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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
LAST SOLDIER
Is BACK HOME

Puzzled over what his name is but
happy, Kenosha's last soldier to return
from the front, appeared this morning
at the headquarters of the Kenosha
County Red Cross association. For
the past two years my name has been
Private. Amadio Guido" he said, "but
it used to be Guido Amadio when
lived in Kenosha and / guess will go
back to the old name"
1t was all my fault, / guess" con-
tinued the Italian soldier. When l
enlisted I did not understand English
as well as l do now. They tod me to
write down my last name first and
got mixed up. After it once got in
the records l could not get it changed
and SO I've been Amadio Guido all the
time. Now I've got to get used to the
old name again
Just Back from Coblenz.
Private .Amadio Guido of the U. S.
Army, or Mr.. Guido Amadio, formerly
an employee of the American Brass
company here and resident at n
Market street before he went to serve
the flag, brought back an interesting
story with him. He has been stationed
for the past six months in Coblenz
and southern Germany and this morn
ing he told Of conditions in Germany
and other countries which he has
visited.
"The Germans are very, very nice to
all the American doughboys," he said,
"very much nicer than the French
were. We never had any trouble with
them-just had good time. | was on
police duty one day and it was easiest
task I had while l was in the army"
Amadio enlisted January IL, 1918 at
Camp Dix, and later re-enlisted as
Guido for overseas service for year.
He is enthusiastic about the splendid
training which he has gained in the
army.
Tells of German Prices.
"You see the American soldiers had
so much more money than the greater
number Of the Germans that we were
popular" explained Guido. "The av-
erage workman over in Coblenz re-
ceives 15 marks a day that used to
mark it is little more than Is cents.
Suits of clothes only cost ST in real
money but 700 marks in German coin.
You could buy pair of shoes for 500
marks or So. | wish l had secured a
civilian suit over there"
Guido explained that the only trou-
Bile that ever arose was when American
soldiers got drunk. "Beer only costs
half cent glass. there" he said,
"and while I drank only little, some
of the soldiers were regular customers
at the saloons. Other drinks cost pro-
portionately and it was not surprising
that some of the American soldiers
drank too much, Then came. little
squabbles but they never amounted to
very much"
Was Also in Poland.
In returning to the States, Guido
went through Danzig and he declared
that of all people in Europe whom he
had seen the Poles seemed the most
unfortunate. He was brought across
the Atlantic aboard the U. S. transport
"Antigone," landing at New York on
April 10Th.
Guido lived in Kenosha four years
before the war and was well known
among the Italians of this city He
regrets that he was unable to return
to his native land for visit while in
Europe but declared that it was i'm
possible for him to get a furlough
which would allow him to go to Italy.
He expects to make Kenosha his home
and was busy today getting "civies"
to take the place of his khaki uniform.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Use sUGAR DICE

Dallas.-They had to pinch 81 neero
prisoners here. The blacks were ar
rested for gambling While serv;n.
their sentences they organized tbe
Hoozegow Crap Club and with cubes
of sugar were rolling away the hon.
Jailers held gambling raid and seizaJ
the dice,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

Washington-The Bureau of Farm
Management plans to request the i'm
migration department to use its infu-
ence in keeping immigrants from in
dustrial centers and guiding them to
farms. The bureau does rot plan, it is
said, campaign to lower immigration
barriers to reduce farm labor shortage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
GENTLEMAN BANDIT LOOSE.

0klahoma.-%I just loaned a friend
almost all have" regretted Oliver
Lurry to holdup man. "But / can
write you check for any reasonable
amount" Don't trouble yourself
said the bandit, and took % cents,
leaving Lurry car fare.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Senate Blocks
River improvements
by United press1

Washington.-The Senate today re-
jected an amendment to add 100000
to the rivers and harbors bill. The
sum was intended for the Mississippi
River improvements.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Makes No Prohibition Decision.
(By United Pressl

Washington The supreme court to-
day again failed to hand down its de-
cision on the validity of constitutional
prohibition. The court announced a
recess from next Monday, May srd,
until May 18th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
NO SLAVE; WANTS DIVORCE.

San Francisco.-.T don't want to be
a slave" declared Mrs. Mary Bohem,
apply for divorce here, after 81 days
of married life. She said Hubby Boz
hem made her care for 40-room hotel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

There are now eleven strikes before
the Department of Labor for settle
ment and ffty-three controversies
which have not yet reached the strike
stage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

Toledo.--School boys had to eat soap
to become high school fraternity men,
according to complaints made to the
school bard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

Present lumber prices are the high
est in the history of the industry.
Since 1914 they have advanced from
200 to 900 per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
AMERICA RECOGNIZES ARMENIA

(By Associated Press
Washington-A Armenia was formally
recognized as an Independent republic
by United States government today.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
IN THE TRACK OF ANIMALS
Migration 81 the 0easts One 81 the
Causes Of the wanderinos Of
Primitive Tribes.

The human problem is closely con-
nected with that of the animal life
of both the present and the past.
Primitive man was a hunter In the
early geologic ages, the geography
of the earth was quite unlike what
1t is at present Land existed where
today there are great lakes and seas.
mountains were elevated and treeless
deserts formed. Animals used the
LAND bridge" to travel from one con-
dnent to another At first the early
trfbesmen, little more than beasts
themselves, banded together for pur-
poses of defense against the danger
Gus animals of the ground. The giant
rhinoceroses. bison, M 0 n s,
wolves. bears and tIgers-aiI were the
enemies of man. AS mems intellectS
developed. they waged an offensive
warfare, and with stones. clubs and
rude spears attacked the animals of
the plains and forests. Moreover,
they became dependent upon the
beasts for food and skins that. as
they moved from place to place, the
men followed on their heels. This an
imal migration was undoubtedly one
of the many causes of the wander
ings of primitive tribes. Most i'm
portant of all. climate had a profound
influence upon the development, life
and wanderings of primitive man and
the animals upon which he fed.
Although its scientific Importance
has long been recognized, Asia is less
known. paleontologically, than any
other Fart of the world. The fossils
of eastern and central Asia
known only from small collection
of fragments purchased in the medi-
cine shops of TientSin, China, and
described by a German named Schios-
ser. Fossils are known there
dragon bones" and are supposed to
possess remarkable medicinal quail
ties.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16

Tho native method of capturing the
bowling monkeys of South America is
by placing some sugar inside a nut
shell which is very large and at the
same time has small - euing left in
one end when the meat - removed
These hunters watch the trees. and
after spying one or more monkeys Sc
iect time when the little creatures
are watching them and put the nut
shells on the ground Then they walk
away, and are scarcely hidden when
the monkeys cautiously descend from
the trees and begin to examine the
shells. Curiosity and the lump of
sugar inside prompt them to slip their
hands into the openings, and after
grasping the sugar they endeavor to re-
move their hands, but while doubled
up they ars too large to come out OF
course, the monkeys could release the
sugar ami withdraw their hands easily.
yet their inQufsitive nature and love Of
sugar are so strongly developed that
they refuse to do so. The hunters ars>
peering through the underground. and
just as the animals get their hands
into the shells they leap out and give
chase to them, knowing that as long
as thei- curiosity has not been sat It's
fed they will cling to the lump of
sugar. These bowling monkeys are
clumsy enough on level surface, but
when one hand Is fncased in 4 big shell
grove as large as a COcOnut, IL IS q
cOmicai sight to see these active crea-
lures trying to climb tree. AS a
result. they are soon captured by the
hunters en.I placed in large sacks to
await the next visit of a purchasing
agent for some menagerie. This in
QuiSitive nature OF the onkey tribe
was Well known by the ancIents, one-
OF the old fables describing how q
monkey endeavored to secure q hand
full OF some delicacy from 4. narrow
necl<ed jar and then withdraw It's hand
while holding 1T.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
eET SIGNS FROM BARNARD
Many English Farmers Consider Poui-
try An Prophets - SuPerstitions
Concerning Other Birds.

Farmers who get a growing hen
among the brood in the yard often
look upon it as an evil omen. says
writer in London Tft-Bfts.
A superstitious farmer considers his
poultry as prophets; thus. IL his own
Will go to bed at noon instead of at
their usual roosting time.
Numerous birds are mixed up with
signs Or death- Let-a pigeon enter
house or a EaeRfn come through the
door, and some peopEst@pect calamity.
Owls, again, are ominous birds to the
superstitious. especially If they boot
from the housetop.
For a single magpie to cross the
path of the Superstitious is enough to
send them into a cold perspira ton, and
they hasten to lay two straws across
each other to avert the evil influence.
When swallows and martins build
about farmyard the superstftious
farmer is troubled If they do not APP
pear regularly year by year, for should
they desert their old nests he expects
misfortune
The call of the cuckoo has always
been mixed up with good and bad luck
Hear it while walking, and divided
it is the first time you have heard it
that year, 1t is said to indicate a
happy new year for you
When the farmers wife sets eggs
she will sometimes place an odd num-
Der In the nest if she wants her chicks
to prosper. The superstitious farm
wife will not bring eggs into the house
after sunset.
PeacOcks' feathers in house are
said to mean misfortune, but for an
eagle to hover over u person or house
is thought to indicate an approaching
success
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
FOUGHT TO HELP INSANE
New England Woman Pioneer of One
of the Worthiest Causes Ever
Engaged In.

New England woman. sfngle-hand-
ed, and in the scenes where Puritan
ancestors had heartlessly condemned
witches-old woman suffering mental
ailments-made the fight which open
ed the way for insane asyIumS in
this country as they are known today.
The woman was Dorothea Lyme Dix.
who ran away from her home in
Worcester. Mass. from a religious IA
matte of a father. The beginning of
the nineteenth century saw only four
insane asylums in this country, only
one of which had been built by state
direction The scores operating to-
day for more than 24O 900 insane are
the work of this woman, who. in later
years, passionately cried. 81 never
knew childhood" and who, at fourteen,
taught school, her sleeves heightened
and her skirts made longer in a pitt
full attempt to appear ''grownup" and
command due respect "by an adult APP
pearance.
In 1871 she visited the house OF
correction in East Cambridge What
she saw there started her on tour
of the jafls and almshouses Of Mas
sachusetts. Her memorial to the state
legislature asking for reform pictured
conditions as squalid and revolving as
though from the pen Of Dickens
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
SHOWED HIM ms VOCATION
Dut for Fortunate Happenins Burglar
Might Never Have Suspected
Possession Of Talents.

Little things, apparently insignia
cant In themselves when they happen,
often determine ones career. Take
my own case, for Instance, If I may
overstep the bounds of modesty to
cite a shining example.
1t was the simplest of things that
showed me my true vocation. Had It
not been for this incident I might have
never known the powers-aye. the tai
ent-which lay dormant in me.
was coming home one night-one
Of those misty, wet nights Their
late The houses on my street are
as similar one pea is to another.
L entered what thought was my own
house and felt my way upstairs Z. the
dark. I went into my room and turn
ed on the light
A charmingzlooking girl was In bed.
and she sat up with look of terror
on her beautiful face, forgetting that
she presented very pretty picture.
She screamed.
Miss, 1 beg of you to keep quiet"
L entreated.
''Oh ~ she walled. "Here, take my
rings and my watch and be kind and
leave me. please"
Don't vel so. There is a mistake.
L thought this was my house,
''Oh. please go!'' she cried. her voice
growing hysterical- Here Is Eli the
money I have. Now, will you go?"
But be quiet or"
Il shaX scream in a minute" she
cried. and 1 realized in a second she
would be beyond reasoning with.
And that is how I came to enter the
profession where l now shine with the
best of them
am bang-up burglar.-New York
Evening Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
FELT NO ply FoR INSANE


In 1917 In the city OF London there
was pile of gray stone known as the
'tspitai." or hospital" of ST. Mary of
Bethlehem During that year it was
turned over as an asylum for lunatfcS
and the name soon became corrupted
by careless speech into sBedlam." and
as the fame or disgrace of the place
extended. the term became applied to
all lunatfc asylums. The most horrf-
Bile crueIties were practiced on the un-
fortunate crazed- They were chained
to posts beaten with whips and clubs.
burned with hot irons, left naked in
the coolest weather without fires. and
men, women and children were al
lowed to ming1e in a common room,
often one of their number suddenly
changing into a violent insanity that
ended In slayfngs of the mad ones
companions
When the patient showed signs OF
being a little less violent he or she
was turned loose to beg after an
iron band was riveted about their
arms, and with bits of colored rags
attached to their clothes, a horn at
their sides and stick In their hands,
they went wandering about the nation
as Toms o. Betilam." AS they were
licensed to beg, knaves soon took to
forging similar bands to one another's
arms. and also took TO begging. initat-
ing the crazed songs and cries of those
really afflicted. AS late as ITO visi-
tors were admitted TO the asylum for
penny or two. and there allowed to
laugh at. and even torment the poor
creatures that crawled and ieaped be-
fore them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
TELL OF LENGTH OF LIFE
Age Secrets of Animals, Trees. Plants,
and Even Birds, Easily Pene-
trated by the Initiated

AS most people are aware, it is pos
sible to tell the age of a horse by ex-
aiming its teeth, remarks writer
In London Answers.
The age of a sheep may be known
in a similar manner-that is, by its
teeth The number of years cow
has lived is found by a different meth
cd. The horns are examined and the
number of rings on these horns te'.s
almost exactly the age of the cow
Just as the horns indicate the age
of the COW. the development of the
antlers helps to calculate the age of
animals belonging to the deer family.
and the length of life Of other horned
animals is arrived at in the same way.
The age of many birds can be dis
covered by examining the spurs.
Trees often live to very great age,
and while they are standing it Is q
difficult matter to arrive at the age
of these; but when they have been
cut down the age OF the tree may be
reckoned by counting the number of
rings visible in the section
1t is coTnpa ratfvely easy matter
to learn the age of growing mistietoe.
each shoot sends off two new
shoots each year, and by counting the
joints from the root to the tip of any
branch the number of years the mis-
tletOe has lived may be computed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
WAS FIRST HUNGER STRIKER
Dubious "Honor'' Said to Belong to
Scotsman Who Lived During the
Sixteenth Century.

The first man to adopt the method
of the hunger strike protest
against his Imprisonment was a Scots
man named John Scot, who lived dur
ing the sixteenth century. Having
been defeated in lawsuit, and find
Ing himself unable to pay, he took
sanctuary In the abbey of Holyrood
house. Here, out CT discomfort of the
findings of the court, he resol,1tely alb
stained from food for so or 40 days
His fame spread rapidly, and the king,
ha r1ly crediting the account Of his
fast, confined him in a private room
in Edinburgh castle. No man was al
lowed access to the room, and at the
end Of 81 days the king was salts
fed and he was released. A short
time afterward he went to Rome,
where he gave similar exhibition of
his powers of fasting before the pope.
From Rome he travelled to Venice
carrying with him the pope's seal as
testimony of his powers, and gave
another exhibition for the benefit of
the Vfennese. After considerable
time abroad he returned to England
where he delivered numerous sermons
against the divorce of Henry VIII. For
this onense he was arrested apd
thrust into prison, where he continued
to hunger strike for period OF so
days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
Mr.. Gratebars Trouble Test

Could there be any better proof of
the insubstantial nature of most of our
troubles than is found in the fact that
old troubles are completely brushed
away by new? We may fret and both
er and worry over something for days.
and even lie awake nights over it if
we must; but let some new trouble.
real or imaginary, come along and
straightway we forget the old one en-
drely, showing cOnclusfvely that the
old one was never worth worrying
over We've all had that experience,
haven't we? Surely. And the chances
are hundred to one that this new
trouble that has popped up isn't worth
any more serious consideration than
the old one which it has displaced
New York Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
WORD mad" WRONGLY USED
Frequently Employed When Speaker
Really Means to Convey Idea
That He Is Angry.

Few words are more frequently mis-
used than mad and sangry." It
must be confessed. however. that there
is some excuse for the misuse of the
words, since many psychologists hold
that it is difficult to tell, when the
emotions of person are aroused. just
where anger ends and madness be-
gins But in grammar there is sharp
distinction between angry and
mad" The former means to be
vexed or out of patience, while the
latter Indicates madness, insanity. A
person who is insane is mad, but
person whose mail Is delayed is not
mad, but merely angry There is a
f1gurative use of the word s'mad"-
that is, a use in which the words are
not to be taken literally-such as mad
with pain,'' "mad with terror" etc
81 am mad at that fellow" says
man, .the cheated me in stock DEAL
He should say, ST am angry at that
fellow" etc.-Chicago Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
THINKING IN STRAIGHT LINES
That Is Simple Formula That Com
prses the Whole Secret OF Think
ing Successfully.

"a straight line is the shortest dis
high-school- boy learns to repeat this
axiom If more of them learned to
think it we would have a greater sup
ply of executive ability For In these
short ten words, embodied in every
geometry book, is concealed the big
sect ct of success that most of us
spend all our lives trying to find.
Thinking in straight lines is the Sc
cret to thinking successfully. After
the plan = made the execution is
easy So in planning depa rtment sys-
TENS Ia passing judgment upon
systems that others have planned the
first and big step is to apply to every
move that we make the philosophy
thas is involved In this often-repea ted
and oftsn-forgotten axiom.
Let me call attention first to the
points: Before you can draw your
straight line you must know definitely
AMI accurately where these two
points are You must know your
starting point and the objective that
you wish to reach. Many people at
tempt to- draw their paths of prog
ress without knowing definitely from
where they start to where they
want to 60 That is why SO many
personal and business progress lines
are zigzag spirals and Iabyr1nths that
10 not get anywhere.-John Van De
yer Ger. in Industrial Management
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
SEA GUARDS PIRATES GOLD
Though Location Is Known, 1t Is Not
Probable the Treasure Will
Ever Be Recovered

On Oak island. Nova Scotia, there
is buried a great treasure. 1t is be-
heved to be the blood-Stained loot OF
pirates, and although its exact To-
cation Us known. human hands have
failed to raise it from its pit. The
discovery was first made in 1875.
when three young men found an iron
ring in rock as if vessel had been
mOored there. Near it was indication
OF hole refilled. They dug. and at
10 feet discovered a wooden plank
and at 20 feet and again at 30 feet
They had no money to continue oper-
atoms. but six years later a company
was formed and with machines and
found a rock bearing the words ssUn-
der me is two million pounds" Be
fore they could go deeper the sea
rushed in and filled the shaft A sec
ond shaft was sunk and that. too, was
filled by the sea The company went
broke.
In 1910 third attempt was made.
and this time borings Shove that
at 100 feet there was gold and silver
to depth of % inches The sea
drove the workmen out in failure TO
open the shaft. In 1896 and in 1911
~otner attempts were made the last
very elaborate with Golfer dam
built by engineers. But the sea laugh
ed at their efforts and filled the shafts
with water and quicksand and seem
1ngly the treasure will never he nm
covered.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
Pontius Pilates Tomb.

Pontius PLATE, it was declared, re-
turning from Galilee, fed to Mount
Pilatus, near Luzerne in Switzerland
in the bitterness of remorse, and
drowned himself in a tiny lake ON the
summit. All the storms and calami-
ties on Lake Lucerne were ascrfbed
to the workings of his restless spirit
wrought to wrath by the disturbance
of his watery domain. Severe punish
ment awaited those who dared ap-
proach his supposed tomb. That tomb
was fearfully and wonderfully de-
scribed, but in reality 1t is only pond,
melted snow collected In a hollow. 1t
frequently dries up in summer with
never vestige of PLATE to show.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-16
Resin on the Violin

One of the queerest superstitions
about the violin Is the idea that the
resin should be allowed to accumu-
late and cake under the bridge, with
the idea that this improves the tone.
Clogging the surface of the belly of
the violin with foreign substance
can only be detrimental to the tone.
If the resin which accumulates under
the bridge Is busted or with cloth,
after use, from the time the violin is
new, the varnish Will always retain
its beauty and fuster. If left on it
ruins the varniSh in time and forms
an unsfghtly cake under the bridge
This is injurious to the violin and to
its value. Thousands of people imag-
inc that the more unSightly old
violin is the greater its value. This
is q great mistake. Old violinS, like
old coins are much more valuable
when we'll preserved. A good bad
state of preservation in a Stradiva-
RUS violin, for instance, might make
q difference of several thousand dol
lars in its selling price.