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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
FRISCO WRECKED
BY ITS OFFICERS
COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS
THE ROAD WAS LOOTED.
SYNDICATE GOT BIG PROFITS
Road Borrowed Money From Every
Available Source and Marketed
Its Securities at Ridicu-
lousy Low Prices.

Observation-Disclosures operations.
which included the requirement Of
lines through syndicates which prof
tied by the roads own Officers. gre
cited as among the underlying causes
for the insolvency of the st. LOuis 4
San Francisco Railroad Company, In
a report to the Senate by the Inter
state Commerce Commission on the
Frisco Lines receivership. No recon-
m%endations are made by the commits
sion, Z. +. Clark, the cla.irman. stat
ing in a letter of transmittal addressed
to the president that they were not
called for in the resolut ion adopted by
the Senate las summer directing the
investigation.
The report how 5 that the funded
debt 'of thc railr Dad May 27. 1913.
when the receive. rship was ordered,
amounted TO 81. % per cent of the total
capital liability the total capital at
that time amc uniting to 1926, 633, 9S3.72,
of which eu'ly So. 36 100 was capital
stoos ami S244.269 .S33.72 was funded
debt, inclt ding equipment trust notes.
Iuft the interest bearing liabilities
81 the Frisco System exceeded the
stock liability by 375 per cent "and
were wholly disproportionate when
aom pared with the capitalization Of
ofh .er carriers. including those in the
10 rritory west of the Mississippi river"
& asserted by the commission, which
submits figures for eight selected RAFT
roads, showing the average ratio of
funded debt to capital liability to be
5o.65 per cent.
The report further declares that the
inability of the Frisco to meet its OBJ
legations seemed TO have been appar-
ent for some time prior to the appli-
cation for a receivership; that siren
nous efforts were made by its officers
to tide over financial difficulties from
day to day; that money was borrowed
from all available sources until every
avenue of assistance was exhausted.
marketable securities being either sold
or pledged as collateral under the nu-
merous loans, and that notwithstand-
ing this exhausted financial condition
the Frisco sold to Speyer & Co. Of New
York $4,000, 600 of its general lien 5
per cent bonds, a transaction which
the commission declares warranted
condemnation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
LOOKING ON BRIGHTEST SIDE
1t Would Seem From This That the
World ls Undergoing Something
Of an Improvement.

London fogs are reported to be
growing less unpleasant, and a m
temporary refers to a marked i'm
provement in their quality" If this
euphonious way Of talking of the nui-
sances Of life becomes general we
may shortly expect the following:
Talking with a one-legged sailor at
the docks yesterday. we learned that
Of late years there has been a mark
ed improvement In the quality of the
sharkbites supplied in the Indian
ocean. Not only are the creatures
quicker off the mark, but a great deal
more snap has of late been intro
duced into the performance from start
to finish.
1t is pleasant to be able to report a
marked improvement In the quality Of
the squalls OF our neighbours baby.
The pauses during which one feared
that the child would choke are now Of
less frequent occurrence, and the loud
est shrieks are timed to coincide less
exactly with our struggles with parti-
cularly tricky sentences. Greater &C
complishment, too, is being shown in
the tremolo passages. Our wife. also
reports a marked improvement in the
quality of the hawkers in our neigh
borhood. The clothes prop which one
of them recently thrust in the door
way to prevent the closing of the door
proved to be easily breakable when
the door was slammed. and the por-
ton left inside burned quite easily
and saved at least n shovelful of
coal.
London pedestrians are loud in
praise of the marked improvement in
the quality of the mud supplied by our
motor buses. 1t is now comparatively
rare to meet a man who spends more
than two hours daily in brushing his
clothes, and many Of the best people
have been able to reduce the wages OF
their Wallets in consequence. Few
things have pleased us so much as the
recent marked improvement in the
quality of the colds and influenza In
the metropolis. In fact, since the In
surance act, more than one man has
laid up with them Of his own accord
and found the time of his incapacita
sion pass quite pleasantly.
This general am~erlioration in the
conditions of life was first observed
in the summer, when a marked i'm
provement was noticed in the insects
supplied at all the leading picnics. Tes
a la nudge proved itself for the frs
time a far from unpleasant beverage
and ever the wasps in the jam sci
dom got as far as the esophagus-s
kindly abstention that has won then
the respect Of all true nature lovers
London Opinion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
SAYS MILLION WAS WASTED
Purchase Of Road Machinery E~xtraSa-
giant in New York.

Albany. y. WHEN Commissioner
James W. Osborne resumes his inquiry
Of alleged graft in various state de
partments. he will have in hand evil
dence of about 1000, 900 waste in the
purchase of road machinery in the last
five years. which Gov. Giynn unearthed
personally.
In some cases prices on road ma
chimes OF the same kind varied from
500 to $500, It is declared.
u want TO know who got this differ
ence in cost" the governor said, and
! am going TO ask Nr. Osborne to de
termine that as quickly as possible
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
So Economical.

81 want you to see my lovely new
shopping bag" said a certain woman
to a caller the other afternoon. my
husband gave it to me for my BIRTH
day, and it's simply grand. And it's
so economical! You see, you open
this. and there are two compartments,
and you open the compartments on
this side and there Is a little pocket in
that, and you open the little pocket
and there is a cute little pocketbook
for your change, with one side par:i-
toned off for street car tickets"
Il see." said the caller. But why
do you call 1t economical?"
why, 1t takes so long to open all
the things and get to your street car
tickets that by the time you do who
ever is with you has paid your fare"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
NO FREE SERVICE
BY THE RAILROADS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION FERRETs OUT REBATES.
HITS THE PLANT LINES HARD
Practice of Allowing Demurrase, Etc,
fer Concerns Owning Industrial
Tracks Connecting Trunk Lines
to Be Abolished in Future.

Washington.-Great manufacturing
trial railroads connecting their plants
with trunk lines may no longer re-
ceive demurrage or per diem charges
and various other allowances &C
cording to a decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
1t was held that such practices are
unlawful rebates which accrue to the
benefit of the industries themselves.
Testimony in the case developed that
the so-called trusts having such rail
roads enjoy income from such charges
running into millions of dollars each
year.
THE very carriers that are aug
menting their expense accounts and
d~issipating their revenues in this man
ner to the extent of many millions OF
dollars a ear and for the benefit OF
comparatively few shippers, are now
complaining that their present earn
ings are insufficient and, on that
ground, have asked our permission TO
make a substantial increase in heir
general rate schedules" say the de-
cision. ''In that sense the proposed
advance in rates has a certain very
definite relation to this proceeding"
The commissions statement regard
ing railroad rates continues:
Before they fairly may ask the
general public to share further in car
rying their burdens, it is manifest
that the railroads themselves must
conserve properly their sources OF
revenue by making every service per
formed contribute reasonably to their
earnings
The decision further points out that
allowances paid to and free services
performed for large industrial plants
relieve them of a heavy expense they
would otherwise have to bear.
Such allowances, the decision says,
"are an example of the special con
cessions and rebates in service that
shippers with a large traffic are able
to wiring from the carriers in consid-
Grafton of being permitted to handle
the traffic or share with other lines in
it's carriage.
"If the allowances and free services
may, on any ground, be justified and
found to be lawful says the decision
they will be claimed and must in the
future be extended to all industries
similarly situated. We are, therefore
at the parting of the ways with re
! spect to this very heavy tax on trans
portation."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Operators Dissatisfied.

made by the Lake Shore and Big Four
railroads to grant the demands of q
500 railroad telegraphers, telephone
operators and station agents will prob
ably result in a strike of these EN-.
ployes over 1000 miles of road, Off
cials of the Order of Railway Telegra-
pliers here said. Strike ballots have
been sent to the orders members. The
vote is expected to be completed in
two weeks. The men ask shorter hours
and a wage increase.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
COCKTAILS TO BE GOVERNOR
Panama Canal Government Will Be in
Operation April list.

Observation-Disclosures of a per
manent government for the Panama
Canal Zone. to supersede the lsthmian
Canal Commission April list, was au-
thorized by President Wilson, with
the announcement hat the nomination
of Col. George w. Goethals to be the
first governor of the Panama Canal
would be sent to the Senate. Col.
Goethals' idea Of a "one-man" govern
ment is carried out in the executive
order, which was made public by Sec
rotary Garrison Immediately after a
cabinet meeting, The authority of the
governor will be supreme under the
secretary of war.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
JAPS SUPPLY hUERTA ARMS
Vital Facts Concerning Foreign Re-
lations Disclosed.

Washington.-The following start
ling facts have been disclosed; Presi-
dent Wilson has learned that Huerta,
whose government he refuses to rec
ognize, is being supplied with arms
and munitions of war by the Japanese
government. These arms are sold at
a nominal figure. 1t is feared that
Japan may demand and Huerta grant
a concession for a japanese naval base
in Magdalena Bay in full payment for
war materials furnished. President
Wilson told members of the foreign re-
lations committee that he believed
Immediate action should be taken
to permit the rebels to obtain arms ir
this country.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
G0E THALS MAY
HEAD NEW YORK POLICE
CANAL BUILDER PRACTICALLY
ACCEPTS COMMISSlONERSHlP.

Panama.-Col. George w. Goethals.
chief engineer of the Panama Canal,
recently was rendered the position of
police commissioner of New York
city, and in reply to a letter sent him
by Mayor Mitchell through George w.
Perkins, signified his willingness to
accept the post under certain condi-
tions. These conditions were that he
should be permitted to remain on the
isthmus until the canal is completed
and in successful operation, and that
he be given complete control over the
police department.
Col. G~oethals, in his letter to Mayor
Mitchell, said that under no circum-
stances would he accept the commits
sionership unless THESE conditions
were agreed to. He added that as he
still would be an army officer after
his work here was completed he would
not resign to accept Mayor Mitchels
offer, but that he would take the po-
permission to retire.
Col. Goethals insisted that he must
have complete control over the police
department, including the right to dis
miss incompetent men without their
having a right to appeal to a court
which could annul his dismissals.
Col. Goethals said that Mr.. Perkins
made a special trip to the isthmus to
bring him the letter from Mayor
Mitchell containing the offer of the
commissionership. He added that the
conditions he imposed seemed almost
to preclude his becoming head of the
New York police department. When
the offer was first made, he said, it
looked attractive to him, but investi-
CATION showed hat the police commits
sioner's powers were too limited to
make it possible to carry into effect
reforms he might propose.
Observation-Disclosures that Col. George
Geothals, chief engineer of the Canal
one, was expected by Mayor Mitchell
of New York to become police com
missioner of that city came as a dis
tinct surprise t o President Wilson. 1t
was understood from the White House
that Col. Cocktails had been selected
as the first governor of the Canal
one, and that the Washington govern
ment had been relying OF him to put
into operation its plans for the first
permanent government of the same.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Mississippian Against Control.

Washington. - So-called latter-day
'progressivism," as it now is being
more or less loosely ~espoused by GER
tain public officials who would make
the federal government the competi-
tor of the individual citizen in prac-
tically every productive enterprise in
which men are engaged, was raped
hard in the Senate by Senator John
Sharp Williams. who saw in the
reckless hue and cry for govern
ment control of everything" a mo-
no%polization of all industry by the
government.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
AN AVALANCHE KILLS THREE


Stores, Utah.-With a terrific roar,
an avalanche, sweeping down the
mountain side here, snuffed out three
lives and seriously injured three other
persons. -Four houses were ground to
splinters. Every tree in the path of
the icy mass was snapped off at the
roots. The bodies of Mrs. Anna Pack
ovich and two Greek miners were re-
covered shortly after they met death
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
PREJUDICE SHOWN BY SPEER
Four Members Of Savannah Bar Give
Testimony-lnVest CATION shifted.

Savannah, Ga.-Members of the spe-
cial congressional committee which is
investigating charges of official mis-
conduct on the part OF Federal Judge
Emory Speer OF the Southern District
of Georgia heard four members of the
Savannah bar testify to alleged in
stances in which they charged that the
accused jurist displayed fayoritism and
prejudice in the conduct OF cases be-
fore him. The Investigation, which
started at Macon, Ga, was shifted to
this city.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Government Troops Re~puIsed.

Port Au Prince, Haiti.-The Hatien
rebels repulsed an attempt made by a
force of government troops, under the
command Of NJ. Pradel, minister of the
in+arior m land NJ c"i-t Mon
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Will Hear Rate Cases

Washington 49, Hearings beginning
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, continuing more than a
month, will reflect the attitude of
shippers toward the five per cent in
eas in freight rates proposed by the
fifty-two Eastern railroads
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
"Pie Book" Wanted.

Albany, N. "a pie book" which
Highway Commissioner John N. Car
Isle is said TO have kept a record of
positions he parceled out to various
political leaders, is greatly desired by
James w. Osborne for use in his graft
inquiry.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
NO FUNDS FOR GOOD ROADS
House Committee Will Not Couple
5,COO,o 900 With Civil Service.

Washington-The House rules COM
mittee refused to make a special pro-
vision to couple a $4,000, 900 good
roads appropriation with the proposal
to exempt 2,400 assistant postmasters
from civil service in the new postal
appropriation bill. Either provision
now may be eliminated on a point OF
order. 1t was sought to couple them
to unite supporters of each propose
for both.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Made 900 Profit.

Chicago.-Charles NJ. Secrist man
ager of the Pacific Fruit Express, tes-
titled at the Interstate Commerce Com
mission investigation Of private car
lines that his company had made 3
profit of 81 100000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Meyer Returns Voluntarily

Houghton, Mich-Charles II Meyer,
president of the Western Federation
leaders under indictments here for
conspiracy, will return voluntarily to
stand trial with the thirty-one strikers
indicted with them
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Would Shut Out Hindu,

MISUNDERSTANDING Wilson OF
the Department of Labor suggested to
Congress that the doors of the United
States be closed hereafter to the Hin
du laborer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Earthquake Felt.

San Francisco.-The seismograph
at Chabot Observatory, Oakland,
showed a slight vibration, travelling
from east to west. Windows ratified
in San Francisco, Oakland and Berke
ley. No damage was reported.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Bio Bank Comes In.

New York.-That the National City
Bank. the largest institution of its
kind in the country, IN all probability
will enter the new federal reserve sys.
TEN was learned from officials IF the
bank.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Sanity Of Hamlet.

Shakespeare was asked If Hamlet
was ane
mo New York jury would convict
him." he answered confidently.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Home Rule a Certainty

Waterford, Ireland-"Every sane
mar knows that, bar accidents, the
home rule bill will be the law of the
land this year." said John e Redmond,
leader of the Irish Nationalists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Indicted for Smuaqlinq.

New York.-Lucius n. and William
Littauer, brothers, the former at one
time a member of Congress, have
Jury here. charged with smuggling into
iris country & diamond necklace
valued at $40, 900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Washinaton Coast storm.Swept.

Seattle, Wash.-A eve storm
swept the Pacific northwest. snow and
rain being accompanied by q high
wind, which at some places attained
q velocity of sixty miles an hour.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Doubtful.

Now they say that alcohol causes
deafness"
Maybe so. | never knew anybody
to fail to hear an invitation to drink"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Probably.

Bix-I see that someone is getting
up a "Woman's Dictionary"
Dx-More words in it, l suppose.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30

An opportunity is a good bit like a
wasp. 1t takes a lot Of experience to
know how to grasp 1t without getting
stung.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30

Ever notice that the girl with a
broken heart always manages to save
q few of the pieces?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30
Only One ..BRoMO OulNINE"

That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNiNE. Look for
the signature OF X. W. Cures q Cold in Ons
Day, Cures Grip In Two Days. 1c
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30

The Cough is what hurts, but the tickle 10
to blame. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
stop the tickle-5c at good Druggists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-30

It's sometimes easier to discharge
an obligation than a cook
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

Agents wanted. Write for Terms. Big Profits.
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Brice's Snow Bloom Liquid Face Powder, SOC. per. bottle.
Brices Herb Tea, Csc, per. box.
Brices Corn Cream, 25c. per. box.
Brices Pressing Comb, $1!00.
Brices Six Weeks Trial Treatment for the scalp, to grow
hair, Two Dollars.
Remember the name and number, M W. H.
BRlCE, SO4 fremont St, Boston, Mass.
The Brice Mfg. Companys Branch Offices. where you can
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Richard Arnold, lila N. Senate Ave. Indianapolis, Ind.
j. !. Howe Drug Store, fremont & Cabot St, Boston, Mass.
Brces Bone and Nerve Linament, SOC per bottle.
Bices Eczema Scalp Lotion, SOC per box.
Bices Gray Hail Restorer, Csc per package.
Bices busting Powder for tired feet 16c per package.
Bhces Best Face Powder, in three colors, 25c per box.
Brices Afro-American Scalp Food, 4 boxes for One Dollar, 10 less sold.
Brices 6 Weeks trial treatment Two Dollars, with the greatest discovery
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
TREAT YOUR SCALP, AND HAIR MUST
GROW! GOOD NEWS FOR OUR WOMEN
AT LAST

The Brice AfroAmerican Scalp Food and Always Young
Cream is too we'll known for better recommendation here. We
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

1t isn't every doctor who can turn a
theory in practice.