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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13

New York. November 12.--An alleged act of intent to monopolize committed within tn -,year period of the statute of ons was described to the jury 2 2 the trial of former di rectors . Siew York, New Haven and Hs 6 g ailroad charged with crimin q 2 ion of the sherman law. The tf 2 : adduced to prove the act mark second time during the trial o- le governments case has ents oS " vital period.
 ed offense consisted of the appi % Y the board of directors in 1912 of a proposition to acquire "open controf' of the Merchants and Miners Transportation company and to estab- fish freight line from Boston to Gal weston and through the Panama canal when it should be completed. While it was shown that the proposition was never carried into effect, because of the passage of legislation by Congress forbidding railroads to own steamship lines using the Panam acanal, the gov ernment's purpose in introducing the testimony was to show that the intent
 
 fic of New England nevertheless ex- isted. All of the defendants, except Lewis Cass Ledyard and Edward D. Robbins were recorded as present at the meeting at which the vote was taken and correspondence read into the record appeared to indicate that Led yard and Robbins were cognizant of the scheme.
 Mellen Feared Loss
 The defense plans to show that the con- templated line was a benefit to the peo- pie of New England and was proposed in response to demand for such service. A letter written by Charles s. Mellen, proposing to the chairman of the Mer- chants and Miners company that the New Haven openly assume control as a ma jority stockhelder'' expressed the opinion that the suggested service probably would have to be run at loss but that he felt that on account of the strong move- ment on foot in Boston" the interest of the New Haven might require 1t to as- sist ill the proposition.
 The government attorneys later swung into what may prove one of the most in- teresting phases of the trial-the collapse of the Morse enterprises after tue panic of 1907, and the transactions by which it is alleged Edward D. Robbins, general counsel of the New Haven. obtained pos session of two of the Morse steamers. the Harvard and the Yale, and had them transferred to the Pacific coast.
 The story went little further today than recital by letters, written to and by Mellen of the fact that Morse early in 1908 offered the two vessels to the New Haven and that his offer was rejected. In 1909 Edgar Van Etten of Los Angeles, Cal, wrote to Mellen that Pacific coast interests were in favor of purchasing the two steamers, to which Mellen replied, suggesting persons with whom he might deal.
 The vessels were at this time in the hands of the receivers of the Metropolitan Steamship company, the Morse line, Other witnesses will be called to complete the story. but probably not before Mir. Mellen has finished his testimony on other subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13
ACQUIRES
 HOLDINGS 0F PENN.
 R.R.|N CAMBRIA CO.
Former Water Boy Is Now Largest Stockholder in Giant Steel
 Company

New York November 12.-Three hundred in the Cambria Steel company were bought from the Pennsylvania railroad today for s15,OO0,00O by J. Leonard Rep logic of this city, who began his business career as water boy at less than $ a week in the company's mills at Johns- town, Pa.
 Tn buying the stock, MT. Replogle, who Is SS years old, outbid his former superior officer, William H. Donner. president of both the Cambria and Pennsylvania Steel companies, in negotiations extending over several days and nights.
 The Pennsylvania railroad formerly owned a controlling interest in the Cam bria Steel company, a $4o,OO0,000 corpora ton with large steel mills and blast fur naces at Johnstown. Recently it had sold large block of it's holdings to MT Donner, who it was said, sought to gain control of the company in the negotiations which ended today.
 So far as known. Mir Replogle now be- comes the largest single stocknolder in the Cambria company. What Is to be done under his management, if he suc- ceeds in obtaining sufficient additional stock to give him control. Is yet to be divulged.
 MT. Replogle resigned as vice president of the company on March 1, after 2i years service, during which he had oc- cupied almost every position successively in line from water boy to the vice presi dency.
 Philadelphia November 12.-Henry Tat nall. vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad, announced today that the com pany had disposed at private sale of the remainder of the stock it held in the Cam bria Steel company.
 On October 30 1t was announced that William H. Donner had purchased half of the company holdings in the Pennsyl- v9ria Steel company. No announcement was made as to the identity of the pur- chaser of the Cambria stock. It was be- lieved in financial circles that it went to MT. Donner president of the Cambria company and chairman of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Steel com pany
 It was denied at MT. Donner's office that he had been the purchaser of the Cambria stock.
 The purchase price is said to be in the neighborhood of s15.0O0,0Oo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13
Board Approved Plans to Acquire Merchants and
 Miners Company
WERE TO EXTEND
 LINE THROUGH CANAL
Passage of Law in Congress Forbid ding Railroads From Owning Steam ship Lines Using Panama Canal
 Made the Plan Impracticable

New York, November I2.--An alleged act of intent to monopolize committed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13

j had hoped you would reconsider your !ision and regret to learn from your ter that you have not felt able to so. You have rendered services. both the council and the administration tch no one is better able to appre-s Ee than myself with regard to the duct and direction of the war, and I
 sincerely grieved that you should hk it your duty to leave the cahi- l"
 am certain you will continue to take active and effective part in the prose- lon of the war. On personal grounds bel acutely the severance of our long pciation. ASQUiIH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13

On E4Atern FrOnt tx [ htsidp the Bsil<ans the nadst important Ere of operations is now along the Esrn front. Tn the north the dsr-
 Scea4ss.es .. rAss sss6el
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
DRY SENATORS SEEKING
WAY TO PASS RIDER
Anh-Saloon League Lawyer Wrote
Sheppard Measure-Members Say
District Must Go Their Way.

Senator Sheppard. of Texas. and his
prohibition colleagues spent most of yes
terday trying to find a way to offer an
amendment to the District appropriation
bill by which the District could be made
dry, following the flattening given the
Sheppard rider.
It developed during the day that a. f.
Shoemaker. counsel for the Anti-SaloOn
League, was the autOr of the Sheppard
rider. Mr.. Shoemaker dictated the bill
in the leagues offices. with Andrew
Wilson, president of the District league,
and L. c. Dinwiddie. legislative superin-
tendent Of the national league. assisting
Mr.. Dinwiddie. in a statement yester-
day. said that if the prohibition amend
ment is not passed. the fight to dry the
District will be taken up on a larger
scale. and carried through. Mr.. Din
widdie, it was found. discovered the rule
under which Senator Sheppard claimed
ne had a right to introduce the rider.
Senator Sheppard said that he was
looking up preCedents to find whether he
cannot offer an amendment to the Dis
trict bill through some of the taxing fea-
lures which would effectually, if indi-
rectIy, bring prohibition.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
BRYAN ACKNOWLEDGES
GREAT BRITAIN'S NOTE
State Department Awaits Receipt Of
Further Correspondence Regarding
Interference with u. S. Ships.

A brief note of acknowledgements of
receipt Of the British preliminary reply
to American representations with regard
to interference by British forces with
neutral trade was made public at the
State Department yesterday afternoon.
1t was as follows:
The friendly spirit in which the
British government received the Ameri-
can note OF December 2S Is appreciated
No doubt is entertained by us that the
cordial relations between the govern
ments will continue pending diplomatic
discussion. This government notes with
satisfaction that the principles of inter-
national law as set forth in the American
note are accepted by his majestys gov
ernment As the original note is being
examined with care by the British gov
ernment with a view to replying further
and in detail. II would seem premature
for me to make further answer at this
time. 1t is the intention of this govern
ment TO consider in connection with the
further reply of the British government
the points raised by Sir Edward Grey in
connection with the preliminary answer.
BRYAN"
The statement of Mr.. Bryan that
friendly relations will doubtless continue
pending diplomatic discussion attract
ed some attention here. though there is
reason to believe that it was not in
tended to be taken for more than mere
diplomatic courtesy.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
NOTE IN SOCK WINS HIM.
"Tommy Atkins" to Wed Southern
Girl IL He Lives Through War.

New York, Jan. H-ProbabIy the pref
test Cupid that ever participated in a
love affair stepped down the gangway
Of the steamship Ordina, OF the Cunard
line, the other evening. Today this Gu
pid. who, strange to say, is a girl and
is known in real life as Jane Gail, will
set out for the sunny South on her mis-
sion " love. a mission that brings TO
light a pretty war romance.
Many weeks ago Miss Ethel Chapman,
Of 50 Peachtree street. Atlanta. Ga.
knitted some socks for soldiers. In the
toe of one of the socks she placed note
giving her name and address and the
words, I'm lonesome" A few weeks
later Tommy Atkins. to wit Sergeant
Wallace Munro, of the Black Watch.
while attempting to don new pair Of
socks in the trenches, discovered the
fell with a bullet in his shoulder.
In the hospital, some days later. he
unearthed the note and determined to
write to the girl in Atlanta. He re-
ceived a speedy reply. and in a short
time Sergt Munro and Ethel Chapman
were not only in love, but engaged. 1t
was at this point in the proceedings Miss
Jane Gail, OF New York. paid a visit to
the hospital and met the wounded SER
geant. He confessed his love for the
Atlanta girl and asked Miss Gail to be
his proxy in the AFFAIR. He entrusted her
with an engagement ring and a message.
Miss Gail gave her word and will take
the ring and the message to Atlana.
At the conclusion of the war, II he be
still alive, Sergt. Munro is coming to
Atlanta to claim the sweetheart who had
won him through the medium of a sock.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
NURSE THREATENED
BRENNER, IS CLAIM
When Ordered from Hospital Said:
You Know What | Can
Do to You"

New York, Jan. 4.-Mors than 800 let
ters written by the late Representative
Robert q. Bremner to Miss Theodore
Nash, the trained nurse who attended
him during his illness of several years.
were declared by her attorney, War
rem Dixon. to be in the possession of
Miss Nash. when the young woman $
suit was partially heard before Vice
Chancellor Griffin in the Court of
ChanCery, Jersey City. today.
Miss Nash, who is about twenty-fi five
and good looking. is suing the widow
of the Representative and his brother.
Leith, for the establishment of a trust
and which will give her an income of
$50 per month. which she says was
promised her by Bremner in return for
her services.
Congressman Bremner died of cancer
in Baltimore about a year ago after
heroic measures were made to save his
life through the use of radium.
Miss Nash says that she declined an
offer Of marriage to continue as nurse
to Bremner. at the latter's earnest plea,
and that he promised to remember her
substantially in his will. Through an
oversight she was not mentioned, but
says that the Congressman. in a letter
written some time before his death. in
struCted his brother to carry out his
NlSlCS III ltsdlu " lION lulllb lOl NAIbS
Nash.
Leith Bremner, who is coexecutor
with the widow. denies that he received
such a communication. In an affidavit
presented today he charcterizes Miss
Nash as AN adventures and declares
that he never heard OF his brothers al
legged promise until Miss Nash tied u
the estate by securing an order re
straining the executors from selling the
PassaiC Herald. which constitutes the
largest part of the estate.
Mrs. Bremner contributes a sworn
statement in which she declares that
Miss Nash nursed her husband, not
for many years, but only a few
months. and that she was fully paid.
The widow describes how she was
compelled to order the nurse from the
sick room in the Baltimore hospital.
Percy A. Speer. business manager of
the Passaic Herald. makes affidavit
that he heard Miss Nash threaten,
when ordered by the sick man to leave
the hospital. You know what l can
do to you. Bob Bremner"
There will be n further hearing
next week, when Miss Nash will be
present to testify.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
BILL MAY SAVE $3.50, 900.
Fletcher Reports Printing Measure
to U. $. senate.

Senator Fletcher. chairman of the Sem
ate Committee on Printing, has reported
favorably the House bill revising the
printing laws. The bill is practically the
same as that passed by the House last
month and that which was passed ny the
Senate in the Sixty-second Congress.
Economies to the extent Of f50,0cO a
year in the appropriation for printing and
binding are effected by the bill.
Increased wages for printers and book
bnders-from so cents to s. cents an hour
as voted by the House, are favored by
the Senate Committee. Six hundred
printers and bookbinders will be affect
ed. The increase for pressmen OF from
IS to so cents an hour was not recon-
mended by the Senate Committee. which
disagreed with the House opinion, on
the ground that wages were Increased
two years ago, and that pressmen should
receive the same wages as printers and
boOkbinders. The salary OF the Public
Printer is incIeas from $500 to 5000.
that OF the assistant superintendent "S
work and foreman Of printing, from s.
800 to $3.50. and that OF the medical and
sanitary officer from s2,6OO to $3.50.
The bill provides also that the Deputy
Public Printer and the purchasing agent
and the superintendent of documents
shall be appointed by the President, and
that the Public Printer may contract for
stamped and penalty envelopes. The
House has stricken out the last part.
A strong effort, II is understood, will
be made in the Senate TO prevent the
printing by the government OF return
cards on stamped envelopes. There has
been dissensiOn because this work inter-
lCres with that of private printers.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
WILLIS SAYS RESERVE
BOARD works WELL
Performs Duties Laid Out for 1t, Says
Its Secretary in Talking to
Local Bankers

The Federal reserve bank system Is
performing in efficient manner all that it
was intended to do by its progenitors.
according to H. Parker Willis. secretary
OF the reserve board. who last night at
the New Willard delivered the eighth of
a series of lectures on the reserve act
before the Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Banking
The primary object of the reserve
bank system is to lquidate short-term
securities" said the speaker. land the
organization is performing that function
admirably.
The American banking system in past
years has been something like a runaway
engine with no gauge to indicate the
steam pressure. II has run away with
itself But the reserve bank act will end
this. 1t will furnish an accurate index
to uctuations In currency demand. thus
bringing the American system up to the
standard of English, French and German
systems.
The system never will be a complete
success until State banks and trust COM
panies become members. Only with their
cooperation can the most accurate in
deX to currency demand fluctuations be
secured. 1t is doubtful whether p large
percentage Of these institutions will join
the system in direct manner for many
years yet. But indirectly many of them
will getthe benefits of the system and
will contribute their share to the success
Of the system through the deposi of
their funds in national banks which are
members of the system"
The New Credit System was the
subject Of Mr. Willis lecture last night.
He laid particular stress on the weekly
reports Of financial conditions being COM
piled by the reserve board, and pointed
out their significance and usefulness. He
said that before long every member bank
will be required to furnish a weekly
statement to aid in this compilation.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
CAN
HAVE A PAL
Stage Has Own Moral Code;
Holds Referee in Dr.
vorce Suit.
PLATONIC, THAT'S ALL
Neither of Four Litigants Are Salts.
fed and the Fight
May Go On.

New York. Jan. 14.-That the people
OF the stage have a different code OF
conduct and that the law should recog-
nize that virtue may exist even where
one actors wife has made a pal of
another actress husband Is the inter
esting report of Referee Frederick C.
Leubsucher on one OF the interviewer
divorce cases involving the actresses,
Adele Blood and julie Power.
The two actions were as follows:
Frederick +. Bryant, actor. sued
Louise Power Bryant, known on the
stage as Julie Power. naming Edward
Davis.
Henry A. Forster. as referee, report
ed in this action in favor of granting
Bryant a decree. but the report was
referred to the referee pending the re-
port in the Davis case.
Adele Blood Davis, known on the stage
as Adele Blood. sued Edward Davis, nam
ing Julie Powers. The referee Frederick
G. Leubsucher, has reported in this case
in favor of Mrs. Davis and has dismissed
a counterClaim for divorce against the
wife. in which Davis named Franklyn
RitChic, an actor.
This report of Referee Leubsucher has
been on file for several days in the Su-
preme Court. but Herman l.. Roth. coun-
sci for Davis, has taken exceptions to it.
upon the report and the exceptions to it.
Once Was n Clergyman.
Davis was formerly pastor of the Cen
tral Church OF Oakland. Cal. and later
OF the Metropolitan Tabernacle in San
Francisco. In 1905 he married Miss
Blood. a singer in his church. She went
on the stage, and he followed her as an
actor.
The Davis divorce suit was the
more bitterly contested. At one time the
name of Gov. Earle Brewer. of Missis-
sippi, was brought into the case through
the testimony OF a witness. The evil
dence on which the referee finds a YER
dict against Davis involved his conduct
and that Of Miss Power at the Lafayette
Hotel in st. Louis. in May, 1918. Said
the referee in his report:
Both parties and both correspond
ents are on the stage.
In this case II appears each had
pal of the opposite sex. but Miss Blood
claims the friendship with her pal,
Franklin Ritchie. was platonic. while
that of her husband was the reverse.
The defendant Davis, reports he was
merely the platonic protector of Miss
Power, but that his wife broke her mar
riage vow With Ritchie. A careful per
sual of the record. however. has failed
to give proof Of any allegations Of his
counterClaim."
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
Villaistas Capture Bandits.

FL PasO, Jan. 4.-Gen. Tomas Orne-
leas, military commander at Juarez, was
informed by official dispatches from
Cases Grandes today that a force of
convention troops which he recently dis
patched into that district had fought and
defeated a group of bandits under leader
ship of Isaac Fuentes. a former Red
Flagger" and a captain in the Huerta
irregular army. Fuentes was taken
prisoner after he had been wounded.
Only four of the band escaped
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
GETTING A START.
JOHN AND TOM.
By NATHANIEL q. FOWLER, JR
Copyright. 1915.


! TOHN and Tom were classmates. For
several years they studied and play
" ed together Both were attentive.
well behaved. honest, and neither APPEAR
&c. to be superior L the other. After
graduation they entered a wholesale dry
goods house, began at the bottom, and
were given opportunity to learn the busi-
ness.
During the first year there was no
perceptible difference in their work. or
the result of II, and both received the
same amount of raise in salary. At the
end OF the second year. however. John
was promoted a d occupied a position
much superior to that held by Tom.
Why? Did John possess greater ability
than Tom? Was he more faithful? Was
he more attentive L his duties? Prob
ably not. He did one thing, however. the
Importance of which Tom did not seem
to realize. He became familiar, not only
with those things which pertained to his
immediate duties and to his department
OF work, but he went beyond them. He
visited other dry goods stores and studied
their methods. He talked with men in
his line of work. who were connected
with other establishments. He read dry
goods trade papers and every book upon
the subject which he could obtain. He
grounded himself in dry goods, knew the
history of the business. and, to a large
extent, and the action and policy Of
it, not only in regard to her own
house, but with reference to dry goods
houses in general He became familiar
with credits: he followed the market. In
FIVE years he was the head of a large
department. and in ten years member
of the firm, although. Of course. his in.
terest was small.
am aware that this rapid promotion
Is not usual. for many a good man. ambi-
tious and taking the initiative, does not
become partner in ten years. or twenty
years, or thirty years; but it may be
stated as a fact that no one who does
not do as John did ever gets beyond
subordinate position or is allowed to
assume more than ordinary responsible
ity.
Tom was as faithful. as honest. as hard
a worker as John. Tom worked. and was
satisfied with doing his duty. John work.
ed. and did more than his duty. Tom
attended to those things which he was
told TO do John did all that Tom did.
and more. Tom loved to work. and work
cd. John loved to- work, and worked
bue he also threw his mind into his work.
He made it a part of himself. and there
fore, it was not drudgery.
The foregoing is but another hlustra-
tion of the contention which l have al
ways held. namely. that doing ope's
duty Is not sufficient, that taithulness
Is not enough To succeed. and to occupy
a position above a subordinate one, re-
uuires not only work and hard work,
but an intense love for the work, and
above all, the taking Of the initiative
doing what You do not have to do. as
suminU responsibility which is not placed
upon YOU. feeling that you are a part oil
the business and not a mere emPloye-
The load that YOU voluntarily shoulder
Is not half as hard to carry as Is the
hurden which is thrust upon you
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
DRY VACCINE" WILL CURE.

Washington soon Is 70 be rendered i'm
mune from Sthe liquor traffic by the
rapidly spreading prohibition vaccine. s.
according to a prediction made yester-
day by Rev. Henry Anstadt In an ad-
dress at First Congregational Church
before the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. Dr. Anstadt spoke in be-
half of the Lutheran Church.
The Baptist Church message was pre-
sented by Rev. Hugh Stevenson. and
Rev. Lewis E. Purdum represented the
Congregational Church. Mrs Margaret
Dye Ellis offered a special prayer for
speedy success OF local prohibition. Mrs.
Emma Sanford Shelton presided. Miss
Harriet Harding sang. accompanied by
Mrs. Elsie Cheeseman-
The Washington herald., 1915-01-15
WANT UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS.
A. +. of l.. Exectiv eCOmmitte'
Plans National Campaign.

Plans for a national campaign for
uniformity OF text books in public schools
throughout the country were considered
yesterday by the executive committee oil
the American Federation Of Labor.
The committee has been advised that
representatives OF the Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen have been unable to reach an
agreement upon the disputed claim OF
jurisdiction over all carpenters. car build
ers, mIllmen and cabinet makers en-
ployed in railroad car shops.
Assistance will be rendered In the or
ganization OF labor unions in Cuba, &C.
cording to a decision reached by the
committee The organizing of woman
union labor leagues in this country also
will be aided.