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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. June 16-Flour-About
steady with moderate inquiry. Receipts,
1882 barrels.
Nheat-Continued dry weather north
west. higher Liverpool cables, estimates
Tor small Argentine shipments this week
and strength of outside markets sent
wheat up u to 1 this morning. July, 93'sa
loo 3-16: September, 91i,a91Ss.
Corn-Receipts, 1870 bushels
Beef-Firm.
Fcrk-f7irm: mess, 24.J0a2J.OO
Lard-Steady; middle west. FOCAL. 40.
Raw sugar-Weak; muscovado, 50 test,
;;.6s. centrifugal. % test AIS: molasses
sugar. 50 test. 3.43: refined quiet; crushed,
30: Granulated. 80; powdered, 5.25.
Petroieum-Steady; refined. barrels, 7.65.
Coffee-Spot steady; No. Z Rio. Sd; No.
Santos, as
Enthusiastically; New Orleans open
kettle. 32ai2.
Butter slightly firmer: receipts. TO-
I61 packages. Creamery specials, IS; ex-
traB. 2Il4a211a: third TO first. 25a26s4 +;
state dairy. finest, 26iaa27; do common
TO prime. 23a26.
Cheese--Irresular: receipts. $500 boxes.
State. whole.milk, new, fancy small white,
i;s..
Egss-Steady; receipts. 11.416 cases
State. Pennsylvania and nearby hennery,
brown, 22i2a23; do. gathered brown,
20A22.
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IN PAY OF GERMAN L|NE|
REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY
ACCUSES NEWSPAPER MAN.
In Sensational Speech He Charges
Combination of Steamship Com
panies to Fix Rates.

Charging combinations Of steamship
lines on both oceans which fix rates
arbitrarily and absolutely. Repre-
sentative Humphrey Of Washington. the
champion Of the ship subsidy, made q
sensational speech on the floor Of the
House today.
Mr.. Humphrey attacked the Asscciat-
ed Press, asserting that one of it's rep
in Washington was on the
pay roll of the Hamburg line.
In this connection, he said:
Herr Balm and Herr Olas. the gen.
eral manager of this company in this
country, have frequently. through the
American newspapers, denounced the ef-
forts made by the American Congress
to do something to assist in building up
our merchant marine. Herr Balm came
to this country a few years ago and
made a speech to American business men
in New York city, insisting that Amer
lea should permit Germany to carry her
commerce on the seas.
The hired representative of Herr Bal
lin and his interest Is here in Washington
today on the staff of the Associated
Press, the greatest news-gathering agent
in the world. This gentleman's name is
Jerome J. Wilbur. and when you re-
member how close the German merchant
least suggestive that this representative
Of this giant foreign steamship trust
should also be the representative of the
Associated Press assigned to our State.
War and Navy departments.
This is the Herr Balm whose COM
pany voluntarily withdrew two of it's
fastest and best ships and sold them to
Spain to sink. burn and destroy Ameri-
can commerce. This is the man and
this is the company that today abso-
lutely dictated how and on what terms
this great nation shall transport three
billion five hundred million dollars
worth of commerce annually"
Mr.. Humphrey added that Mr.. Wilbur
received $4,000 year from the German
steamship trust.
At the Office of the Associated Press
this afternoon it was said that Mr.. Will
bur had resigned his position with that
news service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. June 1S-Cotton futures
opened steady. June offered 1870; July.
1911: August, 14.G2; September. 1918: Oc-
tober, 1916; December, 1927; January,
l. n: March, 122I bid; May, 1927 bid.
The market opened steady at a decline
of 4alO points in response to lower ca
bles and as a result of scattering liouida-
tion- There was enough covering on the
decline TO cause a rally during the early
session. but after selling within 3a4 points
of last nights finals the market showed
the absence Of aggressive bull support
and later fluctuations We're irregular.
The market continued quiet late in the
forenoon. with prices at midday ruling
steady at a net decline of about 4aI
points.
Spot quiet; mjddiing upland, 1925; mid
ding gHlf. 1870.
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
5000 bales. against :,sS5 last week and
9.0S5 last year. For the week. 10000
bales. against 21519 last week and 10. 7SJ
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans. 2s13 bales, against 1,404 last year.
and at Houston. 1o3 bales, against 407
last year.
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READY FOR SYLVAN PLAY
LAS YOU LIKE IT" ON WHITE
HOUSE LAWN TONIGHT.
Gardeners Set Plants to Create Set
ting for Shakespeare
Pastoral.

Everything il in readiness for the per-
Torrance of LAS You Like IT, on the
White House lawn at 8 o'clock tonight.
The lawn mowers were busy this morn
ing making the turf short and smooth,
perfectly. The stage was completed early
this morning. A corps OF gardeners vas
kept actively at work decorating the
sides and front with palms and other
plants to add to the illusion Of a sylvan
setting for the Shakespearan pastoral.
Players Have Arrived.
The Coburn players arrived from Hart
ford, Conn.,, at ! o'clock this afternoon,
and went at once to the White House
grounds where a dress rehearsal was
held in conjunction with the chorus of
seventy young ladies' from the Normal
School under the direction OF Miss Alys
Bentley.
The Coburn organization comes to
Washington direct from highly sue
ceksful tour through New England. Mon
day night they gave their third perform
ance at Wesleyan unive ,sn,s TINS sea sea
Iaurels on the grounds of the College Of
the City Of New York
The University Of Pennsylvania had the
week before placed it's stamp of approval
on the scholarly manner in which they
had presented three Shakespearean COM
ediee. With such a record OF achieve
ment Secretary West of the Washington
Playground Association, for which the
performances this evening and tomor-
row night are to be given. says he can
assure the public an entertainment OF I'M
qualified artistic merit.
"Twelfth Night" Tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon the bill will be
Twelfth Night"
In the event Of rainstorm this after
noon. necessitating the postponement of
the evening performance until tomorrow
night, the pennant on the Evans build
ing wireless tower will be lowered to
half staff.
Tonight the crowds will be directed to
the east gate Of the White House grounds
by the fash Of the big searchlight which
has been installed on the roof of the New
willard
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JURYMAN BRINGS TRUNK.
Then Announces He Does Not Care
How Long Trial Lasts.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, June 16.--M J.
Keefe told Judge German in the common
pleas court yesterday he had come pre-
pared to do his whole duty as juror
Then Keefe went out into the corridor
and dragged a trunk into the courtroom
WHAT'S that?" asked the court at.
taches.
MY wardrobe" said keefe as he took
the trunk into the jury room.
Now / don't care how long school,
keeps" he rema rked. II am prepared tc
sit on this case all summer
Keefe is juror in the case Of r. b
Douglas against the Cincinnati ana Co
lumbus Traction Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The star.


BALTIMORE, Md, Jure 16-Wheat-
Firmer: spot contract. "a: spot No. !!
red winter, %; July. 81 receipts, PSI
bushels.
Corn-Flrmer; spot contract, G12. July
s2iz: receipts. 3.94j bushels
Oats-Firm: No. white. HAM: No .
white. i2i.at%l.: No. mixed, A.: re-
ceipts, $50 bushels.
RYe-DUIl. No. = western domestic. S2a
So
Usy-FiTm: unchanged.
Grain FTeights-EasieT: steam TO Liver
pool, per bJshe;. ed TO I'D. June; Cork
70 rorders, per quarter. -. June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Capt. Willis p. Coleman, 4th Infantry,
will assume charge OF construction work
at Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark, relieving
Second Lieut.. Richard r. Pickering. 18th
Infantry.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Maj. Carroll D. Buck, Medical
Corps.
Capt. William NJ Smart. Medical Corps
at San Francisco. Cal. will proceed 10
Fort Flagler, Wash. for duty. relieving
First Lieut.. Frederick II. Mills, Medical
Reserve Corps, who will proceed to Fort
Walla Walla, Wash. for duty.
BY direction of the President, and upon
the application of First Sergt. Hilderikus
de Boer, Company A. 9th Infantry, tina,
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
Maj. George Montgomery. ordnance de-
partment, will proceed to Washington and
Annapolis, Md, on official business per-
tanning to the improvement Of the boiler
and heating plant at Frankfort arsenal,
Philadelphia.
Brig. Gen. William H. Bixby. chief OF
engineers. is detailed as a MEMBER OF the
board OF ordnance and fertilization, vice
Brig. Gen. William L. Marshall. retired.
Supervising Dental Surgeon Robert 7.
Oliver is relieved from duty at Fort
Hamilton, n. Y. and will proceed to the
Philippine Islands for duty.
First Lieut. Henry c. Niche, jr, Medi-
cal Reserve Corps. will proceed to Fort
Myer, Va. for duty.
Leave of absence for four months. with
permission to go beyond the sea-. is grant
ed Capt Harrison S. kerrick, Coast ArtiI-
lery Corps.
The following changes in the Coast
Artillery Corps are ordered
Capt. Harrison S. kerrick, to the 18th
Company.
Company and placed on the unassigned
list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. June i6.-American securities
opened dull but fraction above parity
today. Prices then declined on realizing.
and AT noon the market was dull an..
from q above 10 Z below yesterday S
New York closing
In the afternoon New York alternately
Sold and bought, and prices moved mar
rowly. The closing was irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Washington Stock Exchange.

psd.es-Reguiar CALL IL o'clock noon-Potomac
l. irctrlc Cons. os, 5000 at 1O1. 5000 at IOI
=, Emerson m Steam Pump 6s $1,000 at 95, 81 ,oOo
0apitai Traction. 10 at 10. ) at I29
Washington kwy. and Flee com. at "A .
at "a. % at 81. % at 81, ~ at 81 % at "a
Mergenthaler Linotype. at 30, 10 at DOL
Lanston Monotype, ~ at 70.
n, Lanston rights, 100 at 31s, 100 at 3Is, 20 at
AFTER eai.1Lanston Monotype, 100 at ISL.
Mersenthaler Linotype, 20 at 22Oi1
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Both Gains and Losses Are
Shown in Quoted Values.
BUYERS ARE NOT ANXIOUS
On the Other Hand. There Is Little
Pressure to Sell.
BOTH SIDES ARE WAITING
Operators Unwilling to Take ON
Commitments in Present State
of the Market.

NEW YORK. June 16.-The opening
stock marke, today was slightly irregular.
but most stocks sold lower thSn last
night. and the tendency was downward
sfter the opening. Atlantic Coast Line
and Smelling declined L and AmalSa
mated Copper -. Chicago and Alton
rose Ia and Westinghouse Electric l.
Fluctuations were uncertain and the
range confined to fractions, with
very little stock changing hands. ST
Paul. United States Steel and the copper
stocks rallied. while Union Pacific, Read
ing and the eastern trunk line stocks
fell off. LackaWanna yielded 10 points
and Kansas City Southern and Chicago
Great Western preferred l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Awaiting Developments.

The neglected state of the market was
unrelieved and habitual operators appar-
entity resigned themselves 10 period of
idIeness pending some new developments.
Stocks continued in scanty supply and
prices hardened in response to very light
demand. Union Pacific got I over last
night and ST. Paul rs. international
Pump declined 13s-
Bonds were steady.
The trading became progressively
dulier. and there were some recessions
from the high prices made just after
midday. -Atchison. Chesapeake and Ohio
and Consolidated Gas gained a point,
while Canadian Pacific lost as much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. June 16-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot, small business done; prices 4
points lower; American middling fair,
So; good middlng. S.2I; mddling. SIS;
low middling. S.GI; good ordinary, III
ordinary. 1.52. The sales of the day were
5000 bales. OF which 300 were for specu-
lation and export, and included $500
American. Receipts, 1900 bales, includ-
ing 900 American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. June I6.-Closing: Wheat
Spot duh: No. . red western winter no
stock: futures firm: July. Is iizd: OctC-
Der. is esd: December. nominal
Corn-Spot easy: cd American mixed
As. Sd. 40. Via Galveston. rs I'd; new
kiln-dried. As led: futures steady; July,
nominal: September. Is I'D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

fTUd com xs,D. sSN Nl,0
silver dollars 1871 .ss4 ono
silver dollars az 1870. $3.50 oOa
silver certificates outstanding ia1 .dc54, 900
GENERAL FUND.
STANDARD sill yer dollars In general fund. $;S TSs
Current liabilities .-...-...... ~. 2si y.s
Working hsianrr in Treasury Offices. 10. TI3. sCl
In hanks credit Of treasurer II the
United States Observation-Disclosures. "a sSI. Els
Subsidiary silver coin. .............. N. S2S. Gt4
" coin. ......- -. ......... LODI ,30I
Teal balance In general fund. ...... Sl,i13,69
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Treasury Statement.

The condition Of the Treasury at the bezinnins
Of business today follows:
TRI ST FUNDS
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r. ]. Strawhurg. arrested at Union
Bridge, charged with selling a forty-ive-
dollar gold watch he had purchased on
the instal!ment plan of. Milton Kohler Of
Hagerstown. Nd, was sentenced to Jail
for thirty days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

Rsr silver steady. - 11-f6d per ounce
Money. ei.s2s. per cent.
Tho rate Of discount In the open market for
short bills Is . lille PEI cent
The Tatr OF discount In tine open market for
three-month bills is ?-l6s2S per cent
If you wan work read the want col
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished BY z r. Hutton 4 Co..
members New York Stock Exehansei Ed1. floy
Cayeriy manager, 1904 street northwest.
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Marine Corps Orders.

Capt. F. L. Bradman, from headquarters
L.. S. NJ. c.. to marine barracks, Boston.
Capt William Bracket. from recruiting
district of Illinois, report to the major
general comnandant.
First Lieut.. w. T. Bevan, from head.
quarters L. S. NJ. c., to Chicago, Ill.
First Lieuts. G. NJ. kincade and E. e
Miller, to Washington, ID. c., for examin-
alton for promotion.
First Lieut.. w. c. Powers, jr., from ma
rine barracks. Washington, D. c., to ma
rine barracks, New York. n. Y.
Major. d. d. Porter from headquarters
L. S. NJ. c. to Manila. p. I.
Capt. w. III. Clifford, granted leave for
one month and twelve days.
First Lieut.. J. F: Dyer. granted leave
for one month and four days.
Second Lieut.. r. S. Geiger, from Ma
rine Officers School, Port Royal, S. c., to
marine barracks. Washington, d. c.
| Col T. N. Wood, Capts. W. H. Parker
and j. A. Hughes granted leave for
twelve days.
Capt. Logan Tucker. First Lieut.. f. H
Conger, Second Lieut.. j. T. Reid and
r. II. Tebbs. jr.. appointed members OF
general court-martial to convene at Camp
Elliott l. G. r.: Panama
Judge advocate same court-martial
First Lieut.. Z. A. Ostermann, from
marine barracks, Washington, D. c., to
marine barracks, New York.
Maj. Henry Leonard, to Washington,
d. &.
Capt. L. b. Purcell and First. Lieut..
Calhoun Ancrum, to navy yard, Mare
Island, Cal, for duty with detachment of
marines being transferred to marine bar
racks, Washington, D. C.
First Lieut.. c. B. Vogel, appointed
member of general court-martial at Ma
rine Officers School. Port Royal, s. c.
First Lieut.. r. B. Creecy, from Marine
Officers School. Port Royal, S. c., to
treatment Naval Medical School Hospital.
Second Lieut.. r. E. Adams, qualified
for promotion.
Naval Orders.
Lieut. Commanders c. S. Kempff and
". G. Briggs. Lieuts. W. b. Woodson,
7. F.. Caldwell, r. l.. Irvine. L. c. Farley,
r. E. Ingersoll. G. Howe and L. Minor,
and Lieuts, Gunior grade) J. NJ. Poole.
third: \. ]. James. H. Brown, V. II. Co.
man and w. P. Gladdis have been COM
missioned.
Ensign 5. W. Wallace, from Mont
gomery to Minnesota.
Ensign G. NJ Ravenscrolt. from Mont
gomery to Virginia.
Ensign p. l.. Wilson, from Lancaster to
Birmingham
sofa TO Montgomery.
Surg. T. ". Richards from Naval Dis
pensary, Washington, d. c., and continue
other duties.
Passed Asst. Surgeon J. L. Nelson,
from bureau of medicine and surgery.
Navy Department. to naval dispensary.
Washington, d. e.
Wabash to the Paducah.
Chief Boatswains F. Meyer. c. F. Pine
and P. Emery. have been commissioned
chief boatswains in the navy.
so, 1909.
Boatswain j. Law, from naval training
station, Newport. r. l., to Naval Hos
pital, Boston, for treatment.
Chief Carpenters A. W. Jones and w
r. Donaldson, and Chief Machinist G.
Crofton. have been commissioned.
H. A. Hooton has been appointed pay
masters clerk in the navy, duty Tacoma.
l.. c. Honodel has been appointed a
paymasters clerk in the navy, duty set
tie accounts Of Tacoma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Outsiders Could Not Sell.

To prevent purchasers who had bought
the stock at low prices selling out at the
high prices and realizing profits the stock
certificates sold them were stamped: Not
transferable until Feb. II, 1911"
The stock certificates held by Wilson
and the other insiders, however. did not
have any restrictive stamp.
The New York Selling Agency of is
Broadway was organized. This concern
had charge. of selling the stock to the pub
lie, and il is charged that Wilson was one
of it's organizers. The president was Will
liam w. Tompkins, one Of the men ar
rested yesterday.
The stock was sold through advertise
ments, circulars sent through the mails
and in some Pacific coast towns by sub
agents who went from door 40 door Offer
ing it to househoIders. This method of
selling the stock was expensive, but the
commissions were high. running around
80 per cent.
The selling agent in Seattle, Wash, is
said TO have sold 81 10000 of the stock
III the first six months of 1909.
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Ninety-Eight Per Cent Water.

With the stock selling at $50 share
the market value Of the $20,O00,OOO of
capital stock would be 100000 900. but as
matter Of fact, according to a state
ment issued by Walter $. Mayer, IN
charge of the post Office inspectors who
worked UP the case, the actual value of
the possessions of the company is only
$4O0,OOO. On this basis per cent Of
the companys capitalization is property
and IS per cent water. Put in another
way $19,6OO,OOO represents water and
$500, 600 property.
The company has $4,000 stockholders,
most Of them persons Of small means.
On the subject of the value put upon
the assets Mr.. Mayer said
I'm the statement issued to tockhold-
ers December 81. 1909. it was stated that
there was surplus of $6.SS2,32074, when,
as a matter of fact, the company had not
made its operating expenses in the year
before. There also appears as an asset
stock and bonds in other companies S1l,-
1880 This refers 20 the defunct Amer
lean De Forest Wireless stock that had
been received in exchange. and which
had been out of existence for two years,
and was represented in actual value when
it was sold at auction under court pro-
ceedings for 81, 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Bought the Stock Cheap.

In exchange for a few thousand dol
lars White is said to have parted with
his $500 ONo OF De Forest stock to Will
son and his associates, who organized
the United Wireless Company, with
$4,000. 900 capital. $4,000. 600 in preferred
and $1O,OOOOD in common stock Wilson
and the other owners of the $50 600, 600
OF De Forest stock turned it over to the
United Wireless and took in exchange
$15,CG0OO0 of United stock.
1t Is this stock which has been sold to
tie public, chiefly to small investors in
the west. While the par value of the
shares is $40, buyers have been found for
the stock at $15, $40, So and as high as
$50 share.
1t is charged that Wilson and his as
sociates started selling the stock at $3.50
share and that it went SO we'll they ar
bitrarily raised the price to SO and then
by fye-dollar jumps until it reached $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
BIG FRAUD CHARGED
United Wireless Telegraph Of
ficiaIs Under Arrest.
GOT MILLIONS FOR STOCK
Authorities Say Securities Were SO
Per Cent Water.
BUSINESS RUN AT A LOSS
Yet Stock Is Declared to Have Been
Advanced Arbitrarily From
$3.50 to $50 Share.
GOT MILLIONS FOR STOCK
BUSINESS RUN AT A LOSS

NEW YORK, June 16-Charged with
using the mails for fraudulent purposes,
Christopher c. Wilson, president of the
Twenty Million-Dollar United Wireless
Telegraph Company; Samuel S. Bogart,
its vice president, and William w. Tomp-
kins, who had charge Of selling its
stock to the public, were arrested yes
terday on complaint of United States post
office inspectors. Wilson was released
Under $4,000 bail, and Bogart under s10,-
900 bail, while Tompkins was sent to the
Tombs in default of $1,000 bail.
The post office inspectors make the
amazing charge that $2O,O0O,bU worth
of United Wireless stock has been sold to
the public at fictitiously high prices:
that the stock thus sold came from the
holdings of Wilson and his associates,
and that Wilson's share OF the $4,000
Cspt was SJNMoOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Title, But Little Cash.

Wilson came here three years ago
from Denvers He brought along the title
of colonel, but very little money. Since
reams of United Wireless stock were I'M
loaded on the public ne has lived at the
Waldorf-Astoria and acquired the repu-
tation of being a five-time millionaire.
Wilson got into the wireless business
through Abraham White, the postage
stamp bidder for United States govern
ment and New York city bonds. When
White was in control of the American De
Forest Wireless Company Wilson had
charge of selling the stock to the public
Three years ago the De Forest COM
pany got into litigation with the Mar
conf company. and about $4,000 in judg-
ments was piled UP against it, Its af-
controlled about sl5.OOO.OOO tpar value)
OF its securities, the market value of
which was then ininitesirlal