1son today made the arrest OF r. C.
Ryan OF Wichita against whom an
Indictment was returned by the fed
era grand jury at Fort Scott in the
Yates Center National bank case.
Ryan il charged with completely in
the operations which resulted in tho
closing Of the bank last TALL and the
disappearance Of the president Of the
institution. c. q. Kicker. now q fugi-
tive from Justice. He Immediately
gave bond in $1,000, furnished by
Leavenworth men.
w. q. Toedman Of Yates Center was
arrested yesterday on a similar charge.
He and Ryan had been heavy borrow
ers from the bank, the former having
obtained about $4,000. while Ryan is
believed to have. taken out close to
$4,000 for which the bank holds no
security. Papers which have come
into possession Of the federal authori-
ties indicate the operation Of con-
spiracy by which the bank was clean
ed OF assets, Toedman and Ryan have
both been business spectators and
have evidently had ready access to the
banks funds through Ricker's CO.
operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
Willard TALKS TONIGHT
Noted Editor VIII Speak for Better
ment of Negro.

Oswald G. Willard, editor of the New
Pork Evening Post and president Of an
eastern magazine. the Nation. will
make an address tonight at the
First Methodist church at 8 o'clock.
The program for the evening will
be given under the auspices Of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of the Colored People.
Arthur Capper will call the meeting
to order and Frank p. MacLennan will
preside at the meeting.
Wizards address will be the most i'm
portant number on the program and he
is forceful speaker. He comes to
Topeka from Lawrence where he has
been attending the newspaper confer
ence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

William Rockefeller and George F.
Baker, directors Of the New Haven
road, have been called to testify be-
fore the interstate commerce COM
mission in Washington in its investi-
cation Of the New Haven road.
Grave charges are made against the
directors and other officers Of the
corporation. Among other things it
is alleged that millions Of dollars
were paid out in dividends when the
rod was making No maney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14

IAN astronomer is exploring space
to study other worlds" said the man
of scientific tastes. Yes" replied
Senator Sorghum. IT suppose they're
doing great work, although there's a
whole lot about this world that we
haven't found out yet. ashington
Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
o. p. Reduces Dividends.

New York, May 1.-THE executive
committee OF the Union Pacific Rail-
road company voted today to reduce
the quarterly dividend, on common
stock. payable on July 1. from ~ to
2 per cent. This places the stock ON an
per cent. basis and is pursuant to .
plan announced when the Union Pa
clio recently declared it's intention Of
distributing a big bonus to the common
stock holders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-14
wANrED-MALrH HELP.

MEN WANTED TO learn tie parper trace.
No limit to terms: best and latest meth
while learning: tools given absolutely free
with the lowest tuition ever offered. Call
or write Topeka Barber College. al Kan.
sas ave-. Topeka. Kan
WANTED-Railway postal clerks, $500
month: advance to $50. Life job. 1900
appointments coming. Topeka examina-
tons soon. Sample questions free. Frank
lin Institute. Dept 12eM. Rochester. N. Y.
RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS, CARRIERS,
wanted. Good pay. Fine positions. Fay
for instructions after you receive position.
Plan. Apply Liberty Institute. Rochester.
N. Y.
WANTEDNReal estate man acquainted
with city. Call J. J. King, 996.
WANTEDIGood painter. Call 1855 Black,