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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-03
The Private Of The Bluffs.

Last night. among his fellow roughs, ]
He jested, quaffed and swore;
A drunken private of the Bluffs, !
Who never looked before. !
Today, beneath the foeman's frown, !
He stands in Elgins place, !
Ambassador from Britain's crown. ]
And type of all her race. !
Poor, reckless, rude, low born, untaught, ]
Bewildered and alone;
A heart with English instinct fraught I
He yet can call his own.
Aye, tear his body limb from limb;
Bring cord or AK or flame; {
He only knows that not through him !
Shall England come to shame. I
Far Kentish hop fields ronnd him seemed !
Like dreams, to come and go, !
Bright leagues of cherry blossoms cleaned I
One sheet of living snow;
The smoke above his father's:door !
In gray soft eddyings hung;
Must he then watch it rise no more, !
Doomed by himself so young?
Yes, honor calls-with strength like steel
He put the vision by;
Let dusky Indians whine and kneel,
An English lad must die.
And thus with eyes that would not shrink
With knee to man unbent,
Unfaltering on it's dreadful brink,
To his red grave he went.
Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed,
Vain those all shattering guns,
: Unless proud England keep untamed
The strong heart Of her sons.
So let his name through Europe ring
A man of mean estate,
Who died, as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-03
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
oats OF the First Agreement Among
New York's Brokers.


In the early part of March, 1892
the first notice was printed of the
opening of a stock exchange Office
at 20 Wall street by A. L. Bleeckel
& Sons, J. Pintard, McEvers & Bar
clay, Cortlandt & Terriers and Jay
& Sutton. These several firms helC
auctions of stock each day at moor
selling in rotation to insure equa
opportunities for each other.
Some of the broker specialists re
sented such restricted organize
ton, and on March 21 a meetin
was called of the dissatisfied broke
kor purposes of protection, and :
committee was appointed to pro
vide a suitable room in which t
assemble and to suggest such rule
and regulations for conductin,
their business as the committe
deemed necessary. The final resul
Of this meeting, says Moody's Mag
azine, was the first signed agree
ment among dealers in securities
The oldest record now in the ar
6htves of the New York Stock Ex
change. The agreement reads a.
follows:
'We, the Subscribers, Broker
for the purchase and Sale of Publ
Stock, do hereby solemnlv promis.
and pledge ourselves to each othe'
That we will not buy or sell fro
this day, for any person whatsoeve
any kind of Public Stock ct lc
rate than one-quarter per cent co
mission on the specie value, &
that we will give a preference
each other in our negotiations.
Testimony Whereof we have set
hands this 18th day of May, at \
York, 1902"
This organization had no loc.
habitation for conducting exchang,
business. Like the curb brokers tc
day, transactions were carried on il
the open air at a point between the
present numbsrssof, 68 and 20 Wal
street, under a famous. old button.
wood tree that stood there with
widespreading branches, which pro
&ected them from the suns rays and
ordinarily inclement weather.
Business in those days was no.
rushing, and there was an air O.
leisure and quiet about the gather
Inc. Securities we're not activ
enough to employ all the time
the brokers, so between times BET
ting on the results of domestic az
foreign politica! controversies an
dealing in merchandise we're il
eluded.
The first inside quarters of tn
exchange were secured in 1893
when the Tontine coffee house, al
the northwest corner of Wall and
William streets, was completed
The old buttonwood tree was aban-
Honed, and the dignity of the bro.
kers' organization was elevated by
the change. The. Tontine coffee
house was controlled by chartered
company composed of 203 subscrib-
ers at $500 each, organized as &
merchants exchange.
The dealers in securities and th
merchants were all jumbled up to
gether, and at times when tradin
ras brisk there d. wild excitemer
and shouts that would have doD
credit to a band Of COmanche Il
dams. No constitution for a stoc
sxchange was adopted until ISL
when the New York stock ard e>
change board was formally organ
lied and a constitution adopted
Nathaniel Prime was appointe.
president and John Burson secre
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-03

fndiana State Library
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

CORTEZ o. ROCKWELL, plumb ing and heating; jobbing a speciality. 3051 Main and Hillside avenue. Phone 114-2-3. B 10 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

Final arrangements have been made for the Christmas sale to be gfv-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30
NORWAY SUFFERS
 FROM METHODS )F THE GERMANS

Christiana, Norway, Nov. 3o-(Cor- During the last half of this year has
 ad the same experience of German
 ,ethods as the United States went through before it entered the war, .jies working everywhere under the
 irection of espionage centres in the le1ghbor1ng countries, Sweden and Denmark.
 Thanks to the work of the police, specially in Chrfstiania, many of hem have been caught, some sent to ail and others expelled from the
 ountry.
 several mysterious fires in great in-
 ustrial plants and storage houses rave aroused a country wide suspic-
 n against every German, Swede and Finn. During the last half of the year there have been 21 such fires ;ere, two or three occurring together The great store of provisions in Hrondjem belonging to the British importing Agency was burned with loss of several million dollars. It proved to be of incendiary origin. Two canning plants with great ex- ports for Great Britain were burned, and a condensed milk plant with ex- elusive export trade to England was destroyed with more than a million cans ready for shipment.
 Three blaming mills in different parts of the country were burned Their output being used for boxes and crates for export. The other day another blaming mill in the vicinity of the governments fire arm manu- factory at Kongsberg was burned during the night and while attention was directed toward this fire a bur g1ar was detected in the fire arm fac- tory. The press. states that German plotters in this case tried to blow up the government factory.
 Foreigners have sought and in cases obtained employment at the government munition plant, and later have been discovered to be German citizens, some of them even officers in the German army.
 The press is warning the people to look for a criminal spy in every Ger man in the country.
 In order to keep such undesirable guests out of the country and pre- vent the increasing number of for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30
RUSSIAN ROUBLE
 MUCH DEPRECATED

London, Nov. 30-Writing imme- diately after the Maximalist Coup in Petrograd, the Daily Telegraph's for mer Petrograd correspondent now in London said:
 One of the most disquieting symp- toms in revolutionary Russia is the devaluatton of the rouble. It is no longer merely an international matter as it was during the earlier phases of. the war. The cause then was the practical cessation Of Russia's export trade and her consequent inability to pay with goods for her vast imports of war material. Now 1t is mainly due to the flooding of the country with paper money.
 The depreciation shows itself in a stupendous rise of prices and wages. The chairman of one of the largest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30
STAMFORD CLUB HAS FIVE OF ITS MEMBERSINARM
Other Interesting Items From Stratford - Boys
 From Devens Visit
Especial to The Farmer)

Stratford, Nov. 3O.-The Dingbat club, one of Stratford's prominent clubs, has flung to the breeze ser vice flag containing five stars, one to represent each member of the organi- zation now in service. The flag has been hung in front of the club rooms, Main street. The members of the or ganization now in service are: Harry A. Burnes, Leon Osborne, John Peter son, George O. Lines and Charles J. Gefry.
 The club will hold another dinner and entertainment Saturday evening at the club rooms. It is the intention of the committee to hold dinners every Saturday evening throughout the fall and winter season. Last week about 40 members attended. The committee fir charge comprises, George R. Webb, Walter Parks, Ed ward Rudine, Charles Lane, George Parks and Robert Hard.
 To Report at Devens
 graduated as captain at the Plattsburg Training camp has been granted leave of absence until Dec. 15 when he will report to Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, for service. Capt Burnes is very wide 1y known in Stratford. Prior to his going to camp he was engaged in the real estate business and was also building inspector of the town. He resides on South Main street. He is spending a few days in New York.
 10 Leave For France
 Rex R. DeI4acour, son of Mrs, M. B. DeLacour of King street. Stratford, who has just graduated as First Lieu- tenant at PlattsburR Training camp received word Wednesday that he has been granted five weeks leave of ab- senoe. At the expiration of that per tod he will sail for France for further ssrvice. Lieut.. DeIacour spent Thanksgiving with his mother. fif Xmas Sale
 Final arrangements have been made for the Christmas sale to be giv-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

business federations in Russia stated that the government was having to pay 150 roubles each for shells which 1t contracted for at GA roubles."
 In the London market yesterday the rouble exchange went up to as much as 3S0 roubles per ten pounds sterling, making the value of the rcuble barely sixpence. In exchange circles it was reported difficult to deal at that figure and with regard to the output of paper money in Russia it was reported the imitation is now greater than ever and amounts to as much as one hundred million roubles daily on the basis of the normal ex- change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

en Thursday afternoon, by the ladies of the Stratford Congregational at the Rarish house. The com mittees selected for the affair: Mrs. Viner. aprons; Mrs. Newburn, tea room; Mrs. H. Deluce, fancy goods, Other members to assist are Mrs. De- Ruyter Rowland. Mrs. Frank E.. Blakeman. Mrs. William Stagg and Mrs. Hart.
 Selected as Coach
 George Ashe of Nichols avenue has been selected as coach of the basket year. MT. Ashe coached and managed the affairs of the aggregation last year. The team had very successful season.
 Had Blood Poisoning
 Daniel London of Nichols avenue is suffering from an attack of blood poisoning in his left arm. Dr. Ed ward H. J .Hennessey is attending him.
 Enlisted
 Thomas Moore of Housatonic ave- nue has enlisted in the navy and has left for Newport for preliminary training.
 Extends Thanks
 The surgical dressings committee of Stratford wishes to thank Harold c. Lowell, William Blamey and William Stagg for their kindness in having 12 boxes of dressings conveyed to the Bridgeport boat station to be taken to New York. The dressings are to be sent to Europe.
 Personals
 Miss Grace Wilston of Victory street, Stratford spent Thanksgiving day with relatives at Flatbush, L. I. She will return home Sunday even- ing.
 MT. and Mrs. L. H. Wells, 1791 Main street. Stratford are planning to sail for Jacksonville, Florida for the winter sojourn.
 CORTEZ O. ROCKWELL, plumb ing and heating; jobbing speciality. 3051 Main and Hillside avenue. Phopa 11d-o-Q R n eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

While some of our economists are sitting in their easy chairs they ques- ton the value of the army Y M c. A work and the soldier boys are crowd. ing into the Association huts and standing up for lack of seats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

elsners of poor quality from drift ing into Norway, a short bill was passed by parliament forbidding for eigners who have arrived since Aug ust, 1914, to stay here more than two weeks without special license.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

The German spies aren't in any danger in this country, as they can always get the chance to roam at will simply by calling themselves Aus trians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30
MAKE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.

Glasgow, Nov. 3o-Two Clyde ship building firms have been turning their attention to the manufacture of artificial limbs and have produced in 4S hours a limb at a moderate cost which is said to be far superior to any other produced in the coun- try.
 One thousand maimed soldiers have already been fitted and 5000 are on the waiting list.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS JUST ARRIVED
 JOHfy RECK & SON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
Doing Good Work

The wonderfully good work done
.n,ono the school children Of the
city by the school nurse MISS wary
Monroe. is generally conceded ana
all feel that the Cameron CLUB shouia
receive unanimous vote OF THANKS
for inaugurating nurse tor the
schools. DR.. Llewellyn Powell gives
his services and has done so Tor
many wears, as an evidence OF his
interest in the children of tine c'ty'
The entire time of the nurse Is occe-
nipd with duties incident TO her po-
sition and the salary is shared WITH
the Cameron Club, by the Parent
Teachers Association. The mem
hers of the Cameron Club still have
small amount of money to raise
and for this purpose Miss kathrln
Griffith Uhler, member of the CLUB
and an active worker in the music
section, will open her home, III
north Washington street. next Tues
day evening, and give a musical en-
tertainment., The public is invited
to attend. An admission fee OF
twenty-five cents will be charged and
some te bfehst talent of Washing
ton, assisted by well known Alexan-
/ drians, will present delightful pro-
gram. Light refreshments can be
purchased 1t is hoped representa-
tive audience will attend and a sub
stantial amount realized towards
Miss Monroe's salary. -. >:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
SERVICES VISIT. OF SHRlNERS
The Rev. G. H. Wiley to Open Meet
ings in the Second Baptist Church
Open Air Service Tomorrow.

The evangelistic services at the
First Baptist Church are growing il
power. There will be no service AT
the church tonight but tomorrow
will be a full day for Mr.. Garland
The crowd last night was the largest
of all. There are no high pressure
methods used, but dependence
upon the Bible which Mr.. Garland
knows well.
Rev. G. H. Wiley, of the evangelis-
tic force, will open simultaneous
meeting in the Second Baptist
Church tomorrow night at 7:45
o'clock. The meeting in the two
churches will proceed nightly during
next week. The three o'clock SER
vices will be held alone in the First
Church, during next week.
Mr.. Garland is resting at mis- home
in Richmond today but will return
tonight. He will. in addition to
other services at the First Church
tomorrow, address a great open
air meeting near the Point held
under the auspices of the Laymen's
League of Alexandria. The public
is invited to all these services.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
LIST COUNTRY OILERS
SheriffS Soon to Furnish Safety
Council With all Names.

L0aferS, idlers, and slackers resid-
ing in the country districts OF the
state are to share the fate or their
comrades in being placed in "Byrd's
Blue Book of Buns" soon to be COM
piled by the chiefs of police in the
cities and later by the sheriffs of
the counties. Such was the state
ment made yesterday by Richard Z.
Byrd, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the Virginia Council of De-
fense. More than that, there are to
be arrests following the filing of the
lists with the board or council, and
when there shall have been arrests
there will be no favoritism by the Of
ficers. Warrants are to be issued for
whites and blacks, they will be ar
raigned in court, and an officer de-
tailed for that purpose will be ON
hand to conduct vigorous prosecu-
tion under the vagrancy laws.
"There is no use mincing matters
said Mr.. Byrd "The Council Is
backing this movement. The United
States is at war. There is no room
here for the slacker-either in in
dustrial lines or on the fighting front.
They must get busy. The farms are
calling for men and for women. Fooo
supplies are going to be short. If this
class of men is allowed to eat, they
must work for their living. 1t is not
fair. right or just to have the men
of courage and patriotism defend the
country and let these others leech
the rest of the country. The example
| is bad; the influence destructive OF
every idea of right. Action is demand
ed, and there will be action of a sor'
that will produce results. The 'coun
try can spare the slackers, and tht
quicker we are ridded of them TIT
better it will be for all hands"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
STRUCK BY AN AUTO.

Little Girl Knocked Down at hlng
And Washington Street lh's
Morning.
Mildred Cowhig, aged aoou'
twelve. daughter of William Cow
hig, train dispatcher of the south-
ern Railway, residing at Sl3 KING
street, was knocked down by an au-
tomobile, owned by A. }. Butcher,
at the intersection of KING anu
Washington streets this morning
and painfully bruised. She was re-
moved TO. her home where she; re-
ceived medical attention. The au-
tomobile was being operated. by
Roscoe Smith, colored YOUTH VINO
was later arrested and locked up on
the charge of reckless driving. Smith
saws the machine was running al
nine miles an hour when it struck
the girl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
CLOSING OF COUNCIL CASES IN POLICE COURT
Young Man, Suspected of Obtaining
Money Under False Pretenses,
Will be Held Ten Days.

Harold Stevenson, nineteen years
old, was arrested yesterday at the
instance of Harry Rudd and others,
who suspected that the yourg man
had been receiving money in Alexan-
dria under false pretenses. Steven
son arrived here recently and solici-
ted subscriptions for periodical
known as "The Peoples Home Jour
nal" The subscribers failing to re-
ceive the publication, wrote to the
publishers and were informed that
Stevenson was not in their employ,
having been discharged some time
ago. The young man in his state
ment, alleged that he is a native of
New York state, and had been in
Hopewell and Fredericksburg during
the past six months for his health.
At this juncture Sergeant Wilkinson
placed a pint bottle Of liquor found
in his possession upon the desk, and
said, "This is probably for the benefit
of his health" Stevenson averred
that his credentials as agent for the
publication were in Fredericksburg,
and that the man under whom he
had been working had decamped and
carried his (Stevenson's) effects
with him. Justice Cation ordered that
the suspect be held ten days pend-
ing further investigation.
George Chapman, colored, mad
been arrested at the instance Of
Jennie Payne, also colorcd, who
charged him with disorderly con-
duct The accused was Gisnis-
sed.
Hcory Gilbert, colored, IN! been
arrested on the charge Of vagrancy.
He proved to the satisfaction of the
court that he has been working re-
Gently, and was dismissed.
James Reid, 10 years Old, mad
been arrested on complaint of his
grandmother with whom he lodges
She charged him with vagraHcy and
larceny. alleging he carried her
clothing and household articles away
and disposed Of them. Recently she
said he had removed carpe+. The
boy in his defense, said he was
compelled to raise money in order
to obtain something to eat. The
court gave him until noon to obtain
employment. Should he be found
lettering on the streets in the future
he will be arrested and sent to the
roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
TO HOLD OUT DOOR FETE

Graduates Day to be Celebrated on
Monday Afternoon at St. Mary's
Academy.
An out door fete will be held at ST.
Mary's Academy on Monday after
noon next at 3 o'clock in honor o1
Graduates Day, at which time the
following program of exercises vii
be given:
Spanish Dance-seniors in Physi'
cal Education.
Rhythmic Interpretations-Misses
r. Evans and E. Hubbard.
Melodies. :'
ButterAy-Greig.
The storm-William-Tell-
Narcissus-Nevin.
Sobre las Olas-Rosas.
Ball Tossing-The Seniors.
Class Fantasy-The Graduates.
Misses w. Bayne, A. Cook, H.
Cook, G. Davis, F. Evans, P.
Harrington, N. Kelly, G. Lash
The Star Spangled Banner-The
! Seniors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
MARTIN LAUDS CONGRESS.
Defends it Against Charge of Lag
ging on War Program.

Senator Thomas S. Martin, Demo-
cratic floor leader of the Senate, in
a vigorous statement defends Con-
gress against those critics VINO have
insisted that the legislative bodies
have not proceeded with proper dis
patch toward the enactment. of the
legislative war program.
BY an array Of facts the Senator
shows that in 45 days Congress has
done a greater amount of important
work than has ever before been ac-
complished in any period of -Ameri-
can history. The Virginians. refers
specifically. TO II great bills which
have been passed as an answer to
the complaints which have been
made against Congress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
Funeral of Captain Smithers

The funeral of Captain VIM B..
Smithers, whose death occurred yes
terav afternoon at his home in this
city, as noted in last evenings Ia
zette. will be held on Monday at
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. Rev. +. "
REGISTER, the pastor, will otficlate'
assisted by the Rev. H.. l.. Hout,
pastor of the Calvary NJ. f. Church
of Georgetown. The interment Will
be in the Presbyterian cemetery
Alexandria. Alexandria Washington
Masonic Lodge will attend and take
charge of the services at the ceme-
terry, and Old Dominion Commandery
will furnish an escort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
PATRIOTIC SERVICE.

Roberts Chapel-Corner South
Washington and Gibbon. Rev. John
Wesley Jackson. A. NJ, D. D., pas
tor. 9:30 a. NJ. Sunday School
Chas. Robinson, Superintendent
1880 a. m. preaching by the pastor
theme: The Complications Of De-
mocracy."
4:3O D. m. Closing exercises ot
the Epworth League, Mrs. Laura
Holland. president.
500. Evening, when DR.. Lucy f
Moten, of Washington. D. c., shall
address the parents! children ant
public school teachers. Specia
music by vested choir A cordia
invitation is extended to all.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-26
Members of Acca Temple of Rich
mond With Band and Famous
Patrol Spend Afternoon and Even
ing in City.

Twenty-e!ght sons of the desert
who had been clamoring to join the
caravan to Mecca were taken on the
trip last night by Acca Temple
Shriners at the ceremonial held i'll
the Elks' Home on Prince street. The
novices were escorted over the route
pv the Temple degree team from
Richmond in charge Of lllustrious Po-
1entate R. Nee. Burlington and Past
potentates G. Peter Jones and D. c.
O'Flaherty. Owing to the recent
drouth in the section of the country
traversed by the caravan, some OF
the sand over which the company
passed was found to be quite not in
spots.
On their arrival in the city yes
terday at eleven o'clock the visiting
Shriners were met by large dele
CATION of the local fraternity who es-
corted them to Hotel Rammel for
dinner. Later in the afternoon they
were taken in automobiles to various
historical points of interest in the
vicinity which all seemed to ENJOY.
At five o'clock the band and patrol
gave parade and drill through the
city, the drill taking place on WASH
ington street, near the historic
grounds of Christ church. 1t was
very creditable exhibition ana much
enioyed by the large crowds Whlch
witnessed it.
Among the visitors from Richmond
was Lieutenant Governor Ellys"n.
The party returned to their homes
this morning. At the ceremonial
held at Woodstock, Va, on Thursday
night q novices were initiated ihe'
the mysteries of the order.
Quite large number of "asning-
tonians were present at the cere-
monies here last evening as we'll as
others from surrounding towns.