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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10

to be contrary to precedents of
diplomatic procedure. Under all
diplomatic usage it is only neces-
sary ior the United St ates to in
dicate to Germany that the at
taches are personal non grata
and it is not necessary to give a
reason for asking their with
drawal.
Captain Boy-Ed and Captain
Won Papen were in Washington
today and conferred several
times with Count Won Bernstorf.
Later today the state depart
ment received another inquiry
on the same subject froln the
Berlin foreign office transmitted
by Ambassador Gerald. 1t was
made known officially here that
the United States would decline
to 90 into the question of facts
on the subject and would not
disclose ths sources of its infor-
nation.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Elks' Memorial Services

AS is their annual custom, the
Elks held the memorial services
at the Lyceum theatre Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
members assembled at the Elks
home at 2:30 and marched in a
body to the theatre. Attorney
Geo l.. Reece, of Portales, who
is a member of the Clovis Elks
lodge, delivered the eulogy
which was made it an able man
mer. Mr.. Reece is one of the
best speakers in the state and
his remarks on the subject
chosen were highly appreciated
Several hundred attended the
services (which were delivered
by Rev. d. A. Sanford, pastor
of the Episcopal church. A
quartette composed of Misses
Humphrey, Welch, Webb and
Mrs. Fred Dennis rendered a
beautiful selection as also did
the Elks sixtette composed of
Messrs Huff. Nelson, Herod,
Griffith, Noble and Elder.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
September Morn"

She is coming--dear little Miss
September Morn" clothed in
the form of a three act musical
comedy with songs, jokes. seen
cry and girls slots OF them
Harry Fields, the origional joy
bug, is the bright particular star
of this musical fun carnival,
which will be presented by Row.
land & Clifford's specially select
ed company of fifty, at the
Lyceum theatre next Tuesday,
Dec. 14th.
September Morn" is the joint
work of Arthur Gillespie and
Aubrey Stauffer. That they
succeeded in their efforts is at
tested by the remarkable hit
scored by this brilliant musical
comedy during it's long Chicago
run at the LaSalle Theatre.
Comedy predominates SEP
TENDER" but the delicious
foolishness is interested with
charming musical numbers in
troduced by a remarkable chorus
Of singing and dancing experts
who trip through all the latest
morden dances fetchingly, The
scenery and costuming are bril-
liant. A great cast are among
the principals which includes
sparkling Vernice Martyr, the
American Gaby Deslys," Lou
Kelso. George Dayton, Nick
Basil, Mildred Good fellow and
forty others.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Germans Inquisitive

Washington, Dec. 6 Count
Won Bernstorff today presented
to the state department a COM
municatio asking for the reasons
for the request for the with
drawal of Captain Boy-Ed and
Captain Won Papen, the German
naval and military attaches,
respectively.
1t was stated authoritatively,
though not in the communica-
tion, that the ambassador would
under no consideration ask the
United States to get safe con-
duct for the attaches. The
German government was repre-
sented as considering it incum.
bent upon the United States to
return the attaches in safety to
German territory and bring their
successors here.
Count Won Bernstorf, the Ger
man ambassador, today made
emphatic denials of reports that
Germany or German official
agents had been concerned in
recent attempts to set up a
counter-revolution in Mexico.
Should it develop from the
state departments answer that
other Incidents than the Archi-
bald case and the testimony at
the trial of the conspirators of
: h e Hamburg. American line
were considered by the United
States in asking that the at
taches be withdrawn, Germany
will contest the Withdrawals.
Should the department reply
that those two incidents alone
were responsible, the withdraw
al will take place without further
inquiry or protest.
The embassy Was represented
as considering that il and the
attaches stand before the bar of
public opinion. In such circum-
stances the understanding is
that the embassy will deny that
the attaches have in any way
been connected with anything
under attack other than the
Archibald incident and the Ham
burg. American case.
All this action is considered by
officials of the state department
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Prune Trees in Fall

When all the leaves have
fallen from the trees and the
wood has ripened up in the fall
is the time for pruning. There
is no way of absolutely controll-
ing sprouting after pruning.
The more severely you prune the
more likely you will be to have
sprouts, for the trees have
stored up a quantity of food and
are going to make use of it some
place. If a large part of the old
wood has been cut off, the part
that remains will probably make
a stronger growth than it would
had all the old wood remained.
Still there is always a tendency
for a pruned tree to have sprouts.
Some varieties are much worse
than others in this respect. If
very desirous of having the
trunks of the trees smooth and
without branches, the only thing
to do is to rub the young sprouts
off continually while they are
young.
After an orchard is established.
several things are necessary in
order to keep it in good shape
and to keep it bearing profitable.
Thorough aud persistent cult
walton, regular pruning and
spraying and thinning of the
fruit in case of large crops are
all essential. The cultivation
should start just as early in the
spring as possible and continue
until the last of September.
The disk harrow and the acme
harrow are the two best orchard
cultivators. If these are used
carefully it will not be necessary
to turn the ground with a plow
very often. -Leon-.fd G. Heron,
Department Of Horticulture,
Oklahoma A. and M. College.
Saltwater.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Safety of the Nation

In a stirring address to a
private party of newspaper men,
j. Stuart Blackton, author and
producer of the great prepared
ness film The Battle Cry of
Peace" said that the final sal
vation of the country would be
up to the country newspaper.
IF the rural newspaper-the
country weekly and the small
town daily-get behind the pre-.
paredness movement and de-
mand action by Congress, )"
Blackton said, then we will see
an appropriation during this
session that will be a good
starter. OF course to get any
where we will need a series Of
appropriations program for
navy and army which, spread
over a period Of years, will give
US eventually what protection
we need. But if the small town
newspaper refuses Co call for
preparedness. and prefers pork
instead, the movement will fall
The protection of America is in
the hands of the country editor. "
Mr.. Blackton's speech for pre-
paredness followed the viewing
by newspaper men of the film
The Battle Cry of Peace" in
which the author shows how
helpless the United States would
be in case of attack by foreign
foe. New York streets are
bombarded, homes are attacked,
women and children terrified
and fathers taken out, lined up
against a wall and shot. The
handful of American soldiers
are a joke to the invaders and
enemy ships stand of our shores.
out of range of our guns. and
batter to pieces our coast de-
fenses. These possibilities are
not without the basis of fact, I"
said Mr.. Blackton in his address.
Instead of being a sleeping
gaint, we are a helpless babe.
The dream of universal peace has
been shattered by the European
nations and will again be shatter-
ed. We have learned that nations
will break solemn treaties when
they think it to their advantage
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10

to do so. The world is but little
different from what it was a
thousand years ago. But we, in
the democracy of the United
States. are full partners. The
responsibility of government and
the salvation of the nation is on
every citizen. Every tcitizen
should be able to transfer him
self into a soldier for the defense
of his country. This is not inn
perialistic; it is the very essence
of a democracy that would live. "
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Notice to Travelling Public

The south road to Texico has
been ordered improved by the
State Engineer. Automobiles
and wagons, during this con-
struction period, are requested
to travel the north road between
Texico and Clovis, as the south
road will be almost impossible
for the next twenty days.
d. w. Jones,
State Road Foreman.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
A Big Rain

A regular soaker fell in Clovis
Monday and Monday night,
which will be of great benefit to
the wheat crop. Such a heavy
rain at this season of the year
followed by clear warm weather
is something out of the ordinary.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Elks' Dance

The Elks' dance. which was
postponed on Thanksgiving on
account of the inclemency of the
weather, was held Thursday
night at the new auditorium.
A large crowd ATTENDED I'd all
report splendid time. Punch
was served during the evening.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Sunday School Convention

The Curry County Sunday
Convention was held Friday and
Saturday at tn e Methodist
Church. 1t was decided to meet
next spring at the Lincoln
9 .5l House. The following
officers were elected for the
ensuing year: A. B. Austin,
president; Rev. C. w. Lambert,
secretary and Rev. A. J. Rodes,
treasurer.
Williamson and Oldham, of
Portales, purchased IT'S head of
heifers last week from Shipley
Brothers Cattle Company. Mr.
Shipley also sold car of mules
Tuesday to c. J. Franks, Of
Roswell.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-12-10
Col HAYDEN Dead

Col. Il. l.. Hayden, who came
to Clovis about year ago for
the benefit of his health, died at
his room in the Antlers Hotel
Monday night and was buried
Wednesday in the Clovis ceme-
terry. Col. Hayden. who was
about 60 years of age, was horse
trainer and during the street
concerts last summer he enter
tanned the crowds with his
trained horses. He originally
resided in Marshall Missouri but
of late years had lived in Kansas
City where he was a familiar
character about the barns and
race rack. lie was the father.
in. law of w. A. Clearwater Of
this city.
Mrs. }. T, Stalker returned
Monday from FL Paso where she
attended the Episcopal confer
ence. At this conference, Rev.
Herring, formerly of Clovis, was
ordained a minister. When Mr..
Herring resided here he was
manager of the Clovis CONNER
cial College.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS,


A bitter feud exists between Colonel Ar
thur Stanley and his cousin, Judge Lamar
Stanley. wealthy Virginia arlstocrats. The
feud has been engendered In family jeal-
ousy for the possession of an heirloom
known as the diamond from the sky.
found by noble adventurer ancestor In
a fallen meteor. The feud IL further
augmented by the fact that the death Of
a noble kinsman in England makes the
firstborn male OF the elder branch Of the
Virginia Stanleys heir to the Stanley
earldom in Warwickshire, as well as pos
SCISSOR Of the diamond from the sky
Judge Lamar Stanley has son. the pre-
sumptive heir to both these coveted hon
ors. But child Is about to be born to
the fair young wife OF Colonel Stanley.
When the child Is born and proves to be
a girl and its mother dies Colonel Stanley
In chagrin and disappointment and aided
by the doctor and the nurse buys a new
born gypsy male child from its unnatural
and money greedy father. In so doing
Colonel Stanley and those assisting him
to cheat his enemy Cousins ambitious
hopes have believed the gypsy mother has
consented to the secret transaction. But
Hagar. the mother. finds her way to STAN
ley hall to denounce her greedy and bru-
tai husband and secure again her beloved
frstborn. She arrives just as the SUPPOSE
titious heir Is being verified according to
the Stanley custom by the English law
yer representing the Earl Of Stanley and
Judge Lamar Stanley, the colonel's enc
my and father Of the boy who Is thus be-
Ing deprived Of title and the diamond
from the sky.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26

Y
and confidant, DR.. Lee, that little Es-
ther would be secretly delivered to him
and the doctor could give out the story
It was an orphan relative that he had
adopted as his daughter. TO this sup
posed daughter Of his dearest friend
the colonel proposed to viii us much
Of his means us would have come to a
girl openly acknowledged.
Meanwhile the unhappy Hagar had
been borne far away by the brutal and
ever watchful Matt Harding.
With him nephew devoted to him,
one Luke Lowell, an English gypsy,
aided Matt In keeping watch and ward
upon Hagar without knowing or ask.
ing why. And then Matt Harding fell
upon evil courses in his Romany pros.
perity, and drink made an end to him.
Hagar succeeded to his gypsy wealth
and gypsy power. The king was dead;
long live the queen! Ills henchman
transferred his allegiance from the
dead husband to the living wife.
In the grim household Of Judge La.
mar Stanley the shadow Of cheated
hopes and blighted ambition fell heavy
upon the family. The proud and
grasping wife; the cold and taciturn
Judge, had one unifying cause in com.
mon; that was that death might strike
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26
frightened little girl 20 it, CRIES were


frightened little grl 20 it, CRIES were
silenced. and drove away.
The next morning the news Of his
enemy's death reached Judge Stanley.
With 1t were vague rumors and whis-
pered suspicious. Other news came.
too-news Of the escape Of the gypsy
mad woman and the disappearance of
Dr. Lees horse and buggy. The Judge
stayed not to rejoice at the death Of
his enemy. He refused even to tell his
wife what strange business called him
hence. with a pistol in the holster at
his saddle side.
In a narrow deflle in the Blue Ridge
Judge Stanley tracked down bis prey.
Hagar had abandoned the doctors ex-
hausted horse and the now broken sig
and, bearing the child on her strong
shoulder. was climbing the rocky trail
when she heard the rattle tof horse
hoofs and heard the voice Of Judge
Stanley call upon her to halt She
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26

before the door closed on the scene,
she beheld her boy, her first born, ar.
rayed in fine linen, great jewel glow.
ing on his little breast, the center OF
some strange aristocratic rite or cere
mony.
So silent had been the struggle in tho
hall that, while the keen ears of Judge
Stanley had heard a rustic and gasp
his attention had been so taken W
with the anguish on the face OF his
kinsman enemy. Colonel Stanley, a.
the colonel tottered and fell face for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26
4 BANNER YEAR !
FOR north DAKOTA !!|!|!k!|,
Plenty oftMq'a'.eey in The State
and Business Never Was
Better. IA

Grand Forks, N D., aug. 1o.-
weather made to order" is tie way
crop experts in North Dakota spea6
OF the summer Of 1915. OF course,
this il the general average Tor the
state. The result ia 9 most b0nntiful
crop. which because Of foreign condi.
tons will sell at much better prices
than usual. 81,
All over the country business men
are optimistic. The Grand Forks
Commercial club has had its secre-
tary in the east, where he has inves-
tigated business conditions as they
relate to North Dakota. He reports
that prospects are excellent. In an
an interview he speaks as follows:
THE business situation, as near as
I can size it up from hearing rail-
road people and other important bust
ness men talk, is very good, and there
is very plainly plenty of money In
the country.
All Of the manufacturing concerns
dealing with anything that Is sold to
the warning nations are doing thriv.
ing business. For instance, the prices
OF lead, zinc, and spelter, among the
most needed Of products III the war,
are way up, and there is q big de.
mand.
The steel plans OF the country are
all practically running at full blast,
and are in a very prosperous conli.
ton. The domestic demand for mo.
tor cars In this country is larger
than It has ever been, showing that
there is plenty Of money ir the Unit
ed States.
"The manufacture Of merchandise
and stuffs not having 10 do with the
war is not as great as year ago,
but the increase in business along
other lines more than Offsets this.
Some big business men with whom
l have talked say there is plenty Of
money in this country, but people are
not spending it as formerly, there be-
ing more of a tendency to save
There is not the building develop
r,ent this year that there was last
year, and it would seem That Ameri-
can business men are putting most Of
their energy into mapufact uring goods
for the war.
Crop prospects, all over the coun.
try are fine, with very few excep.
tions. In the northwest the crop sit.
nation Is especially Sooa, excepting
in southern Minnesota and northern
Iowa. where tle corn II in bad shape
on account OF too much rain. The
crop outlook for North Dakota is very
encouraging, and the general opinion
IN mo noof nninfc ~ h{uh trinoo 60.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26
weeping adieu to the stern but kindly

weeping adieu to the stern but kindly
gypsy Woman she has known ~ moth
er all her conscious years. And she
rides away rs the doctors daughter
from the gypsy camp. With Esther
the doctor takes the diamond from the
sky, demanded Of Hasar a. part OF ~
theirs Inheritance
Hardly has the doctors carriage de-
parted than Luke Lowell, Hagars head
man, Is given command to strike camp.
In an instant all 10 hustle and cOnfu-
sion. Within an hour Hagar and her
tribe are on their way.
In three months. though the proud
women of the neighborhood a look
askance, Esther Is the belle Of the
countryside. The vine clad porch Of
the doctors old house sees nightly
gathered there the young sparks Of
Fairfax.
Then comes night In June, and in
the moonlight are four young men. all
paying court to the happy Esther.
Chief among them are the Stanley
cousins. Arthur aud Blair. Some slight
attention to his cousin, Blair. rouses
Arthur to a temper Of Jealousy. FRET
tlly rebuked by Esther. Arthur leaves
ii hun. Then Esther vents her CO.
quettish displeasure upon the till then
triumphant Blair, and be- now angry
also. arises and departs. leaving the
field to two SWANS.
In his study that overlooks the gar
dens at the side the old doctor Ia gaz-
ing wonderingly In the light OF the
study lamp at the great diamond.
Sulkily straying by the house. In his
jealousy and anger. Blair Stanley sees
the light cleaning from the study.
Curious and not overnice In his curios-
ity, he peers through the window. He
starts back. clinching his hands. He
remembers now the oft whispered sus.
plcions Of bis mother: 'Dr. Lee was
alone with Colonel Stanley when be
died. Who else but he has taken and
hidden away the Stanley heirloom?"
The obsession Of the desire for this
priceless Stanley heirloom has been
born and bred In Blair Stanley. He
HES away, but that night, when the
SWANS have long departed and the
good doctor and the fair Esther have
long retired to slumber, Blair Stanley
returns prepared to break In and bear
away the diamond from the sky.
In the library at Stanley hall the
young heir Of Stanley muses. and
dreams in softened mood Of Esther.
His guitar lies near him, and he picks
it up and gently strums It. In bis
minds eye he sees himself serenading
sweet Esther Lee, as she = now called,
and begging her gentle pardon in the
moonlight should she come to her vim
dow to listen. The romantic idea suits
his mood. He takes the guitar and
hastens again to the doctors house.
Blair Stanley has clambered through
the study window. closed It and drawn
the shade. He has softly lit the doc
tors study lamp and rifled the drawer
Of the old secretary and the cash box
It holds. He has seized the diamond
from the sky and clasped It In agltat-
ed ecstacy upon his bosom. Then upon
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26

The celonsl Faced the Wild intruder.
the front door was clamoring It's iron
summons through the house. Two old
servants rushed to the door and broke
the news Of the tragedy to the friend
Of the dead man. Hagar stole unseen
down the staircase and into the library
once more. There, cloaked and hood.
ed, stood the little girl whimpering
wake up, daddy, and kiss mev' Ha.
gar paused. IAN eye for an eyer she
muttered Then, lifting the little girl
In her arms and sitting her cries Of
fear and alarm, Hagar, with hes bur.
den, passed out Of the low French win.
dow by which she had nrst entered
and closed It after her.
Az the doctor With the two frishten.
ed colored servants stood over the
dead man In the library, ana before the
old nurse had noticed IL absence Of
the child, Hagar had come around the
mansion to The frpae Loossning the
strap that held ~ 49,, - sntered
~ deceers carriage. still holding ~
~ y Il 5
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-26

the lives that lay between their only
child that he might possess both the
diamond from the sky and the Eng.
lish earldom.
Such was the state of affairs when
Hagar and her tribe came back to Vir.
ginia. three, years after the death Of
the colonel's wife and the substitution
OF Hagar's child as the heir Of Stan
ley. Leaving her people camped at q
distance. Hagar journeyed to the
neishborhood Of Stanley hall, and
there, hidden in the shrubbcry. with
bursting heart, beheld her son ride
forth, the petted and pampered little
master Of Stanley hall.
Colonel Stanley, with the boy, was
riding on his daily pilgrimage to the
cross surmounted grave Of his dead
wife. The road led him past the house
OF Judge Stanley. Looking from his
window after his enemy and the little
heir of the Stanleys on his pony be-
side the colonel, the judge was aware
Of gypsy woman who stalked after
the colonel and the boy as swiftly and
as furtively as an Indian tracker. Seiz.
ing bis hat. the judge quietly emerged
from his house and trailed the gypsy
woman.
BY the gate of the graveyard Hagar
hid painting behind a huge bowlder.
She watched SO intently the bare head.
ed figure Of the colonel praying by the
grave Of his wife, and she watched still
more attentively and with such hun.
gering heart the little boy upon his
pony by the colonel, that she was not
aware of the presence Of the Judge un.
til his strong hand grasped her wrist
and his harsh voice Kissed In her ear.
why do you spy upon them?" To
the startled Hagar the cruel face Of
the judge was the face Of well re-
membered enemy. Her account Of jus.
tice and retribution with Colonel Stan
ley was between them alone. She would
have no confidence in or dealing with
Judge Stanley. For she knew instinct.
lively that If he hated the colonel he
equally hated and was prepared to
harm the colonel's supposed son. heI
child.
She did not struggle or attempt to
free herself from the grasp Of thu
Judge. But as the colonel, with the
little boy, rode from the grave toward
the gate she slipped down beside the
Judge and hid with him from the oh
servation Of the oncomers, as though
she were an accomplice Of the colonies
| enemy.
Neither would she speak in answer
to, the judges rapid fire Of questions
when the colonel and little Arthur had
passed out Of sight. She affected q
sullen dumbness. And when the Judge
hailed q passing stockily built mar
driving a blackboard, the constable Of
the district, and gave her In charge a.
a wandering mad woman Hagar would
speak no word.
That night, with gross disregard Of
legal procedure, the judge, alone in bill
courtroom with his creature. the con
stable, committed the silent gypsy wo
man to the county madhoIse, with In
structions to those in charge, through
the constable, that when the seeming
y suIlen, insane woman spoke or VA
ready to speak b should b sent foe.
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