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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-17

Pictures are Max Hans Lod-
wig Wax, arrested in New York
as swindler, and his little
black box of mystery seized i'll
the belief that it was nothing
more than a modern adaptation
Of a time worn cOntrivance for
swindling unsophisticated per-
sons out of savings, but which
turned out to be a powerful
wireless telegraphy outfit capa-
BILE of receiving messages as far
away as Berlin. Police and gov
ernment experts who examined
the mechanism in the box de-
clared it to be as perfect in con-
struction- as any they ever had
seen.
N. Y. Fl. Special
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
WEATHER..

For the District Of Columbia and
Maryland, fair tonight. Tomorrow fair,
warmer; gentle south and southwest
winds.
For Virginia. fair tonight. Tomorrow
fair. warmer; moderate south and
southwest winds.
For west Virginia. probably fair to-
night and tomorrow; warmer tomor-
row.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic surveyD
nm: high tide, 1922 am. and 7:4S pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:13 am. and
PAS pm; high tide, sos am. and S:36
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose. 4;55 am: sun sets.
1882 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises. 1855 am: sun
sets, 1892 pm.
Moon rises, 4:21 am: sets, 7:17 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Tho following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermome ter-Yesterday pm, rs:
$ pm. Is: IL midnight. z; today. 4
am, 70; am, IL; - noon. IS: pm, rs.
Maximum. 81, at 2:30 pm. yesterday;
minimum, 20, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, Sc; minimum, II.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pm. 1907:
pm, 30.07: 10 midnight, 30.13; today,
am. 5000: am, So.15; II noon, 3012:
2 pm. 30.12.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature.
IS; condition. 500. Dalecarlia reservoir
rs; condition at north
connection. 1900: condition at south
connection. 400. Georgetown distribut-
ing acknowledgements IS; condi-
ton at influent gatehouse. IS; condi-
ton at efluent gatehouse, so.
Up-River Waters.
snecial Dispatch to The Star.
<HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, July 1s.-|
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
were muddy this morning.
Weather IN Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
WELDING CHAIN IN TRIPLE
AUTOMOBILE MURDERS

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. July 1s-With
statements pf authorities that no other
arrests will be made, clearing up of the
mystery surrounding the deaths of Ed
mund 7. HUMPHREYS. Philadelphia coal
operator; Mrs. HUMPHREYS and their
son Edmund, Jr., on country road near
here last Sunday is expected to depend
on the completion of the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence which it is de-
clared has connected George c. Tomp-
kins. former business associate Of
HUMPHREYS. with the triple tragedy
Tompkins. who is held in the Cambria
county Jail. charged with murder was
the only other occupant of the automo-
bile in which the HUMPHREYS were rid
ing when, he declares, the party was
held up by masked highwaymen.
George Naylor yesterday identified
Tompkins as the man whom he saw
run out of cornfield near where an
automobile was standing on the Ebens-
burg Carrollton road Sunday. His wife
will be asked at the jail today, it is
expected. to corroborate this identifica-
ton. In the automobile at the roadside
Naylor declares he saw the bodies of a
woman and q boy.
Tompkins attorneys are said to he
preparing defense. the basis of which.
it is understood, will be the suspects
hold-up story,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
ALL ATLANTIC CABLES
ARE TO Be CENSORED

Extension of the cable censorship to
all transatlantic messages was order
ed formally today by Secretary Daniels.
under the authority of President WILL
sons executive order Of April 20.
Censorship of cable messages to
South and Central America. Mexico and
the orient has been in force since May
4. when transatlantic cables were
temporarily exempted until the work
ings of the French and British censor
ships were learned in order that ef-
fective cooperation without duplica-
ton was assured.
The extension of the censorship to
transatlantic cables was recommended
by George Creel, chairman of the com
mittee' on public information, who, after
a study of the British and French sys-
tens, has submitted an effective plan
of procedure.
Commander David W. Todd, director
of naval communications, will continue
his executive direction of the cable
censorship. and the New York office is
In charge of Commander Arthur b,
Noff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
TO USE DAY COACHES
TO MOVE MILITIA SOUTH

Day coaches will be used for moving
the greater part of the National Guard
to camps in the south. where they are
to become parts of the national army.
When the guard was moved to the Dor
der last year tourist sleepers were used
in most cases. but it has been discovered
that this time there Is shortage of
sleeping cars. Reports to the War De-
partment today indicated that supplies
are being modified satisfactorily at
state depots and that in Pennsylvania
the commissary department now has
it's stores all on sidings waiting for
shipment.
Delay in laying out camp sites is
being remedied and officials of the de-
partment believe the first movement
VIII be well under way by the end of
the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
DISEASE INCUBATION
FOR KANSAS BLOCKED
Plan to Spread Terror in State by
Means of Court Plaster May
Be Enemy Plot.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 1S.-A plot
to spread terror through Kansas by the
means of disease incubation through
court plaster was stated today by Fred
Robertson, United States district attor-
ney of Kansas, at Kansas City, Kan, to
have been broken up through the arrests
of three men in different towns of that
state. Tests conducted by W. s. Smith,
government chemist, and three aids
were said to have revealed tetanus
germs on plasters the three were selling
and giving away. Other germs not yet
identified were declared to have been
found.
The names Of tho three were with
held by Mr.. Robertson. as he said he
feared the men might be lynched II
their identity became known 1t was
understood they are to be brought here
for questioning.
Mr.. Robertson said he was at a loss
to find motive for the alleged plot The
fact that the names of the three per-
sons under arrest were of Germanfo
origin and other features connected
with 1t might indicate, he said, that it
was of an enemy nature.
cit is apparent that the persons
wanted to start some sort of trouble"
he said. but l don't know to just what
to attribute it. 1t may be merely the
work of cranks or it may have 4
broader scope"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
FOOD PRICE PROBE HERE
UP TO SUBCOMMITTEE

A subcommittee of the Senate Dis
trict committee to take charge of the
resolution offered by Senator King of
Utah providing for an investigation
into market conditions and the advisa-
bility of establishing municipal mar
ket in Washington was appointed to-
day by Senator John Walter Smith,
chairman of the committee.
The subcommittee consists of Sena-
tors Pomerene. chairman; Hollis, King,
Jones and Kenyon. 1t is expected that
the subcommittee will take up the
resolution for consideration imme-
diately and that it will report the reso-
luton back favorably. Senator King
has been making Investigations Of
market conditions for the last week
and is ready to lay the results before
the subcommittee. He has amassed
many data to show that the people of
Washington are being held up by food
spectators and that prices here are
unreasonably high for foodstuffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Purchases Recommended.

The statement next dealt with pur-
chases made upon recommendation of
the committee on supplies of the ad-
visory committee of the council of ma
tional defense May 80 the committee
had written to seventy-four manufac-
turers. from Maine to California, re-
questing them to send bids on shoes.
awards were made to forty-seven. In
every case to the lowest bidder
On this award the McElwain Com
pany was awarded contracts for 400, 900
ranging at prices from s4.67 to $4.S5
On this award 100000 pairs were
bought at prices lower than McElwafn's
and 100000 at prices higher than Nc
Elwain's.
On this same opening of bids McEl-
vain was awarded 100000 pairs at
$5.17. and awards were made at prices
ranging from s5.095 to 1924. in every
case to the lowest bidder, $4,000 at
prices lower than McElwain's. $4,000
at prices higher than McElwain's
June 1 100000 pairs were awarded to
ten concerns at the fiat price of S4.75.
this award on the recommendation of
the committee. On this purchase of
$50. 900 pairs, in which no award was
made to McElwain. the department eff
fected saving of over $4,000 from the
price which would have been paid had
these contracts been awarded May 80
awards then made.
July awards were made of 1,225, 900
pairs of shoes of ono type and $4,000
Of another type. on sealed bids, to the
lowest bidder in every case. These
awards were made on the recommend :
ton Of the committee on supplies No
awards were made to the McElwain
Company.
July 10 100000 pairs were purchased
at fiat price of $40. mono being
bought from McElwains Since June
the McElwain Company has sub
mitted no bids and no awards have
been made to 1t.
Senator Pomerene said that the fig
ures he had given proved conclusively
that there was nothing wrong about
the contracts awarded for shoes by the
War Department. The department., he
said, had awarded contracts for 1,50O.-
900 pairs Of shoes to the lowest bid
ders; no single firm made bid for
the entire number OF shoes. and the
government was forced to accept bids
at various prices in order to get the
required number of shoes.
Il do not intend" said Senator Pome-
rene. ito discuss the contracts made by
tonments at this time, but when l do
will have full information in regard
to them
He looked hard at Senator McKellar
of Tennessee when he made this re-
mark. Senator Mckellar yesterday aft
ernoon said that the contracts for the
cantonments were subject to criticism
Senator Pomerene urged that no leg
islation be enacted which would de-
prive the government Of the advice and
services of the business men now con-
nected with the council of national de-
ices to aid the government In time Of
war,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
9TH Street Merchants to Close Early

About thirty merchants located on
eth street between X and Q streets
have signed an agreement binding them
to close their places of business on
Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Fridays at
1880 pm. until August 81. according to
announcement made today
The movement to secure the closing of
the shops on the dates in question was
started recently and the merchants. it
Is pointed OUT. at once agreed to the
program of the leaders In the effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
BRowNLow SEES PRESIDENT.

Commissioner Brownlow had a con-
ference this afternoon with President
Wilson at the White House. at which
the business affairs of the District of
Columbia were discussed
Mr.. Brownlow is serving as acting
chairman of the board of Commission
ers of the District while Oliver P. New
man, chairman, is at Fort Myer on a
three month furlough, training for a
commission in the Officers Reserve
Corps.
No statement a. to the details of Mr..
Brownlow's visit was obtainable this
afternoon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Probing Alleged Coal Shortage

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Heavy pur.
chases of coal by apartment house
owners today resulted in an inyestias !.
tion being instituted by John J. MUIR
ply. city commissioner OF tenements. to
ascertain how extensive exterior stor-
age had become. Commissioner Murphy
said that no more coal than IL neces-
sary to supply a building shall be per
mitted to be stored outdoors,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Retail Price of Fish.

The prevailing retail prices at the mu-
nicipal fish wharf and market this morn
Ing. according TO repor, of George NJ.
Roberts, superintendent of weights, meas
nres and markets. were
Buterfish, per h.. cents; croakers, per
ID, cents: founders. per lb, 6 cents.
rnackerel. per ID. 20 cents; trout, Der Id
5 TO 10 cents; perch. per h.. 5 to 10 cents:
rockfish. per Id. u TO IS cents: clans. per
100. $40: era soft. per doz., so cents:
crabs. hard. per doz. 40 cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Examination for tuberculosis.

First Lieuts. Algernon S. Atkinson
and Henry c. Drew of the Medical Re
serve Corps and Contract Surgeon Roy
p. Adams have been placed on active
duty. They are ordered to proceed to
Fort Myer. Va. and report to the com
manding officer of the citizens training
camp at that post for the purpose Of
examining tho men on duty at that
camp for tuberculosis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
COTTON.
Quotations furnished by w.
Three East St. Louis Policemen Held

EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill. July 1s.-The
arrest of Sergt. Con Meehan. Patrolman
James O'Brien and Chauffeur Albert H.
Wilson of the East St. Louis police
force has been ordered by Coroner c. c.
Renner. The officers are charged with
being implicated in the shooting Of
two negroes during the race riot here
July .. They were suspended Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Radio Division Is Created.

Creation of a radio division under the
chief signal officer of the army, to
handle radio matters for both tho ayia-
ton section and the Signal Corps
proper, has been announced by the
War Department. Maj. Nugent H,
Slaughter. Reserve Corps. is u.,ailed ~
take charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. July S.-Hogs-Receipts.
% 900 head: slow; bulk. 14.40a15.35:
light. I450a15.2O, mixed. 1i.15a15.50;
heavy. 14.O0a15.50; rough. 140Oa14.25;
pigs. l1.25a14.l5.
CattIe-Receipts. $1,000 head; steady;
native beef cattle. 8.35a14.O0: western,
steers. 865a11.50: stockers and feeders,
6.25a925: cows and heifers. 530a11.90;
calves, 9.50a14.25.
sheep-Receipts. 5000 head; firm;
wethers, 7.75a11.00: lambs, 9.50a15.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
DAIRY MARKETS.

CHICAGO. July 1S.-Butter-Easier;
creamery. 34a37ia.
Eggs-Receipts. PISA cases; I'M
changed.
Potatoes-Lower: receipts. SO cars;
Virginia. barrels 5.50a5.1n: Kansas
Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois, sacks,
l.75al.S5.
Poultry. al:ve-Unchaneed.
NEW YORK. July 1s.-Eggs-Irregu-
lar: receipts. 21.S40 cases fresh gath
cred extras. 3Sa39: extra frsts. SO 2a37 :;
frsts. 34ha36: seconds. 81 1aa34: state.
Pennsylvania and nearby western hennery
whites. fine to fancy, 42a43; state. Penn
sylvania and nearby hennery browns. 40
a42
Cheese - Unsettled: receipts. 1856
boxes; state, fresh specials, 22A a23: do,
average run. 22iaa22A.
Butter-Easy receipts. 1914 tubs:
creamery higher than extras. 3sh /; cream
cry extras. % score. 3Sh; flrsts. 37Aa
3SA: seconds. 35a37
Dressed poultry---Weak: chickens, 1sa
20; fowls 16a25E turkeys. 1Sa32. Live
Poutry-Unsettled: no prices quoted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
No Reason to Go South,

Senator Wadsworth told the Senate that
the government had expended $500, 900 in
erecting buildings at the PIattsburg camp :;
that the training of the embryo officers
was to be ended by December /, and that
he saw no reason for sending them south
Cant the senator see the advantage 10
the railroads in hauling all these men
south and then hauling them back?" asked
Senator Nelson OF Minnesota.
Senator Wadsworth pointed out that
the national guardsmen who are to be
sent south will complete their training
and be In France before winter. and that
camps are now being located in northern
states for the training Of the draft army
the members Of which will be in training
all winter. He pointed out the inconsist-
ency Of such orders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
French Bourse Prices Firm.

TARIS. July 1s.-Prces were firm. on
tins bourse today.
Rentes. so francs, 20 centimes Ex-
change on London. % francs IS centimes
Eite per cent loan. IS francs 90 confines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
ARMY SHOE BUYING
TOLD OF IN SENATE
Senator Pomerene Has Letter
From Secretary Baker on
Subject Read.
PUTS o. X. ON CONTRACTS

Senator Pomerene of Ohio caused to
be read in the Senate today a commune
cation from the War Department, pre-
pared at Secretary Bakers direction, de-
failing the awarding of contracts for
shoes for the army. Tho statement was
brought forth by the discussion in ths
Senate yesterday of shoe contracts, in
which 1t was intimated that contracts
had been given to firms with which
members of the advisory boards of the
national council of defense were asso-
ciated and that prices had in some cases
been paid for shoes in excess Of available
prices.
The statement showed first tho pur-
chases OF shoes by tho quartermaster's
department. Independent Of recommenda-
tons Of the advisory committee on sup
plies. March the quartermasters de-
partment bought 450, 900 pairs Of shoes on
an opening OF sealed bids, the awards be-
Ing made to three concerns.
In April it purchased in open market.
without sealed bids and without recon-
mendattons from tho committee on sup
plies. 1.SS2.910 pairs from twenty-one
manufacturers. at prices ranging from
$3.50 to s5.10S. Purchases were made
from sixteen makers at 500 The Nc
Elwain Company was awarded two con-
tracts-60,000 pairs at $6.075 and 1885,
900 pairs at $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, July 18.-Assertions that
the Missouri crop of corn this season
would exceed the bumper crop Of 1902
and that there would also be a big
yield in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska
and Illinois led to a sharp setback in
the corn market today after an early
advance. The initial bulge was due to
opinions Of some experts that the
weather in general was too cold. and
that the crop was not making season.
able gains
Opening prices which ranged from
u Off to q up, with September at 1.60h
to 16OA and December at 1.12A to lib,
were followed by a material bulge all
around. and then a general descent,
which carried new crop months to well
below yesterdays finish.
Wheat developed strength on ac-
count of the prospect of speedy enact
ment of legislation fixing a maximum
price. Trade, however. was OF very
limited proportions. After opening 3
higher, at 1876 September, the market
reacted to 1851.
Oats were governed by the action of
corn Holders showed a disposition to
realize whenever the market advanced.
Talk of labor trouble at the stock
Yards here weakened provisions.
Later a rapid upturn in wheat val
ues accompanied official announcement
that the winter wheat harvest was ten
days to two weeks behind the average
time and that spring wheat from Mon
tana westward was suffering greatly
for moisture The close was strong.
10 to 10 net higher. at 2.e6 July and
M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES
Mergenthaler. at 146.
IAnston, at GO.
After call:
Capital Traction. 10 at soH.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.. at
Ssh.
Washington Gas. rs at 71x.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Gains Follow Steel Rally.
Weakness in Rails.

The weakness Of ST. Paul revived ia
miliar dividend reports affecting that
stock and caused variable recessions in
quotations of other rails.
Industrials and standard specialtfes
held comparatively firm on reduced
offerings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18

BONDS. ere. WITH STOCK BoNUs.wELL
secured Fire brick factory. now charging
plant to supply increased sales. Prefer selling
to dealers and users of FIRE brick and Gre clay.
Address FACTORY, 4O6 w. Camden st., Balti-
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18


NEW YORK, July 1s-F'lour-Irreg-
ular; spring patents. 1215a12.40: win
ter patents, 1I50a11.75; winter
straights 10.e0a11.15; Kansas straights.
11.90a12.15.
Lard-Easy: middle west. 1s.7oa1s.so.
Other articles unchanged.
molasses. SIC: refined. firm: fine
graduated. 750aS.00.
Sugar futures opened firm and higher.
but later eased off under liquidation
and at noon were about unchanged
from yesterdays closing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Baltimore, Md, July IS Il pm. quota
tions) .-Wheat-Quiet but frmer: spot
No. 2 red. soft. 2.15: receipts, 1858
bushels Corn-Irregular and higher:
spot contract. 1.98 bid; receipts. 1885
bushels. Oats-Firmer: standard white,
s1has2; No. white, s1a811z: receipts.
ceipts, s.405 bushels. Hay-Steady.
Grain freights-Not quotable.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, July Notwithstanding
further rains in the southwest some of
which were reported in drought sections of
Texas, the cotton market had an unusu-
ally quiet opening today. with prices l to
points lower, representing the smallest
initial changes in a long time. Sharp rail-
lies followed. during which October ad-
vanced to 1886 and December to 25.17.
or 10 to Is points over last night. inf1u-
enced by a renewal of trade buying, sup
port from Liverpool houses and local
covering Toward the end Of the first
hour the market was very steady at a
little under best prices.
Futures opened steady July nominal
October. $500: December. $500: Janu-
airy, 2510: March, 2524
Still later the market advanced to
25.40 for October, or about 20 points net
higher, rejecting nervousness among
shorts over the weekly weather and
crop report. which. however, proved to
be about a standoff. its most bullish
feature being the emphasis laid upon
the smallness of the plant.
NEW ORLEANS. July 1s-Rains in
Texas, as shown on the weather map
and reported in private kilograms, re-
suited in moderate selling of cotton
around the opening here today and a
loss of to II points. but good support
met the decline, and at the end of the
first half hour of business the trading
months were to IA points over yester-
days close and Is to 25 points up from
the lowest.
Futures opened steady: July. $500;
October. 24.12; December. 24.24; Janu-
airy. 24.32; March. 24.46.
The weekly weather and crop ac-
counts from the government were con-
sidered rather favorable. on the whole,
although they had their unfavorable
features. They had little effect on
values. At noon prices showed net ad-
vances of to 10 points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
PRICES OFF At CLOSE;
SUPPORT IS LACKING

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Gains outnum-
bered declines during today's early
trading, but the undertone was irresu-
lar because Of the heaviness of motors
and some of the equipments.
Rails showed no material change. ex-
cept for a decline of " points in Cana
dian Pacific.
Tobaccos and allied specialties were
strong, advances running from fractions
to four points.
Shippings were inactive. and the lead
ing steels showed the effect of further
professional pressure. Firmer tendencies
developed before the end of the first
half hour.
Gains Follow Steel Rally.
United States Steers rally of a point
to 1871 in the first hour was accom-
panied by l to point gains in other in
dustrials.
Shippings strengthened, Marine pre-
ferred rising points. Airbrake and
Pressed Steel Car represented the equip
ments at "a to 2 point advances.
Tobaccos, American Sumatra excepted.
increased their early advantage, United
Cigars gaining 2A and American To-
bacco 4.
Motors meanwhile displayed greater
Maxwell falling points.
A sharp break of 5 points in St. Paul
unsettled the entire list before noon.
Bonds were irregular: the liberty is
sue selling at 99.4 to 99.4b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
John L. Fugitt Promoted.

John L. Fugitt. paying teller OF the
American Security and Trust Company,
was yesterday promoted to assistant
treasurer. The promotion was an
nounced yesterday afternoon after a
meeting of the board of directors. Mr..
Fugitt has been with the American Sc
curity and Trust Company for more
than nine years.