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Denver Of the TeIcphones.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. lHE
Sun seems 10 be just a little proud of the
fact that there Is a telephone for every
fifteen persons. including all ages and
colorS I'm its home city
The figures OF the telephone COMPANY in
Denver showed 40.209 telephones in use
on November l. or one 10 every five and
"A half persons. on an estimated popula-
ton Of 220. 900.
Can any city make n better showing
Denver, Col, November 2l. s.
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satisfy the public or the demands Of
law and decency. Dr. WESTON Is under
the obligation to take the case into
court and In no dllatory manner.
Should he hesitate the District Attor.
ney must take II up without delay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-25
Henry Sicgci's Luck Z.

Measured against the misery that
flowed from the collapse OF his CONNER
cial and banking enterprises, HENRY
SrrGrL's punishment is wofully made
quate. A fine of 81 900. and. should he
fail within half a year 10 make resti-
tuition to the deposltors in his bank. ten
months In Jail here Il a penalty out OF
all proportion To the effects Of his
crafty evasions. back door manipula-
lions and false statements.
Yet the prosecution was not able 10
convince twelve men that SrrGEL had
been guilty of an offence more serious
than the misdcmeanor 10 which his
counsel now declares he was ready 10
plead guilty in the beginning The
whole ella horate structure Of evidence
at great cost of skill, labor and tax
payers money. did not satisfy a
dozen Monroe county agrlculturists that
this broken Observation-Disclosures had done
worse than he was willing to admit
or that his acts constituted crime
worthy OF more than n year in jail
and fine of $1,000. That SIEGEI. and
his counsel regard the outcome OF the
trial as victory they gleefully ad-
init: and SIEGEL may well count him
self luckless in that his house Of cards
did not tumble before September 1.
1912, when the section Of the Penal
Law under which he was convicted
was added to that amazing statute.
Justice CLARK. who heard the evil
dencc. was impelled to declare that the
Jury was ''merciful.' It was.
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I'm the first place" says NJ BRfEux,
"the difficulty for the beginner Ia not to
write a play hut TO get play acted"
At last the riddle is solved and 200 900
bright young American men and women
know what's the matter with the world.
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Two Chivalrous Towns.

To THn fplroR or THE SrS--Su. In J.r.
sey city and Williamsburg they t,ill ap.
paud at the "movies' when the daring
cowboys rescue tho beauteous maiden from
the devilish redskins TRAy.IIsR
New YORN November 20
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The plain, common, ordinary chump
has at least one ina!ienable advantage
over the victim of genius. HIS letters
will have no commercial value after
he has passed beyond the hope OF burn
ing them,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. A
combination In restraint of prosperity
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Brandeis, Untermyer and Lamar.
Hard to beat, JoPrrss
ORANGE, y. j., November 90
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Down at the bottom OF the subway
labor controversy Turk the radical facts
that there are $4,000 American citizens
out OF work In New York at present
and that they won't consider any Jobs
under SO q day.
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London once, Bingham House, Arundel
street, strand.
Paris once. Rue de Ia Miohodiere, on
Rus du Quatre septembre
washington once Hibos Building.
BROOKLYN ONCE, los Livingston street
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To TuE EproR oF TUE SuN-Sir. saw
~" following sign tn. othar day; thauEht
probably you might want to add II to your
collection; Bert y, Roast Meat Market"
J A. GIBSON
wILLiANsPoRT, Pa. November a.
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and Illustrations for publication ,cish 10 hare
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G o. p. spent s2&eil in New York
county.-Heddiine.
For once the results were worth the
money.
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''T''TT'TIE N IFWE 7 tn,
BROOKLYN, November "a
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
UNE REVUE MILITAIRE
PAR M. POINCARE

Paris. = Un demi million de
Francais ont WI lie president, pas
ser en- revue les soldats de la gar
nison de Paris. Vingt a6roplanes
militaires Sc sont 6lev6s du' fin
fond du champ de course de Long
champs, ct ont pass6 toute vites-
Sc devant les tribunes occupies par
M. Poincare. Un tonnerre d'ac-
clamations 6clata, ct continue a
gronder, au moment Oh 10000 SOL
dats vinrent Sc ranger en- ordre de-
want les tribunes. Une charge de
1000 cuirassiers qui galop6rent q
bride abattue, ct s'arreterent a 30
pas de la tribune du president,
donna aussi des emotions. LIE
temps est splendide. Un grand
nombre d'h0tes disting6es, des at
tach6s des corps diplomatiques ct
leurs femmes, les ministries, les
orateurs du palais Bourbon ct du
Luxembourg 6taient presents. Tou-
tes les troupes en- garrison en-
France paradaient 6galement. Les
autorites militaires d6clarent que
400 a6roplanes ont pris leur envo-
lee en- meme temps dams le pays.
Des feux d'arti6ce, des concerts,
des danses, des representations
th6atrales publiques ont etc orga-
nis6es a Paris ct dams les autres
villes aux frais du gouvernement
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
Meres, vos FiIles!!

Je rends volontiers cette justice
aux meres, que toutes, sans excep-
tion, quelle que soft leur moralite
personnelle, d6sirent faire de leurs
files d'honnetes femmes. Ce qui
leur manque pour atteindre ce but
ST louable, c'est la plus fable dose
de bon sens. Files semblent per
suad6es que tout, dams la nature,
est susceptible de corruption, ex-
cept6 leurs files. Leurs files,
peuvent braver les plus dangereux
contacts, les plus troublants spec
tacles, les entretiens les plus 6qui-
voques, peu importe! Tout ce qui
passe par les yeux, par les creil!es
ct par Intelligence de leurs files
Sc puri6e instantan6ment. Leurs
files sont des salamandies qui peu-
vent impun6ment TOUGHER le feu,
fnt-ce le feu de penfer. Persua-
dee de cette agreeable conviction,
une mere n'h6site pas q livrer sa
file a toutes les excitations depra-
vantes de ce qu'on appelle le mou-
yement, lequel nest autre chose,
en- r6alit6, que la mise en- train des
sept p6ch6s capitaux.
Louis Veuillot.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
Bureaux: sos Avenue Centrale

pas etre complice des faiblesses de
M. U. Giolitti ct autres ''lou-
voyeurs' de haute envergure.
BIT quand nous parlons de Ia po-
pnlation catholique des Etats-
Unis, nous voulons que Ion sache
bien que nous ne parlons pas uni
quement de la population irlando-
am6rieaine, mails bien dune popu-
lation qui repr6sente au moins
vingt nationalit6s ct qui compte
num6riquement pour un bon tiers
au sem de la population totale de
notre pays d'adoption.
Nathan, pinsulteur du Pape,
Nathan. l'ennemi de Dieu, Nathan,
le profanateur de nos traditions les
plus sacr6es, Nathan qui, appel6 q
]honneur de pr6sider aux destin6es
dune cite Oh tant de glorieux yes
tiges rappellent les hauts fats ct
lie stoicisme des premiers h6ros, des
premiers martyrs de la fol ne sau-
rait-etre recu en- frere par des
chr6tiens, par des catalogues COM
nae nous.
-L'Opinion Publique.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
Nine d'YouviIIe

On salt maintenant que la visi-
te faite r6cemment a Rome par la
Tres Rev. Smur Pich6 sup6rieure
generate de la communaut6 des
Seurs Crises, await une importan-
ce toute particuliere.
La sup6rieure ct son assistance
ont en- effet demand6 que lie nom
de Nine d'Youville, qui naquit
dams Ia paroisse de Varennes ct
fonda la congregation des Smurs
Crises, soft ajout6e q la liste des
saintes.
La sup6rieure ct son assistante
ont obtenu une entrevue dun
quart d'heure avec le Saint Pere.
Ges danes ont parl6 ibrement des
espoirs qu'elles coneoivent au sujet
de leur fondatrice ct le Pape a
montr6 quill 6tait tres au courant.
II dome assurance aux imp6-
trantes que leur r6ve deviendrait
un Jour une r6alit6.
LIE protecteur des Smurs Crises
a Rome est le Cardinal Merry del
Val. II demeur6 six semaines
chez elles lors de sa visite au Ca
NADIA.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
La Part
des Meres

Nine Bl6riot, la mere de lavia-
teur aurait desire que son fills fut
pretre.
LIE journal francais 'Femina'' a
eu l'id6e d'interroger quelques per-
sonnages c6]ebres sur la part din
fuence que leurs meres avaient Gu
sur leurs destin6es. Parmi les re-
ponses recues, nous avons remar-
que particulierement celle de M.
Louis Bl6riot, l'aviateur fameux
qui vint a Montreal, ayec la dele
cation France-Am6rique, il y a
deux ans. Voici cette r6ponse:
ssMa mere toujours 6t6 attris-
tee de ce que je faisais de pavia-
tion. Tres pieuse, tres catholique,
ellie aurait pr6f6r6 que je fusse pre-
tre. Mais moi, lorsque j'6tais tout
petit, j'adorais la m6canique. ST
je n'avais pas 6t6 ing6nieur, puis
aviateur, j'eusse 6t6 marin. J'ai
toujours Gu, des la prime enhance,
le gont des aventures. 80. Majs il
faut que je vous parle de ma me-
re?. ;. De son influence sur ma
destin6e? CONNIE Je pai dit, ma
mere, tres pieuse, est une sainte
femme, toujours ''dans le ciel'
CONNIE on dit, ct tres 6trangere
aux chooses du steele" Lorsqu'el-
le apprit ma travers6e de la Man
che, en- a6roplane, a la lettre que
je lui 6crivis en- Am6rique, Oh ellie
6tait-oh ellie est encore -aupr6s
de mes freres, pour lui annoncer la
nouvelle, ellie r6pondit par une let
tire tres calme. Ellie fut toujours
tres 6loign6e des contingencies. Je
passai ma jeunesse, jusqu'a vingt
ans, inferno, dams ditf6rents collie
ges,-et.s je ne :svoyais mere
uu'aux vacances. Je me souviens,
surtout, qu'eIle m'emmenait avec
ellie chez les pauvres, ct me pous-
salt a faire la charlie. D'autre
part, 81 Ton tient compte que
nous 6tions cinq enfants, entire les
quels ellie deyait partager sa ten
dresse, ct, de plus, qu'elle n'6tait
guere soucieuse que de religion, il
faut en- conclure que son influence
fut surtout d'avoir fait de moi un
honnete homme, ct de m'avoir don
ne le sentiment du devoir ct de la
famille.
L. Bleriot.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
SUMMONS

State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin, District Court Fourth Judicial
District,
Joseph s. Guinard, Plaintiff,
Patrick Shaughnessy as guardian of
Rosie Shaughnessy and Annie
Shaughnessy, children of James P.
and Madge Shaughnessy and Rosie
Shaughnessy and Annie Shaughnessy
and Peter Guinard, Defendants.
The State of Minnesota to the above
named Defendants.
You and each of you are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the comp
laint of the plaintiff in the above entitled
action, which complaint is on file in the
office of the Clerk of said Court at the
City of Minneapolis, in said Hennepin
County, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his office in the City of
Minneapolis, within twenty days after
the service of this summons upon you,
exclusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the said comp
laint within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint, together with plaintiffs costs
and disbursements herein.
Dated May 10Th. 1914.
N. A. L'HERAULT;
Attorney for Plaintiff,
435 Palace Bldg,
Minneapolis, Mimi.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS


State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin. District Court, Fourth Judicial
District
Joseph 5. Guinard, Plaintiff
Patrick Shaughnessy as guardian of
Rosie Shaughnessy and Annie Shaugh-
messy, children of James P. and Madge
Shaughnessy and Rosie Shaughnessy
and Annie Shaughnessy and Peter
Guinard, Defendants. a.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
an action has been commenced in the
above named court by the above named
plaintiff against the above named de-
PENDANTS; that the object of said action
is to have the plaintiff in said action
declared and adjudged to be the owner
in fee, free of all membranes, of the
real property described in the complaint,
which real property is hereinafter des-
cribed; and to determine the adverse
claim, estate, lien or interest of the
defendants, in said action, and each of
them, in and to said real property, and
every part thereof and to have it de-
clared and adjudged that said defen-
dants, and each of them, have no estate
or interest therein or lien upon the
same, or any part thereof.
The premises affet ted by said action
is situated in the County of Hennepin
and State of Minnesota, aud is des
cribed as follows, to witt
Lot nineteen Q9), Block five (5} in
Cutters Addition to Minneapolis, ac-
cording to the map or plat thereof on
file and of record in the Office of the
Register of Deeds in and for said Hen
nepin County, Minnesota.
Dated May 18th. 1914.
N. A. L'HERAULT,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
7-31 435 Palace Building,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
No 16511
Order for Creditors to Present Claims
Etc.

Order for creditoE: to Present Claims
State of Minnesota, Cou ty of Henne-
pin. In Probate Court
In the matter of the Estate of John
A. Andre, Deceased.
Letters testamentary on the Estate
of John A. Andre, deceased, late of
the County Of Hennepin and State of
Minnesota, being granted to Joseph
J. Andre, Joseph Guillot and Michael
Holden;
1t is Ordered, That six months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and
after the date of this order, in which
all persons having claims or demands
against the said deceased are
required to file the same in the Probate
Court of said County of Hennepin for
examination and allowance, or be for
ever barred.
1t is Further Ordered, That the first
Monday in February 1915, at 10 o'clock
a. M, at general term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the Court House in
the City of Minneapolis, in said county,
be and the same is hereby appointed as
the time and place when and where the
said Probate Court will examine and
adjust said claims and demands.
And it is Further Ordered. That no.
tice of such hearing be given to all Gre
ditors and persons interested IN said
estate by forthwith publishing this order
once IN each week, for three successive
weeks. in the Echo de POuest news
paper printed and published IN said
county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this Goth day
July 1914.
BY the Court:
81 CHARLES b. GREEN,
Judge of Probate Anoka, Co., Mimi,
acting pursuant to Section 1907 G. s.
1918.
N. A.L'Herault, Attorney,
435 Palace Bldg
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF FADNINTsTR ALTON

ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADM1NIsTRAT1oN
STATE OF MINNESOTA I PROBATE
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN COURT
In the matter of the Estate of John
E. Halvorsen, Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petition of
Christina Halvorsen of Hennepin Coun-
ty, Minnesota, praying that Letters of
Administration on said estate issue to
her;
It is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested in
said matter appear before this Court on
Monday, the 18th day of August 1914
at 10 a. M, at the Probate Court in the
Court House at Minneapolis in said
County and then, or as soon thereafter
as said petition can be heard, show
cause, if any there be, why said petition
should not be granted.
And it is Further Ordered, That notice
of such hearing be given, by publishing
this order once in each week for three
successive weeks, prior to said day OF
hearing, in the Echo de POuest a news
paper printed and published in said
county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this Goth day of
July 1914.
By the Court:
81 CHARLES E. GREEN,
Judge of Probate Anoka Co., Mimi.
acting pursuant to Section 1907 G. s.
1918. l5.i
Christina Halvorsen, 821 Oak st. S. E.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24

No 1868
ORDER FOR HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT
AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION
State of Minnesota, County of Henne
pin. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Marga-
ret w. Bennett, Decedent.
On receiving and filing the final &C.
count of the executor of the last will
and testament of said decedent, and his
petition praying for the allowance OF
said account and for decree assigning
the residue of said estate to the persons
by law entitled to the same
1t Is Ordered, That all persons inte.
rested in said estate appear before the
said Probate Court on Monday, the 3rd
day of August 1914, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon at the Probate Court in the
Court House at Minneapolis, In
said County, then and there to
show cause, if any there be, why said
account should not be allowed and said
estate should not be distributed as
prayed tor in said petition.
And it IS Further Ordered, That notice
of such hearing be given, by publishing
this order once in each week for. three
successive weeks, prior to said day of
hearing, in the Echo de pOuest news
paper printed and published in said
County, and by mailing a copy of this
order to all the legatees named in said
will and heirs -at-law of said de-
cedent when their address is known or
can he ascertained by due diligence, at
least fourteen Q4) days before the date
of said hearing, unless notice is waived.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 18th day
of July 1914.
By the Court,
1924 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
HI. E. Day, Attorney, Lumber Exchange
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
Europe

Paris.-Un ouragan dune vio-
lence extreme s'est encore abattu
sur Paris.
De nombreux afaissements Sc
sont produits dams les excavations
existant dams la rue du faubourg
st Honor6, le boulevard Ney, la
rue Cardinal Lemoine ct les Halles
centrales.
Paris.-M. Castor Menier, ia
bricant de chocolat, qui est au
nombre des passengers de l'''Aqui
tania", SO rendra au Canada pour
faire inspection de l'Iie d'Anti-
cost que lui a l6gu6e son frere
Henri, mort il y quelques mois.
On dit que les habitants de Pile
d'Anticorti s'agitent ct qu'ils veu-
leut un autre maftre.
M. III. Menier await achet6 Tile
lie d'Anticosti en- 1895.
Paris.-Les journaux rapportent
un incident qui s'est produit lors
de la derni4re visite a Paris de
l'imp6ratrice Eugene, veuve de
Napoleon III. L'illustre femme,
en- passant dams les jardins des
Tuileries qui lui rappelaient son
ancienne splendeur, Sc permit de
cueillir une feur pres dune alice.
Ellie fut apercue par un garden
qui lui dit: ''ll est d6fendu de
cueillir des feurs, ct ]e dois r6di-
ger un proces-verbal'. lie garden
demande le nom ct ladresse a Pim-
p6ratrice qui r6pondit timidement:
Eugene" Touch6 par la tristes-
Sc ct Page de l'inconnue, lie garden
oublia son devoir pour n'ob6jr
qua son c@ur, ct dit: Eugene,
ce n est pas un nom. -N'importe,
je ne vous cr6erai pas des ennuis,
mais ne recommencez plus.
Paris LIE process de Nine Gail
laux accus6e d'avoir, le Is mars,
tue M. Castor Calmette, directeur
du Figaro 6t6 commence lundi
q midi au Palais de justice. sous la
pr6sidence de M. le juge Louis Al
banel. Ce process souleve le plus
grand int6ret, d'abord, parce que
Paccus6e est la femme de M. Jo-
seph Caillaux, d6put6 ct ex-minis-
tire des finances, ct, puis, parce
que Ia rumeur. veut que les roya.
listes aient lintention de faire des
manifestations. lie gouvernement
a pris les plus grandes mesures de
pre- r6caution polr maintenir 7 'ordre.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24

que son compagnon, on await pu le
retirer longtemps avant, Sc trou-
want a quelques pieds settlement
en- dessous de P6boulis.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24

Aimer, etre aim6, c'est racte
principal du Purgatoire, cen est
le bonheur, la consolation. Et Get
te consolation est telle que les
ames viennent a aimer le Purga-
toire qui leur permet de telles
joies ct leur en- promet de plus
grandes encore.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24
ANNONCBs:

Nous enver1ons un numero speclme
du journal toute personne qui en- fera
demande
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-07-24

Faites faire vos invita-
tions de marriage aux ate
iers de lECHo.
Files seront bien faites
ct ne couteront pas cher
?fix soumie par la mall
le.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-02-18

unless he signs statement that he
is of age, Drinking on the part OF
Princeton under graduates says the
Princeton Alumni Weekly, quoted in
the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, lis
nowadays at minimum. For one
thing, they are too busy, and for an
other campus sentiment is against
it,"
A new attitude towards liquor
comes up at a smaller college,
Hobart. There the corporation has
decided that hereafter no student who
INDUCES in liquor shall receive finan-
cial aid from the college.
From these various accounts of col
lege attitude on drinking, it would
appear that the liquor business isn't
getting as much aid and comfort from
he seats of higher learning as in the
good old days" when they were the
seats also of frequent and mighty
bacchanalian observances.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-02-18

According to the treasury depart
ment, the half dollar of our eadGes
a fixture of currency for many wears
is no longer popular. None were
coined is 1918. The small supply on
hand filled all demands. Perhaps a
reason for this change in popular
tastes in money is that the common
use of small coins unconsciously
helps in spending economically.
A traveller recently returned from
France, where currency is based upon
the franc--worth about 20 cents-says
the small size of the unit affected her
spending. with nice clean franc
In my pocket I felt rich, she said. T
garment Offered at 80 frascs seemed
beyond her means; at so she fel. she
could afford it, though the cost was
the same.
The mark in Germany, the shilling
in England, the lira in Italy, the
frasc in France-coins varying not
more than cents from our quarter
are the backbone of daily com
merce abroad. They are given the
dignity of a name of their own, and
three of them are the national unit
Of value.
Perhaps it is mark oil the flush
and extrayagant habits OF Americans
that our unit of yalue-the dollar--is
put four or five times as high. Any
thing less is considered only frac-
tion; it has no distinctive name Of It's
own 1t IL slightly stamped as being
merely quarter" or "half' of the
dollar.
In these times OF high prices the