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DAILY AVERAGES.
DISCOUNT RATES OF FEDERAL II
SERVE BANKS.


The sub Treasury was creditor to the Clear.
Ing House TO the extent OF 1852 Isl.
The sun., 1916-09-24
COFFEE MARKET.

There was . further rally IN the conee
market here yesterday. Buying was not
active. but the recent decline seemed TO
have left the market in a pretty. well
liQuideted position. Brasilian shippers
have not fully met the local view Of
prices. and q comparatively liGht demand
was sufficient to cause moderate advances.
March contracts sold up to s.9Sc.. or about
~ points above the low level of Friday
morning. and the general list closed
steady. not unchapged TO ! points higher
Buyers seemed to he emphasizing moth
Ing fresh In the news from Brazil. which
showed rather an unsettled tone. Cost and
freight oUers were reported about I'M
changed. but there was n sale OF well de-
scribed. Santos "a at l0.55c.. about 5 points
snder the reported asking prices. Thc local
spot market remained quiet and prices were
more or less nominal on the basis OF y
for Rio 10.
The sun., 1916-09-24

Thursday
BAst Boston 0as..sss.~~~ps.ss ~
Boston Cons Gas......ssssssssssssss =.
National Biscuit ..............sss~s -
keystone Tire q Rubber. .....s.s.ss
keystone Tire & Rubber pf.........~ .
keystone Tire q Rubber extra.ss~~ 4
Friday
c. c. c 81 !. pf.....S.ssS.-- ~
Chicago Telephone
Electric Boat. ...... ID
Electric boat pf...s...sss.ssssssssss 1b.
Saturday
Aliis.Chaimers Mfg pf......,~,..... ~
American Seed Machine. ...s>s>ss>.. l.
American Seed Machine pr. .sssss.. ~
American Tel q Tei.........ss.....s. Q
Afnoskeag =
Amoskeag u
Apslev huDDer. :
Bell Telephone Of Canada. .......... 9
The sun., 1916-09-24

Central Coal q Coke pf. .....e.~~. ~
Central III Pub Service pf......sss... ~
Cons Interstate Callahan ..s.........9i.50
Kentucky Securities acoum......... y
Kentucky Securities pf.........e.... IL
La Rose Cons Mines.......s......... &c
Lshigh Valley "a
Lehigh Valley pf..... .s~ss.s>....... 2h
MacAndrews a Forbes .....s...... 2is
MacAndrews 4 Forbes extrA......... ga
MacAndrews q Forbes pf..s..s.... III
Mann Maxwell q Moore. Ia
Montreal Telegraph. ....~.....
Montreal Telegraph extra. ...... Y
Mountain States Tel q Tel. .......... Sl.15
National Fuel Gas. 81. so
National Paper 4 II,
National Paper a Type pf............ ~
National Steel Car Ltd pf........... IN
Nova Scotia Steel & Coal f.........2
Otis Elevator.
Otis Elevator Isl. 81
The sun., 1916-09-24

On The various financial centres q gAs wessd
wers IMPORTED yesterday.
unand." sight" or Check" rate 10 quoted
e United ststes currency It 10 said 10 favor
w. "sSs,S ScHnsf II. y ,sss tean p:r. b., when
the conysnience Of readers such rates are
marksd ~. when in favor Of and A when
BRITISH,
tPar M.sss)
~: niEh; Low. close. close:
Demsno V).... <15tt <15N <.7stt 47otA
Csoses .......... Ton 10R 70n 10n
The sun., 1916-09-24
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, Sept. as-Consois for money
closed at 60i4 new ~ per cent. war loan
r~ates-short and three month bills. 81
~ per cent. Gold premiums at Lisbon.
800. The stock market was fairly active,
with a steady undcrtone. oil, gold mine
and rubber shares led, although good
amounts OF foreign rails and colonial bonds
ryr,,i.. $780, ,or., ,Jin :. n.r,v
and were dun except for some dealings in
United States steel at q new high record.
Money quiet and discount rates steady.
The sun., 1916-09-24

Sotp-Agricultu and live stock paper
naturliics OF from 81 days TO six months.
Trade Commodity
The sun., 1916-09-24

Aver.ss DIS Of silver in New York in
September. 1914. 0sc- an ounce: In Sepiem.
Der, 1918, ~ an ounce: In September.
1911. saosc. an ounce: In September. 1911.
The sun., 1916-09-24
MONEY N EXCHANGE
CALL MONEY.

TIME NoNEY-Marke easy. sixty dayS
az: ninety days, ave-; four rnonths: sk0
'1r.n ,,u.e IN tho week ended September ~,
a., va. from s.pnsS for sixty days 10 ~
tnor ,s months; range in the week ended
SS'sst- FOR ak months: range IN the week
49, S,n,emher 20. 1918. from Nn4A% for
ss,.y DAYS 10 a1T5S for six months:
ms FROM siim2hS for sixty days 10 -
y, ~ ii, months: in the week ended October
s,",oi, from cd7% for sixty days TO Is07S
a. a.. months: in the week ended October J.
isl,. from idiiaS for SIKH Gays 10 I'M
Tor six months.
COMMERCIAL PApER-Market moro &c
.,.s bu, rates UNCHANGED. Prime four 10 etH
month. paper was bought at AN, while the
sxsHT THIRTY sixty and ninety day In.
sNcr..eat hli. receivable were. taken q. 2hS.
a ~ and $50, respectively N eligible for re-
dt.corm Ineligible bills ruled from y 10 y
The sun., 1916-09-24

Pacific Ga. . Electric:
Pettibone Muiliken ID pf..........c~
Prairie OIL a 0as.
Prairie oil & Gas extra.
Prairie Pipe Line.
rrairie Pipe Line extre.
Proctor & Gamble pf..ss.sss.SSsSess
Republic Ry a Ii pf....ssss~SSeeS
Shattuck-Arizona Cop......ossSSesos Z
shattuck- Arizona Cop EXTRA
south Californian Edison p~f.ssssssso1
stand silver-Lead Min.
submarine boa
Union switch e. Signal. .,ssss sssss0i
Union switch q Signal pf..ssssssssss4i
L s Ind Alcohol pf...,...esSsS.SS.1s
Westinghouse Air BrAks..Assasssssso.
Monday
Colorado q South lat pf..~~S~ss-
1hiladciphis Co........s.sssssssssss
The sun., 1916-09-24

.Cablcs: RIO unchangod ~. 6|5s5. En-
5000 bags. stock, 100000. santos was not
quoted for spots. but futures were 100 TO
iss reis !ows,' heeeipis' $500 bags
$1,000 bags. against $1,000 last year; sac
Paulo. 81, 900. against %. 900; Jundiahy. a.
900, against $1,000. Sac Paulo weather
fine in all districts. with temperatures 81
to %. Cleared from Rio Friday the Rio
Colorado, with $4,000 bags, and from San
York.
The sun., 1916-09-24
* Wv YORK RANK CLEARINGs.

,1.nvsh New York on Friday 10 indicated
~ H. IA, that bank clearinrs reported
SATURDAY by the New York Clearing Hcucs
,o,aIlei $50. ci, $50. These daily nGures isSk
MAC. in tho corresponding periodic OF
,ormer years. New York. the financial cen
nv. and hn,nci Al conditions throughout the
@onntry The comparisons will be FOUND
wen more valuable when considered IN con-
rsc,lon with the SUNNI airy OF railroad earn
ms published under "Railroad News"
The sun., 1916-09-24
RATES ON OTHER COUNTRIES.

approximate PARTIES Of above are: Hoi.
land. SilN lire. drachma and france respsc.
lively: Russia, H@ cents; Austria, SO.S
cents: Denmark. Sweden and Norway, n Is
t.E cents: ArGentinA, gold. io:s pesos; In.
die. 2H cents: Japan. ON cents.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

purpose of taking care of all Hupmo-
bile owners under the Hupmobile
service plan. Manager @. Edward
Bliel hopes to have his new sales
room ready by the first of May.
This new salesroom will be dec.
Grated in white and will be adequate
TO take care of the big summer bust
ness which was impossible in the
present quarters.
"our Hupmobile business has irr
creased 10 such an extent" said Mr..
Bliel. that we were compelled TO
erect this new structure. to combine
our sales and service quarters. Here
tofore. our salesroom At Woodward
and Willis has been separate from
our service station, which was loca,.
ed in the rear of No. $50 Woodward.
We have gone to a great expense
TO secure the best and most up-to-
date equipment
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
REPORTS THEFT,
HELD AS ROBBER

Edward Smith, 1S years old, or
Buffalo. was arrested by Detectives
Smith and Frahm, Friday morning.
after he and his roommate, Joseph
Pinzell. also of Buffalo. complained
that their room at No. 81 Lafayette
ave. east, had been robbed.
Smith declared that his watch was
stolen and Pinzell said that a dia-
mond ring of his had been taken.
Detective Inspector Larkins sent
the detectives TO investigate. The
officers found other valuables in the
room and the inspector ordered
both men searched.
Nothing was found on Pinzell, but
hidden in Smiths clothing the Off.
GERS discovered Pinzell's ring and
Smiths own watch. The police de-
clare he took his watch to divert
suspicion from him.
Pinzell told the police that he paid
Smiths fare to Detroit from Buffalo
and was paying his board when he
was robbed. Both of them had
loaded revolvers. skeleton keys ano
flash light in their trunks.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April "A new
battle has been opened 10 win back
for the great Mississippi waterways
the trafYic which the railroads have
wrested from them
Its opening was marked by the
arrival here of the strangest craft
within the memory of the oldest
riverman and the shrieking OF the
loudest whistle ever heard or the
waterfront.
The arrival OF the Inco | from
the Howard shipyard where she was
built at Jeffersonville, Ind, was the
occasion OF a celebration all along
the shore,
For the Inco Is the first o. a
great feet OF SO river freightcrs. as
different from the picturesque
steamboats," as was the monitor
from the other fighting craft OF the
Civil war
but the Inco, say her owners. will
reduce freight rates % per cent be-
low the railroad charges.
For years owners of the old style
steamboats, have been trying TO
save what remained OF their disap-
pearing trade. The railroads have
made two moves TO their one and
they have had TO stand by and
watch the greatest natural highway
In the world flow on almost unused.
A man new TO the Mississippi
valley, a native OF Holland. the land
OF inland waterways, pointed the
way 10 a revival OF river naviga-
ton. John II. Bernhard. a natural
ized American citizen and president
OF the new Inland Navigation Co.,
capitalized at s9,o00.000. is the
Moses expected to lead the shipping
interests out OF the wilderness OF
railroad opposition.
Bernhard did not put over his
scheme without difficulty. He had
to go to England 10 get his capital
and he had TO insure his new craft
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE To
YELLOWsTONE PARK,
GARDiN En-, MONT.

Board one ~ the Northern Pacific
daily trains at ~. Paul or Minneapolis
and go through to Gardiner. the orig
tnai and only northern entrance to
Ycilowstone National Park. without q
change OF cars Tho equipment of
these trains " pleasing and homelike
In every particular. Compartments.
drawing room and open section Pull
mans, observation cars and dining
cars where the famous Northern Pa
eifc meals are servcd--"The Route OF
the Great Big Baked Potato"
The magnificent mountain scenery
Along the Scenic Highway" may be
viewed from the car window.
Personally escorted tours each Sun :
day from Chicago via ~. Paul and
Minneapolis To and through Yellow
stone National Park.
Through cars are also operated be-
tween Chicago and North Pacihc
Coast. where connections are made
for California and Alaska points. Low
round trip fares In effect May TO sep
tenfber.
u will be Q pieasurs to supply you
with booklets and details covering
your 1915 "see America" vacation
ar, ar "a scrtssrs Sslsrp:is pP:scissp PHI siss' r' i;
pS& WAAeeetA-AAv.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
euhl Funeral Friday.

The funeral OF Willis r. Buhl.
president of the Bull Sons Co, will
be held from his residence, No. 1900
Jeffersop-ave.. Friday afternoon, at
e:30 o'clock. the body to be placed
In a vault In Elmwood cemetery
Honorary pallbesrers will be: J.
II. Book. Jr., r. p. Joy, Roy ID.
Chaplin. Emory w. Clark. William
J. Cray. Lewis II. Jones, B. C..
Whitney. Gilbert w. Lee. r. G.
Ryan. Enos l.. Mcmillan, Alex. Nc.
Pherson. +. J. Hecker. Clinton G.
Edgar. j. VI. Thurber. Charles l..
Palms. J. h. Ford. Dexter M. Ferry,
Elliott G. Stevenson, Herman Strate,
Frederic b. Stevens. p. J. McMsnus,
T.. c. Swift, Henry n. Joy. r. W.
Dennis. ID. c. Delamator. II. d. Shell
den. Ralph Gilchrist r. T. Di-
charme. II. NJ. Campbell. D. NJ.
Ireland. Charles stinchneld. James
Craig. Jr., A. G. Candy, 8. T. Crspo,
George Hargreaves, James David
son. Philip n. Mcmillan, Thomas
Neal, J. II. Emmert. Charles b.
Davis, r. G.. Stoepel. 8. N. Gurney,
James II. Finn, r. n Stair. Mer-
ton r. Farr. j. 8. Farrand, Jr..
Mel Mcmillan. Truman II. New.
berry. James d. Standish. r. A.
Harris.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
fsee andwileaH Hypssoy

in British company TO get the low
rate which is one of the most inn
portant features OF his scheme.
The old wooden steamboats, paid
as high as 10 per cent for insur-
ance. But the new barges are all
steel and have no fire aboard. Even
the cooking Is done by electricity.
They can be insured for 2 1-2 per
cent. American companies refused
to take them as cheaply as this.
The new Inco Is built TO glide
over shoals. II can be operated
with a 500-ton load in 1-2 feet
OF water and with a full cargo draws
but Z l-2 feet
II is propelled by four s0-horse-
power engines using gasoline and
crude oil. II is equipped with wire
less and will carry two operators so
the officers OF the company may
communicate with II at all times.
The boat is built for business. II
has capacity of 1000 tons. The
covering of the freight container
may be removed in sections.
II Is equipped with travelling
crane. The boat Is 240 feet long.
AZ feet wide and feet deep. II
has speed Of six miles an hour
down stream. Fourteen men are suf.
ficient 10 man H.
The pilot house Is the most inter
esting part of the boat. The steer
ing is done by electricity. In front
of the pilot is a dial which shows
the exact stand OF the four bal
anced rudders
On the left Is a clnometer which
shows he list" of the boat TO one
side or the other. There are also
gauges which give the man at the
wheel the exact draft forward, aft
and amidships. other gauges show
the amount OF water in the ballast
tanks, which can be increased or
decreased, giving any desired draft.
The Inco Is maiden trip is from
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
$50 BOYS IN
COUNTY LEAGUE
Grand Rapids District Gives
Youngsters Lot of
Baseball

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. April 81
Time for the opening OF the Kent
County lnterscholastic Athletic as
sociation. baseball, basketball and
tennis season Is drawing near. The
eligibility cards have been sent out
to the various schools for the firs'
games to be staged April 20 The
sports include girls basketball. girls
singles and doubles in tennis, boys
Baseball. singles and doubles in ten
mis-. track and field events and swim
ming.
The county will be divided into
two divisions Northern league ane
Southern league. The teams that
comprise the Northern league are
Kent City. Sand Lake, Sparta. Ceda,
Springs. The teams that comprise
the Southern league are Rockford
South Grand Rapids. Grandville
lowell
Each school will be represented
ty six teams In the regular sched
NFNt tObANttSs Eotu tsauf " w
play every Saturday for one month
and half beginning April 22. These
contests Will be so arranged as to
have every team from each school
meet each team OF every other
school twice, once away from home
and once at home. In this way
there will be twenty.four games in
both leagues each week. making a
total of 144 games in the six week
schedule. The winners of each
league. on percentage basis, will
stage the final games at Ramona
park. Friday. June Q.
About 800 worth OF medals and
$3.50 worth OF trophies will be
awarded the winners in the five
leading sports. The total memb
ship OF all teams number $50.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
MABLEY WILL
LEAVES HALF OF
ESTATE TO WIDOW

The will OF the late John d. Nab
ley. prominent clothing merchant,
has been filed for probate. II leaves
half his estate to his wife, Myra 8.
Mabley, while the remainder goes
to his children. Grace. Josephine,
Charles f., Harvey j., and John D.
Mabley, Jr. One hundred dollar
bequests are left to Ave OF his EN-.
ployes. They are John Wiegand
George Mailer, Bert Phipps, G. Sem
meier and Grace Whiting. To his
daughters. Grace and Josephine
Mabley. ne leaves the income from
s25,O00 as long as they are unmar
ried.
Thomas Mabley, Of Orchard Lake
Oakland county, Is given home
which he was buying from John d
Mabley at the time of his death
Provision is made for a payment oi
$40 week to him In case Of sick
ness.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
DISTRIBUTORS
OF HUPP ERECT
NEW BUILDING

On account OF the enormous In
crease in the Hupmobile business,
the Grasser Motor Car Co., Hupmo-
bile distributors for lower Michigan,
is constructing new building to
handle this line In this TERRITORY.
This new building Is now being
erected at Nos. l299-1305 Woodward
ave. The service station for Hup-
mobile owners has already been
located In the rear of this building.
where the best and most up-to-date
equipment has been installed for the
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

Vegetables will not grow In a yard
filed with tincans and ashes: nor
thrive In heavy clay soil. But cans
and ashes may be moved and clay
soil treated so II will make good
garden soil.
Sandy loan is best for the kitchen
garden. but II your ground Is heavy
clay you can improve II by spading
deeply and turning under well-rotted
manure, leaves. sand, finely sifted
ashes. and rotted stalks Of vegeta-
BILE and other plants.
See that It is well drained. Treat
ed thus. 1t will grow q good crop the
first year and better each year there
after as you continue cultivating and
adding the humus to the soil.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
Alleged slayer claim. Allbl.

Witnesses In the recorders cour.
testified, Thursday, that Peter Bos-
SO. on trial charged with Staying
Joseph Agosta on the night OF AIN.
II. VISA playing a slot machine in a
store at No. 1876 st. Aubin-ave. at
the time OF the killing. Agosta was
killed by members Of a black hand
organization. the police say.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

BoSTON.-While eating raw oys.
ters, +. j. Barker, of New York
opened one from which popped 10
pearls. Two of them were OF con.
siderable size and value.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

st. Louis to New Orleans. The
boat can make II in five days. When
other harges are finished. a tri'
weekly service will be started. and
when the whole feet is In commits
sion every important town along
the Ohio. Mississippi and Missouri
rivers will find a place on the sched.
ule OF the big freighters.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
New Divorce Bills.

Bills for divorce we're 0led In
County Clerk Farrell's once. Friday.
by Katherine VS.. Robert Taylor,
Marie VS.. Leon Tuytten, and Myrtle
vs.. Herbert Philo.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

New Green Pees, per quart. 15c.
New summer squash. per lb., 1Oc.
Tender New Asparagus, bunch. I1e.
strawberry Pie Plant. bunch. &c.
Fresh RaDe Tonatees, per lb. 2Oc.
Large Hot-house Cucu1be I6c. 4Oe
New beetss Youmg Onions, Younn
RaAashes, Tender leaf and Head
Lettuce. Fresh Spinach. Beet
Greens, Green and Wax Beans, Cab-
kages PaPsley. Watercress, Parsnips
Egg Plant. New Carrots, MUSK
rooms. Vegetable Oyster, white
Cau1il0weP.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
~ PROF SPADE

tThis II the fourth Of q series OF
articles In which Prof. Spade tells
how any person may become a gard
ener and succeed with gardens that
Will pay In vegetables and health
Editor.)
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21
Are You Ready
for Mr.. Germ?

Some little bug Is sure to
get you" II you do not keep
up your powers of resist
anoe BY eating nourishing.
wholesome. easily digested
foods. Keep your body in
top-notch condition by eat
ing Shredded Wheat Bis
cult, . simple, natural food,
which makes healthy tissue
and keeps the stomach and
bowels healthy and active.
Serve with hot or cold milk,
cream or fruits. -
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

Easter Hams - The three finest
brands the country produces:
Parker Webb's Famous xOna1r
Brnnd. ArmOur's Star Brand. au1
swift's Premium Brand, OA~ p
per pound. ....,...........4 40
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

" OF can keep your dishes warming
on the canopy shelf and it's
mighty handy under all conditions.
The oven Is 80 constructed that YOU
are always assured Of perfect bak-
ing results. The heat is SO dlstrih-
uted that bread and pastry are
Drowned evenly.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-21

Fresh Ripe strawberries. .pts. g.
Cal. Naval Oranges, dos. - lo6
Fancy King Oranges. dos- - ~
Select Grsps Fruit. :. Z and s 115
wssAeA Pulled Figs. 1-lb. pkg.
Fancy Red Mating APPLES. dosl. >
Esncy Lemons. per dox., -.
ChOlce Bananas. z4x
New Dates, very choice, h.. -,
Ca1. Layer Raisfns, very flua n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-10
LONG BRIDGE
Is NeCessitated as a Result Of
High Water in the Danube
River.

SEMLIN, Jan. S.-The high water
in the Danube, compelled the Ger
mans and Austro-Hungarians to
waste much time and material in
building a bridge over route which
was formerly traversed by high
and dry wagon road. The bridge
which Is more than two and one
third miles long, was built in four
weeks. 1t is of good, but of such
substantial construction that the
heaviest loads can be brought across
and, except for couple Of hundred
yards where 1t crosses the main chan
mel Of the Save, it is wide enough to
permit two teams to pass.
Farther to the west work is be-
ing rushed on the railroad bridge
connecting semlin and Belgrade,
which was thoroughly destroyed by
the serbians long before their re-
treat began. 1t will be completed
within n few days.
At Gradiste a bridge $50 meters
long was thrown across the Danube
in ten days. 1t rests on barges and
sections can be taken out to permit
the passing of river traffic. A similar
bridge has been erected at Kevevara.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-10
AS A WOMAN SEES IT
THE MEN HIGHER UP.
By RHRTA CHlLDE DoRR,

TIE MEN HIGHER UP
health and lives Of the 100000 men women
York commission Of five hgh-salaried men, Especially
OF the Triangle hre
Recently repetition smaller Of that horror In
factory twelve girls dead and thirty
moaning hospital manned and burned
and this revealed that the candy e
that the Industrial ocmmis-
fully the Ten months before the fire the labor de-
staircase repood but the order was
Comm knew It,
brought holding hands the lives Of
did invariably hold
had in months before the fire.
duties the members had never
Usually investigation kind the discharge few
branch the child labor committee and committee safety all composed
collected published 1t 1t
statement the demanding the removal the three repn
doubt that will be removed
fire. while the flaming bodies Of thirty
hurting ten-story the
girls Pale
their paint they chung together trembling Gee Mag" asped
ouca to the other "ain glad left the factry?
When find life Of and kinder than the life Of
factory time something factory time find and
the the dreadful choice.
Evening Syndicate
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-10
Declares One Who Tried to
Light Fire for Lunch With
No Match at Hand.

The Telegram is in receipt Of the
following letter by one who signs
himself Zone Who Had Tried It."
Editors of the Telegram:
Some time ago ! noticed in the
Telegram statement to the effect
that a certain fire was started by
lighted cigaret, carelessly thrown
away. Now, I am q cigaret shaker
and remember at the time that l
discussed with friend the possible
ity of this happening. l offered to
bet him that it could not be done
and based my contention on the fol-
lowing incident:
The summer before last, two
friends and l were on a camping
trip. After smoking several cigarets
while out on jaunt one morning, we
got back around noon with only one
match left. In trying to light fire
for our lunch that last match went
out. All l had was lighted cigaret
in my mouth.
put the lighted cigaret in some
paper. Notnlns DONG. All tne Gig
aret did was to char the paper and
burn hole in it which prevented any
such thing as a blaze. ! tried hard
to make a blaze, but failed each
time. Then I applied the cigaret to
shavings, with even less success. l
simply could not get the shavings to
blaze.
After l had told my friend about
the above incident, he still felt
skeptical. So l asked him to try 1t
out for himself. He did try it in the
dining room of his home, but his
cigaret did not even start the tiniest
blaze; the paper simply fickered a
little and went out Immediately.
II any of the readers of the Tele-
gram have any misgivings on this
score, just let them try to start a
blaze with lighted cigaret. d