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IS NEGRO SOLDIERS
HANGED IN TEXAS
COurtInartiaI DOOnls Them For
Houston Riots.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 12.-Thir'
fantry, U. s. A, found guilty of com
plicity in the riot and mutiny at
Houston, August %, were hanged on
the military reservation at Fort Sam
Houston.
Announcement of the carrying out
of the sentence was made at head
quarters of the southern department
Only army officers and John Tobin,
sheriff of Baxter county, were present
when the sentence was carried out by
soldiers from the post. No newspaper
men or civilian spectators were al
lowed.
Of the sixty-three men tried by the
same court-martial, forty-one were
sentenced to life Imprisonment. One
man was sentenced to deshonorable
discharge from the army, forfeiture OF
all pay and allowances and to be con-
fined at hard labor for two and a half
years.
Three were sentenced to be dishon'
orably discharged from the army, for
fsit- all pay and allowances and be
confined at hard labor for two years.
Five were acquitted.
The negro soldiers who paid the
death penalty were: Sergeant William
c. Nesbitt, Corporal Larson ]. Brown,
Corporal James Wheatley, Corporal
Jesse Moore, Corporal Charles w
Baltimore, and three privates, William
Breckenridge, Thomas c. Hawkins,
Carlos Snodgrass, Ira B Davis, James
Divine, Frank Johnson, Rosley w
Young and Pat MacWhorter
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HISTORIC OLD SUN TAlss. "a
One of Boston's landmarks, Built in
1890, for Many Years Used as
Fish Market.

One of the early tavernS of Boston
was the Sun tavern which stood but a
few feet from the waters edge and
was built about 1890. For some years
it was kept by a Huguenot from Ro-
chelle named COgneau. He made it
one of the most popular of taverns and
it was particularly popular with the
young men of Boston and surrounding
country, partly for the reason that
mine host Cogneau had several very
attractive and lively daughters who
added d great deal TO the charms OF
the hostelry. Their father had the
privilege of seeing two OF them mar
ried in the tavern, one Of them becom-
ing the wife OF Col. William Palfrey,
the famous Revolutionary patriot. He
became the grandfather of the noted
writer, John G. Palfrey.
Another daughter of this genial host
of the Sun tavern married successful
printer named Fleet. During the siege
Of Boston the British seized the house
and they changed its name to the
Kings Arms. But when the Red Coats
had been chased out of Boston the sign
of the Kings Arms quickly disap-
peared and the old sign of the Sun
Tavern took its place and the tavern
took on its olden time popularity. 1t
has for many years been used as fish
market.
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PULLED THEIR COLLARS OFF
Neck Piece Other Women ForcibIy
Removed Them.

In Paris, at one time, the people
dropped their extravaganza, and 'if
woman ventured to wear too large
a collar, the other women would pull
it off" Henry Villas he did with
everything he set his mind to-inter-
fered with the dress of his subjects to
some purpose and brought forward an
act against wearing costly apparel
A few years later the law became
more stringent still. Philip and Mary
compelled attention not only by fines,
but went so far as to send offenders to
prison. Elizabeth saw that the peo-
pie were reckless with their money,
and caused an act to be passed which
declared that anyone who sold foreign
apparel to persons having less than
$4,000 year in land or fees, except
for ready money, should forfeit every
penny of the price.
Ladies wore hoods, hats and caps Of
every conceivable shape. They were
careful as to their hair, and they had e.
fine assortment of wigs at hand. EliZ-
abeth herself sometimes wore red hair,
and then reverted to black for a
change. 1t so happened that trade in
the cap line fell off considerably be-
cause caps went out of fashion.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
AlRMEN STUDY BIRD LIFE :
nents With Simultaneousness Not
Found in Military Bodies.

French military aviat0rs. in addition
to fighting the German machines, d.
recting the artillery fire and making
photographs of the enemy's lines,
trenches and Notifications. have fuUau
a new field of usefulness in the sC;.n-
tific pursuit Of ornitholOgy, says :he
Rock Island Union.
The degree of perfection of Observe
ton obtained by the French avia;o7s
has enabled them to make a nliEnte
and scientific observation of the hal..s
of birds in flight
The aviators have definitely estah-
lished that swallows in flying always
maintain an average altitude of 100
yards. Wild ducks prefer an altitude
of 1880 yards. or little over a mile.
Lapwings or tirwits maintain at all
times an even greater altitude French
aviators have met them at height of
2,15O yards.
While nearly everyone knows that
wild ducks always fly in a single file
behind their leaders, it has remained
for the aviators to discover that the
wild ducks execute every movement
with a SimultaneOusneSs and degree
of precision not to be found in the
most perfectly trained military body
in the world.
If, for example, the lead duck
changes the position of wing in or
der to fly either higher or lower, all
of the others make the same move
ment with a degree of precision that
gives the impression that the tips of
the wings are all attached TO a wire
and that the movement is made by
the lead duck merely pulling a lever
that controls the rest.
The aviators have further estab-
lished that the average speed of wild
ducks in flight is 651a miles an hour
when they are flying upward and 6S
miles an hour when flying horizon
tally.
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Greatest Electric Kitchen.

The largest and best-equipped elec-
tric kitchen in the world is that of the
Siemens-Schukert Werke at Siemens-
Stadt, near Berlin. Between noon and
> p. m. every day three thousand per-
sons are served from it in four relays.
Some of its features described by
the Electrical Eyperimenter are a cold
storage and refrigerating plant op-
Grated by electric compressors, cleo
trically driven coffee grinders, knife
sharpeners. meat slicers, vegetable
cutters and parers. The cooking uten-
sils, all electric, range in capacity
from so liters to 400 liters. Many of
them have electrically heated oil be-
tween the castings, making them like
double boilers.
All water is heated by electricity
and all dish washing is done by it. The
cost per capita per day is one-half
cent, and the cost for cooking alone
not more than one-third of a cent.
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Most Popular War Cry,

The most popular war cry is "Hur-
rah!" an exclamation of indefinite
origin. 1t is found in various forms in
Swedish and Danish (hurra), German
(hurrah), French (houra), Russian
(ura). Some connect it with such
words as hurry" ''whirl;" the mean
ing would then be haste" to encour-
age speed or onset in battle. The
Russian soldiers adopted "hurrah" in
the War of Liberation 0S12-13), and
since then it has become a favorite
battle cry all over Europe. 1t seems,
however, that the word is pure Sla-
vonian, for it is commonly heard from
the coast of Dalmatia to Behring strait,
where any of the Slavic population
within the limits are called on to give
proof Of courage and valor.
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To Preserve Timberino.

The use of poison sprays has not
only been found effective in preventing
the destruction of plants and fruits,
but it is now being tested as a means
Of preserving buildings. The timber
ing of Westminster hall, the famous
old structure adjoining the British
houses of parliament, has suffered
greatly from the ravages of a wood
worm, XeStObium tesselatum. Archi-
tect Frank Baines, who states that
the grub lives only in the oak, finds
that holes large enough to bury a
man waist deep have been made in
the oak trusseS of the magnificent roof,
with its shingled span of 6S feet and
he believes the work of destruction
has been going on 400 years. Some of
the patching done 100 years ago has
shared the attacks made on older por-
tiOns. AS last measure of protec-
ton, a spraying mixture has been pre-
pared by Prof. II. NJ. Lefroy from
cedar wood oil, soft soap, paratfin wax
and certain powerful chemicals, and
the several applications of this that
have been made are expected to give
relief. Gas masks have had to be
worn in applying this powerful insec-
hcide.
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Bees Put PUPILS to EIiQht.

Angry honey Lees SWarmed into the
Washington school in Sutter county,
Cal, the other morning, putting to
fight the pupils and their teacher,
Miss Schellinger, according to word re-
ceived by County Superintendent of
Schools Miss Lizzie Vagedes. Scream
ing with pain the children ran panic
stricken from the schoolroom, while
the teacher, who remained to see that
all her pupils reached safety, was fear
fully stung about the face, one eye be-
ing closed as the result. In her report
TO the county superintendent Of
schools, Miss Schellinger says that the
bees, which had made their home be-
tween walls of, the school building
took complete possession of the school
ROOM
The daily banner., 1917-12-12
TAKE UP DRY BILL MONDAY
FavorabIy Reported by House Judici.
ary Committee.

Washington, Dec 12-By unani
nous consent the house agreed to con-
slider on Monday the constitutional
amendment for nationwide prohibi-
ton.
1t already has been passed by the
senate. The judiciary committee IA
vorably reported the amendment.
AS passed by the senate the reso-
luton provides that the necessary
three-fourths of the states must act
on the amendment within six years
from the time of its passage in con-
gress The committee extended the
time to seven years and would make
the amendment one year from the
time of its ratification
Representative Randall, California,
prohihitionist member predicted tE-t
the resolution would pass the house
forty or fifty votes to spare.
The constitutional amendment for
nationwide woman suffrage was re-
ported without recommendation by
the committee.
The committee amended the suf-
frage resolution to provide that the
amendment dies unless it is ratified
by the states within seven years from
the time of its adoption in congress.
The suffrage resolution has not been
voted upon in either house. but 1t
Is on the senate calendar
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SuIu Women Warriors.

In the Philippines American soldiers
on several occasions came in contact
with Sulu women warriors. In one OF
the last battles on the islands the
Sulus fortified themselves in the bowl
Of an extinct volcano. 1t was rushed
and captured by American soldiers,
who discovered to their dismay, after
the battle, that a number of their an
tagonists had been women. Their fig
ures were as slim as those of the men !;
both sexes wore their hair long, with
handkerchiefs over their heads, and
the women wore trousers similar to
those worn in Turkey. Thus they were
practically indistinguishable from the
men. The bravery of these women
warriors appears all the more remark
able when it is recalled that according
to the Mohammedan faith a man who
Is slain while fighting Christians is
translated at once to heaven, but as
the women are not supposed to have
souls their sacrifice of life is without
hope of reward in hereafter.
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Shirk DUTY When Hunory.

Hungry jurymen appealed to the
judge in London court. They had
been kept sitting during the luncheon
hour, and had failed to agree on q
verdict. One of them suggested to
Judge Rentoul that possibly little re-
freshment might help them. Hungry
men," he added, "are not disposed to
listen to arguments" The judge said
refreshments should be supplied If
there was any possibility of the jury
coming to verdict, but the foreman
replied that there appeared to be no
chance of their agreeing. SIN my ma
tive country" said Judge Rentoul, "a
juryman once took in a quantity of
beef and small bottle of beer and
said to his fellow jurors, I am for an
acQuittal,' without waiting for their
verdict. And the others had to give
in from the sheer necessities of the
case"
The daily banner., 1917-12-12
CER!MANSRUSHINC
TROOPS TO WEST
Plan a Smashing Blow at
the Allies.
MUNIT ON TRAINS CnA5H
Teutons Are Preparing For a Great
Battle Before the United States is
Able to Act

London. Dec. l2.-The corrcsp nd.
ent at Amsterdam of the Daiy EX-
press reports The Germans aTe ,usA-
ing tro> ps to the western fen WITH
the idea Of smashing the ent. e n
lies b&i~re America i abe to &C.
zone of the results Of tbs i : a.
two German muYi.'on trains co!,iled
on Thursday" lie a Ids. "B3tA We
BOW rn aud several hundred sol.
dies killed or wounded"
Unusu"Iy active artillery fighting
I'd ae!jtl operations are reported in
the Official communication Thi &C,
tivity was particularly note worthy
on tie Ypres and Arras fronts.
'The'a was unusual ri an ~rtil.
lery activity on both sid0s on the B it
ish front" the staeement soys. ar.
ticuarlv in the sectors south Il
river Scarpe and north Of the rjFar
Lys. In these areas the hGstjle she'll
ing was heavy against a numh'r Of
localities.
"a raid attempted by the en"H!v in
the evenin" vnGer cover Of p heavy
bombqrdrant against one of our pos 8
east of Epehy was repulsed. A othe"
points on the Cembrai frCnt tn
have been patrol encounters. We dis
persed hostile working parties and
secured prisoners.
there was nothing special to report"
The daily banner., 1917-12-12
cADDY WISE TO HIS JOB
Preferred to Serve New Golf Player
Because She Never Knocked Ball
Out Of Sight.

ileury was Il nice red-haired little
hry and the best caddy at the club.
80 he was in great demand. Mrs. s.
had just taken up golf that summer.
the first time she played she happened
10 have Henry. He was SO good that
the next morning when she went out
she asked for him again. AS they wera
coming in on the ninth hole Henry
looked at her wistfully and asked her
if she were going to play the next
morning. If she were he suggested
that he wait for her.
So it got to be habit for Mrs. S.
to play every morning and for Henry
to wait and caddy for her. One day
Mrs. S. said:
You know, Henry, don't think it's
fair to you or to the other golf players
for you to caddy for me every time, be-
cause you are the best caddy up here,
everybody says, and I'm about the
worst player. Suppose we switch to-
morrow and you go with a good play
err Wouldn't you like to do that?"
And Henry shook his fiery little
head. "Why, all the other caddies just
envy me caddyin" for you, cuz when
you hit the ball it never goes out of
sight"
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Educated Women in Russia.

The educated woman in Russia, even
prior to the revolution, enjoyed a po-
sition of freedom equal to that of any
other country in the world. She was
frequently found as owner and man.
ager of large factories and estates !;
she got her degrees at the universities
along with men; she was given posts
as teachers of all kinds, including pro-
fessorships at mems universities, and
she practiced medicine and dentistry.
There was a marked tendency to en-
courage her entering the legal profess
sion, and the constitutional democrats
In 1.-the duma wanted to admit her to
the duties Of jury service. When wom-
en- teachers and professors had served
twenty years they were entitled to
retire on government pension, and
If they died and were survived by hus-
bands, the pensions continued during
their husbands, lives.
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SANE. but Insane.

Sane but mad, according to the doc
tors, q man has been released from a
London asylum. He had been suffer.
ing from insomnia and was given an
injection of some preparation of NOR
phia, the effects of which were prac-
tically unknown. He went to stay at
q boarding house and in giving read
ing from Dickens impersonated Pick
wick. As "Pickwick" was In the mid
die Of his performance the doctor who
had attended him came to the house,
and, assuming his dressing UP to be
an act of insanity, gave a certificate
next day for his removal to the coun-
try asylum.
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SEE RAILROADS IN
WILSON'S HANDS
Believe President Will Have to
Take Them Over.
MAY ASK SPECIAL LAWS
i Adamson Declares Government May
! Have to Run Them Until Congress
Provides Plan For Proper Manage
ment

Washington, Dec. 12-At the open
| ing of the hearing by the joint con-
| greSsional committee investigating
transportation problems, RepIese enta-
| tive Adamson, Georgia, Democrat,
| chairman of the house CONNIE rec COM
mittee, declared that President Will
son probably would have to take over
the railroads during the VIZ and
| hold them after the war until con-
gress can provide some plan for prop
er management and efficient operation
| in peace and in war;
The committee began hearing rail
| road commissioners from Wisconsin,
| Indiana. Minnesota, Nevada and Kan
san. Carl ]. Jackson. of the W;scon-
sin commission, was the first witness
and explained the workings of that
body
The railroads war board asked
President Wilson to receive the men,
| bers for a conference which was ar
| ranged for.
Fairfax Harrison chairman of the
board, said:
"Our consistent effort has been to
be of service to the nation in time OF
| war and we hope that we may be able
to be of assistance to the president
in respect of any action he may con-
template"
The presidents intention to ask
| congress for special laws to effect
! railroad unification for the duration
| Of the war, gave a new aspect to the
problem faced by congressional lead
ers, war administrators and railroad
executives.
The presidents decision in favor of
such a move was indicated after a
conference with Senator Newlands,
Joint committee investigating the rail-
roads, at which the transportation
situation was discussed at length. The
president probably will ask for the
legislation in an address to congress
| before the holidays recess.
Although there was nothing to show
that the president had confided his
doubtful as to just what he may ask,
some believed he might request, legis-
lation in line with the suggestion of
the interstate commerce commission
that the anti-pooling laws be suspend
ed for the war. Others pointed out
that the commissions report said ad-
ditional laws might be required if the
government decided to operate the
roads.
Most of the presidents advisers IA
vor government operation and declare
the president already has power by
the army appropriations ac..eto ~tal+7.
over the roads under an administrator.
Railroad opposition to government
al operation was emphasized again in
a letter to Senator Newlands from
Mr.. Harrison In stating the position
of the roads the letter said they did
not seek a repeal Of any legislation,
believing the cooperative use Of fa-
cilities recently put in operation
would solve the problem.
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Kaiser's War Library.

1t is reported that the kaiser Is de-
voting considerable time to the crea-
ton of his own war library, and al
ready this remarkable collection mum.
bers 10000 volumes.
The war lord is we'll known as q
vain man and his collection of photo
graphs runs into thousands. While the
books come from every country, only
German photographs are included, and
those of the kaiser himself are numer-
Gus.
The war collection of the Royal Ii
brary of Berlin now numbers $4,000
volumes, and they are bound in special
covers of gray, stamped with the Prus-
sian eagle.
The daily banner., 1917-12-12
VINOL MAKES
GOOD BLOOD
Positive-Convincing Proof.

Many so-called remedies for amaze
mia are only so in name. Their max
ers are afraid to prove their claims
by telling what their medicines con-
tain.
The only way to be honest with
the people is TO let them know what
they are paying for. Here is the vi
mol formula. When the doctor
kaows what a medicine contains it
ceases to be a patent" medicine.
Cod Liver and Beef Pep
tones, Iron and Manganese
Peptonates, Iron and AM
monia Citrate, Lime and
Soda GlycerophCsphates,
C2&cariu.
my doctor will tell you that the
in-.t. lis Of NinOi, as named above,
vii enrich the blood and Danish
aEas-.i." and create strength. When
,hc G.o91 is pure and rich and red,
lie DoGy is strong and robust.
You can prove this at our expense
because your money will be return
ed if Vinol does not improve your
health.
c. p. Craig & Son. Druggists, Cam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
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CROPS hPr H07W
S2I,0O0,000,0OO
Cotton Estimate Shows Million
Bales Decrease.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Many crops
this year exceed the production of
other years. while the va'ue o. the
country's farm rHndu"ts. with a total
estimated unoTciaIy at $21 ,000, 900.
066, far exceeds any other year in his
tory.
Final estimates of production of the
principal farm crops wee announced
by the department OF a2ricu'tu~e
Cotton production is e mated at
1O.949. 600 equivalent 5ea-rolnd bales.
The average weight a rHn-ir bale is
estimated II 7o1-5 D~un Is g~Cs-.
This estimate shows 4 million bale
decrease from tNe Octor ~ est mate
The d~op was de to l.iiling frost
several weeks earlier than usual.
Other production estimates are:
Corn. 3,159. GOO bushels.
Winter wheat. 41S.G7o coo; spring
wheat, 323, ,75S.OO0 all wheat. 5O.S2s,.
600.
Oats. .5S7 7,S86.0OO.
Barley. 22S.975OOO
Rye. so $4,000.
Buckwheat, t7.46O.O 900.
Rice. 36,27S 600.
Potatoes. 442. $40. .OG0.
Sweet potatoes. S7.f41 900.
Tobacco, 1876 451 900 pounds
Sugar beets. 6.237 600 tons.
Beans. 15.701 900 bushels.
Onions. 13,554OO0 bushels.
Cabbage. $4,000 tons.
Apples. 5S.2O2 GOO barrels.
Peaches, 45,066,OCO bushels.
Pears. 13.2S1 900 bushels.
Oranges, 1882. 900 boxes.
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Hold on Wrong Woman.

The street car stopped and man ac-
companying a woman get Off the front
end of the car. AS he stood holding
out his hand to assist the woman in
alighting he looked down the street.
Just then something bumped into the
outstretched hand and he caught hold,
as he kept his eye on an automobile
that was approaching.
"Let go my arm, man." cried the col
ored woman who was getting off the
car.
81 beg your pardon" suffered the
surprised man as he looked at the col
ored woman and saw that she, Instead
of his companion, had followed him
Off the car.-Indianapolis News.
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TO PROBE WAR DEPARTMENT
Senate committe to Make Inquiry Into

Equipping of American Forces.
Washington, Dec. PA general in
quiry into the operations of the war
department in arming and equipping
the American forces was decided upon
by the military affairs committee of
the senate.
Secretary Of War Baker and other
department heads will be called to
explain various features of war ac-
tivities.
Senator Chamberlain, Democrat,
Oregon, chairman of the committee,
announced it would probably cover a
wide range. Questions of shortages
Of clothing for the national army,
health, deficiencies in rifles and field
ordnance and army contracts, he said
would be inquired into
"The purpose OF the committee is
not to criticfse but to secure informa-
tion." said Senator Chamberlain.
There have been some complaints,
covering many army matters and we
desire to look into them, particularly
regarding reported shortage of cloth.
ing, ordnance and other equipmeIt "
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TEMPER. Foe of Collar,

Recent tests prove that mans tenn
per has more to do with his collar
wearing out than does the much abused
laundry. In the tests new collars en-
dured around forty trips through the
laundry process before cracks began
&c render them anpresentable.
On the other hand, collars that were
worn after each washing were good
for only about twenty trips through
the laundry.
1t is easy to crack a collar in but
toning it; damage can be done when
adjusting the necktie, especially when
this adjustment is dane violently or
impatiently.
The daily banner., 1917-12-12
Hold Council on New Drive.

The Hague, Dec. ia German
council of war is being held at Ger
man headquarters in France to make
plans for big drive against the allies
on the western front.
Information to this effect has been
received.
An Austrian journalist who recently
interviewed Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg quoted him as saying that
peace cannot be thought of unless
the Germans are victorious" Won
Hindenburg was quoted further as
saying that the next overtures mast
4ome from the allies.