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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
HE GOT OUT AND GOT UNDER
Strike Breaking Conductors csat
Vanishes as He Thinkers.

He probably is a jitney operator in
New York when there are no street
car strikes to break" in other sec
lions Of the country.
Anyway, when the electric car on
which he was conductor went
dead" in Mt. Rainier last night, the
first thing he did was to aIiRht, re-
move his coat, place ii on the ground.
and then crawl under. lie sought the
trouble for some minutes. and finally
found II. He crawled out, brushed
the dust from his clothing, reached
for his coat, and
A handful of atmosphere was all
he obtained.
Not only had the garment disap-
peared, but along with il all the
money he had taken in. both for him
self and the company, during the
day: all the tickets. transfers. and
bright, shiny. new ami unused punch.
He went back to Washington in
his shirt sleeves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
NEWS FOR INVESTORS
Explain. Dividend R.du.,,o.

Regarding the action of the direc.
tors of the Submarine Boat Corpora.
tion in reducing the dividend from a
to a per cent annual basis, Presi-
dent Henry II. Carse issued the fol.
lowing statement: owing to the pres.
ent condition of affairs and the neces-
sity of the Electric Boat Company's
conserving its resources to be used in
every way possible in the construc-
ton OF vessels called for in the pro-
gram OF the United States Navy De-
partment, IL has been deemed wise by
the directors not to make any larger
payment of dividends at this time.
The business OF the company is very
large, more work being offered than
the company has facilities at present
to handle, but the directors feel that
1t Is the duty of the company to do
everything in its power to assist the
Government in its preparedness pro-
gram, and II may be necessary to
acquire or construct additional plants
to assist in this work"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
Further Rises In Steel.

Regarding conditions in the iron
and steel trade, the Iron Age says:
"Times like these are without paral-
lei in the iron and steel trade. Pig
iron since January has been advanc-
ing in price by jumps and they have
been frequently for two, three, and
four times the usual amounts. The
advance in steel has been steady
since the temporary halt in the mid
die of last year, but the biggest In
crements have been made in the last
few. weeks. II export demand may
be seized on as substantially the rea-
son, besides Government needs, for
the later price increases. IL is not yet
certain that foreign buying will be
checked. Large offerings In some
forms of finished steel have been
made at the new prices. Domestic
purchasing meanwhile has not by
comparison been of a large order,
with some seasonal exceptions. but
the advances have now had the effect
of driving in many consumers for
mill protection at prices below the
new levels"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
ToDAY'S SALES.

Capital Traction SIS. S5oO6104K.
S5oOA 104k. S5O0G104k, s5OO@104h.
Riggs Realty SIS Uong). 5000 1Ol,
$1,000 101. D..
Washington Gas. 25d75&, 25K75h.
25d75S. 25GD%. 25A75%. 25G75H
Chaplin Sacks, 10@l65.
After Call - Washington Railway
& Electric pr, 6kS0h.
Washington Gas. 5G75h. 25d75&.
Washington Railway & Electric
pr. 5@s015, 10hSOh.
Dividends.
Farmers & Mechanics as, book
closed March -. Payable April ?.
Capital Traction reg. 115's. payable
April 2. Books closed March II.
Continental Trust Company, reg.
/ Us. payable March 81. Books closed
March 20.
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Tobacco's Safety MARGIN.

The American Tobacco Company
pays 20 per cent annually on its COM
mon stock. In the last calendar year
earnings were equivalent to 22.TO per
cent, a rather narrow margin of safe
ty for a 20 per cent stock. despite the
fact that the company has a large
profit and loss surplus, and that sur.
plus after dividends in 1916 was more
than 100000 in excess of that of
the preceding year. As to the profit
and loss surplus OF $37 .000, 900, It need
not be assumed that the amount rep
resents cash. The company has, how
ever, a substantial working capital
which in 1915 was on a basis OF 1871
per cent to gross sales. while the net
tangible assets applicable to the COM
mon stock amounted to about IS. a
share. Actual cash on hand at the
end of 1915 was 1925. 026.
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wiIIy.overIand EsrninE..

Preliminary estimates of the show
ing to be made by the willys-over-
land Company in its annual report
for 1916 indicate that net earnings
will be about s11,0oO,O 900. Net in 1915
amounted TO S9,sT0,67s. Earnings so
far this year are understood to be
much more favorable, and according
to some reports are twice as great
as in the same period q year ago. The
company has sufficient orders to keep
it's plants operating at capacity the
remainder of the year. while inven-
tories are said to amount to 30,0O0.-
900, which would be sufficient to COW
er requirements through the first two
thirds OF the year.
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Selling ex-dividend-Am.' Can, pfd.,
1&: Brooklyn Union Gas, Ia; Ohio
Cities Gas. pfd, IL: Chandler Motor,
to !: Extra Am. Snuff, 3; Am.
Snuff, pfd, IL; Beth. Steel, 10;
Beth. Steel, pfd, 1%: Cuban Am.
Sugar. 21a; Cuban Am. Sugar, pfd,
Ia; Railway Steel Springs, IL; Am.
Bank Note, pfd, ": Lackawanna
Steel, y: South Porto Rico Sugar,
5; South Porto Rico Sugar, pfd, .:
Columbia Gas and Electric, >; Public
Service, .; Underwood Typewriter,
Ia; Underwood Type, pfd, ia; Man
haitian Elevator, 1%: Cuban Cane
Sugar, pfd, 1%; White Motors. 1;
Twin City Rapid Transit, u; Twin
City Rapid Transit, pfd, Ia: Willy
Overland, 5; Gulf States Steel, 2; Cult
States Steel LIST pfd, ~; Gulf States
Steel I'd pfd, ! "A; Inspiration Copper,
l%; Sears Roebrich, rs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

sixteenth Street Highlands-Peyton
w. Calfee, ct ux., to J. Walter and
Mabel l.. Bernhard, lot 1 and part
lot ?, square 2796, $40.
NJ street northeast, between North
Capitol and First streets-Wash-
ington Warehouse Co., Inc, to
Henry F. Byrd, original lots Is and
10. square 673. $40.
Columbia Heights. T. and ID. s.
Hendrick, trustees, to James K.
Polk, lot OIL, square 2S41, $1,000!
James X. Polk, ct ux., conveys
same property to william A. and
Kathleen +. Poindexter, SO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
MISCELLANEOUS STO
THE FUTURE CITY BEAUTIFUL

THE Future Beauties OF Washing.
ton" will be the subject of an address
by Col. William b. Harris. superinten.
dent of Public Buildings and Grounds
before the Woman's City Club tonight
at o'clock in the ballroom of the
Cairo. A new home for the club is
being planned. and Mrs. Il. d. Shen
herd, president Of the club, invites ~
who arc interested to attend. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles will be the guest CT
honor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
WALL ST. MARKET
BROKERS MARK TIME WHILE
WAITING R. R. STRIKE NEWS.
Rail Issues Neglected in Early
Trading and Baltimore and
Ohio Stock Was OFF Three
Quarters of a Point to rs IL.

NEW YORK. March 15.-Wall
Street. although refusing to take ser.
iously the threat OF a nationwide
railway strike, marked time on the
stock exchange opening today, wait
ing word from the conference be
tween brotherhood and railway Of.
flcials here.
The opening was dull. with, prices
irregular. L. s. Steel opened at ITO,
up 81; Utah Copper, 112h, up y;
Marine preferred &c. up Is; Irterna'
tional Paper 45Iz. up IS: kennecott
Copper AN, off Il.
The rails were neglected. Baltt'
more and Ohio was off q to I5k.
TOday's Quotations.
Quotations today up to 1880 o'clock
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Ray PortIand's Advance.

Not a few washingtonians have
profited by the jump in the price of
Ray Portland. The rise from So
cents a week ago Monday to nearly
SO is one OF the Curb records. 1t is
expected the stock will go on the
Boston Curb this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15

various producing areas OF the world
in 1915 were approximately 443. 000. 900
pounds, while the United States In
that year imported 2T0.0O0,O00 pounds,
or 81 per cent. In 1913, the year be-
fore the war, our imports of rubber
were approximately so per cent OF
the worlds marketed supply.
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LEAPS 1s STORIES TO DEATH.

NEW YORK. March 15.-Rudolph
Matz, a Chicago lawyer, leaped from
the window of a room on the 18th
floor OF the Belmont hotel here today
and was killed instantly Mrs. Matz.
who was with him, said her husband
had been i'll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
U. s. Rubber Consumption.

The United States is now consuming
almost two-thirds OF the worlds india
rubber. A compilation by the Ma
tional City Bank OF New York of the
worlds rubber production and the
share consumed by the United States
shows that the exports OF rubber from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
The BOND MARKET.

Prices furnished BY W. B. Hibbs q c..
members Of New York Stock Exchange.
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'Mergenthaler Linotype. 162 1891
Lanston Monotype .... T2h T4k
MINING STOCK.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14

gin compress, which turns out a much more compact and better covered bale than the ordinary presses produce, More important still. the gin com pressed bales. 1t has been found, ar. rive at their destinations in better con. dition than do other compressed bales. These gin-compressed bales are of about the same bulk as bales which have been repressed in railroad presses and need not, therefore, under. go this second pressing. As result the extra charges for freight, compres- sion. and handling accruing to the common flat bale are eliminated. The possibilities for inducing ginners to in- stall gin congresses will be greater where cooperative organizations exist and where the ginning compression of a sufficient number of bales can be controlled.
 In addition to discussing the faults of the present ginning system, the bull letin already mentioned describes in detail the machinery of the gins ordi- narily in use. Copies of the bulletin may be had free upon application to the department of agriculture so long as the departments supply lasts.
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COTTON LOSSES DUE TO IMPROPER GINNING

From the United States Department of
 Agricultural
 If there is to be any considerable lessening of the great loss which oc- CUTS in the American cotton industry from the time the seed cotton is sucked into the gin until the baled lint is delivered at the mill, say specialists of the U. s. department of agricul- ture, planters must come to realize that a large proportion of this loss falls on them either directly or in- directly, and that they must cooperate actively to eliminate it. The loss so far as the fiber is concerned results chiefly from improper ginning which injures the lint, and the inadequate pressing and covering of the bale. By concerted action, it is pointed out. farmers should be able to secure bet ter methods of ginning and better handling of their cotton, being en- abled, as result, to market their crops to better advantage. The part which the mechanical treatment of the cotton plays in the suitability of the lint is discussed in a new publication of the U. S. department of agricul- ture. Farmers Bulletin No. 16i, Got ton Ginning Information for Farmers"
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New Mexico.

Head-frame at Pacific mine has been raised permitting dumping Of ore direct into new crushing plant.
 Noteworthy among the mining events of the year was the placing in operation of two sections of the big Burro Mountain Copper Company's mill at Tyrone.
 The year 1916 proved to be the greatest year in value of output, in the opening of large and small opera tions in both mining and milling and in the organization of new companies which Grant county has ever expert. enced.
 During the first half of December socorro Mining and Milling Company produced 14.000 ounces of gold-silver bullion. The Mogollon Mines Com pany product for same period was 10.- 900 ounces bullion, with several tons high grade concentrate.
 That the mines at Scholle re'becom- ing more and more profitable. as more work is being done. is proven by the fact that during the week nine cars of ore were shipped to the smelter, and further that the ore now being taken nut is of better grade than heretofore.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14

Cotton lint Is injured under the methods employed by many gins by cutting of the fiber. This is due usually to a too rapid running of the machinery, often because of the pres sure of business at the gin. For best results, from the point of view of the planter, the maximum speed should be about 400 revolutions per minute for 10-inch gin screws. Twelve-inch saws, which have recently come into use, are recommended by the department spe- cialists because a given amount of ginning can be done with saws of this size when the machinery Is operated more slowly than with 10-inch saws. With the saw shafts running at the same speed. on the other hand, a gin equipped with 12-inch saws will have 20 per cent advantage in capacity over the same gin equipped with l0-inch saws.
 Perhaps the greatest losses falling on American cotton under present con dltions are due to the careless prepar- ation of the bales. As they come from the gin, the bales are unwieldy and poorly covered, which causes handling charges to be greater than is necessary
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The Peoples Physique

Some consideration should be given to the effect that the change in loco motion will make upon the physique of the people; for even the farmers are now using the automobile, and the horse is used for little but draft pur- poses. Will not the race become lax and nerveless that lolls upon soft cush- ions, protected in every way from the hard joltings of the road? More and more, machinery is brought into serv- ice, and less and less physical exertion is required in the carrying on of open air occur ations. Man touches a but ton. and a gas engine does the rest. This makes things easier; but the question is whether 1t confers an actual benefit in the end.-Mobile Register.
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Colorado.

Spelter is the leading item in the mine values of Lake, Eagle and Sum init counties.
 One of the old David H. Moffat bo- ranzas, the Victor mine al Cripple Creek, is about to be revived.
 In the Silverton district the Pride of the West has the main raise tim bered and all workings cleaned.
 The Colorado Central Mining Com pany will erect mill and tramway at its property in the Georgetown district.
 At the Kittimac mine. Silverton dis trict, snow-breaks have been built to protect the tramway towers during the winter.
 Silverton reports that the Ledge mill, located at Chattanooga, is mak- ing some rich concentrates for the present leasers.
 Ouray and Silverton are equally in- terested in the Red Mountain mines, but the great bulk of the ore reaches market through Silverton.
 The output of gold. silver, copper. lead and zinc in Colorado this year was $49.0o0,000, according to the United States geological survey.
 About 10000 gallons of steam-dis- titled pine oil is being used every month in the United States for flota- ton purposes and more would be used if the price were lower
 With forty to fifty miners digging ore every day the Gold King mine on Bonita mountain. at the head of Ce- nent creek, near Gladstone, is pour ing out continuous stream of vaiu. able metals.
 In the Smuggler winze at the Syn dicate property, the Rico Mining Company has a force of men working on a good-sized body of high-grade silver ore that is opening up wider with each shot.
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and subjects the lint to wastage and damage. Primarily to reduce handling and freight charges, most of these bales are compressed at concentration points and are. in this way. reduced to practically one-half their former bulk. The bales are compressed very rapidly in these establishments. how ever, with the result that some bands are tied shorter than others and bear most of the strain. Many such bands break later, leaving the cotton ex- posed in such a way that it becomes seriously damaged during its long journeys. Complaints in regard to the condition of cotton on arrival at its destinations are continually being re- ceived from foreign countries. while the more carefully-baled and covered cotton from Egypt and India arrives at the same destinations in good con- dition.
 Use Gin Compress.
 While little difference in efficiency between the screw, steam. and hy- draulic gin presses for ordinary cot ton bales is found by the department specialists, they believe that wherever practicable the local ginner should be induced by farmers to make use of the
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Arizona.


 The newest copper company to be formed in the Verde district is the Jerome Butte.
 The adit drift of the Arizona Butte Mines Company on the Banner vein near Kingman is being driven ahead in ore.
 Ground will be broken in few days for the United Verde Extension Com pany's smelter. on the c. V. Hopkins ranch near Clarkdale.
 Nine feet of 6 to per cent ore has been cut on the Schulze group of the Miami Consolidated Mines Company, at the end of . 200.foot tunnel.
 Sinking of a shaft to the 400 level and driving of a 400-foot tunnel will be begun at once on the Golden Ham mer group of claims in the Mineral Park district.
 strike of quartz in the Sultana mine at Grass Valley, which will yield from $500 to s400 per ton in gold, is reported. The strike was made on the 1,1Oc-foot level.
 A cave on the west 500-foot level of the Gold Ore mine at Goldroad has disclosed a fourteen-foot vein of ore that has values equally as high as the main vein of the property.
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THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
 FREE FROM DANDRJFF
Girls! Try It! Hair gets soft, fluffy and beautiful-Get 25 cent bottle
 of Danderine.

If you care for heavy hair that glis tens with beauty and is radiant with life; has an incomparable softness and Is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine.
 Just one application doubles the beauty of your hair. besides it imme- dlately dissolves every particle of dandruf. You can not have nice heavy, healthy hair if you have dandruG. This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and it's very life, and if not overcome it produces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast. Surely get 25-cent bottle of KnowltC n's Danderine from any drug store and just try it.-Ady.
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TICK ERADICATION IN SOUTH
Mississippi Makes Next to Largest Number of Cattle Dippings in
 Any One Month.

From the United States Department of
 Agriculture.)
 The next to the largest number of cattle clippings ever made for cattle tick in any one month in any state were carried out in Mississippi in Au- gust of this year. Tn that time the people of Mississippi, who apparent ly are not delaying tick eradication until their recently-passed state dip ping law becomes compulsory on Jan uary 1, had provided 1,O56 dipping yats. an increase of 35 over the num- her in operation in July. according to field reports received by the depart ment. In these vats there were Ioo'- 4e4 supervised clippings of cattle. or an increase of 15.000 over the dip- pings carried out in July.
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Rat Gave Dancer SiunaI.

A strange story in connection with the sinking of the Connemara in the Irish sea was related at Greenore. Pat lick Killen, one of the cattlemen, was coming ashore from the Connemara when a large rat jumped from a ham, per he was carrying ashore.
 "That's a bad sign for the crew." he observed to a Greenore railway man, land it is time for us all to leave the ship"
 The incident impressed him SO much that he had to be coaxed to go back abcard.-London Globe.
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Wyemina.

The California oil Company operat- ing on Section 32 in the Big Muddy field. is among the recently organized concerns operating about Casper.
 Little old Arminto has . for-sure oil boom of its own in process. and the ail men are making it worth while to lcok the field over. Several rigs arc on the spot. and . number of "discov- sgy wells." as they are known b the vesDaculas, have ben drilled.
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TREATMENT OF COLT
Weather and Yard or Paddock for Pleasant Days.

Colts should be taught to stand tied in a standing stall, but should not be kept in them day in and day out"
 Roomy box stalls for stormy days and nights, and the yard or paddock for pleasant days. is the proper treat ment of the colts and the idle horses.
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TICK THAT CARRIES DISEASE
Always Best to Give Cattle Benefit of Doubt and Destroy All Kinds of
 Blood Suckers.

All ticks do not transmit the para site which produces tick or splenetic fever
 Only one species carries the disease. but 1t is easier to kill all blood suckers on cattle than to pick out the worst kind.
 Give the cattle the benefit of the doubt.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
SIRE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Sheen Breeder Should Never, Under Any Circumstances, Use an '"-
 ferior Ram for Breeding.

The most important thing connect ed with the work of the sheep breed er. ,s the selection of the rams from which to breed. Never. under any con s,deration, breed from a scrub. grade or an inferior ram; for. in doing this' vou do your flock and yourself an IT, reparable injury.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
FEEDS FOR EGG PRODUCTION
FowIs Not Full of Life and Strength Cannot Make Best Use of Food
 Given Them.

Weak hens, in fact those that are not full of life and strength. cannot make the best use of the food given them and. therefore. 1t Is usually the case that food given such birds Is use less so far as profitable egg produe. ton is conceened
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DISEASE CAUSING BIG LOSSES
Government Will Spend $so,0oo for Special Research Work in Con-
 taoious Abortion.

The United States government will spend s5O,0OO for special research work In contagious abortion.
 At present contagious abortion is probably causing a greater loss to the live stock interests than any other dis ease.