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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-14

tall, slender girl. Her eyes were
almost on a level with his own.
Don't you want to tell me, dear"
HE never gives me thought" he
said, COMPRISING his lips. HE thinks
of no one but himself. God, what a
father!"
Freddy. dear! You must not
speak"
Haven't I some claim to his con.
sideration? Is 1t fair that should be
ignored in everything, In every way
l won't put up with 1t, Lydia! I'm not
child. I'm a man and am his son.
Cad, l might as we'll be dog in the
street for all the thought he gives to
me-"
She put her finger to her lips, a
scared look stealing into her dark
eyes. Jones was conducting the two
old men to their room on the floor
below. A door closed softly. The
voices died away.
HE is a strange man." she said.
IlG 10 a 6OOu man, IT IcuGTlC.
ITO everyone else, yes. But to me
Why, Lydia, IL believe he hates me.
You know what"
Hush! A man does not hate his
son. I've tried for years to drive that
silly notion out of your mind. You"
"Oh, know I'm fool to speak of
1t, but Il can't help feeling as l do.
You've seen enough to know that I'm
not to blame for it either. What do
you think he has done? Can you
guess what he has done to all Of u.s."
She did not answer. well, I'll tell
you just what he said in that wireless.
1t was from the Lusitania, twelve hun.
dred miles off Sandy Hook-relayed, l
suppose, so that the whole world
might know-sent at four this after
noon. remember every word of the
cursed thing, although / merely
glanced at 1t. Send the car to meet
Mrs Brood and me at the Cunard pier
Thursday. Have Mrs. Desmond put
the house in order for its new mis-
tress. By the way, you might Inform
her that | was married last Wednes.
day in Paris 1t was signed James
Brood. not even father What do
you think of that for a thunderbolt p"
Married." she gasped. your ia
Their married?"
"'Put the house in order for its new
MISTRESS" he almost snarled. THAT
message was deliberate insult to me,
Lydia-a nasty, rotten slap in the face
mean the way 1t was worded. Just
IA II Ii wnGnt enough that ha hsa
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-14
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
AAAAAAAA
ILLUSTRATION by RAY WALTERS


narrow ledge upon which he lay un
conscious after a misstep In the night
More than once-aye, more than q
dozen limestone or the other OF these
loyal friends stood between him and
death, and times without numbers he
too, turned the grim reaper aside fol
them.
John Desmond, gay, handsome and
still young as men of his kind go, met
the fate that brooks no intervention
He was the first to drop out of the
ranks. In Cairo, during curious pc
riod Of inactivity some ten months
after the advent OF James Brood, he
met the woman who conquered his ven.
turesome spirit-a slim, calm, pretty
English governess In the employ Of a
British admiral,s family. They were
married inside Of six months. He took
her home to the little Maryland town
that had not seen him in years.
Ten years passed before James
Brood put his foot on the soil Of his
native land. Then he came back 10
the home OF his fathers, to the home
that had been desecrated. and with
him came the two old men who now
sat in his huge library before the
cracking fire. He could go on with
life, but they were no longer fit for
its cruel hardships. His home became
theirs. They were to die there when
the time came.
Broods son was fifteen years Of age
before he knew, even by sight, the
man whom he called father. Up to
the time of the death Of his mother,
in the home of her fathers, he had
been kept in seclusion.
There had been deliberate purpose
In the methods of James Brood in so
far as this unhappy child was con-
cerned. When he cast out the mother
he set his hand heavily upon her fu-
ture. Fearing-even feeling-the in
fernal certainty that this child was not
his own, he planned with machiavellian
instinct to hurt her to the limit of his
powers and to the end of her days.
He knew she would hunger for this
baby boy of hers, that her heart could
be broken through him, that her pun
ishment could be made full and com.
plete. He sequestered the child in a
place where he could not be found.
and went his own way, grimly certain
that he was making her pay! She
died when Frederic was eight years
old, without having seen him again
after that dreadful hour when, protest
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-14


ing her innocence, she had been
turned out into the night and told to
go whittier she would but never to re-
turn to the house she had disgraced
James Brood heard of her death
when in the heart of China, and he
was a haggard wreck for months
thereafter. He had worshiped this
beautiful Viennese. He could not
wreak vengeance upon a dead woman;
he could not hate dead woman. He
had always loved her. A few years
after his return to New York he
brought her son back to the house
in lower Fifth avenue and tried, with
bitterness in his soul, to endure the
word father" as 1t fell from lips to
which the term was almost strange
The old men, they who sat by the
fire on this wind-swept night and
waited for the youth of twenty-five to
whom the blue missive was addressed,
knew the story Of James Brood and
his wife Matilde and they knew that
the former had no love In his heart
for the youth who bore his name
Their lips were sealed. Garrulous on
all other subjects, they we're as silent
as the grave on this. They, too. were
constrained to hate the lad. He made
not the slightest pretense of appreciat.
ing their position in the household;
to him they we're pensioners, no more.
no less; to him their deeds of valor
were Offset by the deeds of his father;
there was nothing left over for a bal.
ance on that score. He was politely
considerable; he was even kindly dis.
posed toward their Vagaries and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-14

OLD men who nad sat up half the night
to learn the contents of that wonderful
thing from the sea, he whirled on his
heel and left the room. One might
have noticed that his lips we're drawn
in a mirthless, sardonic smile. and
that his eyes were angry.
"Oh, Lordyl" sighed Danbury
Dawes, blinking, and was on the point
OF sitting down abruptly. The arm of
Jones prevented.
81 never was so insulted In my"
began Joseph Riggs. feebly.
STEADY, gentlemen" said Jones,
Lean on me, please
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
GiOcOmO Giavelli and
Lorenzo RObba Pho
neers of Industry
NOW DEATH TAKES
jim THE ROOT NAM
Survivor B elieves
Plenty of Priced
Tubers in II. s.

NEW YORK, Oct. with the
death OF G.ocomo Giavelli, "a, at No.
10 Vnndam-st.. the neighborhood lost
one OF its most interesting charac-
tiers. Jim the Root Man" was a
mystery &c the children OF the
neighborhood. and many of the
grown.up people In the neighbor-
hood never understood why he kept
five dogs to hunt roots" nor what
The roots were used for. They had
never eaten truffles.
Jim the Root Man" and his part
ner, Lorenzo Robba, who survives
him, introduced to America new
industry. If not new sport-name-
iy. truffe hunting.
Trufnes are valued principally for
condiments. They are feshy fungi.
found from two TO twelve inches I'M
foreground. and belong to TIE family
tuberaceac. especially the genus
tuber. to which most ~ those eaten
belong. They are shaped good
deal like potatoes. having no roots
or stems, and are from a quarter Of
an inch to four inches in diameter.
The trufae that Is eaten most I'm
England is the tuher aestivum, or
cibarium. and is about the size OF
walnut. black and warty on the
outside. the inside variously col
ored. The best French ,rufhe looks
good deal like porum. They are
found in England and Italy by dogs
trained 10 hunt for them. Some use
pigs They are detected By the
smell. which. after they are ripe. is
perceptible to dogs several yards
away.
Lorenzo Robba came TO New York
frcm Italy In 1912, bringing with
him his famous truffe hound Milan.
now seven years old. Ne had lived
all mis- life in the truffie region OF
Italy He thought there ought to be
truffies under the oaks. willows, pop
lars and chestnuts OF America. One
day he took Milan cut into the woods
OF Jersey TO find out. The first day
the old dog turned up eight dollars
worth. They were the tuber cali
fornicii. and were better. II any
thing. than the Ave varieties sold in
the truffe market OF Trent. Mr.
Robba sent for Milan's mate. Pied
mont. and took his old friend Clio
como Giavelli into partnership.
Milan and Piedmont mated and SIX
little truffie puppies came. three Of
which died; but the three that lived
are expert truffie hounds. and. with
their father and mother, are the only
'ruffehuntlng dogs In America. so
far az known. ~
Giavelli and Robba made truffie
hunting business. Ii was a mys-
terry to the children around Vandam-
st. In the old Greenwich village, who
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
PARTNERS FIGHT
OVER BUSINESS;
ONE is SLASHED

Peter Skolas and George Kolas,
partners in restaurant business In
the rear of Dickhoff's liquor store,
Monroe-ave. and Randolph-st.. got
into bitter argument over business
affairs. Tuesday morning. Kolas &C.
cusing Skolas of cheating him, 1t is
alleged.
Skolas grabbed an immense meat
knife from a counter and rushed at
bis partner with it, cutting Kolas'
head, face, and forehead with the
keen knife. the blade of which was
Is inches long.
Bystanders broke up the fight and
Motorcycle officer Schlamp and De-
tectives Clare. Mite and Fraley
were rushed TO the scene. Skolas
had made his escape, fleeing to No.
lis Monroe-ave..s but he was arrest
cd there on a charge OF felonious as
sault. Kolas was sent to st. Mary's
hospital.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
TORONTO PRESS
MAKES ATTACK
ON HENRY FORD

TORONTO. Oct 5.-Violently de.
nouncing Henry Ford and suggest
ing his Canadian patent rights
migL. be bestowed to better ad-
vantage. the Toornto press today
launched an editorial attack on the
Detroit manufacturer for his recent
dtterances unfavorable TO the
Anglo-French loan.
The Mail-Empire, conservative,
governmental organ, says:
mr.. Ford enjoys certain rights
In this country, and. II he cannot
refrain from showing antagonism
to the war efforts OF our people in
behalf OF Britain and civilization,
II becomes question whether these
rights should be continued to him.
II he is not sufficiently in accord
with the spirit OF this country TO
countenance Canada's course in the
war, the right to manufacture under
the patents he has registered here
might be better bestowed"
The Globe characterizes Ford's
phrase that he would "tie a tin can
TO the commission and pack II back
TO Europe" as "gratuitous insult"
Prtnttng-the plain neat kind-that
IL right-Tinses job Dcpt.--Mrin 1870
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
who owns a farm near Red

mother, who owns farm near Red
ford
Two soft-boiled ones were placed
before William.
Only one egg was placed before
me-" testified Mrs. Foss. my hus-
band ate his two before | got my
egg started Then he grabbed mine
and ate that"
The wife also testified that she
sent her husband out to get milk for
their baby. early one Sunday morn
ing. after they had moved to De-
troit.
"He d!dn't come back until s
o'clock that night" she said.
After giving up life in the rural
districts for that OF the big city.
prosperity left them. said the wife.
"He was bounded by debtors so
much" she testified. that a consta-
bic seized our cradle, one day, be-
fore our second child was born"
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
DetrOiters Clean Up
Thousands in NUM-
tons Securities
SPECTATORS ARE
NEW TO MARKET
Don't Know When to
Quit, and Luck is
Phenomenal

Several Detroiters have made
comfortable fortunes by investing
in the war brides" as the stocks
OF the companies dealing IN war
munitions are called. according to
Barnard c. Luce, manager of Paine,
Weber & Co.
THE peculiar thing about the
trade In the war stocks is that II
has attracted a new set OF people"
said MIR Luce THE old customers,
the men who have been used to deal.
ing on the market for years. have.
"a a rule. fought shy OF the stocks
or the munitions concerns. They
have felt that these stocks were too
uncertain. or they have been wait
ing for fall In price. The general
rule OF the market has been that
sharp advance is followed by a de-
cline. The old investors have been
waiting for this decline. But II has
rot come Instead Of falling back
after reaching 200. the war stocks
have gone on TO 500 Conditions
are unprecedented. Nobody except
those on the inside can know what
the market is going to do.
81 haven't a doubt that some %
the values are fictitious. believe
also that some OF the stocks are
below what they are really worth.
Only time will tell 'rhe few men
who know the real conditions are
not talking Charles Schwah prob
ably knows more than anybody else
Just what the value ~ some OF these
stocks Is, since 1t is he who has
apportioned many OF the war orders
Some companies may find that they
will have 10 charge of considerable
10 new machinery and To repairs.
which will eventually bring the
price OF their stock down. But just
at present, very few people are on
tho inside. and have any idea OF
the actual value OF the stocks which
they are buying.
"In spite of the fact that there Is
no telling what the market will do.
people continue TO buy ut 200 and
200 Just as eagerly as they did when
the stocks were around %. The old.
timers wouldn't do that. They would
be too wary. after the stock had
reached a certain figure
Some OF those who bought early
have already closed out and have
realized a handsome profit. Others
are still holding on. hoping for even
higher figures. know several peo-
Pile who have made thousands OF
dollars. but rs their business with
me IL strictly confidential. l can't
reveal any names. On the ether
hand. some have lost money by In.
vesting In the wrong stocks, or at
the wrong time"
Mr.. Iuce does not believe that
the lambs" are being "sheared" TO
any extent He says that the mar
ket has more than fulfilled the most
sanguine brokers' expectations. and
that no inducements have been
needed 10 make people invest
THE directors OF the manufactur.
Ing concerns whose stocks have
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
FOR SOFT-BOILED
EGGS DRACS BEDFORD MAN
INTO THE DIVORCE COURT

William Foss. farmer. OF BEDFORD.
didn't like 'em hard, scrambled, or
over. II he couldn't have his eggs
soft-boiled. nc didn't care for them
at all. But when they were boiled
to just the right taste-well, he just
couldn't get enough.
His passion for softboiled eggs.
according to his wife. was the cause
o; one OF their first quarrels. There
have been SD many of them that
Mrs. Foss Is now suing for divorce.
n Judge Hosmer's court. and her
husband Is coLtesting her charges
bitterly, and awaiting his oppor-
tunty TO bring forth witnesses to
support allegations he has made in
a cross-bill
Now, about these soft-boiled eggs.
Mrs. Foss related on the witness
stand. Tuesday morning, that she
and her husband were visiting his
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06

used to see them going out with
their dogs early in the morning In
the months of October and Novem-
Der to the fore forest of Jersey and
Westchester and returning with
bags filed with black roots which
they sold to hotels for good prices.
Truffes bring more than eight dol
lars a pound
The New York Botanical society
heard OF the truffle hunters OF Van
dam-st... and not only mounted pic
lures Of them and their dogs and
truffe-hunting outfits where people
could sec them in the Botanical
museum In Bronx. but mentioned
them In papers written on the sub
iect
The two men tried to get the de-
rar:ment of agriculture interested,
and Giavelli wanted the government
tc furnish the money for them to
make truff1e survey OF the United
States. to find out where truffies
were Ia be found In largest numbers.
and teach other people to hunt
them. France annually consumes
from 100000 to 100000 worth
Of trufies found within her own
borders and the two men said that
America ought to find more, because
America is bigger. Robba still hopes
to see truffle hunting established as
an industry In America.
The Ave dogs miss Giavelli very
much. Robba says perhaps he will
sell some OF the dogs. but would
rather the government would make
him Official truffe hunter in
America. He thinks that there are
millions Of dollars worth of truffies
going to waste In America every
year.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
JUSTICE DEPT.
INVESTIGATING
LUSITANIA ORDER

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.--The So.
ciety OF the Lusitania. with head.
quarters In Cleveland. o.. is being
given attention by the justice de
partment. though II was stated 70
day that the society has not violat.
ed United States neutrality laws.
The department has copies o.
what the organization sells as {
"credo.' a silent protest against
German barbarism." and a button
carrying a coat OF arms Of Germany
with a blood stain on II and Tn.
legend, THE Blot That Won't Come
on"
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
T i'm es' Anniversary
Issue Shows Growth
of AZ Per Cent
PEOPLE LIKE
CLEAN PAPER
Advertisers Appreciate
Value of Such a
Medium

Mondays anniversary issue of
The Times was the largest In point
Of advertising that The Times has
ever printed.
1t contained 3,437 inches OF adver-
Using. which is 1929 inches more
than any other edition every run
by The Times. In other words. In
Mondays edition there was a gain
Of AZ per cent in advertising over
the largest issue ever printed be-
fore in the history Of the paper.
This shows many things.
It shows. for instance. how The
Times Ia growing from year to year,
both in circulation, which is what
advertisers require, and in the esti-
nation of the advertisers them.
selves.
II shows the great prosperity OF
Detroit. In spite of the fact that
1t takes advertising to bring bust
ness, the advertising appropriation
is one of the first things which n
merchant cuts in a period OF strin-
gency. When business begins to
look up, the merchant usually de-
cides that with more advertising
he can attract more trade. The ad-
vertising columns of q newspaper
are a reliable indication of the
prosperity or depression OF COM
munity. The Times OF Monday
showed that the reports Of Detroit's
splendid business condition are not
exaggerated.
Another thing which is shown by
the amount OF advertising which
The Times carried. Monday, is that
people appreciate paper made In
the open. Subscribers like clean
paper. which they can bring home
without fear that wife and child
will find something In 1t which will
make him sorry that he brought 1t
into the house. And advertisers
find that advertising in a newspa-
per Of clnss pays better than adver-
Using lost in maze Of undesirable
copy.
Moreover, everyone who adver-
tised in The Times OF Monday had
just as good showing for his
money as everyone else. The paper
was unit. in which one page was
as effective as another. II was not
built in sections. in some Of which
a lot Of uninteresting, unimportant
features we're crowded. tempting the
reader to throw them away and
keep only the news pages. II was
made in book form. the pages could
be turned conveniently, and from
tho big news stories on Page I to
the editorials and editorial features
on Page 20, the paper was one COM
plete single-section whole.
The increase in advertising was
all the more remarkable from the
fact that there was not an undesir-
able ad. in the paper. There were
no whisky ads. no beer ads, no Gig.
arctic ads, no fake medicine ads
All Of the advertising was done by
reputable firms and individuals
Each advertiser knew that he would
be guaranteed good company. The
Y. M. c. A. and the Y. w. c. A
knew that their advertising OF good
works would not be nullined by
brewery and distillery copy In ad
iacent columns. The automobile
firms realized that their advertise
ments would be read by the sub
stantial citizens OF Detroit. not by
wastrels and sensation-lovers.
The Times enters its sixteenth
year with the firm conviction
backed by the figures Of Mondays
issue. that It pays to be clean.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
SANDERS,
GUITAR PLAYER,
PLEASE ANSWER

Clara NJ. Sanders, who plays a
guitar. and. II is thought, works in
n Detroit corset factory, had better
get In touch with her relatives, for
she is heiress to a large estate left
by her father. The letter which
Deputy City Clerk ingalls, has re-
ceived. says that Miss Sanders may
be known here as Miss Philips, or
she may be under An assumed name,
or better still. she may be married.
The letter does not state where the
estate is located. or why Miss San
ders plays the guitar.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
REMEDY
MAKES PURE BLOOD

Purify your blood by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This medicine has been
and still Is the peoples medicine be-
cause Of its reliable character and
Its wonderful success In the treat.
ment OF the common diseases and
ailments-scrofula. catarrh. rheuma.
tism, dyspepsia. loss Of appetite. that
tired feeling. general debility.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been test.
ed forty years. Get Il today.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
A Fine Beginning.

The Father-Want to marry Clar-
ence Littleneck. do you? He's got
nothing to furnish a fiat with.
The Daughter-He's starting in to
accumulate. father. He already has
mandolin and lovely manicure
set.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06

prtnttng-the plain neat kind-thst
IL right-Times job Dept.-MWin 4b2O
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06

gone mp are for the most part bust
ness men. not spectators" he said.
They have put their money into
their business. not into the market
| do not think that they would In
tentionally deceive the public"
The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
Strictly OsseOus.

Jack-Clancy struck me for two
bones once.
Pill-Phat? Thot rich contractor?
Jack-Yis. Struck me wild his car
and cracked two av me ribs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-16
RECORD REGISTRATION
OF MOOSE DELEGATES

Portland, Me, June 15.-At noon to-
day. with the business meeting of the
convention still day away. more del
egates were registered for the fifth an
nual convention and Field day of the
Moose lodges of New England than
were registered at the time of the
meeting in HaverhiIl year ago. The
local Moose officials having charge Of
the arrangements of the convention
were gratified to find the attendance Of
delegates already exceeding that Of a
year ago. and are confident that before
the big meeting is over record will
have been set in attendance and many
other respects that will not be beaten
for several years. At noon there were
over 200 visiting Moose in the city aside
from the delegates.
Several of the supreme officers ar
rived this noon from Boston, and reg
istered at the Congress Square Hotel,
where all of the officers and many Of
the delegates to the convention are to
stop. Headquarters are at the Dirigo
Moose Home en- Spring street, although
much of the activity will center at the
Congress Square. The supreme officers
already here are A. w. Hayden of Bos-
ton. national director, Hon. John w.
Ford Of Philadelphia, member Of the
Supreme Council, and George NJ. Ward
of Erie, Pa. supreme instructor. M. NJ.
Garland Of Pittsburg, the supreme die
tatpr Of the Loyal Order of Moose of
the World is to arrive from Boston this
afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-16
THREE Maine MEN
IN COAST GUARD
may Be RETIRED

Three men in the Maine District Of
the Coast Guard Service have been
ordered before the retiring board now
in session in Chelsea, Mass, and it is
understood that they will be recon-
mended for retirement as they have
served over 80 years in the United
States Life Saving Service, which is
now a part Of the Coast Guard Serv-
i've which also includes the revenue
cutter service Of the United States.
The three men ordered before the
retiring board are Edmund D. Kelley
Of the Indian River Life Saving Sta
ton, Charles w. Smith Of the West
Jonesport Life Saving Station, and
Thomas H. Barber Of the Portsmouth
Life Saving station.
Capt. S. N. Dyer Of the Cape Eliza
beth Life Saving Station will be eligi-
BILE for retirement from the service In
less than three years as he will have
served 80 continuous years at the Cape
Elizabeth Life Saving Station next
December and during the past 20 years
he has been the captain Of the crew
stationed there,