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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
COUPLE WED SEVENTY
YEARS WITHOUT STRIFE
Married Pair Celebrate Their Annivsr-
sary Of Life In Happiness.

Glasgow, Mo-. P. Bentley, ninety
years old, and his wife. Mrs. Susan
Fristoe Bentley, eighty-eight years Of
age. were married seventy years ago
and never had a fuss. They recently
celebrated their anniversary. They
live near Forest Green.
Mr.. Bentley. who has lived all his
life on his farm and still runs the 600
acre tract himself, is rated one of the
wealthiest men in Charlton county.
having amassed a fortune Of between
$4,000 and 100000.
Both he and his wife were born on
adjoining farms. When they were wed
they agreed that If either became an
CRY the other should take cogniZance
of it and preserve an unruff1ed de-
meanor. This, they say, is the secret
of their smooth relations.
Nine children. five of whom are liv-
ing, were born to the union. The five
are T. NJ. Bentley, Salisbury. Mo-; S. j..
Bentley, Forest Green; William Bent
ley and Mrs. William La Motto, ROa-
noke. Mo-. and Mrs. Lloyd Herring.
Forest Green.
The Bentley farm descended to its
present owner from his father. who OBJ
tanned it from the government by grant
In 1915.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
Uncle Sans Uniforms.

An act of congress, approved March
I, 1911, entitled AN act to protect the
dignity and honor of the uniform Of
the United States" provides that
hereafter no proprietor, manager or
employee of theater or other public
place of entertainment or amusement
In the District of Columbia or in any
territory, the district OF Alaska or in
sular possessions of the United States
shall make or cause to be made any
discrimination against any person law
fully wearing the uniform of the army,
navy, revenue cutter service or marine
corps OF the United States because of
that uniform. and any person making
or causing to be made such discrimina-
ton shall be guilty of a miSdemeanor.
punishable by a fine not exceeding
$500"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10

Exciting Chase of United States
Secret Service Man.
MANY HANDLE COUNTERFEIT.

After Bank Clerk Discovers Spurious
Currency, Hunt Leads to Many Cities.
/ Grocer, Original Owner of Bill. Proves
to Be Agent For Organized Band of
= counterfeiters.
: Cleveland, O.-The tracing of counter
felt bills back to the persons response
BILE for their issue is a curious and ex-
citing employment The experts as
signed by the government to this work
are among the most skillful members
of the secret service. The protection
of the currency depends in large meas
ure upon their efficiency, and the pains
they take are almost infinite. The fol-
lowing case is one illustrating the diff
ficulties which the secret service people
meet and overcome:
A bank clerk in Cleveland had de
tected a counterfeit twenty dollar bill
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
TIED DUCK WITH CRAvAT.
Left Diamond Stud on IL, and That May
Account For Turkey Find.

Cuero, Tex.-What Thomas Lovett of
this county believes to be the previous
history of the recent story from Chi
cago telling of a diamond stud valued
at $50 found in the craw Of Thanks
giving turkey had its inception in
duck hunt here.
According to Lovett's story, while
hunting two years ago he slightly
wounded a duck and decided to carry
the bird home. He used his necktie to
bind the birds feet, neglecting to re-
move diamond stud fastened therein.
Placing the supposedly helpless bird in
the rear of his conveyance, he started
home. when a futter a few minutes
later attracted his attention. He turn
ed in time to see the duck flying off
with his necktie dangling from its feet
Cuero is in the center of Il large tur-
key raising portion of Texas. and
many of the birds. which roam over
large range. find their way to the Chi
cago market.
Mr.. Lovett so far has entered no
claim TO the stud.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
A Curiosity of Sound,

If when riding in a balloon at a
height, say, Of 1000 feet a charge of
guncotton be fired electrically 100 feet
below the car. the report, though really
than pistol shot, possibly partly owing
to the greater rarity Of the air, but
chiefly because the sound, having no
background to reflect it, simply spends
itself in the air. Then, always and IN
der all conditions Of atmosphere. there
ensues absolute silence until the time
for the echo back from earth has fully
elapsed, when a deafening outburst of
thunder rises from below, rolling on
often for more than half q minute.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
LACE GROWS ON TREES.
Panama Product May Take Place of
MOSQUITO NETTING.

New Orleans, La.-Lace grows on
trees on the isthmus of Panama, and
the trees grow wild in the swamps.
Captain l. w. Richards Of the steam
ship Norwalk brought a fine sample.
not merely as curiosity. but to induce
tests as to the probable utility of the
plant or the tree in this section.
When the bark of the limbs is strip
ped there are rolls of filmy substance
Of texture very much like mosquito
netting. The size of these layers in
creases with the size of the tree. the
largest being about foot in diameter
The fabric is strong and can be sewn
without tearing.
The natives use the stuff in making
garments. Captain Richards believes
that by cultivation the trees may be-
come very valuable, and if the lace
layers cannot be enlarged some process
may be perfected by which they can be
Joined into a fabric which will make
the finest mosquito bar and may even
serve for summer raiment.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
"GLAZE," NEW WEATHER WORD
Old Fashioned "SIeet" Will Be Out of
Style This Winter.

Washington. The old fashioned
"sleet' is going out of style this win
ter before the newer lice storm" and
glaze" weather bureau officials re-
,o-tcd in Tier campaign for more &C
.uratc term.no.Ogy for various kinds
II frozen rain. Sleet is officially de-
acriScI aS small globules of rain frozen
.a'o.c striking the earth. When rain
ices after falling and forms a CLASSY
colt.ng on the ground, trees and wires
the condition is called a glaze, and
when this is severe and accompanied
by wind. it is reported as an ice storm.
The weather bureau hopes TO elimi-
nate wat it considers improper use of
the word ''slcet," as it HIS caused sub
stitltion Of the term tornado" for
Cyclone" when violent storm of
small diameter is meant.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
RATTLE THREE BACHELORS.
Men Willing to Wed Won by Girls With
Lucky Numbers.

Glen Carbon. Ill.-Three eligible
bachelors guaranteed good providers
and willing to marry were won by
three women at matrimonial rattle re-
Gently as the climax Of a dance given
by the Glen Carbon Bachelors club.
The names Of the prizes and the hold
ers of the lucky numbers. as given out
by Carl Huffman. a member Of the
club, are:
Joe Clemson, thirty three, coal miner,
Of Glen Carbon. won by Miss Maude
Fletcher Of Glen Carbon.
Charles Hendricks. thirty-eight, mar
BILE worker. Of Edwardsville. won by
Miss Sarah Brown Of Denver.
Joe Jiggers. thirty -four. bartender, of
Glen Carbon. won by Miss Rose Brown
OF Denver.
The Misses Brown are sisters. They
were not present at the drawing, hav-
ing sent their numbers and names to
two young women Of Glen Carbon.
who drew for them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10

ers in Europe, if stories that are circu-
lated about him are anything like true
1t is said that the jewellers in Munich.
going home past the royal residence.
always could tell whether it was yet
o'clock in the morning. If it was that
hour a light was sure to be burning in
the princes study. Four hours is the
maximum amount of sleep he permits
himself, and in that respect he is like
his old regent, Luitpold. his grand
father, who lived to be past eighty
years old.
Life has brought much of sorrow and
little of pleasure to the Bavarian prince.
His wife. who was a sister Of the
queen of the Belgians, died in 1912 aft
er several years Of invalidiSm. Their
marriage in 1900 was the elimination
of a genuine love affair. Four of their
FIVE children have died, one of them
while Rupprecht was at the battle
front. When he was notified or
his sons death he sent this lacOnic
message to his father: DUTY COM
mands action. not tears. at this mo-
ment."
Rupprecht has one of the finest art
galleries Of Germany and has a wide
knowledge of antiques of all sorts. III
his spare moments he is almost GER
tain to be found in the museums OF
Munich, of which he is perhaps the
most liberal patron.
Military observers differ as to Rup-
precht's work in the present war. Al
the start of it he achieved some sue
cess on the Lorraine front. but he WAS
blamed for the German failure at
Neuve Chapelle. There is no doubt
however, that he displayed great Mill
tary ability in handling the defense Oh
the Somme. He is unsparinS OF lis
men, as he is Of himself, and it IS SAL
to wager that the Germans will lose
no battle because Of tenderness on '"'
part of Rupprecht of Bavaria.
He is in direct line of succession "
the throne of Bavaria, outside vi iru>'
STA probably the most important "e'
man state.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
A TIRELESS PRINCE
Bavarian Chief Sleeps but Four
Hours a Day.
IS STERN DRIVER OF MEN

Rupprecht Man on Whom Fell Task a,
Directing German Defense Adams.
Allies Great Somme Attack-ons os
Best Known ArchaeoIosists and "a.
nous Art Collector.
Berlin.-Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
the man OIL whom fell the task of di-
recting the German defense against tho
allies great Somme attack. is one Of
the few many sided men in Europe's
royal circles. Rupprecht is one Of the
ablest of the German generals. school.
ed in military tactics. hard. driving
SORT of man. He is one of the best
known European archaeOlOgiStS and is
a famous art collector.
But Rupprecht differs mostly from
the rest of his royal kinSmcn by his
Unsuitable love of work. 1t is his boast
that be works longer hours than any
other man in the kingdom of Bavaria.
over which he is destined to rule.
This grim faced, cold eyed TeutOn is
one of the most inveterate tine steal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
GOT $1,000 FOR EYE.
Young Man Then Lost Money on Q Gel
ebration Trip.

Monessen. Pa.-Michael Kamar, aged
twenty-nine. who received $1,000 COM
pensation because Of the loss of an eye
while at work in a Pittsburgh steel
mill, Is now bemoaning his desire to
celebrate because of his newly &C
quired wealth.
When Michael got his money he i'm
mediately arranged for a trip to New
York. with stop at Ashtabula as a
side issue. He started one day at noon.
an hour after he had the compensation
check cashed, and In less than a half
hour was minus his thousand. He con-
tinued his journey to Ashtabula. but
returned home and said he would get q
Job.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
SMILE CURES Mind.
Fiancee Helps to Lift Veil When
Science Fails.
REASON SLOWLY RETURNS.

clans After Partial Asphyxiation In
Auto-Sweetheart, In Same Hospital,
Is Wheeled Into His Ward, and Eyes
Briqhten For First Time.
Detroit Mich.-A sweetheart's smile
won where science failed. The smile
lured back wandering mind that all
the little bottles, all the cleaning in
struments and all the solemn books
had failed to cure.
The case of Arthur ConnOr, twenty
eight years old. puzzled physicians for
DAYS after he was taken TO Grace hos
pital suffering from u form of gas as
phyxiation induced by inhaling gaso-
line fumes from his automobile. lie
slept for hours. u calm, deep sleep.
with normal pulse and respiration. but
a sleep that could not he driven out.
When it did lift its veil for few min
utes at IL time il was found his mind
had somehow slipped in its delicate
mechanism. and COnnOr muttered and
chartered of things foreign and uncOn-
nected with reason.
They dug in his spine and brewed
serums. and they tapped with inquisi-
tive fingers and touched the nerves
with the wizard flow of electricity and
the veins with the cleaning hypO-
dermic In vain all these things-and
then came the cure. a greeting smile
and a CHEEKY Good morning" from the
girl he is to marry.
Nellie Winters. dark haired and
brown eyed. sought her fiance. know
ing something hal happened to prevent
the filling of an engagement. She
found him after long search lying i'll
his car i'll the garage. asleep. lie had
sat down to rest. and the fumes had
overcome him and started the long
slumber. But the hunt through the cold
day had wrought another misfortune.
and Miss Winters found herself
threatened 10y pneumonia in the same
hospital with CUnnOr.
She grew better. and, once able To sit
i'm a wheel chair. she demanded to be
taken TO the side of her sweetheart.
They wheeled her in just as one of the
moments of his consciousness came.
And the eyes that had been filled with
vague dreamings suddenly cleared, and
the girls smile and glad greeting
found an answer.
Hello. Nellie! Gee, it's too bad we
are both sick in the same place"
1t was almost the first rational words
he had uttered. The veil fell again,
but the doctors had found key to the
mystic door and hope for a complete
recovery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
WOMEN'S CLOTHES IN LEAD
Head In Value All Manufactures In
New York State,

Albany, n. VA special report from
the United States census bureau shows
that the chief manufacture in New
York state is the production Of wo-
mems clothing, goods of that kind to
the value of S345,316.OOO having been
turned out in 1914. Printing and pub
fishing came next, with an output of
S25I 100000. Next was mems clothing.
S230,62T.O 900.
Other productions were foundry and
machine shop products, S175, 100000;
slaughtering and meat packing, S14S,-
100000; bread and other bakery prod
ucts, S1O9. 22S,OOO. The total value of
all manufactured products was S3.s14.-
$1,000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
TATT2oS HIS DAY OLD BABE.
Convicted German Military Attache
Takes No Chances.

San FranciScO.-IIis coat of arms
Skctched in indelible ink on the wrist
of his baby daughter gives assurance
to Lieutenant G.. W. Won Brincken. mil
itary attache of the German consulate
here. that his young wife will carry
away no other couples child when she
leaves the hospital where their first
born came into the world.
In a panic at the sight of numerous
other infants in the hospital nursery
Won BrinckCn. lately convicted of com
plicity in the munitions plots involving
the German consulate. catechized the
nurses on their methods of identified
ton. Not satisfied with their system.
he called for ink and pen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
BOMB BY MAIL BLINDS YOUTH.
Plainfield Youth Thought Can Was
Powder From Friend.

Plainfield. Conn.-Joseph Emil Sc
yigny. young Frenchman who lives
here. received can Of powder through
the mail. After shaving he started to
shake some OF 1t out, thinking it was
talcum. 1t wasn't. 1t was an internal
device. which exploded, decorating his
face and binding both eyes.
Sevigny knows Of no one who would
wish to kill him, he says. Investiga-
don by the police showed powerful ex.
plosives, steel fragments and coarse
sandpaper were In the can. The pack
age was postmarked TaftvfIle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
1riplets Follow Twins

Terre Haute. Ind.-Mrs. Joseph Mar
ctnki. wife OF miner east Of the city.
gave birth to triplets. and all are doing
well. The mother Is thirty six years old
and the husband forty-seven. A year
ago the mother gave birth to twins.
who still live. The triplets make tee
living children.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
Clock lakes Vacation.

Middleport. O-MOrgan Johnson 4"
newspaper distributor here. bought "
clock in 1881. 1t ran along very ent'l
fully until about nine years ago WIZ,
1t stopped stock still. No amount T., -
persuasion would start it AGAIN. ! Hy
other day his sister Retta was duS'in7
when she happened to touch 1t. "nei'
upon 1t started of as vigorously a. -,
first, and it has been keeping goOd '''"'
and striking the hours ever since
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
She Meant We'll,

The late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the
rigid apostle Of temperance, while on
Q week end visit made the acquaint.
ance Of a sharp young lady Of seven,
b whom on leaving he said: 'Now,
my dear, we have been talking some
time. am sure you have no idea who
am"
"Oh. yes, have" the little missy
replied "You are the celebrated
drunkard."-London Graphic.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
POTATO PROFIT 1903 PER CENT
That's What South Jersey Farmers
Earned on Their Stock.

WOOdstOwn. y. J.-Farmers are pros
porous. at least down in southern New
Jersey. where a large percentage of
New York city's potatoes are grown.
The South Jersey Farmerst exchange
declared 100 per cent stock dividend
and an per cent cash dividend.
The exchange is cooperative sell
ing organization. with 80 farmers as
members. At its sixteen stations last
year 9OI carloads of white potatoes
were handled ut an average price of M
cents a bushel. 1t did total business
In 1916 of Sl.OS7.347.T0. with a net
profit of, $3I.231.I9. This was the big
gest year since its organization in 1909
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
Buried Twenty Minutes and Livs.

Lawrence. Kan.-After being com
pletely buried at the bottom of an
eighteen foot ditch for twenty min
utes, Wayne Richardson, a laborer
from Clay Center. who was working
on the construction work In the drain
Ing district Of North Lawrence. was
rescued alive without apparent injury
one day recently.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
WOMAN OF 81 ELOPES.
Her Daughter Seeks to Be Appointed
Guardian of Her Estate.

Guardian of Her Estate.
BellefOntaine. O.-Securing restora
ton of her right to manage her own
property by securing the dismissal Of
her mother, Mrs. Harriet Fulwider. as
her guardian. Cora Woodbury. on the
following day filed an application in
the Champaign county court to be ap
pointed guardian for her mother. who
OWNS property valued at several thou
sand dollars.
1t was the announcement that the
mother, who is eighty-two years old
had eloped to Newport, Ky, and there
married Joel Bates, sixty-two years
old, that caused the daughter to peti-
ton the court to appoint her a guard
ian for her mother.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
BREAKS ARM WHILE
CHASING HIS NM

D Jacksonville, n. \. fmIr
0 Gardiner broke his right arn :
o his haste to jump from NV
o ing train when a wanton Oi
D lifted his hat through tne
o window and landed 1t Id "a.
o clump Of weeds. Despi's I'D
o injury he beamed when De ain n.
0 the top piece. he had seTs'
o side the band sS42 in bills
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10

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10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago
Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-11
Don't PrOCraStinatG
HAVE YOUR TIRES REPAIRED BEFORE 1T is
TOO LATE.

Many good tire can be made to double its mile
age at very small expense, if you have the small
break repaired when first noticed. The price is
insignificant when compared with the additional
mileage you obtain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-11
CRn1IzS OK ATAS

or sell nothing to Germany for
period of 10 years after the
end of the war. 1t is expected
to circulate the "oath" through
all of the countries of the en-
tente.
One of the vicious by-pro-
ducts of patriotism is silly hys-
terra, and the citizens of the
English cutlery town seem to
be undergoing an acute attack.
The English government as
well as that of America and the
other allies are repeatedly
pointing out that the war of
the entente is against the mill
tary autocracy of Germany and
not against the German peo-
pie. Such steps as that taken
in Sheffield make it appear
that the greater part of the ci-
vilized world is waging was on
Prussia to take the doll and dye
trade away from it.
After the war, trade plots
against Germany, even includ-
ing the great Paris agreement,
will not be worth the paper
they are written on. After
peace comes the manufactur-
er who turns out the best and
cheapest product will get the
trade, no matter whether he
lives in Dusseldorf or in East
ern Patagonia. The United
States has done well to hold
itself aloof from all agree
ments designed to kill German
trade forever.
Of course, Germany's ruth
lessness and enemy-making
ambitions naturally will be OBJ
stacles to the immediate revi-
val of her trade. More than
this, her trade has been so long
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

with the Twenty-seyenth infantry, TO
which he had been promoted captain
and finally was with General Perish
ing there.
Captain Maginn's wrote several
military text books and translated
them into Spanish for the soldiers.
He married a daughter of the Amer
lean consul at Porto Rico. The wife's
parents came from Barcelona. Spain.
He will arrive on the campus At
the beginning of the school year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

being Pendleton's only contri-
button to the nation. We had
a number of men in the first
training camp, in the neighbor-
hood of 200 local boys enlisted
from Pendleton in various
branches of the service, exclu-
sive of troop D which has a
strength of 10S. The percent
age of men claiming exemption
from the draft is lower in
Umatilla county than in most
ether sections heard from. The
percentage of men excused for
reasons of physical disability is
lower here than at any other
important point concerning
reports have been re-
ceived.
Umatilla county is no slack
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-11
NO SLACKERS HERE

m UT of 131 men chosen
VI from Oregon to attend
the second reserve off
GERS training camp seven have
been selected from Pendleton.
1t is a compliment to the city
and the men chosen are to be
congratulated upon their sue
cess. They are qualified to
make good in the training camp
and a good account may be ex-
pected of them.
But these men come far from