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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
No Reversal Of Trend.

The stock market reacted yesterday
under profit taking sales Even N there
had been no incentive To hesitation in
the news the pace Of the advance on
Thursday was swift enough to suggest
moro or less tipheavy condition.
Undoubtedly the market has taken
a lot OF stock In the past few days.
There is nothing as yet to Indicate
however. that the main trend has been
reversed. II the selling was more inn
portant than the buying on Thursday
probably the buying yesterday was
better than the selling.
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THE CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-Fluctuations ware
narrow, and the transactions mainly
of the small lot order Edison showed
better tone Union Carbide. Chi
cago Pneumatic Tool, Swift and Booth
r sheries preferred were steady. Sears
Roebuck declined a point on small sales.
Bond department dull. The summary:
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THE PHILADELPHIA MARKET.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 13-The stock
market was steady, with small gains in
Cambria Iron, PHI ladelphia Electric and
United Gas Improvement. The sum-
mary:
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losed barely steady

Spot cotton at New York was quiet.
10 decline; middling, $50. Southern
spot markets were quiet. with NV
Orleans, s l-l6; Galveston, s.45. Sa-
vaurah. sA Houston, $40; Augusta,
Si2 and Memphis, 3.
The New Orleans market closed
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market closed

The Liverpool market opened quiet
There was limited request business
ia spot cotton, with middlinE 10 points
decline at 4.94d. sales. 5000 bales
receipts. 34,429 bales, including 2l,loS
American.
Drlnna II I Luarr.nnl .lnsad slAanN-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
SUB-TREASURY STATEMENT,


PAID nv sun Treasury TO banks I.,6ss. 00o
raid by banks to Sub'Treasury, era 900
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

=. The weekly statement Of the Federal
Reserve Bank OF New York Is as follows:
RESOURCES
discounts .,.,,.. fl743,5O7 Inc. s2lll2S
ASH ,t.'' ,...... lO9,3SG.43S Inc l9l90lt
investments ''''' ''Sol,1iN Unchanged.
LIABILITIES
capital ,,:,.,.,.. $3.50, $50 Inc sCoCe
Eei utpoSlts'.... 1903 5fd,F0a Inc. l3i5N2S
Federal reserve
.",rs 49,. $50 600 Unchanged.
Actua! hgures az close OF business Feb
notes on hand and excluding earnings
expenses and accruAls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14

Lose to banks en- dAy's trAnz-
actions .s.......,s-.s..-. eebo0o
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CURB STOCKS CLOSING.

Sell cents per share.
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS.

IEx dividend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
Rural Mail Men TO
Receive Increased
Salaries on July I
AN AGGREGATE OF $4o4 PER AN.
NUN RAISE COMING UNDER
NEW ORDER.

The five rural letter carriers having
routes from the Hattiesburg postoffice
are to receive an aggregate increase
of $404 year, beginning July l. This
announcement was made by Post
master T. NJ. Fuller today.
In addition to this increase, new
loop route, to supply the Runnelston
district by a thrice-a-week service,
will employ a carrier at an annual
salary of $52S This route will be IA
miles in length, and will be put in
operation on July 1.
Increases of from $4S to 5000 per
annum will be given the five old car
riers.
Postmaster Fuller already has been
notified by the Postoffice Department
of the raises, which are to be made
as result of the following order:
81. On and after July l, 1915, the
compensation Of each rural letter car
rier for serving a rural route of "a
miles and over, 6 days in the payable
monthly, on routes % miles and less
than "a miles, $1,152; on routes 20
miles and less than % miles, $1,100;
on routes IS miles and less than 20
miles, 5000; on routes 16 miles and
less than Is miles, $40; on routes
II miles and less than 16 miles $500;
on routes II miles and less than IA
miles, $672; on routes 10 miles and
less than - miles, $642; on routes
s miles and less than 10 miles, S576;
on routes miles and less than s
miles, 1928; on routes miles and
less than 6 miles, $3.50. A rural let
ter carrier serving one tri-weekly
route shall be paid on the basis fol-
a route one-half the length of the
route served by him, and a carrier
serving two tri-weekly routes shall
be paid on the basis for a rOut one
half of the combined length of the
two routes; provided, that in the dis
erection of the Postmaster General
the pay of carriers who own motor
vehicles and who serve routes not
fess than so miles in length, may be
fixed at not exceeding $500 per an
mum.
SO. Rural carriers shall be paid
monthly at the rates fixed by law,
through certain designated postOf
fees, upon presentation by postmas-
ters at rural delivery offices of prop
erly executed vouchers"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
So Is Carranza.

Washington, D. c., June 12.-Car-
rama issued a proclamation at Vera
Cruz this afternoon, bidding for rec
ognition by the United States. The
text was received at the State De-
partment. What effect, if any, it will
have on the Presidents Mexican pol
icy, can only be conjectured It lays
down the principles of the Carranza
administration, and asks the others to
join the leader.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
ITALYS INTERVENTION
MEANS TONNAGE INCREASE
(BU Associated PreSS.)

London, May Prom the stand
point of freight markets the interven-
ton OF Italy means a substantial in
crease in the worlds available ton
mage. According to LIoyd's List, SO
German vessels and q Austrian YES
sells have been interned since last
August in Italian ports, and these
ships will now presumably be seized
and put into commercial use.
The sc German vessels have a ton
mage of $4,000, and the Austrian
ships show a total of $4,000 tons.
Many of the detained vessels are fine
liners. The two largest are the
MOltke, 10000 tons, and the KONG
Albert, 10000 tons, both of which are
at Genoa. The Bayern, 5000 tons, is
at Naples, and there are 26 ships OF
1000 to 5000 tons detained in the
various ports.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
TELEGRAPH BREWT|ES
by Associated PreSS.)
Frank Hearing Held.

Atlanta, Ga, June 12.-Goyernor
Slaton gave hearing today to those
opposed and those favoring the com
mutation of the sentence Of Leo
Frank w. NJ. Howard was the only
one to appear Ior the condemned man.
Against hi mwas former Governor
Brown, heading a delegation from Ma
rietta, where Mary Phagan formerly
lived, Solicitor Dorsey and A. E.
Stephens. Howard said that the negro
Conley robbed, assaulted and muir.
dered the girl.
The hearing unexpected adjourned
at l o'clock until O'Clock Monday
morning. Solicitor Dorsey said he
would submit a brief and oral argu-
ment 1t is indicated that the COVER
nor is going carefully into the testi-
mOny He said he would visit the
factory where the murder occurred.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
IDEAS & DUKE WILL
HAVE A FIRE SALE
REMOVE STOCK TO o'FERRALL's
OLD STAND-ANNOUN BIG
PRICE REDUCTION.

Deas &c Duke, whose store and
the recent fire originating in Henley's
studio, are occupying the store on
Front street recently vacated by
O'Ferrall Brothers as temporary
quarters.
The entire stock Of mems furnish
ings. including hats, shoes, clothing,
shirts, collars, neckware, etc, has
been transferred into the new loca-
ton. The proprietors announced to-
day that they have finished their ad-
justment with the insurance com
panies and will place the goods on
sale at greatly reduced prices begin
ming next Saturday, June 10.
From now until the sale begins they
will be busy arranging the stock, and
there is no doubt that when the doors
are opened to the public next Satur-
day morning there will be some real
mems furnishings bargains to be had.
Il have never looked over a cleaner
stock of mems furnishings" declared
ID. G. Butts, insurance adjuster today,
81 have adjusted losses of this kind
for a quarter OF a century, but never
before have | seen a mems furnish
ings stock more free from old and
undesirable goods.
'While the stock as a whole was
wet by the water the proprietors
wisely kept the doors open, allowing
fresh air to circulate through the
store and preventing any of the stock
from becoming widowed. There !.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
FIRE DESTROYS
RAILROAD RECORDS
Continued from Page One.)

tied over the lower par; OF their
faces, fought their way into the in
terror.
Hundreds of gallons of water were
poured into this room, and within 30
minutes the last spark had been
drowned.
Some damage was done to the ware
room and to the freight office by the
water. The damage from fire in these
rooms was slight
The only ignitable material in the
record room was the papers and the
shelving, the rest being fireprOof.
Many of the old records of the gen
eral freight office, and the local
freight office were in this room. Mr..
Field said that but few, if any, new
records from either office, were dam
aged.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
NO STRIKES IN GERMANY.
(Bu Associated PreSS.l

Berlin, June IAN official report
on labor conditions in Germany dur
ing the year 1914 has just been issued
1t shows that the total number OF
strikes which occurred in 1914 after
the outbreak of the war was "a, III
yolving only LOO work people. They
were all settled promptly and not a
single strike was under way at the
end of the year.
In consequence of the practical ces-
sation of strikes after the beginning
of the war, the total number of work
men involved in labor disputes during
the year was $4,000 as against an av.
erage of 226,00 for the five years pre-
ceeding.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
FORM PLANS TO OUT
WIT TAX DODGERS

Washington, June 12.-The prob
lem of the tax dodger and how best
to defeat his cunning is the subject
of a gathering of Internal Revenue
Collectors gathered today by Commits
tive methods will be planned for 4
more thorough rounding up of the in
come tax, for the treasury department
is not satisfied with the returns from
the income tax law. The personnel
of the collecting STATS will also be
given strict scrutiny, for Uncle Sam
is determined to collect.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
DERNBURG SAILS
FOR HOME TODAY
UNOFFICIAL MOUTHPIECE OF
THE KAISER is GUARANTEED
SAFE PASSAGE.
(Bg associated PreSS.)

New York, June 12.-Dr. Bernhard
Dernburg, looked upon as the unoffi-
cial mouthpiece of the German govern
ment in the United States, boarded a
steamer for Bergen, Norway, today.
He has been given assurance of a safe
passage by the British, French and
Russian embassies.
Dernburgs assertions were often
sive to the Washington government,
particularly after the Lusitania sank.
While he was not told that his absence
from this country would be appreciat-
ed, it is generally understood that the
German Ambassador gave to him such
hint.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
Villa Is WILLING.

FL Paso, Tex, June 12.-Villa, in a
note to President Wilson, expresses a
willingness to Invite" a new union
of all Mexicans to work together to
insure the triumph of revolutionary
principles, especially on the agrarian
problem, and the extension and in
struction of the poorer classes"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12

The Lomo presents today Francis
X. Bushman in the big special two
part drama, THE Ambition of a
Baron;" special Lubin farce-comedy,
Mixed Flats" "The Escape of the
Fast Freight" episode of the Hazards
of Helen;" Biograph special, THE
Quicksands of Society,"" the Pathe
War News. Lots of good comedy.
Five cents admission to all. Go and
keep cool.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
MRS. LANE DEAD.

Jackson, Miss. June 12.-Mrs. Vir-
ginia C. Lane, aged 50 years, a native
of North Carolina, died yesterday at
the home of her son, w. H. Lane, on
North State street, after a lingering
illness. Mrs. Lane came to this state
long before the war, and with her
husband settled in Madison county.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
TO ADDRESS ENGINEERS.

Jackson, Miss, June 12.-Attorney
General Collins has accepted an in
vitation to deliver an address during
the memorial services of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers of Mis-
sissippi in Meridian next Sunday after
noon. He left today for Meridian and
will return Monday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
CITY BREvITIEs

The Meridian Presbytery will meet
in an adjourned session by order of
the moderator, in the Bay Street
Presbyterian church, Monday morning
at 1920 o'clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12
DEDICATE NEW
KENTUCKY CHURCH

Lexington, KY, June 12.-The First
Baptist Church, recently completed
here at a cost of 100000 will be ded-
icated tomorrow. '-x jnr.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-12

no doubt that there will be eXcep-
tiOnal bargains when the sale begins
next Saturday"
The nonpartisan leader., 1915-11-04

complained of harsh treatment from
;foremen, mostly in the way of abus-
I've language.
|! Aidera1e, GeigeF' was curious to
,aearn how the girls managed to live
on their incomes. Miss Berg, ex-
planned: II pay S5 a month for my
Room and my sister charges me Is
:eentsS a meal. L am often hungry,
bsrt CAN'T afford to spend more.''
Ii what, have YOU; and the others
been doing since you went on
striker Ann Jayorowsky was asked.
Going around beating up scabs,' -
she calmly replied. --
B "Did you ever beat up one your
fself?"
"Yes;, I, beat up one.''
n "Did any one ever tell you to do
that?2 Did. you receive instructions
from headquarters to do that?"
Il "No; no one, ever told me. knew
enough to- do, that without being
Eteld.'
Work 1871 Hours Day
y Grace Gross told of an alleged sys-
item for eyading the ten-hour law.
/, Y. / ge to- work at 6, but ana not
supposed to punch the, timeclock un-
TIL $780," she said.
\ Bessie Alt, who earns So week,
The nonpartisan leader., 1915-11-04
THE NONPARTIsAM LEADER
Bv Franklin II. POWers

Add to this the state, county and
federal per capita debt and we get
$147.15, or $67.69 more than the per
capita debt at the close of the Civil
war;.
There can be no question but that
school districts, counties and cities in
Mort Dakota are rushing into debt
with a headlong impetuosity. In
some localities the situation is SER
ious and in every quarter of the state
is grave enough to demand the at
tention Of the thoughtful citizen.
North Dakota's Shame
While this is no doubt in part due
to the fact that we are yet pioneer
state and doing pioneer building, yet
it is probable that the fever of high
finance has Influenced the minds of
the people in public as we'll as pri-
vate affairs.
1t is ridiculous for the State of
North Dakota to be loaning money
to municipal sub b-divisions of govern
ment at 4 per cent, when Great Brit
ain and France are paying 51a per
| cent on their national bonds; for
North Dakota to loan money ON in
ferior securities at per cent when
New York City, New York State, AL
berta, Louisiana and scores of great
municipalities and state and PROVING
es are paying Az and 5 per cent OH
better securities; for farmer in
North Dakota to pay from six to
eight per cent on a first farm mort
gage on from forty to fifty per cent
of the actual value of his farm, when
debt ridden city, village, township
or county can borrow from the state
for per cent. Why should the
farmer be- penalized? is perhaps. a
good question for the, business ad.
ministration.
Rank In. ustice. to Schools
1t is rank injustice to the public
schools. Why should we rob the pub
lie schools, Of the state. to encourage
cities to founder through the slough
| of debt? We rob the, school, fund
that Bismarck, without a public, Ii
brary, can bond and build a $4,000
theater and that Grand Forks can
build slaughter house. or bridge
to East Grand Forks to quench a
never dying. thirst? There, is no trea.
The nonpartisan leader., 1915-11-04
Girl Garment Work:
ers,(let Cruel Treat.
7tent' at Hand OF:
Employers:

Pathetic, stories Of the lives, Of
girls wano gainsa pEeearious. livelihood
in the garment trade were told today
before the aldermadlic committee in
vestigating the garment workers
strike. Manufacturers ignored invi-
tations to, be. present:
Tears come to the eyes of some Of
the girls as they told of their strug-
giles for existence. Their normal
earnings, testimany showed, were s.
a week, and only supreme efforts,
working from daylight to dark with
out lunch would bring in $500.
Sidney Hillman, national head of
the Garment Workers Union, ex-
planned that in the ssbetter shops,'
girls received Sl2 a week for similar
work. ~ (. .:ItE
seventy-eight Gents Week
Pearl Krupnik said that in dull
times she had earned as III low as IS
cents a. week.. Fanaie Berg testified
that the girls haVes to buy their own
needless Three hundred girls, she
said, had to use the same roller toW-
ell. Alderman Healy called the atten-
tion of the health department to
this.
Miss Berg said that she worked
from 1880 a. m. to 5:45 p. m. and that
she and thirteen other girls engaged
on hastings were able to make So a
week by giving up half of the lunch
hour to work. All of the witnesses
The nonpartisan leader., 1915-11-04

more than 100 per cent. On the
county debt we have paid in interest,
since statehood, more than three mil
lion of dollars, while on the school
debt the interest charges have been
E$ss;6oO,oo0.
4 Paid Out Macls Interest
1 The state debt never reaches the
million and a quarter mark and yet
we have paid on it a million dollars
IN interest, besides almost S55O,0OO on
the principal and we have $5OO,OoO
of it left:
L There are no general statistics of
North Dakota cities, but from data
gathered by the Tax Commission, it
appears that the city debt of the
state exceeds S4,50o,OO and is growing
with alarming rapidity.
+ The total debt of North Dakota
exceeds: $15,OOO,OO0 and the interest
charge aggregates nearly a million
dollars annually.
Turning again to those one hundred
and fonty-six American, cities with a
population of 5000 Cor more, we
found the per capita city debt in
1911. to be $67.31; the Federal per
capita debt was $lO.S3 and the state,
county, school and township per cap
ita not: to- exceed $a4.0o, making a
total per capita debt in those cities
OF $92.14 At the close of our great
Civil war, August 81, 1865, the per
capita National, state, city and local
was $79.44.
Grand Forks and fargo
Take our two largest cities, Fargo
and; Grand Forks, Fargo has total
debt of $1,2O5, ,576.73.- This includes
the bonded debt of city, school dis
triet, and the park board and special
Improvement warrants. Since 1881
the, city has, paid in interest on debt
| s9l8,864.10. The current interest
charges is $74,4s3.83. This brings the
lper. capita city debt up to $73.77
Add to this the state, county and
federal debt; anhlI we get $s6A2 or
l.seyen dellars more than the total pes
capita debt at: the close of the CIVIL
war;
+ Grand Forks aas total debt of
50 ,54S, ,038.42A of; which there is cur.
isrent interest. charge, of $S9638:61
tIher per, capita city debt is $l27.50
The nonpartisan leader., 1915-11-04
PAGE SEVEN

son why a city should borrow the
monies of the school funds for less
than the farmer pays. Let them all
have it at six per cent and surely no
one could. complain. - 80. Z -: ~
Sinking, Fund a Failure
The rule in all political divisions
in the borrowing business in North
Dakota has been to borrow and re-
Understanding sometimes not alone
principal but block of interest as
we'll. Some abortive efforts have been
made at sinking funds but. little has
been accomplished. 1t is to be ques-
toned if the sinking fund method Of
paying debt is not worse than no
method at all. During tie Napole-
onic wars England lost, 3O0,OOO,00O
pounds through Pitts stubborn de-
termination to make his invention,
the sinking fund, work.. Last year,
it was discovered that New York had
been taxed S19,OOO,OO0 for a sinking
fund more than was necessary under,
scientific bond amortization, plan.
In 1880 the Boston sinking fund was
despoiled of $4,000 and again in
1904 it was robbed of $292,0OO for the
benefit of other funds. In 1909. the
Lynn, Mas:., sinking fund. was short
100000. Chicage's sinking fund is
regularly taken for current expenses.
Even under the brilliant administra-
tion of Des Moines by the city COM
mission, levy Of 26 mills was levied
in 1910 for interest and sinking funds
when it should have, been So mills.
1t would be difficult to find a city,
school district or county in North Da-S
kota where the sinking fund has not
fallen upon days more or less evil.
Up to School Lands Board I.:s:.
The North Dakota university and
school lands board might take a long
step toward. solving the debt burden
of North Dakota. If they were to re-:
fuse to loan the funds in their Gus,
todye except On serial bonds; the leg
islature.t tlnightl take" anot theEs long step
by enacting the MASSACHUSETTS, law;
the: people: of, the state could COM.
plete the job if they were to interest;
themselves in public affairs to the ex-,
tent that they would know what they:
are doing when they vote a bond is-.
sue.
The nonpartisan leader., 1915-11-04
Hon. the Public Debt Keeps Piling Higher
y1anMinH

The shadow of public debt lies like
pail over the various units of gov
ernment in the United States. The
study Of public finance especially tax
alton, debt and interest, is being
prosecuted as never before at the en-
pense, and under the guidance, of
state governments. The average cit
izen today is more vitally interested
in taxation, public expenditures, debt
and interest that he is in tariff, civil
service reform or almost any other
public question.
Even casual survey of conditions
throughout the United States con-
vinces the most optimistic, that this
study and discussion is timely.
Marvellous Increase in Debt
Public debt has greatly increased
in all parts of the United States
during the past ten years. Twenty
year ago New York state had no
bonded debt and yet today: it
amounts to s1OS,0OO,OOO. In 1902 the
national del BIT was $969,4:7,241, while
nine years later it had increased to
Sl.015,784,338. From statistics corr
piled by the Census, Bureau, we find
that in 1902 the debt of one hundred
and forty-six cities in the United
States, having a population of 10000
or more, was S9Oo,17s,161, while nine
years later, it had increased 100 per
cent, aggregating &,S03,1 In
1902 the: City. of New York had a
debt of $276,583,442. Today it is
greater than the National debt, reach
ing the grand total of Oo,CO0C0O,
an increase of more than 35e=. per
cent. The per capita debt of these
146 American cities in nine wears in
creased from S44.19 to S67.31, or So
per cent. '.s| 49,
North Dakota in Line
In 1905 the bonded indebtedness. of
the counties Of North Dakota, was
little larger than at statehood, while
it has. increased from Sl,5o9s2Sa at
that time to- more, than SA,3Ge, 600,
an increase of almost. 200 per cent.
In 1904 the indebtedness of the
school districts of, the state was not
quite two million dollars, while, to-
day it. is, but a little short, Of five
and half millions IAN increase of