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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
Frank B. Willis

Frank d. Willis, who has Just been
appointed sales manager OF the CIal-
mers Motor Company. WAS In town dur
ing the past week going over the local
situation with George Stowe. branch
manager. Mr.. Wills Is enthusiastic
over he outlook for 1916, which he eS-
poets will be a amer rear for the
Chalmers car. There are indications
already hat the year will he "A record
breaker. because In December the sales
were eight times those of the anne
month "A c ~ and In January
twelve times more han the correspond
ing month Of 1915.
IT think this big increase in Chalmers
sales" said Mr.. Willis at the local
branch. "is due not only 10 the popu-
larity OF our CLOSED body Jobs and the
physicians Stxnhope. but also TO the
1900 r. y. IN. oar which has caused such
a sensation by It's unusual performance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13

roof. The New York show was confined
to pleasure cars alone.
To date there are seventy exhibitors
Of complete cars and GLASSES on the list,
the wide variety OF cars ranging all the
way from 1895 r%unabouts to $500
limousines.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13

rho Observation-Disclosures Company has
moved Its offices and sal-Sroom tn go
West Frfty-nfth str"et II vii occupy
the iirst and second floors in this building
and usc its former headquarters ~ 23a
Wet Fifty sixth street FOR usrerootn
purposes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
ODDS Keeps Overhead valve.

Rumors that tn" Old Motor Works
would curtsil the production OF It's cole
bra,ed overhead valve -four cylinder model
because Of the tremendous popular re''p-
ton accorded H.. new Ctgh-, have been
branded as untrue hy officials OF tn COM
MANY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
1855 MILES ON ONE TIRE.
T. = Tir" Tompany Furnishes an
Interesting Letter.

WHO H''"I states TIr" Company has
''.'l''i ne following letter, which II
.H..al OF ranN letters received by its
h1a' Do me- gers
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
FLYING AIDS SICK.
Titled EngIishwoman Says It
Cures Nervous People.
IS HER OWN MEcHANIcIAN.

Ones Eyes Would Open to See Lady
Auckland ModishIy Dressed and
Then In overaIIs Repairing Flying
- Mschine-Has Lost One Son In War.
Palm Beach, Fla.-If you are su1er-
ing from nerves, from ennui or from
lack of adventure step into a hydro
aeroplane, rise gently from the ground
and soar into the azure, over land and
sea, descending upon either as the i'm
pulse moves you.
Lady Auckland, whose rank may be
obtained from any Of the books dealing
with the British peerage, recommends
aviation as a sport and as cure. Dur
ing the last season she, with her son,
conducted a school for aviation here,
not merely lending her name to the en-
terprise as a passing fad, but going
into It In the most practical manner.
One rubbed ones eyes to see her at
one moment, modishly dressed, on the
promenade with other fashionable Wis
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
BUCK SAVES FAWN
FROM SWIFT RIVER
Latter Falls Behind In Swimming the
Columbia to Escape From
Some Dogs

Kettle Falls, WASHED Roper, a
farmer living on the Ferry county side
Of the Columbia river, saw three deer
driven to the Columbia river by dogs
and then forced to cross for safety the
other day. Roper had crossed to this
side of the river in a rowboat and
heard the barking Of the dogs near the
bank Of the river that he had left.
Three deer, buck, doe and a lawn,
sought safety by swimming in the river
and were swimming toward this side
when Roper hid himself in order not to
hfghten the deer back again.
The fawn fell behind the others and
appeared unequal to the battle with
the swift cold water, and Roper
thought it would surely drown, when
the buck, which had been in the lead,
turned back and assisted the fawn
until the bank Of the river was safely
reached. The three deer then stood still
and rested for some time
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WISCONSIN GIRL Kills
WOLF WITH MOP STICK
Declares Il Was Not Much, but Gets
Bounty and Will Wear Hide
az Furs.

Menominee, wis.-Since Mabel Hen.
derson killed q wolf with a mop han
die she has been kept busy answering
letters that poured In from all parts OF
the country. Some wrote from cW1os-
fty to find out what kind OF gtri she
was and others merely wanted to con-
graduate her.
When Miss Henderson stepped out of
the house she saw the family dog tight
ing with the wolf. She seized the mop
handle, the first weapon that came into
her hands, and went to the dogs res
cue. She killed the wolf and received
a bounty of $40 from the secretary Of
state. with a personal letter OF cUgrat-
ulation, and also $40 from the county.
The skin Of the wolf is being made
into a set of furs, which Miss Hender-
son will take pride in wearing.
at wasn't much" said Mabel Il
saw the wolf and got mad. did not
think Of being In danger myself and
Just grabbed the first thing got my
bends on. That was all. 1 was sur.
Irised that the animal did not run
away. I guess 1 surprised him and hit
him so hard the first time that he was
too stunned to think Of getting away.
Anyway, / got him, and he won't
bother our house any more"
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
BIBLE 1872 YEARS OLD.
Book Has Been In One Family Sine,
1884 and Is In German.

Book Has Been In One Family Sines
1884 and Is In German.
Iouia, Ind.-A. p. Fleckenstein Of
Ionia is the poSsessor Of Bible which
has been in his family for 332 years.
Most Of the time 1t has been In Ger
many. 1t was in Hoerstin, Bavaria,
until 1888. when it was brought to
America. In 1893 it was exhibited at
the worlds fair.
The flyleaf at the beginning Of the
new testament contains the following
tribute to the translator:
"a true translation into the German
language according to the old transla-
lions used in the Christian church and
enlightened with many wholesome an
notations by the Rev. DR.. John Dieten-
berger. To the praise of God and the
most gracious pleasure of the Roman
imperial majesty and to the good of
the common German nation and now
embellished with illustrations and put
into this grand form. This book was
printed at Cologne, Germany, in the
year A. d. 1884 by Gerwin Calenium
and the heirs of John Quentel With
the grace and liberty Of the Roman i'm
perial majesty"
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
GETS MAIL WITH PULLEY.
Farmer. Didn't Want to Walk to the
Road to Get 1t There.

WhilesvilIe, Mo.-To C. r. Thompson,
q farmer living northeast Of here, is
given the credit of originating the lat
est method of having his mail brought
directly to his door.
Some time ago Thompson decided
that IT was a waste Of time and shoe
leather to make the daily trip to his
mail box down by the road, and he set
his mind and hand to work on q device
which would make said trip unneces-
Rry.
he succeeded, and now by means Of
q set of wires and a pulley the trick is
accomplished.
After the mail mans visit Thompson
has only to step to his door and draw
N his mail, box and all.
The box Is sent back to its post by
the roadside in the same manner.
Others in the community are so pleas
ed with Thompson's device that they
are going to follow his example, and it
VIII doubtless not be long until "going
aftr the mail" even so far as the
gate, will be a thing Of the past with
die progressive farmers Of northwest
Missouri.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
GERMAN FEMINISTS
WOULD DRAFT WOMEN
Idea Is That All Girls Should Be
conscripted For a Year to
Learn Useful Work.

The Consumption for women
is the latest idea of German feminists.
German women have accomplished
an amazing amount of work for the
fatherland in the present war, but the
feminist leaders assert that too much
Of the work has been dilettante, i'll or
ganized and i'll directed
What is wanted, according to these
women, is the introduction of compul-
sorry service for women-not military,
but home service. Each woman, they
say, should spend one year in the later
teens learning work which should be
useful to the state. At the end Of that
time she could return to the bosom Of
her family.
AT a meeting held at Berlin recently
Dr.. Gertrude BANNER developed this
idea. She showed how feminine work
for the fatherland had been hampered
by lack Of training and organisation,
drew a fine picture of what could have
been done had the women been called
upon at the same time as the men,
each woman knowing her job and
knowing where to go to it.
Finally, she urged the advantages in
the way Of discipline which the men
got from their years of service I'VE
must be done with dilettantismp' she
cried. Every woman must learn that
she owes duty not only to her child,
but to the home, and not only 10 the
home, but to the state, and, above all,
she must know what to do"
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FINDS BURIED GOLD.
Mrs. Grey Dug II Up, but Mrs. Judkins
Buried u, Is Belief.


Chico, Cal-Fifty dollars in gold, be-
heved to have been buried more than
twenty-five years ago, was discovered
here recently by Mrs. John Grey, wife
Of a shoe merchant Of this city, while
digging in her yard. Mrs. Grey, while
seeking lily bulbs, turned up an old
can and found in it, wrapped up in the
remains of a handkerchief, the gold.
More than twenty-five years ago
family by the name of Judkins occu-
pied the home. Mrs. Judkins was
known to have buried money, several
packages having been found by her
husband following her death. 1t is be-
heved that this money also was hidden
by her.
The can contained one $50 and three
$40 gold pieces. The can in which they
had been placed was rusty, and the
cloth which had been wound around
the coins was decayed ard fell to pieces
when handled.
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CLAIM TO HAVE FOUND
SCARLET fever GERM
Boston Pathologists Report Dis
covery of Bacilus-NeW York
Physician Skeptical.

Boston.-Dr. F. B. Mallory, patholo-
gist Of the Boston City hospital, and
his assistant, DIR. e. NJ. Medlar, have
discovered the bacillus that causes
scarlet fever, and it is believed it will
not be very difficult to work out an
antttoxin or vaccine for its prevention
and cure.
This important discovery is laconi-
caily described by Dr. Mallory and DR..
Medlar In a thousand word article in
the current issue Of the Journal Of
Medical Research entitled 'The Ell
doggy Of Scarlet Fever"
It is largely owing to the short life
Of the actual germ that it has evaded
discovery so long. The germs are found
soon after the skin eruption appears
and usually find Judgment first in the
tonsils or at the root Of the tongue.
Bte germ is less virulent than the
6phtheria bacillus, although it infects
practically the same localities. DR..
Mallory says it is 'grampositive ba-
CHI"
"A vaccine for the disease would be
the more important" says DR.. Mallory,
$50 as to render nurses immune to the
disease. Scarlet fever is not conveyed,
as many suppose, from the scaling Of
the patient. When that takes place
all the germs in the body are dead"
1t was said by a New York physi-
clan that a number Of doctors have
claimed the discovery of the bacillus
Of scarlet fever, but have failed to sub
stantiate their claims.
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SENT WRONG BODY.
Finds French Officers Corpse Instead
of Young Woman's In Coffin.

Illus OiICcT SOTRS0 lnoGCdA
of Young Woman's In Coffin
Charlottesville, Ind.-Miss Helen Ell
ston Smith of this city, niece Of Mrs.
Lew Wallace and of Mrs. Henry $.
Lane, both of whom were distinguish
ed Charlottesville women, had the
unusual experience in New York city
recently of finding the body Of a
French army officer in the coffin which
was supposed to contain the body Of
young woman friend whose death oc-
CURED in Europe. Miss Smith was in
New York to await the arrival Of the
body of her friend.
1t is presumed that in some manner
a mistake was made in the shipment
Of the coffin and that Miss Smiths
friends body was buried in some part
Of war stricken France with military
honors.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
BOYS HYPN0TlzE SELVES.
Students Do IL by Gazing Steadily at
Bright Object.

Columbia, Mo.-A demonstration OF
hypnotism by Professor Max Myer,
head Of the psychology department OF
the University Of Missouri, recently
showed that hypnosis can be induced
without the influence Of a hypnodst.
Professor Myer hypnotired students BY
having them gaze fxedly at a bright
object with no sound to distract atteh-
hon.
Later he suggested that the hypno
thed student was an artist painting
picture, a wounded soldier home from
the trenches or an intoxicated diner
out and the students acted their parts.
Lee 8. Eads Of Hamilton, Mo-, was
the star subject In Professor Myers
Demonstration Of hypnotism-
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SLAPPED HIM IN COURT.
Was Accused of AssauIting a Woman
and Gets Thirty DAYS,

and Gets Thirty Days.
Canton, GA new cure for slapping
faces has been demonstrated by Police
Judge Quinn, who has become noted
for the original sentences he hands
down.
Thomas Nichols was before him on
the charge of slapping the face of Mrs.
Bessie Mare, proprietor of the board
ing house where Nichols lives. Mrs.
Mare was on the witness stand.
Demonstrate to the court just how
Nichols slapped you" she was ordered
by the judge. She took the order liter
ally, and going up to Nichols gave him
a sounding whack across the face with
her open hand.
about that hard. judge" she said.
About thirty days in the workhouse
for you,' the judge ordered, address,
ing Nichols. as he called the next case.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15

itors and the next in workwoman's
shirt and overalls making mechanical
repairs on her flying machine.
The transition from London society
to an American workshop and business
enterprise is interesting. Lady Auck-
land told the story.
She is the daughter Of Colonel George
and a noted military man. Her mother
was a granddaughter of Arkwright, the
inventor, and on both sides of her fam
fly she is descended from distinguished
forbears.
my early youth was spent at the
old abbey of Knauth, on the banks Of
the river Trent" she said. ct was a
beautiful old black and white house of
the Stuart period, built on the site of
the Cistercian monastery RACED by
Henry VIII.
Il had very unhappy childhood, as
my mother never forgave me for being
born a girl, not even up to the time of
my marriage.
Il married when / was only nineteen
years old, but my married life was not
a happy one. l had luxuries and all
the advantages that social position can
give, but my home life was not happy.
My two boys We're born nearly three
years apart, and 1 became completely
absorbed in them.
81 had fearful shock in 1904 when
/ discovered that my husband had lost
money OH the Stock Exchange-an our
moneys that were not in trust.
"Our beautiful home at Gravenhurst
had to be sold and with it many of its
world famed art treasures, including
gifts from Marie Antoinette to the
Lord Auckland of that time, who was
ambassador to France.
81 found that unless 1 worked we
could not keep our eldest son at Elton,
and TO take him from there at that
time would have ruined his career.
Il went to work as designer to a
large electrical firm and remained with
It until l got better position with
a well known firm of metal workers in
London. BY this means succeeded in
hCSPhuS my OiucSI DOy 1T ElOn uIlIu lie
left in the ordinary course for the
examinations for the army.
shortly after this time our dear old
amts died, and We were once again
comfortably off and bought a heavenly
place in the Isle of Wight. This house
belonged to Dickens, and here
he wrote many Of his works. The
house was low, with a velvet lawn
sloping to the edge of the steep cliff
overlooking the channel. From this
place we saw the Olympic pass and the
III fated Titanic on her fatal voyage.
Here We lived some years until Lord
Auckland again lost money.
after years Of SORROW there was a
was only second fiddle,
30 my SON and made up our minds to
come to America, where he decided to
take mp aviation.
my oldest son was killed at St Eloi
near Ypres, on March /, 1915, with two
Of his brother officers while leading
their detachment to take some trench
Is. He was a lieutenant In the Six
beth Royal rifles, having been appoint
ed TO that regiment by King GEORGE
IN 1913 after he had passed throush
The Military college at Sandhurst-"
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
BOYS LEARN BACHELORHOOD.
Taking Up Domestic Science and Will
Know How to Cook,

Mcpherson. Kan.-Leap year is pro-
ducing reverse results in Central Acad-
envy ard College here.
A dozen boys have applied for a do
nestle science course, and others will
join. The instructor is Miss Viola
Graham. and she has received a num-
Der of additional applications. The
course will include cooking and sew
ing and will continue the remainder
of the school year.
The girls are doing their best to pre-
vent the movement of bachelorhood by
inviting the college boys to attend par
ties, but the domestic science boy STU
dents are busy practicing the culinary
art, and they assert that if the women
intend to live independent lives they
also can.
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hits ''TOY' WIVES
Girl Asserts Married CoupIe,
Should Quit When Love Ceases
ALL SHOULD EXPRESS SELVES

Declares She Gives Vent to Her Zeal.
inss Every Morning In sinoino
Shouting and Dancing About to H.r
Hearts Content.
Los Angeles, CaL-"Whea married
people cease to love they should Quit
Marriage as we know it today is
terrible mistake. When two people fall
IN love nothing in the world should
keep them apart"
This statement was but one ot a Sc
ries equally unorthodox which Miss
Vfolette Wilson uttered at her father's
home in outlining her unusual theories
regarding life. Miss Wilson is the
daughter of j. Slit Wilson, former So
cialist mayor Of Berkeley. Recently,
following an eight months course at
the University Of California, she sud.
denly withdrew in order to get ayay
from a system Of education which she
declared crushed her ''individnahtyn
and deprived her Of her intellectual
freedom and Joined her father and
mother here.
Miss Wilson is pretty. Although she
Is only nineteen, she outlined her
ideals and aspirations with the touch
Of a woman twice her years. Also she
IL epigrammatic. When she saws a
thing she puts a punch In her ey-
cry phrase, and some of the things she
says are, to say the least, interesting.
'Why did l leave the university"
she echoed in answer to a question.
Simply because l was being stifed
! would sit and listen from s a. m. TO
4 p. m. to some pompOus professor who
was telling me what he had read Of
tolerable to me. l planned a literary
work. 1 began it in Berkeley. But in
some strange way l found 1 could not
work on it at the university. Ny ego
was being crushed, and LEFT"
About the only things connected with
modern college life of which Miss Will
son approves are the athletics and the
student activities, such as the editing
Of papers. ''SOrorities should never be
allowed" she CALCULATED. Athletics
develop initiative-permit one 10 ex-
press self. At Baddale's, the school
near London which 1 attended, was
the only girl on the football team l
played center wing. and l had a great
time toop'
FreedomI That is Miss Wilson's IA
vorite word What is life without
freedom?' she exclaimed. 81 have left
the university. Were my ideals to
clash with those of my father and
mother 1 would not hesitate to leave
them. 1 most assuredly wouldn't give
In.
1--WE should all express ourselves.
Before 1 take my bath every morning
I dance. 1 put on a light chiffon gar
ment, throw all the windows open and
give vent to my feelings in singing.
shouting and dancing about 30 my
hearts content
'The vast majority of men, especial
" business men, want a pretty little
plaything for wife The sweet
things hardly ever give a serious
thought to the rearing of children.
They know nothing about eugenics.
They are, it must be confessed, cling
Ing vines. They have no intellectual
interests in common with their hus-
bands. They are toys-pets!
Some day there will be neither
nor divorce. We will rise to
such plane that love will be back Of
Dur uniOns-real love, which will not
require a ceremony to make it legal
and binding
Meantime the professors are won
1ering why Miss Violette Wilson, one
If their most brilliant pupils. departed
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Mutes Make Tires.

Akron, O.-Sixty deaf mutes are en-
ployed by a tire and rubber manufac-
turing company here. 1t is the policy
Of this establishment to employ all
deaf mutes who apply for positions
who are strong, willing to work and
who have good eyes. They have prov
ed to be efficient workers and are Of
ten placed in responsible positions.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
OOMMANDER THIERICHENS (ABOyR) AND
CAPTAIN THIERFELDER.

OoMMANDER THIERICHENS (ABOvR) AND
CAPTAIN THIERFELDER.
change In the appearance Of the brass
and wood work, which is now immac-
ulately polished and scraped in an eff
fort to kill time. German sailors can
do many wonderful things, but even
they are hard put to it to invent occu-
patiOnS for hundreds Of active men,
and Commander Thierichens asked the
representative Of a society in New
York last autumn to send Christmas
presents Of games and puzzles and in
door sports rather than handkerchiefs
and cakes and clothing. And lately a
new diversion has been attempted.
From the clinkers of the furnace
room the cliffs of Dover have been
constructed at one end Of the big din
ing saloon. They have been built in
accurate imitation Of the real ones
and colored white with salt. On top
lis lighthouse with air guns mounted
at the base. At the farther end Of the
room rises a miniature Zeppelin num-
bered 1890, which flies around the
room by electricity several times. 1t
hovers for moment over the light
house, drops several miniature bombs
and makes its escape while the guns
go off automatically and lombard the
enemy craft with missiles.
After hearing Of these performances
correspondent and some friends Wis
ited the German encampment. Land
ing at the navy yard, they passed the
huge drydocks in which ships Of ire
mendous tonnage looked like pygmieS,
and soon their attention was called to
q sturdy, high bow ship, flying the
fisheries flag. Her sides looked of
enormous strength, being rounded
away from u sharp bow in an unusual
way. This was the famous Roosevelt,
Peary's arctic ship, now in govern
ment employment TO protect the seal
fisheries.
One Of the most interesting sights
at Norfolk is the model village built
by the German sailors
At first sight the village nesembled
an arid waste Of siag heaps, with piles
OF condemned material scattered all
over, cinders, beaten earth and rub
hish everywhere-not a tree, not
spear Of grass, the acme OF desolation.
AS they advanced they saw q pygmy
Village built In close f1mat3on-curi-
ons little houses In miniature yards,
carved and painted In fantastic ways.
This is the village the interned sailors
ere building out Of waste material
Before visiting 1t they went aboard
tie Eitel Friedrich, which b tied up
Gt the dock and on which the sailors
.of both cruisers are now living.
As they were leaving the boat Cap
tain Thierfelder Of the Kronprinz WI |
helm Joined them and escorted them |
10 the village. Everything was found |
IA spick and span shape. and resem-
nlances Of home scenes were many.
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COLLIE HALTS A BULL.
Effort of Dog Saves the Lives of Fa-
ther and Son.

Their and Son.
St Louis. - Fannie, a Scotch collie,
saved the life of John G.. Shafer, a
farmer and the dogs owner, and John
Shafer, father of the dogs owner, on
two different occasions in one week,
when the men were attacked by an in
fnriated bull. according to a story told
in Marine, Ill.
When the father went to the barn to
feed, the bull attacked him. In trying
to get away he fell several times and
was bruised. His granddaughter, Mel
lie Shafer, arrived home from school
at that time, and she sent the collie
into the lot. The dog halted the bull
and permitted the old man to escape.
The next morning, when the son
went TO the barn to feed, the bull at
tackled him. His cries attracted Mrs
Shafer, who went to the lot in her
night clothes, taking the dog with her,
for the second rescue.
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To Work In Jail Where n. ssrr.,

Wfnsted, Conn.-Frank G. Barnes.
former tax collector of Plymouth. who
recently completed in the county Jail
at Ltchfield sentence for embezzle-
ment, Is again in the Jail, this time as
an employee. Barnes was a model
prisoner, and High Sheriff Frank Turk
tngton has hired him to take charge of
the prisoners sent out to work ON Jobs
about Litchfield.