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The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia. Sept. s5.-BUTTER- under
strong outside adEices; light offerings aud a good
demand. The quotations were: Westem solid
packed creamery, fancy specials. e. extra
<5aie; extra hrsts. Il; firsts i3i. seconds s2ls
nearby prints. fancy. ~: average. extra s7ais
irsts. Has; seconds. a. special brands Of prints
iobbinS at 52a55
EGGS-Fine fresh eggs scarce and firm. De
mand fairly active. Quotations were: In free
cases. nearby frsts ECO standard case: cur
rent receipts I9D cas-; seconds. C9jaIl -
case; Western extras EGO case; frsts. u %
case; seconds. la95sll . case; fancy, selected
fresh iobhing at 5Oa5l dozen.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fowls, 70 to box, milk
fed. dry picked. fancy selected. 81 weighing
az lbs and over apiece. 2l'z: lbs. apiece
81; ga lbs. apiece, 20: ; lbs apiece. SAP: iced
in barrels. fancy dy picked. "a lis, and over
apiece. 81; lbs. apiece 3Oa3ols: smaller size
4a2s; old ROSTERS dry-Iicked. -; hroilinS chick
ems. weighing lka2 lbs. apiece Jersey. fancy.
S5as6; Virginia. fancy. SOa32: other noartv 8scs:
Western. Sag; turkeys. fresh-killel. icpd. H..
western. lest here. 25a2i: common .0a21: ducks.
spng. 22a2s; squads. dozen. white. weighing Il
to y lbs. dozen. iG9a5.jO: 9 to 10 lis, dozen.
4ecai.i0; lbs. dozen. 3O0as 80: lbs. dozen
2Sa2.0; eaex lbs, dozen. 2OOao p: dark. lisa
rs: small and No. 2 eeil.D.
LIVE F0ULTRY-FoWls, as 10 quality. 25s7 !;
rocsters, lsa20; spring chickens. not Lrshorns.
plump. yellow-skinned. weighing liss2 lbs
apiece, 2aS; spring chickens. net l.eshorns
smaller sizes Zs25; White Leghorns. 2saej:
ducks. Pekin. 2la22: do. guineas. Young. per
pair. weighing llEa2 pounds apiece. 60a76
smaller sizes. sja5j: old guineas. i5a5O.
tons. and eight cans Of straw.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
The World of Finance and Trade
ITO Change METHOD
OF BANKING LOANS
Federal Reserve Board Plans to
Conserve Financial Measures.

Efforts are being made by the Fed
eral Reserve Board and by the ex-
aminers of the once of the controller
Of the currency. probably on his au-
thority. to bring about material
| changes in the way of doing BUSH
ness In the matter Of bank loans,
with the end In view of putting the
country in q more liquid condition
and to further conserve the financial
resources OF the nation"
In generations past 1t has been
habit on the part of bankers to &C.
cept collateral for demand loans for
an indefinite period. for the reason
that the borrower had no stated time
In mind when he would desire to sell
his collateral. although there Is gen.
orally a market for 1t every business
day in the year, and the further
reason that such loans are considered
as desirable. with no risk and LIQUID
nearly any time during business hours,
There have been few times, even
in national stress. when the New
York stock market was not valuable
for the sale OF collateral listed there:
and where there was ample collateral
such loans have been carried indef-
nitely.
The feature Of yesterdays session
OF the Washington Stock Exchange
was the lowering of the price level
on some bonds that have for months
been entirely out of accord and tune
with the bond markets OF the coun-
try.
Capital Traction IS found q new
low level at 1o1 IA. with a sale earlier
at 1ol l-2. and Metropolitan Railway
IS brought 1o1 Ia.
United States Steel IS. with millions
Of common and preferred stock fol-
lowing the bonds. are selling at par.
The stock value simply indicating the
standing of the bonds. the high prices
that have prevailed locally for some
issues Is evidenced.
A few shares of Capital Traction
sold at 30. and 80 shares of Wash
inston Gas in lots, at n 81
The rest OF the list was entirely
nominal.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
FEARING PUNISHMENT
BOY Leaves Home
Nine-Year-Old Horace Keller Miss
ing Since Friday.

Apparently deciding to leave the
shelter Of his home and seek his
fortune elsewhere. 9-year-old Horace
Keller left his house at 1874 Eleventh
street northwest. last Friday and at
an early hour this morning had not
returned.
The boys father. William W. Keller
toolmaker at the navy yard. last
night said that neither he or the
mother of the boy suspected that any
harm had befallen their child.
The boy has been punished several
times recently for leaving the house
at night and it Is thought probable
that on returning from school last
Friday angered by. the reproofs which
he had received. decided to run away.
declared Mr.. and Mrs. Keller.
An inkling as to the boys where
abouts was had yesterday when a
neighbor stated that she had seen
him with a quantity Of newspapers
under his arm, presumably selling
them. What mystitles his parents is
how Horace is able to live on his
earnings at selling papers. 1t is
thought, however, that he is staying
at the home of one of his friends
somewhere.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
QUOTATIONS WAIVER
ON GOTHAM EXCHANGE
Settling of Copper and Steel Prices
Pleases Brokers.
CBy the International News servI

(By the International News Service.D
New York, Sept. 3.-Irregularity in
prices ruled in today's market. Quo
tations seesawed on many issues, not
q few Of which after recording marks
considerably above yesterdays clos
ing. dropped to points which showed
only fractional gains when the gong
rang. There was noticeable strength
in the general list Especially was
this true of the rails. including trac-
ton shares. Few issues closed at top
prices, but many made gains all the
way from fractional to substantial
The removal OF uncertainty regard
ing copper and steel prices has caused
the Street to heave q sigh OF relief.
This, irrespective OF the fact that
all do not regard the schedule. es-
pecially the steel schedule. as an un-
mixed blessing. Definite action has
given rise to q feeling Of being on
firm ground % far as metals affect
the footing.
Much interest conferred In the ac-
ton of the Argentine chamber of
deputies in voting to break with Ger
many. Some uneasiness was express
ed as to Russia's ability to get upon
the solid ground Of democracy in time
to be OF real material assistance to
the allies IN the immediate future.
Crucible Steel was the only metal
stock to suffer any material loss. 1t
closed one point down. United States
Steel gained is after sagging Ia
points below its high. Central Leather
gained a point. and General Motors
z7-S Delaware and Hudson shares
came out of retirement and scored
q gain Of 27-s
Call money fiuctuated widely from
21-2 to Z per cent
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Com came back during the
last hour OF trading and after q period OF weak
res during the morning finished lc lower TO lxc
nisher. There was much realizing during trad
ing and many were active on the short side.
Longs sold out because price levels were getting
Close TO the maximum level. while the short
selling was inspired by the ideal weather over
the corn belt.
The cash market developed q frner tone and
prices were unchanged to SC higher. Receipts
were heavier at al cars, but most OF this was
APPLIED on tosrriVe contracts and the spot
offerings were light.
Oats trade was big at the finish; September
was sc lower, while late months were SAKE
higher, In sympathy with the strength in com.
Cash oats closed nc higher TO lc lower. The
demand for cash oats was rather slow for ship
ment and sales were only 1000 bushels
Provisions were irregular. but during the ses
sion highest prices on record were established
for all products. At the finish further gains
were shown in meats, but lard was slightly be-
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. Sept. 5.-BUTTER-Firm; re
eeipts. 9a6o packages; creamery. higher thar
extras. i5ai5E; creamery. extras Cs2 score). Ax
hrsts. 43xa4; seconds, i2a43.
EGGS-lrregllsr; receipts. l7.iss cases; fresh
gathered. extras. 4ais; extra frsts. 42aA; firsts
S'saals; seconds, 1ha9; State. Pennsylvania
and nearby Western hennery. whites, fns q
fancy. 5saso; State, Pennsylvania and nesyb,
hennery, browns. 4sa5o.
chEEsE- Steady; receipts. SOS boxes; State
fresh. specials. 8aosX do, average run, 25Ka2Jx
LIVE POULTRY-Fim; no prices quoted.
DRESSED -PoULTRY-Firm; chickens, "a
Nh; fowls, 2asz; trksys nan.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Sept. 5.-sroney on call at the
Stock Exchange opened at Per cent; high, ?
per cent; low. per cent; closed, 4 per cent.
Most Of the days loans were made at s per cent
Time money was offered By larger number Of
institutions, but at no concession in quoted
rates. Demand was somewhat increased as
facilities were at hand to convert some loans
which had been carried on demand into fxed
date maturities. Rates. ~ per cent for sixty
to ninety days, 5ash per cent for four TO six
months.
Mercantile paper did not show much change.
Fun rates were stin demanded by urrch 80.
supply was somewhat increased in variety. In.
dorsed bills receivable. sixty to ninety DAYS z
per cent Other good names, four to sir months
to run. S<s5x per cent. ''''-s
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
HEADS 100000
OIL COMPANY

X. w. Powers, of r. w. Power &
Co. has been elected president of the
Power Oil. Gas and Coal Company
rms company has been chartered I'M
der the laws of the State of Della
ware. with a capital of 100000. Their
Washington office is located in the
Union Savings Bank Building. 1t is
reported that they control some very
fine leases in West Virginia. Mr.. Pow
er reports that the stock OF the new
company is being disposed of very
rapidly, aand that field operations will
commence at very early date.
Mr.. Power has been very successful
in promoting some large companies
in and around Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
HOGS ON INCREASE.

Chicago. Sept. 5.-Hogs went up again to-
day. medium grades going 10 to 20 cents higher
than the previous days levels. Prime hogs
reached $l9.l5. but the bulk of the market sold
between $3.50 and sls.7s The supply was light
receipts totaling only 5000
There was large. amount Of cattle on hand
and prices broke about Is cents after a slow
start. Large numbers were sold at 81 but
some choice stuff brought sl7.s5.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

New York. Sept. 3-Curb market trading to-
day was again quiet. Dealings were largely p<o-
fessioral. In the afternoon Motor shares were
strong Aircraft shares were auieter with an
improvement in the price Of these issues Mis-
eellaneous shares were fairly active. hide
pendent Oh shares were quieter. prics, being
maintained in . firm tone. Metal shares were
quiet; prices steady.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
Washington Stock Exchanse.

Furnished By W. B. Hibts q Co.
SALEa
Capital Traction 30. 81 900 at luK, 81, COZ at
1919, 5000 at l0lE. 81. 600 at loII
metropolitan Railroad b. 500 at lolA
Capital Traction. 2 at So
Washington Gas. 3 at 7lN, "A at IN
GOVERNMENT RONnS
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
C0TTONSEED OIL MARKET.

New York, Sept. IIThe cottonseed an mar.
ket was irregular. Some commission house seil-
ing and hedge selling were taken. Bulls were
eneourssed BY the strength OF the spot oil Itna-
non and the lard sseadiness Thsrs were no
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York. Sept. 25.-The following
Washingtonians are registered in New
York: H. Dodek. Herald Square
Hotel; T. r. Finnin, Miss N. Fowler,
432 Fourth avenue,
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Baltimore. Md. Sept 2s-wHEAT- Closed
quiet. No. .. red soft spot, 224
CoRN-Closed strong Spot 2s
OATS-Market hrmer. Standard white, 66a6eG ;
No white. 65IEae5X.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Chicago. Sept. 5.-HoGS-Receipts. 500;
strong. Bulk, ls.c5ais.oo: light. I7sOsls.05, mix
cd, f.s0dl9.lo: heavy, H.scalsl5; rough, II .soa
ls.o0; pigs, Ii.ooa17.0o.
CATTLE-Receirts. 1900; weak. Native beef
cattle, T3a775; Western steers. soal5. 20;
stocSers and feeders. 625al 10; COWS and heifers,
5.lGal2.5o; calves l0.00al5T5.
SHEEP-Receipts, 1900; weak. Wethers,
s.sOal2 30; lambs. l3.ooals0o
Pittsburgh. Pa, Sept. 3.-HOGS-Rcceipts.
700; higher. Heavies, l9.25al9.35; heavy york.
ers, ls.26als.so; light workers, s.ooals.25; pigs
E.75als CO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. 800; steady.
Top sheep. 100; top lambs, HIS.
CAL'Es-Receipts. 100; steady. Top, 16.oo.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26

About 10000 church bells in Ger
many have been melted for NUM-
lions of war.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY ItW SCHOOL

Member of the Association of
American Law Schools.
Strict standards for entrance and
course. q select student body, and
maximum credit from other law
schools.
Instruction by most widely APP
proved methods by professional
teachers trained in the best mod
ern law schools and by lawyers In
active practice.
Three-year course for LIB: one
year postgraduate for LIN. or
NJ p. l..
Afternoon course available to en-
ployed students to 6:4O.
Optional morning classes 7:50-s:lO.
Secretary. Masonic Temple. II. 4sIo.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26

r. w. POWERS, chosen pres
ident Of New Power Oil, Gas
and Coal Company. OF Della
ware.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-26
MINING STOCKS

Furnished hy W. W. yesterday & Co. In
GOLDFTELDS,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
CAVALRY USED FOR
ARTILLERY ABROAD

Camp Douglas, Wis.-According to
dispatches received here from Wash
ington, the war department will en-
ploy artillery on the fighting fronts on
a large scale. Secretary of War Bak-
er has announced that the $4,000. 900
for armament of Notifications" will
be devoted to the manufacture of
heavy and field artillery. To provide
enough guns to be sent abroad, cav
airy commands of the regular army
and National Guard are to be employ
ed as artillery. Practically no Amer
lean cavalry is to be sent to France,
and such cavalry as is retained for
mounted work probably will be sent
to the Mexican border.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
GOVT. DEMAND HEAVY
FOR AMERICAN NJ DIS

Fully $4,000 physicians. or two out
OF every nine OF military age in the
country, will be needed by the new
American armies, the war depart
ment has announced III addition to
10000 enlisted men who must be Sc
cured for the medical corps. Half of
these physicians and enlisted men will
be needed by October /, They all
ready are going into training camps
to mt them for service at the rate of
ZOO a day. Three months training is
given the officers and men. About
1880 officers and men are now un-
der training at these camps. The de-
mand for physicians is probably the
heaviest made by the war on any pro-
feSsiOn, and the department SAYS the
medical men OF the country are meet
ing it readily There are approx
mately 10000 of military age % to SIS
years in the country. By a system of
selection these will be modified and
drawn from each community in pro-
portion to the number available, SO as
not to leave any community without
adequate protection. After three
months training a detachment of the
medical officers for each regiment will
be sent to each national army. Nation
al Guard and regular army camp
ahead of the troops to supervise prep
aratiOns necessary for safeguarding
health
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
ROOSEVELTS FINE COURAGE.

Minneapolis Journal: The unreflect-
ing courage OF Theodore Roosevelt, SO
often brushed aside as pose and brav-
ado, never did his country greater
service than in his recent speech at
Pittsburgh on American unprepared-
ness and inefficiency and their effect
upon our status in the world war.
There is the finest courage in telling
the truth to country that is in a
mental fog because of conspiracy to
ignore or hide the truth for dread of
popular wrath. The situation has in
spired Roosevelt to a series of philip
pics which begin to penetrate the pub
Tic mind.
The unpreparedness of the United
States is notorious fact. The public
knew it, but didn't care. The unreadi
ness of the United States to do it's part
in war between liberty and despo-
tism has been revealed by sorry ex-
perience since we were driven to
choose between resistance and sub
mission.
Where will failure to attend this un-
preparedness and inefficiency leave
the country in the final solution? The
answer is the truth Americans owe to
Roosevelt's vision and plain speaking.
Have we his courage to face it and
prepare to meet it?
We have enlisted with the demo-
cratic allies for war to the end upon
despotism. Shall We do our part as
nobly as France, or fall as shamefully
as Russia, and without it's lamentable
excuse? And what is the price of fail
ure Roosevelt knows and dares tell.
ut is our war to win or lose. Our
allies cannot win for us, and then
share with us the sweets of liberty for
which they fight. If we elect to lose
it through sloth and blindness, we
shall toss into the lap of despotism
the richest spoils of victory. The lar
gest share of the price of defeat is
ours to pay"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
BENGAL TIGER ACTS
WITH TRAINED DOGS

Among wild animal trainers it is
considered difficult feat to get lions
to work with leopards, or bears to act
with pumas. So far as having wild
animals, particularly of the cat spe-
cies, work harmoniously with dOmes-
tic animals, such as dogs or horses,
has always been considered impractic-
able.
1t remained for Al G. Barnes, whose
big Touring wild animal circus will
exhibit in Lancaster on the afternoon
and evening of August IS. to accom-
plish the remarkable feat of training
wild and domestic animals to work to-
gether.
In one of the sixty-fve big acts
which make up the program, Maha-
rajah, an unusually fine specimen of
Royal Bengal tiger, goes through a
difficult act with Don and Flossic, two
trained dogs
Thirty full-grown African lions APP
pear in one act in big steel arena,
with Louie Roth, world-famous train
er, in command.
Caravans OF camels, elephants, sac
red cattle, troupes of seals, sea lions.
chimpanzees, orang- outangs, apes,
monkeys, kangaroos, zebras, Rocky
mountain goats, lions, tigers, leopards,
pumas, jaguars and bears, each train
ed to act, appear in the bill.
Forty animal clowns, including
trained pigs, dogs, chickens, bears and
mules, amuse the children and the
grown-ups as we'll
Two trains of double-length cars
carry the circus over the road. Six
concert and military bands and four
calliopes help to make the two-mile
long parade given at 10:30 o'clock
each morning a glittering event in it
self
The doors open at l and p. M, and
the bill opens at and s o'clock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
STRIPE DISEASE NOW
MENACES BARLEY CROP

Madison, Wis, Aug. 4.-Stripe dis
ease, disease that carries over on
the seed in manner somewhat sim
liar to smut, has been found in barley
fields in a number of the leading bar
ley sections of the state, according
to reports of county agents, some fields
having as high as Sc per cent of plants
killed.
The disease appears first on scatter
ed plants in the field when the barley
is six or eight inches tall. The af-
fected plants show light colored to
brOwnish stripes in the leaves. Later
as the barley heads come out this
stripping becomes very conspicuous and
as the normal plants begin to fill those
which are diseased krinkle down and
die The infection carries over on the
normal seed of surrounding plants.
The formaldehyde seed treatment,
carefully applied, controls this crop
pest and the experiment station work
ers are already urging farmers to plan
for treating seed barley neXts pring
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
CASSVILLE.

The Index says
Mrs. Joseph Mumm, her friends are
glad to learn, is recovering from her
recent severe illness.
Miss Opal Stevens went to Waterloo.
Ia, on business. Her duties as sup
erVisor of rural schools of Grant coun-
" will commence August 20.
George p. Dietrich, Carl Wilmot.
F. Schwerin and Thomas Biggin are
home from Rockford, where they went
to work on the barracks. The Job was
a little too strenuous this hot wealth
err
Mrs. B. E. Carter is home from
Butte, Mont, where she has been
teaching. Her sister, Miss Josie Hab-
ermann, who attended business col
lege III Minneapolis, accompanied her
to Cassville. Miss Margaret, who is a
teacher i'll Minneapolis, went to visit
friends in Green Bay.
Parker Salisbury of Breckenridge
Mo. and Raymond Eckstein. the
chauffeur and the Misses Hager and
Bandekow drove to West Union from
here and return last Sunday. Miss
Elsie Bandekow of that place came
back with them for a weeks vacation
with the home folks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08
EVIDENCE OUT THAT
FIRST DRAFT PLAN
WAS UPSET ALL OVER

From all indications the upsetting
OF the original draft plan due to a
New Jersey county board numbering
the cards in variation with the gov
eminent instructions was the best
thing that could have happened The
plan from Washington called for a
complete shutting of the cards in each
county, no attention being paid to pre-
cinct continuity. Then the board was
supposed to take the cards and apply
the red ink registration numbers from
one up to the limit for the district
Instead of doing this, many boards
took each town separately, going
through the entire list and applying
the numbers in rotation. This was not
III any sense unfair but it upset the
plan of the war department, which
called for drawing with the use of
prime numbers and (this statement is
made by an authority made possible
under the original plan the drawing
of all registered men in one section
while in another section all the men
would be left at home. The war de-
partment at the eleventh hour discoy-
cred the discrepancy and inaugurated
the method that lasted ten hours and
is now history. The original plan
would have consumed one hour.
The step taken was evidently the
only one under the circumstances and
it hushed every possible howl of graft
or unfairness forever. Evidently I'm
Gle Sam plays under a lucky star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-08

plBs whom it is a comfort to detest,
but Yourself is not among them. You
can keep away from other disagree
able folks, but yourself you cannot
escape You are always with you.
Honesty is to be commended as the
virtue nearest contentment.
And again. whatever unpleasant
ness may be incident to being hon
est. it all comes at first and at once,
and you are done with it. It's like
paying cash it may not be easy to
do, but when done it's done and there
is no worry ahead, Dishonesty is a
charge account; by it weekly we Gu
mulate trouble for the future, and the
longer the day of wrath is deferred
the worse it is So if you've done
wrong, out with it and let's have it
over, so we can kiss and make up.
Another of the litter of Dishonesty
is Shame There is also Humiliation.
and Suspicion. And Loss Of Credit.
And those and many other ugly in
sects of torment increase and multi
ply as Dishonesty goes forward. The
mesh grows more complicated.
Strand after strand of the sticky web
of embarrassment is spun around us,
our struggles grow weaker. until the
old spider, Disgrace, gobbles US.
Dishonesty is often very clever. but
it is human shrewdness, and the puz-
zle Of consequences is too intricate
for mortal minds But honesty is
Gods wisdom: by it we follow the
logic of the cosmos, the stars in their
courses fight for us.
By and by we realize the strangely
cumulative tragedy of Dishonesty; as
the old couplet expresses it,
ooh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive .