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CHICAGO MARKETS.

CHICAGO, August Follower cables.
favorable weather in the United States and
an increase in worlds shipments caused
weakness today in wheat. September OPEN
ed at 69A to sos and sold OF to 69k.
Large receipts had a weakening effect on
corn. September opened at 477s to 47h and
declined to AN.
On selling by cash interests September
oats were easy at 291sa29k to 291z
September provisions opened steady, pork
at 1895. lard at S.85 and ribs at S.90a8.92h
Sentiment in the wheat pit became de-
cidedly bullish about the middle of the
session, and throughout the remainder Of
the day the market ruled strong. Reports
claiming damage to the spring wheat crop
furnished the chief basis Of strength. Sep
TENDER highest point was 71Aa71%. The
market closed strong, with September up
Ba1, at 71sa71A.
All Of the early corn loss was regained
on active buying by shorts, who were in
fiuenced by reports Of damage by hot winds
in Kansas and Nebraska. September sold
up to ASH, and closed firm at 4S.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 71ha71K; De-
cember. 74ssa741a.
Contemporaries. 4s: December. An.
Oats-September. 297s: December. 31a31M
Pork-September, 17.Oo: January, 13.57h.
Lard-September, 8.67lzaS 70: October, S.75.
Ribs-September 900; October. s75.
Rye-Cash; 563k: September. 50A; Decem-
Der. sly.
Barley-Cash. 37a52; No. September, 43a
a: Feed, September, IS.
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\. Z ". STOCK INcREAsE.
The Proposed Issue for Extensions
and improvements

Inc PROPOSED Issue Tor extensions
and improvements
Regarding the special meeting Of the
stockholders OF the Norfolk and Western
railroad. to be held at Roanoke. Va. Octo-
Der IL to authorize an Increase Of common
stock OF the company from $e6O00.O00 to
$1Oo. 900 900. Col w. H. Taylor, president
of the Marine Bank, who 10 one of the d.
rectors. has stated that the proposed In
crease OF common stock Is to make pro-
vision for extensions and improvements on
the system.
The road recently has been building con-
siderable new construction and 1t contem-
plates further improvements in that direc-
ton. Much Of the old roadway Is being re-
placed with new beds and track. The line
IL being shortened wherever possible. In or
der to reduce the time between Norfolk and
the west. New equipment is also being
added to the road.
The business Of the Norfolk and West
ern railroad justified the extensions and i'm
provements that are under way and are
contempla ted" said Col. Taylor, "and the
Increase in the capital stock OF the com.
pany will pave the way for the scheme OF
development that has been determined
upon. Rather than borrow the money with
which to make the extensions and i'm
provements and in that way add to Its
crease Its common stock. which IL selling
well and will be readily marketed
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MOTHER AND CHILD DROWNED.
Foot Bridge Fell = Family Thrown
Into River

ALTOONA. Pa, August 20.-A wire sus-
pension foot bridge across the Juniata river.
near Williamsburg, gave way last night as
Chester Robinson. his wife and two small
children were crossing 1t. and the wife and
youngest child were drowned. Robinson and
bis family were on their way home. and as
they reached the middle OF the bridge 1t
sagged into the Juniata. which was greatly
swollen. One end of the bridge was fast
ened to tree. and because OF the strong
current the tree was unable to stand the
strain and It was uprooted, causing the
loosened end Of the bridge to sweep down
the stream. Robinson had his four-year-
son Ralph in his arms at the time and sue
ceeded in reaching shore with him. He re-
turned to rescue his wife and eighteen
months-old child, but they were washed
down stream by the swift current before he
could reach them.
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WORTHY MOVE By CHICAGO.
TO Give New Start for Discharged
Prisoners

CHICAGO. August 20.-The state Of Il
linois. through the agency of its own free
employment bureaus in Chicago and other
cities. beginning next Monday. will provide
employment for and give wholesome. help
full assistance to the men. women and boys
released from the various penal and re-
formatory institutions each year.
Gov. Deneen, who has been interested
deeply in this problem and has considered
1t with his advisers on the several boards.
has placed his approval on a carefully
mapped out plan to intrust to the state en-
ploymeht agencies the duty Of securing
work for those who have either served out
their sentences. DR.. by good conduct, have
had their punishment mitigated.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS

There was a slight Improvement In the
tone OF the local market but the attend.
ance was very small and none of the stocks
listed showed any material advance. Lam
ston was the. feature Of the small trading.
150 shares selling at Is and 100 at l3ts. prac-
tically the same price the stock sold at on
Friday, a few shares, however, selling on
that day Y higher. There was renewed de-
mand for some OF the local bank holdings
Three shares of Second National sold at $50.
The same buyer had to pay Isl for the
next ten. The bid at the last session was
LASH. A twenty-share lot of National City
sold at 134. Ten shares of Washington Loan
and Trust brought 2221h. against a bid OF
20 last session.
There was a demand for Capital Traction
per cents and $500 sold at los. one point
under Fridays bid. The comments Of some
Of the brokers over the dullness are not
exactly printable.
What brokers lost in the local game VS.
more than made up on interest in the furry
In Union Pacific and Its associate road.
Some of the w!sest Of the local brokerage
concerns have been watching Union ana
Southern Pacific for years past. and 1t mas
been q confident prediction here for sons
time-evef since the funding bill inc,oen nnd
Moorefeld Storey would turn their great
properties over to some competent railroad
man to finance those companies would nave
future second to no corporate property IN
the country, and further they would even.
tually rank among gilt edge securities OF
the class of the Great Northern.
The interest here ON all sides IL intense
on the iuturities of these companies. 1t Is
conceded that Hartman is a master hand o.
finance and that the end Is not yet The re-
port that st. Paul is shortly to be taken
over by the Southern and Union IL, o.
course. only a matter of rife speculation.
No one can guess Hartman and 1t Is doubt
full il he knows what his next move will be
himself.
Probably a score Of spectators here prof
tied by the advance of the stock. One
woman-a government clerk-lOaded up
with the stock some months ago. Some IL.
lustration of her nerve may be gathered
from the fact that she stood to win on her
marginal investments tr.he over 40 OO
when the stock touched $50. and she did
not sell a share. instructing her brokers to
ure that other close observers besides her.
self believe will be eventually reached
Mr.. Charles Kraemer has resigned as vice
president and director of the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank and as director OF the
National City Bank. - - >,.- ~
Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
redemption, $500 595; government receipts
from internal revenue. $1.167.2 $40: customs.
$s26. 20: miscellaneous. $133976; expendi-
lures. $1,72O,O 900.
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The World Of
Finance and Trade

American nsricsn Car Ca and Foundry ,9sn Al.
American Smelling, 16SS.
Anaconda 28S.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. 104A.
Atlantic Coast Line, 147h
Baltimore and Ohio. 119.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. ISA.
Canadian Pacific, 40.
Central Leather. $685.
Chicago. Mil. and st. Paul. 192K.
Colorado Fuel and Iron, IS.
Colorado Southern, 80.
Delaware and Hudson. 225.
Distillers' Securities, 62H.
Erie, common, 4Sh.
Great Northern, pfd., 30Sh.
Kansas CIty Southern, 30h.
Kansas City Southern. pfd. 59%.
Peterborough. 36A.
Louisville and Nashville. ISL.
Mexican Central, 21n.
Mo-. Kansas & Tex, COM. 81.
Mo-. Kansas & Tex. pfd., TN.
Missouri Pacific. 99A.
National Lead. 81.
New York Central, 145h.
N. Y. Ontario & West. 40.
Norfolk & Western, 93x.
Northern Pacific. 212%.
Pacific Mail Steamship. 4OH-
Peoples Gas of Chicago. 3D.
Reading. 142A.
Rock Island. CON-, 28h
Rock Island. pfd.. GIN.
Sloss-Sheffield Steel. So
st. Louis and San Francisco. I'd pfd., 47h
Southern Pacific. ON.
Southern Railway. 39A.
Texas Pacific, So
Union Pacific, 1924.
U. 8. Rubber, 47h.
U. s. Steel, 451a
U. s. Steel preferred. 108.
Va.-Car Chem. CON-, 3SN.
Wisconsin Central. pfd.. SIX.
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NEW YORK COTTON.
Liverpool Prices.

LIVERPOOL, August 20.-Cotton: Spot
dull; prices points lower: American mid
ding fair. 5.SS; good middling. $50: mid
ding. 5.3S: low middling. $50; good ordi-
nary. 4.sS; ordinary, 4.72. The sales Of the
day were 5000 bales. Of which 400 were for
speculation and export. and included $500
American. Receipts. 5000 bales. including
400 American. Futures opened quiet and
closed steady: American middling. GOO.
August, 5.10a511: August and September.
5.03a5.04; September and October. 4.S7a49S;
December 4.95: December and January,
ass; January and February. 4.97: February
and March, 4.9Sa4.9s; March and April.
5.00a5.01: April and May. 5.01a5.02; May
and June 5.02a5.0 o.
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. August 2o.-wHEAT- Steady;
spot. , eontrsct 7la71hi spots No 2 red ye.ts.n:
No. red sSsssH: receipts 81 aos Dusheis; SOUTH
54x; septemSer. st3saSaS: year, ls9sa4sS: steam
ports 229, $50 bushels; southern white corn, 6sha
coz; southern ns yellow corn; oeSaosH . ORR
nominal: new No. 8 white 341aa35; new No.
mixed. 34h bid; receipts. p. 1878 bushels.
RYE-Firmer; No domestic. 81; No. 2 western,
5sa59; receipts, 100 bushels.
HAY-Steady; old No. timothy, 1900; No. I
clover mixed i6.OOa16.50
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Firm: steam to. Liverpool
per bushel, 2ttd. September; Cork for orders, per
Quarter, %. Sd. August
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Japan to Seek New Loan.

A dispatch from Toxic to the London
Telegraph says NJ. Takahishi. vice COVER
nor OF the Bank Of Japan, h about to start
for England and the United States for the
purpose Of negotiating . government loan
Of ESO00,OOO for Manchurfan enterprises.
II the circumstances are favorable he will
also negotiate for the replacing Of old loans
by new ones at lower rate Of interest.
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JAP sEALERs INDICTED.
WIN Coon BE Arraigned at Valdez,
Alaska,

Acting Secretary Murray Of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor today re-
ceived a telegram. dated at Valdez,
Alaska. from Walter L. Uembkey. agent
in charge Of the fur-seal fisheries Of
Alaska. informing him that the twelve
Japanese poachers captured recently on
St.. Paul Island while Yaiding the seal
r0okeries were indicted last Saturday for
violation OF the United States law enacted
to protect the fur-bearing seals.
The prisoners viii be arraigned shortly
In the United States district court at VAL
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THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, August 20-The cotton
market opened steady at decline OF 6
points to an advance of points, with the
more active months selling at practically
the closing figures Of Saturday. which was
about as expected on the cables The
weather over the south was considered IA
vorable and there were a number OF over
night selling orders around the ring, which
supplied the demand from local reaction
lists. and prices were barely steady during
the early session.
After selling of to a net decline Of to 4
points the market steadied on covering and
buying for turn. with prices In the mid
die of the morning about LAB points net
higher. Trading was moderately active.
, Futures opened steady; September,
8.S1; October. 500: November. OIL:
December. 0.12; January. $50: February.
924 bid; March, 9.27; April, offered S.34;
May. 933.
There was a renewal Of active bear pres
sure and liquidation late in the morning.
and the market broke to a new low record.
with December selling under 0c.. and the
general list about IA to Is points net lower.
There was a good deal Of covering at the
decline, but rallies were comparatively
slight.
Estimated receipts at the ports today
5000 bales. against $500 last week and
1851 last year. For the week. 10000 bales,
against 81, lob last week and 5000 last
year Today's receipts at New Orleans, 3o6
ton. 5,817 bales. against $500 last year.
spot closed steady; middling uplands,
1910; middling gulf, 1925; sales. COO bales.
Today's Cotton Summary.
Quotations furnished BY Dick Bros. & Co.. mem
bers New York. New Orleans and Liverpool Cotton
Exchanges Washington Office. 1912 81 st. tMary.
land buildinx}.
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During the calendar year Of 1906 the ex-
ports Of c0pra from the Philippine Islands
amounted to 12290S. 40 pounds valued 1t
0,2A4. 106
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Washington Stock rxcnanee.

Sales.-Regular call IL O'Clock noon--Capital
Traction 49, $500 at 1O5.
Washington Gas % at CO.
Lanston MOnOtype, 100 at 49, 100 at Is, 100 at
Is. 100 at Is. so at IS. 100 at 1Jh, 100 at 10.
100 at Is
Greene Copper. 80 at 25M.
Second National Bank. 10 at 151. at $50.
Washington Loan and Trust. 10 at 222h.
National City Bank % at 1874.
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
Liverpool Prices.

LIVERPOOL. August 20.-;Wheat-Spot,
steady; No. cred western winter. g.: futures
steady: September. 6s. ND; December Is.
gid; March. nominal.
Corn-Spot. steady; American mixed new.
A. It'd: American mixed old. a. 3d.; fu-
lures. quiet; September. As. 6Nd.; Decem-
Der, A. SD. Hops In London (Paciie
coast), Arm. E3 10s.aG4 15s.
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Rev. J. L. Alexander. one OF the most
widely-known clergymen Of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, died at his home
in Nashville Saturday. He was seventy
seven years old.
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & CO.. bankers
and brokers, 1859 H street. members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board OF trade.
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JAPANESE MILDLY. DEAD
PASSES AWAY AT ACADEMY
AFTER SURGICAL OPERATION.

The funeral arrangements over the re-
mains Of Kingiro Matsukata. a Japanese
midshipman. will be completed tomorrow
by Lieut.. Commander Naomi Taniguchi,
naval attache of the japanese embassy.
who returned to Washington this after
noon from Annapolis. The remains will be
brought here next Wednesday.
The deaht of young Matsukata occurred
yesterday afternoon at the Academy head
quarters. after suffering from typhoid fe-
yer for several days. An operation was
terday. but he sank rapidly. and It was
known all day that he Was dying. His
brother. Okahiko Matsukata, q student at
Harvard University, and Commander n
Taniguchi, naval attache of the Japanese
legation. in this city. were with him at the
time of his death. The body will be inter-
red in this city.
His Life at Annapolis.
Midshipman Matsukata entered the Acad-
envy on the 18th Of last June under the
same arrangements that have allowed 9TH
er Japanese students to receive a naval
education in this country.
He was very pleasant in his manner and
was extremely popular among hts class
mates and liked by those with whom he
came in contact
While candidate in Annapolis the young
man stayed at the family OF the Rev. Jo-
seph McComas. and all who met him were
pleased with his fine bearing and pleasant
manner. At Christmas he was asked il he
would not like to go to Washington and
spend the holidays, but he replied that he
would rather spend IT In Annapolis with
the family. Mr.. McCemas explained to
him what Christmas was and what it rep
resented and 1t is said that 1t made deep
impression on the young fellow. who said
1t was the first time that 1t had ever been
explained to him. He entered heartily
into the Christmas spirit and hung up his
stocking with the rest
Matsukata took dancing lessons In the
class that was formed at the st. Johns
gymnasium. and he made good progress
He was also learning to play tennis, In
which he took great interest. Althouei, he
spoke English brokeniy, he was improving
and It was said that he never forgot q
thing he had once thoroughly learned,
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BERLIN. August 20-Exchange on Lon
don, 20 marks ASH pfennigs for checks.
Discount rates: Short bills, 81 per cent:
three months bills, 3A per cent.
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CURB ouoTAT1oNs

Furnished BY Z. 3. Chapman 4 Co. "a. B. Chip
man. msnager). members New York stock exchange.
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1t Is reported from Uniontown, Pa that
doubts about the Uniontown extension Of
the Wabash have been dispelled, and within
few months active construction Of the
line between there and Cumberland will be
started. A large force Of surveyors and
right-of- way men have been at work in
that vicinity trying to get an opening into
the town on the south side during the
last week. The options taken some months
ago on valuable property through the heart
Of the town have been allowed to expire, as
1t Is believed q cheaper route can be Sc
cured 1t has Deem given out here au-
adopted and that IL Is INK in n tSs Dssn
system Of the Goulds to the seaboard.
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
At the close Of the stock market the fol-
lowing stocks had changed in price since
above quotations. there being no change In
balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper. 1041k
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PARIS. August 20.-Three per cent rentes,
81 francs 87h centimes for the account.
Exchange on London, Is francs 1Tk
centimes for checks.
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
Quotations furnished BY Dick Bros. 4 Co., lzl2
st fMarvland hufldin0l
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON. August 2O.-Bullion amounting
to 100000 was taken into tho Bank Of
England on balance today.
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Today,s Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, $3.50, 585; government receipts
from internal revenue. $1.167.2 49: customs.
sec. 30: miscellaneous, $133.976; expendi-
lures ST. 600
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Today's Cotton Summary.

Quotations furnished BY Dick Bros & Co.. mem
bers New York. New Orleans and Liverpool Cotton
Exchanges. Washington Office. 1912 q st. (dary.
land building}.
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Mr. Charles Kraemer has resigned as vice
president and director of the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank and as director OF the
National City Bank. -~- -. ~,.-- -
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SIGNAL NATURE HANGS OUT.
That is Coming.

An experienced farmer on the lookout
for farm SHES at the sight of a fell
low covered with the reddish spikes Of
the sorrel. He knows at once that the
soil is poor and thin, and will cost more
fertilizers of various kinds.
foot rear their heavy heads, he at once
suspect the presence of thick, sticky
blue clay hard to drain and cultivate.
Sandwort and thyme proclaim a hun
cry andy soil; myrtle, the heaths and
tormentilla tell Of peaty land valuable
only for summer grazing sleeps sorrel
speaks of iron, the Ralerian and ranun-
culous of marsh, while veronica, silene
the hybrid poppy and other similar
plants are sure siganls of chalk and
flint below the surface.
For those who have eyes to see them.
kindly Nature hangs out signals of all
kinds. She only asks that men will use
their eyes, says Pearson's Weekly. If
they can. and do so, she will never be-
tray them. She has both good and bad
signs, which are as plain in their way
as red or green lights to a railway en-
gine-driver.
For instance, what is called the
Tow country of the Northern Transvaal
is partly healthy, partly feverish. In
one spot you may camp in safety for q
month, in another not a mile away the
dreaded fever will seize you in single
night.
To uneducated eyes there seems lit
de or no difference in the outward
aspect of the two places, but your old
proprietor is never caught camping on
fever ground. He knows the fever tree
TOO well. The fever tree is an odd and
sinister looking piece of vegetation.
with twisted greenish trunk and
branches, and grows only in those
spots where fever mist hangs at night
fall.
SO, too in Florida, when a hunter is
traversing the immense swamps ham
mocks," as they are called which cover
huge tracts in the southern part of that
State, he searches for a spot where pine
trees rear their tall heads is among the
expresses and gums. There he can camp
and sleep in safety, though to spend a
night but a few hundred yards away
from the pines might mean a bone
racking dose Of ague.
Many an Australian explorer has
been saved from a horrible death by
thirst because he has known the water
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SAYING PARTICLES OF GOLD
METHODS EMPLOYED IN JEW
ELRT MANUFACTORIES

Guarding Against Loss in Working the
Metal and From Dishonest Employees
Waste That Collects on Walls and
{. Floors and Adheres to the Clothing
of Xyortxmeu.
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THUNDER WON A VERDICT.
Furnished to Chicago Court of a Plain
tiff's Condition.

tiff's Condition.
Mrs. Lucy Mattingly went into
mysteries yesterday In Judge Barnes
court rom when she saw the vivid flash
of lighting and heard the heavy crash
of thunder which followed when a Sc
we're electric storm broke over the city
When she recovered she was $4,000
richer, an agreed judgement having
been entered in her favor against the
city in the suit wherin she sued for
$25, 600 damages for injuries sustained
from a fall on a defective sidewalk at
Thirty-hfth and Dearborn streets in
1903
Mrs. Mattingly testified that the fall
left her a victim to hysteria; that any
little excitement brought on an attack
and when she toppled from her chair at
the thunder clap Attorney Frank D.
Ayers, appearing for the city, sought a
continuance of the case. As he
watched the efforts of jurors, court at
taches, and spectators to restrain and
calm the woman he appreciated the
fact that she had proved her case.
1t will cost the city big verdict if
we try the case now" he told the Judge
as he asked that the case go over.
Judge Barens, in legal phraseology,
said these was nothing doing and that
the thunder was IAN act of Cod and
not valid excuse for continuance.
Mrs. Mattingly was still in the grip
of hysteria when Attorney Ayers and
John F. Waters, the latter for the COM
plant, agreed upon $500 as a COM
promise judgment. The lawyers in
formed the Court of their agreement
and the verdict was ordered entered.
When Mrs. Mattingly came out Of
her swoOn her lawyer offered his sand
in congratulation, but she did not I'M
derstand his words until informed that
her evidence was incontrovertible and
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the city legal representative had aban-
doned attempts to prove that her hys-
terra existed for the purpose of the
suit
Hereafter when this particular RESULT
is alleged in damage suits the city's at
torneys will have trial dates set after
conferences with the weather bureau,
If there had been two or three claps of
thunder the bill to the city would have
been expensive.
Mrs, Mattingly was duly grateful for
the judgment-and the thunder
Chicago Inter Ocean.