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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-24
TWO BANKS ROBBED OF $1,000.
Three Mem In Oklahoma Institution
Locked Up Iuside nf Vault.

Locked Up Insidc Of Vault.
Ardmore. Okla. Nov. 23.-Three
masked men robbed tho First Ma
tional Bank OF Boswell. q small town
In Chootaw County. late yesterday.
escaping on horseback with approx
mately 5000. Three men in the
hank were marched inside the vault
and imprisoned.
One of the bandits lost his mask,
Offering q possible Glue to the identi-
ty Of the men. All the money taken
was In gold currency. 1t is believed
tho trio headed for the Kiamici Noun
ta3na
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-24
CITY LOSES FIGHT

Continued from First Paga)
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
RAIN FROM A CLEAR SKY.
An Alleged Phenomenon Linked With
the Falling Of Dew.


In English dictionaries we find the
word serein defined as Il fine rain
which sometimes falls from Il clear sky
shortly after sunset The word is
French, but has become the interna-
tional designation in meteorological
works for this alleged phenomenon,
which is always described as quite
rare.
Has the phenomenon a real exist
ence?
The fact that 4 ~Stcrcotyped descrip-
ton of it has been passed on from one
meteorological writer to another since
the latter part of the eighteenth CEN
ury is by no means conclusive evidence
on this point, for science has perpetu-
t many myths by the process Of
reitcration.
Professor Gustav IIellmann. in a re.
cent publication of the Russian Mete-
geological institute, secs in the concep-
ton OF the screin merely the survival
of the old fashioned belief that even
ing dew falls from the clcar) Sky, and
he finds that the scrcin OF early French
writer's was identical With that "even-
ing dampness" which was supposed to
be injurious to human health,
1t still remains possible that rain
may sometimes fall from Il clear sky.
though this is not likely to he a phe-
nonenon peculiar to the early evening.
Some cases can be explained as due to
the oblique falling of raindrops. carried
horizontally by the wind, when the
clouds from which they came have
passed away.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
Mahmout Very Much Alive.

Yusuf Mahmout, greatest catch-as-
catch-can wrestler who aver came from
Europe in pursuit of American dollars
and fame. will become a naturalized
citizen of the United States if plans
of Emil klank materialiZe. Incidental
l.y Mahmout, who was supposed to be
dead, will make the fight OF his life to
win the worlds laurels in the mat
game under the protecting tutelage of
the former manager of Frank Gotch.
champion Of them all.
There is only M wrestler who ever
lived who had a right to be put in a
class with Frank Gotch.' said Klank
recently, "and he is Mahwout. There
were many tough customers after
Gotch's title, and most of them came
from Europe, but Mahmout was the
n who gave the champion the hard
est battle. The Bulgarian also picked
up the science Of catch-as-catch-can
graphing more quickly than any other
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN.

shall share with him the dominion as
truly as ltebecca and Ruth shared
with Isaac and BOaz all their wealth,
Tile disciples were to wait for the
special power for this service and, wit
Messing the power of the Holy Spirit,
then bear witness for the Lord from
Jerusalem unto the uttermost parts of
the earth.
The great testimony is that Jesus
Christ is risen and alive forevermore
at the right hand of the Father and
gladly receiving all Who come unto God
by him and are willing to live in the
power OF his resurrection life and HELM
to gather from all nations his holy
church.
Mere human wisdom cannot grasp his
purpose, nor can the best scholarship
understand or be of any use to him
apart from the only power and the
only teacher. the Holy Spirit. When he
had spoken his last message TO them.
while they beheld he was taken up
(verse ~, or, as it is written in Luke
xiv, 80, 81, "Whilc he blessed them
he was parted from them and carried
up into heaven" With what utter
amazement they must have g him
ascend from their midst and how stead
fastly they must have gazeu upon him
until the cloud hid him from their
sight!
We do not know that any one said
he was swept away in a whirlwind
With horses n chariot of fire, This
was a quiet, visible taking. as he talked
ith them II blessed them, sugges
tive of the fact that he is still blessing
or ready to bless.
AS they, in wonder and awe. watch
ed the cloud that hid him from their
view two men stood by them and said
very plainly that as he had gone 50
he would come again in like manner
One result of this message was that
they wOrshipcd him and returned TO
Jerusalem with great joy and contin-
ued in prayer and praise Verse II:
Luke xiv. -, 80. There is no more
joyful topic than that of the coming
again of the Lord Jesus to the earth to
welcome his people and then back ia
Olivet with his people to set up his
kingdom. with the throne of David rs
it's earthly center lZeph. iii. If, Il;
Zech. xiv, 4, .; Luke i. 81. 3:;3y. These
heavenly messengers may have been
angels, for angels are sometimes called
men. as in Gen. xviii. .. or, for aught
we know, they may have been Moses
and Elijah.
But it is the message of the heavenly
ENJOYS that should hold us and be ear.
nestly proclaimed, "This same Jesus
shall SC come in like manner"-not
death, nor the destruction Of Jerusa.
lem. nor ven the coming Of the Holy
Spirit as another Comforter. but this
same Jesus Christ.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
TRAINING THE FLEA.
How the Tiny Insect Is Weaned From
His Jumping Habit.

His Jumping Habit.
1.-The teaching of the flea to do any
sort of trick is, OF course, q; tedious,
difficult MATTER" said Il flea trainer.
THE first thing to do is to break it Of
its natural habit OF jumping.
zone can see how necessary this is
when one considers the flea is less than
one-eigllth of III inch in length and
has Il jump OF three feet-:;OO times it's
own length. II Il six foot man had
the same leaping power he could make
leaps OF 1,SOO feet, so that when IL flea
has the advantage of one leap he is
good as gone forever. My apparatus
for jump breaking is IL round glass
ball. l contine him in this for three
weeks. l look through this ball, touch
it. flash lights into it, talk, do every
thing to let the flea accllstom himself
to my presence. At first lie will jump
and jump. lie strikes against the
curved walls and gets bruised. After
Il time, and l find three weeks to be
ample, the flea gets to know me, and
he also gets to know that it is less
painful to crawl than to jump and get
bruised.
1.-The flea cannot ~differentiate be-
tween transparent glass and no glass,
so that when l take him from the ball
he still strikes this peculiar obstruc-
ton and so he don't jump. SO. YOU see,
Il flea must have some reasoning power
somewhere, but | am in no position to
say where it is located. That is why
| have to pick tleas up with tweezers
and put them on my arm when l want
to feed them. They don't dare to
jump on me."-Kansas City Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07

Luke tells us that in his former
all that Jesus began to do and teach,
n this book, which we begin today,
might we'll be called the record of
that which Jesus continued to do and
teach through his apostles, notably Pc
ter and John and Paul and the evan
gelists Stephen and Philip. Note the
order Of the words do and teach" and
the many places where the order is
the same or the parallel words "seen
and heard" The doings are seer and
the teaching is heard Mark vi, 80;
Acts iv, 20; l John i, 3. We cannot
properly teach what we have not first
learned to do. The day in which he
was taken up carries us back to the
taking up Of Enoch and Elijah and on
ward to the taking up of all true be-
levers at his coming to the earth for
his people q Thess. iv, 1G-1S.) In the
forty days between his resurrection
and ascension he showed himself alive
at least ten times and after his ascen-
sion twice to Paul, also to Stephen
and John. The same Holy Spirit who
controlled him before his death spake
by him after his resurrection and, as
always, concerning the kingdom of
God oversees ., 81.
Note how this book. like the whole
Bible, begins and ends with the king
dom of God (.Acts xviii, %, 81, but OBJ
serve that the kingdom always means
dominion e all things on the whole
earth, given to Christ by the Father
and by Christ shared with his redeem
ed. 1t was at hand and preached by
John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus
and the twelve and the seventy; but,
being violently rejected and the King
crucitied, it was postponed till he shall
come again, according to Luke xix, II.
-; Acts iii, 20. 81. The disciples un-
derstood, and rightly, too Verse g,
that the center of the kingdom will
be n restored Israel, for apart from a
righteous Israel and the throne of the
Lord ut Jerusalem the long predicted
kingdom cannot be. The kingdom be-
ing rejected and postponed and the
time Of the Kings return known only
to God. He is gathering from all the
world an elect people who shall reign
with him when he shall come again
to set up his kingdom. This is the
mystery hidden in the ages past and re-
vealed specially to Paul (Eph. iii, SO.
To this end the Holy Spirit has been
specially sent to testify of a risen and
gloriied Christ. who is waiting ut the
Fathers right hand for the building of
! his body. the church, his Eve, who
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
Trap Shooters Pussy About Guns.

Trap shooters are getting as fussy
about their guns as ball players about
their bats. \ gun that fits is fully as
important to a trap shooter as a bat
that suits to a ball player. 1t is said
by Il man that has made a careful
study of the subjec. that less than one
in ten Of the guns sold to trap shooters
fits its owner. The result is failure
to shoot up to natural ability.
In England there are many shooting
schools. for the most part conducted
by manufacturers. The pupils are not
only taught to shoot, but are also fit
ted with guns suited to their physical
characteristics. A man having short
arms and a short neck cannot expect
to shoot we'll with a gun built for a
maj of giraffe proportions.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
New Billiard Game POPULAR.

The new restricted straight rail game
has made n hit in at least two cities.
First. Chicago staged a match between
those young stars Of the balk line
armament, Jack Schaefer and Welker
Cochran. Both players were handi-
capped in that they We're forced to
make a three cushion carom at the
tiftieth count of every long run.
Schaefer Won, scoring 1.1SS points in
four nights to Cochran's 0S7.
The game proved a revelation to the
fans and was voted a success. The
veteran roomkeeper. William Mussey,
was so pleased with the experiment
that he proposes to stage a tourna-
ment in the near future. George SUIT
ton and Percy Collins also played q
restricted straight rail match for the
benefit of Indianapolis fans. who turn
ed out Ell masse and we're delighted
with the revivification Of the good old
game plus the handicap.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
LEGION OF HONOR.
The French Order, Its Ranks and Its
Limits of Membership.

Limits of Membership.
The Legion of Honor is a French or
der for the recognition of military and
civil merit. instituted by Napoleon
while consul May 10, 1902, and inaugu-
rated July II, 1904. The decoration
originally consisted of a star contains
ing the portrait of Napoleon surround
ed by n wreath Of oak and laurel, with
the legend, "Napoleon Emperor des
Francais;' on the reverse was tho
French eagle with Il thunderbolt in his
talons and the legend, "Honneur ct
patrie."
The order has been remodeled sew
eral times, the last occasion being sub.
seQuent to the downfall of the second
empire. There are now five ranks or
classes-ordinary chevaliers or knights.
officers, commanders. grand officers,
grand crosses. The profuse granting of
the decoration of the order latterlv
brought the institution into discreljt.
and the number of c%hevaliers is now
restricted to $4,000. the officers tn
1000, the commanders to 1000. tho
grand officers to POO and the grand
crosses to seventy.
The star now bears a figure emblem-
attic of the republic. with the inscrip-
ton, "llepublique Franchise, 1872" on
the reverse two flags, with the inscrip-
ton, "Honneur ct Patrie."-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
Ancient Bagdad,I In Asiatic Turkey,
Long Recognized as Gateway
to India, May Yet Be Scene Of
Fight For World Supremacy.
Balkan Campaign Is Really an
Attempt to Get at England by
Striking at India, Egypt and
the Suez Canal.
"HE German drive southwark Is

he German ur1Ne SOUTHWARK ~
revealing itself not as a punt
tive expedition against Servia
nor as a relief expedition for
the Turkish forces fighting to hold
Gallipoli against British and colonial
troops, but as an effort to gain by
force Of arms the advantage that years
of diplomacy and peace have failed to
secure. 1t is, according to semioficial
pronouncement, q stroke for a swift
passage of the Balkan mountain lands
that will complete an unbroken Ger
man line from the North sea to the
Bosporus, that will advance across
Asia Minor to the Persian gulf and
India and that will envelop the Suez
canal, Egypt, Tripoli and Algeria, the
hard won north African possessions of
the allies.
Bagdad, in Asiatic Turkey. is now
the goal Of a British expeditionary
force, which has seen considerable
fighting and has for its object the
blocking Of any German attempt to
force itself through to threaten the
rich domains Of the British empire.
Bagdad was the proposed terminus of
the railroad which German capital was
building before the war and which in
a short time would have been com
pleted. If the German troops clear the
Balkans and eventually reach Bagdad
that ancient city Of "-Arabian Nights"
fame will become Il modern battle
ground for world supremacy.
If this be indeed the ultimate pur-
pose of the present movement it is
magnificent in its sweep and bold in
its daring, for it must be remembered
that Germany cannot count on any
movement on the sea to aid her in
such an enormous undertaking. 1t
must be entirely a movement by land
and must be accomplished on foot.
With the development Of events it
becomes increasingly apparent that
Bulgaria's choice of allies was made
some time before the official announce
ment. The glittering rewards dangled
before King Ferdinand by the Teutons
were apparently too much for his am
bilious soul to withstand. The pos
sibility constantly kept before him OF
wearing the crown Of %Byzantium and
Of controlling the Dardanelles was
much more alluring than was the ac-
QUESTION of the narrow strip of Mace
dunia which the allies were prepared
to yield to him. The weeks of indie
cision We're, after all, merely a cloak
to cover the German preparations for
what promises to be the boldest, most
audacious stroke Of the entire war.
Servia the Weak Point.
In formulating the plan for a great
drive toward the east the position of
Bulgaria presented the greatest diff
Guilty to the Teutons, since any adj
vance into Turkey must sooner Or lat
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07
Topics of the Sport World

By SQUARE DEAL

OF II foreign wrestlers who were ac-
custolned to the Greco-Homan method.
when l heard that Mahmout had
been killed by bandits near his home
in the Balkans | was sorry, for l knew
That in that event the mat game had
lost one of the best grapplers it had
ever produced. When l received a
letter from the Bulgarian l knew that
the story OF MahMout's death was
founded on Il mere rumor.
"MallmOut for some time has been q
citizen of Roumania, his home being
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included in a strip of territory that
went to that country following the last
Balkan war. Inasmuch as Koumania
has declared itself for armed neutral
ity In the present war, Mahmout and
his family have not been molested.'
klank. who managed Gotch in all his
important international battles. says
the Iowan has retired and that his de-
cision to remain aloof from the mat
game is final.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07

er cross Bulgarian soil. But with Bull
garia cooperating, half the problem
was solved. There remained then the
choice Of two courses Of procedure, to
violate the neutrality Of Noumania to
reach Bulgaria or to fight a way across
Servia. The first Of these was reject
ed. She would hesitate long before
taking steps that would bring Rouma-
MAS fine army into the ranks Of her
enemies. Servia. nnbroken though she
was by her last years campaign
against Austria and her long wrestle
with disease, seemed the weak point in
the path, and here accordingly the leu
ton entering wedge was directed.
On the west the natural defenses Of
Servia are so strong as to discourage
invasion from that direction. Rugged
mountain peaks alternate with deep
canyons for many miles along the
southern Bosnian border, while far
Their north are low lying, swampy lands
quite as difficult for military purposes
as the mountains. The most promis-
ing field for invasion is from the north
over the plains Of Hungary and on
across the Danube and the Save.
1t is evident that the Servians. fol-
lowing the same tactics that proved so
successful against the Austrians last
year, will make their stand in the in
terror Of the country, where the topog-
raphy is in their favor and where with
fha mid Of Enrlich nf}icnr, thnv ho,n
been hard at work for many months
in building defenses.
BuIgaria's Share In Advance.
Germany was assisted in her inva-
sion by the Bulgarian forces working
from two points-one toward Nish and
the other along the Nardar valley,
where she is expected to hold in check
the forces that the allies have sent to
Servia's assistance through Saloniki.
Granted the often proved bravery of
! the Servian army its stand against
this double invasion was hopeless, even
with such aid as tho allies may rive.
Once arrived at Constantinople, with
Servia crushed and the Bulgarian army
behind her to keep the lines open for
the movement of troops and supplies,
Germany will be prepared for the de-
Velopment of her eastern campaign.
ANY forecast of what direction this
campaign might take must at the pres
ent time be pure speculation. Many
expeditions are possible that would
threaten the allies from many sides,
blu, so large loom the practical difficult
ties in the way that even speculation
goes wild. The II fact that Germany
has no a single ship tree on the sea
would be enough to discourage any
but the o active imagination.
AS is well known. Germany has long
seen her brightest future in the east.
For many years her clevcrcst diploma.
cy and her most careful commercial
colonization schemes have been direct.
ed there. So %intrenched has she be.
come in .Asi. Minor and Palestine that
an English consul reported that Ger.
mans could get for the mere asking
concessions that it took En.lishmen
many years of work and scheming tc
secure. The building of the Bagdad
railroad has been regarded as one O!
Gcrmany's greatest triumphs in the
east. The Importance that she herself
attached to it In the present crisis is
shown by the fact that work on it has
been vigorously pushed.
: This railroad is designed as the great
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-07

Expensive Advice.
Patient-What would you advise, doc
tor? Doctor-That you have me call
again.-Boston Transcript =,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-17
Orleans News Page
"a News and Views from this
Hustling Village
Chautauqua Talent Announced.

C. H. Turner of New York, assistant
general manager of the Community
Chautauqua was in town last week in
conference with local committees re-
garding the coming event. Mr.. Turner
made partial announcement in regard
to the several attractions that will
visit here during Chautauqua week,
August 10 to Ia inclusive, when about
20 separate entertainments will be
given under a canvas probably on the
school lot used last year, morning,
afternoon and evening. The following
attractions have been scheduled for
this place: Victor's Venetian band !;
Theobaldi, the famous Norwegian solo
list, called the greatest in the world
today. His violin is said to have been
made in 1920. Florence StitseD, grand
opera star, from the Chicago Grand
Opera company, with pianist Lee Fran
ces Lybarger, lecture on "Pork Barrel
Legislation 80 :: Frederick Ward. the
worlds greatest Shakesperian actor
and author; Euclid B.; Rogers, popular
lecturer; O'Hara, famous Irish tenor
and composer, with Wetmore, the en-.
| tertainer and humorist; Prof. Delroy,
English scientist and exposer of fakes !;
| American Quartet, Dunbar Southern
singers playground work in tent each
morning under direction of superinten-
dent of playground work and speaker
on business efficiency methods to be
announced later.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-17

Mighty Glacier Caxerns.

It has long ago been discovered that
water produced by the melting Of gla-
cier ice in summer flows down through
crevasses to the bottom Of the glacier
and, forming a channel by erosion,
emerges often as large stream. In
the arctic region these phenomena take
place on very large scale. The Dan
ish expedition to the northeast of
Greenland, conducted by Myths and
Erichsen, discovered and explored vast
caverns thus formed by glacial streams.
Some Of these caves are sixty to sew
enty feet in height and more than q
mile long. In winter the streams cease
main ready to receive the streams OF
the following summer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-17
School Pupils to Sell the Tickets.

Much enthusiasm has been aroused
among both teachers and pupils over
the coming exhibition of pictures to
take place at the school building on
May "a, Is and 26. The proceeds from
the exhibition will go toward purchas-
ing pictures for the schools. There
will be on exhibition this week the
prize pictures which will go to the
school whose pupils sell the most
tickets. The first and second grades
will not take part in the competition.
If the people of Orleans can buy tickets
freely, sufficient funds ought to be rails
ed to enable a number of good pictures
to be bought for the school.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-17

pass on the right, the driver of the. car
owned by Mr.. Harris took the ditch on
the left Just in time to avoid collision
with the other car. In so doing. how
ever, the car struck hydrant and tel
ephone pole simultaneously, with dam
aging results to the hydrant and to the
car. The occupants escaped with moth
ing more serious than bruises. @.@'
BROWNINGTON CENTER
E. A. Emerson has sold his farm to
Gilbert Dutton.
Wallace Farman of Lowell is visiting
at E. A. Emerson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Russell of Bar
ton. visited at Lyman Seymour's Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Jenness of Bar
ton visited at E. A. Emerson's Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Fleming of East
Bloomington spent Sunday at Charles
Burns's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Young of East
Burke are visiting his father, Joseph
Young.
Mrs. Ulie Gray of East Brownington
is spending few days with her sister,
Mrs. Philo Powers.
Between sixty and seventy of the
members of the Jr. O. u. A. NJ, and
Sons and Daughters of Liberty with
friends and nei ghbors met at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Emerson Satur-
day evening to give them a farewell
reception as they are about to leave
for their new home in Weathersfeld.
Cake and coffee were served and sew
eral pieces of silver:.were left as re-
hinder of this visit. Mr.. Emerson's
people will be greatly missed as they
were faithful and loyal workers in the
church and in the orders to which they
belong. The best wishes of a large
circle of friends go with them.