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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
METAL PRICES TO
BE SLIDING SCALE
More Care VIII Be Taken by
Government in Future
Rate Regulations.
SCHEDULE NOT YET MADE
Some Companies Must Have
More Liberal Terms
Than Others.
Ry oMER Il. BENEDICT

(World's Washington correspondents
WtsnINGToN. sept % - Rcan~-
Ing that mistake, have been made J"
coal nrtce-fixing. the government VIII
be a little cautious in reference 1t"
other commodities. such as stee"
iron. copper ana fuel OIL
In the Wall street Journal of sept
tcmber % there was story un"'r 1"
Washington date line which In par
read: "Fr1m the best information
available ia. government Will cs'"b-
lish "a base price Of sos q ton, ana a
bonus of 10 per cent per to" on
steel. s3S ton for pig iron, and 20
cents a pound for Gopher
As northeast oklahoma Is Nef'
much Interested in the cost OF steel
and inasmuch AS many wealthy men
of Tulsa have been playing the stec'
market started out TO ascertain
what could about the steel situau"".
No Ba~is for story.
The first thing } learned was tha'
there was absolutely no basis for tno
Wall street Journal story ana an
other thing / learned was that II was
reported to have been sent 10 ths
journal ly barney baI4ch III oINV'
TO steady the market.
Another thing / learned was tha'
the federal trades commission, wnlch
viii have great deal 10 do WIN
price-fNing Of steel. was not yet ready
10 report any stipulated price To pc
fixed ana will not be ready for some
time. because they are not thru IN
yestigatiug the cost OF production.
The United states Steel corporation
can manufacture the finished product
considerably cheaper than any other
steel concern IN the country for the
reason that that organization uw NJ
its own mines and owns the railroads
which haul the raw materials ana
own the steamships that transport
the finished article.
For these reasons the steel cor
pcration can manufacture the iin-
ished product very much cheaper
than any other concern which has to
buy the raw material at a middle
mans profit, pay the railroad profit
for hauling IL and having considered
in sale the cost Of delivery.
While SOS with 10 per cent bonus
might mean a large profit OF THIS
concern. It would mean a loss To other
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23

say. the important position--an inn
portance which the peace time op-i -
TOR never even dreams about. In his
hands there may lie the difference
between life and death for hundreds,
even thousands OF men. He must not
make a mistake and his Instrument
must always work-so long as his an
tenna stays up.-Chicago journal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Mean Thing to DO.

90 mother" sighed Mrs. Newiywed.
"Iohn has instilted me dreadfully!'
Why, whatever has he done"
,,,rce nies for dinner, and John in
vited a friend in to dine with us. And.
r, mother, I've just found Out that
the man was DOCTOR.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Whaf He Earned.

"Young man. how much do you
earn7'
"A hundred dollars week"
"In that case you should be able 10
support my daughter comfortably. L
have no objection"
But. sir. l am only getting szS a
week"
Evening star., 1917-04-08
Am Expert Tells Romantic Story of Tobacco industry

notes in his Economic History OF Nlr-
einia than the owner, having been
deprived, with or without his consent,
of his own crop. was seized with the
same frenzy and went with the crowd
AS it marched to destroy the crop OF
his neighbor.
Plants by the million were pulled up
and 10000 hogSheadS Of cured tobacco,
stored in warehouses. Were burned
Then the militia was called out. Three
of the leaders of the mob Were caught
and hanged. and so ended an adventure
that was repeated more than two cen
turtles later.
Back in those robust days, and ear
iier. kings and priests tiercely con-
demnel the use OF tobacco. James,
ruler of England, Scotland and Ire
land. described it as "a custom loath y
some to the eye. hateful to the nose,
harmful to the brain, dangerous to the
freferring to burning tobacco re-
sembling the horrible stygian smoke
of the pit that is bottomless.'
But the industry grew and kept on
growing land that is its state today
until it spread all over the face of the
globe. Twenty-Five billion cigarettes
We're manufactured in the United
States last year. AS against about eight
billion a decade ago. Formerly young
men and boys learned to chew tobacco.
Now they are learning to smoke cigar
cites. The generation of chewers is
dying. Smokers are making the to-
bacco industry more profitable than
ever before in its history.
One American company, with So3.-
100000 of per cent preferred stock,
Evening star., 1917-04-08

fancoaSt vs.. John Addison and others.
There was n writ of ejectment sued out
by Pancoast against John Addison at a
general court of the state of Mary
land. western shore, on May Il, 1898.
Pancoast sued to eject Addison from a
tract of land known as Pancotts In
vention, in Prince Georges county,
Eastern branch. Judgment was rem
dered in favor of PancoaSt, or Pencott
in the same court on the second Tues
day in October, 1902. An appeal was
taken by Addison to the court of ap-
peals, returnable the second Monda y
in November. 1909. The case dragged
along. and although the Rambler lost
thread of it, he believes that this case
was not settled. An action OF trespass
was brought by Pancoast against
Barry and HoXton, but this ease was
not prosecuted to n conclusion. and the
court laid the costs against the plain
tiff. and 1t was on account of these
costs that the marshal sold the land.
which was bought by SHINES tthe
name is sometimes spelled Semmes)
who sold the land to John Addison.
a good deal Of the history of this wood
land tract may be gathered from the
papers of the chancery suit brought April
;. 1929, III the courts OF the District by
Evening star., 1917-04-08

and when that name was given to the
ravinc the Rambl does not know.
The very name Of the rgvine gave II
such terror and such evil fame that it
was generally Stunned by the children
Of the country roundabout OF course.
there were some boys who were so daring
and reckless that they would venture into
that fedrSome part of the wood If there
had been an open- sunny space in fencoit
woods called the Angels ReSt-a bright
field where not even summer clouds would
east shadow. a field all eilded with
golden rod, starred with daisies. empur-
pied with Violets and scented with the
sweetness Of wild roses-thOsc boys would
have preferred 10 play around the Devils
Jump. Many of those boys We're friends
of the Rambler.
Great changes have come over Peucott
woods. Streets have been lad out in this
ancient woodland and scores Of cottages
have been built there. Home-bulding has
not gone far into the depths of the
woods as the Devils Jump, but. no doubt,
this place will be finally filled up and built
over. PenCott woods lies south of the
southern wall OF the old grounds of the
Government Hospital for the Insane and
west of Nichols avenue, which was the
road leading from the Navy Yard bridge
to the village of Piscataway. The wood
Evening star., 1917-04-08

William Pancoast against Mary Shaaff,
widow. and the heirs of John T. Schaaff,
John Addison, StaneslauS HoXton, Robert
and James ID. Barry. Joseph Semmes and
Thomas Talbert. Across one line Of the
record is written 'Plaintiffs death sug
gested: cause abated." In Pancoast's
statement of his case he said. 'Humbly
explaining. your orator, William Pancoast.
of said county and district. sets forth TO
your honors that the state of Maryland
was before the year 1876 a province Of
the kingdom Of Great Britain and was
under the government OF Lord Baltimore
absolute proprietor thereof" and that
among the powers belonging 10 Lord
Baltimore was the sovereign power Of
granting any land in the said province to
any persons whatsoever. upon such terms
as to the said lord proprietor might Seem
fit" Pancoast reviewed the facts that
on October /. 1857. the lord proprietor had
granted to James Pencott tract of land
called Pencott'S Invention. and that this
James Pencott, or Pancoast, died some
time before the year 1874 in possession of
that land. At that time James Pencott
had n brother named William Pencott.
or Pancoast, residing in the province of
New Jersey. who was his heir at law.
The record recites THAT William and
Evening star., 1917-04-08
Shown Up.

6enalLITARY ignorance. said DIR.
GV1 John Grier Hibben, in discus
sion of the Eumanian campaign al a
dinner in Princeton, lis very quick to
show itself.
But what type Of ignorance ism
quick to show itselfr A young lady,
meeting a young man in a library, got
into literary conversation with him.
as he had declared he was great
reader
"'I am reading Shakespeare now
said she. Did you ever read Romeo
and Juliet
'Jve read Romeo said the young
man"
Evening star., 1917-04-08
MILITARY Operations May Ovst Turks From Holy Land


something palpable instead of being an
aspiration.
The creation OF the state of Zion or
the kingdom Of Zion, under the protec-
tion OF the Christian powers, might be
feasible. If such state We're to ht
created it would settle the question of
sovereignty. but ii would not settle
various economic problems.
The repeopling of the Holy Land by
the Jewish race the world over has
economic as well as sentimental and
historic aspects. Possibly some millions
Of the Hebrew people would care to
give mp their present SUI roundingS and
seek their future and the future of
their children in the cradle of thei-'
race. Possibly n larger number would
not. but unless the population was es-
Sentially homogeneous in racial and re-
ligious ideals there would not be much
prospect of establishing an independent
commonwealth or IL protected state.
This. after all, is at the bottom of
the controversy between the Ztonlsts
who believe in the actual establishment
of a commonwealth and the Zionists
who believe in realizing an aspiration
and who think that Jewish colonies
might he developed in the Holy Land,
but not to the exclusion of others. II
Is the dreamer against the man OF the
day who lives in a modern world.
The British government. with its
large measure of tolerance. would be
likely to do better in organizing the
state of Zion than would any other
government. 1t would, however, be
apt to meet with remonstrance from
the English Society for the Conversion
of the Jews. This society does not
confine its activities to London.
The society has. or had, branches in
Jaffa and Jerusalem, where leaflets and
other literature were distributed. Its
members apparently lacked a sense
of humor. or their sincerity was too
deep for them to see anything in
congruous in their propaganda. They
may have reasoned that in order to
convert the Jews of the world be-
ginning must be made with the Jews of
Jerusalem. Leading Hebrews In Eng
land and elsewhere viewed the move
mcnt with rather kindly tolerance.
Evening star., 1917-04-08

he also announced himself as the pro-
tector of the Mohammedans.
The German influence in Jerusalem
and the surrounding country has taken
root. There are the German colony
houses at Bethlehem. which tell the
story of attempted colonization. There
are also many Austrian religious orders.
Germany and Austria. in the final set
tlement. Will of course claim equal in
tercst in the future of the Christian
SectS. with other powers.
Whether there is an understanding
between England and France regard
ing the future control of the Holy Land
viii be disclosed only when the attempt
is made to determine who shall be SOY
ereign after the Turk has been com
PEELED to abdicate his sovereignty. Log
ically, France might claim this posi-
ton or at least the position as the pre-
ponderant power. other countries in
the past have shown q Willingness to
recognize Frances influence as the
paramount Christian power, and partlc-
ularly the protecting power OF the
Roman Catholics This status was not
changed when the French goTerlme eut
was what was known as an athelstlc
government and was causing the dis
establishment of the church at home.
In the material development of the
Evening star., 1917-04-08

his heirs resided at the time OF James
Pencott'S death III New Jersey and until
the month of October. 1886. and that
neither said William nor any 6f his
heirs Were come to the province of Mary
land. or state of Maryland. before the
said month of October, 1895" The plain
tiff, William fancoast. Of 1923. says that
h.s came To reside in the state of Mary
land after the year l7sS. and that shortly
aftcrward he instituted suit of eject
meHt against John Addison and got judg-
ment for recovery of the land. fie then
brought the suit against ''one Barry. to
recover damages for trespass COM
mtted by the said Barry. and con
tinucS.
''rhat after suit Of tr,spns> had f,een lnsti-
time ont If the said District and 20 to En-
r"l," business Of Importance which lie
ianed him beyond for several wears. dur
ing which aiiSelr. the attorney {" whose mGn-
ag"G"nt h" had conided the said suit Of tres
pass suffered The suit to lnnguiSh aud Judgment
Was rendered against your orator for ih" costs
"f the >nid suit. whercupou the said Barry
against whom the suit nf tresrasS had been
proSet Itcd. took out of the Circuit Court writ
Of fiery farias au,l Isd the same i,vird upon the
land t" rag tI" judgment ard costs. aud ihat III.
with the marshal Of tho District of Columbia
Evening star., 1917-04-08
Blissful Ignorance.

ssTTs Just as WELL perhaps that the
world didn't know what militarism
had up its sleeve for the last forty
wears. Where ignorance is bliss. you
know--
The speaker was Glenn Curtiss, the
aeroplane builder. He went on:
IT'S like the case of Mrs Rayke.
Aren't you worried a friend asked
her when YOU don't know where your
husband stays so late every night?
'.Not so much worried, probably.
Mrs. Rayke replied, as | would be IL !
did know
Evening star., 1917-04-08
Plenty of Takers.

A WAR correspondent tells n story
3N about German looting in Belgium.
II had my hand camera with me-"
he said "and one day III Louvain l
went up TO a German officer and asked
him if he'd allow me to take Il few
houses.
why. certainly, if You can do it"
the officer answered with frank admir-
alton. You Americans do beat any
thing for efficiency. I've taken some
pianos and life-size statuary myself.
But houses. Well, go ahead If you
can do it
Evening star., 1917-04-08
Not Well Regulated.

cIR HERBERT BEEIsBOHM TIRED
- was discussing in New York the
blockade and submarine war.
THE allies will do better, now they've
got Lloyd George at their head" he said.
.but when l think of the errors they
committed in the past l pretty near lose
patience.
1.-The allies remind me of the chap who
said apologetically. to his boss;
Mistakes are bound 10 happen in tho
best regulated families, sir
YES growled the boss, but it's no
sign that !, family is well regulated juSs
because il makes a lot Of mistakes.
Evening star., 1917-04-08

the Greek Catholic Church There is a
Russian chapel with an old gate and
pillars and pavement Of Herod's time,
which is the favorite with the pill
grims. The pilgrims are uncouth and
devotional The women, usually, are in
the ma jOrity. Russia has placed its
distinctive marx in the church with the
golden dome on the Mount OF Olives.
The antaEnuism between the orthodox
Russian pilgrims and the Russian Jews,
prosecuted as the latter have been, has
been one of the problems Of the gov
crumeuj Of Jerusalem. IL Will be in =
t"rvSt:us in tn" future to observe how
far. under til" new Russia. liberation is
extended to the Jews by these orthodox
pilgrims.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Church and hos
pital, which WAS dedicated on the oc-
caSiou of the kaiSer'S visit several
wears ago. VIII be on" of the objects
of Int"rcsl when the Holy Land passes
from lii" Turk. Tue kaiser on that oc-
easi"u announced himself III substance
as the protector of Christians, just as
Evening star., 1917-04-08

Holy Land France has been conceded the
paramount place in the sphere of in
fiuence She has been allowed the priv
ilege of making loans and practically
monopolizing the railway concessions
and public contracts. This was part of
the understanding under which the
British and Frence governments with
drew the obstacles they had put in the
way of Germany building the Bagdad
railway. Germany, on her part acqui-
esced in Frances commercial over
lordship i'll Syria.
The future of Jerusalem and the holy
land, however. cannot be determined
with mere reference to the wishs of
the Christian sccts. There is the broad
er question of the wishes of millions
Of Hebrews. Under any settlement the
Jews, historically and otherwise, would
seem to have some rights in Jerusalem
The oppression they have suffered
under Turkish government viii cease
but this viii hardls be enough to sat
isfy their aspirations. The real prob
lem is, how far Zionism may become
Evening star., 1917-04-08
No Mercy.

scre HE reckless automobilist is disap-
pearing fast, and it's good rid
dance" said Henry Ford, at one of his
Dearborn dinners.
'lf there's anything on earth to do
automobiling harm, it's automobilists
Of the reckless type. like Nenophon.
.'Xenophon was hauled up for break
ing mans leg.
Were you running too fast" the
Judge asked him.
NO said Nenophon. disdainfully.
He was running too slow.
Evening star., 1917-04-08
The Two Sides.

HARTMAN NEWLANDS of the SEN
" ate committee on interstate COM
merce. said in a recent argument:
This question has two sides. It's
like the young ladies' matrimonial ar
aument.
81 said the first young lady, don't
intend to marry till I'm thirty
And l., said the second, dent in
tend to be thirty till I'm married.
Evening star., 1917-04-08

before the suit of ejectment was finally decided
by the Court of Appeals
i;
In various parts Of the paper, which
is very long one. Pancoast charges
that conspiracy. combination. collusion
and fraud were entered into to take
the land from his possession He said
that he employed as hts attorneys to
prosecute the suit of ejectment Luther
Martin of Baltimore and John NJ CAN'T
of the District of Columbia. and agreed
with them to give to each a part Of
the land as their pay for the prosecu-
ton of the suit. and your orator avows
that Martin and CAN'T, his attorneys.
both obtained their lands as aforesaid
agreed to be given them by your
orator. Further. Pancoast protested
that he believes and has been Informed
that his attorneys were compensated
Tor their prosecution of the said suii
by John Addison. who then procured
the said attorneys to wink at and con-
sent to the said fraud and combina-
ton
According 10 Pancoast, Addison soon
after getting possession of the land OF
Pencott's Invention. sold TO differen.
persons. TO wit: Staneslaus Hoxton,
who sold the same TO James Barry
since dead. leaving Robert Barry and
James ID Barry his only heirs, both OF
whom are living; another part Thereof
OF DR.. John r. Schaan, who is since
dead, having left a widow Mary
SchaaH, and the following children
who are his heirS-John Shaaff Arthur
Shaafr, Ann Shaaff. Mary Shaarf and
mnafles ;, ShaafI- and another part tc
Thomas Talbert"
Pancoast asked the court to allow him
suc' sum equitable. right and lawful
for the detention of the property as
may seem reasonable" He asked the
court to ascertain how much Semmes
bld Tor the land at the marshals sale
now much he paid for il, at what price
ne reSold it to John Addison and how
much Addison received from HoStou
ShdaT and Talbert. II. Ashton was TN.
solicitor for Pancoast
II is believed that James Pencott rh.,
patentee of this land in 1851 lived IN
this big woods. There is of record the
agreement made in lS6S between VIII
liam Pancoast and John VI Can't both
of Georgetown. in which this sentence
occurs: called Pencotts Invention or
Pcucoast's Invention. being part of the
laud whereon james fcncoast o.
james PeHcott as sometimes he WAS
called. formerly lived" on the wooded
bluff looking westward across THO
river is the trace of a house site. \
cluster Of black walnut trees was
growing there a few years ago. Though
IL is clear that habitation was there,
the oldest person in the Eastern branch
country cannot recall that there was a
house at that spot. IL may be that the
home OF the original grantee of the
land was there.
Evening star., 1917-04-08
Rambler Tells Interesting Story of Penc0tt

the District of Columbia is deed from
Daniel Carroll Brent. marshal Of the
District of Columbia. TO George
Simmes. recorded March g, 1905. 1t
says that the indenture between Mar
shall Brent and George Simmes OF
Prince Georges county was made on
the 10th day of December, 1904. 1t re-
cites that:
Whereas on October %. 1904. Staneslaus
Hoxton sued out OF tho Circuit Court or Ihe Drs-
trict of Columbia for the county of Washing
ton. writ OF f"ri facins against me eooas e
chattels, lands and tenements of certain WI
liam Pancoast being in the county of Washing
ton. to satisfy to the said staneslnus Hoh.oa
also the sum of Sl3.67 and the quantity or Oh
pounds of tobacco and the costs OF said VIII ana
whereas on the year and day aforesaid GER
for the District Of Columbia writ of nerl IA
cias against the goods chatteis. lands ana tene s
Inents OF certain William Pancoast. TO satisfy
the said james barry. III" sum OF S4o.ie ana
the quantity Of 2n7 pounds Of tobacco @ ,-thsi and
of the District of Columbia, commanding him to
have the aforesaid sums and costs before the
Circuit Court ON the ith Monday OF December
next.
The marshal. by virtue of his author.
ity, did levy. seize and take tract or
land known by the name of PancoastS
Adventure. said tract containing to"s
acres. adjoining the land OF James
Barry. lying on the Eastern branch OF
the Potomac river and tract of land
known as PancotS Invention, said to
contain 239 acres. more or less, ad1oln-
ing the land Of John Addison, lying on
the Eastern branch of said river. to-
gether with all and singular the build
ings. improvements, privileges and ap-
purtenances thereunto belonging.
The record shows that the marshal
did set up and expose for sale agreea-
BILE to advertisements and public notices
thereof first given according to law
this land of William Pancoast or VIII
liam Pencott. George SHINES was the
highest bidder. and the deed from the
marshal to SHINES gives the considera-
tion as S29i. The Witnesses to this deed
Wer" Sam Hamilton, surveyor and
brother Of DR.. John Hamilton of the
tract called kosciuszko nearby, and
William Thornton. On March 9, 1909,
there is deed on record under which
George SHINES. "in consideration of
SO current money sold. enfeoTed. etc,
to John Addison, his heirs and assigns
forever. all that tract known as PAN
cots Invention. otherwise called Pen
colts Invention. said to contain 239
acres adjoining the land of the said
John Addison, lying on the Eastern
branch of the Potomac. which was con-
Veyed to the said George SHINES by
Daniel Carroll Brent. marshal of the
District of Columb bia. The witnesses
We're John Oakley and Thomas Cor
coran. on April 30, 1906, John Addison
napolis for $4,000 the t.act called ,iies-
boro, or ,iisboro. including part of Pen
colts Invention.
These transactions involving the
ownership of the famous woodland
were neither the first nor the last. In
the MARYLAND court records are nu-
merous papers in the case OF William