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trict in view of the present movement to diversity manufacturing interests.
 The company has 10 factories in the United States and Canada, in New York, Pennsylvania. Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Ontario. It also has fac tories in England. France. Germany and Italy. Sales offices and warehouses are maintained in 20 principal cities of the United States, where the products of the factory are exhibited in attractive show rooms for the inspection by house own CTS, architects and heating engineers. The local offices are at 706-10 American Trust and Savings Bank building, and are in charge of W. H. Harell. The general of- fees of the company are in Chicago.
 The capital of the American Radiator company is s1O.ooo.ooo The president is c. M. Woolley. the vice president are John B. Pierce, Charles H. Hodges, Charles NJ. Parker, William H. Hill and Charles K. Foster, and James B. Forgan. president of the First National bank of Chicago. is one of the directors.
 Plant Here to Be the Largest
 "our people believe the plant here will eventually become the largest single plant
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CORPORATIONS MUST PAY TAXES AT ONCE Collector Wright Issued No tices of Warning to De-
 linquent Concerns

Collector of Internal Revenue s. T. Wright for the district comprising Ala bam1 and Mississippi issued yesterday notices to about 300 corporations in these states who are delinquent in paying the4r corporation taxes, that proceedings will be instituted against them immediately unless they pay up.
 The corporations who are delinquent Ia paying their corporation tax have ai- ready incurred the penalty of not less than s1.000 and not more than sl0,Cvo.
 Unless delinquent cases are immediately settled with the collectors office, their cases will be turned over to the distri t attorney and the department of justice will begin prosecutions.
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Meeting Postponed

The charities committee of the Chamber of Commerce postponed It's scheduled meeting yesterday and will meet toward the latter part of the week or the first of next week. The committe Is investi- gating worthy charity associations and cases of fraud against charity. Its next meeting may be interesting. as 1t is said to be probable report on some of the charitable institutions the committee does not approve of will be had.
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GENERAL FORBES
 RETURNS TO MANILA

Boston, Mass, December 3.-Generaf Cameron Forbes of the Philippines, who has spent nearly all of nine months leave of absence in Massachusetts today left for New York on his return trip to Manila. Mir Forbes. i'll for nearly q year, has regained his health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
Thomas Bound Over

Charles Thomas, negro was given q preliminary nearing before Judge H. B. Abernethy yesterday on two charges of burglary and grand larceny. The negro was accused of breaking into a box car and stealing quantity of dry goods. He was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500 on each charge.
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in the world. devoted to the manufacture of heating apparatus" said Mir. Hareil. Birmingham Is to be congratulated upon the advantages which secured this addi- ton to it's manufacturing interests. The building activity through the great south. and the demand for up to date heating apparatus has contributed to a remark able growth in the heating business, re- sulting in the necessity for increased fac tory facilities This factory will supply the area of the country south of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi river.
 Vacuum Cleaning Demonstration
 Our company is also engaged i'll the manufacture of vacuum cleaners. Real izing the necessity of the vacuum cleaner in the modern home, our engineers have spent several years in perfecting .he Arco Wand Vacuum cleaner, which is built into the home on the radiator plan, and becomes as much part of the louse as the heating apparatus. During the present week the marvellous work of this cleaner will be demonstrated to the people of Birmingham at the showroom of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company.
 handsome water color drawing of the new plant will be on exhibition dur ing the week at the showroom of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company
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WILL RETURN HERE
 WITH ENGLISH CAPITALISTS

In order to spend the holidays and then to return here with party of eminent English capitalists. James Mitchell Of sperling & Co.,. and president of the Ala bama Interstate Power company, will leave for New York today. sailing Decem- Der r.
 MT. Mitchell, it is announced. will re- turn here some time during the aarly part of next year with several financiers
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BRASHER TO PROBE
 BROOKS ACCIDENT

Coroner B. l.. Brasher will investigate the killing of Jay Brooks by an elevator in the county courthouse this morning at s:sO o'clock. The following jury has been summoned by the coroner: Ariie Bar Der. E. l.. Biackwood. A. F. Wyatt. J. C. Lee. C. E. Waters and F. D. Donnely A thorough investigation will be made by the jury.
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development of this section of the coun- try.
 MT Mitchell, John B. White of London and M Webb offutt will leave this morn ing for Decatur and Huntsville to look over the plants in those cities owned by the power company. The party with the exception of MT. Offutt will continue from Huntsville to New York.
 Mr Mitchell said last night that he had spent several days now looking over con- ditions and that he was very much pleased.
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LOST

WHITE AND LIVER SPOTTED POINTER FEMALE JUST wEANED; PUPPIES RATHER TIMID; HAS ON HEAVY COLLAR AND LOCK; MEDIUM SIZE; NAME KATE. REWARD. w. F.. BRIDGERS. 1910 10TH AVENUE S. PHONE 63O2-J.
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We are a local institution. We are substantial. We make the prompt adjustment of ALL claims a feature of our busl- ness.
 It is your DUTY to give us your business, not because we are a local institution, but be- cause of our strength and will ingness and ability to serve you-and serve you well. You owe it to YOUR business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20

however. a. II no bad changed his
mind In tho twenty-odd PAGES It Q
to reach II. He stared for q long
period at the elderly gentleman who
was watching the ~feluccas on the
river through the window. The white
mustache and imperial stood out in
crisp relief against the ruddy sunburn
on his face. II he vas aware of his
scrutiny ON the part Of the pursy gen
tleman, he gave not the least sign.
The revolving door spun round. send
ing . pun Of outdoor air into the
lounging-room. The elderly gentleman
then smiled. ana applied his thumb
and forennger to the waxen point Of
his Imperial.
In the intervening time MI. Ryanne
entered his room. threw the bundle
on the bed, sat down beside It. and
rad his letter. Shadows and lights
inbred acrpse his face: frowns that
hardened Il, smiles that thellowed Il.
Women hold the trick Of writing let
StGru, d. they hate. their thoughts
Hash ana burn from line 70 line. Do
they love- 'tis lsttsred music. Do they
coi9ElSjSiro, the breadtA Of their imagi-
na3on q without horizon. At best.
mm e6a ,andite only Z polite business
S&G. ~ lovo-notss Wet0 adjudged
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20
Surprise Boxe. In Shark stomachs.

Surprise Boxes In Shark Stomachs.
Fishermen in the Caribbean sea re-
Gently found in the stomach OF a shark
which they had killed a good sized
bottle in which was a half-decipher.
able letter from a shipwrecked sailor.
Many such relics have been found. In
enc case a lady's bracelet was found
in a state Of perfect preservation. to-
gether with a silver spoon and a thou
sand Spanish reals in money. The
curious feature of the finding OF the
money was that 1t was in an official
receptacle lost in the city OF Spanish
Town (Jamaica) during a negro upris-
ing in the seventeenth century. Where
had it been meantime? Surely not in
the sharks stomach, unless the shark
lives a much longer time Tor some OF
them) than science has any cas- to
suppose possible. On the other hand.
II In the sea 1t would have been rem
dered unacceptable in a few weeks.
Had 1t been in the possession OF some
one shipwrecked. why had 1t been left
intact? The conclusion was newt
able that the shark must have nshed
1t u from compartment of some
long-suhmerged vessel. - Harper's
Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20
long since a maudlin collection OF
loose sentences. IN this letter Mr.. Ry-

long since a maudlin collection OF
loose sentences. IN this letter Mr.. Ry-
anne found the three parts Of life.
She's a good general; but hang
these birthstone efforts Of hers. She
talks too much of heart. For my part.
I prefer to regard It as a mere phys
ical function, a pump, a motor, a pow
err that gives action to the legs, either
in coming or in going, more especially
in going" He laughed. We'll. hers
is the inspiration and hers is the law.
And to think that she could plan all
this on the pur of the moment, down
to the minutest detail! It's a science"
He put the letter away, slid out his
legs and glared at the dusty tips OF
his shoes. THE United Romance and
Adventure Company, Ltd, Of New
| York, London, and Paris. She has the
greatest gift Of all, the sense of hui
NOR"
He rose and opened his kit-bag
doubtfully. He rummaged about in
the depths and at last Strengthened
up with a mild oath.
"Not a pair Of cuffs in the whole
outfit, not a shirt, not a collar. Oh,
well, when a man has to leave Bagdad
the way I did, over the back fence.
so to speak, linen doesn't count"
He drew down his cuffs, detached
and reversed them, he turned his fold
ing collar wrong-side out. and used
the under side Of the foot-rug as a
shoe-polisher. 1t was the ingenious
procedure Of a man who was used to
being out late nights, who made all
things answer all purposes. This rapid
and singularly careless toilet COM
pleted, he conferred his oncer upon
the more vital matter Of finances. He
was close to the nadir: four sover-
eigns, a form, and a collection Of bat
tered coppers that would have tickled
the pulse of an amateur numismatist.
mo vintage tonight. my boy; no
long, fat Havana, either. A bottle of
stout and a few rags of plug-cut;
that's the pace we'll travel this eve
ming. The United Romance and Ad-
venture Company Is not listed at pres
ent. If it was. I'd sell a few shares
on my own hook. The kind Lord
knows that I've stock enough and to
spare" He laughed again, but with
out the leaven of humor. when the
fool-killer snatches up the last fool,
let rogues look to themselves; and
fools are getting scarcer every day.
"Percival Algernon! o age Of po-
cts! / wonder. does he wear high col
lars and spats, Or has she plumbed
him accurately? She is generally
right. But a man changes some in
seven years. I'm an authority when it
comes to that. Look what's happened
to me in seven years! First, Horace,
we shall dine, then we'll smoke our
pipe in the billiard-room, then we'll
softly approach Percival Algernon
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20

less fool o were! You ran on. didn't
you, till you found our neck IN the
loop at the end OF the rope? And
| perhaps that s~oft-footed, estimable
brother Of yours didn't yank it taut as
a hangman's? You heard the codicil;
into one ear and out the other. Even
then you had your chance; patience
| for two short years, and a million. No,
a thousand times no. o knew what
you were about, empty-headed fool!
And today, two pennies for a dead
mans eyes"
He dropped his fist dejectedly.
| Where had the first step begun? And
where would be the last? In some
drab corner, possibly; drink. NOR
phine, or starvation; he'd never have
the courage to finish it with a bullet.
| He was terribly bitter. Everything
worth while seemed to have slipped
through his fingers, his ~pleasure-lov-
ing fingers.
Come, come, Horace; buck up.
Still the ruby kindles in the vine. No
turning back now. Well go on till we
come bang! against the wall. There
may be some good bouts between here
and there. I wonder what Gioconda
would say if she knew why l was SO
eager for this gamer"
He went down to dinner, and they
gave him a table in an obscure corner,
as a subtle reminder that his style was
passe. He didn't care; he was hungry
and thirsty. He could see nearly every
one, ever. if only a few could e him.
This was somewhat to his vantage. He
endeavored to pick out Percival Alger-
non; but there were too many high
collars, too many m%onocles. So he
contented himself with a mild philo-
| sophical observance of the scene. The
murmur of voices. rising as the wall
Of the violins sank, sinking as the
wall rose; the tinkle of glass and
/ china, the silver and linen, the pretty
women in their rustling gowns, the
delicate perfumes, the flash Of an
arm, the CLINT of a polished shoulder;
this was the essence of life he coveted.
He smiled at the thought and the sure
knowledge that he was not the only
wolf in the fold. Ay, and who among
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20

He hunted for a cigarette, but failed
to find one. almost at the bottom.
boy; the winter of our discomfort, and
no sun of York to make it glorious.
T~wenty-four hundred at cards, and to
lose it like a tyro! Wallace has taught
me all he knows, but I'm a BOBBY.
Twenty-four hundred, firms money.
It's a failing of mine, the firms money.
But, damn it all, l can't cheat a man
at cards; I'd rather cut his throat"
He found his pipe, and a careful
search of the corners of his coat-pock-
cts revealed a meager pipeful Of to-
bacco. He picked out the little balls
of wool. the ground-coffee, the cloves,
and pushed the charge home into the
crusted bowl Of his briar.
ITO the devil with economy! A
pint of burgundy and a perfecto If
they hale us to Jail for it. I'm dead
tired. I've seen three corners in hell
In the past two months. I'm going as
far as four sovereigns will take me.
l.. . Fortune Chedsoye." His blue
eyes became less hard and his mouth
less defiant. Il repeat, the heart
should be nothing but a pump. 9th
erW1se 1t gets in the way, becomes ah
obstruction, a bottomless pit. WIN
power, that's the ticket. / can face a
lion without an extra beat, l can face
the various countenances of death
without an additional fiutter; and yet,
here's a girl who, when / see her or
think Of her, sends the pulse soaring
from seventy-seven up to eighty-four.
Bad business; besides, it's SO infer
nally questionable. It's hard work
for a man to keep his balance 'twixt
the devil and the deep, blue sea; Clio
conda on n side and Fortune on the
other. Gioconda throws open windows
and doors at my approach; but For
tune locks and bars hers, nor knocks
at mine. That's the "a it always
goes.
"If a man could only go back ten
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20

and introduce him to Sinbad. This In
dependent excursion to Bagdad was
. stroke on my part; It will work into
the general plan as smoothly az II It
had been grooved for the part. Sinbad.
might just az well have assumed
that name: Horace Sinbad, sounds
well and looks WELL" He unused in
silence, his hand gently rubbing his
chin; for he did possess the trick of
talking aloud. In q low monotone, a
habit acquired during periods Of lone.
liness, when the sound Of his own
voice had succeeded In steadying his
tottering mind.
What . woman, what . wife, she
would have been to the right mani
Odd thing. . man can do almost any
thing but direct his affections; they
must be drawn. She vas not for him;
nay. not even on = desert isle. Doubt
less he wal . fool. In time she would
have made him . rich man. Alack!
II was always the one we pursued
that We loved and never the one that
pursued us.
I'm afraid Of her: aud there you
ares There isn't . man living who
has gone back Of that Mona Lisa smile
Of hers. II she was the last woman
and / was the last man, ! don't say"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20

der mis- nose. e~picureanly; then II
| sipped the wine. Something like! 1t
ran across his tongue and down hls
throat in tingling fire, nectarlous; anu
he went half way to Olympus, to the
feet of the gods. For weeks ne hau
lived in the vilest haunts, in desperate
straits. his life in his open hands; and
now once more he had W from
the depths to the outer crust OF the
world. 1t did not matter that ne was
destined to go down into the depths
again; so long as the spark burned
he was going to crawl back each time
Damnable luck! He could have hveo
like a prince. Twenty-four hundred.
and all in two nights, 4 steady stream
| of gold into the pockets of men whom
he could have cheated with consum-
mate ease, and didn't. A fine wolf'
whose predatory instincts were still
riveted to that obsolete thing called
conscience!
Conscience? Rot! Let US Tor
once be frank and write it down as
caution. as fear Of publicity. anything
but the white guardian-angei of the
immortality of the soul. Heap up the
gold, Apollyon; heap 1t up, higher and
higher, till not a squeak of that still
small voice that once awoke the chap
in the Old Testament can ever again
be heard. Now, no retrospectlon,
Horace; no more analysis; the vital
question SINNERS down to this: II
Percival Algernon balks, how far will
four sovereigns go?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20

ing been SO misunderstood. Your
room is 208." Z
will you have a boy show me the
way?"
:" shall myself attend to that. II
the room Is not what you wish It
may be exchanged"
"The room Is the n / telegraphed
for. l am superstitious to a degree.
On three boats l have had fine state
rooms numbered 20S. Twice the num-
Der Of my hotel room has been the
same. On the last voyage there were
20S passengers, and the captain had
made 208 voyages on the Mediterra-
mean"
quite a coincident."
"Ah. II roulette could be played with
such a certainty"
Mr.. Ryanne sighed, hitched up his
bundle, which, being heavy, was begin
ming to wear upon his arm, and signi-
fled to the manager to lead the way.
AS they vanished round the corner
to the lift. the head-porter studied the
guest-list. He had looked over 1t a
dozen times that day, but this was the
first instance Of his being really in
terested in 1t. AS his chin was fresh
ly shaven he had no stubble to stroke
to excite his mental processes; SO
he fell back. as we say, upon the con-
soling ends of his abundant mus
tache. Curious; but all these persons
were occupying or about to occupy
adjacent rooms. There was truly
nothing mysterious about 1t, save that
the stranger had picked out these very
names as a target for his banter. For
tune C~hedsoye; It was rather an un-
usual name; but as she had arrived
only an hour or so before, he could
not distinctly recall her features. And
then, there was that word bucolic.
He mentally turned 1t over and over
as physically he was wont to do with
postcards left in his care to mail.
He could make nothing Of the word,
except that 1t smacked Of the East
Indian plague. IL
Here he was saved from further
cerebral agony by a timely Interrupt
ton. A man, who was not of bucolic
persuasion either In dress or speech,
urban from The tips of his bleached
fingers to the bulb Of his bibulous
nose, leaned across the counter and
". -ENH-
asked II Mr.. Horace Ryanne had yet
arrived. Yes. he had Just arrived; he
was even now on his way to his room.
The urban gentleman nodded. Then,
with a finger slim and well-trimmed,
he trailed up and down the guest-list.
"Ha! l see that you have the Duke
OF What-d'-ye-call from Germany here.
I'll give you my card. Send 1t up to
Mr.. Ryanne. No hurry. I shall be In
again after dinner"
He hustled OF toward the door.
He was pursy, well-fed, and decently
dressed, the sort OF o man who. when
he moved in any direction, created the
impression that he had an important
engagement somewhere else OF vas
pairing minutes from timetables. For
q man in his business it was a clever
expedient, deceiving all but those who
knew him. He hesitated at the door.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20
CHAPTER Ill.
The Holy Yhiordes.

George drank his burgundy perfume
torily. Had it been astringent as the
native wine of Corsica, he would not
have noticed it. The little nerves
that ran from his tongue to his brain
had temporarily lost the power of com
munication. And all because of the
girl across the way. He couldn't keep
his eyes from wandering in her di-
rection. She faced him ~diagonally,
She ate but little, and when the elder
ly gentleman poured out for her a
glass of sauterne, she motioned 1t
aside, rested her chin upon her fold
ed hands, and stared not at but
through her v~is.a-vis.
1t was a lovely head, topped with
coils of lustrous, light brown hair;
an oval face, of white and rose and
ivory tones; scarlet lips, a small, reg
ular nose, and a chin the soft round
ness of which hid the resolute lift to
it. To these attributes Of loneliness
was added a perfect form, the long,
flowing curves of youth, not the abrupt
contours of maturity. George couldn't
recollect when he had been SO i'm
pressed by a face. From the moment
she had stepped down from the car
rage. his interest had been drawn,
and had grown to such dimensions
that when he entered the d~ining-room
his glance Immediately searched for
her table. What luck in finding her
across the way! He questioned II he
had ever seer her before. There was
something familiar; the delicate pro-
file stirred some sleeping memory but
did not wake it.
How to meet her, and when he did
meet her, how to interest her? If she
would only drop her handkerchief, her
purse. something to give him an ex-
cause, an opening. All, he was certain
that this time the hydra-headed one
should not overcome him To gain
her attention and to hold it, he would
have faced a lion, a tiger, a wildele-
plant. To diagnose these symptoms
might not be fair to George. Low
at first sight" reads well n sounds
we'll, but we hoary-headed philoso-
pliers know that the phrase is only
poetical license.
Once, and only once, she looked in
his direction. 1t swept over him with
the chill Of a winter wind that he
meant as much to her as a tree, a
fence, a meadow, as seen from the
window Of a speeding railway train.
Rut this observation, transient as it
was. left with him the indelible i'm
preston that her eyes were the sad
dest he had ever seen. Why? Why
should a young and beautiful girl have
ayes like that? 1t could not mean
physical WEAKNESS, else the face
would in some way have expressed it.
The elderly man appeared to do his
best to animate her; he was kindly
and courteous and by the gentle way
he laughed at intervals was trying to
bolster up the situation with a jest or
two. The girl never SO much as smiled.
or shrugged her shoulders; she was as
responsive to these overtures as mar
BILE would have been.
(To BE coNTINUED3
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-20
wher. Autos Are Barred.

Prince Edward island bars automo-
biles, not because the can
not afford the machines. but because
Of accidents caused by the reckless
ness of drivers who brought in the
first cars. They caused many run
aways. and a few had tragic endings.
The legislature at once passed a law
barring autos from the island. Some
Of the leading cities have since en-
deavored to have the enactment re-
nealed. but the country influence has
always been strong enough TO over
come all such efforts.