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Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
GENERAL.

new national organization to be
known as THE Friends of Irish Free
DOM" was formed in New York.
Five thousand employees of Armour,
Swift and Morris packing plants in
East st. Louis. ILL.,, have received an
unsolicited increase in wages.
Henry Ford said at Detroit that
he was not to be seriously con-
sidered as Republican candidate for
the presidency.
The firse recorded elopement in an
aeroplane encountered it's second
smash at San Francisco when Arthur
(ArD Smith, aviator, filed suit for di.
vorce from his wife who was Aimee
Cour of Fort Wayne, Ind. He charged
cruelty and that his wife's affections
were always on the wing.
Noah Lundy, a farmer living near
Areola. ILL.,. is mourning the loss OF
$L,G50 in crisp United States cur.
rency. Lundy had secreted the bills
in mail order company's catalog,
and while away from home his wife.
while cleaning house, burned the
book along with other waste papers.
Col. Everett o. Foss. formerly a
newspaper publisher of Dover, N. H.,
who claimed the distinction of being
the only man to witness the assas-
sination Of two presidents is dead.
He was at Ford's theater when Lin
coin was shot and also was preseut
at the shooting Of Garfield. He was
IS wears Of age.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
RN.

James William Lee, a cousin OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee, died at Dallas,
Tex, aged II.
Bankers in Colorado and Wyoming
are unit in reporting prosperous
conditions everywhere.
The Sioux City packing house
strike has been settled, and the men
are returning to work.
John e. Eshelman, lieutenant gov
ernor of California, died at Indio, Cal,
where he was taken from a train.
Many of the Leadville, Colo, strik-
ers have returned to work, and four
of the five furnaces are in operation.
The national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held in Kansas City from Aug. 80 to
Sept. l.
Detectives are investigating the
theft at Chicago of jewels valued at
between $4,000 and $4,000 from a
jewelry shop.
Eleven cases of smallpox in The
home OF r. T. Springer. a farmer near
Assumption, ILL.,, were reported and
the place was quarantined. Mr.. and
Mrs. Springer, eight sons and young
woman are afflicted.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee met at Phoenix, Ariz. and
adopted resolutions indorsing the ad-
ministration of President Wilson and
pledging Arizona's six delegates to
support the President for renomina
ton at the national convention OF the
Democratic party at St Louis.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When Boy.

II parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains q drug-caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children. they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
"When l was q child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give mo
sips Of coffee. And 20 I contracted
the coffee habit early.
II continued to use coffee until I was
~, and when got into office work
began to have nervous spells. Espe-
cially after breakfast I was 80 nerv.
GUS could scarcely attend. tn my cor
respondence.
AT night, after having had coffee
for supper, could hardly sleep. and
on rising in the morning would feel
weak and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
II can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches.
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cerealHthe original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 26c pack
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup Of hot wa
ter. and, with cream and sugar. makes
delicious beverage Instantly. 3oc and
Soc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the Same Per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
rsold BY 0rocsrs.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
FROM TELEGRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEk's
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST lMPo oRTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Two Zeppelins raid northeast coast
Of England.
Russians capture town of Bitlis in
Turkish Armenia.
German commerce raider Moewe
arrives safely in Teuton port.
German infantry attacks at Douau-
mont and east OF Vacherauville re-
pulsed.
Germans have launched twenty-six
general attacks by infantry since
drive began.
Turkish war minister, Enver Pasha,
reported wounded in attempt to as
sassinate him.
Russians drive wedge between nee-
ing Turkish armies, Bagdad's fall re-
ported imminent.
Germans evacuate trenches in for
est of Thiaville, Lorraine, recently
captured from French.
Berlin reports that 1876 men and
228 officers have been captured SO
far in the Verdun fighting.
More than 5000 men drowned when
French auxiliary cruiser Provence ii
was sunk in Mediterranean.
French hold Germans to positions
they occupy at Verdun, no changes
In lines being effected Sunday.
Paris semi official estimates place
the number of German dead lying on
the field before Verdun at $4,000.
Revised figures shows that 122 per
sons, including fifty-five passengers.
are missing and probably lost in the
sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental
liner Maloja. The bodies of forty
seven haye been landed at Dover.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
SOME USE FOR OLD J0GGS
Didn't Fit In Well With tho Rest, but
Boss Had Good Reason for Keep.
ing Him Around.

The visitor was being shown about
by the head Of the up-to-date business
house.
"Who is that dapper youth at tho
glass-topped deskf' he asked.
THAT is the superintendent Of tho
card-index system. He keeps an In
dex showing where the index cases
are.
who Is the young man with the
gray CATERS and the efficient ears?"
HE keeps an index showing the
length of time 1t takes to index tho
indexes"
"Who is the girl with the golden
hair?"
"She decides under what index an
index to the index of the filing cabinet
shall be placed"
And who is that gray-haired man
at the disordered desk in the cor
ner?"
"Oh, that's Old Joggs. He doesn't
fit in very we'll with the rest of the
Office, but I have to keep him around.
He's the only employee who can find
important papers when 1 want them
in a hurry."-New York Mail.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
Colorado Democrats Back President.

Colorado Democrats Back President.
Denver.-Fixing the time and place
for the Democratic state convention
at May 1S in Colorado Springs and of
the state assembly at Aug. in Den
yer, and apportioning the represeE-
tation of each county in both at two
delegates at large and one delegate
for each 100 votes cast for Thomas
M. Patterson for governor, the Demo-
cratic state central committee adopt
ed set of resolutions pledging the
support Of the party in Colorado to
the national administration and cali
ing upon leach and every senator
and representative in Congress" to
support the President as part of
their American duty.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
Gives cutieIe to Save woman's Life.

Gives cutieie to Save Woman's Life.
Longmont.-To save his fiancee,
Miss Grace Marks, from death, Leo
Sprague, a widely known young man
Of Longmont, allowed physicians to
peel more than sixty square inches OF
skin from his body and place it upon
that of the girl. Eighty square inches
of skin were required and the balance
was furnished by Glenn Vale, friend
of Sprague and Miss Marks. The
skin-grafting operation was pro.
nounced successful and the complete
recovery of Miss Marks is antici.
pated by the doctors.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09

.cortez Has First Bootleg Suspect.
Cortez.-The first arrest for boot
logging in Montezuma county since
the state went dry was made by Sher.
If Crawford and Deputy Ince when
they took into custody Victor Alex.
ander, 35, a Hungarian living about
ten miles north of Cortez. The au.
thorities searched the premises and
found seven barrels Of pint bottled
whisky and part of barrel, all con-
cealed in an old cellar.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
Bullet Removed From Cooks Body

Bullet Removed From Cooks Body.
Denver. - The bullet on which
rested Oscar Cooks claim of inno-
cence for the murder Of Patrolman
William Mcpherson, for which he was
hanged at the state penitentiary, was
extracted from his body at the re.
quest of his family. The bullet was
found to be a .32-caliber leaden mis-.
sile. AS the result OF comparison
with the guns used by Mcpherson and
Siewald, companion Of Cook the night
of the murder, Cooks contention Of
innocence was neither proved nor dis.
proved.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09

Brides Brother chokes Bridegroom.
Colorado Springs. = Angered be-
cause Alma Davis, 10. and Charles L.
Dynes, 20. were married, the brides
14-year-old brother attacked ths
bridegroom and choked him almost
into insensibility.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09

Two Freight Cars Blown from Rails.
Pueblo.-Two freight cars Of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad were
blown off the track near Fountain by
the heavy wind Sunday morning.
About 100 telephone and telegraph
poles as we'll as sign boards, were
blown down.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09

Miners Acquitted In Lester Case.
Castle Rock.-A verdict of not
guilty was returned by jury in the
case of four former strikers, charged
with murder in connection with the
killing April 29, 1914, Ct Maj. P. p.
Lester, during coal strike disorders
near Walsenburg.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
School Superintendent Die,

SCHOOL superintendent OIeS.
Salida.-M. D. L. Buell. died at his
home here at the age Of "a years,
after a lingering illness. Mr.. Buell.
was a prominent Knight Of Pythias.
and a member Of the G. A. r. For
many years he was superintendent Of
the high school Of Salida.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09

When a man helps his wife with the
housework it takes her about twice as
long to finish.
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-09
DATES ron COMING EVENTS.

DATES F0N COMING EVENTS.
March 20-April &c olora q o Retail
Merchants Associations Food and
Industrial Exposition at Denver.
April 13-Democratic State Convention
at Pueblo.
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
Springs.
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
May 18-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
Aug. S-Democratic state Assembly at
Denver.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09

pliment Of 655 officers and men, was
caused by a mine, as they point out
that the speed Of the vessel, not less
than 22.5 knots an hour, would have
made IL almost Impossible for a sub,
marine to have struck fatally. But up
to late hour last might nothing Of.
fetal had been given out. save that
there was no evidence of any kind to
show whether the Hampshire was down.
ed by mine or a torpedo
But the people Of Britain have paid
little attention to the opinion of the
experts. They blame Germany with
the loss Of Kitchener, and the fury of
the nation turned against the Germans
here. The stock exchange closed for
business, but not to the public, which
througed the building demanding add.
tional news of the disaster.
People Stunned BY News
No news since the outbreak of the
war has created such a sensation. The
members of the exchange met after
the exchange closed and demanded that
the Germans holding membership should
be expelled at once by the executive
committee. This resolution, which was
formally adopted, has been presented to
the committee which is expected to act
within a day or two.
From the exchange the crowd surged
to the war Office at whitehall. Here
the curtains had been drawn over all
the windows and the silence of the
funeral chamber reigned everywhere. al.
though the war work did not pause for
an instant.
Police Called To Handle Crowd
Finally the crush at the war Office be-
came so great and the demand for add,
tional information so insistant that DO.
lice reserves from Scotland Yard were
summoned and the police ordered to
keep the throngs from the building. 1t
was with difficulty, however, that the
police succeeded in carrying out their
orders.
The whole city went into mourning
Shops were closed and flags were low
cred to half-staff everywhere through
out the kingdom.
The King, as soon as he learned the
news, left Winsor. Castle, where he has
been resting for some time and return
ed to Buckingham Palace, where he
was Immediately attended by Mr. AS
quith, the premier.
A conference lasting FOR several
hours followed, during which it is un-
derstood that the question of success
sor to Lord Kitchener was discussed.
Three Men Are Considered
Sir William Robertson, the present
chief of staff was mentioned as were
David Lloyd-George, minister of state
for munitions, and former chancellor of
the exchequer, and Lord Derby, the
father of the Derby recruiting plan and
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
king George Regrets
Death Of Kitchener i
and Orders Mourning
Graft Probably
Sent To Bottom
. BY a Mine

ASSOCIATED Press BY Federal wirslsss)
n ONDON, June Field Marshal
l. Earl Kitchener of Khartum and
Broome, secretary of state for
war, and the members of his military
stah have been drowned near the Ork.
ney Islands, north of Scotland, while on
their way to Russia on a secret mission
from the British government.
When the news of Kitchener's death
reached this city, London was stag.
gered. This was the greatest. the most
stunning blow the people have suf.
Tered of all the buffets the war has
given, and the capital refused for n
time to believe it.
Indeed, despite the official report
from Supreme Admiral Sir John Jelli.
coe, commanding the British feet in the
North Sea, announcing the sinking of
the protected cruiser Hampshire. in
which Lord Kitchener and his staff
were voyaging, the government for
time denied that he had been lost.
= Then came additional detail--news
OF the search that was being made for
survivors, of wreckage found-and at
last the official announcement of the
Admiralty that Kitchener was dead.
And with that the people of Great
Britain appeared for the moment to
have lost their heads. They struggled
in the streets for copies Of extras which
the afternoon papers issued as fast as
bulletins from the government press
bureau could be sent out, and every
atom of news was devoured by the
throngs on the street with avidity.
But about the catastrophe-for that
IL the way Britain feels about the loss
of Kitchener-there still hangs a great
deal of mystery. II was officially stated
that he was bound for Archangel, Rus
STA, and thence to Petrograd, whore he
was to have had a private conference
with the Gear regarding the supply Of
munitions for the Russians, but it was
not explained how the vessel in which
he was lost was sent to the bottom, and
why there were no survivors left to tell
the tale of the wreck.
Cruiser Probably Strikes Mine
Experts believe that the sinking of
the Hampshire, a lO,850-ton cruiser
launched in 1908, and carrying com
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
AUTO SPEED MASTER
ENTHOSED BY HAWAII
Jimmy Kirkland Comes To Visit
and Is Delighted

Jimmy" Kirkland, we'll known
auto speed man, was an arrival yester-
day on the Wilhelmina from San Fran
cisco. Kirkland holds the time record
between Oakland and Los Angeles, hav-
ing made the trip in ten hours and
twenty minutes, and he has record of
six days, ten hours and twenty-five
minutes, for the run from San Fran
cisco to New York
Kirkland was shown about the city
yesterday by Mayor Lane, to whom
he brought letter Of introduction
from the mavOr of Oakland. Today
Mr.. Lane will take him for trip
round the island. Kirkland is enthus-
iasti" about what he has seen here.
Everybody is boosting Hawaii on
the mainland" he said, "and we hear
lots about your beautiful climate and
scenery But it seems TO me that there
has been no exuRgrratiou. In fact it
would be impossible" to cxaggerate.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
JAPANESE NAVY LOSES
OFFICER IN BIG BATTLE
He Was Commander Shimomura
Who Once Visited Honolulu

A Jnpnnrs" naval officer was among
thUN" lost in the naval battle in the
North Sea- according to dispatches re
ceiv"d from Toxic by local japanese
papers. He was Comdr. Chusuke Shi
momura supposed to have been aboard
the British battlecruiser Queen Mary
which was sunk with the loss of all
on board. The japanese navy depart.
mont has cabled an inquiry to tn,
British government regarding his fate
Commander ShimOmura visited Homo.
lulu in the AsO, which came here with
trimming ship squadron, when he was
lieutenant. When the war broke out
he was sent to England US a war nb
server and it is understood that h,
remained in the Queen Mary through
Outh the war.
Local Japanese papers are publishing
expressions # regret at his death.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
EMPLOYERS SIDE
l. is ANNOUNCED

According to a recent statement by
r. c. ,Thackara, secretary of the Water
Front Employers Union and vice presi-
dent of the Luckenbach Steamship
Company of San Francisco, the atti-
tude adopted by the employers in refus-
ing to grant the demands of the mon
Was taken for the following reasonss/
"The Water Front EmployersJ I'm
ion hasa contract with the Biggers
and Stevedores' Union which provides
that the agreement now in foTee shall
continue in full force and effect, sub.
ject to sixty DAYS written notice from
one party to IA, other =. Such notice
was not given in the case Of the pres
ent demands.
Given in face of such an agree
ment, the employers would not be un-
willing to grant a reasonab bic increase
in the straight time wages and q
small increase in the overtime wages,
based on the relationship which always
has existed between the two classes,
but the present. demands for overtime
wages in particular are unreasonable
and impossible to meet.
Many of the working conditions
in the agreement have been altered,
and through manipulation resolved
themselves into a very heavy increase
in the per ton cost of stevedoring and
are absolutely impraeticable. The new
conditions are not understood by the
employers and efforts to arrange a con
ference have been rejected
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
'ts', n,.'ssA-.va IL 2..5N 80 ~
Some Friends of Statesman Hint
At Poison While Foes Declare
He Committed Suicide: Govern
ment DEGREES Natural Causes
II YUAN HUNG TAKES HELM
of, AFFAIRS THIS MORNING
.-e.
Passing Of Chief Executive Of Re-
public Throws Picking Into
Mourning, But In Southern Pro-
'yinces 'Revolutionists Rejoice
Consul Woohuan
Hears ] Officiallyof
Passing of Yuan
CEzI!NElsE CONSUL rsz-ANa

HINEsE CONSUL rsz-ANG
WooHUAN yesterday receiv-
- ed from Washington ofiicial
confirmation Of the news Of the
death Of President Yuan shih-Kai.
The news came at five-thirty o'clock
In the afternoon, In o message from
Dr. Wellington v. x. Koo, Chinese
minister at Washington, reading a.
follows: 4. III, : .'.tT
"I am in receipt Of q cablegram
from Wal Chiao Pu (Chinese For
etgn ofiice) stating that President
Yuan died from illness on the sixth
instant at about ten O'Clock q. m.
''Posthumous mandate states
that In accordance with the twenty
ninth article Of the Constitution Of
the Republic Of China, IL Is hereby
declared that Vice. President IA
Yuen Hung shall assume the presi-
dency nd interim. "a
His Bxcellency, Ii Yuen Hung,
has decided to assume the presi
depcy on the seventh instant at
ten o. m.
"Half-mast proposed for nine
teen days, beginning from today.
Further decision regarding the
number Of days viii be cabled later
on" r.
Consul Woohuan declined to com
ment on the situation, and had
nothing to say further than that
hsswohld proceed TO send the Gus
tomary Official notifications TO the
various other consuls here.
The nag at the consulate Is fly
ing at half staff.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
People of Britain
Are Staggered
By Tragedy

one of the most prominent members OF
the house of lords
The war council was also called into
consultation, and long session fol
lowed in an effort to decide whether a
soldier or civilian should be named
as the successor of the late secretary
of state for var. The balance of opin.
ion appeared to be, it was declared
last night, in favor of Sir William Rob.
ertson
Plhns for great memorial service at
st. Paul's cathedral are already wei
under way, and the date for the ccre.
mony, which will include the presence
Of the King and all Of the prominent
government officials, as well as large
numbers Of troops, will be announced
within day or two.
Special Mission To Gear
Field Marshal Kitchener was on his
way, to Petrograd when he met his
death. He left a northeastern port in
the cruiser Hampshire, accompanied by
members, of his personal staff, incluH.
ing Hugh o 'Beirne, former councillor
OF the British embassy at Petrograd
o. A. Fitzgerald, his military secre,
tary; Brigadier General Ellershaw, and
Sir Frederick Donaldson. 1t was in.
tended to disembark from the cruiser
at Archangel and proceed direct to
Petrograd, where a conference with
Gar Nicholas had been arranged at the
request Of the Russian ruler on finan.
cial and military affairs concerning the
two governments. 1t was probable that
the party intended also to visit the
Russian front, and that the mission
concerned itself largely with the ques,
tion of supplying Russian troops with
adequate stores of munitions of war.
Earl Kitchener expected to return to
London in time for the opening of par.
Lament on June 90, when, it is said,
he had intended to discuss important
financial and military matters.
Movements Were Secret
His last visit to parliament was last
Friday night, when he answered critics
OF his administration of the war Of.
fee. Recently there had been no re.
ports of his movements, and but little
regarding him in the papers. No hint
of his intention to leave the country
had been allowed to leak out, and the
first intimation the public had of his
mission to Russia was the news of his
death. g..