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Evening star., 1919-09-22

Members to Take Action on
Proposed Amendments
to Constitution.
INVITATION TO PANKERS

A special meeting of the District OF
Columbia Bankers Association Will
be held tonight in the rooms OF tne
Washington Chapter of the American
Institute Of Banking. j..
The meeting is for the purpose OF
acting upon proposed amendments to
the constitution. extending an invi-
tation to the American Bankers AS
sociation to hold its 1920 convention
in Washington, "and other business
awaiting action of the association.
One Of the proposed amendments TO
the constitution would change section
3 Of article 1 to read as follows:
Amy national bank, trust company.
savings bank. banking Arm. banker
or branch bank of a member bank or
trust company in the District or co.
lumbia may be elected member OF
this association. All members in good
standing may send not more than two
delegates to the meetings Of the as
sociation. but each member shall be
entitled to only one vote. Delegates
to the association must be either ON.
GERS Of an institution or members OF
banking firm"
Another proposed amendment re-
lates to the choice of time and place
for holding the annual convention
and election Of officers.
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THE WEATHER.

The District Of Columbia and Nary
land, rain and cooler tonight; tomor-
row cooler and probably fair; gentle
to moderate southwest to northwest
winds.
Virginia, rain and cooler tonight: to-
morrow cooler and probably fair. ex-
cept rain in southeast portion: moder-
ate south and southwest winds, shift
ing to northwest by tomorrow.
West Virginia, rain and cooler to-
night; tomorrow fair, cooler.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste rday, pm. 81;
s pm: 80; II midnight. Is; today; 4
am. 13; am, u; noon. IS; pm, n.
Maximum, 81. at pm. yesterday;
minimum. 72. at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, 81: minimum, A.
Barometer-Yesterday. pm. 2s:s1;
S p.m., 2s.93; ~ midnight, 1895; today,
I am, 29.91; am. 1888: noon, 1895;
PM, 1884.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide. 1897 am. and 200
PM; high tide. 1893 am. and 1852 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:25 am. and
2:45 Pm; high tide, 500 am. and S:36
pm.
:
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose, 1884 a.m.; sun sets,
TOT pm
Tomorrow-suf rises. 6:55 am; sun
sets 7:05 pm.
Moon rises, 5:21 am: sets, 6:04 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water
at 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature,
IS; condition, 25. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature. "A: condition at north
connection, IA; condition at south con-
nection, 18. Georgetown distributing
eservoir-Temperatur "a; condition
at infiuent gatehouse, II; condition at
effiuent gatehouse. 16.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Septem-
ber 22.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers both were clear this morning.
Weather in Various CitisA
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Return From Vacations.
Cities Service Company.

Directors of cities Service Company
at their meeting on September II au-
yertible gold debentures to convert
IN ner cent of the principal amount Of
their holdings on September 1 on and
after October IL This is the ninth
such privilege of partial conversion
of these debentures granted holders.
cities Service Company series b de-
bentures will become entirely con-
yertible on and after January 1. 1920.
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hardened. though showing increased

hardened. though showing increased
dullness.
United States Steel rallied from
100% to 1919 and allied shares also
improved. Crucible recovered much
Of it's reversal.
The strength Of tobacco was sup
plemented by moderate demand for
motors and oils. Mexican Petroleum
gaining points.
Equipments extended early gains
and shippings averaged one point ad-
vances. but rails, excepting Southern
Pacific, scarcely moved.
Call money opened at 5h per cent.
the frmer tone resulting from last
Saturdays adverse bank statement.
Marked Improvement Shown.
The sustained strength Of oil. tobac-
CO and food shares carried the usual
market leaders to higher prices at
midday.
United States Steel advanced to 102.
other stocks Of the same class also
showing marked improvement with
standard rails and shippings.
Evening star., 1919-09-22
wooI. sALEs CLOSE AcrIyE.

LONDON, Saturday. September 20
with offerings Of 24.soo bales Of every
description. The demand vas active
and practically all were sold. Anneri-
cans paid 70 SID for Melbourne sccur-
eds and - I'd for South Australian
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POWDER STOCKS.
Quotations furnished BY w. B. Hibbs 4 Co

The Italian auxiliary barkentine City
Of Biloxi, which blew up twenty-five
miles of Mobile bar Thursday, burned
to the water linz and sank.
Evening star., 1919-09-22
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Potomac Electric Consolidated IS. $1,000 at
Capital Traction, % at s6A.
Lanston. 10 at 70A. 10 at 70%.
Columbia Graphophone pfd. Il at o..
Bid and Asked PriceA
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Subscription to Certificates.

The Treasury Department issued an
analysis today of allotments made
upon subscription for Treasury GER
tifieates of Indebtedness Of the issue
dated September Is, 1919. these being
series T 9, bearing interest at AZ
per cent. maturing March Is. 1920, and
series T 10, bearing interest at AZ per
cent. maturing September Is, 1890.
Although it has been customary to
keep such issues open for a longer
period. the issue was closed in three
days, and while subscriptions were
still being received in large numbers
and amounts, because the amount al
ready subscribed was largely in ex-
cess Of the current requirements of
the Treasury. The subscriptions for
both series by federal. reserve dis
tricts were: Boston. S37,456.0oo; New
York, $437,so1,50o; Philadelphia, $780,
14s.s0o; Cleveland. $62.5so,ooo; Rich
mond, $13,339.000: Atlanta, $9,324,O00;
Chicago, $59,26S,500; st. Louis, $15,-
$4,000: Minneapolis, $12.5O0,0o0: kan
sas City. $7.ooo.ooo: Dallas, sl1,724.-
900. and San Francisco, $31, 500, 900.
Total. S75S,600,50O,
Evening star., 1919-09-22

oats asceAded with corn. After
onening unchanged to u higher. in.
cImdine December at s., the market
sagged a little and then rose higher
Provisions were governed by the
action Of grain and hogs. Initial
prices, though, showed weakness.
owing to considerable scattered SELL
ing.
NEW YORK. September 2s.-Fleur
Unsettled; spring patents 11.50a
70 10: sprine clears, 9.00a10.00; win
ter straights 1o.1oa10:4o: Kansas
straiEhts, 10.s0al1.25. Pork-Unset.
tied; mess, 49.00a50.00; family. 5S.0o
a54.oo. Lard-weak; middle West'
"a 40a24.50.
Raw sugar, steady: centrifugal. 1.zs:
refined, steady; cut loaf, 1880; crushed.
1925: mold A. $50: cubes, S.75; AAAH
nowdered. $40; standard powdered,
SIS; fine granulated and diamond A.
500; confectioners A. $50; No. soft
sugar, s.s5.
Evening star., 1919-09-22

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
NEW, YORK. September 22.-Bar sill
,er. 114h; Mexican dollars, ssh.
Evening star., 1919-09-22
Poorly Trained.

From the Boston Transcript.
Caller-Can see Mrs. Swelton?
Maid-She's not at home.
Caller-When will she be back?
Maid-Dunno. She amt gone out
yet.
Evening star., 1919-09-22
Memories Of Black Friday.

Memories OF black Er1oay.
Old operators lounging in the easy
chairs at Hibbs' recalled that today
marks the fftieth anniversary Of the
beginning Of the gold corner" panic,
a period of feverish excitement and
speculations SURPRISING anything
hitherto known in the financial annals
Of America and which eliminated two
days later in the historic BLACK Fri
day" crash. in which the fortunes OF
hundreds were swept away and all
the interests of the country tempo
rarily prostrated.
Devised by Jay Gould.
The panic was the direct result of
an attempt by the so-called Erie
ring" to corner the country's supply
of gold. Jay Gould devised and en-
gineered the scheme. He was the
brains Of the enterprise, but following
his usual method he put forward
others to serve as flgureheads. and to
reap all the glory-and the punish
James Fisk, jr. (whom Ed. Stokes aft
erward murdered) as his figurehead.
There were others, of course. in the
.. clique. But Gould was the intellect
behind 1t all and Fisk was the chief
actor.
In the spring OF 1863 the price OF
gold had fallen to 131 by reason of
the governments impending resump-
ton of specie payments. In August
Goulds syndicate began buying gold
for a rise. They started by buying
up all the gold in the New York city
banks-about $15.0oo,000.
Under Goulds manipulation-he had
nearly sixty brokers working Gor him
gold went UP steadily from 151 until.
fifty years ago today. it reached 141.
The following day it continued to rise
and the conspirators declared their
purpose to crowd it up to 200. 1t was
day Of intense excitement, of alter
mating hopes and fears. recalling the
most critical moments Of the civil war.
Important stocks fell by a score of
points within an hour. The smaller
spectators failed or settled their OBJ
legations on the best terms they could.
The day closed with gold at IA. For
a time the astounding plot had every
t1rospect of SUCCESS
Evening star., 1919-09-22
Razor Corporation Directors.

George L. Storm. former president Of
the Tobacco Products Corporation, has
been elected vice president and chair
man Of the board Of directors of the re-
Gently incorporated American Safety
Razor Corporation, the $50, 000, 900 con-
cern consolidating three popular-priced
safety razor companies OF America,
those manufacturing the Gem, Eveready
and the Star raxors. Benjamin Block
Of the stock exchange house of Block.
Maloney & Co. and Leon Schinasi, presi-
dent Importers and Exporters Insurance
Company, and former head Of Echinasi
Brothers. Inc. are among the directors
elected.
George e. Fleming Drops Cares.
George E. Fleming, vice president of
the Union Trust Company, is at Nam
tucket. where he is employed in having
a good time, and is not thinking of such
q trivial thing as money.
Washington Stock Exchange.
Deals were few and small on the
Washington Stock Exchange today.
Potomac Electric Consolidated 6s to
the amount OF $1,000 sold at %, IS
shares of Capital Traction sold at
LSsH. two 10sshare. lots Of Lanston
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Marked Improvement Shown.
Wholesale Beef Prices.

The following are today's wholesale
market prices for beef cuts as quoted
by the Washing ton market of Swift &
Evening star., 1919-09-22

BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.
LONDON, September 22.-Bar silver.
s2Xd per ounce; money. az per cent.
Discount rates-Short bills. 37-16a
3h per cent: three-month bills,
9-16a3H per cent.
Evening star., 1919-09-22
at 70% and IL shares Of. Columbia
Graphophone preferred At 81.
Dieesting Treasury Certificates.

The Federal Reserve Bank Of Rich
mond, in a letter to the banks OF the
District Of Columbia, urges upon
them the desirability OF developing to
ondary market for all outstanding is
sues of Treasury certificates. es-
pecially for those of the longer ma
Turtles. While the banks are. Of
course, the primary markets, obvious
ly these certificates are not really alb
sorbed until they get into the hands
of the investing public. The present
cash position Of the Treasury is SO
favorable that the redeposit OF the
funds realized from the sale Of the
last offerings of certificates is likely
to extend over longer average
period than usual. thus increasing
greatly the profitabieness OF the
more probable as the Treasury has not
the right to call any outstanding GER
tlficates for compulsory redemption un-
der existing circumstances
'If, therefore, writes the federal re-
se.Ye bank. the banks OF the District
these certificates to investors, approx
mately as these redeposits are called,
the banks will make their own con-
dition more liquid. serve their invest
ing customers, and help tne govern
ment. In seeking such redistribution
of certificates among investors. it is
hoped that the banks will make no dis
tinction between tax certincates and
loan certificates, but will push the re-
sale of both.
Return From Vacations.
uerbert n. Smith, receiving teller
NJ the National Savings and Trust
Company, and Frank B. Devereux.
statistician of the same institution,
have returned from vacation. Mr..
Devereux spent his pleasure time In
New England. and Mr.. Smith took
his usual rest among old TRENDS and
Wa shin1tOn.
Evening star., 1919-09-22
President Grant Steps In.

Then President Grant awoke to the
true nature of the conspiracy and took
steps to check it. Gould, as usual, had
an advance tip Of the Presidents in
tentions. And he acted accordingly.
To save himself from ruin he set to
work, secretly, getting rid of his own
personal supply Of gold before the
slump came. He sold as fast as he
could, without bothertng to notify his
associates, who went on buying.
On the following morning-"Black
Friday"-the crash came. The stock
exchange was q bedlam. All the neigh
boring streets were blocked by a dense
mass of humanity laboring under the
greatest state of excitement. Men
went insane in, the gold ROOM; the
hair Of one speculator is said to have
turned snow white. The whole scene
was heyond dAscriDtion
Evening star., 1919-09-22
Would Lynch Gould.

In the midst Of the widest excite
ment. when the price was vibrating
at the highest points. q messenger
arrived with the news that Secre-
tary of the Treasury Boutwell, had
given orders to sell gold on behalf Of
the government. This effectively
smashed the corner" The price in
stantly fell to $1s5. The power of the
clique was broken. and the great
crisis was at an end.
Intense Indignation was aroused
against Gould, Fisk and others of the
conspirators. For many hours q mob
searched industriously for Gould to
lynch him. But he was careful not to
be found. He is said to have cleared
up $11,o0o,00o by his forethought in
selling out his gold at exactly the
right moment. As for Fisk. his firm
suspended at once and repudiated its
gold contracts.
Persistent efforts were made to i'm.
plicate President Grant in the trans
actions Of the gold clique. and Con-
gress appointed a committee to in
vestigate the charges, but nothing
came of it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08

to summon witnesses to appear and
give testimony and produce records,
books, papers and documents is not
an arbitrary or unlimited power, but
n to be exercised reasonably and
within proper limits. ,
8. In order to justify the entry of
an order by a district court, under
Section 20S9, Compiled Laws, 1913.
to compel obedience. to an order of
the state tax commission for the APP
pearance of witnesses and the pro-
duction of records, books and docu-
ments. it must appear that the order
was made in some matter before, and
within the jurisdiction of the tax
commission and that there was some
reasonable basis for the action of the
tax commission.
4. 1t is held that the petition in
the instant cast fails to state facts
sufficient to justify the entry of an
order. by a district court, to compel
witnesses to appear and give testi-
documents before the state tax COM
mission.
Appeal from an order Of the district
court of Burleigh county; Nuessle, j,
Reversed.
Opinion Of court by Christianson, J.
Birdzell and Grace, j. dissent. Rob-
inson. j, %concurring specially. Bron-
son, ], Disqualified; Crawford, district
judge, sat in his stead.
Newton. Dullam & Young, Bis
marck. N. D.. attorneys for defend
ants and appellants.
VIM. LANCER, attorney general;
Edw. B. Cox, asst. attorney general
for petitioners and respondents.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08

Washington, Feb. s.-Total casual
ties in the American forces in the
Archangel region Of Russia up to and
including January 81 were $50 killed,
died of wounds, sickness or from
other cause or missing in action, and
229 wounded or injured, making a
total casualty list of 400 out of a
force that numbered 1925.
This information was contained in
a cablegram from Archangel, da,ed
Feb. 4, and made public yesterday.
The casualties were listed as follows:
Killed in action. II men: died Of
disease. 2 officers and Ga men: died
Of wounds. ! officer and 3 men. Ac-
cidentally killed, 3 men; drowned, /
officer. 2 men: missing in action Is
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
Scion Says Foreign
Agitators Causing
Strikes In Seattle

Washington, Feb. S.-Rcpresen.
tativc johnson of WASHINGTON. in
n speech In the house yesterday de-
clared that strikes in tilc racihc
northwest were due to foreigners,
who should be dcDortcd but
against whom no action was taken
by government officials. Metal
workers, he said. threatened gem
cral strikes in the metal indus.
tries throughout tho country as q
sympathetic movement.
"These great strikes" Reprcsen-
tative johnson said, "werc pre-
coded by IL series of riots on sun
days and after one of these the
authorities in Seattle arrested Is
men, the leaders, whose names
were n great array OF Slovinskys
and names Of that sort. Out of
the IL there were two Americans,
of whom one said he wished he
not an American. The other
IL were aliens and more than half
of tho eleven were Russians"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
Major Casualties of Yankees
In Russia Total $50, Report

men: wounded in action. AL ranks,
1913; accidentally wounded, %;
wounded, 9 officers and % men.
OF these casualties, 63 occurred be-
tween January 10 and January 81,
the period during which the Boil
sheviki forces were attacking the
Allied lines in such force as to COM
pei a considerable retirement. The
losses during this time IN the Vaga
front were: Killed in action. IL men:
died Of wounds. one officer, three
men; missing in action. two officers
II % men. Total. 63.
On January 81 the American force
in the Archangel sector was COM
prised of 161 officers and 4,764 other
ranks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08

after the island of Porto Rico. This
would be in compliance with a petit
ton recently signed by thousands of
Porto Rican school children. and for
warded to Washington.
Herald Wants Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08

true gentleman marries a
woman because she has money; but
he sometimes marries her because he
has none
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
REBEL. FORCED TO COAST.

Puebla, Mex. Feb. SIT is reliably
reported that Emiliana Zapata, for
mer rebel dictator of Morelos, is pro-
ceeding by forced marches to the
coast of Guerrero for the purpose of
embarSing for foreign parts. Numer-
Gus Zapata leaders, including Mauril-
la Mejin Zapata, a nephew of Emili-
ana. are said to have asked for
amnesty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS
From Ward County.

VsSAu oONAASJ
Rena Druey, PLAINTIFF and Appellant.
vs. s. w. Baldwin, Administrator
of the Estate of Margaret Druey.
Defendant and Respondent, and
Ella Baldwin, Lille Smith, ct al,
In~tervenors and Respondents.
(Syllabus.)
/. In a action against an execu-
tor and the heirs at law Of the estate
of a deceased, to secure the delivery
claimed by the estate, the testimony
of the executor. the husband Of the
plaintiff, concerning a transaction had
with the deceased is not admissible
under the provisions Of Section 1871.
Compiled Laws 1913, Sub-Div. 2, by
calling such witness as an adverse
party where it appears that such
evidence and such witness is antagon-
istic to the interests Of the estate
2. A witness who is incompetent
to testify under the provisions of
Section 1871. Sub-Div. 2, Compiled
Laws 1913. directly to the delivery of
a deed by the deceased is likewise in
competent to testify as to the posses
sion of the same where the purpose
thereof is to establish that a delivery
or non-delivery thereof must be in
ferred.
8. In trials under the Newman act
it is the duty of attorneys to caro-
record with incompetent, immaterial
or irrelevant testimony and the trial
court may properly indicate during
the course of the trial its views when
the attorneys are so doing.
4. In an action to determine ad-
verse claims, where the executor and
the heirs at law of the estate Of the
deceased are parties thereto, and the
findings Of the trial court r in
favor 81 the estate. the Judgment
thereupon shoulds quiet title In the
heirs at law, and in the executor for
purposes of administration.
Appeal from a Judgment Of the
district court of Ward county, Leigh
ton. j.. quieting title in the interven-
OrS.
Modified and affirmed.
E.. r. Sinkler and M. O. Eide,
Minot, N. d., attorneys for the plain
tiff and appellant.
Bagley & Thorpe, Towner, N. D..
and Hall. Alexander & Purdy, Brook
ings. S. D.. attorneys for intervenors
and respondents.
| M. A. FIildreth, plaintiff and respond
ent, e. William o. Honsinger. de-
PENDANT and appellant.
Syllabus:
1. In an action brought for the re-
covery of reasonable attorneys fees
earned in conducting litigation for the
defendant and for necessary expenses
incurred therein the evidence Is ex-
amined n held to support the YER
dict.
2. Where an attorney is employed
TO institute partition proceedings for
a client, and it is agreed that; he is to
be compensated and reimbursed out
Of the proceeds of a sale of the real
property to be, partitioned, the rela-
tionship established between tho at
torney and client is one Of mutual
condolences and where the client
without communicating with his at
torney obstructs the progress Of the
proceedings the attorney is entitled to
reasonable compensation for his serv.
Ices rendered and to reimbursement OF
his expenses.
Appeal from order Of district court
of Cass county. Cole. j., denying a
motion, for judgment, non obstante
verdicto or for a new trial.
Opinion by Birdzell. j.
M. A. Hildreth. in proper. M. d
Hildreth. Carmody, Louden & Null
ready, Of counsel, Fargo, N. D., attor-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
o A R ON
TRIAL AS HAMPERER
OF WAR ACTIVITIES

New York, Feb. S.-Introduction Of
evidence was begun today in the trial
Of Scott Nearing, member Of the Amer
lean Socialist society and the Rand
School of Social Science, charged with
dissemination early in the war of writ
ings tending to obstruct the nations
military operations. The governments
evidence was of a documentary
nature and an adjournment was taken
to Monday to hear the first of a large
number Of witnesses.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
From Burlcigh County.

George E. Wallace. H. H. Steele and
F. e. Packard, as members of the
Tax Commission of the State Of
North Dakota. Petitioners and Re-
spondents, We. the Hughes Electric
Company, r. W. Dutton and c.. B.
Aasness. and e. A. Hughes, De-
PENDANTS and Appellants.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08

state tax commission by subdivision Z
Of Section 208s, Compiled Laws, 1913,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
WANT SHIP NAMED PORTO RICO.

San Juan, Feb. 8.-united States
Senator Miles Poindexter. member of
the senate naval affairs committee,
has written a letter to the Porto Ri
can department of education 'promis-
ing to endeavor to name a battleship
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08

II you want to buy. sell. rent. bor-
row, hire. trade, get in or u of busi-
ness-in short, il there is any tang
ible thing you want-you are almost
to get it by using a Herald
Want Ad. .-