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The Washington times., 1917-03-12

An increase OF approximately 30
per cent in the number of cattle and
hogs handled in 1915 over 1915, is an
nounced in the letter TO stockholders
OF Wilson & Co., which accompanies
the annual statement. This neces-
STATED an increase in our manufac-
turing facilities, the opening UP of
new branches and the enlargement of
some Of the present Ones" says the
letter.
1--WE also extended our activities
in the manufacture of many by-pro-
ducts, thus realizing increased pro-
fits from the sale of finished articles
rather than selling the material in
the raw state. The outlook for a salts
factory business during the fiscal
year is encouraging. We do not be-
lieve that a change in political .af-
fairs will materially affect our pres
ent business. The European situation
has required constant and careful at
tention and we are pleased to say our
company has received its share Of
business offered from this source"
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
2e,42o, 900 "HELL0'S" DAILY
Average Number Of Telephone Con-
neetIons. In Year Breaks Records.

A daily average Of 2s.420.Oo0 telephone
connections for the year 1916. breaking
all previous records for volume OF busI-
ness transacted, is shown in the annual
report OF the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. This is at the
approximate rate Of 100 calls a year for
every man, woman, and child In the
United States.
The increase in subscribers stations
exceeded the estimated increase Of 45
per cent. and II is pointed out that the
pressure OF business still Is so great
that plans are under way to spend s90.-
10000 during the current year for ad-
vance construction and additions to
plants, which are urgently required.
This compares with $66,0O,00 spent for
this purpose in 1916.
Total operating revenues of the entire
Bell system last year were 1854. 5000
This was an increase OF $30,15l 900. or
nearly 13 per cent over 1915. OF these
revenues, depreciation and maintenance
consumed $S4.556. 900, an increase OF 1L6
per cent over 1915. The total gross in
come was 3d. 900, which is an in
crease Of al per cent over 1915.
The report also gives the results of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company. separated from the rest Of the
Bell system. Its net earnings for the
year were S44.743. .376.45. representing an
Increase Of $3.625.SS9.l7 over the previ-
GUS year. The company's balance
sheets shows that the investment in
stocks, bonds, and notes Of associated
Increased S21,S45.S .S3060. The
company has more than 1000 stockhold-
ers, not counting 5000 employees who
are buying shares on the installment
Dlan
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
TRADING ALMOST AT STAND
STILL AT TODAY'S SESSION.
Capital Traction Is Only Stock
Traded in to Any AppreciabIe
Extent - Washington Gas
Stiffens SIightIy-commer-
ciaI National Bank Doing
Business in Temporary Guar
ters.

Trading was almost at a standstill
at today's session of the Washington
Stock Exchange, the regular call re-
sulting in little other than the es-
tablishment of bid and asked prices
for the securities listed.
Capital Traction was the only stock
traded in to any appreciable extent.
A total OF sixty-one shares of this
stock sold at S21 u and S2&. This com.
pares with a last previous sale at
S2h. At the close S2S was bid for
the stock with the offering S2b.
Washington Gas stock stiffened up
a little, the bid for quotation lots
being advanced a quarter of a point,
to 76h, with the lowest offering IS.
The only~sale was one share at II.
The only bond sale was q $1,000
Railway and Electric
Company 4, at s0%, a fractional ad-
vance over the last previous sale.
Shares OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company remained
steady, with 77A bid and 50 asked
for the common, and with the figures
for the preferred s1h bid and S2h
asked.
The Commercial National Bank is
doing business today in its temper
ary quarters on the first floor OF the
Westory building, Fourteenth and T
streets. Since the close of business
all the banks furniture and
has been transferred to
the new quarters, and everything was
in readiness for the conduct OF busi-
ness at the usual banking hours this
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
K. OF C. CHARITY BALL
Five Councils Plan to Give Affair on
Easter Monday Night.

A charity ball in Convention Hall
Easter Monday night will be given by
the five councils of the Washington
Knights OF Columbus, assisted by the
Daughters OF Isabella and the aux
Hilary OF St AIMS Orphan Asylum.
All the Catholic charities of the city
viii be benenciaries.
Preliminary plans for the AFFAIR
were made at a meeting of Washing
ton Chapter. comprising the f1vs coun-
ellis of the Knights OF Columbus, yes
terday, In K OF c. Hall Michael d.
Schaefer, chairman of Washington
Chapter, Is the directing head of the
ball, and Leo A. Rover, state deputy,
Is chairman of the general arrange
ments committee. The vice chairmen
include the grand knights of the
councils, James Z. Collifiower, Will
liam H. Callahan, Frank Kidd, Mau-
rice McAuliffe, and Walter /. Plant
Chairmen OF subcommittees include
Joseph McCann, district deputy; Maj.
c. Eugene Edwards, master of the
fourth degree K OF c.; Andrew /.
Hickey, William D. Normoyle, Charles
W. Auginbaugh. J. Smith, Thomas X.
Gallaher, Thomas A. Cantwell, and
Patrick L O'Brien. Mrs. George Howe
and Mrs. Michael Ready represent the
women's organizations.
II was announced at the meeting
that Keane Council, X. of c., would
hold q tag day for the beneht of St
AIMS Orphan Asylum, March II.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore, March .12.-Wheat-Dull
and lower; March and spot No. red,
S1.99Ls nominal; No. 2 red western
spot, $2.O33 nominal; receipts. 42,4so
bushels; exports, 1e2,1o1 bushels.
Corn-Dull and lower: spot mixed
and March, S1.17h nominal; April
SI1Ti5 nominal; No. 3 yellow S117h ;
cob corn, $3.50 per barrel; receipts,
97,156 bushels: no exports.
Oats-Steady; standard white.
745c; No. B white, 74c; receipts, 2l,O97
bushels: no exports.
Rye-Firm: No. 2 western, export,
S1.67; receipts, 16.107 bushels; ex-
ports $4,000 bushels.
Hay-Steady; No. l timothy. SIS;
No. / clover mixed, S15a15.5O; re-
CENTS 1O4 tons.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
THIRTY GUARDSMEN
AREOFFERED JOBS
Adams Express Co. Notifies
Chamber of Commerce of
Available Places.

Thirty jobs for District guardsmsn
are available at the Adams Express
Company headquarters, Second and I
streets northeast, for day and night
work.
The Chamber OF Commerce District
Guard committee received this infer
nation at noon today from e. II.
Goodrich. manager Of the company.
The National Capital Press also re-
ported that employment could be
given press feeders at its plant This
firm informed the committee It was
holding three places open for guards
men who were called TO the border
while employed by the company.
The committee was assured by the
Department of Labor that special ef-
forts would be made by the Federal
authorities to provide positions for
returned guardsmen- Commissioners
Of Immigration Anthony caminetti, In
charge of the District Employment
Bureau, urges all jobless gnardsmen
to conimunicate with his office, CIV
ing their addresses and the kind OF
work they can do.
Likewise merchants Of Washington
are urged by Mr.. Caminetti to inform
the bureau Of Jobs open for guards
men.
The Chamber OF Commerce Guards
mems Committee voted 800 to the
fund being raised for the reception to
the District militiamen In the L street
armory March 81.
The committee meeting was pre-
sided over by Winfield Jones, chair
man
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD
In INDIANA STORM
Believed Ruins of 500 Wrecked
Newcastle Homes Still Hold
10 to 20 Bodies.
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more slightly hurt. Branch enierg
ency hospitals were established al
the Elks home and a fire station.
Martial law existed in the stricken
district. No one was permitted to
pass through except on a pass from
the mayor or militia officers.
At the hospitals relatives aided the
nurses and doctors in caring for the
injured. Ruth Day, eighteen. who
lost her three sisters and a brother
and was injured herself, sat beside
the bedside of her mother during the
long night hoping to save one mem
Der OF the family. The mother has lit.
tie chance for recovery.
Other Cities Send Aid.
Relief poured into the city from
every quarter today. Many cities of.
fered aid. A relief committee was
formed, consisting OF John w. Rodg.
ers, Newcastle; William Goodrich,
Winchester, brother of Governor
Goodrich; H. 8. Maddy. Muncie, and
Walter Chambers and George Elliott,
both OF Newcastle.
The committee today sent out an
appeal for cash donations. Hundr EDS
of families, who lost practically
everything, will need money to get
back on their feet again. they stated.
The storm broke without warning,
and was over like a flash, lasting
from twenty seconds to a minute, ac-
cording to estimates In various sec.
tions. It was a typical Kansas
twister, with q long funnel-shaped
cloud which swept down from the
1t struck. the Indiana
Rolling Mills FIRST, leveling the large
plant as II IL had been raked with q
dozen forty-two centimeter guns.
Whole District Swept Clean.
The better residence district of the
city was hit next. Houses costing as
high as $4,000 were a mass of ruins
in an instant. The storm continued
the city, destroying the
homes OF the workingmen, where
most OF the deaths occurred. Here q
more than a half mile wide
and a mile long was swept clean Not
a house was left standing.
After leaving the city the storm
many farm buildings over
a twelve-mile stretch.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
ASsAILs WEAK PEACE.

Judge William i. Norris, of the De-
partment of Justice, spoke at the col
oped branch of the Y. NJ. c. A. yester.
day afternoon, assailing the peace at
any price" propaganda. He argued
that ultimately, II the proper steps
were not taken, all OF life itself may
be sold as the price OF peace.
The idea of Abraham Lincoln, !"
said Mr.. Norris. that a nation for the
people, by the people and OF the
people are the fundamental principles
of Government control Is very near
the principle OF the Nazarene. This
country of democracy in its develop
ment of human rights and principles
must be conserved"
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
81 BILL
THROUGH MARKET
Woman Who Spends $50 a
Month for Food Teaches Re-
porter a Few Things.
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change to remain In q more handy
compartment.
Following this we bought one loaf
of bread, &c: one pint. of milk, &c,
while she explained about them
81 buy one pint of milk a day." she
said, zone loaf of bread three days In
the week, and two loaves the other
days. The reason for that bread ar
rangement is that 1 buy hominy and
cook II on Sunday. when have slow
fire. When we have hominy We don't
eat half as much bread. One loaf Of
bread a day is too much sometimes
with hominy. And we eat salt and
pepper and a small dab OF margarine
on the homily instead Of sugar"
Buying the Vegetables.
The homIny having been introduced,
we bought 10c worth, and proceed-
ed to buy vegetables. We had spent SO
far s5 cents. Thereupon with ever
price first and advantage taken Of
every combination of two for a."
offered by the reluctant clerk, who
seemed to know that h. had met his
match, we spent Is cents for kale. 4
cents for carrots. and 40 cents for po-
tatoes.
always buy small potatoes" the
buyer advised. 'They are cheaper In
the first place, and in the second place
1t takes less time and gas to cook
them. Boil your potatoes with the
Jackets on, first washing them clean
with a stifr brush and water"
The clerk showed some tendency to
be careless about what potatoes he
threw into the bag, but he reckoned
without his buyer. She spied every
bad "spud," hoped on 1t with q light
ming hand, and deftly substituted for
It q stainless tuber.
Every cent give him is q good
penny" she said apologetically, after
a skirmish in which she came out
victorious, "and I do not see why
every potato he gives he shouldn't be
a good one"
Then, after buying 10 cents worth
Of spaghetti, the piece de resistance
Of the evening, one ham bone was
chosen for the sum of 35 cents, after
Ave minutes Of astute argument, pro
and con, with the putcner'
Gets Her Lard.
Basket filled, we started out again,
when some "ham trimmings" caught
her eye.
There's my lard" she confessed
smilingly. "For 35 cents I supply my
self with two pounds OF good grease.
Melt ham trimmings, 30 cents worth,
with a Scent piece of suet, and there
you have the finest grease in the
world. Never use lard"
The shopping was over. We had
spent 81 90, and had not only food for
Sunday and Monday, but breakfasts
for the whole week and potatoes for
the dinners.
The moral?
It was made by the Expert Buyer
herself, as she waved an encompass
ing gestures toward the caulifiower,
strawberries, spring onions, radishes,
and other impossibles, saying with q
grin:
"The higher the fewer"
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
Southern Pacific Wins Suit.

The suit of the United States
against the Southern Pacific Com
pany and the Central Pacific Railway
Company, to divorce the Central from
the Southern has been decided in
favor of the defendants. ]. P. Blair,
general counsel OF the Southern Paci-
fic Company, has issued a statement,
in part as follows: THE refusal of
the court to divorce the Central
Pacific from the other lines OF the
Southern Pacific system is Of very
great interest to the railroads OF
this country. The suit was an at
tempt by the Government to break up
a union which was made nearly fifty
years ago. II the construction Of the
law upon which the Government pro-
ceeded were accepted by the courts
scarcely an existing railway system
could escape dissolution"
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
GAS STOVE STARTS FIRE.

Fire caused by a gas stove COM
ing in contact with a wood partition
in the home of c. ID. Thomas, I72s
Willard street northwest. did SIS dam
age yesterday before the arrival of
Engine Company No. 0 on a local
Fire in the shed in the rear of the
vacant house at 1902 Thirty-third
street northwest yesterday was ex-
tinguished by w. r. Sherwood, of I645
Thirty-third street. before It had
damaged the house.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

East Capitol street southeast, between
sixteenth and Seventeenth streets
Harry A. Kite ct ux. to John VI. and
Minnie I. Alexander; lot 64, square
1Os5, SO.
NJ street southeast, between New Jer-
sey avenue and First street-Adolph
FeIdvoss and William a. Hettinger,
trustees, to Ladislaus A. Tabinski;
part lot IL, square 743, $40.
Mount Pleasant-Elmer T. Hunt ct
ux., to Albert s. J. Atkinson; part
lot 642, block I, $40
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
Declare Initial 81 Dividend.

clared an initial quarterly dividend OF
81 a share, payable April 3 to stock
of record March 21, out of the earn
ings for quarter ended March 81. For
the eight months ended December 81
corporation reports net earnings of
S59S,091, out OF which a special re-
serve fund has been set aside of
100000. Before deducting the re-
serve, net earnings are equivalent to
1884 a share on the 10000 shares of
stock outstanding.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
Acid Contracts Adjusted.

All differences between Information
al Agricultural Corporation and the
Tennessee Copper Company arising out
OF the latter company's failure to
make contract deliveries of sulphuric
acid have been settled. An official
of the International Agricultural Cor
poration confirms the settlement, but
refuses to discuss its terms, saying
merely that 1t was on q basis entire
ly satisfactory to both concerns.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
NEWSFOR INVESTORS
Earns 2s.7s Per Cent on Common.

Earns 2e.75 Per Cent on Common.
Surplus OF the American Smelling
and Refining Company for the year
1916, after payment OF dividends. was
S13,o1s,OOO. as compared with $5,o5o.-
900 in 1915. This is equal to 29.75
per cent on the s54,29s. 900 common
stock compared with 14.06 per cent
earned on S5o,1os,oOo common stock
in 1915. The annual report shows
that total income for the past year
was $2s,117, 900 as compared with s1s.-
246, 900 the previous year.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
Completing Munitions Orders.

It is reported that by the 18th Of
this month General Electric Company
will have cleaned up the last odds and
ends incident to filing the $33,9So, 900
OF munitions orders II booked In 1915.
The great bulk of this work was nm
ished last year, and II is estimated
that less than $4,000, 900 was carried
over into the current year.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
Land. Gorernment Order.

A dispatch from Chicago states
that Carnegie Steel Company is under
stood to have orders for 350,00o tons
OF steel from the United States Gov
ernment. Advance in prices is said
to be due to this. Dates of delivery
are said to have been withdrawn on
domestic and foreign orders.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
RAILROAD ACTIVITY IS FEA-
TURE OFN.Y. TRADING.
Reading Advances Three Points.
Reactionary Symptoms Char
acterize Industrial Division.
Bushes Quiet in This Quar-
ter and Price Changes Were
Narrow and Uninreresting.

NEW YORK, March 12.-The
strength and activity in the railroad
department became the chief feature
of interest in the afternoon trading
Reading advanced points or more,
while gains of from a large fraction
to 2 points were registered by many
other prominent railroad properties.
Reactionary symptoms characterized
the industrial division. Business was
quiet in this quarter, and price
changes were narrow and uninterest-
ing.
TodHy's Quotations
Quotations today up to 1:30 o'clock
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
THREE DEAD IN CINCINNATI
Fifty Injured In Cyclone Which
Sweeps Residence Section.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. March IA
Three persons dead and fifty injured
is the toll police figures give today
of the tornado that swept over Cincin-
natl last night and struck, as with a
hammer blow, the suburban resi-
dence districts Of Hyde Park and
East End.
One OF those killed was Dinner
Glenn, eighty-two, capitalist. His
house collapsed, caught fire, and was
destroyed. His housekeeper, Miss
Daisy Holmes, was seriously injured.
The other dead are: Matthew Nc
Carly, three, killed in the wreck of
his home. and John Nelson, eighty.
market gardener. who slept in his
wagon, and was killed when the wind
upset II.
About a dozen houses were COM
pletely destroyed, and scores were
unroofed and partly wrecked.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
DIVIDEND NOTICE

Muskogee, Oklahoma, March sth, 1911.
At meeting OF the Board Of Directors Of the
Md Continent Consolidated oil & Utilities
Corporation. held this day. a dividend Of 1oc
per share was declared on all "a" stock Of
this corporation outstanding. payable on
March Sist, 1871, to stockholders Of record
March 18th. 1917. A. s. Nelson. Secretary.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
TODAY'S SALES.

Capital Traction-25@s2H, 69s2&,
69S2%, 25qs2&.
Washington Gas-1977.
After Call-Washington Railway As
81, ,00OaS0&.
The Washington times., 1917-03-12
LOCAL BOND MARKET.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
GAS BONDS.
RAILROAD BONDS.

Cap. Traction r. r. 5's.. 103& los
Ana Pot. Guar. 5's go. 0S E.
Anacostia & Potomac Us 81 E.
City & Suburban SIS go. 102 -.
Metropolitan r. r. 6's.. 1Oz -.
Wash. Ry. & Elec. As. S0& 81
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02

with ihc commercial
Ass oclariun at unrr for reservations.
Tho PENNSYLVANIA railroad party
will he composed nj u. Tt. McCaoc,
vice president PrnnSy Wanna mes
west l.. +. Mrir"n. vice PRESIDENT
Pennsylvania lines: William H0Eden.
General traffic manager: j. j. h0ch.
freight traffic manager: NJ. {. Conicy'
assistant freight traffic manager; =.
s. McCab". general freight agent: n.
f. Cook. assistant general lrclEnt
agent; tt. r. Lowry. division freight
agent; S. G. Mathews. general freight
agent r.. e.. T.. 4 ST. L.; j. 7. John'
stunt. assistant general freight agent
p. G.. G.. & ST. L. +. Austin, diVi
sion freight agCnt. r.. g.. {. N ~. L..
r. W. Cooke, industrial agent. George
W. kouncc. district freight SnllCitor'
Samuel Moody. passenger lranlc MAN.
accr. j. VI. ChcShrough. general pas
scn2Gr agent: ". ". Richardson, gen
eral PASSENGER agent. T., C., &. d 81.
L.; r. \. l.ipp. assistant general pas
s.nGcr agent. r.. e.. {. & 81. L.: ~.
Fl. Shaw, assistant general passenger
agent. r.. G.. G.. & ST. H.: ". {. Down
Ing. general superintendent: T. h.
Rochester. superintendent Pennsylva-
mia compan, l. W. Gecr general super
inrcndcn, Pennsylvania company; j..
G. Mccullough. superintendent F.. c..
e. & ST. L.: A. l.. Morgan. super1n-
1endcnt Wheeling Terminal railway
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02
FREE LECTURE
Dr.. Thomas GrIer koontz OF Second
the Presbyterian Church,
VIII Preach.

DR.. Thomas Grier koontz, pastor OF
The Second Presbyterian church, Will
deliver the annual sermon to the
graduating class of the Wheeling high
school, Sunday evening. The service
will be held in the AUDITORIUM or the
Second Presbyterian church. and seats
will be reserved in the middle section
for the class.
DR.. Koontz has announced that his
subject will be The Burning Bush
A feature Of the exercises will be
the music the high school orchestra
and the church choir. assisted by
Mrs. Flora Williams, have arranged
Next week will sec the closing days
of school for the high school gradu-
a1es. Commencing Tuesday evening,
the class play, Green Stockings" will
be given. II will be repeated Wednes-
dav evening and on Thursday evening
the commencement exercises will be
held
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02
RALLY ON
REGISTRATION DAY.

The Y. NJ. c. ~ patriotic meeting
on registration day will ne very atlrac'
tive. The soldiers from the camp on
the Island will b" escorted by the
Cathedral High school drum corps ana
march TO the association building. nc
rally will begin al eight ociock neNt
Tuesday evening and VIII be held III
the y. NJ c. \. auditorium.
Lieutenant f. NJ. kearns. the SAM,
tary officer of the camp. VIII DE- ono
of the speakers. He was on me McNI'
can border and Will relate some OF ms
ernericnces Mr.. Geo. l. Goodwin OF
WASHINGTON, will make The prlnrlpal
address, which will be illustrated by
colored lantern slides Of camp Hit.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02
POLICE COURT NOTES.

In notice court yesterday, Barney
pradv arratgned on drunk charge.
vas released and allowed 10 20 10 the
int;rnary Lee Mason was rned SD
and costs for being Soused.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02

body. members Of tho Macadcny club
will worship with the congregation Of
IN" Zion Lutheran church tomorrow
morning. Members Will mCrt AT the
rluh headquarters and will nnrch In Il
body Ia the church. where Irr. \. l..
EcnHr Will NrlINCr 4 SnrrInl sermon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02
PENNSYLVANIA R. R. OFFICIALS
. tn VISIT WHEELING WEDNESDAY

an outline OF the improvements 10 be
planned will BE- made public. II Is
unofficially reported that work on inc
new freight depot here will be CON-
menced at once. while il IS also re-
ported that the company will plan TO
erect a new passenger station or en-
large its present one. which mas DC
come inadequate TO handle INC III
creased business Extensive other I'M
provements will BE- made all through
this section. including more lrarkaSc
and new buildings.
Committee to Meet Party.
The commercial association WIN
name Il committee 10 meet the dlSt!n'
guished party and escort them TO the
hotel for luncheon. The Open Forum
entertained tho Baltimore & Ohio Of
icials recently at luncheon. This
party was headed by Vice President
\. VI. Thompson. Scores Of business
men and manufacturers attended tins
luncheon and the overflow were served
in an adjoining room.
All who wish 10 attend the luncheon.
meeting Wednesday al noon should