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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
BIC PROFITS
Are RETURNED
Three Detroit Corporations
Pay Large Semi-Annual
Dividends

Three Detroit corporations closed
the first half-years business with
large dividends They are The
Michigan Wire Cloth Co. Detroit
Copper a Brass Rolling Mills and
the German-American Loan & Trust
company.
Directors Of the Michigan Wire
cloth have declared dividend OF
per cent and an extra dividend OF
) per cent on the common stock, a
regular dividend Of per cent on
the preferred and 10 per cent TO be
applied 10 retirement OF outstanding
preferred stock
Stockholders OF the Detroit Cop
per a. Brass rolling mills have re-
ceived checks for per cent quar-
terly dividend. and are getting an
other 10 per cent as an extra divi-
dend, making a disbursement of div
idends OF "a per cent for the first
half OF the year.
The German-AmeriCan Loan &
Trust Co. have declared dividend
OF II per cent. The increased divi-
dend marked the banks tenth ami
verssry. II was organized in 1896
with a capital OF s50,000. A year
later the stock was increased $780,
600 During the first three years IL
returned dividends OF 6 per cent.
They were then made 8. and are
now 12 per cent. The banks undi-
yided profits are now 100000.
Officers OF the bank are:
Richard c. Lambrecht chairman
of the board c. T. Bornman, vice.
president Of the board: Daniel Kel-
ley. secretary; Gustav Dietrich,
treasurer; and L. Grant Race. attor-
ney.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
MUN|T|ON STOCKS ARE
HEAVY;RA|L WAYS
MARKEDLY LYBETTER TONE
Maxwell and Studebaker Slug
gish; Early Losses Not
Extended

NEW YORK, July 3.-The New
York Evening sun financial says:
Aside from IA few more volatile
industrial specialties, stocks when
they displayed amy animation al all
today, moved through circle of
narrow diameter. The Nc Aican sit
uation with all it's uncertainties. the
new emergency war revenue measure
and the pre-holiiay influences form
ed combination well calculated TO
hold The trading In restraint and
this was further accentuated by the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
Veteran Now With New Insurance
Company.

Joseph G, Bertrand, formerly Of
the Goodrich Insurance Co, has be-
come a member of the Reilly. Brooks
e. Stone Co, general insurance
agents at No - Congress.st. Mr..
Bertrand has spent 20 years in the
insurance business. lie will be sec.
retary of the company and have
general management OF their fire in
surance department. The firm of
Reilly, Brooks &S-SteHe- -Ca--and- its
predecessor Reilly e Brooks, is
one of The oldest general insurance
agencies in Detroit. being actively
engaged in tire -ttusircss for over 50
years. Mr. Bertrand has large ac-
Quaintance in the city
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK

EAST BUFFALO. y. Y, July g.
Cattle: Receipts, 2,T50: market ac-
tive, 150t 40c higher; prime steers.
si0.75 a 1l.50; shipping steers, $40
1850; butcher grades. $Sm 10. 40; heif-
ers, $6m9.25; cows, S3.50MS; bulls.
Si.50u7.75; cilch cows and springers.
Si0u100. Calves. Receipts, 1000
market active. steady; Gull To choice.
Si50Ml2. sheep and lambs: Re-
ceipts, 500, market, active. steady
choice lambs. sll.5Onl2 Gull 70 fair.
S750d11.25; yearlings. sSM10, sheep,
s3ds25. Hogs Receipts 1000;
market active. 20m25c higher; york.
ers. slOd10.t0: pigs, SO; mixed.
$40. 40 n l0.45, heavy, $40 n 1850
roughs. ss.50Q9; stays. S6.50I7.50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
Sugar Market

sugar-Correctea daily oy W. II.
Edgar & Son: Crystal dominoes. 2-lb,
sl1.S5. Do, 5-lb;, sll,55; Eagle tab tab
sS.S5: xxx powdered. $3.50; stand,
ard powdered, SS.I5; granulated. ex-
ira coarse. $3.50: granulated, hne.
in bulk, ss,o5; granulated, 2s-lb: cot
10. and 5-lb. cartons, IN cases, Ss.35;
crystal domino gran, HF cases. sSfb;
diamond a, ss16; confectionery A.,
No. I. si's6; No. s. s7.s5; No. o. $3.50;
No. 10, s775: No ii, $40. No. u.
s7s5; No. IS. $3.50; No. IA, $3.50; No.
is, $3.50; non-caking mixture, 20.
household powd., Is, "a TO case. $2.4O.
Do 4s to case. SAFE ger case.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
Financial Notes

sears -Rocbuck CO. sales Tor jun,
S9.fst.ssi. increas" of Sl.1l-.H'2, or
22.6S per cent.
Con hincd not revenues New York
Central lines for May, s6,29Iil2. an
increase of $3,736,953
Pennsylvania lines cast aud west
show Nav net earnings over income
s1o.At5,Sa2, an increase Of Sl1o-,-''.
Dry goods economist SAYS prices ~
all asses 90 textile continue to adj
vance. with no prospect OF recession.
Fall River print cloth market im-
proved during the week with sale oi
shorts.
Arrangements made for eNtou ON
for SIX months OF S120o0.oop ono
ycar per cent Argentine notes fall
ing due this month.
Controller williams issued state.
mcpt showing ll2SS.o59 national DO
positors iu country. number having
increased 50 per cent since 1910.
Marshall Field Co says current
wholesale distribution OF dry goods
has been I'm greater volume than Tor
corresponding periods of many years
Income tax collections amount TO
t6.tz5.3 5.395 IN Srcrit.i- ,ltetil let II NCw
YORK. Total collections In this dis
uict 60 close OF business were wa
i33,ll9.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
CURB COprEn STOCKS.
The Detroit Mnsenm of AM MN

The Detroit Museum of Art will
be open July from to o'clock.
The Swedish Exhibition, occupying
FIVE galleries, will be on view and al
3 O'Clock motion pictures OF Sweden
will be shown In the auditorium.
Those who have not had an oppor.
tunity TO see the collection OF Swed-
ish art should avail themselves OF
this privilege.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
YIELD
BREAKS RECORD

WASHINGTON, July Under
the influences of large demands and
resultant high prices, the produc-
tion OF copper during the last six
months has exceeded that OF any
equal period in the history of the
industry. The United States Geolog-
ical survey states that there has
been a steady rate of increase in
the output of copper since early in
1915. During the year the refineries
produced from both domestic and
foreign ores. total of 1854. 100000
1883, ,009, ,537 pounds was produced
from ores mined IN the United
States.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
MICHIGAN CENTRAL sToCKyARDs

DFTNOTT, JuIV 2.--NattIe. MHr-
kket steady; best heavy steers stsers Sgs
$7.5Offs s25: mixed steers and helfers.
s7MS; handy light butchers. $3.50 a : /;
light butchers. S6I6.75; best cows.
common cows. s55O66. Gamers. s3@
425: best heavy bulls. s6m6.I5; boz
logna bulls. s5.5om6, feeders, s6.75W
775: stockers. s6m7; mixers and
Market steady: best. so.25m $40; 9TH
crs. s6.50m II. sheep and lambs: Best
lambs. s11 a 20. fair lambs, Sgm10;
light to common lambs, $3.50 m 81:
fair to good sheep. S6dr625: culls and
common, sS50GtI.50 Hogs: Market.
prospect SC higher; pigs. $40;
others, $9.50M9.65.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
Livestock
CuICAGO LIVE sTOCk.

CHICAGO. III. July 3.--Hogs:
Receipts. $1,000; market, 81 higher;
mixed and butchers. s9.5oq 1890; /;
good heavy, $3.50 so; rough
pigs, SSmg.i0. Cattle: Receipts, 81
900: market, strong To 10c higher;
beeves. s750@11.i0; cows and heif-
ers. s3.15M9.S5, stockers and feed
ers. s5.75GDS.S0; Texans, sS.f0M sac;
calves. sS.5O@Ii75. sheep Receipts
10000; market. lower. native. $50
as western. s7@S10; lambs, $3.50
a 1880; western, $3.50 1920.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
TIGERS FACE CLEVELAND
MINUS GEORGIA PEACH:'
DAUSS PICKED TO HuRL
Ty Must Also Pay SIS for
Bat Throwing In
Chicago

threw into the dugout on Wits smash
and Stanage scored. Loudermilk was
taken out OF the box. Bagby r0-
placed him on the mound for the In
dians. Bush flied to Graney. Chap
man threw out Heilman. One run.
three hits, no error.
CLEVELAND-Eva lined a sinble
to right. ONeil flied TO Young. Bag
by struck out. Evans out stealing.
Stanage to Bush. No run. one hit. no
error.
Third Inning.
DETROIT--Crawford banged dou-
BILE off the right screen, missing q
home run by a couple OF feet. Evans
threw out Neach. Burns was called
out on strikes. Young flied to Speak,
er. No run. one hit. no error.
EVELtND-Grarey walked on
four pitched balls. Chapman struck
out and Graney was doubled stealing,
Stanage TO Young. Speaker was
thrown% out by Young. No run. NO
hit, no error.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
Detroit Produce Market

.2s-gauge, $3.50; 2T.gauEe, .sa.as< as
small. soc 10 and off: large. 40 and
and 10 Off; large 4Oc 10 and of list.
Hides--No. l cured hides. 1shc No.
l green hides. 15c. No. 1 cured bulls,
13c: No. / green bulls. l0c: No.
Kip, 1Sc; 20. / cured murrain. 1sc;
No. l green murrain. 16c. No / cured
calf, 2Sc; No. greer calf. 2oc; No: 1
horse hides. Sc; No. horse hides. 30;
No tallow, Sc; No. : talIow. &c: No.
hides, 1c on; No. . kip and calf,
lHc off; sheepskin fas to amount Of
wooD, soc $3.50
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03

CLEVELAND July 3.-Ty Cobb
was suspended for three days and
fined $2J for his bat throwing at
Chicago before the start of the Tig-
er-Indian game here today. Dauss
was Jennings mounG selection and
Loudermilk hurled for Cleveland.
Seven thousand fans saw the
game.
First Inning.
DETROIT-With the count of three
and two Witt singled to right, Bush
sacrificed, Evans To Gandil. Witt go
ing To third. Chapman went back OF
second base and threw out Heilman.
Crawford walked. Crawford stole sec
ond. Veach walked. filling the bases.
one hit. no error.
CLENELAND-Graney flied to
Bush. Chapman hoisted to Neach.
Speaker was hit by "A pitched ball.
Speaker took second on a passed ball.
smith walked. Stanage threw wild
to get Speaker at third on an attempt
I'D double steal and Speaker scored
while Smith halted at third Gandil
singled to right scoring Smith. Bush
ran into left for Howard's fly. Two
runs, one hit, one error
Second Inning.
DETROIT lT-Young was called out
on strikes. Stanage singled TO GEN.
ter. Dauss singled to center. Stan
age stopping at second. LoudermillS
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
CONGRESS TO
ADJOURN AUG. 2

WASHINGTON. July 3.-Foilov-
ing a conference with President VIII
son today regarding the legislative
program for the rest OF the session,
Senator Kern predicted congress
would adjourn about Aug 20
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
improve Miehlaan Rivers.

WASHINGTON, July 3.--The son.
ate house conference today fixed
these figures for rivers and harhors
improvements:
Los Angeles harbor 100000 ire
duced from 81 ,S60.600)
Kalamazoo. Mich. $4,000
Menominee. Mich, $50, 400.
Vermillion, 8. H.. $4,000
The bill total as agreed upon is
s42,SS6.0S5.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
CHICAGO BuTrEn MARKET.

CHICAGO. III, July S--Butter. EN-
tras. 27i3c: nrsts, '2Gs, a. m27c, dairy
extras, 2SiR a26ihc; hrsts. 20 y y 2ic.
Eggs Prime ordinary. lNd 20 &c,
nrsts, 21I M22i4c cheese. Twins,
14kc; young Americas. l5ii q t5isc.
Live poultry: Fowls l5iar, ducks.
l6c: geese II ~ 25c. turks, 2oc.
Potatoes. Receipts. 80 cars; Michi-
gan, gNcmsl. Wisconsin, Hucu 81,
Minnesota. coca 81
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
CLEVELAND LIVE SToCK.

Receipts. 1000, 1562oc hishcf YORK
ers and mixed, Sio15. mediums.
s1020, pigs. s9.15. rnuGhs $3.50.
stngs. $40. Cattle E"r"lpts, 1000;
steady. Shcrp and lambs t"cr ~
cars soc higher; lambs, top, sl2.
calves: Receipts. 500. zoe higher,
top. si3.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
RACES |
Aqueduct Results.
AT AQUEDuCT.

First Race-Maiden 2-year-olds,
IL to :, to 10. / TO- ), won: Philip
pic, 115 q. McTnggarO. . to l, , to-
|, to 3. second; Jock Scot. lis
(Hanover). 20 /, ? TO /. to 5.
The Knocker, Photo. star Finch.
Buchanan Brady. Master McGrath.
Hail Columbia and Election also ran
Election finished first but was dis
qualified for fouling.
Second Race-3-year-old. selling.
mile: Raconteuse, 105 CT. McTag-
gart). II 10 1, TO l., Z 10 5. won;
Good Counsel los Nyke), to 2, IS
S, 3 to s. second; Virginia w. i05
(Haynes). 6 to /, to o, 10 ;. third.
Time, I:42. Broomvale and Ting-a-
Ling also ran.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
TnIEnn LIVE sInCK-

TOLEDO. o. July I.--IT0gs' Re-
ceipts. light: market. 1Om ljc higher.
heavies. s1O.15N 1920; mediums $40
mt0iO: workers. $9.G00 10 o. good
pigs-sa. -a-Ca lu.-.-A Alt-.-l,.-4.--t.-..t,s x
sheep and lambs Market. steady.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
EIGIN III TIIH

ELGTN. ILL.,. JuIy l-Buttrr: - &c.
a decrease ~ &c.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
JOpuINU PRICES.

Canned Goods .Npples s2.25 so
gal; Lima beans. 81 n l.25. Corn Fan
cy Maine. Sis: standard, 81. Table
beets. sl.25Mi 40. Peas. Fancy early
June. $3.50: standards. 81 Salmon,
tall. s2.3o: fat, pings, soc Tomatoes
Sl.35. MarroWfat peas, Sli carly
June. $3.50, sifted carly June. sl4O
per doz.
Feed--Jobbins prices IN h-bbi.
sacks: Bran. S24: standard middlings,
s25: finc mlddlings. $50; cracked
corn. s33, orn and nat chop, S29 ton.
Ficur -Johbins prices: Beat Michi-
raj patent, $500: second patent, S5.7O;
Straight $3.50; pure. rye s6. spring
patent. $500 per bbl. In paper sacks.
Detroit Ou-Raw linse-d o.. .S9c;
boiled liuscca 70c gal IN barrel lots.
Kerosene in 'roa barrels: Diamond
headlight, SIC; perfectior. SOC; pal
acme. lo.9c; red CROWN sgasoline. 1sc
per ga.
Hardware-Nalls. ssaJ keg case;
annealed WIRE. $500 per bundle; gall
vanizcd barbcd wire 2-point. S2.ss
per spool galyanzcd shsGts. e.
gnure. $3.50: 27-gauge, $40: as
gauge. s5.S5; 80 gauge, s5.s5' per cwt. (:
Ruhl bronzed axes; single handled.
sheet metal. % and 2i-gauge. t3.26.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
( With tbs market closed on sunday
and agsim on Tuesday. there was ma

small fruits, and with buyers trying
TO do two days business ,:, In one or,
upset. The strawberry deal has mar
rowcd down TO the home grown sup
ply. now. shipments from the western
part OF the state being practically
done. Cherries and currants are
plentiful. and offerings OF peaches
were In four basket crates. The
Elgin butter market was y lower
this week. but eggs. poultry and veal
calves are steady.
Appres-Bcn Davis. s25O9s; new.
Sl.25 q $50 per hamper.
Bananas-Good shipping stock.
$1.2au2 per bunch.
Bcans--Dricd Llmas 6i2 % &c III.
Berries--Strawbcrr 24-qt cases,
S225f a , 90; blackbcrries, $im4.25 per
2i-qt. case; huckleherries. 2i-ut..
$3.50. gooseherries, 2i-qt, s2g 2.25;
black raspberries. 24-qt., 81: red rasp-
berries, 2i-pt.. $3.50
California Fruits-Cherries s225;
apricots. So so per box; plums, $3.50:
peesnsin; pGsn,iaoM.IsI isS Igr S9xi 6SIi75 per bo,
Cabbngc SSW3.25 crate.
Cheese Michigan hats, 14iac New
York. Ice; swiss, ,26a3oc: imported
Swiss. 36M ilc. limburger, new. alb.
l5a. c; lib. 15a,c; brick cream, SAC;
long horns, Ice; daisies, l5A G15&c
Cherrics-soup. 75d 9Oc per 1s.qt.
Currant.-Red, $2.5oa275 bu.
Dressed Caives-tancy. 15a 15hc;
common. l2@l3c ID.
Fresh VcretnbIe.--GreeH peppe,s
cumbers. hothousc, S5475c doz.; hot
house tomatoes. 1874 q13c H.; carrots,
sod 35c don. head lettuce, Iceberg,
sL25m1 so bu.; wax beans $2 bu.;
green beans -sl.75 hamper; Florida
tomatoes, .s275m3 case; -sparagus.
sections. s1.5Vml.7j box; green peas.
Sl.75W2 hu.; watercress, 20 a 3Oc per
crate: green onions 11fllSc doZ.;
green corn. s5G $50 bbl.
Honcy--Fsncy white. new, 16n17c;
amber, l0ullc lb.; extracted, 7@sc
the following prices for esied hay in
car lots {. o. b., Detroit: No. ! tim
othy. s21 50m22; standard timothy.
s2O.5od 21; lignt mixed. scO5O mar;
SIS 50 r, Is, 'i 10. ~, : mixed, si1ala; n.
! clover. l"nli, I'VE straw. sI.bOMS;
wheat and oat straw, s6.5047 per
ton.
IemonS-s5G SIS per bo,.
Limca--s1 lom Las per 100.
1885 crate; ponies. s2s5m2bO crate;
watermelons. 5o472c each.
ORANGES s4n475 box.
Valcncias, S3.50m4 per box.
Onion. Texas BerJmrndas yellow. y,3S.
Peaches Texas, S2.15 ped i-basket
Pincnpples-s275a3 per crate;
{. .2ial'7 do2. Floridas. sa9t case
rot"ioes..New southern al5V
PouitryEr,roiiGrs. a5ao7c; medium
hens, 17dISc: stags. 12W l3c. geese,
/ 11T12c, ducks. i91 20c H..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
New York Stocks

by iIornblower Il Weeks,
~ J. Open High Low Close
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03

Printtng--ts. plain neat kiBs:--thnt
tS rieht-Times Job Dept.-MsIn 45zo.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
WOULD GO AROUND WORLD

If the Pennsylvania Railroad System
could take up all its tracks and relay
them in a single line, it would have
enough to build standard gauge rail-
road around the world and double track
it from New York to Kansas City. The
annual Record of Transportation Lines
which has Just been issued shows that
the trains of this Railroad System are
now being operated daily over &c, 705
miles of track, which gridiron 13 states
and the District Of Columbia.
The exact length of all the railroad
ines in the Pennsylvania System,
whether single, double, triple, or quad
ruple tracked, is shown by the Record
to be II, 823 miles. Of these lines, 3761
miles have two or more tracks, 1923
miles have three tracks and 635 miles
have four tracks In addition, there
are 1856 miles of track in the sidings
owned by the Railroad This excludes
the thousands of connecting sidings
owned by industrial and other plants.
The lines of the Pennsylvania Rail
road System, east and west of Pitts
burgh, serve Delaware, the District of
Columbia, Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky,
Maryland, Michigan. Missouri, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia. In this
territory $4,000, 900 people live, half the
entire population of the United States.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
THE PRESIDENTS "PETS"

TTOW things change ! A few month :
n ago this now hunted cutthroat
Villa was the honored guest of the
Nation as President Wilson's pet and
his Whiskers, Caranza, was in bad
odor with our gyrating executive.
But these two Mexican "bad boys
got to pummeling each other, and
when Villa, the presidents pet, was
ordered ''back on to the reservation
he got mad at the Big Father, and ended
by telling him he could go to-the other
place! Now his Whiskers is the presi-
Dental 'pet", and Villa is off hunting a
safe hole in the Sierra Madre mountains
Query, who will be the ''pet" the day
after tomorrow?
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
DEFENCELESS!

TV7HAT a shocking illustration of the
w Nations utter unpreparedness
when a band of Mexican bandits can
surprise an American town; kill the
garrison sentries; burn big hotel; mur-
der two dozen or more citizens and
soldiers; run off 95 horses, and then
escape to the mountains Still fur
ther to show our feebleness even
against an attack by few ''greasers,
General Funston dared not order pur-
suit Of these Villa cutthroats till about
all our available army" of some $1,000
men could be assembled to guard our
southwestern border from a second
bandit invasion. If a few hundred
Mexican marauders can thus success
fully invade our country and murder
our people what could not any one of
several far more powerful nations do
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
GERMANY'S PLIGHT

THE opinion is becoming general here
l. and in Europe that the end OF this
frightful wholesale slaughter is drawing
near. Germany has lost, and her own
people, for eighteen months past fed on
fairy tales of great victories and mighty
conquests by the invincible armies OF
the Kaiser, have for long time been
asking awkward questions to which no
satisfactory answers have been given
Now they are growing insistant.
Meanwhile, the German death toll has
climbed into the millions, and the bread
problem has become more and more seri-
Gus. For weeks, we have been hearing
accounts--no doubt true-of thousands
riotlng in the streets of Berlin, of the
soldiers refusing to shoot the hungry
women and children, and then of the
murderous rapid fire guns being turned
on the crowds bathing in blood the famed
Inter Den Linden boulevard of that
city. News just received tell of similar
scenes in Wurttemburg cities, and of
soldiers who refusing to shoot their own
townsfolk were themselves shot by
hundreds for mutiny.
More food regulations are being pro-
claimed by the German government.
Awhile since it was bread tickets; next
butter limited to four ounces weekly
then it was meat sold only three days in
the week; then potato tickets were re-
quired; finally all food has gone skywa1C'
and millions in Germany are on the edge
of want.
Copper kettles etc., are being com
mandeered by the government, and even
church roofs and cathedral bells ale
being melted down to get war materials.
The last spectacular assault on the
western lines of the Allies at Verdun
after months awful fury and carnage
unbelievable, has failed. Verdum has
cost the Germans 200, 900 soldiers killed
outright; Rumania has grown insolent
and meditates an assault upon Austria's
flank; Turkey is more than weary; the
Russian arms are triumphing every
where along the Eastern front-the
Muscovite sheep with arms in their
hands now are driving the Won linden
burg driver; AMI finally, tales of
peace" offers by Germany keep com
ing from many quarters-all these
things presage the coming end.
An internal popular revolt upon
large scale may at any moment put the
Kaiser's armies between the devil and
deep sea"-the daily increasing Allies
and the daily hungering populace Then
will the end come quickly. and the mad
Kaiser's dream of world conquest
Like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind y
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Who Will 1t Be?

Flowers, plants and shrubbery will
beautify any yard or any home. A sys-
tematic cultivation of them by the
people at large will make a veritable
garden of beauty out of any town. A
few seeds, a little elbow exercise, and
the work is done. The principal occu-
patton then is to watch them grow.
Women invariably take the lead in
the beautifying of the home and its
surroundings, and we have many in this
town who are experts in this line.
We would like to see every woman in
town make her yard spot that is pleas
ing to the eye, spot that attracts the
attention and compeIs the admiration
of the people as they pass by. We
would like to see the husbands encour-
age the wives in such laudable UNDER
taking by performing or securing the
manual labor necessary, slight though
it be.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
AID THE RURAL MAIL SERVICE

Next time you see the carrier ask
him for a Postal Money Order Applica-
ton, and take it home with you. When
you want Postal Money Order, fill out
the blank application and take the
ready change to the carrier. On the
back of the order is the schedule OF
fees.
The Post Office Department expects
every patron to fill out his own applica-
ton blank and present the ready change.
but the custom is for the carrier to do
it while the patron stands by. The
carrier gladly does this, but while he is
using his time doing so that railroad
train is speeding on and the result is,
the carriers mail does not go out until
the next day, and all because the pa
irons on the Rural Free Delivery Route
asked the carrier to perform a service
that should have been done by the
patrons.
Carriers issue from five to ten ard
more Postal Money Orders on each trip.
1t requires from five to eight minutes
to get all the forms filled out for each
order. PresumiAg there are but five
orders and the time consumed is but
five minutes, you will see twenty-five
minutes of the carriers time gone to
the Dad.
And here you have it again, the
patrons on the Rural Free Delivery
Mail Routes are too often themselves
responsible for tardy mail delivery, and
vet the carrier is blamed and the Post
Office Department cussed.