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WIDOWOFDEAD
AMBASSADOR IS
PROSTRATED
King George’s Physician At
tends Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
Diplomatic World Mourns.
\I">X. Dec. 16.—While hundreds
... -runs and notes of condolence
~i into Dorchester house today
; all parts of the world, expressing
for the death of Whitelaw Reid.
American ambassador, yesterday,
, r. narations were made for the funeral
. ... here and in New York. In
. nt will likely be made in the ceni-
, t.-iy at Sleepy Hollow, N. Y.
,\l-- Reid is prostrated and is under
of the family physician, Sir
T .nas Barlow, private physician to
King George, who was in .consultation
Mi Reid .m.l volunteered his serv
ices to the family today.
Otiki.il recognition by the Britisli
. rnment of Mr, Reid's death was
not given until today on account of the
. bs.-nce of Sir Edward Grey, th.- Brit
ish foreign minister, and Premier As
. lit.i from tile city yesterday. The
American embassy was draped in
mourning today and the Hag was plan. <1
half-mast. The same badge of
earning was in evidence throughout
. -national diplomatic circles in Lon
don.
Mi- Heid insisted that lief husband's
i.H.y should be taken to America at tile
ni l. st opportunity, even urging that it
~ shipped before her son, Ogden Mills
It. who sailed Iron: New York Sun
iv. mild arrive. Sht is expected to
. hallgt her mind, however, when she
::as recovered from the shock of her
Huband’s death.
\ Memorial service will probaldy be
he tor the late ambassador in West
.inster Abbey, the dean of toe chapter
tma expressed the wish that such
. rvi. s be conducted, ft is believed
n. : ill. suggestion for a fundal serv
ili. historic abbey came direct
join King George.
Physicians Puzzled.
I’ ix sbinns who attended the late am
bassador were puzzled at the sudden
i i iiiatlon of Vlr. Reid s illnes.-. They
were taken by surprise for up to Fri-
ii th. doctors assmed members of
■ Heid family that til" stricken man
it.aid pul! through.
liowcv. ;. the combined attack — of
oialiial trouble ami ustama. coupled
M . Roic.'r advanced years, proved
’till »'»•’ • *
1 ’’ \y ts 7»; year- old and had
: lb»- I’nited Stalos at the
i • for veil years. His
pt r oubl have ended
• Hiv im o.eive of the Dem-
: at ion <»t Washington.
< did not disturb Mr. Reid,
irenuently of Ist told his
' fi • ; he wished to wit di :w
• •t . utt ' iia ” o
• • Ln e.f his inanodi s.
ii»s! physiciers ••
1‘ - c by Si. T‘‘t lIJ. ■ .. f .
< ■ ’« ■> dertol S‘ V. r-
•’rn. <d the •jwn - • .i’ll.
’’ ’ina every relief kno v • h •
' • •: i .... i
Kiel Pin •• - . .
n a! ii; - lb it; .■ 1 \ >
apprised the son of ’its I s •
- ati).
Death Not Anticipated.
1 ' !:i! Air. Reid did not anticipate iia
arness of his end was shown by the
fact that up to 24 hours of his death
" business of the enibassx passed
'brough his hands and received his sig
nature.
Mr. Reid’s body lay at Dorchester
' "Use today while a steady stream of
1 rsons representing various grades of
•fticial om culled and left expressions
"1 sympathy for Mrs. Reid. Many’ ini
ving floral tributes were received.
I he business «>f the American em
’•ssy today is in charge of Irwin
*.;<ughlin. of the embassy’ staff. Official
1 '•-sagrs between the embassy and the
'’(.to department at Washington were
•ikiirii by Mr. Laughlin.
I acre was considerable speculation in
'• i;«l circles over the possible succes
oi Mr Reid during the remaining
"nths of the Republican administra-
’> at Washington. The name most
oln inently mentioned wag that of
i' Hays Hammond, who was one of
American envoys to the coronation
King George. He is well known
• 11 and is said to be very acceptable
*' I'nglish government.
MRS. THOMAS ELLIOTT
IS DEAD IN CINCINNATI
~ 'iirmunccment of the death of Mrs.
"unis l.'.lliott, which occurred in Cln
binaii. Ohio, yesterday afternoon, has
■ -m receivi d in Atlanta.
'b's. Elliott was the wife of Thomas
jii'itt, for many years chief engineer
1 " Atlanta Consolidated Street Rall
> ‘ 'ompany. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott
w<cl to Cincinnati some years ago.
" J had many friends in Atlanta.
I he remains will reach Atlanta Mon
"■‘l morning at 11:55 o’clock via the
'■"Uisviile and Nashville railroad. The
"iinent will take place in Westview
' uietery Monday afternoon, the hour
10 be announced later.
GIBSON PENS FICTION
IN HIS PRISON CELL
Goshen, n. Y., Dee. 16.—Burton w.
'■ill,son, the lawyer accused of strang
''ig Mrs. Szabo, Is writing fiction in h:<
' U in jail here. He has written one
"ty of several thousand words that
b.-ep i'Uieliased by a Nev York
siblisi,,.,. ||,. is ;|t wol ,] { v,.vising the
'“lot sheets. Th., lawyer expects to
"allze a gi>o,| size.l sum from his first
‘‘•ttempt in the literary field.
Perfect One~'iear-Old Child Found in Atlanta
HERE’S THE IDEAL BABY
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<i I'aguii. Atlanta s |>.’ri‘ert one-year-old child.
Little Harold Fagan Weighs
21 Pounds and His Height
Is 21 Inches.
Here is the pet feet t>ne-yeal -oil. -ijilcl.
Tile picture and the measurements tell
the story. This is. physically speaking,
the ideal infant of twelve months.
Not only do its own folks think it is
the perfect youngster, that is only
natural, but this is the baby picked out
by Pioti s.se:- F. B. .Magee from all the
babies of Atlanta as the child whose
measurements approach nnst nearly
tiiosi of the perfect cote,.
And be it known that 1' ofi-w .Ma
gee, now the Muldoon of Atlanta, be
fore he went into the rebuilding of men,
made a specialty of building boys, and
his years in Y. M *' A. and similar
work uuailfy him as an expert.
Finding the perfect child of one yeat
old was no easy tasit. P ofessor Masco
gave more- than a month to the search,
examining b:ibi‘-s from the ante ivoik
to Lalo w-pod Heig.its and Bum Kidg» -
wood to Anderson avenue, b. fore he hit
upon Harold l iman, of 120 Hr< » nwich
street. When be did his search ab
ruptly ended, so tnis lad. in the opinion
of Professor Magee, is the ideal child of
one year.
Fills All Requirements.
A study of the measurements dem
onstrates that this child Is virtually tee
average weight for a one-year-old baby
-21 pounds. In height it is about two
Inches above the average. Its chest
measurement is one-lifth of an inch
more than the average child. Accord
ing to the famous authority on babies,
Dr. Emmett Holt. th< average one
year-old baby is 21 pounds in weight,
29 inches in height and has a chest
measurement of IS inches and a head
circumference of IS Inches.
The Eagan youngster reached its
pi esent state of physical perfection by
"merely growing." It is no product oi
anj advanced school of physical devel
opment. Utr I’r - s ->r Magee be
lieves. and lit s demon trated with his
own childten. tn it in eh can It- non. ,o
improve the physical development of
even an infant l>\ systematic- e.v vise,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1912.
•••••••••
o' MEASUREMENTS OF !
2 LiTTLE HAROLD FAGAN 2
• a V, ght 21 pounds •
» Height 31 inches •
o Girth of neck 6 inches •
• Chest.. . 18.2 inches •
o Right tor. arm 5.7 inches •
o Right uppe, arm, down.. 5.6 inches •
a Rigl'i upper arm. up.. ..5.7 inches o
a Left foie arm 5.6 inches •
• Left upper arm, down ..5.4 inches •
• Left upper arm, up .. ~s.7lnches •
® Right thigh 9 Inches •
® Right calf 7.4 inches •
• Left thigh 8.9 Inches •
• Left calf 7.2 inches •
® •
beginning when it is a month or two
old.
Here are tile Magee rules for devel
oping children:
1 ■ Tw ice a day infanta should be
■l.' ssed down to two or three garments
and allowed to kick and roll.
2. By the time a child is a month oh
alloy it to take hold of youi lingers,
and pull it off the pillow. By thre<
months you will be able to pull the
baby up to a sitting posture this wa 1
Never Jerk the Baby.
3. .At three or four months allow the
[baby to sit upright in your hand. By
I balancing it will strengthen the mus
cles of Its back. You can easily steady
it s(?lhat no harm can come.
4 fake the baby, while lying on its
back, and lift up its feet and legs—first,
a little, and then gradually more and
mote, allowing Jhe weight to rest on
the neck and head.
5. Lift the baby fiist by one arm,
then by the other, then by one leg and
then the other. This strengthens the
muscles and Joints. So long as you lift
steadily no harm will be done.
6. Don’t Jerk In Rifting the baby in
these do it steadily.
There should be no Jerking. If there
isn't the baby will be benefited.
7. Don't put too many clothes or too
long clothes on an infant. The legs of
an infant should have a chance to move
without being hampered by a lot of
foolish Clothes
S. After the first few montlr- et the
tally s outdoors.
If you parents with smut' children
WILSON, BACK IN
0. S„PLUNGES
INTO WORK
l
Answering Questions. He Says
He Hopes to Confer With
Mr. Bryan.
Xi.W <>RK. Dw. 16.—President-I
elect \\’• * .row Wilson arrived today ■
from Bermuda u]>on the. liner Bermu
dian after a month’s vacation. He waj»
in perfect health, was brown fiom his
outdoor ’if - in Bermuda, and declared
that he felt fine.
The president-elect was aceuini -inied
by’ Mrs. Wilson and two of his daugh
ters, Miss Jtssde and Miss Eleanor Wil
son. Th< party’ drove to the Waldorf '
upon lane mg. Governor Wiis«»n said he 1
<
would leave for Princotou at 4 p. m..
spending tomorrow in the New Jersey
state house in Trenton conducting New
Jersey state affaire, mid returning here 1
tomorrow evening tn attend the dinner 1
of the Southern society tomorrow night, 1
at which he will be the principal 1
speaker.
Honors came trrick and fast for
Captain MacKenzie, of the Bermudian.
In addition to having a president-elect 1
of the United States for a passenger,
the vessel broke her own time record on
the trip from Hamilton, making the
journey' in about 39 hours. The ship
arrived in the bay shortly after 7
o’clock. In order to facilitate Mr. Wil
son’s departure, special customs inspec
tors went on board to pass upon the
baggage of the Wilson party.
There was also a big delegation of
reporters on hand to r elcornc the New
Jersey governor. Mr. Wilson surveyed
.lie army of correspondents who had
ici ompanied him t, , Bermuda, then ■
'cd-cd at the oncoming party and 1
ni'< 5. He said he was ready to an- 1
-wer any reasonable questions put to 1
iri and the bombardment immediately 1
gan. 1
Regrets Reid's Death.
"Do ;ou Come back as a politician. 1
. ivernor?”
"I wiil be one as soon as I land," re- t
iied til,' pr< .• id.-nt-e’ect with a laugh. ' :
"Have you beard about the death o',
WhitelMV. R' ici?"
"Yfr. I have heard about that, and 1 ji
am very sad over it.”
"Dili you have a good time in Ber-
“A vi i y line time. We liii 1 nothing I
»>•«! ■ : lu.-i curs ives ard ai. wi-r let- i
teis. I guess 1 imswered about 700 in i
all. We spent cur time riding, driving. |
boating, cycling and walking. The
country is one of the few places in the
world where one can walk without dan
ger of being i tin over and killed by ati
automobile.”
"How about the 7.000 applications fol
jobs you were reported to have re
ceived?”
“They were placed on file.”
Asked as to his immediate plans. Mr.
Wi son said:
"1 am still governor of New Jersey,
and 1 have lots of work to do. That is
why I am going to Princeton today. I
expect to meet Mr. Tumulty, my secre
tary, and get in touch with current I
cents.”
"Havi you determined anything
about your cabinet?"
"Nothing at all yet."
Hopes to Meat Bryan.
'Will William J. Bryan visit you?"
“I hope so. Wo have made no definite | 1
appointment, but I want to confer with ''
him."
"Hus M>. Bryan been considered for
si crelury of state?”
"Ask these newspaper lie n here," . aid
the govtrnor, sweeping his hand toward
the correspondents who had accompa
nied him to B'-rmuda. "They have been
with me and they have been asking the '
same question day after day. There is
no use to ask such a question.”
During Mr. Wilson’s absence from
New York tonight and tomorrow Mrs.
Wilson and her daughters will remain
in this city at the Waldorf-Astoria ho
tel.
There was an animated scene upon
the Bermudian, which was dressed up
with United States flags, when she
docked. The passengers came upon the
deck, gave the president-elect a big
ovation when he appeared. Mr. Wilson '
responded by lifting his hat.
Before he left the ship the president- j
elect was introduced to Richard Ba
rrens. the pilot who brought the Per- |
mudii'.n through the narrows. la.. r I
Mr. Wilson thanked Captain MucKeiiz'n* ,
for the courtesies extended to him-. l! I
and family and then left the ship
ARRESTED AS A ROBBER.
MAN SUES FOR SIO,OOO
MARION. ILL., Dee. It;.—Suit for
i SIO,OOO has been filed In the city court
, by Jesse H. Bonnett against the St.
Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern I
[ Railway Company, alleging false per- |
secution and imprisonment. According |
to Bounett’s lawyer, he was arrested
March 15, 1912, and charged with hold
ing up the station master at Marion,
111. At the preliminary hearing he
proved he was in Salem, 111., at the time
the robbery was committed.
follow this system you may develop an
ideal child. Maybe you have already
developed one. How about YOUR
child? Is it physically "ideal?” Art
its measurements as good as those of
Harold Pagan? Dues it stack up as
well in a picture?
It was impossible for Professo" Ma
gee to see all the babies in Atlanta.
Porsibiy li" 'missed one more nearly
1.1 feet than the one he selecti.d. I 1•-
haps that babv I- one you know. I’os
sib y even it is you ow n.
H"W about it? Tht Georgian is in
terested
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
Since the settlement of the Georgia
i lilroad strike and the subsequent ar
bitration in favor of the unions, the
■afesfc A
£ ' AS' ' 1.-'"
new spapers- of the
state have been
dis cussing the
matter of a com
pulsory arb i t ra
tion law in Geor
gia. and it Is not
unlikely that such
a law will be pro
posed in the next
legislature, an d
w i t h excellent
chances of pass
ing, moreover.
The newspapers
along the way of
the Georgia road
are a practical
unit in favor of
such a law —fairly
d r a w n, equitable
in its provisions, and capable of en
forcement with a minimum of friction
—as was to have been expected, per
haps; but over and beyond the terri
tory directly touched by the strike,
there is a general disposition to ask
for such a law, and to wonder why. in
deed. the absolute desirability of the
same lias not heretofore been practi
cally realized.
The Savannah News, commenting
upon this matter, says:
Why could not the parties have
submitted to arbitration at first,
instead of tying up the system and
being the cause of so much incon
venience and money loss? The
public is entitled to a big enough
consideration in the controversy be
tween capital and labor to have its
business atjd property protected and
safeguarded by those who hail been
intrusted with the work of trans
portation for them.
The general public, which surely is
an innocent party to controversies of
the kind considered by The News, is, in
reality, the greatest, sufferer by strides
that result in tie-ups. There ought to
be some way. so mans of the state pa
pers think, whereby the public might b
protected while disputes between capi
tal and labor are being adjusted—and
the sum total of opinion seems to be
that a compulsory arbitration law would
solve the problem.
Such a law will not be placed upon
the statute books, of course, without
difficultv But such a law—an honest,
just law—can be passed; and it may
MAN WHO SWALLOWED
8 PINS LEAVES HOSPITAL
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16 With five safety
pins still In his body, Roy Williams. 25
years old, who swallowed eight of
them as a means to end his life, has
left the City hospital.
Williams swallowed the pins two
months ago. One of them began to
pain him and he went to the dispensary
November 15. From there he went to
the Cltj’ hospital, where doctors oper
ated on him for appendicitis. But in
stead of the appendix’the doctors took
from Williams’ abdomen a large sufetj
pin. Later he was relieved of two
others.
W. A. FOSTER TO ~GIVE
REALTY BOARD DINNER
W. A. Foster, the well known real
estate man. is to be the bust next Fri
day night to the At Uu.i Real Estate
board at a plank steak dinner at the
f’afe Durand Mr. Foster will preside
and introduce a number of prominent
realtj men. The dinner starts at 6:3t)
p. m.
One of the important matters to be
taken up by the meeting will be the
adoption of a uniform sales contract,
which, it is believed, will keep dealers
and the public free from fraud.
WIFE AGAIN TRIED AS
POISONER OF HUSBAND
PADUCAH, KY., Dee. 16 For the
second time, the murder case against
Mrs. Lucy Griffith, charged with pois
oning her husband, Edward Griffith, a
prominent merchant of Benton, has
gone to trial in the Mat shall circuit
court at Benton.
The commonwealth is said to be in
possession of new evidence discovered
since the first trial last spring, when
the jury could not agree. The princi
pals are prominent in this section and
■there is wide interest in tin- case.
BAPTIST BOYS~CHOOSE
OFFICERS AND PLAN WORK
Tht ’B, B. B.” class us the (’entfat
Baptist church boys’ departinent, with
< \v officer* just elected, is planning for
hs work for the new year.
• Tlv newly elected officers are Erank
Graham, president; Stanley Speer,
Jr., vice president; Leo Ridley, secre
tary, and Rufus Monk treasurer.
ST. JOHNS CHURCH TO
GIVE CHRISTMAS TREE
A Christmas tree will be given Fri
day night, December 27, at the St.
Johns Methodist church by the Epworth
league. Nothing costing more than 10
cents will be put upon the tree, the
idea being to have only a cheerful
gathering of children.
MINISTER AND MOTHER OF
WIFE FREED OF MURDER
HOULTON, ME., Dec. 16.-The jury
In the ease of the Rev. Charles Nelson
Einelius, Mrs. Annie Jacobson, his moth
er-in-law. and Edgar Jacohsin, her son.
charged with killing Mrs JueofiHon's
husband, returned a verdlci of not guil
ty. The jury was out three hours md
23 minute;
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.
be accepted, perhaps, as a certainty
that a serious effort will be made in
the next legislature to pass it.
Dan Byars, who opposed unsuccess
fully Sheriff Dunahoo, of Floyd, in his
last campaign for re-election, has been
taken into the sheriff’s office as a dep
uty, to 1111 a recent vacancy. This
closes a remarkable political rivalry—
and furnishes an acceptable ending to a
lather pretty story.
Byars and Dunahoo served together
In tiie sheriff’s office for years. Two
years ago, however, they parted com
pany, and both ran for the job—which
is a good one. The race between these
old friends was warm enough, lor both
are verj' popular, ami Dunahoo won It
bj a very narrow and squeaky margin.
Friends of both men have predicted
that tile war would be fought all over'
again in 1914 —-but not long ago the two
old friends made up, and now Byars is
back in the office, everything is pret
ty. ami there will bo no scrap two
years hence.
Very pretty politics—as well as a
very pretty story.
♦ ongtessman Gordon Lre continues
to be one of the prize- "getters” in con
gress.
He is one of tiie veterans of the
house, having represented the Seventh
district for eight years, and he knows
his w ay around legislativo-w Ise as well
as anybody, and better than most folks.
Mr. Lee's pet project Is opening the
Coosa river from Rome to tiie Gulf. He
already has accomplished much In that
direction, and this year lie gets an
other big slice of appropriation pie in
tiie livers and harbors bill.
In making up the rivers and harbors
bill in committee originally, tile en
gineers’ estimate for tiie necessities of
tiie fixer this year s92,ooo—was writ
ten in, Mr. Lee knew the Coosa needed
more than that, however—in fact, he
just naturally was obliged to have more
—so lie had it raised a fexv days ago
to $136,000. Just how he did it no
body seems to know exactly—but lie
did it, all right.
The Coosa river, of which Lee lias
been telling congress ever since he first
became a member of the house, means
much to Rome and northwest Georgia,
once it is opened to tiie Gulf—partic
ulaily after the Panama canal is com
pleted.
Lee’s friends in congress call his pet
fix er tiie "< ’ai'uso" river—but he doesn’t
mind, so long as tiie lawmakers come
across xvith the change!
BIG BANQUET TO MARK
OPENING OF COLLEGE
VALDOSTA, GA., Dec. 16.—The
Ch imber of Commerce will give a. ban
quet on the evening of January 2, in
honor of the opening of tiie South
Georgia Normal college in tills city. The
banquet w ill be given at the Hotel Pat
terson. and covers will be laid for sev
eral hundred guests. Invitations have
been mailed to Governor Brown, Gov
ernor-elect Slaton, Senators Bacon and
Smith, Georgia members of congress
members of the state legislature, prom
inent educators in Georgia, and the
board of trustees and faculty of the
college, who xvill be honor guests ol
tiie Chamber of Commerce.
WHISTLE SAVED THE LIFE
OF AN INSANE PRISONER
CONNERSVILLE. IND.. Dec. 16.
Shrill whistling saved the life of Ed
ward Baker, an insane prisoner, in the
county jail. He tried to bang himself
with bis suspenders. His face had
turned black when the prisoner nearest
him began whistling with surprising
shrillness.
Baker quit choking himself and Hs
t< ned. The longer he listened the bet
ter he seemed pleased. Then he threw
down the suspend* i end and began to
dance. While he was dancing the sus
penders were whisked out of his cell
witli a long stick.
STARVES SELF TO DEATH
TO "ATONE FOR A SIN”
ST. I.OUIS, Dec. 16. Lawrence Tro
ny, who was taken to tiie City hospital
November 27 from a hotel in North
Fourth street, suffering from delusions,
Is dead. He talked rambiingly of a sin
he was trying to atone for by fasting,
and during his stay refused to partake
of food. Liquid nourishment was ad
ministered to him through tubes. IP
told attendants his home was in In
diana.
WAYCROSS COUNCILMEN
TO DISTRIBUTE CITY PIE
WAYCROSS. GA.. Dec. 16.—0 n or
before January 7 city council will elect
about twenty officials for the ensuing
year. Among the positions to be fill, d
are those of clerk of council, city at
torney, health officer, chief of police,
■ Ity engineer, superintendent of water
works, chief of tire department, city
treasurer, city tax collector und build
ing Inspector.
HEAD STOPPED DP? CAN’T BREATHE?
Don't Dose the Stomach—Apply Eiiernally
VICKS Pneumonia SALVE
THE NEW VAPOR TREATMENT
Virk’s Group and Pneumonia Salve i»
applied externally jus? nib it well over
the throat and ••hvsr., Cover with warm
llannel cloth the heat <>f the b.nl.v re
leases soothing aniiseptir vapors, which
ur»' inhaled directly to the inflamed parts.
Vick s is also absorbed through the skin,
taking out the soreness. Give the suf
ferer plent) of fresh air—open the win-
HMT 134.34’
YOU’VE MISSED
YOUR SHARE
There's That Much Money for
Every Citizen of the Country,
Says Comptroller.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—1 s thers
liny reader who is not in possession of
$34.34?
If there is, then there is something
wrong somewhere, for that is the indi
vidual proportion of every man, woman
and child in the United States, of the
$3,284,500,000 now in circulation, ac
cording to the report of tiie comptroller
of the currency. Lawrence O. Murray,
Just submitted to congress.
All those who have been fortunate
enough to get their share out of the cir
culating medium are 14 cents richer
than they were last year and one cent
better off than in 1910, x> hich is at least
the price of an evening paper.
The comptroller’s report is the usual
fat volume, consisting chiefly of fig
ures. But, at that, some of these fig
ures are quite interesting, especially for
tiie banks.
The comptroller Informs us that the
volunm of business in this country has
increased over last year to the extent
of millions of dollars.
Clearing Business Greater.
The transactions of the 151 clearing
houses, for the current year ending
October 31, aggregated $168,506,365,000. '
This is an increase of $8,998,357,000 over
last year.
There xvere 26 clearing house asaocia
tijms which reported losses.
< in the other hand, there were fifteen
associations whose clearings exceeded
tiie billion-dollar mark. These were
New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadel
phia, St. Louts, Pittsburg, San Fran
cisco, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Kansas
< Ity, Mo., .Minneapolis, Cleveland, Nc'.v
Orleans, Detroit and Los Angeles.
Ihe New York clearings last; year
totaled $95,672,301,000. This was an in
crease over last year of a little more
than $4,000,000,000.
The repo t also states that the ex
ports from this country last year
amounted to $1,870,000,000. While the.
imports wore $1,511,000,000, leaving a
balance in favor of the United States
of’ $359,000,000.
The pm capita estimate is made on
tile basis Os a national population of
95,656,000.
Number of Banks Increases.
Tue comptroller’s feport is on 25,195
banks, 803 more than last year. The
total resources of these banks are $24,-
986.642,774.18. This is a gain of $5,403.-
232,381 since 1908, or an increase of a
little more than 27 per cent In the past
four years.
These flguies.” says the report, “in
dicate an unprecedented growth in
bank resources during the past four
years, and far exceeds that for any like
period in the country history. The
nearest approach to this increase is
shown in the statistics for June 30,
1904, when the aggregate resources of
all reporting banl?s were about $4,413.-
000,000 greater than the amount re
ported In 1900.
( "Individual deposits tn the banks dur
ing tin- last four years increased from
•$12,784,511,169 to $17,024,067,606, the
increase being $4,239,556,437, or over
33 per cent."
she figures in the report relating to
the postal savings banks, indicate the
rapid growth of those institutions.
I here are now 300,000 depositors in tl:e
postal savings banks, with a, total de
posit of $28,000,000.
•>n January 1, 1912, there were 1,149
school savings banks in the United
States, with 167,529 depostiors, all f
whom were school children. At ono
time there was over $3,000,000 on de
posit in these banks, but on the first of
this year tiie aggregate deposit on!..'
amounted to $908,480.47. But then tiie
holidays were just over and the chil
dren had withdrawn their savings •>
buy presents. In regard to the smallef
sized bank notes, tiie report makes tile
following interesting statement:
About Smaller Bank Notes.
"The secretary of the treasury h:..;
approved a plan for systematizing th >
designs of the United States nates,
coins, certificates mid national bank
notes. It is the purpose to make tli.x
notes more artistic and at the same
time to give them added security in the
circumvention of counterfeiting. Th >
number <u designs will be reduced from
19 to 9 The charge determined upon
will reduce the number of plates nece»-
sa; y to print national bank notes f onx
1,200 to 200. thus effecting an economy,
not only in the printing of the notes,
but a saving to the banks interested
“The reduction in size of the not'4
will enable the storage capacity of the,
department and bank vaults to be in
creased about 25 per cent, and it is be
lieved tli,it with the reduction in size,
the folding of notes, to a certain ex
tent xx ill be obviated, resulting in tliei’’
greater longevity.
“Tiie length of time required to off
set the changes in designs and size <-f
notes is stated at about eighteen
months.”
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Greensboro, N. C. (Advt.»
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