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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23

ports from Bokhara alone reach to 81
100000. Exports to India amount to
$4,O35,O
1t Is PaternaI Monarchy.
The government of Afghanistan is
an absolute, but paternal, monarchy.
The Amir is the executive and the jul
dicial head of the state. He has
council which is composed of Moham-
medan priests, noblemen and the rep
resentatives of the people. This coun-
Gil is divided into an upper and lower
house. He has cabinet ministers, but
none is permitted to give any advice
unless asked for it. But, quite unlike
the custom of the kings of the West,
this absolute monarch of Afghanistan
is accessible even to the humbleSt
peasant of the kingdom for redress OF
wrongs. The KaZis act as judges.
1t may be noted here that drinking liq-
uor is absolutely forbidden in Afghan
istan, and violation may be punished
by death.
Afghanistan has no outlet to the sea
and hence no navy. But the para
mount factor in it's life is it's state Of
military preparedness. Out of politi-
cal and military chaos new Afghan
istan has been created by the supreme
genius of Abdur Rahman, the late fa-
ther of the present Amir. He fought
his way to the throne of Afghanistan,
and Immediately after his recognition
set himself to reorganiZing the scat
tered forces of the army. He hired
Turkish officers to train his officers and
to drill his men. He built forts all
over his kingdom, especially along its
frontiers. He established arsenals,
two of which, those at Kabul and He
rat, were under German military ex-
perts for some time. Abdur Rahman
used his subsidy money in buying guns,
rifles and munitions of war from the
British. He built storehouses through
out his kingdom for storing foodstufTS
to be used only in cases Of emergency.
He built strategic roads-though there
is not a single mile of railroad in
Afghanistan-over some of the almost
impossible parts of his mountain king
dom
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23
of. Just had to wait until 1t dried
and scrape it off then.

and scrape it off then.
In many sections of Belgium through
which I had to pass I encountered
large areas Of swamp and marshy
ground and rather than waste the
time involved in looking for better
underfooting I might not have
found anyway-I used to pole right
through the mud. Apart from the
discomfort of this method of travel
ing and the slow time I made, there
was an added danger to me in the fact
that the squash, squash" noise which
1 made might easily be overheard by
BelgianG and Germans and give my
position away. Nobody would cross
q swamp or marsh in that part of the
country unless he was trying to get
away from somebody, and l realized
my danger but could not get around it,.
1t was common sight in Belgium
to see a small donkey and common
ordinary mich COW hitched together,
pulling q wagon. When l first OBJ
served the unusual combination, l
thought it was a donkey and OK or
bull, but closer Inspection revealed To
ME that COWS were being used for the
purpose.
From that I was able to observe
there must be very few horses left in
Belgium except those owned by the
Germans. Cows and donkeys are now
horses and mules. Altogether 1 spent
nearly eight weeks wandering through
Belgium, and in all that time I don't
believe I saw more than half dozen
horses in the possession Of the native
population.
One of the scarcest things in Ger
many, apparently, is rubber, for I
noticed that their motor trucks, or lor-
ries, unlike our own, had no rubber
tires. Instead heavy iron bands were
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23

Huy, and it was here that | came near
est of all to giving up the struggle
The Meuse at this point is about
half q mile wide-aS wide as the Hud-
son River at West Point. HudI been
in normal condition l wouldn't have
hesitated a moment to swim across.
San Diego bay, California, is Il mile
and a half wide, and | had often swan
across and back, and the San Joaquin,
which is also Il mile and Il half wide,
had never proven an obstacle to me.
In the Tretched shape in which l
then was, however, the Meuse looked
like the Atlantic ocean to me.
looked for boat, but could find none.
l tried to get piece of wood upon
which I hoped TO ferry across, but l
was equally unsuccessful.
Get across l must, and | decided
there was nothing to do but to swim.
1t was then about 8 o'clock in the
morning. l waded in and was soon
in beyond my depth and had to swim.
much exhausted, and | doubted
whether | could make the opposite
bank, although it waS not more than
thirty or forty feet away. l choked
and -gasped. and my arms and legs
were completely tagged ont. l sank a
iitne and tried to touch bottom with
my feet, but the water was still be
yond my depth.
There are times when everyone will
pray, and | was no exception. ]
prayed for strength to make those
few wicked yards, and then, with 2N
the will power could summon, struck
out for dear life. II seemed Il life
time before l finally felt the welcome
mud Of bottom and Was able to drag
myself up to the bank, but | got there
The bank was rather high and | was
shaking 50 violently that when l took
hold Of the grass to pull myself Up
the grass sh0ci out of my hands.
could not retain my grip. | was afraid
| would faint then and there, but
kept pulling and crawling frantically
up that Internal k.h. 2gd tinetiy
made it.
9hen fer the first time IN my life
faintcd-fainted from utter exhaGs
ton.
1t was now about 4 o'clock in the
mnrning and 1 was eutirely unDro-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION BY HUNGER, 0BRIEN GOES
BOLDLY TO ABELGAN HOUSE AND ASKS FOR FOOD

resident MOmence ILL., after seeing
Mexican border IN 1910
joins in Canada and after brief train
is a
several nights with German
Finally fight with tour
5000 and,
aWakes himself in German
his After days in the
COurtai After
bound Germany
chance liberty He leaps through
the while the train travelling 80 miles
fall OIen literally
through and Luxembourg travelling night and
living garbage and vegetables
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23

although | did nCt know it. l craWled
along fearing | might come to Il cross
roads ut which there would in all
probability be a German sentry.
My precaution served me in good
stead for had l come out in the main
street of the village and within twenty
feet of me, sitting on some bricks
where they were building little store,
l could see the dim outline of Il Ger
man spiked helmet.
| could not cross the street and the
only thing to do was to back track.
1t meant making a long detOur and
losing two hours of precious time and
effort but there was no help for it,
so l ploddcd wearily back, cursinS
the Huns at every step.
The uext night while crossing some
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23
Bad Lanauaqe Astonished Horse.

A horses surprise was recounted in
court the other day when q gamckeep-
er was fined a dollar at Thaxted Es-
sex, England, for using bad language.
A woman who preferred the charge
said that a horse. near her cottage
''laid back its ears and turned its eyes
in great astonlshment toward the
swearing gamekeeper."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23
The Point of View.

The difference between American
and French automobile driving is this:
In America when your tire blows up
you say: "Good heavensi There goes
our tire!' and in France you say:
'Hooray! That was only the tire. -
Stars and Stripes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23
Strive to Keep Soul Youthful.

My body's old, but that's not my
fault. Pm not to blame for an old
body, but I would be to blame for an
old soul. An old soul IS shameful
thing-Margaret DelanG.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23

az the foot of the bush be scraped
away, hundreds of larvae and pupae
may be seen arranged in broad even
band about it's trunk.
In about a week the butterfly is
ready to come forth and is tenderly
assisted to leave its shell. If it is
strong and healthy, it is allowed to
spread it's wings and fly away, but
should it prove delicate the ants eXer-
else the utmost care in assisting it to
the tree, and holding it there in safe
ty. 1t is a curious sight to watch these
fragile creatures going about in Per
feet confidence among the fierce ants,
which have, however, by no means
adopted the profession of nursing for
the love of it, for when the larvae of
another species are thrown among
them they Immediately set upon them
and tear them in pieces.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23
Uncertainty,

"Are you engaged in useless occu-
pation?"
sometimes I is" replied Mr.. Eras-
tus Pinkley, "an' sometimes isn't. 1t
all depends on how dis mule rs drivin'
happens to be feelin' bout de matter"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-23

A new oil-burning apparatus heats
and lights the room at the same tune,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

In sharp contrast with the heavy
increase of corporate capital applica-
tions in June, the volume Of state
and municipal bond sales fell off
sharply, the total being only $780,
100000, against S3O,ooo,O00 the year
before. This shrinkage was not the
result of lack of demand, however.
1t was caused chiefly by the ban on
non-essential credit operations. In
vestment houses have little difficulty
in marketing good municipals. The
certainty of increased taxation on
incomes has broadened the inquiry
for these bonds very substantially.
In conformity with general invest
ment conditions, municipalities have
had to pay more for money. "The
Daily Bond Buyer" finds that ten
leading cities paid an average of
4.78 per cent for money in June.
whereas the same cities found it pos
sible to obtain funds at an averages
cost of 1893 per cent in January,
1917.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Wealth Markets and Commerce M

1t is not in the least surprising
that those corporate borrowers which
find it necessary to seek funds in
the investment markets have to pay
stiff price. The surprising thing
rather is that they can get money at
any price. Before the United States
entered the war the output of new
securities averaged in the neigh
borhood of $2,5O0,0OO,000 annually.
and that was supposed to be about
the maximum amount which could be
absorbed in twelvemonth. But in the
past year there have been sold at
least five times the normal volume
of securities, and, what is more i'm
portant, most of them have been di
gested-that is, placed in such a
manner as to stay off the market.
Nevertheless there is still fair de-
mand for we'll secured offerings, if
put out on an attractive basis. In
June, a month marked by the heavi-
est tax collections in history and by
large payments on the Third Liberty
Loan, railroad and industrial cor
porations obtained in the open mar
ket more than $250,O00,000 of new
money, whereas in the corresponding
month last year less than S60,0O0,000
of such securities were f1oated. And
the prospects are that the total for
the current month will exceed that
for June by a substantial margin.
The investment power of the Ameri-
can public is amazing even to those
who have most intimate knowledge
Of the business of merchandising
securities.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

1t is possible that "New York
gamblers" were, as the South has 50
freely charged, responsible for the
decline of cotton prices from the
record levels reached early in the
year, but if so they performed a real
service, for if the market had not
partly discounted the report issued
yesterday disastrous collapse could
hardly have been prevented. In the
light of information now available
it must be evident even to the South
that speculation in the staple was
carried to absurd lengths, and that
consequently a reaction such as took
place was inevitable. The Depart
ment of Agriculture predicts crop
this year of 15,325,O0O bales, the
greatest yield of record with a
single exception, while the carryover
into the new crop season is sure tc
be heavy. Even at present prices
the planter will reap enormous prof
it's, for the cost of producing the
staple will, according to the best es-
innate obtainable, not be in excess
of Is cents a pound.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Cotton Crop To
Be Third Largest
Ever Harvested
Department of Agriculture
Forecasts Picking of 15,-
$4,000 Bales in 1918

WASHINGTON, July "A huge cot
ton crop is in prospect this year. the
Department of Agriculture to-day fore
casting the production at 15.325 600
equivalent 500-pound bales. A CROP
that size would be the third largest
ever grown.
Or The condition of the crop on June
. was 900 per cent of normal, or
90 per cent better than on May %,
ana per cent higher than the ten
year average
The acreage this year comes close
20 20 the record, being exceeded only by
that of 1913. ~
IN a statement accompanying the re-
port, the department said there is com
paratlvely no abandoned acreage at this
time, and from this it is inferred that
the production forecast, which allows
Tor per cent abandonment of acre
age, should be slightly larger
ne statement says: "The high prices
prevailing IN the spring encouraged
naa a4inlers an over the cotton producing
states to plant as much cotton as was
possible. The principal drawback has
Deen the shortage of farm labor Be-
cause OF the necessity of drafting men
into the military service of the coun
iliy' mere mas been scarcity of farm
neip throughout the season. The war
lhduStrles have called manv men also
/, wages are comparatively high at
Vhe sawmills and shipbuilding plants
ana many hands have deserted the
urn TOR these industries. Neverthe-
;;sss INC farmer and his family, includ-
1hg women and children, have worked
LaIaer IMAM ever before. Saturday
mondays have been generally abolished
and farm lfborers generally are MT.
ting in more hours per day than here
!c1ore. LaGor-saving devices have been
lH',oduced to considerable extent
ana the farmer has generally increased
ms COTTON acreage and at the same
time has planted more feed and food
crops than usual.
The season has been generally fa
vorab!e Tor farm work, but for which
1act 1t would have been impossible
with the labor available to work the
acreage planted, and at this time there
IS comparatively no abandoned cotton
acreage. In the older boil weevil dis
tricts farmers are getting back to cot
ton and there is a heavy increase in
the southern portion of Mississippi
ana Alabama. two states which were
nara MT lew years ago ly the weevil.
portions OF the West have been too
dry for cotton, especially in western
Texas, where there is a decrease in
acreage"
Cotton production last year was
II ,3o0,254 bales, in 1916 it was 11,449,-
$50, in 1915 it was 11,101,S2O and in
l9l4 it was 16,l34,93o bales, the largest
crop ever grown.
The condition of the crop on May
this year was S2.3 per cent of normal
and on June 25 last year it was 7O.3
while the ten-year June 25 average
condition is 1913 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Call Money Sends
Rates Above 6P.C.

Heavy Withdrawals of United States
government funds from the local banks
yesterday, combined with the closing
of the subscriptions to the new issue
of $750,000,000 Of d " per cent Treas
ury certificates of indebte edness, were
responsible for a sudden and uncx-
pected squeeze in the call money mar
ket. At the Stock Exchange, where the
market for demand loans is made, rates
in the afternoon jumped to 6 and 61a
per cent, after ruling at 4 per cent
during the early part of the session
The Tightening of the call money sit
uation made it necessary for the
bankers money committee to come into
the market with offerings from its
S200.000,000 pool to prevent the rates
from going higher.
In banking circles it was stated that
during the last few days the govern
mens had withdrawn 78 per cent of
the funds received from taxes. This
money had been deposited with the
banks as fast as it was paid in to the
government in order to minimize the
strain on the money market Yester-
days Withdrawals of government de-
poslts were estimated at 33 per cent
of the total.
temporary Tightening of the call money
situation was the closing of the sub
scription lists to the new issue of
Treasury certificates of Indebtedness.
The issue consists Of S750O00.oOO of
Az per cent certificates dated June 25
last. and maturing October "a next.
Banks in the New York Federal Re-
serve district were allotted $251,OOO,-
900 of the total.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Bethlehem Steel
Seeking Loan of
Fifty Millions
Banking Syndicate to Pro-
vide More Funds for Gov
ernment War Contracts

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation
mas begun negotiations with a banking
syndicate headed by the Guaranty
Trust Company and the Bankers Trust
Company for loan Of approximately
$oUOOO,0O to provide additional work
ing capital and make funds available
TO pay off next February $4,000, 900 of
the $50,000,C00 two-year notes that
were issued in the corresponding 1917
month. The balance of $4,000, 900 will
be met by the maturity of that amount
OF British Treasury bills, which are
hind the note issue
In banking circles yesterday it was
SAID the company thought it expedient
to arrange for its big 1919 maturity
at this time rather than wait until next
1all, when fotation Of another Liberty
Loan is expected to practically monop-
oiize the money market. The new
working capital raised by the project
cd financing will be used, it is under
stood, in completing new plants for
government war work
1t is expected that the Forthcoming
loan will be in the form Of a note is
sue that will possess some novel feat
ures which hitherto have not been
part of bankers plans for financing the
needs of industrial companies. An Of
hclal announcement outlining the der
tails will be made probably within 4
week.
Although the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration has close to $500,OOO, 900 of
untitled orders on it's books now. the
bulk of which consists of government
contracts for munitions, ships, ETC., it
has financed its business largely out of
earnings and borrowings in the open
market. Direct advances by the gov
ernment have been in comparatively
small amounts. The note issue put out
in February, 1917, enabled the COM
pany to complete its Russian munition
contracts over which difficulties and
delays had arisen. The British gov
ernment. which at that time was financ-
ing Russia's purchases in the United
States, financed the order partly with
its own treasury notes: which were not
convertible into cash until their ma
turity.
In August, 1917, the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation raised approximately $780,
100000 new working capital by the is
suance of that amount of new per
cent cumulative preferred stock. 1t
was understood that this stock was un-
derwritten on the basis of commits
sion of per cent. The underwriters
were the Guaranty Trust Company. the
Bankers Trust Company and j. g. w.
Seligman G. Co.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

The above rates express the cost of
foreign money in terms of the Ameri
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling at. say, s475ss The intrinsic
parity is $4.S65s per pound. Thus you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars are at a premium,
which is owing to the fact that in Eng
land the demand for dollars with which
to settle accounts in this country is
greater than the demand in this coun-
try for pounds with which to settle ac-
counts in ENGLAND
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Elections

Eugene W. Stetson, vice-president
of the Guaranty Trust Company, has
been elected a member of the finance
committee of the Pierce Oil Corpora
ton.
George c. Slemln has reen admitted
to general partnership in the firm of
Markoe. Morgan e. Co.
Louis G. Burr, manager of Butler
brothers, has been elected member
Of the board of directors 6 that con
e.!1,, eern, succeeding the late Homer A.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Pierce Oil Profits

Net profits of the Pierce Oil Corpora
tion including operation of the Pierce
fordyce Association, after charges and
taxes, aggregated S1,149, ,55S in the first
i've months of the current year, accord
lng to statement issued Yesterday
ms ms compared with $393,72l a year ago.
eugene w. Stetson, vice president of
me guaranty Trust Company, has been
e1ected s,1 memper of the finance com
lie was elected director of The cow.
pany last week. N''''-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Relevant Comment
Bill Market Active

Heavy buying of commercial paper
and bank acccptances was an outstand-
ing feature of the financial markets
In the face of squeeze in call money
institutions were active buyers Of
commercial bills for investment. One
institution alone was credited with the
purchase of between $4,000, 900 and
$4,000, 600 of commercial paper and ac-
ceptances. In market circles it was as
serted that the demand is such that
$2OO0O,0O of bank acceptances could
easily be absorbed
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Copper Price Is
Raised to 26 Cents
War Industries Board Grants
Increase of z Ia Cents
Till August Is

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE price
Of copper has been fixed at &C cents
per pound, an advance of 2la cents
over the former price. the War In
dustrics Board tonight announced. The
new price, which is subject to the
approval of President Wilson. went
into effect to-day and will continue
until August Is.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
ANDREW j. MCCORMACK, Auctioneer
REGULAR AUCTION SALE,
STOCKS AND BONDS,
BY ADRIAN IL. MULLER s. son,
OFFICE. 50 WILLIAM ST.
WEDN ESDAY. JILY 3. 1918.

at 1890 O'Clock. at the
EXCHANGE SALESROCM,
NOS. IA aud Is VESEY STREET.
For Account of Trustee.
shs Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
33 shs. Hamilton Bank Note Co.
For Account of Whom 1t May Concern
81 shs. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
S., 900 United States Steel Horpn. LIST Mtg.
Series f 59e Regstd. Bds 1851.
81 6 900 United States Steel Corpn. 1st Mtg.
Series y So Regstd. Bds.. 1851.
1000 United States Steel Corpn. LIST Mte
Series b SO Regstd Bds 1851.
$4,000 Porto Rico Gas Co. 90 Bonds, 1853.
Co. LIST Mtg. so BIDS. 1897.
$1,000 Continental Puhhc Utility Co. 90
Coll. Trust Fds, 1919.
$4,000 Continental Public Utility Co ~
Coll. Trust BIDS. 1918.
200 shs. Manhattan Beach Co.
$50 shs Federal Dyestun & Chemical
Corpn. prefd.
$500 shs. Knox Terpezone Co.
15 shs. United States Lumber Cotton
II shs United States Trust Co.
20 shs United Gas & Electric Corpn.
(Conn) 1st prefd.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
May Fix Price of Rails

A meeting Of the Joint COMMITTEES rem
rcsenting the American Iron and Steel
institute and the War Industries Board
is scheduled to be held in WASHINGTON
to-day to consider establishing prices
en- steel rails, steel and maileabie iron
castings, wire rope, bar iron, chain and
scvcra! other commodities upon which
the government has net yet acted. The
railroads originally requested that no
action be taken on the price OF steel
1alls, but since they have passed under
fedcral control it has been requested
mat definite price be fixed.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Russian Bonds React

Russian government bonds have suf-
fered a relapse from the price bulge of
last week, when they all scared on re-
ports of counter revolution and the
overthrow of the Bolshevik govern
ment. Yesterday the Russian internal
5lss were quoted in this market at $87
to S91 per 1000 rublcs. This com
Jared with high last week of S96
per 1000 rublcs. The external 51as
have been quoted this week at Az
to 43 on the curb, and the external
6'2s at IA. Last week these issues
sold up to 47. The semi-annual in
terest on the Russian internal 512 per
cent ruble bonds falls around the
middle of the month. When the last
interest came due on the external 51a 9
the coupons were paid by the National
CITY Bank on the basis of 13 cents
per ruble