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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
WEST IS AHEAD !.
IN BOND DRIVE
Eastern States Tagging
Seventh District Com
pletes Its Quota

Washington, D. c., May 3.-The
Libeity Loan total today reached ST.
838,Sl7,30O with partial reports from
yesterdays business. The seventh
district Is the fourth to 60 over the
top With subscriptions of $453, 640,S50
to cover its quota of $425, 100000. ALI
the states in the district except I'LL.
nois have been over the line for days,
but Clicago's delay has held the dis.
tricts total down until now.
WEST is AHEAD
| Indications now are that every
state west Of the Mississippi has
subscribed its quota, although of,
fetal reports to substantiate this are
lacking from the Dallas and San
Francisco districts.
"This Is complete reversal from
the experience of the former loans,
when the eastern districts were the
first to 60 over the line" said a
treasury review issued today.
OHIO PASSES QUOTA
Ohio has subscribed $167,S37, 700
and exceeded its quota. Cleveland
with quota of $55, o00, 900, has over.
subscribed at least a million dollars
and got its honor flag today Every
! county in the immediate Cleveland
area is past it's goal and every county
except one in the Toledo area has
been over the top for week. Honor
flags have been awarded to 1924 COM
munities In the Cleveland district.
Atlanta district managers. today
sent word that they expect every
state, county, city and town in their
part Of the south to reach their
quotas.
SEVENTH DISTRICTS RECORD
Chicago. May 3-The seventh fed
eral reserve district Is over the top in
the Liberty loan campaign, it was
announced today at headquarters
here. The district has shot ahead to
a total Of almost 107 per cent of its
quota The district is nearly $780,
100000 over subscribed with quota
of $425, 100000. Only eleven counties
in the district, composed of Indiana.
Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin and Mich
igan have failed to 60 "over the top"
1t was stated. Three of these are
Illinois counties, four are In Michigan,
two in Indiana and two in Wisconsin
Cook county, (Chicago), is behind
the official figures on subscriptions
to the third loan being given as nearly
500, 100000. The quota is $126, $780,.
900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Wages Lag in
The Race With
F God Prices
Government Report Shows a
Rapid Decline in Buying
Power

The food wages of American union
laborers have been dropping rapidly
while their money wages have been
soaring, according to the results of a
study published. in "The Monthly Re-
view" of the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The conclusion is
based on comparative study of trend
Of wages and of food prices between
1907 and 1917.
Though the inquiry of the govern
mcnt agency is based on particular
conditions and should not be accepted
without reservation as precise state
ment of the general movement, it once
more effectively emphasizes the fu-
tility of judging the well being of
workers solely by their wages in dol
lars and cents The workingman
really can never determine whether
his actual salary has been raised or
lowered until he converts his money
return into food, clothing and rent.
A hint of what imitation means to
the worker is given in the Bureau of
Labor Statistics deductions. 1t bases
its data regarding the trend of wages
on the remuneration of selected
group of trade union members and it's
facts on food prices on special group
of foodstuffs. The results are ex-
pressed by the device of an index num-
Der in which 1912 and 1918 repre-
scented 100.
In cable purporting to show the
purchasing power of trade union
wages as measured in food, it presents
i this material:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Dividends

Tampa Electric Company-Regular
quarterly dividend of $3.50, payable
August Is to stock Of record August 1,
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Quarterly dividend Of 4A per cent
payable August l to stock of record
July 20.
American Caramel Company.-Regu-
lar quarterly dividend Of per cent on
the preferred stock, payable August 10
to stock Of record August l.
Hood Rubber Company. - Regular
quarterly dividend of ia per cent on
preferred stock, payable August 10 to
stock Of record July 20.
Union Street Railway.-Regular quar-
terly dividend of 2 per cent, payable
August to stock of record July is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Consolidated Exchange

tunis Of trade ON this exchange. 10 sharesl
transactions and prices yesterday for the
more active shares follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Begin Cotton Goods
Primary Mart Trading
Initial Transactions on War In.
dustries Board Price
Basis

Trading in cotton goods has begun
IN the primary markets on the new and
lower basis Of price fixed at the pre-
liminary meetings Of the War Indus
tries Board and the war service COM
mttees Of the trade. Sales Of wide
print cloths have been made on bass
of 80 cents a pound for delivery in the
last quarter of the year, and other
sales are being made Subject to gov
eminent price revision"
The announcement of prices on
many odd styles of gray goods and
sheeting3 and many h.lisneu ,.nes mas
not yet been made and the trade is
moving very cautiously until the new
pans are better understood. The Job
oeAs of the country have appointed a
committee that is now at work on
plans to harmonic the primary mar.
ket reductions with prices to be
charged for distribution when the new
and lower priced goods begin to come
to hand
1t may be some time before the e.
feet of the new price basis ie passed
on to retailers, but the latter have
not been charged on the very high
basis reached in primary channels dur
in the past five months. The upward
and inflated movement is at least re-
tarded and for the time being trade
is checked. Production is still greatly
hampered and curtailed. Wash fabric
buyers have begun to make selections
for the coming spring and in some
instances prices have been named on
goods that were in stock in the gray
before the price-hxing plan went into
effect.
Quotations are nominal. as follows:
e4x6os. 1874 cents; ssh-inch, s4xs4s,
IS cents; brown sheetings. Southern
standards. 2s cents; denms, 2.2o,
Southern indigos, 37la cents; t'ckings,
S-curce, 42ls cents; prints, 20 cents;
staple ginghams, 22ls cents; dress
Einghams, 271a and 32h cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Purchasing power measured
by retail food prices.
OF rates Of rates of

According to the foregoing table, an
hours wages in 1917 purchased only
rs per cent as much food as in 1918
and a weeks wages only n per cent
as much This would mean that if q
man had 70 work an hour for loaf of
bread in 1913, he would have to work
an hour for three quarters of a loaf
in 1917. Compared with 1913, an
hours wages in 1917 bought only II
per cent as much food, this table indi-
Gates.
These conclusions are made all the
more striking by the cognate data
which show that the money return
for an hours labor has risen greatly
over this period For all trades COW
cred in this report. the average rate
in 1917 was IA per cent higher than in
1918, and in 1907 it was but 80 per
cent of what it was in 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21


curity, will be eager to invest next
time.
The Minister of Finance has already
held several conferences at Ottawa
with the leaders of the former Victory
Loan campaign, and it has been an
nounced that the terms Of the impend-
ing loan will be practically the same
as those Of the last loan. The rate
OF interest will be 6h per cent. There
was some uncertainty on the Street
as to whether the Finance Minister
He has cleared the atmosphere. how
ever, by announcing that, like former
loans, the new issue will be free from
income tax.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

nd ON St. Paul preferred twice deerr.a .ra m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Elections

The Philippine National Bank an
nounced yesterday the election of it's
New York agent, Charles c. Robinson.
as vice-president of that institution.
Francis NJ Collier, elected director
Of the Tobacco Products Corporation
TO fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Leon Schinasi, was one Of
the founders of the Falk Tobacco Com
pany, recently acquired by the Tobacco
Products Corporation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Shipments of Manganese Ore

Shipments Of manganese ore from q
mine near Kaslo. British Columbia,
have begun and the product is coming
to the United States at a present rate
of twenty-five tons a day. The ore in
these deposits is estimated all the way
from 500 to 5000 tons and contains
approximately 40 per cent manganese.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Canada's Victory
Bonds Undepressed
By Heavy Selling
Only War Issue of Any
Nation to Hold Above
Initial Price
Especial Correspondence of The 7ribuns)

'oPSCp0A correspondence OF Inc ITt0tns)
TORONTO, July 20.-The Canadian
Victory Loan, which was issued near
the close Of last year, is selling at the
present time at the price at which it
was issued to the people Of Canada.
AS far as your correspondent can learn,
the Victory Loan is the only war issue
yet made by the belligerent nations
that is selling as high as the issue
price. 1t is significant also that the
market for. these bonds has not been
maintained as result Of any restric-
tons placed upon the market or
through the operations Of pool. ANY
one Of the 100000 subscribers to the
loan is free at any time to sell his
bonds. 1t is true that the government
made provision in the first place to in
sure the stability Of the marke. in the
eventually Of heavy liquidations by
setting aside certain amount of the
loan proceeds, but the use of this has
proved entirely unnecessary. During
the last seven months since the Victory
Loan was launched there have been in
variably more buying orders than SELL
ing orders. Many of these buyers were
new investors.
The Victory bonds were originally
sold at 500 nat, which is equal to
$3.50 and interest. To-day holders
can dispose of any quantity ut the lat
ter price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

Press
Trading stocks yesterday
the turnover pecaes under
than their usual as Sumatra
and Industrial Alcohol points
Dstlers to ~ and the local a
Uued States Steel the part of time but
all It's advantage at the
and motors quoted
Pals again ignored for activity
such widely divergent New
while Pacific Mail the only member shipping group display
animation advance of
TIE days of
the Of the mercantile
the dominance of war business"
Bonds
told unchanged on for the week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

unlisted. fsell cents per share.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Yesterdays Transactions in Listed Stocks


pers Is basedc on last payne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Curb Market

Note.-The Tribune assumes no RESPONSE
bility for the accuracy OF authenticity of
curb market quotations. Transactions and
prices yesterday were reported as follows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-10
LEGALS.
NOTICE.
Street PAVING INSTRUMENTS.

Street Paving Assessments.
mo,,ee rs nereby gwen by the Board OF
that the improvements authorized by
chapter, saSS, Laws of Florida Of 1909
s na oassea sf the City Of
wit; Street. grading, paving and curb
ing in. special assessment districts Num-
bers 1oef to 1904, inclusive, including the
following, portions of streets. to-wit. sec
ond. street extending from its connection
with the Barra meas. avenue paving at it's
west line, of Hyer street have been COM
pleted and the costs thereof has been as
certained and apportioned by said Board
of Commissioners In accordance with sa id
Act and Ordinances of said city: that the
said Board has issued special assessment
certificates bearing date September 16,
apportloned against, and payable by. the
several parcels Of lands abutting upon
portions of streets in said assessment dis
tricts; that the amount of assessment so
certified as payable by any lot or parcel
of land is payable follows: The total
amount In cash within thirty 600 days
option of the the owners of land, one
tenth In cash within thirty days (30) days
after the date of said certificate and the
balance in equal installments payable
1. 2. g. 4. 3, 6, I, and years after the
date of said certificate with interest from
date until paid, at the rate of six per
cent C. per cent? per annum, payable
annually.
II the owner of any lot or parcel of land
upon which an assessment Is payable
shall not apply to the Board of Commits
sioners within thirty 900 days after the
date of said assessment certificate for the
privilege of payment by instaliments. as
aforesaid, the right to such method of
payment shall be lost and the
whole sum due shall be payable at
once. and the lien given by law for ALI of
the said sums together with costs. and
the attorneys fec. specified in said Act
and the Ordinanc - of the city. shall be-
come Immediately forecloseablc.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PENSACOLA.
BY F. d. SANDERS, Mayor.
Attest: ]. O. WALKER,
CITY Clerk 1859
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MASTERS SALE.


BY virtue of decree of foreclosure
rendered by the Hon. C. NJ. Jones. Judge
of the Court of Record os fr-+s>~
~. Florida. in the case of w. D. Stapleton
against W. H. Hefton, MARY ~
his wife, ct al, / will, on Monday, the 4th
day of November. A D., lars. sell at
public auction for cash to the highest bid
der, before the door of the County Colrt
House in the City of Pensacola. Florida
at II o'clock noon, the following described
property. to wit: Lot in Section I.
2 $. r. 81 West, except the North IS feet
thereof sold to James Muldon by w. Fl.
Helton Dec 6. 1908, and except IS acres
in the Southeast corner of said lot sold
by B. A. Ard to Dan Malone, and ex-
cept 10 acres in the Northeast corner bar
gained by w H. Helton to J. A. Gilmore:
Also the following land: Beginning at a
point on the East line of the Love Grant
thence running West 996 feet, thence
North to point to a line running par
.allel with the North lire of the Love
Grant and dividing said land from land
decided by B. F. Barnhill and wife to
James NJ Muldon on Dec. 80. 19oSv thence
running East on said land $50 feet more
or less, to the East line of the said Love
Grant, thence South on said East line TO
point of beginning. and being the South
ern part of lands conveyed to r. r. baIn-
and recorded in Book AZ page 5U said
land being in Section 36 I. s r. 81
West and being same lands as shown on
plat attached to deed of B. bsrah,n
book So. page SIS. and marked J. w.
Thomas and Helton, said property con-
tanning e5 acres.
Also lot and the North half OF lots
All Being IN Eseambia COUNTY Florida to-
gether with the tenements, hereoita-
ments and appurtenances thereto belong
ing. Deeds at cost of purchaser,
GEORGE p. WENIWO1IH n.
Special Master.
Oct. 1918 oaw4w.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Thinkers VS..
Christian Science. Worth reading. Read
H. Price Zoe. Address author, Elizabeth
r. hughes, or call 5o7 Hayne street, Pen
sacola, Fla 1850
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JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAN
MECHANICS
Pensacola Council, No So, Junior Order
United American Mechanics meets sec
ond and fourth Mondays, ,. m, at
Is. Of p. hall. Ill 2. Intendencia st.. over
McHugh store. Visiting brothers COR
daily invited.
F. E. TUowELL.
r. p. DILLARD, Con.
Recording Secretary
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WANTED TO RENT-Furnished or un-
durnlsned house, preferably North Hill.
VIII lease for year. Address E-40 4e37
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NOTICE.

Representatives of all organl-
cations which meet at w. y. w.
Hall, Baylen and Romano
streets, are requested to meet
at the hall tonight at 8 o'clock
to consider matter OF import
ance.
c. D. CRoOKE, c. c.
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for engraving of all kinds calling cards
wedding invitations, etc. MAYES PRINT
ING CO. "a West Government. SIC
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WANTED-Sewing machines to repair.
Why buy machine when your old one
can be made good a s ever. Ring 1911
| will call. Work guaranteed Is East
Garden street. j. H. Biakesley. 1891
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girl to attend two re-
fined children. Must stay in house. A
good home for some energetic girl or
woman Apply postoffice box 211, Pensa-
cola, Fla 1914
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WANTED-Two or three furnished rooms
with BOARD for gentleman wife and two
large children. State location and price
In answer. References exchanged. W. S..
D., care Journal 4eos
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WANTED TO BUY

WANTED-One counter show
case and one pair Dayton
computing scales. Must be in
frst-class condition and cheap.
Phone 453 and ask for Mr.. Will
son.
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WANTED

WANTED = Partner to help
finance a hog feeding PROPOSE
ton. Like fattening hogs on
corn at ten cents per .bushel.
Same as producing bacon at a
fraction under two cents per
pound. Open now but will close
with first suitable applicant. Call
on Carl Irwin at Manhattan
Hotel. 1877
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WANTED-White cook, man or
woman, for Officers Club.
Good salary. Splendid quarters,
steam heat, bath, good treat
ment. Prefer good pastry cook.
Write or phone Sgt. Price, 9Th
Band, Fl. Barrancas. 1892
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HELP WANTED-MALE

timers and sheet
metal workers, labor troubles, inside
work, steady employment wages Soc. Csc
and 70c per hour. Address P. O. Box 246
Mobile Ala. 1898
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HELP WANTED-FEMAI.E

WANTED-A girl to assist in
kodak finishing department;
one with experience preferred.
Address B-50, care Journal.
1904
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ROOMS

FURNISHING and terms to suit
requirements. Only four
blocks out East Zarragossa
from Palafox street and on to
right on Florida Blanca. Fine
location, beach, homelike. Earle
Hauck, 40 So. Florida Blanca.
i 1891
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WANTED-An experienced gro
Gerry driver, good wages to
right party. Apply Sol Calm &
Company,
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FOR RENT-Nieely furnished room with
private family. 227 n. Baylen street.
5000
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Phone SO
From p. m. TO
la. m.
WANTED TO RENT

WANTED-To rent two con.
Meeting rooms and bath, fur
nlshed or unfinished. Address
P. 0. Box 1898. 1912
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colored woman for gem
eral housework. Call Mrs w r
Kunyan, 1o11 n. Reus ST. or phone 1892
1892
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Large comfortable steam
heated house, furnished, commodious
hardwood floors. Phone 2032 5Oo5
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WANTED TO BUY-Nevv or second hand
letter filing cabinets, bookcases and
other office supplies. Have for sale or
form floor scale, capacity $50 lbs: two
S-foot counter show cases and other store
fixtures. p. o. Box 1917, Phone AS 44a8
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WANTED TO BUY-wiu nav cash for
. good second sand piano. Address Piano.
San Carlos Hotel aaS3
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WANTED TO BUY-A second hand con-
per eVaporatof for syrup making sAd-
dress I. j. DAVIDSON, Gonzalez Fla 1895
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IWANTED-Light phaeton or nice rub
per ire buggy state price and terms.
<aduieSS Z. y. BOX NO Do. 1881
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WANTEDs-A good cook and a good house
girl Apply TO 619 North Baylen st.
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BOYS !!

WANTED-School boy to carry
newspaper route on West Hill.
Apply, The Journal, Circulation
Department.
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FOR RENT-Three unfurnished rooms
on car line, block and half from post
office bath, electric lights. No children.
p. o. Box 1920. 1883
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-04-18
CONCRETE SHIPS.

The experiment of constructing con-
crete shops seems to be success since
the launching in California Of the one
recently constructed and called Faith
The President highly approves the
plan to appropriate $50, 900, 900 for this
purpose and if they do not meet with
opposition $1,000, 900 will be available
at once for this new work 1t is not
yet known what effect the sea water
will have ON the concrete or in what
manner they will withstand shock but
should these questionable points be
satisfactorily answered concrete ships
on account of their quick construction
and being able to be built at any place
where the water is deep enough to
launch them. will 20 far toward solving
the shipping problem.
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.

Douglas Fairbanks, a general favor
lite movie actor, who has been travel
ing from California eastward. and stop
ping at many large cities in using his
fame and talent in the interest Of the
Liberty Loan. He was in Louisville
one day last week where he made a
visit to every movie theatre making
speeches and helping to sell Liberty
Bonds. Every one that purchased a
bond at the time was presented with a
picture of this famous actor whose
presence and enthusiasm was an in
SEPARATION to the cause.