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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
sCARECR0W FOR zEPPELINs
to Terrify Raiders-Bit of An
cient Strategy.

London.-Sir William Gelder's reve-
lations as to the use of a dummy
wooden gun in Zeppelin menaced
east coast town have been much dis.
cussed in London. This gun, which
was duly guarded by soldiers, was
intended to terrify the Germans.
For similar piece of strategy we
must go back to the Franco-British
expedition to China in 1860 A French
historian tells us that when the allied
forces arrived at Pehtang they saw
before them two small forts. Not a
soldier was visible in or near them.
Day was declining and the allies.
though fearing an ambush, decided to
venture into the forts. They found
on the ramparts two or three wooden
guns encircled with iron, and these
had been abandoned by the defend
ers. A few mines of primitive con.
struction had been laid around them,
and were removed by the French en-
gineers.
Dummy guns, as Macaulay shows
US, must have been employed by the
forces of Surajah Dowlah in the bat
tie of Plassey The Nabob had with
him 10000 infantry armed with fire
locks, pixies, swords. bows and arrows.
They were accompanied by Atty
pieces of ordnance of the largest size,
each tugged by long team OF white
oxen, and each pushed on from be.
hind by an elephant" In the cannon
ade the artillery of the Nabob, though
assisted by few small French guns,
did scarcely any execution" Guns,
oxen and baggage remained in tbs
power of the conquerors.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
Hen rwentv.nine. Laws Eua.

Hen, Twenty-nne, Lays Egg.
Dayville, Conn.-Spanish Annie.
twenty-nine-year-old hen, owned by
Col James Blanchard, celebrated by
laying an egg. the first in several
years
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
GERMANS MAKE STRICT SEARCH

You say you have lived so many
years at N? Can you tell me where
you lived there?'
Il name street and the number OF
house which / know to exist in N.
but where | have never lived.
You know of course the street Y?
Can you tell me what the square at
the end of it is called?
Il give the necessary reply. | have
to tell the whereabouts of the post
office, the palace, such and such a
theater, shops and statues
Now will you follow me, says one
Of the lieutenants, and guides me to a
corridor. along both sides of which
run -cubicles. We enter one of the
cubicles.
Soles Ripped Of.
viii you have the goodness to
undress but, first of all, please take
off your boots. The lieutenant takes
the boots and hands them over to a
soldier.
Have no fear. We shall rip them
open and take off the heels, but we
will sew them up again and return in
good condition =
"All my body right down to my feet
and nails, is carefully inspected by
means of an electric lamp. The lining
of my suit is all ripped open, but is
not sewn up again. The contents of
my pockets are carefully examined.
The lieutenant takes his glasses and
looks through my passport, opens my
watch, looks at it's mechanism, reads
the trade mark of the manufacturers,
and then takes my fountain pen, pours
out the ink, and probes it's inside with
a hatpin.
what can one hide thereT
asked
Have you never seen pendants,
rings and other things? You hold
them up to the light, and through a
tiny little point you see highly mag
nified views of cathedrals, of noun
tains, or of towns, etc. Well, you can
do the same with any document-re-
duce it photographically and carry it
at the bottom of your fountain pen.
my boots were brought in, and,
indeed, on the soles one could see new
neat stitches.
Il breathe freely once more, dress
and go on the platform"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
Amazing Thoroughness With
Which Travellers Are Han
died at Border.
sOLEs RIPPED FROM SHOES
Fountain Pens Emptied and Probed'
Clothes Carefully Examined I'm
der Rays of Powerful Light
Many Questions Asked.

London.-There is no miracle OF
German thoroughness more amazing
than the search to which travellers
have to submit on entering Germany.
This border search is described in
London newspaper by correspondent
of the Russian paper Reich, who has
Just performed the feat of entering
Germany at Warnemunde and staying
some time in Berlin. He says:
1.-THE passengers are taken on shore
in single file and directed to shed.
We enter large compartment partl-
toned off by wooden bars into a Sc
ries of long stalls. Our passports are
taken away from us and we are ad-
mitted one by one into the next COM
partment through special door.
Bombarded With Questions.
II am admitted into small room,
where, behind the counter, are three
German officers, lieutenant and two
subs.
AT first come the usual questions:
Name? Where? Why? and then,
What is your profession?'
Il name a certain. branch of bust
ness which | chose to represent.
You are going to Germany on
business?'
Yes.
with what firms and in what
towns do you intend doing business?
Il give the names and addresses of
a few firms. .....
"An energetic lieutenant reaches
from one of the numerous shelves a
directory and checks my statement.
"'Gut. Where have you been liv-
ing recently
81 give the name of neutral coun-
try.
How long have you lived there?'
Il reply.
land whence are you proceeding
from Germany
81 name town in another country.
"'And what is your permanent ad-
dress?'
Il again give reply.
Without saying word the lieu
tenant hands to the captain a few
Baedekers. l recognize their red
bindings.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01


until the infed broken
nfd
n
transferred Eddie Collins White
remained there doubt to whether Mack
Rupert
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would
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
LINGO OF AUSTRALIA
Description of a Baseball Game
Is Quite Unique.
pitcher mounts the Box" and Treats
Batter With Respect"-"came
With Brilliant Hit Right
Out to Left FleId.r

The following description OF a base.
ball game played recently in Australia
between native and American resident
mines gives an excellent idea of an
tipodean baseball vernacular:
'The American mounted the box first,
sending Marie to face the attack. The
pitcher treated him with respect, al
lowing him to walk to first Casey
followed, and Hearnden's error ena-
bled him to reach second in safety.
Caswell then threw wildly at first bag.
and before the ball was recovered
Marie and Casey had sprinted across
the plate. Tucker, meanwhile, had
made good on the diamond, but Bragg's
fly, which was muffed, gave the fields
man an opportunity of cutting the run
ner of at third Bragg consequently
scored on Browns hit to the country,
making three runs for the inning.
Australia sent Hearndon to the box
first, but putout at first base was
registered. Comber followed and
Mares bad throw saw him safely
la0Q6Q dl HISJ. NOluy IneH Cdlue Win
a brilliant hit right out to left field,
bringing Comber home. Spiller, who
had been missed by the catcher, made
his way to third and a passed bali
completed the distance for him. In
the next term America could not get
OFF the box, and then Australia made a
determined effort to draw level in the
succeeding term. Hearndon brilliant
~ smashed to the left garden" for
a two-bagger. and passed ball sent
him on to third. Another passed ball
completed the journey for him, and
the score read three-all.
"Spiller was INDUCING in daring
pilfering on the diamond, and a well
judged steal gave him second base,
from where he was sent flying across
the plate on Golby's clout. which
Casey allowed to get past. Colby had
reached third when Lambert went
into bat, and the Leichhardt player
brought him home on a fine outfield
hit, which produced two bags. Cas-
well then brought Lambert home. max
ing four runs for the session."
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01

inning the Giants started a rally and
made one run The game ended with
the score, to 2.
THE strain of that game was never
equaled by me. Upon it hinged a
league championship and the right and
honor of play in the worlds series. In
addition to this, the feeling in New
York was at such an extreme pitch
that we had received Black Hand let
tiers, which threatened US with our
several lives if we took the pennant
from New York.
Il don't believe | ever was so
alarmed ON a diamond as at the con-
clusion Of that game, when the crowd
at the Polo grounds practically mob
bed us. Chance was hit in the neck
and could not speak for several days,
Other players were similarly treated.
Luckily / escaped"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
DIAMOND
NOTES
Hans Wagner seems to be the same
cid demon of the past.

Hans Wagner seems to be the same
cid demon of the past.
The Athletics continue to prove
easy for their opponents.
One solid wallop delivered In the
pinch covers a multitude of errors
Joe Jackson is hitting the ball hard
these days, but he is not getting many
hits.
The town that produces a famous
baseball pitcher can well afford to rest
on its laurels.
Is Hans Wagner aged? Watch his
batting every day. He has been get
ting bingles regularly.
The Cleveland Indians, with iris
Speaker acting as field captain, are
much improved over last year.
"Fried eggs cause insanity" says
an expert. All! Now we know what
ails the baseball fans of st. Louis.
If the managers predictions come
true this season, the two major league
pennant races will furnish an eight
piece tie.
Joe Judge, Washington first-sacker,
originally toiled in an electric power
house. Now we know why he sparkles
in fast company.
This is the time of the year when
great baseball teams throw away
games that they bitterly regret in the
shank of the season.
The Philadelphia Athletics are the
most erratic players in the major
leagues. One day they lose and the
next the other fellows win.
Tom Sawyer is holding Job as as
sistant funmaker for the Washington
Senators. Folks say Tom is a buckle
berry at cutting comical capers.
The Oakland club has released Babe
Danzig and Frank Hosp, who failed to
show signs of coming back, and re-
turned Catcher Dave Griffith to Wich-
ita.
Another Titus breaks into the game
this year. His front name is Elmer
and he halls from Philadelphia. He
will play with Wheeling in the Central
league.
George O'Brien. catcher sold by the
St Louis Browns to the Terre Haute
Central league club, is out with an an
nouncement that he will retire from
baseball.
Manager Tinker has always con-
tended that Max Fiack is wonderful
little outfielder and he is bearing out
the MANAGERS comment by starring in
the outfield.
BILLY" Sullivan is advocating the
keeping of the young pitchers of the
Detroit team for period of training
after the regular training season
closes next autumn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
MOBBED FOR WINNING GAME
Mordeeai Brown, Famous Cub Pitcher,
Tells Of Contest Which Stands
Out Above All Others.

In a tanning bee Mordecai Brown
was asked to tell the best game that
he ever pitched.
There is one game which stands
out in my mind above all others. That
was in 1908, when we beat the New
York Giants in the play-off for the Ma
tional league pennant. You will re-
member that Pfeister started that
game and filled the bases in the first
inning. Chance motioned to me to go
in, and / got out of the hole with but
one run scored against US.
In the third inning we made four
runs off Mathewson. In the seventh
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01

Iunching al fresco with the two vet
eran Silesians. Max Won Gallwitz and
Remus Won Woyrsch, two of Falken-
hayn's ablest generals, who themselves
handle great armies. The kaiser stands
cloaked and obviously shivering De-
side a small camp table in an open
yard, while a minor figure of the gen
eral staff pours a glass Of Rhine wine
for his imperial master. One OF the
strangest phases of the great war, by
the way, is the passing OF the kaiser's
power into the iron hands of the stan
in the field. He goes here and there
at their bidding; he waits on Won
Falkenhayn's plans like lost soul
staying for wastage.
"Falkenhayn's plan is Napoleon's
own in the face of terrific wastage-
I took the son of a peasant was the
conqueror's vaunt, and made him
marshal or a duke when ] found he
had talents Won Hindenburg Is
case in point He was the comic butt
of the army during the autumn ma
neuvers. Behind his back smarter and
younger generals tapped their fore
heads with derisive meaning. But Won
Falkenhayn knew his man; knew that
his home was in the East Prussian
marshes; knew that he had made this
field of invasion the study of his life.
and called him in hot haste from quiet
games of 'skat' in Hanover, where the
old fellow was on the shelf when the
Russians broke into Germany
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
Ex-FED PLAYS GAME ALONE
Player Under Contract to Newark
Club Reports for Duty Every
Morning and Afternoon.

Rupert Mills, kid player with the
Newark Feds last year. is under con-
tract with former owner Pat Powers,
who is unable to get the boy berth.
SO in order to earn his salary of $4,000
Mills reports each morning for prac-
tice and works with some neighbor-
hood PLAYERS
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
Triple SENT TO BALTIMORE
Manager Bill Donovan Wins Out in
Argument With Captain Huston
Over Recruit Pitcher.

1t seems that Manager Bill Donovan
of the Yankees has found real club
magnate in Capt Til Huston. They
disputed over the fate of Pitcher Dan
Triple, for whom the New York club
had paid $4,000 or so. Donovan decid-
ed Triple would not do and ordered
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
.LAJoIE RETAINS OLD SKILL
Bio Frenchman Has Been in Major
Leagues Twenty Years--ls Most
Graceful lnfielder.

Larry" Lajoie, who will be forty
two years of age next September,
played a brilliant fielding game. This
is his twenty-first year as profess
sional ball player and his twentieth
in the major leagues. He always has
been one of the most graceful irfield-
ers in the profession and still possesses
much of his old skill.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01
TEAMS DISCARD OLD SUITS
Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs Ar
ray Themselves in Gray Uniforms
While travelling.

The somber blue or black or what
ever it was that the Boston Braves
wore on the road .sAs been discarded
and they are rugged out in light gray
for this season The Cubs also have
discarded their blue uniforms and gray
in one shade or another is the popular
brand for travelling suits
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01

him to the Baltimore Internationals,
all other major league managers agree
ing that he didn't look good, but Hus-
ton, remembering the price paid for
the pitcher, insisted he should be Civ
en- more trial. Donovan won In the
end, because Triple failed to make
good.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-06-01

BILLY" Sullivan is advocating the
keeping of the young pitchers of the
Detroit team for period of training
after the regular training season
closes next autumn.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10
SAFETY FIRST SPECIAL
PULLS IN AT B, & O.

Continued from page q
the back of mule. This is being
used at present by our army in
Mexico.
Under the Department of Ag-
riculture the Forest Service and
the system of preventing forest
fires was demonstrated, also the
working of the weather bureau
and its service to the public. Van
II. Manning, director of the
Federal Bureau of Mines is the
executive Office of the train, which
is bound for st. Louis. Two hun
dred towns on the B. & O. line
will be visited, and their citizens
given an opportunity of viewing
the exhibit.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10

Sweet Hum" of the honey bee.
When the nectar is flowing freely
and all day long the bees are COM
ing Loaded down and the bees
chat are building comb can SOAR
cely get the cells built fast
enough to store the nectar, there
IS continued song both day and
night, expressive of happy con-
tentment, and of peace and joy
During the whole night the
hive is a scene of great activity.
The process of ripening the honey
goes on; the testers examine the
filled cells, and as soon as they
are sufficiently ripened they are
ordered sealed over. For no un-
ripe honey is ever sealed. And
the most accurate of all chemists
must pass upon it before it is
sealed. Spurred on with the hopes
of a continued harvest the next
day they industriously build more
comb in which to store it. The
deep sounded "hum sweet hum"
can be heard throughout the
night, during the height of the
harvest at quite a distance from
the apiary.
These are just a part of the
wonderful language of the bees.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10
Night Blaze At Selbyville

Selbyville had another fire
scare last Tuesday evening when
blaze caused by spark from
the smokestack broke out in the
mill of the Delaware Lumber
Company. The building was de-
stroyed. The loss is put at S14,
900, it is said, with no insurance.
Two loaded freight cars on a sid
ing were also destroyed. The bus
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10
Dwelling Fired By Lightning

Lightning on Thursday night
fired the home of J. H. Ellis at
Woodland, near Seaford, destroy
ing the dwelling with all it's con-
tents. The bolt entered through
the roof and passed through the
dining room where three persons
were severely shocked but es-
capped serious injury. The flames
spread rapidly and though neigh
bors rallied they could save moth
ing. The loss is put at $4,000.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10

Elkton's Chautaugua will open
on June 6 and close on June IL.
The town council has set this
week for "Clean up Week" in
view of the Chautagua's ap-
proach.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10

mess center of the town was
wiped out by fire on the night of
February 13.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01
OPEN ANTI-BIRTH CLINIC
If Police Don't Stop Her Mrs. Sanger
Will Try Again.

New York, Sept. If the police
don't stop her, Mrs. Margaret Sanger
will open a clinic in Brooklyn today to
teach birth control to mothers.
Mrs. Sanger was indicted here a few
months ago by Uncle Sam for send
ing obscene matter thru the mails in
her birth control magazine. THE
Woman Rebel" But she and her New
York society men and women friends
caused so many scenes in federal court
and raised such a rumpus about it that
the prosecution was dropped.
Mrs Sanger also was arrested in
Portland, Ore, a short time ago when
she went there to preach birth con-
troll.
Eastern women practice it, but
won't advocate birth control publicly"
said Mrs. Sanger today, but western
women practice and publicly advocate
1t, too. Five hundred Los Angeles
women let me use their names on my
tour
She described the authorities action
against her as very silly" She be-
lieves a woman should not be com
PEELED to bear children if she cannot
rear and educate them properly. She
says Scott Nearing, who wrangled so
with the University of Pennsylvania
over free speech, will aid her pro-
posed clinics here and in other states.
Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco
and other American cities are on the
LIST
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01

WANTED-Carpeters with tools for Wyom-
ing depot work, S-25 day, board 50 week !;
bridge carpenters for Nebras ska, $2.75 day !:
colored laborers and foreign men to ship
to Idaho track, work, free pass; laborers
lumber yard; laborers, railway track work !;
laborers, cement p1ats; farm and dairy
hands; dairy couple, $45 mo-; farm couples,
$35 and house; arm walters. $40 week !;
cooks, kitchen help. etc. Furman Employ
ment Office, 106 West sth.
WANTED-Man to drive team and do scav-
enger work. SIS to $50 per week, steady
work all winter. Desiccating Co. Phone
361. $40 E. 9Th.
WANTED-A middle aged farm hand, pre-
fer married man. w. Purdy Valencia
Kan.
WANTED-An experienced Matchmaker
Harris Goar Co.
WANTED-Boy with wheel 934 Kansas
ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01
BY RADIO TO P. /.
Uncle Sam Completes Third of
Five Stations.
Cost $25O,OOO-System From
Philippines to ID. C..

San Diego. Sept 1.-The third of
five links in the longest chain in the
world-from Washington. d. C., to
Cavite, P. l., via the Panama canal,
was completed here today.
The chain is the navy's and the
links are wireless stations that will en-
able the United States fleets all over
the world to keep in touch with Wash
ington without the aid of carrier
pigeons, mails or prestidigitation.
San Diegos link consists of three
towers, each 500 feet high. They will!
connect with the two stations already
;n working order at Arlington, Va,
near Washington, and in the Canal
zone. half way between the Canals
Atlantic and Pacific terminals and
with the proposed huge station at
Pearl Harbor. Honolulu. The Homo
lulu station will connect the Philip
pines with the United States.
The San Diego radio cost Uncle Sam
S35O.0O0.
When the wireless chain is complete
the United States will be far ahead of
all other nations in this respect.
The formal opening of the big radio
station here will take place later, pos
sibly not bef0re December l, when
the first messages will be sent out to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01
LEGAL
Published in The Topeka State Journal
September /, 1851 r
State Of Kansas,
Executive Department.

Governors Office
Law and custom have set aside one day
In each year as a legal holiday to be OBJ
served by all citizens with fitting cere-
monies. in recognition of the dignity Of
human toll.
The divine Injunction in the decalox.
six days shalt thou labor" is the basis
upon which rests Christian civilization
Labor Is not only the source Of all wealth.
put also the animating force of human So
clety ana the salvation of the Individual
At this time when the Industrial life of
the nation is confronted by so grave 4
Crisis 1t is of especial importance that we
give the deepest and most earnest consfder-
alton to the vital problems affecting the
welI-befng of the men and women who toll
with their hands and to their relations 70
nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Arthur capper.
Governor OF the state Of Kansas, do hereby
proclaim Monday, September f. 1916 "a
LABOR DAY
In the state or Kansas, and recommend ifa
celebration by the cessation of usual occu-
pations, by public display of the flag Of
cussion in spirit of fairness and with a
sense of equity. of the intricate questions
affecting the economic and Industrial life
of our people. 80
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF have here.
unto subscribed my name and
caused to be affixed the Great
tSeal.l Seal of the State of Kansas.
Done at Topeka, this 3ist ,fdv
of August, a. ID. 1915 -
By the Governor: -
j. t. BoTKIN, Secretary Of State
By r. A. CORNELL.
Asst. secy. of State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01
De Factos Rout Villa.

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. Mexican
bandits, under personal command of
Pancho Villa. were driven from Sa-
tevo after a desperate fight with de
facto troops and today are fleeing
west, according to an official report to
General Gonzales, Carranza comman-
der at Juarez. from General Jacinto
Trevino. Casualties were heavy on
both sides, with the battle lasting
many hours, the report said. This is
the first time Carranza authorities
have admitted the presence of Villa
so far north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01
so LOST IN STORM
Hurricane Sweeps British West In
dies With Terrible Velocity

st. Thomas, D. w. l., Sept Fifty
struck the British West Indies island
of Dominica last Monday night The
wind reached a velocity of more than
seventy miles.
Rivers in the island rose to unpre-
cedented heights and carried away
bridges and culverts. Some streams
changed their courses and swept thru
fields and villages, carrying away
houses with their occupants. The
number of houses, schools, churches
and other buildings wrecked or seri-
ously damaged exceeds 200.