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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-04
would Detach America.
Italians Are Warned.

ROME. Wednesday, April 3.-Italians
~ warned against the speech OF Count
cNfuin by the Giornale d'Italia as, it
IAoays austria Hungary has spoken
peace before every mem offensive
,1uninst Italy"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-04

Finn responded IT'S an the same you
have just two minutes 10 get ont OF the
house"
The visitors, who had finished their
meal. left the room, accompanied by IN
suits from the Finnish Officers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-04
Here at Last!

What every ones been talking about
thinking about-hoping for and waiting for.
It's here-for sale everywhere-that won
derful drink
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
The Element of Surprise,

The usual caustlc comment followed
the reading OF the news In the morning
papers and the response OF the stock to
that pews, but as a matter OF fact. every
one in Wall Street. the public, the pro
fessional trader, the banking world and
the directors and officers OF the Interna-
tonal Mercantile Marine Company were
equally surprised by II Opinion in more
conservative circles was that there had
been no ground for sharp criticism In the
anair. And indeed. Il was pointed out
that the board OF directors had consist
emily stated at all times In the long
months OF negotiation all tina could be
stated. In fact. the British Governments
consent to the sale to British syndicate
had been obtained and the negotiations
were very nearly concluded when the
Uni q States shipping Board stepped In
az called halt to the proceedings. The
d ectors yesterday knew only that the
board was prepared to buy the ships and
merely ooeyed Washington in stopping
further talk with the British syndicate,
II was the consensus of opinion in i'm
poTtant circles that the transaction would
eventually be made because OF the in
fuence the United States can bring TO
bear on It's conclusion,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
eff II Goes ThrouEh-S

Whether the British tonnage Is pur-
chased by our Government or not some
interests believed matters are in the end
likely to work out more probably for the
company's shareholders than had the
original scheme for the sale to the Brit
lsh syndicate gone through. This belief
IS based on two propositions. First, II
the status OF the ownership OF the ton
mage In the deal remained unchanged
stock holders would receive their back
dividends In time, any way. nd after the
war changes In our revenue bills would
make the aggregate total Of back pay
rnents subjec: to a probably lower scale
OF income tax. Secondly. II the tonnage
were sold TO the United States the share
holders would nave to pay only one In
come tax on the transaction, the Ameri-
can tax. and would avoid the payment Of
the extremely heavy British impost. II
was learned from high authority yester-
day that II the deal goes through the dis
position Of such assets would necessitate
the retirement OF all outstanding bonds
at 40 and the payment OF the back
dividends. for the company could not
legally dispose OF these assets without
such action.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
Uncertainty stiII th. Factor.

II Is by no means certain that Chair
man Hurley Of the Shipping Board has
obtained the consent OF the British Gov
eminent to the purchase by the United
States OF the ships. Indeed. Washington
yesterday refused to confirm or deny the
story printed on The news ticker From
the very fact that the board Of directors
OF the International Mercantile Marine
Company had received no word from the
Government beyond hearing that the
Shipping Board was ready to purchase
the ships IL was assumed that the con-
sent of Britain had not been obtained
The outlook. then, on the question of the
Federal Governments purchase of this
tonnage would be a subject Of dickering
at the peace conference. where President
Wilson would have "in his pocket" as
trading affair this Governments offer to
lose the deal on the terms made by the
syndicate OF British interests. So that
1t would still appear that there remain
R few details OF more or less Importance
to be cleared and certain brokers there
are who will not believe that the deal
has been accomplished until the money
for the ships has been placed In the
treasury OF the International Mercantile
Marine Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
Hectic Marine Movement.

News Of the Governments readiness
to purchase the ships OF British registry
owned by the International Mercantile
Marine Company on the basis Of the offer
of the British syndicate took wall Street
by surprise. The short interest in Ma
rine preferred had been increasing since
the recent declines through los and
below par: the very abrupt rise with
which the market for that issue opened
was ut the same time proof OF the extent
Of the past speculation for the decline
and the urgency with which covering
competed with actual buying for the long
account Opening Q points above Tues
day'e close In an excited market q
reaction OF half the gain II experienced
from pront taking by those who
had had the good fortune to be
In possession OF the stocks before
the news came out In Washington. But
another impetus for the rise came In a
report printed on a financial ticker TO the
effect that cambridge Colby of the Ship
ping Board had asserted that an agree
ment in the matter had been reached
with the British Government Having
touched the high is points above Tues
days close. the volatile stock responded
with large decline on account of the
uncertainty still attached to the deal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
The Other stocks,

As 10 the declines in the rest OF the
lis, those who would speculate for the
decline had the field 20 themselves. for
the buying power from the opening was
very slim. Wall Street had reached the
conclusion Tuesday that the short inter
est was so great that a rally Of definite
character should come into the entire
list, but yesterdays market was proot
that the declines had come from real
liquidation. II II had not been so. with
the striking rise in Marine preferred. the
short sellers would have covered their
commitments for over the holiday, ard
yesterday would have told different
story. AS TO the outlook, that depends
upon the extent to which Yesterdays
continuance OF the long decline of the
last two weeks was caused by profess
sional activity Virtually all theories
were discredted yesterday because Wall
Street had looked for the turning point
But now the theorists claim that their
reasons for expecting a rally have been
increased Save for tho Marine feature
Yesterdays was a duh market they
pointed out, and declining one. which
led to the conclusion that the turning
point was near when the peace stocks
the railroad shares, bonds Of nearly
every description and what not indus
tries that could gain bv the cessation Of
war business and the declining costs of
money, materials and labor-would re-
sumo the upward norement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
DIVIDENDS.

Stock Of Pay
RECORD. able
american Stores Co, pr. q.
,nl Bank Note Co. pr. a.
baldwin d Loco. works, .-a. DOC ~ jan
.h Il, 90 Dock. Canal Co. Jan
Cen "L:ath Co. pr a. tx & Dec. 10 jan.
Consolidated Gas Electric
Light q Power Co. q. 2es. Dec. IL Jan {
Charcoal Iron Co. of Amer
lea, pr. 2Ss 800. ....... Dec. 10 Dec.s1
Childs Co, pf, q, IN Ts... Nov. - Dec. 10
Co. q ~ ~. ...........D Dec Is Nov. 80
Co. 9. INN ldeb, stkJ Ian. 10 Jan. IS
a. i*S .:.....:...: .peo Dec. 1s
uscilnis valley Ry. Co..
,ntsfstate Electric Corp. LOU - D''- o.
lp as s. NM, ..s I, e Dee Dec:
IPSWICH Mills pr. s-a. So Nov. 20 Dec. 2
IPSWICH Mills ex, so Nov. rs Dec 2
g. 81 ............. Dec 10 Jan. .
s.a, So .....;...... Dec. Jan. Is
Mines OF Cobalt. Ltd. O..
xinins Corp. Of Canada, a. D' Jan /
Mining Corp Of Canada, D''' -
ex, SIC. ...............D Dec Dec. II
w :. 49,. IL Jan. z
Mont. Pow. Co., pr. q. IN %. Dealt Jan. .
Y. Y. Ira sit c.. q. 81 Doc IL Jan. is
=. Y. D" tx Co.. 50 pt
aHE ......--... ian. Z Jan. Is
" y. Transit Co., "a. -. Dec. Il Jan Is
Ohio Cities Gas Co. pr q.
1Ass ...................Dec Is Jan. |
quincy Mining Co. q. 1900 Dec Dec. %
Railway iteel-Sprins CO
railway ste.i.sprin. Co. - dog 80
pr, q. lLT Dec Dec 20
Sears Roebuck Co., pr. q,
lk% ..........,.......D ec-14 Jan. /
submarine Signal Co., bsd..Nov. 26 Dec 81
swift & Co, q, s2........ Dec. 7 Jan
Tide Water OIL Co. q. 80 Dec. Dec. 81
ride Water Oil Co.. ex, 3e6 Dec Dec 81
Wolverine Copper Mining
Co., q, Dec. IL Jan 2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28

For several days the luscious fruit OF
easy money has been dangled before the
hopeful eyes OF spectators. but the
grapes have turned sour. Call money
got down to per cent yesterday and
many millions went unloaned, but the
restrictions on credit for Stock Exchange
purposes continued In effect and there is
little likelihood of any relaxation OF
these restrictions before the success Of
the Fifh Liberty Loan. now scheduled
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28

banks can extend TO other purposes, and
the present temporary ease In money ia
hkely 10 disappear overnight. The small
Doy who eyes jam beyond his reach In
the pantry has nothing on the brokers
and spectators. who have counted on
the predictions OF credit relaxation which
have appeared In certain quarters, where
The wish was father TO the thought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
studebaker's Drop and Financing

Studebaker declined Eve points yes
terday because OF repeated talk OF financ-
ing through the Issuance OF Il new pre-
ferred stock. The talk also mentioned as
a probability the issuance OF short term
notes. In most instances this gossip con-
tanned reference 10 such figures as So
coo, 900. and over needed by the company,
AS a matter OF fact the expansion for
which any financing might be done, &C
cQrding 10 men IN close touch with the
automobile industry would not entail
more than $4,000 900. II that were TO
be accomplished by a new Issue Of pre-
ferred stock the syndicate underwriting
the new issue would be obllFed to sus
tain the market for the existing pre-
fered stock, amounting to $4,000. 900.
The Studebaker Corporations needs are
so small, one authority said, that II
might well md some wealthy Individual
interested In the industry to finance
them-though with a probable agree
ment. 1t was believed, that no increase
in the common dividend could be made
during the life OF that obligation. AS
to the selling IN the stock market Il was
learned that the chief speculation for the
short account had come from men OF the
Industry itself
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28

for April, is assured. Yesterday the
Treasury Department announced that
the banks would have 10 absorb $780,
900 900 certificates OF indebtedness to
be issued in advance Of the next loan.
and the prospect 10 for the issuance OF
equally large amounts either monthly or
bi-monthly. The subscriptions OF these
certificates contracts the credit that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28

rentes SO francs 80 centimes for cash.
Exchange on London rs francs 90 CEN
times. Five per cent. loan 81 francs IS
centimss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28

id lots tDvd nd def FRED pending settlement
made prices outside of the regular fun
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-28
Paris Trading Inactive.

PARIS. Nov. 27.-Trading was inactive
on The Bourss to-day, Three per cent,
Evening star., 1918-07-14

ably Increased since the war. 1t
seems to me that the women there
do not compare in ability or efficiency
with the girls employed here at
Manchester. Here single girl will
manage several looms, and the most
complicated machines are in the
hands of the women. Many of the
machines are automatic and the
noise of the factory is little in COM
parison with that of the old mills of
England AS 1 went through the
British factories it was wonder to
me how hundreds of girls could work
together without being able to gos-
sip. I mentioned this to my guide.
who replied: why. bless you. man,
these girls are the greatest takers
on earth. They were talking all the
while we were in the mill, but the
noise is such that they have learned
to listen with the eyes and not with
the ears. They have learned the lip
Evening star., 1918-07-14

noise in japanese railroad station,
where the passengers run over the
platform in their wooden shoes. Most
little attention to their personal ap-
pearance while at work. saw hum
dreds Of them who had their hair in
crimping pins SO tight that the skins
of their foreheads were stretched like
that of a tambourine. I was.told that
they kept their hair in crimping pins
all the week and took 1t out only on
Sundays and holidays.
But to get back to the shirt of the
soldier. If you would see the ma
terial of which 1t is made you must
start at that part Of the factory where
the huge cotton bales are opened up
and torn into pieces. Pick up hand
full Of the cotton wool and examine
the fibers. Pull them apart and spread
them put on your hand. They lpok
IKE Thite hairs' but ths4 are EffE
Evening star., 1918-07-14
War Garden Parties.

IF the suggestions Of the food admin
tration are needed. garden parties,
instead Of teas and receptions, will be
the vogue for the period Of the war.
The garden parties are not to be en-
tertainments on spacious lawns lighted
with lanterns and dotted with tables
on. which rare food delicacies are
served. but garden parties in the sense
that on all occasions the food will bs
furnished from the home or local
gardens.
According to the food administra.
tion. for church supper, q political
rally. Sunday school picnic, or q
company dinner" it is far more patrf.
otic to use foodstuffs out Of the home
or local gardens than to eat the food
freighted into town. because transpor.
tation is the greatest problem Of the
Wat. and shipping, ,space, the m0t
pSscie9s thing ~ ths Rorld.. la
Evening star., 1918-07-14

cotton and worsted. It has more
than $4,000 looms.
The~cotton operatives Of the world
altogether number three or four mil
lions and a large number of them
are women. The great factory here
employs 10000 hands, greater
number than we have soldiers in any
one of our army divisions in France.
About 1000 of these are women, and
they receive higher wages. perhaps.
than any other cotton workers on
earth outside Of this section Of the
country. OF the whole force in the
Amoskeag there are only a few score
under sixteen years Of age, and the
youngest girls make eight or nine
dollars q week. Some years ago I
visited the cotton mills at Man
chester. England, and the managers
told me that they were paying their
Mfs psf week, ,ffa ;Rasss hsse Stqs-
Evening star., 1918-07-14

the falls of the Merrimac river. which
here have a drop about one-third that
Of Niagara. The first mill used the
waterpower only. and the great
the river at different levels to take
advantage of 1t Later on electricity
was generated by turbine wheels, but
the business soon surpassed the
strength of the stream. and now
three-fourths of the power used in
by coal Indeed, the business de-
pends so much upon coal that it is a
question whether 1t could not have
been more advantageously located at
the seaboard, where the freight rates
for fuel and raw materials would be
much cheaper and also those for
some of the export of its product.
1t is strange that the cotton mills
of the world should be located 80
far away from the cotton belt. We
Evening star., 1918-07-14

goods for women, and the hues en-
brace all the colors of the rainbow.
They are able to do this even now,
from Germany, which formerly sup
piled the most of the dyes of the
world. The manager of the factory
tells me that the company had great
stores of dyestuffs on hand at the
time the war began. and that 1t still
has supplies that win last 1t for years.
He says many Of these dyes are being
replaced by those made in America,
and that the company has created a
little dye plant of its own. where it is
making some special colors. one Of
which Is dead black.
It is a long journey through the
Amoskeag mills from the cotton bales
to the olive drab shirtings which are
shipped to the factories. where they
sSs Pfss tPs8 elssess 5Sg iSs
Evening star., 1918-07-14

much thinner. They are SO thin that a
thousand of them might be laid side
by side and they would not cover an
inch. 1t takes millions to make one
spool Of thread, and there are several
hundred millions in each soldiers
shirt 1t takes about one hundred mil
lion fbers to make one pound of raw
cotton. an amount which can be spun
into q single thread one hundred
miles long.
Now IL you will examine the fibers
more-elosely you will see that each
has q little curl or twist to it, and II
you will put it under a microscope you
will see that 1t has on its outsides
many little scales overlapping each
other like the scales of a fish. It is
these scales which catch when the
fbers are woven and make them cling
tightly together. The curl or twist
also aids to make the fbers combine,
and better fits them for spinning and
Evening star., 1918-07-14

language and can tell what any one
says by watching the movement Of his
lips"
4
The factory girls of Manchester, N.
H. are better looking and better
dressed than those of Manchester.
England. Here the girls have no
special costumes. The girls of Man
chester. England wear calico dresses
with short sleeves and a short skirt.
Below the skirt show out their stock
ings and clogs. The clogs are a Pc
culiarity to that class of employment.
of wood on which bands of iron are
tackled. This makes n great clatter as
they move about, reminding one of the
Evening star., 1918-07-14

have a spinning and weaving in
dustry in the south. but two-thirds
Of our cotton Is spun in the north.
woven from one to three thousand
miles from where the cotton is
grown. A vast deal of 1t is made
in Great Britain. which has more
than two-f1fths Of all the cotton fac
tories on earth and eats up more than
20 per cent Of the product The
worlds cotton mills altogether num-
Der something like $500. They are
scattered throughout thirty-nine
countries. and consume about co.
100000 bales of cotton a year OF
this more than one-third is woven
In the United States and two-thirds
OF the latter amount here in New
England. The Amoskeag Company
alone has almost 100000 spindles for
Evening star., 1918-07-14

weaving. II you look at the end of
the fiber under the microscope you
will see that 1t is hollow. This makes
1t take the dye better so that 1t can
be easily turned from the snowy
white to the olive drab Of the shirt
Of the soldier.
In this factory the fibers are dyed
before they are spun. The mills have
a great dye plant. where the white
lint is put into steel tubs each SO big
around that an OK could easily be
scalded within it. When the tub has
been packed to its utmost lid is
forced on by great pressure and the
dye stun admitted in such a way that
1t penetrates every fiber giving it
uniform coloring in the thread and the
cloth. These mills make goods of
every description. They make calicos
and ginghams and all sorts of fine
Evening star., 1918-07-14

The factories steadily grew. They
were making goods for the soldiers
at the time of the Mexican war, and
ten years later were turning out
72.ooo yards of cloth for every work
ing day. They made large part
of the cotton used in the civil war
~and they have been, steadily fncreas-
ing in size and output from that time
The industry was .hSit Pfsea ep,
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-09-11
AmuSementS


New Phctopal~
Laugh ana the world laughs WIN
YOU. This j. a SAYING az odd 49, tho
Mills Bag "a applicable 90 a N,ne
pcioek Town" The latest Paramount
picture stntlinp Chuflrs Ray which a
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today. This il COMEDY drama ~ un
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nprrpva ~ his father and the result "a
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ventures and os's hi. position just as
HE father wires him 20 come back aud
look afief tne store
iie readily COMPLIES yHh mis- demand
and thr kmpufium transformed.
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pan1 who sef. iu bllekmali him and
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D. comedy iH every faui uf fnt picture
comedy fhat win mike Nnu scream
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tiun Dag each nrw secne ~ lHfoided on
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The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-09-11

This illustration shows IN a conclusive man
ner what single dollar can do when kept al
home # proves beyond the question OF doubt
the utter folly of taking or sending your money
town It had paid butchers. grocers. dry goods
out OF town to be spent. ust think, dear reader
what il means when single dollar viii pay
help to pay 70 obligations in your home town
in a single week Just think what il means il cv
cry dollar chat IS now carried out of the city Of
Corpus Christi was kept right here at home 10
help in It's small way to pay the thousands 81
these obligations that exist. Think OF the
hundreds OF accounts that are nov carried on the
books OF the merchants and business men in all
lines that could be wiped out in a month time
Surely he town would be more prosperous and
its citizens a happier lot, because whatever
MAKES FOR THE PROSPERITY OF a COM
MUNiTY. MAKES FOR THE HAPPINESS or
IT'S CITIZENS
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-09-11
The Closer Home You Keep
Your Dollar the Quicker it Will
Get Back To You

HERE'S AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT A
SINGLE DOLLAR WILL DO IN a WEEK s
TIME WHEN KEPT IN THE HOME TOWN:
A banker in a western city OF less than 20 900
population marked single dollar bill with the IN
structons that same should be kept in that city
and each transaction in which this dollar bill was
concerned to be reported to the bank, and the
original dollar bill to be returned TO the bank at
the end Of one week time. The dollar bill was
passed out TO customer on Monday morning
and by The end Of the week il had been heard
from eactly 70 times each time figuring in
transaction among home people in their home
merchants hardware merchants the landlord the
.ce man, the laundry man, the milk man, the
sash woman and had served dozens Of other
useful purposes One resident reported that the
bill had passed through his hands on three differ
ent occasions during The week each Time to be
passed on with lee important mission OF useful
ness.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-09-11


FOR RENT Ft ENfEHED--I have the
most upfo- DATE furnished cottages
M the city Phone 30. office 4l4
Starr 81 oliver Llf1 epl
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SCREEN WIRE Wc have Mrse
stoch ~ boih galvanized ana COP
ler iu ail widths ans fresh. .uflaht
stock ~cntE Texas Lumber co..
fhune ESQ is4
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Drelt events nra fs.aspirug YOU
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Trade at Home Announcement No. 7

MORE DOLLARS AT
SHORT DISTANCE