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Continued from Second Puos.

vertible bonds as collateral. Erie at that
time was selling around s95 per share and
was exceedingly scarce Fisk sold the stock
short and then converted the bonds he held
as collateral for the loan into stock, throw.
ing 1t on the market and breaking the stock
from sos to $50 in one day.
Joseph r. Dun came within an ace Of
cornering Hannibal and St. Joseph In 1881,
but did not succeed, although he is said to
have made several millions out Of the deal
The musty. records aver that he was "un-
successful, owing to the faithlessness Of his
brother, who was expelled from the Ex-
change"
Commodore Vanderbilt's pool IN 1883 and
1884 IN Harlem Railroad, the corner in Har-
lem Canal in 1863, Michigan Southern in
1855, Northwest, cornered by Gould In 1872,
at which the shorts settled at $3.50 per share,
and the corner engineered by s. v. White in
March. 1884. in Lackawanna, are some Of the
most famous. There is not to be overlooked
the Gould attempt to corner gold, which re-
suited in "Black Friday"
An accidental corner, IN which he is said
to have lad no idea Of the condition approach
ing until 1t became @ fact Of which he was
quick to take advantage, was the corner IN
Louisville and Nashville created by the late
John W. Gates in the spring of 1902.
A new issue Of stock had been authorized
by the old management, with which the elder
Belmonts were associated A break in the
price followed. Gates went into the market
and actually bought stock control before he
realized II The stock advanced within 4
few days from s105 to st46 per share, and
Gates is said to have sold every share he
owned above s14o, clearing half q dozen
millions on the DEAL 1t was about this time
he earned the nickname Bet You q Million"
Gates. which clung to him persistently
thRouKh thA rest ef his Life
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led the van in the advanced school Of the
theatre irrespective Of authorship. In the
present season she Is supporting Otis Skin
ner.
AS surely az Miss Shaw 's tie best OF all
presidents for the Gamut Club, SO she turned
out to be the best person to interview in re-
gard to the purpose. origin and ideals Of the
club, Having overcome her we'll known
habit Of reticence. the attempt to get some
information on these subjects was rewarded
by success. Miss Shaw cleared her voice
and embarked upon q dissertation which
completely covered the history Of women's
clubs from the first club OF the kind, an ex.
elusive affair dominated by Eve in the Gar
den Of Eden. TO the Gamut, which Is their
latest development
On the way she glanced briefly at the
facility OF creating a weman's club in the
religious atmosphere Of the Pharaohs, and
thence by q natural DEPRESSION she Of
fered excellent reasons for the popularity Of
the intellectual clubs carried on by Hypatia
In Alexandria and Aspasia in Athens, al
luding with moe fulness to the antagonistic
associations OF Roman nnaterfamilias and
uxor, personlfying the feudal system in the
pathetic figure Of Heloise, alluding to the
mutual protective efforts Of the women Of
the Renaissance, devoting a few sentences
TO the overpowering influence of the sex dur
ing the latter part Of the seventeenth and
the whole Of the eighteenth centuries, and
30, after q compendious survey of the uplift-
ing influence OF woman upon society. reach
ing her conclusion that women's theatrical
clubs while they have been recognized but
a short time as a necessary institution for
the advancement Of the drama, are only now,
with the firm establishment Of the Gamut
Club. In q wholly satisfactory state.
Miss Oliver who is as intellectual 4 VICE.
president as Miss Shaw Is a president, sat by
and tried vainly TO inject little historical
comment Of her own, but even she mani
tested by her silence at the close Of the
monologue, induced by such persuasion that
the subject OF the Gamut Club had been ex-
haustively treated.
And that must be. II would seem, the con-
ciusion Of everybody interested. The rest. II
there is any rest must come out IN the
wash--that is, the performance When the
final curtain falls tonight II win be known
whether the Gamut girls have attained their
ambition and put the Lambs. Friars, Play
ers, Green Room, National Association OF
vsudevi1iiana ana othsr male theatrical clubs
b NeW xRe o. anyvhAso q Ehs count
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TIE ST LOUIS
g OMOsR~oeO 6 U~oG~~OoS. Nv.

any other steel vessel then flying the Stars
and Stripes. had the distinction of being
American from truck TO keeson." without
an ounce of foreign material in her. She
was the first Of a number of steamships
whose construction was authorized under
the special act of Congress of 1892 for the
encoura cement of the building Of American
ships that might he used for cruisers. The
building OF the St Louis and the st. Paul,
her sister came after Congress had passed
a special law admitting the British built
Inman liners the City of Paris now the
Philadelphia and the City Of New York, now
the New York to American registry.
New Marvels Overshadow the Old.
When the ST. Louis took the water at Phil
adelphia she was described as colossal" In
many accounts OF the launching her tire
mendous size" was spoken OF in tones of ad-
miring awe. She was big ship for her time,
but only about half as long as two really
gigantic American liners, tie proposed 1000
foot vessels which their projectors hope may
be launched within few years. Even the
feIvid imagination OF those who hoped to
see their dream Of peerless American mer-
chant marine come true within decade OF
the st. Louiss launching was too prosaic to
depict the marvellous development! in Ameri-
can shipbuiding that has brought the dream
on a still grander scale TO the threshold OF
fulfilment. Excluding the emergency wooden
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w JILL the performances Of the women
M/ Of the Gamut Club at their first
annual lark" at the Garrick
Theatre this afternoon and evening dim the
glory of the "gambols' OF the Lambs, which
has cleaned now for many years across the
dull theatrical waste? Judging by past per-
formances OF individual actresses in their
moments Of ease they will-for other fem
inine organizations drawn from the theatre,
like the Twelfth Night Club and the Pro-
fessonal Women's League, long since set the
standard for joyful abandonment. Who can
forget the cavortings la Lottie Collins of
the agile Viola Allen one sixth Of January
when she was president of the former club,
or the soprano pipings Of Ia Petite Alice
Fischer in her limitations Of Harry Lauder
on SIMILAR sprightly occasion?
AS soon might you ask us to forget the
strained seams Of Edmund Russell's culottes
when on one single, only afternoon he pleaded
with Queen Gertrude as the melancholy
Dane, or to lose the inimitable recollection
OF Bessie Tyree's Juliet in that actresses
privately conducted Shakespearian seancef
These be immortal memories that even the
pangs Of rheumatism cannot taken from us.
The Gamut girls have been living land re-
hearsins) for this lark for seven years. or
as long as the club has been in existence.
They instance other reasons, sociaoility
among them, for being. but the germ was
feeling OF emulation of the Friars. the
Lambs and the stately, highbrow Players. To
perform in public and easily snatch the gar
land from the hyacinthihe locks Of their
brothers has been fructifying ambition
since 1918. and this performance Is to prove
that 1t had a perfect right to vault. All
previous shows" held In the seni-secluslon
OF their own precincts. have been but try
outs Of persons and material; now that they
have taken a theatre and invited an audience
says but one thing; it is that they believe
themselves ready for the crucial test.
Appropriately these women have chosen
their name; Gamut they call themselves be-
cause their association In its membership
runs the gamut OF all professions open to
women, and that means all OF them. The
club has shown vitality from the beginning.
drawing 10 itself, as its literature says, tho
most brilliant women Of New York, includ-
Ing doctors, lawyers dentists, college pro-
fsssass, saulptsrs, painters writer's, sduca-
1pRA NnaeiARA tntAEteg dAoanAtarat aEeht-
- -
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among whom were Henry e. Abbey and Sir
Julian Pauncefote. Many OF the passengers
crossed the ocean for the first time on this
trip
She was commanded on this occasion and
for several years by Capt. William G. Randle,
who had taken twenty-five other ships on
maiden voyages. American deep sea shippers
were scarce in those days, and 1t was neces-
Sary to naturalize a few to meet the needs.
Now they are numerous enough, It is be-
lieved, to go around. with some to spare,
since the emergency Of war and tie propa-
ganda Of the Shipping Board have done so
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II HE record Of the American liner st.

rN HE record Of the American liner st.
Louis recently SCARED by fire while
preparing to reenter the trans
atlantic trade and to be sold to the highest
bidder the latter part of this month, should
interest patriotic Americans not only for
her gallant record In two wars. but because
she, more than any other Yankee built YES
sci, represents the first great vision Of tho
resssertion of American merchant marine
supremacy that vanished with the civil war.
That vision now seems to be In course OF
fulfment, quarter century after the St
Louis was hailed as the first of an agosy
that would cause ''the triumphant restora-
ton OF the American flag to the high seas"
The launching of the ship Of Yankee hope"
a she has been called, was a national event,
and drew to the Cramps shipyard in Pha-
delphia, on November 12' 1894 multitude
OF Americans whose enthusiasm found ex-
preston in one Of the greatest demonstra-
tions ever known at nautical christening.
President Grover Cleveland, four members
Of his Cabinet, and many OF the distinguished
commercial and financial men of the period,
were present Mrs. Cleveland was the
sponsor of the ship, breaking a bottle OF
American champagne over the ultra -Ameri-
can bow.
1t was remarked that the st. Louis unlike
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Impending Sale of the St. Louis
Recalls Her as the Yankee Hope

Proudes Craft Of Her Day. She Still Remains Embemac the In
spraton Now Finding Fulfment in the Growth of Our
Merchant Marne-Her Gallant Record in Two Wars
Includes Thrilling Duel With Submarine
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Bponded Win Iorry-rouf ROUNDS ana then
outsailed the pursuing enemy.
In the Spanish American war the ST, Louis
cut cables and bombarded shore defences in
the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean.
Her purser In time OF peace, Thomas Kinsey,
who served aboard her in the Spanish war.
held the notable record Of having travelled
by sea more than 100000 miles and cross
ing the Atlantic more than 100 times when
he retired at a ripe age.
When the American Line announced II
was going to turn the 81. Louis over to tho
underwriters after the fire in Hoboken in
January at the yards Of the W. & A. Fletcher
Company, in which her main saloon was
wrecked, surprise was expressed as it was
thought the craft might be repaired at mod
crate expense. However, It was figured at
the office Of the line the other day that at
least 81, ,0OO. 900, with the present high prices
Tor decorative work, would be required TO
restore the former beauty OF the saloon and
passenger accommodations destroyed
ruined. That is why the line decided to let
her go and take the insurance money: so she
was turned over to the London Salvage AS
ISOLATION. with offlces at 6S Broad street,
representing Britiah underwriters who held
nine-tenths Of tho insurance and who will
dispose Of her.
Tho Question 81 HeP Fate.
Tho advertisement offering the old liner
for sale describes her as Of "lo,23O tons gross
register, 635 feet long, 63 feet beam and ?5
feet inches depth Of hold. with new boilers
fitted in l903," and invites intending pur-
chaserg 70 send in their bids by letter to
Henry Black. principal surveyor, the bids Ia
he opened on April "a. What tho successful
bidders will do with the st. Louis is q dues-
ton that interests many shipping men,
American Line officials say her engines and
boilers and hull are In good condition and
that size could be put into transatlantic trade
as a passenger carrier or freighter. The cost
Of making freighter Of her would Be COM
paratively small. and It is believed this may
be her fate; still there Is q possibility that a
Scandinavian or italian shipping firm may
acquire her and put her on a transatlantic
route. running her more economically than
she could be run by Americans or the Brit.
ish. She may go into the South American
or West Indian trade, and she may enter
the banana carrying business. which would
be hard fate for once so fine lady.
The American Line still has siZable fleet
Of vessels exclusive Of the reliable old timers
New York, Philadelphia and st. Paul. The
other ships are the Mongolia and Manchuria.
recently converted into oil burners; the
Minnesota, biggest Of American built ahipa
and the mightiest cargo carrier afloat, capa-
bic Of taking on 10000 tonsi the Champion
and the Defender. freighters, and the Kroon-
land and Lapland now running in the Red
Star service.
The line is willing 10 take any vSesels
worth while that may be allocated to Il by
the Shipping Board. and It is probable that
finally It will run as the flagship Of It's feet
the great Leviathan. once the German Va
terland. most superb vessel afioat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-06
Citizens Ticket
Promises Hot
Fight in Belfast

Belfast Ne, March 5Dr Eugene
2 Tapiey tonight announced him
sci. a candidate heading q Citizens
ticket 10 oppose Mayor Clement ".
Wescort- VINO seeks third term OF
a non-pa--isau ticket The slate an
nounced By -apiey Is made NJ OF
bc~h political parties ana me dEt-
viii pc q lively one Mayo Westcort' :
supporters have announced d mass
melting Il the a-no-v Saturday night
and both sides are distributing IL
e-a1ure freely For some days II has
been known tnR- a DARK horse was -o
oppose the present administration
and yesterday Mayor Wescor1 issued
challenge 70 hIs opponent . come
on. in The open. Cnde- ordinary cir
cumsrAnces the opposing Candidate
would have mad To announce himself
earlier IN The game btu owing 70 rhe
blank ballot 70 he used N MouGa :
this late announcement Is possible
and legal. BoLn candidates are Ee-
publican and both cickeIs are evenly
balanced.
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Railway Heads
Name Committee
TO Confer on W ages

X - March The Gz-tway
AssocIa-ion today appoint
nn7i--ee 70 confer with repre-
;s--z:-~ he railroad o-utherhoods
TT nc working conditions The
----- was -aksn IN response . a -
- g. 2-esinenr Wilson.
-ss -7-rli--ae Of executives. Of which
= 5a-now n New York. New Ha-
2. L z5a~-Hc-t; If chairman. e design
: 3~~orle a pa Of a JOINT board
nss- ~ transportation art 10 settle
Fzrs 1e--,--lus -nat have been pending
Ec az Aur.s- Altogether I6 rail-
- AHo- examinations have been ask
= = -'-=sluent wilson 70 name COM
--.ss=s - ne board
>szi1As IL SX-do ne committee o.
,e-zz:-es Is composed Of G z. Bates
ezra-~ ), Eucsnn: z z. FTaser. Bal
-- s 1rir r ". Brown. Atlantic
ar -.-- a 2 lindsay. View York
-.'4- x Trenholm. Chicago. g.
= Minneapolis & Omaha: Samuei 9.
,-,,E1iarC- 1u-m-.v Of the Chicago 4
'-:--weg-e- : u Eiggfm d a.i-
AZ ADJUSTMENT on1r No !; c. P.
- = ne bureau az Information OF
--thsaste- railroads; and ] 3
Faln- q he bureau Of informal ion %
y are 1Ei-cads.
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MORBID COWARD
Judge Terms Bergdoll,
Draft Dodger
Sicn Shiianei1hian &C Be Kent Un-
der Military jurisdiction - Must
Face Cour-na--iai on charae Of
OesertIon from Army

New YORK. March 5.-Fedsral
Judge Learned Eand tonight refused
ID dismiss order az military lu-1ssic-
non Grover Cleveland Be-Edol.
wealthy young Philadelphia. cha-r-
I'd with dese--1on rom the army II
evaclog me law and his cour-na--iaI
vii be continued -onor-ow morning
OF Governor Island
In Diminishing Be--doI.s motion.
made N connection win q WIT of
naoeas corpus. Judge Han SAID Ina.
II seemed as "dasu-ure Of merit as
any ! have ever encountered
Harry eInbe-re-. counsel eo-
BergdoL, immediately announced re
would cary rne case I'd Lhe [ nIted
States Supreme Court and demand
for his client the night Of q Civil r-lal
by Jury.
Judge Eand n his decision dec.a--
ed that ne macn1ns-v of me d-a---
law as il ca1 been applied To Berg
DOL appeared va.ld anG tnat nothing
mas been presented d mpeach the
d-a+- regulations.
The action Of iocal board for civ;-
SION 81. Philadelphia n drafting
BerEdol and me question Of whether
Ber-dou a the time was Of ucsOund
mind We're matters i--ela vent n the
p.t.1lon for q change u jurisdiction
II MS case, Judge EanC stated, add
lnE mat The allegations n the pet
ton seemed n show THAT the mar
was merely morbid coward
Aetar faderai d.s--1cc attorney Cat-
fey naG asked thar Ser-uou's motion
ne dismissed for lack Of legal basis.
WeirberGe- urged that Berrdon De
given luLo the physical custody Of a
Z -l-ad States marshal Immediately
and th2- NJ 5e released on pal pend
ing appeal Judge Hand dismissed
The VIII within q minute Of the clos
ing o. armament
Ms Berrd0u The defendant s
mother. was IN court sitting beside
her sou. VINO ne-voUsly Iweaked his
uuscache throughout ths hearing.
W einberger referred 70 her once as
ser-tng THAI Lieutenant Colonel
C-esson. cou~- martial judge awe
cafe. assisting United States At-u--
ney Ca1er II opposing the motion
had refused 10 allow Bs--don 70 stay
win MS mother IT New York n The
period berweer first appearance n
court this morning and the hearing
this afternoon.
No" Weinber-er sald C-esson mad
ordered put -he handouts on him
and take Elm back % Governors Is
land"
waiaberrer claimed that Bergdoil
or an ~othe- mar subject - the draft
could defeat et-or- Of me gove~um euc
70 3uduc. hin in.o military service
hv failing u register Or tie qnes-
riona1-e. Or ~ failing e report for
pfvslca, exam nation. Fe asserted
thai a --la. ny Iu-v II the civil courts
for & -7-lsdeneanor was pro- ded for
in such case. that only UE0n his con-
victior could he pc declared iaNtu-Y
tuductaG into The military forces, anc
that orlv then could a court -rIlil- IL!
board have justification Over hin
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DEMOCRATS IN DOUBT over PACT PROGRAM
SEEK WILSON'S COUNCIL ON COMPROMISES
AND POSSIBILITIES AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Conference Today Or Early Next Week to Get
Views Chief Executive Before Decisive
Vote Is Taken On Pact = May Also Sound
Him on Steps to Relieve Country of War
Status While Treaty Is Decided at Polls =
Regarded by Seine as Final Effort to Pre-
vent Deadlock

pssn.-,--on Ma. 5.-Wmn another
...I,-s :, -a1r ne peace treaty m
,sntrrr 1sno--1c seu2Eurs dectded
M =eek personal consultation
-, Dos rex: wilson before he de-
:-e -at4 Is taken they wished
nov definitely how ear he would
= a1cusHs q compromise and
e understanding az ais
Y or re --eaE as 4 campaign
s.-s saou-C another senate dead
70. -u-rs = .--0 politics
.aue democrats were understood
II v.sn q Know what measures
-s u-es. uenr would decide ID take
-s!lr-e ne country FINN q war
FRS -. d decision II the polls
n ~e4-~ WIS awaiIeC.
II move d such Z conference in
atsc .onc ago among some party
n sHna-e assumed definite form
--s- Se-li41o- Hitchcock IF Nebraska
Z. ln.---a-lon leader, sent a let
- fl u x El-s House asking that
y n-As.c4rr ak over the senate
..-..a..cr with Senator Simmons IF
-a-9llna. N cra-ge for the
.--nr--l-.c size Of a new movement
. n4-o-:a-e : --sacv compromise.
~ Indicated. however, that the
.--.1,-.. .ra!l- Win Senator Summons
4. ~e-s a--aa-eG, would ne only
.-.!..s.- -o a conference Of sen
..5-y --ass- - take up with him the
- - problem.
MON with Senator watson
49,: ac-:.1c f0r The Republican
,s. -az~ Simmons .Ias sounded out
- .s-.----; u all he Senate elements
r VI Z. goes 20 the White louise
1pssesElor Of q clear under
co-.nuec o. Page 4-Coi. y
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READING HARD hit

Rea6ing. Pa March Floods =
the SchuyIkiIl Valley rom points Sc
niles 10 the north Of here and sou1t
as far as Gainesville and the Per
klomen broke tonight and the ciry Is
without trolley service due 70 i2ck o.
power Passenger trains were dis
continued ano the river threatens .
put the E.ar- Edison electric plant
II West Reading out Of commission.
The river continues % rise and i
the food grows worse the city vii
nave no lighting or power tomorrow
Ice coming down the -1wer II g-eRT
masses is harLertng dowa some q
me weaker bridges. -o6ay's heavy
rain anC snow tonight caused the
-ve- 10 Use -apidly and a blizzard
SCI n Win wind Of high veiociry
The breaking OF TWO ice gurges II
ne Schuvlkiu -,ver above Reading
one a. Hamburg and the other a.
por- Clinton tonight cause al II
dusCries using public electric power,
including the Reading News Times
70 prepare 70 close a. once.
Houses n the lower part Of me
ci-y along the river bank were food
&c 81 night fail Members OF the
called out y nar small boats Il
rescue man women and children,
penned n their homes by the water
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FEARFUL MARY
.DODGES FRYING
.NEWSPAPERMEN

Los Angeles Calf. March MARY
Pickeorc. weeping and worn. STUN
bied from the train mere today On
her return from Reno. Nevada-
where she obtained divorce decree
Tuesday from Owen Moore.
Miss Pickeord waited Until the
passengers mad al left the car then
pee-ed out and seeing newspaper
men and camera men Aanked by a
crowd Of the curious. size fed from
the opposite side Of the car. AS she
ran. with tears streaming down her
face she stumbled and fell Fer
mother helped her up, and they fed
To q waiting automobile and sped
away.
Miss Pickeord would not pause 70
answer the questions fred al her by
eager iuterviewers but her mother
spoke for her
This Is entirely d personal mai
ter" she SAID. and neither the pa
pe-s nor the public have any right
10 ne prying into IL Why can't you
leave the poor little girl alone she's
nervous and broken M. Cant you
see she's CRYING? This is lust need
less c-1leIrT."
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T. S. FL1ERS. IN
MEXICO SINCE
FEB. ?. RELEASED

Douglas. Ar.Z- March -LieUtsr-
ants G. l. Usher and L N Wolfe,
American ava tors VINO landed a.
Nacoza--, Sonora Mexico Feb. .,
arrived mere today and a. once let
eor z Paso By a-piane under s1cnr
~ order Of their commanding oM-
GERS Il IS assumed here that they
are under arrest pending n~estiga-
ton.
Usher ana Wolfe who have be1n II
NacoZa-. Sonora. slnce their air
plane MADE forced landing Feb =
arrived IN Douglas shortly befuf-
noon TODAY. having come rom -a-
coza-7 ny -cIl. They were accompa
MED ID e Paso nv TWO members or
Flight \ 18th Aero SQUADRON. sta :
-ioneC a Camp Jones. and made the
-~1p y TWO planes.
The rwo avlato-s reiterated prev
GUS statements that they had lost
theI- way IN The clouds after their
COMPASS failed 70 work causing
1 hem Il lose al sense Of direction.
The aviator said during their s,ay
al NacGza-t they made their home a.
a notei and unt5l their release nine
davs aro we-s constantly though not
closely under guard. They said they
were r-eaTec kindly by the Mexican
officials