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The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
TOLEDO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

TOLEDO. o. Dec. 4.-Wheat. Cash
and December. 1.22: May. IS. Corn
Cash and December. Gst-c. May. T2c.
Oats: Cash and Decern Der, 45h ::
May. 4s11c. Rye: Cash, asLc Glow
erseed: Cash and December. sie IS:
March, si235 ilsiise: December.
ruaTy g s5s3p March | 81 % S'" Ruf,er to-
Brick creamery. 33N 3ic; tubs. cream
cry. ara sac Eggs: Fresh eandlod.
70 ~ f0c, selects soc. storage. ga 3Oc
Hay: No. 1 Timothy. si7T1s; light
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
VIEW YORK CoTroN MARKET.

The last harness racing season Is
notable because Peter Scott won
more money than any horse ever
before accumulated on the Grand
Circuit. $3s.4o0, from Cleveland 10
Lexington. and an additional $1,000
at tho Panama.Pacinc exposition.
result OF q wound In the head. re-
ceived In 1879. suffered periods OF
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

The oil fields OF Louisiana are
proving UNEXPECTEDLY rich Near
Vivian. which is near Shreveport.
tho Standard OIL prospectors struck
h "gnaher" " almost the first mag
nitude. and the gas pressure Is so
great that nc way has yet been
found of controlling II.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
NEW YORK BANK sr.rEyrxT.

NEW YORK. Dec f.--The weekly
actual bank statement today showed
the following changes:
surplus. decreased tt167.3i0: loans,
Increased. ss2i.000: reserve in vaults.
increased W, 1000. reserve in fed
eral banks. decreased t4f73. 900: re-
serve IN other depositaries Increased
I,Zss.0oO; net time deposits. decreas-
ed sSs2, 900; net demand deposits. de-
creased .26s,0oO, circulation. de-
S734. 1884. 600.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
Ea5.pdc FINANCIAL AND MARKET NEWS

THE RT. REV. NJ. J.. GAL
i LAGHER. coadjutor bishop
OF Grand Rapids. who lectures In
the Armory next Wednesday
evening.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
NEW YORK PRoDyce.

NEW YORk. Dec, 4--Flour: Dun
and unchanged. Pork: steady; mess.
0S9ls.bo. Lard. Easier; middle
west spot. .s;so q go. sugar; Raw.
muscovade, 50 test. sl43. refined,
strong; cut loaf. SC 30: crushed. $3.50.
powdered ssl0@e25. granulated. Sc
fsc. Tailow: Firm; special. SIC:
city. 7hc. country. sa SIC. hay:
si.o7h: clover. soc q Isl 90. Dressed
Chickens, ia Soc: 'ufSs{is fo%is iagI77c:: i7c:
ducks, 12n i9c. Live poultry: Firm
geese, 13n14c; ducks. 1ta15c. fowls.
1zh di4Isc; turkeys. 17c; roosters.
II hc: chickens. broilers. 12Iz di3izc.
Cheese: Quiet: state milk. common
TO specials. 13m17c. skins. common
to specials, 5n1fhc
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
Livestock
QH!QA sTcc!x LANDS,

s2s sEcss .s:;s| Ss;sbs' Ea.ss ss,cAeo. n,
SISa s.;SIss.yc. t.stie!t adet 'fis. Re-.
SiHrsss: sis'ss: cc.: sss:ss;d ana ssIfs4s. ss.5Isns;
ss'ss. sfsss.nis Sheep! :siss hss.ipt.. Sfiss
5sse!s. SsIcxs $50; lambs. .':Hs y
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
CHICAGO BUTTER MARKET

CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-Butter. Extras
32iz 33c frsts. 31d 32c: dairy eN-
trss. % q 3Oc: nrsts. 23N2ithc. Eggs.
Prime ordinary. 27m2sc. flrsts 2sT
soc Cheese Twins. isi. n16ls e..
Young Americas. i6h T17c. Live
poultry. Fowls. "a milc. ducks
llhc. geese. 1lul2c. springs I2u
l2hc; turks. iic. Potatoes Michi-
gan. 55ff64c; Wisconsin, s0as5c:
Ohio. 5sG CSC. Minnesota. 60n see:
Dakotas, 53Ms0c. New potatoes Re-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

AS result OF work by it's Boy
scouts. Weir. Kas., pridas itself on
being the cleanest town in Amer.
lea. The scouts there had a clean.
:ng.up day." on which they hauled
away all rubbish from the streets
and vacant lots. They slso induced
the city council % adopt an ordi.
nance that will help TO make the
good work permanent.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

A North Westmorelani farmer in
the course or his rounds through
his fields found a nest with 25 eggs
in II. The large number was not
the only marvel. for on examining
the eggs he found that 10 OF them
belonged TO a pheasant and the re-
manning 10 to partridge. Tho
pheasant. as the stronger bird. was
the probable intruder.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

A museum of the horse. present
ing complete history OF that ami
NAL from the earliest known period
TO the present. has been established
In Paris.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
IS
SOARING
Advances of 53s And
31A Cents For De-
cember and May

CHICAGO, Dec. A rush OF
buying just before the market closed
today sent wheat prices soaring.
The advance for the day was 5 S-S
and 3 lac. closing prices being up
10 116 SIS and 116 is for December
and May. These prices were high
for the day. Other grains also
showed sharp advances.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
BUTTER AND Ef.aA

Butter-Creamery. extras. a,c.
nrsts. 30c; diary. SIC; packing s.ock'
lee per Id.
Rkxs-Eresh receipts. cases includ-
ed. candled. ?1c! current recAspts, soc
per dozen. Receipts. Saturday. .OOf
cases
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
Dramatist Discusses
Ford Plan to End
Fighting
"IET HIM TALK
TO THE GERMANS"
Up to Them to Say
When They've Had
Enough

(The following statement by the
c!eVerest man in England, II not in
All Europe, on Henry Fords peace
plan. was obtained by Mary Boyle
o Reilly. Ii was signed by Mr.
Shaw and then cabled 10 The
Times).
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

British authorities are discussing
the possibility OF rubber tires for
street cars.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

- HU1yALO. n. r.. Dec. a.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Dec i.--opening -
Wheat: December and May, down
NC Corn; December. down sc:
May. down Sc oats December.
down sc: May. down L Provisions;
Lower.
MAY, up axe Corn: December. up
lc: May. up &C. oats: December.
up sac: May. up iac Provisions:
Higher
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
NEW ro.x GUTTER AND EGGS

Quiet; receipts. sosSi creamery ex.
trN slK 3 ssc: state dairy tubs. 22T
ssc: Initiation creamery nrsts. 2s %
~ ere: ;sss'f qssspi. nesrgy ssSs White White
fancy, isd53c: nearby mixed fancy,
80 q ioc; fresh nrsts. 3364oc.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

N Australia seems 10 have an mex
lonetibls supply Of marble, which 10
ooceo a many colors. in addi-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04

II ~ - ..s,,,.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-04
CLGIN HUTTTI

E1/GIN. Ill. Dec. 4.-Butter sales
- q 34c: last weeks price. 33c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20

sssa. sAs tsass % - ssis tack O. 80
eazE ~ zakfsr sail ses1ni % sssai-
EaagHl eaTss1fs agra a taaa - rat
rrerwef. tGf canfte1ss en- Fua eafi
tas ssr1t-snsast ssF@ssts have clear
80 fsa farm 81 Gsef. C1aseGg eeFiF thr
fsrEsr saves all rsarssi c1eaesitstces
as tae sssTsfst srrerse ~ trigEiEE
GFsr 80 aessrarf Esf anvicE f rt-
s@fsse svsrV fsw years. FsTthsr-
zo-s. 30 e. relieved % AZ azztssy &c
20 washer - vii - abe % Faecsss-
rally reFrsfsss rrrswals O. ofEss
ws-fs e. frr-ss Wt1l BE- abe 90 torTuws
saT OIL rff f7r 81 fra-s. wise the ssisi-
tsxs ef ravfEr or or ss istTrvs1s asf
a. reaseertlr rate 81 fafsress. ssT
SO r@r r~rE ~ ssTtsE tf12f ss=i-
arsaaffT Co o. Tsars ses farmer has
remEf-fr.T wiped csc Pfc fsss ss9
freed e.s fa-rr fsaa arartrars arf tss
tese sasfsrtes ss very tlftis taees-
Fsetsr-r l1 ff,er 90 Tas plan an-
gears ss te sn sErsiissf os-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
The Daily Story
A Shrewd Woman-Ry Eunioe Blake.

Martin Kempter was a mountaineer
In the Swiss Alps. He owned a NUM-
Der of goats and made cheese OF their
milk. One day when Martin was
climbing up to a considerable height
he came to a man lying on his back in
a dying condition, for he had slipped
and fallen over a cliff. Martin stanch-
ed the blood flowing from the wound
and otherwise cared for the sufferer
until he died. Then he went down to
the valley to report the matter.
Martins wife, Gretchen, was very
shrewd woman, and before doing any
thing of importance he was used to
consulting her. So when he went home
and told her of his experience and
that he was about to report II that
the body he had left on the noun
tain side might be buried.
Don't you say anything about II,
said Gretchen. You might be accused
OF having committed a murder"
Martin had thought OF that himself,
and this was one reason why he had
mentioned the matter TO his wife. He
concluded to keep his mouth shut. But
there were two things he did not think
OF. In succoring the stranger he had
got some blood on his sleeve, and
when descending the mountain he had
met Jacob Kirshner going up. Kirsh-
ner found the body and in telling OF
his find mentioned having met Kemp
fer coming down the mountain. This
excited some suspicion that Kemp
fer had been the cause OF the stran-
gers death. and a man was sent 10
his house 10 investigate. Kempfer re-
Ceived him. and the visitor noticed a
spot on his shirt sleeve that looked
ike blood.
To make a long story short, Kemp
fer's not having reported the stran-
gers's death led to his undoing. He
was tried for murder and convicted,
TO be sentenced on a Friday at the
hour Of 10 noon.
Gretchen, his wife, was horror
stricken at the result of the advice
she had given her husband. who at
TEMPTED to comfort her by saying that
~ he had reported the matter he might
still have been convicted. The misfor-
tune was in finding the stranger. Gret- /
chen. who, as has been said, was a
woman OF great shrewdness, set her
wits 20 work 10 think OF some plan /
whereby she might save her husband. /
She went TO Adolph Sweitzer, the 4
head man OF the canton, and besought /
him 70 save her husband. assuring /
him that IL was her fault that he had I
been convicted and il was she, If any I
one. that should be punished. Switzer /
replied that the verdict was matter /
for the courts. over which he had no /
power. and Gretchen went away dis
consulate.
One morning some time before the
hanging Gretchen being still asleep.
dreamed of a plan by which she might
save her husband When she awole.
though. she did not consider it likely
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
HEALTH TALKSoXgS
William Brady.nD SErees.!..-t.
We Leave II to Grandma. Ni iZ

We Leave II to Grandma.

Doctors life 4. worth 20 come right
out and say Il r. the itch
tafcet. yes. they take 70 from tow
els. powder rags. couiAct-tAngo par
ties and ali that sort % thing They
are innocent. poor things. 50 they pass
q along unconsciousiy. We suspect
the resticssness % the itch has much
90 DO with these modern dances,
grandma when you &c; the itch you
ius; cant sit still. And it's worse
when you sc, warmed up.
Now. we leave 70 90 you They come
90 Us and iAuEhinEiy observe that
you've already told them you believed
70 vas the seven year kind-and were
stumped Cor an answer. being. as you
might say. dinident when DESTROYS OF
holding a patient We know you're
rirht-you know the itch when you
see q. That ointment we tell the
young folks 20 rub In is nothing more
nor less than your seifsame old cure
for the itch. sulphur and lard. only
80 prescribe q nicely tinted and flaw
ored. for tho psychic effect Grandma.
it's the itch without any beating about
the bush. and We compliment you up
on your memory.
Questions and Answers.
Running Ears: Can running ears be
cured and how What e. the best
nerve tonic you know OF
Reply.
Yes. BY having the underlying cause
IN nose Or throat treated by n physi-
can who speciaiires on such work
Their. % no such thing as nerve
tonic. other than ordinary tonics.
Infectious Period % whooping
Cough. How long after a child gets
whoopiuE cough - he capable OF in-
f-ctlnE othersf
Reply.
A. tong az thr cough produces any
eNp~-Fnrnfinu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20

Oas % he sweetest ns=oFiss %
eEileaood - ths soap aud sugar poul-
tiee sr4a1El2 applied whsE us suf-
frFcd = fsstsriEE sg0Gs bruiss. We
EaoW Epu that . waa feaEiuiiy IN
sazitary trs4Iaasat. but. %. hos alec
% feig % b. aarsst and pstted and
bogHt ~ 81 soap and sugar;
GfaG4Gzz. 80 have ssi4 some mean.
tgW. gaEsntirmaaiy things about you
o. this sxresahio eoigmn- We have
treated ulany 0f your foadsEi fslus-
igas utsh utter seorn- Probably
yog thinE 80 are uaErafsfGi for the
good taings you have contributed 20
G1caeaflr medicine But 80 ain't
Wen hack yoaF old time cough sesrup
against any % the pateatsd dope your
EFanGcEiidrsu sggaudcF money on to-
day WsIi have one % your good old
aaxs-ed meal gouitcss "a preference
90 any modern nssiieatsd mud az 90
ccnfs a Gaab when wr need poultic-
iaEs zuf your unbeatable SIENNA leaves
are good enough for our liver. For the
aspsFsions 80 nay have cast upon
T1gr tdsas % ohstsrieai technique and
baby aiaiGe you viii pardon as. we
saRs"a NaNH Haeas HNAaH eea.saa.-'aaaaa erHs-
beeu presented you. Especially DO re
crave yoar forgiveness. since ws nov
cge1s 90 ynl Tor aid-
Grandma Hsmsmb~rs ~.
v11 remember. grandma. hnw folks
used F1 have crrtatn sitmTrt krou-u.
6f1rrfF. as tfr ifcht Nrs. that's the
se~-tE~ same ola s~rra year itch
Only 70 dgaf think % shouid last
more tkar Esrrn k1uFs o. 80 today.
Wen. ffs ar8ard again. Yes. every
f1tg's eztehias 90. s1rur % the very .
tess families Ard Erarfma. guess 7
what they're calling sec Erzrua. tFf- .
f~r. urir acid on tae blood. impurr I
blood. ra5s6s. erytsrma. ehirErr-pcS .
=why. Fs~T'Fe esitirE 70 ~ any other .
came than seabfrs- As waeh Es the ]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
IKE JUDICIAL sITUAnoN.

slnes M erranixaffou % Ecck
fsfsna county the time never has
b~~n vh~n % has been without q
rxslf~uf sirgnlf eourt judge. Yet
nsw. win q constantly ingrraslnE
enlsndar and q e0nxsstsd e0nGh
tim % court business. ths rspuo-
li~an party. 80 Tar az u lies with
In ne pavsr - 90 80. has seen re
90 disfraaehis~ ths Sotsrs - Eae&
Island soanfy m tas selection ~
msn O. at sn its eireuit beach f1F
the nexs term % sis ysars-
rhs Frswfng desire % the pee
pIs fsr years has been 3D. Keep the
b@aeh free frsm the iaiiarucr %
partisanship. EverY possihir pee
eHafioa. IN iaet. wa taken ny tha
trainers % enc constellation o. pro-
vife err thfs very ming
The salY war o. fsbuks ne Ia
i~stfsn 20 politics iatH enc iufi-
sf.IrY ~ this district ant o. insufe
Msea fsiand eonntq % rrsilrn9
fudEs D. thfoaah ths eiectipn ot
:. ~ kenwerthY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
WHAT The NAVY STANDS
FOR

WAS ser raE sHg fe- raw Stands
taf vas r= @ase lessEsfallF ae
es9fr afss stately rSpressrt tsza on
f.rrsters Wils1rs seeeeA ts Sew
Ters tsfs week SAFE wEea 80 was l..
saaE e.sT .1 rsafrw tss Ntfsrsir rzeE-
ftr Errat-st aFassfa este c1aarry ever
asseasrlsf
rss testtrssigs nat tzF OF fEs r5vrr.
er saas. were ~ssEiass Co psasase tss
issrrests o. HaEssitT
ret issesrisE tslrE ahouE Araert-
ca tss psesstssE asserted. IS ssaE
she asts seshssE f5r bzrss1f except
wtas she hss e risst Co sst s6r ha-
essstv lss.s We wasE 90 asttoa's
prupsrty. ws visa 60 asrsst1a 90 ga
tiss-s Essess ~ visa 90 sssss ssffsh-
fv ts tss weT az tss Gsssiosasas %
90 ssst7s-
~fs Gel eas eFsssatt5e o. oar part
E1 say tsss We sFs erfvfisEss 60 ssss9
fsr Wat every sssfsa Waaif wish
e. ssssf far. srf sssatfsE f1r those
tsisEs wttee an hs@ssfsg tzlss es-
stree
Tns sss-fs weics s-uaG-s over 80
rfvsr fsrfsE sss ear ssts tss prssf-
fses. vas -fsss = soteEsa sFtsezcs tkaE
ses fs-cs ef AHserfra - ne fs~cs %
sserar prfscfe,s. ssss sss-s - 80 ssy-
ssf9r else 80 wetee Sc vii cazssa9~
ne ersssssss ratf trTssss 90 ssere-
sary % sss Navy uaetsls. wss szs b.
site stz vale - ssess.
TIE rressssssss srfssss 80 Secretary
nssts,s. &c - sns Erssssss as ssass
sf-ess-s Esafs sss ssvy sssartssst
tss ess. ssS No t.s Been shssssi so
ns4isEseE az 20 80 o. sass Gee hss
sfaee 80 ssTs % Wsftss. - fsliY g.
served sscreesrY usststs hzs foas
ssr 80 ssvr wsss ssss tESs cssErsss- [
-sa- rsvsr1sr tsvs s~ssavarrf - 20 /
go go sresy-rs-seTryt e frsss coz !
s-ses eersrsf. Freed r. f-Bes tks fe=t- B
safssc 81 sss wsr sruss sss szzss = .
weas = wee ssssEzsG 90 80 great .
.ssersrssss ~ sks essss % sssiozai 4
.ersr s-s sssssnst sesee. al sStsf=E i
-ffs-~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
SPREAD or COMPULSORY
EDUCATION


@ ~ ~ At TWAS
F.r.rt Hr fsr H ~ states fFEf Save
.s.-a..a..sr ....ssf .ss-eFs.-es frur- rs
4 --s.rr .f .g.e l--.sfss5se saz states
as.rr5..r -sr-rrls.s-5 fsss are COW re-
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s..- r.s-e a-es. ss..- are "a .f.sssser r-e-
areHtsr 81 49, esnsefsrrr r-fr-.ss-
ssf reer.s-ee "a 90 sep forward is
..- re4 ..rr
g~s-rs IL 49, r--sr.s states s4r=s-s
.s -fe-.s..- a-s.-r- rs.ss 49, s.rfss. al
rssss ssf es esral - 4 -zsetias
es-rsafss-v s-ssaf sss=efssr- laws
ann e..4.- 49, --aaa s-sr e-fa. a.. rs- fs-r
srsa-s ss.r. r.sssss So. lave. t.-f $50
- s.sr.s e.ee-- 49, sease1 &c., .5.e.
avs se.-sss s-.r a. ssrr t.lss-ss.
-tass Fes a-s arss- wsr ss ssss-sf
s..s-. - --.s- ..s-~-..rfse--r -s-4.ss.l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20

g 10 al rf4nf 20 prsss % tEe rsoG
cit fsr,. bae ne hari fact rsrasf-s
snss tas aatieaat wsaith of tss rrfssG
s><tss 70 ae~ aeartv twensy-Evs gtzss
- xruee ss = wss ~ 1850 srf 90
v~sin &c ne tadlvt4aaf en- Ess nv-
R<ss. 10 ats siEnes ss great uvsc sEE-
Ne IA tssc tecaf- sHe resources %
s1s soursry havs been rractfcafiT
fornt-f. o. tafs seswfns ts 70 pref
~ hard 80 sacstsastats re eiafsa
me tas rafrse stssss svsr wss a ess-
- slses - wstsh 60 i've tGaa r. e
flns naw.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
Publications.


Colonel ". J. Bryan has been invit-
ed % deliver the principal address at
the next national convention OF the
liquor dealers. His subject viii be:
shall the Grape Juice Flag Fly Over
the White House,"
King George and Emperor Wilhelm
are 20 review the British submarine
feet
LII Russell says she is no longer
young.
Colonel Roosevelt refused 10 discuss
the European war.
Bill Barnes and T. Roosevelt dined
together in Syracuse. y. Y, last night.
Petrograd announces victory OF Ger
man forces in west Galicia.
Jit bus owner found who said he
did not have room for another passeu-
ger.
Charley Chaplin protested against
the newspapers printing his picture.
Sarah Bernhardt has engaged a one
legged leading man for her coming
American farewell invasion.
Billy Sunday. having accumulated
a competence. has decided 20 contrib
ute all his future earnings to uplifting
fallen humanity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20

to succeed; still she believed it posi-
BILE. At any rate she determined 10
try it.
Her husband had, among other
things, a chronometer which had
been given him by a matchmaker in
Geneva and which he valued very
highly. He secured the time once a
month regularly and found that his
watch never varied more than a few
seconds. The result was that Martin
furnished time for the whole valley
The day before the hanging the sherj7
asked a citizen to go to Gretchen and
get the time, that he might be sure
to execute his prisoner in exact accor-
dance with the sentence. Gretchen
gave the inquirer time Is minutes
behind what was correct. stating that
she had learned that owing 10 had
weather the astronomer in Geneva
who observed the sun had been unable
to do so for several weeks and had
discovered a considerable error in his
chronometers. The sheriff set his
watch in accordance with the time
given him.
On the morning OF the hanging
Gretchen went TO the head man Of the
canton and asked him for an order
for the body of her husband that she
might give It burial. Switzer replied
that he would give her the orde. after
the execution had taken place and not
before. Half an hour before - she
went to his house with her chrome
meter. which she set ahead 10 min
utes. and when the hands pointed to -
Switzer signed the order Gretchen
had a horse and a cart waiting a short
distance from the house, and, jumping
into the cart, she whipped the horse
TO a gallop, traversing a mile TO the
Jail On the way she turned Ia hands
of her chronometer backward 20 o)r-
respond with the time she had given
the sheriff. When she reached him
his and her timepiece both marked
10 minutes TO y. She held the head
mans order aloft, crying:
a reprieve, repTieve,"
The sheriff read the order and
thinking that the condemned man had
been pardoned turned him over 20 his
wife Then the two jumped into the
cart and drove like mad 70 rail-
way station a few miles distant where
they caught q train bound for the
French border.
The misunderstanding that Crotch
en- had brought about between the
head man Of the canton and the sheriff
was not discovered till an hour after
that fixed for the execution and when
the convicted man was well on his
way to foreign territory. As soon as
the truth was known conference was
held by the authorities. but nothina
was ever done about the matter, for
when they learned that Kempfer was
in foreign land they did not try 10
get him. and in time HIS wife con
vinced them that he was an innocent
man. Then he returned to his home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
THE WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES

Ire rati6nsl wealth ts oHrizItv eE-
E.rzErG aE SlsT.F15 ea1f coo. oF st.gf5
f5r eaea MAJ. vcaan aud ehlt1 in che
eeasfrT-
saea ere che figures eaatairri ln
tlr special bg-tTfia. rEsti@afT1 Nail-
aElGE af Nsfi1aat Westfs. isFr-isie.
aefsE Eel aa0af t8 BIZ issued tT u.rrr-
rsF Sam o. Rogers 90 ere blrral uf
ls- eeEssss ETEsrtmeat os commerce.
rr.s tIf'rEtr. HeieH was complied
.eteF ere firrefi1a % sfaFEr M Gro
san. chief srafisf.eiar ia charge 90
tsr 5aaE.rT. FFrsrEfs estimates % tEr
tFas salar o. tGr vaFio1s classes 90
FesL reFs5ast. end other property
guEr4 iH each state and iE che Dis
fries OF Columbia la fkr year 1919
Ce~Es FsffU~ srst5ssies ia Tees detail.
sFr E.rrE Cor esri5=r FTaFf. extending
ss fsF bach aa 1880
LEr erasas bsrrsg Ge-s noe present
these estimates as very close approx
tE5sftars F1 accuracy. baF as being ths
best utleH can Fe made from t6T data
available aaf az being fairly e1mpsr-
able etsE those pgblsETf eight years
ESQ. relating f9 che year 1904 The
s1greFs 1t srfoT4sfl1r employed were
reports o. assessors ard other state
1-esstss tEr yearbook % ere depart
arEt ~ agriculture census reports
9a agriculture. manufacture. street
railways. trtesFap1s. frirpl1nTs. eiFc-
erie uElt and ppwer stations. aad
spTFtstiH1 tV uaEeF. and reports
af ere Interstate commerce commits
s.a1. ts~ blrrag ~ foreign aad do
4esfir e1HmrFer. che rnitrt States
Ee1.asieai survey. The bgrrag % nav
.Eatiga. fsF chief engineer o. the
CElErt States uaFy. th~ director % the
@ieE. aaI ere controller OF the cur
reseT
tH Tess than tu6-thirts o. a ccn-
fgrF-trrn tetJ Co tSgz=th~ total
ts'gr ~ che Esfi1u. excluding exempt
real estate. Increased from ET.f1s.0g1.-
D.. or tr1s pr capita. Co giTsfzs.-
1rea1. % sis1f per capita. the per
crctaEe % Increase being szIs for
ere total sud f3s t1r tfr Per capita
amounts. o. other words. the wealth
% ere aati1n az q whoi~ Ga nearly g
t.@es as great as e vas o. 1880. whiie
tssE % che Individual e. about elk
t.s-rs CO great
TIE eEsmpt real estate. uhlrh vas
estimated az Slz1tfGrg.E1o. or glzs
per capita. ia 1919. includes che build
,nsf- otE~F structures. and public
aorss Owned - the federal. state aud
local governments. vita the Land on
ahiet meg stand. together Nth such
T~ai property % eaursti1aat. charisa-
BE as1 religious fustisutons g. e. e.
7@rs froza taxation.
Ths totai and pr capita amounts o: .
ne nattoesi wealth for ths several .
ssssas years arr as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-20
RURAL CREDIT pRosrEm

rns weodrs- Trust eesspasy % Jet
- 49, s~sn nsSfnE q specially b. ~
tsse ssw years sf q sYsssua sf srssiss
- nsmsrst Thfs bsnx vac erzasass,f
enDno sas tins sf ne eetsbrste,t erstszz
onnsosr &c rraae~ whfcn presises,g saee
sunmTnsnts rssatss saeua tEs tsrsz-
- - snse eeantrr. "a al ssttress
1u0vwp4 sefsrs ne rsxss naGxsrs'
aGBDn1sespu rsesntiY ~ cserss Wee,t-
~ - sefa souas Of tAs sx5~rferess
mGDe9 - three years
Cn1ss ne Eareessa system also
- - @skle<. mortgage hsnxs s-s
DuU1uno1 60 erxsnizs frcn wHieh
0gDoRs esa naks leans Fer tenz 90
- - yenss ca tas smorrszzsion