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The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
4 MORE "SUFFS'
Land in Lookup
Display of Banners at the
White House Lasts Just
Four Minutes.

Four more miiitat suffragists
were arrested yesterday afternoon
in front of the White House on a
charge of violating the peace and
order act.
A big banner, with an extract
from the writings of President Will
son, upheld by two OF the suffra-
gists, also was taken.
The suffragists started from the
Cameron House at about 4:So yes
terday afternoon. About three min
utes afterward. they were in the
patrol wagon of the First precinct.
after being arrested by Sergeant
Lee, of the Third precinct.
Warning Brings Smiles.
Sergeant Lee went up to the suf-
fragettes and warned them individ-
ually that they were violating the
law. They smiled at him and tight
ened their hold on their banners.
Sergeant Lee had a member of
the White House police guards
phone to the First precinct for the
wagon, which arrived about one
minute afterwards, with Capt. Colin
L. Z. Father in command.
\ The names of the pickets are Mrs.
P. John, of st. Louis. daughter of
the editor of the st. Louis Post Dis
patch; Mrs. Margaret Wood Kess-
Ter, of, Denver, Colorado, vice presi-
dent of the Progressive Women's
Clubs of Colorado. sent here as a
delegate for the express purpose of
picketing the White House; Miss
Ernestine Hara, New York social
worker and society woman, and
Miss Hilda Blumgorg, also of New
York city, who arrived in this coun-
try from Russia four years ago.
BaIIed by Mrs. Howard Gould.
Mrs. Howard Gould, member OF
the Gould family, OF New York, an
ardent worker in the suffrage move
ment since its beginning. went
down to the police station to bail
the prisoners out. Mrs. Gould re-
Gently donated a check of $500 to
| the party for the expenses of picket
ing, and has allowed the District
| Women's Party the use OF her auto
for visiting the prisoners at Deco
guam.
A large party from the District
suffrage organization visited Occo-
guam yesterday to accumulate fresh
evidence to use in their investiga-
ton of conditions at the work house
The party was composed of Miss
| Beulah Amidon, of North Dakota
Mrs. Lucy Branham, mother of Miss
Lucy Branham, one of the prisoners
now at the reformatory; Rev. ]. G.
Mythen. of San Francisco, Cal, who
| came to this city to assist in the
J investigation; Mrs. w. G. Brown, OF
/ Baltimore; Miss Julia Emory, OF
| Baltimore, and MSS Nina Samurada
who went to Occoquan to see hel
sister, imprisoned there.
Malone "GIrds Loins."
Dudley Field Malone, former col,
lector of the port of New York, who
swept into Washington and out
! again last Sunday, made known Il
| the authorities at the Cameron
House yesterday, his intention tC
| fight against the refusal of the
/ school authorities of Buffalo to re-
Instate Miss Fotheringham into hel
I position as teacher in the public
schools of Buffalo. He will WISH
Buffalo within the next few days
/ to open his campaign for Miss Foth-
! erngham's reinstatement.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25

Fsvered by the nationwide campaign
for food conservation, the squirrel
families throughout the city parks
have already begun the packing and
storing of food supplies for the win
ter. Usually their activity begins only
after the unusually heavy fall frosts
that send the dead leaves scurryinS
to the ground in a rain of crimson
and purple and gold.
This year, however, the first touches
OF the light frosts Of recent nights
begin to show themselves In the
dropping Of leaves and in the slight
tinting OF foliage.
Near the White House, especially
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
Squirrels Early to Conserve Food;
Prophets Claim Long Hard Winter
Is Forecasted by Their Activities

the gray squirrels are busy. The
pavements in the rear OF the Presi-
dents mansion are literally covered
with acorns, most OF them still
green, and the thick protective
coating of the horse chestnuts. The
same is true with the walks near the
Treasury Department, where several
oak trees arc growing.
Peanuts, still a fayOrite food with
the squirrels, are being stored now
instead Of being "gObbled up" on the
spot. Winters Coming-even SOUR
rels conserve food.
Long-distance weather prophets and
farmers predict long and hard win
ter. because Of: the early nut-gather-
ing activities of the squirrels.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25

Canned goods are IN demand in
Italy.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
Malone "GIrds Loins."
STEEL PRICES FIXED
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


C2.5 per cent; pig iron, S33 per gross
ton, as against a market price of s5S.
a reduction of 43.1 per cent.
Steel bars, at Pittsburg and Chicago.
SjS per ton, as against a market
price of $40, eduction of F.3 per
cent; steel shapes, at PPittsburg and
Chicago, $50 per ton, as against mar
price of $40, a reduction OF 47.3 per
cent; steel plates, at Pittsburgh and
Chicago, $50 per ton, as against a mar
ket price of 500, a reduction of 70.5 per
cent
The new prices will apply not only
to government contracts, but to all
private and allied contracts as well,
and the steel men have pledged them
selves to keep up production to the
maximum so long as the war lasts.
Il would rather see the allies and
the general public get a fair price
for steel than to see the navy unduly
favored" said Secretary Daniels when
shown the prices set by the President.
Under a special arrangement with
the United States and Carnegie steel
companies by Mr.. Daniels some months
ago, the navy has been securing
steel for the 1915 and 1911 construction
programs at $50 and SIS a ton.
"Our price" Mr.. Daniels said, "ap-
plied to about 900 tons on one pro-
gram and 10000 tons on the other l
would rather now pay little more
for the navy steel than to get 1t at
the old price, and permit the steel
people to make up the difference and
more out of the prices charged the
allies and the public"
New Destroyer Program.
The huge new destroyer program for
which Congress has provided an ap-
preparation of $3.50, 900 will have to
be carried on under the new steel
prices, 1t was not included in either
of the programs for which Mr.. Daniels
secured the lower price.
Almost all of the steel bought under
the old prices came from the Car
negie Steel Company and subsidiaries
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton. The smaller concerns said they
were unable to furnish steel at the
navy price.
Mr.. Daniels said he understood that
while the navy was paying but $3.50
and $50 a hundred for steel the allies
were compelled to pay from IS to
S12 a hundred.
The new prices, he said, will help
the whole situation with England,
France, Italy and Japan. Mr.. Daniels
understands that copper and other
metal prices will be fixed in the same
way.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
Martial Law in Greece.

London, Sept. "A Reuters Ather-s
dispatch says that a royal decree has
been issued proclaiming martial law
there.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Silver Breaks on
Announcement of
British Embargo
Closing of Indian Market
May Divert Metal to
France and England

Announcement that the British
Treasury, acting through the Indian
government, has virtually placed an
embargo on shipments Of bar silver
into India, resulted yesterday in a
break of q cents an ounce in the price
of the metal in this market. Local
dealers quoted 1914 cents an ounce,
compared with recent high record Of
S1A cents.
Effect Fareaching
Bullion dealers were greatly inter-
ested in the action of the British gov
ernment, but said they were awaiting
further details before making any pre-
dictions regarding the probable future
course of the silver market. The head
of one of the most important bullion
houses in the Street said that without
doubt the checking of the flow Of
metal 70 India would have a farreach-
ing effect on prices.
The opinion was expressed that the
embargo on silver shipments into India
will, If maintained for any consider
able length of time, affect millions Of
ounces. Much of the silver that has
lately been going to India has been
imported from China. With India tenn
porarily closed to the importation OF
silver It is believed that this will make
a more favorable market to Great Brit
ain, which with France and the other
Allies. Is expected to buy considerable
amounts Of the metal in the future.
The flow of the metal, It Is believed,
will now be turned again toward Lon
don, where control is desired to be
kept.
Gold Imports Licensed
II has been known for several weeks
that the Indian government had pro-
hibited the import Of gold except under
license and had arranged to acquire all
gold on its arrival in India at fixed
rate of exchange for rupees. II Is un-
derstood that the purpose Of this move
was TO enable the government OF India
to take into its own reserves for the
support of exchange gold reaching the
country which otherwise might be di-
verted to uses of personal adornment.
An ingrained habit of the Indian peas
ant is to lock up his spare resources OF
the precious metal in the form of jew
elry for tho person of wife and chill
dren. Since he is sharing to consid-
cradle extent the industrial boom ere
ated by the war and has suffered little
from the rise in food prices, the oppor-
tunities for the exercise OF this habit
have been greater than usual.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
The Way to Hold
Foreign Trade

The National Bank Of Commerce
has issued booklet containing a
brief history of the institution and
description of the various departments
of the bank Discussing the vital i'm
portance Of foreign trade to the I'M
tied States, the book says there has
been tendency to exaggerate the ease
with which foreign trade can be Sc
cured and held. Emphasis is laid on
two steps as a necessary basis for an
American foreign trade which will en-
dure after the war. The first of these
is closer cooperation between the
banker and the merchant. II the Am
erican is 10 compete with the British
and the German exporter he must en-
ter the foreign markets with the same
sound backing at home that his COM
petitors command. The second step
according to the bank involves the de-
velopment of better understanding
and consequent sympathy between gov
ernment and business. II is pointed
out that unless this is brought to pass
our merchants in foreign fields will be
at a great disadvantage in dealing with
competitors who have the fullest pos
sble cooperation with their govern
ments.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Armour Interests
Buy Into Cities
Service Company
Oil Properties Merged with
Those of the Doherty
Concern

A group Of Western capitalists,
headed by ]. Ogden Armour, has ac-
ouired an interest in the Sl00,OOO,OOO
Cities Service Company, holding cor
poration controlling gas, electric power
traction and kindred properties IN
various cities of the United States.
This fact became known yesterday
when official announcement was MADE
here of the merger of the oil interests
of the Armour syndicate with those
controlled by Henry L. Doherty q Co.,
of New York.
Tho transaction involves the pur-
chase by the Cities Service Company
of the Armour Refinery, at lndepen-
dence. Kan, payment being made IN
Cities Service preferred stock, which,
il is announced officially, will be re-
tained by the Armour interests for
period of years.
The Armour interests are also stated
70 have invested in a further purchase
of Cities Service preferred stock' en-
abling pipe line extensions from the
refinery to the Doherty oil holdings in
Kansas. The Independence refinery has
a capacity Of 5000 barrels of oil day
and owns a pipe line to the field IN
Nowata County, Oklahoma.
Official announcement made yester-
dav said that the Cities Service inter-
ests have bought the oil leases on
100000 acres in the Eastern Kentucky
field from the L. G. Neely interests, of
Ohio. By this purchase the poherty
interests, represented by the Empire
Oil and Gas Company, control $4,000
acres of this 101 900 acres, With par
tial interest in the remainder.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Current Comment

The production of oil has clearly
failed to respond to the abnormally
large demands for it, especially in con-
nection with the prosecution of the war,
and, according to competent opinion, we
are threatened with an immediate
shortage, unless new wells are de-
yeloped before long. II is estimated
that during 1915 something over 27O,,
600 900 barrels of oil were consumed
in the United States, but under present
conditions the demand is now much
larger, and Secretary Daniels states
that the requirements of the navy Will
increase steadily, and may amount to
about 6,721 900 barrels in 1923. Still, in
1915 the total oil production of the
United States was only 292, 100000 bar
rels, the largest in the last seventeen
wears. and reserves are being rapidly
exhausted Examination of more re-
cent figures and study of developments
in the several large fields and the high
cost and difficulties of drilling opera
tions promise no immediate relief,
though with the enlarging and extend.
ing of pipe line facilities and still
higher prices, prospects are considered
generally favorable, especially in the
Kentucky and Louisiana fields. I'm
pOrts from MeNlCO Blu" oltdus gains
First National Bank of Boston.
To "make America safe for business"
is the necessary work Of business or
CARNATIONS in the next few months.
But America cannot be safe for bust
ness until members of the Cabinet can
agree among themselves, since such an
agreement is necessary TO programme
and since a programme is essential to
the safety of business.
Also, the members of the commits
sions must agree among themselves
that they may have a definite pro-
gramme by which to guide the business
as they propose to regulate. This is
essential if the regulated businesses
are to be in safe hands.
Thus is brought out thing to do and
the way TO do it. This country must be
safe for business. The way to do it is
either to bring the regulating forces
into harmony and unity of purpose or
give up the idea of governmental regu-
lation.
We hold that the Cabinet or a com
mission, so long as it is without unity,
has no right TO ask an entire industry
10 submit to it. To so submit would
be only to invite endless confusion and
irreparable commercial disaster.-The
Black Diamond.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Dividends

Cities Service.-Regular monthly dividend
of p Of per cent on the common and pre-
ferred stock in cash and u OF per cent in
stock on the common stock, payable Septem-
ber / to stockholders of RECORD August 10.
Pittsburgh Steel.-Regular quarterly divi-
dend Of s1.75 a share on the preferred stock,
payable September 1 10 stockholders OF rec
ord August Is.
Northern Texas Electric.-Eesular quar-
terly dividend of 81 on the common and
regular semi-annual dividend of SO on the
preferred stock, payable September l 10
stockholders of record August l6.
Pacific Bank-Regulsr quarterly dividend
of per cent, payable August TO stockhold-
ers of record July 20.
Chicago. Wilmington & Franklin Coal
Regular quarterly dividends of sl.50 a
share on the preferred and IS share on the
common stocks payable August l 10 stock
holders of record July 20.
Dominion Bridge.-Regular quarterly divi-
dend of 2l2 per cent, payable August 10 TO
stockholders of record July 81.
De Long Hook & Eye.-Regular quarterly
dividend of per cent, payable August l TO
stockholders OF record July %.
Finance Company of Penn.-Regular quar-
terly dividend of $3.50 a share and an extra
dividend of a of | per cent on the second
preferred stock, payable August l to stock
holders of record July p.
Laurel Lake Cotton Mils.-Regulsr quar-
tcrly dividend of per cent, payable August
I to stockholders of record July II.
Shove Mills.-Regular quarterly dividend
Of / p per cent. payable August | to stock
holders of record July 20.
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates.-Regu-
lar quarterly dividend of sl.50 a share and
a special dividend ~ 81 share, payable
September l to stockholders Of record Au-
gust !.
Casey-Hedges.-Extra dividend OF per
cent on the common stock. payable Septem-
b.r IS TO stockholders of record September l.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Relevant Facts

United States Express.-This COM
nanv has declared fourth and partial
distribution of assets amounting 70 "
a share, payable August l to stock
holders of record July 20. Including
the present declaration, total disburse-
ments so far amount to more than oo
per cent of the company's assets, or
approximately S5,oOO,OOo.
is. & w. S. Kuhn, Inc.-The credit,
ors' protective committee mas declared
an initial cash dividend to participating
creditors of 20 per cent. Mempers Oh
the committee are: Horace W: Davis
of the Finance and Trading Corpora,
ton, chairman; Allen FORBES ana
James II. Beal.
Special Dividend Disbursements
The Central Aguirre Sugar Company
has declared an extra dividend Of 20
per cent. payable July 81 to stockhold-
ers of record July 25. Dividends de-
clared in the present fiscal year, includ-
inc this extra declaration, amounted TO
As per cent. =,
Directors OF the Atlantic Steel Com
nanv have ordered an extra dividend OF
< per cent on the common stock, pay
able August to stockholders Of record
July 21.
An ititial dividend at the rate OF 6
per cent, payable quarterly, has been
declared by the Canadian Locomotive
Company, and also the regular quar-
terly dividend Of 1A per cent on the
preferred stock.
The Caney River Gas Company has
declared a special and final dividend
of 2-3.per cent, payable July 81 to
stockholders Of record July 20.
Aetna Explosives Company Receiv-
ers of the company were yesterday au-
thorized by Judge Mayer, Of the Fed
eral District Court, to execute and de-
liver four supplemental agreements
with the French government. These
agreements modify the original con-
tracts for explosives by providing a
definite date for their termination.
The old contracts were TO terminate
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
ReAexes Of War

New capital issues in Great Britain
during the first half of the cuTent year
were mainly restricted to British gov
ernment loans. These amounted in the
first quarter of the year to f825, ,472, ,00O,
while other issues during that period
were only for fi53,000, making the to-
tai fSG5, ,925,000. During the second
quarter British government loans rep
resented e2l3,010,000, Colonial govern
ment loans f6,370,000, and issues of
banks and miscellaneous companies
fl,S74,000, making the total 1921 ,254,-
600, and bringing up the aggregate for
the half year to 81 LOAF, ,l79, 900. This
huge amount included receipts of up
ward of e942 900 900 from the A and 5
per cent war loans. The f6,370 900 of
Colonial loans above referred to COM
prise s3,430,000 in 512 per cents for the
Commonwealth of Australia and f2.94O.-
600 for the New South Wales govern
ment.
Urgent warnings against all avoid
able travelling are now being issued by
the German railway authorities, ac-
oording to London adyices. The public
Is told that the restrictions are much
greater in England and France, that the
German measures are very lenient, and
that people are wisest TO stay at home,
where they are certain of food, even if
the quantities of food are small. At
the same time it is admitted that the
Germans now have an unusual need of
holidays, and sufficient provision of
really necessary trains is promised. IL
is worth noting that, instead of aban-
doning the reservation of seats, the
German authorities have established
81
trains" must be bought in advance. and
every ticket secures a place in the
train. The Germans are solemnly as
sured that as regards coal they are bet.
ter off than all other belligerent coun.
tries, but they are warned that there
will De great privations next winter IL
the weather is not mild.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20

ing and Loan Associations. 'ssrs !
chairman Federal Reser'tf p Ns15
New York; T. W. Lamont; .1;ss,lonsl = y,
& Co; II. r. MeElvarss,,. Toxon. 80,
Of o Cor Commerce; ne Frank W. :s.@oseistiss
tary Railway Busines;, ,..;Sysn, a;ST, lrss
]. Pulleyn, presiden,t. ~, has spsIairf
trial Savings Bank; EhS. o.: y Frsd,,sy>
dicott, Johnson & ~ Co; y
Strauss, J, & ". seligniann : y 2 ?
Walker. personal represent reps.r ~ COn't,s'
president of the ChaniOnefi Onefi.,rie, n ysSs
Of the United States, .D,somery, ~ y
Walter c. Janney. Monss M;s Pa. DC
ier r,s'; { Tyler. Philadelrh,"isS,, h,"iS,,rror no ~,
No. AZ. r. FaneheF, O,slsnd; I Z
Reserve Res Bank Of t,,,.SsI.l.nd SIIl,fd Hg.gy
Adams, president nf,isstriet Ne
COMPANY. Cleveland. ~ Covert.
south Carolina; Georsep Rank q y
ernor Federal Reserypss ypsdd' "a A.s,,'s A's
mond; Claiming NJ Nd. p
So SG0wn TlS. ! B. B. 'Mepoug.ll,, Y, gssss'; |gr,ss;
eral Reserve Bank Of INV"
Clifford, Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

There was light trading in the for
eign exchange market yesterday. Rus
sian rubles were steady at 21.35 cents.
A slightly easier tendency was noted in
francs and lire.
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, are given in the table
below. American bankers have sus--
pended all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange, so that daily quo
tations for either marks or kronen are
no longer available.
Week
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Money and Credit

Money rates were firmly maintained
Yesterday. Lenders still showed re-
luctancc TO put out money and the
supply was therefore limited. In the
market for time loans based on Stock
Exchange collateral it was reported
that in a few instances matured loans
had TO be paid off, as they could not
pe renewed. They were transferred
elsewhere with some difficulty. Loans
secured by industrial securities held
around per cent. Loans against a
mixture of railway and industrial Sc
curities were quoted unchanged at 411
TO per cent.
At the Stock Exchange yesterday
there was a fair amount o. activity
in call loans, which ruled tra and un-
changed at s per cent. Toward the
close rates were shaded, af.i the final
figure was per cent.
Ruling rates of money yesterday,
compared with a year ago, were as fol-
lows:
Yesterday. Year ago.
Call money!. So 2Ia%
Time money linked cola ;eraD:
so days.. 4I2%. 3La93A%
80 days. 4z94A% 174@4 %
4 months. 4z@474% 4 =
Bto 6 mos. 1905 ?. @4I4
Commercial Psper.-Buying Of com
nereial paper yesterday was restricted
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20

London Money Market--London,
July 19.-Money was plentiful and dis
count rates were quiet to-day.
Bar silver, 40ssd per ounce. Money
3k64 per cent. Discount rates
Short bills, 42. per cent; three month
bills, 413-16 per cent. Gold premiums
at Lisbon, 90.
Bank of France.-Paris, July 10
The following changes, in francs, were
l. 90 10
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Large Coal Movement

Washington, July 19.-Reports TO
the Railroad war Board show that in
cars of bituminous coal, an increase
Of 26 per cent over June of last year.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Current

The above rates express the cost OF
foreign money in terms of the Ameri--
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling at, say, S4.75l2. The intrinsic
parity is s4s6as per pound Thus, you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars are at pre-
MUM, which is owing TO the fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which to settle accounts in this
country is greater than the demand in
this country for pounds with which to
settle accounts in England.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-20

thirty days after the signing OF al al
armi.tice. but in the supplementary
agreements 1t is provided that theg
are to terminate March 81, 1918, WIN
an option to the receivers to be exer-
cised within thirty days, to provide lor
the termination OF ,aem h on n, teIs
Contract l provides for monthly
sale of 100000 pounds Of 7: y; T.; IT,;
contract 2 for a monthly sale CT 76o,ooo
pounds of guncotton; contract 8 for a
monthly sale of 100000 pounds OF
picric acid, and contract 4 for the
monthly sale Of 100000 pounds OF
nitrocellulose.
Receivers Of the company have pre-
pared the following consolidated pal
ance sheet showing assets and liabili-
ties Of the company and subsidiaries as
of May 81, 1917:
ASSETS