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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Grand Jury Inquiries

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2O.-The
federal grand jury began a discussion
OF the alleged unworranted raising Of
prices on foodstuffs since the out
break of the European war. United
States District Attorney John w.
Preston personally brought the mat
ter before the inquisitorial body. No
testimony was taken yesterday,
though several special agents of the
department OF justice have been
gathering evidence against the alleg-
ed gougers for the past week.
Ways and means as to the best
method Of procedure were discussed,
and Prosecutor Preston was instruct
ed to issue subpenas against officials
OF sugar rehneries here, wholesalers
of foodstuffs, manufacturers, jobbers
and retailers. 1t is understood that
indictment proceedings under the
Sherman antitrust law will begin ut
tomorrrows session of the grand
jury.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
On Vacation

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Evans and
MIR. and Mrs. Louis Tognoni depart
ed in the latter's auto for Lake Ia
hoe, where they will spend the next
week rusticating at the several lake
resorts.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
r. A. M. Attentionl

The regular meeting of Lewis
Chapter, R. a. NJ, will be held to-
morrow (Friday) evening at Masonic
hall at 7:30 O'Clock. All sojourning
members are cordially invited to at
tend. By order Of the High Priest.
E. c. PETERSON, Sec'y.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Germans Capture Tirlemont
IRy limited PreSS1

BRUSSELS, Aug. 20.-The Ger
man cavalry and artillery have cap
tured Tirlemont Desperate fight
ing is reported near Namur and
north of Dinant. The capture of
Louvain still remains unconhr,ned
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
British Troops Are at 1t

BY Unlted FressI
LONDON. Aug. 20-The inform
alton bureau announce that the Brit
sh forces are engaged along the
lgian-French position, but there is
mystery as to their whereabouts.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Want to Sell Their Ships

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O.-Offers
to sell ships have been received by
the government, but it is unannounc-
ed what lines have made the propo-
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Have Taken Louvain
IBy United Pressl

by UnlteQ FTeSSI
PARIS, Aug. 20.-The Germans in
their advance in Belgium have taken
Louvain. The Belgian general staff
explains they evacuated Louvain be-
fore it's destruction.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Evacuate Maine
by United Press

LONDON, Aug. 20.-The News
agency Amsterdam dispatches receiv-
at sos p. m. says the Belgians were
forced to evacuate Maine.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
. Compelled to Retire

LONDON. Aug 20.-The war bu
reau announces that confirmation
has been received of the fact that the
Belgians in Northern Belgium were
compelled to retire before the over
whelming German infantry advance.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Is Designation of Yesterdays Fight
Between Belgians and Troops of
KaiSer---Latter'S Loss Is Said to-
Be Six Thousand

sition. 1t is believed though that it
is the Hamburg and North German
Lloyd. A bill to purchase number
OF vessels is to be introduced in con-
gress this week
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Austrian Mutiny
| RY United Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20.-The
Novoe Vremey has received dis
patches announcing mutiny among
the Austrian troops.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Advancing Towards Antwerp
lBy United Pressl

LONDON, Aug. 20.-Antwerp re-
ports that the German cavalry is ad-
vancing towards the city's defenses
and a battle is imminent.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
All Prices Advance

WASHINGTON, Aug. NO.-Re-
ports to the department of justice tell
of the creation of artificial food prices
all along the line A district attor-
ney in Texas reported that granulat-
ed sugar had risen from $500 to
$3.50 per hundred weight since a
week ago; Swiss cheese from Is
cents to 3S cents; -four from $4.75 to
$50 beef ribs from l8 to Il cents
per pound; siruoin 2S to 80 cents;
pork loin l8 to Is cents. and smoked
ham from 20 to p cents. The dis
trict attorney suggested that small
consumers are charged even higher
prices than hotels and restaurants.
A letter to the attorney general
from the manager of one of the larg-
est livestock commission companies
in the west reported that while hogs
declined in Chicago 81 per hundred
pounds and cattle declined 65 to IS
cents per hundred pounds, dressed
products to the consumer advanced
several cents per pound.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
. Head of Jesuits Dead
By United Press1

ROME, Aug. 20.-Right Rev. Faith
er Francisco Wernse, general head of
the Jesuits, died last night. Yester-
day he asked and received the apos-
tolic benediction.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
AMERICAN MAY
BE NEXT POPE
VICTOR ENNES STATES He WILL
FIGHT EXTRAO|T|0N FROM OREGON

to return Innes and his wife to
Texas. Marshall Ne1ms, brother of
the missing women, will accompany
the officer
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Especial to the Appeal

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20-Feder-
al officials working under tthe direc-
ton of John NJ. Bowen, special
agent of the department of justice,
who are investigating the advance OF
food prices here, stated today that
from a cursory investigation they are
OF the opinion that a conspiracy pre-
walls among the producers of food III
in this state.
This is especially true, say the in
vestigators, as regards sugar and
-four, if statements made by the
wholesalers and the jobbers are SUD
stantiated.
Federal authorities are still pur-
suing their Investigations and when
they are completed reports will be
sent to Washington to the depart
ment OF justice at Washington.
1t is believed that the report will
be ready by Saturday.
Meanwhile some prices here ad-
vanced.
Today the wholesale price OF lem
ons jumped to $7.25 box, for fancy
packed variety. On Saturday lem
ons sold at $o.25 to $3.50 a box.
Other varities Of lemons were also
advanced.
The wholesale price of beans and
potatoes was advanced today. PO-
tatoes jumped 10 cents, selling up to
$50 a sack. The price of beans was
raised 50 cents hundred.
Eastern cheese took another jump
this morning Wholesalers are now
asking $3.50 a case. The price or
Saturday was $3.50 to So case.
Meat prices remained stationary
Sugar remained unchanged from Sat
urday. Cane today was offered a
$S05 a hundred retail. Beet sugar
sold at %S5.
Flour prices remain the same. Fill
ing companies here stated today tha
no price changes are contemplated a
this time.
The price of eggs today jumped
cent dozen. This makes the job
bers' quotation IS cents dozen ant
the wholesalers price 80 cents. Tnt
consumer will pay about Al cents :
dozen. Butter remained unchanged
at 33 cents. This is the retail price
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
NATION WIDE INVESTIGATIONS
INTO INCREASED FOOD PRICES

The packers claimed that reduc-
tions were made on account of finan-
cial conditions and meney stringen-
cy,' he wrote, but I do not know
what excuse they gave for advancing
the dressed article. There is very
little beef or pork exported
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-20
Was Heart Broken
[By United Press1

ROME, Aug. 20.-When the war
first threatened, the pope sent Cam
pinelli with a letter urging Frances
Joseph to be lenient with the Servians,
begging him to refrain from war
The emperor delayed ten days in re-
ceiving Campinelli, until after war
was started. An additional heart
breaking fact to the pope was that
foreign youths studying in seminaries
here were forced to return home to
fight. >:te !-esz,'~
The following pathetic appeal is
believed to be the last written word
Plus X addressed to his people:
AT this moment, when nearly the
whole of Europe is being dragged
into the vortex of a most terrible
war, with its present dangers and
miseries, and the consequences to fol-
low, the very thought of which must
strike everyone with grief and hor
ror, we, whose care is the life and
welfare of so many citizens and peo-
Piles, cannot but be deeply moved
and our heart wrung with the bitter
est sorrow.
And in the midst of this univer-
sal confusion and peril we feel and
know that both father1y love and
apostolic ministry demand OF us that
we should with all earnestness turn
the thoughts of christendom thither,
whence cometh ,help-to Christ, the
Prince of Peace and the most power
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17
ONE FORM OF INFLUENCE.

The greater the prominence men at
tain in the affairs of life and the long
er they remain prominent. II with due
regard to the laws of the land and all
the rules of propriety bearing upon
themselves and their fellows, the
greater must become their influence
through precept and example. While
many will merely admire them and
give them applause. some others viii
come to have real faith In them, at
taching belief TO them because OF
their superior gifts or attachments
Such men, high in the affairs OF state.
in scientific research, In business en-
terprise. in the career Of great mora
and physical courage and daring. In
many cases never know or even vague
" imagine the extent Of the innu-
ence they exert, some In individual In
stances and some upon dozens, scores
or even hundreds Of their fellow-be
ings. 1t is not alone the influence
upon the trend of thought In the at
fairs Of the public that they may eI'
ert, but also that upon the more init
mate thought in the details OF life,
from the cradle to the grave.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17
SOUTHERN RY. IMPROVEMENTS

Following his statement Of February
Goth in regard to Southern Railway
financing, President Fairfax Harrison
announces that with the proceeds Of five
million dollars of equipment trust notes,
Southern Railway has just contracted
for IS locomotives, 81 all steel passen.
ger train cars, and 4075 freight train
cars, largely Of steel construction.
Of the locomotives, 45 will be Of the
heavy Mikado freight type, is Of the
sw'tchcrs, and 2 eight'wbeel switchers.
They will be built in accordance with
the latest and most improved designs
and will be similar to motive power
Of the same types now in service on the
lines Of the Southern Hallway where
traffic IL heaviest.
The all steel passenger equipment in
cludes 80 coaches Of the largest and
latest type, electrically lighted, 4 din
ing cars, 3 combination passenger and
baggage cars, 5 mail and baggage cars,
and s baggage and express cars.
The 4075 freight train cars will in.
clude 1850 thirty.ton steel underframe
vcntilator box cars, 500 ffty-ton all
steel fat cars, 200 cabooses, 100 steel
underframe stock ears, and rs steel I'M
derframe poultry cars.
This large equipment order shows the
belief Of Southern Railway Company
in the continued prosperity and growth
Of the territory il serves and its pur'
pose to enlarge its facilities to keep
pace with that growth. As soon as It
can be delivered by the builders this
equipment will be placed in service and
at the disposal Of the business interests
Of the Southeastern territory.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

When the telephone wa y greater
novelty than it IL now there" wers IN
stances OF its use to enable invAlids
to hear sermons by means Of wires
connected to their bedrooms with re-
ceivinss apparatus inSthe pulplts OF IA
vor1te pasters: Similar devices have
enabled auditors at 4. distanceato en-
Joy concertss The aiatest development
Of, the dos 10 reported from Paris.
where r. tfetnfsphore.. so-cAlled. has
been Installed In the new Palace Of
Justice. the use Of which VIII be open
to telephone subscribers for = small
fee. 20 that. they can hear the de-
bates In their homes, It Is possible
to imasfnssast time when long distance
wiresn may eAables people In distant
parts Of the United States to'listen to
the iproceedings' in congress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

At the annual dinner of the Institute
Of Sanitary Engineers in London,
Sir william Ramsey raised the ques-
ton of whether the unfit should be
left to die. He surprised the audience
by asking whether 1t was right that
people should be SO coddled as they
we're. Where they we're doing some
thing to prolong the lives Of the un-
fit, would 1t not be better to let some
Of them die out? he asked. They in
sisted on children getting an educa-
ton, he said, and they came to school
starved. Then they had to give them
breakfast and they had to find boots
for them. Ultimately, he said, they
would have to take over the children
entirely. He added that he wondered
where that sort Of thing was going to
end.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17
B~ANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR
DISCHARGE.

In the District Court Of the United
States for the Delta Division of the
Northern District of Mississippi
In the matter of Edgar f. Jameson,
bankrupt-In bankruptcy.
To the Honorable H. G. Niles, Judge
of the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District Of
Mississippi.
Edgar T.. Jameson, of Schlater, in the
County of Le1ore and State of Missis-
sippi, in said Division and District, res
pectfully represents that On the 18th day
Of February last passed he was duly adj.
Judged bankrupt under the Acts of
Congress relating to bankruptcy; that
he has duly surrendered all his proper
ty and rights Of property, and has fully
complied with all the requirements Of
said Acts and of the orders Of the
Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be
! decreed by the Court TO have full dis
charge from all debts provabIe against
bis estate under said Bankrupt Acts,
except such debts as are excepted by
law from such discharge.
Dated this the 9th day Of April, A.
D. 1914. Edgar e. Jameson, bankrupt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

Ocean cables show an appreciate
gain in the last half decade. While
the number Of companies still remains
at seven, the mileage Of lines In opera.
ton has grown considerably. In 1912
there we're 67,676 nautical miles OF
wires in operation. a gain over 1907
of 21,375 nautical miles, or 46,2 per
cent. While the gross income OF the
companies in the latter year was large
there was a slight decrease in the
number Of messages transmitted. This
was undoubtedly due to the growth ir
favor of the wireless system.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

A workman harvesting a plot or
corr at the Illinois experiment station
a few years ago found an ear OF corn
for whose peculiarities no one is able
to account. The new ear, which was
reproduced faithfully In Its progeny,
has a cone-shaped outline and It's mass
of kernels appears to be borne on q
great number Of irregular branches,
When the ear Is cut through length
wise, kernels are found throughout the
ear. The ear grew from the usual
place on the stalk and Is In no way
the same as the branched ear some
times found near the culm growing
from the tassel. 1t Is thought the new
variety will be an ideal form to feed
to cattle, as there Is no hard cob te
make mastication difficult.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

THE Book nuNdRy.

The person who from childhood hes
been accustomed to 20 to the public
library. or the nearest, branch Of It.
and to draw books free can have no
Conception Of whatit means to be crav-
Ing for reading. to BE- book hungry.
This precisely 10 the condition. &C
cofdinsT to tie Unfted s~tatesroureGu' of
education, Of millions Of children IN
small vtilages and On farris throughs
out the country. The pupils ID the
grammar. and even, the high schools.
In rural districts have great dim cuity
In experimenting" their textbooks
with outside reading The libraries
Of most Of the high schools In the
country. Il IL said. contain only =
hundred or'so' standard volumes. The
boy gsts" no opportunity" to scquaint
himself With the political. social and
economic life OF his day. This def.
cheney Of the" country school the
United Statess' bureau Of education
now proposes to supply BY throwing
open to the teachefssto " the rural
schoolsoa great nAAsS Of government
publications' thatt contain instructive
and interfering reading on vttai sob
,jects: A bulletin entitled Teaching
Material In Government Publications"
Just issued by the bureau, enumer-
ases" hundreds Of publications which
will b Supplied to such schools and
to teacherSs free In most casse.s
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17
,-os,srsnce or THE WOLF.

The nersistence OF the wolf in chill
sons stories does not need to be com.
mepted upon, unless in scientific dis
,ussicns. BY all ordinary rules, the
wolf should have been exterminated in
Nav Hampshire, notwithstanding the
extensive areas of forests to the north
u,rd which remained until the present
generation. A VOLTS head was once
srDosed on the church door in Ches-
tor the credit being divided between
1obp stark. afterwards distinguished
i, the War of the Revolution, and
,obn Dudley, member OF the New
usmpshire Committee of Safety, and
mo of the most conscientious Judges
New Hampshire ever had. For a full
century there is lack of any authentic
record of wolves in New Hampshire,
and this fact is made the more inter
estins by the report of the outbreak
bv wolves in France, says the Man
chester Union. In that country, set
tied SO long ago, there are still wolves
IN the forests, and a little girl has
been eaten by them in this cold winter
Of 1914. From Minnesota, too, comes
the report of a TAI eaten by wolves.
put this remains to be established.
Some years ago an indignant citizen
Of Minneapolis offered a cash reward
for evidences of the killing of any
human being in that state by wolves.
The reward has not been claimed, but
possibly because the victims did not
live to 1le a claim. The remarkable
fact remains that wolves, with civ
I~lization to contend with, have never
theless somehow managed to survive,
even in so populous a country as
France.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

In order to suppress Wholesale FAX
ing In their works the leading French
artists like Rodin, Harpignies and Bon
nat. have decided to place their thumb
prints on canvas and sculpture. The
idea emanates from Professor Bordas,
who said: Il know Of no other way
of stopping the sale OF modern fakes.
The best artists will stamp their
works in one corner Of their canvases
with their right thumb, They will
also supply the ministry OF fine arts
with thumb prints which will be pho
%tographed, proofs being reproduced In
catalogue form and supplied to mu'
seums, collectors and dealers, In the
case of sculptures the artists Will
make their prints on the pedestal In
gold powder for bronzes and In yer
million for marble, SO they will be al
ways indeIible."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

The chief inspector Of Scotland
Yard, commenting on the report that
ome are being added to the New
York police force, says that women
would make excellent policewomen,
but they would be prone to club and
stick hatpins In prisoners on the
slightest provocation and probably go
about armed with every form of con-
cealed weapon, says the Milwaukee
Wisconsin. Evidently his opinion is
influenced by what he has seen OF
London's militant suffragettes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

Northern District of Mississippi.
On this 14th day Of April, A. d. 1914,
on reading the foregoing petition, it is
ordered by the Court, that a hearing be
had upon the same on the 18th day Of
May, A. d. 1914, before said Court
at Clarksdale, in said Division and Dis
trict, at IL o'clock. noon, and that no.
tice thereof be published in Greenwood
Commonwealth, a newspaper printed n
said District, and that all known credi-
tors and other persons in interest may
appear at the said time and place and
show cause, If any they have, why the
prayer Of said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court, that the Clerk shall send by mail
to all known creditors copies OF said
petition and this order, addressed to
them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Henry G,
Niles, Judge of said Court, and the
! Seal thereof at Clarksdale in said Di.
vision and District, on the 18th day OF
| April, A. d. 1914.
(sEAL) L. E. OLDHAM, Clerk.
w. G. LANDERs, ID. G.
'i [. E. SV OLDHAM, Clerk,
BY W. 6. LANDERs, D. G.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

Isn't It . shocking thing to reflect
that there are 10000, blind" people in
the United States who would" have
been eston ses. fecertxin simple pre-
cautioasshad been. observed when they
were born.' This 10 the striking sug.
Eestion iii the report or the Russell
sage foundation urging the establish.
ment Of q uniform system Of licensing
and inspecting midwivest In the state
of1New york..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

Last year the United States smoked
nearly 5000. 900 cigars and $4,000. 600.
900 cigarettes. II an amount OF
money equal to that represented in
the values which thus went up in
smoke had been involved in some "a
t~astrophe, what a lamentation would
have gone up from the people all over
the country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

Money spent in the United states,
every year tor providing caskete sns'
sanerais for cats and dogs would ksep
hundreds OF men. women. and chi'drsA
rom the krenest suffering and stafva.
ion Dumb animals should be trsetsa
with kindness, while they afe ai'vs
and dependent on US. but these 49,
tatious post-mortem sshieisions ~ ~
u~suseatins as they ars -usslsss
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

., A C~aiis6rHiAr prophet who acquired
SONS fame. ~ fasting 40 days and 40
nikhtss innouhcesT that a return to the
Simple, life VIII solve the h~ightcost-of-
living problem. Indeed. It has long
been suspected, but there 10 little like
lihood OF the adoption .of.so uncomfort.
able and unpopular a.semedy. To econ
onise on luxufiessissths last thing the
public wsntSa To- d.. ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

The report that a woman who had
smoked tobacco for 80 years died at
the age Of one hundred and ten moves
the Toronto Globe to remark that
they may stand it for a time, but it
Is certain to kill them eventually
But Is II safe to ~generalize from q
single instance? The woman in this
case was unusual-she did not conceal
her age.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

II VIII soon Ne time" ID resume beat
inE down the grass by trarnpins
cross lots" instead Of ,stickinssto the
sidewalk! All sorts Of men. women
and. children. do II, much to their dis
credit and tho sharm-oft thousands Of
spots,w1icht shouldaDe rich'Srassy' bits
of sr01nd. II IL sbad hASft. $his ''across'
iottinEssA
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

A ona writer asserts that "a girl
Who wants a husband must have t1)
sympathy, (2) sense, 90 courage"
This may be required In the case OF a
woman. But It evokes the comment
that on the masculine side the first
two qualities may be dispensed with.
with the corresponding concentration
OF the mental system on courage.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

News M from I town IN Russia
that a huge celestial object, emitting
su,nhur fumes, fell nea tho town.
destroying 4 number Of houses. This
viii unset all previous IDEAS and con
v,ctions on the locality opposed 70
mo celestial where sulphurousN fumes
are popularly supposed to IONS
from. Is.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17

Rage increases the amount Of sugar
in ones body, says . Harvard pro.
lessor. In spite Of the professors
opinion, becoming enraged 10 unthink'
able as a popular method Of keerfhs
sweet.