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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-15
LOCAL MINING STOCKS

oteek Dividend for Grocery Company
II CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-THE Western Grocer
mconT has paid : common stock dividend
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Total sales 5000 shares. compared win o3os -9s
sbares yesterdayi thus far this week, I.ooi
shares; same period last week. 1890 shares'
unNDS Net
High. Low. Close. chge
$1,000 Am Gas =,
Eiec 5s... 00h 90 9oh - N
5000 City As 19f71OO 100 loo ="
1000 Elec & Poop =,
Tr 4s 10 10 20 "a
15eOO Lib Bonds
w 90 os 100 90 5o-1e0 90 sO-10O + S8-1o0
1900 Phila Elec
1st 5s...1O1 100M 10l + N
5000 Reading gen :,
As ...... Of oOM OIL + "
1000 Spanish-Am
l 6s .1O1 101 1o1
1000 welsbach Co =,
IS ...... 97M o7h e7h + -
Total sales, Si6.1OO. compared win siv,oO. 100.
yesterday; thus far this week, soS,5oo' same
period last week. S65, ,050.
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POULTRY

LIVE was in better request and ruled firm.
with supplies OF desirable stock well undar
sSaIi,H sSa.IEG % 9gg9tatl0ns foley Fowls as
ems, not ,Leghorns, plump, yellow skim ed
Ssishns SSiUl.n.s ~ @s lbs apiece 26Sssc spring
White Lsghorns. 22 q 2Sc; ducks Pekin, Ioe; do''
Indian Indian Runner. 7@lsGi do, spring, 2O92ic:
pair, 20 % 22c O' '"e' Poi
DREssED-Fine desira BILE sized stock sold
fairly and ruled firm under light offerings Ouo-
ttstions: Fowls. Y to box milk, fed, dry-picked.
apiece S5h do lbs. apiece a5e ID do ~ 0Esr iSs.
s1pscel 2tsi do. lbs. Apiece, Fl q 2Sc.' Fowls.
l5s: and over apiece. 25g; DO. lbs. APIECE. 2iy
I2trfe 2tf q smaller sizes is g zoe. Old ROSTERS. dry.
lbs apisesM,Jerseg, ,og, fancy, S53sSe; SirsinYIs..
2t92oe Turkeys. fresh-killed' Iced, per bbl.M.
nHssS.ern HndS 6,st heTs SS@ 2ie; common, ." q 32c
TSs TSSs,te. weishipE ii&9l2 & lbs. per dozen $500
sssSinss sS SEifishiGs lbs lbs Dss per dozen
N.6OQl.7 small ard No. ~ 800 10 HI 30 ~, HatN,
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Zinc Ore Prices Higher
JOPLIN, Aug. 15.-Zinc ore prices are 50
higher for low grades and range $40 to SIS
a ton, with heavy sales. Head ore Is firm,
at $110 a ton.
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The NelU p. X. T. Lease
The Most Popular Man in PhiIadelphia

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Office
of
and
10 a $
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Biz Houses Not Pushing Bonds


be
wi ever ones there is no TO
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of the
The NeLU p. X. T.
Rapid
to T.
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dark any other
The Most Popular Man N PhiIadelpha
Of
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CHEESE-Sold fairly and ruled n chad
hrmer under light offerings. Quotations. Ne,
YORK full-cream fancy June. 24A c: snecia !
higher fresh-made, best, "a a 24l. c; choice %
2312c, and fair to good. 20 a 22H c. -'|
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REFINED SuGARS
DAIRY PRODUCTS

The market ruled firm. with Franklin n
on basis of S.4Oc for extra ane granulf
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Plans Historical Park.

Pennsylvania plans park to COM
memorate the site at Taylorsville
where Washington and his Cont
nentals embarked on their trip across
the Delaware to capture the Hessians
at Trenton, writes a correspondent,
and Governor Brumbaugh recently
signed bill appropriating $4,000 for
the purchase of the land at the place
Of e!nbarkation.
Tie Pennsylvania Historical society
and the Daughters Of the Revolution
of Pennsylvania four years ago each
pledged a sum equal to that the state
might give for such park, and the
payment Of these pledges will give a
fund Of $4,000 for the establishment
Of the park. Actual construction, how
ever, will not begin until after the
war.
The place on the other side of the
river where the Continentals landed
wns utilized several years ago by the
state Of New Jersey for q park similar
to the one planned by pennsylvania.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Her Valid Defense.

One has heard good deal about the
Russian woman warriors. Sensational
stories about them have appeared from
time to time in the European press. Al
together, there Is flavor of romance
about the Russian amazons which Is
lacking entirely in the totally unlocked
for defense put up by an English work.
ing woman. A suit had been brought
against her for having failed to pay
the money due for the hire of her sew
ing machine. Asked what she had got
to say for herself, she replied: "Noth-
ing; am unable to pay, as was
wounded q short time ago, fighting
against the Austrians." It quite dis
concerted the court! Her papers were
examined by tile Judge, and found to
be in order. Needless to say, the
charge against her was withdrawn
Christian Science Monitor.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Head Hunters Volunteer.

Japanese newspapers strongly urge
the United States to send the Igorrotes
to, France to fight against the Germans
side by side the American troops, says
the New York Herald. They state that
several of the wild tribes in the Phil
ippines already have offered their serv-
ices to Governor Harrison.
The Far East is especially urgent in
this matter. It says:
= "Men Of all colors and nationalities
are fighting side by side in the great
war and the latest volunteers are ma
tives Of tropical territory that can
supply 100000 fighting men to the
United States If need be. In the Phil
ipplnes are some Of the most warlike
tribes in the world, and based on in
formation received directly at Manila
they are keen to offer themselves"
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IMMENSE lot
!. OF WORK DONE
BY CONGRESS
Session Remarkable, Of Course,
for Its Action on War
Measures.
LITTLE FRICTION NOTICED
Members, az q General Thing, Were
Observation-Disclosures Sue
cessful In Most Legislation
It Wanted Adopted.

Washington.-"The most remarkable
session in the parliamentary history
Of the world" vas the way Demo
cratic and Republican leaders charac-
terized the first war session of the
Sixty-f1fth congress, which came to a
close at three o'clock in the afternoon
of October 6, exactly six months after
the declaration of war against Ger
many.
The record Of legislation enacted
and money appropriated has no paral-
lei anywhere in the annals of all time
Beginning with the declaration of
war against Germany in April, con-
gress has passed bill after bill Of the
most revolutionary character, includ-
ing such measures as the draft bin
and the food control bill. Appropria-
lions and contract authorizations for
the present fiscal year, totalling $21,-
39O,OOO,OO0, including $7,OO0,O 100000 in
loans to the allies, were voted with
out single dissenting voice, a record
equalled nowhere, not even In the
kaiser-dominated German reichstag.
How Money Is Expended.
The following table shows how the
money Is to be spent:
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The Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel tower is just twenty-eight
years old, having been erected for the
Paris exposition of 1889. Although
it was denounced as ugly, for the same
reason as skeleton, because it is I'M
usual, its rigid lines are really grace
full. 1t has outlived its popularity as
pleasure resort, although it offers q
wonderful panorama Of Paris, but it
serves a far more important interna-
tional service as perhaps the most i'm
portant wireless station in Europe, for
1t Is In direct communication with
Canada, $500 miles, off. It's mass of
5000 tons Of iron is 9S4 feet high, or,
If Its lightning protection be added,
just over 1000 feet, which is five times
the height of the monument on Fish
Street hill. In England William Hol-
lands enterprise in imitation Of it, the
Blackpool tower, still flourishes, but
Sir Edward Watkins scheme, the
Wembly tower, had the fate Of the
Tower Of Babel, and the uncompleted
fragment, which was for years land
mark on the G. G. R., has long been
swept away.-London Globe.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Rather Crude Pun.

Persons who laugh at the unspeak-
able efforts Of the ordinary vaudeville
wheeze escator missed bit of de-
lectable comedy in connection with a
rather faint subway explosion above
Thirty-eighth street, in Broadway,
says a Gotham exchange. The usual
precautions had been taken and ex-
cited workmen were stationed north
and south Of the anticipated crash
when a woman with a baby carriage
came along hurrying south. The flag
man told her. that there was to be an
explosion, but she nearly Knocked him
over as she bumped him with the car
riage and hurried by. She had hardly
passed when q foreman stuck his head
ont Of one of the street assures and
saw her. "Hey," he called to the
workmen who had permitted her to
pass. "What's the matter wild you?
Didn't I tell you not to allow anyone
to pass? What's your name, any
way?" "Me name is Cannon" an
swered the fiag-bearer. "Well, yer
fred" bawled the boss, with true ware
time decision. .s..'
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white paper issued by Great Britain.
The paper Is Of interest to Americans,
inasmuch as 1t almost certainly will
form the basis of similar agreement
between the United States and Ger
many. The conference at which the
agreement was reached was held at
The Hague.
An arrangement was made whereby
the Netherlands government undertook
to care for 10000 British and German
combatant or civilian prisoners of war.
the respective governments of these
nationals to refund all costs of intern
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
KICKS A s5oo-J0R AROUND
Actor Finally Discovers Mysterious
Cable, Long Ignored, Refused by
Others, Belonged to Him.

"Who is Leo RObinson?" asked Rob
inson of the clerk Of Tenderloin
club in one Of the large cities. whose
membership is for the most part made,
UP of actors. "That cable has been.
here, so long 1t, is getting my goat"
1t was one of those cable envelopes
which permit the name and address to
be read through the thin paper. ,
Haven't you opened it YETI asked
the clerk in return. II forwarded it
to J. c. Robinson in San Francisco
and he returned 1t saying 1t did not
belong to him. Next I forwarded 1t to
H. D. Robinson, in New Orleans. He
said it did not belong to him. I did
not think of asking you to open 1T
because you have seen it almost every
day and I got the idea that it did not
belong to you. I put it back again
thinking that it was for some other
Robinson who might be introduced and
have the mail privilege"
Robinson carefully opened the flap
Of the envelope with pencil because
it had been pasted up by the last Rob
inson. AS he read the message his
brows knitted, his fingers trembled, he
ran his hand through his hair.
"Damphool" he calculated, and
glared at the cable dispatch. Whether
he meant the remark for himself or
for the sender he did not specify.
"-'hat cable is for me-" he remarked,
the ejaculation having cooled him OH
''omewhat. "That cable offered me
$500 job for months work. Here it
has been kicking around for three
months and hadn't the slightest idea
it was for me. But why should 1t be
addressed to Leo Robinson?"
The clerk took the cable dispatch.
at isn't addressed to Leo" he said.
"That is 1co,' which means the cable
message is written in the language
Of the originating country"
"Give me a postage stamp and I'll
write an explanation, but I know 1t
will never be believed" but it was ten
minutes before Robinson got his
thoughts into shape to put on paper.
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permanent aviation stations of the ar.
my and navy for school purposes.
Acts enlarging the membership Of
the interstate commerce commission
and amending the act to regulate COM
merce by authorizing priority ship
ments by any common carrier, ect.
Act appropriating $11, 346,O 600 to pro-
vide further for the national security
and defence by stimulating agricul-
ture and facilitating the distribution
Of agricultural products.
Act appropriating 1852. 100000 to
provide further for the national secur-
ity and defence by encouraging the
production, conserving the supply and
controlling the distribution of food
products and fuel.
Act to authorize an additional issue
Of bonds to meet expenditures for the
national security and defense and, for
the purpose Of authorizing in the
prosecution of the war, to extend adj
ditional credit to foreign governments,
and for other purposes. This act makes
an additional appropriation of $4,O21,.
81, 89O.92 to extend credit in the Unit
ed States for foreign governments by
purchase of bonds Of our allies and ex-
penses incident to preparation of an
issue Of bonds and certificates; au-
thorizes an additional issue of $4,000
100000 Of bonds to meet loans to for
eign governments; authorizes an addi-
tional issue of one year certificates Of
Indebtedness amounting to $4,000, OOO,-
600 and an issue of five year war saw
ing certificates amounting to $4,000
100000.
New Mark Again Set.
Act appropriating $5,356. 668, 018.93
to supply deficiencies in appropriations
for the fiscal year 1918 and prior years
on account Of war expenses and for
other purposes, and authorizes con-
tract obligations to be met by future
congresses amounting to So, 4O1 1885,
1880. This Is the largest appropriate
ton act passed by this or any other
country. This act makes further APP
preparations of $685.. 100000 for the
emergency shipping fund and raises
the limit Of cost to carry out the pur-
poses Of the shipping act to $1,734..
100000.
Act to define, regulate and punish
trading with the enemy and for other
purposes, and appropriates $45O,OOO to
enforce the provisions thereof.
Act to provide revenue to defray war
expenses. This measure provides ap-
proximately $2,5OO,OOO,OOO of revenue
with which to pay the expenses of the
government. S.
Act to provide military and naval
family allowance, compensation and
insurance fund for the benefit of sol
diers and sailors and their families,
and makes an appropriation therefor
Of $176, 100000. +
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
MOST IMPORTANT
MEASURES PASSED

Here are the most Important
measures passed by congress at
the special war session:
Declaration Of war against
Germany on April 6.
War bond issues aggregatinp
$15,53s, 0oo, 900.
War appropriations and con.
tract authorizations totaiIina
|, $14,aso, ooo, 900.
War loans aogre eating ST.
10000, 900 to the allies.
The seIectIve drsfs bill, max.
ing 10000, 900 men liable to mill.
. tary service.
The espionage Wit, including
; the embargo provision.
The $2,235, 0o0, 900 war reve.
nue. bill.
The food control bill.
The trading with the enemy
act.
The soldiers and sailors in
surauee bill.
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ment and to furnish materials neces-
sary for the construction and upkeep
Of the camps. for medical attention.
and for the victualing and clothing Of
the interned. i.
Among the provisions of the agree.
ment Is one whereby the British gov.
eminent will permit the German medl.
cal personnel originally belonging to
the German garrison Mt Tsing-tao,
China. and now In the United States,
to return to Germany by sea II they
are permitted by the American govern.
ment to do so.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
To Make a Cheap Filter.

In order to make u cheap filter. take
large flower pot and stop the hole In
the bottom Of II by placing u piece of
sponge In It. Cover with few Inches
of powdered charcoal. oil with water.
and let II stand over a pail or tub
supported by two or three sticks laid
across. The water tiltering through
the charcoal will he freed from all
impurities and will he At for family
use. The charcoal should he changed
every three months and the sponge
several times q year.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
$4,000 BELGIAN HOUSES GONE
Germans Record Of Destruction 10
Shown by New Gray Book Is
sued by Government.

Havre, Oct. S.-The Belgium govern.
ment has issued gray book to refute
allegations against Belgium civilians
contained In the German white book
Of May, 1915, in which 1t was said
Belgian civilians savagely attacked
German troops in the early days of the
war and that the measures adopted by
the Germans were necessary in the in
terest Of preservation of the German
army. According to the gray book, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 houses were
destroyed by the Germans.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
JACKIE KILLS FRIEND; IS HELD
Queenstown Magistrate Says Fatal
Blow Constitutes Manslaughter--. \
To Get Bail.

London, Oct. S.-Machinists Mate
Perente Of an American naval vessel
will be liberated on bail on charge
Of manslaughter in connection with
the death of a dock yard laborer named
Plulnmer, who died from the effect Of
a blow on the jaw inflicted by the
sailor on September 8. He was held
by Queenstown magistrate. Perente
pleaded not guilty and added: II did
not mean to injure my friend"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
TRICKS THAT KILL.
Germans Use Barbarous
Schemes to Harm Enemy.
Bats Left In Evacuated Positions
Prove Disastrous to Tommy, WIN
Would Investigate.

''The game Of batting the other fell
low which the German soldiers really
taught the allied troops Is still in
vogue on the western front ut the
present time," said a wounded Canadi-
On officer who was telling some friends
about the tricks which men play on
one another in trench warfare.
Don't fool with the enemies evac-
uated positions, especially the dugouts,
until you have experimental with wine
bottles, jewelry, pictures and other
trfnkets at respectable distance is
the first order given to advance par
ties. When the Germans drew back to
the Hindenburg line in France they
plundered and carried off all kinds Of
loot. Now the finest place for crowd
Of Tommies or poilus to capture is
one of the dugouts recently inhabited
by German officers.
Perhaps Tommy spots pile Of jew
elry on an innocent appearing table.
Well, let Tor'my rush to grab it and in q
second the place is blown to atoms and
oil hands have gone 'blighty' for hav-
ing grabbed the bait. This game Of
connecting fuses with gold chains, wine
bottles and portraits has been costing
bombing squads large toll in losses.
The coveted goods are so fixed by the
Germans that when Tommy and the
gang Shave pounced upon them they
touch off the detonator Of an Internal
machine" 49,.
The Canadian told how IL men who
had entered dugout in the German
trenches formerly occupied by some
officers had their eyes on several oil
paintings. The non-commissioned Of
ficer who was with them, having wit
messed the humiliation of men who
had been caught by the bait in other
cases, ordered the men out of the place
and then fired shot ut one of the
paintings. In response to the shot
there followed an explosion which de-
molished the dugout.
The allied troops are daily being
taught to keep their hands off all likely
souvenirs when they occupy new po-
sitions. Even the business of search
ing wounded prisoners is being con-
Quoted in gingerly manner by Tom
my. The game Of trucking the other
fellow has been very serious matter
on the western front, according to this
officer, chiefly because the German SOL
der does not hesitate at the most
atrocious and barbarous of schemes to
work harm to the enemy. On certain
occasions German soldiers have feigned
to be wounded and while men swept
past them have been guilty of sniping.
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AS a part Of the scheme of meeting
these enormous expenditures congress
passed the $685., OO0, 900 war revenue
bill, the largest taxation bill in Amer
lean history, levying directly or in
directly upon every man, women and
child in the United States. Something
more than a billion dollars of this
amount will be taken from war profits.
All incomes more than $1,000 for sin
gle men and more than $4,000 for mar
ried men are made subject to taxation.
Where New Taxes Fall.
Here are some things upon which
the average citizen will pay taxes I'M
der the new war tax bill:
Approximately 2 per cent increase
on incomes of $1,000 or less.
Letter postage, except local letters,
increased to 8 cents and postcards to
2 cents, beginning November 3.
One cent for each 10 cents paid for
admissions to amusements.
Five-cent shows and 1O-cent outdoor
amusement parks exempted.
Ten per cent on all club dues of $12
n year or more.
One cent for each 25 cents paid for
parcel post.
One cent on each rs cents express
package charge.
Three per cent of all freight charges.
Eight per cent Of passenger fares by
rail or water, except trips Of less than
80 miles.
Ten per cent of charges for seats,
berth and staterooms on parlor cars
or vessels.
Five cents on each telegraph, tele.
phone or radio message costing IS
cents or more.
Three per cent on jewelry.
Eight cents on each 500 of life In.
surance. The tax on whisky Is in.
creased from $1.1O gallon to $500.
The tax on beer Is increased from 81
barrel to $2.75.
Increased tax on cigars, cigarettes
and manufactured tobacco and snuff.
Little Dissension During Session.
Despite pacifist activities, the ses.
sion was marked with comparatively
titliC uiSSChSioh, TIC SChtcIluS
about questions mainly affecting pol.
icy. The most stubborn contests were
staged over the revenue bill, the draft
bill and the food control bill. In ev-
cry case, except censorship of the
newspapers and speech, the admins.
tration has received everything 1t askee
Of congress for the conduct of the
war.
Congress was In session 1873 days
During that time more than 10000
army, navy and marine corps nomina.
lions sent to the senate were con-
firmed, among them the advancement
Of Major General Pershing, comman-
der In chief Of the armies In France,
and Major General Bliss. chief of staff,
to the rank Of full general held only
four times previously In American his
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
| @High.class Men.

I'm looking for work, SIR"
"WhSt can you do7"
"rll be perfectly frank with you, sir.
I've had technical training in one Of
the best-equipped prisons In the coun-
try"
I'm willing to give you a chance.
but you mustn't boast In public of the
advantages you have enjoyed. There
are still few old-fashioned people in
this world who ore prejudiced against
a prison education" - Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Late Suppers.

you'll have to cut ont those late
slippers, under the economy regula-
lions"
"On the contrary. when / want an
extra heavy meal, I'll have to get mp
and cook 1t in the middle OF the night
when nobody will see me"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
MOVE TO AID WAR cAPTlvEs
governments Of Great Britain and Ger.
many by Agreement VIII Seek to
Amellorate Conditions.

3 Neutrality-suspicious. of an agree
ment between the British and German
governments concerning cOmbatant
and civilian prisoners of war, which II
kept by the Teuton officials delegated
to carry II out will greatly ameliorate
the condltion OF the wretched captives
held IN q rinany. are made public In Q
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
JUDGE Goes Solomon Owe Better

In Asheville, N. c., Judge decided
that a hostler charged with drunken
ness was not to blame, because he had
been ssld horse liniment by druggist.
who knew what he really wanted 1t
for. so he fined the druggist-but, on
second thought, he also held the
hostler for cruelty to animals in de-
prlving horses Of medicine.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Uncle Ky EXPLAINS.

"Why," asked the summer boarder,
"arc they so often referred to as 'smil.
ing fields Of corn'?" -
Because" replied Uncle Hyperbole
Medders, "the fool questions some city
folks ask when they see cornilelds
make 'em smile. from ear to ear.
The Lamb.