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Real Estate Transfers.

TR1N1DAD-Morrfs CORN to Goee
Gorins lot 2 square 1867; SO.
Stanton ct ux.. to Frank N. Jarvis
and E; Grace Jarvis, lot g.. square
FIFTH STREET NORTHEAST between
L and NJ streets. William strobel
Baltimore. lot Is. square 1928; $40.
PLEASANT PLAINS-charles J. Butler
and Thomas H Banes to William
H. Brauning. lot 81; SO.
DOBBINS' ADDITION = Thomas A.
Jameson to Eva F. Lynch, lot IS,
square 1901; $40.
ALLEY between and K. 18th and
26th streets northwest : Isaac
Kriksteine to Margaret v. McKin-
, siS. part lots % and a. square 1s;
K STREET SOUTHWEST between Sd
and ~ Observation-Disclosures Eckert
GE lsts K ana Is sdSoTs So So as.v
ct al. to George M. Frazier, trustee,
part lot 2: SO
NO: 7os 4 STREET NORTHEAST AND
1907, 1908. 1o11 KENYON STREET
NoRTHWEsT-carl J. Bergman ct
square Ss7. and lots 81. SO and 90.
block IS, Mount Pleasant and Pleas
ant Plains; $40
N STREET NORTHWEST between
crime ]. Lynch to James A. Sullivan,
part lot A.. square 617; $40.
ESLIN ESTATE-James H. Jennings
ct ux. to Sarah e. and Ernest a.
Swinsle, lot 1872; SO.
MANOR George NJ
Frazer. executor and trustee. to Car
rie F. Bishop. part lot 2; $4,000.
Xander ct ux. to
Douglas G. Moxley. lots AZ, 4s and
"A, square 302S; $4,000
NO. 201o q CTPEErT
Waddy B. Wood ct ux. to Herbert
Dupuy. lot 50. square 90; $4,000.
MOUNT PLEASANT AND PLEASANT
PLA1NS-Catherine Murray to James
WISCONSIN AVENUE ExTENDED&
Louisa S. Randall to Edward D.
S SIso. Ing part lot 2s7. square
NO: 1901 MAssAcHUsErTs AVENUE
NORTHEAST-Caro E. Kershaw to
Leland Barton. lot 10. square sss;
NO. 7os NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE
SOCTHEAST--Katha G. Graves
to Frank NJ. Johnson and Eudora
COLUMBIA HEIGHTs-Frank
NJ. Johnson ct al. to Katharine G.
Graves. lot 81. block 6: SO.
WHITNEY CLOSE-Marearet Metze
to 1redell Handle. lot "a, block IL;
A STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 14th streets-Charles NJ Cor
son to Emil F. and Mary A. Rect
schi, lot ia. square 1895; $40.
LIBERTY STREET SOUTHWEST be-
tween 9Th and 10th streets-Sadie w.
Evans ct vfr. William L, to Harry
B. White. part lot SO. square 387; $40.
NO. 719 9Th STREET NORTHWEST
Marion L. Webster to George G. Web
ster, part original lot S, square 4O5:
So
BLOOMINGpAL+Fr A. Clark 70
NO. 902 D STREET SOUTHWESTERN
W. Klopfer ct al. to Sadie White
Evans. part lot SO, square 3S7: $40.
ALLEY between I and K. 18th and 18th
streets northeast-Peter Cokmos ct
Tx. to Patrick and Dominic ]. Naugh-
ton. lot "a, square $50: $40.
PLEASANT HILLS AND GENEROSITY
Charles H. Galliher ct ux to Otway
A. Pratt. lot 36. square 1922: $40.
HILLBROOK-Otway B. Zantzinger ct |
ux. to John A. Madigan, lot 81. |
square 5092; $40.
FLORAL HILL-Marie X. Thatcher ct |
al to Martha NJ. Kuhnel. lot IT, |
square 557s; So. Martha M Kuhnei |
conveys same property to Joseph |
and Agnes Farrell; $40
E. Hearn to Harry
Wardman and Thomas Bones. lot ~. |
square 1898; SO.
NO. $50 VIRGINIA AVENUE SOUTH |
WEST-Fred Mckee. trustee, ct al,
to Washington Loan and Trust Com |
pany. trustee, part original lot II,
square 494; $40.
NO. 1896 STREET NORTHwEST-l
John F. Waple ct ux. to Janet C.
Dow, lot 116. square 1912: SO.
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ESSAD PASHA CONDEMNED
TO DEATH BY THE TURKS

LONDON, October IA report On tha
death sentence passed by COURT
martial in Constantinople on Es .ad
Pasha. former provisional president Of
Albania. has been received In Amster-
dam. according to dispatch..to Reu-
ters The commanding general at Com
stantinople says in the report that
Essad Pasha was proved at his trial to
have conspirsd with bands against the
war on Turkey. BY doing SO, the ,s1 a.
port says. and by his hostile attituS.
he rendered service to TurLsw,s
enemies. The sentence Of death was
confirmed BY the sultan.
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Recently the number of detent1ons
have been so vast and the details 50
co m plicated
American Ships Held that a small
on Slightest Pretexts. :. hen
built up around the American CONSUL
ate In London. Steamers have boon
towed into British ports and held on
any and every pretsxt- Tho steamer
Kirkwa1l last spring when she carried
nothing but food products Of various
kinus from United States to Swedish
ports. The British government excused
tho detention on the ground that they
inspected" part of tho cargo was dos
tined for Germany. As a quantity OF
the food products were Of perishable
nature, the delay meant a big loss to
American shippers.
Vessels containing cargoes Of prod
ucts consigned to neutral nations which
have neglected to pass law prohibit
ing their re-exportation have been held
by the British government until the
nations should pass such law. Ship
ments OF copper or oil or rubber con-
signed to Scandinavian countries are
British authorities, even though the re-
expectation of such commodities from
these countries Is forbidden. In spite
of the efforts of American foreign rep
resentatives to have ships released. the
damages resulting from this restraint
Of trade have been so great that the
United States has at last been forced
to retaliate by the measure in its new
revenue bill authorizing the President
to hold up the shipping Of the offending
countries whenever necessary
The gathering Of trade facts for the
benefit of American manufacturers and
retailers is perhaps the most familiar
activity of the American consular serv-
ice, in which its value cannot be over
estimated. The spirit of pan-Ameri-
canism SO carefully fomented by the
United States today Is largely depend
ent for it's survival upon the efficiency
of our South American representation.
The rapid strides which have been made
along this line by the service within
the past few years are evident in our
increasing foreign trade as shown in
the consular reports on file in the State
Department. The American consul to-
day is one Of the most responsible men
in the world.
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Lucfus c. Polk, prominent in Balti-
more legal circles. died yesterday aft
ernoon at his residence in that city
following four months illness. He was
seventy-efght years old. He was taken
Ill In June with pneumonia phthisis,
which caused his death. He was born
in Princes AAAs. Somerset county, in
lS1A
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Few Americans Left
Who Would Get Away

volition. But although they have been
relieved at this source, the activities
Of the American consuls have in no
way diminished. The consul is now the
one medium of communication between
the belligerents. Germany employs him
to look after her citizens and prisoners
of war in Russia, and Russia does the
same thing in Germany. The relief
work of Germany alone amounts to
more than 100000 month, which
American consuls are disbursine
throughout Russia all the way to
Vladivostock.
AS matter of fact, all such relief
measures, both from this country and
the belllgerents. are transmitted
through the embassies, but the consuls
are the agents in the field who dis
tribute the money acting under the in
structions of the American ambassador.
When the embassy at Petrograd re-
ceives money and instructions for its
distribution from Germany, for ex-
ample, it refers the matter to the CON
suls for specific districts. The consul at
Moscow receives all the details pertain
ing to his district, the consul at Riga
everything concerning his territory
and so on. If the consul has any dit,
flculty in putting the matter through
he refers II back to the embassy. which
promptly takes 1t up with the Russian
government This relief work, althourh
obviously neutral and done in the
cause of humanity. requires the utmost
caution and tact. since each belligerent
on the part of the other
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EQUITY DIVISION Justice Stafford
Searle agt. Barr. rule returnable Octo-
Der 10; plaintiffs attorneys. Richardson
& Shreve.
Clinton agt. Haye and Hayman agt
Haye. DEGREES quieting title; plaintiff
attorneys. Fred Mckee and A. G. Bishop
Green agt. Green, restraining order
granted; plaintiffs attorney. Walter c.
English.
CRIMINAL DIVISION 1-Justice Gould
United States agt. William Caldwell
depreciation on private property: motion
for bill of particulars filed; attorney A. P
Connor.
Estate of John Delaney. joy riding; mo-
ton for bill of particulars filed; attorney
A. P. Connor.
PROBATE DIvIsIoN-Justice Stafford
Estate of Rufus c. Contillo; will
dated September S. 1916. filed. with pc
tition for probate; attorney, w. L
Estate of Albert N Seip: order fol-
payment of income: attorney. Fred S
Tyler.
Estate of Sarah J. McNeir; cavea,
filed; attorney, c. r. Colvin.
Estate of John H. F. Reilly; petition
for letters of administration filed: at.
torney. William A. Lee.
Estate of James o. Carter; order te
transfer property; attorney. w. H
NARROW, jr.
Estate Of Mary Vance: will admitted
to probate and letters testamentary
granted to Florence L. A Howard
bond. $500; attorney, w. II. Richards.
Estate of William o. Robinson; or
der of publication: attorney. Andrew
Wilson.
In re Resale L. Matthew's; order
for certain expenditures: attorney, w
NJ Ellison.
Estate Of Harry Wills: letters of ad-
ministration granted to Maud Wills
bond, $500; attorney. J. A. O'Shea.
In re Elsie N. Ball ct al; order ap-
proving investment; attorney. Frank
J. Hogan.
Estate Of Sarah Duke: order for
distribution: attorneys, Louis A. Dent
J. D. Sullivan and D. W. O'Donoghue
Estate OF Sarah ]. McNeir; order
to sell personal property; attorney
Thomas H. Patterson.
Estate Of Clarence Ingram; order CT.
tending time for accounting to De-
oember 4.
Estate Of Mary H. Totem; petition
for instructions filed.
Estate Of Mary c. Rogers: order
authorizing administrator to sign
check for transfer Of funds; attorney
J. J. Darlington.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
TO THE POL!CYHOLDERs OF
THE PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.

Notice IL hereby given that q meeting Of the
policy holders Of The Prudential Insurance Com
pany Of America will be held at the Home Once
Of said Company in the City of Newark, New Jer-
sey, on Monday. the fourth day of December.
1918, at twelve O'Clock noon. for the purpose Of
selecting fifteen persons to be voted for by the
policyholders' Trustee as members Of the Board
Of Directors at the annual election Of Directors
of the Company to be held on the eighth day Of
January, 1917.
At such meeting every policyholder Of the cor
poratfon who fs Of the age Of twenty-one year.
or upwards and whose policy has been In force
to cast one vote in person or BY proxy.
FORREST T. DRYDEN,
President.
Jv7o NJ act oct no7
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Soon at Maximum Capacity.

The roads were soon at work at their
maximum capacity, and found That
capacity greatly inferior to the demand.
They were unable to buy more cars,
because the manufactures were at
work on munitions Many thousands
OF cars were held by the Germans in
the Invaded territory. When an effort
was made to reopen the system of
water transportation another difficulty
was encountered. Canal boatmen usual
~ live In their boats. 1t would have
been heartless to turn the families Of
the mobilized watermen out of the only
homes they have. This has forced a
delay in the utilization OF tho water
way potentialities.
In 1912 the census showed $4,000 canal
boats. ranging from the ptnnace OF 200
tons to the grand chaland Of 1,4O0 tons.
There were 10000 boats of 200 ton
capacity OF greater. OF the total num-
Der 5000 boats were held by the Ger
mans. Before the 5000 barges remain
ing In France could be utilized, 1t was
necessary to reopen the workshops. In
order TO overhaul the tugboats. The
horses which towed the smaller boats
on the minor canals had for the most
part been requisitioned BY the army.
Their places must be filled. Most Of
the boats which had been tied idly
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it became increasingly difficult to get
them out, and many such citizens are
still in Europe serving In one capacity
or another.
One naturalized Armenian, who has a
large dental practice in this country,
had a narrow escape from CONSTANT
nople, which had already pronounced
the doom of every Armenian. On the
very day that war was declared in
northern Europe the Turks began
mobilizing their forces. Criers went
through the streets of Constantinop1e,
calling upon every man between the
ages Of nineteen and forty-five to re-
port at military hearquarters- From
then on 1t became a dangerous under
taking for the doctor to appear on the
street, for fear he would have to show
his passports, in which event he was
sure his name would be recognized as
Armenian. Fortunately, however, the
Turks did not realize that he spoke
English with distinct accent, and
strengthen this impression the doctor.
in his own words. acted eccentric" on
every possible occasion. He banged
his cane on the floor Of the bank and
demanded his money in a loud voice.
which completely deceived the bankers
as to his original nationality. After a
long and highly exciting wait, the
American consul managed to get him
out of Turkey on an English whaling
vessel.
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More Work for Consuls.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Tho hardest worked employee in the
government service today Is the Amer
ican consul. Ever since the beginning
Of the European war American con-
sulates all over the world have been
centers Of immense activity.
With relief to be administered and
shipments to be taken care Of in
Europe: with trade to be promoted in
South America and China, and with
protection to be afforded American
citizens IN Turkey and Mexico. the
consular service has become an ad-
venture as well as an occupation.
Two years ago. when war was de-
olared suddenly and without warning
in Europe. several thousand Americans
were scattered over the continent.
There were hundreds of tourists in
various stages of financial prosperity
or disability: there were students in
the universities: there were naturalized
Americans whose nationality was open
to questton-and there were in COM
parison to all these a few American
consuls.
Followed that chaotic interval when
Ing railroads, steamships, telegraphs
and telephones. ceased operating on
anything but government business and
the banks declared a moratorium, re-
fusing to cash letters OF credit or rec
ogntze any other kind of credit. Con-
fronted By these handicaps, 1t was tho
job Of tho American consuls to get
every American citizen out of Europe
and safely back to his own country.
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Chile raises its best tobacco from seed
obtained in Cuba.
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Trade Matters Heavy matters. At
on Consular Shoulders. liz Ign

war every vessel touching at a French
or English port was detained, some
times for weeks, until the government
authorities could find the time to
search 1t for contraband Of war. Since
March II. 1915. however, under the
order in council of Great Britain, YES
sells flying neutral flags and sailing the
high seas have been towed into British
norts and searched against blockade
running.
cargoes have been detained for two or
three weeks pending the inspection of
the authorities In the case Of fruit
and other perishable cargoes the re-
suits are often disastrous to American
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Congestion in Ports.

The freight receipts began to climb
higher at the ports. 1t became Diff
ficult to unload ships, because the most
Ships laid at anchor in the roadsteads
for months because they could not
find place at the quays. When they
unloaded because there was not an
inch of vacant space. Cotton and
rough lumber and powder and oil and
coffee were piled higgledy-piggledy
everywhere. The goods could not be
shipped out because the shipping ia
icilities were deficient. 1t was like
trying to pour water out of a very
large bottle which had a very narrow
neck.
France was starving" said the au-
thority quoted, for everything, and
above all else for the things which
would enable her to keep on fighting.
1t was sufficiently difficult to get ships
to carry these things across the sea.
That difficulty was aggravated and
augmented by the dock and transpor-
tation deficiencies which kept those
ships idle. eating their heads off. when
their services were SO important to
the country"
1t was early recognized that before
the railroads and canals could handle
the increased service demanded of
them 1t would be necessary to mod
ernize their plants but before that
could happen the old plants must be
put back at work. The men were re-
called to the railroad and waterway
service little by little. The process Of
recall is a slow process of selection.
because the husky young man is not
permitted to evade his military duties
except in case of absolute necessity
He stays in the front line. 1t Is the
father of family. the man with a bad
heart or stiff arm or too much flesh
that is returned to his car or boat.
Even today the roads and canals are
doing an increased business with de-
creased personnel. largely composed of
men UNIT physically for fighting or too
old or too young.
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FRANCE SPEEDSUP
TO WARS DEMANDS
Old Men and CrippIes Are Do
ing More Work Than
Predecessors Did.
AMERICAN MACHINES AID
IN MEETING THE CRISIS
Transportation Had to Be Reorgan-
lied to Handle Great Flood
Of Imports.
Copyright, 1870
BY HERBERT COREY.

BY HERBERT COREY.
the freight receipts at Frances ports
were never more than 100000 tons
per month Every ono was busy. The
quays were full The railroads were
burdened. Tho dockhands staggered
to and fro, sometimes carrying pack
ages Of one sort and sometimes Of
another The $1,000 canal boats Of
France were all at work. The trans
portation services of France were run
ming bankful. They could not handle
another ton. Then the war came.
Today" said an authority. there
are only $500 canal boats in service.
The greater part Of the railroad bust
ness is a purely military one. The
dockhands are all either too young or
too old, because the men from twenty
years to forty-eight have been sent
off to the war. The railroads are
of cripples. The receipts Of the French
ports average 100000 tons a month,
instead of the 100000 of before the
war. And every ton Is being handled
American Methods Adopted.
How" was the question.
"Modernization. system, American
izatfon, hustle"
France is adopting American meth
DDS She Is putting American steam
cranes at work on her docks and I'M
loading Wheat with American elevators
and sucking coal out of barge bottoms
with American machines. She has not
gone very far in this line yet. The
significant thing is that so far as she
has gone she likes it. Every one in
France knows that the commercial war
which is to follow will be quite as
bitter for the winner and as costly for
the loser as the trench war has been.
France does not propose to lose. She
is arming herself in advance.
Before attempting to consider what
France Is doing now. 1t is necessary
to understand the condition which
followed the beginning of the war.
Frances railroads are equipped with
cars which are loaded to capacity with
thirty-three tons of freight. The road
bed is built to carry loads of that sort.
The railroad yards and stations were
designed to handle no more than the
peace-time maximum of freight The
French mind is essentially frugal
one 1t abhors waste. To build rail-
road yard for 5000 cars when no more
than 1000 might ever take refuge in
it would seem almost criminal.
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Network of Waterways.

The railroad system is supplemented
by a network of excellent waterways.
The roads are able to use light cars
grocery wagon form of delivery
because the barges handle the bulky
and heavy freight. There are in France
1880 kilometers Of navigable waters,
of which 5000 kilometers are canals
The German railroad system is inf
nitely superior to that of France. but
Germany has only $4,000 kilometers
Of navigable waters. of which only
1000 kilometers are canals. When the
war "burst"-to use the French ex
pression-the utility of the waterways
seems to have been forgotten. Some
of the greater cities were provisioned
by the canals. but on August 20. 1914.
the water service was completely sus-
pended The watermen were taken
away to the war.
The consequence was state Of abb
solutely chaotic confusion. Every
pound of railroad carrying capacity
was needed for the army over the
greater part of France. Troops were
being moved everywhere. always in
boxcars, and the boxcar is the back
bone of the freight car provision of
this country.
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Night and Day Work
to Help Americans.

trated effort to get the better Of condi-
tions. OF the long waits and difficulties
encountered. of the extraordinary Jour-
neys home by devious courses much has
been written by Americans themselves.
but Of the heroic exertions Of tho con-
press or in the reports turned in at the
State Department.
At Washington the executive end of
whelmed with a miscellaneous assert
mont of duties. Every day large num-
bers of worried relatives and friends of
European tourists crowded the consular
offices for information and assistance
in recovering lost persons. By this time
Congress had passed its relief bill APP
propriating s2.500.000 for the return of
stranded Americans, and this was
promptly forwarded through the en-
bassies to the consuls. who drew upon
1t in sending Americans home. Some
quired the individual attention OF the
State Department.
One elderly couple, for example, ap-
peared one day in the Office of Wilbur
J. Carr. chief of the consular bureau in
the State Department, and requested
assistance in recovering two small
grandchildren who had been left in
care of Belgian family in Brussels
while their father made trip to South
America. Mr.. Carr Immediately got in
touch with the American consul in
Brussels. who at that time was one of
the busiest men in the world. After
dilfgent search the children were found
and eventually landed safely at Boston.
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Now. at the end of two years, there
ire very few Americans left in Europe
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In other parts of the world the duties
of the consuls are concerned largely
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CRIMINAL DIVISION Justice Gould.
United States agt William Caldwell,
depreciation on private property: motion
for bill of particulars filed; attorney, A. P.
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THE COURTS.
District Supreme Court.

EQUITY DIVISION Justice Stafford.
Searle agt. Barr. rule returnable Octo-
Der 10; plaintiffs attorneys. Richardson
& Shreve.
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In tho case Of newly naturalized citi-
zens who had gone far back into the
interior of their
Naturalized Citizens mother coun-
:, tries to visit
oeo7oo' OAneuA'J' their families,
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Recently the number of detent1ons
have been SO vast and the details so
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plste overhauling. All this has been
done. There are now $500 boats ut
work.
'Now let rs modernize." said the
authorities.
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For a few months tho American con-
sular service in the territory of the