IP. MMIMOW sv r 1, ", .'. iMiOTrii v-MflRK.r?"r;. tir. pVArwuaULXKtiTi.1 j, ..t.'i.'.-iuhtu'mv . AYj-.ltf?n.s ii:wswv."s'iraMwvi9 . v 1' ivwv?- rw-- ' r v w , -.w' jlkvw nK v . . i i' h'i i i i i i si ' AV i IV . ., ,-p. i-.- . GOSSIP OF THE STREET IkTXTTVTXifl rYPTYI7T?C CTTT?l?Tr,TT7TVTT r IN THEMSELVES TO SEND UP ' PRICES, BROKERS MAINTAIN Available Floating Supply of Stocks Reduced to Mini mum, They Assert Plenty of Money Seeking Investments Gossip of the Street T5ROKERS maintain that the strength of the market yesterday morning Is conclusive proof that the available floating supply of stocks has been reduced almost to a minimum and that when any particular buying ordere put in an appearance prices easily pick up. Overnight there were no developments to affect values pne way or another, except It could ba aid of a dispatch from "Washington announcing the abandonment of price-fixing by the Government, which received little credence and was ubsequently denied officially. It was remarked generally that so far as. known the price-fixing on commodities had wnrknl mil verv nHvan. ytageously up to the present time. In some quarters opposed to anv Plan had interfered with production, ims statement rorthcomlng. One broker said It would be easy, if such could be proved, to increase the price to such a point as would remedy uch a condition if found desirable to do so. The apprehension which was felt concerning the money market, in View of the stupendous amount of Federal taxes to bo turned over during the present week to the Government, is no longer causing any uneasiness, In view of Secretary McAdoo's statement, which was received with very favorable comment In financial circles. A prominent investment banker said today, when asked his opinion of matters financial, that he had read the interesting report of an inter view with the president of the Elgin Watch Company, of Illinois, In which his opinions were expressed better than he could do it hlmbelf. Mr. Hulburd, the president, remarked that he could not say what ho thought of present conditions, because there are so many unprecedented elements and such a conflict of exijjrt views that he frequently changed his mind several times a day. "It is Just such a condition that confronts many brokers like myself these days," he said. Bank Acceptances Likened lo Acceptances both trade and bank acceptances were treated in a masterly manner by Albert Breton, vice president of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, in an hour's address at the Kacquet Club yes terday afternoon before an audience of the most prominent bankers in the city, among whom was E. P. Passmore, governor of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Breton said among other things that bank acceptances were as ju6":aaiu u imj eiucui in wie jvmerictiii uuiiKing system as were auto (J mobiles and autotrucks in the replacement of horse and mule drawn Vehicles, and while he advocated their It.- j.j . -j ..... , i ic uiu iiuL nuYuuiiie wieir exclusive use tne exclusive use of the self-propelled vehicles. Ho showed very clearly that If this country Is to capture and maintain the foreign trade to which It will be entitled at the close of the war, with the enormous number of ships which are being built and will continue to be built to carry this trade, the bank acceptance must be brought Into more general use, so as not to leave us at the mercy of foreign countries like England and France to carry on our foreign exchange, as we have done In the past, more especially as the United States will then be the leading financial country of the world. Mr. Breton said that the commissions charged and collected by foreign bankers In arranging the financing and exchange of our foreign business amounts to about $50,000,000 a year, a sum which would be saved to America's bankers and exporters and Importers by the general adoption ot. the bank acceptance system, as provided for by the Federal Reserve. On the "trade acceptance Mr. Breton took the same position qs to its 'general adoption as he did for bank Its adoption to the total exclusion account, but he showed at tho same as a credit instrument. He also explained the organization In New York of a large discount company to handlo and market acceptances, and Urged the formation of similar organizations in all the principal cities for the same purpose, and he also lathis work of supplementing the larging the credit of tho nation ana Henly of Uninvested Money Among the new Issues being placed 7" per cent serial gold notes of the Atlas Crucible Steel Company. These notes are dated May 1, 1918, and mature in five equal installments serially from May 1, 1919. to 1923, inclusive. They are being Issued by Cassatt & Co., of this city; White, Weed :Co., of New York, and O'Brlan, Potter & Co., of Buffalo. As proof of what has been stated recently several times In this column, that notwithstanding the enormous sums being raiseij for taxes, for the payment of Liberty Bonds and for charitable and other purposes, there is still a largo amount of money uninvested awaiting good, attractive, aafe Investments, the bonds above oply a few days ago at prices to yield to maturity, and yesterday afternoon remained unsold. The balance sheet of the Atlas crucible steel company as ot Ainrcn 80, 1918, shows a surplus from operation, after deducting dividends, of $1,228,356.74, while the assets amount to almost $7,000,000. lond Situation Satisfactory ' International Mercantile Marine Company sinking fund 6 per pent bonds were firmer yesterday on the reports that the plans for the sale of the British subsidiaries had progressed to a point that warrants the assumption that they will be closed shortly. Directors of the company made the positive statement, however, that there had been no change In the situation in this respect. Foreign Government bonds were strong but less active than on pre vious days, with the exception of the Anglo-French 6s, which changed rhands in fairly substantial amounts at around 9191. Hudson and Manhattan first and refunding 6s, Series A, and the adjustment Income 6s experienced a sharp reaction on the Washington announcement that the railroad administration had decided that there hould be no advance' in fares by the company at this time. These bonds are now selling more tnan 6 points Deiow me nign icveia iuuchcu u. iun- night ago. Railroad bonds were slightly more active yesterday, particularly the 'tievr York Central debenture 6s and the Southern Railway general 4s, While the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Joint 4s also displayed con siderable strength, selling up to 94. Industrial bonds were quiet with the exception of the Marine 6s. The Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank and Halsey, Gt0rt Co managers of the $60,000,ouu Armour w, o per cent con- I'lvertlble debenture syndicate, announce 'In the syndicate have been received "amounts largely In excess oi me amount uvuimuic, aim me nyuuu.uie is therefore declared to be a great success. Details or. tne public offering I.VlU be made later. llMILITIA APPOINTMENTS iptaih Muhlenberg, of Reading, Be- comes Major of Inlaniry ll.rrlt.burr, Juno 12. Captain Charles . Muhlenberg; Reading, nas Deen uy Inted major of Infantry. Reseer Mil a and Murray T. Killmer.. Reading. as appointed to .Bucceed him as cap- ,ln of Company i, rim i... ....,. ihn D. Meyer, 1'ltiBDurgn. wa im itated major of Infantry and John C. ludson.. Washington, wn iV"'"' I - j- .a lnnri anrt ad. rst Untenant o. - ,"'",- Erne a 10 iuiiuj .......--- The appointment of the two majors mpletea the list so far as in ntry is concerned and two majors are po nameo m "p Lack of Fish Delays Mail IMall carriers In AlasKa. wno use lis In the service, excuse recent de- ys In deliveries on mo ... I lack of fish. One carrier recently Irote to Washington: '.mo i"" rouble Is on account oi my "" - ?ei,na."",. ?"V, 'ted in the Kntry, Tho do I use on this mall I WOII UOE inw. io wcc w.. -.. "ii.l.iVii. ,. i f nmns lmiios S. tochange'froni M. diet t. cooked ana worK mem. .. ..., .. X cwld to keep this mall moving. kAW'had to ttop and rest my dog. tke wa. wn nrlce-flxlnir It was nrrrneH thnt rh but there was no tangible proof of Automobiles more ceneral use In this rountrv. .... : any more man ne wouiu nuvocaie acceptances. lie did not advocates of commercial paper or the open time how It was superior to either spoke of their eventual co-operation Federal Reserve system and thus en as a corrective against innauon. on the market is one of $1,000,000 mentioned were offered to the public from 7& to S per cent, according only $70,000 of the 1920 maturity that application for participation irom uh yun ui me wuuuy in WAR CHEST OVERFLOWS Coatcsville, Asked for $77,000, Give 1263,000, or $16.50 Per Capita Content llle, Pa., June 12, This busy little steel city, with its 16,000 popula tion, has established another war-work record, this time In connection with tho War Chest campaign. Given a quota of 77.000. Coatesvtlle subscribed this amount almost as soon as the camnalcn opened, doubled It within three days, and' now mat me campaign is enaea, u is found that the city has passed the J265, 000 mark, gt J16.B0 for every man, woman and child. While there were some large contri butions, the people us a whole carried the burden, as there were 6250 Individ ual contributors, or nearly 40 per cent of the population. Ship of Mahogany With the present scarcity of ships and the high price of lumber for making them people may well open their eyes to know that Uncle Sam owns a vessel made of real mahogany. The ship, the name of which Is the Matchless. Is being used by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, She was built about the year 1859 by pirates near Key West, who stole the material from the stranded merchant vessels, Sho is iald to be the last ship to bring a cargo of slaves to the United States. During the Civil War the llaf.h Itu wae.ueed by the, Confederates as a blockade ' runnero ana jeiieraon r jjm vhj " """v i vajinvj Aijvrxyx rn.JL.Jua.uaurjaj.jti, vvjcjxjxv jojlxv a, yuna xs? jluxo V ,; n "i rt'iKm r ! '. n BUSINESS CAREER OF PETER FLINT A Story of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead tCowrlaht. isfsl Mr. II hltchead trill nnatt'rr pour IjiisIhch Queattona on buying, atlUo. ndverttnina miff rmploimirnl. Auk ior jiicillon rlrnrlu nnrl ? .T . ",? or'. Vour correct name and ,..i. nunrn mUil D llttncil lo all lllqilfrtrft. lliosc which arc mioiiitnouA mtnf be innorrd. I .titaurri to technical duration t III Br anil i 01 Tiirtfl. flttier ntirMtinum ,Wff In ma ..f-f-.r In llila column. 77i', moul lillrrrallno prob irma o Inqultrra teill be norm Inlo llic atori o J'rlrr Flint. CXI1I I HAD a letter from sister Lucy this morning. This Is It: Dear old retcr: Do be a good boy and write a nice letter to dad. He Is Just getting about again, but Is still very sick, and the doctor says he will never be able to do as much as ho UBed to. Dntl worries an awful lot about you, Pete. He wonders what kind or company you are getting Into and If you are doing right, and more than all he wonders why you don't write to him. You know. Peter, dad's funny, hut he's always tried to do his best for you and Ella and myself. He thinks you are ungrateful for what he has done for you. I know you and dnd never hit It oft very well, but write him for mother's sake. Mother has been getting very gray th last few weeks and I really think It's because sho is worrying over you and dad. You and dad are both pretty pig headed, but he's older thnn you are, you know, Pete ; po put your pride In your pocket nn 1 Juct write to him. Ella nnd I want lo see our big brother again. When Is ho going to be real nice and spend a few dayj at home? What's the matter with you, Petc7 From tho very few letters ou wiltr home you don't seem at all like that good-natured happy-go-lucky Peter who used to tease us and pull our hair and make us suffer all kinds of Indignities, which, somehow, we rather liked. What do you think Mrs. Kruger (our cat) did? She got Into Old Man Hodg Ins's summer house and broke several of his geraniums. I kiss my big brother on his cheek. LU. I read that letter through three times How good It seemed to hear from Lucy again 1 Somehow I seemed to bo get ting out of touch with home life lately. I bet old Hodglns did feel bad! Mrs. Kruger was always breaking some of his plants and he and dnd get so mad and gap at each other over tho fence. Somehow It has done me good to hear about Mrs. Kruger. Graham was sitting next to me at ta ble this morning when I was reading the letter, and, noticing the expression on my face, said, "I'm glad you got that letter." "So am I. It's from my sister Lucy. Why don't you read It?" Ho took tho letter without a word and read it through. "What kind of a cat Is Mrs. Kruger?" he aslted, as he gave me back the let ter. "She's the homllest cat In creation. She has no tall. Her whiskers have been singed. I did It one time after seeing father have his hair singed at the barber's. She must be about twenty years old. I always remember Mrs. Kruger." "I like the way your sister writes, commented Graham. "Lu is a brick, and she's such a line set-up girl, too." "A letter like that does you good ' "You bet it does. Ore! I bet old Hodglns Is mad. Sho Is always getting his goat." "Who?" asked Graham, "your sister?" "No, Mrs, Kruger. She's ns thin as a lath. I suppobe she has had about 400 children." "I'd like to meet her some day," said Graham. "Who? Mrs. Kruger?" "Yes, Mrs. Kruger and your sister !" replied Graham. "Say, Graham, If I get a week-end off will you come home with me?" "I shall be glad to," hesaldeagerly. "I'll write to dad right away." TODAY'S IJUSI.M5KS KriftllAM la vour pal the kind of fellow you want to meet your slsterT What does this mean to YOU? TODAY'S DUSINKSH KridltA.H Business Questions Answered Can you tell mo what In th commonest 'commercial wood grown In tht United Stale? Also, which State produceB the most commercial lumber? N. T. ellow pine. There H more than twice as much yellow pine as any other wood. The State of Washington nro- duces tho most lumber. We have five traveling salesmen working for us. We have baen thinking for some time, nf having a contest among them to glngerthem up. The last three or four months they.hae been slumping. Do you think It Is possible to successfully run a contest with so few men? If so, what would you advise In the way of prizes cash or some Inexpensive trophy? KAI.ESMAN'AOKK You can run a prize contest with one man successfully If you handle It right. In running -prize contests one must be careful that the contest is so planned that the prize does not automatically ro to the one best man. Great care must be taken to see that each man, accord ing to his abilities and the possibility of his territory, receives an equal chance to win. You must plan to keep your salesmen stimulated from the beginning to the end of the contest. If you merely an nounce tho contest nnd let it go at that, It will fizzle out badly. Why not get the women folk of your salesmen to help you In getting" more business from your men? Suppose you offer a prize of half a dozen pairs of silk stockings to go to the wife or sweetheart or sister of the salesman getting best results. Trust the women folk to keep them plugging. Remember, however, that tho success of It will depend upon the careful plan ning of the contest. The salesmanager Is the cheering crowd, urging them on, as It were. (Continued Tomorrow). Brigands First "Chauffeurs" Here Is Justification for a bit of our American slang. It seems that the word chauffeur means "scorcher," Over a century ago some particularly brigandish brigands lived on the borderland be tween France and Germany. To force ransoms from their captives these desperadoes grilled the soles of their victims' feet before a fierce Are. So the countryfolk referred to the band aB scorchers or, in French, chauffeurs. Not so many years back, when these same Imaginative French were In need of a descriptive name for motorcar drivers, they lilt upon the word chauffeur. Just how much "bcorchlne" of a more modern kind these up-to-date brigands of the road Indulged In is best divulged by police records of fines for speeding. Popular Science Monthlv Ireland's Fishing Statistics The twenty-fifth annual report of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland says; During the year 106.031 was paid to the fishermen by fish merchants for mackerel, the earnings for the previous year being 52,401. Cork and Kerry got the lion's share. 45,395 and 41.287. respectively, Galway making a bad third with 13,881. The earnings for the her ring fisheries for the year amounted to 56,076. compared with 68.323 n the previous year. Donegal took first plac with 37,i64. then Cork with 7334. and Galway with 6670. The total nuan tlty of mackerel landed was 135.381 cwt., n"d the total quantity or. herring was 62,091. The total value Nof wet nib and shellfish of ail Kinas lanaea in ie congeatea. districts , tivi.szi --'- - -u - sLjulhAcrlaCv'ssve esstsU ACTIVITIES OF THE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwawiwiiiiiiimiiiiwiimnimiiiiiniiijjiin H& VBETT ' d i bbbbbbk! &$tnK Hi Hi I HIS ADVANCE RAPID Thiftniing man, J. H. Millar, may be said to be one of the bi? men in the Puscy & Joncn shipbuilding service. Coming here only about a car apo, fresh from Wooslcr Col lege, Woosicr, 0., Mr. Millar began as helper on a man's job in the ).ird and in this thorl lime has worked himtclf up to bead of the service department of the entire outfit. lie is also editor-in-chief of The Ship builder, the ard's weekly newspa per, and with these and sundry other responsibilities be is kept busy day and night. He waR the first college graduate, it is said, to enlist for shipbuilding on the Dela ware in ibis crisis, and be it was who attracted the sixty odd gradu ates who arc soon to rome hpre from his alma maler lo do their bit GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS Few Items of Inlcrrit Concerning Plants mill Men Kdward Moore, chief electrical drafts man of the Pennsylvania and Xcw Jer sey shipyards, Is taking his vacation two jay8.nt a time. Last Friday and Satur day he spent at the shore. Miss Mabel Prober has been appointed stenocranher in vi ii,um .... . Lysholm. " ' """ Tom Jackson, pitcher of the main of nce baseball team, was nimble to bold clown the Instruction department's slug Kers. who piled up seventeen runs to the other side's four. Jackson wivs he pitched his arm out." but Mime smile. .iJlm,P' Knne ,,as Ieft Superintendent ."., Ilamay's office and taken u Job In the PrnnsyUanla yard, where he hones to tarn more money. LECTURE FOR SHIP MEN "Wake Up, America" to He Given at Point Breeze Park Those who Imagine the United States la In no real danger from Germany should bear the patriotic war lecture. "Wnke Up, America," to be given at Point Breeze Paik tomorrow, Friday and Saturday at 8:45 p. m. for Hog Island workers, their families and friend" The lecture Is to be given under the auspices of the entertainment burenu nf Hog Island, a progressive, patriotic organi zation. It will show features nf tho world conlllct nnd the menace It holdi for America Tbern will bo steieoptlcon slides and moving pictures, many of which wero taken on the field of battle. Hard Salted Salmon Prices While tho trade continues to quote hard salted salmon here at the IpvpIs of n few weeks ago, the lack nf activity tins placed the market In a nominal condition. There is little selling either tn a local way or In the domestic trade New pack fish are reported to lip of fering from the Pacific Northwest at high prices, the first nf these offerings made known here being on pinks, for which Mfi.50 const was the asking price. Other offerings have probably been made but the trade here has not let tho fact of Its purchases become known Quota tions continue at -'bn': mr aihskh reds: I23f J25 for medium reds, and I?'fffS23 for nlnks. Halifax talmon Is scarce and high, the quotations of $324f $33 for tierces and J23 for narreis re maining unchanged since last reports, lnit these belnir maintained with a strong feeling. Fishing Clazctte. TWO GERMAN AIR FLEETS FIGHT EACH OTHER; BRITISH AID MIX-UP Enemy Squadrons Engage in Battle Royal Until Forced to Stop From Exhaustion English Attack Both Groups With the British Army in France, June 12. Two flights of German fighting air planes engaged each other by mistake and. in a battle royal in which the. British helped, destroyed or damaged so many of their own filers that the battle ended from exhaustion. The en gagement wns fought on June h. Two British officers in a fighting machine were leading a patrol along tho lines when therlehted a.Germa" tho lines wlien iney-misii "v.. ....... rii tAt Kvn.sp.lter. WhlCfi. UPOn their appearance, filed a green signal light The British leaders expected a trap and waited to bee what this un usual performance meant. In a short time six German scouts came wheeling out of the blue and Joined tho Halberstadt. Almost at once six other enemy scouts dived out of the sun on to their comrades, whom they apparently mistook for a British patrol about to attack the Ilalber- Et wW had happened was this: The wniherstadt had been acting as a de ?nv and the green light had been '"J'?,, a signal for assistance. But Sere had been no expectation that two flights of German planes would re Rtmnrt at the same time. PNot being able to distinguish the markings of their friends-and this hns hannened not nfrequentlv before -the , newcomers immediately began a irious attock upon them The Brit, ish leaders then guided their patrol intr. this mad melee and took a hand. '"The HaTberstadt was the first vic tim and this was shot down by the British commanding machine. Another British fighter In the meantime had accounted for two moro enemy scouts, which were sent swirling to destruc- U AU bthfsW'tlme the German nlrcraft were continuing their bitter battle r themselves and several of them w,re seen to go down out of control before the engagement finally ended The British leaders, by their good ff.8 1": i!. a iM ih Huns Intn their CLUB HAS TOO MANY BASSOS AND TENORS Choral Organization at Ches ter Shipyard Short on Bari tones Other Items The Chester Shipyard Choral Club has a few bassos to spare. Also n first tenor or two. Of thirty members twelve sing bass, ten have qualified as first tenors and only four for second tenor. The club has only two baritones to (balance the whole chorus. The bassos are Messrs. Fields. Anthlng. Mctntry. Kedy. Daley. A. Davis. M. Jones, Crow ther. Burton, Fred Jones nnd Itlchard Jones. First tenors. Messers Wall, Snyder, Mnder, Cupper, IChrllch, Dodge, Jenkins, Kennedy, S. Vllch and Ttob erts. Second tenors, Messrs. McCann. I.ykes. Williams nnd Wilson. Baritones, Messis. If, Fraasp nnd II. K. Mnckey. Under the direction of D. A Coe, Karl riummer and C F. Sanford the vocal ists practice almost every day at noon In the yard with the hope of becoming a real factor In the social life of the) shlpworkers. Mr. Sanford. head of the roclal and athletic ncllvltles, who was recently Im ported from St I.otils for the purpose, comes to Philadelphia frequently to add to the club's musical collection lie henrsals are to be held nt night at some convenient place Ittrr on women with good olees at the plant will be added to the chorus, nnd with this ns a nucleus the promoters nrp confident of being able to give shlpworkers good representation In local musical art This Is nnother branch of the service department activi ties directed by Henry Calster. The Chester Shipyard Trapshootlng Club reports thirty-three members en rolled. The club was organized only two weeks ago. Charles Slant Is president, H. Webb Chamberlain, vice president; W. T. Hawk, secretary; J. T. Brltw-ell, treasurer, nnd I.. F. Medera field cap tain. The cluh has yet to develop Its shooting ground, but when that neces sary detail Is arranged the members will lose no time In settling a hot dis pute ns to who stands the best chance of winning the cup offered by the com pany. The Chester Shipyard's baseball team has been somewhat crippled by the Iobs of Vernon Ayou, second baseman, who has reported at Camp Meade for train ing. Still the Chester team Is leading tho Shlpworkers" League with a record of five straight victories. "Bill" Wilde, who took Avou's plnce at the second sack, sas he is donp with smoking. Caught and lectured by his manager for. smoking nn the bench during the game at Comuells two weeks ago, ho now realizes that ns an athlete ho should give up the nablt entirely Umpire Adams Is In bad with two members of the Chester team, but nil hs Is known to be "on the square" the boys nntlclnatn no serious tinuble. James KFchen. left fielder. Is still cross nbout that decision of Adams's at the homo plate Inst Saturday, which robbed him of a tally in n bold attempt to steal up from third. John Lynen, Chester's! coach on the first-base line, makes the kick that Adams Is always trying to chase him from the field, but several would-be mediators think "Ump" Is only kidding Lynch. This Wa.p Uses a Hammer So far ns shown, only one small In sect a. wasp of the sphex family J among the millions of creatures neiong Ing to a lower older than man. has ever employed the aid of a tool tn ac complish a desired result. The mother wasp of this family digs u tunnel In the ground, deposits her egg lu it and provides a caterpillar stung to death or to a condition of paralysis for her babv to feed on when hatched The grub subsists on this caterpillar until it passes thiough the nip,i stage into tho perrect-winged insect. Then It digs Its way out of the tunnel and be gins lis life above ground as a wasp. But after the mother wasp has made its tunnel and deposited the egg. t finishes Its task by ramming down pel lets of caitb, little stones, etc.. into ttu mouth of the tunnel. This s the race hahlt of these wasps. It is re corded on undoubted authorl'y that one Inventive mother, when the mouth of the tunnel was covered to a level with the rest' of the ground about It. brought a quantity of fine, grains of dirt to the spot and picking up a small pebble in her mandibles, used It as a hammer in pounding them down with rapid strokes, thus making the spot as firm and as bard as tho surrounding sur fiw Thpn she departed, brought mora dirt, picked up the pebble again and useu u as a iiuiiiuiei u uciun. of thrilling Incidents happening In the air these days. Take, for instance, the case of a British patrol of nbout eight battle planes which fought and vanquished some forty enemy craft a few days ago. This British patrol, under com mand of a captain, was escorting a bombing squadron when Iwoscore enemy machines were encountered. The British fighters and the enemy lmmoill'i(oKi t-nvH I ti trw i lick nt4nnlr ' within a few seconds a fierce fight was in progress and the great fleet of nearly half a hundred nlrshlps were swirling and diving madly against one another, while their machine guns Joined In tho vicious chorus that bwept down to the troops on the giound like the noise from scores of steam trip hammers. The British outmaneuvercd and out fought the enemy, and many of the Germans were sent spinning away, "Whether they were merely frightened or were out or control it was impossi ble to bay. but at the conclusion of tne tlglit Tour uerman machines lay In crumpled masses on the earth and unother had gone down in flames. Almost dally one hears of ex perlences in which airmen have fought a magnificent battle ngalnst heart breaking odds. Such was the case of a pilot and observer, who while flying in a battleplane were cut off from their patrol and attacked by four enemy machines. The British pilot fired 200 roundi Into one of the hostile planes, which was seen to crash. His observer also got til a good burst of fire at another German at close range with a similar result. That left two of the enemy ana they were joinea Dy a third scout Ing machine, which began firing at the Hritisn plane rrom anove. The ob' server was shot and killed. The pilot spun his, machine down to a height of 2000 feet, 'with the scout still on hi tail. At that height the British aviator turned and attacked the German so fiercely that the latter .was driven ofT, The British pilot (then SHIPBUILDER ARMIES HOG ISLAND NEARS NEW KEEL RECORD One Today and One Tomor row Steel Supply Increased, But Still Inadequate The twentj-Klxth keel wis ttild In. dny nt Hog llnnd. When rompleled, the veel will lie christened .srbrwn. Tomorrow the heel for the twrnt.v seventh 1.100-tnn Mnndnrillrrd freighter, the Srholnrk, will lie laid. With three keels laid during this week, It Is possible that a new record will be made at Hog Island by Satur day By that time It Is expected the twenty-eighth way will be In readiness for Its keel. During no week so far have more than three keels been laid at the big shipyard. Although shipments of steel are still Inadequate thp tonnagp received each week Is becoming more satisfactory. About 20,000 tons more each month Is needed to keep Hog Island working to capacity Contracts Just closed by Hear Admiral Bowles, assistant general man ager of the Kmetgenry Fleet Corpora tion, will send one-half of this amount to the big shipyard every month To make up the additional 10,000 tons needed. Admiral Howies Is negotiating with two of the largest plants In the country to cause them to turn their works over Intact to the Lmergency Flee Corporation for fabricating steel FARM WAGES SHOW LARGE INCREASE Jump of 24.2 Per Cent Over Rate Paid to Laborers Last Year Information concerning thp Increase In wages of farm labor last year has been Issued In a hulletin by the United States Department of Agriculture Wage rates per month In hiring by the month or season with board In 1917 rnnged from $21 88 In the South Central States to $36.23 In the North Central States west of tho Mississippi Illver and $44 25 In the Western and Pacific, with a natlonnl average of J 28.87. Without hoard the monthly rale for the United States was J40.43, with a range from $30.8(1 in the South Atlantic States to $40 4fi In the West N'orth Central and $03 f.O In the Western and Pacific Harvest wages with hoard were as high as $2 77 per day in the West North Central States and as low ns $1.55 In the South At lantic, while the United Slates average was $2 08. The rates without board were thirty-live lo fifty-nine cents higher In the various sections. Outside of harvest day rates of wages with hoard ranged from $117 In the South Atlantic States to $1 91 In the N'orth Atlantic and $2.03 In the West N'orth Central, and the United States average was $1.50 Without board the rates were thirty-five to ninety-live cents higher. As a general average for the whole country the increase lu the rate of wages per month with board In 1917 over 1916 was 21.2 per cent The Increase over 1910 was 50.3 per cent. Ill the average rate of wages for harvest labor with hoard the lncreasp In 1917 over 191B was 23.1 per cent; without board, 22.7 per cent For day labor, outside of har vest, farmers paid 23.8 ppr cent more with board and 24.7 per cent more with out board The general fact If that the rates of wages for farm labor increased almost one-quarter In one year and about two-fifths to one-half In seven years. The lowest relative advance In rate of wages from 1910 to 1917, 12 per cent is found In the Western anu racmc States in hiring by the day with board for work outside nf harvest ; and the highest. 30 1 per cent In the South At lantic in hiring by the month with board niincnlties of obtaining labor were more generally least In temporary serv- Ice In harvest and more gencmu.- ki -..- est In similar service outsme ot imrvt:.-.i To obtain laborers for a whole season or a year with board throughout the vari ous groups of States was easiest In the Kast North Central, most auucuii " "" South Atlantic. Hiring by the ? the easiest proposition In the Western , Tninp when with board and most dllllcult when without board. The South experienced the greatest ei fects of the Increase of farm wages In 1917 over 1910, expressed ns a per centage of Increase, but the greatest ef fects in terms of absolute Increase In dollars and cents were felt In the other great groups of States, most of all n the Western nnd Pacific, next below In the North Central and third In order In the N'orth Atlantic' group. The largest absolute Increase In wages in the South was In the South Atlantic States in hiring by the month or season with board. Monthly wage rates In creased absolutely In the average for the United States by $5 33 In seasonal or yearly contracts when without board. Day wage rates Increased by 30 to 47 ctnts in the several varieties of con tracts. U. S. Selling Agency Needed It seems highly desirable that some form of American selling agency should be established In Asuncion to take care of American trade In Paraguay. What Is the best means of organizing such an ngency this consulate Is not competent to say. It Is suggested, however, that several Important manufacturers or ex porters who are Interested In the trade of Paraguay contract Jointly, say for a ptrlod of one year, with some experi enced American business man who un derstands Spanish, to establish an ex clusive agency In Asuncion. The contract could provide for a fixed minimum compensation, which should be n Bum sufficient for a good business man in such a position to live on. After the period expires for which the minimum salary Is guaranteed, the agent should then be allowed to accept tho representa tion of' other American concerns. The combined commissions ought to suffice for his own compensation and to defray tho expense of rental and additional help to meet th demands of the growing business. The agent should carry full lines of samples and be authorized to close all contracts as to both sales and collections. Such additional members of his staff as the expenslon of the busl of his staff as the expansion of the busl cept stenographers, who would have to know English. The total export and Import trade of Paraguay averages about $20,000,000 gold in actual valuation, practically all of which is handled through Asuncion. In 1913 only 5 per cent of the total Im ports which entered Paraguay were American goods, while in 1910. after the big German trade had disappeared, only 12 b per cent were American goods. The percentages of exports to the United Slates were even smaller, Through the development of the cattle and quebracho industries by the four big American cor porations that have been established In Inracuav during the past few months belli the expqrt and Import trade of the country snouio materially increase; which should further make It, -worth while to have a strong AJHWrwaa V3L: fr U S NGllssssVsffla-i 'rf IP vlH Tji'v !. '- STAR ON SHIPYARD NINE Rajmond Howjril, center fielder of llic New Jcrse) Ship) aril luscball team, will pi!n a new contract on June 29, when lie will wcil Mis Eilna Haiicy, of 11 North Thirtieth street, Caimlcn. His teammates hope In have liim with llicm in two more Saturday panic?, hut arc al ready casting around for another renter garden performer lo take his place in rae the future Mrs. How aril suddenly shortens his baseball career. Doings and Sayings at Gloucester Yards Mrs. Frank Ward, wife of one of the Pusey ii. Jones shlpworkers, Is spending a week at Bedford. Darkness Is nothing to Arthur .lames, tnolioom keeper, when there Is any thing to be done In his own garden. Moon or no moon, bo says, he cm find a row lo hoe, and reports things sprout ing lovely. Pat Uegan. the new recruit from Kan sas City, who Is oil duty In the boiler shop, says he doesn't mind pitching for the home baseball team, but wishes the mnnagcr would first consult his (Itegan's) previous engagement:). Kd Borden, rivet tester, nas a new attraction at homo In the form of a twelve-pound baby. WED 13 TIMES, DIES AT 95 (iilrngn, Juno 12. The story , of a modern rival to Solomon has cdme to light In the death of "Uncle John" Dempi'y of Marlon. III., Just three days before his 100th birthday. The Solo mon phase of this man's existence Is that he was married exactly thirteen times. Seven years ago "Uncle John" Demp sey lather startled Marion by buying his I'ollln and preparing his final renting nlacp in a cemetery. Not dvinir as be expected, nfter waiting two years, be married his inirieenin wile nnu uveu five years more. Castor Bean Production The castor-bean plant Is cultivated by tho Chinese farmer In a very small way in South Manchuria. The heans are genet ally grown as a border around fields planted to other crops: being poisonous to cattle, they help to keep live stocu out ot the neius and also tcrve as danger signals to cattle herd ers. The beans are harvested In the autumn and aro shipped off to market. One of the local bean mills Is crushing them nnd making refined castor oil as a side Industry. It experiences diffi culty In getting much stock, as these neans are now quite scarce, none hav ing appeared on the local produce ex change for the past' three months. I understand most of these beans come from the Interior, farther north. The standard produce exchange contains 140 kin (180 2-3 pounds), and a carload contains 200 bags of twenty-five tons. Tho oil refined here Is refined bv the use of fuller's earth and certain chemi cals the usual process, though, called "secret" here No Information of valuo Is obtainable regarding methods of cultivation, fer tilizers, costs, etc., as this crop Is simply grown by the Chinese farmers with tho ordinary means at their disposal. The cake from which tho oil has been ex tracted Is not suited for anything but fertilizer, for which If Is used. Com merce Reports. n mnnifniinijriiiuiii;:!iirt!T:irii iinnni iinnniniiiumiriamiittcin: mrt, niHtiiiiuniiiimmiutriiiiutii iiamKHiuiiutnmnmnnmumt $802,9 3 9. .4 0 OF ACCOUNTS SOLD US SINCE FEBRUARY 22, 1918 iiHixiiinmiiifM Commercial Baltimore. Md. Gentlemen: We are net profit, amounted 10 . . selves, within have made your carrying pur accounts, enabling u . ' discount our bills and to buv and sell mo ,' merchandise. We find accounts ana customers, " Notification'' counts for the next six , ft Note: Upon request 'we-.,wl8 Notary's Affidavit -that v the t exact codv of a" letter, sistiwd by customers, wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Commercial -Cfcw Cash Capital, J- ft J?. w &S&3 WAR WILL LAST FWfc YEARS, SAYS Tells Bakers That Germai Cnnnnt Rr. Starve, f Out SCORES FOOD DODGERS vH " .. .. ::m "Yellow Uocs," lie Calls Me Wllr. n.f.. In OUnv 'M Regulations Heading, Tn., June 12. That the v$X will last five years more was predicted s by State Food Administrator Heln2 'ate the State Master Bakers' Association;- - .1 1 r A 1.--P51 luiitt'iuiuii nere. viermanj cuniiui "rNisi, starved out with Russia as her granary.?'!: , he said, Foodlrule violators he descrlbeatM , J ns "yellow dogs." rllSt", "One of the greatest displeasures HSpS $ W Cnnnnr. Inn ...III, .v... .ntn. la tUa. . &Vv.''l ...-ww.. .w. ..., UU.l. IO ,..C V.-Jf ,.f,j47J sity ot doing police duty." Mr. tiMBmi&-tZ declared. "When I took this Job I hi no Intention of being a policeman. 1 do not like to go nbout with a big clul In my hands, excent for one class ol men. f3is "In almost every line of business, t $'" ic .rttiiiru, Lucre Hre auoui 7)9 PsrsJ,'Ki cent of the renresentatlves who txTamK'' honest, fair-minded men. The' other1 jlKt'a per cent aro the yellow dogs. WQvtJ,$9, ,' J those yellow dogs, for tho law certalnlimi.&5y&1 will he forced to 'l; fullest extent. WSv'yVt must tiayp nhprllenep nnrl thrnncrh thfcarWV "H police and the various committees wif&ie expect to have It. 'SKKJ' "The war can hardly be expected t,2. close before the next five years. A peaeM, before that time would be a Germatilr,. , i ".", mm umi ib me only Kino. moTXVK v would consider, at least while fightlnillft. on foreign soil. 1SV foreign countries this year will hav SfO large wheat crops. It Is expected. In V ' Germany Ihn rnnrlltlnn ttf npniillaf T 2.j..- I Ukraine they have made arrangement fRJJ .... me iunaiing di a crop mat win yieir .j j 200,000.000 bushels of wheat, and that &4J will keep the Germans going very nicely1, i & 1..111 inti win imua who Norway ana ir.i) Sweden nnd Denmark for the fats. ntffcl!i ' even poor Switzerland may be gone otKJC'V -Ti So Germany will have wheat and fats. flw'. 'J "One thing Is certain. Germany wIMKjV not ho Rlnrverl nllt. Wa linvp (-nf t wl STV nniHA rttlief 'av 'VI ....:... :. .t.ft; ine united states will need lOS.OOOA-ftpV uuu nusneis or grain. The Allies ne onoiner iuu.uuu.uod, so our trouble'DerT'- comes a double one. Fighting for con-! servation In the face of what seemaMsf bo plenty is a hard task." "4,! State President Joel A. Arnold ot this city, opened the convention. City Solicitor Wellington M. Bertolet dell? cred the address of welcome. Geor W. Fisher, of Huntingdon, rcsnonded. i&fl Fred C. Haller, of Pittsburgh SUttM haltery administrator; Charles T. DaviMJ local food administrator, nnd Joseph Bell, of Washington, secretary of 01 National Baiters' Association, werevm tho nrocram. ' S5"i The report of Treasurer W. A. Kin of Wllkes-Barre, showedthe associate ban a balance of 2602.84. There no report from Secretary L. A. Kley, Phoenlxvllle. M Women visitors were taken on' auto trip, ending with a dinner. SHIP CLERKS AWAIT SHITO Transfer to Conetruction Wofk-j Expected by Draft Eligible) About 200 young men of drafts I working In the New York Shlpbulldh Corporation's South Camden offices JM expecting to be transferred to const tlon work In the yard. The Governme haH rrdered that all office men who nlnr.ps ran liA Hltpd bV WOKIl be Shift) to the yards, where their servlcessai needed. Many 01 inosn nuetn-u ut the order seriously, as they have ney done any but clerical work. BuM the yards all or mem win uraw n pay. wireaay Kins i ..,m-.j w Ing men s places irr tne oiiitca iicrs, ; there. Walter Huff and Elmer Lacey. 6t? library department, say mey aro 1 having the fish at home that they call last weeK. James aiumn, actump them on the trip. Thft nppnunttner denartment has 1 Into Its new quarters on the secowM of the main onice duiiuiuk. imtni ..n,v.oTit men u-ere formerly located William Howarth. one cf the' fnt-na tvhn nlaved on triH Old GlDW .1...11 Aam la talklnsr nf trvtn stage a come'back on the Newj yards nine. BY ONE LARGE CONCERN THEIR LETTER FOLLOWS:,! sa "New York. N. YM - May 24, 1918. Credit Co.. SN enclosing: herewith our stated nient as of May; 24th, 1918, from which yot:j will note that since our previous- statement ot rebruary zu, iyie, whea we began dom business with you, we have added $32,413.4 alter paying your charges, wh a total 01 .vaio.uj- i .ij;-j . . .. -vr.f, uy giving you only .iaks.uj ot profits, we have made. $32,413.08 net for three months. We could,) that much money except-'! vp we have sold you$802,9J.4 nave nau no iricuon,wrai.a because under your'TW plan we collected Hfcefar 4 you without disturbing;'; V Our account is now closed with : we owe, alj told, only $3200. but,w to cive you over $2,500,000 businea or seven nonth."-v ' "$$ $"!' ' -.'! ' : ' : & $&MN (At Ett... ..'I'- .' w. .vja .. Wirt 'J w.. !',V "Tn"WF i A ... ah' a ialfA nas. Ill AflUHUVfl IW V Li
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