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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
BRINGS LOAD
OF SALTPETER

After being on the beach at
Point Wilson four hours, The
barkentine Hawaii Friday passed
quarantine inspection at Port
Townsend and was towed to Ia
coma, where she today received
orders to discharge her cargo of
ealtpeter It the Milwaukee dock.
The Hawaii sailed up the strait
as far as Point Wilson when the
wind died out and before launches
could reach her the tide set her
on the beach, where she remained
until the tug Prosper came to
her assistance and hauled her in
to deep water.
After discharging, the Hawaii
will be fumigated before she be-
gins loading for the South Sea
islands.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
Especial TO The Times. }


SEATTLE, Aug. 1S.-There are
legs and legs.
A milliner visiting Seattle for
the merchants convention has
one made of spruce or fir, or oak
anyhow II is hewed from a tree
and is of the wood woody.
Friday the day was warm. The
day was long. Everything was
conducive to sleep.
The wooden limb was removed
SO that the sheets would not
suffer.
Either thru habit of WEAKNESS,
the milliner placed 1t on the win
dow sill of her room in the Savoy
hotel.
A puff of wind blew from the
Sound. 1t caught the curtain.
The curtain caught the leg. The
latter catapulted down seven stor-
les.
A mere man passing in the al
ley below picked IL up, brazenly
clad only in a white silk stocking
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
TRY TO MEDIATE
PORTLAND STRIKE

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 10
Peaceful settlement of a threat
ened strike in Portland's steel
shipyards was promised today.
The metal trades council, which
formally voted to strike Aug. %
IL demands were not granted, an
nounced today the strike would be
held up until an effort had been
made to settle the differences by
m ediation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
SAWMII.L TOWN rs
A SMOKING CINDER

HOOD RIVER, Ore, Aug. 49,
The sawmill town of Ruthton,
near here, today is a field Of
smoking ruins. For the third
time in its 30 years of existence,
the town has been laid waste by
flames.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
TOO MANY MIDDLEMEN

1T isn't the middeman object but the fact that there
them, said Chamberlain of the Puyaup
speaking
ThursOn Mason KSap Defiance
Friday.
THE farmer is the whom nation is looking
supply its needs he sad and the time the farmer
action changing the methods of handling
duce.'
Fred Nelson of declared the
their allowing the middeman it
them.
picnic. c. T..
chairman the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
BRYAN STRIKES AT
DISLOYAL TAKERS

the claim that he is exercising
freedom of speech.
mo sympathy, therefore, will
be wasted upon those who have
been arrested for unpatriotic ut
terances They abuse free
speech"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
T 3Ss s'Gist

Is. ID. Swartwood, army post
carpenter, badly hurt in fall from
scafold.
Jessie Helen Hadley says SAM
uel Henry Kelly was already mar
ried when she married him, ana
asks divorce.
u. =. District Attorney Allen
says government is not policing
Seattle, and that there Is no fed
eral law under which Kate Sadler,
socialist speaker, can be prose
cuted.
The Masses, socialist puhlica-
ton, sues postoffice department TO
be allowed use of mails.
Forest fires In eastern Washing
ton and northern Idaho are worse
than at any time since 1914.
A full line of Puttce Leggins,
Pigskin our specially. Hofs'et-
ter's. adH'
Miss Paula Naimska, who has
spent several years in Russian
Poland, will speak on the freedom
of Poland at Polish hall, seth ana
Portland ave, at s p. m. Satur-
day.
Stormfield. Mark Twain's old
home near Redding, Conn, Is ad-
vertised for sale.
Auto Coaster Wagons, Si.25
land up. Palace Hardware Co,
I1b11 Pacific ave. adv.
Observance of washington Adj
mission day" will be recommended
to editors convention which meets
next week at Chehalis, by State
Historical society.
Rev. J. W. Skinner, pastor Of
Rose City Park Presbyterian
church, Is elected president of
Whitworth college, Spokane.
Let DuenwaId's prepare box
for the boy, 1112 Broadway. adv.
Jessie Day, 11-year-Old girl,
runs away from home in Portland
to Hoquiam, paying fare with $40
With two sons serving in Ger
man army, Fred Miller of Ho-
Quiam joins company G, End
Washington infantry, as cook.
DIR. Cozza, dentist, 2O8 PrOyi-
dent. adv.
! Two flour mills of Spokane
close part time because OF inability
to buy wheat and uncertainty Of
federal food control.
Gunner A. Pande arrives home
from Preside where he received
com mission as captain in regular
army.
Anton Parker, IL, cOlOred,
caught in act of trying to jimmy
open window of secondhand store
at 18th and Broadway and is ar
rested.
Fire destroys sawmill OF Walter
]. Lunn at Auburn and 200,0 900
feet of lumber.
rOASNrEuCuAV, pVNnERv a
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TURN TO THE CLASSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE Z FOR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE SEVEN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
SLACKERS HANDCUFFED

the police before U. s. Commits
sioner Brockway in the Federal
building Friday afternoon.
Jones was bound over to the
grand jury. Swanson retained a
lawyer, and the hearing of his case
,as set for Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
COMMERCIAL BHNDERY 4
PRINTING co. Main AIT. adv
Births.

Births.
The following birth certificates
were filed in the office of the de-
partment of health at the city hall
Friday: TO Mr.. and Mrs. George
C. Minas, 1929 So. Tacoma ave.,
a son, Aug. Ia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Howden, Lester, King
county, daughter, May L; Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nicolet, 1919 seth ST.,
daughter, Aug. IL; Mr.. and Mrs.
Anton J. Mychalski, 1216h So.
G ST., daughter, Aug. 10; Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Brewster, 1921 So. e ST.,
son, Aug. 6; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lyskoski, 1902 Harrison St,
daughter, Aug. IA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18
Deaths.

Henry j. Hanson. Friday at his
residence, 721 st. Helens ave.
Body removed to l.. M. Gaffney
Co.'S awaiting funeral arrange
ments.
Funeral of Mrs. Huldah Hart
we'll at p. m. Saturday from
Storley Co.'s. Interment, lakewood
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18

Denied the opportunity Of 18th
hour registration under the draft
law, Ernest e. Jones and Oscar
Swanson, Tacoma youths accused
as slackers and suspected as black
mailers, were taken handcuffed by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18

Miss Paula Naimska, who has
spent several years in Russian
Poland, will speak on the freedom
of Poland at Polish hall, seth ana
Portland ave, at s p. m. Satur-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18

Stormfield, Mark Twain's old
home near Redding, Conn, Is ad-
vertised for sale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-18

Fire destroys sawmill Of Walter
]. Lunn at Auburn and 100000
feet of lumber.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05

Foreign bank returns Of recent
weeks have been Of more than usual
interest, particularly those of Eng
land and France, because they have
been showing a steady accumu-
,ation of gold. Looking at the thing
from distance, it would appear that
the steps that are being taken in all
of the Allied countries to conserve
the gold store and to check outward
movements are bearing fruit. For
instance, in the current weeks re-
turn of the Bank of England we
find an increase in gold holdings Of
100000, while in the case If the
Bank of France the increase is in
excess of 100000. These figures
are small, to be sure, but the mere
fact that in the fourth year of the
war the banks find it possible to add
to their gold accumulation is strik-
ing. The English banks gold store
now aggregates 55,S34,890 COM
pared with f54, 630,520 a year ago
and SCI ,249,7 1893 three years ago. The
Bank of France holds, according to
its latest report, 321,453. 675 francs
of gold, against 4,840, $4,000 in 1910
and 4,60l Psi 900 in 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
f. L. Brown Elected
President of D. & R. G.
Kingdon Gould Retires From
Directorate Along With
n. II. Nudge

Idward l.. Brown, formerly vice.
president Of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad, was elected president at
meeting of the directors yesterday.
succeeding II. U. Nudge, who resigned.
x ngdon Gould WAS succeeded as d.
rector by s. n. Rice, who was elected
temporarily to fill the vacancy until
the annual meeting on October 10
when he will be replaced by John W.
+ atten, chairman of the stockholders'
protective committee.
These changes and others that will
be made at the annual meeting are In
line with the recommendations of this
con mittee, which represents the Mis-
: .ur Pacifc interests in the Denver
& Rio Grande. George Gould, who has
! cen able to dictate the policy Of the
-oad for the last two years, will be a
minority director when the programme
Of the Platten committee has been
completed As stated previously, y.
Horace Harding, member of this
committee, will be made a director at
he annual meeting, TO succeed BEN
jamin b. McAlpin, Gould director.
Mr. Nudge was chosen by Mr. Gould
20 run the Denver & Rio Grande two
years ago. at a salary reported to havo
been $4,000 a year. Mr.. Brown, his
successor, will begin his new duties
"a once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Thursday, October /, 1917

Activity at the Stock Exchange
expanded fully 80 per cent over the
preceding day, selling pressure in
creased, and prices moved substan-
italy lower. A surprising feat
ure of the market was the failure OF
the Street TO find a satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION for the persistent offerings
of industrial and railway securities.
There was no fresh news develop
ment to account for the apparent
cesire on the part of investors to let
go of their holdings, although finan-
cial interests generally laid increas-
ing emphasis on the burdens imposed
by the new tax law. Liquidation
was less in evidence in the railway
shares. Selling of old line industrial
issues by investors was reported,
and this, with the series of drives
launched by the professional bears,
accounted for the large decline in the
industrial end of the list. Losses of
s, 4 and points, with some extreme
declines of 10 points, were recorded
in the industrial stocks. Railway
shares lost ground, too, but the re-
action here was not so violent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Roads Liberty Bonds
Sold at Auction

J. p. Morgan & Co. purchased at auc-
tion yesterday s3,O32 400 Liberty Loan
81 per cent bonds at par and accrued
interest. The bonds, offered for public
sale at the County Court House by
Thomas d. McCarty. United States
Marshal for the Southern District Of
New York, had been the property Of
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, but
were sold to satisfy part of a judgment
of s32, 100000 against the company in
favor Of the Western Pacific for default
of interest on its bonds.
The Morgan firm bid par and interest
for the entire block of the bonds to
prevent them from being sold either in
part or as a whole below par Other
bidders were the Western Pacific Rail-
road, which also bid par; the Bankers
Trust Company, which bid 1886 for
Sl,000,000, and Newburger, Henderson
& Loeb, who bid 99.87 for 100000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05

1921. It is also said that Messns. gu,
ruki q Co. and the Mitsui Bussan
Kaisha are contemplating undertnakl In
the iron industry in kyushu: ho,e 1
over. some half dozen smaller IRON anu
steel works. such as the Osaka Seitet-
susho and the Ito Kenkyusho, nav
recently come into being in the neigh-
borhood of Osaka and Kobe. -,
"The present total output OF iroi,
from Japanese foundries falls short OF
900. 900 tons, but it is expected tina.
in two years it will increase to abou.
1000 900 tons. II is then thought thaI
the domestic demand for steel VIII D.
adequately met by the home produet'
AZ present. however, the steel available
for general shipbuilding purposes
amounts TO not more than $4,000 tons:
On account of the present, condition Oh ,,
the Industry it IL impossible for Japan
10 meet her shipbuilding requirements
by the home output. and she must rsiy
upon imports to a very great extent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange,

There was less unsettlement in the
market for Scandinavian exchange
yesterday although rates advanced
further. Swedish crowns selling up to
374 cents, a new high record. Brokers
reported heavy inquiry from Ameri-
can importers. who desired TO buy ex-
change in order to anticipate any fur
Their rise that might occur. Swedish
exchange is now at a premium Of
more than 80 per cent. Local brokers
are waiting with interest for the re-
ply of the Scandinavian countries TO
Great Britain's absolute embargo on
exports 10 those neutrslS.
Russian exchange was quieter and
rubles held firm on light trading. A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
New Deputy Governor
For Reserve Bank

J. Herbert Case, vice-president of the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company. was
Yesterday elected deputy governor OF
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
to succeed X. II. fireman. Owing to the
absence Of Pierre Jay, the reserve
agent for this district, and the press
of work accompanying fotation of the
Liberty Loan, the directors have re-
duested Mr.. fireman TO continue with
the bank until the end of the year, and
he has signfed his intention Of doing
so. Mr.. Case will resign from the
trust company and take up his new
duties next Monday.
Mr.. fireman is a Glass A director Of
the Federal Reserve Bank here and is
also president Of the Tompkins County
National Bank of Ithaca. He has been
active in the banks affairs for over a
yes-. having been acting governor
while Benjamin Strong, governor, was
away for several months in Colorado.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Business Is Good,
Federal Reserve
Board Report Says

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Continua-
ton of generally good business con-
ditions throughout the country was
announced to-day by the Federal Re-
serve Board in its monthly review.
The report by districts shows:
Boston-Business except where gov
eminent contracts predominant. only
moderately good.
New York General business condi-
tions good.
Philadelphia Plants continue busy
and manufacturers generally expect
very large volume of business this
fall and winter.
Cleveland Aside from the scarcity
of coal. general business is fairly sat
isfactory
Richmond labor scarcity has af-
fected certain industries, especially
the gathering of crops. General bust
ness is good.
Atlanta-No important changes in
the business situation.
Chicago Some hesitation in bust
ness which may be affected by legls-
lative measures. but on the whole the
situation is satisfactory.
St Louis Favorable crop develop
ments and seasonable weather have
further stimulated business.
Minneapolis-General business &C
tive: outlook favorable.
Kansas Increased bank clear
ings indicate well maintained activi-
ties.
Dallas Increased activities in many
lines of business.
San Francisco Bank clearings in
creased 80 per cent. Business gener-
ally is good.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Relevant Facts

American Sugar Refning.-The suit
brought by the State of Louisiana TO
Dust the company from that state has
been dismissed on motion Of the At
torney General, according to an an
nouncement by the company here
yesterday "The voluntary dismissal
OF this suit" said the company's
statement, twas foreshadowed by the
settlement, in April of this year, Of
1876 so-caled Planters Damage Suits,
asking treble damages under the
Sherman antitrust law amounting to
s159, 900 900. The dismissal of the
custer suit followed the receipt by
the Governor and Attorney General
Of Louisiana OF petitions and letters
from the Mayor, the American Cane
Growers Association, the New Or
leans Association of Commerce, the
Board OF Trade, and all the leading
commercial organizations OF that city,
together with individual letters from
many of the leading citizens of New
Orleans. requesting the dismissal of
the suit"
United Railways Investment.-The
annual report for the year ended June
90, 1917, issued yesterday, discloses
income received as dividends, inter
est. etc, on stocks and bonds owned
by the company, amounting to ST.
S9i .5S3. compared with total earnings
of sl,766,226 in the year preceding
Profit and loss surplus as OF June go
1917, including the previous surplus
was S7055.7l5, an increase Of $780,
700 over 1916.
Cerro de PascO Copper.-Production
Of copper in the month of September
established a new record. output
amounting to 7,O4l 900 pounds, which
compares with 6,O36,OOO pounds pro.
duced in August 6,262 900 pounds in
July, 5,O32, 900 pounds in June and
100000 pounds in May.
General Motors.-At a directors
quarterly dividends were declared, an
nouncement was made that the General
Motors Company, which was succeeded
by the General Motors Corporation, has
been finally dissolved The preferred
stock OF the old company was offered
for the preferred stock Of the new cor
poration in the ratio Of four new shares
for three of the old. Five shares of the
common were given in exchange for
one.
Distillers' Securities.-A break OF
AZ. points in the stock of this com.
pany yesterday was attributed to the
catching of number of stop loss or.
| ders placed by those who had bought
on the recent rise from below 80 tc
above 40. The closing sale was at 1874
compared with the high price for tho
day Of 1874.
Etna Explosives.-In view Of the &C
ton of the bondholders' committe,
asking for the payment of the prin
cipal of the company's bonds the com
mttee representing the stakeholder,
has issued a circular requesting thai
its powers be broadened The stock
| holders" the circular states, must b,
| in a position at once TO contest a pro
| ceeding which, il carried out, will in
volve the forced sale OF the properties
and wipe out all Of the stock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Mexico Retires Paper Money :
Issued by Constitutionalish

Henry p. Fletcher, American MIN
ister at Mexico City, reports that by :,
Presidential decree of September az
business transactions with paper
money issued by the Constitutionslls'
government are prohibited. under pen,
atty of Imprisonment for one year, hhe
Of 100 TO 1000 pesos and confscs'l'"
of the paper money involved. This &C
ton is designed to prevent Illegal gam
by individuals or business houses
through taking advantage of the igno'
rance Of large portion Of the puoiiss'
which continues to believe that TINS
money will again have some value.
The decree specifies as coming witnls
the prohibition the paper money OF wv
Vera Cruz issue and the Constitutien,
alist army, as we'll as twenty otne.
issues of paper money. bonds sho
|. o. US, which are described IN "
tail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05

In banking circles and elsewhere
the action of the directors of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
in deciding to make no change in the
discount rates already established
is generally commended. The rate
on discounts of notes secured by
Liberty bonds and United States
government certificates of indebted
ness running for not more than
ninety days will remain at 80 per
cent. The new Liberty loan carries
an interest rate of per cent. In
brief, this means that the Federal
Reserve institution takes its stand
behind the member banks to the ex-
tent of helping them to carry that
part of the Liberty loan burden that
they cannot themselves finance with
out a great straining of their re-
sources. The thing works in this
fashion: The member bank buys
, Liberty Is for a customer, who gives
his personal note. The note is Sc
cured by the bonds, and the bank, if
I il finds itself in a position where it
cannot continue carrying the Gus
! toner, may take the note to the Fed
eral Reserve institution and redis-
count it at 312 per cent. lnasmuch
as the banks are expected to charge
customers whose Liberty loan pur-
chase they are financing A per cent
interest on the money thus loaned,
the exercise Of the rediscount prlvl-
lege gives the bank a small profit,
something less than one-half of |
per cent. OF course, in the event
that the banks rediscount too neav-
lily at the Reserve bank it is probable
that the discount rate there would
be raised. As matters stand, it is
apparent that the Reserve banks
will do a great deal toward facilitat-
ing the flotation of the governments
new issue and at the same time help
TO keep banking funds liquid. The
rediscount privilege properly used is
one of the biggest assets the banks
of the country now have, and they
are rapidly coming to recognize its
importance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05

Conservative Japanese investors
who are looking around for some
thing absolutely safe in which to put
their surplus capital are preparing
to buy the new Liberty loan a per
cent bonds. In the last day or two
japanese bankers who represent
large commercial interests in the
land of the Mikado have arranged
for credits with local banks for the
purpose of buying good sized blocks
of the new bonds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Dividends

United Cigar Stores.-Regular quarterly
dividend Of per cent on the common stock.
payable November 10 TO stockholders OF rec
ord October %.
Cluett, Peabody & Co.-Regular quarterly
dividend Of $3.50 on the common stock pay,
able November | to stockholders OF record
October 20.
Puget Sound Traction. Light e. Power
Regular quarterly dividend of IS cents a
share on the preferred stock. payable October
is 10 stockholders Of record October 8.
United Coal Corporatien.-Regular quar-
ferred stock, payable October IS to stock
holders Of record October 10.
Electric Utilities Corporation.-Re Regular
quarterly dividend Of IL per cent on the
preferred stock. payable October 10 to stock
holders Of record October ..
Oklahoma Natural Gas.-Regular quarterly
dividend OF per cent, payable October 20
20 stockholders Of record October g.
Sullivan Mschinery.-Rezulsr quarterly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Elections

Henry Bruere has been elected di-
rector and member of the New York
local board of the National Railways
of Mexico, to succeed Ramon +. Dene-
gri, resigned.
f. de c. Sullivan has been elected a
director Of the American Sumatra To-
bacco Company. Charles Sobey, for
merly a director, and VI. l.. Floyd, for
merly president of the Connecticut To-
bacco Company. recently acquired by
the American Sumatra Tobacco Com
pany. have also been elected directors
of the latter company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Limits Fluctuations
On Cottonseed Oil

The Board Of Managers Of the New
York Produce Exchange. 1t was an
nounced yesterday, has. at the request
&c tho cottonseed oil trade, passed
resolution limiting the advance OF ,no
Line in cottonseed oil futures to 100
nnints or a cent per pound, in any one
Sav This is to prevent abnormal fuct-
nation which might be caused by pres
ont unsettled war conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Gold Exports to Japan

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Exportation
of gold to the Orient abated to some
extent, the Federal Reserve Board an
nounced to-day, before the embargo re-
Gently placed on gold exports by the
President. During the four weeks
ended September "A, however, exports
were more than nine times as much
as imports, the former aggregating
S3744i,0O0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
HARTMAN NATIONAL BANK
Fifth Avenue & Forty -fourth 81
New York.
BlERING HOURS FROM 8 4. N. 70 0P.1
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS s.. NJ. 70 Ml0slGHl

dividend Of - per cent and an extra ! e,
cent, payable October Is TO stockholders Of
record October |.
General Motors Corporation. Regular
quarterly dividend OF per cent on the com
mon stock and Il per cent on The preier'es
stock, payable November 10 stockholders ="
record October IS.