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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
WAR ADVANCES ALI
 PRICES OF RUBBER GOODS

E The Rubber Club of America, com posed of the principal importers and ananufactu of rubber in the United States gives out the following state ment of conditions in the rubber i'm -dustry that have arisen on account of the war.
 During the past week rubber manu- facturers throughout the United States have been obliged to increase the prices on their manufactured products from 15 per cent. to 25 per cent. on ac- count of the crude rubber situation arising from the war between Euro pean nations. The breaking down of international exchange together with with the relatively small supplies of crude rubber in the hands of manufac- turers, besides the difficulty of rubber importers in delivering crude rubber on their future contracts through the sud- den cutting off of shipping facilities, have all contributed to produce an un-. precedepted situation in this branch of trade. In some cases factory forces have been reduced to conserve raw ma teria1 supplies now on hand These increased prices will apply to all rub Der goods from automobile tires to rub Der bands. k
 The best grade Of crude rubber. comes from Brazil and from plantations in the far east, all of which Is cleared through foreign banking exchanges. From this it will be seen that the rub
 
 dependent upon foreign fn1portations for it's principal raw material It Is also true that a, large proportion of the secondary materials of man anufacture suchxas chemicals of various kinds are imported from foreign countries l particularly France and Germany Rubber manufacturers are thus in a 1 much harder situation as regards car rying on their business than those whose raw material can be secured at home.
 Rubber manufacturers generally procure their crude rubber on con- tracts calling for future deliveries Hence, actual stocks of available spot rubber are always rather limited. It l is possible that. some manufacturers 1 may have as much as two or three | months supply on hand but many who O have depended upon a regular deliy- cry of raw material, and not aflfici- pating a European War have but d l few weeks supply. The sman stocks of spot rubber have advanced in price more than 1 100 per cent since August 1 and un- less the situation is in some measure relieved there is no Melhng how far the advance will go.
 Nearly all of the carrying trade be- | tween Brazil, the East Indies and the United States is in the hands of the | English, German and Dutch A fact that is not generally known is@that 1 more crude rubber to-day is coming from the Far East than from Brazil It has been estimated that the total l product of Plantation rubber in the Far East for the calendar year 1914 I would be ST ,0O0 tons as against 40. 900 | tons in Brazil Of this total product the United States takes 45. per cent. the United States being the largest single rubber manufacturing country l in the world. So far this year the importatons have been we'll up to | this estimate.
 Unless shipping conditions improve 1 greatly the situation here outlined will be Areatly aggravated as the war l develops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
Automobile News
CALLED TO FRANCE.

M. Petard, designer and chief en- gineer of the L. P. C.~Motor Go, being an active son ,ofsFranee and aDcaptadn in the ReserXe Engineering Corpss has been ordered. to- report for duty: the Lewis Six, which M. Petard was test ing out in the Alps, has been comman- deered as the personal car of thescol- onel of his regiment and the French yellow body has been painted battle ship grey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13

two head light e.ssvitched into ser ies, which actio. cuts down the illun- ination by reducing the voltage by half on each lamp without the use of any auxiliary resistances. This not only frees the lamp from all glare with sufficient light for city driving, but ef- fects a double economy by reducing the electrical power consumption by half, and by making the use @f side lamps entirely unnecessary.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY.

The board of governors of the Auto mobile Club of America, believing that it's members are desirous of securing greater efficiency and economy in the operation of their cars, has decided to broaden the scope and activities of the efficiency bureau, and to place it under the direction of the. technical commit tee of which Prof. Hutton is chair man. Beginning on September 1,kthfs bureau will provide frequent 6proba- ply week1y) inspection of all members cars registered in the bureau, and will report systematically upon their scon- dition and the expense incident to their operation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
LPRoTECrs WATERNELoN PATCE

The motorcycle has solved the prob lem for Al Lange of Stockton, of 1I1ow to protect his watermelon patch from boys and from tourists who have been in the habit of helping themselvest to melons. So successful has the speedy .two-wheelerf been in overriding the culprits that the number of trespas- sers has been materially decreased
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
CASES OF INTEREST

WHAT IS A WRITTEN INSTRU- MENT?-Defendan sDadrnuns in Peo- plezvs.s Dadmun. 137 Pacific Reporter, f1o71; was indicted under Section 492,; Gal. Penal Code, for grand larceny for. stealing from one George Webb an sund delivered deed in which defen- dant was grantee. The California District Court of Appeals says: eff the deed was delivered, and respon- dent insists that such fact is implied from the allegation that it showed and conveyed title to the real proper ty therein described,' then of course no offense is charged. On the other hand, assuming the deed was not de- livered. was it a written instrument
 within the meaning of those words as used in the section quoted? If not, then ,it~ follows that the stealing of the deed was merely the unlawful taking of an article having no value
 other than that of the paper and la
 Dor performed in writing thereon, the value of which is not stated.
 The term written instrument means a written document delivered with the intention that it shall take effect in accordance with it's purpose, as shown
 by the language used therein. The use of the word with respect tof con tracts and deeds of conveyance of real estate inplie a. delivery, wit thout which the document Is imperative for any purpose. Sections 1928 and 1054 Civ. Code. Since the document wa $ not delivered, 1t was not a written instrument, but merely a piece of pa per with writing thereon, Intellectual and fnoperative for the purpose of conveying the property described therein. It appears the Legislature recognized the fact that documents and writings imperative for want of delivery could not, in the absence of positive law, be the, subject of lar ceny as written instruments, for section 494 of the Penal Code pro- vides: All the provisions of this chapter apply where the property ta- ken is an instrument for the pawn nent of money, evidence of debt, public se- curfty, or passage ticket, completed and ready to be issued or delivered, although the same has never been is
 sued or delivered by the makers there of to any person as 8 purchaser or owner Tn this enumeration of un- delivered instruments which are made the subject of larceny deeds are not designated therein, and applying the maxim that the expression of one thing excludes another,' they should not be included among the undeliver- ed instruments to which the provis- ions of the section are said to apply
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
Big arrival of fresh fish to be sold

at very low prices. w. D. Cook & Son. Just received fine lot of 19Iuef1sh, weakf1sh. yellowfin sea trout, fresh salmon, Long Island eeIs, fresh but terfish, porgies, blackf1sh, fresh cod fish, fresh haddock, pollock, chicken halibut, soft shell crabs, live Holsters long clans. round clans, little neck clans, salt codf1sh, salt mackereI and all other kinds of fresh fish, which they will sell at very low prices P1en- ty of lemons, Times and cod liver oil to be sold at very low prices. W. D. Cook, & Son, 523 Water street.
 As a result of the strike of 800 mould runners 36 potteries in Wext Virginia are at a standst1lI.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
TO WED MAN SHE NEVER SAW
New Jersey Girl Will Marry Man She
Never Saw, on Arriving in
China.

Trenton, N. ITO become the bride
of Arthur G. Bowman, man she has
never seen, Miss Hazel Hulse will go
to China in May. Bowman's heart was
won when he saw the girls photo
graph, which she sent to her brother,
Aubrey Hulse, and to her uncle, Clar-
ence Lovett. This was when the three
Americans were struggling with the
problems Of custom regulations in
China.
Correspondence followed and the let
tiers became frequent. More photo
graphs were dispatched, both ways,
and then came the declarations of
love and proposal that was accepted.
This was about two months ago, and
now following the announcement of
the engagement, Miss Hulse and her
friends are preparing for her trip to
the Orient.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
HALE AND HEARTY AT 1O4
John Durant, a Sailor Boy of Ninety
Years Ago, Celebrates His
Birthday.

London.-John Durant entered the
British navy years ago He was four
teen then, but he is still enjoying life
at Weybridge, where he entered upon
his one hundred and fifth year.
During the winter he spends most
of the time in his bedroom, but in the
summer he walks abroad for consid-
cradle distances. He is a very hearty
eater and smokes three ounces of to-
bacco regularly every week Special
fare was provided for his delectation
to mark the great occasion Of his one
hundred and fourth birthday.
When the news came that Franklin
was lost in the Arctic circle in 1885
Durant volunteered for the search ex-
petition, but he did not sail on the il
fated Terror; he withdrew and went
to the West Indies instead. In 1912
he entered the service of the South
Metropolitan Gas company as barge
man, and after 40 years of work re-
tired on a pension. which he has now
enjoyed for 80 years.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
Many BURIED UNDER WALLS
BUILDING FALLS IN HIGH WIND,
CAUSING DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION.
Tragedy in ST. Lois Due to Collapse
of a Wall of Burned
Building.

st. Louis, Mo.-At least two persons
were killed, fifteen buried under de
bris and ten injured when the west
wall Of the Missouri Athletic club
building, which was destroyed by fire
in which thirty persons lost their lives
a week ago, collapsed under a high
wind here, and crashed through a
four-story building occupied by the
st. Louis Seed company.
The wall of the Missouri Athletic
club building, which stood seven sto-
ries high, crumbled when a 35-mile
wind veered to the northwest. A few
minutes before the collapse, Building
Commissioner McKelvey, who was di-
recting 40 men in the work of ex-
ploring the ruins of the Missouri Ath-
letic club, feared the wall would fall
and ordered his men out of the de-
bris. This action probably prevent
ed heavy loss of life
The four-story building occupied by
the st. Louis Seed company had weak
ened, apparently during the burning of
the Missouri Athletic club building,
which adjoined it on the east, and
when the brick wall crashed on the
roof of the four-story building, the
walls of the latter gave way and all
above the second floor crumbled
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
Unemployed LAUGH at Sheriff.

Sacramento, Cal.-One hundred and
fifty men-the remnant of General"
Kelley's army of the unemployed
laughed at Sheriff AheTn, of Sacramen-
to county. When the sheriff received
word that the scattered members were
reassembling on ranch four miles
north of this city, he hurriedly collect
ed force of deputies and went to the
scene. At the ranch he found band
of men engaged in erecting tents and
shacks and the order was given to his
posse to drive them out. The deputies
with will, but we're halted
at the boundary of the camp by man
with legal paper. The document
proved to be contract for the pur-
chase of one acre 70 land, for which
$40 had been given as first payment.
There was nothing for Sheriff Ahern
to do but retire while the unemployed
looted and jeered
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
EUROPE CONTROLS RADlUM
Claimed Americans Fail to Recognize
Importance of Radium.

Washington-How the American
people failed to recognize the import
ance of radium as a cancer cure until
| European countries had obtained viz
tually all of the present available sup
ply, is graphically told in the annual
report of Joseph A. Holmes, director
Of the federal bureau of mines, made
public. The report tells in detail OF
the bureaus unsuccessful efforts to
obtain quantity of radium sufficient
to supply the twenty or more hospi-
tails of the public health service and
serve in part to meet the needs of
the various cancer hospitals of the
country"
Director Holmes estimates that an
the United States $4,000 persons die
each year from cancer. Explaining
that radium is considered the most
promising cure for certain types of
cancer, the director says the most
serious barrier to progress in demon
strating this is the scarcity of radium.
The report attracted unusual interest,
as congress is preparing to enact leg
isIation to develop and conserve the
countrys radium resources.
There probably is not more than
thirty grams of radium now available
for use in such treatment in all coun-
tries" the report says. "Of This amount
there probably is not more than two
grams of radium bromide in the Unit |
ed States, in the hands of few sur
geons. Probably fifteen grams Of ra-
dunn bromide was produced during
1912, and of the fifteen grams nearly |
l1.5 grams were extracted in various
European countries from ores shipped
o them from the United States, main
Y from Colorado and Utah
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
h OF FIGARO IS KILLED
gine Revolver From Muff, Woman
Kills French Journalist.

Paris, France.-Gaston Calmette, ed
itor of The Figaro, shot by Nine. Hen
riette Callaux, wife of Joseph Gail
laux, the French minister of finance,
died.
Nine. Caillaux went to the office of
The Figaro to carry out an act of VEN
geance against NJ Calmette, who had
been waging campaign characterized
by great bitterness against the minis
ter of finance. She fired at least three
times, M. Calmette being wounded in
the chest, in the side and the aldo
men.
Having committed the deed, Nine.
Caillaux submitted to arrest, and while
employees in The Figaro offices were
taking the pistol from her hands, she
said:
"Since there is no justice in this
country, | take upon myself an act
of justice. Take me where you will"
Nine. Caillaux Immediately was re-
moved to police station,
Il am sorry" she said, for what l
was obliged to do. had no Intention
Of killing M. Calmette and / would
be happy to know that he will re-
cover"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
BARK Of STRAY DOG
SAVES FORTY LIVES
GUESTS OF WINDSOR HOTEL, IN
MILWAUKEE,, scURRY DOWN
FIRE ESCAPE.
NEWSPAPER UNION BURNS
YeIpine CT Vasabond Pup Awakens
Hotel Proprietor, Who Rouses
Guests in Time.

Milwaukee. Wis.-Guests of the
Windsor hotel. numbering nearly
two score. were compelled to flee for
their lives when a fire, which destroy
ed the hotel and the Western News
paper Union plant, in the southern
portion Of the building. and burned
out the four-story structure The
barking of a dog sounded the alarm
in time for escape
Charles Sandberg, lessee of the ho-
tel, declared that every guest of the
hotel got out safely The property
damage is 100000.
The barking of a vagabond de-
aroused Mr. Sandberg, the hotel keep
err, and he and policemen went
through the halls smashing in doors
where the guests failed to answer
knocks Guests were soon scurrying
for safety clad in night attire.
Patrolman Wilke was the last to
emerge from the mission of awakening
lie guests. He said the guests had
Ill been awakened and managed to
get out.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
u. s. wooI Not Well Handled.

Washington wool grow
ers could add as much as cents a
pound to the value Of their product If
sent to market graded and put up as
attractively as Australian woods, ae-
cording to estimates of the department
OF agriculture expert. 1t is admitted
by the growers themselves and by
dealers and manufacturers, said a de-
partment statement, that the American
system of grading and putting up wool
is poor. Three cents pound on wool
selling at from 10 to 80 cents a pound
is a very high percentage of loss.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
REDUCE LIVING COST
FARM PRODUCTS TO BE CARRIED
DIRECT TO DOOR or TIE
CONSUMER.
TEN CITIES ARE SELECTED
BY Parcel Post Postmaster General
6urelson viii Cut the Cost Ct
Living.

/ Washington. Preliminary steps
were taken by the postoffce depart
ment to perfect its plan for reducing
the cost of living by having the par
eel post carry farm products direct
to the door of consumer. Ten cities
were selected to begin the work Of
establishing direct connection between
producer and consumer, Postmaster
General Burleson having issued an or
der permitting the use of crates and
boxes for butter, eggs, poultry, vegeta-
bles and fruit shipped by parcel post.
Orders went to the postmaster at
Boston, Atlanta, st. Louis, San Fran
cisco, Baltimore, Detroit, Lacrosse,
Wis; Lynn, Mass; Rock Island. H.,
and Washington, directing them TO
receive the names of persons who are
willing to supply farm produce il re-
tail quantities by parcel post Print
cd lists of these names will be dis
tributed among town and city patrons.
BY the use of the lists" said First
Assistant Postmaster General Roper,
the city consumer can get in touch
W III Il IdIlleI WHO VIII iii his Ntth4y
orders for farm produce. The consum-
er will receive the product fresh from
the country, and the personal relation /
ship established no doubt. will tend |
to improve the quality The farmer /
will be relieved of carrying his pro
duce to market, as the rural carrier |
will make daily collections at the farm
ars own door of the retail shipments
TO city consumers.
The point has been raised that diff
iculty will be experienced in the re-
urn of hampers and other containers.
This problem does not appear TO me
o be difficult, as the farmer may use
Inexpensive hampers whose value
would not warrant their return, or he
nay use the higher grade hampers
or which he may include an additional
barge to be credited to the consumer
n the return of the hamper by par
el post"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
Two Badly Hurt on TrestIe.

Atlanta.-Edward l.. HUE, senior al
Tech, and Miss Mabel Bixbie, MILL
ner, we're seriously injured when the
Seaboard Express No. from New
York City to New Orleans ran them
down as they we're walking over a
trestle near this city. AS the fast train
swept around the curve, thirty minutes
late, the engineer saw the couple
crossing the steel structure. Too late,
he blew a warning blast The couple
attempted to escape, but before they
ran ten feet the pilot of the engine
had tossed them into a dry gulley.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
Nolar Given twenty Years.

Marietta, Ga-John Nolan, accused
of the daring single-handed robbery of
a Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
passenger train on the outskirts of
Atlanta on January II and of after
wards engaging in pistol battle with
the porter and a county policeman,
was found guilty in the Cobb county
superior court here and sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary. f.
w. Hadley of Atlanta positively iden-
titled Nolan as the bandit who reliev.
ed him OF $17 on the train. Two ne
gro porters also identified him.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
VILLA REACHES TORREoN
Federal Stronghold Shelters 5000
Troops Under General VeIasco.

ITOVpS 0HOCt SCiiSI al NCldSSOs
Constitutionalist Headquarters, Yer
mo, Durango, Mexico.-General Villa
and his army of 10000 rebels invested
the federal stronghold of Torreon.
The khaki-clad columns occupied the
environs of the city without opposi-
ton, and in wheeling and dragging
field pieces into place to shell the
federal trenches, dug at every point
where the federal commander, Gen.
Refugio Velasco, expects attack.
Velasco's army is estimated to num-
Der 5000 men. South and southwest
of this city his position is regarded
as almost impregnable by reason of
the mountains, through which only
three passes run, and these have been
rendered almost impossible by fortifi-
cations and barbed-wire entangle-
ments. In other directions the city
is reached through the desert and
high hills.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
GIRL PROSPECTS FoR GOLD
Miss Frances Leishtcn After Precious
Metal in Sierra Hadre Noun
tains in Mexico.

Los Angeles. Cal-The desire for
wealth is implanted in tie hearts Of
most people. but If is NOT everyone
who viii undertake heavy manual
labor in order TO attain IL. Whatever
else may be said Of the modern girl.
il cannot be said that she is afraid
q soliiHg her hands ia a worthy
cause, and enc enterpr sing young
lazy has even taken 10 prospecting
in the hope Of acquiring wealth.
Her name is Miss Frances Leighton.
and she is prospecting through sec
tioD OF the Sierra Madre mountains in
Mexico, in search Of a gold mine which
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
How II Feels to Be President.

Washington Woodrow Wilson un.
bosomed himself to members of the
National Press Club of Washington,
telling them, in a frank, conversational
way, how he felt as president of the
United States. how difficult It was for
him to imagine himself as the chief
executive with the formal amenities
OF the position, and how he had strug-
gled to be as free as the ordinary
individual without the restraints OF
his office. It was an intimate picture
OF Woodrow Wilson, the' man, drawn
by himself.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
COTTON EXCHANGE REFORMS
New York Organization Adopts the
Nire-Grade System.


New York-Submissio to the nine.
type system of cotton grading favor
ed by the United States government
was acknowledged by the board of
managers of the New York cotton ex-
change in the adoption of a resolution
making the government standard types
of cotton the basis for trading on and
after April /, 1915.
The resolution reads:
Resolved, That the government
standard types of the following grades
of cotton, i. e., middling fair strict
good middling, good middling, strict
middling, strict low mid
ding, low middling, strict good ordi-
nary and good ordinary shall be the
basis for determining the grade of all
cotton for delivery upon contracts ma
turing on and after April /, 1915"
The nine-grade system has been APP
piled by the New Orleans exchange
for years, and is said to simplify the
marketing of the product Concilia-
DRY action was taken last fall by the
New York exchange, but the conces-
zion did not completely appease dis
in the South, which has
insisted on complete surrender, it is
aid.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
Tuscaloosa Swept by Fire.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-Fire in the bust
ness section of Tuscaloosa early did
damage estimated at quarter of q
million dollars. Three business hous-
es and their stocks were destroyed.
The cause of the fire has not been de-
termined. Rosenau company, depart
ment store owners, were the heaviest
losers, their building and its contents
being valued at $150,0o0. A jewelry
store, bakery, general merchan-
disc store and a millinery establish
ment occupied the buildings burned.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-26
Opinion is Divided on Horror.

Philadelphia.-Th two United
States local inseptcors of steam YES
sells who Investigated the disaster off
the Virginia coast on January so, in
which the steamship Nantucket ram
med the steamer Monroe, causing the
loss of Al lives, rendered a divided
opinion, one holding the captain of the
Nantucket guilty of negligence and
the other charging the commander of
the Monroe with responsibility for the
disaster. The report of the inveati-
cation was forwarded to Henry M.
iSeeley, supervising inspector.