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The border vidette., 1914-11-28
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Santa Cruz.
 In the Matter of the Estate and Guardianship of John Paul Dessart, an incompetent.
 The Petition of Alice H. DeS- sart, Guardian of the Estate of John Paul DeSsart, an incom potent, praying for an ordeT of
The border vidette., 1914-11-28

John Lynn, employed as brakeman on the E. P. & s. w.. railroad here, was bitten by a rattlesnake Friday afternoon while hunting near Forrest sta tio1 and died at the C&A hos pital, where he was taken inn mediately after having been bit ten.-Douglas DiSpa tch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
COTTON GINNING
FIGURES HEAVY
Total to November | of 9,S2S,=
695 Bales Only $40 Below
the High Record.

Washington. nov. g. Ginning of
cotton continues active. in spite of the
low price Southern farmers are rccelV-
ing and the depression in the industry
caused by the war.
During the period from October Is
20 November / the ginning amounted 20
2.207.114 bales. counting round bales
rs half bales. making the aggregate for
the season 9,62S.695 bales. The periods
ginning was only $40 bales less than
:hat ginned during the same period IN
me record production year Of 1911, and
the aggregate for the season is only
1920 bales less. Compared with last
wear. the ginnings TO November ] We're
S55.l77 bales more.
I'm Arkansas, Florida. Louisiana and
Oklahoma the Pinnings TO November /
exceeded those for any Of the last eight
veaFs.
The ginning figures compare with
$3.50. 896 bales. or 63.2 per cent Of the
entire crop. ginned prior 20 November
! last wear. S.S69.222 bales. or 6je
ner cent. in 1912, and 9.970,905 bales,
on GAL per cent. in 1911. The average
quantity Of cotton ginned prior 10 No
vember IN the last seven years wa
s.&86,2i9 bales. or Cd per cert Of the
crop.
Included in the ginnngs were PISA
round bales, compared with Gl,5H last
wear. 4.539 in 1912 and GS,3l3 IL 1911.
Sea Island cotton murdered 1881
bales. compared with 42.sOi last year
y ~ mn 1912 and 56,5G3 in 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
EXPORTS STILL ON
UPWARD TREND
Exceed Imports by S40,000,000
from October 5 to
November I.

Washington. Nov 9. American eX-
ports continue TO grow. From October
. 10 November of this year exports
exceeded imports by more than $40
o0O,O00. The imports were Sl31,2l3,752
and the exports Sill ,302.S69.
At this rate Of increase in a few
months America will become a creditor
nation. As a result bankers and tinan-
cial students declare there is nothing
10 interfere with the prompt payment
of American Indebtedness abroad.
The chief fear now Is the possible
dumping of American securities into
the New York Stock Exchange by for
eien investors should the exchange be
opened According to estimates here
to-day Approximately S400,O00,0O0 IN
securities active on the New York
Stock Exchange is held abroad
Final solution of the foreign OK
change problem probably will be an
nounced by the Federal Reserve BOARD
before the end of the week. Officials
tonight were confident that arrange
ments would be made which would be
satisfactory TO American and English
bankers and to the two governments.
Sir George Paish. who was to meet
with the board to-day, sent word that
his communications with the home gov
eminent were not ended, and the NEE;
ing would be held later in the week.
Treasury officials said no hitch has
occurred to mar their faith i'm sue
cessful termination Of the negotiations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10

was enjoincd By the Supreme Court
from iiTing the prices.
Mr. Runyon held chat .hc prices,
when ixed by the committee, we're
more stable and much lower to the con-
sumer.
Mr.. Dunkak said that prior TO 1888
eggs sold at Wholesale at from II TO 10
cents dozen. and up to 1913 the prices
steadily increased To retailer and con
sumner. though the farmer received
only II Gems. The wholesaler in New
York paid the mddleman in the West
% z cents, the jobber paid the whole
saler p cents. and the retailer paid the
latter an average of 2Sl2 cents. charg-
ing the consumer from 80 TO 30 cents
dozen. \ retailer could not mix cold
storage eggs with fresh eggs and get
away with it," Mr.. Dunkak said. He
admitted that It was his understanding
that butter and eggs brought higher
price IN what were termed fancy stores
than IN stores less pretentious. This.
he said, was because the retailer had 10
wait from sixty to ninety days for pay
ment.
Several witnesses said the quotations
published in THE Producers Price Cur
rent" the official publication for the
butter and egg trade, were practically
the prices used in submitting state
ments TO shippers and farmers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
FIVE BILLIONS IN
COUNTRY'S CROPS
Enormous Value of Farm
Products Wipes Out
Loss i'm Cotton.
CORN YIELD WORTH
1856, 1867, 900
Record Harvests Of Wheat and
Apples. with Prices for
Grains Mounting.

Washington. Nov. . The important
farm crops OF the United States this
year are worth S5.o6S. az, 900. or SI0i.-
100000 moro than The value Of The same
crops last wear, Notwithstanding loss
Of SilS,000.000 sustained By cotton
planters as a result Of the European
war.
Preliminary estimates OF the impor-
tant farm crops announced to-day by
thc Department Of Agriculture and
statistics Of ;he average prices paid to
producers on November indicate that
this years wheat and corn crops are
the most valuable ever grown in the
United States. that the wheat and ap-
pie crops arc record harvcsts. that the
potato crop Is the second largest ever
raised and that grain prices are adj
vancirC.
The huge wheat crop and the in
creased price Of that cereal. the large
corn and apple crops and the increased
price Of oats, barley ard rye more
han offset the big loss in the value Of
the cotton crop resulting from the war
The values of the important crops.
based ON the average prices paid to
producers on November / AMI their
Naluos last vpar fol1o,,..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
WAR AND LIGHT RATES
Edison Company Pleads
Against Cut in Prices.

Testimony was offered yesterday by
TN" New NorS Edison Company at a
rehcarsinr ron rate reduction before
Public Service Commissioners Will
Jams. Naltbie and Wood 20 show il
would net be iustinablc FOR the com
pany 70 lower It's rates for lighting
while the present war lasts.
James II. Perkins, vice-presidcnt of
the National CITY Bank. told of the
demands on capital for loans, and said
his institution had never been called
on 10 do 50 much in financial way.
He expressed the belief chat a reduc-
ton Of tho price Of commodity at
the present time would seriously affect
the producers ability TO finance IT.
self This situation would last, he
added. az long after the end Of the
war as was necessary TO restore con
idencc.
All parties to the proceedings re-
questcd an carly decision, but j. was
announced that some delay would
probably ensue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
TELLS SECRETS AT
EGG TRADE PROBE
Dunkak Shows Ladder Prices
Climb 10 Consumer, but
Not 10 Farmer.

The Investigation into the alleged
monopoly in the butter and egg trade
in this city was resumed yesterday be
fore Referee Edward OMalley in the
Attorney Generals office on the return
of Deputy Attorney General Kennedy.
who has been in Washington inspecting
the minutes Of the April Federal Grand
Jury, which indicted thirty-one butter
and egg merchants ia the District Of
Columbia.
Howard j. Runyon. Of j. d. Stout &
Co.. 10 jay st.. and Henry Dunkak, Of
thinner & Dunkak. l73 Duane st.. tcs-
titled as to the increase IN the prices
of butter and eggs since the quotation
committee Of the Mercantile Exchange
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10

the crops included: Corn. 2.70b,692 600
bushels: buckwhcat. l1.02j. 200: pota-
toes. 400 .2SS.000 sweet potatoes, Sc
$4,000. tobacco. 9S2.7l5.00O pounds.
naNseod. l5.973,000 bushels; apples.
25S.S62,000 bushels; sugar beets, 5.li7,-
600 tons.
other details of the November crop
report are: Corn. acre yield. 25.S bush
esl; November |. farm price. 69.7 cents
a bushcl; corn remaining on farms No
vembcr I. s0.0Gg.00O bushels. Wheat,
price. 9G.2 cents; weight. measured
bushcl, ~ pounds. Oats. price, l2.5;
weight. 3l.5. Barley. price, 5l.3;
weight ia. Rye. price. 500. Buck
wheat. yield. Pa; price. ISL Potatoes.
yield. 1896: price. 81. Sweet potatoes.
yield. 9i.5; price. 1852. Hay, price.
81 n per ton. Tobacco. yield. S53.s
per acre. Flaxseed. yield. SO: price,
II 49, per bushel. Apples. price, So.
Sugar beots. Weld. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
before he goes too lar in other direc

before he goes too far in other drec-
tons"
Secretary Of Commerce Rediield offers
the services of the Bureau Of Standards
for testing goods offered for foreign
markets. He says: "To be able TO tell
a foreign government that rigid sci
eutihc test. conducted by an institution
SO we'll equipped as this, is an argument
that will go a long way"
\ timely article is entitled "Can We
Undersell England's Cotton Manufac-
turers? ," II makes the point that India.
China, South America. Africa, Turkey,
Australia and New Zealand absorb less
value of cotton goods than does the
United States home market
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10

Preliminary estimates Of the size O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
SYMPOSIUM OF Contemporary Opinions
American Historians

Dr Nicholas MURRAY Butler, LID, LTD
President of Columbia University.
DIR. TO- n Grier Hibben. LID. Ph.D.
Pre-. dent of Princeton University
DIR. William H. p. Faunce. LID. DID.
President of Brown University
Dr. William Dewitt Hyde LID. DID, SID
President OF Bowdon College.
H. Ainert Bushnell Hart LID. Ltd. Ph.D.
Professor Of Government in Harvard University.
Dr Hugo Munsterberg, LID, Litt.D.. MD, Ph.D.
Professor Of Psychology IN Harvard University
DIR. BranGer Matthews, LID, Lnt.D.
professor Of Literature IN Columbia University.
1 Irving Fisher. Ph.D.
Professor Of Political Economy IN Yale University
DIR. Albert Bernhard Faust Ph.D.
Professor Of German In Cornell University
Tr Robert Louis Sanderson
Professor of French in Yale University
And the presidents and professors OF history IN
nearly all the leading American Universities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
Big Sticks of Tobacco

Washington. Nov. .. Leaf tobacco
held by manufacturers and dealers on
October aggregated LOS, 059, 959
pounds. tha -.ensus bureau announced
to-day. This included 7l9,i11,0 OH
pounds Of chewing. smoking. snuff and
export types; 800 .729. 495 pounds of
cigar types ard G59l9.463 pounds Of
imported tyues.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
Cotton Oil Earnings Drop.

Tie American cotton OH Company r,pors
far Oh. wear ended August 81. last srcs
profit. Of Sl.4S7.6-3. decrease OF 50 l''
e,.,onarcd with the previous year The u' p
a.-'e available for dividends was N.Vl'D-.i.
and after payments on tho preferred sto. +
there was a surplus OF SipO.'0l. equal TO i'n
per cent on ,-o.-31.lDl common sio'N. d-'i'.1
. e. rer cent earned Ola the same STOCK ld-f
t..s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
Buying Commercial Paper.

Some ~ tho New York institutions have
been heavy buyers ~ commercial paper re-
Gently An officer m tho Columbia Trust
Company stated yesterday tina, they had
uuro hased between 1900. 90 and 10000 now
payer since October l. Tho amount ~ h.i-
grade paper now Offering al per cent fig
Yefr limited and break In rates is probable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10
Quiet on Metal Exchange.

Dealings on tho New YORK Metal Exchsns
which reoreued ~ noon yesterday for deal
inzs IA lead I'm and spaifcr. we're confined
% spot and uear-mOufh shipments ~ TIE
metals Slightly more than tho usual nun
bor az dealers was present. but II was sai :
that few transactions were made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
BRUMBAUGH STAFF
TO INCLUDE NAMES
OF PHTLADELPHIANS
Govenor-elect Expected to
Choose Several Prominent
Men Of City as His Mill
tary Aids.

Several Philadelphians will be asked
gold braid" Jobs as members of his
personal military staff, In recognition OF
their efforts on his behalf during the
campaign. according to gossip in po-
he will make a complete change in the
personnel of military aids when the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania is reor-
ganiZed under his administration.
Governor Tener appointed six Philadel-
phians aides de- camp. and four OF these
will probably retain their uniforms and
the active use of their title OF lieuten-
ant colonel These four are James FL
verson, Jr., Samuel D. Lit Thomas r.
Murphy and Lewis j.. Beitler. Walter
II. Bradley and Benjamin Wolf will prob
ably be succeeded by personal appoint
ments OF Doctor Brumbaugh.
The list of Philadelphans who are be-
lieved to have good chances of attaining
the rank of lieutenant colonel as aides OF
the new Governor includes j. Howell
Cummings, Edward Morrell, C. H. Wright,
Thomas P. Hunter, John r. Windrim,
Franklin Smedley and Elridge r. John
son.
The Governors personal military STAFF
consists of 13 aides-de-camp, all of whom
have the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Governor-elect Brumbaugh is expected to
Increase the number of Philadelphlans on
the staff to eight.
The only man from another part of the
State who has so far been mentioned for
the honor is z. V. Babcock. of Pittsburgh,
who was active In the Brumbaugh Clti-
2ens' Committee of that city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31

vented the placing Of foreign-bullt ships
under the American flag. The same
measure also lodged with the President
discretion to waive the restrictions re-
Carding all the officers Of such ships be-
ing American citizens, thus laying the
foundation during the war for an Ameri-
can merchant marine. which would carry
American products abroad regardless OF
the war conditions.
Congress also so amended the Aldrich
Vreeland emergency currency act, during
the early days of the war, but before the
Federal Reserve banking system had got
into operation, as to make that workable
and II was av1iled of for the first time
since its passage, years before The Sem
nte passed cotton warehouslng bill, dur
ing the early days Of the war. providing
for Government inspection and super
vision OF the warehouses, but this was
lost in the House. A tremendous tight
to have the Government buy cotton from
the Southern planters at 10 cents a pound
was defeated and the bill voted down.
Another result of tho war. attributed to
its cutting down of imports from foreign
countries, with accompanying reduction In
the tariff duties was the war tax bill.
This measure, providing for the raising
OF more than S90 100000 annually by In
ternal taxation was put through both
Houses only after a most bitter fight,
virtually all the Republicans voting
against It.
Supplementing the Alaska railroad bill
passed early in the year, another measure.
passed late In the fall. provided for the
leasing OF Government coal lands in that
Territory, and also for the Government
mining some of them itself, another in
stance of Government ownership which
pleased the Socialists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
NEW YEAR SPURS
TO PROGRESS, SAYS
TRANSIT DIRECTOR
Taylor Declares City Faces
Its Greatest Opportunity to
Gain All Kinds of I'M
proVements.

Director A. Merritt Taylor, Of the De-
partment of City Transit. teday in a New
Years greeting to the people, pointed out
that there was no better time for the city
to take advantage of the opportunity to
advance.
Director Taylor expressed the hope that
adequate transit facilities would be OBJ
tained, that Philadelphia might hold its
proper position with other cities unchal-
would rebound to the benefit of the city
and its people.
The Director said:
"Philadelphians will enter upon the
New Year with boundless opportunities
and a firm determination to secure tho
completion of public improvements al
ready undertaken, and the construction of
such additional facilities as are neces-
sary to the prosperity, comfort and con-
venience of the citizens, so that our title
to position among foremost municipal
tiles of the world may be properly de-
Tended.
THE debt of the city is fully offset by
the value of its gas and water works,
hence 1t occupies a financial position
equivalent to that of cities which are
unincumbered by debt and which do not
own such properties
philadelphia is in a position to comply
with the public demand for the estab-
lSUInenL OF proper rapid transit tacllltle8
for the people. in such manner as will
not only avoid increase of the tax rate,
but also bring great profit to both the
city and the citizen. Improved trans
portation facilities will permit tho popu-
lation toNextend over a vastly wider area
without Inconvenience and loss of time
in transit, will OFFSET the existing ten
dency toward undue congestion in CEN
trail districts, will relieve the present
congestion of traffic on surface lines and
will eliminate Determinations. which, at
present. from a transportation standpoint,
are imposed upon both person and locali-
ties.
Recent favorable legislation enabled
the city to embark upon a great con-
structive era at a time when an enormous
saving may be effected on account of the
low price of material of all classes, at
the same time furnishing a great amount
of work for the unemployed.
1.-THE pending Constitutional amendment
still further increases the power of the
city to finance the construction OF per-
manent and income-producing public I'M
provements In a businessllks and eco
nomical Manner
"a countrywide movement must be
started on the part OF individuals, mu-
inequalities and corporations 10 ferret out
every kind OF work. both great and small,
which can be executed TO advantage AZ
this time.
Then thoughts OF hard times viii be
banished and a period of unbounded pros
perity will again be ours"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
MILLS IN CoATEsVILLE
OPERATING AT CAPACITY

COATESVILLE, p, Dec. 3l.-The busi-
ness outlook is brighter than it has been
for several months past. At the plant OF
the Lukens Iron and Steel Company prep
arations are being made for the starting
of several additional mills long idle.
The Worth Brothers Company Iron
Works. while not operating at more than
60 per cent. capacity. show signs of a re-
turn of prosperity, improvements being
made in all departments. The Coatesville
Boiler Works. the doors of which were
closed for many months. are running on
full time.
At the mill OF the Coatesvile Rolling
Mill Company changes necessary for the
manufacture of steel instead of charcoal
iron tubes are being rushed.
Local silk mills, hosiery and shirt fac
tories, as we'll as other textile establish
ments, are operating at capacity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
BUSINESS REVIVAL
SEEMS ASSURED
WITH NEW YEAR
Unmistakable Confidence in
Business and Finance
Promises Employment for
Thousands.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31-Business condi-
tlons are showing unmistakable signs of
Improvement, for much has been accom-
pllshed 20 meet the unusual conditions
which have prevailed in the country for
many months.
The atmosphere in the financial world
has been clearing gradually, and at the
beginning of 1915 securities are maintain
Ing a level of quotations fairly salts
Factory. considering past developments.
Although careful students of conditions
throughout the United states do not ex-
pect TO see any phenomenal revival in
business during the early months of 1915,
they do feel there will be gradual bet
terment, from month TO month, until
eventually there will have developed an
unprecedentedly large volume of business
In ell lines of commerce.
This will entail the employment of
thousands Of men throughout the United
States who have been idle for months
This fact alone promises better condi-
lions generally as unemployment of the
rank and file always retards business.
CAUTION THE wATCHwORD.
Conservatism doubtless will be the
watchword in commercial, financial, rail-
road and other lines during the early
months of the new year. The country
is. and for the last five months has
been, passing through a period of unprec-
edented unrest. and for that reason cap
ital undoubtedly will be cautious until
such time ns it can see its way clear to
enter upon extensive undertakings with
q greater degree of safety.
Those who have followed the situation
closely are pleased at tho manner in
which the stock and bond market has
acted since the opening of the New York
Stock Exchange. A pronounced advance
time, because 1t undoubtedly would stimu-
1ate sales of American securities by
foreign holders to a very considerable eX-
tent. If the country must purchase back
its stocks and bonds from European
holders, It is more desirable to obtain
them at a bargain than to pay top-notch
prices.
Obviously, tho European countries will
need large amounts of money the next
Few years and they undoubtedly will
come to America for assistance in this
connection. If they cannot obtain loans
In United States markets they must sell
this country's securities. which will pro-
vide them with the necessary require
ments to meet needs.
Prominent bankers believe loans
should be made to tho belllgerents, pref
erably in a manner similar to the S10.-
100000 advanced to the French Govern
ment to pay for war munitions in this
country, thereby permitting the entire
amount contracted for to remain and be
spent on this side of the Atlantic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
SUFFRAGE HAS SUPPORTERS
IN SCIENTISTS CONVENTION
DR.. L. o. Howard Praises Women's
Work for Reforms.

Woman suffrage has many stanch sup
porters among the noted educators who
are attending the convention of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
DR.. L. o. Howard chief OF the Depart
ment OF Entomology Of the United States
Agricultural Bureau, believes that women
ought to vote. His wife and three daugh-
ters are ardent suffragsts
"In my travels have found that women
in the small cities and towns in the rural
sections of this country are always the
real workers for cleanliness, he said. "If
a woman is a good house cleaner she GER
tainly can enlighten the municipality on
how to keep the highways in sanitary
condition"
Doctor Howard is known throughout the
country as the bug man." He Is said
to know more about ants, flies and other
insects than any other man. He said to-
day that about st2OO, 900 damage was done
yearly in the United States to merchan-
disc and crops by insects.
Doctor Howard is temporary secretary
of the convention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
BIG PLANTS IN WEST CHESTER
TO RESUME OPERATIONS

WEST CHESTER, Dec. 31.-The new
year will see prosperity in West Ches-
ter. according to the present outlook.
1t is promised on January 4. that the
plant OF the Sharpless Separator Com
pany, the biggest industry of the town.
which has been closed for a month, will
resume and give employment TO 1000
men.
1t is announced that the West Chester
Wheel Works, the second largest estah-
Iishment of the kind in America, will
also resume on a larger plane after the
first OF the year. This plant suffered by
the loss OF much Of its foreign trade on
account OF the war.
The smaller industrial plants here were
not affected to any extent by the gem
eral business stagnation, and altogether
the town really suffered In but small
measure.