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The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
TAX
HITS SHIP
STOCK HARD.
Improvement in Mar
ket Is But Short
Lived
BAD CROP
REPORTS FACTOR
Pessi m j 8 tic News
Tends To Unsettle
Trading

NEW YORK. July 21.-The New
York Sun financial review Thursday
said:
~The improvement which develop
"a In the stock market as result
Of short covering at the close OF
yesterdays session was checked al
the outset today by violent break
+ N International Mercantile Marine
issues An overnight consideration
Of the announcement which was is-
ncred yesterday that the British
TREASURY will increase the tax on
the excess profits OF shipping firms
md companies TO 20 per cent re-
suited In an opening break OF Is
points In Marine common and 5-i
points in the preferred.
Business fell away materially
aeter the first hour and although
selling pressure vas not widely er-
tended. prices sasged away until
half or so OF yesterdays late up
turn was cancelled.
luSi0 WAs bO tudISt w AIr
character OF the dealings, which con-
e1nued highly professional. but spec
ulative sentiment was considerably
depressed by the new setback and
speculative discussions assumed a
rather gloomy tone.
"A new source OF unsettlement was
tpund IN an outpouring Of crop
damage reports Ringing upon the
oppearapce of black rust in the
ncrthwest which influenced an ad-
vance of three cents a bushel or
more In wheat.
There was little or no charge in
the character OF trading in the later
dealings. losses were not extend.
-. however. and in the final hour
oome Of the specialties hardened on
Topurchases by the bearish traders"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
Sugar Market

sugar--CUr--eted daily by w. IL
Edgar * son Crystal oOtniao-A. g-ib.
tll5S. Do, 5-lb- tli. So: Eagle tab
1855. MIX powdered ed. 1850: stand
ara powdered. ss.4s. granulated. sr-
ira coarse. $50. granulatsd, nns.
tons 1915 crystal domino gran. 3
10. and 5-lh. cartons. IN cases. - 15:
crystal domino gran. HF cases. ts.tj;
4 almond a. ISIS: coufccttonsrg A..
No : s7s0, No. s. sTs5, No. .. ESQ:
No. 10 iT.75. 40. II, $40. No "a
i7.s5. No. %. $50. No. II. $50. No.
IS. s. 50, non-caklnE miNturs. 50,
househoIa p0wd. - - 10 ~as-. $40.
Do - 10 case. $40 Der case
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
WHEAT MARKET
IS ADVANCING
Renewed Reports of Rust Send
Prices Up On
Board

CHICAGO, July 21-Renewed re-
ports OF rust in the northwestern
wheat nelds and OF heavy damage
10 growing crops in Iowa yesterday
as a result OF hail. wind and rain.
sent wheat up on tie BOARD today.
July. opening az Ill l-2. scared
? l-Sc. September and December
were even stronger. gaining 5-sc.
each. going respectively 20 us Is
and - 3-4
Corn Was little affected.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
PROBE Meehanle, Dean.

Coroner Jacob Rothacher is in.
vestiga'ing the death ~ Mat Ka,ulo
q years old. No 10 Elnwood 70.
who died IN Grace hospital. Thurs
dav morning. from Injuries received
while working as millwright in
Plant No ], ~ the Studebaker cor
poration Katulo's lido was gene.
trated by the handle Of HE ma
chine
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
ON BEAT,
is DISMISSED

On h.s way out NJ police head.
quarters az noon. Trurs1ay, Patrol.
man Horace @. Galloway. N The
McClelianaye station. left his gun.
badge and othcr e1uiprc ont With
Scrgt Scott Commissioner Giles
pic dismissed him A. Tho police
trials after hc was convicted o,
sleeping on his beat
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
EDISON UP ON
LOCAL EXCHANGE
Price Advances TO 1877, Chew
rolet Up, Too. While REQ
Car Is Softer

There was little activity in Thurs
days session Of the Detroit Stock
Exchange and no marked fuctua-
tons il prices Slight movements
in price affected Edison which de-
veloped strong at i37 u. which Is
above Wednesdays
quotation. REQ Car IL OF frsc-
ton, while REQ Truck Is UP a quar-
ter. Chevrolet did dance We'd
nesday. fuctuating several points
after the session. II was lS5 10
200 Thursday morning
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO July % Hogs Re-
c@ip.s. 1900, market shade higher.
MIXED and butrhera 20TIgls.
good heavy. fg55Gi6G5, rough
heavy. isIo9s15 light. ts.2f1I0I5:
pigs. 3sut}5 Cattle Receipts. g.
200. market steady weak beeves
~ 80 = 10 cOwF a11 heifhrs. t355T
so. stockers and feeders 5000
SIS, Texan, s. 1910, calves s5g
llI.15. Sheep. Receipts i1r01.
market steady, shade lor4r- native
ss.75ns western. g-Z1 Ts10 lambs
Fui9.25 western. .5dIjf9
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
Mrs. Collin. In Hospital.

MUsKEGON. Mich. July 20.--Mrs.
Sarah Collins, wife Of Sheriff
Fred J. Collins and charged with
aiding Joe Boduar. OF Detroit. and
John Brown, % Chicago. in making
their escape from the Muskegon
county Jail. will 20 20 the psyco-
nathic ward a. Ann Arobr tomorrow
accompanied by Sheriff Collins, her
husband. Or George l.. T.efevre and
nr. p n. Marshall after making an
examination ~ Mrs Collins. found
that her mental condition necessi-
tated such treatment and Probate
Judge T.. n Prescott ordered the
accused woman sent there for the
period OF IS days.
PrintinE-thr plain neat ktnd--thst
lob Dent .--Matn fIxO.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

CLFN III N. y EIIT "-V0ga-
Receipt 3590 5al6c higher. YORK
ers mixed ard mediums. ti6ItQ
1920 pikE $3.50 Z So ro4FhE 8 -
q $50. Cattle Receipts 80 cars
weak. ] f 25c lower sheer ard lar % q
Receipts care steady iamhs top.
80. Calves }trrripts $50 s'rafr
top tizsG
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
AGO GRAIN

Wheat. July unqu0ted; -epter1 Der
up Il December up a. corn July
down &c. September down &c De-
csnber down l5c. oats. July down
~. September down &c DereTr Der
down &C Provis!0nE Higher.
SOON-wheat July up 14C sop
temher ~ 2ihc. December up 80
Corn July UP nc. september I'D
= December ~ ~ oats. July 40
" July wheat opened 10 ~
Quotations By Paine. Webber q %.
July 90 open High Low Close
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
Livestock
MICHIGAN CENTRAL srockyARps

aithi'tN tIN htL ~iot NJ ANUS
DETROIT. July - Cattle. Market
very dul, 50 - - lover than las,
week Best heavy steers, s.0s50,
pest handy weight butcher steers,
so rs. mixed steers and isifers.
v IS n 80. nantr .Eht butchers.
ts.25d. lizEt butchers. s. 80 @ :. so,
best COWS. s. Is e $50. butcher cows.
S. rs, common COWS st1005. can
ners. t1.25G& best heavy Bulls,
50 = $50. bolCgAsn euIls s=HF25:
stock bulls 81 - fedora 81 slE
SpriuEers - Fs5r
Veal Calves Market steady 1i14
i25 others. fsTIl
sheep and Lambs Market dull and
80 cents lower Best lambs. SO IS
= 1859. raIr lambs. 81 soTt0. jEht
20 common lambs 8 90. fair 20 good
.heeP '5-57gsi cults ard common.
Hogs; Market prospects, PtSA
ss.-5. workers and heavy. s9-sQ q 10.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

20 execute orders on the Exchangs
W. z. Moss 4 Co. Carlyle 4 Povah,
Geo. n: West A. Co.. x: Z. M.ccrons
mo Sp- q Co. W. X McfAussiin. Mer-
Co. VIM. A. Neer Go. sinclair 4
Gouls. Emmett L spragu.; YIN n;
Co. w. z. Reilly A. Co, Matthew
Finn. A w wallace n Co. Lewis Q.
stockard & Co, BeLnett. Smith h
Corton-
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO. July 20-Rutter: Ex-
tras. .7Ic nrsts 2sia o &c. dairy
extras. 5i4 q 3sLc frsts. "a. Q25c
Eggs: Prime ordinary. 1iq2iLc;
frsts .2d22izc. Cheese Twins.
lex al4i1c. young Americas i5A n
isc. Live poultry Fowls. In Hisc;
ducks. isai7c geese i7Ti3c.
spriEs. large 74a2sc: small, 2iG22e
turkeys. isdisc Potatoes New. Re.
csiPts. 80 cars. Ohio 50 q roc.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
n.trol, hank cl.a,an...

Detroit bank clearances FOR Thur
day were s7.0I1I2430. Total clear
ances for 1915 20 date are it.il2,
zoe, s445s. as against 1928 ,3s7 .s2s ~
for the corresponding period last
year.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

TOLEDO. July 26-UavH Receipts
light Market l0c higher Heaviss.
so I0H 10 20 MEDIUMS {th1DftI0 ~.
yorksrs. ;5.75aIGi0 good pisa 8 IS
deT5.
Calvess Narke' stead,
Sheep ard Lambs Market steady
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
crup coPpER STOCKS
BUTTER AND EGGS
Defrnlf. IuIr N

Butter-Cream~ry. extras, 27ize
nrsts. 2ske; dairy. &c. packing
stock. 3ic IN.
EsEs-Fresh receipts. cases Inciud.
ed. nrsts. 24c; current receipts. aii5
doZ. Receipts Thursday. 35i0 cases
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
b bid s-soid

Big demands for iron and steel
products from Europe In expected 10
rave important bearing on quotations
Tor Iron and steel shares
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

Direr'ors = tho Maxwell Motor
Car 60. ~lil meet IN August % take
ie"tef % declaring a tiyiGerd on
common stosk Some time azo but IN
- gnf"rsiood row that they favor a
i.Fifeni m gecond preferred az yell
as common
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
NOTICE OF CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS

wedne sday Aug 2. 1875, at Com
mon Council Chambers. City Hall.
PATROLMEN
CITY FIREMEN
Last date for hllng applications
Wednesday. July 90. 1916
All applications must be filled out
in person at the office OF the Civil
Service Commission. So2-s10 Farweii
building. B-s0O
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

Rates over the Northern Pacific and
I.ogtsviil@ & Nashville railroads from
points IN Michigan Tennessas IN
dana and Illinois % points IN North
ern Dakota have been haId reasor-
able ~ the interstate conrnerce co-n
mission
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

Prtntins-thr piaiu neat kind--thst
a. rtrht-TImrS Job D~pt.--Nsin $50.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

sapulpa has declared monthly
dividend - two per cent an increase
~ yne-halt payable Aug 20 st9ck
az record July 10
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21

Magma Copper Cos sscoua quar-
tsrly which ended June &C. 1915
hcwed that the production ran veil
In excess Il 2of3.7si pounds
The Detroit times., 1916-07-21
Financial Notes

Cunard steamship saSon'a has
brought a consignment ~ sscurfrfeg
from Liverpool said 20 be valued az
30 G90 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
By SHERMAN MONTROsE CRAICER

private banking house. His checks were
gray tinted, in Old English text. Mr..
Morgan always signed his name in full,
with dash and stately swing.
The public was recently afforded a reve-
lation as to Vincent Astor's habit of car
rying fairly good-sized bank-roll on his
person; but, now that he has had his
pocket picked and is $3.50 behind, he may
accustom himself to getting along with
four or five dollars in his wallet.
A very businesslike signature is that of
Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard, who makes use
of the conventional pink stock check of
the Lincoln National Bank. Mrs. Shop
ards generosity is proverbial, and there
are few charities that do not share in her
bounty.
of Kuhn, Loeb g. Company has long
and narrow form of check, with the firm
name in heavy Roman letters. 1t main
taiEs accounts in the National Bank of
Commerce and many other big institu-
tions, and is on record as having drawn
the largest individual check ever written
$50, 100000.
This house, like the Seligmans and
some other bankers, has on its checks a
shaded background opposite the dollar
mark. This is divided off into several
little squares, and if check is written for
$500 or S5,000,0OO. holes are punched
through the unused squares at the left of
the integer--a tip to the paying teller not
to pay out an extra thousand or million.
Thomas f. Ryan uses an ordinary drab-
colored Guaranty Trust Company check,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

NTULTIMILLIONAIRES differ so
radically in their personal charac-
teristics that it will be small sur
prise to many people to learn that no two
wealthy men are alike in regard to the de-
tails of their finances. Nearly all have
different method of conducting their
checking accounts in the banks, and, with
few exceptions, the very rich have what
seem to the onlooker some odd practices
in connection with carrying money on
their persons.
The richest man in the world, John d.
Rockefeller, uses very simple form of
check, printed or autographed in plain
black script on white bond paper. His
name is imprinted in style to correspond,
while below are a couple of blank lines for
his representatives to use in signing. No
mechanical device is employed for pro-
tecting the check from alteration. 1t is
noticeable, however, that, while MIR.
Rockefeller's signing attorney has name
easily read, the second signature on the
check is indecipherable. Very likely the
paying tellers at the Bank of America and
name instantly; as a protecting device, it
doubtless is better than the most elaborate
style of enclosing machine.
MIR. Carnegie uses the crimson stock
check of the Fifth Avenue Bank, with his
own and his wife's name imprinted on the
end, suitable for both of them. Often
times Mr.. Carnegie will write out per-
sonal check for contribution to cause
near to his heart. His corporation gift
checks, however, are drawn by secre-
tary. on the Hudson Trust Company of
Hoboken, payable at the option of the
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drawee at the New York Trust Com
pany. These are ordinary commercial
size checks, imprinted on yellow paper.
Like the iron-master, Mrs. Russell Sage
sticks to plain stock check of the Fifth
Avenue Bank, with her name imprinted
in black script at the side. Her secretary
writes them, and they are usually signed
an. Olivia" in preference to Margaret
o. Sage"
The only time Mrs. Sage is known to
carry much money around with her is on
holidays, when she likes to motor through
Central Park and hand out five-dollar
gold pieces to the several hundred en-
ployees there.
Hetty Green Writes Her Own Checks
NONE would be likely to accuse Mrs.
Hetiy Green of waxing sentimental
over check-books, and she gets along with
whatever the Chemical National Bank is
willing to supply in the way of conventional
stock designs. These are black script af-
fairs, printed on pink paper. Mrs. Green
writes nearly all her personal checks her
self and takes great satisfaction in remem-
bering many needy and suffering acquain-
tances with these valuable bits of paper.
sack" Morgan uses very simple form
of check on the First National or some
other downtown bank. This has his
name imprinted on the end He signs by
his first initials only, in very simple and
businessike fashion. His father. the late
J. Pierpont Morgan, liked to draw checks
for his individual purposes on his own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
He Signed 1t, Anyway

SHORTLY after President Wilson en-
tered Office, a White House attache took
the trouble to keep track of the number of
letters that came bearing the glad tidings
that new baby had just been named for
the President. They averaged four day.
Four letters day, all of one class, were
considered too many for the President to
attend to personally, and so they are all
answered by routine form. Hence the
fond mother who goes dashing over to
a neighbours, without even pausng to wipe
the dough from her hands, in her eager
ness to exhibit the Presidents letter to
her, should remain calm. The President
probably never saw her note to him, and
did not dictate the answer. All he did
was to sign it.
One rule about the Presidents mail is
inviolate. No matter how unimportant
the letter, if the answer is sent in his name,
the sigma; Ire must be genuine. No one is
permitted to sign the Presidents name
for him.
Hence, if you have a letter from the
White House with Woodrow Wilson's S G.
nature, you may feel certain that the
autograph, at least, is real.
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that the President, being busy, would at
once send it to secretary to be opened
and disposed of.
A great many letters addressed to the
White House usually about half the
total number received-are Immediately
sent to one of the other departments.
For example, if it is something about a
postmastership, it is referred to the Post
Office Department and answered there
instead of at the White House. OF the
letters remaining, many are answered
without being referred either to the Presi-
dent or Secretary Tumulty. Some of
these are to be signed by the President
and Others by Tumulty; but the first that
either knows about it is when the neatly
typewriter reply is placed before him for
his signature. Tons of letters are an
swered by means of routine form. For
instance, if man sends the President a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

effect of addressing letter in care of one
of the Presidents family is to delay it
slightly. 1t must 60 to the White House
first, and then be sent over to the execu-
tive offices. A letter to the President in
closed with one to Tumulty is opened and
read by Tumulty; and, if it were Of much
consequence, it probably would reach him
anyway, and he would show it to the
President if he thought it worth while.
A possible way to avoid having letter
read by secretaries would be to intrust it
to the congressman from ones district
and ask him to slip it into the Presidents
hand some day when calling at the White
House. But congressman would not
like to do this. 1t would be presumptuous
on his part to try to interfere with the
regular order of handling the Presidents
mail. And, even if he did place the letter
in the Presidents hands, the chances are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
How Millionaires Keep Their Check Accounts

with his name imprinted on the end. His
signature is large and firm.
The various members of the Guggen-
helm family delegate to their secretaries
and cashiers much of the task of signing
checks for their business and personal
uses. All of these provide for two sigma
lures
Some People Have Perfumed Checks
WOMEN are naturally more given to
fads and fancies in connection with
their check-books than men are. The fash
iOnable stationers cater to this, and make
speciality of gold-mounted leather check
books at cost of $50 or more. The most
ornate check the present writer ever came
across in handling many thousands was
that of Mrs. Katharine Mackay, who af
fected very costly japanese vellum
paper for her checks, with the name Of the
Columbia Knickerbocke Trust Company
engraved at the top, and her own on one
end. Perfumed checks are frequently
found in women's correspondence.
A New Yorker highly placed in official
life has habit of writing in red ink the
amount of his check on the line for sigma
ture, and then signing his name in black
through the figures. He says this kind Of
check can not be raised.
The largest check ever handled by the
writer was for $500, 900, on the Treasurer
of the United States. This was one Of the
conventional green-tinted checks favored
by the government Every color except
black is used for checks. White is the
favorite color, however, with plain black
imprinting.
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book or new song, he gets reply made
and provided for such cases. Even when
a letter is to be answered by the Pres-
dent, he doesn't necessarily see the letter
ITSELF He sees only brief outline of it
prepared by Tommy Brahany or Rudolph
Forster, the assistant secretaries.
Sometimes more than thousand letters
reach the White House in day-to say
nothing Of two or three hundred tele-
grams. That though, would be unusual.
On an average day the White House mail
contains something like three hundred
letters. Frequently, by the time this
number have been sifted and hand
picked, there are not more than dozen
letters laid on the Presidents desk for
him to read and answer personally. Even
on the average day, the number would
not exceed about twenty-five.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
You Can't Mail Him a Bomb

THE injunction personal" @Strictly
Confidential" or "Very Private" on a
letter to the President, has much the
same effect as to write "Rush" on letter,
or to hand nut to squirrel with the sug-
gestion: "Do not open until Christmas.
All White House mail is handled
through the regular channels: which
means that the letters are opened by one
Ira Smith, whose job at the White House
is to open things-letters, express pack
ages, and the like. If crank were to
ship an Internal machine to the President,
by the way, the person injured would be
Smith and not the President. While
Smith ordinarily pays no attention to
Personal" there are a few letters to the
President that he does not open-those
written by members of the Presidents
family and by intimate friends Smith
is clever at recognizing handwriting.
Sometimes writer incloses his letter
to the President in an envelop addressed
to Secretary Tumulty, and explains to
Tumulty that the letter is about some
thing that the President wouldn't want
even his secretary in on. Not nfrequently
somebody sends letter to the President
in care of Miss Margaret Wilson.
AS a matter of fact, none of these
schemes work. For example, the only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
NN train out West awhile ago a
stranger asked me, in the course of
q conversations:

conversations:
Surprising now that wanted to write
and tell the President something that |
wouldn't want anybody else to see, and
that l knew he himself wouldn't want
anybody else to see-something, maybe,
that really oughtn't to be known except
by him and me and the Almighty: how
would go about getting it to him?"
The answer is that the thing couldn't
be done. There is no way yet discovered
for man not in the habit of writing to
the President to get a letter into his hands
without it first being opened and glanced
through by somebody else.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-30
FORUM SPEAKERS NAMED.
Chicago to Be Wei Represented At
!. Meeting This Afternoon.

Chicago will be prominently represented
on the program at the Community Forum
meeting at Public Library this. afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
Miss Julia c. Lathrop. head of the
childpen's Bureau in the Department. OF
Labor who halls from the Illinois
metropolis, will speak on The Com
munity Center as an Agency for the
Work of the Children's Bureau" Rep
resentative Adolph J. SABBATH, of, Chicago,
will give a brief address introductng
Harry A. Lipsky. chairman of the COM
munity center committee of the Chicago
board of education, and. president of the
National Center Association. Mr.. Linsky
viii tell of the policy of the Chicago
school board IN relation to the use of
public school buildings as community
forums and centers of recreation. :,
The recent experience of Baltimore in
opening the school buildings for COM
munity use will be recounted by Miss
NJ. S. Hanau, of that city. who was the
leader in the campaign for the passage
Of the law widening the usefulness of
the schools to the people.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-30
DELTA THETA PHI LAW
MEMBERS TO BANQUET
Washington Alumni Senate and Edward
Douglass White Senate Plan Cele-
bration-P Prominent Men Invited.

Washington Alumni Senate and Ed
ward Douglass White Senate of Delta
Theta Phi Law Fraternity. connected
with Georgetown University Law Depart
ment, are to hold their annual Joint BAN
quet next Saturday evening at the Uni
versity Club, at $50 Arthur M. German n,
1 Dupont circle, Is in charge of tickets.
Chancellor Eugene ouigfey and several
prominent alumni from Cleveland, are
expected TO be present. The toastnnaster
will be John Nahum, dean of the .Ac-
tive Senate. The following members will
address the banqueters: Chief Justice Of
the supreme Court of the United States
Edward Douglass white; Associate JUS
tees William r. Day and MahIon Pit
ney, Chief Justice of the Court of Ap-
peals of the District of Columbia Seth
Shepard, Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court Of the District OF Column
bta Ashley M. Gould, Secretary of War
Newton d. Baker, John w. Yerkes, Prof,
Frank J. Hogan. w. H. White, Charles
J. Murphy. William c. Sullivan, former
Deans Harvey ID. Jacobs, ID; J. Edwin
Tyler, 10; Harry M. Carroll, IA: Joseph
J. McConville. IA; Herbert z. Richard
10; Humphrey s. Shaw, Tribune A. Ken.
meth McRae, jr., rs. and Warden DenaId
d. Long. II. The committee on arrange
ments is composed of Fred d. Giesier.
chairman; Donald D. Long, II. kenneth
McRae, jr., George Morrisay and Fred
Rose.