North Carolina Newspapers

QUICK RESULTS USE THE NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS—THEY BRING BEST RESULTS—ONE CENT A WORj) f.N PAGES. ♦ ♦ 1 ► ♦ ♦ TEN PAGES. ♦ 43. NO. 6965 CHAHLOT;,^? N. C.» SATURDA\ EVENING. FEBRUARY 18, 191 I ®v PTi i I" Charlotta, I cents a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday -'■ V/-L» 1 Outaide Charlo tte, 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday en Bold Bandits iKold Up Train No. 36 And Loot Small Safe in Express Car j ■■' i* ■ —"■■ '■ ■'■■■ ■" ' ' ' ■' ■—■L«"" ■ ' ■ ■■ I-... ■■ Unable to Get The Big Vault ntaining $60,000 z 0 t estern Train Rob- ■xted Near White Crd, During Earlij Liirs-Bloodhounds Held at Bay f'stuso two pii=tol shots van?: out dis- tiiu'ly jnst following tlio (explosion, and :if ili.(' same lime tlie news hutch made the aiUKiimeenu-m that robbers were ;u wiirk. One i>assenj;ev in the Pulhnan oar veiitiireil to s’ick his head ont the win dow when I hr exi)h)sion oernrred and was fiit'd al. the l)nl!er whi/.zinc; close !>y his head. 'I'he baiiiiatremaster, so we Kavned a lew niinuies later, was also fired at when lie looked out to see th{' caiise of the tror.hhv •■\\e s''w two men standing beside >/if QnnOCd trad; J’.'.st ati('r the exi'losion,'one ^ I of them holdint; a sack. 'I’hey were ■i Conductor Moonev^ ''''"^' ’‘i’ I il'!('. It 1 had had a pistol and hadii't . s on Tiam. i i'een loo badly frit;lnened, i coukl have sh')i them.’’ '•'V seven determined i $60,000 in Big Safe. '• .-.'i'" used revolvers! weie uusiiccessfnl in J- ■'1 'te as well, the'''” 'o blow a lart^e safe whh'h ' ' !o 0^ th * Southern ' Sr.o.Ooo beina: sent from New '' Orleans to X; w York. They mined to a smaller stron,:;' box which had only the $700, Charlotte People on Train, Mv:i, .loe .lohnston, of (’i)hnabus, .Miss., and lu'r sister, Mrs. R. !.. ()i:i ry ('.! 'A';dlfoi-d. S. were i>as- urs on lioard \o. when ih'.n train ca.nte into C'harlotte this niorn- Il'T. •Mr. .I'.ihnstnn was n itasenj^er on the !:ai!i wl’vn liie hold-up occurred. .Mrs. (>,!( vv joined her at Welford arid bii;ii came on to ('harlolle, . . '.->n and a negro was iiii\v v. iil \ isii iheir father, ^'ngman and fireren; Mi' -''I- Hastings ol I’JI Klizubetli . c of tl'e road two ^ ■ V .'He Su'pbur Springs.! ’^ii's. .[ulinslon (ccujiied a berth ''u ■' ‘'C'ld uu. ! -;l'!ii:in’ ani' 'vas a witness to : ■■'5!-enGors teH an ex- a j'a'’ of the robber,\. Sin- sraf^(! t'ri 'lold-up an-:! rob- i! :'.' s'l - was nor fri.^htened and •‘r,.ticn was crMed to I’.n; >!ie was none tlie worse* for tl’r f .T'n in the coi'n- l lU' i \| f'' i '!i;‘e. ne- s.t “I oi ;'.iy ‘ I h.; 1 lU' wi'apoii abrmi me" she , sa’d i^is inoinit-;:. “exi 'I'l a ve; v ' ’ ■ >' ■ . evo^' ir j I'lIc;. '.j, !: , • |-i ., 'i • - 1. ' • ■;'et insicjc. At I ::om-n lo the robbers 1 would have ‘ ' ' ■'e demand very j ns>'d ii on them. I'm sure if evcw ! t*e p'stol down. I w.naai' about had been aimed with •t,y \^ai^ed for forty-j ■'’orning between 3 the exprers car ■; \e«n $700 and *^300. | i ', .ired is due. so say eng reer, the cor- ■ K'- -.';. to t‘'e fact that . -i interference with \ . T. Moony was in »'.Tin ->i'd at the throttle Pint. W. D. Miller was ' C5«(*nge'' and Gibson Tq.j.'.Cje m.Tster. C. H. Di/vu ]) Will of S. Witfkowsky Probated To-day- Million Dollai Estate TRITES TO “HEADS WE WIN, TAILS WE LOSE! ” was shijtped from New Oi'leans on ihe Southern Railway train which was held up near C5aiiies\i!le, Ga., ihi:- nior-.'.ing. i;aines\il!e, Ca., Fel). IS.—Soul hern Railway train No. i!t;, the Tnited Stall's fost mail, bound from New ('rieans to New York, was he'd up by live masked nieti at White Sni- piiui- Sprin.iis, four miles from he^'p at o'clock liiis inornin,::?. The i*xi‘ress car safe was dynamited and tile (DiUents stolen. First rtjpm’ts from I lie scene were that more than •iil was taken but Southern ♦ ♦ ♦ THIS COW SWALLOWED ♦ ^ DIAMOND NECKLACE ♦ ^ ^ Hy Associaled Fress. ♦ 4^ Knoxville, Tenn.. Feb. IS.—A ♦ ♦ dis])atch from Bristol says; A ♦ ♦ diamond necklace A^as found in the paunch of a cow buteheded in a Hristol aha.itoir this morn- •$> in,a,'. In the stomach of anotlier “O ♦ cov; was fouiui a. set of arclii- tects drawing instruments. The ► cow with the neclslace came in. a ♦ Railwav oHicials (ieclare the amount ♦ shipment of cat.’e from Ken '.vas .\oiie of the passengers was 1). :'es!t i;. f. w in “acL knowing whv tb.e train was slopped. The rob- hevs escapc(t in a)i automobile, ac cording to the engineer, and are now tiiought to he in Hall county prob- DF mm By Associated Pi'e'ss. VVashngton, Feb. 1 S.—Tiibnles to the memory of .Fonathan P. fXdli'.er, of Iowa, and Alexander S. ('lay. of Georgia, will be ])aid t-oday in the sen ate of the Fnited tSates. The hoin’ fixed for the delivery of eulogies is 2:;J0. eulogies is 2:30 o'clock. Senators Cummins, (hillom. Tillman, Clajjp, Beveridge. KaFollette, (3(jre, Chamberlain and Young will speak of the life and chaiacter of Mr. IJolliver. Mr. Cia.\ 'will i)e eul.)gi/,ed by Seiia'ors Bacon, Scott. Talaferro, Lodge, Over man, Carter and Eaile.s. Semitor Ter rell, ot, Georgia, also was to have l)epn au'ong the spealers but illness will ])revent his aiipeaidng to laud the seu- ator whom he succeeded. The senate on Monday will Ix'ar enlo.gies of the late Senator.s Daniel, of Virginia, and McEnery, of L(niis- iana. wlnre pursuits would diliicull. A posse is on the trail. EXPRESS AGENT NOT DEAD. be e.''“d it at mr again ' ha'r piits and iiad bad n fair fhance , 0 tl'it I would be a|;it tic- l.'-uidi'S ilicv wotild have'^^^'y the w i s o t: y few seconds if I | lif> 1 l.' P'rc' committing th.' rrbl)cr,v." Georgia ■ Well. I went back! .Mi-s. .)oliusion was aparently not • there v/as nothing ji|,o lc;'s cxciie l v>ver th-' unusual I if 11 1 j.'ivo H vovy interesting '•rid the trrdn account of it. lu'e.s and then fcrc-|i;y .v.^scchued i'ri'ss. to :-u>" along. T‘-,“y j 'i'jim.iui-n. I’a.. Fc’). IS.—.\ train “ I i:-n to blow !n the ; ^ -j, wlii.-li one man was killed f'.i' t'c firemai"*. and early t'-aia.v near Lofiy e If-rt. I made the ; w.n,,.' I'liihidehihia & Read- ‘ --■hco'-y at Lula ear-1 j,,„ Railway. Ac(f)rding to railroad I ’nd I understand i invt.'stiL ai it;n showed that •''> bccivm the trail of ! j.,,an ol)struction •-C -. stonrl in the c^b in switch, causiiig the locomotivc ’ w'->i!e, cO'/erinci ■ u isissciiger train to nmp - e rcattcred along Ti-e messenger '.vTt covered vvith r allowed to leave \c v.'as used." "d at first to un it t j eoi'i(»t i vf> all :1 crust'ed to death, lii^ I'assciiger train tiu' tr.N'k on an e'nbani:ment. Tlu ciiuine ran ahng the tics f(>r n short disiaiic(‘ llfu (opulcd over anf! pltin;-’( (1 down the incline. Samuel Giltner, engin*>er, fifty vears old, was caught inider the lo- they had to de- ifr man of Vi,"' not. in.itired nor wei'c I any oi tiie i:assengers, who were j iiriiici]ially nn n on their way to j work, I When the engine left the rails it j tore lo-'K- from the tender. The latter i remaining on the foadl.'cd and only i one car was derailed. •‘'fv must hTve de- '■■fj. Tl'ey evidently -t r'ny one. fot* they • c;e- Out ah'jad of ti'c explosive.” *:v a'-o t^3'd *.hat ■■ e:'r f'rec!. "One _',i ftied. “poked his do A', and a bul'et I r-. j j t I think this pas- . B.cj Reward Offered. ,icr a seat at once. Ganir-.vilie. (.a„ l-o is.—Awhile ■,t no ore else rJared|t’"- -• One of the mb-^'"*^”1 ^ be abt)ut siv f^et inward !>y tlie S.nithern lOxpress Comi),:n,\, the only trace of the r!bi);MS was ioi)ort(>d ity section cf the posse viiich returned to White S’.li'hur Springs about noon. ,.\ cam)) iir; vas found near tlie scene of the indd u;». together with an ok! ov''M‘coai, some cooking nten- tr'II. and arotlier over six feet. I ' * ' until the inves- ' ~ have heard noth- ■ .n who w.~s left by ‘ pc'ki. H's I'ome, t of O';, i.s in At- *'.ave caught some j -lis and icver,il railtoad to*'is. iliat direction. I hope i was notiiing, however, to identify ♦h,; m>;n who may if'C our train left the tf-; about the s.nme the bandits. No Money Shipped. \ew Orleans, Feb. 18.—C. A. Par- dur\ sujx-rintendent of the Southern By Associated Press. Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 18.—The re- uort that the express agent was killed is untrue. The train was flagged with a red lantern and when the train came to a standstill, the bandits covered the engine and express car, telling the crew that if they kept quiet, none of them v^ould be harmed but that if they did not, every one of them would be killed. Their orders were complied with and every one on the train sat aside and saw the iron safe and express car blown to pieces and the money taken. When the order to pull out was given it is thought that there was but little in the express car and but little money in the safe. The robbers were evident ly up to their business, or profession als. They have been at White Sulphur for two or three days, it is said, hang ing around the depot, walking up and down the t.'«ck and by the section hands at work, but no one had thought of a train robbery. The flagman on No. 36 went back to White Sulphur and the train was held up to prctect the train from the rear and report the hold-up. Deputy Sheriff W. A. Little, T. N. Maine, special officer for the Southern, B. B. Landers. Judge J. B. Gaston, W. E. Smith and many others from Gainesville are on the hunt for the robbers with blood hounds but no re port has been had from them since they left, it is thought that the rob bers had horses ready to run immed iately after the work was done. The negro fireman on the engine is now at Lula, Ga. The negro fireman says he was made to leave the engine BE EKPEiED B! i.!. ^\By Associated Press. ;j- ‘ j iNe'.v' lork, I’Viji aar.' icS.. — Tl);\t i the Union Pacific Railroad plans to equip its entire system with wire less apparatus tor sending messages from moving trains to stations along the line is the announcement of Dr. Frederick Milliner, of Omaha, an elec trical exiiert in the employ of tlie railroad, who is now in this city. “We have decided to adopt the wire less telephone, which our experimental work shows to he entirely praciica- ble.’’ Dr. Milliner told the New York Railroad Club at their annual meeting here. “Within a year or so wireless telo- phoning from mo'sing trains will he a fature of the danv operation of trains on the Union Pacific. Two wireless s-ta- lions ^vill be established this summer, one at Sidney, Neb., and the otlicr at Cheyenne, AVyo., 10-''. miles apart on a single track. We expect to keoj.) of local insects, twenty thousand spec-i up commtinication with moving trains imens of insects found in or near New! between these stations and others tliat York city and three new ethnological win be es-tablished. Wires will be halls, one for Africa and two for North stretched on top of the cars. New York, Feb. 18.—The American nniseum of natural history here v-ill spend $2,750,ono in new buildin.gs dur ing the next five years. 'Plie museum's collections have .arown so rapidl.v of late that the trustees find the insti tution's store rooms overcrowded with vast and interesting collections still undis]dayed. The new buildings will provide separate halls for new arclie- ological colections fiom ^Mexico and South America, a hall of mollus. a hall TITLE BILL MIIBE SPEGi OBOER Special to The News. Iialeigh, N. C., Feb. 18.—Senator Cot- ten s bill to !)rovide the 'I'orrens laud title svstem for North Carolina was reported without prejudice in tiie fc»en- ate by the committee on judiciary and made a special order for next Wed- ncMi.lv at '.2 o'clock. (Jood i)rog.ess was made toward.^ clearing ihe calendar of local and pri vate bills. No state-wide bills were considered. The bill to provide a commission form of government for Winston pass-- ed second reading. In the house great numbers of local bills were P'lt, through on final read ing. The revenue bill was made a si)ec- ial order for .Monday with jdan lor speedy consideration to the measure to get it through without undue haste during tljie two weeks’ of the s-ession remaining. The Avery county bill is made the special order for 'Puesday night. The house passed a bill to i)roliibit putting felons stripes on prisoners convicted of misdemeanors. America. GEN. BERTHELO RETBRNS TO I “The M'ireless telejdione which we ' have devised and have been using in Omaha is sufTiciently powerful tor messages to be received from a con siderable distance simply by attaching the receiving apparatusr to an ordi nary umbrella held over the operator's head. The ordinary telephone head set is used by tiie person receiving. ’ nV V , and qo about one hundred yards to- '.c-y as th?t given I Fxprr.-s Company at New | ^^^ds Lula. He says only two pistol e porter, Reuben stated that not one cent ot moiie.v - n- in. says that he ■■'I 1 : evolver to good ’ ’H on- while the des- 1' ir. : I of Hold-up. > .. f)U .\'o. ‘tl* •oi ' of the hold- .ii. fi the train rolled in Mfs late ' , I li.it 1 he first she .1 . as an e\; losion 1 1,1 \ in tlu' Puii- : , .-' I' pa-^senijf'rs. ■ •• dashing through : the conductor rs were aboard ■ 'Iuctor was slc’ping > 1 IfHped out of the ! e t h‘ Ixi.V could ■ ' . ’ I liiiiLr was in the i' I'Vv er,\ l»od,v was ask- . Iiai in the world is ■ ' (\(M\ Ivind rr'p‘>i* . 'i ;li.- c'T. It was • f till' nigiit and the ' ( ;■ one. lOverybody V ii"e\(.| and staiih'd i'" I'- far-(- or ci'oiiching ’ ■ al iiiio as small .spac.‘ iiKlination as shov.ii i)V M ■ to '/el out ard in- the trouble, very likely be- NEWS EXTRA TELLS THE ♦ LIVE NEWS OF HOLD-UP. ♦ ► ^ An interested, interesting, het- ♦ rogeneoiis crowd, among which ♦ are numbered all classes in ♦ Charlotte, read the extra editim ♦of 'riie News jiublished thisiy morn- ♦ ing. >hots were fired and that the robbers appeared to be ordinary men and that one of them had a rag tied over his mouth. The train delayed for the rob bery only about 30 minutes. The negro could not catch his train as it passed 'nim up the track, as it was running too fast.'The engineer was doing all the work, he says. No team or horses was seen and the negro fireman says the robbers left in a flying machine. The fireman’s name was Rufus Johnson. The engineer’s name is Dave Fant, who resides on Capital avenue, in Atlanta. TBLJORBERlpoiilO RICSN X By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 18.—Accord ing to members of the local, junta General Bert hold, second in command of the insurrectos at Mexicali has again returned to tlie border after hav ing been snccess-ful in securing more arms and recruits. They also report that Berthold de livered important messages here which have been passed along the line from Orozee and other insurrecto leaders in Chihuahua. ♦ ♦ ♦ GOT A STENOGRAPHER «0> ♦ QUICK. ♦ In this extra were facts about ♦ ♦ the daring hold-up of train No. ♦ ♦ of the S*)utliern Railroad, the ♦ ♦ public being informed of what ♦ ♦ iiafl happened an hour before ♦ ♦ any otlier paper was circulated. ♦ Pasengers who alighted from ♦ ♦ the train which reached here 4 » ♦ ♦ minutes late, read open but the officials ♦ robbery they had been witii^sses ♦ ,'„.o!ess not to know the amount of to. !;:merly they bouglil copies ot O l)i‘)iess uoi u- ^ ♦ Tli(‘ N(‘\vs. ^ mone\ ♦ On all sides: the paper was con >• Officials Know Nothing. Washington, Feb. 18.—A dispatch received at the Southern Railway headcjtiarters told of the hold np by masked men of train No. K6, north bound near White Sulphur Ga.. early today. The safe obtained. ♦ gratiilatcd for its h'lstliiig enter- ♦ ♦ jirise. Nev.sboys made a neat ♦ ♦ litih' sum from the salt of the ♦ ♦ extras. ♦ Report From Greenville. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C., Feb. 18.—Train number 36 was held up by seven masked men this morning at 2:1.5 Continued on Page Eight. ♦ “Where can I get a stenogra- ♦ pher?” asked a Charlotte law- • ♦ yer in The News office one day - ♦ this week. * ♦ “Come across with 20 cents ♦ for a Want Ad,” re])lied the ♦ ♦ Want Ad man, “and we will ♦ ♦ find yon one quick.” ♦ ♦ THE RESULT. ♦ ♦ The ad appeared that after- ♦ ♦ noon. Before 5 o'clock the ♦ ♦ office 'phone brought replies; ♦ ♦ the morning mail brought more ♦ ♦ replies, and the mail * at 11 ♦ ♦ o'clock brought still more re- ♦ ♦ j)lies. ♦ ♦ The Neva's did not follow the ♦ ♦ matter further but the lawyer ♦ ^ will tell you News Want Ads ♦ ♦ are “pullers.” ♦ By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 18.—The public high schools of Por.ce, Porto Rico, will send a baseball team to Amer ica this summer to play a series of championship games with school boy teams fom the schools of American cities. The scheme has the enthusi astic endorsement of James E.- Sulli van of the A. A. U. and other New York athletic officers. Several New York high schools have applied for the ])rivilege of playing the vsitors. B.v Asi'Ocialed Press. Kansas City. Mo., Feb. 18.—If the warfare on flying foxes started here yesterday by federal authorities is suc( essful, it is i)robabl,v the only two species of this animal in the United States will be killed. One of tlie foxes was owned by a salesman. The other belonged to Joseph i’:d\vards who was arrested charged with im’porting the animal info the Ignited States, and exhibiting it. He pleaded not guilty to the first charge and guilty to the second. He cash bond. Ed- Ajter Providing For His Wije Deceased Fin an cier Leaves Residue of Estate to His Three Children, They to Share Equally, Real Estate in Charlotte And For Three Miles Out oj Char- lotiCy Not to Be Sold Until 1920—Strict Prevision in Regard Thereto, The will of the late Samuel Witf- kow.sky was admitted to ])robate at noon. Dr. .\lbert Wittson, of ew York, son of deceased, and Mr. .loseph P.. Harty, son-in-law of deceased are itamed as executors. Tlie will bears date. Sept 8, IHOX. 'I'lie t'Siaic is val ued at close v.n to a million dollai:;. The Will. After making ample provision for liis wife Mr. Wittkov.sky willed ihe rest and res:idue of his estate to hi.s three children, Albert T. Wittson. Gerard S. Wiitson and .Mrs. Ad('le Harty, wife of I\lr. .1. I*. Uarty.- Mr;', liarty’s •share of tlie estate is to iie held in trust l>y the executors. At her death, if she leaves no child, or chil dren. the cor])W!s of her sliare of the estate goes to her brother.s to be di vided between them, or their legal rep- resentatives. eiirally. Item V of t .e will says; “It is my will that my executors d ) not change any of my investments (other than tho real estate herein mentioned) so long as- they shall consider tlie same sale and fairly remunerative, but that said investments he divided up into as many shares as may he thus set ap'art to the b^'ueliciaries enlisted thereto." “•Item VT. I tis my will that all of my real es>ialr lua in. or wiihiii inree three niih's of Ihe corporate liiniis of the city of Chariott\ shall Ix' sold iiy my exc'c.utors at such limes and upon such terms as to them m'^y seem beat; i)rovided that they shall not i^os-tpone the sale of said real estate t'o’’ a long er period than ihree years after m.v death. unlesN (/tln.-r |in>visiona oi' ihis v.ill shall so retjuire. A nd I direct that m,v real estate in tiie city of Charlotte, oi" within three miles of the then corjiorate limits tlHTeof shall not be sold by my executors until the year i;t20, aft(>r which they sliall, in the ex ercise of reasonal)le discretion, sell the same as soon as ])racticable. ami di^ ide the liroceed^^ arising t herefrom in acordance with the rights and in terests of the beneficiaries under this will. In the meantime 1 direct, my executors shall have tlu; control of said real estate, ccdleci the rents and prof its arising therefrom and disiribute the s-am(' according to the provisions of this will. “Item VII. It is my will that m/ children, by and with Ihe written con sent of their niotlier. and my executors, may divide among tiiemselves any por tion of an.\' propert.v, at a valuation to be agreed upon among them, provid ed that in case of a division of my real estate, or an.v part of it, in the manner aforesaid, t lif? beneficiary or benefit iari(^s receiving the same shall not sK'll, convey or directly or Indi rectly create any lien thereon before the year n»2i1, and in case any of said beneficiaries shall atteiii])t to sell, con- ve.\- or create any li'Mi inion the real estate so dividei and set aiiart to him notli])rce,t phheirs .. .. .. or her l)eforc Die year 11)20, in that event all the right, will and interest of tiie beneficiary so violating this pro vision of my v.ill in all of the property attemiited to he conveyed or chargel, shall immediatel.v cnas-e and determine, whereupon the sam^ shall become vested in such oi' my said bcniefif iarics as shall not viol. te or attemjit to vlo late said ])i'o\isions of this will. “In no oveni shall my real es-tatein the city of Chiah^tte or within three miles of tlie cf)rporate limits of Ba!.!’. cit.v, be sold at an earlier date than the year 1020. “Item VIII. I hereby ajrpoint mf second son. Dr. Albert .1. .Vittson. and my son-in-law, Joseph B. Harty, the ex ecutors of this, my last will and testa ment, and direct that they S'liall not bond for th(j was released on a wards is also charged with having be recpiired to give in his possession a mongoose, an faithful discharge of this trust, even animal barred from this countrj*. Continued on Page Kiight. S. C. Legislatuie Adjourned lo-day No More of Aitificially Colored Tea May Be Brought Into The United States Now ♦ Watch the Want Ad Page 8. ♦ ♦ ^ By Associated Press. Columbia. S. C., Feb. 18. Carolina legislature, after being in ses sion 40 days, adjourned today shortly after noon without electing a fifth justice of the supreme cotirt. The bod.v was in session fort.v days and enacted several important laws, chief among which was a marriage license bill. Governor Cole Blease has sent to this legislature twenty special nies- . sages on various subjects. B.v Associated Press. New York, Feb. 18.—Popular brands of low priced tjeas -vill don a motley garb after May 1, according j to whoiesalers and importers here, i Alter that date, according to gov- 1 ernment direction, no more artificial ly colored teas can be imported and The South | have appeared in beautiful green as a result many of the teas which shades for a hundred years or more will come in hereafter in hues of brown, yellow and green. According to a statement from the importers association “the trade all over the country is imanimous In approving the new regulation. Green tea, w'ill still be green, but the color will be more natural. The ar tificial coloring heretofore used by the Chinese to emphasize the green ness of their product and to impart a uniform color and gloss to the feaves, ?. harmless dye, will bo elim inated. “The general public here knows very little about tea. America is not a .great tea drinking nation. The per- capita consttmplion is only one pound a year whereas in Canada it is six pounds and in Great Britain nearlj' seven pounds. Tea is popular all over Europe because of the econ omy. A fifty cent pound of tea will provide at least 25 cups of generous .strength while a 2.5 cent pound of coffee, the American beverage, ’S good for not more than thirty cups.’'