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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

An honest a all his life, but at 46
his job and money gone n his wife
and children starving, James S. Hogue
became a bandit.
ciic train near San Francisco. He was
unsuccessful, and then he tried to COM
NIT suicide.
On a cot at the Central Emergency
hospital. two bullet wounds in his head
and his right hand shot through in two
places. his face discolored and puffed
from blows, he told his story.
All my life I've been a railroad
man." said Hogue. But now I'm too
old to get a job with a company. /
am As. A nan ant get a job rail-
reading when he is over IS. l haven't
been able to get work for three months.
I've my wife n my two children. 1
was desperate. My wife was sick-no
money: No money to pay the rent
were behind two months. No money
to pay the grocery bill. Not a scent
piece In the house. I knew I must do
something. Something! I thought
perhaps could do this. If I failed 1
thought l would kill myself in the
midst Of 1t n my wife would anyway
get $4,000 life insurance that we can't
keep up more. That's the way
thought it out. But 1 only got a
chance to shoot once at myself and it
didn't do the work"
A Plain Story.
When Hogue tells OF his life, the
places he has been, the Jobs he has
held. the jobs he has lost. he speaks
frankly, smiling now INC then a little
at some remembrance. But when he
has to mention his wife he chokes up,
the unheeded tears come, and he does
not speak for a while.
His wife was a stenographer and
~bookkeeper in Arizona when they were
married years ago. They have
Two chfldren-Robert. who is S, and
Margaret, who is 3. When some one
asked him If his wife, with her train
Ing. could not work, he said:
Why, h has two little children to
look AFTER"
Hogue began working for a railroad
company when he was 10. He has
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

packed. off to the laundries or to ona
OF n biscuit, incandescent mantel or
cedar pencil factories that abound in
the neighborhood. and their wages go
70 swell the family income. AS for
father. he continues his congeniaI task
OF warming the baby's milk and per-
forming other little duties.
1t was mentioned at the local police
court q short time ago that a mother
and her daughters who were at work
allowed the father 81 a week pocket
money. In the end he tired OF his ioh
and revolted.
Another tragedy in the happy life Of
Willesdon was the misfortune that att
tended q girl who was going to be
married. She had bought the furniture,
and when everything was ready for
the ceremony the articles were seized
for rent.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
AMERICAN WOMEN ARE
BARBARlANS, He SAYS
Max Nordeau, Great French
Writer, Bitterly Flags IN
Gle Sans Daughters.
Paris. Special: Max Nordeau. the
famous French writer. says in the

Paris. Special: Max Nordeau. the
famous French writer, says in the
June La Revue:
v since Dumas wrote The For
esgner. American men nave figured in
Vulnerable times in European plays.
Uut you look vainly for the portrayal
q h American woman in European
She never inspires u nov
eIietS or playwrights. who pass her by
with Indifference.
"Yet h is everywhere among US;
ehe ID our where life is costly aud
Where fashions slaves fOregather.
She does not conceal her liking for
Europeans. yet she is lever a welcome
guest except in the circle of fortune
hunters. She is. queen Of the Rue de
"a Fax and OF dressmaking salons. be-
but distinguishes herself from elegant
European women by paying for her
dresses.
Musicians and painters court her.
but independent people who do not
expect any monetary profit from her
are never attracted TO her.
She never succeeds in forming an
intellectual circle round her. nor does
she play any role In society except
That OF brutal opulence.
She has a veneer of good manners
and is perfect in horsemanship and
OPOA -, OoS ~ NJ oAAo
remain a barbarian. Who has not yet
penetrated the profound sense Of Eu-
ropean civilization and our refinements
Of thought and sentiment.
"ShA has no culture also, because
American men do not demand it OF
. They ask her to be pretty and
elegant. She must Ea admired so he
Ia be envied. She must be one OF the
queens OF the ~so-callnd smart set.
1T Is her misfortune she has no
ideals. Her only object In life is to
surpass her rivals. II another woman
possesses a seven-row pearl necklace,
she must have one of 10 strands. If
another has a fur cloak costing $780,
600. must have n costing 100000.
Such are her thoughts and ambi-
lions. Her strongest sentiment. per-
haps the only one. iet self-adoration."
Why is the barbarian American
woman devoid of all culture?
Why do European playwrights and
authors despise her as totally uninter-
acter delineated in European plays or
books?
Why does the American man Defy
her. rendering her the most conceited
and self centered type of woman in the
world?
All these questions nave arisen in
Paris drawing rooms and at fashion
able dinner tables. following Nordeau's
singing denunciation Of Uncle Sans
Womankind.
Nordeau. in his merciless pilloryirg.
makes no reservations beyond saying
that the American woman can't be
blamed for her lack of culture and re-
11nement.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

Arthur Powell Davis. chief engineer
Of The United States reclamation SER
vice, is to leave within q few days for
China. He is one of an engineering
commission selected by the Red Cross
society to study IN problem of re-
claiming large tracts of agricultural
land in the Celestial republic which
have been inundated periodically for
thousands of years. causing destruction
Of crops and resulting in famineS and
loss of life.
MIR. Davis has been chief engineer
of the reclamation service since h or
ganization Of the service. ~ years. ago.
Previous to that time he occupied inn
portant position in the geological sur-
vey, and was twice selected as chief
photographer of the commission sent
to Central America to select the route
for the isthmian canal. DOT commits
late Admiral Walker. the first in 1897
and the second in 1899.
Mr.. Davis also was a member of
the board OF consulting engineers that
visited and examined the Panama canal
in company with former President
Taft. to decide upon the feasibility of
the Gatum dan. and the type of canal,
in January. 1909. shortly before Mr..
Taft'S inauguration.
Since that he has been selected for
several important engineering mis-
sIons in various quarter OF the globe.
In 1911 he investigated irrigation
problems in TurkeStan. in the Rus
sian empire; he was engaged in a
similar capacity in Porto Rico in 1909,
and he visited Alaska in 1913 as con-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

inches wide. are fastened by a broad
sliding strip of gold inlaid with the
titles n name of Amenemhat III in
carnelian. Each armlet has also six
broad bars of gold to separate the rows
OF minute beads Of gold, carnelian and
amazon-stone. A pair Of bracelets Of
the same kind are one and one-half in
e wide. with plain gold sliders. The
mirror was Of silver, with a head Of
Hat-hor of cast gold, and a handle Of
polished obsidian inlaid with plated
gold bands and leaves of carnelian and
blue and white paste. The toilet OUT
fit also included three obsidian vases
and a kohi-pot, all with gold mounting
at top and base. Eight other vases Of
alabaster belonged to the Itinerary out.
fit.
The smaller objects comprised an
amethyst necklace of very deep color
with lion-claw pendants of gold; five
carnelian signs; a necklace of rhombic
beads of blue am~azon-stone and car
nelian; eight gold lions and nine knots
from necklaces and bracelets; seven
quadruple lion heads. two inlaid
scarabs; gold-handled razors; frag-
ments of two caskets of ivory inlay,
with gold emblems in the panels, and
more than 10, 900 minute beads of gold.
carnelian, and amazon-stone. belonging
to the bracelets. Lastly, in a very
massive box. were found he four
canopic jars of alabaster. with carved
heads. giving the name of "the kings
daughter, Sat- athor-ant."
Missing the Obvious.
"The extraordinary conditions Of this
discovery seem quite inexplicable. The
tomb has been attacked; the long and
heavy work Of shifting the massive
granite lid of the sarcophagus, and
breaking 1t away, had been achieved;
yet all the gold was left within arms
reach. in the recess of the passage,
uninjured. The crown would have
been dragged out of the narrow
opening of he arcophagus, but it
showed no signs Of rough handling.
The whole treasure seems to have been
stacked in the recess at the time of the
burial, and to have remained there.
gradually dropping apart as the
wooden caskets decayed in course Of
years, with repeated flooding of storm
water and mud slowly washed in. down
the pit.
'Such is the strange history of n Of
the greatest horads- Of Egyptian
jewelry that has survived. It is now
necessarily divided, the Egyptian gov.
eminent taking the larger objects, not
yet represented in the Cairo
the crown, the mirror, and one pectoral.
The rest Of this treasure is now safely
arrived n England. and will be ex-
hibited in July at University college,"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

| worked for railroad companies for q
years. He began as a brakeman. At
the time of his marriage he was rum
ming a passenger train for the Santa
Fe In Arizona. He was a we'll liked.
popular sort of mixing a little in
local politics, serving as delegate here
n there. He was fairly prosperous
and had saved up a few thousand dol
lars. which he and his wife decided to
invest in copper Every cent of this
they lost.
Later in Arizona he became a JUS
tice Of the peace, n also started a
wood business. From there he came
to California and looked for %railroading
jobs.
Too Old for Service.
He says that his recommendations
are o. K, and that he would get
out. and then he would be turned off.
"a year ago I applied for a place with
the Great Northern. The superintend-
ent looked my letters over and me over
and h he said. But how old are
you. Hogue?' I said. I'm 49, You
sure look more than 80 to me" he said.
I'm 49, I said.
He went and called another official
and they looked me over es they would
Q mule, but finally one Of them said.
Wei, your recommendations are ali
light. and We'll take you on. but you
UNDERSTAND that II we find out that
you have been guilty of felsifying your
record here with us, by undertaking
your age. you'll be fired That's ali
right I said. 1 knew I'd get maybe a
months work anyhow. And that was
It. Five weeks later they fired me for
falsifying of records"
At the time Hogue went out on his
desperate project the total supplies in
his home consisted of one small piece Of
butter. Two months rent for the little
cottage where they lived was due-s2S
A grocery bill of 1923 at the little corner
store denied them further credit there.
The wife was not we'll. And there were
the little children. eo
Il tried everything else before becom-
Ing a bandit" he says. But I could
not bear to see my wife and little chill
dren starve." -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
The Day Of Tho Gentleman Farmer

no Oay OF Sno 0onSlohno0 Farmer
William J. Trimble. In the Atlantic.
AZ a result partly Of the widening
influence Of ~ agricultural colleges
and partly Of numerous cooperating
agencies. Q new set Of ideals is be-
tng created with regard to country life.
The nation a. a whole. In fact, is maxi
Ing . re-estimation Of rural life. With
the coming Of dear lands. city people
have awakened to q new interest in
country affairs and q new respect for
country. inhabitants. There IL before
~ In the United States the opportu-
nifty to develop perhaps the finest
type Of rural civilization that the world
has ever known. The ownership Of
land In past ages has always been
most honorable. but the working Of It
has been regarded generally a. de-
grading. The actual farmers. equipped
With their poor. pitiable Instruments,
ana condemned to unceasing and dis
h~oartening toll have been slaves, serfa,
heather. paSana. Doors, peasants. But
today the . Of machinery and new
facilities for communication make IL
po1sible for the same individual to b
Q dllor Of the soil and . gentleman.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
PARADISE FOR HUSBANDS.
Women Of Willssdsn, England,
Are the Wage Farmers.
*Ak%kkA%<AAAkA
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


From the Philadelphia Ledger.
willesden. Eng. is a perfect para
There is no need for him to go out to
work; his wife will see to that. All
ne need do Is stay at home and mind
the baby. He has a job for life. and
practically nothing to do.
1t 10 sad to hear. therefore, that the
Y . tenor Of this Utopian existence Is
upset at times. Fol instance. a woman
who applied at the willesden police
court for a summons against her hus-
band for assault said that he lost his
temper because he could not ma the
dummy teat for he baby ana hit her
with q broom.
The said that she went to
work at q factory at 8 q. m, while her
husband stayed e home and looked
after the baby. She was granted q
Il q no uncommon thing for a hus-
soes to work. .la II: This O alibe ~a.ae n.n mIs.
ment 70 due to the peculiar industrial
conditions Of Wlllesden. where there
are many laundr1es ana factories and
female labor u much in demand. AL
though &c 10 cheaper than male labor
would be at the same class Of work.
the Wages are good, considering that
only Ave days Z week are worked Ia
the l~aundries, The women not being re-
CURED on Mondays. A. much a. from
200 20 10 . week can b earned. Ell
betne Q common wage, even for girls.
Consequently the women rule the I'M
lions Of man and wife are reversed.
There - no need for the man TO 50
20 work. No only would he b nm
suitable for the Job. but the labor and
theswagea would not suit him.
Ihereeore : work1ng g1ra when she
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
From Bandit = Patriot.
Prom the Kansas City star

from the Aen8a0. City STAR.
II 61aleve," m EnEliDhman we'll ac-
suainted With General villa. told cor-
spcssibilitysis changing wis. Francisco
VIVA, the auccessful general. u . very
9lfSerent person from Pancho villa, the
g 8 : change that often takes place.
60 d!evslop 4ndar responsibility. Charles
kronc1o Adams. appointed minister to
1-sng1an4 !hy Llncoln.s ' got over tho
3Seappoynt!qent he. felt n his nrst call on
,tno pre1adent With Secretary SoWnrd,
When lincoln devoted the entire CONVEX
eatton 90 the Chicago postmastershln.
Wben III OF lAncoln's hidden poWeEl were
'eognlng 0ut under b developing Of the
gxS1t otxuggle between the states.
- xreQuenlly hAs happened that : man
r. sutopt5Aq theof1eas chosen 70 office and
Soom1roQto1 with practical questions o1 ret
TIT egnlte, has settled down Into what
neen1 hl6S6Ouno caution.
Wated9 only h4 diecontent And the desire
M loot. mlo6t@gettle down tntoa p0kl1-
Iokies leAdef u quite within tn
E6Gl(j spoe11bllitteo.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
The Uaeful ci1ixm.
From The Chicaeo Amenc

from The Chicago AmeT1can.
When you . . man with Q . that
No can AFFORD. = big or little, driving
along . me rod With his wife beside
him, h1s mothoe and children In tho
to0noen-do you really think he would
- . beeeoE. moro useful citiDen e he
put yhA9sNotQea mo0ey Into some bonds
1t ~ Ao1&eE. Wiz ana chlldron
~ l0Aooge With thoer noo0 pgooDo0
ssaanse - sAA-wsschins sehs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

II. g. Wollman of Springfield, Mass.
= IN newly elected president of the
American Library association, which
has Just held its annual convention In
Warrington. Public libraries from all
over b United States arc members OF
q association. Mr.. Wollman is con-
nocted with the public library at
8prtng Field.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24

sulting engineer regarding a high
masonry dam.
The present expedition to China is
under the auspices of the Red Cross So
ciety. and the commission consists Of
three members, Colonel Sibert, of the
United States army, chairman; Mr..
Davis and Prof. d. w. Meade.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
His One Drawback.

Jones-Could you give Smith a job in
the street department? He's a good. con-
scientious fellow. and thoroughly under
stands street paving
Political Boss-I could. only for that
Judge.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
BRITISH CLAIM
VICTORY IN SKY
Aviator Battles with Enemy. Who May
= Have Fallen in French Lines-Re-
port Sporadic Firing.
GERMANS FAIL AGAINST LINE
BY JOHN @. FOSTER.

London, Oct. 15.-News of a British
aerial victory in the clouds Is contained
in supplemental press bureau report
covering the operations of the British
forces in France from last Friday to
Monday. The report says:
Little occurred beyond sporadic she'll
ing. On the night Of October 10 the Ger
mans made a fresh assault, supported
with artillery. The attempt proved q
costly failure.
"A British aviator, who had two auto
matte rifles hxed on the sides OF his
aeroplane. sighted and chased a German
biplAne OF the Otto type. When he was
sixty yards from the German machine
he fired both rifles. The German machine
Immediately began TO descend and disap-
peared in 4he clouds. The English aviator
is sure that the German airman fell into
the French lines, having been wounded
by the rife fire.
Despite the counter attacks OF the
Germans, no important changes have
Germans have been directed against one
point most Of the time
Experience has shown that short field
fire Is all that Is necessary TO beat back
the enemy's infantry attacks. By giving
up direct fire at long range and medium
range and placing trenches on the re-
verse side Of hills IL Is frequently pos
sible TO gain shelter from the frontal
FIRE Of the German guna
THE extent of cross fire employed 10
remarkable. In many localities, Just as
was the case along the Aisne, troops
have been swept from their works, not
by frontal attacks but by cross FIRE vol
leys Of rife fire.
Another feature that has proven inter-
esting Is the ability Of the artillery Of
both sides to hide their batteries. 1t is Of.
ten impossible to tell whence shots come
during the long range artillery duels. The
batteries are usually hidden in valleys
and as smokeless powder is used there is
no cloud Of smoke to give away their
location. With 80 many guns in action on
both sides It Is impossible to tell by the
sound. Only the most visilant work by
the aerial scouts can locate the hidden
batteries"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16

own accord the soldiers restored the wa
ter connection and laid in a fresh supply
Of firewood.
Outside the village we fell in with two
British officers in a motorcar. One OF
them had a face familiar to me. Then
remembered where / had last seen him.
It was at the House of Commons. The
officer was Sir Mark Sykes, NJ. p, who
was on the road with dispatches.
We passed on through innumerable
French villages, sad and silent, all show
ing signs of destruction; here and there
an old man musing at his door or q group
of frightened children fleeing at our ap-
proach, with now and then a knot Of
dumb peasants laboriously burying dead
horses. Toward evening we were cycling
up the long slope leading TO the village
of Signy-Signets, where a roughly con-
structed cross caught my eye. 1t sur
mounted a simple grave dug on the hill
side under the shadow of a haystack and
quite close to the road It was the Iirst
British grave We had met
Evidences of battlefield.
There was an mdescribable solemnity
about the last resting-place Of this Brit
ish soldier, whose name and regimental
number a friendly hand had rudely
scrawled on a little cross Of wood. 1t
lay quite remote in the absolute silence
of a perfect summer evening, the simple
cross standing out against the purple
sunset. All around II lay the evidences
of the battlefield. Half-fnished hayricks,
abandoned haycarts and pitchforks left
on the trampled ground showed where
the haymakers had been surprised by the
approach Of the battle. Dead Horses,
English soldiefs' caps, huge rents torn In
the earth by shells and cartridge cases
such marks of war were to be seen on
every hand, and in the air there was a
subtle suggestion of the charnel-house.
Dusk was gathering fast when about
four miles outside La Ferte-sous-Jouarre
the sound Of cannon, which we had heard
all day, became more
clearly audible. The Marine runs through
the little town which lies on either side
Of the stream in a valley. 1t was per
feet picture of war, in all its horror, in
all its majesty, in all its picturesqueness.
SheIIed RetreatinE Germans.
From the hills to the right the British
artillery was sheIling the retreating Ger
mans on the other side Of the river. The
shells were bursting with jets Of fame
that broke orange in the gathering dark
ness; a couple of houses, wreathed in
flame, burned hercely, the Hight reflected
in the peaceful waters Of the Marne
which ran at our feet past two bridges
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
WOODS STARTS WAR BY
PARTY FINANCES IDEA
G. o. P. Members Voted for Canal
Tolls Repeal, Which. He Says,
Benefits Hell and Carueaie.

Representative Woods. OF Iowa, chair
man Of the Republican Congressional
Committee, has raised q merry war among
his own friends through his statement Of
Wednesday that Andrew Carnegie and
james ]. Hin were financing the Demo-
cratic party, and had financed the 1872
campaign. In payment for the benefit their
railroads derived from the repeal Of the
free tolls provision In the Panama Canal
act .... HE
Here IL where the boot pinches Mr..
Woods own political feet:
Twenty-Five Republican votes were cast
for the tolls repeal In the House and
sixteen in the Senate. without the Re-
publican votes the measure could not
have been put through. Among the
twenty-five House votes were five mem
bers Of the Republican Congressional
-Representa gives steenerson.
of Minnesota; Esch, OF Wisconsin; Mad
den. Of Illinois; Gardner, OF Massachu-
setts, and Bartholdt. OF Missouri. In the
same twenty-five were three of Mr..
Woods Republican colleagues from Iowa
Representatives Prouty, Haugeh, and
Good.
The most emphatic denials come from
all quarters that Hill or Carnegie had
contributed 10 the Democratic war chests.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
COTTON TOPIC PERPLExNG.
Pool Plan Undecided - Reaervs
Board opposes Relief RfIIs.

Pool Plan Undecided - Reserve
Board opposes Relief Hills.
The Federal Reserve Board discussed at
great length the plan for q S150ooo, ,oOo
gold pool to assist the cotton producers
Of the South in holding their surplus
crop and forfend against the threatened
bankruptcy Of the cotton-growing indus
try.
The indisposition Of the Federal Re
serve Board to place its seal OF approval
on the pool scheme is not predicted upon
any hostile attitude. The stumbling block
to acceptance Of the plan OF relief is
based upon the Reserves Boards feeling
that ii cannot legally amplify its func-
tons by taking on the trusteeship Of this
Nund of the actual management Of the
details OF the system
The Federal Reserve Board ID opposed
to q man to every one Of the cotton re-
Lief bills now pending in Congress.
An Endorsement OF the Wade plan for
relief was given President Wilson yes
terday by his boyhood friend, Henry E.
Walters, chairman Of the executive COM
mittee OF the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company. Mr.. Walters told the
President that with spot cotton selling
around 61-2 cents a pound the South was
facing bankruptcy. but he thought that
the pool proposed would afford the neces-
sary measure Of relief, provided the Eu-
ropean takings Of cotton should reach
the promised figure OF 100000 bales.
Said Mr.. Walters: The West is going
to grow richer out Of this war. but ap-
parently the East and South must pass
through two years Of the strictest econ
omy. Railways OF the South and East
are already hard hit. They cannot get
money from abroad and they must econ
omize. After two years I believe the
whole country will begin to beneft."