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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-11-24

The genius for making over" the
useless and ugly into the useful and
beautiful, that in most women is dis
.ipated i'm bouts with clothing and
furnishings, is turned by Mrs. Warren
to the remodeling of old houses. She
has planned, built or built over more
than fifty Of the best houses in Silver
in the past six years. One of her
most picturesque pieces of work was
the transformation of an old adobe
'mrn into n 2-story cement house, all
gray pebble dash and white paint.
with simple lines, a big fireplace. and
long narrow windows under the caves.
tn, most impressive piece of work
thu, Mr.. Warren and Miss Khoeler
have put through is of type hither-
to universally conceded To the male
of tn, species. II is wall five hund
red feet long, five feet thick. and from
twenty To forty feet high. built of
solid masonry and reaching down to
bed rock. along the side of an arroyo
whose turbulent waters at the rainy
-.ca >"n threatened to undermine the
bu-i' e>> portion nj Silver City. Mrs.
Warren was her own engineer for
'hi> monumental piece of masonry.
he cut The rock from her own quar-
ric>. She hauled the lumber for the
scaifolding from her own >awmill.
She installed steam dcrricks. steam
~h"vel> and steam pumps. She and
Mi. khoclcr worked many twenty
four hour stretch. experimenting re-
'ay~ of NcNican>. fighting the rising
water to give the mortar time to dry
Thee we're over three hundred Mex
ir,,n- un her pay roll- in those days.
but only Miss khoclcr On the skilled
labor list.
Expert engineers have examined
that wall since. aud found not the
tinir-l crack in the cement cap along
the top. This proved that in NOR
than fifty thousand cubic feet of con
-truciion. not single stone had slip
ped. And 81 the engineers marvclcd
But not Silver City. II would have
been surprised nightly ut any ether
result when Mr.. Warren wa> the
hui'ucr. Anna Brnn>on in American
Magazine.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-11-24

Carelessly propped mp against a
fence at the end Of a blind street in
Silver City, New Mexico is huge
sien in black and white that reads:
MRS. O. s. WARREN
General Contractor and Builder
Concrete Work Specially
Down On Bullard Street. which is
Ia say broadway is severely plain
one starry building Of gray pebble
dash with large plate glass window
ON which ,edate gold letters announce
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-11-24

f. ". Trowbridee is permanently
located at the Mimbres Valley Co
operative Creamery to look after the
milk delivery, as several of the lead
ing dairymen have taken to delivering
their milk at the creamery where 1t
viii be delivered to customers, past
eueri-ed if they prefer
BY this method il is fonnd that
the price of milk can be reduced, as
the cost of delivery will be much less,
and the service will be very much i'm
proved.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
WOMAN FORGETs
THAT SHE IS
MARRIED
Special Magistrate Refuses An
nulment Asked by Bride af-
ter TASTY Ceremony.

ALTON. ILL.,. April s-Mrs. w. C.
Drum does not remember the details
Of her wedding in the office Of the
chief of police Of Alton on February
3. She appeared at the office of Po-
lice Magistrate Patrick Mcguire to
ask that the wedding be annulled.
She said that she had learned from
the papers he had performed the
ceremony and she wanted 1t set
aside.
Mrs. Drum was formerly Miss Nam
ME Clifford. Of this city. She was
married before Mayor Edwin Beall
and his name is signed to the we'd
ding certificate as one of the wit
nesses OF the ceremony.
Refused to Wait.
: At the time Of the ceremony, the
bride refuses to wait until the mex,
day for the wedding. After securing
the license the bridegroom learned
the police magistrate was not at his
ONCE. He wanted the bride-to-be TO
wait until the next morning to get
married. She refused to do this.
Mrs. Drum confided to the police
magistrate that she might have been
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
GERMANS DARE
BRITISH TOJOIN
RECRUITING RACE

to the stars and stripes. II the leu
tonic Sons take in the whole country
don't believe they can make good"
IF they claim they can do 1t, let
them do It," said DR.. John A. McGill.
president of the Canadian Veterans
Association. "Why don't they do it?
Let them fire away. ! don't care.
like the Germans. l like the Scotch.
l like the Irish and the English.
They're all, good fellows"
Doesn't Care What They Do.
DR.. Ernest Jeptzsch, supreme COM
mander of the other branch Of the
Teutonic Sons Of America-the old or
ganization which holds the charter
said he didn't care what the rebels
were doing"
"They believe in the German STAN
dard Of citizenship. not the American"
he said. 81 don't doubt we can put five
to one in the army because the Ger
mans outnumber the English by more
than five to one in Chicago. I don't
know what good their resolution is
going to do either them or the coun-
try"
Some Of those fellows are crazy"
said Ferdinand walther, president of
the German-American National ALI
ance. "As far as putting Germans in
the army goes, Germans are always
patriotic and they outnumber the Eng
lish here so they may be able to do
what they say. They may know what
they're talking about, but speak only
for myself"
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KANSAS man, 60,
IS COLLEGE 4
STUDENT .
OlOS.lu1 ~
Calls Himself Grip Van Wrinkle"
and is Taking Course in
Horticulture.

MANHATTAN. Kan, April He
calls himself RIP Van Winkle," but
his associate students at the Kansas
State Agricultural College call him
DAD He Is Morris Ables. OF Leay-
,enworth, aged so years, who is here
studying horticulture.
"One is never too old to learn" is
Ables's favorlte quotation, and he
adds to 1t. THE older one gets the
more he knows how much he has to
learn"
Forty years ago Ables completed a
course at the University of Michigan
and at once embarked on mercantile
career. For years he was merchant
at Ell Dorado. Kan. About the year
1900 he moved to Leavenworth coun-
ty. where he began to take up horti-
culture.
ut took me fifteen years to discov-
er that It requires vastly more intel
ligence to become successful farm
er than 1t does to sell goods. count
money, write briefs or prepare serm-
ons." said Ables. explaining why SO
late In life he has once more entered
on college course.
ut was u great surprise to me
when re-entered tho halls OF learn
Ing" continued Ables. 81 found that
methods Of education had greatly
changed In the forty years since ]
went to school. What surprises me
the most Is the fact that things are
SO quiet. Were 1t not for the mas
sive buildings on every hand and the
occasional scurrying past of groups
OF boys and girls laden with books.
one would almost imagine that this
school here was an extra session of
convention Of the Y. P. s. G. E. Never
Is the quiet disturbed by boisterous
laughter that used to characterize
college life when l first went to
school.
Here at Manhattan such things as
pitching freshman up in blanket
or holding his head under the town
pump until he is almost strangled
have very curlously been omitted
from the curriculum and no longer
are considered to be essential to a
college education" he said. "The
labor OF bunch OF the boys to trans
plant a frisky donkey to the chapel
or to steal the bell from the tower
of the main building are frowned
upon. and those taking part in such
expeditions are not given credit at
the final exam.
lone Of these ancient customs of
education have been eliminated until
now a college is only place in
which to learn"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
9 RULEOR RUN"
BRYAN'S POLICY
IN HOME STATE
Bitter Fight over His Demand
That Party Stand for
Prohibition.

LINCOLN, Neb., April s.-while
William Jennings Bryan may be
strong for peace in Europe, he has
not even hung out a flag OF truce in his
home state, where one Of the fiercest
political battles in the history of the
Democratic party in Nebraska is now
going on. If the statement of oppon-
ents of Bryan within his own party
are to be believed his program is one
of rule or ruin.
This week saw the formal launch
ing Of his own campaign for delegate
at large to the Democratic national
convention: that Of his brother, C.
W. Bryan, for the Democratic romina-
ton for governor, and what by his
own declaration Is the most import
ant of all, demand for the adoption
Of the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution prohibiting the manufacture
end sale Of liquor within the state.
For more than two weeks, or up to
the time of the statewide primary
election, April IS, Mr.. Bryan will tray-
ell up and down Nebraska preaching
what he says Is the paramount issue.
No Middle Ground, Says Bryan.
II, his opponents, say. he was salts
fed to announce his own personal
preference and that of his brother for
a dry commonwealth, without seek
ing to commit the party to that belief,
partial harmony at least might con-
tinue, but Bryan is insistent that there
be no halfway measures or middle
ground.
Every candidate for state or leg.s-
lative office must, by his dictum. come
out squarely for. the amendment or for
felt the Bryan support. Es
j; And 1t will not stop there. II can
dictate for ary Of the Offices named
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fails to so declare himself 1t means, it
is announced, that an opposition can
didate, presumably by petition, wiz
be offered, or in the absence Of such a
satisfactory dry candidate threat
ened bolt and possible support Of q
satisfactory Republican nominee.
A number Of Democrats on the reg
ular primary ballot, some Of them
seeking reelection to state offices,
come dangerously near the ostracized
class, and they are awaiting the out
come with some misgiving.
Thus far Charles w. Pool, secretary
of state and candidate for renomina-
ton on the Democratic ballot, has no
opposition in his own party. Mr.. Pool
has never aligned himself with the
faction opposed to high license and is
believed to be opposed to prohibition.
The same rule applies to State Audi
tor w. IT. Smith, Attorney General
Reed, and State Treasurer Hall. With
the exception OF Smith none Of these
candidates in the past has been pro-
nounced Bryan man, and none has
aligned himself with the dry brigade.
Register Us Republicans.
Lieutenant Governor James Pearson,
heretofore pronounced supporter Of
Bryan and candidate for renomina-
ton, did not see fit to subscribe to
the prohibition propaganda and has
paid the penalty by having his place
contested for by Edgar Howard, who
says he will abide the Bryan ultima
tum. The list Of legislative aspirants
who are outside the Bryan tent is
numerous and will complicate the sit
uation.
The immediate effect Of the split is
seen in communities strongly opposed
to prohibition, where Democrats are
unwilling to take chances and regis
tering as Republicans for the pri-
mary election in the hope of being able
to dictate candidate of that party
not committed to prohibition whom
they believe will be able to defeat
Charles w. Bryan II he receives the
Democratic nomination for governor.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
PHILOSOPHY Of A
PRINTER ENDS
IN SUICIDE
go Boldly Forth" Advice Of
Aureiius' Acted On by
Chicago Man. s

CHICAGO. April s-James p.
Howard. printer, advised by Mar
Gus Aurelius to go bodily forth. :"
laid down his philosophical pen ani
closed his life with bullet.
Howard was member OF Typo
graphical Union No. 16. He had
taken a room at the 1meprial hotei.
.316 South State street, and 1t was
here. around 10 o'clock In the morn
Ing, he shot himself. He was taken
In an ambulance but died on the way
to the hospital. t,'.
.Tircd, My Heart and l."
His death was the end OF a philo-
sophical dissertation on. history. He
wrote several hundred words OF vag-
rant, musings onsnthe instability OF
mankind and then, as II giving way
to the futility Of his labors, he closed
with: DF.
Enough! We are tired. my heart
and L.
"As our old friend M. Aurelius,
says. Go boldly FORTH
Since am afflicted with an in-
durable malady-paresis-a taking
this method Of etfecting a cure"
The shot was heard by a maid.
who summoned the manager of the
hotel.
Man Lives to Hasten, Death.
with singular exception" he had
written In his farewell letter, ma
ture endowed animals with instincts
which enable them to avoid dangers.
and thus prolong existence. But up
on this exception man has bestowed
a stupidity so profound that his every
act seems to be performed with the
sole purpose of Fastening death.
How can we expect men to take
advantage Of the mistakes of depart
ed nations when forming new gov
eminent. or while maintaining one
already formed, since they fail ig-
ANONYMOUSLY to profit by their own
failures in life?
ut should have been the aim of
to point out these destruc-
tive errors. and thus light the way
toward permanence in government.
5ut they have not done this"
Howard is said to have come from
Union City. o., a year ago. He was
not married. He had been employed
as compositor for the George Horn
stein Company, rs, West Van Buren,
street.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
Garlic
May Be Eaten in School Room,
According to the Board
ofEducation.

wILKEsBARRE, Pa. April ga
schoolboy is permitted to eat garlic
regularly II he SO desires and Is priN-
legged to carry its odor to his schol-
room even though It annoys his
schoolmates. The Kingston school
board has Just decided the question
this way upon learning that the
school code Is silent on the question
Of garlic eating.
The garlic case came up when Pro-
lessor John Curry reported that he
had expelled Peter Sesock because the
boy ate garlic regularly and its odor
annoyed the whole schoolroom. The
expulsion took place after Peter had
been warned not to eat garlic.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
RICH, IS 4
NOW IN JAIL
Breaks Saloon Glass with a
Cane When He Thought
Change Was Short.

b DETROIT, April S.-Adversity! Just
a word. but in Its fullness Of defini-
ton 1t aptly applies to Walter Gordon,
a veteran of the Civil war, prospec-
tor. possessor OF s25O,O00, stakeholder
in the Southern Pacific railroad, and
now behind the bars in the county Jail
on charge Of hurting his cane
through the glass door of bar room.
Eghty-one years ago Gordon was
born in SCOTLAND. Sixty-four years
ago he came 10 this country. His
sympathies were with the Confederate
army and he enlisted under that flag.
After the war Gordon with party
of twelve went west and took up pros
pecting. The party divided and Cor
don. being a Scotchman, cast his lot
with James Mcfarland and Jack Nc
Laughlin.
A Wild Country.
ut was wild country" he said, as
a wan smile mantled his bewhiskered
face. at was man for man and every
man for himself. The underdog was
trampled on or kicked out Of the way.
Mcfarland and Mclaughlin were as
fine pair Of boys as ever swung a
pick or settled a quarrel with reyoly-
ers.
Three months we were buukies.
1t was hard goin' at times, and we
lowered in the vicinity of Trocka,
Cotton and Virginia. City. in Nevada.
1t was quartz mining and slow work.
1t was in the year 1874 I struck the
Muma deposit. guess that's the way
you spell 1t. Anyway, 1t was the ma
1or lead in the Comstock mine, as It
developed later.
I'VE had some time then. One
grand celebration. and the town be-
longed to the three of us. Success
went to my head, and my bunkies
suffered likewise. We got an offer
to sell from Jim Fair. Mackey and
O'Brien. and my share was $3.50. 900.
] got my share In cold cash.
Ever hear Of Leland Stanford? He's
dead many year now. but out west
they know him as man we'll I'm in
the affairs Of the Southern Pacific
railroad. When sold my holdings he
got me to put the money in that rail-
road. He was to handle my stock
and get me my dividends. took him
at his word, and in less than year I
was; penniless. How? Well, I think
you can guess how. s- af1
sF Goes TO Alaska. ,...-s
Then drifted on. Invent up to
the Yukon valley district In Alaska
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
Teutonic Rebels Offer to Send
Five for Every Briton to
United States Army.

CHICAGO, April 8.-The recruiting
fever struck a meeting of the rebel
factions Of the Teutonic Sons OF Amer
lea at the Bismarck hotel. Speakers
waxed SO eloquent that by the time
the meeting adjourned resolution
had been passed offering to place five
German-Americans in the United
States army to every English recruit
the "English-Americans can produce"
The Teutonic Sons make one stipula-
ton, however. They exclude the Irish
Americans from the wager.
The resolution reads in part:
Resolved. as practical reputation
Of all the slurs cast upon the. Teuton-
ic element of America, that the Teu-
tonic Sons will offer to the United
States army the services of five
trained soldiers of Teutonic origin,
who have either served in the Ameri-
can or German army. for every recruit
of English. not Irish, origin that Eng
lish-Amerlcans can produce"
Show Loyalty by Deeds.
The resolution further says that In
view of conditions In Mexico every
regardless Of origin" should
demonstrate by deeds. not mere emp
ty words. his readiness to serve the
American cause"
Thomas Marshall. former assistant
states attorney and president of the
Sons Of st. George. a fraternal organ
izatlon Of persons Of British extrac-
ton. refused to answer the challenge.
I'VE are Americans first, last, and
all the time" said Mr.. Marshall. eve
make no point Of nationality and have
no contest with the Teutonic Sons OF
America"
Makes Reply for British.
W. K. Pattison. president Of the
British Empire Association. gave q
spirited answer to the challenge
First Of all, l want to say am a
British-American and not an English
American" said Mr.. Pattison. ~
doubt II the Germans can make good
on that proposition, because l believe
they are outnumbered by citizens who
come from the British empire. This,
OF course. takes in all the empire. AS
they exclude Irish, don't know but
what the Germans in, Chicago do out
number the English, but will say
this All you have to do is to look
at the records Of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war or any other war to see
that the British-American have al
ways done their duty.
Are Americans First.
I'VE are Americans first and try to
forget as far as possible our other
ties. You never heard OF man run
ming for office who boosted OF the fact
or made political material out Of the
fact that he was British-American
did you? No, sir. You never heard
any of us use the hyphen. feel very
strongly on this subject and am not
afraid to speak. With only q very,
very few exceptions l have never
heard. OF a Britisher who came to this
country failing when duty called him
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and tried my luck. 1 guess / lost all
the good luck ever had when
bought that railroad stock. drifted
back to British Columbia and tried
1t again. I've struck claim there
I'm trying to sell now. 49,
"a week ago I arrived in Walker
vile. Ont, on my way to Petrolla to
see capitalist there. came over to
Detroit with nothing but my railroad
ticket and So. l went into a saloon
on Jefferson avenue. took one drink
and laid down dollar. They gave
me change for fifty cents. and when l
questioned their honesty they threw
me out. ] retaliated by throwing my
cane at the bartender, and, he closed
the door Just in time ito have 1t go
through the window. Now Pm to
stand trial, in the recorders court on
a charge of malicious injury to prop
lerty to the damage ofs$75."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
osrN1BusEs USED.

LONDON, April s.-More than
4 900 omnibus drivers and conductors
and 1915 cabs and omnibuses have
been sent to the front, the annual re-
port Of the traffic branch of the board
of trade reveals. 1t also indicates a
big decrease in the number of horse
drawn vehicles. 1859 vehicles being
drawn by horses In 1914. against
1905 in 1908.
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somewhat Illuminated at the time of
the ceremony. for she remembered
nothing whatever Of it. It was not
until the next morning that she
learned she had been married.
Police Magistrate Skeptical.
After hearing her case. the police
magistrate said he could do nothing
for her. II she wanted to secure a
divorce from her husband she would
have to file petition in the city
court.
The police magistrate said he did
not believe the bride was under any
undue influence. liquid or masculine,
when the ceremony was performed.
No suit asking for the annulment
ment Of the marriage has been fled.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
DARK COTTAGE
THE HOME OF
QUEER WOMAN
81 Never Trust People," She
Says, after Years of
Secret Life.

CHICAGO. April S.-For two and
half years, Mrs. Marian Fife has
lived in almost total darkness in a
cottage at 4219 Carroll avenue. The
windows have remained closed and
the shades never have been raised.
Children have thrown stones ut the
windows and in vain requested the
mysterious resident to come forth.
Neighbors have been refused en-
trance. ........-.
The landlady, living across the
street. has had her monthly INSTALL
ments from George Fife. but the pay
ments have always been made on the
doorstep with the door locked behind.
No one ever saw Mrs. Fife until two
weeks ago.
Turning on the Light.
The other day group Of residents
OF Carroll avenue called upon Mrs.
Josephine H. Lawrence Of the social
service department OF the Cook coun-
ty court and asked her to make, in
vestigations. Mrs. Bridget Mulgreen,
the landlady, who lives at 4212 Car
roll avenue, was with the group.
The landlady said she had been
obliged to break into the house a
few days ago. The rent hasn't been
forthcoming for the last three
months. The condition of the house.
she declared. was terrible. and Mrs.
Fife was wan and pale and thin from
lack of air.
She Never Trusts People.
Investigation confirmed the state
ments of Mrs. Mulgreen. 1t was al
most pitch black in the little house.
The house was covered with dust.
Mrs. Fife admitted the sunlight and
fresh air would do her good.
81 haven't been very WE'LL" Mrs.
Fife said, but am able to work, and
would not mind 1t II had a Job. 1
like people but you can't trust them.
That's why I've been a recluse."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
MILITARY ATTACHES.

PICKING. April s.-Military
attaches are to be sent to the
Chinese legations at Washing
ton, London, Paris. Petrograd.
Berlin and Toxic. The attaches
will be military officials below
the rank Of colonel with a
sufficient knowledge Of foreign
languages to qualify them for
the posts. Some difficulty is
being experienced in finding
officers suitable for the places.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
STRIPE RUST.

WASHINGTON, April s.
Wheat growers east Of Montana
are warned by the department
OF agriculture to be alert for
the appearance of the stripe
rust in wheat which disease ap-
peared last season, on the Pa
cific coast and tributary inter-
mountain states and which in
Europe is regarded as one OF
the most destructive of known
cereal diseases. The depart
ment advises farmers against
planting wheat known to have
been grown west of eastern
Montana.
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PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS.

PARIS. April s.-The COM
pany Of Australian siege artil-
lery which 10 reported to have
taken part In the battle OF Yer
dun Is the so-called garrison
artillery Of Australia, the only
professional soldiers in the
commonwealth. There are 600
OF them stationed in Australia
during peace time--all men be-
tween six feet one and one-half
inches and six feet two and
one-half inches.
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l+++4++++4++++4
mAsLEss LAND.

VIENNA, April Sin the
whole agricultural district Of
Dornbirn, about the same size
as an American county. not a
single man can be found today.
The army has taken them all.
The last man left on February
20. All the field work will now
be done by women and chill
dren. Bornbirn Is in the
vorarlberg. In western Austria.