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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-13

Miss Bessie Stanley OF this city and
Mr.. Miles Francis OF wister. Okla.
were married in Pueblo Sunday. Jun.
2nd. at the Adventist church. by Rev
II. A. yandeman. pastor of its CON
gregation. Those who witnessed tho
wedding ceremony were: Mr. r. Il.
Stanley. Mr.. g. o. LAMB. Miss Ruth
Lamb, Mrs. A @. Haggard and Miss
May Stanley. The bride IL the daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. T. b.. Stanley and
has made her home In this city for
the last five years, She is very
popular young woman with wide
circle Of friends. The groom has lived
at Wister for several years and is a
prominent young man in that com
munity. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis will
make their home in Denver. A host
OF vell'~ishers here extend TO them
their congratulations.
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Ernest Roy. son of Mr.. and Mrs. W
l.. Roy. who has been stationed al
Camp Funston. has been transferred
by the military authorities 10 Forr
Jay, New York City.
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VAN kEUREhs
BECOME REFUGEES.

In the afternoon. under orders from
our Paris Chief. we piled ourselves
into our A. R. G. trucks with only
our hand luggage. and girl wound.
ed in the back by machine-gun fire.
and became refugees ourselves. l
shall not forget the scene. A hum
dred thousand persons are said to
have travelled along the road TO Polk
that day-a long weary procession Of
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle Of the Doqaer.

The Battle Of the Dogger.
Within the next three days a series
Of phenomena occurred which left no
doubt as to the dangers which were
menacing the human race.
Before noon messages began to pour
in from all parts Of the country and
from the feet. The admiral In COM
mand of the home squadron wired that
a torpedo-boat destroyer had ap-
preached him under flag of truce,
with the singular statement that the
ocean had receded all along the Baltic
littoral, leaving vast swamp of mud
dy sand, in which ships were embed
ded. The Zuyder Zee no longer exist
ed. A spur Of land extended from the
dogger bank nearly to Ostend. He pro-
posed a temporary armistice.
BY evening reports were telegraphed
that an army of the monsters had
landed upon the shores of Lincolnshire
and Norfolk, had crossed the Wash,
which became first swamp, then an
inundation, and was moving along the
river beds toward Cambridge, strip
ping the land of vegetation.
BY nightfall all communication be-
tween London and the eastern counties
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PULLED THEIR COLLARS OFF,
II Paris Women Wore Too Large .
Neck Piece Other Women Forcibly
Removed Them.

In Paris, at one time, the people
dropped their extravaganza, and IF
a woman ventured to wear too large
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 a 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 a
fine assortment Of wigs at hand. Eliz-
abeth herself sometimes wore red hair,
and then reverted to black for a
change. It so happened that trade in
the cap line fell of considerably be-
cause caps went out Of fashion.
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BY the waves, nevertheless held tism
The Looked rudder prevented her from!
submerging.
Within the messroom the queen OF
the swarm was housed securely.
She was almost invisible, and M
at all visible by daylight. A sileni
phantom figure. she created fear and
awe in each of them. They did tot
know what her connection with the
swarm might be. They knew she ha6
not human intelligence.
From his position upon the highest
point Of Fair island, MacBeard saw
the swarm vanish at sea. He saw
the F55 start in their wake, and threw
up his hands and raved. Coward as he
was, he could not let his last hope slip
from him like that.
He was the loneliest man in the
world, as he had always been. But he
had not known it or cared. He had
rebelled against the human race. He
was the modern Cain; he had plotted
the ruin of the world, over which he
was to rule, godlike. But that was be-
fore he had set eyes upon Ida Ken
nedy.
The thought of her renewed his cour-
age. He found his mOtOrbOat upon
the shore, uninjured by the inundation.
since the point Of rock had acted as Il
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Heals Running Sores
and Conquers Piles.
Also Stops itching Of Eczema as Soon
40 Applied.

IT feel it my duty to write you letter
of thanks for your wonderful Peterson s
Ointment. had a running sore on my
left leg for one year. began to use Peter
sons Ointment three weeks ago and now
it is healed."-A. C. Gilbrath, 703 Reed
st., Erie, Pa.
I'd rather get a letter like that, says
Peterson, than have John d. Rockefeller
give me a thousand dollars. 1t does me q
lot of good to be able to be of use to my
fellow men.
For wears I.have been selling through
druggists a large box of PETERSON'S
OINTMENT for triae. The healing power
in this ointment is marvellous. Eczema goes
in a few days. Old sores heal up like
magic; piles that other remedies do not
seem to even relieve are speedily conquer
ed. Pimples and nasty blackheads disap-
pear in q week. 80 cents a box. Adv.
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''You Must Stop This War at Once"

"You Must Stop This War at Once"
had ceased. The telegraph poles were
washed out of the sodden ground. The
approach of the herd was measured
by the haze.
Already poultry and domestic ami
mails were being devoured. There were
reports that children had been seized
from riverside houses. The docks, the
shores Of Essex and the Thames estu-
airy were abandoned. The flats were
a level stretch Of water, above which
the steeples Of the churches stood out
as isolated landmarks.
Everywhere the war had been halted
by q short armistice. The governments
Of the civilized world devoted their
whole attention to the consideration
and solution Of this new and stunning
problem.
In the meantime there had been a
good deal of activity on Fair Island.
The tidal surge created by the depar-
ture Of the herd soon subsidized, break
ing into choppy, turbulent sea. The
F55, tossed and battered a. she was
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Donald was trying to locate a hotel
He CROPPED his way from corner to
corner, clinging to the ratings OF areas
and pillars Of houses.
He had reached some open space
which he imagined to be Trafalgar
square, but it was impossible to cross
Carts. carriages, omnibuses, stalled by
the fog. loomed up on every side.
Horses stood snorting invisibly, q few
inches away. Drivers struck out with
their whips promiscuously. Men were
shouting, women screaming. Panic
had begun. All knew that this was not
one Of those rare black fogs that de-
scend upon London.
Then 1t was that the news Of the
man-monsters began to litter through
the crowd.
A man announcing himself, through
a megaphone, to be the police commits
sioner, ordered all to remain still until
star bombs could be set off. Nobody
needed him, and his efforts to stay the
panic were unavailing. The mob had
begun to flow in one direction, sweep
ing all before it.
Donald had been swept along with
1t, and then left, stranded and damned
by the human torrent, into q small re-
cess. In front of him he felt parapet.
He tore himself away and was lost
in the crowd. Donald h0isted himself
to the parapet, scrambled to the outer
coping, and chung there. The shrieking
mob rushed past and never touched
him. Then there came the sound Of
mighty explosion, long volume OF re-
sounding thunder. It went rolling
down the river like the discharge Of q
thousand cannon.
And then, as a flood from hose
pipe, a burst Of water from the skies
deluged the city. It boiled through the
air with Kissing lashes, as II the por-
tails of the armament were broken
open. The grinning face Of the moon
broke through the smoky pail. Sud-
denly the stars appeared. And it was
calm, clear weather.
A roar of relief seemed to 60 up
from the threats of the multitude. And
very slowly the traffic began to resume
its course again.
What had happened, as scientists
afterward surmised, was this: The n.y.
drogen, increasing until it attained a
certain chemical relationship to the
oxygen of the atmosphere, had explod-
ed where 1t was densest, on contact
with fire, as in a laboratory. But the
explosion instantly generated water
as the two gases met. Hence followed
the deluge.
But as yet the government was only
dimly beginning to understand that
this was some unknown natural force
and not a contrivance Of the enemy.
They did not know until Donald pre-
scented himself in the Office Of the Sec
ond seq lord at nine o'clock.
The second sea lord grasped him by
the hands:
There isn't time to say more than
that I apologize" he said. "The gov
eminent has been searching for you
since daylight. We've cabled Washing
ton, and they have placed you at our
disposal. You are the only man who
can advise us, and-the prime minis
ter wants you Immediately. And that's
no joke this ume!"
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breakwater and protected it. Within
few minutes he had filled his great
gasoline reservoir with supply suffi-
Gent for several days, and set out in
pursuit Of the herd. He knew that he
could easily outdistance the subma-
rine.
Presently he came upon the mon
sters. Their first wild dash had taken
them in all directions, so that little
vapor had formed, but now they were
beginning to congregate, and wall Of
black cloud, rising in the distance, in
dicated their direction.
The monsters made no effort to mo-
lest him, but they would not, at first,
heed his tuning fork. Later, however,
he managed to assemble q small
bodyguard about him.
MacBeard pursued them down the
east coast Of England. His boat, hid
den In the cloud, remained undetected
by the patrol vessels.
It was not until the second morning
that he guessed where the herd would
make its main rendezvous.
It was q simple deductive process,
though nobody else had thought of it.
1t was the Dogger bank, swarming
with fish, which would provide the
monsters with food.
He believed that, once the first dash
Of the monsters was over, they would
obey his call again. And his first sum.
mons proved successful beyond his ex-
pectations. Exhausted by their dash
southwark, numbers Of the herd con-
gregated about the mOtorboat to the
g sound, which was perceptible to
them for a much greater distance than
the tone carried to the human ear.
From within radius Of twenty miles
a cloud rolled in upon the motdrboat,
until MacBeard, invisible in the heart
Of its blackness, like some arch-devil,
controlled his devil crew.
This cloud was quickly seen by the
rear-admiral's patrol vessels, while 1t
had this disadvantage-it prevented
MacBeard from discovering the F55 as
she slipped past on her way south.
ward. =
cro BE coNT1NuED3
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CHAPTER XIV.
The unheeded WARNING,


On the evening of the same day
London was stirred by sensation
which eclipsed even the interest in the
progress Of the war. The evening
newspapers contained, in full, Donald
narration Of the approaching ruin of
the world.
The second sea lord, receiving Don
AIDS name, came to the conclusion that
matters Of the most pressing moment
must have brought the unknown young
American naval officer. He rose from
his desk and shook hands with him
cordially. "Sit down, Mr.. Paget," he
said warmly. Then he noticed that
Donald was dressed in a nondescript
diving suit and that his looks were de-
cidedly wild.
Donald sat down and plunged in
stantly into the story Of the world
danger. It did not lose its dramatic
interest in the manner of it's telling.
"You must stop the war at once
Donald ended. "Unite all nations of
the earth, for that is the only way to
Of hours. perhaps. Even now these
monsters may be speeding southwark"
The second sea lord had been unable
to interpose word by reason Of the
torrent of impassiSned speech that
poured from Donald's lips. At first he
listened in amazement at what he con-
sidered an impudent hoax; then in
anger; then, after a brief glance at
Donald's face, with absolute passivity.
II thank you, Mr.. Paget," he said,
rising, when Donald had ended. "You
have done notable work, and England
will not forget it. And now, sir, you
must be conducted to the prime min.
lister ut once, that you may apprise
him of these startling events"
He touched his bell, and his secre.
tary, dapper, alert little man, at once
appeared. Excuse me one moment,
please" said the second sea lord to
Donald.
He whispered with the secretary,
whom Donald perceived to glance
toward him in rather apprehensive
uAuhCA. AAO cSNA ClAAy SsAAAC AOA WAIO,
making preposterously low bow.
II will conduct you to the prime min
lister at once, Mr.. Paget," he said. mo
time must be lost. am going to have
q taxicab called"
Donald addressed the second sea
lord again.
II understand" he said. controlling
himself with an effort Of will. every
we'll, my lord, shall say no more at
this time. On you will rest the respon-
sibility. And you will repent this bit
terly within q day or two"
And he walked quietly out of the
Office, leaving the second sea lord and
the secretary staring at each other. He
was at the bottom Of the stairway be-
fore they Tad recovered their self
possession. Then the sea lord snatched
up his telephone.
4 curious haze was creeping up from
tho Thames, spreading perceptibly
from corner g corner. It blotted out
the redness of the evening clouds and
hung overhead like great. smoky
pall. A newsboy rushed past, shout
ing. Donald saw the c0ntents of the
placard that swung before him. It
mentioned Z series Of local explosions
which Rad been occurring along the
e,lst coast " England.
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CHAPTER xlII-Continued.


For, like q fury, the queen rushed
at him, and Clouts. at first sOlicitous
about striking q woman, soon found
himself hard put to it to maintain the
upper hand, with oil his strength and
with the use of all the wrestling tricks
he knew. He painted as he grappled
with her.
Its all right, marm!" he pleaded
"I'll ask him If he'll see you, If you'll
only not lose your head. didn't mean
to put you outside. but orders was
orders. I'm only obeying orders
marin. There amt no need for them
Mysteries. Now-now, marm!"
He was still fighting madly when
suddenly her strength seemed to leave
her. Clouts became aware Of spec.
tator Of the combat. He glanced side.
wise hastily, to see Ida standing be.
side him.
"What is she, Clouts1' whispered
Ida.
Clouts scratched his thick head. 81
don't rightly know" he answered. "But
it's all right, marin. was just stroll
ing along, casual like, when met her
She amt no friend of mine. marm'
Nor of the captains" he added, with
sly emphasis.
He turn-e> 70 the queen.
If you'll take my arm, marin, I'll
take you a ways and ask the captain II
he'll see you. I can't do no more" he
muttered in an audible aside. "Tve
done the best I knew how for the cap
tain, and now he'll have to make his
own excuses. And l can't leave lady
In this here place alone, with all them
goings on and jugglings with the water
uke-like Pharaoh"
Five minutes later the little MILDLY,
seated on deck, saw Clouts and Ida,
apparently rearisen from the dead, ap-
proach the F55. Between them he
fancied he saw gossamer form that
scintillated in the sunlight.
There was a space Of only a hundred
PAGES between them and the boat when
suddenly the ocean appeared con-
vulsed. A wall Of water bore down
upon the tanks Of Fair island. 1t
rolled toward the submarine, fifty feet
high, its mighty crest upreared.
Rum" shouted Davies.
It was a frantic race between the
oncomers and the sea. They gained
the submarine with hardly ten seconds
to spare. Davies drew them aboard
and clasped the matches down. Next
instant the boat was lifted bodily from
the beach and spun round like top.
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Remembered His Arithmetic.

Another thing that will puzzle our
soldiers is English money. One time
an American who was the worse for
drink was travelling in railway car
riage when the guard asked for his
ticket.
"GOt none! Lemme Lone" maun-
dered the Yapk.
The guard took out his ticket sched-
ule.
Five and six, please" he said
tersely.
"Whazat?" queried the tipsy one.
Five and six, please" repeated the
guard.
Eleven" said the Yank. "NOw move
along to the next boy"
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He Only Solution.

Richard was playing with a toy ma
chine. His mother heard IN unusual
commotion and hurried to the room.
On entering she found poor Pete. his
doll, with broken head. In reply to
her questions as to what had happened
to Pete, Richard only shook his head
and mumbled each time: 'Richie, ruff
neck"
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fewer DEATHS IN CAMPS.

monia Cases Decrease.
Washington.-Heal conditions at
all camps and cantonments in the
United States showed continued i'm
provement during the last week with
decreasing deaths and hospital admis.
sion rates. The measles epidemic is
generally declining and pneumonia,
while still widely prevalent, shows a
decreasing ratio. There was marked
decrease in the number Of new cases
Of meningitis,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-16
OIL, LEAD, ZINC STOCK

invest in OIL. Lead Zinc stock and we viii place
your order with reliable company; Or send check
for IN weekly OF monthly payments Il preferfedh
Address Box AS, Oklahoma Clty, Okloh0mo
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Tulsa Culture.

We hear much of the vulgarity of
the newly rich, but there's none of that
in Tulsa. A Tulsa matron informs US
that all new furniture will have to be
bought to go with "the new infant
grand pianO."-Kansas City Star.
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All the blood in the body passes thru
the kidneys every few minutes. This is
why the kidneys play such an important
role In health or disease. BY some mys.
ferrous process the kidney selects what
ought to come out of the blood and
takes it out. If the kidneys are not
good-workmen and become congested-
pOisOns accumulate and We suffer from
backache. headache. lumbagO, rheu-
matism or govt. The urine is often
cloudy, full of sediment channels often
get sore and sleep is disturbed at night.
So 1t is that DR.. Pierce, of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo,
n. T., advises washing the Kidneys"
by drinking six to eight glasses of water
between meals and then If you want
to take harmless medicine that will
clear the channels and cure the annoy
ing symptoms, 60 to your druggist and
get Anuric double strength, for Coo.
This "Anuric," which is so many times
more potent than lithia-will drive out
the uric acid poisons and battle the kid
neys and channels in soothing liquid.
If you desire, write for free medical
advice and send sample Of water for
free examination. Experience has
taught Doctor Pierce that "Anuric" Is
most powerful agent in dissolving
uric acid. as hot water melts sugar.
Send DR.. Pierce 1Oc for trial package.
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To Dyspeptics: Others have found .
steady course of Garfield Tea a pleasant
means of regaining health. Why not you?
Adv.
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Lawyers would make good soldiers.
Their charges would discourage the
enemy
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AIR RAIDS KILLED So.

Higher Than At First Reported.
London.-The total casualties in
Monday nights air raid on England,
according to an official announcement,
were: Killed, So; injured, 173.
In Tuesdays raid the total killed
numbered 10, and the injured num-
bered TO-
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EEATLEss DAYS FOR CANADA.

All Manufacturing Plants Will Shut
Down February 9 To II.
Ottawa, Ont.-An order in council
was adopted by tie Cabinet, upon rec
on.n endation of C.. A. Magrath. Do
minion Fuel Controller, suspending
the operation CT manufacturing plants
February 8, 10 and II, as conserva-
tive measure The order includes all
munition plants.
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MORE OF THE l. w. w. INDICTED

Conspiracy Charge Against IS Persons
In Sacramento.
Sacramento, Cal.-An indictment
charging IS persons with corspiring
with William D. Haywood. secretary
Of the Industrial Workers of the
World, and others to binder the execu-
ton of laws of the United States in
the prosecution of the war with Ger
many, was returned by the Federal
Grand Jury.
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EXPLAINING |

Explaining u.
money is so tight just now"
II suppose that is why it is hard
to get loose change"
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Many Can Answer Her.
Will you tell me what way can get
rid of my charactas-Lady Gregory.
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A recent commerce report contains
the following in regard to the coal
shortage in Austria:
"A petition of the Union Of Cinema
Theaters to the emperor requesting
permission to heat cinemas in order to
avoid the ruin Of the industry, has re-
suited in consent being given for the
utilization of old wood as fuel for
the cinemas In Vienna.
"At Prague all schools were to be
closed for full month, from Decem.
Der 16 to January Is. At Zizkov (near
Prague) the schools have already been
closed for a month, and the holidays
are likely to last three months. At
school is closed. At Smichow strin-
gent measures for economy in the use
Of electricity have been taken owing
to the lack Of coal; for example, pri-
vate consumers are ordered to restrict
their consumption to single lamp.
The lighting of stairs and vestibules
Is restricted as much as possible and
must In no case be continued after 8
p. m.; the closing of the electricity
works is threatened.
"At Lemberg the electric trans
ceased to run on and from November
%. owing to lack of coal. The mu-
nicipal authorities are doing their ut
most to secure sufficient transport for
coal in order to resume the tramway
service and maintain the gas and wa
ter works. Shops close at 5 p. m,
cafes at p. m. Several schools have
been shut. Trains with a run of less
than one and 0ne-half hours will not be
heated"
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Passport regulations of the>state de-
partment now restrict the number of
American women permitted to go
abroad to those whose presence in
France is imperatively required by
some recognized relief agency.