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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
MAKES RICH GAS STRIKE
Ohio Well Produces 12,ooo,o 900

VUUIN e tSL u Duy'
CLEVELAND. Sept. 1s,-What gas men
say is the largest gas-well In the state
has heen struck on the old O'Brien farm
In west Park. II s flowing at the rate
Of 100000 cubic feet day. The
oancrs are the East Ohio Gas Company
and John A. Weber, OF Cleveland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
fUsrAL " SAVINGS ACT AmENnrn

today y'ppa.i.NldToN. Sept. 1.-THE senate
savings he a Dill amending the postal
board Of tr,,a ns aet SO that hereafter the
system shsiS Sslees for the control OF the
|lts snnll shall net be compelled 10 shou, sHe 'e
done uai tas report the amount ~ - -,
Of free n'a.S 'ne system in the Transportation n
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

the gang; to the days in the winter
when, warmly clad and wearing those
old ear-lugs, he had gone huntihg for
chipmunks and rabbits and then had
gathered with his little pals in a
lean-to to have campfire feast
That was the time when he was a
happy youngster and had no thought
of wealth.
Gathered about him in his home in
Riverside drive in New York the 9th.
er day were the friends of his boy.
hood and of his early manhood. There
was A. w. Buck, whom he had known
as boy, and who now is prosperous
banker of Ebensburg, Pa. There
was Judge Francis ]. O'Connor, jol-
ly and rotund, friend of many
years. There were 60 of them all
told-old-time friends when friend
in need was a friend. There was
sons of some of Mr.. Schmidt's boy
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
THIS ONE is ACCREDITED TO MANUEL QUEz0N

passed by a traveller who was bound
for the village The water cart don
key was standing still and mute
by the side of the road with his ears
hung down and his eyes closed.
Are you not worried about the wa
ter supply? demanded the traveller
of the driver.
mot at ALL replied the driver. I'VE
will arrive in good time"
The traveller went to the village,
transacted his business and started
home again. On his way out he found
the donkey exactly where he had left
him, with his eyes closed and his
ears dropping. The driver was squat
ting on the grass.
Are you not yet alarmed about your
lateness?" asked the traveller.
NO" replied the driver, 1--WE are
progressing"
"Progressing?" echoed the traveller
YES" responded the owner of the
donkey, half an hour ago this crea-
ture opened his eyes and brayed."
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
ALEXANDRA is MORE CHARMING THAN EVER

sweet and womanly as she looks. Her
generosity is the despair of her sec
retary, as, entirely regardless of the
state of her balance, she insists on CIV
ing handsomely to any suddenly aris-
ing case of public charity.
This is especially resented by the
queen, who has to go one better or
else not contribute at all, and she
has done the latter more than once
Since the dowager empress of Rus
sia has come to share Sandringham
with her, Queen Alexandra's expenses
have been greatly reduced, and con-
sequently this year she gave hand
somer Christmas presents than ever.
Queen Mary's frugality, on the 9TH
er hand, is displayed at this season.
When she has a dress made all the
spare pieces of the stuff, whatever 1t
may be, are collected and sent to her
by the dressmaker, and these are
handed over to Queen Mary's sewing
maids to contrive satchets, pillow COW
erings and such like out of them.
This Christmas she had large num-
ber of nightdress cases made from the
clippings, and these were sent around
Christmas to her women friends.
Queen Alexandra was born Decem-
Der l. 1874.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
STATE HEALTH REPORT
SHOWS THAT TYPHOID FEVER is
DECREASING.
Law and State tuberculosis
Statutes.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-A remarkable reduction in
the number of typhoid fever cases in
Colorado in 1913 over the previous
year Is shown by the annual report of
the State Board of Health submitted
to Governor Ammons. There were 1872
less cases in the state last year than
in 1872. and a decrease of 1896 cases
in 1913 over the previous three years
together. Colorado now shows less ty-
phoid in a whole year than it did
every three months of previous years.
It is believed these results were at
tanned by the effective campaign
waged the last few years against the
deadly housefly and the strict watch
which has been kept over the possible
contamination of the drinking waters
of the state.
The report mentions the success
and benefits derived from the new tu-
berculosis law requiring that every
case be reported so that possible in
fection may be guarded against. The
Denver city ordinance prohibiting the
use of the unsanitary roller towel is
commended.
1t is stated in the report that $500
children die annually in Colorado be-
fore they are years of age and that
80 per cent. of them could be saved by
sanitary surroundings and careful at
tention.
The course of the board has been, it
is said, prevention rather than eradi-
cation, to enlighten the people of the
dangers of infection from disease and
the means of preventing it.
The board, according to the report
has been handicapped by insufficient
appropriation, but much money has
been saved the state. DR.. PAUL S.
Hunter, secretary of the board, says
that $4,000 less was expended last
year by the board than during the pre-
vious year.
In spite of the Endorsement of the
fight against the roller towel by the
board of health, however, the roller
towel is in general use in the state
capitol except in the office of the
board of health itself.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

hood friends. They were part of the
members of the Pennsylvania SO.
ciety who had come from Cambrian
county to attend the dinner, and were
being entertained by Mr.. Schwab.
They are all successful men now, sew
eral of them being judges. others mer-
chants and wealthy business men.
Mr.. Schwab showed he was happy
to see them. He was glad to wei
come in his home, with its costly
paintings and it's exquisite decora-
tions, the friends of what almost
might we termed "the barefoot days"
That Mr.. Schwab remembered these
days was shown by his manner when
he proposed the toast. He quickly
changed the subject, and with his
characteristically happy way he said:
But thi place is just a copy of
the old place in Loretto."
Mrs. Schwab and he welcomed
the guests. Mr.. Schwab had not
forgotten a single name, nor even
nickname" but, of course, he had to
be introduced to some of the wives OF
the old friends.
Mr.. Schwab showed his guests his
art room, where he has gathered, as
far as he could, the best painting Of
the artists that he admired. To the
wondering question of visitor he
said that the paintings were insured
for $3,000,000.
Then the visitors wandere>- about
the house under the guidance of Mr..
Schwab, and listened to music from
the pipe organ.
"Oh, live here for few minutes
of the year." he said laughingly to
one friend.
Mr.. Schwab's father and mother also
were present and they saw again
friends who live in Ebensburg. Lor'
etto and Johnstown.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
OR YOU WILL RUIN THE INDUS
TRY, is HENEHAN'S WARM
ING TO CONGRESS.
ENCOURAGE The MINERS
COLORADO CAN SUPPLY WORLD
FIVE TIMES OVER, SAYS
]. M. FLANNERY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ashington.-Vigorous opposition to
the proposal to withdraw radium land
from entry was made before the House
mines committee by Thomas r. Hen
ahen, state mining commissioner or
Colorado, who declared such action
would ruin the radium mining indus
try
"All we want is to be let alone"
he declared I'VE are getting out the
radium. If you tie up these lands,
prospectors will not go into them. AS
it is, SO out of 100 prospectors fail.
What they need is encouragement not
encouragement, if the radium is to be
mined
Joseph NJ. Flannery, president OF
the Standard Chemical Company, OF
Pittsburg, said his company had spent
in three years s650,00O to produce two
grams of radium. The gram cost $780,
600 to produce, he estimated, and
brought in $240000. In April, he said,
the company would be producing one
gram a month.
There is enough radium ore in
Colorado to supply the world five
times over,' said Flannery. "Only
two hundred grams are needed for the
whole United States. will undertake
to deliver to the government in five
years from Jan. l, 1915, two hundred
grams of radium at maximum price
of $4,000 gram"
Flannery told the committee he had
a friend "philanthropically inclined"
whose name he declined to give, who
was considering spending $15,000,00O
in building twenty radium hospitals
in sections of the country where they
would serve sixty-six per cent of the
population.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
PREPARING FIVE NEW BILLS.
Measures to Carry Out President's
Trust Plan Being Drawn.

Measures to Carry Out Presidents
Trust Plan Being Drawn.
Washington-Five bills to carry out
the suggestions of President Wilson's
trust message are being completed in
Congress. The bills will embrace the
following:
An interstate trade commission,
with inquisitorial powers into corpora
tions and authority to aid the courts
and keep big business within the law.
Prohibition of interlocking directo-
rates in interstate corporations, rail
roads and national banks.
Empowering the Interstate Com
merce Commission to regulate the is
suance of railroad stocks and bonds
A Sherman law definitions bill,
which would define specifically what
constitutes restraint of trade.
A general relations measure seeking
to eliminate "cutthroat' competitive
business, and which would provide
punishment for individuals instead of
business and make it possible for firms
or individuals injured by unlawful
business restraint to avail themselves
of findings against combinations and
institute suits in equity for relief.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Exhibit World eeater, Says Ammons

Denver.-"I have just been through
every department of the Show said
Governor Ammons on the morning Of
the opening of the ninth annual West
ern Stock Show in Denver. 1T is 20
per cent larger than it was last year
in both quality and quantity. We have
the greatest feeder cattle exhibit ever
assembled in the world. We have the
only carload competition of breeding
cattle in the world. The horse show
will bring out more competition and
interest than ever before. AS whole
we have here the greatest educational
and upbuilding force of our West. 1t
represents an industry that, properly
fostered, will double the size of Den
yer in a few years."
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Japs Are Still unsatlsfled.

Washington.-An address by Baron
Nobuaki Maxine, the Japanese for
eign minister, to the Parliament OF
Japan, outlining the status of negoti-
ations over the California alien land
legislation and declaring that the jap
anese government had come to see
the necessity of considering some
other way for solution of the ques-
tion," because the replies of the Unit
ed States had not been found satisfac-
tory, was cabled in full from Toxic to
the Japanese embassy here.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Miners Protest Land Withdrawal.

Denver - Denver mining men
formed a county organization and
elected delegates to a state conven-
ton which is to be held on Feb. 10 for
organizing 4 state association to pro-
mote the general mining interests Of
the state. Seventeen counties have
now either elected delegates to the
state gathering or have taken action
for their election. Besides formation,
selection OF representatives and dis
cussion of mining subjects, the Denver
men passed a resolution denouncing
the proposed withdrawal of radium-
bearing ore lands from public entry.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
PRIZE STEER SELLS FOR $3.50.
Stock Show Animals Command Top
Prices at Auction.

Denver. - The first prize winner
among single entry fat steers at the
Denver Stock Show. shorthorn steer
from the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, weighed LOGO pounds. and sold
for $3.50 per hundred, or $2.25 per
hundred better than the champion car
loads. The champion steer entered by
the Kansas Agricultural college sold
for SLIPS per hundred.
Ten dollars a hundred for a carload
of fat hogs-10 cents a pound on the
hoof-the record price for years, and 2
cents per pound higher than last year,
was paid by the Coffin Packing Com
pany They were Colorado-bred hogs,
raised by J. M. Hammel of Proctor,
Colo. Their aggregate weight was g.
$50 pounds. and they represented the
grand championship for a. carload of
hogs.
The grand champion load of COM
mercial fat cattle, fifteen Hereford
steers, averaging in weight 1,190
pounds, sold to Swift t& Company for
$10.25 per hundred, equalling the rec
ord price paid at Chicago. They were
fed by Clayton & Murnan of Eaton.
Colorado-fed lambs sold for 1915 per
hundred. They were the first prize
winners in the open class. The lot,
numbering fifty Southdown lambs
which averaged eighty-one pounds, had
been entered by Bruce Eaton of Eaton,
Colo.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Increased Valuation Upheld.

Denver.-The contentious of state
authorities as to their power to- in
crease the valuations fixed by county
assessors upon property for taxation
purposes were upheld by the State Su-
preme Court and the assessors of
fifty-eight counties of the state will
have to make additions to their valu-
ations ordered by the state board of
equalization and the Colorado Tax
Commission. The total increases
amount to $1S6,351,G5S Denver's in
crease is approximately $102.000.000.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Scope of Eisht-hour Law.

Denver.-.The woman's eight-hour
law is sweeping in its application and
includes bookkeepers, stenographers
and cashiers who are employed in
mercantile, mechanical and manufac-
turing establishments, according to a
ruling by Judge C. c. Butler in the
West Side Criminal Court This is
the first time this part of the law has
been interpreted by any court in the
state, and the decision is regarded by
lawyers as of far-reaching Importance.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

all over the coun-
try than the de-
but recently of
Miss Marie All
nighito Peary, the
daughter of Rear
Admiral Robert e.
Peary, discoverer
er of the north
pole.
Ever since her
birth, which oc-
Cured far inside
the arctic circle,
Miss Peary has
been one of the
most talked Of
young women of
any country, and
attentions t h a t
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Smart for Sure.

Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, who has
SO suddenly and brilliantly stepped
into a leading place in the modern
sociological movement in New York.
has rather caustic wit.
At luncheon at the Colony club
Mrs. Hartman was asked one day if
certain family was really smart
smart" being used in the sense of
fashionable"
"Oh, yes," said Mrs. Hartman.
they're very, very smart, indeed.
They've got eight houses, thirty-five
servants, twenty-nine horses, eleven
motor cars, and one child"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

have been showered on her IN nearly
every civilized nation of the globe, as
well as in the frozen north, where she
still remembers some of her Eskimo
playmates, she has grown up an un-
spoiled and altogether charming young
woman.
THE Snowbird of the North" SO
called because her middle name is the
Eskimo name for snowbird, returned
last summer from European trip to
find that she had been preceded by
a rumor that she was engaged to wed
Donald Macmillan, himself one of the
most prominent Of the younger gen.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
state Spent s542,s77 for Charity.

Denver.-Through the county com
missioners Colorado cared for 1929
poor during 1918. according to re-
port issued by Secretary Thomas of
the State Board of Charities and Cor
rections. or these 9,614 were men and
5,63S women. The total sum expended
was SEi2,S77.16.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

VI ShAhl i0o NAs
Schwab as he
proposed a toast
to " c a m b r i a n
county, Pennsyl-
vania," the home
of his boyhood.
Like a flash his
mind had gone
back from his
mansion in Riveg-
side drive to the
humble days in
Loretto, near the
top of the Allie
gheny mountains.
He referred to
the days when,
as a youngster, he
went swimming
with the rest of
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
Lavender.

Lavender comes from the Italian
word lavanda. washing. The name
is applied to the fragrant plant be-
cause it's dried blooms are put away
with freshly washed linen to perfume
it. An old writer says that the Ro-
mans used the flowers of lavender to
perfume their bathing water. To lie
in lavender was anciently to lie in
pawn. Old Ben Jonson says, humor-
ously: And a black sateen to go
before her in; which suit, for the
more sweet'n ming, now lies in laven.
der"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

Zon, representa-
tive in congress
of the Philippine
islands. Accord
ing to the tale
there was once a
water cart driver
in the islands
not the kind to
which the occi-
dental sportsman
climbs on New
year, but a leath-
er colored, rather
unclad individual
who owned a lit
tie donkey and a
small wagon upon
which he used to
pile skins of wa
ter obtained from
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

Uni 10 IIllciO oiioP
ping, and for the
first time since
the death of King
Edward has been
photographed, in
tending the pic
ture as a Christ
mas souvenir for
her in t / m a t e
friends, with her
autograph written
across the corner.
This photograph
bears testimony
to the really mi
raculous manner
in which she has
retained the ap-
pearance of al
most youth, with
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

out any suggestion of being done
up"
Everywhere Queen Alexandra is
seen in the West end these days the
invariable exclamation is:
How wonderfully young she looks,
and more charming than ever!"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
GAY TIME FOR A REAR ADMIRAL's DAUGHTER

Grafton of arctic explorers. She laugh
ingly denied the rumor and her father
corroborated her with the statement
that she was "only little girl still"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
-wenty-seven Ask Citizenship.

Denver. = Twenty-seven applicants
for citizenship will be heard in the
Federal District Court Monday, Janu-
ary 26.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24
SCHWAB YEARNs FOR HAPPY BAREFOOT DAYS

Those times were real and splen-
did" A mist spread over the eyes
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

An example of oriental Incidence is
accredited to Delegate Manuel Que
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

No social event of the present sea
son had more interest for Americans
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

Just before Christmas Queen Alex |
andra was in London doing her
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-24

little pool near small village.
This water cart driver one day was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-20
HOPE FOR THE OBESE
Electric Chair for Reducing AdipOs-
ity Shown in New York

The main man at the electric hospital
Of the electrical exposition at the Grand
Central palace proclaimed the other
night that hereafter when track athlets,
prize fighters. jockeys and others want
to reduce they will not have to stop eat
ing. run long miles clad in heavy wooden
garments and all the while abstain from
liquids. All they will have to do now,
the lecturers said, will be to go to the
electric chair, says the New York Sun.
1t isn't the regular electric chair; 1t
is only new continuance for taking the
fat off by means Of certain kinds of cur
rents. The lecturer was careful to say
athletes" but all the while he was
looking out of the corners of his eyes
at some women little inclined to stout
ness. who were hanging on his words.
and at one or two fat men who were ask
Ing where they could take the treatment.
The new fat reducer, which is said to
be effective, looks like an ordinary arm
chair with some electrodes attached to 1t,
and the wires convey currents of the fara-
die and galyanic variety over the body.
Technically speaking. the man explained,
weight is reduced primarily through the
synchronous contraction Of the muscula-
turn, and secondarily, through the cleo
tro-chemical action OF the faradic cur
rent passing through the tissues.
This did not faze the stout persons and
they were last seen writing down ad-
dresses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-20
FARMERS ON STAND
IN LAND FRAUD CASE

Kansas City. Mo-. November 10.
Farmers from Florida. nearly all res
idcnts of the Everglades, were Wit
nesses today in the federal court trial
of e. c. Chambers. president, and four
alleged agents of the Chambers Land
company, charged with using the mails
to promote conspiracy in connection
with the sale of Florida lands. The
witnesses were brought here by tho
government IL its effort to prove that
conditions in the Everglades region
we're not as the Chambers concern is
alleged to have described in it's adver-
Using.
Each witness was questioned as to
the fertility of the soil in his district
the need of fertilizer and as to frosts
and flood conditions.
Governor Park Trammell and A. w
Gilchrist former governor of Florida
are expected here tomorrow to appear
as witnesses for the defense
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-20
BIRMINGHAM CITY
BONDS OF LITTLE
VALUE TO BANKERS
Financiers Are Reluctant to
Handle Alabama Cities
Securities Is Statement
TAX LAWS OF STATE
HELD RESPONSIBLE
Jefferson County Legislative Dele
CATION Confers With City Com
missioners on Birminghams
Financial Crisis

Birmingham city bonds. like those of
as that much waste paper on the New
York bond market. This was stated in
last nights conference between President
of the City Commission George B. Ward
and the jefferson county legislative dele
cation in the auditorium chamber of the
city hall.
It was further stated in the discussion
between the legislators, bankers and Com
missioner Ward that Birmingham was
facing an acute financial crisis as II
was spending upwards of $1,000 day more
than its receipts. This was averred to
be the entire fault of the state laws
II was urged on the legislative commit
tee in a thoroughly intelligent manner,
so that they could understand the needs
of Birmingham that they study the laws
OF Georgia on the bond question. In Geor-
gia the law Is so arranged that all bond
issues are guaranteed; and also that each
city in Georgia votes on its own taxa
ton. In other words, the bonds OF any
small town in Georgia are guaranteed
Just as well as the bonds of Atlanta,
and find Just as ready market in New
York or any other large bond buyins
center.
No Guarantee for Issues
In Alabama there is no such guaran-
tee for bond issues and several have de-
faulted, including the city of Birming-
ham, in late years. This condition has
frightened the bond buyers until now
there isn't first-class banking house in
New York that cares to handle the bonds
of any city In Alabama. The bonds of
Birmingham cannot be sold anywhere at
the present time, it was said.
1t was also brought out that Georgia
can borrow money, one to one and one
half per cent less than Alabama on the
New York market. due to the confidence
with which New York bankers regard the
concrete taxation statutes of Georgia.
1t was stated that the only reason that
Birmingham could borrow money in the
past few years was the fact that New
York financiers were so visibly impressed
with the ultimate growth of Birmingham.
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