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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
brand OF SERVICE
ON BRITISH SEAMEN
Sailors Said to Be Marked
With Hot Irons by the
Shipping Federation.


LONDON, August 20. 1910.
A deputation Of seamen from all
parts of the country who had an inter
view with Mr.. Buxton. president OF the
board Of trade, . few days ago alleged
among other complaints. that seamen
at Antwerp are marked on the body
with the stamp Of the shipping fedora
ton before being engaged on British
ships. He also said that COFFIN ships
were being sent out.
G. n. Barnes, chairman OF the social
list party in the house OF commons. said
in introducing the deputation, that the
branding Of seamen by the shipping
federation seemed to be infamous, and
ought to be stopped.
Mr.. Buxton said that the board OF
trade had no information as TO the
branding Of men with the federation
stamps. and he trusted the reports were
exaggerated.
'As a matter Of fact" Mr.. Havelock
Wilson, secretary Of the Seamen and
Firemen's Union. said, every year for
the past three years 10000 men OF the
port Of Antwerp have been branded on
the body before being engaged on Brit
ish ships. and, in addition to that. the
men responsible for the branding have
II
for the right of employment"
T. r. Forens, M. =. for East Hull. said
that some persons thought the brand.
ing was done with redhot irons, but
he believed an india rubber stamp was
used.
No O@cial Information.
eve say it is immaterial what stamp il
used" Mr.. Wilson replied. when it gets
Mr.. Buxton said that the statement
about the stamps eased his mind, but thu
matter was new to the members OF thu
board Of etrade, who did not know thai
operations Of that sort were carried on a
Antwerp or anywhere else.
The deputation urged the desirability Of
constituting a Cancellation board for thu
shipping trade. and Mr.. Buxton promised
to do his best to see what could be done.
AS to coffin ships" Mr.. Wilson said
the shipowners had made no overture.
for a Cancellation board, and the shipping
federation was hostile There were thost
who should never be shipowners. sucf
sure them for $685. 200. and the frst voy
age OF those ships was their ,ast He va,
afraid that the owners who were hostile
to Cancellation were men of that class.
Mr.. Buxton said he believed the olacI
sheep were few in number. He agree
with the principle of a conciliation boart
urged by the men, but the situation 70
uuired delicate handling.
Mr. Cathay Of the Seamen's Union AFT
erward said that the branding OF men a
Antwerp has caused the deepest indisna
ton. .
"Does II sound reasonable" he said
| chat any man would care to he BRANDED
like a sheep? What happens Is this:
man is passed by some Of the federation
officials and Is then handed over to doc
tor. who stamps the brand-a brand o.
degradation--on his wrist nave Jus
heard that the practice has been aba n
doned, but cannot say this definitely
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. August 27.-Tl9ur was
steady. with q, quiet trade: sp1ng pa.'
Aents,, So. 4Oa$5. tx winter stratghtA $s.ood
s4.45: winter patents. -. 15a$o.1o: spring
clears $4.35a$4s6O: winter extra. no. l.
ss.75a$3eO: winter extra, No. = 5000
3.6S: Kansas straights, A.SoaSo.VV' re-
ceipts, q, 731 barrels.
Wheat = Notwithstanding big worid 5
shipments and poor cables, wheat SOLO
higher this morning on demand irOHi
shorts. commission house buying OF De-
cember and light pit offerings. Septem.
Der. 1.O6N al .o67s: December, l.1O.saliV>s'
receipts. 5000 bushels
Corn-Receipts, 7,625 bushels.
Beef-Steady; mess. 15.OOai5.5O: family.
10 0Oa2O 90; beef hams. 220Oa2&.OO.
Pork-Barely steady; mess. 24.JOa2oO %;
family, "A Joa25.OO; short. clear, 22.Joa
24.JO
Lard-Steady: middle west. 12.15a12.25.
Raw sugar-Firm: muscovado, 50: test.
1896: centrifugal. %: test, AS; molasses
sugar. 50; test. $40. Refined, STEADY
crushed, 5.a5: granulated, 5.25; powdered,
5.35.
Petroleum-Steady: refined barrels. 765:
Coffee-Spot firm; No. Rio, 1oc; NO.
Santos, 1Oa4c.
MoIasses-Dull: New Orleans, open ket-
tie, 32a42.
Hay-Steady: prime. 115a1oo; No. !,
liOa115; No. =. 1O0a1l0; No. 3. 90a9o.
Butter unsettled: receipts, 5.0li cases;
prices unchanged. Cheese, unsettled; re-
ceipts. 2.O91 boxes; prices UNCHANGED; ex-
ceipts. 9,127 crates; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby gathered browns, 24a2I.
Poultry alive, steady; western spring
ers. 1917: fowls. 1411aI5: turkeys, 1Oal4;
dressed irregular; western broiiers, la
20; fowls, 13a16lz; turkeys, 1Sa0
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MARKETS DULL DAY
Little Trading and Narrow
Range of Price Changes.
SOME LOSSES ARE SHOWN
Light Selling Sufficient to Cause
Value Recession.
STOCKS SAG OF OWN WEIGHT
Close Dull and Heavy, Without APP
parent Cause for the
Reaction.
SOME LOSSES ARE SHOWN
STOCKS SAG OF OWN WEIGHT

NEW YORK, August 2a.-Price changes
1t the opening OF the stock market were
Insignificant. and the handful of stocks
dealt In showed trivial changes either
way from yesterdays closing. Genital
Leather advanced a point.
Light selling caused a slight reaction %
blow yesterdays final figures. Subsequent
~ Reading was bid up from 14Oia to 14li.
and the rest Of the list hardened Denver
4 Rio Grande preferred and American
Telegraph and Telephone improved ]. and
International Harvester, IN
Gas Recedes a Point.
Consolidated Gas declined l. Reading
met a good deal OF stock at the high
level and went of again to 141
The market closed heavy. The tone
became heavy. stocks apparently sagging
more of their weight than from any
concerted pressure.
Union Pacific went a point under yes
terday's closing and Reading and United
States Steel yielded as much from their
best prices. Chicago Great Western
moved up ], and American Beet Sugar
"a General Electric lost 1.
Money on call nominal: no loans: time
loans very firm and dull: sixty days 3a3k
per cent and ninety days Z; six months
"a
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new YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK. August c1.-The state
ment OF clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $5O0J9. 600
more than the requirements Of the - per
cent reserve rule. This is a decrease of
S2.154.nO in the proportionate cash re-
serve as compared with last week. The
statement follows:
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METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 27.-The metal
markets were dull and practically nom
inal as usual in the absence OF ex-
changes. Tin quiet. 35.SOa362S; lake
conner. 12.s71sa13.00: electrolytic. 12.S2lA
a1255: casting, 12.25a12.50; lead, 4.4Oa
$50: spelter, 5.35a5.45; iron unchanged.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, August -. Bullion
amounting to R150.000 was Withdrawn
from the Bank Of England today for
shipment TO Egypt.
PARIS. August 27-Closing: Three
per cent rentes. 91f zoe for the &C
count. 80
Exchange on London. 25f 24lsc for
checks.
BERLIN August 27.--Exchange on
London. 20 marks 4sis. pigs. Tor checks.
Money. 81 per cent.
Private discount rate. - per cent.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & CO.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building, mem
bers New York Stock Exchange. WASH
ington Stock Exchange and Chicago
Board of Trade
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At Brookneal. Va, Tuesday the charges
district school funds preferred there two
weeks ago against Writ Williams were
tried before the county electoral board.
the result being that there was not the
slightest foundation for the charges. and
they were dismissed.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. August 27.-American Sc
curities improved today on favorable
New York advices. The closing was
dull, but steady.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
Treasury Statement.

The condition OF the Treasury at the beginning
Of business TO-DAY was Is follows:
rRrST FUNDS
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lanes ); Jacobs. assistant mine fore
man LOT me Consolidated Coal Company
inlne NO. :. between Frostburg and
800 tSonIhs' Nd. was instantly killed by
pelng run over by empty mine cars.
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H. Skipworth Coles died at Charlottes-
willie, Va, after a brief illness and the
body was sent to Richmond for burial.
He was 4 son Of the late Tucker 8. Coles
OF Green Mountain, Albemarle county.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, August. 27.-closing
wheat; spot, dull;- No. 2 red. western
winter. no stock; futures steady; Oc-
tober. - sid; December. IS I'D:
March. as SID. Corn, tspot' firm; old
American mixed, SIS: futures dull; Sep
TENDER, As Ga; March. Is ga.
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The following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning AT 2 pm yesterday. -
Thermometer-August d. pm, 81:
pm. IS; IL midnight. g.: august "a,
= am. 81: am, 90; IL noon, o. pm.
minimum On. at q: 40 A m. August "a
Barometer- pm. 30.12: 2 pm. 5O.1I;
II midnight, 3o1a; 4 an. 3n19; . am,
3o:4: noon, 20: . pm, jO.1s.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, IS; a year ago. 90.
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Native Of New York.

william James, editor. author and
dean OF American philosophers, was born
in New York January IL. 1912, the son
OF the Rev. Henry James. a. Swedenbor-
gian minister and writer. He had served
on. the Harvard faculty since 1872
He was clifford lecturer on natural re-
ugion at the University. OF Edinburgh
from 1899 to 1901; he was, a. correspond
Ing member de l1nstitut Paris; Royal
Prussian Academy Of Sciences. and a
member, OF the National Academy of Sci
ences. -
Among his books were "Principles. OF
Psychology" Psychology - efer
COURSE '.The Will to Believe aid other
Essays in Popular Philosophy Talks
to Teachers on Psychology and to Stu
dents On LIES Ideals" Human I'm
mortality-Two Supposed Objections 10
the Doctrine" THE. Varieties OF Re-
Iigious Experiepces.r, "PragmatismvA
New Name for Some Old Ways Of
Thinking
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MONEY TO LOAN AT 8. 81 AND 6ss.
PERSONAL ATTENTION.
Heiskell s. McLerai1,
f4O3 III st. NV.
fol6-tf1

7. T. Dyer. Frank l.. Dyer. ". Talbot sinciair.
DYER AND SINCLAIR,
Incorporated.
REAL ESTATE IN al it. Sr.nches SALES.
RENTS, LOANS. FIRE INSURANCE. PER.
SONAL and PROMPT attention. MONEY 10 loan
on improved property n the DistriS. and 10
Once: Suites 90l -2n2. ian " ~. tvt<-"f
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Everything is ready for resumption Of
studies.
The show window of the Sanders Il
Stayman Company, 81 King street. was
broken last night by some one pulling
down q flag which adorned that build
ing The stan struck the window. The
window Is valued at $75. 1t was not
insured.
Robert Harper an empioye Of the brick
yards at Riverside. Fairfax county. was
badly injured yesterday by bricks fall
ing on him. He was brought to his home
in this city where he received medical
treatment.
Police Court Busy.
Most Of the cases in police court this
morning were the aftermath Of the fire.
mems celebration. Fines were imposed
ranging from $3.50 to $40.
y. $. Greenaway, clerk of the corpora
ton court, and r. IT. Cox, city sergeant.
returned last evening from an extended
visit to Canada.
Misses Beuiah and Nellie Padgett OF
Rraddock, Alexandria county, have gone
and Atlantic City.
Policeman Banner T. Young will leave
tomorrow for Atlantic City, where ne
will spend his vacation.
Rev. and Mrs. ESerard Meade or fair-
fax county have issued invitations LOT
the marriage of their daughter Lizzie
Rrockenbrough, and Rev. Charles VIII
liam Sydnor. The wedding Will Jake
place at 7:3o o'clock the evening of
September at Pohick Church, Fairfax
Souhts'
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PROF. WILLIAM JAMES .,.
DEAD AT. AGE OF. 6s
Harvard Professor and Among
Ame1ca's Foremost Philosophers
/. Had Been Ill Several Months. =

CHOCORUA. N. Y, August 21.-Prof
William James Of Harvard University,
one OF Americas foremost philosophers.
died yesterday at his summer home here
Although he had been III several months
his death was unexpected, .E--+.
Prof. James had been at his summer
home here only a week. having arrived At
Quebec last Friday from Europe. He had
gone abroad originally to be at the bed
side of his brother. Henry James, the
noted author. who was sick.
Prof. James became i'll about a month
ago. and his further travels were shaped
homeva ri nv essSy stages
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ALEXANDR|AAFFA|R
Newport News Unwilling to
Have Firemen's Convention.
LEXINGTON MAY GET 1T
Results Of Reel Races-Police
Court Has Busy
Morning.
,peci., Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, August -, 1910.
The old town is today dismantling its
decorations. BY tonight the work will
be complete and the twenty fourth an
nual meeting OF the State Firemen's
Association will be entirely a memory.
The majority Of the visitors and del
egates in attendance left for their
homes by midnight last night. A few.
however. remained over. Most Of. the
remaining visitors will have departed
by tonight.
Newport News. the city selected for
the next annual meeting OF the con-
vention. 1t is understood, has announced
that 1t will not be able to entertain
the fremen. Lexington. through its
local delegation. has signified its will
ingness to assume the task. This mat
ter will. however, be left in the hands
Of the executive committee.
May Go There Anyway.
]. r. n. Curtin, former state president
OF the association, stated this morning to
a reporter for The Star that he was OF
opinion that the convention will go to
Newport News whether the firemen Of
that city will or will not entertain. Mr..
Curtin added that il they did they would
rent a hall and pay all Of their expenses.
1t is customary for the city having the
convention to have q president from that
city. When Newport News was selected
as the next convention city at the an
nual meeting Of the association, Wed
nesday night last, j. p. Fraley OF that
city was chosen president. Should the
convention be transferred to Lexington.
Fraley would probably give way as presi-
dent to some one from Lexington.
At the time Newport News was chosen
no bid for the convention was made by
the delegation from that place. nor did
any other city make a bid. Most OF the
delegates present explained that they
were unauthorized to ask for the con-
vention.
Ordinarily a convention costs city
from 81 800 to $500 to entertain. For
this reason no city this time appears to
be anxious for the honor.
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BALTIMORE.

Special DISPATCH. TO The Star.-
BALTIMORE. Md. August 2I.-Wheat--
Firmer, spot contract. Lola; spot No.
red western, 1.O2%: August, lOlA: Sep
TENDER, 1.O2h; October 1.O4A: December
1.O7: steamer No. 2 red, 95k: receipts.
6o72 bushels: exports. 1900 bushels;
southern by sample, 7Sa9S; southern on
grade, 98a1.02.
Corn-Firmer: spot contract, 0i's; year,
COZ: receipts 6,5i3 bushels.
Oats-Steady, No. 2 white. IS; standard,
37a371x: No. ) white, S6ka3I; receipts,
5S,O76 bushels.
Rye-EAsier: No. western domestic.
76a77: receipts. 1000 bushels.
Hay-Easier: No. 2 timothy, S21. 80; No.
/ clover riixed, $19a195O.
Grain freights, steady, unchanged.
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The Safest Investments

Are those that do not 6uctuats during dis
furbed conditions Of the money or stecs
markets. First deed OF trust notes tArSt
mortgages well secured on real estate in
the District OF Columbia. constitute "glt
edge" Investments They DO not depend
upon the financial responsibility Of IN.
divfdusls or corporations for their stsbdlit,
and are exempt from taxation 40 personal
property. We supply such; fnyesf.
for booklet. Concerning Loans an6 In
vestments."
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

The WashtnGtOn Stock Exchange ID
closed On Saturdays during July and
August.
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charter has been granted by the
state corporation commission to the
commonwealth Company Of Alexandria
County. incorporated. with a maximum
q ni,al stock of $4,000 and a minimum
~ $1,000. The objects are a general
printing ana publishing business. On
Gers are as follows: r. C. L. Moncure,
president: Tasker NJ. Weir,. vice presi.
dent. r. P. Moncure, secretary and treas
urer all Of Rosslyn.
Re9innirx September the work
OF issuing permits to children TO attend
the public schools WIN be commenced.
September IL the schools will re-
omen. Several private schools, will reopen
for studies September 5. The public
schools have had a general oyerhauling.
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GENERAL, FUND,
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to indicate the front Of the model-as she
considers it-on some faces a better
effect may often be accomplished By
twisting the hat around. Most OF the
French hats can be worn any way at
all and stiil look chic and becoming on
the head. OFF the head these hats are
frequently puHle. There seems no head
or tail to the mystery, and one can only
experiment by twisting the shape about
on ones couture until the happy angle
is arrived at.
The new, fitting turbans are lit
orally dragged down over the hair until
the back OF the brim touches the nape
of the neck. Then the right side of the
hat is pulled Il bit farther down. allow
ing the left eye to peer out under the
tilted brim. In these turbans most Wom-
en- have rakisl and wicked look, and
she who prefers beauty to smartness will
cling to the corday shape or the grace
full shepherdess. A hat Of the latter
type, now waiting in a fashionable mil
linery establishment on 9Th avenue for
the September opening days, is of black
velvet, with broad flexible brim. droop-
ing bit at front and back, and a four
inch crown bound round with band OF
black taffeta on which is braided scroll
around the brim, just at the base Of the
large, low crown are set big black chif-
fon roses-six in all. This simple hat is
exceedingly distinguished and graceful,
and will prove far more becoming than
the impairment turban cooked over one
eye.
Pieated effects have gone to the head
Of the stvle makers, it seems. for now
even hat brimS are set in pleatS Some
of the authoritative millners are showing
Corday shapes with box pleats taken in
the brim at either side over the ear, and
to accentuate this pleated effect there is
often huge rosette or cabuchon of
pleated ribbon set. in true bebe style.
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evening wear are illustrated and the most
beautiful. perhaps, is the bandeau OF
pearl beads, with lattice effect of rhine
stones. Paris are particularly fashion
able as hair ornaments just now and
some women who own handsome strings
of pearls are twisting them in the couture,
a brooch holding the strands at one side.
There is tendency among the younger
women to get away from the rather
we're classic styles in hair dressing and TO
adopt the quaint, old-fashioned styles
which prevailed in the early years of the
nineteenth century. Curls depending from
above either ear are pfquant with lovely
young faces as we'll as lovely old faces.
but the middle-aged woman should be-
ware of the enticements of the curl, which
is too apt to make her grotesque. Poor
middle-aged woman, how carefully she
has to steer between the Scylla of girl.sh-
ness and the Charybdis of old ladyhood.
If only one might jump from the win
tender grace of over seventy-yet. afteI
all. how many women. given the chance,
would choose to do SO?
Another quaint, old-fashioned hairdress-
ing has been worn by young French girls
ali summer and is just beginning to APP
pear in this country. The front hair is
parted with youthful severity and the
parting continues all the way down the
back of the head Then the two braids.
twisted round and round in a big pasl
cake or "cabuchon" over each ear and
fastened with small hairpins. The wear
er of this hairdresslng cannot hear much.
but she certainly looks smart-particular
ly when one of the new, close-fitting ttIr
bans is dragged down to meet the cabu-
chons of braids over the ears.
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the change in the air currents. take to
wing and follow the helping breezes
southwark: about the time golden rod In
the florists window makes us feel how
shabby our summery raiment has be-
come-then do brisk promises of a new
season. of new pleasures. new expert
ences and new raiment make us take
heart of grace.
The milliners, bless you, have known
what we are to wear next winter Tor
months. Early in the spring the style
stirring for autumn begins In Paris. by
midsummer the big manufacturers are
ready with most of the untrimmed hats
which will be presented for our selection
On the counters in September. But very
chary are these millinery people about
dropping a word of information before
opening day They will assure you that
hats are to be smaller-yes, but that, OF
course many large hats will be worn
also. They will admit that crowns are TO
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faced all the way up with soft silk. no
hat lining of the ordinary sort being
used. The distance which this round
turban may be dragged down over the
head and hair depends on two things;
the diameter of the turban and the size
OF the wearer's couture
-
Beneath these "hug-the-head" turbans
the hair must be dressed rather simply
and very softly, for there is no room for
braids and rats under the dragged-down
hat. Chignons Of curls and fluffy little
puffs will be worn at the back, and, in
deed. the whole couture must be kept fire.
quently shampooed in order to insure
flufiiness and softness and sufficiently
bouffant effect without the aid of rats.
Two of the new dragged-down stove
these turbans Is OF black felt with a
chantecler ruff of soft grebe breast
feather and an upright pompon of coque
feathers at the back; the other is
stone-blue velvet turban with a sharply
turned-up brim of gray beaver and a
trimming near the back, at one side of
coque feathers in shades of blue Both Of
these smart turbans are new models for
fall and typify the close turban styles
which Paris has adopted for early au-
tumn wear with tailored suits
The other turbans illustrated show the
new arrangement of trimming at the
back, which will be feature of next
season, II summer forecasts are to be
relied upon. and the use of pompons.
which Will be extravagant in all probab bill