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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 11.-Flour-
Dull. Spring patents. 5.15a5.5N Winter
4.7o: spring clears. 4.15a4.4O; winter ex.
tras. No. 1, $40; winter extras No. ,
3.2oaS 90 Kansas straights. 46Oa4. IS
Receipts. 44.O5s: shipments. 3,555 barrels
4.a5: choice to fancy, 4.4Oa455.
Buckwheat nour-Dull; 90 per 1Ot
pounds.
Observation-Disclosures: American, 621s C. i. f
| New York. Canadian, IS c. i. I. New
Cornmeal-Steady; fine white and vel
low. 1;2oa1.2o. Coarse. 1.15a1.2o; kill
Rye-Duil; No. western, sssa +. o. b
New York.
Barley-Firm; mailing, 9Oa9o c. j. (
Buffalo.
Wheat-spot barely steady: No. red
97ss. both elevator and f. O. b. a1oat: No
| l northern Duluth. 1.179s f. 0. b. aioat
and prices were shade lower on a poo
| cash demand and easier outside mar
kets closing &c net lower. Decembe
closed 07M: May. 1Oo 1-16a1.O 5-16; close,
1.O21s; July closed Ions. Receipts, a, 40
bushels; shipments, nil.
| Corn-Spot steady; NO. new corn, >
spot t. o. b. Futures market was with
out transactions. closing at ss to &c ne
lower December closed, o5; May. 557s
Receipts. 81 1916: shipments, 1904.
Oats-Sp0t steady.
| Tallow-Quiet; prime city hogsheads
IN: country. 1,sa7s.
Cotton seed oil-Steady; prime crud,
southeast, go; prime summer yellow
712a7.2O: December. 7.12a7.l0: January
7.l6a1I1: February. 7.15a7.22; March
! 7.25a1.26: April. 7.25a7.3O.
| Petroleum-Steady; refined New Yorl
barrels. 40: refined New York bulk
$50; Philadelphia. barrels, 7.4o: Philadel
phia bulk, go
WcolHFirm: domestic fleece XX Ohio
81
Realistically; strained common t,
good. 600.
Turpentine-steady: machine barrels
1871.
Rice-Steady: domestic. 2Aa54: patna
5ha6
| Molasses-Firm; New Orleans opeI
kettle, 3Oa5O.
Raw sugar-Firm; Muscavedo, SO test
| $50
Potatoes, cabbages, peanuts and
| freights-Quiet and unchanged.
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telligence of the street that the burden Is
lodged with a comparatively small num-
Der Of rich men and groups or men ana
of interests that command almost unlim-
tied credit with the banks and trust COM
panies
A statement issued not long since. that
of the S.5OO,OOO shares of stock In the
steel trust over 100000 shares were on
of bankers and brokers at home and
abroad. The inference Is that the great
mass Of stocks so held was lodged with
the banks as collateral on loans.
If the case Of the steel trust Is illustra-
where from Is to . per cent Of the rail-
road and industrial capitalization Is held
on margins, or back OF loans In banks,
which is almost the same thing. In any
untoward emergency the banks would un-
doubtedy curtail these loans heavily and
throw great masses Of the stun on the
market. That is the dangerous side.
The other view to take Is that only
strong people would have the standing in
the wholesale scale indicated, and that
therefore the market situation Is bull
warked instead Of weakened by the con-
centration Of shares In the hands OF peo-
Die qualified to protect them.
The bear leaders profess to believe that
there must ensue a tremendous liquida-
ton before the market can permanently
improve Speculatively considered, 1t is
q rlCn man s IudL h0t-h IICII ILdu . 60iAC'
Production Of Steel Rails.
A statistical sharp figures that the 49,
600 miles Of railroad are equipped with
35 OOO, 900 tons Of steel rails. and that the
trackage not included in this official esti-
mate Of mileage will bring the total ton
mage of rails up to 5O.OO0,OO0.
The largest production Of rails any one
year was $4,000 tons in 1906. That was
about the full capacity at that time. Ca
pacity has since increased to 100000
TONS of which 100000 belongs to the
steel trust.
For some reason little is heard this year
about the wonderful market advance
which is to result from a reinYestment of
the enormous sums disbursed on and
about the LIST Of January in dividends and
interest Prophecies OF market booms on
this annual date have miserably failed Of
realization 50 many times that Wall street
has stopped making predictions ON that
account.
The annual Christmas distributions in
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Mrs. A. III. Currier, sixty-fixe years old,
widow of Samuel Curiier Of the seventh
election district. died at her home near
Blythedaie. Md, after a lingering I'LL
ness.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. December 17-With the
Australian supply Of wheat the largest
on record and with primary receipts
in this country greatly in excess Of a year
ago, the market here eased off little to-
day. The close was at net decline OF
| a. shade to Sc. Corn and oats both fin
ished hai4 to Aassc under last night. 1r
provisions latest figures were unchang
ed to 1Oc up
At no time during the day was there any
aggressive buying to lift values in the whea
pit. The apparent reason was the officia
report of the crop of New South Vale:
bearing out assertions from merchandis
ing quarters that the Australian yield /:
4 large one and with 100000 bushel:
carried over from the previous veal
record. Liverpool dispatches, however
spoke Of fear Of manipulation in Chicago
as offsetting the effect of cheaper offer
ings from Australia On the other hand
were extremely liberal compared witt
twelve months back. so much 60 as al
most to equal the volume Of corn. New
ertheless. there seemed to be no dis
position for the time being to put ou
any new short lines. The tone of the
was in the main fairly steady. May
ranged from 951s to 957s. and closed ~
on at 95ss.
Corn weakened because the weeks re-
ceipts here were nearly 2,OOOOOO bushels
more than were shipped out May sole
from 411a to 47ss, and finished .saA off a
4714a47ss. Cash demand was decidedly
slack. No. 9 yellow closed at 5O11a51.
The northwest sold a good deal of cash
oats to local December shorts today. anG
predicted large arrivals here next week
Primary receipts for the last seven days
we're the largest in five years. May
huctuated between 1919 and 341sa34A, with
final sales 1saH down at "a.
Provisions became strong and weak by
turns. Business, though. was almost en-
tirely local. In the end, traders who had
been bearish all week were on the bull
side. and there was a net rise of 21s to 1Ot
In pork; lard was unchanged to sc higher
and ribs were up 2k to &c.
Cash grain: Wheat-No. red, !3a93%
No. red. 91a921s No. hard, 9314a96
No. . hard. 91a94: No. ] northern, 1.O4s
LOS: No. northern. LOCAL .O5; No. :
northern. locales; No. spring. 94a1.OS
No: spring. 93a1.O2; velvet chaff. 9Os
1.O1; durum, S2a92.
Corn-No. ,. 48a4S1s, No. new, 461sa
AGA No. = white. 4Sa4Sk: No. 2 yellow
JOEa31; No. yellow. new. 46Aa47: No
3. 4711a4S: No. 2, new. 44a44k; No. {
white. 41lta4S; No. 3 white. new, 44a44La
No. ) yellow, 491za5O; No. yellow. new
Hats; No. 4. 47a47H; No. new, 42a42k
No. white. 47a47h; No. white, new
42a42h; No. 4 yellow, 4sa4S1a; No. 4 vel
low. new, 42a43.
Oats-No. 2. 81; No. >, white, 33a3SSss..
No. 3. white. 31a32h: No. 4. 50; No.
white, 31Ha32; standard 32;4a33.
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WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business December ~ at
the New York Stock Exchange



and o
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overnight developments were not of
a character to make for optimism The
large increase in the number of idle cars
reported by the American Railway AS
sociation-1O.SOO between November -,
and December 1-offers additional proof
that the business of the leading trans
portatiOn companies leaves much to be
desired at this time, but some comfort
was derived from the fact that these
same conditions We're much worse in the
corresponding period last year. Post
ponement for two months by the inter-
state commerce commission of the in
PRODUCTION of the new long and short
maui clause was accepted as another
Setback for the railroads.
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FEW STOCK CHANGES
Mixture of Losses and Gains
on New York Exchange.
MARKET WAS SPIRITLESS
Monotony of Day Broken by Failure
of Brokerage Firm.
DECREASE NOTED IN LOANS
Views of the Financiers on Develop
ments in New York Clear
ance Statement.
DECREASE NOTED IN LOANS

NEW YORK, December 11.-Today' 5
brief session on the stock exchange may
he dismissed with the bald statement
that business during the greater part
of the two hours was almost at a COM
piete standstill. Price changes in few
instances were important. and the mar
Iet apparently was left to it's own de-
vices. Some of the semi-active issues were
rot quoted at all. and the net result
was mixture of losses and gains, the
latter predominatng. The monotony
OF the day was broken by the failure of
an incOnspicuous brokerage firm.
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Average Surplus Increased.

The average surplus stands at Sc, 800 600.
an increase of about three and one-quar-
ter millions compared with the previous
week. The summary of state banks and
trust companies outside the clearing
house showed unimportant changes, loans
having increased two and a half millions
and deposits little less than three and
a half millions, while the change in cash
holdings was immaterial. The outlook
indicates continued easy conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
Conditions Abroad.

London and the continental markets
were almost as dull our own. Another
small lot of gold was withdrawn from
the Bank of England for Egypt. The
most noteworthy feature of the Imperial
Bank of Germanys weekly statement was
contained in the large increase of de-
posts. aggregatinS approximately $15.-
100000 Gold in hand increased over
2,jOO.OOO. with an increase of S4,0OO,COO
in loans.
Our own bank statement reported a
large actual decrease in loans and a
cash gain, instead of the expected loss,
the whole making for a moderate in
crease in the surplus reserve. The trust
companies and other institutions not re-
porting TO the clearing house showed
an increase of about S2,5OO.OOO in the
loan account, indicating that some of
the burden has been shifted to their
shoulders.
Total sales of bonds, par value ST.
C:,2,O00.
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Recover Loss in Reserve.

The Financier will say.
The New York clearing house banks.
according to their statement Saturday
quickly recovered by somewhat heavy
loss in reserve disclosed by the previous
weeks statement, although this rehabiIi-
tation of reserve was accomplished more
by the reduction of loans and by deposit
liability, rather than by any striking
increase in each holding. The loans
of the banks. taking the state
ment of actual conditions as a
basis, decreased during the week S.
;ss',6oo, while deposits showed a CORES
bonding loss of 81 .534, 100. The cash gain
was $1.I44.1O0. which seems to indicate a
cessation in part at least of the con-
iinued movement to the interior. AS a
result of the operations noted the re-
quired reserve was lowered. the present
surplus above the % per cent minimum
standing at $9.339,4JO The statement of
averages issued Saturday did not reflect
the gain in cash for the entire week The
decrease in deposits, according to meth
DDS of average compilation, amounted to
over S13,OOOOO0. and the decrease in loans
TO about the same amount.
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our kind of luck in discovering stars
among the freshmen there will be the
hottest series OF ball games that ever was
played anywhere between two teams"
said Penny.
Its hardly possible that Jefferson
should have anything like the same kind
Of luck" remarked Hughie.
Meantime, however. some very similar
talk was going on at Jefferson.
"They licked us at foot ball this wear
all right, and I still think it was mostly
luck that they did, said Captain and
Manager Frank Church to his coaches
and captains about this same time. "but
we've got them this year on the ball
game. Won't Lowell be surprised, though.
when we turn 'em inside out on the ola.
lnond?'
did you ever know of anybody else
having the kind of base ball luck as we
have had this year?' asked Tommy
Beach, the center fielder on the Jefferson
team and good friend Of Church's
NO." said Church. I've seen the bad
luck come In punches often before, such
as having q half dozen of the team put
out Of the game on account OF injuries
in day, but no one ever had the good
luck we have had In picking out fine kids
from bunch of freshmen recruits and
have them develop into stars after the
few games we have played"
in the past said Big George Mellen. star
pitcher of the Western College, but me-
thinks that when We have finished our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
RAIL WAY BOWLING
LEAGUE AVERAGES

Last Fridays match between the Office
and the Eastern teams closed the 1909
1910 season schedule OF the Washington
Railway Relief Association Bowling
League. This season proved to be one OF
the most successful seasons since the
league has been organized and there were
many interesting and exciting battles
fought during the period.
It is a different tale to tell this year
N regards to tine championship OF the
league than it has been for the past six
successive years. and this season the
flag and honors must go to the north
eastern team, which is composed of boys
who hail from the old toll gate at 18th
and Fl streets. instead Of the Eastern out
fit Of East Capitol street barn. who have
been 30 successful in years gone by. Al
though the Northeastern boys won the
championship and led all season, they
were forced to fight with all their might
to keep away from that hustling bunch
of Easterns, and when the last game was
played Friday they were but forty-two
points ahead of their rivals, which is eX-
actly two games. The winners partici-
pated in forty-eight battles, capturing
thirty-six of them and lost the other
twelve.
This seasons champs are Skinner, Nc
Kinney. LYDIA, Ball, .Hedrick and Reuno,
good bunch OF fellows and clever
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and compared the two teams. man for
man, as best as they could. The result
was enough to make them anxious ana
they finally decided to get Young, the
coach, who could tell real bail player
across q fifty-acre lot, out to Jenerson TO
look over the rival team and get as many
pointers as he could.
No doubt some fellow from Jefferson
had already been looking the Lowell team
over in action or would be around soon,
but of course there was no way to pre-
vent this, and, besides, there was no rea-
son why it shouldn't be-done. The rivalry
between the two schools was OF the Keen
est in every way.
On the whole the boys decided that II
the team kept on as they had been work
ing together-like machine-and IL they
could avoid slump. they would have
just as good chance to win as the other
fellow, and perhaps a little be..er. They
were the champions and had been for
years. and this would give them a slight
advantage.
So they worked little harder in prac-
tice, trying to perfect themselves more
and more. in their signals and other In
side work, and every man on the team
pledged himself again and again to
Hughie to try a little more earnestly
than he had before. II that were posi-
BILE, for the honor and glory of the uni
yersity And this helped them to keep
from getting nervous when they thought
of these reports Of Churchs team at JET
ferson.
(To be continued tomorrow.)
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territory behind the line of scrimmage;
20 Limitation Of the width of scrim-
mage lines. These two provisions of
plan cohere in a general design to
make forward passes and quarterback
runs better ground-gainers by opening
up the play and compromising for the
weakness Of the offense in other ways.
Scrimmage LineA
Two schemes for defining the width of
the scrimmage lines were proposed. One
was an arbitrary limit of FIVE yards on
each side of the balls; the other was i'm
itation Of the line Of defense to the width
OF the line Of offense. Everything
that tends to thin out the line invites
mass plays. By narrowing the lines the
committee hopes both to strengthen It,
and thus make end runs more profitable
Under this system, If the runner in cir
cling the end were not boxed almost be-
TORE he got under way he could reach
free territory at either side of the line of
scrlmmage. with good chance for gain
ing ground.
The main objection SO far raised to this
first plan, of limiting the forward pass
and the width Of the line, is that it may
result In too much scoring. This will be
determined by experiment. It Is probabla
that the distance to be gained will be
raised to fifteen yards In three downs,
with a poSoipii1ty lHdI less distance Will
De required as the goal line Is reached,
or that four downs instead of three will
be allowed. with the same gain required
The second or general style Of play un-
der consideration provides for ten yards
distance to be gained The forward pass
under this plan would be allowed beyond
the line OF scrimmage, with the present
requirement Of running to either side, five
yards from the center. and with the ad-
dlt1onal condition that on forward passes
the ball may be received only by the men
on the end of the lines or by the backs.
AT present the tackles ure allowed to re-
ceive the ball. In case of an uncom-
pleted forward pass the ball is to be
brought back to the point at which the
pass is made, and the play is to he
counted as one down. This loss Of a
down is the only penalty attached, ex-
cept that In case the man who passed the
ball had first carried 1t toward his own
goal the distance he ran backward would
be lost to his team
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
CHAPTER XIV.
Preparations at the Rival College.

1TepAIdLlOuS al SAAO ASASoA S0AASo ~
The progress Of the nine was quite sat
isfactory to Hughie and the coaches, and
they began to feel as though they had the
championship again in their inside pock-
cts; and they were right in thinking SO,
because never before in all the ball teams
put together, in college or out, had there
been so many individual stars on any one
team.
This" said Hughie, talking with PEN
ny, who had been down for week. has
been the greatest luck that any base
ball manager ever had-to find himself
at the beginning Of the training season
with FIVE of the most important positions
of the team vacant and then to discover
among the freshmen a bunch of fellows
like Case. Hagner, Robb, darlington and
Radams. who make good right away. OF
course, I'd not tell them SO to their faces,
but those fellows are playing their posi-
lions better than any fellows who ever
played those corners before. They ought
to be worlds champions. Those boys,
especially when steadied by the more ex-
perienced bunch we have left-Everson.
Larke. Gibbs, Black and Delvin-ought
to beat any team in.the world
''They haven't been beaten yet" said
Everson. who just came up. land | don't
think we are going to be licked this year.
Did you ever see such a bunch of starsr'
IF Jefferson College has anything like
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Forward Pass Penalty,

Such decrease in the penalty attached
to use of the forward pass would operate,
the committee feels. for greater use of
the play. 1t Is also desired to afford pro-
lection to the man receiving the ball on a
forward pass. but what manner of pro-
lection has not been determined. The
problem is one OF the most difficult raised
for solution.
At the beginning of the second and
fourth quarters teams are to change
goals, the ball being put in play at the
same relative position in which it was al
the beginning OF the preceding quarter.
Many other points discussed, such as
whether the kickoff shall be retained
and whether goals shall be kicked after
touchdowns have been made, were not
settled Decision on such details depends
on the general style OF play ultimately
adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
A Base Ball Story
Christy Mathewson
Copyright. 1910. By r. J. Bodmer. Co.
WON IN THE NINTH

games with them this year with the team
we now have this bunch OF fellows will
have wiped out not only all the disgrace
of the foot ball defeat. but also the long
string OF base ball beatings they have
handed US in the past years."
About this time. too, various graduates
of Lowell who lived in the west and had
had chance to see some OF the games
which Jefferson had played with other
western colleges began to think that
Church had finally succeeded in putting a
team together that would, II they kept up
the pace which they had set for them
selves. give Lowell pretty hard tussle.
They could not quite speak what was
great belief in Jenkins. but when they
looked away down deep In their hearts
they not only felt these western boys
might give Lowell q pretty hard tussle.
would take the championship. So they
began sending what seemed at first to
their friends at Lowell to whom they
wrote some wonderful stories of the star
players on the new team at Jefferson
College. and gave many warnings that at
last Church had a real ball team, and
that when he brought his boys to Lowell
the championship would at least be in
danger.
George Davids wrote to Delvin about
& fast shortstop. who, strange to say,
had come from the east to attend this
western college. His name is Eddie
Holl1ns. wrote George, land he Is a star
performer. He came here direct from
Columbus Preparatory. and I am sur
prised that you didn't hear Of him in time
to induce him to go to Lowell OF course
you wouldn't be looking for a shortstop
II you still had Brinker. and 1 hope you
have had some luck in getting a new one
Hollins, however. is very fast on the
bases and a wonderful fielder. Besides,
he is a cracker-jack with the bat. You
know I once had an idea about playing
short myself. but this boy acts as
though he had had years OF training
under Joe himself
From Amos Russell came a long re-
port to Black about a wonderful pitcher
that had been discovered. His name
is Cam" wrote Russell, land his curves
are longer and wider than his name.
He was born in Kentucky, which ex-
plains why he happened to come to
Jefferson. He is a Highlander. with
great speed, sharp curves and he is
long on control. really think you had
better send some one out here to look
the whole team over. You may be able
to discover some weak points. I have
looked over them several times, and
think that for once dear old Lowell
will have to hustle If they beat this
team"
Dear Old Pop Anderson took particular
pains to write about the Jefferson team
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CADETS LOSE FIRST GAME,
Have a Good Schedule for the
Season.

The cadets at the school Of instruc-
ton Of the revenue cutter service
played their first game Of the base ball
season Tuesday. March 22. at Arundel
Cove, Md, with the formidable team
from the University of Maryland as
their opponents. The Cadets were de-
feated in this game by score Of IL
to l.
The. Cadets. although entirely out
classed by the strong university team,
showed good form and the presence of
good material. and will. without doubt,
make credftable record for themselves
during the present season.
The following is the schedule for the
school:
March 90 at Arundel Cove, University OF
Maryland: March %, at Arundel Cove, Baltimore
Medical College; April 2. at Arundel Cove. Bal.
del Cove; Mount st. Joseph College; April ., a,
College Park. Md. Maryland Agricultural Col
lege;; April 10. at Arundel Cove. Loyoa College:
Academy; April 20, at Arundel Cove, Baltimore
City College; April 20. at Arundel Cove, Rocl
Hill College: April %. at Arundel Cove Johns
Hopkins University.
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policy. 1t was these which have been
adopted. The broad question of choice
between the two plans cannot be decided
upon until exhaustive experiments have
been conducted"
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Base Ball Today.

The Randle Highlands and the Twin.
ing School base ball teams. composed of
youngsters Of fourteen and sixteen years,
will clash in an interesting game today
at o'clock on the grounds In Clark S
addition to Randle Highlands. Volt Bush
is captain of the Randle Highlands,
while Noble Mitchell Is manager.