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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-14
kEokUk STRUCTURE NEARING
COMPLETION MARVEL FOR
RIVER WATERS.
PLAZA AND MACHINERY
BUILDINGS BEING FINISHED
Cover Several Acres in Addition to I'm
mense Water Basin Adjoining
Compressed Air to Be Used IN Oper-
atins Huge and Complicated Meehan-
ism.

Keokuk. Nov. 1.-THE completion OF
the worlds largest inland dry dock at
Keokuk viii be announced by the gov
eminent on the fifteenth OF this month.
II will be used by river boats from the
Mississippi and Ohio. II is expected
10 give q large impetus TO the back
ward river traffic OF this country.
The basin ftne dry dock is but one
per cent smaller than that owned by
the government at the Brooklyn navy
yard. Its length of i6S feet is greater
than the distance from home plate TO
the center field fence OF most baseball
grounds. Its Width Of $50 feet makes
the basin alone almost large enough 10
be the scene OF d worlds series game.
lis depth is fifty-six feet Over eight
million gallons OF water must be placed
in the basin 70 allow q boat 10 enter IL
from the river This seen;ng ly large
task requires the almost insignificant
time OF less than ten minutes. The
basin can accom- modate a large NUM-
Der OF boats at one time
Plaza Of Big Area
But the basin, alone, Is but half o.
any dry dock. Between the west wall
OF the basin and the Iowa shore Of
the river is a plaza or al several
acres IN extent, upon which are erect
ed the machine shop and mum Der OF
other buildings that are counted an in
,eg-al par, OF the dry dock. Those
who have stood on this plaza have
found Il hard 20 believe that ii was
made by man Enough earth was
dumped in there to load a procession
OF wagons IN close formation from
the site OF the dock TO the farthest
corner OF Maine or the southern tip
of the Florida peninsula.
This plaza was built upon the solid
rock Of the continent upon which also
basin. Upon the plaza the govern
considerable size and a handsome Of
fee building for the war department
engineers IN charge Of this section of
the river. Besides these two buildings
the government also has erected
creosoting plant, timber shed, saw
mill, an engine house, general store
house, blacksmith shop. store
house, paint shop. lock keeper s
mouse, an ice mouse, COtd storage
house, and a storage plant To facil-
tate the transportation Of materials in
and out of these structures, railroad
tracks Of standard gauge run thru
nearly all OF them
Use Compressed Air.
One unique feature in connection
with this dry dock Is the fact that
every piece OF machinery to be used
will be operated by compressed air
the air comes from the hydro electric
generators Of the governments own
power plant From this It may be
seen tina. the only expense to the gov
eminent for power to operate the dry
dock is that OF buying lubricating oil
for the generators, small item.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-14

In an English box making machine
the nails, driven At an angle thru two
boards at once are turned back 70 form
q hook in the second board,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
WESTINGHOUSE MAY HAVE LEFT FORTUNE: OF FIFTY MILLIONS Various Estimates Placed on Profits From His Vari-
 0us Inventions ENORMOUS STRAIN
 SINCE 1907 PANIC Big Company Went Into Hands of Receiver and It Was the Most
 Humiliating Blow of
 Lifetime
By HOLLAND

New York, March 17.-(Special )-Since the death of George Westinghouse. on Thursday of last week, many estimates estate. Almost all of these estimates fix the amount in millions, some as high as 35o.Oo0o00. But those who are best quail fled to speak of this matter are con- vinced that there can now be no good es- timate of the money value of his estate. There must be administration of it and an inventory taken, and, as MT. Westing- funds the real value of the estate can not be known until his obligations of this kind, if there now be any, are in cluded in the account
 If his estate should measure propor- donately with his yearly income at times, and probably for the most of the time in the past 30 years, 1t is likely that the estate would show a money value in ex- cess of $5O.0Oo,00o e~was never a spec ulator, and he had some of the antipathy to the so-called Wall street district, or that portion of 1t which is represented by the stock exchange, which has charac- terized so many of those who have been compelled to seek capital with which to establish important corporation works
 This was one of the reasons why MT Westinghouse was selected, with Grover gan J. OBrien of New York, as one of the trustees holding authority over the Equitable Life Assurance company's stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
BOAT FROM DECATUR ID CINCINNATI WILL BE PUT ON THE RIVER
Decatur Navigation Con- pany Will Afford the Merchants Cheaper
 Freight Rates

Decatur, March 1a.-tSpecial. )--1he De- catur Navigation company will within the next few days. commence running the steamer American from Decatur through to Cincinnati This will give the mer- chants of the Deeaturs much cheaper freight rate from Cincinnati and other cities north.
 The Decatur Navigation company is owned by the II. II. Hit Lumber company of Decatur one of the largest lumber companies in the south. II IT. Hit. pres ident of the company stated that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad com pany had raised the rate on lumber from Decatur to Cincinnati from Is 10 is cents a hundred. This is one of the reasons for the American making the trip to Gin cinnau.
 Some of the biggest shippers of the Decaturs are complaining about the freight rates to and from the Decaturs. The coal dealers say the freight rate on coal to Decatur is too high. the cotton men are complaining about the rates on cotton from points south of Decatur on cotton that is shipped here to he com pressed and then shipped pack south again for ocean shipment to foreign coun- tries. This rate on cotton, they declare. will keep at least 3O,oo0 bales of cotton annually from coming to Decatur. And the Hit Lumber company is complaining about the rates on lumber
 The Tennessee river Is one of the finest boating rivers in the entire country. But in the past the people have no; taken advantage of shipping freight by steamer to and from the Decaturs. One of the best reasons for this Is that there have never been sufficient boats on the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
MAY CALL
 A SPECIAL SESSION
acted to Keep States Busi- ness Going

Jackson, Miss. March 17-(SpecialD Several times during the present ses- sion of the legislature Governor Brewer has advised that it will be necessary to increase the tax levy above mills or is- sue bonds in the sum Of Sl,50o o0O but so far nothing has been done, and there is strong probability of deadlock over the proposition. Bills have been introduced looking to the issuance Of bonds. but they are tied up with no disposition to get them out of the hands of committees As matter of course, politics Is playing very prominent part in this refusal to issue bonds-the enemies of the governor being determined to throw every possible obstacle in his path and to embarrass his administration as much as possible.
 It is stated, and very generally believed that Governor Brewer will call the legisla- ture back to Jackson for a special session before they get home and have time to rest unless the bond issue bill is passed He has had the life bedeviled out of him during the past year or two because of the states financial condition ana uoes not propose to be borrowing In pittance sums any more to keep the state business go- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
FRUIT OUTLOOK IN
 MADISON VERY GOOD
Despite Low Temperatures It Is Be- lieved Crop Will Re Largest
 in Years

Huntsville, March 17,-(Special. )--Unof- ficial records of the weather here for the first half of March show that the mean temperature has been a great deal colder than the average of the same periods for 10 years past. The temperature has been II degrees and the closest approach to that was in 1912, when it was 45.5. The fruit crop of that year was the largest that has ever been known here, and the con- ditons so far this year have been iden- tical. and this leads to hopes for another abundant fruit crop this year
 The boiler room of the Huntsville Fiber and Veneer company in North Huntsville was damaged to the extent of about $500 Monday morning by fire which started in the roof Within the same hour Matt Grays home was burned at a loss of sl200, John Nemo's home, worth $500 was burned, and the negro music hall was badly damaged. The total losses amount ed to s27oo; insurance. $500.
 The United States marshal has appoint ed Sam P. Jones. of Birmingham as deputy United States marshal for the Huntsville district MT. Jones will assume the office made vacant by the resignation of Deputy Victor $. Root
 Deputy Collector E. s. Smith has re- turned from Cullman county after having made a raid on an illicit distilling plant eight miles from Vinemont. The plant was located near the homes of Napoleon and Ahaz Henson, and was in operation up to within a few minutes of the ar rival of the officers. The operators had made off hurriedly leaving their hats and coats. The still had capacity of 5S gallons, and was fully equipped. The supplies on hand consisted of 300 gallons of beer. a large quantity of mash. etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
BLACKMON IN CHILTON
 LAST OF THIS WEEK

Clanton, March 17.-(Special.)- )-Fred l.. Blackmon, congressman from this, the Fourth congressional district. is to be in Chiffon county on Friday and Saturday of this week. His first stop will be in Clanton on Friday, and from there he is to visit Mountain Creek and other small towns in the county.
 MT. Blackmon intends to return to his duties in Washington in few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
TEBBETTS BECOMES
 GENUINE DEMOCRAT
Bull Moose Leader Joins
 Wilson's Admirers
HE GIVES HIS VIEWS
Former Collector of Port of Mobile Now Running for Legislature From That County on the
 Democratic Ticket
By HARRY J. BuRNEY

Mobile, March -(Speciall all-William Frye Tebbetts democrat.
 Now, so is it written, and, by the grace of Woodrow Wilson and the numerous and varied executive committees of the party of the plain people, so shall if be writ ten heneeforth. even unto the end of the chapter.
 In times agene. William Frye Tebbetts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
Shiftless Religion

From the Ohio Farmer.
 old Nanny Mary persimmons called one day on tho village lawyer
 Well, old lady" he said, what can do for you?"
 "Ah wants to divoce nah husband said Aunt Mary
 "Divorce your Uncle Bll?" cried the lawyer. Good gracious why?'
 'Bekase he's done got religion, datis why said Aunt Mary, "an' we ain't had a chicken on dc table fo's six weeAs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
Sure Thing

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 s1t is said that worm will eat 20 times it's own weight from sunrise to sunset" Then what's the use of being an early bird? Better catch the worm at the end of the day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
SIXTY BALES OF
 COTTON ON STREETS
Market Lively in Decatur Tuesday-Callahan Speak
 ing in Lauderdale

Decatur, March 17.--(Special) )-Tho cot ton market in Decatur was lively yester- day There were at one time 60 bales of wagon cotton on the streets. Tho cotton was hauled here from the A. J. McMil- len place in Lawrence county and was bought by w. J. Mupphey.
 While Decatur is the fourth largest cot ton center in the state but little wagon cotton has been coming here. The bulk of the cotton has been shipped in by steamboat and by rail
 The Decaturs now have excellent pike roads, leading out in every direction from the Decaturs, and since the building of these roads the wagon cotton Is gradually increasing here.
 w. W. Callahan of Decatur is speaking this week in Lauderdale county in the interest of his candidacy for Congress.
 James Estes, an aged negro, was killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

was republican. Maine is his home state, which fact may in some minds make the preceding sentence wholly super fluous. He is a nephew of the late Will liam Frye, who so long and so ably rep resented Maine in the Senate of the United States.
 Major Tebbetts-and the title is not of the honorary sort, nor is he major by po- litical brevet, for he was a really truly major of the Spanish American war--has long made his home in Alabama. Here he is reminded of his former home by a plethora of pine trees, but for a long while his heart yearned for the repub- lcan tracts from which in his early youth he garnered his opinions and predictions regarding things pertaining to govern mental economy.
 The personality concerning whom this essay treats was a resident of Anniston when he received appointment as collector of custotms for the port of Mobile. The date of his residence in Mobile is coin cident with the date of his commission. Major Tebbetts removed to the Gulf City to fulfill the duties of his lucrative post and although years have passed since his disconnection from the treasury de- partments pay roll, he has continued to live here. and he is looked upon as one of Mobiles most active, most energetic and most patriotic citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
LOST.

BUNCH OF KEYS, IN BLACK LEATHER CASE. FINDER WILL PLEASE RETURN TO R. l.. GREGORY. CARE l.. V. CLARK G CO.,, 4TH AVE. AND EDITH ST. PHONE 6O5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

put It was always his theory that money spent in that way was well exnendnG
 slhce' in the first place, it might prevent great losses, occasioned by the establish- ment or Industries, based upon inyen- tions which had not been perfectly test ca or, In the second place. it would pro- Vloe the ways and means by which tho commercial value of a discovery or of a tentative invention might be established.
 HIS courage was shown when in the face of both scientific and commercial on- position he persisted in labor, often in- tense and exhausting, which had for its purpose the perfecting of apparatus which would make the alternating current of electricity of commercial practice ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
Look Into Other Projects

oHN AAitO OtucI IOIeClS
 When he had triumphed in this endeavor he took up other things Recently he perfected an apparatus which would re- ouce and practically eliminate the jolt Ing Of carriages, and especially auto cars 1 ms was not perfected until after sey- eral years of patient research and experi- ment How cautious he was was demon- strated in the late nineties when those Who owned the New York elevated rail- read system, among them Russell Sage and George J. Gould, approached him with proposition that he provide elec- trical apparatus by means of which the trains upon the elevated structures could be hauled by electric energy instead of steam power. Several years passed be- fore he was willing to say that apparatus Of the kind desired had been perfected. Mr. Westinghouse was occupied insrecent years with perfecting the turbine gear apparatus, in the expectation that it would ultimately be adopted by those who were building a new navy for the United States. He lived long enough to lkno wthat the government had adopted this apparatus and installed it in two vessels.
 These and other achievements of his intellect and his methods were of far more consequence, both from the man cal and also the industrial point of view to the people of the United States than to himself. It was sometimes said of Mir Westinghouse that he was better In- Ventor that financier. Even if this state ment were true it is a fact that his in- ventions compelled a vast amount of financing and led to the creation of hun dreds of millions of new capital repre- senting actual wealth. A few years ago it was estimated that the industries estab- lshed for the production of apparatus invented by him had created about S2o0 000,0O0 of new capital and had made neces- sary the employment of from 5000 to CO., coo skilled artisans. with large payrolls.
 A man of concentrated industry as he was, for years accustomed to sleep two nights week in his private car as it was hauled between New York and Pittsburg, finding plenty of intellectual and physical vigor in his work his health was well maintained until shortly after the panic of 1907. Then the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company was placed in the hands of receivers. This was es- recially hufniiating to MT. Westinghouse because he believed it to be unnecessary. He submitted to a constant mental strain. sustaining himself by sheer will power, for several years while battling for the reorganization of the company on a plan which he worked out. He was successful in this, but his friends always felt that Ee won the battle at the cost of physical strength and that his vitality was perm anently impaired. Like almost all of the men who compassed great inventions that were of benefit to the world, MT. Westing- house was in private life unassuming, companionable. rejoicing in a sense of humor and of most generous impulses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
.ENDEAVORS WILL
 MEET IN FLORENCE
Distinguished Speakers on Programme for Con-
 yention Friday

Florence March E.-(Special)-rh state convention of the Society of Chris tan EndeaNor will meet in Florence next Friday evening. and will be in session until the following Sunday evening. Quite a number of distinguished speakers will De present and add to the convention.
 Aihohg the number on the programme IS lan A. Poiing from Boston. who is associate president of the general organ izationi Francis D. Clark, Prof. George U. Long or Anniston, the Rev W. Fl. school from Decatur and W. B. Strong of Jasper feature of the convention will be banquet given by the local society to the visiting delegates. which will occur on saturday of the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Quite a number of I.auderdale co,intv teachers VIII attend State Educational as- soclation to be held in Birmingham. A special car Will operate from Sheffield for the benefit of the teachers. Fully 50 teach- CTS from Lauderdale will attend this gath ering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

by a southbound passenger train near Cedar Lake, a few miles south of here, today.
 A number of the citizens of the Deea- turs from the Emeral Isle celebrated St. Patericks day today by giving an old fashioned Irish dinner at the Hotel Lyons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Some of the more intimate friends of Mir. Westinghouse in this city have said since his death that the amount of his estate is of small concern, refeoting only natural curiosity. in comparison with his service to the American peopIe and to the world. He had the rare good fortune when only 21 years of age to perfect upon original lines an apparatus which placed the control of railway trains in the hands of the locomotive engineer. This work brought him worldwide reputation, and the first installment of the fortune which he afterward gained. All of those who have studied the development of the United States since the close of the civil war, and especially the opening up of much of the great west, have been per suaded that by a curious coincidence the introduction of the Bessemer steel rail and the air brake invention of the young Westinghouse did far more than any other influence toward the development of the west. The steel rail was. first tested by the Pennsylvania railroad people, on strip 10 miles long, a little west of Pitts burg. Those who made the test recom- mended certain improvements and modifi- cations of the English rail so as to make that adaptable for service on American railroads. The Bessemer process for mak- ing steel brought about speedily great reduction of cost of the steel rail. bring ing that rail within the financial capacities of the leading railroads of the United States. It was just about this time that MT. Westinghouse, who was then in Pitts burg, brought his air brake apparatus tc the attention of the Pennsylvania. rail- road people, and they gave it its first test, which was a very severe one.
 The steel rail and the air brake made possible the hauling of heavy trains with commercial practicability, and the intro duction of these two factors was fol- lowed by the securing Of capital in large amounts with which American railroad systems could be improved, expanded and some of them constructed for long dis tances, in a few cases as much as 1000 miles, through areas which were practi- cally uninhabited.
 Trade Follows the Rail
 There came almost immediately after this construction so great an immigration into the uninhabited west, and so speedy a development of that country as to jus ufy an apothegm ;Hlen first spoken Trade follows the rail'
 Like Edison, Westinghouse did not stop with his first profitable invention. The commercial practicability of the air brake apparatus speedily brought to him con- siderable fortune and a very comforta ble yearly income With that as a financial basis, he pursued with an energy and concentration of mind similar to that which has been characteristic of Edison research, experiment and the construction of large works Edison's field had been almost exclusively that of the commercial use of electricity. Westinghouse did not venture into that field until some years after he had won fame and fortune with his air brake. He was a man of great courage and at the same time of great fortune. Some of his friends thought he spent money recklessly in carrying on ex- periments and in the work of research.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
Service to the World

which was bought by Thomas F. Ryan and later by the late j. F. Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

This evening at o'clock the first of a series Of musicals was held by the Baraca class of the First Methodist Episcopal church. The music was of the highest order and attendance good. The object of these musicals is to cultivate a love for classical music and to emphasize the so- cial feature of the class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
Always a Progressive

Major Tebbetts has always been a pro- gressive. He has not been a progressive in politics only. When he was presi- dent of the Mobile Commercial club that organization of business men displayed spirit of intelligently directed enthus- iasm that was a revelation. He is now at the head of the Mobile Boosters club, an association of wide-awake citizens, whose sole aim and object is the furtherance of every endeavor and undertaking the consummation of which will rebound to the benefit of Mobile the state of Ala bama, the south, the United States, the western hemisphere, earth or the universe.
 When former President Roosevelt left the republican party, Major Tebbetts went with him, and was the bull moose candi- date for lieutenant governor in the last state campaign. Now he has taken the vows which unite him to democracy until death do them part, and he is ready and anxious to labor in the vineyard planted by Thomas Jefferson, watered by Andrew Jackson, pruned by Grover Cleveland and whose grapes are being gathered by w. Wilson.
 It Is not the view of the genial young major that he has jumped the fence. Rather he thinks that the democratic party has come to his way of thinking that the bars were let down, and it was impossible to tell in which particular pasture the bull moose and the donkey were feeding.