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Evening star., 1918-08-04
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 3-The bull
movement in cotton which started
Immediately after the very low gov
ernment condition figure was issued
on Thursday reached a climax today
in one of the biggest advances the
market has witnessed in some weeks.
Active positions sold from 135 to 14s
points above last nights close equal
to about 500 to 90 A bale and rep
resenting practically 1900 bale ad-
vance since last Thursday morning.
The market opened strong and 81
to IS points higher. with the excep-
ton of August. which. because of a
few selling orders and the scarcity
of buyers. opened 20 points lower
and advanced with little reaction
throughout the entire session.
The biggest advance of the season
came just before the close, following
the detailed reports of heavy rains
in the eastern belt, which shot Oc-
tober up to 27.70 and December to
27.15, equivalent to an advance on
these positions of about 500 to 700
bale over last nights close. and
1900 a bale advance since the gov
ernment report was issued. The close
was strong at net advance of 65 to
1873 points on all positions.
o1o -fr
Evening star., 1918-08-04
BRITISH NAVY HAS
GROWN THREEFOLD

LONDON, August 3.-Upon the
fourth anniversary of Great Britain's
entrance into the war the secretary
of the admiralty makes public hg-
ures and facts which throw an en-
couraging light upon the naval situa-
ton of the allies.
The British navy, apart from the
American forces, which now form an
integral part of its fighting strength.
consists at the present time OF war
ships and auxiliary craft whose total
displacement reaches 6,500.000 tons,
against 2,500,000 in August, 1914.
During that period about three quar-
ters of a million tons have been lost,
but at the present day the growth
of the fleet shows an increase Of 100
per cent.
Similarly with the personnel. The
original LAG, 900 officers and men have
grown to $4,000.
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord Of the adj
miralty, speaking In the house Of COM
mons, March 5, 1918, was able to ex-
press the opinion that the British and
American naval forces in the North
Sea, the north Atlantic and the English
channel were sinking submarines as
fast as they were built. On the 30th of
July, says the statement, he made the
welcome announcement that during the
last three months of the first half Of
1918 the world output of tonnage ex-
causes by no less than 100, 900 tons per
month.
AS to the means of defense against
submarines, figures now are available
which show that the convoy system has
played a large part in overcoming the
submarine menace to the ocean COM
munications Of the allies. Whereas in
the period from April to June Of last
year, before the convoy system was es-
tablished, British steamers sailing to
and from the United Kingdom in the
main oversee trades suffered losses
through enemy action Of Sal per cent
of their total number, the figures
since then have steadily diminished.
In the period from March to June OF
this year, during which 93.8 per cent
of the ships were conveyed, the losses
had dropped to 1.25 per cent of the
total number of sailings in these
trades
American troops who reached Eu-
rope by July 81 of this year totaled
well over 100000. Nearly half OF
these were carried by American ships
and the United States furnished for
them forty ocean escorts and 335 es-
corts Of destroyers-
The total tonnage of ships of all
nationalities conveyed in all trades
since the introduction of the convoy
system is 61.6s1.000. of which $4,000.
or approximately 81 per cent, has
been lost while in convoy.
Since August 4, 1914. the British
navy has transported nearly 100000
900 men to different destinations,
81 ,000, 900 animals and 110,000,000 tons
of naval and military stores.
The men lost through enemy action
during the transportation bear the
proportion OF / to every-S.000 carried.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Go on Patrol Alone.
please pass the ostrich"

please pass the ostrich"
This request may be heard soon in
the public eating places and the din
ing rooms of the private homes of
Washington. Stranger things than
the serving of nice roast ostrich, with
plenty of gravy and dressing. have
happened during these war times.
The future popularity of this bird
as an American dish depends to a
large extent upon the success to be
met in Arizona, where they are being
introduced as a food now.
The federal food administrator for
Arizona has granted permission to
the owner Of one of the largest os-
trich farms in America. situated near
Phoenix. to slaughter 500 of his birds.
This ostrich raiser reports that the
birds are in excellent condition, and
when killed will be dressed and placed
ON the market at an extremely low
price-probably Is cents pound. The
500 birds will make about $4,000
pounds of dressed meat.
The war is responsible in two ways
Evening star., 1918-08-04
RELICS AT TOMBSTONE
RECALL MINING GLORIES
Old Buildings, Once Identified With
Picturesque Events, Are Now
Occupied by Bats.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., August 3.-The
restaurant, the 1:ed Light saloon and
the Tucson stage office remain as
relics of Tombstone's one-time glory
as mining camp. These old buildings
were once the scenes of the pioneer
Arizona mining camp, but are now oc-
cupied by bats and are slowing falling
into decay.
The Bird Cage Opera House was
the most famous in the territory. 1t
is a rambling, two-srory structure
with the glass IN the rough board
front broken by the elements; A long
bar occupies one end of the building,
while the piano players raised plat
form faces it at the opposite end. 1t
was on this platform that the famous
sign hung which read: DO not shoot
the piano player. He is doing the best
he can" A gallery extends around
three sides of the opera house and the
stage occupies the fourth side. On this
stage the most famous variety per-
formers from San Francisco appeared
in the old days. Autographs announc-
ing their coming still hang on the
walls of the opera house, the ink still
bright upon them. A dumbwaiter
connects the bar with the gallery
above, where drinks were served at
tables placed in each of the little
rooms which open onto the big dane
ing floor Many killings have occurred
in the Bird Cage, and 1t has been the
scene of a number of western stories
of frontier life.
At the Can-Can restaurant steaks
once sold for SIS each. and men wafsY1
in line to be served. at the height Of
the Tombstone gold boom. The Red
Light saloon was a gambling house,
and the discarded roulette and faro
layouts may be seen stacked in the
rear of the big building with its
The stage office is an adobe building
with a corral f1anking it, and it was
there that the stage from Tucson
pulled in each day and the early set
tiers received their mail from the out
side world. Another relic is the monu-
ment erected to Ed Scheffiein, the
founder of Tombstone.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, August g.
Mayor Fisher today issued a procla-
. NATION setting forth that it has been
brought to his attention that some
iaborefs whose services are greatly
sueeded by employers are working on
fShalf time or less for no apparent
reason; that the products of many
.ssof the plants of this city are urgently
tsneeded. their uses having an i'm
tportant bearing on the war. and it is
tftmperative that every laborer in the
.city devote his entire time to his
tswork in order that the plants may be
fkrun at approximately full capacity.
Concluding his proclamation the
Imayor says: 'The laborer who with
out good cause or excuse deserts his
! post of duty in this hour of need will
given an opportunity to work on
the city chain gang for thirty days"
AS the time for the democratic pri-
l.mary, next Tuesday. approaches, in
tereSt becomes more and more ap-
parent. The race is a three-cornered
one between Representative c. C. Car
S.ain, E. b. White of Loudoun and H. E.
FEarlton Hanes of Herndon. Fairfax
In this city, of course. Representa-
rtive Carlin will easily lead. His
f6riends throughout the district send
him encouraging reports.
In addition to the large number of
labor organizations that already
have indorsed the candidacy of Rep
resentative Carlin, the latest to do
$50 is the International Steel and Cop
per Plate Printers Union of Wash
.ington.
1t is expected that a big vote will
be polled here Tuesday. The polls
will open at 6:13 am. and will close
at Sis pm.
Twenty drafted men from this city
and Alexandria county entrained this
afternoon for Charlottesville, Va,
where they will take special training
seat the university grounds.
Five carloads of exhibits from the
Agriculture Department. and also
representing the Army. Navy and
Marine Corps. prepared here, have
been shipped to fairs in all sections
of the country. Six other carloads,
the coming week.
The annual regatta of the Old Do
mlnion Boat Club. which was given
this afternoon. was attended by
their friends. There were a dozen
events. A dance given tonight at the
boat club was largely attended.
One of the activities of the Alexan-
sdria War Camp Community Service
that is proving of much value to the
snen of the service is the furnishing
of rooming accommodations. Per-
seons having rooms are requested to
list them with the Enlisted Mems
Club.
The ban put on this city four weeks
Gago prohibiting soldiers from Camp
Humphreys, Va, purchasing either
food or drink in this city will, it Is
expected. be lifted during the COM,
ting month.
Rev. ]. J. D. Hall of Galilee Mis-
sion, Philadelphia, will address the
mems Bible class in Christ p. E.
Church at $50 o'clocka tomorrow
morning; will preach at the IL
o'clock services at that church and
,ralso conduct open-air services in the
Schurchyard at o'clock.
I Rev. DR.. Ralph X. Hickok of the
fwar work council Y. M. c. A, will
sconduct services at the Second Pres
byterian Church tomorrow.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
SHRAPNEL
si1elights on the War
by
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Chlorine gas. which the Germans
started to use in the present war
and which has proved SO disastrous
in military operations. Is dense
| greenish-yellow vapor that clings to
the ground and infiicts horrible tor
| lures upon those who are not killed
| by 1t.
The Alpini of Italy have a most
solemn appearance. as befits their
traditions of desperate struggles for
| liberty throughout the middle ages.
| Instead of flowing feathers they wear
one perpendicular feather standing
out abruptly from the side Of their
round hats. They are not playing
though they are cheerful enough.
/ They take life and death more seri-
| ously. yet in a simple. childlike way.
Allied fiers on the western front
have had many narrow escapes from
death. One had his cap taken from
his head by an enemy bullet, one
German bullet passed between an
other mans ear and skull. one avia-
tor bears the scars of a burn made
by boche bullet which passed along
his leg but did not penetrate the skin.
Another enemy bullet passed between
another fier's arm and body. barely
touching the skin. One fiier had the
unusual experience of having the tin
of his nose shot off,
Armor such as used on battleships
is made of soft steel, the surface of
which is hardened by secret proc
ess, SO that it resists the penetration
of shells.
Germany sends her poison gas to
the front on special trains. which are
preceded by pilot engine
Here's a description of a scene that
may transpire in almost any British
hospital behind the fighting lines:
Nurse. convoy is expected at
midnight: see that everything is
ready: The day nurses must be on
duty"
'Yes. sister"
Immediately probationers set to
work
Beds must be prepared for stretch
er cases." the top bedclothes rolled
lengthways and blankets so arranged
that the patient lies between for the
required blanket bath" which takes
place on arrival.
In the lockers beside each bed must
be placed three empty bags to re-
ceive, respectively. the patients cloth
ing to be sterilized, his boots and
| strappings. his personal belongings-
letters. children's photographs, ,LGer-
| man bullets and buttons and other
souvenirs.
There must also be white shirt,
red tie, handkerchief. soap and fan
nel-and for the walking cases"
felt slippers and suit of blue And,
lastly, a postcard. And woe betide
the probationer IL one article is
missing from its appointed place.
Two British soldiers were dis
cussing the editor of trench paper
HE certainly is terribly slow at
reading manuscript" remarked the
one with the long hair.
do you think so" asked the other
why. know the time when he went
through six stories in less than a
minute"
Goodness! When was that?"
The one with the frinEeS round his
Evening star., 1918-08-04
STOCK ISSUE APPROVED.
Advocated Instead of Reinvested
Dividends BY Issues Committee.

The Capital Issues Committee has
adopted a definite policy OF approving
practically all applications for is
suance of stock to be given to stock
holders instead OF dividends REIN
vested in the business. it was learned
yesterday.
The committee still urges that all
such issues be submitted to It for in
spection. however.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

NEW ORLEANS. August s.-Ex-
ports of American cotton during the
market year which ended July 81
are placed at 4,473,5o4 bales by Sec
retary Hester of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange in his annual state
ment, final details of which were an
nounced today. This was the small
est total in many years. it was stated,
and was due entirely to the scarcity
of ocean tonnage. Exports two years
ago were 5.731.046 bales and the
previous year 6,231.094 bales.
The average gross weight of cotton
bales for the year was 510.7S pounds,
as compared with 51240 pounds the
previous year and 512.17 three years
ago. Actual growth of the season
was placed at 12.424.000 bales. includ-
ing linters. The total commercial
crop was placed at 11.906.973 bales.
and in comparison with the actual
growth 1t is indicated not all the cot
Cotton closed feverish at an ad-
vance Of 1874 to 1913 points.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
GAIN IN GOLD RESERVE.
Sc, 700, 900 Increase Shown in Re
serve Boards Weekly Statement.

Gains of s6,70o.000 in gold reserves
and net liquidation OF s5o,5oo. 900 in
earning assets. largely discounted bills.
together with substantial Withdrawals
OF government deposits and further
gains in note circulation, are indicated
by the Federal Reserve Boards weekly
utatement of the condition OF the banks
at tie close OF business Thursday night.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

ago. has not been realized. The news
still tells of the thunder of the
guns the roar of the guns" etc.
Soon after the beginning of the war
there came a report from somewhere
in France that a "silencer" had been
adjusted to the famous rs. In the
mass OF publicity given to the Maxim
siencer for small arms at the time IL
was patented and successfully tried
1t was said that the silencer might
eventually be adapted to cannon.
Nothing Of that import was claimed
by the inventor.
Letters patent for a silent firearm
were granted by the United States
government on February 25, 1908.
The general comment at the time. Law
and professional. was that this patent
marked a new epoch in the construc-
ton or hrearms and in the conduct of
war. In the specifications contained
In his application for letters patent
filed March Z, 1907, Hiram Maxim
said:
The object of my invention is to
provide firearm or like device in
which the sound usually resulting
from its discharge shall be eliminated
or reduced to a minimum. if not prac-
tically prevented; and a further OBJ
ject of the invention is to provide a
device of this class that shall be self
actuating; and a further object of the
invention is to SO control the passage
or passages from the breech chamber
or that part in which the explosive
charge is ignited. as to stop the flow
of gases therefrom: and further OBJ
ject of the invention is to provide
means for SO controlling such gases
resulting from the ignition of the ma
terial from which the propelling force
is obtained that their direction and
amount Of flow may be thoroughly
controlled"
The silencer has long been demon
strated to do what was claimed for it
in the matter of small arms. but it
would seem that armies have not
adopted it. Many professional mill
tary men in this country declared at
the time that such a device as the
"silencer" would make war a game OF
stealth. but the thunder of battle
seems still to roll over the fields.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Easy to Determine.

Any one may run the diagonals on
the United States geological surveys
remarkably complete map of the Dis
trict of Columbia published in 1917.
and find that the center of the origi-
nal District is much farther west and
north of the Washington Monument
than the stone mentioned in your ar
ticle. and. see for himself that the
stone referred to does not mark the
center of the District as originally
established.
Gle marks the intersection of the lines
running north and south through the
center of the White House and east
and west through the center of the
Capitol, as stated in the report of the
chief of engineers. which the writer
of your article quoted. but it does not
mark the center of the District of CO.
lumbia as originally laid out.
FRED L. FISHBACK.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
by JUNIUs n. WOOD.
Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.

SaDleSram to The Sunday star ana
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, August Here is a
story which recalls the fighting in
the days when there were frontiers
in America, and which is different
from others told in connection with
the allied offensive of the last few
days. Included in one company of a
southern regiment were twenty Amer
ican Indians sent as requirements.
The Indians preserved their unity.
worked together and were known as
the border patrol" They had two
leaders. one an educated Indian, a
graduate of the Chilecco School. at
Halleyville, Okla. and commissioned
as a lieutenant. and the other a pri-
vate, an uneducated Indian, a de-
scendant of the hereditary tribal chief.
Both were killed in the recent fight
ing, which fact, however. is no part
of the story.
Go on Patrol Alone.
On Sunday night. when a Prussian
Guard division arrived for the pur-
pose of stiffening the German defense.
the tribal chief. accompanied by
'kota Sioux Indian, went on a patrol
alone. They worked their way through
the German lines without disturbing
the tired Sentries until they reached
the grounds of the chateau at Fere-
en-Iardeno1S. This was several miles
Evening star., 1918-08-04

NEW YORK. August 3.-Wheat-
Spot, steady; No. red, 2.34l2 track
New York export to arrive. Corn
Spot, easy. fresh shelled No. . yell
low, 2.00s4. and No. 3 yellow. 1903
cost and freight New York. Oats
Spot weak: standard, S2i5. Other ar
ticles unchanged.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
|SUGAR0VER-STOCKS
|NNEW YORKHO
Five of Them and Two Promi-
nent Restaurants Are
Heavily PenaIized.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 3.-Five lead
ing hotels of New York city and two
restaurants Of almost equal promi-
nence have been found guilty of vio-
lating the food regulations by having
in their possession an over supply of
sugar. the federal food board an
nounced tonight.
The establishments. with the pen
alties imposed by the board In lieu of
the revocation of their licenses. are:
Hotel Imperial: Public eating places
to be closed two days beginning at
midnight August 4. but food may be
served to tenants and employees. A
sign Is to be posted admitting viola
ton of the food administration rules.
ST. Regis: The baking. pastry and
ice cream licenses have been suspend
ed for thirty days. beginning August I.
Hotel Plaza: The baking. pastry
and ice cream licenses have been
suspended for thirty days. beginning
August I.
Greeley Square Hotel Company oper-
ating the Hotel McAlpin. Hotel Cla-
ridge, Hotel Waldorf Astoria. the
Sevarin and Fifth Avenue restaurants.
The candy mnnufa curing licenses
ment must contribute $4,000 to be
equally divided between the Red Cross
ard the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation war funds.
While Waldorf Astoria was originally
included In the complaint against the
Greeley Square Hotel Company, it was
early eliminated from the charge of
boarding sugar, as X had its own
supply of that commodity.
In announcing it's decision. the boad
nade public statement by the bureau
of enforcement of the food administra-
ton explaining the circumstances sur
rounding the case Of the Greeley Square
Hotel Company and its reasons for in
sisting upon penalty.
Brown Sugar for Workers.
while we find that there has been a
violation in the form of excess hold
ings of sugar" the bureau stated. I'VE
are satisfied that the management did
not realize that this WAS the case"
The hotel management, according to
the bureau. purchased a large guam
tity of brown sugar for the use of its
employees and for possible emergency.
1t did not realize. the bureau explain
ed. that brown sugar was part OF
the country's sugar supply to be dealt
with substantially on the same prin-
ciple as white sugar.
Under these conditions We might
possibly be justified in placing the
case on file" said the bureau, but the
necessities of discipline make il i'm
practicable in many cases to rest our
conclusions on the analysis of mental
attitude or motive"
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Refers to German Condition.

DR.. Muehlof went on to tell of his
growing dislike to the war work and
his final determination tolgive up all
association with it. even at the sac
rifice of one of the most important
business careers in Germany. One of
his references to German conditions
is as follows:
THE general feeling of the people
since the outbreak of the war is that
German diplomacy has failed every
where. Many assert that it has been
due to a day-to-day policy of oppor-
tunism, without far-reaching plans
My opinion is that it could not have
done better with the CONTROLLING in
duence and continual interference ex-
ercised by the kaiser. Only he who
bowed to every wish of the kaiser
could retain his place, and all wanted
to stay"
Evening star., 1918-08-04
At Pan-American Bureau.

This places the center of the District
as originally laid out in the square of
ground on which the Pan-American
bureau now stands. and on which was
the home of John p. Van Ness after
his marriage to Marcia Burnes. The
block of ground was known as 'Man-
sion Square" evidently because of the
elegance of the home of Gen. and Mrs.
Van Ness.
1t is well known that the home of
David Burnes, one of the nineteen
original owners of the land taken for
the city, was in the southeastern cor
ner of this square. and the little cot
tage is remembered by many Wash
ingtonians of today. Ges. Van Ness
came to Washington as representa-
tive in Congress from New York state,
but his seat was declared forfeited
January II. 1903. because he had ac-
cepted and exercised the office of
major of militia under the authority of
the United States within the District
of Columbia,