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the ranks.
On one occasion he was campaigning in
the interests of the democratic party and
encountered some very rough men in the
big town hall in which he was to speak
Every time Swanson would start to roll
up one of his rounded periods there
would be a racket started back by the
door. And one especially tough citizen
from the backwoods made himself very
conspicuous in the way of annoyance
At last Swanson could stand it no
longer and, raising his hand above his
turbulent hearers he shouted:
my friends, don't let the braying of
.ackass; prevent your listening to words
of wisdom from the old party"
But the belligerent member parted the
blow with the keenness of a rapier and
gave Swanson a neat home thrust.
NO, fellow-citizenS, he called out
loudly keep your seats. We can stand
it, SO go on Swanson!
What is probably the longest SEN
tence in the English language is to be
found in the Congressional Directory.
1t is the sketch of Representative Walter
Lafferty of Oregon. and almost fills an
entire page. From the first word to
the last the sentence runs over 800
words in continuous statement,
whose only breaks are commas and
semi colons.
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f,xAl117n1G RGENcx CURFaMcX
FoR POSSIBLE DEFECTS

working girl would never expect One
of the special features of this kind Is
the cooperative lunchroom, at which
meals are served to practically all Of
the 1900 employees each day. The meals
are simple and along practical lines.
but cost only a part of what the city
restaurants demand.
Another feature of the plant is its
hospital. Here from twenty to thirty
minor cases are treated each day, most
of them women. Two doctors. one OF
whom is a woman, handle this work,
which is naturally heavier during the
hot weather than at any other time.
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Not Afraid.

Senator Claude
Swanson Of Vir-
GINA. has perhaps
more callers than
any man in the
Senate. for his
proximity to Vir-
ginia allows many
of his constitu-
ents to visit him.
AS a young law
yer in Richmond
Swanson started
out in practice,
but. with the
talent of all Vir-
he Soon rosa frop
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An operating. room is provided, with
an equipment of instruments which
cannot be excelled. Another feature.
which Is by no means the least valua-
BILE in keeping the employees happy and
contented, is found on the recreation
roofs" Here those who are waiting to
go to work may meet ana enjoy them
selves. dancing to the music Of a
photograph.
When the German steamer Kronprin-
zessin Cecelie turned back to Bar Har-
Dor. after the outbreak of war, the
on board was considered worthy OF
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An Unxpected Retort.

Senator Harry
Lane of Oregon,
though born in
that state, comes
of southern an
cestry, who emf
grated to the far
west many years
ago from Caro-
lima. His career
has been varied
at one time a doc
tor, then later on
s u p e r l ntendent
for the state in
sane asylum, then
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Hazardous,
Senator William

Senator William
Alden Smith of
NJ / c h l g a n was
reared in Dowa-
giac. Mich, and
t a u g h t In the
school of poverty
most of life's les
sons. The Smiths
were poor. so poor
that in his boy
hood days young
William set out
early to help the
family eXchequer.
And when the
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printers, who will finish their work by
printing the races.
This process is similar to the printing
of the backs. and is again followed by
drying. Then comes one of the most
particular branches of the work, the
inspection by the special examiners to
see that every note is perfect and that
there is no Flemish of any kind. These
experts. who are all women, handle
from $4,000 to 10000 sheets daily under
ordinary conditions; but while the
emergency currency is being hurried out
and 10000 sheets per day.
About / per cent of the notes are
found imperfect and are turned back to
the bureau of loans and currency for
destruction, These sheets. however, are
clean of all ink before being placed
in a huge macerator. where they are
ground into a pulp. The government
$4,000 through the sale of this pulp.
which is used for making pap1er mache
of a special kind.
From the hands Of the examiners the
where they are covered on both sides
with a preparation of animal glue and
alum, which imparts to the notes the
crispness which makes new paper money
shield for the ink. and adds many years
to the life Of our paper money. The
notes are then baked in room which
is kept at a temperature OF 1870 degrees,
hardening the glue.
Then comes the ironing, when the
sheets are passed between rollers
similar to those in the mills where
armor plate is made. They come out
as smooth as though polished. Next
the sheets are carefully trimmed. due
allowance being made for the possible
expansion or contraction which may
have taken place in the wetting and
drying of the sheets.
Now comes the final process when
the notes are numbered and sealed, this
being done by the most intricate ma
chine In the entire bureau. In the case
of silver and gold certificates the notes
are cut apart on the sheets and
wrapped in bundles of 100 each: but
with the banknotes, which form the
emergency currency, they are left in
their sheets of four and only cut apart
after they have been signed by the
cashier and president OF the institu-
ton for which they have been issued.
The work to be done on the bank
notes in this final process is rather
complicated. as each note must be
stamped with its number, with the
number of the bank charter and the
letter signifying what section of the
country 1t is located In, as well as
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Command was sent from Toxic to
destroy the Russian battleships lying
in the inner harbor, and command from
Toxic meant obedience or death. The
Japanese generals put their heads to-
gether and at length conceived dar-
ing plan.
"Off to the west of the protecting
range of hills there was an isolated
ment of it's height, as 1903 Meter HILL
BY observing the Japs learned that
from the summit of the hill the whole
town and inner harbor of Port Arthur
could be plainly seen.
The hill, however, was commanded
by fully half the forts along the main
line of the Russian fortifications. To
seize and fortify the position was,
therefore, impossible, but the willy Japs
powerful attacking force and launched
1t against the Russians holding the
hill. Day after day they pushed their
trenches up the hill, full in the dead
~ hre OF the Russian forts. Thousands
OF them were killed, but steadily they
drove their lines forward and upward.
Three times the Russians, assaulting
them in force, drove them from their
trenches, and three times the Japs,
rallylng under reInforcements, retook
the works and forged along up the
hill.
For three weeks the work went on.
1t was estimated that more than 10000
men were killed and wounded in the
nght1ng along the last mile to the
summit of that hill. But at last their
enorts We're crowned with success A
small party of Japs reached the top
and, from their point OF vantage be-
mind protecting .rags, looked squarely
do"n upon the town and harbor of
the doomed town
Then, to the Russians surprise, the
Japs made no attempt to fortify the
hilltop. The gunners at the forts that
hanked it to right and left looked in
vain for the forces that were to march
up there and offer themselves as a
target as they threw up their in
trenchments. and they anticipated a
carnival of slaughter when the at
tempt to fortify would be made. But
there came no army to hold it; there
came not even a regiment, though all
about the base of the hill the Japs
erected powerful works that held the
Russians back from any attempt to re-
take the hill by assault Indeed, for
all the Russians could see, the TAX
ing Of the hill was a barren victory.
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From the time the paper for the ma
tional bank notes Is started in the
New England mills until the notes
culation. the process followed is one
of great painstaking care. When the
sheets of paper are first delivered to
the bureau they are placed in storage
until needed for the actual work when
the first process of wettfng Is COM
pleted. Up to three years ago this was
done by hand. but now. by a specially
designed machine. the wetting is done
with greater uniformity and at a con-
siderable saving in expense. The OBJ
ject of wetting is to render the surface
of the sheets plastic and ready to
take the delicate enclosing of the next
part of the work. which is priting the
backs.
This is most interesting. eighteen
hundred people being kept busy in the
great room where this part of the work
is done. The Ink. which is specially
prepared in the bureau under the SUI
pervisfon of an expert chemist, is rolled
all over the plate. filling in the depres-
sions well as covering the smooth
surface of the plate. This pigment is
then rubbed off with the bare hand,
leaving each line on the plate carefully
filed.
The plate is then placed on the press,
a damp sheet of paper is laid upon 1t,
and IT passes under the roller. and thus
the design. with all it's delicate shading
and details. is transferred to the paper
This work requires a high degree of
skill. and each printer is allowed a
young woman assistant whose duty it
remove them after the printing is COM
pleted.
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NE department Of
the United States
government direct
ly affected by the
European war has
broken all its rec
ords for work by
handing over to the
national banks OF
the country the
enormous sum of
500, 600, 600 in cur
rannv isS,1eS nv
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Next, the sheets go to the drying
room. where the partly finished bills
are allowed to remain at least fifteen
days to season. except in such rush
times as at the beginning of the war,
when two days is the extreme limit.
Then they are placed in the humidors
and Eswei, to prepare them for the
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But, hidden in the crags and cliffs
of the summit, there were two Japs
unseen by Russian eyes. They were
not armed, unless one considers a tele-
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<<THERE are many individual
miles OF city-built telephone
line that have cost well up
in the hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars" remarked an officer Of the United
States Army who saw much of the war
between Russia and Japan a few years
ago, but the mile Of telephone wire
that cost, beyond all comparison, moro
money and lives than any other line
ever built was erected during the siege
of Port Arthur in 1905.
For weeks and months the Japs' had
been eating away at the defenses of
the Russian fortress, but with small
success. The hills around the town and
harbor seemed to have been fashioned
by Nature for defense. The Japs,
though they had brought up their great
twelve and fourteen inch siege guns,
were able to make but slight impress
sion upon the forts and none at all
upon the town or the Russian fleet
that lay safe within the inner harbor.
The trouble was that though the great
guns-'Osaka babies they called them.
after the name of the town where they
were manufactured-could easily carry
from their positions into Port Arthur
and the harbor, there was intervening
great range of hills from five to six
hundred feet in height and crowned
with the most poferwul Notifications
in the world to that date. Hence, the
guns could not get sight of their tar
gets.
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the orders of the President and the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury to avert the
threatened stringency of funds which
would naturally follow the crisis reached
by the many declarations of war
10 DO this the bureau of engraving and
printing. under Director Joseph E. Ralph,
worked day and night. for national bank
notes are printed only after the actual
orders have been placed by the hundreds
of institutions throughout the country.
Realizing that the European war was
hound to cause financial stringency
throughout the country. the administra-
ton as told in news dispatches decided
to allow the issuance of emergency cur
rency to relieve the banks of the country.
AS result. the orders started to pour in,
The wave swept across the country,
starting in New York. where such insti-
tutions as the Hanover National Bank
the City National and the National Bank
of Commerce ordered se0.Oon. ooo each of
the new currency. Boston and Philadel-
phia followed suit, each taking large
amounts. though nearly s15o.ooo. 900 was
ordered from New York before the out
side cities We're heard from
Then the movement started westward.
Buffalo. Cleveland, Toledo and Pittsburgh
NIL turred in their orders which were in
variablv in lots of from five millions up
ward: and finally Chicago was reached.
There the Continental Commercial Bank
alone demanded SIS, OCOO GO in notes. all
of which had to be made and shipped
within 4 few DAYS. if they were to accom-
plish the purpose for which they were
ordered
'the first call for this money came
Angus. l. ard it was not until ten days
later that the Pacific coast was heard
from and San Francisco asked that s24--
go mo in CURRENCY he made in Washing
ton and shipped west with the utmost dis
patch.
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To accomplish this task was some
thing which was beyond what any one
believed possible. The demands were in
sistent. Orders were sent in by long
distance telephone. the bank presidents
-alking personally with Director Ralph
IF the bureau Of engraving and printing
in an effort to get their respective
shares of the new money first. 1t was
only through a superb organization in
enc of the finest factories in the world
that delivery could be made promptly
and in such a manner as to satisfy all.
By calling back all the employees who
were on their vacations, urging all to
top speed and working the plant twenty
four hours each day. the demands of
New York. reaching over $3.50. 900, 900,
were satisfied. and the money placed in
the hands Of the banks within two
weeks.
AS matter of fact the ability to ac-
complish this work is said to be due to
the fact that Director Ralph had In
sisted upon the installing of power
hand press.
Perhaps the best record which the
bureau made was on the order sent in
by the Park National Bank of New
York. In this case there were no plates
on hand from which the notes could be
printed. The making of plate, under
ordinary circumstances. takes approxi-
mate1y ten DAYS; but in an emergency
like that which existed it was neces-
sary to do better. Engravers started
their work at once, and by working
double shifts. one man taking up the
work the very moment that the first
had done his part. the plate was ready
for use in sixteen hours
The banks had ordered S35oOOoo in
notes Monday. August Z. and by the
following Saturday the plate had been
completed and the entire work finish
ed with the delivery of this amount
to the banks in New York city The
impossible had been accomplished
much to the qualification of the direct
ors of the institutions. who were in
need Of the money to fill the demands
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How Rush Order for
Millions Was Filled at
Bureau of Engraving
and Printing-Various
Processes Through
Which Bank Notes
Had to Pass Before
Being Issued to the
Banks The Making
of the Bills and Some
thing About the Place
in Which They Are
Made.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
F1NANClERS CONFER
.s AT WHITE HOUSE

Washington. Aug. 1a-Captains
of finance and industry conferred to-
day with President Wilson and Sec
retary McAdoo on measures to up
hold the commerce and credit of the
United States during the European
war. Headed by J. p. Morgan. Jas
J. Hill. James Spear and other prom
fnent financier, way and means of
restoring American trans Atlantic
trade and the financial situation at
home generally was discussed. The
conference agreed that the first move
must be to find Ships to carry carsues
congesting railroads and terminals
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14

Chicago, Aug. i.-Announcemen
of an effort to have closed all boar0s
of trade and other machinery by
means of which speculation in food
stufs can be carried was made here
today by Sol Westerfeld. chairman
Of the trades commission of the Ma
tional Association of Retail Grocers.
81 an taking the initiative in this
matter by writing TO +. B. Connolly
of San Francisco. president of the
National association and members of
the constitutional board" said Mr..
Wcsterfield. Members of the board
are selected about the country and
discussion by correspondent will re-
quirc some time before we can de.
terninG whether the association will
take the action that I advocate. Chi.
cago retailers are with me on tho
subject. We have reason to beiicv,
! that foreign speculators are buying
foodstuffs In the United States right
now. and am asking the executive
hoard to consider the advocacy Of ;
prohibition of expectation of food
stuff also Prices OF cut meat
Wholesale were unchanged today.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
DRINK MORE WATER
IF KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
Backache or Bladder Trouble.

Uric acid In meat cXcitcs the kid
ncys. they become ovcrworkcd: get
sluggish. ache. and feel like Jumps OF
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is'irritated, and you may be
Obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
Kidneys clog you must help them
flush off the bOdy's urinOus waste or
you'll be a real sick person shortly.
At first you feel n dull misery in tho
kidney region, you suffer from back.
ache, sick headache, dizziness. stom
ach gets sour. tongue coated and you
feel rheumatic twingcs vixen tho
weather is bad.
Eat less meat. drink lots OF water
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces OF lad Salts; take n table
spoonful in n glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fa-
nous salts is made from the acid y
grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia. and has been used for
generations to clean cloggcd kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activ-
ity. also to ncutralizc the acids In
urine. so 1t no longer is source OF
Irritation. thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive. cannot In
jurc: makes a delightful cffcrvcsccnt
Whitewater drink which cccryonc
should take now and then to keep
the kidneys clean and active. Drug
gists here say they sell lots of Jad
Salts to folks who believe in over
coming kidney trouble while it Is on
ly trouble.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
A COLORED PHILOSOPHER.

One hot July afternoon Rastus
Johnson. a gentleman OF color. and
his family on nine. who depended al
most entirely on the town for their
support. started away from home all
logged out in their best. each carry
ing supply of eatables. One of
their bcnefactors happened to meet
them In the road.
"WelI. Uncle Rastus. where are
you going with all your family so
dressed up?" he asked.
well. Boss said Sam. "doan' you
know the circus am come to town."
Yes, but cant afford to take all
my family"
well. I'll tell yer. Boss. it's jes dis
away wild us. We done sol de heat
in stove cause de winter am fur
off-but de circus am here! In Ma
tional Monthly.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
BILLS TO ESTABLISH
BONDED WAREHOUSES;

Washington, Aug. 14.-Plans of
southern congressman and represen-
tatives of cotton interests for relief
from the embarrassment threatened
by the closing of the European
markets took tangible form today
when bills to establish bonded ware
houses wherein cotton may be stored
and made the basis OF currency is
sues were introduced in congress to-
day by Senator Hoke Smith and Rep
resentative Lever. after consultation
with officials OF the department of
agriculture, commerce and the treas
ury.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
Daily Markets
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE

Wheat slid down in price today
owing largely to a decline at Liver
pool . Demand here was lacking, re-
gardless Of reports that farmers were
Fstoring wheat instead of selling. The
opening, which was ( to / &c lower,
was followed by decided further
drop.
Rains over the drought region
gave setback to the corn market
After starting Z to l cent off, values
rallied somewhat but then fell low
er than before.
First transactions ranged fro 1t
Oats sagged with other grain.
Provisions seemed to have no sup
port. First transactions ranged from
last nights level to 25c lower. and
additional declines ensued, nothwith-
standing that hog prices were tend.
ing upgrade.
Close: Wheat, September 90s; De.
cember 96s; May $1.O4.
Corn, September 77s; December
6S.
Oats. September Ale; December
As.
Pork, September 22.15; January
21.25.
Lard, September $50; October
9.65.
Ribs, September 1867; October
1890.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
SHAMROCK w. ON
WAY To AEFRICA

New York. Aug. 1i.-Sir Thomas
Lipton's challenger. Shamrock w.,
with which he expected, priGr to the
declaration of war between Germany
and England, to race for tilv '.mcr;-
cas- cup this fall. left Bermuda at
noon yesterday, on the last leg of
her transatlantic voyage. She is
expected to arrive here Sunday. Ad-
vices announcing the Shamrock's Dc
parturc were received today by the
company which will place her in
trim for tho race.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14

has most beneficial effect upon the
nervous system and thousands OF women
have dclightedly told how they were free
of nausea. had no morning sickness and
went through the ordeal with most re-
markable success. Mothers Friend has
been growing in popular favor for moro
than forty years. In almost every COM
munity are Erandmothcrs who used II
themselves. their daughters have used It
and they certainly must know what n
blessing 1t Is when they recommend It
SO warmly. II is used very successfully to
prevent caking of breasts.
Mothers Friend has been prepared in
the laboratory of Brndheld Regulator Co,
3O4 Lamar Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. for more
than two generations and can be had OF
almost any druggist from coast to coast.
Write to-day for the little book.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
Proposes Regulation
of "Yellow Journals y

Seattle, Aug. -4.-RcGulations o
yellow Journals. election of bust
ness men to legislatures and remov'
al of judges from politics were three
steps suggested to the Federal Indus.
trial Relations Commission today by
J. Bruce Gibson, of Everett. Wash.
ington. as means for checking So
cial unrest.
Mr.. Gibson is president of the Fed
Grafton OF employees of the Pacific
coast.
To Illustrate the kind of article
which he would have barred from
publication Mr.. Gibson read a contri-
button to a Washington socialist pub
licat'on. II advised readers that n
revolution impcndcd and told where
high power rifles could be obtained.
MIR. Gibson also declared that car
toonists who stir up strife should be
suppressed.
THE great trouble with police
magistrates and other judges" Mr..
Gibson said. lis that they constantly
are playing to the galleries. So long
as judges are in politics just SO long
will they fail to administer laws
properly"
Mr.. Gibson does not employ union
labor in his factory. He said that a
few years ago he signed an gree
mcnt for a year with Il union and It's
provisions were broken within three
months by labor leaders. Since then
he has conducted an open shop.
!. V. Patterson. Seattle ship
builder. told the commission he
thought the American Federation of
Labor should have "house clean
ing" and rcpudiatc Samuel Gompers.
Frank p. Walsh arrived here from
Kansas City today and resumed his
duty as chairman. Tho chairman has
decided to continue in session here
until Tuesday and 20 to Portland.