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Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
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We have frightened 42d 45h Pacific
streets by Transforming "Old Cornell
finest inside addition After purchasing the land
100000 in brighten the Corner what
it is job of which proud only APP
but because right in the city where bright
hard find reasonable prices There will be another
like this for there other such available Only Is
by from down town. Every grade
supplied with water and sidewalks all paid
Omaha starting period of unprecedented growth
needs such where classy people of moderate OBJ
tain classy lot at moderate prices close the of the city
Restricted too much but enough make ideal for
homes and insure advance in value More than twice much g
building underway Omaha before in the history the
city There and will be better time invest
Omaha property and there and will be better
place to invest than in Leavenworh Heights.
OPENING SALE PRICES Except Leavenworth street front
age $4,000 $65lO0 25 higher TERMS: 5000
to $3.50 cash, and 5000 to $3.50 month
Don't this by but figure all carefully and then
eide for yourself Can hope again inside
upo restricted addition Omaha within the womie circle
within minutes downtown" with water gas
sidewalks all provided anything like
prices Brighten Where
YOU Are by acquiring part the EARTH "Why Not Nowi
Drive around and it, take Leavenworth W
off at AID street and there better STILL call
flee and go in automobile, DO NOT FAIL TO SEE IT.
BENSON & CARMICHAEL
Telephone Douglas 1922. Ga Paxton Block.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
LEGAL NOTICES
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COM

Auction-The following unclaimed bag
gage will be sold at auction at Omaha
Flreproof Storage Company's building SOS
South Seventeenth street. Omaha, Neb..
commencing at o'clock p. m. Tuesday,
October ~, 1915, and continuing the same
hour each day until all has been sold;
Valise Eorcn Ongard: bundle, "a 8. Ike
Denver, Colo. Suitcases. Ernest Dowley
w. u. Ferrin, Alex. Honersh. Alton, Pa;
II. T. Richard, Gtbbon. Neb. Bert Norris.
CoIiinsville Okl. Painted canvas TRUNKS
IeHsie r. srenccr, Denver, Colo; r. j, X,
Stewart, Damar, Kan. Ida Murphy, Los
Angeles, Cal. Zinc trunks: Max Jacobs,
Chicago, ILL.,; Jackson Rosatti, Superior
Wye Mrs Myrtle Williams. Cheyenne.
Wye; $. ChemornotE, Oh cago. Ill: Willie
Vredler. Hernon Lake. MINI Grip: j, ia
Geigcr. Camp Stool, wyo. Steamer
trunks Max +. Taylor. Boise Idaho:
Miss Alice Heanely. Wayne. Nab.
Also GOO pieces of miscel lanoous articles
cons sting of trunks, boxes, chests
bundles. blankets, vallses, guns. watches.
ovorcoats. umbrellas and musical instru-
ments, not marked. @. l.. ALLEY, Gem
eral Baggage Agent S.lS-2b-o.2-s
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

ST. LOUIS, oct. s.--CATTLE-Receipt
$500 head; market lower; native beef
steers, t7.bo91025; yearling steers and
heifers. S. sou 10. 2Si cows. fj.00us.O0! stock
ers and feeders, f6O06gl.76 southern
steers, S5.2JdS50; cows and hcifers, $1,000
$50; native calves. S60O01i.2S.
HOGS-Hece. pts, 400 head; market
higher; pigs and lights, S6.75aiS.70; mixed
and butchers, sS.lbue.7sh good heavy.
g. i0d66O.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, AGO
head; market steady; lambs, tS,O0GpS.0o
sheep and ewes, ab.O0d7.55
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
Live stoek In Slant.
Omnhn IIay Market.

PRAIRIE HAY-cholce upland, tta.oc;
s St s SSStSs H. IS $50 SiS SciSs
No. 3. s.soasiS. 56i No. .. .. !o9s. .. Choice
81 .OoSt9 90; No. 3, s6,0Od1 90.
sTRAw-choice wheat. sS.Ooae6o; choics
oat or rye, 50. bOdf7 90.
ALFALFA-Choice, t12 ,o0d12.6 80; No. J.
sii .0oai2 90; No. :, is.OOdIiO.OO.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
Government to Keep
Eye on Steel Merger

WASHINGTON. Oct. T,-Attorney Cen
eral Gregory issued . formal statement
today saying that any attempt to bring
about a combination OF Independent steel
companies would be subjected to the
closest scrutiny by the Department OF
Justice"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

sHEEP-SupplIea were Very fair for a
Friday, and were three times as large
as tho receipts a week aRo today. An
told arrivals amounted to thirty-one cars.
OF about 100 ,,y n esS tI,hSiaS me wesA ,.
no larger than last week. and II 81 ghtly
heavier than a year ago. but Il a short
age Of almost A.0oo a. compared with two
Fat lambs made up the big end Of to
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

NEW YORK. Oct 6-MErALs-Lead
eiectrliytIc. SIS i29iSz5. Iron. steady and
unchang ed. Tin, steady. $50 O0q3s00
At Lonton Spot copper, e72 S.; fu-
lures e7s sieetTolySH;S eS sPo. tine,
Els Lead. R2 i2s Sd. Spelter, e6s o..
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

KANSAS CITY, Oct a-CATTLE-Rs-
ceipts, 1000 head; market weak; prime fed
steers. G.7batO.35: dressed beef ateera,
SS,O0a9,6J; ives ern steers, S6.5019.0o; stock
ers and feeders, s6,5oqs00; bulls. $S.0oGp6.bo,
calves, 100000 IS.
HoGs-Recelpts, s,eO0; market higher;
bulk of sales, $s.Oo6s a.; heavy, 5000 30;
packers and butchers, tsO0daO; light,
tS,V0GS.t5i pigs, SS.75d7.7b.
SHEEP AND LABS-Recslpts, 1850
head; market higher: lambs. s.. 25fDeI0.
yearlinSs, s625@q.O0; wethers. s. 6t)S.50i
ewes. S. $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

SIC: No. white. 5-Na57o; No. s white,
5 VA ga; No. 6 while SOC 90; No. 2
yellow, Nd,shc; No. 3 yelloN, no Sc
4 DISC; y O. s yellow. oCA a57Ac NO. Z
mixed. h3Ub,hc. No, , mixed. 56AH NC,
No. 4 mixed, B LU.6AC, No. 8 mix, d. 8 u
9 white. SSt nc. s,audatd. 4thhA c, 10
3 white ,GiM Be-; No. 4 white Il 81,
Iailey; NJ, Ting Th6,c No l f~cd. ~
Gao. rye. No. 2. slU92c; No. g. e0ullc,
NhttaG clio iss lIc,s, furnished The
Bee by logan & BRIAN. stack aud grain
Z rockers rs 5. lCth st. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
sloux city lave stock Market.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, oct. S.--Hods-Re-
ceipts LOO: market i0G20c higher; heavy,
Nfms25; mixed, s7.sNo,s.00; light. 1880
T.s5; bulk OF sales, t7.sdS.OO.
Gaia LE--kece.pt 800; market steady;
native steers, &5.bOdtS.00; cows and heifere
sl76GS.00 Gamers, t3.50ll450; stockers
and feeders. sl.pOQ670; calves. t6.50Sp9.Ooi
bulls, stays, etc, tl75614.40
SHEEP-Receipts So; market steady
aMea 1870. lambs. $50. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations of the Day on Various
Commodities.
NEW YORK Oct R-FI.OTTp- IA rails,


Commodities.
NEW YORK, Oct. S-FLoUR-Barely
steady.
WHEAT-spot, weak; No. 2 red and
No. 2 hard, Sl.22%, C. l. T., New York
No. northern. Duluth, 81. 09%, and No
northern Manitoba, d.0i. c. |. T., Buff
falo. Futures, weak; December. $l.09if.
prompt shipment
OATS Spot, easy; No. white. 500 Olsc.
HoPs-Steady; Pacific coast, 1915, 1870
HAY.-steady; No. /, S.25; No. 2, Nlb;
No. 9, sl.0O; shipping, &C.
HlDES-steady; Bogota. 3OQSlc; Gen.
trail America. 29c.
LEATHER-Fir1n hemlock flrsts. sen
SIC; seconds, 3lUS2c
PROVISIONS-Pork firm; mess, SIS 90
6is.bO; family. $50 0od62e 90: short clear,
SIS. 50dp20.60. Beef. steady; mess, SIC 50d
100; family. SlS0OGpl9.0O. Lard, steady;
middle west $g.k6DgbO.
TALLoW-stronSi city, SIC; country.
6llaC9.c; special. 70.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
oVr and H,sto.

SAVANNAH. oct 7.-TURPENTINT-
FIRM. sec sales, is7 bills; receirts 2i9
this shipments as bbls; stocks. Is, at
bb's.
POSIH-Firn; sales. c. bb's; receipts.
~ his: sh'pments, l.s22 bis; stocks
80 us bills Quotations: \. B.tC D. ",
NJ sisnss4oO; N. tLSOes.25; VIC. $50;
WV 500.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Complied and furnished By Kerr Title Guarantse
and Aust act oOmpaAy' 80 south Ssventsea,h
street.
WARRANTY DEEDS.
Barker Co. 70 Nsi-On :. haAA.Iu4.eh. lot a.
haoltelaI add ss.ss...........s..........l !
ChfiaIlan DUR 81 al. 10 Agnea T.. Dur, lots
~ Al, and u, blOck 4. Glevelaad Place.
Dsi.a H. Bsiden aad hasbxad 20 Ma.s.a q
feFfy, 81 u eh VI 60 Of ~ VI sn VI
lot ~ AAJlieia 49,. .................
]. w. Thomas snd wife 10 ouEtaVs A. KaiI
lot Z. bloek q West Fad add ..............
william &. sii.is And Siie 70 LewA WIN IN
Al-la. tai lOt 70. ssyuon - 10 49,. 40
Thomas IA. Sun IN and vile 20 J. CLYDE and
4. TraSis lOts and 4 blOch a. koss ald 1
Monica Osborne 70 Erneat W. OWynae
Vaughan. iOts ms ana ne. LsnoG Ada.....
The ztate Bank OF Cleveland TO neat W.
GNynns NaGghan, ut IL, L~nvE sdd...... lC0
Hesa HtuTgis hanGsn and husband 20
Charles D. BirkttL nilSz feet Of eh of
l0t 81 Qise's add ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1
Caroline }, chapman 70 Anna z. zsllsF. Iot
IL. 5mltuH add. 4 100
QUIT CLAIM DEEDS
Henry Bando TO Della X. Beidsn, eN Of ~
n ia IT, Mayfied add ....................-
John N Westsrfisld and wife 10 D. W.
AerroW. tax lot Is. section Slt-u ARd also
lot "a. Missouri Avenue Plaos. ,.......,.... )
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

Cattle steady--HoEs steady--sheep
Unsettled.
CHICAGO. oct. S-HoGe-Rsoeipts
1000 steady at ten cents TO 15c advance
E"lk s.oumS6O; light, s., s0QS.8; mixed.
t7,65dS.70; heavy, s7.@Qs.66; rough, $3.50
,..,, liss t6.2Smf 80
CATTLsE-Reoeipts, 2.000; steady: native
Def steers. 6.25GiO,60; western steers, S610
@Sg0; cows and heifers. sS.OqS0O; calves.
SS,O0di2.O0
SffEEP-Receipts 1900; unsettled.
wethers, $b,S5d6.66: ewes. tS.7og6.Oo; lambs
36.7bd9oo
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
Telephone 8 Telegraph Co

vii be paid on Friday, October rs. Ell,
TO stock holders OF record Al the close Of
busiHCss on Thursday. September 30.
O. ID. MILNE. Treasurer
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

Receipts and disposition OF live stock
at the Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Neb., Tor twSn,y-tOur hSuIs ending at
3 O'Clock y. m Thursd.,y, October 7. 1915;
RECEIPTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
minneapolis Grain Market.

.MINNEAPoLIs. Oct 6-Flour un.
changed
BARLEY-f7Q65c.
RY E-9lQ93.
BRAN-Slg0O.
o ATS-No. g. white s3H
FLAX'-Sl,Si6ilS S.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
NM Gnndn MnrIrnt.

NEW YORK. Oct. a-DRY GOODS
Cotton goods and yarns. firm; wool mar
ket firm; domestic manufacturers max
ing larger inquiries for domestic wool
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
nan kCIenrinRn.


OMAHA, Oct. 9-Banh cIearinEs foi
Omaha today were N,isa.sI1.5S. and for
the corresponding day last year, p.iD.
2Al0
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
MR.. RENTER

A FARM THAT WILL ii ,GL4P YOU GET
PART or THAT FAVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS.
100 acres 21 miles IRON fPrImsore. half
mile from school, Every acre good rich
clay soil. clay subsotl, no wasLo land; 10
acres In cultivation. y acres alfalfa, 30
acres pasture and natural hay. House of
b rooms. barn, rom for horses. ample
en- house, corn CRIB, gIanary. etc. Good
cellar and storm cave. we'll, windmill and
tank; farm we'll fenced. Improvements
are all practically new. IL sold at once,
price SIS pr acre; t4.OO0 by March /. your
terms on balance at ga per cent. When
y on see this, you will want to Join the
army Of prosperous Boone county farm
ers. AshbroOk Bros. Primrose. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

Omaha butter Market.
Twenty-six cents per pound TO the
dealer % the price IN week.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

5000 EQUITY IN property renting for SIS
per month, for land, lots. acreage or
interesJ In business. Box 10. Omaha.
FOR SALE-By owner. 20 acres well In
proved farm In central Nebraska. For
price ard description write NJ. Il. Kear-
hey. z2zJ Douslas ST. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
REAL ESTATE
FARM q R.NNsI LANDS FOR SALE


MAhnrsOtA.
40 ACRES. - mnes from Minneapolis.
one mile from town: LOO acres itnder
cultivation; balance used for pe ature;
soil; good set buildings, CONSISTING Of s.
ioom house, large barn. granary, corn
cribs, wind mills, etc. the land Will pro-
uuce 80 bushels OF corn per acre; tsIe.
phone IN house; country tnlckly settled,
complete set OF machinery; n head OF
and 2-year-olds; six good horses. ~ hogs.
cnickens; one-half OF TINS year crop
and every thing On the farm goes at SoU
per acre, hall cash. Schwab Bros. lVzs
Plymouth bids.. AinnespolIs. Num-
Nebraska,
40. improved, u miles NJ w. nS,0o0.
lou, improved, " m.Les N. W., t24,OOl
JOHN N. FRENZER-,
IRRIGATED.
20 acres in SCOTS Bluff district: nearly
all under irrigation and % acres In al
talta; no encumDrance; so an acre.
w, nVr 1nI LtAe eastern Nebraska farm
ana assume.
PAYNE INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Omaha Nat Bank blds., Omaha
PANAMA LANDS.
Rich and fertile lands selling for - 50,
SS.JV and ~ yer aCIe. Land that VIII
produce 4OVOV pounds of foodstuG on
onS acre OF ground.
Panama offers wonderful opportunities
botn aS ali Investment or a nome. II
IS beginning to beCoIne settled and as II
uoos the Land prices viii ADVANCE as IN
all new cOUnlrIes.
IL will not cost you one cent to learn
all about this great country.
Can or write for literature.
HOMESEEh E4to' LAND CO., INC,
90 Bee B.dg.. Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
REAL EsTATE-sUBURBAN

fiOrence.
Bee Nethsway for that farm. FlOreace "a.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
REAL ESTATE-sOUTu slDK

tIEI-D CLLB DISTINCT.
1911 s. .0.h 81, ~. 5Ov; S-rm. modern
500 cash. Cal. so mr.: &C o. 0wner.
BEST OFFER TAKES THIS.
Six-rOOm. tuily modern, practically
new. 3 rooms dOWnstAll8. 3 rooms and
bath upstairs Near Hanscom park aud
within twenty minutes walk Of down
town district. Must be sold bY NoVsln-
oer 4. set owner. Eyer 2z2i. %
GROOM house for sale: electric HEhts
keb.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

Panama.
FERTILE LANDS SELLING FOR
bU AA5O AND a. pEA ACRE

FERTILE LANDS SELLING FOR
500, $50 AND - PER ACRE
In that New American Country, Panama,
" hien has for great thIlss that UoOst
any new county. Tn,se four tnIngs
are stable government, backed by United
states; LealInfuI AID moderate cIlIua.e,
lea ano Productive soil. Anu las.. Tut
MT least. Panama has trans ortal iUn
GAeAcel.Gd by Guy country, as II Is lO-
Sated on tine pathway OF the commercial
With these things Panama furnishes
grea. opportunities Tor the man OF InOd-
s.aoe msAns as wel IS The investor.
Ti.ts iand Will produce mUre PROD dcts per
acre than Ihe best iand In tue mioale
west. Why will IL not sell Tor more
IS sooa as IL becomes setted. when
WIN lake but snort time with the
Onlteo states behind this movement
Then there viii be fortunes made in TINS
new country.
Gail and let us explain this fully or
HOMksEEh Esks' LAND CO., INC,
S2o Bee Bidg.. Omaha, Neb.
~ GscussIS.
Upper WIScONslN-hsst dairy and
seneral crOp state In the union; settlers
wanted. Janus for sale at low prices On
easy terms. Ask for booklet "a on Wiscon.
eln Central LAID Grant ENcrilent iands
for STOCK raising. II interested Ia fruI
laIius ask for booklet On apple orchards
Address Land and Industrial Depart. JOO
Ml.es.IaHeoaA.
- ~ ~ EAINAl ENSN
Write a good descTiptiOB OF your iAnA
ard send q 10 tue Sioux Cit1, la. Journal.
.lowa.s dost Powerful Want Ad Me
dium Twenty-Five words every Friday
evening. saturday Orning aud every
Saturday evening and sunday morning
for one month. giving sixteen ads ON
twelve different oays Tor "; Or " words
u. or u words, 81
largest circulation Of any Iowa news
pa per, EO.UOO readers daily in four great
if-
LANDS AT A MONEY MAKING PRICE
are offered you. In Panama. that new
country that UnCle sam IL boosting.
that new country with governmC eli
mate. soil and transportation IL offering
great opportunities.
Land that will produce three times as
much as your b,st Nebraska lands u
selling for $3.50 $3.50 and 81 per acre,
with three years TO pay and no interest
on deferred payments.
Call or write
HOMESEEKERs' LAND CO. INC,
52s Bee Bldg, Omaha. Neb.
a For sale" sd vii tuIp SeeOnd-hGn
furniture into cash.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09
CONTRACTOR'S SALE

See these at once, entirely different
iSzt SahltT. I Ooms. being .Ldshsd IIla
sahler. rooms, my nome; OAK ana
white enamel: Better than modern. No
stsr asa %
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

FOR sALE-Fine bottom eighty In Holt
county. Missouri; well improved: don't
in cultivation. For full description
write 70 Allen Elder. Forest City. Mo.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
nSzm@>

beat him Gen. Pierce seemed to be not
bit annoyed that he had been beaten
by a boy and he invited me to play an
other game. So We played again ND
I beat him the third game. He came
around to where 1 was setting, put his
hand on my shoulder and said. Ny boy.
you have done well. / hope you will
display the same ability as you so on
through life as you have shown in play
ing these games of checkers with me. 1t
takes a good deal of ability to play
a good game of checkers
Then he took from his pocket 80
cent piece and gave it to me. saving that
1 deserved even a better reward for the
skill / had shown in playing checkers
than could be given by mere words
Again he patted me on the back.
"In after years. I have often thought
how thoroughly this little incident char
acterized Gen Pierce. He was always
kindly. He never spoke with harsh
ness to any one. and his courtesy even
to the lowliest man or women whom he
met furnished splendid example for
any one to follow l.
Copyright, 1915, by T.. ]. EdwardA AL nights
reseryed)
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
MIR. Taft Warns to Prepare.

In an address at the Panama Pacific Exposition
former President Taft spoke timely warning
against permitting the passing of the crisis in our
relations with Germany to close our eyes again
to the need of substantial Strengthening of the
national defense Without doubt this removal of
immediate danger will provide the opponents
of preparedness with an argument that will in
fuence members of Senate and House. They
will scott at what they will call the baseless talk
of with Germany and will insist that as the
situation yielded readily to diplomacy actual
danger never existed. Quite naturally too, public
demand for heavy army and navy increases to
safeguard the nation will be less insistent if we
not face to face with threatening condition
The need of more defenses however is as great
today as it was on July 81, when President Wilson
addressed his somewhat belated letters to Score
taries Garrison and Daniels, calling for definite
army and navy program. If with Germany
had grown out of the submarine controversy, it
would have been before any important de-
tense projects undertaken last July could be COM
pletcd. But we can begin to build now so that
may not again be caught helpless. This is
plainly the nations duty. No one can even hazard
guess to what great upheavals will result
from the war, though there is general agreement
that if Germany should win the United States
would need vast army and huge navy which
must be kept ready, unless it would sacrifice all
that the people cherish.
So it is devoutly to be hoped that these words
Of Mr.. Taft will be needed:
The shadow of serious breach passes 1t
should not, however, lead people away from
their duty of reasonable preparation The Incl
dent, though closed, we all hope except as
to indemnity for the lives of those already
drowned shows how near, as neutrals, we are tc
the 1t shows that we must be careful to
insist upon our rights such, and that we ought
to be reasonably prepared to defend our country
against invasion by any belligerent power
incidentally the former President suggested
conservative program for Strengthening the coun-
trys defense, involving the expenditure of at least
$I5o.oooooo year for three years. in excess of
the usual budget Mr.. Taft presented his plan in
some detail and it goes without saying that it may
be studied with profit by the advocates of prepared
ness.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04

THERE was in all this lack Of COM
mon government one OF the most
4 serious signs of the times.
The States INDUCED to the top OF their
bent . petty hostility towards each other.
New York was by no means the only
State that laid duties on merchandise
brought in from the farms and shops OF
her neighbors. There was everywhere
the same Jealous spirit. the same striY
ing for every paltry advantage. the same
alert and aggressive seIhshness: and the
more the States deemed their interests
antagonistic the more like mere rope oil
sand did the Confederation become.
I'VE are either q united people or We
are not" exclaimed Washington III
the former. let US in ali matters OF gen
eral concern act as nation whicn mas
q national character to- support II we
are not, let Us no longer act farce oy
pretending to do 1t.
England. apparently. expected the weak
structure presently to fall to pieces.
She would not withdraw her troops
from the western posts because the debts
of British merchants were not PAID ana
the property rights of the exiled Tories
we're not restored. Neither would she
send diplomatic representative 10
America, seeming to regard the Confed-
Grafton Of no International Importance.
France. Spain. and Holland, seeing the
Confederation utterly unable to repay
the moneys they had loaned 1t. scarcely
able to pay so much as the interest on
its debts. alternated between anger and
contempt in their treatment of 1t: and
confidently expected to see II very soon
in ruinous collapse and final disintesra-
ton.
France and Spain were somewhat hope
fully wondering. II was evident. what the
spoils and plumber OF the wreck would De.
and to whom II would fall to do the plum
dering.
Each year seemed to emphasize by new
disorders the increasing need for the
wholesome restraints and discipline of
common government
In the autumn OF 17S6 actual armed re-
bellion capped Massachusetts, struggles
against slack trade. heavy taxes. bur-
densome debts. and discontinued farm
ers-a debtors rebellion.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
HISTORY BUILDERS.
The Man Who Beat Franklin Pierce at
Checkers.

Written expressly for The Washington HeraldJ
BY DIR. Il. j. EDWARDS.
Judge William Folsom. leading citizen
of the town of Henniker. n. H., recently
related to me several very interesting
anecdotes associated with Franklin
Pierce. who was elected President of
the United States in November. 1852.
Pierce was born said Judge Fol-
som. ''in the town of Hillsboro. which
adjoins this town. The house in which
he was born is still standing and his
nephew. Kirk Pierce. who was one of
the heirs to whom President Pierce be-
queathed his estate. lives near by and
has in his house many articies-includ-
ing the sword which Pierce wore when
serving in the Mexican war-which are
associated with Pierce"
1 asked Judge Folsom If he had ever
seen or heard President Pierce, and in
reply he said:
When 1 was a young man I heard
Gen. Pierce speak. He was a very fine
orator. With the exception, possibly, of
Daniel Webster, he was the finest orator
New Hampshire has ever produced. My
recollections of Gen. Pierce. however.
are more vivid and tender than any
which is associated with hearing him
speak. When was a boy about u years
Of age, / went with my father into the
tavern at Concord. 1t was in the year
1852 and shortly before Pierce was nomi-
mated for the Presidency. We found
him playing checkers. a game of which
he was very fond. He had just beaten
his opponent and as he saw my father
he said. Come and have a game of
checkers with me- My father replied
that he did not play. but he said he
had son with him who was reported
to be a pretty good checker player.
Thereupon Gen. Pierce called me to him
and asked me IL I played checkers and
when / said did sometimes he invited
me to have a game with him.
II sat down opposite him at the
checkerboard. There we were in the
tavern office, man who had been
United States Senator and only 3 years
old. who had been general under Scott
in the Mexican war and who within
few months was elected President of the
United States, and I. boy of L. about
to engage in a game of checkers.
I'VE played one game and / beat him.
He complimented me on the way / play-
ed and asked me to have another gam,.
So we played again and once more 1