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ports between enemy states and the states
dependent on them. Result that the COM
motion in the whole banking world would
be quite unexampled. Next, there would
be q run for cash and withdrawal of
deposits from banks that would also tend
to bring about a general failure and
bankruptcy. On the nature and effects
90 q great banking panic there is no need
to enlarge. Apart from the miseries re-
sulting to depositors ard shareholders
who are suddenly impoverished, there is
no more potent cause of widespread
bankruptcy and unemployment 1t is
difficult to realize the magnitude of the
evil 1t may be necessary to deal WITH
and especially the extent of the civil
tumults that may occur. All these tu-
mults would further help to strain credit
to the utmost and intensity the banking
panic itself"
The inadequacy of our gold reserve to
meet such a tremendous crisis appears to
be generally admitted. The figures, of
course, vary somewhat at different times
but as far as one can roughly average
them, 1t appears that the deposits In our
banks (deducting Liabilities of banks to
each other) are in round figures a1,000,-
100000 or more, and the reserves at the
Bank OF England, upon which all the
other banks depend, are only e45 100000
or G50.O00,060, including bullion retained
against the note ISSUE or about or
per cent. This may be, and no doubt
IL, sufficient for times Of peace, sup
ported as 1t is by what Hartley Withers
II. his book on money calls the "Psyoh-
logical Reserve" due to the great repu-
tation Of our bankers as the best bank
ers In the world. But it is impossible to
suppose that it will be sufficient, or
nearly sufficient, to meet a great finan-
cial panic, such as must characterize the
opening of a war between the great MON
etary powers of the triple alliance and
triple entente.
Furthermore, as Sir Robert Siffen puts
Ii, should a great war break out and
business be widely interrupted the de-
mands upon English banks, quite apart
from panic at first, might easily become
overwhelming. and the paltry % or 40
million pounds, or say so million pounds,
which is all we have to show would
dwindle to nothing in a day or two"
Though much has been said nothing
remedial has been done, SO 1t appears
that we must look forward to a finan-
cial panic and a general run upon the
banks as one of the first facts we shall
have to face in event of European war
in which we are involved.
One of the most instructive lessons Of
the Balkan war this year has been the
financial results due to the mere fear
Of its spreading, such as the great hoard
ing on the continent, the business col
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grocery and the crossroads grocery
which were inseparahle from the mus
ter ground and the rural drill, and
their presence meant fistieuff fighte.
gouged eyes. broken noses and dislo-
Gated teeth. There was not the best
feeling toward the "furrener," at any
rate and there was a disposition In this
region especially to provoke him to
difficulty. It Is related that on one
occasion a bully under the sway of
liquor sought a difficulty with one Of
the French, which ended In the French
man being knocked down and jumped
on by the rough mllitialnan. The poor
fellow knew not n Word of English
and he cried in his extremity for
enough" the French word bravo,
which he knew had something to do
with fighting. He repeatedly yelled
bravo" with the hope that someone
would pull off his assailant. but the
assailant interpreted 1t to mean an ex-
preston, of defiance and was brutaily
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ryman. which all laughingly doubted,
when Raoul called to Hurtel, in an
other part of the room. to Join them.
He then asked Hurtel what he eRaou1)
did at Demopolis. lie replied that he
kept a ferry. "And what did the mad
anne do?' asked Raoul. .'Sold ginger
cakes and simmon beer" said ETurtel
all of which was greeted with roars of
laughter.
AS an expression of devotion to his
imperial sovereign, General Desnoettes
built a shanty near his log cabin which
shanty he called his Sanctuary" In
the center of this humble museum stood
a bronze statue OF Napoleon, encircled
by relics of war captured by Desnoettes
swords, pistols, spears, spurs and
saddles=while in graceful folds about
the walls hung the captured banners.
The customs of the people were often
as grotesque as they were pathetic.
After days of struggle and labor, the
evenings would be spent in music and
dancing in the log cabins or else along
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which the French We're reduced, Colonel
Raoul. large. handsome and digniied
cavalry officer in the Napoleonie army,
had to establish ferry on the river to
convey travellers from one side to the
other. While his beautiful queenly wife
sold gingerbread and persmmon beer on
the bank at the ferry. With her delicate
jeweled fingers she would manufacture
these crude refreshments, and with much
grace serve them to the rude pioneers.
Years ,afterward when Roaul had
been restored to the confidence of the
French government and was occupying
lucrative position in Paris, after
serving for some time in the Mex
lean army. he was visited by John
Hurtel, also one of the French colon
lists, but now a prosperous merchant in
Mobile. Intimate and even affectionate
as friends, Colonel Raoul gave a din
ner to his Mobile friend and invited
many of his distin guished Partisan as
sociates. TO a group Raoul was re-
lating his pioneer experiences as fer
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Of our cattle, sheep and pigs we have
about seven months supply, without
the imports
Potatoes: Enough for ordinary CON-
sumption without imports.
Tea: Six months
Coffee: Six months.
Rice, etc: Four months.
Timed provisions: Four or five
months at ordinary consumption.
B--Sugar: -Four or six weeks.
Bacon-Ham Twelve or IA days
Cheese: Six to 10 weeks
Eggs: Seven to 10 days
Butter: Seven to 10 days.
Breadstuffs: About four or five
weeks supply available at our weak
est time the rest being bottled up"
Tor rise and another four or five
weeks would appear when wheat rises
to 7os or sos a quarter.
Oatmeal. barley meal, maize meal:
Another four or five weeks supply as
partial substitute for bread
All sugar. bacon. ham, eggs. butter
and timed meats will disappear during
the first week OF war.
We have 25,o00,000 people, men wom-
en- and children in our cities of whom
30 per cent are in normal poverty, 4.
e., dependent on wages of 23s a week
and under Which works out to a total
or 100000 as low estimate, who have
no margin for further economics and
who will not be able to pay war price
the famine price-of food
In addition there Will be a further
two or three million souls thrown our
OF work wholly or partially by the un-
preventable dislocaNon of oommercs
and industry caused by the war. This
makes total of about 10000, 900 souls
who will not be able to afford the
famine prices and who will, therefore.
be unable to get food. But IL they can
not buy II they win take 1t by force.
Who Is to stop them. for our regular
army VIII be on the continent?
Famine prices will act thus. Tho
first week the very poor will be abba
TO buy food by pawning their belong
ings. So also the second week. BY the
end of the second week many will have
nothing left to pawn and they Will be-
gin to pour on to the rates Accord
ing to the poor law no person ear
legally starve in this country--the
rates are bound to feed him BY the
end of the third week they will begin
to pour into the work house in vast
multitudes demanding food. BY the
fourth week the guardians will find
probably something like 10000, 900 souls
elamoring for their legal poor law re-
lief. Whether eight or ten or twelve
millions does not affect the argument,
Copyright. 1913. by Curtis Brewn.)
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the Gaul. Some of the by
standers properly construed the mean
ing OF the Frenchman from the tone
of his appeal and pulled the ruffian off
In the geographical names of that
rgion---Arcola, Agleville (Eaglevi1le).
Linden (Hohenlinden), and Marengo.
not to mention Demopolis-one finds
the evidence of the past occupation of
the French. During the first year or
two a number of other French came
from France and Joined the colony. but
the object which they had in view fail
ing. that of raising grapes and olives.
the colony gradually crumbled, the EN-
lgrants going in different directions
and in Mobile and New Orleans, rs
elsewhere, may be found the descend
ants of some of these original col
onists. still bearing the names of their
ancestors of almost a century ago.
Long after the occupied domain had
been abandoned there could be seen in
the waXy mud In the region OF De
mopolis the imprints OF the delicate
shoes of those Partisan women.
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NE may easily infer from that
~ already saidabout these peculiar
colonists who settled in the early
|ears of the nineteenth century at the
influence Of the Tombigbee and Black
Warrior rivers must have been strilSingly
|ovel throughout. 1t was an attempt to
|raft an exceptional European civiliza-
Jon with all its traditional peculiarities
|f many centuries into the raw wilder
Tess conditions of western civilization,
nd to preserve intact the customs of the
ay @allic capital of Europe on the prai-
lies of black mud in Alabama. The
pg huts which lined the streets OF primi-
i've Demopolis were made as nearly
'alaces as they well could be, and the
treets themselves were lighted at night,
n imitation of the French capital. 1t
vas play doll performance as pathetic
IS 1t was patriotic and loyal.
The French founded and named De-
nopolis ''the city of the people," seeking
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ONDON, December 27.--(Special.) }
That ever-present bogey, pos
- sible war with Germany, her
greatest European trade competitor,
continues to give England, officially
AMI unoffcially, many sleepless nights.
Exactly what such contest would
mean to the man in the street is graph
ically described by Maj. Stewart I.
Murray. late of the famous Gordon
Highlanders, and one of the most Sc
rious and most respected authorities
or what may be described as the in
ternal economies OF war In the follow
ing article are to be found his really
remarkable forecast of the condition of
Ereat Britain Immediately after the
outbreak of such q war and a desolate
and tragic picture 1t makes. Both In
season and out Major Murray Is urg-
ing upon the government certain ap-
parently simple and obvious precau-
= tions and preventives, but as matters
now stand Great Britain would appear
to be in desperately critical state Of
unpreparedness for the war upon which
she seems continually about to embark.
Major Murray gave his views at the
Royal United Service Institution last
week and subsequently consented to
let your correspondent have them for
publication and they now appear for
the first time, except for a paragraph
or two.
The great and far-reaching political.
naval and military changes which have
Hk place since 1903 compel us to
rerorafEer the whole question of in
tsYnal pre- 9aration in the light of the
actual european situation Of today.
sSme of taose changes are the rapid
Tlso - for5 lgn navies, notably the Ger
man and he comparative decline of
l-1a aHa.U. l,,tt tt,xkt
: of q one power standard for the old
fWo-pcwef standard; the disappearance
~ ths aayV from the trade routes and
So ccreeat alton in home waters; our
ertl into he Triple Entente. with its
frtufaut rrobabilities of all the great
nlorsl9ry lowers being simultaneously
cHedsed Ar war, and of our regular
4 rnlyl hlHs engaged upon the conti-
!, - and erefore unavailable to pre-
III onoef at home; the great rise in
STE iiost el living since 1903, and last
lss me ilse to complete organization
Of fne 'ahor party in Great Britain.
Every factor in the question has been
defpty aft cted by these changes.
- uso lily admitted that owing to
eahefal teusiderations of the balance
q power war between any two great
tiirepeau powers cannot be confined
those 70, but will develop into a
itiict tween the Triple Alliance
ga Irple Entente. That in many
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"O summarize the ocean and all the
sky is task too great for an
u hour, and whoever would cover all
modern literature must take his time to
gather the data and then take the time
of others to tell his findings.
1t would be most interesting for such
leisured person to master all the I'M
portant publications of the past 10 years.
and then to classify them all under the
word tsrendency.' instead of following
the somewhat stupid methods of ortho-
dox librarians. BY that process he would
set some orderly account of the currents
rsw running in thinking and talkative
! Srains. If some member of this intel
lectual circle will kindly undertake the
task, | shall be grateful to speir at the
manuscript.
! But more available way to arrive at
the result. and not less interesting, will
be an inductive study by examining the
tendencies in our actual modern life. 1t
IS to be assumed that there is still some
validity In the doctrine that literature
is reaction from life First deed, then
story. First the age, apd then its mirror.
in art, whether dramatic or other. First
creation, then comment. First heroism
and then song.
We may test that established dietum
once more. For 1t happens that our own
age gets literary expression far more
readily than did any of the great typical
ages of the past. more than did even the
&egustan age, or than the times of Queen
Elizabeth. or than the era of the French
Revolution. We have a thousand capable
observers critics, historians, to their one
So, if literature is an index of life,<we
may foretell what the books will be by
seeing what the age actually is. The
drawback Is the sheer plenitude of writ
ers. SO that though one were gifted as
the cat, with nine lives, he still would
so to speak, have weighty tones tied ito
his neck by tho publishers and be
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TENDENCIES OF RECENT LTTERATURE-By George Eayes

crhe paper of today is rescued from
oblivion partly at the request of the Col
lege Women's club to whom 1t was read
"a week or two ago, the topic being OF
their own choosing. G. Ed
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-18

Would you arrest me if you saw
me wearing such an overcoat
No, sir. I happen TO know
who you are; you're a lawyer"
We'll, whats the difference be-
tween a lawyer and a pick
pocket"
The detective shook his head.
He really didn't know, he NUT
tered.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-18

Two pickpockets were standing
on their trial-notorious thieves,
who had been caught at last red
handed. None the less, they con
trived somehow to put up a good
defense, thanks mainly to the
cleverness of the lawyer whom
they employed.
The detective who had effected
the arrest spent a miserable TWEEN
ty minutes in the witness-box,
contradicting himself repeatedly.
Then what made you suspect
the men?" asked the lawyer.
AS I said before, one of them
was wearing an overcoat with a
slit in the lining, so that he might
operate more easily"
Come, GOMEZ" said the lawyer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-18

The detective shook his head.
He really didn't know, he NUT
tered.
FIRST GIRL PAGE IN MICH
IGAN LEGISLATURE
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 18.-The
first girl page ever appointed to
run errands for Michigan law
makers, and perhaps the first in
the whole U. S., is pretty little
Miss Blanche Fralick, 15-year-old
daughter Of Representative Tom
Fralick Of Manistee.
Blanche is the middle one of
three Fralick girls, and when
Tom introduces them proudly he
says: These are my daughters.
Amt they fine girls?" They are.
Blanche blushed when she was
appointed a. page by Speaker
Currie at the request of her adj
mirers among her fathers law
making associates. But she be-
lieves in woman's suffrage.
l think it will be fine fun, she
says you know, I sat by papa
all through the last session, so 1
know my duties and I'll perform
them well. We women must be
ready to bear some of the burdens
of government if we ever expect
to vote" Then Blanche smiled.
ShezWhat shall we get the
baby for his birthday? He-I
wish we could get him the rest of
his teeth.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-18

She can Sprint" and she can
play outdoor scenes with a gen
uine delight which adds greatly
to the realism of her pictures.
Like so many the popular
moving picture players, she has
an abundance of beautiful hair
and splendid eyes.
Acting is almost second nature
with her because she has been
doing this sort of-work since she
was eight years old. She. has
played in the Little Princess"
rip Van Wrinkle" andwas in the
original cast of Mrs. Wigs of
the Cabbage Patch. y"
The last part she played was
Emma Jane in ''Rebecca of Sun
nybrook Farm"
Edith Storey has heaps of
friends. She thinks being a
movie" favorite is good business.
and a fascinating occupation.
Look for Edith next time you
see a Nitagraph film.
HIS ONE MISTAKE
Two Dickpockets were standing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-17

The governor received the news of
his removal in silence at the execu-
tive mansion, where he had waited all
m orning to hear the result He said
he might make a statement later.
Prior to the vote on his disqualifi-
cation and removal the last four arti-
cles of Impeachment charges five, six,
seven and eight were unanimously
voted out. Court was in session little
more than an hour. 1t was officially
adjourned a minute after 12 o'clock.
Martin H. Glynn of Albany. the act
ing governor, became governor.
Robert F. Wagner of New York, ma
jority leader of the senate, became
lieutenant governor. No official no.
tice of removal was given Sulzer. A
record of the decision of the court
was filed with the secretary of state,
thus complying with all the legal re-
quirements to remove the governor.
Those who voted against the remov-
al of the governor were Senators Nc
Knight, O'Keefe, Peckham, Seeley and
Wheeler, Democrats; Emerson, Hea-
cock, Stivers, Thomas and Whitney,
Republicans; Duhamel, Independence
league and Democrat; Palmer, Re-
publican and Progressive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-17

At their own request Presiding
Judge Cullen and Senator Wende were
excused from voting. Every other
Judge of the court of appeals voted for
removal
Will Make a Statement.
After the proceedings Mr.. Sulzer
would see only a few personal friends.
He sent out word that his promised
statement would be ready this evening.
Friends who were with him when he
received the news of the verdict said
that he appeared to be relieved that
the suspense was over. Mrs. Sulzer.
who has been hysterical at times in the
last week, was also said to have
frightened perceptibly.
Everything at the executive man
sion is in readiness for the Suffers
departure. They will leave Albany
Sunday afternoon not to return. Their
immediate destina ton, it was said,
would be some quiet hotel, probably IN
the Adirondacks, for a few days.
Where they will make their future
home they have not decided, but Mrs.
Sulzer insists that it shall be within
an hours ride of New York
Sulzer is of the opinion that al It
tempt to take the case to the United
States supreme court would be of lit
tie use, and it is doubtful if such pro-
cedure is followed. Attorney Louis
Marshall, however, was reported to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-17
The High Court of Impeach.
menf by Formal Action
CIincheS the Verdict Rendered
in Secret Session.
THE VOTE STANDS 43 TO II
Articles 5, 6, z and s Are Re-
jected Unanimously.
No, Official Notice of Removal
Served on Him.

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 17.-William
Sulzer no longer is governor of the
state of New York.
A few minutes before noon today
the high court of Impeachment by a
vote of 43 to IL removed him from
office. Senator Wende and Judge Gull
len excused themselves from voting.
The vote on the proposition of dis
qualifying Sulzer from ever again
holding a place of honor or trust in
the state was voted down unanimously
with the exception that Judge Cullen
against excused himself from record
ing his vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-17
IT IS COLD TODAY.
Ten Degrees Below NormaIEBut VIII
Be Fine Tomorrow.

1t is damp and cold today-ten de-
grees below normal for Oct. II. There
is frost scheduled for tonight, but cheer
up. for Saturday will be fine, accord
ing to the local weather man. Sunny
Flora said this afternoon: 1--WE are
going to turn on the cunshine Satur-
day all right
Providing that the clouds clear
away by this evening there is a pos
sibility that the frost tonight will be
heavy enough to kill all tender vege-
tation, zut in case the sky does not
clear until the latter part of the night
there will be no damage done.
The rainfall for the twenty-four
hours ending at two o'clock this after
noon was 10 of an inch. The total
rainfall for Thursday night and Friday
was 1.76 inches. According to the re-
ports received at the local weather
office Topeka had the heaviest rainfall
in the state. The precipitat ton wos
general in Kansas with the exception
of the northwestern portion of the
state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-17

For three years Brewster has been a
man of some Importance and promi-
nence in Kansas politics. Long before
that time he was recognized among the
legal fraternity of the state as one
of the toughest propositions in Kansas
when on the opposite side of a law
suit. As an attorney versed in consti-
tional law and with ability to cross
examine witnesses and conduct the
mana cement of close case, Brewster
probably has very few equals in the
state and perhaps no peers. Many
times Brewster has been in pitched
battles with such legal talent as Jo-
seph Waters, James w. Orr, Judge
Martin, Dick Hite, and a dozen other
equally well known Kansas lawyers.
And each time Brew ter has given a
first class account of himself.
Record as State Senator.
But it was during the legislative ses-
sion of 1911 that Brewster made the
Kansas voters sit up and observe. In
that session Brewster was in constant
evidence. He was Exhibit A of the
regular Republican organization in the
senate and led the big fight against the
bills advocated by the Stubbs organi-
Eation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-17
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Brewster Will Run for Office OF
Attorney General.
He's One of the Big Men OF
Kansas Politics.
GEO. TUCKER FOR CONGRESS-
The Eureka Man Is Bull Moose
Candidate in Fourth.
Charlie Sessions for Chairman
State Committee.

After having been mentioned for
governors congressman and United
States senator, S. N. Brewster of Don
iphan county will probably decline an
opportunity to enter any of these
races and will be the Republican NOM
inee for attorney general next year,
according to the men who are keeping
the most accurate dope on the political
situation in Kansas. AS for any an
nouncement at this time, the bushy
haired lawyer from Troy has nothing
to say.