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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26

two stories underground. with mar
row, winding stone stair cases,
which we climbed to the top or the
turret. The walls are mostly IL
feet in thickness, and, although
much of the interior stone carving
had crumbled with age, there was
still enough remaining to give one
good idea Of the magnificence of
the decorations. With the aid of a
lantern we peered into the dark
dungeon where prisoners were held.
1t is a small round damp hole, prob
lutely no light or ventilation, and
no visible means of sanitation.
We will show picture of the
ruins of one of the oldest cathed-
rails which stands at Elgin, and
which was built in the year 1915.
1t must have been a fine structure
at one time, for in spite of it's age
there are still signs of elegance
about the place. The quaint little
old lady who showed us through
these ruins was quite entertaining,
with her fluent speech, and proved
to be very well versed in the his
tory Of the cathedral In the ceme-
terry belonging to this cathedral
crumbling with age, and upon
which were curious epitaphs. On
one more recent stone, for there are
still few burials made in this old
cemetery, there is the date of birth
of a man, and also the date of his
death, set at 1910. This naturally
aroused our curiosity, but we were
told that it was simply the eccen-
tricity of this gentleman who be-
lieves himself to have the power of
looking into the future and thus
foretelling his death.
We will show one picture of the
Linn o. Dee, which is point where
the Dee river cuts 80 feet through
solid rock. and at that place it is
only few feet wide. AS it comes
roaring through this narrow assure
in the rocks, leaving raging
whirlpool in its wake, it is diff
cult to realize that it really is a
river, although short distance be-
low this point, it again resumes it's
normal size and flows gently and
TRANQUILITY on, ripping over it's shall
low and rocky bed as though it had
never been checked in its course
and forced to fight for existence as
a lovely river.
There is an annual event in Scot
land, which We attended last sum-
mer, and in which we were all in
tensely interested, and which is d
bit Of Scotch that everyone who
visits Scotland, should see. It is a
gathering of all the clans of Scot
land, held in large park or field.
There are all kinds of Scottish
games in which the best athletes
compete, the winners being award
ed handsome prizes Some of the
contests are, tossing the caber, put
ting the ball, high jumping, pole
vaulting, wrestling, etc.
There are also all forms of dane
ing competitions, in which men and
boys compete in highland dancing
such as the Highland Fling, the
Sword Dance, Scottish Reel, etc.
There are two main gatherings, as
they are called, one at AIoyne and
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26
CHARLES BURKE ELLIOTT
1861-1035

Death came to Judge Charles
Sept. Is, 1895, at his home in Min
neapolis, Minnesota. Judge Elliott
had been in failing health for some
months past. He was in the 18th
year of his age.
Charles B. Elliott, the son of Ed
ward and Angeline Elliott, was born
Jan. s, 1861, near Malta, Ohio. He
was educated in the schools at
Pennsville, Morgan county, and Ma
rietta academy. He entered Ma
rietta college in the class of 1882.
After brief period in Marietta
college, his folks removed to Iowa
and he entered the law department
Of the University OF Iowa, where he
was graduated.
Following his graduation he en-
tered the practice of law in Mime
apolis, Minnesota. He pursued
studies in the University of Mime
sofa through the eighties and was
awarded the degree of Doctor of
L HllOoOpuy III tudI iuSLitutAOh Ah
1888.
Practically all of Mr.. Elliott's
work has been along legal and po-
litical lines and he has received
some very high honors in both. Mr..
Elliott served three years as judge
Of the Minneapolis municipal court
and was then appointed as judge of
the district court Of Minnesota in
January, 1893. He resigned in Oc-
tOber, 1904, when appointed justice
of the supreme court of Minnesota
and served in that court until Sep
tember 1, 1909. He resigned to ac-
cept the United States judgeship as
justice of the supreme court of the
Philippines. After six months SER
vice he was transferred by Presi-
dent Taft to the executive depart
ment of the government Of the Phil
ippines, becoming a member of the
United States Philippine commission
and also secretary of commerce and
police Ga cabinet officer), serving
until near the close of President
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26

the other at Braemar, both small
towns in the Dee valley. We at
tended the one at Braemar. which
is only a few miles from Balmoral
castle. We had expected to see the
king and queen in their royal pavn-
ion at the gathering as they al
ways had attended; but we were
very much disappointed when it
was officially reported that they
would not attend, due to the fact
that they were In mourning for the
queen of Belgium, who had been
killed in an automobile accident the
week previous. They are expected
to forego all pleasure and decline
all invitations to public affairs dur
ing period of mourning. How
ever, the kings niece, the princess
of Connaught, and the prince Of
Connaught and a few other MEM
bers of royalty were present. We
occupied seats in the grandstand.
quite near the royal pavilion, where
we had a good view of the occu-
pants. They were all dressed ia
highland costume, as were a great
er part of the spectators and all Of
the participants in the games and
dances
We enjoyed the grand march
past, Of the clansmen with their
bagpipes and their kits in every
conceivable plaid and color. It
really was a most impressive sight.
The music of the bagpipes, although
inspiring and arouses enthusiasm.
This marching and playing went On
for hours during the day. Only the
very best dancers in the country
are eligible to compete in these
competitions and it was amazing to
feet the men were. There were
1000 or more in attendance at
gathering, many different countries
being represented. There were two
Indian princesses and their escorts
in native garb, who sat near us and
who were most interesting people
to observe. I might add that the
women were the most beautiful L
had ever seen, very dark with jet
black eyes and hair; in size, very
petite, and most charming in maR-
ners Their escorts were equally az
handsome, and very gentle and at
tentive to their ladies. / enjoyed
watching the cosmopolitan crowds,
almost as much as the event itself.
You might be interested to know
something of the climate of Scot
land. The summers are delightful
ly cool and pleasant, the thermome-
ter seldom registering more than
20 degrees, and the past summer
was unusually dry and most pleas
ant. The only rains were during
our last two weeks there, just when
we were most desirous of taking
pictures, and the results of our eff
forts were not quite SO satisfactory
as we had hoped. Although Scot
land is much farther north than we
are, the winters are milder, and
though more cloudy there is not the
severe SHOWS we have. This seems
strange, for the most southeriy
point of Scotland lies five degrees
farther north than the most north
erly point of the United States Of
America.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26

Modern mound builders are al
work in Ohio.
The primitive tools of the an
c;ent Mound Builders are replaced
with gigantic mechanical shovels,
fleets of trucks carrying as much
as 80 tons Of earth TO load. and
all the other equipment.
The ancient Mound Builders
built ceremonial and burial
mounds.
The modern mound builders
are building IA dams in the
Muskingum River system to con
troll and conserve food waters.
The dams range in length from
80 feet to $500 feet: in height,
from 40 to III feet, and in width
at the base from 325 to $50 feet.
Nearly 10.125,000 cubic yards
of earth and 337.630 cubic yards
of concrete a pile about 60 feet
square and $50 feet high) will be
used End to end the dams are
over six miles long and will employ
some 1000 men for three years
without counting those WORKING
in plants on materials and equip
ment The Standard Oil Co. OF
Ohio, for instance, is supplying
tens of thousands OF gallons of
gasoline. motor and Diesel oils.
Nearly a dozen lakes will be
created with a total shore line OF
more than 200 miles and an area
of more than 26 square miles max.
ing an unsurpassed system of sum-
mer resort spots. Each lake will
be stocked with fish and the land
around it reforested and controlled
to eliminate Objectionable uses OF
the property.
Several villages, including Tap
pan and Zoarville, will be moved
to higher ground, and others pro-
tected by dykes. One hundred and
sixty miles Of highways, 127 miles
of railroad and hundreds Of miles
Of telegraph, telephone. power, gas
and oil lines must be relocated.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26
Melgs
Death of Vim. EaruS

William Farus, 81, former resi-
dent of Bristol township, died at
SIS, last Thursday evening, at his
home in Washington township,
Muskingum county. He is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Nettie Jones
of Oregon, and Mrs. Zettie Farus,
near Cumberland; son, Pearl
Farus of the home; two sisters,
Mrs. Anna McLain of Falls City,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26

ask questions that sometimes wise
folks don't want nswered.-Your
Aunt Sarah Ann.
P. S.: l will see you in Thirty
six.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Stock and 8alee-

Dividend Rate Add 90 High. Low. Close
Init Petrol (f2)... 3 Il 81 81
Irving &C 'pi0cD Z 71 IA IN
Ital SuperpowrtA !
Evening star., 1935-04-06

Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April (R.-Setbacks
Of grain prices early today accom-
panied reports of improvement in
soil and weather conditions both for
domestic Spring and Winter wheat.
Liverpool wheat quotations were bet
ter than due. Opening unchanged
to Il lower, May, 94haM; Chicago
wheat futures sagged all around after
ward. Corn started unchanged to "a
of, May. 84a84X, and subsequently
showed general decline. but then
rallied.
A strong rally of the Liverpool wheat
market tended to induce relative firm
ness here after early downturns. The
action Of the Liverpool market was
attributed to renewed buying of futures
there and to scarcity of Australian
offerings, as well as to better inquiry
from millers On the other hand,
bears stressed the point that the sur
face moisture Of the United States
Spring wheat belt Is much superior to
a year ago and as q result the acreage
may be well above recent estimates.
Corn and oats traders noted state
ments that the combined stocks of
corn in Chicago, Minneapolis, Duluth,
Buffalo and Georgian Bay ports do
not equal the supplies held in Chicago
alone on May last year. 1t was added
that further reductions at some of
these places are expected this month.
Pronounced decreases Of open inter-
est hereafter are apparently requisite.
Provisions tended to advance.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
REPORT CONDITION OF THE e DN'''' NO.
American Security and Trust Co.

March 4, 1885. ~ - e'' 0'
Evening star., 1935-04-06
LiverpooI Grain Prices.
STOCK RETIREMENT URGED.

NLW 4OtNKNi zIPIIK U w v A1OOVVEU
OF international Mining Corp. have
voted to recommend to the stock
holders reduction in capital through
the retirement of 100000 shares of
common stock Of a par value of 81 a
share now held in the treasury OF
the corporation. The matter will be
considered at the annual stockholders
meeting in Wilmington, Del, on
May 2.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Rug Prices to Be Raised.

NEW YORK, April (Py.-Price
advances averaging per cent are
scheduled to go into effect on light
weight felt base floor coverings on
May l, according to trade sources.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Charter No 4247. Reserve District No g.
LINCOLN NATIONAL BANK

Washington District Of Columbia the Of bu
March T. 1885.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
RUBBER FUTURES.

her futures Closed quiet. UNCHANGED 70
3 hishe,; sales No: /: stsndsTod arc! q con.
ber: II. "a: December. II 40: January,
11.6Sn; March. 11.s2n. Smoked ribbed
spot. 11.00n. A-Nemiqnl.
Evening star., 1935-04-06

Younetn SAT bs'70 3 s2a 81 s7I
Youngtn sat 5s'7sA 9lTs ylT 91Ia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
Automobile Mishap
 Death Rate Swells
Decrease Noted Among Children, Increase Revealed
 Among Adults-Male Pedestrians Careless

were three and one-half times as frequet.
 Comparing the figures for tho first and the last years of the dec- ade under review, 1925 and 1884, the Metropolitan statisticians re- port:
 "In vehicular collisions, the death rate among women has gone up IA per cent while that for men has advanced 112 per cent. A greater per cent increase in the number of women drivers and riders may account for the larger rise in the death rate for that sex, Similarly. and possibly for the same reason, the rate for deaths from collisions between automo- piles and fixed objects has risen 333 per cent among women. as compared with 189 among men.
 "The trend of the death rate. py sex. of pedestrians killed in motor vehicle traffic presents an interest ing sidelight on the general DIG ture of automobile fatalities. Ihe actual figures show a rise. Ill ter years, of 1O2 per cent in the mor' tality rate among male pedestrians as compared with only 31 per cen for women. Do they indicate tha l carelessness and venturesomenes among men pedestrians have Ia creased much more than amohs Women?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01

with government funds new money-fresh supplies of income new purchasing power which they carry over into the peace time market to buy luxuries, amusement, clothing, furniture and necessities on a more elabo- rate scale.
 The peace time industries are soon short of men because mill lions are drawn into the war in- dustries. Presently we have a strange, sinister, evil kind of pros perity which results from the fact that the nation is at war and must spend countless billions to fight it's battles.
 You are now near to the an swer to the question. The inf1a- ton consists in the great flood o1 new spending power. Where does this flood come from? In war il invariably comes Nfrom one source borrowed funds. In the last war the government spent $33,- OOO,OOO,00O. Of this it borrowed S22,OOO,OO0,00 Out of every ten dollars we spent for the war we borrowed seven.
 When the government ppurs twenty-two billion dollars of bor- rowed money into a great new war industry and these billions are taken out by the war workers into the peace ime industries spent there, no amount of govern ment control can keep prices from Ik on pouring water into a bowl and then try to keep the bowl from over-fiowing by regulation and making rules. The way to pre- vent the bowl from over-flowing is not to pour the water in.
 How, then, is the war. to be paid for? The senate committee has decided that we must pay for it as we go along. out of our cur rent revenues. We must pay cash for the next war. And the gov ernment must get the cash by tax ing.
 But if the government collects billions in taxes and spends them will this not produce war imitation just as if we spent borrowed money? When you spend borrow ed money you add money borrow ed to the existing income and swell the expendable funds of the na- tion. When you tax, you merely shift existing income from peace purposes to war purposes.
 In the Great War the imitation began before we entered the war As Germany crossed the Belgian frontier, every baot that landed here from Europe brought the purchasing agents of the Euro pean war machines. They came
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01

to take the profits out of war by attempting to keep prices down. It was introduced by Congress- Carolina, chairman of the house committee on military affairs. It is based on MT Bernard Baruch's recommen MT Baruch was chairman of the war indus tries board during the Great War. And in that job MT Baruch form ed theories about the problem of war profits which are found in the McSwain bill.
 MT Baruch's theory is that the way to stop protiteering is to re- strain prices. MT Baruch saw prices soaring in the last war. These outrageous price rises re- suited in big earnings, swollen dividends, high wages and the whole inflationary movement which cursed the country. Mr Baruch therefore concluded that the prices caused the imitation. Therefore, the way to check the war imitation and it's profits and maladjustments is to check the high prices. The way to check the prices is to forbid them.
 Mir Baruch is quite right in believing that the government must exercise some control over prices. But after all the govern ment cannot work miracles. It tried to check prices in 1917. But the prices went up just the same, and the government had to ac- quiesce in the rises--even issue orders authorizing them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
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before we entered the war, European and other gov ernments raised $4,300,000,O0O here. They borrowed $2,40O,Ooo,-- 900 on bonds. They recaptured $1,90,0CO,O00 by selling Ameri- can securities owned in Europe. All of this and much more was spent in this country. When we entered the war the imitation was in full blast. Our $22,000,o0O,- 900 piled on that blew us up to the bursting point.
 The full fury of the pre-war imitation came in 1916. In fact prices had risen so high then that very soon they began to fall Of their own weight. Steel prices had risen 37O per cent. They were actually falling when the government began to try to check prices. It has been charged that the government really kept steel prices from going lower.
 We tried price fixing during the war. In view of the enor- nous rise which had already taken place, it should have been easy to check the rise, if such process were feasible at all. But the prices continued to soar. In many lines the highest prices were reached after we began price fixing. Cotton goods were at a price index of 1S1 before price fixing. After price fixing they were 255. Coal at 160 before price fixing scared to POT a full year after. Wool was POS before price fixing. It reached its high est point after at 290. These are but a few instances.
 The men who managed price fixing were criticised. They cer- tainly might have done better. But they were really helpless. It was like trying to hold back the sea. The billions kept pouring in. They disrupted, upset, twisted the whole economy, unbalanced cost
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
FLAG DESIGNER
 TO BE IGNORED
Originator of Service Flag" to Be Rewarded
 By Ohio Soon

Cleveland (UP).-The' designer and originator of the service flag" of the World war is to be rewarded by the state of Ohio.
 Capt. Robert l.. Quiesser, build- ing supply executive of Cleveland who devised the flag, may be com missioned colonel in the Ohio National Guard. under a resolu- ion. unanimously adopted by the state house of representatives The resolution empowers Gov Martin L. Davey to make the ap- pointment.
 Captain Quiesser conceived the idea of the service fiaf after he had returned with the Fifth Ohio Infantry from Mexico prior to the war. He had been struck down py m automobile and both or ms legs broken.
 While he was recovering, the war broke out. calling to duty the two sons who had been with him in Mexico. now Lieut.. Col. Charles F. Quiesser and Major Robert L. Qulesser, Jr.
 Tt occurred to Captain ouiessef that those who sent sons into bat' ie should have some insignia Go denote their sacrifice.
 Ho he sketchcd on paper Inc outline Of tho service flag thnt he' came SO famIIlar--rcd border whito center. hluo star, Fi|9 NAee Wofo displayed u1I&IE|z''| '| thFvuRhout ih0 nation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01

The high prices, of course, as any economist-old or new school -can tell you, do not produce the imitation. It is the imitation which produces the high prices, the high profits, the high wages.
 And what produces the inf1a- tion? The imitation is caused by the sudden unloosing into the market of vast new floods of pur- chasing power. The instant war is declared millions of men are summoned into the armed forces. There at a stroke is the biggest kind of big business. But these three or four million men cannot go to war barehanded. They must have uniforms, shoes, helmets, gas masks, guns, powder and ball, cannon, shells, ships, airplanes on a gigantic scale. This means an- other five or six or more million men to maket hese things.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
DEATHS ANGEL
 PREFERS MALES
Statistician Reveals MOr= tality Greater in Nearly
 All Age Groups

Who live longer, men or wom- en? A seven-year statistical stuoy by WilliaI> c. Yelling, director or the bureau of vital satisfies of the state department of health, which appears in he departments current monthly bulletin, would seem to award the prize for longevity to the ladies, since in every age group LID to TO-79 years, more males die than females.
 It must be remembered, how ever, that some natural biological factor operates so that more males are born each year than females, in a ratio of about 105 males to HOO females, Mir Yelling reminds. Still the ratio for mortality among males exceeds the birth ratio in all age groups except that of 2O-29 years when the ratio of deaths Is 1O4 males to 100 females, and in the 70-79 group when mortality among the sexes is about equal, After the 70-79 bracket, more women die than men, but the sex ratio is then no longer dependable owing to the excess male mortality in the lower age group, which must leave fewer male survivors in the older groups. This, in practically all age groups. the male is dis tinctly preferred by the Grim Reaper, the mortality ratio being 112 to 100. in the gross mortality, Study of cancer and tuberculosis | mortality reveals variations from l the general trends, however. Can cer, MT Yelling points out, seems | to be disease which distinctly se- l lects its mortality among women. | although it's most intense activity l does not come until the 40-49 age bracket is reached. Cancer kills | only 7S males to each 100 females, and in the 40-49 group it kills twice as many women as men.
 Maximum mortality from cancer for both males and females is reached in the age group 60-69.
 Tuberculosis alters it's preference
 as the age groups advance. Below the age of ten. it is distinctly a disease of males, MT Yelling shows. Then in the 10- 1s class
 nearly twice as many females die
 as males. This ratio to the females,
 but with Jess intensity, continues
 through the age group 20-29. the
 ages 10 to 30 thus being the most
 dangerous for women as far as tu-
 berculosis is concerned. As sud
 denly as it changed from male to
 female in the 10-19 bracket. tu-
 berculosis swings back again to
 male preference after the age oi
 30. Tn total tubercular mortality
 129 men die to every 100 women
 Maximum mortality among the
 males is in the years 40 to 49
 20 years after the maximum foi
 females.