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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
BOY TAKES PLACE OF HOG
Billed as One in Freight Car 60 Make
Rate on Household Goods
Lower.

Lincoln, Neb-A boy Grated ano
shipped as a nog was the discovery
made by veterinary surgeon here
the ether day when he was called upon
to inspect carload of goods billed
from Bertrand Neb., TO Burke. s. d!
The waybill on the shipment included
household goods and "one hog, value
released at $1o.'
Being an interstate shipment. In.
spection was required The veterinary
found the household goods, but nc
sign of hog. a careful search, how
ever, revealed boy curled up in 8
corner of the car none the worse FOL,
his trip.
BY billing the car as part live stock
the shipper is allowed the low rate or
the household goods, and in the ao'
sence of hog the boy was sent by the
shipper as a substitute,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
DID NOT IMPRESS LANDL0 ORD
Innkeeper Could Servo Excellent
Luncheon, But Evidently Was
Not Of Literary Mind.

They are telling In Westchester
story about Richard Harding Davis
and Gouvernor Morris.
These two writer's, 1t appears, were
motoring the other day, and stopped
at an inn for luncheon. The luncheon
was excellent. and after it was over
Mr.. Davis went out to look over the
car, leaving Mr.. Morris alone. Mr.
Morris. in good spirits from his fine
meal, said genially to the landlord:
Landlord, you'll be interested. per
haps, tn know that my companion is
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis"
The landlord tried his best to look
impressed and interested.
You don't say" he remarked. And
what business might he be in?"
4 few minutes later Mr.. Morris took
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
CHAPTER III.
The Turn Of the Pace.

John Valiant stirred and laughed
little self-consciously, for there had
been drops On his face.
Presently he took a check-book from
his pocket and began to figure on the
stub, looking up with wry smile. ITO
come down to brass tacks,' he NUT
tered, when I've settled everything
(thank heaven, don't owe my tailorD
there will be little matter of twenty
eight hundred odd dollars, passe mo-
tor and my clothes between me and
the bread-line,"
Everything else he had disposed of
everything but the four~footed com
rade there at his feet. But I'd not
sell you, old chap" he said, softly;
mot single lick of your friendly
pink tongue; not for a beastly hun
dred thousand"
He withdrew his caressing hand and
looked again at the check-stub. TWEEN
ty-eight hundred! He laughed bleakly,
Why, he had spent more than that a
month ago on ball at Sherry's, This
morning he had been rich; tonight he
was poor!
What could he do? He could not
remember time when he had not had
all that he wanted. He had never Dor
rowcd from friend or been dunned
by an importunate tradesman. And
he had never tried to earn a dollar in
his life; as to current methods Of max
ing a living, he was as ignorant as a
Pueblo Indian
He rose grimly and dragged his
chair facing the window. The night
was balmy and he looked down across
the darker sea of reefs, barred like g
gigantic checker-board by the shining
lines of streets, to where the flashing
electric signs of the theater district
| laid their wide swath of colored ra
dance. The manifold calls of the
street and the buzz of troileys made Z
dull tonal background. subdaed and
far-away
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26

man with gold eyeglasses, who
smelled of some curious sickish-sweet
perfume, came and took him by the
hand and led him into room where
his father lay in bed, very gray and
quiet.
The white hand on the coverlet
had beckoned to him and he had gone
close up to the bed, standing very
straight, his heart beating fast and
hard.
joint the word had been almost
q whisper. very tense and anxious,
very distinct John, you're little
boy, and father is going away
"To-to Wishing-House?"
The gray lips had smiled then, ever
so little, and sadly. mo, John"
Take me with you, father! Take
me With you!"
| His voice had trembled then, and he
had had to gulp hard.
Listen, John, for what l am say
ing is very important. You don't
know what l mean now, but some
time you will" The whisper had
grown strained and frayed, but it was
still distinct. II can't go to the Never
Never Land But you may sometime
II you y if you do, and if you
find Wishing House, remember that
the men who lived in 1t be
fore you and mo were gen
tlemen. Whatever, else they were
they we're always that. Be
like them, John. will you?
Yes, father"
The old gentleman with the eye
glasses had come forward then. hasti
ly.
"Good-night, father"
EIe had wanted to kiss him, but
strange cool hush had settled on thu
room and his father seemed all
once to have fallen asleep. And h.
had gone out, so carefully, on tiptoe
wondering, and suddenly afraid.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
''t's Very Good Living Abroad
There's a Boat Leaving Tomorrow"

There's a Boat Leaving Tomorrow"
smudged plasterer. tools In hand
clerks, some hatless and with thin
alpaca coats-au peering at the voice
.ess front of the great building, and
ALL he imagined, with thriving fear
In their faces AS he watched, a wom-
an, coarsely dressed, ran across the
street. her handkerchief pressed to her
eyes.
THE notice has gone up on the
door," said the manager. Il sent word
to the police. Crowds are ugly some
times"
Valiant drew sudden sharp breath.
The corporation down in the mire,
with CROWDS at it's doors ready to
clamor for money entrusted to 1t, the
aggregate savings Of widow and or
pha1, the piteous boarded sums earned
by labor over which pinched sickly
faces had burned the midnight oil!
The older man had turned back to
the desk to draw a narrow typewrit-
ten slip Of paper from pigeonhole'
Here" he said, "is a list of the bonds
of the subsidiary companies recorded
in your name. These are all, OF
course, engulfed in the larger failure.
You have, however, your private for
tune. II you take my advice, by the
way" he added significantly. you'll
make sure of keeping that"
What do you mean?" John Va
liant faced him quickly.
The other laughed shortly. "A wore
10 the wise.'" no quoted. ITS very
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26

Milwaukee, Wis.--~The Desperate
fight Of !ngar Olsen. keeper of the Mir
waukee life-saving station, for his OWE
life in attempting the rescue OF Jos;
Sauter, a thirteen-yaar- boy, from
drowning in we'll Of pitch and crua@
oil, and his final success in saving
both himself and the boy, is told in 4
report to the life-saving service.
The boy had all his clothes torn oil
In the struggle to free him from ti1s
sticky mess. Olsen had almost as hara
time. His account reads:
while within the station ! heard Il
cry Of Help seeming to come frct.
a distance. ] ran out to inquire Of ti.@
81 .'lil,an on watch if he mad noticed
the din ection Of the call, but he had
heard nothing.
Again | heard tho faint call fer
help, and leaping into the station skiT
l rowed with ali my might across the
river There on the bank / found joe
Sauter, boy OF thirteen years, iEl-
mersed in the center of a we'll Of pitch
and crude Oil, with only his left Shout
der and head above.
AS the boy was almost gone sana
sinking, quick work was necessary.
threw a scantling across on top Of tile
we'll, and getting into position, toolS
firm hold of the boys shoulders, het
his coat ripped into tatters. AS | was
also going down, I got out and, quickly
placing a 16foot plank On top, agaNl
tnOk firm hold under the bOv'S arm.
pits. Using all my strength, VIZ
able to pull the boy out Of his CLOTH
ing, which was held fast by the pitch
by this time four surfmen arriVCG
and carried the boy, who was naked
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26

symmetrical, exquisitely perfect The
little group with whom she sat looked
somewhat out of place in that mixed
assemblage. Smartly groomed and
palpably members of set to whom
John Valiant was a familiar, they had
had only friendly mods and smiles for
the young man at whom SO many there
had gazed with jaundiced eyes.
To the general public which read it's
daily newspaper perhaps none OF the
gilded set was better known than
Vanity Valiant" The new Panhard
he drove was the smartest car on the
!! avenue, and the collar on the white
bulldog that pranced or dozed on it's
leather seat sported diamond buckle.
To the spacewriters Of the social col
umns, he had been perennial inspira-
ton. The patterns of his waistcoats,
and the splendors of his latest bache-
lors' dinner at Sherry's-with such
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
AGAIN took firm t-oIa Of the Toy,

to the skiff He was hurried ccrCss 10
the station, where almost 9 gallon nf
kerosene oil and two pounds Of ~ H.
lard were used to remove the plten
and clean the boys body
Joe was furnished dry clotlli&G
from the Womens National Relief IS
sociation supplies, and when his father
arrived, later in the day, was able &c
be "a ken to his home.
"A construction company has an
asphalt plant located across the river
and one of its tanks having sprung q
leak, about a week ago, we'll was
dug, about twenty-five feet in circu1a-
ference and four and one-haf feet
deep, into which the contents had been
emptied. AS sand had blown over tho
we'll and covered the surface, the boy
failed to see the danger ano started
to walk across"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
Natures Adjustment,

In the case OF ali fish which taks
care of their young, curious adapta-
ton Of natural law to circumstances
is found. Those which take the great
est pains and care in sheltering their
offspring have the fewest eggs, ger
haps less than one hundred at lay,
while on the other hand, species O,
fish which pay not the slightest atten
ton to their young produce hundred
OF thousands, and even millions
eggs. ct Z single lay.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26

lis seat In the car, and Mr.. Davis
remained behind to settle the bill. As
he counted his change Mr.. Davis in
his turn said to the landlord:
Landlord, my friend there is Gou-
verneur Norris"
Again the landlord looked impressed
and puzzled.
Morris? Morris?" he said. "The
name sounds familiar. Meat line, ain
1t, sir?"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
CHAPTER II.
Vanity Valiant.


THE witness is excused"
In the ripple that stirred across the
court room at the examiners abrupt
conclusion, John Valiant. who had
withstood that pitiless hail Of CUES
tons, rose, bowed to him and slowly
crossed the cleared space to his coun-
sci. The chairman looked severely
over his eyeglasses, with his gavel
lifted, and a statuesque girl. in the
rear of the room. laid her delicately
gloved hand on a companions and
smiled slowly without withdrawing her
gaze, and with the faintest tint OF col.
Or in her face.
Katharine Fargo neither smiled no.
flushed readily. Her smile was an H.
dex Of her whole personality. languid
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
CHAPTER l.
The Crash.


"Failed!" calculated John Valiant
blankly, and the hat he held dropped
to the claret-colored rug like huge
white splotch of sudden fright THE
Corporation-failed!
The young man was the glass OF
fashion, from the silken ribbon on the
spotless Panama to his pearl-gray gait
ers, and we'll favored-a 1.-the stalWart
figure, with wide.set hazel eyes and
a candid forehead.
Never had his innocuous and but
ter-fly existence known surprise
more startling. He had swung into
the room with all the nonchalant hab-
it's, the ingrained gertrude of the man
born with achievement ready-made in
his hands. And single curt state
ment-like the ruthless blades OF
pair of shears-had shipped across
the one splendid scarlet thread In the
wool that constituted life as he knew
1t. He had knotted his lavender scarf
that morning a vice-president of the
Valiant Corporation-one Of the great
est and most successful Of modern
day organizations; he sat now In the
fading afternoon trying to realize that
the huge fabric, without warning, had
toppled to it's fall.
How solid and changeless it had
always seemed--that great business
fabric woven by the father he could
SO dimly remember! His own invested
fortune had been derived from the
great corporation the elder Valiant
had founded and controlled until his
death. With almost unprecedented
earnings, it had stood as very Glib
raltar of finance. a type and sign OF
brilliant organization. Now, on the
heels of a trusts dissolution which
would be a nine-days' wonder, the vast
structure had crumbled up like a card
board. The rains had descended and
the floods had come, and it had fallen!
The man at the desk had wheeled
in his revolving chair and was looking
at the trim athletic back blotttng the
daylight, with a smile that was little
short of covert sheer. He was one
of the local managers of the corpora
ton whose ruin was to be that day
sensation, colorless man who had &C
quired middle age with his first long
trousers and had been dedicated to the
commercial treadmill before he hat
bought safety-razor. He despised al
loiterers along the primrose paths, ane
John Valiant was but decorative fig
urehead
Valiant started as the other spoke al
his elbow. He had come to the win
dow and was looking down at the
pavement. How quickly some news
spreads!"
For the first time the young mar
noted that the street below was filling
with desultory crowd. He distin
guished knot of Italian laborers talk
ing with excited gesticulations II
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26

ITO BE CONTINT'f's'
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
"Ah's a Chink," She Says.

Los Angeles, Cal.~Charged with
theft, Mrs. Tom Louie, negro wife of
a Chinese, maintained celestial dis
suise until the desk sergeant asked
her nationality She replied "Ah s
A Chink, All is"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
He Had Suddenly Remembered That
1t Was His Twenty-fifth Birthday.

items the public had been kept suffl-
GENTLY familiar. To it. he stood per
feet symbol of the elder ease and In
solent display of inherited wealth.
And the great majority of those who
had found place in that roomy cham
| Der to listen to the ugly tale of squan-
dered millions, looked to him with a
resentment that was sharpened by his
apparent nonchalance.
Long before the closing session it
had been clear that, as far as lnd1ct-
ments were concerned, the investiga-
ton would be barren of result. OF
individual criminality, flight and sui
eide had been confession, but more
sweeping charges could not be brought
home. The gilded fool had not brought
himself into the embarrassing purvieW
of the law.
/"
The jostling crowd hocked out into
the square, among them fresh-faced
girl on the arm of a gray-bearded man
in black frock coat and picturesque
broad-brimmed felt hat. She turned
her eyes to his.
$50 that" she said, lis John Valiant!
I'd almost rather have missed Niagara
Falls. l must write Shirley cambridge
about It, I'm SO sorry l lost that
picture of him that / cut out of the
paper"
II reckon he's not such bad lot, -
said her uncle. He hailed cab.
Grand Central Station" he directed.
with glance at his watch, "and be
quick about it. We've just time to
make our train"
Some hours later, in an inner office
of a downtown sky-scraper, the newly
appointed receiver of the Valiant Cor
poration, a heavy, thick-set man with
narrow eyes, sat beside table on
which lay small black satchel with
a paddock on it's handle, whose con.
tents--several bundles of crisp papers
he had been turning over In his
heavy hands with a look Of incredu-
lous amazement A sheet containing
mass of figures and memoranda lay
among them.
The shock was still on his face when
knock came at the door, and man
entered. The newcomer was gray
haired, slightly stopped and lean
jowled, with a humorous expression on
his lips. He glanced in surprise at
the Uttered table
Fargo" said the man at the desk,
do YOU notice anything queer about
me?'
His friend grinned mo. Buck he
said judicially, unless It's that neck
tie. It would stop a Dutch clock"
Hang the haberdashery! Read this
from young Valiant" He passed
over letter.
Fargo read. He looked up. "secun-
ties aggregating three millions!" he
said in a hushed voice. why, unless
I've been misinformed, that represents
practically all his private fortune
| The other nodded. Turned over to
the corporation with his resignation as
v1ce'president, and without a blessed
string tied to EN-! What do you think
Of that?"
Think! It's thD most apsurdly
idiotic thing / ever met. Two weeks
ago, before the investigation
but now. when it's perfectly certain
they can bring nothing home to him
{! 11e paused "Of course l suppose It'll
save the corporation, eh? But it ma,
be ten years before its securities pay
! dividends, And this In raal money
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-03-26
BOY UP To NECK
IN PITCH. RESCUED
Rescuer, a Life Saver, Also Near"
" Sinks in Well of Sticky
Fluid.
CLOTHES TORN orr

Lad Drawn Out Without Ills c!othinGs
Taken to Station and Given Bath
of Kerosene and Lard Befors
Dressing.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12

New York, Sept. u.-Dun's Review TO-
morrow will say:
a lack Of uniformity in reports from
the principal trades and industries and
from the different sections OF the coun-
try continues, although there Is gradual
progress toward a restoration OF normal
conditions. ENCOURAGEMENT Is derived
from the results thus far achieved In
adjusting the International monetary
complications
There was another sharp decline In
foreign exchange, but subsequently re-
newed buying In connection with New
York City's foreign indebtedness provided
an element Of support. Betterment In
the financial position at London was
indicated by the easier tendency in
private discounts and there was talk OF
an early reduction in the official charge
of the Bank of England, which issued
another favorable statement on Thurs
day. f- s''-.r', 90.
THE increased, export demand for iron
and steel apparently. has not as yet
compensated for the falling on in do
nestle requirements. yet the August
statement Of the leading interest showed
a gain of SAFE tons in untitled tonnage.
!TRaIlroad revenues continue to show
a reduction. gross earnings Of all COM
panies reporting for the month Of Au-
gust being - per cent smaller than for
the same period q year ago Similarly.
bank clearingS reflect a falling on, the
total this week being as per cent less
than In 1913"
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12
WEEKL Y REVIEW OF TRADE
Bradstreet and Dun Agree that Business Outlook Prom
shg Though Former States that American Merchants
Are Still Merely Cropping for Foreign Markets
High Rates for Money Check Enterprise

New York. Sept. 1I.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
The hopes of better trade looms larger
than do actual transactions and. except
at few Western centers, the trend of
things the country over is tempered BY
conservatism. with positive dullness pre-
vailing in the South.
As yet American merchants are Rrop-
ing for foreign markets and while prog.
ress may be made in that direction
the situation is still one of promise
rather than performance. 1t Is conceded
that fundamental conditions are sound,
crops being Of excellent volume, and
that untimely crop money will make
itself felt, but on the other hand high
rates for money check enterprise, while
high prices. or. as in the case of cotton.
too low prices, hamper buying and tend
further to cement buyers to the policy
Of awaitingd evelopments.
In the iron and steel lines domestic
business Is slow and IL is probable thar
export trade Is not large enough to on
set the fall in home orders. At the same
time export inquiry for coal is increAs-
ing, there are Inquiries for uniform cloth
for foreign governments, and machinery
makers are shaping things so as to cap
ture export orders
In general the processes are still in
the nature OF readjustments for the COM
pfetion of which two little time has
elapsed since the outbreak OF the Eu-
ropean war.
Business failures for the week ending
September 10 were ga. which compares
with 272 last week and 25s in the like
week of 1913"
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12
TURKEY EXPLAINS why
IT ENDED TREATIES
Forced to Consider Own Interests,
Says Porte. as Allies Prepare
TO Take Action.
BALKANS JOIN AGAINST SULTAN
.-r,,I c,ha, 20 The washington Herald.

Special Cabls to The Washington Herald
Constantinople, Sept. 1.-THE Turkish
government today issued the followins
EXPLANATION Of the notice sent to all
powers, giving notice Of the abrogation
OF the conventions or capttulauons.
granting special privileges on restricting
the powers Of the Porte:
The Porte Is inspired to this action
solely by a desire to assure judicial. eco
nomic, and fiscal liberty of action In the
interest of progress in the country.
''The Porte entertains no unfriendly in
tentions toward any foreign power. II Is
acting in the supreme interest OF the
Ottoman fatherfand.
The Porte is ready to conclude trea-
ties Of commerce based upon principles
OF international law"
Petrograd. Sept. lit is announced
that the allied powers which are at war
with Germany and Austria have taken
or3cIal note OF Turkeys abrogation OF
conventions, treaties, and special privi-
Ieges. They will exchange views In ac-
cordance with a resolution to safeguard
their community Of interests In Asia and
the Near East.
bucharest, Sept u.-Roumania, Bull
raria. and Greece have formed an ALI
ance and have agreed to act in common
in case Turkey enters war as an ally Of
Germany and Austria.
News Of the triple Balkan alliance
came from a prominent member OF the
diplomatic corps here today. He declared
that representatives of the three nations
had signed an agreement that they would
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12
AMERICAN AID FOR
MUNICH RED CROSS
DR.. Sole A. Nordhof Jung. Known
Here. Writes. Describing Hospital
Work She Is CONDUCTING.

An interesting letter from DR.. sohe A.
Nordhoff Jung. who is actively engaged
in Red Cross work in Munich. Germany,
has just been received by a Washington
friend Esd turned over to the American
Red Cross.
In response to appeals from Munich
about August 20 the American Red Cross
cabled DIR. Franz Jung and his wife, DR..
Soie A. Nordhoff Jung. both OF whom
are well-known in Washington, especially
in diplomatic circles. 500 to assist them
In starting a hospital for the care of
wounded soldiers.
The letter. under date of August 25,
says, in part:
'Since the outbreak of this frightful
war DR.. Jung and I have organized a
class Of relief workers under the Ameri-
can Red Cross. Our object is to turn one
Of the hotels or large pensions into a
lazarett for the wounded soldiers. The
class consisting Of American men and
women will have to pass an examination
before the German Red Cross authorities
and then they receive a diploma emitting
them to assist in the nursing of the
wounded.
1--WE hope to have a lazarett Of al least
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12
KAPPA ALPHA GIVES DANCE.

A dance was given at the Willard last
evening by the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
under auspices Of James Lee Bost. presi-
dent OF the Washington Alumni Chapter
Beta Kappa Chapter. which will be iden-
tilted with the Maryland Agricultural
College. will begin its installation this
afternoon. at the fraternity house of
Alpha M. 20l1 Columbia road. The cere-
monies will continue until Sunday after
noon. The general officers OF the order
will he represented by v. N. Jones, Of
Nashville, Tenn. and F P. Mcconnell,
grand purseT, OF Richmond.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12
WASHINGTON GIRL TO WED.

Patchogue. Long Island, Sept IAN
nouncement was made here tonight Of
the engagement of Albert H. Gottlieb.
of this place. and Miss MurieI Isabel
Rappaport. Of Washington. The mar
rage is to take place about the last OF
November at the Shoreham Hotel in
Washington.
Mr.. Gottlieb is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs
simon Gottleb, Of Patchogue. the father
being a prominent merchant here
Miss Rappaport is the daughter of J.
l. RappapOrt. and lives at HOS Columbia
road northwest
The Washington herald., 1914-09-12
PAID $37o.ooo FOR GROUND.

The ground on which the memorial TO
the women of the civil war is to be built
cost $4,000 and not $4,000. as published.