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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-17

Fresh line Of paint at snyder's.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-17

HATS HATS. HATS! At your own
price. Justices Store. Alt
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-17

Nice lawn seats for sale at snyders
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-17

Rsfrlssrators Al shydsr's. tt-s-ll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02
ROCK ISLAND RErRENCHEs.
Fifty Men Lose Positions at Pratt
Cut Is General.

Pratt, Kan, Jan. Gloom has set
tied deep over the yards. roundhouse
and machine shops at the Rock Island
in this city for the order has come for
q SO per cent cut in the expense In
those departments. This order may
last six months, it is said. This will
take on sixteen car repairers. four car
penters, three car repairer helpers,
one painter, five laborers and one in
spector. In the shops there will be
but two boiler makers left, one work
ing at night and one in the daytime.
In the roundhouse the painter and all
OF the helpers will have to go. Alto
gether fifty men will lose their posi-
lions. No reason is given for this
great reduction Of expenses except
that there is no business.
This cut extends over the entire sys-
tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02

Dean Jardine told tn farmers Of the
western counties they must give more
attention to the prevention OF soil
blowing, and assured them of the CO.
operation of the state experiment sta
tons.
I'm many instances" said Dean Jar
dine, LAND has been plowed for years
with a disc pillow, to q depth not ex-
eeding three to five inches. Some
times the disc harrow was the only in
strument used in preparing the seed
bed for wheat. Straw has been burn
ed annually. Such land, of course, is
soon in very poor physical condition.
and under such conditions wind
storms of twenty miles an hour have
been known to do a great deal of
damage"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02
OIL INDUSTRY GROWING.
Much Involved in Business I'm Frank
lin County.

Much Involved in Business I'm Frank.
lin County.
Ottawa, Jan. 2.-Twenty-four firms,
companies aid individuals hold leases
on about $4,000 acres of Franklin
county land, mostly in the territory
between RantOul, Wellsville and Of
tawa. The Rantoul field, which has
been undergoing q decided boom for
the past two years, has proved to be
one of the strongest in the state and
thousands of dollars are being invest
ed in that part Of Franklin county as
we'll as in districts near Ottawa.
The Ottawa Oil and Gas Develop
ment company was the first company
to start operations in the Rantoul
field for the production Of oil. Prior
to 1911 the operations in the field had
been for gas alone, as the price Of oil
was not high enough to make it's pro-
duction profitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02
KANsANs 10 MANILA.
Smith Center Father and Son Go T.
Attend ShrineF's Convention.

Smith Center Father and Son Go to
Attend Shriner's Convention.
Smith Center. Kan, Jan. 2.-The
L. C. Uhls, father and son. have
started for Seattle, Wash, on the first
leg of their long trip to Manila, Phil
ippine Islands, and back, where they
20 as delegates of the Shriners to the
world convention Of that order. At
Seattle they have engaged passage on
one Of the great ocean steamers that
will carry them to the Hawaiian Is
lands and Japan en- route, with the
privilege OF touring each OF these
countries for several days without ex-
ira charge for passage. The conven-
ton lasts for over q week in the city
OF Manila and coming home they will
ing some of the quaint mysteries Of
the kingdom OF China The entire
trip will occupy the greater part Of
about four months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02
USE CORDUROY METHODS.

Farmers in "BlOwn" District Blamed
for Poor Results.
Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 2.-It is the
way the soil has been handled in the
blown out areas of western Kansas,
rather than the character of the soil,
that is largely responsible for the
damage dore by wind every year in
that section. If the land were kept
rough or corrugated, blowing largely
could be prevented, said w. M. Jar
dine, dean Of agriculture at the Kan
sas Agricultural college, to several
hundred farmers who came to attend
the state institute here this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02
Retailers Want
Quick Selling
Merchandise

The retail merchants who
read this newspaper are
asked this question:
What kind Of merchan-
disc is the most profitable?
The question is simple
and the reply seems equally
so:
The most profitable mer-
chandise is in the main that
which is in greatest de-
mand by the people. That
is to say, merchandise of
known quality and RELIABLE
ity offered at q fair and
reasonable price.
The profit may not be in
all cases equal to that which
a merchant may sometimes
exact from nondescript
merchandise, but the vol
ume of sales is much great
erer; sales are made more
quickly; stocks turn more
often !; and satisfied custom
ers increase IN number.
Wise merchants, not only
here, but throughout the
land, are turning to the
known brands of merchan-
disc that are in demand.
Through the advertising
columns Of The State Jour
nal and other good newspa-
pers the public is being edu-
Gated to demand what they
want, and they go where
they can get it.
Result: Time and money
saved for retailer and con-
sumner with increased salts
faction for both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02

barns, ranging In price from $500 to
5000. With the outlook for crops at
this time the prospects are good and
better for a busy harvest In the build
ing line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02
CHILL CAUSES APPENDICITIS.
Coneyville Boys in Dangerous C0ndi-
tion-C0ntained Poison.

Coneyville, Jan. 1.-TWO boys. both
under the age OF 16 years. are lying at
the point Of death at the Krugg hos
pital as q result Of appendicitis.
brought on, according to DR.. Krugg.
by eating chilli. The two youthful VIC
tins are John Carter and Harvey
TRAIT When young Trait was cper-
ated on about = month ago it was dis
covered that his appendix had burst
The intestines were glued together by
the pus which was released from the
appendix The Carter boy was oper-
ated ON about three weeks ago and .
similar condition was found to exist
Both boys had eaten . quantity OF
chilli previous to being stricken with
appendicitis. and. according to the
physicians who performed the opera
tions, every indication went to show
that 1t was the chilli which caused APP
pendicitis to set In and which now
threatens the lives of the two boys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-02

0nhn0e0 Tumors ana ulesrs srsa4-
teM Isek "a: no knife OF plastos
used Dr.. MeHAughEn. -
= nh -. onita ~, KAnsaD CIV 1goL
Evening star., 1914-11-08

between the ridge ard the fields. where.
hundreds of thousands strong, the main
body was arousing itself. the columns
of the relieving outpost marched along.
Each road was utilized, and the damp
ness of the night made the dust so
heavy that it merely stirred beneath
the crunch of the infantry boots as
they plodded along to the front.
Artillery rumbled along. the horses
thin and dropping from the constant
work which had been their lot. The
cannoneers shuffied alongside the guns.
to relieve the horses as much as posi-
BILE of any unnecessary weight, yet
ready. at the instant call. to spring to
their places on timber and axle seat
should the battery be called upon to
take up a jaded gallop to succor.
Along the roadside the red strands
of the copper wires which had been
strung by the signal troops iummed
with details from the line. Machine
gun sections. packed on mules, swayed
along as the trusty animals kept up
their shambling gait. First aid de-
tachments trooped along in rear of the
infantry, their Red Cross flags holding
something of mockery of warfare and
something of a promise of a solace.
while the battalion ammunition carts
moved jauntily ahead as though pro-
claiming aloud that they, too, would
Evening star., 1914-11-08

til they cleared the crest. when the
trails were dropped in the yielding
earth. In anticipation OF probable
withdrawal. the horses, with the linn.
bers, remained under shelter snort
distance down the slope, for the posi-
ton was only that upon which the al,
vance of the enemy was to be delayed
until the main body Of the army could
prepare for defense.
Back with the main body. the noise
of the conflict at the outpost came
clearly across the intervening ground
There was no camp, for there was no
tentage, and the serried ranks OF tine
troops had slept in close formation
bundled in their overcoats or blankets:
with lucky ones pillowed on pair OF
fence rails, to keep the tired BODY out
of the damp of the earth.
Line after line of cook fires died
away as the kitchen helpers scattered
the ashes. From different sections
columns of infantry broke away IRON,
the bivouac and moved forward into
the trenches of the main defense: yer
it was all done deliberately. for the
soldiers and their officers knew by
now to nicely just how much time
they would have before the outposts
would be compelled to fall back.
In the artillery brigades. the horses
stood, hitched to the guns. awaiting
Evening star., 1914-11-08

rear of the ridge the detachments of
the reserves, posted at points from
which they could readily reinforce
any threatened part of the line, were
already under arms, having been
aroused from their uneasy slumbers,
and encumbered with full kits, Cross
strapped with bandolie-s of ammunl-
ton. No campf1re's glow was to be
seen, for, even though concealed from
an enemy's view by the ridge. no
chance could be taken of 4 venture
some patrol pushing behind the line OF
observation to spot the position of the
supporting bodies.
Where the various roads, some per-
manent and some fresh -hewn In the
preparation of the defensive position,
crossed the ridge, artillery was sunk in
gunpits to sweep the approaches. The
cold. gaping muzzles peered above the
earthwork parapets, through the
branches which concealed them from
view, while at many points along the
concealed line of trenches in which the
Evening star., 1914-11-08

the best of their ability without sacri-
ficing anything of a view to the front.
Behind trees, in the heart of clump
of bushes. alongside a great rock or
prone in shallow trenches. they kept
their ceaseless watch, well Knowing
their comrades We're alert and near to
aid them, vet fully cognizant of the re
lance which must be placed upon
those intrusted with giving the warn =
ing of an enemy's approach From
the strain of incessant peering through
the darkness. the muscles of the eye
grew tired and played strange pranks
with the brain. dark object which
had been clear and stationary when
the vigil commenced. now seemed to
creep and crawl; the waving line of
what one knew was brush along a
fence seemed turning to stealthy line
of men. and it required concentration
and winking to resolve the specters
into their true lineaments.
From the road to the front where
the cyclist patrol had vanished there
Evening star., 1914-11-08

developed highly efficient systems of
catering to the foreign purchasers.
Much of their power and success both
at home and abroad has resulted from
their admirable organizations.
"The small manufacturer, however,
is not able to maintain such expensive
and complete systems and organlza-
tionS. He must rely on such lnforlna !.
tion as he can get from goVernnisEtil
sources and from the commercial OIL
ganizations formed to promote export
trade. Fortunately, more OF these lat-
ter are being formed and a gr"iher
and improved interest in foreign maj
kets is in evidence.
"In recent years the United states
government has paid a great deal OF
attention to the subject of the eX-
pansion of our foreign markets, ana
has developed a-system of helps that
already has shown large results. the
establishment of "A corps of commercial
attaches is but a development OF that
system. No longer ago than 1910 the
United States was spending only $14O,-
900 a year on the bureau of foreign
Evening star., 1914-11-08

the moment when they would be called
upon to take position, already recon
noitered and determined upon by their
officers, under the scheme Of the COM
mander of the forces.
There even came bursts of whimsical
song from the soldiers as they went
about their preparation for another
day, and comment was free as to the
probable outcome of the situation.
Sometimes. they knew, the whole line
seemed to retire, for ever and ever. as
their WEAKNESS made it. At others,
the forces swept along in advance with
but little apparent opposition, until the
stone wall Of line of battle was en-
countered. Then the backing and hll-
ing commenced again. and the only
difference was that familiar faces were
found missing and more work was I'M
posed upon their already weary bodies
by the sanitary necessity of burying
the dead of friend and foe.
But in front of the outpost trenches
on the ridge ahead, the line OF dots
grew clearer in the waxing light, and
the line thickened, as told by the in
creasing fire from the rifles. Then the
line of dots sprang upright and became
the hazy shapes of men, who, crouch
ing, rushed forward short distance.
Evening star., 1914-11-08

Albertus H. Bald
win, First of the New
Corps of Commercial
Attaches of American
Embassies He Tells
of the Opportunities
That Lie in the Max
ing Over of the
Worlds Trade, Now
in Progress by Reason
of the War in Europe.
Will Boost American
Export Trade. Despite
the War-Picking Up
the Scattered Ends of
Commerce.
Evening star., 1914-11-08
NWW&

soon be called upon. as we'll as the lit
ter sections.
Under the orders of the day, issued
by the commander of the outpost sec
ton, battalions of infantry, detailed as
reserves, halted in the fields and woods
near crossroads. whence they could
readily reach a threatened spot. Other
detachments moved ahead to the line
of resistance, as relief supports, and
fell to scraping shallow trenches in the
intervals between the trenches already
made.
From different points along the line
of observation, where the sentries had
redoubled their scanning of the front,
there came a dropping of shots. The
scattered firing soon grew in intensity,
and, one by one, the sentries crept back
to the trenches. striving to keep to the
f1anks that they might not be in line
should their trenches need to open fire.
With the retiring of the sentries. the
hidden guns in their emplacements on
the ridge opened up. The dull crackle
of rifles, faint in the heavy air, was
blotted out by the sudden roar of ar
tillery discharges. and the whistle OF
shrapnel, speeding through the lanes
of the forest, to explode in the fields
Evening star., 1914-11-08

and domestic trade which has to do
with these matters. The approprla-
tionS for the current year aggregate
nearly S55O,O80. That indicates the
growth of the service.
'"This bureaus chief purpose is to fur-
nish information of trade opportuni-
ties abroad to American producers.
Some 1000 observers are constantly at
work. of whom some 300 are consuls,
who, through the cooperation OF the
Department of State. under whom the
consuls work, furnish reports that are
the ground work of much of the bu-
reau'S activity.
:: :;
Then there is corps of commercial
observers. specialists in various lines.
who travel widely, obtaining informa-
ton. One will investigate possible
markets for textiles, another furniture,
another other classes of wood manu-
features, another a certain class OF ma
chinery and so on. They are not tieo
Evening star., 1914-11-08

cess and participate in it The better
we will provide for the future COM
Inerce of this nation.
Every part of the world feels the
effect of the war. Here we have noted
it in the curtailment of our eNpol is.
notably in the matter of cotton. Olher
countries, no matter how rem ote from
the theater of war. also feel the ce-
structive influences of the great
struggle.
''Of the nations engaged, Germany.
perhaps. is suffering most severely by
reason of trade interruption. Mach of
her export trade. which amodhts to
about S2.400, 100000 "a year, is inter-
rupted. Great Britain, with her meas
urable command of the sea, is not SO
badly hurt. but the war is certain to
lessen her industrial productivity and
that will show in her figures of exports.
Germany has had a wonderfully large
trade in South America, which now is
suspended. though the buying capacity
of South America will surely increase
year by year. We look for an extcn-
sion of American markets in that t,i
rection. Great Britain. by the way.
also looks hopeful in the same way.
Taken as a whole, own export
trade in the past has not been of vital
Importance to US; never such vital
factor as foreign trade has been ir
q ,rmar> and Great Britain. Our home
rl:,rket is so large that we feel the
effects of the war materially less than
any other great nation.
while the United States stands sec.
ond in the amount of it's export
Great Britain being first and Germany
third-Our country is so vast and our
domestic trade so much greater tnan
our foreign that our export trade has
been on'y about one-twentieth OF OFT
total
to about twenty-five hundred .aillions
Il year, about six hundred millions of
which are exports of cotton. We send
abroad each year abon, fifteen hun :
partly manufactured goods. But we
sell in our home markets from fifteen
thousand to twenty thoGSani million
dollars worth of manufactured goods
a year.
Nevertheless, our EXPORT trade is
more important to us today than 1T
ever was before. Our productive Ca
pacity is increasing SD rapidly that it
has outstripped our domestic demands.
Sound economics, therefore. dictate
that we look abroad for further mar
kets for our surplus. Few Americans
realize how great and iii |e"se are the
foreign trade opportunities.
There is a great field for missionary
work in the United States in arousin,y
interest in our relations to other couc-
tries commercially. AS a whole our
people have been SO much interested
in their home trade that that which
has been going on abroad has been be-
yond their ken.
only few of the larges- manu-
featuring corporations have paid seri-
Gus attention to foreign trade or have
intelligent comprehension of its possi-
bilities. possibilities which are optn to
those Americans who have the intelli-
gence, the energy. the ability to reach
out and grasp that which is within
their reach.
such organizations of capital as the
Standard Oil Company, the harvester
and agricultural implement manufac-
turing concerns. have made notable
successes in the foreign fields and have
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beyond. was like some wrath. the cry
of some soul in torment. eerie and un-
canny and dreadful.
In an instant the guns received their
reply. From out of the mists OF the
morning come the wIirr of projectiles,
hurtling through the air. smashing
through leaves, branches and tree
trunks and bursting their horrid con-
tents. with Jagged flame and spatter of
shrapnel ball. full in the face of the
trenches.
The intermittent rifle fire was stillcd
for a moment. then its place was taken
by the roll of volleys which shattered
the morning and sent the birds which
had rested for the night in thet tree
tops. futtering away in fright. The ma
chine guns chimed in with their rattle,
and ammunition mules galloped up to
the line with a great clattering of boxes
on their steel frames as they pounded
with the rhythm of the footballs.
Bullets clipped through the damp
leaves. or, striking some object. whined
away overhead with the song of the
ricochet; many found lodgment in flesh
and the stricken sobbed with an intak-
Evening star., 1914-11-08
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ing of breath under the kiss of the
lead. while litter bearers rushed up, re-
gardless of exposure, to bundle the
PROSTATE forms upon the stretchers
and hurry to the rear, where the Red
Cross flag announced the location of a
regimental first aid station.
Ambulances, waiting with the re-
serves since nightfall, drove to the rear
of the ridge and received their broken
burdens, disputing way over the road
with the ammunition carts which ap-
preached the position.
AS the morning expanded and the
mists cleared a little, dots which moved
and spat flame appeared at the bottom
Of the fog. More dots, mere vague
shapes, crept up to the line. and the
volume of fire increased, while the
trenches roared in reply and the mus
kerry cracked from end to end of the
attacked position.
Taking the roads which played from
their position, the reserves coolly and
deliberately moved forward to support
the trenches of the resistance line, and
additional batteries trotted up to the
rear of the crest, unlimbeI ed. and the
guns were wheeled, muzzles to the
front, and pushed forward by hand un-
Evening star., 1914-11-08

An Adventure of the
Cycle Patrol - The
Hidden Engines of
Death A March to
the Firing Line-Lit-
ter Bearers to the
Front Back to the
Main Body-The At
tacking Line A
Scurry for the Rear.
Evening star., 1914-11-08

helped. The result of. the policy is
that the information furnished by the
bureau is now hitting the mark.
The establishment of the corps OF
commercial attaches is for the purpose
of supplementing the work already
done by the bureaus agents abroad.
and giving it a broader scope. Every
large industrial or financial organiZa-
ton knows the necessity of maintain
ing an outside man in constart touch
with the market at strategy. points,
and at the same time i'll touch with
the executive, and possessing a 1ull
knowledge of and sympathy with the
policy of the executive. This idea mas
been translated into the commerciai
attache plan.
The establishment of the corps does
not in any way mean the invasion or
the field of operations of the. consular
CORPS The consuls are the agents not
ONLY of the Department of State, but
also of the other departments OF the
government They furnish health sta
tistics to the Treasury Department for
the bureau of public health. they
gather and transmit crop statistics for
the Department of Agriculture, and
their duties are manifold
But the commercial attache VIII
work on matters to which the consuI
has not time to give his attention. MS
investigations will be nation wide, not
limited. as the consul's must be. to one
locality. The attache will have an
office and a clerk. but he WILL nave
an -opportunity to cover commerce anu
industry in its broadest phases IN tne
countries to which he is accredited
some of the attaches, by the way, VIII
cover more than one country.
..The department is conscious OF the
fact that a commercial representative
of the United States abroad should not
IN his activities embarrass the nation
foreign relations, the maintenance OF
which relations are in the custody OF
the Department of state Hence me
giving of diplomatic standlne TO the
attaches and attaching them to the en-
bassies.
"Rules have been prepared Tor the
conduct of the attaches which insure
cordial cooperation between ene De
partment of State and the Department
Of Commerce in the work. The diplo-
matte branch will have full informa-
ton by which it can postpone any pro-
posed activity of an attache whicn tne
ambassador might deem TO De TOT the
moment inadvisable. .
matte officers abroad are with the ON
Gals of the government to Whach tney
are accredited; the relations OF the
commercial attaches will be with actual
commercial activities and with current
trade developments.
The duty of the attache will be to
establish such relations as will keep
him informed of everything that is Of
significance to commerce In the United
States. He is the eye of the Department
of Commerce in the country OF his
post" r.
II will have been noted that Mr..
Baldwin has spoken earnestly of the
activities of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. That lis but
natural, since he has had so much to
ton of that bureau. and organizing
its present activities.
In 1910 Mr.. Baldwin became chief OF
the then bureau of manufactures in the
Department Of Commerce. At that