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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
Hardware Store Rifed.

H. Frey's hardware store at Cylon
was broken into by burglars and prac-
tically all of the watches, chains,
pocket knives and razors in the estab-
lishment were stolen. The 500 Line
depot was broken into. No money
was found, but quantity of express
packages were rifled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
WOMAN FIREBUG is SHOT
Masqueraded in Mans Clothes to
Burn Farmers Property.

disappearing as man, to conceal
her activities as a firebug an aged
German woman of Medford was shot
to death.
The barn of Will Hubbard of Med
ford has been set on fire several
times and a Waterman was employed
to guard the property. The other
night the barn was again set on fire
and the Waterman fired several shots
to prevent the incendiary from run
ming away.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
Never Touched Him.

Landlady Ito new boarder, crushing
ly)-Mr. Newcome. that is the cream
and not the milk you are pouring on
your oatmeal. 1t was intended for the
coffee. Mr.. N.-Oh. never mind. Mrs
Balkins. l like it just as we'll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
New Lumber Company Formed.

GAINESVILLE and Madison capital is
behind a $1,700,000 corporation which
filed articles of Incorporation with the
secretary of state for the Pendleton
Lumber company of Madison. 1t is
understood the new concern will take
over the Pendleton Timber company of
GAINESVILLE, which operates in British
Columbia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
Fiction and Fact

the conservatory for little smoke be-
fore dinner. In real life he strolls into
the kitchen and raises blue blazes with
the light of his life because dinner
isn't ready.-Cincinnad Enquirer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
REFUSED TO GO TO FRONT
France Claims Austrians Executed
Czech Soldiers.

Paris, Aug. 9.-Many Czech sol
diers were lined up and shot by Aus
TRANS because they refused to go to
the front, it was officially announced
at the war Office here.
The Czechs were attached to Bohe-
milan regiments which were ordered
to the Russian border. They attempt
ed a mutiny and were shot down in
front of their regiments.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
BLAST KILLS TWO GIRLS
Kerosene ExpIodes When 1t Is Poured
Into Stove.

Mildred and Phyllis Stay, aged re-
spectively seventeen and ten years,
were burned to death at their home
ten miles from Menomonie. The elder
girl poured kerosene into the kitchen
stove and an explosion of two gallons
of the oil resulted. Two boys who
were also in the room were seriously
burned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
FAIR BUILDINGS ARE BURNED
Grand Stand and Other Structures at
Wisconsin Grounds.

Fire at Milwaukee caused a
loss of 100000 to the state fair
grounds plant, the grand stand at the
racetrack and dozen neighboring
buildings being destroyed. The struc-
lures burned were all old frame build
ings and the Milwaukee and suburban
fire departments were able to pre-
vent the destruction of the new con-
crete buildings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
Events of Interest From Many
Parts of the State.
SHOOTS HIS WIFE ON STREET
New London Man Murders Spouse
When She Bees PitifuIIy for
Her Life.

After firing three shots at his wife
in their home at New London, Albert
Kross followed her into the street and
when she stopped to beg for her life
he shot her twice more, killing her
instantly.
Knoll was captured by four passers-
by after desperate struggle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
At the Foot.

Pater tsadly)-I don't know what to
do with that boy of mine. He's been
two years at the medical school and
still keeps at the foot of his class.
Perrins promptlyl-Make chiropo-
dist of him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
BOLT TEARS OFF SHEET,
SLEEPERS ARE UNHURT.

!. During a storm a bolt OF
T. lightning STRUCK a bedstead
!. in the home of Otto Sumpture
!. near North Menomonie. The
|. sheet was torn off, but neither
|. of the two occupants of the
!. bed was injured.
!. The barn and granary on
!. the farm of Herman Casper
!. was struck and destroyed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-13
lnStallmenfs.

Do your neighbors the Bankers own
their piano?"
"One octave of it."-Life.
Crowns.
Only those who do something for the
world have right t. wear it's crowns.
Wentworth Il Stewart.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
CALL TO FOREIGN TRADERS.
Plans for the National Convention
In ~. Louis Next Month.

Greater prosperity through greater for
elgn trade" is the objective OF tho sec
o,,1 >-.,io,.I ,-,,oi.-,, Trada ro,ya,,io,
-. ~,
I" "c 'c'u II - i@'"'s ''' '"''ud'S -
ana ~ 1913.
Three thousand commercial and indus
trial ORGANIZATIONS. oorporstlons. Arms
49,, i,t.,,.., ..,,.., =, ..,..i.-,, ,,,o
''' -
Law" "'eH 'HN"eu l" henu ue'csd'es' IN
letter to them James \. Farrell, presl-
dent Of tho United states Steel Corpora
tior and chairman ~ tho National For
- nj. ,,,,,,...i, -
''' COY
me European war mas demonstrated
that our fOrc.en trade, while small In
comparison with domestic business. is a
,.,,l .L.,.,,t IL, o,ir do,n.s,i,. nrosneritv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
TRADE STIMULATED
BY WAR RISK BUREAU
More Than S15,OOO.00O Insur-
ancc Provided With $780,
900 in Premiums.

THE operation OF the Bureau OF War
Risk Insurance has brought about re-
suits which exceed the expectations OF
bureau" says Greater Nep York. the
weekly publication OF the Merchants As
ISOLATION. up to December I II had pro-
vided moro than s15,o00,oo0 OF insur-
ance and had brought into the Treasury
nearly 100000 in premiums. without
having been called upon TO pay any
loss. In addition. II has greatly stimu-
lated the American merchant marine.
THE head OF the bureau is William G.
Delaney, senior member of the firm OF
Delaney & Delaney. general insurance
brokers. Wall street
"One effect OF the operation OF tho law
was TO bring large number OF vessels
under American registry. Ninety-nine
foreign vessels have taken advantage OF
the opportunity TO come under the Amer
lean flag, adding 351,5O6 tons to our mer-
chant marine. Without the aid OF the bu-
reau many OF these vessels would have
not been able 10 obtain war risk insur-
snce
"The first two shipments OF dyestuff.
from Rotterdam on the Matanzas and
the sun were Insured by the bureau. At
present 1t Is giving material assistance
to cotton shippers
"AIr. DELANEY has kept the expenses
Of the bureau down TO a minimum The
entire disbursements during the first
three months amount TO only s3.S74.17.
Mr.. Delaney made the Collectors OF Gus
toms at various points his agents to re-
ceive applications for insurance.
at is the policy OF the bureau TO nav
no commissions 10 brokers. When :he bu-
reau was first established 70 was feared
Il might antaronlZe marine underwriters
but this fear. under Mr.. DeLanoys man.
agement, has proved groundless II has
stepped into the breach and has written
what Is known IN fire Insurance as 'ex-
cess lines"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
The Editions of THE EVENING SUN

liver since Wall Street resumed its normal aspect with the
- reopening of the Stock Exchange full trading the
WALL STREET Edition of THE EVENING SUN has been
appearing P. M with record all transactions
p M, and the NIGHT FINAL Edition has appeared mne
daey after the close of the market with the complete closing
quotations
This has led confusion among thousands of readers
OF The EVENING SUM- who long ago formed the habit OF
looking for the complete closing Wall Street
Edition.
To avoid confusion therefore THE EVENING SUN, be-
ginning to-day will issue edition. be known as
the EARLY WALL STREET. 1t will appear al go P M
with quotations up to p. M. THE WALL STREET, with
complete closing quotations. will appear Immediately after the
market closes The NIGHT FINAL will appear o'clock 10
be followed by the COMPLETE FINAL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
FINANCIAL REVIEW
OF The PAST WEEK
New Ruling in the Eastern Rate
Case Is Favorable to
Values.
A BIG CHANGE IN POLICY

| Another reason has been added TO the
many furnished lately for taking q hope
full view of the business and financial
outlook. The decision OF tho Interstate
Commerce Commission giving the East
ern railroads q general rate Increase Of
per cent. with exceptions and point
| ing to the likelihood OF countrywide
expansion Of the rate factor In rail-
road earnings. is one OF the most notable
Of the occurrences which have contrib
uted lately to the formation OF a bank
| ing and business sentiment capable OF
| resisting the depressing influences OF the
European war.
Early In the past week previous de-
velopments OF optimistic bearing were all
summed up in resumption OF full list
trading In corporate shares. This COM
pleted the reopening OF the New York
Stock Exchange and conferred on the
United States the signal advantage OF
being the first country to restore its
primary securities market since the out
break OF the European conflict Now
comes the Interstate Commerce Com
mission with a ruling which confirms pre-
Nious indications that the principal do
nestle obstacle in the way OF whole
some recovery Of business confidence the
tone and temper OF politics in its deal
ings with corporate enterprise. had be-
gun to alter distinctly for the better.
/; Is not too much to say that the corr
missions decision In tho rate case Is the
most convincing sign which has APP
peared OF the constructive governmental
attitude toward trade. Industry and VAL
ues which politicians have long prated
about but have denied by undertakings
actually destructive OF business endeavor.
In manner the grant OF relief for
the railroads comes at both an opportune
and an inopportune time. 1t is opportune
In that there Ia need OF everything which
has constructive significance for men OF
anairs. but II Is not opportune In that
1t Is projected into situation which Is
complicated with unprecedented and in
calculable forces issuing from the Euro
pean struggle and finds men OF many
minds about the economic outcomes of
present conditions.
on another occasion IL is unlikely that
there would be so large an amount OF
grumbling acceptance of the commissions
opinion about railroad requirements and
the method Of meeting them. The
grumblers are in the minority. but II
cannot he overlooked that the commits
sion, having gone as far as II did, might
have gone further In overriding the views
OF corporation baiters like Brandeis and
Thorne and OF political harnacles like
Commissioners Harlan and Clements. ON
the other hand. too much attention need
not be paid to the dissatisfaction OF GER
tain representatives OF corporate finance
in general and railroad finance In par
'i"ulnr who seem unable TO understand
that IT Is difficult to effect revolution
in governmental policies OF long estab-
lishment and do not see how revolutionary
the new rate case ruling really is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
Railroad Credit Supported.

Altogether Government regulation is
headed In a new direction and Govern
ment by commission, wherever II Is prac-
tised throughout the country, will take
hint from the oldest and most powerful
governing commission in the land. Fur
thcrmore. the Interstate Commerce Com
mission is likely 10 move with rapidly.
for a while at least. along the new road
on which IL has set out. road Leading
directly away from Government own, rship
stead of to II. \ principle of elasticity
in rate making, which In the restoration
OF control over railway finances to the
responsible owners, has not only been con-
coded but has been made force in
Government regulation.
BESIDES that the commission has de-
liberatcly and boldly used the power
which 1t possesses to support railroad
credit. 1t has rcvolutonlzed it's whole
programme by taking the general con-
ditious OF the money market ana OF bust
ness into consideration and has upset IT'S
former contentious by giving sanction 10
horizontal Increases IN large groups OF
rates all at one time.
In short the commission has done an
entirely new thing by ruling on a bust
ness proposition very mucn like vuhtu
OF business men would rule upon II. Tne
rate allowances now made have been de-
termined upon as a measure ot practical
necessity. and this is n business determi-
nation ana nothing else. Instead of pro-
ceeding according to forms and technical
tiles like a law court u" college oi
theoretical economists the commission
has sought 10 get results. and TO get them
Immediately In no respect does its
change Of policy more clearly appear than
IN the concern which IL manifests that
the railroads shall obtain relief speedily.
obviously the railroad problem and the
problem OF Government regulation nave
not received a complete solution in the rate
case decision, but the decision is a long
step toward the solution. Commission
government is still or trial Political
considerations have st!ll to be recorciled
therein with the investors hone OF profit.
II has taken four years campaign Of
appeal and evidence to turn Government
regulation I'm a new direction. and at that
the change owes more 10 stupehuous
economic Cuuvulsion than 20 ANYTHING
else Nevertheless II probably Will not
tax. "A cataclysm to get results from reg
ulation in the future. The Interstate ton-
MERGE Commission will not have 10 re-
cerse itself the next time. Ihat p'g
bridge has been crossed and II il going
to he easier heuceforth for Government
regulation to resemble the processes OF
business
70 sum up: their Government super
yisurs have given to the railroads sood
deal of actual immediate assistance, but
better than that Is the promise or more
which T. held out, and this is an omen
of announcement for corporate actiNi-
ties OF all kinds 10 the extent that they
have been restrained by apprehcnsions
Of political autaeonism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
WILL SAVE CITY JOBS FOR 6s2.
Docl, COmmissioner smith Tells of
Plans 10 Keep His Men.

Dock Commissioner II. 4. e. Smith has
sent letter to Mayor Mitchell explaining
the plans which he has worked out for
Keeping 60 men who because of the
cut in ia" appropriation for the depart
ment would otherwise have to bo dis
SsH-ReI.
-'T. Smiths plans are based on the
fnct that the Board of Estimate and
the Board of Aldermen have voted s15O :
quo to Keep the employees at work Mr..
smith pointed out that $4,000 would he
used IN repairing the clty's piers. lie
plahs TO save seveuty-nina men in the
bnrean OF Ferries by dividing tie burden
% ., I"trenchment among all the employees
or that bureau
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
Bonds for Investment
Harris, Forbes & Co
Pine Street, Conner vvlllls0
NEW YORK
BIG RATES TO CARRY COTTON.
Three Vessels Chartered for Ger
many by New York syndicate.

SAVANNAH Dec. Gothic chartering by
a New York syndicate Of three steamers
of the Ocean steamship Company's fleet
TO carry cotton To Germany marks an Inn
portant step toward the RESUMPTION of
exports. The vessels are the Macon. the
Memphis ana the city Of Savannah, which
are being remodelcd for transatlantic
service.
1t is reported that the charterers are
paying the Ocean Steamship Company
sl'2OO day for each of the vessels. Three
and "A half cents u pound, or about $3.50
a bale, It is understood will he the rate
charged. The high rate Is necesstated
by the cost of marine insurance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21

sion has shown Is one Of the most pro-
ptious matters to which business notice
could be directed.
BY a vote OF 8 to last July tho com
mission maintained adherence to a policy
or railroad rate regulation which had
been making the railroad financial posi-
ton and all the structure OF values de-
pendent thereon increasingly desperate
In the view of competent observers BY
a vote of to the commission has now
reversed itself and started Government
regulation in a new direction. There Is
no other way of regarding the decision
rendered In tho 'reopened rate case than
as declaration OF new policy Emer-
gcncy resulting from the European war
Ii recognized. but tho commission no.
where asserts that the grant which 1t
makes to the railroads is emergency ac-
ton. On the contrary the ruling Is es-
tablished on broad grounds ana the old
policy. which was to the railroads a
policy OF despair, is unmstalably aban-
doned
In accordance with its own prece-
dents the inveterate habit OF the Inter-
state Commerce Commission has for
years been to admit that public opinion
Endorsed railroad system under private
ownership and supported by private
capital. The commission never failed to
express an academic appreciation OF the
fact that because of its dependence on
private capital the railroad industry
must make an attractive appeal to iu-
vesto;s. For tho most part the COM
mission contcnted itself with letting its
indulgence OF railroad necessity end
right there. The one invar.able conse-
quence of the commissions work year
after year was 10 demonstrate that rail-
road expenses might 20 up, including the
cost of labor and material, to say moth
ing OF taxes and the price of capital but
that railroad rates at the best could
only remain stationary, and must prob
ably be reduced.
What the new policy discernble in the
commissions latest ruling does Is to give
practical effect to the Old theoretical rec
ignition of necessity 10y stopping tbs
capitalization OF charges for service by
making them elastic and by giving them
an upward impulse through the large
allowance of Increases limited chiefly by
the application Of the railroads. No
longer are the carriers dismissed with a
severe admonition to practice thrift. They
are told in so many words they will be
permitted 10 earn money AZ well as save
IL and that the Interstate Commerce
Commission is willing to assist them to
do t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21

For the time being the effect OF the
change which has begun in railroad rcgu-
lations may be obscured. qualified or
Offset by the operation of causes assoc
ciated with the economic conditions created
by the war abroad. For a while at least
the favorable effect OF tho decision may
he largely of a negative character. in that
1t Will save the situation from being made
worse, but ultimately it cannot mean
anything but improvement. II furnishes
no argument for selling securities. ON
the contrary. II is an argument for buy
ing them and holding them for better
days. All its broader and long range
implications are of positively and
definitely favorable sort.
Later on Wall Street will hear OF II "A.
bullish factor and the whole business
community Will know that II Is a .stimu-
lus 10 trade and industrial activity. For
the present it may not do much more
than check or deter liquidation of Sc
curitieS, especially 10y foreign holders
OF American stocks md bonds promote
a more courIg, Gus disposition to enter
into new investment commitments; faCili-
tate railroad financing and other Imam
ing by the support which II renders 10
the credit of all borrowers; induce ratl-
road expenditures FOR equipment and ma
tcrials which Will tend to general bust
ness recovery. Nevertheless In all its
essential aspects this Interstate COM
mere Commissions decision is most en-
couragng.
Reckoned in dollars the relief which is
afforded to tho railroads is very
material item. The rate increases allowed,
added to the much smaller allowances
conce ded in the decision of July 81, are
estimated to mean that railroad net
earnings will be anywhere from 100000
900 to S5O.000,0 900 "A year larger than IL
the permits slon TO file higher tariffs had
not been given. Putting the cos: of
money to the railroads AT TO per
cent dhis means that the carriers have
acquired a capacity to negotiate AN an
nual aggregate of fresh loans OF from
$500. 100000 to $1,000, 100000.
Certainly this is substantial measure
OF relief, but ii does not measure the
most important Significance of the new
conclusion which the Interstate Com
merce Commission has reached. 1t em-
phasizes that conclusion, but the most
favorable feature OF the commissions
action is the great change which it
marks IN regulative policy and the de-
parture into which 1t leads the govern
ment of business by public commissions,
The real gauge OF benefit IL the contrast
which appears between the ruling just
handed down and the judgment rendered
on July 81 in reckless disregard OF the
economic crisis which Europe was about
to precipitate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21

last week. $500 $4,000.
Previous week. SO. 1000.
Jau. ~ ta:s. $780, 39.con.
Same period 1913. flS =. ESQ 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
!Nsto1y |
Vrmst Go1lzpanl,
Trustee for Personal Trusts
Fifth Avenue & Seth Street
New York

DIRECTORS >
VINCENT ASToR
GEO. p. BAKER,
Chairman First rstionsf Bank
STEPHEN BAKER.
Pres. Bank OF the kisnbsttsn Co,
NICHOLAS BIDDLE.
Aston Estate
GEO. b. CASE.
White a Case. Attosseys
THOMAS COCHRAN.
Pres. Liberty National Bank
HENRY J. COCHRAN.
Vice. President
&. c. CONVERSE.
President
JOHN I. DOwNBY.
Buildins Constructors
NJ. FRIEDSAM.
. Pendent r.. Altman a Co.
ROBERT WALTON GOBLET,
THOMAS HILDT.
Vice. President
FRANCIS l.. HINB,
Pres. First Nstionsi Bank
RANALD n. MACDONALD.
Vice. President
EDGAR L. MARSTON.
Blair 4 Co. Bankers
J.B. MARTINDALB.
Pres. Chemical National Bsut
GATES W. MeGARRAH,
Pres. echsnicsa MetsIs Mat Bsns
CHARLES 4. PEABODY,
Pres. Mutual Lie Insurance Co.
DE. POMEROY.
Niee.Pre,. Bankers Truu Co
WILLIAM ". PORTER.
}. T. Morssn 4 Co. Bsnker,
SEWARD PROSSER.
Pres. Banker, Trust Co.
DANIEL C. REID.
Rock Island system
DOUGLAS ROBINSON.
Real Estate
ARCHIBALD u. RUSSELL.
ALEXANDER H. STEVENS.
Vice. President
CHARLES L, TIFFANY.
Viee.Pres. Tiffany a Co.
THEODORE N. VAIL,
Pres. American Tel. 4 Tel O..
ALBERT n. WIGGiN.
Pres. Chase Nationsl Bank
OFFICERS
4. c. CONVERSE.
ALEXANDER n. STEVENS.
Vice. President
RANNLD u. MACDONALD.
Vice President
HENRY J. COCHRAN.
Vice President
THOMAS HlIDr.
Vice. President
BARKLEY WYCKOPP.
Cashier
JAMES 4. TRowBRIDCR,
Secretary
HOWARD BOOCOCK.
Treasurer
CLIFFORD wILMURT.
Assistant Cashier
Interest Paid on
Daily Balances
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
4 Big Change In Regulating Policy.

To the war which WAS then beginning
chief responsibility must be attributed
for the opening OF the eyes OF commits
sion government to the abyss toward
which II was driving jhe corporate OF
ganization OF business bu. the universal
consequence OF the war has been to make
the nature of business effort more clearly
understood by everybody. The economic
facts OF the European war crisis have
been compelling. and the Interstate Com
merce Commission has felt the compul-
sion. but what the commission has been
most responsive to has been the altera-
ton OF public opinion during the war.
Evidence was not lacking in the lrst
half OF the present year that tho popu-
lar political mood was taking turn
away frcm the extremes OF radical re-
s,ralnt and oppression of business whicn
popular politics had fostered. but the
war impaired n vast acceleration to tile
altered drift OF public thought.
The fundamental provocative TO optim-
ism which the new rate decision FUR
aishes Is the testimony which It gives to
recognition OF the political change which
Is under way. The lengths To which Presl-
dent Wilson went to show how conscious
lie vas or the plight or the railroads and
of the eXigency which demanded a DIFF
ferent treatment from that which they
had been receiving at the hands of their
Government regulators had the same
portent as the reaction toward polit'c cal
conservatism suggested In the national
vote IN November and In the Missouri ref
| erendum which rejected the so-caled full
| crew bill The political sensltiveness
which the Interstate Commerce Commits