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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
NOT ENOUGH BRITISH OFFICERS
Fitted to Command in
Field.

LONDON.-The difficulty of obtain
British Army is discussed at length
by Edgar Wallace, in Navy and Army,
a British service publication.
"a shortage of officers (and the
right kind of officers)," says he,
would have been more serious than
shortage of men. Men, at pinch,
could have been obtained by the op-
Grafton of the ballot act, but you can.
not obtain officers at moments no.
tice. In this respect we are ever so
much more favorably placed than our
enemy, whose shortage in this direc.
ton is notorious.
"The difficulty which the authorities
have had has been to secure an ade-
quate supply of right kind of officers
1t is known that, despite the fact of
their being drawn from the most DEM
ocratic section of the public, the men
of the British Army are very jealous
for the character of their officers
have some experience of army life,
and l have only known about two
rankers who were popular with their
men.
"Outside of the Highland Brigade
even Gen. Hector Macdonald was not
greatly beloved by Tommy. This diff
ficulty has been overcome by the pa.
triotism, and he does not necessarily
require tremendous intelligence from
his officer, but he does demand, be-
fore he gives him his confidence and
his complete allegiance, certain So
cial standing and certain qualities of
culture.
"Of the $4,000 officers who have join
ed the army since the beginning of the
war, probably 10000 have never served
in that capacity before, but the greater
number have been drawn from the
class which has always supplied the
services with their leading"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
WRITERS ARE NOT SINCERE
Authors Don't Feel What They Ex.
Eress, Says Magazine.

Sincerity is at once the most pre-
cious quality of any piece of writing
and the most difficult to define. Sin.
cerity may be of all sorts of degrees
of intensity 1t may become very faint
and still be sufficient to serve the pur-
pose of the tale. The most intensely
sincere novelist who ever lived,
Tolstoi, said that no writer was sim
cere who just sat down and wrote
story merely for the sake of writing
a story. You mast have something to
disclose to your fellow human beings,
some message which you had either to
deliver or suffer the consequences to
your own soul-the process of writing
story must have something personal
ly inevitable about it.
This was all very we'll for Tolstoi,
tragic and ever serious giant that he
was, but as a dictum it amounts to
nothing more than a statement OF his
own noble feeling about his works.
And it was not only personal, but rae
ial, for the great Russian to work in
that spirit.
The writer's of other nations and
races seldom reach any such pitch of
pure sincerity, and when they seem to
do so it is usually by dint of so much
self-conscious effort and strain that the
quality itself is lost. The younger nov
elists in England are today perpetual
ing all sorts of mOnstrOsities OF real
ism under continental influence
which is too strong for their native
gifts. There are many writer's in Eng
land, and in America, also, who feel
forced by their admiration of the pro-
found and passionate continental real
ism to initiate it in their own work,
and so throw away their own gift or
sincerity in the attempt to reproduce
the quality of another.
The same process obtains through
out the entire field of fiction writing
with the difference merely that where
as an ambitious young novelist eftaces
himself and clouds his talents by pro-
ducing strained limitations OF famous
masters of the art Of fiction, the writer
for the magazine simply tries to imi-
tate all of the successful magazine
stories he has ever read. Perhaps he
does it so well that the editor buys and
prints his story-magazines must be
issued on their regular day, and there
are not always enough really good
stories to so round. But no one feels
very happy over such story, and the
search for genuinely good ones goes
on all the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
Starch Is Energy

"In the early history of the race our
ancestors probably noticed that GER
tain animals and birds sought much OF
their food in the seeds of grasses,
while at the same time the smaller
animals dug into the earth for roots
and tubes" said Ernest d. Clark in
addressing the Congress of Applied
Chemistry. Thus, man early learned
to make the starchy foods one of the
main articles of his daily fare, and it is
true today that among all people in all
climates bread from cereals or soma
starchy substitute is the staff OF life.'
Among many animals the foods OF this
type and the staple ration, and it is
only the carnivora that sCorn such a
diet.
Upon digestion the starches are
split into the sugars, which are then
burned in the organism to yield their
energy for the maintenance OF the
physical activities and physiological
functions of the animals. Unlike the
proteinS, the carbohydrates and fats
are used by animals to produce heat
and energy and not so much to become
living prOtOplasm, as in the case with
nucleoproteins and albumins, for eX-
ample.
"Since but little new protein is need
ed for the upkeep and growth of the
mature plant or animal, we see that
the constant demands for energy sup
plies must be met by the sugars and
fats consumed The abundance Of
starchy foods eaten by men and ami
mails is adapted to meet this necessity
of energy-producing material.
"The greatest source of starchy food
Is, of course, the seeds of the various
cereals which we group together as
grain. The amount of such material
produced by the soil in year is al
most beyond calculation. The produc-
ton of this golden flood of grain is
the earth's oldest and greatest indus
try.
Besides the starch given us in the
cereals we must not forget the potato,
which is another staple article of diet
In the whole civilized world. In diff
ferent countries various Starchy foods
are popular, such as sweet potatoes,
arrowroot preparations, tapioca, sage,
chestnuts, bananas, etc.
From the time that man first not.
iced that grains were good to eat he
has taken plants of this type under
his special protection and given them
careful cultivation. The result has
been an improvement in the races of
grains as judged by their yield and
adaptability to varying conditions OF
climate. To produce these harvests
the soil supplies the water and mineral
nutriments, while the carbon dioXide
and sunlight lend their aid through no
effort of man. His duty, then, is to
see that the soil is kept in its most
productive condition and by so doing
he will have an ample supply OF grain
for the needs of the future.
"The observation of primitive man
that the seeds of certain plants made
an acceptable food was the beginning
of agriculture"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22

An English officer say Germans are
apparently suicidally brave People
at home" he adds, do not seem to
realize this. Neither do they realize
properly that only such pluck. bravery
and doggedness as you get in Brit
Usher fighting against odds prevented
them getting 10 Calais. You cannot
imagine the tremendous efforts made
by the Germans, and | cannot tell you
how near it was touch and so.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
Sympathetic

Its pretty hard to sleep on an
empty stomach" said the tramp wear
lily to the hustling farmers wife by
way of appeal.
why, you poor fellow" she replied,
sympathetically. why don't you
turn over on your back for a little
While? You amt wore it out lying on
hev ye?"-Judge.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
CHOIR TO LEAD WELSH ARMY

Cardiff, Wales. - When the new
Welsh army of 10000 takes the field
it will go to battle to the sound of a
Welsh male choir which has been sub
stituted in it's regiments for the GUS
tomary brass band. The choral organ
ization is known as the Welsh Army
Male Voice Chorus, and its members
include some of the finest singers In
the Welsh valleys.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
Boats That Travel on Dry Land

Boats That Travel on Dry Land
The visitor to the lumber districts
of Canada may see primitive look
ing steamboat on dry road and 60
ing aolng quite comfortably. These
boats are known as "alligators" and
are used for towing the RATS of logs
down the rivers and lakes to the mills.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.


Word was passed around the hnancial
district that heavy short selling ny TWO
large houses with foreign connections
was partly responsible for the break on
Friday. According to report, these firms.
nowadays spoken Of as German houses,
had advance information Of the fate OF
the I.usitania and employed this infor-
ma ton to put out an extensive line or
shorts Brokers with stock TO sell at
the bottom commented upon the almost
inexhaustible demand proceeding from
the brokers for these two houses. They
seemed TO be buying all the stock they
could get with both hands" said one
broker. Whenever | went into crowd
with stun to get of one OF these people
took It from me. II what is said OF tho
nature OF these purchases is true some
body must have made a fine killing. ="
Tho bear Is never very popular. But
the Wall Street attitude toward the
Spectator who attempts to make money
out Of a calamity OF this kind Is uncom-
promising. To illustrate this there Is
the old story OF the market that received
the news OF McKinley's assassination
No sooner had the report reached the
floor than one trader began TO offer
stocks right and left. He hadn't gone
far before an indignant fellow broker
seized him. crying You - don't you
dare TO sell another share Of stock"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
The Market Position.

The stock market IL admittedly IN an
extremely interesting position. The
shock administered by the various scn-
sational events of the past week has
undone a good portion of the previous
advance The day TO day technical con-
di,ion has been improved BY the set
ack and by the collapse OF an un-
healthy speculation in the Industrial
group Moreover. tho character OF the
buying has changed distinctly. On the
break on Friday the buying was al
together different from that which made
the bull movement. Il was case OF
concentrated buying and scattered sell
ing. whereas exactly tho reverse was
the case on the way up. on Friday
supporting orders by the big banking
interests, with accumulation by some
Of the important people who missed she
spring rise, seemed to he predominant
Yesterday brokers reported the pres
ence OF a mass OF buying orders in the
expectation OF a severe break. A GER
tain amount OF bargain hunting by In
div,duals and short covering was also
present, but tndisorm!nate buying by
the public OF the kind that might fore
shadow an immediate resumption OF the
advance was not IN sight. SO Ear all
tina. can be known OF the attitude OF
the public is that Il has not been fright
ened into throwing over 20 holdings
That ought to be satisfactory enough for
the present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

After an opening rush II selling tho
m1rale, on the Consolidated stool, F,X-
change rallied quito wcl There VA.
ma been placed and 'hat also many
"htrgtiu hunters" had been attracted
by the blg break in prices
Reading opened at li3l,, which cow-
pared with IN opening price ON '."
other board OF li2, The rpcning quot 8.
ton for United states steel was IT, y.
ana it's low 12i,, whereas ON tho New
No.k stock Exchange tina, stock opened
at -. Union Pacific opening price
was 1921. and i's low l23k, against
an opening quotation on h" other en-
change of l23. In the ease of Anal
gamated Copper It's opening price OF ~
WAS also Its lowest, this comparing with
Giat touched on tho other board. WoSt.
,nghuuSo Electric opened at s. and dad
mt get m Ter ssh, whereas i opened
80 tho New York S'ocE Exchange ~ -
Trading WIS active, although uH' on
rs heavy - scale rs Friday. with ruW-
MISSION houses huSy AN around tn'
room htudliur a volume Of orders
Wnlcn included great rnrrnT- NJ
transactions in odd hts S'o,l 'cd the
market in respect to individual turn-
over, with ether large totals IN the cases
~ EetdmE. \malrsmated Copper Iuion
rur'ic. later borough common and l''tn
Copper rrdU. actions Cor the short
In 'he grain department May Whea;
opened at sl6t'. and late; sold At
&l.64h,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
yellow ReIliea.

As result OF the marSin calls sent
cut wholesale on Friday there was some
forced selling ~ the opening. This was
displayed both IN the general list and In
the spec'a,ties There was also hela:ed
liquidation ~ the accounts ~ the vel
low bellies" THIS rather vulgar appel
la.lon IL the name given by the broker
TO the type OF customer who. knowins
that his margin Is practically run out,
deliberately keeps out OF reach In this
way ne gain. time AZ the expense or his
broker He has no Intention OF pro-
torting his account. hut IS hanging on
in the expectation OF a rally. There Is
a new line of customers IN the offices
and this Is tho first occasion that the
broker has had a chance 20 test their
metal Some Offices can afford and do
request customers who have shown the
white feather TO take their accounts else
where.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE COFFEE MARKET.
Fstures show Heavy Tome -
~ Points on.

The coffee futures marke, Displayed
a heavy tone yesterday. prices al the
close being TO II points of on sslss
OF 10000 bags. Sentiment seemed de-
pressed in sympathy with general
feeling OF uneasincss created by the ma.
rine disaster. Selling WINS not OF Az az
gressive character. but there WAS no,
sufficient buying to hold prices up The
cables were mixed. Spot quotations
were less Arm, but there was decrease
In stocks at both Rio and Santos
Coffee futures prices declined abou,
quarter OF cent during the pas.
week The arket was steady AZ RI.
start. but July hedge selling appeared
and prices showed reactorarv ten
dency There was good buying b. 30
large Interests at times, which stead'ei
the prices. but toward the close %
the week the market again became
easy. The spot coffee market was quie,
during the week, with pr.ces STEADY a,
=. cents for Rio - and l0t ccHts ,or
Santos IS Brazilian markets held arm
and stocks az primary points showed q
considerable falling of
Brazilian markets were Irregular on
Friday. R'o Ia were lowered - rs'
10 $500. while Santos IS were ~.
changed at $500. Rio and Sar''s a.
ceipts totslled 90 900 bags Sac Paulo
had 1900 and Jundishy 5000
D..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE CURB MARKET.

There was q continual ton OF the de-
cline on tho curb yesterday. but the
dealings were free from the excitement
and extreme losses OF the preceding SEES
sion. Business was In moderate volume.
Good recoveries were made In some in
stances from the low OF the day. though
at the close losses predominated.
American Zinc was again sold heavily
and suffered a decline OF ga points.
Other recessions. however. I'm the indus
trial department were not extensive. In
ternational Motors closed strong and
up y, while World Film rallied and
closed unchanged
Oil shares were relatively active and
under considerable pressure Some large
losses were suffered In this group. run
ming up to 10 points or SO. but a
recovering movement before the close
left quotations averaging declines Of
but ! 70 points Bonds were lower
all around on active trading.
Transactions In detail In the market
yesterday were as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE STEEL MARKET.
Msy BsyinE So Far About EqaaI
to That Of Aprll.

Steel buying 30 far in May has been
about on an oven scale with April.
Manufacturers look forward to an i'm
provement toward tho latter part Of tho
month, and II mono develops in the near
future It Is doubtful II tho present rate
OF production and the level Of prices can
be maintained. There has been fairly
active demand for steel bars, principally
from ammunition makers. and there 10
also seasonable buying OF that product
from agricultural companies An in
quiry for about 10000 tons OF steel bars
was announced during the week Tho
total before the market IL understood to
be in the neighborhood Of $4,000 tons.
Prices have been placed on q 1920 basis
for deliveries right up to tho end Of tho
year.
II was reported during the weak that
the Pennsylvania Railroad has asked for
bids on 1885. 900 tons Of rails. This brings
the total for tho curren, year up to
$50, mo, the amount usually needed for
replacements Earlier reports placed
the company's inquiry at a larger hEure.
| and additional tonnages may be sought.
The rate Il RZpdvoton -osupnuad- q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

SATURDAY, NAV
Receipts Of beeves were sss head. an
consigned direct to local slaughterers
Feeling nominaliy steady. Dressed beef In
fair demand and firm At l0ts uI2hc per
ID. for common TO prime native sidss.
Receipts Of calves were AZ head: none
on sale alive, FeelinK generally steady.
selling at i2aiSo per ID country dressed.
head s css d ia 's 10 Ts.s o
change In tbs feeling Dressed mutton In
5000 demand at lSd1bc. per IN dressed
lambs, l6m ltc, Country dressed hot p
house lambs stQG per carcass
Recefpts Of hogs were 1870 hesd. none
on sale Eeeling .nominally weak In gym
OstAp NR1eh .1u3ae0.o1v9oo0.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
MARINE INSURANCE JUMPS.
ErrRtic Tone In Market after sink
ing Of IusitRntR.

The marine Insurance market yester-
day exhibited q more erratic tone than
usual and according TO some Of the
most conservative underwriters, acted
more like stock market than an in
surance market.
Rates on British bottoms hound for
England advanced ~ per cent, selling
al ~, per cent, as compared with 2
per cent, yesterday and per cent. on
the day previous.
The quotations on American bottoms
also advanced, brokers offering TO take
risks nj from ~ per cent. TO IN per
cent. as compared with q per cent,
and v per cent previous TO tho sink
Ing of the Lus!tan!a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
Cana dian Pacific.

Canadian Pacific was picked ont ny
the traders as the stock that m. ght he
supposed 10 reflect the sea tragedy most.
And perhaps because the stock rad other
reasons for heinz In weak state i de-
clued rathcr easily The low price made
Yesterday was under the old minimum
barrier established when the exchange
opened Canadian Pacific was the first
~ br~tk through. Reading came next
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
COTTONSEED OIL.

TIL" overnight declines were suhs'an.
ual Selling was based on the general
I'm .ettied feeling through the country as
caused by Fridays political develop
ments. Speculative interests were forced
cut by the exhaustion OF margins Re
liners and shorts bought AZ the decline
Exports OF oil since September ! total
SOS 900 barrels, against $4,000 year
q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

4 well known SPECTATOR. asked FOR
his opinion on the speculative position,
sa,d The market is cleaned out-y's,
cleaned out both ways like bucket
shop
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
sUB.TREAsuRY STATEMENT
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
Paid ny sub Treasury 20 banks s. So 600
Paid ny banks 10 sub Treasury ! SIS, 600
sections :.,'.',,,.,,, :. wv. uOsIcoo
visus~ssf. ...... sam. 'ec. r m.Soo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE BALTIMORE MARKET.

BALTIMORE. MAY s-C'ty hords wsr.
In good demand the rest % the MARKET
being quiet. United Railway bond, We.
fractionallv lower The SunT4r
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT.

Receipts from cust oms May : s7ss 9ss; in.
ternal revenue. ordinary. Ss5l,;3o: corporation
tax. sso Sas, and miscellaneous, s61b.l7e
ton, 81 Gs7 ,69l
The cash statement Of the United Sta'cs
Treasurer for May : shows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

Total to-day
to date 43,s24s8b 0~'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-04

Washington and Lee for Saturday.
November 6. So far the date is the
only part Of the game which has
been decided upon and the place for
staging It ranges between Charles
ton, w. Va, Hunting ton. Nv. Va and
Lexington, Va. Locally, Charleston
lis favored, ! while the management
of the Generals favor Lexington.
The annual game for the past two
years has been staged In Charleston
with a fair degree Of success and SO
far as West Virginia is concerned
such arrangements are favored for
the coming fall.
The teams split on the gate re-
'ceipts last fall after paying expenses
and 1t was found that a small sum
remained. not enough. however. to
make anyone rich. November 10
has been the annual date for the
past two years, but Washington and
Lee sprung a surprise IA few days
ago by informing the local manage
ment that they had closed with Cor
nell for that date, a thing that West
Virginia had a chance to do but re.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-04

make things hum. Pathe Daily News.
No. 81, sHer Sister,, selig drama,
and 1.-THE Woman Always Must Pay, :
will also be shown. 4.
The special attraction at the,
,Odeon theater for the first tire days
OF this week Is Charles lanes misi-
cal comedy company in !. A Cabaret
Party This Is q splendid company
composed Of nine people. and has been
secured at q large expense to the
management. To miss 1t means that
you miss one. Of the best musical coni-
edles now travelling. Perry and,
Ricardo, opponents of the Brazilian
tango and hesitation society dances,
are featured. The pictures for today
include twopart Lubin drama, en-
titled, THE Bomb, !" featuring John
Smiley and Lillian Leslie, and a Bio
graph drama entitled, "a Mothers
Way" featuring Kate Bruce.
She is coming dear little Miss
September Morn but she's cloth
ed In the form OF a three act musical
comedx this time with songs, Jokes,
scenery ana SlrlB-lotS OF them. GeU
Greenwood. the original Joy Bug, Is
the star Of the play. which is pre-
scented by Rowland and Clifford's
specially selected musical comedy
OF fifty and which will be at the Rob
[inson Grand Friday afternoon and
might. Many new tango and hesita-
tlon dances have been staged and
the latest foreign creation called
Shark Swish Dip very popular in
London. England, goes with a rush.
Sparkling Hazel Shannon, 'sThe
American Gaby Deslys,, william
Cameron. John Patton and Adelyn
|Estee. are also In the cast.
Director Lorimer Johnston, of the
Eastern Imp-Universal Company. is
now directing Mary Fuller and Cur
it's Benton in a two reel fantasy, the
title Of which is .'Everygirl."
Ben Wilson, leading man Of the
Eastern victor-U Universal, has COM
|menced work on Raymond K.
IShrock's great detective series, THE
Etrange Exploits Of Xavier Queen,'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-04
Famous Fui,-rnaking Stage
Organization to Be at the
= Robinson Grand.

Alice Joyce and Guy Combs, .
top the Bijou program today in THE
Price Of Silence" "A big factory
strike is a feature scene. 1.-THE Van
ishing Of O1ive,' the third number
of the eMadcap' series, is also shown,
while THE Mysterious Mr.. Darcy" a.
Sidney Drew comedy, brings a lot
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-04

The American Film Man,ifa ctuting
Company, under direction Of Henry
Otto. Is Staging silence q two-reel.
drama. written by Webster Campbell
Of the Beauty Company, and dealing
with heredity
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-04
WEST virginia
Will Play Washington and Lee
Eleven November s,
Next Season.

MORGANToWN, Jan. AFTER
carrying on negotiations for the
greater part Of month with Man
agere Robot McDougal. Director
George p. Pyle has finally succeeded
in arranging q football game with