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SUMMARY OF
THE MARKETS

New York stocks and coppers
lower.
Cotton market rather hrmer.
Local stock markets quiet.
Silver declined slightly.
New York, sterling and HOngkonE
exchange lower.
Grain exchange to adjourn over
Friday.
Another decline in wheat.
Barley and oats weak and dull.
Hay, beans and feedstuffs un-
changed.
General advance In hams. bacon,
lard and barrelcd meats.
Many contracts for hops being
drawn.
Cattle prices advanced slightly.
Butter lower, eggs flrm and cheese
quiet.
Asparagus coming In freely.
Potatoes and onions weaker.
Fresh fruits more active.
Poultry slow and plentiful.
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Poultry and Game

No more western poultry came In yesterday,
but the market was amply supplied with what
was previously received and the stock
ing slowly. Prices for local poultry were steady
to firm continued light arrivals There were
no changes in game
Poultry (per dozenl-Hens, S.. SOFAS for small
Sc. 50G7 80 for large and SSQl0 for extra: young
ROSTERS, SSd9; do extra large, S9.506I1; old
ROSTERS S5G6; fryers. S6.j0@7. so; broilers IS
as for large and S4@5 for small; ducks nomi-
nal: pigeons. $1.I5@2; squads. $3.50@4; geese.
81. J0Q3 per pair
geese. 75c@$1.25; brant, $1.50@25O; hare. 81. so
az; rabbits 81. 80.
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Condition Of the Tre..ur,

WASHINGTON. March 23.-The condition NJ
the treasury at the beginning of business todsy
vas va es as follows: Trust funds-Gold coin. ss54
lars of 1890. So. sos 900; silver certificates ont
standing. s4s9. .7s9, oo0- General fund--Standard
silver dollars in general fund. 81. ora, ,ge2: cur
treasury Offices, S22.S 1876; in banks to credit
of treasurer of the United States, S35 463 9sS:
subsidiary silver coin S21 $40 ,037; minor coin
81 i02 .SS5; total balance in general fund.- ss2.-
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Flour aud Farinaceous Goods

Flour-California family extras, s6.6oGT net
without discount; bakers extras. S5.60GT: su-
perhDe. S5.40@5.70; Oregon and Washington. per
bbl 50 for family. bakers and patents and
s5-25@5.50 for cut OF; Kansas patents, s6.5Oa
6:I5: do straight. s6-30@6.55; Dakota patents.
$I.25; do straights. 81. do clear, $3.50 per bbl-
Farinaceous Goods-Prices in 100 10 sacks. net
cash. no discount, are follows: Graham -four.
$40 per loo lbs: rye -four. $3.50; rye meal,
$3.50, rice -four. $6; meal. So: extra cream
do. $3.50; oat meal s420: oat groats. $40:
fariua, $42o; honiiny. IS: buckwheat Hour.
81. 80: whole wheat dour. So 40; rolled oats. bbls,
IS 50@7; in sacks. s4.2006-50; extra cream do,
$3.50 in sacks and 81 in barrels: rolled wheat.
barrels IS, in sacks S. -6064-50; pearl barley.
$3.50; split peas. boxes. s5-4o for yellow and
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Northern Wheat Market

TACOMA, March 23.-Whest-MiIlng: Blue
stem Si09: club 99c. Export: Bluestem. Sill
@1.15; club, S1.04; red Russian. S1.O2.
SEATTLE, March 23.--Millng: Bluestem
SLOT; club. 81; hfe, 81; red Russian 9Sc Ex-
port: Bluestem, 81 04: club. 9Ic; 6fe, 9Tc: red
Russian, 9Jc. Yesterdays car receipts: Wheat
IA cars; oats cars: barley. 1 car.
OREGON
PORTLAND. March 23.-Wheat-Track prices
Club. $1M1.0I: blucstem. 81 .oSn .09: red Rus
sian. 99c; turkey red, $1.Oldl.02; forty fold
S1.O2: valley. 81 o.
Car receipts: Wheat. IA cars: oats, . cars.
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Now York Curb Stocks
Boston Copper Stocks

BOSTON. March 23.-The copper shares mar
ket opened with generally firm tone, with
continued strength in Butte Coalition, which
sold up to 26s4. A break in CRANKY OF IS
points to 65 was the means OF unsettling the
entire list. a result OF which numerous severe
declines have taken place. There is news
whatever to account for the drop in CRANKY
and unable TO get any information II.
Lake sold down TO "a North Butte to
3sa, Indiana to 3s,, North Lake TO % and
Quincy lost point. Allouez was also weaker
at a.. Other departments of the market
showing slightly easier tone, but feature
less.
The market showed further signs Of liquidation
sll around. General feeling among brokers is
bearish.
There is rumor that selling comes from
Guggenheim sources and that the dividend
Cranky is going to be passed.
The Nipissing mines company has declared the
usual quarterly dividend Of per cent and
extra dividend Of 2h per cent, payable April
20. stock Of record March 81. Books close
March 81 and reopen April Is.
The following list is furnished by Z. F. Hut
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Los Angeles OIL Stocks
Special Di,potch 10 The Call

Los ANGELES, March 23.--Trading in oil
stocks was dull on the stock exchange today
California Midway was the heaviest seller
The stock opened at 20 cents later declined to
50 cents and closed at 69h cents bid, with no
stock offered.
0eum development company stock was bearish
today. The stock sold down from 12ss cents to
i1s4 cents share. 1t closed weak at IL cents
bid with stock offered.
Associated oil sold Mt $40 for so shares. The
stock closed at S4ss71a bid and offered at
s4a.t2ia This Is quarter of point below the
bid price Of Yesterday
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Railway Declare. Diyssepd

PHILADELPHIA. March 23.-The board Of
directors Of the Pittsburg, Chicago Cincinnati
and st. Louis railroad company today declared a
quarterly dividend of u per cent on the com
mon and preferred stock. Last years rate on
the common stock was per cent. The dividend
on the preferred stock was unchanged.
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New York Money M.rk.t

NEW YORK. March 23-Money ON call
Steady. 2Ad3 per cent; ruling rate 25s Der
cent; closing bid. "a per cent; offered at 3 ner
- = Pet
Time loans. very soft and dull so DAYS. 3sl n
= per cent; 20 days, per cent months. Ia
Al per cent. ~"
Prime mercantile paper. 4s05 per cent.
Sterilng exchange, easier. with actual busi-
ness IN bankers bills at 81. s4.s3s5@4s4 for 80 day
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Egg Market in Nearby Counties

PETALUAiA March 23.-The same prices pre-
vailed today as the day previous after receipt OF
quotations from the San Francisco dairy eX-
change. 21e and 205c being paid today. The
feed conditions are improving poultry ranches
Natural green feed is plentiful. Grains remain
high in price.
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Cash Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO. March 23.-Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour, easy. No. 2 rye. 1914 dI9ts tie.
Feed mixing barley, 53@57c; fair 10 choice
mailing. 6O@6Sc. 'Flaxseed. No. l southwestern.
1925; do No. / northwestern. S2.35. Mess pork.
per bbl, $26. .10@2625. Lard. per 100 lbs.
$14.25. Short ribs, sides leose), s13371a a
13.S7is. Short clear sides tboxedl S14@14.25.
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total clearances Of wheat and -four were equal
to $4,000 bushels. Primary receipts were 522, 600
bushels. compared with 4S1.0O0 bushels the cor
responding day year ago. Estimated receipts
for tomorrow: Wheat, 81 ears; corn, los cars;
oats, 100 cars: hogs, 10 900 head
DAILY MOXEMENT OF PR0nIiCE,
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New York Grain and Produce

NEW YORK March 23-Flour was firmly
held with quiet local trade. Receipts, -. 1Sj
barrels: shipments, 2,s57 barrels
Wheat-Spot, Arm; No. 2 red. s1.2j c. /. f.
and No. | northern, S1.2I 4. Q. b. opening navi-
cation. 0ptions--Wheat firm and higher on
buying By big commission houses and on con-
tnued absence OF rains in the southwest al
though reports of thunder storms in Kansas
caused a partial reaction later. and at the close
prices unchanged to &c net advance May
closed sf.23h, July closed SI11, September
closed Sll4. Receipts. 10 200 bushels
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Cheese-California fancy fats. 15i5c per lb.
firm; do hrsts, 15c. firm; do seconds. lie,
firm; fancy Young Americas. 1S12c, steady; do
frsts, 1sc, steady; fancy Oregon Young Ameri-
cas- 20c. firm. do nats. Ice, firm; Oregon storage
nats I91Sc Arm; New York fancy, zoe, firm;
Wisconsin singles. Ice. firm.
Eggs-CaifOrnia fresh, per dozen, cases in
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LOCAL MARKETS
Receipts of Produce March 2s
Provisions

IS Provisions
The market continues to climb and there Is
another general advance In hams, bacon pure
lard. cooking oils and barrelcd beef and pork
Every thing s up except compound lard.
Cottolene-0ne half bbl. l2%c: 2 half bbls
isse. se' 'slee' - : aelse'' iz'1s' , osrees
Hams and Bacon--The Western meat company
quotes as follows: Hams 201a @2iI5c: picnic
hams z15c; California, hams. i9ts @201ac; extra
to 10 lbs, 2sjac: 10 to II lbs, 2sise: sugar
cured. 24c; light dry salt bacon. 8 to 10 lbs.
21c; 10 to II lbs, 20l5c: medium bacon, l91hc:
light medium bacon, io1sc.
Lard-Tierces 11iac, SOS 1l34c, los 1S4c. 5s
1880. ss lstsc: compound lard. tierces 1ilsc.
sos II &c, los 12kc, 5s i2ssc, 3s 121ac; yellow
cooking oil. CO. iac per gal: white cooking oil
&c per gal; salad oil. CSC per gal
Beef-Local prices are quoted Export lots
higher Extra family beef. sie.5 so per Dbl fam
ily beef. $16.25 per bbl: extra mess beef, SIG
per bbl; smoked beef, 19c per H.
Pork-Extra prime, in barrels. SIS; clear $50:
mess; SIS; pig pork $34: pigs. feet: $50 for
Meat Market
Cattle are fracatiou higher. No further
change in the other meats
DRESSED MEATS
SlauShterers rates to dealers and butchers are
Beef-s@shc. per lb for steers. 5@7kc for
veaI-siz @siac for large and sm1oisc for
Mutton -wethers, 11@l2c; ewes. 1o011c per
Iame-12ssa1s1s for yearlings and 14a15c
Dressed PORK Igsz ,s2-,s.s @14s for light
The following quotations are for good. sound
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New York Produce

NEW YORK. March e3.-Hors-Dun.
HideS-Firm- -
PetrOleum-Steady- e
Wool-Steady. =.
Sngar-Raw. steady: muscovado 80 test. s. ssc1
centrifugal, % test. 4.36c: molasses sugar, -
test. 3.61c. Refined steady.
Coffee-Futures closed well. net unchanged -
points lower. Sales $500 bags. inciudins
5000 in the form OF switches. Closing BIDS
follow: March and April. 6.sOc; May. 69ecs
June. &c; July. 7.05c: August. september. octo-
Der and November T.10c; December. I.1Se; 1anJr
airy and February. T16c Spot, auiet: NO. hi1s
s 11-16dsAc: No. santos. 999Ae. Niids
quiet: Cordova. 9taN12Lc.
Butter-F1rm, unchanged
Cheese-Ffrm, unchanged -o
Eggs-FIrm Western seconds. q d22c.
DRIED FRUITS
Evaporated Apples-Quiet- Spot fancy lO1
10l6c; choice. Sis G9c; prime, 67s Gs1se' eour
mon to fair. 61t d615c.
Prunes-Steady. California mp to 30-4os. -
69Ec. Oregons 6M9c.
Apricots-Ouiet. Choice. 10S4 611c5 extra
choice II !. l12c; fancy. 12013c.
Peaches-Dull. Choice. 62U6zcs excrs
choice 81. a d7I.c: fancy. Ia 07stc-
Raisins-Inactive. Loose mnscatels. Sf. q
5a.c: choice TO fancy seeded. 5H6a4cs seedless,
3E@4%c; London layers. $i-l5Gl-20-
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Eastern Llve~tock Market

CHICAGO. March 23.-CsttIe-Receipts estf.
mated at $1,000: market strong. BeeveS s. 7,dl
SIS: Texas steers. s5d6.40: western steers ssh
a; stockers and feeders. s. 7376.75: cows and
heifers- s2-so0 I-15: calves. SS25d9.75.
Hogs-Receipts, estimated at 1f,OOO. markse
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Oil, Mining and Local Stocks
And Bonds Quiet and FeatureIess

bills and at s. S705 for demand.
Commercial bills, $4.e3ss @4s3
Bar silver. 1Hc-
Mexican dollars. &c.
Bonds-Governmcnts, steady; railroads, heavy
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:, N MdNNEAroLis ~ y, p March -Wheat.May.
hard. $1.14as @1.151s: No. / northern, $1.14H "a
l.1oss; No. 2 northern. s1.l2h. @1.15ss. No. 5
northern, s1.0Ih @1.11&
Corn-No. yellow, J5s. dJ6s@e.
0Ats--No. white, 4l641lsc.
Rye--No. 2. 69Z 673%c.
Flax-Closed at 50 34b
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Portland Butter Market

PORTLAND. March 23.-Butter-City and
ountry creamery extras 36c; fancy, 30@33c
tore, 20022c.
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THE OIL STOCKS

The oil stocks We're quieter yesterday and the
market was devoid OF feature. Monte Cristo.
though quiet, was irmer than on the preceding
day. selling at s3.75@3.95. S. W. & B. was
weak at I0@73c. Palmer was not materially
changed. There was report that this stock is
to be listed on the stock and bond exchange
CALIFORNIA STOCK AND OIL EXCHANGE
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1h,..ra nairr Producc Market

CHICAGO March 2;s.- Butter-Steady- Creau-
cries 26GS2c: dairies. go &c
E,oys- psceFnts 70 OiS cases: steady at mark
cases included. ITIsd Zoe; nrsts, 2oc; prime
6rsts. 2fc. .1..e,, -,
15S,I5isc. Young. Americas. 1jla G1Jstcs long
horns f667 f615c.
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Norfhern Bu.fne.s

PORTLAND, March 23.-Clearings, $1,5512 2Sl;
balances 1892, ,627.
TACOMA, March 2s.-Ciearinss $500, ,199; bal
ances. $1OSo55.
SEATTLE, March 2S.-Ciearings, $1,e19,5sS;
balances e225, ,061.
SPOKANE, March 2s.-Clearings, $s5oe0l;
balances $I6l 500
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Morning Session

% Associated Oil Co... AZ. %
so Associated Oil Co.. ..........4 4e. 90
80 Associated OIL Co, cash ... As. 90
10 California Wine Assn. ......... IS 90
10 City Electric Co ....-....... 55 90
40 Spring Valley Water Co. 40 .25
So, 600 Oakland Traction Con 5s...... 1915
So. 900 Oakland Traction Co 5s 92.75
81 600 Peoples Water Co $780,. 70O
5000 Spring Val Wat gen mtge As. 81 80
81 900 Spring Val Wat gen mtge As. 90 25
81 600 United of 4s. 1900
Afternoon Session
Board
10 Associated Oil Co....... 40 %
) California Wine Assn ........ 80 90
so City Electric Co ............. IS 90
81 900 Peoples Water Co IS. 1000
$4,000 S r LIST refdgs As. ........ sc. so
81 900 United of s r 4s:-........ 70 90
$4,000 Cal Power Co Con IS. 1895. 96 so
Street
$1,000 Associated Oil Co 5s..... o. rs
s.. 900 Oakland Transit 5s ........ 106. 90
$4,000 s r r LIST refdg A.. ....... $3.50
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FLOOD OF SELLING
ORDERS FROM HUB
Market Swamped and Traders
DemoraIized by Unexpected
Development
Action May Be Due to Pessimis-
tic Views or May Have Been
Planned by Spectators
New YorIs stock LIst

Z. J.. Hutton & Co. 400 California street,
members Of the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list OF bond and stock sales
yesterday
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S1.54; white Egyptian. s1.60@1-70; brown do,
81 .5o@ so per ctl.
Rye-Continues dull. Utah and California,
81 per ctl.
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Horses and Mules

The following quotations for horses and mules
are furnished by the Butchers and Stock Grow
ers Journal:
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London Closing Stocks

Money-2% d3 per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is 31s per cent and for three months
bills 3& d3 1915 per cent.
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|Hams, Bacon and Lard Advanced
Wheat Market Still Declining
Hay and Feed.tua-

$50 for green per 100 IDS.
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Mining stocks

Mining StOck0
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
COMSTOCKS
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Soo Could & 25l 100 Union 60. SS SS
400 N Gould & C 26i 400 Yellow jacket. 9S
Informal Session -
2oo Con Va M. sol 500 0phir .-.---,i. l. ~ ~
500 Exchequer 2Si 100 Overman ...-.l 10
200 Mexican IL 12Bl 800 Savage 40
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WATER
Marin Co :. so
GAS AND ELI
CITY El Co. 54E SO
n Cal Power 81 %
INSURAN,
Cal Ins Co. SO
Firemn's Fd.270 2s0
BANK
Am MI Bk. 135
Anglo & Lon. 150T f52
Bank of Cal.412h
Cent Trust. - 100
SAVING
Ger S & L. PISS
Hum s Blk .125 $50
Nut Saw Rk. 20
STREET Rail
California .125 135
POWDEF
Du Pmt pfd "a 30
Do com ..130
SUGAR
Hawaiian C. 40% AZ
Honokaa s c 22N IS
Hutch S P G 1874 19h
Kilauea 8 @. IL
OIL {
Anal Oil Co. 75
Asso Oil Co. 1914 50k
Sterling OIL 3H
MISCELLANl
Alaska Z A. S9ta 90ta
Cal F G A. -.1o1H -
Cal Wine A. 34l2 -
My& MtTm .102
n Alas S Co.115 120 .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-24
TAFT A TARDY SHOPPER
But He Makes up for II In Number
of His C:iftp.

Washington. y. G.. December "a
President Taft finished his Christmas
shopping to-day Matters Of state
made the President one of the taidy
shoppers, Altogether he has devoted
three afternoons to the task, which
was not n small one by any means.
Yesterday, Captain Butt, the Prest-
dents aide. carried thirty-fvc of the
Chief Magistrates cards with him, but
they were all exhausted before the
President was willing to leave the hol-
tday counters, and the captain had to
make hurried trip TO the White
House in an automobile for more cards
to go with the various rcmombrances
Mr.. TAFT is one OF those who believes
more in the sentiment of Christmas S
the gifts themselves. AS Il conse-
quence. he does not contine himself TO
q small coterie OF relatives and friends.
and his gifts mount hp into hun
dreds
The President is very fond OF giving
has been spent in runmaging the
shelves of the booksellers. In each
book he gives he writes suitable
sentiment on the hy leaf. thus giving
the volume something Of an historic
value. The President also is fond of
makes his own selections.
Outside of the large circle Of rela-
tives and friends. the President gives
presents to the various White House
clerks. He also presents turkeys to
the married employees about the White
grounds. There are l02 of the these
employees, and this item alone re-
quires an outlay of from $3.50 to S400.
To the secret service men who are
assigned to lopk after his welfare, the
RENE m lbrance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-24
SCENE CHANGES
TO ONE OF TEARS
Burst OF Weeping Takes Place
OF Laughter and
Cheering.
AMAZING COURT DRAMA
AMAZING COURT
DRAMA
Count" and Countess de
Gatigny Held Up as Paragons
Of Honesty and Charity

Tours, France, December 2S.-"An
amazing court drama of passion and
pathos" is how a local paper tonight
sums up the trial of Count" and
Countess" D'Aulby de Gatigny, who
are charged with having swindled the
Duchess De Choiseul- Praslin formerly
Mrs. Charles Hamilton Paine, of Bos-
ton. This epigram was on to-day's
sensational developments at the trial
which SO moved the auditors that the
customary scenes of disorder, laughter
and cheering changed to burst of
weeping.
Reputable business and professional
men Of Tours, on the stand at to-day s
session, painted D'Aulby and his wife
as the incarnation of honesty and
charity, declaring that their minister
ing to the wants of the sick and needy
caused them to be loved and esteemed
throughout the country. NJ Diet,
president of the Tours Association of
Lawyers, who drew UP the contract for
the sale of the picture "Antiope" to
the late Mr.. Paine, testified that D'Aul-
by insisted on the insertion Of clause
In the contract to the effect that he
could not guarantee the authenticity
of the picture. NJ Diet also said that
neither D'Aulby nor his wife had any
idea of business or Of the value of
money of which they received $4,000
almost every year from Boston. They
We're passionately fond of music and
lived a happy family life until Mrs.
Paine entered in D'Aulby's life, which
until then had been irrepr roach BILE.
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NORTHPOLE FAKER
MAY Be ARRESTED
Charge Willbe Obtain
in g M on ey Under
False Pretense. !"
COOK, DEFIANT,
NOT w ORRIED
Discredited Explorer and Self
Confessed Perpetrator of
Worlds Greatest Fake Will
Devote Life to Trying to
Make People Believe
Him.

fsnacinltoThe r,nas-D;.n,..,

Especial to The Times-D -Dispatch.l
New York, December 23--From a
temporary refuge in the house of his
brother. William l. Cook, at No. 74s
Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, the self-confessed per-
petrator of the greatest fake of modern
times, to-day told a reporter over the
telephone that he intended to devote
his life to convincing the American
people that he really thought he dis
covered the North Pole.
When DR.. Cook arrived last night on
the steamship George Washington, he
announced that he would go to the
WaIdorf-Astoria to occupy the same
suite of rooms. that he had fifteen
months ago, after he came back In
triumph from Denmark with lovely
story of imaginary achievements
But it would seem that Cook finds 1t
as hard to tell the truth in small mat
ters as in large ones. Instead of going
to the Waldorf. he was tucked away In
the home of his brother, In Brooklyn.
There isn't much that care to say
now" said DIR. Cook, answering ques-
tions over the wire.
Are you going to stay in this coun-
try?"
Certainly. am" said the doctor.
with a rising infection. Most GER
tainly l am. l never had any other
intention than to return to my native
land. / am an American citizen. en-
titled to protection under the Ameri-
can fag.''
"Are you going on a lecture tour?"
81 am not. During the past twenty
years, most of which were spent in
exploration, I amassed a great guam
,tity of scientific material. 1 expect TO
settle down and prepare that mate
rial for use. But my main endeavor
will be directed to making my fellow
countrymen feel that l was In good
faith'when claimed that had reached
the pole, and that I really believed ]
had attained my object To that pur-
pose l expect to dedicate myself"
The report flew freely around the
CITY Hall to-day that District Attor-
ney Whitman was at the Criminal
Court building drawing up papers for
DR.. Cooks arrest. The charge, 1t was
said. would be based on Cooks having
obtained money during false pretense
during his erstwhile and much-heralded
lecture trip through the East and
West.
When informed of this movement
Cook declared defantly that he was
not worried by such reports.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-24
WILL RAISE PURITAN
Navy Department. Gives Contract to
Wrecking Company.

Washington. d c.. December ga
The monitor Puritan, which was sunk
in Chesapeake Bay several weeks ago
as result of experiments with ex-
plosive gelatine, will be raised by the
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
at a contract price of $4,000. a con-
tract was signed with that company
to-day by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Beekman Winthrop. 49,.
The company agrees to deliver the
Puritan at the Norfolk navy yard
ahoat and In condition to be handled.
In case the company fails to accom-
plish the task 1t will receive no pay
ment. Another bidder for the work
was the Hudson transportation Com
panv. of Norfolk, which named sS3,5oo
as its price.
After the Puritan has been placed
in dock at Norfolk 1t is estimated that
1t will cost the government s145,000
to put her in seaworthy condition,
This is merely an estimate, based upon
what is believed to be the extent o.
the damage wrought by the two ex-
plosions of the gelatine. and 1t is said
that the ultimate cost to the govern
men after she has been placed in dry
dock may reach as high as s250,00o.
1t is not the intention to replace all
the damaged plates. but merely to put
the ship in such a shape as VIII make.
1t available for naval militia uses.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-24
SEARCH is IN VAIN


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Found.
London, December 23.-With the ap-
proach of midnight and no tillngs YET
of Cecil S. Grace. the ntrepid young
aviator who disappeared Thursday af-
ternoon while essaying return cross
channel flight from Calais to3Dover in
an aeroplane, the. belief generally prev
alent in London was that the cold
North Sea held somewhere on its tur-
bulent breast the story Of tragedy.
Every nook ,and cranny--on shore
and In land-where It was thought, per-
chance. young Grace might have land
ed. was searched to-day, but unavail-
ingly, and the boats that churned tho
channels and portions of the North Sea
on the lookout for the youth, or wreck /.
age OF his machine, likewise reported
that their search had been in vain.
Grace carried with him petrol sutfl-
cient for flight Of about five hours.
His biplane was not fitted with pom
toons Grace wore a cork Jacket, but
in a case OF a fall into. the water he
would have been numbered by his
heavy fur-lined boots. The general
belief is that it would be impossibln
for his machine to float for any great
length OF time, and that unless the
aviator was rescued by ship bound
for some distant port there Is slender
hone that he escaped death In the sea.