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The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Corporal White Camp, United Span
ish War Veterans, invite you and
your friends to lance with them at
their Annual Military Ball on the
night Of Decoration Day, Monday,
May 31st, at the Denver Auditorium.
This 10 your first great chance to en-
Joy a real big dance. For those who
do not dance, boxes will be reserved,
and first come first served. Music by
Morrison's celebrated augmented or
chestra Of 12 musicians. Admission,
SOC.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness and sympathy ex-
tended us during the bereavement Of
our loving daughter and niece, Geor-
gia Bell Giles; also for the beautiful
floral designs. We thank Messrs. e.
V. Cammel, C. M. Harris and Robt.
Oliver, undertakers, for their excel
lent services rendered.
MRS. MARY GILES, Mother.
MR.. C. c. METLOCK.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our sincere
thanks oour friends and acquaint-
ances for their appreciation and kind
ness shown our dear daughter and
relative, Miss Ruth Fife, during her
illness and demise. Especial thanks
are extended for the floral offerings
and the tender words of sympathy
expressed.
(signed) Mrs. Mary Irene Fife
and Family.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17
aAsEaAll

The Five Points Boosters, 1st, will
be seen in their new uniforms Sun.
day, April 18th, at 23rd and Welton,
at l o'clock when they cross bats
with the Five Points Boosters, End.
Captains Fred Wood and Roger Smith
are making faces at each other over
this contest.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Hand-paInted china store, $3.50 Wei
ton street. Join the Drawing Out
Club, At 25 cents per week. A 600
plate will be given away FREE svery
week. II no person 10 successful e1!oo
worth Of china will be given away At
the end Of the fourth week.
MRS. 9. cLiN0MAN,
China Artist.
Main 1900.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17
WhooPING COUGH.

Well-everyone knows the effect Of
Pine Forests on Coughs. DR.. Rells
is a remedy which
brings quick relief for Whooping
Cough, loosens the mucous, soothes
the lining Of the throat and lungs, and
makes the coughing spells less severe.
A family with growing children should
not be without it. Keep it handy for
all Coughs and Colds. 25c at your
Druggist.
Electric Bittersta Spring Tonic.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Campbell Ushers' Club are rehears
ing two dramas, 1.-THE outeast Daugh
ter" and "a Woman's Honor" to b.
given In the near future.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

| FOR pREss-MAkINo, SCALP
MAssAoINo AND HAIR-pREssIN0,
| CALL MRS. L. HILL, 2858 TIRE
MONT PLACE. PHONE MAIN soe1.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

P. J. Temple of Hot Springs. Ark.
formerly second waiter Of Hotel Hot
Springs. spent few days in this city
while en- route to Colorado Springs
where he will accept a position as
head waiter of the Ell Paso Club.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

The Twentieth Century DaneIns
Academy every Monday night at Fer'
Hall. Morrison's orchestra. New
dances. You are invited. Jno. w
Carrie, Jr., Mgr.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Join the international Peace soeI-
ETY.. No money required. You will
meet the best people In Colorado At
our coneIaves which are held In Den
yer. Address: international Peace
Society, Railway Exchange Building,
ST. Louis, Missouri.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Mr.. Bert Patrick has moved to 1881
Franklin, while Miss Eliza Miller,
mother and sister, Lille. have also
moved to 1928 Lafayette st. Miss
Nancy Tyler has moved to 31st and
California SITS.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Keep off the date, May Goth. Eve
green Chapter No. SO, Fern Hall.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Look out for the Xxx Century Dane
lna Academy at Fern Hall every Mon
day night. A pleasant time awaits
you.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Hear Miss catheii, the great emo
tionaI actress Of New York City, and
see the grand fashion display, given
by the Parish Guild Of the Church OF
the Redeemer, at East Turner Hall,
April 21st. MorrIson's orchestra. Ad-
mission IS cents.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Mrs. Lavinia Turner Of 2937 Wei.
ton St.. is III with tonsilitis at her
home.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

The Twentieth Century DancIn.
Academy every Monday night at Ferl
Hall. Morrison's orchestra. New
dances. You are invited. Jno. w
Carrie, Jr, Mgr.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17
CITY
NEWS

THE GRAND THEATRE's WEEKLY
PROGRAM.
Cut Out and Paste on Wall
Don't Miss the Big Show
this Week.
EXTRA GOOD MUSIC At THE
GRAND THEATER. THE BEST
RAGTiME PLAYER IN THE CITY
WILL TICKLE THE KEYS. COME
AND HEAR HIM.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

April 21-Mrs. Mae Byrd. 2627 Tre-
mont.
April 2s-Mrs. Dora Derry. 2415
Humboldt.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Norris of East
Goth Ave. have moved to 2435 Lafay-
ette st.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

At THE ANNEX.
Saturday, April 17-On the Brink
Of the Abyss; Bobbie's Bandit.
The Denver star., 1915-04-17

MEETINGS OF THE TAXA ART
AND LITERARY CLUB.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
Story of San Francisco Boiler
maker and the Hardware
Combine.
WOULD NOT ACCEPT REBATE
Clerks Error, However, Gave the
Enemy Into the Old Irishman's
Hands, and He Speedily
Exacted' Terms.
BY RICHARD SPlLLANE.

copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
Mr. Moynihan had one tooth. bald
head and temper. The tooth was in
the upper gum directly in the center
and made quite show when Mr..
Moynihan engaged in conversation.
The badness of his head was ex-
pansiye. There was only a fringe of
hair about his ears and the back of
his neck and this fringe was stained
and dyed by the CRIME of the shop.
His temper was unimpaired. 1t had
developed with his years. He was a
boilermaker. 1t was his proud boast
that he had started in business in
1859. His shop was in Beale street,
San Francisco.
He made good boilers, as is testified
to by the fact that fair share of the
steamers that plowed the Pacific were
equipped with Moynihan's boilers. So
long as you didn't cross the old man
he was delightful to deal with. He
had a rich store of Irish wit and could
tell story as well as any man. When
he was angered, however, he was
primitive. Old as he was, he wasn't
averse to fist fight. Age had not
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27

prices of material advanced He had
to pay more for his steel, for his riy-
cts, for his tubes, for his hammers,
his sledges, everything that he bought.
He let out a roar of protest every
time prices were advanced, but it was
of no use. He tried to get supplies
from the few small concerns that still
continued in the business, but their
figures were as high as those of the
biggest establishments, if not higher.
What can't be cured must be en-
dured, so Mr.. Moynihan reluctantly
gave his orders to the big house. To
meet the advance in prices of material
he raised his price on boilers Some
Of his patrons protested. He told them
material had gone up and he wouldn't
make any more out of the job at the
higher price than he did at the lower
A few went to rival boiler makers and,
much to Mr.. Moynihan's surprise,
didn't return to him. That year Moy-
nihan's business dropped off and his
profit for the twelve months was very
small. The next year it dropped off
more and instead of a profit he had a
deficit. Customer after customer left
him. The old man tried not to show
his chagrin, but he took the decline of
his business very much to heart.
Il guess Pm getting pretty DID," he
would say to his cronies. 81 guess I'm
too old to do business. l can make as
good boilers as ever were made, but
l can't make them as cheap as Doyle
or Kennedy or lot of the other fell
lows. They under-bid me every time.
If it wasn't for me pride I'd retire.
I've been in business since '59"-and
then he would go on with his long
story of what he had done in the days
when California was young.
A few old friends stuck to him and
gave their orders to him regardless of
the fact that he charged more than
any of his rivals. He wouldn't reduce
his force, but many a day he sat in
his Office and moped. He was has
been" He realized it.
Got After the "Robbers."
One morning there came to him in
the mail a large envelope that con-
tanned a letter and a check. When
the old man read the letter and looked
at the check, he let out roar that
brought in some of the workmen from
the shop.
"The robbers, the bloody robbers!"
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27

Withered his muscles. He was rich,
proud and an earnest, hard-working
citizen.
A score of times propositions were
made to him to combine his plant with
khat of others. Invariably he would
answer: Il started here in SO.
made boilers before you were born, or
anyhow before you were anything but
a wee bit of gossoon. I've run my
shop without your help or anybody
else's help. I'll run it myself until I
die; SO that's all there is about it.
If the caller tried to argue with
him the old man would arise in his
wrath and say Get out of my place"
and if the visitor wasn't spry the old
man would push him into the street.
Some of the smaller boiler works
combined, but it didn't affect Moyni-
han His reputation was so well es-
tablished and his patrons were so we'll
satisfied that he went along year by
year making plenty of boilers, making
a fair bit of money and perfectly con-
tented.
He Scorned Rebate Offer.
But combination was in the air. If
It didn't succeed we'll in the boiler
line, 1t did in the supply houses. Mr..
Moynihan bought his sheet metal, his
rivets, his hammers, his sledges, his
f1ues and all his other shop necessities
where he pleased. He would patronize
one establishment until something oc-
cured to irritate him and then he
would transfer his trade to another.
All the supply men knew his peculiari-
ties and did their best to keep in his
good graces. His plant was so big that
MS account was we'll worth having.
One day suave, diplomatic gentle
man connected with one of the largest
hardware concerns called to see Mr..
Moynihan and prevailed upon him
to go to luncheon with him. When
the old man was in a mellow mood the
host, in as discreet a manner as pos
sible, explained why he wanted to talk
with Mr.. Moynihan. There was a
great waste in the supply business, he
said There was a duplication of
clerks, OIL statesmen. of stock, etc.
Rent was a big item. 1t was an eco
nomic necessity that this waste
should be done away with It would
wipe out senseless competition. It
would tend to lessen the cost of the
material. A move was on foot to con-
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27

solidate some of the supply houses.
The men behind this consolidation
wanted their customers TO benefit
through the economies introduced.
They wanted Mr.. Moynihan to share.
If Mr.. Moynihan would agree to buy
his supplies from the combination he
would find it greatly to his advantage.
The combination would sell to the
general trade at a certain figure, but
to men like Mr.. Moynihan, whose ac-
counts were large, and whose trade
was we'll worth having, a concession
would be made. This concession would
not be made at the time of purchase
of goods, but a check representing a
certain percentage of his purchases
would be sent to him at the end of
each month"; or at the end of each
quarter
rs it a ray-bate that you mean?'
inquired Timothy J. Moynihan.
WELL" said the other gentleman,
smilingly, you might call it a re-
bate"
said Mr. Moynihan, "and I've never
had a ray-bate and I don't want one.
I'll buy where l please and when I
please. l don't know whether your
scheme is honest or crooked, but you
have brought me here on false pre-
tinses, and I'm sorry that I've had
meat and drink with you. Waiter!" he
roared, and when a waiter came he
demanded to know what the bill was
for what he had had. When told the
amount, he paid it, gave a generous
tip to the waiter and stamped out of
the dining room.
Effects Of the Combine.
Quick to anger and quick to forget,
Mr. Moynihan didn't think much of
the affair of the dining room. He no.
ticed, however, that a very decided
change was coming over the hardware
trade. Small establishments closed,
men with whom he had done business
for many years sold out and took posi-
tions as managers or statesmen in big
ger concerns. Slowly but surely
nearly all the hardware supply busi-
ness of San Francisco came under one
hea&. Coincident with this change
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
SOCIAL FAVORITE TO WED

One of the most interesting an
nouncements made in Washington So
ciety this season was that of the en-
gagement of Margery Cotton and
Randall Hagner. Both of them are
so thoroughly identified with Wash
ington and have such wide circle OF
friends that congratulations were sim
ply showered on them.
Miss Cotton is the daughter of the
late Col. Francis Cotton, and though
she has lived a good deal abroad and
in the Orient, it has been mostly be-
cause her father, or her brother, or
whichever member of her family she
happened to be living with, was sta
toned in some far-away post The
Coltons are all army people, and be-
tween while Margery has always come
home" to Washington.
Mostly she has made her home
with her brother, Col, George R. Col
ton, U. S. A, and as he was stationed
in Manila for several years, and was
governor of Porto Rico for while
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
JIMMY SLOAN PROMOTED

James Sloan, Jr., head of the
secret service force at the White
House, has been promoted to become
chief operator of the Detroit headquar-
ters, one of the most important fields
in the service. Mr. Sloan is famous
throughout the country for his per
sonal attendance upon Presidents
Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.
Jimmy" Sloan, who has travelled
in every state, and almost every coun-
ty, in the United States, as the guar
dian of three presidents, was assigned
to duty at the White house II years
ago. President Roosevelt once said
of him that if he had a regiment made
UP of men like Sloan he could whip
several regiments of men. Colonel
Roosevelt was so fond of Sloan that
he wanted to make the secret
service man United States marshal
of the Danville district Of Illinois, but
Uncle joe Cannon, then a power in
the house, had someone else he
wanted for the job. Secretary T'u-
g that no accident has happened to
loo -. - - 4
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27

muty paid Sloan the tribute
that he deserves the
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
OHIO'S "SEC0ND M'KINLEY"

''The second Mckinley" as his
friends call him, Frank B. Willis, the
new governor OF Ohio, is product of
the farm. While he is not "seIf-edu-
Gated" in the sense that Lincoln was,
Willis toiled hard to help pay his way
through school and college. His en-
tire life has been one of toll and en-
deavor, the conservation of energy
not being one of his cardinal virtues.
Willis is Buckeye through and
through. He was born in Lewis Cen
ter, Delaware county, December 2S,
1872, and worked on his fathers farm
while attending the common school
at Lewis Center and while going
through the Galena high school in the
same county.
Willis is one of the big men phys
ically in Ohio politics. His friends
take pride in declaring that he has
the loudest voice in the state, is a
prize hand-shaker and laugher, and
that he is absolutely clean in his
private life. In congress Willis, while
zen regular in his party allegiance. In
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
RUSSIA'S LEADING SOLDIER

Grand Duke Nicholas, who is Civ
commander in chief of the Russian
armies in the war with Germany and
Austria, is a second cousin Of the en-
peror of Russia. He was born in st.
Petersburg ffty-eight years ago and
since his youth has been conspicuous
in the Russian army. He presents
striking contrast in every respect to
his father, who was notorious profit
gate. The present grand duke is uni
versally respected. In 1907 he was
married to Princess Anastasia of Mon
tenegro.
The grand duke has often been
employed on special missions by En-
peror Nicholas, who has always re-
posed the utmost confidence in him.
As in the case of nearly every
prominent member of the Russian i'm
perial family the grand duke has
been the victim of several attempts
at assassination.
For a number of years Grand
Duke Nicholas has been recognized as
if not of Europe. He is very tall and
sions during the war between Russia
appoint him to the supreme command
the place Of General Kuropatkin, and
don and other European capitals have
that the Russian army would have ma
had listened to this advice.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Corner Aspinwall and Winslow ave-
nue..
Bible school 10 a. M, Lords Day.
Morning sermon and communion, IL
a. m.
Evening ser.ice, p. m.
Mid-week devotional meeting, We'd
nesday evening, 8 p. m.
You are cordially invited
FRED S. CARTER, Minister.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
CATHOLIC CHURCH

From the first Sunday in November
to the first Sunday in May services at
the Catholic church will be held as
follows:
First Mass at 500 a. m.
Second Mass at $50 a. m.
Evening Devotion at 7:30
From May 1st to November l, First
Mass 1880 a. m, Second Mass 9 a. m.
Services will be held here every Sun
day in the future.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE NJ. E. CHURCH

Third street, between Winslow and
Berry streets, invites you to attend it's
services, which are as follows:
Sunday school at 10 a. M Morning
worship at II. Epworth League, p.
m. Evening worship, p. M Mid.
week prayer and praise service, We'd
nesday, s p. N.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27


moved around considerably Lately she has living with her bher
and Archibald
No has been wedding will
during the winter, i O a
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

Services every Sunday at II a. m.
and p. m. Sunday school at 10
o'clock. All are invited.
REV. JACOB M. WHITE.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27

not CLASSIFIED acOnary
ac
MS party 1t recorded that
reelection from the Eighth district in 1912
pagn without declaring himself
Arizona republican., 1915-11-17
STREAMS FAIL IN MOVEMENT
 ID CHECK THE BULGAR|ANS

Stigators of the murder If Archduke Francis Ferdinand. His regiment disbanded and the men went into the surrounding villages
 Nedelio Gabrinovics. who threw ;t bomb at Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife. the Duchess of Hohen- burg. while they were on their way 10 Tsaraeyvo town hall just pre- ceding their assassination by Geprio Prinzlp. in his confession that he was an accomplice in the crime. said that the major, Milan Pribitchevitch. had obtained the bombs and revolvers with which a number of conspira tors were armed.
 According to Gabrinovichs. confes- sion. the ccnsPirators applied to Pribitchevitch, who was secretary Of the Pan-Serbian union and formerly an officer in the Austrian army. and through him bombs and re- voIvcrs were obtained from the Serbian arsenal at KragUyevatz.
Arizona republican., 1915-11-17
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

LONDON. Nov Exchanges of in competency and neglect of work were brought against the British staff in France by Baron St. DaVids III the house of lords this evening, when he asked the government whether it's att tentiOn had been called to the re ports alleging that during the recent fighting there had been many com plaints as to failures of the staff work.
 Lord St. Davids asserted that men had been added to the staff for no military reasons who ought to be in the trenches and that he had been told that the British headquarters staff was five or six times as large as that of General Joffre, the French commander in chief. IL had been stated, he continued, that women visited headquarters in France, and he asked whether the government de- tended their presence there.
Arizona republican., 1915-11-17
LORD ROBERT CECIL REFUTES
 CHARGE BRITISH AGENTS HAD
 PLOTTED ID ROUSE ARMEN|ANS

Referring to the suggestion of T. r. O'Connor, one of the Irish Ma tionalist leaders, that the government should make representations to neut- raI countries. like the United states and Switzerland. on behalf ot the AImenians. Lord Robert Cecile sail the government would rejoice if those countries intervened, but that it was not for Great Britain to die tate or even suggest to the govern ment of independent neutral states their duty in such a case. He agreed with Mir. O'Connor that it was use less to make any representations to Germany. though he declared 1t was Germany alone wAo was able to stop the massacres. and that Germany's comThcity in them had been proved beyond doubt.
 Lord Robert paid high tribute to the action ut Pope Benedict on be- half of the Armenians. He said tho Iontiff had made the strongest pos sible representations and that If they had been without result il was be- cause it was difficult to get 4,looI out of stone"
Arizona republican., 1915-11-17

unable to disclose the number of the British staff defended it, as did also Viscount Haldane. the former secre- tary for war.
 Lord Haldane declared that Lord St. Davids had launched his attack without adequate information.
 It is true he said. that the coun- try has suffered owing to the want of an organized general staff. Never theless there has been evolved a gen eral staff of the highest order To say that the work of the staff is t failure is to say something which iS very far from the truth. As for Field Marshal French, he is up at o'clock in the morning"
 The Marquis of Crewc said that from his knowledge of Field Marshal French he thought it exceedingly un- likely that he would submit to hay ing persons forced upon his personal staff. Lord Crewe had no hesitation in saying that unless women had business at headquarters they ought not to go there
Arizona republican., 1915-11-17
WOULD ABOLISH COMPTROLLER
 IF CURRENCY
GRepublioan A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1G.-Aboli- the currency. which has direct su- pervision over the operation of all national banks, was proposed today to the federal reserve board by the advisory council created by the fed eraI reserve act to advise the board on matters of importance to the re- serve banking system.
 The resolution was adopted at a meeting attended by nine of the twelve members of the council and the vote is understood to have been unanimous. Later il was discussed briefly by the board itself. though no action was taken.
 The council recently was asked to submit to the board suggestions as to legislation to be urged upon congress at the coming session and tu this task today's meeting largely was de voted. IT ie said the members agreed that the office of comptroller had been made unnecessary by the estab lishment of the reserve system. and that there was bound to he duplica- tion Of work since examinations of national banks. one of the principal functions of the comptroller's office, may be conducted by agents of the reserve board at the request of reserve bank An alternative pro posal was made that if the office be not abolished. the examination of member banks, including national banks should be made in the future. exclusively by examiners of the board. There have been reports for some time that an effort would be made to abolish the office of comptroller or to curtail it's power and it is under stood that several members of the board would not be opposed 10 such a change
 The council recommended also for the reserve act to permit member hanks to subscribe to the stock Of joint branches in foreign countries. particularly South and Central Amer ica: to permit national banks to open branches in cities in the United States and to permit member banks to count federal reserve notes as reserves. Several other suggestions considered Of minor importance were 
 There was a general discussion of requests of the board for opinions on how to reduce the existing over eX- pansion in loans and how to guard against evil effects that may be eX- pected to result to the financial in terests of this country following the European war Each of the reserve banks designates member of the council