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■WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 20.
THk MM.LIMKVMJ.K NEWS
■iLLBOQBnLLK.
MUTES FINIS TO
eUFftrSCWEER
JWalt Street Once More Puts Her
Quietus on Man Who Was
Too Ambitious.
IMS STORY IS SENSATIOML
Diephew Celenei Guffey, Who Ma4«
anfl Loot Many Fartwnaa, Himself
Old Oama Vary flpsctocular
Thin*# With Oil fltocke.
: Now York.—Whan tha directors ra-
talgncd the other day and the Tide
water Oil company, a Standard Oil
rauhnldlary, thus *ot control of the
(Guffey-Glllesple Oil company, Insiders
tknew Wall street once more had writ
ten “finis” to the career of a roan who
"‘bit off more than he could chew.”
The victim wee Joe Guffey, more
normally Joseph F. Guffey of Pltta-
iburgh, and fully described thus:
Tresident of the Guffey-Glllesple Oil
ttompony, with lenses covering 220,000
Jacres In the Mid-Continent and Texaa
i fields.
President of the Atlantic Gulf Oil
(Corporation, controlled by the Atlantic,
iGulf A West Indies Steamship Ones
land operating around Tampico.
President of the Colombia syndicate,
^controlled by Guffey-Glllesple and
‘“Agwl” and owning a million acres of
toll lands along the Magdalena river In
ISouth America.
Director of Itellance Life Insurance
(company, and several Pittsburgh
Ibanks.
Democratic national committeeman
Ifrom Pennsylvania, promoter and
•“angel" of A. Mltcbel Palmer’s last
(presidential boom.
Former director of sales for tha
jallen property custodian.
Uncle beet Many Fertune*.
Back of thla announcement lies a
atory seldom equaled In American
bualnesa and political biography. It
parallels the story of another Guffey of
a preceding generation. For Joe Guf
fey Is a nephew of old Col. James M.
Guffey, also of Pittsburgh, said to have
made and lost more fortunes In ell
than any other person In the United
SiatesT ' •
♦ By 1019, when the partnership was
1 reorganized as the Guffey-Glllesple Oil
company, It had become one of the
largest In the midcontinent field. In
Inddltlon, Guffey A Gillespie, with oth-
Icr Pittsburghers, acquired 125,000
lucres of oil lands In Colombia, and the
IcolomMa syndicate waa formed.
Then "Agwl" entered the Mexican
Ifield, organized the Atlantic Gulf Oil
^company, and elected Guffey president.
Boosted Stock to $30.
Last summer Guffey found the hears
ml .gunning for Guffey-Glllesple stock,
although It had earned $9 a shure the
(year before. Guffey hegnn the fight
•which ended Tuesday In total defeat.
I Potting In almost every dollar he had
land borrowing $2,000,000, he formed a
tpool to "peg" the stock with New York
•and Pittsburgh friends.
Lute In February Guffey’s pool tried
|to rout the bears and boosted the stock
I from 22 to !I0. The effort exhausted
|Ids strength, and the bears, buying In
iNew York mid selling by wire In Pttts-
1 burgh, flooded the lutter market. When
Ithe price reached 20 the Pittsburgh
(bunks called their loans.
The Tidewater Oil company took
lover the stock held ns collateral and
thought enough more to give it voting
(control. Guffey, Gillespie and the old
directors attempted to fight for places
In the reorganized company. Tlde-
wnter nsked for their resignations, and
called for a receiver.
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(NAVY PERFECTS STAR SHELL
Success Marks Its Use as a Substi-
: tute for Searchlight to Locate
Enemy at Sea.
BAN PUT ON “DOLLS"
Chicago Business Men Revolt
Against Gay Clothing.
Department Store and Hallway Office
Lead the Way end Others
Fellow.
Chicago.—The dolis must go."
This Is the feellug Id business cir
cle* and marks a revolt against the
extreme dressing and artificial make
up of many office and setos pHhl"
One big department atnre has
banned all dresses except black, gray
and brown. No knee lengths. The
girls In the Chicago, Burlington A
Quincy offices read a notice putting
the kibosh on transparent wnlstu
stockings and paint. Even gutn lias
been banished.
‘‘More and more employers ere spec
ifying bow a girl ahall dress,” said
L. It. Troll, mnnuger of the American
Hallway bureau, which furnishes of
fice help to employers. "A great many
are reticent when H comps to stat
ing Just how e girt should dress, as
they consider It none of their busi
ness, so when they call me ever the
telephone they simply specify ‘quietly
dressed’ young women. When 1 talk
te them In their private offices they
tell roe how undesirable the flashily
dressed girl Is.
"They notice e Jot of things, too.
There Is a special objection right now
to the light gray allk hose which the
girls are wearing."
Miss Josephine Bessems, manager
of the Women’s Occupational bureau,
gave Instances of many girls who had
failed to get positions because of their
flashy clothes.
“For a railroad office where the
girls do not meet the public a ging
ham dress Is best,” she declared.
David Hnlllnan, manager of the La
Salle Employment bureau, has dis
covered that the girls''west .'modest
dresses when they come Into his of
fice looking for a Job and then ns
soon as they ere hired they put on
flashy attlro.
“There are some sieves te style who
never will give up their extreme drees,
though," be ventured.
LADY SURMA OF ASSYRIA
“DEAD” -MAW RETURNS HOME
Supposed Victim of Hallway Aaslflewt
Elves His Heletlvse a Very
Heppy Surprise.
Youngstown, O. — Redness wes
turned Into rejoicing when W. J. Mills,
who was Identified ns having been
hilled by a train near Williamson, W.
Ye., lest April, walked Into the homo
of his daughter, Mrs. Ids Malone,
Parkersburg, W. Vo., and gave her and
his two sons a surprise that they will
long remember.
Instead of grieving over the passing
-of -their father, whom they believed
wes kitted, they erf happily explaining
how they were mistaken when they
Identified another for him In n morgue
In Williamson.
Mills explained that he had been
visiting friends In Youngstown, and
that he was so deeply Impressed with
the steel city, Its environment and
gtiburbs that he forgot to write.
The family Is trying to decide what
disposition to make of the body of the
man who was buried In the family plot
near Parkersburg.
PAN GOLD IN LOS ANGELES
Worksra Find Pay Eravol Net Re Very
Many Miles From the Center
. ef the City.
Lot Angelee.—Gold Is being panned
dally but a few miles from tho center
of the city of Los Angeles and near
the heart of the north residential dis
trict.
Guy W. Rollins, chief engineer for n
rock and gravel company, which oper
ates In the Arroyo Seco, has Installed
a system of crude sluice boxes and
each day “pans” out a quantity of the
precious metal that nets him $20 week
ly-
The gold dust Is found In tha gravel
that la dug from the bed of the As
royo Seco and for yearn has been left
with the crushed gravel to be used In
road construction. Rollins discovered
the “DAj streak” when he entered the
company's employ several months age
end has been panning It since then.
Georgia’s Smudge Fieh to
Rid Spain of Mosquitoes
j
Madrid. — Mlnnowa Imported
Into Spain from Augusta, Ga.,
may eradicate mosquitoes which
carry malaria In many, districts
In Spain. Experiments have
been conducted for the purpose
of acclimating the fish, and it Is
found that the work of scientists
tn the direction hus been suc
cessful.
The minnows which belong to
the species Garohusla Affine, era
known to feed-upon the larvae of
mosquitoes and hope Is ex
pressed that they win prove an
efficient weapon against malaria.
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Washington.—Extensive experiments
to develop the use of “star shells" us
ii substitute for searchlights in search
ing for enemy craft are being coti-
.ducted by the Navy department with
Iwhnt some officers describe us eon-
|eideruh!e success.
A “flnshless” powder Is being used
lln propelling the shells from the guns.
•The shells light up the sea for a wide
|area and officers explain that, if they
can be projected without a betraying
Hush from the ship tiling them, they
will be a far advance over the’senreh-
Ilight, ns the beams from the latter be-
• trny tho exact location of the ship
projecting them.
It Is said that experiments have now
reached the point where “star shells"
that will Illuminate for several min
utes a great area of the sea far dls-
|tnnt from the firing ship have been
j perfected, and along with ,t.hpn\
powder which shows no flame or flash
when the "star shells” ore projected
from the ship. For guns of three in
ches or smaller, the new system Is said
to work almost perfectly, hut in the
large guns it is understood that all
of the flash of discharge has not yet
ibeen eliminated.
Bring Out Hoarded Gold.
London.— The widespread destitu
tion caused by unemployment here Is
bringing mit the gold hoarded hv many
persons in more prosperous tints
There has been a most noticeable In
crease in the number of sou reigns
at.'l half-sovereigns In circulation In
the 'ast few weeks. Previously It was
< nly on rare occasions that a sovereign
or half sovereign was tendered.
In the future the Assyrian will not
“come down like n wolf on the fold,"
for a woman Is to head the govern
ment of the new Assyrian nation. Lady
Hiiriiiu Is expected to be the first worn
nn president In the world—ns she hin
been the first woman ambussador—so
soon as the national parliament of the
Assyrians Is organized. Great Britain
recently assigned n little territory com
prising 80,000 square miles In the
mountains of Kurdistan to the Assy
rlnn people. Lady Surma obtained
this concession from the British gov
ernment. having acted as ambassador
at London. She Is nn accomplished
linguist and has been thoroughly edu
cated under the guidance of British
tutors, ller brother. Mar t'hinon, was
patriarch of the Assyrians, lie was
murdered.
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New York Zoo Has Albino \
Rattlesnake on Display •
New York. — The Zoological J
park In the Bronx has on exhi- *
hition n white rattlesnake found *
In the Berkshire hills. The snake J
is about twelve Inches long, has ,
pink eyes and is said to he an *
albino. It Is about a year and a #
half old. At the park It Is re- J
gnrded as a great curiosity since *
In the last twenty-one years }
there has been no report of such *
a white rattler. The snake Is \
transparent when held to the *
light. Raymond L. mtmars, ,
curator of reptiles, discovered J
the snake. He was unable to «
capture It when It ran Into a J
rock pile. He made another trip •
and met an amateur snake bun- \
ter, Boles Smith of Sheffield, '
Mass., who promised to see that t
the snake was captured und ful- J
filled his promise. t
Wool Clip pf West.
Winnipeg, Man.—The wool clip for
western Canada this year will he In
the neighborhood of 5.000,000 pounds.
Alberta’s wool clip is estimated at
2.200,UK), which is about the same as
last year. Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and British Columbia are expected t<
contribute about* 8,000,000 pounds t<
the total.
Explorer Decries Mannish
Garb of London Women
London.—British women are
losing womanliness by adopting
the dress as well as the habits
of men, according to Mrs. Bosita
Forbes, the famous explorer.
While clergymen are denounc
ing women for drinking, smok
ing and swearing Mrs. IVil.cs
deplores most the custom of
cutting off the hair and the adop
tion of mannish garb.
“Women should keep their
womanhood," said Mrs. Forbes.
“It Is certainly better to be a
perfect woman than an Imper
fect man.”
VICTIMS
RESCUED
Kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid
troubles are most dangerous be
cause of their insidious attacks.
Heed the first warning they give
that they need attention by taking
GOLD MEDAL
V
The world's standard remedy for thee#
Cisorders, will often ward off these dis
eases and strengthen the body aguinst
further attacks. Throe sires, all druggist*.
Lodk for ,.amt Gold Model nn evoiy box
bfid accept uv iBuUiieq
To Stop a Cough Quick ^
lake HAYES’ HEAUNG HONEY, a
cough medicine which stops the cough by ,
healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. !
A box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and
Croup is enclosed with every bottle of
HAYES’ HEAUNG HONEY. The salve
shpuld be rubbed on the chest and throat
of children suffering from a Cold or Croup.
The healing effect of Haves' Healing Honey in
side the throat comhin. .1 with the healing effect of
Groves O-Pen-1 rate Salve through the pores of
the skin soon stops a cough.
Both remedies are packed In one carton and the
coot ot the combined treatment is 35c.«
J>Just ask your druggist for HAYES'
HEAUNG HONEY.
Special tale of Men’s
Rhlrto
See our show jvindow,
worth up to $3.00 special
sale price $1.96
Special rale of , a(Jie ,
voile and organdie ahirts
*nalst% Worth up to )3 oo
Soe tour show window.
Sped*! sale price
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Special Jule Clearance
—Sale——
Not a question of price, but a clean-up sale of or
gandies, lawns, voiles, and ginghams at prices that
will move them quick. AH high class merchandise,
this season’s styles, at about half their real value.
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SPECIAL JULY CLEARANCE SALE
OF ALL READY-TO-WEAR
25 Organdie dresses worth up to
$ 15.00, your choice for
$4.98
None altered, none sent on approval
and none charged.
19 BEAUTIFUL SPRING WRAPS
$25.00 and $30.00, take your
choice for
$15.00
19 GINGHAM DRESSES
Ladies’ misses’ and children s, worth
up to $6.50, special July sale price
Ladies summer sweaters, only 19
left’ coat style and pullovers, worth
up to $6.00, take your choice for
$2.50
$1.98
July sale of ladies’ fine Georgette
waists and over blouses, latest styles
worth up to $8.00 special sale price
$5.98
Closing out sale of all bathing suits
$12.00 bathing suits now__$7.50‘
$7.00 and $8.00 bathing suits $5.00
$4.00 and $5.00 ladies line bathing
suits at $3.50
One lot of childrens bathing suits,
worth up to $3 to close out at $1.50
20 doz. towels, worth 35c special
sale price 19c
40c and 50c towels, spcial closing
out price 29c
81 x90 seamless
ty
sheets, best quali-
$1.39
Pepperel 10-4 sheeting, best that is
made, 45c
1,000 yds. best pajama checks,
worth 30c vd. at 16c
1 000 good quality soft bleaching
worth 25c special sale price _15c
Special Reduction in Silks and
Georgettes
1,000 yds. Georgette in all the new
colors, formerly sold up to $2.50,
clearance sale price $1.99
$3.00 and $4.00 Satines, clearance
sale price
$2.50 and $3.00 Taffetas at$1.98
LADIES FINE SHOES
72 pairs worth $10, specially priced
$7.50
84 pairs worth $7.00 and $8.00
at $5.98
White pumps, Oxfords and sport
slippers, worth up to $8.00 special
sale price
$4.98
Everv straw hat that we own, on sale
at half and less than half price
B. P. D. underwear worth 75e per
garment, closing out price
50c per garment
Men s union suits worth up to $1.50
special closing out price 98c
LADIES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
Gowns made of soft nainsook, worth
up to $2.00, at
$1.19'
Ladies’ gowns made of fine nain
sook worth $1.50 at
98c
One lot ladies teddies odd sizes and
styles worth up to $1.50, special
sale price -
75c
It pays to buy the best. If you want to\ be sure of always getting the best at
the lowest prices shop at
E. E. BELL