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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-03

unable to control such extensive re-
sources. since he did not mix in finan-
cial circles to anything like the extent
necessarily associated with the presi-
dency of an important trust
So he and George put their heads
together, with the result that new
cardboard box industry was founded.
OF course this important step could
not be taken without its accompanying
s'alarums and excursions"
In the first instance, the newspapers
made much of George Hamer's defec-
ton from the trust. His fathers an
ger was daily inf1amed by such
headlines as follows: Cardboard
Box Trust in Trouble Reforms
Promised the Laborers.'' George
Hamer, Son of President. Speaks at
Meeting. He Claims That Workers
Are Entitled to Better Conditions, and
Joins Multimillionaire MARQUIS in
New Scheme
1t may be, perhaps, that the father
was secretly proud to find in his son
chip of the old block. In his own
strenuous youth he had been forced to
fight every sort of opposition, and
George was only treading the we'll
trodden way in new conditions But
he could neither forgive nor forget
that ridiculous marriage That was
the real obstacle to a reconciliation.
and he determined fiercely to break
the new undertaking and bring its
founders to their knees.
One other minor difficulty reared its
head. A pretty girl like Janet could
hardly work in factory day in and
day out throughout the year without
attracting admirers, and man named
Will Foster, a cutting-machine attend
ant-a bit of firebrand at union meet
ings-was SO incensed by young Ha-
mer's poaching on what he considered
to be a special preserve of his own
that he actually hired two East side
toughs to attack his rival and put him
out of action.
In itself, the incident was quite I'M
important. The would-be garrotters
chose the wrong time for their enter
prise, since they laid in wait for
George one night when Burton was
walking home with him, and the result
was diSaStrouS+to the toughS. In
deed, they received such an unmerciful
hiding that no further steps were ia
ken against them.
But Bill Fosters rancor endured,
even after the young couple We're hap
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-03

pretty and charming, of an exceeding
ly restful temperament, and a really
gifted musician
The girl took charge instantly. She
rose and greeted the visitor without
any semblance of constraint But the
other members of the family were not
so self-possessed, and Burton soon no.
tced that the domestic atmosphere
was heavy with storm
Anything wrong?" he asked cheer
ily. you people look as though you
had been telling each other the real
truth
$50 we have beloved Mr.. Hamer.
rising from the table and grabbing his
papers. I've been telling my son that
he is several sorts of an idiot, and he
has just coolly Informed me that he
means to marry some girl in one of
my factories If you are a friend of
ours, Mr. Burton, take him out and
reason with him. Use a big stick. if
necessary. At any rate, you know me
well enough to believe that shall not
tolerate any disgrace. The moment
George marrieS any woman of whom
his mother and / do not approve, my
front door closes on him foreveri'
The cardboard box magnate strobe
out without listening to another word.
He was in towering passion. He
even stopped to an ineffable mean
ness, because he went straight to the
telephone, rang up the factory, and
gave instructions to the caretaker that
when the foreman came next morning
he must discharge Janet Perkins i'm
mediately.
Mabel had the good sense to realize
that the two young men should be left
to themselves. She took her weeping
mother away and did not reappear.
Soon afterwards Burton and George
quilted the house.
John, of course, was deeply con-
cerned- He little imagined that he
would find himself in the midst of such
a storm the instant he entered the Ha-
mers' palatial abode. But all his SYM
pathies were with George Hamer. 1t
could not well be otherwise. He, too,
had met Janet Perkins, and had recog-
nized in her a social force of no mean
order. He was aware of the condi-
tons which obtained in the trusts fac
tories, and did not approve of them
Indeed, he had almost resolved to try
and win the president to a more rea-
sonable frame of mind, and, by invest
ing his own money in the concern, OBJ
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the pr1ce- Worst of all, when the hui
man machine broke down, it was
scrapped like its congener of iron and
leather betting. But the simile ended
there. The antiquated or worn me-
chanical device could at least be melt
ed down and fashioned anew into n
thing of utility; the worn-out human
being simply sank into the grave by
the well-trodden paths of poverty, dis
ease, or crime.
The mere caIlousness of this sys-
tenn Mortified the youthful philosopher.
He dreamed of Utopia where work
ers might lead pleasant and well-or-
dered lives during their years of toll.
and at their close spend a period of
weil-earned rest under conditions
which would free both them and their
children from everyday cares More
ovear. r. me course Or his humanitarian
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-03
NINTH EPISODE
The Dollar Kings
Trust.


Among the many tragic experiences
which befell John Burton, tenth mar
quis of Castleton, in his quest for the
good in the world with it's unhappy
knack of revealing only the evil, his
acquaintance with the Hamer family
fills a definite niche in his memory if
only because of its elements of sur
prise.
His friendship with George Hamer
promised well at the outset. In the
first place, Hamer was an idealist like
himself. and deserved even more credit
for his philanthropic impulses because
he had been born in the purple and
had never undergone the hard and
grinding test of manual labor, whereas
Burton's earlier days were passed in
a mill. and sheer physical effort alone
had elevated him above his fellows
long before a wondrous fortune gave
him riches and a British peerage.
Hamer was the eldest son of his
father, EIwood Hamer, head of the
Cardboard Box trust. His mother and
sister were charming and well-bred
ladies, women unspoiled by fashion
and wealth, who regarded personal
comfort and luxury as their prescrip-
tive rights. and, given these essentials,
Were willing to help 1.-The poorer
classes in a strictly ladylike way.
On the one hand. therefore, young
Hamer owned hardheaded and sue
cessful father, whose gods were bound
up in 1edgers carrying fat columns of
figures; on the other, he came under
Influences at home which were at once
refining and eneryating. Like many
another young man, fresh from college
and Astounding with enthusiasm, he
was greatly shocked on finding himself
face to face with the stern realities
of life. Perhaps he would never have
met them in grim earnest had not
Janet Perkins, girl employed in one
of the many factories owned by the
trust, been endowed with a lively face
and figure which was the envy of ev-
cry girl among her friends.
Hamer, Senior, held firmly to the
sound business principle that the son,
who would one day take his fathers
place at the head of the board of di-
rectors, should be familiar with every
branch of the industry, so the presi-
dent-to-be began work among the
crude fellows who drove delivery vans,
passed through the various depart
mentS in the main factory, and ulti-
mately found himself on a stool in the
cashiers office.
BY this means George obtained a
knowledge of labor conditions which
the older man had never acquired. He
knew the truth. He knew that men
and women were rated as machines,
and, just as the 2O-horse power en-
CINE should do double the work of a
ten. SO the employee who earned $50
a week had to give in brain or muscle
twice the service of one rated at half
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In excltedly, holding a small boy by
the hand
This yer kid he shouted. .ssays
that he saw little boy fall into that
blamed quicksand on Cotton Tree
Swamp A lady pulled him out. and
got him safe onto a dry patch. but
she's gone!''
Somehow, George Hamer sensed the
dreadful truth.
"a lady." he cried hoarsely. ..What
lady?'
The messenger of evil hesitated. He
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-03
Modest Endeavor.

sDo you expect to make your con-
stituerts realize the value of your
servfces2''
.That won't exactly be my object in
talking to Them" replied Senator Sor-
ghum 81 want to get 'em into genial
frame of mind that will make 'em
friendly an not SO particular as to
whether they are getting their moneys
worth
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-03

John Burton a worker in a steel MILL
suddenly inherfts an English title and &c.,
100000 He decides he will spend his life,
IT necessary, in attempt TO solve the
Question rs Humanity in the Grip of
-Eyil2s Each episode of this series forms
"a distinct story in itself depicting his ex-
perielceS in his search for the truth.
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Janet accepted George Hamer that
night, and John Burton was called on
to approve the lovers plighted vows
He did SO honestly and without reser-
vation-
Unfortunately, with his usual i'll
luck, Burton was forced into a state
of passive hostility against the other
members of the Hamer household Mr..
Hamer gave him to understand that
his friendship was no longer desired.
Mrs Hamer reproached him for hav-
ing encouraged her son in the folly
which had now eliminated in an Sim
possible" marriage, and Mabel told him
plainly that she did not think she
could ever forgive him for helping in
the estrangement of her brother from
those who really loved him and had
his best interests at heart"
Now. John could be as stubborn as q
mule when convinced that wrong was
triumphing over right He was a rich
man-far richer than Hamer-though
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tain a voice in its control. Now, the
fat was in the fire.
He had taken an accurate measure
of the elder Hamer's disposition. The
man would fight to a finish, and would
merely be goaded into a more furious
resistance by the presence of his son
in the enemy's camp.
George Hamer poured forth his woes
into Johns friendly ear as they walked
to a meeting of the operatives which
was fixed to take place that night.
1.-The absurd thing Isl he explained
almost whimsically, that I have al
ready asked Janet twice to marry me,
and she has twice refused. And why,
do you think? For precisely the same
reason as that given by my father
the difference in our social positions
What roti How can red-blooded men
and women ever have permitted their
lives to be governed by such artificial
rules? However, Janet must capituate
now. I'm a worker like herself, John.
I'm not going back. I'll send the old
man letter in the morning and state
my platform quite clearly. It's only
fair that he should know just what
separates us. 1t may be gage of bat
tie, but I cannot help that. I'll marry
Janet Perkins, and earn a good living
for both of us; and if fail some pow
err stronger than the CARDBOARD Box
trust shall tell me the reason whyl'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

The Birmingham spirit broke loose yesterday and set the town on fire. Every block was ablaze with patriotic ardor.
 It was the greatest day in the his tory of the local liberty loan cam paign. Subscriptions ranged from $25O, 900 by a leading company down to dollar installments-the latter as thick as bees in swarming time.
 The best part of the story is that everybody fell into the batting rally heart and soul. We "hoched the Kali ser" all right. We sent him away up into the air from his heaving mound.
 Team work? Why, you never saw anything beat it. The banks the Ro- tary club and other organizations, the tees; the Boy Scouts, this committee all Birmingham was pulling togeth- CT with one common and grand ob- jective, to push our section of the lib- erty loan away wonder over the dead line Atlanta is all right, but oh, you Birmingham when she gets started,
 Yesterday was great, but today will outshine it as surely as the sun sends the morning star off watch.
 Now let's slow down minute for a little earnest talk. Our government could have floated this big bond issue without putting it up to the people. The banks alone would have been more than willing to take the entire offering, And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Appeals Court Decisions

Montgomery June 2.-(Special.) )-Rul- ings on applications for rehearings handed down by the court Of appeals Tuesday afternoon follow:
 Per Curiam: John M. Johnson vs. the state of Alabama, from Crenshaw circuit court; application overruled.
 Lloyd Thomas vs. the state of Ala bama, from Crenshaw circuit court; ap- plication overruled.
 List of decisions follows:
 Brown, P. J.. Babe Weems. alias Babe Wins, vs the state of Alabama, from Dale circuit court appeal dismissed.
 Aubrey McKinnon vs. the state of Ala bama, from Dale circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 J. D. Carr, alias Dick Carr, vs. the state of Alabama, from Houston circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 DeBardeleben Coal company ct al. vs. B. J. Cox and J. L. Skates, from Jeffer-- son circuit court; reversed and remanded. Dock Rogers vs. the state of Alabama, from DeKalb circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Bricken, J.-The Southern Railway company vs. Joe Slaton, from Clarke circuit court; affirmed.
 John Carter vs the state of Ala bama, from Coffee circuit court; af- firmed.
 S. D. Franklin, alias Sol Franklin, vs the state of Alabama, from cir cult court of Tenth judicial circuit; affirmed.
 The state of Alabama vs. Will Straw bridge, fram Lamar circuit court; re- versed and remanded.
 Moses Carmichael ct al. vs. J. C.. Jones and brother, from Talladega city court; appeal dismissed.
 To IA fat nf Ala bama, from DeKalb circuit court; af- firmed.
 Mans Putnam vs. the state of Ala bama, from Cleburne circuit court; af- firmed.
 Sanford, J.-Seaboard Air Line Rail- road company vs. J. w. Emfinger, from Montgomery circuit court; af- firmed. F
 E. L. Higdon ct al. vs. W. M. Fields, from sJeffefson circuit court; affirmed
 Thomas c. Cairns vs. Mrs. Emily T.. Daniels, administrative, from Jefferson circuit court; reversed and remanded
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad company vs. Nancy Banks, from Bes- semer city court; affirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
YESTERDAYWAS GREAT; TODAY TO BE GLORIOUS

leaving banks out, the conservative 1n- vestors in the United States who place security above income yield and who know there is no security on earth bet ter than a bond of our government, would have absorved the s2,o0O,OOO,oOO in short order.
 But the government needed something more than money in this great crisis. So it has asked it's citizens to speak through this bond issue in numbers as well as by dollars-to tell our enemies that the spirit of 1776 and 1872, of 1S4S and 1898, glows brighter today than in all the lustrous mast Two billions of money from the strongboxes of the nation are just two biIlions-nothing more. But two billions from the hearts of the people of the United states sound the death knel of atuocracy; an dautocracy knows it.
 That is why you are needed, brother; vou who toll for your daily bread; you, woman-worker, now tasting the first fruits of independence You will count in the mighty array against Germany and des- potism in just as much as one who buy s1 0OO0OO worth of bonds. Indeed the higher honor will be yours If your self-denial is greater, proportionately
 So buy bond today, and buy it gladly. Don't be ashamed to come in here and pin dollar to your application; or to go to bank and do that. You will have done a noble deed, and Liberty herself will salute you in spirit as you return to your daily task.
 We will be open until p. n today to receive subscriptions.
 BIRMINGHAM LIBERTY LOAN COM MITTEE.
 Ground floor Empire building. Phone S5sS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
RAIL WAY ENGINEER
 COULD HARDLY KEEP
 ON TIE JOB, HE SAYS
In Miserable Shape for Four Years-Tanlac Restores
 Health

Since I began taking Tanlac I feel like well man again for the first time in four long years," was the remark made by Tom Stringfellow, a we'll known employe of the Southern railway, living at l26 East Ninth street, Anniston, "and, it's fact, I've gained p pounds.
 For four miserable years, I suffered from stomach trouble and indigestion and got so l could hardly eat anything, and I fell off so and got so weak and run down I thought I'd have to give up my job. I had awful pains in my back and kidneys and could hardly sleep. After eating I would have gas on my stomach, my heart would palpi- tate, I would get weak in my legs, get dizzy and have spots before my eyes.
 "Tanlac helped me right from the first and before I had finished the second bot tie 1 could eat and sleep and work as good as anybody I can eat anything and indigestion never bothers me any more. l think so much of Tanlac bought dozen bottles the other day so as to always have it on hand'
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Eugene Jacobs Grug store and Patton-Pope Drug company; in Ensley sby D. w. Morris Drug company; in Bes- semer by Pegram-Patton Drug company; in Pratt City by Gale Drug company, and in North Birmingham by Walker Drug coinpany.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
LOCAL ARTISTS
 APPEAR SUNDAY
Director Lawrence Announces Re- hearsals for the Elijah" Will
 Begin Tomorrow Night

Two features of next Sundays pro- gramme at Capitol park, which will no doubt attract large number of our musical people, will be the appearance of Miss Elizabeth Cunningham, soprano, and Miss Rose Fabian, violinist.
 Director Lawrence is receiving hearty cooperation from the local artists and as result is able to give the, public some music of very high order.
 A full rehearsal has been called for Thursday night on the stand at Capitol park, when Director Lawrence will begin the selection of the chorus that Is to sing the oratorio of "The Elijah" next Jan uary. The chorus for this work will be- gin rehearsals at once and rehearse dur ing the summer on Thursday nights at the park. All singers of Birmingham, male and female, who desire to become members of this chorus, thereby receiv- ing the excellent training and experience in oratorio music that the Elijah" af- fords, are requested to report at Capitol park on Thursday night of this week at s o'clock and register.
 The time of the Sunday afternoon con certs has been changed from to 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

 built some storehouses which encroached on the street one foot
 pair of ordinances were adopted. One of them requires every store, restaurant hotel, soda fountain or other establish ment selling milk and cream to post a large placard with letters not less than an inch tall, in such a place that every wayfarer can read, stating the name of the man from whom he buys his milk and butter. The other, as explained to the board by Messrs. Uhman and Levy, city attorney and city comptroller, respective ", seeks to tighten up the street tax ordi- nance It appears that the ordinance re- quiring all employers of labor to report to the city comptroller immediately the names. ages and general character of their employers, had loop-hole.
 PARK PURCHASE DEFERRED
 The East Lake park purchase was de- ferred. City Attorney Ullman stated to the board that there were some matters in connection with it which he wished to discuss with the board. The board dis cussed the purchase of an additional five acres adjoining the property on the ca st. The city has been offered the park prop erty by R. D. Burnett for $65, ,0O0. Com missioner Truss expressed surprise that this additional acreage adjoining was held at a price of about $500 an acre. It was also mentioned in the discussion that a bill had been filed in the chancery court to have Eighty-first, Eighty-second and Eighty-third streets opened across the park
 The regular monthly pay roll of the city was slightly under $1O0,000 for the month of May; to be exact the amount was $99,S74.76 Along with general vouch- CTS, bond interest and contractors esti- mates the pay rolls were approved.
 In addition to their regular salary the board yesterday approved vouchers amounting to $167 50, fees allowed the blind tiger squad during the month of May
 BARBER MAKES STATEMENT
 Commissioner Barber stated to the board that since the commissioners had bought the pair of bloodhounds for some thing above $500, not a single criminal as- sault had occurred in the city. He re- marked also that the crowds on Registra- tion Day were handled exceptionally well by the police and gave the credit to Chief Eagan for the orderly manner in which everything passed off. Only three arrests were made during the entire day
 Commissioner Weatherly was not pres ent at the meeting yesterday, being in Montgomery representing the city in the telephone rate hearing before the public service commission set for today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
CLASSES FOR BOYS WHO MAY
 60 ID THE FRONT
Dr. Glenn Announces Plans for Six Weeks Course in Conversation
 al French

The young men of Birmingham who may be called to France have an ex- ceptional opportunity to get some con- versational French at practically no cost.
 pr. c. B. Glenn, assistant superintend- ent of schools, states that through the assistance of the Carnegie foundation a six weeks course is being offered under a competent instructor at nominal fee of only s2.50 for six weeks.
 The classes began Monday and meet every day at noon at the Chamber of Commerce. Any one interested is urged to come and join the class.
 ''We think it offers fine opportunity to the young men who may be called to France" said pr. Glenn yesterday. We have secured a very competent teacher for the work and a speciality will be made of conversations French. hope that the classas will be large. They meet every day at noon so as to suit the convenience of the greatest num- ber''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
HORACE c. BENNETT
 RESIGNS POSITION
Assistant Secretary of Chamber of Commerce Accepts Lucrative
 Position

Horace c. Bennett for the past four months assistant secretary of the Bir- mingham Chamber of Commerce. and who has recently been of inyalua bl e aid to the mobiliza tion camp commit tee in handling the records and maps of that committee in preparing their data for presentation to the war de.
 partment, has resigned his position as assistant secretary of the chamber and will leave at the end of theNweek for Vicksburg, Miss, to enter business MT. Bennett has been in Birming ham for five years, and in that time he
 has made many friends here who are loath to see him leave, but congratu-
 late him on being made manager of one of the largest wholesale wagon, buggy and harness stores in Mississippi the
 Lee Richardson Co., He was member
 of Battery c. the crack Birmingham or ganization that went to the border last year.
 MT. Bennetts position at the Chamb CT of Commerce will not be filled for the
 present, according to an announcement made by Manager Blanks Everett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
IN THE FAR NORTHWEST

Possibly the best illustration of what team work, voluntarily undertaken and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

Nos. 25 and 2s, between Atlanta and Heflin.
 Nos. 45 and 4s. between Anniston and Rome.
 Nos. 1s and 1l between Selma and Thomasville.
 Nos. 2i and p, between Thomasvills and Mobile.
 Nos and 6, between Huntsville and Memphis.
 Two trains between Selma and Meri- dian and four trains from Blossburg to Jefferson Junction.
 Schedules of some of the trains have been maintained for many years. F. H. announced that the request was made solely in an effort to preserve equipment for use in the war and that the railroad would plan to remove the trains July l, the day passenger trains are eliminated from tn erailroad in other states.