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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-25

btdI mdulud we arc Slill mere IN
Wire, and we cannot go on for it is
raining awfully. 1t rained all yester-
day, and we had more fun. About ten
In the morning an automobile arrived
with lady Lee knows named Mrs.
Brewer and three men, and about IL
another automobile arrived with Clara
and Emily Kingsley and their aunt
Clara Emily and Ellsworth Grimm
and Jim Freeman and chauffeur, and
about half-past one q runabout auto
mobile came in with the two Trips
We are like big house-party and Mr.
Peters plays poker with uncle every
minute, so We can all have no end of
. good time pa
Miss Clara Emily asked after every
one in our family. even Aunt Jane
OF course / told her that Aunt Jane
had been dead two years, and you
ought to have seen her jump and look
at uncle. She asked me IL uncle lived
alone in the house, and she looked so
reflective that l felt quite uncom-
Portable. l told Lee about it, but he
same as the rest of the world when it
comes to Miss Clara Emily. wish
Lee wouldn't make light of anything
30 serious as the way Miss Clara Emf
ly looked reflective. You know Won
wouldn't like her having all Aunt
James lace. and I'm sure that after
uncle was completely married to her
he wouldn't like it at all, either.
! don't know what Mrs. Brewer is
but the men that came in the automo-
bile with her are just devoted to her.
and she makes every one have a good
time. We played cards and conse-
quences all the afternoon, and Mrs.
Brewer told our fortunes from tea
leaves In the evening. She told uncle
TO beware of a long, pointed nose
which she saw in his cup, and Miss
Clara Emily didn't know whether to
be mad or glad.
j had the room between uncle and
the two Trips, and the two Trips
calculated their money for three solid |
hours, i do believe. trying to see
whether they'd have to draw on Paris
behind them or could wait for London
ahead. The big Trip said Mr.. Peters
lad hard row to hoe and the little
Iripp said Lee had soft snap. and
then they added and subtracted and
divided for another hour. was almost
Insane when finally the little Tripp
Iaid: Tell me what Is times nine is.
md then I'll go to Sleep" and some
,ne across the hall hollered: I'm
heavens name tell him what Is times
line Is, and then we'll all 60 to Sleep"
There was deadly silence after that
Wire (next day).
Dearest Mamma: You see, we are
Till here and it is still raining. Every
NE telegraphed for mail yesterday
md every one got 1t to-day. had your
etters and one from Edna and one
ron Mrs. Clary. They are going on
! coaching trip with the man who
'annt q duke, and Edna has bought
Aree new hats. Mrs. Clary says I am ,
= angel and that she and Edna think
right out Of heaven the way Lee ,
~ turned up. / had three letters ,
rom Mr.. Edgar. and he says he is ,
linking Of making a trip into Brit ,
my and joining US. told Lee. and !
se says he isn't thinking anything of !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-25

The trade name of a certain Austral
ian brandy is the Boomerang"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

passing upon Captain Young's APP
peal the comptroller OF the treas
ury pointed out that he had selected
his own time, his own course. and
made his own arrangements for
making his 90-mile ride. III there
had been a race-track In the vicinity
and he could have made his test
there, in which case he would not
have been going to or stopping at
any place and the only business in
which he was engaged was making
the test. he would have complied
with the order. and he would also
have complied with IL IL on the road
he selected he had ridden ont a cor-
tain distance I'm the morning and
back the same evening and repeated
Il until he had ridden the 80 miles.
Suppose the president should issue
an order that each officer should
walk four miles or ride on horse
back or on bicycle ten miles day
as physical exercise in order to
keep himself in proper physical con-
dtion to render efficient service,
such exercise would involve travel
but II would not be an order to the
officer to travel within the meaning
of the mileage laws"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
BETTER GIT THAT
AUTO RIGHT AWAY
SAYS THE STUDEBAKER GEN.
ERAL MANAGER.
Immense Shortage Sure-Man Who
Waits Until Next Spring
Will Wait a Year.
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

"The man who waits until spring
for an automobile will have to wait
a year"
This is the terse way in which
Hayden Eames, general manager of
the Studebaker company, epitomizes
the automobile situation today and
the prospects for the Immediate flu
ture. Mr.. Eames, accompanied by L.
Leroy Pelletier, advertising manager
has just arrived in Kansas City on a
tour of the Studebaker branches
which began October / and will not
close much before December /. They
have already visited most of the
leading cities of the country, having
crossed the continent from New
York to San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle. besides dipping far down to
the south. They came to Kansas
City from Dallas, Texas, and leave
for Denver, whence they go to Chi
cago and then to Cleveland.
kansas City is easily the third
automobile distributing center in
the country" said Mr. Eames yes
terday. ut distributes more than
two-thirds as much as Chicago, the
second city in the country. | am
very greatly pleased at all the evil
dences of Kansas City's growth in
this, as well as in SO many other
respects.
"The Studebaker company has no
annual plans. Der lines are all full
and there are no competitive fea-
lures or stock jobbing. The Stude-
bakers are a family concern and
you couldn't pry out a block OF
stock with a crowbar. Between jan
uary /, 1910, and January l, 1911,
we shall make between $4,000 and
10000 cars, the greater proportion
of them being the Il. NJ. f. 30's and
the new Flanders eos. which Will
be ON the market in January.
From an exhaustive inyestiga-
ton and full knowledge of the
situation ] make the statement con-
iidently that The. shortage Q: cars
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

next year will exceed that of the
past three years. There has been
a gradual change in the automobile
industry in the interests OF per-
manency. The place OF the automo-
bile as a utility continuance is being
recognized more and more. Entire
patches of population, according to
income are becoming prospective
automobile purchasers. During the
next year there will not be enough
forgings, tires, casting, stampings
and wheels made here, and cannot
be made, to make more than 125,-
O0O ears. 1t will take twelve months
to make them and no manufacturing
concern can give its customers their
moneys worth If it can run only
three months in this year. The
waste is too great. 1t is physically
impossible on account of the diff
Guilty of getting the organization In
to shape intermittently. 1t would
overtax the available financial re-
sources of the country to carry
twelve months production for sale
in three months. 1t would take
$2OO, 100000 to do it.
Happily for the Studebakers, the
demand for our cars is such that we
have not had to carry them. But
the effect on next springs shortage
is immaterial. 1t makes no differ
ence whether it is because the cars
are not made or sold to people who
have sense enough TO get them while
they can. After all the people have
bought our estimates Indicate In the
case of our own production there
will still be left $4,000 people who
will want ears and only 5000 cars
TO meet this demand.
There is no doubt some other
makers are situated the same way.
Most other makers, however, are not
so fortunately situated as we in be-
| ing covered for five years in tires,
forgings and other material. The
significance of this is evident when
we remark that the available Para
rubber for importation is less than
one-eighth the average annual i'm
portation of recent years. In cities
thoroughly automobile wise, such as
Cleveland and Detroit, an actual can
vass shows less than 3 per cent open
cars laid up for the winter months
for four or five years past. There is
no good reason to lay them up in
the winter. The people who are ac-
customed to them have came to de-
pend on them. In some remote To-
calities people take their automobile
hard. but this is not the case in
Kansas City. Irrespective of this
fact and irrespective Of whether the
buyer uses his car or warehouses il,
II he does not grab one now he has
about a to 1 shot of not getting
any till the fall of 1911 at the
earliest, even II. then. The city pub
| lie should remember that the aver
age net cash earnings of the Iowa
n a
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
MASSAGE OF INNOCENTs.
Great Marsh Fire-Swept and Thou
sands of Birds and Turtles Killed.

Thousands of red and blackbirds,
swapping terrapin, fish, cells and
snakes persisted in a fire among the
marshes of the Patapsco river Sept.
|29.
Many of the birds were "cripples."
They had been wounded more or less
severely by the hundreds of gunners
who have crowded the river during
the last month. Generally they were
not able to fly. and hoped along
over the ground in a wild effort to
escape the flames. Their chirps
were pitiful. Those able TO fly did
not fore much better. Driven from
their feast on the ripened wild oats,
they lowered near by. Bewlldered
by the fire, they flew toward 1t. The
smoke enveloped them and they fell
chirping wildly into the flames.
The terrapins stopped where they
were drawing their shell tightly
about them. In many cases they
wlthstood the burning heat. The
tide was high, and the perch and cat
fish ventured far among the boats
and reeds in search of food. Th<
receding tide left them in very shall
low water The heat killed them.
The origin of the fire is a mystery
Baltimore News.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
COAL CONSUMED
BY RAILROADS
FOOTs UP ENORMOUS COST TO
FUEL SUPPLY.
Thirty-One Thousand Locomotives
Burn Up Si50,OOO,O
In Year.
WASTE OF THE CONSUMPTION

Washington. Dec. 4. Omitted
Press. Ninety million tons Of coal
one-ffth OF the total production of
the country, were consumed by the
200 locomotives in the United
States in 1906 in hauling freight
and passenger trains, This fuel cost
the railroad companies s170,50O,-
600.
This enormous consumption OF
coal by the railroads led the United
States Geological Survey to conduct
a series of tests on a locomotive to
determine whether or not there
could be saving to the country in
the amount of fuel used and the
results have just been announced.
Professor w. f. NJ. Goss. now
dean of the University of Illinois,
who had charge of the experiments
makes the statement that of the
total 9O.OOO,000 tons OF coal used.
1O,0SO,OOOO tons are lost through
the heat in the gases that are dis
charged from the stacks of the loco
motives; S,640,0O0 tons are lost
through clnders and sparks; 5,040,-
900 tons are lost through radiation,
leakage of steam and water; $780,
900 tons are lost through through
unconsumed fuel in the ashes; and
100000 tons are lost through the
incomplete combustion OF gases. In
addition 1S.O0O.OO0 tons are con-
sumed in starting fires, in moving
the locomtive to its train, in backing
trains into or out of sidings and in
keeping the locomotive hot while
standing.
"Under ideal conditions of oper-
alton" says Prof. Goss. much OF
the fuel thus used could be saved,
and 1t is reasonable to expect that
the normal process of evolution In
railroad practice will tend gradual
ly to bring about some reduction In
the consumption thus accounted for.
The loss represented by the heat OF
gases offers an attractive
field to those who would improve
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
now FRANCE GUARDS FINANCES
Rank az France Has Currency Sys-
TEN That Meets serious Crises.


The needs OF commerce and legal
restrictions enter as elements into
the volume OF the credit circulation
OF the Bank OF France. Prior To iS4S
there was no absolute limit by law
on the banks note issues; but in
March of that year an enactment not
only established bank notes as legal
tender. but also fixed the maximum
of their issue at $50. .OO0 francs:
two years later both these provisions
were abrogated; In 1870. however.
a law was passed rc-ostablishing
forced legal tender and at the same
time fixed the limit OF note issues at
i.SOO, 100000 francs, and since then
by a series of successive augmenta-
tions, this limit has been extended to
$500, 000,0 600. where II stands to-
day. But. as explained by NJ.
Georges Pallain, governor of the
Bank OF France, In letter to the
chairman OF the New York Chamber
Of Commences special currency COM
mittee in 1906. from the fact that
these increases in note circulation ap
proved by legislative authority ey-
cry time that the outstanding circula-
ton approached the legal limit. II
has esulted that in, reality the is.
sue has always followed the demands
of commerce; that is the system in
France has supplied exactly what we
have come in this country to call
elasticity" a something whose ne
cesslty is universally recognized
here.-New York Commercial.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

the efficiency of the boiler. The
fuel loss in the form Of cinders pass
ing out OF the stack is very large
and may readily be reduced. 4
sure road to improvement in this
direction lies in an increased crate
area. Opportunities for Incidental
saving are TO be found in improved
flame ways such as are to be pro-
cured by the application of brick
arches and other devices. Such losses
may also be reduced by greater care
in the selection of fuel and in the
preparation of the fuel for the SER
vice in which it is used. Ii Is not
unreasonable to expect that the en-
tire loss covered by this item will
in time be overcome. The fuel
which is lost by dropping through
CRATES and mingling with the ashes
is a factor that depends on the crate
design, on the characteristics OF the
fuel, but chiefly on the degree of
care exercised In managing the fire.
More skillful firing would save much
pr the fuel thus ACCOUNTED for.
Mileage ON Practice.
Are army and navy officers enti-
tied to mileage or travelling expenses
while taking the physical test re-
qulred by regulations either a-horse-
back. on "a bicycle or afoot?
Captain Lucien Young. who is In
charge of the Mare island navy yard
and who is noted In the Naval Reg
lister as having been advanced in
grade "for eminent and conspicuous
conduct during the war with Spain,
maintains that they are, and he has
come forward in behalf Of himself
and his fellow officers with an earn
est and courageous demand that
these rights should be respected.
But the stony-hearted comptroller OF
the treasury, In an opinion published
today. says NAY, nay"
Captain Young is one of the best
known officers of the navy. When
it came time for him to take the
test of his physical ability he elected
20 take the 90-mile hike" on horse
back, instead of going afoot or
a-wheel Perhaps an inclination to-
wards embonpo.nt helped him to
reach this decision. Anyway he
claims that he had to procure his
own mounts tnaval officers not ordi-
narily maintaining a private stable)
and pay hotel and livery bills al
quite considerable expense.
Besides pointing out that he made
the journey pursuant to depart
mental orders. Captain Young sug-
gests that ''if mileage be disallow-
ed the travel then was not In line of
duty and would involve a still great
err hardship, that OF depriying me
of the benefits provided for In the
pension and retirement laws should
serious accident havt occurred
during such time"
The auditor for the war depart
ment turned down his claim and in
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
The First Chrlsimns Tree.

ITS the Germans who brought the
first Christmas tree to America, "
said the German. Didn't you
know that? The duke OF Hesse
sold a regiment. called The Hes
slams after him, to fight the Amer
leans. They got so drunk over
their first Christmas tree here away
from home that Washington cap
tured them, and that started the
fashion of Christmas trees in Amer
lea. It's history"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

Heads OF PHILADELPHIA police de-
partment plan to equip each petrol
man with pocket electric search
light.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
TlIouei,tfuI.

Ella-l'm going to hang up my
tockings on Christmas.
Stella-What for?
by special request OF papa aud
mamma. You know they believe in
Santa Claus Life.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

"Would you marry woman who
had been divorced?"
well, ! don't know. A good deal
would depend on what she had been
doing with her alimony."-Chicago
Record-Herald
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

farmer considerably exceeds the
price of an auto in each case and
they are all after them. kansas
City Star.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

AS an eye-opener, what's the mat
ter with an alarm clock?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

The friends are those we feel like
kicking because they point out our
faults.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

A widow who marries bachelor
becomes a teacher in the school OF
experience.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09

a giggllng girl Is apt to become a
cooking woman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-09

Probably the most remarkable feature of the out
RACES is the daring displayed by the bomb-thrower. He
sends the newspapers warnings and comments on the
EXPLOSIONS; ne makes a practice of telephoning the City
Press ASSOCIATION, a newsHgathering agency maintained
by the different Chicago newspapers. giving notice that
fuses nave been lit and telling the place where a bomb is
ABOUT to explode. His method of calling up the newspa-
pers to tip Off his explosions and his anonymous letters
giving the careful details of his plans, serve as drum
and cymbals to advertise the helplessness of the police
and to spread CONSERVATION throughout the present adj
ministration, from the mayor down. The letters are all
written in the same handwriting, and never yet have his
tips failed to prove true.
In one of the latest of these tips the bomb-thrower
promises a "double-header" for the next explosion. He
says:
The next one will be a double-header, and will be
close enough for the chief and his boss to hear 1t sput.
ter. They know where the layouts are, and it will be
dead easy for them to guess where the next noises are
coming from. Many more to follow unless the solid lid
is put on. The gang must close-double dose next. Some
poor bartender may get pinched for the job, but wrong
one again. VIII have him in "a hours-Nit"
This note was received the day after the police had
promised to have the bombthrower captured in the next
"a hours. 1t was written on a postal card. On the adj
dress side of the postal this derisive statement ap-
peared:
why don't Shippy hire some tin stars from Indian.
apolis?"
This letter is in direct line with another which ran:
1T is highly amusing and ridiculous to see by the diff
ferent papers that touch No. 81 was caused by labor
troubles. Did labor troubles cause the other 80 touches?
We're the places touched off scenes of labor strikes, or
owned by people antagonistic to labor unions? Look at
the list. Where Is the big clearinghouse? Do the pa
pers know? Is 1t near the scene of Nc. 81?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-09-09

this method of suppressing the gambling in the city.
Some believe his identity will be discovered in a man
made reckless by dependency over the loss of his for
tune in the gambling houses who has dedicated his life
to the work of revenge.
Some theorize that he is a vindictiye dope fend suf-
fering from a real or fancied wrong-a man whose sense
of cunning has attained abnormal development from the
use OF the drug at the expense of his other senses, inclu.
ding regard for morality, law or right Of property.
1t is probable that there is no other city in America
where gambling dens are frequented by women so ex.
tensively as in Chicago. They are regular patrons of the
chicago gambling places in the easements along South
Clark street, where the mysterious forms Of Chinese
gambling are INDUCED in. Not only do they patronize the
regular poolrooms, but there are poolrooms and euchre
resorts for the exclusive patronage of women. Several
OF the feminine gambling houses have been raided by
the police. One of the most recent was a woman's pool
room, where h%andbooks, were being made on the races
at Hamilton and Sheepshead Bay. The place was con
Quoted by tied" Nevlin, a young man who is not on the
inside OF the gambling ring. The dope sheets and lists
OF patrons presented to the court during the trial Of
Nevlin showed that the women placed their bets under
such names as Tilie, Eva, Mollie, Lillian, Nellie and mi
t1als, such as M. B. R., etc. Some of these are known to
be prominent women Of Chicago, but only the proprietors
of the game were taken in the raid.
The Chicago newspapers have done everything but
print the names OF those whom they believe to be back
OIL the bomb throwing. But the parties so pointedly indt
Gated walk the streets every day with impunity. and
seem to have no fear Of the police.
The Chicago Daily News in a recent issue says:
The man who heads the conspiracy to commit bomb
outrages is a former safe blower. He has enjoyed immr.
nifty for years in certain quarters and is now a man Of
wealth. This man lives with his family In Chicago. and
walks Its streets daily, as does the man he has been
employing recently to explode the dynamite-another
peter man" as the regular safe blowers are called in
distinction from the %"yeggmen" or tramp safe blowers.
Others who have been aids in his operations include a
man who was once a constable and two other men in.
volved in sensational crimes in Chicago. 1t was discoy.
cred that these men began their operations as a result
Of the bribery to dynamite Hills house. The amount paid
was 5000"