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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-05
LELAND POWERS TO LECTURE TONIGHT AT
 TEMPLE EMANUEL

Leland Powers of Boston will appear at Temple Emau-El tonight at s:3o o'clock as the next number offered by the Bir- mingham Lyceum course. MT. Powers is noted interpreter of literary mas terpieces, and on this occasion will either give David Copperfed," by Dickens. or Monsieur Beaucaire," by Booth Tarking- ton Mr. Powers is reader of wide reputation and large crowd Is sure to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-05
Ohioans Grateful
 for C0urtesies Shown

Blanks Everett. general manager of the Chamber of Commerce. has received . letter from Samuel R. Mason, general manager of the Cleveland. O.. Chamber of Commerce. thanking the Birmingham people in behalf of the Ohio business men for the many courtesies shown them on their recent visit to this city. MT. Mason extended cordial invitation to the busi- ness men of Birmingham to visit cleve- land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-05
MASONIC NOTICE

A special communication of King Solomon lodge Nc. 4QO, 4. r. and A.. March ,, at which time the report March 5, at whiHch time the report eetved.
 Al this meeting the by-laws Will be Fevise1s amendeA and adopted. A fwyl attepSanea e Ftaueste4.
 Q. .. WUIGuTs ". v.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-24
COAL FAMINE Is
ASTOUNDING NATION

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The alb
'olute coal famine which prevails
n many ections is now worst in
the middle west, with the worst
snowfall in years and the coolest
weather as well, making traffic
movements one of the greatest
difficulties and compelling the
railroad administration to face
the hardest Of problems. Hand
in hand with the fuel crisis is
the demand for the government to
take over the coal mines, and the
operators is not to stand in the
way.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-24
AUTHORITIES PROBING
NEW YORK ELECTION

When the learned DR.. Samuel
Johnson coined the phrase, PA
triotism is the last refuge Of
scoundrels," he could not have had
in mind the organization Of trust
magnates and multi-milionaires
that were financing the campaign
Of Mayor Mitchell on "A platform
declaring that all who were
against Mitchell were disloyal, and
that Mitchel's defeat would mean
victory for the Kaiser. because
its author was long dead. But
its truth has been singularly re-
allied by the events attending the
investigation into the slush fund
Of approximately 100000 which
was subscribed to defeat the will
of the people. The investigation
under District Attorney Swami
goes merily on, and we are told
that panic has seized the cor
ruptionists who managed the gi-
gantic fund. Cringing before the
flood Of publicity that has attend
ed the investigation of District
Attorney Swami, millionaire re-
form hackers of Mitchell have bent
every effort to get immunity.
The District Attorney asserts
that these efforts had even gone
so far as to involve personal pleas
to a prominent Judge. This of
fetal was asked to intercede for
Mitchell managers with Mr.. Swami.
Other important witnesses have
eluded the subpoena servers by
flight from the city.
Will Ask Jail Sentences
The District Attorney made it
plain that he would ask Jail SEN
fences for boodlers guilty of cor
rupt use Of the 100000 Mitchell
slush fund, following Lewisohns
examination.
That men high in big business
and the counsels of the Fusion
party plotted acts in contravention
Of election laws, and deliberately
hired tools to do their dirty
work, is the belief Of the District
Attorney. The trail leads into
the palatial offices of trust mag
mates and social favorites.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-24
NOTICE TO MEMBERS

The 1918 Special Stamp for the
Filing Fee fund is now in the
hands Of the local secretary. Mem
bers should come in and pay for
il as soon as possible as they are
not in good standing until that is
done.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-24

II some consume without pro-
ducing, others must produce with
out consuming, and no amount of
social sanction can make this any
thing else but theft. Profit is re-
spectable-but theft is theft.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-24
A STATE WITHIN
A STATE
(By +. Ralph Cheyney)

The heretofore scattered con
sumers' cooperative societies Of
America are at last beginning to
cooperate. a numerical increase
for co-operatives does not itself
mean any appreciate progress
for the Cooperative Movement.
Federation is the only road to
real success. Therefore, we vel
come with ever-increasing zeal the
manifold signs that the thousand
or Whereabouts American co-opera-
tives are beginning to federate.
Even when but little more than
two or three are gathered togeth-
err in the name and service of
Consumers Cooperation, a great
ethical and economic principle is
put into practice. Each individual
store il monument TO demo-
cratic commerce and a microcosm
Of the Cooperative Common
wealth. But when these stores
get together and establish as a
rule TO regulate their activities
that favorite motto of co-opera-
tors: Each for All and All for
Each" then a new and infinitely
potent force is created and set
free.
A large group Of miners stores
in Illinois and~other central states
met in annual convention in Sep
TENDER, and under the name of
The Central States Cooperative
Society and the presidency of
John Walker, president of the
Illinois State Federation of La
Dor. established central buying.
Another group composed of "a
co-operatives in Ohio, West Vir-
ginia, and Western Pennsylvania
have just become federated in
the Tri-State Cooperative Asso-
citation. II is already buying in
carload lots through its presi-
dent, w. T. Brown. The Pacific
Cooperative League is conducting
a most successful cooperative
wholesale. In Michigan. a very
young federation Of 30 Finnish
cooperative stores is pooling or
ders. The Eastern States Coop
erative was organized at a con-
ference called in New York City
on November oath and 25th by the
Cooperative League of America.
Its buyer, VIM. A. Kraus, and
buying committee are already
hard at work. This committee in
cludes Joseph Cannon, and NJ.
falnberg, representative to Amer
lea of the Russian Cooperative
Bank. The Puget Sound Whole
sale Rochdale Cooperative Society
is another promising declarations
but recently founded and these
are but a few of the declarations
successfully operating.
The declarations, as well as the
stores, are beginning to federate.
The Tri-State and many of the
constituent parts of the other fed
erations are members of the Co
operative League of America.
which is a member of the Inter
national Cooperative Alliance
Nor is this the end of fedora
ton. The four million, co-opera-
tors Of Great Britain and the
twelve million of Russia have
Just established a bureau for mu-
tual trading.
In all of this who is so blind
that he cannot see the establish
ment Of "a state within a state"
as Lord Roseberry has defined
Consumers Cooperation. a state
without boundaries except the
limits of the earth itself, without
trade wars, without industrial
autocracy, without hunger or pow
ertV9
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-24

Leather Goods, Turks and Re
pairing at Everett Trunk Factory,
28l5 Rockefeller.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
Divide n DIS a nd Revenue.

Mexican Petroleum stockholders were
gently reminded Of the mixed political
condition in Mexico by the Presidents
reference TO dividends. which. he said.
must necessarily be regarded as a re-
turn Of capital rather than profit until
:he future guarantees the security Of
that portion OF the investment not yet
returned" In speaking of the prob
lens confronting the management be-
low the Rio Grande he also makes some
interesting statements. THE past year"
he says. has been distinguished by
such necessary sacrifices that the pro-
portion Of dividends to the taxes is ridi-
culously small. especially when 1t Is
considered that the revenue received
by the stockholders Is the result OF an
investment of large sums of money. In a
very precarious enterprise, In foreign
country where success depends not only
upon the good judgment of the mana ge-
ment but upon the good will and fair
treatment OF the Government where the
business Is carried on. aud of the home
Government OF the company, where the
capital originates and most of the ia.
cilities for operation are produced. The
tax collecting agencies have no capital
invested therefore do not share In the
investment risk. The revenue collected
by them is not profit from the investors
venture"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07

General Motors sensational rise to
within a point and half OF Its top figure
was easily engineered by imposing a
premium of IA per cent. which resulted
in a round up of some Of the shorts. The
upswing in Motors following It's dip last
week to below 40, was executed so
quickly that there was little chance for
the bears to improve their position, ex-
cept by covering and taking a severe
financial loss. In fact. 1t was said that
on the IS point decline a new crop OF
shorts were enticed into playing with
the stock. attracted by the reduction in
the loaning premium as we'll as the
stocks rapid descent. and their efforts to
get ont when they discovered their mis-
take resulted in the sharp bulge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
Elk DIVIDEND TABLE.
Custom House Receipts.

Receipts for duties at the Custom
House yesterday were $416.512,72, OF
which $ll5,22S.S1 was for merchandise
withdrawn from bonded warehouses and
301,2s3.9l for recent importations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
The Money Situation

Wall Street had plenty OF time be-
tween quotations on the tape TO con-
slider the announcement that the Federal
Reserve autf critics had advised the
banks to draw their purse strings tighter
30 far as non-essential lines are con-
cerned. which of course applies to the
stock market at present. This restrict
ing OF credit has been under way for
some weeks; in fact. the first outward
sign OF 1t became visible when the local
bankers money committee began super
vising time and call loans. The Federal
Reserve Banks official instructions now
having been made public. emphasizes
how extensive this money regulation is.
and unless some unforeseen development
occurs to alter the situation 1t will act
as restraint on general market move
ments for some time. A few persons In
the financial district believe there will
be temporary lifting of the ban SOME
time previous to the fourth Liberty Loan
campaign. but II this happens it will be
by special permission and not because of
any radical change in money conditions,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
Relief Corporation Planned.

The big 100000, 900 War Finance and
Utilities Corporation was To have been
formed to relieve this situation, whereas
the original purpose Of the law WAS -
have the banks throughout the country
make the loans. Other demands on
banking institutions. however including
those of the Government, have h'eH
such that they could not make 100 per
cent. loans to corporations and he cow
tent with - per cent, redis'"un' Of
fered by the War Finance 'oJp"la''h.
In other words they are not IN q posi-
ton to hold permanently without Ir'''
lege OF rediscount % per cent. ~ sum
loans az companies must have hipt''
entity II bank IN Baltimore I'm taking 'H'
notes OF producer of steel tubes ms
been an exception n the rule. hi' :
really an exception that proves the Ti,c
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
Mexican PetroIeum's Report.

The long overdue 1917 report of Mex
lean Petroleum confirmed recent state
ments of the amount earned on the
common stock. which was slightly over
$40 a share after full charges and lib
eral taxation reserves Marketwise II
strengthened the stock. though in such
a dull session as yesterdays no real
measure of last years showing could be
had While s722.074 was paid in taxes
TO, the American Government $1.Sl2.6SS
was exacted by the Mexican Government
in the form of tax collections, and the
aggregate of money paid out in taxes
was s2.534.762. or about $500, 900 In ex-
cess of the amount paid to the stock
holders during the year
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
Harvester's Dissolution.

Discussion of the Interna tional Har-
vester dissolution was heard In a num-
Der of brokerage firms and on an analy-
sis of the situation by a good Judge OF
the securities market indicated the mat
ter might be of more Importance than
appeared .at first The proposed par
tial dissolution OF the International
Harvester Company OF New Jersey" this
man said, through the sale OF several of
Its lines OF goods and factories where
they are made. and the reunion OF the
company with the Harvester Corporation
which does the foreign business, Is a
matter OF great Interest II seems TO be
important and significant that the &C.
ton Is voluntary and Is taken by agree
Nent with the Department OF Justice,
and 1t will probably develop that no dim-
Guilty will be experienced in finding
ready market for the properties to be
segregated, and at prices that will fully
cover the amounts at which they have
been carried in the balance sheet Of the
company in the past"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07

NoeOdd lot
outside of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
The After War Business.

The book value OF Harvester Com
pany OF New Jersey common is placed at
23S per cent. by this man. based on the
companys last report. which was OF
December 81. 1917. In discussing the
value OF the Harvester Corporation
junior stock he observes that this stock
figures In the same way a book value
of 175 per cent, but subject to war
losses not yet determined. In addition to
the s16,526.51s charged or for reserve in
1917. We may allow for good deal more
war loss In Europe and still find a very
strong position for the combined COM
panies for after war business, which is
probably the reason why the shares OF
the companies have been so very well
held in all the excitement of war mar
kets. With the return OF peace II
should prove to be a great advantage to
the New Jersey stockholders to have i'm
portant interest in the foreiGn field. for
the industry In Europe will be decidedly
essential to public policy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07

Reports from New York yesterday In
tiuded: Wheat. 1880 bu. peas. 4.s45
bu. beans. 1909 bu. cornmeal. l0,050
bblA feed, 10000 lbs hay. 1880
bales; whiskey, l.s+5 gals. beef. 1908
bbls. bacon. 3S7.617 lbs. stearine, 273.-
596 lbs. tallow. 12,349 lbs. ; corn, 1878
blu. oats, 4S.Ss6 ou. -four. l2.5OS bbls.
rye -four, IL bbls, : oatmeal. 3,244 pkgs.
bran, $4,000 lbs. oil cake. l,3Ss,0S1 lbs.
pork, 3.2Ss bbls. ; hams, 2l+,7s6 lbs.
lard. 50+.474 lbs. butter. l5s.360 lbs.
cheese, 1s2.0SS lbs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
A Quiet Session.

When Mondays last minute speculative
bulge was not continued In yesterdays
Il aiding the floor operators realized that
the stock market Is still moving within n
limited range and they resigned them
selves to the situation. The fact is well
understood in reliably Informed circles
that until the money market is greatly
improved there can be no sustained
speculation. though floor members try
hard to ignore this factor. AS the ses-
sion progressed there was less and less
attention given stock quotations, while
every one endeavored to ind some RELIEF
from the heat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
SEVEN WASHINGTON
BOYS COMMISSIONED

Seven Washington men today were
given commissions They are Carl B.
Brady, of 1888 Irving street north
west. second lieutenant. engineers;
Thomas v. MOORE. Brookland, Nd,
captain, medical corps; Edmund G..
Doll, jr., 200 Euclid street north
west, second lieutenant national
army; Mark E1drege, Of 1902 Eight
zenith street northwest, captain, In
quartermaster corps; Ezra G. Mitchell,
3613 Thirteenth STREET northwest, cap
tain, quartermaster corps; Joseph
Peters, 331S N st. N. W., second lieu
tenant, quartermaster corps; John H
Christian, 1882 Riggs place northeast,
second lieutenant military aeronau-
tics, signal corps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
GIRL IS SUCCESS
AT RECRUITING MEN
FOR NAVY SERVICE

Men who entered the main recruit
ing tstation Of Uncle Sam. 306 Ninth
street northwest, today to enlist in
the navy received a "seadog gone"
good surprise.
They saw a girl sitting at the desk.
recruiting the men in place OF q
Jackie. She is Miss Lucy Isabel Ma
lone. the girl recruiter. Of 1920 Four
teenth street northwest, one of the
few women in the United States at
tached to recruiting stations through
out the country.
Miss Malone holds the 'sblack book"
while men are sworn in by Lieut. J.
Frew Hall. chief recruiting officer
at is so strange" said Miss Ma
lone, "as I stand here holding the
book I look into the faces of the men
who are offering their services to
their country-and no two men are
alike"
Miss Malone makes the boys feel as
they stand in line that each is the
"only man" for the navy.
''She is a whizz." said Lieutenant
Hall.
What have you in your black
book?" Miss Malone was asked.
"Oh, nothing mysterious. It is the
addresses OF the men and records of
their physical defects. write them
m the book after the boys are sworn
into the service" she explained.
''The work is fascinating. The day
just rushes by. hardly arrive here
in the morning before I have to go
home. That is the way it seems" she
said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
AMERICAN AID
TO ALLIES WORRIES
GERMAN STAFF

GENEVA. July 13.-The military
critic of the Tribune de Geneva says
he recently met a high German Of
ficer who declared that although the
German newspapers had been pro-
hibited from mentioning American
military matters, except the taking
of prisoners, the American invasion
of Europe, and the great aid being
rendered by the Americans to the
entente allies is causing much anx-
iety at German imperial headquar-
tiers.
People cannot understand, the
German officer said. why the sue
cessful German submarine warfare
announced by the reichstag IL I'M
able to prevent a million Americans
landing in France. The Germans, he
added, are learning the truth only
through foreign newspapers.
The Swiss lie Democrat sarcastic
cally remarks in this connection that
1t is prudent and safer for German
submarines to sink unarmed hospi-
tai ships than to attack q protected
American troop ship"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
Special Station Is
Established to Take
Coolies" From Horses

Because horses can't pick 'em
out. but must take them as they
come, the American expedition
airy forces have been compelled
to establish a special veterinary
deIousing station. The station.
somewhere in France, gases the
coolies with vaporized sulphur.
As for the men, a delousing
system whereby clothes are thor
oughly steamed and exchanged
has long been in effect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
Il. q. FARoAT ASSIGNED.

H B. Fsroat former district pas
sanger agent Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad here, has been assigned
to the war industries board to con-
duct > bureau of information for the
board and its personnel, to furnish
data on routes. rates, and fares.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
ARMY pEsERTERs SHOT.

BERNIE, July ia refugee from
Berlin reports that the shooting Of
army deserters in the streets is COM
mon. The city council has entreated
the war office to take steps to af-
ford protection to peaceful passers-
by against shots fred at deserters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
r. r. ASKS FARE INCREASE.

The Kansas City, Kaw Valley and
Western Railway Company today
made application to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for an increase
to 3 cents per mile on passenger
fares.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
j. S. NEEDS AEROS
TO WIN WAR, SAYS
MAJ. CUSHMAN RICE

I'VE must have more aeroplanes OF
all kinds-scouts, fighters, and bomb
ing, and we must get to the point
where we can sacrifice men in SUI
ficient numbers to break up the Ger
man formations, no matter on what
scale they may be planned" declared
Major Cushman A. Rice in an address
before the members Of the National
Press Club last night
The famous American aviator told
a great deal about what Is being done
by the allied aviators on the western
front Major Rice referred to the
death OF Colonel Boiling, who lost
his life q few months ago, az the
greatest single loss that has been
suffered by the American forces
abroad.
EuIoEi1es British Ace.
He spoke OF the loss to the allied
armies caused by the recent death OF
Major Stanley Dallas, the noted Brit
ish ace, who was brought down by
several Hun planes after having
demolished forty-nine enemy planes.
Major Rice paid q remarkable tribute
to q German aviator, the late Baron
Won Richtofen, who brought to earth
and destroyed ninety-two planes be-
fore he eventually met his fate at the
hands Of an embryo aviator who was
making his second flight The Ameri-
can soldier of fortune said that the
German could easily be singled out
as the greatest single figure Of the
war; that all the allied aviators had
respected him as . fearless super
aviator.
at is, deplorable that so many
Americans are under the impression
that we have Germany whipped eco
nomically." Major Rice said. "Stories
have been circulated among newspa-
pers here that the German people
were without shoes./I know II is
false. Ali German prisoners recently
captured have worn good shoes.
Dangerous Enemey.
I'VE are lighting a very dangerous
and crafty enemy" he continued,
more dangerous and crafty than is
yet realized on this side of the wa
ter. We must defeat her and Il must
be done in fair lighting, and we can
not overestimate the Importance of
the part the air forces must eventual
ly play in bringing about q crushing
defeat OF Germany"
Major Rice told the detailed story
Of the death OF Major Raoul Lufbery,
the noted Connecticut aviator. and in
conclusion he said:
'If the German crop is to fail, as
many have forecast. then good
enough In the meantime, build aero-
planes and raise the army. Then It
VIII soon be possible for the allied
airmen to drive the Germans under
ground and the artillery can blast
them out The allies will then 90 on
the offensive. and when the Germans
begin to run they will travel fast"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
CATARACTS ARE REMOVED
FROM JOHN DREW'S EYES

NEW YORK. July 13.-John Drew.
famous actor. is in the Manhattan
eye, ear and throat hospital today
following an operation on his eyes
for removal OF cataracts- His sight
was threatened by the growth, II
was stated by physicians. His con-
dition Is satisfactory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

Swift q Company's sales Of freah besf IN
Washington. d. O.. for the week ending
Saturday. July 9. is1s. averaged 1.ls esnt1
per pound.-Advt.