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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

the stock is almost exclusively held by members of the two families who repre- sent the foundation of the industry.
 Ihe late Daniel S. Lamont rather re- luctantiy confessed that he had been of fered 5000 a share for the Northern Pa cific stock which he held at the time of the great struggle between E. IT, Harri-
 man on the one hand and James ], Hill and d. P. Morgan on the other for the control Of the Northern Pacific. MT La monts estate was appraised at about s4'~o,ooo, and 1t has always been presumed mat the greater part of this represented the appreciation of Northern Pacific stock which he was able to buy shortly after he retired from the post of Secre- tary of War in Cleveland's second ad- fnlnlstration. He secured a considera ble block of this stock at a time when the quotations for it were very low His for tune was accumulated in much the same way as that of E. II. Hartman, who bought Union Pacific stock when the fortunes or that great railroad company Were very low and who realized enormous advances upon the stock after he per 1ected the system. Lamont would not sell his Northern Pacific stock, although had he done so his fortune would prob- aply have been doubled. To have sold his stock would have been, in his opinion. an act of bad faith toward James I. uill To whom he owned his financial prosper- ity.
 comparison. however. between ouo- tations for railroad securities which were made at the time great corners or at tempted corners were under way cannot De falrlY made with the quotations for i.oustrlal securities. Sometimes very close corporations which are known to have gained great successes have had the market value fixed upon the stock of the corporations by reason of enforced sales and auctions for the purpose of administering on estates. One of the great industries of the United States which Is corporation almost as closely
 managed as the Winchester has only learned the market value of it's stock through enforced sales and auctions to close out estates. One of the these sales flxed the market value of the stock at about 600. But it would be useless for any one to offer $500 to the present own CTS of the stock since the amount would be far from sufficient to tempt the owner to dispose of the stock
 There have been two banks in New York city whose stock commanded sometimes an excess of $2G0O a share That. how ever, was explained by the fact that the capita of these two banks wss very small, in one case $300, 600 and in another SlO0Wo. No longer is there a quotation Of that kind for the stock of the bank whose capital was formerly S300,000 be- cause that capital has been largely in- creased. There is likely to be some de- fusion respecting quotations reaching high up into the thousands for stock. for if will probably be discovered that in most cases the capital Is very small The capi- tai of the Winchester company in part explains why New England people were according to quotations. ready to pay as much as 5000 share for the stock of this corporation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
British Call in Mortgages

London, August 20-(Correspondenc of the Associated Press. )-The raising of the general interest level In the British money markets through the issue of the war loan has had many unexpected consequences. One of these Just noted in the financial journals Is d disposition on the part of mortgagees to call in their mortgages. so that they may invest the money to better ad- vantage. The movement Is not per maps unnatural, but its effect upon the owners of n' Ntgaged property is in many cases embarra ssment of disas- trous nature" remarks the Times. "F'requently the mortgagor regards the mortgage not as a short term loan, but as an investment. and he is placed in extreme difficulty when the loan is called in, not because he had defaulted on the interest payments, which he has kept up regularly for years. nor because there Is the slightest chance Of his defaulting, but because the lender can use the money to better ad : vantage under the new conditions which have arisen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

guarantee that each spoonful will clean your sluggish liver better than dose of nastyI calomel and that it won t make you sick
 Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicinej
 You'll know it next morning because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be work ing, your headache and dizziness gone. vour) stomach will be sweet and your bowels regu-l lar. You will feel like working; you'll bel cheerful full of vigor and ambition. ! Dodson s Liver Tone is entirely vegetable therefore, harmless and can not salivate3 Give it to your children. Millions of peoplel are using Dodson's Liver Tone instead of| dangerous calomel now. Your druggist will
 tell you that theesale of calomel is almost stopped entirely here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
RUSSIA-"THE UNKNOWN"
By GEORGE LEWIS BALES

But Russia Is the biggest country ln the world. It covers one sixth of all the land on earth It embraces Ill Europe more than 2,000.000 square niles-more. even there, than all the elher European nations combined: while in Asia she embraces more than o,U0O.o00 square miles. Russia Is two and eight tenths times as big as the .iain body of the United States.
 This immense empire Is the growth of many centuries. We read in the histories about The Czar Autoorat of All the Russias.' and instinctively ask
 Why All the Russias "? Then We learn of Great and Little Russia. White and Red Russia, all of which shows that divisions of bygone years are still observed by the people. and even the Czar, autocrat though he is, at least admits in his title the old division lines that will not be erased. How. ever. Russia in Europe with the ex- ccption of Poland-"Poor Poland'-- ana Finland Is country with one ianguage and one religion. Every suc- eeed1ng Czar has made 1t his first pur- pose to have all his subjects think and act In the manner prescribed by him. This process Is known as "Russianiz- ms when this falls. Siberia Is ever effective.
 How this huge empire was formed ma grew Into it's present size consti- tdles story so remarkable in it's ele- ments and so varied in its details that scholar and student alike agree that tue powers of the historian, be they ever so resourceful, have even yet been beggared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

Tolstoy never ceased to lament the fact that to hls people their own great country was 'unneasured. unknown and unsung"
 Recent events have drawn attention epon Russia, the country of all coun- tries. of which but little Is known here. This fact is due to the limited inter- course which has obtained between Russia and the United States.
 The American is proud of his great country for other and better reasons than its great size. He knows how 1t compares in extent With other na- tions; he knows that the United States covers an area almost equal to the whole of Europe, and Is infinitely more favored; that 1t fronts both the great highways of commerce, the Atlantic and the Pacific while Europe is ar far from the Pacific as Asia Is from the Atlantic. He realizes that these high ways are powerful means toward creating prosperity while at the same tune acting as the safest carriers whereby those nations which find greater delight in the arts of war than ill those of peace, are restrained from disturbing our national progress. For though temporarily hampered by the wholesale strife in the other half of the globe. his country turns incona Nenience into capital and finds itself crossing the threshold of the greatest pi piosperity of it's history hitherto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
Must Use Paner Money

London, August 0.-(Special. )--In ]
 structions have been issued to all post I offices in the United Kingdom that tnI order to strengthen the gold reserveI they must make all cash payments inI paper money instead of gold. PaperI money has never attained any popu-i iarity in England and the postoffices| will probably have some difficulty 1nl setting common people more used to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

That's why people who have tried if say It IS as comfortable as their cloth Ing; It Is waterproof-will hold in the path. Easily kept clean.
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 Don't send any money=just write for our Tree book and find out everything you want to know
 Full of facts never before put in print. cloth bound-96 pages-20 separate art icles and 23 photographic illustrations. Wiii save. you from being fooled and save you from wasting money.
 EXplalns why elastic and spring trusses are wicked crime=why they are the ruptured mans worst enemy why the law should stop their sale
 Exposes the humbug "appliances '' methods. "plasters,p etc
 ShoWs why operation is often a need . less gamble with death, and why if a man manages to get well from the operation, he often has to keep on wear ing a truss.
 !, And 1t tells all about the cluthe and now you can try it sixty days and how little 1t costs if you keep it.
 Gives endorsements of over 5000 peo- pie.
 Better write for the book today-it tells things you could never find out bv gong to doctors or drug stores. Simply use the coupon or say in letter or pos tai send me the book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

staff is carrying on the ordinary currcu- lum with the s4 cadets who are vet at th.. institution
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
THE FOLLY OF WAR

According to wounded officer as
related in the dispatches day be-
fore the great attack curious thing
happened. A board was hoisted in
the German trenches bearing the
IT, scription-
"The English are Fools"
No one wasted bullet on such poor
abuse. The board went down and
reappeared with the addition
1.-THE French are Fools"
It was ignored by the French. Then
the board came up again with
third line
1--WE are Fools"
A lively interest was now awakened
In the board. On its last appearance
It bore the inscription
"Why not all go home"
II is worth thinking about.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

which was under the Democratic
tariff law, with free trade on cattle.
the expectation from canAda 70 THIS
country amounted TO t1,iis.s2s.
and In 1914 It, jumped TO the IN
precedented figure OF t7,o4s,ose.
By heads. during the Canadian fis-
cal year. which ends March 81, the
expectation TO this country in 1913
was 2s.2 8; for 1914, 2O6.i46, and
for 1915. 1852. Consul johnson
is not blind to the reason for this
huge increase. for he says: 1.-THE in
crease noted in 1918 20 1914 to the
United States was occasioped by the
removal OF duty on cattle entering
that country"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
THE rARIFF LAW FAILURE

Under the Democratic tariff law.
the importations OF butter have as
sumed enormous proportions and
this may account for the fact that
butter has been retailing of late at
two or three cents pound cheaper
than It has been in recent years.
Eut what does 1t profit the man in
the street II he has pay out the
pennies he saves on butter in war
taxes" to bolster up the federal
revenues. Then. too. the tariff con-
ditions that invite the importations
Of butter on such a scale lay
heavy financial hand not so much
on the butter makers, the creamery
men, as on the dairymen and the
farmers who produce the butter fat.
In other words, the Democratic
tariff scheme doesn't help the con-
sumers to any extent, and 1t does
hurt the producers most materially.
Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

Omaha, Oct. 2S.-Billy Sundays
Omaha revival is over. When he
boarded the overland limited late
Sunday night after seven weeks
work he left -behind l3.022 &. con-
verts and . total attendance record
Of 72as2Q0. He took with him a
draft for .a1S,l2s.ss a. his person
al Bahare Of receipts amounting to
S4s.ao4. collected at the Sunday
meetings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
SERVED REFoRMAToRY TERM
Sweet Admits He Was Within Hear
ing Distance Of Crime

Dodge City, Oct. 26.-Archibald
Carlo Sweet, suspected murderer Of
Nellie Byers, served a term in the
Hutchinson reformatory for an as
sault upon girl.
He admitted that he had served
in the reformatory under the name
of Aberdeen, but he maintains that
he did not commit the assault upon
Miss Byers.
Sweet is. a man without educa-
ton. He says he never went. to
school to amount to anything and
officers do not credit him with be-
ing subtle enough to manufacture
an alibi. But they are puzzled by
His apparent readiness to tell in
detail every movement during the
time late Friday afternoon when the
girl was struggling for her life.
The most damaging admission
Sweet makes is that he was within
g quarter Of a mile OF the scene Of
the crime about the time it must
have been committed.
He even admits that he should
have been able to have seen the
crime enacted II he had looked over
his left shoulder as he hunted
along, going southwark. He admits,
too, that weather conditions were
perfect that afternoon, a warm sun
and no wind blowing and
that a scream at the scene of the
crime should have been heard by
him as he walked along with his
gun.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
IA DIE IN FACTORY FIRE
Many Stopped for Hats and Lost
Their Lives

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 26.-Fourteen
persons were killed and eight in
jured by fire in four-story build
ing, the two upper floors of which
were occupied by the Union Paper
Box company. on the north side. OF
the dead all were young women em-
ployed by the company except one.
Many of the bodies we're so badly
burned as to make Identification
difficult.
Margaret Steigerwald, aged II.
who was injured by Jumping from
q third floor window, said she and
five other girls were trapped in the
building when somebody closed o.
door at the head of the stairway on
the second floor. /.
The flames gained Roadway SO
however, that escape by
means of stairways and fire escapes
was soon cut off. Some Of the girls
attempted to go to the dressing
room for their hats and there, hud-
died on the floor, firemen found q
majority of the bodies.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
JOSEPH a. MCCOY

Victor Murdoch In the Wichita
Eagle: lettering on alone. in O
feeble majesty. with his dear dead
past long left behind him. Joseph O.
Mccoy yesterday marched away in
u the darkness. The prairies, In
their long history, had no more Wv
I'd figure than his. Fifty years ago
he moved among men on the plains,
o giant among giants, long. sinewy.
with broad. capable shoulders.
ierge, bony hands and . great head
held proudly---a man to meet three
OF his kind in deadly combat, 10
thrust the pillars of q temple ssun-
der, or to grapple lion and strangle
It, With his towering stature and
his great physical strength he moved
among his fellows and their tur-
moils and tumults as gently as a
woman. In the days when every
man went armed and q single shot
was the signal for q fnsillade. and
the six-shooter was Judge and jury.
the law and the facts, Joseph Nc
Coy kept the even tenor of his way,
gazing into the mirage of the
plains with the soft. and dreaming
eye Of a poet. When Wild Bill IS
city marshal at Abilene, with Mccoy
as mayor. was making the graveyard
the busiest spot in town, Mccoy
kept to the task of dreaming the
prairie full of glistening cities,
criss-crossing 1t with giant high
ways, peopling 1t with teeming mil
lions One Of his dreams came true
great cattle trail from
Texas. Other of his dreams came
true in later time. But as the
dream merged into the reality, lie
put 1t aside and conjured the mi
rage again, seeking always that
which was to be, indifferent to that
which had come to be-the plains
man, typical, epochal, hungering al
ways for the horizon, eager to be
on. The prairies went long ago,
and with them the mirage, but JOS
sph G. Mccoy went on dreaming
D. them and of their tomorrow to
The end.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
During the first thirteen days .

During the first thirteen days Of
October the net balance in the U. $.
treasury dropped $11,59S,3O4. AS
this period included only IL work
ing days. it is apparent that the
administration spent a million dol
lars per day more than It collected
in revenues from all sources. In
the period from July l to October
is the administration incurred a
deficit of $43,31S,575. Owing to
the change made in the method OF
making daily treasury statements,
1t is no longer practicable to COM
pare the presenta status of the
treasury with its condition under
Republican administrations.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

Emporia Gazette; In every town
there are from ten to hundred men
who fuss. They fuss around getting
themselves hated; begging for money
for all sorts of concerns--charities,
public affairs, community interests
that don't bring in dollar to the
fHssers; more than that most people
3hink the fussers are trying to graft
on their public activity. All sorts Of
little human nits fly around sting
ms the men who devote their tine
to- helping public causes, Yet these
Msp; keep right on. There u no
sense IN #, and Bhen they are cid
they find out that no one cares;
-eRlE The town isA better town for
their wogkT7that'a sallivn ef.l
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
A Chemists Discovery

B. A. Thomas, a retired chemist
Of Kentucky, like all Kentuckians,
kept some fine horses. His neigh
bOrs noticed that his horses were
slick and shining in the spring be-
fore other horses began to shed.
file told them Of some powders that
he fed his horses. He gave them
some of it and now B. A. Thomas"
Stock Remedy is known all over
Kentucky byahoFsemen and farmers,
who take pride I'm horses or cows or
sheep. We sell it on the Money Back
basis. c. s. KraybiIl. wifi
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

Montgomery, Ala, had five city
commissioners and did not get re-
suits so 1t had referendum and
cut the number to three. Montgom-
cry. Ala, had three and did not get
results SO It held a referendum and
Increased the number to five. The
New York Evening Post suggests
that maybe the ideal number is four.
The truth is that the success Of
any system depends on the men in
office, no matter whether there be
few or many.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

Arthur Capper came to Topeka
and went to work at the printers
case. He saved a thousand dollars
in a building and loan association
I'm eight years. Bought North.-To-
peka paper with the thousand and
went in debt for a linotype. There
are dozens of North Topeka papers
and yet other dozens of linotypes
to be had by young fellows who Will
save thousand dollars. But most
of them had rather stand in front
of the drug stores--and see the
ladies go by.--Topeka Pink Rag.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
partially responsible and that there
were extenuating circumstances.
Owing to amnesty Charlton will
serve only twenty-nine days in pri-
son.
RILEY COUNTY HAS 81
HEALTH OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS

Manhattan, Oct. 26.-Dr. ]. c..
Montgomery, Riley county health,
officer, is known as the Father OF
the Junior Health officers of the
health departments of the state,
The idea is spreading rapidly
ever the state and is being taken
up In several of the other counties.
Doctor Montgomery has ninety-one
junior officers in the county schools.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
Steamer Ordered to Leave

San Francisco, Oct. 26.-The
British tramp steamer Llangorse
sailed from here with sealed orders
from the British consulate and un-
der notice from the United States
customs officials that she must de-
part. The Llangorse arrived Sunday
with twenty-five tons of black gun
powder in her hold and cargo of
lumber.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

The death of Prof. w. B. Hail,
formerly superintendent Of Abilene's
city schools, was a shock to his
many friends here. Mr.. Hall had a
big, broad tenderness that reached
out to every acquaintance, every
friend. His hearty laugh, his gen.
erous willingness to help brought
cheer wherever he went and he left
a precious heritage of pleasant
memories when he crossed the bar.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

The recent town elections, which
were held all over Connecticut, show
strong Republican margins in the
Nutmeg state. Connecticut is full OF
war bride" centers. but this does
not blind the land of steady habits
to the fact that real and constant
prosperity In Connecticut is indis-
.soluby connected with Republican
policies.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

matter Of road and bridge building,
and providing for . competent
county engineer TO supervise the
road work IN each county.
II these laws were enacted and
put into immediate operation. with
in six years from the date of their
passage Kansas would have i'm
proved. in q permanent way. most
OF the county roads.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28
A GOOD ROADS PLAN

j. Frank Smith of Pleasanton,
one Of the leading good roads boost
ers of the state has issued a map
of the Second district showing what
can be done by comprehensive and
intelligent system of road making.
He also outlines a plan which con-
templates complete inter-county
system OF highways that will bene-
fit nearly. every taxpayer in the
county where the law Ia applied. 1t
can be put into operation imme-
diately after the law has been
enacted by petitions Of the taxpay-
ers in any county. The bill provides
that the county pay 76 per cent OF
the cost, the township 10 per cent
and the adjacent land 10 per cent.
II desired a county through which
O national or state highway passes
could use its funds to build perma-
nently this road before any other
county roads would be improved.
! Under this law, If all the counties
along the national highways would
proceed at once to improving such
roads, they would be completed
about as quickly as If the state were
to build them. The counties, town
ships and property adjacent would
pay the costs and get the benefits
The per cent of the cost by the coun'
ty, township and adjacent lands
may be changed as these percent.
ages are not fixed. Also the one
mill tax might be increased II dc
sired.
There was no important general
road legislation at the last session
or. the legislature principally fol
the reason that there was no or
ganized effort made by the advo
Gates OF better roads for any def
mite laws. In order to insure the
enactment of needed road laws by
the next session there should b.
On understanding among the goct
roads advocates and good roads
associations as to what laws were
most needed and then an educa
tional and political campaign start
cd that will bring about the pass
age OF the desired laws. Also eact
p0iiticsi party should. see that cap
Gbfe and aggressive ROAD men ar.
nominated for county commIsaion
1fs 'sRd9 t6vnShip bfti1efV. AID thai
cGhdid&tes for he lksisfSturs faSoi
better road laws. Here are . few d
fhs prCtSsed Rxs: si'e'a s'@
Fan Z kihendhent to the state con
stitution permitting the tate tC
engage In road BUILDING.
A law providing for the buiIdine
f, Of roads With state ccnvicts.
A bridge law that win proven,
any trust or combination OF bridge
companies. @ .
A law that viii provide for a
small tax levy for building perma-
nent roads in every county.
A law giving the state engineer
or engineering department more
funds and more authority Ia the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

A remarkable increase in the ez-
psrtation Of cattle to the United
States from Canada as shown in .
report or Consul Felix SIS. Johnson.
Kingston. Ontario. Mr.. johnson gives
figures on the value Of cattle ex-
ports TO this country for the past
IA years. His report for 1911 and
1918, under the Republican tariff
law, shows values Of expectations Of
s4s6.07s. and s6i5.sss. respective
b. while for 1914, nine months of