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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28

FRUITS
LES-VirEinia. per bhl. 40 to ~
quarter peCksl. Winesaps. sSq9
CHERRIES-Virsinia. per quart white. 30
. 3Ac: black. iOc-
various small size. best. 81 50dl.75, poorer,
81 a 20 fancy Red Birds, S2.5Od3
STRAWBERRIES - Per quart C32-Quart
crate,. Eastern Shore. sa9c, New Jersey.
7mi2c: few higher Kentucky t24-quart
cratesl "a l0c. poorer. , q &c.
wATERMELONS-Flor 35 75c each.
VEGETABLES
AsPARAGUs-Nea green per bunch
Colossal. few, 25c fancy. l5a 20c. primes
100 l5c. culls "a l0c.
BEANs-South Carolina. per bushel ham
per - to Is quarter, pecksl, green, best
S2d2,25; poor, T5C a 81 so. North Carolina
BEETsZPsr bunch. Norfolk, 4g5c
CABBAGE-Norfolk Eastern Shore and
Virginia, per crate go to 100 Ibs.), 81 Is q >;
CARRoTs-Mtssissippi per dozen punches
CucUMRERs-Florlda per busheI ham
per fancy, s8.6Oa4.25; choice, s29S.
80 headsl. 81 az. 2SiL New Jersey, per crate
HRooSIs-NeaTby per lb. q to : lb
oNIoNs-Texas per bushel crate. yellow
No = 9Oc a 81 25 boilers, 500 8Oc.
Quarter peeRs best sst 10
more, So: New Jersey, per y -hushel basket
/
40 quarter pecks). 81. so a 5.25, No. 2, .25
"a; sacks marked $50 lbs. No $500
rs: No Q S2d2.50: bulk. Michigan and
New York United States; No. S1.s5dl.5o;
Pennsylvania. well graded 81 500 /. As; poor-
ly graded. small 81, 10.
RADIsHES-Nearby per bunch, ldl7c,
RHUBARB--Nearby. per bunch IL q 2iz c.
sCALLIoNS - Nearby. per 100 punches,
40G 75o.
SPINACH+Pennsylva mia, per bushel box
"a to quarter specks). 25 a soc. per bbl,
New Jersey 75c q 81.
SWEET POTATOES = New Jersey per
hs mper (10.to 12 quarter pecksl, No. L. 81. 80
6275; No 2. 81 25dl35.
ToMA.ToEs. Florida. per s-bsskeet crate.
fancy hest s4.ho@5; poorer. s2 5og4i
choice best. ss5094.25; poorer. s29s.
AUCTION SALES YESTERDAY
APPIEs = Northwest, per bushel box.
Winesaps. s3.T54415
oRANGEs-Fiorida. per box Q28 to $50
in box), ss.1o@s2bi d7s to $50 in boxl.
| So 10 a $50; California, per box u26 TO $50
IN boxl s4,4o@Teo; ore to 2Is in box),
! 81. as61g0. t250 IN box) tS.s5d7.50
GRAPEFRyIT-Florida per box tsf to
50 10 boil g 50 O. 25.
varieties. " tt9 4ss.
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BONDS
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

New York, May 2s.-Trading through
out the session in the coffee market was
very Indifferent and price changes were
narrow. The main feature in the market
today is the uncertainty as to what ac-
ton the Government will take in regard
TO coffee now afoat, and on which the
freight rate paid has been higher THAI
the rate allowed by the shipping board
Some coffee merchants express the oDin-
ion that large amount of this coffee
may go into warehouses, awaiting final
Government action
Clearances of coffee from Brazil so
far this month have been 657, 900 bags,
which is very much larger than the trace
expected. This total, including a shin
ment yesterday from Santos of $4,000
bags, is believed TO be the Government
allotment made last month.
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Realty Associates, regular senniannual of
3 per cent. payable July is TO stock of
record July g.
Ligsett & Myers Tobacco Company reg.
ular quarterly of ia per cent on preferred.
payable July to stock Of record June "a.
Columbia Grapha phone Company, regular
quarterly Of 1 y per cent. payable July 1 to
stock OF record june Is.
American Can Company, regular quar-
terly OF IN per cent on preferred payable
June 1 to holders of record June IA.
kenneeott Copper Company regular quar-
stock of record June
Northern Securities Company. dividend Of
ord OF that date.
Eastern Shore Gss and Electric Company.
a dividend OF Ia per cent on preferred pay
able Iunes 20 stockholders OF record At the
close of business May 25.
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Cooler weather and more rain IN
parts Of the belt. which is delaying
planting, led 10 a more hullish feeling
in corn this m prninE and the market
wa stronger Pit shorts 30, cred and
offerings We're limited Business was
light and chiefly local
June opened i cent higher at $131
July was quoted at $l.3Sla n l3S3s at
the outset. against 1917. at the end
Yesterday
Secretary Mauff. of the Chicago Board
of Trade. has received a dental from
j. J. Stream. chairman Of the coars"
grain division of the food admnistra-
ton, of recent reports that the Gov
ernment had placed large contracts for
alcohol. The arrivals here today we're
125 cars.
Selling by commission houses weak
ened May oats. but the position rallied
on covering by shorts July was tirmer
The arrivals here To-Day were lSS cars.
May ranged at II to i4"4c at Inr
start later selling at - i2c. July opened
at 6b"S to 66lsC, against 5".C at the
close yesterday. The action OF Nav is
the principal feature at present and the
outcome depends on how much cash oats
the bears have on hand to apply on de-
livery.
The eNportable surplus of Argentina
is officially estimated at 10000. 600
bushels
The receipts of wheat at Minneapolis
and Duluth today were l2S cars. against
3l3 cars last year: at Winnipeg 2S3 cars.
compared with 1913 cars at Chicago :
cars. against ~ cars.
An official estmat" puts the expOrtable
surplus of wheat in Argentina at l4s-
100000 bushels of which about g6.ooO,.
,l,.,1.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. MAY 2S.-The foreign eX-
change market was dull and not particu-
larry interesting in the early dealings
today. with the exception of improve
Lire hung at the extreme low record es-
tahlished late on Monday. otherwise
the market was fairly steady
Quotations were:
Demand sterling i.75'2. cables i.76
ZIG SiXty-day bills, nOmlnaliy. 473 &;
ninetN-day bills 4.7l.
Paris cables SO, checks 5.71 i2
Lire cables 9.1+. checks ?.l5ig
Swiss cables 4.01. checks O5.
Gulder cables so. checks 49l.
Pesetas cables 2S5s, checks 2Sas
stockholm cables "a l.. checks 81.
C'hristiania cables 81 3, checks 81 t2
Copenhagen cables s -. checks 81 Il.
Ruhle notes were heavy AZ 1884 a II
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CLOSING LIVESTOCK PRICES

Chicago, May s.-HOGS-Receipts today.
5000 head: tmorrow. "a, 900 head. Slow
sis.SSgiss. so light. sic 80 g 1890; mixed.
SIS. 50Q l5.e .eO good to choice. $500 l6 81
.CATTLE-Receipts today, 1i.OOO head.
stEE4Prg;r = TOP, 81 80. ,oooo
Market 10 a 15c higher, Top, $3.50. Spring
lambs-Top, 500.
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offerings only moderate and demand fair.
Quotations: solid-packed creamery. extra,
arsts fs 45c; rsts II i2c; S seconds as ioo
bespSs t0bb,n 1Fnts tsG fsnSY
II @ 46c; gsrlicky, s5G 8sc.
EGGs-9nerings were lisht and values aluss
cases. nearby frsts s10;a5 per standard
case: current receipts. 'lo;05g 1920 pei
nrsts. siO 2OaiO.5O per case fancy Sc.
lected eggs were jobbing at Al @4sc pei
dozen.
CHEEsE--old chees was quiet and barrels
steady, New make was scarce and hrmer
Sa a4 eS speeas HTE YoTs
whole-milk, fair to good old, % a 24c do
do. fresh, 23d 24c.
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DELAY IN PLANTING
FAVORS CORN MARKET
Sentiment Improves on Re
ports of Cooler Weather and
Rains Throughout Belt

GRtIN BELT WEATHER rOREt t~T
Chicago, Mat 2S. - Illinois Missouri
Wisconsin. Minnesota. Iowa. south Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas shower. tonight
and Wedne SdaH; not much chang" in tenn
pPrnture
North DakOtH--N0stN cloud, tonight and
wednesday,: prUhHbiN showers in south.
Montana - rartlN cloudy tonight and
"wednesday: warmer Wednesday.
NSOminE-RHin east; rain or snow west
tonight and probably Wednpsdu>.
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Ofhcial discount rates at the twelve
Fedora Reserve banks We're as follows
tThe first column gives the rates for
all periods up to and including the fif-
teen.daN maturity. the second for a
period Of sixteen to ninety days. The
third and fourth columns give the rates
for redisCOunts of collateral loans Sc
cured by Government bonds or nOteS)
naner pa n,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28

Liverpool, May 2s. - Spot cotton was
quiet today. with prices unchanged on
the basis of 2l.lSd for mddlug. old
contract The sales We're 2OO0 bales.
The receipts were 10000 bales, all Amer
lean. Futures were quiet in the early
dealings Old contract spot prices. were ::
American, midding fair 1890; good
mddling 21.7Od; middling. @l1Sd; low
midding. 2O65d good ordinary, l966d :;
OrC, nary. 9 l&d.
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POULTRY

LIYE-Demand was fair and values ruled
hYm and higher under scarcity. Quota
Wslsb,Ps Ven: T0T ss spscs 'p5iRS e
ing OH lbs, apiece. So q 55c; STACEY young
roosters, % a 26c; old roosters. 22q2sc;
ducks. Pekin, rs q 30c; ducks Indian Runner
90 @27o; geese. 25@28e, guineas. per pair,
81 500 I as; pigeons. old per pair. 40 q 45c!
pigeons. young. per pair Is q 30c,
DRESSED-Fowls and old roosters were
quiet aud lower. Other descriptions were
generally firm. Quotations were as follows
picked. WeishiSs / ,iSs e and over apiece,
s5c; smaller sizes. 80 @s4c, Old roosters.
milk-}ed, dry-picked, fancy. selected. s5K. e;
90, weishins lbs and eser apiece. a5c. DO.
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Governments Local
Market Reports

This daiIu report is sent ont by the
Bureau of Markets OF the United States
Department Of Agriculture, PhtiudeL.
phiu branch, with headquarters at 500
SIS Insurance Exchange Building.
Wholesale prices on .arge lots to
jobbers
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More Gold From Canada

New York, May 2S-The Bank of
Montreal has received 81 900, 600 in gold
from Canada making $4.OOO,OOO in all
received by that institution from the
Dominion within the last two weeks.
These arrivals relieve, to an extent. the
tense situation reflected in the premium
unon New York Exchange at Montreal l.
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BANK CLEARINCS

Bank clearlngs today compared with cor-
responding day last two years
1918 1917 1915
Roston s6504l 0Ss s37. .3O4 900 Holiday
Philada 5G.lO5.T4i 50.G42 Ol0 Holiday
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VEGETABLES

r,Ie9 IP9tatoes toes Of fine quality, sold fairly and
ruled firm Other vegetables were in mod
crate supply and demand at revised figures
quotations: White potatoes, per 100 lbs -
Pennsylvsnia. 81 3O@1. 40; New York, 81 80
gl3o. White potatoe Florida and South
carolina, per bbl.-No. |. s475a5.25: No
e sS@4. White ,Pota toes. Florida, per $50.
SI2 sweet potatoes: Jersey. per y -busn.
basket 80 lbs.-No, /, $500 so; No 2.
5oa eOc sweet potatoes, Jersey. per ham
per-No. /. $3.50 G1 30; No 2. 75c a 81 2S
Celery Florida. per crate. 1905. Lettuce
Norfolk per hamper 75c a 81 IS; do, North
carolina, per hamper, 75c q 81. .25; do. South
pan Fords Ssr peS eSpPsr b6s a. Egg
be SSs g3Sc :, cuyHmosEEs. Florida per
crate, 81 23@2,25. Beans, Florida, per ham
per. hOc4 s2 do, South Carolina per ham
per: SOC @ 50; do. Georgia, per hamper, 5UcD
] 80 Beets. North Carolina and South
Carolina. per 100 punches, s1f5; do. Nor
folk, per 100 bunches. s5qT. Peas Norfolk
per hamper, 75c q 81. 25; do, California, ner
drum. Sid 4 so Corn, Florida, per crate,
saS4 do PsPPsTs SBBsn rFI FIoTds PeTo
toes; Florida, per crate, s?g5:5o, Cabbage.
Texas new, per crate-No. l. sl;259l. 50;
No. 2, 75c a 81 watercress, per 100 punches,
Slq2. Mushrooms per lb., 2eG +Oc.
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NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

New York. May 2s-BUTTER-Receint
l3,s42 tubs. Market a shade easier Extras
aStSA 6; state dairy 42ia q 4se Others un'
EGGs-Receipts, 81 4o2 cases. Market II.
regular. Extras, SIC; extra hrsts, $50
35h S: white. Al q42c; brown SIS a 40e; ;
mixed, 500 Ssc. otkers unchanged.
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INACTIVE STOCKS

Following are quotations from in
active stocks listed in the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange and in which there
were no transactions today. The price
gwen Is the last previous close:
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GRAIN AND FLOUR

firm H opotdtjo6sp foloM SSS" 0gsp @sr ots ia in
Seya2E '1nqaT4 i'm
sprnR, s2S7 57?"SaFo So ha winter s2$7 No
Re- red dITSm WHFar s227 Nc GSrd &G WIS soft
No. /. s2.35; No . So 30 Minimum prices
Red winter No. 3. s22i; do No. i. s2.1s
@.i3 soft 10 % II r.! DO No, s2.i6
do. No. J. $2ia; do. sample grade. 81 O2 70
Special maximum prices--onIy 70 be ap.
piled when the othar nnaIitIes in The whea
are high anomgh tn wsrrant II 80
" ,tlousu 4. W a. lhl' ~
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FRESH FRUITS

Choice stock met with fair sale and values
ruled steady: Quotations: Apples per -
Winesap, s4Q7: Albemarle Pippin, s5as,
Baldwin s4@7; Ben Davis. s350q8; apples
Black Ben, sea 3, 25; Ben Davis, s2.5o43S0.
Newtown Pippin. s2d4; apples. nearby, per
hamper; 50c a 81 80; apples. nearby, per 4
per 6,6asket carrier $1.5Od3; lemons, per
box. saqS; bananas per bunch, S2@s5O:
rsnses oranses 6aifHrn, lHfda per box st5oSz9o
Erapefruit, Florida, per box s2.5094:
pineapples. Porto Rico, per crate s3G & 30 :
cocoanuts, per bag, S5.5O66; straNyberriss
delaware, MARYLAND and Eastern Shore, 64
i1c; STRAWBERRIES, Tennessee and Kentucky
~ llc' watermelons. Florida per 100 s35 a
100; watermelons. Florida. per carload sS50
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BUSINESS Is LIMITED
IN COTTON MARKET
Price Declines Attributed to
Continuation Of Favorable
Weather for Crop

COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIO\S
New York. May 2S.--The following tenn
nerntures were recorded in the cotton belt
this morning:
ChnttanOCEa. 6S3 Abilene. shreveport .
oklahoma, Meridian, Macon. Knoxville.
Augusta, Atlanta. Savannah and Whining
TO, 20; san Antonio. Fort Smith, Thomas -
Vile. Charleston md IN ClSSonvillP. -; Cot
weston, New Orleans and Montgomery. - (;
Corpus ThriSti. Pensacola aud Tampa. f6.
There was ,O1 inch Of precipitation nt
Augusta, II at New Orleans and .l6 AZ
ShrpyenOrt
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PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

weighing 8i7 lbs apiece. 81 q S4c: 90. weigh
hbS;. fns apiecr nd31c; frozen fowls. in
9Dsr 9Diace apISSs sS Ss aa 84c do weiEhing 81 lbs
Frozen broiling chickens. weighing IL ~
lbs apiece, western. 4O6 i3c. Roasting
Tfbhickensdi fbs ems western; in boxes, weighing III
loS 3i.oa apieGe (, $S@3tc; DO, weighing Si3 lbs
apiece, % q 30c; roasting chickens, westar5
g gc oDs' do wsishtns wsishns t bs and over ap!sc
s$c do ms WsfERms @ lbs lbs apiece. sPsSs. 81 $s@S g
go 4, g., uIhiIs' nearby. dry-piCked best.
"o, 90 20 d. iaif 70 good, Sq3OC: turkeys,
good IS 3gCi turkeys. old toms. 34c; do,
TToimm9n' TSinnG 40 - q 2sc. Spring ducks Long
weighing II to Il lbs: per dozen. s7gi.2S;
@%hnitse. weighing 3 to 10 lbs. per doz., ST. IS
qn 10; do. weighing lbs per doZ $50
5;75; do. weighing lbs per doz.. s49i.5GG:
40; so;1 wdeishing Sgdk lbs. per. doz., 50 $50
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CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS

Chicago. May 2s,--BUTTER--Recei
15T04 tubs. Market UNCHANGED.
EGGs-Receipts, 32.97+ cases. Market
unchanged. f -fs
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PHIINDELPHIt- call. & per cent
time. 5a4 n per cent Commercial raper.
three to six months, 5T 6 per cent: SIX
mOntl =, & per cent
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PROVISIONS

The market ruled steady, but demand was
only moderate. The quota tions: City beef. in
sets, smoked and air-dried, SOC; western
beef, in sets, smoked, soc; city beef.
knuckles and tenders. smoked and air dried,
40c; western beef knuckles and tenders.
smoked, 40c. Beef hams. s45 Pork. fam
ily, s52 a 80. Hams, S. p. cured. loose, 2St
do smofed fS sk49fd SS 2S o,SeT Sams as
smoked, city cured. as to brand and aver
age. 2ai. a 3Ot c; do, smoked western
cured, 29l4 @ 3h4 c; do. boiled. homeless; SIC
picnic shoulders. s. P. cured. loose, 21h G
do smoked 22l7 Bellies. in pickle, accord
ing to average. loose, 32c. Breakfast bacon
as to brand and average. city cured. 4Oc; do,
western cured, 40c. Lard, western, renned,
27 q 27R C.
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REFINED SUGARS
DAIRY PRODUCTS

Prices were steadily maintained on a bas sis
of I.45c for fine grsnulsted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28

Walter Borton has been appoint
trust officer of the Provident Life &
l111f Co. TO succeed j. Robert Foulkes
~ has resigned from that office which
. hiss held since 1881. Leonard c. Ash
41 HeE been appointed secretary in place
MI Borton The new appointments
&$< efrective July l.
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Financial Briefs

The New York subtreasury gained
11+2f9.000 from the banks yesterday,
making a cash net gain since Friday Of
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-07-26
THEIR FINAL REST TOGETHER
Soldiers Intensely Pathetic Descrip'
tion Of the Burial Of Youthful Scot
fish Officer With His Men.

I stood one night on a certain hill
that commands the firing line in an
almost soundless panorama. Beside
me was an officer of the Second Ca
madam division, who had just come
out. There that night, by its white
trail of iridescent light, we could trace
the course of the firing line for many
miles through France and Flanders.
Just to our left the line Of light
jutted far out, like a lone cape into
the sea. 'What is that jutting-out
placer" my friend inquired.
"That," I answered, lis the Ypres
salient, the Bloody Angle Of the Brit
ish line"
To mention the name Of Ypres IL
to have ones memory awakened with
a veritable kaleidoscope Of pictures.
That trail of light that jutted out into
the night looked like cape, and an
iron cape it has been through months
and years of war. But the holding OF
that cape has been at an awful cost.
and there was not an inch along that
trailing line Of light that had not
cost its trailing line Of blood.
Just after the first gas attack In
April, 1915, the whole countryside was
in a panic. The roads were filled with
civilians in alarm, fleeing down coun-
try, and with limbers and marching
troops Fastening up. / was passing
through the town Of Vlamerthigne,
which is situated two miles beyond
Ypres. In field at the side of the
road I saw a funeral party. 1t con-
sisted of several pioneers, serving as
grave diggers, gray-headed Scottish
major, and a corpora's guard to act
as firing party.
/ learned that this inconspicuouS
group were burying the last original
officer of battalion Of the Cameron
Highlanders. The dead officer was
young subaltern, and the gray-haired
old major. was his father, who had
come from another regiment to attend
the funeral of his son.
So, over liz q great deep trench,
where number of the rank and Tile Oh
the fallen Camerons were already LAID,
the body of their dead subaltern was
placed. AS I saw the officer and his
men of the bonnie Highland regiment
thus laid to rest together, thought
of the requiem of Saul and Jonathan;
'"They were beautiful in their lives
and in their deaths they were not d.
vided. Capt. Arthur Hunt Chute In
the North American Review.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-07-26
Renair Shin Mysterious.

The manufacture of large part OF
machinery to replace anything broken
is almost impossible in the limited
space of the battleship's machine
shops. But wondrous feats are per-
formed in the repair ships that ac-
company fleets on stations remote
from dock facilities, states British
war correspondent.
The repair ship is huge floating
smithy and machine shop packed with
everything that the wit Of man can
concentrate into the space for treat
ing wounded battleships. These ships
employ some of the best artif1cers
from our naval dockyards and are
scattered in every quarter in when
the British fleet is stationed remote
from dock facilities. The Boche has
nothing like them and 1t has been
stated that no inquisitive Boche has
ever been allowed to intrude his nose
aboard one to investigate its mysteries
and take the information to his en-
ployers of how the strange feats per-
formed by the repair ship are effected.
The repair ship is the abode Of secrets.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-07-26
Jews put to Death In ukraine.

Washington.-A number of Jews
have been condemned to death and
executed at Kherson, Ukraine, for
hiding grain, according to report
which the State Department character
ICES as more or less clrcumstantial.
A priest who endeavored to aid the
condemned men has since died of in
iuries. Jewish merchants at Kherzon
aave been executed also for refusing
to give the names Of the peasants with
whom they dealt and who were
charged with concealing grain. A re-
port from Finland says members Of
the Red Guard are being executed dali
" by German firing squads.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-07-26
Contracts Awarded Oriental Builders

Washington.-The United States,
turning to its associates in the Orient
for aid in meeting the shipping crisis,
has let new contracts for ships to ia
pan. which will make total Of more
than $1OO,0OO,O0O to be spent for tom
mage in the island kingdom and in
China. Announcement was made of
the awarding of contracts for 30 YES
sells to 13 Japanese yards. All of the
ships will be of $500 tons or more, and
the total tonnage will be $4,000.
These ships are in addition to $4,000
tons purchased from japan and 10000
tons chartered at total cost of $751;
600, 900, of which $2O,01O,OO0 has been
expended.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-07-26

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-Announcement OF
selling organization formed to dispose
OF 40 German concerns taken over by
the Government under the trading
with the enemy act" and valued at
approximately $3.50, 100000, was made
by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property
custodian. Forty of the companies,
with capitalization of more than
S10O, 900, 600 now are ready for sale, &C.
cording to Mr.. Palmer, and the remain
ing hundred and all other corporations
hereafter taken over, will be sold as
soon as the new organization can
make them ready for the auctioneers.
Joseph F. Guffey, of Pittsburg, presi-
dent of the Natural Gas Association OF
America and formerly on the petro-
leum committee of the Council OF Ma
tional Defense, has been designated
as sales manager of the Federal Sell
ing Corporation. He will have charge
of the actual disposal of the German
owned corporations and will supervise
all the details. His Office will be IN
New York.
Mr.. Guffey will work, however, in CO
operation with an advisory committee
and a Washington committee in all
things connected with any sale and in
all matters that may arise before any
property is actually turned over to
the purchaser. Other members OF the
selling organization will be Mr.. Pal
mer: representatives of the Alien
Property Custodian, in charge of each
property to be sold, and an attorney
representing the Alien Property Gus
todian in respect to each property to
be sold. The Advisory Committee
named by Mr.. Palmer follows:
Chairman Otto T. Bernard, of the
New York Trust Co., former Justice
George l.. Ingraham, of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme
Court; Cleveland H. Dodge, New York
banker and philanthropist; Benjamin
II. Griswold, Jr., banker, of Baltimore,
and Ralph Stone, of the Detroit Trust
Co. The Washington committee Will
be composed of members Of the Alien
Property Custodian's office in the cap
ital. 1t consists Of Lee G. Bradley, Cen
eral Counsel; Bradley w. Palmer, AS
sistant General Counsel; Homer A.
Dunn, Director of Bureau of ADULTS;
]. Davis Brodhead, Chief of Depart
ment of Corporate Management; Jo'
seph A. Bower, Chief of General Bust
ness Department, and Geo. P. Wagner,
Secretary.