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The Washington herald., 1918-09-20

know the truth. and IL is time that
we as Americans. as Pennsylva mans
and as Democrats stand for the
truth no matter who gets hurt in
the process.
How Times Is Financed.
The facts in reference to the
brewers furnishing the money to
buy a newspaper are shown by GER
tain documents. the originals of
which are in my possession. as fol-
lows:
(6) Six checks of C. W. Feigen-
span, trustee, payable to the order
of the Federal Trust Company of
Newark, n. j., and drawn on said
trust company. bearing various
dates from June 81. 1917. to Janu-
airy 25. 1918, amounting in the ag
gregate to 100000.
Check of C. W. Feigenspan. trus-
tee. bearing date -. 1913, on
the Federal Trust Company of New
ark. y. j., to the order of Robert
Grain. and endorsed by him. for
SIS. 900.
(5) Five drafts of the Federal
Trust Company on the American
Exchange National Bank, bearing
various dates from June II, 1917. to
January 25. 1918, and jayable to
bearer. amounting in the whole to
$345.OOO.
These drafts are endorsed as fol-
lows:
Pay to the order OF A. Thursby.
Growing Circulation Corporation. per
L. B. Krause, vice president. For de-
posit pay to Equitable Trust Com
pany, Alice B. Thursby, per L. B.
Krause, Secretary"
A. Thursby is evidently Alice Bris-
bane Thursby, whose address, ac-
cordinE to the record at the Equita-
BILE Trust Company, is care Arthur
Brisbane. 23S William street.
The Corporation Directory for the
year 1917 shows the following:
"Growing Circulation Corporation
IN. W Capital $4,000. Office 40 Mas
sau street. Telephone Rector 1902,
Directors, VIM. A. Defod, John T.
Sturdevent, Thomas F. MCEntegart.
Further information unattainable.
Trucking"
Copy of note OF Growing Circula-
ton Corporation:
10000 New York. June u, 1917
For value received five years
after date we promise to pay to
c. W. Feigenspan. Trustee, the
sum of Three Hundred Thousand
Cs3OO.O00 Dollars, payable at Fed
eral Trust Co. Newark. n. ].
Growing Circulation Corporation
By L. B. Krause Csgd }
Vice President
twenty-five thousand paid on ac-
account of this note, 25, 10000
balance due.
(Sgd.) c. w. Feigenspan, Trustee.
Copy Of receipt signed by A. Bris-
bane:
Christian W. FeiGenspan,
747 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey.
Newark. y. j.. June q, 1917.
Received from c. w. Feigenspan.
trustee. on account of note given
for $500. 10000 Three Hundred Thou
sand Dollars by the Growing Circula-
ton Co.
s 10000 Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars
10000 Two Hundred and Thirty
Five Thousand Dollars.
26O,OOO.OO Total Two Hundred and
Sixty Thousand Dollars.
This Two Hundred and Sixty Thou
sand Dollars to be used in the pur-
chase of Mr.. Munsey's newspaper in
Washington by me.
The balance $IO,OC0OO Forty Thou
sand Dollars to be paid in the near
future.
A. BRISBANE.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20

Difference. cash on hand. in
cluding 5000 advanced by the
Advertising Fund .......S 81, 500
hold a memorandum in the shape
Of note. given to me by the Grow
ing Circulation Company, a copy of
which is enclosed. The difference of
$4,000 which you will note between
these two items is the matter to
which 1 called your attention at the
last meeting. and for which no note
has as yet been given me.
1 was called on the telephone the
same afternoon that you were in
New York, but the party stated that
he would see you in Washington a.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20
BRLSBANE,S TIMES BOUGHT WITH FUNDS
CONTRIBUTED BY PROMINENT BREWERS

present date have received no pay
ment on account of the foregoing in.
debtedness.
Witness:
(Sgd) C. w. FEIGENSPAN.
July 80, 1918.
Dated New York. July 31st, 1918.
i have read the foregoing state
ment and know the contents thereof
and verify believe the same to be
true.
(Sgd.) GEORGE EHRET, Jr.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20
7 onic- c-Upbuilder
For Throat
and Lungs

In many cases of serious illness, af-
fecting the throat and lungs, Eek
MANS ALTERATIVE has been very
beneficial This Is due largely to its
readily soluble calcium content "a
lime saltD, so combined with other
ingredients that it is easily assimi-
lated. No alcohol. narcotic or habit
forming drugs. Twenty years sue
cessful use.
Soc and si-50 Bottles mt all drugri.t.
or manufacturer, postpaid.
ECkMAN LABORATORY,
Philadelphia
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20
Contributors to
Times "Slush Fund"

Copy of letter from c. W. Feigen-
span to Robert Cain:
Newark, N. J., April l, 1918.
Robert Cain, Esq,
Munsey Bldg.
Washington, D. G.
Ny dear Bob:
All told, hsxe received the fol-
lowing amounts from the following
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20

his phone message to me was after
the time OF the leaving of your train.
Yours very truly.
c. w. FEIGENSPAN
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20
$4,000

A statement OF the relations which
existed in connection with this trans
action are more particularly set forth
in letter which l wrote TO Mr.. Bris-
bane. dated June g. 1917, which reads
as follows:
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20

know the truth. and IL is time that
we as Americans. as Pennsylva mans
and as Democrats stand for the
truth no matter who gets hurt in
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20
People should Know Trutb.


Let me say to you. as an illus
tratlon of the lengths to which
these interests will so, the facts
VIII soon appear which will ooncIu-
slVely show that twelve or fifteen
German brewers of America. in as
sociation with the United States
Brewers Association. furnished the
money. amounting to several hum
dred thousand dollars, to buy a
great newspaper in one of the chief
cities of the nation; and its pub
Usher, without disclosing whose
money had bought that organ of
public opinion, in the very Capital of
the Nation. in the shadow of the
Capitol itself. has been fighting the
battle of the liquor traffic.
That money was placed there un-
der. methods and by contrivances
cleverly designed to keep secret
forever who it was that put the
money into that great newspaper
ana the purposes for which it was
there. Now, / say to you that
when this traffic, doomed though it
Is, undertakes and seeks by these
secret methods to control party
nomina ttons. party machinery, whole
poIitlcal parties, and thereby con-
trol the Government of State and
Nations IT Is time that the people
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20

Total advanced to the Growing
Circulation Co. ...........:..... s75, 900
The Washington herald., 1918-09-20

Sincerely yours,
ALEXANDER KONTA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-21
Good Radiance.

Boston Transcripts Landlord
Sir the other tenants will not stay
if you insist on playing the cornct.
Mr.. Toots-l'm glad OF that. They
were very annoying.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Gentleman of Old China

poor man he was, but his dignity
Of bearing and manner would have
done Justice to Greek philosopher or
Roman senator. And his attire was
in accord with his patrician demeanor,
Luther Anderson writes in Asia. He
wore a gray silk gown which reached
almost to his ankles and over it a
short sleeveless coat of black velvet
buttOned down the left side with knot
ted cords. The long gown concealed
his trousers, excepting at the bottom
where they were neatly wrapped
around his ankles and held in place by
ribbOnlike bands, which also covered
the tops of his white stockings. His
shoes were of black satin but for the
soles, which were made of layers of
padded cotton cloth. He wore a tight
fitting skull cap of black satin faced
with slender cords of red silk that
came together at the top in a knot re-
sembling a button. In summer he al
ways carried a fan, which he handled
in a graceful manner.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT SIGHT
For One Thing, the Pupil of the Eye
Adjusts Itself to the Light
Surrounding 1t.

An observant chauffeur, passing an
automobile with glaring headlights,
noted that objects at the side of the
road which had been distinctly visible
dropped out of sight when the bright
lights were thrown upon them. Since
one can see better in little light than
in no light, he wondered, why can one
not see better in bright light than In
moderate light?
The answer is, paradOxically, that
the less light there is the better one
Sees for the brighter the object the
less efficient is the eyesight. If, after
we have been in darkness, we sudden
ly turn on bright light and look at
our eyes In the mirror, we can see the
pupil Of the eye rapidly growing small
err. If we reduce the light the pupil
dilates again. What happens is the
same as In the camera when we adjust
the shutter to the intensity Of the light.
The cOlOred iris of the eye CORE
spends to the shutter. It consists
chiefly of muscle which, as the light
increases, is stimulated to contract,
thus drawing the curtain and shutting
out some of the Superfluous light. It
usually takes a few seconds for this
adjustment to take place. Thus when
we emerge from darkness into light we
are blinded until the iris can shut out
some Of the light from the eyes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Early History of Gas.

Gas FOR street lighting was, first
used in Pail Mall, London, more than
a century ago. A few experimental
gas lights previously had been used in
Golden Lane, but it was not until a
few years later that the new form of
illumination was generally adopted in
London streets. The first attempt to
introduce the use of gas in America
was in Baltimore in 1916. The project
was unsuccessful. In 1922 it was in
troduced in Boston, and in the follow
ing year New York streets were light
ed by gas. The system did not prove
successful, however, until 1927. The
use of gas spread rapidly to other cities
in the United States and Canada.
Rosin and oil were used for producing
gas in America in the early days of
the industry. Until half a century ago
the price a thousand feet ranged up to
81, the average being about $3.50.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
AUTO HAD HUMBLE BEGINNING
First "HorseIess Carriage" Would Be
Regarded With Broad Smile by
the Drivers of Today.

According to Ernest Saul, French
journalist, who has made study of
the history of the automobile, more
than six centuries ago a man endeav-
ored to build a ''hOrseless carriage
AS early as the thirteenth century a
Partisan carriage maker worked upon
1T, and while not successful, his ideas
were seized upon by noted scientists
of the day, and much study was de-
voted to a fruitless research into the
mechanical arts for machinery that
would drive vehicle by a series of
works of a clock.
In 1863 French mechanic, Joseph
Cugnot, succeeded in propelling by
steam a small wooden car of his own
design, and developed it to point
where 1t drew a piece of artillery q
mile in twenty minutes. This car
burned wood and was able to carry
enough fuel to keep it in motion for
more than an hour. The unwieldy ma
chine wrecked itself, however, and
Cugnot lost heart In his work. A few
years ago France erected a statue to
him as the inventor of the hOrSeless
vehicle.
After the failure Of numerous eX-
periments in England and France
shortly after the appearance of Cug-
not's invention, the horseless vehicle
appeared to have been a perpetual mo-
ton proposition until 1880, when new
discoveries in steam machinery direct
ed renewed attention to it. From 1880
to 1880 much progress was made, and
some promising results were obtained.
The invention Of the four-cycle gaSO-
line engine by the Frenchman, Lenoir,
paved the way for the successful auto
mobile.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
IDEAL SITE FOR REST CURE
City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, In b.
livia, Practically Place Of
Absolute Silence.

"The only tropical city Of Bolivia, 1t
stands some 1900 feet above sea level
so far from the outside world that mail
deposited on January reached New
York on March II. Of the $4,000 in
habitants Of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
1000 are female" Harry A. Franck
writes in the Century.
cit is a city of silence. Spreading
over a dead fiat, half sandy, jungled
plain, its right angled streets are deep
in reddish sand in which not only it's
shOd feet, by no means in the major
ity, though the upper class is almost
foppish in dress, but even the solid
wooden wheels of its clums- OK carts
make not a sound. There is no mod
ern industry to lend it's strldent voice,
though the town boasts three steam
establishments for the making Of ice
the grinding Of maize and the saving
Of lumber, and every street fades away
at either end into the whispering jun
gle. Narrow sidewalks of porous red
bricks, rooted by the wide overhanging
caves Of the houses, often upheld by
pillars or poles, line most Of the
streets. But these are by no means
continuous, and being commonly high
above the street level and often taken
up entirely, especially Of an evening,
by the families, who consider this their
veranda rather than the pedestrians
right Of way, the latter generally finds
1t easier to plod through the sand Of
the street ITSELF"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
ANOTHER SAD SIDE OF WAR
Many Men Who Have Won Honors
Have Lost Comrades and Feel
Lack of Companionship.

An American was sitting in Simpsons
a hardy man in Canadian uniform
started to converse with him. The
Canadian was working in a large
automobile factory in Windsor when
the war started, but enlisted in a
Canadian regiment and has been in
five of the worst battles of the war
Hardly handful of the men who
started with him are still on the roster
This particular soldier was about to
leave for the trenches again after COM
pletfng his leave. There was nothing
remarkable in that but this Is his
story:
Inside his coat he wore the Victoria
Cross. He got it at Ypres, where he
carried captain three hundred feet
through No Mans Land with bullets
flying all about him. He has no ac-
quaintances in England. He hasn't
relative in the world He was just
hungering for some one to talk to
when he saw the American. He re-
luctantly showed his decoration, and
said it would give him great happiness
If he had some one somewhere in the
world who was close enough to him to-
slap him on the back and say, Good,
old chap!"
Still he wasn't maudlin about 1t. He
was just one of thousands who are
carrying hOnOrs around with them and
have no relative or intimate friend
to congratulate them. It's war.
This particular soldier said as he
left ":
IF l ever get through I'm going
back to the States, but the odds are
against me. We can't always beat this
fighting game. It's like roulette. 1t
gets you in the long run. There Is
only one man of my original company
left besides myself" Mail.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
TRACING EVOLUTION OF BAR
In Old Rome 1t Had Its Origin in Re-
lations Existing Between
Patron and Client.

The Roman bar, writes s. P. Scott in
Case and Comment, deduced it's origin
from the intimate association of pa
iron and client in the days of the re-
public. This relation, founded upon
mutual support and assistance, bore a
considerable resemblance to that of
lord and vassal during the middle ages
pressive restrictions imposed upon the
latter by the laws of feudalism. Among
the many duties required of the patron
was that of tranSacting the legal bust
ness of his clients and appearing for
them in court. This service was at
first entirely gratuitous, but subse-
quently, when the ties Of hereditary
connection became less binding, and
consultation with patrons was aban-
dOned by their clients for the advice
of jurists possessed of greater legal
erudition, a voluntary fee, called an
honorarium, was expected. The amount
of this was established by custom, and,
in the course Of time, when excessive
gifts of this kind were virtually de-
manded, all fees were regulated by
statute.
After law had developed into sci
ence the profession became recognized
as distinct calling, and legal proce-
dure having been systematically organ
lied, representation of parties in court
was successfully effected by three
classes of persons-prOcurator cogni-
tors and advocates.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Silk-Makinu Butterflies.

There is a species of butterfly, ma
tive to British East Africa, that builds
communal nests as big as a mans two
fists. These nests, attached to
branches of the trees on whose leaves
the insects as caterpillars feed, are
made of a good quality of silk.
Inside the nest, however, are some
hundreds of individual cocOons Thus
one might say that the bunch repre-
sents whole flock of butterflies.
But the important point is that the
silk of the cocoons is comparable In
quality to that spun by the silkworm,
and claim is made that it might be
utilized profitably for the weaving Of
fabrics, the coarser material of the
nests finding industrial employment as
floss"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Queer Country House.

Lord Lucas owns the most remark
able country house in England. It's
strangest feature is a queer, three
stored tower of wood and glass, but
mostly glass, which rises from the
main buildings.
Each story Of the tower is smaller
than the one beneath it, and each had
it's own peculiar use in the lifetime Of
Lord Lucas father, the brilliant es-
sayist, Auberon Herbert. The lowest
and largest story was fitted with a
carpenters bench, at which he worked.
The second story was furnished with
only a table and a chair; and here he
used to read and study On the top Of
this story, before the third was added,
there used to be q comfortable revolv-
ing chair, in which Herbert would sit
for hours at a time, turning it as he
wished to any point of the glorious
New Forest landscape.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Concerning Natural Death.

"Under normal conditions most COM
pick animals have a characteristic and
rather sharply defined duration of life.
But one-celled animals, which repro
duce by flssion, are apparently i'm
mortal unless life is stopped by what
may be called an accident, for as the
cell divides in half, neither part may
be called the parent, and both halves
will go on reproducing. And by TAX
ing cuttings from a plant, a part of
the original may be kept living indef-
nitely by repeated cuttings, while the
parent plant dies at the close of it's
usual duration Of life. Thus it would
appear" concludes a writer In the
Journal of Heredity, "that natural
death Is connected only with organ
tsms which are composed of different
organs which are inseparable."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Abyssinla of Today,

The dominant race in Abysslnia is
Semitic. The Hamitic is the aboriginal
race. The court or official language is
Amharic, but Ethiopic is that Of the
church and literature. The national
religion is Monophysite Christianity,
but Judaism is found among certain
tribes, and Islam is the faith of con-
siderable element Of the population.
The head Of the Abyssinian church Is
the Abuna, sour father" who is Cop
tic monk, nominated by the Patriarch
Of Alexandria. The government is a
despotic monarchy based on a system
partly federal and partly feudal. The
civilization Of Abyssinia has long been
retarded by isolation and anarchy, but
there is now national awakening to
he c1vilized world.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
We Waste Food
in Many Ways

In peeling potatoes, the loss is 20
per cent.
In stale bread.
In bread crustS.
In table crumbs.
In kitchen garbage.
In the fats of meats.
In meat and chicken bones.
In the sour milk and buttermilk,
that is thrown away.
In fats which we neglect to render.
In eating more than we really need.
In eating wrong kinds of food.
In frying meats and not saving the
fats.
In not Substituting other foods for
the beef, wheat and bacon, which
are needed overseas.
In improper cooking.
In feeding too much protein (albu-
men in eggs and gluten in fiour)
to old persons and persons of
sedentary habits.
In keeping too many domestic pets,
which consume food.
In leaving food uncovered to be
wasted or spoiled by vermin.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Correspondence


Mrs. Perry of Oshkosh is visiting
Mrs. William Samuel, who has been
very sick, but is slowly recovering.
Mrs. r. P. Lewis visited in Ocono-
mowoc Sunday.
William d. Jones, Robert Pritchard,
Evan Evans, R. P Lewis and e. l..
Pugh went to Jefferson last Sunday to
attend the Council of Defense meeting.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
ADDITIONAL CITY BRIEFLETS.

Meinhard Hasleau, Will BibOw and
Charles White of Waterloo were call
ers here today
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Market Reports
Milwaukee Live Stock Market

Milwaukee-Hogs receipts, 5000; sc
higher. Cattle, 800; steady. Calves,
1000; lower. Sheep, 300; lower
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Not Due to Religious Ardol

Not Due to Religious Ardor.
Shears-"How Is 1t that Scrib-
leigh has been attending church so
regularly Of later" Typo-"Why, he
says that he likes to go where he Ia
always sure OF having his contribu-
lions accepted" The Lamb.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
BOWLING

Scores rolled at the West Side alleys
Tuesday evening:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
Wanted-YOung man i'm gro
Gerry department. Must be over
IL. Schempf Bros. Co. 29tf

Herbert Korth has returned to the
Great Lakes naval training station af.
ter a ten day furlough spent here
There will be a meeting of the PouI-
try and Pet Stock association Thurs
day evening at o'clock in Union hall
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-10-25

Continued from last week.

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