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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
Short Stories.

Babies with more than one Christian
name are taxed in Holland.
Mica deposits sufficiently large to de-
velop exist in twenty states.
The 100000 people of Tokyo an
ually spend s. per head for fish.
Fifty thousand voters can demand
an alteration in the laws of Switzer-
land.
Sugar cane in Cuba, set out In virgin
land, may be cut for thirty years with
out replanting.
More than half of those who, from
one cause or another, persisted In the
Franco-PrusSian war were not bel
ngerents.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
MAIN STREET IN PANAMA.

MAIN STREET IN PANAMA.
vessels recently brought to the exposi-
ton the greater and better part Of the
United States exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition.
Spain, Cuba and all the Latin Amer
lean countries have typical exhibits In
handsome buildings. The grounds are
within sight of the heights from which
1t is said Balboa caught his first
glimpse of the Pacific. The canal, too,
can be seen from the grounds. The ex-
hibitiOn is open only during the "dry
season." when the weather Is the
balmiest. 1t will continue for three
months.
Talk of an exposition was first heard
some years ago when it was proposed
as private enterprise, for speculative
purposes. Later it was decided that
the exposition should have its present
character, and invitations to partici-
pate were sent to the nations directly
in connection with the events common
grated. The financial difficulties which
Panama is undergoing have done much
to delay matters, but the exposition is
all ready now, and Panama has every
reason to be proud of it.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
Fashion FriIIS.

The new skirts are to be wider at the
bottom. But are they going to be any
longer?-San Francisco Chronicle.
Do you remember a style the girls
ever had that didn't make them look
pretty ALBANY Knickerbocker Press.
Speaking of the alleged horrors of
war, consider the rumor that bustles
and hoops are coming back into style!
Chicago News.
The tailors' convention having issued
its commands as to masculine attire for
the coming season, the men will con
tinue to dress exactly as they please
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
The Royal Box.

The Archduke Francis Joseph Of Aus
tria has fifteen Christian names.
Queen Alexandrine Of Denmark is
probably the least known Of European
queens.
Prince Albert Of England, who re-
Gently celebrated his twentieth birth
day, has been a MILDLY in the royal
navy since 1913.
King Georges sister, Queen Maud Of
Norway, has many accomplishments.
She has mastered Norwegian perfectly,
writes charming verses and is an adept
at wood carving.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

SARAH BERNHARDT
acquire some new playlets suited to
her infirmities. The plans for her ap-
pearance here this spring were made
before she had entirely recovered from
the effects of the amputation Of one of
her legs last summer. Then, with the
indomitable will that has characteriZ-
ed her career, she outlined repertoire
that embraced some of her best known
roles and several new ones.
But Nine. Bernhard has since dis
covered that the loss of her leg pre-
sents a handicap that even her will
cannot conquer. She has had to re-
strict herself entirely to playlets and
scenes from plays which demanded
little action on her part so that she
might remain seated or standing dur
ing their performance. She acted for a
moving picture a scene version of
Jeanne Dore." but the scenes Of this
were so arranged that whenever she
started to move the scene was switch
ed and the next picture revealed her
at her destination.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
Leap Year Musings.

Don't refuse to wed leap year girl
because she can't cook. She may have
money enough to pay your board
Chicago News.
AS matter Of fact, gallantry will
forbid mentioning that the bride pro-
posed until the divorce proceedings
Baltimore American.
The mean man is the fellow who
receives a leap year proposal Of mar
rage and then brags how he declined
it-SpOkane Review.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
.BERNHARDT DELAYS
AMERICAN TOUR
Finds Loss of Leg a Serious
Handicap.

Sarah Bernhard will not be seen in
America this season. William f. Con-
nor, the French actress American man
ager, received a cable from her recent
ly in which she asked to be released
from her contract to appear here in the
spring and expressed her intention Of
coming to America in October. Mr..
Conner cabled his assent.
Nine. Bernhardt gave as her reason
for postponing her visit the desire to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
Telephone Calls.

Telephones transmit sounds at rate
Of $4,000 miles a second.
So that linemen testing telephone
circuits will not be endangered by
heavy currents a new English testing
outfit is mounted on a steel rod for
grounding.
The Italian government, which sew
eral years ago bought most of the tele-
phone systems Of that country, has ex-
tended until 1923 the time in which
some smaller companies may operate
independently.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

Fred 3. Fisher, Missionary Worker,
Mistaken For a Bartender.
In his addresses at the conventions
Of the national missionary campaign
Fred B. Fisher. the new associate gen.
eral secretary of the laymen's mission
airy movement, has been telling joke
on himself.
81 was standing in the lobby Of a
hotel in Indianapolis says Mr..
Fisher, when a man with avoirdupois
about like mine stepped up to me, put
out his hand and said. Shaker
Il shook, whereupOn he said, What
time is the session this afternoonr l
replied that | knew of no meeting In
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
Town Topics.

Every man should know his home
city, but there's such a thing as know
ing 1t too we'll for your own good
Louisville Herald.
New York cabarets scornfully repudi-
ate the imputation Of excessive charges
so long as it costs less than $40 to re-
main Observation-Disclosures Post.
Philadelphia has started a crusade
for hygienic walters. 1t Is not a part
Of the crusade, however, that the tips
must be sterilized. - Baltimore Amer
lean.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
Recent Inventions.

An electric room heater invented by
an Englishman throws the warmed air
directly toward the floor with a NOV
ing parabolic mirror
Two West Virginia inventors have
patented baby swing that also can
be used as a high chair by hanging it
on the back of an ordinary chair.
OF German invention is 4 new thief
alarm, small enough to be carried in a
vest pocket. which explodes a noisy
cap If any object under which it is
placed be moved.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
SHORT AND SHARP.

Bad luck is often the result of trust
ing too much to luck.
Russia asserts that all that remains
Of the vodka industry is the bar.
The Lord will provide for the man
who works as hard as he prays.
A man will never find his right place
in life if he thinks somebody else is
in it.
The war game is being played with
a high hand, but nobody has yet seen
king full Of bullets.
With the trenches impregnable the
only thing for the belligerents is to
fight it out in the air.
The Pasteur institute of Paris an
nounces a certain cure for cholera.
Why not for fighting?
Another incongruity of the European
conflict is the converting of church
bells into war munitions.
1t seems that all the European ma
tons know our secret diplomatic codes,
. but the question is, Do we know theirs?
1t is different in Argentina. The
presidential election is due in three
months, and there is not a candidate
in sight.
The Audubon society having declared
that the dove is fighter, it may yet be
necessary to nominate the English
sparrow as the emblem of peace.
With the boys colleges doing away
with class fights and the girls colleges
abolishing daisy chains there is less
and less inducement to leave home.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19
MEDAL FOR BAEKELAND.

Inventor Honored by Chemists For
Eminence In Chemical Research.
The Perkin medal for eminence in
Industrial chemical research was re-
Gently awarded to DR.. L. II. Baeke-
land, the inventor, by the New York
section of the Society of Chemical In
dustry. DR.. Baekeland is a past presi-
dent of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers. If the move for
preparedness takes definite, concrete
shape few men will play more impor-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

tant part than DR.. Baekeland, for he
Is chairman Of the naval consulting
board committee on ordnance and ex-
plosives. He is now busy with plan
to establish for the government plant
to make nitric acid out of the air for
use in manufacturing smokeless pow
der In case our supply Of nitrates,
which now comes entirely from Chile.
should be cut OF by war.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

the city, when he said, .Ah, come of.
You know very well that you are the
secretary Of the Bartenders' associa-
don meeting here in the city. I saw
you up around the tables this morn
Ing
| when l told him that 1 was secre-
itary In very different line Of work
and was interviewing prominent In
dianapolis men preparatory to a great
national religious convention. he look
ed me over and took his departure"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

Russia asserts that all that remains
Of the vodka industry is the bar.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

Bad luck is often the result of trust
ing too much to luck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

The Lord will provide for the man
who works as hard as he prays.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-19

A man will never find his right place
in life if he thinks somebody else is
in it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05

ion on tho proposition that antI-Ger-
man sentiment In the United States.
particularly among tho politicians,
should be opposed vigorously.
Philadelphia Man nj Head.
]. Il. Meyer. manufacturer OF Phil
Rdelphia, who was made chairman Of
the conference. WINS one of tho origi-
majors Of the movement Tho call for
the Chicago conference was sent out
from Philadelphia at his suggestion.
| Adolp Timm, also Of Philadelphia, was
elected secretary Of the conference.
Several speeches were made. mostly
in discussion Of the declaration Of
principles outlined the previous day
! by the German publishers.
While no names were mentioned
tho discussion pointed by plain in
ference To opposition to both Col.
Roosevelt and President Wilson. The
original plan was 10 prepare rosOlu-
ton and submit II 10 the Republican
leaders, warning thom that the Ger
manAnoricans VIII not support eth
or Roosevelt or Wilson.
Cause Not Determined.
Whether the resolution will be ac-
tuRlly presented to the Republican
convention managers or merely placed
on record will DC determined at other
conferences To 30 hold later.
The general opinion was summed by
one speaker who said that while the
German-h Americans may he hyphenat-
cd. Americans there Ia nothing by
phcratci about their patriotism.
They objected 10 any national policy
that does not treat England with as
much severity "a tho dual monarchios
and call for an Impartial" attitude
nj Washington and on the part Of po-
litiCal leaders I'm dealing with new
phases nf international law.
Call for Freedom NJ Seas,
Tho tentative pronounccment de
clarcs for the freedom OF tho seas and
not British controlled oceans. free use
Of the Panama canal by American
ships. strong merchant marine Of
American registry. and preparedness
BASED on patriotism"
InfcrcntiHllv President Wilson was
criticized In tho declaration against
the double standard" in handling for
ciGn relations Of tho United States and
the characterization Of "hnrsh accrbl-
~" In dealing with ono hollIEcrcn' and
"CondOuinG with academic disap-
prevail oTonsCs Of another belligercnt.
Fling ut Col. Roosevelt.
a thrust was also taken at Col.
Roosevelt IN tho demand Tint all good
citizens should turn a deaf car to
"demagoGucs who trade on national
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05

antipathies" and ''impugn the loyalty
Of others by cXtolling their own"
Just what will be the final and def
mite pronOuncement OF the Organiza-
tlon. after the name is selected and
officials named. is still matter OF con-
lecture. Some delegates" are said to
want an open donunclation of both
Roosevelt and Wilson. while others
arc suggesting dignihed remon-
STRANGE against all political leaders In
the United States. as we'll as T. X.
and Wilson. who have in any way
questioned ;he patriotism and loyalty
20 the United States of the citizens Of
German descent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05
william (tOp) and Directum I.

keeping in touch with political de-
velopments and taking an active part
in the coming national campaign was
begun At a conference Of some eighty
hVe leaders from all sections Of tho
country at the Raiserhof hotel.
This conference, which followed the
meeting Of tho German-Ameriean
Newspaper PubhGhsrs' Association OF
the previous day, busicd itself with n
general discussion Of plans and poll
cies behind locked doors.
Nothing definite was determined on
except the general unanimity Of opin-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05

The members OF the Woman's
Missionary Society OF St Paul's
Methodist Episcopal church. South.
Will meet with Mrs. Harry ". Wade
IN her home at iIartluud at S O'CLOCK
tuesday evening. Al' members arc
urged 10 b" present The mission
study class will be In charge Of Mrs.
W. II. FaEIcsonr.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05

Justice Charles f. Hughes (photo.
grHphcd last week in WnShinGtOn).
Justice Charles f. Hughes is tho
calmest and most unrufTled Of all tho
Republican candidates for the prcsi-
Dental nomination. To see him on
his quiet morning walk in tho ma
tional capital one would hardly suS-
pect that tho supreme moment in his
GfO's history was at hand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05
Political Advertisement,
0GDENS OPEN LETTER
TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS
To the Republican Voters OF Harrison County:

1t has been my intention to write personal letter
to each Republican voter in Harrison county prior to
the Primary Election, but not having a campaign man
ager or Office force to assist in any way find inn
possible to do So Realizing the short time which to
make canvass have felt that calling personally on
those whom could would be satisfactory. In ad-
dton to tins certain reports have become current con-
corning my candidacy for the Republican nomination
Tor sheriff. therefore take this method of reaching
the voters and dispeling any doubts that may have
arisen in the mind of any voter by reason of these
rlmOrS
In making reply to such reports want to say that
the runor of my receiving the support any faction or
interest Is entirely without foundation and ask your
very closest investigation to this matter. All the
support that am receiving for this nomination has
come to me through personal friends who have tax
en- an active interest in my candidacy and have gener
ousy volunteered their services and support in my
MALT And to these many friends desire to avail my.
self OF this opportunity to express my apprcca
candidacy.
1t Is also rumored that have promised many per-
sons deputyships if nominated and elected | have
made no offer of any kind any person or number of
persons concerning appointments in the event of my
nomination and election. If | am the honorpd cand-
date at the primary and elected to the Office of sheriff
OF Harrison county, shall be free to make my own
selections and will do at thatte endeavorng to get
Ihe most capable and efficient men for the work
Why these reports have been circulated do not
know. trust, however, the Republican voters have
suhclent confidence in not to be deceived by such
reports, and am willing to let the matter rest with
them. The assurance that is being given me from ev-
cry part Of the county to feel confident of the
outcome on Tuesday next urge that the voters will
remember am the race to win and to do so honestly
and fairly and to this end will greatly appreciate the
support and influence of all members of the party.
Sincerely yours
L. WAYMAN OGDEN
Clarksburg, W. Va June Q, 1916
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05
Popular Place,

Owing TO the beautiful day tho
country club and grounds were filed
with many guests and their friends
Sunday afternoon and quito a mum:
Der of small dinner parties were held
on the spacious vorandas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-05
GERMANS FIGHT
BOTH WILSON
AND TEDDY
Locked Door Meeting Vows
Loyalty, but RapS Critics
of Fatheriand.

CHICAGO. Juno 3.-The launching
Of a nationwide organization OF Ger
man-Amerieans for the purpose Of
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09
BROTHER GAVE BLOOD
IN VAIN FOR SISTEI

Henderson, Ky, Aug. Mrs. H.
Chapman Mason died Sunday after
noon in a hospital where she had
been under treatment for several
months. She was before her mar
riage Miss Kate Sneed and is sur
vived by her husband and one small
daughter. Mrs. Mason was a victim
of anemia and was given blood
TRANSMISSION several times. Her
brother. Stephen X. Sneed. submit
ted to TRANSMISSION twice. He is now
lying at the point of death suffering
from strange malady. believed to
be blood poisoning or spinal menin-
gifts. He was stricken suddenly
late Saturday night with a pain in
the head and has been unconscious
since. Three physicians have been
constantly at his bed since. He is
being kept in ice packs. Ten days
ago he submitted to the second
TRANSMISSION. Physicians holds out
little hope for his recovery.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09

The standard OF citizenship is us
ually gagged by the manner in
which men stand for the enforce
ment of law and the right as it APP
peals to the christian conscience. a
man who is known as a good church
member and moral citizen in every
respect. vet who suffers wrongdoing
TO go unrebukcd and unattached, as
regards his personal. activities, is
not enjoying the full measure OF mis-
prestige as worthy citizen. TO
him that knoweth to do good and
doeth IL not, to him it is sin"
federation of wrong doing without
protest or action is something like
that
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09
FAMILY DROWN WHEN
HOUSE GOES INTO RIVEI,

Harlan, KY, Aug. Five per-
sons, Mrs. William Hall and her
four children. were drowned here
yesterday when a shack in (which
they had taken refuge when high
water drove them from their home
was carried away by landslide into
the Cumberland river. William
Hall escaped when he left the hut
to return to his abandoned home for
lamp. In his absence the build
ing with his family slid into the
river.
The slide took place five minutes
after he quit the building. When
he returned his family We're adrift
on the river. He was powerless to
give aid. An alarm was raised and
searching parties were sent out at
once, but their work was of no
avail. No trace of the building or
its occupants has been found.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09
memories Immediately become de-

memories Immediately become de-
fective.
There is a sentiment among many
of the people of Hartford, however,
that this Hayti business" which
includes alleged immoral practices
as we'll as running blind tigers,
ought to be stopped in some legal
way. II gives Hartford bad name
and demoralizes and ruins our
young men. Only recently County
judge John y. Wilson, Marshal
Williams and Sheriff S. o. Keown
have each received letters, written
in a feminine hand and apparently
by some good woman of Hartford,
protesting against some Hayti prac-
tees. These letters were unsigned
but the sentiment of them was earn
est and to the point. These officers
can do nothing, however, unless evil
dence is furnished on which to is
sue warrants of arrest. Then they
will act promptly. The blind tigers
and other offenders will get no pro-
lection at their hands. 1t is truly
an urgent matter, but IL must be
done according to law.
If the good women of Hartford,
assisted by the men and young men
of like conscience. will only take the
matter up and use .heir best en-
deavors to get evidence against
these evil practices and cooperate
With the officers of the law in this !
very serious matter. it will result in !
much good. IL will take eternal /.
vigilance and a stout heart, but the /
reward will be the saving of many
lives from degradation and ruin.
The Herald will render every assist
ance possible.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09
HAYTI, ONO COUNTY.

Lying at the northern limits of
Hartford and mostly within but
partly without the towns borders is
the little settlement of Hayti, which
houses most of our colored popula-
ton. There are perhaps 200 resi-
dents Of the place, all told. 1t con-
tains a number of residences and
several small stores.
The majority of the residents of
Hayti are good people, but for many
years the place has been infested
with blind tigers and men of like
stripe known as bootleggers, who
have been persistent and defiant in
their practices of violating the Ii
Quor laws. or course they could
not continue to 2ist and do bust
ness with the small patronage of
the town or place itself, but their
sales have been principally to white
men and boys, coming from Hartford
and various sections of the county.
Time and again have these Hayti
blind tigers been brought to the bar
Of justice and fined. Many times
they have laid their fines out in
Jail, only to return to their old game
when released II is hard to get
Convicting evidence against these
places, for their patrons are about
the only ones to be summoned as
witnesses and they will use every
subterfuge and art of speech TO pro-
tect the proprietors and avoid CIV
ing convicting evidence. Some.
times. when these proprietors of IT.
gers are arrested, they seem to have
little trouble in giving bond in the
persons OF respectable white men,
and thus Is their business encour-
aged and winked at. In other in
stances witnesses will pretend TO
know much. but after getting on the
witness stand and being sworn, their
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09
JUST WHAT TT OFTEN
COSTS TO "BE A SPORT

Algoms, Wis, Aug. 5.-When
Mrs. John Matzke tried to drive
across railroad track ahead of a
fast freight train her automobile en-.
CINE was killed in the center of the
track, and before she or her guests
could jump, the train had swept the
machine and occupants into the
ditch, killing three and injuring
three others, probably fatally. They
we're taken to Green Bay by special
train for hospital attention, but
there is little chance that any can
recover.
The machine was on a picnic trip
TO Lake Michigan, and contained
Mrs. Matzke, her two sons. Phillip
and Martin, Mrs. Howard Schmidt,
Mrs. Marie Pusch and Miss Anna
Matzke.
The machine was near Blaha
Crossing, where the road crosses the
line of the Ahnapee and Western
road, when fast freight train OF
refrigerator cars of cherries from
the Northern orchards was seen APP
preaching.
BE sport" cried one of the
boys, and the driver tried to make
the crossing. There was slight
grade. and in trying to speed up her
engine to so over the tracks Mrs. |
Matzke killed it. In an instant the
train struck. The train crew picked |
up the living and took them to
Green Bay hospital.