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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30
U. S. Treasury Finances.
touotai on . percentage bssup
III nafe

Wsshirg.on Jun. 90 The condition OF no
urpef states Treasury to-day
Net bs-nls. o srneIa iund sH.ll $50 total
rse.p's s. gi- ~. Total pAfmerls tkglC3lt
NJ. dca MS fscsl year L 81 1857; ssiins
dfGIr' % So oil f6f as, yeaf. fsciuIlss %
Panama tais s1i public debt ifanssdinns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30
Railroads Preaching Economy.

Safety first, economy next, is the
slogan the railroads Of the country
are pounding into their employees. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30

4 cAie.rc Correspondent
Ysrris Trust s. Savings Bank
First
Albert Lea, Mimi. Permanent
Improvement AS
Albert Lea. MINI, Refunding IS
albuquerque, New Mex, Board
OF Education. School Building
as
Albuquerque, New Mex, Fund
ing IS
albuquerque, New Mex, General
Street Improvement SIS
Arlington Heights, H., School
Building SIS
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Railroad Co. Equipment SIS
Belvidere, H., School District
No. 81, SIS
Benton. H.. Refunding 4ils
Berryville, Va, Water Works SIS
Big Rapids, Mich. Refunding IS
Billings, Mont. City Hall AS
Billings. Mont. School District
No. 2 AS
Boulder. Colo, Water Wks. AS
Bozeman, Mont. Funding,
School Series As
Broadwater County, Mont
Funding as
Buffalo & Susquehanna Ry. Co,
Gold Equipment Series "A" SIS
Carbondale, H.. School District
~ No. 95, IS
Cascade County. Mont, Court
House Is
Cascade County. Mont, 3'.s
Cascade County, Mont, Refund
ing IS
Cascade County. Mont. Fdg. As
Cass County, Iowa, 4i2s
Centerville. Iowa, Refunding As
Centerville. Iowa, Refunding SIS
Charlton. Iowa, Funding IS
Chippewa Valley Railway. Light
& Power Co., Eau Claire, Wis,
First Mortgage Gold IS
Clifton Forge, Va, Bridge IS
Colorado Springs, Colo. School
District No. II, Refunding SIS
(El Paso County,
Consumers Power Co. First Lien
& Refunding Gold SIS
NCook County, H., School Dist.
No. 90 Morton Park AIS
Cook County, H., School Dist.
No. 10 Chicago Heights) Is
Coos County. New Hampshire,
Court House, IS
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Independ-
ent School District 4ias
Cuthbert, Ga, Electric Light IS
Cuthbert Ga, Water Works IS
Danville Street Railway & Light
Co.. Danville, H., Refunding
Mortgage Gold SIS
Denison & Sherman (Texas Ry.
Coz First Mortgage Gold IS
Derry, N. H.. Water 3i2s
Des Moines City Railway Co.
General and Refunding IS
Dexter. Mo. School District,
School Building AIS
Diokey County. N. D., AIS
Edison Electric Co., New Or
leans, La, First Mortgage SIS
Eminence. Ky, Street Improve
ment IS
Eugene Ore, School District
No. 4 (Lane County,
Florence, S. C., Sewerage IS
Freeport Water Co., III, IS
Gallatn County, Mont, High
School Building Is
Gallatin County. Mont, Rfdg 4s
Genesee, Ida, Water Works SIS
Geneseo Township, ILL.,, High
School District AS
Glencoe. H.. Improvement 4ias
Clenwood. Iowa. Funding SIS
Gorham. NH, Water Works As
Granite. Utah, School Dist. AS
Great Falls. Mont. Sewer SIS
Great Falls, Mont, Water
Works IS
Green Bay, Wis, Refunding IS
Green Bay, Wis, Sewer Is
Greenville, H., Reminding IS
Helena, Mont, Judgment Fdg. As
Helena, Mont, Water Works SIS
Hill County, Mont, Court House
and Jail SIS
Hill County. Mont, Funding SIS
Hudson. Iowa. Consolidated
School District IS
Humphrey County, Tenn. Road
& Bridge S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
UNITED VERDE EXTENSION
MINING COMPANY

A, a meeting Of th. Directors ~ ths
r-nttsd Verde Extension Mining Company.
held on June 2sfh. dividend - so cent.
per share upon tho outstanding capital
stock 81 this company was declared pay a
XII. August IT,. isis 10 the stockholders Of
record a. close % business July 18th. 1916
CHAS 4 SANDS Treasurer
23S Broadway. New York
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DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY

A pldtead Of oas dSilai and ssseaD NE cents
Us.ce). bsins At the rate Of per eeat per
anuum, on the Capitai stses Of tails Company. hli
been declared psabls ssptsnb1 Z. 1916. 10 all
stsskheesn Of rsosfJ August Is. 1915. at ; oolses
p. n.
Al. PETERS. Secretary.
Osrsn Mich. Iyn 20. 1919
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30

THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1916.

Trading Thursday amounted
Wednesday, sa5sO00 week and s2oo
January date s537ooo against 65isOoO in 1919
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cuICACO STOCKS.
o.uRoAD EQUIPMENT BONDS.

-. Upeu. IIgh. Lov. Lhst
Am Radiator 595 sa5 81 90.
80 i'n,on CARBIDE. 1906, 1874 1904 1884
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
(. w. BLISS COMPANY
Borough Of BROOKLYN. New York

Borough Of Brooklyn, New York.
June 70. 1915.
The Board 81 Directors Of this Company
has this day declared an extra dividend ~
1000, on the Common stock Of lhe Com
many % be paid from the accumulated net
Earnings ~ the Company on July ifth next
10 holders q the Common stock - record
on The books % he Company A. the close
% business July oh. Transfer books VIII
be closed July lith 10 ltth. both dates
inclusive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30
DOMINION OF CANADA

5, 70 and IS TEAR IEMpUHkRI 30 BOkUS
Msy bs prsssnts5 al the Agency Of the Bank Of
Montreal. "a Wall Street New YORK. for ,Sehsnse
Into dsnnitrs Bends Of mi, issue cue In 1871.
1873 and 1881 respectively.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30
Ia ROSE CONSOLIDATED MINIS COM
pA\N

Tie Board o. Directors has today declared q
qgarefJ dividend 4 &C. per share paysbl. July 20.
% Shareholders y record o. June 20. 1918 ne
garsfer bose q tie Company will close Juns %
ini re PEI July 10. 1918.
2 !. i<Ht RAY
Secretary and Treasurer
200 - James street. Montreal.
lune 10 1910 ~
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
MIAMI COPPER COMPANY
81 Broadway. y. y.
DIVIDEND No. is

June 2sth. 1915
The Board % Directors Of Miami copper
Company have this day declared q dividend
OF s. 30 per share FOR the quarter year end
ing June 30th. 1915. on the capital stock OF
the Company payable August 18Th. 1915. to
stOCkhOld.rs % record ~ the close OF bgsi-
ness on August st 1915 Books will not
close SAM A LEWISOHN Treasurer
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS.
puIIADEIpUIA STOCKS
BALTIMORE STOCKS.
Sales

Sals ope" - IN 80
sZ5 Cosden on = o. 10 - ~,
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William p. Bonsrisht & Co., Inc.

Nfn lfA June %. 1918.
Re.aIsr quarterly dlrldeld No 10 q ON AND
THREE QI. ARTERr PEh CENT uaesl on NE
Fir.t Preferred stock outstanding - William T.
Ronbrghi q 60. Incorporated. viii be- paid on
IuS 10. 1915. o. stockholders ~ record A. June
.Q.h -
4 y. IALIAELRRQ. T.sAxs.
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The BANK OF AMERICA.
SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR 60.

Tie Board y Directors have this day declared
quarterly dividends Of &c on the Preferred sto-.x
an1 30 900 tls common stock sisO ar extra Cash
Dividend - 2oeo on the Common Stock and a
ezra stoch Dividend q isr. 900 The common SioeE;
all PAYABLE on July I. 1915. % siockloblsrs 4
ge.gIl June d. 1915
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co,,ss m,lsias Jsy 1916 P,y,S, al ne Offices O
Harris, Forbes & Co

Also Payable sat the Office of our
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-10
"WoULD STANDING BY YOUR BOILER TO GEL

WARM ED?"

crude oil, was emptied one night, at
a time between midnight and daylight,
by some person who had gone to the
tank and opening what was known as
the lower faucet. This faucet, which
was two inches in diameter, entered
the tank at point about six inches
above the bottom. 1t was placed
there for the purpose of drawing on
the salt water at the bottom of the oil.
All oil wells in that locality which did
not flow but were operated by pump
ing produced certain percentage or
salt water, which came up with the
oil out of the ground. Salt water be-
ing heavier than oil, it Immediately
settled to the bottom Of the tank, and
for this reason, when the tank had
become nearly filled with the mixture,
1t was the duty of the men employed
as bumpers to open the salt water
faucet at the bottom Of the tank and
let the salt water escape through It,
the oil thus settling down and making
room for fresh influx above.
On the night when this tank was
emptied in the manner described,
there was about three feet of snow
on the ground. The weather was cold,
and the snow had been heaped up
around the tank by the wind, SO that
it was piled about four feet above the
salt water faucet at the bottom. The
constant drawing off of the salt water
had thoroughly saturated the ground
for a space Of two or three square
feet under the faucet, and the ground
was soft and muddy, since the satu-
| rated earth would not freeze on &C.
count of the large quantities OF salt
| which had intermingled with the dirt.
Salt and snow form a muddy slush
| which does not harden.
When the faucet was opened the salt
| water ran out, followed by the total
contents of oil within the tank,
amounting, as has been stated, to four
or five hundred barrels. This oil,
| which was highly inflammable, even
| in its crude state, ran down into
ravine, which was thickly dotted with
oil wells, partly belonging to Mr.. Ack-
ert and partly to other producers, for
| the distance of more than mile. Had
| this stream, in the course of its jour-
ney, reached any Of the fires that
were under the boilers of the pump
ing stations, it would instantly have
been converted into a fiery river, car
rying destruction all along the mile
Of its course, destroying hundreds OF
thousands of dollars worth Of property,
and probably sacrificing many lives.
Mr.. Ackert called upon me on the
morning after this occurrence.
81 have not the slightest idea who
was dastardly enough to commit this
malicious act" he said. 81 am not
aware that I have an enemy on
earth"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-10

The ruse which I am about to de-
scribe was perpetrated by me at the
time when I was chief of police OF vi
City, Pa. and resulted in the appre'
hension Of an anonymous letter-Writer
The case was more serious than that'
however for the property of numDer
of men, valued at several hundred
thousand dollars, and the lives OF an
entire city as we'll, were imperiled.
One cold winter morning in the
month of February l received v1slt
from a gentleman named Sam Ackert.
Mr.. Ackert was we'll known In the dis
trict, being the owner of a large OIL
lease, on the Towles farm, as 1t was
called. situated upon the Plummer
road, to the northeast of OH CITY, ana
in Venango county.
Mr.. Ackert was considered to be at
that time one Of the largest oil oper-
ators in the district. He was operat-
ing from twelve to fifteen oil wells, all
of which were producing large guam
titles of oil. Some Of it was being
pumped while others were flowing
wells. One of the latter kind was
producing as much as four hundred
barrels a day, and at that time crude
oil was selling at the well for about
eight dollars barrel.
Ackert employed large number or
men to attend to the wells and to LOOK
after his general interests. Some OF
these men were employed as en-
gineers, being generally known in the
oil regions as bumpers. To operate
each we'll two Of these bumpers were
required, each man working for IL
hours at a stretch. Their work was
divided into watches, and men VINO
were so employed usually lived ID
houses or shanties adjacent TO the
wells at which they were employed
The cause OF Mr.. Ackert's visit to
me was that some months previously
he had received threatening letter
in his mail. It stated that unless he
would discharge his superintendent,
man named Joseph Sullivan, and thor
oughly competent and trustworthy,
the property would be destroyed ny
fire or by other methods. Mr.. Ackert
paid no attention to this letter, which
was followed in the course OF time py
three others of the same threatening
character, each one being anonymous,
and each demanding the discharge OF
the superintendent, Sullivan. The
three letters followed each other at
intervals of four or five days. AS Sui
Ivan was not only a competent man
but thoroughly reliable and of good
character as well, Mr.. Ackert paid no
attention to these letters, but lalo
them aside in his desk.
A short time after the receipt OF the
last anonymous letter one of Mr.. AcS'
ert's oil tanks, containing at the Tune
from four to five hundred barrels o.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-10

left Oil City, passing unrccogniZed
through the streets by reason OF my
costume, and walked through the dark
house on the Ackert property, where 1
arrived Il few minutes after nine in
| the evening.
Inside the pumping house George
Book was seated alone in large easy
chair, close to the boiler, which was
fired and we'll lighted with natural
gas, and was kept warm and neat.
He was reading novel when en-
tered.
The engine house was located only
| a few feet off the main road that ran
between Oil City and the neighborlns
| town of Plummer, and it was not an
unusual thing for oil men, or any other
men for the matter of that, to stop
at the door while passing, to get
drink or to warm themselves, espe-
cially on a February night with zero
temperature. Book, looking up from
his book, was consequently not in the
least surprised to see another or his
fraternity-as he imagined me to pc
standing at the door at that hour
in the evening.
"Would you mind my standing by
your boiler to get warmed?' I asked
mot a bit," responded George
Book. cts mighty cold outside, ana
I'll be glad Of your company. Where
do you work." he continued. cycling
me closely, and little suspiciously
at first.
81 have been working on the Foster
farm" I replied, naming a property
| which was situated on the Allegheny
river, about fifteen miles southwest OF
Oil City.
GLOW did you get hurt?' asked
| Book Immediately afterWard, observ-
| ing the bandaged hand, which l had
slipped into the sling just before en-
| tering the pumping house.
muttered something inaudibly and
stood nearer to the boiler. After
period of silence I said in a slow
to reveal condolences:
"You have been mighty kind in al
lowing me to get warm in front or
your boiler, and you look to me like
you would not get. fellow into
trouble by giving him away, so I will
| tell you all about it. You see," I
| continued, II am driller, and was
working under superintendent. we
| had some trouble over a girl, and
he had a gun. He shot me through
the hand"
With that I pulled my hand out OF
| the sling and showed him the band
age, to which the liver, adhering, had
given a hideously stained appearance,
while the liver itself looked like
chunk of raw and quivering flesh.
/ "Gracious! You've got an awful
hand there said George Book. look
ing at the liver and the bandage and
shuddering. "You ought to have 1t
attended to at once
I'm going to have it attended to
when I reach Petroleum Center l
answered. II don't want to stop on
the way, either, because of the other
fellow. I shot him, but I don't know
whether he is dead or not; in fact, l
didn't wait to see. I left Immediately
he dropped, and have walked the en-
tire distance, only stopping long
enough to get a cup Of coffee at the
eating house in the Oil City depot
Books sympathy was now fully
aroused, for he was really a good
hearted fellow. "You must be awful
hungry" he said
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-10

be no probability Of my meeting him.
| Approaching the emptied tank, care
fully shoveled the snow from around
the salt water faucet and, when got
down to the muddy ground, l found
very distinct traces of a No. 8 boot.
The boots had been very recently half
soled, and the shoemaker who had
made the repairs had placed three
nails in a row across the center OF
the half sole, as his trade mark and
| sign manual.
Returning to Oil City, made dill
gent inquiries among the shoemakers.
of the town. There was not large
number of men who did repair work
of the rough and ready type which
was required by the men employed in
the oil leases, and after short in
vestigation the man who had soled the
shoes was discovered He at once
remembered having repaired pair OF
shoes for Henry Book a couple or
days before the oil tank had been
emptied. -
It developed then that both the
brothers were in the conspiracy, the
one having written the letters and the
other having acted upon the threat
contained in them. Undoubtedly
George Book had been more or less
tool in his brothers hands, for with
wife and a good position he had no
reason to feel a grudge against his
employer on account Of the superln-
tendent.
| at once procured warrant for
the arrest of the Book brothers, and
that night returned to the Ackert
lease, this was a sleigh and accom-
panied by two officers. Arriving about
II o'clock found George Book in
the pumping house on duty, as he
had been the night before, and at
once arrested him. I then proceeded
to Georges house, where I found his
brother Henry IN bed and arrested
him also. After this the house, which
was a one story building with an
attic, was thoroughly searched, and
wagon loads of loot we're found, all OF
it taken from the Ackert and adjacent
leases. This was afterward Identified
by the owners as having disappeared
from time to time.
After preliminary hearing the
Book brothers were committed to the
county jail in default of bail.
Henry Book soon confessed to the
emptying of the oil tank and George
to the writing Of the anonymous let
tiers. There seemed no doubt of thei!
conviction. However about week
before the trial was to have begun
there was a jail delivery from the
county Jail at Franklin, Pa, fifteen
or more prisoners making thei1
escape, among them being the Book
brothers. They boarded northbound
freight train on the A. & G. W. rail
road, now known as the Erie. WheI
at point about twenty miles north
Of Franklin this freight train collidee
with another train and in the wreci
Henry Book was killed instantly
while George was so badly hurt tina
he died the following day.
This was the ending of the Bool
case, which occupied in all only si1
days Of my time.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-10
An Agreement at Last.

Silas fled before his irate wife, and
seeking the first shelter that presented
itself, crept under the bed, from whence
after short time, he peered cautiously
out.
Seeing his wife standing near by,
with an uplifted broom, he shouted:
''Mirandy, I think it's about time
somebody was boss IN this house,
Christian Herald. =,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-07
Reflected Light In Movies.

Discussing the question of eye strain
in relation to motion pictures. the
Medical Times notes that the rays
from the projection machine are, re-
dected from the screen directly into
lie eyes OF the spectators.
This annoyance might be eliminated
II the rays were thrown along hori-
sontal plane 90 that the reflected light
would pass over the heads of the audi
ehce. In this case, however. the po-
sition of the machine structure would
be Illegal, under most city ordinances.
" 'Would 1t be possible" asks the
Times, TO locate the projecting ma,
chine in the basement at a. central
point to the rear OF the audience, and
have an open avenue in the floor
through which the pictures could be
projected to the screen on an ascend
ing plane n sufficient degree to reflect
the rays above the visual line OF the
audience, and thus remove a most ir'
ritating feature of an otherwise pleas
ing and interesting DIVERSION"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-07
=. y. -. - - !,
GET TING A START
NATHANIEL {. FOWLER, Jr.
Newspaper SyndicateJ-
- JOHN XNosToM..

l.
John and Tom ~ereS classmates. For
Several 54Ars thSy, .tsdied. and played
together Both we're attentive we1-
kbehaved. honest: and neither appeared
to be superior to, the -,etheE After
graduation they entered a. Wholesale
dry goods houAe, began at the bottom.
and were given opportunity to learn
the business. -
n During the first year there was no
fperceptible difference in their work,
Or the result of It, and both received
the same amount of raise in salary.
AT the end of the second year. how
ever, John was promoted and occupied
a position much superior to that held
by Tom. Why? Did John possess
greater abflaty than Tom? Was he
more faithful? Was he more attentive
to mis- duties? Probably not. He did
one thing, however. the importance
of which Tom did not seem to realize.
He became familiar. not only with
those things which pertained to his
Immediate duties and to his depart
ment of work, but he went beyond
them. He visited other dry Goods
| stores and studied their methodS. He
| talked with men in, his line OF work
who were connected with other estab-
lishments. He read dry goods trade
papers and every book upon the sub
lject which he could obtain. He
grounded himself in dry goods. knew
the history of the business, and, to q
large extent, the action and policy
of it. not only in regard to his own
house, but with reference to dry goods
houses in general. He became fanil-
lar with credits; he followed the mar.
ket. In five years he was the head
of large department. and in ten
years member of the firm, although.
of course. his interest was small.
l 1 am aware that this rapid promo
tion is not usual, for many . good
man, ambitious and taking the initia'
tive, does nc. become partner IN ten
years, or twenty years. or thirty years;
l.but it may, be- stated as fact that nc
one who do< S5t do as John did ever
| gets, beyond e subordinate pSsition q
is allowed To assume more than or
dinaryy responsibility. ~
| Tom was as faithful. as honest, al
hard worker as John. Tom worked
and was satisfied with doing his duty
John worked, and did more than his
duty. Tom attended 80 those things
which he was told To- do. John die
all that Tom did, and more. Ton
loved to work, and.fWorked. Johr
loved to work, and worked, but ht
also threw his mind. into his work
He made 1t q part of himself ai11
therefore, it wss- not drudgery. =
The foreGoseg is, -but another fms
tration of .Hss ccptentidn which
have always hefs, namely that doin,
!. ones duty is not stsficient that faith
fulness is not enough To succeed
and 10 occupy portion above rub
oy6inate one. requires not only worl
nd hard WORK, but an intense love 10
the work, and. 4Dovs all. the taking o
the initiative. doing what you do no
n have to do, assuming responsibilit,
which is not placed upon you. feeling
that you are. part Of the busines
and not q mere employee.
II The load that you voluntarily shoul
der isl not half as hard to carry a
is the burden which, thrust upo'
81 you =