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The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-15
Poetry.

Write poetry by all means," Q pro lessor in the University of Minnesota has encouraged his class boldly. But Con't show 1t to any one" be adds, establishing hls right. to be called not only diplomatic, but a sincere worker for the general welfare.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-15
PIONEERS NOTICE

There will be meeting of Igloo No. 12, at the A. B. Hall on Mon- day night at D. m. All members requested to attend.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-15

FOR SALE-4 room house, lots 5Ox1c0 on 11th Avenue. A bargain at $25O cash. First one to plunk down the cash gets it. Enquire Alaskan office. 4-2S-tf.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-15
CITY OF SEATTLE
 Is NEARING PORT

The City of Seattle left Ketcft- kan under full steam and will be in Ckagway some time tomorrow morlirg. It carries thirty passen- gers for Skagway and twenty five tons of freight.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-15
TO RENT

Neatly furnished house next to cable office. See notice in window.
 5-13-7t.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-15
mhnnA Enr khn Rridn.

In England it was formerly the GUS tom to throw wheat over the lhFtas and not rice.
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

was some sympathetic knowledge of literature imparted by his teacher Lee o. Harris, himself a poet.
 For ten years, Riley roved the Ohio valley, painting commercial signs on fences and farm outhouses. He had the trick of brush and pencil, and cleverly drew sketches illustrative of the virtues of merchandise advertised in the signs he and his fellow artisans made to bloom on the roadsides
 He was naturally musical. and shone as a fiddler in the villages at which his party stopped at night. He played for dances and at concerts in country hotels, and he wrote rhymes which sometimes found their way into the country newspapers.
 He led this cheerful, free and easy life until late in the 70s, when he took employment as a writer for news paper at Anderson, Ind He had now begun to write verse steadily. but with little encouragement from publishers In 1877, for the purpose, as he said of proving that he could write poetry of value, he perpetrated "the Poe hoax, " which for years was a literary sensa . 1 tion, which he often regretted and of which, as he often told his friends 1 he knew he never would hear the last | By an arrangement with J. Oscar ] Henderson, publisher of the Dispatch
 of Kokomo, Ind, MT. Riley wrote anC i MT. Henderson printed a poem in the style of Edgar Allen Poe, to which h, gave the characteristic title of Leon
 anie," and it was offered to the publi,
 as a hitherto unpublished product O
 the genius of Poe.
 ] This poem, it was stated. had beer
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

hearts of the public Of late years he had not appeared at public gath erings to any great extent. put Tn nice weather could be seen on the streets of Indianapolis in his automo- bile.
 Nh. Riley never married. His near est living relative is sister, Mrs. Mary Payne of New York.
 True poet of the provinces was James Whftcomb Riley; born of the Middle West, he sang the joys, sorrows fancies and humors of it's folk, largely in it's own dialect, and the world was so touched by his inspiration ana the realism of his homely symbols that he was one of the few that, devoting thelr l lives to poetry, have gained fortune | MT, Riley was peculiarly sensitive to | the advance of age, and evaded m 1 quiries as to the date of his birth; but the most accurate information avail | able indicated that he was born Tn 1 1853. Should you ask him his age. l one of his friends said The would
 answer that he was this side of forty, and leave you to guess which side
 The poet was the son of Reuben A Riley, a lawyer and political speaker of Greenfield, Ind. The younger Riley could not be brought to the dull routin(
 of school days. but he was wise in the lore of streams and fields. His mother
 who was Elizabeth Marine before hel
 marriage was a writer of verse. Tn
 stead of preparing for the practice o
 law, as his father wished, the son ap parently prepared for nothing. an'
 when he left home he turned itineran
 sign painter to make his living. Wha , he carried from the little schoolhous
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

nostrums.
 In the early sos. Mr. Riley settled in Indianapolis. and began writing verses
 in "Hoosier' dialect for the Indianapo lis Journal, for a small salary. He sent some of his poems to Henry Wads- worth Longfellow and they received his praise. A volume was published, and the Hoosier poet" began to win a public.
 He was a graphic reader of his own verses, and for fifteen years, or until 1898, he made tours of the country, appearing in public entertainments with great success, both alone, and in association with the humorist, Bill i Nye, who was his intimate friend.
 Publication of books of poems year after year brought MT. Riley wealth and wide recognition of his literary genius, and not only in the genre form i Many of his poems are of imaginative 1 fantasy or are gently philosophic. IT i 1902, he received the degree of Master of Arts from Yale university, and ir 1 1904, the University of Pennsylvania
 conferred upon him the degree of Doc
 tor of Letters.
 i In July 1911, the poet presented tC the city of Indianapolis property valued at $75,000 for a site for a public
 library and school administration building.
 I MT. Riley never married. but he wa
 a lover of children, whose spirit h. divined so intimately and of famil. I life. Many of the last years of his Tiff ! he spent in the home of friends in i secluded neighborhood of this city i Lockerbie street, which for InGianapol
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY IS VICTIM
 OF PARALYSIS
Continued from Page One)

he expressed it, on his arrival. Since that time he has been in excellent spirits and seemed unusually strong, MT. McCulloch said. Mir. Riley had been able to go to his publishers ire quently and was out in his automo- bile every day, even as late as Fri day. The combination of his spirits and bodily strength seemed convinc- ing that he was far from being on the verge of fatal illness.
 Mir. Riley was born in 1853, but was reticent as to his exact age. One of the most unique celebrations ir the country was held in his honor October ', 1915, when Riley Day was observed by banquet in Indian apolis and in schools of the country attended by more than 1,000000 chil- dren. Men prominent in business and politics from all over the coun try assembled to do the poet homag' at the celebration, and many congrat
 ulatory messages were received iron ahrOad on the occasion. The day i! the public schools was observed bN reading his poems. The poets philo- sophy of life and his manner of ex. pressing it in Hoosier dialect woT
 for him years ago, a place In tn
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

itans, he immortalized in verse: Such dear little street. it is, nestled
 away
 From the noise of the city and the heat of the day
 In cool shady coverts of whispering trees
 With their leaves lifted up to shake hands with the breeze, Which. in all it's wide wanderings, new CT may meet With a resting place fairer than Lock- erbie Street" ! Many of Riley's poems, quite num- | Der of them written in the homely Hoo ] sier dialect of the Indiana countryfolk were published in the Indianapolis ] Journal and the young poets fame | grew from year to year. His reputa | tion became national after he had pub | lished the series of dialect poems under | the pSeudonym of "Benjamin F. John | son of Boone The series included
 some of his best known poems, among them ''The Old Swimming Hole"
 When the Frost Is on the Punkin,' land several others Later he published
 The Boss Girl and Other Sketches"
 "Old Fashioned Roses" Pipes O Pan at Zekesbury," Rhymes of Childhood" :"
 Flying Islands of the Night Green
 Fields and Running Brooks "Arma zindy," "A Child World" "Neighborly
 Poems, Home Folks" Poems Here
 at Home "Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers, '
 "The Book of Joyous Children" An Old Sweetheart of Mine" "Out to Old
 Aunt Mary's," and "A Defective Santa Claus
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

found written on the flX-Ieaf of a copy of AinswOrth's Dictionary. A traveller had discovered the treasure in the sit ting room of an old inn near Richmond, Va, and had taken it away with him. The publication of the poem and the accompanying story excited interest Throughout the country, and MT. Hen derson was called upon to produce the book in which it was written. MT Riley obtained a copy of Ainsworth's s Dictionary. and upon a fly-leaf Samuel Richards, a painter, wrote in it. the poem in imitation of the chirography of Poe. One of the stanzas is:
Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

 "Leonanie-angels named her,
 And they took the light Of the laughing stars and framed her
 In a smile of white.
 And they made her hair of gloomy
 Midnight and her eyes of bloomy
 MOonshine and they brought her
 to me
 In the solemn night"
 
 In some quarters, the poem was ac- cepted as genuine; in others, It was denounced as a fraud and it's alleged discoverers as impOstOrs. After the controversy had waged for months Riley confessed. William Cullen Bry. ant, then editor of the New York Even, | ing Post, was particularly severe il denunciation of the hoax Rifle. shouldered the burden and returned t sign painting. For time, he travelet as a sort of minstrel with a paten medicine vendor and played the violil to attract crowds to be solicited to bu,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
AT Topeka MARCH ri
Fifth District at Manhattan on
March 18th

Topeka, Jan. 31.-The state Re-
publican convention has been called
to meet at Topeka March 81 to Sc
lect two delegates and two alter
mates to the national convention at
Chicago.
The Fifth district committee call
ed the convention at Manhattan
March IA.
The apportionment for the Fifth
district is: Clay II, Cloud II, Dick
inson 13, Geary Z, Marshall IT, OF
tawa 8, Republic 10, Riley IL, Sa-
line IA, Washington Is.
The committee adopted this reso-
luton: 1--WE congratulate the wo-
men of Kansas on the privilege they
will have this year for the first
time taking a direct part in the
government of our country. The
Republicans of Kansas most cor
daily invite them to a full partici-
patton in the party council and or
ganization, believing that they will
find the Republican principles the
very best there is in government
Woman suffrage in Kansas has
proven such success that we COM
mend it to the people of the state
and favor the adoption by the ma
ton of the principle of equal suff-
rage as embodied in the Susan b.
Anthony amendment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
SALIVA BOY PAINFULLY IN
JURED IN COASTING ACCIDENT

Salina, Feb. George Bailey,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bailey, living at No 697 East Gyp-
sum avenue, was very badly injured
in peculiar accident while coast
ing Sunday night down the country
club hill. Ten stitches we're taken
in his face. his teeth were broken
out and there is a deep hole under
the tongue.
Miss Mildred Neptune, one of the
four on the coasting sled saved her
self by throwing up her muff. Her
muff was torn to pieces.
The four mounted the sled, Miss
Neptune in front, Mr. Bailey imme-
diately behind her. They realized,
after some distance down the hill
that they we're off the road but
were not alarmed. Suddenly a barb
ed wire fence appeared directly in
front of the coasters. Mr.. Bailey
caught the full force of the jagged
wire on the face.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
5000, 900 BALES OF COTTON
USED IN MAKING GUNPOwDER

Washington, Feb. Three mill
lion bales of cotton have been con-
sumed in making gunpowder during
the last year, 100000 in Europe
and 100000 In the United States,
Representative Hefiin of Alabama
told the house census committee, He
appeared before the committee to
urge favorable action on his bill to
gather and publish statistics of cot
ton used for war purposes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
AUTHORITIES EXPECT ARREST
IN BUSH MURDER CASE

Salina, Jan. 2S.-That there will
be an arrest before the end of this
week for the murder of John Bush.
shot to death in his home near Ship
ton Tuesday night. is the firm be-
lief of Sheriff August Anderson.
Bush was a wheat grower almost
exclusively, and employed many men
at harvest time and threshing time.
The theory that he at some time
had trouble with one or more men
that never became Of general know
ledge is being followed by officers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
KANSAS DAY
HARMONY DAY
Republicans Got Together for Great
Victory
DIR. GRAYBILL HEADS CLUB
Nearly 1000 Republicans at Annual
Banquet of Kansas Day CluD
Speeches Filled With
Good Cheer
DIR. GRAYBILL HEADS CLUB

Topeka. Jan. 31.-Before nearly
\ o00 enthusiastic Republicans, men
and women, as exultant as If the
November election was over ana
the Republican banner flung VIC
torious over state and nation, Sena-
tor Theodore e. Burton of Ohio de-
liyered a mastery speech on nation
al and international issues Satur-
day night before the Kansas Day
club. Eight Kansas speakers ac-
quilted themselves with credit.
It was one of those occasions
where every one felt so good that
every touch of humor sounded ike
the wittiest remark in the world
However doubtful any one might
have been Of the fact that the Re-
publican party really is one party
in Kansas before Saturdays meet
ings. that doubt was dissipated by
the size of the crowd, the enthus-
iasm, the good feeling and the GER
tainty of success displayed by the
hundreds who came in from over
the state for the meeting. Topekans
who put off getting tickets to the
dinner until Saturday afternoon,
didn't get any. The tickets were
sold out by noon.
Aside from Senator Burton, Miss
Ada Dykes OF Lebanon, student
at the University of Kansas, and
the only woman on the program,
ing. She had a good speech prepared
and her delivery was better than
the average displayed by the seven
other Kansans on the program.
Herb Cavaness with his dry humor
and words so big it seemed impos-
sible they could emerge from so
cadaverous a figure, also took ex-
ceptionally well with the crowd. The
women applauded vigorously when
Cavaness informed Kansas Republic
cans that few generations hence
Kansas will crimson with shame
when they look back and realize
that in 1915 the state was spending
immeasurably more for protecting
cattle and hogs than for cutting
down the sale Of baby Baskets They
looked rather shocked when Miss
Dykes deslared that President Will
sons most notable achievement,
aside from writing diplomatic notes,
seemed to have been in marrying
off all his family, including him
self.
Other Kansans who spoke were
applauded heartily and with pleas
ing regularity. President Walter
Payne of Burlingame. covered a
wide range OF national affairs in
his speech, and pointed out the
faults of the Wilson administration
TO the satisfaction of everyone A.
Q. Miller of Beileville, pointed out
that he had taken his stand on pre-
paredness before most people even
suspected it would become a ma
tional issue. William S. Washer of
Atchison defined "Republicanism
in a brief, explicit speech. and A.
r. Buick placed party fealty. in its
broad sense. just about next to re-
ligion. Fred Stanley of Wichita, ma
tional committeeman from Kansas
pointed out to his hearers a future
Of the Republican party as resplen-
dent as the hopes of the most op-
timistic Republicans in the world
could expect.
The club elected these officers:
President, Or. J. W. Graybill, oil
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
state Of Kansas, County Of CLAY. 81

Clay, s.;
epresd nd C J.
officers said
al Of
claims
true and correct
knowle belief respectively
F. C HANNA, sident
C. J. OLSON,
this 18th 1915
JAMES B. MCINTYRE Notary Public
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03

This organized May 1885, has made nine
all paid
100000
furnished
this $2OO paid policy for
nalment
80 the premium
of
uncolected
pocyhoder of the
collected whole
find that
returned
ecd We also find that the amount insurance carried during the
poicyhode 1000
of carried by the The above
of the public
patronze home industry and keep Kansas in Kansas
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03
INSURANCE LAWS

member
his
relating
liability pamphlets distributed who
mutual
premium the
guilty
prove will contribute DOL
liable his
policy holders everywhere the old line
this $1,000 for his he refuses
e evidence 0 that the declaration is false.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03

Newton; secretary E. T. Thomp-
son, of Smith county. The vice pres
idents for the Fifth district are
Hon. s. A. Bardwell, Manhattan;
Mrs. w. t. Roche, Clay Center.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-03

SAFEST, ECONOMICAL INSURANCE.
INDEPENDENT
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-20
FRENCH .ii.sNIEN LACK
MACHINES AND SURVIVE

Paris, rance.--Sergeants M :.
and w.. of the French Flying
corps have established new record; );
their machines collided at height
of 1000 yards above the suburb Of
Pantin, became locked together with
the crash, and landed in a tree with
part of the wreckage resting on the
roof of house and the rest upon a
net work of telegraph wires, while
both pilots escaped without a scratch.
Neither of the heroes of this ad-
venture We're experienced aviators.
which perhaps explains the collision,
but now they claim to be "vaccinat-
ed" and demand the privilege of go
ing to the front
"Naccinated" in aviation parlance
means that the pilot has had his in
evitable accident and has come out of
it all pockets filled with luck. Avia-
tion accidents are so seldom anything
else than fatal.
A man who has been "vaccinated"
in the aviation is called in French q
"veinard' "a lucky dog; he may so
on with his dangerous career with a
tranquil mind: with ordinary precau-
tion he need fear no disaster.
For beginners such as We're Ser
gcants NJ and w. the vacci-
nation is the great event Once inoc-
ulated with the virus OF luck, they
are recognized as full tledged flyers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-20
RAID WATERFOWL
HOTEL FOR BEER
OFFICIALS FIND EVIDENCES OF
SALES OF LIQUOR ON Sun
DAY NIGHT-NIAY CLOSE
UP HOSTELRY.

Watertown. S. D.-An exciting
raid was pulled OFF in this city at
the West hotel last Sunday night
when officers raided the hotel and
edntiscated large amount of liquor.
The police department. states attor-
ney, sheriff and his deputies, combin-
ed with L. l.. Dennis, the proprietor,
was informed that the chief of police
wished to inspect the hotel, he found
the house swarming with officers.
The men had very quietly taken
up their stations at every avenue OF
escape from the building and in the
cafe and halls. Chief attention was
given to the kitchen refrigerators
and the cafe, where it was thought
liquor was most likely to be found
A number of people were found i'll
the cafe eating and drinking beer
A large quantity of beer bottles
many of them full and some of them
empty, We're found and the proprie
tor, Mr.. Denis, and the night clerk
II. C. Buckner, were arrested charg
ed with selling intoxicating liquor
without license.
This is the second raid on the
Hotel within short time and it i:
expected that as a result of the evi
dence secured in addition to tn,
criminal action q civil action will b'
started to enioin the place as /;
nuisence. and close it up. pi,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-20
SENATE IS FOR
A LARGER NAVY
REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS
in VOTING FOR ENLARGED
NAVAL PROGRAMME ROLL
CALL DEMANDED

Washington, d. C.-The enlarged
naval building program recommend
ed by the naval committee, after con-
ferences with President Wilson and
Secretary Daniels, was approved by
the Senate yesterday by a vive voce
vote. Democratic and Republican
leaders believe the naval bill can be
it's passage and although a small
group OF senators from both sides of
the chamber opposed it during de-
bate, sentiment in its favor was so
overwhelming that no roll call was
demanded.
With the important building sec
ton out of the way, administration
leaders believe henaval bill can be
pressed to final vote tomorrow and
sent to conference where a fight is
expected. The program approved to-
iday provides for the construction of
| four battle cruisers and four dread
naughts in 1917 and total of 157
war vessels of all classes within the
next three years. AS it passed the
House the bill authorized only five
capital ships, all battle cruisers, fol
next year and made no provision fol
a continuing policy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-20
1000 WALK OUT
AT MILWAUKEE
MACHINIsTs STRIKE is SPREAD.
ING BECAUSE OF DISCHARGE
Or UNION NIEN-PATTERN
MAKERS MAY JOIN

Milwaukee, Wis..-The strike of
machinists employed in Milwaukee
plants spread today to another plant
Two hundred worllmen in the Nord-
berg manufacturing company works
We're called out to join the men who
yesterday left their work in tine AL
Ills Chalmers company and Pawling
& Harnischfeger plant. Late yester-
day fifteen men employed at the
Stroth Die Moulded Casting company
works walked out.
According to Emmett Adams, di-
recting the strike, the men struck
because union men We're discharged.
Union leaders say complete figures
will show more than 1000 are out.
1t is said the pattern makers may
join the machinists' demands on the
manufacturers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-20
HEAT WRECKS
YOUTHS MIND
YOUNG MAN AT MADISON HAS
STRANGE HAi!LUClNATIONS
AS RESULr-.AEE SEEK
ING REF EI.ATIVES.

Madison, S. D.---A youns man Civ
'ng his name az Frank Silnands, and
his age as 2S, called at the Offices
of Madison physicians and begged
that they give him poison He declar-
ed that capitalists are striving to
kill him, and that their process of
bringing about his death is too long
drawn uot, Sc he decided to hasten
the matter by swallowing a quantity
of poison on his own account. The
mental condition of the young man
is believed to De due to the excessive
leat of the past week
He claims to have come to South
Dakota from Waterloo. Ia. and said
he had been working for some time
ON tarm near Oldham. He was pro-
vidcd with money and he'd suitcase
full of wearing apparel The Lake
county authorities took hiil into Gus.
iodv pending instructions from rela-
tives OF friends as to what they
should do with him.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-07-20
LATINS HAVE
FOOTBALL RIOT
STADIUM IN SOUTH AMERICAN
CITY BURNED DOWN-PO-
LICE FINALLY DRIVE
SPECTATORS PROM
FIELD.

Montevideo, Uruguay.-Rioting in
which the stadium was burned and
the police We're compelled to drive
the spectators from the grounds,
broke up football game between
Gruguayans and Argentinians which
was to have decided the champion
ship Of South America.
The seasons play between teams
representing Uruguay, Argentina,
Chilli and Brazil had brought the final
down to the two former teams. Tick
cts for the game beyond the capacity
of the field had been sold and thous-
ands of persons broke through the
gates. invaded the seats and poured
onto the field lines.
When the game started the Uru-
guavans carried the ball down the
field and made an attempt for goa
The try failed and the spectators
thereupon invaded the field, making
further play impossible.
At first the police were unable tc
cope with the frenzied mob, which
set fire to the stadium on three sides
:, but finally charged the rioters ant
drove them from the ground.