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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
JUST WANTED HIS LAUNDRY
But Methods Employed by New York
Man to Get It Involved Him
in Serious Trouble.

II any one had spoken to Charles
Turpin the other day at two O'Clock
It is just about ten-to-one shot that
no answer would have been forthcom-
Ing. For at that hour Mr.. Turpin was
being removed, feet up, from the
rathskeller laundry of Charles Fung
West Fourteenth street, followed by
the ruin of his own laundry bundle,
the imported imprecations of Mr.. Flung
and two policemen, who were ready
at a moments notice to repeat what
had already been transacted regard
ing Mr.. Turpin's skull, says the New
York Herald. In brief. Mr.. Turpin
was as busy as a witch.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Turpln has made
no statement other than that the re-
naming days of c. Fung upon this
earth are numbered, 1t is difficult to
learn what started the typhoon. Mr..
Fung speaks a number of dialects
which no one cares to listen to. and
aside from gestures his descriptive
powers seem VIGOROUSLY weak.
All that is clear is that Mr.. Turpin,
having lost his check, demanded his
laundry at once, and during the indeci-
sion of c. Fung began to open bundles
and try on anonymous shirts. Mr..
Fung blew police whistle once, after
which Mr.. Turpin is alleged to have
sent the whistle In one blow from Mr..
Fung's mouth to a point OFF Sandy
Hook. 1t took three policemen to con-
vince Mr.. Turpin that In matters per-
taining to laundry he is all wrong, and
In the Jefferson Market court he was
held in $500 bail as an unusually
ilsorderly customer.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
KNEW WEAKNESS OF WOMEN
French Police Minister Played shrewd-
Iy on WelI-known Characteristic
of the Fair Sex.

During the reign of Louis XIV OF
France, the light chaise came into
fashion, and great ladies OF Paris were
accustomed to drive In them about the
lily. But beautiful hands are not al
ways strong ones; accidents began to
occur more and more frequently In
he streets. Consequently, says Das
Buch fur ALE. the king besought the
minister Of police to do something,
iince the lives OF pedestrians were
constantly In danger.
81 will do whatever is In my pow
r." replied the police minister. "Your
majesty desires that these accidents
.ease entirelyT
The king replied, Certainly. See
o II that they do"
The next day there appeared n royal
ordinance that ordered that, In the fu-
ure, ladies' under thirty years. of age
lhould not drive chalses through the
streets of Paris. That seems II mild
restriction; but It Is said that scarce
y a woman from that time on drove
Ter own chaise. The police minister
tnew that few women would care to
,dvertise the fact that they were over
hIrty, and that the rest would prob
IDLY be too old to drive.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
ARE YOU WORTHY OF TRUST7
Let Us First Be Sure That We Deserve
Confidence Before We Demand
II, Urges Writer.

People resent an insinuntion that
they are not to be trusted, in general
or with particular duty. Do We moi
look within in impartial Judgment t.
see whether we really merit trust :
Are we sufficiently competent to un
dertnke the task in question? Ar,
we wise enough to inform ourselves vi
matters wherein we find ourselves tx
nornnt? Are we clear-sighted enough
to estimate rightly men and affairs
Are We giving single-hearted servlc,
to our fellow man?
Let MS first be worthy of trust be
fore We demand 1t, says a writer lr
the Milwaukee Journal. II is poor
satisfaction TO gain trust to which We
know ourselves not entitled. Let ouI
first effort 10 be to deserve trust; theI
whether IL Is bestowed on us or moi
will be of second consideration. Mae
donald said: "TO be trusted Is great
err compliment than to be loved" Ye'
trust Is the foundation of love. II /.
wei 10 be slow In bestowing trust
Let time prove its worth. Once you
find the man whom you may implicitly
trust. treasure him closely. There IL
un old saying Eat a peck Of salt wit
a man before you trust him."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Sculptor's Masterpiece.

The famous statue of st. Bruno at
Rome was made by the great master
Of French sculpture, Houdon Q741-
1929. At the invitation of Franklin,
Houdon visited America in the year
1885 and took casts for the statue OF
Washington, now at Richmond, Va.
said by Lafayette to be the best like
ness obtained of the american Pa
triot." st. Bruno belonged to the or
der of Trappists, whose chief law was
silence. Pope Clement XVI, on see
ing the statue of st. Bruno, exclaimed:
He would speak did not the rule of
his order forbid"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

Alderman Captain is a member of
he home guards of the Twenty-fifth
ward, says the Chicago Herald. He
ook Alderman Toman out to see the
irill soon after the latter returned
rom investigating Boston saloons
Toman was put in line and the in
,tructor announced that he would give
1 lesson In Swedish gymnastics. The
younger men went through the drill
With ease. Toman began to pun. He
inally blurted out: I'm too old for
hat sort of stuff"
"How old are your" inquired the
instructor.
"'Thirty-eight."
Fine" commented the instructor.
The Swedes use this sort of exercise
It the age of sixty"
I'm no Swede; I'm a Bohemian"
,aid Toman as he got out Of line.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Chinese Postal Service.

Originally started by Sir Robert
Hart as the customs postal service, the
Chinese postal service has grown to
big proportions. The Chinese are
great letter writer's, and something
over 35O.OO0.O0O letters were carried
by the Chinese posts in one year. 1t
is the most extensive and the cheapest
postal system In the world. The Chin
csc post will carry letter to any part
Of China for about cent and u
half. whether It is sent by rail, or
horse. or foot-courier.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

The Hartford convention was q con-
vention of delegates from the states
of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
Island. New Hampshire and Vermont,
held at Hartford, Conn. December 10.
1914. 1t became odlous' because its
proceedings were carried on in secret,
thereby giving color to the charge that
some of them were reasonable and
because 1t adopted resolutions protest
ing against the war with England.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Don't Wear Smoked Glasses.

Worry is a pair Of smoked glasses,
through which all the world looks SOM
Der. The sunshine Is as golden as
ever. and the sky as blue, but through
those smoked glasses everything looks
dreary. If some of you would only
pocket your worries, and see what the
world really Is like. 1t is pretty certain
that you would make up your mind
to do without smoked glasses in the
future.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

Ordinary printing paper is some
thing more than 1000 times thicker
than the gold leaf that can be made
today. For commercial purposes the
leaf must. of course, have just little
more substance about it than that, but
1t is a striking and impressive fact
that only about five grains of weight
Of gold Is required to make up the
books that are in ordinary use today
by gilders, each of the % leaves in
that book being usually 81 inches
square.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that ! have Wis
Texas. Was over Gibson Oil Co. su
don't look possible that they could &
as there are the best kind of produc
extensive drilling being done all arc
have been in both Pennsylvania
holes in Electra field than any ! was
yestigation and find the Gibson Oil c
mend it TO any one wishing to invest.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Phrase First Used by johnson.

DIR. Samuel johnson used the phrase
Father of Waters" before it was APP
piled to the Mississippi river. In the
twenty-fifth chapter of Johnson's 'Ras-
selas" the prince addresses the River
Nile as great father of waters, thou
that rollest thy floods through eighty
nations" Rasselas was published in
1853 and as far as classic fame is CON
cerned this Nile has much better claim
to the title Father of Waters" than
the Mississippi has.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Extraordinary

MY young friends" said a member
of the board Of trustees, who was ad
dressing the school, "let me urge upon
you the necessity of not only reading
good books, but also of owning them
SO that you may have access to them
at all times. Why, when 1 was 8
young man / used frequently to work
all night to earn money to buy books
and then get up before daylight to
read them"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Paw. Not Your ParIor With II.

world is said to be the lockwood i'm.
ported from Turkey for the use of en-.
gravers. The cost ranges from four
cents square inch up to ten cents a
square inch for the best grade. An
ordinary wagon load of lockwood
would cost many thousand dollars. A
string of beads made Of 1t would be
a fairly expensive piece Of jewelry.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
French Read in South America.

Throughout South America French
is almost universally read; editions Of
the classics are in most homes, and
book stores are filed with modern
French writer's of prose or verse, both
In translation and in the original.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

Use vinegar instead of water to mix
your plaster of paris; the resultant
mass will be like putty and will not
"set" for 20 or 80 minutes, whereas,
II you use water, the plaster will be-
come hard almost Immediately. before
you have time to use it; push your
vinegar plaster" into the cracks and
smooth it off nicely with a table knife.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
The Heart Knows.

The understanding heart is what is
needed above all else. The affections
are cognitive powers no less than the
intellect. The heart knows truth by
Its afiinitIes, as the mind verifies 1t by
reasoning. What we feel, we know
by a consciousness more trustworthy
than logic.-A. p. Peabody.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

The proper attitude of a man to-
ward woman is not very complicated
affair. The fellow who admires her II
she's beautiful, honors her If she Is
a mother, respects her If she works,
has sympathy for her If she is in dis-
tress, and pities her If she stumbles Is
in fair way to become gentleman.
Houston Post
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Flower Hints.

Always pull the leaves off the stalks
of flowers before putting them in wa
ter-those leaves which would be in
the water. not those above 1t. And with
flowers from any hard-stalked sort Of
shrub the bark should be peeled on
as well as the leaves.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

Mabel-'T was so mortified at the
Pouch mansion the other night" Flo
"what happenedT Mabel-'T want
ed to laugh in my sleeve, but had on
my decollete gown and had to hide the
laugh in my glove"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
.Rarebones Parliament

The Barebones parliament was q
nickname given to British parlia-
ment convened by Oliver Cromwell in
1853. Its enemies gave 1t that nick
name from the name of one of its
members, Praisegod Barbon. leather
dealer and Puritan preacher Of that
day.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
Agreed.

Mistress-"In the time 1t takes me
10 tell you how to do the work l could
do It myself" Housemaid-"Yes'm
and In the time 1t takes me to listen to
you, so could II"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09

tied the Electra Oil Field at Electra.
bdivision and twenty acre lease and it
ct a dry hole on either Of these tracts
ing wells surrounding both tracts, and
und with excellent results.
and Ohio and seen more producirg
ever in. have made a thorough in
o. proposition clean and would recon-
J. W. VAUGHN,
Box 273, La Junta, Colorado.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-09
OUR PROPOSITION
FOR FORTY DOLLARS
We will give you Warranty Deed to Tract of Land
of 400 Square Feet in the
GREAT ELECTRA OIL FIELD

drill which propose to drill
wells also interest in lease of 20 which
propose drill anddevelOp wells sale
contract This opportunity don't have day. Our
and in the center oil field of about 5000 producing
lwe with average of SO wells for holes We have
producing wells three sides of property. See
position a McILVAINECOX REALTY CO., Lamar.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14

Favors Dry Bill
as Amendment

International News Service.
WASHINGTON. June l4.-ln the
face of Pres't Wilson's opposition.
the senate agriculture committee
today voted to recommend adop-
ton Of the Jones hone dry ma
tion-wide prohibition amendment
as a rider TO the agriculture eNten-
sion bill
After the meeting. however. some
members who were not present
asked that the report ON the meas
Ure be held up until they could reg
lister their views i'm the committee
Sen. smith of South Carolina, act
ing chairman of the committee ac-
cordingly called another meeting TO
be held later this afternoon lie
explained 10 tine senate that the
meeting would not be for the pur-
pose of reconsidering the action ON
the Jones amendment. bur merely
to allow other members TO express
their views
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
GERMANS HELD IN CHECK, artillery DUEL RAGE
America For Americans Aliens Day is Pitt Asserts SeCy Dan
Germany Proposes
Punishment" For
All Her Opponents

LONDON British admiralty per
wireless press). June 14.-On the
strength of their military situation
in France. the German militarist
journals apparently have been in
spired to put forward new German
peace terms Of the most aggressive
character. There is not much talk
now of peace without indemnities
and annexations On the contrary
there is TO he the severest punish
ment FOR all Of Germany's oppo-
nents. according TO these newspa-
pers.
The Kreuz Zeituns says that as
regards Great Britain. victorious
Germany will require the reduction
Of the British navy TO a maritime
police force. the cession TO an in
ternational council of Gibraltar.
Malta. Alden and Singa pore; guar
antees against economic measures
against German trade and provision
for the supplies 10 German OF raw
materials. under most favored ma
tional terms, and the restoration Of
all the conquered German colonies.
In return for these concessions.
Germany would be prepared TO re-
tire from Belgium. taking the Congo
state in her pocket.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
GiUeS Million TO
Wife, LeaOcs Ten
Millions to Charity
InternationaI - service

International News Service
YOUNG GSTOWN. o.. June IA -
The Frank H. Bull will. variously
estimated at from SIP, 100000 to
S15,O00,000 which was probated
Thursday afternoon at Mercer, Pa,
bequeathed 100000 to war suffer
ers i'm stricken Belgium and north
ern France: S1.OOO,00O 10 his wife.
Julia r. Bull. 10000 to the Oak
wood Cemetery assosiatiOn for the
maintenance Of that cemetery. So
600 10 Mary Mcmahon. a servant of
the Bull household. So 900 TO a
relative. Thomas Randolph: $4,000
10 Bull Kimberly Bossett of Cleve-
land. $1,000, 900 to a nephew. Ar
thur H. Bull, Of Detroit: S100. 600
10 be used for the sick and injured
of Sharon. and a S75 per month al
lowance as long as he lives 10 W
D. Durham. "a friend
The rest OF the estate. estimated
at from 10 10 Il million dollars
will be used as a benevolent fund
for citizens OF Sharon and vicinity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
Mayor Issues Proclamation
For Angelus Movement Here

Mayor carson Friday called upon
all the people of South Bend to de
vote one minute each day TO pray
ing for victory for the American
forces I'm the world war.
The mayors appeal which is con-
tanned IN q proclamation, follows
the text OF the bin now pending in
congress creating an angelus. and
the plan of which has already been
by the city OF Washington
and several other cities throughout
the country
The mayor also calls upon the
churches OF the city 10 ring their
Dell at ~ o'clock noon each day
during the war The plan is for
Ehe people when they hear-the ring
ing of the sngelus 90 pause for one
minute and offer o prayer for ;he
success OF the American forces
whether on land or sea The pro
ella nation or the mayor follows
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
GET WIRELESS SAYING
OESTR0YERS WERE ON
TRAIL OF SUBMARINE
InLcrnILLnI.L - NnrTL.a .


Az ATLANTIC PORT. june Is.
Passengers arriving here today on
an American steamer from South
America declared THAI on Monday
while off the Florida coast a wire
less message was received that "a
German submarine had been sighted
and was being chased bv American
destroyers.
According 60 the passengers. four
destroyers were in the vicinity of
their vessel shortly before the wire
less was received and afterward Il
number 90 -eaplane- escorted them
owen s-lIs course ONT col thc
danger zone
ON the n0rthward trIp The Vessel
was compelled to put into two ports
for inspection and Instructions as
te tho course it vas to follow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
GOVERNMENT ASKS A
REHEARING TRIAL OF
SHOE MACHINERY co.
InteroatioDaI Ncvs Service

International News Service
WASHTNGTON. June Is The
eoyernment today resumed It's drive
ON the United Shoe Machinery Co.
which recently secured favorable
decision in the United States SUI
preue court Declaring that the
opinion indicated certain misap-
prehensiors as 10 the position taken
oy the gov eminent" the depart
meut Of justice appealed 10 the su-
preme court ruv rehearinE II
unaltered the petition said the
opinion offers an avenue Of escape
from the sherman antitrust law
and surrounds with doubt the ques-
tion as to the limit 90 patent grant.
The government prosecution OF the
shoe machinery company was based
on allegation that living clauses
employed by the company i'm its
sales contract Violated the sherman
law.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
PROGRESS Of
yANK TROOPS
CUTS RAILWAY
Germans Make Elaborate
Preparations For Attack
in Order to Break
Americans Morale.
BY BERT FORD.
International News Service:
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMN


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
AT THE MARINE June ID.
(Nighu - The steady progress of
the Americans in the sector of
Belleau wood and Bouresches has
cut the chateau Thierry-Nmers
Cotterets railway line which was
previously in German hands.
Information obtained from Ger
man prisoners, one Prussian cap
tain in particular. as well as from
other sources. shows that the Ger
man attack this morning was an
imposing operation.
Specially trained storm troops,
who had been carefully rehearsed.
were brought up from Gen. Won
Bellows divisions 10 partake i'm the
assault and the men were under or
ders TO infiict decisive defeat upon
the Americans as it was recognized
that their morale and confidence
had been Indefinitely raised ly their
continued successful progress.
In strong Positions.
The enemy found the Americans
i'm strong natural positions. but the
Germans were bountifully supplied
with machine guns and flame pro
.jectors. Artillery i'm adjoining sec
tors was ordered 20 concentrate
destructive fire for several hours
The Germans were found To be
carrying six days ratiOns and
tremendous amount of machine gun
ammunition They had figured on
storming Belleau wood and Boures-
ches and digging IN there and upon
holding TO the positions until they
were consolidated with the old
lines
Krupp gums were moved up 10
support the operation. The attack
was utterly crushed at Belleau
wood French and American artil-
lery blasted the ground beneath the
feet Of the attackers.
Germans Lost Heavily.
The Germans lost very heavily
not only from the cannon fire but
from the continuous blasts from the
American machine guns To the
eastward the Germans succeeded i'm
debouching from the Bouresches
railway station. penetrating alons
sunken road After American
machine gunners had poured in a
withering fire the American infantry
debouched from the ruins of Bour-
esches village and swept the station
at the point Of the bayonet. Many
German bodies were found along
the road. trausfxed with the cold
steel. Not single American was
bayonetted.
Abandon Weapons.
German machine sunpers aban-
doned Their weapons and fled
minnenwerfer squads threw down
their mine thTowers and took 10
their heels rushing across the field
that bordered the road Later they
were rounded up there.
Throughout today German bat
teries maintained "a harassins drum
tire against the American positions
II was exasperating but complete
failure so far as results We're CON
cerned.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
CONSECRATION
To HOLY CAUSE
UNITES ALLIES
Head Of Navy, Addressing AL
bany Throng on Stars and
Stripes, Points Out Duty
of All in Crisis.
lternationaI - service

International News Service
ALBANY. y. e., June 14.-Warn-
ing that America is for Americans
alone. and that the day for aliens
among us Is passed, Sec'y Of the
Navy Josephus Daniels delivered a
thrilling appeal for whole hearted
allegiance 10 the Flag here this aft
ernoon at Flay day exercises.
lie declared the place for every
man who prefers TO live in America
is at the ballot box on election day
and in an American uniform in the
day of crisis.
From those retaining "a citizenship
sworn allegiance TO America, but
continued loyalty TO the kaiser
the secretary Of the navy demanded
instant repentance in service in the
army and navy and I'm the fullest
consecratiOn OF their wealth and
their services
Speaking 20 thousands Of per
sons at Lincoln park at the conclu-
sion OF big parade. headed by
the Blue Devils of France, Lieut..
John Phillip Sousa and his marine
band and the flags o the 2t nations
lighting Hohenzollern autocracy,
Mr Daniels eulogized the stars and
Stripes and the flags of our allies.
story Of Aspiration.
'In every fold OF each flag is
story OF aspiration. in every color
is a history OF achievement. AS they
are linked here today. the men who
love these flags more than they love
d oil,
adventure. true knights i'm a day Of
chivalry. fighting that men every
where may De free and order their
own lives without fear and without
d.ctation Though they speak not
the same language. their hearts are
attuned 10 the same melody of free
dom; they march by the same mar
tial music; they fight for the same
love. they die for the same prin-
ciples and forever will be linked to-
eether. In all ages brave men and
women shall thank God for their
unconduerable viii i'm the day Of
the worlds peril.
kaiser Feared Democracy.
when the lurid flames Of war
rcddened the skv the all highest
as the German emperor loves TO be
called saw the clouds i'm the poll
teal sky
He had seen il grow from the
size OF a mans hand 10 large pro-
portions. He understood that unless
he could dazzle his people with the
spoils Of conquest and the spirit Of
democracy with which the very at
mosphere was charged would i'm
peril his crown. The Servian incl
dent was the match which started
the explosion. II it had not given
the occasion some ether would have
been found
EnnoblCd nv Conservation.
"Or this Flag daN the dominant
rote Of rejoicing is not i'm ;he glory
Of "A golden age that is gone. IL is
rather that We live i'm am age when
men and women are ennobled by
conservation TO a holy cause when
America IS united ass never before
it's history. ts people are cement
ed I'm high resoNs and banded to-
eether in noble love and knship
as no peace conditions cO4ld inn
Tart"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-14
BRITISH STEAMER is
CAUGHT OFF VIRGINIA
CAPES BY U-B0AT
InternstIoaaI - -

international News Service
AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 1i--
a British steamer which has Just
arrived here reported thar al
o'clock last nisht she picked up
wireless s. q s Csll from "a steam
shin which stated she was being at
Iacked BY a German submarine or
the Virginia capes A. o clock an
..ther wireless call came from the
attacked ship saying that she was
mixing