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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1916)
WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRtNT WEEK Brief Resume of Genera! News from All Around the Earth. UrcVTJSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Two more dreadnaughts and four battle cruisers are to be provided by congress at this session. The rapid advance in the price of gasoline spurs congress to push its in vestigations as to the cause. Six thousand out of 10,383 signa tures on a recall petition in San Fran cisco have been declared fraudulent. Chang Chow Fu, one of the largest cities in China, has declared its inde pendence of the government of Yuan Shi Kai. A 12,000-ton Russian transport with troops and war materials aboard was sunk by a Turkish submarine in the Black sea on March 30. A Salem, Ore., woman alighting from a buggy, tripped on the laprobe, which caused her to fall head first on the curbing, killing her instantly. University of Oregon students of journalism take entire charge of the editorial and reportorial departments of the Eugene Daily Guard for one week. Lloyds reports that the British bark Bengairn has been sunk by a sub marine. Part of the crew were picked up. It is said the vessel was not armed. Constantinople dispatches say that the Turkish troops on the Caucasian front have received considerable rein forcements and that the Russian offensive has been checked. Recently the only fighting has been among small detachments. President Wilson plans to occupy "Shadow Lawn," the summer home in New Jersey offered him by the people of the state, as soon as congress ad' journs. In case congress is in session during the summer he probably will spend week-ends there before adjourn ment. A clash between Haitien bandits and police In Northeast Haiti is reported to the Navy department by Admiral Uaperton. United States forces were not involved in the fighting. One po- liceman was killed and three wounded, while the outlaws loBt Beveral killed and a number captured. A Havas dispatch from Athens says the Bulgarian government has notified Greece that it has given orders for evacuation of points on Greek territory occupied by Bulgarian troops. Bul garia assured Greece of the intention to do everything possible to maintain friendly relations between the two na tions. Owing to a strike among the dairy men who supply Chicago with milk, it is said there is only a three-day supply of milk for the babies. The dairymen are endeavoring to force the distrib utors to pay more for their product, by holding back 1,000,000 quarts a day, and of this 500,000 quarts are being fed to the pigs. An account of the torpedoing of the Franco-Russian hospital ship Portugal in the Black Sea March 30, with the loss of many lives, including those of Red Cross officials and Smters of Char ity, was cabled from Petrograd to the Russian embassy at Washington and probably will be filed with the State department for its information. The Turkish government has officially de nied that any of its submarines made the attack, and It is assumed in allied diplomatic quarters here that the Port ugal was the victim of an Austrian craft The municipal woody ard of Portland is short one thousand cords of wood, and no one seems to know what be came of it. Two masked robbers attempted to hold up a Seattle bank, but a young lady student of the University of Washington, who was the only cus tomer In the bank at the time, argued and protested with the men until they had to nee or be captured. Captain' Hans Tauscher, husband of Johanna Gadski, the opera singer, and aid to be an officer in the Germany navy, was arrested in New York on a warrant charging him with being con cerned in an alleged conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal in Canada. An Investigation into the enormous increase in the price of gasoline has been ordered by the senate. After killing every one of the 172 men In the garrison at Guerrero, Fran cisco Villa is said to have moved north ward, according to unofficial Informs tion secured by General Funston. All foot and mouth disease quaran tines and restrictions on the shipment of livestock are removed by an order issued by the department of Agrirul ture, and the announcement is made that the country is now entirely free or the scourge. Operation of the prohibition law lnc January 1 has increased the water bills of the various Seattle ho tels from 15 to 85 per cent, according to hotel men. Flood conditions along the Red River in North Dakota have been made worse by heavy fall of snow and it is feared the floods of the spring of 1904 may be repeated. Discovery in the Greek island of Corfu of an elaborate organi cation for providing information and supplies for submarine Is reported In a Rome dis patch to the Paria Journal. MIUTIA CAIlfD OUT TO QUELL 5000 IN ANT1-CA1H0UC RIOT Haverhill, Mass. The local com pany of state militia was called upon by Mayor Albert L. Bartlett Tuesday night to assist the police in controlling a crowd of 5000 persons concerned in a riotous demonstration in the vicinity of the city hall. Many windows were broken by missiles. The crowd assembled as the result of an attempt to hold the meeting in the city hall for discussion of state aid for sectarian schools. The meeting was regarded as anti-Catholic Thom as E. Leyden, of Somerville, who was announced as a former Roman Catholic priest, had been advertised as the speaker. When the hour for the meet ing arrived the crowd in front of the hall was so dense that the police decid ed that the meeting could not be held and the doors were closed. For several hours the crowd, in creased in size by curious citizens, marched up and down the street Bhout ing and committing various acts of HOWARD H. GROSS 1 Howard H. Gross Is the president of the Tariff Commission league and for years has been a foremost worker In the cause represented by that organi zation, the reasonable adjustment of the tariff on a business basis. minor mischief. JMeven false alarms of hre were rung in as if by a preconcerted plan, from all parts of the city. Finding the police powerless, the mayor decided about 11 o'clock to seek the aid of the militia. The sounding of the militia signal on the fire alarm had the effect of bringing to the scene more thousanda, curious as to what ac tion the citizen soldiers would take. One section of the crowd around the building went to the residence of Dr. Herbert E. Wales and attacked the house. Dr. Wales was interested in Ley den's coming here. The residence of Rev. Franklin Babb, another of the promoters of the meeting was treated in similar fashion. Part of the crowd went to the home of Alderman Charles Hoyt, commissioner of public safety, and made a demonstration. The rooms of the National Club were attacked and the furnishings wrecked. Squads of police were sent to guard the residences of the mayor and other members of the city govern ment. Villa, Unwounded, With Only 8 Men, Making Haste to Parral El Paso Francisco Vila, unwounded and accompanied by only eight men, was at Satevo, 50 miles south of Chi huahua city, two days ago, according to information received here Tuesday from Mexican sources. If this Information is correct it bears out previous reports that the bandit chief is headed toward Parral and is leading his American pursuers by at least CO miles. The nearest point to Stevo which the Americans troops are known to have reached is San Antonio, CO miles to the north west. The route said to have been taken by Villa is one with which he is thor oughly familiar and which, indeed, is known among the peons as "Pancho s road." Cold Kills Texas Stock. Dallas, Tex. After rising slightly further Tuesday, the Trinity river at Dallas stood 39.4 feet, the highest since May, 1908, when a stage of 62.6 feet were recorded. Property damage has been reported, but there has been no loss of life reported. Points north of Dallas reported the river slowly falling and it is believed the crest is passed. Cold weather following a 40-hour rain has caused considerable loss in livestock in the Panhandle and western sections of Texas. Japan Raises Insurance. Washington, D. C Japan has au- thorized her marine Insurance com panies to make substantial increases in war risk rates. Reports reaching the State department said the number of routes on which maximum rates were prescribed whs being raised from 163 to 185, most of those added being through the Panama canal. Routes on which rate increases are permitted al so Included those from the Far East to Europe via the Cape of Good Hope; from the cape to Gibraltar, and from the United States Alantic Coast. Canal Found Favorable. Panama Major General George V. Goethala, governor of the Canal tone, made an examination Tuesday of the slide area in the Gaillard rut. He said that the t ituation looked even more favorable to him than he had expected, and that April 15 would remain un changed as the date for re-opening the waterway. General Goethal ex pressed the belief that the ranal would not again be cloned to traffic on ac count of slides in the cut y& - CARRANZA COLONEL REPORTED IN REVOLT American Officers Credit Rumor That Cano Has Joined Yilia. TRAIL Of BANDIT LEADER IS LOST Pershing Now Thought Deceived As to Villa's Injury Systematic Search to Be Continued. El Paso, Tex. The question of the loyaty of the Carranza troops has again come very near to the fore here folllowing persistent reports that Col. Cano, the Carranza commander at Namiquipa, has joined Villa. Andres Garcia, the Carranza consul here, has refused to credit these re ports on the ground that Cano is a bit ter personal enemy of Villa, but he admits that nothing has been heard from the Namiquipa commander for more than a week. The only direct information that has come from Namiquipa since then has been a paragraph in a dispatch from Gen, Pershing in which it was stated that half the garrison at the town had disappeared and it was suspected some of them had joined Villa. Americans who arrived here from Chihuahua City Sunday asserted that Col. Cano was with the Villistas de feated near Guerrero by Col. Podd. San Antonio, Tex. Gen. Funston Sunday was in-receipt of State depart ment information in regard to .condi tions in Chihuahua and other parts of Mexico, but refused to make it public. It was stated at his headquarters, how ever, that there appeared to be reason to believe Hat Col. Cano, who was leading one of the heavier forces against Villa, had revolted against Carranza and had joined Villa. San Antonio, Tex. Unless Francis cOjVilla is definitely located within the next day or two it is believed here that Gen. Pershing will begin a dogged search for him in the mountains west and south of Guerrero. Since the defeat of Villa's forces March 29, in and near Guerrero, Gen. Pershing has had lightly equipped mobile detach ments of cavalry sweeping whirling fashion through the district about the headwaters of the Santa Maria river, in efforts to locate the elusive bandit reported to have gone in that direction after being desperately wounded. Gen. Perahing did not get a report through to Gen. Funston Sunday, but his chief of staff reported, indicating that the line of communication was maintained and no mention of the news of Villa was made. There is in creasing belief that ' Gen. Pershing may have been deceived in regard, to the direction taken by Gen. Villa and even concerning his injuries. Some reports indicated that he was not in jured at all and instead of going north east of Guerrero he had moved into the hills to the south and east, a direction American officers had expected him to take. Band Members and Councilmcn Mix Over License; Three Stabbed Salem, Ore. In a pitched battle on the streets of Turner Saturday night between members of the Turner band and members of the city council assist ed by partisans of each faction, three men were stabbed, one probably fatal ly. Half a score other residents of Tur ner suffered from bruised heads as a result of being struck by clubs and rocks which were used freely in the melee. The trouble arose during a perform ance of a carnival company, which had been secured by the Turner band to give a benefit entertainment. The band assisted but was Btopped by the city marshal on order of the council, because the carnival company had not paid the $3 license which is required of traveling shows. The bandmen pro tested the council's action and the bitter feelings resulted in a clash in front of the show grounds. Jews Sent to Siberia. New York The Russian govern ment has decreed that Jewish hostages from Lemberg and other Galician cit ies, who are now in Kiev, and those who have been expelled from Galicia, must be sent to Siberia, according to Information obtained by the American Jewish committee. The decree of ex pulsion to Siberia is said to have been in response to the Jews' petitions for release from arrest and permission to return to their native country. Non Jewish hostages may choose places of residence outside the military sphere, King Donates 100,000. London King George has placed 100,000 at the disposal of the treas ury. A letter accompanied the dona tion, saying: "It is the King's wish that this sum which he gives in consequence of the war, should be applied In whatever manner is deemed best in the opinion of His Majesty government. The contribution Is regarded by the newspapers as an effort on the part of the monarch to go hand in hand with the people in making a personal sacri flee for the carrying on of the war. Smyrna Forts Destroyed. London Forta St. George and San Jak, as well as the other coastal de fenses of Smyrna, were destroyed Fri day in a three hours' bombardment by a British warship, says a dispatch to the Times from Saloniki. The Turks did not reply to the fire of the ship. San Jak is the chief work command ing the entrance to Smyrna harbor. SU Gerog is about three mile to the southeast. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Biennial School Report Shows Increase of Pupils and Teachers In preparing the official records for his next biennial report, Superintend ent of Public Instruction J. A. Churchill finds that there were 9272 more children enrolled in the schools of the state last year than during the previous year, the total number being 151,799. There was also an increase of 303 in the number of teachers, 6055 of whom were employed in public schools and 509 in private schools. The number of Btudents enrolled in private schools was exactly 10,000. The per cent of attendance was a little over 93, indicating that the attend ance was regular and that there were very few children absent from school. The total cost of the public schools last year was $7,065,018.53. Of this amount, $3,786,697.98 was paid to teachers, $1,111,461.94 was used in building new school houses and in the purchase of building sites, $545,286.45 was expended for repairs and janitor work and $421,791.34 was spent for fuel and school supplies. School dis trict clerks were paid $47,198.50 for their services. The indebtedness of the districts at the close of the last school year amounted to $5,560,894.17, of which $4,718,849.14 was bonded in debtedness which had been assumed in the erection of new school buildings, Two Klamath Lumber Mills Resume Operations at Once Klamath Falls Next week will see additional lumber plants in operation in this section, with good increases to Klamath county's payrolls. The Algoma Lumber company's mill at Algoma, 12 miles north of this city, will begin cutting early next week, according to Manager E. J. Grant. This mill will cut about 25,000,000 feet of lumber during the present sea son. The company's logging camps have been in operation several weeks. The Algoma mill cuts 125,000 feet of lum ber every 10 hours. The company also operates a box factory the year round, empoying about 50 men. The Klamath Manufacturing com pany s sawmill, on Upper Klamath Lake at Shippington, a suburb of (his city, will begin Monday cutting 70,000 feet of lumber per day. This company also operated a box factory steadily all winter. Beginning the first of May the Ewauna box factory, in this city, will put on a night crew to take care of the rush orders. First Train Enters Marshfield. Eugene Passenger service between Eugene and Marshfield was inaugurat ed over the Willamette-Pacific railroad Wednesday with one train each way daily. Postmaster E. L. Campbell, an nounced that mail service over the new railroad also began on that day. This mail service has been brought about as the result of an exception by the Post office department which, it is said, rarely enters into a contract with a railroad to carry mail before its actual completion. The letter mail has been going by stage from Roseburg to Marshfield, from Drain to Gardiner and from Eu gene to Florence; the second-class mail has been going by boat from Portland to Marshfield. There was no celebration in connec tion with the completion of the rail road at either end of the line. Such an event on an elaborate scale is being planned for a date in July, when the Umpqua bridge will be completed. Coos Sale Is Reported. North Bend After the departure Wednesday of Dr. J. H. Dennison and John B. Rogers, San Francisco capital ists, Frederick Hollister, of the First National bank of North Bend, an nounced that the visitors had negoti ated for the purchase of the estate formerly held by Major L. D. Kinney on Coos, and would close the deal within the next few weeks. Frank S. Waite, who holds a mort gage of several hundred thousand dol lars on the property, will reach Coos Bay this week to attend to details which interest him in the transfer. Ancient Art is Revived. Eugene W. Everingham, of 674 Thirteenth avenue, has restored a lost art in Oregon. In the days before the coming of the white man, the Indian obtained yew wood in the mountains of Lane county, from which they made their bows and arrows. Mr. Evering ham is making occasional pilgrimages to these same forests, where he selects choice cuts and shapes them Into arch ery sets. He began the work as a pas time. Now, working only at odd times, his sales aggregate several hundred dollars a year, some going to Europe. Employer Halts Liquor. Baker A new phase of the prohibi tion law was unearthed Wednesday by District Attorney Godwin when he was asked by an official of the Sumpter V alley railway as to the effect a pri vate statement from an employer would have on the ability of an em ploye to ship in liquor. The employer had asserted that the consignee is a habitual drunkard. Mr. Godwin gave It as his opinion that even if the con signee should make affidavit that he is not a drunkard, the word of his em ployer should receive preference. Park Tract Given Salem. Salem The city council has accept ed the offer of A. N. Bush, of Salem, to convey to the city a 60-acre tract of land in the southeast part of the city, known as Bush's pasture. Under the terms of the proposal the city will ob tain title after the death of Miss Sally Bush, a sister of A. N. Bush. The tract will be used for municipal park purposes, and will be known as Bush's Pasture Tark. It will be a memorial for the late Asahel Bush, pioneer Sa lem banker. CARING FOR LAMBING EWES Weak Animals Cannot Give Birth to Vigorous Lamb Furnish Dry, Comfortable Shelter. The ewes that are to lamb In the pring should have good care In the winter, so they will come through strong and healthy. Weak ewes can not give birth to vigorous lambs, and often they will die In the attempt to give birth to their offspring. It becomes necessary, therefore, to keep the ewes under good shelter In the time of storms and bad weather, says an Oklahoma writer In Farm Progress. The ewe that must stand out In the snow or rain storm will get ner wool bedrabbled and become chilled and weakened. She should have a dry, comfortable shelter, and here she should stay except when the days are bright and sunny and the ground Is firm. To turn her out on soft fields may result disastrously, for she may mire down and strain her self or perish. The ewe should be fed plenty of good clover or alfalfa hay, with the addition of a fair grain ration. It Is not necessary for her to grow fat, but she must be kept in good flesh, so that she will be strong at lambing time. I like oats for a feed, but a little corn mixed with the oats is beneficial. A Btraw bedding for the sheep will be appreciated. Sheep should not be allowed to Bleep on damp or wet ground in the winter. Their wool should be kept dry at all times Keep hogs and dogs out of the sheep pen, ana when the ewes are ready to lamb separate them from the rest of the flock. One should have a com fortable stall in which the ewe may be put to bear her lamb. Here she may be . kept until the lamb has learned to suck and knows the moth er well. SYSTEM FOR MARKING PIGS Animals Will Not Bleed If Work Is Done When They Are Real Young Cuts Are Made In Ears. I will give you the system of mark ing pigs which I have used for sev eral years. 1 find It much better to mark the pigs as soon as they are farrowed, writes Harry Seltz of WaBh ington county, Neb., In Independent Farmer. They will not bleed If it is Marking Pigs. done when they are real young. Cuts In the lower part of the right ear mean 1, 2, 3 and 4; one cut in the upper part of right ear means 6; one cut in the upper part of left ear means 10, and in the lower part of the left ear one cut means 20. Thus a pig with one cut on the lower and one on the upper side of the left ear Is numbered 30; with four cuts on the lower and one on the upper side of right ear 1b numbered 9; and an animal with all seven cuts is num bered 39. ARGUMENT FOR METAL POSTS Coming Into Use on Many Farms Where Permanent Fences Are Being Made They Will Not Burn. There are several good and sound arguments for the use of metal posts, and they are coming Into use on many farms whore permanent fences are be ing made. These posts can be driven, in most cases, not needing to be set They do not rot, and will not burn. They also furnish a ground connection as a protection, against lightning In case of wire fences. Wire fences can be grounded at small cost of time and money, but as a general thing they are not. The little work and expense needed will usually be postponed until animals aro killed. Fires which get beyond control, and those set to burn out weeds and rub bish along the fences will not damage either metal or concrete posts; and all these reasons are convincing many that such posts will prove more eco nomical than wood where wood Is hard to get and replace when through service. FEED FOR GROWING ANIMALS Stock Seldom Recovers From Stunting Caused by Lack of Feeding Dur ing First Year. Failure to put gains on animals dur ing the growing season cannot be cor rected by copious feeding at any other time. Stock very seldom recovers from stunting caused by lack of proper care and feeding during the first year. When they do, it Is a costly practice to put growth and flesh on a stunted animal as compared to what could have been done when It was In a heal thy and vigorous condition. Milk Easily Contaminated. The milker should remember always that he Is handling a human food which is very easily contaminated. Soap, cloan water and towels must be readily accessible. The hands should be washed after milking each cow. Good Grazing. When you think of good grating from spring to late fall think of cow peas. They have an especial value for producing milk, growing young stock and fattening all kinds of animals. Arranging Corn Crib. The narrower the crib the better the the corn will keep this year, Two partitions six Inches apart through the the middle of the crib is a good charnt. 5 "",""'vr,(1 10 NOVEL INDOOR BROODER Device Shown in Illustration Gives Entire Satisfaction. Front Part Is Covered With Glass, Al lowing Chicks to Secure Plenty of Sunlight Upper Portion la Detachable. We have a brooder for Indoor use that is giving entire satisfaction, writes Mrs. Belle Crandall of Hutchin son, Kan., in Fanners Mail and Breeze. The floor ia made of a piece of sheet Iron 3 feet square, in the center of which a round hole is cut 8 inches In diameter. A tin pan 4 or 5 Inches deep and of the same size as the hole is fitted into this opening and sol dered all around to keep out fumes from the lamp. This sheetlron floor is placed in a frame of 1 by 8-inch boards, 2 Inches of which extend above the floor and 6 Inches . below. The brooder stands on four substantial legs. A box of grooved lumber Is made for the lamp, 20 Inches square at the top, 10 inches at the bottom, and 15 inches deep. There is a door on one Indoor Brooder. side 10 Inches wide and 13 Inches high. The lamp box Is tight except for a 2 by 4 opening at the bottom of the door to admit air. In nailing on the board floor at the bottom of the sides an opening is left 20 inches square di rectly under the pan. Into this the lamp box is tightly fitted. We made the upper portion of the brooder detachable. The frame for the top is made of 4-inch boards 3 feet long two for the sides 10 Inches wide, one for the back end 8 inches, and the front 4 inches wide. After nailing the frame together a 1 by 2-inch strip was nailed across at about the middle. The sides were then cut to slope to either end. The back part Is covered with a strip of canvas tacked to the middle crossplece and allowed to hang down behind. This may be rolled up on a stick of wood, leaving an opening to suit the temperature in the brooder. The front part is covered with glass. The sheetiron floor is covered with old carpet and this with newspapers that are changed each morning. We are running three Incubators, having one hatch come off each week. The chicks are kept in this brooder one week, when they are placed in an outdoor brooder, also homemade. STILE IS HANDY CONTRIVANCE Sams Steps Are Used for Ascending and Descending Fence Post Is Used for Support. A stile like this one can be made much more readily than one requiring a double flight of steps. Posts for the Easily Made Stile. support can be set while setting the posts for the fence, writes J. H. Vaughan of Rio Vista, Tex., In The Progressive Farmer. The same Bteps are used for ascending and descend ing, going up one side and down the other, stepping over the top wire. FEED FOR FATTENING SWINE Mixture of Grains Adds Variety Ration Give Some Rye In Con nection With Corn. to Rye as a feed for hogs ranks slight ly below corn. The difference is so small, however, that for all practical purposes a bushel of rye may be con sidered as equal to a bushel' of corn tor fattening hogs. , Since a mixture of grains adds va riety to the ration, it is often desir able to feed some rye in connection with corn. It should be ground or it this Is not feasible It should be soaked. Poultry Pointers. Cotton-seed meal mixed with wheat bran and cornmeal in the proper pro portions and fed to the flock makes an excellent egg producer. Make the hens take exercise by feed ing all grain in straw or leaves to In duce scratching. If you want your hens to start a Danic account with you give them a comfortable house in which to work ana sleep. Make Dust Bath Effect I vs. Mix a pint of kerosene and a hand ful of sulphur with road dust, sifted ashes or line sand. This will help to prevent mites if the dust is put in box and placed In one corner of the hen house, where the hen ran take dust hath. It should be placed far enough above the floor to prevent straw and litter getting in. Up-to-Dat Methods. Belong to a dairy cattle breeders' association, a cow-testing association and every organliation that will help to keep you posted and in touch with the best up-to-date methods of aging your dairy herd. UKE Clli EASY Devices That Will Be Welcomed by Many. Inventor, It Would Seem, Has Intro duced Something That Should Prove to Be a Boon to Suf fering Humanity. The Jocular remarks of Mark Twain and other humorists about the difficul ties and embarrassments of the man with the carving implements presiding over the roast of meat or fowl will no longer apply when the dining tables are all supplied with the meat holder which has recently been pat ented by a Denver man. Mark Twain said in one of his stories that he always refused to carve except In dining rooms where the wall paper matched the color of the gravy, so that any unfortunate mishaps might not do any serious damage to the mu ral decoration. To one who has carved. ! does seem that the usual plate on which the roast is placed for the cut ting operation is inadequate and In vites disaster, for a little slip of the meat will be the means of projecting a stream of the gravy ovor some un fortunate person seated around the board. Two metal members with prongs on their Inside are made to surround and Becure the meat by bringing their two Every Amateur Carver Skates All Over the Platter With a Roast of Fowl This New Scheme Will Hold It Steady for Him. free ends together, at which point they are clamped. The other ends are secured In a ball and socket Joint by" means of which It is possible to turn the roast over. Bibles Have Right of Way. It Is a somewhat curious fact that the governments of all belligerents have allowed :.he Bible society to ship its Bible to and fro. "Since the war began the Bible so ciety has supplied somewhere about 3,000,000 Scriptures to fighting men, prisoners, wounded, interned civilians, and refugees, and during that time the ordinary work has proceeded the latest ventures of the committee be ing the opening of a depot in Abys sinia and the fitting up of a floating Bible house to serve the 60,000 miles of the great Amazon water system of South America," says a secretary of the British and Foreign Bible society. 'This Interest In the Word of God Is one of the really bright spots in the present gloomy world situation, and the news of it should gladden and enhearten all whoso faces are turned wistfully toward the East, waiting for the glimmer, of a dawn that shall usher in a new and bright er day." Since the outbreak of hostilities, we are Informed, "the society's agents have been distributing copies of the Word of God as though no war ex isted, and, all the depots In the cap itals of the warring nations are still open even ihe Turk has not closed the doors of the depot in Constanti nople." Baby Monoplane. What Is undoubtedly the smallest successful monoplane In the world has recently been constructed by a Call fornlan. In addition to this distinc tion the machine is almost as unusual In design as it Is In size, for It Is driven tail first by an ordinary seven horsepower, twin-cylinder motorcycle engine. It weighs, complete with Its gasoline tank filled, only 238 pounds, had a wing spread of 18 feet, an over all length of 16 feet, and a supporting area of about 90 square feet. The motor drives a 4-feet propeller at about 1,400 revolutions q minute, giv ing the craft a speed of nearly 60 miles an hour. The power plant Is placed at the extreme rear of the ma chine, so that its weight is balanced by that of the pilot who rides several feet ahead of It. The machine has been driven a number of times, and during these flights has remained in the air from 15 minutes to halt an hour. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Wrong Stocking Stolen. On one of tbe coldest nights this winter Mrs. Annie Diets of 115 Me chanics street prudently wore woolen sleeping hose when she went to bed. Testifying in court against Michael Arenewlch, who was held In $500 ball on the charge of burglary and attempt ed theft from person, Mrs. Diets said: "As I was placing a roll of $400 in my stocking I heard a slight noise, and looking out thought I saw this man stepping back from my bedroom win dow. The next 1 knew I was awak ened by feeling one of my stockings being pulled off. Before I could turn on a light the intruder Jumped through the window and disappeared with my left stocking." The chief reason why Areuewtch was charged merely with attempted theft was that Mrs. Diets put the money in her right stocking. Hartford (Conn.) Dispatch to New York World. May Be Valuable Find. Workmen digging In the bay of Guanabara, at Rio ds Janeiro, recently brought up s quantity of pure phos rhorus. Acting on the belief that a deposit of value had been tapped, the government was advised of ths discov ery and It has ordered an investiga tion to dotennlne the probable sin and value of the body of mineral. j