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The Washington times., 1917-03-08
TELLS OF ALASKA FARMING
Says ProduetIveness Compares Fav.
orably With Warmer cIimes.

A lecture on the Timber and Farm
ing of Alaska was given by Prof. r
H. Sergeant, OF the United States
Geological Survey, at the meeting
of the Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-
tion at the Chevy Chase School last
night.
Prof. Sergeant illustrated his lee
ture with numerous lantern slides
collected in his trips through the
Alaskan and Arctic regions during
the past fifteen years. He told of the
farming industry in the neighborhood
of Fairbanks, Alaska. The produc-
tiveness of vegetable crops in the
Northwest, the speaker declared, com
pared very favorably with that of
more Southern climes.
Prof. Sergeant declared there were
thousands of acres of untouched for
ests. This virgin timber. he said,
consisted largely of readily market
able white birch and spruce. d. F.
Hewitt, president of the association,
presided.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
BUILDING PERMITS.

The following building permits
were issued today:
Boss & Phelps. to repair building at
1905 Mckinley street northwest; esti-
mated cost 5000
]. V. Wrenn, to repair building at
234 Tenth street northeast; estimated
cost S4OO.
George Stoll. to erect garage in rear
OF 1879 North Capitol street, esti-
mated cost $3.50.
B. II. Gruver, to build eight dwell
ings from 300 to 314 Rhode Island
avenue northeast: architect, George
T. Santmyers: builder, b. H. Gruyer.
estimated cost $4,000.
George w. Monogue, to build store
at 1l16 street northwest; architect.
Appleton P. Clark, jr.; builders, Levy
& Brown; estimated cost $4,000.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
SCOUT LEADERS TO MEET
VIII Plan Mobilization at New York
Gathering.

The annual meeting Of the Boy
Scout Council Of America will be held
in New York Wednesday, March IA.
The meeting was planned for Wash
ington during inaugural week, but
changed to New York because Of the
in securing accommodations
here.
One of the most important things to
be brought up during the meeting Is
the preparedness OF the Boy Scouts
to assist the United States In case of
war. Scouts have signified their will
ingness 10 place their services at the
call of the Government in time of
emergency, and plans will be made
during the meeting in New York for
the best way TO mobilize the scouts
should their help be needed.
The present officers Of the organi-
zation include the honorary president.
Woodrow Wilson; honorary vice pres
fdents, william Howard Taft and
Theodore Roosevelt; president, Colin
II. Livingstone, of Washington.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
WILL SUPPORT GRAYSON
Senate Leaders Believe Wilson's
Physician Is to Be Confirmed.

DR.. Cary T. Grayson will be con-
firmed by the Senate as medical direc-
tor OF the navy and rear admiral,
leaders believe. A majority OF the
Senate will support Grayson. Last
session It was impossible to get a
vote. In the special session one can
be had without great delay, and this
delay will be shortened by the fact
that Senator Weeks has concluded
that opposition is futile. and that it
will be useless to waste much time in
trying to block the advancement Of
the White House physician.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
WALL ST. MARKET
TRADING OPENS WEAK AND
IRREGULAR IN N. Y.
Central Leather, CrucibIe, Re-
public Steel, Marine Prefer
red, and Kennecott All Open
Slightly Changed From Last
Nights Closing Prices.

NEW YORK. MARCH s.-With U. S.
Steel selling at 40, up q, the stock
market opened weak and irregular to-
day. Central Leather opened at 92&
off 4; CrucibIe, &C, up Il; Republic
Steel, 79&, off as: Marine preferred,
14%, off 4 Kennecott, 46N, off 4.
Little developed in the later trading
TO relieve the monotony of the stock
exchange session. Trading was on a
restricted scale and price changes
were narrow and uninteresting for the
first part. What reactionary ten
denotes there were resulted mostly
from profit taking sales and repre-
sented no change in speculative senti-
ment. There were number of
strong features which improved from
l to points or so, but this strength
was not representative of the general
list
Quotations today up to 1:3O o'clock
were as follows:
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

BALTIMORE, March S.-Wheat-
Easier; March and spot No. Red
$2.O2, nominal: No. Red Western
spot, S2.O6 asked. Receipts, 24,3S7
bushels: exports, 6i.564 bushels.
Corn-Quiet: spot mixed, SII6IS
nominal: No. yellow, SI.I8h. Cob
corn. $3.50 per barrel. Receipts, a..
9OS bushels: exports. 96,O57 bushels.
Oats--Firm standard white, 75lL
cents; No. > white. 10 cents. Receipts
GO.SJS bushels; no exports.
Rye-Firm: No. Western export
$l.65. Receipts. 1889 bushels; ex.
ports. IOs.72S bushels.
Hay-Steady; No. timothy. SIS:
No. ] clover mixed. SIS. Asked $3.50.
Receipts, Sighty-six tons.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
ESCAPES FROM PRISON VAN
coIored Burglary Suspect Makes
Clean Getaway"

While being transported from the Oc-
coquan train at Seventh and Virginia
avenue southeast. to the District Jail.
Nineteenth and i streets southeast. last
night, William Wells, colored. jumped
from the van, In which he was the only
prisoner. and escaped.
The van was only three blocks from
the jail when Wells got out and fled
north in Sixteenth street, unhampered
by his handouts. Police throughout
the city are searching for him.
The police say this Is the second time
Wells has escaped. Not long ago he
ran away from Occoquan and later
gave imself up in New York. The case
was so trivial that the local police re-
fused to send for him.
He returned to Washington and was
picked up by the police Of the Second
precinct and sent back to Occoquan.
Upon his return to the workhouse a
charge of housebreaking was lodged
against him and he was being brought
here to face that charge in Police Court
when ne escaped.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

l. street, betweentF tFhird and Fourth
streets-Minnie VI AyIor and Matte
L. Jones to Benjamin c. and Rosa l..
Carneai, part lot "A, square 500. $40.
134l Q street nOrthwest-George Y,
WorthinGton and George Y. Worth.
ington, tr., TO John X. Hawkins. LOT
SO, square 2IO, SO.
Newport place northwest, between
Twenty-hrst and Twenty second
Streets: Walter Brandenburg,
substituted trustee, TO John T..
ClOkey, committee OF estate of
Thomas s. Clokey, lot 2lO, square
90, $1,000.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
NEWSFOR INVESTORS.
W.. b. & A. Announces Dividend.

Directors of the Washington, Balti'
more and Annapolis Electric Line
have declared the regularly quarterly
dividend of IL per cent on the pre-
ferred stock. 1t is payable March 81
to stockholders of record March Il.
This company has maintained this
dividend for several years, having re-
sumed it soon after the reorganiza-
tion. 1t is said that earnings are
showing steady increase, with a grow
ing volume of both freight and pas
sCnger traffic. The company has
bought two lots in Baltimore adjoin-
ing its present freight terminal there,
which are to be used for the enlarge
ment of terminal facilities to meet
the increasing freight demand.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
MnyInnd OIL Checks Ready.

On Saturday holders of Wayland Oil
stock will receive checks for the . per
cent dividend recently declared, or at
the rate of 10 cents a share, par OF
the stock being 50. This is the first
payment on the common stock of the
company for more than two years.
though many who went into the COM
pany at the time of its organization
have retained their holdings. in the
confidence that the returns would be
resumed soon or late.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.

A coroner's jury yesterday after
noon held Mrs. Helen Stearn, fifty-
five years old, of 462 II street south
west, for the action of the grand
jury in connection with the death of
Mrs. Mamie kenney, at the Columbia
Hospital Tuesday. Mrs. Stearn was
released on $4,000 bond following the
inquest.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
wIIIys-OyerIand Earnings.

1t Is believed the annual report for
1916 OF the Willys Overland Company
will show net earnings OF about SILL
OO0.OOO, Contrasted with net Of S9.S50.-
600 i'm 1916. 1t is said that earnings
during the first two months of the
current year have been running near
ly twice as large as year ago. or at
a rate which would be equivalent to
$12 to $14 share for the stock at
the end OF 1917.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
Corn Products show Gain.

Corn Products Refining Company's an
nual report for 1916 showed a remarkable
gain in total income. That item
amounted to $S,2s1 600, almost double
the S4.9O6.3T5 total income in the pre-
vious year. After deducting interest,
taxes, and depreciation, net income
was $6,0S4.764. This amount doubles
the 1915 net and was equal to 2O.39
per cent on the $50, ,s26,s67 preferred
stock.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
LorITIard Co. Declares Extra.

The p. Lorillard Company has de
clared the regular quarterly dividends
of per cent on the common and
1& per cent on the preferred stock.
and an extra dividend of per cent
payable April >, to stock of record
March Il. A year ago per cent ex-
ira was paid on the common stock.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
Banking System Prepared.

The National City Bank says the
banking system of this country is
abundantly able to take care of the
needs of the business community in
any situation that may develop, and to
perform and part than may devolve
upon it in connection with the Gov
eTnment's financing.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
Unified steel Tonnage.

The United States Steel Corpora
tion will publish its monthly untitled
tonnage statement next Saturday,
showing orders on hand as OF Feb
ruary IS. No great unanimity Of
opinion exists as to what the probable
showing will be. Not much If any
change is looked for in some quarters,
while a number of estimates Indicate
that an increase Of from 100000 to
SOC, 900 tons will be reported.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
b. 4 o. Opens New Pier.

The Baltimore and Ohio railroads s
new export coal pier at Curtis Bay. in
the Baltimore harbOT. which is the
largest in the world, with a capacity
Of 1000, 900 tons a year, or a maxi
mum capacity of 1000 tons an hour.
has Just been formally opened. The
pier cost 81. SOC. 900, is of concrete and
steel construction and is electrically
operated.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
EXPRESS INCOMES FALL oer

There was falling off of more than
100000 in the net income OF the prin-
cipal express companies of the conn
try in November, 1916, as compared
with the same month in 1915, the In
terstate Commerce Commission re-
ported today.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
PREDICTS "oRY" NATION.

Final victory for the temperance
forces who are working for national
prohibition is predicted for the near
future by the national legislative com
mittee OF the Anti-Saloon League OF
America In a statement issued to-
day the committee declares that moth
ing but the threat of war prevented
a vote on the resolution for national
prohibition at the last session of Con-
gress.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
LOOTER PASSES UP LOOT
Georgetown Visited by Burglar With
Aversion to Food and Drink.

Groceries and alcohol evidently did
not appeal to the prowler who visited
Georgetown last night and ransacked
business places, but left without
spOils.
Shortly before midnight Policeman
+. s. w. Burke found that the front
door of the grocery store OF Gelfand
& Levine. 1858 NJ street northwest,
was open. He notified the owners,
who reported nothing missing.
Two hours later Policemen Gala
CHER and Armstrong found the door
OF the saloon OF Mary +. Holohan,
34O0 NJ street northwest. unlocked.
Nothing was missing there.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
ToDAYS SALES.


American Graphophone first 6's,
$1,000 a 1O2, S1,000@102, $1,000 1O2,
81 900 q 1O2. $1,O00@102.
Capital Traction, 106s215, 56S215.
Washington Gas 5's, $500 OQ1O61a,
$50OQ106h.
The Washington times., 1917-03-08
BUREAU SEWERAGE
CAUSES COMPLAINT
Refuse From Engraving Plant
EmptieS Into River Near
Wharves.

Every time there is a heavy rain
sewage from the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, from the Auditors
building, the old bureau structure and
from the bureau power plant is be-
ing dumped into the Washington
channel in front of the fish market
and steamboat wharves.
This condition has continued for
several years, though generally un-
known. Repeated efforts by the
Treasury Department to secure an
appropriation of 1880 from Con-
gress to remedy this situation have
failed, and the item was lost in the
last Congress.
Renewed efforts to secure necessary
action as soon as the new Congress
is assembled have been undertaken.
An estimate and letters urging the
appropriation have just been sent to
the Senate by the Treasury Depart
ment.
Connected With Navy Yard.
A District sewer, running out
Water street and across the south
west and southeast, connects the
Bureau buildings with the sewage
pumping station near the navy yard.
Since the new bureau building has
been occupied, however, the sewer
has been of insufficient capacity to
carry off the flow. The sewage re-
peatedly backed up, and the District
tapped the sewer and installed an
overflow, so that the waste, filth, and
rain water would flow direct into
Washington channel from Water
street.
Officials regard this as a menace
to the water front from a health and
sanitary standpoint.
Remedial Plans.
Plans to remedy the situation have
been prepared by the Treasury. The
appropriation asked, it is declared,
would separate the sewage and waste
from the rain water? 1t provides
for a dual system, taking the water
from the roofs of the buildings into
a short sewer emptying direct into
the tidal basin. Nothing would go
into this system except pure rain
water.
All connections in the building
would be separated for the dual sys-
tenn, and the sewage sent through the
District sewer to the disposal plant
The Washington times., 1917-03-08

IIL 1I<AOIII-NL SIVNNo'
'Mergenthaler Linotype. 1924 164&
Lanston Monotype ..... 30 II
MINING STOCK.
Evening star., 1917-04-15

Wide slat; give shade. light, air
and privacy. Ideal for your home
in summer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

prtntlnu--thr plain neat kind--thRi
- right--rim-~ Job prpf .--Nrin fs7o
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
PROPOSE SETTING
THREE STANDARDS
OF "ENGINE FUEL"

Regulation OF the sale OF gaso-
line 90 motorists in Detroit is 20
result II an ordinance now being
worked out passes the common
council J. G. McCabe. superlnten-
dent OF the department or safety IN.
gineering. 10 being assisted by the
technical committee OF the Nolver-
Inc Automobile club in drawing up
measure that viii divide gasoline
into three classes. II Is planned 10
send the ordinance TO the common
council on Tuesday. Feb s
The three classes are 90 be- known
a. a. II and g, the frst two 10 be
for use in automobile engines. while
the third will be adapted 10 use in
stationary engines, which are capa-
bic OF burning a heavier grade of
oil \ change In name from gAso-
line 10 engine fuel viii be sug.
gested. as the Wolverine experts
claim that gasoline is mol really
adapted 10 the automobile or other
engines. Gasoline will be Sepa.
rate FradelfUr commercial uses,
such ss dry cleaning
u Is expected there Will be- some
opposition from tho oil companies.
as these concerns do not Hike the
idea 81 being forced 90 divide their
product into classes al different
prices when 70 can all be sold az
one figure
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
BARE PLOT
TO POISON
PREMIER
Three Women and Man
Held BY British
Police

DERBY. Eng, Feb. IA poison
plot against Premier David Lloyd
George and Arthur Henderson. mem
Der OF the empires war council. was
revealed Wednesday in the arraign-
ment at Guildhall OF three women and
one man charged with conspiracy
10 kill"
Crown Prosecutor A. n. Bonkin.
who appeared against the quartet.
declared that the plot had been
Matching between Dec, % and Jan.
30. II was also stated that Scot.
land Yard and the government Sc.
cret service had been working on
the case since Saturday when the
conspiracy was first unearthed.
The four defendants are:
Mrs. Alice Wheeldon.
Miss Harriet Wheeldon. her daugh-
ter.
Mrs. wiltred Mason. another
daughter.
Albert Mason, chemist.
Mason is the husband OF one OF
Mrs. Wheelton's daughters and is
enc OF n number Of individuals IN
England who have sought TO evade
military service becausa OF con
gcientious scruples" against war.
The three women are supposed TO
be suffragettes
Publication of the charges against
the four persons arrested caused a
Zig sensation. coupled with general
indignation that Eugland's "men OF
ih, hour" should have been the OBJ
jet OF such plot. The fact that
th, chief inspector of Scotland Yard
, hould have assumed personal
charge OF the case was regarded a.
evidence OF the gravity with which
IL was regarded.
Altho existence OF the plot was
discovered Saturday. no Information
concerning IL became known 10 the
public until the arrests had been
made
After formal evidence Of the plot
had been outlined by the crown
prosecutor. the four prisoners were
romanded until Saturday.
In presenting their names TO the
court the crown prosecutor gave the
names OF the women as Wheel.
don
The only evidence which the
crown gave against the defendants
was formal statement OF the
charges on which they had been
taken into custody. II IL under
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
COURT BANS
EUGENICS FILM

CHICAGO. Fcb - Afrcr view
inE "Thc Garden OF knowledge" a
flm concerned with cugenics. Judge
I.andis decided that the garden had
better be- piouehcd under. az leaves
and all
"rhc scheme on both sides" said
tho judge "was 90 commemorative
this picture In view ot The fact
that The alleged story IN IL Is plain
~ vehicle 10 give an excuse for
tho exhibition OF bare skinned WON
On. lll restrain everybody from pro
ducing The picture
&c must either be- destroyed or
hidden away some place where 10
-+-rf-1 e. ~ --rU-f rTTff -
Controversy arose when mum
her ~ nlm companies sought 20 pro
duce the picture. ind litigation in
the federal court followed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
PUSH PLAN FOR
NORRIS BANK
IN THIS CITY

The organization committee OF the
Detroit Morris Plan com
pany, which makes speciality Of In.
dustrial loans and investments TO In.
uustrial workers, T. sending ont
blanks for stock subscriptions. The
plan has been Endorsed by the lead
.ng manufacturers and business men
Of Detroit II Is proposed TO organ.
ize the company under the laws o,
Michigan with capitalization o.
$500. 600.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
"BOOzt" IS
DEADLY AS
GROWS
Prosperity Brings In
crease In Deaths
From Alcohol

Prosperity is not an unmixed
blessing. That statement is on the
authority OF Dctroit's health depart
ment. II has long been theory
that poverty made disease. This
Is all wrong. II is disease that
makes poverty.
For few years Detroit has been
prosperous beyond almost every
other city In the world. AT present
one cannot ind man TO work for
him. Everybody Is employed n he
wants TO be This being true, Il
would seem that the public health
department would have little TO do,
40 far as taking care OF individual
cases iss concerned, However. de-
spite the prosperity the city physi-
clans have about the same number
Of calls proportionate with the pop
ulation az In other years when De
troIt was not 80 prosperous.
Az the city has grown in popula-
ton and the same ratio OF calls be
ing made upon the health depart
ment and the poor commission for
medical help is kept NJ. II finds
these departments inadequately
equipped TO care for the poor pa
TENTS. A. result IL rs likely rhat
the next health board budget will
contain an estimate for a goodly
sum 10 supply more PHYSICIANS to
visit the contagious cases. II Is
likely also that the poor commits
sion will ask additional money for
city physicians
The reason for this condition IS
that while more people have money
with which 20 employ physicians
themselves. the crowded housing
facilities makes the necessity for
phy sicians very much greater so
ihat whiic tho city has grown and
the proportion OF calls uppu the free
doctors b. about The same. many
thousands OF calls upon private
phy sicians are made that formerly
would have been city calls
That the public health does no.
alNays follow the Tag Of prosper.
rs b shown by the TACT that pros
perty has been fatal tn many of
those who have participated in it,
The riches thai have come 10 De.
troit. according 20 health authori.
ties. have caused cvcessos similar
go those witch caused tho fall Of
babylon. Wild uniamed lives of
re,slry Allied WITH wine women
and song. have not helped the pub
lc health statistics
The hleh llfe s deadly This r.
shown hy The at thar In The year
1916 there were 1876 deaths from
acute alcoholism. The year before.
when the shadow " free Soup
kitchen fell acruss the path OF near
Is every one 'bcrc were only %
deaths from No same cause While
Tho population may have increased
10 per cent The deaths from a'co-
ho,Ism increased more than 500 per
-,-----'if ='EFJt
at about thc same rate as thc at
coholism.
PrIntlnH-the rIsin neat kind-that
q r'ght--fim~~ Job prpf N"in fH7o
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
PRIEST is GIVEN
$3O7 VERDICT IN
JUSTICE COURT

A judgment fer s3o7o5 in favor OF
the Rev. Joseph Folta, pastor Of the
Sacred Heart OF Mary church. vas
given Wednesday morning by Jus.
uce OF Peace Theodore Richter
against y. A. McNabb. for nou-pay.
ment OF note.
During the trial, II developed that
McNabb and Fl. Foita had become
interested In a proprietary medicine
enterprise. In which the priest gave
TO McNsbb a testimonial stating the
medicine was the best remedy he
had ever tried.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
ALASKA BONE
DRY BILL PASSED
senate Votes For Measure Pro
hibiting Shipment of Booze
Into Territory

WASHINGTON. Jan, 3f.#-The SEN
ate today passed the Alaska bone
dry" prohibition bill.
The bill not only prohibits the
manufacture and sale Of intoxicating
liquor in Alaska. but will not per
init II 10 be shipped into the terri
tory.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

stood that the crown has 30 wit
nesses To support The charge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
TheUnited States


Is Yours if you are in
good health. The United
States spells Opportunity.
Health comes from right
selection Of food and right
habits. Two Shredded
Wheat Biscuits for break
fast will supply more nutri-
ment than many a two-dol-
lar meal. and costs only four
or FIVE cents. A meal TO
work on. TO play on. Shred
ded Wheat is ready-cooked.
and ready -to-eat.
Evening star., 1917-03-08
Commerce Department Changes.

The Department of Commerce has an
nounced the following changes in its
personnel:
In the bureau of standards, George
K. Burgess, physicist. was promoted
from $4,000 to $4,000; George C. Hill,
laboratory assistant. was promoted
from $1,000 to $1,000, and Alfred J.
Munnerlyn was temporarily appointed
as a fireman at $500
In the bureau of the census the fol-
lowing clerks were promoted: Butler
Toombs. from $1,000 to s1,S0O: Oscar
H. Gordon, from s1.4oo to $1,000: James
ID. Boyle and Carlysle Crosland, from
$1,000 to $1,400: Mary J. Marsh, Geneva
F. Hoult, William G. Copley, Clarence
$. Durand and Hale Thomas, from
$1,000 to $1,000, and Selma w. Hutchin-
son. Alice V. Hagen and George w
Potter. from 5000 to $1,000 Michael J.
Rac1oppi was transferred from the
lighthouse service as a clerk at 5000
charles J. Stoddard was PROBATIONARY
appointed as a clerk in the bureau of
navigation at $500.
Meyer A. Dounn and Frances E. r.
Mayer were PROBATIONARY appointed as
clerks in the bureau of -Aoreign and
domestic commerce at $500