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THE DOVER NEWS
Mrs. Sue Lower, Pub.
TRAIN ROLLED DOWN A CM
NONE OF THE 2CO PASSENGERL
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
DOVER. I : S t I OK LA
*** " """'** Pere Marquette Flyer, Going 5® Miles
Wh.Ht l as the Ice man to say of the | an Hour, Derailed by Loose
Weather? j Crossing Board.
He sure you know how deep the wa-
ter is before you dive
Moating accidents are now the or-
der *he day at tlie summer resorts.
An enthusiastic young woman In At-
lantic City turkey trotted herself to
death
Kissing may be a disease, as eastern
savants say—but if it Is. it is the most
prevalent
Italy Is trying to end her war with
Turkey. It Has never been over pop-
ular even in Turkey.
Keep cool and make It hot for the
weather man, even though he is not
considerate of your feelings.
Dr. Wiley declines to become chief
of Hostou'* health department, but not
because he dc sn't know beans.
What the women wear at conven-
tions is thought by many to be as im-
portant as what the men do there.
Chicago. III.—Two hundred paasen
g*Ts, riding more than 50 miles an
hour, were hurled down a ll'-foot em-
bankment when Pere Marquette train
No. 4 was wrecked near Chesterton,
1ml. and only five of them were In-
jured.
Although all except one of the seven
cars was overturned and smashed and
one of the coaches took fire, the pas-
sengers were merely shaken up and
frightened. It was a rare and for-
tunate freak in the history of train
wrecks.
Engineer Davidson was pinned un-
der his engine and it was half an
hour before he could be extricated.
Fireman Oorman was hurled 15 feet
over a barbed wire fence, into a
hedge.
A loose plank In a crossing wai
twisted under the engine wheels and
an instant later the cars were jerking
and tossing upside down at the bot-
tom of an ^embankment.
Two day coaches, three Pullmans
a dining car and a baggage car were
tangled in the wreckage.
The first aerial head-on collision
demonstrated that it was Just as im-
possible in the air as on a single
track.
Only five i>er cent, of the people of
thly country buy books, bill the trou-
ble Ih not with the people—It is with
the books.
SLUGGED AND LEFT ON RAILROAD
Kansas Farmer, Rescued, Tells Hii
Story—Three Arrests Made—Be-
lieved to Be Work of Gang.
Automobiles In New York have
fallen off to the extent of $15,000, and
no one seems to know where they
have gone
A Pittsburgh couple alter frequent
prayers lor a baby found one on their
front porch. This Is an easy solution
to tin old problem.
Someone has estimated that $0,000.-
000 iu spent lor goll balls every year
And the purpose of the game is not
to lose them, either.
WinfJeld, Kansas. — Silas Black-
burn. a farmer living near here, wai
picked up unconscious on the Santa
Pe railroad tracks and taken by a
freight crew to I'dall.
He has Just become able to tell his
story. He said he had taken a cah
ride with some men, who took him to
a lonely place and slugged and rob-
bed him. They took even his cap and
shoes. Then they laid him on the
track to be run over by a train. Though
helpless from the blow, he could hear
and understand what they were do-
ing.
The sheriff's force arrested three
men and charged them with the crime.
In those arrested the officers believe
they have secured the gang respon-
sible for several recent murders re-
sembling tlie one just attempted.
DEAD IN SMALL KANSAS TORNADO
Ellsworth County Storm Did Much
Damage to Farm Buildings
and Crops.
Ellsworth, Kansas.—A small tor-
nado- swept through Ellsworth coun-
ty, doing considerably damage and
causing one death. Jesse Sochek, a
young fanner, living two miles south
of here, was struck by lightning anil
killed outright. The airdome theaters
were demolished and heavy damage
to farm buildings and crops in the
eastern part of the county is reported.
Two inches of rain fell in half an
hour. Telephone lines are down.
Three wheat stacks belonging to Rob-
ert Vora were struck by lightning.
Congress Will Have Busy Week.
The strawberry crop has set a good Washington, I). C.—The removal
mark for the potato fields, but this of the tariff as an issue in congress
may be a year when nature is more before the end of the week will mark
VICTORY
SUFFRAGETTES
PATHOS IN CHILD'S BRAVERY
Fortitude Shown by Little Sufferer in
Hospital Touched Lady Henry
Somerset.
Lady Henry Somerset, whose labors i
la behalt of the chuuren of the London
slums are constant and earnest, tells j
this affecting story of the way in
which her interest in these little ones
was aroused.
I was moved in that direction by the
rare patience and imagination of one
little boy. His example convinced me
that patience was one of the qualities
1 needed most, and in seeking it 1 grew
into that work.
I was in a hospital on visiting day.
while the doctors were changing a
plaster cast which held the crippled
boy's limb The operation was ex-
ceedingly painful, I was told. To my
surprise, the little sufferer neither
stirred nor winced, but made a curi-
ous buzzing sound with his mouth.
Alter the doctors left I said to him:
"How could you possibly stand it?"
"That's nothing," he answered.
"Why. I just made believe that a bee
was stingin' me. And I kept buz/in'
because 1 was afraid I'd forget about
its being a bee if 1 didn't."—Youths
Companion.
-err,,4?;
FOR Luncheon—or picnic
sandwiches, nothing equals
C0^\
irrve it cold w
Veal Loaf
Or, i^rve it cold with criipnew lettuce,
it is a tuly ti eat and economical a* well.
At Alt Grocmrg
Libby, MiNeill & Libby
Chicago
Why They Went.
As the Sunday school teacher en-
away?" she exclaimed in surprise,
tered her class room, seh saw leaving
j In great haste little girl and her
I still small brother.
"Why, Mary, you aren't going
away?" she exclaimed in surprise.
"Pleathe, Mith Anne, we've got to
1 go," was the distressed reply. "Jimmy
j *th th wallowed hith collection."—Lip-
j pincott's.
THIS photograph shows the heroic copper statue of Victory recently placed
on the front of the headquarters of the Political Equality association iu
New York city.
FIND REW USE FOR MOTOR CAR WILL DEPORTSHIPWRECKLD JAPS
In Boston's new appendicitis hos-
pital ward patients will be chargod
but $10 a week. This Is an encroach-
ment on the rights of the rich.
Some day a great American genius
will produce a typewriter ribbon that
an amateur can put on without soiling
his fingers or his language.
An Italian slayer was sentenced to
life Imprisonment to begin with ten
.if/tt* in RniiiHiy confinement. There
won't be much life after that.
A sparrow attacked an eastern
painter and knocked him ofT a scaf-
fold Size doesn't count if you can
choose your own fighting ground.
A scientist snys that a baby Is not
talking when the sound "mamma" is-
sues. He has a terrific task ahead
il he wi lies to convince young moth-
ers.
considerate of luxuries than of neces-
saries.
an important step in the progress to-
ward an early adjournment of the
present session. Agreements for
votes on the leading tariff bills,
cided that a woman who gets off « j coupled with understandings that oth-
| er important legislation either will bo
disposed of or hastened toward action,
indicate that the week will embrace
some of the most important work of
' the session.
A supreme court somewhere has de-
street car backward has no claim for
damages. And yet they will continue
to do It.
A woman physician of Worcester
Mass.. has been writing of the cat as
a transmitter of disease in a manner
1'kely to put Tabby into the category 4
of the typhoid fly.
The aeroplane of the future, we are
told, will carry 1.000 passengers This
Information will be received with dig-
nified but nevertheless enthusiastic Joy
by the undertakers
A Massachusetts woman died by
her own hand because her son would
not permit her to work In Ills wood-
yard And yet they gay that there is
nothing new under the sun!
Gomez is Under Arrest.
San Antonio, Texas.—Emilio Vas-
quez (iomez, provisional president of
Mexico, was arrested by secret ser-
vice officers and taken before the
United States commissioner. At about
the same time, Francisco Guzman,
Ciomez'8 private secretary, and Dr. P.
Rueda were arrested on the streets
and Francis Perez and Felip Mi van-
non were arrested while boarding a
train for El Paso.
WICHITA ENTHUSIASTS PLAYED
FIRST POLO CAME.
Play Marked by Many Accidents, Eut
No One Seriously
Injured.
Wichita. Kansas.—With an over-
turned car, which turned a complete
somersault in the air, a head-on col-
lision and innumerable hairbreadth
escapes to furnish thrills to some 5,000 i
people on the side lines, the first game 1
of auto-polo was played in a big field
at Walnut drove park just north of j
Wichita.
Each side scored one goal in the :
three 10-minute plays, leaving the !
game a tie at the encf
Despite a'l the accidents and near
accident#*, so skillfully were the cars
handled that no one was injured, j
though Frank Garrety played through
the contest with a broken finger, sut- j
fered in a practice match.
The playing field was 1,100 feet
long. S00 feet wide and with goalposts
(50 feet apart at each end. Four
stripped motor runabouts were used in
the game. The forward cars, driven I
by Ross King and Carl Evans, both |
race drivers of some reputation, with |
Frank Garrety and Hilly Hubert as j
mallet wielders or "jockeys," doing j
most of the work. George Henry and !
Ralph Martin handled the goal tending j
ears.
BIG OKLAHOMA GASSER FOUND
Well Producing 2,000,000 Feet Daily (
Near Morrison—Crowds Rush to ,
New Field.
Guthrie, Oklahoma.—A gas well pro- j
duclng 2,000.000 cubic feet daily was |
brought 'n on Black Hear creek, just
north of Morrison, in Noble county.
Gas and salt water, with some oil, are
spouting 2.") feet into the air. Crowds I
from Perry, Pawnee and other nearby
towns are rushing to the new field.
Driller Walters claims the underlying :
formation is the same as in the Bar-
tlesville field.
Tell Story cf Drifting Three Months
in 50-Foot Junk—Captured Near
San Diego.
San Diego, California. — Deporta-
j tion will be the fate of five ship-
I wrecked Japanese captured by immi-
gration inspectors ten miles east of
Encinitas on the road to Escondide.
News of the capture was tele-
| graphed the department of commerce
j and labor at Washington and the cap-
I tives were taken to jail to await or-
ders for deportation to Yokohama.
Fore more than three months, ac-
| cording to the story of the Japanese,
j they were at sea in a G0-foot, U-masted
Japanese junk, unable to head back
j against contrary winds and compelled
to drift over a course estimated to bo
! at least 7,000 miles. The junk now
; is a wreck on the coast o0 miles north
of San Diego.
JHereV
w The RoacTto Comfort
A vanished thirst—a cool body and a refreshed one; the
sure way—the only way is via a glass or bottle of
Ideally delicious—pure as purity—crisp and sparkling as frost.
rree Our new booklet, trlHnf of Coca-Cola
vindication at Chattanooga, I or the aalcinf.
Demand the Genuine as made by
THE COCA-COT A CO ati **ta
CANAL IS NEAPING COMPLETION
Is Now Seven-Eighths Done—Will Be
Ready for Opening in
January 1915.
Washington, D. C. — More than'
seven-eighths of the excavation work j
on the Panama Canal has been com-
pleted. June 1, according to the canal j
record, 22.0r)3,815 cubic yards, or less !
than one-eighth of the total amount !
of earth ai.d rock to be taken out of
the canal route, remained to be exca-
vated. At the rate the steam shovels ;
are working, this certainly can be !
done in time to have the waterway |
ready for opening on schedule, Janu-
ary 1, 1915.
HIRES
HOUSEHOLD EXTRACT
FOR MAKING OLD FASHIONED
HOMEMADE ROOTBEER
Every home should make root-
beer in springtime for its deli-
ciousness and its fine tonic
properties.
0ue p ckape mnk « B gallon*
yonr grocer lin t aapplled, w* will
mall you « packa*.* oa receipt uf
25c. Pleaa* g v« bla nam*
Write for premium puxxfe.
THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO.
255 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, P&.
m
Arrow ibin:c
cf Coca-Cola.
EVTP.V CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE
Pawl-Jess Siarch Twin DoHs
Mias Lilly White and Miss Phoebe Primm.
If you will u*o the l>ost Htnrrh made both of thopo
i • • i «i■ " en< It 1.1-2 in. how hiK>i mid rowdy to cut out
I t 1?. y ii| I • B"'nt to unv nddn-HH. pnntpuid, on ro-
cc ,;t « • . ix frontaof lOcrnt Fault lea* Htar« h pu< kn« h.
or t.v« Ive fronts of 5 ci'nt Fnultltus Starch pa< kii^cs
o:ul ^ contsj In Rtnmpn to cover pontes . Bnd packing.
Or cither doll will l«o pent on ret-fipt of throo lU cent
fronts or nit5 cont frorts nn.l 4 <-«nts In stumps. Cut
Oiit t!ii« u.l. It will bt« a.-ccptod iu pluco ot ono 10
Ct*nt front, or two 5 cont fronU.
FAULTLESS STARCH CO.. Kamns City, Mo.
TEXT WAS NEW TO HEARERS
German's Struggle With the English
Language Praiseworthy, but Some-
what Mirth Provoking.
Prince Henry of Heuss, who speaks
superb English, laughed good-natured-
To Protect the Flowers.
Edelweiss and other characteristic
Swiss flowers are said to be in dan-
ger of total extinction because of the
craze of tourists for collecting them.
Women tourists especially are always
anxious to take away souvenirs In
the way of a plant, and do not simply
A prominent cancer specialist In
England has sued the British Medi-
cal Journal for calling him a quack.
If he can produce a real cure for can-
cer he can disprove the charge
A man of 70 writes to the New ^ ork
Times to complain because a reporter
referred to a mnn of 60 as "need." To
the cub reporter it seems all right to
refer to a man of 50 as "venerable."
To Make Flying Safe.
Chicago, Illinois.— Denunciation of
dare devil flying, a warning to aero-
plane builders that machines must bo
constructed more securely, and a
pledge that all members of the asso-
ciation will turn in (or common infor*
matlon notations of new knowledge
gained in the air, marked the first
meeting here of the American Avia-
tors' association.
It 1r reported that western farmers
are objecting to college students as
harvest hands. They do not have to slnns 'the Western Federation of
Miners Indorse Suffrage.
Cripple Creek, Colorado.—Women,
present fraternal delegates, play-
ed an important part in the ses-
hire them. The objection may
based on the tact that college students
are not fond of 15 hours a day work
and sleeping in the barn
Two fictresi es in New York put out :
in a launch and saved thirteen drown
ing men. thereby breaking two pre
Miners in annual session at Victor.
Several suffragette leaders addressed
the delegates and, as a result, a reso-
lution to aid woman's suffrage was
passed.
Wants Good Road Club.
PhillipBburg, Kan.—At a meeting
Three Drown Near Emporia.
Emporia, Kansas. — Mrs. Hiram
Waite, of St. Louis, her sister. Miss
Nellie Anderson and Ward S. Newiin
were drowned in the Cottonwood riv-
er at Thompson's Ford, near here.
The young women were wading in the
stream and stepped off together in a
deep hole below the ford. Newiin
went to their assistance, and the two
drowning women seized him and car-
ried him under with them.
Lorimer in a Motor Wreck.
Claysville, Pa.—William Lorimer,
the Illinoisan recently deposed from
his seat in the United States senate,
was bruised and stunned when his
motor car was wrecked one mile west
of here. Lorimer was not severely
injured, but had a narrow escape.
Parsons Clubs Enjoined.
Parsons, Kansas.—An investigation
by the county attorney has resulted '
in temporary injunctions being served
on the Elks, Eagles and Moose club-
rooms in Parsons and also on the own- !
ers of the buildings in which the club- I
rooms are located. The injunctions
* granted by Judge Clark in chain- The chaplain noticed It, flushed, and
beru and followed an investigation In | repeated the text in a louder voice:
which several witnesses were sum- "And he tore his shirt.'
nioned to testify regarding the viola- f "The snicker became a laugh, and
tions of the Prohibition law by theso the pastor rose and said:
clubs. | Our good brother ii> quoting, of
— course, the familiar words:
Boy Burglar Attacks a Woman. | " 'And the door is unlit.' "
Marshalltown, Iowa. — Mrs. George —
\\. West, wife of a grocer in i Merely « Brother.
the suburbs of this city, was wounded i Young Lady—i'lease show me somo
severely by a 1 .'-year-old robber, who i tics.
plunged a knife intu her throat while ■ Clerk—A f;«vitleman's tie?
his victim pleaded with him not to ! Young Le.dy—Oh, 110. It's for my
kill her, but to take what money there j brother.
was iu tile cash drawer. The ooy es- ' ——
caped without obtaining any money. ' A pirl ma-v not IIlarry the best man
ly at a dinner I11 New York, over the P"11 the 'lowers, but dig up the 1 , nt.
account of certain officers of the Ger- 11 ls 1'ioposed to introduce a law that
man fleet. wil1 prevent the buying, selling or dig-
"One of our chaplains," said the of edelweiss, fire lily, Siberian
I rince, "had the hardihood to preach I 8l'ring crocus, Alpine columbine, the
in English at one of your Lutheran 1 Daphne, Alpine violet or other na-
(Impels the other day. He astonished
his congregation by saying, as he rose,
that he would choose for his text the
words:
" 'And he tore his shirt.'
'A quite audible snicker went round.
tional flowers.
Excellent Plan.
"1 see," said Mrs. lie Jones, while
Mrs. Van Tyle was calling, "that you
have a Chinese chauffeur. Do you
find him satisfactory?"
"He's perfectly line," said Mrs. Van
Tyle. "To begin with, his yellow com-
plexion is such that at the end of a
long, dusty ride he doesn't show any
spots, and then when I am out in my
limousine I have his pigtail stuck
through a little hole in the plate-glass
window and I use It as a sort of bell
rope to tell him where to stop."—
Harper's Weekly.
dents. No press agent was In charge of motor owners here it was decided
of 1 he rescue, and il was a luckv.num-
ber—for the men saved.
The last horsecar, or. to be exact,
the last horse omnibus, has disappear-
ed (If ni the streets of Paris and motor
buses and electric trams now hold un
disputed 8way If Paris has another
siege, the Inhabitants won't be able
to set much nourishment out of rub-
be' Iiie6
to organize Tor betterment of road |
conditions and establish permanent
highways with markers all over this '
county.
Held Up a Pool Hall.
Tulsa, Oklahoma.—A robber enter- |
ed Stringer's pool ball at Sperry, 10
miles north of here, about 10 o'clock
at night and held up a dozen patrons
of the Hire. He obtained more than
J-50 and escaped.
Puma Attacked a Boy.
Champaign. Illinois.—Buster Hig-
gins, four years old, may die as a |
result of an attack made on him by
a puma at a carnival show here. He-
fore a keeper killed the animal the
boy was dangerously injured.
*• Married Man Shot Girl.
Denver, Colo.—Georgiana Litchen-
water, a pretty 19-year-old steno-
grapher was shot four times by
Eugene Miller because she refused in 1
elope with him when she discovered
tie was a married man. I
Mrs. West is in a hospital.
Big Keokuk Dam Closed.
Keokuk, Iowa.—The last gap in the !
construction of the Mississippi Power I
company's dam across the river at
this place was closed and for the first
time in its history the Mississippi is '
throttled.
Oklahoma Girl to Fly.
Guthrie, Oklahoma.— Miss Marguer- 1
ite Uarringer, daughter of Mrs. Wil-1
liam Uarringer is to become a profes- |
sional aeronaut. She made her debut '
at the new aviation field at Hemp-
steady, N. Y„ during the past week. !
Progressives Ask Funds.
lopeka, Kansas.—A general appeal'
was sent out to 25,000 Kansans, ask-1
Ing for small contributions to help the
Progressive cause. William Allen
White sent out the letters asking for I
financial assistance at once.
j at her own wedding, but she should
try to make the best of the man she
marries.
Can't Afford To.
Friend—You and your husband
seem to be getting on well together
just now. 1 thought you had quar-
reled.
Wife—Can't do that these days,
when our dresses fasten down th®
back.
Old Michigan's wonderful batter
Eats Toasties, 'tis said, once a day,
For he knows they are healthful and wholesome
And furnish him strength for the fray.
His rivals have wondered and marvelled
To see him so much on the job,
Not knowing his strength and endurance
Is due to the corn in TY COBB.
Written bv J. F. MAOEE,
114410 Washingtou St., Two Rivers, Wis.
One of the JSO Jlnpirs for whloh th* Postum Co.,
Buitle Creek, Mich., paid fliXiu.UO iu May
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