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La Junta tribune., 1916-12-16
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pEanced to take the King TO his home far aw.
For the King was none other than saqta Ga,
And all of q syaadsa S Is changed nan "a.
instead of one gfea. thfone mary h6afnes could
seen-big homess and little homes 81 81 IN all the
was oueepR44he mothet pf the child{ka g. whom
Christmas paysanta clquf calls his RSyA Fami
Instead + fppglpess anp princfssaa56ey we
all children Instead i 9ne greas55ges there we
many trees. AN n7pJJsesA9qftbesppa HTkksng sne
and the wy ods thefe1dgefeSf5sp1ace and gre
decorations aud bright f rsagb b9rtAies.
For once yeap San ia Claus dreams II
dream-th Christmas fable. He not
hundreds of homes he has visited. He does
see the different mothers. He does not see
children scattered ovF the earth. He has be
to many homes but him it = all as one Al
it is true dream, TOO! Il
For every Christmas Qufen is a mother wi
love in her heart aid there are the fathers w
sit on the throne of Santa Claus on Christmas D.
wit "a Jerry Christmas" inscribed in lette
which only the children of Santa's dream can
but which all the. children of the world can fe
'Ahlithe Royal Family 81 the Princes and the Pr,
M, cessesZt they are ALI child reny Not unus,
HI r. ,$ehildreh, but usual childr en They
IIi,lIlj thfchildien who giye Joy just beca,
lIHk$H theyare children, ana hey are Civ
1lNDNyI \ pleasure becausa thsy too can 81
II'I,lH1 y Yes. ali over NE world, in hi
gHI ~ Idreds of home, sh4 the visit
1ITNlkA/ Santa Claus the+e is happine
1AtENK,8 ! And because Is christn
.rMIFIEEE< Day there q eheer and &C
EMi \ NHl ! will AMI the gifts II
T.T| "a 'FIA Santa Claus Ieeeives are
s. \ 81 smiling eyeA|an "a the me'
': SsslM4ILIy<M \ voices d children as tn
s IVY q 5 IAMf Il, j! shout thsdlr, delight o.
60, =, WejMiIN} the Christmas festiv
LjHE1-Et NlENlA He is the King
=, NVilVWisbll/ land-but of D;
~. a. T~<lS1--4C Christmas Dc
Z 4\(F: / land his subjects are
~ C VI %"'"SN Children Of the WoI
- GG5 For him there is this fat
He can dream of the JOY that Is in the hearts
all on Christmas morning, while he is sitting /
his throne and his chariot drawn by Reird-I
is waiting to take him back home!
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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13

= .oars Of law and order in New Yorkpoicemen we n
But no one Of those mothers lies down to sleep n
for the life of her The death rate among polieem
annreciably greater than among other men, The fOr
adeoae it is prepared And being prepared it suppo
law and order prevents oppression and uphods rghteou
loss Of life When the mayor OF New York warns
f rioters not to destroy private property endanes
the lives of citizens the lives Of citizens and their property an
a nv that warning The warning would be just rghs
@ wore there no force of ten thousand men at the mayors
b Int does anyone suppose it would be as efectivel
What the MAYOR of New York do for the peace and
obteousness Of New York by single word the president
he Tinted States should be able to do for the peace and
Of the world He should be able to say you shall
not partition China or You shall not encroach on Mexco
o lyon shall not violate and Cypress any weak and defense
less nation simply because you are strong
If only few of us raise to stand at the presidents
hack IN cause like that, forever in danger Of being
challenged to prove that what we to back our
words with deeds But if twelve millions OF stand
behind the president there nation or coalition of nations
powerful enough to uphold selfish ambition against our
righteous protest
We shall be as free from fear Higgins when he
onned between those combatan free from fear
Jesus was when with the people at His back He drove
the violators Of the temple before Him.
That the kind of preparedness that this magazine believes
in--preparedness for peace
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13
THAT would from civilian control through the secr
lltarY. On this point he said to the committee:

that would remove it civilian control through the
tary On this point he said to the committee:
The idea Of military and naval is to recognize tna
in our country the underlying idea of government Is no'
to put the military over the civil but to prevent the na
being done BY civilian official who did not quite have tne
conception Of the weight of these factors to nave
competent man who is versed in all those matters 10 %
principal advisor to the secretary and also unoef i
just adjutant in regiment .
Mr. Daniels idea is what might be expected Oh pe'y p
can from inland country townto get as much power "
possible into his hands and to be boss OF the navy
That he might fail his country in It's hour OF neeu @
mra Fiske resigned his office and closed his career as nav
officer He then tore off the muzze and told the peope any
their representatives the truth, which Mr. Daniels has stVe
to hide
The people of the United States paid to have Admra
and other naval officers educated and trained IN order 70
the benefit of their skill experience in voting on genera
policies which the safety Of the nation IL is not
be tolerated that the people be deprived OF expert
vice by the arbitrary DEGREES of political boss IKE
need the free speech of the Fishes to protect us from n
Danielses. -Oregonan
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13
GEORGE e. cRUM.

As announced elsewhere in this ISSUE Hon. George Cran
of Lewiston visited Weiser this week. and this the n
opportunity the Signal had had to size him This pa
has not yet indicated choice among the candidates for M
Republican nomination for governor, but unhesltas
say most favorably impressed with Mr.. Crun s
Weiser the other fellows will know they have been IN r
when the primaries :,
Mr. Crum has most pleasing expression and splenas
countenance He at strikes You gentleman Oh ~
cery and character who would rather suffer thousand
feats than to sacrifice principle There is positively nun
of the tin horn about him. and he has of the bearing
the prater and promser the sinister cheming ponu
who would stoop to anything to win Without reflection ~
the other candidates. comparison, the Signal can say
all sincerity that George Crum will bear the closest %
and would make candidate Of whom the Republicans Oh w
state could well be proud If the north gets behind his @
dacy the people up there will certainly have put their
foot forward in their effort to capture the governorsp
Weiser Signal
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13
KIND OF MATERIAL FOR A PRESIDENT.

Ne ourselves
late Of public man be formed until all the facts have
ONE to light Which MEANS usually, until after the
ead
John Hay has gone and his Lfe' has recently been pub
shed In discover this exceedingly interesting sdehg
n the craftsmanship of Mr.. Roosevelt.
England Germany and Italy had claims against Venezeh
nd we're planning enforce payment by seizng Venezuelan
errtory The of the United States urged a
ration and England and Italy agreed uerlnany, however
efused to arbitrate.
One day when the crisis was at its height he mr. Roos
evet summoned to the white house, Doctor Hoeben the
German ambassador and told him that unless Germany
consented to arbtrae the American squadron under A
mra Dewey would be given orders by noon ten days later
to proceed to the Venezuelan coast and prevent any ia
king possession of Venezuelan territory Doctor Hoeben
began to protest that his imperial MASTER having
refused to arbitrate could not change his mind The
president said that he not arguing the question: be-
cause arguments had already been gone until no
useful purpose could be served by repeating them; he
was simply giving information which the ambassador
might think it important to transmit to Berlin week
passed in silence. Then Doctor Holeben again called
the president but said nothing Of the Venezuelan mat
ter When he to go the president asked him about It,
and when he stated that he had received nothing from
his government the president informed him. in substance
that in view of this fact Admiral Dewey would be In
structed to sail day earlier than the day he the pre
dent had originally mentioned Much perturbed the am
bassador protested The president informed him that not
stroke of pen had been put paper, that if the en-
peror would agree arbirate he the president would
heartily praise him for such action and would treat 1T
taken German initiative, but that within forty
hours there must be offer to arbtrate, Dewey would
sail with the orders indicated Within thirtysix hours
Doctor Holleben returned to the white house, and an
nounced to President Roosevelt that dispatch had just
from Berlin saying that the Kaiser would arbrate
Neither Admiral Dewey who with the American fleet was
then maneuvering in the West Indies) anyone else
knew of the step that to be taken the naval autho
ties merely required to be in readiness, but were
not told what for
On the announcement that Germany had consented 10
arbtrae, the president publicly compmented the Kaiser
on being staunch friend of arbitration.
However much may disagree with Mr.. Roosevelt
other matters many of readers do disagree WI
him variety of matters mail shows mo Amerc
fail to feel thrill of pride president who could WI
into the records Of foreign affairs paragraph like ha'
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out an invitation, he ordered him ont
OF the house.
Then he had remarkable pickering
with the late Duke Of Westminster. lie
purchased Cliveden from the Duke, With
all its furniture, but after a while the
Duke claimed possession OF the visitors
book, with the autographs OF all the
royal and noble persons who had Wis
tied the place. After long and angry
correspondence and threats of law suits,
MI Astor held on to the book, although
to Englishmen it seemed a personal pos
session Of the former owner like batch
Of letters
Mr.. Astor became a naturalizcd Brit
ish subject in 1899. and after that 1t was
notorious that he was campaigning for
peerage. He gave millions of dollars
to funds approved by the King or by
Tory political and social leaders. An
Englishman becomes lord through the
nomination of the Prime Minister and
Is formally created by the King. Tho
King does not have free hand in Gre
ating peerages. because they affect the
legislature. but he Is able to give them
Copyright. 1916. by the Star Compa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23

OF social conquest. OF course, he
planned 10 win the favor of the then
Prince of Wales. afterward King Ed
ward. The Prince was very favorably
disposed toward persons with large &C.
cumulations of cash. whatever their an
cestry might be. Mr.. Astor gave balls
and entertainments which cost hun.
dreds Of thousands OF dollars, and the
Prince put in an appearance at one OF
these.
Finally he accepted an invita- non to
stay over night at Cliveden a very great
honor. Mr.. Astor is said to have spent
100000 on this affair alone. He did
everything with Oriental splendor, but
with his customary lack OF tact, he made
q slip.
When entertaining royalty 1t is essen
tal to find out just what they wish to
do. Now, Mr.. Aston planned to take
tho Prince in the morning for a tri-
umphal procession on the Thames in
glorihed steam launch. Sometimes the
Prince liked to lie about in the morn
ing rather than take strenuous exer-
else, like riding on a boat. When he
heard what Mr.. Aston was going to do
for him, his reply-the Prince was
to have been something like this:
"What does the old bounder mean
by telling me what he Is going to do
with me? Tell him I'm engaged and
not to be disturbed"
The Prince went away from this af-
fair seriously ruffed. and 1t was long
before he showed Mr.. Astor any favor
again.
At this early period Mr.. Astor pur-
chased the Pail Mall Gazette, a paper
originally intended ito be written by
gentlemen for gentlemen" It had be.
como popular sheet under the late W.
t. Stead. and then it had rapidly de-
clined Mr. Aston paid n great sum for
1t, said to have been sl,oOO,0Oo.
He made 1t high Tory organ and
appointed an earls son as editor He
also established the Pail Mall Magazine,
and used 1t In the same way to further
his social ambitions.
Mr.. Astor's sense Of dignity and self
esteem was so great, that in spite OF his
desire to win favor with the nobility and
ruling classes, he was constantly getting
into hot water with them. He found
that the earl's son on the paper had
been making fun of his employer, and
ANONYMOUSLY discharged him. A dukes
son, Lord Frederick Hamilton, on the
magazine. went the same way.
Then Mr.. Aston simply shocked SO.
ciety by kicking distinguished British
naval officer. Admiral Sir Berkeley
Milne. who had been commander of the
royal yacht. out of his house An Eng
fish society woman. who had received
an invitation to gorgeous musicale
given by Mr. Astor, asked Admiral
Milne, who had not been invited, to
accompany her. When Mr.. Astor found
that the naval officer had come with.
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Be a Baroness.

suit of n vanishing coronet. Labor
Members OF Parliament poured scorn on
this American money-bag who was
seeking to undermine our, free institu-
tons"
To increase his social splendor Mr..
Astor purchased 1Iever Castle. near
Sevenoaks. said to be the most perfect
specimen of Il medieval dwelling in
England. Ii was the birthplace of Anne
Holeyn. King Henry Wits beautiful ana
!il.iated wife No :. A funny story about
this place began to go the rounds OF
English society. that annoyed Mr.. Astor
exceedingly. 1t was said that ammo
Boleyn's ghost had always haunted the
castle, but after Mr.. Astor went there
she declined to appear.
ferhaps tho most ungrac eful and IN
Americans tho most repulsivc, thing Mr.
Astor ever did was to present the flag
or me American ship Chesapeake to the
british United Service Museum. Tho
chesapeake was captured by the British
ship Shannon in 1913, during a famous
Hght, In which the American CAPTAIN.
James Lawrence, uttered his immortal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23

to certain number Of his friends. On
the other hand. 1t would be difficult for
the Government to give q peerage to
man who was obnoxious to tho King.
1t Is we'll known that common way OF
obtaining peerage is to make a gen
erous contribution to the campaign fund
OF the party in power.
Successful English stockholders and
manufacturers Of oilcloth obtained peer.
ages In return for contributions OF
$4,000 or So while Mr. Astor, who was
spending millions. got nothing. This
disappointment almost threatened his
reason. The King would not think of
giving him title. and no Government
had tho hardihood to propose him for
one. Whatever tho sum paid. there is
always pretence that the title is given
Tor some genuine public service.
MIR. Astor's quest OF n title finally be-
came joke In England. Weekly news
papers made cartoons on tho subject.
One showed him as an American eagle.
loaded down with money bags, in pur.
Great Britain Rights Reserved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23

w largest owner 81 New ! York . '"s
W estate, has finally obtained a
peerage from the King of Ensland, after
renouncing his native country, perform
Ing the most amazing series of antics
ever committed by social climber, and
after paying incomparably the largest
sum OF money ever paid for the honor
obtained.
He has chosen for himself the title
Baron Astor of Iever Castle"
For twenty-five years the largest
owner OF New York real estate has
been assiduously cultiyating the King.
Government and public of Great Britain
with a view to obtaining title. and
only in this present period of acute ma
tional distress has he been able to sat
isfy his ambition.
Mr.. Astor left the United States with
the remark that 1t was mo country for
a gentleman to live in" His disgust
with this country was due, first, to his
failure in a political campaign, and. sec
ondly, TO the freedom with which tho
American press commented on him. AS
a very young millionaire he conde-
iSlature.
Then he ran for Congress. In con-
sideration OF his generous contributions
TO the party he was nominated for a
safe Republican district. Politicians en-
joyed his lberality and newspaper re-
porters had a good deal of fun with his
social pretensions, all OF which annoyed
Mr.. Astor very much. To his disgust,
he was defeated.
The party tried to console him with
a term as Minister to Italy, but the in
gratitude Of the Republic always ranked.
He returned to America. and then his
dignity was still more seriously af-
fronted. His wife, now deceased, in
formed the postmaster at Newport that
she was the Mrs. Astor." and that all
letters SO addressed were to be deliv-
cred to her. Tho late Mrs. William
Aston, who had long been the acknowl-
calmly informed tho postmaster that she
was "the Mrs. Aston"
This peculiar controversy became the
subject of much humorous comment
Few people know that this was what
finally Disguised Mr. w. w. Astor with
America. His dignity was moro offended
than If he had been Gear OF Russia
After putting his financial interests In
order he moved permanently to London
in 1891.
One OF his first acts was to lease the
finest house in London, Lansdowne
House, whose owner was in need oe
ready money. Soon after that lie pur-
chased Cliveden House, on the Thames,
a beautiful house and estate, whose
owner, the Duke of Westminster, al
though the richest peer in England, felt
unable to keep it.
Then Mr.. Astor plunged into career
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tho Life Guards, the premier regiment OF
the British army. and proved himself
good sportsman. He has been wounded
III the present war.
The title which Mr.. Astor sought so
long to obtain from the Tories he has
at last won from a coalition Govern.
ment that is mainly Liberal
His greatest contribution or all TO
British funds Is to pay the present in
come tax, which amounts TO one-third
OF rich mans total income. In Mr..
Astor's case this Is estimated to be
Sl.25O,O00 per annum. He could have
avoided all this by transferring his res
idence to New York He has also given
great sums to war relief funds
The title now conferred on Mr.. Aston.
that or baron. Is the lowest in the peer.
age. but IL gives him seat In the House
or Lords. 1t entities him to wear a
scarlet velvet robe, with two rows OF
ermine. and coronet surmounted with
six silver balls
MS Oldest son will inherit the title,
ana the two sons will now be known as
the Hon. Waldorf Astor and tho Hon.
John Jacob Astor.
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Very Peculiar T hings That
Mr.. AStOr Has Done

Hc left America which him
mt country gentleman O IN
Offended by i'm
instead OF asking his pressure.
Ordered Admiral tof London
he without n
involved himself ridiculous quarrel
Minister about the book
Presented England the flag
Chesapeake captured by the British ship in
Fired his noble newspaper editors making OF
Expressed decline
to haunt her old home Mr.. had ough
Brought libel he
entertain friends
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~ - ~ ~ " 60
and Moat of Hever
Castle. Here Baron
Astor Can Realize
the Ambition of
His Life-to Be a
Real Baron in This
Old Baronial
words. Don't give
up the ship" The
flag fell into private
hands in England and
Mr.. Aston bought 1t
for $4,250 and gave
1t to the institution
named.
As Mr.. Astor's
children grew to ma
turity his social pros
poets In England i'm
proved. His elder
son, Waldorf Astor,
a prescntable young
man, educated at
Oxford. married Mrs.
Mamie Langhorne
Shaw. one of the
famously beautiful
Langhorne sisters OF
Virginia. She has be.
come very popular
in the smartest Eng
lish society. She
helped her husband
to win his election
TO the House of
Commons for Ply
mouth.
The second son.
John Jacob Astor,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-06-10
STATE FaIr plara.

Beginning June /, the Office Of OH.
yer T. Remey seogetary of the state
fair. will be maintained on the state
fair grounds a, West AlIis until after
this years big exposition, the dates
of which are September 2 to is.
The premium book for this years
fair is ready for prospective exhibitors
and has been sent out.
Plans for this years fair were final
ly mapped out sometime ago. From
now until the opening date OF the fair
there will be much building activity
on the grounds and a large force Of
men is at work getting the grounds In
shape for the fair Within a week a
force Of painters will begin on exteri-
ors and interiors Of buildings.
One Of the big departments of this
years fair will be that Of the boys and
girls agricultural contests, which was
inaugtirated last year. 1t is expected
that over 1000 boys and girls will
compete. The cash premiums amount
to over 81 500 and the special premi-
ums exceed $4,000 Among those offer
ing special prizes are George w.
Browne, Fred Pab5t. Fred Underwood,
president of the Erie railroad; the
Merchants and Manufacturers ascot
alton of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin
Bankers association.
An innovation this year will be
general sale of pure bred horses and
cattle on Friday. September 16, under
direction of Fred Pabst
1t is possible that President Wilson
or the Republican nominee for presi-
dent may be a special guest at this
years fair. Special invitations will be
sent to both
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-06-10
WHY YOUNGSTERS FAIL
Nervousness Sends Many Back
to Minor Leagues.
Young Players Unable to Get Mind OF
huge Stands and immense Crowds
DO Not Concentrate Their
Minds on Game.

The greatest enemy Of the young
ball player is nervousness, according
to st. Louis Globe-Democrat. Many a
youngster of promise coming up from
the minors ruins his chances by aero
planning" when he finds himself lined
up against players of experience and
reputation.
He is likely to play far below his
normal speed, and the impression pro-
duced on his manager is faulty. He
may not have chance to become fully
accustomed to his surroundings or to
get over his nervousness before he is
railroaded back to the bushes.
The best way for a player to succeed
is to try to forget that he is up in the
big show and put his whole mind on
the ball game. If he can fail to see
the huge stands and the big crowd and
just remember that he is playing
game of ball and trying to do his part
toward winning it he will surely sue
coed if he has the ability. The player
who is doing everything in his power
to win the ball game is the lad who
catches the eye of the foxy manager.
One serious fault with many young
players is that they think too much of
their base hits. This is a natural fault,
for every player, old or young, likes to
wall0p the ball to some far territory;
but the real manager is looking be-
yOnd that. He sees the fellow who can
hit with no one on and two out and
does not care for his style. On the other
hand, the man who has the nerve to
come up with the smash in the pinch
is the man who is retained, even if his
batting average is many points below
that of the other fellow.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-06-10
BIG Demand for Queen Bees.

Between 500 and 900 requests for
purebred queens have been received
at the experiment station from bee
Keepers II the state. The officials will
find it impossible to supply mere than
a part OF this demand but this years
applications will be filed and supplied
next season In the order In which re-
quests have been received. The great
err part of the queens will be reared
and shipped during the months OF
July and August. The queens are be-
ing sold at 80 cents each and none are
being sent out OF the state Ii is hoped
that 500 queens will be reared this
year, 1000 next year ana as many
more the following season as possible
In time. ii is hoped that every bee
keeper in the state will be supplied
with new purebred queens, With
these he viii be able 10 provide his
entire apiary With pure strain.