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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-07
BROUGH SIGNS BILL; He
ALSO GIVES TWO PARD0NS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April {. tSpl)
The governor Saturday afternoon
signed the ward bin for n new salary
law for Lee county. He also pardoned
Tyler Ferguson, Crtttenden county
sentence for murder, and Phil West, of
nespa county, who had Just began a
20-year sentence for assault to kill,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-07
AUTOIST HTS MAN; FLEEs

The chauffeur OF the automobile that
ran down George Boyd, negro, 80 years
old, sos Beale avenue, at midnight Sat
urday. as he was crossing Union ave-
nue., put on more power and raced away
before persons who saw the accident
could observe the number. Boyd was
taken TO the General hospital In a
police emergency a by Policemen Rob-
inson and Oliver,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-07
OIL MAGNATE DEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, April William
Rheem, president of the Standard Oh
company, Of California, died suddenly
last nlsnt al santa Cruz. Rheem, who
with the oil industry Of the United
States for more than 80 years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
NEW TIRE COMPANY ISSUE.
KeIiy-springneld to Put out About
S5,soO,OOO Preferred.

Another bit of financing for expansion
purposes was announced yesterday. The
principal In the new transaction Is the
Kelly-Sprlngfeld Tire Company. which
will issue approximately s5,s0o.ooo OF s
per cent. second preferred cumulative
preferred stock. 1t Is to be offered for
PRO rata subscription to common and
preferred stockholders of the company
at par. or 800 a share. The Offering
will be underwritten by syndicate COM
posed OF H. p. Goldschmidt & Co., Gold
man. Sachs & Co. and Lehman Bros.
Tho proceeds of the issue. 1t was an
nounced, will be used to provide for the
erection OF a plant at Cumberland. Md.
That large increase of the company's
total production was anticipated as the
result OF placing the new plant in OPP
Grafton, II was declared yesterday by A.
L. scheuer, chairman Of the company.
The new plant" Mr.. Scheuer as
serted, (which Is under construction at
Cumberland. will. on the completion Of
the first unit, substantially increase the
production OF the company over the
combined output OF the three plants
which It is now operating at Akron,
Wooster and Buffalo. The plant is to
embody many new features and labor
saving devices II Is estimated that its
operation VIII result IN Substantially in
creased earnings"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
ADJOURN B. R. T. HEARING.
Taking of Testimony Il Put on
Until juno 20.

Public Service Commissioner Nixon
yesterday, on the application Of Assist
ant Corporation Counsel z. ]. Kohler.
adjourned for week the taking OF testi-
mony on the application of the New
York Consolidated Railroad Company
and the New York Municipal Railway
Corporation of the B. r. T. system for
permission to issue forthwith SIS. o00, 900
Of total OF Sic. 100000 in receivers
certificates. The money 10 to be used for
equipment and construction under dual
contract No. I.
The Board OF Estimate. through Mr..
Kohler, sought a two weeks adjourn
ment. hut counsel for the reoeiyer asked
that the matter be taken up forthwith
as the receiver needs the funds with
which to progress the work under con-
tract No. 4. Commissioner Nixon ad-
journed the matter to June 26 at 10 40
A. M. but warned all parties that they
must be prepared to go ahead at that
time. The city Is interested In the mat
ter because. according to the argu-
ment OF Mr.. Kohler, It's investment
may be affected by the issuance Of re-
ceiver's certificates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
GREAT NORTHERN
i. IRON ORE GAINS
Report Shows Large Increase
in 1918 Earnings Com
pared With 1917.

Tho annual report of the trustees Of
the Great Northern Iron Ore Properties
for 1913. issued yesterday. shows big
Increase in earnings compared with
those Of the last preceding year. Tho
total receipts for 1913 were $4,5s4.725.
against only $s0,e5s in 1917. while the
1913 net profit, after tho expenses of
administration OF the trust, was $4.b22,-
504. or 5000 a share on the 1906, 900
shares outstanding. In 1917 the opera
tons resulted in a deficit Of s1o,40s.
The big increase In earnings 10 shown
in the resumption of dividends by the
subsidiary companies Of Great Northern
Ore. In 1917 no dividends were received
from any OF those companies and the
soc source of income was interest, rem
tails and property sales. Dividends re-
ceived during the last year, however.
totalled more than $4.500.00o.
Holders OF the certificates represent
ing the Great Northern Ore shares re-
ceived total OF ~ a share during 1918,
making total disbursements of $1,000.
600 on the certificates. against $3.50 a
preceding year. The deficit after the
dividends for 1918 was s1,477,4s6,
against $2,260,40s In 1917.
The income account covering the
whole period of trustseship. December
Z. 1906, to December 81, 1915, shows
total receipts Of 322,158.5s4 and dis
bIrsements of Ss31.30 before dividends,
and represents a net profit during that
period Of S21 ,227,279, or 314.15 a share,
Of which s20.625,000. or Sl3.75 a share,
has been distributed, leaving undis-
tributed assets on December 81, 1918,
of S602,27s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
white Eagle OIL Offering.

A syndicate of bankers will shortly
otter stock Of the White Eagle Oil and
Refining Company. a Delaware corpora
ton, with an authorized capital of $780,
600 shares OF no par value. There are
I5l,300 shares of stock outstanding. In
addition TO holdings producing more
than 600 barrels a day. the property OF
the company consists Of a refinery at
Augusta. Kan. with q capacity of 5000
barrels a day. forty miles OF pipe line,
500 tank cars in service. 200 OF which
are owned by the company. about
500. 900 barrels Of tank capacity and sew
enty distributing stations in Kansas
and Colorado. The company owns oil
and gas leases covering $500 acres in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
NEW coNsTANTINoPIE LINE.
Service From New York VIII he
started This Month.

Special DespatcA to TIE suS.
wAsHINoRoN, June ia regular
ocean line cargo service between New
York and the Leyant and the Black Sea
ports Is to be inauguratsd by the Ship
ping Board. The steamship Ruachuca
Of 1900 deadweight tons ia booked for
sailing on the first trip this month. The
steamship Polynius of 10000 tons has
been allocated for July sailing.
This service to the Levant has been
contemplated for some time in view OF
the demands Of the export and import
trade between the United States and
Black Sea ports
The service will be developed as rapid
~ as trade demands Justify.
Eventually only vessels Of 1000 tons
or more and capable Of maintaining q
speed of eleven knots will be utilized in
this trade. They will furnish the best
direct service between the, United States
and the Black Sea under any nag.
Calls will be made At all of tho prin-
cfpai ports OF the Black Sea where cargo
IL available, The regular ports of call
win 30 6myrne. Constantinople. vsrona
and Constanta with the terminus at
Odessa
Investigation Of trade conditions by
the Shipping Board has already indi-
Gated the advantage to Be gained from
the initial minimum service. The bulk
Of the import shipments probably viii
be wool. hides, skins ana nbres, but the
ships are expected to bring In the great
ly assorted cargoes common to trade
with tho East and especially when con-
dftions again approach the normal state.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
TO APPROVE B. R. T. CAR NOTES.
Nixon Will Sign Order Permitting
Lines to Issue Warrants.

Public Service Commissioner Lewis
Nixon announced yesterday that he
would approve soon an order to permit
the surface lines of the B. r T. to issue
lease warrants, or notes, for so per oept.
OF the value OF 200 of the 800 new cars
which the company must buy by order Of
the commission. Before his approval be
granted the company must submit sched-
ules OF the principal and interest
amounts involved.
The companies are to pay 20 per cent.
OF the value of the cars in cash. Every
car will cost $500. The total cost, in
GLIDING interest and discount, II was
stated by A. M. Williams of counsel 20
the B. r. T. companies. would amount to
1.245, $3.50. divided as follows: Brook
lyn Heights Railroad Company, $672,-
6S5.72; Nassau Electric Railroad Com
pany, S454.S67.73; Coney Island and
Brooklyn, $ss,514.2s; Brooklyn. Queens
County and Suburban. S49.S2s.b7.
T. 8. Williams, president of the B. r.
T., who was present, said that delivery
of the FIRST 100 cars, all trailers, would
begin shortly. and that delivery of the
200 cars involved in the company's ap-
plication for lease warrants. or notes,
would begin within sixty days Of the
placing of the order and be completed
by the end OF October.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Nafax Export. Arc Larse.t.

wkstINoroN, juno L. Continued
high records Of exports in May gave the
Omitted States n foreign trade credit OF
,s,6o6. 900. 900 for the first eleven months
Of the fiscal year. or $1+1 100000 greater
than the previous record in 1917. In
eleven months this country has sent
eign countries. May imports were the
largest IN the history OF the nations for
eign trade. amounting TO $4,000, 900.
Exports -totailed -4eoe. $4,000 q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
FREIGHT BILL HEARING.
Carriers Representatives Argue on
Long and Short Haul Clause.

WARRINGTON, June 1s.-Hearings on
legislation proposing rigid enforcement
Of the long and short haul clause OF the
interstate commerce act were completed
to-day by the Senate Interstate Com
mercs Committee. Representatives Of
water carriers and OF intermountain ter
ritory appeared in support Of the meas
ure and Lincoln Green, vice president Of
the Southern Railroad Company, in OPP
position to 1t.
III Congress desires to have water
competition in transportation" said
Frank Lyons representing the Lucken-
bach and Americana Hawaiian steamship
companies, "it must lay down a policy
which will allow the carriers to exist
Under the present law, whenever water
competition appears railroads can go to
the commission and secure power to
mako rates which eliminate it."
Mr.. Lyon said that enforcement of the
long and short haul clause would mean a
revolution In existing rates. but argued
that the reversal of present rates would
work beneft.
]. B. Campbell, appearing for Spokane
shippers and the utility commissions OF
Montana, Nevada and Wyoming. as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Bank Of England Statement.

LONDON, June ls.-The weekly state
ment Of the Bank OF England shows the
following changes: Total reserve In
creased fss6,o00. circulation decreased
t2SS,O0o, bullion increased f700,6s6.
other securities increased E642,0o0.
public deposits decreased f2ss, 900, pri-
veto deposits decreased fe,4s4,000. notes
reserve increased fs64,000. Government
securities decreased fS.2Ss.00o.
The proportion OF the banks reserve
to liability this weak Is 1911 per cent
Last week It was 1917 per cent
Rate of discount per cent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
ONDON PRICES
LONDON. June ls.-FOiiOwing are the clos
A. A. Ryan Succeeds H. o. stut..

III C. Stutz. who organized the COM
pany which builds the Stutz car, will
retire from the management OF the COM
pany on July 1. He will continue as a
director of tho company and act a. gem
eral manager of the company's plants
until July. Allan A. Ryan was elected
president OF the corporation to succeed
him. Kenneth Howard, one OF the direc-
tors, was succeeded on the board by
Hicks A Wetherbee. " z. Gunnison
was elected vice-president; w. N.
Thompson treasurer, and George II.
Lewis secretary to succeed Mr. Howard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

serted that the '7aw as It now stands Is
a crime.
r "If you will look carefully into the
interest OF every witness who has ap-
peared here opposing this legislation"
he said. you will ind that he speaks
for those who beneht from discrimina-
lions in rates as they are"
There Is no Vice in departures from
the long and short haul rule" Mr. Green
said, closing the hearing, 80 long as
the intermediate rates are reasonable
and the lower rate on the long hauls
yields some profit for the carriers."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

NONDHU1N DOENLo DHHL1 IN FL1AI'
Mexico Extern. sterl. % Of 20. 1876. 6SA II
Mexico Extern. gold Is of %, 1884. 81 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Custom House Receipts.

Receipts for duties at the Custom
House yesterday were S62l.seo.bs. OF
which s169.5l0.04 was for merchandise
withdrawn from bonded warehouses. and
1lt3,tS0.SS DOR rsosnt tmportAtionA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Bengal Bank. Discount Rate on

CALCUTTA, June 1.-THE rate OF dis
count OF the Bank OF Bengal was re-
droed from to f,er cent yesterday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
London Money, Market,

LONDON, June 1s.-Money az per
cent; discount rate short bills, 81 per
cent, three months bills, 81 per cent.
gold premiums at Lisbon. $50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Some Desirable Aids.

''The first essential 10 an understand
ing OF the magnitude OF the undertaking.
To secure in the average worker gen.
uine interest in his product, when, as Is
often the case, no Is subjected to the
deadening monotony OF the routine of
machine production Is a formidable task.
And he would be a bold reformer who
could confidently set forth in detail a
plan fitted TO every exigency in the ad-
justment OF Industrial relations.
Something has been gained. we may
be sure. in the recent spread of the idea
that the management Of men is func-
tion that not every man with money
and factory under his control can ex-
ercise: that II requires special ability
and consequently special training. The
employment managers to-day. and their
numbers have multiplied rapidly, repre-
sent a departure in industrial engineer
ing which merits announcement When
there are moro and better qualified man
ayers OF personnel we shall be further
advanced toward an acceptable adjust
ment OF industrial relations
But In the anal analysis lasting prog
ress in this direction must rest upon a
spirit OF cooperation. which finds ex-
preston in a genuinely democratic con-
troll OF the conditions OF employment.
This does not mean that the direction of
enterprise can be handed over bodily to
a committee OF workers lacking special
ability and training for managerial
tasks II does mean that neither those
who receive nor those who pay wages
have an exclusive right to determine the
whole range OF conditions under which
the work of the world shall be done.
In present day corporate activity in
business the actual managers represent
other people who supply In whole, or
usually in part, the capital employed.
Since the managers direct the human
as well as the material factors in pro-
duction II might perhaps be we'll to allow
the workers some direct participation In
the choice of managers or a voice in
nagement"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
FIRST EMBLEM OF BABYL0NIA
Writer Points Out How Eagle Be.
came National Symbol Many
Thousands of Years Ago.

The useful schoolboy, whose knowl-
edge is casually referred to whenever
II is desired to imply general histori-
cal information, doubtless knows
about the eagles of Rome, and more
or less connects them with the her
aldic eagle of the United States, but
Prof. James H. Breasted of Chicago
carried the lineage Of the symbol
much farther back when he recently
pointed out that the American eagle
reasonably enough originated some
5000 years ago in Babylonia. Then first
appeared the eagle with outstretched
Observation-Disclosures. Rome came
later, and the succession of European
nations that have adopted the eagle
Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and
others. But this first eagle was bird
of autocracy, and nothing could have
been more opposite to the govern
mental idea of ancient Babylon than
the American Declaration Of hide
pcndcnce. Free and powerful, the
eagle stands logically for liberty and
strength, but when it first became q
national symbol, liberty, as the word
Is now understood, did not exist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
Fun In Trees for Children.

What a delight an old apple, cherry
or plum tree Is to children, boys or
girls. Particularly tree that has
been trained to low, open head, that
the youngsters can scramble up In
without much effort.
Ny heart stands still sometimes
when I see the children swinging in
the plum tree, like the simians some
scientists tell us we have descended
from and 1t Is the only resemblance
Of an ape I have observed in man.
kind. Surely there must be some re-
lation or there would be broken limbs
and broken heads among the focks OF
children that swarm In that glorious
old tree.
Frequent cautioning and pleadings
excite no fear, but if there are no
accidents the old plum is fulfilling a
splendid mission, though there are no
other plum trees sufficiently near for
the bees, and insects to fertilize the
flowers, resulting in the tree produc
ing only. one kind Of fruit, pleasure
for the children.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
The Thr;ce-a-Week Edition of
The New York World
IN 1919 and 1920

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weekly. No other newspaper in the
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The forces are already lining up
Tor the Presidential campaign of 1920.
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he news from Europe for long
ime tq come will be Of overwhelm-
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
In a Country Practice.

Two country boys, twelve and four
teen years Of age, walked into my
Office one morning and had no sooner
closed the door, when one Of them
placed his hand over his ear, jumped
around on one foot then on the other,
swearing and exclaiming: There he
goes, there he goes" and when l
asked him what was the matter, he
replied that he had bug in his ear.
Before I could examine him he re-
peated his cOntortions, eXclaiming:
"There he goes again, there he goes"
The bug was playing taps on his
membrane tympani. I placed the boy
before a window and with a concayc
mirror threw a bright light through
the ear spectrum. The bug saw the
light and came forward, crawling out
to the edge Of the spectrum, and !
picked it off with my fingers. When I
showed the boy the bug he said:
Thank God; how much is it?" re-
piled q dollar. The other boy, who had
been attentively watching the proceed
ings, exclaimed: "a dollar; well, that's
gall. You never took out that bug;
he walked out hisself. "-Journal of. the
American Medical Association.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
Chance Discoveries.

Some of the finest friendships have
grown out Of the chance circumstances
that have thrown men together for the
moment. Some of the greatest discov'
cries have been due to the fortunate
disclosures Of life's incidentals. Much
of self-discovery is the direct product
Of the unlocked for. Science has been
made rich by the fortunate combina.
tons of accidentals whose meanings
have been caught by observant men.
And the great fact remains that most
of them have been paraded before men
through the ages, to be discovered only
now. And the ages to come will won:
der at the lost opportunities of the
present age when they have harnessed
the powers we see not-the mysteries
we wonder at.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
WEEDS USEFUL IN MEDICINE
Grandmother Used to Concoct Some
Wonderful Curealls From All
Sorts of Growing Things.

With the exception of some of the
daintier spring blossoms, our wild
flowers are passed by without COM
ment. Violets. hepatlcas. bluebells,
trilliums are still sought after and
picked, the fall asters are gathered by
some and the goldenrod is admired,
but passing into disrepute on account
of its hay-fever aggravations. There
was q time, however, when grand
mother was young, when most OF our
common field and wayside flowers
were of prime Importance In the house
hold. in the shape Of family bitters,
physics and curealls.
Yarrow, a pest to the farmer, and or
doubtful beauty even to the wild flower
lover, was at one time a most useful
herb, from which tea was made that
cured all sorts of ailments, from tooth
ache to typhoid fever. From the bone
set plant, so common along our
streams now, tea was also made
which was n prime favorite Ia curing
that common malady, "breakbone
tever"-do not laugh-probably what
we know today as grippe. Comobile'
we call it dog fennel, was brewed into
4 tea as we'll, and was used as tonic
and blood purifier.
| Unison weed. "a corruption of James
town weed, was valued by the settlers
Df that early village as narcotic, and
Is still so used. for that matter. Self
heal the little, close-growlng purple
lowered pest of our lawns. was used
% relieve sufferers with quinsy and
,thcr throat Affections. This plant be-
'ongs to the mint family, and most OF
he minis were Of use incidentally.
Pennyroyal, spearmint, Oswego tea.
ocrgamot, catnip and motherwort
we're all of value to the simpler folk
| If Il century or more ago.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-07-18
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
MADE HOME POSSIBLE
Man Who Suddenly Found Himself
Without Roof Over Head Was Able
49,. to Buy Property.

This true story tells how War Saw
ings Stamps built a sure protection
around one Washington war worker
and his family.
Early in the war savings campaign
he began small systematic invest
ment in Thrift Stamps, which ulti-
mately grew until he had an invest
ment of $100. He says he acquired
his stamps without depriving him.
self or family. The investment Gust
grew" out of Incidental savings.
Presently this incidental money
became scarce. The war worker and
his family felt the burden Of the war
time high cost OF living, and the any-
iety and expense of extraordinary ILL
ness Of the two children. Then an
other blow fell. He awoke one morn
ing to. find that he had no place to
live.
His residence had been sold and
he and his family were asked to va
cate. He could find no houses for
rent within his means, and was con-
fronted with the necessity of leaving
the city or buying home for his
family. He could not buy without
making a substantial initial pay
ment, and ready funds were SEEM
ingly beyond reach,
Then he thought of his War Saw
ings Stamps. He remembered they
were redeemable on ten days notice,
with accrued interest. With the pro-
ceeds of these stamps and.such small
sums as he could gather he made
first payment on new home in the
suburbs.
Recently he refused to sell it for
$1,000 more than the purchase price.
This man is War Savings Stamp
enthusiast-and he is on the straight
road to financial independence.