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The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
DECLARES RUSS REVOLT
OPENS BUSINESS DOORS
DR.. Boris Shatsky. Special Envoy. Tells
of Opportunities.

Offering opportunities Of the first mag
nitude to business men of the United
States. DR.. Boris Shatsky, special envoy
from the business world of Russia, ar
rived in Washington yesterday His mis-
sion is to bring about closer commercial
relations between this country and his
own.
DIR. Shatsky left Russia February / on
his assignment by the America-Russia
Chamber of Commerce of Petrograd. His
business had the official support Of the
government. Before he reached his des-
tination. that government had been over
thrown. Building into the future, how
ever, the business interests which sent
him had counted upon the revolution for
the furtherance Of their plans
Success Of the rebellion has released
manifold business opportunities for Rus
sia and the United States, DR.. Shatsky
says. One OF the principal benefits to
commerce was the settlement Of the Jew
ish question. Expanding in their new
liberty. their markets will be attractive
to American business men and their raw
products will pile up in this country in
way not possible under the old regime.
DR.. Shatsky's principal work here will
be the establishment of bureaus for dis
seminating information regarding Russia
among business men of this country. The
first bureaus will be in New York and
Chicago. They will supplement the work
OF consulates of the two countries. DR..
Shatsky is in Washington to confer with
Secretary Lansing and other government
officials.
AS professor of American and English
constitutional law at the University of
Petrograd, DR.. Shatsky was familiar
with the processes which brought about
the change in government. He cherishes
telegram just received from his friend
Prof. Mulikoff, minister of foreign af-
fairs, telling him in substance that all
is WE'LL
DR.. Shatsky hopes to be a visitor at the
Capitol today and tomorrow. Asked what
he thought of war preparations in this
country, he said it was not for him to
meddle in such affairs
But you can see what think in my
avpS "-hA
guest OF Charles Francis Wood. prom
inent member of that organization.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
ANIMALS GET CALLS
ON "ALL FOOLS DAY"
Mr.. Bear and Mr.. Lyon Not Permitted
to Talk, However.

Did you call up Columbia IA yesterday
in response to a call by Mr.. Bear while
you were out7 Mr.. Bear was at that
number, but he never talks. He only
grunts. He Is a brown. shaggy fellow
who boards and rooms at the Zoo. Some
folks who had nothing else to do yester-
day, it being the first of April and All
Fools Day" were alert to play practical
jokes on the unsuspecting, much to the
annoyance Of those at the other end Of
the telephone wire.
There was not the usual number OF
fool telephone calls yesterday, the
weather being too fine to stay indoors,
but a few wags had their jokes anyhow.
The telephone always was an ideal in
strument for April fool jokes. One joker
left a message for one of his friends to
call Lincoln 1875 and ask for Elizabeth.
Elizabeth proved to be st. Elizabeth's,
over Anacostia way. Mr.. l. E. Phant,
Mr.. Wolf. Mr.. Fox and Mr.. Lyon were
all at their usual headquarters, Columbia
~ but the keeper said that the animals
at the Zoo were not allowed to use the
phone.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
PROPOSALS.

DEPARTMENT OF fHE INTERIOR. UNITED
stats Patent of1oe. Washtngton, d. C., Msrch
received at this otics untii o'ciocf p m MON
DAY. April .. III. and win b opsned immsdiEtely
thereafter. In the presencs q s1oh hidden attend.
ior producing. during the fiscal year endinG June %.
Els. by the phOtohthographie 90 other proonsa
copies Of drawings Of the week5 issues Of patsnh.
70 Be ahEm6ed with ths specnztiou stitched.
banded, and numbered. &c; for the repgoduc7oo
Of exhausted copies Of drswin1 and speznot1onS.
etc. to b assembled. stitched banded, and num-
bered. Snd for the reproducioo Of foreign pstsuts
The prces named will be cooadeed In counsc1on
with the evident ability Of the bidder and his plant
to do nnt~ciAss WORK and. prior to the dstsnins-
ton OF an award. such preliminary insssngat1oo "a
to the oualihcations Of hidden md charActsr o
plant VIII be made ths dsparmeut shah deem
necessary. A low bid unsupported hg nt1HAcop
evidence ss 70 ability 70 perform the won In Gs-es
ment With the terms Of the proposals md CONTRACT
70 Be awarded viii Be rejected BIDDERS WHOSE
WORK HAS BEEN UNsATTsFAOrORY IN THE
PAST MAY BE ELIMINATED FROM cONsTD-
GRAFTON ON THAT GROUND. Specifications
and spscimena. With forms Of proposal viii be fur
nishsd on applicsnoa 70 the Chief Caerk Of the
Patent once. An bidoerS are invited TO be presnt
At the openins. me right to retec any and all
bids. IN whole or In pSr, is hereby reserved.
THOMAS EWING Oommissione.
oFT1cE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, D. q.
Washington, d. C., March g. W7.-Sesled pro-
posals WIN be received at this ofics, Room Sp.
nstae, Bgi!ains until 2 o'elOet ? n. TUESDAY:
the nscal yeAr beginning July l. lsi. and ending
June % lss for use of the TGrious branches Of the
Government o< the District of Columbia supplies
follOvS: ststiooeEy, school boots. furniture and
houss furuishfnu tnwars and hardware. rubber
stamps plumbing supplies, groceries and rroTsions.
boots and Shoes drug. chemicals, laboratory sup
plies etc; paints and brlshes lumber meats. hsh
and poultry. dry Foods Jcs electrical SUPPLIES. ssd-
dle1y and wheelwright SUPPLIES. hDderEartsn SIP
piles. lHundry wocf. automobile suppbes. ois and
lntriczph, photographs supplies. hAgs, Sthlsiio
goods and playground equipment Form q proposal
spedhcations and necessary Information may b
20. District Building. In applying spsofy the
class of supplies for vhich forms arS dssrsd.
OLIVER p NEWMAN, LOUIS BROwNDoW.
CHARLES W. KUTZ. Commissioner, D. Q.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
Police to "Show Colors;"
Put Flags at Crossings

Traffic signs about the busy crossings
in the city will be topped with American
flags today.
Maj. Pullman, superintendent Of police,
secured flags yesterday for each of the
traffic signal blocks and so fashioned the
safety first" signs that they will hold
them.
In this manner the police will SHOW
their colors.'
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
nEBATE ON PACFIsT POSITION.

The meeting Of the Washington Secu-
lar League at Pythian Temple yester-
dsv afternoon was devoted to a debate
on, the proposition, Resolved, That the
nacifst position at this time is justi-
dable." Louis F. Lochner. vice president
OF the Emergency Peace Federation, who
was secretary OF the Ford peace expedi-
tion to Europe, and other pacihsts spoke
In the Affirmative The negative was
presented by John d. Bradley, president
~ the Secular League; David Eccles,
yice president, ]. w. Nigh, and George
Heiford.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
DECORATE STREET CARS
With AMERICAN FLAGS
Spirit of Patriotism Invades Offices Of
Railway.

Street cars of Washington as vehicles
displaying the national spirit Of patriot
ism of the plan OF Clarence P. King,
president Of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. He has ordered all
cars of the company decorated with
American hags.
The order will go in effect this morn
ipE with the onsnin~ n~s.i~-- - A.
j. H stephens, superintendent OF rail-
ways for the company, believes the
scheme to be original among street car
systems of the country.
In addition to displaying the flags on
the cars. larger emblems float from
every window Of the Potomac Electric
Power Company's building at Four
teenth and C streets, the general offices
of the railway company.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
SITUATION WANTED-MALE.

RELIABLE PERSON WITH EX-
cellent opportunities and well acquainted with
officials Of the present administration in Mexico.
take the representation Of any business in Mexico.
Address O. Z. D.. Mexican Embassy. Washington,
d. @,
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02

TRUCKERs-wHITE; STEADY
employment; &c per hour; chance for Advancement.
Apply W. II. WHITING, Tmekeeper Adams EI-
press Co.. ID and l sta ne.
RELIABLE OOLORED GIRL WANTED FOR
general house work. Apply st. ne.
WANTED-LABORERs, WORK YEAR ROUND.
Take Brookland Soldiers Home cars; 500 day.
white driver. THoS. SOMERyILLE CO., Terra
Gotta, D. O.
SALESMAN ON THE BEST MAGAZINE PROP
ostion going; can make 81 to $ per day to start.
Apply Tuesday morning O'Clock, TS2 Bond Bldg.
WANTED-AN EXPERIENCED MAN TO WHITE
specifications amend applications for patents. ETC.:
good salary and permanent position with chance Of
advancement. Address. giving full qualifications.
BOX 532 Herald Office
WANTEDLCoLORED MAN FOR JANfT0R
work. 1B st. ne.
WAREHOUSE TRUCKERS-wHITE; STEADY
employment chance for Advancement. Apply
W. r. WHITING. Timekeeper Adams Express Co..
and I sta
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
Would You Put a Pair of Shoes
on a Little Girls Eeetl

Or give an old coat to a good
little boy? Or some darned
stockings to both? OF course
you would! Who wouldn't?
There are three little tots
from to s years old who need
Just such things. and they are
deserving. Write to Herald
office. Box 116
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
PERSONALS.

1Hb WHILE IT IS VERY DEsiTN BILE AND
ruodtable TO 70 buy men's worn suits shoss,
rants etc We also look out for the sellers interest
only square way Of making this satisfactory deal
all Grornd-we pg the prioa JCsTH's OLD
SIND. 6le ..
NOTICES Artificial TEEN and second
hand Diamonds and Jewelry bought
Loui. Abrahams, SIS C. op. Pat. 0ffteN
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02

4 The Eternal Triangle-a man, a woman
land a trousers pocket-is again to the
fore. The question was whether the wife
had a right to take the money out Of
hubby's jeans while he slept: The magis-
trate held that she had II hubby was
stingy.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
Gibson Tire Sales Co.,
Telephone Lincoln 4I43.
Is H Street N. w.

Alto RrPAIRING OF ALL KINDS At Low
rricrs. Night work hy appointment Phone NJ.
IZ5 W. ] nEKOwSKI. 9Th st., cor. c at. NV.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08

should be no question as to a
choice between a road that can
be travelled twelve months in the
year and one that is open to traf-
fic only three months in the year.
This is the reason why the
Evergreen" highway only pro-
posed a few months ago has
found instant favor among so
many of the good roads enthusi-
asts of the Northwest. To many
taxpayers it has always seemed
that the expenditure of thous-
ands of dollars on a great cross
state highway, which at best
can be used but a few months in
summer, was rather a heavy
drain on their pocketbooks.
This would have been only too
true had the present cross-state
highways been projected pri-
marty for tourist travel, but
their building has been justified
by reason of the local and intra-
state traffic accommodated.
But when it comes to building
q highway that will attract the
tourist travel-and tourist ira
vel is an asset that must no. be
overlooked-it would be folly to
choose a route that could not be
traversed the major portion of
the year. 1t is not every state
that can possibly have a highway
open to travel the year around.
In this respect Washington is in
deed favored and the POSSIBLE
ties should be made the most of.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08
BObbie Was Discreet

A Cleveland young woman has 10
year-old brother who is wise beyond
his years and is likely to crop out in
new places at the most unexpected
times. The other night the anxious
sutton called on his inamorita, arriv-
ing at her domicile little before he
was expected. She was not ready to
make her appearance, and the duty Of
entertaining the caller devolved upon
the little brother. .-
SWELL, Bobby" began the young
man in an effort to make converse
ton and at the same time put his in
voluntary host at his ease, "does your
sister think that I am coming to this
house oftener than I am welcome?"
The child looked keenly at the call
er. ..... s.:.. ......
Nothing DOING" he said. "Do you
think I'm one of those fresh kids you
read about in the funny papers? There
amt going to be no embarrassing an
swer this time" ...r-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08
BEWARE, TAKE CARE

FORMER President E. A. Bry-
/ an, of the State College, has
issued the following letter of
warning to the farmers of the
Inland Empire:
Beware, Young Man, Take Care,
She's Foolin' YOU"
In the old days Of lottery tickets, if
man won high prize, that fact was
good for the sale of hundreds of tick
cts in the neighborhood.
Popular opinion to the contrary not
withstanding, there is no man of any
profession, vocation, or occupation
that is possessed of more native
shrewdness than the American farm
er. Yet he sometimes falls down.
With fine stories floating all about
us of twenty thousand dollar wheat
checks, and hundred thousand dollar
wheat checks and quarter million dol
lar wheat checks, the head of even a
farmer begins to whirl and grow dizzy
and he is tempted to enter the wheat
gamble.
1 don't mean the Chicago pit or the
Minneapolis wheat. I mean he is apt
to want to put all his money into
wheat land and equipment and credit
into the wheat crop, betting, as it
were, against the weather, and the
smut, and the insects and the war
and shipping and the manipulated
markets, with the hope that he, like
wise, will win a capital prize.
Why milk cows twice three hundred
and sixty-five times year? Why car
ry slop to the pigs? Why bend the
back to pick up spuds? Why carry
a petty egg-basket to market? Why,
if by one big stake in wheat, one may
become independent in a single year?
Never was there time when the
temptation was greater to desert the
little old standbys that have helped
out in so many pinch. Never were
the risks Of doing so, so great. The
seasonal, risk is always great for the
farmer. Pests are always to be
counted on. -zs s ,.-s
The farmer has the labor problem
also.
To these difficulties we now have
added the chances of war, flush times,
free trade in agricultural products,
increased cost of production.
: Beware, take care. It's foolin' you.
Don't put all the eggs into one bas-
ket just now. Keep the old sow, and
the old mare and old Brindle, and the
young hens. Plant some of the same
old crops that have done so well so
many times.
Let the California special depart
without you and let the big automo-
bile flash by, and watch the new piano
60 into Jones' house without a pang
of jealousy. 49,. -. ~
"The race is not always to the
swift" .... s
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08

"When l was a young man of your
age, my son, l had to paddle my own
canoe" "## ~
II know, father, but that was before
motor boats were invented New
York World. o" "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08

THE EVERGREEN HIGHWAY
IT seems that to the good road
i builder, the economist, the
taxpayer and the tourist there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24
Dividends

American Hide & Leather.-Dividend OF
2ia per cent on the preferred stock, payable
February Is TO stock Of record February D.
American Window Glass Maehine.-Divi-
dend of II per cent on the preferred stock
on account Of deferred dividends. payable
February 3 60 stock of record January q.
This leaves 80 per cent unpaid.
CASTOR, williams & Wigmore.-Regular
quarterly dividend Of 81 a share, payable
February 10 20 stock of record February :.
Ohio Cities Gas.-Regulsr quarterly divi-
dend of 2ls per cent and an extra dividend
both payable March ! 10 stock of record
February 10.
Imperial Tobaceo.-Final dividend OF per
cent, making 10 per cent for the year; also
a bonus OF % sd share, free Of income tax
Diamond Ice < Coal.-Dividend Of Y OF
per cent on the common stock and regular
quarterly dividend of l3t per cent on the
preferred, both payable February ! to stock
of record January 20.
American Sewer Pipe.-Dividend Of Sl.5O
share. payable 80 cents on June 20, Septem-
Der 20 and December 20.
Thompson Starrett--Semi-annua dividend
Of 4 per cent on the preferred stock pay
able March 3 10 stock Of record March 26.
Alaska Packers Association. - Regular
quarterly dividend OF ? per cent and spe-
cial dividend of , per cent out OF income
from the insurance fund both payable Feb
ruary 10 to stock Of record January 81.
Connecticut Mills.--Regular quarterly divi-
dend of s1.75 a share on the preferred stock.
payable February to stock Of record Janu'
airy %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24
New York

Coal Market Steady. Coal
Trade Journal" says that speculative
prices in the local anthracite market
have fuctuated very little during the
last week. weather conditions having
been sufficiently wintry 10 cause steadl-
ness. but not severe enough to lead 10
further advances. While domestic
sizes display great strength, the most
abnormal situation, as for some time,
is found in the steam grades. Retail
dealers report that, regardless OF price,
it is impossible 10 get enough pea,
buckwheat and rice 20 take care OF
their regular trade.
New Coal Company Organizers. The
Simpson Greek Coal Company has been
organized under the laws Of West Fir-
ginia, with capital of S3.0OO0OO.
Officers Of the concern are J. ". Gallo
way. president; David Williamson,
ce-president, and J. t. McGOwan, sec
rotary and treasurer. Offices have
been opened in New York City. Balti-
more and Simpson, Taylor County,
". Va.
Pennsylvania Not Negotiating for
"Mop" Stock SamueI Rea, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
yesterday authorized the following
statement: THE Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has not acquired any stock
of the Missouri Pacific Railway Com
pany, and is not negotiating for an in
terest in that company"
Sabin Resigns Directorship.-
Charles II. Sabin. president of the
Guaranty Trust Company, resigned as
director of the international Agri-
cultural Corporation at the annual
stockholders meeting yesterday. He
was succeeded by J. R. Floyd, secre-
company.
Perkins Leaves Erie Board. George
". Perkins has resigned as q director
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24
Tuesday, January %, 1917

Wall Street had its peace panic IN
December. A panic does not happen
twice for the same reason. That is
why Mr.. Wilson's remarkable and
unexpected contribution on Monday
10 the moving literature of peace lett
the stock market dull and inactive.
If this thing had taken place before
the liquidation of the speculative
structure reared upon war proilts us
effect would have been very different
Those who looked to the stock mar
ket for an Interpretation" OF the
Presidents address were disap-
pointed. There is nothing to inter
pref. The stock market has ac-
cepted peace as a floating liability,
like a bill payable, which cannot be
got rid of by suggestion or any de-
vice of bookkeeping. 1t will come
due. That is merely a matter OF
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24

War prosperity has engendered
eXtravagant ways among the people
of Canada. The Canadian Bank of
Commerce complains that the volume
of merchandise being imported into
the Dominion "is swollen by the pur-
chase of many things that are
neither essential nor at this time de-
sirable." The public men of Canada
do not consider that the people have
a right to squander their money with
such a free hand when the govern
ment is confronted by the difficult
task of raising sufficient funds to
pay for the manufacture of NUM-
tons from which the Canadian work
ers are deriving a good share of their
prosperity. Therefore the govern
ment officials and other public
spirited citizens are trying to Gin
culcate personal economy with a
view to increasing the savings of the
people, in order that the resources of
the country may be conserved and
applied on munitions account"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24
BORROW FUNDS
TO SUBSCRIBE
FOR NEW LOAN
London Expresses Anxiety
Over Revenue Required
for Interest
By FRANCIS W. HIRST
lBy Cable To Tie Tribunel

lBy Cable 10 Tie Trbunel
London, Jan. 23.-lGscount rates
are maintained by the lack OF
Treasury bills. Many business men
are borrowing from the banks IN
order to subscribe substantial sums
to the new loan. This practice is
countenanced by the Cambridge
University professor of political
economy, provided the sums Dor
rowed are repaid from savings
within a limited time.
Plans dealing with the national
debt are being canvassed, and | ind
a strong undercurrent of anxiety IN
the City as to the revenue which
will be required for the interest
alone.
Protection is coming to the front
again under the patronage OF MIN
ister of Labor Hodge, who has an
nounced his conversion. Apparent
ly a section of the labor party VIII
unite with the .tarifite manufactur-
ers upon what is called the Aus
tralian protective high tariff, with
trades guaranteeing high wages.
President Wilson's speech is the
one topic of conversation. The
Northcliffe organs sheer and Jibe.
"The Westminster Gazette" calls it
"inoenious." "The Manchester
Guardian" declares the Presidents
words Twill find an echo in many
hearts, and words are sometimes
deeds"
/ met half a dozen Liberal mem
bers in the National Liberal Club
this afternoon, and all expressed
great satisfaction with the Pres
ident's speech.
The new high record price of sill
yer is attracting speculative atten-
ton, though it must be remembered
that the rising price is really due
to the depreciation of gold. Since
the war silver has been more stable
than gold, its purchasing power in
the East having been fairly well
maintained.
A Shanghai correspondent in
forms me that before Christmas the
stock of silver there shrank from
the normal fifty million to about
seventeen million ounces. The
moneychangers-and in China al
most every business man is a money
changer-are threatened with
famine of the metal. The shortage
is attributed mainly to Allied pur-
chases and to the failure of Mex
lean production. One of the curl
osities Of the situation is that Euro
peans in China now do not wish
their salaries to be paid in gold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24

If one were to be guided by mere
surface indications, thinks "The
Bankers Magazine" the statement
made by Secretary McAdoo in his
annual report that fundamental
economic conditions have never been
more sound" would be accepted with
out hesitation. Foreign trade figures
are at their highest level. We have
the greatest stock of gold ever ac-
cumulated by one country in the
world. Labor is fully employed at
high wages. Bank deposits have
broken all records, and crops, while
not as large as could be desired, have
brought the producers more money
than they have ever received before
in a single season. In the face of all
these induces of prosperity only a
chronic pessimist would be expected
to deny that we are having good
times. But "The Bankers Magazine
is nevertheless skeptical. 1t asks:
Is big foreign trade, based largely
upon war, fundamentally sound? Is
a big gold reserve obtained through
this war trade and the exceptional
conditions produced by the war funda-
mentally sound? Are the high prices
largely caused by the war funda-
mentally sound? Is that a funda-
mentally sound condition where a
few men almost overnight have be-
come millionaires while masses of
people yet find the procuring of the
ordinary necessities of life heart
breaking problem? Are the evidences
Of luxury and extravaganza typical
of fundamentally sound conditions
Is the perplexing railway situation
fundamentally sound? Is that a
fundamentally sound situation where
large portion of our wage earners
are employed in industries that may
disappear almost in the twinkling of
an eye?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-24
Money AMI Credit

Washington. Jan. 23.-Governors Of
Federal Reserve banks are working out
the details of a system of exchange
among member banks, through Federal
Reserve banks, designed to eliminate to
a large extent the practice of transmit
ting 70 distant sections of the country
drafts on New York, and TO substitute
drafts on banks located in cities 20
which the .emittances are sent.
A favorable report on the proposed
system hss been made b. q committee