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Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
Macbeth and Mckinley.

Long before William Mckinley be- came a national and international fig ure I made his acquaintance and won his friendship, and good will, which ended only when he passed to eternal rest We often met at his home in Canton, O., and at the house of a mu- tual friend, M. Ruhman, the son-in-law of Rabbi Levinsky, the editor of the family and school Bible.
 When he was elected a member of congress this intimacy continued. and many social and pleasant hours were passed in my home and in his rooms at the Ebbit House. where he lived dur ing his whole congressional career. He was at all times genial, and no matter what he had to do, either for his con- stituents, or for his friends, he was ever the same patient, courteous and self sacrificing gentleman. In due course of time he was elected governor of Ohio. I telegraphed him, ''Thane of Cawdor. king that shall be-" to which he promptly replied, "Thanks, but not yet."-Simon Wolf in Ameri- can Hebrew.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
First Aid For Painters.

Every member of the Washington po- lice force carries when on duty in crowds a pill box full of tiny glass tubes of aromatic spirits of ammonia, according to the Popular Science Monthly. These are for reviving per sons who faint in the street.
 The tubes are about an inch long and slightly more than an eighth of an inch in diameter. Each has a wrapping Of absorbent cotton and over this silk gauge covering.
 Slight pressure between the fingers is sufficient to break the tube. The ammonia is promptly absorbed by the cotton about it, which also serves to prevent the sharp particles of glass from doing any harm. Held beneath the nose of the person who has tainted, the fumes of the ammonia soon revive her. The tubes are stored in all the patrol boxes about the city and are carried in patrol wagons and police ambulances.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
DON'T ADD ACID TO BATTERIES,
 SAYS EXPERT.

Among motor car owners, the idea that the storage battery can be brought back to fully-charged condition by filling it with acid has made consider able headway, in spite of the emphatic statement of battery men that this is the worst possible thing that can be done for the battery.
 "The, only thing that the car owner should ever put into his battery, "says MT. Durand, the local Willard repre- sentative, ''is pure water". The reason for this is easy to understand.
 The electrolite in the battery is an acid solution. AS the battery dis charges, the acid is absorbed by the plates. When the battery is completely discharged, the liquid inside is practi- cally pure water. Charging the battery reverses this process. that is, it forces the acid out of the plates and into the liquid again so that when the battery is fully charged the electrolite is acid of normal strength.
 If the car owner puts acid into the battery, he makes the solution alto. gether too strong, the chemical action between the electrolite and the plates become too violent, anG--finally causes the oxide and even the framework of the plates themselves to corrode. "Acid should never be put into the battery except by an expert. ''-adv.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
Told by the Windmill.

In certain districts of Holland news of a domestic sort is frequently an nounced by the windmsls. When, for instance, miller gets married he stops his mill with the arms ef the wheel in an obIique position and with the sails unfurled. His friends and guests do likewise with their mills in celebration of the ceremony. To announce a birth the wheel is stopped with the arms in slanting position, but at a more acute angle than for a marriage and with the two upper sails unfurled. In the event of a millers death his fani- ly causes the sails of his mill to be all furled, and the mill is turned around until the arms assume an upright cross, in which position they are left until after the funeral has taken place.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
Speculation and Gambling.

It has often been asked if man can speculate in the stock market without any one losing in the event of his mak- ing a profit.
 On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange I once traced 100 shares of Steel that passed through the hands of nineteen spectators in single day. Each one of these nineteen bought and sold them, and each one made money. It is idle to say that some of these may have lost what they might have made, because that involves us in a double hypothesis. Actually each one profited, and actualities are what count in speculation as in every other form of legitimate business.
 This incident illustrates one of seven reasons why speculation is not gam bling.-William c. Van Antwerp in New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
-FOUR CAUSE.
An Interview with Homer $. Cum. mings of Stamford, m ember of the Connecticut State Council
 of Defense.

The call to America to do her part in this war is called "The highest and noblest cause to which we have ever been summoned" by Homer s. Cum mings of Stamford, member of the Connecticut State Council of Defense in a "Made-in- Connection" war inter- view secured by a representative of the council and made public through the newspapers today. MT. Cummings in- terview follows:-
 "Our country has undertaken the greatest and the most critical task in history. The issue involves not only our honor, our safety and the perretui- ty of our institutions; but it also con- cerns the political freedom of the world, and by the same token the happiness and progress of manhood.
 Preparation is going forward with great energy, intelligent and disin- terested men and women are every where at work and the patriotism, fidelity, and skill of our soldiers, our sailors and our leaders cannot be doubted. Great undertakings are afoot here and across the seas, the like of which our Apeople have never before contemplated. All this involves self sacrifice in every field of endeavor, in every shop, on every farm and in every home There is work for every. one--and later there will be still more work-heartbreaking, soul-searching, unremitting work. There is no room anywhere for the doubter, the debater, the stacker, or the coward. There is no room for anyone except patriots. Either we shall win this war or our country will be humiliated and dls- honored, and all the things that make life sweet and nation proud will be polluted and soiled.
 "Our flag has cost so much in blood and toll and means so much to us and to the stricken and despoiled peoples of the world that we cannot permit it 10 be trailed in the dust of defeat. May the good God give us strength and courage tor this ordeal It is a war against war, against hereditary power and against all the cruel things that have menaced mankind from the be- ginning. 1t is the supreme effort and the final test of democracy. Failure is not to be thought of. The world will not slip back into barbarism-into 8 heartless feudalism made terrible by applied science. The cause for which we contend is sacred as right and jus- tice and honor and humanity and charity are sacred.
 "We have the sanction of our national conscience, the approval of enlightened contemporary opinion and we are fearless of the verdict of his tory. Those who in this hour serve America, serve humanity. It is the highest and noblest cause to which we have ever been summoned"
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27

coming generations. The one conse- quence is material, the other moral', said Professor Seymour. Continuing his interview, Professor Seymour said:
 "Our failure means the triumph of the militaristic clique at Berlin and the assurance in power of the Pan Germans who believe that God has given to
 Germany the function of ruling the
 world. Germany will be ruled by such
 men as the Crown Prince, who pliers chateaux ana sends millions to their
 death on the field in the hope of win
 ming personal glory; as vonHino en-
 burg, the persenitication of brutal, efficient militarism; as vonTirpitz,
 who inaugurate the policy of drowning non- combatant women and children by the hundred. Can we trust the peace of the world to such men?
 eff we fail to win the war, they will at the very moment of peace dominate an empire such as the world has not seen since the days of Rome. Germany was strong in 1914. Her strength will be quadrupled if she is allowed to maintain that union of Central Europe which she has been building up these last three years. It will not be simply Germany the world need fear, but Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and waterways of the Rhine and the Danube, the bridge into Asia at Constantinople, and the short cut to the East. The empire would be self contained; it would have it's mines in Alsace and Belgium, it's oil and wheat fields in Rumania, it would draw inexhaustible supplies from Mesopotamia.
 "The new empire would be far stronger in relation to the rest of the world than ever was Germany. Its foes would be divided by their failure. Italy, France and Great Britain would be laying the blame for the disaster each on the shoulders of the other; Russia, torn by internal anarchy, would be Germany vasssal. The war has cost Germany far less than her opponents. partly because she prepared tor it when costs were low, partly be- cause her boundaries have remained practically in violate; she owes no money except to her people. The Bri- tish mercantile marine has suffered terrible losses; the new empire of Cen. tral Europe armed with the submarine, would threaten to control not merely the land but the seas as well. Domina- ting Europe, always seeking new mar. kets, how long would it be before the triumphant Pan-Germans reached across the Atlantic for the rich and unexploited territories of the Ameri- cans? And would they pay more atten. tion to the Munroe Doctrine than they did co their own promise to respect Belgian neutrality?
 "But if we fail to win this war there will be another and worse con- sequence. For our failure will signify the triumph of brute force as opposed to justice. The authorities which in cold blood commanded the devas tation of France and Belgium, the torture of children. the rape of women, the mur- der of Red Cross nurses, will have gone unpunished. The doctrine that might makes right will have been justified.
 "We must not fail to win this war;.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
WHY IS THE DRAFT FAIR TO ALL
 RICH AND POOR ALIKE?
An Interview with Hon. Joseph A. Cooke, Mayor of Meriden.

Mayor Joseph A. Cooke in another of the Connecticut State Council of Defense series of Made-in- Connecti- cut'' War Interviews. as made public today, has answered the question "Why IS the draft fair to all-rich and poor alike?" in the following manner:
 "The method used in 5he present war draft is among the best that could be chosen. There was no opportunity for favoritism and all were given a fair chance. Sons of wealthy parents as we'll as those not so we'll supplied with this worlds goods were drafted and they will have to serve their country, except there be some good reason for exemption. In fact, young men will be taken from all walks of life. Thus the duty is distributed as equally as pos. sible.
 "The fairness shown in drawing the draft numbers in Washington has created confidence in the young men that they will be given a square deal all around by the government. Many of them are not only willing but also anxious to enter the service that they may assist in the fight to continue the freedom we now enjoy.
 "As our country is engaged in the great European conflict we must fight to the end. There can be- no backing out. To do this the government must have the loyal support of her citizens. Undoubtedly this will be given fiber ally, and American patriotism vii now as before, stand out as tht greatest in the world'.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
contrnntn and the Eve.

Lecturhg on The Effect on the Eye of Varying Degrees of Brightness and Contrast" hcs)re the Illuminating En. gineer soriety recently, Dr. James Kerr Of the pubiic heakh department of the London county council referred to some effects which may be surpris- ing. Having to examine long lists of figures in black type, he tried to facili- tate his task by drawing vertical and horizontal lines in red ink, but the diff ferent focusing of the black and red strained his eye and gave him u head ache, which did not trouble him when all the figures and lines were either black or red.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
Medical Etiuuette.

Medical etiquette, instead of being kept up, as people so often imagine, in the interests of the doctors, is main tained in the interests of the public. It is the public, not the doctors, who would suffer most were it done away with.-London Spectator.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IF
 WE FAIL TO WIN THIS WARP"
An Interview with Charles Seymour, of the Department of History, Yale
 University.

Charles Seymour of the Department of History at Yale University, answers ill telling manner the question, "What is Likely to Happen if We Fail to Win This War;"
 ''I If we fail to win this war we mus t frankly face two inevitable conse- quences, both pregnant with disaster for the happiness of our town and
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
MADE IN- CONNECTICUT
 WAR INTERVIEWS

Statements by Prominent Connecticut Citi.
 zens on Vital War Topics Have Been Secured by the Connecticut State Council of Defense. This Newspaper Has Made Arrangements With the Council of Defense to Publish Some of the Most Important of These Interviews.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
Love-.

Obedience. we must remember, is a part of religion and therefore an ele- ment of peace. but love. which includes opedience. is the whole.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27

A good action is never Iosr. Ir Is treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.-CalderOn.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27

Papa, what is the difference between a sanitarium and an asylump
 "AboUt $100 a week."-New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
The Bonanza Mine.

The great Bonanza mine was pur- chased for an Indian pony and quan- tity of whisky in 1859.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27

Wipe out the past, trust the future and live in glorious now.-Towne.
Connecticut western news., 1917-09-27
First Literary Club

First Literary Club. pr. Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds founded the first literary club. It was in 1764.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-12
Dividends

Linde Air Products.-Regular quarterly
d;vidends of IL per cent on the preferred
and . per cent on the common stocks. fre-
ferred dividend is payable July to stock OF
record June 20 and the common June 81 10
stock of record June 20.
International Harvester Of New jersey
Regular quarterly dividend of ~ per cent on
the common stock, payable July 10 to stock
of record June 70.
r. ]. REYNOLDS Tobacco.-Regular quarter
~ dividend Of per cent and 10 per cent
extra on the common stock: also the regular
quarterly dividend Of q. per cent on the pre-
ferred stock. All dividends are payable
July to stock of record June Il.
American Public Utilities.-Regular quar-
terly dividend of / Y per cent on the pre-
ferred stock, payable July 10 stock of rec
ord June 80.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass.-Regular quarterly
d;vidends Of Ia. per cent on the common
stock and IL per cent on the preferred
stock. payable July to stock OF record
July 10.
Homestake Mining Regular monthly diyi-
dend Of 90 cents a share. payable June % 10
stock of record June 20
Lone Star Gas Quarterly dividend Of ,
per cent. payable TO stock OF record June 23.
May Department Stores.-Regular quarter
ly dividend of q per cent on the preferred
stock. payable July TO holders of record
June 20.
Ottawa Light, Heat and Powcr.--Usual
quarterly dividend Of IL per cent. payable
July TO holders of record June 20.
Interlake Steamship. Quarterly dividend Of
. per cent. payable July to holders Of rec
ord June 10.
O1well Acetylene.--R Regular quarterly divi-
dcnd of 2 per cent. payable July / TO stock
OF record June %.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-12
Relevant Facts

Anthracite acknowledgements
shipments reported by the mine car
rier companies for May totalled
6.9l7,525 tons. an increase OF l,369,o2o
tons over that month in 1916. The
Reading Company led in the quantity
Skinned. with 1.34l.9s7 tons; the Le-
high Valley carried 1,275,5l3 tons and
the Lackawanna 1,090,649 tons. Total
sbinments for May were the largest on
record. with the exception OF March OF
this year.
SIS. Krcsge.-Sales for the month OF
Nav amounted TO S2.345.463. compared
with s2.003,7l1 for the same month IN
1916. and for the first five months or
this year totalled sl0,820,75O, against
50 9,203,S6S year ago.
Jones Brothers. Tea.-Total sales for
Nav were 81 ,024,lS2, an increase OF 23.f
per cent over that month last year.
From January to May 81 sales
amounted to S4,544,272, an increase OF
1871 per cent.
Ohio Fuel Oil.-For the fiscal year
ended April 80. 1917, the company
earned Sl,623,527 in gross revenues,
compared with S1,398,27s the year be-
fore. Net earnings increased from
s996.615 to $l,123,3S4. and the balance
available for dividends was sS39,39O,
equal TO $2.62 a share on the capital
stock. against $l.s6 share last year.
Surplus after dividends was s5l9,39o,
an increase of S402.379.
Illinois Traction.-lncome account
for the year ended December 81. 1916,
shows an increase of sl,37S,452 in gross
earnings, which amounted to Sl2,566,-
447. and net earnings. after expenses
and taxes, were S5,076,649, gain OF
S5i6.223. The company paid in divi-
dends during the year s42S,l30 on the
preferred shares and 1857 ,5S4 on the
common. leaving a surplus of sll6,67O,
an increase of Sl0S,527. Total proht
and loss surplus, including the pre-.
vious surplus, was Sl,677,6i3, loss OF
S22, 1854.
Ohio Fuel Supply. Report for the
fiscal year ended April 30. 1917. shows
gross earnings Of S9,Il0,S33. compared
with s7,l29, 1856 in the previous year.
Net earnings were s3,473,4S5, against
s.. .i9s .i69 a year ago. and surplus after
dividends and interest was Sl,969,l6
an increase of SSl6.0l8.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-12

, growers until they felt certain Of
the next crop; but for the most part
they consisted Of new wheat to be
delivered as soon as the thrashlng
machine had done its work.
Not a great deal of new wheat is
available in July, but by the latter
part of August the movement from
the farms tends to increase rapidly
and receipts at primary markets en-
large correspondingly. The prac-
tice, therefore, has been for the ele-
vator interests to hedge large part
of their purchases of new wheat by
selling for September delivery, dur
ing which month shipments from the
interior usually attain a heavy
volume.
The restrictions placed on specula-
ton by the Chicago Board of Trade
and other grain exchanges have mar
rowed the market to such an extent
that the elevator interests and grain
dealers, naturally are not in posi-
ton to operate with the same degree
of freedom as heretofore. And yet,
if farmers were contracting for the
sale of their new wheat or remaining
SUPPLIES of old wheat on the same
scale as they have done in other
wears at this time, such offerings
would undoubtedly be reflected in
hedging sales either for July or Sep
tember. One inference is that farm
ers are not willing to sell either
such old wheat as they may have left
on hand or their prospective crop, on
the basis of the present price IN the
Chicago market of S2.38 for July or
500 for September delivery-the
current quotations. That the outlook
for the winter wheat crop is still so
uncertain that growers at this time
are not anticipating their thrashlng
returns, is another surmse. Even
if no steps are taken by the govern
ment authorities TO fix prices for
wheat and other grains there would
seem to be a definite limit to what
the farmer may expect for his new
crop of wheat this season inasmuch
as the Chicago board has set maxi
mum of S2.45 for September con-
tracts.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-12
Power of National
Banks to Act as
Trustees Upheld

Washington, June lin the hrst
case involving the Federal Reserve act
Supreme Court to-day upheld as con-
stitutional the laws clause authorizing
national banks 10 act as trustees, eX-
ecutors. administrators and registrars
of stocks and bonds.
A test suit of Detroit and Grand
Rapids trust companies against the
First National Bank of Bay City, Mich,
was dismissed by the Supreme Court,
which reversed a Michigan decree hold
ing the clause void. as in excess of
Congressional power.
Upon appeal to the United States
Supreme Court. the Department of JUS
tce intervened as friend of the
court" in behalf of the Federal Re
serve Board, Joining with the Bay City
bank in asking the court to sustain the
clause. Grounds given were that Con-
gress has power TO extend functions of
national banks within its discretion, in
preserving and extending the national
banking system, whether such func-
tions be private or public All powers
necessary 70 the stability and success
full operations Of national banks, IT
was contended, are enjoyed by Con-
gress, and the reserve act, il was as
serted, does not delegate such powers
to the Federal Reserve Board. The
additional business functions author
lied in the clause. IL was contended.
are ordinary commercial and financial
operations. necessary 20 preserve the
business CT national banks in competi-
tion with state banks and trust COM
panies. Forty-four states were said TO
give state institutions such powers.
The trust companies contended that
the powers given are not normal, nat
ural or necessary as pertaining to ma
tional banks. but are private, and ex-
! clusively within state authority to be-
stow and regulate. That the clause
was inserted in the reserve act at the
eleventh hour" and is "utopian and
| parental plan" also was insisted. Ex-
crcise of these powers by national
banks. under scant supervision. il was
[ said, would create an "intolerable con-
/ dition."
/ The Department of Justice, in deny
! ing that the Michigan courts had juris-
} diction 10 entertain the trust compa-
/ MES suit against the Bay City bank,
| questioned the right of state courts TO
enjoin a national bank, as an alleged
state interference with the Federal
I financial system.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-12
u. S. Steel Expands
Its Southern Plants
Expenditure of $11,000,000
in Alabama District
Is Planned

The financial committee OF the United
States Steel Corporation has voted an
appropriation of s1l 100000, to be used
in the extension of the plants of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Com
pany. subsidiary, at Birmingham
Ala. making possible an increased pro-
duction Of iron and steel.
An announcement TO this effect was
made yesterday by Ebert h. Gary,
chairman of the board Of directors OF
the corporation, on his return from
brief visit to the Alabama district
Chairman Gary was accompanied py
George F. Baker, Henry c. FLICK
George w. Perkins and Percivai koo-
erts. jr., four other members OF 'ne
finance committee.
Although the head of the corporation
would not discuss what products 1t was
MANNED TO manufacture at the Alabama
pIant stating that the extension plans
we're still indefinite, it is understood IN
tho steel trade that shipbullding ma
terials, particularly steel ship plates,
will be given special attention. Mem
hers of the finance committee would
saw nothing regarding rumors that
their trip South had TO do with the
erection of large shipbuilding plant
at Mobile, Ala. ,.
II was stated Yesterday that the dl,
rectors of the Steel Corporation had
for two years past considered the
appropriation Of funds for the exten,,
sion of the Alabama property, but had
postponed action pending decision IN
the government suit against the cor
poration. Recently the finance COM
mittee decided that, in view of the fact
that a decision in the suit is not ex-
pected for year or more, 1t might as
we'll 90 ahead with its programme.