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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
FIRST SON OF MIKADO
is INSTALLED AS HEIR
Mystic Rites and Court Pomp
Recall Conservation of
Sovereign.

Tokyo.-With mystic rite and courtly
pomp which recalled the historic cere-
monies attending the conservation of
Emperor Yoshihito last year Hirohito,
eldest son of Yoshihito, was formally
installed as crown prince and heir to
the throne.
Prince Hirohito, who Is in his six
teenth year, was proclaimed heir ap-
parent in 1912 after Emperor Yoshihito
assembled the throne upon the death of
Emperor Mutsuhito. But the formal
Of his installation as crown
prince was reserved until the birthday
Of the illustrious Mutsuhito. On this
date also the present emperor was pro-
claimed crown prince. Furthermore
this is the prime of the beautiful Japa-
neSe autumn, the ideal season of the
year when the gorgeous chrysanthe-
mum, the crest of the japanese impe-
rial house, is seen In all its glory.
The feature of the celebration was
the Shinto ceremony early in the morn
ing in the sanctuary of the "kamiko-
dokoro," or sacred mirror, attended by
the emperor, the princes of the blood,
ministers Of state and other high digni-
taries.
After this in the state room of the
palace the imperial family accepted
congratulations from court and govern
ment officials.
AT noon an imperial banquet was
given in the Homei hall Of the palace
1t was accompanied with classical JAP
anese dances and both ancient Japa-
nese and modern western music. Each
guest received beautiful silver COM
memorative medal.
At night lantern professions marched
to the palaces to salute the present and
future monarch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
SEARCH OF YEARS REWARDED
Veteran Finds Daughter Lost to Him
Since Civil War.

Decatur, Ill. When Archibald G.
Bottoms returned to Bowling Green,
Mo-, at the close Of the civil war he
found his wife had died and the baby
daughter he had left behind In 1881
absent, he knew not where.
Fifty-one years after the war ended
Mrs. NJ. III. Roberts Of Decatur got
track Of her father through the pension
bureau in Washington and has just re-
turned to. Decatur after visiting him.
He is ninety-one years old.
81 was placed with a family after
my mother died, and they soon moved
from Bowling Green to Illinois," said
Mrs. Roberts. They never told me of
my parentage until many years after
ward, and l never did know in what
town / was born. Not long ago l asked
j. G. Walsh, Decatur man, to write
to Washington. and thus / found out
where my father lived"
Bottoms spent years searching for
his child after the war;
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
ALIEN INDIANS GIVEN
A HOME IN MONTANA
Government Sets Aside $1,000 Acres
For Them.

Havre, Mont-The stony pathway of
the Rocky Boy Indians has at last led
to the green sward Driven about from
pillar to post ever since they wandered
across the Canadian boundary through
Glacier National park, Montana, sew
eral years ago as tramp tribesmen of
the Cree Nation, this band Of 300 red
men have had so hard a lot that the
nickname fell naturally upon them.
Now, with the opening Of the Fort
Assiniboine military reservation, en-
bracing 100000 acres near this city,
the United States government will set
aside $1,000 acres for them. They are
rejoicing in the fact that they are to
have permanent home.
There are about 5000 acres of till
able land I'm this tract, and this is to
be thrown open to white settlers. The
reservation is in the Bear Paw noun
tains. Uncle Sam has departed from
the regular lottery in the disposition of
this land to settlers. Application for
parcels in this tract may be made at
Havre. Mont
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
QUIT AIR BOMBS.
French Decide to Abandon Their
Use In War.
ARE REGARDED DANGEROUS.

Extreme Susceptibility of Explosive
Has outweished Its Wonderful De-
tonatins Qualities - Tremendously
Successful Experiments Were Made
With Volatile Agent When Il Was
First Used.
Paris.-After a good deal Of expert
mentation the French army has given
up Its attempts to use liquid air as a
high explosive in warfare, because Of
its extreme susceptibility to detonate
from shock.
Tremendously successful experiments
were made with this volatile agent at
first, but they were successful only I'M
der perfectly agreeable conditions. For
instance, bombs for bombarding aero
planes were made with liquid air as
the explosive which some judged to
be a hundred times more powerful
than bombs of similar size employ
ing picric acid or any of its proto-
types. But it was soon learned that
the sudden descent or even rapid
swooping Of an aeroplane carrying
liquid air combs might set off the dan
gerous cargo 1t happened on one &C.
casion. An aviator dipped suddenly,
and nothing was ever found of him or
his machine.
Then the bombs were carried over
deliberately prepared targets and drop
ped from captive balloons. The effect
Of the explosion was marvellous. In
stead Of reducing the target to match
wood and wreckage. the defamation
actually wiped out every vestige Of the
place where the huge. cumbersome
target had been. 1t was estimated
that the conclusion Of the explosion
would have killed any living creature
within 80 yards.
Shell charged with liquid air can
not of course be fired from any pro-
iectile, the shock of firing would de-
tomato the explosive and wreck the
gun. Attempts have been made to
use liquid air grenades and liquid air
bombs in trench mortars, which are
fired by spring, much as a catapult's
missile is projected. But the extreme
LONELINESS" of the explosive has out
weighed its wonderful decorating
qualities. The Germans also have fail
ed to utilize liquid air thus far.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
GIRL INSISTS ON A SHAVE
Failing to Get One From Barber, She
Raises a Row.

Chicago.-Helen Wade entered the
barber shop of Charles Collins on West
Chicago avenue and. seating herself in
a barber chair, demanded a shave. For
fifteen minutes the owner argued with
her and finally ordered her to leave.
She refused to go, and Collins called
Policeman John j. Hourigan.
"I'l not leave here until get a
shave, and the sooner the better" the
woman insisted.
Hourigan took a razor and began to
initiate a BARRIERS motion over her
face. Finally he announced that she
had been shaved and asked her to
leave the shop.
you can't kid me-" the woman said
when the policeman told her she had
been shaved. THAT razor never touch
ed my face, and won't leave here"
Then she was arrested.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
JERSEY BARS "SKIP STOPS"
Cars Must Take Passengers at All
Streets, Utility Board Rules.

Montclair, N. 1.-THE state board Of
public utility commissioners has direct
ed the Public Service Railway COM
pany to abandon the skip stop method
Of operating cars in this and other
towns on the Bloomfield avenue lines:
The skip stop plan has been in effect
since April 10, when it was adopted at
the request Of Verona and other west
ern Essex municipalities and with the
assent Of the governing bodies of the
municipalities through which the line
operates.
In its decision the board expressed
disappointment that in its endeavor to
solve the vexatious question there was
an utter lack Of cooperation from the
various municipalities affected. The
board points out that 1t is obvious that
frequent stops slow up the operation
of cars, and where any number Of
stops can be eliminated the inevitable
result is that the cars can cover their
routes more quickly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18

Meals In cIoekIess Towns Are Served
Promptly

"ess Hh Siockless Towns Are Served
Promptly.
St Louis, Mo.-Assessors in Fort
Russell and Fosterburg townships,
Madison county, Ill, have arrived in
Edwardsville to deliver their annual
assessment reports and to find out
what time 1t Is. Old Fort Russell and
Fosterburg have no timepieces, &C
cording to the officials reports.
Time there Is gagged by the length
OF the evening shadows, the return of
the brindle cow to the barnyard for
her evening meal or the Growing of the
cock at dawn.
There are no clocks by which wives
can measure the hardness Of husbands,
no clocks to ring out the evening hours
and drive SWANS from the sides of
their sweethearts, no clocks In Foster
burg to quicken the pace or point tc
the approach Of dinner hour. Meals In
Fort Russell and Fosterburg are served
at the demand of appetite. The resi-
dents continue the even tenor Of their
way without cuckoos to squawk them
out OF bed or alarms to startle the
morning air.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Steer Lived Six Weeks on Roots.

Richmond. Ey.-Charles Benton lost
q steer, or at least thought he had.
Search failed to find the animal, and
he had given 1t up as gone when, six
weeks later. he passed sinkhole on
the farm and saw the steer In It 1t
had lived during the time on roots and
whatever else It could find. Mr.. Ben
ton says the steer weighed about 1000
pounds when II disappeared, and It
only weighed 600 when 1t was found.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
TWO RODE A FISH.
Man and His Son Were Mounted For q
Long Time In River.

man and HIS Son Were Mounted For q
Long Time In River.
Wichita, Kan. &C. A. Whitney Of
Route 8, on the west side. and his six
teen-year-old son rode around on the
back of a forty-two pound catfish for
half an hour in the Chickaskia river
near Drury the other day. They final
~ landed the fish and brought it to
Wichita
Mr.. Whitney and his son have been
camping for the last month. Neigh
bors told them of several times seeing
a monster fish in the river. Mr.. Whit
ney, wading into the river. felt around
until he located the fish.
He got one hand in the catfish's gills
and jumped on its back. The fish dart
ed forward and whipped around In the
water until it was about to throw its
rider off. Mr. Whitney's son rushed to
his fathers aid and climbed on top of
the latter's back to weigh down the
catfish. For half an hour the two men
rode the fish around, struggling to get it
to the bank. They finally succeeded.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
CLEVELAND'S SON AN ORATOR
Makes One of Principal Speeches at
Laying of Conversions.

Princeton, n. J.-Richard Cleveland,
son Of Grover Cleveland and sophie
more, was one Of the principal speak
ers at the laying Of the cornerstone Of
Princeton's new 100000 dining hall.
In behalf of the under classmen of the
university he thanked the trustees and
donors Of the new structure.
The structure will be known as Mad
ison hall, after President Madison,
class Of III. In his dedication address
President Hibben said the trustees had
named the quadrangle, which the new
structure completes, the Russell Sage
hall. in compliment to Mrs. Russell
Sage. through whose generosity most
Of the buildings that inclose 1t were
made possible.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18

Peterson Gets Double Credit For Four
teen Years Service.

San Juan. Porto Rico.-A record for
early retirement from the United States
army except for disability seems to
have been made by Peder Peterson,
who served as a soldier in Porto Rico,
Cuba and the Philippines for fourteen
out Of his total sixteen years service.
He has been retired at the age Of thir-
ty-six, with soldiers pension Of SGT a
month, being credited with thirty years
service-twenty-eig for foreign duty.
two for home duty.
Peterson benefited by the army regu-
lations providing for double credit for
foreign service. He retired as a SER
geant of ordnance and will live in
Washington. He is not married, and
he says that after he enjoys a little
hunting and fishing he will try for
some government position open to an
ex-soldier.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18

aeronautics separate from and indie
pendent of both the army and navy
departments and presided over by a
member of the presidents cabinet.
With our resources and mechanical
genius under the spur of concentrated
and undivided attention such a depart
ment may in the near future be more
vital and important to our national
safety and integrity than our navy and
our army combined.
zone of the first steps should be an
immediate provision for educating and
training a certain number of the Off
GERS of the naval militia Of each state
as aviators and with them as a nucleus
recruiting a full aviation section of the
naval militia In every state. An ap-
preparation Of 81, ,OO0-about $4,000
to each state-to be expended under the
direction of the secretary of the navy
will permit beginning this work at
once"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
RAT POISON FUMES
KILL SHIP CARPENTERS
Three Die and Several Violently III
After Inhaling Chemicals.

Boston.-Three carpenters lost their
lives after inhaling fumes from chem
tcals with which the Leyland line
steamship Devonian was fumigated In
an effort to exterminate rats. Three
others, members of the same working
squad, who went to their rescue, were
overcome. Hospital physicians said
their condition was serious.
William E. Sterling and Daniel Demp-
sey, first to enter the hold, died on the
deck Of the steamer after being brought
out by members Of the Devonian's
crew wearing improvised gas masks.
William L. Sterling, foreman Of the
gang and father Of one of the victims,
died later at a hospital.
Manager Thomas Of the international
Mercantile Marine company said the
fumigation was under direction of the
port authorities.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
WHATS IN A NAME? $500, 900.
That's the Claim of AchilIe Joseph
Oishei, Formerly Hoschek.

New York.-There is 100000 in this
name, or, rather. in the change of 1t, II
the owner, Achille Joseph Oishei, reck-
ons correctly. Mr.. Oishei. a lawyer,
living at 1S9 Sterling place. Brooklyn,
says that the family name was Hos
chek for 1,40O years, but that his IA
Their changed it to Oishei on leaving
Austria under a political cloud many
years ago.
In running through papers following
the death of his mother last April he
found one which indicated that he as
the eldest surviving Hoschek is emit
tied to an Italian estate worth $780,
600, and he applied to County Judge
Fawcett in Brooklyn for permission to
assume the old name with a view to
making claim on the Italian govern
ment. Permission was granted.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
FOR AN AIR MILITIA
Country Needs Thousands of
Aviators, Says Peary.
SHOULD BE BEGUN AT ONCE.

Declares That Air Service Should Be
Under Direction of Federal Depart
ment of Aeronauties, Separate From
and Independent of Both Army and
Navy Departments.
New York.-Sixteen thirty-f1ve knot
battle cruisers with sixteen inch guns,
an air feet manned by thousands Of
aviators and universal military training
are what the United States needs to be
properly prepared, Rear Admiral Rob
ert E. Peary told members of the class
In applied Christianity of the Mount
Morris Baptist church in Fifth avenue,
near One Hundred and Twenty-f1fth
street.
''The construction Of the feet" he
said, should be begun at once and
completed within three years. With
these we need the accessories Of de-
stroyers, submarines and hydroaero-
planes.
1.-The air service should be under the
direction o. federal department Of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Milk Puta Out Fir.

Altoona, Pa.-Milk has proved just
as efficacious as water In extinguishing
a fire, even II 1t Is a bit more expen-
sive. The dairy barn OF A. NJ. Was
son. near Tyrone. was struck by light
ming. Mrs. WATSON and her two sons,
Alton and Robert, were In the building
milking. Flames followed the bolt.
and q delay would have doomed the
structure. A dozen gallons Of milk, the
result Of the days milking, was at hand.
The milk SAVED the barn and stock.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Twelve Dollars For Snakes.

Oxnard, Cal.-James Benton's latest
rattlesnake catch Is worth S4S2. Ben
ton, who lives in Santa Barbara.
catches rattleSnakes for a living and
recently sold thirty-six Of the reptiles
for So each to 0xnard Chinese, who
value them for medicinal purposes,
drugs being compounded from the
venom. Benton has been bitten q num-
Der of times. In one instance almost
losing his life. He catches the reptiles
with q pronged stick.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
GIRL, BLIND FOUR YEARS,
SUDDENLY REGAINS SIGHT
Physicians Baffled, Mother Re-
CARDS Cure of the Child
as Miraculous.

1rvington, n. il can see, NAM
ma" said Genevieve King, eleven-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John ].
King, to her mother. The mother
could hardly believe it was true, but
the child can see plainly, after having
been blind four years.
ut must have been the hand of God
which lifted the blindness from nv
daughters eyes," said Mrs. King.
"Genevieve was sent home from
school four years ago by the medical
Inspector, with instructions tnat she
be treated for pink eye. She rapidly
grew worse. and two months later be-
came totally blind. Physicians treat
ment seemed to have no effect.
she began to show improvement
when 1 massaged her eyes with bo-
racic acid, witch hazel and water.
For five months l have continued this
constantly. | wished to get a bill
changed, and she asked if she might
do the errand. | was afraid to let her
go out alone, but she insisted. In a
few moments she returned She ran
swiftly across the room and flung her
self into my arms with the cry, Il
can see, mammal"
The girl said she CROPPED her way
downstairs and upon the walk, when
suddenly everything was light in front
Of me, and l could see and ran back
to tell mamma. My eyes do not hurt
now, but the back of my head aches
awfully."
She will return to school soon.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
A TRUE GEORGE WASHINGTON
He Tells How He Won a Medal "Some-
where In France"


Philadelphia Washington, a
United States marine from Kentucky,
who does not bid fair to emulate the
truth telling record of his illustrious
namesake, marched proudly down
Broad street with a newly won sharp
shooters medal pinned to the breast OF
his uniform.
Attracted by the medal, which close
" resembles the Maltese cross worn
by some European heroes, an old gen.
tleman asked him how he had won it,
and George delivered a picturesque &C
count of stirring deeds on shell torn
battlefelds. while one by one the
crowd gathered and listened in awe
struck silence.
"But l say. old chap" interrupted
stranger, where did all this happen?"
"Oh, somewhere in France" return
ed George cheerfully, and the SPELL
binders audience melted away.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
BOY SUES CITY FOR $4,000.
Lowell Won't Let Munitions Worker
Back to School.

Lowell, Mass.-Fred ii. Desmond,
eighteen years old. has brought suit for
$4,000 against this city because the
school board has refused to let him re-
enter high school after working in 2
munitionfactory. Young Desmond left
school to work in a cartridge factory,
but now wants to so back to his stud
les. In its refusal to let him do so the
school board said:
at Is for the best interests OF both
the school and the boy that he should
not be allowed to re-enter"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18


opened at the headquarters of the CEN
tal testing laboratory. Here doctors
make thorough analysis of clothing
and other articles brought to them for
examination. This laboratory Is equip
ped with the most approved chemical
apparatus. There are a number of high
power microscopes and a microphoto-
graphic apparatus for photographing
blood stains.
The work of the narcotic squad OF
The laboratory takes up the entire time
Of three chemists and part of the time
Of another. Thousands of samples of
heroin, cocaine. opium. yen Shee and
morphine are analysed. The chemists,
when necessary. appear in court to tes-
tfy to their findings. Although the
laboratory has been working but a
snort time in conjunction with the de-
tectiVe bureau, it has produced results
lehy satisfactory to police officials.
The chemists make the most search
ING Investigation of a crime. Dust, bits
OF cloth, hair. wood, metal and other
sources of clcws are at once collected.
"thOut loss Of time rough tests are
applied at the place of the crime. In
ueSe Investigations of the chemists
sIsDingS from beneath the finger
laiS have revealed significant f1bers
VI Cloth. and microscopic examina
u0n Of ScrapingS from the shoes Of
nufdered persons has often showed
VI the SoIcS bore dirt from some
war locality than that in which the
10Y was found.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
MAIL DOG REWARDED.

Watches Wagon When Driver 10
Delivering.
u, ",SShmcton.-Sam, the faithful dog
y w guards the parcel post wagon
! ~ouht Carmel. Pa, while the driver
a TShlnS deliveries, has been reward
Wy Postmaster General Albert s.
Nc postmaster general has ordered
Nm brass studded collar with
'OH"winS inscription: "U. S. Mail.
Esea'ed 10 Uncle Sans Faithful
u by Albert s. Burleson, Post
ef Genrral, Oct. %. 1916"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
VALUE OF BABY'S EYES.
Award of $4,000 10 Set Aside by Cali
fornia Superior Court.

San Francisco.-The nominal value
Of a baby's eye was fixed at $4,000
here by Judge Frank ]. Murasky in the
superior court, who gave judgment for
that amount to the parents Of Mary
Rubio, one year old, against Mrs. Anna
liza Razzuoli, midwife. 1t was alleged
that the woman failed to care for the
baby's eyes properly at birth. and now
the child is blind.
"a pair of baby's eyes are priceless"
said Judge Murasky. mo amount Of
money that this or any court could
give, no matter how large the amount,
would compensate for their loss"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
WHIPPINGS HIS PENALTY.
And They Will Be With Switches From
Trees Boy Cut Down.

New York.-That he got thrashing
a week for three weeks was the SEN
tence imposed In the children's court
at Jamaica on Edward Schultz. fifteen
years old. OF that place. The boy had
admitted chopping down three trees
on property owned by John ]. Bliss.
president Of the Citizens association.
Lick him with switches from the
trees he chopped" suggested Justice
Morgan L. Ryan TO the culprir's father.
who nodded grimly In the affirmative.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18

Jacks Mountain, Pa.-John Gantz,
ninety-two years old, is entitled to be
entered in the list Of old sportsmen. 1t
In said that Gantz has killed more
game native to Pennsylvania than any
other man In the state. He has killed
thousands Of Wild turkeys In his time.
Mr.. Gantz h looking forward to good
shooting thu season.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Spurs Convicts "a Work,

y NY eson City. Mo.-Governor Major
Souri directed the work Of 200
es from the state penitentiary
Ten mile stretch Of road near
b. HE governor gave every convict
H.. Cigars and supplied them with
melons. For each day the con-
40 satisfactory work on the roads
WI be allowed twenty days OF
satsnces.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Pa~nsd Gold From His Teeth.

Chicago.-Joseph Henerman. accord.
ing to a verdict In the Chicago munich
pal court. had his teeth pulled to get
the gold. pawned the product and
bought whisky with the proceeds. He
was sent to the house Of correction on
complaint Of the dentist. whom he
failed to pay.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
with PofyaIot Crew Captain 10 Lone

With Poiyslot Crew Captain 10 Lonely.
New York.-With a mixed crew Of
Lascars, Icelanders. Greenlanders. deck
hands Of Siamese extraction. men from
Madagascar and some Malays the Gu
nard liner Pannonia locked here. She
carried a cargo. but no passengers. and
her captain reports the most lonesome
VOYAGE be ever sailed.