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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
WAGE.EARNERs AS PICKETS.
Working Women on Duty at White
House Gates Yesterday.

A number of working women. from
factories. mills. stores. etc, of New
York, Philadelphia and Wilmington.
who could not afford to take time off
from their jobs during week days, did
a little special 'picketing" at the White
House gates yesterday afternoon.
They stood around the gates from 3
o'clock until 5 o'clock. and were re-
warded by a greeting from President
and Mrs Wilson when they returned
from motor drive. The President
smiled and raised his hat to the work
ingwomen, each of whom carried a
banner bearing the legend wage
Garner
A member of the Shirt Waist Makers
Union of Philadelphia, who was one of
the pickets, said:
I'VE want the President to give us
the same help and cooperation that he
gives to the wage-earning man with
the vote. While we are compelled to
earn our living we want the protection
of the ballot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
U. S. FIRMS. GET CONTRACTS
ONCE LETTO HADFIELD co.

Contracts for navy projectileS which
had been let to Hadfields Ltd, an Eng
lish concern, were given today to the
Midvale Steel Company, the Washing
ton Steel and Ordnance Company and
the Crucible Steel Company.
The contract to the Washington
Steel and Ordnance Company at Gies-
boro Point is for the manufacture of
1900 large armor piercing shells at
the rate of $500 each. The contracts
for larger amounts have been awarded
the Midyale and Crucible companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
TWO MORE D. G. JUDGES.
Carlin Bill Providing for Their Ap-
pointment Passes House.

Two additional justices for the Dis
trict Supreme Court are provided for
in the Carlin bill which passed the
House this afternoon without difficulty
1t authorizes the President to appoint,
by and with the consent of the Senate
two additional associate justices of the
Supreme Court Of the District Of CO.
lumbia- The bill has been advocated
by the bench and bar of the District
because of the crowded condition of the
docket in the court.
The personnel of the court has not
been increased for nearly forty years
The bill will be rushed to the Senate,
where it is understood that Senator
OVerman will work for its passage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
C. F. SCHNEIDER DIES.
Was Among Pioneers Of Iron and
Steel Construction in Washington.

Charles F. Schneider, a lifelong
resident of this city, died, in his sixtieth
year, yesterday at his apartments in
the Cumberland apartment house. He
had been i'll about two weeks. No
funeral arrangements have as yet been
made.
Union Iron Works, PIP 18th street,
which was founded by his father in
1914. This company has done the iron
and steel construction of many build
ings in this city, among them the old
National Museum He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mabel Schneider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

begged to take work off her shoulders?
And then not a month after marrying
her. he had coolly arranged for her
to begin work again! She could vision
the sneering smile with which Nell
would hear the news. Nell said that
all men were alikei
AS the weeks wore on Jim began
to sense something was wrong with
Etta. He couldn't define 1t. AT times
he told himself he imagined 1t, but at
other times he was sure that there
was something between them. He ac-
cused her of being homesick for the
city. She denied it with energy. And
her denial was honest. The city to
her meant a crowded. skimped home
and a. dull counter of ginghams and
linens. No, she didn't want to ge
hack there 10 live. She liked Jen-
vile. its lazy ways. it's lack of rush.
she liked the women whom she had
mai at church and in the stores, and
abe relished the prospect of some time
waving from the three rooms into
small white cottage out at the edge
of town. Jim had suggested that they
save toward this, and she had cheer
fully fallen in with the suggestion,
.except when she remembered sullenly
that Jim expected her to contribute
toward the savings. That recollection
took the bloom of her growing aon-
tent. It had spoiled her happiness.
Unknown to her the look Of content
faded. little by little, from her small.
pretty face, and in its place came 2
sullen pout She well knew that some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
OPEN NATIONAL SONG WEEK.
Thousands of Local School Children
Take Part in Program.

Thousands of children in the public
schools of the District of Columbia to-
day participated in the opening of the
national week of song. DIR. Hamlin E.
.Cogswell. director of music. arranged a
program, which is to be followed dur
ing the three days this week the
schools are open.
Today was devoted to the singing of
folk songs. those given the preference
being "Suwanee River" "Old Kentucky
Home" Loves Old Sweet Song and
Home, Sweet Home" Tomorrow Is to
be devoted to the singing of favorite
classics, and Wednesday to the singing
of patriotic compositions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
LECTURE ON IRISH POETS.
Gaelic Society to Hear Talks Tomor.
row Night.

Donnchadn Ruadh MacConmara,
Sure he was Irish. He was a poet of
the Emerald Isle between IT'S and 1910,
and his life and works will form the
theme of paper by DR.. Joseph Dunn,
president of the Gaelic Society of
Washington, at a meeting to be held
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at 1910
New York avenue northwest
The Irish Lyric Poets is the gem
eral subject for the evening In addi-
ton to the discussion of MacConmara,
I)r. Dunn Will tell of Pierce Fitzgerald
and Rev. C. l. Carrick will give an ad-
dress on Irish University Education"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
BUYS Abattoir at Frederick.

The Old Dutch Market purchased last
week the abattoir and packing plant of
the Frederick City Abattoir Company at
Frederick, Md, which was built in 1911 at
a cost of $3.50, 900, and is making extensive
repairs Two or three inspectors from the
bureau of animal industry, Department of
Agriculture, are to be assigned to this
plant, which will be mode separate sta
ton of the meat inspection bureau, early
in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
New Australian Ministry Formed.

LONDON. February 1s.-Reuters' Mel
bourne correspondent says the Aus
tralian ministry headed by William M.
Hughes rendered it's resignation and
that the governor general commission
ed Mr.. Hughes to form another which
now has been sworn in. The new min
istry is a coalition and will be known
as the commonwealth war government.
Mr. Hughes will retain the post of
premier and attorney general. Joseph
Hume Cook, leader OF the opposition.
has been given the portfolio Of ininie-
ter of the navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
Ambassador Fletcher at Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY. February 19.-The
American ambassador. Henry P. Fletch-
er. arrived here late Saturday night. He
was met by officials from the Mexican
foreign Office, members of Gen. Car
ranza's staff and big delegation of
government officials. headed by mill
tary escort Am assador Fletcher ex-
pressed his appreciation of the cour-
tesies shown him on his journey
through Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
Approach the Target
From High Position.

44Pp4VoS1 0AAS e~0SS
From High Position. apnroacb-
ing the target at a relatively high ele-
walton, and then swooping down to
low one before releasing the torpedo, is
that if the target be an enemy's war
vessel it is practically impossible with
present guns to hit an object swiftly
falling from height, owing to the
rapid resulting change in range and
consequent elevation of the guns
These are only few of the many war
patents taken out by peace-loving
Americans. In searching through the
patent files we also And an aerial tor
pedo-a device for carrying bombs
through the air and dropping them at
predetermined points; new method
and electrical apparatus OF detecting
submarines although completely sub
merged in the water. and an attach
ment for aeroplanes by which combus-
tible liquid may be dropped down on
the enemy and ignited by bombs imme-
diately following.
With few exceptions, all recent ap-
plications for patents on ordnance and
military equipment have been granted
within a few months after they were
filed. which shows that they were fair
" unique Usually, the claims for one
device interfere with those of another;
great deal of correspondence and
amending must be completed before
the matter is finally understood, and
sometimes the cases drag out for years
before a patent is secured. In a num-
Der of cases. this is just what the pat
entee wants. for it saves him $40.
Suppose, for example. that you are
the inventor of a small toy which you
intend to have sold upon the street
corners as long as it remains popular.
You send your specifications to an at
torney in Washington with the re-
quired fee of IS. in consideration of
! which he makes a search through the
| records of the patent office in order to
make sure that it has not already been
patented. He finds that 1t has not
Thereupon you make application for a
! patent. paying the application fee of
| $15. and print in large letters on each
Of the toys. Patent Applied For" Now
your application comes back to you,
marked with few changes by the pat
| ent examiner, which does not annoy
YOU half as much as it should. For
| watch the toy market before you COM
plete your negotiations for a patent
| and pay the remaining $50. During this
| period the popularity of the toy has
doubtless waned. and you don't want a
! patent on it anyhow. But the Patent
| Applied For" kept other people from
| manufacturing the same thing during
| that year and thereby protected you.
This is one Of the clever devices by
which an occasional inventor sometimes
takes advantage OF
Puhlio propertV the government
/ ~ " There is also an
A1to1 - Hos' other reason for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

Mardi Gras.
New Orleans-PensacO1a-
Excursion fares. February 10 to 10,
Southern Railway. Consult agents.
Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
American Invents
Submarine Bomb,

GbONe d suDifld-
rine or in the path of its movement,
sinking into the water and exploding
at depth determined and regulated
by the aviator. In other words, in
doing scout duty along the coast an
aeronaut detects a submarine plying
its rapid course beneath the water 1t
is well known, of course. that a sub
distance of a hundred or SO yards. 1t
is here that the submarine bomb comes
in handy. Attached to a parachute by
long cable, and governed by a cen
trail electrical apparatus which goes off
upon striking the water, this bomb
may be exploded at any depth beneath
the surface of the water according to
the length of the cable between it and
the electrical contrivance.
The business of casting projectiles
from aeroplanes has been carefully
gone over by American inventors and
several improvements accomplished on
the methods now used in Europe. One
of these is a method devised by Brad
ley A. Fiske of the United States Navy
for directing and delivering the attack
of a self-propelled submarine torpedo
upon a floating target" The torpedo
is strapped to the bottom of the aero
same position, and is released by
means of lever operated by the aero
nauts feet. Swooping down as rap
idly and as vertically as possible until
within a few feet of the water, care
fully conducting his flight so that the
bow of the torpedo is pointed toward
It's target, he pushes the lever, frees
the torpedo, and it continues on it's
course in the usual way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

Father Johns Medicine Has 90 Years
success for colds and coughs.-Adver-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
MANY INVENTORS.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

The war, which has failed to evoke
the expected amount of remarkable
literature, appears to have made up
for it on inventions. Hundreds of new
war patents have been issued by
France. Germany and England during
the past two years, and Americans, es-
pecially, who at the most are only in
nocent bystanders. have nevertheless
felt inspired to contribute their inven-
tive genius to the progress of the con-
fiict. The United States patent office
has been kept busy filing applications
of ordnance devices, many of which are
peculiarly original and diabolically
clever.
Since man has taken to travelling on
the bottom of the ocean and soaring
through the air. nothing is incredible.
Hence, it is unnecessary to reassure
the reader upon the practicability of
any of the devices mentioned in this
article. even though they seem trifle
wild and incomprehensible. A man in
Springfield, Mass, for example, has
produced a neat contrivance in the
form of a buoy which is to lay in
wait for belligerent ships and blow
them up by setting off floating mines.
In operation the device works some
thing like this:
x !:
Picture the buoy twenty five miles
outside of New York harbor. Every
-.........-...-. thing is quiet
In Waiting Is Miles and the officer
Outside of Harbor. n, , the coming 90 .ns
buoy is bored with watching nothing
but ships of commerce through his
periscope. Suddenly gray battleship
appears on the horizon, and then sew
eral others, all bearing the belligerent
flag of Switzerland. Switzerland is
used here, because, having no navy. it
cannot possibly take offense.) The man
in the coming tower Immediately
turns on an electric motor, and the
buoy sinks quietly out of sight, by
means of cable attached to an anchor
at the bottom of the ocean, until it
cannot be reached even by a subma-
rine. Next, the officer picks up tele-
phone on a nearby shelf and informs
the authorities in New York of the
proximity of the enemys ships Then
he places his hand on an electric APP
paratus connected with a number of
Hoatlng mines and awaits the oncome
or the belligerents When abreast Of
the mines, the officer pushes the neces-
sary button, and las for the imaginary
SWISS fleet, ten battlesbips are blown
up.
rms sufiices to explain one of the
new inventions. 1t is undoubtedly
valuable addition to the coast defense
OF country, and it has one other i'm
portant use. 1t suggests an admira bl e
store of supplies for submarines or
other raiders when a great distance
from the home source. Whether it will
be bought by the United States govern
ment or not remains to be seen, for
such government purchases are always
clothed in secrecy. so far as the public
and other governments are concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19
Fails to Mention
Its Allied Uses,

claimed only one very obvious use for II
and failed to mention all the allied uses
to which it could be put. He got his pat
ents, but they gave him little protection
for jim a short while a strange inventor
turned up in Washington with appiica-
tons for patents on practically the same
machinery but with new claims for it.
But, while the popular picture of the
inventor is an absent-minded individual
who always is cheated out of his just
rewards both in fame and money, he Is
rapidly losing his familiar outline. In
stead, today he usually Is a keen-eyed
energetic man, with an eye on commercial
opportunities In the new patents on war
devices all the necessary claims were
clearly stated with a delightful lack OF
modesty and carefully prepared by skilled
attorneys. New war patents are being is
sued every day. The war may have failed
to inspire art, but it has certainly fired
science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

In describing the advantages of this
unique method of launching torpedo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

mother American war invention is a
submarine bomb, to be dropped from a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

This is one Of the clever devices by
which an occasional inventor sometimes
IT takes advantage OF
Puhlio PROPERTY the government.
~ ~ There is also an
AIteI - Ac1s' other reason for
mot hurrying the application through to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-19

An old farmer few years ago sent in
some applications for some very remark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Curb Market

Note The Tribune assumes no responsi-
bihty for the accuracy or authenticity OF curb
market quotations. The New York Curb As
ISOLATION produces no official quotation list.
Quotations are reported by individuals over
whom the association has no control Any
one can make prices on the curb and get
them printed in the daily lists. even without
the (ormaity Of first submitting the shares To
the Curb Association for its approval. some
securities are regularly listed that Is, the
are approved for trading By the Curb Associa-
ton. and il IS required that information con-
corning them will be filed from time 70 time
with the secretary. Such information - open
10 public inspection. Some other securities
like the Standard Oil subsidiaries. are "ad-
mitted 10 quotation" without a regular list
ing 4 greater number are unlisted. No one
has any authority over them. Unlisted stocks
are marked thus 60. They are principally
mining stocks. and most Of them are pros.
pects." but there is nothing TO distingui.I
prospects" from operating properties" in
the unlisted group. There are a few listed
mining stocks. and among them prospects
are distinguished by the abbrevistion a
pros" after the name With this notice duly
given. The Tribune prints all quotations
without further responsibility. Transactions
and prices Monday were reported as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Ind ustrial
Cotton

An opening advance IN the cotton
market yesterday wac soon lost. while
prices broke mere sharply in the after
noon, owing to continued good weather
in the South and more business over
the export situation July contracts
sold of from 1850 to 1921, and closed
Al 49,. with the general list closing
steady At ret decline of to .
poirfs. Near months were relatively
easy As result Of scattering May
liquidation i'm preparation FOR notices
on Wednesday,
The market opened steady A. an ad-
vance Of 4 20 is points in response to
higher cables. Private advices, how
ever. attributed the strength in LIVER
pool 10 the higher marine war risks.
and houses with Liverpool connections
were quite active sellers here. prcsuma-
Div in ANTICIPATION Of wider differences.
The persistent appearance Of small
May selling orders seemed to unsettIc
the general list. although the talk was
that Nav had been pretty well evened
up. That delivery maintained pre-
MUM Of about 80 points over July at
the close. ,
The weather map was considered
very favorable, particularly east o.
the river Further showers would
probably be considered desirable IN the
Southwest. where the forecast was for
fair and warmer One Of the private
cables received here said there had
been Continental liquidation in Liver
pool carly, easily absorbed by covering
against cotton sunk. Southern spot
markets officially reported were %
noints lower TO % points higher, gen
orally unchanged Exports for the day
we're .s5S bales, making 4,543,20l so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Stocks
tus TIE A..o,Is'el rr,.s D

~, TIE Associated rrc.l
Wall street. April %.
Dealings in stocks differed in no inn
pcrtsnt particular from those Of the
past fortnight. except that operations
were on n lighter and narrower basis.
Such initiative as was seen at Odd
moments owed its impulse wholly 90
the professionals. who sold OF one
group and bought Of another.
Opening quotations were steady, but
soon became irregular in consequence
Of further selling Of speculative ISSUES
notably Ohio Gas. Industrial Alcohol
motors, shippnes and OILS. Lquida-
tior Of coppcrs added 20 the Jnsctuc-
utCnt Of tho forenoon, Marines later
displaying general hcsvincss.
Specialize made full rccoycrics later,
Ohio Gas charging ITS carly break OF
almos: poirts 80 an actual gam OF
o.cr on announcement Of an increase
in tho dividend TO p % per cent basis.
Mentions and equipments, 81 ono tune
from 10 3 points under last Satur-
day. closing quotations. also shared
in tho uneven rally Of tho last hour
United States Stcel's extreme rcccs-
sion Of mere fraction was more than
made M on short covering, the STOCK
scoring a net gain Of practically "a
point Rails were rclcCated 20 a place
OF secondary Importance. with no ma
tcrial alteration Of prices.
Slight concessions were registered
by Investment bonds, United States
bonds were unchanged on call.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Current
-HHHHA
) u s t e n a n C e
Cereals

Wheat - The volume Of business
was less active. and the movement OF
values was less errstic than OF late, in
dicating that the efforts OF the Chicago
Board Of Trade to check aggressive OPP
erations were meeting with considera-
bic success. At times prices were heavy
under scattered liquidation and more
favorable crop reports. The easier tone,
however, applied principally 20 the ne"
crop months. which closed &c 70 sc
net lower. while the May position raj
lied from the early decline and closed
lac net higher. Private crop news
vas again more optimistic. and 10 was
the impression in some quarters that
the condition Of the crop has improved
possiby 10 points since the government
report was issued.
Kansas and Oklahoma sent IN some
very favorable news. one authority pre-
dieting that Kansas may produce a crop
Of $4,000. 900 bushels, while there were
also favorable sdvices received from
some Of the Ohio Valley states. The
rcports from the spring wheat belt
were also satisfactory. and the trade az
large felt much more hopeful regarding
the crop outlook and consequently re-
carding the question of food supplies.
Chicago reported that navigation on
the lakes had opened there on Sstur-
day and that a number OF grain-laden
boats had sailed for Buffalo. Shipments
from the mead Of the lakes are expected
soon. and when this wheat arrives al
the Eastern terminals Of the lakes 1t
will doubtless relieve the cash sltus'
ton in the East materially.
The visible supply decreased 1896 600
bushels. compared with decrease OF
. .664 900 last year The worlds ship
nents were 6.0lA.00O bushels. compared
with 5.lSOGO0 last week and l3.5es.OOO
last year. The export demand was slow,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
SANTA CECILIA SUGAR COMPANY
PLAN OF REIMBURSEMENT
To the Holders of First Mortgage 60 Gold o0no''
Preferred Capital Stock Common Capital Stock
or Voting Trust Certificates therefor;

The undersigned REIMBURSEMENT Committee at the Request c
tho bnders Of substantial of the First Mortgage E1u
Bonds Preferred Capital Stock and Common CAPITA coc fn
SWTA CECILIA SUGAR COMPANY, have prepared ran Ioi
the reimbursement the securities and affairs OF sS1
which plan been approved by the directors OF % pIa
In tho Judgment of the REIMBURSEMENT Committee tne ran
enablv readusts the respective rights ana AZ
~ seies of the Company and its prompt enectuSoh
need 10 nure material advantage OF each class OF
Holders of Bonds Preferred STOCK d deposit their bonds or
certificates Of voting Trust CeIthesSS G ne
;noJiatcIv with the COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANl Ine D
noary of the Committee at ITS o1c so w 81 o
wav New York City. The Depository WI ISSUE
nosit in respect 0 the securities deposited o., .
Bonds must deposited in negotiable form WIN A e Pre-
1917 and subsequent coupons attached and Lo
fcd or Common Voting Trust Certhcates
& no Iv endorsed with necessary stamps
Tho nan provides securities may be deposited S
Nav IS 1917 unless otherwise permitted by the REIMBURSEMENT ~
LoIdorsof
The Reimbursement Committee under obligation 70 p d
their securities uhder Sald ran anu
Agreement copies of which be obtained from 'ne Dp'
or from the Secretary Of the Committee
Dated New York. April 18TH 1871
I Chairman
I ~ D.
Counsel 4 n
n. /" H..
SecreaC Ready iment
SIS cedar York CITY