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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11
Fatal Open Umbrella.

No one who believes In luck would
dream Of opening an umbrella indoors.
A very curious example OF the umbrel-
II superstition occurred recently,
when q farmer was called out late one
evening. Only an hour before his
wife had opened his umbrella TO darn
II, and. as the weather looked threat
ening. he took It with MIN on leaving
home. A terrific thunderstorm came
on while he was out. and while taking
refuge under some trees he was struck
By lightning and killed on the spot
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11

When Dickson. not yet four years
old ran In to ask his mother II he
could buy a balloon she replied: Il
can't let you buy one today. for ]
any change" A minute or
two later he was heard calling at
the top OF his voice: Balloon man.
balloon man." to the man who was by
that time well past the house. He
turned and came into the yard and
up to the porch. expecting. Of course.
to make a sale. when Dickson said:
Balloon man, my mother hasn't any
change today."-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11
Careless.

A will has been filed In the registry
OF probate court at Portland which. to
say the least. Is very extraordinary.
In so much as the last clause contains
the following; And may the curse OF
God rest on any person who seeks this
my last will and testament" Although
this is said TO be the exact wording OF
the clause, without doubt the testator
meant to insert the words ito break"
after the word seeks"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11
BEWARE or SPEEDY SURGEON
Authoritative Opinion 10 That Expert
Must Take Time TO Do Really
Careful Work.

beware OF the surgeon who has .
record for speed In performing opera
TONS" advises Sir Berkely Moynihsn In
his recent address before the British
Medical association. The great DIFF
ference In shock and prostration fol-
lowing different cases Of the same op-
Grafton is usually the result Of OBJ
posite methods.
The gentle surgeon who handles the
tissues and organs as II they we're his
own and avoids bruising or insulting
the nerves as II they were awake and
conscious must take much more time
for his work.
The operator who works with one
eye on the clock lacerates. tears and
upsets q patients internal economy.
and he Ia much more likely to over
look something. Second operations
most frequently follow quick. bril-
liant hrst performances.
Doctor Moynihan refers to the
tactics OF the brilliant speed record
holders as canine methods" OF
course. nobody wishes to DO upon the
operating table o moment longer than
necessary. nor to take an extra
breath OF ether. But the results Of
. few drops more Of anaesthetio are
negligible and not to be compared
with the miseries and often fatal Of
feet Of shock.
The perfect surgeon must have the
heart Of q lion and the hand Of
lady. never the claws OF Q lion and
the heart OF sheep. An operation is
done quickly enough when II 10 done
right"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11

This remarkable story was finished
By SIR Arthur cosss Doyle last Nay Inst
before HE visit to America. Ne wrote n
% Q last anxious warning to England
before she embarked spos asother war.
And the war came sooner than even he
had feared.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11

The daughter Of . very prominent
Liberal statesman 10 telling this story
against herself. says the London Daily
Sketch. She was foosiing round the
links North Berwick way. accompa,
nied By an elderly outspoken caddis.
DO you think TN improving In my
game at all. sandyl" she remarked.
casually. mo. wild ma 90 sac faur
as to say that. Teddy. bit we've got Q
guild grip o. the language
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11
CHAPTER w.


"lHE Kappa. with her gallant
commander and crew, was al
lI the o0t'o" Of the English chan
II appeared from this account that
after had parted from him ne had
met and sunk no fewer than hve yes
sells. ! gathered this to be his work
since all OF them were by guntire and
all were on the south coast OF Dorset
or Devon. How be met his fate was
stated In a short telegram which was
headed. Sinking Of a Hostile Subma-
rine" Il was marked Falmouth" and
ran thus:
The p. and o. mail stea mer Mace
donna came into this port last night
with Eve shell holes between wind and
water. She reports having been at.
tackled BY hostile submarine ten miles
to the southeast OF the Lizard. In
stead OF using Der torpedoes the sub
marine for some reason approached
upon the surface and bred i've shots
from a semiaut0matic twelve FOUNDER
gun. She was evidently under the I'm
preston that the Macedonia was un.
armed As a matter Of fact, being
warned OF the presence OF submarines
In the channel. the Macedonia bad
mounted her armament as an aux
Hilary cruiser. She opened Dire with
two quick 6rers and blew away the
coming tower Of the submarine Il H.
probable that the shells went rigpt
through her. as she sank at once with
her matches open. The AIacedonia was
only kept anOat by her pumps
such was the end Of the Kappa and
my gallant friend, Commander Ste
phan- His bes, epitapb was In a cor.
ner OF the same paper and was head. |
ed MARX Lane" II ran:
Wheat (averagel. &C: maize. 4s; bar.
ley, So"
Well. if stephan was gone there was
the more need for me to show energy
My plans were quickly taken. but they
were comprehensive. All that day
Saturday | passed down the Cornish
coast and round Lands End, getting
two stea mers on the way. | had learn
ed from Stephan's fate that II was
better to torpedo the large craft. bur
I was aware that the auxiliary cruis.
ers OF the British government were
all over 10000 tons. 50 that for ali
ships under that size IL was safe to
use my gun. Both these craft. the
Yelland and the Playboy-the latter an
American ship-were perfectly harm
less. so ! came up within a hundred
yards OF them and speedily sank them
after allowing their people to get into
The boats. Some other steamers lay
farther out. but I was so eager TO
make my new arrangements that I did
not go out of my course TO molest
them Just before sunset, however, %
magnificent a prey came within my
radius OF action that I could not posi-.
bly, refuse her.
No sailor could fail to recognize that
glorious monarch of the sea. with her
our cream tunnels tipped with black.
Ter huge black sides. her red bilges
md her high white top hamper. roar
ng up channel at twenty three knots
nd carrying her 5000 tons as lightly
. II she were a dve ton motorboat
{ was the queeniy Olympic OF the {
White Star line-once the largest and
till the comeliest of liners. What a I
lecture she made, with the blue Cor {
ish sea Dreaming round her Riant
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11
One Definition.

A mother is always seeking q good
match for her daughter--yet q good
match IL merely a cheap stick with
q head on one end Of t.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11

The man who calls his wife Kan
tippe isn't necessarily q Socrates
Boston Transcript
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-11

~lHE Kappa. with her gallant
commander and crew. was at
the bottom Of the English chan
. mel.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-11
"FTle 4tE Degree Oath of the
knights of Columbus"

TO meet the bluff and the falsehoods of
those Americans who have foresworn
loyal principles, and have become oath bound
subjects of foreign power, l have carefully
prepared the above-named pamphlet
The men who take that oath are traitors
to our government, and spies in our camp.
They are armed and drilled, as military
men, and kept in readiness to use their steel
swords, and their up-to-date rifles against
their fellow citizens.
Get my pamphlet, and study the facts for
yourselves. Priced ten cents.
This question of Popery is the most import.
ant question now facing the people Of
America.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-11
TEN o.
Random Notes ON THINGS i'm
y General.
General.


Ehristian Standard is fully indicated for
fts courage and frnness in standing by this
strangely prosecuted man.
The Romanist papers made all manner of
fun of Patmont, treating with derision the
Story that he had been kidnapped from near
$Danvllle, Illinois, and kept in a lonely log
house. near st. Louis, until he was covered
with rags and filth, and almost dead
Nevertheless, that is exactly what hap
;pened to Louis Patmont.
When some day laborers CHANGED to find
aim, he was gagged, bound, helpless, and
nearly dying.
He had been making hot fight on the
barroonls, and had been frequently follow
ed, insulted and threatened.
Seized in the night, and hurried to an
automobile which sped away with him, he
was naturally unable to tell how at length
he came to be left in the deserted a oneI,-
cabin-left to die
After his providential rescue, he resumed
his labors, and was again Swallowed and
threatened
In his weakened condition. he made a
mistake he disappeared. Of course, it
would have been better had he gone to
Cincinnati and advised with his Christian
Standard friends
In the midst of bis troubles he was in
dicted for burning a church Of which he had
been pastor; and it seems that his former
Wlfe-Whom be had been compelled to di-
vorce-gaye whatever himsy evidence there
was against him.
Patmont Immediately went to New jersey
and demanded trial, but could not get it.
The case was put off four different times.
and during the whole period. the Popes
American papers lost no opportunity to
heap rdicule and SANDER upon Patmcnt
But at the fifth call, the prosecutors had
to come to showdown and when they did,
there was nothing in the case.
In ten minutes the Jury brought in a
verdict of mot guilty"
Thus ends, for the present, most re-
markable persecution-a persecution which
began with threats against free speech, con
tinued With the crime of kidnapping and
attempted murder, eliminating with the
charge Of arson which would have disposed
Of Patnon't liberty for many years to come,
IL not Of his life.
Bryon declared war on the President. al
most before the President finished his New
I DIRK speech At the same time. Bryan re-
peats that he is Wilson's friend. Which
reminds us that he was also Champ Clark's
friend
If YOU want to know the real origin of
the split between Bryan and Wilson, you
must let your memory run back to 1912,
when Governor Wilson of New jersey was
so eager to become President. that he agreed
with Bryan on the Presidential primary and
The one-term plank.
To Woodrow Wilson it then seemed that
if he could be President four years, the
cup of happiness and ambition would be
full: hence his compact with Bryan.
Now, don't want to be rude and nasty,
but the gist of the trade between Wilson
and Bryan can only be expressed in the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-11

forever talking about his religion, his con
science, &c.
Early this year, Senator Pomerne came
out In the papers, saying that Presidential
primary was impracticable-at least for the
present; and that the next nomination would
have to be made by the old Convention
system
This interview was widely published, and
was taken to mean that the President was
thinking about a second term
This impression grew deeper. as the
friends of the Administration declared that
Wilson had never indorsed the one-term
plank.
Knowing Bryan, as / have so long known.
him. [ felt sure that he would continue to
smile, and smile, and talk about Christ, and
about religion, and about the Brotherhood
Of Man, but that. at the very first good
opening he would do his best to insnuate
the steel under the fifth rib of Woodrow
Wilson.
Bryan thought his time had come to throw
Wilson over, when the Lusitania atrocity
occurred.
The Secretary of State had signed the
February note in which the crazy Kaiser
was notified he would be held to ''strict
accountability" if he made war on the
ocean, in violation of International Law.
Bryan also signed a second paper, about
as stern as the first but when it came to
the third, the mHdest Of all, he baked.
His religion. his conscience, and his grand
mothers ghost, would not go any further;
and he seized upon William H. Stewards
old historic desk. in the State Department,
and went off with it. saying s'God bless YOU"
to Wilson, as he left.
Since then. the Hohenzollem egomania has
lost his submarines. his fleet is bottled up In
the Keil Canal, his armies are checked on
the Eastern and the Western fronts, his
Colonial empire is swept away, his people
are living on short rations, and his only
hope lies in the desperate dash he is making
toward his infdel ally, the Turk.
Consequently, the Kaiser bowed to Inter
national Law, tearing Bryan IN hole.
To get out he has seized the paramount
issue Of Preparedness" and is fighting the
President on it.
Well, am no NIilitarist myself but when
man of national following, like Bryan,
tells the country, that all we need for self
defense Is q system Of national rOadS, [ can
realize how dangerous it would be to make
him President.
Here are Mr.. Brvan's own words:
'Let me tell you what propose to do with the
$4,000, 600, 900 which is mentioned for national
defense. With that sum can build good, hard
roads twelve miles apart to the number of 100
from coast to coast, and build roads twelve
miles apart running north and south through the
country With these roads no man need live more
than six miles from one of these roads. Then
if the nation is attacked all need do is to
telephone the farmers to save the nation. If
the war does not come we still have the roads,
The plan equals Bryan's famous and fan
tastic proposition about Government owner
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-11
THE JEFFERSONIAN

what we need. Our coast-line is long and
exposed-especially since Bryan worked so
hard to help the Republicans ratify the
Treaty of Paris, which extended our from
tier several thousand miles into the Philip
pine Islands.
We do not need large standing army.
Even England did not
England's feet was her salvation, and a
similar fleet would be ours.
Any man who, IN the present state of the
Old World, can oppose the President and
the Secretary of the Navy in their proposed
strengthening Of our coast defenses and our
fleet is either impractical, short-sighted or
warped by personal feelings.
Anthony NIatre, Secretary of the Amer
lean Federation of Catholic Societies, was
the individual who carried out the orders of
those Leagued treason mongers, by @ong to
Anthony Comstock, of New York, and start
ing the criminal prosecution against me.
This Italian marplot is an enemy to the
peace OF this country, foe to Repub1i-
can institutions, and a most dangerous
fomenter of religious strife.
The bumptious knaye was much put out
by President Wilson's recognition of Gen
eral Carranza. and he took it upon himself
to demand of the State Department infor-
nation on the subject
His insolent meddlesome letter reads as
follows:
October 20, 1915.
Hon. Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, Wash
ington, D. c.:
Hon Sir:-The American Federation of Cath
Ollie Societies would be pleased to receive from
you a copy of the agreement entered into be-
tween the Administration and General Carranza
which caused his recognition. We are partcu-
larly interested in that part Of the agreement
affecting the religious freedom to be granted the
Church in Mexico
Anticipating early response, l yours in
the name of the American Federation of Catholic
Societies. ANTHONY MATRE,
National Secretary
In reply to this absurd and arrogant let
ter, Mr. Lansing courteously informed Ma
tire, through a subordinate, that no 'agree-
ment' was entered into by Carranza, but
that the PanAmerican powers had inves-
tigated. and had ascertained that under the
law of Mexico, the Catholics would have
the same freedom of worship as Others
If Matre had any gumption, he would
realize what an ass he made of himself.
Nations, recognizing rulers of other ma
tons, do not enter agreements"
When Portugal kicked loose from the
Popery, and was recognized by Taft, no
agreement" was entered into between Por-
tugal and the United States.
And Matre did not buck up to our State
Department with any of his insoIent in
quiries, either. If Matre doesn't mind, he
will discover that his Federated Treason
mongers~ have shown their hands little
too soon.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-01
THIRD PART OF DAINTY MARY'S
LIFE STORY TOMORROW

Mary Pickford has had stage fright!
And she had a queer case of it When
she was a mere kid. She tells all
about that experience in her third
article of her life career, which viii
appear in Fridays Day Book. Mary
claims her mother is the best little
business woman ever, as we'll as the
best little mother. Her third chapter
is mighty interesting. Read it Friday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-01
RANK!

BY Jim Nance
The wind blew up the river,
An auto hit its stride,
The Il" ran over cottage,
Or else somebody lied.
A street car crushed a peanut
And killed the kernel dead.
You'd think we were having war
In old U. S. instead.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-01

SOME ToPNoTcH MOVIE PLAYS
BOOKED FOR TODAY
In connection with the Mary Pick
ford Life Career stories The Day
Book will run a iist~of high class
moving picture houses which show
Mary Pickford pictures. The main
attraction of these theaters will be
named from day to day during this
Pickford series.
ARGMORE, 1910 Argyle st. - Mary
Pickford as Mistress Nell"
ASHLAND, Ashland and Madison
"The Girl of the Music Hail."
BELL, 2407 w. Madison st.-"TIllie's
Punctured Romance"
BLJOU, 304 S. Halsted ST. - Chas.
Chaplin and Mary Fuller.
BIOGRAPH, 2433 Lincoln av.-"The
Arrival of Perpetual"
CENTURY, 1421 w. Madison St
"SeIig Weekly" No. Is.
CLARK, Clark st. and Wilson aV.-
Vaudeville night
CRYSTAL, 2701 w. North av.-
"A Theft in the Dark"
FEDERAL, 218 w. 61st st.-"Aristoc-
racy."
GRAND, 1908 W. 47th st.-"The Sc
cret of the Dead"
GLEN, 1852 Armitage av. - THE
Shanty at Trembling Hill"
LOWS, 740 Milwaukee av.-"The
Little Stowaway." ...
PARK, N. Clark st. and Morse av.-
Shorty Hamilton Day.
PLAISANCE, 466 N. Parkside, Aus,
tin-Song Publishers Contest.
SAVOY, 4346 w. Madison st.-"The
Silent Plea"
SHAKESPEARE, 43d st. and Ellis av.
THE Golden Beetle" 7
STANDARD, $50 ~ Clark St.
"Phantom OF the Hearth" !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-01

this column as their list of feature at
fractions has not yet been received.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-01
P. S - Why do people do these
things?
-O-C
BITS OF NEWS

John Fry, II K. Chestnut, booked
as keeper when II alleged gamblers
were arrested at $50 N. Clar kst.
Heart disease caused death of Mrs.
Evelyn Furey in Dietzgen factory,
95S Fullerton av., said Coroner Hoff-
man. ...
CHICAGO GRAlN.-An grains up.
May wheat close, $1.523s. Provi-
sions up. ..-r..--.-
1870
NEW YORK STOCKS. = Market
unsettled. Rock Island broke to 80.
100000 ssttf,
WEATHER FORECAST
Generally fair tonight and Friday:
not much change in temperature:
lowest tonight near freezing point;
gentle, variable winds, mostly north
to northeast. Temperature Wednes-
day: Highest, 90; lowest, 80.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
"Androcles anG the Lion"

What will be of particular interest
to theatergoers in the production of
George Bernard Shaw's "Androcles
and the Lion and Anatole France S
The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife.
which Lillah Mccarthy, Granville
Barker and Percy Burton will present
at the Belasco Theater next week will
be the comparison that America n
playgoers will be able to draw be-
tween the work of one of the best
known of the advanced" school OF
producers and the work of the best
American producers.
"Androcles and the Lion is one of
Bernard Shaws latest efforts, and
deals with the period of persecution
of :he Christians. For his plot. Shaw
has taken Aesop's fable of the man
who drew the thorn from the lions
paw and was later rewarded by the
lion when he was about to be torn to
pieces in the arena. The Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife" was written
by the distinguished Anatole France.
Produced in Paris in 1912. it had its
first presentation on the English
speaking stage in New York last
spring.
These two plays which are present
ed during the same evening will be
acted by the London company which
was seen in New York.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
COam OA-Na udeville.

Twelve acts OF varied vaudeville will
be presented at the Cosmos Theater dur
ing the coming week. The bill for the
first half. beginning with tomorrow
natinees. is headed by Eddie Gerard.
Gardner and company in Casey and the
Diamond" The Four Colonial Girls. in
a pretentious offering of song selections.
will be another feature. Joe Millar.
the Scotch xylophonist, and Harry Gill
bert. dialect comedian. will present sur
prises in their specialties. Fern Bigelow
and Meehan. an acrobatic act and
Browning and Lewis. with tangled YER
nacular in their comedy skit, In the
Jungle" are other inClusions.
The last half of the week. beginning
with Thursdays matinees, the headline
offering will be Bachelors and Sweet
hearts in scenic song revue. The
American Trumpeters will have an in
strumental novelty that comes for the
first time to Washington. Banjo Bill
will have another in his banjo speciality.
Isabella Miller and company will pre-
sent a farce comedy. Stanley and Lam
bert. and another act to be announced
later. will complete the bill. The added
attractions will include the Hearst-Selig
pictures and a series of feature photo
plays.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
LOEW'S PLANS FOR
COLUMBIA THEATEF

Lovers of high-class motion pic
lures will be pleased to know that
the Columbia Theater will continue
throughout the winter months to pre-
sent to the public of Washington mo-
ton pictures on the paramount pro-
gram.
The Columbia Theater has been
leased by Messrs. Metzerott to Marcus
Loew. the New York theatrical man
ager. for period of years.
While in Washington the other day,
Mr. Loew made elaborate arrange
ments for redecorating the theater.
Mr. Loew has experimental in his
many theaters with screens of all
kinds and has decided to place in this
house a screen of soft white material
which will give a clear picture. full
of detail. but which will not contain
the strong glare of light that has be-
come so distressing to so many people.
Mr. Albert f. Howard. one of the
foremost scenic artists of the world.
has designed the stage mounting
which will be a reproduction Of
japanese garden.
An orchestra of some twenty pieces
will furnish the music. which will be
specially arranged by the musical de-
partments of the Loew interests in
New York.
Mr.. Loew is one Of the foremost
managers of New York City. he has
interests in most every city in the
eastern part of the United States and
his entrance to the theatrical world
of Washington is an event of unusual
interest.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
Vaudeville.

Wilton Lackaye will make his first
appearance here in vaudeville at
keith's next week. He will head his
own company in The Bomb a one
act comedy drama. In it he assumes
two distinct roles and in one of them
as an Italian he brings the play to a
close with a surprise for the audience.
The supplementary stellar feature will
be Ralph Herr, the musical comedy
and light opera comedian. He will
give a footlieht chat with songs on
the side. Music lovers will learn with
delight that Manuel Quiroga, the
young Spanish violinist, will also lend
his magic art to this program. An
other new feature will be George East.
assisted by the McGinniss brothers.
and the George East orchestra, in the
terpsichorean surprises. Other inclu-
sions will he Harry Tates English
comedians with Jack Tate in Motor
ing" Arthur Stone and Marion Hayes
in Green Goods" the Three Ankers,
American navy gymnasts; Mae Au