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The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
GERMANY DENIES
 HOSTILE ACTION
NEWSPAPERS ASSERT UNITED
 STATES SHOULD PROTEST AGAINST USE OF HER FLAG.

Berlin, via The Hague to London Feb. S.-lo:iG D. m.-The maya measures of Germany against British commerce are in no sense a block ade. No hostile action against neu
 ral shipping is contemplated. Ger man submarines and warships will .endeayor by every means In their power to avoid sinking American or other neutral ships and will take every precaution to avoid a mistake
 The above may be taken as the .correct interpretation placed upon the German proclamation in compe- tent circles in Berlin.
 The proclamation declared the waters around Great Britain to be a war zone Like similar British meas ures which were taken as a prece. dent, the proclamation is designed, it
 is asserted, to warn neutrals that a ship venturing into the naval field of operations exposes itself. in the same fashion as a civilian wandering on a land battlefield, to the risk of being struck by chance shot
 A number of German newspapers assert that the memorandum occupy ing the proclamation of February 6, made it clear that Germany has no intention of starting a war against neutral trade. They declare, how ever, that Germany was perfectly within her rights in declaring the zone around the British islands a war area in which it is dangerous to neu- tral vessels to venture on account of mines or naval operations as well as owing to the possibility of mistakes being made in submarine warfare-a danger which they assert has been enormously increased by Great Brit aims resort to neutral flags.
 The newspapers assert that if the United States wishes to protest it should do so first to Great Britain whose alleged abuse of neutral flags as was reported in the case of the Lusitania, threatens, they say, the safety of all ships
 The V0ssische Zeitung declares that it welcomes the incident as the occasion for a free interchange of views between Germany and the United States which may result like the pending Anglo-American negotia- tions on the American protest against delays to commerce, in clearing up the situation
 It was stated today that it might be safely asserted that the Germans have no intention of sinking an American ship unless she is carrying of war, and then only if her crew can be given the possibility of escape. It was added, however, that war measures will be carried out against British trade with all pos sible severity in order Ito give Eng land a taste of her own medicine"
 The warning to neutral shipping, it was asserted. was considered as par ticuarly needed in view of the re- ported order to British ships to hoist a neutral flag whenever they are in danger an order which if adhered to, if was stated, would make it difficult for a German warship to discriminate between neutral and hostile shipping
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
WHOLESALE VACCINATION
 OF LEGISLATORS

Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. S.-Wholesale vaccination of members of the Ari- zona legislature here is prescribed by the city health authorities as protec- ton against an epidemic of smallpox among legislators.
 Smuel Briscoe, member of the house from Cochise county, was taken to the county pest house out side the city today.
 w. D. Sims, president of the sen ate had himself yaccinated today and he announced from the chair that un- less all members of the legislature took the same precaution quaran- tine of the legislature probably would be established
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
VILLA CAPTURES MONTEREY

San Antonio, Texas, Feb. S.-A mes sage from Monterey by courier and wire says that General Angeles with his army of 14,000 Villasta soldiers has restored order in Monterey and that business is being resumed und 1T normal conditions.
 Reports from points north of Mon terey indicate an approaching battle between Carranza troops and Villa forces with several thousand men en. gagged on each side
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
MORE JAIL LEGISLATION.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. With out dissenting vote the house of tn Missouri legislature today passed a bill repeating the fine provisions of the state antitrust law and substitat- ing therefor a penitentiary sentence of five years for violation of the law. The present law provides a fine of from $500 to SI000.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
OHIO RIVER FALLING.

Cincinnati, Feb. 8.-The Ohio river began falling in the Cincinnati flood district today and tonight the decline twas accelerated by a cold snap.
 Railroads prepared to resume their service in the union station early to- morrow.
 The fall of the river from now on would be rapid, declared the govern ment weather forecaster tonight.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
RAILROAD MAN HURT.

St. Louis. Feb sc H. Claiborne. superintendent of the St Louis-Mem phis division of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad was seriously hurt at Memphis today when he was thrown from a motor car on which he was riding. News of the accident was received at Frisco headquarters here today He is being brought to st. Louis.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
WITHDRAW TROOPS
 FROM ARKANSAS

Washington, Feb s. - Secretary Garrison today decided to withdraw from Arkansas the first squadron of the Fifth cavalry sent into the state several months ago to enforce federal court orders during the coal mining strike. The troops will return to Fort Sheridan, Ill.,. in a few days
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
DECISION AGAINST UNION.

San Francisco, Feb. s.--In deci. sion affecting the relations between union labor and all California cities. the state supp court held today that the San Francisco board of su- pervisors had no right to resolve that all city printing be done by union shops
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09
All the War News

The Sentinel-Record prints all the war news up to 2:30 eacn morning, two hours later than any other news. paper reaching Hot Springs. When you read it in this paper you are reading the latest.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-09

Washington, Feb. s.-Forecast for Arkansas: Fair Tuesday and We'd nesday; rising temperature.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
Money Made Out of Peanuts.

In Farm and Fireside Harry B. Pot
ter writes a suggestive article entitled,
why Not Grow Nuts?" in the course
of which he describes the various nut
crops grown in the United States and
the profits to be made out of them. In
regard to the peanut he writes in part
as follows:
THE second most important nut in
the United States is the peanut. Sci
entifically the peanut is a pea, and
not nut. But popular opinion has
classed it as a nut because of its
flavor Like the English walnut, the
peanut didn't become important until
about 1870, though it had been known
for long time before.
THE peanut is now grown all
through the southern half of the Unit
ed states, and the 20,000,000 bushels
raised in 1909 Cast census) were worth
about $lS,00O.000. The popularity OF
peanuts is due to the ease of shuck,
ing and the low retail price. The
early age at which the American pub,
lie learns to love this nut also helps
to explain perhaps its remarkable
popularity"
Fair play., 1915-02-27

There was a rush from the train to
a nearby restaurant, for refreshments,
and, as usual, the men arrived first.
When the one woman entered, she saw
and heard the transactions where pie
was bought for ten cents a quarter.
She desired whole pie to take back
to party of friends, so she asked
How much fo- a pie?"
Sixty cents" was the glib reply.
"Ill take the four pieces of this one" "
she said calmly, laying down four
dimes.
The restaurant man hesitated, but
three things caused him to come to
the hasty conclusion that he had bet
ter cut the pie. The three things were,
the set of the womans chin, the sound
of her voice, and the suppressed laugh.
ter of his customers.
She took up her pie-in pieces, say.
ing in the same businesslike tone:
Thank you-my knife was dull"
Fair play., 1915-02-27
War Makes Dogs Homeless.

The annual British dog tax of $1.S5,
which fell due on New Years day, has
set an unusual number of dogs adrift.
The reason is the war, with so many
men at the front and so many depen-
dents behind. English people are ex-
tremely sentimental in regard to ami
mails, and the protecting act passed
three years ago imposes a maximum
fine Of 800 or six months imprison-
ment on any one convicted of aban-
doning a dog. This year, the senti-
mental feeling for the homeless dogs
has taken the form of appeals TO the
press for individuals to ransom the
dogs and give them to the troops as
mascots, and also of printed leaflets,
which have been scattered among
householders, pleading with owners
not to turn their pets into the street.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
Modern Zoology.

In his presidential address before
the American Association for the Ad-
Tancement of Science, now printed
in Science, DIR. Edmund B. Wilson OF
Columbia university discussed the
more pressing problems of modern
zoology. In regard to Darwinism, he
said: "Undeniably there is a large
measure of truth in the contention
that natural selection still belongs
rather to the philosophy than to the
science of biology. In spite OF many
important experimental and critical
studies on the subject Darwin's con-
ception still remains today in the
main what it was in his own time, a
theory, a logical construction, based
it is true on a multitude of facts, yet
still awaiting adequate experimental
test. Simple though the principle is.
It's actual effect in nature is deter
mined by conditions that are too intri-
cate and operate through periods too
great to be duplicated in the expert
mental laboratory. Hence it is that
even after more than fifty years OF
Darwinism the time has not yet come
for a true estimate of Darwin's pro-
posed solution of the great problem" :"
Fair play., 1915-02-27
DRAW WEALTH FROM FARMS
Enormous Sum Annually Gathered in
by TilIers of the Soil in the
United States.

From Farms in 1914 the United
States produced yield worth $l0,000.-
100000. Could cotton have been mar
keted as usual the total would have
been close to half billion more. Ten
billion dollars representing honest
work! Ten billion dollars untainted
money! And going mostly into the
pockets of the workers themselves,
with little reaching the purses of labor
exploiters. The beautiful thing about
this great item of our national wealth,
next to its cleanliness, is the fact that
it can be increased indefinitely by a
more general adoption of scientific ag-
riculture. In fifteen years it has been
doubled; and still, on our new soil,
we farm only third as effectively as
do many foreign peoples on soil cen
turtles longer in use. The forest, cut
unwisely, is gone The mineral, once
mined, is not renewable. But on his
broad acres the tiller of the soil can
take and take again; and though he
has to fertilize, the more he does it the
more he earns. So, come war, come
pestilence. come anything but cont.
nent-wide drought, here is a broad base
for our future welfare. upon which we
can build expandingly and securely
The man with the hoe is, indeed, the
best hope of the future.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
TO RUN MOTORS BY GAS COKE
Inoffensive Fuel, According to Figures,
Is Only One-Third Cost
of Paraffin.

In view of the high and increasing
cost of motor spirit special interest
attaches to an experiment of the Ma
tional Steam Car company, which has
placed upon the streets of London a
motor omnibus adapted to use ordi-
nary gas coke as fuel, instead of par
affin, says the Times of that city. The
omnibus is equipped with a new form
of multitubular boiler. and it is claimed
that the running costs of the gas
coke are one-third the cost of paraf-
fin, The vehicle carries enough coke
for a 60-mile journey and the con-
sumption per mile is four pounds of
coke and one-half gallon of water.
. The roar, flame and smell which are
sometimes associated with steam mo-
tors are obviated in the coke motor.
Prolonged tests were carried out by
the chief commissioner of metropol-
itan police before the new type was
accepted for service, and since 1t has
been running careful observation has
been kept.
The omnibus chassis is constructed
without a chimney, but a chassis with
chimney has been designed for com.
mercial cars, which work under less
stringent conditions than those of the
omnibus service.
The Dewar trophy was awarded to
the company by the Royal Automobile
club. which regarded the National
coke motor trial as the most meritori-
GUS performante of the year.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
ORIGIN OF SURNAMES
COME FROM ANeLo.sAxoN AND
MORSE MYTHOLOGY.
Professor WeekIey, In His Romance Of
Names, Has Dealt With the Sub
ject In an Interesting and In
structlve Manner.

The study as 20 the origin OF sur
names is more intricate than one
who has never engaged in this di-
version may suppose. The name OF
the present president OF France, M.
PoincBre, appears to mean square
fist" which could hardly need coat
of arms to go with 1t. The greater
part of our English names ending IN
"ing" are. according to Professor
Weekley, in his Romance OF Names,
of Anglo-Saxon origin. Among these
are Browning, Benning, Dunning,
Kipling, Manning and Spalding.
Among Anglo-Saxon sufflxes greatly
changed in their spelling and pro-
nunciation are beald (bold), beort
(bright), cytel (kettle), god tgoodD.
heard (strong), here (army), man
(man), mund (protection). roed
(counseD, ric (powerfuD, weald
(ruling), weard (guard), and wine
(friends).
The name Everett is from the
Saxon Eoforhead, which also takes
the form of Everhard; Gunter was
Gundhere. Redmond, the name Oh
the great nationalist leader, is not
Irish, hut is from the Saxon Raed-
mund; neither is the name Parneii
Irish. "Mand" and "Mund" were
often interchanged so that from
Eastmund came both Eastman and
Esmond. The name of the fat knight.
Falstaff. comes from the Saxon Fast
wulf, and Hubert, Hubbard. Hobart
and Hilbert have as their ancestor
Herebeorth (army bright, and Regen-
mund came to be Raymond. The
name Cytel is connected with the
| Kettle or Cauldron of Morse mythol-
ogy. It survives in such names as
! Chettle, Kettle, Chell and Kell, whence
comes the name Kelsey, the "ey" tend
| ing to confirm the opinion that the
original Kelsey was an islander. Many
names of common folk, the plain peo-
| pie, have been ennobled. Prominent
among these is Stewart or Stuart
which became royal with Walker, the
Steward of Scotland, who married Mar
jorie Bruce in 1875. 1t stands for sty-
ward, where sty means pen, but Is not
necessarily limited to pigs.
Perhaps the most interesting group
of nicknames," says Professor Week
ley, lis that of which we may take
Shakespeare as the type. Incidental
ly we should be thankful that our
greatest poet bore a name so much
more picturesque than Cornaille
(Crow) and Racine (Root). AS Bards-
ley well says, it is impossible to retail
1 all the nonsense that has been writ
ten about the name of Shakespeare
never a name in English nomenclature
so simple or so certain in its origin;
It is exactly what it looks-Snake-
speare."
Fair play., 1915-02-27
CHERRY FELLOW is CHIPMUNK
Little Animal Does No Harm and 10
Only Prosecuted Through
Thouahtlessness.

or all the squirrel tribe, the chip
munk is the most common. He seems
to have a fondness for civilization
which the others lack, and delights to
be near mankind. AS result. and be-
cause of his confiding and fearless
nature, this little squirrel may often
be found quite near to the house, or,
il you happen TO be in the woods, he
will investigate your tent with in.
qulsitive nose and pattering feet
Unlike the other squirrels, the chip
munk, hackee or ground squirrel, as
he is yariously called, is far more at
home upon the ground than in the
treetops; in fact, he will rarely ascend
a tree if it is possible to avoid it. Per-
haps this is because he is not equipped
with the bushy tail that the treelov-
ing squirrels use as a combination rud-
der and balancing pole.
The burrow of the chipmunk is a
rather curious affair. The main tunnel
or entrance often extends into the
ground for three feet or more, at which
point side chambers usually branch
of; in one Of these side chambers the
chipmunk makes his winter nest, the
others being used as storage places for
provisions, often a bushel or more of
nuts and grains being stored therein
for winter consumption.
All of these provisions are carried to
the nest in the curious cheek pouches
of the little animal; in the late autumn
chipmunks may be seen darting about
with these pouches so distended with
their cargo as to make the little fell
lows look as if afflicted with an epi-
demic of mumps. When he considers
his larder sufficiently stocked, the chip
munk retires to his nest for the win.
ter. His little birdlike tracks on the
snow in even the coldest weather
prove that he ventures abroad occa-
sionally, for exercise at least. If you
dig down into his burrow in the dor.
mant season you are apt to find from
two to six of the little fellows curled
up snugly in the one nest--a situation
never found in the homes of the other
squirrels.
l. hC Sllltl tlellltS Ol lIle Culpulullhs
are the small boy with stick and all
rifle, the weasel, the hawk and the
owl. The worst of these, however, is
the small boy. The chipmunk may moi
be of any value as a destroyer of ami
NAL or vegetable pests, but he is new
erthelese a CHEEKY, harmless little
fellow, who makes the woods bright
with his happy, chirping cry and the
4 patter of his tiny feet.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
War Rations.

at was shortage of supplies that
caused the Germans to retreat from
the Marne," said Prof. Heinrich
Siegel at the German-American
chamber of commerce in New York.
Il know a story to confirm that-a
story. confirming, too. the German
light-heartedness under difficulties.
IAN American correspondent said.
in Paris, to a German infantryman,
wounded at the Marne:
"'These new hairy rawhide KNAPP
sacks-do you Germans like them?'
"'Do we like them?' the wounded
German infantryman answered. Why.
with pepper and salt and dash OF
onion we Just dote on them. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
Or. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
His Important Medical Discovery
Should Be Recorded in His
Memorial.

There has been suggestion that
in a memorial to DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes some worthy recognition be
made of his incompatible service to
mankind in the discovery and propaga-
ton against obstacles that would have
deferred a less honest and sympa-
thetic mind of the contagiousness of
childbed fever and its remedy. Lay
persons and unfortunately many in
the profession are unaware of this
epoch-making discovery by a man
whose memory is beloved and hon
ored for his literary attainnents
only. A disease which consigned
thousands of recent mothers to un-
timely graves was suddenly deprived
of its malign prevalence by the dis
covery of Doctor Holmes that it was
contracted by contact with the doc
tor or nurse and that simple precau.
tions by them would prevent its oc-
currence Prosecuted In his own
country by the ridicule of great pro-
fessors in that specially, Holmes pur-
sued the even tenor of his way until
his idea was accepted in England
Thence 1t was carried to the con-
tinent, where it was taken W by a
Hungarian physician who reduced the
mortality in the Vienna hospitals enor-
mously. To the latter his countrymen
have erected monument in Buda-
pest, and annually homage is paid to
his memory, while Holmes is barely
remembered in the United States for
this scientific discovery. which it is
said he valued more highly than his
literary fame.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
Human Vanity.

We all try to be wise; and mas
much as most of us have very little
to be wise about of our own concep-
tion, we endeavor to be wise through
the medium of communicated ideas
and precepts. If you make state
ment to the ordinary man, and that
statement seems to him to have ele-
ments of information or understand
ing or novelty or nationality. he re-
peats the same statement when he
gets an opportunity-not as your
statement. but as his. The sages have
been remarking on the prevalence of
human vanity for some thousands of
years.-Samuel G, Blythe in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
Fair play., 1915-02-27

the old orchard road near the farm.
Fifteen minutes earlier she repaired
to the old tree that had been to them
a favorite trysting place.
Ned came spinning along on his
bicycle, not a moment late, fine
specimen of healthy, buoyant
young man interested and happy in
his work. He swung coil of wire
and his tool bag to the road and was
over the fence in a Joyous leap.
Dear grill" he said fondly, and
then started at Hetty in alarm. for
she was weeping.
Bit by bit the miserable story came
his love. He said nothing of revenge,
elopement or encouragement.
Little lady" he observed in his
hopeful sanguine way, "all right! If l
can't see you, can keep on loving
you, can't II"
Yes, yes" murmured Hetty bro
kenly, but / shant hear-those low
ing words! Why, not to have you tell
me how you think of me every day"
But you shall" announced Ned
definitely. You have agreed not to
write to me- Don't. You have prom.
ised not to meet me. Keep your
word. I'll arrange all that. but-t-ust
me to break down this wall of pfeju-
dice Oceans shan't part us. In the
meantime, until things settle down
this"
Ned drew from his coat pocket one
of the tools he used in putting in
wires. He waved it buoyantly.
"Yonder," he said, pointing to the
barb wire fence. rs conductor right
at hand. I'll connect up half mile
down the road with Farmer Moore
house line. The feeder will go up
there" and he pointed among the
branches of the old apple tree.
"Oh, Ned!" cried Hetty, claspiue
her hands in ecstasy. ''you-you don't
mean"
That i am going to put a tele
phone especially for you up in that
tree. Why, every evening we can talk
over the line for hours. II we want to. ;
You darling!" exuberated Hetty
breathlessly. oh, how fortunate II
is that you know all about telo
phones!" .--
! 'Ill be at my task bright and early
tomorrow before your uncle is up ant
about" planned Ned. Come here to
morrow evening. climb up In the tree
There's a comfortable seat on the sec
ond branch. Take down the receiver
Call up XXX I'll arrange with tn,
switchboard girls as to what tha
means. Then-last kiss here, but II
send you dozen over the wirei
every EVENING""
Oh, the delight of 1t! That blissfu
twilight hour! The deft hand of tn,
master workman had arranged tn,
wires SO that only suspicious. search
ling person could have guessed tn,
Fair play., 1915-02-27

ly old-fashioned at ten years of age
and in the junk heap five years later,
The German cruiser Bluecher, a fine
ship, completed less than five years
ago. owes her present position at the
bottom of the North sea to the fact
that the rush of progress in naval de-
signing had made it impossible for her
to keep up with the pace in the up-to-
the-minute contest.
In Nelson's time warships were kept
in the first line until they were worn
out by hard use. In our day warships
are not given chance to wear out