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New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
The Nimble Policy

1t seems to US that the market has
,nst'iled the policy Of paying attention
to danger signals when they are
flashed, stepping aside until the dan
ger passes, and then hopping aboard
very quickly again as soon as it is seen
that the market is able to absorb tho
shock. Hornblcwer & Weeks.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Greatest Activity Ever

The stock market has finally hung
up new record. 1t is the most active
period in all time. The previous rec
ord for consecutive million share ses-
sions was the forty-four-da period of
1901. Yesterday was the forty fourth
consecutive million share day since
April 6. The 1901 record will be broken
to-day, unless sales should fall below
the million mark, an event hardly
likely after nearly 100000 shares yes
terday.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
NosAction on Calumet Dividend

The Calumet and Hecla Mining Com
pany held its regular quarterly meet
ing in Boston yesterday, and, as in the
previous quarter, no action was taken
on the dividend for the current quarter.
At that time it was stated that the
omission was due to conditions of re-
adjustment in the copper trade.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Out For Keeps

United States Steel marketwise might
be in very tight position. profes.
siona's DO not realize how much United
states steel has been taken out of the
market for keeps.~E. w. Wagner g. Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
A Weeks Comparison

AT the close last night the average
price of thirty industrial stocks was
still higher than at the close follow
ing the break Tuesday week ago.
Then the figure was 1O5.2O: now it is
1878. Railroad stocks are lower.
however, at 1920, compared with
1856.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Market Opinion
Stop-Loss Orders

we see no hurry in buying anything,
as we look for the reaching of many
stop orders on the way tlown.-Rcn;a.
min Block.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

The foreign exchange market was
quiet yesterday and rates were steady.
y Demand sterling closed at s4.s2ss
french exchange closed at 6.44 francs
TO the dollar. Italian lire were steady.
There was no important change in
'ne position Of the neutral exchanges.
(Quoted dollars to the pound.)
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
From Nnw On

The experiences of the last week
nave shown that speculation from now
on must be attempted with the utmost
caution Morgan. Davis e. Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
J.h.Rice.Jr&Cn R,,x,x

J.h.Rice.Jr.&Co.Buy& )
] american Alliance Ins.
4 american Cigar
american Gliicie Com. 4 rfd
american Meter
asm.nerican Piano Com & rfd.
Attnnfic Natl Bank
bankers Trust Go. stk.
continental Fire Tnh.
Del. Lack. & West. Com
=. '" Hiss Com.
\ farmers Loan & Trust Co. stL
fidelity Phenix Ins.
franklin Fire Ins.
neneraI Baking Com. 4 pfd
Great American In..
/ ~. w. Johns ManviiIe Com.
home Insurance
mt Motor stocks
living Natl Bank Stk.
Nirby Lumber Com. & Pfd.
"ne STAR e,as Stk. & Rights
EehfEh Valley Coal Sales
Mohawk Valley
Midland Securities
>ics-fSe menf Pond Com
H1aiIonaI Hai Ice & Coal fst & end I'D
Otis Elevator Com.
f.Hrene Manufacturing
iennsy lvania Coal 4 Coke
Spiifdorf Electric Com.
Seaboard steel & Manganese
standard Screw Com.
Singer Manufacturing
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Texas Pacific Coal a OH
Il victor Talking Machine Com.
Wright Martin Pfd.
J.k.Rice,
Fhoncs 1000 o 100 John. - Wafist.N
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

time of the organization of the COM
pany, and the voting trustees may re-
fuse to assume the responsibility of
voting for the liquidation of the COM
pany So it may be necessary in
order to liquid-.te the company that
$o7 100000 of stock out of total posi-
bly, of only s88,ooo,O0o vote for lauida-
ton. Is this possible? For these rea.
sons recommend to the stockholders
tnat they cast their votes against the
resolution providing for the oisposi-
t'on of the British assets of your COM
pany"
Both Mr.. Platten and Mr.. Scott were
members of the regular proxy commit
zee OF the company, but .ast week
Withdrew their names. Proxies of the
independent committee are asked to he
deposited with the United States Mor;-
gage and Trust Company.
London Money Markct.-LONDON
June 1o.-Closing: Money, 2a ncr
cent. Discount rates: Short bills AZ
per cent; three months bills. 3ss ner
cent. Gold premium at Lisbon. 150 =
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
$25, 900.
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
New Issue

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New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

The Federal Reserve Bank of New
York has put in force the following
schedule of .rediscount rates, which
apply to bankers acceptances: Maturi
ties up to Is days, per cent; 16 to so
days, inclusive, Az per cent; 61 to 90
days, inclusive, AK per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

Bank Acceptances.-Kat were un-
changed yesterday as follows:
Thirty Sixty Ninety
Spot de- days. days. days.
livery: Per cent Per cent Per cent
Eligible
mer,be:
banks ..4A@4 4I4@4fs 4s@4M
Eligible
nOn-mem-
Der banks 4a@4 4h@4l4 42a@4A
Ineligible
bank bills.5A@4Ia 5I4@4La 5N@4A
For delivery within thirty days:
Per cent.
Eligible member banks. ....... 4h
Eligible non-member banks.. :. 4Ia
Ineligible bank bills. ls.......... 6
Discount Rates.-The following table
gives the current rates Of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper for all periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Wealth-MarketsI Investments
Money and Credit

I After rising to and then to 10
per cent after the close of the Stock
Exchange session on Monday, call
money yesterday opened and renewed
at per cent for loans on mixed COL
lateral At about $3.50 the rate on
both classes of loans went to per
cent, and closed at per cent for mixed
collateral and per cent for all-indus-
trial loans.
Brokers show a greater desire to
borrow time money, and will take all
they can get at 5% per cent, but banks
demand per cent.
The ruling rates for money yester-
day, compared with year ago, we're
as follows:
Yesterday Year ago
Per cent. Per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

Bank of Germany.-BERLlN via Lon
don' June 1o.-The statement of the
Imperial Bank of Germany, issued May
Sl' shows the following changes Gin
marks):
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11
Bank Clearings.-Bank clearings YES

silver.-London, 53ssd, New York,
sl'1Oas; Mexican dollars, S4s4@sS%c.
Sub-Treasury. - The Sub-Trea asury
gained s3,7970o0 from the banks on
Monday.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-11

Following arc the official rate,
quoted by the American Relief Admin.
istration on exchange against the coun-
tries on which it has supervision over
all dealings:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
ONE SHOT KILLS TWO MEN.
Fellow Shot Intended For Ducked
and Escaped.

Columbus, Ca, June 29.-Charles
Mcdaniel, 25, and J. r. Hayes, "a,
were killed here early today by
single shot, which, according to the
police was fired by Robert Parr at
Ollie Jones with whom he had quar-
relied.
Parr and Jones we're said to have
engaged in an argument over money
when suddenly Parr pulled out a pis-
tol and shouting to Mcdaniel to look
out, fired at Jones. The latter duck
ed and escaped injury. Parr sur
rendered later in the day and assert
ed that he knew nothing of the affair.
Jones was also arrested and the men
were put in the same cell in the
county jail. They had fight and had
to be transferred to separate cells it
was said at the jail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
Jerusalem's Water System.

However individual inhabitants of
Jerusalem may differ in regard to
the British occupation, there is one
result concerning which their approx
al can hardly be anything short of
unanimous. Jerusalem at least has
an adequate. water supply, and this
blessing has come with the British.
In more than 1000 years from the
time when Herod established water
system for ancient Jerusalem, moth
ing had been done, till the beginning
of the present century, to enlarge or
even keep up the Herodian system,
and it had long ago fallen into disuse.
The city depended largely on private
cisterns of rain water, and it was
considered an event when the Turks,
in 1901, partially restored the work
of Herod. But this restoration, as
the British found, provided only a
small aqueduct and pipe from the
Pools of Solomon, which also supplied
water to Bethlehem. In the past six
months the British royal engineers
have restored and improved the
Herodian system, and Jerusalem now
has plenty of good water.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
Pistol Shot Ends Life.

Chester, June 26.-T. ]. Cornwell,
about SIS years of age, deputy clerk
of court of Chester county, and one
of the most popular men of this Sec
ton, while oiling or loading his 3S
calibre revolver this morning about 8
O'Clock accidentally discharged it,
sending the bullet through his heart.
He expired almost instantly. No one
was present in the room. Mrs. Corn
we'll had asked him to get up for
breakfast and he had replied by say
ing that he would be out in a few
minutes. A revolver shot was then
heard and members of the family
rushed in but found Mr.. Cornwell dy-
ing, the end coming very soon after
they reached the room. He never
spoke again. Physicians and friends
were quickly on the scene, but it was
too late.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
Woman Accused Of Arson.

Greenville, June PA sensation
was created here today by the arrest
of Mrs. J. w. Mcfarland, college
graduate, author of a published book
of poems and former city school
teacher. who is charged with COM
plicity in starting the fire that de-
stroyed five buildings on Rhett and
Pendleton streets here last night.
That Mrs. Mcfarland is demented on
the subject of fires is the belief OF
dition to the confession he claimed
dit on to the confession he claimed
that Mrs. Mcfarland has made to
him that she started last nights fire:
he has evidence to show that she was
responsible for the burning OF the
Colonial Apartments about two
months ago. Mrs. Mcfarland in the
cell tonight emphatically denied that
she had confessed to setting fire to
the Rhett street buildings. Friends
said Mrs. Mcfarland was asleep and
that they walked her when the fire oc-
Cured last night.
Prominent persons have interested
themselves in Mrs. McFarland's case.
She comes from prominent Georgia
family, it is said, and taught in the
city schools here, having married a
soldier in the Thirtieth Division in
Greenville in the fall of 1917. Her
husband is now in France.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
WOULD SAVE THE
EX-KAISER'S LIFE
EX-CHANCELLQR OFFERS TO
COME TO TRIAL. \
Appeals to the Allies
Characterized Belgium's Neutrality
in Addressing Reichstag as
'Scrap of Paper"

Berlin, Saturday, June 2S.-Dr.
Theobald Won Bethmann-Hollweg
former German chancellor, has form
ally asked the Allied and associated
powers to place him on trial instead
of the former Emperor. The former
chancellor says that he assumes re-
sponsibility for the acts of Germany
during his period of Office and places
himself at the disposal of the Allies.
The REQUEST of the former chancel-
lor was made on June 25 in a COM
munication to Premier Clemenceau,
president of the conference. DR.. Won
Bethmann-Hollweg, it is said, desired
to take this step on May 20, but re-
Trained at that time on the expressed
wish of the German government. The
communication asked Premier Clem-
enceau to bring the following docu-
ment to the knowledge of the Allied
duu dSSOCldISu pOW Cl
Allied Demands.
''In article 227 of the peace terms
the Allied and associated powers pub
licly arraign his Majesty, William II,
of Hohenzollern, former German En-
peror, for a supreme ofense against
international morality and the sane
tity of treaties. At the same time they
announce their resolve to address a
request to the government of the
Netherlands for the surrender Of the
former emperor for purpose of trial.
with reference thereto I take the
liberty of addressing request to the
powers to let the projected proceed
ings against his Majesty, the Empe-
ror. be taken against me. For this OBJ
ject I hereby place myself at the dis
posal of the Allied and associated
powers.
Assumes Responsibility.
GAS former German imperial chan
cellor 1 bear for my period Of office
sole responsibility, as regulated in the
German Constitution, for the politi-
cal acts of the emperor. I believe l
can deduce therefrom the claim that
the reckoning which the Allied ana
associate powers desire to demand
for these acts shall be demanded sole
ly of me.
"Being convinced that the Allie1
and associated powers will not deny
international respect to the legal po-
sition fixed by public constitutional.
law, I may express the hope thai they
will be INCLINED to yield to my urgent
request. (Signed)
"VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
HOME WITH FRENCH BRIDE.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lowman Wis.,
iting Orangeburg.

Orangeburg, June 27.-Lieut. K. D..
Lowman, U. S. NJ, is now visiting his
relatives in this city. Lieut.. Lowman
has with him his French bride, and
sister-in-law. He has been in the
navy about three years, and is in the
surgical branch of the service. For
many months Lieut.. Lowman was
stationed at Brest, France, and there
he met his wife, who was formerly
Miss MYRTLE Fauttrat, daughter OF a
French colonel. Lieut.. Lowman and
his bride have met host of friends,
and his old friends are welcoming
him home, for this short stay as he
returns in a few days to resume his
work at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
Vicarious Atonement.

"Ah, me- sighed the successful
man who was revisiting the old vii
lage school, chow time does fly. Thir-
ty years ago I sat in this front seat.
and it seems to me as if it were but
Yesterday. If I am not very much
mistaken, you'll find my initials carV-
ed on the DESK"
"The're there, right enough said
the present occupant of the seat. Il
got whipped for doing it just because
my initials happened to be the same
as yours. rs."-Answers
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
COMMITS SUICIDE IN PRISON.
Doctor Convicted of Wife Murder
Hangs Himself.

Mineola, n. Y, June 29.-Dr Wa
ten keene Wilkins, who was convict
ed of the murder of his wife Julia
by aaiury here Friday afternoon COM
mitted suicide in the bathroom of the
Nassau county jail tonight by hanging
himself with rope.
Although the aged physicians
heart was still beating when he was
cut down and every effort was made
by the Jail physicians to save his life,
he died few minutes after s o'clock.
DR.. Wilkins's neck was broken, it was
announced.
Jail officials were unable to ex-
plain how the doctor obtained the
rope with which he ended his life.
During the afternoon he had been
busy writing in his cell. When he
had finished writing he expressed a
wish to go to the bathroom. His two
guards, John Mills and William Hen
derson, allowed him to enter the
room, where he climbed upon a chair,
adjusted the rope and leaped off.
When the guards cut DR.. Wilkins
down short time later his pulse was
still beating and they gave him first
aid treatment, while awaiting the ar
rival of physicians, who used pull
moter but without success. The rope
DR.. Wilkins used was new. He had
been thoroughly searched on Satur-
day, Jail officials said, and it would
have been impossible for him to have
concealed the rope about his person.
He had no visitors this afternoon ex-
cept the chaplain. How the rope
came into the prisoners possession
will be the subject of an Investigation
by the Jail and county authorities, it
was stated.
Said He Was Innocent.
The doctor spent the entire after
noon writing his letter of self vindi-
cation and two other letters giving
directions for the disposal of his body
and care of several pets to which he
was greatly attached.
Rather than be driven across the
State of New York by Carmen plant
(Nassau) detective and delivered up
to Sing Sing prison" he wrote in the
first letter, "I prefer to be my own
executioner. Besides, it will save
Justice Manning from looking into
my face when he tells me I have had
fair trial.
''I am absolutely innocent Of this
crime which the indictment charges
me with
The letter was addressed to j. P.
Healey, of Brooklyn, an acquaintance.
The second was addressed to Mrs.
Elizabeth Muller, of Monticello, N! Y,
formerly his housekeeper, requesting
her to see that his pets were we'll
cared for.
The third letter, addressed to
Sheriff Phineas Seamen, requested
that his body be cremated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
CYCLOPS STORY A MISTAKE.
Graniteville Mother Has Not Heard
From Her Son.

Graniteville, June 27.-Mrs. Anna
Ramsey, mother of Otis Ramsey, a
seaman lost in the mysterious disap-
pearance of the United States collier
Cyclops, said Tuesday she had re-
ceived no word from her son, as re-
ported Tuesday in Columbia. The Co.
lumbia report was that a telegram
bearing the sons name had been sent
her from New York, saying he was
safe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
BAMBERG, S. c., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1919
NEGRO FLEECES WHITE MEN.
Willie Bell Offers Liquor at Low
Prices.

Willie Bell, negro, about 25 years
old, was brought before the recorder
yesterday on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. Two
we'll known citizens stood before the
railing to explain how they parted
company with S36 each while making
an effort to secure three gallong of Ii
quor which Bell claimed he could de-
liver. One witness testified that
Bell feeced him out of S36 on Fri
day, June 13, and the second victim
lost his cash Thursday afternoon.
Chief Richardson put an end to the
traffic when he apprehended Bell a
short time after the scheme was pull
ed Thursday.
The first prosecuting witness told
the court that he was cranking mo-
tor car when Bell came up and offer
ed to sell him three gallons of liquor
for s36. The proposition looked good
and the prospective buyer soon To-
Gated party who suggested that the
deal be made on a $3.50 basis. The
witness said he hired a transfer and
Bell directed the driver to house
on Lady street, where he secured
S36, walked into the house and dis
appeared. The two men lost SIS
each. The Judge sent the case to the
criminal court and fixed bond at
5000.
Another prominent citizen said he
was near drug store when Bell Of
fered his three gallons of fluid for
$36. The price was right and the
name of the stock was satisfactory.
The witness said he took Bell in his
car they stopped at house on West
Lady street, The negro left the car
and went into house. He returned
and asked for the money which was
poured into his hands. Bell disap-
peared and it was ten minutes later
when the vision of three gallons of
real booze faded away like soap
bubble. The car beat path to the
police station where Chief Richardson
listened to the story. The prospect
i've buyer gave vivid description of
Bell and in few hours he was be-
hind the bars. The judge ordered
the second case sent to the criminal
court and fixed bond at 5000.
Bell was identified yesterday by
the two men who gave him s36 and
by the transfer driver who drove the
first party to Bells liquor depot. The
prosecuting witnesses seemed to en-
joy the experience, but appeared to
look with disfavor upon the cost of
the operation. The search for whis-
key cost money, time, gasoline and
wear and tear on tires.-Columbia
State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-03
TRUTH ABOUT U-BOATS.
Undersea Terror Less Formidable
Than Was Supposed.

The truth about the German failure
in submarine warfare is now being
revealed in publications that no long
er cringe under the whip of an official
censorship that was without con-
science or horror. According to the
Berlin Vossische Zeitung, Germany
lost 19S submarines during the war,
including seven interned in foreign
ports and IA destroyed by their own
crews. This statement is an admis.
sion that 1T were sunk by the AL
lies and lost at sea. AS most of the
U-boats carried as many men as
could be crowded into them, the an
nouncement that 5000 sailors were
drowned in the sinking is not sur
prising; but the darker tragedy is
that the conditions of service on these
vessels we're so nerve-wrecking that
several thousand sailors lost their
reason and were committed to insane
asylums. Here is an explanation Of
the mutinous spirit that spread
through the High Seas Fleet and at
last destroyed its morale.
A final cast of fortune in battle
with the Allied fleets could no more
be considered. The keenest and brav-
est men we're being drafted to the
submarines, but as the CHASTITY truth
of the horrors of the service became
known to every common sailor men
refused to join the U-boats, and in
the end discipline utterly failed at
Kiel. The navy, which had been the
pride of the kaiser, was a service rot
ten to the core. British officers have
spoken contemptuously of the spirit
that surrendered the High Sea Fleet
without striking a blow, but there
was no fight left in it. If any other
navy had fairly aogged it's men into
a submarine campaign that was obi
Gus in the sight of mankind, and to
engage in which was sure to be sui
eide sooner or later, would not dis
cipline and the JOY of battle have
ceased to exist in that service? The
Germans fought bravely in the bat
tie of Jutland, and died like men in
the Pacific when their time came,
but they could not endure the ugly
U-boat coffins which doomed them
to death or the loss of their reason.
The submarine campaign was lost F,
long before the Germans signed the
armistice. Listening devices, depth
bombs, and the unerring guns of the
swarming destroyers made each VEN
ture from the base like a forlorn
hope, and to find crews became the
despair of the admiralty. At the
last but few submarines were in
commission, and it seemed futile to
go on building them in quantities.
Against a powerful, resourceful and
active enemy the submarine is no
longer to be dreaded, but this could
not have been said in the first three
years of the war.