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TiiK BlOitiVIIVO- UICEUOMAN, XtJOESDAX, 31 AY 14, 19CT7. MONEY MADE IN INGENIOUS WAYS Happy Thoughts of Clever Americans - Turned to Great Profit. SCHEME OF TAILOR'S BOY Blade Fortune on First Club to Press Mens Clothes Man Who Is 'Broke" Baffles Week's Work for $50. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. WASHINGTON, May 8. (Special Cor respondence.) The American boy should be taught -that the Ideas which have formed the foundation stones of the great American business enter prises have not all sprung- from the rich and mightyi The American disre gard for conventionalities and the Na tional crying-out for something new unite to offer a golden opportunity to him who has an Idea whatever the idea Is or whoever may be the man to bring It forward. That peculiar quality which enables the Yankee to see Into the future by the light of a shining coin Is not a gift to be lightly prized. Furthermore, it Is a kind of prophecy which despises not small things. Every town in the country, almost, now has a "pressing club," which con tracts to press and clean all one's clothing; for a certain amount per month, usually $1, with no limitation on the number of times the clothes are to be pressed. The crease In Uncle Barn's trousers has been much neater and more distinct since the beginning of pressing clubs. A boy working In a tailor's shop in an Iowa town was kept busy only part of the time press ing suits of clothes for 50 cents each. He had an Idea. He calculated how many suits of clothes he could press If fie were kept busy all the time. He calculated what it would cost, his own wages being 7 a week. Then he start led the townsmen by going around of fering to press clothes for 1 a month, "'called for and delivered." Some peo ple thought him foolish, but, when ills pressing club had grown until It had 600 members, they realized that a good many apprentices at 7 a week may be hired for 600 a mo.ith and leave a handsome profit besides. From that beginning the pressing-club scheme spread all over the country In a re markably short time. Fortune in Moving Pictures. A small retailer in a Southern city was dragging along in business barely able to make both ends meet. One day he found that the store building 'next door could be rented for a very small sum. He had an Idea. He called on a friend who was Interested In the moving-picture ma chine business. They calculated how many chairs could be put In the empty store and how much they could take In at a nickel a head If they played to ca pacity and gave a show every 20 minutes It looked good. The storeroom was rented, a moving-picture machine and a big phonograph installed and the first "Nlekelodion" was ready for business. Afterward, when this "man went to a bank to borrow money to extend his busi ness to several other cities, he showed to the satisfaction of the bankers that he had netted $12,000 the first six months. These 6-cent theaters are now to be round In every town in the country, and their number Is Increasing every day. There are over 600 of them in Chicago. Raffle for Week's tabor. Even In these piping times of peace and prosperity, with opportunities scattered around thick as hops, adversity will some times bring a man down to hard-pan. A short .time ago an unlucky fellow struck Atlanta. He was "dead broke" and didn't know where to get a Job. There was labor on the streets at about ti a day. but he had been used to better money. He had an idea. He arranged a raffle and offered to work a whole week for the man who drew the lucky number. He sold 60 chances at $1 each and soon had 450 in his pocket. A grocer won the raffle and put his man to driving a delivery wagon. The man soon got on his feet and is now successful, but Is still a bit proud of the fact that he is the only man who ever drove a grocer's delivery wagon for JiO a week. . . Old Dodge Under New Name. A merchant in a Western city was de sirous of reducing his stock without de lay and was willing to make a liberal sacrifice of profits to do so. He announced a " SO to 25 per cent reduction Bale. It was bona fide and the prices had been cut. but the public had seen such announcements be fore and was slow to come In. The mer chant was discouraged. Then he had an Idea. The newspapers next day carried big "ads" announcing that at this store very fourth yard or every fourth article of the same price would be sold for 9 cents, no matter whether It was worth 10 oents or $50. A - woman came In to buy an article which cost $5. She bought two others which cost the same amount, and then a fourth for which she paid only I cents.- The fourth, eighth and 12th yards of every kind of cloth went for 9 cents. The store was packed and Jammed and the stock cleared up In a hurry. Yet It was practically the same 25 per cent re duction sale which had been advertised so unsuccessfully The proposition was merely put in a more convincing way. A Chicago savings bank and a Chicago store went into an agreement to promote healthful business publicity and also to Inculcate habits of saving in their custo mers. . The store advertised that with every purchase of $5 worth of goods or more the proprietor would start a savings bank account In the name of the custo mer with an Initial deposit of $1. The custormer came In, bought $5 worth of goods and received an order on a certain bank. He then went to the bank and received a regular bank book with a credit of $1. Two months after the scheme was Inaugurated 2000 such ac counts had been opened, the great major ity of which were constantly being in creased. How He Boosted the Town. Systematic "town boosting" is a feature of American business activity which alms at the general good instead of personal profit. One Western town had a Board of Trade which had slept along for years without doing anything In particu lar, except eating some food once a year a, a banquet and listening to some spread eagle oratory. The . organization became moribund and its presidency was an honor no longer sought for. The directors met and gave the place to a young man of the type "we like to encourage." The young man took his Job seriously and went to work. It wasn't long before he grew an Idea of his own. Every new family that moved to town spotted. employment wa provided for the breadwinners where necessary and the new people were made to feel at home. When this personal attention had got in Its work, a representative of the Board of Trade interviewed the head of the new family. This interview was In corporated In a letter, mimeograph copies were made, put Into stamped envelopes and made ready to mall. Then the let ters were taken to the newcomer and he was asked to address them to his friends "back East." The scheme worked like magic and population boomed. Of that Idea many new ones were born. The young man has been several times re elected president of the Board of Trade and he can have anything the people of that town can give him. War on Mail-Order Houses. , General movements toward a certain purpose on the part of disconnected re tail stores dealing in a certain line of wares are difficult to undertake. Yet the trade papers of the country are in augurating many of them with some signs of success. The general merchant In a small town finds his most dangerous competition in the great mall order stores of the big cities. These merchants are now being urged to acquire stock in the local newspapers, to Increase' their home advertising and so prevail upon the home newspaper to refuse to advertise the mall order establishments. In many places this anti-mail-order crusade has been united with the "town boosting" propa ganda, and the people are being urged to fcpend their money with the home stores. If this movement should continue to I MILLIONS SET FREE Supreme Court Decision on Eight-Hour Law. MO BENEFIT TO DREDGEMEN Majority Declare They Are Seamen and Therefore Law Does Not Apply-Jtlver and Harbor Im provement Can Go Ahead. WASHINGTON, May 13. Justice Holmes, of the Supreme Court of the United . States, today announced a de cision in seven cases. Involving the con struction of the law of 1S92. by which the employment of laborers and mechanics on public works is limited to eight hours .Aff ... ..." . . ., A M-s-i' s y -Sis--- m) 0 f s y - A MAJBEI.T ,E GIUUN CORKY, BRIDE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE STEEL TRUST. This unusual profile sketch of Mabelle Gilman Is regarded by the actress as one of her most faithful portraits. It waa drawn In 1901 by Bewell Collins, the artist, and a curious light Is thrown On the high ambitions of Miss Oilman by the bold Inscription across the bottom in her own handwriting "Keep this till I become famous and It will be very valuable." Miss Gilman always be lieved In a golden destiny. grow. It may have a decided effect upon the destiny of the retail mercantile busi ness. Editor's Pocket Account Book. The country newspaper man needs more ingenuity than any other man, he thinks. Generally he has his share. . There are many country editors who think only of politics and generally these fail to make financial successes, but in those instances , where business brains-and business in dustry are applied to the Job, the country weekly Is a money-maker.. A Missouri country editor made a business of at tending fairs and shows and every big gathering of farmers. He was often accosted In this fashion: If I knew now much I owed you 1 would pay it today." This was said to him so often tnat ne had his subscription list copied In a book which he could carry In his pocket The next man who said, "If I knew how much I owed you" was collared on the spot. The bill was paid- and the editor was made happy. Each night the sub scriptions paid at the office, and to the editor on the street were credited In- both the office account books and the pocket edition. There was no confusion, no trouble, and at the end of a year the editor was nearly $1000 ahead In his col lections on subscriptions. The plan was exploited by the press associations, and now country newspaper owners ail over the Union are doing the same thing. Clean Towels lor Offices. Mere man for several thousand years left his wife to do the washing. Conse quently when civilization advanced to the point that he had to live and have a large part of his being In a down-town office he missed the home laundry. The towels were always dirty. He could never remember to send for the laundry man. A fellow who was a keen student of human nature saw the problem and offered a solution. Now every office in almost every city In the land Is pro vided dally with fresh towels, soap and the like for a regular monthly price. But while it is a common every-day matter now. It has not always been so, and this pioneer towel man made a little fortune before the scheme became public property. Another like instance was the man who first conceived the Idea of fur nishing pure spring water to offices and keeping the cooler supplied with ice. It is done everywhere now, but the man with the Idea was paid for his originality. There are hundreds of such opportuni ties Just waiting to be discovered. They are unborn now, will be novel tomorrow. and next year they will be accepted, as necessities of life. Let the reader of this put his head between his hands and think hard. If he can peer into the future far enough to see how he can supply the public with something the public needs and wants, and supply that tnmg in an attractive and convenient fashion, there is a fortune for him at the end of his thinking. Tomorrow Tralnage of Swamp Land. Build Tabernacle for Revival. HOQUIAM, Wash., May 13. (Special.) Work on the new tabernacle is being rushed over 50 carpenters being employed this week besides ministers and church going people who are donating assistance in order that this structure will be ready for the opening meeting next Sunday This city will have a revival to last sev eral weeks similar to the one of last year. per day. The defendants were all prose cuted criminally and were all found guilty and fined by the trial court. The suits were instituted especially for the purpose of testing the applicability of the law to laborers and mechanics em ployed on dredges In river and harbor im provements, but other points also were necessarily involved. The court held the law to be Constitutional, but held that It does not apply to laborers and mechan ics on dredges and that men so em ployed cannot be held to be employed on publlo works. All the cases came to the Supreme Court on writs of error from the Federal Court for the ristiiot of Massa chusetts. Justice Moody delivered a dis senting opinion. The decision will have Immediate bear ing upon the letting of contracts for the $37,000,000 worth of river and harbor work authorized by the last session of Congress. Most of the contracts under that law were held up by the War Department pending the settlement of these cases. Justice Holmes' opinion that men em ployed on dredges In rivers and harbors Improvements are not laborers or me chanics, was based upon the ground that in effect such men are seamen. He said that all other employment is incidental to the work of the men upon the dredges and to tneir services as seamen, and that, therefore, they must be classified as sea men. Justice Moody held an opposite view, declaring that the duties of the men In handling the dredges are Incidental to their work as laborers. Their principal duty was that of digging and removing dirt, and the fact that they are employed on a vessel does not alter their case. Justices Harlan and Day concurred In the dissenting opinion. Wyoming University Gets Money. WASHINGTON, May 11 The Supreme Court of the United States today decided the controversy between the Wyoming Agricultural College and the University or Wyoming as to which of the instltu tlons Is entitled to the National govern ment funds contributed to the state for the support of an Agricultural College, in favor of the university, affirming the ver dict of the Wyoming Supreme Court. The case was instituted by the Agricul tural College, located at Lander, which set up a claim for $25,000 paid bty the National Government for the year 1305. The State Supreme Court decided in favor of the university, which is located at Laramie, and which maintains an agricultural de partment under state sanction, holding that the funds should continue to go to that institution until further legislation on the subject. The opinion was by Jus tice Moody, who held that the Govern ment grants are to the state and not to any particular institution. Must Pay for Teaching Calvinism. WASHINGTON. May 13. In an opinion by Justice McKenna the Supreme Court of the United States today decided the case of Lowery and others versus the Territory of Hawaii, against the territory. This case involved a claim for $15,000 on account of alleged breach of contract In connection with the old mission school at Lahalnaluna. -. Lowery and his assistants are trustees of the American Board of Foreign Mis sions and they contend that, when the school, which was established by that board and afterward turned over to the territory, was converted into an agricul tural college, the terms of the ' contract, which bound the territory not to permit the teaching of anything but "sound literature and solid science,' were violated. The trustees contended for a construction of the contract such as would compel the teaching of the Cal vlnlstic creed. They asked either for the restoration of the property to ths board or the payment of $175,000 as agreed in the original contract. ' 1 Must Stop Sulphur Fumes. WASHINGTON, May 13. In the case of the State of Georgia against the Tennessee Copper Company, and the Duckton Sulphur & Copper Company, In which the plaintiff today asked the Supreme Court of the United States to restrain the defendant companies from operating their smelters at Duckton, Tenn., Justice Holmes, while not grant ing; the Injunction, announced that he would entertain the state's motion un less the company makes such improve ment as will put a stop to the objec tionable fumes to which the plaintiff objects. WYOMING TRIALS ARE NEXT Leading Citizens Arraigned for Coal and Timber Frauds. CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 13. In the United States District Court today, E. L. McCarthy. E. M. Holbrook, E. B. Lonabaugh and Robert McPhilamey, in dicted on charges of conspiracy, in the acquisition of coal lands, pleaded not guilty. Holbrook. Lonabaugh and Mc Philamey will be tried Jointly on July 16. McCarthy demanded a separata trial NOTICE TO VOTERS! If yon bars not already registered, an opportunity will be given yon, at the County Clerk's office today until midnight, and tomorrow until 5 o'clock P. M. Yon have two days la which to register. There will be no excuse for yon not voting in the coming election. BE SURE TO REGISTER. which will be held July 1. Holbrook and McCarthy are wealthy mlneowners. The case of John C. Teller, accused, of cutting timber on Government forest re serves, was set for July 22. ,t W. F. Brittaln, ex-postmaBter,. at Sher idan, pleaded JW gnjlty to "the charge of interfering -with the United States mails and will be tried July 19. H. W. Davis, a stockman, of Buffalo, Wyo.. pleaded not guilty to the charge of perjury in connection with the ac quisition of Government lands, and will be tried on July 23. COREY MARRIES MABELLE confer with government officials at Tokio In regard to the proposed mutual exclusion treaty between the United States and Japan. He is instructed to oppose the proposed treaty. DEBATE WATER QUESTION Dr. Raffety and H. D. Wagnon Clash at Mount Tabor Sleeting. The Mount Tabor Improvement Asso ciation last night at its meeting lndoxsed the $3,000,000 proposed appropriation for the second Bull Run pipe line, reservoir and water meters and layirig mains in districts, and also the $1,000,000 appropria tion for parks and boulevards, but ten tatively opposed the proposed appropria tion for reinforcing mains, while favor ing a Bteel flreboat. All tha measures were thoroughly discussed and the meet ing was enlivened by the hot shot ex changed at short range between H. D. Wagnon, of the Free Water Association, and Dr. C. H. Raffety, of the Water Board. Dr. Raffety was invited by President Baker to explain the water bill which will be voted on In June, which he did at some length, expressing his approval of the measure. He said that the ob ject was to furnish water to the people at as low at rate' as possible, and he thought the pending measure would per mit this being done. Among other things he Incidentally mentioned that interest on the present water bonds had to be paid by the water consumers according to the contract made with tha bond buyers. At the conclusion of Dr. Raffety's re marks Mr. Wagnon got the floor and made an extended address, in the course of which he commended the provision of the second Bull Run pipe line, which ho said everybody favored. He strongly con demned the provision for buying meters as wrong and oppressive to the peo ple, declaring that it waa a rider that would defeat even the second Bull Run pipe line. He also took issue with Dr. Raffety as to the payment of interest on the present water bonds out of the pro ceeds of the water rates and declared there was no such provisions in the bonds. Ho characterized tha Water Com mittee as a lot of fogies, quoting Mayor Lane. He also said that the people would probably yet be allowed the privilege of vptjng on the free water measure, which he declared tho best water measure pro posed. Dr. Raffety replied to Mr. Wagnon very pointedly, and said Wagnon's animosity toward the Water Committee was due to the fact that It had been twice neces sary to shut off the water at Wagnon's house, and that it should have been shut off 18 times for non-payment of water rates. Also that the records had been searched and that Mr. Wagnon was not a taxpayer. accepted as one of the controlling reasons for his break with Laura Cook Corey. One of the last things William Ellis Corey did before making the rupture between Mrs. Corey and himself com plete was to settle a large sum of money on her. In Nevada Mrs. Corey made several good mining Investments, and is now believed to be on the high road to the accumulation of a great fortune. Attractions of New Wife. Miss Gilman, now Mrs. Corey, is not a pretty woman. She is extremely at tractive, however. Some call her mag netic, which may be imrer toe maik. Her dark eyes are expressive her hair is jet, her skin is white, her mouth is pretty, albeit a bit large, and her face piquant and mobile. She is neither tall nor short She Is a California girl. Above all, she understands the art of bewitch ing the opposite sex. So did Sibyl Sander son, likewise Clarissa Agnew and Goldle Moiir, all footllght favorites, who bagged millionaires for husbands. The new Mrs. Corey is no ordinary wo man. She has a good contralto voice and is an excellent actress. Bride Congratulated by Father. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Although Mabelle Gilman has declared that C. H. Gilman, living in this city. Is not her father, he sent the following telegram to her today: 'Accept a father's blessing for happy, long married life. Live up to Christian Science." The message was addressed to W. E. Corey and Mabelle Gilman, Hotel Gotham, New York. Charges Brakemau With Assault. William Kerr, a brakesman on tho Northern Pacific Railway, was ar rested at the Union Depot at midnight on a warrant charging him with as sault and battery on Angeles Bases, an Italian laborer, who claims to have been robbed of $160 on a train at Ka lama yesterday morning. Kerr denies any . connection with the affair and was released on bonds furnished by friends. Detective Sergeant Baty and Detective Price made the arrest. Arrested Man Has Spurious Coin. Charles Honier, arrested in the North End district last night by policemen on a charge of drunkenness, was found to possess a $5 piece that was pronounced by Captain Slover to be a counterfeit. The prisoner will be held and his record investigated. Will Oppose Exclusion Treaty. SEATTLE, Wash., 13. O. Yamoako, a wealthy Japanese farmer of Wood inville, will sail for Japan as the spe cial representative of the Japanese residents of the Pacific Northwest to WALKS AWAY FROM PRISON Accused Robber Makes Easy Escape From Police Station. On suspicion of being implicated in the robbery of J. L. Heitschu, who had his pockets picked a few days ago while rid ing on a street car, Detectives Mallett and Hill arrested S. I Poage and C. H. Miller and brought tho two to the sta tion. While engaged in questioning Poage. Miller, who Is more familiarly known as Jim Miller and. who wag at one time proprietor of the . Twelve Mile House, walked out of the station and succeeded In evading all efforts of the sleuths to find him, and on that account the arresting officers are being greeted with the phrase from a well-known song, "He walked right in and turned around and walked right out again." Poage was the less guilty of the two men arrested and he was locked up on a charge of drunkenness, although it Is probable that he will be held pending a further inves tigation. Miller made his escape during the time the first night relief was answering roll call previous to departing for their homes, and he calmly walked by the array of police, remarking to Patrolman Gruber, of the second night relief, who was stand ing In the doorway, "I'm going for a little drink," passing through the door unmolested. Gruber did not know that the man was under arrest and made no effort to stop him, and it was several minutes after he had departed before the arresting officers -became aware that he was missing. A thorough search of all the usual haunts of the man failed to reveal his presence in the down-town district last night and early this morning, and the of ficers entertain but slight hope of retak ing the suspect. ' Date Set for Koseburg Fair. ROSEBURG. Or.. May 13. rSDecial.) The Roseburg District Fair has been ( set to occur on September 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. The prizes to be offered for the speed programme amount to $2200 and that for exhibits is $1800. The work of preparation for this event will be carried on from this time, and it is the "intention of those in charge to make this the .largest and most suc cessful and profitable fair ever given at this place. Unhappy Home Impels Suicide. KEARNEY, Neb.. May 13. R. A. Silver thorne, a Los Angeles business man com mitted suicide here last night by shoot ing himself. Domestic trouble Is said to have been- the cause of the act. Fatal Landslide In Switzerland. GENEVA, May 13. A landslide at the village of Kiemsbach has destroyed a number of houses, killing three persons and Injuring many others. Coughs of Children Especially night coughs. Nature needs a little help to quiet the irritation, control the inflammation, check the progress of the disease. Our advice is give the children Ayers Cherry Pectoral REVISED FORMULA Ask your doctor if this is his advice also. He knows best. Do as he says The new kind contains no alcohol We have no secrets to hide! 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