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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16

represented by only few aged painters
and sculptors too old to wear a uni
form.
The city's chief function in the pres
ent war is to nurse back to health the
sick and the wounded, and for this pur-
pose every villa on the wooded hills
surrounding the city has been convert
ed either into a hospital or a SAM
tarium for convalescing officers not
only of the Italian army, but OF the
Servian and English as well.
The Florentines had never seen the
queen before, and in the street the
frail figure of Elizabeth attracted no at
tention whatever. 1t was only when
her Unborn interest in hospitals and
medical clinics in general brought her
in contact with the Italian Red Cross
that her identity was disclosed.
Yet when visiting hospitals nobody is
permitted to render to her the homage
due to a queen. For the nurses of the
Red Cross, as well as the doctors and
orderlies, the queen is simply a French
countess.
Colonel d'Autremont, who accom-
panies the queen, said that three years
of incessant work in Belgian Red Cross
hospitals and among the destitute
population Of the little kingdom had
begun to tell on the queen, who Is not
constitutionally very strong. A trip
abroad and long rest in different sur
roundings became imperative.
With the arrival of the queen the
public has also learned that her daugh-
ter, Princess Mary Josephine, will be
educated in Italy and at the expense
of the Italian nation. In connection
with this it is .-:ated that soon after
the English government decided to edu-
cate Prince Charles, King Albert's Sec
ond son, the Italian government re-
quested the privilege Of looking after
the education Of the princess. The royal
parents accepted, and the princess, who
is a girl of twelve, will enter the Col
lege Of the Annunciata, where only
girls belonging to the nobility are adj
mitted.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16

Estate at Lenox Said to Be Equaled
Only by BiItmore.

Lenox, Mass.-Into Shadow Brook
entered its new owner, Andrew Carne-
gle. 1t is said that for size, elegance
and beauty Of natural surroundings no
private residence in the United States,
with the exception Of Mrs. Vanderbilt's
Biltmore, bears comparison with Shad-
ow Brook.
With Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Mar
garet Carnegie he arrived at Lenox In
Charles NJ. Schwab's private car. With
the party were Mr.. Carnegie's physi-
clan, his valet and other attendants.
He was assisted from the car to an au-
tomobile and was driven Immediately
to Shadow Brook, three miles from the
station.
His apartments are on the second
floor Of the great house and have a
beautiful outlook on Lake Mahkeenac.
The house was deliberately decorated in
spring flowers from the gardens Of the
estate. Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Carne-
gle have rooms on the same floor. There
are twenty large rooms with flreplaces
on this floor and many other rooms.
Mr.. Carnegie expects to pass seven
months at his new American home.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
SQUIRRELS HIDE POTATOES.
Oregon Man Will Increase His Plant
ings of Tubers by Three Pecks.

Oregon Man Will Increase His Plant
ines of Tubers by Three Peeks.
Hood River, Ore.-Luhr Jensen will
increase his paintings Of potatoes by
three pecks.
Recently Mr.. Jensen scattered poison
ed wheat around the burrows and run
ways of a colony Of troublesome dig
ger squirrels near his barn. The poison
was apparently fatal, for all of the
squirrels disappeared. Mr.. Jensen out
of curiosity decided to investigate the
underground tunnels Of the rodents.
As his excavations progressed he un-
earthed seven dead diggers and three
pecks of fine seed potatoes that the
squirrels, forewarned perhaps OF the
impending food shortage, had stolen
from the rancher's granary and had
boarded in the storage retreats Of their
underground home.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
DR.. FARRAND To FIGHT
PLAGUE IN FRANCE
Gets Years Leave of Absence
to Conduct Campaign of
Education There.

New York.-The Rockefeller founda-
ton announced that DR.. Livingston
Farrand, president Of the University
Of Colorado, had been granted years
leave of absence to undertake a cam
paign against tuberculosis in France
under the auspices Of the international
health board Of the foundation.
DR.. Farrand, formerly for many years
secretary Of the National Association
For the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis, with one or two assistants,
expects to sail for France within the
next few weeks. The plans outlined
by the foundation include:
The maintenance Of a central organ
ization which will have general super
vision of the work under the French
government and which will undertake
the preparation of literature and ex-
hibit material and will carry out a
comprehensive plan Of education for
the control Of tuberculosis.
The organization of four mobile units,
which, moving from place to place, will
carry on a campaign of education and
publicity.
Demonstration of dispensary methods
and organization Of local committees
under whose auspices permanent dis
pensaries will be established.
The establishment Of at least four
centers for the training Of nurses and
others who will have charge Of the dis.
pensary work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
QUEEN Gets REST
Elizabeth Broken Down by DestI-
tuition of BeIgians.
REcUPERATES IN FLORENCE.

FIorentines Had Never Seen Her %
fore, and In Street Her Frail Figure
Attracted No Attention-None Per-
nitted to Do Her Homage as oueen
of Stricken Land.
Rome.-Elizabeth, queen Of the Bel
CLANS, is In Florence, where she VIII
spend four or five months In strict IN
cognita. She is the first royal visitor
to the city since the terrible conflict
began. The large, distinguished, exotic
colony that dwelt In Florence all the
year around began to disperse In 1914,
and today only a few aged English and
American women are left behind to re-
mind the F1orentine cabby or the pros
porous time that was.
The city itself has undergone con-
siderable change. The number OF CABS
has been reduced, practically all OF the
tea rooms have been shut down ow-
ing to lack Of patronage, and the well
known F1orentine art world Is today
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
WOMEN OF THE SENATE
[ WILL AID THE RED CROSS


washington.-Mrs. Thomas r. Mar
shall. wife Of the vice president, ana a
number of senatorial matrons have es-
tablished a new social organization, 10
ha known as the Ladies Of the Senate,
to meet weekly at the apartment Oh
Mrs. Marshall, who has been elected
president. Membership Is limited strict
" to women of the senatorial circles
with only one member Of each house
hold TO be included In the society. In
+bis it will differ from the Congress
sional club, after which it Is patterned
as I'm that body wife, daughter or sister
of a cabinet officer, judge or congress
man may Join on payment OF modest
annual dues and an initiation Zee.
The new organization Is to be both
natriotic and social, with dues sufficient
to make 1t an important factor In Reo
Cross or other relief work, to which It
will devote much time. In addition 10
Mrs. Marshall the officers are Mrs. Al
bert Cummins Of Iowa, Mrs. Francis
Newlands of Nevada, Mrs. John W..
Weeks of Massachusetts,, Mrs. James
Reed Of Missouri, Mrs. Thomas Z. core
of Oklahoma and Mrs. Claude Swanson
Of Virginia.
The women will meet with members
of the Congressional club every MOI
dav to continue the Red Cross work al
ready begun under the older organlza-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
RECLUsE HAD FORTUNE.
Gold Coin and Certificates Of Deposit
Found After His Death.

Found After His Death.
Pendleton, Ore.-In an investigation
Of the death Of johnson w. Willard, an
aged recluse Of the farming district
southeast Of Milton, Coroner Brown
discovered gold coin and certificates OF
deposit amounting to more than $751;
600. They were tucked away In every
conceivable place. An old vest hang
ing In a closet yielded several hundred
dollars In gold.
Three or four purses were found
packed with coin. In addition to this,
Mr.. Willard owned the ranch where he
lived, valued at $4,000. One daughter,
Mrs. Hill, survives. Her home is In
Montana.
Mr.. Willard lived entirely to himself
since the death Of his wife three years
ago, and the room she used to occupy
had been locked. 1t was there, In the
bottom Of a trunk, that several OF the
certificates Of deposit were found.
During the past few years Mr.. VII
lard leased his ranch, retaining only
the house and a bit Of ground, where
he raised a small garden. He settled
on a homestead in 1869, just after the
war, and in the typhoid epidemic OF
1878 lost all his children but TIE one
daughter. Mr.. Willard was eighty-six.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16

some extent to his technical ability.
The man, whether he has marked me-
chanical ability or not, who has an in
telIigent mind, is willing to work with
out having tasks assigned him and is
above all so thoroughly careful and re-
liable that an aviator can feel perfect
" confident while flying an aeroplane
he has been working on is desirable
for the flying corps. On account Of the
nature Of the work it becomes impera-
tive to remove a man who shows the
slightest signs Of carelessness.
Qualifications for an enlisted pilot are
mainly physical and psychological, and
men for this position will be chosen
for their suitable qualities. In general
the man should be absolutely perfect
as regards heart, eyesight, digestion,
sense of equilibrium and nervous sys-
TEN. He should not be over thirty
years old. There should be no question
as to the quality of his nerve" This
does not mean reckleSSneSS. The man
who has undermined his constitution
with dissipation will not be chosen.
Marines assigned to the flying corps,
whether trained as pilots or not, re-
ceive 80 per cent increase on their pay
and 30 cents per day for extra duty as
aviation mechanics. The crew of each
aeroplane consists Of the chief me-
ehanic, with rank Of gunnery sergeant
or sergeant; one noncommissioned OIL
Ger as motor man, one noncommisslon-
ed officer as plane and wire man and
two privates as helpers. From this 1t
can he seen that the flying corps needs
comparatively few men who are not
suitable for noncommissioned officers.
Enlisted men in the navy flying corps
have unusual opportunities not only
for advancement in rank, but they re-
ceive an excellent mechanical course of
training which will fit them for a good
position in civil life.
Enlisted men assigned to aviation,
regardless Of their rank, are treated as
students until they have been given
a thorough course Of training in ham
ding, cleaning and repairing aeroplanes
and motors on the ground. They are
then trained in assembling aeroplanes
and lining them up properly. Next they
are given q thorough course in disas-
sembling, cleaning, assembling and
making all adjustments to each type
Of aeroplane motor used at the station.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
SAT ON CHURCH CORNICE.
Woman Keeps Crowd on Edge For Two
Hours by Threatening to Jump.

Woman Keeps Crowd on Edge For Two
Hours by Threatening to Jump.
Boston.-A crowd Of several hundred
people watched for two hours from be-
hind ropes that barred the street in
front of st. James Roman Catholic
church while a woman sat on the cor
nice threatening to jump. F1remen
spread nets to break her fall, police
reserves attempted to reach her, and
three priests pleaded with her from the
skylight.
Finally the Rev. Philip ]. O'Donnell
reached her before she fulfilled her
threat and escorted her back through
the skylight.
At the Psychopathic hospital she
gave her name as Mrs. Celia Vennard,
a parishioner Of st. James church, and
said relatives were trying to commit
her to. an insane asylum. She would
rather kill herself than submit, she said.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
WILSON ON JOB EARLY.
President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nentIy to Keep In Touch With War.

Washington.-While a majority OF
the $4,000 government clerks were still
asleep the president was working in
his office early. He reached his desk
at 6 o'clock, and it became known he
is determined to adopt this hour as the
daily beginning Of his work. Govern
ment clerks go to work at 8 o'clock
and finish at 4:30 The president fire.
quently is in his Office at night.
The presidents determination to get
up early is not prompted wholly by a
desire to avoid the hot hours Of the
day. The fact is that he is keeping in
the closest touch with the details of
the war making activities Of the adj
ministration, and longer working hours
are necessary if he is to have time for
the recreation prescribed by Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, his physician.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
Calf Grazes With Wooden Leg.

Kansas City, Mo.-Probably the only
Missouri calf with a wooden leg Is
browsing on the farm of W. d. Brown
In Ray county. The calf belonged to a
neighbor and last winter stuck nail
In its hoof, sustaining injuries promis-
ing to be fatal. Craig Brown saw the
calf and had an idea. He bought the
animal and sent for a veterinary, who
amputated the calf's leg. Later q
wooden leg was substituted, and the
calf Is now only a little slower than
he other cattle in the pasture.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
SEES ALL AMERICAS IN WAR.
John Barrett Predicts Western Henri
sphere Will Be United.

Baltimore.-Within a year all Amer
icas will be fighting together against
Germany was the prediction made here
before a liberty loan mass meeting by
John Barrett.
IF Brazil enters the conflict, as to-
day seems imminent" he said, two
thirds of the entire population and five
eighths of the total area of the western
hemisphere will be at war with the
common enemy. Can the remaining
one-third of the population and three
eighths Of area stand against the psy-
Geological, sympathetic and economic
appeal Of their sister peoples and coun-
tries having similar interests, similar
institutions, similar governments and
similar destinyr"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
CHINA GETS TWO HOSPITALS.
Rockefeller Foundation Will Spend
100000 There.

Baltimore. B. Frank Bennett, a
builder, will leave here for China, where
he has been commissioned by the Rock
efeller foundation to build two hospi-
tails at a cost Of $3,OOO,OOO. The first
hospital will be constructed in Picking
and is to be modelled after Johns Hop
kins hospital. The plans were drawn
after suggestions Of DR.. Winford 81.
Smith, superintendent Of Johns Hop
kins. The other hospital will be built
In Shanghai.
1t Is said the project Of the two
American hospitals is the outcome Of q
tour Of investigation made last year by
DR.. William II. WEIGH for the Rookie
Teller foundation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
Burned Their Fathers Will.

Milwaukee, Wis. As they did not
like their fathers will they threw it in
the stove. This was the burden Of a
story brought to probate court by the
sons and daughters Of Augustus s.
Hanks of Granville, who died Jan. 81.
There was no thought Of wrongdoing,
they said, and nothing would have come
Of it only for the fact that they dis
civered they must prove the will in Or
der to probate the estate. The estate is
valued at $4,000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
Marine Av|ATORS
Unusual Opportunities Are Offer
ed For Advancement.
rul 'sfED MEN STUDENTS.

lea Assigned to Flying Corps,
w,sther Trained as Pilots or Not,
..,sive so Per Cent Increase In Their
o.v and so Cents Per Day For Extra
Duty.
FIRST LIEUTENANT ALFRED A.
N CUNNINGHAM, U. s. NJ. c.
Uashington.-The last congress es-
finished a navy flying corps, which
INSISTS of officers and men detailed
tuom the navy and marine corps in the
.,onortion Of four Of the navy to one
r tbe marine corps. Civilians will be
lion in as acting ensigns and second
IeutenantS.
Numbers Of men do not win pro-
notion readily as soldiers because they
lock that military bearing and manner
- essential to good soldiers, but who
sru intelligent and have mechanical
shiIity and can be readily trained as
oood aviation mechanics. For such
men the flying corps is their best
chance for promotion. Discipline in
aviation is as important as in any other
branch of the service, but mans mill
itarv smartness can be subordinated to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
BOY, PLAYING SPY, DIES.
His Mother Finds Him Hanged to
Bedpost.

New York.-Joseph Heissner, ten,
lieutenant in the cadet corps of Public
school 4, Long Island City, INDUCED In
MANY games while alone in his home
at 90 Sunswick street, Long Island
City. His favorite pastime of late has
been to capture spies and deal with
them as all spies and traitors deserve
to be treated.
In the absence Of his mother recently
the boy was practicing with rope and
moose and slipped the loop about his
neck, with the other end made fast TO
the bedpost. The game was more re-
alistic than little Joseph intended 1t to
be, for when his mother returned sne
found her son strangled to death and
fast to the bedpost.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
CALLED 1.-THE WAR OF 1917"
Present Struggle So Designated In
Documents on Pension Claims.

Present Struggle So Designated In
Documents on Pension Claims.
Washington.-In the annals Of the
pension bureau, which already has on
HE two applications for pensions on
account of deaths since the declaration
Of war, the present struggle will go
down to posterity in America as the
war of 1917"
Announcing the official designation
the bureau said that it was decided on
Tor use in the records because no other
suitable name could be found.
The applications came from Ruth
Thomas of Annapolis, widow Of Lieu
tenant Clarence G. Thomas, killed on
me Vacuum, and Mrs. Hannah Hall
oerg Of Jamestown, N. z, whose son,
frankie Hallberg, a member Of the ma
uonal guard, was killed by a train
when guarding bridge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
Dog Hero Home From War.

Port Washington, N. Y.-Wounded In
action, Jupiter, Hubert Ralston's war
dog, returned here from France after
doing his bit" to spend his declining
years in comfort. A bit Of shrapuel
gouged out one eye and another caved
In his chest. Jupiter trained with his
regiment at Salisbury Plain In the first
year Of the war.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
GERMAN NAME PREVENTS
HIM FROM BEING HERO.

Y Syracuse, N. Y. Christopher
Y Schlachter, gridiron hero Of SYRIA
Y cuse university, has learned
Y whats in a name" Merely the
Y Teutonic flavor Of his appellation
V was enough to keep Schlachter
V out of the university ambulance
" unit soon to go to France, al
V though the All American player
V put in an application.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
LIONS KILL BURR0S.
Hoofs No Match For Pointed Teeth
and Sharp Claws.

and Sharp Claws.
Mentone, Cal Hunger has driven
mountain lions and wildcats closer to
the settlements than in many years, say
old timers. One night recently two big
lions made their appearance at the Edi-
son power house at the mouth Of Mill
Greek canyon and killed two burros
kept In q corral there.
One burro was killed outright by the
lions. The other burro fought and at
tracted the men at the plant, but 1t
was so badly torn by teeth and claws
Of the lions that 1t had to be shot.
The tracks showed the mountain
lions to be of great size, and the men
kept a close watch in the hope that
hunger would drive them out again.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
VILLAGE POPULATION
DEPLETED BY THE NAVY.

Z Rondout, Ill.-This place has
Z given to the navy every one Of
Z its citizens eligible for service.
Z Recruiting officers who drove
e through in search Of recruits
Z learned from the oldest citizen
e In the half dozen farmhouses
{ that there were none. I'VE had
& Just two young lads" he said.
Z Both Of them enlisted In the
9 navy several weeks ago"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
AVIATOR BALL Is DEAD.
British Announce Missing Filler Wa,
Fatally Hurt May 2.

London.-The war Office has received
information that Captain Albert Ball.
who had made brilliant record in the
aviation corps and who had been miss
ing since May Z, is dead. He was
twenty-one years old.
Captain Ball was engaged in a fight
with three German planes on the eve
ming of May z near Lens. When he did
not return to his base it was reported
that he had been captured by the
enemy.
At the time Of his death Captain Ball
had a record of bringing down forty
German machines. He had received
the medal for distinguished service
and the military cross. He lived in
Nottingham.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16
OLD WOUND REMAINS.
Civil War Veterans Pierced Leg Gives
Way In Half Century.

way IN FIaIr CehturJ'
Greensburg, Pa. - More than fifty
years after he was injured by a bullet
in the civil war, a bone in the left leg
of Louis Osterwise gave way, and the
old soldier fell helpless In his chair.
When he was taken to the Westmore-
land hospital physicians found that the
bone had broken of at the point where
the bullet had struck. Mr.. Osterwise Is
seyenty-three years old. His condition
Il critical.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-16

z1psT LIEUTENANT ALFRED i
1 BIRMINGHAM, u. s. NJ. c.
The Glenwood post., 1917-01-27
MRS. KATIE G. BENDER
ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS

The community was shocked last Sat
urday when the news spread over the
city that Mrs. X. c. Bender had died
of heart failure. She had not been
well for some time, but none expected
the end was SO near.
In the passing of this estimable
woman Glenwood has lost good citi-
zen, the poor generous, sympathetic
friend, and her associates a loving,
Christian companion. Her daily life
exemplified the command "Do unto
others as you would that they should
do unto you," and her reward will be
proportionate with her deeds.
Mrs. Bender passed away Saturday
afternoon, January 20, at her home ON
Bennett avenue, death being due to
heart failure.
Katherine c. Bender was born in
Missouri December %. lS46, and died
in Glenwood Springs January 20, 1917,
aged 10 years and % days. She and
fher~ husband came to Colorado in 1880
and to Glenwood in 1856 where they
opened the Commercial restaurant
which Mrs. Bender conducted constant
ly until about year ago, barring a
short time when it was operated under
lease.
Her husband, Joseph Bender, died 2s
years ago. There were no children.
Mrs. Bender is survived by two SIS
ters, Mrs. j. G. Broesmer of Grand
Junction and Mrs. Louise Klenkle of
st. Louis; also by niece, Miss Mag
Irving, also of st. Louis. Mr.. and Mr..
Broesmer and John J. CottrelI, a
brother-in-law, of Grand Junction and
Miss Irving were present at the funeral.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon at the Presbyterian
church. Rev. William Pepper, pastor Of
the Methodist church, conducting the
same. A quartette composed of Miss
Meldon Bryant. Mrs. Austin Gavin
Messrs c. f. Hubbard and NJ. J.
Mayes, with Mrs. l.. G. Clark at the
organ, rendered appropriate music.
Rev. Pepper, who had not been privil-
eyed to know Mrs. Bender in her life
time, spoke in highest eulogy of her
life and good deeds, basing his remarks
upon the many reports brought to him
since her death by those who had
known her intimately.
terry, beside her husband, all arrange
ments being in charge of Mortician
Schwarz