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The broad ax., 1917-01-06
BOY PROVES BEST FARMER.
Montelair Lad Makes Plot of 20 by 100
Feet Pay $50.

Montclair, N. J.-Robert Hickie, a
sixteen-year-old Montclair boy, raised
vegetables worth $50 on a plot of
ground 20 by 100 feet assigned him last
spring by the Montclair community
gardens committee. His was the most
productive and attractive Of the fifty
six gardens cultivated during the past
season, Supervisor George Huttenlock
reported to President Dallas Flanna-
gan.
Two tracts Of land were at the dis
posal Of the community gardens COM
mittee, and by cultiyating the vacant
lots the gardeners made productive
1850 square feet Of land that other
wise would have yielded nothing.
The gardens furnished vegetables to
2S7 persons during the growing season.
besides quantities Of celery, carrots
and cabbage Cor winter consumption.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
FORTUNE IN ELOPEMENT.
Father Will Inherit Through Publicity
That Was Brought About.

San Francisco. CaL-Through pub
licity attending the wrecked romance
of their eighteen-year-old daughter,
Signe. the Gerstad family of Belling-
ham. Wash. it was said here. is about
TO come into a fortune.
The girl recently became a tempo
rary ward Of the police through the
arrest Of D. N. Delmas, with whom
she had eloped on his promise to marry
her. After being arrested on a bad
check charge Delmas was identified as
an escaped convict from q penitentiary
In Texas, where he-had wrecked a
bank. The girl was sent home.
Attorney Sydney P. Robertson Of this
city told recently Of having received a
letter from firm Of Chicago attorneys
asking for the address Of Hilgar Ger
stad, the girls father, sought for years
as heir to an estate In Sweden. The
Chicago attorneys. the letter said. had
read Of the girls escapade in a Chicago
paper.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Fish Knocks Man Down.

Salina, Kan. e. A. Hillman Of Wa
keeney has "A sore face, caused by q
tussle with a large catfish which no
attempted to catch with his hands
while swimming. The fish was seen
under log at the edge of the creek
apparently asleep. Hillman slipped his
hands along the side Of the fish and
mad almost closed his fingers through
the gills when his fishship came to life
and jumped for liberty. 1t struck Hill.
man such blow In the face that he
was thrown or his balance and his
race badly lacerated, and then the fish
escaped.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
WANTS NOISELESS ENGINES.
Kissing Locomotives Disturb Rest In
Oakland, Pa.

Pittsburgh.-Oakland, the acrOpols
Of Pittsburgh. with its great halls OF
art and learning, Is married hy nul
sance worse by far than the vendors
whose presence desecrated the Coli-
scum In Rome or the Rialto bridge In
Venice, according to members Of the
Oakland board of trade. This nuisance
Is declared to be the night long and
day long kissing and fum!ng OF loco
motives. This, John DimlinS. Il MEM
Der of the board, pointed out. is not
only detrimental to Oakland as cen
ter OF art, but it robs mortalS. both AT
lists and business men. Of their sleep.
Mr.. Dimling IN an impaSSioned speech
told Of locomotives. hU@c monsters
which seemed to take dcm"niacal He
light in standing for hours spoUiinS III
fernal fumes and kissing h"ndiSH!
through their pop valves. Erpea'eu
protests to the railroad company Tic
said, were of no avail. y committee
was directed TO ask the courts to grant
an Injunction against the railroad CoH''
pany similar to the one granted SUM
years ago by the supreme court "
Junction Hollow resident now dead.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Burdetts and the Towel.

The story of how Bob Burdette be-
gan to write for publication Is rather
interesting. His wife was an invalid,
and most of his verse and short stuff
were written solely for her entertain
ment. One day he was talking to Frank
Hatton, who later became postmaster
general under Arthur. Hatton was
then editing the Burlington Hawkeye.
"Bob," said Hatton, when you get
through reading your stun to your
wife hand 1t over to me and I'll
print It."
One Of the first things he turned over
was his famous ode to the printing Of
fee towel This Is part Of It:
Over and under was blacksr than thunder
And daily put on o more mixer hue
Until one windy morning without any
warning
n fen on the floor and was broken In
two.
Charles B. Lewis az. Quad In New
Yert Sun
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
VOTED ILLEGALLY 81 YEARS.
Man Who Thought He Was q Citizen
NaturaIized at Last.

Denver.-James Lockart, a rancher
near Ordway, Colo, was granted nat
uralization papers in the United States
district court here after exercising all
the rights sof citizenship for fifty-two
years. Lockhart, a native Of Ireland,
assumed that he was a citizen be-
cause Of naturalization papers believed
to have been issued to his father be-
fore his son had reached his majority.
He has voted at every presidential cleo
ton since the civil war. of which he is
a veteran; held a commission In the
United States army, served as a dele
gate to the Republican national con-
vention, served as sheriff Of Gibson
county. Ind, and has taken an active
part in politics for many years.
The question of his citizenship arose
when he filed on government land In
southern Colorado and it was learned
that he was not native born and that
no record was available to show that
his father had become naturalized.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06

but I will be in complete charge Of all
the arrangements. i estimate the trip
will take thirty hours flying time.
'HThis new machine will carry ten
hours fuel supply, will be capable of a
sustained speed Of more than 100 miles
an hour and will be practical for the
business man who must make hurried
trip to Chicago or elsewhere and
doesn't find it convenient to wait for
a train"
Miss Law, who established an Ameri-
can cross country record of 500 miles
by the recent trip from Chicago to New
York, left for Buffalo to supervise the
construction of the machine. The first
tryout will be given within a month,
and the transcontinental journey will
follow soon afterward.
The avatrix believes that reliability
and safety are more important factors
in popularizing air travel than speed.
Consequently she will attempt to see
that these elements are contained in the
new f1ier. 1t will carry two passen-
gers, but Miss Law will be the sole &C.
cupant on the coast to coast trip.
The plucky bird woman's last spectac-
ular appearance was when she flew
over the statue of Liberty on Dec. 2,
when the lighting system built by pop
ular subscriptions was dedicated. She
rode in an Illuminated aeroplane which
left comet-like tail Of fire behind it.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
LOST KEYS. FRozE TO DEATH.
Barge Captain Found Dead, Caught In
Cabin Window.

Barge CaPtain Founo Deaop Nau9nr IN
- Cabin Window.
New York.-Captain Frank MCGEE of
the barge Frank Becker of Kingston,
N. Y, was found dead from exposure
on his barge, which was made fast at
pier % Of the New York Dock COM
pany at the foot of Pacific street,
Brooklyn. He had evidently gone
ashore and forgotten to take his keys.
The body was found halfway through
the window of his cabin at the stern Of
the barge.
When Thomas Henry, the night
Waterman, was going his rounds he
saw the legs and feet of a man hanging
from the cabin window of the Frank
Becker and found the body was cold.
DR.. Shutter Of the Long Island College
hospital said that Captain MCGEE had
died from exposure and had been try
ing to get into his cabin when the win
dow slammed down and caught his
spine, so that he was unable to get In
or out. He had been with friends until
2 o'clock in the morning and had gone
down to the pier an hour later, it was
said. He was forty-five years old.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
MILLIONS IN CASH MOVED.
Fifth Avenue Hardly Notices the
Transfer of Wealth.

New YOrk.-Many millions in cash
securities were transferred across Fifth
avenue when the Fifth avenue Office OF
the Guaranty Trust company Of New
York was moved from the southwest to
the southeast corner Of that thorough
fare and Forty-third street. The de-
posits alone Of this Office total nearly
$40,000,O0O. How much was in the
$500 safe deposit boxes is beyond con-
lecture. The work of removal was
guarded by special officers belonging to
the bank and by squads Of city police
men and detectives.
The task began at the close of bust
ness with the cutting away of the steel
bars on the Forty-third street side of
the trust company's old quarters and
continued several hours. Traffic on
Fifth avenue was not interrupted, and
the transfer Of all this wealth was
practically unnodced by the passersby.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
BLOW UP POLICE STATION.
Boston Harbor Squad Escapes Injury.
Neighbors Shaken Up.

Boston.-The station Of the harbor
police in the north end district was
partly wrecked by an explosion Of dy-
Mantle that had been placed against
the outside wall apparently with intent
to destroy the building.
Four policemen were inside, three of
them asleep in the dormitory, just
above the place where the explosion
tore hole in the wall, but all escaped
harm. Residents of the populous tene-
ments along Commercial and Saluta-
ton streets, near by, were scared as
their houses were shaken, plaster was
cracked and broken glass fell about
them.
The police said that the explosion
was intended probably as an act of re-
taliation because some unlicensed
meetings led by industrial agitators
had been broken up recently by Off
GERS. Several suspected persons were
questioned, but no arrests were made
The residents of the district are largely
foreigners.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
SHARK GOT HALF HIS CATCH.
Sudden End of Fisherman's Great Ex-
peotations.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT promised to be one
of the biggest ulua catches of the sea-
son for Tax Collector Charles T. Wild
er was spoiled when big shark took
half Of the fish's body as Wilder was
pulling it In with his reel.
Wilder was having a fine tussle with
what seemed mighty game fish. His
line sagged, and he felt only a slow
moving weight at the end of it. When
he lifted from the water he found only
half a fish-the head and fore portion
of the body. The tail and hind part
were entirely gone. Scratches on the
side Of the fish showed that the shark
had made two grabs, the second being
successful. This seems to put an end
to the theory that shark cannot bite
under water or upright, for nothing
else could have bitten Off that tail.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
ONLY WHITE HORSES ARE
SEEN IN GERMAN CITIES
Dark Animals Used For Army.
Four-fifthS of Taxis In
Berlin Electrified.

Berlin.-Almost all the horses you see
working in the towns and fields in
Germany are white or flea bitten gray.
All the other cOlorS are used for army
work. The whites are not, their color
being too conspicuous. But the demand
for horses has been so great that even
the whites are used when they are
young, being painted dark. The horses
left for civilian purposes are the Old
ones. Most of those you find attached
to the ancient droshkies on Inter den
Linden look as if they were cousins to
the eOhippus that Noah took with him
into the ark.
The age of the drivers corresponds to
the antiquity of their steeds. Most of
them are graybeards, but by way of
paradox their girths are as great as
those of their horses are small.
Four-fifths of the taxis are electri-
fed, which enables them to proceed at
slow, dignifed pace for short
stretches. The few internal combus-
ton motors left use benzol in place OF
gasoline, which is sharply restricted to
official need military, Industrial and
those Of the high personages.
In spite of the leather shortage, the
German soldier still clings to his boots.
The bulk Of the German soldiery is re-
cruited from the agricultural class.
which has been. accustomed to boots
and does not willingly use other foot
wear.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
MULES LOVE MUSIC.
Rancher Has the Photograph Play
While He Breaks In Colts.

While He Breaks In Colts.
Marysyille, Cal-George A. Gage of
Suffer county says he Is the first ''musi-
cal farmer" Gage raises mules and
horses. He has big music box on his
farm, and he plays band pieces, prefer
ably soothing melodies and waltZes,
when he is breaking his mule colts.
Mules love music" says Gage. 81
discovered that ten years ago when I
drove Benjamin Harrison-the orner-
lest old mule you ever saw-to Yuba
City when brass band was playing.
1.-THE mule had one of his balky, con-
trary spells that day." Gage said, "and
1 could hardly do thing with Benja-
min until we got to Yuba City. You'd
never believe it if told you the change
just few band selections made in that
animal. From that day until Benja-
Minis death he was the gentlest, low
INCEST old mule you ever would want
to see"
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Hen GobbIea Pearl.

Portland, Ore.-Mrs. Lettie Trap OF
this city has a valued pet hen named
Clarice. The other day as Mrs. Trapp
was feeding her fowls Clarice leaped
affectionately up to her shoulder, spiei
valuable pearl In Mrs. Traps ear
ring, gobbled It and leaped down again.
gulping. Mrs. Trap screamed, first
with pain as the pearl was wrenched
away and then with horror at her loss.
She caught Clarice and imprisoned
her, but could not make up her mind
to have the pet dispatched so that the
jewel could be recovered.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
A CONv|CT'S WORD
Lewis Returns to Sing Sing Ahead
of Time.
WENT TO WFE'S FUNERAL
Physician Declares That Prisoner
Would Have Come Back Even If No
Guard Had Been Sent Along With
Him-convicts Decide to Give New
Warden a Chance.

"dT0Sn q SHdHSS.
Ossining, n. Y.-As a graphic Illus
tration of the determination of the
prisoners in Sing Sing to give a square
deal to William II. Meyer. the new
warden, Abe Lewis, a convict who had
been granted permission by Governor
Whitman to attend, with a guard, the
funeral of his wife in Brooklyn. re-
turned to the prison twelve hours ahead
of time.
When Lewis learned that Mr.. Meyer
was to begin his work as warden he
decided to come back Immediately to
demonstrate to the new warden that
the prisoners could be safely trusted
with privileges. Lewis Is regarded as
one of the most reliable prisoners. He
has spent seven years in Sing Sing.
With only twenty months more to
serve the convict learned that his wife.
who had stuck by him through every
thing, had died suddenly. Their three
Young children were left without any
one to care for them. The news nearly
Frustrated the prisoner. He implored
Calvin Derrick. the acting warden, to
let him go to Brooklyn to see the face
of lis wife once more and to arrange
for the care Of his children.
Permission from Governor Whitman
was obtained by telegraph, and Lewis
and u guard started for New York. In
Brooklyn Lewis learned that Mr.. Moy-
er surely was to assume the warden
ments Lewis hurried back to the pris-
on. The convict turned up there unex-
pectedly, although the governor had
granted him permission to stay over
night.
HE would have come back Just the
same even if no guard had been sent
along with him. commented Dr. Bar
ry, the prison physician.
The cOnvicts are frankly relieved
now that the permanent" warden has
taken charge of the prison. Life for
them within the last year has just been
one warden after another. With every
succession to Office came changes In
discipline, modification of privileges
and doubt and mistrust on the part of
the prisoners.
I'm glad he's come at last" said
one of the leaders of the prisoners
We've been on tenterhOoks every time
a new man came in, and we've been on
the anxious seat every time a man
went out. Now We can settle down to
regular life.
'.We're going to give the new warden
a chance to show how he stands. He's
promised to meet us halfway. and We'll
do our share. Nobody is going to start
anything inside until he has a chance
to make good his word"
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Finds Dime In Fish's Gill.

Wichita, Kan.--W. E. Smith was re-
Gently fishing in the Little Arkansas
Just below the Central street dam and
landed a big channel catfish weighing
one and half pounds. The catch was
a beauty, and Mr.. Smith hurried to ex-
tract the hook from its mouth. AS he
ran his finger through the fish's left gill
he found something metallic and upon
extracting 1t found 1t to be bright
shiny ten cent piece.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
PortuqaI's Bio Diamond.

1t is claimed for the Braganza, which
formed part of the Portuguese crown
Jewels, that it is the biggest diamond
In the world, weighing 1850 carats.
Some doubt exists, however, as to
whether it is a real diamond, as no
official testing can be authenticated. 1t
was found in Brazil in 1741.-London
Telegraph.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
LINK BOYS IN LONDON AGAIN.
Fog Said to Have Been the Worst In
Fifty Years.

London.-A fog which settled over
London recently is described as being
the most dense in fifty years. From
early morning until late hour London
was city Of perpetual night.
The Inconvenience was greatest in the
evening owing to the light restrictions.
Omnibuses stopped running and taxi
cabs disappeared from the streets. Pc
destrians in the street carried torches.
In the Strand torches were lighted and
soldiers new to the metropolis had to
be led about like blind men.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
RISK FINE FOR CHARITY.
Young Women Sell Cigarettes Without
Federal License.

Federal License.
San Francisco.-Sweet charity caused
$50 young women to break the federal
laws. If the penalty should be en-
forced they will be fined $500 each, a
total Of $125,OOO.
Uncle Sam has law that mentions a
license of $40 required of those who
would sell cigars or tobacco In any
form. The $50 women sold cigarettes
to the public for the benefit Of blind
soldiers. and. according to ]. ]. Scott,
internal revenue collector, they are liza
Oie because they neglected to get IL
ceuSeS.
Now. there were $4,000 cigarettes
sold. If the law should be enforced
each. cigarette disposed OF would cost
Its fair vender between q and % cents.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
FlFTY-FIFTY SPLIT
FOR CONSCIENCE FUND

o Washington.-The treasury de-
9 partment received a contribution
o for the conscience fund.-" con-
@ sisting of what had been three
o 500 gold notes and fo1r $50
9 gold notes. The sender wrote
o that for duties withheld he de-
. sired to make restitution Of the
. sum of $500. He said he had cut
o the FIVE notes In two and when 4
9 he should see in the newspapers
9 that his communication had been
9 received at the treasury depart
= ment he would send the missing 4
= halves to the collector Of the port 4
= Of New York.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
PLANS LONG FLIGHT
Miss Law Will Try to Soar Across
Continent.
START FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

Will Ask Aero Club of America to Time
Her--Estimates Trip Will Take Thir-
ty Hours Flying Time-She Will Be
Sole Occupant of Machine. Which
Can Carry Two Passengers.
New York.-From San Francisco to
New York by aeroplane-that is the
latest ambition of Miss Ruth Law.
She announced she had accepted the Of
fer Of the president of an aeroplane
company to build for her a new type of
machine especially for long distance fly
ing.
Il will make the flight under my own
auspices, just as / did the trip from
Chicago" Miss Law said. "The Aero
Club of America probably will time me,
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
She Didn't Understand,

"Galahad''- he began.
"Cut it out" interposed the young
lady. Its bad form to talk about a
girl you had."-Louisville Courier
Journal
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
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Usher.
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Quite Different,

Miss Oldgirl (simpering)-That nice
young man said l was quite a mural
decoration of the occasion. Miss Pert
He meant you were a wallflower, all
right.-Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
GIRL, FOLLOWING FASHION,
CHARGED WITH lNSANI'

@ Kansas City.-"If all youhs :
@ women followed the dictates y
8 fashion to the letter 'n'I'
o would be few out Of the a
o lum," was the way a sam"
o commission put 1t when IL ..
$ dered the liberation Of W. 4
3 garet Wagner. seventeen ,.ir, .
8 old, who was held On 'oHip pa,,sr 4
o of her mother. The lA..s a :
D thought the girl insane o''- - 4
9 despite cold weather. sue It's I .
o decollete gowns and short SA ns.. .
o The daughters defense .1.t .
9 IAN the other girls dress .
o way" =
~-~mmMMA@%%A<<<r'
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
ForuetfuI.

Caretaker-Sir Walter Scott spent
night in this room. Ere we ave a
complete set of is works. Intelligent
Sightseer-Left 'em behind, suppose?
Passing Show.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Cautious.

'fPve discovered a system by which
my employer could get all the work in
his office done with half the force he
employs now"
"Why don't you tell him about it and
earn his undying gratitude?"
81 don't dare to. He might decide
that am one Of the men he could do
without."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
GIRL CONDUCTORS
Twelve Hundred Are Now EmDI,,
ed In London.
THEIR WORK is HEALTHFu.
Benefit In Physique and comUIs,;.
Open Air Life-AII Under "
Lady ooetOr-Their Average E,.S VI
inss Run to About $40 West "
Class Represented.

London.-Twelve hundred girls -,
employed as London bus condno.S ae
and more are wanted. Al sorts =. US Is
ducements are offered to them in ~ 4
Ing the assurance that the wor,-
healthy and even patriotic
The manager of the London Geno,.,
Omnibus company says:
I'VE have had to contradict sAr0..,
reports that the girls on our busse, al aI
unable to stand the strain of the NV,
and that in consequence they are Ioon
ing our employ.
Every week we put on about eiSb,r
new conductresses and would ,ncro1S'
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
PHONE WENTWORTH a5s7.

Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug.
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
Illinois, under Act Of March 8, 1879.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Locality.

Locality.
"Some expert says that it takes fully
fifteen minutes to shear a sheep by
hand"
"Not if the operation is performed
In Wall street."-Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06

What is experience? A poor little
hut constructed from the ruins Of the
palace Of gold and marble called our
Illusions.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-08-18
Consolation.

When one is filed with Ills and
groans, when one has cares and aching
bones, when every scene presents to
view but woes and bills far overdue, IN
short when all the worlds place OF
fretfulness and sorry case, then What
solace one can find If he will only call
to mind the words that someone used
to say, "This too will only pass away!"
They seem to have the proper ring,
heap of comfort they can bring and
when the day is drab and drear they
somehow seem to please the ear; when
in a wretched circumstance they may
not make you sing and dance, they
may not fill you full Of glee and make
you joyful as can be, they may not
seldom fail to please. So when you
have no shirts to wear or when you're
losing all your hair or when you're
filled with aches and means or when
you can't collect from Jones, when you
are weak with toothache's ills and
when you cannot meet your bills, when
all the weary worlds askew and you,
in short, are really blue, here is the
little piece to say: "This too will soon
pass away."-nlinois State Register. =