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SUMERS REGRETS BUT
 CAN HARDLY EXPLAIN

R. l.. Sinners, manager of Collins & Go. {:
 q can't tell why sugar has ad- vanced,. snid NJ. Summers. "AII know is that sugar has gone up. It cost HIS S7.6S per 100 pounds fob. Birmingham and l am told it has been advanced by the retailers accordingly. It would strike me that the European war has caused the advance and that by req son of the fact that this country must supply all of the countries at war us well as America and South Americn.
 ''The advance in sugar has been drawing close since the declaration of war, and cannot see any reason for great surprise that it has come about. l am personally sorry but when the supply of commodity exceeds the demand an increase may be expected.
 We have also increases in navy beans and flour. I have no explanation as to the navy beans As to flour the mills of this country expected a great wheat crop and that has been completely used up by the war and the exact reverse has been experienced so that the increase has come about in the most unexpected manner" HOOD HOLDS WAR
 RESPONSIBLE FOR JUMP
 Robert Hood of the Hood Grocery com Iary said;
 'sThe war in Europe has all to do with the advance In sugar prices.
 .The war in Europe has all to do with the advance in sugar prices. We are as sured that the prices that now prevail are in such condition as to be utterly out of range of the spectators. l have no uneasiness on that score. l am told that retailers sell sugar 10 or 12 pounds for H. That is about right as retail basis for we pay S76S per 100 pounds f. O.. b. Birmingham from New Orleans The price of sugar is based on the supply and the demand any other commodity. When the demand exceeds the supply it stands to reason that the prices go up. I personally regret the fact that sugar has advanced, but there are other com modities that have gone up as well as sugar The sugar market fell off k-cent yesterday. l do not know the of that decrease, but it occurred
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Charles E. Rice, Solon Jacobs. G. T. Brazelton, J, E. Shelby Harry Wheelock and others. Lawrence Pennington, Hugh McGeever and Rufe Bivins of the board of revenue, Harry Jones and Hardee- man Meade were among the other guests.
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To Discourage Consumption

To Discourage Consumption
 "The outlook for the sugar market for the next few months until new crop Cuba
 sugars are available is a particularly serious one The United Kingdom will be unable to obtain supplies from con tinental Europe and therefore will com pete in buying the Cuban sugar which the United States can i'll afford to spare. England has within the last few weeks purchased approximately 5000 tons in our sugar market, and if she continues te' be a heavy buyer there is not going to
 be enough sugar to go around by next month. Therefore, prices will have to be pushed to sufficiently high point as to very materially discourage consump- ton. The high levels on sugar prices have not as yet been reached.
 The removal of the tariff tax on sugar has also greatly discourage the cane growers of Louisiana and this year they planted corn and rice instead of sugar thus shortening the supply and helping to bring on high prices
 Good Reason, Says Lee
 Sidney Lee, president of the Alabama Grocery company: There is very good reason for the advance in this country of the price of sugar. Germany 1 is the largest producer of sugar in the world and together with other of the | European states involved in the war probably makes more than half of the entire sugar output.
 ] Now instead, of making sugar for herself and for export to other coun-
 tries, Germany has probably stopped making any at all. Instead of the larg- est producer she has become one of the largest buyers, and Great Britain must come to North America for her sugar.
 It is a plain case of the law of supply and demand. The war has cut the pro- duction probably half in two or will do so within the very near future and the demand if anything has been increased.
 We are now selling sugar at 71a 1 and Sc, to which price it has gone
 from 4c at the beginning of the Flu
 ropean war. There Is no telling yet how l high it will go The longer the war
 keeps up the higher will go the price of sugar, in all probability.
 l At present we cannot get the mills l to name prices at all. We have to or der and pay for 1t what ever they ask when the order is filed For that req | son the people who now have some 1it- | tie sugar in stock have to be careful | a bout selling 1t to the trade, for no 1 telling what price will have to be paid i in the next few days for stock to re I place it. My advice to everybody Is to buy sugar only for immediate needs | for the market Is too wild to tell any thing about what 1t is going to do.
 There has already been some ad- vance in flour and if the war keeps up anticipate a much larger one. Wheat yesterday went up Pc and the day be- fore 4c. I understand. That alone will make an increase of 25c or BOG per barrel on flour Neither will the flour mills contract for shipments on a given price Other food products are inclined the same way, but sugar and flour so far have been most effected. There is lots of wheat In this country now but within the next few days the high seas will be opened up by England and
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basis to restrict the consumption of the world sufficiently to adjust 1t to the available supplies of cane sugar.
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nized. the world over as an authority or sugar"
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evaporated peaches. and canned Cali fnrnia neaches."
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J. o. Taylor, 2114 Morris avenue: There has been a general advance in wheat products, and there is now no sign of a decrease in values. Rice has also risen about per cent. l cannot account for the sensational prices at which sugar Is be- ing held. The sensational advance has certainly been out of all proportion to that on any other commodity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

France and it will be taken from the United States just as fast as it can be loaded into ships
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-21

V. W. Wood of V. w. Wood & Co.,. s'The rise in sugar and flour prices In the last two weeks have been sensa- tional and I believe the extraordinary advance in sugar quotations has been out of all reason.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
Mikes Appearance.

By mistake a tramp knocked at
an Irish wayside cottage inhabited
by a policeman, says the Montreal
Family Herald, and was much as
tonished when that official himself
answered the door.
In evident alarm the man blurted
out, "Does Mike Mccain stay about
here ?"
"What is he like ?" asked the po'
hceman.
He received a very vague descrip-
ton in reply and made pretense OF
going inside to ask his wife. In
minute he reappeared with his hand
held behind his back and asked
"Would you know Mike if you saw
him"
eyes," replied the tramp.
'Is this anything like him?" ask.
ed the good natured policeman, ant
he held out a substantial buttereo
scone.
With a broad grin of relief ant
satisfaction the tramp replied
''That's the very chap"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
SPrice $500

All above tracts under irrigation and
abundance OF water. Come to the
Echo and we'll tell you all about it
and send you to the land, which is
near Leavenworth.
10 acre tract near Merritt. All good
land. Cheap.
Terms on any Of the above.
IS acres near town. For sale or
trade. Very cheap.
For further information see or write
Echo, Leavenworth, Wash.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
DAzED THE WITNESS.
Ruse of a Clever Lawyer That Brought
a Case to an Abrupt Close.

Gaze to an Abrupt SioSe'
jeremiah Mason, a celebrated
American lawyer, possessed to a
marked degree the instinct for find
ing the weak point.
He was once cross examining
witness who had previously testified
to having heard Mason's client
make a certain statement, and so
important was this statement that
the adversary's case was based on it
alone.
Several questions we're asked by
Mason, all of which the witness an
swered with more or less hesita-
ton. Then he was asked to repeat
once more the statement he had
heard made. Without hesitation he
gave it word for word as he had CIV
en- it in the direct examination. A
third time Mason led the witness
round to this statement, and again
it was repeated verbatim.
Then, without warning, he walk
ed to the witness stand and, point
ing straight at the witness, said in
perfectly unimpassioned voice,
Lets see that paper you have in
your waistcoat pocket"
Taken completely by surprise,
the witness mechanically took pa
per from the pocket indicated and
handed it to the lawyer.
There was a profound silence in
the courtroom as the lawyer slowly
read in a cold, calm voice the exact
words of the witness in regard to
the statement and called attention
to the fact that they were in the
handwriting of counsel on the other
side. He then gathered up his pa
pers with great deliberation, re-
marked that there seemed to be no
further need for his services and
departed from the courtroom.
Mason was then asked how he
knew that the paper was in the wit
ness pocket.
"Well," explained Mason, "it
seemed to me that he gave that
part of his testimony more as if
he'd learned it than as if he had
heard it. Then, too, l noticed that
at each repetition of his testimony
he put his hand to his waistcoat
pocket and then let it fall again
when he got through" -
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
See the Good in Others.

When thou wilt cheer and COM
fort myself, call to mind the sew
eral gifts and virtues of them whom
thou dost daily converse with-as,
for example, the industry of the
one, the modesty of another, the
iberality of a third, or another
some other thing. For nothing can
so much rejoice thee as the resem-
blances and parallels of several
virtues visible and eminent in the
dispositions of those who live with
thee, especially when, all at once
as near as may be, they represent
themselves unto thee. And, there
fore, thou must have them always
in a readiness.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24

Coughed for Three Years
Il am lover of your godsend to
humanity and science. Your medi-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
TRAPPED THE THIEF.
A South American Experience With a
Tragic Ending.

Tragic Ending.
In describing certain experiences
among the outlaws and desperadoes
of South America an English trav-
eler tells the following grisly story:
Gone night farmer was reused
from sleep by hearing unusual and
stealthy noises about the place. He
got quietly out .of bed and, after
listening attentiyely discovered that
some people outside were cutting
hole through the door close to the
bolt by which it was held.
at did not require any great
amount of detective talent to guess
the object of the operation, and the
best way to foil it was suggested by
thong of rawhide with a loop on
it which hung from a hook on the
inside of the door. Noiselessly re-
moving the thong, he slipped the
end of it through the loop, and
there he stood armed with an i'm
promptu lasso, ready for action.
ut was an anxious time while the
farmer stood watching the hole in
the door grow larger and larger UNI
til at last it was of sufficient size to
effect the purpose for which it was
made.
"The supreme moment arrived,
and a hand was stealthily inserted
not only through the hole, but also
through the loop of the little lasso
which hung skillfully around it.
WITH 4 sudden jerk the loop was
tignIeneA around the wrist and the
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
Lot 8

AZ acres. 8 acres in cultiva-
ton. 4 in young orchard. Bal
ance in timber.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24

Russia has law which to outside
observers seems almost to put a
premium on theft, by which stolen
goods become the property of the
thief if he can prove that he has
had possession of them for over
five years. In the thieves market
which is, of course, licensed by
the police-goods that admittedly
have been stolen (more than five
years before) are openly offered fol
sale, and the place is veritable
mecca for the light fingered gentry
and their enterprising friends, as
,lso for the more honest members
Of society, vino secure many d
"a pting bargain.
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hand dragged in as far as the aper-
tur4 would GLOW, while the thong
was sacufes fastened to the hook
on the back of the door.
'NThe robber was perfectly help
less. His companions came to his
aid and, having Intellectually drag
ged at the imprisoned arm till they
we're tired, gave up the struggle
and prepared to depart.
'But they were prudent men,
and it occurred to them that to save
himself their companion might be-
tray them. Dead men, they thought,
tell no tales, SO they killed him. -
New York Mail.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24
Looking for
Land?

Any land in the Upper Wenatchee
Valley is a good purchase at present
prices. Think of what has been made
in the lower valley. At Peshastin land
is now selling for four times what it was
bought at four years ago. Ten years
ago land that sold for 5000 per acre
afterwards sold for $4,000. A small
investment in land in this vicinity is
better than bank account.
Read the following and let US tell
you about it:
Lot =
% acres. 10 tillable and 8 in
cultivation. Balance in timber.
Price $500
Lotto
40 acres: 6 in cultivation and
~ in bearing orchard. House
Balance in timber.
Price $1,000
Lot 8
AZ acres. 8 acres in cultiva-
ton. 4 in young orchard. Bal
ance in timber.
SPrice $500
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24

cine, DR.. Kings New Discovery, cured
my cough of three years Standing"
says Jennie Flemming, Of New Dover,
Ohio. Have you an annoying cough 7
Is it stubborn and won't yield to treat
ment? Get a SOC. bottle Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery to-day. What it did
for Jennie Flemming it will do for you,
no matter how stubborn or chronic a
cough may be. 1t stops cough and
stops throat and lung trouble. Relief
or money back. soc. and Sl00, at
your Druggist. 7
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Pimples.
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40 acres: 6 in cultivation and
~ in bearing orchard. House
Balance in timber.
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The DEVILS Knell.

Among the famous bells Of Dews-
bury. Yorkshire. England. is one
known as "Rlack Tom of Soothill,
which was presented to the church in
expiration of murder Black Tom
is always rung on Christmas eve. Its
solemn tolling as il strikes the first
tap ut exactly midnight is known all
over Yorkshire as the devils knell. ="
it being the notion that when Christ
was bo1u the devil died. - London
Standard.
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child Cross, Feveri.h, sick,

A cross, peevish, listless child, with
coated tongue, pale. doesn't sleep;
eats sometimes very little, then again
ravenously; stomach sour; breath fetid;
pains in stomach, with diarhoea; grinds
teeth while asleep, and starts up with
tenor-all suggest Worm Killer
something that expels worms, and al
most every child has them. Kickapoo
Worm Killer is needed. Get a box
to-day. Start at once. You won't
have to coax. as Kickapoo Worm Killer
is a candy CONNECTION. Expels the
worms, the cause Of your chlld's trou-
bic. 25c., at your druggist. ]
Get butter wrappers at Echo office.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24

Mr.. Smith. out walking with his
small son Bobby. met Mr.. Brown. fell
low architect. They stFolled along to-
gether To Keep their minds in work
ing trim. the two men patronizingly
picked out the good and bad qualities Of
the new buildings they passed.
Presently Bobby spied a spotted dog.
Look. father" he said scornfully-
"look lit that dog don't like it There's
TOO much work on itr'--Everyb ody's.
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INTERIOR OF scULPToR's STUDIO AT THE EXPOSITION.

"The Chariot
Pheaton," of the
a
Exposition In
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-18
MEETS WITH
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
o. w. Miller, Plain Clothes Man,
Pursuing Negro, Drops Gun;
1t Explodes, Wounding Him

While attempting to catch a fleeing
negro last night at about u O'Clock,
o. w. Miller, plain clothes officer
dropped his gun to the pavement;
the gun exploded and the ball enter
ed the left foot of the officer just
above the instep and came out at the
heel While the wound is very pain
ful, the doctor in charge says there
is no danger of losing the foot
Officer Miller had been chasing
suspicious negro. The negro was
headed west and had a good lead
when a west bound car hove in sight
The officer, in attempting to board it
at the corner Of Oklahoma and Second
street, slipped and fell and the fall
wrenched the gun from its scabbard'
contact with the pavement exploded
it. Officer Grey. who was near
helped the injured man to the police
station where medical attention was
given him
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-18
FIVE ARE
KILLED BY
EXPLOSION
THREE CHILDREN BURNED
TO DEATH; BLACK HAND"
GANG BLAMED

Latrobe, Pa, Nov. 1S.-Black hand
miscreants are blamed for the burn
ing to death of three children and
the killing of two men by flying tim
bers when an explosion of dynamite
wrecked the store of Noah Panezie,
wealthy merchant OF Superior and
set fire to five houses, which We're
destroyed.
The dastardly work was accomp-
lished shortly after . o'clock this
morning when an explosion at the
side of the store building aroused
the occupants who shrieked in ter
ror. A minute or two later another
explosion occurred and set fire to
five houses Immediately adioining,
which were wrecked The debris
caught fire and they were totally con
sumed.
When the first explosion occurred
Mr.. Panezie rushed out of the store
building to release some live stocl
that were in a stable in the rear Of
the store When he got back to the
store he found it a mass of flames
and desuite his attempts to enter
the building to rescue his three child
rem. who were in the living apart
ments above the store. were burned
to death.
Andy O'Green was struck by fEing
timbers and was killed instantly. Jack
Pepper was thrown into a burning
building by the shock and died later
from injuries. Four others We're bad
" injured. The property loss will
reach $50 600.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-18
ID YEARS
FOR HOLDUP;
PARTNER FREE
JURY HEARS SAME EVI.
DENCE IN BOTH CASES WITH
DIFFERENT RESULTS

That juries, like individuals, have
different views and ways Of looking
at things and weighing the law and
the evidence, was exempllfied in the
trial Of two cases in district court
The two cases tried were practically
similar in every way. Chas. MaekeY
and J. J. Starting. the two stick up
men were arrested at the same time
and for the same crime. Both men
were positively identified by Police
Officer Grey of this city as the men
whom he and other officers chased
along hte Santa Fe tracks and who
were later captured together by Of
ficers at Oklahoma City in response
to a wire from Sheriff Mahoney.
The men made desperate attempt
to escape the Oklahoma City officers
and were captured only after one oil
them J. J. Startling the man acquitted
today, was wounded in the leg. When
searched, Starting had the leather
money sack taken from the gambling
house here, and the sack still con-
tanned the money taken from the
gamblers. With all of that sort OF
evidence before them. a jury in dis
trict court early this morning, after
being out all night brou sht in a
verdict Of mot guilty" in the case
Of J. J. Startling.
Yesterday. with identcally the
same evidence before them a jury
after celebrating several hours re
turned a verdict Of guilty in the
case Of his partner, Chas. Mackey.
and assessed a penalty Of 10 years in
the 7enitentiary.
That Startling. the man acquitted
is a bad citizen is evidenced by the
following telegram received today by
Sheriff Mahoney:
Hold Startling until ! get there;
have a warrant charging him with
felony. W. T. Caviness. Sheriff. Dan
vile. Aria"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-18
GRUMHLERS IN PEACE
THEY LAUGH IN BATTLE

Paris Nov 1S-A French writer
saws of the Belgian Soldiery: ~The
Belgian soldier is small; he is not
exceptionally equipped; he makes
soTg appearance and in peace times
is a grImbler. But under fire, he is
superbly calm and composed. He
laughs and plays amid the fiercest
fighting. They know how TO die
Duty IS paramount with them. They
fail like Lieutenant Clooten. singing
martial airs; they die ike Command
andants de Witt and Piraux. calmly
smoking their pipes"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-18

Washington Nov IS.-Decarng that would impossible
defend the Panama Canal and American territorial possessions against
an attack with the present or proposed gasons unless they could
be rapidly reinforced Maj General Wiherspoon retiring
staff his report recommended regular army
strength OF 2o5ooo enlisted lie proposed
augmener through system of until there
mobile strength of five hundred thousand first line troops equipped
for a six months campaign.
Gen Wtherpoon said there urgent need for more forces
protect the approaches the American those
points not covered by orresse and urged the organized be
veoped to strength of three hundred thousand
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-18
WILL bt LOANED TO
FARMERS At 6 PER CENT
Treasurer NCAdOO Announces Thai
More Than $500, 900 in Excess
Of Sl35, 600, 900 Was Raised

Washington, Nov 1S-The fund
for cotton loans has been completed
and more than enough money by
100000 has been subscribed. Moneg
becomes available at 6 per cent to
cotton farmers to aid them in hold
ing their cotton for better prices.
The countrywide effort to furnish
aid to cotton producers and find
bottom for the cotton market came to
successful conclusion tonight, when
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
announced the completion Of the
$l35000p00 cotton loan fund. In
making his announcement, Mr.. Nc
Adoo declared the success of the
plan was now assured.
The secretary's statement came at
the end Of day devoted to efforts
to secure the subscriptions necessary
to complete the 500 600 900 portion
of the fund assigned to banks in nom
cotton producing states.
Earlier in the day Mr.. McAdoo is
sued a denial that the fund was about
to fail. He stated that it still lack
ed only a few million dollars to in
sure success. Following this. Mr.
McAdoo, Paul NJ. Warburg and w. P.
G. Harding members of the federal
reserve board in active charge Of the
pool plan, took active steps to gath
er in the remaining millions.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York. of
which Mr.. Warburg was a partner
before he came to the board, agreed
to subscribe $2OOO,OOO. At a lun-
cheon given by John Shelton Will
Jams, Bernard Nj. Birch of New York
said that he might invest in the fund
up to $15OOOOO His offer was tax
en- to the extent of $1000,000 and the
fund completed. A few hours after
Mr. Burchs offer word was received
from several banks that they were
willing to subscribe to an amount of
S2l500,00 but their assistance was
not needed. AS it stands, the fund
IS oyer-subscribed about $500 900.
In announcing the completion of
he plan, Mr. McAdoo said;
Il am gratified to be able to an
lounce the success of the cotton loan
und The subscriptions for the en-
ire 100000, 900 Of Class A certifi-
.ates were completed Tuesday after
loon. This assures the success Of
he plan"
The success Of this plan has at
10 time been in doubt but its COM
'letiOn has been delayed by the sell
ish opposition Of certain textile
manufacturers and local interests
Who have tried to defeat it. am
appy to say for the sake OF the