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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

! against Congress as q sgkoIG Ths
trouble Lies Nth a fsD dogs q thS
Manager SUkO had It N theiir pOsOOP =
block sUSTything-OHd did.
Here's composition trUm q bright
boy IN the 7th grade, Force School.
I don't know his name, for his
teacher, Miss Griffith, refused u
divulge it-but GET THE CIVIC
SPIRIT written all through the HttIs
essay.
III start in the middIe-youIl
catch on immediately:
'FOr instance if you have Just
finished your lunch and you Sti1
have what your lunch was wrapped
in don't throw it down and say lie.
the other fellow pick it Up, keep u
in your hand until you reach q rub
bish box.
Nature is bound 70 dirty the
streets, but that gives you no right
to throw anything you want to IN
the streets.
IL was on 9th street YESTERDAY
when I saw q lady just fniShod =
bag Of candy and she threw the beg
in . corner expecting some one else
to clean up after her. People like
that ought 20 have a private stFsol
cleaner. YVES standing there ahuut
Ave minutes when ! saw anothsf
LADY come along Shs vent inLl
VeIatla and bought aomsthlnF. So
came out with an empty bee eel
We followed her Watching a. 80 iI
shs Wuuld throw the empir ZEE i1
ths gliitF. hut aftsF ful.aNlar - .
hle,s ahs .aHa o. traah taH 81 ~
lhsru sent ne lar ~ ersFrEl So
llkr thaf 90 eauid ~ 80 aaF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

What do you do with your old
clothes?
Perhaps you give them to the ole
cloe man, or perhaps you take your
shirts with frayed collar bands and
hand them to the janitOF or the ash
man.
The next time you have an old
shirt IN your hand, say this formula
over ana over to yourself:
This shirt will put a child in
school |; this shirt viii put a child in
school; this shirt win put a child in
school"
Moreover, it viii put a WASH
INGTON child in q WASHINGTON
school ] am q great booster for
paying strict attention to the aChrigt
child at your dOOr-Fight here" I
know an organization Of women who
are actually doing the work Of wiz
ards in taking old clothes of an
kinds, the most hopeless looking
patches, and turning out remarkable
clothes for children. For instance I
saw q fOuF-year-Old boy dressed in
q suit Of rOmpers that had been
made from q mans pleated shirt.
The shirt was the kind Won throw
away; the child had NO clothes nm
til Mrs. CROSBY EUGENE STOD-
DARD made the rOlnpers from the
frayed shirt.
That's what call conservation.
Mrs. StOddard is chairman Of the
committee on conservation of cloth
ing and children's welfare depart.
ment for the congress Of Mothers
and the Parent Teachers Associa-
ton. She is known widely for her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

Beasts of Burden Carrying Them in Comfortably
Padded Chairs from House to House.
The Oxcart, Omnibus Rubber-tred Carriage,
Horsecar Electric Trolley, Steam Railway, AutomO-
Mans Problems.
Now Comes the Flying Machine to Do the Real
Work of Carrying Men. 1t Is Time to Think About
and Get Ready for THE FLYING WORLD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

"a" Ike other contractors, re
ceiyed 81 PER foot for his Work, also
Is cents per foot for BIS work.
Therefore q" did 6s.67 feet and
drew $50. ~Asn he va entitled 70
Ses.6I.
A Hd SS.S7 test and arsw ga,
when he was entitled 70 only S35.S7.
But drawing g cents per foot for the
work B did, his sum vas S3.S3+
(s6.s7-50.00) or S1s.ST=e50.OO.
In my VisW that's an gTeFyaay
Occurrences, getting pAi4 fDF ES
work others d.
DEHRIlNlI.E
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23
Khera n Clarnndnni

Clarendon IL just nine minutes
from the Acqueduct bridge on the
Wsshington-Virginia Railway. On
account Of its close proximity to
Washington no wonder the said rail-
road ignores the order TO furnish a
transfer to Washington workers.
They don't want 1t 70 build up like
Takoma Park, Chevy Chase and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23
HERE AND THERE

E. R. HAAS, general manager Of
the National Radio School, says:
Acting upon the suggestion sub
mitted by r. B. wakefield Of
the Aircraft Production Division
that someone volunteer to train six
or eight crippled soldiers in drafting
work so that they might be fitted
for some profession to earn q worth.
while livelihood, I have offered the
Walter Reed Authorities to train six
men in Electrical and Radio Ap-
psratus drafting. ! have engaged
the services Of an expert 70 do the
work, and these six men win be
fitted for most desirable positions.
No charge win be made to the sol.
diers.
"Your valuable columns are GER
tainly doing a world Of good IN our
beautiful city Of Washington"
And FELIX MAHONEY, Of the
National School Of Fine and Applied
Arts says he has offered his services
as Q teacher to any cunvalescmt sol
diers at Walter Reed who believe
they could make progress.
II was standing On de platform
on Fourteenth, between New York
avenue and G Streets" says ". N.
STIEFEL, Of the Census Bureau,
Waiting for q car. One for Mt
Pleasant came along and I got On. A
good looking gin asked the con-
ductor if they were running any cars
to Georgetown. He said, There
will be one along sometime, but If
you say 50, III change my sign 10
Georgetown She said, No, YOU
might get in trouble, because they
are not expecting any cars at
GeorRetoVn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23
Were hDonmHlh9

I spoke with ROE FULKERSoN
On the Dorsey Foultz business and
agree with his opinion, that + isn't
where the crap game took place OF
when It took place; but did Dorsey
get out Of the sewer, and Il he did
or didn't, where is be, n paradise, n
hades, or IN the y. s.?
Please give the best Of your in6oR-
nation concerning our former ei6
zen. A READER
In gHs1Cey I SOOuLd soy that I hGOS
u ny desk q long letter from q gOa-
lsmGn tVhO sGU Dorsey FOtEE&s =
Paris ~ 1918, and I SCiu hGUs Z -
Eshed SUithiB q dag o. tsOO,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

Mt. Rainier. They only want the
whole nickel. see?
DAN P. NooNE.
P. ST. would Ike to ask you 10
thank my old friend Bill Price for
his No. On VIVA the other day
on parking" Tell him viii have
another suggestion for him in q day
or two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

ALVIN 3. FISCHER wants to know
what the movies viii do for their
bar room scenes altar JuIy1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

JUDGE HARDISoN allows pickst-
erS to carry sandwich signs" and
also gives back Whisksy seized By the
police, which win make q Iot OF peo-
pie believe there Is something 10 live
for after all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

remarkably ingenious ideas. For
instance she showed me q pettieoat
made from old stockings. pre-
sumo she can work wonders with an
old trousers leg.
The idea ] want to put across il
that there are thousands Of children
who are inadequatsly clothed. They
do NOT 20 to school because they
have not clothes enough. The public
school people know who they are,
and Mrs. StOddard's organization
knows where to find them.
Therefore when YOU throw away
your old socks, your old breeches and
your old shirts, you are throwing
away the chance for these good
women to put clothes on the half
naked bodies of poor children
RIGHT HERE. There isn't any far
away devastation to be taken into
consideration. The children who
are NOT being educated for lack Of
clothes are RIGHT HERE.
Mrs. Stcddard is away on = vaea-
ton for q few days, but MRS
LEONARD DOTEN Is in charge Of
the work Of organizing groups Of
women for the Transformation Of
old clothes into garments for Wash
ington children. The headquarters
for the committee il in the Old Cen
trail High School Building at 9TH and
o streets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

The merit time you haze an cd
shirt or an old pair of socks or On
Old pair of pants remember that If
you throw them into the discard
you're keeping some kid ont Of
school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

90 n.s I'D 20 - spwPrrais
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-27

1t is to be expected of Philadelphia's indus.
trial instinct that she should have been
among the first to appreciate the organiza-
ton and training qualities that develop
through industrial athletics
The industrial baseball football soccer and
basketball leagues that put Philadelphia so
far ahead of any other American city in anna
teur athletics, are just some of the manifesta-
tions of Philadelphia's industrial vision
doing everything possible, always for the
health and happiness of the workers.
Just another of the constructive influences
that Crew Levick enjoys, through participa-
ton in Philadelphia's industrial supremacy.
The spirit of the thing seems to get into Crew
Levick products, for the demand for Crew
Levick quality sets very fast pace for our
production effort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-27
Athletic Competition Among the
Workers Is an Enormous Factor in
Philadelphia S Industrial Supremacy

Philadelphia S great industrial plants are far
more than just housings for their busy work
ers-they are also places of pleasant recrea-
tion and healthful, spirited athletics.
They offer broadening of interests through
athletic contests with fellow worlmen of
therindustres The friendly contentionfor
positions with the teams - the aggressive
organized competitionfo for championship and
most important of all, the team play and dis
cipline
All these things develop head work and pride
of organization. The spirit of competition
subconscously finds it's way into daily pro-
duction, and it's much faster pacemaker
than any driving spirit.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Repercussions

Copper is the bluest section of the
market.-Clark, Childs e Co.
Railroad stocks are very attractive
Joseph f. Haggerty.
AS form of real estate speculation
alone the international Paper Company
shares appear exceedingly attractive
Hartshorne, Fale & Co.
No payment of gold, however great.
can erase from Germany the stain of
atrocious deeds. - National Bank OF
Commerce Of Detroit.
We favor the purchase of all good
stocks.-Bioch, Maloney e Co.
There are no irreconcilable differences
between management and labor.-In-
dustry.
The future course of prices and wages
stlil presents many uncertainties, but
the general promise for trade activities
Justihes optimism.-Arthur Reynolds.
II there is one trade more than any
other which can look into the immedi-
ate future with confidence, it is the steel
trade in all its branches-Londom
Statist.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Draws on Spanish Credit

Announcement was made yesterday
that the United States government is
drawing another instalment of rs 600
600 pesetas ($15,0O000O) against the
credit Of 250,000000 pesetas (s5O, ,OOO-
ooo) granted this country last year by a
group of Spanish banks. Fred |. Kent.
director of the division of foreign ex,
change Of the Federal Reserve Board.
has, notified the group of American
banks representing the United States
government in the transaction that the
branch of the Mercantile Bank of the
Americas at Barcelona will draw the
bills on their behalf in the next few
days. The government has ALREADY
used 100000 pesctas (s15, 900 OoOjI.
and after the present draft has been
MADE there will remain 10000 900
pesetas ($2o,oo0000) still available
The credit was arranged for the pur-
pose Of stabilizing peseta exchange.
me proceeds are being used by the
united states government to paw for
supp les purchased in Spain for the use
Of the American expeditionary forces
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Nieto Explains New
Mexican Bank Plan
Acting Finance Minister Seeks
to Create Better Under
standing Here y

Besides continuing to sound out
bankers on conditions on which the
Carranza Administration in Mexico can
get aid for the rehabilitation of the
national and railway debt, Rafaelo
Nieto, Acting Secretary of Finance of
the Republic, IS endeavoring to reach
agreements on other current economic
matters Of interest to Americans.
In the extraordinary session of the
Mexican Congress in April, at which
legislative efforts to end the oil con-
troversy are promised, ...e Admins
tratlon will also present its bill for the
reorganization Of the banking system
of the country and the creation of a
new bank of issue. The proposed law,
it is believed, will place many restric-
tions on foreign branch banks, and Mr..
Nleto is striving to convince bankers
mere that the plan is not unfriendly
toward them. and that it is funda-
mentally sound.
Mr.. Nieto's associates say that when
he returns to Mexico City next month
he will not have in his pockets anv
agreements with foreign bankers, but,
instead, will have complete informa-
tion on the conditions on which Mexico
can get banking assistance to resume
interest on its foreign debt. Decision
ing to accept the terms which foreign
bankers have indicated will have to be
made by the President.
The acting Minister of Finance has
been seeking especially opinions of rep
rescntatives of large holders of Mexi
can bonds as to what kind of a COM
promise they would be willing to make
to enable a resumption of interest paw
ment.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
M ark ets-Inve veStments
Boom in Foreign
Issues in Berlin
By William c. Dreher
Ne1c York Tribune
Special Gable Service


Copyright. 1919. New York Tribune 1nc)
BERLIN, Feb. 26.-Foreign securities
have been enjoying an unusual boom
on the Berlin Boerse for several davs
owing to the plan of supplying Ger
many with foreign food and paving
with securities having an international
market.
1t was first assumed that German
holders would only be required to lend
their securities to the government, but
Herr Erzberger several days ago an
nounced that the securities will be
bought and paid for at daily quota
tions.
This announcement caused an active
rush to buy Chinese, Mexican and even
Russian securities, while Canadian Pa
cific also enjoyed great favor. 1t is
assumed the Entente will take these
securities at prices paid by the Ger
man government.
The Reichsbank appears now to be
making a vain effort to maintain the
price of the German mark. Although
the mark has fallen considerably in
neutral markets within the last fort
night, the Reichsbank is leaving quota
tions of foreign exchange unaltered
While the Reichsbank is Influenced by
the wish to assist foreign trade opera
tions, it is doubted in financial circles
whether it's policy is wise.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Marine Risk Men
Plan to Insure
Idle Shipping g
Would Have Board of In
spection to Correct De-
fects Before Insuring
Hulls and Cargoes

Representatives Of the leading ma
rine insurance underwriters in New
York have prepared tentative plan
for insuring the hulls and cargoes of
the steel and wooden steamships of
the United States Shipping Board,
which, if accepted by Edward N. Hur-
will probably result in putting into
active operation between so and 100
ships owned by the Federal board
which are now lying idle in various
Atlantic ports.
The plan, among other things, pro-
poses the formation of board OF sur
veyors, consisting of five representa-
tives of the insurance underwriters
and two representatives of the United
States Shipping Board. 1t is planned
to have this board make careful ex-
animation and inspection of all of
the Shipping Board vessels, after which
recommendation will be made for
such alterations as are found neces-
sary as a result Of such defects in
construction as are revealed.
The committee representing the in
surance underwriters, which will prob
ably go to Washington in the course
of the next week or ten days to lay
its report before Chairman Hurley,
consists of Herbert F. Eggert, repre-
senting March & McLennan; John S.
Keegan, representing Johnson & Hig-
gins; Arthur Hoyt. representing Frank
B. Hall G. Co.; Elmer F. Hunt, repre-
senting Wilcox, Peck & Hughes, and
Clement Lyndon Despard, represent
ing Despard & Co.
Spokesman for the marine insur
ance underwriters yesterday said
in discussing the situation that
they were willing to underwrite risks
on both the hulls and cargoes Of the
Shipping Boards vessels and at rea-
sonable and fair rate if they were
given an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the vessels
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Will Reopen Deal
With British for
Assets of I.M.M.CO.
Director Says Arrangement
Called for Price of SlOO
a Ton for Ships; Pre-
ferred Stock Advances

With the deal for the purchase of
the stocks and other assets of the
British subsidiaries of the Interna-
tlonal Mercantile Marine Company bv
the United States Shipping Board de-
clared off, as reported in q Washington
dispatch to The Tribune, negotiations
will be resumed shortly with the
English syndicate which had arranged
20 acquire the British owned ships be-
tore this government interfered and
reveuted the consumation of that
plan.
Although ?. A. S. Franklin, president
OF the company, yesterday stated that
he had not been informed that the
proposed sale of the ships in question
to the Shipping Board would not go
through, other interests of the COM
pany expressed their conviction that
the deal with the government was now
thing of the past and would never
be revived. A leading director said:
81 have felt for some time that, de-
spite the willingness of the Shipping
Board to take over the ships Of the
international Mercantile Marine COM
pany flying the British flag, this plan
would meet with failure, owing to the
power and influence of the British gov
ernment in the matter. And | have
no doubt but that we shall Immediately
resume the former negotiations to sell
the vessels, some eighty-five in num-
Der, to the original English financial
syndicate"
This director took exception to that
paragraph Of The Tribunes Washing
to dispatch which named the Inquire al
which the ships were to have been
sold to the Shipping Board at 500
ton. He said that $1OO ton was the
sum which had been agreed to in both
the government deal and the deal with
the English.
international Mercantile Marine pre-
ferred performed some Of it's oldtime
pyrotechnics on the Stock Exchange
yesterday, following announcement that
the deal with the Shipping Board was
off and the way clear for the com
rany to proceed with it's original plan,
matcly $135,000,000 cash. After an
opening advance of points at 99is.
the stock later jumped to 101 Il and
finally closed at 100$4, net gain of
3A points. Late Tuesday bear raid
was engineered against the stock which
drove it down 5 points before rally
set in.
Tuesdays selling followed the bare
statement on Wall Street news ticker
that the deal with the Shipping Board
had been declared off No mention
was made of the probability of the
resumption of negotiations with the
British syndicate.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Even the copper stocks advanced

Even the copper stocks advanced
yesterday. This was not surprising
The news on copper may continue
bad for a time, but it does not fol-
low that copper stock prices will con-
tinue to fail. Copper stock prices
contain the expectation of further
bad news. The only question is
whether they contain not enough or
too much. Yesterdays rumors were
optimistic, one being to the effect
that France has offered Is cents
pound for future copper, and an
other that copper producers may
take over the governments stocks of
the metal to sell through the regular
channels. But the general situation
continues bad. None Of the por-
phyry companies reported costs of
production Of less than II cents
pound. What will 15-cent copper
mean for them? The cheerful side
to costs Of production is not primar-
lily the reduction in wages, but the
increase in labor efficiency shown
since the war. One concern which
reduced it's payroll from 1900 to
1000 men now finds that the fewer
men do as much work as the larger
number did
One hears it occasionally argued
in Wall Street that frmness in
money rates would be a good sign, as
it would indicate that business was
getting back to healthy condition.
But this is precisely what under
present conditions it would not indi-
cate. The present tightness in
money is due primarily to the S4,-
000,000,000 of Treasury certificates
now held by the banks, the prepara-
tions being made for tax payments
and, as a relatively minor cause
stock market activity. Rates for
mercantile paper have gone up this
week in spite of the fact that bust
ness borrowing remains the smallest
in years.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
DIVIDEND NOTICES
PORTO RICO SUGAR co.
Eehrnarv o6 1910

February &c, 1918
The Board Of Directors of South Porto
Rico Sugar Company has this day declared
the regular Quarterly Dividend of 20 on
me Preferred Stock payable in cash at the
office of Messrs William Schall a. Com
pany, 45> William Street, New York City
on April l. 1919. to Stockholders of record
en- March IS, 1918.
The Board has also declared the regular
Quarterly Dividend Of $50 the Common
Stock of the Company. payable in "divi-
dend scrip on April !, 1919. to Stockhold-
ers Of record on March Is. 1879 such scrip
10 he dated April I, 1919. to be payable on
April /, 1922, to bear interest at the rate OF
I%o per annum, payable semi-annually and
TO be subject to redemption on any interest
day. Such scrip Will be distributed to the
common Stock holders by Messrs. William
Schall & Company April /. 1919.
F. A. DILLINGHAM Secretary
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Standard Oil of Kentucky
Earns S45.23 a Share

For the year ended December 81,
1918. the Standard Ooil Company of
Kentucky reports profits of S2.713,948
which are equivalent to S45.23 per
share earned on the S60O0,000 stoc1.
compared with $I,967021. CT S32.7S a
share, earned in 1917. Dividends paid
to the stockholders amounted to S720.-
600, an increase of 100000 Surplus
Of S1,993,94S was added to previous
balance of 50 1856, ,345, bringing the
total to $4350 ,293. From this amount
Federal taxes aggregating S1.515,6Sf
were deducted. leaving a profit and
less surplus of S2,S34,607.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
RelevantCon11nent
Gulf States Steel Dividend Cut

Declaration of a quarterly dividend
of 1 per cent on the common shares of
the Gulf States Steel Corporation was
q more unfavorable development than
Wall Street had expected, judging
yesterday. Previous dividend declara-
tions have been at the rate of 212 per
cent quarterly. Shortly after the an
nouncement of the cut the stock broke
to 81, compared with a high quotation
for the day of Sc, and closed at So, off
Az points.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Belgian Credit Oversubscribed

The S5O,00O,O00 export credit ar
ranged by group of American banks
with a consortium of Belgian financial
institutions, has met with an enthusi-
astic response. Although out town
participants were not informed of the
terms of the offering until this week,
it was learned yesterday that sub
scriptions received to date are in ex-
cess of the total. Bankers admitted
that sentiment had much to do in the
success of the issue, the proceeds of
which are to be spent in this country
for supplies to be used in the recon
struction programme of belgium.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Compensation of S. p.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-The South
ern Pacific system will receive S47,-
$4,000 standard compensation from
the government under contract signed
to-day by Director General Hines.
This covers the subsidiaries Arizona
Eastern, Houston & Texas Central,
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio;
Houston, East and West Texas; Hous-
ton e. Shreveport, Morgans Louisiana
& Texas Railroad and Steamship Com
pany, Louisiana Western, Lake Charles
e. Northern, iberia G. Vermillion and
7exas e. New Orleans.