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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

an opposing pitcher and Lewis steady
hitting, brings them to a point OF ex
cellence second to none. The Detroit
outiield. Cobb, Crawford and Vcach.
may equal them In many respects, but
they do net surpass them. Speaker,
with his tremendous speed, can play
a shorter field than any other center
Hooper and Lewis possess arms OF
steel and II behoovcs an opposing
player To watch his steps whenever
he makes what looks like sure sin
gle, or he may be thrown out at first.
Many fieldcrs may have as many as.
sists at the end of the season as this
trio. but that is because most Amer.
ican league basorunners know when
and where TO stop The individual
and team play OF these three have
been one OF the most important fac.
tors In keeping the Red Sox. In the
lead and eventually capturing the flag.
Pitchers Worked Well.
Outside OF the Illness OF Wood and
the sulkiness OF Leonard, Manager
Carrigan has not had to worry a great
deal about his pitchers. Babe
Ruth. George Foster and Ernest Shore,
Vean Gregg and Mays. have all done
mighty well. not only in the box. but
also at bat. Ruth has n batting av.
erage well above the 800 mark. Joe
Wood. the star OF the string. Is one OF
the rare individuals who docs we'll ev'
erywhere he attempts. lie is a fine
| fellow personally and is we'll liked by
| his companions on the club.
The Red Sox. besides their strong
| outiield and classy staH OF pitchers,
has an almost ideal inlold. Hoblit.
eel. Barry and Gardner, are hard TO
beat and many blossoming LPse hits
have been nipped in tho bud by this
| quartette. And then, In case OF acct
! dent Gamer. Janvrin and Wagner are
always on hand TO fiji any gap.
Few interyiewers have ever been
able to- talk to Carrigan as to his sue
| cess. lie Is not bashful. but his gruff
unfriendly manner makes him doubly
few characteristics Of his have come
to tho surface. on tho ball field he
is unusually silent and thoughtful.
Carrigan has had an extra load To
carry. as he was promoted TO the lead
ership OF tho Red Sox over his team
mates, and In some cases he found
others were not so certain that Carr
gan was the man for the Job. lie has
had to contend with cliques, with less
or lights aspiring 10 his official head
and with disgruntled players, But his
roughshod methods have overridden
all obstacles. until now he is recog
nized by players and fans" alike as
the first man OF the Red Sox.
Took Up Baseball,
He was born In Lewiston. Me.
thirty-three years ago. OF a family o
modest means. and was selected fol
clerical vocation. II was impressed
upon him that to succeed In this III,
he must learn the ways OF the
world. So "Bill" dutifully allowed
himself to be dragged daily to school
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

childhood The told
the pi
The
unersyle
the distnguishuble.
provcrb, 1T advertise
the conscience fund
friend ordered America saying could
AFFORD have them II she paid the duty"
The further explained that she did declare the clothes for
duialc The sG and
a. TO a n
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

Tor them. The paJama never has been
In vogue on board ship; II may haze
been regarded as more or less noe
turnal, but at no time nautical. and
with nothing u commend II as a con.
traption in which the real sailorman
need involve himself as a protection
against the perils OF the night.
At all events, the sentiment OF the
enlisted men has been plainly evident.
whether or not IL may be analyzed or
satisfactorily explained even by those
most directly Interested and impli.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
New Motorcycle Record.

Arthur Chapple today holds q new
motorcycle record for mile. He re-
Gently covered the distance In 81 3.5
seconds. one.fifth OF a second better
than the mark he made last year.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
Gratitude for Wagner.

The report that Hans Wagner will
be made manager Of the Pirates must
be wrong. Barney Dreyfuss, owner OF
the club. is too grateful to Hans for
the great infelder's years OF service
TO hand hin, anything like that
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

month and was very
weak. I was also
bothered q lot with
female weakness. !
read your little book
Wisdom for Wo-
men, and | saw how
9th ers had been
helped by Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
decided 70 try II, and
Il has made me feel
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

like new girl and l am now relieved
Of all these troubles. hope all young
girls will get relief as have. never
felt better In my life."-Mrs. JOHN
TETREAuLT. Box 1l6. Sterling, Conn.
Massena, N. Y.--"I have taken Ly-
6ia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and ! highly recommend II. II anyone
wants TO write 10 me will gladly tell
her about my case. was certainly In
q bad condition as my blood was all turn
ing 10 water. lhad pimples on my face
and bad color, and for five years l had
been troubled with suppression. The
doctors called 1t 'Anemia and Exhaus-
ton, and said was oil run down, but
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound brought me out all right Miss
LAvIsA MYREs, Box ID, Massena, NY.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

OtHeT HloTulHB ny ceNIsluIy "'huOo'
Had II been single twocent stamp,
probably the conscience fund would
not have been enriched by that much.
In fact, whenever the sender OF a
two cent stamp is known the stamp is
returned. For II costs more TO change
n two.cont stamp into cash asset,
make out certiilcation OF deposit and
bookkeeping entries than the trans.
action nets 10 the government.
The sender OF the two.cent stamps
was trying to compensate twofold for
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

The names OF many men never ap-
pear In print except as contestants for
the "booby" prizes.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
On the Contrary.

Employed in the steel works, are
you? Don't you find your lob fearfully
hot I'm the summertime"
"Oh. no, you see work in the
chilled steel department"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

Washngtonans members
well belong
Membreno Washington
While
Guatemala City Wasnngtonan
aity
Both Doctor Cabrera ro Membreno entered the club
a Mcmbno distinguished liter
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
American BIuejackets Refuse to Wear Pajamas


i stocks articles
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.

Girls who are troubled with painful or
irregular periods, backache, headache,
dragging-down sensations, fainting
spells or indigestion, should Immediately
seek restoration 10 health by taking Ly-
dia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.

TIN VTFNOTNIINN OOONFTs
Mansfield formerly Hungarian)
Cough Balsam heals the inflamed and
lacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for ba.
bles. Price 25c and 5Qc.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28

NWHTVHdId, HHU OF DIT. NIOtTtO MtIH'
brcno, president OF Honduras, were
proposed for membership in the IA.
nous organization. and after the
lapse OF the usual two weeks, during
which names OF proposed members
must be posted in the club. they were
added to the rolls, already distin.
guishod by the names of many person.
ages in the United States as well as
in foreign countries.
President Cabrera and President
MemhrpnO are well known 10 many
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
IN STERLING
LIVES A GIRL
Who Suffered As Many Girls
Do-Tells How She
Found Relief.

Sterling, Conn. am a girl Of 22
years and used TO faint away every
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
National Press Club Takes In Two Presidents

y
heig member The M Mnnuc Estrada Cabea ned
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1915-10-28
UpweIcome Contribution to the Conscience Fund

VIZ AsNGToN took bookkeeping the of the division Of
United
eeed for the conscence fund the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-25
SUGGESTIVE FIGURES.

Not long ago The Intelligencer
called attention TO the wide disparity
OF the percentage OF deaths from rail
way accidents and those OF trespass-
ers on railway property. and IL is re-
markable that these fatalities are in
creasing instead OF diminishing. In
the last six months for which stats
tics are available the number Of tres
passers killed amounted 70 nearly so
per cent OF the total number OF per-
sons killed by railways For the pre-
ceding 10 years fatalities to trespass-
ers had constituted only SO per cent.
Of the total These facts are brought
out by the Railway Age Gazette In an
editorial in its current issue. analyz-
ing the accident bulletin Just issued
By the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion for January. February and
March OF this year. together with the
bulletin for the preceding quarter.
During the same period only two pas
sengers were killed in collisions. In
other words the chances OF an acct.
dent OF this kind we're so small that
the average passenger could travel
continuously at a speed OF so niles
per hour for 1870 years before meet,
Ing death In a collision. The Gazette
says:
'For the six months the two bulfetfn-
report "a total ~ 1852 persons killed M
Nhds ot accidents and or these
1.lb9, 81 nearly 90 per cent. we're tres
passers. During tho same time ONLY ID
PASSENGER and Dos employees we're
KILLED. ana only 42f persons other than
(respassera we're killed az grade cross.
inFs In train accidents only IL pas
sengers and iOs employees we're killed
, wni.e only @ne passenger IN each
lnE THIS period The number ~ pas
HcnHers carried one mile was approx
WatelF lf.eli.olO 600. Collision acct
dcntg are those the public hears most
nboli but at this rate the average
paHsenFer could travel continuously IN
speed ~ so miles an hour Tor ff ia
iisionr
There is an awful mass OF Ieeisla.
ton 20 prevent accidents 10 passen.
gers and employees. but a. seems the
railroads Of tho country are poweriess
10 SECURE the enforcement OF the few
lave 10 prevent the trespassinr OF
The public on their property at their
own hazard The comparative safety
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-25
A PRoHI5ITIvE RATE.

Huntington Herald Dispatch.
me most important question before
west Nirginians to-day is that of the
proposed increase in freight rates on
coal. is the opinion of former Gov
ernor Albert B. White. who came in
yesterday afternoon with the Parkers-
burg delegation 10 the EIks' conven-
.ioh. Mr.. White has been a close stu
usht OF the coal business for a mum Der
OF years. and he sees in the present
.hTeat OF an increase In the differen-
Ilai between the West Virginia and
ONO nelds the possibility OF a blow
which will destroy the indanendar,,
operators in the West virginia fields
mere are no coal mines I'm Wood
county. but Parkersburg. like HINT
ington. H. interested because OF the
Iact mat the counties lying behind
her are great coal producers and her
prosperity largely depends on theirs
From his intimate knowledge OF the
coal business he asserts that there is
not margin OF fifteen cents a ton
IN coal mined in West Virginia ana
mat II the proposed increase OF Ar
teen cents ion IN the differential
Nhfh Is 10 be forty cents instead Of
twenty-five. goes into effect. II will
work the ruin OF the smaller coal pro-
uuecrs OF the State. especially those
IN the northern section. which DEPEND
largely upon the western markets for
me disposal OF their product. The coal
business In the last year has been
Nnat ne describes as ragged through
OUT the State. and be thinks Al in.
cumoent upon all the people 10 toIn in
the ehort TO prevent the Increase from
oeing granted. He Is not sure thai
anything can be done. though he sees
me hnal hope OF the State In the fact
mat the matter must be- submitted 10
me interstate Commerce Comurisston
effect P'' AHto
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Our counyl In her intercourse with foreign
may she Always be In the right; but country right or
wrong" STEPHEN DECATUR

giving attention 10 this problem. OF
preparedness for a situation about
which there is no uncertainty. and
which cannot be determined by terms
OF peace between the nations now at
war. Those nations will come out OF
the conflict with resources heavily
exhausted, with industries and trade
seriously disorganized and Impaired.
with labor forces depleted and with
burdens OF debt TO be borne for a
weary period of toilsome recupera-
ton. The United States may have
prohted in some respects from their
strife and their suffering. while it will
have suffered in other respects: but II
will face al once a colossal task as
well as an unprecedented opportuni-
ty. for which it should be prepared
so far as possible.
One OF the practical men who have
been speaking and writing on this
question Of business preparation with
unusually clear vision is James J..
Hill, now retired from active part in
the strenuous work of the world. but
not from interest in it's affairs. In his
latest contribution he says that after
peace is declared this will be in
many ways a different world from
that we have known" and the diner
ence will go far beyond changes of
boundaries, allegiances, or balances
Of power" and touch the bases OF
manufacture. commerce and finance. "
He believes there will be a new era
in industrial life. and that the nation
will be the greatest gamer which is
best prepared by "foresighted Iegis-
lation" and the study Of the opportu.
mites it will bring.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-25
CONVINCING COMPARISONS

Those are revealing figures which
the Department Of Commerce has Just
published. which the farmer should
study closely. IL he does he win dis
cover that il was the European war
and not the Democracy that has fat
tened his bank account in the past
seven months. This is shown by a
comparison Of export figures for the
seven months Of the calendar year OF
1915 with the same period for 1914.
when Europe was a. peace. In 1914
the exports Of corn were 5.7sI.lO2
bushels, which rose 20 1855, 636 dur
Ing the same period in 1915, with an
increase in price from a to 81 cents
bushel Wheat. oats and -four were
subjected to the same relative IN.
creases through war demands.
But there is another side TO this
situation which will address itself 10
the sober consideration OF the farm.
ing Class. To show the falling of in
demand for these articles when Eu.
rope was at peace. and when the
American market was thrown wide
open to the grain-growing countries
BY the free foodstuhs provisions of
the Underwood tarin law. compare
the first seven months OF the year
1914. before the war began. with the
same period for 1913 under Republi.
can laws. For the first seven months
OF 1913 We exported 1880 600 bush.
els OF corn al an average price OF 81
cents. This low price was due to the
worldwide bumper crop Of 1912
We exported oats 10 the amount OF
100000 bushels. average price OF
30 cents; wheat. $3.50. 900 bushels
average price SO cents: -four. $500.
900 barrels. average price S462. Our
total exports Of breadstuns for 1919
were valued al Sis 900. compared
with s91.OOO.OOO for 1914
The farmer will continue to pros.
per 30 long a. the war lasts. acting
- a protective tariff for his prosperi
~. But what about the days to come
when the war shall have ceased?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-25
ELLIOTT SCHOOL
wheeling to Have Professional School
OF Aeeountaney and Business
Administration.

Perhaps no special line OF educa.
tional training ever undertaken IN
wheeling will meet with wider ap
prevail than the Professional school
Of Accountancy and Business Admin.
istration. established by The Elliott
School this fall
OF course the demand for better
training In business is apparent on
every hand, and there are many men
and women VINO have reached more
or less responsible positions. and who
have the ability and the ambition to
train for positions an accountants,
auditors and executives, but TO whom
the means OF acquiring the necessary
training have no been available. The
Elliott Institute Of AccOuntancy Will
meet the requirements OF such people.
and viii appeal particularly to the
high school graduates. the business
school graduate, the college graduate.
the bookkeeper. the credit man. ana
men Of little formal education put
with profitable experience in tne
world OF men and affairs.
The Pace Standard Courses when
offer professional training In the sub
jet OF accounting, auditing. business
law. applied economies. organizasion
and finance have been adopted as a
basis for the instruction. There arc
six well-dehned courses as follows.
Fundamentals Of Accountancy. Ac.
countancy and Business Administra.
ton, Shorter Course in Accountancy.
Special Accounting Course. Cost Ac.
counting. Law for Business Men.
Glasses in Accountancy viii meet
twice a week on Tuesday and Thurs.
day evenings. from seven to nine
o'clock. The same course Of fnstruc.
ton VIII be given as Il used in the
Pace Institute OF Accountancy in New
York. and In more than forty Of the
larger cities OF the country. The urst
three courses will each require n
semester Of seventeen weeks. one
and one-half years IL required to com.
plete the Accountancy and Business
Administration Course.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-25
THE WAR STOCKS FRENZY

The Worlds Work.
The most striking fact about the
war stocks il that the speculative IN
crease in their value equals the sum
Of all the war orders that have been
placed In this country In other
words. the public has already dis
counted not only all the profits in
these orders. but their gross value as
we'll
No one knows the total amount OF
contracts for munitions and other mil
itary supplies that have been placed
with American manufacturer Only
In few isolated cases have compa-
MES engaged on such contracts made
public their figures officially. But
the conservative element In Wall
steret places the amount az one bill
lion dollars
Compared with this figure. the total
appreciation on the list Of the 80.
called var stocks 20 recent date was
approximately $3.50 .000. 600
A little consideration OF these fg.
urcs giveE a fairly clear idea OF the
extent to which the war stock market
az the TOP OF Sc swing thus far had
ceased 20 be governed by reasonable
probabiliues or confederation Of In
trinsic values. 10 a. prcposteroua. Of
course. I'm The circumstance. that the
total gain in the market value OF these
stocks should have reached a figure
anywhere near the one that represents
The total of war contracts negotiated
10 Ia not with the gross amount OF
this business, but rather with the
profits accruing therofrom that the
rise IN The stocks may properly be
rcconcllcd
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the expense OF the people. Den
yer. Detroit and ST. Louis re very
gentle with offenders. Buffalo
has an ordinance so drastic mat
Il promises TO follow the fate OF
most American legislation that
is not enforced. Philadelphia.
Providence. Rochester and LOUIS
Vile stultify themselves by ex-
empting locomotives.
The most conspicuous success
Is being made by the smoke In
spection department of Chicago
with the assistance OF a public
spirited committee Of citizens.
who are spending a considerable
cum in educating the public ana
officials. While Chicago was
estimated to be losing $50 900. OOO
through smoke in the three years
before 1911. IL was spending
$4,000 for smoke abatement.
Comparatively modest results
would have justified this expendi-
ture. yet IL Is believed that the
smoke was reduced one-third IN
That time. Excluding private
houses. IL Is stated that there are
1900 smoke stacks in Chicago
emitting unnecessary smoke. 40
supervise these there were en-
ployed. In 1910. fourteen assist
ants and nine deputies. Chicago
provides a policeman for every
$40 persons; but the most eff
Client smoke departments in the
country still provides only one in
spector for $50 smoke stacks. II
Is not likely that there are so
many offenders among the cosmo-
politan citizens OF Chicago as
among the native smoke stacks.
II is estimated that forty-three
per cent. OF the smoke comes
from locomotives: about the same
amount from miscellaneous power
plants and special furnaces: six
per cent. from the business dis
trict; four per cent from boats.
and less than FIVE per cent. from
domestic buildings. II is there
fore evident that the electrifica-
ton OF railroads and the construc-
ton or central power and heating
plants would nearly clear the
atmosphere because the most ex-
pensive mechanical devices can
De proftably Incorporated in these
institutions.
The mechanical difficulties are
solved; now Cor little OF that
mythical efficiency we read
ABOUT In the books, When the
business man is In the clouds
pubic spirit is needed TO clear
the skies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-25
ENGLAND's REVERSAL.

Free trade Great Britain. reduced
Ito an extremity for additional reve-
nues to meet government require
'ments turns her back on her ancient
.eeonomic policy and resorts to the
productive tariff for the recuperation
OF her finances. Some Of her heavy
import iEposts hit the industries OF
this country. and the question is what
Is the Democratic party going to do
In a like dilemma? What measures
is It going to resort to to pull the rev.
enues mp to a meeting point with the
expenditures. England. OF course,
has her war to point TO as an excuse
for her deficient revenues, but the
United States has been forced into a
predicament OF insolvency in time of
peace through the un-American poll
cies Of the Democratic party.
II Is indeed a condition and not a
theory that confronts the country.
There have been some suggestions
OF willingness on the part OF the
Democratic leaders TO meet It with an
increase OF tariff rates, but these
have always been discounted by the
oficial negative Of the President The
paradoxical position OF the United
States is that while benefting from
this war in some things. with a large
balance Of trade in our favor. we
have become embarrassed in our gov.
ernmental finances.
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The resumption OF manufacture
ing this Fall will be accompanied
by the rejoicing OF the unthinking
that the air is full OF smoke and
Prosperity. with a capital p. Il is
impossible TO estimate the exact
losses from the waste OF fuel or
the destruction OF values due TO
SCOT. The estimates are made
conservatively completely dispose
OF the ancient superstition that
smoke Is excusable as an evidence
OF prosperity. II is calculated that
the annual per capita loss from
smoke in Chicago is IS; In Cleve-
land $12: in Pittsburgh $50.
Whether the actual loss is halt
as large or twice as large. IL Ii
tnexcusable since scientific de-
vices make smoke abatement en-
urely feasible.
A catalogue OF the losses due TO
needless smoke is an impressive
Indictment OF this form OF waste.
The hysterical citizen who Is
throwing his nat up into a black
cloud OF early Fall SCOT would do
well to make some simple cal
culations. How much does the
COMMUNICATIONS the manu-
facturers and store-keepers-
spend for the periodical decora-
ton OF the exterior and interior
OF buildings? How much do the
unnecessary daily. weekly. and
annual cleanings foot up2 How
much expense should be allowed
for the wear and tear OF all this
cleaning? What allowances should
be made for window cleaning, In
turies to goods. increased cost OF
artificial lighting. laundry bilIsg
What Is the loss to the com.
munity in i'll health OF people, ami
mails. and plants?
The loss from carbon going I'D
is estimated 20 be only onetenth
the loss from carbon coming
down.
The movem ent for smoke abate-
ment has now extended to cities
or all classes. A dozen OF the
smaller cities already have an
ordinance or a smoke inspection
OFFICER. OF the cities from $4,000
TO 100000 population more than
one-fourth make some effort 10
stop the nuisance. Most OF the
cities OF over 100000 population
have grappled with the problem.
AS Is common in the case of a
new reform, many OF the ordin-
ances are limited by exceptions
designed TO protect property at