W&$ P"1H: $TO$?TCapp2!! wrPTCrcn&KlvaTCv ts1 I rat ifc A 4r t &. r la A MMMkMiMMMa aWsV Hi BM VPft V 0 frtj Jw--- ' - - -- - a J U. ----' - ---..--: .-.-' ,'.. J- fflfffl STREET AM MM v J J5t r.r., , SC, a CT A mTTTiTk A V TTTTV Oil 1fM - OAXUAJLAXi UUJJJ. sirVl XVM r , - " . if Kt i jl LT"-I Ijav VA DM R IV SOCK TRADERS ASSUME MORE CAUTIOUS ATTITUDE, BUI WAK REPORTS RESULT IN OPTIMISM pGeorge'H. Earle, Jr., Defends Position Taken by State Bank Convention, Over Which He Held Sway. Gossip of the Street I& s . fPHERE was more caution during esterda' qtock trading than on "Thursday, but there was no war news which would occasion any Change in sentiment. Indeed, each hour brought more cheering news than the previous one, and there iin more pronounced feeling of optimism pervading the financial district than on an dav for a long time. Brokers do not look for any change in the market conditions. Of course, they Acknowledge that sudden changes In sentiment are to he expected In a war market and higher prices are expected for the active list. There was a time before the closing vesterday when some brokers thought we were entering a "victory" market, but the more cautious said It was Always better to be prepared for a setback. tf There were a number of lmpoitant news. Items jesterdav which had more or less effect nn some stocks and other securities Outside the regular war news there was the agreement of the United States Oo em inent to loan $60,000,000 to China, with Oreat Britain, France and .Inpan participating. There was the report that the operating income of ISO of the largest rallioad lines In the United States In May showed a net decrease of $14,600,000 from Mar. 1917, etc. Earle Defines. Field of Slate'Batik Activity There Is still a good deal of discussion going on In flnnnclil circles In this city, over the proceedings of the convention held early this week to St. Louis, Mo , by the United States Council of State Banking Associa tions, and which was presided oer by George H. Earle, Jr., president of the Real Estate Trust Company. It had been said In some quarters that the organization of this asso ciation was. with a view of disrupting the American Bankers' Association and that its alms were not favorable to the movement having in lew the bringing of the State banks and trust companies Into the I'ederal lUserve 'system. Before making a statement on the subject, Mr. Earle explained that the State banks were called Into existence to meet local conditions and to cater to these conditions. For example, he aid, in certain locations they specialize their banking facilities to meet coal mining or oil or natural gas production, etc. leaving the broader neld to be covered by the national banking institutions, and that it was therefore impossible for one conglomerate body composed of both State and national bank representatives to speak for both. His statement follows: "There is a great deal of nonsense being given out as to the national CC-uncll of State banking Institutions. The situation Is exceedingly simple These Slate Institutions, being chartered In each State to meet the con dition and needs of such States Individually, have naturally ver satis factorily met local wants, Just as the national banks have splendidly met the broad national situation If I am correctly informed, the State bodies have, because of their local applicability, become far the larger body. The two, however, following our American system, have amplv met the whole situation and in the most friendly and helpful spirit. "A large part of the funds of the national banks being deposits from State banks, any one, therefore, who suggests antagonisms is a friend to neither. As to the Federal Reserve svstem, every one with nn sense knows what splendid, even imperative, work it is doing. All that is neces tary is to read the resolutions of the convention to get clear light on this subject. The State banks, however, being the larger body, felt that as there might be matters to discuss and adjust Involving conflicting Inter ests it would be better In such Instances to have a council of their own to advise and negotiate on such matters. "I have heard of none that Intends at all to withdraw from the i American Bankers' Association, as It has its value In the general bioad field Take as an Instance the question of joining the Federal Reserve system No one was authorized to speak for the State banks, to advise them even, and consequently the great majority have just drifted Per sonally I feel that the representatives of all Interests can canvass this matter and properly look into the difficulties with a perfectly sound and satisfactory result. Of course, In the Interim no harm Is being done, as the State banks and trust companies are doing their full and patriotic hare and at least as unselfishly as any system In the countrj. "If people would only take the trouble to read the resolutions ex pressing the convention's purposes and principles, they would find how foolish it is to engage in guessing at what is so easily ascertainable. Speaking for myself, I think an applicaton of American principles of democracy IS all that is necessary; free discussion and the fullest co operation after it." Expect Several Early Issues of, Short-Term Notes Investment houses report fairly good business In short term notes A well known banker said yesterday he looks for a number of Issues of short-term notes In the near future by firms which are executing large Government contracts, who will And It necessary to raise money to en large their plants, purchase additional apparatus and finance their war orders. The large meat-packing concerns were referred to by him as some of those needing financial assistance, and as proof of his statement he referred to the great quantities of meat and meat products that have been shipped to Europe by the United States during the last ear. BUSINESS CAREER OF PETER FLINT A Story of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead (ropirloM, IHIH r I c 's V r I r f. 3 ' '. w t I- i S3 IV I' la," ItK fe. lV Henry L Dohertv & Co 'a report on the Cities Service Companv for June, 1918, and for the six months and twelve months ended June 30, 1918, shows large increases over the corresponding periods of the pie cedtrlfc year. For the twelve months ended June 30, 1918, requirements for payment of the preferred dividends were earned 6 18 times, compared to 4 91 limes for the preceding twelve months, and after pavment of pre ferred dividends there was eamed for the twelve months ended June 30, .1918, $61.62 a share on the common stock, compared to $54 61 a sh.ne for ,,tfie twelve montha ended June 30, 1917, For the six months ended June 30, 1118, requirements for payment of the prefeired dividends were earned B.5T times, and the balance after pa'vment of preferred dividends applicable to surplus, reserves and dividends on the common stock was equivalent to $34 40 for the. six months' period. These figures were after adequate reserves had been made from profits of subsidiary companies for pavment Of all Federal Income, and excess-profit taxes as well as all other charges. T7J.eJ... ! Mimh creasing chance of success In a lee V f4lVry tt I'M Ctcl m ture last Januarv soma .of thorn were Ofci,,o Rvitiah Sinivit told th're wa nothing to fear from the oFWWb DTllloll Byiril Americans until Jul. but that after that date they would" have tp be reckoned with serinliaK thmio-h riiffl. Ctatinnrd from Vutt One ' initio nt imn.nnri in i, .,.,. kin,i.. l seventy after crawling out Into the tall i them. Kven now they.do not have any fi grass working quite close to the enemy "i ' mn numuer oi .nmrncnn nenung il? " . . " . . ,. ,i- men already In France, but Judelng from outposts and then Jumping them under prlsoncrI(i ,ere , a sensB Jof ,ark for. rf cover oi a parragc uw n ...,. DoainK jmrouKnoui ine Herman army, h operations were quick and successful, and this will not he lifted by any news V but led to heavy artillery retaliation '" m" '"f, ' lnB -rown KJ Bre and there later in the morning . But they wl) g0 on fighting On our , German. Are nUlllasloned nam l" De "2 L'.1, ,102 ', lm $ .v. ...n i,i. m They will go on flghtlng doggedly and is One cannot help feeling a kind of pltl-J df.p.rateij, because they see no way out K ful admiration for the German troops ' 0f n. Mr. Vlillthrad Kill muuer ionr ftiMlntat 4urilfoM on builuc, flllno. ndicrtWitB nun en ploymrnr. AttK vour aticM(on citarlu nna olic nil fir incla. lour mrrrcl nnnir mitt lull nMrriti mutt or ilenrrt lo nil (nquirfr. Thoie k hlrh arr ntiontmouff must M igiiorrtt. Anivm to trrhuicnl attrition v.tll be AMI hu mnl. Older nurnflorn Kill be mnurrrd In tlil column. Tlif mol liilrrrnfittil vrotr Irmn ol liionlrrr ulll lit uotcn Inlo tli slam at 1'flrr flint. CX1,V WHEN we got out nt Springfield sta tion S-uurday. Francis Oraham said tn me, "Now I shall he buy for about two hours What are vou going to do with vourscin' Oh, I think I'll drop Into a movls for a couple of hours " ' Whal for? ' Oh, Just to kill time!" Me caught me by the elbow and said, ' What has poor Father Time done to jour "none to me? What du vou mean7 'Win, the rlcar old gentleman has neer clone vou any harm hss he? He's done ou nothing but good, for every hour of the dnj ho gives jnu an oppor tunlt to pr gress In some wnv or other " I lan t we an opportimltv here Jusl for a couple of hours " 1 replied 'I suppose jou have heard the time worn saving, There Is a tide In the af fnlrs of men which. If taken at the flood, carries us on to fuclcs ' 1 don't know If 1 have the nuils Just right, but that Is the gist of It. ' The man w ho w rote that uncontlously flam-flammed the world There Is no one minute when a nnii has to seize his op portunity and Immediately achieve a big success Time Is more klndlv than that nvery hour of the diy time sends op portunltj knocking on jour door, 'The trouble Is that we full to see op portunity In little things and Instead of benefiting by Father Time's klndlv of fices, we go after him with the shotgun of laziness and kill Time Just as jou thought of doing a moment ago " '.Sa, vou talk like a copvbook," 1 said 'Well, w hat would vou reckon I could do here for a couple of hours get a Job selling or something?" 'The worst of vou voung fellows," grinned Oraham, 'Is that ou are m all fired sure of j ourselves that jou think It smart to Ignore good advice If It happens to be old "If J were In jour position as sales man and wanted to use two hours to, ad vantage I would go Into department stores nnd observe methods rf selling t would drop Into the smaller speclaltj stores and buj some little odd trifle Just to see how the snlesman handles him self and while In that store I should try to watch how other silesmcli wait pn their cutcmers " Gee, ' I exclaimed "I never thought of that' It listens lll.e more fun than the movies Me for It' What time will sou be back 7 ' "There Is a train for Farmdalo at 1 18" ' How did vou know " ' 'I looked It up Suppce I meet vou here nt 12:10 Then we can have a light luncheon before the train starts " Funny thing, vnu know ; I never thought of that way of using spare time nd jet, when jou come tn think of It, Its piettj good advice Isn't If As I was short of collars, I decided to buv two at a time, see three different stores nnd find out their different meth ods of selling TiIh Is what happened:, vvnen i went lino inn nrsi store I said I wanted two collars, and the salesman said. 'Mze?' ' Fourteen and a half," I replied Stjle?' "I don't know ; something like the one I've got on " The man walked a jard or two dowt the store and heckoned with his finger I trotted meeklv after him He stopped In front of a glass case and pointed with his finger to about fifydlfferent stvles and snld, 'Something like this?' Well, Is that lite the one I've got on?" You ought to know the kind of collar jou are wearing better than I " Well, let me look at It " "I am showing It to Ji," he replied without stirring , 1 mean 1 want to see one out of the case, Without a word he walked further away still, and again beckoned to me Well, once again I 'got hei on too low" and ambled to where he was then stand ing He took one collar out of the box and placed It on the counter without a word "That's about like what I've got. on, Isn't It" "Yov " "Well, give me two " Without answ'erlng he w rapped the two up and passed them over and said. ' Thirty rtnts " 'I thojight they w,ere two for twenty flvo cents " His onlv repjy was, ' Thlrtj cents " I gave him a half dollar He slipped it into the cash carrier and then walked up to another clerk and hepan to talk with him. The change came back i-ooner than he did, but he walked slowlj hark still talking to the fellow clerk He took the change out of the carrier, planked It down on the counter and left me. I don't know as I would have noticed all these things If Francis hadnt put me up to them Aa I left the store I thought. "Well, that's some bright, salesman nit! That guy seems to think his head Is just something to wear a hat on Somebody ought to tell him that he's dead from the neck up " When I compared that sale to the other two 1 don't wondef the store looked on the blink. U. S, Drives Wedge Into Foe8 Lines Centlnneit from Tare One no taso have the Amei leans lagged behind, The only dlrtlculttes hnvo come through their not stopping upon leaching their objectives. There was a busv scene vesterday back of the batttellne 1 started out to a eel tain place tn flml one )f our hendquiirtcis. When I got theie I found a lone doughbtij, who snld that hendqunrters had moved nhe.id I went there, and thej had been moved ngnln. l'lmllj I found lie idquni teis nt a place which hefnie the nttnek stuitod had been In Herman hnnds. As has been told, the attack started without artlllerj preparation As the bovs started the Trillion lild down n barrage of short duiiittnn nnd then B,rvPmWBWiffyRi?r, iJPi' . m i " i fi'' f,v?jiif r ,?? ,f.iJimV'rAf?bi,- m .' - rm V" -;w-w; wi .;; .-- " - i i - i - i - - ' " " - am BOOKS ABOUT PROBLEMS OF WAR ANBPEl EZRA POUND, PROSE WRITER His Essays and Sketches Arc Far Superior to His Verse SOME AMERICAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS Discussed by Professors Burch and Patterson, of the West Philadelphia High School Ezra found, as a writer of proe, Is The old-time sociologist, who under- tnnb tn nrlima Viiiman evlstenee to a more lnteicstlng than V.rra Pound as nril lnccx M!ttcm lp huppllv todav as a writer if vcre This Is true In plte extinct as the elaborate literature he nf the fact that In his proc he exhibits Produced Is ueles The modern view ,., . , ., . .. I point Is essentlallv rationalistic : the the s.me sex oheslon thai mils his n,nnrn oelologtsl recognlres franklv rre 1 here Is something In life heltlcs mnl tlieerfullx at the outet that his sex and (he conventions which the world "inclusions urn never approach flnnlltv lifted It to the limit of the mime. Out Ins agreed tn observe In lecaitl to It ,h-U ,nrre mU!,t Bl"H" bp ""'P''' "'0 men reached that limit and ve hid to '"rct" ln 'crve m ieKam to " ror thp ,lndi.(oUed residuum" In huniBn stop firing until the hoises tm.lri l.e,nrc J''metl bv expel lence We all niture which keeps the studj of etclal hitched to the guns, which ueie en- know that there are courtesans and that phenomena cternallv fresh and Interest- thc.e Is , literature either glorlfvlng lc '" neeaii.e rroressors iiurrn ann lied further to the fiont The Amei lean ntt.ick schedule Patterson of the department nf hlstorv wnrkeH like this n liimHrn.l . j.. i.. I 1Mn,n nr JU'tirMllg them nntl frowning I and i nmmeree nf the West I'hllnrt.lnMa three minutes, n rest of five minutes , I,1,,.., condemnation of Illicit love tllsh School for IIojs approach their another bundled vaids and n rest of ' , ""- ", '' '"", "Brf,''1 tl ,hp '"en elemenlnrj sludv cf American social forty minutes Beciuse the boche was I ,i.tom e ,0 ,,nt ,ltcraiurc nrP i problems from this angle that the hook completely sutpilsed nnd the going was ' "ot "H Krerttpst mtn of letters ( ,os.e,P, exceptional value as a textbook found to be casv, m mv of our men) Mi Pound however, has Included In aml serves the high educational pur disregarded the schedule unci went on . his Ictist volume of pi use, Pavanneii Pose or stimulating the student mind tn further. The wives which were sup and Divisions," something besides se "rKbial Inqulrv and more detailed ob pnsed to oveiflow one innlliei Mlnllv lirtgulniltlcs Ills dKcusslon nf the S(,rv -vtlr n and consideration nf present got going nil together, and thN pi cued technique of the new ppctiv Is Inlinselj i'1" "ulnl Phenomena nnd Its slgnlfi Mi.nrhlSl (bib l"" J,c ,"'"' 1 Interesting to the few who care ihout '"" laT?l 'rSh? such things It is written in terse vu,-. The method adopted throughout Is The most formidable Ocrtn, aimed at our tioops neu i, I nun t. ... ...!.. t . .... ....... . . tn, nttnelr mriiltiai tl,n v,. i ,. "i'mii i.hkiish wnci u is i tieiigiu t ' . "imi.iiiarj anti Historical hv estnn- tei attnek against the Amei Ions was rpni , f h f. , ., ii.hlne .le.iMc the nneient riiM .,.i t-OISSOtS, , fn.,1 ,.,l. ,, .n,n.nn, ,,..1 (.. ,.. ,...... mtlRn nf nrA.Anf.tln, .nnlnl ...b.ah.b hh. ,,""" "i.ii i. iiii,iiiiii riniiu ,i nit imcii ' ,'' -'i. -... -.in in, i iiiutin iiu hilt IMS! na It atnttnrT nt .m. Americans stalled n fresh .He r, . ! of old-rashloned pcetrj For Insinnci l'"""ltlnns the authors are able to trace liTl Lottl. vvhich smTsl e the rv l""CM '" """ 'A" "litter of d.tall .tendencies and currents that would nth man counter-attack ?and ncitVi ," !'"s " tr "1,rc "llh "' '"- :,:'r '",7" ,!;ul.1"',' in " gain of throe kilometers and sevei il ,K ,,",rK,(l ,s a ,Ir"ml" ll ' " lnr ,'"- r .1', "'" .""i" ,',P, """u ,h.at. ,h" hundred prlsnneis In this nttnek the ,"",,,e ,,n '"inee Figure), and on the """"P" "f this nontechnical textbook Is as tm,tr.,..u t nrt. t.. .u other hnml I thlnlf i i,n. cm,,,. nu far oinpielienslve as It Is free from nreenn. the same rlis .is that on which he ex- , zat ' '1 ""' .' 'Z "'"ah"" "'"'"" presses his . pinion Of course It Is use- , e 100 c?r rthe, .f .. ' " less to point out to him that the func , 3eed the ,.r S,?!111',""' Hon of criticism , Independent of the,rV the current nn?nl1 L.Pn7'tUr ", function of creation and that Its exer- Zres, The ZA, nrrJrT ?' lM. Use I, essential ,0 the discover hj the , lime ."caMprl'lcal'soclarse nlcThai ..e.he .ir.lst whe.ht, he has d,n,e melved ex.raordlnar ' hope us by man" anj thing worth while hevond gratifjlng of ihe nuinr,,nu,u i.'..i i. " "7 - ,"-........ .., ini i n u. Kill- himself We ia It Is useless because evciv writer who his been concleinnert bj the ciltlts his had lo take his fling it those who think his achievements are not so grc-it as he thinks them to he Hut after all, it must he admitted tint Jlr Pound s i man of Ideas, of wide knowledge of llterntuie and of sound tatc In his appreciations of st me of the distinguish! d w liters of the p 1st anil of tho present There will be no dis igrcciucnt with his opinion that D.mte Is immensurablj superior to Milton, for example Hesldes essnjs and poems and sketclu s, the volume con tains a grrup of translations of l'onta nelle s dialogues I'VVASNPs HIV IMIS H Kirn Pound Nen Vnrk Alfred A Knnnf IJ VO ml tirt n n.1.1 h "v, 1,,,, iii-iu suns - "" ."" " " ,i,i., ..,..., . ., ".. .,..,, , , -'s enn proiitnblj be gone In the other -"" i.-jiiice. iinn nun me aumors Tanks nn nrem ork direction (and perhaps ton far) ' It w areftil nlw.avs to stress the scclal A fleet of tanks did veoninn work lought to Interest his admirers tn dls- ''filflcame of the conditions the survej smashing (heir way through the Oennin UeverthUR 1h.1t Mr Pnmwi lu -nnt,. bin,, while recognizing the close relatlonshln defenses ln several Insdmces Hie mer- I "elf." :is the bos In the street s1s 1",,een the three leans got ahead of the tanks nnd cut . Yet he has an amiable conceit which Is vinerlian social problems nie unique ine wire w tin piiers enteitalnlng lie exhibits It when he """- ""'" 01 cne worm, wnne oirer- Ihe front on whin, our links were h'"" '" "" cour-o of a criticism of nn- , ')'"", ,"nH'lK'' ,n nldrl; - "tlons. n.1-,1 nn t h onlv nr.t .. h.,. .u. .. tither rit.r .h,. .. .. -i t.i . i immigration the race problem nnd mod- mans were found to be the least bit W I ,CIP' criticism who has not produced a ' .r", ,'",' iISP"!!"1!' '"f ronrtltute blghlj peeing our attack Thev ,, 1PlnI . native woik of the flt.t magnitude of 'iV'!" L"fd,rirr1ri"".s.t!,at r?n"ot J' . "' the tanks coming and hid got readv However, the leslstnnce was overcome In twentv minutes or flRhtliiK Manv of our troops rushed fioni dis tant points to take part In the attack I know of one unit which tent to the tie training point, twelve kilometers from the fight, where It wns to be met bv trucks The trucks werent theie and so the bovs said 'We will wnlk," and they, did, Into the battle The icrtlllerv ngitnst the Fiench uitl Americans was veiv llRht beciuse of so manv Oerman kuiis being raptured or forced hurrledlv back nei.ause of tbn absence of artlllcrv fire, an extrnordl narllv large proportion or our casualties were onlv sllghtlv wounded Hack of the lines for cverj stretcher ca"e I saw there seemed to be twentj' sllgrtlj wounded In one truck filled with such vnung sters wns a dignified chaplilrf comfort ing them When he siw a carload or correspondents, he landed from the truck and shouted: "The bojs are KhliiK Heinle hell up aheid Beaucoup hell" There was a wonderful sight In manj big woods' hack of the Allied line The Flinch and Americans vern making camp In tie shade of mighty tries standing In the straight rows of an arti ficial foiest It looked like a big picnic far removed from the trench warfnin of which the armies have seen so much in France In the last four jenrs lleic they were camped out In the open, rcadj to pack up nnd move backward this morn ing. If the call came It was certalnlj 11101 e comfortable lor the Americans than being cooped up ln the dirty little billets wheie tl.cv have been living for the last few monins This 1b regular wui," was the wa one of our lads put It I think that the happiest Americans The Wartime Diet Sound scientific! stlRgestions foi war time diet are offered hv Orihnm I.usk In ' Food In Wartime " The booklet con tains fewer than flftj piges rnd Is ln nn sense a cookbook or list nt menus Hut within its brief space the authni does Jnan ine In dell loinprolienshelv and iflumlnntlnglv with the propel bal ance of food values required bv the hu- 111 in svstem, and he tells how proteins nijv hn uduc-ed, and less expensive sub stltutcs emplojed without harmful ic suits either In health or working ef ficient v He outlines the bash chenileil , ,,.. ,1.... .11 ,. . , , . M-. seen ln a lonR time were a half hundred " " ' ''"-". "'"""" '""""" j( icat til l I II- inniiii mMxe 111 ltiwu.. who were stretching barbed wire on trees, making a big cniral Inside it were 2800 Oerman prisoners Tluj ro all ours, too," explained a coiporal, who was hammering stakes, spcaklnc with the same sort of pride with which Jie would have described a nig string or fish Kvldenco Is abundant Hint lienernl Foch s little surprise party plnjed havoc nvillible foodstuffs, fireater use of milk, vegetable oils and corn bread mav eisllv tike the place of meat, butter and wheat, when Intelligently combined with the proper vegetables, declares the author, and he outlines the Reneral pilnclples Involved 1 ht little book Is ptactlc il and simple nnd has the virtue of brcvltv with the l?rnun Primes drive fnr Knor- POOP IN VVAHTIMP lie (lrfl ham I uk . ' , -. - ---.- Ph arte phla VV II nut nnrl fh1 AHB TVln a tAi r 4 fAnfa 1 L .. . ' CONTROL OF WIRES DELAYED X? wno are ordered torwara 10 mane an- j I J aaults and whin once they are launcneu . rW" light with stanch courage, for they are f disillusioned men and no longer believe WUwn Watg on Imetigation of n-?j in mn nrv Hnn cuniDieie I ii.iui j . o.iu - v . g a mt--ir - - - MxAiflra iiunAvaH.n I-V thV go as men doomed by Iron discipline ...... &,... . . . I IV hlnrton. July 20 (Bv I N. S . L-r no Dy a rate wnicn is not oi tneir own . . , , . ' , , ' It making to fulfill the order, of thelr President Wilson's order taking over the P. ;.""" c lelenhnnn nd lelerranh lines nf the rCfWlh command. information from i ,.,......,...,. . . i--y reliable . prisoners goes to show that p'-tnany or tnem are utterly oisnearieneo, tikiy the events of recent months and low .spirited because ot their great losses in J,;"' and behind the lines. Fi." They have no doubt about the &V- M..t.l. tUm llrltlaV. atrnraft h lIUIIi; M . &...... ....j - AL.. ... J. .k. M.. A cause iney Bee iocj uiicu cue cttscb w. if ... i.... . . ,ik. k.t.i.- a IV4 iw nign( ana aKyiiiui uuiumiuk, ..u 1 never feel safe, one man tens ot ine 11 bombina- of.Osmles which haB killed hP army horses and men. t In Carvln not : I15 long ago forty uerman eoiaiers were killed or wounded, and one bomb mid a direct hit on a company of Bavarians It lined up on parade Our long-range Mfthellinf also does much destruction, and 1 wears th men's nerves to rags ana tat- 'MM. Some prisoners say their faith in submarine campaign has been troyfd by the abundance of food they ln their advance after Marcn :i "y tbe enormous amount of am- l.tM awitisn seem 10 nave. . fteiiu tk one of tsar mat .act mte- courttry is being held up, it was learned today, while the Department of Justice Investigates the International phase of the situation It was pointed ouf that some of the cable companies are either wholly or partially foreign-owned and the jurisdiction ot the United States In these cases will be fully determined be fore the President acts under the power conferred upon him under tho Asvvell resolution. The Investigation is of such a 'char acter that It cannot be completed much 'before the end ot next week, it was In dicated, and possibly may require two weeks. . . lundera Comp inj The Holy Spirit ' remarkable book which we trust will he lnrpelv lead lend espeelallv bv teachers of Bible classes Is "The Holj Spirit," written not bv a minister or theologian but bv n lav man 1 prominent member of the New vork bar, William Ives Wnshhiiin It is the outcome of his stroiiK Impression of the prevailing vacue Idea of tho spirits personalltj office and relation lo the world as the revealer teacher and Rulde I'lnphaslH Is laid nt ihe beginning on the neen nf meditation, to the lack of which at the present time Is largelv due the Ig norance In regard to the plrlt Then, with inulj helpful leferences to the Scriptures he dwells upon his person, alltj', Implriltloti and the service which are the resuil 01 ins incivveiiinK j TODAY'S HUSI.NKHM KPIOHAM We are never too old to learn, nor too voung to begin (Mrs. J, K T., Cleelaii) What dor this mean tn lot'? UKRAINE R. R.'S TIED W Workers Demand Increased Wages and Other Changes By'ffte Attociaied Press Amsterdam, July 20 Strikes involv es; alt the Ukrantan railways have been started, according to a telegram from Kiev to the Rhelnische Westfaellsche Zeitunr, of Essen. THi mA htva rtmantfArf ln....L.j Business Questions Answered I have resit jour IVter Flint atorlea with much Interest And like them ery muih I would like vou to file me anmti Informa tion concerning a llttla bualnes enterprise I am iryinc 10 inuncn I have ihe formulas for cold cream, eu. cumber lotion almond lotion rnsanater antl a few other benmy lol'ona Vou. first of all what percentage or pront would the whole, salt, drug company expect and what percent, a no do retail druca-lata require to push the goods Which a the best way to gei results from advertising, bv attractive window ads or popular women's magaxinea? vvno couia jou recommend as n gooa ad vertising agency? Where cn I get cold cream Jars, toilet water bottles powder boxes etc ? I would also nice 10 ttnuw n mese products do not have to be approved by the pure food and drug law. As I have limited capital and desire to start a small business, I am taking advan tage of jour kind offer. W, B. C. A wholesale drug company expects as much discount as It can get,. The com mon discount Is 16.5-5, and In cases such as youiB yet another 5 per cent, You may wonder why the wholesaler does not get 25 per cent discount. The discounts are divided because discount varies ac cording to the amount of goods sold and also a firm can make up a one-priced catalogue and merely! alter the discounts by a sheet Issued from time to time. The wholesaler usually gives the re tailer 1H per cent for cash the tenth ot the month following delivery. 'The re taller requires at least JJ 1-11 per cent on the selling price (which is. of course, 80 per cent on cost), With limited capital, you would prob. -vt hatter to aret ud decorative win. dow displays, for women's magaslnes are expensive. ll commuH yivuufo naj and thalons The shock ttoops known to have been rushliiR eait of Dormans Wednesdaj were not heard from vestedaj and the whole Oeman effort east of (,'h.ateau-Thlerrj slowed down Uvents will show what changes have been made in the enemj s plans, hut he must realize now that his whole c'hateau-Thlcrrj , salient Is In peril A glance at tho map shows whnt mnny dajs' advances like those of jester dav will mean to tho whole Oerman salient dipping toward the Mnrne Per haps OeneraP-Foch Ins not plajed his whole hand jet L'erhaps the Allied drive may have wider effects than the slowing up of the Oerman drive for Chalons and Kpernaj. The next two weeks maj- tell The Allied drive has put new heart Into this part of France People who jesterdaj were packing up their belong ings preparatory to evacuatlnR towns south of the Mnrne are today unpacking i lhe ct()li0 (,e directs attention to the their wagons and moving hack into their fnct tnIU th)s recognition of the exist houses, only stopping long enouKh to encf nr a Oreat Spirit was prevalent cheer the passing American soldiers ' tnroUehout the heafen world in the Somehow or other thej beenr to think i ,, st aKClli rtnd even anions Voith that things have changed, seem to think '. Indl ins nnd Poljneslans. thnt now the hrencn people win uo "" t ,,. benlchted Africa there are i also to be found some tiaces of a prim liiim lnnklinr upward" Among his nuo. "HOOKWORM" MAKES SLACKER J'";5 ! ZtZ -Ll . I 'FIM - - So Writes Officer From France to Penn Official "Hookworm" makes ihe few slack ers and malingerers there In the Amer ican army In France, accoullng to a letter received by an official of the University of Pennsylvania from the commanding officer of an American base hospital . 'The cfflcerB are a fine crowd, and we have a club, primitive but congenial, in which we all live Our meals are composed entire!) of food, and -good food at that." the letter sajs 'But the bojs! Bless their hearts It's the greatest privilege I have ever had to be associated, svlth this crowd of joungsters There are a few slackers and malingerers, but very few, and some of this is due to poor health and feed ing For instance, we get quite a few whose phj steal and mental lethargy Is due to hookworm ' We clean out this, and almost Immediately a change takes place "The rest of them are a fine, unstand- .- .: . .. I A .. seir-respecung nuncn, ana mey more evacuating Unknown dot!" There Is also an inter. estlng reference to the conviction of Yi G Wells In his recent book, ' God, the Invisible King," In which thouRh he caricatures the Christian Church he as- serfs that Ills Ood Is 'living, inspiring and lovable, who exists or strives to exist in every human soul" Till: HOI.Y sPinn . A layman a Concep tlin H William vea VVsshburn of tho New -iork liar New York, a P. Tut- lut : Sons MJ-3 Jailed for Kicking Wife Vlleeeil to have kicked his wife, frac turing several or her "Tibs, Clarence Binder, twentj-elght jears old. 634 North Franklin street was sentenced to the "louse of Correction for th'rtj days bv Magistrate Beaton, at the Tenth and n..i'.nr,,,nrd streetB station Modaj Mrs Binder was taken to the Hahnemann Hospital of arm eminent that have been adopted In Hu lope, as well ns hv the vllallv closer re lationship whlth the Government nf the Fulled States has In tompnratlvelv re- ient mqnins assumed toward the citizens of the nation Individualism, the authors neneve, is inimical to the ultimate Inter ests of socletv because of the Inherept selfishness of human nature Indeed the book commenda Itself n slngulailv temperate thouahtful nnd well-balanced studv of rur social phe nomena. Its eauses. tendencies and needs its f-lmplo. nontechnical language makes It readllj Intelligible to the student un familiar with the prlnclnles of social sel. ence. nnd Its freedom from prejudice nnd wit-iirv Rive n enduring value Avtniii'AN sort m. rnont.Kvw nv Hrnrv Mi-pn tiurcn and e Howard Patterson New lork Th" Vlatmlllan Companv 1120 A Murder Mystery The scientific sleuth of veter.vear. who succeeded the wlcard endowed with the ractiltv of tleduciliR life histories from cigar ashes nnd footprints, now bids fair to be superseded bv the devotee of the simple lire wno solves baffling crimes ns n relaxation from the rigors of farm life liven Sherlock Holmes has become nn Inveterate bee farmer, while the trrlr.. gled old southern colonel who solves "a gruesome murder mjstery In Chestei K Steele s "lhc Diamond Cross Mjsterj ' Is so fond of fishing, that onlv the Ir leslstlhle plei of a pretty girl Intent upon saving her lover's life Induces him to tnke up the case The plot deals with the mvsterlous drnth of nn old woman In her little Jevvelrj shop, nnd the disappearance of a valuable diamond cross The local sleuths believe the crime to he nn 'In side Jon" and arrest her nephew, who lives with her, and who first announced the crime But the case Is complicated hj a drunken vouth who claims a Jeweled knife found In the woman's side as his own, bj a drunken New York gun man who will not explain his posses sion of a diamond cross, and bv other Inexplleahle circumstances Onlj the shrewd old detective retains a level head antl clear vision, placing the guilt on the real criminal, and Incidentally uralghtenlng out an unsavorj domestic tangle The tale starts on the high gear, and ine iiucnor Keeps it mere Until all the excitement Is over and tho mjstery cleared up It effectively 'keeps the reader guessing" until lh,e end nnd that, after all, Is the chief object In such a storv rilK DIAMOND I'HOSs V1YSTFHT riy ( heater K Stee e Illuatraten- VI.. si?y George Sullv Co tt 21 How an Army Is Made An Invaluable, rompact analjsls of the modern armv In the field Is now readv for anv American who wishes more clearlv to comprehend military situations and to follow with keener perception the letters from the front and the official communiques Rene Mad. rlguet. general if the Twenty-first DM slon of the French army (Marne), has told ln concise terms the essentials for successful military organisation based upon the hard experiences of the Allies during the first three and a half years of the war Especially clear Is his ex planatlon. with diagram, of the trench organisation and the relationship be tween Infantry, field and heavy artlllerj-. The translation was made by Henrj P du Belief, formerly American consul at Rhelms TUB VIAKINO ny VIOPPRN ARMV AND ITS OPERATIONS IV TIIK KIF!,P n" Oenral Jlene ItarirlKuei New York O P Putnam a Sons tt in net WASHINGTON ( WARTIME Frank Ward O'Mallcy De scribes It in His Usual Hu morous Style Not the least of the wonders wrought hv the war has been the transformation of the staid nnd placid national capital Into n 'boom' town Washington bears more than one point nf resemblance to the seething frontier communllv nf for mer riavs It Is marked bj the same chaos nntl confusion It exhibits the same feverish animation It Ins felt the sanip sharp and sudden Inflation of prices There is the tame desperate but in availing effort to accommodate the enormous Influx of population This topsv-turvj condition "somewhere on the Potomac' "has been reported with full appreciation of Its humorous as-pe-ctr nn 'The War-Whirl In Washing ton.' bv Frank Ward O'Malley The author writes without the slightest nt tetnpt nt llternrv stvle, and his humor Is unmatked bv subtletj But he does nchlcve a picture of Washington In w ii lime that Is nt once iimuslng, toloi ful nt il Informative He has a shrewd eve for contrast, and the fncilltv of finding the comic element ln his own nilfniture nnd Inconveniences, and he chits colloqulallv about Ills varied ex pel .ences antl Impressions In a manner that will enable the wartime visitor to the ell' tt know Just what to expect, and to le p pared, if possible One of the most Interesting, because one of the commone-st prohlems. In Washington totlaj, Is the quest for sleep ing quarters Mr O Mallev describes In tit tall his own frantic efforts to And accommodations for himself antl his wife He telLs of recent barrooms converted Into sleeping wards: he tells of the brlb Ing of hotel clerks bj desperate men, he even pictures a wealthy coal operator glad to find n place to slumber In a birber chair He facetlouslv disproves the theory thnt booze Is bad for busi ness' hj recounting how the drj ' edict of last November has swelled the rev enues of an electric line to naltlmnre, nnd how the thlrstj patronize this 'Liquor Local" The mushroom giovvtb of the various governmental war officer, the hordes of men and women who have gone lo Washington animated eitner ny the wlh to 'do their hit' or to be 'In on the pickings," according to their viewpoint, and the behavior of Congress, are among the topics discussed, ncca. slonallv In serious vein but most frp quentlv In hroadlj humorous stvle In deed, the author's effort to he funny at all costs sometimes defeats Its own ends, resulting In self-consciousness and a lack of spontaneltv The resume of a typical dav In the President's wartime llfo Is most Inter esting The illustrations bv Tonj Sarg are genulnelv comic, and felicitously re flect the spirit of the book thk vvaii vvittni, in iv awhinoton Bv Frank Ward o Mallev Illustrated hs Tonv Pare New Tork IMo Centcrj t'ompanv It -n STORY OF SERBIA, A NATION AT BA) .. ... . .. 1 old With Moving tloquettati .,. n - ;... ,. .Vfej, Hint I WI1.CI "J wuiajvwiw f If. .it. Vnrm.nt hi smut . . ..... . TW- aav'& t v its Il has remained for an American V'&" woman to tell the story of Serbia's flj' crucifixion with passionate power anft'MfJ"' moVlne- elnnllenee ' A Vfttlnn at ttav.' WA&.TX hv Itlllh S Pnrtinm aervennt hv AumMa xy."e and not merely by courtesy In the SefjVMW.'l bWn armv. Is the epic of a heroic na-SS i tlons martvrdom No more soul-stlr-US'r, ring narrative has been born of tH5Y3l.t entire tin,- Itiqn fMa t.,L t la ft.- 'iftl'iV't.' stlnct with the vivid personality of anjUft W Fnrnam, revealing unconsciously fc'rMfej'?! Inrge-vlsloned great-hearted, rarely in frjifif v telligent nntl splendidly capable nualI("iR;j ties ciispiajea in laboring zealously anayitgr selfishlj and not merely with wordaVHS g"4i but In toil-worn khaki and with strong Ja'3 hands and unwearied brain to mitigate Icwy the actual, phjslcal anguish of suffering Jl&iJ Serbians, -'JJEJH Tli. .Illhni. I. ... . ...... .-. ...- 'lS : , lit I1UIIIUI II, IJIIIT IIL UllJ-tJ IAIC ie i-onnlltles who seem able to witness the' j$W, uttermost of human woe and pain an9 jjs jet emerge from contact with horrors ASWji that transcend the Imagination without ls? anj loss of feminine tenderness and J$t$k w va Britain's War Spirit Jefferv Farnol Is the latest addition to the large number of Rngllsh authors who have visited the battlefront In France and the scenes of Great Britain s tremendous vvnr work at home His ob servations and Impressions are record'd In ' Oreat Britain at War." a slmnle little book made up of fugitive nevvs papei nnd magazine articles The avowed object t,f Mr Farnol n modest volume Is to strengthen the bond of sjmpathv nnd Joint endeavor between America and Oreat Britain Most of the misunderstandings In the paM, be complains, have been due to the Amer ican school histories Ho declares that the mistaken Ideas about Englishmen gained In this fashion are being happllv destrojed bj the contact nf Amnrlcan and British soldiers In the common peril which todaj confronts them on the bat tlefield Mr. Farnol writes with enthusiasm of the vast work that Is belngolone bv tens of thousands of girls In the munitions 'areas' of England He tells of the or ganization efflclencv and spirit he found at the tralnlnir cimps He Inspected every detail of the British fleet from the superdreadnoughts to the humblest trawler And he bears testlmonv to the determined spirit and Inip-e-Mip strength of the armies In the field It is a book that breathes Indomitable patriotism and It Is written in a gracious, Illumi nating stjle CinEAT imtTAIN AT WAR Bv J.fferv Farnol Boston Mule. Brown Cn II 21 gentleness she did not flinch at spec tacles such ns probably no other Ameri can her loused. heroli age Her narrative Is Irresistibly hU- man. Informal and Intimate, but her view v 1. nliim. ft,. 1.pam . !& a? Ik. ,, cosmopolitan She Is entirely too sen- 3jt-.N slhle tn Inrinlra In futile shrillness! heS .T ri hook Is written with that crjstal slm- yi,'- pllclty of stvle and freedom from ally pnee nicn in cue ety essence ul Bert ay-jo and the foundation of conviction tSw&ti Mergeani i-arnam was omciauj- maae) VvSsfWS a iii?iinir Ol cur ?t;i inmi niinv in luv heat of the famous battle of Brod In October, 1916. when the Serbian com; V,h mander. mlstaklnr her excitement for $5&h : : - : : . wmz . fear, urged her to remain calm do j.'P33j vou think I'm afraid'" she cried. "Iiij made a full-fledged soldier. it ,$.4 T).. .I... I.l.. U. 1.. .lu.fl '9 -I- Drimp inni. uivjiuriii nnc iiau txii?nuA v "'H seen mucn active service in sernia um a. wj Ing the terrible tjnhus epidemic she l"ffin1l had charge nf a medical department at Vrgntze on the staff of Prince Alexia,! and had prev ouslj- seen much of the f-erblan people, and learned to admire their simple, hardj. honest naturee, their generosltj. Intense pride and Inde pendence, domestic affection and natural poetrv Her account of that memorable retreat of the whole peasant population through the mountains stirs the prq- tn)infl.t ilAntU. nf nit. 'Their dojm," she comments, "has i 4 moved a warring world to futile tears.1 "-A Awav In the lcj roads leading jLVy CO Altlnlliu Hie yucr iiliva hlluKfiicu uii Vi.' Mothers with their little ones around' & them . blinded soldiers led by the gentle Kii' si' ' 0 M xifV Vw hands of joung girls, and carrying In ,Way thelp Arn.a !! ne hnlf.frnven ehltftren ! 4 T . vl old men. tottering, stumbling, falling at !$,l last to rise no more; strpng and hana-'" &f4 j ent.itt lLmner, lneff!1llt I1RU C lth hlttlke. Fl t.a. tl.el ,lan. f-reater than IIIV tKl . other A child would moan In Its moth- . .. . .... .Ma it itltlA tlli. u ntilH eilelree SwZsXib CI E mill-, UIIU l.n II, l ,t .. uutu ...n. . IM'I out The mother, kneeling beside the WfcjS! tlnv form would lake off her &thhtfM& homespun apron that she mlglil leave tnesr ?jg olHn needed the metit-er warmth of tlaaMjT loved bod j decentiv covered But khejK.?l othei suffering chlldien crvlng at herSitfliISS . .. .... Bn thA henrthrAlfMfl U3 mother with a nlteous prayer rnUSt'',5,WS ..,.1... V... II. .1.. ttpnnt ahn.lt h. nnll Cjf1 ? ...u.r,, ,..wUV ,.v. ..,-. w. uncovered, go on gather her little leaving her bahj again " "'J.; .No more glowing tribute to Serbia's ," era heroism could be found than this book, .ttjje: V NATION AT BAV B Sergeant Ruth rarnnm Illuslrateil Indianapolis Bobos Jlerrlll Compnnj 1 10 The U-BOAT HUNTERS JafifteS B. First authentic ac rnnnnllv count of our navy in lOnnOliy ,he Submarine Zone Illustrated It BO net. CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS FIFTH AVEAT48ST NEWTORK ft"fid ' ti 1628 POI fHECTUirr BOOKS IT"ra JTAT.PNBWY.AMD ENGRAVING Mltf etk ,. Inir. etand the pains of disease and surgery without a whlmner. Their great desire Is as one chap put it, 'to bust hell out of them enemies ' MAY PROMOTE CROWDER'S AIDS Eight Will Be Recpnnnended for Higher Rank Washington, July 20 (Bv I N S I ) Eight officers attached to Provost Mar shal General Crowders office are to be recommended for promotion as a reward for the efficiency and co-operation with which they have been conducting the draft machine. It was learned today. They .are: ... To he colonels Lieutenant Colonels C, B Warren, Detroit: James S Easby Smith. Washington. D. C, and John H Wlgmore, Chicago To be lieutenant colonels Majors Jo seph Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. Vt,; Grant T. Trent, nogersville, Tenn ; Roscoe S. Conklin. New York, and K. C. Kramer, Elisabeth X J. To be major captain H.v. Stephen by Poultney Bigelow Author of TrussUn Slemorita." 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Not so much be cause it is a biff thing well done and a great many people will like it, as because a great many more will not like it will, in fact, be badly, shocked. If Charles Norris, who is the husband of Kathleen and the' brother of Frank Norris, and so has fallen quite naturally into the" wav of beintr talented, had dealt with the tinsel and traure of a reckless Four Hundred or with the .squalor and vice of a recognised underworld, it would have caused sorrow, perhaps, and regret, but not horror. But; he has shaken the foundation of that class which is, in turn, the foun-' dation of our national life until the whole structure tonnlcs: and that this has been done only after deep and earnest thought renders tit! A shock proportionately greater The Nation aas. "Whatever one may (eel to be the limitations ot the central theme an the central Jlcure, there la no raraplnc or wishing to escape the steady, pedestrian force of the narrative aa a whole, and the often surprising. Impres sive and home. felt qualltv of the portrait. ure Griffith a mothepc Grtfnth'a brother the sturdy and delightful awlss family of the Pohlla among whom Orimth la In find his path, are memorable Interpretations One has tht feeling. 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