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MiIkman VIII Appeal.

Norfolk, Va, December 4.-Henry
Harrison Comstock, Norfolk milk
wagon driver, placed under ban by the
health authorities because Of his al
legged typhoid infection and dissent
nation Of germs through milk IL years
after his recovery from typhoid fever,
declared today that he will appeal and
submit himself to the government ex'
perts for examination. Comstock. who
resists being placed in the typhoid
class, says he has been in the milk
business here for several years with
no suspicion of this kind having fallen
upon him before. He is 35 years old
and from Paris, Ill. He first came to
Virginia with the Thirty-ffth coast
artillery at Fortress Monroe in 1901.
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oSLERiZATlON COMPANY.
Younger Men VIII Be Put to Front In
Army and Navy.

Washington, December An '-Osleri-
zation" campaign in both the army and
navy has been inaugurated. Not only
have both Secretary Dickinson of the
war department. and Secretary Meyer, of
the navy, announced IN their annual re-
ports that the time has arrived to put
younger men at the top of the armed
organizations of the country and they
had already set to work to put their IDEAS
into practice.
The reform in the navy is made easier
because of the general reorganization
now in progress there. The general board
has been asked to consider the subject
and recommend to Secretary Meyer
whether the results desired can best be
brought about by selection for promotion
or by process of elimination.
At present officers in the navy are pro-
noted according to seniority alone. Many
have advocated that this shall be changed
SO as to allow selection for promotion
to the higher ranks. Others have sug-
gested that the number of required re-
tirements annually be increased
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WHY RYAN SOLD THE
EQUITABLE LIFE
It Is Rumored That Trade Was
Made for James H. Hyde
NEW PLANS ARE FORMED
Great Combinations In Financial World
BY J. p. Morgan Are Looked For
BY Financiers Since the
Deal Was Made.
NEW PLANS ARE FORMED

New York, December 4-(Special)-
Through a cloud of conflicting rumors
and conjectures today concerning the
significance of J. P. Morgan's purchase
of the Equitable Life Assurance society
from Thomas 3. Ryan, there was one re-
port which received credence in well in
formed quarters. This was that Mr..
Morgan had merely bought the stock
for James H. Hyde, under an agree
ton clause in the contract made by
Hyde with Ryan at the time the stock
was transferred to the latter. 1t was
said that the redemption clause expires
next July at which time Mr.. Hyde can
either buy back from Morgan the stock
transferred by Ryan or sell it outright
to Morgan
Wall street put somewhat different In
depreciation on the Ryan-Morgan trans
action, however. Many of the best in
formed fnanciers accept as true the
persistent report that Ryan is Kidding
himself of all business except the Amer
lean Tobacco company. az rapidly as pos
stock is only In line with his retirement
from the company. They even believe he
is now preparing to get rid of his large
holdings In the tobacco trust and would
have accomplished this purpose several
months ago but for the suit of the gov
eminent now pending to dissolve thai
combination.
The fact of greatest Importance In the
Ryan-Morgan deal to flnanciers Is tina
the great banker has actual control O.
a new power more potent than any othe
that he has yet gathered unto himself
Whether or not he will institute any new
policy for the Equitable or will actually
employ the power of its vast assets II
further financial conquests, is not thu
quesllon OF chief concern at the moment
The bare fact that Mr.. Morgan now
has in his own hands this tremendoul
power for the first time is what mos
stirs the interest of Wall street to its
depths 1t makes him the undisputet
master financier of America
The First National bank, which he al
ready dominates, and the National Banl
of Commerce, Ryans institution, which
he will control through the Equitable
LIES stock ownership in the bank, to-
gether make the greatest bank in the
world. except the Bank of England.
A combination of New York's urbaI
and interurban transportation sytems /:
looked for by financiers as one of thu
first results of the deal
Men close to George B. Corte1you II
the service of the Consolidated Gas com
pany today discredited the report tina;
Morgan intended to supplant Paul Morton
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favor at Washington. according to a
statement by Minister Of Foreign Rela-
ton Mariscal
''Mexioo's policy II not yet defined"
continued tho governor. The attitude to
be taken by this country will depend upon
developments. In fact, these develop
ments are being awaited, meanwhile this
country is remaining neutral. The situa-
ton Is. of course, grave. but 1t is not re-
garded az necessary for Mexico to take
a stand either way in tho matter as
the present issue Is strictly between the
United States and Nicaragua
I'm 80 far as regards Central Amer
lea as whole. Mexico LIS anxious to see
peace preserved and that all of the coun-
tries observe the provisions of the Wash
ington treaty. To this end, Mexico will
be glad to assist the United States The
country naturally feels a deep interest
in Central America, through the bonds
of language. sentiment and habits. and
is anxious to contribute to all that tends
toward its we'll being.
'In the present crisis between the
United States and Nicaragua, 1t has not
been determined whether Mexico will CO.
operate with tho United States or not.
Data is being collected SO that Mexico
will be provided to act with full privt-
leges Of existing conditions II 1t should
decide to take stand"
rs it true that Mexico is favoring
either the candidacy Of Irias or Madriz
to succeed Zelaya's Administrations was
asked of the governor.
mo attitude whatever has been taken
by this government up to this time"
replied Governor Creel.
Touching the possibility of Governor
Creel being sent to Washington, Mr..
Mariscal said that Mr.. Creel was Pc
culiarly fitted for such mission, having
been ambassador at washington and be-
ing thoroughly acquainted with Central
American affairs. through his participa-
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Woman Routs a RuraAsr.

Nashville, Tenn, December with a
baseball bat and two fiat irons. Mrs.
]. ]. Smith fought and routed burglar
last night at her home in South Nash
vile. Her husband IL a railroad man.
Thinking he was returning from trip
she started to let him In when she heard
a noise on the porch. Discovering her
mistake she attempted to close the door
and the battle began. Though slight in
build she vigorously welded the bat over
the. head and in the face. beating the In
truder back. Then she telephoned tho
police but before they arrived heard the
man on the porch again. Fearlessly
throwing open door. she began huri-
ing flat irons at him and says one of
them caught him squarely In the back
of the neck whereupon he fled.
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DENIAL OF OWNERSHIP.
United Fruit Company DiscIaims Con
troll of Steamer Line.

New Orleans, December A statement
was issued today by c. H. Ellis. manager
OF the United Fruit company, relative
to the suit for appointment of re-
ceiver for the Bluefields Steamship COM
pany, filed yesterday by #. u. Steele of
Chicago. Charges were made in the pc
tition that the United Fruit company held
the majority of stock and was responsible
for the small earnings of the Bluefelds
company.
In his statement Mr.. Ellis denies that
the United Fruit company owns any of
the stock of the Bluefields company and
declares that the fruit company has al
ways acted for the best interests Of the
Bluefelds company.
Col. K. B. Woods qualified as receiver
for the Bluefields company today.
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MEX|CO'S POLICY
NOT YET DEFINED
Country Takes No Sides In the
Nicaraguan Affairs
PEACE MUST BE PRESERVED
Mexico VIII Aid United States In Pre-
serving Peace In Central Amer
lea and VIII Be Ready For
Action.

Mexico City. Mex. December Mex
leo has done nothing so far in regard to
the Nicarazuan matter. 1t is taking sides
neither with Nicaragua or the United
States"
This declaration was made today by
Gov. Enrique c. Creel OF Chihauhau, for
mer Mexican ambassador at Washing
ton.
Governor Creel has been called to Mex
leo for consultation with the depart
ment Of foreign relations, with a view of
his being sent to Washington in case
that certain representations made to the
American government are received with
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with Cortelyou in the presidency of the
Equitable. Mr.. Cortelyou refused to dis
cuss the matter.
Mr.. Morton left last night for Chi
cago.
The belief is general that Mr.. Morton
will continue at the head of the Equit-
able. at least until 1t develops after next
July whether the Morgan control Is to
be perpetuated 1t Is known that Nor
ton is interested on a large scale in Ed
ward c. Hawley's vast railroad schemes
and that sooner or later he will return
to active railroad management with Haw-
ley.
Theodore P. Shonts Is also as extern
sively interested in the Hawley plans as
is Morton. Mr.. Shonts is already pres
ident of two of the Hawley roads, the
Chicago and Alton and the Clover Leaf.
For the last year he has been one of
Hawleys closest advisers.
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ton in tho meeting of tho peace congress
in Washington and from the further fact
of his having been special commissioner
to Central America when the court of
arbitration was opened in Costa Rica.
Mr. Mariscal further stated that no
formal note had been sent to washington
by the Mexican government, but that
Charge dAffaires Balvino Davalos had
been instructed to make certain repre-
sensations to the government at Wash
ington which lead In tho event of their
being received with favor, in sending Mr..
Creei to washington as special envoy.
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Sentenced For Raising Bills.

Pensacola. Fla, December 4-Toin
Leath, a negro, was given two years in
the Atlanta federal prison and fined 5000.
and Walter Van, white boy, was sent
to washington reformatory for tveo
years by the United States court for
raising silver certificates. Young Van is
from Millville. Fla. and his downfall ls
attributed to reading books about noted
counterfeiters
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Never Satisfied.

From the Washington Star.
How do you like this system by which
you deposit your fare instead of waiting
for the conductor to come and collect it?'
..Flrst-rate," answered Mr.. Groucher.
-.But why don't they go little further
and put in a treadmill SO that the pas
sengers can furnish their own powerT'
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LEGAL NOTICES
NofIce to Contrsctors'


Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the undersigned until IL o'clock
on Thursday, December 9. and then
opened, for certain granite eurbs. con-
crete sidewalks, grading and macadam-
azing in Edgewood, Jefferson county, Ala
bama- Plans and profiies may be seen
at 21451 North Twentieth steet. The right
IL reserved to reject any or all bids.
TOTEM & OIL, Engineers.
12-2-St-th-fr-su
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Fined For Contempt.

Mobile, December 4.-B. r. Hardeman
Of Montgomery Alex Crosier and NAL
com Fillgant. who were arrested yester-
day charged with contempt Of the cir
cult court by attempting to influence
jurors, were fined today by Judge 8. B.
Browne. Hardeman and Filigant were
fined so and Crozier SIS.
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AMENDMENT WAS BEATEN
BY MORE THAN 10000 VOTES

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in the
of the
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in the
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official
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-30
Cultivation of Corn.

At the several experiment stations
torn has received more than its share
Of attention, and many experiments
have been made in order to learn how
to derive the largest yields and to
grow the crop most economically.
Opinions differ. however, AS climate.
variety and soil are factors governing
every crop. The Indiana station found
that the best results were obtained by
planting seed in May. It has been
shown that the greatest average yield
OF both ears and stocks have been OBJ
tanned when the stalks stood about
twelve OF fourteen inches apart in the
rows. Thick planting. however. re-
duces the size OF the ears, and the per
centage Of grain, but thick planting
has. in dry seasons. produced the
heaviest yield Of stalks and the high
est yield of ears. So far as depth Of
cultivation Is concerned, the yields,
when corn was cultivated one. two
and three inches. have been equal In
continuous corn culture heavy appli-
cations OF fresh horse manure have
not been profitable. but the effect of
very heavy application of manure
has been noticed for many years.
There does not seem to be much differ
ence in yields due to any particular
implement used. while hill and drill
paintings Of corn have produced the
same average yields. The Checking
OF corn is still the most popular and
profitable mode of growing the corr
at the least cost of labor. The results
at one station may not correspond
with those obtained elsewhere. but
where the work has extended over g
number Of years the results should be
accepted as important. II not conclu
dive
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-30
BURNING LAKE STUDIED.
Adventurous Spirits Go into Crater of
Active Volcano.

Active Volcano.
Honolulu, Sept. 27.-L- NJ. Hale, j.
Reynolds, and Earnest Moses, a photo
grapher, descended today into the pit
of the crater of Mount Kilaueau, re-
naming half an hour on the edge of a
burning lake of lava and fire. This is
the first time that this feat has been
accomplished
The members of the party ventured
almost to the rim of the seething lake
and attempted to take photographs
The heat was intense and at times the
adventures walked over partially
molten areas. After completing their
observations, they returned safely to
the rim of the crater, where half q
dozen friends had witnessed the descent.
KiIaueau is one of the largest active
volcanoes in the world, on the east
slope of Maunaloa, Hawaii island. Its
altitude is A, 400 feet and the circum-
| ference of its crater is about nine
miles, with depth varying from zoe
to LOO feet, depending upon the level
of the molten lava Violent eruptions
occurred in 1897, 1874 and 1866, anc
since the latter date there have beer
several outbreaks of less severity.
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TEN men PERISH
AS TRAINS CRASH
Passenger Train Hits Stock Freight
in the Night.
Flames Break Out in Wrecksge and
Wounued Are Dragged From Fire
Locomotive Bears Down on Ca
boose WITHOUT Warning in Chi
cago Yards.

Chicago, Sept 2S.-Ten men we're
killed and 16 probably fatally injured
yesterday morning when train south
bound for Cincinnati on the Pennsyl-
vania road crashed into the caboose of
a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul cat
tie train bound for the stockyards.
Sixteen men we're in the caboose of
the stock train when the passenger
train crashed into it in the railroad
yards few blocks from the downtown
station The engine plowed through
the eaboose, tearing it to bits and set
ting fire.to the debris.
Six bodies were recovered within a
few minutes after the crash, while the
flames were eating up the splintered
pieces of the demolished car. Sixteen
injured were dragged from the burning
ruins.
The passenger train known as the
Cincinnati special of the Pan Handle
route of the Pennsylvania left the unior
station soon after midnight No sig
malls had been given, 80 far as could be
learned, that any other train was or
| the tracks.
The passenger train increased its
speed and when at One Hundred anC
Twentieth street the engineer saw ths
rear lights of the freight ahead. i
was too late to avert collision. HI
used the airbrakes and reversed his en-
CINE, but the train crashed into thu
caboose filled with sleeping stockmen
with tremendous momentum.
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Different conditions on the farm
will govern arrangements for the cool
ing Of cream. Where windmills are
used. many farms have cheaply con
structed milk-houses in which can be
placed a tank or half barrel. through
which all water is led from the wind
mill to the stock-watering tanks. With
the cream cooled and held in these
tanks the arrangement Is everything
required
Where windmills and milkhouses
are not used, a half barrel can be set
near the pump and cheap shade con
structed. The water can be pumped
by hand with small expenditure OF
time and labor The cooling Of the
cream will heat the water. Run out
the warm water and pump a fresh
supply in which the cream can sci
over night or through the day before
being added to the supply can Wher
another lot of warm cream Is to b
cooled. the operation can be repeated
A large box can be set over the barre
to protect the cream from the sun
The farmers ingenuity may sugges
some other protection equally as good
There are a dozen or more arrange
ments. inexpensively and easily made
which can be devised on every farm
for the proper care Of cream Thes
remarks suggest only the principle o
keeping the cream in good condition
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PRESIDENT IN MINE.
Taft Visits Famous Copper Diggings
at Butte.

at Butte.
Helena, Mont, Sept. 28.-Attired in
a linen duster, an old black SLOUGH hat
and swinging an electric lantern at his
side, President Taft was locked in a
narrow iron cage and dropped 1,200
feet through midnight darkness into
the depths of the famous old Leonard
copper mine at Butte yesterday, and
had the rare experience of seeing min
ers at work with giant drill in vein
of high grade ore that sparkled green
with its wealth of mineral. When he
had assembled with a whiz after halt
an hour under ground, the president,
blinking in the glare of the monday
sun, was cheered to the echo by the
crowd of curious people gathered al
the hoist and declared enthusiastically
az wouldn't have missed it for the
world"
1t was the presidents first visit t.
the Montana copper district and be
tween the smelters at Anaconda anC
the mines at Butte, he had series Of
interesting experiences Not the leas
of these was a thrilling automobile
ride over the mountains from Butte Il
the mouth of the Leonard mine.
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HILL GIVES PRIZES.
Railroad Builder Helps Try Farming
Congress With CUPID.

Railroad Builder Helps Try Farming
Congress With CUPID.
Billings, Mont, Sept 27--Five sill
yer cups, sggregsting 1920 in value,
will be features Of the list of prizes
offered by James ]. Hill, chairman of
the board of directors of the Great
Northern railway, for best exhibits at
the International Dry Farming exposi-
tion which will be held at Billings,
Montana, October 1929, in connection
with the Fourth Dry Farming congress,
October 1928. George ]. Ryan, gem
eral industrial agent of the Great
Northern, has sent to the headquarters
of the congress at Billings list of the
prizes and the conditions under which
they will be awarded The aggregate
value Of al the prizes is 81, 900. This
award by Mr.. Hill is similar to that
made by him in the case of the Omaha
Corn exposition, with the exception
that the cup feature is made a special
one in favor of the Dry Farming con-
gress- In regard to the cash prizes,
Oregon, Washington and Montana are
given the same list, thereby eliminat
ing the competition of one state against
another where conditions for certain
crops might be better in one state thar
the other.
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ENGINEERS TO YIELD.
Settlement of Miners Differences in
Butte in Sight.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 27.-Although
no definite statements have yet been
made by either side, it developed late
tonight that there is plausible prospect
that the differences existing between
the Brotherhood of Stationary Engin-
GERS No. and the Butte Miners union
may be settled, and the miners will re-
turn to their work at the various prop
critics before tomorrow morning.
1t is known that certain overtures
have been made to the engineers by the
officers of the miners union, and it is
quite probable the engineers will make
certain concessions which will be &C
cepteable to the miners. Whether the
concessions will be permanent, and
whether they will involve a return OF
the seeding engineers to the Western
Federation of Miners, it was impossi-
BILE to ascertain
The adjustment will be reached, it is
believed, without bringing the mining
companies into the controversy, either
as arbitrators or because of their infiu-
ence, and it is highly probable that
there will be nothing for Charles Moy-
er, president of the Western Federation
of Miners, to settle when be arrives.
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There are a hundred and one places
where milk can be contaminated from
the time 1t is drawn from the udder
till 1t reaches the table in the form OF
sweet milk. cream or butter. First, a
great deal OF bacteria. impurities and
disease germs get into the milk at the
barn or lot in which the COWS are
kept. Second, a great many more Of
these owe their existence In milk to
the attendant and the place in which
the milk is kept. The moment the
COW shows signs OF being Ill. or when
even a slight eruption is noticeable. a
person may contract disease by partak-
ing Of her milk Impure water is an
other way in which milk Is contami-
mated. II the COW Is compelled to
drink out OF a mud hole. filled with
disease germs. she cannot help but
drink a large number Of those germs
into her system. some OF them being
sure to reach her milk Milking the
COW into an open pail when the barn
Is filed with dust. and from which
there hangs an untold number Of dirty
cobwebs, or milking her in an offens
lively smelling lot, where the filth Il
ankle deep. or milking COW whose
udder, tanks and legs are covered will
dirt and flth-in such cases It Is i'm
/ possible to avoid contamination OF thu
milk It is believed that more diseas'
germs are given the human famtl,
through milk than are given In an,
other agency; and we also believe tina
less attention is paid to the care o
milk than to any other food consumes
| unon the table.
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Central States Are Shaken.

st. Louis, Sept. 2s.-A slight earth
quake, which was felt through South
eastern Missouri and in Southern and
Central Illinois and Indiana, occurred
today. In ST. Louis the tremor came
at 8 AT o'clock. So far as has been
ascertained little or no damage has re-
suited. The general direction of the
shock was west to east, and it was felt
more clearly in tbinly settled districts
Villages west of St. Louis reported the
destruction of few chimneys and in
the west end of this city, the residence
district, many sleepers were awakened.