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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-12

THERE ARE 3 SIDES TO "oAs"
STORY - ROBBERY, PROFIT
AND PLAIN STINGINEss
|Let me have ten gallons Of gas
cap"
yes, rsir! Drive right in the ga
rage"
Business of pumping ten so-caIled
gallons of gasoline into the auto
tank.
We'll, how do you find the gas
business these days?"
TITS rushin' as to death. We av-
erage over 300 gallons a day.. Folks
sure are going automobile crazy and
you have to have the gas to run the
buzz bUggies."
Have you had much trouble or
heard many kicks on good or bad
'gas'?"
well, lot of folks drive in here
with their exhaust smoking to beat
the band. The odOr of the smoke is
very much keroseny. That's an in
dication of rank gas. And then again
sometimes when we drain a guys
tank we find water in the gas. How
ever, there is a~great deal of good
gas on the market. 1t ought to be
good, too. Lookit the price"
What is the price today?"
4. Twenty cents per gal. That
makes your bill an even two bucks. |
Thank youw
Hey! Can get some gas here?"
Sure" And then to first aUtoist: |
would you mind driving out the
side way so this guy can help bust
ness along"
The Standard Oil Company. Main |
guy: John D. Rockefeller. Output of !
gasoline per day: Oh, about 'steen
million gallons. Price of same per |
gallon: Anywhere between II and 25
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a place on history's map if this trou-
bic holds up much longer"
did Mrs. Donohue leave any chill
dren, Kit?"
"Sure thing, two of 'em, and an
invalid husband besides. Amt it aw-
full for them guards to be able to
shoot a woman down and get away
with it,"
There won't be anything left of
this town if the oil company sticks
to their stubborness. Why last night
the fire department answered thirty
five calls"
Eyes, and four strikers were shot,
four policemen were wounded and
about thirty strikers are carrying
bullet wounds around with them.
Guess some of the strikers will die
from it."
Wouldn't it be great if something
could be done by the workers to
force a shutdown of the Standard
Oil Co. plants all over the land?"
Sure, but what would automobile
owners do for gas. We wouldn't get.
any sympathy. The strikers would
have the whole land of autOists down
on 'em for shutting off big gasoline
supply.
"And where would John D. get his
cool millions from? The poor guy
would have to open a charge account
at the grocery store"
STENOG SAYS DUMMIES" ARE
A COMMON THING
It's a regular thing for business
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-12

The Standard Oil Company. Main
guy: John D. Rockefeller. Output of
gasoline per day: Oh, about 'steen
million gallons. Price of same per
gallon: Anywhere between II and 25
cents. Profits per day to John D.:
Who the devil can tell?
That's Mrs. Donohue's funeral,
Sadie. She was killed a couple of
days ago in a strike scrap over at the
Standard Oil Co. plant. Our little
town of Bayonne. N. J., will sure get
Evening star., 1916-06-29

10 o'clock. Wednesday. juno 2s, the
Rev. C. C. Mclean, officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly will mako their
home in Washington.
Mrs. c. E. Nelson and daughter Ann
left yesterday for northern Indiana to
spend the summer.
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north to attend q convention in Bal
timore.

north to attend q convention in Bal
timore.
Mrs. Christopher r. P. Rodgers has
gone to Rock Maple Farm. Hamilton
Mass, where she will visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Won L. Meyer, for
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wardman will
leave Washington on Sunday for their
summer home at the Virginia Hot
Springs
Miss Emma Webb, granddaughter Of
Mrs. Sterling. wife of Senator Sterling
of South Dakota, will leave Washing
ton. July 8. en- route to Vancouver.
B. c.. where she will sail with a party
Of missionaries for Madura, India.
Miss Webb's engagement to Mr..
Azel A. Martin of the American Col
lege at Madura was announced the
past winter and he will join the party
at Ceylon.
Their marriage will take place i'm
mediately upon their arrival at
| Madura.
Mrs George NJ Young will give a
| luncheon tomorrow in honor of Miss
| Webb.
| The marriage of Miss Mildred
Thomas, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
| Continued on Ninth Page)
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8ocieeR

bert. Mn Harry S Wood and Mr. Pat
Delaney. An informal reception fol-
lowed at the homo Of the brides par
ents. when the young couple were as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. Gilbert. the
brides mother. who wore a handsome
gown of rose satin embroidered in
crystals and rhinestones, with which
she wore corsage bouquet Of white
sweet peas. Mrs. Sale, the bridegroom's
mother, who also assisted in receiv-
ing. wore a gown of black satin yelled
in net. with a corsage bouquet of or
chids and lilies of the valley. Miss
Frances Espey, Miss Ruth Beavers.
Miss Flora Linkins, Miss Addie JON
Scher. Miss Adelia Burdine and Mrs.
William H. Pierson were also in the
receiving party.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Sale left for their wedding trip, the
latter wearing a sage green taffeta and
crepe de chine gown trimmed with sill
yer lace and cut steel, with hat to
match.
They will be at home at eo4 Longfel-
low street after July 10.
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| A quiet wedding took place today at
noon at the parsonage of st. Matthew S
! Church. when Miss Jennie. Bingham
King. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
King, became the bride of Mr.. Edward
Randolph Walton.
Rev Father Cooper performed the
ceremony in the presence of small
company Of relatives and intimate
friends.
The bride wore a smart travelling suit
of blue taffeta with hat to match and
a corsage bouquet of orchids.
There were no attendants and Mr..
after for Cape May and other points
on the Jersey coast.
They will be at home after July Is at
1857 K street northwest.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins have
gone to the Hot Springs of Virginia for
two weeks and they will then join their
daughter. Mrs Patterson, at Ramapo,
N Y
Evening star., 1916-06-29

Miss Genevieve c. Nesbitt and Mr..
William A. Yates were married Mon
day morning in Our Ladies' Chapel at
Gonzaga College, Rev. Father William
Brooks officiating.
The bride wore blue taffeta coat
suit with a large white picture hat.
Mrs. A. B. Coppes was the bride
only attendant and Mr.. A. B. Coppes
acted a best man.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Yates left for Atlantic City.
| They will be at home at % East 25th
street, Baltimore. Md, after July IS.
Evening star., 1916-06-29

The marriage of Miss Lille B. Jen-
nings of Culpeper. Va, and Mr.. Daniel
mortal Methodist Episcopal Church. at
Evening star., 1916-06-29
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Mrs. Wilson Will Accompany the
President to New York
Tomorrow.
Nine. Ca1deron Joins the Bolivian
Minister-Keith-Sm Wedding.
Mrs. Clark Goes to New Jersey.

Mrs Wilson will accompany the
President when he leaves Washington
tomorrow for New York to address the
members of the New York Press Club,
They will only be absent from the
White House for a short time.
Evening star., 1916-06-29

Admiral and Mrs. William S. Benson
Aiken of New Orleans, who has come
Evening star., 1916-06-29

DR.. and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, who
recently returned to Washington from
the White Sulphur Springs. where they
passed the month following their mar
riage in New York, have taken an
apartment at the Hotel Lafayette, and
will remain there until they decide
upon a more permanent Washington
residence.
Evening star., 1916-06-29

A surprise party was given Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Brewton June 27 at their
residence. 1905 33d street northwest
when their children met to celebrate
the eighty third birthday anniversary
of Mr.. Brewton. He was congratu-
lated and kindly remembered by many
relatives and friends. Mr.. E. Donald
son. grandson of the couple, closed the
evening by taking them for an auto
mobile ride through the city and sub
urbS
Evening star., 1916-06-29

Nine Calderon, wife Of the Bolivian
returned Tuesday from New
York. where she went to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Zalles and their children, who
arrived Friday from South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
MILLS A MAJOR GENERAL
Name of Brigadier Sent to Senate
With Other Nomina-
tions.

The President this afternoon sent to
the Senate a large number of military
nominations; <including that of Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Mills, to be major gen
eral. and the following colonels to be
brigadier generals: Charles G. Martin.
5th Infantry; Granger Adams, 5th Field
Artillery; George A. Dodd, Cavalry: un-
assigned, Edward H. Plummer, 2Sth
Infantry: Clarence P. Townsley, Coast
Artillery Corps.
There was good deal of gossip that
Gen. Pershing would be given the ma
jor general position. Gen. Mills is pro-
noted to be major general in charge
of the militia division of the War De-
partment Gen. George A. Dodd. one
of the new brigadier generals, is the
man whose cavalry followed Villa after
the raid on Columbus.
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GEN. PERSH|NG GETS
NEARER TO BORDER
War Department, However,
Announces Movement Is Not
in Nature of 'WithdraWaI."

That Gen. Pershine has been moving
his troops nearer to the border and
concentrating them there was an
1t was stated that this was not in the
nature of a "withdrawar' nor the re-
suit of recent orders from the State
Department or the White House. War
Department officials declined to state
how near the border Gen. Pershing's s
troops now are, as this is regarded by
the depa rtment as military information.
Officials said Gen. Pershing is maxi
ing this move. in all proba bility, be-
cause he is experiencing great diff
Guilty in obtaining fodder for his
horses and subsistence for his men
over the long line of communication
had to be strung out.
Not the Result of Orders.
This movement, 1t was explained, is
not a new one, nor the result of recent
orders. War Department officials as
sert that any inferences that President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing have
concluded to withdraw" Gen. Per
shine's expeditionary forces from Mex
leo are not borre out by the facts. No
such orders have been issued II Is said,
and it was repeated at the War Depart
have been sent to Gen. Funston or,
through him, to Gen. Pershing.
It is realized at the War Department,
however. as the result Of report from
Gen. Pershing that he is having diff
Guilty in maintaining his troops and
horses in Mexico because of the diff
Guilty in obtaining subsistence for the
men and forage for the horses of his
command, and 1t. Is regarded as a natu-
raj thing for him to bring his forces
nearer the border so that these diff
culties may be lessened.
Another Phase Presented.
In addition, another important con-
stderation has probably played a part
in Gen. Pershing's disposition of his
troops, it is said at the War, Depart
ment. He has undoubtedly so disposed
his forces as to meet the possibility of
any attack from Mexican troops re-
ported to be concentrating around him.
This disposition is described as a "con-
centratioD" another natural move sor
a commander in the position of Gen
Persh1ng In Mexico.
No reports have reached the War De-
partment, 1t was said there today. as to
how far north Gen. Pershings troops
have come. This Is regarded at the de-
partment as military information, and
1t is believed at the department that
any publications from Washington
sources along this line are speculation,
pure and simple, inasmuch as the War
Department lacks definite information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03

put him through many severe tests to
try out his business qualifications. A
story is told that when he was a boy
she sent him out to the street corner
to sell the morning paper from which
she had read the f1pancial news. She
finally sent him to Texas, where he
eventually worked himself to the front
as a railroad man and flnaneier. Since
1899 he has been president of the Texas
Midland Railroad Company and factor
in many other interests. In late years
he largely assumed the management of
his mothers property.
While never intensely religious she
was frequent attendant at Quaker
meetings, and only a few years ago she,
like her daughter. was baptized In the
Episcopal Church
She emphatically denied that her dis
nosttion was miserly. During the panic
Of 1sO7-os she made loans which tided
over many wealthy New Workers. Two
Years before the panic. it was said. she
had gathered in a large portion of her
money and was prepared when the
storm broke to lend a helping hand, at
a good rate of interest. 1t was some
times tntimated that upon her death the
country might be surprised at the dis
position she would make Of her wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
JUNE CAMP IS ENDED.
Civilian Members of Third Training
Regiment in Plattsburg.

PLATTSBURG, N. Y. July 3.-The
June camp for the military training OF
civilians Is over and most of the men,
bers of the Sd Training Regiment, who
have been here during the past month,
have gone to their homes. Some of
them will return to attend the July
camp. but the great majority OF the
new regiment will be composed Of new
men.
The old camp was disbanded yester-
day. Each company commander will
make a report to the War Department
concerning the quality of the material
in his company and will mention the
Of men regarded as fit to become
of6cers. This information will not be
made public. but will be available in
case Of a call to arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
SENATORS GO TO OCCOQUAN.
Visit Workhouse to Get First Hand
Information Of Its Needs.

Members Of the Senate subcomnit
tee in charge Of the District appropri-
alton bill and officials of the District
today visited the work.
house at Oecoquan. Va. in order to get
flrst-hand information regarding GER
tain improvements which are being
urged for the workhouse,s Senators
Dillingham and Curtis. Commissioner
John Joy Edison and others
were in the party.
The subcommittee is not to meet to
continue with its work on the appro-
priation bill until Wednesday. it was
said today. That being the case. 1t is
not probable that the bill will be COM
pieted until the end Of this week or
early next week and reported to the
sAuatA,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
CAPT. McGREGOR WILL
BE WELCOMED HOME

DAVENPORT. Iowa, July Capt
]. c. McGregor OF the Iowa National
Guard, who encouraged members of
his command to take the federal oath
after they had first refused. will be
welcomed back to West Branch, Iowa,
his home, with open arms" a state
ment issued by the West Branch Com
merctal Club said today.
A recent message warning Capt. Nc
Gregor not to return, as "he was
taking our boys off to war;" was sent
by an unpatriottc individual. the state
ment said Utica. N. Y. and several
other eastern cities had urged Capt:
McGregor to come to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
is UNABLE To SEE
END Of SESSION
Senator Kern Says Only
"Heaven Knows When Con-
gress Will Adjourn"
HAS CONFERENCE TODAY
WITH PRESIDENT WILSON
Politicians in No Hurry to Notify
Presidential Misunderstanding
Line on Mexican Situation.

Heaven knows when Con-
gress will ADJOURN said Senator
Kern of Indiana today after he
had been talking with President
Wilson about the legislative situ-
alton in Congress. "My own
guess is that we will get away
somewhere about August 20, but
that is pure guess. Under the
Senate rules nobody can tell how
much talking there will be-"
Senator Kern, like many other demo-
cratic leaders who had hoped to get
mer. has resigned himself to whatever
happens.
1t is generally presumed by congress
sional leaders that Congress will begin
to speed up in a few weeks SO that
senators and representatives of both
parties may be free to take part in the
campaign along in September.
Political Matters Move Slowly.
Even political matters are moving
slowly, however A funny situation
presents itself as to the official notif1-
cations to the nominees of the two big
parties The democrats are holding
back in telling President Wilson he has
been nominated until the republicans
have formally informed Mr.. Hughes
that he is their choice. The latest in
formation is that the notification to Mr.
Hughes will not take place until the
last of this month, which will delay the
democratic event until early in August,
Shadow Lawn. the summer home of
President Wilson. on the Jersey coast.
The democratic plan is to permit the
republicans. through the acceptance
speech. to set the pace in the way of
attack, while President Wilson, in his
molish the republican rush. a-47
Candidate Hughes is apparently alive
to the democratic tactics, and as soon
as Mr.. Wilson comes back with his
counter attack the republican nominee
Will set out on a speech making tour
of the west and Pacific coast and bring
his oratorical machine guns into play
Want Line on Mexico.
The executive heads of both parties
are willing to put off the notification,
so as to get a line on the Mexican stu
alton. IT is evident to the democrats,
it is said, that the chief line Of assault
of the republicans will be the Mexican
question; but it is hard for the repub-
licans to get just the start they want
while the whole thing remains hung in
the air Should President Wilson be
able to settle the Mexican problem sat
isfactorily within the next month he
would have something definite to an
swer the republican attack, while the
republicans would have something def
mite upon which to base an attack.
President Wilson and Chairman Nc
Cormlck of the democratic national
committee have reached an agreement
as to the personnel of the democratic
campaign committee. and an announce
ment OF the membership may be made
within two or three days. Those who
have been selected for membership
have been informed of their selection,
and their acGeptances are awaited be-
fore the list Is made public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
Ju1y 4th

The regular edition
of The Star will be is
sued tomorrow at l
o'clock and delivered at
once throughout the city.
Classified ADVERTISE
ments must be in The
Star Office by 10 am.
to insure insertion in
Tuesdays Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
having lost most of his money in
Wall street
Daughter Only Companion.

Her most pretentious home was at
Bellows Falls, VI. where she spent
many summers. but even this place
was notorious there for never being
In repair In winter she hid herself in
some Of the least expensive neighbor-
hoods around New York, guarding her
identity by putting the name of her pet
dog Dewey. on the door plate. Her
daughter Sylvia was her only COM
panion. The latter she kept from So
ciety, but in 1909 consented to her
marriage. at the age of thirty, to Mat
thew Astor Wilks. a wealthy New
Yorker of f1fty-seven years. The lonely
mother then removed herself for time
to a suite of rooms in one of the most
fashiona Bile 5th avenue hotels, but this
luxury was soon given up.
1t was Hetty Green's ambition to
make her son, Edward Howland Green,
the richest man in the country. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
Senate to Adjourn for July 4.

In honor Of Independence day the
Senate will adjourn over tomorrow
vhan Il ends ITS work for today, ac-
eordine raj to plans made by the leaders.
The House adjourned Saturday evening
until Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
FRENCH ALSO KEEPING UP
A Determined OFFENSIVE
Occupy Two Lines of Second German
Trenches and Capture Village
of Herbecourt.
RESERVES SENT TO BREACH
Fresh German Troops Make Pres
ence Felt, But Paris Claims They
Have Been Unable to Halt
Forward Movement.

BRITISH HEADQUAR-
TIERS, IN FRANCE, July
3, via London, 4:51 p.m.-A
further advance has been
made by the British forces
to the east of the Ancre
river.
To the north of the town
of Fricourt the British have
pushed forward and have
gained ground at a higher
elevation.
The situation here is
promising for the British.
A heavy shelling of Mont
auban by the Germans con-
tinues. The British appear
to be well established in the
town.
The number of German
prisoners taken in the south
SO far exceeds 1000. The
weather continues favorable.
Fighting continues in
tense on virtually the whole
British front. Above the
Ancre there have been no
important changes. The
British have heavily bonn
barded Thiepval. At La
Boiselle severe fighting is
proceeding. North of Fri
court the British have push
ed their positions forward
to higher ground.
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Black Sea Shipping Destroyed.

PErRoaRAD. via London. July s.
Russian torpedo boats destroyed fifty
four enemy sailing vessels IN the Black
sea. near the Anato1ian coast. June 20.
saws an official statement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-03
New Army Bill Carries $s2s, 600, 900 |

The army appropriation bill as re-
vised by the Senate military affairs
COMMITTEES and optered reported today
carries a total OF 1928, ,0oO, 900, an In
crease Of $146. 100000 over the bill as
it passed the House.
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Mobilization of Civilian SOL
diers Continues Uninterrupt-
ed at Several Points.
MEN ARE BEING WHIPPED
INTO SHAPE FOR SERVICE
Corporal Cooke, Latest Survivor of
Carrizal Fight to Return, Says
Mexicans Fired First Shot.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. July 3.-Unin-
terrupted progress in the mobilization
of the National Guard was made today
and Gen. Funston and his staff studied
station maps that showed an army
along the border of more than $4,000
To augment this number troop trains
were reported steadily moving from the
north and east while scores of freight
trains bearing supplies and equipment
were moving toward depots designated
by the quartermasters department.
Trains bearing guardsmen and sup
plies began crowding regular traffic
onto the sidings at some points today,
but railway men were confident that
the mobilization would be completed
without serious congestion of ordinary
freight and passenger trains Addi-
tfonal Missouri troops reached Laredo
and the 1st Illinois Cavalry was due at
Brownsville some time before night.
The I'd Kansas reached Eagle Pass, and
the Massachusetts, field artillery went
into camp It Ell Paso..
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Fail to Check Advance.

PARIS, July 3.-The reserves
which the Germans rushed up to
the Somme region to check the
Franco-British offensive began to
make themselves felt yesterday
afternoon and last night, accord
ing to latest reports received
here. The fighting reached
pitch of exceptional despera-
ton, but nevertheless the German
efforts to check the allied ad-
vance failed.
The Franco-British allies, these
reports say, retain the initiative
unimpaired and as the result of
the days fighting have materi-
ally advanced their line and
strengthened their hold on what
they had previously won. :
Great Step Forward.
The capture of Curlu and especially
in view of the rapid progress made
south of the Somme represents a great
step forward. for the village bars the
road leading to the only points where
the river can be passed. The French
troops have now before them on their
road to Peronne. their goal. a series
OF hummocks each Of which is crowned
by a village. ending in a narrow
plateau. e
The British on their part have made
steady progress toward Bapaume, which
il an important center on account of
the intersection there OF the main high
ways which apparently are their OBJ
jective.
"complete Success" Claimed.
Tho French offensive south Of the
soYnme in conjunction with the Brit
ish drive continued last night with
oomplete success. the war once an-7
nounced today.
The French have occupied tyo lines
Of trenches Of the second GeruEAn posi- Z
ttou on front. Of nvs ktiemsters
~
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Beaten South of Somme.

BERLIN, July 3, via London,
5 :05 p.m.-The war Office report
of today says that continuation
of the French and British drive
on both sides of the Somme has
not gained any advantage for the
allies north of the river, but
south of the Somme the Germans
withdrew a division to the sec
ond-line positions.