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The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
NEW YORK MONEY.

New Y@k. March u,-Money on cn opened at
were made q 5 pE cent
Tine money was not ehaacterissd b. ans
inreass in the supply. Six per cent was bid
for al maturities-
Msrcantils papr vas issued moderately and
the local demand vas apathetie. Rates for the
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Six Names Are Removed
From Enemy Trading List

Six names Of persons and frms IN
Mexico. Ecuador and Venezuela were
removed from the enemy trading Iist
yesterday BY the War Trade Board.
They are:
Ismael Gonzales. Merida. Mexiee;
Isidoro ochoa and Cis. Vera CruE.
Mexico: +. Roeder. Mexico City. Mex-
ico; Luis Felipe Hijo Guebara. Cut
dad Bolivar, Venezuela; J. A. II. Pull
gar. MaraeAibo. VeBezuels; L. 4. HI
jos Guzman. Gusyaquil, Ecuador.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
latest Financial Nelus Stock Marker Quotations

the great body of the American peo-
pie are even voluntarily acting In
cooperation with Mr.. Hoover SO
that our allies across the sea may
obtain the food which il necessary
to support the people In England.
France and Italy. as well as to sup
ply the armies which are now at
the front
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Baltimore. Ma. Msrch lL-Closing prices at
Baltimore grain marked:
wHEAT-Bas lots Of Southen sold from liz
TO al. as 10 quality and condition.
coRN-Cob corn. $40 Per barrel for carloads
nine nearby yellow In eood order; white. cob
% . par bErreL
OATS standard vhitA. IGA sale; No. ,
white. l-W. ssles
RYE-No. ; Western. spot an: has sts
nearby re. a to quality, z5s29.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
MANN BACK on JOB.

James r. Mann, Republican leader
In the House OF Representatives. al
though not completely recovered from
a recent illness, resumed his seat
yesterday. He will not take active
charge Of the floor, however. for
some time.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
L. W. Stotesbury Made Major.

Louis W. stotesbury. former Ad-
tutant General of New York State.
has been appointed a mater in the
United States Reserve and assigned
TO duty in the once Of the Inspector
General il was announced at the
War Department yesterday
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

. %; do, loose. - to quality. per cwt. Zooa
30; grapefruit. Florida, fancy. per box. Sooa3 80
do. tair to choice. per box. 20oa2 50; do. com
mon. per box. l.0Oal.50; oranges Florida, ordi-
nary to fair, peE box, LoeAS5e; do, Indian River
pines psr bOI, 6sOaI.oO: strawberries, Florida.
Refrigeration per at &a6
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
LOCAL MARKET QUIET;
BONDSALES few
Traction Stock Brings 81; Bond Of
Same Company eoN. d

Few transactions Of note occurred
on the local stock exchange during
yesterday's'session- stocks took pre-
cedenee. over bonds IN ire number Of
sales g @ - T..
Capital Traction brought s.. Mer-
genthaier Linotype. llsh and rs;
Washington Gas, s7sk and Commercial
Natipnal Bank. sa2 and so2N in the
stock sales. A, thousand dollar Capt.
tai Traction sold at ssss.
Gall for hank Statements.
Banks were yesterday asked by the
Comptroller of the Currency for state
ments OF their condition at the elose
Of business March 4 This marks the
first call In the new year. The last
call was that Of December q,
Northwest Savings Condition
Deposits at the Northwest Savings
Bank st the date OF the Comptrogier's
call Of March 4, totaled s17s. .soo-ls COM
pared with deposits Of 81, ,S1.6s on
December n. This shows . sain OF
s54,57SH for the two months and four
days between the two Gala
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Northvest sayiaE, ceadItiea.
Washington Stock Exchange.
SALES,
| Trnctin N AZ =

SALES,
Capital Traction, % at G.
After cAui
Capital rraetioa 8. u,ooo at III.
Commercial National Bank, st M 10 at
mr.
Mergenthaler. at llzt, 4 at II1
Washington Gas. s 81 ~. at 5TH-
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
FINANCIAL STATEMhG.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
The Prudential Insurance
Company of America,
OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

On the SIst day Of Deeenber, IatT,
as required under the District Of
CoIunbla Code, amended June "a.
lsok. and August Is 1911.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
GEN ERAl

Attorney-General Brundage of Illi. no1s charges the I. C. railway with evading taxes on a billion of nropertv
 An agreement is being drawn up to permit U. s. soldiers on foreign duty 10 vote without censoring the ballot.
 Knights of Columbus have raised the age of field secretaries to 5O an- tic1pating shortage of material when the new draft is effective.
 Shoe boxes have been declared non. essential, so shoes hereafter will come unwrapped.
 The 6-cent car fare proposed for De troit was held up by a federal court decision
 Considerable comment in Washing. ton over the effort of the ways and means committee to tax President Will son s24,000 of his salary.
 A shortage of s20,000 has been dis. covered in the accounts of an ex-state treasurer of Vermont.
 one million watches have been or. dered from Swiss firms to supply the American forces now in France.
 Two Halifax (N. S.) newspapers Lave offered reward of s15,OOo for the finding of German U-boat supplv base on the Atlantic coast.
 During week ending Aug. 9 15s sick and wounded soldiers were landed at various ports in the United States.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
PERSONAL

czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is des- perately i'll, both in body and mind, He is at Munich
 Wallace Davis. 28. son of Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, lost his fight to evade military duty, and was put in class IA.
 Coy. and Mrs. Gardner have gone to California in hope the trip will benefit Mrs. Gardner's health.
 Hsu Shi-chanr has been chosen as the next president of China The par lament is now in session.
 Stefansson, the explorer. has re. ported back from the far North" that many of the maps of that xbuntrv are faulty.
 fresldent Wilson has accepted Chi. cago's invitation to speak at that city,a Labor Day celebration.
 The first American to cross the Oureq in the recent offensive was Lieut.. Patrick Bowling, and he WAS killed shortly after.
 kerensky. hoping to visit America and lay his case before the president. has been denied a passport by Eng. land.
 Capt. Schweiger, the man who com. manded the U-boat that sank the Lusi. tanla, was himself finally hoist with his own petard.
 Capt. Franz Rintelen, former Ger. man army officer, Is now confined in a New York state tuberculosis sani. tarium.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
CITY HAS
 S3O,OOO FIRE LOSS
BLAZE DISCOVERED BY LITTLE ROCK MAN WHO ARoUSEs
 SLEEPING PEOPLE.
LARGE CROWD FIGHTS FIRE
Large Quantity of Merchandise in An Adjoining Building Owned By Grammar & Lewis Was Dam
 aged By Water.
Forrest City.

Forrest City Fire of unknown origin caused | s30,000 loss at Forrest City when the twostory building owned by Becker & Lewis and occupied by the City drug store and the Fair store was destroyed.
 The flames were discovered as they broke through the roof by A. E. Hatcher, a former druggist of that city, who now lives at 119 West Sec ond street. Little Rock. MT. Hatch CT had just alighted from the early morning train when he caught sight of the flames bursting through the roof of the building that formerly WAS his establishment He ran to the To- comotive and asked the engineer 10 oven the whistle valve to arouse the sleping people. In a short time | large crowd had collected to fight the fire.
 The City drug store was owned by N. s. Caldwell A large quantity of merchandise in an adjoining building, owned by Grammar & Lewis, was damaged by water.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
FOREIGN.

A oepate concerning Jewish loyalty resulted in fist fight on the floor fl the Austrian parliament.
 Villa bandits held up a train near Chihuahua. killed 20 civilians and 46 soldiers and robbed all the others.
 Mexico denies that England has any right to protest over a tax ruling on the output of Mexican oil wells.
 Foreign minister Von Hintze denied in the reichstag that he rejected any reasonable peace proposal.
 London reports dissatisfaction among German naval officers, indicating a change in the policy of the imperial fleet.
 More food crops are being raised in England this year than at any time since 1872, releasing much shipping.
 Allied aviators made a recent raid cn Frankfort. Germany, dropped 26 bombs, killed IF persons and wounded five.
 Canadian officials have announced that about 1000 troops from that coun. try will be sent to Siberia.
 The two factions in Germany are now at each o,her's throats over the question of which side brought Amer. ica into the war.
 Canada is taxing steps to reduce t,e amount of sugar used per capita by voluntary efforts.
 With German morale broken and supplies exhausted, it looks as if | lonK defensive war were beins
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
FOOD CONDITION IN
 JAPAN CAUSE RIOTS
TROOPS CALLED OUT IN EVERY IMPORTANT ClTY-SOCIAI
 UNREST GROWS.

Tokyo. - There is serious riotin: in Tokyo. Mobs are attacking and damaging property in the business and theater districts.
 The rioters also entered and pillag- ed houses in Asakusa, the great re- creation resort of the middle and low CT classes. number of the disturb CTS were wounded by the police.
 Troops have been called out in nearly every important city in Japan. Even the naval station at Maizura is affected by the unrest. Two thousand workmen are rioting in conjunction with the populace.
 At Nagoya, noted for it's manufac- ture of porcelains, mob estimated at 30,000 persons rioted. At several places the soldiers fired at the dis. turbers.
 At Kobe the soldiers and police also were obliged to use sabers and bayonets against the rioters.
 It is remarked that the uprisings are often anti-capitalistic in nature, the mobs attacking and destroying the property of the wealthy and geie- ing anger at evidence of luxury.
 Geisha girls have been stoned as they have driven through the streets in automobiles, and the houses of the rich have been assailed While the war has created millionaires and in- creased the luxuries of the rich, it has also increased the misery of the poor because of insufficient wages be- ing paid. Factory hands, especially, are fomented by the ring leaders of the riots, which are the first of the kind to occur since Japan was opel ed to western civilization.
 Disorders broke out in Tokyo Tues day night. A crowd of 5000, which was prevented from congregating in the park, marched to the Ginza, the great retail thoroughfare of the city, where they stoned and damaged 200 stores and restaurants, raided rice depots ard unsuccessfully attacked the ministry of the interior. Ninety arrests were made and 20 policemen were injured. Tokyo is now occupied by heavy detachments of police and infantry. The newspapers are for bidden to publish news of any kind relative to the rice riots.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
AMERICAN TROOPS
 TREATED CRUELLY
GERMANY TELLS NEUTRAL COUN- TRIES GERMAN PRISONERS
 ARE BEING KILLED.

With the American Army in France. While Germany is conducting d widespread propaganda among neutral nations to the effect that the Ameri- can military officials order the killing and maiming of wounded prisoners, German officials are treating the American wounded in an inhumape manner and making them the special objects of their hatred. Many evl- dences of these facts have been brought to light recently.
 A narrowing story of the treat ment of soldiers captured by the Ger mans is told by two British prisoners who escaped from the Germans and entered the American lines. Both are men of more than average intelli- xence. They say that 4,000 British prisoners with 1000 Russians were forced by the Germans to build the German railroad south of the Vesle river. They say that in Germany the signs which formerly read, "Gott strafe England" ("May God punish England") now have been altered by substituting America for England. They declare that German soldiers make practice of sending home the food and comfort articles which they steal from packages sent to allied prisoners.
 T would like to be in charge of a camp of German prisoners" said one of the men, "All the German sol diers that I saw are of the same type. They insult, abuse and kill their pris- oners at the least provocation."
 He said that it would be impossible for human being to survive long o1 the food given him while he was a prisoner. He said that the usual ra- tion consisted of a pint of coffee made of hawthorne berries, for breakfast. At 2 in the afternoon he was given watery soup containing a few dried vegetable. At o'clock he received a pint of hawthorne coffee and three quarters of pound of black bread. He declared that no man could sur vIve six months on such a diet.
 'The Russian prisoners are treated like brothers by the boche now" he said. The French have the next best treatment and the British next. Your country will be startled when II learns of the inhumane manner in which your wounded are being treat ed.
 'I believe that the Germans have suffered disastrous blow. saw hundreds of trains filled with wound ed from the Marne front. The Ger mans now are talking of the possi- bility of a propaganda to compel the neutrals to break with the allies and make situation out of which Ger man peace could be secured. In ny opinion, there is no degree of devil ishness of which the Germans will not be capable when they find that they are whipped.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
SUBMARINE LANDS
 MEMBERS IF CREW
SURVIVOR OF STEAMER JEN. NlNGS RECOGNIZES RAID.
 ERS' OFFICER.
GERMAN EFFECTED ESCAPE
Now Believed Three German Subra- rines Have Been Operating On American Coasts at Different
 Points-Take Precautions.

Washington. - Information furnish ed by officers of vessels attacked by German submarines along the Amcr,- can coast has strengthened the belief held by several experienced officials here that the enemy raiders have had communication with persons on shore and may even have landed members Of their crews in an effort to secure reliable information. The navy de- pertinent, officially refused to endorse this belief though admitting the pos sibility
 Positive claim that he met in a New York saloon an officer from the submarine that sunk the steamer O. b. Jennings, is made by the first off Ger of that vessel, according to one story reaching the department. The recognition between the American and German is said to have been in- stantaneous the American appeared to brother officer accompanying him for confirmation of his belief.
 Other instances have been heard not so we'll substantiated, of the dis covery of evidence that German sup- marines have been in close touch with the shore. One story along this line was that the captain of a coast wise vessel, being ordered to the sub marine with bis papers, was astonish- ed to see on the desk of the German commander, copies of the New York dailies of the same date.
 Communication between the raiders and the mainland is possible at scores naval officials believe, the irreguiarity of the American casts at eertaln points making such possible.
 Recently the precautions taken by authorities to prevent such communi- cation have been greatly augmented, both by shore patrol and other meth ods which can not be discussed. l. can be stated, however, that no official report has been made giving any den mite evidence of any enemy boat hay ing landed.
 From authoritative sources it was learned that there is reason to be- lieve three German sumbarines have been operating on the American coasts at three separate points. Two of these have recently "ceased ope- rating," either because their stores nave become exhausted or as a result of damage received in contact With patrol fleets. It is known the activi- ties of one boat ceased immediately after destroyer is reported having discharged depth bombs near the spot where the U-boat submerged.
 One of the three submarines, it is considered certain, was especially equipped for duty as cable cutter. This is held to explain the sudden parting recently of two Atlantic ca bles. A naval repair ship. escorted by fighting craft, since has picked up and spliced both cables.
 The German admiralty now has in commission between 160 and 1S0 sub marines, while the total number de stroyed by the allies has passed the POO mark, according to the most relia- ble information available here. If col rect. these figures would indicate new German construction has barely held it's own over the period of four years.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
DOM ESTlc.

Champ Clark says there is no chance for a congressional recess for some time, as war measures must be passed.
 It is probable that in view of a cur. tailed production 12 western states will be put on ration basis as to coal
 A city ordinance gives Chicago full control of all the street car lines. It will be voted on in November
 Only 13 counties in Illinois are to be allowed any anthracite coal this winter.
 Plans are in the making-here and abroad-for closer alliance after the war between England, the United States and France.
 Men in the new draft age now en- gagged in Red Cross work will not be taken into military service.
 President Wilson has refused to en- dorse the candidacy of Cole L. Blease of South Carolina, who seeks Tillman's vacant seat.
 Delegates from five states at Little Rock declared the cotton crop this year would total Il 1,500,000 bales.
 The Department of Labor announces that all retail prices have advanced 60 per cent since 1913.
 President Wilson is spending a few days at Magnolia, Mass, in confer ence with his confidential friend and a1ytser, Col. House.
 Denver street car men have voted to st41Ae unless the company agrees to federal mediation looking to more pay.
 When the new draft bill Is on the books 1l6 members of congress will bs
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
trebled the price of produce, cabbage being $70 per ton.
WAR BREvITIES.

A German Uboat sank Brazilian weasel off the coast of Virginia. The crew was saved
 A Paris paper, figuring on German losses, declares that 6,000,000 enemy soldiers have been put out since July. 1914.
 Gen Crowder has called 12,500 men for immediate duty Missouri's quota is 450; Illinois, 500.
 Two airmen at San Diego. Cal, fell into the bay and both were drowned.
 A British destroyer was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by German G-boat, and seven of the crew were lost
 One hundred prisoners of war are at work on farms near Camp Jackson. s. .. No one knows whence they came.
 Casualties in the war up to Aug. 12 for American troops have totaled 20.- 1l2, of which number 7,716 are dead.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Not in That Service.

Washington. Investigation by Commissioner Hugh NJ. Smith of the Bureau of Fisheries has failed to de- velop evidence to support reports tha: the commander of the German sub marine which has been sinking fishing craft off the New England coast for merly was in the United States fisn- cries service.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Condensed News Items of Interest From All Over the World Tragedies and Comedies of Life Assembled for
 Busy Readers
MISC6IIANE EOUS.

Showing our engineers are on the job, they have just built 130 miles of rail line, including two bridges and a tunnel, in 100 days.
 British war casualties continue to decrease, last week totaling S,620, as aainst 9,S66 the week previous.
 London dispatches declare that cnol- era is raging in Petrograd, deaths reaching 100000 in the last two months.
 American soldiers with the British army in Palestine have introduced baseball. to the edification and aston 1shment of the natives.
 Thirty-two vessels have been de- stroyed by German U-boats on this side the Atlantic and the pirates are still at work
 Allied naval officers expect the Ger man fleet to make dash for the open sea in the near future. The Christian Science at Boston has changed from an evening to morning paper.
 California registration shows total voting population of l, ,151 ,o65, of which 621,772 are Republicans
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
GRIM | NAL.

Joseph Kelly. 60. mail carrier. was sho> and killed on the street in St. Louis by his wife. Jealousy.
 Kansas State Guards have surround ed wood where are supposed to be hidden gang of bank bandits.
 Thirty-eight women were arrested for disturbances at Washington in con. nection with the suffrage movement.
 Wide anti-war plots have been re- vealed in Chicago by a raid on an- archist headquarters
 United States marshals at Sayan- nah. Ga, recently seized a large ship ment of liquor and consigned it to gov iernment hospitals.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Suffs In Bad Auain.

Washington. - Twenty-nine women were arrested by the police in Lafay- cite Square, opposite the White House, when a third attempt was made to stage Woman's Party dem- onstration there against the Senate's delay in acting on the federal sui frage amendment.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
For More Co-operation.

London. = Lord Reading, the Brit ish ambassador to the United States, is here to discuss with the govern ment proposals for closer Anglo American cooperation involving de fensive and offensive alliance, accord ing to the Evening News.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23

A pearl valued at $50 was found in Pemiseott bayou. near Blytheyiue, few days ago. This i5 the first pearl found in any of the numerous bayous of Mississippi county. though the eastern Arkansas rivers have furnish- ed many pearls. some of them being worth thousands of dollars.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Many Shonmen Retnrn

Washington. - Higher wages re- gently granted railroad shopmen have resulted in recalling to railway em- ployment more than 5000 workmen who had left previously to accept jobs with higher pay.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23

Fire of undetermined origin destroy ed 12 brick stores at Mariana and caused loss estimated at over S750,. GOO. Lack of adequate water suppsY handicapped the firenen in fighting the flames. 4 shift in the wind help ed to prevent further spread of the fire
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Ferdinand Near Death

Geneva. 1T The health of King Fer dinand of Bulgaria. who is at Nau- helm. suddenly has become worse, ac- cording to a dispatch received here from Munich. His condition now is considered critical.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
FINANCIAL.

The last issue of loan certificates was oversubscribed by s75,000, ,000 within the allotted time.
 Robert S. Lovett, director of railway expenditures, announces that only sSs.- 100000 out of $500, ,00O, ,000 has been used so far this year. Among the many methods of raising revenue for war purposes a tax of 1 per cent on all sales is advocated
 A move to conserve capital is seen dn measure which would give the U. 8. supervision over all loans reach ing $100,000.
 Secretary McAdoo has announced his plan for revenue includes tax of 80 per cent on war. trade profits.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
10000 Prisoners Taken

Paris. Since the beginning of the allied counter offensive on July IS the allies have taken more than 7o, ,000 prisoners and more than 1000 guns, the Echo de Paris states.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Messaae From Pershina.

Washington. = A special personal message from Gen. Pershing was de- livered to President Wilson by Col John F. Tinney of the army medical corps, recently returned from France after a years service.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
Strike Disorder Serious.

Montevidio. Uruguay.-Two persons were killed and more than 50 were wounded in clashes between troops and workers, growing out of the gen eral strike here, according to state ments from strike headquarters.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
ACCIDENTS.

Roy Meyers, the human fly" was killed when he attempted to walk up the side of building at Joliet. III.
 Harry L. Stout, Jopin (Mo.) mer- chant, was drowned while fishing in the Gasconade river.
 John w. Davis, 34, fell from a train at Beaucamp, Ill, and was fatally in- 5ured
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23
LABOR.

Samuel Gompers has been appointed ny President Wilson as head of dele ption to London to investigate labor 2conditions.
 aGompers, A. F. L. president, declares that labor men in general are opposed to the work or fight" order.
 Women gate tenders for rail cross ings are on duty in Connecticut, but the days work is said to be too long.