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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
Emperor and Car.


The Gar Ferdinand Of Bulgaria, not
withstanding his numerous visits to
Vienna, never succeeded In making
himself welcome to the Austrian aris-
tocracy. For q long time the aged en-
peror refused to receive him. After
much useless scheming to get the ear
Of Francis Joseph he was advised to
obtain the aid Of Nine. Schratt, who
held at Schoenbrun an influential po-
sition.
Ferdinand sent to this favorite a
Jewel box with q note: 81 desire to
offer to you the earrings that my moth
er wore until her death Deign to &C
cept them and intercede In my favor
with the emperor"
Nine. Schratt used her kindly Of
fees, and Francis Joseph consented to
receive the king Of the Bulgars. Fer
dinand had brought a napkin filed
with papers that he wished to show to
the emperor. After Ferdinand's de-
parture the emperor, turning to his
grand chamberlain, said: ut Is curious
that a king should be so lacking In
manners. This fellow has spoken to
me as though were a mere nOtary?'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
DAY COACHES FOR TROOPS.
sieepers Not to BE Provided Under
War Conditions.

oteePere Not TO De FroVtoeo Ohoef
War Conditions.
Washington.-It Is announced by the
secretary of war that standard Pull
man and tourist sleepers will not be
used for the transportation of troops
under ordinary conditions during the
war. Day coaches hereafter will be
used on the basis Of one officer to each
double seat and three men to each two
double seats. The new order applies to
all cases except journeys Of unusual
length, covering more than one night
and one day, which cases will be sep
arately considered when they arise.
1t is explained that the new regula-
hon is necessary owing to the limited
number Of sleeping cars available for
troop movements and to the congestion
that would arise on transportation
lines If sleepers had to be collected for
every large movement Of troops. More
over, by doing away with sleepers, 1t
Is declared, the number Of cars neces-
sary to handle the movement is de-
creased by one-quarter.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
WELDING Glass.

Welded glass suitable for certain op-
teal instruments and other apparatus
Is a novel material that is stated to be
Of great practical value as well as
much interest. AS the welding proc
ess is described by Parker and Dalla-
DAY to the Faraday Society Of Lon
don, the glass surfaces to be Joined
are placed in good optical contact
under pressure and are heated to
carefully predetermined temperature,
which, to avoid distortion Of OFFICIALLY
worked surfaces, must not approach
too near what is defined as the IAN
healing point" This point Of appreci-
able softening is determined for any
kind of glass by noting the tempera-
ture at which the internal heat stresses
seen in the glass with polarized light
quite suddenly disappear. Similar
glasses unite perfectly well below this
point, but with very unlike kinds the
softer becomes distorted before the
harder is hot enough to make good
weld.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
LEAGUE WILL START -.
TO TRAIN IMMIGRANTS
Form OF Oath Equivalent to Enlist
mont Pledge Drawn Up.

New York. A movement to train
New York's immigrant population In
readiness for military service was start
ed at meeting held In the offices Of the
National Liberal Immigration league.
The league has been at work on the
situation concerning the part immi.
grants win take in any national crisis
for the last eight years and has the
approval Of the war department
This consists Of a recruiting cam
paign on the east side for the Macca-
bean brigade, as 1t will be called. The
house Of the James G.. Blaine club has
been offered by the president, DR.. ].
Levenson, and is open for recruiting.
Applicants will enlist without any
stipulation and wiz take an oath
which virtually binds them to federal
military service for the duration Of
the war. A form Of oath equivalent
to the army enlistment pledge has
been drawn up by the adjutant gen.
eral of the eastern department at the
leagues request.
Recruits will be trained under COM
petent instructors and then win be
available either to be mustered into
the regular army, the national guard
or service as reserve officers II they
show progress enough. There win be
no stipulation that they be accepted
in a body, keeping their racial unity
in companies or other units; but viii
60 where assigned.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
The Crested Fly Catcher.

Why does the crested fly catcher Sc
Iect a dried snake skin to line his nest I
Some naturalists believe it is to rem
der the nest waterproof. Others think
the dried skin serves as a burglar
alarm, to rattle at the approach Of a
SQUIRREL or other enemy.
This bird builds his nest in hollow
trees, stumps or posts. Sometimes he
rents the abandoned home Of the wood
vecker. Professor Fl. A. Surface, Penn
glvania state zoologist, tells Of one
that usurped a rural mail box for his
fat OF recent years they have been
Known to inhabit box homes put up for
their special benefit.
So If you want to encourage the
rested fly catcher, build him a box
nest He'll pay the rent many times
over. He eats beetles, flies, grasshop-
ers, butterflies and moths.-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
MADAM Dreadnaughts.

land all doubt modern dread
pts represent the highest level Of
rtsoIled strength that the human
hos vet seen. The fact that $4,000
rs'e ~ more Of metal can be driven
su. .uob water at the speed of an ex-
tuOs train while its big guns hurl
p Is weighing three-quarters Of a
w. 20 q distance Of twenty miles is q
~ ,..cIe in mechanism.
pp~ring the evolution of the warship
,t0 nresent state Of efficiency marine
oIneers have been faced with the
susbIom of protecting vital parts of the
p0OoI from the ever increasing hitting
' ',or of large shells. In other words,
=. fphting value depended upon its
S;,itv to take as well as give hard
sDocks. Some idea Of the difficulty
- he gathered from the fact that a
ss+ s inch shot strikes a blow at its
roIimum point Of speed capable of
sttinp $4,000 tons a foot from the
-onnd-LOndOn Standard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
NEW u BOAT DESTROYER.
Will Be Turned Over to Government
Early In July.


Wilmington, Del.-A submarine de-
stroyer Of a new type which is pro-
nounced by experts to be the most eff
cient conceived is being constructed
for Alfred I. du Pont and when COM
pleted early in July will be turned over
to the government for use against q
boats.
The craft, which is being constructed
by the Herreshoffs at Bristol, r. l., is
Of all steel torpedo boat destroyer con-
struction. 1t is ITO feet long, has a
fifteen foot beam and q draft of only
four and one-half feet. The latter di-
mension is so small as to render the
boat immune from submarine torpe-
does.
The destroyer has guaranteed speed
Of twenty-seven miles an hour. The
two high pressure steam generators
will develop approximately 1900 horse
power. Oil, which Is used as fuel, can
be carried for a cruise of 1900 miles
at fifteen knots or $50 miles at full
speed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
Wisdom of Persia.

Purity is for man, next to life, the
greatest good. That purity is procured
by the law Of Mazda to him who
cleanses his own self with good
thoughts, words and deeds.
Thou shouldst not become presump-
tuous through any happiness Of the
world, for the happiness Of the world
Is such like as cloud that comes on
rainy day, which one does not ward
or by any hill.-From the Zend-Avesta.
Ancient Persian Scriptures.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
BOY FARMER A PATRIOT;
SAVES MOTHER A fine
Gennaro Didn't Go to School, but
Cultivated Twenty Acres
In WeStcheSter.

New York.-Mrs. Rosa de Rosa, q
widow, missed being fined in the mu.
nicipal term court for keeping her son
Gennaro home from school by just
twenty acres. These acres are part of
her home at Mill Lane, Westchester,
and for the last month they have been
plowed and narrowed and fortified
and planted and cultivated by Gennaro
alone, and he is only fifteen.
1t was his age that got Gennaro into
trouble, for the compulsory education
law compels parents to keep their chill
dren in school until their sixteenth
year. That is why Mrs. De Rosa ap-
peared in court, very much frightened
and escorted by Attendance Officers
Puglieri and Carney.
Magistrate Appleton looked sternly
at the little Italian woman until she
had explained that she was a widow,
that there was a mortgage on her home
and that Gennaro was her only sup
port. Then he smiled, and after Publ
eri and Carney had testified that the
twenty acres were under intensive Gull
tivation and that one fifteen-year-old
lad was doing all this work the magis-
trate announced his decision.
Sentence suspended" he said. Your
son, Mrs. De Rosa. is doing a patriotic
duty. He is a real benefit to the COM
munity-more so than if he went to
school, as the law requires"
Gennaro did not hear this praise. He
was up in Westchester, cultivating the
twenty acres.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
FOR DRY FARMING
Can Be Practiced Where Water
Is Not Available.
REQUIRES MUCH PATIENCE.

In Missouri, In Drought Of 1914, Use Of
Dry Farming Methods by Only Part
of Farmers Largely Increased Yield
of Corn Per Acre as Compared With
That of 1901.
Washington.-With the burden of
supplying the worlds wartime crop
facing this country, the committee on
statistics and standards Of the Chamber
Of Commerce Of the United States has
called attention to the possibilities
Of dry farming. Such methods, 1t is
declared, can be made to fit the re-
quirements for raising many Of our
most important products. Dry farm
ing is said to be the only form Of agri-
culture which can be successfully prac-
ticed in any region where water is not
available for irrigation and where
rainfall is not sufficient for humid
farming.
The inherent purpose Of dry farming,
it is pointed out, is to conserve mois-
ture in the soil until needed for grow
ing plants. The dry farmer resorts to
methods Of timely and proper cultiva-
ton, narrowing, disking and blowing,
to increase the penetration Of water,
prevent evaporation and store mofs-
ture in the soil for the benefit Of the
plants.
"Dry farming Is not an easy job, nor
is the lot of the farmer in the semi
arid regions any happier at times than
that Of the policemen in the Pirates
Of Penzance,'" says Archer Wall Doug
las of st. Louis, chairman Of the ma
tional commerce committee. ct Is a
business requiring much industry, pa
thence, fortitude and intelligent under
standing Of the surrounding conditions.
Likewise In the beginning 1t needs
some reserve capital against emergen-
cies. For there are years when, through
weeks, even months, Of rainless heat,
the sky is as brass and the earth as
iron underneath, and rainfall only q
distant memory.
"Yet persevered in and intelligently
stuck to, it is apt to record a success
and to furnish a great need for the
utilization of the vast area Of semi
arid country. Once exploited as
panacea, then denounced as a fad, 1t
has at last come into its own as an in
telligent scientific form of agriculture,
absolutely essential to the development
of large section Of our country"
OF particular interest I'm meeting war
time conditions is the argument that
dry farming methods are applicable
not only to farming in the semiarid,
but likewise humid regions in times of
drought. In Missouri in the drought
of 1914 the use Of dry farming methods
by only a part Of the farmers largely
increased the yield Of corn per acre, as
compared with similar conditions In
1901
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
A Dangerous Precedent.

The worst case of law versus justice
md common sense is one which Mon.
higne relates as having happened In
bis own day. Some men were con-
ienned to death for murder. The
Judges were then informed by the off,
Gers of an inferior court that certain
persons in their custody had confessed
Themselves guilty of the murder and
had told so circumstantial a tale that
the fact was placed beyond all doubt.
Nevertheless it was deemed so bad a
Precedent to revoke a sentence and
show that the law could err that the
innocent men were delivered over to
Eecution.-London Mail.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
OLD MAN TRIED TO ENLIST.
Wanted to "HeIp Out" In Any Way,
but Was Refused.

~ WI "ayp
but Was Refused.
Topeka, Kan.-The fact that the Unit
ed States government does not admit a
man over thirty-fve years Of age to en-
list In the army prevented the officers
in charge Of the local recruiting station
from passing on S. L. Palmer, a pros
porous Pawnee county farmer, the 9TH
er afternoon. .
Mr.. Palmer is sixty-two years of age,
but appears to be a man of about forty.
He appeared very much grieved when
he was told he was too old for the serv-
ice.
Neither money nor the desire for e1-
perience had anything to do with Mr..
Palmers applying for service in the
ranks. He owns 700 acres Of good
Pawnee county land.
His only reason was his desire to
"help out" he told the officers. He
wanted to be admitted as a telegra-
pher, a craftsman or a mechanic. He
said he had fifteen years experience
as telegrapher.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
De POTESTAD OFFERS SWORD
Son of Ex-Spanish Diplomat Seeks
United States Officers Commission.


United States Officers Commission.
Baltimore.-R. E. L. de Potestad, son
Of the late Marquis de Potestad- For
mari, formerly Spanish diplomat in the
United States, has applied for a COM
mission in the officers reserve corps
from Maryland and has virtually been
accepted by the army examining board
at Johns Hopkins university.
Lieutenant Elliott, chief examining
officer, said that although Mr.. de Pote-
stad is past fifty-two he is the finest
specimen of manhood that has been
examined here and has the physique Of
a man Of thirty. Mr.. de Potestad's IA
ther represented the Spanish govern
ment during the settlement of the Gu
ban claims after the Spanish-American
war. He died in Switzerland several
months ago. His son has large estate
near this city and is an American
citizen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09

EastIand, From Which Many Lives
Were Lost, Will Be FLAGSHIP.

Were Lost, Will Be Flagship.
Great Lakes, Ill.-A fleet Of training
ships shortly will be sailing the great
lakes, it was announced at the United
States naval training station here.
Captain w. A. Moffett, commandant,
has planned the mobilization Of num-
Der Of vessels mounting guns ranging
from one Founders to six inch pieces.
The fleet will serve to train recruits
passing through the training station
here, which has been greatly expanded
since the outbreak Of war, in addition
to protecting lake cities.
The steamer Eastland, which turned
over in the Chicago river in 1915 with
a loss of S12 lives and which is now
being rebuilt as a gunboat, will be the
flagship. Other vessels in the fleet
will be two Of the former Spanish gun
boats which were captured by Dewey
at Manila bay.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
PREPARES OWN FUNERAL.

Thought He Had Cancer-Providss
Corpse by Committing Suicide.
Bishop, Cal.-After having prepared
carefully for his own funeral John
Shortall, mining man, went out and
shot himself through the head.
Death was instantaneous. A month
ago he had undergone an operation for
a growth on his lip and had become
obsessed with the fear that 1t was a
cancer. This led him to self destruction.
Shortall was sixty-four years old and
had been long in the Owens valley. His
mining property, a promising copper
proposition, is located In Moclano, be-
tween Benton and Laws.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
Continental CONGRESS.

The first session Of the continental
congress was held in Carpenters hall,
Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774, with forty
four members present. All the colonies
were represented except Georgia and
North Carolina. Peyton Randolph of
Virginia was president and Charles
Thomson was secretary.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
HARDENING of thu Artaries-

. Hardening of the Arteries.
. hardening of the arteries cam
. not be cured. The vessels have
a Ueer orcrStretched day by day
. anu white. inelastic fibers have
. Mhen the place Of the elastic
I. uGerS that have been lost The
elastic iibcrs can never be re-
!. stored. But one can regulate
4. uiniSelf so that his life may yet
A We long and comfortable. Tenn
I. peranre in eating, drinking and
a working must be the unalterable
rule Of conduct.
A 1he man with arteriosclero-
/. sS Should have his blood pres
a sure taken periodically. In case
a VI dizziness and a considerable
a use In pressure he should guard
|. ssslnSt apoplexy by starving
q Snu purging. When the pressure
a uses suddenly and sharply he
4 suOuld have his urine examined
= .Or aloumen, as Bright's disease
4 = even more Of a menace than
! 'DOple1y.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
LONDON HONORS GEN. SHUTS.
Boer Leader Likely to Be Offered High
British Command.

London. - Lieutenant General Jan
SHUTS, who was relieved Of the COM
mand Of the British forces operating
against the Germans In German East
Africa to attend the imperial confer
ence here, received the freedom Of the
city of London. General SHUTS in an
address said:
'The United States entered the strug-
gle because, like Us, she recognized
that universal liberty was at stake.
The end Of the struggle Is coming near
er. have learned the spirit Of our
armies and know that 1t Is magnin-
cent In its confidence 10 carry Tho
struggle through TO q victorious end"
General SHUTS WIN be offered high
military command, and It II expected
10 win accept It
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
POMEROY CONSENTS TO WORK
Notorious Life Convict at Last MingIes
With Other Inmates.

Boston.-Jesse Pomeroy, the states
notorious life prisoner, abandoned his
objections to the revised terms Of his
sentence and for the first time in forty
years mingled with his fellow inmates
He has been put to work.
When Governor Mccall and his coun-
ell last January committed that pro-
vision Of Pomeroy's sentence which
stipulated that he should spend his
days in solitary confinement Pomeroy
objected to the change that made him
liable to labor. His refusal to work
was punished with twenty-four hours
In dark cell and a diet Of bread and
water, but he declined to yield until
RECENTLY.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
Dad Gets Back.

$50 you are going to marry a chorus
girl, hayT
"Now, don't kick up fuss, dad. Two
can live as cheaply as one"
I'll give you a chance to prove that
Not q cent increase Of allowance do
you get"-Louisville Courier Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
Amonp the Accidents,

Amateur Tenor-That's odd. can't
md any account Of my singing at the
SEellmore'S musicale last evening. His
Fdend-Where did you look for it?
Amateur Tenor-Among the musical
notes, of course. His Friend-It might
be in the paper after all. Why not try
hne other department. eExchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
An All Around Boss,

But" exclaimed the man Of delicate
disabilities, will your conscience per-
nit you to do as you suggestY
Look here. friend" answered the
New York politician, 81 am accustomed
pbe boss even of my own conscience"
pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
SLACKERS NOT WANTED.
But This One Enlisted After He
Changed His Name.

Newark, n. IA heavy set young
man walked into the army recruiting
Office here and told the officers In
charge he wanted to enlist
whats your name" asked the lieu
tenant.
Stacker" was the reply.
Nothing doing" shot back the Off
Ger. 1--WE don't want any slackers here"
The man later explained that he was
Andrew Stacker of Middletown, Sussex
county, N. J., and that he wanted to
break Off diplomatic relations with his
name.
He was accepted.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
QUESTIONS ASKED IN
WAR REGISTRATION

. The questions which are to be 4
= answered In the nation wide war 4
= department registration involve 4
. comparatively few subjects. 4
. Here they are: The name in full, 4
. the age in years, the home ad- 4
. dress, the date Of birth, the 4
. quality Of citizenship, natural 4
. born, naturalized or the condi- I
. ton Of declaration OF intention; 4
. the place Of birth, trade, occupa-
= ton or office, employment and by
= whom employed, dependents II
= any, married or single, race, for
. mer military service and where 4
. It was rendered and lastly claims
. Of exemption from draft, with (
. the specific grounds therefor. 4
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
MUST NOT ABUSE FLAG.

Decorators Will Be Arrested, Says
Justice Department.
Notwithstanding against desc
Grafton Of the American flag by aliens
was issued by the department Of JUS
tice. The following notice was sent
to federal attorneys and marshals:
ANY alien enemy tearing down, mu-
tlatng, abusing or desecrating the
United States flag In any way win be
regarded as a danger to the public
peace or safety within the meaning Of
regulation II Of the proclamation Of
the president issued April 9, 1917, and
wm b subject to summary arrest and
eoonnement"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
Correct.

Its easy to find out what time it
Is" said a married man. IF the hall
clock says $40, and the drawing room
clock says $50, and the dining room
clock says sos, and my watch says
els, and my wife's little dinky watch
says 6, it's o'clock in our house,
EXCHANGE
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
PROTECTS ENLISTED MEN.

Bill Will Prevent Slight to Uniforms
Anywhere In United States.
Washington. - Representative John
Jacob Rogers Of Lowell, Mass, intro
duced a bill In the house to prevent
discrimination against enlisted men
wearing the uniforms Of the military
or naval forces Of the United States in
places Of public entertainment.
A similar law enacted in 1906 pre-
vents such discrimination in the Dis
trict Of Columbia and in the territorial
possessions of the United States. The
Rogers proposal would make this law
effective In all states as well. The
measure will have the support Of the
administration, it is stated.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
CURED BY LIGHTNING.
Sufferer From Rheumatism Says He 10
Well Now.

Indiana, PA sufferer from rheu-
matism each winter for the past fifteen
years, Walter Loring Of Rayne town.
ship believes that he was permanently
cured of the disease by a stroke Of
lightning. While sitting in his home
during a severe electric storm, the
house was struck by lightning, and
both he and his wife were rendered IN
conscious. 1t was with difficulty that
they were revived.
Lately he has not been troubled, and
he believes the rheumatism was burned
out of his system by the electricity
which passed through his body.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-09
MUST HOLD FLAG SACRED.
Aliens Warned Summary Arrest Fol-
lows Dissertation.

Misunderstanding against desc
Grafton Of the American flag by aliens
was issued by the department Of JUS
tice. The following notice was sent to
federal attorneys and marshals:
"Any alien enemy tearing down, mu-
tilating, abusing or Decorating the
United States flag in any way will be
regarded as a danger to the public
peace or safety within the meaning of
regulation u Of the proclamation of
the president issued April 6, 1917, and
will be subject to summary arrest and
confinement"