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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-27

Thinks Public Ought to Pay
William Chambers, president of the
Vineland Traction Company and presi-
dent of the New Jersey Bankers Asso-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-27
San Francisco, March 81.

.H1VING the results for Southern Call
~ ifornia of its Statewide investiga-
tion Of hydroelectric production and con-
sumption as affected by wartime con-
ditions. the State Railroad Commission
has recommended an expenditure of ap-
proximately $4,000. 900 in the next two
years by the companies operating in the
dlstricts south of Merced to meet in
creasing demands for power and light
and to accomplish a conservation of oil
fuel.
The commissions recommendations
10r the companies in the northern and
entral portions Of the State will be
Given later.
81 The financing of the s1i,OoO,o0o Of
tydroelectric development and $4,000
80 for distribution plants is recon-
u<ended for the Southern California Edi-
~ Company and steps to obtain
1oeesary supply of power are sug-
~ for the San Joaquin and Southern
(fas Companies, the construction Of
Rush Creek-Bishop line being
u1nsnded for the latter, company.
~ commission says Il Is without
IN 20 order the Los Angeles Gas and
va Corporation 10 accept the pro-
~ the city of Los Angeles for the
1fion OF It's distribution system.
&1lka without power to order the
In Angeles TO develop electric
~ delivered to the corporation
1u,. and& fhs< tha nour.r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-27
TWO HURT IN BLAST
Workmen Victims Of Powder Explo-
sion at Iron Bridge Believed Dying

Allentown, Pa. March a7-John
Maher thirty years old. of this city, and
Charles Greenwood. thirty-two years old.
OF Slatington. both married. are believed
TO be dying at the Allentown Hospital
of injuries suffered In an explosion at
the plant of the Pennsylvania Trojan
Powder Company. at Iron Bridge. three
miles northwest of this city
& The men were employed in the driving
house when the building, a small affair,
was wrecked by an explosion. Maher's
fkull was fractured and both men sUs-
tanned internal injuries besides serious
burns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-27
Four Seek House Seats

Harrisburg, March 27.---New Candt-
dates for House nominations are as
follows: J. Henry stump, Socialist,
First Berks; John II. Shellenberger,
Republican, Juniata: jeremiah T.. Bob
mer, Republican. Second Schuylkill; e.
V. Adams, Republican. Lycoming.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

measures to relieve present conditie>ss
in the market which have practically
tied up business, and members of thS
trade freely express opinions that un,
less restrictions are removed a muck
greater advance will result, some ever
predicting as high as 30c for Santos
as, as compared with about 1Oc before
the food administration took control
According to the Brazilian cable to
the exchange, the primary markets are
strong and advancing. Rio spots were
rs reis higher, with Santos showing
gains of 200 reis. Futures were rs to
12b reis higher. It is impossible to
make quotations in the local spot mar
ket, the demand being brisk, with little
coffee available and arrivals small.
Cost and freight offers have been run
ming Eight, but those here have been at
the highest point yet reached.
Cottonseed Oil.-The cottonseed oil
trade is anticipating notifications in
the regulations which at present con-
troll business, and is getting the ma
chinery into running order to handle
new business when the change comes.
In the contract market quotations were
confined to offers and were unchanged
from those Of Friday, December being
quoted at 21.60 asked, January at 81 .s5
and February, March and April at %.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
s u s t e n a n c e
Cereals

Wheat.-Gran traders the world
over are trying to analyze the supply
and demand situation and to anticipate
the manner in which breadstuffs will
be distributed. From the latest stats
tics available it appears that the sup
ply of food grains is unusually large
and apparently of sufficient volume to
take care of the requirements of the
world if used with discretion. 1t was
intimated on both Friday and Saturday
that the European markets are be-
ginning to turn their attention to the
supplies in the Southern hemisphere
which have been largely cut off from
the worlds market throughout the
duration of the war In other words,
buyers are looking for the cheapest
markets, and on this account there was
speculation as to how America will fare
in the distribution. The problem, how
ever, is largely concerned with trans
portation, and in this respect the
American markets have the advantage
over those of either Australia or the
Argentine. Consequently, it is believed
that the programme laid out by the
food administration will be adhered to
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
| n d u s tri al
Cotton

Reports that hedges were being sold
against stocks of yarns and goods for
which there was no immediate trade
demand served to increase the weak
ness Of the cotton market yesterday,
and there was a break of $5 a bale and
more in prices. January contracts, for
instance, sold off to $3.50, making de-
cline of 120 points from Fridays clos
ing price, and new low ground for the
season. That delivery had sold at $3.50
on the big break which followed the
signing of the armistce, and rallied to
~ ~ after the order was received from
Washington against short selling.
Since then fluctuations have been ex-
tremely Irregular but the market has
been very unsettled, and the close to-
day was barely steady at the lowest
prices of the movement, with the gen
eral list showing net losses of 95 to 12O
points
The market opened irregular. at un-
changed prices to decline of 55 points
There was enough demand to cause
slight rallies right after the call, but
it was soon supplied and prices became
very weak later in the morning. Ex-
cept for a little buying by the trade,
presumably to cover hedges against
spot sales or against call cotton for
spinners, there was little support, and
the market consequently proved sensi-
tive to selling orders.
There was further selling believed
to be for Japanese account. This sell
ing has been in progress for the past
several days, and has been attributed
to the liquidation of hedges as spot
supplies have been secured in the
to have been pretty completely closed
out, and the heavy liquidation of the
past several days has probably i'm
proved the technical position of the
market, although the rules promul-
gated by the Washington committees
have prevented the accumulation of a
speculative short interest. There was
no change in the spot news from the
South, but reports that holders were
refusing to sell on declines were offset
by the absence of trade demand, and
the market seemed to be under the in
f1uence of unfavorable conditions in
the goods trade. The opinion was gen
orally expressed that civilian demand
had not expanded rapidly enough to
Offset the government contracts, and
that many goods had been produced
with a view to government uses which
would meve very slowly in other chan
nels.
The local market for spot cotton was
quiet and 95 points lower, at 281Oc for
middling upland, compared with 29O5c
the day before and 10000 the year be-
fore. There were no sales of spot
The range of prices follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
How to Capture
Rumanian Trade
For the Allies
Near York Tribune
Foreign Press Bureau

La Roumania," journal published
in Paris in the interests of Rumania,
takes UP in one of its recent issues the
question of Rumanian commerce after
the war, with regard to whether the
dominating position in Rumania's for
eign business can be turned from Ger
many to the Allies. A table compiled
from the statistics for the four years
preceding the war shows the following
annual totals of imports from various
countries, the valuations being given
in frames.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Bonds

Sales 1000 omitted. Open. High. Low. Last.
81 Am 1y IS. 100 100 100 100
! sdo Is 1922. 1o2I4 1o2L4 toolz 1o2Iz
10 'do Is 1928. 1902 fo2 1o2 1o2
Beth 79s 1919. 1ooL4 1ooLa 1ooK4 1907,
do 70 1928. 1ooas 1oo55h 1oo3z 1oosS
Can Govt 5s . 1914 80 eSN, 90
Fed Fm In S. 104Tz 1o4A 1o4z to4II
13 sInter Rap T Is. ssl4 ssIs ssIs ss3z
Kan City Ry Ter
IS 1923 W IL. esa4 1894 ssM sssz
j., ~ 20 IL sLig -, & M IS 1921 esss 1878 ssss sass
80 'Norf & W rts.. "a 1Ls In IL
10 Rus Gov 51ss... 81 81 Cd 81
10 'do 619s ..... 68 SO e7 e7
80 u S Rubber 7s.. 1oo5s 1868 10oss 1o1Ia
unlisted. fsell cents per ahare.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Commodities
and that Europe will take every bushel
OF wheat that America can spare.

Corn.-The corn market was nervous
and irregular, closing 51ac higher for
November and &c to 23sc lower for the
other months. The advances in the
near position was apparently due to
covering on the part of belated shorts.
"hlle the late months were under the
weight. of liquidation. Sentiment
seemed to lean more to the bear side
on the theory that Europe will buv corn
IN Argentina in preference to America.
OWING to the difference in the price
furthcrmore, in some quarters it is be-
heved that the extent of worlds re-
qulrements have been exaggerated. The
1eedlng demand is the main bull feat
ure IN corn, as there are millions of
hogs to be fed and an almost unlimited
demand for hog products.
Yes days Previous Year
Corn: No. yellow s162 s1'Sis4 ago
GsSS%1s' 5s"asFs :...- 'ss 'sss 1ss 1ss.s s'a2
Oats.-The market for oats was
moderately active with operations of an
evening-up character. The November
position was firmer on covering, re-
celpts were liberal at Western points.
and. as insurance rates on the Lakes
advanced with the closing of Novem-
ber it was thought highly probable
that the greatest rush to secure cash
oats for lake shipment was over.
Yesterdays Previous Year
New York: close close aoo
Oats, No. 3 white. .83la ,s31aGe4 .7eH
Chicago
November .....-. 77s4 1T
December ..,..-.. .727s .73 .7oI4
Rye.~-Market steady.
es'day's Previous
New York close close. Year ago.
Cash. No. West. s1.75Is s1.75Na
Flour and Meal.-Quotations were:
Yes days Previous Year
New York: close close AGO
+ lour, Mimi. spg- pat S11. 90 S1t.oO Si1.5o
Cornmeal. yell. gran 375 3.75 4.s7iI
Rye -four. choice. $50. .9@9.5o e@9.5o 1000
Bran, lo0-lb sacks. 80. 1878 1878 42.oO
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Livestock, Meats, Provisions

Following are yesterdays prices compared with
those of a year ago:
Live steers. lair TO
prime 100 ID. $500 @sf750 s975 3sisso
Dressed beef. sides.
Live Yeals. common
10 prime. 100 ID 1900 O 1900 1850 Ism
Dressed yeals. ci.y.
10. .-.......... ~ @ 80 Ia "a 3sl-
Live ewes. 100 lb. $50 q 1000 300 a 81 m
Live lambs fair to
prime. 100 ID. 1850 a 1875 l725 % lsoa
Dressed mutton. Id IA a 20 i6 a 10
Dressed lambs. city,
lb. ............ 20 q as 20 q "a
Hogs. 100 ID. 1890 q 1875 l7.5o q -
con. ID. ....... .241s@ 25,s .24A@ .2A..
Mess pork. bbl $500 q 4750 si.oo q -
Mess beef. Dbl $500 @ $500 sI.o0 q $500
lb. ...e........ $500 q 27.ooo 2sooc a zsioe
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Percentage

These figures show that before the
war the Central Empires annually ex-
ported to Rumania goods to the amount
of 304, ,559,7S3 francs. representing 5stl
per cent of the total of Rumanian I'M
ports. On the other hand the Ruman-
ian imports from England, France,
3OS6 per cent of the total Germany
alone Furnished Rumanis with a great
er proportion of her imports. $3.50 per
cent.
Rumanian export figures for 1918
were as follows Figures in francs):
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Record Of Stock and Bond AVERAGES

IBy TIE 4Ss0cdte6 PresS}
Inc
gree the further uncertainty traders
Dealings dull and vv narrow
concentrating United
pings notably Marine preferred Movements
fctg Steel displaying moderate PRESSURE yielding half it's
Pacific recording
yesterdays high level
Prices IN other Studebaker ex
ample the
otors ano e accessories irregular
ana dlstlng rails
Clearing House banks
holdings Reserve
snow decrease of S4000000 largely ofetg
that about S64000O00
Liberty
of 1916 Total sales S5875OO0 Old United
States bonds unchanged during the week.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Wall Street Notes

George c. Meyer, who was recently
commissioned lieutenant in the field
artillery, has returned to his former
position with the New York Stock Ex-
change firm of f. W. Wagner & Co.
IN charge of the investment depart
ment.
Frederick Gade, formerly with II. A.
Keller Co, has become associated
with Britton, Hollins & Co. in their
bond department.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

Southern spot markets follow:
Galveston, steady, unchanged at SOC;
sales, 1850 bales. New Orleans,
steady, so points lower at 1915; sales,
2,901 bales. Mobile, nominal, un-
changed at 27c; sales, nil. Augusta,
steady. rs points lower at pip; sales,
374 bales. Memphis, steady, un-
changed at 3oc; sales, 400 bales. st.
Louis, steady, unchanged at 30c; sales.
nil. Houston, steady, unchanged at
29.4O; sales, 1885 bales. Little Rock,
quiet, SO points lower at $3.50; sales,
1.221 bales.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Standard Oil
Other Oil Stocks

Sales. Onen H;ob Iou I,a+
700 sBarnett o&G : :. 10y Aass
400 sCosden & Co. u 2" 65s szs
1900 i Esm Oil Cor KS
1q00 iq00 federal federal OIL. 2Ns 2H ga 2M
i100 a00 Gienrock On. 3Ha 3Ie 33s 3Is
600 limp Con Oil. 81 81 81 81
2o0.1nt 2o0 Int, Pet; P t ;.;. ~ 1sH 15ss 15H
S00 S00 .M aslana y d r 3A 3ss 3N 3ss
e0o e00 ,F Merr,tt Oll Z. 21A 22 214 22
1000 .tMdwest Oil. 1903 1oo 1903 1os os]3
1900 midwest Ref 1917, 135 131M 133tL
SoOO SOOO Okla P & R.. 90 sHs eT s3a
oVoo Voo IOmar q G. rs 25 % 25
400 Royal D new. 62I, 62N, 81 61
100 Seq o & R.. 81 81 50 s6
2200 sStanton Oil. 1sl 1N 13% 1s5
1000 "Texas Co rts IS 49, Is is
255 sVic Oil NV stk 25a 2A 2sa 2sa
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
NEW YORK TRIBUNE SUNDAY DECEMBER /, 1918
Curb Market

Note'--The Tribune assumes no response
oiiity Tor the accuracy or authenticity of curb
market quotations. Transactions and prices
Saturday were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Mining Stocks

Sales Omen HIGH Low, T .s4
1000 fAlas-Br NJ. 81 SO SO SO
500 &tAtlanta -. 5Le 6 5Ls 81,
5So0 I5o0 Big Ledge Cop .1ls ,14s 14s
5fUV bost q Mont. 49 49 48 48
2So0 'fCaledona -. 35 SO IS IS
1929 Gal & Jer-.. .La .La Ia W
2400 "fCandelaria S. 48 4o AZ 40
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

Coffee Futures.-The coffee trade was
without official announcements on Sat
urday as to the final outcome of Fri
days conference between representa-
tives of the food administration and
committee appointed by the Coffee Ex
change. Members of the exchange, as
we'll as the trade generally, are becom-
ing aroused over the delays and lack of
definite decision on the part of the
Washington authorities in taking
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Yesterdays Transactions in Listed Stocks

s quoted dollars share rate also in do,
per snare IS based
gh. ow. Div W. '""Aeo vi "ore.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

If Rumanian trade is to be turned
from the Central Empires TO the Alhe-,
La Roumanie" recommends the stud
of the following questions:
The kind Of goods The Central En-
pires sell to Rumania. New varieties
of goods that the Allies can introduce
to the country. The commercial
treaties between Rumania and the Cen
trail Empires. Commercial treaties
that the Allies can conclude with
Rumania and srch notifications of the
Rumanian tariff laws as would be ad-
vantageous. Should the "most favored
nation" clause be maintained in the
future with regard to She Central En-
pires. Cheapening of transportation
charges. The matter of credit ex-
tended to Rumanian merchants The
establishment of bonded warehouses
in Rumania. The establishment Of an
Allied commercial agency to study
Rumanian needs.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Coffee, Sugar, Tea and Cotton
sect Oil

Current A year
prices. ago
Tea, Formosa. per lb. 80 2e
sugar' SoTaf era s5aPyatsd Na nl2 per b. 49, ss5
Cottonseed oil. per lb 1926
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

Unit OF trade on this exchange, 10 sharesl
transactions and prices yesterday for the
more active shares follow:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

dividend
settlement of railroad
decision of Railroad Administrator
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

Rye.-Market steady
Yes s'day's Previous
New York: close close Yearsoo
Cash. No. West. s175Is s1.75Hs
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

The principal exports with their
value in francs and percentage of the
total were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Consolidated Exchange

unlisted. +sell cents per share.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-02
Brutalizing the War

UNDER FOUR FLAGS FOR FRANCE By George
Clarke Musgrave Illustrated. SYo DID, 3Ci D.
Appleton & Co.
Captain Musgrsve has written this
book as an expert in war, having gone
through the Cuban and South African
campaigns, and he has in consequence
given US thoroughly competent and
workmanlike history of the conflict
from the very beginning. Simply as an
account of the various battles and cam
paigns it is to be highly recommended,
particularly to the multitudes who have
not time to read the many volumed his
tories Of infnitesimal details which
some are putting forth and who have
no inclination toward nor need of mere
technicalities.
But admirable a. it is in that respect,
it is still more desirable as an ex-
position from concrete facts of the
manner in which German Kultur is
brutalizing war. That is to say, it is
not the war that has made thieves, in
cendlarles, nlurderers and lecherous
beasts OF the German army, both Off
GERS and rank and file. They were all
that in eslvance because of the per-
sistent teachings Of Kultur, and they
have immeasurably degraded and bes-
tialized war by injecting those ele-
ments into it. That is an appalling in
dlctment that anybody or anything
could make war worse than it was and
than it intrinsically is and must be.
Yet its truth is abundantly demon
| strated in Captain Musgrave's vivid
and convincing pages.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-02
Bay State Scouting
From the Top Of Grcylock to
Massachusetts Bay
RAVEN rAvRoL OF BOB.s uILL. pv {

J.. Burton. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. l2nlo
rp. 324. Henry llolt & CO.
CAMPFIRE GIRLS AND MOUNT G9EyLOCN
iy Isabel 1Io-nibroo;. illustrated l2rao. Pr
$tN. Loth7op. Lee & Shepard Company.
Mr. Burton gives us another Of his
capital Bob's Hl stories, full of nd
venture. ilumined with humor and in
stinct with the true spirit Of the Boy
Scouts. The scene is largely laid in
Grcyloc}S and TIE adjacent mountaina
though it embraces Boston and the his
toric spots in its environs; and all its
details are drawn with fidelity to
both geographical and historical truth
that is most gratifying. We should
pity the boy who was not deeply in
terested in every page of it.
Though in no sense related to the
foregoing, Miss Hornibrook's delight
full volume is Il fitting complement u
it. for it tells of the same picturesque
and historic region of tho northern
Nerkshircs. with Camp Fire Girls instead
of Boy Scouts for actors in the scene
1t is hcalthful, vivacious story OF
outing life and adventure, truthful in
spirit and inspiring in motive and rur-
port. Both these volumes belong to
c,as. OF Juvenile literature which is
cordially to be welcomed and recon
meNded.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-02

ton, or has it merely afforded an
opportunity for the assertion of spirit
which has always existed?
Whatever the answer, there multiply
and increase concrete proofs of the
existence of that spirit, regnant and
supreme, among both soldiers and
civilians. Scarcely any is moro strik-
ing than this, a volume of the letters
of scholarly young French officer who
entered the service at the very be-
ginning of the war and was killed in
action less than year and a half later.
AS a series Of sketches and impress
sions of the great operations of the
war in its earlier stages it is impress
sivc and illuminating in q high degree.
But its unique value is in its ex-
preston of the spiritual vision of a
pure and exalted soul, standing elate
and fearless amid the wrecks Of matter
and the crush Of worlds, and facing
with equal serenity the labors and
torturcs of life and the fearful en-
chantments Of the mystery which men
call death. "Whatever happens" he
cxcla;ms just before the catastrophe,
"lct US have confidence in God and
await events without >.ther apprehen-
sion or disdain." That was the spirit
of this French soldier, and that we
may accept with grateful reverence as
the spirit Of France.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-02
Guide Posts to Berlin

FIRST CALL. BY Arthur Guy Empcy. author OF
over the Top" illustrated. l2mo pp. XII
3Go G. T. Putnam's Sons
The subtitle of Mr. Empey's second
book is we'll chosen. The subject mat
ter consists chiefly OF intensely prac
tical information and advice TO young
soldiers, such as will indeed serve as
"guide posts to Berlin" 1t is given,
too, in a highly effective manner. A
formal instruction book is Of great
value. But it savors Of the acadcml.
and is likely to be regarded as dry read
ing But here is a volume which con-
tains much of what the textbook has,
and a good deal besides, presented in a
juicy. racy manner that makes it inter-
esting reading whether you want the
technical information or not. SO it is
:; capital book for every recruit to read.
10 teach him and to advise him about
his coming work; and it is equally gooo
for those who are not and viii not be
recruits to read, to tell them in a most
informing and sympathetic way just
what their boys, or their friends, must
DO and must expect to meet. We have
seen no book that gives, in plain speech
rnderstandcd Of the people, q better
idea Of the way in which the war is
wagcd, and of the work which our
soldiers have to do "ovcr there" while
its appendices, of glossary Of army
terms. English French German diction-
airy. illustrations of insignia of all the
armies, wig wag signalling, etc, gives
it something like an encyclopedia scope.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-02
The War in Fact and Fiction
and Those Who Are Waging 1t
By Willis Fletcher johnson

what Mr.. Toynbee gives US in one of
the most appalling and most convinc-
ing books that have been written about
,hlS war, though when one has read it
ne 1eels that he has "supp'd full with
horrors" Thus:
>, At Naubecourt they burned 1o6
houses out of 222 At Lsle-en- Bar
rols they shot two civilians At
Givry- -Argonne German officer
threatened to burn the village if the
Mayors assessor did not hand over
to him girl of fifteen who had cx-
cited his lust Sommeilles was COM
pletely burned. when the incendiar-
ism started" states the Mayor, "M.
and Nine. Adnot (thc latter about
SIXTY years ODD, Nine. X Thirty
five or thirty-six years old) and
Nine. KS four children all took ref
uge in the Adnots' cellars. They
We're there assassnated under afro
clous circumstances. The two women
were violated. When the children
shrleked, one of them had its head
cut oil, two others one arm and the
mother one Of her breasts. The
children were, respectively, eleven,
tive, four and one and half years
old" At Louppy-le Chateau they vio-
lated three women and two girls
the eldest of the women was seventy
one years old, the girls We're thirteen
and eight.
And so-shall we say ad nauseam :?
But the worst feature of it all is this,
that 1T shows convincingly that out
RACES We're not sporadic, or specially
ordered as punishments, but were the
habitual practice. in which officers and
men alike engaged just for sheer dew
!lsh lust of stealing, burning, ravish-
ing, torturng and murdering No, we
must not permit ourselves to be nause-
ated, but must read it sternly through,
in order to fix perpetually in our minds
and hearts true and living picture of
the Hun-not merely of William the
Damned himself, but equally of Fritz
and Hans in the ranks.