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Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

The room in which we stoou vas evil dently an apartment set apart fer Her use for beyond was the tih- 2edcL2m. ber. yet Che small, hiEnrp window was closely harr-l. and he cold bare ness Of tho us.s,u was sufficient in- deed to cause anyone confined there to prefer death to captivity.
 Again l sI6Easto her slowly and kindly but there was no response. That she v7s absolutely dumb was only too apparent Ne, surely she had not always been so. had gone lH search . her h...usg the beauty Jl her portrait la5 m0sue. mo ono bud now ig0ul her 70 ne .vrH ua~l lovely than her picture, yet alas! suf. fering from an adiiCion that rendered her life @ tragedy The realization Of the terrible truth staggered me. Such a perfect face as hers had never before set eyes upon SO beautiful SO clear-cut, SO refined, SO eminently the COuntenanco of one well born, and yet so inenably sad. SO full of blank un utterabIa despair.
 She placed her clasped hands Co her mouth and made signs by shaking her head that she could neither under stand nor respond. ! took my wallet from my pocket and wrote upon a piece of paper in a large hand the words. "I come from Lydia Moreton My name is Gordon Gregg
 When her eager gaze fell upon tho words she became instantly filled witl excitement and nodded quickly IheI holding her s,eel-clasped wrists Co wards me she looked wistfully at me US though imuioring me to release he rom the awful bondage in that silen tomb.
 Though the woman who had led m there endoavored 10 prevent it. l hand ed her the pencil, and placed the pape on the table ror her to write.
 The uuQ. tried to snatch it up, but held her 6m gently and forcibly say ing iu French:
 No. l wish to see if she is reall insane. You will at least allow m this satisfaction"
 AIN MAl4H ha NNlt lA uAA'l "a tAtA Elma, with the pencil in her finger. ,-ied to Srite, but by reason of he lands being bound so closely was ur -ble. Al length, however, after sey ra attempts. she succeeded in prin ilg in uneven capitals the resBouse.
 CT know you You were on th yacht thought they killed you
 The tiuFaced old woman saw he responso-a reply that'wa surely IT .onal enouah-aud her brows cor .-acted with disulea5ure
 "Why are you hcre?' ] wrote, nc Glowing the sister to get sight of m question
 In response. she wrote painfully an llbor0usly
 'I am Condemned for a crime ] di rot commit Take me from here, or nall kin myself
 "Ahl" exclaimed the old woma
 You see, poor girl, she believes he -1lf innocent They all do.'
 But why is she here" l demandD lsrcely
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

or an original inquiry from Russia for between 85O,OOO and 100000 tons of steel rails from American mauufac- turers, nearly half have now been placed, and there remains at total of 100000 tons to 25O,0OO tons still to be contracted for.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

Starting with the Modesto district fou California irrigation districts have been conducting an experiment in single tax as applied Go district revenues The latest 10 adopt this method was the TuIlock district, in which the farmers voted for the new system in a proportion of nine Co one. Oakdale and South San Joaquin had already taken the step.
 Modesto started in 1887 70 tax im- proVements az wMl as land, but found that this penahzej tne farmer wEo improved his land, planted orchards and erected buildings Al the same time, absentee land owners
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

eide. The election was carried by a large majority in 1911, over the op- position of the larger land owners.
 The result has been the cutting up of large tracts into smaller farms, intensive cultivation and unprece- dented building activity in inc city Jf Modesto. There is practically no sentiment for return to the old sys- tenn.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

who held large tracts out of use, were lightly taxed and made large amounts in speculation.
 The situation was first met by low assessments on improvements but spectators objected SO strongly that AssemblymaE IT. r. Griffin secured the passage of a law to put an of the tax on the uRimpl value of the land, when the electors should so de-
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

Call and let us show you this stock, also a full line of other papers and envelopes that will interest you.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27

"The whole people seem to be live ing in a state of wonderful exhala- tion," says Miss Angela Morgan, the poet, who has just returned from Germany after attending the Wom- sn's Peace Conference at The Hague.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26

tain type foundry and a printing
press. and they have accomplished
great things for the education OF their
people and for the development of Ar.
menian literature The academy con.
nected with Echmiadzin is one OF the
first educational institutions in the Ar.
menian world. and many OF its pupils
do excellent graduate work in German
and Russian universities. 1t was
founded under Catholicus George "
in 1873, and regularly trains between
200 and 300 boys.
The Armenian Pompeii.
Ami is a remarkable ruined Ar.
menian city in the heart of the eau.
casus battlefields. Its thick, crum-
bling walls and the ragged foundations
of its ancient buildings, mayhap, have
served. since the outbreak. of the great
war, as defenses for the Russian or
turkish soldiers. Ami is the Ar
.nenian Pompeii.
The ruins lie in rolling, parched.
upland country. almost deserted. They
are near the Alexandropol-E rivan rail
way, a little more than thirty miles
south of Alexandropol, and some thir-
ty-five miles from the Russo-Ottoman
boundary. There is a steep hill to
the south and east of the stored cap
ital of the old Armenian kingdom,
and through a tortuous gorge beside
the dead city flows the Arpa Chat, a
weird, bright-green river. This is the
site Of the last great city OF free
Armenian people.
Ami was once a famous, splendid
capital, the "city with the 1901
churches" whose influence extended
throughout the Caucasus, and as far
as England in the West. All that re-
main of its population are an aged
Armenian monk, the director OF ex.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26

HE SOIL OF Armenia, land of
many miseries and massacres,
Is drinking the blood of her
Christian martyrs again. To
the memory Of the most of US
1t seems as if the Christian nations
have always been protesting against
Armenian butcheries by the Turks.
1t is singular land, that IN which
the Turks are putting SO many men,
women and children to the sword. 1t
is a land SO old, reaching so far back
into the morning mists of history that
the earliest legends of the human race
point to it as the birthplace of man
kind. There rise the headwaters of
the River Euphrat~s, which flows on
through the Garden of Eden Mount
Ararat lifts its sublime head above the
plain of those massacres with the
same placid oblivion to human cries
and pangs that it showed when Noah's
Ark rested there.
The very village founded by Noah
and his family when they emerged
from the Ark is yet there. the Oldest
inhabited town in the world.
The Armenian is the oldest branch
of Aryan stock on this earth They
trace their descent back to Japhet,
grandson Of Noah. That may or may
not be true, but certain it is that
from that land in the shadow OF Ar
arat, somewhere in the region now
generally designated as Armenia, the
human race first began that process
of migration and development that has
led to the peopling OF every corner
OF the earth. From Armenia began
the dispersion Of the nations, and all
the legends of the early prehistoric
days point the finger back toward
that land at the headwaters of the
Euphrates and Tigris as the birth
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26

cavations and the pleasant host to
stray antiquarians and other tourists
to places out of the way, and a few
Armenian peasants.
The ancient capital was built upoa
a promontory, out by the Arpa Chat
and small tributary stream. Across
the third side it's founders had cut q
ditch, making their city floor a raised
platform. which gave it great advan-
tages for defense In the days before
cannon could hurl their destruction
from the neighboring heights. Ami
was strong fortress in its heyday.
and its powerful walls, with their
many towers, are still standing, strung
around the plain. The walls have
largely decayed, however, through the
centuries in which the city has lain
quiet and unpeopled.
Back Of the walls lie the remains
Of churches. palaces and pubic places
without number, some Just che heavy
groundwork. suggesting the oldtime
structure, while other buildings sur
vive in high. ragged masonry. The
cathedral stands unbroken, a solitary.
weather-torn edifce, . red and brown
growth out Of the red and brown
plain.
The history Of the later years Of the
Armenian kingdom is bound up in the
history Of Ami. The stronghold CITY
became the capital Of the Bagratid
kings Of Armenia in 961. The Byxan-
tium emperor captured 1t in 1916, and
It was then q hive of many scores of
thousands. wealthy city and an in.
viting one. The Seljuk Turks carried
fire and sword throughout its confines
IS years later; the warlike Georgfans
took it Eve times between 1925 and
1909; the Mongols overran it in 1899.
and an earthquake in 1919 completed
the work Of ruin. The great cathe-
dral, the most perfect survival, was
founded in 1910. just at the begin
ming of the city's long chain Of misfor.
tunes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
place of every nation that preserved
q memory of its own origin,

place of every nation that preserved
q memory Of its own origin.
Sacred Treasure Of Armenia.
In the southern Caucasus, near the
meeting point of Persia, Russia and
Turkey, ia situated the most treas
ured and sacred possession Of the Ar
menian nation, the monastery and
cathedral of Echmiadzin, the Holy See
of Armenian Christians, the heart of
the Armenian nation, and the source
of that strength which has held to-
gether and guided the Armenians
through centuries of persecution, war
fare and massacre, says a bulletin OF
the National Geographic society. Ech-
miadzin is the seat Of the catholicus,
or primate, OF the Gregorian Armenian
church,
Mount Ararat lies just to the south
Of the venerable Armenian see. Here
runs the Russo Turkish frontier. while
a few miles to the southeast lies Per
STA. The monastery lies about 5000
feet above the sea. 40 miles north Of
Ararat. and IL miles west of Erivan.
the capital Of the Russian government
in which 1t is situated. The Armenian
Rome IL surrounded by massive, gray
mud walls, which inclose the mon.
astery, the cathedral and an academy.
The buildings are arranged around
great quadrangle, in the center OF
which stands the cathedral Of st. Greg
DRY the illumination. church Of more
ancient beginnings than even far
famed Santa Sophia of Constantinople.
1t has been the bulwark Of Christian
ity against the barbarians Of Asia
since 1872, and, though its fight has
been unusually severe. long and hero
fc. little is known Of Echmiadzin
among the peoples Of the West.
The library Of Echmiadzin is
treasure store Of Armenian documents
and literature, and on its shelves are
kept some remarkable manuscripts Of
the gospels. dating from the ninth
and tenth centuries. The monks main
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
Three Counties to Get Water.

Three Counties to Get Water.
State Engineer Welland approved
the plans Of the Apishapa Consolidated
Irrigation Company for a dam across
the Apishapa river that will be the
highest earthen dam In the state
Work upon the structure, which will
be lis feet in height, has already been
begun by the contractor Twenty
thousand acres of land in three coun
ties will be irrigated from the storage
Of water the dam will make possible
The land IL situated in Pueblo. Oterc
and las Animas counties
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
Board Cuts Tramway and Gas Tax.


After almost three weeks considera-
alton, the state board OF equalization,
by divided vote. decided to reduce
the assessment on the properties of
the Denver Tramway and Denver Gas
and Electric Light companies to the
figures adopted by the Denver city
commissioners sitting as county
board of equalization. Following the
action of the board. the tramway and
gas companies paid $4,000 in back
taxes owed the state for the years
1912, 1913 and 1914. The tramway
paid $14,70O and the gas company SILL.
300. The total reduction in the two
assessments was $7,731.326 The tax
commission fixed the valuation of the
tramway company at s1G,973,65o. The
board adopted an assessment of 3d..
222.530, making a reduction IN the
tramway valuation of $3,751.120 The
Gas and electric corporation was
valued by the tax commission at $13,.
O27.200, but the board reduced the as
sessment to $9,046,994, a reduction OF
$3.9sO,206. A reduction OF 100000
was also allowed by the board in the
assessment of the Arkansas Valley
Railway, Light and Power Company Of
Pueblo, the company's valuation being
fixed at $4,500,00Q,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
Invest Funds in Colorado Securities.
Declare Denver Can't Go Dry.

That the constitutional amendment
for the recall Of judicial decisions rem.
ders 1t legally impossible for Denver to
go dry" on Jan. l next-the date the
prohibition amendment becomes effec.
tive-is the claim being made by those
who also contend that, by virtue Of
its charter, Denver Is excluded from
operation Of the prohibition amend.
ment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
Thomas Takes Oath.

Thomas Takes Oath.
c. E. Thomas Of Colorado Springs
who was appointed by Governor Carl
son a member Of the state board OF
examiners Of architects, took his oath
Of office.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
HOMESTEAD MILLION AcRES.
Actual Settlers With Experience On
Non-lrrisated Land Locate In
Lamar District


Denver-One of the greatest rushes
OF bona fide settlers to Colorado that
has ever been recorded is now taking
place In the southeastern corner of
this state, according to A. L. Beavers,
register OF the United States Land OF
fice for the Lamar district. More than
100000 acres have been homestead
ed In the last year, and the rush Is
steadily increasing from month to
month-instead Of falling off at this
season of the year, as usual
These new settlers probably are
the best Colorado ever obtained" said
Mr. Beavers. for they are nearly all
experienced farmers Of non-irrigated
lands, who come from neighboring
states, where conditions are mostly
identical; they know what they are up
against right from the start, and they
know how to begin in a way that will
insure success.
Virtually all OF them have ready
cash to undertake the development OF
their property. And they have fine
work horses and an adequate stock of
mich cows. They are not taking the
land for speculation, but to make per-
manent homes. They are making the
right kind Of start, so that years OF
scant rainfall will not affect them"
During the first ten months OF 1915
Mr.. Beavers has placed 1881 home
stead applications on land The great.
er part OF these applicants were men
with families, raising the number of
settlers to at least 10000. These men
took 970,664 acres.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26

Form $25o,ooo Sulphur Company.
Incorporation papers for q $25o,006
sulphur company we're filed with the
secretary Of state. The company is
known as the Cody Sulphur Company.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
State May Sue for Bio Rebate.

An attempt to recover thousands of
dollars said to have been unlawfully
paid out for state printing will be
made by Governor Carlson, according
to r. W. Bradford, successor to Harry
w. Risley as state printing commits
sioner. Claims will be made that for
succession Of years printing firms
were allowed to charge more than the
maximum fixed rate by statute. The
amount sought for the alleged over
charges is fixed as high as 100000
Invest Funds In Colorado Securities.
The right of the State Agricultural
Board to invest $1S8,O0O of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College funds in for
eign securities was questioned by
State Treasurer Stocker, when he re-.
fused to honor a contract between the
board and trust company. The board
agreed to purchase Arizona, Montana.
Kansas and Texas bonds. Mr.. Stocker
says that, according to his interpreta-
ton of the law. the college funds must
be invested in Colorado securities.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-26
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDNSQlO0L
LESSON

(by y. ~ SELLERS, Acting Director of
sunday School Course of Moody Bible
Institute of ChicagoD
(Copyright 1915. Western Newspauer Union
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-13

1t was some thrill 1 want to tell
you to appear on the screen and in
the audience at one and the same
time. That is an advantage we have
over the ordinary theater.
remember was cast for the part
of little Italian girl. l was very
much afraid of failing and it took
me some time to get over my camera
fright and immerse myself in my
character.
Some of the studio managers, who
saw the film first, told me it was q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29
OLD AND NEW WAY
TO TREAT CATARRH
Breathing a Germ Killing Air En-
dorsed BY Actual Results

uOTScu ny Actual heSullS
The discovery of Hyomei has
wrought wonderful change in The
treatment of catarrh.
Prior to three years ago the medi-
cines ordinarily employed in the cure
OF this disease were drugs, sprays.
lotions, etc. In some instances they
benefited, but the improvement was
not lasting.
With Hyomei you take into the air
passages OF your throat and head a
balsamic air that goes into the minut-
est cells. and should eifectually kill
all germs and microbes of caarrh. Its
purpose is to enter the blood with the
oxygen, killing the germs in the
blood and restore health to the whole
system. Many astonishing testimon-
ials have been received from those
who have been helped by Hyomei.
A complete outfit is inexpensive
and sufficient Hyomei for several
weeks treatment.
Perhaps the strongest evidence that
can be given to doubters. is the fact
that w. L. Gokay has so much faith
in Hyomei that he sells every pack
age under 4 positive guarantee to re-
fund the money If it does not relieve.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
tho diseased portion of the car. There is
only way to cure Deafness and that IL
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an lnhamed condition of the nv
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube IL infiamcd you have rumbliug
sound or imperfect hearing. and when IL is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh.
which is nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give one Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by ca .arrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars free.
f, j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, use.
Take Halrs Family Pills for constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29

War like some other things, is Of
ten q case of bluff. In every great
war opposing commanders have often
present time there is some reason to
think that the present situation
around Saloniki is more advertised
than the facts warrant, In fact it
looks as though England and Ger
many may be both bluffing there
England is weak in Egypt and in
India and wants no Teutonic drive
toward either. BY gathering con
siderable force at Saloniki England
hopes to threaten the German line OF
communication between the Danube
and Constantinople and keep the Ger
mans from crossing the Bosphorus.
On the other hand the Germans by
massing on the Greek frontier and
threatening Salonki seek to compel
England and France to send more
troops to Greece instead of to the bat
lie line in France. Germany must
expect another advance by Russia
NUN ltiSd Vi llllO JdllCid Win ll6
opening of spring and seemingly can
not afford the loss and risk of attack
ing the allies in Greece II is to be
doubted If either side plans or expects
anything decisive at Saloniki In the
meantime the final crisis of the war
comes slowly nearer. The great EN-
pire of Russia has been overrated in
its numerical strength. The empire
has population of 200 millions, but
of these more than quarter are
Mongols, and half savage races from
eastern and southern Asia. Nearly
another quarter are Poles, Firms,
Lithuanians and others whose loyalty
is suspected by the Russian ruling
class. The available population of
Russia from which recruits can be
gathered probably has not more than
eighty millions and Russia has al
ready lost toward four million men.
Russia cannot increase her army any
easier than the other belligerents and
has far fewer available men than
Great Britain. Russia was the first
Of the nations at war to call the re.
cruits of the 1917 classes and the
Russian empire is being combed with
fine tooth comb for more men. She
is short of officers and her new re-
cruits are being trained by Italian,
French, British and possibly Japanese
officers. AS soon as her new levies
can be hammered into shape Russia
will begin new offensive and, with
the experience of the past year before
them, the English and French will at
the same time go up against the Ger
man line in France and Flanders.
The end of the war cannot be said to
be in sight but the stage is being set
for the final colossal struggle and it
will not be at Saloniki.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29
TO succoR STARVING SERBS
Americans Confer with Italian Off
ciaI on Means to Give Aid.

Rome, Dec. 27--Hugh Griffen and
Charles Carroll, representing the
American Relief Clearing House in
Paris and DR.. Edward w. Ryan, chief
of the American Red Cross in Serbia,
were received at the Ministry of For
eign Affairs today They were ac-
companied by Thomas Nelson Page,
the American Ambassador.
Arrangements were made by the
Americans to take supplies into Ser
bia and Albania, the appalling destitu
ton of whose people has been render
ed worse by the fact that Serbian
money is being refused, although the
Bank OF France accepts it,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank OF
Bennington Vermont will be held at
their banking rooms. on Tuesday. the
18th day OF January, 1916, at IL
O'Clock in the forenoon. for the cleo.
tiQn of five directors for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction OF such
before the meeting
l.. A. Graves, cashier.
Bennington, VT. Dec. 9th. 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29
A man should try

to be as good as his wife and children
think he is. one long step in the
right direction is providing good life
insurance for their protection. Ma
tional Life Ins. Co., of Vt. (Mutual)
Earle S. Kinsley, General Agent
Mead Building, Rutland, Vt. Adv.