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Evening star., 1916-09-25
Has Had an Eventful History.

Boston light has had an eventful and
interesting history. First built by the
province Of Massachusetts, at cost of
f2,3S5, 1t was captured and recaptured
several times in the early days of the
revolution, and finally demolished by
the British in 1776 at the time of the
evacuation of Boston. 1t was rebuilt
In 1888. Immediately after the close of
the war, and with eight other colonial
government, in accordance with the
act of Congress of August 7, 1888. Since
then the light station had undergone
improvements and, despite it's age, is
for all practical purposes, modern and
up-to-date.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
Socialists Ratify Ticket.

NEW YORK. September 25.-President
Wilson and Charles f. Hughes were char
acterized as candidates of the capitalist
class by Altar l. Be: son. nominee of
the socialist party for President. at a
meeting held in Madison Square Garden
yesterday. Mr. Benson and his running
mate. George R. kirkpatrick. candidate
for Vice President. as well as other So
cialist nominees We're applauded by a
large crowd which assembled for the
formal ratification of the party's candi-
dates.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
MIXED DOUBLES DECIDED.
Miss Bjurstedt and Baggs Win New
York L. T. C, Final.

NEW YORK, September 25.-In the
final Of the mixed doubles held over
for fortnight from the open tourna-
ment of the New York Lawn Tennis
Club at Columbia Oval, Miss Molla
Bjurstedt and Ralph c. Baggs yester-
day defeated Miss Marie Wagner and
A ]. Ostendorf, 60. 3-6, 6-3.
A previous attempt to decide the final
had resulted in each side winning a
set Darkness prevented a decision.
Yesterday Miss Bjurstedt and Baggs
had the match well in hand all the way.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
Impressive List of Names.

"As for individuals. could a more i'm
pressive list of names be gathered to-
gether than those of Thomas A. Edi-
son, Luther Burbank, David Lubin, Ida
NJ. Tarbell. Francis ]. Heney, Amos
Pinchot, DR.. Charles W. Eliot Theodore
II. Price, Henry Bruere, Mrs. Antoinette
Funk, Harry A. Garfield (son of the re-
Evening star., 1916-09-25

in the hunt. As a result of their sue
cessful efforts they are entitled to a
reward of $500. of which 81 900 was
offered by Daniel H. Coakley of Bos-
ton, brother of Mrs Dennison, and $500
by Thomas G. Washburn of that city.
close friend of the former district at
torney.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
TWO MORE ARRESTED
IN B[ACKMA|L SCHEME
Man and Woman Taken From New
York to Chicago and Held Pris-
oners, It Is Claimed.

CHICAGO, September 25.-Transporta-
York to Chicago, Imprisonment Of the
couple in a Chicago hotel on bogus
Mann act charge and blackmail to the
extent of 5000 is charged in warrants
served yesterday in the arrest here Of two
more members of the alleged interna-
tional blackmail syndicate.
Those arrested were Homer T. French.
alias Jack French, and "Himmie"
Christian. Christian was arrested pre-
viousiy in connection with the first raid
made here two weeks ago. but was freed
on bond. He was released again on
$4,000 bond.
French and George Irwin, who is un-
der bond to surrender in New York, are
named as principals/in the case. Chris
tan is supposed to be held as an ac-
cessory.
Pretended to Be q. S. Officers.
The warrants charge that French and
Irwin fleeced one A R. Wesley out Of
S12,500, after representing themselves to
be government officers in New York,
where they are said to have surprised
Wesley and a woman known as Alice Will
lians in a hotel Then.it is charged, Wes-
ley and the woman were transported to
Chicago and held prisoner in hotel from
May 9, 1916, until June 13 of the same
year. During this time, it Is charged.
they obtained $2,500 more from their
victims.
Irwin is alleged to have represented
himself as United States Commissioner
Mark A Foote of Chicago.
The arrests here were based on a COM
Dlaint signed in New York Saturday hy
William NJ. Offley of the United States
Department of Justice. The case will be
prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney
General John c. Knox Of New York, who
will be here this week. it is expected, to
assist in prosecution of other members of
the alleged gang
Evening star., 1916-09-25
Train Hits Carriage; Four Dead.

VAN VERT, Ohio. September 25.-Four
were killed and two injured so seriously
that they may not recover when a Penn
sylvania railroad passenger train struck
surrey in which they were riding on a
grade crossing near here yesterday after
Allen county farmer; his wife and two
sons.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
SUCCESS PREDICTED
Vance Mccormick Tells Why
He Thinks President Wilson
Will Be Reelected.

letter to "a member of the admins
man of the democratic national commit
tee, in which the highest confidence il
President Wilson's reelection Is eX-
pressed, was made public by democratic
national headquarters today. Mr.. Nc
Cormick expresses the opinion. that the
fighting ground in the doubtful states
will yield the largest democratic vote evei
recorded by them.
"I can best sum it up says the Nc
Cormick letter, ''by saying that President
Wilson will be reelected by wide mar
gin, because when it comes to an issue
of crucial action right and justice ever
prevail in the United States"
Praises Mr.. Wilson's Record.
The letter says. in part:
1.-THE national committee, to an extent
certainly not exceeded at any time in the
past, Is in closer and better touch with
the representatives Of the democratic or
ganization in the so-called 'debatable
states We hear from them all and fire.
quently; and we find that democrats are
proud of woodrow Wilson and OF the
record he has made and are determined,
every man Of them, from those in the
most responsible to those in the least re-
sponsible places, to spare no effort to
bring out by far the largest democratic
vote ever polled in the history of the
United States We find it a matter both
of party and of national patriotism with
democrats to see to 1t that a President
who has made such a record as that
made by President Wilson shall not be
repudiated at the polls.
THE strength of the Presidents cause
among the independent progressive
and republican, voters has been shown
in the many announcements Of acces-
sions of leaders and voting bodies
from these sources which have been
made from time to time by the national
committee. 1t is shown, too, in the
rapidly multiplying number OF Wilson
and Marshall clubs which are not or
ganized along party lines and in the
enrolment of which in every state are
to be found the names of thousands of
men and women who have not hereto
fore and do not now class themselves
as democrats. It is exemplif1ed also
in the scope and magnitude of the work
of the Woodrow Wilson Independent
League, which, under. the presidency
of William Kent of California, the only
Independent member of Congress, has
become an active factor in the politics
of many states.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS PoR RETAINING wALL-OF-
Gee Of Public Buildings and Grounds, Wash
fngton. d. C.-Sealed proposals viii BE- received
here until pm. October 3. 1916. and then
opened. for furnishing materials and labor and
constructing an entrance west side Of Meri-
dian Hf1 Park Further information on applica-
tion. SEP z. % 26. .30.oc2
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. SUPERVISING
Architects ofiee. Washington. D. c.. Sep
tennber IS. 1918.-Sealed proposals will be opened
in this of3ce at 8 pm. October 16 1918, for IL
brary stack. glass floors. etc. in the building,
Interior Department Offices. Washington d. c.,
In accordance with drawings and specifics tons.
copies of which may be had at this Office in the
discretion of the supervising architect. JAS. A.
WETA0RE, Acting Supervising Architect.
PROPOSALS. WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
Bureau Of Supplies and Accounts, Navy De-
partment. Warrington. D. O.. until 10 o'clock
am. October Q. 1916, for delivering steel hopper
ears. radio-trsnsmitttng sets for aeroplanes.
metal hling cases. wall board, rubber betting,
rubber gloves. steel. stonewnre and terra Gotta
pipe and steel springs at the navy yard, Wash
inzton. d. C. Apply for proposals to the Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts. SAMUEL MCGOWAN,
Paymaster General Of the Navy. 9-14-16.
se16&252t
Evening star., 1916-09-25
Easy Way to Raise Money.
Delivery Day to Be Set.

OF course, the children do not yet
know what day they will be requested
to deliver papers to their respective
schools. This is a detail which is to
be outlined and announced later. But
on that day hundreds in the respective
locality will be seen marching with
books under one arm and old papers
under the other, the many persons in
terested in the plan confidently believe.
Just what use the money thus raised
will be put to, the school officials have
not yet determined. There are many
ways in which it may be expended and
by means of which the children will be
benefited.
The playground funds are better off,
than usual this year because of con-
gressional appropriations. There are
many places in which the money will
find abundance of use.
Evening star., 1916-09-25

More than 70 per cent Of the exports
OF Jamaica come to the United States.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
Be Thrifty.

Our partial-payment invest
ment plan offers an excellent
opportunity to in fact,
makes it an incentive to save.
You can buy any high-grade
bond of your choice and pay for
it in small monthly sums.
On $4,000 purchase all you
need is $1,000. We will advance
the balance.
You may pay back the 5000
to us at the rate of $500 or more
every month.
The first $1,000 earns S or 69o
from the very day you begin, and
each $500 payment likewise earns
S or go from the day of payment.
The rate of the loan will be
the same as the income on the
bond-that is, $50 bond-5%
loan; go bond-6% loan.
Come in tomorrow. We are
open from $50 until 3.
Evening star., 1916-09-25
PUPILS HAVE BEGUN
COLLECTING PAPERS
Using Last Of Vacation to
Gather Stacks to Take
to School.

Paper collecting by children of the
public schools started in earnest today
The youngsters realize that, since this
is the last week of their vacation, it
offers an unusual opportunity for col
lecting old newspapers, which are to
be taken to their respective schools and
sold for the benefit of various social
activitiesJ including Fairgrounds.
Since the formal adoption. Wednesday
last, by the board of education of the
plan suggested by The Star, whereby
children will collect discarded news
papers, thereby bringing revenue to the
schools for uses not covered wholly
by congressional appropriation. and at
the same time greatly helping in reliev-
ing the paper shortage in this coun-
try, the youngsters have been active.
Many already have a substantial stack
waiting for the time when they can
carry them to school.
Easy Way to Raise Money.
1t has been pointed out that the chill
dren can raise funds in this way with
out meeting any of the usual difficulties
or embarrassments which have some
times attended the sale of tickets for
various functions. Sometimes, it is ex-
planned, the many demands made upon
the public to buy a ticket" for bene-
fits given each year in Washington
make the sale of tickets more or less
difficult.
In the case of the old newspapers,
however, the children are able to col
lect with ease something with dis
tinct and not inconsiderable money
yalue The housewife is usually more
than willing to get the old papers out
Of the wav MANY of the Young COL
Evening star., 1916-09-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

no WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-NOTICE IS
: hereby given that I. Brandt sold the cigar
store located 1740 14th. All claims must be
in before Tuesday, September %, 1915, 9
am.
PERSONS WITNESSING ACCIDENT IN
which lady was thrown from front step of
southbound Capital Traction car at 7th and n
sts. NV, on Thursday, September 81, at 8 20
O'Clock pm, please communicate with To-
BRINER GRAHAM, 317 John Marshall
nj Phone NJ S1q
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
Nothing Doing.

AS reward for good conduct
Johnny's mother had taken him to
the Geological Gardens, says the Lit
erary Digest And just before start
ing Johnny and his Aunt Mary had
a decided difference of opinion as TO
what did and what did not constitute
clean neck.
1'he walk around the menagerie
was sheer delight to the young
gentleman until he came to the
strange animal with long, 1.-THE
body
That's an ant-eater," said the
mother.
johnny stood contemplating the
creatures for some minutes in ST.
lenee. Then he said quietly:
Cant we brihg Aunt Mary here
some DAY, mummy"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
FIRE AT MINES.
Triple at Central City Destroyed
BY Flames.

Central City, Ky, Aug. Dam
age to the amount of $4,000 was
caused by fire at 3 O'Clock yesterday
morning, which destroyed the tipple
of the Central Coal and Iron Com
pany, the only concern which is OPP
Grating a mine here. Shelby Gish,
manager of the company, expressed
the opininon that the place was set
on fire. He said that two men had
been seen in the immediate vicinity
of the tipple shortly before the fire
was discovered and, though they were
not recognized, efforts will be made
to identify them in order that war
rants may be secured for their ar
rests.
More than $50 men will be without
work for at least sixty days, as it
will take that long to rebuild the
tipple and the machinery, which were
either damaged or destroyed.
The mine is controlled by the Du-
Points and Mr.. Gish. According to
the latter, the fire was not a great
surprise. He declared that threats
had been made repeatedly of incen-
diarism.
There has been considerable ill
feeling in Muhlenberg county against
the Central Coal and Iron Company,
it was stated.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
WHY Endure Summer Colds?

1t isn't necessary to have a stuffed
head, running nose. To cough your
mead off as it were. All you need
do is to use Dr. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey
The soothing and healing balsams
open the clogged air passages and in
short time you get relief and start
on the road to recovery. Your nose
stops running, you cough less and
you know you are getting better. Get
a bottle, use as directed. Keep what
is left as a cough and cold insur-
ance.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11

the name of coin in Spain and with
the same value as the early Ameri-
can shilling. Yankees used the shill-
ing as a common expression, and
some can remember when farmers in
the Central and Eastern States en-
ployed their extra help at so many
shillings a day. Six. eight, ten and
twelve shillings was heard in all
lines of trade.
When adventures went to Califor-
mia and the southwestern part of the
United States they found that dos
reales of the Mexicans was equivalent
to two shillings in the United States.
Later dos reales became as common
as a quarter. Americans have alb
sorbed very few Spanish words. While
the language is filed with German
and French words, few Spanish words
were found. The American never
learned to say dos reales, and he
might have Americanized that
amount by saying 1.-TWO bits" Hence
it may be that 1.-TWO bits" is of South
western and not Eastern origin
Milwaukee News.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
500 Reward. 500

The readers OF this paper VIII Do
pleased TO learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able 70 cure In all its stages, and that Is
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength py
nature In doing its work, The proprietors
have so much faith In Its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that 4 fails to cure SEND
ADDRESS; ". J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo o.
sold by all Druggists. fto.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
Double Proof.

A tramp knocked at a farmers
door and called for something to
cat.
Are you a Christian?" asked the
good hearted countryman.
Cant you tell?" answered the
man. Look at the holes worn in
the knees of my pants. What do they
proven"
The farmers wife promptly
brought out the food, and the tramp
turned to go.
well! Well asked the farmer.
what made those holes in the back
of your pants?"
"Backsliding." replied the tramp
as he hurried on.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
DEFENSE OF WE
ALL and YOU ALL
COLIiOQUIALISM DECLARED To
BE CORRECT WHEN 1T Is
PROPERLY USED.

The Southern Woman's magazine
for July says:
Criticisms are easy enough to
make, but not all of them are as easy
to answer as the one recently receiv-
ed by the Southern Woman's Maya
zine, taking Helen Topping Miller
to task for letting old Aunt Tile, Of
the prize story, Look Away use
the expression 'we-all.' The critic
contends that no Southern darby
uses 'we-all' or "you-all.'
"In answer to this Mrs. Miller has
written convincing letter. She
says:
"'I have a dear old black nanny
who boasts that she was raised in the
blacklist patch in Alabama, and she
is my authority for the expression
'we-all' Indeed, her conversation
chiefly consists of expressions like
Miss Helen, we-all amt got no ice.'
Veal better git some mo- coffee
She pronounces it like one word
with a native accent on the all
Since receiving this criticism | have
heard three other darkies use the
same expression. AS for 'you-all,
it seems to me that all darkies use 1t.
have heard hundreds, l know. |
cannot imagine in what part of the
South these critics have been liv-
ing"
And the Newport News (Va.)
Tines Herald adds:
quite so. 'We-all' was the usual
form of expression among the old
time negroes of Virginia and meant
our folks If one of the Jones ne
groes was conversing with one of the
Smith negroes about family affairs,
and should ask. for example, rs you
all got a family kerridge?' and the
Smith negro would say no. the Jones
negro would reply, with show of fam
lily pride, We'll, we-all is
"The expression was also used in
the possessive case, and If there were
two Lucy Smiths in the neighbor-
hood, the one in the family to which
the Smith negro belonged would be
designated as 'we-alls Miss Lucy
"As for 'you-all.' that time-honor-
ed expression is as prevalent in Vir-
Ginia now as ever. Our Northern
| friends laugh at us for the use OF it
and insist that we employ it in des-
ignating individuals. But. of course,
that is absurdly incorrect. We use
it always as collective pronoun.
When we say 'you-all,' we mean yon
and yours; you and the other mem
bers of the family; you and your So
cial set; you and the people of your
home town, etc. The question may
be addressed to an individual and
usually is, but it is always used In
collective sense.
Veal agree entirely with Mrs.
Miller and the Times-Herald,' the
Richmond Virginian says as a hnal
cIincher. we don't know where this
critic was 'brung up unless it was In
the section where 'we-uns' and
'you-uns' are heard, and we have new
er heard those expressions in Vir-
ginia."
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
just the Thing for Diarrhoea

about two years ago | had Sc
we're attack of diarrhoea which last
ed over a week. writes w. c. Jones,
Buford, N. d. 81 became so weak
that l could not stand upright. A
druggist recommended Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
dy. The first dose relieved me and
within two days I was as well as ev-
err" Many druggists recommend
this remedy because they know that
it is reliable. Obtainable every
where. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11

tect itself in case of default by re-
calling the loan in whole or in part
or taking other necessary action.
The interest rate will be fixed at
not more than 1 per cent above the
interest Of the latest bond issue Of
the banks. Thus. IL the latest bond
issue Is 4 per cent, the interest rate
must be 5 per cent. Out of this mar
gin and any other money the bank
can earn on its capital it must pay
all expenses and can use the surplus
for dividends.
Only such fees as are specified in
the act may be charged, and they can
be made a part of the loan.
When a bank has loaned $4,000
it may issue bonds to that extent,
based on the mortgages it holds.
This process may be repeated until
each bank has issued bonds to the
extent of twenty times its paid in
capital. This mill make available
$3.50, 900, 900. In the event more is
needed, the several banks are at lib
erty to increase their capital stock.
The bonds are to be issued in denomi-
nations as follows: $50, $50, 500,
$500 and $1,000. They will be ex-
empt from federal, State, municipal
and local taxation and will be legal
investments for flduciary and trust
funds. The capital stock of the fed
eral land banks will also be exempt
from taxation.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
Plan Of ORGANIZATION.

The temporary management of the
banks will be in charge OF Ave di-
rectors appointed by the farm loan
board, but when the subscriptions
reach 1000 the farm loan board
will name three directors from the
district and the loan associations
shall name six directors who must
be stockholders in an association.
One of the three Federal appointees
will be designated by the farm loan
board as chairman. At least one of
the three Federal directors must be
practical farmer engaged in farm
ing at the time of his appointment.
Each loan association must nave
board of directors. who must serve
without pay, and a secretary-treas-
urer, who may receive salary. There
shall also be an appraisal commit
foe
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
Origin of Term 1.-TWO Bits"

The discussion over the origin of
the term, 1.-TWO bits" and its multi
pies of flour bits" "six bits" etc.,
may arouse as much comment as the
Bacon-Shakespeare controversy To
Northern and Eastern people the term
sounds like a popular slang express
sion, but to the people of the West
and Southwest it is common IL not
provincial. The price of "a quarter"
is seldom used. II is invariably
'two bits" It is much easier to say
"six bits" than seventy-five cents.
Explanation of the origin of the
term "bit" comes from the reference
to the monetary system in 1892,
when the Spanish milled dollar be-
came the unit OF money. At that time
there happened to be coined under
Spanish authority a piece of silver
for Mexico representing the eighth
part of a dollar. called a real" after
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
Joint Stock Land Banks.

In addition to the system of twelve
Federal land banks and the national
farm loan associations of borrowers,
the act permits the establishment of
joint-stock land banks and author
ICES them to carry on the business
of lending directly to borrowers on
farm mortgage security and issuing
farm loan bonds. These banks must
have a capital of not less than $780,
900. They are under the supervis-
ion of the Federal farm loan board,
but the government does not lend
them any financial assistance.
It's interest rate is limited identi-
cally with that of the land bank, and
it can issue bonds to the extent of on
ly fifteen times its paid-up capital.
The bonds are exempted from taxa
ton, but their capital is not.
Ample provision for frequent ex-
aminations of the affairs of the banks
and associations is made and heavy
penalties for violations of the law
are fixed.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11
How n Loan Works Out.

The table given below illustrates
how a loan of 81 900 bearing inter
est at 5 per cent would be retired in
twenty years by an annual payment
of $SO.24. A study of the columns
shows how from year to year the in
terest is reduced, and the proportion
of the payment which goes to dis
charge the principal steadily increas-
es. The final payment cancels the
debt.