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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-04
America Banks
Are Fortified By .
The Government
Financial Burdens, Caused By Euro
pean War, Will Be Minimized BY
Careful Planning
Sec. McAdOo Says Country Is Able
Z To Care For Itself; May Place
Millions in Banks
New Currency Law Put in to Force
as Safety Valve; Strain Felt
First in New York

The machinery of the federal gov
eminent was turned Sunday toward
terrifying the American banking sys-
tenn so that this nations share in the
financial burden Of European war will
be distributed on many shoulders and
its direct effects minimized.
Treasury Officials Leave
Conferences at the White House and
treasury department, eliminated late
Sunday in the departure for New
York of Secretary McAdoo and Comp
troller Of the Currency Williams.
These two men have authority to put
in operation the plan which congress
designed years ago for such situations
as the present by which the national
banks of the country can obtain $780,
100000 in currency under the Aldrich-
Vreeland act with which to face any
condition and meet any obligations.
Country in Excellent Shape
Mr.. McAdoo before he left, de-
clared that he considered the coun-
try to be in excellent shape to take
care of itself and there was no rea-
son for any feeling of alarm. Presi-
dent Wilson, who discussed the sit
uation at luncheon with Secretary
NcAdoo is confident that any con-
dition which arises can be met with
out difficulty.
Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Williams will
confer with fnanciers in New York
as soon as possible and these con-
ferences are expected to strengthen
the spirit of cooperation between the
government and the banks, looked
upon here as one of the hopeful signs
of the day.
McAdOo to Return Monday
Mr.. McAdoo would endeavor to re-
turn to Washington late Monday in
time to meet representatives of clear
ing houses of Chicago and st. Louis
now en- route to the capital at his in
vitation. In official circles at Wash
ington the feeling was evident that
any unusual strain will be manifest
first in New York and both the presi-
dent and Mr.. McAdoo were anxious
that the highest government financial
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-04
~ REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TUESDAY AUG. A. 1914.

VAGABOND
Dunno a heap about the what
an why,
i Can't says I ever knowed.
Heaven to mes a fair stretch
of sky,
Earth's just a dusty road.
Dunno the names c. things, nor
what they are,
Can't says I ever will. Z
Dunno about God-he's jest the /
noddin' star
Atop the windy hill.
Dunno about Life-it's jest a
tramp alone
From wakin' time to doss.
Dunno about Death-it's jest a
quiet stone
All over gray wi moss.
An why live, an why the
old world spins,
Are things | never knowed;
Ny marks the gypsy fires, the
lonely inns,
An jes the dusty road.
John Masefeld. T.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-04

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-19
HE RACED AND FLUNG HIS ARMS TOWARD THE SKY

Haynes had five days in which to
plan and achieve. He took the train to
Kronstad, a northern port, and, rep
resenting himself to be an agent for a
ships chandler, he purchased there
twelve thousand yards of strongest
cordage. This he had placed aboard a
sailing sloop in sections, and, loaded
almost to the gunwale with his strange
freight, he set his course for the lone
ly, uninhabited rock seven miles from
Kristiensund, from which he hoped to
draw Beyers to his destruction.
The scheme which he had contrived
was the most fiendish that could have
entered the brain of the most des-
perate and constituencies criminal. It
was, in it's way, worthy of any of the
famous murderers of the days when
murder flourished as a fine art in Italy.
Between the isolated rock and the
mainland, at certain tides, there swept
and eddied and sucked the giant whirl-
pool, the maelstrom, the most terrible
monster of all the formidable perils of
the sea. From the NAV of this terrific
monster no boat, once caught, has ever
escaped Drawn into it from distances
of half a mile or more, it's victims,
with accelerated pace, rush to their de-
struction, spin for few seconds upon
the circumference of the monster,
look, horror-stricken, into its gaping
jaws, and then, circling at terrible
speed, plunge down to death. a thou
sand fathoms below.
Although, when the tide runs slack,
boats may cross the site of the mael-
strom unscathed, yet SO potent is the
terror which it inspires that none dare
to approach it. No wonder. then, that
the rock on which Haynes took up his
abode was uninhabited!
He spent two whole days splicing his
rope together When at last the entire
length had become single piece, he
spent a third day winding it around a
series of strong poles which he placed
deep in the sand, fortified by pyramids
OF rocks until they were immovable I'M
der the strongest strain that he could
bring to bear. Then, filling his gaso-
line tank, he tested his gyroscope and
set it up in such a manner that in it's
revolutions it would wind in the whole
length of cordage. When this had been
completed he let the gyroscope run
down, fastened one end of the rope to
the tiller of his boat, and, on the Fri
day night, when the tide ran low. he
pulled for the mainland, towing the
rope behind him, which unwound auto
matically as the gyroscope, no longer
in action. spun like the gigantic top
it was and drew the lengths Of cord
age from the poles.
The night was so intensely dark that
Haynes could only gauge his direction
from the revolving lamp in the light
house upon the great cliff which domi-
mated the entrance to the ford; and
even with its aid he was so far drawn
out of his course by the current that
he landed finally two miles to the
south of his destination, beneath the
railroad terminal. which at this point
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-19

did not wait for the blow to fall, but
abandoning to his son the care Of his
business interests in Chicago, fed with
his millions to the shelter OF his
steam yacht, and put out to sea. Pro-
visioned for weeks, with skllful
crew. a library, chef, and selection
of choicest wines, he cruised the seas.
Beyers liked a sea life and was pre-
pared to stretch out the period of his
exile ndefnitely-that is to say, with
in reasonable limits; until his own de-
tectiyes succeeded in cornering his
enemy.
But Haynes eluded Beyers' spies
with ease. Mounted upon his gyro-
SCOPE. he could traverse twelve hum
bred miles in night At last, in des-
peration, they abandoned the search
for him. Beyers, condemned to exile
for an unlimited period, accepted his
fate rather than return to lace his
enemy. He sailed over the seas of
Europe. wintering in the Mediterrane-
an. then spending the summer months
in the North sea and the Baltic. He
was off Norway when at last Haynes
found him.
After he emerged from the peniten-
tiary at Nokomis Falls, Haynes found
the daughter from whom he had been
sanarated at the time of his arrest
she was living in remote hamlet In
northern New York, ignorant OF her "a
theirs fate and thinking him dead. He
rescued her and sent her to Chicago,
instructing her to await his orders
there. after enlisting her in his
schemes for revenge. When his chase
after Beyers began he instructed
Eleanor to obtain a position as
stenographer in Beyer's offices In that
citv. now controlled by his son, in or
der that. if opportunity arose, she
might obtain information serviceable
to the fulfilment of his plans. Eleanor
HAYNES rose rapidly; within six
months she had become young Beyers'
confidential secretary; and it was from
her that John Haynes discovered
where his enemy was to be found.
Reyers was to be at Kristiensund,
off the Norwegian coast, on a certain
date IN OCIOOOI. hay ACSs 0AoSuA0 -
an English tourist. found his yacht
there provisioning. The man himself
had gone into the interior for weeks
salmon fishing, but was to return on
the following Saturday. Nothing
could have suited Haynes plans bet
ter. But he found it impossible, In
spite of his disguise. to GO aboard; the
watchman informed him that he was
forbidden to admit strangers. As to
Beyers, the man confided that he kept
armed guards at his side who would
not hesitate to shoot trespassers.
Haynes also learned that, since the
village did not boast of hotel, Beyers
would sleep aboard the vessel on Sat
urday night, awaiting the Sunday
morning tide which should give
depth of channel to enable her to
clear the narrow passage of the ford,
in which she found shelter from the
turbulence of the North sea.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-19

On the lonely rock seven miles from
the Norwegian coast John Haynes sat
waiting. The gray fogs, lifting mo-
mentarily, disclosed the barren shores
OF the mainland far to the east, uprear-
ing in steep cliffs beside the clefts of
the fiords. All round him were the
black, turbulent waters, ink-black I'M
der sky of scurrying clouds, save
where, two miles away, line Of foam
showed that the returning tide was
waking the terrific forces Of the mael-
Strom, that giant circular whirlpool
from whose clutches no ship has ever
emerged. There John Haynes waited
man so filed with the turbulence OF
MS own angry dreams that he might
nave been himself one of those ele-
mental, natural forces that played and
struggled around him.
Of all the men who had banded
themselves together to rob Haynes OF
MS western lands, Frederick Beyers
was first and foremost, both as regards
the launching of the conspiracy and IN
the sharing of the spoil. Haynes was
an Englishman who had fallen heir 70
vast, undeveloped western territory
whose value was estimated conserva-
lively at eleven millions of dollars.
railing to induce him to accept NIL
hon ill settlement of his just claims
The conspirators had leagued them
selves with the law; bribed judges ana
lawyers, and sent him, under false
name, to the penitentiary for
Uumped-up crime. Through the Trick
cry of his own counsel Haynes was oe
prlyed of the opportunity to defeno
himself
The rogues had hoped to enjoy the
proceeds of their crimes undisturDed-
at least during the fourteen years
Which Haynes was to serve. But III
the prison workshop Haynes had IN
vented q new and terrible machine
: gyroscope, which, attached to the
Ieet, or any vehicle, would drive IL At
any speed up to two hundred miles an
0our. AS scientists know, the strangesI
feature of the gyroscope, which is noun
ing but gigantic top, is that 1t main
talns the angle of incidence at Wnlcn II
IS first set spinning and cannot De as
lodged therefrom. This feature, OF
course, communicates itself to the We
nlcle to which the top is attached
hence, it can traverse roads, single
lines of railroads, or even rope cables
adhering tenaciously and firmly to rue
harrowest track. By aid of this con-
trlVance Haynes had effected his es-
cape from the penitentiary and had re-
turned to the world to wreak justice
upon his prosecutors.
One by one his enemies received
their need. Some died, some met
more dreadful fates, unknown to the
world, which, chronicling their disap-
pearance with passing wonder. was I'M
aware of what the rest Of the consplra-
tors knew but dared not publish-tnat
Haynes was working out the ven
geance which he was resolved to exact
70 the uttermost. Frederick Beyers
was the boldest Of those remaining. He
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-19
HoIdino Trade.

'You look disgruntled,' said the
shoe man.
Yes snapped the halter. Had q
little rush just now, and couple of
prospective customers walked out
without being waited on.
They seldom get away from me-"
declared the shoe man. Il take or
their shoes as soon as they come in.
Judge.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK
Respectfully,
ALEX BLAZER.

To the People of Cooke County:
thereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Circuit
Court Clerk. | am, and always
have been a Republican. believe
in giving every man square deal.
Should you see cause to give
me this honorable and responsible
position | will do all in my power
to make you an efficient clerk.
I was raised on a farm, am Is
years Of age, single but do not
always expect to remain so. If |
do, | assure you it will not be my
fault.
Hope you can see your way
clear to vote for me.
Respectfully,
WILL HAMPTON.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
COUNTY COURT CLERK

hereby announce myself a
candidate for reelection to the
office of County Court Clerk, sub
ject to the will Of the republican
voters as expressed either in pri-
mary or convention.
have endeavored to serve the
people faithfully for the last four
years, and ask for an endorse
ment for another term upon my
official record. The records of my
office are open to all the voters
and taxpayers of the County, and
if | have faithfully discharged my
duty, as I believe | have, respect
fully solicit the support of all the
people And If elected | will con-
tfnue 10 serve you faithfully and
discharge my duties for the next
four years as | have in the past
four years.
JOHN HOLT.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29

We carry the announcement
this week of Will Hampton for
Circuit Court Clerk, subject to the
action Of the Republican Primary,
March ID. Mr.. Hampton is a young
man, Is years of age, the son of
D. M. Hampton, one of the best
known men Of the county. He is
a man of high ideals and numbers
his friend by the hundreds, who
say he will make a warm race,
This is his first race for county
office. He has always been a Re-
publican and believes in giving
every one a square deal.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29

When Newport gets a day cur
rent it will be the beginning of "a
new era Of prosperity for the town
for then there will be something
to offer the outside investor. The
work on the dam across the
Pigeon above Hartford, it is said,
will begin soon and it is hoped to
have the power in Newport dur
ing the coming Summer. 1t will
be a big thing, too for the people
living between Newport and Hart
ford, for they will be able to get
electric lights and power to run
their farm machinery at a small
cost. ..
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29

The County Republican COM
mittee has decided upon an early
date for the primary and have Sc
lected March IA. The date APP
parently is satisfactory to all can
rdidates and the campaign will be
lively from this date to the date OF
the primary. There are host OF
candidates in the field and it is a
fitting tribute to John Holt and r.
M. Sexton that no candidates have
announced for the office of Coun-
ty Court Clerk nor for Trustee
These two officials have conduct
ed their offices in such a way az
to offer no chance for criticism
and the voters realize it, appar
emily, or else there would be op
position for them.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29

Newport should take up the
question of it's right to the Main
street at once. The courts should
be given a chance to decide the
ownership of this property at an
early date. If the railroad owns
the ground which they claim, il
would carry their right of way to
the very door of all the Main
street business houses and would
not leave any street whatever
The town has spent thousands Of
dollars on Main street and is now
spending more money. and il
should know before all of the ole
residents have passed away, just
how much of the town is owneC
by the railroad company.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
REGISTER

| hereby announce my candida
cy for the Republican nomination
for Register. The records in my
office will bear the closest inspec-
ton. have endeavored to give
the people of Cooke county the
very best service possible and as
yet have never found anyone who
had found fault with my office.
Actions speak louder than words
and if am given this nomination
and reelected | will continue to
give the office the very best of at
tention. Thanking the voters for
their past favors and appreciat-
ing your support in this instance,
| am,
Yours respectfully,
FELIX SHUTS.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
WANTED 1T UNANIMOUS

A Georgia town voted for sa-
looms. and here is the reason as
given by one of the citizens:
If we are going to stand for
our women folks to wear shadow
and slit skirts, tight fitting
dresses and vulgar hobble skirts,
and our younger women learning
to dance the boll-weevil wiggle,
Texas Tommy, Tango, the bunny
hug, the bear dance, the calf cent
er, the buzzard flop and so on
down the line, the men folks had
just as we'll have their saloons and
the whole push 60 to hell to-
gether. "-Sherburn Mimi Adj
vance Standard.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
FOR SHERIFF.

To The People of Cooke County:
| hereby announce myself a can
didate for the important office for
Sheriff.
| have always been a Progress
sive Republican and believe in
giving every man a fair, square
and honest deal.
| was defeated two years ago
by very small majority; had |
been given a fair deal | would
have been honored with a nomina-
ton and election at that time.
However, | submitted to the count
and supported the nominee heart
lily,
| belong to no political ring or
faction and will not stultify myself
to be dictated to by any party.
If honored with this high and
important office shall discharge
the duties incumbent upon me in
such way as becomes an efficient
Sheriff.
trust you can see your way
clear to support me March IA,
1914.
Respectfully,
ALEX BLAZER,
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
TRUSTEE

Friends and Voters Of Cooke
County:
am a candidate for the Repub-
Iican Nomination for Trustee, of
Cooke County.
Imost earnestly solicit your vote
and influence i'm the Republican
primary to be held some time in
the near future. If nominated |
promise to fill this high office in
am honorable and creditahe man.
ner. My official record is a mat
ter of public record spread upon
the minute books i'm the County
Court Clerks Office, of which I
am proud. ....
Ipledge myself to stand by and
support all rules and regulations
governing the Republican primary
of 1914. now ask you, one and
all, to support me in the Republi-
can primary to be held some time
the first of this year. Kindly vote
for me for Trustee and ask your
friends to do likewise.
AS ever your friend,
r. H. SEXTON.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
Announcements
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

| hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Circuit
Court Clerk, subject to the action
of the Republican Primary, to be
held March IA. | have been a
citizen of Cooke County all my
life and have always worked for
the interest of the people OF Cooke
County. | have been a member
of the County Board of Education
for the past eight years, and have
served to the best of my ability.
If elected, promise to serve the
people in the best possible way as
Circuit Court Clerk and my Of.
flee will always be open for the
convenience of those who have
business to transact.
Very truly yours,
C. H. LOWELL.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29

Alex Blazer has announced his
candidacy for the office of sheriff.
He is a young man, and made very
close race against Sheriff Dawson
In the primary two years ago, and
there are those who believe that
an office of this kind should not
be held too long by one man. Mr..
Blazer has made good officer
for the sixth district in which he
has served several years as con-
stable and he has pledged himself
to enforce all of the laws possible
if he is elected sheriff. Further
more he says that he believes
these laws can be enforced and he
wants the voters of Cooke coun-
ty to give him a chance.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
HOUSEHOLD SPICE

Speak well even to bad people.
Faults are always thick where love
is thin.
By ignorance we mistake, by mis-
takes we learn.
Canned fruit 1t nothing new; they
had preserved pears in the ark .
Wrongs do not leave off where they
begin. but beget more mischief.
Discomfort arises more often from
our desire than from our needs.
What maintains one mans vice
would often bring up two children.
Those who have always virtue In
their mouths neglect it In their prac-
tice.
Learning makes man or woman
fit company for themselves as we'll as
others.
Ii human progress means anything,
1t means the enjoyment of the highest
privileges.
An English servant girl who re-
turned from the United States to visit
friends was told that she looked real
aristocratic. Her reply was: "In
America all of us domestics belong to
the hire class"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
FOR SHERIFF

hereby announce that / will be
a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Sheriff. | am
willing for the voters to Judge
whether | am entitled to another
term by looking up my record. l
will make this race on the record
| have made in the office. Hoping
to see the voters before the day of
the primary and thanking you in
advance for your support, am
Yours sincerely,
CHAS. E. DAWSON.
For mild, easy action of the
bowels, try Doan's Regulets, a
modern laxative. 25c at all stores.
adv.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29


Sheriff Dawson has handed in
his announcement for the Republi-
can nomination for sheriff. He is
a candidate for reelection and
says that he will make his cam
paign on his record, and is willing
for the voters to Judge him by
what he has done. C. E. Dawson
is a genial, good natured official
and has many friends throughout
the county who are satisfied to
see him remain as Cooke county's
sheriff.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
BOTH TELEPHONE Els
BRUCE I. SUSONG
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

We carry the announcement
this week of Uncle" Charley
Lowell for Circuit Court Clerk
He is one of the best known men
in Cooke County and we can safe.
ly say that the man who gets as
many or more votes than he, will
be the next Circuit Court Clerk.
AS member Of the County Board
of Education he has gained wide
acquaintance and he will be an i'm
portant figure in the primary race
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
HOMESPUN H0MlLlES.

Gabe Toots seq:
1t takes three generations to git
soup-eating down right
II 1t wasn't for moths there
wouldn't be NO Great White Ways.
Ii you want to see q cheap show 20
out and watch money buy popularity.
Fear Of losing your job keeps more
men straight than all the other laws
ever thought up.
It wont be long now before they'll
start to putin the turkey pictures
back on the magazine covers.
There amt nothin' ever goin' to hap
pen to smooth over Their differences
between what you want and what you
git.
Take little walk down Their street
and you kin see day by day that Their
womminfolks has snapped OF little
more self-respect for some more style.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29

Newport's mayor and board Of
aldermen are progressive lot at
any rate and if they continue to
improve sidewalks, their memory
will go down in history as that of
a constructive organization, They
may do some work which pro-
perty holders will not commend
because they Individually feel
should be done elsewhere, but all
work of Improvement is to be
commended and it is a pity that
this board does not have more
funds to spend. More paving has
been laid in Newport in the last
four years than in all previous
years and Newport will soon have
the reputation Of being one of the
best paved towns in Tennessee.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-29
MRS. MURPHY" ON LOVE


Love will make man what lost
half his face in railway go and
get his picture took"
You never know which way It's
going to break out with love. It's
like a sort of force as may blow
the kitchen boiler through your
drawing-room windows and lift the
roof off, or it may turn into the
electric light and brighten your
home for years"
Loves a thing where experience
don't help you, and the best advice
Is no more good than sick head
ache"
When a girls In love with
man nothing he does Is wrong. II
he stole a penny from blind
man and bought poison for his
mother with it, she'd say 1t was
only his high spirits. Mrs. Muir
ply, by Barry Pain.