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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18
.pout the source q Mary.s capIlaI.

about the source OF Mary's capital.
"Not a cenh" said Mary. rand you
haven't heard from the countess alnee
thai day she signed the contraeiT
mot a word" said Rodney. and add
ed hopefully. But maybe We shall
soon"
II don't know what we're going TO
do" said Mary, signing.
But Rodney was still hopeful and In
clined TO cheer up.
''The important thing Is I've got you
anyhow" he said happily just as Am
brose Peale came In again.
.'well, well. well. Still spooning.
chr" said Peale. Say, son. I've Just
learned a lot from that advertising
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18

like the deuce. Do you observe the
cIothes?" he added. rising and turning
round.
"Why, you're getting to be regular
business man. My tuition" said Peale.
"You bet your life. Business is great
fun" said Rodney. Il thought IL
would bore me, but it's immense; It's
the best game 1 ever played. Wnats
the news with you?
"Well, I've been on fathers tran'
answered Peale. I'VE only just got
back from Buffalo this morning"
"WeT Queried Rodney.
Eyes, your father and l." Peale ex-
planned. HE went to the Intercolonial
in Buffalo. had all the billboards In
the neighboard plastered thick and
forty-eight street stands along the
streets to the railroad station. From
the time the old man got in until he
got out he couldn't look anywhere
without seeing 13 Soap. l even found
out the number Of his room and had
a small balloon floating ID Soap
streamers right outside his window. l
took a page In all the Buffalo papers,
bribed the hat boy to keep putting cir
culars in his hat every time he checked
( II and sent him one Of our new fold
ers every mail. came back with him
on the train. and when he went into
the washrOom last night l had the
porter say. Sorry. sir. we amt got no
18 Soap, but you can't hardly keep any
on hand-its such grand, grand soap.
Another day Rodney calmly said to
Peale, I have plans for our new fac
tory" 8N R&
~PIans for whatl Have you gone
6innyT'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18
Feed out Your Hogs Six Weeks
Earlier

In every lot of hogs on feed two
or three fatten quickly and actually
eat less than others. If all would
fatten like these. the entire drove
would be ready for the market sax
weeks earlier, and to save SIX weeks
feed is an item that you fully un-
derstand.
The hog that fattens easily must
be in prime physical condition. the
Il. A. Thomas Hog Powder is q con-
d.tioner for hogs. It keeps their
system clean and healthy ana en-
ables them to fatten quickly with
out falling a prey to the usual dis
eases of hogs. The B. A. Thomas 10
not stock food. It's straight medl-
cine, and we took the agency De-
cause it enables you to feed out
your hogs much earlier. G. 8. Kray-
SuI WITT
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18
MISS HELEN sHIRK SAFE
IN GREAT BEND TORNADO

A card to C. E. Rugh this morn
ing from his niece, Miss Helen
shirk, who is teaching in the high
school at Great Bend. says that the
school building was blown away and
that she has gone to her home in
Topeka. The residence where Miss
shirk stayed was in the north part
of the city and so she escaped harm
in the tornado. Miss shirk is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. F.
Shirk and is we'll known here, hav-
ing visited here at different times
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18
Cold, 81 Mankind Cured BY Plnesl

Colds OF Mankind Cured by Pinesi
Have you ever gone through q
typical pine forest when you had q
cold? What a vigorous impulse II
sent! How you opened wide your
lungs to. take in those inyigorating
and mysterious Qualities. Yes, DR..
Bells Pine>Tar-HCney possesses
those stimulating qualities and
oyercomes hacking coughs. The IN
ner lining of the throat is strength.
ened in its attack against colo
germs. Every family needs bot
tie constantly at hand. 25c.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18

A Cogged System Needs Attention
Are you bilious, dizzy and list
less? DR.. Kings New Life Pills tax
en- at once seizes upon constipation
and starts the bowels moving nat
uraIly and easily. Moreover 1t acts
without gripping. Neglect OF a clog
ged system often leads to most
serious complications. Poisonous
matters and a body poorly func-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18

Doan's Regulets are recommended
by many who say they operate cas-
ily, without gripping and without
bad after effects. Csc at all drug
stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-18

WAHE BEST medicine you can take
!. j to rid yourself of humors ana
clear your complexion, is Hoods sar-
,aparilla-it'p also THE CHEAPEST
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SYNOPSIS

Old Cyrus Martin. the head of the Amer
loan soap trust, makes bet or So.OOo with
q friend, John Clark. a rival soapmaker.
that his (Martin'sl son Rodney would be
making more money ut the end OF year
than Clark's son Ellery.
Martin takes his pretty secretary, Mary
Grayson, into his confidence and enllsts
her COOPERATION. Rodney has been
spendthrift and the father wants TO make
him reform and go to work
Mary meets Rodney. and the SON pro-
poses marriage to her. Rodney tells his
Sather about his proposal, and the old man
pretends great anger. He tells Mary ne
win disinherit Rodney. f'+
Rodney defies his father. and Mary 10
deeply touched at the lads genuine affec-
tion for her. Mary makes financial bar
gain with Martin 70 encourage the son to
90 to work.
AMBROSE Peale, press agent, meets Rod
ney and agrees to 60 into business with
the lad on a salary basis. Rodney has
resolved to go into the soap industry and
buck the trust.
Rodney, Peale and Mary go into the
0oap trade together. Rodney then en-
6eavors to borrow $4,000 as capital for
his newly formed company
The Offices of the '13 Soap company"
are opened, and they advertise It as the
most expensive soap in the world" Peale
talks advertising continually.
CHAPTER VIII.
Business and Love.
~ ODNEYS back was turned on
- his old life nowhere was no
doubt of that The boy was
usually the first after Mary to
reach the office. Peale was always late'
81 say, Peale," Rodney would say
'you're late again. It's got to STOP
Here 1t is 10 o'clock"
Don't scold, little boss, Peaie wouio
answer as he hung up his coat. rhat
blamed alarm clock-frst time IN my
life it didn't go off,"
I'm afraid that's old stun" Rodney
would answer sternly.
One morning Peale looked at the IT.
tie boss in great surprise.
'Holy Peter Piper, you've shaved on
your mustache," he calculated.
EYES," said Rodney, grinning, I'm
Just beginning to get on to myself
By George, certainly used to look
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CHAPTER VIII.
Rnsinasa and Love.

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= usuollv the first after Mary to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

tilizer it is superior to the South
American product because of it's slow
solubility. Combined with the phos-
phate rock of Tennessee lying in i'm
mense deposits contiguous to the
Muscle Shoals, it can be converted
INTO ammonia phosphate a grayish
powder which contains so per cent of
plant food and which can be made by
abundant and cheap electric power, the
most inexpensive and valuable fertil-
izer which has ever been made avail
able for the American farmer
If the power to be generated at
Muscle Shoals is leased to private cap
1tal for these and other purposes, say
the United States army engineers, the
rentals thus accruing to the United
States will in SO years return to the
government all of the cost of the de-
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its mouth to the foot of Muscle Shoals,
and in providing other millions to open
it to navigation from it's source to the
head of the shoals, is 1T not folly to al
low the Muscle Shoals stretch to remain
a perpetual wall separating the upper and
lower rivers? If the plan adopted by the
engineers is carried out by Congress- the
Tennessee river will, upon the date Of
it's completion. be an open highway of
commerce $50 miles long. and stretching
through one of the richest valleys in
the world.
But this is not all. nor is it the most
important thing which will be accom-
rlished. BY the generation of CSC, 900 cleo
trfo horse power, a center of electric fur
mace operations will be established, the
influence of which upon American indus
tries will be very great.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE

The United States is at present de-
pendent upon the Republic of Chile for
it's chief and only important source of
nitrogen for making gunpowder and other
explosives. If this source of nitrogen
should be cut off in time of war this
nation would be in a condition of pitiable
helplessness.
The conditions prevailing in the present
world war are teaching many lessons to
those who are willing to be taught.
Germany is equipping it's army with ex-
plosives made of nitrogen taken directly
from the air. Surrounded by world
of enemies, cut off from all commerce
by ships, she has been enabled to main
tain at all times an adequate supply of
powder by taking the nitrogen from the
air by means of the electric furnace
The development at Muscle Shoals,
as proposed by the United States army
engineers, would make the United
States a source of nitrogen supply
rather than a purchaser of nitrogen.
One hundred thousand electric horse
power working continuously for one
year will produce 100000 tons of cal
cium cyanamide, which is the chemical
equivalent of the same quantity of
Chilean nitrate.
We are as republic proceeding to
adopt measures for national defense.
We are preparing for the organiza-
ton of strong army and the con-
struction of an adequate navy. The
cost of this undertaking will be very
great. Every first class battleship will
cost approximately $15,000,000. After
such a programme is carried out, what
assurance have we that in a possible
war with any great naval power or
comb nation of naval powers we can
secure "a constant supply of explo-
sives? We have recently seen hun
dreds of thousands of Russians driven
out of Poland and eastern Russia with
empty guns in their hands by Ger
mans with cartridge belts filled with
shells of air nitrogen powder.
The United States army engineers
estimate that the proposed dams at
Muscle Shoals can be built for slight
ly more than the cost of one battle
ship, approximately $16,000,000.
For the cos tot one dreadnaught
plant can be built by the government
on a navigable stream at a point so
far inland ass to be immune from
enemy attack. which will supply to
the republic for all time powder suf-
ficient to equip its army and navy,
and at point where cotton. copper
and other products used in making
war munitions are abundant and cheap
FERTILIZERS
Air nitrogen is chemically the same
substance as Chile saltpetre. As fer
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velopment with interest at per cent
The people who live in the valley of the
Tennessee are banded together in the en-
terprise of furthering and securing the
adoption of the great project the greatest,
many consider, in the United States to-
day.
The three opportunities contained in the
project, either of which would make the
people of the valley rich, are:
ID The conservation of natural re-
sources in that the development of power
will make unnecessary the great annual
consumption of coal.
(2) The filching of nitrogen from the air,
in that America, in the event of war,
would be Independent of Chile. on which
country at present this and all other coun-
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DEVELOPMENT OF MUSCLE SHOALS MEANS MUCH TO |
COUNTRY BOTH IN PREPARATION FOR WAR AND PEACE |

A simple and understandable state
ment of what the Tennessee River I'm
provement association offers to the people
of America through the development of
the Muscle Shoals section of the Tonnes
see river is the best possible argument
for the adoption of the Muscle Shoals
project.
This section of the river lies in north
Alabama between the Decaturs and Flor
ence and Sheffield. 1t is about 81 miles
long In that distance there is a total
fall in the river of 1888 feet The stream
here is broad and shallow, at some places
reaching width of nearly 10000 feet. The
bed is of limestone and the river flows
between precipitous limestone bluffs
These bluffs at places attain height of
$50 feet or more. AS the stream ap-
proaches the foot of the rapids the lime
stone walls composing it's banks draw
closer together, so that at some points it
is less than $500 feet wide.~ Back of these
white walls of limestone there are hills
which rise considerably above the eleva-
ton attained by the bluffs themselves
and which will protect the fertile farm
lands lying along the stream from mum
dation, even if dams should be con-
structed of greater height than is neces-.
sary to take up the entire 1888 feet Of
fall.
This great obstruction commences just
above the Florence railroad bridge at a
point 26O miles from Paducah, where the
Tennessee river flows into the Ohio The
upstream end of the shoals is about 500
miles from Knoxville The stream above
this obstruction draws an area of nearly
10000 miles of fertile territory. In the
upper reaches of the stream are vast de-
posts of marble, iron ore and COAL and
perhaps the largest supply of timber yet
standing in the eastern states. Above the
obstruction lie the Decaturs, Athens
Huntsville and other Alabama towns and
cities, and such important cities as Chat
tanooga and Knoxville in Tennessee
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MUSCLE SHOALS THE PROBLEM


MUSCLE SHOALS THE PROBLEM
One of the great Industrial problems of
the section of the United States Just re-
ferred to has been to surmount the bar
rier to commerce imposed by Muscle
shoals.
With this object in view, one of the first
railroads built in the United States was
constructed nearly three quarters of a
century ago from Tuscumbia, Ala, to De.
catur, in that state. The road was after
wards extended to Memphis on the west
end and to Chattanooga on the east. 1t
is now part of the Southern railways
main line from Memphis to Washington.
The state of Alabama at one time un-
dertook to build a canal around Muscle
shoals, but later turned the work over to
the FEDERAL government, which completed
IN 1880, after half century of desultory
and intermittent effort, two small, tortu-
Gus. shallow and inadequate canals on
fourteen different levels and requiring in
the navigation of the shoal section four
teen lockages. The canal system was
never completed and neither end of it can
be reached by river steamboat in ordi-
nary low water.
Since 1890 Muscle shoals has been a SUBJ
Ject of profanity on the part of several
millions of Americans living in the Ten
nessee valley and of careful study, re-
search and recommendation on the part
OF the United States army engineers
AT last the engineer corps arrived at a
solution OF the problem, in the report con-
tanned in document 20, SD congress, sec
ond session.
The plan embodied in this report is an
other of the great constructive plans for
American development which entities the
corps of United States army engineers to
the gratitude of the congress and of the
people of the United States
The proposal as finally made by the en-
glneers, is that dam 102 feet high be
built at the foot of Muscle shoals, which
will submerge the shoals to a navigable
depth for fourteen miles where another
dam of As feet in height will create pool
the upper end of which will extend be-
ycnd the Decaturs Each of these dams
Will be equipped with locks for navigation
and with power houses for the generation
of Eydro-electric power. Thus uninter-
rupted and satisfactory navigation can be
secured and water power developed
which the engineers estimate at 680,0DO
horse power.
The river is now open to annual six
foot navigation to the foot of Muscle
Shoals. That portion lying above the
shoals is being opened to navigation by
the government, and every section of it
where channeling or other work is
needed to be done is being made
navigable under the continuous contract
plan.
The only section unprovided for is the
Muscle Shoals stretch. Thus the fourth
largest river in the United States re-
mains like a sack tied in the middle or
like road leading from both of its
termini to an impossible chasm.
If the government was justified in
spending millions to open the river from
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FERTILIZERS

Air nitrogen is chemically the same
substance as Chile saltpetre. AS fer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-19
MIR. BIBLE
ENTERTAINS
In Compliment to Hon. Lawrence
B. Finn, Railroad Com
missioner.
DUTCH LUNCH WAS SERVED
To The twenty Odd Guests Who
We're On Hand At His
Rooms.

Hon. John Franklin Bible gave a
delightful musical reception at his
rooms in the Model Laundry apart
ment house Saturday evening, COM
plimentary to Hon. Lawrence B.
Finn. Railroad Commissioner, who
was Mr.. Bibles guest for the week
end. About 20 prominent citizens
and musicians were present and the
evening was delightfully."- spent in the
living rooms of Mr.. Bible and Fritz
Fallenstein, which open into each
other.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-19
Gen. Cara Chosen for PreSi-
dent by National Convention
at Mexico City.
DECLARES MARTIAL LAW.
Assembly Declares Itself Su-
preme and Assumes All
Powers of Government.

Mexico City, Jan. 18.-General
Rogue Gonzales CARA was named
provisional president Of Mexico last
night by the national convention
here. The former provisional presi-
dent, General Eulalio Gutierrez, to-
gether with Generals Blanco, Robes
and Jose Vasconceplos, left Mexico
City at o'clock this morning for
Pachuco.
Martial law has beer declared by
General Cara. The city is being
patrolled by mounted police.
In electing, Cara, the convention
declared itself supreme and until a
new president is elected has assumed
all legislative, executive and judicial
powers.
The general belief is that he has
been chosen temporarily to meet an
emergency created by sudden de
parture of General Gutierrez from
Mexico City. 1t is thought he would
exercise executive power until
complete agreement is secured on a
president to fill the unexpired term
of President Diaz and Madero, which
would end on December 81 of this
year.
The reasons for Gutierrez's de.
parture are unknown but it is
thought he declined to be continued
in office under the restrictions sug-
gested by Zapata followers. These
provided that two-thirds of the con-
vention could remove the provisional
president; that he take no action of
Importance without consent of his
cabinet, and that the convention
must be consulted on all important
questions.
CARA is about sc years old and is
a man of culture. He is a graduate
of the law school in Mexico City and
has been practicing law for many
years. He first came into promi-
nence as volunteer colonel in the
Madero army which overthrow Diaz.
His brother, Frederco Gonzalez
Cara, was for several months gov
ernor of the federal district in Mex
leo City under Madero, Rogue and
his brother joined Villa soon after
Huerta came into power.
At the AguascalIentes convention,
which named Gutierrez president,
Cara was floor leader of the Villa
faction. His ability as an orator
made him conspicuous figure and
his dramatic speech in favor of the
plan of Ayala led to the coalition
between Zapata and Villa forces.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-19

MEETING
Action Taken In Regard To
The Wi'guS Request Fri
day Night.

The Council met Friday night in
regular session.
Mayor Yost submitted his annual
message reviewing the last years
work.
Mayor Yost and Councilmen Rus
sell and Southall were appointed a
committee to act with Geo. c. Long,
administrator, in carrying out the
will of the late w. A. Wilgus.
Two thousand dollars of the re-
funded railroad bonds of 1901 were
paid, leaving only $500 more out
standing.
The bonds of the police officers
were presented and approved.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-19
MINUS A WATCH
Thief Secures Time-piece From
Merchant.

Last Friday evening about dark
two strange negro men entered the
store of Mr.. w B. Pace, corner
Nineteenth and High street, and
while one of the men engaged Mr..
Pace in a conversation about the
purchase of a dimes worth of meat,
the other one stole a watch from
jewelry case and disappeared. His
partner soon left the building and it
was after both men were out of
sight that Mr.. Pace discovered the
loss Of the time-piece, which was
worth ten or fifteen dollars.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-19
Sturdy Six and One-haIf Pound
Boy Born to Mrs. F. B.
Sayre on Sunday.
PRESIDENT IS OVERLOOKED
Name Not Selected, But Little
Stranger Will Probably
Be Named for President.

Washington, Jan. ia son was
born at the White House yesterday
to Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, Presi-
dent Wilson's daughter.
The boy weighed six and half
pounds.
President Wilson made no effort
to conceal his joy when informed
that the child was a boy and that
Mrs. Sayre was doing we'll. His face
wreathed in smiles. The baby is his
first grandchild and the first boy in
his direct family.
Ten other children-six girls and
four boys-have been born at the
White House. most of them grand.
sons or granddaughter of Presi-
dents.
Esther Cleveland was the only
child of a President ever born in the
White House.
Mr.. Sayre, who is assistant to
President Garfield of Williams Col
lege, was not at the White House
when his son was born. DR.. Grayson
reached him by telephone at Will
Jamestown, Mass, and he arrived
here late last night.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-19

Young Mr.. Stadelman and MIR.
Fallenstein rendered some fine Ger.
man music and a number of classical
selections on their violins. Later
T. E. BARLEY with violin and S. E.
Yancey with guitar gave several
tunes of old time fiddlers' music.
Mr.. Finn, who is something of a fid-
der himself, also took part in the
fiddling and the two German musi-
clans tried to help as best they could.
After an hour of music three course
Dutch lunch was served on tables
placed about the rooms. 1t consist.
ed of grape fruit; toast sandwiches
of turkey, jelly and bacon; coffee
and cigars. After this delightful
repast was disposed of and cigars
lighted, Mr.. Bible called upon Mr..
Geo. E. Gary, who extended a gra-
cious welcome to Mr.. Finn, the guest
of honor. and told him how much
the people of Hopkinsvile thought
of him and how anxious they were
to do anything they were called upon
to do to further his interests and
promote his welfare and pleasure.
Mr.. Finn replied in a graceful
speech of characteristic modesty,
saying that he had not come to Hop
kinsville expecting to be so highly
honored. but that he felt flattered
by the courtesies shown to him by
friends whom he highly esteemed.
He asked that no "shop talk" be in
dulged in or any political questions
brought up, but that the music be
resumed. Taking his violin he rem
dered several solos, in one of which
he whistled an imitation flute accom-
paniment, showing that he is just as
good a fiddler as he is lawyer or
railroad commissioner.
The smoker lasted until well past
eleven o'clock. with much stirring
music by the various performers
present and all went away grateful
to the host for a most pleasant eve
ming.
Those on hand were Hon. Law
renee b. Finn, M. C. Forbes, Geo. E. |
Gary. M. L. Elb. Mayor F. X. Yost,
A. B. Coffey, Joe McCarroll, Jr..
Frank Rives. S. E. Yancey. T. E.
Fritz Fallenstein, Mr. Stad-
Gilman, X. I. Stowe, r. E. Cooper.
l.. H. Davis. J. w. Knight, Chas. M.
Nick Dumas, T. C. Under
wood. Mr.. Bible and Miss Mary |
Bible.