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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
His Investment,

The man with the hoe had just fin.
ished planting his sweet peas.
There" said he.. Strengthening up.
I've spoiled a IS pair of shoes and
ruined a Sc pair of trousers. but If
we have good luck Wen get a bouquet
for which the florist would have
charged about SO cents. STRAY
Stories.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
Gas Explosion Kills Three.

Marshall. Ill.,. Oct. 6.-Aaron Jones,
Ed Houston and Robert Slusser are
dead as the result OF an explosion OF
natural gas in an automobile garage
here. One of the men struck match
to light a cigar and set Off the gas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
W anIeu 10 repeat.

Stranger-"Seventeen years ago l
landed here in your town broke. |
struck you for dollar You gave it to
ME. saying you never turned request
like that down." Citizen teagerly)-
"Yes?" Stranger-'Well, arc you still
game?"-Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
Already Done.

Mrs. Slocum Ito her husbands
chum)-"Tom. wish you co.ld break
George of playing poker. The INN
IT did break him, only last night 80,
Chicago Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
One at a Time.

The modern tendency in all grades
Is toward the development and eleva
tion OF the individual as a unit. 1t is
the individual that counts in the bust
Tess world, which has to do solely
with the uniI.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
How katyti;,, SINGS Its Soma,

How Katyd'G Sings It's song.
The sounds made by the katydid are
produced by the friction OF the tab
orets (little drums). in the triangular
overlapping portion OF each wing COW
er against each other and are strength
ened by the escape OF air from the
'sacs OF the body. The katydid has
been called the 'testy little dogma
tist." $780,.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
Hint for Housewife.

T1INL TOT F1OU3CWI1C.
One ounce each of cloves, cedar and
7hubarb pulverized together makes aa
good perfume for closets aud drawers
ard the mixture helps to prevent
moths. Il.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
M;-i.t Marry 10 Rerorm Them.

II girls c<Naid see til" men they are
going to marry before breakfast there
would be fewer weddings Topeka
Capital.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06

Military Hospital Burns.
Plymouth, England. Oct 6.-Fire de-
stroyed the Salisbury Road Military
hospital here. All the patients were
safely removed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

enough time to dodge through and
slam the secret door in the faces OF
the squad as they rushed in
Back of the house Clutching Hand
and the other crooks we're now pass
Ing through brieked passage The
tire had got SO far beyond control BY
this time that it drove the police back
from their efforts TO open the secret
door. Thus the Cutching Hand had
made good his escape through the
passage which led out, as We later dis
covered, to the railroad tracks along
the river
Down there-Mr Kennedy and
MIR. Jameson cried Elaine pointing
at the trap which was hidden in the
strife.
The fire bad gained terrific head
way, but the police seized ladder
and stuck il down into the basement.
Choking and suffering, hallsutfo-
Gated. We staggered up
Are YOU hurt ~ asked Elaine, anx.
iously, taking Craig's arm.
Net n bill thanks To youl" he re
piled. forgetting ali in meeting the
eager questioning OF her Wonderful
eyes
no TITS Continued
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

"Outside--a raid, Run! He's told
them
Already we could hear the ham
meFs and axes Of the police whom
Kennedy had called upon before, as
they battered at this outside door
At that door a moment before the
lookout suddenly had given a startled
stare and suppressed cry CHANGING
down the street he had seen a police
patrol i'll which were score or more
Of the strong arm squad. They had
jumped out. some carrying sledge-
hammers, others axes.
Almost before he could cry out and
retreat to give warning they had
reached the door and the first re-
sounding blows had been struck
The lockout quickly had fed and
drawn the bolts of a strong inner
door, and the police began Dattering
that impediment
Instantly Clutching Hand turned to
LeCroix at the Fray machine.
Finish them" he shouted.
We were now backed up against a
small eli in the wall Of the cellar T.
vas barely large enough to hold us,
but by crowding we were able to keep
out OF the reach Of the ray The ray
shot past the ell and struck the wall a
couple Of inches from us
looked The cement began 10
erumble under the intense heat
Meanwhile the police were having
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

covd. r1tA by All Foa:n erlt re.enea
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

NeeP'n9 BACK d o''o7e -
mont .siaulns IT aa- p0rneres. IA.
aasefg Interested
As Haaeatt hung mp HE receiver
#5amas entered t'sH foemz
HFr anyone -a5H5 ara#rfd Ben
1ctf. ~taaa sl. message. particularly
n IS rom tfes B=He
Ye- s4r. uoddeH the valet With "a
covert glance nj na Hasvr
'- .~.,., .,..a go that o
faaoE sounded 81 tta door OF tHe HaE
Headquarters of tta cluteA.as il#a5
f.fsrs.. ard. -se#.tarq were there.
81 =a.el} as 3, couple ~ others.
~The Ch.ef exclaimed ore.
Tho secretary opened the door.
.aH sure enough tina tigichine II 90
entered
There ,aaie err knoch. 1ais
time. as the door onened. # was
Thomas Benefits iaithless valet. Who
entered
Say. burted oat the informer do
gou know Kennedy and Jameson are
back
Rack 81 cried the crooks.
Yes - they didn't go Changed
clothes with the poftefs ! iust heard
Miss Dodge telling Mr.. Bennet
Clntehing Hand eyed him keeHly'
then seemed to burst INTO an ungoF-
ernable fury
Quickly he began Volleying orders
at the valet and the otoefs' lheH'
with the secretary and two OF the
other crooks he LEFT BY another door
from that By which he had sent the
valet
Leaving the undertakers, Kennedy
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

E. small box Opening the notebook on
the laboratory table, Re rapidly turned
the pages
Here, Walter" he remarked This
Win answer your question about the
mysterious deadly ray"
moved over to the table eager to
satisfy my curiosity and read the
notes which he indicated with his
finger.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

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aah-ans N Hafs. s.ie I'm. INV 81 GU ''-'
r.seIss feP'a'ti'z tiie -, a. 5a go
JENNINGS raasfd. AS ne o'' so
orr ot tae paF-afs ''e' ie' y. - ~ ~
8iFe MESSAGE nor you - ~. - ~
said Iu af3fh ltish oF4sas' " IN . w. :,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

had been using long before In tho
study OF synthetic colaring materials
Before Elaine could recover har
tongue he seized them and stuck .hsn
into n tall baaser like = ware Tfeo
he deliberately walked to the window
and placed the heaker on the ledge in
aost prominent position
Elaine and Bennett, to say nothing
IF a,tselr eazed 2, a,ul. .,,>..-lf.,,,
Isis there no ether ygs bgf 10
surrender" she asked
Kennedy moarafaIly shook Ms
head
Tn afraid not he answered sfo4
Is. There's 10 telling how far aI.
low who has this mar5slags newer
might 90. t think r. better leave to
save You. lie may net content him
sr!f vifa faaa.-at 5#es:#. 3. .t-.+es .
Nobng that any uf as craF8 sa
GOT -, t,.. ,.l5=.,.f5...,. ..r f....r.. b.
LII could n,nr.z. b5r4 -rE, d.aF,.s.t
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16
lNEEA-RED Ray NOTES.

lNFRA-RED RAY NOTES.
The pure iufra-ied rly winch aas been
! Developed bv LoCroiN from tho e%peri-
: meutS Of The Italian scientist. IEEi causes,
+ Whon concentrated hF an apparatus per
{ fr.tFl bf lrEr0i& an in9tHntan. Gus cnrl-
/ hg4 ION Of uon-rotiurfing SET aces. L is
+ particularly deadly N its effect On tic
+ iHHiH eaHteEs.
/ ~ 4 shield composed Of platinum backed
=! ~ asb"stus.
Newt Kennedy opened the case
/ which he had taken out Of the cab
] met, and from it he took cut plat
inum-asbestos mirror. which was
something Of his own invention He
held it up. and in pantomime showed
ne Just how it would cut off the dead
! " rays.
/ He had not finished even that when
/ . peculiar noise in the laboratory it.
/ self disturbed him. and he hastily
thrGst the asbestos platinum shield
+ mt his pocket.
Though sc had not realized if. our
! return had been anticipated
/ Suddenly from a closet projected a
! magazine gun. and before we could
/ move GlGtchiHg Hand himself slowly
/ appeared behind Us
We started to our feet, nut in an
instant feuHd ourselves SPRAYING on
i the floor
In the cabinet beneath the labora-
tory table. another crook had been
! hidden aud he tackled Us with alt
die sEll Of an old football player,
AGAINST whom We had no defense
j Four Of them we're upon Ms in
sanity
AT the same time Thomas. the faith
less valet Of Bennett had been dis
patched ny the sfiutchiug Hand to
commander his masters roadster in
his absence and CARRYING ont the in.
struetions. he had driven up before
Elaine's house a the very moment
- hen she vas going ont fer walk
Thomas iumHfa ont Of tho car and
touched his hal deCagcntiaI1y
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-16

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
WILSON ABAND0Ns
EXPOSITION TRIP

Washington. Marsh 6.-Vice Pres
ident Marshall will go to San Fran
cisco to represent President Wilson
at the formal dedication of the Pan
anna Pacific exposition on March 20.
The president still hopes TO visit the
exposition later.
President Wilson with reluctance
gave up his plans for going to the
coast this month. but decided that he
was needed in Washington to dire.t
the negotiations for the protection of
American interests during the war
He had received many invitations to
speak in a number of states On the
trip to and from San Francisco AMI
may accept them later.
Secretary Daniels stated Friday that
be intended to carry out his origina.
plan to visit the Panama Pacifis ex-
position next July. making the trip
IN a warship via the Panama canal
about july l. There probably viii
be a number OF distinguished guests
IN the seeretary's party
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
LAWYERS TO CONFER
ON 2-CENT CASES

Representative Of the five biz
roilroad companies interested In the
2cent rate cases to be brought to
trial in the federal court March EJ
viii meet at Oklahoma City Tuesday
to discuss the method Of procedure
in an effort to shorten the hearing.
Attorney General Prime freezing
and Assistant J. H Miley will confer
with the railroad lawyers. Unless
a definite agreement on many feat
ures is reached 1t is generally be-
lieyed that the hearing will not be
concluded for more than a year.
Judge Joseph II. Hill Of ut Smith,
who has been retained to assist the
state, has been asked by Attorney
General freezing to be in oklahoma
City for the meeting with the rail-
way Representatives If possible.
The rate cases, involving the right
,f the Frisco, Santa Fe, Rock island.
Katy and Kansas City Southern to
,harge 8 cents mile in Oklahoma,
win be tried before Judge Frank A.
roumans.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
DEPUTY CO. ATTORNEYS
MAY RETAIN PRACTICE
ATTY. GEN. FREELING HOLDS
THAT LAWS DO NOT FORBID
PRIVATE PRACTICE.

Oklahoma City, Okla. March 6.--
! Disagreeing with former Attorney
i General Charles West, the new attor-
ney generals office Friday gave an
opinion holding that assistant county
attorneys may legally retain their
private practice after assuming their
official duties. The opinion, written
by Assistant r. II. Wood and APPROX
; ed by every member of the force, was
furnished at the request of Fred NJ
Carter assistant county attorney of
Okmulgee county.
The ruling held that sections 1857.
and 1863 OF the revised 1910 session
laws, providing for the appointment
and compensation Of assistant county
attorneys, were intended by the legis-
lature to be considered collectively
and in the light Of each other.
'The maximum salary allowed by
the act is so ridiculously small that
any thonghtlof barring assistants from
other means of snstenance within the
range of their profession is preclud-
ed, the opinion said. I'm so far as
his civil business does not interfere
with official interests he represents
the assistant county attorney un-
doubtedly may engage in civil prac-
tice without violation Of the policy or
statutes OF the state
The opinion pointed out that the
legislature provided extra compensa-
ton for the county attorney by per-
hitting him to claim 25 per cent Of
all bonds and recognizances forfeited,
arguing that this showed conclusivelyl
hat the lawmakers did not intend for
he assistant to be shut off with moth
ng save the salary paid by the county,
Much confusion resulted from the
Vest Offices stand on this question,
he former attorney general holdingI
hat assistants could not accept pri-
ate practice while his assistants, in
body, decided to the contrary. Both1
pinioEs were sent to every county in
he state, and county attorneys were
uzzled over which to accept.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06

six reel Keystone comedy, which will
be shown at the Gem Theatre sun
day and Monday, matinee and night
is not dependent alone on the funny
maneuvers of Chas, Chaplin, Marie
Dressler. eminent Broadway comed-
ienne. in the role of Tillie, shares
honors with Chaplin. Keystone Mabel
Normand also gets her full share Of
the applause. The three foim the
strongest combination ever offered
in screen comedy. The picture is
one continual uproar from the first
reel to the last The management Of
the Gem Theatre guarantees that the
production is the biggest scream ev-
ar shown at local theatre.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
FIVE YEAR OLD
SPEAKS I
LANGUAGES.
"BILLY" WEIGH WILL AD-
DRESS EDUCATORS IN
IOWA CONVENTION

Pittsburg, March 6.-To appear be-
fore vast assemblage of profession
al educators as an expert linguist is
an honor of which the average grown
up, even a teacher, would justly feel
proud. But such is the honor that
Is to be accorded a 5-year-old Pitts
burg boy, Billy" Walsh, son Of AS
sistanf District attorney William f,
Walsh To speak English at five
years of age is considered no mean
achievement for the average youngs-
ter, but @Billy' speaks seven Ian
guages, one Of them Esperanto. When
told of the engagement made for him
away out in Iowa it did not discon-
cert him in the least.
So widely has ''Billy'ss fame ex-
tended that he receives almost every
week some newspaper clipping from
Spain, Germany. China or Japan tell
ing about his wonderful little mind.
Nor is he alone baby boy we'll vers-
ed in seven languages. He is a bot
anist and an astronomer. Educat
ors from the northwest have heard
Of Billy Walsh of Pittsburg as
shining exponent Of natural educa-
ion" and they have offered to bear
he expenses Of his trip to and from
Sioux City if he will go there to at
end the annual convention of the
Teachers association
Turing the latter part OF this month.
)f course Billy is not going alone
'irs. Walsh viii accompany him as
pecial guest of the convention and
he will explain, in the native tongue
Il the land, the merits of the nat
raj education system while 5-year |
Id Billy demonstrates them in
even languages.
Despite @Billy's@ early mental de-
elopment, his physical development
as not been neglected. He is big
or his age, rosy checked, robust and
ght-hearted
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
loss Of APPETITE
Most successfully Treated BY Waking
Hoods Sarsaparilia.

LOSS OF appetite is accompanied by
loss of vitality, which Is serious.
II is common in the spring because
Al this time the blood is impure and
impoverished and fails to give the
digestive organs what is absolutely
necessary for the proper perform
ance Of their functions,
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the old reli-
able alI-the-yearround medicine. is
especially useful in the spring Get
il from your druggist today BY
purifying and enriching the blood
and giving vitality, vigor and tone,
it is wonderfully successful in. the
treatment OF loss of appetite and the
other ailments prevalent at this time.
II is not simply spring medicine--it
Is much more than that-but it is the
best spring medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the rich
red blood the digestive organs need.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
Children n Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 T Q r ! a
sT0RK PAYS FIRST
VISIT TO 0|LT0N

Oilton, Okla, March 6.-The stork
has paid its first visit to oilton and
as a result little Miss Ruth oilton
Havens IS stopping with George
Havens. the blacksmith. and wife
The HaYens family came to Clifton
three weeks ago the mother being
one of the first women in the city.
The citizens in general look upon the
advent of the daughter With mani
fest interest and are Iaanning n.
number of celebrations Id her hon
or. The parents have been asked
to name day in the very near ftl-
iure when each and every lan In.
town may cal and pay his respects to
the baby.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06

The Kansas cowi,sioy 3 here shown
larncstly engaged in strengthening
himself BY roaghing it with his spar
ing partner He anticipates having
difficulty with Johnson on the IL
lighting and feels it necessary that
ne viii have to be very strong when
he eolored champion will attempt to
wear him down, as he did to Moran
n their recent fight. Willard is TAX
ng every prccaution for this fight and
When the participants are introduced
before the fray the white race will be
represented by a well-trained and
coached fighter. After the fight is
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06

Pittsburg, March GA romance oi
the ante-bellum days, away back in
1857, all these years has remained
l dormant within the shadow of Pitts
burg, known only to the principals of
the olden-time courtship, now to burst
from It's half-century of slumber into
all notoriety Of the domestic relations
court. To have lived deyotedly for
5S years. waiting for the return of the
bridegroom of her youth, whose wife
she says she became in a little Ohio
Village and finally, at the age of S5,
to have her husband hailed into court
on charge of desertion and non-sup-
port is the life story in brief OF Nancy
Beyington, her maiden name, of Dew
ington, near Burgettatown Pa
James Conkle, aged S2, Of Pittsburg,
does not contend that for the past IS
years he has lived in the daily thought
Of one woman. In fact he married
twice since he met Miss Bevington.
once in 1862, thai wife dying within
eight months, and again in 1866, when
he married a Miss McKaig Of Pitts
burg, by whom he had six sons, the
oldest of whom now is As years of age,
He declares that he Is not guilty Of
and desertion of the
woman who is suing him because he
never married her legally. He says
he was invited to her home by her
brother, In 1857, that he found JUS
tice of the peace waiting, that the lat !
ter pronounced him and Miss Beving-
ton man and wife, and that he ex-
I'VE are not man and wife,
and left town the next day for Westl
Virginia. Not~until 1882, he says, did
Miss Bevington get in touch with him,
md then he did not acknowledge herl
Is his wife. The case will be heard
IN March IL. Walter ]. Dipple and
luther w. Mendenhall are counsel for
he defendant and Harry Weisbergerl
) the plaintiffs attorney
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
AT THE THEATRES
AT THE GEM
lilies Punctured Romance.

Titles Punctured Romance.
Illlie's Punctured Romance. -,
first and only genuine six reel Key
stone comedy which has come to the
Gem Theatre has been pronounced
and proven by critics from coast to
coast as the funniest film in the
world Since the coming of motion
pictures there has never been and
probably never shall be a comedian
whose light shines in the movie fan
Permanent along with that of Chas.
Chaplin, leading fun maker with the
Keystone company and the highest
salaried man in public life. Charlie
Chaplin, nimble footed keystone
comedian is beyond all doubt the
most widely known person living
More than twenty million people see.
him every day in the different char
acters that he has made famous un-
der the generalship OF the master
comedy director Mack Sennett. yice
president and general manager OF
The Keystone company. Twenty mil
lion followers per day is absolutely a
record This statement is borne out
by actual staticties made by agents
Of the Moving Picture YVorld mara
line and is ABSOLUTELY unparalleled by
he popularity Of any celebrity Of the
stage or screen in the history of
heatricals
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06

This is David Caplan. arrested in
Seattle the other day by agents OF
William j. Burns. the detective, who
has hunted him for more than two
years The photograph is the latest
Of the dynamiter; in fact, the only
one taken since the explosion in the
Los Angeles Times building. He was
running chicken farm and barber
shop on Bainbridge Island in Puget
Sound, near Seattle. NJ. A. Schmidt,
who escaped with him after the
blow-up OF the building, was taken
In New York the other day By Mr.
Burns. The arrest Of capian quick
ly followed.
The two men Will be tried in les
Angeles on indictments found at the
time the Mcnamara brothers were
Indicted there.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
9 "A 8 T Q RIA
Find Iron Ore Near Lawton.

Find Iron Ore Near Lawton.
The Lawton chamber OF commerce
and citizens have kept secret the dis
covery Of good iron ore 20 miles north
of that city more than a month ago.
They were determined that expert
biologists and metalurgists should
make careful examination before
any announcement. All agree the find
is rich and valuable one.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-06
Proper Treatment Of Hilioasness.

For a long time Miss Lula Skelton,
Churchyille. N ", was bilious and
had sick headache and dizzy spells.
Chamberlain Tablets we're the only
thing that gave her permanent relief
ObtainabIe everywhere.