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GAS, INDIGESTION
AND DYSPEPSIA GO,
Out of Order Stomachs Feel
Fine Five Minutes After
Taking Little
Diapepsin.

The question to how long you are going
to continue a sufferer from Indigestion. Dys-
pepsa or out of order stomach is merely a mat.
ter Of how soon you begin taking some Dia-
pepsn.
II your Stomach is lacking In digestive power
why not help the stomach to do its work. not
with drastic drugs. but a reinforcement Of d.
gestive agents. such as are naturally at work
In the stomach
People with weak Stomachs should take
little Diapepsin occasionally. and there will be
no more Indigestion. no feeling like lump Of
lead In the stomach. no heartburn, Sour rsines
Gas on Stomach Belching Of undigested food
Headaches. Dizziness or Sick Stomach and te-
sides, what you eat will not ferment and
poison your breath with nauseous odors All
these symptoms resulting from a sour, out of
order stomach and dyspepsia are generally re-
lieved Eve minutes after taking a little Dia-
vGo to your druggist and get a 5O-eent case
Of Pape's Diapepsin now. and you will always
10 to the table with a hearty appetite and
what you eat will taste good. because your
stomach and intestines will be clean and fresh.
and you will know there not going to be
any more bad nights and miserable days for
you They freshen you and make you feel like
life 10 worth living.
Your physician, pharmacist. banker Or any
mercantile agency will vouch for the responsl-
bihty Of Pape. Thompson & Pape Of Cincinnati
Ohio, who prepare Pape's Diapspan. Sold BY
every druggist In the world.
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Catarrh Is Surely a
Dangerous Disease

Thousands of people allow catarrh to slowly
undermine the whole system until a serious
disease neutrality-suspicious. consumption.
People who have catarrh should use every ef-
fort 10 get rid Of ii, but should above all adopt
q sensible method.
Stomach dosing. sprays and douches won's
cure catarrh because 1t is a germ DISEASE and
the germs must be destroyed before the disease
can be conquered.
HYONEI is the one sensible cure for catayFA
because it reaches every fold. crevice and nook
in the mucous membrane and gets where the
germs are You breathe HYOMEI and n
pas ses over the infamed membrane its soothing
influence heals the soreness and destroys IT,
germs.
A complete HYOMEI outfit costs 500. This
consists of a hottie OF HYOMEI and a hard rub
her inhaler Pour a few drops OF HYoMEI into
the inhaler and breathe 1t few minutes each
day, that's all you have TO do II is guaranteed
BY Henry Evans and James 0'Donnell and drug
gists everywhere to cure catarrh. coughs. colds
and sore throat money back. Extra bottle Of
HYOMEI costs 50 cents. Free trial sample on
request from Booths Hyomei Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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GENERAL REMARKS.
GENERAL INCOME ACCOUNT.

The revenues for the year. with the exception
Of the last three months, show fair increase.
compared with 1903, but this increase has been
Offset by the large increases in Operating E1-
penses, due principally to advances in wages Of
employees.
The burden OF this and other increased out
lays and charges. such as taxes, led the Com
pany to endeavor to make moderate revisions
only a comparatively small percentage Of the
total trafhc carried, and which, II granted,
would have netted the Lines East of Pittsburgh
an increased annual revenue estimated at 3d.
O0,OOO, which is about s., 900 900 less than the
estimated annual increase in employees wages.
These proposed rate increases met with pro-
nounced opposition. and during the prepare ton
of this report the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has declined to authorize the rate sched-
ules that were fled to secure the advance
The accounting casshcations promul.
gated by the Interstate Commerce Commission
require all expenditures above bare maintenance
to be included in the cost Of road and equip
ment. and there seems to be a growing ten
dency among American railroads to forget the
lessons learned through long list Of receiver.
ships and organizations. and provide out Of
capital for outays which should be met through
income. II rates could always be uniformly
maintained. il the cost of labor. material and
were continuous, IL it were not necessary for a
railroad to make any Improvements except such
as would substa ntially Increase Its earning
might be claimed that ali construction e1pendi-
lures should be capitalized. and the funds pro-
vided therefor through the sale Of stock or
bonds
Your management has always aimed to con-
duct its operations to give an efficient
service to the public. adequately maintain the
property, provide for depreciation and obsoesc-
ence pay regular dividends to its stockholders,
additions and betterments which In Themselves
add but little, IL any. to earning power. The
pursuit of this policy has established and main
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it, he declared. although for a time he
kept his securities in the office safe.
Did you ever sell Hooking Coal stock?"
asked William S. Mcclure, counsel Tor
the creditors.
do / have to tell my private bust
ness?" the witness demanded OF the ref
cree. When instructed to answer he
said he had sold through Albert Loeb d.
Co.
How much did you make?" was the
next question.
do / have to answer that?" he asked
again, warily. Francis X. Mooney. pres
ent, at the hearing. with Solomon Han
ford, Keene's counsel. went to his rescue
and got permission for him to admit
merely of having heard OF trouble in the
stock. Then he said that II he ever made
$4,000 it was reduced to $4,000. OF which
he had some left.
did you ever give any OF the profits
to Keene?" Mcclure asked.
Not a nickel" was the proud reply.
Mcclure wanted to know what else
Roman had bought or sold. Mooney pro-
tested that such inquiries could lead
only to smoke and humiliation. Roman
also objected to letting his opponents in
the stock game know just what he had.
when the referee advised him that re-
fusal to answer might involve him in
contempt of court and a fine.
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MESSAGES BY WIRELESS
CAUGHT BY AER0PLANE
Aviator Carries Operator, Who
Receives kilograms From
Long Distances.

PALM BEACH. Fla, March Import
ant experiments with wireless apparatus
have been tried by J. A. D. McCurdy in
his Curtiss biplane during the last week
at Palm Beach. Taking a wireless ope-
rator up with him yesterday he was able
to receive messages from Havana and
Key West.
This Is probably one of the most re-
markable experiments tried thus far on
flying machines fitted with apparatus for
wireless communication. At a height Of
! 900 to 1900 feet three messages were
picked up by Percy p. G. Marris Of Ian
don. who Is in charge Of the Palm Beach
wireless station.
The first call was from Key West.
which signaled III B." repeatedly. and
to the trained ear Of the operator this IA
niliar combination was understood. Next
the New York, an American line steamer
cruising in West Indies. was heard sig
mailing to Key West. asking information
before going into the harbor.
Call From Havana.
Havana was the third call heard. and
this message was not understood. for
Morris was losing his iupromptu head
dress that had become loosened in this.
his first fight.
Cotton batting wadding, a large towel
and insulation tape were bound around
his head over his ears, and the wireless
receivers gave Morris the appearance OF
a man looking for the north pole. His
receiving instrument was held in his lap
iotted down ali he heard on q block OF
paper hung on one OF the wire braces OF
the biplane.
one queer thing about the experiments
was that Morris did not get single
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message from his own station at Palm
Beach, which he had left in charge OF
a man who was to send out messages
at frequent intervals. He could get Ha-
Vara, 400 miles away, yet did not hear
one thing from the station that was be-
meath him in part Of his flight.
new headdress that McCurdy Is hav-
ing made will keep out the noise from
the motor, and then Morris will accom-
pany the aviator on some of his other
trips after he leaves Palm Beach
McCurdy will leave for Wilmington,
n. c.. tomorrow, where he will give his
next exhibition.
Stock Broker a Passenger.
In addition to taking up Morris Nc.
Curdy tried taking up William White
house. well known in the New York Stock
Exchange. who is with the Vanderbilt
party here. Mrs. w. X. and Mrs. Regi-
maid Vanderbilt have been regular pa
irons at the aviation, field each day that
McCurdy has gone aloft and were very
much interested spectators in the flights
and experiments the last week. Malcolm
Severance. another New York man, was
also taken up for a short fight.
McCurdy thinks that this wireless sue
cess opens up new avenue Of useful
ness in time Of war for the flying ma
chine, fort with 1t the aviator cannot
only see. but Is able to communicate with
the ground without a descent and keep
his station there posted as fast as any
thing develops.
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LESSONS FOR CROWS.
One of Number Instructs Flock in
Corn Picking.

WINSTED. Conn.,, March IA North
vile woman who drove to New Milford
Sunday says she saw a flock Of crows
formed in a circle and facing the center,
where one crow stood. This crow would
bend over and touch his bill to the
ground. Those in the circle would imi-
tate him. Then he would nap his wings
and cav, and his audience would do
the same. Once he nearly stood on his
bill and the whole circle promptly tried
to do likewise.
Farmers think the instructor came to
Worthwhile to give local crows lessons on
how to get newly sown corn out of the
ground. So the farmers will place scare
crows equipped with bells about their
fields this spring.
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The number Of tons Of freight moved the
lines west OF Pittsburgh was 153, 741. 121. in
crease Of 10, sec. 94S. The number OF passengers
carried was 80, 882 434.
The operating revenue Of all lines east and
west of Pittsburgh for the year 1910 was $346,-
215 1887; operating expenses. $26I, AZ. 917 %
and operating income. $7s. 1872 5s1 10: an increase
ss1. 1os. 7so. ss and a decrease in operating in
come OF SO, $50, 1921. There were Al, 619. 033
tons Of freight moved on the entire system, be-
ing an increase Of 40 O54 068 tons, and 1853 604.
348 passengers carried, increase Of 16 622 TAO.
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Gray Of johnson City public schools.

Gray Of johnson City public schools.
committed suicide yesterday afternoon.
He was found dead In a barn and is sup
posed to have used chloroform. He was
the son OF DR.. ]. H. Smith, a prominent
and wealthy physician of Johnson City,
and was under 5000 bond.
The shooting Of the teacher grew out
OF . dispute. The latter is said to have
whipped tho boy with q rubber hose.
Smith went home. procured a revolver
and returned. Prof. Gray was talking
to q young woman teacher when the boy
came In and shot. him In the back.
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Refuses Further Payment.

; For three years he paid her the income
provided in the agreement. but since then
he has refused to make further pay
ments, she alleges, or to accumulate the
trust fund. His lawyers argued that the
entire agreement was void as against
public policy in that 1t was part of an
agreement for the procurement of an alb
solute divorce.
Gen. Fitzgerald's second wife has pre-
scented him with a child. During the trial
before Judge Umbel both sides had as
witnesses English and Irish barristers,
who testified to the divorce laws of those
countries.
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There were expended during the past year for
construction. equipment and real estate on the
Lines West Of Pittsburgh So 145 462 A Of
which $15. 563, 314.25 were charged to Capital
and 1852, 10 to Surplus Income
The expenditures were principally for the
elevation of tracks in Chicago and Fort
WAYNE, the construction OF additional third
track and fourth track on the Pittsburgh
Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway. second
track on the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati, Chi
cago and st. Louis Railway, and vandalis
Railroad.
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boy MAKES $4,000
DEALING IN STOCKS
Lad Who Attended Telephone
for James R. Keene Cleans
Up Fortune.

NEW YORK, March IA man can't
turn the winning trick every time, you
know; the best of us guesses wrong now
and then; perhaps ] was $4,000 to the
good once, but 1 know they got $4,000
of it away from me. / put part OF the
other $4,000 into stock and kept part in
cash, but can't tell just how / stand to-
day unless / look through my safe de-
post box in the Produce Exchange
vaults"
W. j. Roman, who is glad to be known
as the hoy wonder" and the heaviest
speculator Of his age in Wall street.
tossed off this information with the air
Of a market veteran yesterday afternoon
in the office Of Stanley w. Dexter, No.
Il Broadway, referee in the suit of credi-
tors against the firm of Lathrop, Has
kins & Co.
When the bottom dropped out of the
Hooking Coal pool and the stock slumped
sixty points one morning last May the
brokerage firm failed The blame for tho.
and other failures was thrown on James
r. Keene, manager of the pool, who was
accused of having sold out on his asso-
ciates. Examination of Keene did not
yield satisfactory results and the credi-
tors put out net for tools they imag-
ined he might have used in the supposed
betrayal. They dragged in Roman. Keene' s
teleDhone boy,
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The number Of tons Of freight moved on the
five general divisions east Of Pittsburgh and Erie
in 1910 was 129, 1858 $685. an increase Of 8 439 973
or 1.84 per cent; the number Of passengers was
SO, S79, 457, an increase Of 1857 ,321, or 1916
per cent.
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Persons along the harbor front at An
craft participating in q series OF exer-
ctses in the Severn river. They were the
submarine torpedo boats, comprising the
third division, which arrived at Annap-
oils Saturday for their annual spring
drills.
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The Railroad Companies east of Pittsburgh
and Erie in which your Company is interested
show satisfactory results. Detailed statements
Of their operations will be found in their re-
spective annual reports. as well as in the full
report of your Company.
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tained the high credit Of your Company, and
made possible the physical development through
which 1t Is able to render the safe and efficient
service required by Its patrons, and it is the
Judgment OF your management that any en-
forced departure from this policy is unwfse
The net income Of the year. after meeting all
liabilities and providing for the necessary pay
October. 1915, was $37, 466 861.79. an increase
OF 81. 663, 300 IS compared with 1909 due chiefly
TO the decreased interest payments caused by
the large reduction in the Funded Debt. through
Its conversion into capital stock and conse-
quently causing an increase in dividend pay.
dends Of per cent, aggregating $24 40 S59. 75
Car Trust Principal, So AIS. 65s .06 and extraor.
binary expenditures OF 3.5O4. 596.67, leaving a
balance Of So 1872 S47 81, Of which So, 100 600 90
were transferred to the Reserve for Additions
and Betterments heretofore known as the Elk
to the credit OF Profit and LOSS
PROFIT AND LOSS
By reason of credits TO the Profit and Ioss
Account, principally the result of stock diyi-
dends received during the year. from the Penn
sylvania Company, Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company, and philadelphia and Camden Ferry
Company, and In the settlement Of miscellaneous
accounts, 1t was deemed wise to charge against
Profit and Loss account $12, 4OO, COO additional
OF the cost Of the New York Tunnel Extension
and eject reduction aggregating $40. 500 $50 81
In the book value Of certain securities owned by
your Company to figures which your Board Of
Directors deemed conservative. judged either by
and also to make sundry adjustments and leave
the total amount standing to the credit of Profit
and Loss at the close Of the year $27 GA 4,1 20
an increase Of 81, 1874, 714.O8.
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'' ""e' " N - McCRE
Preside
APPLY TO OR
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SHOOTS CEAcHER, KILLS SELF.
Fourteen ear-0ld Boy Principal in
Tennessee Tragedy.

BRISTOL. Tenn. March flames
Smith, the fourteen-year-oid boy OF
Johnson City, who shot and possibly
fatally wounded his teacher. Prof. T. c.
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DIVORCED WIFE SUES
IRISH MILLIONAIRE
Seeks to Enforce Decree Al
lowing Her $35, 1000 a
Year AIimony.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, March An equity
suit of international importance awaits
only Judge r. e. Umbel's decision. To
reach 1t the judge must study testimony
In English and Irish courts and before
parliament. as well as that given in his
own court. The decision will be handed
down during the March term of court,
which began yesterday. 1t is eagerly
awaited. although 1t is considered certain
that the losing party will appeal to the
higher courts.
Mrs. Ida Purcell Fitzgerald brought
the suit against the husband she d.
vorced. Gen. Gerald Purcell Fitzgerald.
a member of one Of the oldest families
In Ireland. She wishes to secure lien
on valuable coal property at Fayette.
Pa, which Gen. Fitzgerald owns. so
OF $4,000 a year.
Bill Of Complaint.
In her bill Of complaint Mrs. Fltz-
gerald alleges that the Irish soldier. who
greatly distinguished himself In the Boer
war, has violated his obligation, and she
asks a receiver for his coal properties
The hearing Of the suit brought face to
lace Ills <AlIloiICt4Ii "Ilcs 0cAA. T ltA6Ci 9 III
and the English wife he has taken since
the divorce. for he came on to defend It.
Mrs. Fitzgerald, who was Ida Mic
coils. is niece Of ]. v. Thompson. bank
er and coal landowner Of Uniontown,
whose wealth is estimated at $15.0oo.OO0.
While she was journeying from Chicago
to Los Angeles in 1898 she met the gal
liant Fitzgerald. He owns Mount Oil
hun n
lower California. and large estate In
Ireland, on which stands his castle. In
his papers in the equity suit he calls
the castle "a building"
He courted Miss NicollS ardently and
they were married soon. In 1906. after
three children had been born. she brought
suit for divorce in an English court.
which held finally that as Gen. Fitzgerald
was domiciled in Ireland it had no juris-
diction. To this Mrs Fitzgerald retorted
only that her husband. a descendant Of
Edward Fitzgerald. translator Of Omar
Khayyam. had always claimed to be an
Englishman.
Summons Her Uncle
She sent word to her uncle. Mr.. Thomp-
son. that she needed his help. Vowing
that he would spend every penny Of his
fortune, If necessary, to gain a divorce
for his favorite niece, Thompson hurried
to her. AS soon as he could gather the depo-
sitionsheneeded, DavidT. Watson Of Pitts
burg. who was one Of the counsel for the
United States in the Alaska boundary adj
Indication. followed. He was Mrs. F1tz-
gerald's chief legal adviser in the divorce
suit she brought in an Irish court. She
alleged cruelty and other offenses and
asked for the custody Of her children.
A decree from bed and board" was
granted to her. which was made absolute
by act of parliament.
After the Irish decree Gen. Fitzgerald
agreed to allow his wife $4,000 a year
for a while, and then increase the pay
ment to $4,000 annually. He agreed, too.
to create a trust fund Of $4,000 for the
benefit of Mrs. Fitzgerald and the three
children.
Refuses Further Payment.
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Looks Over Them as Victor.

All the time he sat In the witness chair
Roman plainly enjoyed the company OF
the old-timers in the stock market who
attended the hearing in the hope that it
would return to the msome Of their
losses. He looked them over as a VIC
tor reviews the vanquished. Whatever he
had done in the market hetook wholly
to himself, Mr.. Keene having no part in
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TO PREVENT THE GRIP.
LAXATIVE BRON0 Quinine removes ths
eauoe There 10 oaiy ooe "BRONO QUiNIN4."
Lock for signature oS =. W. GROVE 1oe.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner May and Annie Beswick. iaths
from Norfolk to Johnson & Wimsatt at
18th street wharf; fattie Alexandria,
cord wood. at nth street wharf for L. A.
Clarke & Son: schooner Majestic. oysters
in the shell from a lower Potomac point
for the market here: schooner c. T.
Miles, laths from g. North Carolina point
to the local dealers: tug Capt. Toby, tow
ing coal-laden boat from Shepherds land
ing to Baltimore: United States naval tug
Rocket, from Norfolk at navy yard;
schooners S. c. Kibble, Silver Wave and
D. j. Ballard and fattie Rafting Joe.
oysters in the shell from river and bay
points to the local market: Alexandria
Chemical Company's covered lighter, py-
rites from Quantico to acid-making plant
at Alexandria; tug Camilla. from Baltf-
more, where she delivered schooner Ven
ner.
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SECURITIES OWNED.

The securities held by your Company December
3lst 1910. at a valuation Of 500. 0sa. sol Ar
produced direct income during the year OF
Sl4. a99. s762T.
During the year your Company increased its
holdings Of the stocks Of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and the
Norfolk and Western Railway Company. with
both OF which the Company and Its amlated
lines have for many years interchanged a very
large volume of traffic.
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RELIEF, SAVING FUND AND PENSION
DEPARTMENTS.

The expenditures for pensions for the year
have been 1854 10 % or $54 % I'm excess or
the sum appropriated by the various companies
affiliated i'm this Department
The various increases in employees wages since
creasing length of service of those retired. to-
gether with a continued growth I'm the number
of retirements under the 65-69 Year Clause OF
the Pension Regulations which the Management
did not deem 1t wise. in the hest interests Of
the service. to restrict. all tend to cause
heavier drain upon the pension appropriation
To cover this Company's portion OF the addi
tional expenditures for pensions. during the year.
your Board found 1t necessary to expend an
additional sum OF $35,24I.1 10, which you are
asked to approve.
The stockholders will also he requested 20
authorize an increase in the annual sum set
apart for pension purposes from $500, 900 to
S7OO COO