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The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
WILL USE LARGEST TURBINES
Rapid Transit Company of New York Is Installing Record current-Pro-
 dueine Engines.

The largest turbines in the world are now being built by the Nesting house company for the power station of the Interurban Rapid Transit com pany, East River and Seventy-fourth street, New York. They will supply sufficient electric current to operate 135 fully loaded ten-car trains accom- modating 135,OO0 people.
 Each turbine-there are three-will be directly connected to a dynamo which Will deliver 9O,OOO kilowatts, or about 41.OOO horsepower. and at full overload each machine can deliver 36,00O kilowatts, or practically 5O,OOO horsepower, for a short period of time.
 The amount of steam used and the enormous amount of cooling water re- quired for the condensers afford fig ures that are positively astonishing to the layman. Each unit will use about 350,0O0 pounds of steam per hour, and to condense this steam so that all the benefits of vacuum may be obtained in connection with the low pressure unit each turbine must be provided with condenser contain ing 50,000 square feet of cooling sur face. To insure this the condenser will contain 36 miles of brass tubing one inch in diameter. The necessary amount of cold water for circulation through the tubes will be drawn from the East river, and through each con denser there will be passed every hour 4,500,000 gallons of water. To pump this amount of water through which will be ultimately installed calls for a tunnel twelve feet four inches wide and twelve feet four inches in height.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
GREAT IS VIRTUE OF eAIETY
Those Who Have Travelled the Hard Roads of Life Will Recognize It's
 Beneficence.

Gladness Is a pilgrims virtue, and the more our life has within 1t the quality of the true pilgrimage, the more necessary is joy for its perfec- tion. If we had more mirth in our religion, it would not only be strong CT, but more gracious and effective. I do not know if anything finer could be said of any of us than was said by a traveller of his companion:-"So long as the journey lasted, the joy lasted also. There was never a mo- ment but was blissful, never a con tretemps, such as Is unavoidable on the road, but he, in his beautiful con- tentment, laughed it away" When our journey is over and friends recol- lect our influence over them, I thing we would rather have that testimony than any. This task of bearing ever a glad heart is by no means an easy one. The truest laughter does not spring from the heart that always takes life easy and knows no burden. The ~1uls in which laughter triumphs, are those which have the heaviest bur dens to bear, and are well acquainted with sorrow.
 In the wonderful prayer Robert Louis Stevenson wrote for his house. hold at Samoa, there is one petition which must always touch the heart of those who know his life: Give us courage, and gaiety, and the quiet mind" How few of us venture to ask for gaiety as a divine gift!-Selected.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15

rure-proDaDly to a point far below the freezing point of water But, on the other hand, the surface con- ditions as we see them in our tele- scopes would seem to leave no doubt that the polar caps actually melt in the Martian summer sending floods of water through channels-natural or artiicial-and causing growth of vegetation along their banks. We are therefore forced to one of two conclusions. either that the planet has sources of heat-internal or external which are not yet explained, or that the polar "snow is composed of something else than frozen water"
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
New Kind of AfrIoan chIsf.

The first installation with Christian ceremonies of Chiyuka chief in Por. tuguese West Africa occurred recently when Chikosi, a good speaker and evangelist, who had been deacon in the mission church for years. was thus inducted into office. The brother of the dead chief declined to succeed him for these reasons: "I cannot read, and Chiyuka is village of books. More over. I am not one of the Words (Christians), and no one but a Chris. tian can be successor to Kanjundu. We look over the possible ones, and we choose Chikosi."
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
peveIopment of oI weII..

Instead of exploding nitroglycerine in the recesses of the earth to increase the flow of oil wells a more recent method has been employed by com pressed air. The compressed air is used upon the theory that if the origi- nal rock pressure is put back upon the rock the flow of oil through it will be held constant or greatly increased Thus. as the oil is exhausted, the lost pressure is continuously restored by pumping vast quantities of air down into the inner earth. The new method has been so successfully worked as to give promise ot general adoption throughout the oil fields of the coun. try.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
He Was All Beach.

A young mother who still consid- CTS marcel waves as the most fash ionable way of dressing the hair was at work on the job.
 The precocious child was crouch ed on its fathers lap. the baby fin- gers now and then sliding over the smooth and glossy pate which is fathers.
 "No waves for you. father" re- marked the little one. "You're all beach. Los Angeles Examiner.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
BOY WHO SAVED OTHERS DIED
Louisiana Lad, Deserving of Fame, Belonged to a Family of Lake
 Rescuers.

He saved others, himself he could not save"
 Brave Theodore Pruning III died on recent morning after severe ill- ness from typhoid malaria. The Brun- ings, father, son and grandson, all with the same name, Theodore" and another son, John c. Pruning, have been the heroic Ifesavers in Lake Ponchartrain for years. The sons and the grandson were born on the shores of the turbulent little lake that on slight provocation becomes an angry and dangerous sea and hurls those who venture it madly against the shores and swallows them into it's depths.
 By their bravery and skill they have thwarted the angry waters and snatched from their fury more than a hundred persons. Just how many is not known, because the Brunings new CT considered it anything more than their ordinary work to pick up per sons from boats in danger or rescue those clinging to upturned sailboats and skiffs, or to billings and other refuges, where they hung in danger of falling exhausted into the water. John Pruning said that he believed about 125 persons had been rescued by the members of the family.
 Theodore Pruning III was young boy, but had two rescues to his credit. February 2, 1914, Fred c. Ford, F. Cod man Ford and Luther Sinclair started on hunting trip to Nine-Mile Point in a skiff. A squall struck the boat and threw 1t against the piling. As the boat sank the boys sprang to the pill ings. Albert Werner, who is related to the Brunings, saw the boys cling ing exhausted to the billings and gave the alarm. Theodore and his father hurried to the rescue and were just in time to save them. Young Ford and Sinclair were in the hospital five days before recovering. The other rescue in which Theodore III took part was that of three men recently saved, but whose names are not known by the Brunings.-New Or leans Times-Picayune.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
Lono leland Farmers oruanize.

Ezra Futile is Long Island farmer. He followed to market a bushel of beans, which brought him thirty cents a bushel, and found that the consumer paid S4.S0 for them. The Long Island farmers have decided to maintain a bureau of markets for the purpose of getting some, at least, of this differ ence between $4.SO and 30 cents. Ezra Futile is at the head of the move ment.-Farm and Firesida.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
peaIIna wlth an Anront.

The dull world has got the wrong phrase; 1t is he who resents an af- front who pockets it; he who takes no notice lets it lie in the dirt.-George Macdonald.
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
Uncle Eben,

q have noticed" said Uncle Eben. dat when somebody dat nebber fought hollers foh war. dem as has been to one Is liable to keep still an look mighty thoughtful"
The Holbrook news., 1915-01-15
LET'S BOOST
Southern California and invite the world to come here
 in 1915.

When you help Southern California forge ahead you perform inestimabe service to yourself for the the state prospers the greater the benefits that descend on you
 You can't find better way to BOOST than to see that your friends supplied with all the salient facts about the unlimited resources and sublimity of the Great Southwest.
 The beautiful and interesting Anniversary Number of the Los Angeles Examiner will contain all the thentc and complete facts about wonderful Southern California its vast resources ideal climate fertility produuctiveness advantages ets etc. If you wrote hundred letters you couldn't hope to ALL the facts as this remarkable edition will them. It will also contain wealth of information about the positions at San Francisco and San Diego which will intensely interest everyone and prove of material sstance to those who will visit both of these expos tions.
 If you want to delight your friends with a little gift to it that they get copy of this Anniversary Edition which will be issued December 22nd. Don't delay Send in your orders today to the Los Angeles Examiner Los Angeles, Calf The edition is 15 cents copy to any point in the U. S. Mexco-20 cents to Canada-25 cents to foreign countries Use this blank Send stamps or money order. You'll probably want copy yourself
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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-26
for several years
% undergo an OPP
Attention ROYAL Neiqhbors.

Jessie Gleason, recorder, will be at
NJ. M. Crafts store the second and
fourth Saturday afternoon of each
month to receive membership dues.
Or if more convenient dues may be
paid to W. A. Gleason at the passen-
ger depot any week day up to one
o'clock p. m. 24t4
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-26
Notice..

At Lourdes on Wednesday, March 3.
1915, at ! p. m, the road dragging Of
Paris Twp, will be let in routes to the
lowest responsible bidder. who will
sign contract for same.
By Order of Board Of Paris Twp.
George Hughes, Road Supt.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-26
ESQ Acre Farm for Sale.

The former Barney Steinmetz farm,
81 miles east Of Cresco. consisting Of
$50 acres. Must be sold soon to settle
estate. PM. HERoLD, Referee. tf22
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-26

II you want farm loan nc low rate
Of interest, see American Loan 4 Trust
COMPANY. Cresco. Ia.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
CHARLES C. BUOER WILL
OPEN JEWElRY BUSINESS
Will BE Successor to Buder
Brothers, the Firm that
Recently Closed.

Mr.. Charles C. Buder, who has
been in Shreveport, La, since the
death of his brother. Mr.. Edward
L. Buder, in this city, returned
to Columbus Tuesday, and with
in a short time will reopen the
store formerly occupied by Buder
Brothers, jewelers., and will con
duct the business under the name
of Charles C. Buder.
Buder Brothers was one of the
Oldest firms in the South, but
owing to financial conditions
several months ago closed its
doors.
Mr.. Buder expects to receive
a full stock the coming week and
all announcement of his opening
will be seen in the Commercial.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
GERMAN ATTACKS
THROWN BACKWARD
Make Desperate Efforts 10
Break the Extended Dead.
lock
ALLIES REGAIN TRENCHES
German Artillery Has Subjected
Belgians Positions 10 Heavy
Bombardments.

London. Feb. The Ger.
mans have been making desper.
ate efforts during the last few
days to break the extended dead.
lock along the eastern and west.
ern fronts of the continental war
zones. Preceded BY artillery
activity they have delivered a
series OF attacks on the allied
lines in Flanders and France.
While they won preliminary
advantage in almost every case.
the French. British and Belgians
have regained the trenches tenn.
porarily lost before the fighting
was concluded. In some cases
the allies reports say they also
occupied German positions.
The German artillery has sub.
Jected the Belgian positions in
Flanders to heavy bombardment.
This suggests that the Germans
may believe the moment has ar.
rived for another effort to cross
tie User and attempt to reach
French coast ports.
Heavy attacks have been made
against the Russian lines in Cen.
tral Poland. If General Won
Hlndenburg could succeed in
breaking through to Warsaw he
would gain a great political and
advantage for Germany
and also release the Russian re-
port today declares that in a
counter attack their forces re.
gained most of the lost ground.
The German report merely
says making progress.
A German submarine was still
at large in the English channel
Yesterday and the French official
y report an attempt to torpedo
he British hospital ship Asturi-
IS.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
Confcrs With Bryan and VII.
liams Regarding the
Matter.
M|ss|ss|PP|AN IS HOPEFUL
We Can Beat Them and We
viii" Said the Senator From
This State.

Washington, February g.
President Wilson stir feels con.
fident the ship purchase bill will
be passed despite Mondays unex-
pected turn. when nine Senate
democrats lined up with the re.
publicans in an effort to send the
bill back to committee. He con.
ferred at length tonight with
Secretary BRYAN and John SHARP
Williams and later it was indi.
Gated at the White House there
would be no let up in the fight.
We can beat them and we will
beat them." said Senator Viii.
llams, on leaving the White
House. Opponents of this bill
know visions of the measure. Men
VINO vote against the bill will
have to answer to their consti-
tuents.
1t was understood that while
the President docs not favor vi
tai changes, there will be no oh.
lection to minor alterations.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
MEETING OF COUNC|lMeN
HELD TUESDAY EVENING
Board Allows Eighteen Dollars a
Month for Chamber of
Commerce.

The regular meeting of the
city council was held Tuesday
night and several matters of in
terest were discussed.
The entire board OF directors of
the Chamber Of Commerce was
before the aldermen and request
ed donation towards the sup
port of the business league. The
councilmen gladly consented to
allow for this purpose the sum of
$l8 per month. for ten months.
The sum of 5000 was ordered
paid to the L nited Charities.
The water, committee submit
ted a report, stating that they
had made may improvements
recently at the water works, and
that things there would be in
fine shape within about ten days.
Among other business many
accounts were allowed and or
dered paid.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
CROOK WILL SUBMIT REPORT
TO BOARD NEXT WtOAt SOlY
Auditors Remain fiuslly N Work
On the books II I.owadss
County

Auditors remain husily engaged
on the books u Inwndcs count,
and n special meeting of the
board Of supervisors will be- held
next Wednesday, when a report
will be made BY Public Account.
an Lewis 4. Crook. to whom
the contract was awarded at the
meeting in December.
II was at first thought that
II would only take about six
weeks to complete the audit, but
on Monday Mr.. w. S. Newly.
president Of the board, was in.
formed that 1t would be impossi.
BILE to finish the work before
next Wednesday, and for that rea.
son a special meeting of the So.
pervisors will be held.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
Mr.. l.. N koblentz Dies.

The news announcing the
demise of Mr.. l.. M. Koblentz in
a sanitarium in Bolivar, Tenn,
was received in Columbus the
past week. The remains were
carried to Sessums, Miss, for
interment.
Mr.. Koblentz for many years
was a musician in this city, and
although blind for a number of
years past he has been in the
piano repairing business here.
Several months ago he was taken
i'll in Memphis and was carried
to Bolivar for treatment.
His many friends sympathize
with his wife in her bereave-
ment.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
SECRET PLAN ARRANGED
FOR THE SHIPPING BILL
Now Have Scheme to Win Back
Colleagues Who Revolted on
Monday.

Washington, February "A
plan guarded with the utmost
secrecy was adopted by admins
tration democrats of the Senate
in caucus tonight to break down
opposition to the government
ship purchase bill. The program
includes parliamentary maneuv.
ers, which will be actuated to-
morrow afternoon in the Sem
ate, and, according to leaders of
the party, is calculated to bring
support for the measure to off
set Mondays democratic revolt.
After reaching an agreement
the caucus adoped a resolution
e.~us,t,g every 1aeiabef to secrecy
Senator Kern. chairman of the
caucas, announced that secrecy
was necessary for the obvious
reason that to make the plans
public might mean their frus.
tration. 1t was reported later in
cluded in the plan was an a.
greement to amend the bill to con-
form with suggestions from va
rious sources made within the
last few strenuos days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
National Bank ol Commerce
Named as Depos
tory Here
MANY BANKS OFFER BIDS
Iiity thousand Dollars oi Mis-
sissippis Money on De-
posit Here.

The National Bank Of Com
merce in this city has been NAM
ed as the local state depository,
this institution having submitted
a bid for $4,000. which sum will
be placed here.
A meeting was held Monday
in Jackson by Governor Brewer.
Attorney-General Ross Collins
and State Treasurer p. S. Stov-
all FOR the purpose of opening
bids from banks wanting to ham
die state funds during the current
year.
Bids were submitted by sixty
two banks in Mississippi, and
funds of the state will be de-
posted in varying amounts, the
limit of each being named by
the three state officials. The
sums vary in each bank from
I, 900 to 100000.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
ONE KILLED ANO -FOUR ARE
INJURED N PISTOL DUEL
Battle Takes Place on Street.
Of Aberdeen---t;eoree Nich-
OILS K; :,

Aberdeen. Miss, Jan. 81. -Ont
dead and four injured is the re.
suit of a battle which took place
Saturday night in front of the
Monroe Banking & Trust Compa.
ny between George Brewer,
Ernest Brewer, Lowry Brewer
and Lamar Brewer, all brothers,
on one side, and George Nichols
and Riley Honey on the other.
Nichols was killed instantly,
one shot going through his heart
and one through the eye. Honey
was shot through the stomach
and once in the face. and his
head was beaten into Jelly.
Ernest Brewer was shot in the
left arm, Lowry Brewer in the
right hand and Lamar Brewer
through the coat, with a slight
flesh wound. Fifteen shots were
exchanged, most of them taking
effect. There are five bullet
holes in the vestibule of the
bank building and one over Gays
drug store. across the street.
About two weeks ago Paul
Nichols, a rural carrier, cousin of
George Nichols. and Lamar
Brewer, manager of the Postal
Telegraph office. had some
trouble, in which Nichols struck
Brewer with an empty bottle and
almost put his eye out and left
an ugly scar on his face. Satur.
day afternoon at 2::30 o'clock
Nichols was tried before mayor
James Acker and fined S25. 1t
is thought that this was the be.
ginning of the trouble. The
Brewer brothers refused to give
a statement, their lawyer, C. l..
Tubbs, advising them not to.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
Makes Escape into Maine
Proclaims Himself
An Officer.
COMMITS An ACT Of WAR
New international Problem Is
Thrust Upon the United
States.

Vanceboro, Me. Feb. 2. An
other international problem in
cident to the war was thrust up
on the United States today BY
the action of Werner Van Horn
who. operating on the Canadian
side of the border. dynamited the
railway bride over the st. Croiy
river and then escaped into
Maine.
A few hours later, in a room
at a hotel here, Van Horn sub
mitted to arrest, but Immediately
proclaimed himself an officer of
the Germany army. and sci up
the claim that he had committed
an act of war, and having fled to
a neutral county, could not be
surrendered legally to an enemy
of the fatherland.
The Canadian authorities took
a different view of the matter,
and Immediately instituted pro-
ceedings to extradite the prisoner
on a charge of destruction Of
railroad property. Pending the
outcome of these efforts Van
Horn is held at the immigration
office here in custody of the dep
uty sheriff.
The bridge which Van Horn
sought to destroy was not greatly
damaged. Within a few hours
cars were shnnted across one at
a time, the passengers walking
over or she ice. ny Mo- ai.s...
railroad officials said the bridge
would be strong enough for
trains to use it without uncoup.
ling.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
OPENING OF the DAVIS
STORE OCCURS TOMORROW
Local Five and Ten Cent Husi-
nsss Will Hs Under New
Management

The opening Of the Davis Five
and Ten Cent Store will occur TO
morrow afternoon from 3 10 q.
and in the evening 7:30 to 10.
An Invitation IL extended every.
one to call and inspect the large
new stock that has just been re.
eeived and put on display.
This store is to be opened un.
der the management of Mr. X. c.
Davis, who owns a similar busi.
ness at West Point.
The place here will be man.
aged by Mr.. X. NJ. Young, who
for long time past has been
with Mr.. Davis.
During the opening hours Fri.
day pretty music will be furnish.
ed by an orchestra.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
Mr.. R. G. Patty Dies.

The many friends in Columbus
of Mr.. r, c. Patty were panied
to hear of his death which oc-
Cured the past week.
The Macon Beacon of Friday
says:
1T was with great grief that
the people of Macon heard of the
sudden death of Mr.. Rob. Patty
He died at Troupe, Texas on the
18th instant, and his remains
were brought to Macon and in.
tered in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery, in the presence Of a large
concourse of relatives and
friends.
"Mr. Patty was a man well
liked by all who knew him and
loved by those who knew him in
timately. His kindliness of heart
and charm and courtesy of man.
ner won the liking. and his strong
and sterling qualities the respect
of all. He was loyal and true and
just and generous. His memory
will be warmly cherished by
those who knew him as a boy
and as a man."
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
ENTIRE NORTHEAST IS
GRIPPEO BY BLIZZARD
Wire Communication interrupt
ed and Transportation
Made Difficult.

Chicago, Feb. Weather
conditions through the central
and middle. western states today
continued to hamper telegraph
and telephone companies. Com.
munication with many places is
difficult anC to some is still cut
off. Yesterdays sleet storm
was followed in many places by
lower temperatures. Ice broke
many wires, and Kans as and
Missouri reported deep SHOWS
were hampering traffic.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
Big Vitagraph Feature al Prin-
cess.

The Princess offers an excep-
tlonal attraction, as the program
for today.
Vitagraph Broadway feature
present Two Women, a high
class drama in 3 reels direct
from a successful run at the Vi
tagraph theatre on Broadway
New York. The cast includes
such favotites as 'AnitaStewart"
Earle Williams Harry
Northup' Julia Swayne Cor
don" and others.
On the same program two
good comedies, making an at.
tractive program of five reels.
with an excellent musical pro-
gram by the famous Princess
Orchestra. Admission 5 and 1Oc.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-02-04
Will Have War Pictures

The people of Columbus will be
given a treat at the Princess
Theatre Saturday when pictures
of the European war will be
shown. Manager Kuykendal
has arranged with the Chicago
Tribune for this service. and
actual views of the battles will
be shown.
The views that are to be shown
were made under the authorize
tion of the Belgian government
There will be four reels, and
were reproduced by the Inter.
national Film Corporation.