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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
MECHANICAL SQUAD WANTED.
Red Cross Appeals for Truck Men
for Service in France.

Twenty experienced truck drivers
twenty helpers and ten mechanics are
needed Immediately by the American
Red Cross for service In France. ac.
cording to cable advices today to the
Red Cross war council. Ths mechani-
cni squad will include master carpen.
tiers. body builders. painters. machinists
and electricians.
The men will operate AMI keen in
repair a number of two-ton auto
trucks used in transporting Red Cross
supplies from seaports to destinations
In the interior Volunteers beyond
military age are desired. All expenses
WIN be paid. but the men will be ex
pected to work without compensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
: Sells Corn at $1O.25 a Barrel.

BALTIMORE. July 2S.-Angelo Lupo
OF the Leverton farm. near Phoenix,
has sold 100 barrels of ear corn IT
tfb25 barrel. He thrashed 1885 bush :
els of wheat, over 400 bushels of ba, :
Ley and cut over 100 tons of hay He
iiss a large acreage of oats to cut and
16h acres in corn that promises well.
Benjamin I. Ridgeiy, near Warren, is
thrashlng his grain crop and the
-fhJrty-acre field will produce nearly
i 600 bushels of wheat. His later
Wheat produced seventeen and a half
bIshels to the acre. His thirty acres
At oats are good. but hay is below the
average. He reports his corn as beir z
excellent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
TRADE CONDITIONS.

NEW YORK. July 2S.-Dun's Review
gives the following conditions of trade:
THE slowing down Of business, Gus
tomary with the approach Of midsum-
mer. is accumulated by the uncertainties
engendered by international conditions
and less strength appears In prices.
Reaction from the extreme levels has
occurred. not only in seasonable food
stuffs. but also III other commodities in
which there had seemed no end to the
advances. such as in pig iron, and be-
lief that the Greet of some Of the lead
ing markets has at last been passed is
spreading.
with expectations that the yielding
tendencies may become more pro-
nounced and general, there il no longer
the same rush to cover far.distant
wants at almost any figure, and current
commitments are in many instances
confined within the closest possible
limits Yet in not few cases needs are
still so pressing that demands reflect
comparatively little abatement, IL any,
and in certain branches which have ex-
perfenced more or less protracted lull
Indications of reviving activity are
more clearly apparent.
The requirements of the government
are both extensive and varied, involving
greater expenditures than had been
thought likely. and most producing in
terests are more concerned with the
problem of maintaining outputs than
with the question Of securing additional
contracts from regular buyers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
GEN. PERSHING
PREFERS "SAMMIES"
From the European Edition of the New
York Herald.

From the European Edition of the New
York Herald.
The right name for Americas fighting
man is Sammy" not Teddy" Talking
to French newspaper correspondents
yesterday, Gen. Pershing spoke Of his
troops as ''sammies" and said he pre-
ferred that appellation to "Teddies." AS
the rephews of Uncle Sam. the men
themselves prefer 1t. too. The name of
Teddy" which was beginning to be-
come popular. has thus received its
death blow from Gen. Pershing.
The American comander-in- chief ex-
pressed his deep satisfaction and graft
tude at the reception France has given
to his first army. and particularly the
welcome the men received in Paris on
the Fourth Our 'Sammies.' he con-
cluded. ARE brave and loyal boys, and
they will more than reciprocate the af-
lection Of the French people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
New York Mercantile Paper.

NEW YORK, July 2s.--Mercantile pa
per. ~. Sterling. sixty-day bills. az; ,
v-Iu Derciai sIxty-day bills or banks,
5lI%.: commercial sixty-day bills.
4-sIi. demand. as 9-l6; cables
.4-56 ZIG. Francs. demand. 5.16H: ca
blcs 5.75L. Guilders, demand, 4fss ca
-6ss. ~ T-1e. Lires, demand, 7.23: ca
lies, 5.22. Rubles, demand 2i.15; ca
bfeS, . 30.
Bar silver. TSA Mexican dollars. s6S
Government bonds, steady. Railroad
bonds irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
CLASSES FOR "NoN.CoMs."

NEW YORK, July 2S.-Because of
the great demand for corporais and
sergeants for the new army, 1T was an
nounced here today. classes will be
opened where men who expect to be
drafted may be instructed In the work
of commissioned Officers The
classes are to be held daily. with the
exception of Saturdays and Sundays.
The announcement says the new army
will require 10000 corporals and $4,000
sergeante.
The. classes viii be held at the head
quarters Of tho Military Training
Camps Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
berlin BANK STATEMENT

BERLIN. July rs. via London.-Thc
statement Of the Imperial Bank OF Ger
many. issued July %, shows the follow
ing changes:
Total coin and bullion, decreased 49,
9I9.ooo marks; gold decreased 36.234.0O0
marks: treasury notes, increased al :
$4,000 marks: notes Of other banks
decreased 1.51l. 900 marks: bills dis
counted. increased l56.0300OO marks.
advances, increased 100000 marks: in
vestments. increased 1921, 900 marks.
other securities, decreased 60,oS5. 900
marks: notes in circulation, decreased
1i.103,0o0 marks: deposits, Increased
lF.464.0O0 marks; other liabilities, de-
creased 23.739,oo0 marks; total gold
holdings. 2.401 ,4S5,0o0 marks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
KA|SER'S SHIPS CARRY
"SAMM|ES" TORRANCE
Sixteen Big German-0wned Vessels,
Seized in q. s. Ports, Used
for Transport Service.

They are the kaiser's ships that are
taking "Sammies" oversee to work the
kaiser's undoing. That is as II should
be- Kismet!
Sixteen big German-owned vessels
interned In United States ports and
seized and turned over to the shipping
board were. in turn. turned over to the
Navy Department. and by it used as
transports. in conjunction with the
War Department, for the transfer of
American troops to Europe. The
United States would have been in a
bad way for transports had Germany
not have lent this helping hand.
Smaller Ships Used.
Besides these big ships-of the type
of the Vaterland. and made ready by the
German government for military pur-
poses-there are thirty-four smaller
vessels. seized from German and Aus
trian owners. that are plying the seas
under control of the shipping board.
Half of these are chartered to foreign
governments. They are not such small
ships at that. And there are twenty
three others nearly ready to ply the
ocean.
Mr. Donald and Mr. Stevens. the two
retained members OF the shipping
board. are keeping things running until
Chairman Hurley gets his wind. There
are many things to be determined. OF
prime Importance. other than the gem
eral fabricated shipbu!ding program,
is the matter Of Communicating ships
building in private yards. This will be
arranged without unnecessary delay.
Problems Faced by the Board.
Obtaining sufficient amounts of the
proper kind of wood and steel is one
Of the problems being faced by the
shipping board, according to Edward
n Hurley. new chairman OF that body.
Labor presents another problem. but it
is believed will be solved without I'M
usual difficulty.
Riveting, calking and other skilled
labor necessary to ship construction
are being taught in schools already
established. Other schools are to be
started with the same end in view of
creating labor which wilT know how to
aid in building ships. This is the ap-
prentice period. in which the labor
committee Of the council of national
defense Is lending a helping hand.
The shipping board. at Its session yes
terday. named r. B. Stevens as vice
chairman. Several contracts. made
ready by the retiring general manager.
Gen. Cocktails, for ship construction
were approved.
The board gave some time also to the
question Of diverting ships from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, where the short
age OF tonnage is more pronounced.
1t was stated that ii was the hope of
the shipping board and fleet corpora
ton to put into full operation within
a few days the program for the COM
Wandering of ships and the construc-
ton OF fabrication plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28

ments OF the army and Bavarian troops
took possession of kolomea after bitter
engagements with Russian rear guards
On the northern bank of the Dniester
the allled troops are approa ching the
confluence of the Stripa. Czortkov and
Trembowla are in German hands. North
OF Trembowla the Russians assembled
their forces for rapid mass attack
which broke down completely with
heavy losses. East of Tarnopol the
enemy has again been driven farther
back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
Rumanians Take Ten Towns.

JASSY. Rumania. Thursday. July 2s.-
The occupation Of ten villages by the
umanians In their new offensive is an
nounced by the war Office. The Austro-
German forces retired in disorder.
The statement follows:
we continued our advance as far as
twelve kilotneters tseven and one-haIf
miles) from old front. occupying all
our ob5ectives and taking possession of
zen fitlages. we captured $50 pris-
oners. many guns and much war ma
terial. The enemy Ia retiring in disorder"
order"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. July 2s.-Hogs-Rcceipts
1000 head; slow; bulk, 15.00alSOO;
light, 14.7halS.0a: mixed. 14.eba1S.1O;
pigs. 1I.75a14.60.
cattle-Receipts, 700 head; weak; ma
tive beef cattle. 7.60al41S: western
steers. s.40a1 SO: stockers and feeders,
5soa9.co: cows and heifers. 4.50a1165;
calves. 6.75aI325.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head: steady;
wethers, 7.50a10.15; lambs, 9.75a15.s0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE
ADOPT NAME "AMEXES''
Take First Letters Of Words "Ameri-
can Expedition in Choos-
ing Sobriquet.

PARIS, July 2s.-The American
troops in France have chosen their own
sobriquet, according to the Matin to-
day. adopting the name "Amexes" This
was formed by piecing together the
can expedition" In manner similar to
that adopted In forming the word
"Anzac." by which the Australian and
New Zealand troops in the British
forces are known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
Fish Wharf Prices.

= The following the prevsling retail prices
AZ the municipal FISH wharf and market today:
Butterfsh h.. SC to Sc. Trout. h., sc to Sc.
LCEnakprs. H. 4c to DC. Crabs. soft, doz., Coo
Founders, H.. Sc TO Sc. TO SOC.
= lssrktsh, h.. lie to Crabs. hard. doz., 4Oc.
. Zoe Oysters, Norfolk. bu.
Perch. h., Sc. 81
Sea bass. h., Sc to 10c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28

The body of Private Herbert S. Nee
0hs-pf the Maryland militia. who was
~ hi3Sa on sentry duty at Baltimore. wa
discotered after an all-night search,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
Strong Wheat Factor.

Confidence in the enactment of a lib
ersl price minimum guaranteed by the
federal government had much IN do
with the strength which developed In
the wheat market
BESIDES, unfavorable crop repor,s
from the northwest aroused consider
aple anxiety that was not entirely re-
lieved by subsequent reports of wei
come rains in Canada
New high price levels were reached
for oats as well as corn The big dis
count OF oats under corn was a notice
that the Dutch government was load
ing oats at the seaboard
An advance in quotations Of meats at
Liverpool stimulated demand for pro-
visions Pork scared to the highest
figures ever known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
CORN TOUCHES TOP PRICE
OF SEASON THIS WEEK
Wheat Shows Gains to 8 Points.
Crop News From Big Central
States Is Factor.

CHICAGO, July 28.-Cheering crop re-
ports from the big central corn states
have more than offset in the corn mar
ket during the last week the buliish
consequences OF the somewhat serious
~ impaired outlook in the southwest
where drought has been made worse by
temperatures above 100. AS result
prices this morning ranged from ex-
actly the same level as seven DAYS be-
lore TO down. Wheat showed a gain
OF 70 points. and oats of q to M
PROVISIONS made net advances of to
81 points.
Easing down of tension in the corn
market did not begin until after prices
nad ascended to the highest point vet
this season. Industrials were CONNER
ing sharply for the limited offerings
available for immediate use. and there
was noticeable dwindling OF scanty
reserve stocks until on Tuesday rural
offerings began to enlarge owing TO
Frightening crop prospects east of the
missouri river. Tasseling had then
started In Iowa, and there were contin-
uous later advices from important
districts elsewhere that the outlook
was now fully normal in many sections
Where the crop had been backward
Chances of liberal imports OF corn to
the United States from yenezueia
counted also in favor of the bears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
PRODUCE MARKET PRICES.

-Today's prices at farmers produce market
were announced nv the Office of weights and
measures and markets OF the District of Column
bia as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28

Beets 100 punches. So Tomatoes, box. Soc to
10 81. 81.
String beans. bbl.. Turnips, 100 punches.
sl.50 to $3.50. 81.
String beans, bkst-, zoe Apples. box, 81 to
10 zoe $50.
Cabbage, hbI.. 4oc TO Blackberries. W i d
SOC crate 50 to $3.50.
Cabbage. 100 heads, s. Biackhsrrios, evil ! =
to Sc. waited. crate, $3.50 to
Carrots. 100 punches. $3.50.
Sl.JO to $3.50. HUckleberries. crate.
Corn, doz.. .Oc to Sc. S5.50.
Eggs, doz., 3Ic TO 35c. Peaches. box, I5c TO
-hale. bbi.. 40c soc. Sl.25.
lettuce. crate, SOC to Squash, crate, Csc to
ST soc.
Onions. 100 brInc,es Cucumbers box, 40c to
81 SO to So. Toe.
Pctatoes. bbl.. % to Peppers. crate, SOC to
- SS.Ta. Toe.
SpiEach. crate. Soc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
Up-River Waters.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va. July IS
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both were very muddy this morning
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xs7OCKS FIRM At CLOSE;
!: DEALINGS ARE BROADER

NEW YORK. July aS-Many substan-
= ual gains were recorded at the outset OF
today's brief session. investment rails and
war equipments featuring the advance.
st. Paul rose points and Union Pacific
almost point. while American and Bald
win locomotives and Bethlehem and Cru
--oible Steel improved to u.
Shippings motors, Industrial alcohol and
Mexican petroleum comprised the other
active and strong issues
= 500" was the only weak stock, falling
- f. points
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
War Stocks Are Leaders.

Further upward revision of prices oc-
-cdrred today in consequence of addi-
Gonal short covering based on technical
Conditions.
Dealings were small. but relatively
he broadcast of any recent session.
War stocks derived the most benefit,
-axtreme gains in steels, motors. ship
pings and feathers extending from to
2 points. with AZ for industrial alcohol.
Rails were featureess, except for a
e>point fuctuation in st. Paul
The closing was firm.
Sales approximated 100000 shares
Liberty bonds varied from 99.3S to
$40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-28
Your Money

No fake or questionable ad-
vertisins is allowed in The Star.
Millions of dollars are saved
by people who have been wise
enough to consult a banker be-
fore investing in worthless Sc
curities. You should do like
wise.
The Washington times., 1917-10-17
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE FLAG"

Congressman Baer sent Washington by the farmers
Of North Dakota is still in town on the job although the
law gives him vacation.
BE brought in this little picture which emphasizes an
important truth and said:
EYou know what Samuel johnson said in his dictionary
defining patriotism that it is the last resort Of scoundres
'He was wrong about that When breaks out it Is
the FIRST resort Of great many scoundrels.
'I wish you would print this picture where your read
viii it. and tell them that while they ought to be
very patriotic and all that they ought to watch their hat
and overcost and have their pockets sewed up when
tain flag wayers come them ~.
We wish that there were truth in Congressman
Baers brief observation But unfortunately, there is
great deal too much truth
The BIGGER the thief, the LOUDER the patriot very
often.
There has been vocferous brand Of patriotism
than that of the who began back in 1914 to Just
how much money he could gouge out of the people.
To little flag with one hand, saying "look at
this and pick the pockets of the American citizen with
the other Is pastime that has gone for some time
Little and have been robbed IN the prices
Of food, coal, all necessities.
Business have been robbed in extoronate charges
that have made almost impossible for them to give good
service through their organizations.
That noble advice Keep your eye on the flag" could
be accompanied also with another line
Keep your eye the profteer."
In Germany, nearly all of the proteers have been put
In jail
In England a good many of them have been put in
Jail, and more to follow.
In the United States they ALL FREE and enjoying
themselves
The Washington times., 1917-10-17
From a Railroad Man

Editor Times:
The writer is Of your regular readers and much
enjoys your snappy, minute paper He par
cuarly pleased with your article of the I'd nst in de-
tense Of Officer Cheney.
You ask how much could you on 500 month. I
will that by stating that the watchmen the Penn
syvans railroad receive the munifcent Of S570 and
work thirteen hours day The company, instead Of TAX
ing twelve hours Of mans time take thirteen, thus
tanning controlling interest in his vitality The writer is
informed by Of the watchmen that from until
the ending Of the the watchman will get time of,
hard get and there to be addition to his
meager wage Up to the present he has been given two
days of each month but the watchman still has hopes but
Pat was bricklayer They had just completed four
story building Mike says to Pat "In bet S. carry
you to the top of the building the ladder in my hod
Pat says: ''I'n take the bet"
So Mike put him in the hod and started up the ladder
When he got close to the top he stumbled but managed
10 land his man. he asked Pat for the So Pat gave
to him. saying: 'You won it fair Mike, but had hopes
when you stumbled near the top"
October 15 EVENHANDED JUSTICE.
The Washington times., 1917-10-17

dred years to 100000? And we are more GER
tain that these fragments in the museum form
ed parts of the bodies Of men or women or
both. living a thousand centuries ago, than
We are that the bones in Burgos really belong
ed to the Cid.
In the cabinets all around the box Of bones
nre some of the actual implements and weap-
ons of Clipped stone that the owners OF those
homes or their relatives made in that far-of
age. Looking upon these things one is amazed
10 think how many times 5000 years have
uassed since man had to begin to work for his
living and to fight for his life. Here you can
see proof that the decree that "in the sweat OF
his face man shall eat his bread" is Of geo
logical antiquity. 1t had already been pro-
nounced when these fints were Clipped into
Knives and these stones shaped into hammers
and pestles, or followed out for grinding bowls.
II went into effect from the moment when
the Growing superiority Of mans brain def
nitsIv marked him out as the head Of the ami
NAL kingdom. Work is a child Of the brain.
The preater the intelligence the stronger the
desire, the ability, and the necessity to do
something.
ons of the most instructive lessons that you
can lsarn among these relics Of the ages Of
stone is that which is taught by the gradually
Increasing excellence, ingenuity, and delicacy
Of the work done upon the flint. You will see
In a series of cabinets first what the river
drift" men did, the "Chelleans" and the
The Washington times., 1917-10-17

TN continuation Of our walk through the
halls of the great Smithsonian Institution,
= where we viewed the monsters Of the
Jurassie age, we now take up the collections
relating to primitive man.
When you have got through with the most
ancient animal fossils, still haf-imbedded IN
the petrihed mud and sand that were sea
beaches and sea bottoms hundred million 3
wears ago, and then have seen the monsters
and giants Of the Age Of Reptiles, you will
come, in the adjoining halls and corridors, to
the relics. remains and works Of primeval man,
beginning in the Glacial Epoch, when our pre-
adamite ancestors shared with ferocious beasts,
whose precise species are now extinct the
shelter of caves and caverns, and fought them
with stone axes, daggers, and spearheads.
Il can hardly be without strange thrill that
Won will look upon a white pasteboard box
which may have been the cover Of bonnet-oox
but which now serves, in one Of the cabinets
filled with relics of the Old Stone (Paleolithic)
Age, as a convenient receptacle for "frag-
ments of human bones" taken from cavern in
France that was inhabited by men and women
thousand centuries ago.
A Small Pile of Bones, Older BY Hundreds
Of Centuries Than Adams Time.
The antiquity Of the mummies Of the
Pharaohs, discovered in the tombs Of the
Egyptian kings, is nothing to this, and yet, ex-
cept that no history has recorded the names
and deeds Of the persons to whom they, in life'
belonged, these unthinkably aged bones are as
authentic as the relics of Rameses or Queen
Nofretari
There is something crushingly convincing
in such a sight It has thousand-fold the,
eyidential force Of mere words telling what
science has concluded about the antiquity Of
man. Here are the gray-blsck bones them
seIves-only q heap OF mixed fragments, to be
sure, but to the anatomist's eye plainly human
bones-bones that walked. clothed with the
flesh Of men, under the fitting sunbeams Of
some interglacial period, In the days of the
mammoths and the mastodons, hundred mil
lenniums before the traditional date Of the
FIRST man." Adam.
remember once, in the old Spanish capital,
Burgos psrsuadng an attendant 10 lift the
glass cover of the case containing the bones
of the Cid and allow me to put my finger
upon those relics Of the great Spanish hero
who lived more than nine hundred years ago.
It seemed an immense length Of time for human
bones to be preserved. but what are nine hun
The Washington times., 1917-10-17

A railroad employe writes that the
sand and gravel companies here are
being given thirty cars q week,
whereas he believes these cars should
be utilized for shipping coal TO the
empty bins Of Washington. Also. he
says II President Daniel Willard, OF
the Baltimore and Ohio, ever knew
about It, he would put . stop to It 7"
/ commend this to Mr.. Willard's at
tention. Meantime my own brief in
yestigation leads me to believe that
there IL not so much car shortage
as there was; and that the sand and
gravel 10 being used largely on press
ing war work. However, let the rail-
road smploye take an interest In such
matters. It's . good thing 10 AaSs
The Washington times., 1917-10-17

Give rs q vote" says Charles W.
Darr. And when We get it-Charles
W. Darr is the type Of man to make
the vote do the best things for WASH
ington.
The Washington times., 1917-10-17
Antiquity of Man in Smithsonian \

Nam
of
of
oIeapAh
The Washington times., 1917-10-17

There's one particular thing about
Col. ". ". Harts that comes to mind
every time I see him It struck me
forcibly the other day when Colonel
Harts was in command at Washing
ton Barracks In an afternoon Of war
games. This is it-Colonel Harris
not only is 9. soldier but he LOOKS
like one, too.
The Washington times., 1917-10-17
HEARD AND SEEN

an interest IN ones Job beyond inc
hands Of the clock
Three thousand chrysanthemum
plants, all doing their best That il
the promise made by James Byrnes.
the hortieulturist In charge Of the
greenhouses Of the Department Of
ARriculture. The three thousand
plants in full bloom will be exhibited
at the departments an'klal show
next month.