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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, YPRES CLOTH HALL IN RUINS 4 Secretary of War Asks for Larg er Number. ill mORE OrFICEnS & HI l&M IDfl! IC I I i lm I fll II 11 11 i II I a Wmmm I' t" I 1 H i M f fl ' 4 Repented bombardments of Ypres havo resulted in tho virtual destruc tion of tho ancient and beautiful Cloth Hall. OPENS UP "HOTEL DE GINK" NOVEL IK IE Inventor Says It Will Fly, Run, Swim and Dive. Denver Man Took Bumblebee as Model for His Remarkable Con trivance Will Make Up to 300 MUcs an Hour. Jeff Davis. King of Hobos, Is In Charge of Novel Hostelry in New York. Now York. Jefferson Davis, known from ono end of tho country to tho other as tho "King or tho Hobos" and president of tho Itinerant Workers' Union of America, opened tho Hotel do Gink and promised In a great measuro to do away with New York's Denver. William A. Sliarpo, a me chanic, after 13 years of experiment ing, is completing a machlno which, ho says, can fly, run, swim and dive. Tt la designed to carry four passen gers. It will derive Its lifting and pro pelling power from tho rotation of wheels and revolving and oscillating propellers. Sharpo is fifty-two years old and a mechanical onglneor, and has pat ontcd nn automobile starter, an nuto prlmor and a cnptlvo neroplnno. Ho Is constructing his now combi nation machlno at Sixteenth and Broadway. He says (lt will travel on tho ground with tho smoothness and swiftness of a racing uutomobllo or shoot Into tho air with tho perfect equilibrium and ease of a swallow, and bo poised thero! navigato tho ocean with tho speed of a motor boat, or can bo usod as a submarine. It Is designed to attain a speed of from 30 to 300 mllea nn hour, carrying 2,000 pounds for each 1,000 pounds weight of tho car, Thoro ore four wheels on the car, and in each wheel thero are four propoilorB. Tho ontlro vehlclo is built of proBsed steel nnd aluminum. "Tho device s designed on well recognized principles," says Sharpo. "Nothing now Is attempted In tho etoerlng dovico, transmission systom, differential, lighting systom, gear shift or motor, I havo designed propeller blades, rotating within tho circumfer ence of a wheol, which by nn ingen ious system of opposing or presenting tho broad surfneo or tho propeller blades during their downward stroke, and presenting tho edge of tho pro peller blades during their Aipward stroke, exert a lifting power of tho combined surface of tho blades in an upward and forward motion. "I havo planned to Bpond $10,000 on my ilrat machine, although tho cost of tho machines when put on tho market will bo no more- than a standard auto mobile. Tho body of my car will bo 18 foot long nnd 30 Inches wide. Tho wheels aro 34 lnchos in diameter nnd weigh 100 pounds nnd will inako 400 revolutions per minute. "For years I made n study of the liumblo bumblobeo and camo to t conclusion that if n machlno could bo constructed embodying tho principles of flight omployed by the beo It would be a buccoss In both air and water." mmmW$wwvMm$L IfSHElIiliHlw g Hwn it B&aH HKwa .. -' , W 1M I fH m& I mm mp i Hi 1ft 1m.uhi.ih .'..t Liii'lMH &w 2 Increase of 1,000 Would Put High Command In Hands of Younger Men In the Near future Proposed Legislation, By EDWARD B. CLARK. (Staff. Correspondent of tho Western NoWBpnpor Union ) Washington Members of congress havo taken heed of a misunderstand ing which seems to exist in some parts or tho country over tho proposition to Increase tho enlisted force of tho army by 10,000 men. Thero aro today about eighty-five thousand enlisted men in tho service. Tho present law reads that tho total onllsted strength of tho army shall not exceed nt any one tlmo 100,000 men. It will bo seen from this that tho ad dition of 10,000 privates to the rnnks will still keep It under tho limit of tho law, and that congressional action Is needed virtually only to furnish support for tho addition in men which tho secretary of war has recommended shall bo added to tho service. Secretary Garrison has asked also that 1,000 additional officers shall bo commissioned. It is In this recommen dation "or tho secretnry that tho chief Interest hero centers. If tho commis sioned forco 1b increased by tho num ber given It means that tho higher rank In tho United States army in tho near futuro will bo held by officers considerably younger thnn thoso now in command. Tho effect of tho proposed legisla tion In truth seemingly is not gener ally understood even by members of congress. Tho thought seems to bo that It simply will add 1,000 offlcers to tho sorvlco and that tho only strengthening of tho army will bo In numbers and through tho advantago which will accrue from having ofllcers enough to fill tho regimental places or thoso who aro ordered on detached service. If 1,000 new commissions aro pro vided promotion will come to 1,000 ofllcers, not necessarily In nil cases promotion from ono grade to another, but promotion in file, which means simply that a captain who Is say 100 files removed from amnjor will bo ad vanced so that ho will get his stop much earlier than would bo tho caso under present conditions. As things aro today officers in tho prime of lire and best fitted probably for high rank aro graded as captnlnB, majors or perhaps at best as lieuten ant colonels. Dy tho tlmo they got to bo sixty years old it is possible for aomo of them to become brigadier generals, but tho most active part of tho officer's llfo today is passed as a Junior in command. Tho flrat effect of tho Inw proposed by Mr. Garrison will bo to advance all tho Junior officors of tho army a scoro or bo of Btcps. Then thero will bo a good many colonels, lieutenant colo nels and majors still young in yearo and fit physically for tho hardest kind of campaigning. This will mean that eventually our brlgadlor generals and major generals will bo much younger men In tho main when thoy got pro motion thnn nro thoso who hold tho rank today. It Is understood that tho administra tion will enter no objection to the pas sago by congress of tho legislation pro posed by Secretnry or War Garrison and introduced by Senator Chamber lnln or Oregon, ir it becomes a law tho country will hnvo rewer colonel-less roglmonts, fewer majorless battalions and squadrons, and fower captalnloss companies in tho field than It lino today. 3B 1 mw IrIZ.lI i ii fir wIM V 1 fll II II ill I X. m wMMk I ft IE Jht I ILIZI ! 1 ' m t iKy I Irr m?w i f53 111 II m I I I I s -". I? wW z4 wEB&mmm&mmEsMmZ mm.mMMsmwmm EMS-- i4A:s3m& " mmmmffimmmmsmmRm . Ll4MKiVltriEtJcr:,AMVA 7rOV. v-v" ' JK iw,ttai?rtr"wo-yc3iJ?x7i3i.T?i.fwy iAirr; .- j s ,t: .,..r,.. .Y w ,.. - .. -J lt$feba8228 tfZGtvpffs'srirvz ofzweozv m?zAr Psiexr &z-&ieo MM H REMARRY AFTER 47 YEARS Kansas City Couple Divorced In 1867 Are Reunited and Once More Happy. Kansas City. Marrlod In 1SCC, di vorced In 1867 and remarried in 1914, is the connubial record or Abraham J. Randall, olghty-ono yoars old. After tho ceremony tho wife of his youth, now bent under tho weight of eighty four years, took him to what has beeh her homo fqr ton years. Tho bride's Becond husband, W. Scott, died several years ngo. 4,Ono day I was talking to my daughter wo havo four children, you know" Randall said, "and Bho Bald, Dad, Christmas is coming.' Then I thought of May Ann, got on a train, and horo wo are." Four eyes smiled and two lunula snuggled closely. "JEALOUSY PROOF OF LOVE" Jeff Davis. problem of tho unemployed. Tho "hotel," nn old, dilapidated building belonging to tho city, was put In tho caro or "Jeft" Davis, who believes ho can get tho hobos together and run tho hostelry on a co-oporatlvo scheme. Every hobo will havo to go out ovory day and do soino work of some sort. In return for his labors ho will get a night's lodging and plonty of "grub." This plun is also expected to furnish tho city nt a modora'to cost with any oxtrn large amount of laborers It may havo need of in any omorgoncy. Tho food supply of tho hotol will consist of voluntnry contributions, but no hobo need expect to reed at tho ox ponso or tho othors. "Jeff" Davis hus nnd considerable success with a sim ilar plan in Scattlo and other western cities where ho hna boon a crnnt tnr. tor in relieving unemployment, and ho hopos his efforts In tho metropolis will bear tho sanjo fruit. HEIR TO BELGIAN THRONE ' Indiana Judge So Holds, Refusing New Trial In Divorce Suit. EvansvJUe, Ind. Holding JonloiiHy is' proof of love, Judgo Logadon re fused u now trial In tho dlvorco caso of Andrew 15. Sullivan, n prominent Sunday school worker, against his girl wife, Thelma, Tho husband was dented a djvorce jBulliyan alleged that hia wife was CAT BATTLES WITH TURTLE Philadelphia Man Awakened by the Noise of Fierce Fight In Rear of Home. Philadelphia. When D. P. Mngnln of Ninth street and Rldgo nvenuo, Darby, went to Investlgnto a nolso In tho rear of his homo, which awak ened him early In tho morning, ho found tho family cut battling a two pound snapping turtle. Tho cat, un ablo to undorstnnd his opponent's tnc tics, was furiously scratching tho Iat tor's hard shell back. Tho snapper mado prodigious ef forts to sqIzo tho cat's flesh with his beak, but was unsuccoBsful. Mngnln separated tho two, and captured tho snapper, who will noxt bo soon In tho form of snnppor soup. Insanely Jealous or him and Insulted all her friends becnuBO she foarcd ho paid too much attention to thorn. -4 to8 & , Italy Buys 20,000 Horses. Junction City, Run. Twenty thou sand horsoB for uso In tho Italian army havo boon purchased In tho Unltod Stntoa in tho lust threo months, no cording to Gordon Hollla, a stockinui. of Denver, horo, buying nnlmnlB. llollls said ho rocontly dolivorod D.000 horses toagenta of tho Italian govornmont In tho East, A hlthorto unpublished photograph of I'rlnco Leopold, tho youthful heir to tho throne of Belgium. Loopold, with his brother nnd Bister, Is living with relatives in Knglnnd. Rothschilds Give Aid. Paris. Tho English and French houBos of Rothschild havo given $750,. 000 In tho lust threo months to aid war victims, T Is difflcult to think or Abe Lincoln, born In a small log cabin, surrounded by hardships and sorrows In early youth, who won success by hard struggling, and whoso last years were Jull ot the most serious prob lems that ever confronted any presi dent, na a humorist. This is tho more unusual because his counte nance was extremely worn and nad looking, and his nature was so ten der and sympathetic as to otten make him appear melancholy. No man ovor felt tho responsibilities our nation nnd Intrusted to his caro so much as ho did, and no president ever succeeded In actingjaccording to popular opinion without being swayed by popular whims and -aprlces, better than did he. Though often com pletely weighted down by tho cares and trials of tho nation during the most critical period of ifs history, ho succeeded in cheering himself, thoBO ibout him and the people Thoro aro many charming and humorous stories Intertwined with his early boyhood, several told by tho colored mammy who worked for them. Sho says that ho often sprawled himself out on tho floor and worked to write hlB name. He was no moro easily satisfied with these early efforts than with his later undertakings. But after ho had worked and struggled and knew he had done his best, ho got up and began to criticize his work. "Don ho scz to mo many a time, 'Look at that will you, Abraham Lincoln. Don't look a blamed bit like jne.' And ho'd stand an' study it a spell." Though ho did not mind hard work and while itlll a young boy could swing an ax with the caso sf a grown man, ho was happiest when ho had a book near him. As his mammy says: "Seems to me now I never seen Abo after ho was twelve that ho didn't havo a book somo'er round. Ho'd put i book Insldo his shirt and fill his pockets with corn dodgers an' go off to plow or hoe. When noon camo ho'd set down under a tree an' read in cat. An' when he come to tho house at night ho'd tako a cheer back by tho chlmbly, put his 'eet on tho rung, set on his backbone and read." "Aunt Salry'd never let tho children pester him 3ho always said that Abo was goln to bo a great nan somo day and she wasn't goln' to have him ilndered." When Lincoln started out to mako a living tnd a name for himself, ho soon learned that llfo la not nil sunshlno for the boy or girl who must iccompllsh everything by their own hard con scientious effort and work. Though tho situation often looked exceedingly dark and his work often resulted In failure, ho had more friends to help him on than ho at first knew. Ho was wonder fully strong. What exhausted other men seemed to act on him as a tonic. Onco he was working In a small town where thero was a man by tho name or Armstrong When a now man camo to tho placo his strength and courage were suro to bo tested with Armstrong. Tho newcomers were always put through this samo ordeal, and Abo with fho rest. Much to tho Burprlso ot both camps Armstrong was defeated. Everybody was or tho ono opinion that Abo Lincoln wns tho best and strongest man that ever broke Into tho camp. To show that thero was no pride and boaBt In this victory, he became a friend of tho Armstrong ramlly. Mrs. Armstrong soon grew so fond of him that sho treated him as a relative, and the chil dren loved to climb onto his knees and brush away ho sadness from his faco by hugs and kisses. Abo Lincoln did not havo to work long to dis cover that ho was an exceedingly poor business man. Ono talluro camo aUer uuother. These ihowcd tho real strength nnd character or the man. Ho never complalnod nor rretted because uccobs was not coming his way. Ho was determined, however much luck turned ignln8t him, to bo honest and keep his ledger clean. Ho orten told his frlondB that ho preferred to go without a squaro meal than to lose a night's rest disturbed by an annoyed conscience. The following story is ono of the many illustrations that ho lived up to this statement. It was while ho was doing business as a merchant that a farm er's wife bought something of him which needed volghlng and computation. Sho had come aomo nlles from home. It was only after sho left ho llpcovercd that ho had overcharged her thirty "onts, and ho walkod tour miles to correct tho mis take. A friend hearing of tho Incident joked with him about It, when tho humorous Abo nn iwored, "This is not n joko, but a serious mntter I know thnt this customer needs tho thirty cents noro thnn do I." Though this Bcnso or humor wns natural to hltn. no realized when ptlU a young hoy that a pleasant way and a good Joko do wonders ror making llfo easier and sweetor. Ho loved to listen to a good Joko and loved to tell ono Ho had a wonderful momory, and this helped him In making other y JL-. V viitf rvf- . M - III 1 - -3e&zw z7S-pc?j:a i&l4fj!fAr?0V JZFATZS&tOr Special Train to Move Rancher. Mnyllold, Cal. It roqulrod almost au entire special train to movo tho family and bolonglngs of Manuol Nunos from Mnyllold to Dixon, Cal. Besides a pas songor car for his wlfo nnd 17 chll dron, thoro w'oro ton carloads of cat tlo and two or personal property. Compliments German Gunners, llorlln. A British eyewitness com pliments tho Gorman gunners on tho accuracy or their high nnglo flra agalnat noroplanea, snylng It Ib fairly uJoorrine atAOOj foot," SSiP O&y&F JjVcPOXA' ZK&. folks' stories his own. Good stories were so highly prized by him that he stored them away In his memory with jealous caro, and used them as tin occasion presented itself. As ho himself said: "I believe that genuine humor Is a plaster that heals many a wound. I remember a good story when I hear It, but I never Invent anytning orig inal. I am only a retail dealer. A pinch ot mental snuff." When his friends complimented him on the way ho looked or something ho had done ho loved to laugh It away with a joko, to show that he appret elated their friendship and still that he refused to' bo spoiled by flattery. Tho following Is a story In point. One day a friend shook hands with him and said: "Mr. President, It Is somo time since I saw you In Illinois." "Yes," came the jovial an swor. "I am about the same ns tho old horse who was put In a pasture to graze. A neighbor, seeing tho horso after sho had been thero somo time, said: 'Well, you put this horso In here to recuper ate, but sho looks now about tho same as when you first put her In. Sho neither recupes nor de cupes!' That's Just about tho way It is with mo" Two qualities kept him tho same unasBumln? man after he was mado president or tho United States that ho was when he began to mako a ca reer ror hlmsoir. One was his sense or humor, which never allowed him to become seir-consclous, and tho other his wonderful faith In God and In his follow men. His trlends never hesitated to ap proach him to ask him a favor nor tell him a funny story. A friend says: "Ono day on board ship I showed him In Harper's Weekly a funny little rhymo which was so amusing that tho president sat down and sprawled himself on tho deck and said: 'Lend me your penknife.' I handed him the knlte and he cut tho plcco from tho paper, saying: 'Not a very dignified position for the presi dent or tho United States, but eminently comrort ablo for that purpose.' " Music wns another of his iavorlte recreations." Ho loved to hear the boys sing their songs In camp. Ho loved homely ballads and slmplo dit ties. The greatest favor a friend or soldier could show him was to sing simple tunes. As'ono friend admits: "Often havo I seen him in tears while I was rendorlng in my poor way a homoly mel ody." Ho found great delight in tho laughter and pranks of children. Ho allowed his own boys great freedom In the Whlto House. Ho often let their misdemeanors go unpunished becauso every thing about children gave him recreation and pleasure. Tho keeper In tho Whlto Houbo tells this story showing his love for children: "Wo oro walking over to tho war department. Just ns wo got to the door a nurse holding ono infant nnd having another at her side got In our way. I took hold of tho Httlo tot gently nnd put her to one side bo tho prosldent could pass. " 'Thnt's all right, that's all right,' tho president Bald, as though ho wns displeased that I had dis turbed tho child." It was his sense of humor that enabled him to bear poverty lightly. Elegant surroundings did not appeal to him; ho was as content in tho log cabin where ho was born as in tho Whlto House. Tho plainest suite pleased his tastes. Greediness of wealth was wholly unknown to him; if ho was greedy about anything it was knowledge and noth ing moro. Tho following story is told about him nnd well proves this point. Ho was asked to give a lecture in tho Illinois college for the library fund. When tho lecture was over and tho peopia passed out ho wont up to tho librarian and said: "I notice that there aro not many listeners hero tonight; I don't think wo mado much on this lec ture." In reply tho official said: "Wiien wo pay for tho rent of tho hall, music and advertising and your compensation there will not bo much left for the library." Mr. Lincoln replied: "Well, boys, bo hopeful; pay me my railroad fare and the fifty cents that my supper cost mo and you can havo tho rest." This Joviality was largely because he felt I ho sorrows and hardships that como to most iron and women, and ho did everything in his power to lighten their burden. As he said to a friend: "When I am dead I wish my friends to remember that I always pluck a thorn and plant a rose when .possible" Ho was beloved by thousands and thousands of people. Many who believed in slavery appreciated tho grand character of the man. And it wns his strong and courageous personality that converted thousands of men to bollevo that slavery was wrong. But no ono loved him so well as tho col ored people, his words wero always on their lips. An old colored man once said at a meeting in South Carolina: "Brederin', you don't know nosen what you'se talkin' about. Now you Just listen to me. Mnssa Llnkin he's everywhere. Ho ftnow eberytlng. Ho walk de earf like do Lord." When his soul was most troubled ho would try and ease himself by a joke. Thero was so much sadness in his make-up that he found this tho best safety-valve. This sense of humor gave him wonderful faith and courage. Ho was ono of tho last to advocate drastic measures In deciding the slave question But when once begun ho never gave up hope There wero times when situations looked ex treraely dark, ho could not see clearly which war was tho best, but when his reason failed him his sublime faith guided him right. Ho believed thai God would be on tho side of tho Just and the right Tho Hon. Georgo Curtis tells this story, which shows tho man's subllmo faith: r "Ono day I called on the president with a repre sentative trom congress. Mr. Lincoln received ub In his office, the largo room on tho second floor. Ho was dressed In black and wore slippers. On a tablo at his side wero maps and plans of the seat of war, and pins with blue and gray heads representing tho positions of the soldiers on both Bides. "When we nroso to leave he shook my hand with paternal kindness and said good-by with a paternnl kindness and evident proud conviction, 'We shall beat thorn, my bou; we shall beat them.' But the air and tone with which he said tho words wero so free from any unworthy feeling that tho most resolute and confident of his opponents would havo been deeply Impressed." Ho believed In prayer, he believed it eased tho troubled mind and soul, and changed failure to success as much as does a healthy sense of humor. Ono clay General Sickles Yt called on him and asked the president 'If he had not been anxious during the battle of Gettysburg?' Tho president thought some minutes and then answered: "Yes, but I did not give up my faith. I wont Into my room ono day nnd locked tho door and got down on my knees and prayed to him mightily for victory at Gettysburg. I told him it was his war and our cause his cause, but that Fredericksburg or Chuncellorsvlllo could not hold out another day. And then 1 r ide a solemn vow to Almighty God that If ho would stand by our boys at Gettysburg I would stand by him, and he did, nnd I will." It was thiB faith In God and in all his children that made Lincoln work, atrugglo and die to free tho slaves. As ho onco told a friend, when he wub making a trip from Louisville to St. TjouIs by boat, there wnB a dozen slaves on board, shackled together with Irons, so they could not get away. He explained: "I knew that this was all wrong. God had never intonded thnt any of his children should be shackled, and I know the tlmo would como when I should bo given a part in freeing them." These stories and humorous Incldonfs help to analyze a character that might olhorwlso seom strango and Inconsistent. Lincoln lovod his Crea tor and humanity. Ho believed that with patience all things turned out right in tho end, and that with humor and love the trials and hardships be come easier and far moro bearablo. V DISGRACE TO THE BENCH Scotch Judge Noted for His Coarse ness In Court and for His Ex treme Callousness. According to W. Forbes Gray, In Somo Old Scots Judges" (Constnblo), ;ho unonvlablo roputntlon of bolng ;ho most execrated Judgo In tho an nuls of jurisprudence belongs to Lord Sraxfleld. Cockburn has dubbed him "tho Jeffreys ot Scotland," and cer Julnly J3roxfleld.'s coarseness Ii court wn3 a dlsgraco to tho profoeslon. On ono occasion ho said to nn oloquont culprit nt tho bar: "Ye're a very clover chlol, man, but yo wad bo nane tho wnur o' a hangln'." Whon Mulr, the political reformer, wns bolng trlod, Brnxfleld, parting with tho Inst vostlge of judicial hon or, whlaporod to tho fnthor at FVanols Horner (ono of tho Edinburgh review- i era) ns ho ontered tho jury box, "Como I awa', Malster Homer, como awn', and I help us to hang ane o' thao Ecoun- drels." At a tlmo when tho procedure In criminal caseB was moro a mystery thnn It Is now, and tho lino to bo takon often 3eomcd doubtrul, Brax flold, at all ovonts, was roady for any omorgency. "Hoot! Jist gio mo Joslo Norrlo (a clerk of court well up In forms nnd precedents) and a gudo Jury, and I'll do for tho fallow" a typ ical oxamplo of his lordship's Judicial manner. A carrlago said to bo 200 years old Water Heater on a Faucet. Ono of tho novelties put out by in ventors or electrical devices is a wa ter heater which is attached to t,he water faucet over a hand basin. Tho handlo of tho faucet controls tho elai1'' trio curront, which Is carried to tho dovico from the regular lighting wires. By turning tho handlo in one direc tion cold water Howb direct rrotn thu main and by turning It In tho opposite direction tho water Is Instantaneously heated by flowing through the device. rThe Patliflnder, i. lil i j ' r i