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The Washington times., 1911-02-05
Philharmonic Society
Scheduled for National

The Philharmonic Society of New
York, that little more than a week ago
made its first appearance in this city
in the sixty-nine years of its existence,
will give its second concert at the Ma
tional Theater Tuesday afternoon, Feb
ruary %, at 4:3O o'clock.
On this occasion the program will in
clude one of the greatest orchestral
successes of the New York season-the
Bach suite, with Gustav Mailer at the
harpsichord while conducting.
T. Arthur Smith is managing the
Washington engagement.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
GAYETY-"The Queen of Bohemia"

THE Queen of Bohemia" one of the
main spokes in the Columbia Amuse-
ment Company's big wheel, with picked
stars of burlesque, will be at the Gayety
Theater this week.
new pI,OiaaS' St1n, ~ eEesS
also owns and controls "The College
Girls" is the producer. The piece is
an original musical comedy IN two acts,
and has twenty-one musical numbers
The book and lyrics are by a we'll
known author, and music by Paul Ru-
benS.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05

Mr.. Edeson is appearing under the
of Henry B. Harris, who
has furnished him with a good support
ing cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at an advance OF
sails points, with the near months rela-
lively firm in response to Unexpectedly
high Liverpool cables and covering of
shorts Private advices attributed the
advance in the English market to fears
of frost in the western belt. but early
reports from Texas and Oklahoma re-
ceived here showed no killing tempera-
lures, the rains In the eastern belt were
accompanied by warmer weather, and
offerings were very heavy at the Initial
advance. The south was a big seller
with the result that prices soon eased
off to within a point or two of yester-
days figures and the market was nervous
and unsettled later in the morning.
The western belt forecast for gen
orally fair weather tonight and to-
morrow and Liverpool cables reporting
that large orders for goods were being
Cancelled in Manchester for China &C
count because Of the disturbance in
that country weakened the market
later in the forenoon and nearly all the
active months made new low records,
with December selling off to $40 and
January to 8.95, or to a net decline of
I5a16 points A good demand develop
ed as the market broke through 8
cents for January, but only slight raj
lies occurred and prices at midday
lowest. Spot nominal
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
$4,000 bales, against 11,473 last week
45O, 900 bales against 44S,236 last week
$50. 600 bales. against 44S.236 last week.
and 449.223 last year. TOday's receipts
, at New Orleans, 1925 bales, against
1882 last year, and at Houston, IS, So
bales, against 24.79S last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17

Director Merriam of the twelfth census
declared that it has proved boon to
the census office. 1t needs only be said
that If. at the twelfth census. the tallies
or age and sex, activity and occupation
had been made by hand, it would have
required the time of a hundred clerks
nearly twelve years" He also estimated
that the electrical machinery does the
work IN tenth of the time, at a third OF
ten cost and with a greater degree of ac-
curacy than could be accomplished by
hand, and that it saved the government
$o,OOO.0OO in the work of the twelfth
census.
The machinery is remarkable for its in
genuity. Symbols are prepared which
represent the various items of data as ex-
tracted from the schedule. Editors take
the schedule and insert symbols over the
item in the various columns and form
each person in the United States. and on
each of them is set down the facts relat-
ing to sex. age. race, birthplace. etc.
and a machine is used to punch holes
through the symbols which tell the story
of each individual Each machine has a
capacity Of about 1880 cards a day and
there are 300 machines in the census
office.
The 9O.OO0,0O0 cards which represent the
N.CO.0CO people in the United States
would make a stack ten miles high \
careful check is kept upon the accuracy
OF the operators of the punching ma
CIiHeS, SO DIS 10 make sure that they are
not hitting the wrong keys. While it is
not possible to compare all of these 90.
100000 cards with the schedule from
which they are punched a certain num-
, Der of cards selected at random from
each operators work and compared with
the original. If the operator is inaccu-
rate. she must mend her ways or turn
the machine over to some one else
After the cards are Punched they are
fed into what is known as the tabulatine
machine L, machine is so arranged
that as the card passes through an cleo
trical connection is established by a blunt
needle passing through the card wherever
there is d hole punched, into a cup of
mercury. and the fact OF this connection
Is automatically recorded. The machine
automatically prints the total results for
each unit of area, such as districts town
ships. wards. cities states. This ma
chine has almost human intelligence
Whenever a card fed into it is properly
punched 1t gives an approving ring and
passes the card through. If the card
does not have the proper number of holes
punched in it the tabulating machine
stops and refuses to bulge until the Of
Tending card is Withdrawn.
Tomorrow - THE AMERICAN Gov
EMINENT.
XV.-The Bureau of Standards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE.
At Eighty-Five BLACK Mike Pre-.
pares for Death.

WATERBURY. Conn. October IL
In Winstead there are TWO Mike Grifiins.
Red Nike and Black Mike. Red Nike
never rose TO distinction, but Black Mike
has been digging graves in ST Joseph :
cemetery ever since the town can re-
member.
And niver a wan av tn lot but what
was dug right" says Black Mike.
Black Mike celebrated his eighty-fifth
birthday last week In the morning b."
finished digging a grave for an old friend.
Then he considered his own future
Faith. I'll dig me own an have IT right. :
said Black Mike.
He did. and at the head be placed a
sign. Reserved exclusively for Michael
Griffin, Esq.
..I'l be needin' il some time" explained
Mr.. Griffin
Red Mike Griffin viewed the proceedings
from the fence. 'Twa'd be a joke il
sthole Black Mikes grave from him, .
he said.
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they answer we'll and trulv
Inc enumerator Is required to hold in
sacred confidence everything he learns
IN the discharge of his duties, and Jail
dlvulges any Of the information he OBJ
talns. No matter If he unearths the
biggest tax dodger in the country, or the
most notorious criminal in the land his
mouth must be forever closed That he
GOES unearth vast amount of tax dodg-
ing is disclosed by the fact that during
recent year the people of the country
I'M formed the tax assessor that they were
worth $4,000. 0O0OO0. When the enumer-
ator came around with expanding chest
ana swelling pride they informed him
that they were worth more than hun
dred billion dollars.
One of the things which the census
bureau has to guard against is frequent
attempts at padding the lists. In one
census a negro enumeration in Mississippi
MADE returns for all the farms in his dis
trict, and then duplicated these returns
Tor every member Of the family On each
farm. The padding was for the purpose
OF increasing his own pay. In another
case a Maryland enumerator visited the
cemeteries in his district and returned
the names upon the tombstones Some
times ambitious cities engage in cam.
palgns OF census padding. In recent
census two rival cities undertook to PAD
their population returns. Each was
watching the other. The one went at il
in a crude sort of way, and was soon de-
tected. The other handled the situation
with finer hand and might have sue
ceeded in its efforts but for the watch
fulness of the rival city.
Bitter disappontments often follow the
announcement of census returns Amhi.
tious cities hope to make a better show.
ing than their rivals. For instance as
Los Angles and Seattle weer both am.
bilious to be written down as the second
city of the Pacific coast by the thirteenth
census. great campaign of city boom
ing was carried forward by each of them
Los Angeles won out
But for the invention Of machines ca
pable or arranging and adding figures
more accurately than can be done by the
human hand and the human brain ant
much more rapidly. the taking of a fed
eral census under present conditions would
be utterly impracticable. 1t would re-
quire so long to tabuate. digest and pub
lish the returns that it would be time fol
another census to be taken before the one
in hand could be completed. Electricity
has solved the problems of digesting the
returns which come from the enumera
tors in the field. Prior to the eleventh
census all returns were tabulated by
hand, and long, tedious task it was.
In 1890 the electrical punching and
tabulating machine came into use, having
been invented by a former employee OF
the census. Speaking of this machine
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Real Estate Transfers

NORTH RANDLF, H1GHLANDS-Ame
can Security and Trust Company to
w. A Lawler, lot 116, square 54s9;
RANDLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. Jen-
kins ct TX. to Frederick p. jenkins.
lot GO. square 1919: $40 Same to Mary
e. Jenkins lot 80. square o315; sic.
WOODLEY PARk-Thomas p. Bones
and S. Percy Thompson to Adam
Fahnestock. lot 63, block 16; $40
EIGHTH STREET NORTHEAST be-
tween X and l. streets-James c.
Nealon ct ux. to Gustavus A. and
Dora L.. Schrader, lot JOB. square SS7;
SO.
NJ Berry eft al
TO Mary f. P. Shull. lots % and "a,
block 3: $40
NO. 94S S STREET NORTHWEST-Be
jamin D. Stalings to Richard b.
Peters. lot los. square 1863: SO.
H STREET NORTHWEST between 18th
and 18th streets-Jessie r. Davies to
Henry Hammond. east half original
lot Is, square 2SS; SO.
NO. 81 C STREET AST-Howe
Totten ct uX. to Antonio Toffoli and
Antonio Toffoli. lot IS. square rs: so.
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS
American Security and Trust
Company and Amos III. Plumb, trus-
tees. to Ross Thompson. lot and
part lot ], square 2139: $40.
CHEVY CHASE GROVE-Fulton r.
Gordon ct TX. to Margaret p Noon
an. lot IL. square 2023; s2.S71.2S.
1911 18TH STREET SOUTHEAST
John j. Dugan ct Tx. to Elizabeth
j.. John J., jr.. and Timothy G.
Dugan. part lot 20. square 977: $40
MERIDIAN HILL-Hobart Brooks to
Kate s. Brooks. lot 81. block II: $40.
DOUGLAS-Samuel r. Bond ct ux to
Charles H. Lassiter. lot IA; $500
G. AND HALF STREETS SOUTHWEST
George A. Gray ct uX. to Charles
E Banes, lots 25 and 20 square
east of 642; $40.
G AND HALF STREETS SOUTHWEST
George A. Gray ct uX. to Paul F.
Alexander, lots 81 and %, squares
east of 642; SO.
BURLEITH ADDITION-William L.
Stewart ct ux. TO Gilbert Congdon,
lots 2a2, 293 and 294: $40.
ux. to Ayloett c. and Florence c.
Motley. lot a, block Z: $40
FLORENCE COURT NORTHEAST be-
tween r and G streets-Susan r. Mer-
RAM ct vir. Arthur C. To Helen w.
Merriam. lot IA. square 105l; $40.
Tx. TO Daniel NJ Brown. part lot II,
block i: $40.
FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between Rhode Island avenue and p
street--Elmer S. Berkeley ct Tx. to
Ernest W. and jamie |. Smith, part
lots A and A., square 30; 10.
NO. 6l3 THIRD STREET SOUTHWEST
Ann Boland to Johanna d. Wynne,
part lot %. square 5't9; $40
TWENTY-THIRD STREET NORTH
WEST between III and / streets
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank of Georgetown to Robert c.
Cumberland. part original lot 6. square
IS: So Robert c. Cumberland eft uX.
convey same property to Richard j.
Chism; $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Trading in the bond list was slight
at today's meeting of the stock eX-
change but what was done was on
better level than that of recent days
Washington Railway tours sold for
s. Il, while quite a block of conson-
dated bonds of the Potomac Electric
Powder Company were taken at 1O1 a :.
The bid for Washington Railway
common stock rose to 40, which was
the level of the last sale, but there
was none offered at less than 40$4
There was no trading. In the case of
the preferred stock of the company no
change was made in the figures.
Gas stock sold at S11s. which is about
half a point less than the highest figure
reached Just before the books were closed
for the payment of the quarterly divi-
dend. Only one twenty five-share lot was
sold during the call. and there was more
stock offered at the same price. After
call a 'hundred-share lot and twenty
tive-share lot sold at ST..
The recession in prices in the case of
Mergenthaler which occurred yesterday
was continued today with limited trans
actions. Ten shares sold at 233, half a
point less than yesterdays figures. The
closing bid was also half a point lower
and the asking price was a point less
than yesterdays record
On the contrary, an upward tendency
was shown in Lanston Without reach
ing a trade. the bid advanced to 9OSs,
half point in advance of the previous
bid.
AT a meeting of the directors of the
United States Trust Company yesterday
Eldridge r. Jordan was elected honorary
vice president to succeed South Trimble
Mr. Jordan was also elected a member
of the executive committee and Wade H.
Ellis was elected director
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17

closed yesterday:
EQUITY COURT NO. - Justice Wright.
Gray agt. Seger: offer of sale accepted
and trustee directed tn convey and ref
erence 10 auditor; plaintiffs attorney,
George c. Gertman.
Padgett agt. Padgett: rue to show
cause returnable October -: plaintiff :
attorney. W. p. Plumey.
Murphy agt. Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road road :, e. 1ompany; argument concluded !;
fendant,s attorneys. j. J. Hamilton and
H. l.. Clarke.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. l-Justice stafford
pany: verdict for defendant: PLAINTIFF :
attorneys. Kenyon d mcfarland; de-
PENDANTS attorney. Wilton j. Lambert.
Lord agt Meinherg: verdict for plaintiff
for $3.50. and judgment forthwith. incud-
ing interest. but without costs: PLAINTIFF $
attorney, NJ. n. Richardson; defendants
attorney. F. 5. Key-Smith.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. Justice Could
Larner agt Trimble: motion for new
trial filed: plaintiffs attorney. Arthur
Peter: defendants attorneys, Archer X
Smith.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1-Justice An
derson.
United States agt. Charles Davis: lar
ceny. recogniZance 500 taken, with Sam
uel ID. Webb surety.
| United States agt. William +. Nermil-
| lion: forgery: bail reduced to 500: .recog-
| nizance taken. with f. =. Hall surety.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. c-Justice Bar
| nard.
| Warner agt. Costinet: verdict for plain
| tiff for $500 plaintiffs attorney. George
| F. Havell: defendants attorneys, Birney
| & Woodland
| United States agt. Herbert Byram: en-
bezzlement; nolle pros.
Hendley agt. Souder: defendant called
Judgment for plaintiff for s175: plaintiff
attorney. w j. Neale; defendants at
torney. w. c. Balderston.
| United States agt. Albert Stahl: non
support: plea guilty: placed on probation.
Cozzens agt Lloyd: continued for the
| term: plaintiffs attorney, A. III. Bell: de-
| PENDANTS Attorney A. ID. Smith.
| Burch & KEEPS agt.. Smith: jury res
pited until Wednesday: plaintiffs attor-
ney. S. V. Hayden; defendant S attorney
NJ. #. Clnkscales
BANKRUPTCY COURT-Justice Bar
| nard.
In re Harry Click: order appointing
William Bradfield receiver; bond, 5000
BANKRUPTCY COURT-Chief Justice
| Clabaugh.
| In re Harry G. Click; adjudication and
| reference to William NJ. Hallam, referee.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Wright.
Estate of Emily Hughes: petition for
probate and record OF will and for letters
testamentary; attorney, w. X. QHinter
| Estate of Charles H. Davidge: petition
for leave to convey real estate and file
final account; attorney. A. A. Hoehling
Estate of Winfield S. Schley: will ad-
mitted to probate and letters of admins
tration, C. t. "a, granted to Annie r
Schley; bond, 500: attorney, ]. s. Blair
!; In re Lamar d. Lord: order appointing
Sophie Lord guardian; bond. $500; attor
ney. +. S. Key-Smith.
Estate of Mary F. Newburn: caveat O
Mary r. Gaskins filed; attorneys Webb
& Stein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON. October 17.-An increase OF
activity is noted in the wool market.
while a number Of buyers declare that
staple territory woods and feeces are
less strong.
The volume of business is not confined
territory stock range large.
The demand for fieeces is still confined
10 lower grades. with some dealings in
three-eighths blood, which sells from 2iIz
10 &c.
Good average territory clothing woods
are held at 1Sc, with estimated secured
value at Ole
A moderate amount OF pulled woo
finds customers. but the foreign prod
uct is duh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
POCKETBOOK SNATCHERS
GET AWAY WITH LOOT
Four Cases Reported to Po-
lice Represent an Aggre-
gate Loss of 500.

Yesterday complaints of four thefts of
handbags were made to the police the
losses of the owners in cash totaling
more than 500. while one diamond ring
valued at $50 also was included in the
loot. Aroused by the success with which
purse snatchers have piled their business
extra precautions will be taken by the
authorities to protect woman buyers in
the stores.
Miss Ida Brown of 1903 New Jersey
day afternoon she had been robbed of
diamond ring worth $50 while in the
shopping district.
Robbed While Shopping
Complaint was made by Mrs Julia
CoXen, 92S Sth street southeast, that her
pocketbook containing $50 in cash was
taken yesterday while she was shopping
and the theft of a purse containing So
was reported to the police by Miss Annie
Hargrove of 912 9th street northwest.
who said it was taken while she was in
a store on 9TH street northwest
Miss c. a. Gibbon of 3I35 VI street
northwest reported she was robbed OF
store Oh NJ street.
A pocketbook containing So was taken
from the home of Mrs. Sarah Pepper,
1881 X street northwest. yesterday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Pepper told the police of
the third precinct she found a strange
man in the hallway of the first floor of
her home. Mrs. Pepper inquired what he
was doing I'm her house. He replied with
a foreign accent that he had been sent
there to get her husbands overcoat to
be cleaned. 1t was after he had left
the premises Mrs. Pepper discovered her
loss.
Thieves Visit Houseboat.
:, Edward T. Dern, 1923 / street north
west reported to the police last night
that his houseboat, anchored at Fletch-
er's, had been robbed. Articles of wear
ing apparel. graphophone records and
canned foods valued at about $40, he
stated, were taken.
Mrs. Alice R. Sears of A Rhode Island
avenue northwest reported to the po-
lice last night that a theft had been
committed at her home some time since
Friday last. The property taken included
a gold watch, locket, necklace, ring and
jewel case. Mrs. Sears valued the stolen
property at $751;
Report was made to the police last
night that the house of Lucien Paul,
231 Sth street northeast, had been visited
by burglars. The premises were ran
sacked, but nothing was missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, October 17.-Wheat-
Firmer; spot contract. 96la: spot No 2
red western. $50 October, 9612; Novem-
ner. 9Iiz: December. 99k: May. l.O64
steamer No. 2 red. 931a; receipts, 1928
bushels: southern by samples, 81.
CONFIRM: spot contract, 75h; year,
t'%4a6Iis; January. 6I44a6TB: February,
6ea6Sl4 March, 6S34a69. Receipts, 379
bushels
Oats-Easier: No. white. 81 sales,
standard white, 5O1.aJOs.: No. :, white.
,O14.
Rye-Firm; No. . western domestic. LOG
bid
Hay-Steady. unchanged
Grain freights-Firm, UNCHANGED.
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Market Hardens Somewhat.


CHICAGO, October 1I.-Cattle-Receipts
estimated at $500 head. Market steady
10 shade lower. BeeVeS. 4.SttaS ~: Texas
steers. i.1Oa6.1j: western steers asa
20; stockers and feeders, :;.20a.,.15; COWS
and heifers. 2.6pa6.2O: calves. 5!Sta9.25.
HogS-Receipts estimated at 1900 head.
Market steady to shade lower. Light.
5.15a6.95: mixed. 6.05a6.75; heavy, 6.OJa
SO. rough. 6.05a62-j: good to choice
heavy, 6.25a6.75: pigs, :i.JOa5.9O; bulk of
sales 6:35a6-G5
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 1000
head. Market weak. Native, 2.25a4.O0;
western. 2-J0a400: yearlings, 3.7Oa4JO;
lambs, native, 40Oa5. 80; western, 4. COAT. 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
Cooking and Sewing Resumed.

The course In cooking and sewing at
the Garfield night school will be con-
tinued this year. in answer to nuner-
gus requests. The course was inaugu-
rated there last year, but because of
the limited night school fund 1T was
decided TO omit il this year About forty
of the students of the schools. however
petitioned that it be continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
HICKS FUNERAL TOMORROW.
Arrangements Made for Burial of
Merchant and Real Estate Broker,

w. II. Hicks, merchant and real
estate broker of Halls Hill. Va, who
died suddenly last Sunday in front Of
his office, viii be buried tomorrow
morning. The funeral will take place
from his former residence.
Mr.. Hicks was born in Culpeper. Va,
forty-efght- years ago. He lived in
Alexandria, Va, and Yonkers, NJ Y.
during his. youth. Later he came to
Washington and took up business. and
about ten years ago he moved to Halls
HILL ~
Heels survived, by a wife and four
children, his mother, sister, ard two
brothers -@F,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
DIR. Davidson to Sneak

The Cleveland Park School and Com
munity Association has announcements
out for its October meeting. to be held
at the John Eaton School next Friday
evening at O'Clock. After the reports
OF committees have been presented and
officers elected there will be an address
by DR.. W. NJ Davidson. superintendent
of schools This will be followed by
social hour. when light refreshments will
be served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, October 17.-Closing--Three per
cent rentes, % francs ~ confines for the
account. Exchange on London, % francs
161& centimes for checks.
BERLIN. October IL Exchange on
London. 20 marks COZ pfennigs for
checks: money, per cent: private dis
count rate, AS per cent.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October 17.-Flour-
Steady with demand fair.
Wheat-There was a slightly easier tone
to wheat early owing to poor Liverpool
cables. better weather northwest and lib
eral primary receipts of spring wheat:
December, 1.O41aa1W GIG; May 1G324 d
109k. POrk-Barely steady; mess, 16 IJa
1925. Beef-Firm. Lard-Steady Raw
STRAIGHTFORWARD; muscovado, 80 test, J.45
centrifugal, rs test, 595: mOlasses, s.:
test. $50; refined, steady. Petroleum
Steady. Spot coffee-Firm; No. Rio,
15s4a157s; No. 4 Santos, 167s. Molasses-
Steady.
Butter - Steady, unchanged: receipts,
14.612 packages.
Cheese-Barely steady. unchanged; re-
ceipts. 3.73O boxes.
Eggs-Barely steady, unchanged; re-
ceipts. 2O,63S cases.
Poultry-Alive. irregular; western spring
chickens, Halle; fowls, 11a121a: turkeys,
II. Dressed demoraliZed: western chick
ems, 10a16; fowls, Sa161a: turkeys, aver
age best, 1SaO; others, 10a1S.