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The Washington times., 1917-08-23
GRAVES TO BE INTERNEp.

KANSAS CITY. No, Aug. 23.-In-
structions to intern Karl Armgaard
Graves, self-styled international spy,
were received here from Washington
by Francis NJ. Wilson, United States
district attorney. Graves was arrest
ed here last week and Mr.. Wilson rec
commended that be he incarcerated.
The Washington times., 1917-08-23
HINpENeURe NEAR RIGA.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 23.-Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, German
chief Of staff, is reported in German
advices today to be directing person
ally the German offensive against the
Russians southeast of Riga. Won
Hindenburg went to the eastern front
several days ago.
The Washington times., 1917-08-23
SERMANs FIND COAL FIELD.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23-Vast coal
elds have been discovered in Silesia,
ecording to German reports. In some
places the vein is twenty-five meters
thick. It is expected that these coal
fields will be exploited at an early
date and that preparatory work will
begin in September.
The Washington times., 1917-08-23
The Mitchell Club Roadster
An Extra Smart Car
One of the s New Mitchell Styles

livery Mitchell body is distinctive style All built
by master Craftsmen in the Mitchell body plant ALI
are designed exclusively for MtchellS
They combine all the known attractions Before designing
this years models Mitchell artists examined 257 styles So
every popular touch hTvas considered
There two sizes of Mchels at two basic prices And
eight very uptodate bodies You will find hundred things
to interest you In them.
The Washington times., 1917-08-23
The Sport Car

The latest style of speed car is
the Club Roadster. It's a aracy
looking car. You VIII find it, we
think, the smartest carof its type.
We have it on show today. But
this type Is selling faster than the
makers can build It So.Weurge
youto come while we have it.
The Washington times., 1917-08-23

cars omit. There are 81 extra fea.
lures and many added touches.
The bodies are finished in %
coats, and the finish Is fixed by
heat So the cars stay new.
The extra-grade leather costs
onehalf more than the usual grade
employed 1t Is laid In plaits-,
not t1Ifted. !
There are handles for entering,
"a light IN the tonneau, a locked
compartment for valuables.
q The luxury cost in one year has
Increased "a per cent. But the
savings made in the new body
plant pay for all this added beauty.
Most fne-car makers buy their
bodies, so they lose this saving. :
The Washington times., 1917-08-23
Convertible Cars

The al season models are enor.
mously popular, even for summer
driving. They change from open
cars to closed cars in a moment
No wind, no dust, no sudden
storms affect one In these cars.
Yet on pleasant days they are just
as open as RoadsterS or Touring
Cars. The demand for these mod
els shows how people are seeking
riding comtoIt.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
BANDITS HIT CLERK WITH
BOTTLES, GET $4,000

TOLEDO. November 27.-Five auto
mobile bandits attacked the chief book
keeper Of the Huedner-Toledo Brewer
les Company today. beat him insensible
and stole $4,000.
The robbers escaped in an automobile
stolen yesterday evening from A. c.
Spieker. The bookkeeper, Anton Comes
fifty-six, has been with the company
forty years and for years has made
daily trips to the bank with the pre-
ceding days receipts.
He was attacked one block from the
brewery Office at 11:10 o'clock, while
on his way to catch car to take
money for deposit in the bank Two
of the bandits slugged him with billies
and two others battered his head with
beer bottles until he fell unconscious.
Then they wrested from him a small
black satchel which contained the
money, ran around the corner to the
waiting automobile and escaped.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
HIS GRAVE MARKED.
Lieut.. Poe Gets Particulars Regard
ing Death of Brother at Front.

BALTIMORE, Md. November 27-
Mrs. John P. Poe. mother of the Poe
brothers who helped build Princeton's
foot ball prestige. has received a letter
from Lieut.. Nelson Poe. her son, in
which he writes that the first British
officer he met on his arrival abroad
was the man who commanded the com
pany of the BLACK Watch in which
John P. Poe, the Princeton foot ball
star, served when killed two years ago
in France.
Capt. Miller-told him that Johnny
Poe" had twice been offered a commits
sion in the BLACK Watch" but had re-
fused it. Poe was killed storming a
machine gun entrenchment, his brother
ascertained, and his grave had been
marked.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
CANDY AIDS WAR BREAKFAST.
Sugar Was Shy, But Stick Proves
Family Boon.

They had had no sugar for several days.
The coffee especially tasted rank with
out 1t. They were a family of four,
father, mother and a grown son and
daughter Jim was the son. and it was
he that had the inspiration which brought
relief. For four days they had drunk
their coffee without sweetening and
breakfast was a failure each time. But
on the fifth day Jim had the inspiration
Next morning when the sugarless fam
lily sat down to breakfast, Jim was alb
sent. but soon appeared with a cup from
which stick protruded. When his
mother had poured his coffee he drew
out Of the cup an "aIl-day sucker" held
it in his coffee for a minute and then
passed it around. All dipped the candy
and sweetened their coffee. The sucker
lasted for three breakfasts.
And yet they say the American people
are helpless and improvident.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
DENY ANNEXATION AIMS.
Teutons Not Fighting to Austrian.
ize Poland. Says Socialist Paper.

AMSTERDAM, November 27@Com-
menting on the assertion of the Leipzig
Volks Zeitung that the German govern
ment is pursuing annexationist aims in
the war. the Voerwerts. the socialist
organ. says:
According to the governments own
declaration that is incorrect. If 1t were
correct the social democracy would nat
urally have to take up a position of
.sIf it comes to negotiations with the
Russians the German government will
soon recognize that it could not strive
for any other peace than that which the
German people desire. The German peo-
pie will not wage war five minutes
longer in order that Poland may become
Austrian and Courland and Lithuania
Prusstan.'
Evening star., 1917-11-27
.P|CKETS AT D. c. JAIL
GIVEN THEIR FREEDOM

Twenty-Five suffrage pickets confined
in the District Jail were released to-
day. the number including Alice Paul,
chairman of the National Woman's
Party, and Lucy Burns, vice chairman
Release of the pickets was effected
by the simple expedient of changing
the terms of their commitments. This
was done by Judge Mullowny and the
pickets, many of whom. under the or
iginal commitments would have served
terms of several months. were freed
All of the women were confined in
the District jail on conviction for pick
citing the White House. the technical
charge being obstructing traffic.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
URGED AS VITAL NEED.
Rear Admiral Peary Suggests Sys-
tenn Of Inland Waterways.

CHARLESTON. s. c.. November 27,-
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary. U. s. N.
declared. in speech before a meeting
Of business men here yesterday, that a
camplete system of inland waterways
from the St. Lawrence river to the Gulf
Of Mexico was vitality necessary to this
country.
The Kiel canal" he continued. '-dou-
bied the value Of Germany's high seas
feet. The defensive value of America
could be multiplied as many times as
there are ports to be attacked II there
were some such system of canals, and a
large number Of airplanes operating Off
the coast could make the Atlantic sea
board inyulnexable."
Evening star., 1917-11-27
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT,
Prices in the wholesale market this
morning ranged about as follows:

Prices in the wholesale market this
morning ranged about as follows:
EGGs-Fancy. strictly fresh. 54a55;
average receipts, 52a53. southern West
Virginia, 50.
cHEEsE-New York state factory,
new. 27a28.
BUTTER-Elgin print~4s1s; Elsin
tub, 4Sk; process, 43; store packed.
POULTRY-Live hens. per lb., 1ea20:
roosters. per h., IS; turkeys. per lb..
21a2S; chickens, per lb, 24a25: keats
young. each, 40a50.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens, choice.
per lb-. 22; spring chickens. 25a26 per
lb.; turkeys. per lb.. 30a35; ROSTERS,
per lb.. 1sa2o; geese, per lb. 1sa15
GAME--Rabbits. No l. per doz.. s.50a
4.25: No. 2. per doz., 2.00a2.50
GREEN FRUITs-Apples. new. per
ifornia oranges. 4.ooa5.oo: Florida. s.55a
4.25: lemons, 5.50a65o; Concords, Alb
basket. 10a1S; pears. basket, 50a2. so;
grapefruit, crate, 3.50a425; chestnuts,
6aS lb.
VEGETABLES : Potatoes. No. l
McCormicks. $3.50 to s4.oo per stand.
ard bbl-; sweet potatoes, 3.00a5.00 per
bbl.; No. 2. 1.O0aI5O per bbl; string
beans. per basket. s50a4.50: peppers.
crate, SoOdo.5U, ORra, per crate, 2.25a
$50: radishes. per 100, 1.50a200; Gu
eumbers. basket. ,s;5oa5.oo; eggplant
3.00a5.00 crate: cabbage, per 100 lbs,
1.75a2. 90: beets. bunch, 3a5; lettuce, 1.75
ASSOC basket; Florida lettuce. 2.0oa3. so !:
celery, 3oa75 dozen; celery, crate, 2. 50a
4. SO: romaine lettuce. 1.0Oa1.50: squash.
2.O0a3.5O crate; tomatoes, 1.50a3.75 per
box; spring onions. 1.50as.0O per 100
punches: onions. per sack, 3ooa3 25:
spinach. 2.ooa2.5o per bbl.: kale, LISA
1.50 bbl.. turnips. per box, 75as0; per
bbl;. 1:75as.oo; caulif1ower, per crate,
2.00a275.
LIVE sTocK-sheep. per lb, 7as;
lambs. spring, IS; calves, per lb., is:
medium, per lb.. 15a151a: common, sper
lb., 12a13.
PoRK-small. % lb.; medium, % lb. !:
heavy. 20a21 lb.
SEEDs-Red clover. 15.ooa1s.oo per
bu.: alsike clover, 14.50a1500 per bu..
crimson clover. 12.50a15.oO per bu.:
timothy. 3.s5a4;oo per bu.: red top. 14.oo
a15-00 per 100 lbs; bluegrass, 300a3. so.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling, per bu.. 21o
ago; corn. per bu.. 2.0Oa2.05: oats,
white, 76a77: mixed oats, 74a75: hay'
No. l, 26a27: No. 2. 24a25
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, November q. Strength
developed in the corn market today ow-
ing largely to unreasonable warm
moist weather. Besides. receipts were
not increasing as rapidly as had been
hoped for. Buying. however, was not
of an aggressive character. Opening
prices. which ranged from the same as
yesterdays finish to " higher. with
January 1.21A to 1.21A and May liz v
to 1.19A. were followed by slight
downturn and then a moderate fresh
advance.
Continued demand from the seaboard
hoisted oats to new high price level
for the season. Offerings were scarce.
Provisions rose with grain. Advances
at Liverpool tended also to strengthen
ha arl
Evening star., 1917-11-27
New Dividends by General Electric.

NEW YORK. November 27-In con-
nection with the Recommendation by
the directors of the General Electric
Company recently of a dividend of .
per cent in stock. it was announced by
the company today that the directors
have decided to adopt policy of semi
annual stock dividends of per cent
or 4 per cent annually, in addition to
the regular s per cent cash dividend.
The decision has been reached In view
of the large surplus account of the
company, it was explained.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
London Cheerfully Strong.

LONDON, November 27-The stock
market maintained its cheerfulness and
strength today. The publication of the
prospectus of the French loan did not
lessen interest in other allied war loans
and gilt-edge securities. in which there
was a fair degree of activity. Argen-
tine rails were dearer. and shipping
shares buoyant, while oil, iron and
steel stocks were active and strong fea-
lures, spectators as we'll as investors
buying them. Brazilian bonds were
better. Money was higher.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
FALL ON STEPS IS FATAL.
Miss Annarella Browne Dies at Hos
pital From Injury to Her Head.

Miss Annarella Browne, 1928 Massa-
chusetts avenue southeast, fell on the
steps in front of 1910 b street southeast
this morning and was SO seriously hurt
that she died at Casualty Hospital
about noon. Miss Browne was visiting
friends at the street address, and was
about to return home when she tripped
and fell. striking her head.
A physician from Casualty Hospital
responded to an emergency call. rem
dered first aid and took the injured
woman to the hospital Her condition
was SO critical, however. that she failed
to respond to treatment. 1t Is thought
her skull was fractured.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
COUNT HUNTS ENEMY DATA.
Hungarian Admits It's Information
He's Seeking at Bern.

AMSTERDAM, November 27-Count
Michael Karolyi, the Hungarian oppo-
sition leader. has informed the Bern
correspondent of the Buda Pest AZ Est
the main object of his visit to Bern
was to get information regarding the
feeling among the enemies of the CEN
trail powers.
"I openly declare" he said, that I
intend to get into touch with the Brit
ish and French in order to explain to
them that We are neither conquerors
nor oppressors."
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Lawlessness in Harbin.

PEKING, November 27.-Lawlessness is
increasing in Harbin. where foreigners
have been attacked and robbed. The con-
sular representatives have intimated to
the Russian authorities that unless guar
antees are forthcoming for the protec-
ton Of the lives and property OF foreign
ers they will endeavor to bring in British.
American and japanese troops to work
in conjunction with the Russian and
Chinese administrations for the preserva-
ton Of public safety.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Passport Plotter Sentenced

NEW YORK. November 27.-A prison
sentence of one year and eight months
in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta
was imposed in the United State. die
trict court yesterday on Franz RinteIen.
German agent. upon his plea of guilty
OF conspiracy In connection with
sraudulently obtaining a passport.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
News Print Defendants Fined.

NEW YORK. November 27.-After
long argument by opposing counsel in
the case of the news print papermakers,
the government attorneys asking that
the defendants who pleaded mole con-
tendere" be fined. Judge Mayer yester-
day imposed fines of $500 each on
Mead, Dodge, Chahoon and Backus and
$1,000 on Sensenbrenner.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
NEW YORK METAL MARKET

NEW YORK. November 27-Metal
exchange quotes tin nominal, 5000:
lead quiet: spot. 6.s7h; spelter easier,
East as st; Louis delivery. spot. 7s2ha
futures. G110; electrolytic, f125: snot
tin. s2S4; futures. 92s2 SIS; lead, SPOT.
$50 los; futures, s29 los; spelter spot'
f54; futures. ESQ.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Washington Stock Exchange.
SALES

SALES.
Nafional Union Insurance, IS at 81.
MerEenthaler, 10 at 13s, 10 at 1915. at 13s.
2 1t 1x7X.
After call:
Warrington Gas. st 55h. at ssh, at
~. At 55h. at 55h, at ssh, 5 at ssh.
q 5eh: at 55ls. at 55h, at ssh, 5 at
81. At IS. at 55h.
Nergenthaler, at 1874
Evening star., 1917-11-27
French Bourse Is Quiet,

PARIS. November 27.-Trading was
quiet on the bourse today. Rentes. So
francs IS centimes. Exchange on Lon
don. 27 francs ssh centimes. Five per
cent loan, 81 francs IS centimeA
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Macmillan Harden to Resume.

AMSTERDAM. November 27.-Maxi-
milan Harden has been permitted to
republish his newspaper, Die Zukunft,
according to the Tageblatt. Herr Har-
den also w llbaelmh m hm m nm m
den also will be allowed to continue his
lectures, forbidden a month ago.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
GERMAN OFFICERS SAID
TO Be ADVISING LEN|NE

LONDON. November 27.-Information
was received here today from Petro-
grad that a number of German staff
officers have arrived there and are act
ing in an advisory capacity to Nikolai
Lenine, the bolsheviki premier.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Mrs. Roberta Skinner Dies.

BALTIMORE. November 2I-Mra
Roberta Skinner. who fed tablets. pre-
tending it was candy. to her two chill
dren in Harlem Square November 10 and
who afterward took a quantity of the
poison herself. died yesterday after
noon at hospital. Her husband. Ed
win A. Skinner OF Washington. was at
her bedside.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Soldier, Lonely, Wants Letter.

Corp. Edward Riley of Troop A. 4th
Cavalry, Castner barracks. Honolulu,
Hawaii, has written The Star. asking
that some one write to him. as he has
not received any mail in three years.
which time he has been In Hawaii. He
signs himself "a lonely soldier boy"
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Cubans Here for Artillery Training

AN ATLANTIC PORT. November 81
A battalion of Cuban artillerymep who
will receive instruction in coast de-
Tense gunnery at United States forts
has arrived here on a Cuban cruiser,
Additional contingents to receive mill
tary and naval training will follow
them.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
new YORK STOCKS Dull,
RAILS LEADING BREAK

NEW YORK, November 27.-At the
immediate opening the market gave
signs of strength. Of continuing the
better feeling that developed in the
closing hour yesterday. but the
strength did not last long, and by the
end of the first hour practically ev-
erything on the list other than Cen
trail Leather, Studebaker and a few
other specialties were below the nnal
figures of yesterday.
The rails developed special weak
ness. probably on the government pool
ing agreement, which did not seem 10
please shareholders in the stronger
roads, nor yet in the weaker. These
stocks sold off in the second hour l
to points. and made no recoverles
worthy of mention. The Pennsylvania
low was 4Gk. and lows were made on
many other shares. The coalers were
very weak.
In the industrial group Central
Leather advanced q, General Motors
moved up sharply. but lost points
betterment and an additional traction
a point gain, but lost it. Studebaker
held fractional betterment.
Coppers Are Weak.
Coppers were weak and equipments
Steels were firm early, United States
Steel common going to 80, when 1t
dropped back to 97A and fractionally
better.
Congress begins it's session in few
days and further increase in war taxes
and excess profits are practically as
sured. Spectators find the situation
apparently more favorable to profits
on the bear side. despite the fact that
conditions are believed to be reason
ably improved.
Italian exchange showed decided
Improvement.
Liberty is sold at 97.7S to 9S.02 and
the 3ks from 80 to 9S.0S.
Coppers Gain on Rallies.
Following its usual course. the mar
ket became very dull during the mid
session.
Coppers were in demand. however,
gaining l to points, and Marine pre-
ferred rallied, with concurrent rise of
2L in the bonds.
The market was extremely slow in the
final hour of the session. the steels be-
ing near the low and other industrials
as well, while the rails were neglected
at low values,
Evening star., 1917-11-27
WAR FINANCING PLANS
FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR


Under the stress of war necessity
the government tore the Sherman anti
trust law wide open when 1t resorted
to price-fixing and the control OF this
or that product; again under the con-
duct Of the war the railroad anti
pooling laws were smashed, and meas
Hres looked upon as out of date have
>een restored.
Both infractions have Jared Wall
street, where in olden times these
methods were looked upon as legiti-
in the interest of corporations. rail-
road and Industrial
The order pooling the eastern rail-
roads has had a bad effect on the mar
ket for railroad shares. :
The public cannot quite figure ou,
the effect of the new regulations, but
fear is expressed that the good roads
would be injured and the weak roads
assisted by pooling operations
This feeling was SO dominant on
Wall street this morning that new
lows were recorded on some shares and
more than an average break of point
sustained
Northern Pacific broke tx points.
Pennsylvania dropped to 46k. Balti-
more and Ohio to 81, while Atchison
was on Ia. Reading nearly 2 points
and Union Pacific IL.
Total Deposits Nearly $135, ,OOO, 900.
Indications are that the final returns
of the deposits Of local financial in
stitutions will show s135.0o0,0 900. or
nearly $1S.ooo.o0o gain from September
II to November 20.
National banks gained S1S.00O.OOO.
Financing the War.
Ordinary disbursements for the next
fiscal year, not counting the loans to
allies. will be $12.701. .Oo0. 900, according
to Treasury figures. Loans to the allies,
averaging about $500. 100000 a month.
have not been included.
Including loans. Congress will be
asked to provide close to S19,000.000.
GOO for the next fixcal year.
It is stated that about $4,000. 900 900
Of bonds will be issued and 5000. .O00,-
600 Will be raised through present and
revised revenue laws.
Belgium received $7,500.000 yesterday,
and the total loans to all allies was
brought up to s3.s33. 900, 900. leaving
$3.11S.100.000 already authorized for
fhis purpose as the balance for the
fiscal year to be extended in loans.
Expenses for the balance of the cur
rent hscal year are estimated by Secre-
fary McAdoo at $4,000. .000. 900. War
certlncates are not taken into consid-
GRAFTON in this estimate
OF the amount $4,000. 900. 900 will be
spent in the war plans and program.
Interest on billions of dollars worth
OF bonds must be provided for by Con-
gress. Congress authorized a $780,
100000 appropriation, with $500. .000,-
600 issued.
Senator Smoot, member of the Senate
finance and appropriations committees,
proposes to offer amendments to per-
feet the excess profits section of the
tax law, repeal the increase in second
class postage rates. passed at the last
session and. possibly, for lower income
tax exemption
He regards higher taxes on war
profits as practically assured.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
FRANKLIN MATTHEWS DIES.

NEW YORK. November q. - Prof.
Franklin Matthews Of the faculty Of the
Columbia University School of Journal
ism died suddenly on a train entering
the city yesterday. He was flfty-seven
years of age.
Evening star., 1917-11-27

Franklin Matthews was a native of st.
Joseph, Mich, and had been connected
with the Philadelphia Press, the New
York Sun and the New York Times. He
graduated from Cornell University in 1883
and went to the New York Sun. He rep
resented the Sun on one of the warships
when the American feet sailed around the
world. and later published his observa-
tions.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
On the Local Stock Exchange.

In all. seventy shares of Washington
Gas changed hands after the call on
the local stock exchange today The
sales were all of fve-share lots and
the price 55h at the opening of the
trading and IS at the close
On call Mergenthaler sold to the
extent Of 224 shares at 13s to 1874.
A sale of National Union Insurance
was made at 6h.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water
at 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature
"a: condition, As. Dalecarlia reservoir
90; condition at north
connection. Sc: condition at south con-
nection. IT. Georgetown distributing
acknowledgements "A: condition
at infiuent gatehouse, Is; condition at
effiuent gatehouse, f6.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
1,h;; M;,,ion Returns to Japan.

TOXIC. November 27.-Viscount XII
kujiro Ishii and the members OF the
Japanese mission to the United States
which he headed have arrived homo
after an uneventful trip.
Evening star., 1917-11-27

DR.. Magnin, Chief Surgeon, Dies.
PARIS, November 27.-Dr. Ami
Jacques Magnin. chief surgeon of the
American Hospital at Neuilly. died Sum-
day night.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Your Money

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