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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-07-13
The Turmoil
BOOTH HARRINGTON
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It's all mental attitude Well. you're
goin' to learn the right one! He says
In q couple Of more months this fool
thing that's been the matter with you'll
be disappeared completely and you'll
be back In as good or better condition
than you were before you ever went
into the shop. And right then Is when
you begin overnight In that same
shop! Nobody can call me hard man
or a mean father. do the best can
for my children, and take the full
responsibility for bringin' my sons up
to be men. Now, 80 far, I've failed
with you. But I'm not goin' to keep
on failin'. / never tackled a job yet
didn't put through, and I'm not goln'
to begin with my own son. I'm goin'
to make a man Of you. BY God!
amir
Bibbs rose and went slowly to the
door, where he turned. "You say you
give me a couple Of monthsr he said
Sheridan pushed bell-button on bis
desk. "Gurney said two months more
would put you back where you were
You go home and begin to get yourself
In the right mental attitude before
those two months are up! Good-byr'
"Good-by, SIR" said Bibbs, meekly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-07-13
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shertdan's attempt 10 make q business
man Of his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends In Bibbs going to
sanisss,um nervous s wreck; On sx his S1, se
sister Edith. He nnds himself an incon-
siderable and unconsidered figure In the
"New House" of the Sheridans. He sees
Mary Vsrtrees looking at him from n
summer house next door. The Vertreeses.
old town family and impoverished, call on
the Sheridans, newiy-rich. and afterward
discuss them. Mary puts into words her
parents unspoken wish that she marry
one OF the Sheridan boys. At the Sheri-
dan housewarmins banquet Sheridan
spreads himself Mary frankly encourages
he In TO be sent back to the machine shop.
Mary tells her mother about the banquet
and shocks her mother by talking of Jim
as q matrimonial possibility. Jim tells
He proposes to Mary. who half accepts
him.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-07-13

my duty. why, IN q way. I think n
might be thought yours. too
mo. nor exclaimed Mary, sharply.
"Listen." said sibyl. "Now sup
pose 20 to Father Sheridan with this
story. and Edith says It's not true; but
suppose could say: AN right, II you
want proof, ask Miss vertrees. She
came with me, and she's waiting In
the next room righ. now. to"
mo. no." said Mary quickly. "You
mustn't"
Listen just q minute more" Siby
urged, confidingly. She was on easy
ground now. TO her own mind, and had
no doubt OF her success. Miss Yer
trees, listen! Don't you see we ough
to do II. you and II Do you suppos,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-07-13

could be seen that me was crying BIT
terly. She lifted both arms to Ros-
coe. summonine him.
by Georger' slsped Roscoe. II BE-
lieve somebody's deadr'
And he started for the new houss
at q run.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-07-13

VIII Old Man Sheridan be
able to insplre elbbs with his
own belief In Blaness and win
the young man 10 the business
standsrd9 Or will Blbbs prove
to hls practical father that there
10 . place In tho world for poetry
and music and persuade the
elder to lot him devote hls life
TO poetry and writlngf
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-07-13

And then, at that Instant there :
J came into Big Jim Sherldan's 4
life a great tragedy. VIII this I
} man, who hae the courage to !
fight for power and wealth. be
brave enough to Withstand .
frightful Iolt3
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CTo BE coNTuNuEnS
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

city in Texas, Ell paso, which had only
736 people in 1880 but which had
grown to more than $4,000 in 1910.
Nuevo Laredo Is important.
Another center of Mexican pnpula-
ton along the frontier is Nuevo
Laredo, the border city of Tamaulipas.
1t is one of the most importan. gate
ways to the southern republic, not ON
account Of its population, for El Paso
and .:uarez constitute hyphenated
city more than twice rs large as
Laredo (Americun) and NuevO Laredo
(McXicun), but because the latter is
the northern terminus of the shortest
railway route to Mexico City, the dis
lance being only about 500 miles, COM
pared with 1900 miles by way or
Juarcz and 1000 miles through Ciudad
POrtirio Dinz (Eagle Pass.
With 5000 people, Nucvo Laredo IS
Il little more than half as large as tho
American town at the other end OF tho
9OO-foOt international bridE" when
SPANS the Rio GrHndc ut this point.
The two towns were one up to tho
fine of the secession of Texas, the SET
Element on the lcft bank OF the river
being captured by Texas rangers in
1916 and occupied by United States
troops under General Lamar II year
later.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Crcatc5t Master Of Chess.

In 1853 during trip 70 Europe, Paul
Murphy played eight games, bIindfold-
cd, with Che bcs: British chess players,
winning six, losing one and drawing
one. In Paris he played blindfOlded
simultaneously against eight Of the
strongest French players, winning six
and drawing two. This feat he repeat
ed on several occasions while abroad
and after his return to this country.
He was educated for the law and final
ly gave up chess playing in order to
devote himself to the practice of law,
but lost his mind and died in 1884. His
father was attorney general Of Louis
lana and aftcrWard judge Of the su-
preme court Of that state. He was &C.
counted q good chess player, but tho
son gave him odds and beat him when
the son was only twelve years old.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
MAZATLAN is A BUSY PORT
Rich Products of Mexico Are Shipped
From the Pacific Coast
Metropolis.

Mazatlan, Mexico's metropolis Of the
Pacific coast, reported to have been
the scene of an unprOvOked attack
upon officers and men from the Amer
lean gunboat Annapolis, is thus de-
scribed in the National Geographic So
ciety's war geographic bulletin:
The north entrance to it's harbOr,
marked by lighthouse perched on the
crest of an eminence called CerrO del
Creston, making it one of the loftiest
guides to navigation in the world, Ma
zatlan is the chief entrepot for one Of
the richest mining sections of the
southern republic. It not only exports
the gold and silver from it's own i'm
mensely wealthy state Of Sinaloa (esti-
most valuable mineral deposits in
Mexico) but it also handles the ore
shipments by sea of Zacatecns and
Durango.
The city, which has population of
10000, is situated on a small peninsula
opposite the Bay of Olas Atlas (High
Waves), and is surrounded by coco
nut groves. 1t is a six days. voyage
by steamship from here to San Fran:
cisco, the Mexican port being 225
miles east of the southern tip of Low
err California. The distance from Ell
Paso, due south, to Mazatlan is about
the same as from st. Louis to New
Orleans.
The aspect of the territory adjacent
to Mazatlan is little affected by the
prosperity of the report. The Indians
live in the same type of huts which
| they have occupied since the Spanish
conquest and perhaps for centuries be-
fore that. The strip Of lowland along
the shore has tropical climate, with
an abundance of rain. Beyond this
verdant margin to the East rises the
towering, thiclSly wooded Sierra Madre
range, extending for hundreds OF
miles to the north and south.
Among the rich products of Mex
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

ico's fertile fields, undersea caves and
riven hills which find their way TO the
outside world through the Mazatlan
gateway are rubber, gums, dyewOOds,
silver, copper, gold lead, pearls, tor
toiseshell, sailed fish, and cabinet
woods. The city's manufacturing ac-
tivities include saw mills, cotton fac
tories and rope works.
Fourteen years ago Mazatlan was
almost depopulated by a frightful cpl
demic of bubonic plague which sur
passed in severity some of the most
terrible ravages of the "black death
in Europe during the middle ages.
According to one authority onl. 1000
people out of total Of $4,000 were
spared, and more than a thousand
houses were burned in an effort to
stay the march Of the disease. Dur
ing the last decade sanitary condi-
tons have been improved greatly.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
81 OCKADE is ALWAYS DEFlED
Brave Sailors Have Ever Been FOUND
Capable of EIuding Any Gordon
of War Vessels.

Dlockading and blockade running Is
not young war measure by any
| means, Il writer i'm Munseys says. One
of the earliest authentic instances Of
the practice dates back two centuries
before the Christian era. Marcus
Clnuti,lS NInrceluS, commanding 4
powerful Roman army and an efficient
fleet, laid siege to Syracuse, rich city
on the Isle of Sicily. Carthage. homes
great rival on the north shore or
Africa, one of the great sea powers
of that time, was not at all plcaS"d
with the idea of Rome capturing SYRIA
cusc, a free city and probably source
of great revenue through trade with
Carthage.
Syracuse WAS Il well fortified city,
and there seemed to be no immcdintc
prospect Of Rome taking it by storm,
so Mnrcclius decided to "tnrvc its in
hnbitantS into submission. lie put
Gordon Of ships across the entrance to
the hnrbOr and arraycd his army on
the land side so that no Succor could
come from without. But he had I'M
lrrcStinlatph the holiness Of the Cur
thaginans. There was no question OF
contraband in those dayS-cOnditiOnni
or other.
In their swift, oardrivcn gAllcyS the
sailors Of the African city casIlT
clu,lcd the ships set to watch the port
and carried provisions, water and war
nntcriHl into the bcleagurrcd city. So
successful wore the CarthaginianS in
getting supplies into the city, running
the blOckadc--that had it not fallen
through trcachery it would have been
enabled to hold out Indefinitely. While
bIockadcS probably had been cSt;b-
liShcd before On Il small scale the
blockade Of Syracuse is one of t."
earliest instances where the efficiency
of Il blockade by sea was of vital I'M
pOrtnncc in determining the success Of
war OH an important seaport.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
United States Has Not Yet Become
Nation, Strong, Self-Reliant and Just
By HILTON B. sONNEBORN of Chicago

Developments the last few that
arrogant people, nesting the objectionable pride assumed right
The of depreang the determining
principles radical reformation therefore deficient that proceeds
along lines of puranical provnalsm and pharca poc1al
dreang struggle against slavery and fearing the freedom which
would ensue than it does the bondage.
notwithstanding the spirit of 76 and the marrdom of Lincoln
emerged position of dependency have not yet
become nation strong ITSELF seeian just This deficiency
clearly the and platforms Of the pol
parties brays the slightest ocitude the least
the social order Rather they conspicuous IN convey
regard fitting rising from the political
quagmire.
intensely sad that in this hour of the worlds travail when
doga bowed like houses OF cards. men should be
as silent ships pass the night matters affecting the social
good of every member this complex coecvstc body polite?
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

west and Undine in the northwest,
and to the Austrian cities of Trieste
in the southeast and Klagenfurt in
the north. The situation of GOritZ is
a picturesque one, greatly enhanced
by the rare pleasure gardens that
have been called into being by the
winter guests. 1t is built on the left
bank of the IsonzO river. The worn
rocks Of the old castle ruins of the
counts of Goritz dominate the city
from the hillside. The castle is now
used partly as a barracks and partly
as an arsenal. The cathedral, built
in the fourteenth century, is another
interesting monument to the citys
past.
Where Theodore Defeated Odoacer.
The fighting which is now occurring
ON the Isonzo recalls the great battle
of the Isontius Usonzo) in the fifth
century, where the Roman emperor
,Odoacer met signal defeat at the
hands of Theodore, the OstrogOth.
The vanquished leader was driven
back to Ravenna, where, after pro-
tracted siege a truce was agreed upon.
During the parley Odoacer fell before
the treacherous Ostrogoth, who Glove
his enemy from shoulder to flank with
a broadswOrd.
One of the most interesting natural
phenomena of the IsonzO district is
the short Timavus river, which emp
ties into the Gulf of Trieste five miles
from the mouth of the larger water
course. The Timavus gushes from a
mountainside, Uniformed, in three
streams of sufficient volume to float
small vessels at the very source. In
virgil's day, according to the descrip-
ton in the Aeneid, the Timavus
rushed from the rocks in nine streams.
The river is supposed TO be continu-
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

umonaire and the Of the bckayer will live the do
the Of the BUNCH whether the mumonair
or bricklayers made the officer
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Plea for Social Reforms Is Useless
Unless Economic Changes Come First
By CHARLES F. sUNDELL. Of Chicago

Without first changing fundamental conditions next to
mposty bring and happiness and who
for many long unequal struggle for existence 1t
not reasonable angels and who
been unequal struggle because of these conditions
On the other reasonable to expect and women
r. continue their enforced bad WAYS living conditions
which brought this about changed And there but way OF
changing giving workngmen and sufficient wages
So that they live they should Not until then will the
ideas nut be accepted by the working class
Little blame the who, after nine hours OF hard
pay seeks the excitement Of the bodhrsy
play the film picture the abandon OF the pubic dance
Ve likely cnvae by the ensens of his work as to
require the ac of such form of amusement pleasure
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Women Will Soon Outclass Men in Brain
Power If They Continue Their Progress
Bv REV. W. O. WALLACE Of Milwaukee. Wis

IF making intellectual in the future they
during half century, in serious danger of being out
power by the fair There is necessity Tor man
to marry below The DANGER if danger it is that he
will find himself behind in the game of intellectually.
Recognize the folly of choosing toy wife mean one that IS
too fine too ethereal should be who take her
place in life sharing responsibilities and still keep
ing beautiful in character.
Again. chosen should be good houekeeper Romantic
the such at first But they will learn
that they live sentimental froth They will
have to and walk earth
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
. ONTRARY to popular belief,
the Isonzo river, along which
the Italians made their first

- ONTRARY to popular belief,
a the Isonzo river, along which
the Italians made their first
attack against Austria ana
where their lines held firmly against
the vigorous Teutonic offensive, is
I not the boundary line between the
two countries, but lies WIDELY with
in Austrian territory, from two to
twelve miles from the border. It's
source is near the juncture of the
.Carnic and Julian Alps, on Mount
Terglou, the loftiest peak Of the latter
range, and it follows tortuous chan
mel for rs miles, emptying into the
Gulf of Trieste, says the National Geo.
graphic society bulletin. So turbulent
are the Isonzo's waters that the river
lis practically unnavlgable, except for
the few miles of it's estuary where it's
course is through a rapidly extending
delta. On it's way through the alluvi-
III plain it is known as the SdobSa,
whose mouth is less than 20 miles
from the important Austrian port of
Trieste lying to the southeast.
The IsOnzo is the principal river of
the country and crown-land of Corr
and Gradisca, which have an area
about equal to that Of Rhode Island.
This principality and two other
,crown-lands, Istria and Trieste, consti-
tute Austria's kustenland (cOast
land).
Was Highly Productive Valley.
Before the devastation wrought by
the war, the valley of the Isonzo was
a highly productive region, agricul-
ture and vine-growing being the chief
occupations of that part of the popu-
,ation (mainly Italian) which was not
engaged in silk-wor1n culture.
The leading city Of the Isonzo val
ley is Goritz (Gorz), with 10000 in
habitants, known as the Nice of Aus
tria on account of it's popularity as
a fashionable resort. Its growth CO.
incides with the decline of Aquileia,
now an Insignificant town of less than
5000 people, situated to the south
west, six miles from the sea, but
which was reckoned the ninth city of
the Roman empire and great seaport
during the closing years of the fourth
century.
It is about 20 miles from Goritz to
the Italian frontier. The place is
a center of trunkline railways to the
Italian cities of Venice in the south
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Strategy.

"Nora has just dropped another
plate" said Mrs. TwObble.
"Well, my DEAR" replied Mr.. Twob-
bic, suppose you go into the kitchen
and drop a hint to that effect that
she must not break any more china 2"
''Evidently you don't know how to
manage Nora. If I lead her to be-
lieve that we rather enjoy having her
break plate occasionally, 1 think she
will be more careful"
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
More Effective Now.

In 1915 there were 1,240 sugar mills
in Louisiana and their output averaged
that year III, C05 pounds per mill. The
operation factories numbered 153 in
1913 ard averaged 3.S26 pounds OF
such each; while the short crop OF
1915 was handled by 1876 factories. tbs
average Of each being :, &c. CO. coo pounds
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Communities Are Split By Religion
By E. G. HAYES
Professor Of Sociology. University OF Illinois

inclined emphasize those things which hardest believe
The harder good and honest believe the
apt we its being accepted Actually however, pecu
have that other Christians don't have don't need We
the oaes which separate the denominations with those
loyaies separated the European nations the
What community religion Social progress consists
widening circle which apply we The community instead OF
being unified, is split By religion.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Can't Tell.

animals are so different" said the
city boy in the country.
'How SOP" asked the farmer.
his tail he's pleased, but when the cow
wags her tail 1 can't tell if she is
pleased or it's only flies"
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Universal Training Both For War and
Peace Best For Young Men of Country
By THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Former President of the United States

1t really is outrage that such system should
be permitted that illustrated by the movement of the
National Guard to the Mexican border A man whose
wife and children dependent him is obliged to go
down and leave his family behind. The system is
radically wrong.
[ want to every young trained, in the first
place to help him in all his relations in peaceful pur~
suits, training him so that when you tell him to do
something he does not turn around and ask 'Why~
I believe in the democratic training where the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-10-27

The Dickens Fellowship is an organ.
txation with Its center In London and
branches Ia the principal cities OF the
English-speaking lands. Its member.
ship consists OF people who enjoy read.
tng and talking about the novels OF
Charles Dickens and In supporting the
sort OF benevolent enterprise which
would especially have attracted him.
Fellowship meets every month at the
Nation Arts club, Gramercy Park, New
York city. The program OF the meet
ing consists OF discussions, debates.
the reading OF papers. the presenta-
tion Of brief plays and music. At the
fellowship's annual dinner. held on
Dickens birthday. the guests OF honor
arc tho most prominent novelists OF
sha day. The New York branch OF the
Fellowship supports cot In chlld's
hospital. gives Christmas treat 10
crippled children. and has other oenev.
elent activities.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-10-27
WORSE THAN THE SLIPPER
Punishment Melted Out to Indian
Boys Certainly of the Most Siren
uous Nature.

My grandmother had - children,
and one uncle undertook to teach me
the art of worship. He used to lead
me to the sand banks of the Missouri
river, where he would set fire to pile
of driftwood, and then, taking me by
the hand, sing sacred songs to the fire
and river. In the meantime he threw
into them offerings of tobacco, red
feathers, and sometimes oak twigs. 1
never knew the meaning of these offer
ings, but / always felt that some living
thing actuated both the fire and the
river. Another uncle came to visit us
periodically, and every time he came
my brother or l suffered at his hands.
Sometimes he would rush to the spring,
carrying me horizontally under his
arm, and would plunge my head into
the water until l almost suffOcated.
His common form of discipline was to
let me hang by my hands on the cross
poles of the wigwam until my arms
ached. My body writhed before l
dropped. This uncle seemed to like
best to command my older brother to
tie my hands and feet with a rope.
Then he would order me to resist-an
ordeal that would make us both cry.
In the winter he would also sometimes
roll us in snow naked. The punish
ment of Indian children is usually in
the hands of some uncle rather than
the parents. Our punishments we're
inflicted generally because we had dis
Obeyed grandmother by failing to get
wood at evening, had resisted fasting,
had fought some Indian boys, or had
cried without sufficient cause.-South- d,
ern Workman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-10-27
MAKE BIG DENT
IN GERMAN LINE
BRITISH DRIVE TEUToNs BACK
ON FRONT or ELEVEN MILES
IN soMME REGION.
Claim to Have Taken Thirty Thousand
Prisoners, Captured Twenty-one VII
lagos and Taken Many Guns With
out Loss OF Gun.

1 London.-More than three and one
half months OF battle on the Somme
with the heaviest concentration OF ar
tillery. infantry and every type OF war
material and the most skiilful and des-
perate lighting the world has ever
known. has resulted In marked devel.
opment Of British lighting efficiency
and OF means for reducing the losses
OF the attackers
In the way Of concrete achievements
the British have taken 10000 prison
ers, or a little less than 1 800 for each
OF the twenty-one villages captured,
with an average population OF about
300 souls. They have taken 1875 guns,
10g trench mortars and trench guns
and f29 machine guns. They have not
lost a gun.
The British have driven back the
Germans on a front OF eleven miles. TO
a depth OF four to eight miles. Former
citizens OF captured villages are re
questing that they be allowed to re-
turn to them and build new homes on
the ruins OF their old ones.
inc, offensive has consisted OF IN
teryals OF preparation and siege work
after each big general attack. to pre-
pare what is called a Jumping OFF"
place for another general attack.
Through July, owing TO the heavy cost
OF taking the first line trenches, the
British casualties we're probably heay-
fer than the German. Through August.
when over large part OF the front the
Germans were out OF their second as
well as their frst line system OF de-
fenses. and the battle became one OF
digging and nghting in the open for
both sides. casualties were about even.
Yet from all Information the CORE
spondent can gain. the German losses
we're not less than 20 and possibly 80
per cent higher than the British dur
Ing September when the British
gained most ground.