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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
BILLBOARD TO COME DOWN
COMPANY VOLUNTARILY AC-
CEDEs TO REQUEST.
Commissioners Notified That How
ard Avenue Bone of Contention
Will Be Removed.

Declaring that it's policy has been and
Will be to comply with any reasonable
request for the removal of bllboards
deemed Objectionable by the Commissions
ers. the Washington Bill Posting Com
pany has notified the Commissioners that
1t will remove the board at the intersec-
ton of Howard and Georgia avenues,
near the main entrance to Howard Uni
versity.
This board has been a source of conten-
ton for some time. A few weeks ago its
removal was asked for by the Howard
Park Citizens Association. and the Com
mfssioners issued an order revoking the
permit for the maintenance of the board.
The bill-posting company made an appeal
for its continuance. and finally a public
hearing was held. The arguments against
the particular board were made so strong
that the bill posting company was asked
to voluntarily remove it.
I'VE beg to advise you that our client
the Washington Bill Posting Company
In compliance with your verbal request
made at the hearing before your honora.
BILE board August 10. has concluded to
remove the billboard located on Howard
SttCCl uCtWecH OH anu GtH streets, dDOul
which complaint was made on the part
of the Citizens Association of Howard
Park" Attorney c. H. Knapp has writ
ten the Commissioners las is well
known to your board. it has always been
the policy Of this company to comply
with any reasonable request made by
You for the removal of a billboard which
for any reason seemed Objectionable to
you. The company has no desire to de-
part from this policy, and out Of def
erence to your request the board will be
at once.
we deem 1t proper to add that in re-
moving this billboard we do SO for the
reasons above stated. and our action is
not intended to be construed as an ad-
mission of your legal right to revoke
the permit heretofore granted by you for
the erection Of this board'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO. August Resentment in the
wheat pit during early trading today was
|quite friendly to the bull side of the
market. owing 10 scattered showers last
hight throughout Minnesota and North
Dakota and TO an advance of 7sd to Id
Nm the price OF wheat at Liverpool An
improved demand for the cash grain also
had a Strengthening influence. Trade,
however. was not large
Prices at the opening were lsah to 8.
higher. with September at 9S7s to 99l4
and December at 90 to 96s.. For a time
the price of both options held within the
opening range
There was considerable firmness I'm the
|corn market during the early part OF the
Hay. September opened Is to a higher
at Sis to 65i4 and advanced to 65ss
Oats We're strong at the start: Septem-
Der opened a shade 10 4 higher at 37a.
10 3S11a3S7s. and held within the opening
range early In the session.
Provisions were quiet and steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
She Didn't Swear.
Wales Pageant.
From the London Chronicle

FROM the LONDON CHRONICLE
Wales great national pageant will illus
trate among other things the devotion of
her sons and daughters to literature Yet
no printing press was set up in Wales
until far on in the third period of her
literary history. when q daring pioneer in
the year 1874 startled Anglesea with the
strange machine. The first book to be
printed in the Welsh tongue-in England
was not, as one would like to imagine.
the works Of Taliesin. prince OF bards, or
those Of Merlin the Wild. but common
place sort Of Old Moore's Almanac, con-
tanning q translation of the Lord s
Prayer and the Ten Commandments This
epoch-making work appeared in 1916.
The same publisher. William Salisbury,
brought out in the following year his
English and Welsh dictionary The
Bible had to wait another forty years be-
fore getting itself translated into Welsh
In the absence of local Caxton the first
Welsh grammar was printed on the con-
tinent. and the second in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.
Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.

| Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher
| EGGS-Nearby fresh Virginia. 23a24
| west Virginia and southwest Virginia
22a23; Tennessee. 21a22.
| BUTTER.-Creamery. fancy. 26ha2.
| Western firsts. 26a261a; seconds, 2ja26
Process. fancy, 22a23: fair to good. la
70. tore-packed, fresh, 10.
| CHEESE. - New York state factory
new, large. 16a161s.
observation-disclosures. spring. per h.,
IS; hens, per h.. IA; ROSTERS. per h..
| s; keats, per h.. Il; turkeys, hens. pc:
| h.. 10; turkeys. toms, per h.. 10; ducks,
| per h., 10.
DRESSED POULTRY. = Turkeys, per
h.. 1oa17; hens. choice, per h.. 17a1s;
ROSTERS. per h., 8; chickens. spring, per
! h., 1Sa13: ducks, per h., 1Oa12.
VEGETABLES. = Potatoes. No 1, per
Dbl, 2.00a2.25: sweet potatoes per Dbl.
o.50a3.J0, cucumbers. basket, Goal. %
onions per Dbl. 1.o0a2.25: cabbages. per
bbl., LOCALES: eggplant, per doz.. 50a15;
| squash, per basket 3Oa5O; peas, per obi
a.50a4.OO: corn, home grown. per doz
| 5a15; string beans, home grown, per
| Dbl, 2jOa3.U0; lettuce. per basket, 75a
1.25; tomatoes. home grown, per box
oJa60: radiShes. per 100. LOO: peppers
per Dbl, 1.5Oa2.O0: new beets. per bunch
2a2a new carrots. per bunch. 2a3.
| bbl., 1.5Oa3.O0; oranges. Cal. per box
2.5Oa3.5O; grape fruit, per crate. 4.O0a
| 800; pineapples, per crate. 2OOa3.OO;
cantaloupes. per crate, 5Oa2. 90: water
melons. each. 17a3O. peaches. per ear
rier, 2.0Oa3.50: plums. per crate. 1.5Oa
2.25; grapes, per crate. 1.50a2.O0: ALI
gator pears. per crate. 4.OOa45O
HAY AND STRAW. - Hay, western
No. 1, 16.OOa16.5O: No. ., 14.5Oa15.oU;
mixed, 11.OOa14.OO. Straw. rye, bundle,
23.OOa24.0O; rye, machine thrash. 15.O0a
1900; straw. wheat. per ton. 10.00a11 90;
straw. oat, per ton, 1O.5Oa11.OO.
SEEDS.-Alsike. per bu., 1O.OOa1O.o5;
clover, per bu.. 6.25a6.75: timothy. per
bu., 2.O0a2.25; crimson clover. 5.5Oa6.OO.
LIVE STOCK.-Cattle, extra, per cwt..
| 5.oOa6.OO; medium, per cwt. 4.OOa4.75;
ordinary, per cwt., 3.OOa3.5O. Hogs. per
cwt., gross, 7.0OaS.0O. Sheep. per h., ia
4; lambs, spring. choice. per h., "a
medium. 6h. Calves, choice, per H.,
SaSh medium per h.. 7a7h.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool, washed.
free of burrs, per lb.. 33a35; wool. un-
washed, per h., 2Sa29. Hides. green.
per h., IL; hides, dry, per h., Halls:
sheepskins, green, each, 75a1.15: calf
skins, green. each, 1.3Oa1.5O; dry flint
hides, per h., Halls; dry salted hides.
per h.. Halo.
GRAIN Wheat, new, per bu, S5a
1.O3. Corn, shelled, per bu., S4a9O: ear,
per Dbl, 4.4Oa4.65. Oats. western white,
No. ., per bu.. 66a72; mixed. 62a54.
Bran, per ton, 2S.OOa3O.OO. MiddIing,
per ton, 3O.OOa32.O0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
CROPS OVER IN FOREIGN LANDS |
UNCLE SAM TELLS OF MID-HAR-
VEST CONDITIONS.
Least Promising in Central Europe
Poor Quality in Italy-Rated
Good in Russia.

With mid-harvest reached In Europe.
the Department of Agriculture has just
issued report showing the conditions OF
the crops in foreign countries. The con-
ditions are the least promising in central
Europe.
As to that section the report says: Lit
tie Improvement was permitted last
month, becausee Of the weather. In Ger
many and Austria-Hungary a consider
able decline in this years wheat crop and
moderate decrease in rye seem assured.
The reduction in wheat in central Europe
will be fifty million bushels below last
year, when a bare average crop was
reaped.
Western and southwestern Europe"
the report adds, ARE reaping crops much
more satisfactory. In Great Britain, on
an increased acreage, the condition OF
wheat is placed at 4 per cent above the
average. In Spain a yield is expected
sufficient to supply the domestic demands.
In Italy the crop yield generally seems
satisfactory. but the quality is poor. An
official estimate places the probable har-
vest 10 per cent or 100000 bushels.
above last year The latest official crop
report of France Is unfavorable as re-
CARDS conditions. but an average of
wheat harvest is still possible, owing to
the increased area
Good Crop Conditions.
Throughout eastern and southeast
ern Europe good crop conditions have
been maintained. In Rommania, in spite
of a smaller area of wheat. crop much
larger than last year Is expected. In
Bulgaria and Servia the promise is favor
able while in Russia the crops are rated
good. In the latter country the acreage
of winter wheat Is undoubtedly less than
last year, but spring wheat is the crop
are largely g-1wn.
THE stocks left over from last year
have run low, and the lateness of this
years harvest in importing countries will
cause a further drain. While the Euro
pean harvest as a whole will undoubtedly
be larger than those of the last two
years, when there was a serious crop
shortage. 1T is unlikely to come up to that
of 1905 or even OF 1905.
Outside of Europe and the United
States. Canada is the only important
producer which harvests its crops at this
season. Latest reports thence are decidedly
encouraging. indicating for all grains, ex-
cept winter wheat. crop much in excess
of last years.
1T is still too early to judge of the
between season crops to be furnished by
India. Australia and Argentina. The
favorable monsoon In India gives promise
of favorable season. but it must be
borne in mind that the next wheat crop
Australia has been favored by plentiful
rains. In Argentina serious drought pre-
vailed for months and at the date of the
latest reports had been broken ONLY in
part large decrease In the area under
wheat seems certain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
new YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. August 14.-Butter-Firm
receipts. $3.50 pounds; process. common
to specials. 22a241s: western factory firsts
2lk.
Cheese-Steady. unchanged; receipts
l,32S pounds. No weekly exports.
Eggs-Easy, unchanged; receipts. 1856
dozen.
Poultry-Alive, nominally firm at former
prices; dressed. firm; broilers, western
14a20; fowls. western, 15i2a17.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
FIVE DEAD IN WRECK.
Twenty-Four Injured in Head-on
Collision Of Trains.

PUEBLO. Col, August 14.-Denver and
Rio Grande train No. 8. eastbound, leav-
ing Pueblo at $50 this morning, and Den
yer and Rio Grande train No. 1, west
bound. collided just east of Hustled. Col.
between Colorado Springs and Palmer
lake at 1925 o'clock this morning.
Five persons are known to have been
killed and twenty-four injured.
Both locomotives and many of the cars
in both trains were badly damaged.
Failure Of one Of the crew to observe
orders is believed to have caused the
wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, August 14.-Closing: Three per
cent rentes 9s francs ~ centimes for the
account.
Exchange on London, % francs 49,
centimes for checks.
BERLIN August 14-Exchange on Lon
don, 20 marks Az pfennigs for checks.
Money, per cent.
Private rate Of discount per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
MOTION TO ouAsH WITHHELD.
Unexpected Move Said to Be Based
| on Washington Advice,

MUSKOGEE. Okla, August IA mo-
ton to quash the indictments against
Gov. Haskell and five other citizens of
Oklahoma. charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud in the Muskogee town lot cases. was
to have been filed in the United States
district court here today. but has been
withheld on advice from Washington.
Next Monday is the last day of grace al
lowed for filing. but the attorneys for the
defendants say the motion will never be
filed. Sensational allegations are made in
the motion, which consists n flfty type
written pages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. August l4.-WHEAT-
Steady: spot contract. 1.04i4: spot No. red
western, 1.o7i4: August. 1.O3s4 al %: September
1.0Sha: steamer No. red, 10Os4: receipts
90. $50 bushels southern by sample. 9Oal.0 3
southern grade 1.00a1.0A
CORN-Firm contract, "A; year. 59ls: re-
ceipts. 4.7I9 bushels.
OATS-Firmer: new No. white, 44a45: new
No. 5 white. 421aa44: No. 2 mixed. 42a42la; re-
ceipts. 1890 bushels.
RYE-Steady: No. western domestic, 76a77
receipts. 63 bushels.
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Steady. unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
Chicago Grain.
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. August 1i.-Closins
No. =. red. western winter.
futures, steady: September, IS
nd: December. as Sd: March IS I'd.
Corn-Spot. new, American mixed (via
|ialveston). steady. is cd; futures. quiet
September rs 4i4d: October. IS IA.
Flour-Winter patents, steady. :;3s Sd.
Hops-In London. Pacific coast. firm,
&c 1OsaE4 IFS
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LONDON MARKETS.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cable2ram to The Star.
LONDON, August 14.-Prices in the
American section were today unsettled,
operators displaying nervousness over the
sweeping movement in Union Pacific. In
other sections there was no change of i'm
portance, consols improving Lie Kaf-
frs dropping, home rails being station
airy.
There was no change in discounts, either
here or on the continent. Paris exchange
on London was unchanged at % francs
1s1s confines: Berlin rates, Il higher, at
10 marks TIL Dfennigs
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Ambassador Reid Sails for Home.

Ambassador Reid Sails for Home.
LONDON. August 14.-Whitelaw Reid.
the American ambassador at London,
left Liverpool today on the steamer
Mauretania for New York. The negotia-
lions regarding the Hankow-Sze- Chuen
railroad loan. which prevented the am
bassador sailing with the members of
his family, have not yet been concluded,
but for the present they have been trans
ferred to Picking. and Mr.. Reds absence
from London is. therefore, possible He
will return to his post October l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
Not Specific Enough.

From the Boston Transcript.
Witness-At the time of the accident my
maid was in my boudoir arranging my
hair.
I-awyer-Yes. And where were you?
Witness-Sir!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
Proving an Alibi.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
why do you always 60 out on the ball
cony when / begin to sing, John? Can't
you bear to listen to me-"
1T isn't that. but l don't want the
neighbors to think I'm a wife-beater''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
More Than It Was Worth.

From Judge.
1.-The preacher that married you says
you only gave him a dollar
He ought to be glad l didn't sue him
for damages"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14

According to this magazine said Mrs.
Birmingham, "sliced onions scattered about
q room will absorb the odor Of fresh
paint
II guess that's right rejoned Bif-
fngham Likewise also broken neck
will relieve a man Of catarrh. '-Chicago
News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August 1.-THE cotton
market opened easy at a decline of Sale
points, with active months selling 10 to L:
points net lower during the first few
minutes owing TO lower cables, talk OF
heavier new crop offerings and reports
of good rains in the southwest. The
decline was checked by covering on a
| big scale for over the week end. one
blouse buying about 1900 bales of De-
cember from 1903 to 1910. and the mar
.ket rallied after the opening to within
: or 4 points of last nights finals. al
Though the undertone continued very
nervous and unsettled.
Futures opened easy: August, 1872
asked, September. 12.OS; October. 12Os
November, 1905 asked. December, 1905
January. 1901: March. 1902; May. 1908
July. 1906 asked.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL. August 14.-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot: Dull. prices twelve points low
er; American middling. fair, TIA; good.
middling. CTS: middling. geo; low mid
ding, $40; good ordinary. 6.16; ordinary.
5S1. The sales OF the day were 400
bales including 3, 100 American; none for
speculation and export. Receipts, 1000
bales: no American.
Futures opened quiet and closed steady.
August. $40; August September. $50;
September October. 6.3511; October-No-
MEMBER 6.35: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .6.3411
Overwhelmingly. 6.341a; January Feb
Euary, 8.34: February March, 6.34: March
1888: June-July. s.321s; July-August.
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building, members
New York Stock Exchange, Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board Of
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Bar silver. steady. 3 9-lSd per ounce.
Money. i2aA per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
short bills is lHaIA per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three month bills Ia 7-l6a1E per cent
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Am Unusual
Opportunity

Is offered to secure limited num-
Der OF shares in a corporation do
ing business in the District of Co.
lumbia. Business is thoroughly
established and earning large re-
turns. Box zoo, Star office.
auf4-3fs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
CHINA AGREES TO NEGOTIATE

i'm FREIGHTS-Steady. unchanged.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-20
NEW ONE ON THE DIX.

AT the clubs at Nagasaki they are
telling how the name of the army trans
port steamer Dix was translated by a
Russian officer. The name of the trans
port is on both bows in very large
letters under the inscription, in smaller
letters, gu. s. army transport.
''There's the kind of an ally Rus
STA needs" he remarked, pointing to
the Dix as it lay in Nagasaki harbor.
81 had no idea America had such an
enormous fleet of troopships."
When pressed for further informa-
ton he continued, pointing to the Dix:
Il mean that nation with more
than 500 transports must have an in
vincible military organization.
but the United States has no such
number
- Are you then unable to read?" re-
piled the Russian. 'sLook at the ship s
bow and see what it says: United
States army transport five hundred and
nine y
He had mistaken the ships name for
Roman numerals
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CAPTAIN SANDERS MAKES FRANK
STATEMENT SUSPENDED TILL MAY |
Board of Inquiry Renders Report on Stranding
of Logan---Recommends Clemency for
Sanders---Harbor Lights.

"Taking into consideration the many
extenuating circumstances and the long
and previously unblemished record of
Captain Sanders, have decided to sus-
pend him until the first of May. Dur
ing that time he will receive no pay.
Captain Sanders told a straight story;
he did not try to shift the blame, and
I believe that the punishment named
will be sufficient
This was the statement of Superin-
tendent of Public Works Marston Camp
bell last night, after he had looked over
the report of the Board of Inquiry, COM
posed of Lieut. Commander Moses, Cap
tain johnson and Captain Willett. The
board went into the matter thoroughly,
looking at it from every point of view.
Embodied in its report, the board
strongly recommended Captain Sanders
to elemeney and completely exonerated
Captain Stinson of the Logan from any
blame.
The following is the testimony OF
Captain Stinson before the board Of
inquiry:
Q. What is your name?
A. William p. Stinson.
@. What duty were you performing
on the evening of March 18th, 1902
A. On March 18th, 1909, l was ia
command of the United States Army
Transport Logan entering the harbor or
Honolulu.
Q. Will you please state briefly,
using the ships log if you desire, the
circumstances attending the grounding
of the vessel under your command as
that time?
A. We stopped at the outer buoy at
Gas p. NJ, Saturday, March 18th. At
6:5e. Pilot, Captain Sanders, came on
board. At 1901 ship granted pratique
to enter harbor. Engines working to
take ship as required. Pilot in charge.
Various courses and bells through chan
mel. Worked engines to bell until 1880
when full speed astern port; ship
striking bottom at 7:31 p. m.
@. Did the engineroom log CORE
spond with that on the bridget
A. (Reading from engineroom log}
esss Arrived at Honolulu March 18th,
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1909, Gas P. m, ship went ashore on
reef at 1880 ?. M, March ID, 1909. -
&. What time was given in the en-
gineroom log as the first signal for full
speed astern2
A. The time as given in the engine
room for fall speed astern is 81 on the
starboard engine and 7:30 on the port.
Q. What were the weather condi-
tionsa
A. 1t was overcast; light rain squalls
at intervals and very dark.
G. Please state briefly the exact To-
cation in which the ship grounded as
determined by subsequent observations
A. She grounded heading for Sum.
ner's Island. the ship head North 49
o. o o eae 9 90 100000
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] News Along the Waterfront
~ \ y y y - y y y y y y - y y

46 degrees west mag.
@. What lights or other aids to
navigation mark the western side of
Honolulu harbor between the light
house and the Oahu Railroad wharf9
A. Not any.
Q. About how much of an error in
your estimated position would eause an
accident similar to the one made in
grounding the Logan2
A. About ship 5 length; say 400
Q. Is there light or other aid to
navigation on the end of Kekaunaoa
wharf where the harbor line turns from
northwest to north2
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