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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
WEATHER
Cloudy and Colder Tonight; Sunday
Fair and Moderately Cold.

| For the District of Columbia. cloudy
\ and colder tonight. Sunday fair and
night. 70 degrees; moderate westerly
| winds.
| The western storm area now covers
| the Atlantic states, and during the last
twentyfour hours it caused general pre-
cipitation over all districts from the Mis-
sissippi river to the Atlantic coast. 1t
has been followed by change to colder
weather in the gulf states. the Mississippi
and Ohio valleys and the lake region.
The weather is decidedly colder in the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys. and tenn
peratures are below zero in northeastern
Iowa. Minnesota, eastern North Dakota
and northwestern Wisconsin.
Another storm area has appeared in
the northwest and has caused local
SHOWS in the northern Rocky mountain
region. and rains in the north Pacific
states.
The storm that is now over the Atlantic
states will move eastward. and cause rain
or snow this afternoon and tonight i'm the
interior of eastern New York. northern
Pennsylvania. the New England states
and on the Virginia and North Carolina
coasts. Shows are also probable during
the next thirty-siX hours in the lake re-
gion. and the weather will become I'M
settled Sunday in the Ohio and lower
Mississippi valleys. In the middle Allan
tic states. except on the coast, and in the
south Atlantic states. the weather will
be generally fair tonight and Sunday.
The weather will lie colder in the At
lantic states. the upper Ohio valley and
the lake region tonight. and in the New
England states and on the middle At
lantic coast Sunday. Frost will occur
tonight as far south as northern Florida.
Cold wave warnings are displayed on
the Georgia and South Carolina coasts
and storm warnings on the New England
coast.
The winds along the New England
coast will be brisk and high southerly
shifting to westerly and diminishing to-
night: on the middle and south Atlantic
coasts moderate west and northwest: on
the east gulf coast moderate northwest
erly. becoming southerly over western
portion.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk and high south and
west winds. and rain to the Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation lin
incheS) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Scranton, 1.04
Tide Tables.
TOday-LOw tide. S:54 am. and 9:33
pm: high tide. Odd am. and 2:49 pm.
TOmOrrow-LOw tide, 9:44 am. and 10:22S
pm; high tide. 800 I'm. and $40 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 7:17 am: sun sets,
4 "A pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:17 am.
Moon rises 1912 am tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, December "a. -
Wheat-Firm: spot contract HA spot No.
= red western. 561e: December. 36A; Jan
uary. 96a4 February, 9SA; steamer No. =
red. 9214 receipts, :',SiS bushels.
Corn-Steady: spot contract, new, JOl2
year. :WEa:Dh: February. 3aAaJ01.
March. 5O7sa51is; April. 517s; steamer mix
ed, 10; receipts. lO6.5iO bushels; exports,
80 bushels: southern white corn, 80;
southern yellow corn. 30.
Oats-Quiet; No. white, 3Sa.3SH; stand
ard white. 3734a3S: No. 3 white, 3712a37A
Rye-Steady: No. western domestic,
SGaS9: receipts. 3,299 bushels.
Hay-Quiet: unchanged.
Grain freights-Dull; unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher
E.GGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia. 81:
west Virginia and southwest Virginia.
34a3J; Tennessee, 34a3J.
BUTTER-Creamery. fancy, 50; western
firsts. 31a:;1k; seconds, 20a291a: process.
fancy, 21a2IG.
CHEESE.-New York state factory,
new, large, 16a11.
observation-disclosures. spring. per h..
1la12: hens. per lb, II; ROSTERS, h.. 8;
turkeys, lb.. 1Sa1J; ducks, per h., liza
10; geese, per h.. 1Oa13.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Hens, choice
per H.. 12a13: ROSTERS. per h., 10;
springers. 14a15; ducks, per h., 16: geese,
per H., l3a14: turkeys. per h.. plaza.
VEG ETABLES.-Potatoes, No ], per
bu,. 5oa115. per Dbl. 1.25a175; No. ,
bbl.. 15al-OO; sweets. per Dbl. 1.5Oa2 co.:
dollhouse. ?Oa1.uO per doz: onions. SOa35
per bu., Brussels sprouts. ptr qt.. 121.al7;
cabbage. per h.. ~: kale, per bbl.
:ka1:oJ: eggplant 4.Na6oo per crate;
squash. per Dbl. 1.Ooal25; strins beans
per basket. 4.COa7.UO; lettuce. per bas-
het, 25Oaa.JO; caulifiower, per bbi,.
21Oa4.JO; tomatoes, home grown, per
box. 2.Ooa5.Oo: celery. per crate. o25a
p; doz. 4Oa63; turnips. per box, :,5atU:
100 punches. 1.5Oa3.OO. Spinach. per Dbl.
2OOa2.7 pop corn, per h.. &c.
GREEN FRCITS.-Apples, per Dbl. 80
AZ 10: oranges, California, per box. 2. OOa
3.oo: Florida. 2.25a3oO: lemons, per box.
4.tOa4JO: tanserines. per box, 2OOa5 90:
grape fruit. per crate. 2,5Oa35O: pine
apples, per crate, 1.1Ja2 30; GRAPES
Malaga, kes. 4.5Oa7.OO: pears, fancy Keif.
er, per box. 1.2oal.oO; cranberries, per
box, 1.7Ja3.0O; per bbl.. 3oUa1O.5O.
HAY AND sTRAW.-Hay. western, No.
I. D.5Oa2JO0: No 2, 1S.5Oal9uU; mixed
IL GU; straw. rye. machine thrash. COCA
100: straw. wheat. per ton, J.JOaG CO.:
straw, oa., per ton. 65Oa7.OO.
DRESSED MEATS.-Hoss. small neat,
1Oa lO1a; hogs. medium. 9a312; hogs, large.
sag; hams, country. cured. 1Sa22
LIVE STOCK.-Hoss. per cwt.. gross.
7.5OasOO: sheep. per h.. 3a3h: lambs,
snring. per H.. olsa6; calves. choice. per
H., 3EalU, medium. per h.. Ska0.
GAME.-Rabbts, per doz.. 1.75ao. 90;
quail, per doz.. fC0a425; pheasants, each.
l.2Jal 80; woodcock. each, 80 to 40 SOUR
rels to 10.
GRAIN.-Wheat, new, per bu.. S5a95;
corn, shelleo. old. per bu., 59a6O: new,
5Ja59: new ear. per bbl.. 2.13a3O0: old,
3.oJa4 90; oats. western white. No. y. per
bu, 42a46: oats. mixed. per bu., 39a45;
oran, per ton. 100: middlins. per ton.
300
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool, washed,
free Of burrs. per h., -: wool. unwashed
per h.. 23; hides. green, per h.. 8: hides,
dry. per h., l2a14: green sailed, per lb.,
.: calfskin. green. each. 1.25a1.5O
SEEDS.-Red clover. per bu. 9.2oa9 -:
alsike. clover. per bu., 975a1Oo5: white
clover. per bu.. 15.O0als.OO; timothy.
per bu., 4.25a4.SO: blue grass. per bu.,
:Wa3.5O: orchard grass. per bu.. 2OOa
24O; redtop grass. per h.. 13ka17 al
falfa, per bu., 1OOOa13.5O
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Touch.
From the New York Times.


1t is reported that one newspaper pub
Usher in a New England city is suing
another for libel on the ground that the
defendant journal did. willfully and with
malice. allude to the plaintiff as the
Evening Touch. The ground is perfectly
comprehensive, and the libel will doubt
less lie. if malice with intent can be
proved. and a jury can be found to be-
lieve the plaintiff has suffered in repute
from the application Of an epithet so OPP
probrious. Everybody knows this mean
ing of the noun touch Many years
ago the verb Ito touch was perverted to
mean to obtain money. and latterly it
honestly. A touch" more often than
not. means something worse than bor-
rowing S. to help one through the week.
The dictionaries. however. which rec
noun. have. thus far. ignored this Popu-
lar use Of the word. Touch. with the
lexicographers means the act or fact OF
coming in contact. one of the five senses,
pen to heighten an effect. light attack
Of certain maladies. a stroke. trace:
and they also recognize the technical use
Of the word nautically, In music. in medi-
cine. and In the game Of foot ball The
poets. and especially the Elizabethans.
are very fond Of the noun touch. Shake
speare sometimes uses 1t curiously. but
his meaning Is generally plain. The
inly touch of love- is In The Two Cen
tlemen of Verona and touch OF
bashfulness' is mentioned in "A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream while Orsino In
Twelfth Night" notes "a touch Of mod
esty'' in his page. Cesario. which does
not signify that Viola in disguise has q
make-believe boy is. in fact. modest
Touches Of sweet harmony" charm tho
lovers in 1.-The Merchant OF Venice" and
the exiled duke in 'As You Like It. finds
some lively touches of my daughters
favor in the youth. Ganymede. When
Gloster in Richard Ill., says to his
mother Il have touch Of your condi-
tion." he means he has the same kind
Of q bad temper as she has. Coriolanus
speaks OF his friends of noble touch
and We get his meaning easily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
Mr.. Berry and the Weather Bureau
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 The Editor OF The star
In The Sunday Star OF December Is,
1910 appeared the following:
"NEW YORK. December Il. 1910
Willis l.. Moore, chief of the United
York on personal business. denied today
the charges of 'mismanagement, extrav-
aSance and irregularities in his depart
ment- made by James Berry. a former
emplOye, yesterday in Washington. Mr.
Moore said: No one familiar with this
affair will take the charges seriously
There is no shadow Of truth i'm them For
good and sufficient reasons I relieved
James Berry from charge of an i'm
word of mouth to my knowledge did he
ever discover anything wrong with nv
administration of the weather bureau
until displaced him."
Mr.. Berry was never relieved nor dis
placed. Until the day his resignation was
accepted he discharged the duties of chief
of division. as for seventeen years preyi-
ously. Not only did he discover much
that was wrong, but his letter of resie-
nation contained a serious reflection upon
Mr.. Moore. The following letter from
Moore's statement that 1 was displa ced is
not correct:
". s. Department Of Agriculture,
"Office of the Secretary
washington. d. c.. September o. 1910.
THE resignation of Mr.. James Berry of
the state OF Maryland. a chief of the dis
fributing division of the weather bureau.
is hereby accepted.
(Signed) JAMES WILSON
Secretary of Agriculture"
JAMES BERRY.
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Chicago Cattle Market.

CHICAGO. December 24.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts estimated at 300: market steady;
beeves 4.5Oa7.25; Texas steers. 4.1Oaj.2j;
western steers. 4.S0aj.30; stOckers and
feeders. 4. 4Ga:J.7I: cows and heifers, 240a
615; calves, 715a9.35.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at 1900;
market slow at yesterdays average;
light. 7.JOa7.90: mixed. 7.55a1.9O: heavy.
1.5Oa7. so; rough. 7.5Oa7.63: good to choice
heavy. 1:C5a7.D: pigs. 7.lOa7.S5; bulk OF
sales, 7.7Ca7.SJ
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 1850: mar
ket steady: native, 2.4Ga41J; western.
:. 15a4. 10: yearlings. 4.J1a56O; lambs, ma
tive, 4.2Ja6.25; western, 4.75a625.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24

F., to Irene A. Mattingly, part original
lot 6, square 1919: so.
SOUTH PINEHURST-South Pinehurst
Company to John S. Biggs, lots s. .
and 10. square 2O1S: 500.
PADSWORTH-Charle s. Salin ct ux. to
Daniel J. Liz. lot so. square 1924: $40.
Daniel j. Lix to Florence X. Salin,
same property: so.
CENTER ECKINGTON-Leland L. va
ger to. Clark L. wager. lot 8. square
GIG EAST CAPITOL STREET NORTH
EAST-Thomas w. Smith ct ux. to
Lloyd Rinehart, original lot and
NORTH CAPITOL STREET AND MAS
SACHUSETTS AVENUE NORTH
WEST-Marie c. Grieb to the Coca
Cola Company. lots 1 and ~. square
625; So
o STREET NORTHWEST between 18th
and 18th streets-Luke B. Woodward
to Barbara M. Graf, lot IS. square
1871: SO.
wHITTINGHAM AND EAST DEAN
L. Baker. half interest in lot o.
Whittingham. and lot 81, block II,
East Deanwood: $40.
2241 CLEVELAND PLACE NORTH
WESr-Melien p Knight to Edith
CENTER ECKINGTON-Clark L. Yager
to Edward L. Mills. lot 5. block is:
$40
c STREET NORTHWEST between Sd
and Az streets-American Security
and Trust Company to Jacob A. Jones'
part lot 30. reservation IS; SO. Jacob
A. Jones conveys same property to
Cora f. Muse; $40.
NOS. 202 AND 204 nth STREET
SOCTHEASTCora E. Muse to Jacob
A. Jones, lots 81 and 30. square $50;
$40.
LONG MEADOWS-August P. Powell ct
ux. to Tillie A. Baxter, lot 2lO. block
81; $40.
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Treasury Statement.

At the beginning of business today the
condition OF the United States Treasury
was: Working balance in treasury Of
fees. $33,O13. 100: in banks and Philippine
treasury, $33.056.Sl5; the total balances
in general fund was $S4. 467 1913; ordinary
receipts yesterday We're $1.S6l ,:,!J, with
disbursements of $1S16.34S The deficit
to date this fiscal year is IS. 146. 1913. as
against $27.611 .66S at this time last year.
These figures exclude Panama canal and
public debt transactions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
NEW YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK. December 24-The state
ment or clearing house banks for the
800 more than the requirements Of the y,
per cent reserve rule. This is an in
crease of $3.16S.3oO in the proportionate
cash reserve as compared with last week
The statement follows:
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lts-Dull; unchanged.
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. December 24.-CIosing-
winter. Is led; futures easy; Decem.
Der, Us 91.d; March. Us Had; May. It's
11&d.
Corn-Spot quiet; American mixed, Us
Sd: futures easy; January, As Cd; Febru-
airy, As 224d.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, December 24.-BulliOn amount
ing TO G2OGp0 was taken into the Bank of
England today and E19l 900 was with
drawn for shipment to Egypt.
PARIS, December 24.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes, ~ francs 171a confines
for the account. Exchange on London, ii
francs PSI, centimeS for checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
Band Braves Danger.

Twice members of the little band parad-
cd around the floor. taking their lives in
their hands at every oom-pah. After
the second round they lined up on the
Broad street side of the exchange and
attempted 10 give baZoO soil but didn't
get away with them. Then Eddie Van
Antwerp dressed as Santa Claus. gave
out presents
The significance CT the presents-dolls
an! thlngs-which Santa gave to the
brokers was held more or less sacred.
But il was noticed that a group of brok-
keTS each got teddy bear. The group
was made up of young men. who, dur
ing that awful 90 year waited for the
colonel 10 make the speech and therefore
promptly sold short. and, who this year
cleaned up some more by doing the same
thing just as the colonel stepped OFF
the platform at OsEawatOmie-
The floor permitted the band TO escape
after that and go to upper floors - I'M
decorate. Then. with the right resting
on the junction of William street and
South William street, brokers marched
onward through the cocktail catacombs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
JON. December "a. Il pm.

There's a wealth of good Christmas
reading in the Special Features Section
of the Sunday Star tomorrow-and most
of it concerns Christmas here in your own
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
District.

The Commissioners decided to ask Con-
gress for an emergency appropriation of
$1,000 20 continue the disinfecting work
now necessary. a bill to compel the
cleaning of sidewalks of snow and ice
was reported to the Senate. James F..
Oyster was elected president of the board
of education. George NJ. Sternberg was
elected president of the board of visitors
of the Government Hospital for the In
sane. The board of directors of the
Board of Trade elected William John Ely
non secretary. Alfred Stewart. colored
was sentenced to fifteen years in the
penitentiary for snatching purse from a
woman. J. Bailey Knott and his brother,
Benjamin II. Knott, charged with black
mailing Charles Rosenthal, were released
from Jail on bond of $1,000: Mrs. Flossie
Knott and Albert Armstrong were re-
turned to Jail for lack of bail Among
those who died were Senior Don Anibal
Cruz Chilean minister to the United
States; DR.. Carl Augustus Won Hartleben,
Louis f. w. Weber and Armat Stoddart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, December 4-American Sc
curities were nOminally unchanged on the
stock exchange here today.
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DULL MARKET WEEK,
PRICE LEVEL LOWER
General Business Conditions
Remain Unchanged, With
Conservatism Prevailing.

NEW YORK. December 24-Business in
the stock market this week was charac
terized by its narrowness and uncertain
price movements. Its purely professional
character and the extremely small volume
of operations call for little comment. Net
price changes We're unmportant for the
most part, but losses predominated. and
the tone toward the end was heavy.
There was some slackening in the de-
mand for bonds. but the outlook in that
market rs encouraging on the whole.
General conditions so far as they have
to do with the industrial and commercial
development of the country are practi-
cally unaltered. Further contraction is
shown in the steel and iron industry. This
movement has spread. and now affects
copper and allied lines.
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Wholesale Lines Conservative.

Mercantile business, more particularly
the retail trade, shows the natural inn
provement due to the holidays. but in
wholesale lines caution and conservatism
prevail.
Money is now abundant at this center
and financial institutions are buying
freely of commercial paper at reduced
discounts.
Railroad rates in numerous instances
continue to show reduced earnings, and
retrenchment in expenditures is likely to
hold pending REIMBURSEMENT of freight
rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24

Superior tailoring for men. Owen, 1894 H.
--Advt.
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An Innovation, This.

a few hats which had survived the fore
neon and after luncheon hours now were
getting theirs. Through the footballs and
the sudden clouds of confetti came the
roar which is the stock exchange One
particularly violent swirl of humans in
tent upon smashing the hat of young
man in gray suit was twisting around
the center of the floor like a dust storm
in the great desert when into the sacred
est of sacred spots in the exchange-the
tiny balcony which is the chairman
very own-"Where never skirt came be-
fore, explained one of the telephone
clerks-entered a girl with an aigrette and
a girl with a broad white wing on her hat
and still another girl with a flare of scar
let velvet across her hat.
The dust storm halted. AS one man
the storm forgot the muSSed-up gray suit
whose hat 1t was smashing and charged
toward the chairmans select balcony
Just big enough TO hold the three girls
and gray-garbed messenger who had led
the favored guests into it. And long and
loud did the New York Stock Exchange
gather under that bit of balcony and
cheer the three embarrassed young wOm-
who had lust entered it
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Christmas Dots Small-NoP

The Christmas bonuses Of the telephone
clerks and other employees had to be cut
down this year in the stock exchange
Some poor clerks in a few cases had to
be content with measly 500 Christmas
tip from the boss. so it was learned yes
terday. Other employees sank to the
depths of giving their favorite only-you
won't believe it, but it's true-S7J to
worry along with over the holidays
1t was arranged that the band was to
parade out upon the floor at 3 o'clock yes
terday. the end of the stock EXCHANGES
business day. But the band was impa-
tient- The galleries had been thrown
open and over the rails leaned a solid
row of girls and back of these were rows
Of men two ard three deep
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Naval Movements.

The Ellcano has arrived at Manila,
the Marietta at Kingston. Jamaica; the
Vicksburg. West Virginia, MARYLAND,
South Dakota, California. Colorado and
Pennsylvania at San Francisco. the
Lebanon at New York, the Eagle at San
Juan and the Potomac at Guantanamo.
The PatapscO has sailed from Norfolk
for New York. the Des Moines from
Gibraltar for Las Palmas, and the Salem
from Boston for Hampton roads.
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FORGET TICKER TAPE
Wall Street Brokers Have Day
of HiIarity.
BULLS AND BEARS MINGLE
Foot Balls and Base Balls Play an
Important Part.
BAND ON EXCHANGE FLOOR
Dealers in Finance Ignore Adverse
Balances of the Year and
Momus Rules.
BULLS AND BEARS MINGLE
BAND ON EXCHANGE FLOOR

NEW YORK. December 24.-It hash
been a perfectly good year. to put it
mildly. for the brokers. but when Wall
street came north late yesterday after
noon by way of the underground cock
tail route TO go home and rest during
the Christmas congo the brokers were
happy and satisfied. On the floor or the
exchange all day about fifty foot balls
had been tossed on high steadily, bounc-
ing down TO interrupt business. For the
first time in the history of the exchange
a piano was brought on the sacred floor
itself-ahout noon-to be pounded thence
forth Cav paper base balls. so fimsily
covered that they broke when they hit
one. were tossed across the floor to strike
and break ard scatter showers of con-
fetti.
The streamers of ticker tape. which
signify sorrow at times. but which at
other times are the expression of all that
is joyous deep down in the skyscraper
canoRs, fioated from the balconies down
10 the hat-Smashing howlers below.
Alleged Music Feature.
For the first time a brass band, so
called made up of brokers in gay uni
forms. had paraded around the floor also.
out i'll the middle of the fioor-and this
before the :: o'clock gong had sounded
the end of the business day-Garry the
Tumbler, who runs elevator in the
stock exchange. was walking on his
hands Actually there were two mounted
policemen riding across the floor to make
way through the uproar for the drum
major and his brass land with the red
Plumes. And the balconies teemed with
folks, and all the walls were decorated
with garlands of holly and girls
1t was some day.
From the little that could be learned
during the uproar it was gathered that
the especial celebration of the street was
the result not of good year. but despite
the fact that il has been a bad year.
Even the downcast curb brokers out in
Broad street had caught the feel of the
season. They forgot their troubles so
much yesterday that they rode one of
their number up and down Broad street
in a wheelbarrOw. They were decorated
for the day in jockey caps of the holiday
coiOrS, vivid green and more vivid scarlet.
And. though financially they felt down
and out, the curb brokers raised a purse
of almost S1,C0O to distribute among their
messengers. Last year the purse-with
- per cent more to contribute-waS only
1,lCO. Not bad, when you stop to think