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MAIL BY AERoPLANE.

A ERoPLANE mail service in Alaska will be an ac-
complshed fact II satisfactory bond can be fur.
nished by Earl L.. Byers. Of Iditarod. who has sub
mitted for bid for such service to the postoice de-
partment
Byers proposes to furnish aeroplane service twice
week all the year round for 1000 pounds of mail per trip
between Seward and Iditarod at rate s4s5o0 year.
This would affect important economies both Of money
and time In the Alaskan mail service The mails from
the United States to the Nome Alaska, district would be
advanced from 20 to 81 days.
II the Byers aeropane service Is started this route
would become the main trunk line for mails to points in
Alaska north Of Idtarod In winter this would be es
peclally economical and efficient. At present e1pen
sive difficult and roundabout service be maintain
ed The winter mail for Nome starts at Cordova on the
coast, to Fairbanks and Tanana by horse drawn
wagon or sled, and from Tanana Nome by dog sled
total distance of 1900 miles, This takes about 80 days
With the sewardditarod aeropane route in operation
the cost OF operation would be much reduced and the
present dog sled routes would be discontinued.
1t is estimated that the winter flying time from Sew
ard to Idrod by aeropane and from Idarod to Kalag
and Nome would be about IS days.
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Fizer. city sealer OF weights and mea.
sures, and has been placed on display
In his office in the city hall. Included
in the collection is a pair of scales
which were rescued from the food OF
1913, still covered with mud, were
put back into use by grocer Though
badly rIsted and with traces OF mud
still cliEging to them, the scales were
used daily until the sealer put red
tag on them. Another pair Is equip.
ped with wooden balance in which
the grocer had poured lead and drilled
holes alternately in an effort to make
them balance. Two other scales were
found to balance only when the goods
to be weighed were placed in
exhibit is Of ancient vintage, which
operated by the use of a worm and
screw. The word Condemned" in six
languages and printed on a red tag
is hung on all scales found false by
the sealer.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY "a. 1915.
AMERICA FIRST
STEALING THUNDE AGAIN.

fssy.s.8 . 1EtaLlCNG 11UINDE Adta1N.-
srHD Democrats in an effort to fool the public and
leteal bit more of Republican thunder, have decid
Is said to include four protective tariff planks
fnsthe! national platform to wit:
Asplank fayoring tariff commission.
Apank favoring protection of American firms against
foreign dumping.
Apank providing heavy penalties for foreign
engaged In unfair competition in the United States.
In addition there will be plank favoring combinations
cf American exporters to win foreign trade in competi
with existing cartels and combinations Of Germany
and other countries.
The Pittsburgh GazetteTmes makes the following able
eminent on the proposed plank:
Why should Democratic interest In any Of these
iEpposedi steIs for the protection and fostering Of
American commerce and industry have been postponed
until now? Why should performance the promise to be
made in the party platform be neglected until after the
election? II Mr. Wilson and his confederates in promis.
Ing success of the Democrats in the coming campaign
were sincere in their advocacy Of such measures as
are mentioned would they not long have engaged
IN pushing them through Congress? The popular yer.
must be that they projecting trick They killed
the Taft tariff board which, imperfect though It was
stl made start in the direction of compiling exact
information for the of Congress framing tariff acts
they proposed nothing to take its place until recent
". The opportunity to create American dye stufs
industry was presented with the opening Of the war;
but the Democratic administration and Congress have
indifferent to its necessities until now when they
propose to turn it to their political account Sim.
arly the necessity for anttdumping act has been
realized during the last q months but the Democrats
done nothing to provide against the danger threat
enng until now, when they will promise protective leg
taation IN the course of Stealing Republican campaign
Innnder highly patriotic and statesmanlike proceed.
is It not? Their fourth scheme to penaze foreign
concerns engaged in unfair competition in the United
States is corolary Of the third the aerthought to
methods Of encouraging the American export trade
OF these would have been undertaken long ago had
Republicans the to enact suitable legislation
70 accomplish the results. And what will impress the
country Is that while such legislation is in keeping with
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the always present Republican detsinasiot to promote
and foster American industry and commerce. as revealed
by the record the Democrats are concerned about them
only when they hard up for votes More mporantt
remember Is that Mr. Wilson has had the chance to per-
form the service and has not done it The value he at
taches to platform promises Is shown by his violation
Of pledges made in the Baltimore platform Of four years
ago. Democrats may promise; Republicans perform ac
cording to promise Mr. Wilson thinking of the coun.
try too late.
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sRUFF.sSTUFF'
sviasio.
i'BfHE0,

First 1t was Tab, Tab; whose got
the tab show? It's now button, but
ton; whose got the bottom?
Necessity being the parent of in.
ventton, John Martin has patented a
sanitary straw holder for his soda
fountain.
George Wesley Blickely says there
is nothing as healthful as canoeing.
So the fact that 20 elephants we're
on the bridge last year at once Is
no longer an argument that the South
Side bridge Is safe.
"Austrians pushing Italians back"
Soon have one foot in the boot.
Thirty thousand soldiers after ban.
dts.
viva Funston"
Why is It that these early watermel.
ons and canteloupes always leave q
pain?
Watchful waite.ing seems to be the
dope in New York right now.
OF course you walked to the South
Side bridge to see the circus parade.
Every circus brings an argument
as to whether It is pronounced CALI.
ape or cally-ope.
W. ]. B. says national prohibition
Is about here.
Also he has said many other things.
We bet John DIS grandson will have
that nickle he got from the oil king go
years from now.
He Is having his hand shook pretty
often, is Paul Armstrong-he's being
mistaken for Abe Lilly.
Strange. no proclamation was issu.
eG by the mayor asking US all % attend
the circus.
Can't get arrested when you're d. &;
d. on Main street II you're related to
cop. ..
Charlie Chaplin sued for 100000
II he losses he can sell his shoes
for hide and get It all back.
The fellow who walked backwards
from San Francisco to New York ar.
rived on Broadway yesterday. He be
backward no longer.
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candldates BRING Action.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. May "a
Alternate writs Of mandamus, return.
able May 20, were awarded by the
supreme court Of appeals today on pc.
tition Of counsel for Judge Thomas
P. Jacobs, William e. Mullins and NJ.
L. Long OF Wetzel county against the
board Of ballot commissioners Of that
county. The commissioners are alleg.
ed to have refused to place on the Of
fetal ballot the names OF these petit.
TONERS who are candidates for party
committee In the primary In June.
The ballot commissioners declare the
certificates Of candidacy were not fl.
ed within the time prescribed by law.
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Sentence Peace officer

BELLEFONTE, Pa. May 24-Hayes
Schenk. Justice Of the Peace at How.
ard 10 25 years. who was convicted In
February on bounty swindling was to-
day sentenced by Judge Quigley to
not less than two oysters no more than
three in the Western Penitentiary.
Nine other indictments, to which he
pleaded guilty. are still held over him.
In IS months schenck's bounty tans.
actions amounted to 5000.
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start New Church.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. May a.
The First Church Of Christ, Scientist,
has broken ground for a church to be
built at Bradford and Lee streets to
cost $4,000. The lot is valued at $1o,-
900. Abbott Brothers OF Charleston
have the contract for the building,
which will be Of stucco, with hard.
wood interior and will be completed
BY August !
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

John Meacham, Robert Cochran and
Fl Lennon Of Parkersburg have re-
turned from trip to Lee creek where
on Saturday night they caught nine
turtles of the snapper family, which
aggregated eighty pounds in weight.
One OF the Oldest horses Of Ohio
county belonging to Patrick Cowl. Of
the East end, Wheeling, is dead at the
age of Al years. Up until the time OF
ttB death the horse had been a faithful
worker. Mr.. Cowl's brother, James
sConnie" Cowl, bought the animal
when no first started into the circus
business many years ago, operating
what was known as the Connie Cowl
circus. Connie died about seven years
ago and left the horse to his brother.
minnie as, the faithful old equine
was known was frequently used in
linking East End children on rides and
she was a remarkably intelligent ami.
NAL, having scores of friends among
the children; many of whom wept at
her passing.
n Doigenes, the ancient Greek,
whose flowing beard and knock knees
nre familiar to all readers Of history
could have examined the records Of
Compensation Commissioner Lee OFT,
Monday morning. says the Charleston
Post he would have blown out the
light Of his tallow lantern, laid aside
his stan and lying down to sweet re.
pose. exclaimed, "At last haye found
an honest man" Reed Courtley, Of
Sanger. o miner employed in the mine
Of the Pridemore Coal and Coke Com.
pany, OF that, place. is the man whose
probtty would have ended the Creek
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And now they say they make take the Hippodrome.
Colonial to the supreme court II McCray keeps
the Lew orth company will get million dollars worth
Of free advertising.
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patriarch's fruitless quest. Courtley's
BACK was broken In slate fall in the
mine Jan. 2. The doctors reported he
never would be able to work again.
Upon their recommendation the I'm.
fortunate man was placed on the per.
manent disability list by the commits.
sioner and would have received a
weekly pension from the fund as long
as ne lived. Monday morning Mr.. OFT
received letter from Courtley asking
him to stop sending his checks, as he
expected to go to work within q few
days. This Is said to be the first case
on record where a person on the per.
manent disability list asked to have
his pension stopped.
The celebration in connection with
the membership campaign Of the state
Board OF Trade will be held on June
20 instead Of on June 10, as has been
announced. 1t was on the later date
that West Virginia really became a
state. She was admitted to the union
by Congress on June 10, and that date
was taken by the Board officials as
the correct one. But 1t is provided
that state becomes an entity when
It's officers formally take oath. The
Senate and House met at Charleston
at two o'clock June 20, 1916 and later
met In Joint session when Governor
foreman was inaugurated. The exact
time is not known. In accordance
with this official information obtained
from the office Of Secretary Of State
Reed, the State Board will defer its
state celebrations for one day.
s. G. Wells. chairman of the Brooke
County Republican Executive com.
mittee, has been ,signally honored BY
receiving warrant as Assistant Ser.
geant.at.arms at the Republican Ma.
tional Convention. to be held at Chi.
cago, ILL.,, commencing Wednesday,
June .. His warrant, was sent out By
Col. W. F. Stone. designated as the
sergenat'at-Arms. But sir appoint
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Cost Of Food to Send Price Of Meals Up Unique stu.
alton Strange that the cost OF food should have anything
to do with the price Of meal.
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All those brave young men who contemplate getting
married next month should make their Of the rest Of
this month in telling how they will rule the household
They won't have anything but an abi after the wedding.
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Man gives Two Chickens the Rip Van Wrinkle treat.
ment' There should be law against ambiguous heads
in newspapers.
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Sesh oeotet udhiA6 tHem very Qe6lr'
able favors.
A cablegram has been received by
S. Davidson, 119 Thirteenth street,
Parkersburg. conveying the informa.
ton that his daughter, Mrs. Francis
Davidson futile, and her two children,
Lucille and Stephen sailed from Calcut,
ia, India, on May 10 for America.
They will arrive here In seven weeks
time. by way of Seattle, Washington.
Mr.. futile is in the diplomatic service
in India, and his term does not expire
for several months. at which time he
Will make the trip here. This will be
Mrs. Tuttle's first trip here to visit
her parents in six years.
Physicians say Chester. 2 year old
son OF H. R. Cunningham. Parkers.
burg, bears a charmed life. He man.
aged to secure box of bicloride tab.
lets. which he, thought candy, and he
ate enough to kill an ordinary adult,
but he is recovering. Two weeks ago
ne Iell four stories from the Goetz
building and was unhurt.
Guy Biddinger is in town says the
charleston Mail. The detective drop
peg IN this morning, 1t is said, to delve
into West Virginia political matters.
Biddinger. under $4,000 bond in New
YORK, has been in print great deal
OF iate. In TACT more than when he was
the instrument through which asnum.
per OF West Virginia legislators were
sent to the penitentiary few years
lot bribery In connection with their
vote for United States senator. Bid.
dinger was indicted recently In Chica.
go, where number Of charges are to
be answered by him at a later date.
A collection az condompea sss.1..
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The following suffrage motto was handed to Franklin
P. Adams, famous conductor "Fiftyffty or fight"
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Yes they are still fighting in Europe. The Kaiser is
trying to get an injunction against the world.
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i In Pittsburgh they don't say: who won?" No, they
say How badly were the Pirates beaten today?'
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ALTER Ego" has not yet been called to the stand in
the Waite case.
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A collection Of condemned scales
which. up to within the last six weeks,
were III daily use In Huntington gro.
Gerry stores has been started by q. III,
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ments Of this kind are assigned to
each stste, making them very desir.
able favors.
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Great Britain has suspended execu.
tion Of death sentence against
Lynch, citizen Of the United States,
at the request Of President Wilson.
Lynch was found guilty on charge
OF completely in the Dublin revolt.
The United States will investigate.
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OUR PACT WITH ENGLAND.

" 90. s'' 49,. - 800. y. -, ' ss
" Voc .te at eetaeas y, se'e'e e.tee ''tA w
W - 49, e
" u'p''A1as'' Aose' "sA eeAA4"A' " e oDo'' s'1's'o
'ee''
ine 'tapn'e no'es ,Aa. suou'u au ueuent oseui :.
a'asoh1e 1.neitea anu nnsahu Tie .so hatons eou'e
an inquiry "A.n nient '"ee seaf'
Nei'her eouia ,nieiiea Jun 1ermahs against snsaho
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Roosevelt Is reported throwing his hat in the Ri
again.
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Can't get arrested when you're d. &
d. on Main street II you're related tc
cop. .......
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Heated argument over plano case. Soft pedal please
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Charlie Chaplin sued for 100000.
II he losses he can sell his shoes
for hide and get It all back.
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Neu, Dress Cottons

An extensive 1916 showing-in other words
larger assortments than you'll generally find to
select from. A series of blossoms of fruit bear
ing trees, wild and garden flowers, dainty or
bold plaids-pretty stripes and so many new
ideas to attract and make them worth seeing.
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The fellow who walked backwards
from San Francisco to New York ar.
rived on Broadway yesterday. He be
backward no longer.
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He who strikes button hath nsulted and assaulted
me.
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Light Occupations: Picking the orpet Jury
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Women's and Misses
Spring Suits
II A L F PRICE

Late spring fashions but we deem il
best to sell them now. So prices are
made accordingly-with quick action
10 them. that compels immediate at.
tentton by women who want new
suit at real saving. The story is
one Of price except that we want you
to bear in mind that these are this
seasons suit styles that can be worn
now and in early fall.
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Strange. no proclamation was issu
eG by the mayor asking us all % attend
the circus.
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People Are Not
Carried ADQu
BY RystericaL
Advertisement

The plain truth sim
ply told is building up
for this store a splendid
business. 1t is a steady,
healthy growth due
solely to better mer-
chandise, better values,
and fair, square treat
ment Of our customers.
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Sheer White wolfe with new
quaint collars and long ja.
bots. Trimmed with val and
baby Irish laces. Long sleeves
crochet covered buttons.
Another attractive model.
also made of fine voile-en.
broidered in front-low col.
lar--decidedly new In shape,
outlined with val lace. Long
sleeves, lace and insertion
trimmed s2.9S.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-18
COULD NOT SEE THE FUTURE
Two Men Of Great Inventive Ablilty
Who had Not the Quality
of Foresight.

Not infreqaentiy great inventors do
no comprehend the significance OF the
thing they have produced, An inter
esting anecdote Of two famous men OF
science whose foresight did not equal
their inventive ability follows
When Hertz first began TO obtain
satisfactory results from his now fa-
mons researches into tho possibility
Of transmitting electric waves. certain
men OF science suggested that some
day similar vibrations might serve to
transmit messages through space.
hertx laughed at the hypothesis. and
assured all corners that his expert
ments we're for laboratories only.
Now. after a few short years. IL 10
hard TO find n single issue OF daily
paper that does not record some note
worthy example OF tho use OF wireless
telegraphy.
Levassor was tho great engineer
who sketehed the automobile With
such skill that his design has not been
materially changed To this day. After
Leyass0r accomplished his historic trip
from Paris To bordeaux and return. at
the dizzy speed Of about fifteen miles
an hour. his admirers gave him
banquet During the toasts. one OF
them stirred by the spirit OF the oc-
caslon. rose and enthusiastically called
on the assembly 10 drink 10 the APP
preaching day when carriages should
travel at the speed OF sixty miles an
hour. Leyassor turned 10 his near
est neighbor and asked IN quick
undertone. why is IL that after every
banquet some people feel called on
To make fools OF themselves Les
Inventions Illustrees.
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Small Japanese Houses.

A number of causes have affected
the size Of the japanese house. which
seems much too small for comfor-
table habtation in the eyes of a for
eigner. In the first place. the people
themselves are small. the average
height of the Japanese male adult be.
ing five feet three and one-half
inches. AS 1t is the usual custom TO
sit on the floors upon cushions. with
the legs bent beneath. great height Of
ceilings is not desirable. The low
ceilings may be attributed to the lack
OF any heating systems other than the
small charcoal brazier known as the
"bibashi." The frequency CT earth
quakes throughout Japan has been 4
largely contributing cause as well. and
the question Of expense in country
where economy reigns supreme has
also had powerful influence.
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With the Solid Clans.

One essential fact about northern
Albanian clans is that they have re
manned exactly as they ware when the
Norman Crusaders landed on their
coasts from southern Italy and rode
along the ruinous Roman road that
still leads to Constantinople
Their SHOWS and their poverty. their
strange tongue and their habits OF
rapine. have been the amber that has
preserved the prehistoric fly.
II novelist or historian wished
to plunge himself into the atmosphere
OF the Dark Ages at some period after
the barbarian invasion and before the
full recovery OF the power OF the
church he could not do better than
spend q year among the Mirdites or
the Maiessori.
They profess Just such u nominal
Catholicism as reigned In Europe be-
fore the snperstitions of the primitive
north had been partly dissolved in
baptismai water.
They hold their faith with the same
partisan intensity which made Arians
Or Catholics OF Goths and vandals be
fore they were Christians.
The one social fact In their lives 10
the solidarity OF the clan.
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Street Began in Rome.

An amusing anecdote OF the old
Rome of Papal days is told In Prin-
cess Lazarovichs Pleasures and Pal
aces" Passing the beautiful Palazzo
Barberini, once the home OF W. w.
Story, the old American sculptor and
peat,Y she writes. Il remembered an
ircidtlt ne TOLD me an Lordon. AZ
l"tt' was It seems, at that time al
most impossible for q man to pass
through the streets OF Rome with any!
thint in his coat pocket and ncl miss
it on returning home. The little iaz-
zaroni thought it their right to see
to that s
Several times he and his friends
tried1to keep watch and surprise the
opeTatioR at the instant of his perfcr-
nance, but in vain; the beggars were
toa sly and swift
Zone day Mr. Story cut a red silk
bandanna into strips and left tiny
edge OF it peeping out of his coat peck
ct as he and friend started out.
at was hardly a moment before q
ragged. brown legged little imp ran
in front of them, Haunting the tattered
bandanna in their faces and scream
ing angrily: Mean. Mean Shame!
Shame"