NEWS FLASHES Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told Boris Sayer, 22 years old, of Phila- A dexterous pick ycket extracted 3 i Pe | a delphia, wrote a letter to the coroner! thirty-five dolars from the wallet of ) ptating that he, Sayer, was a ‘“grouch” | Dr. H. B. Wilmer, after which he re a “joy-killer” and that he was {turned the empty wallet to the doctor’: He instruct- | pocket. {i to commit suicide. coroner to turn his body over | | General Richard D. Simms, §2, treaz- urer of the Capitol Trust Company, of Washington, D. C., hanged himself in pyer’s letter, the coroner was |, tree. miversity of Pennsylvania for purposes. Shortly after re- He rode his horse under the he finding of the body, | tree, knotted a rope about his neck, {tied the other end to a limb and Atlantic navy flier, NC 2, spurred his horge out from under him BH on a sand bar at Atlantic | ik | of Philadelphia, has requested that Philadelphians volun- of persons killed and in- tarily observe daylight saving. illions of dollars worth of | ——— | Mayor Moore, the toll exacted by three: Dr, Albert H. Smith, a Philadelphia ich swept eight states in| Drug Store entral, and South. proprietor, answered =a | bendit’s demand for cash with a hand- m— ful of red pepper which completely adjudged insane, |plinded and routed the intruder who jntly killed when she threw | fled after firing three harmless shots der a train at South Orange, | from a pistel. e body has not been identified. woman, —— General John J. Pershing assisted in ~uel McGourlick, of New York, |the launching of a ship at Hog Island wd for writing post cards to | laet week, jals stating that ee ere “killing his| Philadelphia Sunday have raised the price to ten cents. newspapers ulls Inferior Eggs From the Market Supply the marvels of Mars perfectly good, fresh egg shows “full” scope is a big-seale re-and “clear” before the light; there is onders the egg tester, aimost no air cell at the large end, and liles eggs for condition | the yolk outline is only faintly dis- Lepy 3 “airough the egg-| cernible. A fixed air cell of 1-8 to 3-16 100, y, ability to dif-| of an inch in depth indicates a fresh br pnound and stale egg, as eggs run in general. A larger gator to add mark- | 2ir cell with a mobile lower line indi- esh quality | cates—accordng to size and fluctuation —a stale egg, or one becoming weak of a new laid egg has a|and watery. " which is the visible sign Very small spots which are appar- reshness. This bloom is| ent in the eggs are usually blood clots. by a touch, and in many | Large spots, rings and shadows are appears after a few days’ ex-| due to heat and germination and in- 0 the air. After that the ap-| dicate decomposition in the first e of the shell is not a reliable stages. An egg that is opaque except ion of the condition of the con-| for a large fixed air cell contains a : chick dead at an advanced stage of vy holding an egg between the eye | decomposition. An opaque egg with strong light in such a manner | large air cells having a mobile lower the rays of light come to the|line is in an advanced stage of fluid rough the egg, the condition of | decomposition. Eggs showing solid pntents can be seen. This | spots or rings can often be utilized by of examining eggs is called - 8 This work is done in a dark room, using a iight enclosed in 2 case having opposite the light a hole * of proper size and shape before which the egg is held for examination. Handy Home Made Egg Tester An ordinary hand lamp, a lantern, breaking them and separating the bad part. Store Eggs in Lime Water Where waterglass cannot be ob- tained for the preservation of eggs, the limewater method may be substi- tuted. Dissolve two or three pounds of unslaked lime in 5 gallons of water an incandescent bulb, or a flash light | that has previously been boiled and may be used. Any box large enough | allowed to cool, and permit the mix- to hold the lamp, set on end, can be | ture to stand until the lime settles used for a case, Besides the Bole in| and the liquid is clear. Place clean. the side opposite the light there should | fresh eggs in a clean, earthenware be a hole in the top end; otherwise, | crock or jar, and pour the cléan lime Nhe heat from the light would fire the | water into the vessel until the eggs box. A tester chimney such as is used | are covered. At least 2 inches of the on a lamp for testing eggs in incuba- | solution showld cover the top layer tion may be used for eandling. of eggs. Sometimes a pound of salt is For convenience the light should be | used with the lime, but experience has riaced on a table or shelf, The eggs | shown that in general the lime without to be tested should be placed at ond | tpe salt is more satisfactory. side of the light while on the opposite side receptacles for the good and bad eggs should be provided. Bach egg should be examined alone by holding | @ll purposes in eooking and for the it, large end up, close to the light. A | table. Freeh, clean eggs, properly pre served, ean be used satisfastorily for In Spring a Railroad Official’s Fancies Turn Lightly to Hundred Thousand Dollar Salaries Following is a list of the princely vare, Lackawanna & Western, $75,- salaries that were payed railroad | 399.00. heads in this country before the roads Frederick D. Underwood, President, were taken over by the government | Erie Railroad, $77,950.00. Under Federal control salaries of oper- Richard H. Aishton, President, Chi- hting officers were reduced at the | cago & Northwestern, $50,240.00. ame time that wages were raised. L. M. Bell, General Counsel, Chicago, here is some speculation as to | Rock Island & Pacific, $59,486.00. hether or not, now that the roads W .G. Besler, President and Gene- e returned to private control, these | ral Manager, Central R. R. ofN. I. aries will be restored. $50,210.00. Robert S. Lovett, Chairman Bxecu- George F. Browell, Vice-President e Committee, Union Pacifie, $104,- | and General Solicitor, Erie Ry., $49, .00. 610.00. dward P. Ripley, President, Atchi- H. E. Byram, President, Chicago, | Topeka and Santa Fe, $75,400.00. | Milwaukee & St. Paul, $60,000.00. acob M. Dickinson, Receiver, Chi- Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, Gen. b, R. 1. & Pacific, $120,732.00. Counsel, Den. & R. G., $55,000.00. alker D. Hines, Director, Chair- Chadbourne & Shores, Counsel, Den- ptchison, T. & S. F., $77,210.00, ver & Rio Grande, $63,000.00. in Hewitt, Sr., Chairman Board A. J. Earling, President, Chicago, ectors, Chicago & N. W., $60,- | Milwaukee & St. Paul, $73,319.00. William E. Herrin, Vice-President Lk Kruttschnitt, Chairman Ex-| and Chief Counsel, Southern Pacific, Committee of Board of Direc-| $50,500.00. uthern Pacific Transportation 88,860.00. _ Runnells, President Pullman Detained American $60,500.00. Tankers Markham, President, Illinois $60,555.00. McAllister, Jr., General COuB- | po paris in recent dispatches, in- ver &|R. G., $55,000.00. vigorous protest made by the French ningtqn, President, Minn., St. Gcvernment with the Reparation Com- e. M.4$52,723.00. mission of the allied countries. Tha 25. 030.00. French protest states that France is m, $ wrmaker, President, seriously in need of nine captured cident, New York formation was given out concerning a in question under the reparation ar- Rea, resident, Pennsylva- tern, $60,150.00. tankers and is entitled to the vessels conference. The claim that the vessels Company of America, is not disputed, x ” been operated under the German flag prior to the war, a German subsidiary of the Standard having control of the vessels and that they are war prizes now. The French claimants blame the American Government for interfering with the final disposition of the tank- ers and the Reparation Commission asked to insist upon an immediate Washington. A fixed period of that time is named in which action must be taken, and if explgnation from such action is not taken as desired, tke Frenchmen declare the commis- sion should turn the boats over tc France without further delay. The period fixed is 15 days. should soon know just what is to hap- ren to the captured oil vessels. So w2 Value of Gas Not Reduced For years questions as to alleged detrimental effect of removing gaso line ffom natural gas, have been dis- cussed and claims have been made that the heating qualities of the gas 1ave been seriously impaired by tak- ing out the gasoline eontent. Gas ex- | perts have shown repeatedly that this claim was not correct. They have in- sisted that the heating power of gas was not lessened by gasoline extrac: tion. The Bureau of Mines has been in- vestigating this matter and last week issued a statement to the effect tha: in a series of investigations just com- pleted, it is shown that the more than 2,000,000 natural gas consumers lose practically no heating value through the process. In fact, taking all of the factors involved in this problem none has proved so troublesome and so mis- leading and the Bureau of Mines ciaims that gasoline extraction is a benefit to the consumer and to the whole country rather than a detri- ment. It seems that whenever the weather ral gas is used and the gas pressure Lecomes low, someone is always ready to suggest that there are gasoline- in the pipes, thus impoverishing the gas. It is known that the gasoline itself is rich in heating value and taking it away, therefore, robs the gas. During the periods of low pressure in winter when there is a shortage of gas many good citizens have felt that they have been doing a service in behalf of the people, in making eomplaints through the courts or bodies against this “robbing of the gas,” and because consumers have not reeeived competent scientific advice from disinterested sources, there have grown up needless misunderstandings and a waste of effort on negligible fac- ters concerning the gas supply. In an endeavor to settle the ques- tion for all time and for the benefit of the natural-gas-using public and the good of the entire country, the Bureau of Mines went thoroughly into the subject, with the result that the fol- lcwing conclusions have been drawn by Dr. Van H. Manning, Director of the Bureau: In general, the decrease in heating vaiue of natural gas from the removal of gasoline is greatly overestimated. One gallen of gasoline in the natural gas burned by the domestic consumer as gas is worth to him about one and three quarter cents in heat value, while this same gallon of gasoline to the automobile owner is worth 25 to 30 cents. Taking the gasoline out of the gas, one gallon will equal 35 cubic feet of gas, but this is not taken from the eonsumer, because his gas is meas ured at his home meter and he obtains 1.000 cubic feet of gas irrespective of wkether the not. gasoline is removed or The Bureau of Mines has even reaghed the conclusion that the re- nioval of the gasoline from the natural gas is a positive benefit to the con- Without the gasoline plants great difficulty has been found by ths samer, 2as companies in the condensation of the gasoline and water in disintegrat- ing the rubber gaskets in the coup- lings, resulting in a large leakage of gas and the consequent lowering of the pressure. Therefore, the taking of the gasoline is a safeguard to the consumer that he will not be without gas at serious times by reason of leak- age. The installation of these plants eliminates most of the line trouble und gives better service to the public. On the whole the Bureau of Mines con- siders the extraction of gasoline from natural gas a great conservation meas- ure and desires to encourage this in- dustry. Marriage is a tie, but that is no reason why a married man shoul drift with the tied. No, Maude dear; to refer to another girl as being in the soup is not con: sidered ladie-like. The cheapest is seldom the best. Even the self-made man might exer- cise more care in selectirjg his ma- terials. { Milly—*Men live much faster than asident, South- | rangement decided on at the peace{ women.” Billy—*“Well, perhaps jou are right. of the |are really owned by the Standard Oil|I admit it takes a woman/much longer to reach the age of 80 than it takes but it is argued that the tankers had a man.” becomes severe im a place where natu- making plants along the natural gas main lines that make it a business to take out what little gasoline remains. legislative Ditching Made FEasy scuthern peninsula of Michigan tell me that of all problems that confront land-owners on the low-lying sections of the State, that of ditching muck is the mest difficult. of Legrand, Michigan, I made a study of this problem. oul ditching with dynamite. plosive manufacturers to purchase 50 rer cent straight dynamite for the work, since in using this more sensi- tive dynamite, it is not necessary to use more than one cap in a eonsider- able yardage of ditch. This method iz called the propagated method, and wiil work onky in very moist, wet, or water- covered soil. this condition, this method is usually best in muck soils. was about 30 rods in length, and ran through the worst strip of log and stump infested wet land that I ever saw. The neighbors were not at all reluctant about equetsioning his sanity when he talked of blasting a ditch through this swamp. 80 as to straighten the old crooked nerves, had consulted the Famous Specialist. preying mpon you,” announced the Famous Specialist. ition,” murmered the Rich Man, think- ing of his three sons-in-law. How One Pig To obtain a loan of $25 from a bank, invest in a product imported from a distant State, ani realize a net profit of $1,055.85 within fifteen months, sug- zests an achievement in high finance. To Elton Sartor, a fifteen-year-old boy in Bartlett, Williamson County, sented an investment of $25 in a 68- pound Poland-China gilt, picked from choice breeding stock in Kansas, The vegotiation wag simple enough. The result achieved budks big. The adven- ture not only gives the texas youth a bank balance of over $1,000, but Elton Sartor also has been awarded the un- challenged title as the 1918 pig-club champion of the United States. He likewise has been awarded a scholar- ship to the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. The hyphen between the banker farmer in Texas, the prestige of a pig-club organization of nation-wide identity, and the helpful co-operation of a county agricultural agent were mong the agencies that stimulated the boy pig-grower. “Whole milk will certainly make the pig's tail curl” is a phrase that Elion Sartor does not discount in practice when producing championship pork. He has unmovable faith in milk as an item in the pig’s diet. And he talks enthusiastically about a balanced ra- tion. Well-directed effort and intelli- gence characterized the activities of voung Sartor in lifting a 68-pound sow rig from a $25 valuation to an enter- prise appraised in four figures. The record herewith in its unvar- mshed form speaks for itself: The first litter from this sow was 11 pigs. The price he got for them when they were six months and four days old, and weighed 2,223 pounds, was $527.85. For 9 pigs out of the second litter of 12 he received $225. Adding $500, the amount refused for the sow, and deducting the feed bill of 172, the gain was $1,055.85. This means a net profit of $1,055.85 in fifteen months on an initial $25 investment. Remarkably significant ig the record of the two pig-club champions claim- ing Texas as their home, for two sue- cessive years. For it was down in Georgetown, Texas, that Shelby Mui- ins developed into championship pro portions in 1917—and both Mullins and Sartor found identical guidance in the same county agricultural agent, Owen W. Sherrill. Sandwiched between the wealthiest counties of Texas—Williamson and Bell—is the town of Bartlett, with a population of 1,815, all told. It is the home of the Bartlett Boys’ Registered Pig (dub and Elton Sartor, as well as the source and strength of the banker- farmer movement that groups itself around sixteen bankers in financing the pig club members. “I am safe in saying that no deserv- ing boy has yet been refused assist- ance in buying his pig where he is willing to follow the sug- gestions of a county agent,” banker. T. B. Benson, cashier of the Bart- lett National Bank, states: ‘Any boy who wiil raise hogs and take an inter- ost in them needs no other security than his note at this pank. I have not lost a cent on these notes, and do no! expect to.” Loans are made the pig-club boys at eight per cent interest, the only en- dorsement or lien required being the Loy’s promise to pay and the loan's sanetion by the boy's father. Some of the other outstanding «chievements as contained in reperts of Owen Sherrill, county agricultural agent show that one member cleared ¢ profit of $1,600; four made a net profit of $500 each; eight over $250 each: and eleven, over $100 apiece—from cne sow pig each in 1918.—S. R. Win- ters, in Farm and Fireside. or brood sow says one Ditch contractors and farmers in the In connection with H. L. Ostrander We decided to try Ostrander was advised by the ex Since muck is always in The ditch which Ostrander needed The line of the ditch was laid out The Rich Man, suffering from “Yom have something “What rare intu- a — v1 $120. Texas, the transaction simply repre- | Members Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES CONNECTING OFFICES creek bed which overflowed at every rain, and at no time thoroughly | arained the several acres of fertile | Earned $1,000 bottom land, The farmers and laborers present, | | who had done that type of ditching by { hand, agreed that no man could dig cne rod per day, and that a man could not be secured to work at that type of work for less than $3 a day. There was not a man present who would agree to do the work for less than We sunk bore holes 2 1-2 feet deep along the center line evry 18 inchs, with an ordinary 1 1-2-inch crowbar Into each of these was placed one cartridge (one-half pound) of the straight dynamite. We shot three sec- tions each of about 10 rods. The propagated method was used on all of them and there was no trouble whatever in firing each section with one cap in the center. The resulting ditch was about 10 feet wide at top, 4 feet at fottom, and trem 3 to 4 feet deep. This was some- what larger than was actually needed. The cost of the ditch was: Labor (planting dynamite only, no other re- quired), $5; 125 pounds 50 per cent straight dynamite, at $24.75 per hun- dred, $30.94. Total cost of 30 rods of ditch, $35.94. In other words, the right of way was cleared and the ditch blown at one operation, and it required only about five hours’ time for three men. If the work had been done by hand, one man could not have dug it in a month. The importance of this experiment can be estimated when it is stated, by the college authorities and county «gents that there are thousands of acres of this fertile muck land in neai- ly all parts of Michigan. This land when drained is better than even the newly cleared cut-over lands, on account of its extreme fertility. When draining marsh land or straightening out creek channels it might pay you to try this quick and easy way of put- ting through a ditch —Guy G. Means, Michigan. Hypnotism as’a Cure Not only in physical disease and nerve exhaustion, but in all sorts of mental nd moral disease hypnotism plays a part. It may remove delu- sions, hallucinations, obsessions, and morbid fears. It is most potent in caring kleptomania and mania for ly- ing. As a treatment for the drink Fabit, which is only second to nervous prostration in adding to the rapid increase in insanity, hypnotism plays a part in effective alleviation that is unrivaled. Dr. Boris Sidis, one of the leading hopeless sort, wose father and mother alcoholism. To the doctor's amazc- permanent cures is astonishingly high. The average man has a lot of get- rich-quick ideas up his sleeve, which when going nearly always go wrong. Money talks, and sometimes it has the losing argument. The best surgeon couldn't make out without inside information. Man is a gregarious animal. The way of the transgressor is hard, but is never lonesome. Do You Know That You're Wealthy Has anyone ever told you that, in one respect, you are as rich as Rockefeller—as well off as Schwab and J. P. Morgan? Well vou ARE. When you were born Nature de- posited to your credit in the Bank of Life a great big ample capital of —TIME, You have all the time there is— twenty-four hours each day. In that one thing, you're as rich as the wealthiest man in the world. And mark well, you can exchange Time for Money, but all the wealth in the world won't buy one addi- tional second for a man. If it would, billionaires would be fight- ing on your doorstep, bidding fabu- lous sums for a bit of your time added to their span of life. You can trade your Time for any- thing the world holds. If you want Money—Success—just invest a little of your Time and the reward is yours. The business man as well as the unusual investor and trader of to- day is devoting much time to the study of our weekly financial newspaper, “THE DIVIDEND PAYER,” a copy of which will be sent you free upon request. OONTZ & 0. SECURITIES 723-26-28 Widener Building PHILADELPHIA, PA. Telephones: Walnut 4763 Race 3381 55 Broadway, New York “American People are Ignorant’ European Newspaper We are Self Satisfied and Illiterate for their political ignorance, ever of their own deficiencies in this respect. On the contrary, they believe themselves politically to be the most world. fect simplicity to teach the ignorant fcreigner although statistics taken by the Americans themselves reveal the most amazing illiteracy among their own native-born. The growth of igno- rance in the United States is not less astonishing than the growth of wealth. It is not a humble and teachable igno- rance, It is the self-satisfied and bla- tant ignorance that accepts its own in- fallibility as a matter of course, and from the height of that infallibility undertakes to instruct the world re- garding the abstrusities of democracy, nberty and political progress.” Financial Notes gasoline retail ment, he affected a cure in a short |3 time, There are many disappoint-|large producing oil company on the Winslow Taylor & Company say, “We feel that there will be an easing in the call money rate within the next week, which should be reflected in a with prices for the! stoeks that have recently been ro-| ceiving the attention of the specula-| broader market tors again in demand. We are still very favorably inclined towards: the purchase of motor and motor accessory stocks and while we are speaking of the latter rartieularly FISK RUBBER which wo think has been neglected too lomg and Is almost sure to come in for atten- tion at the hands of pool operators as American hypnotists, once |Wwell as the investors in the near! took the case of a man, a seemingly | future. The oil situation continues to be before him had both been victims of one of fundamental strensth, with prices at cemts per gallon. Nearly every nients, it is true, but the percentage of | Western Hemisphere are bending their Says The following, from a European newspaper, is all the more humerous and interesting in that the people of the nation in which the newspaper is published are famed the world over “A person who has never lived in the United States and who has, conse- quently, no real idea of the intellectual poverty of the masses of the people, would scarcely credit the assertions that could be made with perfect ac- curacy of their bigotry and intolerance. The fundamental fact in the political life of America is lack of ideas. They have made scarcely any advance po- litically since the eighteenth century. “Americans have no suspicion what- advanced people in the history of the They will undertake in per- efforts towards increased profuction and it might be well for those who 1n- vest and speculate in this elass of stocks to keep an eye on their favorite issue from now on. - “As an evidence of the trend of the rublic mind, we have received more requests for copies of our “MARKET TALKS” during the past two weeks than we have since early last Fall, which we take as an indication that the investor is desirous to keeping in close touch with market movements.” The more some people plan fof to- morrow the less they do today. Cheer up! All the poetry in the world isn’t in the wastebasket. Thé fellow who is looking for an encore should carefully avoid telling his troubles. ® Those who are most extravagant in giving adwice naturally have no use fcr it themselves. You never can tell. Many a man stands on his digniky who is really below the average. Of courst the under dog gets our sympathy, but nevertheless it is pretty nruch in the purple cow class. If a fellow has any doubt about his utter insignificance it will be dissi- pated when he attends his own wed- ding. From the pessimist’s point of view it’s an ill wind that shows which way the straws blow. division we have in mind | above | 430-32 Widener Bldg. Walnut 2173-4 PROMPT DELIVERIES Race 5117-8 PERSONAL ! SERVICE HETHER your account is large or small, it will receive that painstaking which insures the best results for you. care and attention It is a pleasure to keep our clients advised by mail and telephone of mar- ket changes and happenings likely to affect the market position of se- curities they are carrying. At this time, we suggest the purchase of good Oils, Industrials, and Coppers. The latter class of stocks has shown decided i strength during the recent reaction. Submarine Boat Texas Ranger U.S. Light 3 Heat White O1l U.S. Steamship Cons. Coppermines Cities Service Howe Sound Cons. Arizoga merit your careful consideration. Write for further information on any securities in which you are interested. PRICE, GUARD & CO, Philadelphia, Pa. industries: Philadelphia Stock Exchange 50 Broad Street Outlook for the Motors N the general rehabilitation of nation-wide trans- portation; facilities,the motor industry has before it a commercial opportunity that is the subject of a leading article in a current number of our Market Review. In this connection there is specific reference to conditions surrounding three important motor General Motors Willys-Overland Bethlehem Motors A copy containing this article will be sent to any- one interested on request for X-50 Hughes & Duss MEMBERS: Chicago Board of Trade 1435 Walnut Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. 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