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n ~" NAS4eoAo " hdfdua Huu tue
cock pit. Only few. We found it.
The guide at the hotel said, MANY
bad men-such loud noise, no caro-
very much"
But we did care. We wanted to
see some bad men. to hear the loud
noise, and to see cock fight in the
land where it is the National sport
Havana is very quiet city. So
we dismissed the guide and paid a
cabby "uno paso" to drive us to the
place, away out in the edge of the
city.
The cock pit is an elaborate affair.
A big circular ampitheatre with tiers
of seats from which you can look al
most straight down on the fight. This
building is surrounded by thousand
stalls or cages, for a thousand blood
ed fighting cocks. The fighting goes
on all day long, from eight in the
morning until midnight-on Sundays
Some fights are over in FIVE minu-
tes, others take an hour. They do
not use the steel gaffs in Havana as
they do in Mexico. The cock de-
pends on his own natural spur.
We watched several of ordinary
class. Then by the assembling OF
the crowd and by the very apparent
excitement of the spectators we knew
the big fight was on. 1t was a Cuban
crowd. Not an American in the bunch
but our three-my brother. Shepherd
and myself Not Cuban who could
talk English, not one of us sentence
in Spanish.
The cocks were weighed in. The
names and weights OF the cocks an.
nounced, and pit cleared OF ring side
sports, the betting began and the
cocks set down in the ring facing
each other. Then the fight was on.
A New Yorker at the hotel asked
what makes the cocks fight, Well
he should visit barn yard sometime
when neighbor rooster climbs over
the fence. They fight all right They
don't even wait for the drop of the
hat. And they fight to the death.
This fight was between two fine
birds, the best of the day. A Span
lard told use with his hands. and with
his shoulders and with his feet and
with bunch of Spanish lingo that the
old gray cock before US was a cham
pion Of the nearby city, Guanabacoa.
That he had killed twelve. count
them on your fingers. twelve cocks
in his day and had never been whip
red. We could recognize only few
Spanish words. those for rooster and
death. negro for black and blanco
for white, but we could understand
his story perfectly. worked out in
pantomine as 1t was. 1t is surpris-
ing how well they talk with their
hands in Cuba.
The other cock was home bird,
the favorite of the Havana crowd. He
was a strong black bird. Betting
started out even.
There was good deal of parry
ing for position with now and then
a fiutter, thrust of the spur and
fierce peck. After much futtering
and maneuvering old Blanco. as we
called the gray cock. started out on
a trot around the ring with Negro in
hot pursuit. 1t looked like Blanco
was scared and the betting went up
to 2 to 1. How the Havana sports
did cheer and howl.
But old Blanco seemed to know
what he was about. He kept bright
eye turned toward his enemy all the
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.sALIDA PEOPLE MOTORING TO
Y THE COAST.

Guy Beckiey and Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Osborn Of salida arrived here on
Sunday while on motoring trip to
San Francisco and San Diego expo
sitions. They are driving 1915
Oakland car. They left here this a.
terncon for Pueblo en- route 70 Colo.
Fado eprinss and Dsnver. They viii
make the trnhs-continensal trip via
the lincoln hishwny and VIII spend
ueus tims q roeatslIo. Idaho; bcfors
~ 1lnx = Kslaee.
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NY DREAM Of HELL
fsY JOE HEAvENRIDcE)

(6Y JOE HEAvENRlpGE)
While lying down asleep last night
A smoky city came in sight;
Isfried to-take look within
wl,pn-the grating hinges closed me in
n q
0iG Satan took my band Of fear.
come see, the fun we have in here:
the awful groans. the horried scream
Made me shudder in my. dream
This block to right. is murders birth,
Repeat the crimes they did on Earth;
Ger and DER their heIlish crime
They left the Earth, with it in mind
Block to left are thieves at play,
They rob each other night and day;
Altho their work can do no good,
They left the Earth. while in that
mood
Within this Block. are all saloons.
My gamblers use the upper rooms.
1heir dfOcatlon While tney hNeu
Eternity will not relieve.
Here the dance-halls from our world
OF hellish men and ruined girls.
| hear their groans. see their tears.
oh God. protect my eyes and ears.
The suicides that took their life.
To rid themselves of earthly strife.
No worse mistake was ever told.
Their trouble came here with the
soul
Tell all the boys when you 20 home.
This is the only place for fun;
II where they live. are not content.
l have some choice Rooms for Rent"
The City sank beneath my sight.
My trembling form beheid the Hight;
will look to God and trust His grace
To keep me from that horrid place.
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A COCK FIGHT IN HAVANA
BY G. U. H.

time. After dozen times around
the ring he turned and laIided hard
And he followed it up. He an,
gave the impression that he was ~
ing back.
But soon Negro got him in the eye
and Blanco appeared stunned. A
Cuban told us this with his finger
or We might not have recognized II
SO quickly. Then Negro forced the
fight for while and seemed to have
it all his own way.
Old Blanco started out around the
ring again with Negro close behind,
pecking him where the tail feathers
grow. This is not vital part, it
seems and Blanco could stand a good
deal of it. But whenever the black
cock got a good mouthful of grey
feathers the crowd hollered and the
odds went up. They got up to to /.
After q few times around Blanco
seemed to get his wind and turned
and with a vicious thrust spurred
the black cock in the groin. He tum-I
bled over, as with broken leg. We
thought his leg was broken but our
Cuban friend, who was becoming
quite friendly. told us with his hands
that 1t was his groin. 1t was all the
same however TO Negro. for he was
wabbly.
Then after a good deal OF fiuttering
and pecking and fierce fighting the
black cock got Blanco's other eye.
and he was blind. We were becom-
ing learned in the art and recognized
this thrust. but we asked the Cuban
With onr hands If it were so and he
said it was SO.
Things looked bad for Blanco now
that was blind in both eyes and had
lost most of his tail feathers. Butl
Negro had game leg and couldn't
run. He could merely fiutter and
peck. They were by this time paIr
OF dilapidated looking old cocks, all
piueked and bloody. but game to the
last
Blanco could not tell much OF the
time where his opponent was. He
would listen moment. then scratch
around in the sand. Occaflonally
he would locate his enemy and go af.
ter him hard. His pecking and spur.
ring was a little wild but instinct
seemed to direct him where to strike
Two or three times the black cock
flared up and forced the fight but
he was growing groggy.
Finally with heroic plunge Blnnco
got his enemy in the neck with al
spur and the black cock OF Havana
keeled over dead.
Blanco the gray cock Of Guanabacoa
was still the champion. But he left
the ring blinded forever. His proud
owner took him tenderly to his
bosom and soothed his bruise head
and punctured eyes with his own
moist tongue. He carried him out as
tenderly as II he had been an injur-
ed child. Tears were glistening in
his eyes. It was n dearly bought vic
tory for the cock fighter of Guiana
brcoa.
Our Cuban friend lost six dollars
on the black. He had staked a weeks
wage on this one fight and had lost.
He told us SO with his hands. But
he was game and paid up promptly.
In Cuba the loser OF bet hunts UP
the winner and pays. In America the
winner has to hunt up the man who
loses or the stake holder. At the
cock pit in Havana we saw no stake
holders.
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Children Ory
FOR FIETcHER'S
HOME THIS AFTERNOON FROM
wEsTcLlFFE.

H. p. stommei, manager Of the local
telephone system. returned to Canon
City Wednesday afternoon from west
cliffe whore he had been sinee the
hfSt Of the week on bneiness for the
Mountain States Telephone company,
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RADIO state hospital. Two years ago
bill as introduced into the Nine
teenth general assembly to have the
name changed on the ground that the
Characterization OF the institution as
an asylum was an offense to rela.
tives OF patients.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES
(continued from Page y

customers who now desire to use
these lines.
The necessities for the use Of the
telephone in the Moosehead region
have multiplied very rapidly during
the last few years, and require facil-
tiles capable Of giving prompt and ad-
eouate service. The existing compa-
MES realized these necessities, and. in
conference, concluded that the custom
ers in this reguion could be properly
served only by the formation of a new
corporation, which should take over
all the properties. improve them, OPP
crate them under new management
and thus be able to meet the demands
of the public.
A competent engineer. who testified
before the commission, went carefully
over the physical properties Of the
three companies which are to be unit
ed by sale of such properties to the
Mocsehead Telephone & Telegraph Co.
He prepared and presented to the
commission. in written form. q detail
ed report Of all the physical property
to be purchased and sold, with
a value based upon each unit Of
such property and an estimate
Of the present entire value
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cnises described in the pending petit
ton. for the sum Of $12O,s5o. and re-
ceive in payment therefor stock Of
the Moosehead Telephone & Telegraph
Co. at par, to the same amount.
8. That the Northern Maine Tele-
phone 4 Telegraph Co. is hereby au-
thorised to sell to the Moosehead Tel
ephone 4 Telegraph Co its franchises
and properties described in the pend
ing petition, for the sum Of s21.s0o. and
to receive in payment therefor stock
OF said Moosehead Telephone & Tel
egraph Co. at par, to the amount Of
$21, 500.
4. That the Moosehead Telephone
Company is hereby authorized to sell
to the Moosehead Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. it's franchises and proper
ties described in the pending petition,
for the sum Of 81 $50, and to receive
in payment therefor stock of the
Moosehead Telephone & Telegraph Co.
at par, to the amount Of s27 $50.
5. That the Moosehead Telephone &
Telegraph Co. is hereby authorized to
purchase the franchises and proper
ties Of the New England Telephone &
| Telegraph Co. the Northern Maine
Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the
Moosehead Telephone Co. described in
the pending petition, at the values for
each set forth in said petition, and
| to pay therefor the amount SO set
forth in stock Of said Moosehead Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. at par.
| s. That the purchase by the Moose
head Telephone & Telegraph Co. of
the above-named franchises and prop
critics Of the New England Telephone
& Telegraph Co shall be subject to
the terms and provisions of certain
leases now in existence between said
New England Telephone & TELEGRAPH
Co and the Brownville Telephone Co.,
the Lagrange & Medford Telephone
Co. and and the Milo Telephone Co.
! :. That each OF the above-named
petitioners report to this commission
in detail. supported by the affidavit
Of one of its principal officers, its do
| ings hereunder. within 20 days after
| the first Gay of August, 1915, and with
| in 20 days after the first day of each
alternate month thereafter until it
shall cease to have taken any action
hereunder.
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ITALIAN INVASION OF
ASIA MINOR IS BEGIN
Continued from Page y

tIONtIhQeO from faGe |
will be no interruption in the opera
tions in the Dardanelles. The feet
there will have to assist the army on
the Gallipoli peninsula, taking chances
Of destruction by submarines and
mines or shell fire. The spirit of
British merchantmen was indicated
today in the reply of sailor to Lord
Mersey's question at the inquiry into
the sinking of the steamer Falaba by
a German submarine some time ago
Asked whether he would go to sea
again, the sailor promptly replied
Yes"
French Offensive
In the west the French offensive 81
Arrass is still in progress, but the adj
vance of the allied troops seemingly
is not so fast as it was when the at
tack was first launched. The British
also are engaged north of LaBassee
and are being almost continuously
occupied in resisting German attacks
around Ypres, the attempt to cap
ture which place is said to have cost
the Teutons an enormous number OF
men.
The Italians claim to have made
further advances into Austrian terri
tory in Tyrol. the Trentino and Is
tria, but no important battle has YET
been fought in this southwestern the
atre of the war.
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Philadelphia, May 2S-Cornell Uni
verslty demonstrated on Franklin field
tooay that her track men have the best
Snance OF winning the annual cham
paonship OF the Intercollegiate Asso-
caaucn OF Amateur Athletes of Amer
Ngca. So evenly balanced is the team
that Cornell was able to qualify men
IN all the IL events in which elimina-
a lions and trial heats were held. No
less than Is Cornell athletes came
srhroUgh safely for the semi-finals and
sunais tomorrow. This does not include
@he one and two-mile race in which
As usual there are no preliminary elm
nations.
lippineott Injured
Or Cornelis supposed nearest rivals
Harvard, Yale and Pennsylvania, the
{ philadelphia team was put out of the
running for the championship by two
OF her men meeting accidents. Donald
Llppincott, who. Pennsylvania thought
was good for possibly 10 points, pulled
. tendon in the 100-yards dash and
was carried off the field. r. 8. Fer
guson. looked upon as a sure point
winner in both the 800 and 220-yard
hurdles, went out of the low barrier
race when he failed to qualify in a
heat for second and third men after
he had been badly shaken up by a
fall in his first heat.
The number of men qualified by each
college today was as follows:
8ss Cornell IS: Harvard &c.: Yale Il;
pennsylvania 10; Princeton s; Dart
mouth s; Columbia. Michigan and
PENNSYLVANIA State. each 5: Maine 3;
Bowdoin 2, and Lafayette, Haverford
Johns Hopkins and Syracuse each /.
Pennsylvania and Bowdoin each
have chance to qualify one more
man when a dead heat in the 220-yard
hurdles will be run off.
IN Bailey Breaks Record
s One intercollegiate record was broken,
II III. +. Bailey of the University of Maine
throwing the hammer ls5 feet inch.
4 The former record was 164 feet 10 inches
"a made by J. r. Dewitt of Princeton Il
years ago. 1t was evident in the quarter
land half-mile runs that the best men
were saving themselves. as they didn't
epeed up more than was necessary to
qualify. The broad jump was well con-
Z TESTED, the six men to qualify all leaping
sOver % feet. There were two dead heats
ST. L. Brady, Columbia, and p NJ. Rice
u Harvard, breasting the tape together in
the high hurdles, and F, Kaufman,
and W. A. Savage. Bow
- running a dead heat in the low
/ 6Udies. Kaufman and Savage will run
4 another heat tomorrow to determine
which shall enter the semi-finals. The
first and second heats in the 131-yard
hurdles were the prettiest races of the
81 day, all five men in each heat going owe!
every hurdle together. With the excep
ton of. Lippincott and Ferguson there
were no Important upsets. Roos of Yale
who was~ entered In the shotput. wa:
| withdra WI from that event.
A nQfqble performance was that O
Foss, ~ of Cornelfs pole vaulters. H,
injusta hia wrist at the Pennsylvania
relay g1snes : month ago and appeared
son the - 10y with 1t bandaged. Not
q withstaa tn weakness of his arm
he qualihs( = feet for the finals.
fhs Summary
In the elimination trial In the hammer
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QUEER APPLICATION
FOR WORK IN ENGLAND

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London, May 15.-War enthusiasm
has caused some queer applications to
be sent to the Board OF Trade. A
widow in declining health said she
hoped to end her days working in
Vickers e. Maxim's machine gun fac
tory A Hartlepool woman who had
lost her laundry business thought she
would like to make shells for cannon.
A suffragette suggested that she
take the place Of some able bodied
member of Parliament while he went
to the front
These and other instances were re-
lated by Walter Runciman, NJ. p, at
a trade union luncheon recently. The
register at the Board of Trade. he
said, shows $4,000 women volunteers
for war work.
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throw. H. P. Bailey of Maine broke the
intercollegiate record by making a throw.
of l65 feet inch. The record is 164 feet
10 inches. held by ]. R. Dewitt of Prince
ton.
Half mile run following ten quail
fed for the finals: NJ. j. Hayes,
Princeton; c. l. Speiden, Cornell; C.
d. Breckwith. Cornell, w. j. Bing-
ham. Harvard: A. 0. Barker, Yale: L.
". Windnagle, Cornell; S. NJ Cooley,
Princeton: +. W. Capper. Harvard; j.
E. Meredith. Pennsylvania; ]. 3.
Peso, PENNSYLVANIA. Best time, 81
"a by Nindnogle
120 yard MISUNDERSTANDING ten
qualified for the semi finals: F. L.
Brady. Columbia; p. NJ. Rice. Harv-
ard; A. L. Tukens Cornell; NJ. P.
Robinson, Harvard; r B. Ferguson.
Pennsylvania: W. A. Savage, Bow
doin: F. H. Starr, Cornell: c. B. Cor
, bin. Michigan; L. E. Gubb, Cornell;
E. P. Hammitt, Pennsylvania State.
Best time Is 3-5 seconds by Starr.
$40 yard run-Foilowing nine quail
flied for the finals: w. D. Grim. Cor
nell; A. Biddle. Harvard; " NJ. Will
kie, Yale; W.. Wilcox. Jr., Harvard;
E. c. Riley, Dartmouth; H. ]. Rich
ardson. Princeton: F. Lagay. Dart
mouth; j. E. Meredith. Pennsylvania;
T. r. Pennypacker. Harvard. Best
time. 40 35 by Wilcox.
Running broad jump-Following six
qualified for semi-finals: H. L.
Worthington, Dartmouth; S. E. Ora
ham. Columbia; F. A. French. Maine
% feet IA inches; A. w. Richards
Cornell: NJ. L. Frederick. Dartmouth;
w NJ. Oler, Yale. Best jump, Worth
ington % feet IA inches.
Throwing the hammer-Followine
six qualified for semi final: H. P. Bal
ley. Maine, distance 165 feet 81
inches, breaking the intercollegiate
record of 1874 feet 10 inches made by
] r. Dewitt, Princeton at New York
May 81, 1902; X. c. McCutcheon, Cor
nell; D. P Murphy. Pennsylvania: P
L Loughridge, Yale; G. w. Leadbet-
ter, Bowdoin; B. Nourse. Princeton.
Pole vault Following six qualified 70
final score: r. Curtis, Syracuse; L. Car
ter, Yale; NJ. L. Greedy, Jr.. Harvard; r
son, Michigan, and J. A. Baker. Prince
ton. at II feet II inches.
22o-yard hurdles: Following nine quail
fled for the semi-finals: F. S. Allen
Harvard; R...H. Crawford, Princeton; f
L. Brady, Columbia: w. NJ. shedden
Yale; H. St. John Smith, Harvard; F
H. Starr, Cornell; A. w. Stewart. Prince
ton; D. NJ. Brown, Pennsylvania State
A. A. Maxwell, Lafayette.
A dead heat between Kaufman, Penn
sylvania, and w. A. Savage, Bowdoin
| for 10th man to qualify will be run of
/ tomorrow.
| Best time "a AS seconds. made by
! L. Brady.
! 2o0-yard dash: Following 10 men quail
/ fed for the semi-finals: J. c. Patterson
Pennsylvania; H. !. Treadway, Yale; W
! o. Bartsch, Cornell: c. NJ. Stewart, Yale
E. A. Teschner. Harvard; c. F. Post
! Pennsylvania State: J. L. Foley, Har
ward; ]. E. Lockwood. Pennsylvania; w
| H. White, Pennsylvania State; H. y
! Smith, Michigan; A. H. Snowden, Prince
! ton; D. L. Dolbin, Pennsylvania State.
l Best time 81 As. made by Patterson.
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Auburn, Me-, May 81. II. Blanchard.
a prominent granger and we'll known
farmer of Auburn, was appointed State
dairy instructor today by Commissioner
of Agriculture W. T. Guptill. Mr..
Blanchard is a graduate of Bates Col
lege in the class Of 1889 and has repre-
scented his city in the Maine Legisla-
ture, and in 1867 was the Democratic
nominee for mayor. He has served as
master of Auburn Grange, also Andres
coggin Pomona. He is president OF the
Androscoggin Holstein- Friesian Associa-
ton and is breeding both Holstein and
Ayrshire cattle.
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POSITIVE RELIEF
FOR CONSTIPATION


The progress of modern medical
science is, perhaps. no more force
fully evident than in the simpli-
tying OF many Of the old time
remedies Of past generations. For
instance, the harsh cathartics and
violent purgatives used by our
forefathers to relieve constipation
are now known to be not only
unnecessary but really harmful.
Constipation can be more effect
lively relieved without the discom-
fort and pain these old-time rem
edies occasion.
A combination Of simple laxa-
tive herbs with pepsin. sold IN
drug stores under the name OF
DR.. Caldwel's Syrup Pepsin is
most effective, yet mild and pleas
ant. 1t is absolutely free from
opiates and narcotics and equal
ly as desirable a remedy for the
tiniest babe as for rugged man
hood. A free trial bottle can be
obtained by writing to DR.. W. B.
Caldwell. 452 Washington ST.,
Monticello. Ills.
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GRAND TRUNK
. IS FINED $500 BY
DISTRICT COURT

Portland, Me-, May 2S.-The Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada was fined $500
by the federal district court today for
selling transportation without it's tariff
rates being on file with the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The transporta-
ton was sold to five immigrants who ar
rived here on March 80. 1912, bound for
points in the West.
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FOREST FIRE IN FALMOUTH
Continued from Page y

ing and gradually assumer alarming
proportions.
A crew Of perhaps % men had been
at the scene all night and were dis
charged early this morning when the
fire was thought out. Soon after an
other alarm was pulled and 200 volun-
teer fire fighters very soon were d.
recting their attention towards placing
the flames under control At noon to-
day It was estimated that over 200
acres Of timber and woodland had been
burned over causing a loss estimated
at $4,000.
In addition to the 200 volunteers
which included laborers on the State
road, men from the Hudson quarry,
and about 100 from the Cumberland
County Power & Light Co, IL men,
bers of the crew of the revenue cutter
Woodbury. were sent to the scene and
directed their attention towards saw
ing the property Of the individual own
ers along the main thoroughfare. The
Woodbury. crew were equipped with
buckets. axes and fire extinguishers
and were in command Of Capt. Ridge
ley and three of the officers of the
cutter.
Save Buildings
After giving the John D. Coleman
residence a good wetting down, the
crew went into the woods at the rear
Of the house where the flames were
creeping gradually in the direction of
the garage and other outhouses and
by strenuous efforts succeeded in
quelling the fire before it had reached
any Of the buildings.
Because of the dense smoke the fire
fighters were obliged to attack the
flames with dampened handkerchief
tied about their moths and noses.
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A Family Industry.


Now" said Mr.. Jones theoretically
at think it is high time, Jimmie, that
YOU began to learn something, and
am going tc teach you. We will begin
by counting the people in our fam
lily
"Yeth, thir.'' said Jimmie.
Now. mother is enc, and am one,
so that makes two, doesn't it?'
"Yeth, thir," said Jimmie.
And now, grandma is one more,
and she makes how many?"
Jimmie looked interested, but doubt
full.
Three, isn't ito" prompted father.
"Yeth, thir,' said Jimmie.
And now, there's grandpa. He
makes-how manyo Four, isn't it?'
"Yeth, thir," said Jimmie.
And then there's Aunt Ellen. She
makes-how many Five, isn't it,"
"Yeth, thir," said Jimmie.
"And then, there's Uncle Stephen. He
makes"
But daddy" exclaimed Jimmy. dc
they all make hominy?"