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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
'CARRANzA SENDS
OFFICIAL NOTE
Communication Sent the
State Department May
Avoid War
STATED MEXICO WANTS PEACE
Asks That All Military Prepara.
tiOns Along Frontier BE
Stopped for Present

The United States is willing tc
negotiate with the Carranza govern
ment in view of the fact that the
later wishes to maintain friendly re.
lations. This announcement was made
officially through the channels of the
state department. 1t was not an
nounced how the negotiations would
be carried on, whether by mediation
or direct negotiations between the
two nations.
The text of the Carranza note 10
Secretary Lansing follows: Mr.. Sec
retary referring TO the notes of
June 20 and 25 last have the honor
tosay to your excellency that immedi-
ate release of the Carrizal prisoners
was the further proof of the sincerity
of the desire of this government to
reach pacific and satisfactory ar
rangement of present difficulties. The
government is anxious to solve the
present situation. II was also the
Mexican government that earnestly
suggested the plan for cantonments
along the boundary line during the
conference of Ciudad Juarez and Ell
Paso. This government is disposed
now, as it always has been, to seek
an immediate solution of the two
points which constitute the true re-
suits of the conflict between the two
countries to wit: The American gov
ernment believes reasonably that the
insecurity of its frontier is a source
of difficulty and the Mexican govern
ment on its part believes that. the
stay of American troops on Mexican
territory. aside from being a trespass
on the sovereignty of Mexico, is the
immediate cause of the conflict. There
fore the Withdrawal of the troops on
the one hand and the protection of the
frontier on the other are the two es-
sential problems, the solution of which
must be the directing object of the
efforts of both governments.
The Mexican government is willing
to consider in a quick and practical
way and prompted by a spirit of con-
cord the remedies which should be ap-
piled to the present situation.
Several Latiif-American countries
have offered their friendly mediation
to the Mexican government and the
latter his accepted it in principle.
Therefore the Mexican government
only awaits information that the gov
ernment of the United States will be
disposed to accept this mediation for
the purpose mentioned above or
whether it is still of the belief that
the same results may be attained by
means of direct negotiations by both
In the meantime this government
proposes to employ all efforts that
may be at its disposal to avoid the
occurrence of new incidents which NAV
complicate and aggravate the situa-
tion. All the same it hopes that the
American government on its part may
make use of all efforts toprevent any
new acts of its military and civil au-
thorties on the frontier that may
cause new complications.
| avail my self of this opportunity
to reiterate to your excellency the
assurance of my most distinguished
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
CONFERENCE CLOSES

The eighth annual camp meeting of
the Northern Michigan conference of
the United Brethren church closed
last Friday after a ten-day conference.
Rev. o. X. Lash Of Lake Odessa and
Rev. c. NJ Cure Of Hillsdale had
charge Of the evangelistic services and
Mrs. Lillian Thompson of Leslie con-
Quoted the meetings for young people.
Rev. A. b. Bowman and Rev. S. j.
Potter were in charge Of the daily
Bible study. The conference was held
at Conference Grove, north Of Carson
City.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS
Plans Relative TO the Chautauqua
Week Discussed

The monthly meeting of the Civic
Improvement league was held in the
First State Bank Friday and plans
regarding the chautauqua campaign
were discussed. Mrs. Ogle, representa-
tive of the Redpath chautauquas, was
present and went over the entire pro
gram with the ladies. Considerable
interest and enthusiasm was mani
tested by those present. Monday af-
ternoon a committee meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. r. II. Wilcox to
lay out plans for the ticket sale, which
will be under the direct supervision Of
the Civic League
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
DOG KILLS 22 SHEEP
Breaks Into Field, Attacks Flock Be
fore Owner

Twenty-Five sheep were killed and
half as many severely bitten to the
extent that they will probably die
when strange dog attacked the flock
in the field where they were grazing
on the farm of Frank Shaffer. Mr..
.shaffer and his helpers endeavored to
drive the dog away but being fearful
that he might attack them did not
dare 20 enter the field. Later in the
day me dog was shot.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
WILL BOOK VAUDEVILLE
This Feature Signed Up for Three
Nights i'm Week

Manager +. IL. Weese of the Vau-
dette theatre announced this week
that beginning with Thursday, July
18th, he will add a vaudeville
feature to his program. Mr.. Weese
will have vaudeville three nights
week, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, for the remainder of the sea-
son. Mr.. Weese will bring to the city
some high class dancing and singing
acts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
CADILLAC PRODUCE co.
I. ID. Sigler is Elected Secretary and
Manager of the New Enterprise

The Cadillac Produce company, with
an authorized stock of $4,000 all
fully paid in, will commence opera
tions September 1st, and will make a
bid for the produce business in Cen
tral and Northern Michigan. Accord
ing to Mr.. Sigler the most up-to-date
and modern equipment has been in
stalled, which gives them a plant that
is the equal of any in the northern
part of the state.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
FORMER RESIDENT EXPIRES

Mrs. Sarah Marsh died at her home
IN Grand Rapids, Michigan. Friday. OF
heart disease. Mrs. Marsh was the
wife of Rev. Theodore Marsh, form
er widely known Presbyterian pas
tor. For many years Rev. and Mrs.
Marsh made this city their home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors For the beautiful covers
and kindnesses during the sickness
and death Of our husband and father.
Mrs. Ruth Metcalf and Children.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-06
ANNOUNCEMENT

DIR. Wing is on his vacation. Upon
his return about August 80 he will
be located in his new Office in the
Rockwell block. 46-t2-p
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
NEW MAPS ON LARGE
SCALE ARE AVAIL ABLE

= ~
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. progress ID being
made by h United Statcsa In ~euari
Its portion OF the huge world man
which was agreed upon Ia 1909 bv Tnear-
" all the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. BY inter-
rational agreement the authorities be-
gan preparing maps OF the sntireesur-
face of the earth tn be published on a
scale Of one-mSllionth OF actuai size or
about one inch to every 16. miles! All,
n maps are to be uniform in shana
and general appearance end are to hayc
the same conventional signs.
Toameet the popular demand in this
country for state maps, the United
States geological survey which has
charge or h making OF the American
secIion OF the world map, Is preparing
End publishing maps OF each state on 3
-iarger scale thar the world map sec
tons. These state maps are the
size or about n inch to every eight
miles. map Of the entire United
states on that scale would cover d sheet
measuring 28x31 feet.
Ihe survey already has issued such
maps Tor 80 states. the latest being that
OF flor1da, which is II of the largest
OF the series IN compiling the maps
every source Of information has been
r~ancaslSed for material, and much data;
never before available to the public in.
any form has been procured, 50 that
the maps exceed in accuracy n here
tofore published. The new Florida may
measures 44hx61 inches.
Copies Of the state maps are sold to
the public by the government at nom
inal price,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
The Middle West.p

Rolltn Lynde HART In Century Magazine.
h east retains a somewhat conde-
scending attitude toward the middle west.
and in It's friendlisst moments speaks Of
the p~lainsnlen as first rate raw MATERIAL
as IL the middle west existed and had
somehow a local habitation and a name. !,
The middle west itself Is by no means SO
sure about that. NsAlthough the prairies
begin at Batavia, N. Y, B~uffalonians res
sent being middle westerners. Omaha, I
should describe as unquestionably middle
western. yet there are middle westerners
who repudiate Nebraska, and only tepidly
accept KANSAS while st. Louis and kan
sas City belong to the middle west accord
Ing to some authorities, to the south ac-
cording to otlerse as vociferous.
BY generalsconsent Minnesota belongs to
the northwest. However, if you go half
from Portland, Me.,..to Portland, Ore. all
of Minnesota lies behind you. In Chicago
they say, why, man alive, there's MOTH
ing. western about us! This Is the inter-
ior.'' A dear soul in Montana remarked
70 me: How jolly to hear that you came
from the cast. I'm an fastener myself.
/ lived In IoWay.'
Where. then is the middle west? In tho
words of the immortal Artemus, I answer,
nNowheres-nor anywheres else"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
sweden,s New Canal

@rAeS az EEOLIl Lie DOSlOn 1lETdlu.t
King Gustaf's opening OF the Troll
hatta canal should not pas unnoticed.
sweden must be congratulated on having
been able to complete the work at a time
war In which she q no part Many a
Swede In this country will be delighted to
learn that Lake Wiener now has ar out
let to the Kattegat. and thus to the North
sea, and will make a point OF having a
look at the canal II he reyisits his native
land. The lake is the third largest in
Europe, having an area Of 2,40S Square
miles; The northern half N sysalsAa and
canal and smaller lakes with the Baltic
on the east, but westward seemed jtSanore
natural way out. seeing that its Meters,
carried by the river Gotta over fhH pic
the Kattegat at GotheIbsyg. For asIlIga-
ton a cana of about 20 miles In length
was needed. and It has taken Tears
to build 1t. The traffic will be laighxand
valuable. Around the lake are forests of
frs highly priced for siilns. 1lasfS aand
are almost i-nexhaustible. The direct
water route TO the North sea for th6lum-
Der and minerals of the big lake district
will; be q profitable Improvement.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
Two Commandments Of Woman.
w, L. George. In the Atlantic.

Married folk make desperate efforts to
be interested N each. Others affairs. and
age to stand each others dullEless. They
assert their egotism In turns. He tells
the same stories several Zines. He takes
her fora country walk and forgets to
give her tea, and h never remembers
tina he hates her dearest friend abe
Where the rift grows more profound ID
when trifles such as these are overlooked,
particularly where a man has work
that he loves, or to which he Is used.
which is much the same thing. In early
work varies asgood deal; but she gener-
ally suspect ft asIittle. h may toler-
ate IT heealse she loves him n an that
IL his ID noble. Later, IL this work II
very profitable, or II It is work which
leads to honor, she may take q pride In It,
but even then h win generally grudge
It the time and the energy: It costs. She
loves him. not his work. she win seldom
confess this, even to herself, but she will
generally lay. down two commandments rs
81. Thou shalt % me.
q Thou shalt succeed 30 thai may
Iowa Thee. 1g aHaS
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
FIRST AID OUTFIT.

DR.. Fisher gives. In the Interstate
Medical Journal, q description OF the
Arst aid cabinet used by the elevated
railroad lines in Chicago
He has g wooden cabinet 24xl2xS
inches, SO constructed as to open like q
suit case. There is a handle on the top.
The inside Is fitted with shelves. The
bottles and Instruments are held in po-
| sitton by metal clips. When in the of
| flee or factory the case Is hung on the
n carried to whatever place 1t may
! be needed. 1t is used, therefore, either
as a fixed or as a transportable first aid
cabinet.
The following supplies are. carried in
the cabinet:
reinforcing burn dressings.
Six 2-inch sterile bandages. for
tying splints, dressings burns, etc.
Six Finch sterile gauze for
I wound dressings.
Twelve 1-inch sterile gauze bandages for
niger injuries
IL Glassine envelopes containing six lay
ers of gauze, 3xS inches, to he used In con-
tact with wounds.
One pair scissors blunt points,.
One medicine dropper (glass).
One bar gern1tcidal soap for cleansing
hands of operator.
One Bounce tube OF sterile petrolatum
One roll zinc oxide adhesive. five yards
by one inch.
oHe OOCllS COutdtulaB q SISTll6 COIIOH
wrapped applicators for applying iodine to
wounds and for removing foreign bodies
from the eye.
Two clean towels for placing about the
Injured part and for use as sings.
One piece OF heavy linen tape, one inch
by one yard long, for use as tourniquet in
Two ounces boracicsacid (water~ solution)
for use in eye cases.
Two ounces spirits ammonia. for stimu-
1ation.
Two ounces tfncture Iodine in q rulsber
corked bottle. This bottle to have differ
ent shape from the other bottles. Great
care must be exercised In instructing the
taynlan In the proper use Of iodine.
One card for receiving patients name,
nature Of injury, and treatment given.
One non-technical first aid booklet which
Is IN accordance with the ~instructing sur
geon's methods.
One printed set OF rules on first aid at
1t will be noted that DR.. Fisher rec
omrnends aromatic spirits of ammonia,
Instead of whisky, as a stimulant. This
Is we'll nigh a universal recommends
ton. In the first place. 1T is better. In
the second place, the bottle is not SO
apt to be found empty.
On recommendation which may not
be fully Endorsed Is that vaseline or Pc
trolatum be Used on burns. Petroleum
and other Ereases n near greases
have fallen into disrepute in burns be-
cause as used they We're badly polluted.
The bacteria dirt contained in them did
more than enough harm to compensate
for the good. That was the reason that
the old carron oil fell into disrepute.
Men who work in grease and oils are
very prone to ache and boils, the result
Of infection of the skin by bacteria in
the grease. A sterile grease or
line is notsopen to this objection.
DIR. Fisher emphasizes the need Of
instruction in first aid work. Large es-
adjustments employing large numbers
Of men i'm one building or group Of
buildings need to equip and maintain
an elaborate, first aid station. Every
factory. and farmhouse should have az
much equipment as is carried in the
Fisher kit.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
MIR. and Mrs, Rat.

Once upon a time Mr.. RAJ started
out to find a nice home for Mrs. Rat,
n the three little Rats. He ransintc
houses. barns and even looked into an
til at last. tired cut and almost ready
togo back and tell Mrs. RAJ they would
nave to stay where they were, he went
into a hen house that seemed quite
empty n Just the place he wanted.
1t was a nice, warm house and had
q good big yard. with a smaller house
IN 1t that would be just the place for
the three little Rats to play in O., how
ne hoped TO one lived IN it, Mr.. Rat
ran all over the place and he was soon
quite sure that it had been empty for
a long time. for it was dusty and COW
cred with cobwebs.
Bright and early the mex morning
Mr.. RAJ moved his family into thesnew
house and in q few days they wefe as
happy and comfortable as though they
had lived there all their lives.
i hope" said Mrs. Rat. we won't
have to move for q long, long time; 1t
Is so nice here" And Mr.. Rat said:
i hope we never have to move"
The three little Rats had a. lovely
time playing IN the nice big yard with
no one to disturb them and Mrs. Rat
felt quite safe in leaving them alone
while she went to call on some old
friends. Mt. Rat found It very easy
70 get nice things to eat and they all
grew fat and happy.
One day, when Mr.. Rat come home,
he found Mrs. Rat and the children
quite excited. They toll him that a
man had been there and had walked
all over the place and had polked into
all the corners n had almost found
their nest. Mr.. Rat told them not to
worry, for he was sure the man would
not come again to bother them.
The next day, however, when Mr.. Rat
came home, he ran into "a man who
was cleaning and painting the whole
place. He managed to get to the nest
without the ne seeing him.
Very early the next morning he
heard a strange noise in the yard and
he crept to the door to see what it was,
inc there in the little house the chill
dren had called theirs were a lot Of
hens clucking and strutting about az
though they owned the place. The min
ute they saw him they ran at him and
nearly scratched out his eyes, SO he
had to run back to the nest as fast as
he could.
He gathered his family together and
they al out Of their nice home down
the street to- find another home for the
little ones. Later I will tell ypu about
their new home.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
CHAPTER XII.

Back at Milton an hour before, when
the shades of dusk We're falling and
slender moon hung tinaidly IN the edge
Of the horizon, a horse drawing a
spring wagon ambled deliberately into
town and came to a reluctant halt be-
side the railroad station, having made
a wide detour through the larger part
Of h county or the way to that me-
tropolis:
The sun had been hot, the road much
of it rought, and the jolts over stones
and bumps had not added to the COM
bruised and weary from his travels
Joe's conversation had not ceased. He
had given his guest a wide range OF
topics, discoursing learnedly on the
buckwheat crop n the blight that
might be expected to assail the cherry
trees. He pointed out certain portions
Of land infested with r~aitlesnakes, and
told bloodcurdling stories of expert
ences with stray bears and wildcats in
a maple grove through which they
passed till the passenger looked fur
lively behind him and urged the driver
TO hurry a little faster.
Joe. seeing his gullibflity, only made
his stories OF country life the bigger
for the thick get man. though bold as
q lion in his own city haunts, was q
coward in the unknown world OF the
country.
When the traveller looking at his
watch urged Joe to make haste and
asked how many miles further Milton
was, Joe managed it that the horse
should stumble on q particularly stony
bit Of road. Then getting down grave
s1y from the wagon he examined the
horses feet each In turn, shaking his
head sadly over h left fore foot.
9Jes' 'sposed.' he meditated
dreaTnily. stone pruise! Lame horse!
.-.~HY -.-f. xAS-.N-Le&T rS.EfEGg
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14
CHAPTER x (continued).

Thats ona4supreme they had
OF perfect Consciousness. consciousness
of fhessdlawfng of soul to soul. of the
sweetness Of that lowering touch OF
hands. OF the longing to Know n un :
derstand each other.
Then u sharp whistle sounded, and n
farmers boy, with a e rake n a
sack of corn on his shoulder, came
saunteripg brlskly down the road to
the hrldge. Instantly they drew apart,
and Celia felt that she had been on the
verge of d~isloyalty to her true self.
TtleNATalked silently back to the sta
ton. eRGh busy With his own thoughts,
each Conscious of that one moment
when the other had come so near.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-14

1TOOAuoAl pnt DOln S~u1t%caSes In onA
hand andstaking Celiass arm an sre,tiY,
as he could Iii his haste hurrieS ~
toward the carriage. 1t was the vArv
refuge he sought. He placed ne insias
md CAV hi order for East Iihartv
cation, drawing q long breathsof reiiaf
az being safely out Of the station. RI
did not see he shabby one Twhe
mounted the box beside the driver ana
gave hts directions IN cultural wis
pers, nor the manEwith the siouchs hat
who watched from the doorway ana:
followed them to famfiar5 haunt IN
Eti1e nearest car. He only feitshow r0od:
q. WI to be bysthemselves once 8
Mne5e sneyssosa talk tosether With
Blu INSTRUMENTATION was Nd easy nnd.r
the ctrcutnatances noise az r,ags
onAs Strains and rrastS p
the station that theyscould think of
nothing but h din, ana when fhSv:
EfanGle and started rafting over fhe
pavefnent the driversswent a. a1ch
flriQas pace thatsthey could sim onf~,
EcQAyeE91hy ShOuttngsa nd that MOI a
all eatlgfactcrily. II seemed rNnr
thing z any cabnlan should drive al
EUuy 1lESi0kid0n WAS anxious fo g4f9 aI~Ts
from tlse station nd the Keen SvSd1
EdstectlxoSag f1st p6e0iblS he fh0sS~hf
nothing sof ttsGk Nraf@#A1tAr q ShnsafeNs
EWrUfd 0fstW0 they ceased 10 frYSfn stSIE
end &0Ckdonssahel1 allylysgES acllAd oaSfs y
reasasEs.l !. aIadsEaud Id - pn me
M Heshad not meantst 0 keepits her
Int second. 5Mst 10 nake hersundor-
e3A1d that AlA%4 Nel1sg4nd de N0uf6
|n0o3 ~ Abt9 nS4xpleanfBf6inRa kaf ~
fGhe did not seem % resent II, nor sdrsN.
EhsrsoMM&ANAH. he Sy1elde4 ~ the Temp
|tea39s1s aMd kept the sx.Gll g1pvsd hind
4MFHXX0
The Harrison times., 1916-09-02
HEAT JOKE ON TWO MEN
General Fight Threatened When Trick
Is Explained by the Town
Marshal.

Hammond, Mo.-When II. s. Petrie
met Fred Schmal, both business men
OF Lowell, on the street Petrie re-
marked that the weather was the hot
test in his memory. Schmal said he
thought the day was the coolest in sew
eral weeks.
Petrie warmed up Immediately
said he had just come from his store,
where the thermometer registered 11S
degrees.
Schmal, cool and calm, replied that
he had just read his thermometer and
it registered 70 degrees, and he would
stake a small amount that it was as
nearly accurate as any in town. Pc
trie almost exploded.
Friends of each man got into the ar
gument and general fight was threat
ened until Marshal Duckworth ex-
planned that he held Il match under
Petrie's thermometer and had treated
the Schmal thermometer to an ice
bath.
The Harrison times., 1916-09-02
HAS STOLEN MEXICAN SHIELD
Bears Coat of Arms and Disappeared
on the Night Madero Alb
dicated.

Douglas Aria rawhide shield,
bearing the embossed national emblem
Of Mexico, stolen from the hall of am
basSadOrS of Mexico City the night
Francisco |. MaderO was seized by his
officers and forced to abdicate the
presidency of the republic, is in the
possession of Ives G. Lelivier, MeXi-
can consul here. He has written the
Carranza government for authority to
keep it.
The shield was taken by a customs
officer from a Mexican who was try
ing to get across the international line
at NOgales, Sonora.
Its seizure by the customs officials
ended a search of three years, begin
ming the night it was stolen after it
had been cut by the bullets which flew
from the pistols of officers and order
lines in a melee which started in the
hall of ambassadors when MaderO
stood under the shield and protested
against the treasury.
The rawhide hung on the wall in the
days Of Diaz, and President Huerta
valued it so much that he commits
stoned detectives in an effort to find it.
The Harrison times., 1916-09-02
LATE MODEL IN SEPARATE SKIRTS.

When sports clothes made their ap-
pearance up-to-date women came and
saw and were conquered by them.
They are not classed among the fads
of season now but acknowledged as
new departure that promises to be-
come permanent institution. They
have added lot of color and vivacity
to the apparel Of women, and have in
fiuenced styles in other lines. AL
ready specialists in designing them
have demonstrated that their charac-
ter and style lie in lines and in ma
terials as much as in color.
A separate skirt In a handsome
plaid, shown In the picture, is not
classed among sports skirts, although
1t might be. But it reflects the style
of the sports skirt. 1t is made ankle
length with bias edges of the goods
Joined In seam down the back and
the front. Pipings and parallel rows
of most wOrkmanlike machine stitch
Ing places 1t in the class that Is dis
tinguished by fine tailoring-anL there
is nothing better.
The saddle-bag pockets, introduced
early In the season, proved an nspira-
ton for several pocket effects which