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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

.ec little man whose cold flesh was
shaking like Jelly un his bones--could
have fired from window. But he
insisted
1T put MS In the deuce of hole, 10
said the German We didn't believe
him-but the order had been issued.
We gave him an hour In which to
think II over When we came to him
lac could not talk His teeth chartered
so that he could not make himself nm
d,rstool But when We asked him
again
Are you the man who fired
He nodded his head and stumbled
tu his feet"
hut He Nodded His Head
lie had collapsed completely. II,
Twas almost literally carried to the lit
tIc market place OF the old town ant
placed against the market wall. Tear
raL down his face. He begged n
chattering, disjointed sentences, FOL
his life. He seifed the hand of th,
officer and would not let II go. IN,
yhrewish daughter ragged outside IN,
line Of armed men m the other peas
arts looked on In silence The Ger
mans gave him one more chance.
Are you the man who fred"
The little old man did not straight
en- up. There was nothing heroic Ii
his attitude lie slaycred into hi
white beard. Ills hands had not beel
bound and he wiped the tears from
his eyes with very dirty handker
chief But he nodded his head
Yes" said he, "a am the man VIII,
fired"
Courage Becomes Mechanical.
The invalided officer said that on
expects courage Of soldier. II IL hI
business to be brave By and hy Il be
comes mechanical Just M hlcycl
rider turns his wheel To avoid an M
expected obstacle without thlnklnS
Hut the bravery VI the civilians wa
quite unlocked for by him There wa
something unnatural In it--somethlh
almost appalling.
II was Ht lAege" said he wv
shot many spies near there"
A soldier who goes M SPY know
precisely what to expect n he
caught Few civilians. the officer sal,
admit 10 themselves IN advance ii
punishment that must follow detection
He Thought thnt their acts sprur
from the impulse Of moment. The
Learned something that their own SO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

In England he Is hailed as IN"
greatest ever; John Bulls Boy the
English hOpc, etc. In America louna
Ahc0rn Is merely Brooklyn boy with
second rate ability rs Il pugilist. Do
You blame him for being pro English
Well, Young Ahcaru may be- all, the
things they claim for him over la Eug
land or he may he all that TX said IT
him In this country We are not sure
Of which Eut there is one thing that
We are sure about, and that ls thnt
Young Ahraru ~ Jacob Westward.
The name Young Ahruu Is Il nom dc
gucrre- yClcpted through fear tie
feared the licking that would surely
be his If ever his irute old grandfather
found ont that he had been fighting
uguiu
llttl" Jacob was always nghung
/ |uNWul In school he was a terror
Each morn | bring thee violence
was hl- motto, and each night the
tru'hrr brought him home-hy m,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

test that he was to attend merely II
smoker" held In the Trinity Club Of
Brooklyn Jacobs friend, "Tlt"
Burns had persuaded him to attend
and also TO put on the gloves for the
benefit Of the club members-and for
Ills own financial benefit az well.
You're not really fighting" eN-
planned burns. 1T is only al exhibi.
tion-just boxing contest" Jake
'ls perfectly willing that II should he
an earthquake rs far as he was con
cerned, hut that heavy handed Old
grandpOp Of his maze the chills creep
down his back.
Il think | had better get another
name for myself You see grundpop
might he hard TO convince II he finds
this out" suffered Jake.
Finer shouted Burns Fine idac.
and -and-er les see What will II
bcr
"Why-er-ah -ah-les' see. What will
It be?' unused Jake AS they hurried
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

diers should know, and they acted. It
seemed easy to them. They began to
Keep their eyes open for military In.
formation. They kept at Il until they
were caught IIo thought many have
been killed as spies, by both sides,
who were not guilty.
They All Die Brayely.
One has so little time In which
to decide, sometimes said he. Really
Innocent acts may have most con.
spicnous appearance. And courts mar.
tial reason that in an enemy's coun,
try II II unwise TO take chances"
Guilty or innocent, they all die
alike AT the outset he thought they
were stunned by the fate that had
come to them they had not time
10 realize the truth before they were
against the wall with the firing SQUAD
IN front Later on he began 10 be.
leve the simpler explanation that
most men-and women-are really
brave
often they went by In pairs" said
ne I'm the centre OF the firing squad.
II seemed 10 me that almost always
one held his head w and looked us In
the face The other, perhaps, stumb.
led or was shiyering never liked
to look such one IN the face. He
was 40 apt 10 smile nj me-a pitiful
hegging smile The shivering ones kept
licking their lips"
But when the firing ground was
reached the shlvering one would
stand up quite straight with his bray
or mate. The lnQuiring German mind
was struck by an odd fact Men who
died In pairs never looked at each 9th
er. He wondered about that. He had
rot been able To determine whether
each feared the other might read
something In his eyes--or that, ON zee.
Ing the fear OF the other, that he him.
self might break down.
anyhow said he, they stand up
pretty straight TO he shot. They may
'remhle' but they do not beg
Was His Only Chance.
Why do you carry that umbrella.
little boyw asked the passer.by Gu.
riously, It's not raining aud the sun
is not shining
!, Il know said the youth, ''but
when II rains pa wants Il and when
the sun shines ma wants Il, and this
Is the only kinda weather l can III
ter use II nt all"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09


No school today. Awlso no com
plants rs fur M we have herd
Having Fun With Griggsy.
We had some fun with Old Grlggsy
this moarnlng, he cumming out by his
Tense \ saying II he kctched amy
Teller touching the snow on the side
walk In frunt of his howse he would
skin him alive, he wanting 1t thar
hecawse it's good cuvvering for the
new bords he lade down last fall. H.
qed he wasent going to be downd this
mOarnlng, but n amy fcller took uu'
snowflake often that walk he WON'T
know II all rite when he calm hOam
Then he hopped into his pung went
uayer TO Byville
Tx Brigham sed How do you sup
pOase he would know which felleri
touched II II we dun sOT Andy An.
derson sed, "Oh, that's nll bluff, T.
he couldent tell anything abowt IT,
no fellcr In this crowd having amy
stile Of shuVveling he could tell It by
Let's have some fun with the oald
skinflint. 4 shuvvel eyvcry bit oi
snow often his stingy oald sidewalk.
so evyery feller got shuyvel or I
fenserale or sIlmthing, 4 IN a 4. hOul
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

on their way to the Trinity
They puzzled along with thelrAbn
menclature for several hloCks AL.
yancing and rejecting different sobrl
quets. Montague street, IN which was
the Trinity club, WAS only block
away, aud still no nom de- guerre for
Jake Woodward Something had to
he accomplished quickly or-Suddenly
around the corner rumbled hugh mo
tor truck. II very nearly hit the two
lads at the crossing and they stared
after IL in frightened sort Of way ns
II went banging down the street
81 got it, shouted Jake. Il got II ..
"Got whatY'
Got my name-did you notice the
name on that wagonH Whatz a mat
ter with IT, huh? Hows 'lOm-
Ahearn' for name1"
And 40 1t came to pass that II wa,
to Young Ahearn that the promoters
of the Trinity club paid ~ In nlckelN
for knocking out his opponent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09
By ROBEKTI. RIPLEY.

Young Auou the middlcwelght
tnlampion or Europe. '- English. You
may be a litIr surprised to hear #;
Ahenm was 10 little surprised himself.
although he was how I'm Preston Eng
land some tVcutythrcc years ago
He never really knew how English he
was until he took that trip to England
last ycaI That trip certainly agreed
with him. lie not only increased In
weight ana ability from % second RAJ"
lightweight, but he won the European
title az well knocking out the English
champion, Brnddock in nine rounds,
and the French champion, Adrcu
Hogan, In eleven rounds
When the war broke ont he wa.
matched with Carpenter for NUUW
purse, and when the gallant French
man WINS called 10 the front Guuhonl
Smith was substituted but later m
out on Ahearn aud Mckrtrick
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09
Courage So Common
No One Fears Death
BY HERBERT COREY.

London nn Courage IL the
most common ut human attributes
The coward Is the exception. Huck
ster or soldier prlucc or priest, know
how to die hravey
Il have seen many men die" said
m officer who had been inyRllded
home 10 Berlin. II have heard them
cry out In their paiu have watch
20 them weep to think OF those they
would never see Rgain. ! have seen
but one man show u great fear OF
death Itself"
Perhaps his experience has been
unusual And yet he wears the Iron
Cross aud that cross IL only given
fof ynlur More than that Half II
Dozen times he was IN command "
uting parties charged with the duty
Ot executing civilians Many other
tunes he saw civilians shot or saw
them marching past on the way 10
death
Died With Heads Up.
They ali died with their heads nm
~ puN Nlhl uie man SAID he
When II came to the end they did
not cry out or beg for mercy. They
We're pale perhaps ar they trembled,
nut II was as though they tenred an
unusual thing not AZ though they
reared the end Of all things"
II was the exception that inter.
ested his companions the story of
ue one man who died a coward hIs
was a burgomaster of n town In
northern France somewhere pear
Laon. The German gave the name. hut
IN hh gutturnls II Was uuintelllrible
Ths burgomaster was little Cat man.
ne said, about sixty years old His
beard was quite white. The German
broke off 10 tell of the burgomasters
daughter She was very bony and a
shrew She shrleked abuse at the
soldiers
They had been sniplng al rs from
the windows" said he. II do no,
know how many porhaps not more
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09
IN OUR SCHOOL.
BY Paul " est

SATURDAY.
No school today, Awlso, no com
plants Ms fur ag we have herd
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ems. rolled nhOwt 30 >ulwbnlls lRSt
nlte y put them out In the dog huwSo
10 freeze guou aud solid. Torp helng
mad at Hcnncry Hood the butcher Il
intending to use llem on him this
mOarnng But when he went out to
the dog hOw4e 10 get Them while Hen
merry was taking Migsus Slrhhius's
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

than one But several uf our men had
gene down"
The BurgOmAsters Confession.
Sniplng at an invading army-o OF
Gcrmans-is an act Of patriotic folly.
The hurgomaster and nine others were
taken as hostages They were told
that unless the sniper was delivered
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-09

order, TOrp stuck his hand In the door
6sumthing bit him good
TOrp yelled and went 4 got his are
gun, To shoot II, but he give the dog
howse kick before doing NO. \ then
he herd a cluck. When he looked IN
there was one Of his hens, setting on
the snOwbnlls, Il when YOU 60 amy
WHARF nsre her she maiks nm awful
fuss like setting hens allu7 do.
rorp says lecye her he's scc what
she'll hatch out We think she will
I've lucky II she doant kctch cold, say
we
Oald Griggsby Got Fooled.
Andy Anderson h TX Brigham
went oaver by Griggsby's when thoy
sean him come hoam from Byyllle, to
see II he could tell who shuvvled all
that snow off his walk. He sean
them 4 sed.
Wei, ] see some Of you yung ras.
kals have been 4 dun what | sed not
to. II ID lucky Rint Qwite sure
which dun II. 1t wasent YOU, was IT.
Andy Il Tx sed no. Of course, 4
Grlggsy sed, "wel, II II was, would
of gaive you 10 sens for the job,
which would Of cost me Y n amy
body else had dun It."
Rut thuy waseilt fools enuff to LET
ION, 4 We CESS he knows he was fooled
all rite.
4 plessunt day say we-but tut
mite tonite
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thay waSent enuff snow on that walk
to SNOWFALL a berd with.
Then We all went away uther plai
ces Il takes a pritty smart man tC
get ahed OF us fellers, all rite, the
oanly thing being Is thay amy way
he can tell when he sees II who dun
II, but we toant think he can.
A Foolish Hen.
TOrp Stebbins who still keaTs chick
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Hunter Killed so-pound Deer-New Law
Considered Vague.

Rutland, Nov 26.-An all days jury
trial in city court of the Fair Haven
district yesterday resulted in the ac-
quittal of Barden Nelson of West Paw
let of charge of killing fawn. IL
was also the first prosecution in this
county since the opening OF the deer
hunting season against the growing hab-
il of killing small deer Although the
fish and game law says fawns shall not
be killed, IL does not define, nor do
the statutes define a fawn,
Nelson. who is a student in the Albany
n. Y. business college, was arrested on
a warrant issued by States Attorney
.C. V. Poulin Of this city. The jury
brought in a verdict Of not guilty last
evening. The deer in the case weighed
50 pounds and looked TO be little
bigger than a shepherd dag. IL is FIG
ured that the hearing cost the state
about $50. Had il been tried before a
Justice with jury of six men il is
figured the cost would have been about
half as much and il would probably
have cost 500 20 have appealed the
case 70 county court.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
PEPPERED WITH LEAD.
William Hazard Said He Was Shot After
Argument.

Woodstock, Nov. 26.--William Hazard,
colored, about 65 years old, walked from
Hartland to Woodstock late yesterday
afternoon and upon his arrival told
story of having been shot in the head by
Daniel Ledoux OF Hartland, following an
argument between the latter and Haz-
ards IS-year old son, John, concerning
payment for two hens. DIR. G. W. kidder
of Woodstock removed several shot from
Hazards scalp. The mans injuries are
not severe.
According TO the story related by the
elder Hazard be and his son called at the
Ledoux home to get the hens. Hazard
claims that Ledoux owes the younger
Hazard for chopping wood and that when
the hens had been delivered by Ledoux
the Hazard boy refused TO pay for them
until he received pay for his services as
a chopper.
Hazard claims that Ledoux went into
the house and secured a gun, which he
nut into action as the Hazards were
about 80 feet away. In addition to the
perforatious in his scalp the elder Hazard
displayed hat bearing several holes,
which he saws were made by pellets from
the gun of Ledoux. Hazard notified the
town grand Juror of the affair and the
latter advised him TO acquaint the states
attorney with the details OF the alleged
shooting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
MAY DELIVER
TWO MESSAGES
President Wilson Will Doubtless Have
Second Document for Congress
to Hear.

Washington, Nov. 20. President viii.
son, il is learned, has rejected various
suggestions for Incorporation in his next
annual address TO Congress because of his
desire TO devote it primarily to tine theme
of national defense. In all probability
he will address Congress later in the sea
son, taking up other questions.
In reply TO letter from Representa-.
tive Hamil of New Jersey, asking that
civil service be touched on in the ad'
dress, the president replied that he was
forced to deny the request because he
wanted the message TO deal with one
general subject. II is known, however
that the president considers that nation.
al defense includes the mobilization of all
the nations resources. For this reason
Il is understood that subjects like con-
servstion viii be mentioned.
The president devoted all Of Wednes-
day TO work on the message but did not
quite complete il. He expected to get It
TO the public printer to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
TELLS THE SPIRITS AGAIN.
Yoshihito Acquaints Ancestors with Fact
He is Now Emperor.

Kioto, Nov. 20. Accompanied by the
whole court Emperor Yoshihito lett mere
this morning for magumano.mura IN
the suburbs of Kioto to visit the mau'
solea of the Emperors Kokaku, Ninko
and Komei. This was to permit the en-
peror to pay his respects and formaliy
announce the conclusion OF the acces'
sion to the spirits Of his imperial pre-
decessors as he had done previously pe-
fore the mausolea of Emperor Jimmu
and Emperor Mutsuhito.
Emperor Kokaku was the great grand
father Of the late Emperor Mutsuhlto'
Emperor Ninko the grandfather and Em-
peror komei the father Of Emperor Nut
suhito The tombs of those emperors
are at the same place in peaceful ham
let named Imagumano
The ceremonial conducted before the
mausolea was the same as at the maui
solea of Emperor Jimmu and Mutsuhoto.
After finishing his worship the en-
peror and the imperial retinue returned
to the imperial palace here this after
noon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Alderman A. +. Bruce Of Brooklyn
street has returned TO the city, after
spending several days in Brooklyn, \. "
ON business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Mccarthy Of
Averill street passed Thanksgiving AZ the
home Of Mrs McChrthy's parents in
Franconia, y. II.
Louis Tomasi. a student al the Worces-
ter. Mass. Polytechnic institute, is spend
ing the Thanksgiving recess al the home
OF bis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph -.
SanguinettL
Felix Letourneau Of Manchester. \. H.,
who is passing several day. az his former
home in Graniteville, was a visitor in the
city to-day. being the guest Of his broth
er. Thomas Letourneau, Of the Depot
square cafe.
Freight locomotive No. 203 Of the Cen.
trail Nermont's shifting equipment left
the irons on a siding near the Harrison
/ IGranite Co.'S plant and the Noyelli 4
lCalcarni plant near blackwell street this
forenoon and for more than an hour sec.
ton men worked 60 bring the iron fellow
back 10 the rails The aid Of the pnssen-
ger locomotive used in the Williamstown
( branch service was enlisted at last and
bv N o'clock the siding was cleared Of
an obstruetions. When the branch train
came along in mid forenoon, its string Of
cars was left on a siding Just north Of
the blackwell street underpass and the
engine proceeded 10 the work Of relief.
Interest in rife shooting among marks
men q tie city has taken On q new i'm
petus with the clearing of the range on
I'll
any sunny afternoon one may see q group
~ target hunters making fer the broad
esplanade in the north end. An i'm
rrorrptu competition staged ~ TIE range
"Wednesday afternoon was prolific -
many surprises. one of them being the
unusual showing made By a competitor
b the tenderfoot class Three huilseyes
n quiek sucressiou hung up . record for
tie afteru0on a. - yaris aud - a pace
which older riaenen sav aiil No. hHrd to
ma iutain h the competitions ere repeat
"A.
Hotel barre has tesn ss1erte8 ~ =
tauguffinr place fof the Spanish a Arleri-
can var veterans 0f WashinEtun a1nftV
- lsrr tffr rrf together On fap ereniug af
Monday. Dar q. 20 celebrate tire lTth 49,
ffrrrssrr ~ thefr mastering uut tnd.
fatiuns larf hfHn forwarded e. 81 men
lara 81 tlte auunt8 assasiatiun and ree
arf aftrufauef Is antieipated a cofn-
e ffra consisting 81 Thofuas J. HHrefr
as7 William Wisha-t gf Harrt ama 0 %.
Cfrk ana A. q. Baton of Mortpsiier i
lmsV mfth s0uf 81 tiis rrs irarr nF-
rsurrnnrfs nithaurh ttf retsrnus. 81
ieser6n9 uitt tlts Hustnnl af srraHE nua
nrfufrn rpnninns 5stlf ~ THE r=sarast isr
ere ..snr e. llf tse SITTER lirnfr fr-1rutn
take ea-r ~ n@f j is Hu1urt fhs
sf.r.rrt ttrs rtstfs 81 ~ faH prospectus.
- sar tta8 thfrs u1 o. rlantr uf
afaarriifH tiaa nna srne whnH ths fniaas
80 raarHE Tls Ttues De- sarusssHs e.
szr ftft ards sert urr 81 fiss rurrHIttss
p - narfers s3atla - areware9 utt-
frr taFs r. order ttat auE rEs-
sz1Etiaas m4y b< uaae.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
EGIDIo SEMPREBoN.
Granite Cutter Died This Morning After
Seven Weeks Illness.

Egidio Semprebon passed away at his
home, l54 North Seminary street, soon
after midnight this morning, the end fol-
lowing an illness OF seven weeks. Mr..
Semprebon is survived by his wife and
three children, Angie Semprebon and
Guido and Enrico Semprebon. His moth
er, who is 81 years old, resides in Italy,
where two brothers and a sister are also
living Mr. Semprebon was born in the
province OF Verona, Italy, "A years ago.
lie was married in his native town in
1899 and three years later he came TO
America, settling AZ once in Barre. He
was granitecutter by trade and prior
10 his last illness was employed az the
Presbrey Co oykendall plant. lie be-
longed TO the granitecutters' union.
Funeral services win he held AZ the
house Saturday afternoon az ? o'clock
and interment win be made in Hope Gem
etery. All friends Of Mr.. Semprebon in
the Italian colony Of Barre are invited
20 Join in the obsequies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-26
MONTPELIER
Funeral Of Ex-Alderman John Emmons
Was Held Today.

Funeral services for ex-Alderman John
Emmons. who died Tuesday morning at
his home. 24I Main street. were held at
st. Aurnstine's church AT ? O'Clock this
morning. with the rector, Rev. J. P.-l4ong,
officiating. The bearers were Y. II. Ryan,
George Fitzgerald. Arthur Heney, Harmes
Desiauries. William Brown and John
Mach. Burial was In the Catholic ceme-
terv. Those from out Of town who at
tended the services were two sons Of the
deceased. George Emmons Of Mystic.
Conn. and Prank Emmons Of Hartford,
Conn.
Friends Of Thomas r. McElroy, for a
number of wears the editor Of the Mont
pfiier Journal. will be interested 90 learn
that he j. slowly recovering from an III
ness ~ HE home In Worcester. Mass
ghieh has extended over q period Of Is
month";. Mr. McElroy was forced 10 give
up his work on The Journal IN July. 1914.
i,aesuse of IN health and since that time
has not been able 20 write.
Frauris shaw returned this morning 30
Darlington to resume his studies AZ the
tritsrsftv ~ Vermont. having passed
Yesterday with Lis parents, Rev. and
Mrs. " lltlam SHAW
Tawars Addv returned today 70 81.
Iai.Hshurr. where he is employed after
irief tist uith be mother. Mrs.. J. y.
Adav
F,eaause nf tise eortiuuc8 warm weather
tt.e contractors 70 eharer r. the rpnstrue-
t'ou af TIE lalgr On state street hare
ts.aa ntla 10 pour eenert and 4 BE- now
str.srfed fiHt ths bridge may - com
rlstaf wtiout nunR e. tiis expense ~
riiantfur tts sfesi rirfers ard waiting
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rrfs d. farrann sfreFf in plaeH the
a-usisr rssf iie88irr up unt e1rner of tire
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Frart Turrer b tsfinr q Sew aaVs'
-r.atin- frufn his Hnf ss as hacesrf mas-
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