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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Storks.

We have no true stork In this coun-
try, but we have the ibis, which be
longs to the stork family. This bird.
which breeds in the far southern states,
often goes as far north as Indiana.
for it Is a bird of long and easy fight.
standing thirty or thirty-one inches In
its length Of body. Its plumage Is
white, but wings and tail are black.
It Is considered a bird Of gentleness
and good nature, associating with
ducks, geese and other water fowl on
pleasant terms.
The white stork of Europe migrates
to Africa in winter. 1t comes and goes
In great fiocks, returning year after
year to Denmark, Germany and other
parts of central Europe, where the
birds are welcomed and protected on
account of their value as scavengers.
The common name for the stork In
Holland means "the bringer Of good,
and In that country, as well as In Den
mark, the people believe that good
luck will attend the house on which
the stork has built its nest-Sayannah
News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
The Machete.

Because it is as useful in peace as In
war the Spanish American machete has
a distinction of its own as a weapon.
II Is a sword. spade, hedging bill, ak.
Ratchet and pruning knife. 1t Is first
cousin to the United States cavalry
saber, and almost every male In Span
ish American countries above the age
Of childhood carries one. The laborer
carries it to cut sugar cane, prepare
flrewood and trench ground for his
crop. The horseman wears it to cut
his way through woodlands during
journeys over rough country. The hi
dalgo wears it with silvered hilt and
tasseled scabbard. His humber neigh
Dor is content to carry it bare and hilt-
ed with horn. wood or leather. The
machete is made in about thirty differ
ent forms. and the blade varies In
length from ten to twenty inches. 1t
may be blunt, pointed. curved or
straight, broad or narrow. The favor
lite with the labOrer is of medium
length, with unornamented handle and
broad, straight blade.-Boston Herald
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
ZSIRES AND SONS.

Baron Motono, doyen Of the d1pio-
matte corps at Petrograd, is one OF ia
pans foremost diplomats. He has lived
tn Petrograd since 1906.
Captain Edward W. Eberle, who
succeeds Rear Admiral Fullam as su-
perintendent Of the Naval academy at
ANNAPOLIS, has been commandant OF the
Washington navy yard and superm-
tendent Of the naval gun factory since
last December.
Judge George E. Downey, who mas
been chosen to fill the vacancy on the
bench of the United States court of
claims, was until his appointment
COMPTROLLER Of the treasury. Judge
Downey comes from Indiana, where he
was for ten years Judge Of the circuit
court.
Otto Praeger, who has been appoint
ed second assistant postmaster gen
eral, succeeding Joseph Stewart Is
Texan by birth and has long been the
personal friend of Postmaster General
Burleson. Before his appointment as
postmaster he was a newspaper CORE
spondent.
Jose Pardo, who has again assumed
the presidency Of Peru, is entering
upon his third term, having been
first elected in 1904. His career is
most unusual, regarding it from the
political standpoint, for his father was
a famous statesman, who became pres
hent of Peru.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
The Writers.

Kate Douglas Wiggin, it is said, re-
eeives $4,000 a year in royalties on
books and plays taken from her most
popular novels.
Mrs. Fenwick Miller, well known
English journalist has been elected
president of the Women Writers
league in England.
Rudyard Kipling prefers the night
hours for work, frequently sitting up
until 2 or 8. He is most elaborate In
his methods and pronounces aloud ev-
cry word that he writes in order to test
its fitness.
"Marse Henry" Watterson, the noted
editor, spent years in training for a
musical career. An accident which cut
short the use Of his left hand made il
necessary for him to abandon his mu-
steal plans.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

Photo by American Press Association
MRS. HERBERT CARPENTER, WHO MARCHED
IN THE PARADE
numbers. 1t was a herculean task to
handle skillfully and intelligently the
10000 women who, in spite of cold and
wind and hours Of patient standing,
were determined to march. Their spirit
was undaunted. No amount Of dis
comfort could make them waver from
their grim determination to prove to
the voters Of New York state that wo-
men were in earnest in their demand
for the vote.
The week before the suffrage banner
street corners and enlisted enrollments.
So spontaneous and overwhelming was
the response that the parade commit
tee was almost flOored by the huge
throngs who insisted upon marching.
The grand stand could not accommO-
date half the number of prominent city
officials who wanted seats. 1t had to
be enlarged to twice it's capacity. Men
by the hundreds enrolled and marched
over ground where a few years ago a
little band of ninety faced the soothing
and raillery Of the spectators. In the
year 1915 along the line of march there
were none to belittle by jest or quip
plaudits and cheers Of the crowd. The
parade proved that woman suffrage Is
no longer joke.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
SHORT AND SHARP.

A bank account takes you out Of the
blank account
Idle talk sometimes manages to make
somebody busy.
Spain will shortly be the only inno-
cent bystander In Europe.
Persuasion indicates a strong will
and Obstinacy n strong won't
Big jobs habitually postponed until
tomorrow are never undertaken.
VaSSar sets n precedent for the sex
by admitting that she is fifty years old
Somebody has found a good word to
say for joy ridcrS-they are not abus
ing horses.
We suppose now that Alice blue"
and Helen pink" will be eclipsed by
Boiling green"
the only way TO prevent the other fel-
low from telling his.
Speaking OF lessons of the war, the
most impressive is that it is not going
to be worth what it costs.
When mans stomach works harder
than his hands everything will become
a bore TO him sooner or later.
It's safe bet that Orville Wright
got more for his aeroplane interests
this year than he would have got ten
years ago.
Vigorous bombardment Of the censors
Is reported both from London and Par
Is, but no list Of resultant casualties
has been published as yet.
Some genius has discovered that soap
can be made from an oil extracted
from grape seeds. And along comes
Burbank and spoils It all by inventing
q seedless grape.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
TonsiIs and rheumatism.

Rheumatism in its many forms is.
according to DR.. Seymour Taylor, the
famous British specialist, the most
dangerous disease with which physi-
clans have to deal. more dangerous
than even tuberculosis. cancer or blood
disease. He notes that 70 per cent of
young patients who are the victims of
acute rheumatism also suffer from dis
eased tonsils and asserts that @rheu-
matism affecting young children or
adolescents leaves mitral stenosis (con-
traction of the mitral valve Of the
hearb as its most frequent and Grip
ping valvular affection. York
World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Short Stories.

The view from the top Of Pixies peak
embraces an area of 10000 square
miles.
Martinique used to enjoy a large in
come from the sale Of coffee. An insect
destroyed the industry.
Hypodermic injections Of water will
often induce sleep if the patient thinks
morphia is being given.
The Filipino child is a very apt schol-
ar, but he or she leaves school general
~ at the age of fourteen to marry.
Sac Paulo, somewhat more than
twice as large as Illinois, is probably
the finest farming state in Brazil and
produces practically three-fourths of
the worlds coffee. 1t is also rich in
cotton, sugar and tobacco.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Town Topics.

Baltimore is carrying out its reputa-
ton as the convention city. The cry
is still they come. And once here they
all want to come again. - Baltimore
American.
Chicago has a religious revival plan
ned to last siN>months. If they would
make it permanent institution there
might be some hope for Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If all the people would obey the law
which forbids the throwing of paper
or any kind of waste into the streets
what a tidy town good old Philadel-
phie might be!-Philadelphia Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

PORTER CHARLTON AND SCENE ON LAKI:
COMO.
her skull was crushed, as if with club
or iron bar, and her arms and Shout
ders showed signs of brutal handling
Charlton had disappeared.
The Charltons, it was learned, had
arrived there several weeks before and
had gone to live in a villa which they
had rented from q Russian. Persons
who lived near by said that Charlton
and his wife, whom they knew as Mr.
and Mrs. Porter, had quarreled fire.
Quently and often the woman was
heard crying late into the night
Fourteen days after the body was
found Charlton walked off the liner
Princess Irene on TO the North German
Lloyd pier in Hoboken. Confronted
there by Captain Scott, his wife's
brother, and Chief of Police Hayes.
he broke down, admitted his identity
and confessed the murder. He said in
his confession:
''My wife and 1 lived happily to-
gether. but she had an uncomfortable
temper, and so had /. On the night of
the murder she had the worst outbreak
Of temper | ever saw. l told her to
keep quiet or l would make her keep
quiet. Then she had another outbreak.
took up a wooden mallet with which
I had been preparing a table and hit
her on the head and body two or three
times. At midnight put the body in a
trunk. dragged it to the lake and threw
Ii in
For three years Charlton was held
prisoner in Jersey City before he was
returned TO Italy for trial. Every legal
means was used In an endeavor TO
keep him from being sent back, the
case even going TO the supreme court
Of the United States, which decided
that he must be extradited. In the
course of his incarceration in New Jer-
Bey a board OF alienists examined
Charlton and declared that he was of
nnsound mind and not responsible for
the commission Of the crime.
In August. 1913, Charlton was lodged
In Jail ut Como. and since then three
successive dates were set for the trial.
but each time circumstances arose to
cause postponements. The war was
the cause Of the last. In the meantime
q commission had been appointed 10
inquire into Charlton's sanity, and be
was found to be sane.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
THE TRAGEDY
OF LAKE COMO
The Charlton Case Remarkable
In Criminal History.

-HE trial of Porter Charlton for
the murder Of his wife, which
recently ended in a verdict OF
guilty and the sentence by the
italian court Of six years and eight
months Imprisonment, has gone down
as one Of the most interesting recent
chapters in criminal history. The jury
held that Charlton was only partially
responsible and that there were exten-
uating circumstances. The term to
which he was sentenced Is reduced by
the time he has been under restraint,
something over five years. Moreover,
year is deducted under the amnesty
for all offenses committed before Italy
entered the war. Consequently Charl-
ton will be incarcerated but twenty
nine days.
Porter Charlton, a slender, shy young
mamie is but twenty-six years OLD
now-was married to a woman many
years his senior. He Is the son oil
Judge Paul Charlton Of the Porto
Rican courts, q classmate at Yale of
ex-President Taft. He married the di-
yorced wife of Neville ii. Castle of
Nome, Alaska, and sister Of Captain
Henry Harrison Scott of the United
States army. They lived in New York
for awhile and then went abroad.
The news of Mrs. Charlton's murder
came by cable from Milan on June 10.
1910. Her body, stuffed in trunk, was
found by fishermen in Lake Como, near
the village of Moltrasio. The back of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

But, on the other hand, Otto Lang, a
nephew Of Anton, who resides In New
York city, states that he has recently
received letter from Anton Lang him.
self and that Alton is not in the Ger
man army and has not been near the
western battle front, where it was re-
ported he had been killed.
The report Of Anton's death has not
been confirmed from any official Ger
man source. 1t Is believed that a mis-
take has been made by confusing the
identity of the Oberammergau player
with that Of a relative Of the same
name. Anton Lang. the player, Is so
well known throughout the world that
1t is doubtful that he should meet
death without the fact becoming
known.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Train and Track.

Every large railway company in Eng
land has special royal train for the
use Of the king and queen.
At the present time the New York
Central station in New York Is the
worlds greatest railroad terminal.
Last year in the United States 5,471
persons were killed while walking on
railroad tracks. This was at the rate
Of fifteen a day, or one every ninety
six minutes.
The Hawkesbury railway bridge in
New South Wales, Australia, Is 1900
feet long, supported by six piers, each
ON caissons Of depths from 101 feet to
162 feet, the deepest foundations of
any railway bridge in the world.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Recent Inventions.

Miss Katherine Minehart of Phila-
delphia has patented n handbag which
can be opened and converted into n
seat.
A mirror has been mounted on the
portrait photographers camera so that
the patron may see what the resulting
pictures will look like.
A patent has been granted for a win
dow frame with the usual sliding sash,
but which can be swung into a room
for cleaning or outside to further ven
tflation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Current Comment.

More than twice as many persons Wis
tied the national parks this year. So
there was something in that seeing
America first after all.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Governor Goethals had a hard time
putting the Panama canal on the map,
but it is said he anticipates an even
harder one in trying to keep it from
sliding off.-Baltimore American.
Think of the oratorical flood that will
be let loose when congress assemblies!
Legislators elected a year ago must be
by this time almost bursting with adj
vice for the erring world.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

she had helped these soldiers to cross
the frontier, but also that some OF
them had thanked her in writing when
arriving In England.
In q letter to the London Post q
cousin Of Miss Cavell says:
'"My cousins intense devotion to the
alienation of suffering caused her to
devote her life to nursing in Brussels.
She voluntarily remained there to con-
tinue her work when the city was
taken by the Germans. She would have
nursed a German with as much tender
care as an Englishman.
"She allowed the womanly quality Of
compassion to get the better Of pru-
dence and self interest. For this she
suffered untold miseries and died a
martyrs death"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Some Questions.

What's become Of the old fashioned
woman who called lingerie red fan
nelT" Bless her-Buffalo News.
What will the Natural History mu-
scum Of 1000 years hence preserve as
the dodo Of our day?-New York Sun.
What has become of the old fashion
ed statistician who used to demonstrate
that world war could not possibly
last more than a year?-New Orleans
Times Picayune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
His Misfortune.

$50 you were driven out Of the the
atrical profession by the movies?"
asked the sympathetic old lady. slow
did that happen?"
"You see. ma'am," replied the truth
full tramp. there amt much Of q de-
mand for stage hands these days.
Buffalo Express.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
BANNER PARADE
Thirty Thousand Sutfraglsts
March In New York City.

The biggest suffrage parade ever held
In the history Of woman suffrage
marched through the streets Of New
York city on Oct. %. With splendid
precision, between two huge throngs OF
onlookers, women by the thousand,
hour after hour, fled past to martial
music. Enthused with the spirit Of the
principles for which they were fight
Ing, enrollers by the hundreds and
thousands so swelled the ranks Of
marchers that it looked as If the pa
rade might be swamped by its own
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
MISS EDITH CAVELL
A DEVOTED NURSE
Sad Fate of the Woman Has
Stirred the World.

The shot that killed Miss Edith Ca
veil, an Englishwoman and head nurse
of a surgical institution In Brussels, at
the order Of the German military court,
has certainly been heard around the
world
Miss Caven was prosecuted for haV-
ing helped English and French SOL
diers, as well as Belgian young men, TO
cross the frontier and go to England.
She admitted by signing a statement
before the day Of the trial and by pub
lie acknowledgment in court that she
was guilty of the charges, not only that
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
PITH AND POINT.

The man who cannot make q mis-
take never tried.
Evidently Cupid never heard Of the
eight hour working day.
Economy is the road to wealth, but
it's q hard road to travel.
Many a man fails to arrive because
he started with cold feet.
The best way to learn how to waste
money is to make it easy.
The shiftless man usually prefers to
follow the line Of least persistence.
World peace, too, seems to have de-
cided to dig herself in for the winter.
Do not imagine that many persons
are lying awake nights worrying over
your troubles.
It's a mansion when you are boast
ing to a friend and a shanty when the
assessor comes along.
Now come the doctors and say that
sugar is the best thing for hurts. Moth
ers knew that long ago.
Do not allow the making Of plans
for tomorrow to interfere with doing
what you planned yesterday to do to-
day.
A court has gravely held that babies
have the right to cry. Just how would
the court have gone about enforcing a
contrary verdict?
Not all heroes by any means are on
fields of battle. Some Of the greatest
Of this wars heroes are serving in
hospitals and in missions.
The Hall of Fame senate rejected
the name of John Paul Jones because
he was q soldier of fortune, There is
no doubt John Paul was a soldier Of
our young republics good fortune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20


The little boy had been abandoned
by his parents. whose identity Is still
unknown. and was found upon the
steps of st. Patrick's cathedral in New
York city at midnight by policeman
on Sept. IL. 1914. He was placed at
st. ChriStopher's homo, Dobbs Ferry.
n. Y, Methodist institution for par
entlcSs boys and girls and situated not
far from the beautiful home OF Mrs.
Shepard at Irvington-on-the-Hu Hudson.
The little waif was known at the in
stitution as John Doe No. 104. He Is
now Finley ]. Shepard, Jr., and the
heir presumptive to a large fortune.
He has the run Of an extensive estate.
one Of the finest In the country, and Il
enjoying far more than the average
comforts Of home. Surely no fairy
godmother ever did better for q
protege.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
A Possible Retraction,

II hear you are having a take 1t
back campaign in this town."
"Yes," admitted the Plunkville citi-
zen. Have you borrowed something
that you have failed to return?'
"Oh, no. I want to see a man who
called me liar about three years ago"
Pittsburgh Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
The Doctrine of Chance.

He-Was your father very angry
when you told him Of our engagement
She-Not particularly. He said he had
been rather fortunate in the stock mar
ket Of late and figured it was about
time for his luck to turn.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Vain Conceit.

'The only fault 1 have to find with
Kippers is that he has an exaggerated
idea of his own importance"
81 hadn't noticed it"
But it's a fact. Why. he thinks
he's the only man on earth who could
have married Mrs. Kippers." Biz
mingham Age Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
A FAVORTTE OF FORTUNE.
Little Founding Adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard.

One of the most fortunate youngsters
In the United States is little found
ling of about five years Of age who
has been legally adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Finley ]. Shepard. Mrs. Shep-
ard, formerly Miss Helen Gould, IS
widely known for her philanthropic
and charitable work. She inherited
$1O,OO0,OO0 from her father, Jay Gould.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
Unusual,

HJiggs is a rather unusual charac-
ter"
He certainly is. For fact his
relatives are as welcome at his house
as his friends. Buffalo Express.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20
THE FATE OF ANTON LANG.

A Report Denied That He Was Killed
Fighting With the German Army.
Through Alois Lang, a cousin Of AL
ton Lang. who played the part Of
Christus in the Oberammergau Passion
play, came a report that Anton had
been killed in the Champagne district
while fighting with the German army.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

The only knowledge that a man has
ID the knowledge that he can usA-
Lord Macaulay.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

The Hall of Fame senate rejected
the name of John Paul Jones because
he was a soldier Of fortune, There is
no doubt John Paul was a soldier of
our young republics good fortune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

Not all heroes by any means are on
fields of battle. Some of the greatest
Of this wars heroes are serving in
hospitals and in missions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-20

A court has gravely held that babies
have the right to cry. Just how would
the court have gone about enforcing q
contrary verdict?
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-01
Wrona coneeptlon.

1t is indeed amusing the wrong con-
ception foreigners have Of the dis.
tances Of principal cities in this coun.
try from the metropolis. The other
day a rich Spaniard arrived at a New
York hotel from Barcelona. After
duly registering he phoned some wom-
an relatives, making dinner engage
ment for p. m. at the hotel. Then
he disappeared. The women waited
three hours, but no don appeared.
They went home greatly alarmed and
reappeared early next day and re-
mained at the hotel all day, every
few minutes making anxious inquiries
for the missing Spaniard. About FIVE
o'clock in the afternoon, just as the
women were about ready to notify the
police, their relative strobe in, COW
cred with dust. With cries Of Joy
they ran toward him, and all asked
where he had been. "Why," he said,
Il got into a car and told the chauf-
feur to drive me to Boston, which, l
thought, was only a suburb of New
York. But after three hours ride l
found out differently and sent a tele-
gram to you at the hotel" OF course,
the women never got it because they
were not registered. Whereupon the
don, panied beyond expression, be-
gan to buy wine for them all in an
effort to square himself.