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DAKOTA COUNTY HERAfcD; DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA.
WIN SENATE FIGHT
sharp clash over "pork bar
"'rel" dill at end meas
ure, RECOMMITTED.
TO PRUNE TO $20,000,000.00
Bankhead and Fifteen Others John
Republican Opponent, Thus Bring
ing About Collapse In Struggle to
Pais Proposition Carrying ,Enor
mous Sum for River Work. '
Wwttrn Nwtppr Union Vein Setrlce.
Washington, D. C. Sixteen Demo
cratic senators accomplished tho over
throw of tho rivors and harbors ap
propriation bill and crowned with vic
tory a filibuster against tho measure
discussed by Senator Theodore E.
"Burton, of 6hlo.
Tho Benato, by a vote of 27 to 22,
onded tho determined struggle ovor
$34,000,000 bill by adopting a motion
by Sonator Bankhead, of Alabama, to
recommit tho bill to tho commerce
commlttco with Instructions that It
substitute a measure appropriating a
lump sum of $20,000,000 to bo expand
ed on existing waterway projects In
tho discretion of tho secretary of war
and tho board of army engtneors. The
collapse of tho fight for tho bill came
suddenly after a desperate attempt to
wear down tho Republican opposition
led by tho sonator from Ohio, aided
by Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, which
began last Friday morning and in
cluded a thirty-hour session ending
Saturday night.
WAR CLOUDS IN MEXICO.
Situation In Sonora Is Causing Some
Concern.
El Paso, Tex. War clouds again
bang over northern Mexico In spite
of official denials from all sources ex
cept officials at Mexico City. Gen.
Carranza, In power as chief executive
at tho national capital, remained si
lont regarding Gen. Villa's invasion of
Sonora. Tho first chief, however, con
versed for many hours over leased
wlrcB with Rafael Muzqulz, his agent
here. Tho next movement admitted
ly from all sides must be made by
tho Carranza government. Tho move
ment of soma 5,000 Villa troops into
tho western border progressed under
tho leadership of Gen. Fellpo Angoles,
deposed as secretary of war to tho
Carranza cabinet.
It was learned definitely that Ben
jamin Hill, commanding constitution
alist troops In Sonora, has not been
ordered to move from his post by
Carranza.
Indications woro.that he would com
bat Villa's invasion of tho state. In
doing this ho also will have to meet
tho Yaqul Indian troops of Gov. Joso
Maytorena, who has begun an open
revolt against the central government.
Gen, Villa will not take part in per
son In tha convention of chiefs which
'Carranza has called for October 1 at
'the national capital. This was an
nounced in a telegram addressod to
the Associated Press from Luis Bena
idos, Villa's socrotary. Ho stated,
foowovor, that Villa's gonorals would
ipartlclpate In tho meeting which de
signed to mnko arrangements for gon
oral elections in tho republic.
Master Plumbers Under Investigation.
Erie, Pa. United States District
Attorney E. I.owry Humes has begun
an investigation hero Into alleged
agreements between tho Master
Tlumbers' association and manufac
turers of plumbers' supplies, which
are hold to bo in restraint of trade.
Allegations are that tho manufactur
ers under tho agreements sold their
wares only to plumbers that are mem
bers of tho nsBoclatlon. Nearly 200
witnesses have been summoned be
fore tho federal grand Jury and thoy
come from Indianapolis to tho Atlan
tic coast and aB far south as Atlanta,
Cloudburst Washes Away Houses.
Pay, Ariz. One man. Wayne Deng
ler, lost his Ufa hero In a cloudburst
which swept through the main struct
of this town, washing away houses
and cutting off tho main water Biipply
(pipe line. A water famine is immi
nent, aB half a mile of tho Gila Valley
railroad and two bridges nre destroy,
cd and tho tank cars cannot bo
brought In from the outside. A Btore
and seven residences wero washed
down Mineral creek Into the Gila
river and the houses of the Hercules
mines were demolished. Ninety six
ton ore cars wero hurled into tho
creek.
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Lillian Russell Taken to Hospital.
Pittsburgh,-Pa. Lillian nusuoll, tho
actress, who is Mrs. A. P. Mooro In
prlvato life, wna taken to a hospital
suffering from an attack of nppon
dlcltls to undergo an operation. Tho
Illness Is not acute, her physician
says.
Body Identified.
Chicago. The woman found on a
country road near Koiiesnw. Wis . with
tho veins In wrist cut, was Identified
as Miss Esther Crawford, for twnntv
flvo years an Instructor In the public
schoolB in Iowa.
Sheot Cashier; Get Money
Chicago, -Throe robbers entorod
the Franklin Park Savings bank, lo
cated in a suburb, fatally shot the
assistant cashier, and oscaped In an
automobile with an unknown sum of
money.
Chicago. Dr. 8. M. Itobln. an nt
tacho of tho city health department,
and Dr. Edward Sinter were arrested
by federal officials, charged with hav
Ing used tho malls to defraud th
Woodmen of the World, u fraternal
Insurance company of Omaha. NVH
Postal authorities declared they Ikv
lleved they had unearthed fraud n'
more than $15,000 The mn v"
tensed of Inserting fnln nninfi i
nombftrfchlp application ,
thfltfj to Omnlia with $1 r.'i n-
tlon fop and M-rn. oh lug
modtcal examination.
DRIVEN TO ATROCITIES, GERMAN
COMMANDER TELLS CORRESPONDENT
Bv E. ALEXANDER POWELL.
By Cable to The Chicago Tribune.
Headquarters In tho Fiold of tho
Ninth Imperial Army, Chateau Lafere,
near Rcnalx, Belgium. Throo weeks
ago tho government of Belgium re
quested mo to placo before tho Ameri
can people a list of specific and au
thontlcatod atrocities committed by
tho German armies upon Belgian non
combatants. Today General von Boehn, com
manding tho Ninth Imperial field
army, acting mouthpleco of tho Ger
man general staff, has asked mo to
placo boforo tho American people tho
Gorman vorslon of tho Incidents In
question.
So far as I am aware I am the only
correspondent In the present war who
has motored for an entire day through
tho ranks of tho advancing German
army, who has dined as a guest of tho
Gorman army commander and his
staff, and who has had tho progress
of tho army on tho march arrested In
order to obtain photographs of tho
German troops.
This unusual experience came about
in n curious and roundabout way.
Invited by General Von Boehn. '
After an encounter In tho streots of
Ghent last Tuesday between a Ger
man military automobile and a Bel
gian armored car, In which two Ger
man soldlors wero wounded, American
Vlco Consul Van Hee porsuadod the
burgomaster to accompany him Im
mediately to tho hcadquartors of Gen
eral von Boehn to oxplaln tho circum
stances and ask that tho city should
not bo held responsible for tho unfor
tunate affair.
In tho course of the conversation
with Mr. Van Heo General von Boehn
romarked that copies of papers con
taining artlclos written by Aloxander
Powell criticizing tho Gormrn treat
ment of tho Belgian civil population
had como to his attention and said ho
regretted ho could not have an oppor
tunity to talk with Powell and give
him tho German version. v
Mr. Van Heo. said by a fortunate
coincidence I happoncd to bo in Ghent,
whereupon tho general asked him to
bring mo out to dinner tho following
day, and Issued a safe conduct through
tho German linos.
Though nothing was said about a
photographer, I took with mo Pho
tographer Donald Thompson. As thero
was Bomo doubt rogarding the pro
prioty of taking a Belgian driver Into
tho German lines, I drove tho car
myself.
In Midst of Kaiser's Men.
Half a mile put of Sottehem our
road debouched into the great high
way which leads through LUlo to
Paris. Wo.jiUddenIy found ourselves
in tho -midst of tho German army. It
was a sight novor to bo forgotten.
Far as tho eyo could soo stretched
solid columns of marching mon, press
ing westward, ovor westward.
Tho army was advancing in threo
mighty columns 'along three parallel
roads. These dense massos of mov
ing men In their eluslvo blue gray
uniforms looked for all tho world llko
threo monstrous sorpentB crawling
across the countryside.
American flags which fluttered from
our windshield proved a passport In
themselves and as wo approached tho
closo locked ranks thoy parted to let
us through.
For five solid hours, traveling al
ways at express train speed, wo mo
tored between the walls of tho march
ing men. In tlmo the constant shufllo
of boots and tho rhythmic swing of
gray-clad arms and shoulders grow
maddening and I became obsessed
with the fear that I would send tho
car plowing into the human wodgo
on either sldo.
Miles of German Soldiers,
It seomed that tho ranks nover
would end, and as far as wo woro con
corned thoy nover did, for wo nevor
saw or heard tho end of that mighty
column.
Wo passed regiment after regiment,
brigade after brigade of Infantry, and
after them hussars, uhlans, cuiras
siers, field batteries, moro infantry,
more field guna, ambulancos, then
siege guns, each drawn by 30 horses,
englnoors, telephone corps, pontoon
wagons, armored motor cars, more
uhlans, tho sunlight gleaming on their
forest of lances, moro infantry in
splkod helmets, all sweeping by ns
IrreBlstlblo as a mighty rlvor, with
their facos turned toward Franco.
This waB tho Ninth field array and
composed tho very flower of tho em
pire, including tho magnlllcent troops
of tho Imperial guard. It was first
and last a fighting army. Tho mon
woro all young. Thoy struck mo bb
being keen ns razors and as hard as
nails. Tho horses woro magnificent.
They could not huvo boon bettor. Tho
field guns of tho Imperial guard woro
almost twice tho slzo of any used by
our army.
Thirty-two Hor6es Draw Howitzer.
But tho most Interesting of all, of
course, Avero tho flvo gigantic howit
zers, each drawn by 10 pairs of horses.
Theso howitzers oan tear n city to
pieces at a dlstanco of a dozen miles.
Evory contingency seomB to hnvo
been foreseon. Nothing was loft to
chance or overlooked. Maps of Bel
glum, with which ovory soldier Is pro
vided, nre the flnost examples of
topography I havo ever seen. Every
path, evory farm building, every clump
of trees, and every twig is shown.
At ono place a huge army wagon
containing a completo printing proBB
was drawn up beside tho road and' a
GERMAN RETREAT AS
SEEN FROM THE SKY
London. Tho following dUpatch
comes from the Standard's correspond
ent In Parts:
"The best view of tho retreating
German urmles was obtained by a
French military airman, who, ascend
Ing from a pqlnt nrar Miry. How
northward ocioan tln- M n and tin n
eastward bv vay of Itf 'i doo t.
tbo region of VprdiU and bark again
morning edition of Deutsche Krelgor
Zoltung was being printed a d distrib
uted to tho passing mon. It contained
nothing but accounts of German vic
tories, of which I nover had heard, but
it seemed greatly to cheer the men.
Field kitchens with smoke pouring
from their stovepipo funnels rumbled
down tho lines, serving steaming soup
and coffeo to the marching men, who
held out tlri cups and had them filled
without onco breaking step.
Covered Wagons Hide Machine Guns.
Thero woro wagons filled with army
cobblers, sitting cross-logged on tho
floor, who wero mending soldiers'
shoes Just as If they wero back in
their llttlo shops In the fatherland.
Other wagons, to all appearances ordi
nary two whoeled farm carts, hid un
der their arched canvas covers nine
machlno guns which could Instantly
bo brought Into action.
Tho medical corps was as magnifi
cent as businesslike. It was as per
fectly equipped and as efficient as a
great city hospital.
Mon on bicycles with a coll of In
sulated wire slung between tbem
strung a field telophono from tree to
tree so the general commanding could
converse with any part of tho 50 miles
long column.
Tho whole army nevor sleeps.
When half Is resting the other half
Is advancing. The soldiers aro treat
ed as If thoy were valuable machines
which must be speeded up to the high
est possible ofllclency. Therefore, they
aro well fed, woll shod, well clothed,
and worked as a negro teamBtcr works
mules.
Only men who are well cared for
can march 35 miles a day week in and
week out. Only onco did I seo a man
mistreated. A sentry on duty In front
of the general headquarters failed to
saluto an officer with sufficient prompt
ness, whereupon the officer lashed him
again and again across tho faco with
a riding whip. Though welta rose
with every blow, the soldier Btood
rigidly at attention and never quiv
ered. Finally Reaches Von Boehn.
It was considerably past midday and
wo wore within a few miles of the
French frontier when wo saw a guidon,
which signifies tho presence of tho
head of tho army, planted at the en
trance of a splendid old chateau. As
wo passed through tho iron gates and
whirled up tho stately tree-lined drive
and drew up in front of the terrace a
dozen officers In staff uniform came
running out to meet us. For a few
minutes it felt as it we wero being
welcomed at a country house in Ameri
ca Instead of at tho headquarters of
tho German army In the field. So
perfect was tho Hold tolephone service
that tho staff had been able to keep In
touch with our progress along the
lines and woro waiting dinner for us.
After dinner wo grouped ourselves
on tho terraco in tho Belt-conscious
attitudo people always assume when
having their pictures taken, and
Thompson made some photographs.
They probably are tho only ones of
this war, at least of a German general
and an Amorlcan war correspondent
who was not under arrest.
Then we gathered about tho table,
on which was spread a staff map of
tho war area, and got down to serious
business. The general began by as
sorting that the stories of atrocities
porpotrated on Belgian noncombatants
worn a tissue of lies.
"Look at these officers about you,"
ho snld. "Thoy aro gentlemen like
yoursolf. Look at tho soldiers march
ing past in the road out there. Most
of them aro fathers of families. Suro
ly you don't believe thoy would do tho
things they havo been accused of."
Explains Aerschot Crimes.
"Threo days ago, general," I said,
"I was in Aerschot. Tho whole town
now Is but a ghastly, blackened, blood
stained ruin."
"When wo entered Aerschot tho son
of the burgomaster camo into tho
room, drew a revolvor, and assassinat
ed my chief of staff," tho general Bald.'
What followed was only retribution.
Tho townspeople only got what they
deserved."
"But why wreak your vengeance on
women and children?"
"None has been killed," tho general
asserted positively.
"I am sorry to contradict you, gen
eral," I asserted with equal positive
nosB, "but I havo myself soon their
mutilated bodies. So ljas Mr. Glnson,
Bocrotary of tho Amorlcan legation
at Brussels, who was presont during
tho doBtructlon of Louvaln."
"Of course, thoro always is danger
of women and children being killed
during street lighting," said Goneral
von Boehn, "If thoy Insist on coming
Into tho street. It Is unfortunate, but
it Is war."
Data Startles General.
"But how about a woman's body I
saw, with hor hands and feet cut oft?
How nbout a whltohalrcd man and his
son whom I helped bury outside Semp
Btad, who lmd'beon killed merely bo
cause a retreating Belgian had shot a
Gorman soldier outsldo their houso?
Thero wero 22 bayonet wounds on the
old rann's face. I counted them. How
about tho llttlo girl two years old who
wns shot whllo In hor mother's arms
by a uhlan, nnd whoso funeral I at
tended at Boystopdonberg? How about
tho old man who was hung from the
rafters In his house by his hands nnd
roasted to death by a bonflro being
built under him?"
Thu general seemed somowhat
In a zigzag course to a spot near Sols
sons. "Ho saw tho Gorman hosts not
merely in rotroat but in fllghL
" 'It wns a wonderful sight," tho air
man said, 'to look down upon those
hundreds and thousands of moving
military columns, tho long gray lines
of tha kaisers picked troops, aomo
I rmu clung In a northerly, others In a
, m.itlii antirlv UtieiMon, and all luov
1 ii b wih in u i u js rapiditv
I'll- r tr. i Hip avl' r dt cared,
.vrjs an ot, i ,r a io tho hlghwaja, but
taken aback by tho amount and exact
ness of my data.
"Such things aro horrible, it true,"
he said. "Of courso, our soldlors, like
soldiers of all a- los, sometimes got
out of hand and do things which wo
would never tolerato If wo know it.
At Louvaln, for example, I sentenced
two soldlors to 12 years' penal servi
tude aploco for assaulting a woman.''
Louvaln Library Incident.
"Apropos of Louvaln," I romarked,
"why did you destroy the library? It
was ono of the lltorary storehouses of
tho world."
"Wo regretted that as much as any
ono else," answered tho general. "It
caught flro from burning bouses and
wo could not save It."
"But why did you burn Louvaln at
all?" I aakod.
"Because the townspeople fired on
our troops. Wo actually found ma
chlno guns In some of the bousos."
And smashing his fist down on tho
table, he continued: "Whenever civil
ians flro upon our troops wo will
teach thom a lasting lesson. If women
and children insist on getting In tho
way of bullets, so much the worse for
the women and children."
"How do you explain tho bombard
ment of Antwerp by Zeppelins?" I
queried.
Explains Zeppelin Bombs.
"Zeppelins havo orders to drop their
bombs only on fortifications and sol
diers," he answered.
"As a matter of tact," I romarked,
"they only destroyed private houses
and civilians, several of them women.
If one of those bombs had dropped 200
yards nearer my hotel I wouldn't bo
smoking ono of your excellent cigars
today."
"This is a calamity which I thank
God didn't happen."
"If you feol for my safety as deeply
as that, general," I Bald earnestly,
"you can make quite suro of my com
ing to no harm by sending no more
Zeppelins."
"Well," ho said, laughing, "wo will
think about it." He continued grave
ly: "I trust you will toll the American
people through your paper what I
have told you today. Let them hear
our sldo of this atrocity business. It
Is only justice that they should be
made familiar with both sides of tho
question."
I havo quoted my conversation with
tbo general aB nearly verbatim as I
can remember it, I havo no comments
to make. I will leave it to my readers
to decide for themselves Just how con
vincing aro the answers of tho Ger
man general staff to the Belgian ac
cusations. Photographs German Army.
Before wo began our conversation I
aBked tho general If Mr. Thompson
might bo permitted to take photo
graphs of the great army passing.
Five minutes later Thompson was
whirled away In a military motor car
clceroned by an army officer who had
attended the army school at Fort
Riley. It seems thoy stopped tho car
beside the road In a place where the
light was good, and when Thompson
saw approaching a regiment or bat
tery of which he wished a picture ho
would tell the officer, whereupon the
officer would blow his whistle, and
the whole column would halt.
"Just wait a few minutes until the
dust settles," Thompson would re
mark, nonchalantly lighting a cigar
ette, and tho Ninth Imperial army,
whoso columns stretched over tho
countryside as far as the eyo could see
would stand in its tracks until the air
was sufficiently clear to get a picture.
Thus far tho only ono who haa suc
ceeded In halting tho German army la
thl little photographer from Kansas.
Show Thompson Gunnery.
As a field battery ot the Imperial
guard rumbled past, Thompson mado
Bomo remark about the accuracy of
tho American gunners at Vera Cruz.
"Let us show you what our gunners
can do," said tho officer, and gave an
order. Thero wero moro orders, a per
fect volley of them, a bugle shrilled
harshly, tho eight horses strained
agalnBt their collars, the drivers
cracked their whips, and the gun left
tho road.bounded across a ditch, and
swung into position in an adjacent
field.
On a knoll threo miles away an
ancient windmill was beating the air
with its huge wings. Tho shell hit tho
windmill fair and square and tore it
into splinters.
"Good work," Thompson observed
critically; "if thoso fellows of yours
keep on they'll be able to get a Job
In tho American navy aftor th,e war."
In all the annals ot modern war I
do not believe thero Is a parallel to
this American war photographer halt
ing with an upraised, peremptory hand
tho advancing nrmy, leisurely photog
raphing regiment after regiment, and
then having n field gun of tho Impe
rial guard go Into action solely to
gratify his curiosity.
Find English Leaders.
, According to a dispatch from a Dally
Stall correspondent at Rouen the Ger
mans havo been able, with seemingly
uncanny precision, to locato the head
quarters ot tho British general staff,
no matter whoro it moves.
Throughout ton days, beglnnlg
when tho lighting was about Mons, tho
Invaders poured sholls closo to the
mooting point ot tho king's generals.
It was tho sarao thing when head
qunrtors woro at Donal and Lands e
cles, whereupon Sir John French with
drow his position to Lo Catoau. Thoru
It wns tho target ot a terrific bom
bardment, which sot Are to tho town
and burned It. Tho next move waB to
St, Qucnlln, where again th'o British
headquarters woro a mark tor tho Ger
mau flro.
many German soldiers were running
across fields, Jumping over fences,
crawling 'through hedges, and making
their way through woods without any
semblance ot order or discipline.
"Those men doubtless belong to reg
iments which were badly cut up In tbo
llerco fighting which preceded tho gen
eral retreat. Deprived of the ma
jority of tholr officers, tluy made a
mere rabble of fugitives."
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Construction Is Chiefly Plain, Straight
Work, and With Proper Archi
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By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Itadfortt will answer
questions nnd give advlc FKEC OF
COST on all subjects pertaining- to the
subject of building, for tho readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author nnd Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
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two-cent stamp for reply.
There aro perhaps moro squaro
houses built in the middle West than
houses of any other style or design.
By "square houses" is meant houses
with plain, straight sides and squaro
corners, In which tho width" nearly or
quite equals tho length. "Rectilinear,"
perhaps, would bo a more accurate
term, but that does not convey an Im
pression of the square appearance
that such hou'soB have.
Economy in building and economy
in heating, both have their Influence
Houses of the "square" type range
from 22 by 28 feet to 30 by 30 foot In
slzo, and they contain from six to
eight rooms seldom less than six and
seldom more than eight. They aro
.built either full two stories, with an
attic; or like this one, with somo ot
tho windows elevated above the eaves
to admit light to the upper rooms.
This particular house Is one of six
rooms, 26 feet wide and about 27 feet
6 Inches from front to rear. It is a
very economical house to build. It Is
all plain, straight work, except tha
dormer windows; and these are as
plain as they can be and still look
well.
Such houses are so easily built that
a great many of them aro put up In
country places without architectural
plans; but that is, generally speaking,
a mistake. Good working drawings
nre so cheap nowadays that no one
can afford to take chances on haphaz
ard work. You can always recognize
houses that have been built aftor the
Ideas ot a local carpenter, Just the
same as you can spot a suit of home
made clothes by the amateur expres
sion that smiles at you when you soo
them. They may contain the best of
material put together In a good, solid
way;but when the Job Is done It lacks
the stamp of finished excellence that
only years of experience In cutting and
fitting can give. It is a mistake to
take chances on amateur talent when
you can secure expert ndvlco and ex
perience for a few dollars.
In this house, what would otherwise
be a very plain living room Is made
First Floor Plan.
attractive by a fashionable window
seat and a triple casement window In
the front part of tho room. There aro
n variety of those windows to choose
from Somo aro hinged nt the side so
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that tho sash may be opened inward
like a door; Mother, the sash is piv
oted in the center, at top and bottom;
omo aro hinged at the top; and still
other designs aro hinged at the side
so as to open outwurd. Whero the
sash Bwtng out. tho fly screens nro
fitted on tho tnsldo, the advantage
claimed being that you can hang cur
tains In any way you want thom and
not hnvo them disturbed by opening
and shutting thfc windows Because
such windows are becoming popular
It Is only natural to suppose that wo
men llko them. Thoy certainly pro
dace n stylish effect, and that goes a
long way.
In building a house It pays to Inves
tlgate tho now things, both by read
Ing and observation. You can always
find a nnv houio that contains some
of Mip fnhlonaoli- Irtpna Ida- tlinf
work )nf their dfslf;ns oirii vt
Mir, are vory ttttnctUt r m1 i r .
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hi t'urj aroflinp' f i tn t,
wi'' . ri n comblnatl o I -r w n
or is the ono most vitally Interested;
but a llttlo ndvlco from a successful
architect goes a long way, and laBts a
long tlmo afterward. You don't build
a house every year. It pays to bo care
ful. Long years ot experience in build
ing medium-priced houses has demon
strated a few factB that everyone
should know. For tho health of thq
family, you must have good dralnnge,
sufficient ventilation, and an abun
dance of sunshine In tho face of mod
ern Invention, every now houso should
bo piped for gas, and for hot and cold
water, and wired for electricity. Ev
ery houso should contain provision for
comfortable, easy heating; nnd overy
houso should havo a good bathroom.
Theso things are essential, both for
health and for comfort; to neglect
them means to regret It ns long ns
you livo in tho houeo. Other thinga
not so important, and still desirable;
will suggest themselves, and may Us-
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adopted or rejected according to the
size of tho house and the expense a
person feels Justified in going into;
but the demands of health and com
fort come first. i
Machine Gun Fires 300 Shots a Minute.
A now weapon has been provided for
tho United States army which Is far
moro efficient than any heretofore
adopted. It was Invented and Is used
by the French military authorltles.and
already nearly one hundred havo been
purchased by tho United States. Tho
new gun, which Is described in tho
Popular Mechanics magazine, weighs
but 35 pounds and can easily be car
ried by a soldier. Two men nro re
quired to operate It, both of whom Ho
flat on the ground, presenting a small
mark to the enemy. Ono man feeds
the cartridges Into tho breech ot the
gun In clips of 25 each, while the oth
er alms the weapon and directs the
llrlng mechanism. The gun will fire
separate shots or will operate auto
matically, in which case 300 shots may
be fired per minute. At long range
a third soldier ascertains the range by
the use of binoculars and reports the
effect of tho bullets.
Women Can Help In Polftics.
A good Illustration of the way In
which women are going to uphold the
hands of good men in politics Is fur
nished by Miss Fern Hobbs, the pri
vate secretary of Governor West of
Oregon. She began life as a govern
ess, then studied stenography, and
Anally took up law. She was admitted
to tho bar, nnd Governor West sent
her to Washington to settle up somo
land claims. When he Iiqb had to
leave his office on protracted absences
ho has ieft her In chargo. ot affairs,
and she has never tailed him She
became famous a year or more ago
when the Governor placed Coppertield
undor martial law for violations of the
liquor laws. Mss Hobbs Is only twen-ty-nlno
years old, but she has already
done a great deal of work for woman
hood and thoro nre plenty more that
uro Just as capable as she is and ar6
only waiting for a chance to help, too.
Leslie's.
Levendofsky's Warning.
Mike Levendofnky attached his
name to this Indignant "card" In a
Belleville paper: "Soma ono broke
Into my collar Thursday night. When
you empty my fruit Jars please return
them back to Mlko Levcndofsky, nnd
also tho lock from the cellar door,
which you havo taken, and if you want
to ,savo your life please don't open
my cellar door any mor, as thero will
bo a trap for you. This hns been tho
third time my cellnr has been robbed,
so please let It ho tho last lime. If
you enter my door again your life
will be ended' and j,ou will steal no
moro " Kanna City Star.
First Aid for Aviators.
A first aid package- Is Included In
tho equipment ot overy aeroplane ho
longing to the Gorman army. It Is
placed behind 'the soat of the pilot,
nnd marked with a conspicuous red
cross, bo ns to be readily found by the
first person to reach the scene ot tho
accident.
Candid Analysis.
"That was a great speech
mado," said the admiring friend.
you
"I'm glad you liked It," replied Sena
tor Sorghum. "I enjoyed It myself
when I road It ovor. It not only ap
peals to popular enthusiasm out my
way, but It has a good deal of truth
In It"
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AVOID ALL WASTE OF GROUND
Italian Gardeners Utilize Space Which
Americans Would Consider of
Little Account.
Just outsldo tho railway station at
Springfield, Mass., is a row of tene
ment houses occupied by Italian fami
lies. Between thom and tho tracks la
a garden, divided into long, narrow
strips, each strip being tilled by ono ot
tho families. In tho early morning
and evening laborers from the fac
tories may bo seon busily nt work in
thoso small patches, somo of which
aro not moro than ten foot wide. In
tho daytime the women and children
aro busy in them. Theso Italians
raise enough vegetables for tholr own
tables and havo a supply loft for sale.
It is Intensive gardening. Not an inch
of ground is wasted.
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Mas
sachusetts havo thousands of such
patches and thousands of abandoned
farms have been taken up and made
highly profitable by theso expert gar
deners from Italy. Thoy do it by
wasting nothing. Tho refuse from
their homos is roturned to the earth,
as ixiture Intended that it should be.
Chickens and pigs aro made to fer
tilize unbroken ground, and tho pigs
root up underbrush and" looson stones.
Tho simplest of implements aro used,
but the Italian gardeners know that
constant attention is the secret of suc
cess. Never a weed is allowed to
spring up; the soil Is not allowed to
go without hooing and raking. Tho
fence is a support for tomato, bean,
poa and other climbing plants.
On an area smaller than that of the
ordinary city backyard an Italian will
grow vegetables enough to supply his
table the year around.
TREE PLANTING AS A DUTY
Effective Way In Which Each Citizen
May Take Part In Bettering
the Community.
The man with a vision plants a
fruit tree, and there is pictured upon
the canvas of his mind the full grown,
developed treo, laden with the fruit of
its kind, painted and flavored with
the richest colors and most delicious
extracts, but he knows that before
that picture can become a reality
his hand must give that tree a fertile
soil, the best cultivation, a sclentlfla
trimming nnd spraying for years. But
nature thus assisted, does her part,
and the tree, as tho years go by, de
velops and in time produces its per
fect fruit and rewards tho labor ol
the tender.
But tho tender took the greatest de
light In hlB work, knowing that tha
tlmo would come when his labor
would bear its reward. His work was
a work worth while, and the commun
ity in which ho lived was mado bet
ter for his work, for ho who does
nothing moro than plant a tree by
the waysldo and tends It to maturity
has done more for mankind than he
who sits and dreams and talks great
things of accomplishment, but doe
not a thing to bring thom about; or
even ho who ever works at his task
with stolid indifference to Its greal
importance or unmindful of Its pleas
ures. From "Tho Business of Farm
ing," by W. C. Smith.
Lamp-post Gardens.
Dame rumor says Minneapolis li
out-classing all other cities in utiliz
ing flowers to ornament tha business
streets. Last year window boxes and
hanging gardens were Introduced In
the shopping thoroughfares, and there
wero moro than 15,000 foet beautified
in that way. This year, by private
subscriptions, a fund has been raised
to put 500 miniature gardens on ai
many lamp-posts and to keep them
bright with blooms. "Flowers on
lamp-postB would astound New York
ers," says the New York Evening
Mail, "and would certainly set the kld
to climbing. How long would the
lamp-post gardens last on tho east
side?"
Why City Planning Pays.
It promotes trade by supplying dl-.
rect and easy wayB for tho extension
and development of commerce; foB
ters city growth by making It easier
and cheaper to conduct all clnsses of
business, Increases and insures nil
property values by preventing tho
many evils of haphazard building;
mukes every citizen a more efllclent
worker by saving time and money in
transit of goods and people; and,
abovo all, it assures to that city which
adopts It, a future citizenship sound
In body, mind and morals.
Prizes for Bibliophiles.
A first edition of "Alice's Adventures
In Wonderland,' by Lewis Carroll (C.
L. Dodgson), fotched $1,000 at Sothe
by's In London It was bought by Mr.
G. D. Smith it Now York, who also
paid ?600 for Keats' "Poems," and $390
for tho same author's "Lamia," with
Harrison Alnswurth's slgnaturo on tho
fly leaf, $840 for Byron's "Poems on
Various Occasions" (privately printed,
and a great part of the edition de-
I strayed by the author), and $550 for
I Defoe's "Robinson Crusoo."
' Vast American Industries.
Private capital Invested In timber
lands, mills, logging railroads, and oth
er forms ot equipment In this country
reach an enormous nggregate, and tho
lumber Industry, which employs 739,
000 persons and has an annual output
valued at one and one-sixth billion dol
lars, is tho third largust.
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