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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Bureau Cannot Farm Out
Work Delegated by Congress,
Controller Warwick Rules

The bureau of engraving and print
ing has no authority in law to farm out
any part of the government work del
egated to its performance. So rules
the controller Of the Treasury, w. w.
Warwick.
There are no statutes expressly au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to have work of the character perform
ed by the bureau of engraving and
printing executed by private concerns
he decides, land while there may be no
law specifically requiring that such
work be performed at the bureau, the
appropriations made for such work
being for salaries, wages. materials,
etc-clearly indicate that the work is
to be performed at the bureau.
II am Of opinion that such appro-
prtations are not available to pay for
the execution of such work by private
concerns"
This decision makes a further COM
plication In the situation in the bureau.
growing out of the eight-hour order
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Apparently, II tho eight-hour shift
makes impossible the performance by
the bureau Of the work normally as
signed to 1t the work cannot be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
washington GAS LEADS
STOCK EXCHANGE SALES

washington Gas was the leading fea-
ture on tho Washington Stock Ex-
change today in a session that was DE-
void Of any features. The opening
price was Tx. and thirty shares
changed hands at this price. The bid
then fell u, and seventy-five shares
changed hands. The bid then fell to
II, which brought out twenty shares
The same price was bid after call,
without any sales resulting.
Eight shares Of Lanston sold at 50.
Traction sold at 80M and shares OF
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred at 7sh.
Bonds were in demand, but the buy
ers and sellers could not get together
on prices, and, as q result, no sales fig
ured at the session.
Make Liberty Bond Payments.
Long lines of men and women throng-
cd before the note tellers' windows in
practically all of the banks In the city
today to make the second payment OF
10 per cent on more than 10000 liberty
bond notes which fell due today. The
banks will be kept open until o'clock
this afternoon to give the government
employees and others who work during
the regular banking hours an oppor-
tunity to make their payments.
A number Of the banks have put on
extra clerks to handle the rush. which
was at its height during the luncheon
hour. Bankers are trying to have the
signers of the liberty bond notes to
send in their monthly payments by
check. thus saving themselves the In
convenience Of standing in line, and
the banker clerical work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
CALLS FOR INFORMATION
ON ESTIMATING FOR DRAFT

The Senate today adopted a resolution
offered by Senator Brandegee Of Con-
necticut calling upon the Secretary OF
Commerce to furnish the Senate infor-
nation as to how the census estimate
for the purpose of drafting men for the
army had been arrived at.
Senator Brandegee. Senator Pomerene
and others charged that the estimates
for northern and western states had
been padded by the census bureau. while
those for the southern states had been
reduced.
The desirability of including aliens
in the draft particularly those whose
native countries are involved In the
war as allies of the United States. was
discussed. Suggestion was mAde that
the State Department be called upon
to suggest to these countries the wis
dom of such a course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
DISCRIMINATION IS CLAIMED
Per Diem Employees of Sewage Sta
ton File Protest

formal protest against what they
claim is discrimination is being signed
by many per diem employees of the sew.
age pumping station today in connection
WIN their not being allowed a halliday
holiday on Saturdays, with paw.
In the protest IL is claimed that there
are many per diem employees OF the Dis
trfct government now receiving the holi.
day with pay.
Controller Warwick Of the Treasury
Department said today he had Received
from the Commissioners on Saturday a
communication asking that he rule as
70 whether the last appropriation act
pay for District employees ON a legal
holiday Affects the per diem employees.
He stated that as there Is other bust
ness ahead Of this matter 1t would be
several days before he could look into
1t and make q report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
SENATOR ATTACKS ARMY PLAN.

Protest against the expense Of sending
national guardsmen modified in northern
states to camps in the south for a short
period of intensive training. after which
they will be shipped to France, was made
by Senator Townsend in the Senate today
He characterized the plan as an un-
due expense and asked why they were
not permitted to train in their own
camps.
mo explanation has been made Sc
far for this extra expense of sending
troops to southern camps and then
shipping them to Europe after few
months training" the Michigan sena-
tor said 81 hope that a satisfactory
explanation will be made soon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Starts Week With Good Undertone.

LONDON, July 16.-Money was in in.
creased supply today through dividend
disbursements. Discount rates were
quiet. The stock market started the
week with a good undertone Most Of the
business was in the specialties. while
Russian issues were favored by the war
news, Brazilian bonds were to points
higher on the resumption Of cash pay
ments. Gilt-edged securities. oil and in
dustrial and rubber shares were well
maintained Americans were higher in
sympathy with New York, but business
was meager.
Bar silver, 41Ad per ounce. Money.
3Ha4 per cent. Discount rates, short
bills, ~ per cent: three-month bills,
1916 pe- cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
SATURDAY HALF Holiday
IN ENGRAVING BUREAU
Director Ralph Also Grants Annual
Leave to Bureau Employees,
Beginning August l.

Upon recommendation of Director
Joseph E. Ralph. employees Of tho bu-
reau of engraving and printing are to
have their usual summer Saturday
half holiday beginning August l. Also
annual leave and accumulated leave
will be granted from the Same date.
Notice to this effect has been posted
In the bureau. The recommendation OF
Director Ralph has the approval OF As.
sistant Secretary Oscar T. Crosby OF
the Treasury Department, in charge OF
bureau affairs.
AS fast as 1t can be accomplished.
with great difficulties Of finding expert
and experienced labor. Director Ralph
is building up three eight-hour shifts
of workers. The craftsmen of the
United States are being called to public
service, no matter at what cost to pri-
vate enterprise, as fast as they can be
discovered and amalgamated to the
civil service of the government: trained
workers in minor places are being In
structed as quickly as they can learn
what is expected Of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
PLAYERS FlY to Game.

HEMPSTEAD. N. Y, July 16.-For
the first time in the history of aviation,
base ball teams representing the army
and the navy few from various points
on Long Island Saturday to play a game
for the benefit OF the American Red
Cross The airmen alighted on the
estate of Henry P. Dawson, chairman
OF the Red Cross war council. at Glen
Cove. The contest, in celebration OF
frances Bastille day, was won by the
Navy, 3 to 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Produce Market Prices,

Prices of various foodstuhs Mt the Farmers
Produce market this morning. according to a re-
port Of George N. Roberts. superintendent of
weights measures and markets we're:
Der basket, rs cents; cabbage, per barrel. 80 to
Is cents cabbage. per 100 heads, $500; carrots,
per bunch, 81 TO to s. 90: corn, per Dozen rs to
SO cents eggs, per dozen, SO cents lettuce, per
barrel. $50; lettuce. per crate, 80 to as cents
potatoes Per barrel; 1928 to $50 tomatoes
SQUASH, per crate, SO to Is cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Fish Market Prices.

The prevailing retail prices at the
municipal fish wharf and market today
according to a report OF George NJ. Rob-
erts, superintendent of weights, meas
ures and markets. were:
Butter fish. per pound. S to cents:
crokers, per pound, to cents; trout.
per pound, to 10 cents: rockfish. per
pound, 10 to % cents: clans. per 100,
$780, crabs. soft, per dozen. 80 cents;
crabs, hard. per dozen, 40 cents: oysters,
Norfolk, per bushel 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Joseph johnson browns,

Joseph johnson. colored. twelve years
old. sa7 K street southeast, was
18th street southeast this morning
about 10 o'clock. His body was re-
covered and taken to Casualty Hos
pital. where physicians made an un-
successful effort at reconciliation. The
boy was swimming and tho drowning
Occurred whom he went beyond his
depth. Coroner hewitt gave q cer-
yscate OF accidental death,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
New York Guardsmen Assemble.

NEW YORK. July 16.-Nine regiments
Of infantry and three of artillery of the
New York National Guard assembled at
their various armories early today to
become the 9Th Division of the United
states Army. Not since the days of the
war has New York
seen SO many soldiers in the streets as
this morning, when every avenue of
transportation was crowded with khaki
clad soldiers hurrying to answer the
bugles sounding the call to battle for
democracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Troops Sent to Lumber Camps,

SEATTLE. Wash. July 1e.-Troops
were sent to Tye. point on the Great
Northern railroad in the CASCADE,
mountains. because of word received
that Industrial Workers Of the World
would attempt to force q strike today
in the lumber camps at that place. Tho
troops, it was said. will assist in pa
trolling miles of snowsheds and pro-
tecting tunnels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Work at Bureau Tagging.

In the meantime the work Of the bu
reau is tagging. Director Ralph hopes
to meet the deficiency Of intelligent work
ers in time to catch up with the business
of the government.
Accepting the situation. Director Ralph
has expressed his desire and purpose to
make the best Of the curtailment Of bu-
reau labor by denial Of overtime and do
his best to get out the work.
The committee Of investigation. which
has still some considerations Of conditions
Of labor to consider. is expected to make
an early report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
To Demonstrate Wheat Conservation

Benjamin R Jacobs Of the food adj
ministration IL to give the second demon
stration on the conservation Of wheat at
tho fourth housekeepers' conference,
under the auspices Of the woman's COM
mittee Of the District council of defense,
tomorrow afternoon at 80 o'clock, at
the Henry d. Choke School. 18th and Eu-
cid streeta Bread will be baked in the
school kitchen. All housekeepefs inter-
ested in this discussion are invited to at
tAnd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Entertained at Monteyideo.

MoNTEVIDEo. Uruguay, July IA
Admiral Caperton and other officers of
the American squadron were enter
tanned today at foot ball game held
for the beneft Of the Red Cross. The
american sailors were the guests Of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Capital Traction, at 30N.
Washington Gas Is at nv, 8 at nv, Is at
11Is. Is at 71M, Is at TN, 20 at II.
Lanston, at 80.
After call:
Capital Traction. at e0M.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd., S at
13A.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
AMERICAN GRAPHoPHoNB COMPANY.

A1nEhICxaN GhAPHOPHUNE COMPANY.
Preferred Dividend, No. IT.
A dividend (No. I'd Of one and threo-ouartery
0MTe) per cent has been declared upen the
preferred capital stock Of the American Grauho-
phone Company. payable August Is. 1917, 10
stockholders OF record at the close Of business
August 1. 1917. Transfer books viii not b
closed. G. W. woDDROP. Treasurer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
WEATHER.

For the District OF Columbia. fair to-
night and probably tomorrow: con-
tinued warm: light westerly winds.
For Virginia. generally fair tonight
tomorrow in extreme west portions:
light west to southwest winds.
For Maryland. fair tonight and to-
morrow, except thundershowers in west
portion tomorrow; light westerly
winds.
For West Virginia, probably thunder
showers tonight and tomorrow.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, 1880 pm: high
tide. 6:4s am. and 6:15 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1888 am. and
1:1s pm; high tide, $3.50 am. and 1908
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 4:5s am: sun sets.
1888 pm.
Tomorrow-eun rises. 4:54 am: sun
Moon rises. 1928 am: sets. 6:55 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twentyfour
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 4 Pm, 10;
8 Pm, IS; IL midnight, IA: today. 4 am,
70; am. n: IL noon. 50: pm. SO.
Maximum. Sc. at pm. today: minimum.
u. at 2 am. today.
Temperature Same date last year
Maximum, SO: minimum. Is.
Barometer-Yesterday pm. 1884: s
pm. 1895: 10 midnight, 1895; today. 4
am, 1884: s am. 1908; II noon. 1904;
2 pm. 5000.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature.
70: condition, 500. Dalecarlia reservoir
II: condition at north
connection. $50: condition at south con-
nection. 500. Georgetown distributing
acknowledgements II: condition
at infiuent gatehouse 200; condition at
efnuent gatehouse, 20.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
PROFESSIONAL SELLING
HALTS STOCK ADVANCES

NEW YORK. July 16.-Last weeks de-
layed rise in rails was resumed at tho out.
set Of today's trading, the Pacif1cs and
other standard transportation issues lead
ing the movement at gains of one to al
most two points.
Changers and coafers also were strong
Delaware and Hudson rising rs.
Shippings were also in demand at aver
age advances Of a point, and Lackawanna
Steel led the equipments and industrials
to higher levels.
Motors. metals and minor specialties
were firm but inactive.
Tobacco and sugars recorded fractional
improvement. Many gains were effected
before the end of the first half hour.
Moderate Rallies on Short Covering.
Professional selling of the steel
shares was mainly responsible Tor the
markets sudden setback.
United States Steel reacted Y points,
2, and Republic Iron, 2.
ment class were similarly unsettled
and coppers fell back / to S points
with motors, Central Leather, Alcohol.
Marine preferred, Sumatra Tobacco and
Ohio Gas
Rails held for time. but gradually
succumbed to pressure elsewhere.
Louisville and Nashville losing 3 points.
Short covering effected moderate
rallies later.
Bonds were irregular. the liberty
issue selling as high as 80 $3.50 for
full lots and from par to 80 for odd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Up-River Waters,
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. July 16
Tho Potomac river was clear and the
Shenandoah muddy this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Moderate Rallies on Short GOVERN
Noon Rally Short Lived.

The rally at noon was short lived,
prices soon falling to lower levels on
the per cent rate for call money.
Coppers were especially weak. but
steels and other industrials became in
creasingly heavy in the absence of
support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16

Selling Ex.Dividend Today,
International Mercantile Marine pre-
ferred, 8: Crucible Steel preferred. 2:
American Ice preferred. TX: Republic
Iron and Steel common, III; kelly
Springfield Tire Company. i; United
Drug LIST preferred. r.: International
Nickel preferred. II, and certificates
of same stock, IL.
High Low
Call Money. 6
HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS.
IL AM. 224 700 III 41o3no y
1pm... 557.700 2p.m...... e8lloJ
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POWDER MARkErs.

Quotations furnished By W. b. Hin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
New York Bond List.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hlbb. 4 Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Suggestions For
Gifst for Soldiers

For those who wish suggestions az
to particularly appropriate gifts for
departing soldiers. the following
may prove timely:
An appropriate gift is a new fat
locket Of sterling silver or gold.
There is a space inside Of Her pic
ture, and also a place in which to
insert the government Identification
tag. Hung on a linen tape, these
lockets are worn around the neck.
Khaki webbing is used for the
wrist strap on some of the new sold
iers' wrist watches. The Lord Kit
chener strap, invented by the war
lord, during the Indian rebellion. is
extra broad. and is also new here.
The wrist watches with luminous
hands and numerals. which can be
read in the dark, are popular. They
are shown in tonneau shape as well
as round.
Sterling silver knobs decorate
knitting needles Of amber colored
celluloid They come in sets Of two
size needles, and sell for $3.50 for the
set. Plain cetluloid needles, with
silver point protectors, are 81.
Very clever are the army and
navy compasses, like a thin hunting
case watch, and the mechanism ad-
justed with the same precision as
that of a watch. They have lumin-
Gus dials which may be read in the
dark.
Among gifts for the girl he left
behind him." and in keeping with
the spirit Of the times are the
sword pins which will undoubtedly
prove popular with ''the girl he left
behind him" They are from an inch
and a half to three inches long, and
come in both platinum and gold.
Some of them have jeweled hits.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Moorhedd NeDS
new OFFICERS
OF Home GUARD
Commissioned for Moor
head and Other Com
panies of State

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 27.-Commis-
sions for forty-five officers in the
Minnesota Home guard were signed
by Governor Burnquist and made
public Saturday by Major Oscar See
bach, Home guard organizer to the
State Public Safety commission. The
new officers for Moorhead and other
cities in the northwestern part of the
state are:
Moorhead-C company, Ninth bat
TALON: First lieutenant. Ralph Tor
son; second lieutenant, Oscar w.
Rustad
Morris-A company, Ninth bat
talon: First lieutenant, Nicolai
Yinje; second lieutenant William H.
Cherry.
Breckenridge company, Ninth
battalion First lieutenant. William
H. Bentley; second lieutenant, Clar-
ence p. Rice.
Crookston-A company, Tenth bat
talon: First lieutenant, Gustave
Johnson; second lieutenant, John F.
Fournet.
East Grand Forks-B company,
Tenth battalion: First lieutenant,
John C. Sherlock, second lieutenant,
James E. O'Leary.
Thief River FaIls-C company,
Tenth battalion: First lieutenant,
Henry 2. Mitchell; second lieutenant,
Oscar Sponheim.
Bemidji-D company. Tenth bat
talon: First lieutenant, Roy w.
Leibsle; second lieutenant, Werner A..
Stewart a.
Major Seebach enters the second
training camp for officers at Fort
Smelling today and has been succeed
ed as home guard organizer by Cap
tain w. F. Rhinow, military secretary
to Governor Burpquist.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
French War Relief
Workers Start Rag
Campaign in City

The urgent need of supply of lin
en- and white cotton cloths for use in
the hospitals on the French front, has
been made known by a letter recently
received from the Paris headquarters
by the local members of the American
Fund for the French Wounded. The
letter states that the three years war
has exhausted the complete supply of
these goods and even IL they had the
money, supplies OF this nature could
not be purchased.
For this reason they are calling on
the patriotic women of America to
assist them in this work by collecting
a supply of these articles and for
warding 1t to the Paris headquarters
as soon as possible. #
The members of the local circle are
asking every woman in the city to
assist them in this rag campaign"
and to leave their collections at the
desk in the Y. w. C. A. building.
where they will be taken care of and
forwarded to the Paris headquarters.
The only stipulation in regard to
the collection of rags is that they be
clean and also that they are not
starched.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
EAST SIDE NOTES

Mrs. Edward /. Gassaway was in
the city this morning from the farm
in Kurtz township.
Mrs. o. T. Bergen and daughter,
May, returned today from a visit at
Rose lake, near Frazee.
Levi Thortvedt, the Buffalo river
farmer, was a visitor in the city this
morning. He will finish threshing
Tuesday and says the yield Is good
and the quality of the wheat the best
of any grown in that locality during
the past twenty years.
John Corneliussen was up from his
farm on the Red river south or the
city today
Mrs. G. w. Fuchs and Miss Emma
Fuchs were visitors from the Buma -
river country and reported threshing
finished on their farm. The wheat
yielded twenty-five bushels and the
oats forty bushels per acre.
The. case against Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Chisholm, charged with conducting
an unlicensed drinking place in the
Lally block, was continued until
o'clock Tuesday evening.
Sen. F. H. Peterson attended the
conference in st. Paul on Saturday on
wheat price fixing. A resolution ask
ing that the price be fixed at SO was
adopted and wired to the COMMITTEES
at Washington. n
John Wilson was among the visit
ing farmers from Kragnes in the city
this morning.
Henry Wiedemann and Theo. II,
Skrei were prominent farmers who
transacted business in Moorhead this
morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Miss leila jacobson.
And Harry Rusch Wed
Sunday Afternoon

A quiet wedding took place, on
Sunday afternoon at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Jacobson, 419
Seventh avenue south, Sunday after
noon, when their daughter, Miss Eel
la, became the bride of Harry Rusch,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rusch,
of thi scity. The ceremony was read
at 1880 o'clock and was witnessed by
the members of the two families and
few intimate friends Of the bride
elect. The bride wore costume of
navy blue with a corsage bouquet Of
white roses and sweet peas and was
unattended. Following the service, a
wedding supper was served and Mr..
Rusch and his bride left Immediately
for Minneapolis, where they wiA make
their home for the present.
Mr.. Rusch was member OF the
first Offlcers' Training Camp at Fort
Smelling and at its close received a
commission as Lieutenant. He will
remain at the fort during the term
of the second camp to assist in the
training of new officers. Previous to
his leaving for the first camp, Mr..
Rusch was an employee of the North
ern Savings bank, of this city.
Miss Jacobson has grown to wom-
anhood here and for the past few
years has been engaged in teaching
in the schools Of Cass county.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
COLONEL ANES TO ADDRESS
DRAFT SOLDIERS HERE
VIII Make Principal Talk at Dedica-
tiOn Day Ceremonies in MOOR
head Next Sunday.

Col. C. w. Ames, ST. Paul. vice
chairman of the Minnesota Pupilc
Safety commission, has accepted the
Invitation to speak at the "dedica-
ton" day exercises at Moorhead next
Sunday. His subject will be: Minne-
sofa, a Loyal State. ..s
Colonel Ames Is one OF the most
is president of the West Publishing
Co, leading lawbook publishers OF
sunday is the time fixed for Clay
county's farewell to the draft army
soldiers.