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WASHINGTON.

b. Equally a unanimous vote the
Sena . rfiected the nomination of W.
N. Collins to be postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo.
Brig. Gen. Charles Morton. U. s. A.,
retired. died at Washington hospi.
tai after brief illness. of pneumonia.
He was So years old.
President Wilson nominated Otto F,
Heine. Lahaina. Hawaii; Henry X.
Piemer. Waialua, Hawaii. and Hugh
A. Nolan. Everett, Wash. as post.
masters.
There are forty-four persons in the
United States with net income of a
million dollars year or more. accord.
ing to a complete compilation of In
coihe tax returns In the annual report
Of the commissioner of internal reve.
nue. The report shows 357.59s indi.
viduals have paid taxes aggregating
27,253,535.
John Callan O'Loughlin. an Ameri-
canknewspaper man who accompanied
the Christmas ship Jason with gifts
for children Of the warning nations Of
Europe, has been decorated with the
grand cross Of the Order OF Francis
Joseph. by the Austrian Emperor. ac-
cording to dispatches to the embassy
at Washington.
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Urge Probe In Hospital Work.

Denyer.-After unanimous agree.
ment that unframed and incompetent
surgery is carried on under the pro-
lection Of the majority Of our Ameri-
can hospitals, with grave danger and
detriment to vast number of patti.
ents," the Western Surgical Associa-
tion passed resolution at its meeting
In Denver, appointing committee to
confer with the directors Of the Car
negie Institute and bring about an in.
vestigation Of all the hospitals Of the
United States, so that the public
and professional conscience may be
aroused against these abuses"
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
LARGE WHEAT ACREAGE
FORECAST OF 1915 CROPS is 5ao,.
100000 BUSHELS.
The Department Of Agriculture Esti.
mates Low Yield Of Crop, Owing
to Poor Conditions.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Misunderstanding to the poor
condition Of winter wheat on Dec. 1
the Department Of Agriculture's esti-
mate, based on condition figures Of
production next year. is only 5S0.000,-
900 bushels, although the area sown
this fall. 41.263.0O0 acres, is the great
est ever planted in the United States.
The poor condition is due principal
ly to very dry fall, which caused the
growing crop to get poor start and
to the Hessian fly, scattering reports
of which have been received from
various localities from Maryland to
Oklahoma.
The bureau Of crop estimates, In in
terpreting the condition reports. is
sued this statement:
"The condition of the winter wheat
crop on Dec. is estimated at SS.3 per
cent of a normal crop, which compares
with 97.2 per cent year ago In the
past ten years, the condition on Dec.
has averaged 90.3 per cent and the
outturn of the crops has averaged
about 144 bushels per acre on the
planted area.
In the same proportion the condi-
ton Of SS.3 would forecast a yield Of
about 140S bushels. which, on the
estimated acreage planted, amounts
to $3.50 100000 bushels.
THE production in 1914 was esti-
mated at 675.623,00O bushels (by far
the largest amount ever produced in
one year, and In the preceding five
years an average annual production Of
AL 100000 bushels.
"In forecasting this quantity of $780,
100000 bushels. II should be consid-
cred as the amount Of which the prob
ability is equal that the outturn will
be either above or below it. The crop
will be larger or smaller than this
amount. according as the changes in
conditions from now to harvest are
better or worse than average changes. !"
Rye was sown this fall on 2,S51 900
acres, an increase Of $4,000 acres over
the revised estimated area sown last
fall The condition Of rye on Dec.
was 1886 per cent Of normal, against
95.3 per cent last year, 93.5 in 1912,
and 80 the ten-year average. :.
The acreage and condition on Dec
/ Of winter wheat and rye by princi-
pal states follow:
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GENE RAJ.

Otto Eisenlohr, a widely known
cigar manufacturer, died at his home
in Philadelphia. He was seventy.
three years old.
Princeton university may have a
course Of military instruction during
the second term, II the plans now un.
der way take definite shape.
A new effort to save the life of Leo
NJ. Frank, sentenced to be hanged Jan.
% for the murder Of Mary Phagan.
was begun In Federal District Court
at Atlanta, Ga.
Compulsory military education for
students was condemned at Madison,
Wis, in the report of the University
of Wisconsin survey, conducted BY
William III. Allen OF New York.
Kansas City is in the league to
stay; there will be no changes In the
circuit" declared President James A.
Gilmore during a meeting Of the Fed.
eral League executive committee At
Chicago.
Francis T. A. Junkin, for twenty
years general counsel for the Atchi.
son. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, re.
signed at Chicago In order. he ex.
planned. to devote more time to travel
and to special work
Six trained lions escaped from their
cage on the stage of an East Eighty.
sixth street vaudeville theater In New
York. and bounding into the audience,
consisting principally Of women and
children. created a panic.
Portland is at present the highest
primary wheat market In the world.
For bluestem $1.22h was offered and
refused. the holders demanding s1.25.
This Is for immediate delivery. For
MAY the asking price Is $3.50.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
LAND VALUE INCREASES
TAX COM MI S s IONS REPORT
SHOWS GAIN OF $s,745,121.
Advantages Of Full Cash System Arc
Proved by Tax Gains, Says
Commissioner.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-A saving Of $733,000 an
nually to taxpayers as the result Of
new values discovered under the full
cash valuation system and because Of
a heavy decrease In the amount OF
taxes rebated. is among the good re-
suits of the new method Of taxation,
according to statement issued by
Chairman J. Frank Adams in connec-
tion with the annual report Of the
Colorado Tax Commission. The re-
port places the total assessed valua-
tion Of Colorado for 1914 at $780,
$50, 1905.
The report shows that since the full
cash value system went into effect in
1912 the value Of agricultural land i'm
proyements increased from 21.27 per
cent of the total to 25.32 per cent in
1914 The valuation of town and city
lots in the same period has declined
from 40 per cent to 34.S9 per cent, and
the valuation OF corporations has in
creased from 14.44 per cent to 20.02
per cent.
The number of automobiles In Colo
rado has increased from 1866 in 1918
to 12.772 in 1914, with valuation Of
s5.6G2.537.
The increase in total valuation since
1911, under the new law. is $31, 500. .625,
and the annual gain in taxes. paid on
Increased valuation, is $437,191. .06.
The total assessed valuation of the
state for 1914 is 1909, ,559,205. The
increase in taxes from 1906 to 1918 is
shown In the report. School taxes in
creased, in that seven-year period,
73.47 per cent; town taxes increased
47.1s per cent: county taxes increased
46.ll per cent, and state taxes in
creased 22.2 per cent.
The valuation of the different classi-
fications of property and the per cent
Of the total which each class repre-
sents in the valuation for the last two
years are shown in the following
table:
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FOREIGN.

Sir John Barker, the millionaire -
partment store owner. died In London.
He was ~ years old.
Germany is sending large numbers
Of Russian prisoners to Echleswiy-
Holstein to work In the reclamation
and cultivation Of marsh land.
The German Emperor has complete
ly recovered and returned to the
front, according to an announcement
from the Berlin main headquarters
transmitted through Amsterdam to
Reuters Telegram Company.
1t is officially announced in London
that Prince Hussein Kemal has been
appointed to succeed the Khediye Of
Egypt, Abbas Hilmi. Prince Hussein
Kemal will take the title of Sultan.
The new Sultan is an uncle of Abbas
Hilmi.
Sunday was Belgium Day" in Paris
and 100000 miniature Belgian flags
decorated the coats of the population.
All persons received the emblem az
ter they had made contributions to
the collection boxes carried through
the streets by ten thousand girls.
The British steamer Tritonia of the
Donaldson line struck a mine off the
north coast Of Ireland Saturday morn.
ing and Is believed to have foundered,
according to an announcement made
by the admiralty. The crew Of the
steamer was saved. The Tritonia,
which was Of 2.72O tons, was bound
from Partington for st. Johns, N. B..
The troops and police at many
places in Italy were called upon to
keep down riotous demonstrations
against Austria at celebrations Of the
anniversary Of the death of Radical
Leader Oberdank, who organized the
unsuccessful plot to assassinate En-.
peror Francis Joseph In Trieste in
1882 and was put to death for 1t.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company from Constantinople by way
Of Amsterdam gives the gist Of the
speech from the throne by Sultan
Mehmed V at the opening Of the Turk.
ish Parliament. The Sultan announced
that he was forced to declare war
when the Russian fleet attacked the
Turkish fleet in the Black sea and
England and France began actual hos.
tilities by sending troops to the Turk
ish frontiers.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Keeps SECRET Of Mrs. LittIe's Birth.

Cincinnati. 0hio.-Mrs. J. jefferson
on advice Of counsel declined to talk
when asked II she was the mother Of
Mrs. Alma Little. wife of Detroit
druggist now suing her for divorce on
the charge that she is of negro ex-
traction. although she claims to have
been born of white parents In Denver.
II will not discuss the case at all,
said Mrs. Jefferson. Il will only say
] am sorry she met Arthur Little. He
is not worthy of her." Asked point
blank II she herself was Of negro
blood, Mrs. Jefferson refused to an.
swer. She is very dark skinned.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Report on Minimum Waqes.

Denyer.-The report of the State
Board appointed to investigate mini
mum wages for women shows that 54
per cent of the 3,254 women in Den
yer upon whom the board has COM
piled data earn less than IS a week,
which has been fixed by some eastern
states as the lowest wage upon which
women workers can live. The report
OF the board has been submitted to
the governor by Mrs. Catherine b.
Van Deusen, the secretary. II shows
that, of the women employees investi.
gated. 20 per cent receive less than
50 week and 1893. or 54 per cent,
receive less than $S week.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Auto Owners Gain IS Per Cent.

Denver.-An increase OF more than
35 per cent in the number of automo-
bile owners in the state this year Is
shown in the report of the clerks of
Colorado counties filed with the secre-
tary of state. During the first eleven
months Of 1914. 1898 persons owned
cars In Colorado, as against 1924 In
1913. The number of automobile
dealers in the state jumped from 4s9
in 1918 to GIT this year. There were
$40 more MOTORCYCLES in Colorado this
year than last, the totals being 1853
and 2,75S.
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Insuranee polleie. for Christmas.

Colorado Springs.-The Colorado
Springs & lnterurban Railway Com.
pany will play Santa Claus to both the
public and its employees this year. A
carload Of coal will be distributed to
the poor by the company. To the en-
ployes the company gives a $1,000 life
insurance policy, paying the premium
from year to year as long as the men
are in the employ of the company
There will be s230,O0O in insurance
this year.
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s2,165,OOO FOR BEETs
COLORADO FARMERS GET NICE
SUM FOR CHRISTMAS.
Amount Represents Only Another
Payment for Their 1914 Crop Of
Sugar eeets Delivered to
Factories.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Greeley, Colo.-The Christmas OF.
fering of the Great Western Sugar
Company to the farmers Of Colorado,
In the form Of payment for beets de-
liyered to the factories Of the state,
amounted to $2,165,O0O. OF this
amount, $l,560OOO represents pay
ments made by the factories OF north
ern Colorado and $795,00O is the
amount paid out by factories in Weld
county.
In this county, the Eaton factory
disbursed $315.0OO, Windsor $275,0O0
and Greeley $205,000. The payment
frcm these three factories, however.
does not represent the entire amount
Of money paid to farmers Of Weld
county, as some farmers in the Kersey
district, the Weldona valley and fur
ther south on the Union Pacific, ship
their beets to factories outside Of
Weld. thus adding fully 100000 to the
amount paid by the three Weld county
factories and representing nearly $780,
900 that will be secured by Weld coun-
ty farmers as Christmas money.
In addition to the Weld county fac
tories the ether factories in the state
paid out as follows: Fort Collins,
100000; Loyeland, $4,000; Long
mont. $230,O0O; Sterling, 100000
Brush, $l25,O00, and Fort Morgan,
$l70,000. This is the last heavy pay
ment that will be made by the CON-
pany. as the remaining money to be
received by the farmers will be for
scattering returns Of sliced beets and
short delivery during the present
month.
Practically all the beets are dis
posed OF now, and but few dumps
along the line are handling any. The
factory Is running at the rate of from
1,100 to l,5O0 tons per day in the slic-
ing department, and indications are
now that the season will close at the
factory about the last of the month.
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NEVER MARRIED WOMAN.
Common-law Wife Given Alimony.
and Divorce Suit to Go On.

and Divorce Suit to Go On.
Montrose. Colo.-A new sensation
struck the town when Frank Platt, in
his answer to his wife's divorce suit.
In which she names Julia Lechmere, a
niece living with them, declared that
he had never married the woman su-
Ing him for divorce Mrs. Platt ad.
mitted 1t, saying Platt told her a cere-
mony was unnecessary after her first
husband deserted her. District Judge
Black ruled that q common.law mar
riage existed and tllowed the suit to
continue, giving Mrs. Platt $50 a
month temporary alimony and attor.
neys' fees and court costs.
Platt in his answer charges zeal.
ousy in respect to the girl for whom
he provided home. He says that he
does not possess the $4,000 estate he
Il suppoed to have, but is worth only
t2,00p.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Big Gold Strikes Swell Divide nds.

Denver.-With persistent rumorA
that two big gold mining companies
will increase their dividends to 20 and
so per cent. respectively for 1915
comes the announcement of anothe,
rich strike In Cripple Creek. On tha
DR. Jack Pot property vein sixty feet
wide yielding $40 a ton has been dis.
covered
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Girls Hair Cut OF In Theater.

Victor.-Miss Ruth Killing, Is, a stu.
dent Of the University of Colorado and
Christmas visitor in Victor, is the
third victim Of hair thieves, who have
operated In local motion picture
house for the last ten days. Three and
one-half feet of Miss Kings hair was
cut while she was viewing pictures.
A near panic followed when the young
woman discovered the loss and
later tainted. A physician was called
to revive her.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Reports 1874 Nurses In Colorado.

Denver.-There are 1,G74 registered
nurses in the state Of Colorado, ac-
cording to the report submitted to the
governor by Mary B. Eyre, president
of the State Board Of Nurse Examin.
ers. During the past year the board
has examined 238 nurses. and has Is
sued BAG licensea.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
George A. Newton Dies In Pueblo.

Pueblo.-George A. Newton, 3S, son
of George Newton. founder of the New.
tor Lumber Company and former Colo.
rado millionaire, died In Pueblo follow.
Ing a brief illness. His widow and
baby live In Denver.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Woman Who Killed eabv ,nsan..

"o"o" WIN N''ieu odpy INSANE.
Pueblc.-Mrs. Margaret l.. Walter,
who chloroformed her baby and then
drank the rest of the poison in an
attempt to commit suicide, was taken
to the Woodcroft hospital for the in.
sane.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Mrs. G. 2. Wadaworth Dead

Denver.-Mrs. c. n Wadsworth,
wife Of the Denver manager of the
Western Newspaper Union, died at
st. Luke's hospital after an operation.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
Colorado Unions Increase MenbershIp

Denver.--The membership Of Colo
rado unions has increased 1886 in the
last two years, according to statistics
compiled by R. E. Croskey. state labor
statistician. There are 36,537 mem
bers in the 4Q1 unions In the state,
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

western Newspaper Union News Service
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
jan lS-ly.-Meetins State Assn OF
county Commissioners. In Denver.
Jan. 2o-21.--Colorado Good Roads As
ISOLATION Meeting. In Denver.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
COUNTY BOARD
PROBES USE Of
SUPPLIES
Captain Donaldson Asked to Fur
nish Records for Last Year
at Special Session.

The Board of County Commission
ers Wednesday began their probe of
the taking of supplies from the coun-
ty stores for the private use of coun-
ty employees by calling upon Captain
T. j. Donaldson to furnish a report at
a special meeting February IA, in
which he shall designate all of the
provisions and supplies which he had
taken for his own use during 1913,
together with their approximate
value.
Commissioner s p. Truman intro
duced a resolution when the subject
came up requesting that the report
cover the last four years. Commits
sioner Clifford l.. Anderson objected
TO compelling Captain Donaldson go
ing so far back and after some debate
il was agreed that the last year would
be sufficient.
Commissioner Shelby Smith intro
duced a resolution calling upon Cap
tain Donaldson to file another repor.
showing who had used the county's
convicts for their personal purpose
during the last year. This resolution
also was adopted.
Commissioner Turman said that the
board would be able to determine
upon the filing of the reports whether
any further investigation would be
warranted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04

All Animals Come in for Clean
Up Started by the Officials.
Busy Scene Presented.

How'd you like to launder an ele-
plant? It's just as easy as falling
off log, if you know how. At least
that's what Head Keeper E. 7. Boyd
at Grant Park says about it, and he
ought to know, for he has laundered
many one in his day.
He is pictured here giving Maud,
the Grant Park pachyderm, a dry
cleaning" 1t is really spring clean
ing time for Maud-and for all other
animals at the park, too.
Keeper Boyd says that Maud is so
delicate she can't battle when the
weather is cold, and the spring clean
ing time is, as you might suppose,
a sort of red letter day with her.
The employees at .he park are go
ing over all the cages and animal
houses, preparing them for the hordes
of visitors to the park this summer,
and everything will look spick and
span when the cleaningup season is
at an end.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
JOHN D. FACES JAIL
As D0DCER OF TAX
Ohio After Oil Magnate-Must
Appear and Give List Of His
Property.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Feb. A
Jail sentence for contempt of court
threatens John D. Rockefeller If he
refuses to appear before Tax Commits
sioners Fackler and Agnew and give
a list of his personal property hold
ings for taxation in East Cleveland.
Fackler announced to-day two men
have ben delegated to get a complete
list of the Rockefeller holdings in
stocks, bonds and moneys. The Ohio
tax law gives the assessors powers to
force persons interested to testify,
Rockefeller last year paid personal
property tax on only 100000. 1t is
paid from his New York City resi-
dence and amounts to only $4,000 a
year. He owes the next payment
May l. Stocks are not taxable in
New York. This accounts for Rookie
feller's objection to paying in Ohio,
where only Ohio stocks are tax free.
The New York personal tax is made
on appraisement of house furnish
ings. automobiles, money and indus
trial bonds. Rockefeller's personal
property valuation was raised in 1911
from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
COUNCIL IS FIRM
IN BUDGET WAR
All Hope of Breaking Deadlock
Fades After Conference of
Supporters and Mayor.

Members of the Council Finance
Council who are supporting the new
budget which has been the bone of
such bitter contention for the past
several weeks, held q private confer
ence in Mayor Woodward's office
Wednesday and agreed to continue
to stand firm in support of the bud
get.
The course was approved by Chair
man Humphrey, of the Finance Com
mittee. and Mayor Woodward, and
banished still further any hope that
the deadlock between Council and the
Aldermanic Board might be broken
at the special meeting of the two
bodies Friday afternoon.
Alderman c. H. Kelley and Coun-
Gilman Frank Reynolds spoke for a
compromise. The five Aldermen who
are the backbone of the opposition
invite negotiations. But Chairman
Humphrey insisted that every rea-
son was against yielding, and all the
others agreed to. support him in this
policy.
1t was decided In the conference
that if the opposition would stop Its
fight $4,000 would be given for the
regarding of South Forsyth street
and that Street Inspectors D'Alvigny
and Dozier. whose Jobs are abolished
by the budget, would be retained
For these concessions to be passed
though, the Finance Committee i'm
sists that the budget be adopted tC
the letter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
THIRD Of HOSPITAL
FUND NOW RAISED
Baptist Churches Secure $685.
900 of Required 100000 for
$325,OO0 Structure.

More than one third of the desired
100000 has been raised by the Bap-
fist churches of Atlanta for the new
Baptist Hospital that is to be estab-
lished by a fund of not less than
1925, 900.
At luncheon meeting OF the Bap-
list pastors and canvassing commit
teemen held at the Hotel Ansley
Tuesday 1t was announced that the
Atlanta churches had raised $4,000
The $4,000 to be subscribed in At
lanta is to be met with an equal
amount by the Baptists of Georgia,
and $125,000 can be realized from the
present Baptist Hospital property.
There is a great evidence Of friend
ly rivalry among the city churches. A
sort of challenge race began among
the Ponce DeLeon Avenue Church,
the First Baptist Church and the Sec
ond Baptist Church as to which should
raise the most money for the cause.
The Ponce DeLeon Avenue Church
STOOD IN nfSt place TUESDAY, with
$12, 400; the Second Church was next,
with $3.50, and the First Church fol-
lowed with $4,100.
Among the large individual sub
scriptions are listed those of F. j.
Coolidge, ST., $4,000; j. w. Forester,
$1,000; George NJ. Brown, $1,000; f.
C. Galloway, $1,000, and Rutherford
Lipscomb, $500. The women of the
Second Baptist Church subscribed
81, 900.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
BURGLAR ADMITS
R0bbER|ES ON
SOUTH SIDE
Arrested as He Pawns Loot
GriIled for Secret to Re-
cent Thefts.

In the arrest of Mckinley Cosby a
ragro. of No. 81 Grant street, rear
the police expect to solve the mys-
tery surrounding many of the rob-
beries in the south side OF the city
during the last few months.
To Detectives Starnes and Camp
hell the negro is said to have con-
Tossed to robbing the home of Po-
iIceman C. o. Cochran at No. 405
East Fair street, and the home of
Matthew C. Carroll at No. 104s Hill
street.
When arrested Cosby wore clothes
re mad stolen from Cochran's home.
The clothes have been identified.
cosby was arrested by Policemen
Watson and Barfield. through a
pawn ticket the negro dropped while
bending over a trunk in the Carroll
home Monday night, and which was
turned over to the police. 1t called
FOR a coat at loan office on Decatur
street.
The pawnbroker was notified to be
on the lookout for the burglar, and
late Tuesday afternoon, when Cosby
came into the place to pawn some OF
the stuff he stole from the Carroll
home the police were notified and the
negro was arrested
Cosby will be grilled by detectives
IN an effort to make him confess to a
number Of other burglaries, because
the detectives say they have evidence
connecting him with them.