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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
HAY. STRAW AND FEED

Corrected Daily by tsse Wesley Miles
Flour and Feed Co.. 420 s. Michigan ST.
HAY-Paying $500 TO S1400. selling
Sl6UO 10 $500
STRAW Paying 500: selling S001
per ton or JOc per bale.
CORN-Paying 65c Ter bu.; selling e
0S0c per bu
CORN-Paying Csc per bu.; selling "a
QjJc per bu.
CLOVER SEED-Paying 50 90 10 S11 90;
selling S11.OO TO $500 per bu.
TIMOTHY SEED-Paying S3.6J: sell
ing $500 per bu.
ALFALFA SEED montana grown
Selling S14.O0 per bu.
SEED CORN Selling $3.50 shelled
$500 on the ear.
OWPEAS-Selling $500 per bu.
SOY EANS-Selling $500 per bu
SCRATCH FEED-Selling &l-e0 per cWt.
CHICK FEED-Selling 50 90 per cWt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
Real Home Cooking

Maybe YOU don't think SO.
but IL is a fact. Efr. Stranger.
that YOU can get real home
cooking in many of the
boarding houses OF this town.
Don't pay extra prices for eX-
pensive eating places when
there are boarding houses
that are just az good.
Look over The News-Times
Want Ads today and see how
many such places are adver-
tised and keep this fact i'm
mind. too. that only the best
ones use The News-Times
Want Ads. for they are the
up-to-date people VINO know
that the only way 10 make
such a business pay is 90
serve the best"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
FISH
Corrected daily by the Eastwood Fish
Poultry and Sea food market.
" Washington avl

Strictly fresh caught dressed. white
fish. 16c a pound trout. ljc pound.
perch Pie a pound halibut steaks. 15t
"A pound extra cuts. lie a pound
Fresh Bullheads. 19c a pound tlefish,
lie q pound red snappers. To- a pound
suckers. Zoe pound: founders 12c a
pound Goldfish, 14c a pound chinook.
49, a pound.
Fresh winter caught. dressed. white
fish. 12c "a pound: pickerel. ,Oc "a pound
round yellOws. 14c a pound
New fresh Jumbo Lake Superior white
fish 30c "a pound.
Smoked finnin haddie To- pound
black diamond brand bone1ess goldfish.
re a pound smoked chinook salmon. 3Dc
pound smoked halibut 30c a pound
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

UNION STOCK YARDS. III. May IS
-HOGS-Receipts. $1,000. Market &c
higher Mixed and butchers. $1,000
1905; good heavy. S9SO@1OO5; rough
heavy. S9.5O69.75: light, S9.55d1O.OO;
pigs. $S.50d9.40; bulk. S9.S0M10O0.
CATTLE - Receipts. 5000 Market
strong. Beeves, S1.S5@10.35: cows and
heifers, S390d9 40: stockers and feeders,
SG75dS.70; Texans. S7.4O@925: calves.
IS 25d1025.
SHEEP Receipts. 5000. Market strong.
Native and western, S9O0d12S0.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
International News Service:

international News Service:
RICHMOND, Ind.-Charles Fouts,
Boston township farmer. claimed he
had the only mushroom hound in
the world, and now AL Steen. sheriff
of Wayne county, claims he owns a
turtle hound. Friends want 10 ar
range a contest. Steen Will bet his
turtle hound" will get more food in
one night that Fouts' Mushroom
hound"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
HELD FOR LARCENY
Elizabeth Buday Charged With
Stealing $345.

Elizabeth Buday, 535 S. Taylor
St. pleaded not guilty to larceny in
city court Thursday morning. She
was placed under $500 bond and the
case was set for trial next Saturday
morning. 1t is alleged that Mrs.
Buday stole $345 from more Zorad.
The defendant has been in city court
in numerous occasions for various
offenses but has never been con-
victed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Nav IS
WHEAT-No 3 red. S111dI12. No. ?
hard winter. Sl14hd1 1853 No. 3 hard
winter. Sl.O4l661.12
CORN-No. 2 mixed. 1855 N 76tac. No. >
white 76G &c: No. yellow. 76d aic. No.
mixed. T4dT6Lc: No 3 white. 74LG
I5c; No. yellow. 74d75izc, No. 4 vel
low, 721tc.
OATS-No mixed. 42i9d 43c: No. ?
white. 43m45c. No 4 white s1ai n 43c:
standard. 46ss d47Ii
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
MONEY AND EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, May 1s.-Call money on
the floor of the New York Stock Ex-
change today ruled at per cent: high,
pa per cent: low. 1$ per cent
Time money was unchanged.
Rates we're: 60 days, 215M3 per cent
90 days. 2&t d3 per cent: months. ga u
per cent: months, 3@H per cent; 6
months 3dA per cent.
The market for Prime Mercantile
Paper was quiet.
Call money in London today was 4d y
per cent.
Sterling Exchange was steady with
business in Bankers Bills a tS476 for
demand: S4.72% for 6O-day bills. and
81 70i5 for 90-day bills.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
cHIc,co rRnnrcr

CHICAGO. MAY Is. = BT-TTER-Re-
ceipts. 750S tubs. Creamery extras. 2QG
nc: extra frsts. 2SlRc: frsts 27l N 2Sc:
packing stock 23d nc.
EsT(iS-Receints. 20571 cases Current
receipts. 19hG21c: ordinary irsts 1910
20i5c: frSts. pa hc: extras. 2fM25c:
checks. ia ibc: dirties 1Sd nc
CHEFSE Twins. new, 1880: dairies.
11hc: Young Americas. 1890: longhorns.
1910: brick. 17c
LIVE POULTRY Turkeys 20c. chick
ems. 1850; ROSTERS, 11hC: geese. 10G
13r: ducks. 1661sc
POTATOES Receipts. - cars. Min
ne@otas, Dakotas and Wisconsin, Sjd9fc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

The Nichols medal, awarded by
the New York section of the Amer
lean Chemical society for the best
original contribution to the publica-
ton of the society during the year
1915, was conferred on DR.. Claude
Silbert Hudson. of the United States
bureau Of chemistry. in recognition
of his research N the field of or
ganic chemistry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
GRAIN AND FEED.
Corrected Daily By W. ID. starr. Starr
Mills Hydraulic AVl

WHEAI-PayfnR $IIJ per On.
OATS-Paving 4Jc; selling SC per bu
CORN-Paying CSC; selling 7JdsOc per
0u.
RYE Paying sc per bu.
BRAN Selling. 81 80 per cwt.
MIDDLINGS-Sell $40 per cWt
CHOPPED FEED-Selllng Sl0O Der
cWt-
GLUTEN-Selling, 81. 30 per cwt.
SCRATCH FEED-Selling. 500 Des
cwt
CHICK FEED-SellinE. s.. % per cwt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

International News Service:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-Several
school girls showed their kindness
for animals, when they left a class.
procured a ladder and rescued a
small kitten from a high tree
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
TEST SHOWS RESULTS OF
COWS BALANCED RATION
Report Is Issued by Testing Associa-
ton For Period From April
% 90 May Fl.

Good results from a balanced ra-
tion for cows are shown in the re-
port made by w. T. Roberts. official
tester Of the 81. Joseph County Cow
Testing association for the period
from April % to May u.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK.

EAST BUFFALO. y. y. Nav Is
CATTLE Receipts. 10 head Market
active. Prime steers S1clOQ1O5O. butch
ct grades. S700N9I0
CALVES Receipts - head Market
active Gull 10 choice. 50 OOG7 y 90
SHEEP AND LANES Receipts. 1900
head Market active Choice lambs
$1,000 11.15. Gull 20 fair s.. 0Od10 > g.
yearlings. 5000 975. sheep. - Oo0 90
HOGS Receipts. 300 Market slow
and steady Workers. 81 E5T1025. pigs
50 65d9 -: mixed. SO 25GI1O.3O: heavy
SO. 2J0 1870; roughs Sf.OOd9 10: stays
SGjOdG75
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
ELECT SOUTH BENDER
:. Il. Smith is Named State Chief
Haymaker
International News service (:

International News Service:
INDIANAPOLIS, May 1S.-R. r.
Jackman of KOEomO was elected
past chief haymaker at the conven-
ton of the state lawmakers con-
Vertion. Among the other officers
elected were:
State chief haymaker, s. T.
Smith, South Bend; state collector
Of straws, William Smell. Green's
burg: state trustee. Thomas Toxull,
AIunCie.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

silver disks or blank coins manu-
featured in the United States viii be
received az the national mint at
Peru from individuals holding gov
ernmenU permits. and viii be coined
into pieces valued at one sol each
ass cents). up TO the amount OF
soc. 900 soils
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
TOLEDO CASH GRAIN.

TOLEDO q. Nav 1S-CDOSE:
WHEAT Cash and May. S119la July.
Sl199s SEPT 81 20.
CORN-Cash 75i4c. May. Tic; July,
7Gc; Sept. 74~C.
OATs-Cash and May 47t3c; July. ACC:
Sept. 41isc
RYF-No. .. &c
CLOVER SEED Prime. cash $3.50.
Oct. s. S2i5. Dec. $3.50.
ALSTKE- Prime. cash and Aug. SQ.10
TTMOTHY-Prime. cash. $50; Sept.
1855 bid
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
cox Is FAILING.

international News Service:
CINCINNATI, o.. May 1S.-For-
mer Republican Leader George B.
Cox. who was stricken with paraly-
sis Feb. %. was reported failing ra-
pidly this morning. Pneumonia de-
veloped yesterday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

nV b. NNnrner Rroa. SEA

corrected Daily By Warner Bros, Sea
store, ia r. Wayne So
TIMOTHY 50. 75q4.OO per bu.
RED CLOVER $l2 80 per bu.
WHITE S30.00N35.OO per bu.
ALSIkE- S11 .00d13.0O per bu.
ALFALFA-S12 .O0d13.0O per bu.
SWEET CLOVER -S11. GOALS 90 per bu-
COW PEAS SI.JOu2OO per Du.
SOY BEANS-SI. 50N2.0O per bu.
BLUE GRASS-S2 00d 30 per bu.
FIELD PEAS-S2 2jd2 20 per bu.
MILLET-S 1-2JMS1. 90 per bu.
NETCH-S1 O0GgO0 per bu
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
TO ELECT CHAIRMAN
Wholesalers and Jobbcrs To Hold
Luncheon Friday Noon.

Wholesalers and jObbers will elect
a chairman and form a permanent
and jobbers' bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce at their
weekly luncheon and meeting at the
oliver hotel Friday noon. A pro-
gram OF work 20 benefit all OF the
Wholesale dealers will be mapped
out
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
LOSES PURSE WITH ST.
:. B. Weaver Reports Loss To Police
Department.

:. b. Weaver, 1897 5. Michigan
ST.. has reported 10 the police that
he lost a pocketbook containing 81
Wednesday evening. The owner be-
ieves the money was lost between
Indiana av.. and the corner OF Mich
igan and Garst SITS He offers a lib
eral reward for the return OF the
pocketbOOk
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
INDIANAPOIIS LIVE STOCK.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Nay 1S-HOGS
Receipts. $500 Market steady. Best
hogs $3.50: heavies. 50 SO099O. pigs.
S6.OOd92J bulk Of sales. - sOd9 -
TTLE-Receipts 200 Market steady
Choice heavy steers. SS.7J0I g. -; light
steers. STO0I9 30. heifers. SG50d915.
COWS. SJJI[s -: bulls. $500 -.
calves. S5.OOd11-OO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts 100
Market steady Prime sheep. $50.
lambs. SSO0Ml1.OO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
PROVISIONS
PkOfIsIONS.
Corrected Daily D. n. " Mueller, 2Tg
T. Jefferson BlVdD

FRUIT-Orangcs. per case, 30. BelI-
Ing az 25dJOc per uOz. Lemons. per
case. -. 80. selling az zoe per doz. Ba-
nanas 22.c per lb.. selling at To- T. 2jc
per doz-. Apples. paying 5OcdS1 % per
bu.; selling 2J9J0c per peck.
EEGETABLES-Ol Cabbage. paying
he; selling Sc per 10. Potatoes. paying
7Jc. selling az Sl-o0.
BUTTER AND EGGS-COuntry Butter
paying zoe 20 90 selling az DC 70 &c
Creamery Butter. paying &c. selling 4Oc
Eggs. strictly freshh. paying 20c. selling
az DC.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
South Bend Markets
POULTRY AND MEATS.
Corrected Daily by Jfmmie's Market.
I28 w Jefferson Blvd

POULTRf-Paying. Ice: selling. 25c.
NEAL-Paying, lie; selling. 15d3Oc.
BEEF - Roast. 25c. boiling. 12Q2oci
pOrterhouse. $500; sirloin. soc.
HAM--Paying, DOC.
LARD-Sesling, 15c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

NEW YORK.-Fear that four
mice. the offspring of mice inocu-
lated with tumor germs for years,
would be killed in future Zeppelin
raids compelled officials of a London
laboratory to send the animals to
the Croker laboratory at Columbia
university for safekeeping.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
TALLOW AND HIDES
Corrected Daily by =. ". LiPpman "a
n Main ST.

TALLOW-ROugh. , q Sc; rendered
No l. a. 20 Sc. No. ., % 70 &C
WOOL-20c 20 &c per 10.
HIDES-Green. No 1. l0c 70 lac: calf
skin Iqc 10 16c
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
LINE sTOCK

tEOrrected DailV BY Major Bros
:. Logan st, MishawAkaD
HEAVY FAT STEERS-Fair 20 good.
&c % 7izc: prime. 7iac % s.
HOGS - u0Hl2O lbs. Ss.45. 120HI3n
lbs. SEQ; 1900 80 lbs. 500 lGOdlsO
lbs. 50 - 40 lba-. and over. sos
LAABS-Liye, Sc 10 95zc. dressed lie
70 1se-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
NEWS NOTES

PARIS.-AlthOugh Rheims is con-
stantly under bombardment by the
Germans, French school teachers
continue to instruct 1900 puilpils
in wine cellars there.
PATERSON, y. 1.-THE girls in
the local high school are seeking a
live baby as a model TO work on in
their domestic science class.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

WASHINGTON. - The war has
caused Italy to put an embargo on
the export of her chief food product
-macarCni-the American consul
at Genoa reports.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. May 1S-OPENINE
WHEAT May S115h July. S116ii IN
157S: Sept. Sligo ollie
CORN-May, 1853. July, 7f14 n 2sc;
Sept, 73isc
OATS-July. 43c. sept. 3ofsc
PORK-JUly. S23.42
LARD July, $3.50; Sept. So ~
CLOSE:
WHEAT Sl12A July. SI1eas /.
sept. S114E.
CORN-NIay 74a.c: July. 7S7sc: sept.
72IRc.
OATS May. 45ssc; July. 42l.c; sept.
39l5c.
PORK-Msy. $500: July. S2357. sept.
SOB p.
LARD-May. $3.50; July. S1295: sept
$500
RIBS May. SIPS July. s12s2; sept.
So g2dQ5
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
PITrsRrRGH LIVE STOCK

Pa May 1S-CAT'TLE
Market steady Prime.
5000 90. tidy butch 81
fair. S7.90GS5Os cam
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

mon. - t'G I.25i common 90 good fat
bulls. Nl0ln 80. Common 90 good fat
COWS $1,000 50: heifers. S60on9O0
fresh cows and sprinEers. $40 ora - 90
veal calves, SilOoGll5O, heavy aud thin
calves. S60OHqO0
SHEEP AND LANES Supply. 10 dou-
Bile decks Market higher. Prime weth-
ers. SS60M SO; good mixed. s. IOq = -
fair mixed. - 40GS-OO. cuus and COM
mon. - OoH60n, lambs. S7.00n1090
HOGS Receipts. 10 double decks.
Market lower. Prime heavy hogs $40 80
mediums. $1,000. heavy Workers. $40 90
light Norkers. S965M99j- pigs s. ga
$50. roughs. 81 Ooa9 -. stays. 5000
10; heavy mixed. 5000.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
NEM YORK sTOCKs.

InternatiOnal News Service:
NEW YORK, May is. - Closing
prices on the stock exchange today
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18

PITISBt RICH
Supply light.
81 GG9 50 good
ers, SS.75d9.&
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
THREE CANDIDATES FOR
MODERATOR AT MEETING
OF PRESBYTERlANS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28

WANTED-woman cook, apply at Circle City Dining Room. jySl'
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28

SEATTLE. July 2s.-Armored cruiser New Orleans, with the Washington State militia aboard arrived on the Columbia late yesterday afternoon and after re- mainine there until Saturday niqht will return to Elliott Bay. The New Orleans had been or dered to Juneau, Alaska, but Pi- lots aboard changed their minds.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28
NEW ORLEANS PUTS IN APPEARANCE ON
 THE COLUMBIA RIVER

Oh Shucks!
 Fraid cats, that's what they are. Just read this.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28

]. x. HEWITT GENERAL AeE' tt4 Front Street, Juneeu, Alaska
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28
PRINCESS SOPHIA SAILS.

The steamer Princess Sophia sail ed for the south early this morn ing, tahng the following passen- gers from Juneau: Messrs. James Odeers. Mazza Hyde and Smith Mrs. A. IT. Spatz, Mrs. Quest and child and Mrs. M. B. Price.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28
HUMBOLDT SAILS SOUTH.

The steamer Humboldt sailed for the south late last night taking the following passengers from Juneau E. Drtillieul and wife Geo. Kiya- ciyich Miss Alta Geb, B. Casey and Toby Hallum
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28
Mas- RELL RETuRNINe

Mrs. J. W. BeN, wife of the clerk of the court Bell and sister of C. c. Ostrom. who has been spending the pas, couple of months visiting in Se. attle. is returning to Juneau on the Admiral Evans which is due to ar, rive in Juneau Monday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28

And incidentally there win be no baseball game with the New Orleans crew. there will be no display of jackie colors on the streets of Ju' neau but why in Sam Hill couldn't the officers have notified the capital city?
 Reason-Wireless appeotus aboard of the New Orleans went out oi commission.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-28
rAYLoR.MApE lcE CREAM.

Just like Taylor-Made Candy. Sold In cones, pints and quarts Only Ice cream made iu Juneau Patronize home industry Tayior's Candy Fac. soS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-27
WERE KINGS GUARD.
Mont-nrgrins " hU aided Monarch
IN Flight Come a America.

JoHNsrowN. Pa. March 2G Fonl
members Of the party Of oieht soldiers
vino guarded King Nicholas 90 Monte
negro through his fight fom Cettiuie
upon its occupation by tn, Austrian
army, following the battle OF Mount Low
chen. have located here, Tlley have had
u most remarkable experience from the
time they acted as a ~hodygIard 10 the
aged monarch. when he ned from his
royal palace untti he reached "a haNru lu
Italy.
They are Lieut.. Giuro ,Geurgeb Mu'-
somovich. pri>at. .iavo curh. omen
MilaSeviyh and Luke j foiuich.
When II became iuevitable lhal the
city Of crtt.nje would fan iutu the
hands Of the enemy the monarch de-
cided to Nee to Rome. where his daugh-
ter. the Italian Queen, resided. To e.
cort the monarch and his party safely To-
their destination a corps of eight SOL
dI-rs was recruited, and they conveyed
boarded an Italian cruiser and sailed ~
Brindisi. The grateful King DISCHARGED
them and offered 10 pay their fare and
travelling expenses to n place thrN
wished to go
All chose TO 'onir To Tie Tinted States
Their parting from then mouaI,n .nu.L
military careers that began with the
first Balkan war IN l"l". Lieut.. Moi.
somovich, who speaks cNcellrn, Tuglish.
was educated IN an officers school iu
tettlnje, The quartet faced the ter.
rihle' Turk On the bllt.,iic.ds i'm m.
Balkan wars and also heard tn. roar of
the BUSY Bertha 1T Mount I~.ovcheu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-27
DEMANDS PRINT PAPER
INQUIRY IN HOUSE
CopIr! to Urge Embargo il
High Price Is Due to
Manipulation.

W,suiSGroS. March ga resolution
directing the Secretary OF Commerce 10
make an inquiry into the print paper
situation in the United States will be
offered In the House tomorrow by Rep
resentative copley OF Illinois Radical
measures must be adopted. Mr.. copley
believes. to maintain an adequate sup
ply to enable newspapers. magazines
and other journals TO continue publish
ing
During the last few days he has re-
ceired letters from Publishers stating
that they Will he forced out OF busi-
any higher. Other publishers have com
planned Of the prices aud have pro.
tested against the continued exporta-
ton OF materials which enter into the
manufacture OF paper.
Mi. Coplcy has In mind the lay ing
OF all embargo on the expectation OF
print paper or materials entering into
It's manufacture If the Secretary OF
Commerce reports that the situation
Jus,ifies It. In case the Secretary re-
ports that there is no reason for a high
price except manipulation Of supply Mr.
copley will then seek TO hay" the Fed
eral Trade Commission conduct an I'M
mediate investigation. lie does not be-
lieNe. however. that there il any al
temp, on the part OF manufacturers "a
oug the purchasers. but IL Of The
opinion that m. situation In due en-.
tirely to the European war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-27
McADOO DENIES JUGGLING.
Secretary Defends ID Daily Treas
ury statement.

WAsuIN0ToN, March 2S-ln a letter
Ia Representative Kitchin. the majority
leader of the House. which was made
ruh.ic tonight Secretary McAduo makes
an extended reply to those h nave
criticised him for Juggling with the
Treasury bookkeeping to make the gem
.ral fund. as Il appears in the daily
statement, appeal larger than 1t really is.
Mr.. McAdoo, who writes from ION
board the T. :. :. Tennessee" under
dat. OF March II, explains his reasons
Tor including IN the general fund ma
tIon,l bank deposits for the retirement
OF CIRCULATING notes, AMOUNT 10 the
credits Of disbursing officers and sub
sidiar silver and other minor coin.
The first was done, he writes, ITO
comply with a Republican law of July.
1890" after he had discovered that he
had been badly advised to transfer the
item To- liabilities, The law is manda-
,or>. he adds, and the fault Is that OF
the Republican party.
The disbursing officers funds in the
Treasury Of the United States, Secre-
tary McAdoo asserts, are as much a
mart OF the funds of the Government az
is the balance remaining In the Treas
urer's hands subject to the check OF
the Secretary, The Secretary contends
that the same is true Of the subsidiary
coin item.
lie goes further In asserting that the
general fund Is In better condition thar
the daily statements Indicate, because II
does not show the personal and corpOra
ton tag : due. HE are earned ap.
proximately at the rate OF $I.000.0 900 q
month, although not payable until Jun,
Of the yea following,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-27
SHAD NETS NEGLECTED.
Fishermen Earn More Money MnL-
IOk Powder.

WOODBURY., \. J.. March 20 At his
time in past years many plankrd snad
had been served aud the Ash We're being
caught in the Delaware River, hut IL IL
different this year In the first place the
season II late and IN the neNt there il
little inclination on the part OF Usher
men to take up their nsts. which. IN
many instances, would mean rrsienlng
rood positions NJ some OF the nauuflC-
turing plants along the Delaware River.
Long before this time In former wears
men were on their way 10 the bay viii
their fishing outfits. but there has been
no move in this direction as yet. 4 half
hundred men from Paulsboro have
always been preparing 10 fish. bur there
~ nothing doing now. Many more from
pennsgrovc ami scores from Cumberland
county have been OH the water for the
greater pari OF the tim. during the shad
season. but they are making more money
by working ia the powder plants.
capt. william Denny, who has ope, =
ated a line OF boats from the bay TO
Philadelphia for forty years. will not
run this year because there 10 no indi-
cation hat the venture will be profitable,