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PRESIDENT PLANTS A BABY TREE" FOR
 HIS GRANDCHILD
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Philadelphia prior to the latter's mar riage.
 large collection of presents. including a drinking cur from the President, were received by tho baby today. The Presi- dent also brought a baseball and bat given him for the naby by the Washington American leasde baseball team
 MT, Wilson spent tonight quietly at the Sayre home.
 The President was greeted by large crowds at Troy and Hoosac Falls, N. r., and several other towns At Troy, Mayor Burns welcomed him as he took a short walk about the streets, shaking hands with many persons.
 '"The people of the United States want continued peace and appreciate the way you have been keeping us out of trouble, said Mayor Burns.
 Thank you," replied the President. T know the United States wants peace"
 He remarked that he had been sem tenced to several years of hard labor and seldom had an opportunity of getting out side of Washing 'cn.
 Slight Mishap
 The President 1t became known, was only slightly disturbed by the sudden stopping of his train at West Philadelphia early today, when the brakes were quickly applied. Other members of his family were badly shaken and a porter fell against door glass, breaking it. Rail- road officials explained the sudden appli- cation of brakes was due to & mistake.
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Local Data
Weather Conditions

Summary of observations made at Uni ted States weather bureau stations-during
 the "A hours ending 8 p. m., 10th me- ridian time, May 1, 1915:
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 Normal for this month 3.e7: deficiency of this month as compared with the nor- nal. 262; accumulated deficiency since January i, 6.3S
 Wind-Prevailing direction. north; total movement, 452S miles; average hourly ve- locity 63 maximum velocity tfor five minutes), B miles per hour, from south on the Fist
 Weather-Number of days, clear IS: partly cloudy. g.. cloudy, 3: on which .01 inch or more of precipitation occurred {. Miscellaneous Phenomena-(Dates of, l: Auroras, none; halos, solar. 1st. 6th Sth, 9th. 10th. 18th, 27th, 30; lunar. 2sth 27th; hail, Fist; thunderstorms. 11th. 21st, 18th, 30th light frost 1st; killing frost. 4th.
 EDGAR c. HORTON,
 Local Forecaster.
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Reserved and Be Announced Ore Tuesday
ANY TESTIFY AS TO
 URKETT'S BRUTALITY
Had Been Insolent and Overbearing Toward Other Citizens Who Were Not on Sidewalk-Ward Stops
 Factoring of Shapiro
By ALLEN J. KREBs, JR.

The charges Of incompetency ana bru- tality brought by Isadore Shapiro, legis- latcr and well known attorney of this city, against George Burkett, an officer of the Birmingham police department, were tried yesterday afternoon before the board of commissioners. It Is not known just when the commissioners will an- nounce their decision, but 1t will probably be Tuesday.
 The trial of Burkett caused a great deal of interest and there were fully 100 citizens on hand to listen to the evidence. From the opinion expressed by those who at tended the trial. 1t is thought that the commissioners will discharge Burkett.
 Burkett yesterday was represented by John W. Altman, while Shapiro conduct ed his own case with the assistance of Ben Gross. Throughout the proceedings the attorneys for both sides clashed fre- quently. Altman was unusually sarcas- tic and repeatedly made references about Shapiro which finally led Commis- sioner Ward to rise to his feet and vigor- ously denounce such procedure.
 Stops Factoring of Shapiro
 ''There seems to be a tendency to hec- tor MT. Shapiro said Commissioner Ward, T protest against any such ac- t;on." Altman apologized. Shapiro ig nored it, and the first witness was called. Miss Winnie Freeman took the stand and testified to having seen Shapiro im- mediately after the arrest in the clutches of Officer Burkett. She testified to the fact that Shapiro had been literally dragged to the corner of Second avenue and Nineteenth street. thence almost to the alley. She said that Shapiro repeat edly asked the officer to desist from hold ing him by the arm and told the man that he would be glad to go along without his dragging him.
 The officer dragged and pushed MT. SAfpiro along so fast that 1t was with
 iculty that I was able to catch up
 them." she said His manner was
 tal and unwarranted. I accompanied
 all the way to the police station
 pre- he made bond'
 How far did the officer drag MT.
 piro?' asked Judge Lene
 Until we were almost to the alley be- veen Second and Third avenues" said [iss Freeman.
 Shapiro then explained to the commis- oners that he was not on the sidewalk, ben arrested, but that he was standing insthe stairway of Paul Mann's studio.
 How far were you from the sidewalk" !" asked Altman.
 "Just few inches" answered Shapiro.
 Was your nose projecting upon the sidewallx?' asked Altman.
 Tt may have been" replied Shapiro. ''If you are trying to infect personalities into this ,thiyss 1iiI pc gfsaeto say that ' my nosels somewhat lengthy" Altman Athen 4iid that he did not mean anything fsonal by his remark.
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the 29th; lowest. 32 degrees on the 4th: greatest daily range, 32 degrees on the 18th; least daily range. Il degrees. on the 2d
 Mean for this month in 1894 6s; 1885, 61; 1S96 70; 1897, 64; 1S9S 5S; 1S99 6S: 1900 66: 19O1 61; 1902 62; 19o3 &; 1904 59: 1sO5 sS; 1906. e5; 19o7 5s; 1908, s6; 1909, sS; 1910, 6l; 1911, 6S; 1912. 6S; 1913, 61; 1914 63; 1915. 66.
 Normal for this month, e35: absolute maximum for this month for 22 years, 90: absolute minimum for this month for 22 years. 2S Average daily excess of this month as compared with the normal, 2.5; accumulated deficiency since January 1, 359 average daily deficiency since Jan uary 1. 2.9.
 Precipitation-Total this month, 1.o5: greatest precipitation in "A hours, .65. on the 20th.
 Total precipitation this month in 1893, 2.55; 1894. 44s; 1895, s27; 1898, 4.s7; 1897, 5 09; 1898, All; 1899, 4.69 1900. 1906; 1901, 494; 1902. 452; 1903. 2.27; 1904, POP; 1905, 44; 1906, 1.S1; 1907. 6.51: 1908, 4.O3; 1909. 10.31; 1910, 2.53; 1911, 4.44; 1912, s,92 1913. ? .2S: 1914 4 46; 1915, 1.05.
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Stations and Weather at 8 D. m.
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Orange, N J.. April 2s, 1915.
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Then why do you still love herr"

Then why do you still love herr
Are 0 mad?" he gasped. Good
God, woman. how a you ask that
question of me, knowing that ! love
you with all my heart and soul!
How
with all your heart, yes! But with
your soul? No! That other woman
has your soul. | have heard your sou
speak and it speaks Of her-yes, 10
her! Night after night, in your sleep.
james Brood, you have cried out to
Matilde.' You have sobbed out your
love for her, as you have been doing
for twenty years or more. In your
sleep, your soul has been with her
With me at your side, you have cried
to ,Matilde!' You have passed your
hand over my face and murmured Ma
tilde.' Not once have you uttered the
word Yvonne!' And now, you come
to me and say: we will come straight
to the point Well, now you may come
straight to the point. But do not for
get, in blaming me. that you love an
other woman!"
He was petrlGed. Not a drop OF
blood remained In his face.
1T Is some horrible, CHASTITY delu-
sion. 1t cannot be true. Her name has
not passed my lips in twenty years. 1t
is not mentioned in my presence.
have not uttered that woman's name
l."
Then how should | know her name?
Her own son does not know 1t, | firm
ly believe. No one appears to know 1t
except the man who says he despises
It,"
Dreams! Dreams!" he cried scorn.
fully. Shall | be held responsible for
the unthinkable things that happen in
dreams2"
NO." she replied significantly; you
should not be held accountable. She
must be held accountable. You drove
out her body, James, but not hel
spirit. 1t stands beside you every In
slant of the day and night. BY day
you do not see her, by night-ah, yot
tremble! Well, she Is dead. they say
II she were still alive, | myself nigh
tremble, and with cause
Before God, | love you, Yvonne.
implore you to think nothing of m!
maunderings In my sleep. They-the.
may come from a disordered brain
| God knows, there was a time when
/, felt that | was mad, raving mad. ThesI
i. dreams are"
TO his surprise, she laid her han
t gently on his arm,
"a pity you sometimes, James. M
heart aches for you. You are a ma
{ "A strong, brave man, and yet 20
| shrink and cringe when a voice whi'
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pers to you in the night. You sleep
with your doubts awake. am Ma
tide, not Yvonne, to you. l am the
flesh on which that starved love Of
yours feeds; l represent the memory
OF all that you have lost"
This is-madness!" he exclaimed,
and 1t was not only wonder that filled
his eyes. There was a strange fear IN
them too.
~ am quite myself. James," she said
coolly. Can you deny that you think
| OF her when you hold me in your
arms; a you"
"Yes!" he almost shouted, Il can
and do deny!"
Then you are lying to yourself, my
husband" she said quietly. He fairly
gasped.
Good God, what manner of woman
are your" he cried h~oarsely. "A sor
ceress? A-but no, 1t is not true!"
She smiled. "All women are sor
ceresses. They feel. Men only think
Poor Frederic! You try to hate him
James, but l have watched you whel
you were not aware. You search hi,
face ~intently, almost In agony-fo
what? For the look that was hi
mother's-for the expression you love,
in"
He burst out violently. mo! B,
heaven, you are wrong there. my sol
ceress! I am not looking for Matild
In FgederiS's lace"
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For bis father. theD she inquired

For his father, then she inquired
slowly.
The perspiration stood out on his
brow. he made no response. His lips
were compressed.
You have uttered her name at last"
she said wonderingly. after > long
wait.
Brood started. "I-I-Oh, this is
tortured"
We must mend our ways. James. 1t
may please you to know that ! shall
overlook your mental f~aithlessness to
me. You may go on loving Matilde.
She is dead. | am alive. ! have the
better OF her, there, ale? The day
will come when she Is dead in every
sense Of the word. In the meantime.
| am content to enjoy life. Frederic
is quite safe with me, James; safer
than he Is with you. And now let US
have peace. Will you ring for teal"
He sat down abruptly. staring at her
with heavy eyes. She waited for a mo
ment, and then crossed over to pull
the old-fashioned bellcord.
1--WE will ask Lydia and Frederic to
join us, too" she said. 1T shall be a
family party, the five OF u.s."
"Five?" he muttered.
Yes" she said, without a smile
M
Are you forgetting Matilde?"
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comes out and-and | realize that l
helped in its making. No n has ever
been in a position to tell the story OF
Thlbet as you have told 1t, Mr.. Brood.
Those chapters will make history. ="
Your poor fathers share In those
explorations is what really makes the
work valuable, my dear. Without MS
notes and letters / should have been
feeble indeed" He looked at his
watch. They were at the concert. you
know-the Hungarian orchestra. A re-
cent importation. Tziganes music
G~ypsies." His sentences as well as
his thoughts were staccato' discon'
nected.
Lydia turned very cold. She dread
ed the scene that now seemed unavoio'
able. Frederic would come In response
to his fathers command, and then
Someone began to play upon the
piano downstairs. She knew n ne
knew that it was Frederic who played
For a long time they listened. The
air, no doubt. was n he had hearo
during the evening, a soft sensuous
waltz that she had never heard before
The girls eyes were upon BROOD
face. 1t was like a craven image.
"God!" fell from his stiff lips. SUD
denly he turned upon the girl. ID
you know what he is playing"
mo-" she said, scarcely above
whisper.
1T was played in this house by III
composer before Frederic was born. |
was played here on the night OF hi
birth, as it had been played man.
times before. 1t was written by a MAJ
named Feverelli. Have you heard o
him."
Never" she murmured, and shranA
frightened by the deathlike pallor II
the mans face, by the strange calm Il
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CHAPTER lX-Continued.

1T sounds rather ominous.'
III he waits long enough you may
discover that you love him and his go
Ing would give you infinite pain. Then
IL the time for him to 60"
Good h~eavens," he cried, In aston
ishment. What a remarkable notion
of the fitness"
THAT will be his chance to repay
you for all that you have done for him.
James," said she. as calm as a May
morning,
by jove, you are a puzzle to mel
he exclaimed, and a fine moisture
came out on his forehead.
Let the boy alone, James," she
went on earnestly. He is"
See here, Yvonne," he broke In
sternly, that is a matter we can't dis
cuss. You do not understand, and
cannot explain certain things to you. |
came here just o to ask you to be
fair to him, ever though | may not ap.
pear to be. You are"
Hut ~ dlSo Il Hlhttci VIC Nuhho
discuss" said she calmly.
But II is n thing we are going to
discuss, just the same" said he. ISL
down, my dear, and listen to what
have to say, Sit down.
For a moment she faced him defiant
ly. He was no longer angry, and there
In lay the strength that opposed her
She could have held her own will
him II he had maintained the angry at
titude that marked the beginning O
their interview, AS 1t was, her eyes
dominant power in his, and sh'
oheyed, but not without q significan
tribute TO his superiority in the shap'
OF an indignant shrug.
He took one OF her hands In his, ant
stroked it gently, even patiently. "
will come straight to the point. Fred
eric Is falling in love with you. Wait
] do not blame him. He cannot hel
himself. No more could |. for tina
matter, and he has youth, which Is
spur that | have lost. | have watche
him, Yvonne. He is-to put 1t cole
bloodedly-losing his head. Leavin
me out of the question altogether
you choose, do you think you ar
quite fair to him? | am not disturbe
on your account or my own, but-wel
can't YOU see what a cruel position W
are likely to find ourselves"
Just a moment, James," she int
rupted, sitting up very straight In tn
chair and meeting his gaze steadfas
ly. "Will you spare me the conjectur,
aud come straight to the point, as yc
have said"
He turned a shade paler. WELL"
began deliberately, ut comes to thi
my dear: One or the other of you W
have to leave my house II this THU
goes on"
She shot a glance of incredulity
hls set face. Her body became rigid
you would serve me as you serv'
his real mother, more than TWEEN
years ago."
"The cases are not parallel" said /
wincing.
You dror. out of your houl
James"
Il have said that we cannot d
cuss-"
but | choose to discuss It," s
said firmly. THE truth. please. Y
drove her out?'
she made her bed, Yvonne," 81
ne huskily.
did she leave you cheerfully, gil
~. as | would go If loved another,
did she plead with you-oh, | know
hurts! Did she plead with you to g
her a chance to explain? Did she
She was on her knees to me-"
grated, the yeirs standing out on
temples.
Yvonne arose. She stood over h
like an accusing angel.
And to this day, James Brood
this very hour, you are not cert
that you did right in casting her of
II tell you, | was cersain-I was 81
49,
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SYNOPSIS.

In tho New York home OF James Brood,
Dawes and riggs. his two old pensioners
rud comrades. await the coihHs VI
BROOD son. Frederic. to learn the con
tents OF a wireless from Brood, but ft.a-
eric. after reading, throws ~ lhtp IA
Are and leaves the room without "oiu
Frederic tells Lydia Desmond, ms hateee,
that the message announces his tAl4ol
marriage and orders the house pttpdteh
for an immediate home-cominH NJ,
Desmond. the housekeeper ana Lyon" y
mother, tries ~ cool fredtti' ? 'e'nP'a
~ mo innardlur changes. Brood and !ils
bride arrives. She wins FredetlcS HhlhE az
FIRST meeting. Brood shows dlsIlHe anu
Vcilcd hostility 20 his son. bydld ana NIP
Brood meet In the Jade room, Whcre lPuli
Votks as Brood's secretary. ne room
dominated by a great gold Budd"h' 10 "
uishcd In oriental mdEnIlett,e' MIS
Brood. after n talk with lydla, WhIei
leaves the latter puzzled IS staIileh by
the appearance of RanJAh, Brood'B mn
du servant Mrs. Brood makes changes
ia the household and gains her huspall y
consent to send Mrs. Desmond and Iydia
away She trtos - nthOm the mystery
Of BrOod's separation from his first WE
and his dislike Of his son, but ialls Mta'
Brood fasclnn.os Frederic, She begins 10
fcor itanJAb Ia his uncanuy appearance
ara diauppcaranCCB, and Frederic, reHleih
brrlng his fathers East indian stones anu
nC,u belief IN magic, fears unknown eVil.
RaniRb performs feats OF magic iof
Ia wes and riggs. FrcderIc's father, )cal-
ous. u~nIustly orders his son IRON tle
dinner table as drunk. fVonhe iolloWs
Frederic to the iade-rooIn ana influences
him to apologize to his father ana NE
guests for his alleged lapse. Brood tells
thr story of Ranjnb's life to his guests,
'1Ie killed a woman" who was nnfalthfli
20 him. Yvonne plays with Frederic
lnfatuatlon for her. Her husband warns
hef that the thing must not go on.
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his voice. The gates were being
opened at last! She saw the thing
that was to stalk forth. She would
have closed her ears against the v
lations it carried. Mother will be
worried If l am not at home"
Guido Feverelli. An Italian born In
Hungary. Budapest, that was his
home, but he p~rofessed to be a gypsy.
| Yes, he wrote the devilish thing. He
played 1t a thousand times In that
room down-and now Frederic plays
it, after all these years. 1t Is his
heritage. God, how l hate the thing!
Ranjab! Where is the fellow? He
must stop the accursed thing. He"
"Mr. Brood! MI. Brood!" cried
Lydia, appalled,. She began to edge
toward the door.
BY a mighty effort. Brood regained
control of himself. He sank into a
chair, motioning for her to remain.
The music had ceased abruptly.
He will be here in a moment" said
Brood. Don't 60"
Suddenly he arose and confronted
the serene image Of the Buddha. Fol
a full minute he stood there with his
hands clasped, his lips moving as II
in prayer. No sound came from them
The girl remained transfixed, power
less to move. Not until he turned to
ward her and spoke al the spell
broken. Then she came quickly to hi
side. He had pronounced her name.
"You are about to tell me some
thing, Mr.. Brood" she cried in grea
agitation. Il do not care to listen.
feel that 1t Is something l should no
4 know. Please let me go now l."
He laid his hands upon her shoul
ders, holding her of at arms length.
D II am very fond Of you, Lydia. l d
not want to hurt you. Sooner would
+ have my tongue cut out than 1t shout
+ wound you by a single word. And ye
| must speak. You love Frederic.
l. not that true?"
She returned his gaze %unwaverinl
". Her face was very white.
d Yes, Mr.. Brood"
"It 10 better that we should talk
over. We have ten minutes. No doul
t he has told you that he loves you. II
Is a lovable boy, he Is the kind on
must love. Butit Is not in his pows
IS to love nobly. He loves lightly as
he hesitated, and then went on harshl
-"as his father before him loved"
Anger dulled her understanding
she did not grasp the full meaning
his declaration. Her honest heart 70.
h. to the defense Of Frederic.
10 mr.. Brood, / do care for Frederic
ID she famed, standing very erect befol
d. him. "He loves me. know he doe
You have no right to say that he low
lightly, ignobly. You do not know hi
as I know him. You have never tri,
% to know him, never wanted to kno
him. You-Oh. ! beg your pardon. N
b. Brood. IL am forgetting myself"
4 81 am afraid you do not understal
Il yourself. Lyd:s." said be levslly. "y,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-13
WARS NEW DEMANDS.
Manufacturers Called Upon for Guns
of New Powers.

Correspondence of Associated Press.
Dunkira, July 30.-The trench war
fare in France has made two distinct
and apparently contradictory demands
upon manufacturers of artillery-one
for weapons of extraordinary range,
and the other for guns which will drop
a shell at a shorter range than ever
heretofore used
The German gu1uakers. who are de-
veloping long range guns capable OF
carrying a protectile from Calais to
Dover, are at the same time showing
remarkable ingenuity in making quaint
little mortars which will toss missiles
containing high explosive about as far
as fair football player can kick
goal
The "minnenwerfer' was the first OF
the short range weapons to meet the
British troops in France, and it was
regarded as very excellent weapon
Of its class. But the newer German
inventions Of similar character are a
hundred times more effective in deadn-
ness and power.
The so-caIled Rum jar" is perhaps
the most feared of the new German
! trench mortars. II is so named by the
British soldiers from the resemblance
of its missiles 70 the gallon stone jars
in which the army rations Of rum are
carried. The projectile is slightly more
than twice the size of the army rum
jar. however II is generally first sighted
| when approaching the top Of it's
| flight In descent it turns over and
over. its size and slowness of flight en-
abling the soldier TO follow 1t easily
! even from some distance. 1t is ex-
ploded either by time OF delayed
percussion fuse. and is constructed OF
! a thin steel case filled with tri-nitro-
| tcIuc! The damage il ca1Ises is due
entirely to its decorating quality-it
does not rely on metal or bullets for
its effect. The explosion seems to be
other projectiles, and there is there
fore a concentrated fury to the noise
of its bursting that distinguishes 1t
from all other projectiles.
| The Sausage" is another variety OF
missile fired probably from compressed
air guns, inasmuch as the discharge
makes SO little noise as to be practi-
cally inaudible.
The Percy" ia a five-inch shell
which explodes in the air with an ex-
traordinary crack" while the less
dreaded "pip-squeaksr are missiles OF
similar kind but much smaller size
The so called "whizz-bang" il bomb
exploded by means Of time fuse, but
thrown by hand.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To Sarah A. Phinney, Albert B. Phin.
ney, Addie Mannon Reed. Albert
Reed. Vie Mannon Buel. Frank R
Buel, Frank Mannon, Mrs. Frank
Mannon, James Mannon. and Mrs..
James 4NA1inor: 49, 49, : =
You Are Hereby Notified. That on
or before the 26th day OF August, A.
D. 1915. there will be filed in the office
Of the clerk Of the District Court OF
the State Of Iowa, within and for the
County of@-Marshall. the petition OF
Clara r. Clemens and John A. Glenn
ons, claiming OF you a partioning Of the
real estate situated in Marshall Coun-
ty, State of Iowa, to-wit:
Lot No. Two (2) of Block No. Two
(2), and Lot No. Tnre. 81 % e!!0c!!.-
No. Two (2) OF Clemens Second Ad-
,~dition to Clemens Grove, Marshall
County. Iowa:
Also Lot No. 4 % Of the Southwest
| Quarter (A) OF the Northeast Quar-
ter (A) OF Section No. Three 90.
| Township No Eighty-fou (s4) North.
| Range No. Twenty (20), West Of the
fifth P. NJ, Marshall County. Iowa.
| That the plaintiff. Clara r. Clemens.
| and the defendant, Sarah A. Phinney.
are each entitled to the undivided one
| third G-3) interest, and the defen0-
ants, Addie Mannon Reed, Vie Mannon
Buel, Frank Mannon, and James Man
non are each entitled to the undivided
one-twelfth 1-12) interest in the prop
erty hereinbefore described. and for
further particulars. see petition when
| filed.
| Now, unless you appear and make
defence thereto, at or before noon OF
the second day of the next September
term Of said Court, to be begun and
held at Marshalltown. Iowa, on tho
9Th day Of September. A. %. 1915, your
default will be entered and Judgment
and decree rendered thereon AZ prayed
| for In said petition.
Dated this 18th day OF May, A. D.
1915.
CLARA r, cLDa1oNis and
JOHN A. CLEMONS.
Plaintiffs.
BY F. L. MEEKER,
Their Attorney.