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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Happenings
Of the World
Tersely Told
European War News

The Austro-Hungarian passenger
!, steamer Dubrovnik has been torpe-
doed by a hostile submarine in the
Adriatic sea, it was announced in Ber-
lin. The Dubrovnik was tOrpedoed
without warning.
It was officially announced at Dub
lin that all the signers of the Irish
republic proclamation have been ex-
cuted. The last three to die were:
James Connolly, commander of the
rebel army; S. MacDiarmad (McDer-
motif; G. Ceannt.
Captain Boy-Ed, formerly connected
with the German embassy at Washing
ton, and whose recall was demanded
by the United States, has received
the Order of the Red Eagle, third
class, with sw ords, according to dis
patch from Berlin.
Peace overtures by Germany as out
lined from American sources cannot
be accepted as a basis for British ne
gotiations. This statement was made
at London by Lord Robert Cecil, un-
der secretary for foreign affairs.
In a battle in the Mount Kope Sec
tor on the Caucasus front the Turks
drove the Russians out of positions
nearly ten miles long, capturing 500
men, according to the Turkish war
Office at Constantinople.
Colonel Pastini, chief of the Italian
airship brigade and . Gordon Bennett
cup race prize winner, was killed re-
Gently near Goritz when his machine
was shot down, according to the Bo-
lOgna Resi- del Carlino.
1t was officially announced at
Queenstown that Thomas Kent, an
other of the Irish rebel leaders, had
been shot.
With the official announcement at
London that the torpedoed White Star
steamer Cymric had gone down at
three o'clock in the morning came the
news that five of the crew of 107 men
were killed by the explosion of the
torpedo that sank the ship. The 9TH
er1 were saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Washington

Secretary of State Lansing at Wash
ington instructed Ambassador Gerard
to learn from the German foreign of
fee what manner of punishment was
melted out to the commander of the
submarine that attacked the channel
liner Sussex.
Germany notified the United States
she would accept full responsibility
for the torpedoing of the Sussex ana
that the submarine commander al
ready had been punished for failing to
exercise proper judgment. Germany
offers to pay indemnity for all Ameri-
can injuries.
The house in committee of the whole
at Washington, by vote of Go to GA,
adopted Representative Lenroot's
amendment to the flood control bill,
which provides that the appropriation
for the Mississippi river shall not be
expended for the construction or re-
pair of any levee until the Mississippi
river commission has assurances that
local interests will contribute one-half
the sum allotted for the work.
The senate at Washington passed
the good roads bill. carrying $85,000.-
600 of which $75,000,000 will be avail
able for federal aid to the states dur
ing the next five years and $10.000,0OO
for the construction of roads IN the
national forests.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Personal

Harris Johnston, one hundred and
one, the oldest general in the United
States, is dead at Columbus, Miss.
William A. Gardner, president OF
the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road. is dead at his summer home at
Cape Cod, Mass. He was fifty-seven
years old, and for some time had been
in failing health.
DIR. w. w. Reed, ninety-one years
old, one of the pioneer physicians OF
Wisconsin, died at Jefferson, Wis. He
was in active practice for sc years.
Doctor Reed was active in politics.
Chauncey J. Blair, millionaire vice
president of the Corn Exchange Ma
tional bank, died at Chicago of heart
disease. He was seventy-One years
old.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Mexican Revolt

Mexican bandits raided Polarls, q
mining camp seven miles below Lo-
chiel, on the border, driving out the
Americans, who escaped to Nogales,
Ariz., in automobiles.
Curtis Bayles, an American farmer,
was shot and killed near Mercedes,
Tex, by a small band of Mexicans,
who succeeded in escaping, presum-
ably to the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande.
The Obregon-Scott conferences over
the Mexican situation ended at Juarez,
Mex, in a disagreement. All future
diplomatic negotiations-if there are
any-will be between the secretary of
state and Mexican Ambassador Ar
redondo in Washington.
=
President Wilson issued an order at
Washington calling into active service
for duty as a border guard the Ma
tional Guards of Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona. Secretary of War Baker
stated that the outbreak in the Big
Bend district of the Rio Grande and
the danger of other outbreaks made it
imperative that more troops be called
into service.
In an official statement issued at
Mexico City, Minister of Foreign Re-
lations Aguilar charges that the BAN
dts who raided Glen Springs and
Boquillas, Tex, last Friday night were
organized in the United States, and
that the raid was staged" by enc
mics of both countries
All Americans north Of Chihuahua
have been ordered by American Consul
Thomas D. Edwards Of Juarez to leave
Mexico at once. He acted, he said,
upon instructions of the state depart
ment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

battling performances at the request
and command of their trainer and
playmate, Mile Marguerite Driesbock,
a beautiful, daring little lady. The
GoIlmar Brothers are giving their US
ual morning street parade, and the
date in Lancaster is May IS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
GALENA LOCKS DOOMED.
Gen. Black Recommends Abandon
-PlatteVille Items.
(Platteville Journal.)

1t is altogether probable that the
government locks at Galena will not
be improved and will be left to their
fate.
Under date of April q Gen. Black,
chief of engineers of the army, sub
mitted to congress a report recon-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

In order to pose as a ffrst-class
theOrist a man must have perfect CON
fidence in his imagination.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
Domestic

Subsiding of a high wind probably
was all that saved the business dis
trict of Sandusky from destruction by
fire, which wrecked a score Of stores.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
1000
Boise, Idaho, experienced the most
violent earthquake in the history of
the city. The tremOr lasted about
three seconds. In the downtown dis
trict people rushed from the buildings
to the street.
Delegates representing 62O,799 mem
bers of Young Mems Christian associa-
tons in the United States and Can
ada met at Cleveland, o., for the tri-
enniaI convention, which will continue
four days.
The American Railway associations
idle car report, Issued at Chicago
May /, shows a surplus of 59,657 cars
and a shortage of 29,050. These fig
ures compare with surplus of 292,269
and a shortage of 966 year ago.
For president, Theodore Roosevelt
OF New York, for vice president,
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana.
This is the ticket the Bull Moose
party will ask the Republicans and
Progressive national conventions TO
unite upon at Chicago on June z. All
of this was decided upon by the Pro
eressive national committee at New
York
Twenty lives were lost when the
steamer S. R. Kirby of Detroit foun-
de-ed OF Eagle Harbor. Mich. Only
the second mate, Joseph Mudra, and
Otto S. Lindquist, fireman, were saved.
Robert Fay. former lieutenant in the
German army; Walter ScholZ and Paul
DaeChe. German reservists, convicted
in tie federal court for conspiracy to
destroy ships carrying munitions to
the allies. were sentenced to the At
lanta penitentiary by Judge Howe at
New York.
Theodore Roosevelt was Endorsed
for the Progressive presidential nOn-
nation at the state convention Of that
party ct Jackson. Mich. Fifty-siX del
egates to the Chicago convention were
instructed TO support his candidacy.
Resolutions adopted called Roosevelt
.lhs greatest American"
The fight against tuberculosis is
gradually being won. DR. Charles J.
Hatfield. executive secretary Of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention OF tuberculosis. told the
dc ceates 10 the annual meeting Of the
association at Washington.
As a result of a clash between
guards al The plant OF the Webster
Manufacturing company at Tifin, o..
where a strike has been in progress.
Albert LatOna. a union llolder. was
shot and instantly killed. Two men
were wounded
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver-
and so does every man, woman and
child on earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

kissing isn't always what it is
up to be.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

A mans credit is above par when he
wants to borrow trouble
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

As a result of clash between
guards 1t The plant OF the Webster
Manufacturing company at Tifin, O..
where a strike has been in progress.
Albert LatOIIa, a union llolder. was
shot and instantly killed. Two men
were wounded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

The fight against tuberculosis is
gradually being won. DR. Charles }.
Eatfrld, executive secretary Of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention OF tuberculosis. told the
dc ogates 10 the annual meeting Of the
association at Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

Subsiding of a high wind probably
was all that saved the business dis
trict of Sandusky from destruction by
fire, which wrecked score Of stores.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

Theodore Roosevelt was Endorsed
for the Progressive presidential nom-
ination at the state convention Of that
party ct Jackson. Mich. Fifty-six del
egates to the Chicago convention were
instructed TO support his candidacy.
Re- oIutions adopted called Roosevelt
.'ths greatest American"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

Delegates representing 620,799 mem
bers of Young Mems Christian associa-
tons in the United States and Can
ada met at Cleveland, o., for the tri-
enniaI convention, which will continue
four days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17

Boise, Idaho, experienced the most
violent earthquake in the history of
the city. The tremOr lasted about
three seconds. In the downtown dis
trfct people rushed from the buildings
to the street.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21

hate the machine s@@p only; you bate
the whole show-the noise and jar and
dirt, the scramble-the whole bIoomin'
craze to get on You'd like to go
somewhere in Algiers, or to Taormlna,
perhaps, and bask on a balcony, SMELL
ing flowers and writing sonnets. You'd
grow fat on it and have a delicate lit
tie life all to yourself Well, what
do you say? can lie like sixty, Bibbs!
Shall l tell your father he'll lose an
other of his boys If you don't go to
Sicily?
II don't want to go to Sicily" said
Bibbs. Il want to stay right here"
The doctors drowsiness disappeared
for moment and he gave his patient
a sharp glance Its risk" he said
81 think we'll find you're so much bet
ter he'll send you back to the shop
pretty quick. Something's got held
Of you lately; you're not quite SO lack
adaisical as you used to be. But I
warn you: 1 think the shop will knock
you just as it did before, and perhaps
ever harder, Bibbs"
He rose, shook himself, and rubbed
his eyelids. ''Well. when we go over
you this afternoon what are we going
to say about it?"
TELL him I'm ready" said Bibbs,
looking at the floor.
"Oh no." Quincy laughed mot
quite yet; but you may be almost. Wen
see. Don't forget said to walk down.
And when the examination was con
Guided, that afternoon, the doctor in,
formed Bibbs that the result was much
too satisfactory to be pleasing. Here's
he said, gloomily, to his next patient
when Bibbs had gone. doctor tells
man he's we'll, and that's his death
sentence, likely. DAM funny worldY'
Bibbs decided to walk home 1t was
dingy afternoon, and the smoke was
evident not only to Bibbs sight, but to
/ his nostrils, though most of the pedes-
! TRANS were so saturated with the smell
that they could no longer detect it
This melted train of thought which
continued till he approached the new
house. AS he. came to the corner OF
Mr.. Vertrees' lot Mr.. Vertrees' daugh-
ter emerged from the front door and
/ walked thoughtfully down the path to
I the picket gate. She was unconscious
of the approach of the pedestrian and
did not see him until she had opened
the gate and he was almost beside her.
Then she looked up, and as she saw
him she started visibly. And if this
thing had happened to Robert Lam
horn, he would have had thought far
beyond the horizon of faint-hearte6
Bibbs' thoughts. Lamhorn, indeed,
would have spoken his thought. He
would have said:
''You jumped because you were
thinking Of me!'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21
(Copyright lsl5, b. Harper 4 Brorhers1
SYNOPSIS.

sheridan's attempt to make a business
man of his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends in Bibbs going to
q sanitarfum, nervous wreck. On his re-
turn Bibbs finds himself an inconsider-
able and unconsidered figure In the New
House of the Sheridans. The Vertreeses,
old town family next door and impover-
fshed. call on the Sheridans, newly-rich,
and Mary afterward puts into words her
parents unspolSen wish that she marry
one of the Sheridan boys at the Sheri-
dan housewarming banquet Sheridan
spreads himself. Mary frankly encourages
Jim Sheridan-s attentions. Mary shocks
her mother by talking of Jim as matri-
monial possibility. Jim tells Mary Bibbs
is not a Iunatic-"just queer" He pro-
poses to Mary, who half accepts him.
Sheridan tells Bibbs he must go back to
the machine shop as soon as he is strong
enough, in spite of Bibbs' plea to be al
lowed TO write. Edith, Bibbs' sister, and
Sibyl, Roscoe Sheridan's wife, quarrel
over Bobby Lamhorn; Sibyl goes to Mary
for help to keep Lamhorn from marrying
Edith, and Mary leaves her in the room
alone Bibbs has to break to his father
the news of Jim's sudden death. All the
rest Of the family helpless in their grief,
Bibbs becomes temporary master Of the
house At the funeral he meets Mary and
rides home with her.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21
CHAPTER XIV.

Mary was the picture of a lady f1us-
tered. Bibbs had paused in his slow
stride, and there elapsed an instant be-
fore either spoke or moved-it was no
longer than that, and yet it suf1ced
for each to seem to say, by look and at
titude, 'Why, it's your
Then they both spoke at once, each
hurriedly pronouncing the others.
name as if about to deliver a mes
sage of Importance. Then both came
to stop simultaneously, but Bibbs
made heroic effort, and as they be-
gan to walk on together he contrived
to find his voice.
sT-I-hate a frozen fish myself"
he. said. 81 think three miles was too
long for you to put up with one.''
Good graciousr' she cried, turning
to him glowing face from which
restraint and embarrassment had sud-
denly fed. "Ir Sheridan, you're
lovely to put it that way. It was an
imposition for me to have made you
bring me home, and after / went into
the house decided I should have
walked. Besides, it wasn't three miles
to the car line. never thought of it!''
"No," said Bibbs, earnestly. "I
didn't, either. might have said some
thing if I'd thought of anything. I'm
talking now, though; must remember.
that, and not worry about it later.
think I'm talking, though it doesn't
sound intelligent even to me- I made
up my mind that if ever met you
again I'd turn on my voice and keep It
going, no matter what it said. II
She interrupted him with laughter,
and Mary Vertrees' laugh was one
which Bibbs' father had declared, after
the house-warming, "a cripple would
crawl five miles to hear" And at the
merry lifting of it Bibbs' fathers son
took heart to forget some of his trepi-
dalton. ''I1l be any kind Of idiot" he
said, 'if you'll laugh at me some more.
It won't be difficult for me-"
She did; and Bibbs' cheeks showed q,
little actual color, which Mary per-
ceived. They had passed the new house
without either of them showing-or
possessing-any consciousness that it
had been the destination of one of
them.
"I'll keep on talking" Bibbs con-
tinued, cheerfully, land you keep on
laughing. I'm amounting to something
in the world this afternoon. I'm maxi
ing noise, and that makes you make
music. Don't be bothered by my bleat-
ing out such things as that I'm real
~ frightened. I don't remember tally
ing as much as this more than once
or twice in my life. suppose 1t was
always in me to do it, though, the first
time l met anyone who didn't know
me well enough not to listen.''
"But you're not really talking to
me- said Mary. You're just think
ing aloud"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21

~ because you haard them quarrel
mgr
.sThat's it. Il you want to know
what's between people, you can-by
tae way they quarrel"
you'll kill me, Bibbs! What were
they quarreling about?"
Nothing. That's how know. Peo-
pie who quarrel over nothingE-it's
always certain"
Edith stopped laughing abruptly, but
continued her mockery. ''You ought
to know. You've had so much expert
ence, yourself!'
Il haven't any, Edith" he said. my
life has been about as exciting as an
incubator chickens. But I look out
through the glass at things"
swell, then" she said, "if you look
out through the glass you must know
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21

movin' up to this new house had
brought us awful bad luck! It scares
me!' She put both her hands over her
face. "Oh, Bibbs, Bibbs! if you only
wasn't so queer! If you could only
been kind Of dependable son! don't
know what we're all comm to-" And,
weeping, she followed her husband.
3ibbs gazed for while at the fire;
then he rose abruptly, like man who
has come to a decision, and briskly
sought the room-it was called ''the
smoking room"-where Edith sat with
Mr.. Lamhorn. They looked up in no
welcoming manner, at Bibbs' entrance,
and moved their chairs to less con-
spieuous adjacency.
Good evening"" said Bibbs. pleas
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21

Love has awakened In the
bosom of BIbbs-st1y, hopeless
love for something unattainable.
! The emotion is reflected in his
gentleness with his grief-strlck-
, en- father. Will 1t stir his ambI-
ton and lmpeI him to activity
that will help him win the girl
finally? VIII Old Sheridan come
to understand and appreciated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21

Do you think that Mary's
warm friendship for Bibbs will
help him to endure the machine
shop long enough to impress his
father with his usefulness In a
better job
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-21

Gro BE CoNTINUED.l
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-30
MUST PAY THE CITY RECORDER

Hereafter, beginning July !, water
consumers must pay their water rent
at tho city recorders office. No col
leotor will call on them as in the past.
The city ia now having one marshal
on the pay roll, and ms his duties also
include those of water superintendent,
he will have his hands full and will
have no time to hunt up water users
and make collections.
Athena Is tho only town In the
county with the established practice
of sending collector for water rents.
In other towns payment is made at
some appointed place. Once 10 vogue,
tho water committee of the council
expect collections will be more prompt
aud satisfactory to all concerned than
under the old method. Notices are
heiug mailed TO water consumers not
flying them of the new departure aud
unless rents are paid by the tenth OF
eaoh month. the water superintendent
will he instructed to turn the water
off at the premises of the delinquent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-30
First TaIkinn Machine,

The recording Of vibrations of
membrane was first accomplished by
Leon Scott in 1857, by the invention OF
what he called "phonautograph.'
This is regarded as the precursor of
the modern phonograph. The actual re-
production of sound was first achieved
by Thomas Alva Edison in 1876 and
first patented by him in 1877, the pat
ent being dated in January of that
year. There had been, Of course, sew
eral experiments and improvements
between. The first method Of recording
vibrations of tuning fork on the sur
face of drum was discovered by
Thomas Young in 1907. Alexander
Graham Bell and S. Tainter patented
the graphophone in 1885. Emile Ber-
liner patente the gram0phone in 1887.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-30
UNDER AN AVALANCHE.
A Remarkable Experience and Rescue
In the Italian Alps.

A Remarkable Experience and Rescue
In the Italian Alps.
Human beings occasionally live
through incredibly long imprisonments
after their dwellings have been over
whelmed by avalanchcs On March 10,
1855. ayalanches buried The village or
Bergemoletto. in the Italian Alps. and
on April 25 three women were dug out
alive from Il stable in which they had
been immured for thirty seven days In
the dark beneath the mass Of snow
which lay fortyiwo feet higher than
the roof. With them had been buried
Il little boy. six goats. donkey and
some hens.
The chi,d tl.u ..oIkey and the fowls
soon Gl.a. but Tie goats helped the
women TO st:rf'itp. their milk supple
menting ~, il.riy or forty cakes and
the poc!:etfal of cliestnnts upon which
they depended for food Hope Of find
ing the woncn alive had been aban-
doncd when far in April the, brother
of one had II dream in which she ap-
pealed to him for rescue.
The weather then at last made ex-
cavation possible. and the women were
restored to the world and presently to
health. Chicago News
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-30
Notice Of Final Account.

In the County Court for Umatilla
County, Oregon.
In the Matter of the Estate Of
s. NJ. White, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that thu un-
dersigned Administrative of the estate
of s. M. White, deceased, bas filed her
final account aud report in said estate
and the County Court of Umatilla
County, Oregon, has fixed Saturday,
July ~, 1915, at the hour OF 10 o.
clock a. m.. of said day as the Tins
and the County Court room in the
Court House at Pendle'on, Oregon, as
the place Of hearing of said final 40
count and report aud objections there
to, If any there be.
Matilda r. White.
Administrative.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-30
Culture.

Culture Is II slow process 1t comes
from long ana close contacts. II Is the
fruit of reflection, Of travail OF soul
and of mind. Graphing with some.
thing until the very essence of 1t has
been extracted Is first step. Thus the
tastes of essences is learned and once
learned lesser Installations do not salts
fly. Then follows Il growing power to
discriminate. to distinguish nice values,
to judge of quality, to answer to beau
ty, to feel the need, that what you
have, though it may be little may
still be the real thing. This is culture.
It is not baggage. like diplomas and de-
grees. 1t Is not things seen and heard,
miles Travelled or books read. These
are the materials for culture. They
contribute to 1t only when they are
absorbed by the mind and rs really
lost in 1t as water and lime, phosphates
and ammonia must be lost in the soil If
they are to enrich 1t and enable 1t to
increase its yield.-lda NJ. Tarbell in
Woman's Home Companion.