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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, August 3.-Flour-About
steady, with trading quiet; winter
straights, 4.4Oa4.6D; receipts, 21,591 bar
rels.
Wheat-Strength at Liverpool and Win
nipeg together with covering of shorts
and commission house buying, resulted in
a half-cent advance in wheat this morn
ing September. 1.0I@a1 OTIS; December,
L. psl al O91s receipts, 14,4O0 bushels.
Corn-Receipts, 1,125 bushels.
Realistically; mess, 15.G3a15.JO.
Pork-Steady; mess. $3.50.
Lard-Srm; middle west, 1l.70al1 so.
Raw sugar-Steady; muscovado, 50 test,
1856: centrifugal. 96 test, 4.36; molasses
sugar, 50 test, 3.61; refined, quiet; crushed,
So; granulated. 5.15; powdered. 80.
Petroleum-Steady; refined, barrels. 7.65.
Coffee-Spot steady; No. Z Rio, SA; No.
Santos, 91aa9%s.
Molasses- Steady; New Orleans. open
kettle, :i2a42
Butter-Firm: receipts, 9945 packages;
creamery, specials, 90.
Cheese-Firm receipts 6.014 boxes; state,
whole milk, specials, 1424a16; do. average
fancy. 14A; do average prime, 13Aa14;
do fair to good, 1212a131a; do. common,
9Aa11R
Eggs-Steady, unchanged; receipts. 49,
1EJ cases.
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BODY NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
Crippen and Girl Both Charged in
Warrant With Murder.

LONDON, August 3.-Scotland Yard de-
nies the report that Inspector Dew had
been notified that the body found at the
Crippen home had been definitely identi-
fed as that of Belle Elmore, wife of Dr.
Crippen.
Fifteen persons, for the most part wom-
an, who will be called as witnesses at the
trial of DR.. Crippen, appeared before tie
Bow street magistrate at private hear
ing yesterday for the purpose of making
dispositions to facilitate the proceedings in
Canada. Paul Martinetti and his wife.
who dined with the Crippens at their in
vitation on the evening of January 81. thu
night on which Mrs. Crippen is said to
have disappeared, were among those who
gave testimony. The documents whit Ii
were prepared and the other papers Z on
nected with the extradition of the couple
from Quebec will be carried by Scrgt.
Mitchell who will sail on the steamer
Lake Manitoba Thursday.
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DIPLOMATS PRESENT
ALSOP CLAIM CASES
Ambassador Reid and Chilean Minis
ter to England Take Action
in Matter.

LONDON. August 3.-The American
ambassador, Whitelaw Reid, and the
Chilean minister, Senior Cana. present
ed yesterday to the British foreign
office their respectives cases on the
Alsop claim, which has been submitted
to King George as arbitrator.
The claim is based upon large sums
OF money advanced to the Bolivian gov
eminent in 1874 in exchange for valu-
able concessions, the government con-
tracing to return part Of the loan
from customs receipts at the port Of
africa. africa passed TO Chile III war
before the contract was fulfilled, and
in 1885 Chile agreed to assume the OBJ
legations of Bolivia to the company.
The promise was not fulfilled, and
negotiations to recover the sum claim
ed, which now amounts to $1,500,000,
have been dragging ever since. Final
ly the United States and Chile agreed
to submit the case to King Edward OF
England as mediator, and after his
death to his successor, King George.
Chile has deposited the amount claim
ed in London.
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Real Estate Transfers

HOLMEAD MANOR-Charles J. Walker
ct ux. to Raymond w. King and Mar
garet V. King. lot 49, block 10: $40
D STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 18th streets--George W. Barkmar
ct ux. to James II. Elerbrook and
Fannie l.. Ellerbrook, lot IS, square
1890; So
1908 14TH STREET NORTHWEST-Na-
tional Savings and Trust Company
trustee, to Franklin v. Killian, lot B
square POS; $40
2224 CLEVELAND PLACE NORTH
WEST-Aquilla r. Yeakle ct ux to
George F. Hane, lot 122 square 271
$40 George F. Hane ct ux. convey
same property to Catherine Robinson
WHITEHAVEN AND ST. PHILIP AMI
JACOB-Grace E. Beach to Harry
Rosenberg, lot 81. block L; $40.
I'D STREET NORTHWEST between M
and streets-Edwin NJ. Dublin ct ux
to Elizabeth S. Saum, part lots 16J tc
ltS square 10: $40.
STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 14th streets-George w Barkman
ct ux. to Marie Louise Johnson, lot 81,
square 1880; $40.
CONNECTICUT AVENUE HIGHLANDS
connecticut Avenue Highlands. Com
pany to Bertha l.. Slocum lots %
and "a, square DOGS; $40.
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS-William A.
Geer ct Tx. to George A. O'Donnell
and Sarah F. O'Donnell. part lot ),
block 10; so.
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS-Otho I. Beall
ct al. to George A. and Sarah F..
O'Donnell. part lot D. block 10; $40
BROOkLAND-Cathe E. Straub to
Arthur J. Williams, part lot 1, block
80; $40.
ETWORTH-Albert Thomas to Ida A.
Gilbert, lot IS, square 3025; $40
EIGHTEENTH AND STREETS
SOUTHEAST-Penros Hisher ct al.
to Fred S. Smith, lots IL, Is, II and
II. square 1898; So
WHITNEY CLOSE-Alfred H Lawson
to District of Columbia. lots 1, 4, I, 8,
. and 10. block Z; $4,000.
MERIDIAN HILL-Charles r. Riley ct
ux. to John H. Nolan part lot l. and
all lots II, II and 10, block IL; SO.
CHILLUM CASTLE MANOR-Woodford
d. Harlan to Jacob H. Arnold, lots
%, 24 and -. square 1906; $40
NINTH STREET SOUTHEAST between
F. and G streets-Arthur F. Wood to
John F. Hermann, part lots 30 and SO,
square, $40; so.
PLAINS-Harrison G. Brewer
>et ux to Alonzo o. Bliss, part lots
Al. ~ and AZ; $40.
ADDITION TO BROOkLAND-J. Ade-
laide Bachelor to Mary E. Stickel,
lot 4, block A.; $40
FLORIAD AVENUE NORTHEAST be-
tween 1st and Sd streets-Elizabeth S.
Saum to Walter C. Balderson lots 1S5
and 1877, square sol; $40
BETWEEN n AND o AND 4TH AND
9TH STREETS NORTHWEST-Fra
c. Nolte. trustee, ct al, to Ralph L.
Hail. lot 96, square o12: SO.
PARK-Edna X Bushee
to Patrick j. Sheehan, lot 30, block
s; $40.
ALLEY between list and I'd and Q and
r streets northcast-A. Emerson Bah
cock ct ux. to Cornelius Dennis and
Louise L. Dennis. lots H. 145. 146
lat, 14S, square sol; also lots 154 and
155. square 551: $40.
FLORIDA AVENUE NORTHWEST be-
tween 10th and 18th streets-David L.
Shoemaker ct al. to Joseph B. and
Maud j. Smith. lot 81. square ia; $40.
BEALL'S ADVENTURE-Georg NJ.
Sharp ct al, trustees, to John w.
Glennan. part; s3,S12-31.
PLEASANT-John H. Nolan ct
ux. to Charles, r. Riley. part lot Z,
block /; SO.
l442 P STREET NORTHWEST-Sa
P. Compiler ct Tx. to Joseph H. Bean,
lot 61 square 6S; SO.
HEIGHTS-Charles w. King
ct ux to Arthur F. Carroll, lot 141,
block 81; SO.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, August 3.-Cotton-Spot.
moderate business done; prices :; points
higher; American middling. fair, S.64;
good middling, s.34; middling, $50; low
middling, $40: good ordinary, 7.S4; ordi-
nary, 80. The sales of the day were
5000 bales, of which 900 were for specula-
ton and export, and included 100 Amer
lean. Receipts. HOOD bales. including TO-
so American. Futures opened steady and
closed steady: August, 1871: August
September, 1851; September-October,
I59lz; October-November T2i; Novem-
ber-December 10: December-January.
112ia; JanuaryFebruary. III: February
March. 112; March-April. 712; April
May. I.11i2; May-JHle, liz.
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Practically no buying demand developed
during the call at the meeting of the
stock exchange today until the preferred
stock of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company was reached, and then
only two shares of the stock we're wanted.
Later another broker offered a point un-
der the current figure for one snare.
However, there was no stock forthcom-
ing even when the bid for two shares rose
to S712.
The bid for gas stock climbed up from
ia. as recorded yesterday, to a., but
there were no sales. The gas stock con-
tinued to be offered at %, as was the case
yesterday
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-fouI
hours beginning at pm. Yesterday:
Thermometer: August "a pm, Sc
pm. 81 Il midnight, a. August
"a am. 0; s am, 76; - noon, 81
y pm, So Maximum, 50 at > pm
August 3 minimum, 10 at ) am, Au-
gust 3.
Barometer pm, 2999; pm, 90. 30
Il midnight, 1901; i am. 29.99; s
am, 1901; noon, 5000; pm, 29.96
Maximum temperature past twenty
four hours, SO; a year ago. 50.
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Ocean Steamship Movements.

SIASCONSETT, Mass, August s.
Steamer Barbarossa. Bremen for New
York, reported by wireless Telegram
when 2i3 miles east of Sandy Hook al
II 30 pm. I'd instant. Dock about : pm
today.
CAPE RACE, August 3-Steame,
Mauretania. Liverpool for New York
i'm communication with the Marconi STA
idon here when / .205 miles east of Sandy
Hook, at 1890 am. Dock about 1870 m
Friday.
NEW YORK. August 3-Arrived
Steamer S. Oceanic, Southampton
Rheine. Bremen.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, August 3-American securi-
ties opened about unchanged from yes
terday's New York closing Light sup
port advanced prices until the end OF
the forenoon, when realizing caused a
reaction, and most OF the gains were
lost. At noon the market was easy, with
values ranging from TO y below parity
New York bnying helped the market
in the afternoon. and the closing was
steady, a fraction below the best
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FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, August 3.-Closing: Three per
cent rentes, 81 francs 171s centimes for
the account.
Exchange on London, % francs 20l5
centimes for checks.
BERLIN, August 3.-EXchange on Lon
don. 20 marks 441a pfennigs for checks
Money, 3&.c per cent.
Private discount rate. 3h per cent
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Band Man Sued for Divorce.

Suit for divorce was instituted in the
District Supreme Court today by Clara ].
j. Beckett against Ferdinand c. G. Beck
ert. member of the Maine band Cru
city, neglect and drunkenness are the
charges made against the defendant, and
Mrs Beckert asks that the court allow
her the custody of three minor children
and compel Beckett to contribute toward
their support The couple were married
in this city, June Is, 1902 Attorney Will
liam X. Quinter represents Mrs Beckett.
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OPENING IRREGULAR
Upward Tendency of Stocks Is
Continued.
SEARP REACTIONS NOTED
Market Later Becomes Heavy IN
Sympathy With Large Declines.
NOON PRICES TAKE A DROP
List Offered Down Steadily, With
No Effective Support-Losses
of Two Points.

NEW YORK, August 3.-There was
good deal of irregularity today in the
opeuin- dealings in stocks. The upward
tendency of yesterday was continued at
some points but realizing sales caused
sharp reactions at others. Rock Island.
United States Steel and Amalgamated
Copper fell and Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific, Reading, Atchison and New York
Central substantial fractions. Louisville
and Nashville, Interborough metropolitan
preferred and Colorado Fuel advanced a.
The market became heavy in sympathy
with large declines in some OF the leadlhS
stocks. Afterward there was brisk
demand for number of minor stocks and
the whole list turned strong kallles
from the low point ran from | TO 112 III
Union Pacific, Reading New York Cen
trail Atchison. United States Steel, Anal
samated Copper and American Smelling.
There was a sudden drop of ) points III
Third Avenue. on the disapprovai OF lhe
ganization plan by the public service
commission.
United States Express rose pa and
Central Leather III. Gains of l to li2
were made by dozen or more or the less
active stocks, including Chicago Great
Western and st. Louis Southwestern pre-
ferred H. Illinois Central II and several
others a point At IL O'Clock the market
was ruling fractionally below its best
prices and was quiet.
Strength in Specials.
The market was affected by the dis
position to realize on the sharp rise in
prices Yesterday. Strength in special
stocks was a sustaining influence. Rains
in the corn belt and the improving money
situation were the helpful factors. Erie
LIST preferred rose and Rock Island
preferred IL, Noon prices were about the
lowest up to that time, with Amalgamat-
ed Copper down =.
The list was offered down steadily, with
no effective support interposed- Losses
If two points were general in the repre-
sentative stocks National Biscuit was
forced down points, Great Northern
preferred ,, Northern Pacific 3, Union
Pacific 49, American Smelling IL, New
York Central and American Locomotive
III and Atchison, Missouri Pacific and
Chesapeake and Ohio 1. Detroit United
Railways moved up 5ls. Delaware and
Hudson and Minneapolis and st. Louis
and Tennessee Copper L.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August 3.-Closing:
Wheat-Spot dull; No. western winter
no stock: futures steady: September
nominal; October, Is 4lad; December, Is
5hd.
Corn-Spot firm: old American mixed
.Js 91ad: old American via Galveston, no
stock: new kiln dried, no stock: futures
quiet; September, As Sl2d; October, rs
SID.
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Held for Slashing Woman.

Robert CAN'T. the Shott's alley negro,
arrested several days ago for slashng
Victoria Gaffeney across the back and
face with a razor in a vacant lot near
9th and ID streets. northeast, was com
mitted TO jail in default of $1,000 bond
for the action of the grand jury in the
Police Court today upon charges of as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
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Tact.

From the Cleveland Leader.
The Lady-Please get as pretty pic
ture as you can.
The Photoera pher-Don't give yourself
any worry. madam When it's touched
ny you won't know yourself.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regriar call II O'Clock noon-Lanston
Monotype. l at sos.
Commercial National Bank. 10 at 1882, 10 at
1884,.
Washington Loan and Trust, ] at 2O9.
After call-Mergenthalcr Linotype. at 2i3.
3 at 214a4.
Commercial National Bank. at 1870. at 1919.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. As 81 900 at S3ls,
$500 at ST. $500 at 81.
Washington Rwy. and Flee. CON-. 90 at 31l2.
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IN ENGLAND
Continued from First Page.)

prisoners is concerned. also was COM
pleted today. and the papers from the
legal department of the government
turned over to Sergt. Mitchell, who will
sail for Quebec tomorrow on the
steamer Lake Manitoba.
The evidence which will be laid be-
fore the Canadian judge is an elabora-
ton of that taken at the inquest. but
it does not include the report of Prof.
Pepper. the home Office expert who
made the analytical examination of the
dismembered body. This omission is
significant, as Pepper is depended upon
to determine the sex of the victim
and. if possible. to clinch the identiti-
cation of the parts as having belonged
to the body of Belle Gilmore. 1t is ex-
planned that the professors report is
not yet complete.
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Sufficient for Extradition.

The evidence, however, does include the
testimony of DR.. Marshall the divisional
surgeon of police, who at the inquest
swore that it was human flesh that was
unearthed in the Crippen cellar. Added
to this are circumstantial accounts of
Belle Elmore's disappearance and of DIR.
Crippens flight. In the opinion of the
authorities this testimony constitutes
prima facie evidence sufficient to secure
eXtradition. and they are confident that it
will be held sufficient by the courts of the
Dominion.
Sergt. Mitchell will be acco~~ panied to
Quebec by two mattresses, " 10 will take
charge of Miss Leneve.
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il i'm a coffin, dressed in black and ship
ped il as a corpse. When the journeys
end was reached the guard asked sympa-
thetically, 'Relative?
Yes replied the merchant
We'll, he sure is dead, amt he. sir?'
: Crippea hawhawed and Kendall got his
look.
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A. 7. Co. Declares Dividend.

NEW YORK. August 3.-The directors
of The American Tobacco Company at a
meeting today voted a quarterly dividend
Of .ls.per cent and an extra dividend of
se<cent on the common stock
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Rar silver steady. 2il2d per ounce.
Money. Ialh per cent.
The rate of discount IN tue open market for
short bills Is . I-i6a2S per cent
The rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills is 2i<a2i4 per cent.
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Made Sure She Was a Girl.

These messages had to be relayed
back by the steamer Sandman, we hav-
| ing passed the wireless zone OF our own
vessel 1 received no reply to these, owing
| to the afct, l suppose, that we were out of
| reach of both land and sea stations.
4 watched the pair daily from my
portfolio. l have already told you sub
stantially what | saw. AS a matter of
fact, l saw more than Scotland Yard
they thought one was looking: but
was not absolutely certain and de
cided that / must have them watched in
their stateroom I make sure that, Le-
neve was girl. The chief engineer,
Mr.. Vine, and myself rugged up a sling,
and / was to go over the ships side on
a rope to have a look through the port
hole that night. Before they had turned
in, however, l was SO sure that it was
not necessary.
when the Montrose got near the gulf
/ began to receive wireless messages,
among others one from Dew. | replied
that 1 now fully identified Crippen and
the girl from photographs which appeared
in the Daily Mail and from actions aboard
ship. He replied that he would wire
again. l didn't hear from him. and there
fore sent him word how he was to act
in making the arrest Four hours from
Father Point Dew replied, Everything
arranged as you advise and his coming
aboard disguised as pilot was the re-
suit The Canadian ensign at the main
mast head was to be the signal to the
newspapers that it was all right.
Woman Throws Poison Into Sea.
Now, as TO the actual arrest. AL
though no newspaper men were aboard
the Montrose, they got the facts practi-
cally correct Dew came on and went
straight TO my cabin. where from port
hole pointed out Robinson walking with
the ships surgeon as the man 1 sus-
pecteG.
Dew said You're right Mccarthy
and Denis were then instructed to bring
him into my cabin. Dew took off his pi-
lots cap, shook hands with him and said.
from Scotland Yard, and | arrest you!'
He was placed on the settee in my cabin,
handcuffed. We proceeded below to the
captains cabin. Crippen was polite.
lie Neve was sitting on the settee,
deathly pale, reading magazine. When
she had been arrested we returned to my
cabin and read the warrant to Crippen,
who was twitching in face and body
frightfully. After the arrest both were
searched and women's clothes provided.
Miss lie Neve threw package out OF the
portfolio of her cabin. l do not know, but
think it was poison, same as the doctor
had
During the voyage Kendall told Crippen
a funny story to make him laugh so that
he would open his mouth to give him a
look at his teeth to see whether they were
false or not. Here's the story:
"A merchant in London had shipment
of imburger cheese which he wanted to
send 10 Scotland. The smell was so bad
that no one would take it, Finally he put
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Romeo Bennett, son of Circuit Judge
W r Bennett, was acquitted at Fay
etteville, w. Va. Monday of the charge
of numbering Robert Bradford Bradford,
r. was alleged. attacked young Bennett
on a highway and fired four shots at him.
Bennett pleaded self-defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-03

He-So you finished the novel l brought
YOU. How did it come out?"
She-The author must have had pull;
| can't see any other way.-Boston Tran
script.
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Council Sustains Mayors OBJ
jections to Measures.
TO ENTERTAIN FIREMEN
Sum of $500 Voted-General Com
mittee on Convention to Meet
Friday Evening.
TO ENTERTAIN Fl.
Special Correspondence of The Star. :

l
ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 3. 1910.
evening, sustained Mayor Paff's objec-
tions to several measures passed at a
special meeting Thursday night last.
| Afterward council transacted over again
the business done at the last session, with
one exception, in order to make the mat
tiers legal.
| The sum of $500 was appropriated for
the local committee of fremen to assist
them in entertaining the delegates who
will attend the state convention to be
held in this city August 24-26 next
The matter of an appropriation of $500
to lay a sewer in the alley bounded by
King, Cameron. Henry and Fayette
streets, provided the property owners
pay into the city treasury the sum of S1O5.
was referred to the street committee
| Permission was granted John McCuen
to inclose a porch in the rear of his
residence on King street. p. Nick
Baldwin also was granted permission
to erect summer kitchen in the rear
of POS South ST Asaph street Twelve
members of the council were present
James Cohen. colored, was arraigned
| in the police court this morning to
answer charge of cutting Logan
Smith. The men had trouble on the
wharf early yesterday afternoon prior
| to the departure of an excursion steam
er. The evidence was to the effect
that it was brought about over a bill
of - cents which Cohen claimed Smith
owed him for drinks Cohen was fined
| so. Smith was acquitted. as was also
Edward Cogswell. colored, arrested at
the same time.
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Budget Finally Adopted.

Premier Asquiths cabinet having been
sustained at the elections, although the
governments majority was so greatly re-
duced as to make them dependent upon
the support of the Irish members, the
budget was adopted without extended fur
Their discussion, and under the influence of
the kings death both parties were in
clined to seek a friendly adj 1tment OF
the dispute over the lords power of veto.
rather than precipitate new elections
while the nation was still mourning It's
monarch'S death.
Friendlier feelings of the parties were
noticeable in the discussion of the bill
modifying the kings accession declara-
ton, the old-time phrases against the Ro-
man Catholic doctrine, inherited from an
age of religious bigotry, being eliminated
and the declaration being made acceptable
to all the kings subjects. non-conform-
lists as we'll as Roman Catholics.
The woman suffrage BILL VIII i, after
preliminary discussion, was buried in
committee of the whole, and other con-
tested measures were deferred until the
autumn meeting of parliament.
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PARLIAMENT RESTS
Adjournment Is Taken Until
November IS.
CONFERENCES TO GO ON
Compromise Between Lords and Com
mons May Be Effected.
SESSION AN IMPORTANT ONE
It's Biggest Task Was the Adoption
of Chancellor Lloyd-George's
Contested Budget.
SESSION AN IMPORTANT ONE

LONDON, August 3.-Parliament adj
journed today until November 10. Dur
ing the recess the conferences between
the leaders trying to settle the consti-
tutional differences of the house of lords
and the house of commons will be con-
tinued and the expectation is entertained
that a compromise may be reached and
possibly announced upon the reassembling
Of parliament.
Several of the points in dispute have
been adjusted. and Premier Asquith, in
statement to the commons, reported
that discussions had SO advanced during
twelve meetings as to render 1t, in the
opinion of all the conferees, not only
desirable but necessary that they should
continue.
The most important work of the new
parliament, whose sittings were inter-
rupted for time by the death OF King
Edward, has been the adoption of Chan
celor Lloyd-George's contested budget,
the struggle over which during the pre-
cedng parliament brought the long
standing controversy between the COM
mons and the lords to a head and caused
the dissolution of parliament and new
elections