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The broad ax., 1916-09-30
GIRLS PROFIT IN HOGS.
Raising Swine Not Finishing School
For Debutantes.

Holtville, Cal. - Raising hogs for
pleasure and profit is the occupation of
Miss Josie Fuller. seventeen, the young
est and best all around feminine pork
producer in the Imperial valley.
1t is her ambition to become the best
expert on hogs in her district. Her
herd numbers fifty strong and is in
creasing. Pig culture isn't aesthetic
work, of course" said Miss Fuller. at
can't be considered a finishing school
for debutantes, but there's money in it. :"
She has established a record Of de-
veloping her porkers for the market at
a cost of 49, cents pound.
women may not admire hogs, but IL
they don't it's because they know so
little about them. Once interested they
become just as capable as men in han
ding swine"
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Shorthand Pioneer.

That the ancients were thoroughly
conversant with shorthand is an I'M
disputed fact. 1t subsequently became
a lost art until revived or rediscovered
toward the end Of the sixteenth cen
fury. At this time there lived William
Lawrence. who died in 1921 and was
buried in the cloister of Westminster
abbey. There the visitor may read his
epitaph. which includes the following
lines:
Shorthand he wrote His flower in prime
did fade,
And hasty death short hand of him hath
made.
London Standard.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Crust of French Bread.

There is one precious quality which
distinguishes French bread from all
the other breads in the world. the
quality. namely. Of an extraordinarily
thick crust
French bread has thick. crisp. ap-
petizing crust because it is baked with
a fuel composed of poplar branches.
The light poplar wood gives an intense
heat. which for some reason makes
crust as no other fuel will do.-Ex-
change.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
RADIO between AEROPLANES
Message Sent and Received When Ma
chimes Were In Flight.

San Diego, Cal.-What is said to be
an important advance in the field
Of aeronautical autobiography was
achieved here when a wireless message
was sent from one aeroplane in fight
to another.
Captain G. G. Culver in an army ma
chine piloted by Lieutenant Herbert
Dargue received the message, which
was transmitted a distance Of several
miles by Lieutenant w. A. Robertson.
who was In another machine guided by
A. D. Smith. The message. which read,
National aviation field sets new
worlds records" was received distinct
ly by Captain Culver.
According to Captain Culver, this is
the first time on record in this country
and perhaps In the world that wire
less message has been received by one
aeroplane from another while both ma
chimes were In flight
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
SNAKE cHARMERS HAVE
VARIETY OF REPTILES
Kansas Boys Have Produced New Sen.
sation In Vicinity of Home.

Salina, Kan.-Two small boys. Willie
and Robert Shorl. the elder of whom
Is but fourteen. have produced a new
sensation in the vicinity Of their home
at Five Mile. where they have a big
cage full of writing. twisting snakes
of many varieties. They play with
these reptiles without the least sign of
fear, going through with all the stunts
Of professional snake charmers.
The snakes coil themselves about
the boys necks and bodies. The lads
look In the eyes Of their pets steadily
as they play with them. and they
handle them with the skill of a pro-
fessional.
The collection consists of black
snakes. blue racers, chicken snakes
and three ugly looking "rattlers." On
Saturday they usually go down on
Snake Branch and hunt for more rep
tiles. However, these new reptiles
are not placed with their pets" but
are kept In a separate cage and are
usually shipped to owners of small
shows and museums. from whom they
get from So to So for each snake.
Neither Of the boys has ever been
bitten. The older boy gave a lecture
on snakes before the pupils of the
Shoal Creek school He astoniShed
teacher and pupils alike by his CLASH
fication Of reptiles, giving their Latin
names and discussing the harmless or
dangerous varieties, taking each from
a box as be explained its varied hab-
its.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
ANOTHER QUITS SING SING
Officials Think Prisoner Swan to
Liberty.

Ossining. N. Yin going into the
garden to get some tomatoes for break
fast" said Elmer Schultz. a prisoner
at Sing Sing. as he walked out Of the
power house. where he was doing duty
as a fireman. Some hours later the
big whistle footed the message that
another prisoner had escaped.
Prison officials had then found two
iron pickets had been pulled apart and
concluded that Schultz went through
the opening. dived into the Hudson
and swan to liberty.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Airina a Room.

In airing room there are two things
to be remembered first. that the i'm
pure air must lie allowed to escape
and, secondly. that fresh air must be
admitted. Impure air in Il room is al
ways warm and will therefore rise to-
ward the ceiling. when it will escape
IL the window is opened ut the top.
while cold fresh air will enter through
the lower part of the window when
opened.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Cow Mothers Young Pigs.

Milton. Del.-Because his cow had
been MIXED dry every evening and his
family had been compelled to do with
out milk or butter John Henderson of
Broadkiln Neck sat up with a gun the
other night in the hope of catching the
thief. He was astonished to find that
the COW was a willing victim Of his
young pigs. who took turns sucking
milk while the old cow lay on the
ground for their better provision. The
cow is now pasturing within a hog
tight fence.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Bio Pelican Killed.

Middlesboro. Ky.-A beautiful peli
can was killed on a farm near Ar
thur, Tenn. recently. 1t was a large
bird. white with black tips on the
wings. which measured seven feet
from tip to tip. Its bin measured
twelve inches IN length. and It stood
dve feet high.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
BABY SERVED IN A LAWSUIT,
One year-old Heir to Share In Million
Dollar Estate Summoned.

Bridgeport, Gonna one-year-old
baby was served with papers in law
suit when Deputy Sheriff Cunningham
went to Riverside and found little
Helen Green at the palatial summer
home Of her father. Harold Rumsey
Green.
The baby is one of twenty heirs Of
James Green. who died in st. Louis In
1914. leaving an estate Of S1.OOO.OOO
Two Of the heirs, Laura c. Littlebrant
and Marian C. Littlebrant Of st. Louis.
have brought suit to have the will set
aside on the ground that Green was in
competent
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
DRILLED, MERCURY AT 100.
Japanese Troops Wore Anything They
Pleased In Formosa.

Tokyo.-American militiamen drill
ing on the Mexican border I'm terrific
heat may cool off when they hear that
1000 japanese soldiers marched and
Unanswered twelve days in Formosa
with the mercury as high as 100 de-
grees F. And only three cases Of sun
stroke were reported in the entire
period.
The first nine days were spent IN
constant marching. the troops covering
100 miles. Because Of the heat the
soldiers were permitted to wear any
clothing they pleased. Some wore he'll
NETS. some straw hats. some knitted
underskirts or a thin kimono
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
A Grand Canyon Sunrise.

A sunrise il the Grand canyon lasts
as long as you please. Each hour is
a sunrise for some cavern deeper than
the last. and. in fact. there are many
where it has yet to rise for the first
time since the canyon was made by
those ages Of running water.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
A Novelty.

said Mr.. Meekton. Henrietta mistook
me for a burglar"
at must have been an unpleasant
experience"
81 rather enjoyed 1t. 1t was the first
time in my life Henrietta was ever
afraid of me."-Washington Star.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Lost poo Returned Home.

New York.-After a years absence a
beagle belonging to Louis W. Well Of
Flushing. n Y. returned home. Mr.
Wen went on a hunting trip a year
ago and took the beagle along. he
lost the dog. The dog seemed to en-
10Y its Homecoming. and the We'll fam.
lily showed Its delight In a way that
dckled the dogs palate.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Eager to Practice.

"My boy, you want to practice
thrift"
81 know. dad. but l haven't got the
tools"
What do you mean by thatY
eff you'll let me have the So need
I'll see how long can make it last
Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Bad Habit.

"I'm going out. Maria. to get little
ozone in my system"
81 do wish. James, you would stop
taking them dangerous ."-Balti-
more American.
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undutifuI sixty-ye.r-oId Son.

Camden. n. L. william Brun. an un-
dutiful son OF some sixty summers, was
sentenced to twenty days in the county
jail by City Magistrate Stackhouse ners
for disorderly conduct. William n.S
been intoxicated and had talked oee.
when bis ninety-year-old father rea"
him an anti alcohol lecture and tne"
had resisted punishment.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Parental Care.

"Did your brides father give ner
awayT
mo. he didn't. He left me to ind
ont a few things about her for my
self."-Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
TWO DEATHS IN ONE HOME.
Sees Mother-in-law Stricken With
Heart Failure, Then Dies.

Philadelphia Stricken with heart
failure just after she had called her
son to dinner at noon. Mrs. Rebecca
Thomas, seventy-three years old, sis
ter Of Jesse Pratt, former mayor OF
Camden, fell dead in the dining room
Of her Camden home.
Mrs. Madeline Thomas. her daugh-
ter-in-law. who was in an adjoining
room, ran to her assistance and was
leaning over her. trying to lift her
form to a couch. when she. too. col
lapsed and fell lifeleSs.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Could Help Her.

Pussy Lady Patient-I was suffering
80 much, doctor. that I wanted to die.
Doctor-You did right to call me In.
dear lady.-London Opinion.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Causes.

Bix-A physician says that yawning
is caused by a lack Of oxygen In the
blood. Dix-Or a lack Of pep In the
conversation. Boston Transcript
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
The Comehaek.

Skind1nt-I have no money. but will
give you a little advice. Beggar-Well,
II yer amt got no money yer advice
can't be very valuable.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
DIRECTLY Over IA.

Bacon-What Is that matchmaker do
tng at his bench at night? Egbert-
oh. he's working over time.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
His Ashes.

$50 you prefer to be cremated when
you die?"
81 certainly do"
why"
$50 that my remains may be mingled
with the ashes OF the rate."-London
Telegraph.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Enuland's Army Rife.

The English rifle. the Lee Enfield.
fires thirty-four shots a minute. 1t Is
made In ninety-four parts. involving
over q thousand operations.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Eats Eel That Nearly Drowned Him.

Rochester. N. Y. - While County
Clerk william s. Cornwell of Penn
Yam was in swimming he cried for
help, and when rescuers brought him
to shore a FIVE pound eel was found
fastened to his right foot. The eel was
killed and dressed, and In the evening
Cornwell and his friends dined OF the
ash that nearly drowned him
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

Time Is money"-yet lots Of people
with plenty Of time on hand Try 10
borrow money.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

Sooner or later the world comes
around TO see the truth and do the
right.-Hil.lurd.
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RED CROSS URGES
ALL TO JOIN NOW
This Afternoon and
Exhibit Features of Cam
paiqn Week for Members.

The American National Red cross.
the one volunteer relief organization
for war and disaster recognized by the
federal government. would be the "ftl-
cial channel through which friends or
relatives would be able to communicate
with sick. wounded or imprisoned SOL
diers in case this nation We're engaged
in war.
1t is facts such as this that the Red
Cross is particularly emphasizing IN
connection with movement, the $40
gan of which is Join now: the Ameri-
can Red Cross needs you"-a movement
which is to be specially forwarded in
the District of Columbia. invitations
have been sent to citizens of the DIS
trict generally to attend meeting. at
o'clock this afternoon, at the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce. l2o2 r
street northwest. for the purpose OF
organizing membership campaign TO
be pushed during the week of January
81 Five thousand is the number OF
Red Cross members in the District that
will be sought for.
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Foreshadowed in Last Message.

You will remember that in my last
message to Congress ! foreshadowed just
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the considerations which were operating
in my mind i'll this matter. The passage
to which | refer was this:
MANY conditions about which we
have repeatedly legislated are being
altered from decade to decade, it is evil
dent. under our very eyes. and are
likely to change even more rapidly and
more radically in the days Immediately
ahead of us. when peace has returned
to the world and the nations of Europe
once more take up their tasks of com
merce and industry with the energy
of those who must bestir themselves
to build anew. Just what these
changes will be no one can certainly
foresee or confidently predict. There
are no calculable, because no stable.
elements in the problem. The most we
can DO is to make certain that we have
the necessary instrument@lities of in
formation constantly at our service so
that we may be sure that we know eX-
actlN what we are dealing with when
we come to act. If it should be neces
sarv to act at all. We must first GER
tainly know what il is that we are
seeking to adapt ourselves to. l may
ask the privilege of addressing you
more at length on this important mat
ter little later in your session.
Il need hardly say that I appreciate
very fully the motives by which you
are yourself actuated and it is. there
fore. with the greater confidence that
] Law the whole matter thus fully be-
fore YOU. Congress has so much to do
at the present time that it is clearly
collect all the data which such COM
mission would gather. and l feel that
il would presently find such commits
sion Indispensable to it
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EXPLAINS SUPPORT
OF TARIFF BOARD
President Writes to Mr.. Kitch-
in. Giving Reasons for Now
Favoring Commission.
CHANGED MIND BECAUSE
ALL WORLD HAS CHANGED
Supplemental Letter Gives Mr.. Will
sons Ideas of What Body Should
Be and Urges Immediate Action.

Representative kitchin of North Caro-
lima chairman of the House ways and
means committee. had before him today
a letter from President Wilson setting
forth considerations which had most
weight in causing him to withdraw his
opposition TO the creation of tarlh
commission by Congress and now to
urge such a body.
The President in his communication
admitted that he had changed his mind
because all the circumstances of the
world had changed but declared that
he had no thought whatever OF
change in attitude toward the so-calied
protective question.
The proposed commission. the fresl-
dent said. would have nothing to do
with theories of policy. but would ne
charged only with the duty of seeking
facts to guide Congress in legislation
The letter was supplemental to one
the President sent Mr.. Kitchin Monday.
in which he gave his ideas of what
tariff commission should be. and urged
that the committee consider the mat
ter Immediately. He favored nom
partisan, expert body.
The first letter. dated January "A, is
as follows:
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1T might further he of great assist
ance TO the Congress and to the public
and to American industry by investi-
eating the industrial effects of pro-
posed or existing duties on products
which compete with products Of Amer
lean industry; the conditions Of com
petition between American and for
eign producers. Including all the es-
sential facts surrounding the produc-
ton of commo oddities at home and
abroad: the volume Of iuportarion
compared with domestic productions
the nature and causes Of the advan
tages and disadvantages of American
compared with foreign producers,
and the possibility of establishing new
industries or of expanding Industries
already In existence through scientific
and practical processes in such n man
ner as substantially to promote the
prosperity of the United States
y think 1t would be very useful and
indeed, necessary TO require the boa rd
to act In conjunction with all appro-
prlst" agencies already in existence in
the several departments Of the govern
ment. and even with appropriate agen-
cfes outside Of the existing dcUart-
ments' IN order TO avoid, so far as pos
sible. Implications Of work, and 70
make all sources of Official inform.tio,
available 10 the same end
IF broadly enough empowered such
board might be very helpful in Sc
curing the facts on which 10 base an
opinion to unfair methods and cir
cumstances of competition between for
eign and domestic enterprises and as IN
the possibilities and dangers of the nm
fair dumping of foreign products
upon the American market and tho
steps requisite and adequate to control
and prevent II. II might in this field
as we'll as in others. secure very val
liable information for the guidance Of
American Consuls. and for the use OF
the board OF general appraisers and
other Treasury officials
II have gone into these particulars
because ! felt that they would make
clearer than could make it in general
phrases my idea of the field of unpar-
tisan inquiry within which such a com
mission could render useful and per
haps indispensa BILE service to the coun-
try. and ! am taking the liberty of
bringing the matter to your attention
Just At this time because I hone that
il will be possible for the committee
OF ways and means of the House of
Representatives to take this question
up INN ediately with a view of formu-
lating some policy and action concern
Ing it. 1 feel confident that YOU will
agree with me that the situation of
the whole world in the matter of eco
nomic development Is so unusual and
our own interest in the changes proba-
bly, impending so vital that I am jus
tiled in pressing this great topic upon
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HEAR BISHOP CURRIER.
Knights of Columbus Celebrate
Their Seventeenth Anniversary.

4 program of varied entertainment,
including an address by Bishop Charles
Warren Currier of Matanzas. cuba. was
submitted to the members and guests
of Carroll Council. No 80. Knights of
Columbus. last night. IN knights of Co
lumbus Hall. the occasion being the
celebration of the seventeenth ami
versary of that council.
The Star Spancled Banner. played
by the Russell MCGEE ladies' orches-
ira of fourteen pieces, together with
the display Of big American nag,
brought the affair To its end. Frank
A. Kidd grand knight Of Carroll
Council. welcomed those in attendance.
Two numbers were given by a section
of the knights of Columbus choral So
CietN. under the direction of DR.. James
Dickinson: Mrs. Edith Marmion Bros
ius contributed several harp solos. and
the Aloha Hawaiian Club gave num-
Der of selections.
George O'Connor sang some OF his
favorite songs. with Matt Horn at the
piano. Miss Wegman gave a solo with
tiute obligato by William de Luca: Miss
Mildred de Luca was at the piano.
Dancing and refreshments followed the
entertainment.
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Duties of Board Defined.

In common. | dare say, with every
one who wishes to he thoughtful of
the future economic prosperity and de-
velopment of the country, | have been
thinking a great deal recently about
what il would be wise to do to provide
the government with the necessary
data TO furnish a sound basis for the
policy which should be pursued in the
wears Immediately ahead of us. years
which will no doubt be full of many
cha nges which il is at present impos-
sible even for the most prescient to
forecast and the more | have thought
about the matter the palmer it has be-
come 10 me that We ought to have
some such instrumentality as would be
supplied by a tariff board.
II am convinced. as ! suppose every
disinterested person must be. that il
would be mistake to provide for such
board with the idea of serving any
particular theory of fiscal policy.
What We would need would be, above
all things else, board as much s pos
sible free from any strong proposes
sion in favor of any political policy and
capable of looking at the whole eco
nomic situation of the country with
dispassionate ami disnterested scru-
tiny. | believe that we could obtain
such board if the proper Legislation
were enacted. and il is quite clear to
me what the field of its inquiry and
seems to me. invest gate the admins
trative and fiscal effects of the customs
laws now in force or hereafter enacted;
the relations between the rates of duty
on raw materials End those on finished
or half-finished products: the effects
of ad valorem and specific duties and
of those which are compound of spe-
cific and ad Salorem. the arrangement
sol of
flea tion of the articles in the several
schedules: the provisions of law and
the rules and regulations of the Treas
ury Department regarding entry, APP
praisement invoices and collection. and
in general the working of the customs
tariff laws in economic effect and admin
iStrative method.
1T could and should also secure facts
which would be very useful to the ad-
ministrative officers Of the government.
to the Congress and to the public at
large. through Investigations of the
revenue derived from customs duties
and the articles subject to duty, the
cost Of collection thereof, dnd the rev
enue collected from customs duties AT
the several ports of entry. and il
should be directed to invest iGate and
throw light from every possible angle
on the tariff relations between the
United States and foreign countries;
the rates of duty imposed on American
products in foreign countries. the eS-
istenCe and effects of discriminating
duties, commercial treaties and prefer
bounties and preferential transporta-
ton rates, and the effects of any
special or discriminating duties that
may be levied by the United States.
1t might in this connection furnish the
State Department with very valuable
relations between the United States
and foreign countries.
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elaborate exhibit of the apparatus, uni
forms. materials. modes of transporta-
ton and methods of field work used
by the organization. There will be
models showing in detail the various
phases of both its routine and emer-
sency work. the biggest item in the
exhibit being 4 complete and accurate
representation of the part the Red
Cross plays in modern warfare. This
feature will include models of field
hospitals, trenches. stretcher-bearers.
nurses. hospital trains and all the de-
tails and personnel of war relief work
generally.
Still another feature is handsome
model of Japanese Red Cross ship
presented to the American organization
by the Red Cross of that country.
which has TO fewer than four of these
vessels available for service When not
in use they are leased to regular
steamship lines for passenger traffic
but are always subject to recall. From
the proceeds of the rental of the first
two the second two were built Miss
Boardman and other officials of the ma
tional organization will be hard al
work the rest of this week supervising
the preparation of this exhibit and
helping with the local membership
campaign
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Columbia Aid Installs Officers.

of the Columbia Aid Association last
night at odd Fellows Hall. W. Ste
phen Fuller conducted the installation.
The officers are: William n. johnson.
president; H. II. Naylor. vice president:
A. n. Huff. financial secretary: Edward
+. Richie. assistant financial secretary:
J. S. Jones. recording secretary; David
Rinker. treasurer: Frank Smith, chap
lain: Augustus Shaw. advocate and
Henry StaTlions. Sergeant-at arms.
Henry l.. Dixon and n. W. Ball were
elected to succeed themselves as mem
bers Of the board OF directors
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Lecture. or Ireland.

ireland was he suhj..t Of n lectur,
by Mrs clara b. cobb yesterday af'-
ernoon at the New oxford Hotel Mrs
tory. some account of its prehistoric
cemans from personal studies with tire
British Scientific association. and gave
personal Impressions from lecture
trip from Bangor /" Cor.., made under
tho auspices OF tine I-ien womans
Franchise Association.