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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-09-18
Market Report.

Kansas City Stock Yards, Sept. 18th,
1913 Cattle received here last week
were $4,000, and 5000 calves. The mar
ket WAS 20 to 80 higher ON the various
grades, with the single exception of
heavy fed steers, which lost 10 to IL
cents. A bad cattle market at Chi
cago last week failed to depress any
thing here except the heavy steers,
The drop in receipts was aided in price
boosting 10y rains over the dry sections
during the week. Receipts here today
are 23JOO head, exceeding the estimates
somewhat, but the market is stronger
on everything, some sales Is higher.
Native fed yearlings sold at 1925 to-
day, which is equal To the extreme top
paid in Chicago last week, and Il load
of 1855 pound natives sold at 800.
Good Kansas pasture steers are scarce,
and sell up to $50, bulk at 50 70 TO
$50. Sixty cars quarantine cattle
! came in today, market stronger, 40 to
80 cents higher than week ago good
grass steers at 1915 and common East
Texas and Louisiana steers, grazed in
Oklahoma, at $3.50 TO 50 u.s. Stock
steers aad. feeders are 10 to Is higher
today, some Panhandle y ar'ings top
| ping the sIocker market AZ 81 80. other
stock steers ranging from 50 81 tu 81 so
feeders at $500 to s. 90. Supply esti-
mates ahead point 10 reduced receipts
OF cattle from every section, compared
with last year, with the possible ex-
ception of the Panhandle country
Kansas and Oklahoma have run so per
cent of their marketable cattle. and
will not swell September and October
receipts as is the usual custom, The
quarantine territory is also about done,
and the market is in the hands of the
rangemen, The corn states are still
ravenous for cattle, many bare spots
remaining, and packers are finding a
GOOD outlet for beef, which makes fall
markets look attractive. Hogs re.
ceiyed here last week $4,000 head, mar
ket satisfactory till Thursday, when
there was a big drop. Prices held
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-09-18
lngersol's Denunciation Of
Alcohol.

am aware that there is prejudice
against any man who manufactures
alcohol. believe that from the time
it issues from the coiled and poisonous
worms in the distillery until it enpties
into the jaws Of death, dishonor and
crime, it demoraliZes everybody that
touches il, from its source TO where it
ends. do not believe anybody can
contemplate the object without being
prejudiced against the liquor crime
All we have to do, gentlemen, is to
think of the wrecks on either bank of
the stream Of death, of the suicides, of
the insanity, of the ignorance, of the
destitution, Of the little children tug
ging at the faded and withered breast
of weeping and despairing mothers, OF
wives asking for bread, of the men of
genius it has wrecked, the men strug.
Cling with imaginary serpcnts, pro-
duced by this devlish thing; and when
you think of the iails, of the aims
houses, of the asylums, of the prisons
of the scatTods upon either bank, dc
not wonder that every thoughtful man
j. preiudiccd against this damned stuff
called alcohol. intemperance cuti
down youth in its vigor, manhood il
its strength, old age in its weakness
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-09-18

steady thereafter till end of the week,
and the sales today are 10 TO 10 higher.
Top today is S. 60, where three or four
loads sold bulk OF sales s. 90 to As go.
Order buyers bought 1000 hogs here
last week, for shipment to various
killers in the East, their largest buy
ing this fall They were active to-
day, paying $S.35 to $500 for the pick
of the hogs. packers taking the remain
der at $500 to IS 40. Sheep and lambs
sold 10 to 10 higher last half OF last
week except feeding lambs, which
declined 10 tu % cents. The market
ls steady on feeders today, about 10
lower on killing lambs, receipts 1900.
Practically all the Utah lambs here
today sold at 81 10 to 81 80, ewes 1915
to So S5. Native lambs lack quality
and sell around SO So, native ewes up
to Si.25, yearlings 1925.
j. A RICEART.
Market Correspondent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
DAM LAKE ERIE
Raise It's Level Three Feet and Make
Ships 1000 Tons Bigger.
May .. 1913.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: About the only joint undertaking
in our Canadian relations concerning the
international waters and the betterment
OF them which has not yet been accom-
plished is the construction of regulation
works, I'm the form Of "A weir dam at the
foot of Lake Erie. or on the Niagara
River. for storing the waters and rails
ing the level OF that lake three feet and
Of the Detroit River and Lakes St Clair
and Huron one foot. As each foot will
make a difference Of over a 900 tons ca
pacty In the class of vessels now used
the Importance of the work is evident
This structure should have In it gate
sluices by which absolute control would
be assured. so that in times of low water
the supply below might be increased from
these enormous reservoirs. and there
would be better channels around Niagara
and in Lake Ontario and the st. Law
renee.
1t would also insure the other public
interest In the scenic effect OF the falls,
with a sufflciency OF volume. and beyond
that would allow without injury In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
The Schurz Memorial.

The Carl Schurz monument, unveiled yesterday
in Riverside Drive. is more than monument
to Scburz as an individual. 1t is rather memo
rial to the spirit and influences in American life
of which he was an illustrious exempar
Schurzs career and services typifed those of tens
Of thousands of his German countrymen who
brought to the United States in the critical period
just before the Civil War their high enthusiasm for
freedom and progress and who. with their Unborn
hatred for slavery helped materially to strengthen
the North in its struggle against the slave system
and secession.
The German immigration following the revolu-
ton of 1S4S did much to make Missouri Wisconsin.
Iowa and Michigan free soil states. Reinforced by
the larger immigration since the war. il has brought
into American life generally the civilizng ideas and
habits of the German people-their respect for edu-
cation and labor. their adherence of oppression,
their love Of music and the other arts and their
marked taste for social activities and social pleas
ures.
In war. politics and as leader OF thought
Mr.. Schurz was perhaps the most distinguished OF
German americans But in honoring hIn the coun-
try also honors the tens of thousands Of his COM
patriots whose services were of the same character
as his and recognizes its debt TO all those who
have helped TO give potency here to the genial
fruitful ard eevating manifestations Of the trad-
tiona Gernanic spirit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
CITY HELPS to Perfect Babyhood.

Where few days ago only one perfect baby bios
somed-perfec that is. according to the cold scale
of weights and measures established by the physi-
cians-now a whole crop has sprung up. II is safe to
assume that baby contests in other sections of the
city than the lower East Side would produce many
other specimens OF infantie perfection, since as
suredly the baby born there has more to contend
with in adverse surroundings than the child of any
other quarter save perhaps Harlem's Little Italy.
The baby contests are doing great work for fut-
ure generations. Incidentally, they speak a good
word for New York City, with its milk stations its
medical clinics its bureaus Of advice and help for
mothers IN the sections where they are needed most
These contests furnish practical proof that city baby
hood even that Of the tenements need be at no dis
advantage as compared with country babyhood, even
though the city child must envy the scenery ana
play space which the country child enjoys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
THE ANTI-MENINGITIS SERUM
DR.. Flexner S Statistics of It's Value
Are Questioned.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In The Tribune OF May 3 appeared
an article entitled Serum Curbs Menin-
gifts" i'm which il was said that. accord
ing to Or. Flexner. in THE Journal OF
Experimental Medicine" for May. 1913. the
ant-meningits serum has demonstrated
its ability to Ieduce greatly the death
rate" from cerebro-s spinal meningitis. 1t
was also said that ''thc opinion of Or.
FIexner is based on tests made in / 800
cases" during the last six years I'm Amer
lea Europe. Asia and Australia, the death
rate of which was 800 per cent.
II was reported TO nave been DR. Fiex-
ners opinion on March 10. 1918. that the
death rate had fallen to Is per cent. How
ever. DR.. Flexner's opinion differs widely
from government, state and city official
statistics. For example. in Chicago there
was reported (see u. $. Weekly Public
Health Reports from January "A, l9l3 to
and including May 3D. from the week
ending January 4. 1913. to the week ending
April ~, 10 cases and II deaths, case
fatality of So per cent: st. Louis 10
cases. IL deaths. case fatality so per cent.
Boston Il cases, 10 deaths, case fatality
So per cent; Philadelphia 3 cases. 3
deaths. case fatality 100 per cent. In the
State of New York. according to the
monthly bulletin OF the New York State
Department of Health for January, 1913,
there were In the state in 1912 1913 cases
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
Other Coastwise Trade at Panama.

The latest suggestion concerning coaStWlse traue
at Panama may be quite method of set
Ting our controversy with England but it is Ger
tainy not new as a general principle. year ago
il was repeatedly pointed out i'm these columns
that II our own coastNsc trade exempted from
tolls on the ground that it was non-competitive
there would be logical demand for the granting
of like exemption TO the other American states
which had frontages on both oceans and some OF
whose domestic commerce might thus go through
the canal. The states thus situated are Canada
Mexico. Guatemala Honduras. Nicaragua Costa
Rica Panama and Colombia
If such rule were adopted ii would he ncces-
Sary TO define the terms explicitly. so as to have
a clear understanding Of the meaning of domestic
commerce. and 'coastwisc trade If those terms
were extended to include commerce between New
York and the Philippines they might also be re-
oured to cover that between Halifax and Australia
or even between Great Britain and her Pacihc colo
mics If they were restricted TO American CONT
mental ports the same restrictions could Of course
be imposed upon other nations.
Whether such amendment TO the existing law
would be accepted by Great Britain as "A salts
factory settlement Of the controversy is, Of course
open TO question There is, however, a fair posi-
btv of an affirmative answer seeing that this plan
would meet the demands of Canada. and that ii Is
chiefly on Canada's account that Great Britain mas
protested against the proposed discrimination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
The PASSING of "Chuck" ConnOrs.

"Chuck" Connors's death will leave Chinatown
without its best advertised attraction He was able
10 make Chinatown plausible 10 the stunning
party" which had come downtown expecting to see
things queer and mysterious and dark and deSper-
ate Moreover he liked to do it, contributing at once
10 the entertainment Of the outer world, bis own
and Chinatown'S. His philosophy enabled him to
got a glimpse Of himself and his surroundings as the
visitor saw them and at the same time TO enjoy
the visitors as they doubtless never saw themselves
In his heyday Chuck" was known all over the
country and people would flock TO his saloon 10 see
him and hear some Of his marvellous Bowery jareon
and his philosophizngs. That back in the days
when there was still some glamour to the Bowery,
before even the sailors on shore leave had deserted
If for the White Way and the Tenderloin dance
halls. Then Chuck" had prestige. position and
power.
OF late his sun had been shadowed. Though he
didn't look old, he was old. Things weren't the
same Instead Of fighting with fists or blackjacks
the gangs fought with "gats'-heavy pistols which
killed more innocent bystanders than gang members
Curious sightseers Stunned in uptown restaurants
watching the turkey trot' rather than in Chinatown
seeing fake opium joints Even the warning tongs
patched up peace pacts.
Chuck" was a true of the old Bowery, from
his newsboy days to the end. The old Bowery hav-
ing gone it was fitting that CHUCK should not long
survive it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
Don't Get Scared Until the Under.
wood Inquisition Is Really Set Up.

The Hon Oscar W. Underwood seems AMBITIOUS
TO classify himself with Our own JULIUS as d
mighty wand waver in politics New Yorks famous
High Sheriff told several hundred admirers the
other evening that by brandishng his shrievaiN
wand be had helped TO make New York Count!
the centre OF the world in goodness, purity anu
greatness.
Mr. Underwood aspires TO do similar wonders
with the little baton which he brought out anu
fourshed in the House Of Representatives just
before the Wilson Underwood tariff bill was passeu'
He says he is going TO make wicked hepup"ca"
manufacturers testify to the glory OF the Demo
cratic downward revision even though, like Ia
laam. thew speak reluctantly and against their
natural convictions.
The Alabama statesman has warned producers
who NAV think that they are injuriously aHecteu
NV his revision 70 conceal their wounds and put on
smiling countenances If they show their dssaus-
faction by reducing output. cutting wages closins
down their factories or otherwise expressing doupl
Of the allsutfcient wisdom of the new law. he VIII
invite them to face the hot irons, racks and thumo
screws of an inquisition into their treaSonap'e
behavior conducted by black masked emissar1es OF
the Department of Commerce.
Producers who stand to lose money by operating
at full CAPACITY under the reduced tariff rates hau
better pocket their losses with a grin OTHERWISE
they will be piored as unpatrotic and undesirable
citizens
We cannot get as excited over Mr.. under"ood
wand waving as are some of the administrator
strongest supporters observation-disclosures them lhe
New York Times" our former neighbor Warmly
protests that those who critcise the tarh by ether
word or deed should not be roughly subjected 10
the water cure or something worse We arc not
terrified by Mr.. Underwoods harsh words. Ky the
time Sheriff Harburger's big stick work makes New
York "the centre of the world in goodness, purity
and greatness" Mr.. Underwoods will have per
suaded men who are losing money under his law 10
thank him profusely for the opportunity of going on
losing it,
Wand waving is all well enough in its way. nut
il doesn't always produce results.
II can call spirits from the Vastly deep poasteu
Owen Glendower the Underwood Hamburger OF
his period in Welsh history. But will they come
when YOU do call for them retorted the skeptlcu
Hotspur.
We shall not believe that all seditious critics VIII
tremble in their shoes and fall TO testifying loudly
TO the inerrancy Of the tariff bill until VIC see
the dreadful Underwood Inquistion really In opera
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
No More Illicit Cocaine Selling.

With the new law restricting possession and sale
Of cocaine which Governor Suzer has just signed in
operation the dope fend' of the Tenderlon and
the Bowery will have his source of supply shut OH
Moreover the Illicit dealer in this drug will find
himself in danger of prison whenever he tries to
peddle it, as be was not in danger formerly.
As result improper of this drug is bound to
become less Certainly it will be impossible for
school children to purchase it from street pedlers.
On the other hand. no proper medical of the
drug will be interfered with.
The Tribune is proud of the fact that it was in
strumenta In helping to bring about the enactment
Of the new law 1t feels that it has been an agency
for the protection of the community through the dis
couragement Of a demoralizing and sOulleSs traffic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
The Strange History of a Famous Letter

1t is a queer turn of fate that brings DE Pro
funds" Oscar Wildes last prose work, written
while in Reading Jail, into debate again. wider
public has read and enjoyed this strange confession
than any other Wilde work. And the whole, strange
truth about its contents will surprise many.
The original manuscript was written on blue
prison paper and handed by Wilde to his literary
executor in 1897 at the time of his release. 1t
did not appear in print however, until several years
after Wilde's death. which occurred in 1900. Only
selected parts of the Ms. then, in fact. pub
lished and il was not until the defntive edition of
1908 that predatory note explained the real cir
cumstances-that the title DE Profundis' was the
invention of the literary executor that the original
was cast in the form Of letter to a friend and
that large portions withheld from the public.
Probably only half dozen persons had seen Inc
complete Ms when in 1910 il carefully sealed
and filed away in the British Museum with the
nroviso that II should not be opened for fifty years
or until January, 1860 There the matter seemed to
he at rest for the present generation.
But few weeks ago court order broke the
seals and made the suppressed passages matter
Of record in a libel action The letter in fact.
written to Lord Alfred Douglas, Of the Mar
ous of Oueensberry. who ins6gated the fateful suit
against Wilde And it was at the instance Of Lord
Alfred Douglas in suit brought against
Arthur Ransome author of oscar Wilde A Crit
cal Study" that the suppressed parts were read.
The revelations are interesting but not exactly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
Able to Pay in Full.

We publish in another column summary of the
repors made business conditions in the West and
Soutb by correspondents of the United States Mort
cage and Trust Company. These reports bear out.
80 fer as the West and South are concerned, The
-5riaunes Judgment that the country has made up its
mind TO the nevtableness of downward tariff re-
vision and has discounted the injury likely to be
done by too deep cuts in the existing duties.
Dissatisfaction with the Wilson Underwood bill is
reported from various points, but the concern ex-
messed is limited to local interests Crop conditions
are reported with only one exception-in San Diego
Ca--as average. good encouraging or excellent and
not single warning is given of unsound financial
conditions Undoubtedly if the tariff barrier was to
be lowered no more favorable time for lowering it
could have been selected since liquidation has been
going on for two or three years and industry and
finance have prudenty shortened sail in anticipation
OF tariff changes.
II 10 fortunate that the nation is far better pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
THOSE YALE KNOCKERS
A Senior Protests That They Have
Been Greatly Exaggerated.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir The remarks in the New York
papers recently about knickerbockers at
Yale have caused slight ripple OF inter-
est here because OF their absurdity. The
galaxy of manly calves pictured I'm your
editorial Of May s has no basis i'm fact.
Morning chapel is attended by the usual
kind Of young men in the usual attire,
and special effort on my part during the
last week has failed TO reveal more than
four or five knickerbockers per morning
among a class OF approximately three
hundred. This occa sional wearing OF
knee breeches may be attributed To golf
players; "knicker club" such as has
been suggested. does not exist. so far as
can ascertain. Ills "A harmless delusion,
however, and if the papers will have "A
"knicker club" at Yale-why. let them
have IT. III. LILLIBRIDGE, Yale, 10.
No. - Vanderbilt Hall, New Haven. May
s. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
An Open Forum for
Public Debate

and $50 deaths, a case fatality u over
per cent. There were IN the state in
January and February. 1915. - cases and
- deaths. case fatality of 96.3 per cent
(see monthly bulletins State Department
Of Health for February and March, and
in New York City for February and
March IS cases and So deaths. case ia.
letin City Department Of Health for Feb
ruary and March,.
DR.. FleXner says. page 56i journal Of
Experimental Medicine" May 1913 that
those persons dying within twenty-four
hours after the injection Of serum were
not included" in his list. Or. S. P. Kra-
mer. surgeon to the Cincinnati Hospital.
when describing I'm THE Journal Of the
American Medical Association" for May
3. 1918. the deaths Of six children "a lev
minutes after the injection" of the FleX-
ner serum, says: I'm tho United States
Public Health Reports January y, az
DR.. ". n Frost has described similar
deaths following the injection OF anti
meningitis serum. Ir The Journal Tor
March I. 1913. Or. Arthur II. Parmeles
has reported ten cases OF respiratory fall
ure. \ letter from DR.. Parmelee states
that respiratory failure in all these cases
came on within fifteen minutes after the
administrator of serum.
Indeed. so common has this catastro|
phe become that in A circular issued BY
tho New York Department Of Health Of
rections are given as 10 what should Do
done when breathing stops following the
administration OF serum"
s. NJ FARRELL.
No. III East elst street, May ?. 1915.