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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-06


man Heink will appear with Mrs.
Uterine Hot imam at The. piano It
promises to- Sbe one OF the most bril-
|liant and attractive recitais ever Civ
len by the club. \. sss
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
COTTON CROP DAMAGE
RUNS INTO MILLIONS

Austin, Tex, Aug. 1s.-Damage
which will run into millions OF DOL
lars has been done to the cotton
cron in Texas by the storms or
Monday and Tuesday. :,
Reports from towns IN cen1ral
Texas say that cotton open IN the
hollis has blown out of the bolls ana
beaten into the ground by the heavy
rains which accompanied 1t.
It is estimated that 30 per cent
OF all the cotton in this section was
open and that from one-fourth to
one-half Of the open cotton was
lost.
On this calculation, the damage
will be from Is to rs per cent OF the
entire cotton crop of central Texas
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
HE WITHDRAWS HIS SUIT
KinsIey Man Says He Wroneiu"S
Sued Ball Manufacturing 20.

Kinsley, Kan, Aug. 2O.-Ihe
suit against the Ball Manufactur-
ing company in the district court
of Edwards county by T. carlson
has been withdrawn and Is out OIL
court. Mr.. Carlson has issued u
signed statement in which he says;
81 wish to state that ! purchased
f5O> shares OF stock from .. a.
Dooley, giving my check ana =
time deposit slip to him THEREFOR
and became dissatisfied because
felt that some Of the statements
.bot he made at the time pur-
chased. did not correspond with the
receipt that he left.
81 therefore cancelled the checK
and deposit slip, my reason peins
that at the time I purchased my un'
derstanding was that was TO re-
,ceive 7 per cent on present Va'ue
when in fact it was per cent on
parvalue. 49,,
81 further wish to state that the
Ball Manufacturing company never
received one dollar OF my money
and therefore / did not expect them
4o deliver me any stock, 1t was mo-
NV intention in filing this suit tt
do anv Injustice to the Ball Manu-
featuring company, but after con
sulting my attorneys was advised
that It was the proper course t'
pursue, and did 80 without no''ly
pany Of my intentions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

I nee. : !. "a ~ = ; "
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
TWO AMERICANS
LOST ON ARABIC
Washington Wants Germany to Ex-
Plain Why No Warning
GOING SLOW TO AVOID BREAK
Government in Correspondents
With Germany to Learn Facts
In the Matter-Serious
Complications in Sight
GOING SLOW TO AVOID BREAK

New York, Aug. 2O.-Two Amer
leans were LOST among the passen-
GERS OF the Arabic which was tor"
uedoed without warning by the Ger-
mans yesterday. Efforts are being
made to avoid break with Ger
many over the matter and the gov
eminent is moving slowly hopmK
for an explanation. .
President Wilson made q hurried
trim today to Philadelphia to have
his eyes treated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
GERMANS PRESSING ON
TOWARD ST. PETERSBURG
Base Of Russian Army Is In Danger
From Kaiser's Troops

London, Aug. 10.--The German
,rooDs are pressing ON toward Pc
troerad moving north irresiSt"Dly.
Rreet IAtovsk is being hard pressed
and the outer forts are reported :"
have been penetrated. This Is the
base Of the Russian army In the Wesc
and said 20 be the strongest fort In
Europe.
The eastern outskirts OF LONDON
we're raided last night by Zeppenns'
Ten persons were killed and thiF-
tv.~,v were injured. The damage 10
proOerty is mot important.
One Zeppelin is believed 10 n"'e
been hit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

ing lot 1, Vacated street,. blk l.
7. OTIS 10, IL, IA, 16, blk 2.
lots Is, is, hlk 3. -.
Lots Is, is, IL, 10, 81. 49, blk :.
= Tots H. Il, is, is, blk T.. :. 80 On
Its 6, s, 10. IL, IA l6, ~ a ~
and a fractional lot OF lot ~
DoIan's Add.
Tots ii. 10. is, II. 10. 81, blk 2.
Lots II, 10, 81, blk 3.
Miscellaneous Tracts.
Tract in the ne Y II, 16. 4, boHn6 aeS
on the west by the W line OF sth
street produced n; on the a
line OF sec II; on by z. Il, l. ,ot
p. r. OF w; on by line OF ri "a
al and n line of Rebecca Curu
tract Containing 10 acres. -. $50
nag iS5 II W OF NV cor OF DIX 10y
Sreech Add, W rs IT, lao It, 20
II. n l40 IT to beg: 80 "a
Rep at the Sc cor OF ne -, ~, ~
$40 II, w to C. r. ]. q X; Oh 4
along r. of w. to point " %
beg, g to beg.
Given under my hand this 2lss a a.,
| ~ July. 1915, at the ottlce OF ~,
County Treasurer Of Dickinson county
Kansas f. L. MORSE,
County Treasurer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
ROCK FALLS ON TRAIN,
S KILLED-2O INJURED

Charleston, W. Va, Aug. %
smoker and baggage car OF a pas
senger train on the Coal River
Branch Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
ra,Iroad were crushed by a heavy
rock as the train was passing
through Pinnacle tunnel, near NC
corkle. w. Va. ]. w. Fennimorc,
a wealthy coal operator of Hunting
ton and st. Adams, and four otner
men were killed. Twenty or more
passengers were injured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
MN After dc Mob

New York, Aug. 20.-More than
seventy young men of New York, Al
least half Of them college graduates
have left this city for Atlanta with
the distinct purpose OF hunting
down the twenty-five members OF
the lynching party that murdered
Leo. N. Frank.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26


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Let Lei: T. H. 3, q e. S,1 %. :" blk 5.
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1,o pix = 4, 6, blk s.. :,
Il: ( l., Il: 3. II il. = H. 81 sit 7; 2 ="
All blk IS.
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Lowers Add.
Tot. q. 7. %, rs and u - and all
81, SO. IS. 30.
Murray's Add.
Lot: 2 e, f. f. Il i. 81 Il. =. blk 5.
lots T. ., II. blk ..
sAephera's Aad.
LG stss 4 4 Via: ana ISS Il 'ons sdjOih-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

neg at sw cor Sc ne g ~ rds'
= 90 rds. W 26 rds, y AZ InSi JAW
i iS rds. s. rds to beg ne 10 lou
az, rds to beg; .ccio a."
nag al n lime of 9Th e. goo
lDe mon, W gag #, ,7s i e. q st 'aiSe
,r, ,1t s4C IT " Of sw cor ,19t
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e. IN beg ............ 80
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

Lots 8, Z. s, 10, hak 1. it,
W " 6 and all T. s, blk 2. f.
Lots 4, 6, blk 8.
Lot /, blk 4.
miscellaneous Tracts On Ab4lene n
Beg 900 It W Of Sc cor 16. Is: 2. n ~
It, l10 fl s 22e At, e aaV az 70 W. W.
Ee i7H Il lot - ana lots 2S, q. 80. a.
80, 3s, 81. IS, Sd,S7, 49, 3d. 49, 4l'
blk 2.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
10 nnaNK RuRIED AT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SERVICE
Rrooklyn, Aug. 2O.-Leo Frank
"a. buried here this morning. The
hour Of the funeral was kept secree
and gathering crowds were aVoioeu'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

8 = ne 90 cor Sc, n on sec
line 1915 en- n 81 eh. 70 beg 20
1919 en- en- Oh. = OF sw Oer Sc.
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Hsi5 ch to beg. .,'..''.''-2S
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fa.s &C lot 4..'.''''''''..36
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26
Delinquent Tax List
DICKWSON COUNTY, KANSAS
=
Tuesday, September 9Th, lSl5

-. ,st succeeding days thereafter, be sold by me- a. '
ano .". office in Abilene Dickinson County, Kansas
the the thereon, 10, S'"'
""s.s same shall be paid before said date OF SAFE
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-26

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. tots 4, 8, 8, Z, and VI w. anu ."
a. blk 131
Creech's A@0.
"a. Lots n, 10, q, 20, blk 140.
Lots II, 10, no. Y, Dix ~ 4S On %.
nd blk 150.
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g. Lots %, 81, SO. IS, 10, II. II. 49,
Lot: i, y, e. e, pix l4'.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-06

ulll cblu LIS uldC6. "A uJI1C me- oil
innocent little child and our orphan
institutions are filed with these lit
tie ones. This phase is the saddest
part Of such transaction.
If you have had a good father ana
a good mother your heart must ache
for the child to be robbed of one or
both parents.
If you have no money to marry
then you have none to care for a lit
tie child and how can the mother earn
her living and take care of the child?
Then the woman should prevent
childbirth? Abortions Again must
the woman suffer.
One abortion Injuries a woman
more than five births. In fact, ply
sicians declare that each child born
to a healthy woman adds ten years
to her life.
know economic conditions are not
right for young people and it Will
be a struggle for many if they marry,
and with some it is impossible. But
two wrongs never made a right! Let
every young man and young woman
set to work to find the cause of our
economic conditions and then seek
to redress these wrongs. They viii
find more happiness in life than add
ing to it's already untold miseries.
When you find persons, given to
study and not forgetting recreation
and exercise they are not as likely to
Weld to their emotions. do not only
mean those who attend colleges, for
many go who do not go there for
study.
I know every one cannot be alike,
but there are very few in the world
who cannot take up some line of
study or activity that will give them
interest and pleasure until such time
as they can marry and have a home
and family, even if 1t be humble.
There is no place like home. -
Mrs. J.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-06

WANTS INFORMATION. Il was
very much interested in the article
contained in The Forum in the issue
Of June 80, Concerning Churches,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-06

written by Mr.. Green, and wish that
he would explain the manner in which
the friars in the Philippines conduct
ed themselves so that it was neces-
saTy for this government to make an
investigation as to their activities.
What persons conducted the investi-
agtion and can copy Of senate doc
ument No. 100 be secured or pUr-
chased.-R. E. A.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-06
BILLY SUNDAY.-Ir

BILLY SUNDAY.-In the July 1 is
sue a convert of B. Sunday wrote
Long live B. Sunday and let him
keep on collecting and doing good"
Indeed he is doing good" He col
lects from the poor, hypnotized work.
ing people and does good for the rich.
He is a good tool to keep the people
ignorant.
Billy Sunday breaches and damns
the drunkard and criminal Why
doesn't he preach to resist the cause
of the two?
Billy Sunday breaches a heaven,
hell and devil somewhere in the cos
mos. I think we have enough hell
and a good many devils on this earth.
Why doesn't he preach for heaven
right here?
The world is tired of the 2,OOO-year-
old theology that he breaches. What
this world wants is reason and knowl-
edge. With these two you can resist
the social injustice and diminish
crime.-M. W..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-06
SOME EXPOSES. E

SOME EXPOSES. - Among the
most interesting things in Chicago
are the exposes of one thing or an
other so regularly conducted by the
Chicago Daily Tribune.
You must give the above mentioned
publication great credit. In each and
every one of their famous exposes
they have successfully exposed the
Chicago Daily Tribune.-A: J. Samp-
son, 1852 Calumet Az.
LIoyds of London have recently is
sued a form of insurance against ap-
pendicitis. The claims have become
so numerous that they have found it
necessary to double their premiums,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

which obtains in this wonderful en-
vironment"
Whether the $4,000 in real cash
IS mere advance deposit added to
rhe lure one may only conjecture.
A private car to movie land and a
bungalow while there, with retinue
Of servants provided by the cor
poration. were contract stpulations.
Meanwhile Charlie Chaplin re-
CARDS with complacency the star in
vasion. A year ago he was without
fame and a three-fgure salary in
the vaudeville theatres looked mighty
big to him. Now he gets more than
the President of the United States.
despite that he is tied up by a con-
tract made before his vogue was
what 1t is now.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

lanes *. Hackett was first induced
to- appear in screen version OF
The Prisoner of Zenda" Then Mrs.
Fiske, who has persistently refused
$4,000 week to appear in vaude-
vile, decided that she owed 1t to
future generations to leave film
records of her art at it's best. SO
Tess Of the d'Urbervilles" was visu-
allied.
One of the oldest established film
concerns signed up % Broadway
favorites within few days. paying
IN no instance less than $4,000 for
the privilege.
Billie Burke has been offered S40,-
600 for few weeks and is holding
out for moro money. Cyril Maude.
one of the most successful stage
stars of today. is already in Los
Angeles rehearsing before tho cam
guaranteed as much as he has ever
earned in year on the speaking
stage.
And yet. not one in twenty of the
stars of the stage, so tardy to recog-
aize the new arts influence, has
made good" on the screen. The
uuHlDSE WHO are seen IN second
slim production Is of even smaller
proportion. Strangely enough. those
who have scored sensationally in the
silent drama we're, as rule, of the
younger generation CT players, who
when re-engaged were paid on the
lines OF merit only.
This is true of Marguerite Clarke.
now next to Mary Pickford the
highest paid woman in all fllmdom.
Hazel Dawn is another of the
youthful stars.
Jack Barrymore, John Emerson.
Robert Edeson, Sydney Drew. Harry
Davenport, George Beban. Robert
Warwick and Holbrook Biinn now
divide their time between stage and
screen. Instead of reducing their
value in the older field, the new. con-
ditions have created a star famine
The salary of good leading mon or
woman is higher today than ever
before.
William Faversham was one of the
las to enter the field The same
company that engaged him for
few weeks is now paying $4,000
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

Not all the stars in Christendom.
II offered in job lot combination,
would induce the fortunate movie
man who controls Charles services
to make an exchange at the present
prosperous juncture.
It is to be remembered that screen.
play fame-real success upon the
screen-rests in the same great factor
that makes for success on the speak
ing stage. That is to say, 1t rests In
popularity with screen audiences.
Curiosity and previous experience
with the art of the speaking stage
may draw for experimental appear
ances on the screen, but actual screen
popularity is the final basis of screen
success. The screen star must make
good" as such.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
ROBERT GRAU

1.-TWO dollars minute for Cor
aldine Farrar. now intrenched
= in movie land. Fifty thousand
cash and half the profits fo= the
great Paylowa to reveal her artistry
for the magic screen! Such is the
"star" madness in motion picture
dom in this year of 1915 that an
emissary of one of the film masnetes
Is now camping on the trail of the
S4-year-old diva. Adelina Patti. in
an effort to convert Craig Nos"
castle into temporary film studio
SO that all the world may see the
PaYlowa, Who Dances foa
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

pSIsISteIII IS lIIe IIII tHlI .
preneur that he has offered to bring
the mountain to Mahomet"; namely,
to erect studio in France, where
Mary's work as a war nurse can go
on while Salome's wiies are being
registered by the camera man
When Pavlowa was approached
she asked to be shown" that her
art would lose nothing by so radical
move. She visited the vast studio
Ia motion picture city in fact-and
Immediately wired to her personal
manager that she had decided to ac-
cept, because she alone had to omit
nothing of her art.
at believe" wrote Pavlowa. that
my art will be vasly enhanced by
the maze of scientific phenomena
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

queen of song. Her voice will not
be heard, but the scenario stanf has
provided a vehicle called Home,
sweet Home" written around the
song with which Patti was wont for
half a century to make men and
women forget where they were.
The, star" invasion of filmdom
began In Paris In 1911, when Bern
hardt. Rejane and Mounet-Sully
posed before the camera In the plays
which gave them fame. 1t was then
that the famous players on this side
of the ocean were awakened to the
Gold-laden new art possibilities.
$50, 900 and Half Profits.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

reeT-
The net is out for the
worlds greatest singers.
Caruso in "Pagliacci" and
Mary Garden in "Salome"
are screen possibilities.
Miss Garden. however, will
not appear anywhere until
the war is over. though so
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

year to Francis
Bushman. who four
years ago came I'M
known into film
dom after a pre-
carious stage ca.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

Pavlowa, Who Dances for $4,000 and Half Profits.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-01-28
A sook Thar Wasn,t Published.

49,
A singular plan for henoring heroes
proposed in 1892. il we may credit
the following footnote to la Typo
graphic" a poem by LIE Pelietier, pub
lished In that year at Geneva: tIn Feb
ruary last several newspapers an
nounesd that the largest book ever
printed viii SHORTY appear in London
under the title THE Pantheon of Eng
lish Heroes" The pages Of this book
win be twelve feet long and two feet
vide and the letters six inches high. 1t
has been found necessary to erect spe-
cial machinery for the manufacture of
the paper required This gigantic work
viii be printed BY steam IN characters
of gold. no ordinary printing ink being
used In the process. Only a hundred
copies VIII be issued and these VIII
serve TO adorn the principal libraries
in England You VIII not find that
book IN any public OF private 7fbrarY.
MEEG-A&.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-01-28
ARMY CAMP WATER.
How the Supply Is Conserved and Used
In 1ho German Army.

How the Supply Is Conserved and Used
In 9ho German Army.
Suitable drinking water is of vital i'm
psEtance to an army, and this Is only
one OF a multitude of problems that
mast be studied carefully by those who
conduct a successful campaign. The
water supply Of a camp is a matter OF
great Importance. Only running water
is used.
In the German army the upstream
water Is used for drinking purposes
and the downstream water for water
ing horses and for bathing. Suitable
signs notify the men which water is
safe to drink and which may be used
only for bathing. In shallow or narrow
streams basins are dug or small dams
built SO as to form & reservoir of ample
dimensions.
Stepping stones are provided to keep
the water clean. as wel as board pro-
lection to prevent the banks from
~crumbling. Basins are dug for water
Ing horses; treughs are provided only
in case of necessity and are then prop
ped on posts and filed by means OF
pumps Pipes may be driven Ii water
lies at a reasonable depth-in other
woads, not.rzore than twenty feet De
pending upon their size, these pipes viii
deliver froH four TO twenty-five gal
Ions Of water1pr minute
IL water lies very near the sNrface a
hole is dug and a cssR.>t the bottom of
which has been knocked out. il placed
in the hole TO form a basin. IL the wa
ter lies AT a greates depth the basin
may be formed Of box sections driven
In one on top of the other--Scisntifc
American.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-01-28
GERMAN CIVIL COURTS.
Mode of Procedure Where Commercial
Cases Are Tried.

mode OF Procedure Where Commercial
Cases Are Tried.
The .handeisgericht." or commercial
court. Is presided I'VE by one judge
and two laymen known as handles
rfchter-commercial judges nominal
ed by commercial bodies and appoint
ed by the government Amy German Is
eligible who is registered as s mer-
chant thirty years old, and otherwise
qualified as specially provided by law.
Only commercial cases are sent TO this
department upon motion of either par
u. witnessed a trial between mer
chants and was much pleased with
the speedy method of determining the
case.
ness questions TO q jury, who In all
probability never heard of the like be
fore. and then offering the testimony
Of experts on each side of the case,
which often has a tendency TO con-
fuse the jury rather than to enlighten
them. the German commercial judges
possess personal experience in bust
ness ard skill in affairs of commerce
of the greatest value in arriving al
correct conclusions. Besides, the pro
cedure. as a rule. is brief and TO the
point and causes little delay to the
fitigaats So far as | could observe
this system worked very satisfactorily
Fred FL. Peterson In Case and Gem
ment.