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BACKS WILSON
FIRST OF NEuTRALs TO LINE UP
TO FORCE POWERS TO CON-
sIoER PEACE PROPOSALS..
WAR TO TURN TO PEACE
WASHINGTON RE EVE 8 WORD
THAT OTHER NEUTRALs WILL
TAKE SIMILAR COURSE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
washington.-Wa on earth, with all
It's bitterness. will turn to peace and
goodwill before anolLer Christmas,
government heads here believe.
Their hope for and belief in such an
outcome within the new year was
strengthened by Switzerland's note,
approving President Wilson's peace
move and offering the mountain re-
public's bit" toward halting the world
struggle and seeing that peace is per.
manent.
Atop OF this encouraging news came
word that other neutrals would take q
similar course. while 1t Is known that
all, privately, at least. are behind the
American position. Moreover. the ad-
ministration had reason to feel that
the warriors themselves will take
kindly to the peace propositions be-
fore long.
Hence. on Christians Day American
officials felt that there was real cause
for rejoicing. despite the fact that the
big nations still are doing their
slaughter abroad.
Switzerland. in note to all
Of the warning powers, announced
It's support Of President Wilson's
appeal for discussion Of peace
terms. saying 1t would consider
Itself happy II It could act in any
way. no matter how modest. for the
rapprochement OF the peoples now
engaged In the struggle. and for a
lasting peace"
The note was sent to the belliger-
ents by the Swiss Federal Council. and
DR.. Paul Ritter. minister of Switzer-
land here. sent copy Of 1t to the
White House. Secretary Lansing
made It public.
A large number OF cablegrams came
to the White House from Holland.
Sweden and Norway. These were
transmitted by organizations and indi-
viduals. All praise the President for
his position, proffer whatever assist
ance can be rendered and intimate
that their own governments will take
similar steps.
All the neutral diplomats in this city
expressed utmost interest in the ad.
vanced step taken by { 'itzerland. So
much enthusiasm was aroused that
many prophecies were made that
many OF the South American republics
would join the procession and send
peace kilograms. These nations are
all far removed from the scene OF war
but all Of them do large overseas
business with each OF the belligerents
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WASHINGTON.

Brig. Gen George A. woodward, u
8 A., retired, died aged 81.
The President and Mrs Wilson
members of the cabinet and nearly all
of the Latin-American diplomatic rep
resentatives attended Pan-Americar
ball at the Pan-American Union build
ing by the Southern Society of Wash
ington.
Announcement was made at the
State Department that Great Britain
had furnished complete information
showing that the British horse ship
Marina was sunk without warning by
. German submarine with the loss OF
sfx Americans. was not at the time
and had not been before in British
public service, either by charter or
rcquisition.
France, ~ well as Great Britain.
has Instructed her naval commanders
70 give unhindered passage through
IL blockade lines to Count Tarnow
-, the newly appointed ambassador
70 the United States. from Austria
HAngary.
The first 100 national banks Of the
oo61ntry In size; formerly congested in
8 few finAncial -centers, but now scat
s16sed aaanhe th1rty-three cities ir
"A ~ tsvIS s4ntes, fnereassd their re
n - k6k ths, 1anx calls ~
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Me.a BANK Pay, plxldend.

Grand Junction.-The Mesa County
National bank. Of which Senator J. J.,
Tobin Of Mop;rose is receiver, will
pay another per cent dividend repay.
ment to the stockholders, who with
this payment viii bave recovered 4s
per cent of the money they had 81.
vested In the bank. which failed Nov.
~. 1913. Orson Adams. convicted u
wrscking ths banks fin1ncss. = serv-
lpg > siy.yeAr se1tsaep n Lesvmvarsn
paAitsbttkEy H. n GlSS6G6 55;S1
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One Killed In Second snowsIIa.,

Ouray.-A snowslide in Governor
basin took its toll Of one miner. being
the second fatal avalanche In two
days here. Elmer Anderson. while on
his way to this city to spend Christ
mas. was in party Of seven miners
that were carried down into 0ovssnos
basin and buried under mountains q
snow. The others worked their ~
out OF the caficn Into whtch th6y wel4
hurled: Anderson yns bufts1 16eG1f
then ~ ieehsss - AsSassaia elist5s
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Many Gifts Sent to Soldiers.

Colorado Springs,-A big consign-
ment of Christmas cheer was sent to
members Of Battery C. the Colorado
Springs unit of the National guard
now on the border The shipment in
cluded 100 comfort bags filled with
small necessities IN every soldiers
life, a supply Of cigars. candy and
smoking tobacco for each man and a
generous supply Of Christmas decora.
tions.
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-Four Estates Bring Colorado IS. .oe4.

Four escheat estates, valued at $5.-
094. have reverted to the state, the
administrators having reported that
they are unable to find heirs. The es-
tates were left byPerry Sullivan, 81 ,5G3 !;
Mateo and Maria Pighetti. s2.2So. and
Charles Hennessey. sl,250. Under the
law the state is required to hold the
money in escheat for twenty years.
after which time. in case no heirs have
appeared. 1t reverts to the general rev.
enue of the state.
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w ES ERN

The federal reserve bank Of Chicago
declared dividend Of 8 per cent.
Charles e Hughes carried Oregon
by plurality Of 75zIt over President
Wilson.
Fifteen Kansas colvic-s a. Lansing
were free to go to their homes FIJI
day to spend the holidays
President wilson's plurality in
Texas at the November election was
220.96o. according to the official
count.
John Soudas. proprietor of a cigar
store, accused of the murder OF Mrs
Blanche Coleman in hotel June 1G,
was convicted at Seattle, Wash.
Christmas bonuses amounting to
$3,500,000 were announced in Chicago
by the Western Electric Company. the
Crane Company and Andrews & Co.
Three enginemen were injured and
one may die as the result of a wreck
OF two freight trains at the Burling,
ton-Union Pacific crossing near Yutan
Neb.
At Chicago, Notwithstanding almost
panicky selling and cents break in
wheat prices Thursday, the market
made greater rebound and closed
strong. with substantial net gains.
BY order of Mayor MacVicar the po
lice at Des Moines. Ia. seized a car
load Of coal in the yards of the Chi
cago C Northwestern railroad The
mayor announced that the coal was tc
be delivered to tie poor.
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La Sale to Build Water Plant.

La Salle.--A special election will be
held Jan. 8, for a vote on the question
Of issuing bonds in the sum of $25,.
900 for the erection OF complete wa
terworks system to be owned and op
Grated by the municipality. Provi-
sions have already been made for the
sale of the bonds at a premium should
the proposition carry.
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Court to Decide on Contract.

The United States Supreme Court II
to be asked to determine whether the
public utilities commission OF Colorado
has authority to set aside contracts or
franchises duly entered into between
municipalities and public service cor.
porations. The question 10 to be nut
up 70 tho highest court in the land BY
the town q Ensiswood. which filed
with the state gupriuie Cosrt y a.
3lieaalea - : Wit q agSer - - ssss
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Reduetlon In switehlna Ra.e..

Reductions ranging from 1874 per
cent to 25 per cent are made in Den.
yer switching rates on freight traffic
moving entirely within the state of
Colorado. bv an order issued by the
state public utilities commission in the
so-called Denver switching rate case
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Report Many Inquiries for Land.

AS a result OF the advertising cam.
paign being conducted by the State
immigration Bureau. inquiries are
pouring into the immigration office in
the statehouse. asking what Colorado
has to offer the homeseeker and in
vestor. Attention OF prospective In
vestors and settlers is called by the
bureau to the tremendous amount OF
water power available in this state.
While less than o,000-horsepower
has actually been developed. the Unit
ed States Geological Survey points out
that the minimum horsepower avail
able in the state the year around ID
about 100000. The maximum during
six months of the year amounts to T..
200, ,0OO-horsepower. The sum total OF
available land, including grazing, for
est reserve and homestead land, ac-
cording TO figures of the immigration
bureau. is 44.003,105 acres. Millions
OF acres OF this is mineralized. some
OF II heavily coal-bearing. For irriga.
tion purposes there Is enough water
to care for 100000 acres OF land, or
a surplus over the present needs OF
water enough for about 100000
acres.
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Deputy Named for strasbura Bank.

Bank Commissioner McFerson has
appointed Frank Stanfield special
deputy to take charge at once of the
bank at Strasburg. Colo. Mr.. Stanfield.
with the assistance of Deputy S. w.
Clark, Will make thorough examina-
tion OF the books OF the institution to
ascertain II there was shortage in
the accounts of Joseph P. Hardin of
Denver. the cashier. who killed him.
self.
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BANK Of NIW0T ROBBED
TWO MEMBERS OF GANG ARREST
ED At LAFAYETTE.
Took $3.50 and Jewelry, Wh'eo
Recovered After Two-Hour ens'e
Through the Snow.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Boulder. Colo.-Fifty dollars, sup
posed to have been taken from the NJ
Wot bank was recovered wheh pcoi -
w. RYAN, 25 years old, and George VII
son. 40, were arrested in an unoccu
pied house at Lafayette. The rear oooi
of the bank building was broken III W
the robbers, and the lock on the vault
was drilled and then blown with an eN
plosive. A large safe was not dis
turbed, being, as Ryan stated, OF hah
ganese steel and strong enough 10 re
sist any implements they had.
That something was wrong al the
bank was discovered at about CLOCK
when two boys. who light fires in the
schoolhouse, saw that the rear door
was open. They called up the cashier
Guy Dodd. who Investigated. and sent
word to Sheriff Sanford Buster al
Boulder, Chief Of Police Lawrence Bass
of the same town and Marshal fhii
Galloway OF Longmont.
The officers hurried to NiWot anu
found a widely blazed trail for them
to follow. The robbers had taken
handoar from a small shed on the
Colorado & Southern road. and pushed
and worked the machine for about
nile on the railway leading to Lafay-
ette. There they abandoned the car
and set off on foot. The tracks were
followed by the officers to house on
the outskirts OF Lafayette which has
been unoccupied for long time.
Sheriff Buster entered the house.
alone and unarmed. and found Ryan
and Wilson cooking breakfast. He
arrested them. and removed two large
revolvers from each.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
Proctor Named Second Lieutenant.

George Proctor. Jr, OF Denver, has
been promoted from first sergeant of
Company A of the Colorado National
Guard to second lieutenant of the same
company, according to word received
by Adjt. Gen. II. p. Gamble.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
Fire Damage. Isabella Mine.

Cripple Creek.-Fire was discovered
in the new shaft house of the Isabella
Mines Company. 1t originated in the
roof of the boiler house. A high wind
was blowing. but the miners got the
fire under control. The loss is about
$1,000.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
Mackensen Advancing In DobrudJa.

Berlin.-Field Marshal Won Macken-
sens Dobrudja army. after capturing
Isaktcha, on the Danube. has begun an
attack on the bridgehead of Matchin.
n the northwestern corner OF Do
brudja province to which the Russo.
Rumanian forces have retreated. army
headquarters announced on Christmas.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29

George w Ryan and George Wilson,
the two yeggmen who blew the saf" in
the NiWot bank and were captured BY
Sheriff Buster and deputies at Louis
Vile, have admitted to postoffice in
spectors that they burned the $4,000
stamps they took out OF the safe. The
value of the stamps. according TO the
report of Cordia Clifford. postmistress.
was s292. She deposited them in the
bank safe the night OF the robbery.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
Eat Turkeyo Raised on Prison Farm

Canon City-More than 100 turkeys
together with celery and other trim
mings" all raised upon the prison
farm. were served at Christmas din
ner to about 500 inmates OF the Colo
ado penitentiary here on Christmas
lay.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
McNlehols to Be Deputy State Auditor

Charles II. Leckenby, state auditor
elect, has selected William McNichols
as his chief deputy. Mr.. McNichols
has been chief clerk Of the State Board
Of Land Commissioners for the past
three years; he was formerly Carey
act clerk of the land board.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service
COMMISSION MAKES REPORT.
over $4,000 Paid Out to Injured III
Wear Under Compensation Act.

Year Under Compensation Act.
penver.-working people OF colora'
do received more than $5iO,Ooo from
Aug. /. 1915, to Aug. l, 1916, under the
workmen's compensation act. accord
ing to statistics which have been COM
piled by Wayne c. Williams. memper
OF the State Industrial Commission.
Tho amount shows an increase OF l5o
per cent. over the sum received 'ne
year before by a corresponding mum
ber of employees injured or killea III
the course OF employment, ana was
paid by employers without protest or
lawsuit.
Seventy.five complaints. half OF
them threatened serious strikes, were
heard by the commission during lslo'
Seven Of these were heard formapy
bv the commission, the remainder be-
ing adjusted informally. There is only
one unfinished case before the COM
mission at present, that OF the Lead
VILE miners, which will not be passed
upon until after the first OF the year.
The statistics show that accidents
occurring in industries in the state
last year were fewer than during the
previous year. About forty day or
1900 n month we're reported. There
were $50 accidental deaths. The state
compensation insurance fund collected
Sl20,542 in premiums up to June 81.
1916. of which $36,490 came from
state. cities and towns.
The commission declared for an
eight-hour day for working people
wherever possible and has held that
minimum wage OF $3.50 week is the
standard that should be approached
and adhered to wherever possible.
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you think SO? ~. a m
Financier-We % na,' IN I
something every litte
him quiet.
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COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Jan. 1-6-Poultry Show at Denver.
Jan. Sli-Ninth Annual Poultry show
at Brush
Jan. ll-l3-Poultry Show at Canon
City.
Jan. 20.-Athletic Club boxing contests
At Denver
Jan. 20-27-Annual w estern Stock
Show at Denver.
Feb. 2-4-Y. NJ. c. A. Annual ConVcn-
ton at Colorado Springs.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16

No dyestuff shortage will ever
turn the old flag yellow.
GRAND Duke Mick boasts not only
the longest legs in Russia, but
the longest head.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16
Perfect Healthls
EveryWoman's Birthright
A Prescription That from Girlhood to
Old Age Has Been Blessing
to Womanh0od.

When a girl becomes a woman,
when a woman becomes mother.
when woman passes through the
changes of middle life, are the three.
periods of life when health and strength
are most needed to Withstand the pain
and distress often caused by severe
organic disturbances.
At these critical times women are
best fortified by the use of DR.. Pietce's
Favorite Prescription, an old remedy
of proved worth that keeps the entire
female system perfectly regulated and
in excellent condition.
Mothers, if your daughters are weak,
lack ambition, are troubled with head.
aches, lassitude and are pale and sick.
ly, DR.. Pierce's. Favorite Prescription
is just what they need to surely bring
the bloom of health to their cheeks
and make them strong and healthy.
For all diseases peculiar to woman,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
powerful restorative. During the last
so years it has banished from the lives
of tens of thousands of women the
pain, worry, misery and distress caused
by irregularities and diseases Of a
feminine character.
If you are sufferer, ii your daugh-
ter, mother, sister need help get Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription in liquid
or tablet form from any medicine
dealer to-day. Then address Doctor
Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. v,
and get confidential medical advice
entirely free. You can also obtain a
book on womau's diseases, sent free.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets regulate and in
yiporate stomach liver and bowels Kaar>
the body clean inside as well as outside.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16
@ B S Err v A T ION S

AS one poet to another, Gabe-d-
Amnun1io might tip off Rud Kip
ling not to start something he
can't finish.
If it were not for the interna-
tional crises the good things that
are being said about Mr.. Brand.es
would prove extremely interesting
to the public.
While trying to submarine the
Wilson administration Mr.. Bryan
Ids oblivious to the fact that it
has the national honor" ON board.
There is an Ohio woman who
trimmed her hat with fifty 81
bills and doubtless prides herself
on her economy and efficiency.
Women who, are simply in poll
tics properly decline to be Judged
by the antics of the women who
are in gutter politics.
When public rights are to be
conserved, even more important
than a stiff upper lip is stiff
vertebral column.
1t is high time for cong ress-
men with hyphens to recross those
bridges or bum the bridges be-
hind them.
II Senator Stone is not careful
he will be rolled and in NO po-
sitiom to gather moss.
In the game of war, Germany
evidently believes that whoever
hesitates is lost.
| Expects Germany to end the
war" Says headline. Most of us
expect the war to end Germany.
! ITO Tell OF Economics Says
another headline The DiWvil is, to
practice 'em.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16

OF course nothing can take the
place of the regular letter, but the.
newspaper tells more than any let
ter and it arrives regularly. The
letter from home gives the family
news and perhaps the main events
OF the neighborhood news But,
the weekly paper supplements this
and any old-homer can read be-
tween the lines and dig out lots
OF news that has not been put
nm type We think of these things
every time some father or mother
comes into the office to paw a.
subscription for son or daughter
i'm the city or when some one who
once lived here sends "a check
for years subscription. But we
have not yet arrived at the point
where we can add several hundred.
names to our list i'm a philanthrop-)
ic spirit, SO the Eeet we can do
is to depend upon the old felix's att
home to ssnd the papers to thel
wanderers. +
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16
TENTH EPISODE
The Harbor Transports
ton Trust
Suggested by ZANE GREY.
Author OF THE Light Of West-
ern Stars" 1.-THE Rainbow
Trail. Riders of the
Purple Sase." etc.

- RUCE LARNIGAN and his
brother Tom, who had taken
up Bruce's work Of exposing
the Vaccinations of the mem
bers Of the graft trust, headed by Stan
ford Stone, after the almost fatal in
jury to Bruce, felt that 1t was even
more important to protect the public
against the extortion practiced by the
great grafters than it was to pursue
their own revenge.
II started just for revenge" said
Bruce, shaking his head, after Tom had
told him of his success in getting evil
dence against the coal trust But,
even If these men killed our father,
we can't let our hatred Of them pre-
vent us from dong our duty"
They're not above stealing from
any one" said Tom. "And the next
thing to get after is the distribu-
ton Of food and supplies Of all sorts
right here in New York. There's a
combination that absolutely controls
the movement of every pound Of
freight in the harbor I'm convinced
AAAeAS o0AAAOp0SAS ~ lAlS goes
in for smuggling too.'
Nov you're talking about Grant
Fisher, Tom said Bruce.
Good heavens! How did you know
that, Bruce? For a sick man you're
mighty up to date, but it's not going to
be easy to get any evidence against
him"
IT know that said Bruce. "Have
you got plan at all?"
"yes-and no." said Tom. "It's not
worth being called a plan. really. It's
just an idea. 1 want to follow a
bunch I've got without telling you
what it is until know whether or not
it's going to work. All right"
go ahead,'' said Bruce IF you fall
down come back and wen get togeth-
err"
Tom had already spied out the
ground, and he went straight from the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16

ever; recognized Them and when they
entered Green's store almost on his
heels they were seized and thrust into a
small storeroom in the cellar. In the
next cellar, although they did not
know it, were some of the lions that
had been imported. with the opium. by
Monk.
Meanwhile Dunn made all his ar
engagements with Gruen. A trap door
was arranged so that it would drop
any one who stood upon it into cell
lar, and this cellar was the one that
contained the lions.
"That'll be the finish of any one who
goes down." said Dunn gloatingly,
MIR. Tom Larnigan won't find it easy
to argue with our friends down there"
However Tom had decided not to 90
to Gruen's He was impatient for the
time of his departure for South Ameri-
ca to come, and he and Ben Travers,
his old friend, went down to the docks
to see about his passage. Monk, with
some Of his crew, spied them, and
Monk saw the chance for his revenge.
At word from him the two were
seized and dragged on board his ship.
They were roughly handled and were
left unconscious. And Monk, gloating-
~, went to the telephone and reported
to Fisher, who happened at the time
to be with Stone.
Good enoughy' said Stone. .'south
America? They'll be gone for months.
and by the time they return we'll be In
vincible. It's different from what had
been planned, but 1t will do Tell Monk
we won't forget to reward himT
A little later Stone heard from Dunn
Of the capture Of the two girls. His
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16

fat where he lived with Bruce and
their mother to the Office building in
which the Harbor Transportation com
pany. of which Grant Fisher was the
head and the moving spirit, had it's
headquarters. He knew that outside
Fishers private Office there was an
anteroom in which those who had ap-
pointments with Fisher waited for his
summons.
In the main Office, outside this ante
room, he asked some trivial questions
and then. waiting for his chance, slip
ped through the door while the attend
ant was away. He was alone for
minute. and he Immediately hid his hat
and gloves, so that any stranger COM
fng in might suppose that he was en-
ployed about the Office in some ca
pacitk.
In "a few moments the door was open
ed And man who had all the ear.
marks Of sea captain Of the old school
cams In.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-03-16
LIKE A LETTER
FROM HOME

We often have thought that we
would like to be able, financially
to send a copy of this paper
each week to all who were born.
here or who made this town their
home for amy number of years and
afterward moved away. Not that
we think our modest effort worthy
of world wide circulation, but it
is, to hundreds, and perhaps, thou
sands, the Old Home Paper No one
who has not moved far away
from birthplace, frcm home or old
friends can understand what it
means to hear regularly from the
old place.