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The Washington times., 1919-11-08
WALL STREET MARKET

NEW YORK, Nov. s.-Leading issues
opened strong on the stock exchange
.Oaay' United States Steel Opened at
,VoA, up "a; Central Leather 1851, up
y; United States Rubber 135, un-
SSnsngea; Baldwin 1889. off y; Stude-
S, 1o', up II: Crucible 231, off Il;
90, up /; Southern Pacific 1Ie&, up *,
and bethlehem B 105%, up q.
Inc market closed weak.
New lows for the day were made
during the last half hour. Baldwin,
United states Rubber and Repub ic
T.eel s were particularly reactionary.
,i - hlanscohlnental Oil, however, acted
well around 60 while other oils were
selling off sharply.
General Motors sold down to 500
OFF 16 from the weeks high, and
american Tobacco sold at 800 United
states Steel held above 1O7.
The Washington times., 1919-11-08
ToDAYs SALES

Capital Traction SIS. soeoas5. 5000
90.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred. 100osL.
Washington Gas. 505ok. 1o05ox
1cq50A 1O65o4, 1oG5eA. 0@5oM M
10d5o. $3.50.
American Security and Trust, 5a23z.
Real Estate Title Insurance, 10dT3.
loQs0.
District Columbia Paper preferred.
10d1o2. 10@102.
After call.-washington Gas, 250So,
$3.50.
The Washington times., 1919-11-08

Dent let careless expenditure make
. sieve OF ysur Purse. Buy wisely
and increase your savings by Invest
ing in War saving stamps.
The Washington times., 1919-11-08
FINANCIAL FMMuM -
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City Of Lyons City Of Marseiles City Of Bordeaux
Ffteen-Year Six Cent Bonds
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d KDDER PEABODY & CO. VIM A. READ & CO.
4 CONTINENTAL COMMERCIAL TRUST SAVINGS BANK chcago
The Washington times., 1919-11-08
LAYS SUB FAnl
TO WAR INVENT

BERLIN. Nov. Scr ~
marines failed because II. tAa
lions utilized by the N u
American war conveys. A6u1<
Capelie, formerly of the <1o11
miralty staff. testified t61ay
the national assembly >aar rutl
mission- ~ <3X
The admiral admittod thn =
rines were unable to he1x
transports that poutrd A.
troops into Europe.
The Washington times., 1919-11-08
LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
PUBLIC UTILITY SToCKs.

Am. Tel & Tel. as. soL 90
Amer. Tel. & Telga. 4A's s1H So
Am. T. & T. Ctl Tr. SIS. s3l1 s5k
Am. Tel. & Tel. Con. SIS. s& leeA
.. & p. TeIephone 5's.. eS =.
Cap. Traction r. r. IS. Gag s5
Georgetown Gas 1st 5's o. >.
Net. r. r. 5's......... %
Potomac Elec. 1t s's.. ssJs IS
Pot. Elec. Cons. 5's. .. 81 q2E
Pot. Elec. Power 6s.... % a..
Pot. Elec. p GIN. 6's.. 81 s7x
Washington Gas. gs.. e4b o6
Wash. Ry. & Elec. 4s... SO eeb
Wash. Ry. ,Elec. GIN 6's e4L
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.
Am. Graphophone 1st 6s e91s 100
d. c. Paper Mfg. 6's..... %
Sec Stge. & Safe. Den. Gs 1e1
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS.
Am. Tel. d Telga...... 80 -.
Capital Traction -. .... Ssh eo1s
Washington Gas. SO 6eL
N. & w. Steamboat. 1se
Wash. Ry. & FL. CON-. 22h
Wash. Ry. & Elec, pfd.. IS
NATIONAL BANK STOCKS.
Am. National Bank ITO $50
Columbia Nat Bank. i7S 80.
Commercial Nat Bank. $50 100
District Nat Bank .... 174 -.
Far. & Mech. Nat. Bank. 242 2e0
Federal Nat Bank. $50 200
Lincoln Nat Bank. ..... loo -.
Nat. Metropolitan Bank. 205 90.
Riggs Nat. Blk. .......... 45O
Second Nat Bank. ...... 152 1s5
washington ............ 200 a2s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
CITIES AS LANDLORDS

DHlLADELPH1ANS who for one rea-
son or another find it inconvenient to
buy homes now and prefer to continue
renting will be interested in the bill in
troduced at Harrisburg by Senator w.
w. Mearkle, of Pittsburgh.
Taking cognizance of the fact that be-
cause we were too busy doing other
things during the war to build and that
many cities, as consequence, are facing
serious problems, the bill permits mu-
inequalities to build houses and apart
ments and to become landlords on large
scale.
AS an expedent, the measure NAV be
justified. Departure from precedent was
frequently necessary while war waged,
and such necessity may exist during
the present period of reconstruction.
But it would seem, on the face of it,
that if the municipality can make such a
venture profitable an individual builder
might do the same thing. If the objec-
tion is lack of credit there might be vir.
tue in the plan adopted in New York
where corporations have consented Ia
lend builders up to so per cent of the
amount needed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Member of the Associated Press
GET THE,Ax OUT. GOVERNOR!

COFT-PEDALED legislation always
~ lays itself open to suspicion. In the
case of the Walker parole BILL which was
recently tiptoed through both houses at
Harrisburg, the matter as well as the
manner is seriously questionable.
The bill provides that any judge may
parole convict sentenced after June 30,
1911, after he shall have served one
third of his sentence. Here is most
dangerous agency for vtiating justice.
The present good-conduct regulations
effectively assure prisoners a square deal
The proposed sweeping extension Of
paroling privileges not only carries
mawkish sentimentality to nauseous
extreme, but it actually impugns the
validity of court proceedings. Just penal
ties imposed by the judges will be mere
shams if the opportunity of curtalment
is afterward to be made so easy.
The Board of Pardons is fully equal to
considering the cases of well-behaved
convicts. Much of its functioning will be
superfuous and, as District Attorney
Rotan puts it, the state will be threat
ened by general Jail delivery if Gov
ernor Sproul signs the bill.
The gravest reasons exist for staying
his hand. Oblivion should be the sequel
of this measures quiet but insidious life
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

has increased only about five or five and
half cents a pound, while the cost OF
inferior coffee has increased thirteen and
a half cents, said thirteen and half
cents bringing the price of the inferior
grade up to the price Of the best coffee
in pre-war days.
And the kink referred to is evidenced
by the fact that the inferior coffee is
being purchased at the prices the pur-
chaser paid for good coffee before the
war, while the good coffee. formerly
favored, is now permitted to lie on the
grocers' shelves.
One looks here for the logical working
out of the law of supply and demand,
which will call for reduction in the price
of good coffee to figure at which it cam
be sold. This, presurning that the pur-
chasers will pay no more than they are
already paying for inferior coffee, will
straightway causes the inferior coffee to
be ignored and
Oh, well, please hand US another cup
with p,cnty of sugar and little cream!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Office Reverles

By window I never can open,
That looks on green little square,
l dream in the midst of my adding,
As scent a stray whiff of spring air,
How I'd like to dive through that closed
window
(These thoughts will steal in on the breeze) :,
I'll run the whole length Of the Office,
And sail head first into the trees,
As swift and clean as bullet,
I'll cut neat hole as pass,
When burst my invisible prison
How the cracks will shoot over the glass
I'll somersault, land on the pavement,
And break through the drab human ring
That will cape as they gather in wonder,
Lost souls who've forgotten the spring
Yet day after day by the window
/ add and divide and subtract,
Oh how many plod by a window
Dreaming parts that they never can act?
PHOEBE HOFFMAN,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
WILSON IN 1913 AND 1919

IT is less than six years since the
= American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, under threat of prosecution by
the government, agreed to sell its entire
holdings of stock in the Western Union
Telegraph Company, bought with view
to the consolidation of the lines of the
two corporations.
= Woodrow Wilson on December 10, 1918,
in letter to J. c. McReynolds, then the
attorney general, wrote: at is very
gratifying that the company should thus
volunteer to adjust its business to the
conditions of competition
The same Woodrow Wilson, in a mes
sage to Congress, read to that body on
May 20, 1919, five years, five months and
one day after the letter to Mr.
McReynolds, said: "In the case of the
telegraph and telephone lines it is clearly
desirable, in the public interest, that
some legislation should be considered
which may tend to make of these indis-
pensable instrumentalities of our modern
life a uniform and co-ordinated system"
1t was to create "a uniform and
co-ordinated system that the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
bought a controlling interest in the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. The
desirability of such coordination was
manifest when the consolidation of the
two corporations was planned.
The President might have recon-
mended modification of the law in 1913
when Congress was in control of his owr
party. 1t is charitable to assume that
he has learned something in the interven.
ing years and that he is not now recon.
mending to a Republican Congress 6
course of action which he wished his owr
party to avoid for fear of being charged
with friendliness to big corporations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
NOT /

T AM NOT healed Of grief; not I,
L Nor shall be till spring boughs forget
Their poignancies down the young sky,
In dusks all violet.
Not I. Not till the year has found
Some other fashion for the rain
In old thin autumn fields; its sound
Against lonely pane.
Not till the worn, dear, usual things
Street, house, or even a chair, jar
Rid them of all rememberings,
Grow strange, and cold, and far.
Who plucks my cowslips in the sun?
Whose step fleets by the withered treef
Whose shadowy, golden daughters run
Betwixt my books and me?
They have been gone thousand years,
grant it. Are the deeps fallen dry?
Wears grief a look not that of tears?-
Not ], indeed, not I.
-Lizette Woodwork Reese, in Contem :
porary Verse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Noses
Noses
MTE FIND nothing so entertaining as

WYE FIND nothing so entertaining as
w noses.
Did you ever walk down the street keeping
your gaze steadfastly on the noses of the
populace? Try it some time, and be con-
vinced that the inscrutable sculptor of hu-
manity is wag at heart. Or study your
own ncb in the mirror and ask yourself if
you ever saw anything more humorous
There's nothing amusing about the nose
of a horse or a dog. These organs are built
for use and have the unassuming beauty of
all useful things. But when it comes to man,
nature seems to have had wild idea of being
ornamental as well as serviceable. Hence
ouA woes.
Beak noses, snub noses, powdered noses,
pink noses, purplsh noses, shiny noses-it
is a quaint panorama.
But we will admit that the noses of chill
dren are delightful. Nothing gives us more
amusement than to watch the nose of the
Urchin. When we give him his supper we
cannot resist dabbing the spoonful of stewed
pruncs on his small, daintily beaded blob
every now and then. We find an exquisite
humor in the surprised gesture with which
he removes the thin adhesion of prune sirup
and smiles as though it were huge joke.
Study the noses along Chestnut street
and renew your faith in the complete alb
surdity of man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
SHIPS AND THE MEN

once upon time the only way sailor
" could get ship was to put himself
into the hands of some rascally boarding
house keeper and permit himself to be
sold, preferably while drunk. Life on the
ocean wave was hard life and the man
before the mast had no rights that the
master or the mate was bound to re-
spect. But in spite of all this the ships
of the world never lacked for men.
There is possibility that America may
yet build the ships for a great merchant
marine. Last weeks parade of ship
workers may have the effect desired on
Congress. But the building of the ships
does not insure the service. We need
the men, and it is not yet certain that we
cal get them.
Nelson Collins, author of "The Mer-
chant Marine" and a former instructor at
the University of Pennsylvania, points
out this danger, gives reason for it and
suggests remedy. He grieves over the
fact that British, French, Italian, Span
ish, Swedish and Norwegian civilian
crews are employed on ships, of their ma
tionaity transporting United States
troops home, when the troops should
properly be making the trips on Ameri-
can ships with American crews
He notes that while Great Britain
steadily kept to the fore the Importance
of civilian merchant marine, the United
States, in effect, deprecated it; and an
inept naval training system caused many
a good man to be lost to the sea because
he ho +n in,
tain some kind of hold on the men of
the merchant service. And he suggests,
along with the building of the ships,
there should be built up strong pride
in them and in the men that will sail in
them.
That last means publicity.
1t was publicity that made the mer-
chant marine of England, even as it was
publicity Of the wrong kind that put a
damper on American commerce in Ameri-
can bottoms.
1t was the stories of Captains Marryat
and Mayne Reid that stirred the hearts
of English boys and made them scent
romance in every wind jammng lime
juicer that lay up against the docks. The
scents of spices from the Indies wooed
them; and the odors of oakum. tar and
bige-water could not deter them. If
they couldn't ship as cabin boys they
slowed away. 1t was the easiest thing in
the world. Any sailor on board would
help them. And the captain who scolded
them when discovered and the cook who
made galley slaves of them Immediately
afterward alike found them not unwel-
come.
On the other hand who can say how
much Dana's 1.-TWO Years Before the
Mast" is responsible for the American
boys lack of interest in the sea-,
Today the seaman is a self-respecting
man, who receives fair treatment and has
ready redress for any wrongs inflicted
upon him. He is well fed and well paid.
Let our novelists, our poets, our dram
atists, our song writers spread the news!
They can do much for successful Ameri-
can merchant marine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

plans to hold up the entire loan or to
delay for a day the resumption of that
expansion of the city's public works
which was checked to the inconvenience
of hundreds of thousands of citizens by
the inability to raise money and to hire
men because of the concentration of all
activities on winning the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
THE MORNING CUP

NV new idealism, broadened our minds
to new patriotism and sharpened our
desires for civic righteousness; but the
groceryman declares, it has sssuredly
blunted our taste for good coffee.
II was wars running mate, old Fl. G..
Of T., that was directly responsible; and
I he Was aided and abetted by queer kink
a, hpr>n nature II the dealers have their
.2rlf correct.
fiee d he best coffee. ''-,y say,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

The resignation of
Difference OF Opinion the American ex-
Makes Horse Races perts because of op-
position to the peace
treaty is cause for regret. 1t indicates diff
ferences where unanimity is desirable. But
while their right to resign must be conceded,
their action does not necessarily condemn the
written instrument.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
TeutOns Talk
For Time

Germany's protest against
TeutOns Talk the treaty is weakened by
For Time the fact that -Ho present
document is not incom-
patiblc with the fourteen points; and with
the further fact if such were nccdcd) that
a chief executives powers are limited by
the constitution and the present peace treaty
is at least no harshcr than the peace always
desired and advocated by the American
people as whole.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

Among the most ancient of woman's
rights is the right to poke fun at her hus.
hand and to show strenuous resentment when
ANYBODY else does-which. of course, iusti6es
all the speeches at the Philadelphia Mothers
CIuh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Answers to Yesterdays ouIz

Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/, Lisboa is the Portuguese spelling for
Lisbon.
Q. A ditty box is a sailors or fisherman's
receptacle for odds and ends.
3.-The centenary of the birth Of Walt
Whitman will be celebrated on May 81.
A. sepia is a dark, reddish brown color.
3. Ocelot; feline quadruped of South and
Central America, tiger cat, leopard
cat.
@. Chervil is a garden herb, used in soup,
salad, etc.
7. Oscar w. Underwood represents Ala
bama in the Senate.
s, Jason was the NEUROLOGICAL hero who
went in search Of the Golden Fleece.
o. 'Tout ensemble" thing viewed as q
whole, general effect. Literally this
French phrase means all together.
10. William n. Day. Of the United states
supreme Court, was secretary y
stste durlnr part Pf McKinlsy's "a :
w m{uI1t{1<t 1<tQH- ~ f|t' | |'4|, e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

The fox without a tail in
But Other Foxes the fable figured that he
Are too Wise would be less conspicuous
if all other foxes were
similarly denuded. The Russian Boshevist
fox. lacking the tail of Peace and Prosperity.
is determined that the rest of the world shall
be in the same class.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
What Do You KnotU?


1. How many American states and what
ones ratified the constitution unani-
mously?
.. At what temperature Fahrenheit does
water boil?
8. How much longer is knot that mile?
4. On what island Of the Azores is Ponta
Delgada located?
s. What color is tn" Mohammedan flag
of the prophet?
6. OF what city was Dante naiiNel
Z. Where is the original manuscript of the
Declaration of Independence kept?
8. Who was Hector Berlioz? a
0. Through what English town, now virtu-
ally part of London, does longitude
zero run?
10. Who wrote '"Rasselas"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
But How About clemeneeau? ?

Some people are charming SO long as
they are young, and afterward there is
nothing attractive about them; others are
vigorous and active in manhood, and then
lose all the value they possess as they
advance in years; many appear to best
advantage in old age, when their character
assumes a gentler tone, as becomes men
who have seen the world and take life
easily. This is oftenkthe case with the
French-Schopenhauer
Undoubtedly German would think the
French a thoroughly delightful nation if
they had all passed the military age.
There is no end to the humane services
Philadelphia has rendered to the nation. We
learn from our sprightly contemporary, the
Retail Public Ledger, that ice cream sodss
were inyeutsd 10 this city ia 1874.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

1t must be admitted that President
Wilson's position is given added embarrass-
ment by the request that he add Irish stew
to the peace table menu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

Recent pranks prove that college
boys sense of humor is as delicate as
Prussian military order and as airy as
steam shovel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

The Y. w. G. A. election gives soma
slight hint of woman's capacity for and
enjoyment of a political fight, but is no
great augury that sweetness and light will
walk hand in hand with universal suffrage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Both DoIna Well, We Trust

Recent Yale graduate and Army In
structor will serve in loco PARENTS after
May first. Details upon inquiry. New
Republic, Box 45.-The New Republic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

Happily the Great American Hen never
worries about what happens to her product
but goes right on laying.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

President Wilson finds life at peace
conference just one darned compromise after
another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

Balkan boundaries continue to be stone
walls in the path of permanent peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

The German cabinet, in opposing the
treaty, would apparently rather save its face
than it's bacon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

After the Main Guy has
Like Father been disposed of by the
Like Son High Contracting Parties
Trial Court it is pleasing
to realize that the Viglant Committee for
the Placing of Responsibility will be fixing
up a place for little Willie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

As note writer Brockdorff Rantzau
does not intend to leave Mr.. Wilson's
laurels undisturbed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

And whatever form the
The Body and charter takes it will be
the Soul secondary to the spirit
the people put into it.
A charter is only charter, but conscience
is real reform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Shad Rosa

We had shad roe for supper the other night,
Which the urchiness greeted with great de-
light.
She ate three platefuls-maybe four
Then announced, II can't eat any more.
1t tastes awful good, but mamma, you know,
Those little round things make my mouth
tickle so, ,..
And all the way down feel so unsteady,
And my tummy is having Mysteries already"
SUB ROSA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

The vote in the House of Representa- :
tiyes is merely one Of many indications that
woman suffrage will eventually make ~
goal but there Is stili some weary Iesrins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

Formal recognition of
Properly the Omsk government by
Classified the allied powers is the
help wanted to bring
about the political situation wanted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
Literary Notes

Clement Shorter, the well known literary
critic of the London Sphere, is in this coun-
try now. 1t is rumored that he has two
reasons for wanting to visit Philadelphia.
These are A. Edward Newton and Joe Her
gesheimer. The sum total of Philadelphia s
literary reputation is the sum total of the
regulations OF aer individual literary artists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

There are three fitting ways that we can
think of 90 commemorate Waits sojourn in
these parts. One is to name ferryboat
after him. Another il to buy the Mickle
strsek propersy, house, horas block and all,
Iet Il stay jusf where 81 il and Earnish II
with WhItman r<licr 60 thst y win b. |.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23

Mr.. Shorter, by the way, says that he
"yerily believes that christopher and
Columbus is the best story about twins
ever written.
We have taken counsel with our sagacious
friend the Quizeditor on this subject, and
have determined to ask Mr.. Shorter to read
De Morgan's "When Ghost Meets Ghost"
and Mark Twain's ''Those Extraordinary
Twins