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The Parker post., 1915-08-21
FREIGHT RATE INCREASES
IN WEST ARE REFUSED
ALL SECTIONS WILL FEEL EFFECT
OF RATE DECISION
Allows Some of the Increases Asked
and Denies About the Same Num-
Der - Advances Allowed on
Coke, Fruit, Vegetables

WASHINGTON Aug. 17.-The inter
state commerce decision today gave
it's decision in the Western freight
case, allowing advances in bituminous
coal, coke, fruit and vegetables, and
denying increases on grain, live stock
packing house products, fertilizers and
of the increases asked and denies al
most an equal number.
The decision affects freight rates
mainly west of the Mississippi and in
the Southwest. 1t affects, Indirectly
every railroad in the United States
and the commission today served no
tice of it's action upon 1900 large and
small lines.
The decision denies all the more i'm.
portant increases. The advances grant
ed are, in the viewpoint of the com
mission, of relatively little significance
The commission summarized it's de-
cision as follows:
Proposed increased carload rates on
grain and grain products considered as
one commodity not justified.
Increase Justified
Proposed increase from 10000
pounds to 10000 pounds in the mini.
mum carload weight of grain products
justified
Proposed increased carload rates on
live stock not justified
Proposed increased carload rates on
packing-house products and fresh
meats, except as indicated between
points on the Missouri river, not justi.
fed.
Proposed increased carload rates
on fertilizer and fertilizer materials not
justified.
Proposed increased rates on btu.
minous coal, except as to South Da-
kato points, justified. The rates on
coke here proposed, which are the
same as on coal, justified.
Proposed increased carload rates
on brewers rice and less than car.
load rates on domestic rice justified.
Proposed increased carload rates
on broom corn not justified
Proposed increased import rates
and proposed increases in carload min
ina from gulf ports justified.
Proposed increased carload rates or
fruit and vegetables justified.
Proposed increased carload rates or
hay and straw where not in excess O.
Glass c justified.
| Proposed increased any-quantit.
rates on cotton piece goods and pro
posed increased carload rates from
| points in Texas not justified"
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Two Mentioned for Place

SACRAMENTO Aug. 17.-Theodore
Roche, San Francisco attorney, and
Professor E. J. Wickson, who is con-
nected with a California magazine,
loom up as being in the lead for the
presidency of the state board of edu-
cation to succeed Judge Langdon.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Altitude Record Set

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 1.-Two
new American altitude records for
passenger-carrying aeroplanes were es-
tablished here in experimental fights
with a new type of military tractor BIZ
plane designed by Glenn H. Curtiss.
In the first flight, Pilot Raymond V.
Norris took two passengers to an alti-
tude of $500 feet. On the second. with
three passengers, the needle registered
$500 feet. The ascent on the second
flight was made in thirty-six minutes.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
WORK is PROGRESSING
ON DESERT HIGHWAY

RIVERSIDE, Aug. 17.-Though the
thermometer climbs perilously near the
top these days, work on the county
highway east from Banning into the
desert is progressing satisfactorily.
When the road is completed there will
be little likelihood of an auto party
again being caught in the sand to face
death. About 125 tons of crushed rock
q day are being used on the road.
which is to be macadamized from
Whitewater ranch to Palm Springs.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
$4,000, 900 is Hurricane Toll

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 16.-
Damage to the extent of $10,0O0,0O0 has
been done by hurricane which swept
the northern and northeastern coast
OF Jamaica. Banana and sugar planta-
t1ons were the heaviest sufferers. The
loss OF life, if any, is not known, as all
communication with the stricken dis
trict is interrupted.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Mothers Congress to Meet

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 17.-Mrs. c.
H. Ritchie, president of the Mothers
congress, first California district, is
making preliminary arrangements for
the meeting of the congress here Oct
Is. The gathering will be in the Santa
Monica high school.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
PARIS EXPECTS RAID
ON CITY BY TEUTONS

LONDON, Aug. 16.-Thousands of
the kaiser's troops are reported to be
moving through Germany from the
recent Poland field of battle around
Warsaw.
According to reports received here,
there is great activity in army head
quarters around Paris. Preparations
for long siege and greater protection
of the city are being made on all Sides
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
BOYS WHEEL ORE TO
FAIR AND WIN $500

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-Two
high school youths of Nevada, John
Cuddy, aged seventeen, and William
Parker. sixteen, won a prize of $500
when they arrived at the exposition
grounds after having walked the en-
tire distance from Tonopah to this
city, wheeling in front of them a bar
row full of silver ore. This is to be
placed in Nevada's exhibit at the pal
ace of mines.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
u. S.. SUBMARINES ORDERED ON
2,000-MILE ENDURANCE RUN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ia 1000
mile enduring run will be attempted
by the submarines K-7 and KS.
Orders from Washington were re-
ceived here ordering the divers to pro-
ceed to the naval base at Honolulu from
Mare Island. Several monitors and
submarine tenders probably will ac-
company the submarines, which are
designed to make a 4,500-mile run.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Prussian Loss 1.641.56e

LONDON, Aug. 16.-A dispatch to-
the morning Post from Berne says that
the latest German casualty list gives
the total Prussian losses at 1,641.569
The losses of Bavaria, Saxony and
Wurtemberg are placed at 537,114.
These figures do not include the naval
losses or the prisoners of war in Ger.
many's lost colonies.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Device FoiIs Gas Effects

PARIS, Aug. 16.-Hiram Maxim is
credited by the London correspondent
OF the Petit Parisien with having in
vented simple and inexpensive con-
tr1vance to protect soldiers from the
effects of deadly gases employed in
battle.
This device is designed to cause the
gases to rise and pass over the heads
OF the men against whom they are di-
rected.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Thrift Propaganda Begins

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE
first attempt ever made to introduce
the teaching of thrift as part of the
curricula of American schools was the
result of the first sessions of the In
ternational Congress of Thrift, held at
the Panama-Pacific International expo
Sition.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Potato Growers to Meet

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17.-Potato
growers of the state are making ar
rangements for a meeting to be held
Sept. 27 at Ell Monte. Notice of the
meeting has been sent out by DR.. A.
j. Cook, state horticultural commits.
sioner. According to William Wood
county horticultural commissioner, the
largest potato growers in this section
will attend.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
100000, 900 TO BE
LENT EUROPEAN ALLIES

NEW YORK, Aug. international
bankers of New York, within the next
few days, will lend the European allies
from $1OO,O0O.OOO to $500, ,OOO,OGO to pay
for munitions of war and food supplies
already ordered in this country. This
information was given by J. P. Morgan
& Co.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Queen Mary Buys U. S. Flag

LONDON, Aug. 16 = At Lady
French's auction sale of embroideries
to aid the Red Cross fund, Queen Mary
bought richly embroidered American
flag of silk for $1,25O. It cost $3.50
some years ago.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
GIRL SLEEPS 48. DAYS;
WAKES UP VERY WEAK

ORONO, Me-, Aug. 17.-After sleep
ing almost continuously for forty-eight
days, Mildred Meister, eighteen years
old, recovered consciousness after re-
current waking intervals. She was
rather weak, but her physicians say
she will soon recover her strength.
Mildred retired one night and could
not be awakened next morning. At in
tervals she aroused momentarily. only
to say she was tired and sleepy.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
copperfield Practically Wiped Out

BAKER, Ore, Aug. 17.-Copperf1eld,
Ore, which came into prominence
when Miss Fern Hobbs closed the sa-
looms there under orders from Gov
ernor Oswald West considerably more
than year ago, was practically wiped
out last night by a fire believed to have
been of incendiary origin
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
ADMISSIONS TO S. r.
FAIR TOTAL 1o,ooo,oo

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-Attend-
ance at the Panama-Pacific Interna-
tional exposition has reached the 1O,-
100000 mark. So great has been the
attendance that the average daily at
tendance has been 1928 since the
100000 mark was reached, July 25.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Sues for So, 500, 900

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE
Anglo-C California Trust company has
begun suit in the superior court
against the United Properties com
pany, Dennis Searles and stockholders
of the Oakland Railroads company to
recover $2,500,000 loaned to the Oak
land Railroads company by N. w. Hal
sey & Co. of New York in August, 1912.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Admission Day Plans

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-The
celebration of Admission day under the
auspices of the Native Sons of the
Golden West, the Native Daughters ot
ethe Golden West and the local Society
of California Pioneers will be the most
elaborate and extensive in the history
of the state.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
United States to Sue for Money

WASHINGTON, Aug. f7.-The treas
ury department will make public the
name and take steps to sue all those
who have not reimbursed the govern.
ment by Oct. 1 next for moneys ad--
vanced by this government to get them
home from Europe at the outbreak of
the war.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
COAST HAPPENINGS
M|RR0RED HERE
BRIEF OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed Resume Of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
PIaces---Win Allow Rapid Scanning
General Bowen Resigns

NAPA, CAL, Aug. 17.-Gen. William
Bowen, commandant of the Veterans
home in this county, has resigned. He
has been in charge of the institution
for year.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Bio Fire at Quincy

QUINCY. Cal, Aug. 17.-Twenty mil
lion feet of lumber in the lumber yards
of the California Pine Box and Lum-
Der company has been destroyed in the
fire raging in the lumber yards near
Portola, causing a loss of $4,000 to
that company alone.
The flames have not yet reached the
factory buildings.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
New Railroad in Riverside

RIVERSIDE, Aug. 17-Work is to
be rushed in constructing the new Cal
ifornia Southern railroad to penetrate
the Palo Verde valley, with terminus
at Blythe. The state railroad commits
sion has been asked for permission to
issue $750,000 in bonds and an equal
amount Of stock.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Panama Canal Open AGAIN

PANAMA, Aug. 16.-The Panama
canal was reopened, permitting the
passage of ten ships, including the
steamer Finland, with many passen--
gers on board Altogether, twenty
ships have been delayed.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
Alaskan Volcano Active

SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 16.-Pavlow
volcano, situated on the Alaska penin-
sula, was in full eruption the night of
July 2a last, with flames, accompanied
by heavy black smoke, shooting from
the crater.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
San Diego offers Land

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17.-Five hundred
acres of tidelands at the mouth of San
Diego river and crossed by the boule-
ward to Point Iona have been offered
to the government as a submarine
base.
The Parker post., 1915-08-21
TELECRAPHIC NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEN|SpHERES
Dispatches PiGtring Developments From the Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
Raising "A Renewed

HONOLULU, Aug. 16.-Preliminary
to raising the submarine F-4, which
sank last March with twenty-one souls
aboard, a four-inch line has been
passed under the hull
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
The New Dispensation

THINGs have happened-bu; that
is neither here nor there. What
l urgently require is a servant
"a nice fat Mussulman knit
matgar who Is not above doing bear
ers work on occasion. Such a man
/ would go down to Southampton or
Tilbury to meet, would usher tenderly
into a first class carriage q always
so third myself and wrap in the
warmest of flannel. He should he
"Jenab." and l would be 80 Turn"
When he died. as he assuredly would
in this weather. would bury him in
my best back garden and write NOR
tuary verses for publication in the
Koh-i-Nur, or whatever vernacular
paper he might read. want, in short,
a servant and this is why l am writ
ing to you.
The English, who. by the way. are
unmitigated barbarians, maintain cot
ton print housemaids to do work
which Is the manifest portion Of
man. Besides which, no properly con-
structed person cares to see a white
woman waiting upon his needs, filling
coal scuttles these are very mysteri-
Gus beasts) and tidying rooms. The
young home bred Englishman does not
object, and one OF the most tantali2ing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

verify believed. loved me not alto
scther for the sake OF lucre. He said
he would come with me to Belait be-
cause though the sahib says he will
never return to India. yet know, and
all the other nauker log know, that re-
turn is his fate"
Being a fool eft Kadir Baksh be-
hind. and now ! am alone with house,
maids who Will under no circumstances
sleep on the mat outside the door.
Even as | write one of these persons
is cleaning up my room Kadir Baksh
would have done his work without
noise. She trampS and scuffles. and
what Is much worse. snuiiies horribly.
kadir Baksh would have saluted me
cheerfully and began some sort of
yarn OF the 1T hath reached me, o
Auspicious King" order. and perhaps
we should have debated over the
worthlessness OF DUNN, the sails, or
the chances of a little cold weather eS-
petition or the wisdom OF retaining a
fresh chaprassi-some intimate friend
of Kadir Baksh. But now | have no
horses and no chaprassis, and this
smutty faced girl glares al me across
the room as though she expected I was
going to eat her.
She must have a soul of her own--a
i!fe of her own-and perhaps a few
amusemcnts. | can't get at these
things. She says "Ho. yuss.' and
"Ho, no." and II | hadn't heard her
chattering to the lift boy on the stairs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
By Rudyard Kipling
Eleventh of Series of Little Known Stories by the Famous
Author, Appearing Each Sunday in "The Sum-"
Which Represent His Earlier Style

ing no latchkey rang the bell IN.
liceman interfered, taking him for a
burglar, and l was reused hy tho
racket. I explained he was nv scr.
want and the policeman said. "U. do
swear wonderful. 'Taint any Inn.
guage. I know most Of it. but lima
I've heard at Poplar" Tl,u
dragged the Camel upstairs He was
quite sober and said he had been vaj,.
ing at the docks. He must W., a,
the docks every time British India
steamer came In. \ lascar ON ,ho
Rewah had stabbed him in the sdo
three voyages ago and he was v,t,tr,
for his man. Maybe he hay. d..d"
he said, "but If ne have not d.ol !
catch him and cut his liver out" Thon
he curled himself up on the mar and
slept as noiselessly as a child
Next morning he inspected tho
humble breakfast hloater. which did
not meet with his approval for o., in.
stantly cut it In two pieces fried II
with butter. busted it with pepper and
miraculously made of it dish n, f,-
king. When the shockhotl,l boy
came to take away the br,tf,,,s.
things he counted every pir.. NJ
crockery into his quak.ng hand and
said: IF you break one damn Thing
/ cut your damn liver ont and ay
him with butter" Conscqucr'v no
housemaids said they were .u, s..r,
to clean the rooms as cong ID. re
Camel abode within The Camr nam
his head out of the door and said NOV
need not. He cleaned the room. Win
his own hand and without noise. Mod
my pipe. made the bed flied a nina
for himself and sat down on 'ga
hearth rug while | worked. N..,
thought carried him away to tho las.
car or the Rewah he would hrlrf.sh
the poker or take out his knife and
Whet 1t on the brickwork Of IN, gr,,a
II was a soothing sound to work IN
AT ] o'clock he said that the C.v..
hassa would be in and he mus. o..
He demanded no money. saw ,r., nv
tifin was served and fled n. "a.
turned at o'clock singing a HYMN
a lascar on the Chyebassa had ..d
him that the Rewah was du. IN ,.,,r
days and that his friend was u., load
but ripe for the knife. Thai nah. he
got very drunk while | WI. a.. ava
'e"''H'u 'le HouScind4dS. Y. The
chambers We're in an uprptr. f.. be-
crawIed our of the skyiIht ,a ,ae
ROOF ana sat there till | came home.
In the dawn he was very por..r,
He had misarranrod hi Ir'-i .t,
original intention being to ..,..r a.. 4,
on my hearth rug. I'm, a b,.,,...,..l
had invited a friend m ~ IN. ,.r..,..
bers to look at him. and tho v,ti..,r.i
comments and girgles mad. him, ,.,-..
All next dav he was r.s,loss i.-.
tentive. He urged me ~ Nv =, f.r.
eign shores. and TAX. him vyf,r ,,.
When other Inducements failed Oh. r..
iterated that he was a "natjvo l,t.,s.
ti-an." and whetted his knit. ,,.ra
furiously than ever "You do no, ILL.,.
this place. do no, like ,bis ,-...
Let us travel damn uulck Ic, ~. "a
on the sea. | cook blotters" ia
him this was impossible. bu, .r.., .
he STAYED in nv service "a. o.. 3D.,
later go abroad and enjoy ours.I,.s
Rut ba vo,,a NO, voc. 49,,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

sights in the world is that OF the
young man of the house--the son
newly introduced to shaving water and
great on the subject Of maintaining
authority-it is tantalizing, ] say. to
see this young cub hectoring a miser-
able little slavey for not having lighted
a fire or put his slippers in their
proper place. The next time big.
bold man from the frontier comes
home l shall hire him to kick a few
young gentlemen of my acquaintance
all round their own drawing rooms
while lecture on my theory that this
sort of thing accounts for the percep-
Englishman. Now If you or on any
body else raved over and lectured at
Kadir Baksh or Ram Singh or Jagesa
on the necessity of obeying orders and
the beauty OF reverencing our noble
selves our men would laugh; or II the
lecture struck them as too long winded
would ask us II our livers were out OF
order and recommend dawai The
housemaid must stand with hen eyes
on the ground while the young whelp
sticks his hands under the tail of his
dressing gown and explains her duty
to her. This makes me III and sick
sick for kadr Baksh. who rose from
the earth when called him. who knew
the sequence of my papers ami the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

| should think that her education
stopped at these two phrases. Now l
knew all about Kadr Baksh his hopes
past and the health OF the little ones.
He was n man. a human man remark
ably Ike myself. and he knew that as
well as !. A housemaid Is Of course
not a man. but she might at least be
woman. My wanderngs about this
amazing heather city have brought me
into contact with very many English
mem sahibs who seem to be eaten up
with the fear of letting their servants
get above their position or pre-
sumo" or do something which would
shake the foundations OF the four mile
cab radius. They seem to carry on a
sort of cat and mouse war when the
husband is at office and they have
nothing much to do. Later at places
where their friends assemble they re-
count the campaign, and the other
women purr approvingly and say:
You did quite right. my dear. II is
evident that she forgets her place"
All this is edifying to the stranger
and gives him a great idea Of the
N'SH'y t''aN " w anu
buttressed eight hours OF the twenty
four against the incendiary attacks of
an Els. including beer money, sleeps
in the garnet at the top of the house
servant girl. There IS a fine crusted
slave holding instinct in the hearts OF
a good many deep bosomed matrons
"a throw back" to the times when
we traiiicked in black ivory. At tea
tables and places where they cat muf-
fins it is called dignity. Now your
kadir Baksh or my Kadir Baksh, who
is downtrodden and oppressed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

w yRITING Of Kadir Baksh so
\A/ wrought w my feelings
w that l could not rest till
had at least made an at
tempt 10 get a budli of some sort. The
black man is essential to my comfort.
l fancied | might in this city of bar
barism catch broken down native
strayed from his home and friends
who would he my friend and humble
pardner-the sort OF man, y know,
who would sleep on rug som, where
near my chambers Il have forty
things to tell you about chambers. hut
they come later). and generally look
after my things. In the intervals Of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-06
Notes of the Fight.

Be honest now. Can you truthfully
say: - told you so?''
There were more who said ''Good :
when informed by The Reformer over
the phone of the final result of the
fight than who said l knew it. -
IN any event the fight was not
fake. Willard showed his boosted abil-
ity to stand punishment, to land a
hard wallop and lastly to give tho
world q young, white champion.
Willard was trained to stand pun
ishment and it was well he was. He
took an awful pounding, but the big.
raw, awkward cowboy had what the
dissolute negro did not have, the stam-
ina to go long distance.
The experts all had anchors to wind
ward in the statement that if Willard
could survive the first - or Is rounds
he might wear out the Negro. They
all declared the big black would
swamp Willard with his cleverness, and
he almost did so, but he could not
knock him out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-06
INTERSCHOLASTIC
TRACK MEET MAY %
University Of Vermont Sends Invita-
tons to Is Schools-Brattleboro
Has Two Legs on Cup.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BURLINGTON, April 6


The annual interscholastic track
meet of the state of Vermont will be
held in Burlington by the University
of Vermont May %. The following
schools have received invitations: Yer
mont academy, Brattleboro high, Troy
Conference academy, Rutland high,
Bellows Falls high, Bennington high,
Springfield high, Goddard seminary,
Barre high, Montpelier seminary, Mont
pelier high, Brigham academy, Hard
wick academy, Bristol high and Bur-
hngton high.
There are usually eight or 10 prep
school delegations with varying num-
Der of representatives. A cup is offered
to the school scoring the highest num-
Der of points. This cup has to be won
three consecutive years to become the
permanent property of the winner.
Brattleboro has won two legs on it and
undoubtedly viii try hard for the pos
session Of the cup. There are also
gold, silver ana bronze medals for the
first, second and third highest individu-
al scores as well as in the various
events.