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The Washington herald., 1914-12-28
A Line O Cheer Each Day O the Year.

First printing of an original poem, written daily
for The Washington Herald.
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-28

Col W. l. Fisk. L. s. \. spent the
mondays as tn" guest Of capt. and AIrs.
II. c. PiIlsbury. Of Fort Monroe Ia
The Washington herald., 1914-12-28

Mrs. Horace C. MacfarIand. wife Of
Lieut. 'ommander Marfarland. L. :. y.
mas sent out cards for two teas on be
ceihh-r se = and > at her apartment at
StOuelc.=h Court
The Washington herald., 1914-12-28

Col. and Mrs. Wood. Soldiers Home
u. G. are the guests Of their son-lr-Iav-
and daughter. Capt and Mrs r. c. pills
bury. OF Fort Monroe. during the holiday
season.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-28

Mrs. Henry Romeyn and Miss Romeyn
are the guests OF Capt and Mrs. Charles
Amnesty Romcyn at Fort Ethan Allen.
Vt. Mrs. R"nryn will remain until
March ]. hut Miss Romeyn will return to
in January.
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20
PAIN IN THE BACK

Do not worry about pain in your back. The worry will do you more harm than the pain. The serious diseases of the kidneys seldom or never produce such pains while the cause of most back ache is muscular rheumatism, which is painful but never fatal. Lumbago is form of muscular rheumatism, so is stiff neck.
 Sufferers from any form of muscular rheumatism affecting the joints, should keep the general health at the highest standard by the use of a non-alcoholic tonic like pr. Williams Pink Pills, and eat good nourishing food without too much meat. Proper nutrition and good blood are the best means of fighting rheuma- tism. Medicines do not control the dis ease directly but we'll nourished system will often throw it off. Rheumatism quickly thins the blood. Dr. Williams Pink Pills act directly on the blood and as they build it up and strengthen the system there is an increased resistance to the rheumatic poisons. In this way many rheumatic sufferers have found complete recovery.
 A book Building Up the Blood" which tells about the treatment of rheumatism is free for the asking from the Dr. Will Hams Medicine Co.,. Schenectady, N. Y. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20
City Hen1s

There will be a meeting of the In dependent Order of Foresters this evening at the home of Mrs. Win. Pieffer, 357 Arch street, at o'clock.
 The entertainment given last even ing by the Young Peoples society and choir of St. Mathews German Lutheran church will be repeated to- night.
 Oliver Squires, who was almost asphyxiated Wednesday night in garage, is much improved.
 A meeting of the w. c. T. U. will be held this afternoon at the Y. w. c. A. rooms.
 Milo Leo Norton gave an interest ing lecture on early New Britain his tory at the Hillcrest Universalist church last evening. Mrs. Charles Marshall sang several songs.
 Hugh O'Reilly has returned to the city from Eagle Point, Ore, where he has ben in the fruit raising busi- ness for the last three years with John Bergquist, formerly of this city. x" {Fr~ It
 Rev. Dr. G. w. C.. Hill gave an in teresting address last evening at the South church on "The Bible in the Middle Ages"
 The Svea Social club held a private masquerade last evening at Svea hall on Arch street
 The Sunday school officers and teachers of St. Marks church had get-together supper last evening at the parish house.
 Boasts and steaks, zoe lb, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Examine our Native Turkeys. Trewh ella's s.-advt.
 The Working Girls club will serve supper Saturday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 P. M. at their rooms, PAP Main street.
 The division commander of the Sons of Veterans has ordered that the nineteenth of November of each year be observed and as the meeting of the local branch comes tonight the fifty-first anniversary of the delivery of Llncoln's Gettysburg address will be celebrated. The meeting will be held in G. A. R. hall at s o'clock and Stanley Post, the Women's Re- lief Corps and the auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans have been invited to be present. The degree team will meet for rehearsal at 7:30 clock
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20

both in the United States and il i Europe, to pay their salaries for si2 l months and to bring them home tt
 the United States will cost about $1,200 per capita, including the e s1
 of the Red Cross ship. Additio ona 1 surgeons and nurses are being i equipped to send to Europe. Big Purchases for Relief. Up to this date the American Red Cross has purchased 232,S00 pounds of absorbent cotton, S7,OO0 pounds of non absorbent cotton, 4S5,0O0 yards of absorbent gauge, 10000 yards of starched gauge, 46,30O pounds of bandages, twenty surgical equipments of the United States army standard, ing outfits; 4,SOO pounds of chooro- form and ether, ten cases of drugs and chemicals, forty gallons of tinc- ture of iodine, 5000 typhoid vaccine treatments, and many cases of sur gical supplies, such as ligatures. ice caps, alcohol, etc. Scores of boxes containing stretchers, thousands of hospital garments, sheets, pillow cases, blankets, etc, have also been sent.
 
 75OO pairs of blankets for Belgian refugees. For the American Ambu- lance hospital in Paris it has pur- chased and shipped 264,440 pounds of absorbent cotton. 10000 pounds of non-absorbent cotton, 15o,ooo yards of absorbent gauge, 50,OO0 yards starched gauge and 5000 stretchers.
 It has remitted in cash $155,O0O 70 +a o1 the Bureau of Prisoners at Geneva to Belgian relief to Ambassador Her. ricks emergency committee in Paris and to the American hospitals in Trance, Germany and England; S55.- coo has been paid up to date for sur geons and nurses sa1ar1es, outfits, supplies. -....a.. ...
 All Goes to Aid Sufferers.
 The administration expenses are paid entirely by the American Red Cross, and are not charged against relief work in Europe are transmitted through the state department or by the American Express company with out any charge against the relief funds.
 Of the sS5O,OOO which has been contributed to date, a balance re- mains of $415, 1000, including $123,nDO owed on purchases made at the re- quest of the American Ambula nee hospital in Paris. Against this bal ance must be charged $15O,OOO for the maintenance of the personnel of surgeons and nurses for six montns, and their return, which is held in re serve, leaving a balance of $265,G00 to meet the future calls of the war. may ask for more surgeons and nurses. It certainly will call for more medical supplies. Will the American people enable our American Red Cross to respond to the cries tor help?
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20
HEART FAILURE VICTIM,

Berlin, Nov. 20, via The Hague and London, 1922 a. m.-The official an- nouncement of the sudden death from heart failure of Major General Won Voights- s-Rheitz, quartermaster gen. eral of the German army, recalls the fact that he succeeded Gen. Von Stein in this post only a short time ago. His appointment caused at the time the erroneous statement to be circulated in Holland that Gen. Won Noights- Rheitz had been chosen as the eventual successor of Gen. Won Moltke as chief of the general staff.
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20

Arizona Passes Law That Eight Per Cent. of Employes Must be Citizens.

Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 20.-Arizona's initiative measure providing that eighty per cent. of the employees shall be American citizens in any business employing more than five persons, carried at the recent election it was announced today.
 Opponents of the measure an- nounced that it will be attacked in the courts.
 The law will particularly affect railroad construction work, mining and similar lines where much con- mon labor is employed.
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20

Efp, fly the
 <erican registry.
 6nder the protec-
 6f The Hague, the
 ould proceed prompt
 6h her mission.
 Ee press the American
 Appealed for a suitable Ny two were offered, one
 m burg American Line and by the Austro-American he former was accepted and ed for sixty days. The war nee on the ship and cargo cost 00. The vessel was Ofticered by ed American naval officers and Fled 1856 surgeons and nurses, sur |iCal equipment and very large Quan- ities of hospital supplies for their ,wn use and for the use of the Amer can Ambulance association in Paris The Servian unit of fifteen persons vent by Greek steamer.
 As they were about to sail uheN- )ected objection was made on the part of the British and French goV- ,rnments to the personnel of the rev. A change of crews became necessary, involving delay and ex- ,ense. To send 171 Red Cross sur ,eons and nurses abroad, to buy for hem proper necessities; to pay ther ravelling expenses by land and sea,
New Britain herald., 1914-11-20

both in the United States and in Europe, to pay their salaries for six months and to bring them home to the United States will cost about $1,200 per capita including the C, st of the Red Cross ship. Additi onal surgeons and nurses are being eQuipped to send to EurOpe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
ARMY ESTIMATE IS .to4, ,t24.s1a
War Department Asks Congress for
100000 Increase Over That
of Last Year.

Washington.-Appr aggre-
eating s104.124,512 to carry the army
through the coming year are proposed
in estimates which the War Depart
ment has just completed for submis-
sion to Congress. This is an increase
of s3.105, 300 over the total carried by
the army bill for the current year. al
though reductions are made In the al
lowances for many branches of the
service.
new item of s150o0O for purchase
of automatic machine rifles is asked.
Altogether s2,900.00O is sought for am
munition, compared with $4,000, 900
carried In the current law.
For field artillery for the organized
militia $2.090.0oO is asked. $2.100. 900
having been appropriated last year.
For the manufacture, repair and issu-
ance of arms at the national armories
s250,o0O is asked, against $450.o00 last
year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
1914CROP PRODUCTION
BIG YIELD HAULING DOWN
LEVEL OF PRICES.
Department Estimates Indicate That
Production VIII Not Touch
Record Made In 1912.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
Observation-Disclosures preliminary
estimates of crop production this
year indicate that the aggregate per
acre yields of all crops will be about
s.4 per cent larger than last years
yield and about 2.3 per cent larger
than their ten-year average, they will
still be smaller by nearly per cent
than the 1912 record large crop yields,
according to the Department OF Agri-
culture.
The total production OF corn this
year. 1t is estimated. will be about
10.6 per cent larger than that of last
year. the wheat crop 1913 per cent.
oats is per cent, barley 1913 per
cent; buckwheat 23.1 per cent, pota-
toes 22.6 per cent. sweat potatoes 81
per cent smaller. hay Z per cent
larger. cotton between s and Q per
cent larger. tobacco about per cent
larger, apples about rs per cent
larger. sugar beets 9 per cent smaller
and flaxseed 10.5 per cent smaller.
A decrease of about IL per cent in
the level of prices paid American pro-
ducers for the principal crops during
October is noted by the department.
Exclusive of cotton, the decline was
81 per cent. For the past six years
the price level has decreased during
October 4.3 per cent.
The department attributes two
causes for the unusual decline this
year--first. to steady Improvement In
prospective yields during October;
second. to the leveling downward re-
suit from a transition from year OF
small production and high prices to a
year of large production and lower
prices. notably in case Of corn and po-
tatoes.
On Nov. the index figure of crop
prices was about 5.4 per cent lower
than year ago. IL per cent higher
than two years ago and 0.2 per cent
higher than the average OF the past
six years on Nov. 1.
Prices paid to producers for meat
animals decreased 5.S per cent during
the month from Sept. Is to Oct. Is.
On Oct. Is the average (weightedD
price iof meat animals was $7.14 per
100 lbs, against $7.12 year ago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
oscar George Freed From Pen.

Denver.-oscar George left the penf-
tentiary. free man as long as he be-
haves himself. Following the recon-
mendation Of the State Board OF Par
dons. Governor Ammons has paroled
the man who killed his brother, John
George. In defense of the latter's com
monlaw wife, committing his SEN
tence from ten to twelve years TO
three years and twol months. At the
same time the sentence OF Robert
Freeman. the negro. who scared Rob
ert Roberts into running into the
Grand river and drowning himself.
was cut so that Freeman VIII be re-
leased April l.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Dogs to Hunt Mountain LIons.

Denver.-A pack OF eight trained
hunting dogs, In charge OF forest
ranger. passed through Denver en-
route to Estes Park, where they will
be used this winter to hunt predatory
animals In and around the park. Last
winter the depredations to game and
live stock in that vicinity were so Sc
rious as to cause the ranchers and
stockmen to seek the aid OF the for
est service to check their inroads.
Because OF this request, the service
has this year assigned an experienced
forest ranger from the Rio Grande to
the Colorado national forest to devote
his time exclusively to hunting predn-
tory animals In the region OF Estes
park. The forest service has en-
ployed special hunters on many OF tho
the forests in Colorado, Wyoming and
South Dakota during the past. but this
is the first time. 1t Is said, that so
many trained. dogs have sbeen. en-
ployed in. any one instance. The re-
suits will therefore be Watched with
considerable interest. These dogs are
experienced hunters and have been
procured with considerable tiffficury,
seven Of them coming from various
parts Of Colorado and one from Wy
oming.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
BOARD REDUCES RATES
ORDER RESULT or INvEsricA-
TioN BY UTILITIES BODY.
Merchandise and Certain Articles Of
Food and Drink Are coumodi-
ties Covered.
western Newspaper ualon News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-The State Public Utilities
Commission has issued an order max
ing substantial reductions In the ex-
press rates between Denver and
Cripple Creek. Colorado Springs and
Cripple Greek. and Pueblo and Grip
plc Creek.
Upon first-class express shipments
between Denver and Cripple Creek
the rate is reduced from $3.50 for 100
pounds to 1920; on second-class mat
ter the rate is reduced from Si17 for
100 pounds to soc.
Between Colorado Springs and
Cripple Creek the first-ciass rates arc
reduced from $1.30 for 100 pounds to
s0c, while the second.class rate is re-
duced from s0c to CSC.
The first-class rate between Pueblo
and Cripple Creek is reduced from
$1.30 for 100 pounds to s1.05 and the
to 79c for 100 pounds.
The order was issued in an inyesti-
Cation and hearing initiated by tho
commission itself.
The defendants were the Adams.
Globe and Wells-Fargo express COM
panies.
Merchandise articles comprise the
commodities covered by the first
class rates while articles OF food and
drink constitute second-clnss ship
ments, with the exception OF liquors.
candy. Holsters and terrapin. upon
which the first-class charges must be
paid.
The commission found the old rates
unreasonable and unjust It therefore
ordered the institution OF the new
rates.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
BELGIUM war Tax 5000, ,ooo Monthly

Amsterdam.-A message from Brus-
sells to the Handelsbad states that the
German governor of the province of
Brabant. in which Brussels is located
convoked meeting Of financiers and
tnld them that Belgium must pay s5.-
100000 francs ($7,000,000) monthly. for
the maintenance OF German troops In
addition to this sum it is said Belgium
must contribute war levy OF 375.-
100000 francs ts75. .000.0o0) as a pen
atty for violations OF neutrality by
Belgium and losses ensuing therefrom
fn c C,rmany.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
OUTPUT OF SUGAR sEErs.
Colorado Produces Nearly One-third Of
Total In United States.

Washington.-The Department oil
Agriculture estimates the beet and
sugar production of Colorado this year
as follows: Area harvested. 10000
acres; total production of beets. 1852,
900 tons; average per acre. III tons;
value. sS.642,000; average price per
ton, s5.57.
Sugar production. $4,000 tons; per
centage of sugar extraction to beets
1913; per short ton of beets. GAG
pounds.
A statement by the Department of
Agriculture also says:
Reports from sugar beet factories,
based chiefly upon results for the be
ginning of the campaign, indicate that
the area of beets harvested for sugar
making in 1914 will be 4S6.000 acres,
and the production 5,147.000 tons. The
total sugar production, according to
these preliminary returns. is expected
to be 664. 900 short tons. which is about
60 900 tons less than In 1913, and near
ly $4,000 less than in 1912.
while the beet crop is approximate
ly 100000 tons less in 1914 than in
1913. the average yield per acre In
1914 was exceeded only twice in the
past fourteen years; once in 1906.
when the average yield was 11.26 tons
per acre. and again in 1911, when the
average was 1868.
THE average yield of sugar per ton
of beets promises to be practically the
same in 1914 as in 1913.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices.

Chicago Grain and Provision Prices.
Chicago.-Wheat-No. red, s1.12h
@1.149s; No. hard, s1.12A @1149s.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 6s1Ac: new, SO
@6S%c; No. 3 yellow, new. COZ @
61Ac.
. oats-No. 8 white. 47947%c; stand
, ard, 4s@4s1sc.
Rye-No. 2, $1.07h.
Barley-59977c.
Timothy-$3.75@5.25.
Clover-$12. 12.00@14.50.
Pork $500.
Lard-$10.05.
Ribs-s9.25Q9.s7.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04

Denver.-Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman,
who was at her husbands bedside
when he died, is member of the Fed.
eral Commission on Industrial Rela-
tions, which commenced an investiga-
tion of the coal strike in the southern
Colorado fields at the state house
Wednesday, She had already left
Washington to attend the hearing
here -four days ago when she was re-
called by her husbands illness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
chenoweth sues Medical Board.

Denver.-The members OF the State
Board Of Medical Examiners are de-
PENDANTS ia suit for $4,000 dam
ages instituted in the District Court
by DR.. M. 8. Chenoweth. The action
grows out OF the refusal of the board
to restore to DR.. Chenoweth his rights
as a physician and authority to prac-
tice medicine In Colorado after the
Supreme Court had ruled that the
board should take such action.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Omaha Live stock quotations.

South a.--Hogs-Heavy, $500
@720; light, $715@7.35; pigs, s6.5O@
7.15; bulk, s710@7.20.
Cattle-Native steers. s6.75@9.75;
cows and heifers. $5.5O@750; West
ern steers, s6.00@s.50; Texas steers,
$3.80@7.20; cows and heifers, $3.50
7.25; calves, $S.00010.00.
Sheep Yearlings. s6.s5@735:
wethers, s5.5O@610; lambs, $3.50
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Troops to Go on oovernor's Request.

Washington. - President wills o n
will withdraw federal troops from the
Colorado strike zone, as soon as he
receives official word from Governor
Ammons that the state is ready to
resume control. The President reiter-
ated that the commission named by
him Sunday would have nothing to
do with the present strike but was APP
pointed to be of service in settling
differences which might arise In the
future. Seth Low and other members
of the commission are expected to be
in Washington Dec. IA to confer with
Department of Labor officials.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Masons to Relieve seIsian..

Cincinnati, Ohio.--At meeting of
prominent Masons from all over. the
country here movement nation-wide
in its scope was launched to procure
funds to aid the war sufferers in Eu-
rope. Forty six of the forty nine
grand masters Of the country ex-
pressed their approval OF the plan.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
WITH cHAs. w. MILLS OF PHILA-
DELPHlA AND PATRICK GIL.
DAY OF cLEARFlELp, PA.
NAMED BY PRESIDENT
COMMISSION OFFERS SERVICES IN
ANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
OPERATORS AND MINERS.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Nesterh Newspaper Union News Services
Washington President Wilson
has announced the appointment OF
Seth Low Of New York. Charles w.
Mills OF Philadelphia and Patrick
Gilday OF Clearffeld. Pennsylvania, as
a commission through which future
differences between operators and
miners involved in the present Colo
rado coal strike may be settled.
The commission. officials explained.
was not appointed to deal with the
existing differences which have
caused rioting and bloodshed In Colo
rado. Hywel Davies and w. II. Fair
ley, the conciliators who have been
attempting to settle the strike for
several months. will continue In their
efforts to have the operators and min.
ers agree on settlement Of the pres
ont strike.
In statement announcing the ap-
pointment of the commission the
President expressed "the very earnest
and sincere nope that the parties may
see 1t not merely to their own best
interest but also a duty which they
owe to the communities they serve
and to the nation itself to make use
of this fundamentally OF peace and
render strikes OF the kind which has
threatened the order and prosperity
OF the great State of Colorado thing
of the past
The appointment of such commits
sion was contemplated in the plan for
temporary settlement of the strike.
hiHh the
months ago, and which was accepted
by the miners but rejected by the op-
orators.
One of the chief objections of the
operators to the plan was the naming
OF the commission.
The President announced in his
statement that the commission will
place themselves "at the services
alike of the miners and operators OF
Colorado. In case controversy between
them should In the future develop cir
cumstances which would render me-
diation the obvious way of peace and
just settlement"
Wilson added that merely to
withdraw the federal troops and leave
the situation to settle Itself would
seem to me to be doing something
less than my duty. after all that has
occurred"
He had been asked by Governor
Ammons OF Colorado to withdraw the
troops from some OF the districts and
will discuss the question with Sec
retary Garrison OF the War Depart
ment.
The original basis of agreement Of
fered by the President included the
establishment OF a. three years truce
subject to the enforcement OF the
mining and labor laws of Colorado,
the return to work OF miners who had
not been convicted OF law violations.
the prohibition of intimidation OF
union or non-union men and the ap-
pointment OF grievance committee
by the employees. 1t provided that in
cases where the officers of the COM
pany and the grievance committee
could not settle differences. com
mission OF three men. named by the
President should step In and act as
the final referee of all disputes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
White Deer Shot in Wisconsin.

Kendall Wis.-The third white deer
ever killed in Wisconsin was shot near
I.adysmith during the season just
closed. One was shot in 1906 and an
other in 1894. A taxidermist bought
the deer for 5000. Properly mounted.
it will be worth about $1,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Wilson and Cabinet Go over Message

Washington. President Wilson
went over his forthcoming annual adj
dress to Congress with the Cabinet.
IL is short and deals with the legisla-
tive program already known in gem
eral termS-the conservation bills, the
bill for governmentowned merchant
marine, the Philippine bill and the reg
ular appropriation measure.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Blake Weds Mrs. Duer.

within twenty-four hours Of
the divorce granted to his wife in Con-
necticut. DR.. Joseph A. Blake was mar
ried secretly in Paris to Mrs. Rather
inc Duer. former wife OF Clarence a..
Mackay, who was divorced here last
February.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Killer Sentenced in Eighteen Hours

Grand Rapids, Mich.-Just eighteen
hours after Charles G. Platter, 81. of
Twin Sisters, Tex, shot and killed
Mrs. Della Stratton, 46. whom he
called his common-law wife. he was
given a life sentence at Marquette
prison.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-12-04
Coal strike inquiry Begins.

Denver.-The investigation OF the
Colorado coal strike by the United
States commission on industrial reIa-
tions began with Governor Ammons
as first witness. The hearings. held
in the Senate chamber at the Capitol
building, are open to the public.