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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06
J stlll a Bit Abnormal.

The lady had been out shopping.
She returned home with handsome
sable scarf. She remarked to her sis
ter, who was admfring the purchase:
That stupid salesman tried to get
me to buy fur with two heads.
cannot tolerate the unnatural in any
thing. Who ever heard of an animal
with two heads?" Her sister looked
critically at the scarf. Then smile
Of amusement lit up her face. eyes"
she remarked, you didn't buy a fur
with two heads; but you bought one
with l3 tails. London Opinion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06
TEACHERS MEETING At DOW CRY
District Teachers and Patrons Meet
ing to be Held at High School
On January rs.

The Dow City district teachers and
patrons meeting will be held on Sat
urday. January IL at the high school
room in Dow City. The teachers, pat
tons,. directors and all who are inter-
ested in the education. Of the boys
and girls are cordially invited to at
tend the meeting and take part in
the discussions and to ask any ques-
tons.
A fine program has been arranged
for the occasion which is as follows:
Address-HOW are we to combat the
Growth of outside Influences up Ol.r
Pupils? :. Snpt. Humphrey, Denison
Paper-I:enefits derived from the in
spirational institute Jane liaIlowell.
Discussion Mrs. Clara Wilder, Vera
Gibbs and Emma Wibcr.
Paper--D3 teachers take into account
the influence home life has upon the
behavior OF our pupils? Mabel Cole
Discussion Mildred Virgins Esther
Turnlund.
Papcr--Value OF Decentralization $50.
:. -. 49,. >. Harry l.. Bair. Arion.
Discussion $3.50. ...Agnes Goddard
Paper What pupils lack when they
enter high school -. -. 80. .....
........ .Relta CoryelI. Dow City
General Discussion
Adress--Teaching Pupils how to
Music 80. -. ..Dow City Schools
study 49,. Prof. Van Ness. Dcnison
Question Box
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06
e,vIno "sioh.v to the Blind.

BY the use Of the optophOne the
blind may "see" and read. BY the use
Of the varying resistances Of selenium
cells the presence OF light IL made
known by n telephone. Windows,
lights and light objects are really
shown by sound. Thus, photographed
In white as transparency and an inch
in height, the smallest type may be
successfully read"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

Although President Wilson has Just
celebraled,his 5Sth birthday. the news
papers llaye not noted that either of
IFS daughters cooked with her own
hands the customary birthday cake.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06
4 ,.ssIl,lsTAAsT,rosIMAsreRs.

The eampa I'D. to do away with as
sistant pOstifi4 Ntags has taken anew
angle III tIie3 h1EtDffice appropriation
( bill, as framed sty the majority Of the
house committee, no provision is made
fOr the .Ohice:.o f assistant postmaster.
Several new Ices, such as superin.
tan dent Of iia.ls. superintendent of
detipery and The like, are provided
tog. and In the shuttle the ONCE Of as.
eiatant postmasfAr is lost. That the
1855 was not iaadvertent was indicat-
I'd, when the republicans minority tried.
To- insist that some provision be made
fdr assistant postmasters, who are now
ii, the civil service. The. answer Of
the majority was that the assistant
postmaster might be appointed to one
6 the new places; It, Is feared a
heayy accent should 90 on the word
might" %@
q frontal attack on the Office of
assistant postmaster was made by
democratic members of the house Of
representatives at. the last session of
congress. 1t was started after. the
dlsgruntied democrats came to realize
low many republicans in the public
service had been anchored to their
places by civil service regulations. 1t
was defended on the ground that the
relations between postmasters and as
sistants were confidential and they
should be in sympathy, politically and
otherwise. Tho first assault vas re-
PEELED largely through the influence
Of President Wilson after ....pltiless
publicity. had been shed upon it from
republican sources.
Thn1e who are acquainted with the
det1ils OF pOstOfice management rs
now established would be sorry to see
the assistant postnlasters ousted. In
nearly every important postofice the
assistant postmaster Is the real execu-
tive. He is the expert who stays on
the Job and runs the oficet while the
postmaster Comes and goes at the
beck ana cali of the politicians. To
let out all the assistant pOstInasters
now IN the service would be to remove
the largest single influence for ell
Cheney In the. department. In the in.
tereSt of economy 1t is hoped this
mistake will not be made merely 10
crafty politicians hunger for office.
There is Just one condition on
#hich the public might be induced to
iaok with cd4fplaeency .On. q proposal
to abolish the; civil. service Office Of
assistant postmaster. That would be
IN case all presidential postmasters
were taken into the civil service, the
appointments TO- lte made strictly on
merit and the pOstmasters to be re-
,quired to devote their whole time to-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

Speaker Clark'si daughter is to mar
~ q New Orleans newspaper man.
she may not be able to write his ed.
iiprials, but she can do much better
by giving him some mighty interest
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

lit is greatly cheering to many men
to be told that they couldn't possibly
keep any, New Years resolutions il
they should make them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

K About now many people spend $25
on medical specialists for advising
them that what they need is winter
vacation costing $125.00.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29

trip takes place In camera before man
agement committee who will be respons-
iblo Tor SEEING that even first night
audience Is properly protected
Archbishop Walsh in declaring his
satisfaction at this improved arrange
ment called attention publicly to what
is even a greater scandal, because more
widespread and that IL the posters on the
walls advertising these revues. They have
been often exceedingly free and thorc
seems 20 be no authority charged with
tho duty OF controlling them. Altogether
public feeling Is a good deal aroused In
Dublin on these questions. Jack Johnson
who appeared as the producer OF a revue.
no worse than many others, experienced
its effect on the first night of his per
Torrance. and the audience insisted on
tho removal OF It's objectionable features.
lie did not resent this In the least out
mildly thanked his patrons for letung
him know their views so promptly and
mistakably.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
FAMOUS STAINED GLASS
WINDOW TAKEN TO SAFETY

Correspondence Of Tho Associated Presso
LONDON. Nov. l2-The east window OF
81. Margaret's church, adjoining West
minister abbey, which has been called
the finest specimen of stained glass
work In London. is being removed 70 a
place Of safety in view OF the recent
Zeppelin raids
The window was made at Gouda, Hol-
land, and was presented by the magis-
trates OF bort to King Henry VIII for
the chapel OF whitehall palace. The
king, however, gave It TO Wslthan
abbey. The glass, of which the blues ant
greens are remarkably striking, suffered
sundry removals and vicissitudes. and
at one time was buried to escape the Yea
OF the Puritans. Eventually It was pur'
chased by the wardens OF st. Margaret
for 5000. IL Is now valued at twenty
times that sum.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
Chamberlain and
Rutherford Chosen
In the All-Western

CHICAGO. Nov. 2S.-Good foot ball
backs were plentiful. but good line men
scarce in the central states, according to
critics who assumed the task of picking
aIl-western teams. The name All-western
itself is a misnomer. for only the limited
territory from Ohio to Nebraska. inclu-
sive, is covered in the search for talent.
No account is taken Of the Rocky noun
tain and Pacific coast players, although
n least one OF them, Herman Abraham
Of the Oregon Aggies, made a remarkable
chewing against the Michigan Aggies. one
a. the best teams in the district covered.
In the selections available, the follow
irg have received the greatest number of
votes:
Ends-Chamberlain, Nebraska, and Bas-
ton Minnesota
Tackles-Buck, Wisconsin. and shuil,
Chicago.
NGuards: Fitzgerald. Notre Dame. and
DUrnigan, Minnesota.
Center-Watson. Illinois.
Quarterback-Russell. Chicago.
Halfbacks-Maulbetsch Michigan with
Rutherford, Nebraska, and Macomber, IL
l'nois, equally divided.
Fullback-Bierman, Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
Russian Winter May
Drive Back Germans

Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
PARIS, Nov. 12-Prediotions that the
approaching winter will be very severe
have inspired comparisons between the
German campaign in Russia and Ma
poleon's Russian campaign of 1872
Abbe Moreaux of the Bourges observ-
atory points out that a curve indicating
the European localities where the av-
erage temperature in January is zero
centigrade. or 80 above zero Fahrenheit,
would pass along the coast of Norway
protected by the Gulf stream from greater
cold. ascend abruptly along the west
coast of Denmark, and follow n line
considerably westward from Berlin. turn
ing eastward in the region Of Trieste to
the Black and Caspian seas Another
curve marking a zone where the average
temperature is IL degrees above zero
Fahrenheit. would comprise Berlin,
Wilma, Riga, Dvinsk, Moscow and Petro-
grad. To make up this average. how
ever. zones Of greater cold are comprised,
the maximum at Petrograd being 3s be-
low zero, and at Moscow, q below zero
Fahrenheit.
Examining the situation from n
meteorological point Of view, Able
Moreaux finds confirmation of the pre-
dictions OF naturalists in reviewing the
natural return OF periods Of extreme cold
I'm the past. We are approaching. In
his opinion. period Of cold winters. and
he thinks that the German soldiers may
experience the same vicissitudes as those
that cost Napoleon 10000 men from the
Grand army"
Larrey. who wore a thermometer dur
ing Napoleon's Russian campaign, has
left records showing that as early as
November IL the Grand army had "a
endure a temperature of ~ below zero
Fahrenheit on the line from Wilma 10
Moscow-the retreat having begun oc-
tober IS. From November II the Their
mometer went down rapidly TO q below
zero, December 3. TO reach "a below zero
when the retreating army reached NAL
odecyn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
THUNDER MACHINE IN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Nov. 10.-The musical novelty
Of the season in Germany Is DR.. Rich
ard Strauss alpine Symphony" which
was produced for the first time this
week by the orchestra OF the Royal opera
house at Dresden.
Among other things, the composer has
introduced a thunder machine into his
orchestra, which consists Of 1O5 musicians
In sight, and twelve for supplementary
noise making behind the scenes. The
sound of a waterfall is produced them
astically by a blending Of strings, harps,
woods, and the clang OF the celesta
combined with the tremoio of the tri-
angle In the sunrise theme. according
to the Dresden newspapers. "the sun
rises A, beams at noon In c. and sets
I'm c."
Besides the storm, the waterfall, and
the sun, there are themes entitled: The
Ascent Entrance to the Forest Ramble
by the Brook On the Glacier; Perilous
outlook; Calm before the Storm; and
Night Again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
SIX PERSONS SHOT
TO DEATH IN HOME
Farm Hand Believed to Have Slain
Farmer and Family, Another
Hired Man and Self.
MURDERED AS THEY SLEEP

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. Nov.
Ask persons were found shot to
death in a farm house on a country
road three miles south of here last
night. Five OF them had been MUIR
dered while the sixth apparently
committed suicide after shooting the
others.
A farmer and his family were
killed while two farm hands, appar-
entity foreigners. also we're shot to
death. One OF the employees. accord
ing to the authorities, did the shoot
ing last Tuesday night, and then
killed himself.
The dead:
SAMUEL wEITZMANN, 80 years old
SARAH wEITZMANN. his wife.
DAVID KIGNER. IS years old, son-in'
law.
MRS. BEATRICE KIGNER, "a years
old, his wife.
TWO FARM HANDS. apparently
Polish, names unknown.
In LpncI. Furiu House.
That the murders were committed Tues
day night and were not disclosed unit
tonight. was due TO the remoteness Of tn,
Weitsmann farm house. II is located
on a lonely cross road a quarter OF s
mile back from the turnpike.
weitzmann, a prosperous farmer ha,
been accustomed to deliver milk daily II
New Brunswick. None having been de
livered since last Tuesday morning. al
investigation OF the lapse today resulte,
in the discovery of the tragedy.
| Weitzmann and his wife had been sho
| in the head apparently while they slept
! In another bedroom was found the bod.
| CT Mrs. Kigner, who also had been sho
in the head while she slept In still an
other room were the bodies Of three mel
the two farm hands and Kigner
Killed white Knecling.
/ One OF the farm hands had died Will
he evidently was kneeling in prayer on hi
bed. He was shot in the back OF tn
head. On the floor lay the body o
Kigner.
In another bed there was the body o
the other farm hand. who the investi
gators believe, did all the shooting.
In his right hand was revolver Thi
man had been employed by weitzman
only one month and the motive for tn
murders and suicide is unknown to tn
authorities.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
DAKOTA BANKING LAW
BEFORE SUPREME COURT

PIERRE. s. D.. Nov. 2s,-(speeial Tsle-
gram.)-In the arguments in the supreme
court yesterday the application of a writ
Of prohibition asked by the st. Charles,
State Bank of st. Charles, Greg
DRY county, the contention on the
part OF the bank. which seeks to start
the operation of the late order OF the
banking department requiring 80 per cent
of bank reserves to be deposited in state
banks, took the position that the bank
ing department is seeking to set aside
provisions of the banking law and use
arbitrary power and that the law itself
is unconstitutional in detail and in gen.
eral provisions.
Representatives Of the banking depart
ment hold that the law is valid and that
the intent of the order is to bring state
bank funds under supervision of the state
banking department under the bank
guaranty act. and that they would not
be under state control II placed in ma
tional banks.
On the contention that the law grants
too much power to the banking depart
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
NO SHOW CENSOR IN DUBLIN
Public Greatly Exercised Over Nor
atty of Theaters and Movies
as a Result.
CASE GOES TO POLICE COURT

(Correspondence OF The Associated Press
Dublin, ireland, Nov, l5.-Duhlin H.
at present greatly exercised about the
morality Of its thenters. music halls and
moving picture shows. There is no censor
in Ireland, and the only way OF punish
ing Improperly on the stage Is by a
police court prosecution. No such
prosecution has been instituted and the
only occasion when the police court dis
cusses the matter Is when a member OF
the audience is prosecuted for disturbing
the performance by expressing disap-
prevail.
one such case has Just occurred where
a man was brought before the magistrate
for protesting at the exhibition OF film
called THE New Magdalen." The evil
dence of some influential citizens was
given as TO its Objectionable character,
balanced by the evidence OF other mem
bers Of the audience, including some
women that IL was all right. The msgis-
trate thought It would require a Solomon
to decide between the witnesses and de
termined TO be his own witness. A spe.
cial exhibition was given all to himself
lie did not see anything wrong In the
film. and the defendant then alleged
that the performance for the magistrate
was fake and that he did not see the
same film. This suggestion was secuted
out Of court and the defendant wa,
fined and has served notice Of appeal.
II is, however. the revues which hav,
, provoked most agitation. They run Al
several theaters, including the principa
ones, and have almost banished the legit
Z innate drama from the Dublin stage. Tn,
costumes are often very scanty and tn,
songs and business sometimes beyond tn,
! border line OF the decent. Lately In tn,
newspapers vigorous protests were mad,
by individuals The manager of one o
the leading houses expressed his willing
ness TO remove everything considered oh
! Jectonable, and incidentally revealed tn
| fact that the first performance In eacl
week was in the nature of a trial trip
/ IL the public on which It was tried stoo,
/ It without protest II went on all the week
This has now been remedied and the tria
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
Japs Interested
in Prison Reform

tCorrespondcnce Of the Associated Press)
TOXIC, Nov. c2-Tho experiments IN
prison reform conducted by Thomas Mott
Osborne warden OF Sins sins prison,
New York, have attracted attention in
japan, not only because tho japanese are
always kceuly interested In the social
movements Of tho west but Tor the spe-
ciai reason that system FOR sclt.gov-
eminent similar TO that which is bciug
tried az Sing Sing was followed in the
prisons OF Toxic rs far back rs the year
1850
Il Is intimatcd that II Warden Osuorne's
Sing Sing experiments succeed. there Is
n possibility that the self government
schemc may be inaugurstcd, or rather
revived. I'm Japanese prisons,
Keijiro Yamashita, who Is chief en-
gineer In the present department OF
Justice, has found that in 1850 the inmates
OF Toxic prisons chose their own officials
for tho maintenance OF order, and great
deal Of authority was vested In those
officials even the power 10 impose the
sentence OF death. SO far as the records
show tho Toxic system worked out salts
factorlly. but for some reason II dropped
out " vogue
Japan has always watched the course
or prison reform in the United states.
and when a movement was started to
Improve the Japanese prisons I'm 1881,
commissions were sent to the United
states, as we'll as Europe, to make n
study OF prison conditions owing to the
difference In life and customs. western
methods could not be wholly introduced
into the Japanese prisons, but In 1908 n
great step forward was made by placing
all the prisons OF the empire directly
under tho Department Of Justice and by
inaugurating the soparate-cel system
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
GLOOM AHEAD FOR
THIRSTY TOURISTS
For After First Of Year There Will
Be No Sparkling Bubbles on
Trains in Iowa and Colorado.
MAKE sHERIFFs OF TRAINMEN

with prohibition going into effect In
Colorado January 1, 1918, II Will be
difficult matter to get liquor on any rail
road passenger trains operating in the
state after that date. OF the local roads,
the Burlington, Union Pacific, Missouri
Pacific and Rock Island. operate into the
state. and on some Of the trains of these
roads liquor is carried for passengers in
the buffet and dining cars. However,
with the coming OF next January when
the Colorado prohibition law becomes
operative, there will be no more liquor
for sale on any of these roads.
Passenger and dining car men OF the
omaha-Denver roads assert that they
hail with considerable satisfaction the
coming Of prohibition. so far as IL APP
plies 10 railroads operating into Colo
RADIO. They assert that there has never
been any money In the business, To sup
ply the trade they assert that, in the
matter Of beer alone. TO meet the de-
mands they have been forced TO carry
six to eight different kinds of brews and
a dozen or so brands OF whisky and
wines. A large sum Of money has been
invested In stocks, and besides these
stocks have taken up large amount of
space in transportation and considerable
expense has been incurred in handling,
so that on the whole there has been lit
tie, II any. net revenue in handling
liquors.
In Iowa the new prohibition law goes
into effect January /, and after that date
on the Omaha-Iowa trains there will be
no liquor carried. Not only will the
liquor be cut out. but. according TO the
law, every conductor on every train is
made a deputy sheriff. While on his
particular train, each conductor is held
responsible for violations OF the law. IL
is made his duty to arrest every violator
Of law, file a complaint. and at the first
county seat town report the violation
The Iowa law even cuts out the private
bottle drinking and makes II a misde-
meanor, of which the conductor must
take notice IL a passenger slips behind
door. or into closet to take drop
out of his own bottle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
Culls from the Wire

A letter from President Woodrow VIII
son expressing deep interest IN the cam
Jaign being made by Protestant churches
10 raise an endowment fund aggregatlhs
yt5. O1O O01 for pensioning preachers was
received at Chicago by Key. John /. D.
smith of the board OF conference claim
ants Of the Methodist Episcopal church'
Thomas Z. Watson, on trial In federal
court az Augusta, Ga, charged win SEM
ing obscene matter through the mails
on "a point in his case when Judge W.
.. Lambdin ruled that he might Try
.H show 10y a witness that MS WIlunsS
OTHER Than those mentioned IN tne IN
diCtment were OF high class nature.
Charles NJ Schwab has accepted MEM
Dcr,hip in the board Of trustees In the
Cornell university. II was announced at
philadelphia by IT, w. Peters, secretary
Of the university, I'm a resume OF the col
OF the associated alumni Mr. Schwah
was elected to the office on November
q, Mr.. Peters said, but his acceptance
has just been received.
Formal organization OF the international
Federation OF Catholic Alumnae was per
fected at Chicago at constitutional
convention at which bylaws were adopted
and officers chosen at q preliminary
meeting lase year were ratified. Member
All alumns a of the 20 or more soe Hs
OF the 1900 Catholic schools. colleges
and universities In the United States anC
canada.
At the instance OF the civil service com
mission orders OF suspension were draw
up at Chicago against James Gleason
and John Ptacek, police captains. charg
ing them with having taken part In tbs
collection Of "slush" fund for the de
police officers accused OF bribery IN
connection with the operations Of tn,
''ciairvoyant trust" Gleason. at the tim,
thu fund was collected. was chief O.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
City Commissioners Consider
Regulating Some Saloon Men

These are days Of conferences among
city commissioners. one commissioner
viii call conference for this or that
purpose and another commissioner will
call conference for that or this pur-
pose. Considerable business is ironed out
in this manner.
Yesterday Commissioners Hummel.
kugel and Jardine were meeting in the
council chamber as an equalization board.
when Commissioner DreNcl happened in.
Informally they discussed the advisa-
bility OF the city council adopting policy
for saloon license regulation Conn
missioner Kugel suggested that It might
be well to investigate some Of the saloon
men who have been charged this year
with violations OF the liquor laws. this
investigation to have some bearing upon
their applications for 1915 licenses. II
was proposed TO bring In some OF the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
SQUEAKING
KIDNEYS!

DO not hesitate to promptly heed the
warning your kidneys give you when
you feel those little "squeaky' pains in
the small OF the back" loss OF appetite;
highly colored urine WEAKNESS you can
not account fort means that your kid
neys are not doing their work properly.
The result MAJ be fatal II neglected.
The remedy Is simple matter II you
act promptly. Go 20 your druggist ana
get a box Of genuine GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem oil Capsules. Haarlem OIL has
been a standard remedy for all Kidney
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vertisement.