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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
A NATIONS RIGHT.

Professor Guglielmo, the noted Ital-
ian historian, predicts a worldwide
temperance movement as an outcome
Of the great world war" He says
that hereafter no nation can afford to
consider the prosperity of distillers
and brewers above the welfare of the
people. "Has not the state" he in
quires, "the right. and the duty to ask
each citizen to sacrifice his goods and
his life to save his nation from a for
eign aggression against its glory, pow
er, liberty or riches? And has 1t not
the right to demand the remuneration
of a few minutes of unhealthy, torpid
Joy to ~regenerate the citizens health
and save himself and future gener-
atoms ali the misfortunes of which
drunkenness is the mother?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
IDEA IN ORNAMENTAL. POSTS
To Maintain Proper Alignment Prop
erty Owner Builds Them
Over the Gutter.

In planning to place a pair of orna
mental pillars on opposite sides of a
roadway intersecting a thoroughfare
in front Of his grounds. a property
owner found that the posts would be
out of proper alignment If erected
back Of the curb line as had been in
tended. To overcome this diff
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Lace Buttons.

81 could not afford to buy for my
white serge dress the expensive
crochet buttons for trimming" writes
a reader, 80 l bought some wooden
button molds and covered them first
with white silk and then with the lace
scraps that were left after cutting out
the heavy white lace yoke and short
sleeves. and they look almost as well
as real crochet buttons, and cost al
most nothing"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14

The mufilers worn with street suits
are usually plain. with narrow stripes
at each side and a band in the same
color as the stripes across the bot
tom. The dark, quiet colors. fashion.
able in suits and millinery, make pos
sible the wearing of bright mufiers
without a Earring of colors. The
whole effect is spoiled If one forgets to
consider this point.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
ABOUT ALCOHOL.

This from the Technical World:
"Enperors, business men, social re-
formers, are all agreed upon one
thing: Alcoholic drinks work positive
harm. A single glass of beer lessons
a mans efficiency Z par cent. Imag-
inc then what larger quantities of
wine, gin or whisky will do. The up
to-date employer will not keep men
who drink even in moderation. The
secretary Of the navy will not allow
them on u warships. Every COM
mander in the field today in Europe Is
leading a sober army. Everywhere
the brains of the world recognize that
alcoholic liquors weaken both muscle
and mind power"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
MADNESS AND SANITY.

"In years to come, when we read the
history OF this decade. says the Kan
sas City-Stars- 1.-The -Fed streak caused
by the upheaval in Europe may be no
broader than the white one which will
represent the worlds severing of po-
lite relations with John %Barleycorn. If
the military madness of Europe does
result in the. liquor sanity of the world,
the war may be hailed as the greatest
blessing to mankind since the advent
OF Christianity"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Buttons as

Tiny pearl buttons are used for trim
ming neckwear, in place of the little
linen buttons of last year. They have
no visible means of attachment, but
are known as trimming buttons.
These are small details. but they
mark the up-to-date neckwear, and one
might as well get the correct thing
when purchasing.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
ALCOHOL AND ACCIDENTS.

From Z to 40 per cent of accidents
are due directly or indirectly to drink,
according to estimates Of medical d.
rectors Of three United States life in
surance companies. Railroad acci-
dents, Z per cent; street cars, 8 per
cent; automobile, 10 per cent; We
hicles and horses, 8 per cent; heat
and sunstroke, 43 per cent; machin.
cry, z per cent; mines and quarries, 8
per cent; drowning, 10 per cent; gun
shot, 10 per cent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14

he had the stonework constructed over
the gutter, the back edges Of the two
members resting on the curb and the
%foreparts projecting into the street.
In order not to obstruct the drain, the
bases Of the pillars, each of which are
30 inches square, were built with pas.
sages Is inches broad and 8 inches
high, beneath them.-Popular Mechan-
fcg
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE CONDUCT.

The Boston Elevated Railway COM
pany, which was the recipient of a
gold medal this year from the Ameri-
can Museum Of Safety for the excel
lency Of the methods used by it in
promoting the safety and health Of all
employees, requires that all men en-
gagged in the a and train service
must be FREQ from the liquor habit as
absolutely essential for the safe con
duct of the business"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Worth Knowing.

The Russian peasant cap OF pink or
velvet Is a high turban. certain to be
becoming to a round face. Black tai.
feta or faille, as a sailor. has a black
ostrich band and a pump bow at the
back. A close black satin toque has
tricorn points, q fiesh.colored crown OF
taffeta. a brim of velvet and a frill
OF black maline. Daggers OF jet will
be worn. Fancy ornaments OF beads
are smart. Buckles OF colored pyroxy.
lin are O. X. A cannon wheel orna.
ment is seen: also aeroplane and small
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14

For the miss from ten to sixteen
a hat is shown at the right in which
the influence of high crowns makes
Its appearance. The frame is covered
with velvet except about the side
crown where bias folds of velvet and
satin are alternated. A striped rib.
bon with plaid border repeats the
colors used in velvet and satin and
introduces others in touches of gay,
bright tones.
JULIA BoTToMLEY,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Didn't Know Dad.

Teacher-One should be thought.
full in dispensing favors. For exam
pie. suppose your father, Johnny, was
in a crowded street car and two
ladies. one old and the other young,
go. in. which Of them would he give
his seat to?
Johnny-Guess you don't know dad.
He wouldn't give 1t 20 either.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14

80 let their dollar deposit remain in
the bank. Two Of the latter were the
dairyman's sons. who won considera-
BILE prize money with their boar and
sow pigs. This prize money was de-
posted with the bank deposit won by
making good and is part Of their saw
ings. together with subsequent de-
posits.
A SOW they exhibited had her first
litter of seven red-headed pigs at lair
time. She is at present the mother
OF a second litter. in which there are
IL, all of them thrifty.
These boys will be exhibitors at the
fair this fall. and the bank will have
to surrender three more one-dollar de-
posits and three metal savings banks
for the three pure-bred pigs exhibited
and three complete records delivered.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
A. They Tell IL In ENGLAND.

William" said the teacher of a
rosyfaced lad, "can you tell me who
George Washington was?"
Yes, ma'am." vas the quick reply.
He was an American gen'ral."
Quite right, replied the teacher.
And can you tell US what George
Washington was remarkable fort"
Yes, ma'am," replied the little boy.
He was remarkable because he was
an American and told the truth"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
A BAD MIXTURE.

81 know from experience that
whisky and ammunition mixed make
trouble" said Ex-Governor Oswald
West of Oregon in explanation Of his
action in closing the Copperfield
saloons ore than a year ago. Il
learned that a large number Of per-
son in Copperfield were going armed.
/ did not want to take any chances Of
anybody getting killed, so I put the
town under martial law and confis.
Gated the whisky"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14

lad watched over and saved them.
This happened many. many years ago,
but John and Frank stili have the
broken arrow. which they show to
their grandchildren. who think Il the
best OF fun to hear the story Of the
broken arrow and the Indians.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Not Much

On Jimmie's birthday his uncle gave
him a'knife. His mother told him
he ought to give his uncle a penny
SO that 1t would o cut their friend.
ship.
"Oh. WELL" rejoined Jimmie. III
won't cut anything else. so I guess ,:
won't cut our friendship.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Matter Of Position!

Photographer-Why don't you bring
your candidate up here for a photo
graph?
Manageable says he won't stand
for a sitting.
Photographers believe he's lying
Farm Life.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Milk for Choice Lace.

1t is well when washing a piece Of
choice yellowed lace to dip It in milk
before ironing. Always place a piece
Of tissue paper directly over the lace
80 the warm iron will not touch the
fabric.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Apples for All.

Harry" said the teacher to a pupil
In the juvenile class. how would you
divide six apples among boys
30 that each would get an equal
share2"
I'D make them into apple sauce"
replied the bright youngster.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
LIQUOR WORKS RuINArIoN.

WOHNS HUiNA JON.
Il know that liquor ruins a man."
said General Villa, after placing an
embargo on all liquor sales in those
Mexican towns wherein he maintains
troops. Here ! have 10000 armed
men and there is no disorder. I do
not drink or smoke, and l hope some
day to have nationwide prohibition
in Mexico"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
Sure Cure,

MY love, wish you wouldn't paint.
All the women do, dear" But It
looks like an admission on your part
that you are not already perfect. and
that pains me-" What could she do
but stop?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
INTELLECT.

One-half Of one bottle Of wine or
two to four glasses Of beer a day
depress every form of intellectual &C.
tivity.-Prof. j. J. Abel, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
INTERNATIONAL
NNMYSGlO0L
LESSON

E o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Bible Institute. ChicagoJ
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14

bouquets of velvet flowers to At into
the tricorn corners.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
SAFETY APPLIANCE.

Tho best safety appliance in a fac
tory or mine is a sober brain.-Gov.
George. A. Carlson OF Colorado.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
1GSfn1Apcr
MTN@TES
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by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-14
LESSON FOR OCTOBER II.
ELISHA HEALS NAAMAN THE
SYRIAN.

LESSON TENTH Kings S:I-io. IA.
GOLDEN TENT-I am Jehovah that
healeth thee.-Ex. i5:ss
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06
TAI I DELIVERS
FIRST LECTURE

MADISON, Wis, May William
II. Taft, former president of the Uni.
ted States, delivered tonight the first
OF a series Of lectures at the Univer-
sity OF Wisconsin, urging better busi-
ness principles in the operation of the
federal government.
The nation had come to the limit OF
its taxable resources and more Efficient
methods of administration were nee.
essary to conserve national funds, he
said
He advocated, among other things,
the granting to the president of more
initiative in legislation.
Mr. Taft related a story told by
former President Roosevelt, he said
of how a Tammany member Of the
New York Legislature urged the gov
ernor to sign a bill. The governor
questioned the bills validity under the
constitution, whereupon the politician
exclaimed: What the hell does the
constitution matter among friends ?"
II am afraid that Mr.. Roosevelt him
self is drifting somewhat towards
those views" added Mr.. Taft, smiling.
Mr.. Taft is the guest of Governor
Philip, and has been invited to ad-
dress the legislature tomorrow.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06
Continued on page twelve)
COLEMAN GIRL
STICKS STORY

M1NEOLA, L. L., May Cecilia Cole
man, the negro maid who was an i'm
portant witness at the first trial OF
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Louise d. Bailey in the office of Mrs.
Carman's husband, DR.. Edwin Carman,
on June 80 last, occupied the witness
stand for more than three hours at
the second trial today. The jury dis
agreed in the first trial last fall.
The Coleman girl, conceded to be
the prosecutions chief witness, was
under direct examination only ten min
utes, the remainder of the time being
consumed by Mrs. Carman's counsel in
an unsuccessful effort to break down
her story.
On direct examination the maid re-
peated the testimony she gave at the
first trial that Mrs. Carman had told
her that "she had killed him." mean
ing DR.. Carman. Celia testified that
Mrs. Carnan came to her room the
next morning and asked her not to
say anything about the shooting.
The Coleman girl was the last wit
ness of the day. She will be further
cross-examined tomorrow. when the
state expects to finish its case.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06

LONDON. May 5.--U1:10 D. m.) D.
The German official report issued this
afternoon, claims victories both over
the Russians In western Galicia and
over the British to the east Of Ypres
In Flanders.
Field Marshal Sir John French, the
BRUSH chief in command, has ad-
mitted that he was compelled to re-
adjust his lines In the region or Ypres,
but the French communication, far
from confirming a German victory In
Belgium, states that the German at
tacks were repulsed and that the Ger
mans being taken on the flank by
French artillery, suffered very Sc
verely
late report from the British war
Olfice also says that German attacks
were repulsed. although the Germans
used asDhyxiating gases and did get
Footing by the use OF these fumes
on Hill No. go, southeast of Ypres,
which since the British captured It
recently has been repeatedly at
tackled
There has been fighting all along
the rest OF the western front, In all
or which the Germans claim to have
'coH SuCCebSIui. Inc french, now
ever. have another story to tell. They
insist that their advance continues
along the User canal In Flanders and
In the Woevre, where battles have
been continuous for weeks on end.
Conflicting reports from the bellig-
erents In the east make IL impossible
quite to judge of the position there.
The Austrians and Germans tonight
say that the Russians have been badly
beaten In western Galicia and have
commenced to retire from the western
Carpathians, whereas the latest Rus
sian report, while admitting that the
Austr0-Germans succeeded in getting
across the Dunajec river, declares
that they were checked there.
The country around the East Prus-
sian frontier also has been the scene
OF battles OF more or less Importance,
while at the other end of the Russian
line In eastern Galicia. the Russian
are attacking the Austro-Germans, de-
spite their reported defeat or check in
the western part Of that province.
Athens credits the allies with fur
ther successes In their attacks on the
Dardanelles and Smyrna, but the
Turks again report the defeat of the
allied troops who have landed on the
Gallipoli peninsula.
The German submarines seemingly
now are devoting their attention to
the British fishing fleets. Fifteen
trawlers have been sunk since Sunday
night. but without any loss of life.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06

LONDON, May 5.-(11 p. m.)--The
British official "eye Witness" in q
long account of the engagement of the
last few days in the Ypres region, re-
cords that the Germans have continued
the use of asphyxiating gases, but with
legs success than on the first Occa
sion.
Despite the use of gas by the Ger
mans, the narrative says:
"The French have made continual
advances east of the Ypres canal, south
of Pilkem, the result OF which was
to remove the wedge occupied by the
Germans in the French line between
the canal and Ypres-Langemarck
road, a gain of more than 1000 yards
During these advances large number
of German prisoners were taken
While the French continued their ad
vance in this section, it is asserted
that the Germans attacked the British
south of Neuve Chapelle and at hill
No, 60, in both cases using gases. In
the latter attacks, however, owing to
a change in the wind, the fumes were
blown back towards the Germans, VINO
are believed to have suffered, as no at
tempt to advance was made by them
Similar tactics are said to have been
adopted by the Germans in their at
tack north of Ypres last Sunday. 49,
about O'clock in the evening q
dense cloud of suffocating vapors was
launched from their trenches along the
whole front held by the French right
and by our left from the Ypres-Lange.
marck road to considerable distance
east of St. Julien. The fumes did not
carry much beyond our front trenches,
but these were to a great extent rem.
dered untenable, and retirement from
them was ordered.
"No sooner had this started than
the enemy opened violent lombard.
ment with asphyxiating shells and
shrapnel on our trenches and on our
infantry, as they we're withdrawing.
Meanwhile our guns had not been idle.
From a distance, perhaps owing to
some popularity of the light the gas
on this occasion looked like a great
reddish cloud, and the moment it was
seen our batteries poured a concen.
trated fire on the German trenches.
Curious situations then arose be-
tween US and the enemy, the poison
belt, the upper part shredding into
thin wreaths of vapor as it was shaken
by the wind, and the lower and denser
part sinking into inequalities of the
ground and rolling slowly down the
trenches. Shells would rend it for a
moment, but it only settled down again
as thickly as before.
Nevertheless the German infantry
faced it and they faced a hail OF
shrapnel as we'll. In some cases where
the gas had not reached our lines our
troops held firm and shot through the
cloud at the advancing Germans. In
other cases the men holding the front
line managed to move to the flank,
where they were more or less beyond
the affected area. Here they waited
until the enemy came on, and then
bayonetted them when they reached
our trenches.
"On the extreme left, our supports
waited until the wall of vapor reached
our trenches. when they charged
through it and met the advancing
Germans with bayonet as they
swarmed over the parapets.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06

South of St. Julien the denseness
of the vapor compelled us to evacuate
trenches, but reinforcements arrived,
who charged the enemy before they
could establish themselves. In every
case the assaults failed completely
Large numbers were mOwn down by
our artillery. Men were seen falling
in heaps and others scattering and
running back to their own line. Many
who reached the gas cloud could not
make their way through it and in all
probability number of the wounded
perished from the fumes.
Farther to the east, similar at
tack was made about p. m, which
seems to have been attended with even
less success, and the assaulting infan-
try was at once beaten back by our
artillery fire.
1T was not long before all of our
trenches were reoccupied and the
whole line re-established in its original
position. The attack on the French
met with the same result.
"A great deal has been said of the
troops on the left, which saved the
situation on April 1928, but the serv-
ices rendered by the British infantry
farther east were no less remarkable.
They were to the north and east of
Zonnebeke, representing a narrow horn
Of the salient, and formed kind of
bastion. Throughout the fighting this
garrison held firm under a raking ar
tillery fire from all sides and under re-
peated assaults which were delivered
with so much determination that the
enemy more than once reached our
trenches before they were beaten back.
mot only was this so, but while our
men in this interior we're engaged in
repelling attacks in front, they knew
all the time that the troops on their
left were falling back. The test was
as hard as any soldier can be asked to
endure"
The eye witness then relates Incl
dents showing the steadiness of the
Indian troops, who, he says, advanced
under murderous fire, their war cry
swelling louder and louder above the
din"
prisoners captured in the recent
fighting" the narrative continues,
Stated that one German army corps
lost 80 per cent. of it's men in the first
week; that the loss from our artillery
fire, even during days when no attacks
were taking place, had been very
heavy and that many Of their own men
had suffered from the effects of the
gas.
1T would seem that large number
of infantry who had received only
three weeks training, were brought up
during the battle to replace those dis
abled and those killed"
The eye witness then quotes a Ger
man brigade order telling the officers
to have the field of battle and the
ground in the rear patrolled for strag-
glers. It complains that many of the
soldiers accompany to the rear men
who are only slightly wounded.
"This," says the eye witness, would
impress some as failure in discipline
on the part of the German soldiers,
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06
FOREST FIRES
IN WASHINGTON

TACOMA, Wash, May 5.--Tele.
phone advices from several points in
Grays Harbor county, southwest
Washington, tonight were to the ef-
feet that obstinate forest fires have
been burning in several localities for
several days. At Malone, A. Stevens
became blinded in trying to grope his
way out of burning thicket and
stumbled into the very thickest of the
fire. He was removed to a hospital
at Elma The town of Carlisel, on
the Moclips branch of the Northen
Pacific, was saved from destruction by
heroic efforts.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06
UL.TlMATUM TODAY.

LONDON, May &c % a. nj
The legation here has notified All jap.
anese to prepare to leave the capital
within II hours, says the Daily Tele-
graphs Pcking correspondent. "role-
grams are pouring in from every part
OF China foreshadowlng hostililies.
An ultimatim by Japan is expected by
tEc latest on Thursday.
i learn in the highest quarters that
Chinese surrender is out of the cues.
ton, as the revolLtioDaries, who honey
comb the cou1try, would rise imr,cdi-
ate'y. thus precipitating the fall If
Yuan Shi kai's government
II am authorized to declare that
the Chinese government will make a
direct appeal to Great Britain, Russia
France and the United States immedi.
ately an ultimatum is received"
The Times Toxic CORRESPONDENT
telegl hrhing under date of Tuesday
says that the general feeling in Toxic
Is that China will submit at the last
moment in view of the hopelessness
OF her military condition.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.
TOXIC, May 6.-(9:45 a. m.)-The
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-05-06

from procuring fish in the North sea
None of the trawlers. according to
the stories told by their crews, sur.
rendered, while they had the slightest
chance to escape. Generally the fish
ermen did not take to their boats un.
til bullets or shells were flving about
them. Despite these statements NO
loss Of life among the crews of the
traWlers has occurred.
Several trawlers, which were chal
lenged by submarines, made their
escape by putting on full head vi
steam and outfooting the Germans.