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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
War on Rats Is Started.

ST. Louis. Mo.-Police started a
house to house canvass of the resi-.
dences and business houses along the
river front yesterday in an effort to
get information as to how many rats
infest these places, and to find the
best mode of killing them, following
the receipt of information by Acting
Health Commissioner DR. G. A. Jordan
that rats suffering from the bubonic
plague were discovered in New Or
leans.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Anrnsa the Seas

Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain unveiled
memorial at Weymouth, England, to
her ancestor, John Endicott, first gov
ernor of Massachusetts Bay, and
Richard Clark, who sailed from Wey'
mouth for New England 800 years ago
Louis Cook, representing the town Of
Weymouth, Mass, was present.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
The Hen.

Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the
brilliant suffragist, said, at luncheon
at the Colony club In New York, in
answer to an anti"
so you accuse US. sir, of overconti'
dence in the success of the suffragist
movement. Well. sir. I'd ask you to
remember this:
The hen is no great hand to swag
ger and strut, but at least she's never
been known to cackle before she's laid
the egg"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
To Stop Delivery of Money.

shington.-Justice Anderson OF
the district supreme court signed an
order here, directing three express
companies 10 show cause why they
should not be enioined from delivering
30,000,000 pesos in new currency en-
grsved in Washington for the Mexican
constitutionalists.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Probably Not.

THE cave man used to bang hs.
bride over the head with a club and
walk of with her"
What OF it,"
81 don't suppose the girls cared to
rehearse the ceremony as they DC
nowadays"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Poor Man.

Patience-Divorces are more difficult
to obtain in England than in any Other
civilized country.
Patrice-Too bad; and that's tho
home Of the militant suffragettes. toe
isn't it?
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Rules Strikers May Picket.

Springfield, Ill.-The right of peace
full picketing by labor unions is up
held in a decision by the appellate
court of the Third district, in revers-
ing and remanding the Judgment Of
the Adams county circuit court In the
case of the People VS.. Adrian Young.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Hsrassed by Debt; Suicides.

New York.-Harassed by debts
which he could not meet, although he
was heir to a large estate, William
F. Young, As years old, ended his life
by gas at his boarding house. Young
had been respondent for months be-
cause his fathers estate was legally
tied up.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
10000 TO Go on Strike.

Dallas, Tex-Plans are under way
for general strike of some 10000
organized railroad fremen, engineers
and trainmen west of the Mississippi
river, according to B. ]. Flood, stats
labor inspector and chairman OF ths
local railway brotherhoods.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
To Phone Across Atlantic.

London.-"Mr. Marconi contem-
plates being able to telephone from
Caravan, Wales, to New York before
the end of the year." was the state
ment made by the manager OF the
company, in testifying before the Do
minion's royal commission on imperial
communications.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
MAYOR Shoots AssalIant.

Butte, Mont.--Louis p. Duncan,
mayor OF Buttee, was stabbed three
times by Finish miner Mayor Dun.
can drew a revolver as he fell and
shooting from the floor, wounded his
assailant, Eric LAntala.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
WHAT BEER WILL DO.

A Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) sheriff raided
a speak-easy months ago. and In one
bottle of beer he found a frog. He
sealed the bottle, marked 1t, and put
1t away. Lately he came across It
again. The seal was intact, but the
frog had been eaten completely to
naught by the acid in the beer. Now
the sheriff doubts If a beverage which
can eat frog can be good for hu-
man stomach.-Exchange.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
How To Give Quinine To Children

FEBRILiNE Is the trademark name Given 10 AZ
improved Quinine. II is Tasteless Syrup. pleas
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach
Children take II and never know il is Quinne
Also especially adsrted TO adults who eann,i
take ordinary Quihlne. Does not naussate nol
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head Tn
Il the next time you need Quinine Tor any pur
pose Ask for 2-ounce original package. In
name PEBRILINE Is blown In bottle. zS cents
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Elaht 10 Save Elxe Man.

Williamson, w. Va.-Miners worked
with feyerish energy digging a shaft
into the workings OF mine No. / of
the. Sycamore Coal company, near
here, in the hope of reaching five men
who were cut on when fire broke out.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Jack Johnson's Cash Attached.

Paris.-The courts have authorized
an attachment against Jack" John
son. negro heavyweight pugilist, on
claims by two creditors for $3,500 and
$11,120, respectively. The creditors
claim these amounts out Of the stake
won by Johnson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
What He Needed Most.

Ragged Rogers-De lady in de next
house give me piece of homemade
cake. Won't you give me somethin,
too?
Mrs. Spiteful-Certainly, I'll get you
a pepsin tablet.-Boston Evening
Transcript
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Japan Legal Adviser Dead.

Tokio.-Henry Willard Denison. le
gal advisor Of the japanese depart.
ment of foreign affairs since 1880, died
in st. Luke's American hospital. Deni.
son was stricken with paralysis a
week ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
ENoLANp's DRINK BILL.

AS reported in The Alliance News
upon estimates made by Mr.. George
B. Wilson, secretary of the United
Kingdom alliance, Great Britain's
drink bill for the past year was over
six millions of dollars less than the
year previous. Picture palaces have
become a competitor with the public
houses throughout the kingdom.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
ss,ooo.ooo Disappeara.

New York.-That ssOOO,OOO has dis.
appeared from the treasury of the In.
ternational Steam Pump Co. was the
statement made in Justice Weeks
part OF the supreme court by Bourke
Cochran.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
MORE TAX ON HOTELS.

New York State Excise Commission
or Farley. in his annual report, favors
taxing hotels more than saloons. and
suggests provision of law whereby
when district votes dry. some person
in 1t may sell liquor on petition OF IS
per cent Of the electors. aud vice versa
as TO a wet district
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Roosevelt Quits Outlook.

New York-Theodore Roosevelt has
resigned from The Outlook. Lawrence
Abbot, one Of the owners, admitted
this, though he refused to say what
had induced the colonel to quit his
editorial work.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Washington Awaiting Returns.

Washington.-Was govern
ment officials and others interested
in the Mexican situation awaited
anxiously for details of the election
held in Mexico, in which It was sought
20 choose a successor to Gen. Huerta
The fact that few votes were cast
caused no surprise either in official
quarters or among the agents of the
Mexican coDstitutionalists in Wash
ington, because II was generally
known that only few citizens in the
vicinity OF Mexico City would vote
The question now raised in the minds
of observers Of conditions is whether
Gen. Huerta will declare the election
valid If some one has been chosen
TO succeed him.
Foreign Post for Huerta.
While an early report from Mexico
said 1t was believed that Gen. Huerts
had been the favorite in the voting foi
the president, the general belief pre-
vailing here was that Huerta had not
been a candidate and that It was tbs
intention in the election TO choos'
Pedro Lascurain as president
Private dispatches from Mexico Cit
reiterated that Huerta, in a final ei
fort to restore peace. intended to turi
the government over to Lascurain
who, in turn, would name some con
stitutionalist as minister of foreigl
affairs.
Then Lascurain, according to thes'
reports would resign, leaving the con
stitutionalist minister of foreign al
fairs TO succeed TO the presidency
Huerta would be assigned to som
foreign post by Lascurain before tn
lstter's resignation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Old Conductor RetIres.

Hackensack, N. Edwin Birely, 70
years old. a conductor on the Erie
railroad. has retired after SO years
Of service. Commuters presented him
with a gold ticket punch as mark Of
their esteem.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Monkey Gets PelIaqra,

Topeka. Kan.-A monkey at the
University Of Kansas has been inocu-
lated with pellagra by means Of sand
flies, according to the announcement
here by Prof. s. J. Hunter OF that in
stitution.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
M. p. Official Ends Life

New York.-Guy Phillips, assistant
secretary of the Missouri Pacific rail-
way, and a director in several other
companies, shot and killed himself in
his office on the eighth floor of the
City Investing building.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Ruling May Free Or. HYDE.

Kansas City, Mo.-The supreme
court at Jefferson City has reversed
suit TO restrain the county court OF
Jackson county from appropriating
$4,000 for expenses OF the B. Clarke
Hyde murder trial
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Famous Rat Catcher Dead.

New York.-Willlam A. Heitler, the
Oldest rat catcher in this city, is dead.
He had caught half a million live rats
with his bare hands in As years. He
sold them 10 hospitals for vivisection
purposes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
CHILDREN RESCUED.

s. s. Foxton Jones, superintendent of
the Irish work in connection with DR..
Barnardo's Homes. says $4,000 chill
dren have been rescued. About 70
per cent OF these cases are directly
attributed to the drink traffic. But
for the drink curse these great in
stitutions would very shortly close
their doors.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Killed In 2On-Eoot Eall.

Rheims, France.-Corp. Gabriec
Godefroy Of the French army aviation
corps was killed and Corp. Emile Miraf
probably fatally injured by a fall ir
a monoplane OF 500 feet They ha
lost control OF the machine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
customs Revnue Inerea.ea.

Chicago.-Customs receipts at this
port were s500,00o more for the fiscal
year than for the year previous, ac-
cording to the report made public by
John c. Ames, collector OF customs 70,
Chicago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
100 shlnale MlIIs Close.

Seattle, Wash.--One hundred shin.
gle mills in western Washington
closed for the annual Fourth OF July
holiday and probably will remain
closed for some time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09

CAUSE OF HUNGRY CHILDREN.
Miss Agnes Slack says 1t is because
Of the liquor trafic that 200 towns in
England and Wales serve meals 10
school children.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Marriage may be failure in some
cases, but with the advent of twins #,
becomes a bowling success.
OuIy One "BROMO OUININEn

To get the genuine. call for full name. LAyA
TIVE BRoMo QUININR. Look for signature q
Z. w. GROVE. Cures Cold in One Day. S;op
cough and headache. and works of cold. 80
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-28

gether for the purpose of opening up
a sort of cooperative commissary.
Provisions were gotten by apply
ing from store to store. Meanwhile
the/men were endeavoring to secure
employment which was not available,
although the newspapers are carry
ing columns of want ads that are
Turing outsiders to Chicago to be-
come part of the hungry army.
Union labor has made the charge
that these columns of want ads
are the result of a conspiracy on the
part of Big Business to flood the
labor market and in that way reduce
wages.
Over on the West Side the eeRdi-
tons have been poorest. In the con-
gested districts poverty has walked
hand in hand with sickness. The faith
ers of such families were desperate.
But at no time did their protest
against conditions take the shape of
a violent outbreak.
A great many of the unemployed,
particularly in the Maxwell street dis
trict, are Jews. When hard times had
enmeshed them they applied to the
Jewish societies for aid and then they
realized the game that organized
charity really plays, whether it be
the United Charities, the Jewish So
cieties or any similar organizations.
%. So the men have been very bitter
against all forms of organized char
ity. And that feeling was one of the
causes that led up to last nights riot.
The Jewish Weman's Aid Society
yesterday announced they would
serve refreshments at the Working
mems Hall.
There was much grumbling heard.
Several garment workers were rail-
ing against the conditions. There
were protests against the system of
distributing food. Then half of the
bread line that had gathered left the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-28

of men who haQ SuHeroQ nlucA IFOm
oppression. And the hungry crowd
that gathered around them listened
attentively. s
Those who heard the speeches de-
clare there wasn't anything in5them
very infammatory. It was the same
old talk about the lack of equality In
the world. There would have. been
no disturbance but for a peevish old
gentleman, Samuel Franklin, very
wealthy and comfortable furniture
man, in front Of whose door the
speakers were holding their meeting.
Franklin looked out at the crowd
in disgust. Then he!went to the tele-
phone and called up the Maxwell
street police station with the inform
alton that there was mob that look
ed dangerous outside his door.
A squad Of police rushed over.
They saw the mob. t0ne or two Of
the Drawer of the policemen drew
their reyolvers and crashed through
the crowd. The crowd fell back.
Weshnevsky, Bernstein and Louis
Grossman were arrested at the time.
The crowd scattered but Kissed the
officers from the nearby corners. 80
Some of the crowd made jeering
remarks. At the station the story
was given out that the police force
had been threatened; that a rampant,
bowling army had broken loose. Re.
porters got, sore eyes last night
searching for the army.
On the way to the station the DO
lice came across an elderly man who
was muttering to himself. He looked
disgustedly at the police. He was inn
mediately arrested and thrown into
Jail.
In Judge Frys court a very ques-
tionable bit of Justice was handed OUT
The man who had been arrested
for muttering to himself was ar
raigned. He gave the name of Sam
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-23
OPEN FORUM.

Editor Capital Journal:-Shall the
present statute authorizing counties to
bond themselves for constructing roads
be repealed9
That is question being seriously
considered by many since the vicious
nature of the law has been exposed
through the columns Of the Capital
Journal.
The minds of some are still open to
argument. For the information of
these and others we should like to have
Judge John H. Scott, chairman of the
good roads committee, to answer the
following question through your valu-
able paper:
''Does the statute, authorizing coun'
ties to isse bonds TO construct high
ways, compel the county treasurer tC
loan the redemption fund to borrowers
on real estate security so long as ap
proved applications are on file; or is
the law so worded as, in fact, to leave
suci loans OPTIONAL with that official7'
In constituting this portion of the
statute, Judge Scott, we shall not bC
50 tisfeid with your private opinion
only. Every position assumed should
be forfeited by sound reasoning anC
recognized authority. As judge ant
attorney. vau will see the importance
of this, knowing that whatever state
vents you NAV make and Whatever con
clusions you may reach will be sub
'e"ted to the acid that of qualified rc
search on the part of voters vitally il
terested
You have kindly offered to answcI
ovestions torcning the various phases
of constructing permanent highways
We think the one here submitted il
quite pertinent to the issue.
SEVERAL VOTERS.
Salem, dav 81.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-23
TRY SKIN ABSORPTION
INSTEAD OF COSMETICS

The constant use of rouge and pow
der invites coarsened, roughened con.
dition of the skin, eruptions, enlarged
pores and wrinkles. If you've learned
this from experience, suppose you quit
cosmetics and try the following;
Ask your druggist for an ounce of
ordinary mercolized wax and begin us
ing this tonight. apply like cold
cream, washing it off in the morning.
Keep this up for a week or two. The
wax will literally absorb the coarse,
colorless or blemished top skin, but so
gradually as not to discommode you at
all. just as gradually the clear, velvety,
naturally-tinted undershin comes to the
surface. And mercolizr- wax becomes
your everlasting friend.
For those wrinkles and large pores,
make face wash by dissolving an
ounce of powdered saxolite in half
pint witch hazel. This has remarkable
astringent and tonic properties, and
beneficial results come quickly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-23
The Mystery of the Ranch, or
Who Gets the Farmers Crop?

with ! is crop ne asks the dealer: " How
much are YOU paying for whestl' or
whatever it is he has TO sell. He does
not fix the price. That is done for
him, and it is fixed by the limit the
consumer can pay, from which is de-
Quoted the intermediate $ and the rail
road S charges. This is the great rake
off, but there ere others There are
too many between the producer and
the consumer who levy toll on the
farm product on its way to the con.
sumer. The first purchaser takes a
Iate-off. The truckmen get another.
The eommis sion house gets another.
he wholesaler gets another. The city
truckman still another; the retail deal
or another, and the consumer paying
two, three, five or even dozen times
what the farmer gets, contributes to
all these, paying big price of which
the fnrmer. the original producer, gets
only from 80 down to 10 per cent. The
dealer, the first buyer, adds say 10 to
20 per cent to the cost price for his
profits, The dealer at the market place
to whom it is sent pays the railroad
its freight and adds 10 to 20 per cent
to the first cost and profits. The
commission merchant adds 10 20 80 per
cent TO all these charges and profits
and passes the stuff along to the re-
teller who having paid all these profits
to those through whose hands the stuff
has passed, adds 80 per cent to 100 on
some things to the whole sum, both
first cost and profits, and thus a sys.
tenn Of rapidly compounded charges
and interest assumes such large proper
tions that the consumer is barely able
to supply the necessaries of life for
his family, but the farmer does not ge'
it. 1t is absorbed a little here and a
whole lot there; interest is charged
on interest and profit charged on
profit until the first cost, the amount
the farmer receives, is doubled and
euadrupled.
Under our present system it seems
this cannot be avoided for the work of
merchant, commission man and dealer
are all necessary. 1t may well be
doubted, however, if the present sys-
TEN is the best, or for that matter is
even excusabe. Stated briefly, the
whole world lives off the farmer. The
railroads take his stuff to market, the
merchants handle it. ana after it has
reached the consumer who paid for it,
all that the Intermediates have not
taken as their legitimate profits is
handed back to the farmer. The rail.
road fixes the amount of income il
must earn and taxes the farmer with it
The merchant fixes the amount of PROF
it ne must make and charges it VI
against the farmers product. The
commission man, and every other, fixes
the amount of profit he must make anC
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-23

In the first installment of this little
story it was shown that the average
farmer gets about 5000 a year and thaf
the average consumer, the working
man, gets about the same income IL
is not contended that the worker gets
too much. for. like the farmer, he ac-
eumuIates but little, and compared u
,tbers of the intermediary business
class, who levy toll on the farmer ;
products, h, may be said to accumulate
practically nothing. Between the two
there is the merchant, the manufacturer
and the transportation companies
There is the commission merchant, the
wholesaler, the draYmen an9the retai''
ar. Now it is easily shown that most
of these earn all they get, for they DO
t,ot accumulate more than modest
competence as a general thing. VI
course there are exceptions to this, but
it is the general rule. The transpot-
tat on companies say they earn only
sufficient to "pay dividends" This
is not true. Hartman accumulated
s2 O.OOO,O0O in few years from rail-
road transactions. and ne was but one
of hundreds who suddenly accumulated
nil ions through the railroads. Here
also is the great absorber of the farm
er's crops. 1t is not the only oney but
the greatest single one, and it will con-
tinue to be so until a physical valua-
tion Of all the railroads can be made
and rates established therefrom.
The railroads do not perhaps MAKE
too great profit measured on their
supposed valuation, but the niger in
the woodpile is cleverly concealed in
the watering of stocks and the lifting
of valuations A railroad whose stock
il two-thirds water, and there are
many such, insists on paying dividends
of six or seven per cent on this false
valuation, and so dong really collects
revenue equal to fiom IL to 20 per
cent. This, or most of it, the farmer
pays. There is but two places the
railroad can collect from. One is the
consumer and the other the farmer, so
far as its to Is on farm products are
concerned. 1t is compelled to take it
from the farmer if it gets it at all,
because the consumer cannot pay more
than stated sum. When prices go
above that, the consumer refuses to
buy. He has not the money. The re-
result is that the price. paid the farm
er is held down. The farmer s price Is
fixed for him. When he goes to town
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-23

charges it up to the producer. Figur-
ing on the price the consumer Will
pay, all these charges are added to-
gether, sbstracted from the selling
price and the farmer price is fixed
at the sum that will permit all these
otner charges to lie paid. He gets
what is left, and he also gets left. He
is not troubled about figuring out how
much profit he must make to keep even,
or to lay up fair return for his invest
ment and his labor. lie takes what
he can get and he takes it whether the
price will pay the cost of production
or not He cannot say my profit must
be so much as does every other who
iandles his stuff. All he has to do is
to 90 to town and ask what the deal
ers are going to allow him for his
crop. That's all he has to do with it..
If there is big crop of potatoes, the
railroad charges are unchanged, are the
same as when the crop is small. The
profits of every dealer and person who
iaudles the stuff is the same per cent.
The result is that the farmer, having
TO take what is left after all the 9TH
ers have levied toll on it, gets prae-
tically nothing.
Last year potatoes became a drug,
The farmer could net sell them at any
price. Why2 Because the sale price in
the cities, or the ultimate market, was
so low that after all commissions and
freight was paid there was nothing
left. The interdemIaries had 20 have
their profit, so much per cent, and
there was only enough for them. In
such cases the farmer stands the entire
loss He does not even "get his seed
back" So if prices are low he stands
oil the loss, and the higher tney are
the greater percentage of profit he has
to pay the interdCmiaries, for they
work on a percentage basis.
This is the second discrimination
against him.