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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-01-24

The case of Rebecea s. TyrreIl
against Benjamin Hess Slack, executor
of the viii of the late Benjamin +.
Hess, OF Howard county. was tried in
Frederick this week. Il resulted In a
verdict for the defendant on all the
issues. Mr.. Benjamin +. Hess. Who.
for many years was president Of the
Board Of County Commissioners of
Howard county. had no children and
on his death left hia fine farm near
MI. View 10 his namezsake, BENJAMIN
Hess Slick. and divided up his money
AMONGST his nepheWH and nieces. One
of them, Mrs. TyrreIl. who llYea In
California. fled a caxeat to his vii
and the eaHe was removed from the
Circuit Court for Howard county To
Frederick county for trial Mrs.
Tyrrell claimed, not only thai Mr..
Hess was not mentally competent to
make a viii, but also that the will
was secured by undue influence and
was improperly executed. Quite a
large number of witnesses from
sykesyiiie and the surrounding conn-
try were summoned. 1t the close of
the plaintiffs testimony the Curt
took the case from the Jury and
directed It 10 render verdict for the
defendant. The plaintiff was repre-
scented BY Cans and Hannah, of Halti-
more, and John s. Newman, Eaa., of
Frederick. and the Defendant by
Joseph L. Donovan. Of Ellicott City,
and Guy u. Steele. Of Westminster.
and d. Princeton Buckley. OF Freder-
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SPARE THAT APPEsDIx' MAY De
STATUTE ORDER.
Bill Pending In Colorado Legislature
Is Aimed to Pit a Check ON Sur
ReOnEz

Denver, Dec 27.-'Tet the appendix
alone, doetorin
This Is what the next legislature
will say TO the doctors Of the state II
. bill now being considered by num-
Der of the members Of the house of
representatives Is passed. The new
bill, which viii be something different
n the line Of medical legislation. viii
make 1t a mlsdemeanor. even a felony,
for doctor TO cut out a perfectly
good appendix.
The doctor will be required to show
that the appendix he has taken was
diseased. Many prominent doctors in
this and other states have declared
that at least 30 per cent OF the ap-
pendices taken OF are I'll right.
The fight over medical legislation
promises to be even more fierce ut the
coming Legislature than IL was at the
last. when there we're Hobbies Of
homeopathic. lobies of osteopaths and
Hobbies OF healing practitioners of al
sorts at work on all sides.
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$1,000 TEsfs At GETTYsBuRG.
Arranging for Big Gathering Of Hue
and Gray.

Washington. January zz-SecretzrY
q War sIiuson has approved plans
formulated - Major James +. Nor
movie and capt ~ + Dalton for tie
mammoth camp 20 shelter surviving
Union aud Confederate veterans Kho
I'll meet n Gettysburg battlefield nsxt
1niY 10 commemorate lie fiftieth an
HlSeTEary o. The battle
The camp I'LL consist Of about =
90 tents. afTprdinR accommodations
foT between $4,000 aud 10000 veterans
There also III be : kitchen tenta. =
complete divisional fleld hospital and
Ihfee fully equipped infIrmaries. The
camp will spread over &c acres aud
I'll be occupied temporarily BIZ ID
ard Of 100000 persons. Congress
haa Appropriated $4,000 for the eeie-
hTatlon, the state Of PennBylYa
.zao.00O NOR. and both Northern and
Southern States viii make approuTIa-
tons TO dnfTaY the transportation -
panzes Of their respective veterans.
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danger of fruit trees

f.
]. There Is danger Of fruit trees
gprouting.
Indeed. there seems to be danger OF
the snow shovel and mems elbow
joints becoming rusty.
In statement yesterday Senator
John Walter Smith, OF Maryland, an
nounced his unqualified support of
the highway plan OF expending the
Lincoln memorial money. He believes
splendid highway between Washing
ton and Gettysburg would prove fit
ting tribute of the nation to the great
ness OF the martyred President and
would at the same time give pleasure
TO millions Of persons who, In the years
to come. would travel over 1t between
the capital and the battlefield upon
which the tide of the Civil War was
turned,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-01-24
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.

The school teachers of Carroll
county VIII receive their pay for the
winter term on Friday. January 3lst.
A new rack for storing away rec
ords WAS built in the vault In the de-
partmeht of the Clerk of the Court
this week.
Mr. Sol s. Shoemaker, who has
been at the Union Protestant Infirm-
airy, Baltimore, for treatment Is eI
pected home In a few days.
1t Is stated that m addition Will be
made TO the milk platform ut New
Windsor in the near future. a. that
is the largest mllk-ahipping point on
the road.
Milton Smith, of Taneytown dis
trict trapped a pole-catibua. last
week, and dug nine more out of a
den. which made him a good day
work, AZ he realized $4,000 from the
sale of The pets.
The Womans Civic League Of West
minister will hold is first meeting In
st. Johns Hall on Thursday. January
30 at p. m. A large attendance OF
the women of Westminster is request
ed
A meeting of the Carroll County
Medical Society Will be held on Fri
day, January 81, at o'clock. at the
Office Of Dr. Lewis K Woodward. West
Main street The usual business will
be transacted and other important
subjects Will be discussed.
A company OF surveyors we're en-
gagged last week. In surveying the
TaneytoYn-WeBtmlnster road, prepa.
ratory to advertising for construction
work BY the State Road Commission
1t is understood that the work on this
road Is to be commenced as early as
conditions will permit in the spring
L. o. Haines, inventor and patentee
and formerly of Wakefield Valley, ID
now general manager of the Haines
Gas Turbine Company, manufacturers
of gas turbine engines 1t was Mr.
Hainee who made the first time lock
at the Taylor Manufacturing Works
which used TO be located on Court
street, this city. The company OF
which he is now manager is capital
lied at 100000.
The Carroll county people who pur-
chased orchard land in the Yakima
Valley. State of Washington. last
spring. from C. Il. and j. B. Fink, OF
this city. have received $100 per acre
or $1,000 on a ten acre tract, as their
share of last seasons potato orop
raised between young trees. This is
equal to a'dividend of % per cent on
their investment.
On Wednesday evening the annual
banquet was held by the Western
Maryland Council No. 10, Jr. o. L. A
NJ. in the armory department of the
Odd Fellows Hall. at which quite q
number Of members and friends were
pleasantly entertained TIL menu was
served At $50 which consisted OF
turkey, chicken, ham. cheese. celery
coffee. Ice cream, eake, &c, which was
prpared in most elaborate way
Rev. ". L. SeabrooE asked the bless
ing.
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"A George stillbone. farmland.
Ut into The trunk OF bee tree, near
Leeds. Kan. : large faIllesnake roll
ID from the hollow limb adjoining
ths trunk. stillbone killed the snake
Rith hts a Il had = ratilea. The
limb from which the make came "a
. feet from the base Of the tree.
stlllbone saYz 1t Is his belief thai The
make was attracted to he tree b. he
music made by the hummlng of the
honey bees. He gayH he has heard
old woodamen tell OF finding nests Of
snakes In be trees during the winter
months. Snakes, xnodamen Hay.
hear the bee hummlnE and crawl NJ
he tree and become charmed BY the
bee music
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feacher-Nhat ls the meaning Of
the word aisIHure?"
Pupil-il i the name of the place
where married people repent-LlppIn-
COTE
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NO. 2777RUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Elizabeth A. scrivenor vs.. ]. Oliver
Wadlow. Mortgage. ct al.
Ordered this 24th day Of January, :.
D. 1918, that the third account of the
Auditor filed in this cause be finally
ratified and confirmed, unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 10th day of February, next:
provided copy of this order be in
serted for two successive weeks before
the last named day in some newspaper
published in Carroll county.
OSCAR D. GILBERT, Clerk.
True eopy,-Test:
jan24 ct OSCAR D. GILBERT, Clerk.
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For Sale or Remit

Doing large business; good water
power; wanting to retire from bus
ness: up-to=date machinery. Further
information. apply to
w. L HAMMOND.
Jan Il At Hoods Mill, No
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE
Recent Expansion in Commercial Activity Generally
Maintained, According to Two Periodicals-Lit-
tile Likelihood of Financial Stringency.

New York. Aug. 22.-R. G. Dun's tomor-
row will say:
Recent expansion in commercial ac-
tivity is generally maintained, although
more or less irregularity is manifest in
reports from the leading trade centers.
The holiday season tends to restrict cur
rent demands, yet the movement of mer-
chandise continues liberal and the low
position of stocks at all points leads to
increased preparation for future require
ments. Notwithstanding the deterioration
in corn, agricultural prospects are favor
able and confidence is fully maintained.
sentiment responding to the Improvement
in the monetary situation.
Enlarged offerings of accommodation
are noted at a recession in rates, and
the forthcoming distribution of govern
ment funds is expected to prevent any
financial stringency this fall. The de-
mand for wool textiles is increasing, and
mill operations are expanding, while
dress goods and coating are active in all
novelty lines for fall.
Spring openings OF dress fabrics have
commenced, and prices show less reduc-
ton than is noted in mems wear. Tan
ners of leather are not carrying burden
some stocks, but current trade is quiet.
as purchases are closely confined TO
actual wants. Competition is becoming
keener in some branches of the iron and
steel industry. and concessions in quota
tions appear more general"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
BALTIMORE WHOLESALE MARKET

BUTTER-Creamery, fancy. lb. aIs: choice, per
lb. 8i5aGh; do. good. per lb. 2il4a25h; do,
prints. per h. Sl4a29E; do. blocks. per h., Zi5s
2s4: ladies' per h.. 22s23; Maryland and Pennsyl-
West Virginia rolls. ID. q; storepacked h.. 3as
Maryland Virginia, and Pennsylvania dairy prints.
per h., &c; process butter, per H., Ia26
EGGS-MaBand. Pennsylvania. and nearby
hrsts, loss OF, Per dozen. q; Western hrsts, loss
OF, per dozen. u; West virgins hrsts. loss Of.
per dozen. -: Southern hrsts loss OF. per DOZEN. a.
LIVE POULTRY-Chiekens, spring. per H., over
lbs, Eals;; do. II and lbs, Halls; do. under
and over. Is; do. old hers. per Ib. small to
medium. Is; old pOosters and stags. per h., nall
ducks. old Muscovy ana mougrel. per lh., u; DO,
young. white. Pekins, per h., -; do. spring.
per lb., lbs and over l2aH; do, h., small poor,
l2al3; pigeons. per pair. old. %; do. young 3
guinea fowl, young over II lbs. 5Oa55; do. small.
SaA
FLOUR-winter extra, new. 3aOA35o; clear. &7sa
400; do. straight. new, 4l0aL25; do, patent. new.
L4OaIsO; spring clear. 37saioo; spring straight.
patent, $40; do. blended Tatent. SIS; do, high
grade straight AS do. extra 350a3e0; do, spring
patent SIS; rye -four. medium TO choice. 36Sas.S
corn meal. per 100 lbs, L55al.e6.
OATS-Stock in elevators, 5l3so bus; ship
ments from elevators, l0,5 ,593 bus No. white, -;
standard white, old, is; do. new, 4eaieA; No.
white. old, q; do, new, E5ai5h; No. white, new,
4ai4I5.
RYE-stock in elevators. 49.OT bus; shipments
from elevators, LIS bus; No. l ne, Western do
do No. J. sa65is; No. 4. e2asZ5; bag lots. nearby,
to quality. new, 6oa70.
MILLFEED-Spring bran. in lOolb. sacks, per
ton. 25OOa2550: -four to white middlinss, in loo-lb
sacks. z.OOa9cOo; Western middlings. in lOolb.
sacks. per ton. asOOa268: City Mills middlings. in
lOQlb. sacks per ton, e5.50a26Oo; City Mills bran.
in l00-Ib sacks, per ton, E.00a8m; City Mills
white middlDg, in lOO-lb. sacks, per ton. 3eoao0
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23

New York, Aug. 22.-Bradstreers to-
morrow will say:
Optimism, concurrent with good Day
ing, furnish the keynote :or this week s
trade report. Visiting buyers have ne Id
sway in most OF the cOIatry's leading
markets, and while those from parts of
the drought-affiicted Southwest have op-
Grated rather conservatively,- the general
run have bought more or less literally.
In consequence, house trade. especially
in dry &c DDS and allied lines, has broad
edtd rerseptibly.
Buyers from Kansas s'e more hesi-
tant than those from elsewhere .n the
ScuinNtst, but, on the ether hand, th'
ltGcing market in that territory ind
Gates faat purchases do not reflect mr n
IL an, restriction flowing from ;ia.ue :
to the ocIn crop.
Makers of automobiles and of agri-
cultural implements have placed large
orders for sheet iron.
Business failures for the week ended
August q were 27S, which compares with
272 last week and 264 year ago.
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FINANCIAL.

lo.ooalI75; wheat straw. 400; corn. ear. per bbl.
a@
WOOL AND HIDES-wool washed free Of
burrs. per h.. 25aa; wool unNashed. per h. 2la25;
hides, dry, per lb, lsa20; salt hides dry per h. Is
salt hides. per h, Is; ealfskins, g-een, each "a
LIS; green hides, per h., T.
sEEDS-CloIer. red, per 10. lsa2l clover, alfalfa
per h., l2al5; crimson clover. per bush, 375ai60;
timothy. per bush, 225a250; Jlue grass per bush.
l.Coal.75; orchard grass, J. falls.
FRESH F1sH-Roek, boiling. per h.. Is; do.
medium. per ID, Is; do, pan, per H.. PA white
perch large. ger h., p; do, small. PER Ib, g.
yellow perch. large, per H., sale; salmon
trout. per h.. l0al2; Iay trout, large Der
h., 10; butter and stars, large per bbI sOOasco;
do. medium, per bb. 6.ooas.0e; founder. per h.
Gas: catfish, per ID, i2al5; green pike per h. Pals
ees per h. Tas maekerel. per H.. lsa20 taiors per
ID. sal0; hard crabs. per bb 2Ooa3oO; soft crabs
per doz, e5as5.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
UTILITIES COMMISSION
ASKS FOR STOCK DATA
Also Orders Flagman at Car Barn,
Where Accidents Almost 0c-
CURED to President.

Detailed information as to their out
standing stocks, bonds, and debentures
must be furnished by all public utilities
operating in the District of Columbia to
the Public Utilities Commission not later
than September 15 Letters conveying
copies of this order were sent by the
commission to all public utilities yester-
day. The resulting information will be
made part of the annual report of the
commission. which must be submitted by
February 1.
The following questions are asked of
the utilities concerns:
The total amount of outstanding stock
March 4. 1913; the date when issued: TO
whom issued; to whom sold; the price
received for it by the company; what
disposition was made of the proceeds:
the amount purporting to be due thereon;
and, with respect to bonds and deben-
lures. by whom held. and in the case
where either stock or bonds of the re-
spondents were issued to refund their
own securities or to acquire the stock or
bonds OF other corporations, the market
price of the bonds acquired at the time
of the acquisition must be stated as well
as the price at which acquired.
The commission asked the Capital Trac-
ton Company yesterday to station flag
man at the west door of their barn at
Thirty-sixth and NJ Streets Northwest in
order to correct what is regarded as
dangerous traffic condition there. The
cars of the company enter this barn by
way of the east door and. making a
loop, emerge from the west door. 1t is
claimed that west-bound traffic is endan-
gered by cars coming around the loop
suddenly.
This condition was brought to the at
tention of the commission by Secret
Service men. whose duty it Is to guard
the President They informed the COM
mission that the Presidents automobile
has on three occasions narrowly escaped
collisions with cars coming through the
west door at this barn. They explained
That the chauffeur had been unable 10
see the cars until almost upon them.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
FROM THE BUYERS
POINT OF VIEW
Investment Offerings Now Made with
Human Interest Reasoning and
Nontechnical in Form.
Copyright. 1918. by ]. NJ. Keys. New York;

Copyright. 1918. by J. NJ Keys. New York;
1t used to be conventional. in offering
bonds and recommending stocks or mort
cages to the public, for bankers and
brokers to confine themselves to con-
servative and very much stereotyped
phrases The advertisement or circular
was always supposed to begin with the
name OF the bond and the company,
written out in full and at pOnderouS
length. as, for instance,
milwaukee, Sparta and Northwestern
Railway,
CChicago and Northwestern Railway
lst Mortgage Guaranteed Gold Per
Cent Bonds, dated March !, 1912, due
March l, l9f7; coupon denomination Sl,OO0,
&c, &c.
After about ten lines of this light and
airy introduction came a page or so of
reading matter consisting of a letter
from the president IN wnIcn he outlined
in legal verbiage all he knew about
the property mOrtgaged, the nature OF
the lien, the earnings of the company
&C, and expressed the opinion, in for
NAL language, that he guessed the bonds
were all right.
After that, in small type, there was
usually a line reading, We recommend
the above described bonds for conserva-
tive investment" After that came the
name of the banking house or broker.
Somehow or another, this staple diet
of financial literature palled on the
public. 1t is still a fine thing to hand
to an insurance company. another
banker or broker, trustee OF big
funds. or a very old-fashioned private
investor Of large means. He skips the
headlines, glances through the body OF
the circular, looks carefully for earn
ings, and to see the price at which
the bonds are offered, and telephones
an order for some of them or drops
the circular in his waste paper basket.
II he has money he does not need to
be coaxed to buy anything, and IL he
has no money this offering is no more
alluring to him thany any other would
be.
Outside of this stereotyped business
world there is now a great mass of
investors who do not care whether a
bond is Consolidated" unified" re
funding" or anything else. All they
want to be sure about is that the bond
is safe and solid, that 1t pays a de-
cent income and that II is the sort of
bond they want. They have money,
but they would just as soon buy a
mortgage as a bond, or a stock as a
debenture. They are merely human
beings and not walking encyclopedias
OF financial terms.
To reach them there is a new kind
of financial advertising and circulars
which began about ten or fifteen years
ago and which now floods the mails.
One may observe that these offerings
usually begin with some catch phrase
or touch of human interest. Sug-
gestive of the offering made in the Au-
gust number of a single magazine, for
instance, there were advertisements
that began with these captions:
Like the Bank.
Beginning with Small Means.
Investment Service.
Six Per Cent and Safety.
The Confidence OF the Public.
Why Bonds?
A Time 10 Buy Bonds.
Buy Bonds.
A Ground Floor Proposition.
There was another advertisement. the
body Of which began. when John ID.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. Aug. 2.-MILIFEED-Firm Spring
bran. in lOo-lb. sacks, $50; standard middling
$50; Western red dog. 5000; winter wheat in
lOOlb sacks. to arrive. $50. nominal; city bran,
in bulk, 244o
RYE FLOUR-FIm. Demand better Good to
choice quoted at 375aIOO in barrelS
CORNMEAL-Fim, trade quiet. Kiln-dried for
export, $50; codrse meal. in bags l4sal50.
HAY-ReceiptS. s6 tons; easy. Quotations: No.
timothy. l05lLl0: standard, at LOOaLO5; No. 2
95alOO: No. J. ys0as0.
STRAw-Receipts, none; dull; long ne, new,
quoted at s..
PoRK-Fiuner. Mess. esaza 50; family. a5Ol
$50.
BEEF-stsady. Packet. Isoas0; family. oma
400
LARD-Easy; trade quiet. Prime Western, lL55
refined continent, l25; South American, l2sC; re
fined Brazilian in kegs. 1880; beef stearine lOIs
asked; lard stearine. dull; New YORK, IJE.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Aug 9-Call money opened at ~
per cent; high. "a low. ~; renewals. ~, and
closed at 2k. Ruling rates. 2h.
Renewed ease has developed in time money mar
ket on a very limited volume Of lending. Most Of
the advances are made for the shorter periods,
which are quoted \ per cent lower As compared
with the preceding day.
RATES are 3z per cent for sixty days ~ per cent
for ninety days 4E per cent for four months, 5i=a
81 per cent for FIVE months, six months, and over
the year.
Prime paper Of regular maturity is easier, being
placed at 57Ga6 per cent, and showing tendency
to even a lower range.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
The Safest Investments
s27 18th Street NorthWsEt

Rockefeller said. Stick to established
lines OF trade -
All these advertisements were signed
by conservative houses and some OF them
by national banks and trust companies
of very high standing. These are the
very kind of banking houses which a few
years ago would have felt they were sac
rificing their dignity and making them
selves very cheap by thus appealing to
human curiosity and human common
sense of the investing public in catchy
phrases and personal questions.
In other words, the banking fraternity
have found out only in comparatively
recent years that the ordinary human
being with money can be reached
through his human attributes and in
duced to buy good securities just as well
as he can be induced to buy a bicycle, a
pair of socks. or an automobile. The
vital difference is that in the Old days
practically all investment propositions OF
the conservative type were presented 10
the public from the sellers pom Of view.
Unless you happened TO be familiar with
financial phrases, just as the banker
was, you could not make head or tail
out OF a bankers circular. You took it
all on the strength of the banking house.
and you were glad to let II so at that
rather than wade through = mass Of
technical stuff that yOI could not under-
stand.
Nowadays advertising campaigns ard
circulars are planned and prepared by
men who make a study from the buyers
point of view. They know he is a human
being and not an adding machine or a
dictionary, and they prepare their copy
and circulars accordingly. They csE
straight personal questions in print and
present their propositions through
this much-exploited human Interest
method. 1t goes without saying that ad-
vertisements CT this sCrt coming from
banking houses of good reputation are
Just as carefully written. so far as state
ments of facts are concerned, as were
the old-fashioned formal announcements
of hOnd issues
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of the buyers will not be revealed until
the deeds have gone on record
The exact consideration is being with
held, though it is understood the two
properties were valued at approximately
$50, 600, $325. 900 OF which Is represented in
the Avondale apartments and the balance
in the Northumberland.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

sales-Reeular call. y O'Clock noon.
Potomac cons. S, loo at seS.
Capital Traction, 10 at li6 at lls at ll5K.
Washington Railway q Electric pfd., at s.,
at s6A
Washington Gas. S at g.
Mergenthaler. at 2i4A.
After call.
washington Gas. 30 a.lata.
Lanston / at 80.
Washington Railway & Electric pfd.. % at s..
GOVERNMENT BONDS
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
WEEKLY BANK cLEARINGS.

New York, Aug. 22-Bank clearings in the United
States for the week ended August H aggregate
2slI ss4 oOo against 275o. $500 last week and
s. so iG2 90 in this week last year. Following are
the returns for this week with percentages Of change
from this week last year:
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

certificates will be sold on that basis II
market conditions favor a higher price,
of course, the company will take adyan-
taga of il
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23

California expects to establish a new
high record this year for olives and olive
ofl
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
COTTON STATISTICS.

Furnished BY n. L. Carpenter Co.
Receipts Anddlings
The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
TORONTO QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK COFFEE.

Furnished by N. L Carpenter & Co.