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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
Big American Bankers Are Trained in Problems of
 Underwriting Loans
SOME EXAMPLES OF
 DEALS IN THE PAST
Organization of the Sugar Trust Was Probably the First of the Really Great Financial
 Transactions
By HOLLAND

New York, September 23.-(Special.) ) Not much time will be required for per fecting the syndicate which is to under write the loan to seek which commissions CTS from Great Britain and France visited the United States two weeks ago. It has sometimes been said that this underwrit- the banking resources and financial strength of the United States This state- ments has led some to presume that be- cause of the magnitude of the transaction there win be inevitable delay in perfect ing the syndicate that will carry the loan until the public has absorbed it.
 Yet the size of a transaction of this kind does not necessarily involve delay in perfecting an underwriting syndicate. One of the largest of underwriting organ izations was perfected by the late J. F Morgan at the time of the organization of the United States Steel corporation. MT Morgans method was reported to be the notification to me nof ca pital that they had been allotted such and such propor- tionate part in the underwriting syndi- cate which was to undertake to finance the United States Steel proposition. With few exceptions according to common re- port at that time, all who were thus mo- the notification to men of capital that they would undertake to subscribe the amount named by him. That underwriting syn dicate has already passed into history as extraordinarily successful. The subscrib- CTS were not called upon for their entire subscriptions, but only for a compara- lively small percentage. They all gained profits which delighted them.
 No doubt those who will or already have organized the underwriting syndicate for the English-Frenc loan had knowledge while the negotiations were in progress that whatever the amount of the loan might be it would be fully and quickly subscribed
 Notwithstanding the amount of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24

account of It's strict neutrality. Is bornd to send back to Germany any prisoners escaping from there to this country. Your sons right arm and hand are healing slowly and he will soon be able to continue his Journey. but he Is entirely without funds. It will require 2o00 francs to enable him to get to Portugal from where he will easily ind passage for France"
 The letter, signed Sonora Eulolia Noguera. and asking for the utmost discretion. was turned over to the French consul at Saint Sebastian and he exposed the trick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24

Only after some great constructive work Is done and an effort has been made to pull it down. does the person responsible for the effort come into his own. This is the case with Thomas Mott Osborne. AL though the work of Osborne at Sing Sing has become recognized in the study of prison reform. the effect of the work on the prisoners was hardly known. How they regarded this great friend of the prisoner, how they would treat him as an individual, there can be no doubt of now: for when Osborne came back to Sing Sing he found a real welcome everything was decorated in his honor from the gate way to his own picture great lusty cheers came ringing up from the men in line. the whole prison marched in parade and the prison band played.
 They piled his office with flowers. and made him talk to them; they were not just satisfied to see this man. they must hear him. Stick it out. we are all with you" was the greetings. and an orderly goat in the parade wore the words, We've got the old systems goat.r
 The Survey says: The people of Os- siEing had never before seen such spec tacle, and they turned out in crowds to witness this latest manifestation for which their town is famous
 One spokesman declared: You are the friend of every convict in America" and here he struck the keynote of the whole work of Sing Sings warden.
 MT. Osborne is not working out prison reform system for New York alone. but the work is practical and applicable to Alabama as we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
WORKING SPINDLE ON
 SOLDIERS FAMILIES

Paris, August Especial )-The time worn swindle of the traveller de- tained in inaccessible regions and need- ing some of the family money to get himself out, is being played in mod flied form on the families of soldiers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
JAMES SANATORIUM
IaK s. m.1l.vue. Memphfs, Tenp,

08S s. Bellevue, Alemphis, Tenn.
 A private Sanatorium for the treatment of fALCOHOLlSM, DRUG PROJECTIONS, TOBACCO HABITS and NERVOUS DIS- BASES. Write for descriptive pamph-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
CredulOus

CredulOus
 From Judge. "very credulous, is he?" Why, you could sell him a mortgage on a castle in the air."
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He realized he should be mixing
dough, for the men in the trenches
would be hungry. They must be fed
SO they could fight again.
But even as he turned back to take
up his work there came shout. Men
were running about among the
wagons, horses were being harnessed;
already some of the vehicles were
moving away.
For moment Stephen stared be-
wildered; then, after a glance toward
the west, he, too, broke into run.
Stephens driver was backing the
traces when he arrived, and started
the team with shout and swing of
his whip as his comrade leaped to the
seat of the big oven. The crest of a
hill to the west was swarming with
gray-clad figures. The English were
fleeing before them. The line had
been broken by force which had
charged up the steep banks along the
Marine
Whether the Germans could hold
the position under the fire of the Eng
fish batteries and could cut off the
force entrenched on the little plateau
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MAKES ATTACK ON DESSERT
Ohio Newspaper Glasses 1t Among the
Undesirable Superfiuities of
Human Life.

A man has come to this country
from abroad to advocate vegetarian
ism. He is a hale and hearty fellow
who has never practiced anything
but vegetarianism. 1t is good thing
and we are in favor of everybody not
eating any meat who doesn't want ii.
But there are other reforms just as
good. We might discard the dessert
and fare better. The reason for re-
sorting to dessert is to enable one to
eat more than he ought to eat. For
instance, after eating roast beef, po-
tatoes and bread, can man resist
a piece of pie? Morally he ought TO,
but physically he couldn't
Eating too much is materialism IN
its worst form. and 1t does more TO
blunt the senses and to squelch noble
aspiration than any of the other
habits, and the dessert Is its guardian
angel So dessert is superiority, II
one has had enough of the piece de
resistance ct cetera, and the super
fuities are the danger points of life.
More than enough Is a moral, social,
physical ILL., Socrates was against the
dessert when he prayed: 20 God,
grant me what I need and no more. -
Ohio State Journal
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tell at first whether It was the feet a
men or horses that he heard. He
stood up. lettering Z little, but still
clutching in his hands his duets
Then he saw, rushing 1own upon
him, horses, more horses than in all
his life he had ever seen and, mounted
on them, men, different from any men
that he had ever bebeld. Did he ,ook
for the tricolor? Did he know that
only under the tricolor might friends
be found? High above his yellow head
he held the bluets.
Perhaps it was only fate, perhaps 1t
was the God to whom the grandmere's
prayers were rising, but the man who
saw the baby hands and the blue corn
flowers was the man of war. A sud-
den word and there was a sudden halt
of all the pounding hoofs. Bending
down from his horse, the man of war
took the blossoms, and on his lips was
a word the childish ears had never
heard spoken in a tongue he could not
understand: "Kaiserblumen,"
"Honneur, Patrie, Gloire." The va
liant words rested curiously upon the
baby lips, but in an instant the intel
lect before which the entire world was
trembling understood. Honor-Glory-
Fatherland- the same in every heart
for which every man must lay down
his life, whatever helpless atom he
might leave behind him.
There were orders quick and clear
and then the pounding hoofs passed
on, but around the fields Of Mere
Craquette was a double Gordon COM
posed of the flower of the army, the
emperor's personal staff. 1t was theirs
to obey, whether it might be phalanx
of fellow creatures that was to be
moved down, whether it might be
confiagration lighted by their own
torches that was to be stayed.
The August moon was well past the
full, only little crescent of gold that
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-04-02
being scared, to anaiyze his emotions.

being scared, to analyze his emotions.
The men up on the plateau must have
cartridges or they must surrender
and the loss of that hill spelled dis
aster!
The pace of the heavy draft horses
was slow-cruelly slow-and the need
of haste was vital They had not gone
a hundred yards before bullets from
the German infantry we're whining
past, and Stephen stood up to lash
the numbering animals.
Now they were only quarter of a
mile from the English trenches, but
the bullets were flying thick, and
shrapnel was dotting the slope with
feecy, white ballsl
Now they were at the bullet-swept
summit, with only hundred yards to
go!
Could they pass through the storm
of lead unscathed?
Stephen yelled encouragement to
the laboring horses, swung his whip
in an effort to urge them to greater
speed. The man beside him suddenly
slumped in his seat, and quietly slid
off to the ground.
Stephen felt a shock and his left
shoulder went numb; his cap was
dashed from his head; something
warm was running down his wrists
and making the reins slippery.
One of the horses lurched in its
stride, but he lashed it on to CULVER
ing, last effort. Only hundred feet
to go-now, then.
One horse went down; the other
was thrown to one side. The twist
overturned the wagon, splitting cases
of cartridges on the ground.
There was sensation of flying
through space, and bIackness swal-
lowed Stepheni
He awoke to find himself lying on
the trampled grass near the trenches,
swathed in bandages, very stiff and
helpless and weak. Tha sound of the
guns had receded. English guns were
slamming shells into the rear ranks
of Won Kluck's army, which was al
ready beginning it's retreat to the
north.
Some one leaned over him-a gray
haired man who wore The straps of
colonel.
$50 this is the chap who drove half
a mile through hell to bring the car
tridges," voice said. well, if he
hadn't it's hard telling what would
have happened today. Holding this
hill is all that saved u.s." -
Several days later in a field hos
pital Stephen, with the petulence of a |
sorely wounded man, interviewed the |
brisk, capable young physician who |
was dressing his wounds.
You think they'll take me in one |
Of the active regiments when I get out |
Of here?" he asked. They put me
in the commissary where chap has
no chance to get into the fighting. It's
Tough
The surgeon nodded approval and
understanding. He knew what it was
20 remain behind the guns dressing
wounds, when he would have pre-
erred to be making them.
Eyes," he said, 1T is tough to be
led down where you can't grab gun
ind wade in. AS for your being able
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an opportunity to take hand when
the big battle started. He knew hoIT
slender his chances were of ever
reaching the firing line, but thor
ough appreciation of the situation
didn't make it easier to bear-didn't
soothe his resentment against the fate
that kept him mixing dough while
others did the real work of war.
IF l only had chance!" he
thought. Il wouldn't mind waIloping
kettles the rest Of my life, if / could
take just one crack at them. Tomor-
row or next day the boys will be hav-
ing 1t out with Kaiser Bill-and I'll
be wrestling with camp oven"
For 4 moment he was silent as he
watched the infantry deploying along
the river; then he nodded his head.
YES" he said, they're going to stop
and Eight and right here"
His belief was soon justified by the
activities Of sappers and engineers
The infantry was put to work dig
ging themselves in" along the south
bank Of the river Battery after bat
terry wheeled into position on the hills;
the stgnsl corps was running wire
alanG the Hines for fle3d telephones:
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to get transferred to the infantry, I'm
rather sure they'd be glad to get a
hundred thousand like YOU
you think so?" Stephen spoke
eagerly. I'm going to make applica-
ton as soon as l can. l sure would
like to get into just one battle"
A slow grin overspread the doctors
face, and he ran his eyes over Stephen
as though taking an inventory.
That's too bad" he said dryly;
land you're not likely to be able to
have chance soon. You've a hole
through your right thigh, bullet in
your left shoulder, a superficial fur
row of the scalp, the calf of your right
leg was drilled twice, and you have
three minor flesh wounds.
You've been mentioned in dis
patches for that ammunition stunt of
yours, and the chance are you'll land
nice decoration that many a staff
officer would give his left leg for.
Yes, it's tough you never had a
chance to get into battle
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SQUIRREL Wisdom.

The squirrel knows better than to
depend on luck from day to day.
bring him his food in the season when
that food is to be found only In stor-
age, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The squirrel has lesson to teach his
proud but shorter-sighted brother of
the human race. All the fall the bushy-
tailed fellow. what time he could spare
from eluding the guns OF hunters
licensed by law, gathered nuts from
tree and ground and put them away
safely for the winter use, He knew,
somehow, that . long season was at
hand when nuts could not be found,
when It would be impossihls to roam
1t large in sea--h ~ -c.- der.
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Stephen Barrow paused in his worl
of mixing dough to listen to the dis
tant pulsing of the battle. The rasp
ing rife vol1eys sounded from poin
nearer at hand and he knew tina
there had been changes in the posi-
tons of the batteries, too.
Yes, the troops were retreatins
again. From the hill he could see cav
airy already crossing the Marine.
Well, that had been the regular
thing since the English expeditionary
force had bumped into the German le
gion at Mons, far to the north in Bel
GUM. Stephen could hardly recall
how many days had passed since this
steady retirement had begun. II
seemed to him that it had been going
on for months-years.
He had been disappointed in the
campaign from the very outset-from
the day'he had accepted the kings
shilling to fight for the union jack
Neither events nor his part in them
had come up to his expectations. In
Lie III st pldCC ilC udO OCCh II dholCli GU
to the commissary department to mix
dough and bake bread instead of fight
ing, and then he had seen the army
hurled back toward Paris in the initial
battle-and since then the English had
been retreating to new positions as a
matter of daily routine.
But bitter as the constant retire
ment was to the men in the battle
lines, it was doubly so to Stephen.
Occasionally they had an opportunity
Of turning on their pursuers, but he
was everlastingly mixing dough with
out a chance of feeling the kick of
a rifle against his shoulder.
Now they were retreating again.
: Infantry in small. detachments was
crossing the bridge over the Marine,
and the tops of the hills beyond were
dotted with white puffs of smoke
which marked bursting shrapnel. A
regiment moved past toward a posi-
ton on the river bank, and Stephen
studied it casually.
Somehow the bearing of the men
cheered him. They were grimmer,
feaner, dirtier than when they landed
in France, but they were still full of
fight and confidence.
Every man seemed waiting impa-
tiently for the day when he should
turn his face north and help even the
score with the Germans
And the time for the stand was near
at hand, they believed, and Stephen
did too. The imperiled left wing rest
ed against the forts of Paris; the river
provided strong line of defense, and
to retreat farther meant severing CON-
with the capital. Yes,
without doubt, the allies were about
10 stop and fight.
But the thought deepened Stephens
gloom.
He was a tall man of twenty-eight, |
with jaw that jutted forward at a |
angle, and he yearned for |
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preceded by few hours the rising of
the sun. 1t looked down upon
scorched and smoldering territory. To
the north, to the south, TO the east
and west it stretched, but in the CEN
ter stood Bibi's home, the small
matched cottage, surrounded by It's
field of grain, trampled, perhaps, a lit
tie under the feet of its jealous de-
fenders-fallen here and there-but
sheltering everywhere clusters of bios
SONS blue as heaven itself, BibYs blu
cts, the 'Kaiserblumen" beloved by
the man of war.
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Saving BeIoian Beets.

Many Of the Belgian beet sugar fac
tories are operating, Notwithstanding
the war. The manufacturers, it is an
nounced, state that they have no ex-
pectation of making any profits, but
they are doing great work in that
they are saving 100000 worth Of
beets and are providing employment
and livelihood for their hands.
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English Batteries Went into Action
was yet to be decided; but, meantime
the vicinity was no place for a com.
missary train.
At the foot of the ridge road ran
east and west, and the wagons took
it at the top speed of their numbering
horses, camp kettles sloshing and
splashing, iron ovens changing as they
jumped over the stones.
A cloud of dust appeared in front,
and the wagons turned aside into a
shallow ditch while a battery whirled
by, gun after gun; the rafting Gals
sons, and after them cavalry, all in a
desperate hurry TO save the infantry
from rout.
At the same time the air seemed
suddenly full of shrieking things that
burst with thunder-claps and scattered
DEATH The Germans had brought
guns across the Marine. and they had
the range.
When the battery and cavalry had
passed, the commissary wagons
turned back into the road and raced
on in an effort to get beyond the zone
of fire; but disaster quickly overlook
them. A she'll struck heavy van,
the vehicle following it toppled over
into a ditch in an effort to drive past
the wreck, and the road was blocked,
while German field-pieces continued to
rake the train from end to end.
Every shell added to the confusion.
The road quickly became a litter of
smashed wagons and dead horses
Drivers were cutting loose the ami
mails and riding away. 1t was obvious
ly impossible to extricate the train,
and Stephen was about to follow the
example of his fleeing comrades when
around a turn came black ammuni-
ton wagon, it's driver flashing his
horses.
Plump into the piled-up mass of
wreckage it drove!
Stephen reached the scene as the
driver, who had been hurled from his
seat, staggered to his feet, and from
his blasphemous comments he learned
the reasons for the others haste. The |
on the plateau was running |
short of ammunition.
There had been a bungle some |
and the word had been wig |
wagged that unless ammunition ar
rived soon the troops would be help |
ess.
1t was then that Stephen qualified |
is a man in an emergency. The am
nunition wagon was overturned, one |
If its horses was down with a broken
egg: but nearby stood a big wheeled |
rough, in which dough for the camp
lot been touched as yet by the rain
# shells.
Promptly Stephen took command OF
he situation.
No officer was near, and the men
ollowed him as promptly as they al
Ways will natural leader whether he
years shoulder-straps or not. Willing
ands ripped passage through a
edge which surrounded an adjoining
cid, while others hastily transferred
oxes of cartridges from the ammuni- r
ion wagon to the camp bakery
-ough.
When the gap was open Stephen
)ok the reins, the driver of the am
unition wagon swung up beside
i'm, and they drove through the
edge. Shells were bursting around I
lem. Any moment one might hit the I
agon!
zen country, swept by bullets, to be
'ossed 1t was his first experience t
lder hre; but he did not hesitate.
There was no time even to think Of q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-11
TAXATION IN
NEW YORK.

Virginia is not the only state in
the union which groans under taxa
ton. The Empire State-New YORK
is also heavy ladened, and accord
ing to Harry L. Stimson, chairman
of the finance committee of the cor
stitutional convention is facing direct
taxation.
'In recent years the expenses OF
the State have increased materially
he says, "Hence taxes on property
have necessarily also increased, but
the value of property has not increas-
ed proportionately. We now face the
problem Of raising more revenue, and
property will not stand it. 1t is there
fore necessary that we have di-
rect tax"
The most striking feature of the
committees proposals is that the
budget should originate with the Gov.
ernor instead of reaching him only
after it has been passed upon by the
legislature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-11
To City Tax PAYERS NOTICE.

To City Tax Payers NOTICE.
Collecor's Office, July 26, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that the tax
bills for 1915 are now in the hands
of the collector The attention of all
parties interested is respectively cali
ed to the action of the City Council
directing me to allow discount Of
five per cent upon all bills for the
year 1915 paid in full on or before
August 10th, 1915, and also direct
ing me to file with the City Auditor
list of all persons to whom the five
per cent is allowed not later than
August 1G, 1915.
Tax payers are requested to call
and pay at once in order to avoid
the rush and crowd usually present
on the last days in which the dis
count is allowed. Bring list to make
sure you get bills for all your pro-
perty as the collector will not be res
ponsible or allow the discount after
the time fixed by, law.
P. F. GORMAN,
Collector of City Taxes.
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OUT OF THE GLOOM.
Many a Gloomy Countenance il
Alexandria Now Lighters
With Happiness.

A bad back makes you gloomy.
Can't be happy with continual
backache.
The aches and pains of a bad bach
Are frequently due to weak kid
neys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are recon
mended for weak kidneys.
So Alexandria citizens testify.
William L. Nails, 534 S. Patrick
st. Alexandria. says: "My back
ached all the time and the pains
through my loins were so severe that
l thought they would kill me. My
kidneys were congested and the kid
ney secretions caused me much an
noyance. Nothing did me any good
until l got Doan's Kidney Pills at C.
W. Summers Drug Store. l was re
lieved of that misery in my back af
ter I had taken a few doses. Since
using three boxes, my kidneys have
been in good condition and my back
has never caused me any trouble. >"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge!
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mr.. Nails had. Foster Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-11

n 1900
is alleged ito have taken place last
Friday while Newman was conduct
inc memorial services for his mother.
The preacher is alleged to have en-
tered the pulpit while Newman was
{, conducting the service, and to have
used q force in dragging him out.
While his neighbors from a noun
tain district in Tennessee were wait
inc ING at the Bristol City Hall for his
preliminary hearing on a charge pre-
ferred by his three daughters, Noah
Dowell, 40 years old, hanged himself
in the Jail cell at Bristol yesterday
afternoon by looping an electric light
wire about his neck. His wife had
told him a short time before that shs
owuld not shield him.
Minitree Folkes, commemorative
attorney for the City of Richmond,
died last night at Memorial Hospital
of pneumonia, complicated with ap-
pendicitis and gallstones.