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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18
The White Rose Social
Club.

The White Rose Social Club is still
progressing, the annual ball was such
success that many new members
were added to the roll, the members
were very sorry at the departure of
one of the best club members, Miss
Nola Cannon, who left last Monday
for Gary, Ind. Every one hopes her
pleasant stay. Mr.. Louis Smith, our
worthy president, is planning and an
nual banquet in the near future, the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18
Rex Social and Literary
Club.

The Rex Social and Literary Club
met at the home Of Miss Mary Thur
man. The meeting was opened by Mr..
James w. Eakins, the efficient Presi.
dent. After business, Miss Marion HAD
ley of the Colored Carnegie Library,
made an appropriate talk which was
highly appreciated.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

New Haven Literary Social Club
President, Miss Fannie Belle McFar-
rist; Secretary, Mss Mary baltimore;
date, Tuesday each week.
Lilly Of the Valley Art Club. Mrs. S.
M. Utley, Pres: Mrs. Robert Eason,
Sec'y; date list and 3rd Wednesdays.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONGRESS.
NASHVILLE. TENN. JUNE 1918,
1917.
Sacred Concert.

There will be sacred concert at
Pleasant Green Baptist Church Sunda'
night May, Goth. given by the famous
Howard Congregational choir Come
and enjoy some of the richest and
sweetest singing you ever heard.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18
Is the Negro Loyal to The Flag?

One has but to read history to find
out whether he has been, then read
the telegraphs Of the Negro students
in Meharry, Fisk and a score of other
universities and schools that have Of
fered this nation their services. this
will answer the question.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

Carrie Butler and Lille B. Butler of
North Front St., are visiting their cou-
sin, Rev. Nelson McDoo, and wife of
Nashville. Mr.. S. w. Sims of Fisk
University was the guests of Matte
Elizabeth Butler last week.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS
There will be an exebltion of the
Industrial work of the Davidson
County Colored Schools at Green
wood Park in the Rollette Building,
Friday, May 1S, 1917. There will
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

be prizes awarded to the schools hav-
ing the best work in shucks. rafIia-
wood work, sewing and cooking. The
public is invited to come and see
what the teachers and children are
doing in the rural schools.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

club meets at White Rose Social Club
head quarters the Welcome Cafe. Mr..
Walter Carter, manager.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18
Entertains Friends.

Miss Lora Talley entertained at her
home 1911 21st A9e., s. Tuesday even
Ing. The following friends ( enjoyed
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

Society News

N~~"~' N'es
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-18

T. M Love Vt Bird Thursday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
ACTIVE SPRING SEASON
IN TRADE is PREDICTED
Advance of IS Per Cent in Whole
sale Price Level Is
Indicated.

! NEW YORK. April BIN his monthly
review of business conditions Pierre
, Jay, chairman of the board of directors
of the federal reserve bank OF Ne"
York says there is every indication OF
an active spring season. Among 'ne
observations made by Mr.. Jay are:
A further rise in the general level OF
wholesale prices for March OF 20
per cent over the same day last year
The widest changes occurred in food
products. especially potatoes and other
vegetables.
Prices of iron and steel continue to
rise under heavy demand. Steel plate
mills are overwhelmed with contracts
from shipbuilding interests.
The volume of business in mercantile
lines is large for this period of the
year and confidence remains a con-
spicuous feature.
Textile industries are very busy.
Heavy spring business in the hide
and leather trade is indicated in the
middle west and west In the east
conditions are more uncertain, as buy
ers apparently are nervous concerning
the foreign situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Music Amid Ice.

From the London Chronicle.
Even amid the depressing conditions
Of life on Elephant Island, where Sir
Ernest Shackleton's men were main
tanning bare existence through dreary
months on penguin and seal blubber,
the softer arts were not quite aban-
doned. Every Saturday evening saw
the hut turned into a concert room.
when instrumental music was provided
on the banjo. which Sir Ernest, with
admirable foresight, saved from the
wreck when the Endurance was
crushed in the ice. We can imagine
some, at least. of the rest of the pro-
gram. because in Mr. George Marston.
the artist. the marooned party pos
sessed a vocalist who never tires His
repertoire is inexhaustible especially
in the full-blooded nautical ditty which
cheers the heart of the sailor. His I'M
failing spirits and minstrelsy were a
great asset. as Sir Ernest has recorded.
on a previous antarctic expedition, as
no doubt they were on that which has
just happily closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Prices in the wholesale market this
morning ranged about as follows:
The quotations are for large lots; job
bers' prices are higher.
EGGS-nearby, 80; southern. 29aS0.
CHEESE-New York state factory
new, 25a26.
BUTTER-Elgin print. A: Elgin tub,
46: process, 35 store packed. u.
POULTRY-Live hens. per lb.. "a;
ROSTERS, per lb., Is: turkeys. per h.. 2Sa
80: winter chickens, 2Sa3O: spring
chickens, per lb.. 40a45: ducks. per h.,
1Sa2O: geese. per H., 12al5; keats,
young each. 40.
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens, choice,
per lb., 24a25: chickens. per h., 27a3O;
turkeys, per lb.. 27a32; ducks, per h.,
2Oa22: ROSTERS. per lb., 16; geese, per
!b., 15a16.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples, per Dbl.
3.5Oa7 so; per box, 1.oOa2.5o; California
oranges. 3.25a3.75: Florida oranges.
2 5Oa9 90: grapefruit. 3.25a4.00: straw
berries, 25a35 per qt; tangerines,
2.OOa3.00.
VEG NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Irish. NO. l.
per Dbl, 60oa7.00: northern, per az
blu. sack, 700: culls. 3.50a4.50 bbl.;
sweets: per Dbl. s5 "a5. 3 per basket shs
string beans. 3Ooa4.5o per basket; pep
ners per crate, 4.00a5.00; okra per
crate. 5 90; radishes. per 100. 3.o0a4.00;
cucumbers, crate, 3.50a6.oo; onions. per
OO-lb. sack, S.50a9.00; eggplant. 4.00a
500 crate; new cabbage. pc, basket,
:, 00a4 90; beets, per bunch, sac; celery.
per dog, 35a1.O0: romaine lettuce. 1.5oa
$50 per basket; lettuce. 1.5Oa4 so per
basket: squash. Florida, 3.OOa3.50 per
crate: Florida tomatoes. 4.0oaIOo per
crate.
LIVE sTOCK-sheep, per h.. 5a6;
lambs, fall, II per h.: lambs. spring,
1Sa2O: calves. per h.. IA: medium, 13a
49, per h.; common. per lb.. Sa9.
DRESSED MEATS-Pork, small to
medium, lb, II; heavy, h.. 15al6.
HAY-No l timothy, 1S.50a19.o0: No.
. 17.5Oa1S.00; No. ! mixed, 16.OOal7O0;
No 2, 14.00a15.0O.
sEEDS-Red clover. 12.oOa12.50 per
bu.: alsike clover, 12.25a12.5O per bu;
crimson clover. 9.Ooa9.25 per bu.; tim
othy, 3.ooas.25 per bu,: red top, 1Sa15
ner h.; bluegrass, 1.15a2.00 per bu;
orchard grass, 2.4Oa2.75 per bu.: white
clover, 40 per h.: alfalfa clover. 15al6
per Id.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling, per blu. ! .95a
2O5: ordinary. per bu., 40a1.6D; corn,
nor bu.. 13Oa1.32; oats, white, per bu.,
f7a7s: mixed. per bu., 75a76.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,

Raw sugar-Firm; centrifugal, 599:
molasses. Sill: refined, firm; fine granu-
lated. 7.25a8.O0.
Sugar futures opened firm and active.
to points higher on covering and
buying by Wall street Later. however.
the market eased off under scattered
selling, and at noon prices were within
point or two of yesterdays closing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, April 3. pm
s.-Wheat-Strong spot, No
2 red. 2.1s: spot, No. 2. red western
2.22A; April. No. 2. red. 2.1S: steamer
No. 2, red. 2.01; receipts, 5000 bushels
Corn-Firmer; spot contract, 1872;
April. 1.32; receipts, 1892 bushels.
Oats-Steady; standard white, 74h:
No. 3, white, 7314a74; receipts, 16,24S
bushels.
Rye-Firmer: No. 2, western export
1.S0; receipts. 2S.426 bushels.
Hay-Steady; No. l timothy, I'M
changed; No. l clover. mixed, un-
changed.
Grain freight-No quotation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Stone Gongs

From the Los Angeles Times.
At the birthplace of Confucius. Chm
fu, there are to. be seen extraordinary
examples of sounding stones, or stone
gongs One of these stones, which are
composed of a grayish oolitic lime
stone, has been shaped into a cover
for an incense dish placed in front OF
the tomb of the grandfather of Con-
fucius. When struck with a stick. or
with the knuckles. 1t rings like bronze.
and the sound is so clear that it is
difficult to oeiteve' wltnout inspection.
of metal
Sounding stones are to be seen in
other countries than China. There is
a bridge at Corick. County Mayo. Ire
land, which is locally known as the
musical BRIDGE" because the stones
forming the coping give out a musical
note when struck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
COLD PILES UP IN VAULTS.
Country's Present Holdings Greatest
in History Of the World.

Cold holdings of the United States
TIE, surv Yesterday were the greatest
in the worlds history.
The total value of the coin and
bullion in the vaults was s3.o44.3o9.2s2
The sum practically has doubled during
tho last Ave years. Most of the ac-
cumulation, of course. is due to the
inflow of gold during the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Comedian Wick Hume Dead,

CHICAGO. April 3.-Vick Hume,
seventy-two years old. veteran come
dian of New York. died at a hospital
weeks illness. He was taken Ill at st.
Louis and was brought here by the
company with which he was playing.
Hume. during his stage career Of
nearly sixty years, was said to have
played in almost every civilized coun-
try in the world. The body will be
sent to New York for burial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Market Shows Weakness.
Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES.
Riggs Realty IS 0ong), $1,000 at 102, $1,000
at 102 81, 900 at 1O2.
Capital Traction. l at 49,
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.. % at
SOY.
Washington Gas. at 1514.
Union Trust. 10 at 123&.
Continental Trust. 10 at 100, 10 at 49,. 10
at 1l9, at 119. at 119, 10 a, ll9
American Graphophone Rights, 5h at SIS
tcashb.
After call:
American Graphophone 6s. 500 at 1OO1a.
National Capital Bank 20 at 224
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Condition of the Treasury.

Condition of the United States Treas
|nry at close yesterday showed:
Net balance in general fund, s95.-
b1s.532
Total receipts, s2,507,706
Total payments. s1,791,31O.
The deficit this fiscal year is $685.
659.757, against a deficit of S49IS7744
asst year. exclusive of Panama canal
hnd public debt transactions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Bill for John Hay Statue in China.

PEKING. April "a bill has been in
troduced in the senate for the erection
Of a bronze statue Of John Hay, former
American Secretary Of State. The statue
is intended to commemorate the stand
of the United States in support Of the
open door policy in China and It's action
in refunding the Boxer indemnity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
The Best of Reasons,

From Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Parker-Now. young man, why
aren't you at the front?
Young man (milking cows)-Cos
there amt any milk at that end, mis-
sus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Collections at Par,

Collection Of checks at fact value
has become an accomplished fact in the
second regional district, through the
New York federal reserve bank Checks
pa banks refusing to remit at par are
being sent for collection through the
Express companies, with instructions TO
protest on failure to pay in full over
The counter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03

Sausage castings valued at $91,070
were invoiced at the American con-
sulate at Punta Arenas, Chile, for the
United States during 1915, against
$101,007 worth for 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
MARKET STARTS FIRM,
BUT CLOSES LOWER
Initial Gains in Steel and Some
Other Favorites Are Lost in
Flood of Selling.
Shipping Shares Are Especially
Weak-Rails Set Pace on the
Downturn-Bear Active.

NEW YORK, April 3.-The Immediate
opening was accompanied with a hur-
rah and some decidedly wild trading
Of course. every one was interested in
the action of the admitted leader of
the market. United States Steel COM
mon. and the big crowd was around
the Steel post. The initial sale was at
1l1&a, or Is better than yesterday s
closing. and amid great excitement the
price moved up to 11S%, the top-al-
though sales came over the ticker
three times at 11S34. so wild We're the
rumors and reports, but official noti-
later on.
Much the same action attended the
opening elsewhere in the list. but the
stocks Were for sale right from the
tap of the bell. Weight of selling
checked the advancing trend and
turned the tide the other way for more
or less prominent losses. although a
few stocks maintained a firm front
throughout
Steel Common the Leader.
The best strength was in Steel COM
mon. which did not go below yester-
days closing in the first three hours
of trading: Baldwin Locomotive, which
tenaciously held its own, but lost
gains: Central Leather. which advanced
4Ss points and held the most of the
gain; Crucible Steel, holding the bet
ter part of = points gain, and Ameri-
can Can.
Industrial Alcohol lost points; Mer-
camille Marine preferred over a point
and Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies,
212 points. the shipping shares natural
~ showing recessions. Mexican Petro-
leum was weak: Bethlehem Steel barely
held its own, and the coppers were in
clined to weakness.
The rails did not act we'll. Canadian
Pacific lost points; Reading. after nu-
merous fluctuations, made it q net
loss; Union Pacific, at one time a point
off, recovered Il point. Many of the
minor rails did not show in the early
trading.
AS indicative of the action of the first
hour, attention is called to the fact that
the sales of that hour totaled $4,000
shares.
Anglo-French Bonds Higher.
One positive result of the develop
ments of last evening in Washington
was the action of Anglo French bonds,
which advanced points and main
tanned a firm tone.
Market Shows Weakness.
The wave of weakness continued to
develop into the second hour of the
afternoon. Stocks were sold right and
left, the bears joining in the movement
with the liquidating holders
Midway in the second hour of the
afternoon Steel was down to 115, and
other industrials following suit on
about the same scale.
The rails showed more positive weak
ness than the industrials, with conSid-
cradle pressure. Canadian Pacific set
ting the pace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
500, 1000


Several appropriations already have
been made by Congress to be met from
fhe proceeds of the sale of the So
Failed Panama bonds, of which approx
tmately 1922, 100000 are still available.
among these are the ship purchase act,
carrying s50.00O,0 900. and the act for
The construction of a nitrate pIent,
carrying s20,000,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03

Under section 400 of the revenue
act of March 8, 1917. To meet
expenditures for Alaskan railway.
account of the Mexican situa-
ton. for armor plant and the pur-
chase Of the Danish West India
Islands. bonds to be redeemable
and payable within so years, at
not exceeding so per annum. -. sloo Ooo. 600
Under the second proviso of sec
ton 400 of this act and for the
purposes enumerated above
called Panama bonds to run not
more than 80 years. at not ex-
ceeding SO per annum. about. 222, ooo. 900
Under section 81 of this act. to
meet public expenditures, certih-
Gates of Indebtedness. not EXCEED
ing 3ee interest, and running not
longer than one year. ...--...-.. 800. 600 900
Under H. J. resolution 800. For
naval construction or the eXpeiit-
ing thereof. serial bonds maturing
In equal amounts from date of is
sue to 20 years from that date,
1T not exceeding SO. $50. 0oo, 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
VERY little TRADING
IN PUBLIC UTILITIES
Railway Preferred Sold at 80 IL.
Other Shares Practically Nominal.
Bank Stocks Attract Attention.
Bonds Slow-Election of President
of Du Pont National Matter of
Future-Par Collections.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

Today's session of the Washington
Stock Exchange was without special
feature. other than that in the sales OF
fifty shares of Continental Trust Com
pany stock at 12O. 49, and 11a. and
twenty shares of National Capital
Bank at 224. sales of the latter being
especially few and far between. The
price was point under the last pre-
vious sale.
The last previous sale of Continental
Trust WAS at '124. but the stock is now
selling ex-dividend l Il per cent.
a quotation lot of Railway preferred
at S012 proved to be the only puoilc
utility to show on the sales sheet 9TH
er than an odd share of Capital Trac-
tion at s.,
Riggs Realty IS were firm with sales
of the long time maturity bonds at lo2.
The rest of the market was slow, rath-
er soft and neglected.
Dividends Declared.
The Union Savings Bank has just
paid its regular quarterly dividend of
i Y per cent.
The United States Savings Bank paid
its quarterly dividend of l y per cent
yesterday.
Purely Personal.
Wade II. Cooper, president or the
Union and the United States Savings
banks. has just returned from bust
ness trip.
Dupont National Matters.
William B. Hibbs, owner of the con-
trolling interest in the Dupont Nation
al Bank, will take no steps to make
additions to the board of directors at
this time, nor will the directors elect
officers to take the positions made va
cant b. tas retirement of Ezra Gould,
president, and Bestor f. Walters,
cashier.
i Arthur Bradley Campbell and George
A. Garrett the two vice presidents of
the bank, will look after the affairs
of the institution for the present.
The full board of directors as elected
at the annual meeting in January.
emitting the names of the retiring
president and cashier, is as follows:
#. T. Ansberry, Arthur Bradley Camp
R. Cushman. J. H. de Sibour, Thomas
Featherstonhaugh. S. P. Ficklen.
George Angus Garrett, Melville Gillett,
Thomas S. Lee, F. H. Ridgway, Hugh B.
Rowland, Thomas Bell Sweeney. Thorn
as A. Scott Thropp, Bestor R. Walters.
Horace H. Westcott. Walter Dwight
Wilcox and Paymaster F. p. Williams,
u. s. N.
Bond Authorizations Available.
The National City Bank circular for
April contains the following reference
10 bond authorizations now available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
Bond Authorizations Available.

The National City Bank circular for
April contains the following reference
10 bond authorizations now available.
The authority now existing for bond
tissues is for the amounts and upon the
terms described below:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-03
CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by W. b. Hibbs & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-06
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Engines and Cars Ready
for S ip m e n t to
France in 20 Days At
ter Plans Delivered

Washington, Oct 5-American man
ufacturing enterprises again have DEM
onstrated their ability to meet the eX-
traordinary demands of war. 1t was
disclosed today that within 20 days
after the war department delivered de-
signs for special locomotives and cars
for the troops in France, the first of
$50 engines and the first of 5000 cars
were ready for shipment.
French railroads will not stand the
weight and length of standard Ameri-
can rolling stock. The special engines
weigh 166,500 pounds and the new cars
are only Sc feet in length. to negotiate
the short curves of French roads. They
are equipped with French couplings
and the French cars can be used in
The engines are eight wheel drive
type, giving them great traction for the
heavy loads they will haul to the Am
erican front.
The railway equipment sent from the
United States will be painted battleshil
gray to make it as inconspicuous as pos
sible. The first engine bearing the mark
ing u. S. A.. No l." soon will be in op
Grafton on the French lines.
1t is understood that five engineer regi
ments, composed largely Of railway men
will handle the new equipment To sup
p.ement the regular railway rolling stock
also, Hanged wheel rims have been pro
vided for many American motor trucks
and trailers, so that they can be used or
the line. This scheme was tried by"Gen
Pershings forces In Mexico with gooc
results.
At the main American army base
among other equipment will be com
plete railway repair shop for all classe:
of rolling stock. fitted for work on botf
American and French engines and cars
Trained railway mechanics of long expe
Renee on American roads Will 90 thf
work. Construction Of the shops is sale
to be well advanced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-06
UNMARRIED FIRST
New York Draft Board
Members Make Sug-
gestions as to I'M
provement of Law

New York Oct Recommendation
that the liability of married men subject
to military service BY Consumption be
postponed until all available unmarried
men shall have been called into service
are made in a list of suggestions Oh the
improvement of the administration OF the
draft act prepared here by NUMBER OF
local board members and addressed TO the
President, the governor, the provost mar
shall general and the state adjutant gen.
eral.
Drafting of married men, while single
mon without dependents are not called
results, the resolutions say, "in much IN
tense public dissatisfaction and recent
ment which, as the number of such cases
increases, must more and more seriously
impair public confidence in the whole
principle of CONSUMPTION and to That ex-
tent the successful conduct Of the war.
1t also causes the indefinite separa-
ton of husbands and wives, which IN
evita bly, tends to produce serious moral
and social dangers" the recommended
tons continue, exercises an adverse IN
fluence upon the population of the future
inasmuch as marriages are naturally few
er in war time; and imposes unnecessary
public burdens in increased casualty and
death payments and unnecessarily with
draws from production the older, more
experienced and established men.
of course recommendation is not
intended to apply to registrantS whose
marriages were contracted with view
to evade CONSUMPTION, the document
adds.
The recommendation also suggest
that registrants re examined only as
fast a., the government can put them
in environments and also that power
be conferred upon local boards to dis
charge rcgistrants who, in good falth
support dependents. whether or not
they belong to classes 'speciflcailN lhu-
merated in the regulations.
Another suggestion made is that no
discharge be denied a registrant hay
ing dependents merely because In the
oninion Of the board his savings are
deemed sufficient 10 maintain the de-
pendcnts where those saving" are 7rt
large enough TO yield an income capa-
BILE of supporting them without impair
ment Of principal.