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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
MERCANTILE MARINE COMPANY BANKRUPT Giant Concern Unable to Pay Interest on Trust
 Bonds

New York, April 3.-The Interna- tional Mercantile Marine company, the giant steamship combination organized in 1902 by J. P. Morgan & Co.,, which placed under one control some of the principal English, American and Bel gian steamship lines between the Uni ted States and Europe, today went into the hands of receiver The company has for six months been unable to pay interest on it's $52744.0o0 4h per cent collateral trust bonds.
 While the company since it's organ ization has been unable to pay divi- dends 1t was said that with the out break of the war it's earnings were severely diminished, preciptating the present crisis. Many of it's ships now are in war service and it's various serv- ices have been greatly curtailed.
 Application for the receivership was made by the New York Trust com pany, trustee for the defaulted bonds, and with the approval of bondholders. P. A. s. Franklin, vice president of the company was appointed receiver.
 Although the receipership affects the International Mercantile Marine as tho holding company for all the subsidiary organizations which it controls, 1t does not affect the English subsid- iaries, it Is stated, such as the White Star. Leyland, Dominion and Atlantic transport lines That is because the stocks of the latter companies were not pledged as collateral for the de- faulted mortgage, it was explained. The receivership relates only to the American and Red Star (Belgian line) lines. to which the receiver is em- powered to lend money to conduct their operations.
 Whether the ships of those two lines or of the entire mercantile marine fleet, regardless of nationality, would be entitled to the protection of the United States in the war zone by vir- tue of the federal receivership was d question raised today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
Girls Ready to Ride Zebras

From the New York Sun.
 The National Woman Suffrage asso- citation headquarters is full of troubles these days. The latest is an influx os actresses, stenographers, journalists, and other professionals. who want to "go to California They have offered to walk the tight rope. ride @sbras. hike" or roll all the way across the continent if they are permitted to wear the badge and use the name of tha association.
 One vaudeville actress offered to walk all the way to San Francisco if her manager would precede her in u motor car and distribute suffrage pamphlets and literature.
 If only Rosalie Jones had no. gone in for economic independence" walled an official yesterday There's no use getting up suffrage hike now that Rosalie has got job."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
Swine in Old London

From the London Chronicle.
 We hear much today of the dangers of the London streets, but we are spared some of the peris of an earlier age. The recently published Caander or Coroners Rolls for the crty tells how the. many swine wandering about tha streets were once Londons greatess nuisances. In 1929 an inquest was held on child who was attacked in her cradle by q pig which had wandered in through the open door of her parents shop And little earlier letters patent were issued to infant who lost an ear from the same cause The letters cert- fled the cause of the accident lest later on the uncharltable should say that the ear had been cut off In the pillory by the knife of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
AFTER CONVENTION
 FOR BIRMINGHAM State Sunday School AssO- ciatiOn to Be Invited
 Here in 1916

To secure for Birmingham the 1916 con vention of the Alabama State Sunday School association will be the purpose of Secretary Samuel P. Fowlkes of the Busi- ness Mems league, in going to Dothan this week, where the 1915 convention of the Sunday school workers will be held, begin ming Tuesday, for four days.
 MT. Fowlkes is prepared to show the officers of the association the advantage of meeting next year in Birmingham The largest convention of the association, it is said, was held last year in Mobile, when there were 100 delegates, but Mir. Fowllxes is going to assure the association that if the convention is held next year in Bir- mingham that there will be 25co delegates or over
 Dr. James Shelburne, president of How ard college, will accompany MT. Fowlkes and extend the formal Birmingham invi- tation on the floor of the convention Gadsden is about the only other city working for the convention, 1t is said The convention is to come to a north Alabama town the next year, 1916, and therefore MT. F'owlkes states he feels sure that with the help of the Birmingham delegates and the delegates from many other counties of the state who have al- ready pledged their support to this city that Birmingham will be successful.
 Tt cannot be denied" said Mr. Fowlkes last night, but that Birmingham draws more delegates to a convention like this than any other town in the state. You will remember that last year the school teachers convention in Birmingham was attended by over 25O0 teachers of the state While the convention this year in Mont gomery was attended by about l50o. We can safely promise that if the Sunday school people come here they will also have 25o0 delegates and probably more on account of the many attractions this city affords and the interest 1t holds for any visitor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
Grass Looks Short

From JudBe.
 "So your daughter married that handsome young poet who stopped with you last summer, eh, Farmer Hayrick?"
 "Yas. She married him"
 And she's going to be very happy, of course?"
 Well. I dunno. Manday's got pow erful appetite"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04

finance and taxation, entrusted with the solution of some of the most vital problems confronting the state and which will convene Monday morning for a session of week. is in Birming ham. The committee will sit in the auditorium of the Chamber of Com merce.
 The members of the committee fol- low: Senators Hartwell of Mobile Greene of Morgan and Bell of Pick ems, Representative Weakley of Jeff ferson, Bradshaw of Lauderdalo, Fite of Marion and Yarbrough of Lee. MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04

equal to 7.97 per cent on dividend-paviny stock. On $3.0l9, ,O20 9Si of stock no divi- dends were paid
 The average rate of dividend on roads with Sl00,o00 income was 5.2o per cent. There was an incerase in dividends for the year of $S2,656,S70 which the commis- sion reports was accounted for by .n- creased dividends of the Union and Cen- tral Pacific companies.
 The railroads carried 1,053, 71s pas- sengers or l9459,03S more than in 1913. and carried 1.976,13s, l55 tons of freight, q decrease of S1 ,S97 ,332 tons in the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
REPORT OF WORK
 ON TUBERCULOSIS

The report of the Anti-Tuberculosis as- sociation for March, as made by the sec- retary, pr. George Eaves, is as follows:
 "A very instructive exhibit of the work done by the visiting nurses in the first three months of 1915 as compared with the corresponding months of 1914, shows the figures:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04

W oakley is chairman of the commit tee.
 The committee has in charge the consideration and compilation of rev enue bill by means of which money may be acquired for the conduct of the state government and the revision of the system of taxation which prevails in Alabama and which is said to be anticipated.
 It is anticipated that the committee will seek information from all persons acquainted with matters of taxation. Montgomery, Decatur. Dcthan and Mo bile have already been visited by the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
MASONIC NOTICE

Members of Birmingham Temple lodge No. 030, A. F. & A. M.. are re- quested to meet at Masonic Temple promptly at o'clock Sunday, April 1, to attend the funeral of Brother B. ". McAI0rries. S. J. ERCKERT, w. M. R. M. RANKIN, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04

This will be in finished products from the Birmingham district and does not in- clude the coal from the Warrior field.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
DIET UNDER WAR CONDITIONS

The European war has changed the
supply of readily available foods, and
brought about an enforced movement
toward a partial vegetarian diet, in
place OF the more extensive use of
meats. eggs, butter and wheat pro-
ducts. These changes. being the sub
iect of governmental regulation and en-
forcement, place new restrictions on the
dietary of the sick. 1t SOUNDS strange
70 o,r ears to hear that patients are
actually required to have prescrip-
ton or permit to enable them to pro-
cure wheat -four or wheat bread for
the preparation of toast. The refine
ments of cookery, along with the mod
ern milling of the various grains and
the preparation of dried vegetables, are
likely to eliminate in part the wide dis
tinctions between animal and vegetable
nroducts This is in harmony with the
success of numerous sanatoriums con-
Quoted on vegetarian principles in mat
tiers of diet - o..
army for furnishing suitable food to
the troops in action are responsible for
the unimpaired health of many per-
sons. Fresh meats, potatoes and yegei,
soldier under stress of army conditions
are certain to lead to dyspeptic diar-
rheas and irritations. the forerunners
former wars abundantly verifies this
statement, says The Journal of the
American Medical Association. But the
present field kitchens of the German
| army, the "Gulaschkanonen" as they
have been fancifully called, have fur
nished foods that are cooked with great
| thoroughness, so that they are readily
The lessons of this diet service may
we'll appeal to us.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
EYE INJURIES FROM ALKAL1Es

The daily papers and magazines of
| the past two years, at home and abroad,
have contained numerous instances of
more or less serious injuries to the
eyes from the explosion of the central
rubber bags of some sorts of golf balls,
filled with strong solutions of alkalies.
Popular attention being in this way
drawn to the dangers from alkalies in
golf balls, it is well worth recalling
the possibility of injuries to the eyes
from other forms of alkalies.
boy was busy whitewaShing his
fathers fence when another, boy came
along and they began to talk together
as boys will talk; from talk it was not
far to guying and sport, then came
pulling and hauling. In the final strug-
gle for the control of the brush, the
friendly hoy Tapped the brush into the
working boys face, in so abundant a
fashion that the lime in the whitewash
entered one of the eyes and injured
it for life, leaving a scar which neither
medicine. operation nor treatment can
Another injury recently reported is
one not so likely to happen to any boy.
A boy was so anxious to have his fac,
clean and presentable at dinner that
he made up thick lather and then
so completely enveloped his neck, head
and face with 1t that some entered the
eyes. burning the eyeballs so that the
boy was hardly able to see at all This
boy is injured for life owing to his
own thoughtlessness. If he or his
parents had attended any public health
lectures on the care of the eyes. they
would have understood the risks of
using strong alkalies near the eyes in
any fashion
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
.A0uHz0z1
Two Months More to
Enjoy Porch Comfort
FOUNDED 1871

Why
articles need replacement
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Large High Back Rockers $32Sreguary
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High Back Porch Rockers, ST .S7-egulary
Porch Chairs 95c-reguarly $165
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
SCRUB THE ICE BOX
AND THEN SCALD It
That Is the Only Way to Keep
1t in Proper Con-
dition

Ice and box to keep it in and the
foods that must be kept at a low
temperature are necessity during the
present hot weather, but getting the
ice and the box is not the end of the
matter. Unless the box is kept
scrupulously clean there is danger
that it will become serious menace
to the health of the family.
According to Health Commissioner
Dixon who discusses the ice problem
in his weekly health and hygiene let
ter the cleaning of the icebox must
be frequent and at regular intervals.
The interior should be washed first
with cold water and soap then rinsed
with scalding water. The drainage
pipes should be kept free from slime.
Where rubber tube is used to carry
OF the waste water this can be boiled
without damaging it,
The ice itself should be thoroughly
washed always before II is put into
the box. Unless there is absolute GER
tainty that the ice is made from filter
ed water or obtained from a source
free of sewage pollution 1t should not
be placed directly on rood or in the
drinking water.
Economy and health will both be
served by placing the drinking water
in receptacle next to the ice. This
will bring it to as low a temperature
as is healthful. Iced drinks interfere
with digestion and are a menace to
health. They often arrest digestion
and not infrequently produce death
Red meats should never Ie frozen or
placed in contact with ice
Scrupulous cleanliness will be re-
paid by the saving in foodstuffs and
the maintaining OF their quality
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
$4,000 DAMAGE DONE.
WHEN BUILDINGS BURN
Spontaneous Combustion Is Be-
lieved to Have Been Cause
at Shippensburg
Special to The Telegraph

Shippensburg, Pa, July 26.-An
early morning fire destroyed three
residences and restaurant to-day, en-
failing loss estimated at 5000. oc-
cupants of the homes escaped in their
nigt "lothes. The buildings were all
frame and. were located in East King
street
The fire started in the restaurant OF
J. X. Irwin, it is the belief, from spon-
taneous combustion in a package of
fireworks, stored away for next year.
The restaurant is a total loss The
flames spread to the home of Henry
Dukes, a retired merchant, and from
there to the homes of Harry Bechtel
ana William Tarner, in the same row.
All the houses, which are owned by
Mr.. Dukes Were burned to the ground.
Much of the furniture was saved.
Mr.. Dukes estimates his loss at
$4,000 on his private residence and
$4,000 on the other buildings. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
The furniture taken from the other
homes is scattered over town. and the
personal losses of the occupants are
believed to be $1,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
Song Service Held on
Stoverdale Cottage Porch
Special to The TeIeerdbh


! Stoverdale, Pa, July 26.-Twenty-
i've persons attended song services last
night on the Chelsea cottage porch.
Mrs. Marion f. Sourbeer, of Harris
burg led the singing, assisted by n.
NJ. Johnson and Mrs. c. c. Croft of
Harrisburg. Mrs. H. c. Runyon, of
Jamestown and Miss Violet Albright of
Harrisburg, were the guests.
Edward Habbyshaw, Jr., of Detroit,
Mich, is spending his vacation at
Hap's Inn. Edward Habbyshaw, Sr,
of Campbelstown has arrived and will
stay until campmeeting closes. Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Baker and children
tlilda and Edward, spent several days
at Hap's Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. zeiders, of Har-
risburg, and daughters, Margaret and
Kathryn; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Zeiders.
of Lemoyne, are spending several
weeks at Sunnyside Cottage.
Mrs. S. II. Albright of Harrisburg
and daughter, Violet, have opened
their cottage, the Buena Vista.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton and
son. Donald, Mr. and Mrs. c. w.
Sheaffer and son, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D.
Calhoun, Mr.. S. Daniels and Miss
Mary Shaub, all of Harrisburg, were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Findlay.
Miss Pearl Allen, of Highspire, is
visiting Miss Myrtena Allen at the
Edgewood Cottage.
Mrs. w. S. Wetzel of Harrisburg
and daughter, Alesanna, have opened
their cottage, the Squirrel Lodge, for
the summer.
Howard Ross Holsberg and Howard
Goodman, of Hummelstowns have re-
turned from trip to Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and Toronto, Can.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Trimmer and
Mr.. and Mrs. stauffer. of Palmyra,
were guests Sunday of Miss +. Homer,
at Rajah Cottage.
Mrs. E. S. Musser or Marietta and
grandson, Stanton Blacksmith, of Har-
risburg, are spending a week at the
Marietta
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
AUTOIsTs NARROWLY ESCAPE
.Sheeial to The Teleeraeh

Gettysburg, Pa, July 26.-Throw-
ing on his emergency brake and bring
ing his automobile to sudden stop,
Ezra E. Rice. Wenksville, saved his
FAMILY and friends from probable ia
tai injury when a Philadelphia and
Reading freight train rushed past
them on the track near Bendersville
Saturday evening, the car going with
in few inches of the rail
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
MRS. KATHERINE ESHELMAN
DIES
Seccial to The TcIegrash

Lemoyne, Pa, July 26.-Mrs. Kath-
crime Eshelman. aged 90, wife of Da-
vid Eshelman, died at her home here
Saturday night after a lingering ill
ness. Besides her widower. she is
survived by three sons, Morris, of Pitts
burgh: Ross and Mervin, of Lemoyne:
a daughter, Mrs. Hattie Fessler. of
Lemoyne; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Spong, of Wormleysburg. and Miss
Mary Hamilton, of Carlisle. and a
brother, William Hamilton, of New
Cumberland. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
DEATH OF MRS. ELIAS SMITH
Special 70 The Telegraph

Union Deposit, Pa, July 26.-Mrs.
Elias Smith died on Saturday night
at the home of her son, Levi Smith.
after a weeks illness. She was 76
years old. She is survived by three
children, Mrs. Samuel Shirk, of Leb-
anon; Mrs. Isaac Winters, of Eliza
bethtown, and Levi, of town. Funeral
services will be held at the house on
Wednesday morning at $3.50 o'clock,
the Rev. Thomas Patrick officiating.
Burial will be made in the Union De
posit Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
CITIZENS BUY RAILROAD

Gettysburg, Pa, July 26.-After ex-
istnG as matter of conjecture as to
its outcome nearly year. the East
Berlin railroad question was settled
Friday, when the citizens of East Ber-
line and Abbottstown purchased the
equipment of the railroad, save for the
rolling stock, from William d. Hines
New Oxford, the receiver for about
$4,000. The road will be put into op.
Grafton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
Mt. JOY BOYs ACTIVE
Steefal to The Telerrnhh

oILITHI 70 7 TIC BItBFufF
Stoverdale, Pa, July 26.-Forty-f
members of the Bows Brigade and
Boy Scouts of Mt. Joy were guided
through the cave near here by Cap.
tain Joseph Shesler of Harrisburg. A
hike will be made this afternoon tc
Brownstone quarries. The sigma
corps will operate during the trip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26

conducted by the Rev. Fl. T. Searle. Of
the United Evangelical Church. Bur-
ial will be made at Slate Hill.
Emmons County record., 1915-02-25
SEEMS THAT INSTINCT ERRs
Deluded Rabbits That Mako Home,
In OIL Pipes In California
Birds Grave Error,

That almost unerring instinct which
carries animals through grave dan.
gers has led In many instances In the
Midway and Sunset oil fields of Cali,
fornia to their undoing, the Scientific
American remarks. Chief among such
victims are rabbits and water fowl.
: A jackrabbit and cottontail find a
nice round, smooth hole. There are
many such In the oil fields where oil
piping Is necessity for the transpor.
tation of oil to the retineries. The rab.
bits decide to set up housekeeping
there. The cottontail desires per.
manent home, and the jackrabbit
wants refuge safe from malevolent
man.
Soon they discover their habitat Ia
being moved. No doubt they are
frightened, but they instinctively stay
within their retreat. One end of the
hole Is closed. Even then they do moi
leave. Soon the other end of the hole
Is darkened. Then it is darknesa
eternal for the furry pair.
Some time later It Is discovered that
newly laid oil pipe Is choked. After
great labor the line is disjointed and
the remains of many rabbits removed.
Thousands of rabbits have been thus
exterminated in the oil fields.
The death rate among water fowl ia
even greater. Again, as with the rab'
bits, instinct leads them to certain de.
struction. Every little lake Of oil in
the vicinity of a gusher is trap foz
the unthinking birds. At twilight and
dawn these tar-colored lakes appear al
bodies Of water to the deluded fowl.
Emmons County record., 1915-02-25

II looks now as if the state is soon
to have an intelligent, cohesive plan
of administration Of its public edu-
cationaI institutions. Arrangements
are being made by the present leg,
islature whereby the individual
boards of trustees of the various
state schools will be abolished and a
state board of regents established to
take their places
The board of regents plan is one
such as is conducted in Minnesota
where the educational institutions
are pride of the state. Hereto.
fore. each school has been tugging
and pulling in It's own line and the
coordinate branches of the SAME
state government are actually in the
field against each other in further.
ing their own interests-the inter.
ests of the faculty and the town ir
which the institution is located.
The old system would cause one
to remark along the line of an un
known humorist with poetic ter
dencies. as follows:
This world Is !, bundle Of hay.
Mankind the jncknsses that pull.
Each tugs 1t Il different way,
And the biggest OF all Is-our school trustees
Emmons County record., 1915-02-25
How the Humbua First euxzed.


1t is not generally known that the
worH "humbug." long 30 much In
vogue. IL of Scottish origin. There was
In olden time family called Bogue,
or Boag, of that ilk in Berwickshire. A
daughter Of the family married son
Of Hume Of Hume. In process of time.
by default of male issue. the Bogue
estate devolved on one Gordie Hume,
who was called popularly Hume o
the Bogue, or. rather Hum O. the
Bug"
He was inclined to the marvellous.
and had vast inclination to exalt
himself, his wife, family, brother and
all his ancestors on both sides. His
tales, however. did not pass current
and at last, when anyone made an ex'
traordinary statement In the Nearna
the hearer would shrug up his shoul'
ders, and style 1t just "A hum O. the
bug" This was shortened into hum
bug and the word soon spread over
the whole kingdom.