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Wilson Declares That Germany Started War
To Win Political Control Of World Teuton
Peace Proposals Do Not Touch Heart
Of The Present Conflict
(By international News Service

Buffalo \. 7. Nov 12-Unti Germany abandons
her hope of world political control peace cannot be look
ed for President Wilson today told the annual convention
eff the American Federation Of Labor. The president
made special trip Buffalo to appeal to organized labor
to cooperate in winning the Incident to his speech
he paid glowing tribute to Samuel Gompers, president
of the declarations bitterly criticized mob violence
fested in various parts IF the country recently and de
clared that the entire country must stand together in
prosecuting the finish In spite Of a cold, raw
and children when the presidents special train rolled in
10 the station The trip was without incident. On the
platform with the president Samuel Gompers pres
dent of the American Federation Of Labor; Governor
Whitman of New York, and many other notable The
president driven to the convention hail in the middle
of hollow square of student officers from Fort Niagara
President Wilson spoke in part as follows:
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Automobiles Read the Want ads
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FAR tonight and Tuesday; little
change IN temperature,
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i noon toasy Dr. Fisher met
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-18
I HAVE FXPL ORED CRYSTAL READING. HE SAID FINALLY

ouieted and sent home. She is one of
those impressionable beings who go
easily into hysterics-you had an ex-
hibition Of it,
"And something more" replied Mar
vim sternly-"the number of the auto
mobile that conveyed her away from
here.'
saw Nirvasa vince. For mo-
ment her audacity was daunted. But
only for a moment.
IT do not know her name," she said,
.but I can help you further, Mr.. Mar
VEL She lives at the Glendale apart
ments."
''Thank you," said Resilius Marvel,
if surprised not showing it, and my
lady led us through an intricate va
riety of corridors and apartments I'M
til we reached the front of the building
and turned us over to tawny- skinned
servitor in costume. Still smiling, still
radiantly; beautiful, still unrufiied,
Nirvasa bowed-as from that remark
able haunt Of mystery. -.
From the manner of the high priest
ess of what considered to be a tenn
pie of chicanery, and the way in which
Marvel treated the proposition, was
satisfied in my own mind that the
woman Nirvasa was one of the many
clairvoyants and mystics who made it
a business to catch the unwary and
credulous. We regained our machine
without Marvel saying word. He
was silent and thoughtful until we
reached the office of the United Bank
ers' Protective association. He waved
me to seat, went to bookcase, Sc
lected a scrapbook, opened it at a
certain page, placed the volume before
me and went to the telephone. ....
Within five minutes had perused
several old newspaper articles telling
of Nirvasa. She was a shrewd adven-
turess, successful amid oriental occult
surroundings. She had been mixed
up in several cases where her clair
voyancy had gained the confidence of
clients, and she had induced them to
invest in worthless stocks and bonds
owned by outside confederates. The
Oldest Man in the World was really
a patriarchal individual, and had once
been one of the living curiosities of a
big travelling circus outfit. Nirvasa
was a grade above the average for
tune teller. She really possessed a
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DID," purred the tones Of Nirvasa. 81
have the proofs. He is the gold max
err. A wonderful power, but lacking
still some ingredient to make his
knowledge so complete that the touch
of a wand would turn clay into bright,
shining bullion. TO leave his native
mountains and breathe this tainted air
would mean death. We dare not re-
move him for any length of time from
the artificial air generated in those
tanks. will show you"
I watched with interest as the lady
tapped on hinged section of the
glass globe, opened it and spoke to
the oldest man in the world. He
reached out and took up a crucible,
placing something within it, and hand
ed it to Nirvasa.
1T is coal,' she said, and Marvel
deigned to examine and agree. The
man in the globe handed out next a
tiny phial. 1T is distilled vapor from
his sole discovery, the gold rooot of
Brahmaputra,' she said further. Pour
it in. Come-see."
She moved the retort ACROSS met
al plate, turned on an acetylene jet,
and surrounded it all with a metal
drum. There was a Kissing sound.
She turned off the gas, with the aid
of a pair of tongs immersed the cru
chile in a jar of water, and poured out
upon marble slab a jagged nugget.
accept as a souvenir, Mr.. MARVEL
she said in a low, winning tone. "You
will find it of superine quality"
Doubtless" acceded my friend dry
ly. II see your plan-the genuine ar
ticles in equipment to cater to your
mystery-loving clients, and suppose,
a new religious fad to sustain all the
accessories? I am not interested, as
I did not come as a seeker after mys-
tic revelations. I came by an unac-
customed way-the rear, and I am
here to learn the occasion of an almost
tragic outburst from the young lady
who was removed so suddenly by your
servitor."
ooh, yes" smiled Nirvasa, as tran
GULLY as if the simplest, most Or
binary statement in the world had
been made. '"The young lady was
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I had noticed that Marvel's compre-

had noticed that Marvel's compre-
hensive glance had swept the room
keenly. His eyes were most attract
ed by a chart behind the gilt table.
It was a complex chart with tracings
of suns, moons, crescents and stars
upon it's surface, heiroglyphic charac-
tiers and tables.
"A life chart" observed Marvel, fix
ing his glance now on the oracle of
the place.
"A seance chamber of Mahamat," re-
piled the lady promptly, but dimming
any boastfulness by maintaining that
even, complacent smile.
"Ah, yes" remarked Marvel-"clair'
voyant."
mystic" corrected my lady.
"You are better informed than the
police, then," retorted my friend in
cisively.
A pretty dismay wrinkled the fore
head of the woman. She made an
expressive movement with her hands
to express helplessness. Then those
liquid eyes took to their depths a
pretty, pleading power.
1T is. unfortunate that you accept
so much on hearsay," she said softly
"You are the final. wish had your
good opinion. Will you let me try
and gain it'll would have no secrets
from you. I am no impostor. com
from the Himalayas, the seventh
daughter of a seventh daughter in
verify. I profess to tell no fortunes
but some day, with time given, may
be able to show even Resilius Marvel
that there is a coherency and potency
to some of my claims"
My friend was silent. There was a
slight curl of disbelief on his lip as
the lady placed her dainty hand on
the crystal globe.
II have explored crystal reading y
he said finally. II was more fortunate
than one of your clients-an old farm.
err who lost several thousands between
here and his home"
Nirvasa shrugged her graceful shout
ders and looked grieved and friend
less. Then she swept aside the dra-
peries behind her. We entered large
square room. Again - amazement
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There was a beaten circle all around
the rug covering the floor.
A man, Hindu, lightly CARRIED, thin
to the point of attenuation, was slow
ly, regularly turning somersaults. In
the corner of the room seated before
a blackboard was a Sepoy youth. He
had a piece Of chalk in his hand, and
at every overturn of the wiry acrobat
he would chalk number on the
board, obliterating it's predecessor.
There were five figures in the chron-
icle, and he would name them in
drowsy, sing-song way each time he
wrote record.
"Asoli Ben," explained our guide.
''He is paying a penance to release
the soul of sinful father-one hum
dred thousand somersaults. 1t was
to have been along the Delhi road,
but he joined my party and is complet-
ing his eighty odd thousand evolution
here on the path to clearing the score.
"Abou Hamed," she continued, lift
ing a curtain and showing a couch
covered with tiger skins upon, which
lay curled small dwarfed man. "He
is of the highest theosophic circle
twice returned to earth.
"The oldest man In the world
Djalma."
= She had proceeded like some lectur-
er exhibiting his menagerie. AS she
swept aside a final drapery the last.
and most remarkable disclosure greet
ed us.
In the center of room resembling
a laboratory was o balloon-shaped globe
of glass. It was about ten feet high
and broad enough, to contain inside
a chair, table aid q man. From sew
eral iron tanks there ran rubber pipes
to this giant retort.
"The oldest man in the world" Mir
vasa had said-and it seemed possible.
Inside the glass globe, reclining and
engrossed in a time-worn tone bound
in ivory, was the strangest human
being had ever seen. His skin was
like yellow parchment. His frame
seemed ossified. He had hair and a
beard of faded white sweeping to
his waist. His hands were like claws,
his face beak-like. Only his eyes were
alive-they cleaned like two sparks
Of electric fire.
"He is Djalma Xiii. the alchemist,
and nearly one hundred and fifty years
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
Canada Open to Americans
Dominion Lets Down Immi-
grafton Bars Because Of War

One Of the results of the participa-
tion of the United States in the war
has been to Danish for all time un-
necessary immigration regulations in
connection with Americans entering or
leaving Canada, whether on business
or pleasure bent, says the Ottawa cor
respondent Of The Associated Press.
DR.. W. ]. Roche, Minister of the
Interior in the Canadian government,
has announced that citizens Of the
United States need no passports to
enter or leave the Dominion. Amerl-
can visitors, he said, always had been
welcome in Canada, and they are doubly
so now. Every effort would be made
by officials at the border, this year
particularly, to facilitate the inter
change of passenger traffic between
Canada and the United States. While
Canadians between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-five require passports TO
leave the country, American tourists
and business people are entering and
leaving the country as freely as ever.
Men between eighteen and forty-fve
entering Canada from the United
States on pleasure or business may
obtain, from the Canadian immigration
inspector where they cross the border,
card certifying that they are not or
dinarily resident within Canada, and
this card will be accepted by any i'm
migration inspector at the port through
which such traveller returns to the
United States, it is officially stated.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
New w. & L. E.
Directors Represent
The Rockefellers

Election OF men representing the
Standard Oil interests as directors o.
the Wheeling e. Lake Erie Railway Is
the latest development in the passing
Of control of that road to the Rocke'
fellers.
Carl R. Gray, president Of the west
ern Maryland Railway, had been elect
ed chairman of the board to succeed
l.. F. Loree, according to an announce
ment made yesterday, while NJ. =
Byers and Bertram Cutler were elected
directors to succeed II. H. Porter and
Johnston De Forrest.
Control of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
passed to the Rockefeller interests
early in May, when the Western Mary
land. as the nominal purchaser, bought
s11,45O,o0O prior lien 7 per cent stock
from Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Blair &
Co.. tho reorganization managers.
In the Wheeling & Lake Erie reor-
ganization s11,ss2 800 of the prior lien
stock wa. offered to shareholders at
mar. but only S450,000 was subscribed
for. The reorganization bankers, who
held an equal amount of the company
three-year notes, then acquired the
stock in lieu of this obligation.
II is understood that the Rockefeller
interests intend to have a Washington
Chicago line, with the Western Mary
land and the Wheeling & Lake Erie
as a nucleus.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Russian exchange recovered sharply
in the local market yesterday. Rubles
sold up to $3.50 cents and closed at
1880, compared with 20 cents the day
before. Last week they sold at 21.So
cents. The improvement in rubles was
attributed to the reports of fresh sue
cesses of the Russians in their new
offensive and the assurances given by
the Russian Ambassador to the United
States that his country could be relied
upon to meet its war debt after the
cessation of hostilities.
The rest of the exchange market was
quiet. with francs displaying strong
tone at 5.71h for cables. Exchange or
Switzerland moved higher.
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, are given in the table
below. American bankers have sus-
pended all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange, so that daily quo
tations for either marks or kronen are
20 longer available.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
Dividends

N,sbyille. Chattanooga & st. Louis.-Resu-
Ior semi-annua dividend of 32 per cent;
payable August l to stockholders OF RECORD
July %.
New York & Honduras Rosario Mining
Regular quarterly dividend of per cent ana
an extra dividend of . per cent. payable July
"a 70 stockholders Of record July II.
Cudahy Packing.-Regular quarterly divl-
dend of Ia per cent on the common STOCK,
nsvable September Is TO stockholders OF rec
ord September 5, and regular semi-annual
dividend of 3ia per cent on the preferred
stock. payable November l to stockholders OF
record October 20.
Public Service Investment.-Regular quar-
tery dividend of $3.50 per share on the pre-
fcrred stock, payable August to stockholders
# record July IA.
Pacific Coast Regular quarterly DIVIDENDS
os Il. per cent on the first preferred. ! per
cent on the second preferred and l per cent
on the common stocks, payable August 10
stockholders Of record July Il.
Kerr Lake Mining. Regular quarterly
dividend OF 25 cents share payable Septem-
bcr Is 10 stockholders Of record September l..
w. II. McElwaine.-Re Regular quarterly divi-
dend of p per cent on the first preferred
second preferred and common stocks, payable
August 1 to stockholders of record July "A.
Home Insurance.-S Semi-annual dividend or
l2ia per cent payable on demand.
People's Gas Light & Coke.-Regusr quar-
terly dividend of | per cent, payable August
- to stockholders Of record August l.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
in Steel
Trade Called
To Washington
Uncertainty as to Govern
ment's Needs Causes De :
crease in Untitled Orders

Leading steel men who are members
of the committee appointed by the
American Iron and Steel Institute LETT
for Washington yesterday, at the re-
quest Of Secretary Baker Of the war
Department, to discuss with him ana
Secretary Daniels of the Navy the
steel requirements of the government
for war purposes. A definite under
standing as TO what prices the steel
companies are to receive for thelr
products and the amount of tonnage
thev will be required to furnish is eX-
pected to result from this conference
Personnel of Committee
Members Of the committee are E. h.
Cary chairman of the United States
Steel Corporation; James A. Farrell
president of the United States Steel
Corporation; ]. A. Burden, of the Bur
den Iron and Steel Company; Z. A. 5.
Clarke. president Of the Lackawanna
Steel Company; H. G. Dalton, Of Pick
ards. Mather g. Co.; A. C. Dinkey, OF
the Midvale Steel Company; E. G.
Grace, president of the Bethlehem
Steel Company; w. l.. King, vice,,presi
dent of Jones E. Laughlin, and j. A.
Topping, head Of the Republic Iron
and Steel Company.
Steel Tonnage Less
The United States Steel Corporation
reported that untitled orders on its
books June 30 were 5O3,3O4 tons less
than at the end of May, the total being
.11.3s3,2s7 tons. This compares with
q.64O,4 ,45S tons at the close Of June,
1915. and a high record of 12,1S3,OS3
tons reported on April 80 Of this year.
No official explanation for the de-
crease last month was vouchsafed, but
in Wall Street the general understand
ing was that the corporation has been
refusing to accept new orders while
the question of the governments needs
and the price to be paid for steel in
tended for the use of the army and
navy is still unsettled.
The following table gives the un-
filled tonnage at the close of each
month since January. 1915:
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
Money and Credit

Money rates continued easy yester-
day. The demand in the time loan
market was chiefly for sixty-day ma
turities secured by industrial securi-
tics az collateral. with a rate Of a.. to
AZ per cent. Rates for loans backed
by a mixture Of railway and industrial
securities as collateral were unchanged.
Al tho Stock Exchange call lonns
ruled ut 2H per cent, compared with 3
tho day before.
Ruling rates OF money yesterday,
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11

Little surprise was expressed in
Wall Street when the report of un-
filed orders on the books Of the
United States Steel Corporation at
the close of June showed a decrease
for the month of half million tons.
Moreover, the statement was not re-
garded as being unfavorable, for sew
eral reasons. While it is possible that
high prices checked the placing Of
new business to some extent, the de-
crease was ascribed mainly to other
things. One factor which made for
a decline in the amount Of orders on
hand at the end Of the month was
the improvement in transportation
conditions, which probably resulted
in much heavier shipments. More
important than this, however, was
the fact that the Corporation re-
fused to accept a good many orders
because the extent Of the govern
ment's requirements had not been
determined. 1t was recently stated
On good authority that the Corpora
tion had not booked a single order
for ship plates since the United
States entered the war, though ex-
tremely high prices had been offered,
because it seemed probable that the
government would need all that could
be produced.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
Further Rise in
Price of Silver
Resumption Of Purchases by
London Anticipated; Treas
ury Department Buys

Bullion dealers quoted commercial
bar silver at 1914 cents an ounce yes
terday, an advance over night Of =
cents. The rise was attributed TO fur
ther buying by the Treasury Depart
ment and established a new record high
price for the metal since the early 's0s.
The government has bought several
million ounces of silver since January
/. the metal being used for mining
subsidiary coins.
The head of one Of the prominent
Wall Street houses which does large
business in buying and selling silver
said: THE foreign demand for silver
still continues heavy. The Far East
is taking large amounts OF the metal
direct from the United States. This
is something that was rarely done tc-
fore the war, because London was the
centre of the worlds silver market and
acted as clearing house for the metal.
II was stated that London has not
been buying metal here for the last
five weeks, but that resumption OF
purchases for that account might be
expected at any time. Silver laid down
in London costs a great deal more than
7qi, cents an ounce. Insurance on
silver cargoes from New York TO Liver
pool now costs approximately s5.25 per
500 of metal, against cents per *lOo
worth Of silver before the war.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
Tuesday, July 10, 1917

A report came over the news
tickers early in the day to the effect
that further issue on September 10
Of $3,O0O,0OO,OO0 Liberty bonds,
bearing interest at the rate of 313
per cent, had been decided on. Later
it was denied that any definite time
for bringing out the bonds had been
set, but meanwhile there was much
discussion as to the advisability OF
keeping the interest rate down to 315
per cent. A majority seemed to be-
lieve that, in view of the oversub-
scription to the first instalment, re-
Gently offered to the public, 31s per
cent would be sufficiently high, but
g good many argued that the terms
of the next offering would have to be
more attractive, mainly because a
large part of the capital available
for investment has been absorbed by
the bonds already sold. Most bank
ers-even those who held out for a
higher rate in the beginning-are
now of the opinion that three billions
more can be placed successfully
without increasing the yield. More
over, it is worth noting that the law
authorizing an issue of $4,000 100000
provides that the bonds Shall be in
such form and subject to such terms
and conditions of issue, conversion,
redemption, maturities, payment and
rate and time of payment Of inter
est, not exceeding three and one
half per centllnl per dnRunl, as the
Secretary of the Treasury may pre-
scribe" Therefore, if higher rate
were contemplated the Treasury De-
partment would have to ask Con-
gress to amend the war loan act, and
such action is considered unlikely.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11

Rumors that the German Chan
cellor would make definite peace pro-
posals caused traders to sell stocks
for a fall, and a sharp decline in
prices on the Stock Exchange re-
suited. When the report that the
Chancellor had declared for war ito
the last gasp" was received traders
promptly covered their short COM
mitments, and prices advanced about
enough to wipe out the losses Of the
preceding day. Obviously, the infer
ence is that early peace would ad-
versely affect security values-a
theory to which most traders sub
scribe. Their arguments in support
of the theory might carry more
weight if it were not for the fact
that they make a bearish argument
out of war, too, whenever the mar
ket happens to be in such position
that it is readily susceptible to at
tack. Lacking rumors of peace, the
professional spectators will talk
gloomily of the effects of war taxa
ton, price regulation, government
control of industries and other things
which might be averted if peace
should be restored. So it seems that
stock values are doomed to suffer
heavily if the war continues, and
just as heavily if it doesnt-at
least, it seems that way if you are
short of the market. Those who are
disinterested are somewhat less GER
tain in their predictions. They are
even willing TO admit that they don't
know what will happen.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11
Current
eYchanOe

The above rates express the cost OF
foreign money in terms OF the Amer,
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling at, say, s4.75A. The intrinsic
parity is s4.e6&s per pound. Thus, you
saw either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars are at pre-
MUM. which is owing TO the fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which TO settle accounts IN THIS
country is greater than the demand IN
this country for pounds with which 70
settle accounts in England.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11

tons, against 5O7,142 tons in 1912; ac-
cording 10 figures compiled by W. n
Inglis on the zinc industry Oh the
United States. The stock OF spelter at
the various smelter works on December
Is last was l5,0S5 tons. compared WIN
14.3O0 tons at the beginning OF 1910;
Exports of spelter last year totaiied
10000 tons and domestic consump'ad0otn. aon
was in the neighborhood OF Aoo'ooo
tons.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11

Keystone Acknowledgements nave
declared dividend of 2t1 per cent on
account Of accumulated DIVIDENDS on
the preferred stock, payable August
TO stockholders of record July ~. piV-
idends in arrears, after allowing lor
the present eclaration, amount 70
s26.25 a share on the outstanding pre-
ferred stock.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-11

With a view TO assisting Indian and
Ceylon planters who have lost their
British and other trade owing to the
shortage Of tonnage. the Australian
government has prohibited the impor-
tation of tea from outside the British
Empire. Latterly China and Java teas
have been obtaining n strong hold IN
the Australian market.