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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28

Legality Such Northern Pacific Bonds are,
 in the opinion of counsel, legal s%d % iise fnsuanes investment for savings banks and Composites trust funds in New York, Massa chusetts Connecticut and Vermont Both such Northern Pacific Bonds and such Great North ern Bonds are, in the opinion of counsel, legal investment for life insurance companies in the state of New York.
 Earnings During the ten and one-half years
 from 1911 to 1920 inclusive, the combined average surplus income of the North ern Pacific and Great Northern Railway Com panies, after payment of combined fixed charges, other than the interest on the out standing joint bonds which are to be refunded by the new issue was about S44,000, 900 an- nualy, and in addition, the share of the two roads in the surplus income of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, after the payment of it's fixed charges, averaged about $20,960,000 annually, the total annual average being about $64,960,O00 as compared with $14,950,000 which will be required an- nually for interest on the new issue of Joint 1a per cent Bonds.
 Equity Since July 1, 1901, the Chicago, Bur-
 lington and Quincy Railroad alone has increased it's surplus in the amount of approxi- matey 00,000,000 against which no securities prior to the stock have been issued The com bined net assets of the Northern Pacific and of the Great Northern, after deducting their prior debts, together with 97 per cent of the net assets of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, after deducting it's debt, indicate an equity, at book value, for these properties of close to ST. 100 00O OO0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
Mitchell Is Nominated

Mitchell Is Nominated By Associated Press
 Washington, April N.-John P. Mitchell of St Paul was nominated by President Harding today as a member of the fed eral reserve board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28

Security The Joint 15-Year 61l5 Per Cent
 Convertible Bonds are to be the di- rect and joint obligations of the Northern Pa cific and of the Great Northern Railway Com panies, and to be secured by pledge of 1,65S,674 shares Approximately 97 per cent of the outstanding stock) of the Chicago, Burling ton and Quincy Railroad Company (which per centage of stock has heretofore constituted the sole collateral security for the maturing Bur lington Joint 4s), and in addition by $66,0O0,0OO of mortgage bonds of the two ob- ligor Companies, the deposited collateral being valued at an amount in excess of 120 per cent of the principal amount of Joint 6R Per Cent Bonds to be issued.
 Conpersion The Joint 61a Per Cent Bonds p.:,., may be converted par for par,
 without charge, at the option of the holder at any time (upon presentation not later than fifteen days before maturity or earlier redemption) into per cent Refundng and Im- provement Mortgage Bonds (Series B) of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, due 2047 (callable after 15 years at the Company's op- ton at no per cent and accrued nterest), or into per cent Fifteen-Year General Mortgage Bonds Series Al of the Great Northern Rail- way Company, due 1886 (with no option of prior redemption) or into bonds of both issues in any ratio between the two which the holder of the Joint 61s Per Cent Bonds may desire, but not more than $115, 1000, ,OOO of either of such mort gage bonds will be issuable upon such conver- sion.
 The above bonds are offered, subject to iss
 and interest, to yield a
 pssGugs pans. g will M be iII allowed at the & of sn
 on the Bonds ' - " = Subscription books win be opened at the office J. P right reserved to reject applications and as amount due on aotments will be payable at the office of Northern Pacifc-Creat Northern, C. B. O. Collateral tached, will be accepted in at 100 and Temporary Bonds exchangeabe for definitve Bonds w J. .P. Morgan & Go.
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New-York tribune., 1921-08-07
Thirteen Cats
Dozen and One Tales From
Cat Fiction

LORDS OF THE HOUsETOP. Edited by
Carl Van Vechten. Published by Alfred
A. Knopf. 81
TIME literature of the dog has as
sumed generous proportions.
That of the cat, while of far
lesser magnitude, contains number
of short stories that challenge >Ouida's
famous Dog of Flanders in their ap-
peal to ones Imagination or sympathy
While they lack the intimate, almost
human touch of a great dog story, for
cats fail to win our love as do dogs,
they often emphasize feline traits of
stealth and cunning. There has al
field of the cat in fiction, and this
collection does not overlook tales that
border on horror or skirt the fences of
the supernatural.
Poe's "The Black Cat" and Black
woods "a Psychical Invasion figure in
this book as types of the weird in the
short story written with a cat or q
mob of cats as the furry center, and
the other eleven clever selections trail
away to homely narratives of domestic
pussies. Mary Wilkins Freeman's "The
Cat" has the honor of opening the book.
Taken as & whole, this bakers dozen of
tabby tales may be accepted as the
premier assortment of classics in it's
field What say the denizens of the
housetop and the backyard fence?
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07

and kill his wife and her lover. He
first haggles over the price of the
weapon; then decides that 1t is better,
for prudential reasons, to kill no one,
and finally buys net for catching
ouails in order to excuse his stay in
the shop. "a Story Without Title"
tells how a good abbot describes with
horror the sinful pleasures of the city
to his monks. "When he came out of
his cell in the morning." the story
in the monastery; they had all fed
to the town"
Side by side with these humorous
sketches there are vivid snapshots OF
Russian life. Under this category fall
such stories as "The Petchenyeg," a
picture of an old Cossack farmer
"The Horse Stealers" and IA Dead
Body"
Chekhov is robust and cheerful OBJ
server of life, whose instinct for fun
and humor is subdued but not crushed
by the depressing atmosphere OF
Czarist Russia. His quick sympathy
with suffering, his indignation at any
spectacle of cruelty and oppression
these qualities infuse a spirit of quiet
melancholy into some of his writings
But he never reaches the black depths
of pessimism which are characteristic
Of the work of some of his country
men. And many of the tales which
Miss Garnett has translated fully jus.
tify the following characterization OF
the author, given by Moissaye J. 0lgin:
''Fundam entally Chekhov is Of 8
happy disposition. He loves life. He
loves fun, merriment, laughter. He is
fond of every creature that lives ano
thrives on the earth He would like tc
feel that the world is all sun-lit, full
of wonders, and that great masses Of
people are celebrating in it some fes.
tive holiday.
Fundamentally Chekhov is a gooc
friend He would like to have witty
animated and serious talk with clever
persons, who have a keen eye for tbs
events of life. He could tell so many
curious, funny, sad and pointed things
about human relations, provided thu
listeners would be as sympathetic ans
alive as he is. At the same time, hi
would smile a wise smile and thini
that life is worth living"
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07
Sources of Life

SPIRIT BY E p s. H Published BY
f.. P. Dutton Co. 75c.
THIS little book has the unqualified
- Endorsement of Dr. Richard C. Ca
bot. In it one finds selections from
the Bible, sentences and passages
that contain relief and admonitson for
those who are worried by Ill health or
unfortunate conditions. With few
graphic charts as bases, and with a
number of inspiriting pages to make
clear the significance of these charts,
one is aided to realization OF the i'm
portance of nerve control and sense
of unity with the divine facts of being.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07

1tlE ECONOMiCS OF COMMC NISM. BY
Loo Pasvolsky. Published by the Mac
miilan. Company. 1925.
TN HIS book would tend to bear out
h Secretary Hoovers contention
that the famine conditions now
prevalent over large areas of Russia
are in large measure a product of Boil
shcvik ineficiency. Mr.. Pasvolsky con-
fines his study of Russian communism
to its economic aspects, ignoring the
moral and political factors involved
in the Bolshevik experiment.
The material upon which the author
bases his conclusions is drawn almost
entirely from Bolshevik sources. His
most frequently quoted authority is
Economic Life, official organ of the
supreme council of National Economy
Out of the admissions of the Soviet
leaders themselves he constructs 6
picture of progressive catastrophe
decline in industrial and agricultural
production.
The author describes the various
steps which the Bolsheviki have taker
in attempting to cajole or coerce tht
workers and peasants to produce more
goods. In his opinion all these steps
have ended in total failure. The pro
ductivity of the industrial workers has
alarmingly declined, and many of them
despite the DEGREES of compulsory
labor, have fed back to the provinces
where they can get more food. The
peasants have refused to accept com
munism in any form; they have stead
lily contracted the area of ground under
cultivation; and they vigorously re-
sist the efforts Of the Soviet authori.
ties to requisition their surplus grain
The failure Of Bolshevism has beer
equally complete in the field Of distri
button, according to the evidence ad
duced by Mr.. Pasvolsky. The national
ization of trade decreed by the Soviet
government has always been more o,
less Of dead letter. The official ra
tions have never been sufficient fol
the needs of the city population; ane
large amount of free trade in foot
products and manufactured goods ha:
! gone on in fragrant defiance of com
munist theory. Mr.. Pasvolsky cites
many articles in Economic Life tt
prove that graft and speculation are
rampant in the Soviet nationalizet
factories.
The author arrives at the conclu
sion that Socialism, as practised b,
the Bolsheviki, far from enhancing
the productive forces of the country
has actually reduced Russia to mucf
lower economic status than she en-
joyed under the backward capitalism
of the Czarist period. He predicts [
comparatively rapid return to pros
perity after the overthrow of thu
Soviet regime-an event which, he be
lieves, cannot be long delayed.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07
How darlington Chooses Names

Choosing names for your characters
is an important thing" says Tarking-
ton. "The names should fit the char
acters. There is lot in names; in
names of writers, too. Julian Street,
fer instance. Isn't that an intriguing
name for writer? In my book, The
Magnificent Ambersons, got the name
from an army list Of my fathers. 1t is
combination of two names. Amber
ling suggested it. l dropped the ling
and added SON. But you'd be sur
pised, no matter how you invent
names, you will find people to whom
tley belong Certain Ambersons wrote
to me, although the name was, ]
thought, my own invention. 1t happens
even in the combination of invented
first and last names. People have writ
ten me and asked how l happened to
choose their names, even when they
were most unusual ones"
In the case of Alice Adams, Mr.
Tarkingtons new novel, his publishers
Doubleday. Page & Co.. have already
received letter from real Alice
Adams, who wonders how Tarkington's
heroine happened to be named for her
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07
Morse Novelist Writes, in Pan,
An Idyll 1inged With Tragedy
Knut Hamsun's Story of Hermit and Lover
Reveals His Rich Power
in Full Tide

All tho development Of the story Of
their flutterings toward and fittings
from love is told in a text cEastely
simple, dignifed, and time and again
lifted to the levels of q poetry OF m.
ture and human life moving easily in
the medium of prose.
We read Pan aloud to friend, and
the reading brought out almost tc
the point Of visualization the pictorial
values. Knut Hamsun's Pan is keyed
to the tone so frequently dominant in
the music of Grieg and Sibelius. As
these composers drench their scores
in the mystery of life and nature
bringing into the currents Of mortal
JOY the deeper tides of gloom and sor.
row. SO Hamsun opens Pan in the
sunlight OF Northern summer and
then gradually draws 1t to close II
nights of autumnal chill.
To some readers Of this novel the
ending, in the form Of a communica.
tion written by q man who was with
Claim at the time of his death in India
will seem to be an unnecessary
epiloguc. Couldn't Hamsun have lief,
Claim on the steamer, sailing away
from Norway and into forgetfulness
Of Edwarda? 1t is o natural query
A second and careful reading of this
Document of 1861" lays bare its mo.
tive. 1t is q justification of Hamsun' q
theory OF Claim as man. The fel-
low is reincarnation--the word is
used with latitude--of the naive child
hood of the race. His emotions and
passions are as elemental as sunlight
affected by the clear atmosphere of
sympathy or the darkness of suspicion
or antipathy. He is proud to a degree
that renders him the victim Of word
Of praise or of censure. His refuge in
self is shallow. Swayed by instinct
rather than by reason, he never esti-
mates the act of another in terms OF
considerate thought. All in all, Hell.
lenic figure on the coast Of Norway.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07

MAKING GOOD. BY Captain G. Mexican
v C. Published by the Macmillan Com
n F LATE there has been an awak-
Z ening of interest in Canada. The
history and the fiction Of our
neighbors are being read by the people
Of the United States more than ever
before. This is in part due. of course,
to the splendid record made by the
Canadians in the late war. number
of American publishing houses have
issued novels based on Canadian life
and some Of these stories have been
read widely. Among the latest that
have come to our notice is Making
Good, by Captain G. B. Mexican, V. c..
1t is tale of the adventures Of Jack
Young, native of the Isle Of Jersey,
who embarks as cabin boy on a
schooner leaving Bristol, England, for
America. His life on shipboard with
a brutal captain and coarse seamen
becomes unbearable, his only friend
being a worthy young sailor named
JCHcSt WIZ iuuuSGb w 0tbCAt tuo
ship at Halifax. The two "bum the
sead' on freight express through
eastern Canada until they are discov-
cred by the conductor and dropped in
the wilds. There is forest fire from.
which they barely escape, train dis
aster in which the boys are able to
show brave service and other exciting
events along their journey to the great
Northwest, which is the goal of their
dreams. But the bulk of the story
is centered in the foothills of Alberta,
where Jack is initiated into ranch life,
learning the clever tricks of the cow
boy, proving his prowess as broncho
buster and rope-thrower. The book
radiates the fresh atmosphere of the
breezy West and holds ones interest.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07
= HE industries of America, by COM
z,n ,;ne4, Ill.,.

TN HE industries of America, by COM
parison with those of Europe
and England. have experienced
little in the way of governmental in
reference and regulation AS a result
there is little Standardization in our
industrial relations. Except in cases
where powerful union has ben able to
impose uniform conditions throughout
an industry each plant has been, gen.
orally speaking, law unto itself, re-
fecting the ideas and individuality of
its manager.
The present investigators, headed by
Professor Commons, visited thirty es
tablishments, illustrating widely vary
ing types Of industrial government.
The book contains detailed reports upon
eighteen of these plants. and the
authors sum up their own differences
and conclusions on the subject of in
dustrial governments in the last five
chapters.
The plants which are here studied
are, for the most part, unusually sue
cessful experiments in the field Of in
dustrial relations. Mr.. Commons ex-
presses the opinion that from 10 to
rs per cent of American EMPLOYERS
may be said to be SO far ahead of the
game that trade unions cannot reach
them Most of the managers of the
establishments visited by the inves-
tigators would belong in this category.
They treat their men with humanity
and consideration; they devise COM
prehensive schemes for insurance
against accident, disease and unem-
ployment, In many cases they volun-
tarily grant substantial measure of
f-government to their workers.
Benevolent autocx6cy, however, is not
the universal rule. The system func-
tioning in the Rochester clothing mar
ket is held up as hopeful step for
ward in the direction of industrial
democracy. Here the union and the
employers have set up elaborate ma
chinery for the adjustment of differ
lock-outs. The investigators also de-
scribe several other instances in which
unions played an important part in
creating just and stable industrial
conditions.
In the last chapters the authors dis
cuss such economic problems as the
principles of labor management, the
best means of doing away with absen-
tee ownership in our industrial life
the proper scope of employee represen-
tation and the possible application Of
the principle of joint control in in
dustry. The work is an extremely val
liable and interesting handbook on
industrial relations, based upon facts
collected by experts in the field OF
economics.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07

In mid-August will appear what
promises to be an important book on
The American Railroad Problem. by T..
Leo Sharfman, of the economics de-
partment Of the University of Michi
gan. The Century Company will be the
publishers.
The book is said to be a thorough
survey, of the railroad situation. be-
ginning with rapid review of the
origins of the American railroads and
their history, regulation, ETC., prior to
1914. Following this the immensely
significant occurrences in connection
with our railroads during the war are,
it is said, studied in considerable de-
tail.
This retrospect in itself should be of
great interest, for hardly any of us
has yet looked for himself at any iso-
lated phase of the American war eff
fort in a non-sentmental, detached
and historical spirit. Probably, too, not
many Of US have realized even yet to
what an extent the great war was, as
Joffre declared, "a railway war"
Next, according to the publishers.
the author takes up the various pro-
posals advanced after the ending Of
hostilities for the adjustment of the
railroads relations to the government,
the shippers, the employees, the stock
holders and the people at large, and
discusses all these in what is described
as literally inquiring spirit and
with view rather to ascertaining all
the existing factors in the problem
than to the advancement of any theory.
Finally there is the crux of the dis
cussion--a consideration of the basic
principles of satisfactory solution.
Since the one thing certain concern
ing this railroad problem of ours
seems to be that we shall have neither
"normalcy" nor prosperity until it is
settled, such a book bids fair to in
terest large number of ordinary citi-
zens besides students of railways and
+, economics.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07
D. II. Lawrence Seen as SupremeIy
Vital Force In Modem Letters
Sherwood Anderson Finds in Books of English
Author Keys to the House of
Modern Life

With all there Is in me of hate, I how
ever hate such an insult to the greater
man.
Well, it has not been found necessary
TO print and circulate The Lost Girl
in Il limited edition, and to my mind
it also is a subtle and powerful book,
as is also Psychoanalysis and the I'm
conscious. Like Women in Love,
these books will be fertilizers of
minds. Within their pages also there
is the irresistible play of living forces.
Here again is the great message Of
Lswrence-Iife defeated that will not
be quite defeated. In every book from
the hand Of Lawrence I have ever
read there is the same universal sense
Of life and of living things. When one
walks with Lawrence in country road
the way becomes strongly and signif-
cantly alive. One goes with him into the
presence of people and, wonder of wop-
ders, his people also live. This is noe
talk of life, speculation about life Life
itself is here. There people talk
and moving about are living people.
There is quite sharply and clearly
the suraface Of life and then some
thing else-something immensely more
significant. We know these men and
women as we never before knew men
and women. We have gone down within
them. We have taken these, people
within ourselves. These men and
women we shall never forget, never
lose. Often in q single prose pas
sage from the hand of this greatest
of living English prose writer's the
| impossible is all but achieved-the en-
tire life of all men and al women put
into a passage.
Is the hand that can do that not
strong hand? Is it~~rot a healing
hand?
The books D. H. Lawrence has writ
ten, the books he will still write, are
keys to the house of modern life. It is
my purpose in writing this testament
to stand in the street before that
house and to put the key into your
hand. Let me stop you for a moment
as you hurry along the street. Above
the roar of our towns and cities let
my voice for moment be heard.
The books of D. H. Lawrence are lsys
to the house of modern life.
Take them into your hands.
Be not afraid.
1t is the Hslse of health.
! Go you mo the house.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-07

THE HORSE STEALERs AND OTHER
ssToRiEs. ss BY Anton Chekhoy Trans
lated by Constance Garnett Published
by The Macmillan Company. 1926.
r is impossible to understand fully
the appeal of Anton Chekhov's
b work without remembering that
he had wide and long experience
rs doctor. The influence of his pro-
fession upon his literary work is two
fold. His personal contacts with his
patients provided him with much Of
the raw material for his stories; anC.
his scientific theory and practice i'm
part an unmistakable touch of disci-
plined realism to his fights of creative
imagination.
Ward No. g." the longest story in the
present volume, is directly based upon
the authors hospital experiences 1t
is typical tragedy of the Russian in
tcllectual, in whom the capacity for
action is completely stifed by his
propensity for introspective breeding.
Ward No. is the insane ward of q
miserably equipped and poorly man
aged small town hospital In it is
confined we'll educated, brilliant man,
whose reason has been deranged by a
delusion of persecution.
The physician in charge of The hos
rital, whose executive ability is par
alyzed by his incessant fondness for
reading and speculative reflection, be-
comes acquainted with this patient in
Ward No. and makes q practice If
visiting him. The stupid and gossip
ing town people come to suspect the
physicians own sanity. He is removed
from his position, and falls into pow
erty. Finally, by grim irony, he is
judged insane and confined to v ard Nc
6 himself. 1t is a somber story, only
relieved by Chekhov's ever present gift
of unostentatious human sympathy.
The other short stories and sketches
deal with variety of themes. They
generally depict the life Of the Rus
sian farms and villages. The note OF
humor and satire occurs more fire.
ouently than in some of the other vol
umes of Chekhov's stories. In "a
Happy Ending" we have the case of a
man who employs a professional
matchmaker to secure him wife, and
ends by espousing the MATCHMAKER
herself. can Avenger" is the tale oI
sn outraged husband who rushes into
q shop determined to buy a revolver