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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
An Early Airship,

We are told by Peter Farley, VIII.
wrote as az eyewitness, that in An.
gust, 1885. the airship Eagle was on.
cially advertised to sail from London
wiz government dispatches and mas
sengers for Paris and to establish n.
rect communication between the cant.
tails Of Europe. This early type of air.
ship was 16O feet long, fifty feet high
and forty feet wide. and she lay in thu
dockyard of the Aeronautical societv
in Victoria road, near Kensington gar.
dens, then quite a rural spot Built To
hold an abundant supply of gas, she
was covered with oiled lawn and car.
ried frame seventy-five feet long and
seven feet high. with a cabin secured
by ropes to the balloon. An immense
rudder and wings or fins on each side
for purposes of propulsion completed
her fittings. The deck was guarded by
netting. After all this preparation and
advertisement the Eagle never got be-
yond Victoria road. for Count Lennox
and his assistants failed to provide the
necessary motive power. - London
Standard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
THE COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL

There is being developed in the
South a new type of school for Negro
youth known as the county training
school. This development is being fos-
tered by the Slater Board, cooperating
with public-school authorities in the
counties.
Any system of publicly supported
education in the South is based upon
the county as the unit. This is as true
of the Negro as of the white public
schools. The fostering of county sys-
tenn, adequately supported and ade-
quately supervised, occupies the efforts
of educational forces at work in the
field today.
A number of agencies are helping
in this development. Eight Southern
states, through cooperation with the
General Education Board, employ su-
pervisors of their rural elementary
Negro schools who devote their time
to the improvement of these schools
in the several counties, and also help
to bring about better supervision on
the part of the public school authori-
ties. The Jeanes Fund assists in this
development by bearing a portion OF
the expense necessary to employ the
supervising industrial teachers. Their
effort has been, not only to teach ele-
mentary industries to boys and girls,
but to stimulate general Improvement
in the physical condition of school
buildings and grounds, and to reach
the homes of the children, thus devel-
oping a spirit of community cooper
ton. There is also the Rosenwald
Fund, which has brought about direct
ly the erection of new rural-school
buildings, properly equipped, by secur+
ing the cooperation of all the forces
in the community, both public and
private, of both races. All the forces
involved in the establishment of a
public system of elementary education
seem, therefore, to have been set in
motion.
JAMES L. SHELLEY
In the Southern Workman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
Elusive ZeppeIins.

In his book "Zeppelins and Super
Zeppelins" R P. Hearne points out the
little known fact that 1t was French
man named Spiess, an Alsatian, who
about 1870 drew up a clever design for
a rigid airship and made an attempt to
patent it In 1870 Count Zeppelin was
a dashing soldier In Alsace, and Mr..
Hearne thinks It more than likely that
he saw Spiess' plans and annexed the
idea.
The Zeppelin is a most elusive object
despite its size. 1t can leap upward In
the air at astonishing speed. 1t can
drop rapidly. 1t can climb at steep
angle. 1t can dive wonderfully, and
It can nose from side to side with no
mean agility. To reckon its altitude at
night is most difficult, and to find its
range is a matter Of much nicely.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
FOURTEEN DISCHARGED COL
oRED SOLDIERS RESTORED.
They Receiving Back Pay to the Elk
tent of $500.

IH6y heC6lNllS DAN dy " WIG LA
tent of $1,000.
"The discharge without honor of
fantry, a Negro regiment, for COM
plicity in the Brownsville raid in the
summer of 1906 has proved a blessing
in disguise to fourteen of the disgraced
soldiers. They are serving again with
the colors, and each man must regard
several companies of the 25th In
himself as a Croesus, if he has not al
ready dissipated the bounty bestowed
upon him by just Government. Four
teen of the discharged soldiers are back
in the ranks with back pay ranging
from $1,2S9.75 to $2,419.65, the latter
amount going to Private Robt. Will
liams, troop cook.
After a one-party investigation by
southern army officer and military
inquiry ordered by Congress, not a
single soldier was proven guilty. Then
Congress directed the President to ap-
point a board of army officers to pass
upon applications on any of the dis
charged soldiers for re-enlistment with
back pay and allowances. "And so
their dishonorable discharge was struck
from the record, and they resumed
their rank and places in the army as if
the intervening years of stigma has
been wiped out. But each now had a
bank account if he were thrifty. Three
corporals, ten privates and a cook re-
joined the old Twentyffth. Some of
the innocent are dead; others, no doubt,
are still recorded as discharged with
out honor, being too ignorant to avail
themselves of the change of vindica-
tion. We trust that none of the guilty
is in the honor and back pay list.
1t is a qualification to know that by
this act of reinstatement justice has
been done in some worthy eases; and
that in effect the precipitate action
that caused the innocent to suffer ig-
ANONYMOUSLY with the guilty stands con-
demned as irrational and unjust.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
Gladiators,

The gladiatOrs were originally male
factors who fought for their lives or
captives who fought for freedom. They
were first exhibited at the funeral cere-
monies of the Romans. 263 B. c., and
afterward at festivals about 215 B. G.
When Dacia was reduced by Trojan
1000 gladiatOrs fought at Rome for 123
days in celebration of his triumph. 1t
Is said that in the triumphs of Pompey
the Great 10000 fought through a
series of many days. These combats
were suppressed in the east by the
Emperor Constantine about A. D. 325
and in the west by Theodore in A. D.
500.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
How = Snake Swallows a Froo.

The method of swallowing is a very
simple one. although If the frog be
large more than half an hour may be
consumed in the process. The two
bones of the lower jaw are separate
and capable of independent movement,
so the reptile loosens its hold upon one
side of its jaw. and. pushing that side
forward as far as possible. 1t drives the
teeth in again and draws the jaw back
to its original position. The result Is
that the prey is drawn down by the
movement. The process is then repeat
ed by the other half of the jaw, thus
inevitably forcing the victim inward
The snakes skin stretches enormously,
and the jaw is, Of course, dislocated.
but the extensible Hgaments hold the
bones together
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
PLATFORM OF THE AMERICAN
PARTY.

The American party believes in the
Fatherhood of God; the Brotherhood of
Man; the Sanctity of the Home; the
Perpetuation of the Free Institutions
of America; and demands the following
essential reforms to further the pro-
gress of civilization:
l. An honest, and an efficient, and
an economical administration of public
affairs; free from graft; and free from
bossism-with equal rights to all and
special privileges to none.
2. The prohibition of the manu-
facture, and the sale, and the importa-
ton, and the transportation of alcohol
ic liquors for beverage purposes-with
an administration committed to its con-
summation.
3. The protection of those who toll;
the promotion of social justice; the
betterment of the home; harmony be-
tween capital and labor by a more
eQulIdDlc ulSJElDuJlOH VI inc 1IulJS VI
labor; an eight-hour work day; one
days rest in seven; Civil Service
based entirely on the merit system;
the conservation of our natural re-
sources; the initiative, the referendum,
and the recall; and the government
ownership, and operation, of public
utilities in the interest of the common
veal.
4. Peace and comfy with all nations
-entangling alliances with none-and
the establishment of an International
Court of Arbitration with ample pow
ers to insure the peace of the world.
5. Equal suffrage to women; equal
ity of all before the law; river and
harbor improvements; good roads; the
reclamation of desert lands; a more
scientific system of taxation; and the
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
NEGRO DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
PLANS EIGHT FOR WILSON.

NEGRO DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
PLANS FIGHT FOR WILSON.
National Body in Session Here Elects
Officers and Praises President for
Keeping Out of War.
Members of the National Colored
Democratic league held its quadrennial
meeting in this city Tuesday afternoon
at 3l02 Soath State street and elected
the following officers:
Prcsident-Adam Patterson of Chi
cago.
Vice Presidents-A. E. Manning,
James L. Curtis, and ). p. jefferson.
ecretaries-Thomas w. Swami and
A. II. Underdown.
Treasurer-Robert S. Hudspeth of
Jersey City.
Resolutions endorsing the national
Democratic ticket were adopted and
plans made to take an active part in
the campaign.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
The TreadmilI.

The treadmill was invented thousands
Of years ago by the Chinese to raise
water for the irrigation Of the fields.
The invention. somewhat changed, was
introduced into England and other Eu-
ropean countries and used in prisons as
a mode of punishment. One was erect
ed at Brixton Jail in 1917 and soon aft.
erward in other prisons. Toward the
end Of the century. however. it fell into
diSuSe
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB.

The Alpha Suffrage Club will hold a
lawn fete and grab bag social at the
y. NJ. c. A. next Wednesday evening,
July 10th. All members and friends
Of the Club are urged to be present.
DR.. Fannie Emanuel, chairman has a
splendid program of amusements for
all who come.
MRS. /. B. W. BARNETT, Pres.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
Impertinent.

Mrs. Owens-John, the butcher from
where we used to live has found out
our address. He called with that last
years bill and was really impertinent
Owens '(hotly)-Impertinent, was he!
Well, now. Wen just let him wait for
his money.-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
All False.

Mr.. Grimes with great Indignation
I've finished with that fellow Skin
ner, absolutely finished with him. He's
a bad one. He has a lying tongue In
his head. Mrs. Grimes (sympathetic.
ally)-Dear me! And only yesterday
his wife told NEE that he had false
teeth.-London Tit Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
His Sorrow.

The Merry One-Cheer up. old man!
Why don't you drown your sorrow?
The Sad One-Because she's stronger
than l am; and besides. It would be
Misunderstanding Show.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
NOTHING New,

Wife-Don't you like my new hat.
dearest? Husband-Yes-s. its all right
Wife-Well. bought it on your ac-
count. dear Husband-Yes. you usual
ly do!
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
Speech and WRITING,

Many people talk much more agree
ably than they write" said the literary
person.
YES" replied Mr.. Owfngton. "NIy
tailor does that. Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
How She MANAGED.

Mabel-lf your grandma has lost all
her teeth low does she eat? Willie-t
heard pa say she had biting tongue
Boston Transcript
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
A Female Veteran.

He-Isn't that General Y. and his
daughter over there? She-Yes. They
say that she has been through more en-
gagements than her old father.-Boston
Transcript
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
Appropriate.

do you think this cane would make
an appropriate gift for Charlier
yes. The head Is solid ivory
Florida Times Union
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15

By the faithful plying Of the shuttle
Of daily duty we weave white raiment
for the soul stafford
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15
PRISONERS EAT, SLEEP, AND
Col. Denison Has White Elephant in
Men Who Refused Oath.

San Antonio, Tex, July 13.-(Spe-
ciaO.-The Eighth Illinois regiment has
a white elephant on its hands, or rather
in the guardhouse. 1t consists of seven
men who refused to sign the federal
muster at Springfield and were brought
to San Antonio as prisoners. Were it
not for red tape Col. Denison would
gladly order the guardhouse sentries
to let them escape, or even spur their
escape.
As it is, the judge advocate depart
ment is the only authority that can re-
lease the men.
The guests themselves form a rest
full colony. After reaching San An
tonic the seven consented to be mus
tered in, but were found medically I'M
fit. They are, however, the most pro-
vokingly healthy "unfits" regiment
ever boarded. Eat, sleep and eat.
The question all hinges on how to
get the men home. Who pays the
fare' They are not government men.
Who pays the mess' They are not in
federal service. Who pays their sal
arrest Government didn't hire them.
Col. Denison today npt the problem
to Brig. Gen. Hill, and he passed the
buck to the judge advocate depart
ment. Things sent to the Judge ad.
vocate's department come out after
much delay.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15

Contentment 10 always perched on
the round Of the ladder Just above you
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-15

You may not successfully bride the
weather man to provide cool breezes,
hut YOU may spend enough money to
buy clean milk and enough ice to keep
it cool and enough screens and swatters
to protect your baby from his sworn
cncmv. the fly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
Weight Of Atmosphere.

Atmosphere is the name applied
to the gaseous envelope that sur
rounds the globe. 1t consists of a
mechanical union of nitrogen and
oxygen in the ratio Of four to one,
together with a relatively small
amount of carbonic acid gas and a
little water vapor. Its thickness is
about fifty miles, although it prob
ably extends in an attenuated form
as far as 500 miles. This is inferred
from the observation of luminous
meteors. 1t exerts a pressure of
fifteen pounds to the square inch at
the earth's surface and weighs over
eleven and a half trillions of pounds.
Each adult inhales one gallon of air
per minute and consumes thirty
ounces of oxygen daily. An ordi-
nary gas jet consumes as much oxy-
gen as five persons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
When the Deaf Hear.

1t is often said that persons af-
licted with certain forms of deaf
g can hear perfectly in the midst
of a tumult. A locomotive engineer
was found to be very deaf, and, al
though he protested that he could
hear perfectly well while on his en-
CINE, he was suspended from duty.
Some time afterward he applied for
reinstatement, again urging the fact
of his perfect hearing while on
duty. Finally the physician rode
with him upon a locomotive and put
him to every possible test. To the
doctors surprise he found the man
able not only to hear ordinary
sounds, but also to distinguish
whispers and movements that were
inaudible to his companion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
To Outside Subscribers

A pencil mark across this paragraph is
notice that your subscription has expired.
We would be pleased to continu the paper
to your address upon receipt of it.5O. If not
promptly received we infer that sos do not
want the paper any longer. and it is stopped.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
kansaroos.

Kangaroos use their hands very
readily to hold food in and to put
it to their mouths. As their fore
legs are SO short that they have to
browse in a STOPPING position, they
seem pleased when able to secure a
large bunch of cabbage or other
vegetable provender and to hold it
in their hands to eat. Sometimes
the young kangaroo, looking out of
the pouch, catches one or two of
the leaves which the old one drops,
and the pair may be seen each nib
bling at the salad held in their
hands, one, SO to speak, zone floor
above the other.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30

Harvard students have discovered
that the expression Don't care a
is not 'cussing." because
dam" was a small coin used by the
ancient P~ersians. Hence they say
that rs meaning is similar to our
modern Don't ARE a cent That's
easy in the written language. where
the final m can be omitted. but
how will a fellow explain it when he
saws it? Answers receivedjby the
puzzle editor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
A CLEVER RETORT.
Forced to Tell q Story, He Made IL q
Rather Caustie One.

Forced to Tell . Story, Hs Made II .
Rather caustic One.
Clarence 81. Mackay on INT occa-
sion attended a supper in Paris that
some American young men were
giving after the theater, and at this
supper the rule was laid down that
everybody must tell a story. But
when it came to Mr.. Mackay's turn
he asked to be excused. He had,
he said, no story to tell.
"Oh, yes; We'll excuse YOU" said
the chairman, "but on one condi-
ton. You must, in leu Of telling a
story, drink the drink that we will
now mix for you"
A terrible drink was then prepar-
ed-champagne, beer, gin, absinth,
sugar and hot water, all taken to-
gether in a brandy glass that held
over a pint. Of course the young
man could not swallow this. "Ill
tell you," he said, "a story, after
ALL" and he began:
"Once there was a thief who hid
in a church after the service, filling
his pockets with the silver goblets,
and wrapped about his waist the
golden vestments of the clergy. But
while he was at work the sexton
locked all the doors, so that when
he came to 60 he found there was
no way of exit. Finally he ascend
ed to the bell tower. A long rope
dangled down from there, and the
thoughtless fellow, leaping on it,
proceeded to slide down to the
ground. But Immediately the bell,
setting up a tremendous clangor,
brought hundreds hurrying to the
church, w%hereupon the thief look
ed up at it in disgust-looked at the
bell, sir, much as l now look at
you," said Mr.. Mackay to the chair
mainland exclaimed:
"If it wasn't for your long tongue
and empty head I should never
have got into this awkward posi-
tion."-Exchange.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
Quaint Picture Of Gladstone.

According to a Turkish newspa-
per Of 1876, William E. Gladstone
was born in 1896. For father he
had a Bulgarian. His gluttony for
gold made him yellow. He was of
medium height, his whiskers were
cropped close to his face, and cas- a
sign of his satanic spirit his fore
head and upper forehead were bare.
His evil temper has made his hair
fall off, so that from a distance he
might be taken for quite bald"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
Painfully strict.

Two London tourists one Sunday
in the region Of Tweedside inquired
of a countryman on his way to
church the whereabouts of a ruined
tower they wished to inspect.
eff ye had speired the way tae
the kirk" he replied, II wud hae
te!t We, but ! Gamma brak the Saw
bath day by lettin' ye ken whaur an
auld ruckle o. q hoose i."-Dundes
Advertiser.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
For State Senator

Approaching the past support of
the voters of Hand county, and
pledging myself to policies advanc.
ing the best interests of the county
and state, | announce my candidacy
for reelection to the State Senate,
subject to the will of the Republican
primary.
GLEN M. WATERS.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
Miller, 20 March, 1916.

To sell anything. from a house
and lot to a toothpick. some person
who wants that particular thing
must be found. 1t is a slow process
to tell the few people one occasion
ally meets. A brief adv. in the
classified column of tins paper will
go into manv homes in Hand county,
and will carry any business message
to more people at less cost than any
other known method.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
For County Auditor

| hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of County
Auditor on the Republican ticket
subject to the will of the Republican
voters al the primary.
Charles Thomson.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Political announcements for primaries
viii he published In this column for 81.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-30
Announcement

hereby announce myself as can-
date for the office of County Audi
tor, subject to the will of the voters
at the November election.
Jack Wilson.
Miller. 20 March. 1916
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-01-17
10 d E 8 EsEsSss

ZIG guarantee "a PEENS.A tEs q lSTgs-
circulation -E2ar arlT cEfI=F -2rz2an newspaper
i'm tine TnT-eG ssEaa@e.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-01-17

&Iampre ITd sr-a li.srns er tsrafiGi s. lHEna"
sc, z. Lazsnp, t5J7 Etoln=osa St. s:.n -Anto"
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-07
CARY ANNOUNCES.
HIGHER WAGES.
More Than 100000 Men to
Benefit by Proposed U. S.
Steel Increases

New York, Jan. THE following
statement, regarding a wage Increase.
was given out by Ebert h Gary. chair
man OF the United States Steel corpor-
alton today:
In view OF the prosperous conditions
now existing. il was unanimously voted
at a meeting OF the presidents Of our
iron and steel companies today to
recommend that there should be made
adjustments Of wage rates to take ef-
feet February l. The finance commit
tee unanimously adopted the recon-
nlspGation.
1T is proposed 10 increase rates of
common labor ten percent. As to
Othc. departments. increases will be
eGuitably proportional. Adjustments
in wage rates among our mining com
lahies are under consideration"
Has More Than 100000 Employees.
Early in 1915 the employees Of the
United Sattes Steel corporation num-
bered about 100000 with total annual
salaries and wages OF approximately
S170.000.000.
The average daily salary or wage
per emploEe at that time was sass.
the selling and administrative forces
averaging S2.a1. Later in the year the
number Of employees Of all classes and
particularly those in the socalled un-
skilled labor divisions was greatly
augmented 10 meet the improved trade
conditions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-07
GEN. HAMILTON DESCRIBES
LOSSES AT GALLIP0LI

London. Eng Jan. I'm report
published in the official gazette, Gen.
Sir Ian Hamilton. who was in com
mand of British forces on the Gallipoll
peninsula. describes the evacuation as
due primarily to inability OF the war
office 10 supply adequate reinforce
ments or supplies Of munitions.
He also describes terrible battles be-
tween May and the middle Of October,
telling Of the Suvla bay landing in
August when the Turks made a grand
attack from the crest Of hill, over
whelming the Wiltshire and North
Lancashire troops who we're almost lit
orally exterminated. The tide was
turned by New Zealand. Indian and
Australian artillery which tore gaps in
the Turkish lines as fast as they
topped the crest and only q handful
struggled back
Gen. Hamilton then describes four
following days of the most desperate
fighting in which Brig. Gems. Baldwin
and Cooper fell Gen. Birdwood's
forces lost 1900 men: Of a division
under Gen. Shaw. 5000 out of 10000
were lost. and the Warwicks and Wor-
cesters lost every single officer.