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Evening star., 1917-10-19
RAILROADS.&C. WAR
| ON TICKET BROKERS
Sue in District Supreme Court
to Enjoin Them From
Cutting Rates.
CLAIM LAW is VIOLATED

War has been declared by the railroad
the local ticket brokers, or "scalpers,"
as they are called. Injunction suits
were instituted today in the District
Supreme Court by the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company Philadelphia. Bal
| timore & Washington Railroad Com
pany, Chesapeake Ohio Railway Com
pany. Southern Railway Company and
Was Washington-Southern Railway Com
pany against Nathan Sickle. Frederick
H. liable, Mary D. Wilder and Clara c..
Spliedt, the latter trading as ]. Spliedt.
The defendants are said to be ticket
brokers.
Justice Gould Issues Rule.
Justice Gould issued rules on each of
the brokers named requiring them to
come into court November and show
cause why they should not be enjoined
from selling any railroad tickets is
sued by the plaintiff companies or their
connecting lines.
The sale of return coupons or other
tickets by the brokers Is alleged as a
violation of the interstate commerce
act, which prohibits any person secur-
ing an advantage in rates from common
carriers engaged in interstate COM
merce. The railroads contend that such
advantage accrues to the purchaser
from ticket scalper and that there
fore the scalper should be prevented
from continuing the sale OF unused rail-
road tickets.
A similar proceeding was conducted
by the railroads about twelve years
ago. and resulted in a decision by the
District Supreme Court enjoining the
sale by the scalpers Of non-transfera-
BILE tickets requiring the signature of
the original purchaser. This case did
not go to the higher courts, but a few
years ago the Csited States Supreme
Court rendered decision In the Bit
terman case. which arose in New Or
leans. forbidding the sale by scalpers
of reduced-rate railroad tickets which
by their terms were non-transferable
whether signature OF purchaser was
required or not.
Suits on Broader Lines.
The present suits seek to prevent
the sale of any tickets whatever at
price less than demanded by the com
panies. The effect of the suits filed
today, 1t is stated, would be to drive
the scalpers out of business and to
require all purchasers of railroad tick
cts to pay the full rates fixed by the
companies and approved by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Attorneys Hamilton & Hamilton and
Edmund Brady appear for the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company and
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. and have associated with them
Attorney John K. Graves. for the
McKenney & Flannery appear for the
other complaining COmpanies
Evening star., 1917-10-19

The King Pin --S8
A Gentlenan's Shoe!
This is not time to experiment in shoebuying
It's time to remember that quality is your only
assurance of economy. The King Pin is quality
shoe through and through Fashionable Burgundy
Brown; welted soles-a shoe fit for style and serv-
ice.
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that will also deter the recovery OF
the bond market. These is no Ques
ton, however, but what the tendency
will be upward, as soon as peace
is certain, for 1t will be worth
something to be assured that this
deluge of government issues is over.
But these government issues will
hang over the market. Many holders
of governments will want to dispose
of them, in order that they may
employ their capital In business. In
England and Germany great sums
which were employed In trade before
the war have been diverted to the
government loans. The owners will
want to resume their old activities.
The banks in all the warning countries
are loaded up with government secur.
tiles, and with loans secured by col
lateral Of that kind. They will want
to clear themselves and be free to
support trade in Its customary lines.
In short, these government securities
are undigested as yet, and they will
have to be absorbed and find their
final resting place before the invest
ment market will recover a normal
tone.
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FOR CONSTRUCTIVE WORK

The formation Of second Forest"
regiment comprising ten battalions
and composed Of lumbermen and
woodworkers, who will go to France
and get out II the forests materials
for the use. Of the American, French
and British armies. has just been
authorized by the War Department.
In order. to provide for future con.
tingencies it has been decided to com.
mission at the present time enough
officers for other battalions yet to be
raised. Those men not needed now
viii be placed on the reserve. and will
be called as the other units are
formed. According to the present
plan. fifty per cent Of the officers will
be saw mill and logging operators,
twenty-five per cent will be technical
foresters, and twenty-five per cent
will be men with military training.
A number Of the graduates Of the
engineer camps have been selected
for service with the new units.
A first regiment Of woodsmen mum.
bering about 1900 men and designated
as the Tenth Engineers (Forest), has
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nent in politics, National and State,
for a great many years, was in Wash
inston recently to confer with the
President in regard 10 accepting an
appointment on the Commission. What
would be his main disqualification lnthe
Presidents eyes is the fact that he Is
a Republican. the party on which Mr.,
Wilson has been depending of late 10
put through his war measures in Con-
gress, but for which he has little or
no use in the matter of appointments
to Federal posts.
The country has had the examples
Of Mr. Wilson's heedlessness or the
mandates of the law in his appoint
ments to the Federal Trade Commits
sion, the Tariff Commission, the Ship
ping Board, and other new bodies
organized under his administration
the organic acts of which have plainly
stated that the minority should be
appointed from the opposing party
Setting these provisions aside, the
President has made up these commits
sions from dyed-iu-the-wool Demo
Gratis. and others who have voted ana
worked for him, while men of Repuo'
lican faith have been excluded.
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WoMEN'S NEW WORK

Although women have not obtained
their full political rights, they are
steadily advancing to that recognition
BY firmly establishing themselves in
the new industrial world, particularly
since the beginning Of the great war.
rlaev age to ha found dong mems
work in hundreds of industries and
they are doing it we'll, so we'll, In fact,
that they will never be replaced by
men. In Europe, the women are the
chicf part of the armies of industry
that supply the armies in the field
while in Russia they are even on
the firing line in the famous Bat
talon of Death" They are making
munitions, running tram-cars. driving
taxis and ambulances and are holding
thousands Of other positions formerly
held by men. The men who held
these positions have been called to
the colors.
In this country the diversity Vi
woman's occupation is becoming as
great, and through the same causes
taking the places of men who have
been called to war. Women are
entering practically every industry IN
the United States, and what Is more
they are making good" everywhere.
This invasion of fields formerly mon
opoltzed by men will put them on a
par with men in the industrial life OF
the country, a situation that will
strengthen them in demanding equal
political rights with men and a uni
yersal recognition Of The mutual In
terests Of the sexes in the government
of the country.
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STILL SEEKING A GOAT

Germany is exceedingly hard pressed
these days in finding a goat upon
which to shift her responsibility for
this appalling war. The other day
Chancellor Michaelis while scanning
the developments in the trial Of the
former Russian War Minister, General
Soukhomlinoff, for treason. approprl-
ated some Of the testimony in alleged
confederation OF Germany's really
facetious charge that Belgium and
Luxembourg attacked her, that Serbia
really invaded Austria, and that 1t was
Great Britain which made a scrap Of
paper" of it's treaty, and thus brought
on the war. And Michaelis calls on
the arbitrator OF Russia to support
him in the contention. Is it possible
that the German people can believe
such rubbish? We are told that
they do.
Poor, innocent, attacked Germany!
Now it is Russia who provoked the
peace loving Prussian autocracy to
war. And Soukhomlinoff is cited TO
prove it. AS might as well accuse
Liberia Of provoking the hostilities
To what base uses has the Russian
traitor come at last? The trial of the
Russian War Minister. if it proves
anything, shows that his wife was IN
close touch with Berlin and the Ger
man spies in Russia before the war;
and that bribery was resorted to to
have Soukhomlinotf betray his coun-
try. And more than that, it has been
proved that Germany. as early as 1911
or 1912. had set the stage for an on.
slaught. but something happened to
deter her until the later date. What
next. Michaelis?
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THE SWEDISH SENSATION

81 While there are no new develop
ments In the revelations made by
Secretary of State Lansing, which
seem to establish a startling disre-
gard Of Sweden's professed neutrality,
the opinion Of official Washington is
that the facts will eventually call for
a severance Of all diplomatic relations
with that Nation. The Argentine gov
eminent, however, will perhaps be
pproyoked to take more drastic meas
ures for having been made a tool OF
to further the interests Of Germany.
It Is noteworthy that Great Britain
expresses no surprise over the dis
covery by the State Department that
the foreign office at Stockholm has
been acting as clearing house for
information valuable to Germany.
Before consigning the Swedish GOV
eminent to the deepest reprooation
for this apparent treachery 1t would
be we'll to wait until we hear what IT
has to say in reply to the very serious
charges that now lie against her dip
sY6matic agents. II no satisfactory e2'
plantations are forthcoming. then her
treacherous acts must be held as vlo-
latins her honor and her government
held as unworthy of confidence as
that OF the. intriguing Hoherzollern
DYNASTY
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already been recruited and assembled
and is now being trained at American
University, D. c. This regiment was
raised at the request Of the British
government to undertake the produc'
ton in France Of crossties. bridge,
trench and construction timbers, mine
props, lumber and other forms Of
wood required in connection with Its
military operations. The landing OF
the American expeditionary forces has
made necessary similar provision for
their needs. while the French mill.
tary authorities have indicated that
some of the work incidental to their
operations might be taken over by
woodsmen from this country. Decision
to raise the new and much larger
force has followed a study Of the field
Of possible usefulness to the Allied
cause, made by American foresters
attached to General Pershing's staff.
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GREAT WORK FOR EFFICIENCY
ACCOMPLISHED BY RAILROADS

shippers in all parts Of the country are
giving hearty cooperation TO the rail.
roads' campaign TO make one car do the
work of two"
Checks made recently in Florida and
Georgia on loaded potato cars show for
instance. that cars are carrying 200
barrels this year against 100 barrels
last year.
Checks made ir Chicago show that
cement cars are now carrying 7T.00n
pounds. as against 10000 pounds last
year.
In Pittsburgh. tin plate cars that car
ricd Q" per cent Of their marked capac-
ity. on Jun" 27t:l last. are now being
loaded 20 carry 9S.6 per cent.
In Minnesota the average carload OF
flour in 1916 amounted to 1920 pounds.
this Year the average carload is 6l,92c
pounds.
In New Orleans. sugar cars that were
being loadcd to carry only 10000 pounds
three months ago. now carry an average
load of $1,000 pounds. In other parts
Of the country. sugar rcfincries have
voluntarily increased their minimum
capacity IS per cent, or from 10000
pounds to 5n.OhH pounds.
Some figures that throw clear light
on the efforts that both the Shippers
and the railroads IRE making TO relieve
tho coal situation were supplied n few
days ago by the Western Maryland rail-
road. \ check " $40 cars OF coal load
cd on It's line showed only cars that
wcrc loaded below marked capacity. The
average loading Of the 40 cars was
lila per cent. or 11.14 per cent above
the marked capacity
4 summary IF coal mine operations
FOR the month nf July showed that a
total ST 1872 railroads handling anthra :
cite. soft coal and Ignite transported
20f.429 more londcu cars from the mines
than for the same month Inst year-an
increase of 3l.5 pcr cent. or l0.316.99o
tons.
In their efforts to shoulder the alb
normal burden thrust upon them. by
the entrance Of this country into the
war. the railroads nave rot confined
themselves solely to the task OF Hrking
orr car do double work Through their
War board. they have also supplied the
government with every facility possible
for Intelligent cooperation in the ham
ding OF every military problem involv-
ing the transportation Of troops and
supplies.
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COL. oGLEBAY ACCEPTS

The Hon. Earl Oglebay dispelled all
$ uncertainty Saturday by accepting
the tender of Food Administrator for
West Virginia at meeting OF the
State Council. OF Defense. presided
,tc,-n- h. Governor Cornwell. held at
Mr.. Oglebay's residence. Waddington
farm, his county. The conference
Eas participated in by many prom
mt citizens o. this city. who urged
ar. Og:etay ~ accept tho appoint
ment. encou:a=inS him by the promise
OF their hearty cooperation. Mr.
Ocieba: has been holding his accept
ance in a6eyance sor some time until
he could make fill examination into
tho matter 70 discover if his service
would promote the food situation IN
the State.
The Intellicencer believes that no
. more COMPETENT person could have
been selected than Col. Oslebar. He
!; Is In every way qualified by expert
once in farm production. and his broad
vision Of affairs generally. He Will
also bring 10 his activities in this
work an enthusiasm that will be in
spring to all those engaged with him
in the endeavor to increase produc-
-1ior and conserve the food supply OF
West Virginia. He will. OF course, be
seaEpeiled to make some sacrifices in
entertng upon this work. but he will
count them. snail indeed if his adj
i, nainistration shall have accomplished
his purpose in responding to the
patriotic call OF duty. a motive that
/ has inspired thousands of men like
him 20 come to their countrE's aid in
the. vigorous prosecution OF the war.
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
YEARS AHEAD

When you arc old and tired and gray,
and sit beside the evening fire. what
Will you be inspired to say. when chill
dren cry. IA tale. grardsire." They'll
want TO hear about the war that ragged
when you were young ana hale: il is n
topic you'll abhor. hut you will have 10
spring tale. 1T was time to rend
the heart. when brave young fellows
bled and died. but i'm the fuss took no
part-1 didn't care to risk my hide. !
did not Join the battle chants. but claim
cd exemption on the score that I sup
ported seven aunts. and sckly gran
MES, five or four. Defend the dag
old men and fraus would stop me on the
road and beg: but 1 stayed home and
fed the cows-I didn't wish to lose a
leg. My friends went forth with dount-
less souls to battle on a foreign shore,
where yet the mourning billow rolls.
and hosts Of them returned no more.
And all those boys. some cloudless
morn. III meet on Jordan's other side.
and doubtless they will greet with scorn
the man who feared to risk his hide"
Copyright, 1917. by George Matthew
Adams)
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1NTE11'eENcnR
COLD COMFORT IN OUR WOOL SUPPLY
While Our Troops Warmly Clad Practically All of the Civil
Population Must Depend on Cotton
BY WILLIAM H. BURKE
Wool Expert
Wool Expert

recently. Formerly. when command
WAS released from the trenches II had
been the British practice 10 destroy the
clothing Of tho soldiers in order 10 de-
Struy the vnrmin !nfesting II. Now. II
the uniforms present any promise what
ever Of salvage. they are gcrmicided nnd
returned for further wear
The grand total of increased WOOL
consumption is best illustrated by the
fact that, although when the war began
three years agu there existed q surplus
reserve amounting 10 20 per cent Of the
worlds annual clip. that reserve has
been reduced to the danger level. and
this notwithstanding the complete
"lininatlon of the populations of Ger
many and Austria who consume nor
EL;lly close to one third Of the worlds
yearly supply. This means that, by
reason of the state Of war. tho rest or
the world has increased Its consump-
lirn Of wool by more thnn 81 l-3 per
cent annually. And now the United
States must add its military needs 10
those Of Its allies.
BY the coming spring 1t is hoped 10
have 100000 American soldiers IN
Europe. Meanwhile the wool consump-
tlon in training camps al home and In
the line and back Of 1t abroad. has al
ready taken on very large proportions,
Every one Of these men. when he en-
tcrs upon active service. will represent
20 men In his consumption OF wool AL
lowing that each man Is on active Serr-
Ice only half the time, the effect will
correspond to an addition OF 100000
ADULT males to the wool-Consumng pop
ulatiop OF the United States. or. allow
Ing for the portions OF our population
that do not use wool TO any apprectahle
! extent. It will represent all increase Of
some Is per cent In our national wool
consumption. When we have 2.000.0ao
! soldiers in active service tho increased
consumption Of wool will amount to 80
/ per cent.
There Is only one answer to the prob.
| lem Of Increased wool consumption
Somebody is going to wear cotton. And
from every indicatin our government
gives Of the treatment II will accord our
armies. nobody in the field is going tc
| wear anything hut wool during the thir'
ty-tivc weeks out Of the wear when WOO
is essential for the health and well
! being of our troops. So, among the civ.
! ilian ppulation the answer means that
not merely somebody. but practically ev'
! crybody is going to wear cotton. Thai
! Is rather cold comfort; but 1t is cid fact
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When L nation IS At war it's wool re-
QuircmrntS increase instantly and "h"r-
mouSly. In England IL IL estimated
that every soldier needs fifteen pounds
of secured wool every five weeks white
he is OIL active service The difference"
between active Scrvic" and civil If" Gun
be understood when il Is stated that TN
lvcrag" suit or genuinely all-wo"i
clothes worn by thu civilian contains
about three and q half pounds of secured
wool
perhaps q fair estimate OF civilian
consumption would be five and quarter
pounds per year, or one and nall
suits" of civilian clothing. We must
add To this civilian consumption at WOOL
the civilian ovcrc;lt. underwear ana
blankets all of which represented in the
English gross estimate Of fifteen pounds
of wool per soldier every five weeks
The gross consumption Of wool III the
United States is S0n.00Q.O0O POUNDS OIL
wool in tho grease. amounting u d"u'-
nnO 600 pounds secured, apparently only
three and Il half pounds for every man.
woman and child of the population. But
when the lesser needs Of the childrch
arc considered, when allowance Is made
for the numbers Of Americans living In
climates too warm to call for anything
more than a ucglgibl wool allowance
per capita and above all. when the vast
proportion of cotton and shoddy Is dis
counted from the total. little moro than
five pounds of pure, secured WOOL IS
consumed annually by the average adult
man or woman.
! Thus the English estimate or ftteen
pounds of secured wool for every soldier
lin the trenches every I'VE weeks, on tho
basis Of thirty-flvc weeks per year dur
ing which wooden clothing and other
utilities are Indispensable on the west
ern front. represents an increase per
man Of 1000 per cent. reduced to loo
per cent by relief from trench service
for SO per cent Of the time.
|. 1t Is as yet practically impossible 10
estimate the reduction Of this appall-
ing percentage of increase which. has
been accomplished In the course OF the
systematic recovery Of uniform and 9th
er wooden materials from the battle
, fields; and indeed, the only safe csti-
mate for US. at the present stage Of our
entrance into the conflict, is to accept
/ the figures previously verified BY Great
Britain's department Of the commissary.
1t may be that We. with all OF our Al
lies dearly bought experience to guide
us. will effect savings from tho start
such as Great Britain has achieved only
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THE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK

THE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK
\ financial writer Of national repute
gives some observations on the stock
and money markets that should be
needed by investors. He points out
that the price OF investment securi.
ties, like the price OF commodities,
depends at last upon the supply of
securities on the market. The down.
ward course Of the bond market Is due
to the outpouring Of government
securities issued to finance the war.
The public is urged to subscribe upon
patriotic grounds. and moreover, on
account Of the freedom from taxation
they are an especially attractive
security to many people. 1t is in
evitable that under these conditions
other securities should be offered for
sale. and that prices should decline.
It is not to be expected therefore that
there can be any recovery so long as
this outpouring of government issues
continues.
With regard to tho money market
the same writer observes that capital
must remain high for number OF
years after the war is over, fact
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WILSON'S PARTISAN BIAS

Congressman Tinkham OF MaSsa'
chusetts. in recent letter to. the
President. urged the appointment Of
? New England man on the Interstate
: Commerce Commission. There are
three vacancies in that body, one
caused by death. and two the result Of
an addition to the membership Of the
Commission by law just passed by
Congress. Of the six members now
on the Commission. Henry c.. Hall is
from Colorado. Edgar E. Clark from
iowa, James S. Harlan from Illinois,
lharlcs C. McChord from Kentucky,
DBalthaser H. Meyer from Wisconsin.
and Winthrop NJ Daniels from Ohio.
This leaves New England and the
large mileage States Of Delaware.
New Jersey. New York and Pennsyl-
vanta entirely out Of consideration.
The New England States had mile
age Of 1888 in 1915. their taxes and
assessments that year totaling $685..
1911, while the four States above
named had a mileage of 22.S77, taxes
and assessments $27.232,793. a total
mileage for the Eastern and New Eng
land States Of 30.S15. the taxes and
assessments being s33.369.664. OF an
average tax and assessment per mile
OF line Of s1,OS3. compared with 1863
for the entire railroad system Of the
country.
II Mr.. Wilson would be equitable
in his appointments to the three
vacancies now existing, he should
name a man from the Pacific Coast
States, one from Southern States. and
one from the Eastern or New Eng.
land States. It Is reported that the
present Governor of one OF the New
England States, who has been promi.
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