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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-29
|NDUSTR|ALS feature
| DAY IN STOCK MARKET
Early Trend Toward Weakness
Checked and Reversed by Sharp
Gains in Specialties.
Mercantile Marine Leader in Activ
ity, With Motor and Locomotive
Shares-Rails Rather Slow.

NEW YORK, April 2e.-The stock mar
ket opened with comparatively little
change, became weak for a time and
acted as though it might close lower. on
evening-up selling.
Admittedly a splendid week for the
bulls and one Of serious losses for the
bears. it was but natural to look for this
reaction on profit taking.
After prices had gone off about y Of a
point, 1t developed that there was con-
siderable demand for certain stocks, and
the strength in these specialties checked
the weakness and turned the list en-
route to higher prices again.
The speciality of the session was I'M
doubtedly Mercantile Marine. and the
action, at times feverish, seemed to
suggest that the troubles of the cor
poration were nearing an end, and that
it would be well to take on stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-29

AMERICAN aRAPHoPHoNE 90.
PREFERRED DIVIDEND NO. u.
dividend tNo. 72) Of one and three quarters
Q&so) per cent has been declared upon the
Preferred Capital Stock Of the American Graphic
phone Company, payable May Is. 1915. to stock
holders Of record at the close Of business Nay
I. 1918. Tr.nsfer books viii not be closed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-29

Edward Mclean.
Samuel Maddox.
William r. Quicksall.
Frank W. Stone.
William H. walker.
Henry K. willard.
Williams news., 1916-08-10

Upton sighed coatentedly as he select from both men indicated that neither had any further hope of bettering his hand the upfung cards showed pair Of aces in Kynaston's hand against four jacks in Upton's.
 The next two hands broke even. Thus the end of the fourth deal found each man with two chips to his credit. The sweat was fairly streaming down their faces. Both bore unmistakable token of mental strain in the tense lines about the corners of their mouths.
 Once Upton made a misdeal. He swore softly.
 Just then the door opened. The two women entered.
 "Oh, daddy!" It was Dorothy and her tone was unmistakably relieved '1 was beginning to be really alarmed about ourselves, but affairs cannot real ly be serious if you and MT. Kynaston can sit Calmly uown to a game or cards.''
 She perched herself on the arm of her fathers chair.
 What are you playing for, dad dy?"
 Just to pass the time. daughter. Run on out, you and Marion. We have been talking over some matters you wouldn't understand"
 The girl passed her hands loving ly over the old miners sparse hair. The light in her eyes told Kynaston what the loss of her father would mean to Dorothy. Then suddenly it came to him that he was playing the fourth hand, and that on the upshot of this one hand it depended whether or not that light should dawn again in Dorothy Upton's eyes
 He bit his lips till the blood came and ran down, a salty trickle, into his mouth. Upton looked at Kynaston grimly as he flung the fifth card into the widow and settled himself to play his hand.
Williams news., 1916-08-10

Upton strode angrily oil up the hill. with Wilkes following. The two e1- changed not a word until they once more entered the shelter of the house. Then Upton broke the silence,
 We are in bad fix and there's no denying it, Wilkes What the dickens can we do? Kynaston, come into the back room, where we can talk over private matter without interference"
 When they entered the council cham Der Upton lit a pipe and strode up and down. his brow wrinkled in thought.
 Look here, Upton,' Kynaston spoke sharply, 'I can't bring those . men of mine over here. even if could get them. It would mean war. There's no question about that To bring armed forces across the line will mean war to a certainty. That man was shot by one of us, Upton-I mean by you or me; and l cant say which to save my life.
 Not that it matters. There can be only one outcome from the quandary. You can't surrender, Upton, even if you killed him, because you have your daughter to look after. 1 will go down there and tell them that my troop has orders to come across after me if 1 am not back by daylight, and maybe if they are confronted with bluff like that it may work. What do you say?"
 "Say?" growled Upton. q say that when you are once in their hands you won't have any more chance n a snowfall in Tophet. No, my boy, you stay here."
 'I think I can escape from them even if I do surrender. No, Upton. it must be done as I say; will accept their terms and go down there"
 You'll do no such fool thing" growled Upton again. You don't sup pose that I'm goin' to profit that way, do you? No, sir! I'll tell you what we'll do, Kynaston. We'll play for it. a game of whisky poker for three chips. Whoever gets three chips first gives himself up in the morning. What do you say?"
 Flair enough" said Kynaston. Slightly higher stakes than I'm used to playing for, though" he observed grimly as his host took pack of cards from the table drawer. When you consider the amount of heutenant's pay, you'll realize the size of the stakes. Go on; deal, and may God defend the right!'"
 Kynaston picked up his five cards, carefully sorted the ace-high aggrega- tion to the left of his hand, considered the widow" He threw down the hand and picked up the five cards from the center of the table. Upton stood pat. The showdown showed three, aces in Kynaston's hand as against kings and sevens.>
 Upton took chip
 The cards passed to Kynaston. Both men became intent upon the game
 In the second hand, with Kynaston dealing, Upton passed, and Kynaston turned up the widow. He noticed that
Williams news., 1916-08-10

4Ifs a good thing we saw it in time Look out! Low bridge for all thin skullsl"
 Whee-e-e! A bullet whined. past Upton and buried itself in the heavy door post. It came straight from the hill where Kynaston and Nolan had secreted themselves an hour before, away up in the rear of the house.
 Upton dragged them back into the house and slammed the door, which he barred.
 T wonder what in the world that means" said Mrs. Fame breathlessly, oblivious to the fact that Kynaston had taken and kept hold of her hand.
 Tt means" said Upton, working feverishly.to close the shutters of the windows on the north side, ''that they've got men on that side of us Now, Kynaston, you said that you could signal your sergeant to come to help us What was your signal?"
 Kynaston shook his head.
 we must use every other means before we do that" he said slowly. ''If our men cross the line as an armed body it means intervention and-war."
 We haven't got a whole lot of choice" commented Upton savagely. Don't you see that they've got us surrounded on all sides? There comes their line, moving out of the cottonwoods to the attack now. Get to your loopholes, men,"
 And Kynaston, peering through the narrow loophole that Upton had cut in the shutter, saw a thin line of men moving forward across the open land in widely extended order.
 The attack was on.
Williams news., 1916-08-10
CHAPTER VI.
The Death Game.

The Death Game.
 The faces of the advancing revo- lutionists were grave. Two men had come out of the mesquit and had laid the body of the dead man upon a sad dle blanket, which they were carrying slowly toward their own lines.
 "A little while ago, Senor Upton" said one of the emissarfes, a gray bearded old man, we offered you im- munity if you would surrender and thus save bloodshed. You refused.
 we now come to tell you that we now demand more. The man who was just murdered was Colonel Pes quiera, and I demand, in the name of General Villa, our commander in chief, that the man who shot him be sur rendered to us. He will be accorded treatment as prisoner of war and will receive fair trial by court-mar- tiaL'
 Wilkes frankly laughed.
 You call his death murder! What name do you give the attempt to kill us. senOr?'
 You have brought it on yourselves, SenOreS; you have no business here on the sacred soil of Mexico. But when you deliberately kill a Mexican citizen, you shall have justice meted out to you.
 If the man who killed Colonel Pesquiera is given up to US, the rest can go unharmed. If he is not given up-senores, we have sent for re-en- forcements. We know that your sup ply of water is low. You cannot hold out longer. It is but a question of time. l warn you that if we have to take the place we will show no quar- ter to anyone"
 Knowing the Mexican manner of making war, I am not surprised at that" commented MT. Upton. "Go on"
 Tt is solely a question of one life against all of yours. The one who surrenders will receive fair and inn partial trial-''
 With a conviction already settled on. Nothing doing in that line, thank you. Come on, Wilkes, If that's all they have to say"
Williams news., 1916-08-10
CHAPTER V.
Water!

Kynaston watched carefully the line of men which was working out of the clump of cottonwood trees to the south. He noted that they came for ward very slowly, seeking cover care fully, and that they were good seven hundred yards away.
 At that range his own rifle and that of Nolan were the only two that could be counted upon for efficient service, the ordinary hunting rife rarely being sighted for over three hundred yards. He called Nolan to port-hole on the front face of the building.
 There were five other men in the house-Mr. Upton, John Wilkes, an old miner about sixty-five years old; an American mine surveyor named Wilson, and two Mexican servants, one of whom was the cook In addi- tion to these there were himself and Nolan, Mrs. Fane and Hiss Upton, and an old Mexican woman who had lived at the place for twenty years.
 First of all, Upton-it's a bit late to ask about it now if arrangements have not already been made-but how is your water supply?"
 Upton looked at him, frankly puz- zled for a moment.
 Heaven knows! Miranda there" indicating the old woman-"gen- erally gets the water that we drink from the spring in a bucket, but we pump water to the bathroom from the windmill, yonder." He pointed down the slope to a windmill faintly dis cerned against the line of the green alfalfa patch.
 ' That'n be the first point of attack then," growled Kynaston. Nolan. set your sights for six hundred and nrty yards and cut loose at the first person you see going for the windmill. They'll be trying to disconnect it." I Too late, sfr," said Nolan. peering out. They've got it already"
 Worse luck!" snapped Kynaston. He turned again to Upton. How much water in the house?" Upton ran quickly back into the kitchen, whence he came back with a bucket in his hand, a look of chagrin upon his face.
 There is only this one bucket and itzss isn't full by long shot, What'n we do, Kynaston?"
 Do like Br'er Terrapin did when the cornfield was set on fire. He set and tux it. if you remember your Uncle Remus," said Kynaston grimly. Put that bucket somewhere where it can't be upset, Upton. It's all we've got, and the Lord knows when we'll Eget any more.
 i Make the ladies sit down on the floor. Upton, below the line of the Iloopholes, so that no stray shot can hit them.
 There they come! And by love, it looks as if they mean business at last! Sending a flag of truce for jward. The nerve of the beasts!
 Will you see the flag of truce, Up ton! I can't go You see, I'm in q uniform and it must not get out that Ia United States officer is over here on Mexican soil Take your revolver with Iyou and don't let them come within lten yards of you. I'll cover you from 1.-the house."
 So Upton, laying aside his rifle, went down the hill to meet the pseudo 3officer, who, with an orderly behind jhim, was signaling for an interview. 1When they met, Upton left no doubt lin the officers mind that the miner
Williams news., 1916-08-10

was in the me 9t Ars:. Now. you've dcne 1t, MT, GFeaser! That's all the water we had:"s:.@s
 Hour after hour the defenders sat beside their: loopholes watching the slow advance of their besiegers. The Mexicans did not dare advance across the open under the fire of the rifles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04

girl reporter who is being tried in Montana for shooting a politician, says she doesn't know why she kissed doe tor in a trolley car. In that case, the honorable jury could hardly expect her to know why she killed the politician * $. *
 A man who claimed to be Carlstrom, the aviator, enjoyed life and consumed a great deal of choice liquor in New York without paying for it. until the real Carl strom was located in Buffalo.
 * *
 Airmen who have brought down a zep- pelin wear pleased look, according to their photographs, but in a case of that kind there is some excuse for self-con- graduation.
 While Birmingham has no "egg king" that doesn't prevent harassed house. wives from bewailing the high cost of living and incidentally the price of eggs.
 
 A great many historical exploits are now discredited by the historians, but Paul Reveres ride has stood the acid test of investigators.
 Having turned over his arms to the allies. there is nothing left for King Con- stantine to do but to make the best of a bad situation
 New York hotel keepers are alarmed by the spread of prohibition The bootlegger considers the matter from another point of view.
 There will be no shortage of diamonds this year, probably because the ultimate consumers of diamonds are not numer- ous.
 Luckily for the nation, when the suf- fragists march on' Washington they carry neither artillery nor light arms.
 * Santa Claus will have nothing to do with putting Bucharest in the Kaisers sock for Christmas present
  The aviator wears several suits of clothes. but he doesn't have to keep them pressed
 * * Unlike the hatchet buried by politicians, the "hyphen" will hardly be dug up again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
"sHIvAREE, STILL PRACTICED
mn the Rochester Democrat.

IOiH tie IhOCHcSlcI 0cllOSldt
 That enormity of crude social condi- tions, the charivari, or, to follow the popular pronunciation, tshivaree." seems to die hard in the dominion. Some weeks ago number of young men of a district near Woodstock, in Ontaria, entered the home of recently married couple, bound both hand and foot and carried them to the barn on a wheelbarrow. There they removed the clothes of the husband and smeared his body with oil and chaff. They had no excuse to offer in court ex- cept that they were ''shivareeing" the young man and his wife, Small fines were imposed on them, which action sug- gests that at least little progress to- ward a higher civilization is being made in the neck of the woods of which they are denizens. Beside such conduct as that described, the inanities so often practiced at weddings are insignificant, yet they should be consistently discour- aged. Guests at these ceremonies ought to keep their pleasantries from marring the happiness of the bride and groom and their families; especially, of course, should they refrain from practicing such frivolities as place the victims in peril of positive bodily harm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
THE NEW CHARLES

Charles XII of Sweden was one of the
 worlds greatest generals and perhaps
 the most romantic of monarchs.
 Charles XIV of Sweden, who was Mar
 shal Bernadotte son of a French inn keeper, was probably the only foreign
 plehian ever called to a European throne. Charles the Bold of Burgundy was an ruler who nearly conquered France and almost changed the course of European history.
 Charles l. founder of the Angevine line of Neapolitan rulers, was at the end of the thirteenth century the most pow crful sovereign of western Europe. Charles of Hohenzollern-S Signaringen was the first King of modern Rumana. But on the other hand: Charles x of France was deposed by his subjects and was the last legitimist King of France.
 Charles i of England was deposed and beheaded.
 | Charles I of Portugal was assassnated 1 in the streets of Lisbon. | Charles II of Spain was the last Haps- l burg to occupy the Spanish throne. l Charles TX of France instigated the | massacre of St. Bartholomew. | These are perhaps the most notable Of ' the royal and imperial Charleses. The | record proves nothing and is interesting merely as a matter of curiosity. The new Charles will have less ac1 | tual power than any Charles of earlie{ | times; but he may exercise what power | he has for the benefit or detriment of | his people. In the Caroline annals of | European history he may find abundant ! precedent for either goodness or bad-
 ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
THE TELEPHONE COWARD

Uncle Dudley, in the Boston Globe.
 To speak to a telephone operator is like speaking in the dark to stranger. In such a situation courtesy would seem to be the first rule of the road. Unfor- tunately, courtesy is not invariably the tone which people employ with telephone operators
 During one of the national conventions something went wrong with the wires; IT essages were delayed and mixed; offices and correspondents were losing their tempers. In the midst of it. James Nor gan, with that impurturbable good hu- nor of his sent back to the Boston Globe a telegram bearing herely the words that were born in the dance hall of western mining town:
 Don't shoot the pianist. He Is doing the best he can.
 Don't bully the telephone operator. She is doing the best she can. If she were not she would not be where she is. Being a telephone operator in these busy days is no sinecure.
 The silliest place to lose one's temper is into a transmitter. It is the most cow ardly place, also. To abuse a telephone operator (who is a long way off, woman and an employe) is about as heroic sport as shooting robins. The operator can- not get her tormentor discharged. She cannot even answer back. Discipline for bids
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 7T is indicated that the new Austrian II Emperor will officially style himself S Charles l. The fashion of hyphen- ated or double royal names. which was in vogue a century or two ago and which Francis Joseph introduced in Austria, will not be followed. Victor Emmanuel of Italy is now the only royal parsonage of Europe possessing suberabundant title.
 The name Charles has been one of the ccmmonest, if not the commonest, of Eu- ropean royal names. The present Aus trian Emperor could, without greatly straining a point, call himself Charles VIII instead of Charles I. for seven Charleses reigned as sovereigns of the Holy Roman empire. and the present em- pire of Austria is the direct hereditary successor of that ancient institution.
 Ten kings named Charles have ruled France, four have ruled Spain, 15 have ruled Sweden. two have ruled England. Many lesser states, including Savoy, Ma ples and Burgundy, were familiar with royal Charleses. And of all these not a few have been distinguished for great ness or for great misfortune.
 The greatest of all was Charlemagne, Charles the Great, founder of the new Roman empire, which endured more than 1000 years.
 The Emperor Charles V (who was also CT arles~i of Spain) ruled over the great est realm the world has ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
HOTEL LOBBIES
NeMsboxs, RepnbIic

"The Newsboys Republic is one of the thriving and useful organizations of Birmingham" said c. F. Tillery yesterday. Tt is fostered by the Boys club and is entirely democratic. even the women having the full rights of suffrage.
 At the recent annual election the Australian ballot was used. Julius Stein was elected president and Moses Sigler vice president, with the fol- lowing congressman: Johnny Nalback, Bonny Copeland, Joe Zell, Sol Dank, and Hootney Betts' chief. The Re- public's business Is to make better sellers of the boys and to make men of them; to cooperate with the pa pers, and to give Birmingham real service in the newspaper line.
 That it is doing this the follow ing is told: J. H. Collins, expert sell CT of The Age-Herald, recently gave the young sellers a talk on How to Sell Henry Ehlbert, former president of the Republic, is now student at the state university, while Emanuel Stein, another ex-president, is chief page at the capitol in Washington. A Ledger seller. c. " Austin, is now in Los Angeles, where he sold 500 pa pers in one day. All the boys are keen ly interested in the work of being done and fine results have been att tained"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
nrrRGLAR WAS UP-To-DATE

From the Chicago Tribune.
 As the burglar raised the window Miss Helen Gemmill, daughter of H. J. Gem mill of wilmette. sat up in bed. It was 433 o'clock in the morning.
 Nice evening"" said the burglar.
 Its morning" said Miss Gemmill. Are you regular burglar?"
 ''Yes, miss"
 '.Then all I have to do is to sit here and ask you questions about yourself and trade while you burgle the room?''
 Yes" said the burglar, folks expect that ever since they began to put these gurglar sketches in vaudeville With the young, pretty ones, like yourself, we burglars have to discuss the burglar hypothesis and sociology. We can't get near the results that we get out of the old girls. Where is your money?"
 q haven't any. How do you treat the old girls, as you call them?''
 LAW, we just stick pins in their feet and they tell where the money is hid pretty quick Havens you got any jew els?"
 "No, they are in the safe deposit vault. see your flashlight isn't working well. You will find matches on the bureau And please tell me-do you think Bacon or Shakespeare wrote the latter's works?''
 T think Spencer wrote them. Isn't there really anything valuable can take here?"
 I'm sorry; not a thing" said Miss Gemmill.
 "Well," said the burglar as he retired through the window, "I'll have to take your word for it, but I certainly wish you were an old girl because I need the money"
 The burglar also entered two other Wilmette homes, but encountered per sons awake in both, which caused him to retire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
THE REPUBLICAN wOMEN'S BLUM
 DERFUND

From the New York World
 According to the official statement of the campaign expenses of the national Hughes womans committee, it cost $1S4,- 965 to finance the tour of the Hughes Special' train. This amount compares meanly with the s25OO,O00 spent by the republican national committee; but meas ured by results it was decidedly the most effective and the most disastrous campaign fund of it's size in the his tory of American politics.
 E. H. Hartman boasted that the $25O,- 900 campaign fund which he raised after conferring with President Roosevelt in 1904 turned 50.OOO votes in the city of New York alone, making a difference ot 100000 in the general result" But the woman's train fund exerted an adverse influence not in single state but across the continent. It turned many times 50OO0 votes along the entire itinerary ot the Golden Special" and helped swing the west away from Hughes.
 The woman's train fund might have been increased by democratic contribu- tions of its effect could have been fore seen. As it is it stands as a monu- ment to political mismana cement, blun- derfund unique in presidential campaigns If money talks in politics, this par ticular sum of republican money must be credited with beating the Rev. MT Burchard in unwiSe utterance.