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Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02
FOREIGN NEWS.

The ominous friendship existing be-
tween Mexico and Japan today, and
the equally alarming i'll feeling be-
tween Mexico and the United States
that finds it's proofs in daily reports
|of atrocities committed upon Amerl-
leans, is on it's face evidence that IN
1.-THE event of a Japanese-Amerlcan con-
)Aict the United States would be har-
assed by the foe at it's Rio Grande
door, for Mexico hates Americans ana
loves the Japanese.
The Monroe doctrine promulgated
the pledge Of the United States TO
forever repel the colonization OF any
part of the American continent by a
foreign nation.
The spirit Of the Monroe doctrine
demands Mexican intervention, for IN
|teryention means the destruction OF
the bonds Of friendship of Mexican
creation existing between Mexico and
{ our neighbor and Japan and ou1
' treacherous foe.
| These bonds cannot weaken VIII
age. An infant peril is weaker tnal
i an aged and giant danger.
q This friendship precedes and her
aids the moral subjugation of Mexic'
by Japan.
The task of preventing this subju
cation once it has gained ground WI
d be a harder one than the destructlo
" Of these himsy cords which only II
teryention can most certainly destro.
:. The United States must impress Me-
al leo. if not with a love OF America
ID Ideals, at least with a fear OF Anne
:. ican power. Intervention is the on
is method of impressing this.
al Who believes that the demonstr
~ ton that attended the entry OF tt
he Japanese minister and the peril
w. which Americans live in Mexico cou
mean Mexican love for America
ed Mexican hate of Japan. That de-
,te onstration was allowed though t
government for political purpos
,ed strenuously advised against it. Tho
on ~cruelties have been practiced up
.ly Americans, though that same COVE
ment for the same reasons cautlor
.tu- silence.
no. Does craftsmanship in pract
err mean that we should wait until
FIVE foes have their hands on u thro
ire and our guns worthless before
ken attempt to defend ourselves?
,nds Is helplessness the object OF
.ath statesmen? Must we stand still w
ars the yellow army mobilizes on
,ror. Mexican frontier and prepares to
the us and find us unprepared to def
.ries ourselves?
be Must we have peace, even tho
peo- the price of peace be the destruc
most Of a government the richest and !
Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02

three tried to crowd in he rushea up
to the tree and seized it, ate 1t up anu
then laid down in the shade and Went
to sleep. This dog could not reason
that there were still two rabbits IN
the hollow, and that he could make
another catch very easily. One RAD
bit a day was all that he ever ugn
One day when the old dog had ruI
two rabbits in the hollow n a
gone back to hunt the third pulled
the two rabbits out Of the hole ane
made way with theN. The dog was
dumDfounded when be ran the third
rabbit in and foun that it was Sc
curely hidden. He snawed at the ho'e
for several hours, asbd finally gave up
in despair. And tie strangest tnlng
Of all was, it spoiled his trick foS
good; he could never count three
again.
have seen a good many intelligent
dogs. but the smartest dog ! eve-
knew was a pointer bitch which we
owned several years ago. This dog
was not only intelligent, but she hao
q mother instinct that was almost
! human. Her first litter OF pups were
I mongrels. Now everybody who KNOWS
ANYTHING at all about dogs knows tnae
u cold-blooded pointer is the most
n worthless dog in the world. All n
is fit for is to kill chickens and break
= up partridge nests.
l When the pups were ony a lew
/ hours old we took them way on on q
t branch and killed them with a SUCK
e But. it was not long until we found ou1
that we had made a great mistake
er The next morning when / went to the
Or kennel / found the mother with all O
IL the dead puppies Rugged close up u
~ her breast. We took the puppies tneI
ce and burned them, but that did not EN-
II. The next morning the mothe
lie came whining to the house. and in ne
SO mouth was the stick that had sial
her babies.
or We burned the stick up also, D'
that was not the end. The Droke'
'ue hearted dog went out and found
me little, muddy, half-starved kitten 81
Fed took it to her kennel and
ny. and raised it. When we went 70 =
field to work thu, dog went too, anu
md her mouth she carried the Kitten al
as when she camehome she brought :,
IN kitten back with her. They were J.
hest Of friends Tor a long time, but =
TED cat was q Tommy and when
i'm. reached the full age Of maturity
ID ! heard TIM call Of the Wild and wa
to dered All into the world, as all 70
ked cats lars accustomed to do.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02
SYSTEMS OF Eu-
ROPEAN FARMERS
GERMAN JOINT STOCK MORTGAGE BANK

The American Commission on AZ
ricultural Cooperation has left Ger
many for French soil, ending It's
months study of the agricultural cred
it and cooperative systems OF inc
Empire.
The most important type Of lrstl-
tuition studied by the commission our
inp the last days Of the German trip
was the Joint Stock Mortgage Bank.
THESE institutions are purely private
banks operated to make a profit. They
are. however, operated strictly under
the control Of the government. II the
operations Of the banks extends 70
more than one province the control is
exercised by the imperial government
.|If all Of the loans granted by the
banks are in a single province the
government Of the province. CORE
spending to a state government OF the
limited States, ~supervises the work OF
, 1.-THE bank.
Operations Of the joint stock mort
gage bank are similar in the method
of issuing land bonds and Of granting
t mortgage loans to the cooperative
land banks. The joint stock banks
9 are permitted to receive a small
s amount Of deposits, but most OF their
money is secured through sale OF land
bonds and not from, deposits, as is
1.-The case with commercial banks OF
t, America. This is the principal dlf-
"a ference between the European a
At hank and the ordinary commercial
bank. Money loaned by a bank on
III mortgage security cannot be recov-
IN cred quickly. When a bank receives
ed it's money through deposits it must
n. keep it in such form that it a quick
Id |ly recall it, for the deposltors
may ask for their money at any time
alFor this reason the American ma
an tional banks are prohibited from loan
id. ing money on mortgages. The Euro
no pean banks secure their money e
he make mortgage loans through the sale
he of bonds. Buyers Of the bonds can
as. not demand their money back. There
fore, it is safe to loan the money re
The ceived from bond sales on mortgages
md In America bonds fear a fixed dat
ard Of maturity-that is, there is writte'
the on the face of the bond the date whe1
Ind the money for the bond will be re
pok paid to the buyer. However, in Eu
hat rope it is the practice to issue bond
ugh Ito run for an indefinite period. Thi
had is done by all. mortgage banks. Whe
!; as the farmers make installment pa!
He |ments on the principal Of the loan
lust the bank uses this money to buy bae
into Its bonds. The bonds are retired I
z a lot, but generally it is stated on Il
{ to bond that it cannot be recalled
1ber the bank within ten years, or son
,ack other fixed period, from date OF issu
Concluded on Page 4. Column IL
temg rZ 1900
Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02
LATEST NEWS.
STATE, NATIONAL AND FOREIGN
STATE NEWS.

The wells fdISo uAPA
lake Charles was robbed last Novem-
her. The amount stolen was accur-
atelv s21,44e. A company driver, II
old at the time OF the tou-
berry, and now just past his eighteenth
wear, confesses to having stolen sne
kew to the money o from MS
brothers. pocket while his brother
was asleep one night, and then nav,
ing hurried to the depot and secured
the money, handing it over to one a.
E. Amy, his brother-in-law, at tna'
time a brakeman on the Southern "a
cifc Railroad, now keeper of a gar
age in Eunice. The boy, Herscnel
pierce. confessed and told the OIL.
GERS where they could find $500 Oh
the stolen money buried in the back
ward of Pierce's home.
The boy and the man were no.ice-
ably richer after the robbery tnah
before. The suddenness Of the pros
perity could not be accounted 1or' as
the boy continued as driver, ana no
legitimate reason for rich appear
ances Of the two men was o~DtaihaDie'
The close surveillance Of the ponce
unearthed enough evidence to justify
the arrest of Amy. Amy Implicated
Pierce, and Pierce was arrested, anu
confessed. They were tried hastily
but Justify. Pierce was given ten
years in the p~enitentiary,' and Amy
two years as an accomplish.
Bruner and Halligan were glvef
sixty days in prison and fined $2ol
each fifteen days additional if they
do not pay their fine. They entered
a plea of guilty, seeing that the!
could produce no testimony to prov
their libelous statements against VI
Dodson. They were granted a re
spite. and used this to try to secur
nardons from Governor Hall. In
Governor refused to interfere. Brr
ner may be the butt of removs
proceedings to be instituted by y
Dodson's friends. Everybody's gla'
and the decision was popular, ais
strictly just.
Governor Hall has sued the Dan
States, an evening newspaper OF Ne
Orleans, Robert Ewing, Democrat
national committeeman and publisn'
Of the States, and ]. Walker nos
managing editor OF the papel, =
100000, alleging libel, and accor
panying his petition for damages WI
extracts from the news and EDITOR
columns of the States on the suDle
Of the Tensas land deal made by 7
Tensas Levee Board a decade az
Then the Levee Board sold land NJ
valued at over 100000 to a la
for an incredibly small su
This sale was made possible by 7
land company paying men OF
L,eyee Board cash money and SUI
in the land corporation. Attorr
General Pleasant some while back
stituted suit to regain the land
the state. In the meantime the lie
Board, the States alleges, comp
missed with the land company
100000, despite the attorney ger
ais contrary advice, but with
sancsion Of Governor Hall, so $
the States.
The land is worth over $l,OOo''
and was worth that large amo
when the 100000 compromise
consummated. Upon the States
eral stories of this compromise,
ernor Hall bases his suit for q
ages.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02

ing ears. When Old Spot got to where
Il was standing he stopped and sat
down on his hunkers and looked up II.
to nv face as if to say, Why on earth
didn't you shoot? l would have given
my best horse If / could have explained
it to him, but / couldn't make him un'
derstand, and from that day on, OLD
spot would never run another bear"
IT'S not often that a dog learns a
trick Of his own, but / once knew an
old black-mouthed cur dog that did
!, This dog belonged to a negro who
worked a farm joining my own. Tn
/ cur always followed the negro to TN
field and chased rabbits while his mas
3 ter worked, or slept, as the case mign
he. There was a hollow tree on tn
fence-row which divided our fields, an
d naturally every rabbit that was har
messed made for that tree. But Tn
hollow in the tree was not deep, an
It that old cur had learned that 1t TOO
i. Just three rabbits to fill it, and tns
i the third one could not get far enoue
d in to save himself. This dog IA
n Learned to count three rabbits just {
n. good as any man coud have done. I
10 would have run the first rabbit ju
far enough to see that 1t went IN
at the hollow, and without wasting
NJ moments time he would go back
ng hunt for number two. When NUMB
an two was safely "jugged" he went pa
for number three, and when NUM-
Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-02

/ VAANO In way E@Is&HN4f
In the health Of many homes.
aWhy, just persuading some people
to get rid Of flies works wonders"
Janet said. "For one thing, they have
to be clean, and If people are really
clean, they can do almost anything
In her work among the poorer peo'
pie, Janet found out that the sister
hood Of all the women of our country
is part Of the abe Of patriotism.
"You don't need to be bound by the
bylaws Of any society, Janet sald'
ito know what united interest means
and this interest will grow In you just
as fast as you learn to sympatnlze
i with some one besides yourself. DOM
be a stickler. Go wherever you SCI
need or distress; you won't rub on
/ taught Janet to steer clear Of clubs
and organizations that didn't stand TO
something worth while. She soon un
i derstood that no patriotic girl eve
e lets 'big I" come to the front IN ne
pubic interests. Now, Janet doesn
1t belong to any organization Just tina
" she may be known as q member, an
% she doesn't work to get a halo OF pc
,e scnal glory about her own head. 81
has never joined anything that 81
ID wasn't honestly interested IN.
/ saw to it that the lessons OF o.
Jag meant something to Janet. 81
no did something with her knowled'
,e. that the stripes signify the tie tn
op binds us not only as states. but IS
de .dividuals to our country; that t
tripes Of white stand for purity a
I'd. innocence; the stripes Of red, defian
ut. to cruelty and tyranny; that the bl
lie. Of our Dag Is the emblem OF persev
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
More InfOrmation Wanted.

The Reformer's opinion of the report
of Governor Fletcher's special commits
sion to investigate the Vermont tele
phone situation is shared by at least
one other state newspaper. In discuss
ing the situation, the ST. Adams Messen-
ger says: Presumably the special coun-
sci found things that were not as they
ought to be, else they would not GO so
far as they did But did they have the
time and the information necessary to
come to the conclusions at which they
arrived? A feeling that perhaps these
men were hasty forces itself on one, and,
with the lack of information which they
admit, it hardly seems probable they
have data enough on which to base
recommendation suggesting specific rates
for the various kinds of services rem
dered by the telephone companies. In
other words, the report of the special
committee is not all-satisfying It does
answer the purpose OF raising certain
direct issues, but, out of fairness to the
involved, it does not seem
that the report is sufficient on which to
base sweeping orders. There is little
that it ought to be supplement-
ed by more information.-Bra
Reformer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
What City Children Lack.

That the home and especially the
city home, is in grave danger is the
contention of Margaret Woodward in
a strong article in the August issue of
Suburban Life-The Countryside Mag
azine. In discussing the home life of
the average city child she says:
There is little home companionship
for the city bred child. Fathers bust
ness calls him downtown daily. With
the tightening of manual labor. mother
finds time to engage in social. char
liable, and literary work outside her
home. Oftentimes her children and her
home become objects of secondary inn
portance. The younger children are
left in charge of irresponsible nurse
girls and the older ones never expect
to find either parent when they come
home from school A loss of sympathy
grows out of this loss of companion
ship. The children select their friends
and eonfdants outside the home circle
Both parents are usually out evenings.
Being members of clubs, their time is
largely divided between these tunc-
tons and theatre parties
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
what Moving Pictures Are Popular.

In the August American Magazine,
in the departemnt called THE Interpre-
ter's House" appears an interesting ac-
count of a recent investigation of the
moving picture business made in Cleve-
land, Ohio:
"The Cleveland commission made a
careful study TO find out how the aver
age patron, especially children, interprts
the picture ordinarily calld unobjec-
tionable, the kind of ideals that various
pictures set up in the average mind !;
especially whether children grasp the
naming of pictures intended to teach
good lessons, but which necessarily in
clude some element of the bad side of
life--like the Trials of the Western
Settler, for instance, with its Indians,
shooting abductions, etc, or the Heroic
Engineer with its train wreckers, tense
dramatic moments and finale of villainy
foiled
"The Cleveland methods were very
interesting. They got one thousand six
hundred essays written by children in
six different schools on themes like The
Motion Picture / Like Best. The chill
dren did not know what the essays
were intended for, and gave very honest
and candid expressions of opinion. The
principal choice in pictures is classified
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
McADOo FIRM ON TwoS.
He Says No Additional Margin Will Be
Required

Washington, Aug. Friends of the
administration currency bill are standing
pat with Secretary of the Treasury Me-
Adoo on the secretary's criticism of New
York bankers whom he suspects of hav-
ing tried to manipulate the prices of
two per cent. bonds. The secretary has
been swamped with letters and kilograms
since issuing his statement but probably
will not make a reply He reiterated
yesterday his firm purpose to call for no
additional margins on the two per cents,
as he believes they are and will be worth
their face value under any circumstances.
The authors OF the currency bill are
much irritated by the attitude of the
bankers toward the two per cent. bonds.
IL is pointed out that the original Glass
bill contained no provision for the two
per cents but left them enjoying all
the privileges they enjoy now. A com
mttee of the American Bankers asso-
citation called at the White House and
as consequence an amendment provid.
ing for the refunding of the two per
cents into three was incorporated into
the bill in exactly the language desired
by the bankers. IL has been a funda-
mental principle of the treasury depart
ment that the principal of the bonds
should not be returned to their banker
owners as long as the bonds enjoyed the
circulation privilege and the government
was paying interest on them Now, it
is asserted by the friends of the bill,
the government has gone step further
toward safeguarding the value of the
bond and has provided not only that they
may be taken up in certain amounts any
time within the next twenty years but
that at the end of twenty years the
government will redeem them with cash.
1t is believed by the administration that
not only have the bonds not suffered
in the Glass Owens bill, but that they
have been placed in even a stronger
position than they were before.
Representative Neeley of Kansas, Dem
oeratic member of the House banking
committee, expects to introduce to-day
a resolution for an investigation of Sec
rotary McAdoo's charge that New York
banks are depressing government per
cent bonds to create sentiment against
the currency bill. Representative Neel-
ey was also considering incorporating
a proposal for an investigation of the
failure of the First-Second National
Bank of Pittsburg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
Is the Sanderson & Porter Version OF
Trolley Purchase.

New York, Aug, l.--Sanderson Por
ter's version of their purchase Of the
western Massachusetts, trolley lines, diff
fers in some details from that announced
in Boston yesterday.
According to the purchasers, the lines
were secured by buying controlling in
terest of common stock OF the Invest.
ment & Security Co. from individuals
and not from the New Haven road. The
identity of these individuals, Sanderson
& Porter declined to reveal.
The firm also asserted that there was
no understanding regarding the release
of the New Haven of its guarantees OF
interest and dividends on the notes and
preferred stock. As Sanderson & Por.
ter view the purchase, these guarantees
viii remain effective, although the CON
troll of the lines passes from the New
Ravens hands.
The stock was purchased as an invest.
mcnt, the firm asserts, and it is the in
tention of the new owners TO operate
the properties. In due time, the firm an
nounced new directors will be elected
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
Physical Valuation of Rail
roads Will Require Seven
Years Work
SPECIAL FORCE
WILL BE EMPLOYED
Appropriation of 81, 100000
to Begin With-Cost
Per Mile

Washington, Aug. Physical valua-
ton of the railroads of the United
States by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission will take from five to seven
years by a specially organized corps of
men, and will cost the government from
Sl0000000 TO $l5000,0o0 or more, ae-
cording to plans OF the commission pre-
scented TO the house committee on appro-
priatins. The commission has asked for
an immediate appropriation of $780,
600 for the organization of the corps of
engineers necessary to undertake the
work
Commissioners Clement and Prouty
and Secretary George B. MeGinty of the
commission have told the house sub
committee that carefully worked out
estimate places the cost OF the field
work at 81 ,92l 900 year throughout
the period The plan presented by Mr..
McGinty contemplated the division of
the country into five districts containing
approximately $4,000 miles OF railroad
each
Mr. McGinty explained to the commit
tee that the estimated cost per year Of
each of these district organizations, with
their groups of field squads, would be
about $34s, 800, or total per year for
the five districts OF nearly S2000000. In
to this he estimated that the
feature of the work would
cost about S350,000 year, and that the
maintenance of valuation office in
Washington would cost probably $780,
600 a year.
Although the committee was skepti
cal, MIR. McGinty was confident that the
would be able to get the
field force organized through the civil
service commission by the first of next
year, to take care OF the first years
work, II was for this purpose. he said,
that the commission needed 81 100000,
Mr.. McGinty mentioned cases where it |
cost from So TO SIS a mile to ascertain |
the value of railroads. In all of these |
eases only the reproduction value of the |
road was aseertainable," he continued, |
whereas we are required to ascertain |
the reproduction value the deprecated |
value and, in addition, to work out the
history &C the roads and ascertain the |
amount OF money invested in their /
original construction. The total cost to
.he government probably viii exceed $50 |
! mile or 3 total cost of from Sl0,000,000 |
o Sl5,000,000, but OF course this is only |
| guess"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
Discrimination Starts
a Wrangle at the Senate
Hearing
NOT A TRIAL
SAYS CHAIRMAN
Reed Sustains Lobbyist
Against Lawyers
Questions

Washington, Aug. L. Martin M. Null.
halls cross examination by the attor-
neys for the Manufacturers association,
before the lobby committee yesterday
opened up with a lively row between
Senator Reed and Robert McCarter, at
torney for that manufacturer. Mr.. Nc
carter insisted on asking questions him
self; Senator Reed insisted that all
questions should go through the com
mttee. Chairman Overman ruled with
Senator Reed.
The reported attempts to sell the Null
hall letters to various newspapers and
magazines were taken up and Mulhall
said that the statement that one Sam
uel H. Springer had tried to sell them
to two Philadelphia papers was vicious
lie. He said that he finally agreed with
his agent Richard Barry to sell them
to the New York World for $4,000,
Mulhall saying that he would be con-
tent with $4,000. He said he had never
paid Barry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-01
BLOOD OF FIVE
FAILED TO SAVE
Transfusions From Father, Brother,
Wife, Cousin and Chum Did Not
Revive X. Middleton

New York, Aug. Five offerings Of
blood by his father, brother, wife. cousin
and college mate, failed to save the life
of Knightbourne Middleton who died
yesterday afternoon.
For ten days he had been at deaths
door with apastc an@mia, or poverty
of blood, which frequent transfusions
failed to appease.
Middleton was stricken while on his
wedding trip two months ago.
His bride gave IL per cent. of her
blood and his mother wanted to add
quantity to that already sacrificed but
the physicians forbade.