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New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

business this year. There's a reason. Besse-Leland' s.-advt
 Novel and unusual gifts at Besse- Leland 's.-advt
 Our Neckwear at soc, considering the rich silk and model, you will pay 85c for elsewhere Besse-Leland Co.,
 -advt. Mufflers, all prices, at Besse- Le1and's. More for Less.-advt.
 At the meeting of Phenix Temple of Honor, No. 19. to be held tonight in O. U. A. M. hall, 277 Main street, two candidates will be initiated.
 Extra count Shirts, fast colors and boxed, 95c at Besse-Leland' 's.-advt The payroll of the water depart ment this week was $2S5.26.
 For Jewelry, it's Besse-Leland's of cOurse.-adVt
 A serious leak in a water main at the Stanley street crossing was re- ported at headquarters last night by Policeman Axel Carlson. The au- thorities were notified and the trouble remedied this morning.
 For Combination Sets it's Besse- Leland's. More for Less.-adVt
 Gift Certificates at Besse-Leland's Ask about them.-advt
 Christmas Checks cashed at Besse- Leland 's.-advt.
 John A. Volz of New York was a visitor in town today.
 Forl your Neckwear Besse-Leland's, of course.-advt.
 Neckwear from one end of the store to the other Besse-Leland Co.-advt A wholesale stock of Neckwear, all prices, at Besse-Leland' 's-advt
 Benjamin West of GA Church street, a we'll known waiter, and Miss Mary Frances Gibney, a waitress, who lives at the Hotel York, were granted a marriage license today
 Slippers for the whole family. More for Less at Besse-Leland's-adV The Gift Store for Men. Besse- Leland 's-advt.
 See the shirts at Wilson's.-advt. See the Neckwear at Wilson'S advt.
 More Silk Mufflers at Besse-Leland' s
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Our Neckwear at soc, considering the rich silk and model, you will pay 85c for elsewhere. Besse-Leland Go.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
EXTRA DEMURRAGE
 CHARGES IN FORCE
Cost of Living Expected to Be
 Affected by Change

Washington, Dec. 15-Drastic regu- lations adopted by the railroads went 1 into effect today with the approval of the interstate commerce commis- sion, as emergency measures to re- lieve the shortage of freight cars which for months has been brake on the country's commerce and af- fected the high cost of living. The remedy is the railroads own, proposed by the car service commis- sion of the American railroad asso- citation and formally approved by the federal commission. The first regu- lation provides that a consignee may have the usual two days to unload a car and that thereafter demurrage shall be charged at the rate of $1 for the first day, $2 for the second, $3 for the third and $5 for the fourth and each succeeding day. Hereto fore the charge has been uniformly S1 a day, and many consignees, not ably autom obile concerns and coal dealers, are declared to have been glad to permit shipments to stand for long periods because the penalty was so small that it compared favorably with warehouse charges.
 Another order increases the daily Ieuldl pd1u Dy rdllrOdCS to oaCnOtner for cars from 45 to 75 cents per car, or about 70 per cent. The order is expected to make serious difficulties for some small roads which never have had sufficient equipment of their own.
 Eastern Tracks GIutted.
 Foreign cars on congested roads are said to have come almost wholly from southern and western roads. Reports to the interstate commerce commission show that they glut the railroad yards and sidings of most eastern lines and many in the middle west. The trend of traffic, because of the European demand for Amer ican goods, has been overwhelming toward eastern seapOrts.
 The rise in the price of coal is at tributed almost wholly to the car l shortage, aided by the alleged activi- ties of spectators
 In respect to foodstuffs the same l situation is said to have applied, al- 1 hough it has been less acute. Re- cent orders of the commissio which provide that roads shall return box cars and refrigerating cars without delay to the owning lines are said to show effect now.
 Futher consideration of the prob
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Mufflers, all prices, at Besse- Leland's. More for Less.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
SCHOOL INSPECTED.

The new Vocational High school was open for public inspection this afternoon and will be open through out the evening so that anyone inter- ested in the work done may visit the school. The school board is in charge of the public inspection and is assist ed in receiving the guests by the High school Parents and Teachers association
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

lems presented by the shortage of cars is the subject of a conference here today by officials of eastern roads. A meeting of some of the chief shippers of the country will be held here next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Special Taxation Notice-Gen. No. 81

Special Taxation NOtice-Gen. No. $40.
Notice is hebey given to all persons
interested that the city council Of Rock
Island, ILL.,, having ordered that Eighth
avenue be excayated, graded, curbed
and paved with brick blocks from the
east curb of Ninth street to the west
line of Nineteenth street, the ordi-
nance for the same being on file in the
Office of the city clerk of said city and
having applied to the county court Of
Rock Island county, ILL.,, for an as
sessment of the cost of the said i'm
provement according to the frontage
of the property assessed along the line
of the proposed improvement, said as,
|sessment being payable in nine INSTALL
ments, each bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum. and an as
sessment therefore having been made
and returned to said court, the final
hearing thereon will be had on the
2Sth day of February, A. D. 1916, at the
hour of 9 o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter as the business of the court
will permit.
All persons may file objections In
said court before said day, and may ap,
pear on the hearing and make their de-
Tense.
Dated Rock Island, ILL.,, Feb. II, 1916.
ROBERT KUSCHMANN,
Commissioner appointed to make said
assessment.
| John X. Scott, City Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
CLADYSANDERSON
WINS COLD MEDAL
Is Awarded First HOnOrs i'm Girls
Defamation Contest at Moline
High School Last Evening.

Honor of representing Moline high
school in the Big Eight defamation
contest one week hence was last even
ing won by Gladys Anderson in the
Moline high school auditorium. Miss
Anderson delivered a scene from 1.-THE
Bishops Carriage" excellently and
should make an able upholder of the
maroon and white in competition with
representatives of other schools.
Marvel Griggs, delivering scene
from THE Lion and the Mouse" won
second place. This adds another
honor to those won by Miss Griggs, as
she was Moline representative in the
Big Eight last year, winning second
place. Gold and silver medals were
awarded the two winners in last eve
ning's contest, while Miss Anderson
will receive the literary M for repre-
senting the school Program of the
contest last evening:
Music, Evening Bells"-Boys Glee
club
THE Bishops Carriage Gladys
| Anderson.
THE Tale of Two Cities"-Barbara
Garst.
1.-THE Lion and the Mouse"-Mar-
vel Griggs.
Song of the hirt'-Frances
Grove.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
KORN BAKING co.

children. A daughter, Ida, passed
away 10 years ago. They spent a use
full and capable life, always cheerful
and looking on the bright side of life,
ever ready and willing to help any one
in need and to comfort and sympathize
with those in sorrow or trouble. They
were descended from ancestors that
came to America before the Revolu
tionary war and who took prominent
part with the colonists for their indie
pendence Many of the Duffields were
officers in the continental army and
some of them were members of
the continental congress. Prominent
among them was Rev. George Duffield,
a Presbyterian minister, who was COM
PEELED to leave England on account Of
his advocacy of the colonist in parlia-
ment. Mr.. and Mrs. Crabs retained
their mental faculties to the very last
and of late years have related many
thrilling and interesting tales of the
early days, not counting their life as
pioneer hardship, but looking back
to it as one of the greatest pleasures
of the days when all were friends and
neighbors to the strangers that en-
tered the country.
The following rearranged poem was
read at the funeral service by the Rev.
Mr.. Carr:
Oh! the gladness of the going,
When the faithful travel home;
o! the rapture of the welcome,
Where their feet no more shall roam
o! the beauty of the mansion,
Which for them is all prepared,
And the bliss their souls inherit,
Who in Jesus love have shared:
O! the joy meath heavens dome
When the faithful travel home.
Through the tempest and the sunshine
They together have crossed life's wales
and hills;
Meath a changeful sky, their pathway
Led them oft through many ills;
Now, before them lieth nothing
Save the cloudless perfect day,
J Shining DER immortal beauty .
In an everlasting ray
o! the joy meath heavens dome
When the faithful travel home.
Unto this they've looked with longing
AS the various paths they trod
They have come through one dark val
ley
AS they travelled home to God;
They through years of long endurance
In moment they have passed,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
SILV|SY0UNCsTER
COASTINC VICTIM
Emil COmserere, Aged 8 Years, SUI.
fers Serious Injuries When Struck
by Speeding Sled.

AS result of being struck yesterday
afternoon by a bob sled at Fifth street
and Third avenue, Silyis, Emil Com
serere, years old, is in the Moline
city hospital internally injured and
with grave doubts for his recovery.
Statement of DR.. L. D. Barding, at
tending physician, was that it may be
necessary to operate and that out
come of the case cannot be determin-
ed for several days
The boy was walking on Third ave.
que, toward Seventh street, when the
accident occurred Eight persons
were riding on the bob, which swept
down upon the lad at great speed. II
is not known whether the Comserere
boy was aware Of its approach. He
was struck in the abdomen and
thrown a number of feet When pick
ed up, he was unconscious.
He was hurried to the Moline city
hospital where examination was
made by DR.. Barding. Internal injur.
les, it was found, had been caused BY
his being struck in the abdomen by
the sled. Report from the hospital
this morning was that the boy was
resting fairly easy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
THREE NABbED IN
TWO FIGHTS HERE
Blue Grass Man Draws knife on Local
Citizen, But Brawl Ends Before
He Is Injured.
OTHERS ARE CUT AND BRUISED
Louis Friedenburg, Confessed Burglar.
Is Held to the Grand Jury on
Two C ats.

Two brawls, in one of which there
was knife play, resulted in three ar
rests by Rock Island police last night.
H. Irwin came to town from Blue
Grass, Iowa. Last night he was
fighting drunk" police said, when en-
gagged in an alteration with a man
giving his name as B. Metzgar, said
to be of this city.
In the heat of the argument Irwin
drew a knife from his pocket and
made a lunge at Metzger. Friends of
the latter interposed and police were
called. Irwin was placed in custody.
Magistrate c. ]. Smith fined him $25
and costs.
Ed Olson and Cliff Anderson tussled
in house at 317 Twenty-third street.
Police were called to end the fight.
Both were badly bruised. Anderson
was cut on the forehead and cheek. He
said he did not know how Olson cut
him. but that it might have been done
with a stickpin or ring. Both were
fined IS.
Is Bound Over.
Louis Friedenburg. 1405 Second ave-
nue., arrested on charge of burglary,
was held to the grand jury on two
counts. Bonds in each are fixed at
$1,000 which he has been unable to
provide. He is in the county Jail. Fol-
lowing his arrest Friedenburg confes-
sed TO the police that he entered the
Illinois OIL company warehouse and
the Office of the Minneapolis Brewing
company, First avenue, near Sixteenth
street, Thursday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

Music, Lady of BEAUTY Boys
Glee club.
Lance of Kanana" ada Horblitt.
Billy Brad's Big Lie"-Dorothy
Merriman
THE Lost Word"-Dorothy Peter
son.
'The Man Who Planted the Hungary
Grass"-Goldie Weinrott.
Music, Goodbye Girls, I'm Through"
Boys Glee club.
Piano duet-Helen Sellmer and
DeEther Ingwerson.
L. A. Mahoney, superintendent of
schools, was chairman and awarded
the medals at close of the contest
Judges were Cora Ford, Mae Acker
and Beryl Titterington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
= = :.

But the hour Of final testing
Was of pain and woe their last;
o! the Joy meath heavens dome
When the faithful travel home.
From their trial to their triumph
Is a sure and high exchange;
All the secrets Of the ages
Are the fields they swiftly range,
In the love of friends beloved;
IN the fellowship of Christ;
In the Fathers gracious favor,
Thus they keep the spirits tryst,
Sweet the Joy meath heavens dome
When the faithful travel home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
COLLEGE BOY TELLS
DEATH TALE OF GIRL
CONTINUED from Page One.l

Continued from Page One.l
and failed to make an appointment
with Marion for that evening, so made
one for the next morning. We had our
talk in the woods and l then told her
was figuring on marrying another
girl. l told her plainly it was all off
between US. Then we arranged that
| should leave the woods first and take
car to Chicago, where l could get a
train for Madison. l did that. She
was to follow me in a few minutes
after I had time to catch my car and
get out of her way. But she didn't do
that"
Officials plan to take Orpet to the
spot where the girls body was found,
and also have him confronted by David
James, deaf mute, who said he saw
Miss Lambert and young man in the
woods, and that the man pressed a bot
tie to the young woman's lips.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Crossed Wire Causes $4,000 Fire.

Montreal, Feb. 12.-Fire today caus-
ed damage estimated at $4,000 in the
forge department Of the Canada Car
and Foundry company Crossed cleo
trio wires are supposed to have been
responsible for the conf1agration. The
company is engaged in making shells
for the Russian government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

For the convenience of those unable
to pay taxes during the day the tax
collectors office will remain open Sat
urday nights hereafter from 6 to 9.
Ernest Russ, collector, room 315,
Peoples Bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Leads for Class Play.

Contestants for places on the class
play which the local high school
seniors will present in the spring,
met yesterday afternoon. 1t is proba-
Bile Franklin Searle will take the lead
ing male part in the play and Aline
Martin will be the leading lady. The
title Of the play is Contrary Mary"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
The
Long
Course
When Korn s

PAN Biscuits are Served
the dinners long course begins, for my good-N
ness how folks do revel in the deliciousness
of these PAN Biscuits.
You cannot, simply CANNOT initiate the fla
and so the favor of folks will not change-they A
want PAN Biscuits.
Rich, golden brown clusters of the most delight
pan baked biscuits you were ever asked to taste =
seems that everybody is enjoying them of cou
you are.
Sold by all dealers who like to sell good
things, and like to have their customers COM
pliment them on sending them good things
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
How pruosia Was Reforested.


There WIS no need of celebrating Ar.
Dor day in Prussia In the days when
Friedrich Wilhelm |. was king. for that
monarch had a plan all his own by
which he replenished the forests and
kept the country well supplied with
fruit trees.
According to Das Buch fur ALE, the
king, having observed that there was
great dearth of fruit and oak trees
In Prussia and not being willing to
undertake the tremendous expense of
reforestlng the country himself issued
an order to all clergymen that, after
June 81, 1920. they should refuse to
perform any marriage ceremony unless
the groom could produce evidence that
he had just planted six fruit trees and
an equal number of oaks. If it was in
winter or in the middle of a dry sum-
mer, when plants would not grow, the
groom had to produce and lay aside n
sum Of money sufficient to cover the
cost of the trees and promise to plant
the required number when fall or
spring came
The edict worked wonders. The next
generation in Prussia had no lack of
fruit and oak trees.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
NAMING a Novel.

"The thing to do" said the literary
man, lis to call your novel after the
name of the leading character"
"Why?" asked the youngest novel
list.
Because the best and the most sue
cessful novels always have such
Names" the other replied. "Take the
great novelists. The greatest book of
each gets its title from the leading
characters name.
Instances are easy to give. What
Is the best novel of Dickens? 1t is
David Copperfield.' What Is the best
novel of Thackeray? 1t is Henry Els.
mond.' What is the best novel Of
Scott? 1t is 'Ivanhoe. What Is the
best novel Of Thomas Hardy? Tess
Of the D'Urbervilles.' OF George Mere.
dith? The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
OF Rider Haggard? Allan Quater-
main OF Tolstoy? Anna Karenina.' "
New York Post
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Only Ono Athens Now.

There is and has been for many cen
turtles only one Athens But antiquity
knew no fewer than nine cities OF
towns of that name In various parts OF
Greece. and even In the time of Plau
tus 1t was sometimes felt necessary to
distinguish the great one as Attic
Athens" 1t was natural that Greek
cities should take their name from
Athena. the goddess of wisdom, war
like prowess and skill in the arts OF
life, who. according to some legends,
herself founded the City of the Violent
Crown. Others ascribed the naming
Of the city to Theseus or other myth
cal kings. The IS" of the termination
Is real plural, for the city was given
a plural name (AthenaD. as being made
up Of several constituent parts.-Lon.
don Chronicle.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Courtinq In Spain,

In sunny Spain etiquette is so very
restrictive in the matter of courtship
that it is wonder that young people
ever manage to get married at all
Even when, after many difficulties. the
engagement is accomplished, the par
ents have deciding voice In fixing
the date, and, as they prefer long en-
gagements. the wedding day is usually
fixed somewhere in the dim future.
The best man and maid of honor are
expected not only to fulfill the usual
duties, but to contribute-sometimes
very substantially-to the expenses OF
the wedding feast Wedding cake is
unknown. but instead packets of sugar
ed almonds are distributed among the
guests and sent by post TO those who
are unable to be present.-Kansas City
Star
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
A Tiger Story.

There is a story current at Kuoang,
central China, about tiger which gave
trouble in that quarter. A missionary
and his wife had been worried by the
tiger providing nightly around their
home. They determined to be rid of
1t and one night tied COW up in the
back yard and a dog at the front of
the house. Then they armed them.
selves with guns and kept watch The
tiger appeared. The missionary fred
and killed the COW. The wife rushed
to see what had happened, and in her
absence the tiger ate the dog.-Ex-
change.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
How Ioueans Boost.

Nothing could be more eccentric to
our eyes than the way in which tou-
cans go to roost The bird does not
tuck its head under its wing, poor
thingf" and so settle down. but packs
itself up In most orderly fashion. The
tail is turned forward over the back.
in, the soft feathers of which the gigan-
tic bill is hidden. Then the tail shuts
down. all semblance of bird Is lost,
and one can see nothing but a ball OF
feathers.-London Standard
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Ley ldlenass.

Beware of lazy idleness. 1t will have
its effect on your whole system. 1t
brings on degeneration of the muscles
and the internal organs. sometimes re-
sulting in an unhealthy accumulation
of fat and sometimes in internal adhe-
sion. In some constitutions 1t results
in shrinkage and premature old age.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Evil ENOUGH.

There is evil enough in man, God
knows, but 1t is not the mission OF
every young man and woman to de
tail and report 1t all. Keep the at
mosphere as pure as possible and fra
grant with gentleness and charity
DR.. John Hall
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Within Reason.

Mistress-Jane. didn't you hear the
doorbell? New Servant-Yes. mum.
Mistress-Then why don't you go to
the door? New Servant-'Deed. mum,
I amt expectiE' nobody to call on me.
1t must be somebody to see yourself,
mum.-Passing Show.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26

do you believe that all's fair In love
and war;"
"I used to. but don't any more"
'T suppose the horrors OF war have
changed your opinion"
"No, 1t isn't that lied to my wife,
and she caught me at It" - Detroit
Free Press.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Different.

Larry-My wife went away yester-
day morning. Harry-ls that what
makes you look so glum! Larry--No;
she came back last night.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Roarino Business,

"He does a roaring business"
whats his liner
HE blows the megaphone on sight.
seeing us"-Club Fellow
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-05-26

He. who takes the child by the hand
takes the mother by the heart--oid
Proverb.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-06-15

-3, Dis loads of ashes and rubbish
We're hauled off in the cleaning up of
Madison this spr ng. The size the
loads was not given but that is some
zebra or muck or whatever you choose
to call it,
Some talk concrete, some maca-
dam, some surfacing, some oiling and
some dragging. but why not talk drain
age, just simple, plain. everyday drain
age, such as can be made with a pillow
that is the cure for most Of our road
trouble.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-06-15
CORRELL
- AND -
MARTIN
A N ID
flow's This One =?

Look at the conditions Of the work
man today. Where is he l.? One timer
after another goes up the spout,
plumbers are in the gutter, paper
hangers have gone to the wall, police
men are on the beat, clockmakers are
on the strike and shoe makers are on
their uppers.
Have you noticed the briefness of
the interval between the oyercuat and
straw hat periods In this latitude
summer often has way OF coming in
with a running jump That is what
occurred last Friday when torrid
wave from the southwest overwhelmed
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