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Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-28
CONVICTS TRY TO
LYNCH BISSELL
Prisoners at Lansing Attack Topeka
Man Charged With Murder Of
Little Edna Dinsmore.
MAKE USE OF CLUBS

LANSING, Kan, April ?7--An-
gored by tho stories Of the murder
Of Edna Dlnsmore In Topeka Tues.
day, 200 prisoners today we're dis
Dtreed after they had attempted TO
attack Fred Bissoil Of Topeka, sus.
pected Of the crime, In the state peni.
tontiary yard.
The prisoners had heard Of Bis
sells arrival here 70 save him from
the Topeka mob that invaded Law
renee last night and undor the try o.
Come on, boys they rushed al Bis
sell. Deputy wardens and prison
guards dubbed the mob into submits
sion.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
LIFE OF THE GUNS.
1t Depends Upon How Long the LIn-
 ings Can Resist Erosion,

1t Depends Upon How Long the Lln,
 ings Can Resist Erosion,
 The life of a gun depends upon the progress of erosion. which sooner or later Is certain to impair the accuracy of fire. Erosion Is caused by the action of the explosive gases at high temper ature and pressure.
 According to the Iron Age, the hot gases cause a thin film of steel to ab- sorb heat, The film expands and be- comes set. Upon the release of the pressure 1t contracts, which causes minute cracks that grow larger with every discharge. AS they increase in size they form passageways for more hot gas, and that tends to enlarge them still further. The inner surface thus becomes roughened and the bands be- gin to cOrrode. Finally the bore be- comes so enlarged that 1t allows the gases to escape. The shell does not then acquire it's proper rotation, and its flight becomes cratic.
 All guns except small ones are now constructed with Things in the tube which, when the bore Is worn out, are removed and replaced by new ones. The cost of refining a gun is approxi- mately 30 per cent of the cost of the gun. There appears to be no limit to the number of times that a gun can be refined.
 The small arms used In this country are considered to be worn out after 5000 to T,5OO rounds have been fired. Small naval guns can be fired about LOGO times before they are regarded as worn out. Large twelve inch and four teen inch naval guns are considered to have life on one lining of from l5O to 200 rounds.
 Low velocity guns, such as howitzers and mortars, have correspondingly longer lives than high velocity guns Of the same caliber, because the pressures they develop, and hence the tempera- lures. are lower.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
THE PEASANTS RIDDLE.
And How the SiciIian Kept the Prom
 ise He Made to the King.

And How the Sicilian Kept the Pron-
 ise He Made to the King.
 A Siciliaa lahore" told us this story. He says his mother told 1t to him when he was a child. It sounds like one of Grimm's tales and Is undoubt- edly very old folk lore:
 My mother told me that once there was a king who saw peasant work ing in a field and asked him how much he earned. And the peasant said, Four carlini a day What do you do with your 4 carlini?' asked the king. 'OneI eat, the second I put at interest, the third I return, and the fourth l throw away This puzzled the king, and he asked the peasant what he meant. And the peasant said:
 "T buy my food with one. feed my children with the second, and that is putting money out at interest. l feed my old father with the third, and that is paying back what has been given me. I give the fourth to my wife, and giving her money Is throw ing 1t away
 "That's a good riddle said the king, and must tell 1t to my friends. Promise me that you won't tell any one the answer till you have seen my face q hundred times So the peasant promised, and the king went back to his palace and asked them the riddle. Nobody could answer, but one remem- bered seeing the king talk to peas ant, so he went to the peasant and asked him about 1t. But the peasant said: T can't tell you. promised the king I wouldn't tell the answer till had seen his face a hundred times oh, that's easyH said the kings friend, and he took a hundred lire out of his pocket, and every piece of money had the kings face stamped on 1t.
 "So the peasant told the kings friend the answer to the riddle, and the kings friend went back to the palace and said to the king, I can guess your rid dle now,' and he did. Then the king became angry and said: You couldn't have guessed it. That peasant has broken his promise" So the friend had to tell the king how he had fooled the peasant. nt."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
BACKING A THEATER.
What New Workers In 1765 Did For an
 Offensive Play.

Offensive Play.
 Here is an account Of the sacking of a theater in New York from the Ga zette of that city of May 8, 1765:
 "The play advertised to be acted last Monday evening having given offense to sundry and divers inhabitants of this city, who thought 1t highly i'm proper that such entertainment should be exhibited at this time of public dis tress. when great numbers of poor peo- pie can scarce find means of subsist- ence, whereby many persons might be tempted to neglect their business and Squander that money which is neces- sary to the payment of their debts and the support of their families, a rumor was spread about the town that if the play went on the audience would meet with some disturbance from the multi tude.
 "This prevented the greatest part of those who intended to have been there from going. However, many people came, and the play was begun. but soon interrupted by the multitude, who burst open the doors and entered with noise and tumult. The audience es- capped in the best manner they could. Many lost their hats and other articles of raiment, 4 boy had his skull frac- tured and was yesterday trepanned. Death is his. Several others were sorely set upon and injured. But we heard of no lives lost. The multitude immediately demolished the house and carried the pieces to the common, where they consumed them in a bon fire"
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
MYSTERY OF MERCURY.
An Unknown Factor That Causes the
 Planets Erratio Motion.

]
 Planets Erratio Motion.
 The planet of Mercury Is the small est of the major planets and the near | est to the sun, which it circles in a little less than three months. It reach es its greatest distance from the sun at periods about sixty days apart. Dur ing the year Mercury Is morning star three times and evening star three times. Owing to its nearness to the sun 1t is never visible for more than pe- riod of about two hours after sunset or the same length of time before sun rise.
 The eccentricity of it's orbit is great CT than that of any other major planet; Its greatest and it's least distance from the sun differ by nearly fifteen mll- lion miles. According to A. W. Nc Curdy of the Royal Astronomical So- ciety of Canada, the most remarkable characteristic In the motion of Mer- cury Is that when it is nearest to the sun it travels faster than 1t should If 1t moved only by the attraction of the known bodies of the solar system.
 Astronomers have long sought an ex- planation of the accelerated motion. Some believe that there are other plan- cts at present unknown between Mer- cury and the sun-bOdies that although numerous are too small to be seen. The movements of Mercury indicate an h. fuence that might be accounted for by the presence of another planet revolV- ing within Its orbit. If such a planet really exists, there should come time when 1t will appear as a dark spot moving across the face of the sun.
 Another way to detect the presence of new planets In the vicinity of the sun Is to take observations during total eclipse. If there are no clouds at such a time the stars become visl- ble as the sun disappears. During the total eclipse of the sun in 1878 one observer saw an object that he thought might be the long sought planet, but no other astronomer has been able to confirm the discovery, and many now believe that the hidden source of the unusual movement of Mercury must be looked for elsewhere than in the orbit of the planet
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
SYSTEM AND PRINTING

Don't put 1t off, but order your printing now which You will need when you put in your new system.
 The Daily Alaskan job department Is better equipped than ever to do your work. Prices right and work executed. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
FrIendship.

'I'm surprised that Digby didn't ask you to be best man at bis wedding. l thought you were very intimate friends"
 "We are. Digby says I'm the best friend he's got in the world"
 'Then why didn't he ask you%
 Because I'm lending him my dress suit to get married in."-Exchange-
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11
Oriain of the Pitcher.

Some of the earliest drinking vessels were made of skins, sewed together in such a manner as to be water tight. The skins were we'll tanned, and the vessels made from them were well nigh indestructible. Leather drinking vessels in England were called "black- jacks" and were made in about the same shape as the pitcher of modern times. The inside was coated with layer of pitch, thus giving rise to our word pitcher" it is believed.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-11

One woman in a thousand mar1ies after she is sixty years old.
 More than 300 kinds of fish have voices audible to human ears.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
FORMER WILMINGTONIAN
dies At TAMPA FLORIDA

John P. Harlan. aged 81 years, who
is reported dead at Tampa, Fla, was
for many years a resident of VIII
mington. being connected with the
Philadelphia 4 Reading railroad as
an accountant. In 1904, he moved
to Tampa and has since been engag-
ed in conducting an orange grove. He
was well known here and was a mem
Der of the Jr o. L. A. M.
Mr.. Harlan died last Saturday after
an illness of only two weeks. Mrs.
Harlan and daughter, Miss Eva j..
Harding were with him at his death.
He is also survived by the following
children: Mrs Lena h. Hume. Mrs.
ID. l.. Thompson and George Harlan
OF this city; Mrs. Jacob Croft, of
Lancaster. Pa. and William T. Har-
Ian, of New York. n. Y.
The deceased had lived all his life
until going to Florida at No. 1929
West Fourth street Mrs. Harlan
and her daughter we're visiting in
this city when they were notified OF
his serious illness and they returned
to Tampa in time to be at his death
bed The funeral was held yesterday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
Tells Of CONDITIONS
At GREAT WAR front
Son of Judge Prickett in
American Ambulance
Service in France
WILL VISIT HOME
LAST OF AUGUST

After a months vacation 10 be
spent in this country, William Prick
ett' son Of Judge William S. Prickett,
OF the Juvenile Court. who is wit
Messing much of the fighting in Eu-
rope. especially in the vicinity of
Verdun, will return to Oxford. where
he is Rhodes scholar. Judge Prick
EFT had hoped to have his son Join
the family in a trip from Baltimore
by the Merchants G. Miners Line to
Maine, where he has taken a cottage
on Pemaquia Bay for the balance Of
the summer but a cable just receiv-
ed, filed at Barbecue. states that il
is impossible for him TO leave his
work in France with the American
Ambulance before the end Of August.
In a letter recently received Mr..
Prickett says in part:
OF course, | do not believe that
this is a war Of pure greed and sell
fishness. II / did, / don't believe I
could be here to help intellectually
as | am.
But ! do believe that England and
France are fighting nobly for a great
ideal, and making heroic sacrifices to
realize It.. And so as / have watched
them at close range, in action, I do
not believe that greed and selhshness
are the springs of action in the world
today: That England's pose is all
hypocricy and a lie.
The people OF all the countries In.
volved are growing terribly tired and
unutterably weary of II all. The sol.
diers complain not so much OF the
awful wounds or the eternal prob.
ability of sudden death. as Of the un.
speakable living conditions in the
trenches In which they are compelled
TO exist under all sorts of weather
and in all varieties of climate. month
in and month out. mud and filth
everywhere and over everything and
everybody. So the people and com.
mon soldiers of both sides, are cry
ing out for any sort Of a peace that
will put an end to It all and let
them 60 back to their old life. They
really have 10 quarrel with one an.
other and, like old Caspar. What
they kill each other for they cannot
well make out
But you cannot expect the man in
the midst Of the struggle, blinded
with sweat and dust. to have a great
prospective. We can only hope that
in this great crisis the Allies shall be
able to produce men big enough to
see the hazards at stake, and strong
and popular enough to make the
people share their versions and he
willing to go the last step. and make
the final sacrifice At present I can.
not think of any men who can fill
this role of prophet to their peo.
pie.
so many men are making the
greatest offering and so many moth
ers sending their only sons gladly.
that ones life seems very small
thing.
I'VE are having the most abomin-
able weather imaginable. II has rain
ed every day for a month. and is as
cold as March at home. yet this is
June. We often wonder il we shall
see the sun again in Sunny France. "
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
Yale is framing an early slibi for it's
1916 football eleven. RIOTERS say the

team will be a bloomer unless the
promising recruits and veterans are
relieved of military duty on the Dor
der.
We don't know why they call him
Chick Evans unless il was because
he began playing when he was just an
egg
Yesterdays hero: Roth, Of Cleve-
land Roth got a homer In the ninth
for the Indians winning tally. He
drove in the other three runs, get
ting four hits in four times up.
Cleveland made two errors, but
more than made amends by three
brilliant double plays.
The Pirate Cardinal game was a
hummer-seventeen runs, thirty-six
hits. thirty-two assists. four errors
and ninetynine "at bats" is the rec.
ord
The Athletics won with distin.
guished ease-it was an exhibition
game. with the Paterson silk Sox.
Catcher Acher and Centeriielder
Kelly, of the Cubs, we're hurt, retir.
ing from the game. Not serious.
Cobb is catching Speaker with re
verse English. The Georgian batted
400 yesterday while his leader bat
ted 500
The first five clubs in the American
are within FIVE games Of one another
On the other hand, Pittsburgh,
NTH in the National, is eighteen
games behind the Dodgers.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
MR.. COXE'S new Yacht
NEARING COMPLETION

Commodore William G. Coxe's new
cruiser the Georgianna III, is at the
wharf of thes Mathis Shipbuilding
Company. Camden. n. j., receiving
finishing touches. The cruiser was
built by the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Corporation. of which Com
modore Coke is president II is
powered with four-cylinder' ESQ
horse power Diesel engine OF the
latest design Mr.. Coke was for
merly commodore of the Corinthian
Yacht Club, of Cape May.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14

Crow will quit only when Umpire
Murphy gives him close decision; then
he'll drop dead.
The more we watch the American
League race the more it reminds us
of an automobile grind. Here he
comes; there he goesi
The records show that Brownson
once had a worse ball club than Van
dever, but no one in Wilmington will
ever believe 1t.
81 = > , =
Golf has uncovered player
entitled Limberg who puts up an
awfully strong game.
= y = s. y
McGraw failed to reckon with Mike
Doolan when he traded the latter to
Cincinnati Mike says he'll play in
the National League or he won't play
at ALL
Yale is framing an early slibi for it's
1916 football eleven. Rioters say the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
ELECTRICs WIN.

The Western Electric Company base
ball team defeated the nine Of the
Bell Telephone Company on Saturday
by the score Of II To g. Knode famed
fourteen telephone men and allowed
bur fi'e hits. none after the third in
ming. The score by innings
Bell Telephone SO100OOoo- 4 2
Electric 2101124x-11 IL
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
ONE HOUR TO PLAY ONE
INNING OF This Game

Chester and Paschall. of the Delaware
County League. FLASHED on Saturday,
and before the smoke OF the first inning
had passed away. one hour had been
consumed. In this frame u runs were
scored. 10 by Paschall and bv Chester.
While Hoffecker started of for tbs
Chester nine, he did not last against
the heavy hitting of his opponents and
"Bilf' Crouch the local twirler. wss
called into the fray. The game was
won BY Chester, II to 10.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
BrandyWine.
Penn.
Broke Shot a
runs OF THE WEEK

Runs scored by all teams in Amer
lean and National Leagues from Mon
day. August Z to Sunday. August IS.
inclusive. Only runs that figure in
official averages are included. Scores
OF incomplete games are not counted
but the scores of games Of FIVE innings
or more are included in the table.
American LEAGUE.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
cEoARs WIN AT TRAPS.

Brandywine Forest OF Wilmington.
Tall Cedars, and Penn Forest OF
Chester. met in a trapshooting match
at Chester on Saturday, Wilmington
Forest winning, 11S out of 1876 to
Chester's 100 out of 1875. Messrs.
Turner, Robelen, Martin, Sauires and
Walker received the trophies, Joslyn
declining to take any. The condi-
lions were: Five highest scores on
each team to win. The results:
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14

MANY housewives either answer I'd.
peals Of domestics out Of work. or send
for them themselves through a Want
Ad Of their own. They are always
satisfied II they use the Want Ad
method.-Adv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
MIR. COxE AT ALLIANCE MEETING

The Rev. John Coke. Of New Cas-
tie. Pa, will preach in the Christian
and Missionary Alliance Chapel. No.
S04 West Fifth street, tonight
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
BASEBALL PROSPECTS
National League.

National League.
New York at Philadelphia, clear
1.-TWO games).
Boston at Brooklyn, clear.
Chicago at Cincinnati, clear.
Pittsburgh at st. Louis. rain.
American League.
Philadelphia at New York, clear.
Washington at Boston, clear.
Detroit at Cleveland, clear.
(Only three games today.)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
Peninsula BASEBALL
Standing of the Clubs.
MILFORD DEFEATS SEAFORn-

STAFFORD. Del. Aug. 14.-Milford
defeated Seaford in loosely played
game Saturday. tieing for third place
in the Peninsula League. The score:
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
silver KING wins The
Feature At WAWASET

Four races were on Saturdays pro-
gram at the Delaware Horse Show As
sociation's matinee at Wawaset Park.
The feature event was the second,
which went three heats and was won
by William Armstrong; Silver King
in two straight heats after finishing
second in the first heat.
Summaries:
Event No. I.
Prince Weston, b. e., by Mestonian
Garden FARM ............... |
Gillespie, ch. g. by Auster &C. S.
fmppsl Observation-Disclosures 2
Bill William, ch 2, by Prince
March CT. F. Lynch .......... "a
Time: 2.l7; PIG.
Event No. 2.
Silver King, b. h.. by Silver Wing
William Armstrong; .......2 ali
Para Belle, b. M. by Paralizer
tRockland FARM ............. l 3 2
Lucy Reynolds, b. M, by Summore
Garden FARM ............. 3 23
Time; 2.l9 Ia; 2.20 "a; 2.l7 IL.
Event No. 3.
Drama. b. m, by Bingara 81. w.
Nllhsl ....-........-...... !
Dossie Nolo, br. M, by Binvolo
Riverside FARM ............ az
Time: 2.37 -; 2.35 ID.
Event No. 4.
Joy Chimes. b. e. by Candy Chimes
N. II. Hollettl ................
Little Gene, b. e, by frankie West
~. W. Mullenl ............... SO
T. j. T., b. g. by admiral Dewey
90. II. Parry ................4 3
Jim Watson. b. g, by Candy Chimes
(W. NJ. Carswelll ........ IS
kopolna, b. h.. by Kremlin II. W.
Sweedel 81
William Hops. b. g, by Prince
Ashton William Armstrong; 6s
Dora Thorne. b. M. by Legatee 81.
G. Bouldcnl ................... II
Time; $50; 2.2j.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
Seaford.
Score by Innings.

Earned runs-Milford. Home
run-Jamison. Sacrifice hits-Kane.
Legar Davis, Mollineaux. Double
play-Wallace to Dolan. Stolen
base-Wallace. Hit by pitcher-Wal-
lace. Struck out-By Mollineaux. 3 ::
by Rommal. in innings: by Dodd.
! in innings. Base on balls-Off
Mollineaux. / of Mullin. 1 off Rom
mel, 1. Umpire Richards. Time
DO
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14

Batsmen say Holeveck is better than
he ever was. Joe must be throwing the
medicine ball the way he's pacifying the
sluggers.
Crow Proud denies the report that he
contemplates retiring from baseball.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14

Salisbury, under the leadership Of
Jack White, the popular diamond
pilot, has been fighting for first posi-
tiontion with Johnny Wilson's Cam
bridge team. At the present writing
both teams are tied up for the lead.
Seaford is three games behind, while
Milford occupies the cellar one game
below Seaford.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04

When few words may plunge this
country into war the man who has
the power to utter those words will
think a long. long time before he
exercises that power. He will sub
init to q deal Of criticism and endure
abuse and rIdicule rather than Boe
the young men OF America sent forth
to die on tho battle field. Only the
Supreme necessity OF maintaining tho
honor Of the United statoB or Of de-
Tending its Independence and the lib
critics OF its people will induce him
to speak the fateful words which
may bring death to thousands Of his
fellow countrymon aud change the
destlntes OF tho republic.
Those who are prone to blame tho
government beeauEe It does not do.
mand and threaten ought to consider
very seriously what It would mean
to the nation II their wishes were
carried out. II they were RESPONSE
bio for the consequences would they
give tho counsel which, as private
citizens, they arc so ready TO givo?"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04
And Would Use His Power as
Governor of the State to
Crush.the Workers.

Attorney Harold W. Houston. Of
Charleston, arrived IN the city on train
No. last night to speak IN the So
cialIBt convention in tho court house
this afternoon. which meeting Is sched-
uled for 1880 o'clock. Tho announced
chief purpose OF tho convention is to
nominate a county ticket which Is to
be submitted to petitioners. and in
this manner comply with tho proviB-
ions Of the old general election law,
thereby running counter to the primary
election laws several provisions. fhe
ticket so named and petitioned for Is
to become the basis for mandamus
proceedings to test the several feat
ures which initiate against minority
political parties.
Mr.. Houston states that the Kan
awhR valley is aflame with sentiment
in opposition to the Lilly element,
which he characterizes as being
"inimIcRl to the best interests Of tho
workingman." Concerning Mr.. Llly's
candidacy he has this to say:
"Tho interests OF the working class
OF West Virginia demands. above all
things, tho defeat OF A. A. Lilly In his
candidacy for governor Of this state.
The attitude Of Lilly toward the miners
during the great strike Of recent years.
was one Of hostility. To my personal
knowledge. he was a champion OF the
lawlcss military commission. and In
sisted that that commission had the
legal right TO send men to the penlten-
tiery without the semblance Of a Jury
trial.
III Lilly was honest in his opinion,
then he Is certainly not good enough
lawyer to DO governor; and Is he was
not honest, he Is morally unit for the
place.
''Irealixe that ordinarily asSociallst
can have little interest IN the per-
sonnet Of old party nominees, hut