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The Washington times., 1918-08-07
10 PERSONS FRUSTRATED
BY HEAT IN new YORK

NEW YORK. Aug. ten persons
have succumbed to the heat in this city
during the last twenty-four hours With
the Thermometer at 90 at 10 O'Clock. the
local weather bureau could hold out nc
hope Of relief before tomorrow night
Predictions are that the mercury win &c
to s5 by this afternoon, which will be the
hottest August on record. the nearest to
this being %, reached in 1917.
There are no prospects OF rain. and a.
the humidity increases hospitals are ham
ding many cases Of prostrations.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
CHARLES MADES, AT 60,
TAKES BRIDE, AGED 36

Charles Mades, sixty. proprietor of
the Mades Hotel Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Third street northwest, and
Miss Eva Virginia Bohn, 215 D street
northwest. thirty-six years, will be
married late this afternoon at the
home OF the bride. Rev. John McNa-
mara will perform the ceremony.
Mr.. Mades is we'll known to Wash
ingtonIans, having lived here all his
life. His family has made Washing
ton its home for nearly a century. II
. In 1sIs his father established the
present Mades' Hotel, which has been
patronized by the nations celebrities.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
Bald Headed Men
Seldom Suffer
With Consumption

LONDON, Aug. There are ad-
Santages in almost everything. Even
the bald-headed man has something
to be thankful for 1t is a curious
belief. held by many people. that
you will never find a bald-headed
man in danger OF dying from con-
sumption.
Bald-headed men are said to sell
dom suffer from consumption. and
that a tendency to badness is as
will pass over him whose thatch
grows thin.
At first glance It would seem alb
surd to argue that a mans hair Is
indicative Of his immunity from dis
ease. but a well-known doctor re-
Gently declared that in the five years
during which he seriously added a
record Of his patients hair. or lack
Of 1t. his case cards have failed to
show a single instance OF bald"
being entered upon the card of a
consumptive-
He had under treatment more
than 700 cases and he makes the
further statement that in a census
OF more than 5000 tuberculosis
cases he failed to discover a single
sufferer who was bald.
He makes no effort to explain his
theory upon medical grounds, but
simply offers the results OF his OBJ
servation for the benefit Of the pro-
fession and has invited his brother
physicians to write him of any case
OF a bald-headed consumptive COM
ing under their observation. but as
vet none has turned UP.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
IRON ORE MOVEMENT
BREAKS ALL RECORDS

More iron ore has been moved from
the Lake Superior region than has
ever been moved before. the Shipping
Board announced today, the July
movement Of lO,659, ,2o3 tons breaking
all records.
This assures necessary steel for
war work and makes a large cut In
the admitted shortage
The movement Is due. according to
a message from +. A. Eustis. Shipping
Board representative in the Lake Su-
perior region, to the work Of q CO.
operative committee appointed for
that purpose, deepening OF existing
channelS for the enormous ore yes
sells, anE better docking and loading
facilities.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
SPEAKER CLARK WINS
THIRTEENTH NOMINATION

Speaker Champ Clark today re-
ceived from a Montgomery, Mo-. com
mittee a telegram stating he had
been renominated. The message fol-
lows:
Accept congratulations on being
nominated without opposition In
either Democratic or Republican
primaries held today"
This Is the thirteenth time Speak,
er Clark has been nominated for .
seat in the House, but the first time
that he has had no opposition:
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
D. c. TRACTION
ISSUES FORCED
BY PAY RAISE
PLEA OF MEN

At midnight street car men
will meet to demand the maxi
mum wage of 4s cents an hour
named BY the War Labor Board
in recent decisions covering
twenty-five cities. The men will
assemble in Walters hall, 6l3
Sixth street northwest
The men argue that the
street car companies will be able
to recruit conductors and motor
men more rapidly if wages are
put on the maximum scale level.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 7.-Wheat-Ac-
tive; firm. No. Red Winter, $2.35& :
No. Red. garlicky. $2.333A. Re-
ceipts, 19S.74S bushels. Shipments,
1887 bushels
Corn-Steady; contract mixed, S1.65
busheL Receipts, 14.425 bushels.
Shipments. 61S bushels.
Oats-Quiet: No. 3 white, domestic
old, so asked. Receipts. 1O,64l BUSH
els. Shipments. 25,11S bushels.
Rye-Quiet; No. western, export
spot $1.69 to $I.T0 bushel. Receipts
500. Shipments, none.
Hay-Steady at the decline; demand
better.
Flour-Unchanged.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
THE LOCAL MARKET
CAPITAL EXCHANGE Willis
UNDER HOT SPELL.
Not a Single Sale Made During the
Day-eiddlns on Capital Trae-
ton and MersenthaIer Stock
Observation-Disclosures Gas Sought
at Lower Level.

No sales were made on the floor Of
the local stock exchange today. The
intense heat cut short the session
For the past week sales on the sx-
change have been stronger than
usual Biddigg has been strong on
Capital Traction and Mergenthaler
stock. Bids on these stocks today
were normal
Washington Gas was low yesterday.
The bid on the stock was 50 today,
still lower than the bids Of yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07

legislation ought to be enacted to en-
able some executive agency of the
Federal Government to consider the
perilous financial condition of electric
street railways of the country" and
raise fares in each case in which cir
cumstances require it"
limitations from the White House
are that the President probably will
not do this, but will stand pat upon
the plea he made some months ago
that electric railways be given liberal
treatment financially, so that the SER
vice may not be diminished.
What the war board described as
the Every perhous financial condition"
of most Of the street railways is
shown in the caD Of the New Orleans
Railway and Light Company, which
operates the electric light and street
railway systems there. This company
failed to pay interest upon most of its
bonded debt July / and has been en-
deavoring to arrange for financial help
Through the Capital Issues Committee
Of the Government
Situation In Washington.
In this city the street railways
have been able to continue fairly
prosperous. although officials of botf
companies today declare that further
increases in pay to motormen ant
conductors, should that be required
by the War Labor Board, will NEAR
that they will have to ask at once fol
increased fares, probably for a mini
mum fare of six cents, depending
upon whether there are to be heavy
| PAYMENTS for increased wages.
The Capital Traction Company, rec
| ognized as one OF the great stree
/ railway properties Of the United
States, has come out we'll financially
during the war period because of thu
enormous increase in travel 1T
cars are packed Throughout the day
The increase in receipts has enabled
the company to meet the big increase
/ in expenditures and then take car'
Of stockholders and bondholders in {
satisfactory manner.
The Washington Railway and Elec'
trio Company. on the other hand. has
had a hard struggle since the strike
of 1917. The lines OF the Capital
Traction cover less than seventy
miles Of city territory, nearly al
through congested regions. while the
Washington Railway and Electric /:
made up of more than double thai
mileage, operating in territory that IL
not so thickly settled, and from
which the revenues are not so large
But for the fact that the Washington
Railway and Electric owns the Po'
tomac Electric Light Company, which
pays big dividends, 1t would be NJ
| against a serious proposition finan'
ciaIly. The electric light company
furnishes the golden eggs that save
the Washington Railway and Elec'
tric-
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
MAY GAIN LEAD.

Treasury can gain undisputed lead
in the Departmental Tennis League
tomorrow by winning out over Smith
sonian.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07

Dollars and DETERMINATION spell
Doom for the Kniser-buy War Saw
Ings stamps. Better to have War
Savings stamps I'm your safe than the
bIood-stained hands of the kaLser's
hordes at your throat.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07

II Is cheaper to spend n lot II money
to win the war than not to win IL.
bay Wan. Savings Stamps.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
D. c. FOOD PRICES
I PER CENT HIGHER
| THAN BALT|MORE'S

That It costs the average Washing
ton family per cent more for food
than 1t costs a similar family in Bal
timore is indicated by prices collected
in the two cities on July % by agents
of the Bureau OF Markets of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture and made public today.
"The outstanding facts brought out
by this comparison" says the bu-
reau's statement, seem obe that
Washington was higher on bread. po-
tatoes and practically the entire fresh
meat group except pork chops. In
other groups the price differences
seemed less consistent.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
Bread Higher.

zone OF the most important groups
in point of quantities sold is that
made up of bread and bread substi-
tutes. In this group, it will be seen
that Washington was higher by a
cent a loaf on bread and by half a
cent a pound on potatoes. By the
peck, the prevailing price of pota-
toes was III cents higher in Wash
ington than in Baltimore. In per-
centages this excess in the Washing
ton price amounted to IL per cent for
bread and IA per cent for potatoes.
in the group made up Of dairy prod
ucts and eggs the differences in prices in
the two cities were practically negli-
gible. amounting in no case to more
than / cent on the relatively high pre-
vailing price.
"In the fresh beef. fresh lamb. and
poultry groups, Washington prices were
higher than Baltimore prices for seven
Of the eight items on which information
was collected. and the same on one
item. In no case were the Washington
prices lower. The amount by which the
Washington price was higher ranged
from 121k per cent for fresh-killed hams
to 81 per cent for sirloin steak.
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
POSTPONE TRIAL
? Of FSUFFRAGETTES
UNTIL TUESDAY

A continuance OF the cases against
the forty-eight members OF the Ma
t!onal woman's Party, arrested yes
terday in Lafayette square when they
attempted to hold a public demonstra'
tion. was granted the District At
torney's office today by Judge McMa'
hon. OF the police court.
Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given asked that the cases be con-
tinued until next Tuesday. because OF
lack Of time to examine any or the
thirty-five witnesses which the at
torney's office have on the case
which Is necessary before papers can
be made out against the women ar
rested. For this reason. and that OF
a crowded docket, Judge McMahon
approved. .the request OF the assistant
district attorney.
Women Oppose Delay.
This decision OF the court was EN-
phatically opposed by Miss Eleanor
Hill Weed, of Connecticut. who was
seIected by the defendants to speak
for them this morning.
1--WE feel that we had a right to do
What we did yesterday" she told the
court. "and we desire II state this
morning that we think this is a case
Of hit or miss arrest"
She told the court that many OF the
women arrested came from distant
narts Of the country, and for them II
sta% here until Tuesday would mean
a hardship to them.
when the court ruled that the case
be continued until Tuesday. Miss
weed asked that all the defendants
have their collateral returned and
,bey be placed in the custody OF the
authorities here until Tuesday. This
was overruled by the court
Notified Miss Paul.
II was learned today that Major
pullman wrote to Miss Alice Paul yes
terday, notifying her that a permit
was necessary before anyone can
lawfully make q public speech in a
nublic street or any public space In
the District OF Columbia This letter
was received at 2 o'clock. 4 similar
letter was received from Colonel Rid
lev. superintendent OF public build
ings and grounds.
Miss Paul replied and sent a mes
senger with her answer at 4l5
O'Clock. Her letter was, in part:
1--WE have not asked for a permit
bccause we have been advised by our
counsel that your authority does not
extend to the public parks. and that
there are no regulations requiring
permits in the parks. The parks. we
are Informed by our counsel, are
therefore, open for the free and law
ful use of them by the general public
"If there are any regulations which
Won feel give you the authority to
issue a permit for such a meeting as
we propose to hold this afternoon
we shall be glad to receive a permit
hut we do not understand this to be
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
IneOnSIstencIes Found.

"On fresh pork chops, on the other
hand. the prevailing Baltimore price
was 12h per cent higher than the
prevailing Washington price. In the
group OF cured pork products. marked
inconsistency was found. Sliced ba-
con was 10 per cent higher in Wash
ington, and whole hams Is per cent
higher in Baltimore. Bacon in strips
had the same prevailing price in the
two cities. and the prices on sliced
ham were approximately the same
white corn meal was higher in
Baltimore and yellow corn meal, in
Washington: there was a similar on
set in the prices of two standard
breakfast foods, two canned vege-
tables, and two fresh vegetables. Very
slight differences occurred in the
prices of navy beans, cooking fats,
prunes and oranges as between the
two cities the differences being in
some cases in favor of Washington.
and in some cases in favor Of Balti-
more. These differences, however, ex-
cept in cases of oranges were prac-
ticaIly negligible"
The Washington times., 1918-08-07
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The Washington times., 1918-08-07
BY FoNTAINE FOX,

Copyright 1918 BY the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
League Again INDICATED

The recent decision of the Min
nesota supreme court clearing A. c.
Townley and Joseph Gilbert, respec-
lively president and manager of the
Nonpartisan League, of the charge
of circulating seditious literature,
puts the Minnesota political gang
and the big business interests back
of, it in a bad light.
The unanimous vote Of these
judges after mature delineration that
the League resolution contained
nothing that 4ssaid Be interpreted as
opposing the war or tending to dis
courage enlistments, shows to what
length this gang is capable Of going
to destroy its political opponents.
If this body of men Of long judicial
training and experience could find
nothing disloyal in these resolutions,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

what can we say of these political
gangsters who pretend to find in
them enough to convict and destroy
a whole political organization, Were
they poisoned beyond the point
where Judgment and common sense
ceases, or were they merely taking a
desperate chance in a crooked game?
ffter witnessing this farcical at
TENT of the political agents Of big
business to destroy a farmers or
g,H4i' alton by foul means, it will not
be SO difficult in the future for the
people to believe that the entire
charge Of disloyalty and the repeated
arrests and trial Of League speakers
and organizers are nothing but the
schemes of subservient and design
ing +, liticians to destroy by hidden
means g ro7ement they dare not
fight in tbe open.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
Burnquist's Elastic Conscience

Governor Burnquist seems to pos
sess a wonderfully elastic and &C.
communicating executive will when it
comes to serving the big business in
terests. Two months ago when a
farmers delegation asked him to
protect the Nonpartisan League
against mob violence and disorder, he
replied he could not interfere in To-
cal affairs. He snilingly advised
the impossible procedure of local
suits. AT THAT TINE MOB VI
OLENCE AND DISORDER HELP
ED BIG BUSINESS.
When the Minneapolis newsboys
struck recently and demanded that
share of the raise in newspaper rates
and the labor administration refused
to take sides against these boys, the
governor saw q new light. He was
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
ANOTHER FRAME-UP BUSTED

The mouth patriots, peanuts poll
ticians and cappers for big business
have been making much noise for
some time about A. c. Townley, pres
ident of the National Nonpartisan
Ieague, and Joseph Gilbert, nation
81 manager of the League, having
t,e, indicted in Minnesota for sedi-
ton. They were indicted all right
and he Leaguers claimed a frame
up. The matter was taken to the su-
preme court CT M:nnecota and that
tribunal Friday, threw The indict-
ments over the transom, so to speak,
on the ground that there was no
cause for action. Gosh, but this Will
make the capitalist manipulators and
their loud batting cappers feel like
% cents. They lar great stress on
this frameup to prejudice the public
mind and now that it is shot full of
holes the poor patriots have no string
to harp on. The League has up to
date won in every case that has been
brought against them. All they have
needed up to date to beat their per-
secutors is to get square deal, and,
rresto, there you are. A knockout
the first round.-Linocln (Neb.) Her
aid.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
Big Business Disloyal

ton that it has taken away every
excuse for private monopoly.
Now these interests are dishonest
~ claiming that government opera
ton and consolidation has failed and
that our only salvation is to to re-
turn to competition under govern
ment regulation. They know when
they advocate return to competi-
ton that competition died years ago
and that big business units can not
compete because they have learned
that laws mean nothing in the face
Of secret understandings. They know
also that government regulation I'M
der existing conditions means that
the trusts will regulate the govern
ment, and not that the government
Will regulate the trusts.
This covert attack Of big business
on an established war policy is both
disloyal and dishonest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE.

Within the last three years a new
granger party has sprung up in the
Northwest. It has swept the older
parties out of one state. North Da-
kota, organized in five states and in
vaded at least eight neighboring
states.
This is political phenomenon
worthy of observation. From the
standpoint of political expediency it
can not be safely ignored. Move
ments Of this character do not spring
up without calse. There are human
wrongs at the bottom of them all
and it is the part of common sense
to look them squa tely IN the face
and deal with them, not to try to de-
story them, ostrich-wise by shutting
our eyes to them or by swearing at
them.-The Chicago Tribune.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

BY a strange twist Of circum-
stances the big monopolists Of Wall
street have started a campaign fav-
oring competition and government
regulation in the operation of the
railroads, express companies, tele-
graph and telephone systems after
the war. In a recent newspaper ar
ticle they cunningly intimate that
the government operation Of the rail-
roads and express business has de-
monstrated that the principle Of
combination and consolidation is a
failure. For years they had been ar
guing for consolidation in order to
justify the trusts.
Whit has caused this. sudden
change? It is this: The Govern
ment operation Of The railroads, ex-
press business and shipping has so
thoroughly demonstrated the superb
GRITTY Of combination and consolida-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

The primary election in North Da
kota resulted in a sweeping victory
for the organized farmers, and thew
nominated their complete ticket. The
charges of disloyalty against the
League fell fiat there, for the farm
ers are thoroughly familiar in that
state with the purposes of the
League, it having had control of the
state government durin. the past
two years. IF there had been any,
thing wrong with it tie farmers
would never have lndorsed it again.
and it was the farming communities
that went strong for the ticket.
Thus it is clearly shown that the
claims of disloyalty made against
the farmers organization were moth
ing more nor less than frame-un
of the politicians who are afraid of
the farmers. and workers grasping
the reins of political power. The
politicians do not care to risk the
chances of the Office seeking the man
instead of the man seeking the of
fice.-Milaca Mimi Times.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

perfectly able to interfere in local
affairs when he thought disorders
might hurt the big business interests.
He threatened to remove the labo :
administration for alleged failure to
maintain order, although there are
more than score of county and town
administrations throughout the state
that have openly encouraged mob
violence against the farmers and are
still on the job.
From all that can be learned from
authentic sources there was very lit
tie disorder and nothing that could
be called mob violence during the
newsboys' strike. They have won,
and Burnquist again stands before
the workers and farmers in the light
of a most brazen and unfair partisan
of big business.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Whether or not President Wilson
signs the bill for $2.40 wheat, the
value to the farmers of political or
ganization has been demonstrated.
Over half the members of the senate
and the house of representatives
have voted for the raise. What has
got this to do with the political or
ganization of the farmers? Simply
this: The Nonpartisan League has
become terrible political bugaboo
to The old party politicians; they are.
under the continual necessity Of do
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
WHAT THE EDITORS
SAY.
REPRE-
PRODUCERS MUST BE REfnE-
SEN TED

We do not know just how the
government contlGl OF me puOii,
stewards will be handled, but we
nresume bv body of managers Sc
'lected by the secretary OF agfioui
ture. Since there are several cen
fiicting interests involved, there VII.
doubtless be repres, ntat'ves OF al
classes selected. It goes without
7as ny that the packer owlers WIZ
see to it that their interests are Iul-
" protected, and it also goes WIN
out saying that through their close
organizations, the interests OF the
Livestock dealers, traders and COM
mission merchants will not be over
looked, but how about the unorga-
nized and those most vitality inter-
.>Leo, the livestock producers them
s.lvss? Will they be properly and
fully represented?
It also behooves the officials OF
the several livestock producers asso-
Citations to bestir themselves anu
make it known that the livestock
producers want to be properly ana
fully represented upon these boards
The great fight against packer con-
troll and ownership has been Won
It is now necessary that we reap the
benefits that should accrue to the
livestock FREDERICKSBURG and
Marketing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

4o,onbone business. In Australia the
government has taken over 'ne en-
&c stoe.eyard and packing plant
s,,s;ness and has so cut down ex-
o-,aas that the consumer gets his
Moot nroducts at half the former
rico while the. producer gets more
~ before To try to bring about
s s condition in the United States
you'd he considered "disloyaP by
80 old gang of Minnesota politicians
Int our federal government may
como TO it without asking their per-
,,iss;on-sacred Heart (Minn.)
Journal.