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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19
Farmer Slain
~ Marauders.

Elkins. w. Va. May 15.--w. A. Pain
ter. age so. farmer foreman for John
T. Davis. was shot 20 death and VIM
Burton, farmland. Is perhaps fatally
shot. early today by two men who were
discovered In the act OF pilfering the
pantry OF Mr.. Davis. Painter and Bur-
ton had placed the men under arrest
and had started with them TO jail when
they opened FIRE shooting Painter
eight times and Burton twice. Painter
died almost instantly. and Burton. af-
ter being beaten with stone. was left
for dead
Later regaining consciousness. Bur-
ton crawled 90 Painters home and
gave the alarm. Posses are securing
the hills for the murderers.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19
Insane Man 10 Drowned
After Escaping Train.

Williamson. w. Va. May 1i.-John
Raines. remanded to the State asylum
at Spencer. while enroute to that place
to-day while In charge OF Deputy Sher-
IN James Slater ieaped from the win
dow Of fast moving train and was
uninJured. Raines evaded capture, MAX
ing his way to Tug River. where he
plunged in and was drowned. He had
been violently Insane for several days.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

first gray hairs. and it is not strange
that middle-aged women are often
eager buyers of hair restorers and
dyes. Many OF these preparations are
harmless. but others contain lead and
other poisonous chemicals very danger
GUS to use White hair is sometimes
caused by nervousness. digestive dis
orders. and other things that lessen the
vitality Of the scalp. 1t is impossible
to restore the color to the whitened
locks, but II may sometimes be possible
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19
BENJAMIN vANsANT DIES
AT MoREHEAD.

Morehead. KY. May 4.-Benjamin r.
Vansant. a wealthy resident OF More
head, died here this morning after an
illness Of nervous breakdown. He was
So years old and a brother of Rufus
Vansant. former chairman OF the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee. Bur-
ial will be made at Leon Saturday
morning.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

Charleston. w. Va. May 1s.-The At
forney General OF Virginia notified A.
A. Lilly, Attorney General of West Va,
that ON June s he would file with the
supreme court OF the United States a
writ OF execution directing the Unit
cd States Marshal to levy on the prop
erty OF the State OF West Virginia to
satisfy the Virginia debt Judgment
which amounts TO approximately s1s.-
900. 900.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

Luther Laneyo OF Lowmansville pass
ed down our creek Sunday enroute to
Busseyville.
Mrs. U. S. Veterinarian was visit
ing Mrs. Ogden Judd Monday.
VIOLET.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19
HOW TO GET RID OF GRAY
HAIR ~ NATURAL MEANS.

In the June woman's Homo Com
panion Or. Alice Farnham Leader says,
There 10 something very alarming 10
many Woron In tho appearance Of the
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

timated at $4,000 with $4,000 insur-
ance. The postoffice. Methodist par
sonage and eight business buildings
were burned.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19
No. 7f22 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Louisa National Bank Louisa in the State Of X
at the close of May 4, 1916


The Louisa Of Kentucky
at the close of business, May I, 1916
Loans and discounts
u s bonds.
deposited to secure circulatonfpar aue m
b u s bonds pledged to
Bonds a other than bonds
including stocks, owned owned
bonds securities e.''es. asssss7
g. Subscription to Federal
a 1 Bank ~, i .....-.' 10000
Z Value $4,000
Furniture ..,,s and mkt fixtures
10000
II Net amount due in
agents in other reserve
bankers oier than ncasS a''s'
Is and other cash items ass isAs's
1900
1s4sos5
a. nd From U. s
Treasurer .....................
ssaoslso
Is Capital paid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100000
Undsdd profits ,ls4soss 4''''''
Less current
ss ciroalsn na naie na, @ $4,000
81 Net amount due bsss and ankes oner than included
70 or 1887
deposits ............. 1sS7222s
s. Certificates Of deposit due in less than 50 days 'ssUs
a. United States deposits dooeeo
Total demand deposits 2oS47Sss
Total sssoOslso
STATE KENTUCKY
owe ban" : .S .
SUBSCRIBED to corectAtsa.:
mo this lin day e & s csa4 ss + H 7 T3TEs
= .-l...s ..D.. s: s:s s' i:ss sas ''
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

Read the adds in the News.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

American Girl Low Shoes-Former
price $3.50, and under present condi-
tions they are worth $500 to $3.50.
Going at. ................. SPAS
Robbery Shoes and Slippers retails at
$500. Going at. .$1.9S
One lot of children's slippers beats the
world. Going in this sale at. ~. .9Sc
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19

Ladies Waists, silk included, worth
double. Going at. Ac and Csc
The best line of White Skirts Louisa
ever saw going at. CSC
Sport Skirts in the newest things, pos
itively worth $500. Going at. .$3.4S
One lot of skirts beats any you ever
saw. Going at ;. ..$1.9S
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
NEW YORK

Nl.W YORK. Nur gt The cotton
market showed renewed strength and at.
'Nill - the opening This morning Ihy
weather map failed iu show guy Niriit
change ~ consequence I'm the southwest
while Liverpool cables indicated that the
trade abroad did not consider the rains
OF Yesterday sufficient and the opening
mere WuA iirm ~ an advance Of to ~
potrts After u little irrcgIlnrity right
utcr the call, prices worked higher with
p'inher selling up to ljuNc. December
70 10 i1c ana January to l5l1c or lG 20
n points net higher before the end of the
FIRST hour
Heavy realizing sales wrr" sorhod
ON reactions ~ or 10 points and the
market developed renewed STRENGTH 1ur.
inc the middle oi the dn5 ON further
broadening ui outside dtmtud pui coy.
''nc los early sellers January sold up
tu ID 'Ir shortly after midday or about
ah points net higher
Nf'rr selling to la2lc for December
nnd h..Nc Tor January or about 20 to 2i
points net higher, the market turned
slightly easter during the afternoon Sen.
timcnt seemed to 10 somewhat unset.
lol b, 'os" optimistic yicv of rail
Wy 'uhor disputes and prices worked
on 10 : points from the best under
renewed realizing
Spot cotton steady. muidliur upau1s
ID auc, "1 spl.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
.BULGAR DRIVE COSTS
ALLIES FORCES HEAVILY
Severe Defeat Administered on Struma
to Sarra,l's Forces, Who are
Forced to Flee

LONDON. Aug p The drive OF
the bulgarian army against the allied
tght flank ON the Macedonian front
apparently developed into sharper
clash with the entente forces and
greater losses to them than previously
had been Indicated Judging from the
official report received from Sofia toe
day
\ severe defeat was administered
to General Sarrall's troops along the
S'ruma river. northeast OF Salonikl on
Monday the statement declares, the
curcn,c forces taking light leaving the
field covered with dead and abandon
ing quantities OF munitions and shpphcs.
The Bulgarian forces have now en-
trcuchci themselves ON the east bank
of the Struma and along the highway
20 Scrc, according TO the French OF
u,Ial report today The positions here
lic IN the way Of an allied advance
along the most direct route into Bul-
garia
creek 'rooss are ,nll resisting the
Bulgarian, al ScreS, Notwithstanding
the orders Of the general staff that they
retire The Greeks are being rein
forced rapidly bv volunteers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
Three German Spies
Who Dressed as Nuns
Discovered in Canada

NEW YORK \r, II U,v
,b,rr German sr,, T,.,,,,,,d,py
49, nam. ,,rrc Jc,,,,rl and r,c,r,,I
IN C,r,J, v,, ,nJ hy , %cw
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uu.... .',., ,',. WV. .,, =, u.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
COTTON
GRAIN
PROVISIONS
PROFIT TAKING AGAIN
RULES ON WALL STREET
Market Awaits Settlement of Railway
Labor Situation and Feels Bear
Pressure

NEW YORK. Aug u The irregular
course of prices AT today's opening sug
Ec ,trd a continuance of Yesterdays prof
lt-aking and moderate bear pressure.
pending an adjustment Of the railway la
hur situation and other considerations ot
a technical character steel was offerrd
in large blocks at an extreme decline of
y with similar reCcssiuus ia transcoutl-
mental rails bethlehem steel Motors and
Cupprrs The list hardened before the
end Of the first half hour under the lead
OF steel
Stools decline to ~ with corresponding
rcycrsals In other industrials measured
the rrnctionhu trend ~ the early after
room Sugars also reCcded but Coppors
. were relatively firm
Prices sdgr'd again in the final hour
steel und leading rails then recording
lowest quotations The closing was ir-
rtttilnr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES

NEW ORLEANS, Aug q Much high
rr cables than due and the continued
drouthy conditions In the western half OF
the belt stimulated renewed huyiug of
cotton ON this market today aud lu the
FIRST half hour Of business price, were
raised 10 TO 10 points january con
tracts touched l5 cents Much liquidation
came out on the rise but the bulge had
no great effect
Widespread growth o( huush scnt.
m"nt created demand for contracts
and sent the early winter months to
10 cents q pound There was much real
lzing Of profits at the advance. but Of
ierlngs We're readily absorbed. especially
following the forecast of fair weather
Tor the western belt Toward noon the
trading months were q to y points
over Yesterday close aud December was
trading ~ Iinlc
Profit taking opo.otions Increased I'm
thu afternoon and finally became the DOM
mating factor Al 30 the advance ON
the trading months was reduced to n
points
Spot cotton, steady. l2 points up
Sales ON the spot 800 TO arrive nom,
Good ordinary 20 25r. strict good ordi
nHrA l8.iac. low mddUug ~ 25c. strict
low middllng iiuoc, mddlur It,5c. sirlrl
mlddNng ~ aiD, good middlnr ltl2c
NrlcI good mIddliug 1881, Receipts ilu
stock Sd G3l
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
Trains Once More
To Cross Border

LAREDO, Texas, Aug "a For the
first time in nineteen months, or since
January ., l9lS trains from Mexico will
eros; the bridge from Nuc,o Laredo
and enter Laredo today AMI establish
again double daily service between La
redo and Mexico CITY and Saltillo that
c,vi>ted when conditions in Mexico
wrtc normal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
Daniels Denies
American Marines
Fire Was Held

WASHINGTON, Aug ~ 5Secrc,av
Daniels issued staiemeT last night
denouncing as false published state
men, credited to Ralph y. Cole. chief
OF the republican campaign speakers
league tha, President Wilson was re-
sponshle for the nineteen American
lives lost IN the occupation of Vera
Cruz because OF an order from Wash.
ineion that the American marines and
blrcjackets were not TO fire before they
were fired on Mr. Daniels said M
such order was issued aud that Mr. Cole
should make public apology "iot per
inittIng Mmohausen TO use him as the
mouihpiece for this uniounded attack
M The chief executive Of the republic. .
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK. Aug q Mercantile pa
per igu9A,. sterling, G0-day bills 81 u y;
demand 81 75a. cables siI6 7-16 guild
cre, demand ia cables ilN bar silver
GGN NrNinu dollars 81, government
bonds Irregular railroad bonds, lrrcgu-
su DAYS 3u3i,. six months 1a, ui can
money sDcndy h,n 90. low ruling rate
~, last loan 2L .losug hid offered
at ga.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
u LIVE RPOOL

LIVERPOOL Aug q COTTON euot
srgng good mlddnrg 9fad mddllng
abd low middlug lod Sales 600 700
Tor speculation and export r,crIp,- d..
goo bales Futures fryerigh. August
2ud August September Hl1d. Scptcm-
her-Octoher lOiqd. October Noveu hor
O5'rd November December 9OUd. he
Gender lHnuor, \ 9Sd, lenmr, fehru-
nrN esd February March : 91d March.
April N96d Apru-Mnv GOD Mty-luuc
\ 9ad Juuc-July NNsi9d July August
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
CHICAGO,

CHICAGO. Aug. "a -RuTTER Firm
receipts g.l5p tubs. creamery rNirns 3lNc
extra nrSts 3rn30igc. nrsts 29g s9'e'
EGGS Firm; receipts 5ie1 cases trsts
25G25sc, ordinary firsts, 2J0 Iey. al
mark. eases Included lNU2ic CHEESE
steady, Daisies, l6u ul6tgc, horns. ltA q
l1c, Americas. l74ul7Mc, twins, l5A 9
l6c POTATOES Higher, receipts Z.
cars. Jersey bulk Cohhlrrs 81 310l 3'.
Virginia aud Minnesota Early Ohos Noru
81 90 POULTRY. Alive, steady fowls
/ tai tg. turIrE4 nln
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS cry. Aug q HOGS Re
ccllis 1000. STEADY Toe lower BulE
go 20aIO 90. heavy slOOoulO 40, packers
and butchers tl02oul0 IS lights SO !5f
lO7n pigs $s15d1o2b. CATTLE Re
celpts i.Ooo including COO southerns
steady 20 weak Prime steers ~ i1N
10 10. dressed beef steers s. J0d9 81
southern steers 81 15uN25. COWS 81 5nd
20 holfcrs So OOulo2 %, s'ockers aud
feeders 81 5OuS25 SlItEP Receipts
800. steady Lambs {luOuu 10 co. wrth-
rts S. 25ufsJ. ewes t6 son Z 90
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Aug - HOGS Receipts.
10000 slov Ruk, ilot5Hl 90; lshl
l0l5ull o.; rough tlOobHl0.25, pigs.
81 irUaiO CATTLE Receipts, 5000
weak Rcev'E s. 6Ju 90, cows and
hcitcrs. 81 iOU9 10; stockcrs, 81 iSjH 10,
western. 81 3.T6SD, COWS, s. 5OH 100
SHEEp Receipts. 1000 lower sheep
2bU7TN. lambs tfGIdl0 GI.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24

Illinois has comc to the front with a
woman railway president She is Mrs
Mary a Landon of South Elgin aud
the road oi which she is the chief cx.
ccutlvc is known as the Woodstock.
Sycamore Traction company which is
doing a large passenger and freight
business between the towns OF Syca.
more and Mafcngo, M
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
ST LOUIS
.,t'lrfiy

ST LOUIS. Aug q POULTRY
Chickens l3Ullc. springs, lNiqc, turkeys.
lGu2gc. ducks. HAZE geese Sc but
TER Creamery, Ale EGGS 2ir.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN.

CHICAGO Aug q WHEAT No .
red. 81 a4', ,ula a3Ag. 80 o hand fl5ln
ST. COEN 80 D yellow A;LUNNRc
OATS standard iGl4ui5i,c BARLEY
N.i..F Il Iu
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
Money and Metals
LEAD ANO SPELTER.

NEW YORK. Aug a Lead quiet;
s. G0uG7O Spcltcr. quiet Spot East
81 Louis delivery, e',WoA.c At London
Lead. E3o,l Jos. spcltcr. AaI.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
SUGAR

NEW YORK. Aug q RAW SUGAR.
Nominal centrifugal a56r mohsses
'gc. refined. duh, fine gpnulutcd joou
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
REPRESENTATIVE CATTLE SALES.
Gamer. and cutters

HOGS Common to medium Kinds hpd
80 come lDulj cents lower I'm IN" local
hog division today white the better grades
were weighed up ON steady basis. II
was II slow market with Hnlrsmeu eu-
deavoiIng to secure the hest possible
market Best kind sold M To Slo 3oU
10 IS with the bulk $40 and up Stockcf
hogs sold s. O0uS1i
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
Outside Livestock
FORT WORTH.

FORT WORTH. Texas. Aug "a cat
TIE h ceipts t.lOO. steady steers No."'
1t6 90 HOGS. Receipts 500. weak lu'
lower ,Buk 10000 lO2o SilEEi
Receipts 500. steady Lambs 5000 80
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
ST LOUIS

ST Louis. Aug 2tS HOGS Receipts
$500 lower Ilgs and lights $ 1nU
os5, mixed and butchers ilo10ul oo.
good heavy tlUe5Hll00, bulk Nolo1
1895. CATTLE. Receipts $500. STEADY
Native beef steers tiU0ul0 IS, NentluG
steers and hrlfers 81 Ouu %, cows s. oo
q lti. stockers Ea.80uN00 Texas steers
S. 5OffSiO. prime southern steers s. opH
300 cows and hritrts t5ou 90. prime
yearling steers and hcifcrs s, bOUs 90.
native calves So o0ull75 SHEEt. Re
ccipls 500. steady Lambs s. Ood
10 90, slaughter ewes ST. OOI %, hlruuuE
ewes 81 OUH 90. Nrarllngs 5000 $50
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24
COTTON BUYING RENEWED
ON MUCH HIGHER CABLES
Drouthy Conditions in Western Half
of Belt Inspire Activity
on Market.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug q Cotton
closed steady at an advance ot Fl 10 3,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24

pruuv Storage Battery Co., AZ w
MAln NV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-24

Prlrrs " Inc NHrlnus ETRdrs Of oaIW'
are approximately ns follows
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Pleasant Christmas Custom.

i pleasant old time custom was that
representing TO the mother or ladies Of
the household at Christmas Q silver
spoon, The custom was introduced In
the seventeenth century and was much
In fashion in England. and II came to
be Of considerable significance and Inn
portance inasmuch us the donors We'd
with each other In securing for their
wives and other friends such speci
mems Of silver as were not only OF
Considerable intrinsic value. but of rare
and unusual pattern and of exquisite
nhlsh And so each spoon naturally
came to be in certain sense historic: /:
al least 1t would always be q souvenir
NJ the particular Christmas festival
|Wleh 1t was presented. The matron
\ OF middle life would have suggested
much OF her family history aud expe
nence by looking over her spoons.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
THE SINGING
Of CAROLS

C~lAROI.S were sung every year In
England from time immemo.
III rial until In 1928 the people
were prohibited from singing
on account Of the serious Illness OF
the king For this reason the Christ.
mas Of 1928 is remembered as tho
still Christmas" In 1862 christm
carols OF more solemn nature were
introduced. By the Puritan pariia-
nent Christmas was abolished alto.
gether. as much for political reasons
as for the hatred for the Roman Cath.
oiic church. but after the restoration.
when the Stuarts again gained the
throne. the Christmas carols exhibited
a hearty. cheerful and even jovisi
character.
A writer In the Gentiemans Maya.
zine. an English publication. In 1871
tells Of the following experience ON
the North Riding Of Yorkshire:
About q O'Clock Ton Christmas morn.
ing) | was awakened by sweet singing
under my window. Surprised ut Wis
1t so early and unexpected. l arose.
nhh, i"pA"B '"' VI my ""'""' w
held four young men and SIX young
women welcoming with sweet music
the blessed morn"
This practice Of greeting the neigh
bors on Christmas morning with songs
Is still maintained in several parts Ut
England. and the singers are called
waits" The word probably meaning
watchers" at first was applied to
court pages then to town musicians
and has now become restricted to the
singers Of the carols IN Christmas
morning.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Real Christmas,

Real Christmas can only be had by
thinking Christmas thoughts and by
giving gifts Of cheer A cheerful smile
and greeting on Christmas morning
mean far more than the cosfliest gift
ever given.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Let Christmas
Stand For Pleasure

Let Christmas stand for
pleasure aud for the reason
tnat 1t is especially the Chris.
nan day Then Christianity
drops her weeds aud SMILES.
/ iueh The whole world takes
Hp the refrain:
y religion never was designed
\ ~ MAKE our pleasures less.
4 And The good DR.. Doddridge
4 'Vhles singing in:
y I'VE IN pleasure when | i've IN
K thee
'"e doctof must not ly his
'"h io@lc. Not to live in
A p'easure is uot to live to
8 ,"ee Pure pleasure 1t must
We no doubt, but that ts the
r's's'ie embodied In Christ.
mas
= we were to fancy a
Wholly Christianized world II
"u'"d be a world inspired
~ :" Tue spirit Of Christmas
o'sht friendly. beneticent
Il .'"e'"S"' sympathetic. mu.
'uahy helpful word A man
"uO Is habllaalIy mean. self.
~. u' narrow, Is a man with.
'u' Christina In his sou,.
,% Us ciihg to Christmas all
,n,,,. w more as a day OF the
spn, n" winch in every age
4 sDule souls have believed to
~ Tue possible spirit OF hu.
,a,a s'ciet7 The earnest
,a ~. aud nntiriny- endeavor
u"n see in Christmas y
81 A. nA are moro i.nly Chris.
10, .sa' surely than the pleas
vi. vh,as vs'liclsm of atheists. etr..
1 ,su,, su,ea smiles upon il an the
Means.,o o. a futile hope.
"a'ie we NAV reflsn.t
Iss,n.r' ss' .r0n good natured ho,.,.,
u,r ~. 10 a Christmas world
I us, So' SnI. be farther than from
-Gao.ns'' uus' TO-. To- a solar system.
''0'se William Curtis
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Santa Claus
Assistants

1: Many different santa
Clauses are caught each year
coming right straight down
4 the chimney, and the Santa
ClHuses who haven't been
|. caught number into the hun
dreds. or course they're not
the really. truly Santa Claus,
|: who Is meyer caught. but only
1, his assistants.
4 Time was when Santa
Claus. who lives up there in
I Greenland, could pack bis
!: sleigh with toys and the like.
start on flying at just about
this time and get oil the way
I round the world without the
|, least bit Of trouble before the
!. first sleepy yonngsfer opened
his eyes on Christmas morn
I ing. But things have changed
!: There are 50 many more
people for the old gentle
man TO visit nowadays than
there used to le that he just
|, can't get nlGng without n few
. tried and true assistants. who
take his tII'e ~ big towns
and riiie-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
NAVY EXPERTS CONDEMN
EDISON STORAGE BATTERY
But Minority Report Supports It's Use
for Submarines

Washington, Dee. SO.-The majority
and minority reports Of the naval
board appointed 20 investigate storage
batteries for submarine boats after
the disaster 70 the p At New York,
forwarded 20 Congress by Secretary
Daniels. show wide divergence Of
opinion regarding the efficiency OF the
Edison battery, with which the E2 was
equipped.
Tleuterants c. NJ. Elmitz. f. y. Nc
Nhorter and Cecil Y. Johnson Joined IN
> majority datlon that no
Edison battery be installed IN any o.
our submarines until further tests have
shown that - disadvantages have been
overcome
Captain George T. Burd, senior mem
her OF the board and industrial man
scer OF the New York yard filed dis
sentinc report. saying: IL believe that
Of The three types OF battery tested by
the board the Edison battery is the
best for submarines
The majority report finds that both
lead type cells and the Edison type
produce hydrogen gas. but the Edison
battery produces hydrogen in "exces-
tivc' quantities. Captain Burd believes
that this difficulty can be met by in
telligent handling and that the danger
Of chlorine gas from the lead type bat
terv IS more 70 be feared.
The Navy Department has not acted
on the reports, which are under consie-
GRAFTON by bureau experts.