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Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

of Philadelphia, says she is very proud
Of her dark husband and thinks he is;
the greatest man in the world. She
was very much disappointed at not be-
ing permitted to see the fight at sgd
ney, but contented herself with the
statement that Mrs. Burns did not see
it, either. Mrs. Johnson plays the piano,
accompanying Jack in his bass violin
solos.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-08

&.s.9eaa Geer en- relolut ltng Come, r1aa leg TIL
ltan!!" nobrgo iieg, tbi leg par birfelig r1eget f%orballiet
oper be1l l,nge Niges Mlob % 5narraaoigbeo. u2Doia
bar altioa beIoig, 90 bu1. lltpote Gem bin Mfter.. Wfen
bpa6 mere ont benoe? SEQ Goiinno, bpor bun er?"
n9Mej," lpareoe Geraldine bopeorpitenoe % reilte
Jig 11reo ct Sui. rSllr1 iorloo bom peO 8aterloo-Sta-
tioner1 % fierte bort i en- 0roife, efter fit eget Sp=
gipcutoe til Jrpfen 5fir,n. Dien Der bar bun itfe
pnret, tbi oa Morbet bapbe funoet Ste0, ifrep leg til
2poid efter oe1 Mbresie, ioet leg fa,tot BET %rimeigit,
at bum par tpet til fine galnle Genner. 0len GSrgfert
Sfirm iporeoe tilbage, at bun fife bap0e let 2poia
lioen benoeS 8rDlnp."
rOg Sc er iiffer paa, at 6rpfen 5firm bar iagt
1anot?"
ga, Goiimo gif til benoe paa min 0pforori1g,
men ban fit ingel1 andre Oplpsninger. 6refe1 Sfirm
gientog for banl bpao bun bopoe itrepet til mig"
r0Q @e be0 fife, bbor 2Doia er nl?"
r@ei, ieg pilbe gnife, leg piolte oct, ON life for
anbet, iaa for at trsite Staffelen."
r&m!" logoe jeg, ioet ri %fortiatte Dor 8a1oring
til @%tationen, roet er en- bpiit %merfelig @iitorie benz
ne, og leg u1lorer mig oper, %boorleoes ale oisie Sm@
Itertoigbeoer ipnes ligeiom logte til 9Rette for at pege
fen moo 2poiq iom oen ifploige. geaa, Sc far trent
oeles nit 0ro at bol6e Dem til. @fuloe @arrp for-
fgIee Deres spor til @beiterforb - bpaos leg MI life
tror, ban formaar, efteriom Sc tog @ial og Btno
at i Goget og l%igeleoes ieg no beo aembp = foo
fan Sc ifripe til mig. Seq oil iaa fonme til De1n
% iege at mGgle / @agen."
sr@nonu Ell, @ang 9af, Dottor," iaeoe bum. Sort
efter bar bun / 2o16onnertoget.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-08
franc Oiem College.

Den Observation-Disclosures ungdor.s
skele Des Moines, Iowa, be9pnote IN
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trnlati1fe Sag, Sa1a pg Wtniit, Snniing pg
Suanoarbeioe fpi 8iger.
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$1,000 for belle @iatcrterminen 4. Sec
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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-08
hi:
Smerter

Observation-Disclosures HEIE. Nnasa%&sEE&
min Moden PLACES meget at
Rheumatisme, og DR.. Miles
smertestillende Piller er Diet enc
ste Middel, som hja1per hende.'
MRS. G.
Roycefield, N. j.
Flyvende Gigt lindres nestenl
altid med DR.. Miles sm~ertestil-
lende Piller. De undertrykker
ligeledes den irriterende Nerv@si-
tet som forebygger S9vn, fordi de
beroliger Nerverne. De er uund-
verlige i langvarige Tilfalde.
Benyttet efter Forskrifterne OPP
.haver de Ondet og forebygger
.Smerternes svakkende Fplger,
som hyppig ender ! Afkraftelse.
Mango Lidende bruger dem med
stor Tilfredshed naar Omstan-
dighederne kraver Diet, hvorfor
gj@r De like? Faa en- Pakke hos
Deres Apotheker. Brug dena eff
ter Forskrifterne, og hvis den
like gavner Dem, vii han retur-
mere Deres Penge.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-08

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

The annual report of the company In
yitcd attention to the comparison OF
property with capital obligations which
The company was able TO make, and this
comparison was further invited by a cir
cular sent out to stockholders last sum
mer. At that time the entire capital obli-
cations In the hands -of the public
amounted to S592. as. 400. The telephone
plant of the American Telephone 4 Tel
egraph and it's thirty operating subsid-
iaries was valued at &547, SSl. 500 by a
process which We will have occasion to con-
slider In a moment The company had 500
AA.S0 of materials and supplies on hand
and NS,SssFoO0 of cash. Securities In manu-
featuring and related companies were car
ried at Sl,57.OOO, making a total OF son.
$4,000 in property, or an excess OF property
over capital obligations OF SIS. $50. 800.
The question naturally arises az to the
valuation OF the plants which goes into
this comparison. The answer is that In
1901 the American Telephone & Telegraph,
not being one Of the corporations that be-
lieve that physical valuation should have
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

determining the deductions to be made from
actual cost in estimates of present values
for comparison with capital obligations.
The American Telephone and Telegraph
company divides it's total valuation into the
following percentages according to classes
of property: Real estate, 0 per cent; under
ground conduits and cables, 20 per cent;
copper wires and aerial cables on poles, IS
per cent; pole lines, not including wires, 20
per cent Inclusive of $4,000, 900, the value OF
rights-of-way over private property; iron
wires, 4 per cent, and central office and
substation equipment, % per cent.
Looking I'm on President Vail.
And now we have, perhaps, become suffi-
ciently acquainted with the telephone situa-
ton to make 1t worth while to look in on
President Vail in his offices in New York
or Boston, so that In leaving the matter,
until the next time we call up central, we
ma take away a bit of a picture of the
man who dominates 1t. Strange to say, this
will be exceedingly easy to do, for Mr.. Vail
hasn't surrounded himself with any of the
barricades that are employed by the heads
Of most big corporations. Our names are
taken in by his secretary, and If there isn't
somebody actually in there with him we
so ln~at once.
He is a striking figure sitting there at
mis- desk, his snow white hair setting forth
strong, aquiline features, and a rudy skin
showing hat he hasn't lost the benefits OF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

no part in a financing of an industry,
caused a physical valuation to be made of
all the plants. This valuation showed an
excess of property in the exchange, toll
and long distance system of SIS. 900, 900 over
the obligations outstanding against the
public authorities of many states have I'M
dertaken physical valuations of the plants
for the purpose Of determining rates and
kindred questions. There has been no case
thus far the public authorities have not
exceeded those of the telephone combina-
ton itself.
standard of valuation.
1t happens also that President Vail Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany believes in the legitimate value Of
p publicity; else the facts to which reference
has been made in this writing would never
have been obtainable. The policy is carried
out to an extent which allows the stock
holders even to understand the basis on
which the valuation of the company's
assets is made. in so far as it is possible
to explain such a matter. The report Of
the company for 1908 explains that whereas
In the earlier days nue. telephone equip
n.ent was short lived, owing to the rapidity
of improvements and the hasty construc-
ton OF facilities, more recently a degree OF
permanence has been given to the invest
ment in plant by the construction in all
cities Of fireproof central offices, and the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

s~uPplanting of the old wires with cables
la!d in conduits. The report contains the
somewhat surprising information that Of
the entire telephone mileage of the country,
81 per cent is now underground. OF the
total wires 81 per cent are copper and only
1G per cent iron, and of the total toll wires
81 per cent are copper and but 9 per cent
iron.
The company has had special studies
made into the natter of depreciation in the
various branches of its plant, and at pres
ent 1t adopts the following classification:
Underground conduits to be classed with
real estate as permanent construction on
long term ground rents.
Gables and copper wires have how little
depreciation thus far in use, and have not
established a definite rate based upon the
number Of years that they will last in
service. They have a scrap heap value Of
40 per cent.
Iron wires have a life Of from eight to
fifteen years.
Pole lines have a life of from ten to six
teen years.
Central office and substation equipment
depends as to its depreciation upon it's
character, the state of maintenance and the
policy of renewal with improved apparatus.
The actual experience of the company
furnishes the tests in this direction.
These, then, are the standards of valua
ton Of the physical property to be used in
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
Romance of the
Big Earthquake
Man Who Loses Memory Receivers it
and Returns to Bride and Re-
m Honeymoon Trip.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Robbed Of memory
in the San Francisco earthquake and re-
stored to the recollection of past events
two weeks ago, by seeing a man ground
to death under the wheels of a freight
train,y William F. Meyers returned today
to his bride here from whom he had been
parted a few days after their wedding.
Meyers was called to San Francisco in
April, three years ago, to supervise the
erection of a large building. Since then
his wife had not heard from him.
According to the story told by Meyers, he
was hit on the head during the earthquake
and could remember nothing. He wandered
about the country and two weeks ago he
saw a man killed by a train in Tama, Ia,
This shock caused his memory to return
to him and he FASTENED here to find his
wife.
Mr.. and Mrs, Meyers will leave for the
south tomorrow to continue their inter-
rupted honeymoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
The Laws Delay in Douglas County

If so, then we must have no complaint
for our laws delay.
What is the condition today in Douglas
county? Simply this: We employ seven
judges TO handle the work of the district
court, and today they are calling cases in
Law Docket 100, when cases are now
being filed in docket los. This means that
law cases brought today will be reached
for hearing in possibly ono year, and maybe
two years, This means that IL a man is
injured and left destitute, he may get
a hearing on his case in one or two years,
and then perhaps he has lost his witnesses,
and II he should win his case, then he may
endure the long delay OF an appeal.
Why is this condition true? Simply this:
Our district judges fool away too much
valuable time trying cases. They do not
restrict attorneys. who have nothing but
time 10 lose, TO the real issues of the case.
They allow attorneys to argue and bicker
over all kinds Of fool questions which have,
at the most, but a remote bearing upon the
case. They do not study the pleadings to
determine what is the issue, but leave that
for time, to determine. They either lack the
courage OF their convictions or the nerve to
enforce them, therefore, the laws delay.
Turing the sdSN AouI htchS ANo OF our
law courts each devoted nearly three weeks
to two petty cases-why so? No one can
possibly give an answer. except the de-
sire on the part OF the court to give the
lawyers a chanc to exhaust themselves.
Thus. the laws delay.
Then again, our district judges are de-
voting too much time TO the sentimental
folly OF the juvenile court. This work
takes up time, and can be justified only
upon the theory that our courts are 10
become executive officers. and not judges.
1t is a fad. The juvenile court is a senti-
ment based upon a theory that the courts
can protect the children.
This is a beautiful sentiment and worthy
OF respect. but II is not being carried out
properly, and Gun courts should not burden
themselves with all the whims and cap
rices Of old maids and preachers as TO how
parents should raise their own. Let a cit
izen 80 into the juvenile court, and what
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

OMAHA, Dec. Ito the Editor of tho
Bee: The president of the United States
in his message to the congress-, brings to
the fore in public attention, ~the>great in
justice worked upon the American peo-
pie by the laws delay.
The subject is the keynote of the mes
sage and well might 1t be-for there is
no greater wrong inflicted upon the poor
of this nation than their inability within
reasonable time to nave their causes heard
and determined by the courts of the land.
What does II profit a poor man to sue
for an injury sustained by him, IL his case
shall not be heard until after he and his
family have been compelled to seek public
charity by reason of his injuries, and until
possibly his witnesses have become deau
or lost?
TIT crying need today is not more laws
or more executives to enforce them, but
for our courts TO pass upon the cases
brought before them with more dispatch
and business to all litigants, whether rich
or poor.
II is wrong for our courts to give a rich
man or a politician more attention and
time than II would bestow upon a poor
and humble citizen. 1t is abhorrent to the
fair sense of justice of the American
people that a rich crimina may prolong
his case and delay his punishment through
technical appeals and generous delay up
on the part of the courts. 1t is also OBJ
~noxious and deplorable that a rich man
or a rich corporation may acquiLs through
some subtle influence, unjust and unfair
attention to his or its cases. 1t is there
fore necessary for the welfare OF our ma
ton and its institutions, that the courts
change the boliey heretofore in vogue and
endesvor to dispatch Justice with certainty
and uniformity and quickness.
This being true. why should not the
people OF Douglas county, who have beeI
injured, and are now being injured By
this procedure. complain? Why should moi
our district judges respond to the need Of
the hour and change their dflatory and
nonsensical practice? VIII the people OF
Douglas county longer continue to t~olerat,
the conditions now in vogue in our dis.
trict COURT
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
HASTINGS BELLEVUE UNION
Official Statement IndenticRI with
Report of Proceeding as Pub
liahed by The Bee.

An official statement of the action OF
synod with reference to the union Of
Bellevue and Hastings colleges has been
presented to The Bee. by Thomas l.. Sex
ton, stated clerk of the synod. IT does not
differ in any point of fact from the report
published in The Bee Immediately upon
the adjournment of the synod. This is the
statement:
That the public may be Informed as to
the exact action taken by the Presbyterian
synod OF Nebraska at the adjourned meet
ing at Kearney December Z the following
is taken from the record:
Resolved, That 1t is the sense Of the
synod that Bellevue college and Hastings
college should be united. That this united
college shall be located at Hastings aud
shall be known as Bellevue college, or 10y
such name as the board OF trustees may
hereafter determine. That the board ~
trustees Of Hastings college and of
Bellevue college be authorized and d.
rected, as soon as possible, to take such
action as may be necessary for turning
over the property of Bellevue college and
the assumption of the debts of Bellevue
college by the trustees of Hastings college,
provided that the synod believes that the
work being done at Bellevue college should
not be discontinued before the close OF the
present school year.
IL was recommended:
Ftrst-That the synod appoint a commits
sion of twelve members to act for the
synod until the date of the next annual
meeting in all matters pertaining To the
colleges of the synod.
Second-That the synod's executive com
mission be instructed TO include In its
budget OF benevolences for the current year
a sum equal to 30 cents per member for the
college board, to be paid by the synodical
treasurer and disbursed by him as the
college commission may direct: which sums
when so paid shall be reported to the col
lege board for credit to the individual
churches.
Third-That the stated clerk advise the
pastors OF this act OF the synod and re-
quire them TO preach upon the subject of
Christian education and urge their people
TO support the synodlcal college.
Fourth-That we ask the college board 70
cooperate I'm the adjustment OF the union
Of the two institutions.
Ftfth-That the endowment of the united
institution be not less than $500. OOO.
THOMAS l. SEXTON,
Stated Clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

the years Of playing up on the Vermont
farm. even with all the cares that he has
had since he put on the harness again.
well, what can 1 do for your" is the
greeting. as the busy man looks up from
his papers. 1t is a greeting that has neither
asperity nor the tone of patronage about
It. IL is a greeting that invites the visitor
to sit down and tell his business In a
straightforward way with the assurance
that nc will get the consideration he de-
serves. Only there is something about the
man, probably not a conscious mRnnerism,
that advises anyone not to waste time with
non-essentials.
Mr.. Vail turns around and looks you in
the eve when he talks. Not the glance of
the man who thinks to impress YOU with
his own greatness; but the frank regard of
one who assumes that you are his friend
and who wants to be yours. Now he needs
a paper that is over on the other side of
his desk. He doesn't press a button for a
secretary or assistant secretary, He gets
up and goes over there and digs 1t out
himself from one or another portfolio,
talking to you all the while he is looking
for II. so as to waste none of your time
just as he doesn't expect you to waste any
Of his.
1t may seem to some readers that it is
no particular mark of democracy to be
commented on that even the president Of
a 100000 ,OOO combination should go TO the
trouble OF digging up a paper on his own
office desk. But IL the skeptic had been
with the writer into most of the big offices
in Wall street and had seen the number
Of secretaries that have been dragged in
to find some paper or to fold a letter or
pull down a shade, he would appreciate
that the trait Of doing these things for
ones self was worthy of comment.
Now tell 'em this" says Mr.. Vail, after
narrating many of the facts contained in
this article, with an abruptness that Is
just a little reminiscent Of the late E. II.
| Hartman. Tell them on the subject OF
this matter of competition that experience
shows that competition in districts where
| there have been fairly stable conditions in
the telephone business has seldom resulted
in lowering rates over the non-competi-
tive districts. OF course in some country
districts where all the lines are little local
lines chartered on the theory that cheap
ness is something that the telephone bust
ness can afford to live with, competition
has resulted in lower rates than are
charged in non-competitive districts. But
think OF the service, think of the service,
and think how long the companies have
lasted.
Tell them also-and make this good and
stronghold when the conversion of the
/ $3.50, OOO,O 900 bonds now being exchanged for
stock is completed the last of whatever
water went into the capitalization of the
company in the early years will have been
taken out. and every dollar of our capital
stocks and bonds, will represent a dollar
paid into the treasury of the company.
Tell them that. It's true. Good day"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

will he see? A number of old maidstone
C~hautauqua preachers clamoring for pub
lie attention. A number OF highly paid
Juvenile officials and a dignified court pre-
siding over the folly of a boy who may
have thrown a SNOWFALL or engaged In a
fight with a neighhoring lad. The result:
The boy, in his own mind and that of ms
playmates, is adjudged a criminal He is
scoffed at by his playmates. The old maids
have won a victory! The preachers have
accomplished a great moral uplift! The
juvenile authorities nave apparently earned
their money. The court has wasted It'll
giants time against the laws delay,
Friday there was called in the district
court a case in which George A.. Joslyn is
a party litigant Ordinarily this case would
be tried to one judge, and II il was a case
wherein a poor man was a litigant he
would be fortunate to have the presence
Of one judge. The case OF Joslyn. however,
will occupy the learned and close attrrfion
OF three of our district judges. Why so?
No reason except that maybe In the minds
Of our judges the case of Joslyn. who is
reported to be very rich, is more important
to him than the case Of Smith, who is re-
ported as very poor.
The law does not max any such dis
t~inctions between l~itigants and, therefore,
the judges must-have one. What it is no
one knows, Joslyn ties up the attention
of three judges, while Litigant Smith wolld
only have the attention Of one Judge. The
result: While Joslyn's case is being heard
Smiths and Jones must wait and suffer
and condemn the government.
And, again, the laws delay.
II is useless to carry this letter to a
greater extent. What we need in judicial
reform is to commence reform at home.
Our judges can dispatch the business De-
fore them. They are able, honest and
fair, but they are In a rut, and the people
OF this county ought to wake them up and
give them to understand that II is the 7al-
liable time OF the people that they are
consuming and that the laws delay is
Injurious and wrong, not only to the m
jured litigsnt. but TO the body polite OF
our community.
FRANKLIN A. sHoTwELL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
A Prnner 0nentinn-

And now" said the temperance lee
turer, In conclusion. II shall be glad 10
answer any questions concerning the bale
full results OF the use OF intoxicants."
A man with a red nose arose In the au-
dience and said:
You have studied 1-Dtoxication for many
years."
For thirty-twO years, sir, and l."
well, i want 10 ask, in justice to the
drinking classes. II you ever In all that
time saw a drunken man holding up a
lamp-post as he is usually pictured In the
funny papers 7"-Llfa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
Effect of the sOroritiss.

Recent Investigations In come Of the
western universities show that the fra
ternity girl stands higher than the fra
tenity man. and unlike him stands aoa-
demically above the nonfraternity men,
bers Of her own class. Al Missouri the
failures among the fraternity men were
% per cent "A among the nonfrAternity
men % per cent. II is interesting 10 note
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

Continued on Page ssvss.l
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-09-02
HENRY c. WHILE

ate Of said county. deceased. Am persons
having claims against the said decesaed are
hereby nottfied 70 ex hibat the same with De
proper vouchers attached thereto. 20 the -
ecrtoer On or before the 151h day Of FebFuary
1910, they Will otherwise BY Law be excluAe6
from the benefits of the said estate. An ner-
sons Indebted 20 the deceased are required 20
make Inn mediate payment % the suhscrfbar
HARRY A. RICHARDsON
August l2-u. Admlnfssrnao~