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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-15
Written by Charles Goddard,
The DistinuMsled PlayzUright
I0ylUTIght

He drew her. under laughing protest, to
. seat beside him on the stairs. She real
ICED suddenly how serious he was. She let
her hand rest comradely in his pleading
grasp.
why, Harry, yes, II it is really danger
Gus. you know. I'll do anything can" she
said gravely.
They did not sec the cold gray face Of
stairs. If they had they would have
Of It. The face vanished a. quickly - It
had appeared.
In her boudoir Polly was laying out her
. soft rap at the door.
Come in," she called, and looked mp
brightly in Owens furtive eyes - hs
opened tho door and motioned to her.
Don't say anything, please. Mrs Mar
vin." he whispered. "Just come with mo
for q moment. II You will"
Bewildered by his manner. she followed
to the top Of the stairs. In silence he
directed her gaze to the two young people
in earnest conversation below.
It was . picture that might wen have
startled less impetuous heart than Pau
lines. Harry's hand stu clasped Lucille's.
and he was leaning toward her In the
eagerness Of his appeal.
''You will? You promise? Lucille,
you've made me happy" Pauline heard
him say.
Through mist-dimmed eyes, dizzily, she
saw the two arise. She saw the man she
loved clasp Lucille's other hand. She
saw the girl who had been her friend and
conhdante since childhood draw herself
away from him with q lingering with
drawal that could mean-ah. what could
watchful eyes Of Owen followed her.
In his subtle secret battle to retain con-
troll Of the Marvin millions fate had never
30 befriended him. None OF all the
weapons or ruses that he had used to pre-
vent the faithful attachment of Hurry and
Pauline was - potent. he knew, ~ this
little SEED Of Jealousy sown In . woman's
heart
Pauline rang for her maid.
TELL Miss Hamlin that I am not at
home" she said In q voice that started
haughtily but ended in . sob.
'But, Miss Marvin"-Margaret tried to
demur.
Tell Miss Hamlin that I am NOT at
HOME" repeated Pauline.
Lucille had just started up the stairs.
leaving Harry with . sympathetic pat ON
the shoulder.
''Well. even II can't do anything with
the wild woman" she laughed back at
him, "you know Pauline bears . charmed
life. Nothing has ever happened to her
yet. Guardian angels surround her-as
well as heroes
Harry walked into the library. The
agitatsd Margaret met Lucille ON the
stairs.
'sAiss Marvin is-AGiss Marvin Is not ct
home" the girl said, nushing crimson
Lucille paused, dumfounded.
"But, Margaret, you know" -
II thought really thought she waa
1t home, Miss Hamlin. I hope you won't
be offended with me-"
81 insist upon seeing her, cried Lucille
Il don't believe You are telling me the
truth. I'm going right up to her room.
Margaret burst into tears
Lucille quickly reconsidered. lndtgna
ton took the place OF astonishment- She
hurried down the stairs and rushed
through the door without waiting Tor Mar
garet to open It.
Pauline, back In her own room, vented
her arst rage In tears. With her hot face
pressed against the pillow. she sobbed out
the agony of what ahe thought her betrayal
her double betrayal b. courder and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

cept to dispense with a few hundred
street crossing guards.
Meanwhile, railroad rates have de-
creased during the last 20 years; pas
senger traffic now pays 1892 cents
per mile, and freight traffic pays only
.0741 per ton per mile, as against
.O898 per ton in 1892. This means that
for the cost of a 2-cent stamp you can
ship a ton Of freight nearly three
miles. There are other items which
have also increased the railroads bur-
den Of expense. Safety appliances,
shorter hours and more crews, steel
cars, bigger locomotives, requiring
heavier rails and heavier bridges,
have added enormously to the rail
roads investment. These improve
ments have been made mostly by d.
version Of dividends which might have
otherwise been paid to the stockhold-
ers. AS a consequence the per mile
capitalization Of American roads
stands at only $61,5OS per mile, while
that of Great Britain is $275,374, and
in all Europe, including Asiatic Rus
STA, the per mile capitalization of the
railroads is $~121,45S. about two times
that of the American roads. If it be
urged that greater land values there
partly account for the greater capital
~ization, we might make comparison
with New Zealand and South Wales,
where land is worth less than here,
and where no big cities make costly
terminal facilities necessary. In New
Zealand the capitalization is $55,574
per mile on tracks which are mostly
narrow gauge, 3 feet 6 inches wide. In
South Wales the capitalization is $6S,
2SS per mile. While we r consider
ing capitalization we hear It urged FIRE
~quently that the stocks in American
roads carry q lot OF water, but we
ought to reflect that while It Is true
that much stock was originally given
as a bonus when pioneer roads, were
trying to sell their bonds. there have
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

wages Of their employees have been in
creased 1908 per cent during the 20
year period. In 1892 they employed
$50 people to each hundred miles Of
track, while in 1912 they required sos
people. Even since 1902, when it vas
officially reported that the pay roll on
American railroads amounted to $685.
OPS, $50, there has been an increase Of
wages more than double that figure,
while the number Of employees has
only increased from 1,189,315 to
1,728, 900, which means 100 per cent
increase in wages with only AZ per
cent increase in the number Of en-
ployes. During these IL years the
average pay Of employees has advanced
from 1868 per year to an average of
nearly $500. In 1892 the wages paid
to employees amounted to 1928 per
cent of the gross revenue; today it is
APO per cent. This increase of 5 per
cent in wages means 5 per cent on
$4,000, 900, 900 of gross income, or
$3.50, zoo, 900 a year in wages above the
rate that was paid in 1892. There has
also been an increase in the cost Of
materials, equipment, etc. Ties used
to cost so cents or go cents apiece;
now even poor ones cost IS cents. The
railroads of the country use about
150,000,000 ties a year. This differ
ence in cost amounts to about
$30,O00,0 900. AS late as 10 years ago
coal cost the roads 81 cents a ton at
the mine; it now costs SLIP. Taxes
during the 2O-year period have in
creased 254.9 per cent, while the net
capitalization has increased during
the same period only 76.7 per cent,
Twenty years ago the railroads paid
taxes OF $S4,O53, 4s5; in 1912 they paid
$12O,873,4 72. In other words, the rail
roads pay In the form Of taxes approx
imately one-quarter as much AZ they
pay to the owners, their stockholders
Another increased charge upon the
railroads has been the larger terminal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04
STOP! LOCKE! LISTEN!!!!!
The Railroad and Its Relation to the Farmer,
the Financier and the Everyday Citizen
By Frederick L. Chapman, Editor of Better Farming.

Of the case have not been fully stated.
When we stop to consider that rail-
road securities have been the favorite
form of investment with insurance
companies, both life and fire; with
savings banks, trust companies,
estates in which there may be a score
of heirs, some in their minorities; edu-
cational and philanthropic endow-
ments, ETC., we begin to realize who
owns these traffic lines which are the
very arteries through which the blood
of our commercial life must flow. If
their ownership were only in the
hands of the 100000 shareholders,
whose names are registered on the
| stock books, 1t would mean that the
average owner was the proprietor of
only one-third of a mile of track, but
when we reflect that large life, fire
and accident insurance companies
alone held in 1905 railroad stocks and
bonds amounting to approximately
$3.50, 000, 900, that the savings banks of
the country In 1909 held approximate
ly $685., 600, 900 of railroad securities,
and, according to the Comptroller of
Currency, in 1910, the trust companies
and national and state banks held
$3.50, 0O0,0 0 of these securities, and
when we reflect that there are over
1O,OO050OO depositors in American saw
ings banks alone, to say nothing Of
the millions of policy-holders in insur'
ance companies, we begin to realize
who, after all, are the owners of these
steel ribbons which run to the four
corners of the continent. I submit to
the jury that the prisoner in the dock
may be a rear blood relation to all
Of us.
Parenthetically / pause to wonder il
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

curities is actually owned, as appears
to be the case, by the people at large,
and owned in comparatively small
units, and much of the balance is
owned by insurance companies, saw
ings banks, etc., in which nearly
everybody has a direct or indirect in
terest, we are much nearer to popular
ownership than most of US have
imagined. If we start to chase the
railroads around a stump, we may re-
semble the dog that chases his own
tail. How foolish he looks when, aft
er rapid revolution in pursuit of that
caudal appendage, he gets it at last
and then identifies the owner.
Let us frankly admit right here that
there is a good deal of excuse for pop
ular hostility to past railway manage
ment. We cannot soon forget what
some financiers have done in the. past
to certain railroads. Even at this very
moment the quivering form of the
proud old New Haven G Hartford lies
PROSTATE in the dust, bleeding from
the wounds where High Finance
stabbed her. But we will not forget
that more than half the stock of the
New Haven belongs to comparatively
small holders. There were 21,948 Of
them in 1912, and many of the mum
Der are women. We cannot forget
that, while piracy has attacked the
railroad world in some quarters, the
biggest part Of the business has al
ways been in clean hands. Has any
serious imputation ever been laid upo1
the Pennsylvania or New York Cen
trail lines, the Northwestern or the
Santa Fe? Does the business worlt
possess any names Of which we arr
more proud than those of Marvin
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

we have not talked SO much of this
road being a Rockefeller road and Of
that one as a Vanderbilt line, and
some other one as belonging to the
Gould system that we conclude off
hand that the whole railroad business
of the country is owned practically by
a dozen or two people or their fami-
lies. II we deceive ourselves by this
delusion and think that by laying bur
dens on the railroads we are laying
them on the backs Of these financial
Colossi, we may find that we r not
only mistaken, but that we r really
chasing ourselves UP a tree. II the
majority of the bulk of railroad Sc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

Hughitt, James J. Hill, w. G. Brown,
Melville e. ingalls,, S%tuyvesant Fish
or E. P. Ripley?
What is the situation of the railroad
industry today and what relation has
it to our national w~ellbeing? The
railroads are hard up! One big sys-
tenn is In the hands of receivers. an
other barely earned interest charges
on its Indebtedness. The old Boston
& Maine hasn't enough money in its
treasury to buy a string Of freight cars
and an engine to haul them. Perhaps
these roads have been mismanaged,
but the best companies have been re-
duced almost to a bread and water
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

diet. 1t is not for want Of traffic. In
fact, the total of freight tonnage
hauled each year during the last 20
years has steadily increased, with &C.
casional temporary s~hrinkage, so that
the volume is now two and one-half
times what it was 20 years ago. The
passenger traffic has also increased to
almost the same degree, but tine ex-
pense of operation has jumped faster
than the increase in business. This
has been due to causes owe which the
railroads have had no control. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-04

facilities which they have had to pro-
vide. The New York Central and
Pennsylvania systeras recently spent
upward Of 5000, 000, 900 on new termi-
nails, mostly in New York City. The
Chicago & Northwestern has just late
ly spent about 500, OOO, 900 on a new
passenger terminal in Chicago. The
roads entering Chicago have spent
$75, OOO, 900 in the last 10 years for the
elevation of their tracks. This vast
outlay does not produce a single PEN
ny in actual revenue, or in savings, ex-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
CITIZENS LEAGUE WILL
HEAR CITY OFFICIALS

After . long discussion Of the pres
emit method OF choosing precinct slsc
ton boards. and the conduct OF the
members OF the boards, % observed
by its challengers In the charter cleo
ton. the Detroit Citizens' league. In Z
meeting In the Elliott.Tayior.Woo
fenden cafe, Friday evening. decided
TO take no immediate action on {
charter amendment to provide for q
better system. but to refer the mat
ter to its executive committee for
further study.
Members OF the league decided that
1t would be policy to 60 slowly In the
advocacy OF reforms. They con.
cluded that q more detailed knowl.
edge Of the working. Of the city de.
partments would be needed before
they could propose changes intslll.
gently. II was decided to invite the
heads OF city departments to address
the league In ito monthly meetings.
ID. p. w. Commissioners Fenkell Will
be invited to explain the organization
and work Of his department In the
next session.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
NEWSIE SELLS CORNER;
MUST PAY BACK MONEY

A new street law" went into effect
Saturday. and ''Newsboydom will obey
it, mandates.
Louie Swarts appeared In juvenile
court, Saturday, to complain Of Barney
Barnett. Both are newsboys. Ac.
cording to the testimony In the case
Barney sold Q corner In front Of the
Pontchartrain hotel to Louie for
$4,000. This sum was supposed to
place Louie in full possession and
make him ruler of the destiny Of all
newsboys that sold or hustled from
the same spot.
II developed later that Barney had
left the corner before Louie came,
and. therefore, was not In position
to sell It to anyone, his absence hav-
ing nullified his claim.
He was ordered to pay back the
money received and this n the new
law In Boyviile. A boy who has %.
cured q corner may give II to friend
or relative to hold, but II he leaves Il
his authority ceases. II he sells II
or rents II, he must pay back OIL the
money he has collected. Barney,
therefore. must pay back the $l0.60
and either take possession OF the cor
ner again or give II away. He said
he would give II 70 his brother.
Two score newshoys were Ia atten'
dance 1t the trial and 1t least score
testified, while the two boys acted ~
their own attorneys.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
S. s. MCCLURE LECTURES
IN DETROIT, MARCH s

8. 8. Mcclure, Of McCINreS maya
Kline, will give an illustrated lecture
on "The Montessori method Of educa|
ton Of young children" In Columbus
auditorium, Saturday evening. March
2, at s O'Clock, under the auspices Of
the Twentieth Century club.
Educators throughout the world are
studying the methods OF Madame
Moutsssori. and marvsling ut the re-
marksble sensotraining she accom-.
plishes. The Montessori method IL be-
ing applied In more or less modified
form In America and with most sue
cessful results. Mr. Mcclure brought
Nine. Montessori from her school In
Rome to America, few weeks ago,
and now he has undertaken Z series
OF lecture dates In q Montessori edu.
cational propaganda. He is declared
to deliver the Montess0ri message
with all the vigor and force which has
made him one Of the big men In the
magaxine world OF America. On the
platform, he 10 declared 70 have an
attractive personality and easy man.
ner Of speaking.
The lecture will be open 10 the
public and tickets may be procured
from Mrs. Carl Brumme, Mss. Clouds
Case and Mrs. Augupt Hslbig. The
AFFAIR Is directly under the manage.
ment. on behalf Of the club. Of Mrs.
Stanley q. Stevens, dirsctor Of the
home and education department., end
Mrb. Francis G. Osborn, chairman Of
1.-THE education committee.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
SOL LACnllAN in
LIAlELICnT AGAIN
Man Who Killsd Pole Accused
Of Contributing to Girl's
Delinquency

A warrant was issued Saturday
morning, for the arrest Of Sol p. Lach.
man. jeweler, ct Thirty-fourth-st and
Mtchigan-ave.. charging him with con-
tributiny to the delinquency OF Mar
tina Seiss. Is years old.
Lachman sprang into the public eye
. lew days ago whom he shot and
fatally wounded W1adislaus 6oko-
czynski. who was one OF four men
i.achman claimed had attacked him
and his wife with view to robbins
them.
According to the story told by the
girl. Lachman aud Bruno Keiser took
her and another girl to roomins
house. Mrs. Lachmau Il said TO have
been In . hospital ct the time. a war
rant has also been issued for Keiser.
Detectives Horrigan and Piles. who
worked up the case. started at noon
to arrest the men. They will be
brought before Judge Lacy In the
court OF domestic relations.
Prosecutor Shepherd was not In
favor OF issuing the warrant - he
did not believe the evidence strong
enough to secure . conviction. but
Chief Investigator Livermore, for the
juvenile court. insisted that II be ut.
tempted and che believes she has
enough. evidence to warrant the ar.
r6yt.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28

p HSa. 4 DSn "a :: . Is e e: i.s:
Jsmes = DUNLAP and beloved mother
Ollie. and Mr.. George r. Davis. De-
dsnce Monday 1t p. m.
FRANTZ-Feb.. -. 1914. Raymond. aged
20 years beloved son OF Joseph J.
and Catherine Frents (nae DedSrichl
cnd brother OF EdwaE4 Lester aGd
denco, ss5 McDouesIi- ave. Monday.
March 2. at $3.50. 20 1t. Elizabsth's
church at .. m.
LEPERE-August.. at Grace hospital.
Of xrs' Alice lice s: = xss 'i Rn.rsi
nan. iS4 Ksrchsvsi.- al. s O'Clock. at
e, Charles church $3.50. Burial Mt.
ss11s.a S,i. PssnnK aga. q Simon
lHwis, and sister q nrs. ,. Marwsll.
s Sni s:u.s sunday . sss omit p M or s,S
gsee. sss f q .sls east he Otto r';
nvseh, Age4 - Xs4ssv husband Of the
and dear father Of slater Louise OF
:Tal ircm rssid.nss. :. M. iohd.y.
ATCHESQN-Fsb. ~. ct her rssidsncs.
- Burlingane-avs., Alice e. .Atche-
con. aged 10 years. widow Of Capt.
s s sshn A s c:s. dn mSsS:r p e.
ter G. Xtchsson. OF New York. and
Norman 3. Atchsson. Of Dstrett. Fun
sral services from house Monday 1t
p. m.
DoRMoY-Feb. rs. 1914, Charles e..
husband Of Msdore pormcy ana
brother Of Fred and Mary Dormoy,
Mf5. CAthSrInS u6ux, Mrs. MARGARET
Toex. Mrs. Louise Kpifton and Mrs.
H SSniis auH's Cos e eS:ps, f Esnasy
Lawn cemetery ats .. m
rRuTI0-Feb. %. at her home: sos
Ss1oS.s WIFE 81 s:no ss.a s.
EDDY Frutlg: Henry Frutig OF sauit
Brugss. Belgium. Mrs. Mxrriii. A.
csrkn: Of s.I RfsrSl ft:r Of s Mr.
ssriand. Mrs. Louis Heesr OF Detroit
Switzerland. Fnnsrai private March :.
HAYEs--rsb. %. 1914, 3ss Larnsd st.
east, Robert, aged 7s years; beloved
Funeral from residences Monday q D.
m. Burial private. Kindly omit
sPENCER-Feb. q. Gertrude Perry.
wife Of Ed win n. Spencer. daughter
srick w. r. and Mary Chase Perry.
S 6ssS's.s sunday. D. m East
RIDDELI~--Catherins r., rsliet Of the
late John n. Riddell. at the rePidsncs
sS Parsons-st intermsnt at Green
vile. Mich. Monday, March 2. Green
Vile papers please copy.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
BEGINS LIFE ANEW;
ARRESTED ON OLD CHARGE

James n. Mclean. e years old, and
formerly employed 40 . salesman fol
the Detroit Safe Co. was Arrested On
. charge Of grand larceny when. &C
cordlnS to his story, he came bach
from Baltimore. 70 Straightsn out thu
tansies put In his career BY John bar
leycorn. and intending to start life
anew.
Jacob Klein, Ladder tailor. at No. "a
Woodward-sve.. IL the complainant
alleging that three years ago he paid
Mclean $40 on the purchase Of Z safe
and that he was later sued for the
amount by the safe company, and had
to pay It. as his bill stated that money
should not be paid to salssmsn.
Mclean, who recently came back Ia
Detroit. admits falling TO turn the
money over to the safe company. He
says that be was drinking when he
committed the offense. and had quit
drinking Z year ago. Recently he
made up his mind that he would come
back to Detroit and settle up several
debts that he left here. His arrest
followed, Detectives Tremontte and
Erhard. taking him from q roominl
house on Fort-st. west, Saturday morn
Ing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
DEATH LIST

John Davidson, sss Hecla. II years,
hospital. IS years. meningitis: Flora
Frank. ?S3 Hancgck. 81: years. me-
phritis; James II. Hyatt. Greenfield. +s
year, tuSsrgq'c:I. I; IossIh Bsrtplck.
renee Kelley, Boulevard sanatorium, 10
years, septiceemiA; sophia Binkowski.
lQ7 Thirty-hfth, { months. pneumonia
Charles Couture 81, Mary's hoep!tal.
!: ;:a ss.s: s yss as: ,c:sy
Kykpr Harper hospitAl. q, years. ep-
pendicitis; Henry Maloney, IFS Lyman.
90 years rheumatism. Haronin stan
cSik. te1 MIlwsukee, month";. convui-
sicns; Elizabeth Frinss; Grace hos.
R bi1m,nshsm. Ais. 81 ysars. scop S"Sv:
Augusta 0roth. t7e Orleans, 70 years,
Iroausi:; 4: ysan rultIIl: sclsrosIs;
s' yssss ppssSssia; SssessIsf x 'f Ress.
lon, 70 Pulford. 50 years. ciSrkosis OF
e yssrs. msrssmu:; Ssasriec 3sRsns
i!s Radamaehs!, 8 years, eceslet fever:
iss +lrsman. yssrs. tSs cssa,o.i"
Tosesa Adams. 0raco hospitaL 90 ysars
smboi!. lam; johsnnaS Ph(lsA asS Wsb-
aeh. 3? years, .cefebrai hpm6rrhagej
Frederick J; 0alieghss: - ksshsrl
Dream Dream S yssss ssrcsa Ess wss
S:.sss. 's scSssssy q
xssrs. erSssio sc!ercsis; Ridge,
y sc,' N BIZ Is 5.. s:'s fsy:f
chlldsel's Free hospital, month
DD01OOD14
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
YOUNG TnON has
BEEN RELEASED
Police Fail to Connect Saginaw
Youth With Staying Of Pa.
trolman Madden

Chief Of Detectives Palmer declared
Saturday morning that the police were
unable to fasten anything tangible on
Ezra Thon. OF Saginaw. In connection
with the escapades OF the Moore rob-
berries or the Madden case. and be
WIS released 1t 1880 Saturday after
noon.
1.-TWO more men who were witnesses
In the Madden investigation will look
ct Thon during the day, but we are not
1t all hopeful that they will b able
to identify him. AZ they did not get 9
good look 1t the suspects" says Capt.
Palmer. The two men that We based
our hopes OF Identification on, have
looked at Thon and said that he was
not the man. One was the man who
cold the hat found near the scene. OF
the Madden crime. and the other was
the street car conductor who saw two
suspicious acting young men on his
car Immediately after the crime"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-28
PHONE INVENTORY
IS COMING SOON
Part Of i, Win Be Turned Over
TO the City's Expert,
Monday

The nrst installment Of the tele-
hone company's inventory win be in
be hands Of Charles L. Zahm, the
Ity'o expert, next Monday morning.
hiD Information was given to the
pocial council committee ON tele-
Aonq investigation by Mr.. Zahm. Sat.
fday morning. In q conference In
Evaporation Counsel I.awson's private
nee.
The conference was called for the
urDose Of discussing Mr.. Zahm's
pnnection with the city payroll. while
fo1ttng for the inventory and ap-
FaiBai, some ~ the aldermen having
a idea that, neither would be ready
pr some time. Corporation Counsel
awS0h. who IL the boss" Of the tele-
hone investigation, informed the AID
rmep that Mr.. Zahm's services are
forth $50 2 day to the city at the
fesent time. and urged that the tele-
bone expert continue on the payroll
httl such time ~. the work on the
Inventory and apDraisal is finished.
| Wien Informed that the inventory
about to be turned over to the city,
be aldermen readily agreed with
lawson that the telephone expert
6ould continue In the hire Of the
~ without temporary LAY on"