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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
PIcRIc PLANT WILL STAY
s70oo,ooo Establishment In Georgia
VIII Be Continued After
the War.

Brunswick. Ga.-Announeement has
been made by officials Of the govern
ment that the 100000 picric acid
plant now being constructed In North
Brunswick win be a permanent manu-
featuring plant after the war. In peace
days the plant viii make dyes, fer
tilizer and other by-products Of picric
acid which the government Is using
during war times. The dyes, the
process for which has already been
perfected, will be equal or superior TO
those made In Germany.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
saarr,.,. VIA Broken Neck.

Easton, Pa.-1fiss Alice Fouiks On
Annandale, n. 7, and Henry b. bouioy
Of Lebanon. N. J. we're married &C z
priyate hospital rive weeks ago
Mr.. BowIby met with an accident IN
which he dssIocated his spinal eord ~
the neck. since then his neao eno
neek have rested IN Q mold me
young couple had decided several
month aeo 10 be married Tuesday ana
decided not % postpone the wedding.
ne Bridegroom q not Ut ouf q an
xer. ga = ~ -.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
NrpIanes Are Of Great Assist.
ance In Finding Enemy
Submarines.
NECESSARY ALLY OF NAVY
Great Britain Sees Need Of Holding
Command OF Air ~ Well a. Of
sea-Alrcreft Either Attack
or Summon Patricia

London.-The measure Of the sue
cess of the antisubmarine campaign Is
the safe crossing Of the Atlantic By q
million American troops.
There Ia very properly q good deal
OF official reticence regarding the
methods by which submarines are de-
stroyed, but 1t Is an open secret that
the royal air force has contributed
largely toward the defeat OF the q
boat campaign
Just as airplanes have become an
essential auxiliary to the army, 50 air
craft have become an indispensable
ally of the navy, making 1t clear that
ascendancy In the air In future viii be
as vital to Britain as her present as
cendancy at sea-
Airships Of two main types, the
smaller known as the submarine scout
and the larger as the coast patrol
type, and seaplanes, are the chief In
struments for dealing with submarines
from the air. The first business Of all
aircraft or submarine offensive u to
find the submarine.
See Submerged BoatG
From q certain height In the air,
submerged U-boats are visible to OBJ
servers and their position II communi-
Gated to the nearest naval patrol The
work Of aircraft Is by no means con-
fined to detecting the U-bOats. They
have means Of Immediately attacking
their prey without waiting for the ar
rival Of the naval patrol
There is the obvious means Of drop
ping bombs, fully effective when the
submarine Is caught on or just below
the surface. Modern antisubmarine
aircraft are almost equally at home In
the air or on the water. Should the
U-boat dive through the water, its pur'
suer can dive through the air and re
lease depth charges, which have q con
siderable range Of action. and are much
feared by U-boat commanders.
In claiming for the R A. +. large
share In winning the safe landing Of
Americas first million the reservation
must be made that the range Of air
craft from their bases Is limited, bui
their bases are not necessarily on land
and seaplanes and submarine SCOUT
have accommodation on shipboard and
are carried to the area of their deep
sea patrols
Where They Are Thlekest.
Again. II Is naturally In home wa
tiers and especially In the North SCI
that submarines are thickest, outwarC
bound from Germany. so that aircraft
patrols are effective from home base
over the sea zone most frequented b.
Urboats.
Coast patrol airships accompan,
conveys through home waters spot
ting" submarines, 10 be dealt witt
either by themselves or by destroy
ers; and II the U-boat menace Il no
yet mastered, It II steadily and IN
mistakably being brought under con
troll
Safe landing of q million American
In France Is q big fact. the signif
canoe Of which can hardly be misses
even In Germany, where, according 3
neutral witnesses, scepticism has bee
rapidly growing lately concerning tn
possibilities Of the U-boat campaign.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
walk, rs Miles 70 Enlist

Tulsa. okla.-Chester Bunch, TWEEN
y, Of Tonkawa, walked from his home
70 Tulsa, q distance Of 145 miles. In
order to enlist In the army, but was
rejected because Of q slight physical
defect. The defect can be remedied
by q slight operation.
Bunch has q desire 70 become an
aviator. he has gone to work In OF.
der to earn enough money to pay tor
the operation
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
HAS TEN SONS IN SERVICE
Oklahoma Woman Claims TO Be the
Honor Mother Of the
State.

Hartshorne, Okla.-This city now
claims the honor mother" Of the
state. Mrs. Mollie Easley has ten sons
In the army. the youngest having en-
listed few days ago.
Besides her sons. she has two broth
ers and two nephews IN the service.
They are all IN army camps In the
United States, but expect noon to be
-oyer there
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
DRAFTEE GETS TIRED
WAITING; JOINS POLES

Tarentum, Pa.-When the
members Of the draft board
searched for Alexander Czy-
mon. who failed to show up for
entrainment Tor Camp Lee. they
discovered that he had got tired
Of waiting for the eall to sew
ice and had Joined Q Polish regi-
ment and h nov believed to be
On ths western front.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
MOURNING SONS DEATH,
HEAR ANOTHER IS HERO

Fond du Lac, wls-while rel
atives here were mourning the
death Of Corporal Roy w. Wat
son. who Is dead IN Franee from
wounds received IN action, press
dispatches were received telling
Of q charge against the Prussian
guards led By Capt. Thomas
Watson. q brother Of Corporal
Watson. The dead soldier was
q member Of q machine gun
unit. while Captain Watson con-
mands IN Infantry company.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31
MINISTERS GO TO WAR,
ALL CHURCHES CLOSED

Albany, n. with the en-
fistment Of Rev. William Wal
lace Eaton. pastor Of the Meth
odist church, Schoharie church
e. are without ministers
Every church IN the village
has been cioesd MP. temporarily
ut least. for the caIl Of Uncle
Sam.
Rev. Mr.. Eaton wm soon Do
on his way 20 France for work
with the Z. n C. A.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-08-31

KnoxviIle. Tenn celebrating TIE
thirtisth anniversary Of his conversion,
Rev. ,. I. Sexton. formerly . black
smith md one Of the besf-knogn men
IN East Tennessee. announced that he
has sincs converted 1900 persons n
i8 s<ate4 - !
Evening star., 1918-11-03
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, November Corn aver
aged lower today. chiefly as a result
of the bearish character of war de-
velopments. The market closed un-
settled at A net decline to y advance,
with December 1.13 to 1.13K and JAM
uary LAX to 1.14h. Oats gained =
to 3s and provisions finished UNI
change to 20 cents on. a
Lack of support. except from shorts
formed the principal feature of the
corn market throughout the session
Attention remained focused almosk
was a generally accepted opinion thsk
the current news furnished no imr
mediate incentive to would-be buyers.
aside from those who had profits al
ready in hand or who wished to even
up for the week end. Bears derived
advantage also from the fact that
the movement of the new crop wAa
were looked for next week. Weather
conditions were regarded as favorable
for curing and handling the grain.
Government bidding put sstrengtA
into oats. The bids. howeveS; werS
out of line with the views of holders
and did not result in any important
transactions.
Provisions sagged a little with corr
and hogs. Western receipts of hogs
for the week were considerably
larger than a year ago. but SO, too,
were shipments of lard and meats. !;
NEW YORK. November Wheat
Spot steady; No. 2. red. 2.34h. track,
New York.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2. yellow. 1.5eN
and No. 3. yellow. 1.49h. cost and
freight. New York. =,
Oats-Spot steady; standard, n and
77k. =;
Other articles unchanged 4
Evening star., 1918-11-03
FOUR MILLIONS INSURED
BY WAR RISK BUREAU
Amount of Policies Issued by Sol
diers and Sailors Nearly
Thirty-Six Billions.

Insurance written on the lives OF
nearly 1900. 900 soldiers and sailors by
the bureau of war risk insurance now
totals nearly $50. .000. .000, ,000,. according
to an announcement made last night
by the bureau.
To date, says the announcement
there has been sent out 7.4S6.434 checks
representing a total disbursement OF
$230, 200, 900. Claims paid thus far in
clude 15,S00 for deaths and twenty
four for disability, the former repre-
senting $11s.o0o.oo0 and the latter
$142,50O.
Largest Insurance Concern.
TIE bureau, which has grown to be
the largest single bureau in the gov
ernment and lncomparably the largest
life insurance concern in the world
last month wrote almost $4,000. 100000
worth OF new insurance. This was q
marked decrease from figures for re-
cent months. and was caused by the
influenza epidemic. which retarded the
movement of men to camps.
However, new insurance for October
was more than six times as much as
the largest commercial life insurance
1917.
In October the bureau mailed nearly
a million checks. the greatest number
OF which were for allotments and al
lowanceS.
To keep up an unbroken stream of
checks to relatives Of soldiers and
sailors many sections of the bureau
are working night and day, and the
disbursing. office has three working
shifts. which keep checkwriting and
check signing machinery in operation
twenty-four hours q day.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Trading in Bonds Active.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK, November 2.-It was
officially announced this morning that
the coffee exchange would sopen at
noon on Monday for liquidation of all
outstanding contracts, but that no
fresh business would be permitted.
This action was taken in accordance
with the directions of the food ad-
ministration, which has ruled that all
these outstanding contracts must be
liquidated on or before November
at the maximum prices prevailing
when the exchange was closed on Oc-
tober 1S. These quotations were as
follows:
November, s65; December, $50; jan
uary, SOS; February. 80; March. 9.25;
April, $40; May, 9.55; June. $40; july
9.S5; August, 1000; September. 1915.
Otherwise no change was reported
in the situation and conflicting opin-
ions were expressed as to whether the
liquidation in the outstanding interests
would be followed by the reopenHg OF
the market for general business.
There were rumors in this connec,
tion that by the request of the food
administration, business would be re-
sumed under a new contract 1or
hedging purposes.
The local spot market was nominal
at 10X for Rio Is and 15A for SAN
tos As.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, November 2. CCnlted
States bureau of markets).-Hogs-
Receipts, $4,000 head; market gener-
ally steady with yesterdays average.
1900: packing. 16.75a17.90; throwouts,
15.5oai6.50; pigs, good to choice, 14.7s
Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head; com
pared with a week ago. best native
steers strong to Is higher; others
SheepsReceipts, 5000 head; com.
pared with a week ago. fat lambs ana
light yearlings 25 to so higher; feed
ers and sheep steady to strong.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
COSTA RIGA FEARS OUTBREAK
Revolutionists Concentrating O
Northern Border.

NEW YORK. November IA dis
patch to the Associated Press from
San Jose, Costa Rica, bearing the
signature of the Costa Rica war
ministry. says that revolutionists are
concentrating along the northern
border of Costa Rica. on Nicaraguan
soil.
In February of the present year a
revolution against the present gov
eminent of Costa Rica was suppress
ed There has been no recent news
of any revolutionary movement in
that country. although last April re-
ports were current that an uprising
-. imminent
Evening star., 1918-11-03
BANK DISCOUNTS MOUNT.

Discounts Of federal reserve banks
secured by government war obliga.
tions mounted $3.50. 900 last week
to $1,252.9 .904 900. according to the
federal reserve boards weekly dnan~
cial statement last night. =
Evening star., 1918-11-03
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.

NEW YORK. November 2.-The To-
cal market for raw sugar was quiet,
with no further business reported.
Prices were unchanged at 7.2S Tor
centrifugal.
on the basis Of 9 cents for fine granu-
lated. The demand has not material
ly increased to any extent as yet.
althouSh some Improvement is looked
for in the very near future.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
British Hero Dies in q. S.

TACOMA. Wash, November a.
Capt. Walter Fitch Of the British
mission at Camp Lewis. veteran Of
three years service in France and
wearer Of the military cross, died Of
influenza at the Camp Lewis base
hospital yeste-
Evening star., 1918-11-03
company earned s2sss share on th,
common shares.
National City Bank Comment.

The November circular of the Ma.
tional City Bank gives much Of the
credit for the success OF the fourth
liberty loan to corporations and in
dividuals who held back because
they questioned the prudence OF
doubling up in the face Of impending
taxation, and who bought in very
large amounts when the evident need
for subscriptions was seem.
On future liberty loans the circu-
lar has this to say:
IF terms of peace are agreed upon
at an early day the governments
construction and manufacturing pro-
gram will be considerably curtatled.
Navy will necessarily remain very
large. 1t must be remembered tk1t
the proceeds of the fourth soan have
been to a great extent anticipated by
the seven offerings of Treasury cer-
tificates having brought IN $4,66A-
$4,000. 1t is evident. therefore, that
great deal of money will yet have
to be raised for the war. both on our
own account and for our allies. .
European governments which hare
been borrowing here will want 10
continue doing SO for some time aftae
they have done purchasing war ma-
terials. They must all meke- heavy
importations of food at least for .
year to come, and they will also want
quantities of raw materials for manu-
featuring, and probably merchandise
and equipment. These purchases cam
not be made unless credits are created
here, and, of course, II is to the I'M
terest of this country that such pur-
chases shall be made. in order that
the business situation shall be sua-
tanned in the critical period when
the war business Is disappearing. Il
our government should continue max
ing loans for this purpose it will have
to cover them by borrowings to IN
equal amount" =,
Evening star., 1918-11-03
UNITED STATES STEEL
DOWN ALMOST TO PAR
Representative War Group Also
Breaks One to Three Points.
Some Rallies Noted.

NEW YORK.. November with
United States Steel selling down al
most to par. Mexican Petroleum.
Royal Dutch and Texas Company re-
acting 4 to 10 points and the rep
resentative war group down i to 8
points. today's brief but busy ses-
sion Of the stock market reflected a
further division Of speculative senti-
ment.
Rails, shippings, coppers and other
shares bearing little relation to peace
or war broke to points. but rallied
rather more easily than less seasoned
stocks.
Recoveries Variable.
Mexican Petroleum closed at a
rally of points and other leaders
made variable recoveries. Steel end
Foreign news and next weeks elec-
tion holiday contributed to the short
covering, but the tone at the close
was irregular at best. Sales amount
ed to $4,000 shares.
The bank statement showed to a
moderate extent the process of liqui-
dation recommended by the local
money committee, actual loans de-
creasing about $46,OOOOO0, and re-
serve Of members in the federal re-
serve bank decreasing by slightly
more than $91.000,000, which almost
efraces the previous weeks expansion
in that item. A decrease OF, $79.-
600 900 in excess reserves also reduced
by more than two-thirds last weeks
substantial gain in that quarter.
Trading in Bonds Active.
Trading in bonds, especially the do
mestic group, was active on rising
sale, liberty As and ANS gaining "
to y per cent. The new, or fourth
liberty loan bonds will have their
first open market on the stock lex
change next week. Total sales OF
bonds (par value) today aggregated
81 100000. Old United States bonds
we're unchanged during the week.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
STREET CLEANING
HAD HARDEST YEAR
Annual Report for District
Department Emphasizes
s, War Conditions.

Large growth in population due to
the war activities, increased traffic
and scarcity of labor made the opera
tons of the street cleaning depart
ment of the municipal government a
more difficult problem than during any
year in the history of the local gov
ernment. according to the annual re-
port of Morris Hacker. superintendent
of the service, filed with the Commits
sioners for the fiscal year ended June
80, 1918.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Standard Maintained.

However. the report says. even with
these difficulties to face. the standard
of the work has been kept up under
most trying difficulties. By reason of
the lack of men the department has
been unable to maintain it's policy of
increasing the area of streets cleaned
by the hand patrol or white WINGS"
making it necessary to increase the
area of machine cleaned territory.
Olling of macadam and other sub
urban roadways with emulsified road
oil. for the purpose of laying the dust,
was discontinued, because it was i'm
possible to secure necessary supplies
at anything like a reasonable price.
Shortage of labor in the face of the
hard winter last year. with heavy and
frequent snowfalls, made it necessary
TO call out every laborer connected with
the city's government to remove the
snow and ice from the streets and
pavements. The total expended for this
work amounted to sS0.337.64. an increase
of S2i,S2...e9 over the preceding winter,
when the cost for this work amounted
to only s555O35.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Compared With Preceding Year.

A comparison of the amount of worl,
done by the department with that of
the preceding year shows a decrease OF
all classes except motor flushing of the
streets Increased cost of material and
supplies and the difficulty experienced
In obtaining the material and supplies
were factors in reducing the general
scope of the work. a
During the year contract for re-
moval of ashes w4 let to the ]. w.
Bean Contracting CVmpany for one year
at $7S,300; for refuse to John G. Fair
cloth. for three years, the first year at
$4,000. second year. $35,40o, and third
year at $4,000.
Evening star., 1918-11-03

md kEA
prices kae Nenhr rhyaru land the
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Local Securities.

Lanston Monotype shares and Capt.
tai Traction stock have featured the
daily sessions of the local stock ex-
change during the past week. while
Potomac Electric. General mortgage Is
have featured the bond section. with
Railway As a good second.
The two leading stocks acted re-
versely Lanston advanced from 56&
to 81, while Capital Traction, under
the pressure of a very modest selling
order, declined from s7N to sax and
recovered to 84A. Mergenthaler
closed at 1876.
Railway As have recovered from a
low made some weeks ago at 81 to II.
Preferred shares of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company and
the common also are at their high
points for the year, 10 and so. re-
spectively.
It is within the possibilities that
the latter corporation may have some
new financing to undertake in the
near future in payment for the laree
order Of new cars. delivery Of which
is expected this month.
A sharp rise during the week placed
the general mortgage 6s Of the Poto-
mac Electric Company at a new
high, Sc.
Maxwell Motors Earnings.
For the year ended July 81. 1918.
the Maxwell Motor Company earned
1882 a share on its common stock,
after first and second preferred d1vi-
sssnGs. -. ts.a 11ov.S.5 &C., 80
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Bankers Association Meeting.
Bank Call About Due.

August 81 the controller of the cur
rency called for a statement from
national banks. Under the customary
six calls a year it is time for another
call, but bank clerks. overworked by
the rush of ordinary business and the
liberty loan campaign, hope that it
may be delayed another month at
least
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
NO PROBABILITY
Of GAS SHORTAGE
Danger With Dissatisfied En-
Ploycs n. Plant

The nj ople of Richmond need have
no fears of gas famine" said Com
missioner Graham 3. Hobson. before
the finance committee last night. The
olant ,sill he almost TO its ca pacity all
Writer. but we can supply the city to
rhr limit, with little trouble. The only
possible serious contingency is the
chance of labor shortage. With the
regular quota of n,ca, the plant is In
ros;tion to supply all dema nds and
when the west end main is completed.
which 1t will be In a few weeks. there
will be no trouble with the far West
End ~. ssure."
Mr.. Hobson explained to the COM
rittee that the plant is working In
good order. but is handicapped some
by the i.ness OF about a dozen men.
which reduces the number on the late
night shift. He stated that he had
heard there were several men in the
plant who were egitating the ques-
ZION of extra pay, and that ne had
nosted notice in the plant directing
attention { this report and notifying
all hands that anyone who interfer-
red with the men at work or in any
way initiated against the proper con-
5autt Of the apiant.fMeuld he i'm aae-
iiatefy removed from the service.
II am satisfied there are some agi-
lStors n 'he plant, said Mr.. HobSon.
and ] would give fifty dollars to
learn their names They would Mt re-
main in the plant ten minutes"
The commissioner was before the
finance committee to ask for a trans
fer OF $4,000 from the payroll ac-
count CT the street cleaning depart
ment TO the expenss account to pay
for new apparatus Just added to the
department. and for a further trans
fer from the flume account to the
elccr'ic eypanse account on account
of the INSTALLATION OF connections and
wires r. tho government boiler plant
now In course of construction in South
Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
CLASSES OPEN
FOR WORK OCTOBER q

Glasses and clubs of the Young
Nomen's Christian association will be-
gan the long delayed fall work next
Week, beginning October Is. accord
ing TO the present reports OF the cpl =.
uemic.
course claiming much general at
tention is one open to both Iaen and
women. current ~cnts on Thursday
evenings from $40 to $3.50. The course
Will be conducted by DIR. ., b. Bryan
head of the departments OF educ alton
and psychology of Richmond college
MANY business girls whose leisure time
is TOO limited TO allow them to read
the various books and magazine
articles necessary to keep them
abreast Of the times have already reg
istered for this interesting and valu-
able course of lectures.
Classes in Spanish and French will
be taught by Miss Rosa Pascual, one
of The language teachers in John
Marshall High school. Miss Pascual
is a native OF Barcelona. Spain, and
has taught and studied in Paris. Her
first years in this country were spent
In New York where she taught French.
Glasses in beginners French will be
taught both afternoons and evenings
and both classes will have their first
lessons Wednesday. Octohr 3d. Ad-
vanced French will be taught Tues
day and Thursday afternoons with
The first lesson on Tuesday The
Spanish class win have its beginning
Wednesday at 5:45
The Red Cross classes in first aid
advanced first aid for those who have
completed the elementary course. and
elementary hygiene are all being filed
The number of students in each is
limited.
Glasses in domestic science ana in
domestic arts. millinery and sewing.
are also being formed. Information
can be gotten by telephoning the vo-
nal-educational secretary OF the
Young Women's Christian association
at Randolph $40.