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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
final DUTY.

The Umpire-Your men are all out
OF action; you've been shot over and
over again.
Platoon Then we may
as we'll eat our lunch. sir.-London
Opinion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
And Frequently Does.

And Frequently Does.
Zone can't know too much"
mo. but one can say too much
Boston Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
Well Named

Well Named.
What did that clustering fellow
want?"
THAT was Gale. He Just blew in to
raise the wind"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

But the greatest necessity in a
mans life is money.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

His Feat. n.
THAT stage manager in Increasing
the pay Of the chorus is doing
something of an agricultural M,
ture.'
In what way?"
Isn't he raising chickens?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

You can blind men by throwing
gold dust in their eeys.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Even II man fights but one duel.
he has second.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
One lnstallment.

''Is this piano yours?"
'oh, about an octave Of t."-Boston
Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Many man gets his back up like .
camel and roars like q lion
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11
AeropIanes Deliver Letters.

Letter by aeropost is the latest
thing in the Dardanelles. The Turks
captured by the allies, who are con-
centrated on one of the Aegean is
lands, have obtained permission to
write to their families, and the
French military authorities are deliv.
ering the letters by aeroplane. The
mails are thrown from height Of
about 5000 feet. A tailor has made
special bags which have attached to
them large tricolor flag. which in un-
folding acts like kind of parachute.
On one side of the flag Is written In
French the inscription: Prisoners,
correspondence to be delivered to
their families" and on the other in
Turkish: Correspondents of the
Turkish prisoners to their families.
brought by French aeroplane."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

In the hands Of a woman the powde
rag is mightier than the sword.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

When a fool man has nothing else to
worry him he gets married.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Don't try to understand woman
and you may succeed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Recognition.
Mollie-How do you recognize .
gentleman in crowded car?
Dollie-By his general get up.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Even if,you:do ride q. hobby you are
not the only Jockey In the race.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

its style.
How does money talk?'
1T talks cents
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Good will create good will.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-11

Exactly.
Is this stimulant you RECOMMEND
germane to the case"
well. It might prove too-tonic."
Evening star., 1915-07-18

then wait little. Ifyou will employ the
same variety of common sense and intelli-
gence in investing money as you did in
making it, you may rest assured that the
chances of loss will be ridiculously small.
Neat week Mr.. Atwood wiU answer the
question: "What Is the Smallest Amount of
Stock Can Buy?"
Evening star., 1915-07-18

the retroactive lenses of the eye to the ef-
feet of light and distance. When these
muscles are overworked, as by the jarring
motion of train or car, or by focusing
on an image Pickering on cinemato-
graph screen, or as result of the constant
changes in focus produced by the varying
intensity of light from gas-jet, they
Evening star., 1915-07-18
Investigating Before
Investing
By ALBERT w. ATWOOD

NTUMEROUS letters come to me from
readers of this magazine who have
purchased stocks in small, little
known speculative concerns, and want to
know whether their investments have been
wise. They invest first and inquire after
ward-which, of course, is putting the
cart before the horse The soundness of
most of these ventures depends on num-
Der of factors that can not be determined
without careful investigation on the spot.
Most of the letters that come to me ask
for an immediate or early reply in these
columns. Evidently there is reason for
haste, although there should not be.
Money ought not to be invested in haste.
1t should be laid out for earning purposes
only after the most cold and careful calcu-
lation. Haste is the surest sign that some-
thing is wrong.
Evening star., 1915-07-18
It's a Bad Year for
Marriages

MERE are about hundred thou
sand young men and women in this
country who ought to have been
married this year and won't be. It's a
bad year for marriages: every big city
reports falling off. Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, Cincinnati, all show de-
creases of from six to eleven per cent in
the number of marriage licenses issued,
- when the normal thing to expect would
be an increase Of about six per cent 1t
is said that we must lay the blame on
the European War.
Can the European War Affect Us?
SOUNDS curious, doesn't it? What
possible influence can battle in Po-
land have on the tender plans of John
and Elsie in Waukegan or Holyoke? Well,
there is connection between the two.
strange as it may seem. A shrewd old
gentleman named Buckle, now deceased,
was the first to find it out. He went over
the marriage records in London for MANY
years, and found that the number of mar
riages varied with the price of corn. When
corn was low marriages were plentiful:
when corn went up marriages went down.
Ever since that time, economists have
looked to see every great economic move
ment reflected in the marriage market.
In the present year Cincinnati, with
its large German population, has shown
the heaviest decrease in marriages; and
Philadelphia, where the Quakers are bound
by their faith to have nothing to do with
worldly wars, has suffered least
FOrtunatalv for tho world ,,,rr;, r, &,
older than wars or statistics; and Cupid,
given even the slightest chance, always
comes back strong. If the war concludes
this year, look for heavy marriages next
May. For-this also is against tradition
May and not June is the month of
heaviest business at the marriage bureaus.
Evening star., 1915-07-18
If the Movies Hurt
Your Eyes
By EDWIN F. BOWERS, MD.

T TOW are head
aches pro-
duced by eye
strain?
Certain groups
of muscles con-
tract and expand
to accommodate"
Evening star., 1915-07-18
Fakers Always Urge Haste

Fakers Always Urge Haste
EVERY faker engaged in selling worth
less stocks urges his victims to hurry,
and, sad to relate, most of them do. Yet
these same people have taken at the least
months and in most cases years of pain
full labor to accumulate the money they
are throwing away.
1t is the commOnest sort of procedure
for people to invest money in concerns
without knowing the location of their prop
critics, or what State they are incorporated
in, or what the earnings are, or where
there is any market for the stock. No
one should ever buy any investment with
out knowing where and how it can, if
necessary, be sold again.
There are so many good, well known
investments in this country, it seems
strange that people should be rushed into
buying things that are not known at ALL
Through various books and lists of many
kinds, private and otherwise, | have
gained access to the names of perhaps
25O,OOO companies whose securities have
to some extent found their way into in
vestors' pockets in exchange for real
money. Yet hardly day passes that l
am not asked about some enterprise the
name of which does not appear among
this vast number.
Perhaps, when one sets out deliberately
to speculate, there may be occasion for
hurry to seize the best opportunity But
any one who has had experience with in
vestment matters knows that such is not
the case when money is I, 20 .~A(A
x<, e,;,
the salesman wantsyou to buy right away.
That is his business. But your business
is to protect your money. Your duty is
to ask questions, and then to go to your
local banker and ask him what he thinks
of it. If your banker has never heard of
the proposition, leave it alone. There
may be exceptions to this rule, but as a
general principle it is a safe one. For you
may be very certain that your banker has
heard of almost every standard invest
ment security, or, if he hasn't, he can find
out about it.
Good Investments Are Plentiful
THERE are always good investments,
and there always will be- as long as the
farms of this country turn out ten billion
dollars year, and the factories and trans
portation agencies lag only little way
behind. There are probably thirty repu-
table stock exchanges in this country, on
every one of which good securities are
listed. The New York Stock Exchange
has about l,6OO different securities, many
of which are desirable investments, and
LOO members who deal in them. There
are probably at least two or three thou
sand dealers in securities who are not
members of any stock exchange, and
most of them are reliable and honest,
andalways have good investments on hand.
There are hundreds of great banks and
trust cOmpanies that sell bonds Thera
Evening star., 1915-07-18
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for July lS, 1915

are hundreds of
reliable dealers in
farm mortgages.
Don't get excited
when some one
asks you to buy
stock. Get all the
facts there are, and
Evening star., 1915-07-18
One Minute with the Editor

OllC lVllllUCC WILL IllC LOllLO1
Can Mllionaire's Son Make Good?
"V7HAT does all amount to?" said the millionaire to the
w friend who congratulated him on his "What
W does it all amount to, when your is fool?'
Not all miionaires fools; but generally speaking
your boy has bigger chance succeed in life than the
OF the richest man you know
Burton D. Hendrck discusses this interesting question
week: Can Allionaire's Son Make Good?"
This is the first of two articles by Mr. Henrick The second
will tell what becomes of American girls who marry foreign titles
And Just to Show It's True
lust to show that Mr. Hendck knows what he's talking
about the hero of the lead story week chap named
Madgan, who starts out with nothing and fortune
Is there girl in the story too?
There certainly is. If ever publish lead story without
girl in it, to your newsdeaer and get your money back
The Making of Madgan' is by George Weston.
Think of Any One Asking Such Question:
DEAR EDITOR For the benefit of an ignoamus in such
will kindly explain who Tocy and Shorty McCabe
whom you have recently published stories?
ANSWER Torcy and Shorty McCabe two young gentle
whose exploits told by Sewel Ford have added to the
gaety of nations for nine years If you read Torchy
Resae X! hc bit lke satng first
olive Once you get the habit You can i've Without them
He'll Be Back Presently
DEAR EDITOR: What's become of the Lloyd was
~ going to solve all our troubles for us?
ANSWER: He's away his vacation. We're sending
bunch of questions along to him to-day including from
girl who wants to know whether she should marry man with
salary OF less than twenty-five dollars week.
Evening star., 1915-07-18
Reading in Street-Cars

IF the condition has it's origin in the
habit of reading in street-cars, it will be
necessary to put an end to this habit.
1t is we'll to remember, also, that head
ache is only one of many disagreeable
refiexes from eye-strain. Exhaustion of
the delicate nerves may lead to indi-
gestion, nausea, and a varied assortment
of nervous conditions that seemingly have
no connection whatever with the original
source of trouble.
Indeed, many cases of "backwardness'
in in school children have been cured by tho
simple but effective expedient of correct
ing defective vision.
Nert ,peek: "Whdt Shall / Do to Cure
Sleeplessness?
Evening star., 1915-07-18

produce fatigue in the eye muscles.
This fatigue, if continued long enough,
is reflected as pain. And, curiously
enough, the pain is not always in the thing
that is hurt SO much as in the thing that
recognizes the hurt. Hence, headaches
from eye-strain.
The prevention of this strain is rela-
lively a simple matter. If, granting that
any refractive error is corrected by the
wearing of properly fitting lenses, ocular
headaches still persist, there remains only
the removal of the cause.
If this cause lies in addiction to the
@movie' habit, the movies" must be ali
jured, or else the victim must patronizc
only those picture theaters which show
films free from Jumps and flashes.
If the cause be due to reading in poor
light, some other form of light, which will
be steady and free from Pickering, must
be employed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
IN NAVY FIVE YEARS.
william G.. Gompers Was Nephew
of samuel GOmpers.

William Columbus Gompers. one Of
the two seamen killed at Port au Prince
lived at 107 Stockton street. Brooklyn.
with his widowed mother, Mrs Sophie
Gompers. His father. Jacob Gompers.
died nine years ago and for several
years the boy had been his mothers only
support He was born on October H.
1892, and his parents gave him the mid
die name Of Columbus because the day
Of his birth was the 400th anniversary
Of tho discovery OF America,
Young Gompers was nephew Of
Samuel Gompers, president OF the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor. The latter
was much interested in him and was
in the habit OF sending tokens on his
birthday.
Mrs. Gompers received a message from
Commander Victor Blue OF the Wash
ington last evening telling OF the death
OF her son.
Young Gompers wrote regularly to his
mother and on Monday last she re-
ceived n $50 money order from him. He
enlisted In the navy at the age Of II
and was attached to the battleship
Idaho. He was discharged at the end
Of three years and four months and
reenlisted after taking a three weeks
vacation. He was then assigned to the
Washington. He was at Vera Cruz dur
ing the Mexican trouble last year. but
did not go ashore TO take part In the
nghting
Gompers had two married brothers,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
CASHIER OUT OF TOWN:
SHORTAGE HINTED AT
United Fruit Company Of Bos.
ton Suffers 100000 Loss,
Says Report.

BOSTON, July 30.-It leaked out here
tonight that the United Fruit Company
had lost sum Of money said to bs In
the neishborhood Of 100000. George
s. Inman. for fifteen years the cashier.
Is not In Boston and Is being sought for
In all parts OF the United States.
The alleged shortage was discovered
on Monday last. when a company audi
tor made rather sudden visit to the
offices. lnman received him and within
very few minutes Inman. 1t is said.
made hasty exit in his shirt sleeves.
There is a report that he went to the
roof of the Board OF Trade building. in
which the company has offices. crossed /;
and then by means of another set OF
elevators descended to the street. At his
apartment In Brookline nothing is known
Of his whereabouts.
Mrs. Inman went to the garage where
they kept their car on Thursday morning
took the machine out and since has not
been seen.
The statement given out by the at.
torneys follows:
THE cashier OF the United Fruit
Company, Mr.. George S. Inman, 10 nc
longer connected with the company.
THE books OF the company are now
being examined by experts. II is known
however. that the company has not sus-
tained any serious loss. There is no
more to be said at present except that
the company is protected by the bond
OF the National Surety Company.
''The resignation of Mr.. Charles A.
Hubbard as treasurer Of the company
although only accepted by the board
OF directors Wednesday. was rendered
some time ago and was in no way con.
nected with the severing OF Mr.. In.
mans relations with the COMPANY"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
GERMANS LOSING OPTIMISM.
Report Says Bavarian Crown
Prince Believes AIlies VIII Win.
Rp Central Ns,rs

NORTHERN FRANCE. July 3o.-T can
vouch for the following interview as
authentic. Crown Prince Rupprecht OF
Bavaria, while conversing with a mem
ber OF the Reichstag who was visiting
the battle line In Artois. said
II must confess Immediately that l
am no longer an optmist. Ii will take
some time before the Allies will seri-
ously affect our position in France, but
the roles undoubtedly will be reversed.
The strength and resources OF the enemy
are now too we'll organized
"He is in a position TO hold the bal
ance in his favor and It must be obvious
to our best friends that We are util-
iz!ng our maximum resources while the
enemy is in "A much improved position.
He has important reserves The new
British army has had long training and
is presumably an efficient fighting ma
chine"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
RUMANIA PLEDGED TO ALLIES.
London Hears She Will Enter War
within Two Months.

LONDON, July 30,-A secret treaty be-
tween Rumania and the Allies, pledging
Rumania to enter the war on the side of
the Quadruple Entente within two
months, Is reported in dispatches from
Paris this afternoon which state that
an authentic Rumania source is respon-
sible for the news,
1t Is asserted that the treaty awaits
only the signature OF one of the allied
Powers to put 1t into effect, Rumania's $
entry into the war to occur two months
from the time that signature Is affixed
to II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
MIR. MORGAN ENTIRELY WELL
Returns to Glen Cove After Cruise
In His Yacht COrsair.

GLEN Cove, L. l., July 30.-J. Pierpont
Morgan returned to his East Island es-
tate to-day after a cruise in his steam
yacht Corsair along the Atlantic Coast.
1t was said at the Morgan home to-
night that Mr.. Morgan has fully re-
covered from the wounds inflicted by
Frank Holt In an attempt to assassinate
him. He probably will go to his New
York office In the early part Of next
week He will go to New London in the
Corsair on August 8 to Join the New
York Yacht Club fleet on its three weeks
cruise.
The Corsair entered the harbor at
about 5 o'clock this afternoon and
dropped anchor off East Island. Mr.
Morgan was taken to the landing In a
motor tender, where he was met by an
automobile that took him to his house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
HARVARD SCIENTISTS SAFE.
Party in 90 Foot Schooner on Way
From Azores TO Africa.
Special Gable Despdtch to THE Sun.


PoNTA DELGApA, Azores. July 3o.-The
Kitty A.. the sixty foot schooner which is
bearing a group of Harvard men TO the
West African coast on a scientific expe-
dition. left here to-day for Madeira. Prof
Charles Wellington Furlong. who is in
charge. declared that they were delighted
with the progress of the tour and the
results obtained by their researches In
the Azores
The Kitty A.. smaller than the flagship
Of Columbus. is taking the expedition to
the islands of West Africa in the inter-
ests OF the Department OF Comparative
Zoology of the Peabody Museum OF Har-
ward The vessel belongs to Capt. Henry
r. Amory OF Newport and Boston. a
noted yachtsman who navigates his own
vessel, and those on board include Prof.
Furlong. geographer. ethnologist and
zoologist. who has led expeditions all
over the world; DR.. William q. Erving
OF Washington, surgeon and naturalist.
also a traveller DR.. Ernest A. HOoten Of
Cambridge, a mate. three sailors and q
cooA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
TWO SPIES SHOT IN TOWER.
One, Dutch subject, Confessed I,
british Authorities.
Special Cdbie Despatch to Tue ST.

IoNpoN, July 30,--It is Officially an
nounced that two spies, subjects of Hol-
land. who were convicted at Westmin-
ster Guildhall on July II of conveying
information about the feet to the enemy,
were shot at the Tower this morning.
One of the men confessed his guilt
Immediately after his conviction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
ARBITRATION ON LUsrTAN1Ai
London Hears Germany Suggests
Plan for Compensa tiou.


Special Gable Despatch to Tns sus.
LONDON Saturday. July 31.-Ths
Express publishes a despatch from its
correspondent at Amsterdam declaring
that Germany is sounding the United
States to ascertain whether Washington
10 willing to submit to arbitration by
the Hague Tribunal tho question of
compensation for the loss OF American
lives on the Lusitania.
1t Is believed In Germany that this is
the only way the American note can be
answered without arousing Ill feeling
between the two countries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
Price of War.

THE abundant wealth wherewith the
Creator endowed these lands enables YOU
to continue the war. but at what a
price. Thousands Of young lives are
being snuffed out daily. Let the ruins
OF so many cities and villages and morO-
ments erected by genius in commemora-
ton OF the faith OF our forefathers an
swer the bitter tears shed within the
privacy of home or at the foot OF altars I.
No. that cannot be. The price of the
struggle is too high.
In the holy name OF God, our
Heavenly Father and Lord Jesus. whose
blessed blood was given as the price for
human salvation, we beseech you whom
Divine Providence placed At the heads
OF the bellgerent nations to end the
bloody carnage which for year has
dishonored Europe"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
Exodus From warsaw.

empty freight cars were quietly ac-
cumulated on the sidings until thousands
we're available, During Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday trains Of refugees were
despatched eastward, the ears being oc-
cuped by fleeing men, women and chill
dren as closely packed as possible
while $4,000 citizens, including
nearly half of Warsaws ghetto, thus
departed eastward. nearly another $780,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31

CHICAGO. July 3o-A graphic descrip-
ton OF the evacuation OF Warsaw Is
given by staff correspondent OF tho
Ldiiy Nctcs to-day under a Stockholm
date He says:
After obtaining al the fghtinS front
authentic news OF the military plans now
being carried out in and around War
saw. have hurried To Stockholm. as
permission 10 cable the news was denied
by the censor in Warsaw and Petrograd.
For soma days the Russians have
been fighting tenacious rear guard ac-
ton about Warsaw while the evacuation
OF that city was in progress. The general
staff is persuaded that the Warsaw tri-
angle Is no longer tenable, although the
Germans are battling with great deal
less determination than they did durihs
the long advance from Lemberg.
This relative relaxation In the herce'
ness Of the German attacks leads me 10
believe IL was not wholly Impossible thai
the Germans, after all. might have foun'
their undertaking just beyond thN''
ehhing mowers. This undoubtedly would
have been the case but for the insup-
nortable demand for munitions IN vast
Quantities entatled upon the Russians ny
the long line they have been ho.dlhs
The people accept the situation win ao-
so.ute calm.