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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17
THE MUD MONOPOLY

We wonder II there is another city
in the sta.e besides Denison where
there is such a monopoly OF mud as
here. Our. streets for long time
have been in such condition that it is
difficult to get about from one portion
of the city to another. The crossings
cannot be kept in shape for travel
with any degree of comfort and to
see the teams Juggling through the.
streets enlists the sympathy of the
| bystander. We wonder how any of our
citizens can travel about town and
still oppose the proposition of paving.
| 1t is unfortunate that a few wealthy
people of Denison stand in the way
OF an improvement of this character.
They seem to have the ear OF the city
council and to control it and thereby
prevent an improvement so much
needed and favored by people sencr-
ally. If the directors on account OF
expense would look far enough to see
the benefits to their-property and its
increase in value they would discover
that they are standing in their own
light in opposing public improvements.
Men of means in the city should take
the lead in public improvements and
not stand in the way of them. IT Is
not question of how much it is go
ing to cost the individual for paving.
but g question OF benefit to the pub
lie. Whatever benefits the public gem
Ivy tnnafifc individual
Last year advocates OF paving We've
put Off by the promise that we would
get ready and pave in 1915. Now we
are told by those who are i'll author
ity that there probably will be no
paving in 1915. The will of the great
majority of the people will be ignored
in order to pander to the wishes Of
the non.progressive element. A man
owes a duty to his city as we'll as to
himself and he has no right to close
himself up in a shell of selfishness
and ignore his obligations to the pub
lie. Men who own the property of
the business streets of Denison have
no right to stand in the way of their
Improvement and thereby deprive the
people of the comforts that are due
them.
When we go about the state and see
other cities, many of Which are small
er than Denison, paving large areas
Of territory, we wonder why Denison
cannot show spirit of enterprise suf-
fcient to bring about paving the bus
mess center of the city at least. We
were told by resident of Boone a
few days ago that they had over fifty
blocks of paving in that city and that
they are planning as many more. Sac
City, not much more than one-half as
large as Denison, has several blocks
|of paving. Carroll, Harlan and towns
of this character are well on their
way in the solution of the problem and
have the goods to prove that paving is
q verify.
There should be some other spirit
besides that OF making money to con-
troll the leading business people OF the
town, for in no way can a community
advertise itself better than by i'm
provements of its streets and side
walks. No one can have any complaint
about sidewalks here because they
are up to date, but SO far as our
streets are concerned it is up to US
to improve them and not throw this
burden on our children. Let us awake
to the situation and meet the demands
and make the improvements which
are so much needed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17
Nonintervention.

The policy of nonintervention which
President Wilson is following is i'm
peratively dictated at the present time
by the interests of the United States.
The power OF our government to pro-
tect, even by its moral force, Ameri-
cas- interests as neutral in the Euro
pean war would be seriously weak
ened If its energies were divided and
dissipated by campaign OF pacifica-
ton in Mexico requiring possibly the
services OF many thousands of
soldiers. Those who have been observ-
ant of Japan's attitude toward China
in recent weeks could not fail to ap-
preciate the handicap upon America s
moral influence in the far east if the
United States Should occupy itself
with the serious and burdensome task
of occupying the adjoining country.
Even were Mexico's plight worse than
it is today, armed Intervention could
not take place, it would seem, without
heavy sacrifice of American inter
ests in the world at large. Nor, in
such an event, would all the neutral
states in relation to the European
struggle escape harm, inasmuch as
the safeguarding of neutral rights
against the constant aggression of the
belligerents has fallen mainly to this
country by virtue of it's peculiar posi-.
ton, it's traditional attitude and its
acknowledged power.
The American people apparently APP
preciate the conditions, and they are
not demanding intervention. Their
present attitude is. what it has been
from the first, in these Mexican trou.
bles-no intervention. If Intervention
comes it must literally be forced upon
the most reluctant OF governments
Springfield, Mass, Republican.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17

tor had arrived ut my RETURN to life
lie had ordered that be kept perfectly
quiet and no one should be admitted
to see me. In n few days was told
that Eben had been anxious to pay
me visit the moment the doctor
would permit and that owing to my
fiance's opportunities the doctor had
consented that lie should he admitted
for Il few moments.
replied that did not feel well
enough to see him.
My refusal brought me brief note
from Eben. in which he concentrated II
world Of love. How man could feign
so much depth of feeling. show sc
much contrast. between GOODNESS at
learning Of my death and Joy ut my
return to life. l could not conceive. !
did not reply to his note. and. although
| gained strength every day and re.
ceived others. | sent 10 message to
him and would not permit him to see
me.
While was in what they called n
comatose condition my cousin. Will
Murdoch. whom | had considered Il
brother, came into my room, stood by
my bedside and looked down on me
mournfully. Then he bent and kissed
me. In these few moments was re-
ve:ied to me what had never suspect.
ed supposed twas Eben who loved
me. discovered that it was will.
When recovered wrote the former
that had changed my mind with re-
gard to him. AZ for Will. my subse-
qlelit treatment Ut him makes very
pretty love story in itself.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17
Back to Vera Cruz.

Another squadron of United States
warships is on it's way to Vera Cruz.
It's presence there is intended to give
emphasis to the remonstrances which
President Wilson has just addressed
to Gen. Carranza, the one of MeXico's
various provisional dictators who has
the misfortune to hold the country's
chief port as we'll as its capital, and
who is, therefore, obliged to maintain
a semblance OF diplomatic relations
with foreign powers.
Mexico suffers from a condition of
anarchy, for which Huerta, Carranza
Villa, zapata, Secretary Bryan and
President Wilson are jointly respon-
sible. But when it comes to account.
ability to the outside world for the
consequences of anarchy CarranZa is
now left alone to hold the bag.
To what extent Carranza is able to
discharge Mexico's international obi
cations is by no means clear. He has
far less power than Huerta had and
less power than he himself. had when
he was Huerta's chief political rival.
The country has become more used
to the relaxation of political order, it
is in greater misery economically and
is nearer than ever to the rule of the
starving mob. The outside world is,
therefore, imposing on Carranza q
practically impossible burden in de-
handing from him the efficient pro-
lection of the lives and property OF
fnraipnarc II ic irrational for tic tc
expect from him what we failed to Sc.
cure Tor even require) from the far
better organized and more competent
Huerta administration.
Depending on Carranza for satisfac-
tory guarantees OF order and stability
in Mexico is leaning upon reed. We
must either shut our eyes to the re-
suits of anarchy and let the Mexican
factions eXterminate one another and
starve out noncombatants while car
rying to a finish what Mr.. Wilson
cheerfully calls The process of d,
termining their own form OF govern
ment, or we must in the interest OF
humanity and civilization put an end
to situation which we have greatly
aggravated by our policy Of "watchful
waiting" If Carranza remains irri-
table and obstinate, as is his wont,
the guns of our warships may again
be trained on Vera Cruz. But this
time, let us hope, their thunder will
mark the beginning OF an occupation
which, unlike that of 1913, will be Of
real and permanent service to man.
kind.-Newa York Tribune.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17

We think if the United States would
rotify England that all commercial
intercourse between this country and
England should cease until she ac-
cords us the right that is due neutral
nation, we would find her yielding to
the extent that she would vacate the
order which in her high-mightiness
she has just made. 1t is strange
thing that international law which has
grown up with the centuries is to be
set aside by country because she is
engaged in civil war with her neigh
Dor. We are in favor of applying a
remedy that will do no Injustice to
anyone, but will prevent placing the
United States in position OF humili-
alton.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17

Tho Review and Chicago a. m
Daily Tribune, l year only 1Af,UU
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17
Over Their Heads.

Lady Southwark. III her Social and
Political "reminiscences" relates this
experience of her father. the late Sir
Thomas Chambers. during an election
meeting in 1850. when Gladstone was
speaking for him in st. l'lncrus:
When my father arrived the crowd
outside the building was so dense that
it seemed physically impossible for him
to get in. IN Inspector. realizing this.
suggested that lie should so over and
not through the crowd. This extraor-
binary idea was carried out My father
was lifted up with II gentle shove ana
propelled along Oh the heads of the
people on all tours. This. he said. was
not so difficult. rs most Wore bowler
hats. Willing hands assisted. and when
he reached the inside of the door he
was gently lowered to the ground"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17

Reading the newspaper in their
comfortable easy chairs, many. men
Wonder why the soldiers in the cold
trenches with the bullets flying around
them don't get out and do something.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17

Why complain that times are hard,
when you forgot to ask for the Con-
gressional Record. the fat copies OF
which yield a stable return from the
Junk man?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-17

Automobiles seem to be selling free
ly, while the necessaries of life drag
a little. The difference is that auto
mobile dealers almost always adver-
ttise.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15
"keep A-aoin'.'

u have known many men," says
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who retired
from work, as they said, to enjoy
life" AS a rule, after the first year
they are bored blue Then they be-
gin to think more of their health than
anything else. They imagine they
have all the diseases described in
patent medicine advertisements.
Then they take the medicines. And
then they die.
ITO keep the mind and body ac-
tive prevents worry from getting in
to the one and ill health into the
other. The greatest mistake anyone
can make. is to stop working along
the lines Of his lifes occupation, un-
less he can find something TO oc-
cupy his time and mind which is
equally interesting"
Keep agoin'" is his motto. At
the age of eighty-one, he says he
does everything he ever did, and en-
joys it just as much. He is busy from
10 o'clock in the morning until mid
night.
He doesn't limit his prescription
for longevity to mere work. though
that's the chief thing in his opinion.
He doesn't believe in man, es-
pecially man of mature years,
merely minding his own business.
He should ahave wholesome interest
in every department of life, and
know what is going on in the world
and know the men who are doing
the big, new things. Such an inter
est in contemporaneous affairs keeps
man permanently young in spirit
He criticises friend who is re-
firing from a responsible business
position at the age of seventy. Com,
modore Vanderbilt, he points out,
made more than twothirds of his
big fortune between the ages of
seventy and eighty. Gladstone won
his greatest political triumphs af.
ter he was eighty. The most sue
cessful generals in the present war
are anywhere from sixty to eighty
years old. Joseph Choate, at the
age of eighty-four, he says. is the
most excellent and sought-for speak
er in the United States. President
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15

syndicate members They were
obligated for 90 days not to sell to
the public below 9s unless they pre-
ferred to sacrifice their own profit in
the marketing process. But last week
sales were made in the open market
even below 90 IA the price which the
underwriters themselves paid for the
bonds. The lowest price reached on
Friday was "a 1-2 on seller thirty"
contracts, meaning that the seller has
30 days in which to deliver the bonds.
On Saturday the price rose to 95 IA.
Most OF this selling on the seller
thirty basis is short selling and it is
believed by many observers of the
market that German sympathiZers
are mainly responsible for the down
ward movements. Their attacks on
this loan have been unconcealed
from the start; they used all their
financial power to prevent savings
banks. national banks and insurance
companies from investing in the
bonds and undoubtedly they succeed
ed to degree in preventing the COM
plete absorption of the loan by the
investing public. Another depress-
ing influence. however, should not be
overlooked. The Anglo-French
cause in the Balkans in the past two
months has suffered nothing but dis.
aste;.
Authoritative reports are to the eff
feet that about $320,O0O,OOO of the
loan has been taken up, leaving some
$180000,000 to be carried by the un-
'derwriters. The sale of this amount
in free market is likely to facilitate
its complete absorption, for last
weeks low price meant an income re.
turn of 6 IA per cent. The lower
the price goes the larger the income
return. Doubtless there are inves-
tors waiting for the lower prices anti
cipated at the expiration of the syndi-
cate agreement. 1t would be untrue
to say that the loan had been a down
right failure. Its success has not
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15

Eliot OF Harvard. past eighty, is
recognized as one OF the nations
few great leaders OF opinion.
And all because they keep
a-goin'. The Osler idea, it seems,
was wrong. Martin Luther was
right when he said, When rest
rust" There's no reason why man
should be content to rust until he's
in his grave, and no reason why so
ciety should let him rust The
number of years has mighty little to
do with it,
It's an invigorating gospel for
those who imagine they'rs growing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15

been up to the early hopes, but 81
days have been very short time in
which to market loan Of s5O6,0Oo,'
600 in country where foreign loans
were hitherto unheard of and where
open and violent opposition has been
shown by partisans of another belli-
gerent If the price does not go
much lower than last weeks lowest
the credit of England and France in a
great neutral market will appear, un-
der the circumstances, to be well
maintained Republican.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15
Wednesday, December is, 1915.
TO WIN INCOME OF $1,000
How II Could Be Done on Saving S.
Week.

Week.
This is no pipe dream for it is
backed by the American Bankers
Association and described in the jan
uary American Magazine:
Suppose a man earning $23 week
went to the American Bankers asso-
citation to find out about their plan to-
give him an income of$1,000 year
When he told them he could save 30
week they would send him to a saw
ings bank
He would place his Sc and get a
pass book. At the end Of
six months he would be credited with
$3.50. BY the end Of the year
he would have $262.60, by depositing
SIS weekly and drawing four per
cent after six months.
/ "At this very interesting time, he
would consult the cashier OF the saw
ings bank and tell him that he wished
to draw $1,000 and invest it in a safe
real estate mortgage paying per
cent interest. The cashier would tell
him at once where to get the invest
ment and just how to make it.
Having made the investment, at
the end of the fourth year of his say.
ing, the young man would look for
ward to saving, the first six months
OF the fifth year, the following: First,
CT course, his regular weekly deposit
OF So or $3.50; second. the six months
interest at per cent on $123.S9 (the
amount left after he had drawn out
81 ,00O). which would amount to SEAS;
third, the interest at 6 per cent, earn
ed by his real estate mortgage, OF
$40. This would make a total OF
S162.46. added to the $123.S9 left in
the bank after drawing out the $1,000
and the total would amount to $2S6,,
35. By the end of the fifth year, this
sum would have increased to $452OS
almost half enough TO buy another
mortgage with.
The tracing of the growth of this
mans savings would prove very fas
cinating reading, but it is too lengthy
for these columns. AT any rate, he
would be able to buy his second
81 900 mortgage at the end of the sew
enth year. After this, the interest
cravings on his bank deposits and on
his two mortgages would amount to
more than half of his weekly saving
from his salary.
at would not be very long after
this before he would arrive at the
point where he could buy the $1,000
mortgages with greater frequency II
he continued the plan for twenty-five
years he would own fourteen mort
cages and have bank account
amounting to $761.33 BY using the
accumulated interest on these two,
together with the regular So weekly
saving. he would at this time be able
to buy $1,000 mortgage every six
months.
by this time he would have reach.
ed his forty-seventh year. providing
he started saving when he was
twenty-five, Suppose he continued
until he was fifty years of age. At
this time, he would own $4,000, in 8
per cent mortgages and have a bank
account amounting to $779.22. He
could easily retire then. Figure the
income from his capital. Four per
cent year on 1892 would amount
to S31.17. Six per cent year on
$4,000 Is $1,020. Add them, and you
find he receives an annual income of
s1,05117 or $20.21 a week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15
The AnaIo.Frcnch Loan.

The -billion-dollar Anglo
French loan once more engages at
tention at this time because on Wed
nesday the underwriting syndicate
agreement expires and after that date
there will be no restrictions what
ever On sales OF the bonds by the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15

cid. It's also valuable hint to a
generation that is disposed to pay
blind homage to inexperienced youth,
and discriminate unthinkingly
against the man past ffty-Rutland
News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
$50, 900, 900 TREASURE
NJ FROM ENGLAND
Hundred Guards Watch Gold All Night at Express
Company's Terminal-Will Be Moved to Down.
town Depository Early This Morning.

The treasure train from Halifax. car
rylng Great Britain's third shipment of
gold to this country, slipped INTO New
YORK last night under cover Of darkness.
There were $50. 900. 900 in gold and Sc
curities aboard the train. which Is the
biggest consignment that has yet ar
rived for J. u. Morgan & Co.. and this
morning twenty-five automobile trucks
OF the American Express Company will
take the gold from the Grand Central
station to the su~b-Treasury.
When the express company's special
train OF seven steel cars came in over
the New Haven tracks, preceded by a
pilot train which made sure OF the going,
there were at least fifty special guards
waiting ut the express company's depot
at Lexington avenue and Forty-tifth
street. Moreover. fifty guards came on
the train, 50 fully 100 men guarded the
gold during the watches of the night.
1t was at first believed. when the
British cruiser Argyle landed the gold
and securities ut Halifax. that the ship
ment to strengthen British credit here
would only amount to $50, 600 900, but
word from Portland. Me-. where the
train passed yesterday. said the gold con-
sists OF 1850. 900 English sovereigns, OF
about SIS, 250, 900. and $7.s50.00O in
United States coin. together with sl4.-
600, 900 In bonds, which makes a total OF
$50. zoe. 900.
The cruiser Argyle did not put
ashore, however. the members OF the
British commission who were to come
here to-day or tomorrow to discuss the
question OF sterling exchange. These
commissioners are expected at any time
however.
Asset A. VI. yesterday the gold train
reached Portland, Me, leaving there over
the Worcester. Nashua and Portland
division OF the Boston and Maine. which
is a route different from hat OF the
other two trains which brought the gold
shipments. The train was due in this
city late yesterday afternoon. but j. r.
Chrystie, superintendent of the Amer
lean Express Company, telegraphed
order for the train to slow down and
take its time coming into the city. as nc
attempt would be made to move the
gold downtown until morning.
Thu gold train reached the terminal
OF the American Express Company, Al
Lexington avenue and F'orty-ffth street
at 9 p. VI. Robert f. VI. Cowie. vice.
president of the express company. was
there to meet 1t and remained all night
with the guards. He said the money
will be taken to the Sub-Treasury this
morning at s O'Clock with an escort OF
mounted police.
The first gold shipment from Grea'
Britain came on August II; II wa;
S19,564.200 In gold and 100000. 900 II
securities. The second shipment. reach