Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, July 27, 1916, Image 4
He Got Hold
Of the Wrong
Stenographer
By EDWARD T. STEWART
Mt= . _ =*
The president of the O. Y. and W.
railroad was Pitting in ids office at his
rosewood desk when an official entered
In reply to a tap on life silver bell.
Handing the subordinate a letter, he
saldt
"Take tliat into the office of tho company's
attorney and tell hlui to treat It
In tho usual way."
w*,>r tvji.5 from a voiim: woman
who made licr living by stenography
and typewriting. She ha<l traveled on
ono of the company's trains, and as it
was nearing the station stood at the
door, bracing herself against the car
end. The engineer stopped tho train
suddenly, and the car door slammed
against the girl's hand and crushed her
fingers. The Injury ended her ability
to make her living as she had been doing
it. She asked tho president of the
road if he would indemnify her. The
"usual way" referred to by him was
to get un offer to settle, then pigeonhole
it. This was done, and, the girl
having refused to settle for a song,
heard nothing more from the company's
attorneys.
A few months after the pigeonholing
of the girl's offer the president sent for
his stockbroker and said to him:
"Mr. Buraer, I have noticed a very
slow rise for a month past cf the shares j
nf our road. I know of nothing to put
them up. Our monthly statement shows ,
some falling off In the earnings, and (
there Is some doubt about our maintaining
the regular dividend. Can you
explain the rise In view of the facts?"
Mr. Barker could not explain the ,
rise. lie thought tlmt some person was
manipulating the stock, putting it up
for the purpose of making money on it
when It went clown again.
"Please sell a thousand shares for
my account," continued the president,
"and every point the price of the stock
rises, sell another thousand shares."
The result of this order within a couple
of weeks was that the stock went
up Ave points, and the president was
"short" of it 5,000 shares. That means
that he had sold shares which lie did
not own at less than the market price
When the stock declined to a figure below
what ho had paid for It lie would
buy it and make the difference. As
its president, he knew that the stock
was not worth what he sold It for and
did not doubt that he would make a
good thing of the transaction.
But the stock did not go clown. Iu j
stead It continued to rise. The presi- |
dent, who bad good nerve, kept on j
selling stock that lie did not own, and
one day having called upon his broker
for a statement of his account wainformed
thai he w..s "short" uU.OO >
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shares. TlUs was somewhat unsteadylug,
and the president directed the broker
to hedge by buying 10,000 shares In
lots of one and two thousand.
The broker reported that his buying
of 3,000 .shares had put the stock up
2Yj points. The president looked grave.
The road was a small one, and its outstanding
stock was not more than
500,000 shares, most of it in hands that
had held it for years. If the seller
could not buy tho stock ho had sold
for delivery he would lose a fortune.
Ho put off taking any action till the
next day, when there was a flurry in
tho stock on the market, and tho
shares Jumped twenty points.
Then came n report that the stock of
tho G., Y. and W. Railroad company
was "cornered." That meant that some
person or persons had bought up the
stock and there was nono for sale.
One, three, four, rtx hundred per cent
was offered for it, but no stock was
brought out Few persons had been
selling the stock except the president,
but ho was ruined. In cases where a
stock is "cornered" it is customary for
tho seller and the buyer to get together
and settle, agreeing on a certain fixed
price. Tho president sought his unknown
enemy for this purpose. He
found him to be an enormously rich
nKncl/lmtf TTAnf fn h1<3
UyVIUU'lt xuu pvomvuw iivu* w ??
olDco ia fear and trembling and asked
to wliat figure lie was to be bled.
"First let us settle a little account
held against your company," said the
operator, "by a former employee of
mine. Sly stenographer ha9 been bo
seriously injured that she has been deprived
of making her living."
Tho president asked for further information,
which tho operator gave
Liim.
"IIow much damage do you think
our company should pay the lady?"
asked the president
"What will give her an income of
$2,500 a year. I think fifty of your
first mortgage bonds would be accepted."
Tho president telephoned for the
bonds, and while they were waiting for
them he and the operator settled for
the stock the former had sold the latter.
But the operator said that he
would not exact a fictitious value for
the shares lie had bought and made a
settlement by which the president lost
nothing.
"Thank you very much," he said,
"for letting me off so cheaply. When
another woman makes a claim against
our road I will lnquiro where she has
been employed."
"In this case yon got hold of the
wrong stenographer."
"Most decidedly."
"Good morning."
"Good morning."
It nmy be expected that there Is a
sequel to this story; that the operator
would not have taken such pains on
behalf of his stenographer had he not
been otherwise interested in her. But
be was un old married man.
Starting It.
Mrs. Naggit?I don't feel like myself
tonight. Mr. Xagglt?Then we ought
to have a very pleasant evening.
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Two Years of
In a Short 1
Events on Land and Water and (
In the Air on All Fronts
From July, 1914,
to Date.
EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THE *
OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES
s
JUNE, 1911 11
28. Archduke Francis Ferdinand assasslnated.
JULY, 1911 A
23. Austrian ultimatum to Servia.
29. Russia ordered partial mobilization,
AUGUST. 1914.
1. Germany declared war on Russia.
French general mobilization.
2. Germans entered k
' Luxemburg. Ger/
many demanded z
k free passage
H |? tli rough Bel- 21
9 'p^pL 4. England demandvj*
^ .9 ed observance of j,
ii Belgian neutrall'3
ty. German-,
troops attacked
claimed neutral/
> 5. E n g 1 a n d an- 2!
nouncod a state
Thoto by American ?' 7"^',, *>resl"
Press Association. dent Wilson tendered
his good
Archduke Francis offices.
Ferdinand. 7. Germans In ]
Liege. French
Invaded southern Alsace. 2
8. Italy reaffirmed neutrality.
15. Austrlans entered Servla. Japan's ultimatum
to Germany.
17. British expeditionary forces in France.
Five days' battle between Servians and
Austrlans on the Jadar ended In Austrian
rout
19. Beginning of battle of Lorraine.
80. Germans In Brussels.
23. Austrian victory over Russians at
Krasnlk, Poland.
24. British retreat from Mons. Zeppelin
bombarded Antwerp.
25. French evacuated Mulhausen, Alsace.
ON THE MAIN WEST FRONT '
IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE
AUGUST, 1914.
30. Germans marching on Paris reached
Amiens.
SEPTEMBER, 1914. 2
8 fiormnnn reached Crell. 30 miles from
Paris. French center broken In from
Verdun to Rhelms.
5-9. Germans crossed the Marne and
marched on the Seine. French army 2
turned and battle raged 2 days on the
Mafno and Ourcq. German columns
from Verdun, led by the crown prince,
took part and were driven back. 3
Photo by American Press Association.
Forty-two Centimeter Guns.
10. Retreating Germans reached tho Alsne.
11-13. Rritlah and French drove back the
Germans alfthg the line and crossed the
Aisne in pursuit. Rattle rugud on a 15
mile front around Soissons.
17. Allies crossed the Aisne.
18. Siege operations began on the Alsne.
20. Germans bomba'rded Rhelms.
23. French Hank movement to the north
from Paris front began. Germans ex
tended their right to meet It.
27-21). Heavy fighting on the Aisne and
Olse. French advanced from Toul and
Verdun.
OCTOBER, 1914.
2. French drove the Germans east of the*
Meuse at St. Mlhlel, south of Verdun,
3. French left struck tho German line at
Arras. France, south from Lille.
13. Germans occupied Lille. 1
23. French again Invaded Alsace.
NOVEMBER, 1914.
7. Germans made attacks at Arras and j
In the Vosges and Argonne.
16-17. Germans bombarded Rheims again, j
DECEMBER, 1911.
24. Allies secured a
foothold at La r
Bassec, northern '
>81. French Invaders ?
of Alsace cap- i -4
tared ground 'm '/<v'./
around Stein- Jre
JANUARY, 1915.
J Soissons. Allies
lost 5,ow men. General Joffre.
I 22. Allies captured .
I La I-Jnsfcp, Franco.
2o-27. Heavy fighting in Belgium and north
j Frn nee. '
FEBRUARY, 1M3.
13. Allied line pushed forward at Glvenchy.
14. Germans made heavy attack In Ypres
I .nt.
22. Rhvinis bom bard oil by Germans.
24. French infantry attack on the Mouse
repulsed.
MARCH, li'15.
10. British attacked Ncuve Chapelle and
captured German trenches.
12-13. Struggle continued at Neuvo Chapelle.
APRIL, 1015. i
10-13. Heavy German attack at Les
Eparges. !
17. British captured hill No. 00, in Belgium.
The BaileyMachinery,
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Automobile Suppli
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Thl Big War
Daily Review
Sampaig s For Paris, Warsaw
Cracov and Constantinople,
WitJ New Belligerents
In the Field.
!. Germans iaptured Les Epnrgos and re
pulsed at?ck along the Ypres canal
which tilt IT crossed with the nld of gas
1 MAY, 1915.
1. Germans recaptured hill 60.. using gas.
5. British bi Dke German line on n 2 ml!<
front in I elglum.
f. Allies advance north of Ypres
>. Germans bsed gas on n 5 mile front l?
Belgium.
JUNE. 1915
I. In an attack at Souchez. France
French gained ground in "The Laby
rlnth." TJtls was General JofiTe'* l*.r
offensive la France.
5. British captured 1,500 yards of Gonna i
lines at Hooge, Belgium.
I After 8 days of fierce battle the Frenci
occupied "The Labyrinth."
J. Germans captured 200 yards ol trcncnei
north of douchez.
JULY, 1915.
J. Germans captured Souchez cemeter;
near Arras, France.
5. Germans captured a mile of trench?
In the Argonne.
1. French repulsed1 German attacks In thi
Argonne. ~
SEPTEMBER, 1915.
5. Great allied drive from Verdun nortl
to the seacoast, following 25 days o
bombardment German front broken
miles at Loos and 25 miles In thi
Champagne-district.
OCTOBER, 1915.
L French repulsed counterattack of Ger
mans In Champagne.
$-30. French^ and
German kttacks
In the V ob gee >t
and Alsace resuited
In J gains K ^
by both sides. f&^ *
JANUARY, 1916. I|?pfe *
B. Germans sprang BP, i t1
attack on a 5
mile front In f
Champagne.
FEBRUARY. 1916,
9. Germans captur- .jjM.
ed 800 yards of
allied, trenches BflR r
on Vtmy ridge.
4. Germans captured
600 yards of *
trenches at
Ypres. ^ German Crown
2. Germans launch- Prince.
ed heavf attacks
north of Verdun, Btartlng i
grand drive against the famous salient
led by the crown prince.
5. Fort Douaamont, 4 miles from Verdui
city, captuftd by Germans after a bom
bardmeaAAhiclr nearly razed Its walls
6. German|Miptured 6 fortified Frencl
villages atwerdun.
9. Germans shifted Verdun attack fron
the north fto southeast, driving th
French on )i wide rront
pARCH, 1910.
0. Germans captured Malancourt, In th
Verdun areau
APRIL, 1918.
9. In an attacK on a 13 mile front at Ver
dun Germms captured 500 yards o
trenches around Dead Man'B hill; llquli
Are used. I
iMAY, 1916.
L Germans shifted attacks at Verdun
French linolheld.
0. German Ave at Verdun entere
French seootd line of defense.
2. Germans eastured 1,500 yards of Brit
lsh trenchehfcn Vlmy ridge.
3. French* redtotured Fort Douaumonl
Verdu
4. Germa^M^^^jedDouaumont
8. Germans ottUr^d heights at Yprei
with 5,000 Bart lsh prisoners.
7. Germans amtured Fort Vaux, at Ver
dun.
3. Germans cs >tured Thlaumont, Vordur
0. French red ?tured Thlaumont
JULY, 1918.
1. Anglo-Fred h drive on the Bomme tc
ward Peron ie.
1. French ra aptured Thlaumont, Vei
dun.
2. Germans 'epulsed at Thlaumon
Heavy Aghflng on the Somme line, th
allies capturing German trenches.
3. Fighting amtlnued on the Somm<
French artftlery Are was unusually el
fectlve. j
4. Germans captured Thlaumont th
fourth tlrap. British admitted ths
stubborn peslstance of Germans 1
France checked further allied advanc
5. French made gains In trenches sout
of the Somme, scoring a total advanc
6 miles wide. Germans claimed the r?
pulse of allies on the Somme line an
In Belgium.
7. East of La Bolsselle the allies captui
ed ?1)00 yards of German trenches 61
yards deep. Germans repulsed In at
tacks near Thlaumont
8. British captured Trones wood, on th
Somme front
9. Germans drove the allies from Tronc
wood.
0. Two surprise attacks by French at Ta
hure, In the Champagne, ended In th
capture of 500 yards of Germa
trenches.
1. British recaptured Contalmalson an
nearly all of the Trones woods, makln
total of captured trenches 14,000 yard
on the Somme front.
1 British completed the occupation c
Trones and Mametz woods.
^ T3wlfloV? nnrth r\t thft SnmmA
the ground tn.ir innsnaniiy is now
11 one of tlio promim-nt religions <>f the
n empire, but the authorities have decided
that only a representative of the
Buddhist and Shinto religions will attend
the Kioto ceremonies.
Lincoln's Rifle Sells For $285.
A rifle purchased by Abraham Lincoln
and Henry Broonor for $15 when
they lived in Spencer county. Indiana,
? and which was used by the famous
war president in deer hunting, brought
$285 in a sale of Lincoln relies in New
York. It was a part of the collection
' of, John K. Burton, of Milwaukee. Ona
., &2 Lincoln's law books was sold l'or
$95.
- WHY ENDURE Sl'.H.VKK COLDS.'
It isn't necessary to have a stuffed
head, running nlse. To coogh your
head off as it were. All you need dc
is to use Dd. Dell's Pine-Tar-Honey
Tho soothing and healing balsams
open the clogged air passages and In
a short time you get relief and starl
on the road to recovery. Your lmsr
stops running, you cough less am
p you know you arc getting better. Gel
1 a bottle, use as directed. Keep whai
is left us a cough and cold insurance
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the German line on a 4 mile front.
1AST PRUSSIA, POLAND,
GALICIA AND RUSSIAN FRONT:
AUGUST. 1911
10. Russians defeated by Germans at Tar
nenbcrg, East Prussia.
SEPTEMBER. 1914
3 Russians took T.ernbcrp and Ozcrnt
wit/.
OCTOBER, 1914.
2. C< rmar.9 driven from Russian soil ?
A'T"stor.*o
1 Germans and Austrlans advanced t
iStack Warsaw .
" fliTnniw defeated before Warsaw
:J. Russians evacuated Czernowitz
NOVEMBER. 1914.
: Ru--'.ins from Warsaw front niarelie
Crapov/.
I Pnsrinn* in Slier.la and menacing Koi
uv '-era
:t -it fated Russians In a tie
at Wul.-iw
.;ts.: ? :e:l around Lodz. I
fi< !.t if Warsaw
V L as", a ;-tin In Czornowltz
/;>.:BER. 1914
\. :.?l Russians In frot
o: < 'meow
IK tic . heavy battle 25 tall,
tin . v.. Von liindenbura'j set.
on! -t. -.t. ;iiiiuip!>
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Ain RAIDS IN ENGLAND IN 1916.
Killed. Injured.
Jan. 19?Yarmouth and district
4 9
April 14?Tyneslde 2
May 10?Southend 1
May 17?Ramsgate 2 8
May 27?Souihend 3 ..
May 31?Outer London 6
June 6?F.ast eoast 5 40
June 15?Northeast coast.... 15 13
Aug. 9?East eoast 15 14
> Aug. 12?East Coast 6 23
Aug. 17?Eastern counties.... 10 36
Sept. 7?Eastern counties.... 10 46
Sept. 8?Eastern cities and
London 20 86
Oct. 13?London 55 114
Tctal 152 393
' JANUARY. 1910.
9. German airships dropped bombs on al,
lied camps at Salonlki.
29. Zeppelins killed 21 people and Injured
30 by bombs dropped on Earls.
31. Zeppelins dropped bombs on Liverpool,
Birmingham, Nottingham and Man'
Chester, England: 54 killed, 67 Injured
FEBRUARY, 1916
, 13. Austrian airships bombarded Ravenna.
Italy.
22. Austrian air craft raided Italy as far
as Milan, dropping bombs on towns in
Lombavdy.
MARCH, 1916
2". Turkish airships bombarded Ktit-elAmara,
where the British were shut in.
20. Allied air fleets dropped 10,000 pounds
i of explosives at Zeebrugge, Belgium
Casualties reported 550.
s
Late Type of Zeppelin.
APRIL, 1916.
2. Zeppelins raided coasts of Scotland and
England;, over 100 casualties.
MAY, 1916.
2. 30 casualties In a Zeppelin raid on the
English and Scotch coasts.
16. 27 air combats over the Urltlsh front
in Belgium and France.
JUNE, 1916.
12. French airships bombarded Karlsruhe;
100 killed and 147 Injured. (Second
heavy attack on this "open" city.)
1 JULY, 1916.
* 0. Germans bombed the open town of
1 Lure, France, from the air. In reprisal
French aviators dropped bombs on the
* railway Junction at Ham and Los
^ Moines.
n Informal Truces In War.
e The Duke of Wellington hacl the
greatest difficulty in preventing infore
mal truces when he was fighting iu the
peninsular war. lie was forced to issue
the sternest orders and take very
j severe measures to stop them, making
a it punishable with death.
At one time things came to such a
. pass that the duke's soldiers and the
French spent hours on end sitting
13 round one another's campflres sliaring
their rations and playing cards to
gether.
Homemade Wire Solder.
Wire solder is made by punching
^ small holes from one thirty-second to
one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter
in the bottom of a sheet iron pan along
l one side, holes to be one-half Inch
part. Set the pan upon a flat plate
of iron or a flat stone slab, pour In the
h solder and tip the pan so that solder
. will flow through the holes, drawing
the pan along the slab fast enough to
L leavo trains of solder cooling In the
0 form of wires. This will require u few
j. trinls to succeed well and make the
!- wire even.
? Sent to Pensacola Jail.
ln Sheriff Harwell, of Sunta Rosa
9. county, Florida, has transferred Elder
h Mitchell, who was mainly responsible
* for the conviction of the three Itoba
erts brothers for tho murder of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Weyman, to the Pen?
sacola jail for safe keeping. The trial
^ of Elder Mitchell will occur In November
and he will be retained in the
10 Feusacola Jail until that time.
To Deepen Channel.
i- A contract has been let to dredge
e a channel from Plneland, Fin., west
n 5,300 feet, connecting Puntn Gorda
a and Useppa island. The channel will
e bo six feet deep and sixty feet wide
18 at low tide. This chanuel has been
lf long needed to facilitate the shipping
of the citrus and vegetable crops.
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NO CHRISTIAN AT CORONATION.
, Only Representative of Buddhist and
? Shinto Religions.
Japan has decided to adhere to her
original Intention not to Invite representatives
of the Christian religion to
'* the coronation ceremonies of Em
peror Yoshlto. Japanese Christians
tried to Induce the court and government
to change tho original plans on
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