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willing to pit my guess against his, that
the President would finally win out" And
I based my guess upon what might be
called his unwearied Scotch persistency
which knows no such word as fail. I'm
less conditions radically change the bill.
in some form, will probably become a
law and add one more to the list of the
triumphant Wilson policies even though
the calling of an extra session be neces-
sary.''
Talks on Alien Bill.
The speaker also dwelt at some length
upon the new features Of the Bennett i'm
migration bill, and the reasons given by
the President in his message to Congress
for vetoing the measure:
The nteracy test, as we know, was
what incurred the Presidents disap-
proval, because, as he expressed It,
1t is a test not of quality, or Of
character or of personal fitness, but
a test of opportunity. Those who
come seeking opportunity are not to
be admitted unless they have already
had one of the chief of the oppor-
tunities they seek, the opportunity of
education. The object of such pro-
visions is restriction, not selection"
Miss Richards reminded her hear
ers that similar legislation had been
vetoed, for practically the same rea-
son, by two former Executives, Presi-
dents Cleveland and Taft, though the
latter gave as an additional reason
for disapproval, that 1t would prove
impracticable to enforce a law re-
quiring that every immigrant must
read and write from the sheer i'm
possibility of providing skilled in
terpreters at every United States port,
to judge IL the test were
genuine.
las President Wilson'S Is the third
veto OF this measure, II has been said
that perhaps II may now be regarded as
three times and out though its
advocates announce that an attempt will
be made this week to pass 1t over the
Presidents veto, which may prove diff
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road and fields near the bridge over the
Raritan River inundated, the rain hav-
ing swollen the river many feet above
its banks. Pyatt essayed the passage,
but presently found himself swept on the
road.
His horse began to swim and the
buggy fioated along behind. Pyatt man
aged to set the horse free, but the ami
NAL upset the buggy and the driver was
tossed into the river himself. He was
swept against a tree into which he
climbed and perched amid the upper
branches. It was a long time before
he was discovered. and then residents
Of the town got boats and ropes and
put out to his rescue
1t was dark before the rescue work
began, and the river. steadily rising,
made navigation next to impossible. Late
tonight many of the rescuers abandoned
the effort for the night, and, though
others remained at the task, it seemed
likely that Pyatt would spend the rest
of the night in his tree.
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Marrying Judge" Sets Record.

Winona. Mimi. Feb. T-CompIeting
fourteen years as Probate Judge in Wi
mona, Judge D. Z. Vance holds a record
that probably is not duplicate in the
Northwest. He has married 1927 cou-
pies and has earned the sobriquet of
THE Marrying Judge The first year of
the new eugenics law in Wisconsin has
done much to increase the popularity OF
Winona's aid to Cupid. Scarcely a week
has passed since January /. 1914 that the
Judge has not married several Wiscon-
sin couples.
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10000 In ST. PETERS
PRAY FOR END OF WAR
All of Rome's 400 Churches Crowded
as Throngs Offer Up Pope's Prayer
for Speedy Peace.
} % Tbe Washington HraId

Special Gable 70 The Washington Herald
Rome, Feb. Observation-Disclosures heavy
downpour Of rain, almost the entire
population Of Rome turned out at the call
Of the bells rung in the city's 400
churches to recite the Pope's prayer for
the cessation OF the war and the prompt
establishment Of peace among the BEL
llgerent nations.
The greatest gathering was at ST.
Peters, where 5000 worshippers assem-
bled.
The ceremony was most impressive and
most solemn. The complete absence of
display and music lent to the function
an air OF simplicity. which seldom has
been surpassed in the history OF similar
functions.
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JERKED OUT OF HIS BOOTS.
Farmland Caught by Belt He L,
Putting on F1ywheeI.

Deavenworth. Feb. Lifting ones
self by his boot straps seems no more
impossible than that which happened to
Fritz Recko. a farmland employed by
Nose Harvey. of Wallula, when Recko
was caught by a belt connecting a gaso-
line engine and a corn grinder. Recko
was literally jerked out OF his boots, the
footwear being found twenty feet from
his body.
When other farmhands reached Recko
they found him unconscious, his right
arm fractured and his shoulder crused.
He was suffering from a number OF other
bruises.
Recko was attempting to put the belt
on the fiywheel Of the engine and as he
succeeded in doing this he became en-
tangled with the belt and after being
spun around with the wheel was shot
into the air and thrown about forty feet
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CIVIL SERVICE LEAGUE
TAKES RAP AT BRYAN
Regrets that He Sought Jobs for DE
serving Democrat" in
Santo Domingo.

New York. Feb. IA resolution, unanI
mously adopted. expressing the deepest
regret that Secretary Bryan has used the
customs service at Santo Domingo to re-
ward his deserving Democrats" was
made public today by the National Civil
Service Reform League
The resolution was passed at the mid
winter meeting Of the league, held on
February in New York. and the action
was not taken until careful discussion
had been allowed on the Secretary's let
ter to Mr.. Wick. which called for q list
Of all Offices open on the island.
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Gary Steel Plant in Full Swing.

Gary. Ind. Feb. with the starting
tomorrow morning of the rail mill all de-
partments of the Gary plant of the nIi-
nois Steel Company viii be in operation
The rail mill has been boarded up for
three months. Only old hands win re-
turn to work.
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VALUES TONGUE AT $4,000.
Man Who Lost Half of 1t FaIIins
Downstairs Sues.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Feb. is. Fawns
places a value of $4,000 on his tongue,
which he lost while employed by w. A.
King & Co. He has started an action in
trespass to recover that amount
Fawns alleges that he was descending
a stairway and that a defect in one of
the stair treads caused him to fall to the
bottom. During the fall he bit his ton
que so badly that half OF it had to be
amputated.
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CAT CHAPERoNEs CHICKS.
Watches Over Them Daily with
Mothers Care.

Jefferson City. No. Feb. IA cat thai
cares for a brood of chickens is the
property Of Mrs. John P. Gordon, wife
of the State tuditor.
The cat attracted the attention OF
neighbors some time ago by its peculiar
conduct. At first It was thought 1t was
following the chickens around to kill one
for a meal. This idea was soon dissi-
pated when day after day the perform
ance was repeated.
Then it was observed that the cat at
tached itself to a brood of late "fryers,"
now about half grown. 1t watches over
this bunch of chickens with apparent
motherly solicitude, follows them about
all day and never leaves them until they
go to roost for the night. Then the cat
returns to the Gordon residence and
conducts herself, 50 far as known, dur
ing the night just as any other respecta-
BILE feline.
This story is vouched for by all the
Gordon neighbors.
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FINDS TEN-PoUHD NUGGET.
Old Prospector Picks Up $500 IN
MoJave Desert.

Bakersfield. Cal, Feb. 7.-Thirty-five
hundred dollars worth of gold in one
CHUNK nugget weighing ten and
three-quarter pounds-has been found
near the head of Red Rock Canyon on
the MoJave Desert by Dave Bowman.
an old-time placer miner. according to
Lance Underwood, who arrived in
Bakersfield this morning from Mojave.
Mr.. Bowman was not prospecting
when he found the nugget. according
to Mr.. Underwood. but was merely go
ing into the canyon when he saw the
great lump OF gold.
This nugget is very nearly the lar
gest ever found in this vicinity. Mr..
Bowman had no scales with which to
weigh the gold. but rugged up a bal
ance with a ten-pound hammer on one
end and the nugget at the other end
proved three-fourths Of q pound
heavier
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HERE YOU ARE, ADoNIs!
3s Chest, "a Waist, and Under 40
Make You Perfect.

Milwaukee. Wis. Feb. THE Interna-
tional Custom Cutters, before adjourninE
today. told what man must measure II
he is to be an Adonis.
1t was agreed that the perfect woman
must measure 8 6inches around the chest.
These are the figures laid down for men
under forty:
Chest, IS; waist. inches
The tailors agree that when a man
gets past forty he develops a tendency
to grow heavier and usually the weight
Is added to the waist line.
No figures were ventured on an Adonis
past forty. Probably the tailors think
there are none.
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PREDICTS WAR OR RIOTS.
Italy Must Aid Triple Entente
Gen. GarribaIdi SAYS,

Paris, Feb. IF Italy does not enter
the war on the side of the triple entente
at the desired moment, which 1t is not
for me to Indicate, there will be the
gravest disorders in my country" said
Gen. Ricciotd Garibaldi. who arrived
here today.
THE death of my two sons has COM
pletely upset Prince Won Buelow's in
trigues in ftaty. His mission has failed
absolutely"
Hugh crowds enthusiastically cheered
the italian patriot
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RABBIT HUNTING DE LUXE.
Aged Man shoots Them from Buggy
and Dogs Retrieve Them.

Gentry, Mo-, Feb. 7.-Stephen Osborne,
seventy-eight years old, living five miles
southwest Of Gentry, claims to be the
champion rabbit hunter Of his age, at
least In northwest Missouri.
He has killed 500 rabbits this winter
and he is not through yet. Osborne does
his hunting IN a buggy drawn by a
twenty-one-year-old horse.
He Is also accompanied by two dogs.
The dogs scare the rabbits from their
hiding places and bring the dead ami
mails to the hunter, who does not leave
his buggy.
Osborne says his best days work was
forty-nine habits out Of fifty shots.
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COLOGNE FEELS FAMINE'S PINCH
sale of Food Mt Cheaper Prices
Leads TO Riot.

IFtHuN 10 MOI
London. Feb, "A Daily Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen says:
The distress among the popuIace at
Cologne is especially marked
The municipality instituted sale at
which the poor might buy ten pounds
of potatoes about four cents cheaper
than the private rate in the stores.
Twelve hours before the hour announced
for the opening Of the sale an enormous
crowd had gathered. As soon as the
doors opened there was a frightful crush.
A number OF fights took place, several
women tainted and the police could do
nothing.
1T was found necessary to close the
doors at the place at once"
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Favor Division Of Texas.

Austin. Tex. Feb. THE joint resolu-
ton by Senator W. A. johnson providing
for creating the new State OF Jefferson
OF the western half OF Texas, was re-
Senate Committee on Constitutional
Amendments.
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SOCIETY MAN SHOOTS SELF.
Mental Alteration Believed to BE
Motive for ATTEMPTED Suicide.

Motive Tor Attempted Suicide.
New York. Feb. Robert Lincoln Lee
fifty-one years old, a wealthy society
man Of Hartford. shot himself in the
head today in a private room in Roose-
Welt Hospital, where he had been conva-
lescinE for two weeks. A fit OF aberra-
ton. brought on by his Illness, is ascrib-
ed as the motive. No hope is held out
for his recovery.
Mr.. Lee owns a large ranch in the
Southwest He is a member of the New
York Athletic Club and formerly was in
Troop A Of the New York National
Guard.
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JOKE ON DOG THAT BIT HIM.
Leg Was Wooden, but Beast Tore
His Trousers-one Arrest.

st. Louis, Feb. when Mrs. Rosie
Silberman's dog bit Michael Ehrhardt's
left leg, the other day in East st. Louis.
Ehrhardt thought the joke was on the
dog until he looked downs and saw that
his trousers was torn. This made him
angry and he drew his revolver and fired
two shots at the dog. Mrs. SHERMAN
had Ehrhardt arrested for discharging a
firearm In the city limits.
The dogs mistake in selection took
place in front Of his owners grocery at
Sixth street and Piggot avenue. The leg
he bit was made Of wood
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GOES BOATING IN HIS BUGGY.
Driver, Caught by Flooded Raritan
River, Ii Finally freed.

Pennington. N. J.. Feb. 7-Alexander
Pyatt, Of this town, started to drive to
Sunnyside this afternoon and found the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-08

Over $50 carloads of honey were
produced last year In California
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California last year shipped citrus
fruits valued at S29, 5000
The state herald., 1915-02-26
Common Sense.

Longfellow could take a worthless
piece of paper and write poem on it
and make it worth S65, 900 that's ge
MUS. There are some men who could
write fow words on piece Of paper
make it worth So, 900, ,0O0-that's capi-
tai. The United States can take an
ounce and q quarter Of gold and make
it worth $20-that's money. Amechan
ic can take material worth IS and make
1t into watch springs worth 1000 that's
skill. There 10 q man in Chicago who
can take fifty cent piece Of canvass,
paint = picture on it, and make it worth
81 000-that's art. A Greek can take
an article worth 15c and sell it for 81
that's busin ess. A woman could pur-
chase hat for Toe but prefers one
worth s27 that's foolishness. A ditch
digger handles several tons of earth a
day for 81. that's labor. The auth
or of this can write check for So, 000-
900, but it wouldn't be worth dime
that's rough There are people who
will tell you that other papers are as
good as this-that's nerve Take Sl.50
and get years subscription to the
Herald-that's common sense.
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Bills in Trouble.

At the request of many subscribers
we rspublish the following poem which
appeared originally in the Denver News
I've got letter. parson, from my
son away out west, an my OIL heart is
heavy az an anvilin my breast. To think
the boy whose future had once so
proudly planned, should wander from
the path O. right an come to sich an
end! told him when he left US, only
three short years ago, he'd find himself
s-plowin' in mighty crooked row-he'd
miss his fathers counsel, an his moth
er's prayers. too, but he said the farm
was hateful, an he guessed he'd have
to 90. l know thar's big temptation
for youngster in the west, but l be-
lieved our Billy had the courage to re-
sist; an when he left warned him O.
the ever-waiting snares. that lie like
hidden sarpents in life's pathway every
where's. But Bill he promised faithful.
an allowed he'd build reputation thatd
make Us mighty proud; but it seems as
IL my counsel sort O. faded from his
mind. an now the boys in trouble of
the very wustest kind. His lstters
come 20 seldom that somehow sort O.
know'd that Billy was trampin' on =
mighty rocky road. but never once i'm
agined he would bow my head in shame
an in the dust'd waller his ol' daddy's
honored name. He writes from out in
Denvsr. an the story's nigh y sho I.
I just can't tell his mother, it'd break
her poor OIL heart; an 30 | reckoned,
parson, you might break tho news TO
hsr-Bill's in the Legislature; but he
doesn't say what fur.
The state herald., 1915-02-26
Farmers Institute.

Holyoke. Fri and Sat. Mar. 8. 9.
Fri. 1880 p. m.-Prineiples Of Dry
Farming Prof keyser. Agronomist.
2:30 p. IN. Conservation In the homs
Mary l.. oberlin.
$3.50 .. m.-Dairy Cow Dsmons,ra
ton with eow)-R. MeCann.
7:3o p. m Farm accounts and Farm
Profits Prof. Kryssr.
$3.50 y. m.-TrAining farmers snc
housekeepers at &. A. c.-R. MeCmnn
Saturday e;i5-c Crop. for dry land.
Prof. keyser.
1880 Local man.
'li.ib-Dairy COW for Eastern Colora,
dor. Mecann.
HOO Lunch.
l;so-Summer tillsgc and cosscrva
Non of moisture. Prof. ksyscr.
2.a0-Boe man.
$3.50 -silo construction ard sllags fs,t
Ing n. Mccann.
200 .. m women's session. --Miri
Mary l.. oberlin.
Local speaker.
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Farmers Institute.

Arrangements have been made "a
hold a farmers institute in Holyoko on
Friday and Saturday March s. and 6.
Three speakers. Frof. Keyser. r. Nc
Cam and Miss Mary l.. Oberlin fIom
the State Agricultural College will be
present. There will also be a number
of local speakers.
This cannot fail to be an interesting
and instructive meeting and farmers
cannot afford to miss it. but should
make arrangements to attend.
A farmers institute cannot be made
a success unless the farmers show In.
terest enough in such work to attend
the meetings Attend the meetings
and make this ths most successful in.
stitute ever held In the county.
The state herald., 1915-02-26
School Notes.
nnssi.,,saaasaeN eN Nlsl,l,ys mummy

Miss Minnie Lutte closed five month";
term OF school In district 63 Feb. l2.
VIM. Schulz closed six months tern
in district 81 last Friday.
Mrs. Mary Clark has been appointed
secretary in district 80. vice W. A.
wiles moved to Haxtun. This district
is In the extreme northwestern part oi
the county and contains territory In III,
counties Of Logan. Phillips and Sedg
wick.
Tho Peace Petition sent ou, from No
lol West IS. ST.. New York. a copy oi
which was given last week. Is beinS
signed by the pupils of the county an,
full report will be given next week.
County Superintendent,
The state herald., 1915-02-26
Pleasant Valley News.

Ben Sandy and Nike North drove to
otis, Colo. one day last week where
they visited the latters sisters, Mrs
Emma and Mrs. Jack Craig.
Misses Louise Lutte. belle Martin
and Lavina Roush spent Saturday, Sun
day and Monday with the home folks.
Frank Rehfcld and Martha Lutte
were married Thursday. Ths chariva
risrs had gathered at the old Burke
place and as they heard \ car leave the
Lutte place. they decided that they had
given them n slip and returned home
without their fun. This time the joke
was on the serenaders. as we are in
formed that Frank and wife had heard
them and put out the lights and quietly
awaited their coming.
Lawrence Roush hauled corn from
the old Burke place last week.
A. G.. Prior was called to Genda
Springs. Kan. on Monday by the death
Of Ms Prior's uncle. Cy Stewart took
him to Julesburg In his car.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Rehfcld spent
Sunday with Mrs. Rehfsld's father.
=. Harmon and family are visiting
Carl walin and family. Mr.. Harmon
began revival meetings Sunday.
II you want to hear the latest war
news. call on Paul Schulz. at any hour,
day or night.
Mrs. George Hewitt called on Mrs.
Ollie Hall oos day this week.
Mrs. vcrn ShAmbaugh returned home
after a few wesks visit with her moth
or. Mrs Belle Briggs
Miss Minnie Lutte was seen In the
Amitic district one day last week. va
wonder what draws her attention west.
ward.
Some OF the young people Of the val.
Icy vent up to Frank Rehfeld's las,
Monday night and sang them a song.
mo more sleep to night, accompanied
by tho sweet tones Of COW bells and dsc
wheels.
Miss VILLA wsbermeier is now board,
ing at Ira Thomas.
Charlep Stiles is on the siek list thi.
week.
Tho weather being ane, the valley
people arc thinking Of spring work.
which will soon begin and so am /. bu,
] will come again u not too busy.
windy Jim.
The state herald., 1915-02-26

This is time of great events and you
will want the news accurately and
promptly. The democrats, for the first
time In sixteen years. will have the
Presidency and they will also control
both branches Of congress. The politi
cal news Is sure TO be OF the most alb
sorbing interest.
There Ia u great war In the Old World
and you may read Of the extinction ol
the vast Turkish Empire In Europe,
just as few years ago you read how
Spain lost her last foot Of soil In Amer
lea. after having ruled the empire o.
half tho New World.
Tho World long since established q
record for impartiali,y. and anybody
can afford It's Thriec-a.w Week edition,
which comes every other day In tho
week. cseep, Sunday. II will be Of
particular value TO you now. The Thrice
a-wcek World also abounds In other
stronr features. serial stories. humor,
markets. cartoons: In fact. every thing
that IL TO be found In iirs' class daily.
The lhrieo'A Week Worlds regular
subscription price Ia only ti.oo per year
and this pays for 1860 papers. We offer
this unequaled newspaper and the State
Herald together for one year for g.. 90.
Tho regular subscription price Of tho
20 papcrp 10 RIO.
The state herald., 1915-02-26
Bank Robbery.
Assistant Cashier Killed.

The Farmers State Bank of Haxtun
was robbed Thursday afternoon and
john Brunke assistant cashier, was
killed by the bank robber.
Emil Larson, cashier, and DIV. Scott
president, were attending public sale
out in the country and Brunke was 4.
lone in the bank. Mr.. Delander and
another man entered the bank on busi-
ness but saw no one there and, while
waiting, heard breathing, and M. An.
dsrson coming in walked back to the
bank vault and found Brunke lying in
the vault nearly dead from gun shots.
As later reported, from discovered facts
and circumstances Bill Thompson, who
had been working for few months on
the Osborn farm near Haxtun, had
come into Haxtun on horse, put it in
the livery stable, gone into the bank
and, as it appears, forced Brunke to
turn over the bank money amounting to
about S., 900, after which he shot Brunke
three times leaving him in the bank
vault where shot. He was seen leave
the bank with sack in which he car
red the money but was not suspicioned
by the parties who saw him. He walk
ed to the livery barn for his horse and
rode out Of town before it was known
that the bank had been robbed. As
soon as the alarm was given, several
car loads of men started in pursuit and
captured Thompson within few miles
Of town. He resisted as long as his gun
would work but finally getting q shell
fast in his gun, he threw up his hands
and surrendered and was taken back to
Hsxtun. Sheriff Finch and deputies
soon arrived in cars from Holyoke and
took him and a suspicioned accomplice
named Harry Rose to Sterling on the
evening train returning with them to
Haxtun this morning for their prelimi
nary trial before Justice. About all
of the money was recovered.
Coroner Trego and Deputy District
Attorney Kelsey of Holyoke held an in
quest over Brunke and the jury return
ed verdict of death from gun shots by
Thompson.
John Brunke had been in the employ
of the bank for about year ard was
highly respected by all who had met him
His murder at the hands of the bank rob
Der caused much excitement and strong
feeling against the guilty party.
The state herald., 1915-02-26
Nebraska Silos Double In
One Year

Omaha, Feb. ls.-The Twentieth
Century Farmer of this city have taken
figures compiled by the Nebraska State
Board of Agriculture and show that be
tween April 1918 and April 1914 Nebras
ka farmers purchased lis per cent more
silos than during all preceding years.
The March 3, issue of the Twentieth
Century Farmer will be devoted almost
exclusively to silo and dairy subjects
and will be worth looking for
The state herald., 1915-02-26

Wanted-One Of the large magazine
publishing houses desires to employ an
active man or woman in this communi.
ty to to handle special plan which has
proven unusually profitable. Good O..
pening for right party. Address with
two references, Publisher, Box 1855,
Times So Sta. New York City.
The state herald., 1915-02-26
Where he Learned Juggling

Rankin-Do you know Professor Tos'
hemup, the great juggler?
Phyle-I should say so. We were
raised together.
How in the world did he ever learn
all of those stunts?"
"He started to earn his living as q
photographer. and he learned all OF
those tricks while trying to amuse the
babies whose pictures he took "
youngstown Telegram