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FINANCIAL.
THE WASHINGTON LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY
FICE, COR. gTH AND y sTS

OFFICE. COR. 9TH AND + SITS.
PAID-UP CAPITAL. ONE MILLION
Loans In any amount made on approved
real estate OF collateral at reasonable
rates.
Interest PAID upon deposits on monthly
balances subject 20 check.
This company acts as executor. admin
lstrator, trustee, agent, treasurer. regis
uar, and In all other iducisry capacities.
Boxes for rent in burglar and fire proof
vaults for safe deposit and storage Of val
liable packages
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Professional Z>uaz1zg IN Stock Market
Fails TO Move Prices III Either Direction
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. 1919
F Street: Members New York Stock Ex-
change. Chicago Board of Trade. Wash
ington Stock Exchanged
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PORT OFFICER APPOINTED.

A G.. G. Quay has been appointed
deputy naval officer at the port of Phil
adelphia, to take effect November l, the
incumbent having resigned.
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Conservative Methods Here.

so far as the general condition OF
banks is concerned. It Is next to i'm
possible for one person to make an ac-
clIrate resume of the situation" said
Mr.. Stellwagen; but there can be no
question as to the standing of banks
and trust companies in the District
of Columbia
Conservatism is practiced here as in
no other community. Local institu-
tons conduct a regular banking bust
ness and are satisfied with that Risky
enterprises are religiously avoided and
only the most legitimate methods are
used
Financing Of railroads or Industrial
companies is never undertaken by n
Washington bank. and there is no like
lihood the clean record viii be spoiled.
Only the best collateral for loans is nc
cepted. and these securities are always
marketable at a value that insures US
against danger.
Under Government Control.
The four trust companies here are
the only ones in the United States un-
der the control OF the Government Reg
ular reports are made to the Comptroller
of the Currency. and the books are al
ways open IOE ms Inspection
THE Comptroller enjoys the privilege
of sending an inspector here any day to
take an accounting. A sworn statement
must be returned to him. and prove sat
isfactOry- In short. he has the same
jurisdiction over trust companies as an
ordinary national bank
Financial difficulties in Pittsburg,
Baltimore. and other cities are all at
tributed 20 the same causes. First, the
institutions became involved in gigantic
enterprises. where the outcome was ever
great return. orwell, destruction. The
banks took the chance. were successful
for a while. and then lost.
I'm the District there are no COM
panies TO be financed. as in most cities
We have few factories. foundries. and
scarcely any railroads that need money
and SO the temptation is. indeed. small
The local banks and trust companies
are like the rock Of Gibraltar
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REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
Is prepared 10 assume the management Of your
real estate. Careful attention given 10 eli de-
tails.
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Weakness marked the opening Of the
London market this morning with con-
soils down u per cent. The market for
American stocks was dun and heavy at
u TO. q below the closing quotations
here.
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Especial to The Washington Times.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain market
today:
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Only Half Rates Charged

For selling Real Estate and Collecting Rents
Bond given to insure and guarantee satisfaction
DUNLOP, Real Estate Broker, Metzerott Bldg
ocl2-9Ot
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Market opened firm, unchanged to Z
points higher. Noon, steady.
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other bear rumors, failed TO produce a
decline.
Bearish operations have discovered
there is no further liquidation by the
general public upon the receipt of un-
favorable news. a fact which usually
indicates these unfavorable develop
ments were long ago foreseen and duly
prepared for. Hence, while a bull
market" is by no means in order yet.
and while an attempt of spectators TO
inaugurate such an affair would I'M
doubtedly meet with disaster, prices of
stocks stubbornly resist artificial at
tempts to depress them and in their own
good time may be expected to display
the effects of the general market con-
valescence.
1t seems TO be clear that a very sharp
line is now being drawn by all careful
students and dispasslonate observers Of
financial affairs between such events as
the collapse of overlooked local en-
terprises in various cities. dragging
down with them trust companies and
other money lending Institutions which
have advanced funds upon forms of Sc
curity for which there is little market.
and the general business life of the
whole country. especially that in the
Western and Southwestern agricultural
sections II would be very singular II
we had seen the last of suspensions.
temporary OF otherwise OF institutions
of this character because Of reasons like
the foregoing. The important points for
investors and spectators alike 10 re-
member IS that such disasters as these
many of them OF only small import
ance at best-are not Of such a character
as to involve sales of securities in Wall
Street.
Bond houses report an increasing in
reflection of which is seen in the grow
/ ing volume Of business in the bond de-
| partment on the stock exchange. as well
| as in the heavier demand over the cOun-
ter Bonds are selling. as a rule. at an
attractive purchase level. and the fact
] investors are buying is a most encourag-
ing indication OF the public's belief in
the stability OF American railway in
vestments. Notwithstanding recent dis
closures and the possibility Of trade &C
/ ton. value is not being drained from
the sound Industrial issues. Well man.
aged and conseryatively organized In
| dustrial combinations are not in danger
OF collapse. although the prices OF their
securities are selling well down the spec
ulative scale Liquidation is apparently
at an end. and short selling now APP
pears more risky than II has been at any
] time in many months.
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GOVERNMENT RoNps
RAILROAD BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS

Wash Gas Co., ser A, 6's l9O2-27-- lg3 -.
" ash. Gas CO., ser B, 6's 1oo4-27.- l)3
o. s. Elec. Light, Deb. Imp. 1902. lJ3K loik
T. S. Elec. Light, Cert. Indebt... lOl l02k
Ches & Pot Tel. Com. s's....... lO0 rs
Wash Market Co., Ist SIS. 1892 los
Masonic Hall Assn IS. y. 1903. w
n f-uc
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The markets disposition to minimize
unfevorable news, or to disregard IT
entirely. is shown when n bank failure
at Allegheny, two Montana court de-
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National Safe Deposit and Trust. l40K l45
Washington Loan and Trust 2U5H 2l0
Amer Security and Trust zoo 2S
Union Trust and Storage. l04k 105
Washington Savings Bank. ........ l03k ITO
American Sec. q Trust fs........ 40 iS
Home Savings Bank..-..-...-.-. ID -...
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II is reported a small bull pool has
been formed in Wabash preferred 70
pick up the stock on declines. The
Goulds are understood 10 be bullish on
the stock
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Americas cup without being impressed
by the difference I'm the cost Of the cup
defender Of today and her predecessor
OF less than a score OF years ago II
goes without saying that there are rea-
sons for all this, for no man has so
much money that he spends Il Just for
the sake OF getting rid Of H. But It
does seem a trihe absurd TO spend $780,
900 for the construction and rigging Of
the Reliance when the old Puritan, one
Of the best defenders the cup has ever
had. cost when in the water, fully rig
ged and equipped, about S25 600.
II was thought that the adoption last
year OF a new rule OF measurement by
the New York Yacht club, the custodi-
an OF the Americas cup, would have
the effect Of reducing the cost Of cup
boats This result was expected to be
arrived al through the limitations put
stun the ts-.dency toward freak con-
stractlon. which It must be admitted,
had about gone the limit But along
come the Reliance and the Shamrock
III, the first boats to be built after the
adoption Of the new rules. and they
cost more than any Of their predeces-
sors the most expensive racing yacht
up TO the present time having been the
unlucky Constitution. into which $780,
900 is said 10 have been poured.
II the cup races were now what they
were once and always should be-
tests between a disiinctlvely American
aad a distlnctlvely European type Of
craft-the expense OF defending the cup
TO say nothing Of the cost OF coming
over after Il, would be comparatively
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The Suggestion For an Old Fashion Rixer Race
Befsyeen Fan Stean1boats on the Miasiesipr

the record Of II hours and 30 minutes
for the nearly 300 miles from New Or
leans to Natchez; the r. w. McRae. the
Belle Lee, the Gladiator, the Belle
Memphis, the Leyiathan, the Adam ia
cobs, the Luminary, the Alec Scott the
Grand Turk, the A. L. Shotwell, the
Robert j. Ward, the Eclipse, the Rain
bow, the Atlantic. the Fail City the
Magenta, the Robert n, Lee and the
Natchez. II was the last two named
which in the early seventies ran the
historic race from New Orleans TO st.
Louis, distance Of about 1900 miles,
the Lee winning by what. considering
the great length of the contest, was a
remarkably narrow margin
AS the old river boats no longer exist,
and as the old pilots In the best sense OF
the word are all dead cannot see how
II will be possible to have the strictly
old fashioned races as suggested 10y Sir
Thomas Upton and seconded by Mark
Twain. Even Bart Bowen, the man
who is alleged to have taught Mark the
river. has long since cashed In his
checks.
AnA by the way speaking Of checks,
what a common sight they were In the
old days! From the time a boat pulled
out of one place until she reached the
end of the route every game played
with short cards for money was in full
swing, OF course poker was the favor
lite, but other games were from time to
time introduced.
But even If Sir Thomas Lipton's sug-
gestion should involve considerable out
lay of money, believe 1t would pay
handsomely for as Mark Twain ex-
plains, tile race would last for a good
many days, and the interest excited by
advance announcements Of the contest
would insure bulletins during its entire
progress.
However, If the race Is TO be held let
il be gone about as in the old days. Let
the boats be stripped of everything that
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The ENORMOUSLY Increased Cost Of a Cup DefeDde

light But that is no longer the case.
We have steadily progressed or retro
graded toward the English type. while
the BritIshers have as steadily modified
their models 700 the direction of the
American skImming dish which for so
many years ufflced to keep the cup
safe from the aggressive British cut
tiers which came over after II,
The result OF this working toward a
substantially common type has had a
most disastrous effect from the strictly
unitarian standpoint. In the old DAYS
a cup yacht Was also a good cruising
yacht-in fact many OF the boats built
for cup defense We're afterward con.
verted into sChoouers and used for
cruising purposes. some OF them being
In service 10 this dag. But the boats
built since the Niglant. the last OF the
cup boats 10 retain anything OF the dis.
tinctiyeiy American model. are useless
except for the specific purposes for
which they were built.
The old rule with reference 10 the cos,
Of any sort Of sail vessel was that the
hull represented half the expenditure
Now, however. the rigging OF Gun
yacht costs several times as much as
the hull, despite the fact that the latter
Is very much more expensive than II
was In the days Of wooden bodies. This
Is due to the fact that whore rome rig.
ging was formerly employed nothing
but wire Is now used. while the masts
were formerly made Of Oregon nine
they are now almost Invariably built Of
steel. being hollow except for the fang.
ing and trusting necessary to provide
the strength for withdrawing the
enormous strain caused By greatly in.
creased sail area, where the topmasi
was set IN the usual manner on the ONT.
side II now telescopes into the main.
mast, So that IN a blow the bearing
over effect Of so large a piece OF um.
Der 80 high up may bee avoided. and
whereas a few years ago couple Of
suits OF ordinary duck were though, to
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better IN the matter Of cost ao
s25O.OOO being necessary TO maAs
ready for her first trial spin. ANU
comes the Reliance. which WI
about s25. 900 more than the Consu,uu
1t must be understood ha'
amounts above given DO not reprs
the total Of outlay which a oels.o
syndicate is called upon to meet
me case of the Colonia as an exam
This boat. along with the Pilgrim
the Jubilee. was beaten in NE
races BY the all conquering 'e"
The Colonia cost $500 to oul'o'
pilgrim and Jubilee costing eaea az
Is geo less. Yet to III the Colonla o-'
a trial vessel cost about I'a0s !. n
me expense being divided about "a q ! !,
lows, -Four suits Of sails, Vow,
docking. $4,000; towing a@i i ~. \
construction material, 5000 Ienl.s !,
DAYS at $50 a day i6,l5O; expenses ,' !,
crew for four months ineluaii ~ v,I
$40 600. bonus for the men, S,v'e -,
ursllv there were a number Oh s w.,
items. records OF which arc nO'
able by outsiders. -sl.
n "a true that the expense q ~.
,onsnce has not increased IN plog i,.,,l
70 tbe cost Of construction m' "a
rigging. but It is much large ,i.- 4,
f f'S on the hull Of moae, ,9SI
defender sC alone tens Of THOUSANDS y oa5rI
u Iars are now expended where 8 ,s ~,
Of o. thousand formerly sufiiesd. ~, ,ei'i A
~ ~ , wood r. n bronze is now US u'' AZ
The hull and aluminium ioI I,, y, ID
The 1', bronze must be highly po la mid
mis- ~ itself costs enough 70 '.,."Irlu,
s sooS , must be covered with p !, "A
a ,Ion on e which is laid canvas .'a, q sor 4
, uOr, ~. 90 iasurr 4 footing ~ a
,oon md all this costs none, !. M
I @en, frame q"n is also ezpensi, ,,,. !. "a
49, 49, ID the riveting, as coiIl, ,.scesssj
, me- old plan OF driving y 'n'
r ,,n OF locust trenails' ,,proM.
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Billy YOungblood, Strother Wiley Ben
Taber and Bart Bowen.
The best known boats of the periods
just before, during and shortly after the
war were the Charmer which was
burned about ten miles above Donald
sonville with nearly 1000 bales Of cotton
on board: the Princess, which made
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Of the old fashioned contests unless
boats should be especially built for the
purpose. Besides, owing to the fact
that the multiplicity Of railroads has
removed the greatest incentive to rapid
boat travel, question whether there
are now any more Of the captains Of
the type of such famous old fellows as
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-18

Martha Morton is born dramatst.
From early childhood she was deter.
mined TO become a playwright Final
ly she entered much rejected play,
1.-THE Merchant" In a newspaper com.
petition. II won the first prize. Since
then she has written many successful
comedies, Among the more famous Of
her later works are "Geoffrey Middle
ton, Gentleman" Brother John" "The
Diplomat" "A Fool Of Fortune and
"A Bachelors Romance" Miss Nor
ton, who In private life Is Mrs. Con-
helm, has no fads except that she be.
lleVes that women should have a say
in politics, She Is an excellent house,
keeper and has one Of the qualntest
dens In the city Of New York;, Miss
Morton is at work on a new comedy.
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STEAMBOAT MEN.

witness, that they were able to take
their boats safely through the channel
on nights so dark that 1t was impossible
to see the smokestacks from either end
OF the boat
A later crop Of daring pilots and cap
tains embraced the names of Enoch
King, Charles Pierce, Ben Thornburg,
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THE AUTHOR OF MRS. JACK

THE AUTHOR OF MRS. JAck%
The star Of that brany woman,
Grace Livingston Furniss, is decidedly
In the ascendant, Her Mrs. Jack" is
conceded to be one Of the best come.
dies ever written by an American.
This play was written to fit Alice
Fischer, who has made fortune with
the piece. Miss Furnlss' "Gretna
Green" was a dismal affair, but this
setback Is as nothing when 1t is con.
sidered that most Of her work has
been successful. She has done some
excellent work in collaboration, and il
Is said that her royalties are very
large. But, large as they are, however,
II is likely that they will be even lar.
ger next season, when, II Dame Ru.
NOR Is not at fault, three new plays
from her pen will be presented.
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might in any way interior.
ie' them be permitted ,o wy with n
tor ., Tor a the entire rip or rI m,,, "a
ior H. as they might sec n, ua1
o l,p,,U ms, upon anything and 7, \, n
o o,'ly ,haI The first boat 10 ' a,, wa
r m@,' o' ' h route shan be the s', vIS,
y ,''@,'er how She might g ,' Nun S,naa
and l'n Il W ,1S AFFAIR thoroughly h sS
satlon " e0ou deal o. \
principally upon me foc, , ,Sces b "a
r r,,IL ,a. and because Of Of, M ,'y
reckless spirit of emulate, 'ue ala
Sp',ea the captains. but John I g,.
present secretary Of STATE d1s nay
p p,s famous GUS poem, Jim BIa '1 1'. J.
rIalrie Belle to famnlarllss '' ~. o.
w'th this unique phase Of 4 A., ,ao Vi
VI ooup'e oil generations aeo,
lite , weren't no saint them cn,t,.
Is pretty much an alike 'Ds'ise1
one wife IN Natchez.IInd..
Ana another one here In piL Hll
a ketrless man In his talt a NV
a.. Ahd an awkward hand In | a ,, 5li''
But he never funksd anJ ~ d row,
l reckon he never Iaowe9 s nyy'' ID
He weren't no saInt-bpt ..
ia run my chance with lin 1's'''''
L,ongslde Of some pious gep,len..
Ihat wouldn't shook hands v'i,s
He seen his duty. a dead ou. "!,n hlr
And went for It thar and tbs, 0u'ps-
ana Christ amt a-golng 10 be- loo !.
On a man that died for men. wv pa
These stanzas from oJin p,., 4,
give a better insight than tbo,, o,Ia'
words OF analysis into the cDarso, y
the engineers and pilots who m r,'''
Mississippi river boats famous y :.
known and ateamboated with n,n'
Jim Bludso, and | have never f@, M, :,
who wouldn't swear play e,r5s
money and do his duty 10 ibs hi
when the pinch came. | am n,or1'
have been Of them and among Them
so many years.
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Harry Matson, Nat Green, Truman c.
Holmes, Pat Yore. T. p. feathers, j. W.
Cannon, J. NJ, White, w. C. Wilson, Jim
IRE and j. w. TObn. II is said that
these men knew every drop Of water In
the river, and while this is merely fig
ure OF speech, It is fact, to which
have on hundreds OF occasions been
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-18

Mrs. Frances Hodsson Burnett, the
creator Of Little Lord Faunteroy"
has two fads, gardening and drawing
royalties. Mrs. Burnett was born in
England and removed 10 Tennessee
when she was fourteen. Her first hus.
band was Or. Burnett, from whom she
was divorced, and she then married
Stephen Townsend, who is said 10 be
twenty-five years her Junior, Her first
hit was made with THAT Lass o. Low.
rie's," and since then she has scored
more than twenty successes, She Is
rather severe on her own sex and
most eccentric In the matter Of per.
sonsl attire. Her elder son, the proto.
type Of little Lord Fauntleroy died
several years ago,
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- VIM En- VT LI1r1 NOW EOlEo'
Madeleine Lueette was the SOU.
brette Of an opera.comedy when j. H.
Ryley was the comedian, They be.
came friends and then man and wife.
Fame came to her when she began to
write plays. Her speciality Is the abb
normally light comedy, almost farcl.
cal In its nature. Some Of her best
known plays are IAN American citi.
zen," christopher, Jr.," IAN Ameri.
can INVASION" Orchard Savage" and
"The Mysterious MIR, Bugle," Mrs.
Ryley is an Engllshwoman, but most
Of her work has been done In this
country. Were II not for a tendency
to drop into farce in what are ostensi.
bly, comedies Madeleine Lueette Ry.
ley would doubtless be one OF the
best playwriehts In the world.
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RY MANOR John E, ROWLAND.

NAvOn gOElN FNOW EfNNb'
Major John Il Rowland now pros
porous business man OF New York city
was for many years D. clerk on the IA
nous steamboats, Of the lower Mississippi
river and an intimate friend Of most Of
those daring pilots whose exploits nave
been related In story and verse What
he says Is therefore entitled to more than
ordinary consideration
AN IR THOMAS L1PTON'S sugges-
a. y ton that "A series OF old fash
VA toned races between MIssissip-
VA pl river steamboats, be made q
n W feature Of the Louisiana Pur-
W. chase exposition and Mark
Twains Endorsement Of the
suggestion bring 10 mind one
OF the most picturesque phases OF Amer
lean life. a phase, TOO IN which had
the Measure Of participating OF course
to me the statement that Mark Twain
WAS once pilot Is funny and ! am
tempted to believe that the famous au-
thors well known sense Of humor Is all
that prevents him from correcting this
very general impression | remember
lHNlllE NNllN ~ SUI hHptA NiAiN WIZ fN'
feet with Bart Bowen, the captain who.
according TO Twain, taught him the
river II was a few years after young
Clemens had begun to write funny
things. had not enjoyed the acquaint-
ance OF the future humorist, but Bowen
told me that Clemens aid nothing more
than what was known on the Mississip-
pl boats as clubbing IT," However
that may be, It Is certain that be was
on the boats, that his experience there
prompted his selection Of the pen name
which he has since made world famous,
and we old Mississippi river boatmen
are proud Of his one time connection
with US.
I think that a series Of races on tht
Mississippi would prove interesting and
attractive to the visitors to the ST.
Louis exposition but l do not very well
see how It Is possible to reproduce one !
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"THE GREATEST THING IN The
WORLD

Harriet Fords fame will rest largely
upon her coauthorship Of the PIX
"The Greatest Thing In the Woflo'
produced by Mrs, lie Moyne' II was
not a peouniary success but was :
wholesome work nevertheless MI"
Ford early began to write, Later sne
became an actress, After Henry Z, Vs
Miles death Miss Ford associated nsr
SELF with his widow in the estaoIlsn'
ment Of a girls school, and Their co.,
alteration on 1.-THE Greatest Thing N
the World" followed, The ladies' are
now at work on another play "nl'n
will be produced next season. slt
succeed or fail as II may, the lsdI,s
will stick 10 their school, when Is
said 10 pay them handsomely