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The Tupelo journal., 1916-09-29

meet" she said, with well-assumed
lightness, "We are both alive, any
how. and that is something to be
thankful for"
is it?s muttered her downcast low
er. II wonder!"
BY this time Moretti had noticed the
deeply interested talk between the
two. He frowned. Johns careless
remark had enlightened him as to
brakes position. S%mothering his an,
noyance, he called Gertrude, intro
duced her to her partner and succeed
ed in giving her a significant nudge.
Drake effaced himself as his partner
whirled away in the dance. He went
out, and, to his surprise, found that he
was frankly delighted at having en-
countered Gertrude. He was walking
down the street, holding his head
high and INDUCING in d~ay-dreams,
when that same notwithstanding per
son who had noticed his departure an
the a met him face to face.
Drake would have PASSED, but the
other stepped deliberately in fre1t of
him and greeted him esfusively.
Sink me. Joe, il I amt tickled ter
death to find ar old pal SO wen fixed.
You amt gofn' to try to put It over
that you have forgotten WaILEyed
Bill, your old side-kick, are you?
Come and have q drink. There's
things you and I have to talk about"
Drake, Of course, should have defed
this ghoui But the fatal weakness
il his character, which had FIRST led
to his downfall. now urged him to
teinporize-
\ find / have five minutes to spare,
Bill" he said. Come along! Let's
find a saloon In a side street. It's as
much as my Jobs worth to be seen
drinking in public at this hour Of the
day"
Coin straight. eh?" chuckled Bill.
That's good. That's thep right lay.
I'm glad to hear it."
The two selected a SELDOM in one
Of those doubtful neighborhoods
which to be associated with
fashionable thoroughfares in much
the same way that barnacles cling to
a ship. Drinks were ordered. Drake
insisted on paying, but Bill did not
seem to be short OF money, and paid
the waiter.
A third and . fourth supply OF
The Tupelo journal., 1916-09-29

ticking, though she could not nerve
herself to be candid with-her friend,
and tell of Moretti's wretched scheme.
The upshot of The d%espieable plot
came when the young millionaire re-
ceived the following letter:
Dear MIR. Burton: / am in terri
BILE trouble and want your advice.
Will you come to me this evening?
Sincerely,
GERTRUDE BROOK.
THE Apthorp, Apartment "a"
This missiye reached him while he
was actually working the combination
Of the safe, to place the money in it
with which he was going to purchase
The Tupelo journal., 1916-09-29
coN EPISODE
The Under World.
The Weakiing.

The tenth marquis of Castleton
found the transition from the CRIME
of the Plainfield Steel works, and the
squalor of a fiftll-rate American board
ing house to the ordered magniflcence
and trim beauty of an English aristo-
Gratis surroundings a good deal more
trying than he expected. Granted
good health and a true zest in life, it is
questionable whether poverty is not a
far happier state than riches for the
average man or woman. At any rate,
once the legal formalities connected
with the succession to the title were
gotten over, the newly fedged marquis
found himself bored to WEAKNESS by
the ceremonious state in which he
was compelled to live.
The new peer had hardly settled
down into a strange yet increasingly
pleasant environment before the cali
of the blood made itself felt, and he
returned to the United States.
1t must be remembered that he could
not ignore either the message given
by the r~evivalist preacher, B~ranton,
or the serious purpose which life
seemed to have brought hand in hand
with great wealth and high social
position. He thought, therefore, he
could deal with certain problems more
effectually in the land of his birth than
in a country whose people and ways
were as yet distinctly foreign. In re-
turning to America, he decided to drop
his title, and thus avoid the snobbery
which besets the path of a marquis
even in a land of democracy. Hence,
it was as plain John Burton that he re-
entered New York.
He did not go back to Plainfield.
Such a course. as. John himself put
it tersely, would be simply looking for
trouble, but he rented a beautiful
house in a town of greater size and
more varied social conditions-New
York, in other words-and there de-
1iberately set himself to read, improve
his manners and study eugenic prob
lens.
Oddly enough, he fancied he would
gain a good deal in department if he
took dancing lessons. Without ask
ing anyone's advice, he went to the
first dancing academy whose sign
caught his eye. Therein fortune
played him a scurvy trick, because in
all that great city he could hardly
have fallen into worse hands than
those of Professor Moretti, a tall,
swarthy, slenderly built Italian, who
blended a certain expertness in his
art with a crafty and designing ma
ture that sought victims among his
weather pupils.
One night John had been to a thea
ter, and had seen some new play
which presented a psychological prob
lem from an unfamiliar angle. On re-
turning home. feeling restless, he de-
cided to smoke and think out a per-
picking situation on the lines suggest
ed by the dramatist. He entered the
library, a fayorite room wherein he
could always secure a certain measure
of privacy.
1t was his habit. when deeply moved,
to pace back and forth in front of a
spacious fireplace. But the floor was
The Tupelo journal., 1916-09-29

that a cop didn't come along and tell
az TO get a move IN.
What about Gertrude?"
Drake started, and his worn face
lighted with a sort of dignity.
Guess I've done my worst against
her already" he said. Il wasn't going
back into her life, poor girl"
For a long time a silence, broken
only by brakes sobs, reigned in the
room. Then Burtoa said quietly:
Lift up your head, Joe Drake. and
begin TO imagine yourself a NAL
again. / am going to give you a
chance You'll leave here tonight with
some money in yelr pocket and a new
hope in your heart. Meet me fomor-
low at eleven o'clock outside the At
lantir hotel, and I'll take you to an
outfitter's Get yourself fixed up by a
barber earlier. Then, with some de-
cent clothes on your body, you'll feel
cleaner of soul. / am taking a chance,
but TN risk it. I want a secretary
who will attend to a heap Of routine
business which doesn't interest me.
Mind you. ! intend TO trust you. You
will no longer be Gentleman Zoe, bait
Joseph Lawrence Drake, Gentleman.
See that you don't betray my conn-
dence9"
The other sprang to his feet, almost
de]iri0us with JOY and gratitude
The Tupelo journal., 1916-09-29
Tho Dancing Girl.

A fortnight later, Burton remem.
bered that he was somewhat in arrears
with his dancing lessons, and arranged
to give an afternoon to teaching his
rebellious feet the i~ntricacies Of the
yalse a deux temps and the turkey trot
those sure and certain credentials
to the inner shrine of high society.
He ordered his car and sought his sec
retary's approval OF the garb donned
for this suspicious occasion.
The two young men went out to-
gether and entered the car. By evil
chance. a mean-looking, shifty-eyed
man, who had crook" written on him
in natures unkindest script. happened
to be seated on a bench near the en-
trance to the house. He eyed the
two with ,snvious interest. But his ex-
preston changed to one of blank
amazement when he caught sight of
the secretary.
Gould YOU beat I'll" he murmured
The Tupelo journal., 1916-09-29

John Burton, a worker in a steel mill,
suddenly inherits an English title and $l0,-
0 .000. He decides he will spend his life.
If necessary. in IN attempt to solve the
question rs Humanity in the Grip of
Evil?" Each episode of this serial forms
a distinct story in itself depicting his ex-
periences in his search for the truth.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11

cultural college education to the farm and home said Dr. &
A. Wdtsoe president Of the college he class and Laboratory
add the value of the regular lectures at these roun
because there questions that cannot be convenient
at the lectures but which be explained the %
and laboratory These will be given regularly M
future each winter and will be made extensive They VII
provide good practical educaons for the farmers and the house
wives"
This work. believe is the beginning of in edua
sion division will doubtless result thousands of farmer
coming TO the college for few weeks each winter for class and
laboratory work Next plan 10 offer em
experts TO teach them thus greater opporune
the farmers for agricultural education in all its branches
The most popular in point of attendance during m
past two weeks have been those in veterinary practice potato
grain diseases dairy records and testing and poultry for the m
Horticulture home decoration home economies eugencs and won
ems organizations, for the women.
Miss Gertrude McCheyne, who has charge of the eXten
division work for said today that would b
offered next year for She said that the housekeep
conference able TO do far effective work bec
the attendance sufficiently large TO permit the meeting Of m
ea different classes at the time, thus giving
ety of the special kind of work wanted by each present
The at the conference took special interest the
posed statewide campaign for cleaner and sanitary m
plies in all parts of the state committee composed Of Mrs
John A. Widtsoe of Logan Mrs Abel Kicks Of Brigham CITY Mrs.
W. PaNman of Neph Mrs George Hill and Mrs. W. C. Porter
of Logan, drafted resolutions the subject They passed
unanimously and read follows:
BE II resolved that the members of the farmers o
and housekeepers conference held at Logan January oath
February 5th do pledge ourselves to support and assist what
possible the state wide campaign for sanitary m
and
BE il further resolved that urge this resolution
city, town and farm in the state of Utah p
our support to state officers who have the work in charge
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER ". 1913.

no 10 stops Only Helper Summit Thistle Provo and Salt
" NO Is La" No OF the Castle Valley WIN
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
DO YOU FIND FAULT WITH
EVERYBODY?

An irritable, fault finding dispose
ton Is often due 90 disordered
stomach. A man with good digestion
Is nearly always good natured. A
great many have been permanently
benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets
after years OF suffering These tab-
lets strengthen the stomach and en-
ahle Il 20 perform It's functions nat
urally Obtainable everywhere
AdVt
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
Demand For Recognition Declared unr

The demand for recognition o
America Is declared unreasonable.
cite region TO the politics of an or
from the outside" The operator
the members Of the United Mine
bituminous coal fields. They hole
are fully protected by the open 81
commission"
The miners contention that &
of the contract provision betwee
quated." Is characterized as IN
rangement, the operators say. wa,
thracite commission. which provi
through the operation of which
come unnecessary.
The work of the board has IS
and II is believed that any furthe
down by the commission would be
encouragement TO labor troubles IL
ators declare.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
CIV of I'nri, Clpncd Oul.

The drainage has made itself sn felt
that now in Paris copper ana bronze
coins once considered nuisance Ice
cause of their plentifulnrss and
weight, are so scarce that the rail
ways wishing Co keep tho good viii
of their passsngers must pay "a pre-
MUM In order a. get coins to use az
change In France II Is estimated
that before the war there was no less
than three HILTON copper ana bronze
coins, of all dates, valued AT thirty
million dollars.
The sore need of German Tor cop
per can easily be reckoned when ID II
considered that the normal price uf
copper h. about fifteen cents a pound,
whereas "A pound OF copper or bronze
pennies now costs the buyer about
eighty cents, plus the gold exchange,
The German copper famine comes
not only from excessive ana lavish use
of all kinds OF war munitions, but
from the fact that she normally does
not mine what she uses, her output
being $500. 900 pounds, as compared
10 the i2OOOO.O 600 pounds OF Spain,
Portugal and the l.25O, OOO. 600 pounds
of the United States,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
ROUNDUP PROVES VERY POPULAR AND
OPENS NEW ERA TO THE FARMERS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL M sun

LOGAN Feb 5The adult class work conducted for the past
two weeks in connection with the farmers roundup and house
Keepers conference at the Utah Agricultural college
lied by those who observed the work accomplished begin
ming of In agricultural education in Utah For two
weeks several hundred farmers and farm given actual
class and laboratory of instruction phases farming
most interesting and most important TO each
1.-THE class work step the extension of aSr
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11

The great demand for copper In
CONNIE, ton with the manufacture OF
war munitions In Germany has
brought about some unusual traffic
and is Interestingly discussed boy Wal
ter S. Hiatt. European correspondent
of the Hallway Age Gazette. in the
current number of that periodical.
Iiiatts article follows.
The railways play odd roles and
ate affected In curious ways boy the
war. In connection with the effort ~
the allies to blockade Germany. an
amusing incident IL related Ut the at
tempt ~ the Germans to sell some old
locomotives to Norwegian company
Tor copper ore The company. which
operates locally about KraEcnroc. met
the offer ~ the Germans and agreed
e. buy the locomotives at "a certain
Price. when the locomotives were
delivered. however. the Germans re-
quostcd that payment be made In cope
per ore. A. there exists. officially.
an order against the expectation 1T
copper. the Norwegian company de-
clined To- comply Then the Germans
insisted that they be given az least ~
much copper a. there was In the
locomotives. The NorwcRians refused
10 do this. and for the same reason.
Next the Germans asked that pay
mcnt bc made In copper and bronze
money. against which the Norwegian
government had not issued nom
expectation order. According Co the
reports. the Norwegians were also
proof against this modest. " not In
noccnt, deception.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
GERMANY USES UP
ALL COPPER COIN
RED METAL AND BRONZE COM.
MAND ENORMOUS PRICES.

Germany Needs Copper No BADLY For
War Purposes That She Has Long
since Used Up Whatever supply
She May Have Hnd-GoId Paid For
Inferior Mctal--ItaIlroads Affected.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
Railroad. Embarrassed.

The lack ~ copper money has cm-
harrasaed the railroads not only az
Paris hut all over France. where the
supply has become ao limited that
some cities have been forced o. issue
bills la two-cent fiye-cent or trn-crnt
denominations In many stations and
stores postage stamps ate accepted
and given az change fot silver money,
IL appears that this copper drain
axe has been effected principally
through neutral Switzerland, WHORE
the people. with much of their normal
commerce cut OFT. must make living
AZ best they can, The process has
been very simple Merchants let II
he known among store cashiers. rail-
way ticket SELLERS ana the like that
they would pay small premium ON
copper coin. immediately the copper
coins began o. flow la their direction.
They put them up In boxes and sent
them a. freight Ca the agent Tor which
the merchant or banker was the In
tcgmvdinry In some parts of France
bordering on the Swiss frontier bank
ers agents have been known tn APP
pear on the hig market days aud pub
lloly buy sack after sack of these
coins
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-11
Copper Money uscd Up.

Germany needs copper 20 badly FOR
war purposes that she has long since
used up whatever copper she may
have had. ns we'll ne her nickel money.
replacing the two by iron coins. ~
the present time she H. actually pay
Ing gold for copper money delivered
10 her from her nciRhboru An Inn
menHe contraband traffic In money
has been going ON Tor the past four
months. au Immense that there are
hardly any pennies left In belgium.
France. Italy or spain.
In Paris. Tor instance. the stores
and other public money changers
have been compelled to refuse Ca
make change 90 passengers buying
tickets. and at least require the pas
senger "a state first that he has mo-
change. AZ the ticket windows of the
Metropolitan aud Nord-sud ruhwayH
Tor several weeks copies have been
posted Ut the law ~ April ~. 1880.
which states that THE huycr ~ an arr
titlc must provide the necessary
change. This law was. of course.
framed originally Ia protect the seller
against dchnHed coins ~ deprecated
paper money In November the
French government ~ own mint bee
inE short ct copper o. make new
coins stated that the copper coins ui
any country might be- accepted ns
legal t4ndef
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-04-27
BLOCKED A RESOLUTION

Washington.-Cha Stone OF
the Senate foreign relations commit
tee blocked resolution by Senator
Phelan of California to declare that
the United States still holds hope for
the settlement of international Difficult
ties. Phelan asked for passage of the
resolution. he said, because Of the sue.
cess of the Chamberlain Army Bill
yesterday, carrying an increase in ar.
mament. For the present, Stone said,
it would be better to refer all such
resolutions to the foreign relations
committee.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-04-27
CONSULTED WITH LEADERS

AS a preliminary to laying the whole
submarine situation before Congress
President Wilson conferred at 10
o'clock with Chairman Stone and
Flood of the congressional committees
dealing with foreign affairs, and with
Senator Lodge and Representative
Cooper, the ranking Republican mem
Der of those committees.
The visit of the committee leaders
to the White House was regarded as
surrounded with possibilities of
Sraysst Importance. They have re-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-04-27

peatedly been assured by the White
House that they would be consulted
by the President before he took any
drastic step
The President consults Congress at
this stage, it was pointed out, be-
cause, while he has the authority to
break off diplomatic relations, Con-
gress alone has power to declare war,
and there is only one instance in mod
ern history where break in diplo-
matte relations between two first class
powers has not been followed by war.
It is the situation between Germany
and Italy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-04-27
ereece Protests 10 Allies

Athens. Greece-The Greek govern.
ment has made formal protest to the
entente allies against the establish.
ment of naval base in Suda Bay, on
the northern coast of Crete.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-04-27
eerman rroons Into ereene

Saloniki-German troops crossed the
Greek frontier Monday and destroyed
railway bridges between Dorian and
Akindual. according to dispatches re.
ceived here.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-04-27

This is Es-ki-ben-de, one Of the num-
Der Of Apache scouts who are helping
the expeditionary force to capture
Villa. Strange looking fellows they are,
but regular soldiers and proud Of IT,
They are dressed in olive drab, the
regular army costume Of the Ameri-
can soldiers. but neither rules nor
officers could make them give up their
eagle feathers, which sprout incongru-
ously from the regulation army wide
brimped hats. The Indian in the pho
tograph is the only one that gave up
his feathers in compliance with the re-
quest OF the officers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-14
UNION STATION
UP TOSCRANTON
Commissioner Ryan Regrets
That Public Service Law Does
Not Allow an Order

In an opinion which regrets the
limitation of the powers of the Public
Service Commission, Commissioner
Michael ]. Ryan to-day denied the
petition of the city of Scranton for an
order requiring railroads entering that
city to unite in construction of a
union station. Mr.. Ryan goes into
the subject in great detail, declaring
that the commission is III sympathy
with the proposition and referring to
the result of such united action at
Washington, but says that the law
does not permit an order as prayed.
The petition was filed by the city on
August 1, 1914, setting forth that the
Central Railroad of New Jersey was
about to erect a passenger station in
Scranton for it's own use and that of
the New York, Ontario and Western
and that an effort had been made to
have the Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western and Delaware and Hud-
son companies join in the project. 1t
was contended that the Central had
refused to enter into such an arrange
ment and that other railroads inter-
posed physical, financial and legal OBJ
jections. 1t was asserted that such a
station could be placed almost in the
center of population of Scranton and
on its principal thoroughrare, acces-
sible to all sections. 1t was also as
serted that the expense OF Jransporta-
ton facilities within the city now
burdensome, would be greatly re-
duced."
Mr.. Ryan says: "The erection of a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-14
BLACK IS GUEST
OF JOHNSTOWNERS
New Highway Commissioner
Announces What He Will
Do in Regard to Roads

Johnstown, Pa, July IA. - State
Highway Commissioner Frank B
Black was the guest of honor at a
dinner here last night rendered by the
Johnstown Chamber of Commerce
Commissioner Black, who had spent
the day in inspecting highway condi-
tions in Cambria county, was accom-
panied by Chief Engineer w. D. Uhler
of the State Highway Department
They arrived in Johnstown last eve-
ming and later attended the banquet.
Commissioner Black was called on
for a speech at the banquet and re-
sponded as follows:
Gentlemen
1T is with much pleasure that I
como among you tonight, this being
the first entertainment of the kind I
have taken part in since my appoint
ment and I feel almost at nome here
in my neighboring county or Cambria.
las I look over the audience I see
many faces we'll known to me and, I
believe, in each one the questions
What can he do?' and What will he
do for us?'
Now, my good friends have lived
so close to you that I know your
wants. Many times I have been un-
able to reach your city over the roads
leading to it. AS you know, I have
been in Office only a few days but I
have been trying to gather some facts
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-14

withstanding they made the long jour
ney from Mount Gretna with only two
brief stops for exercise; Companies D
and I, of Harrisburg, are in particu-
larly good shape,
All of the Pennsylvania soldiers are
dead broke and wondering when the
money is coming along for their eight
days service at Mount Gretna last
month.
So far all the Pennsylvania soldiers
have seen are copies of letter pub
lished in the newspapers in which Gov
ernor Brumbaugh officially thanked
the Guard for having answered to his
call for mobilization. No payrolls have
come along. None of the officers, from
the highest to the lowest, can tell the
men anything about State pay due
them. None have heard anything
about it, and as far as anybody here
knows, Governor Brumbaugh's thanks
is the only thing on it's way from Har-
risburg to El Paso.
But Governor Brumbaugh's thanks
won't buy either tobacco or matches in
Ell Paso. The United States pay is no
due until the month is up, and the
State pay, for the eight days service al
Mount Gretna before the men were
mustered into the United States serv-
ice, is all the men have depended on
for pocket money. There are some
soldiers, of course, who have money
aplenty, but they are the exception to
the rule, and to SO per cent Of the
men the failure to forward them their
State pay causes genuine hardship.