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The Washington times., 1916-02-01
LINOTYPE STOCK
SLUMPS SHARPLY
Volume Of Trading on Local Ex-
change Slightly Better Than
For Several Days.

Mergenthaler Linotype stock, foe sew
eral days the weakest spot in the
market, slumped sharply at today's ses-
sion Of the Washington Stock Exchange.
After ten shares had sold at 1888, or
five full points below yesterdays sale
figure, teh bid for quotations was low
cred from 1865 to 1872 and the stock was
offered at 16I
The better bid for Arlington Fire In
surance Company stock made yestsr-
day. brought a block of that stock on
the market. A quotation lot of twenty
five shares changed hands at 10, the bid
price. and an additional quotation lot
was disposed Of at 9h. These prices
which was established several months
While tho volume Of trading was
slightly better than for several days IL
tbcr Sfs Ss ,o. eGmISg5stS>fsO Dr5sS sOOo Worth os
Washington Railway and Electric per
cent bonds at SOY e. Sciz, and $500
bond at SoJs. a Riggs Realty Qong) At
1917. $i.500 worth ~ Washington Gas
SIS at 1o51l. twelve shares Of carital
Traction stock at SsM. ten shares Of
Washington Railway and Electric com
mon at ST. and sixteen shares OF the
preferred stock Of the same company at
S:h. ard two shares OF Washington Gas
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 4
statement for the year ended December
n shows an increase Of H2. .7s9. $50 in the
operating income OF the lines east and
OF S9.457, ,s07 for the lines west of Pitts
burgh, as compared with the previous
year. The total operating revenue OF
the lines east was $252.sl0. sol. an increase
Of 81, 4.04I, while the total operating ex-
penses were Sla3, .963, a decrease OF
81 ,475,S19. On the lines west the total
operatinR revenue was $120 $50 $685. an in
crease of s, s,s59.11l. and the operating eX-
penses were $9l ,3o3,5SS, decrease OF
$5aS. .T95.
For the month Of December the total
operating revenue Of the lines East was
500, ,s04,44l. an increase OF A,si4.s0S, as
compared to the previous December
while the operating expenses were ST.
66S 106 an increase Of 81 .469. III. On the
lines West the total operating revenue
for the month was $l1 ,i50,065, an In
crease OF t5.3lh. 429. and the total oper.
ating expenses were $s,3s6.77s, an In.
crease OF s. .343. .353
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Favor Herman to Win
From Bantam Champion

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. THAT Kid
Williams, champion bantamweight. will
face the best challenger In that division
and undergo the toughest time of his
reign before he succeeds in retaining his
title from the onslaught of little Pete
Herman. OF New Orleans, Is the opinion
OF the majority of the boxing critics
here who saw Williams barely shade
Frankie Burns little more than a month
ago. These critics are looking forward
to the Williams Herman fight OF Feb
ruary Z with much the same feeling of
uneasiness and expectancy that they
looked forward to the Willard John
son fight in Havana. or to any other in
which there was a possibility of title
changing hands.
This battle, which is the biggest thing
that has been staged in the fistic line
here this winter, marks the opening of
the new Louisiana Auditorium, which
VIII be the largest auditorium in the
entire South and the largest arena for
boxing in the United States.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Baltimore Games Open Up Long
Season on Boards and Gin
derS For Track Men. r
NEW RULES ARE OFFERED
High School Faculty Advisers to
Take Up New Code At Next
Regular Meeting.
JAMES A STAR.

When many of the present Sun:
day school League basketball
players were being trundled
about as hopefuls in perambu-
lators by fond parents, a young
man named James was cutting
capers as a basketball player.
This same "Smutty" James is
now cavorting about the floor
as right forward for the Peck
Memorial team. James re-
Gently shot nine baskets from
the floor and covered the court
in grand style. AS a "come-
back" performer James has
others beaten to a FRAGILE, as
basketball is about as strenu-
GUS a pastime as could be Sc
lected. Drill up to the "Y"
some time when Peck is sched-
uled to play and see for your
self just what peppy veteran
James has gotten to be. =
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
From Foul Line to Pit
Tonight's Bowling
Phl Mu sigma-Eta vs. pelta.

Phi Mu Eigma-Eta W. Delta.
MBsonic-Dawson Vs. Lafayette; Ana
costa vs. Wash. Gent.
Reclamation Mails VS.. WreckerA.
Fourteenth Street-lndependent vs.. G.
p. q,
washington City Tenpln-Bureau vs.
Royals.
Northeastern.-Thom Jefferson vs.
MC1nghs
District Royals VS.. New Corners.
Pepco- Arc vs. construction: Secre-
taTics VS.. Construction.
National Capltnl.-Falace vs Casinos.
Mt. PleRsant--Securlties VS.. Prince
tons.
X. Of c. AltamontR vs.. Green fox.
Neutrality-suspicious. vs. Plant Ind.
Georgetown Com.-Wash. Va, Ry, W..
Co. Sand.
Arcade-Imperials VS.. Areyles.
Departmental-Audlto We. War.
Comrnercial-Hecht VS.. Barber a
Ross.
Bankers-Metroplitan VS. District
Capital Clty-Norris Peters vs. Charles
Hotel.
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Totals. iiG as t52I
MATCH

Totals. 40 ilf tbSI
NAUTICAL
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
BY BRYAN MORSE.

The Johns Hopkins Fifth Regi-
ment meet to be held in Baltimore
Saturday week will draw the pick
of the individual runners and relay
teams from this city, and will usher
in a track season that is calculated
TO show better competition than in
former years. The weeks which
follow are rich in inducements for
the athletes for indoor and outdoor
work.
Georgetown holds its annual
games, the eighteenth in history,
the Saturday night following the
Baltimore sports, while on March s
George Washington will stage it's
annual indoor sport carnival. The
A. A. u. has presented the sets Of
contests with the indoor champion
ship races so that the college cracks
will have added interest in the in
dividual events.
These three meets are more par
ticularly OF interest to local track
these are a number of good things
in store for the aspiring athletes. Tie
I'enn relays, the latter part of April,
VIII draw many quartets from here
for competition in the various
classes The schoolboys are particu-
larry fortunate in having tho Prince
ton games, Lehigh games, Newark
outdoor games, the interscholastic
championships on Franklin Field.
Philadelphia, and the Maryland hg-
and the annual high school meet on
May 81.
Ail Of the high schools Will partiei-
pate i'm the Tome contests, those at
College Park. where the Maryland
Angles entertain, and in the hnal
meet for the local titles. 1t has been
rumored that Episcopal High School
is thinking of opening its new quar-
ter-mile track with meet this wear
while set of games is eaRtemplated
for Satterlee Field. ChArlie Cox,
Gecrgetown's graduate manager, has
talked OF a scholastic meet for two
yeaIs and now that the Blue and
Gray track is ready for use may be
bang-up school boy gathering.
The high school faculty advisers will
act shortly upon what is thought To- be
the most stringent set of eligibility
rules ever gotten up for schoolboy ath-
letes. The Lest rules Of several large
cities have Ecen compiled with those
now in use and are now in possession
of the advisers and principals,
Several changes contemplated were
found necessary owning to the rulings
necessary In one or twi. cases In past
years. The proposed changes are to be
irsed for ali interhigh school. inter
school and championship contests.
Three scholastic quints have been Seri-
ously handicapped by the grip. Army
and Navy Props were laid low when
three o fthe regulars were out of prac-
tlce. Business lest Karl Wassmanr
while Carl Glessner was also kept On
the sidelines. Pelne and Smith, West.
ern's forwards arc i'm he'd at present
for the same reason.
Foster and HRzlehurst, two former
Army and Navy Preu athletes. are ex'
pected to make a strong. bid for the
regular tear at West Point. FostGI
played Ola the Plebe baseball team last
EPrinS and Ha.elhurst male good while
here. John Walters and Knudssn, tive
A. ". p. athletes playing football enc
basketball now. are expected TO make
coed when they arrive at West Point.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Realty Transfers

Richmond Park-wiliiam J. Father trustee,
to Frank BleineSand Tessie S. Blaine. lot
h3, square 1853, f65N.
Richmond Park-William ]. F1ather. trustee
to J. Henry Oehmann, lots Il to l6 equare
2Os2 lots and Is. square c0sS: lot q and
cast half lot 81. square 2OsT; lots s.. &c. S.
square 1857; lots 81 and b2 square 1858: lots
66 to SIS. square 20et, SIS 100.
South BTookland-Maria johnson to Katha-
rlne b. Anderson, let 3, block s, 81 (stanps
30 cSntsD.
726 and 72S Seventh street northeaBt-Stephen
II. Brown et uX: 10 Verdinand HUM, part
original lot 90, square SO. s.. Ferdinand
HUM conveys same property TO stephen ] :.
and Emma A. Brown, s..
1918 T street northwest-Thomas w. Stub
bleheld ct ux. to James Jackson and Othia
o. jackson, lot II, square 49, SO tstamps
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
NEW YORK MARKET
RECEIVERS At START
Slump in Closing Hour Yester-
day Offset At Beginning
Today.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-The stock mar
ket recovered at the opening today from
its weakness of Yesterday LackawanRa
Steel was leader among industrials.
gaining "a TO 81. Cruclble opened un-
changed at "a and soon Jumped to 7TIh.
Among the railroads Erie was a leader
in activity and strength.
United States Steel opened at S0k, y
against a close of 50 Yesterday The ad.
trading.
Nearly a quarter OF a million shares
we're sold during the first hour, and
Cuban American Sugar was a feature,
advancing 1875, to 194h, and Industrial
Alcohol sold at 1s0. up IS. War indus
trials were strong and railroads moved
up fractlonally.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Full Bloom Cherry Tree
Puzzling to Dopesters

SHARON. Pa, Feb. From all APP
pearances spring has reached StOf6-
boro. Mercer county, the indication not
being the first robin" but a cherry
tree in full bloom in the yard at the
residence of Squire s. b. Throop.
The reason for the spring garb ID not
clearly known. but some are of the
opinion 1t is in honor OF the squire,s
mother. who celebrated her ninetieth
birthday last Saturday. Others give
the reason as anticipation of George
Washington's birthday anniversary.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Christ Lutheran Holds
Lead in S. S. League

christ Lutheran maintained its lead n
cS4 Sunday School Basketball League
ny defeating Epiphany by score of 20
10 IS. The game was well attended and
was closely contested throughout. The
Moore brothers showed to advantage
throughout the contest, Epiphany SEEM
ing to be in a slump.
another close game. Girton, substituted
for Daniels in the last Ave minutes, gave
the Peck team needed punch. Girton
ehot two baskets from the floor.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Wholesale Produce Market

EGGs-Nearby. fresh. 25e per Coz; South
ern, 2tc per doz.
CHEEsE-New York new. l3c per lb.; fat.
lS0tl9c per lb
BUTTER-Elgin print 3ic per lb; tub
33c per h.; process, 2sc per h.
LIVE POULTRY-Hens, i5dtec per ID:
rosters. lie per h.; live turkeys. 2Sd2tc per
lb, spring chickens. 1sd2Oc per lb.
LIVE STOCK-Eeal calves, best, lie Der
lb.; heavy. 9I7d10hc per h.; fat sheep,
p4djc per lb lambs. &c per lb.
KREY, PRICE A co.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES furnished by
Taylor Wade)-Potatoes, 500 per barrel;
onions. fiIS per bu.: $500 per sack; cabbage,
81. 90 per barrel; turnips, 3l.75 barrel
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Today'S Sales.

Washington Railway IS. SIOoodsOik
So OO06S0k, 350ods07t.
Capital Traction. 1od6Sh.
RieEs Realty nonR) SIS. 31.00od1olk.
Washington Railway COM. l0dS7.
Washington Railway pf.. 5GIS3k. Ia
S3i. 10dS3iz
WASHINGTON Gas Light. 2d74%.
Mergenthaler. l0Gl6S.
Arlington Insurance. 251RiO. 25dsl4.
After call-Capital Traction. 2dISSh.
Washington Gas SIS. 81 .50od 1854.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Royals in Even Break
At Noel House Battles

The Royals got an even break in last
nights basketball battles at the Noel
House Gym, winning from the Federals
by % to %. and losing to the Carlyles
by a q to score.
The Although Hook shot seven bask-
cts for the Federals in the opening
contest, the Royal shooters all shot
enough to counteract this margin. Mar
tin starred again for the CaTlyles in
AAe second contest.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Loses $50 in Ice Hole.

WAUKESHA, Wis. Feb. 1.-while
watching Robert Hine cut holes In the
ice on Pewaukee Lake, Carl Zinn, OF
Milwaukee. who. with friends, was
spending the day at the Zinn summer
home, jerked a handkerchief from his
pocket. A pocketbook containing $50 in
bills and other valuable popers which
were in the pocket, fell into the hole.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Beats Masked Marvel"

BOSTON, Feb. Had not the Mask
ed Marvel's" mask lnterfered at critical
times. teh outcome Of his bittle on the
mat with Yousof Hussane might have
been different last night. Hussane was
victor, using the leg.body scissors eff
fectively.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01

New York Stocks.

All trantaetions IN stociss arc On the thsis
ef dollars and fractions thereof
Htbba Building.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
RICHMOND RESERVE
BANK TOPS SYSTEM

The Richmond Federal. Reserve
Bank. the bank OF the NTH reserve
district which embraces the District.
was the most prosperous OF all OF the
Federal Reserve Banks in 1915. ac-
cordinE to the detailed statement OF
earnings and expenses Of the banks
made public today in the Federal Re-
serve Board bulletin.
During the year the Richmond bank
made earnings OF $31I.S50, most OF
it on bills discounted for member
banks. It's total current expenses
were 9l,519, leaving an excess OF
earnings over current expenses OF
$2S3,3S2. The Atlanta bank was sec
ond with an excess OF but $l37,336.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Dividend Declared.

A per cent dividend. amounting TO
$l5I.S40 was paid to members by the
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank at
the end of the calendar year. The
Dallas, bank was the only other one
TO declare a dividend.
Z All the banks except st. Louis and
Kansas City made their current ex-
penses in the calendar year 1915. and
all the banks except Cleveland, st.
Louis, Kansas City. and San Fran
cisco made their current expenses
since organization.
General business conditions through
out the country. and particularly In the
Fifth reserve district, have been good
in practically every line of activity. ao-
cording to the monthly summary Of
business conditions carried in the bull
letin.
The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Business Is Good.

In the Fifth district summary It is
stated that retailers report routine
business is good and that holiday sales
were gratifying In quantity and quail
ity. Both city and country merchants
are placing orders with manufacturers
and jobbeTs more freely than for two
or three years, especially in the metal
industries"
A general prosperity following the
war boom Is reflected in all OF the dis
tricts.
The statement of receipts and dis
bursements by the board for the last
calendar year shows the resolve sys-
TEN to be in a prosperous condition
There was an uneXpended balance De-
cember n of $37, ,2S9.T7, $4,000 to the
credit Of the recerve board and the
balance to the credit of the nscal
agent OF the board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-31
Mexico.
into word

Anv one who has had acquaintance with
the Great Southwest will recognize the
Justice as well as the humor Of the negro
sergeant's summing up Of Northern Mex
leo: 81 have been in nearly every land,
but in this part Of Mexico there are more
rivers and less water. more cows and less
milk and further TO look and less to see
than in any country | have ever known.
It was Artemus Ward who remarked, fol-
lowing a visit to the Bay of Fundy country
of Nova Scotia, that he had never realized
before how water improved a river. Very
probably the negro sergeant would heart
ily echo this classic, particularly after an
exhausting days hike through alkai dust.
But there is decided injustice, too, IN
the sergeant's observation. Mexico must
not be measured by pastoral standards,
estimated according TO its flow of milk
and honey. II has allurements more COM
pelling-vast and savage vistas which tip
the imagination with flame, hidden charms
to make men rave, calculated cruelties TO
goad them on and sunsets to induce adora-
ton. We love the gentle and generous
lands of our birth with the tenderness OF
fial affection, but those of us who have
come under the spell of Mexico entertain
for her the passion of man for his mis-
tress.
And she knows so well how to keep her
lovers. Retain always a corner Of your
heart beyond their reach" was the advice
which Socrates gave to Aspasia. Mexico
puts beyond them all but a corner-a
vampire of a country for whose promises
men have given their blood since before
the dawn of history and one they have
never conquered.
"Who wouldn't fight for such a land.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-31
The Bowery Remains.

The Board of Aldermen has a heart 1t
seems. which is not infrequently in the
right place. It would not otherwise have
spiked by unanimous vote the petition of
the Bowery Realty and Business Mems
Association to change the name of the
Bowery. a year ago or less it took SINH
lar action regarding a suggestion that
Varick Street become Seventh Avenue
South. New Yorks names, at least. APP
near safe in the hands of the City Fathers.
This is indeed comforting thought.
The city needs its old names; it needs
every fragment of its past which 1t can
rescue from the destructive sweep of the
fierce currents Of real estate speculation
and commercial development. Neighbor-
hoods change here overnight. They lose
and gain character so rapidly that a
decade may see the associations Of gen
erations obliterated except for those shreds
and tatters of the past which catch in the
ancient names, still stanch against the
storm.
And if the Aldermen feel so strongly
about the names, it is not unreasonable 10
hope that the more comprehensive plan
now maturing to check the tyranny Of
change in this town will enlist their sup
port also. Let's have a New York that
we can recognize from month to month and
which in the evening Of life will bear,
though improved a faint resemblance to
the village that inspired our dreams as
youths. Cherishing the old names IS
good beginning only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-31
Abatinp a Nuisance.

New York State at last appears TO he
in earnest in its intention 70 free ITS
from the nuisance of smoke and
noxious fumes from across the river. The
Assembly has passed bill authorizing the
Governor, on recommendation Of the
Health Commissioner. 10 revoke the char
ter Of a corporation TO do business in this
state if nuisance exists in the operation
Of the business. 4 suit i'm equity has al
ready been begun because Of the fumes
which assail Riverside Drive and the
upper West Side from New Jersey; and
the Governor has directed the Attorney
General to bring an action in the United
States Supreme Court against several CON
Germs in Bayonne which send noxious va
pors and smoke across 10 Staten Island
and lower Manhattan.
These nuisances are Of years standing.
There is no question about their unpleas-
antncss: there seems little question that
they arc actually harmful to health. II
the ability to abate the nuisance lies with
in the skill Of chemists and engineers, 1t
assuredly should be abated. Perhaps this
vigorous prodding by the state authori-
ties will hasten the accomplishment Of that
greatly -to-be-desired event
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-31
I'VE Want Roosevelt u
iitor OF The Tribune.

Tc the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II has been my habit ever since was
mustered out of service in 1860 to vote the
Republican ticket and frequently TO buy a
COPY OF The New York Tribune becs use Of its
very able editorials in the days Of Horace
Greeley and the able editorials Of your writ
ers to-day on all the leading topics of the
present hour. I have found its news re-
liable and its editorial opinions safe and
sound to follow as political guide, but |
could not approve its course in countenancing
the colossal fraud practised at the Republi-
can Convention at Chicago in 1912 in throw
ing Theodore Roosevelt overheard into the
political maelstrom against the wish of the
rank and file of the party. Blu: Roosevelt was
strong swimmer; he boarded another ship,
where he at once took command and turned
it, guns on the old ship from which he had
been tossed into the sea and sank it with
more than 100000 solid shot.
That which especially interests me at this
time aside from the war abroad and our
undertaking in unfortunate Mexico, is the
trend OF the present day political events. The
ren most frequently mentioned as possible
Presidential candidates 70 head the Republic
can ticket are Theodore Roosevelt, Justice
Hughes and Elihu Root. Root quit the SEN
ate because he wanted rest. Give him a
rest-he needs il. He never could win if he
were nominated, for there are millions of yot-
crs who will not vote for any man who was
a party TO the Chicago fraud of 1912. His
keynote speech" was a repetition of some
thing which can be found in the writings Of
Roosevelt during the last two years. In tina,
speech Root placed the Republican party on
the Roosevelt platform.
Justice Hughes fits we'll the place which ne
row holds, but his opinions on the questions
OF the present time are not known to the
voters. He holds them fast. which, as a JUS
tee OF the Supreme Court, he should DO. We
want man who has been tried and found
true and Is capable Of great things That
man is Theodore Roosevelt. We want Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
am surprised at the number Of men Of my
acquaintance who voted against him in 1912
who now want him.
voted for Abraham Lincoln. and have fol-
lowed the fortunes Of the Republican party
until it surrendered 10 William Barnes jr
VIII that party repeat the fool trick Of 1912
and lose the election next fall?
WATCHFUL WAITER.
New Haven, Conn, March 20, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-31
Patriotism and Bullets.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir: In to-day's issue of The Tribune |
note a letter by Arthur II. Rose in refer
ence TO the smuggling Of ammunition a,ross
the border into Mexico.
The writer evidently does not take into
consideration the fact that the American
manufacturers patriotism stops at the sign
OF the dollar. in so far as ammunition is
concerned II such were not the case. why
under the sun should legitimate manu-
featuring be put aside to allow ammuni.
tion to take is place?
How could any ammunition be smuggled
into Mexico II the American manufacturer
OF IT did not supply it? Whose bullets will
find their resting place in the bodies Of our
soldiers? Not those, to be sure that were
made IN Mexico.
Instead of limiting that some foreign power
IS instrumental in this affair let us first
find out just how loyal and patriotic the
maker Of tho ammunition that goes across
the border may be. !. +. GElST.
Nyack ~ Y. March 81. 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-31
Colonel Dodd a Farmer Boy.

,Gfrard IN tn, Ph,iadc,pti1 Public Ledgcr1
There is one part Of Pennsylvania that
will watch with especial keenness the fight
Of Villa into Mexico and the heroic pursuit
of that outlaw
Colonel George A. Dodd, who commands a
cavalry brigade in the dash after our CONT
nent's prize cutthroat, was sent TO West
Point from Lycoming County farm.
Some Of the older residents up there still
tell Of their establishment when young Dodd
came home from the Military Academy and
showed The natives how TO ride horse with
out bride or saddle.
Many Philadelphians have seen detach-
ments from the Sd United States Cavalry
that was Dodd's regiment who came 10 the
horse shows at St. Martins and gave won
derful exhibitions Of horsemanshp.
As an equestrian Colonel Dodd was a mar
vel when q youth. but venture TO assert that
for real rough ridin- his pursuit Of Villa
will beat anything he has ever done in his
fine career as a soldier Of Uncle Sam.