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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
GAMBLING BY TELEPHONE.
In the Furnishings of a Manipulator's
Office Wires Are Essential.

The enginery Of manipulation con-
sists largely of telephones. On seeing
the interior of a big manipulators
plant for the first time, one might be-
lieve that 1t consisted wholly Of tele-
phones. Two small rooms, one-fur-
nished with some chairs, a table, a
stock ticker, a news ticker and a shelf
Of Financial Chronicles which are new
er opened; and one furnished with
telephones-that Is all the plant any
operator needs, says a writer in Every
body's. He would not know what to do
with more. With the telephones there
is room for a bookkeeper or two. The
telephones, 20 Of them, 80 Of them,
maybe more, run in row around the
wall. They communicate directly with
the brokers who receive and execute
the manipulator's orders.
Ponder this matter Of the telephones
and you get the key to the whole thing.
The capacity of one telephone is prac-
tically unlimited IL you desire merely to
buy or sell stocks in a direct, simple
manner. Just think how much stock
you could buy or sell over one wire in
the course Of the day If you were
straightforwardly investing money in
securities which you wish to buy and
keep, or selling investment securities
out Of which you wanted your money
back! Why. then, 20 or 80 telephones
all in a row in one room, all commu-
nicating directly with brokers, for no
other purpose than to transmit orders
to brokers and receive their reports? ?
There you have 1t. Why? Because the
manipulator's business is neither di-
rect, straightforward nor simple.
He deals in what doesn't exist; he
creates a market today where there
was none yesterday and maybe none
tomorrow; he must give the market
the impression that he is buying or
selling heavily when, in fact, he is do
ing the reverse; he must scatter his
orders so that none may follow what
he is really doing; he sends ten brok-
ers into the market to sell what he has
sent perhaps one other In to buy He
plays upon his telephones as a musi-
clan plays upon the keys Of a piano.
Ten Of them may communicate with
brokers down in the street as Of a
highly speculative class, and two may
communicate with conservative brok-
ers' relations with certain banking in
terests" cause the Stock Exchange to
attach importance to the orders they
execute. Then, If the manipulation
should want to sell stock without de-
pressing the market unduly, he might
distribute over the ten telephones or
ders to sell $4,000 shares Of stock, and
over the two conservative" wires or
ders to buy $4,000 shares Of the same
stock. The Stock Exchange would see
a lot Of rash brokers selling heavily
and two very strong houses buying
steadily, and the report would go forth:
"The selling is evidently Of a specula-
tive character, and the buying looks
good. 1t is probably bear drive at
the stock"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
George Washington No Sailor

George Washington No Sailor.-A
Baltimore school teacher had encoun-
tered such a degree OF ignorance and
mental obtuseness on the part Of one
Of her boys that she became disheart-
ened. So 1t was with considerable sar-
casm that she said to the youngster:
II wonder If you could tell me wheth-
er George Washington was soldier OF
a sailor"
The kid grinned. He was a soldier
all right" was the reply.
How do you know" asked the wea-
ry teacher.
Because I seen a picture Of him
crossin' the Delaware" explained the
boy. ANY sailord know enough moi
to stand up in the boat."-Tradesman
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
Humorous department
Man With conundrum.

The man with the aggravating side
whiskers comes into the office OF the
man with the discouraged eyebrows
and says:
i've thought up a new one."
you have, have you" asked the man
with the discouraged eyebrows, relates
the Chicago Post.
YES. It's a corker. Why are the
little sister and brother Of young
lady who has been keeping company
with a young man named Julius
Smaltz, and who has been away from
town for two months, and who is re-
turning to see her on Sunday evening
why are the little sister and brother,
who are hiding respectively behind the
portieres and the piano while their sis
ter sits expectantly on the divan near
the doorway waiting for the bell 10
ring announcing the arrival OF her
sweetheart, it being nearly 8 o'clock on
Sunday evening. and the beau having
telephoned that he will arrive few
minutes before that hour-why are
they like the throng that stoou aiohs
the Appian Way on the ides OF March
when Caesar was riding along In his
chariot en- route to the FORUM"
WHAT" mutters the man with the
discouraging eyebrows.
The man with the aggravating side
whiskers goes into the same detail once
more.
why is a man who comes into your
office and asks you blamed fool ques-
tions like a man who has paid sl.6o
TO a collector as the last installment
on a set of books he didn't want IN
the first place? Because you hope he
never comes back"
Indignantly, the man Of the side
whiskers arises and goes toward the
door haughtily, saying:
ooh, very well! The answer Is be-
cause they want to see Julius Caesar,
but wouldn't tell. you now If you
begged on bended knees"
And he slams the door as he goes
out
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
EARLY ADVERTISEMENTS.
One of the First a Handful Caxtor
Got Out In 1880 About "Pyes."

One of the first English printed ad-
vertisements was a handbill or poster
got out by Caxton in 1880 and read
ing: "Pyes Of Salisbury
good and chepe If it please any
man spirituel or Temporal to bye"
This was not a bakers advertise
ment. Caxton had printed "Pyes" or
clerical rules telling how the clergy at
Salisbury dealt with the changing date
of Easter, and as the clergy could
read he was bold enough to print ad-
vertisements Of his "Pyes."
For two centuries after 1t was In
troduced printing which should have
doomed advertising-if advertising de-
pended primarily upon printing-had
little or no effect upon it. The public
had to be reached by the rebus over
the shop. the public criers In towns
and by boys in front Of stolls calling:
What dye lack, master? What dye
lack?"
Even public notices posted in ca
thedrals and other frequented places
were seldom printed, says a writer in
System. So few copies were required
for the few readers that they were
cheaper hand written.
And even the newspapers, when the
civil wars in England in the seven
teenth century brought them forth and
they began to develop readers, had an
extraordinarily small effect in devel-
oping advertising.
Book notices, rewards for the arrest
of runaway servants and thieves ana
the announcements Of quacks began to
appear about 1862. And a little later
the germ Of modern advertising began
to develop in the Mercurius Politicus,
the Kingdoms Intelligencer and the
Public Advertiser and others in an ef-
fort to introduce tea, coffee and choc-
olate into England, thus:
Tea: THAT excellent and by all
Physitians approved China drink call
ed by the Chineans Teha, by other Ma
tions Tay, alias Tee"
Coffee: The grain or perry cdheu
coffee, growing only upon little trees
in the deserts Of Arabia Brought from
thence and a drunk generally through
out all the Grand Seignor's dominions.
It is a simple, innocent thing compos-
ed into drink"
And Chocolates: "An excellent West
India drink called Chocolate"
The contrast between popular de-
pendence upon advertising then and
now cannot be better shown than by
the experience after the great London
fire.
In 1866 London was practically wip-
ed out by fire. The printer Of the Lon
don Gazette, with almost prophetic
acumen, offered his columns for no
tices Of new locations Of shops. But
though practically every important
shop in the city was moved there was
absolutely no response to this offer
The old locations had never been
known through the newspapers, SO
why should any one look there for the
new?
At the present time after a large
fire in an American city the newspa-
pers are filled with notices Of the new
locations and restorations Of business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

Was In q Tight Place.-For many
years old Col. Lee resided in Ninth
street, New York, near the Hotel St
Denis. He is still remembered by hun
dreds of New Workers for his bright
manner and happy, apt remarks, says
the Press. When the project for erect
ing an equestrian statue to Gen. Wash
ington in Union Square was proposed
Col. Lee was intrusted with one Of the
subscription papers for circulation
Shortly after receiving 1t he approach
ed a well-known citizen and asked for
a subscription. But the citizen declin-
ed to subscribe, stating in a rather
pompous manner:
81 do not consider, sir, that there Is
any necessity for monument to Mr.
Washington. His fame Is undying,
sir: he is enshrined in the hearts OF
his countrymen."
'Is he enshrined in your heart?''
softly inquired the colonel.
He Is, sir"
"Well, all I have to say" retorted
Col. Lee, "is that he is in a tight
place"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
Power of Plant Life.=Last SUNNI


we noticed, says a Strand writer, an
extraordinary instance Of plant
growth. illustrating the great strength
and hardness of the ordinary plan
tain leaf. During the course Of some
experiments we constructed a pitch
floor as follows: The ground was
scraped and then a three-inch layer
of sand was spread over it, and on
this sand a two-inch layer Of soft
roofing pitch was placed. This had
been down for several weeks when
we noticed one part of the pitch
breaking open like a miniature vol
cano. On examination we found some
green shoots coming through the
pitch. The shoots continued to grow
in spite Of the great heat caused by
the sun shining on the black surface
of the pitch, and finally assumed a
flourishing condition. 1t should be
added that before laying the sand a
sheet Of heavy tar paper covered the
ground.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

considered organ playing as work and
have always employed non-Jews for
that purpose. When 1t was proposed
to allow Jews to do the work" the
discussion arose, with the result that
the question was laid for decision be-
fore a board Of nine rabbis, Of whom
four voted for and four against the
innovation and one leaned both ways
and finally agreed to a compromise,
which must have been favorable to
the liberals, because several changes
in their favor have already been
made
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

When Dreams Come True.-Wife:
club last night with such a swelled
head that haven't been able to arouse
him today"
Neighbor: why don't you try pour
ing a pitcher Of water over his head?'
Wife: Il did that very thing. but
the only thing he did was to call Out
for an umbrella"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

Following Orders.-'Now," said the
magistrate, you must testify only
to what you know, no hearsay evidence
Understand"
Yes, sir" replied the female witness
Your name is Mary Bright, be-
lieve. Now what's your age?"
Il won't tell you. l have only hear
say evidence on that point."-Catholic
Standard and Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
Something Wrong.-"Oh, dear Joh

Something Wrong.-"Oh, dear John
I just know I shall not like this dress.
What's the matter now?" asked hel
husband without laying down his pipe
or looking from his paper. II thought
you said you liked it."
That's just it. I was so sure
wouldn't like 1t when got it home
though liked it well enough in the
store. And now that I am home dc
like it and, therefore, I know l will no
like 1t when 1t is made up. Now
don't know what to do
Search me-" grunted the cruel mar
turning to the sporting page.-Judge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

Lawyers on Strike.-In 1889 John
Scott, earl of Clonmell, who was lord
chief justice of Ireland, made some
insulting remarks from the bench to
Mr. Hacket a member Of the bar, who
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

Status of the Organ.-The question
whether the playing on an organ as a
part of religious service Is an infrac-
ton of the Sabbath laws caused much
discussion in Berlin recently. The
Jewish congregations of that city have
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

- The Enquirer Office is especially
well equipped for handling Briefs ana
Arguments. Send US your next one.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
MONEY TO LEND.

~ N improved farms In York County.
~ Repayable in five easy annual In
stallmerits. Interest eight per cent.
No brokers' commissions.
c. e. SPENCER
Attorney at Law.
90 TT 6m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
CLoTHEs CLEANINo.

I AM prepared to clean gentlemen's
l. clothes and ladies' skirts In q thor
oughly satisfactory manner, at rea-
sonable prices. Work may be sent d.
rect to my home or left at w. q. Fer
Mrs. r. B. McCLAIN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26

- Is your Printed matter fair rep
resentative of your business2 Sec
The Enquirer for the Best Job Print
ing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-11
NJ HUGH RUNS
FOUL Of ANOTHER
COURT
ATTORNEY KEEPS JUSTICE OFT
AND JURORS WAITING AND Is
FINED s1o-PRoTEsTs, BUT
PAYS UP.

Attorney Philip A. McHugh, recently
fined $3.50 for contempt OF court by
Judge Connolly, was Monday morning
fined $40 by Justice OFT for keeping
the justice and 80 jurors waiting more
than an hour After protesting to the
court for what he considered his un-
fair treatment. MIR. Ntzhugh, paid up.
Mr.. McHugh is representing the
Pearl Match Co. In suit brought
against them by Arthur e. Schniter.
The trial was set for 8 O'Clock and
Mr.. McHugh was on hand, but some OF
the jurors were few minutes late.
Without asking TO be excused, Nc
Hugh went To the circuit court. where
he was engaged In another case In
which the Pearl Match Co. Is inter
ested. Justice OFT and the Jurors
waited patiently Until 1015. and then
word was sent to the absent attorney
that he was needed. He promised TO
hurry down, but he was still among
the missing at 10:45, and Judge OFT
lost his temper. He dismissed the
jury, gave judgment against the match
company, and tackled a $40 fine on
the attorney when he finally appeared.
McHugh admits he was in error is
not asking the justices permission to
leave the court, but he says he had no
intention OF showing contempt for Jus.
tice OFT or his court. He has obtained
the affidavits OF the officials OF Judge
Donovan's court to show that he was
engaged there.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-11
HUTCH|NS DOOGES
ON PROPOSAL TO
OPEN BOOKS
o. U. r. PRESIDENT WON'T SAY
THAT ROADS SECRETS WILL
BE LAID BEFORE THE BRETT
MEYER COMMISSION.

Jere c. Hutchins. president OF the
troit after a trip OF more than a
month abroad. He and Mrs. Hutchins
visited London and Paris. and were
fortunate in having a very pleasant
trip in every particular.
The trip had nothing to do with fin.
ancial plans OF the system according
to President Hutchins. He is pleased
at the prospect OF a thorough investi-
CATION of street railway operating
conditions by Philip Breitmeyer's
commission.
The great difficulty under which
we have labored heretofore Is that
the real conditions have not been pub
licly understood" states Mr.. Hutch
ms.
"Will the committee have access TO
the books OF the ID. u. r." was asked.
at would seem TO me-" replied Mr..
Hutchins. that the committee OF 80
citizens will enter upon work OF this
kind In discharge OF patriotic civic
duty. The art of electric Transports
ton is not concealed one. nor local
to the district served by the Detroit
a
world wide. The committee is not de-
pendent upon one source OF informa.
ton, but can turn to many sources.
For our part. we will do anything We
can to aid the committee In its study"
will the company submit PROPOSE
tion?"
Il cannot tell what the course OF
procedure will be. | do not know as
TO that.
viii you. Mr. Hutcbins, or General
Manager Brooks, attend the sessions
of the committee?"
I'VE have not been invited as yet TO
do SO. There may be some phases OF
the question upon which we might be
OF assistance. That is as the commit
tee may determine"
The ID. L. X. does not suffer. In the
opinion of its head, by comparison
with foreign lines.
I'm all transportation matters. steam
and electric. American railways are
very superior TO those OF Europe"
asserts Mr. Hurchins. I'm facilities.
in rates OF fare and In freight rates.
American railways lead. There have
been advances In electric transporta
ton In foreign cities but no such adj.
vances as have taken place in
America"
The double-deeker cars OF England
did not appeal to the president OF the
ID. L. X. as a type TO be copied here.
They are particularly suited TO coun-
try in which there is small variation
of temperature and in which the ey-
tremes OF heat and cold are not mot
with.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-11
BIC FERRY Drift is
IN. LAKE WITHOUT
GUIDING HAND
THERE is PARTIAL CREW
ABOARD, BUT NO POWER-VES-
Sci BEEN AGROUND IN RAGING
WATERS OVER A WEEK.

LUDINGTON, Mich, Jan. 11.-(Spc-
cial. AFTER withstanding for forty
hours the combined efforts OF
VITO powerful car ferries and
four big wrecking tugs, the
stranded car ferry Pere Marquette II
left her berth on the beach and with
out power or assistance moved down
the shore a distance Of two miles to-
ward Ludington.
This startling incident is unique IN
the history OF Lake Michigan wreck
ing, and marine men here regard II
as marvel. All day yesterday the
tugs and ferries dredged with their
wheels and pulled on the stranded
ship till they all but released her.
Then at nightfall, when another hour
OF fair weather would have meant sue
cess, the sea came up driving the
whole fleet inside.
The wreckers were dumbfounded to-
day to find that during the night the
stranded craft, with partial crew
aboard, but no power, had actually re-
leased Itself, and. propelled by a
strong north wind. had sailed threa
miles down the shore without a guild
ing hand.
The big ferry has been pumped dry
and does not leak There Is consider
able sea, but the life savers have -ust
shot a line over NO. II" from tug
and car ferry No. 20 will attempt II
null her of The owners feel con
fident they will have the boat in port
tonight
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-11

CARTHAGE, H., Jan. 11.-Rev.
John II. Carmichael. slayer OF Gideon
Browning. in the little Methodist
church at Adair, Mich. committed sui
eide today by cutting his throat. He
left a letter 10 the sheriff of Port HUI
ron asking him to come and get his
body. Four doctors were summoned
and worked desperately over the
preacher, but he died several hours
after cutting his throat.
Iii the letter TO the sheriff ofPort HUI
ron. Carmichael says that he killed
Browning with Ratchet, chopped the
body TO pieces and cremated 1t In the
stove. piece by piece. The strangest
statement in the letter is the charge
that Browning had hypnotic influ-
ence over the pastor.
After the crime was committed the
minister. changing his clothes. went
to Chicago. then changed his clothes
again and came 10 Carthage. The sui
eide occurred at the home OF Mrs.
Miranda Hughes. Carthage is a small
place in Hancock county, near Keo-
kuk, Iowa.
The news OF Carmichaels sui
eide surprised everybody In this
section. He had been traced to South
Chicago by detectives. who believed
that he had leaped into the Calumet
river at Ninety-seventh-st. Prepare
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-11
BABE DEATH
DUE TO NEGLECT

The body OF newborn baby girl.
fully developed. was found In vacant
lot. near No $50 Maruuette-ave.. by
T. r. Horn. OF that address. about 10
o. clock Sunday morning. The body
was nude. and death. apparently. had
ensued very soon after birth.
Mr. Horn notified the police. who in
turn summoned Coroner Bennett. The
officials are cooperating in an inves.
tigation. but have secured no clue az
vet as to- the identity OF the parents
OF the child Coroner Bennett is firm
~ of the opinion that 1t is a case OF
lnfanticide. as the postmortem con.
Quoted by the county physicians show
ed gross neglect on the part OF those
who brought the little one into the
world Frank Bliss. No. $50 Mar.
quette-ave. says he heard buggy
drive through the alley back OF his
home at o'clock Sunday morning
and stop near the vacant lot
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-11
POLICE ROUND UP
GANG Of TRUCK
THIEVES
ONE ADMITS THEFT OF 5000 CT
CARS AND duplicates TWO
PALS-FRANk HIBRLER'S BAR
TENDER Is UNDER ARREST.

After several days energetic work
Detectives Stenton and Dowd, of the
central bureau, have rounded up the
gang which, II Is alleged, Is RESPONSE
BILE for numerous truck robberies pull
ed of within the last few weeks.
The officers claim to have secured
a confession from one Of the men un-
der arrest. Harry Toote, who is regis
tered under the alias OF Stanley
Bates. He acknowledged stealing a
box containing 5000 cigars, belonging
TO the American Cigar Co. from one
OF the Lewis Truck & Carriage Co.'S
trucks as II stood In front OF the cigar
company's factory, State and Park
SITS. Dec. 81. He says he sold the
cigars, valued at $3.50, to Louis Kor-
man. bartender for Frank Hibbler in
the Harrington Hotel. for $45. Kor-
man Is locked up on a charge OF re-
ceiving stolen property.
After Korman's arrest he was con-
fronted by Toote in the detectives Of
fice. and there Toote repeated the
statement relative TO the sale OF the
cigars to Korman's face Norman de-
MED having bought the cigars. but
Toote stuck to his statement. Armed
with a search warrant issued by JUS
tice Jeffries on complaint OF John f.
Connors. manager OF the Lewis Truck
& Carriage Co., Detectives Stenton and
Down search the Harrington hotel for
the stolen cigars during the forenoon,
but were unable to find any traces OF
them.
Toote duplicates Gerald Twohy and
John Porter. both of whom are under
d., ha
The officers are satisfied that Duncan
Eichen and George Laurence. the 9TH
er men In custody. are members OF
the same gang. Eichen. they say. has
been identified as a man who sold a
$3.50 fur overcoat, stolen from the Am
erican Express Co, for IS I'm Fine
berg's secondhand store at No. 229
Michigan-ave. He has also been iden-
tilted as having sold a quantity of
mittens stolen from the express com
pany The theft OF case OF whisky
from one OF the Hurley Truck Co.'S
wagons Is likewise charged up to the
gang.
Toote, or Bates. was at one OF the
depots with a suit case, just about to
take a train out OF the city when STEM
ton and Dowd nabbed him. All the
prisoners are young men under %
years OF age. and some of them are
well known TO the police. Their game
was TO drive another truck up TO the
one containing the goods sought,
quickly switch the box TO their own
wagon and then drive rapidly away.
Toote SAYS the transfer OF the cigars
to Norman took place at the Harring.
ton hotel and that the money was paid
over on the spot.