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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-24

Don't Humor Superstitious WhlN
Applications for the renumber11eI
three houses bearing the fateful A.
Der Ii have been declined by the
ord committee of the London ccul
council.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
RAILROAD NOTES.

The California Railroad Commits.
sion favors higher rates for the rail.
roads that carry parcel post packages.
Railroads Of the United States an.
nually consume more than 100000
gallons Of water for each mile of line.
Rating Of poultry in carloads by
Western railroads as third instead Of
fourth class freight has been endorsed
by the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion.
General Passenger Agent ]. d. Nc.
Namara of the Wabash has been
making a study of conditions in sew.
eral parts Of the country. He reports
a change in sentiment everywhere to-
ward the railroads and a decided dis.
position to accord fair treatment to
the carriers.
The Southwestern Missouri millers
claim they are getting the worst of 1t
on passing through St Louis; the
Merchants Exchange is opposed to
being required to surrender bills Of
lading on inbound shipments to be
reshipped to Eastern destinations,
while the carriers contend that they
are entitled to have the through inter
state rate on grain and grain products
apply from routes of origin in Mis-.
souri, when destined for points outside
the State, regardless of the fact that
the State law prescribed a lower rate
for movements from Missouri
The Canadian Pacific Railway is
erecting seven gates that will be op-
Grated automatically by electricity to
safeguard traffic across its tracks
along the water front in Vancouver.
They are OF the portcullis type, and
the pressure of an electric button will
lower or raise them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
WHAT THE CANAL WILL DO
FOR AMERICAN FARMERS

In the current issue OF Farm and
Fireside, the National Farm paper pub.
lished at Springfield. Ohio, Judson c.
Welliver, Washington correspondent
Of that publication, writes an interest.
ing article in which he tells IN part as
follows what the Panama Canal is do.
ing and will do for American farmers:
Il am told that wheat from Mon.
tana and other Northwest regions is
this year moving to the coast IN a
volume never before dreamed Of.
Why?
Because the canal Is open, and Il
is possible to haul grain from a great
distance inland to the Pacific termi.
nails, and there put It on ships for
Eastern and European ports cheaper
than II can be taken East by rail.
This all adds to the westbound
NoAhN VI AHN lalllbhubs Ah Alillt htfH
more development Of the canals pos
sibilities the Pacific ports will draw
more and more from inland; they will
reach farther and farther east; and
the railroads will profit.
"The Great West will develop under
this stimulus: the Middle West will
find both Atlantic and Pacific and also
Gulf ports bidding for its products.
Every trainload that goes west. that
formerly went east. will be that much
subtracted from the food OF agricul.
tural products that in the past has
swept eastward and submerged the
agriculture Of the Eastern States.
Eastern cities and industrial districts
will need new supplies. They will have
to get them nearer home; and getting
them nearer home means that they
must raise them. That means a huge
impetus to the agricultural revival In
the East and Southeast"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Caustic criticism is again made of
Chicago's police system.
Southern and Eastern Europe fur.
nish 81 per cent of the immigrants to
the United States.
The Belgian capital has been Off.
cially renamed "Bruesse" by the Ger.
mans. They have also imposed Ger.
man time on the city.
Ragtown, a city of about $1,000 in
the oil fields of Oklahoma, is perhaps
the only town of its size in the United
States which does not have a postof.
fee.
Wisconsin's far famed State income
tax law, the most successfully and
most cheaply administered to be found
in any country, will produce nearly
S4,2OO,OOO in revenues for 1914.
Because of the death of Mrs Wilson
there will be no official functions at
the White House this winter. This
means that there will be a general
REIMBURSEMENT for the season Of most
Of the usual formal entertainments.
The new home of the Congressional
Club is said to be one Of the most de-
lightful spots in Washington, The
interior is very attractive, the fine
stairway leading directly out OF the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26

I hall into a beautiful assembly room
being a feature Of the club The mem.
bership Is composed primarily OF
women Of the immediate families of
Senators and Representatives and ex.
members OF Congress.
One Of the few funds. II not the only
one, left for charity by a President OF
the United States, is used in Lancas.
ter, Pa, for buying coal for the poor
at Christmas and for other good uses.
The fund was left by President Buch.
anan, who was a resident OF Lancas.
ter. and their income now amounts to
about $4,000 a year
For the first time In IT'S history. the
Supreme Court OF the United States
is to consider the validity OF mini.
mum wage law for women. In 1908
the same court rendered a favorable
decision in It's first case concerning
the validity Of a woman's ten.hour
law. Both cases have come from the
State Of oregon.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
STOMACH TROUBLES
Mr.. Ragland Writes Interesting
Letter on This Subject.

Madison Heights, va.-Mr. chas. A.
Ragland, Of this place, writes: al have
been taking ThedIord's Black Draughi
for indigestion, and other stomach troub-
les, also colds, and find Il 10 be the very
best medicine ! have ever used.
After taking Black Draught for a few
days, always feel like a new man."
Nervousness. nausea, heartburn, pain
In pit Of stomach, and a feeling Of full
ness after eating. are sure symptoms Of
stomach trouble, and should be given the
proper treatment, as your strength and
health depend very largely upon your
food and its digestion.
To get quick and permanent relief
from these ailments, you should take
a medicine Of known curative merit.
Its Is years Of splendid success, in the
treatment Of Just such troubles, proves
The real merit OF Thediord's Black
Draught. Safe, pleasant gentle in action,
ard without bad aiter-eiiects, il is sure
to benefit both young and old. For sale
everywhere. Price &c. Nclu
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
NEW YORK DAY BY DAY
Rising Spirits.


The biggest order for steel rails the
market has seen this twelvemonth is
announced by the Pennsylvania Rail.
road. The road will buy Immediately
100000 tons, which is $4,000 tons
more than all bought in 1914. The
New York Central is getting prices
on $4,000 tons and is certain to want
more later. With these two big rail.
roads setting the pace, others are
sure to figure more confidently and
come forward with substantial orders.
That the rise Of spirits in railroad
circles following the Interstate Com.
merce Commisslon's grant OF an ad.
vance In freight rates would promptly
show itself in renewals OF equipment
and a widening of operations was a
foregone conclusion. There is every
reason, however. why this spirit
should not stop with the railroads,
but keep right on.
Business throughout the country
has formed the habit OF watching the
railroads and the steel industry. The
railroads are cheered up. Consequent.
ly the steel industry is going to be.
Let business. therefore drop the
anxious eye attitude and fall to. The
watchword for 1915 is: Replenish,
expand, expect.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
No War Price Loaf.

A bumper wheat crop-and bread
at famine prices
The seriousness OF a situation which
finds wheat quoted at the highest
figure reached In a generation and
still going abroad at the rate If from
100000 to 100000 bushels. a iay,
may stir the National government to
watchfulness.
The National Housewives League
representing 100000 American fami
lies, has appealed to President vii
son, declaring that "unless a way is
devised 10 protect our people. suffer,
Ing such as this country has rarely
felt will ensue" An agent ipr large
Eastern -four mills renorts that IF
present conditions continue we shall
have no more wheat to sell after
March. and that will mean n pretty
bad situation in the United States
and abroad as well. fear tina. -four
will go above IS Wholesale
That speculative greed will keep its
hands off such tempting conditions is
too much to expect. Utmost vigilance
and PROMPT prosecution are needed
to head off Illegal combinations sure
to seek profit in the situation. 4 Ma.
tional embargo on wheat exports is
grave and prohlematical eXpedient
Put every United states district at.
torney in the country has ample pow
er to protect the public from consplra-
tors who see money IN a "war-price
loaf"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
THIS DAY IN HISTORY

l6Sl-Two Cameronian women hang
ell at Edinburgh for calling the
King and Bishop 'perjured.
bloody men,
l699-Peace OF Carlowitz concluded
between Leopold / of Austria
aud Mustapha II, Sultan Of
Turkey, after fifteen years of
hostilities.
1882 DeGrasse, with the French
fleet, twenty.nine sail. attacked
the British, under Hood, TWEEN.
ty.two sail, but were repulsed
with the loss of / 900 killed and
wounded, British loss trifling.
lSl4-The Prussians, under Butcher.
passed the Marine and marched
upon Troyes. Bonaparte at the
same time entered Vitry.
l9O3-Judge William r. Day Of Ohio
accepted the appointment OF
the President 10 the United
States Supreme Court.
l9li-Vera Cruz reported that Rear
Admiral Fletcher was under or.
ders to send three thousand
marines and blueiackets to
Mexico City as soon as Huerta
was forced to fee.
19li-Panama advices said that Col
Cocktails will not leave the zone
for eighteen months.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26

fore the Court House door OF said
Brazos County. in the City OF Bryan,
Texas, the following described prop.
erty, to-wIt: "
Lots Nos. Nine (9) and Ten (1O),
In Block No. Twehty.eight (2S), in
Oak Grove Addition to the City OF
Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. levied
on as the community property OF the
said Alline Rohde McAshan and II. n.
McAshan, to satisfy judgment
amounting 10 three hundred and sew.
enty (s37O.OO) dollars In favor of the
said Allene Rohde McAshan, ana
costs OF suit.
Given under my hand. this 18th day
Of January, 1915.
T. c. MUM. Sheriff.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
NoTlcE-sHERlFFs SALE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS. ;

THE STATE or TEXAS. }
County of Brazos.
BY virtue Of an order of sale. issued
out of the Honorable District Court
of Brazos County, on the 10th day Of
December, A. d, 1914, by the Clerk
thereof, in the case Of Bill Carroll.
plaintiff, and ]. G. Minkert inter.
venor, versus Bryan & Central Texas
lnterurban Railroad Company, No.
6S62, and to me, as sheriff, directed
and delivered. | will proceed to sell
for cash, within the hours prescribed
by law for Sheriff's Sales, on the first
Tuesday in February, A. d. 1915. It
being the 2nd day of said month be-
fore the Court House door Of said
Brazos County, in the City of Bryan.
Texas, the following described prop.
ertv, to-wit:
The line or right of way Of the de-
PENDANT, the Bryan and Central Texas
Interurgan Railroad Company, and all
engines, locomotives, cars and gaso-
line locomotive cars owned by said
defendant. levied on as the property
of the Bryan & Central Texas Inter.
urban Railroad Company, to satisfy a
Judgment amounting to the sum Of
sixty,six and $1,000 (s66.5O) dollars.
in favor of Bill Carroll, and the sum
of thirty-three and $4,000 CsSS.5O)
dollars in favor Of ]. G. Minkert and
costs of suit.
Given under my hand, this 10Th day
Of January, A. D. 1915.
r. c. MUM, Sheriff.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS. }
County OF BrnZns- [

| NE STATE OF IENAS, !
County Of Brazos.
Whereas. by virtue OF authority
vested In me as trustee named and
appointed In a certain deed OF trust
recorded in Book n. page 22l, Deed
Of Trust Records of Brazos County.
Texas, executed and delivered TO me
on the 18th day OF December 1913.
by Isaac Nelson for the better secur.
ing OF one promlssory note dated
December /. 1913. and due and pay.
able December !, 1914. with interes.
at the rate OF ten per cent per annum.
payable to c. $. Jones or order. said
note providing for attorneys fees OF
ten per cent on the amount OF princi.
pal and interest then owing. the
amount OF said note being one thou
sand twenty-four and 39-1OO dollars:
and whereas. said note and interest
is due and unpaid; and whereas. there
Is now due and payable eleven hun.
dred twenty-six and 7j-lOO dollars.
with an additional amount OF ten per
cent on above amount from December
l, 1914, until paid; and whereas. said
c. s. Jones is the legal owner and
holder OF said note, and !. c. Z. Jones.
trustee in said deed Of trust. have
been requested by said c. S. Jones
to enforce said trust, | will offer for
sale. between the hours OF ten o'clock
a. m. and four o'clock D. m, at public
auction to the highest bidder. on the
frs: Tuesday in February. A. d. 1918.
the same being the 9nd day Of said
month. at the court house door in the
city Of Bryan, in the County OF Brazos,
and State Of Texas, the following de.
scribed property. to-wit:
All that certain tract or parcel Of
land containing 1O2 acres, lying and
being situated in the byron Wixon
survey In Brazos County, Texas, and
being a part OF the 196.acre tract sold
by J. r. Eden and wife to c. L. Eden
October 10. 1908, and recorded In the
deed records of Brazos County, Texas,
in Book 2S, page 119, the land herein
conveyed being described as follows:
Beginning at the most westerly cor.
ner Of said 196-acre tract, also the
corner Of Blanton tract; thence n. 40
+. with said line Of said 196-acre tract
752 yrs. and corner; thence S. 45 +.
AS yrs. and corner with c. L. Eden
9i-acre tract, which is also a part Of
said l96-acre tract; thence S. 45 W.
752 yrs. and corner; thence y. As W,
7i3 yrs. to place of beginning.
Reference is hereby made to deed
records for more particular descrip.
tion Of said property and said deed of
trust
With all rights, members and APP
purtenances thereto in anywise be.
longing.
Witness my hand this 10Th day OF
January, 1915.
c. E. JONES. Trustee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26

FOR RENT-TIouse with six rooms
and bath. one block south of Pres.
byterian Church and one block from
car line. See J. W. Bats. Phone 81.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26

FOR RENT-Well-located house. east
side, bath. lights, sewerage. Phone
617 or 253.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
NoTIcE-sHERlFF's SALE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of BraZOs.

County Of Brazos.
BY virtue of an order of sale, issued
out Of the Honorable District Court
of Brazos County, on the End day OF
December, A. d. 1914, by the Clerl;
thereof, in the case of Allene Rohde
McAshan versus II. n. McAshan, No
6S7S, and to me, as Sheriff, directed
and delivered, will proceed to sell
for cash. within the hours prescribed
by law for Sheriff's Sales, on the first
Tuesday in February, A. D. 1915, II
being the End day of said month, be-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - Five-rOom house; also
rooms in my home. Phone $50.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-26

G. p. BITTLE,
Chief Clerk Public Utilities Depart
ment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
WILSON WELCOMES G. A. r.

WASHINGTON, September 27.--rrcsi-
the Grand Army OF the Republic 1t
was the first day Of the forty-ninth IN =
nual reunion of the Union Army, and
they sent TO the White House Lieutcn-
ant Colonel David j. Palmer, their
commander in chief, and his staff The
President gave cordial greeting,
prophetic OF next Wednesday, when he
Will review tho remnant of tho Union
host that made Pennsylvania Avenue
historical in 1865.
Tonight the old soldiers fraternized
in iliumined streets with survivors Of
the ConfedcT.cy, many of whom have
come by special invitation TO join in
the 1ftieth anniversary OF American
peace.
Ten thousand veterans Of the Union
Army had registered Tonight at Camp
Matthew G. Emery. Thousands more
are expected during the night. and
preparations had been made for enter
tanning crowd that will rival any in
auEuration assemblaCe
There was no formal program to-
day except the dedication OF the head
quarters building and the call on the
president by the commander in chief
Informal activities. however, were
many, including inspection by the VET
Grams of naval destroycrs and subma- ;
rines anchored in the Potomac River.
Tomorrow night President Wilson is
to address the assembled hosts nj the
first general session.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
NEGRO LOSES FOOT AT
BELT LINE CROSSING
Jumped From Automobile to Avoid i,n
coming Train and Falls Bencnth
Wheels OF Engine.

William Gainor. colored, EOS North
Belvidere Street, WAS run over by a
Richmond, Frederick sburG and Poto-
mac railroad train at the Patterson
Avenue crossing of the Belt Line last
night and suffered the loss Of one foot.
The negro was also cut about the head
and badly bruised about the body. lie
WAS taken to Memorial Hospital.
Gainor. with several companions.
WAS motoring late last night. As the
car was crossing the railway tracks
the negro noticed the train bearing
down upon the car, which was then
directly OH the track. Gainor thought
the machine was about to be struck
and leaped over the cover. which was
folded back.
The machine with the other negroes
continued on to safety, while Gainor
fell directly in front of the train. Be
fore he was able to drag himself off
the tracks his ankle had heen run over
and his foot cut off. He was rolled
over and over and dragged Il short dis
lance.
Ambulance Surgeon Anderson an
swered hurry call to the scene and
found the negro in a serious condition.
He rendered him emergency treatme tent
and took him to Memorial Hospital
with all possible speed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
Austria to Recall
Dun1ba as Requested
Assurances Giuen american
ambassador BY Vienna
Foreign Office.

WASHINGTON, September 27.-Dr.
Constantin Dumba. Austro- Hungaria n
ambassador TO the United States. will
be formally recalled by his govern
mcnt, according to assurances given
American Ambassador Penfcld at the
Vienna Foreign Office.
MIR. Penfield had been instructed to
make clear informally that leave OF
absence" for DIR. Dumba would not
satisfy the request of the United States
in its formal note asking for the recall
OF Or. Dumha. MIR. Pcntleld was ad-
vised that the wishes of the United
states would be complied with a
note on the subject Is being prepared.
and Immediately upon its receipt safe
conduct home for DIR. Dumba will be
arranged, and the incident so far as
the United States is concerned. will
he closed. Until formal notification of
Or. Dumbas recall is received, State
Department. officials will make no an
nounccmcnt. They are ready, however.
conduct the moment satisfactory word
arrives from Vienna, in order that DR..
Dumba may sail on the steamer Rot
tcrdam this week, in accordance with
his plans.
Written assurances that Madame
Dumba could proceed without fear of
interference from British or French
authorities was mailed on Saturday,
the allied embassies having notified
the department that safe conduct was
supernuous in the case of noncom-
Blatant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
ELEVEN MEN ENTOMBED

LANSFOliD, PA, September %
Eleven men, six Americans and five for
cigners employed in the Foster tun-
ne! of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company a Coaldale near here were
entombed shortly before noon today
~ d sudden rush of cuim and water
mat had broken through the roof from
an abandoned working. Gangs OF men
hastily worked in half-hour shifts in
an effort 10 stem the flow OF water that
was piiinc mp the barrier OF culm, dirt
ana coal behind which the men are
prisoners. but from reports of com
pdnN officials ii VIII be late Tomorrow
morning before the men can be rescued,
{. II. Suender, vice president OF the
company. said tonight that the cause
OF IN" accident had not been deter
mined
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
NEGRO CAUGHT TRYING TO
HOLD UP WILLIAM HAGAN
lshnm Carter Is Arrcsted on Mayo
Bridge. After Chase From Fourth
mud Hull Streets.

Detected in the act Of holding up
William llaran ut the point of a pis.
tol, 1sham Carter, colored. was chased
TO the Mayo Bridge from Fourth and
Hull Streets early this morning and
captured there by Policeman WeScott
and Bridge Waterman Cross.
The negro Was taken to the Third
Precinct Station, where he will be held
until arrnigned in the Police Court,
Part H., this morning. He did NOT sue
coed in stealing anything from Hagan,
being seen by several men who were
passing nearby before he was able
to rifle his pockets. iasan was stopped
b! the negro who pointed his pistol
ia his face and demanded his money.
When he saw the other men coming
toward h!ni, iaham took TO his heels.
Ncscott and the men who had seen
him holding up Hagan gave chase and
caught him. with the assistance Of
Officer Cross.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
CABLE DIES IN AUTO CRASH
Assistant Secretary of Commerce opd
Labor Under President Taft
Crushed to Drnth

liSWlCH, MASS, September 81
Benjamin Stickney Gable, of Washing
ton. Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and Labor under President Taft was
crushed TO death in Il collision between
two automobiles on the Newburyport
Turnpike to-day. Ills companion.
Richard u. Crane, Jr.. OF Chicago was
cut and bruised, but escaped serious
injury.
In the other automobile Mrs David
l.. Edsall. of Boston, suffered brok eli
leg.
The Two machines came together al
"a dangerous corner five miles from
here. MIR. Cranes car was hurled
across the road, and Mr.. Cable was
pinned underneath in such Il way that
death possibly was instantaneous.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-28
"KATY" RAILWAY SYSTEM
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER
Change Affecting Com1innies with Ag-
EreEnte Mileage or $500 Result
OF Friendly Agreement.

! ST. LOUIS. MO, September 27.-rhe
Katy" railway system, embracing tho
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.
| a Kansas corporation. and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway, OF Texas,
| to-day went into the hands of II re-
, cciver.
| This change. affecting a system with
an aggregate mileage OF more than
$500. was brought about by indepcu-
dent orders fled In the United Dis
| trict Court at ST. Louis and at Dallas,
and was result of a friendly agree
mcnt between certain creditors and the
management of the two companies that
f.. Schan. president of both roads, was
named sole receiver of each.
| The receivership order signed hcre
was issued on the petition Of two
creditors-the Railway Steel Springs
Company. of New Jersey, and ID. t.
Hussey. of st. Louis. who had a claim
| of $4,000 for ties and equipment Tho
order issued In Texas was granted on
the petition OF Mr.. Hussey, acting for
himself and other creditors.
The railway company filed an an
swer TO the petition here, conscnting
to the appointment or receiver and
, admitting the allegations of the pc
ttlons as to the inability OF the road
to meet obligations already matured
Tho receivership suit was filed by
| agreement with the directorate of the
railroad. The failure OF holders of
S?5Oo0O face value OF $4,000. 600 out
standing two-Ecar per cent notes to
consent TO an extension for one year
at per cent brought about the dcci-
SION OF the railway management to
throw the road into the courts to pre-
vent tho hling OF individual suits thar
might result in a disintegration of tho
system.