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The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1916-05-13
FRENCH NIGHT
ATTACK FAILS

BERLIN. MAY l5--Frcurh night
attacks southwest Of Dcadman 3
llill failed under heavy German in
lantry FIRE. the French suffering
great loss French were also re-.
pulsed at Ayucourt near Malan-
court Woods
The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1916-05-13
FOOD RIOTS
IN GERMANY

LONDON. MAY Is Geneva re-
PORTS Unprecedented food riots at
Mannheim, Germany, this morning.
The mob was qucllcd by tho us" OF
Machine guns over three hundred
we're killed aud wounded
The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1916-05-13
73 CARS REGULARS
FOR BORDER DUTY

KANSAS CITY Nsy .. HnIal..
General grsaH. .1mmsntsrt of t.e
mt militia passed ihruush H'I.
s.ih satsufF.fhree rars of regular
troops and equipment ouroute iH
fHe border
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29

nrpr Mrs Thompson a. Kindly tell
me how 20 So about getting q divorce.
Must engage n lawyer first or whom
must | scc- Ny husband treats me
shNmcully do not want q divorce On
account " The children. but I cannot
stand much more I am nervous wreck
nov llc hardly ever speaks 10 me iIc
never takes me anywhere and he goes
alone nll the time " want to talk
about things io tell him ho i4 NOT doing
right ur ANYTHING Ike that he sWcors
nj mo aud acts ukp t w1iwuu il' IL
-o extremely selfish aud vet 'u hear him
tnlk you would think lu was much
abused mon he gets n profit, fUlt sal
sry nrd supports u- We dn mot want
hut I would Ike q little consideration
work hard do 'l ON, own work and
have ever since I Tut married and I do
everything know ~ 20 make ii happy
home Please advise mo What iu du I
am not willing io give up my children.
pont Nou think ! would get lhewf
ca Also. please tell mo n ~ Is the Gus.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29
Hints for al
HousQkoopon&
rhInn. Worm Knowing

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tho earth from getting in under the nail.
and when YOU wash your hands the soap
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29
Heart and Home
Problems
By ffRH ELIZABETH THOMPSON

tom 10 give presents 10 Nour friend +
sons aud daughters who are graduating
n So what is most appropriate
UNHAPPY MOTHER
a. II would be- best 10 srr nm homes,
lawyer Don't see divorce lawyer. but
one who viii give you dislu,rrcsted ad.
vice.
80 The Judge would decide who could
Keep the children Sometimes they are
divided between the husband and wife
havo mo- idea whether you would he given
custody of them " not
a. II Is not customary 10 give gradu.
alton presents to the sons and daughters
NJ friends hut II Is often done Hook,
make very good presents Personal Kits
iof girls are good, such NJ something YOU
have embroidered, q handkerchief a slip,
per Ur sewing bag. etc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29
ouephiLY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

pr Charles " Van IIlse. president o'
the University of Wisconsin. born at Full
ton, Wis % years sso to-day.
sir William Peterson. principal of Nc
Gill university, Montreal. born In Edin.
burg, An years asn today
Marc klav, ~ IN" celebrated theatrical
firm " klnw ,S EflnnEer born ~ Ia.
durnh, kN, s years ago today
Erich kornsold. celebrated young Aus
ifinn composer. born at btunn. 10 years
ago tola,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29

'Wel"'
Dickys voice held note ot doubt ~
he held out his hand for hts mothcr'l
letter knew that he was uux,ousy
awaiting my decision as to the propo4l.
ton II contained. and / hustcucd to rg-
assure him
"Of course there is but one thing 10
be done" | said trying hard TO make
my tone cordial
And that is?" Dlcky looked ~ me-
cuiiously. Was n possible that he an
not understand my meaning
why you must wire her nt once 20
come to us BE sure YOU tell her that
she will be most welcome
felt trIfle ashamed that the wal-
coming words were such a sham from
my lips Dlcky's mother MAS distinct
ly not welcome M far ns | was con
cerned. had never seen her, but I
knew that she dsupproved Of my mar
rage to Dicky. md that she had Sc
lcctod another wife for him. Why. she
even had refused to come to our wed.
ding because OF her disappointment IN
his choice OF wife Surely | was jus.
titled In rcsentlng her coming
My thoughts flew swiftly back TO my
twn little mother gone forever from me
suppose she were one who needed a
hCme? How would Ike TO have bicky n
secret thoughts about her welcome the
Same as mine were now
That's awfully good of YOU. Mndgc. ="
p'cky's voice brought me back from my
rcycfic. "Of course | know YOU are not
particularly keen about her coming That
wouldn't be- natural bat irs bully ~
YOU to pretend Just the same"
! opened my mouth 10 protest. and
/ then thought better NJ n There was
no use trying TO deceive plcky n he
/ was satisfied with my attitude toward
/ his mother. that was all that was nccct-
snry
Il say | say. Madgc" Dlcky's tone
spelled constcrnetlon as n he had lust
thought NJ something unpleasant Where
il mother going 10 sleep"
| looked NJ him IN n dismay equal "a
his own. There were hut two bedroom.
In our apartment. Dirky's aud mine. foi
tho cubhyholc which Katie claimed wai
hardly worthy of the nnmc room Onl,
u person who. like Katie. had been uaud
&C. the crHmpod quarters of nm East side
tenement could have endured ~
The coming uf ulrkya mother vouIr
mean that one NJ MS would have in ef,,
NJ room to her knew that Dick,
shared nv views on the Inconvenience,
and uuicsirohilltN of husband and VIII.
barring N" same room Both uicky an,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29

front was threatened ss the fire d.p.f,.
mcnt was shorthandcd. many Of its mem.
hers having volunteered for service n
the British army.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29
VANCOUVER SUFFERS
S60O,000 FIRE

VANCOUVER. n e. May - Fitcmen
early Monday had brought under con.
ttol water front blaze Of unknown or.
irir IN the plant, Of the New England
Fish company and IN. Alberta Pacific
Grain Elevator The loss was estimated
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-29
Daily Lessons in
History
On, nundt,a Y,,, 400 Today.

one hundred Years 400 Today.
1916 John Htooks, n distinguished sol.
der " the revolution, entered upon tho
first ~ his seven consecutive terms a-
governor " Massachusetts
Seventy tive Nsats AGO To-day
Eugene ' Ware. better known
under hts pen name ~ "lrnuqulll' sol.
Uicr. lawyer. poet and 4 \ pension coin.
missioner. born st Hartford. Conn, died
NJ Cascade. col Iuly I, 1911
FIFTY Nssrs AGO To-Day.
isss-Abou, 900 frnlans partly armed
and carrying colots, passed through
Cleveland. ohio. ON their way 20 begin
an invasion ~ Canada
Twenty tive Years AGO Today
1891 The Presbyterian General A..
scmhly. N session ~ Detroit, disapptoycd
the appointment, " rtut nfisst In
unlnn Theological seminar,
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY m rHe WAR.
MAY 20 iaii-Spsln declared ncu,tslil, (,
m war between Austria Hungary and
Italy A lafst Italian army crossed thu
lsonto river
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Their
Wedding
Eve
Blu HAROLD CARTER
(CopYright 1916 by ". G Chanmanl

Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman)
a little congratulatory note, saying
that he was dining alone that night at
the little table in RENTS, which they
used TO occupy, and that he would be
remembering her.
The house was very quiet. Every
sme had gone TO bed early in anticipa-
ton of the eXhausting events Of the
Nina Sufitt sat in her bedroom and
cried over letter.
1t was nine in the evening. On the
morrow she was to become the bride
Of an English nobleman. Viscount
Addisleigh was very estimable young
man, very shy, and obviously half in
love with her. But both had been
dragOoned into the marriage.
The days had gone SO fast since the
engagement that Nina had had little
time to regret 1t was not until Jack
Tremont's letter came that the flood
tide Of memory came sweeping back
on her.
Five years ago they had been all
but engaged. He was a poor artist
then, and there had been a terrific
scene when her stepmother learned of
her friendship for the young man, and
of the little suppers at Renti's, where
they had had such gay parties of
young BOhemianS. 1t had been
glimpse into the wonderful world for
the girl, which closed down abruptly
when she had not the strength to go
her own way.
She had not seen Jack since that
last parting, when she had promised
TO write to him. And all that was
five years ago.
Her fathers death had followed.
Her stepmother, a worldly woman,
only wanted to get the girl off her
hands. She had been tOuted shame
lessly in the foreign markets-that
was the way with her set-and finally
the viscOunt, with an impoverished eS-
tate, had bargained for her. At
least, not he, but the family lawyer.
All had been very decorous, and
well, Nina was to marry him on the
morrow.
She read her lovers letter again
through binding tears. 1t was only
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01

He nodded. "But it's all right, my
dear" he answered. 1.-THE time TO
fight was five years ago. / lost you
then-I deserved to lose YOU
She was thinking very hard. The
incredible thought went through her
mind that if she stayed here, if she
just stayed with Jack, whom she loved,
nothing could ever harm her, nobody
would ever know. If she stayed
She glanced at the clock, and was
Mortified to see that it was midnight.
She sprang to her feet in alarm.
II must go, Jack" she said.
He conducted her gravely from the
restaurant. They were the last to
leave. The yawning walters watched
them reproachfully as they went out.
The street was brilliant with revoly-
ing signs. Crowds hurrying from the
theaters blocked them. There came
the sound of music from the restau-
rants. and the voices of the diners.
cit was happy" said Nina wistfully.
Eyes" he said. Il shall see you to
your door, Nina"
She looked at him in alarm. mo y
she said. II must go in softly, JACK.
I must steal in. l can get on a car
and then get off in front of the house"
He took her hands in his, and at
the very last he lost his self-control.
"Stay with me, Nina" he whispered.
"Stay! You have no one you care
for. Be my wife. l can't lose you
now, Nina. Will your"
The temptation was terrible. She
fought it down silently before she
could answer.
"Only Jack, that l never was quit
ter, as you said" she answered. 1t
wouldn't be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS all"
He let her hands go, and she turned
along the street.
Great fire.' he yelled. "All about
the Suffitt fire!'
The headlines made her reel. She
snatched a paper from the boys hand.
The Suffit house was blazing. The
fire engines were unable to control it.
The entire block was threatened"
There was no further word between
them. She sprang on a car and Jack
took his seat beside her. But many
yards from the house the cars were
blocked in the jam.
The house was a blazing ruin. Men
were searching within it vainly for
her. Nina heard the words that passed
among the crowd. "All safe but the
bride!' ''No chance of finding her
now in that furnace!' Poor thing,
and on her marriage eve!'
She reeled into Jacks arms. IN
recognized in the crowd, she fought
out her problem. If she were dead
all would be well. The viscOunt, hon
orably released, as herself, her cold
hearted stepmother, hardly dis
tressed-
She chung to her escorts arm. "JacE,
take me away" she wept. Take me
away. l will go with you now. My
past life lies buried-sOmeWhere in
there!''
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Her Heart Leaped as She Saw the
WeIl-Remembered Figure.

morrow. The girl peeped out of her
room. How easy it would be to es-
cape for an hour or two, to fly to Jack,
to spend one last short hour with him,
before the drab life ahead of her be-
GAM
She trembled; and then, with those
memories of the past, she could resist
no longer. She slipped on an old dress
and hat and coat, and softly. made
her way down the stairs. She shud-
dered as she saw the roses that had
already been entwined along the ban
listers, heralds of a joy that was never
to be hers.
Half an hour later she entered
RENTS And her heart leaped as she
saw the well-remembered figure, soil
tary at the far table among the lights,
in the midst of the gay crowd. And
the years that were past seemed like
q dream to her.
He did not even start when she ap-
preached him, threw back her cloak
and sat down facing him.
nina, dared dream that you would
come TO me. lie Sdlu. L NlIeu II
with all my power"
Il had to come" answered the girl.
81 could not start on my new life after
I got your letter without letting you
know
WHAT" he asked gravely.
THAT l loved you in the old days"
she answered. Il should not be say
ing this, but my marriage is not of
love, on either side
and you will go through with it?"
Yes" she answered
he looked at her in appreciation.
you never We're a gutter, Nina" he
answered.
They dined together 1t was as
merry as in the old days, for they re-
solved to Danish all care or re-
semblance of the present evil from
their hearts. And he told her of his
success, and of his friends; some mar
ried, one dead, one travelling abroad.
After the meal he lit a cigarette and
they sat closer together, needless of
the passage Of time.
Il am glad to have seen you, Nina
he said at length. I'VE had a good
time together. This Will refresh nv
memory to carry it with me the rest
of my days"
She looked at him inquiringly. DO
you mean to say, Jack, that you still
care as much as that?'' she asked in
credulously.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Pockets.

The Amiable Imbecile who is always
springing something on the unwarv
has new one. He rushes I'D to YOU
and cackles: ''How many pockets you
got? Answer quick" You answer,
six or seventeen" according to
your conservative or radical impulses.
The Amiable Imbecile grins broadly
and tells you to count EN- You
count them and find that you have
missed it by anywhere from two to
ten, if you are wearing a three-piece
suit. The Amiable Imbecile saws he
knew you couldn't tell how MANY pock-
cts you had, and goes away and tries
it on someone else. The mind of man
does not seem equal to the task of
computing mans pockets on short no.
tice. He is stampeded by an abrupt
inquiry on the subject and makes the
most outlandish estimates. A woman
is different-a married woman. any,
way. If you really want to know how
many pockets a man has, don't bother
with him. Ask his wife.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
HEN FREAK BREAKS RECORD
Hatches Chicken and 4
Half Out.

Attracted the other day to his incu-
bator by a promising peep, peep"
Fremont Lounsbury saw emerging
from a shell q. little ball of fur with
q half-chicken alongside The whole
fowl was perfect The half fowl had
no wings, neck or head. Otherwise it
was all a chicken should be.
Lounsbury explains the birth of the
chicken and a half in a most cOnvinc-
ing manner. He says that some time
ago one of his hens was run over by
a motorcycle with a side car attached
He did not think much of the accident
at the time, but now recalls that the
unfortunate hen was the one that laid
the egg that produced the chicken and
half. Therefore Lounsbury asserts
that chickens also are subject to pre-
natal influence.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Wished Him Well.

John G. Zepp of the circuit court,
who is known to his friends as "Jack,"
tells one about a negro funeral Grafton
which he overheard:
1.-THE preacher who was wearing
the conventional silk high hat, white
vest and Prince Albert coat, didn't be-
lieve in being stingy with his bless
ings. He began by blessing the corpse,
then he blessed the pallbearers, the
members of the family of the dear
departed brother the mourners, the
neighbors, and everybody, in fact, he
could think of, and ended with this
eXhoration
AN good Lord, be merciful and
bless Mistah Miller, the undertaken,
and may his business evan be prosper
us."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01

An amateur poultryman received q
shipment of fancy perfume atomizers
for the holiday trade.
After he had tried a few on his
friends and had arranged the stock on
the shelves he went home to say good
night to his hens and to gather what
eggs had been laid during the day.
He reached into one nest and felt
fur, which turned out to be fur of a
genuine willow pussy in the full flush
ana vigor Of young pussyhood.
He says he didn't mind his expert
ence in the chicken coop half 50 much
rs he does the foolish comments OF
business acquaintances who keep talk
ing about "faunal atomizers"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Pheasants Hear ZeppeIins

A Zeppelin raid over the east coast
of Scotland was announced in a curl
Gus manner by pheaSantS. At mid
night a colony of young birds became
extraordinary clamorous, the sound,
it is said, resembling a long drawn
wall. An old man who knows all
about pheasants was awakened out of
his sleep by the noise, and remarked
Something is gaun to happen" A
few minutes later the sound of hurst
ing bombs was heard, and the sky be-
came infiamed. 1t is of course. a fact
of natural history that pheasants, like
all hunted creatures, great and small,
are peculiarly sensitive of hearing.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Elephants Not towards.

The fear an elephant has for a rat
has often been spoken of as an exam
pie of colossal cowardice. But it is
nothing of the kind. The elephant,
when captive and in chains, has every
reason to regard with terror the little
rodent, which, in the still watches of
the night, gnaws the toenails Of the
helpless pachyderm. Not much of
this sort of thing is required to make
the huge creature lame. By such at
tack, not long ago, three young ele-
plants belonging to Hagenback's out
fit were so badly injured that they
had to be shot.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Wonders of Science.

A camera man working for the edu-
cahonal department Of film company
met an old farmer coming out of a
house in one of the Middle states, and
explained his presence on the place
thus:
II have just been taking some NOV
ing pictures of life Oh your farm"
did you catch any Of my laborers in
motion?" asked the old man curiously.
"Sure, I did"
The farmer shook his head re-
fectively, and then said:
Science is q wonderful thingp
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
What, Indeedl

It was very serious conversation
that was overheard by a number of
passengers of a street car the other
night. Two young girls of the "giddy"
type were conversing about the posi-
bilities of the United States getting
into trouble with Mexico.
swell, l certainly would hate to see
all the American soldiers go down into
Mexico" one girl said
''Why?" her companion inquired.
Because, while the soldiers were
down in Mexico what would prevent
the Europeans from coming over here
and getting US giras!'-Columbus co.
Dispatch.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
No COMPLAINTS.

Secretary Daniels was talking about
the splendid morale of the American
navy.
''Take the matter of work" he said.
'The men work like TrOjans. No
where does such an endless round of
work go on as in our navy.
81 asked boy apprentice once if
he had any complaints to make.
"'No, SIR the boy answered, look
ing up from his work. No, sir; no
complaints. Only it's like this, sir
they keep on making you keep on "
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Copra Trade important

The trade in copra, which is the
important trade lines of the worlds
markets, copra giving forth COCO OIL
which has many uses. its principal use
being in the making of soap by the
great soap manufacturers Of the world
Coco butter has also come to be an
important article of world commerce
and much dried coconut meat is used
throughout the world in the confec.
tionery business.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
FOR BALL-BEARING PARTS
Measuring Machine That Is Infinitely
More Sensitive Than HUI
man Being.

The average person has little con-
ceptiOn of the accuracy with which it
is necessary to work on some classes
of machinery. Ball-bearing parts, for
instance, are produced in large guam
titles, yet in some cases the limit of
error is placed at one-tenth of one
thousandth of an inch or about one
twentieth the thickness of a human
hair. The human sense of touch is
coarse in comparison.
A multiple indicator described in
Popular Science is a very satisfa Glory
device for measuring parts that must
be accurately gagged without loss of
time. The machine consists of a sub
stantial base plate with an accurately
ground, hardened steel facing and an
integral standard carrying a measur-
ing appliance. The dial indicator
reads in thousandths of an inch, each
graduation representing a one-thOu
sandth inch movement of the Indicator
stem.
The work to be measured is placed
under the measuring point on the null
tiplying lever. AS this, is very near
the fulcrum, relatively slight mo-
ton will be changed to one of ten
times that magnitude at the dial in
dictator. If the work is but one thou
sandtk inch larger or smaller than the
standard, the pointer of the indicator
will move over ten graduations on the
dial. An error of one-tenth of a thou
sandth will move the pointer one
graduation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Bane Eternal.

One of the bright young journalists
of the city, who has a keen eye for
the foibles, follies and sufferings of
human nature. remarked confiden-
tally the other day to this column
that the hardest thing in summer
time which lovely woman knows is
unobtrusively to keep the shine from
off her nose"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
Wise Precaution.

Mrs. Jones was about to go away
for a couple of weeks, and her hus-
band said to her:
MY dear, l want to ask you one
favor before you 60"
"What is it?' questioned Mrs. Jones.
Don't try to put the house i'll order
before you CO." replied Jones.
"Why, it isn't hard work." contin-
ued Mrs. Jones.
perhaps not" replied Jones, "but
think of the expense of telegraphing to
you every time l want to find any
thing"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
CVerrefInement.

William Dean HOwells, the novelist,
was talking about a poet.
His work is overrefned, Overdeli-
cate, overnice," he said.
I'm short, his work reminds me of
the young husband who said to his
bride, at the end of the honeymoon:
Darling, I'll have to leave you ev-
cry morning hereafter to go to bust
ness; but, to make the parting less
abrupt, I'll no longer take the SIS
express, as 1 used to do-Pl take the
20 slow accommodation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-01
More ike IT,

"T'm the Cinderella of this home"
her husband SAY rather the Kitchen
ettie, my charlottesville Courier
Journal.