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The Washington times., 1919-10-22
LOCAL FINANCIAL
AND BUSINESS
GOSSIP

The shareholders committee, con-
trolling 27,5oO shares of the common
stock of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. will meet to-
night to outline a basis upon which q
consolidation of the two traction lines
of Washington may be affected.
The thirty'shareholders Of the block
Of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio stock are agreed fairly we'll, ac-
cording to William f. lCadwallader,
secretary OF the committee that a
merger of the two lines will be bene-
ficiar to the public as well as to the
companies themselves. s.4
The members OF the committee will
discuss tonight at what figure the
common stock OF the Washington
Railway and Electric Company should
be e1tered into the consolidated COM
pany, Memoranda will be submitted
suggesting the basis of exchange Of
stock. So
% and 50 Suggested.
1t has been suggested already that
the common stock of the w. r. and
e. Company be entered at go. but II
lis understood certain members Of the
committee will ask It be entered at
least at so. The latter figure has
been arrived at on the assumption
that the 7-ccnt fare will continue.
The committee is inclined to accept
the dissenting opinion Of Commission
er Gardiner in the recent valuation of
the twoJrailway companies, and the
members are inclined toward merger
OF the two roads providing an equita-
bic exchange of stock, can be made.
The Washington, Association of
Credit Men will meet this evening at
$50 O'Clock atTthe Commercial Club,
where dipper will be given to fifty
members Of the association. Huston
thompson, of,the Federal Trade Com
mission. will speak on Trade Prac-
tices and Abuses"
The Washington chapter of the
American Institute of Banking con-
Quoted its first meeting of the ele-
mentery class for the season I910-2O
last night In the chapter rooms at
1914 street. Victor B. Deyber, pres
ident OF the chapter. reported the at
tendance numbered about. seventy,
and that thirty-seven more applica-
tsons for admittance to the course
have been received. IS
The advanced class in money and
N.~.He iuCct tOIHOTTOW nIRnt.
Dr.. Frank o'Hara will lecture on
Money"
Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange was light today. Lanston
was strong at So, ten shares changing
hands. No sale was recorded in Capt.
tai Traction stock, but $4,000 of
Washington Railway As sold at Sc.
Twenty-Five shares of Capital Trac-
tion reported sold yesterday at 80 was
an error; the transaction was made
at 91. The quotations on Old Dutch
Market were omitted yesterday. They
were as follows: Common, 4h66;
preferred, 10hQ12.
Upon motion Of the members of
the exchange today the secretary was
requested to have the New York quo
tations on Graphophone common and
preferred, Greene Cananea, and Ameri-
can Telephone each day at the open
ing of the exchange, so that they may
be posted for the information of all
the members.
The board of directors of the Ma.
tional Security nd Savings Company,
at Q meeting held October 20, de-
clared. a dividend of 2h per cent pay
able November l, 1919, to stockholders
of record at the close of the books Oc-
tober %. 1919.
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
y. J. GETS BATTLE FLAGS.

TRENTON. n. j.. Oct. 22.-The col
ors of the 30Ith. 20sth and 309th ma
chine gun battaliOns, the 3O7th and
3Osth field artillery and the 3i1th and
3l2th infantry have been sent to Ad-
jjutant General Gilkyson from Wash
ington, to be placed in a state hall of
flags, il was announced today.
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
n. c. TO ENTERTAIN YANks.

The Knights of Columbus will stage
two events for soldiers stationed at
Boiling Field and Washington Bar
racks this evening. The aviators at
the field will be entertained by sew
eral reels from a moving picture
thriller" and the thrills for the bar
racks men will be in the form OF
dances.
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
BIRTHS
AklHa

SONS.
Peter l. and Anita NJ weimer
Leroy r. and Marie Sidney
Daniel L. and Mary e Richey.
Walter ]. and Charlotte V. Reeves.
Francis K and Rose b. Price.
Bradshaw 3. and Jessie e Pearson.
Ira X. and Lillian 3. Nicely.
William j. and Eliza NJ Lanzen.
Edward and Marie W. Kremb.
Joseph II. and Anne T Hunter
James H and Annie @. Davis
Fioravante and Maria Di Pfetre
John T. and Mary Curtin
Ernest G. and Imogene X Baker
James A and Iva Burch
John j. and Sarah F. Martin.
Roland and Minerva Dale
DAUGHTERS
Leroy and May Weston
Albert and Naomi We'll
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKETS.

Firm; receipts diminishing; No.
red winter, S2.35% @2.3Sk; No. 2 red
winter, garlicky, $2.33A @2.34. Re
ceipts, 6S,Ss5 bushels; shipments.
IL 900 bushels.
Gorn-Dull. easier; No. yellow,
old. domestic, S1.S3 asked. Receipts
45.711 bushels shipments. $3.50 bush
els.t
OATS-Steady; No. white, domes-
tic, 77hc. Receipts, 5,217 bushels;
shipments, 3.S77 bushels.
Rye-Nominai; No. 2 Western not
quoted. Receipts, "a bushels, ship
ments. 20 bushels.
Hay-Firm; good demand.
FIour-Inactiye,
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
WALL STREET MARKET

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-The stock
market showed continued strength at
the opening today with United States
steel opening at 11oss, up y; Baldwin
152. up "a: Central Leather 1904, up
1s; Mexican Petroleum. 25S. up 2;.U.
X. stores ia, up /; Bethlehem B. i0f.
up IA. and American Locomotive
11Sh. up 3
The market closed strong
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
HOW 1T SEEMED To CosTLEIGH

HOW 1T SEEMED TO COsTLEIGH.
Before they got married she used
to be very pensive and he didn't like
IT."
"Wellg'
"Since the wedding she has been
expensive, and he objects to thatl"-
Cartoons Magazine.
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
THE COTTON MARKET

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l.. Carpenter g. Co, New York, Branch Of
fce. Woodward Bldg. Herbert H. Brown D.,
Manager.
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Open. High. Low. Close Cloes
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
T0DAY'S SALES.

Washington Railway fs-$1, 0ood
S3. $l,oo0063. $1.oe06s3, $1,000 o IS.
= Lanstons Monotype-10@s2
Columbia Graphophone, pfd-100
96H.
The Washington times., 1919-10-22
FLYERS REACH BINGHAMTON.

D. B1NGHAMTON, N. Y. Oct. a.
Lieut.. Pearson, eastbound, LANDED here
at 1913, and Lieutenant Manzelmap
arrived at 1918.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-10-09

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shades ~ INV tlllsi mixtures.
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this fall Youl see them Oh the best
dressed men here and everywhere. We
have the model that suits your taste.
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5. 5000 20 13b. 100
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large variety now To Aelect from 5s
1850 n $500 M
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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-10-09

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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-10-09
blOuses Of Reputation

grace design vitality
interesting who materials
Of Satin Georgette Plaid Taa Pussy Willow and Crepe Cne
all suit shades.
$500 $3.50
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-10-09

Il On

MAKE OUR STORE YOUR I1EADQLJA
] ton. The merchandise attractioJas NeIf r.
advantages were never 50 large and eyiAskN
coInmon-sense, persuasive one. We pTollfI
solid growth and increasing influence could
doing. Don't miss line Of today 5 store n6d
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27
STRIKES BLOW AT SHIPS.
Passenger Liners VIII be Unable to
Compete With wet" Foreign
Vessels

Washington, D. c., Dec. 27.-Pro-
hibition and the shipping question yes
tertay promised to become entangled
when it was learned that American
passenger ships will be virtually put
cut CT business. by competing lines I'M
der a foreign flag because the lat
ter wild be able to have bars on
beard and sell liquor when outside the
ttree-1nile limit.
At the Shipping Beard yesterday it
was Stated that tine sale of all Ger
man ships taken over by the United
States was contemplated. ORIGINAL.
there were 105 of these vessels, ag
gregating $4,000 gross tons, bu:
several were LOST during the war an
others have been disposed Of. The es.
t;maeed strength of the fleet is nov
s,;xty-five ships, of which from twenty
five to thirty are for either passan
ger or passenger and freight service
These vessels are from 5000 tons gross
up to $4,000 tons OF the Leviatha'
type ard total approximately 225,0G(
gross tons.
A rep5rt was current in shipping
circles yesterday that one Of the sug.
marine boat companies had been APP
preached regarding the sale Of 4 sub
marine which certain persons desire'
TO acquire with view of meeting
ships outside the three-mile zone an'
taking On stocks of liquor which
could be brought into secret pcrts ct.
ter the manner in which the Germa,
U-hoat Deutschland evaded the block,
ade and entered Baltimore harbor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27
MINISTER'S TURN LABORERS
Forced to Supplement Meagrc Sal
aries by Factory Wo-i;

New York, Dec. 27.-Hun:lr,ds o.
American clergymen are driving rura'
free delivery wagons, raising chickens
0: working in factories in vain en-
:!cavor 70 meet the high cost &C living
The interchurch world ma-'emen'
suddenly has awakened to the nun
bers VINO are forced to supplement
the salaries received for p,stors
duties ana has called q convention
attempt remedy.
Statistics which the relief ard
the lnterchurch movement h2s pre-
na~e;l show that there are many min.
istecs running truck, poultry r BE!
gian hare farms as a side line. Tha
scores Ct others pour molten cad j.
foundfes during the dayt:c,e ar
write sermons or visit rarish;cners a.
night and that others hire out by the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27
FROZEN TO DEATH
Trappers Rescue Mother and Infant
After Two Perish in Snow Drift

Trappers Rescue Mother and Infant
After Two Perish in Snow Drift
Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. u
Battling drifting SHOWS in tenn
1erature 80 degrees below zero
George Massey and A. L. Herr!ck
government trappers and hunters Of
Vecnal, Utah, sae :oeded yesterday II
-rsscuing Mrs Fred Hicks and her in
:ant son at Diamond Mountain, aft
er her husband and Oliver P. San
ford had been overcome and perish
ID in blizzard.
Hicks and Sanford were employed
at saw mill at diamond Mountain
Good was needed and they set cut or
heir horses. After fighting off cold
md hunger, men with their horses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27

!,our. IS naoerhangers or janitcrs. II
.he cities where the intellectual DE-
-eanl in ministers IS greater, they
sften act as stenographers to library
workers CT do research work for pub
tic speakers.
Religious statistics point to one
man who acts rs an auctioneer during
the week and employs the same
stertoriar voice from the pulpit en-
tie seventh day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27
Stockhclders Meeting Of the .Ameri-
can Rutilc Company of Virginia

The annual meeting Of stoc!ihold-
RS of the American Ruti!c Com
,any, will be held at the office Of
he company, III South Fairfax
trect, Alexandria, Va. OF Monday,
he 5th day Of January, 1920. at L
clock noon, to l o'clocl; p. NJ, for
he election Of directors, and for
he transaction of such other bust
,ess as can be lawfully considered.
The transfer books viii be closed
'7r 10 days prior to the 9Th tay OF
ranuary.
W. N. Slater, President.
2alrh 3. Williams, Seeretor.' and
?O2-12t. Treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27
STATE MANAGER
ROOFING CEMENT AND PAINT

The Invest AMI most progressive
,rganization in the United States
offers big opportunity for = man
experienced in these lines. Under
his ccmpany's liberal selling plan
ialesmcn can increase th:cir income
It least 100 per cent. This plan
means big money f." the state
manager. n your first otter state
qualifications, past c%DG ien"" and
give references. Address Security
Mutual Paint and Varnisi Works,
Station A. Cleveland. Chic.
3O7-1p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-27

sank into the sn5w. The men and. the
animals were frozen to death.
The government men came upea
the bodies, and then went to the
shack of Mrs. Hicks, who, with he.
sen, were at the point of death
through hunger.
The woman and child will recover.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
The Attorney General at Home

Attorney General Palmer, whose
ambition to be the Democratic candi-
date for President explains much of
his conduct, seems to be favorite
son not much favored at home. The
opposition to BIN among Pennsyl-
vanla Democrats is pronounced, and
he Will have to struggle to keep even
the leadership of the party in the
state, which he now enjoys.
The trouble dates back to the state
election Of last year, when Judge
Bonniwell ran as Democratic candi-
date for Governor. At that time his
enemies in the party were Messrs.
Palmer and Mccormick, who had the
support Of the Administrations. The
Judge won his nomination in the face
of this opposition. Now he is a
candidate for place on the Demo
cratic National Committee, in full
confidence that he will be elected, and
incidentally remarks that there is
increasing distrust Of the traitorous
Palmer leadership" and that not
more than about third Of the Penn
sylvania delegates to the national
convention will be friendly to Pal
mer's nomination.
A favorite son who is not a IA
vorite where he is best known has
something to explain. He doesn't
start off with all the enthusiasm tc
be desired. Nor are there any
visible signs that the voters are
hurrahing for Palmer anywhere. He
has done nothing outside Of Penn
sylvania to indicate that he is Of
Presidential size.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
T,yice Stolen

With this we'll organized personnel
the countess operated most successfully.
From one of her friends she stole 100 900
marks worth of carpets and other goods
from another 100000 marks worth.
Some odd tricks were played by the band
The two lieutenants stole two bronze
figures from a garden on fashona bic
street and sold them to a dealer. Later
Lieutenant Stutz, in the guise of 4
criminal detective. visited the dealer and
seized the figures as stolen goods; he
then sold them to somebody in Vest
phalia, whence the police recovered them.
But the band overreached itself final
~. They learned about wealthy land
owner near Sonderhausen, south of the
Hartz Mountains, who was supposed to
keep much money in his safe They
wanted that money. Botticher was Sc
lected to make the preliminary prepa ra-
tions, and he went there and got him
self accepted as a non~salaried employee
eager 10 learn the secrets of agriculture,
but having only evil designs upon the Sc
crcts OF that safe. He succeeded in taking
waX impressions of the key, and sent
these to Berlin. where a perfect ky
was made by the jailbrd locksmth It
when the police, in some way not yet
made public, got wind of the projected
robbery
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Safety Laws

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir The article which appeared on
the third page Of to-day's December
10 issue of The Tribune. under the
heading Rail Safety Laws Evaded, Is
Charge makes interesting reading
for the general public However, the
statements made by Mr. Borland are
so misleading to one who is not ia
miliar with the subject discussed that
wish TO call your attention TO the
erroneous conclusions which the reader
is likely to draw from the article
Your abstract quotes Mr.. Borland's re
port correctly and states that il the
matter of operating trains with power
brakes the railroad companies have
"disregarded the maximum require
ment that all cars so equipped with
power brakes must be connected and
the brakes in operation" If you will
turn to Page of Mr. Borland's
report you will find in the third para
graph the following statement: Not
withstanding the adverse decision OF
the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
4th Circuit in the Chesapeake e.
Ohio case, it is believed that the proper
Interpretation Of the law requires that
the air brakes of all cars in every
train which have been equipped with
power brakes. as distinguished from
non-air cars, and which are associated d
with cars having operative power
brakes, must be put in operative con-
dition and must be used by the engi-
neer Of the locomotive drawing the
train"
The decision referred to upheld the
Interpretation which the railroad COM
panies have placed Oh the commission
order of June 6, 1910. and therefore
the only lnfraction Of the law which
can be charged to the railroads is that
they have accepted the courts inter
pretation of the order rather than the
construction which Mr.. Borland de-
sires to place upon it.
The statement with regard to the
use Of hand brakes for controlling
trains on mountain grades is equally
evasive and misleading. Very strong
arguments have been advanced to
prove that the use of hand brakes in
conjunction with air brakes on heavy
grades is preferable, from the stand
point of safety, to the use Of an
brakes alone, although the law on this
point is clear in requiring the use OF
power brakes. 1t hardly seems fair
that the railroads should be censured
for following practices which expert
ence has shown to be preferable to
those required by the statute
A. F. STUEBING,
Associate Editor of Railway Age"
New York, Dec II. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

aside. Middlesex regularly reelected
wilkes, though, perhaps, not agree
ing with his republican ideas, and
bradlaugh, the excluded atheist.
came again and again to the chair
OF the House of Commons from a
district by no means atheistic. Ber-
ger made the most of the fact of
his unseating.
Finally, Berger attracted all the
dissatisfied that have longing to
protest, while his opponent was not
personally as strong a candidate as
might have been secured.
But, nevertheless, it is not pleas
ant to think that there is a single
Congressional district in the United
States, even one with pronounced
pro-German population, willing to
elect man of Berger's known rec
ord. 1t shows the unwisdom of cod
ding Bolshevism on the theory that
its influence is negligible. There is
no reason for alarm, but there is
ample reason not to relax vigilance,
Foes within are tirelessly at work.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Our System to Blame
the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A great deal too much has been
made of Lloyd George or Clemenceau
failing to understand" Lloyd George
and Clemenceau quite understand
They know all about the Presidents
request for a Democratic Congress, and
all about the effect that request pro
duced. They also know how American
ambassadors are appointed and how
they are not appointed; but, knowing
all this. in what respect could they
have acted differently?
Mr.. Wilson went to the peace confer
erce as President Of the United States,
duly elected and inaugurated. What
ever may have been the political shade
of Congress, he was still President of
the United States and had to be treated
as such by the other delegates. Would
you expect them to question his Gre
dentials? Should he have been told
that as he was "a leader who had lost
the support of the people for whom he
spoke" he was not fitted to represent
NIClH ! GNh tiic IuNSLlVll IL ~ an
swer it. The only thing for the peace
conference to do was to take Mr.. Viii
son at his word.
Lloyd George says We got the
league of nations through the House
of Commons, Unionists, Liberals, Co
altion. Independent Liberals, Labor
ties, Nationalists, in a single night.
This was the result of England being
represented at the conference by q
leader who had Pari; ment behind him.
If Lloyd George had failed to COM
mand majority in Parliament he
could lot under Great Britain form
of democratic government, have gone
70 the peace conference. If the Amerl-
can system Of government permits the
country TO be represented at a great
crisis in the worlds history by a
President who does not represent d
majority in Congress, the plamc must
be on that form Of government. For
that form of government the American
people are responsible.
A. D. BLAIR
New York, Dec Is, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Stealing Seuenueen Locomotives

The boldest attempt to rob the rail-
ways occurred several weeks ago. when
a scheme was laid to steal seventeen
locomotives and carry them into Poland.
The officials, however. were too sharp
for the thieves When the locomotives
reached a station near the Polish from
tier change OF engineers and brakemen
had to be made; and these were police
officials, who took into custody the gang
that was to continue with the locomo-
tves into Poland
With such food of thevery and
other crimes sweeping over the country
the courts and police are quite unable
to keep up with their duties. Complaints
of thefts are lodged with the prosecut-
ing attorneys. and they order lnvestiga-
tions made; and in due time the printed
form comes back: THE investigation in
the case of was without result 3"
But, as a matter of fact--so it is ad-
mitted in the press-no investigation at
all has been made in many of these
cases, for the simple reason that there
are not detectives enough in the ser.
vice to do the work But even so the
courts are overworked. Last year no
fewer than 1896 900 cases were
brought before the Prussian courts,
against 752,8OO in 1916.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

it might be the case with the Sew
enth Reservation, concerning Shan
tung. The United States asks for
acqulescence on the part of only
three of the major Allied powers.
Le Temps, of Paris, which is in
close touch with the French Foreign
Office, has announced that all the
Senate reservations are acceptable
to France, and that Great Britain
objects only to the wording of the
preamble. known as the First Res
ervation. There is no reason to be-
lleve that the reservations, as they
stand, are unpalatable to Italy.
Take Mr.. Rublee's treatment of
the Third Reservation, qualifying
Article X Of the league covenant.
Of this he says, "It refuses to as
sumo any obligation under Article
x" This bald misstatement has
been made many times by the advo-
Gates of unconditional ratification.
The Third Reservation merely says
that the United States will assume
no obligation under Article X unless
Congress shall, in each particular
case, authorize the employment of
the armed forces of the United
States to carry out recommended
tion from the league council.
What other course would Mr..
Rublee have the United States pur-
sue? President Wilson told the Sem
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
at the conference of August 18 that
no obligation rested on the Executive
to accept recommendation from
the council, even if concurred in by
our representative in that body, and
that no obligation rested on Con-
gress to accept a recommendation,
even if it were approved by the
President. What form of reserva-
ton would be acceptable, then, to
Mr.. Rublee? Senator Hitchcock's,
which merely makes verbal change
in the language of the>majority res
ervation? Or what other? Mr..
Rublee offers no reservation Of his
own. He contents himself with the
vague statement that the Lodge Nc
| Cumber-Lenroot reservation Should
be modified"
The opponents of the Senate's
Americanization program have, in
fact, nothing constructive to offer.
They talk generalities and becloud
the issue. They clamor for compro-
mise without bestirring themselves
to create a genuine basis for COM
promise.