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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, July 27.-Flour-About
s:eady with den1-.id quiet.
Wheat-Ratbsr disappointing Liverpool
cdbles, firu|consols. forecast for showers
aad cool northwest and indications Of
rains-;.. India caused moderate decline
iisySheat early. September, 81 1j-16a93ls
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Firm.
Lard-Firm; middling west, SpaS 30
nominal
Raw sugar-Firm: muscovado, 50 test,
f.o1: centrifugal. ms test 4.51: molasses
81 test. 3.t6: refined. firm crushed, 6. Is:
graduated. ..45; powdered, 800.
Pe;roleUm-Steady.
Spot coffee-Quet.
Molasses-Steady.
Hay-Steady.
Butter-Firm: receipts. I,115 packages
creamery seconds, 211aa22l2; factory, cur
rent make. firsts. 20: seconds, 1Oal91h
Cheese-Steady, unchanged; receipts
$3.50 boxes.
Eggs = Steady. unchanged receipts
E.516 cases.
Poultry-Alive. steady: western spring
chickens, 16; fowls 15aI6; turkeys. IL:
dressed, easy: western broiIers, 16a2O:
fowls, 1la1J12; turkeys, 12a15.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, July T.-Closing: Three per cent
rentes, 81 francs 40 confines for the ac-
count. Exchange on London, IS francs
% confines for checks.
The weekly statement OF the Bank of
France shows the following changes:
Notes in circulation decreased $S2. 428 :
COO francs.
Treasury deposits increased $50, 49, 900
francs.
General deposits increased $40, OBS, 600
francs.
Gold in hand increased $685.. 600 francs.
Silver i'm hand increased s1.O25 600
Bills discounted increased $40, eo5 900
francs
Advances decreased $14,0e5 ooo francs.
LONDON, July 27.-Bullion amounting
to E164,0O0 was taken into the Bank Of
England on balance today.
The weekly statement of the Bank Of
England shows the following changes:
Total reserve increased, ESQ. GOO; circu.
lation decreased. s138OOO: bullion in
creased, G2S3.71l; other securities de-
creased, ssO6,OoO; other deposits de-
creased, 4377.OOO; publgic deposits de-
creased, f41 600; notes reserve increas ed
E436.0OO; government securities, un-
changed.
Proportion of the banks reserve to
liability this week. 544S per cent; last
week 1t was 1913 per cent.
BERLIN, July 27.-Exchange on London.
20 marks 461z pfennigs for checks Mon
ey, III per cent Private discount rate, ~
per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. July 27.-American securities
opened dull and about unchanged today.
During the first hour prices declined
fraction on light realizing. At noon the
market v,as dull, with values ranging from
to y lower than yesterdays
New York closing.
Prices eased of on realizing during the
forenoon In the late trading the market
gained fraction on New York support
and closed quietly steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
WEATHER
Probably Fair Tonight and Friday
Little Temperature Changes.

For the District Of Columbia. probably
fair tonight and Friday: not much
change in Temperatures; light to moderate
north and northeast winds
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, Sc.
Temperatures continue to rise over the
plains states, the MISSISSIPPI and Ohio val
leys and the lake region, while moderate
temperatures prevail throughout the
eastern and southern states. Cooler
weather has appeared in the northern
Rocky mountain region and the north Pa
ciflc states.
The rains during the last twenty-four
hours were light and local and confined to
mountain region and the northern plains
states.
The indications are that the weather
will be generally fair tonight and Friday
except that there will be local showers
in the Florida peninsula and over the up
per Mississippi valley and the upper lake
region tonight or Friday.
The temperature will not change decid-
eddy in any section east Of the Mississip-
pi river during the next thirty-six- hours.
The winds along the New England Goa st
will be light variable: on the middle At
lantic coast moderate northeast to north;
on the south Atlantic coast moderate
south Florida coast; on the east gulf
coast moderate north to northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have moderate variable winds,
mostly westerly, and fair weather to the
Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the last
twenty-four hours: Houston. Tex, LIP.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
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-Yesterda PM. g.; 8
pm. 70: IL midnight, g.; today. am,
IS: am, 20; 12 noon, -: pm. so.
mum, e.. at 5 am. today.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4 pm., 3OO7: 3
pm, 1910: II midnight, 3O.13; today,
am. 30.fs; am, 1922; IL noon. 800:
2 pm, 3O19.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of the water
at s am: Great Falls-Temperature 70:
condition, IL. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature. 50; condition at north connec-
Georgetown distributing reservoir-Tem-
perature. 50; condition at influent gate
house, Is: condition n efluent satehoIse,
To-.
Tue V00le4.
Today-Low tide. $40 AM. and s:4a
pm; high tide, 1000 am. and 1888 pm.
Tomorrow-Low. tide. 400 .. IN. aud 4:as
pm; high tide. 1000 am. and 1898 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose 1855 am; sun sets 7:18
pm. g.
Tomorrou-sun rises 4:5e am
Moon sets 1857 pm. today.
The City Lights. =.
The city lights and napi.tlse lamps all
lighted thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinsuishing begun ono hour before sur
rise All arc and ncandesesat lamps
lighted fifteen minutes sfter sunset snd
extinguished forty-nNe minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The STAR
HARPERs FERRy, w: Va, July IT.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
clear this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
In Small Denominations.

The bonds are issued at this time. it
was stated, in denominations of $50, $40,
$50. $50, 800 and multiples of 500 up to
500. They are redeemable at the pleas
ure of the United States one year from
the date of their issue. both principal and
interest being payable twenty years from
the date of issue In United States gold
coin.
Depositors whose deposits reached as
high as $500 and who converted them into
bonds may now begin a new account and
run it up not exceeding 500 month to
as high as $500, when they may again
convert the sum into bonds. for there is
no Limitation to the amount OF bonds a
depositor In the postal savings deposito-
ries may acquire by conversion of his de-
posts at the times set into bonds. They
cannot be procured in any other way
than by conversion OF deposits In postal
savings depository.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
Washington Stock Exchange.

Ssles.-Regilsr call. IL o'clock noon Washing
ton Gas rs. 5000 at 10.
fotomac Electric TONS. IS. $1,000 at TO-.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat 5s, 500
at lO4a
Washington Gas. 10 at Ss%.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 81. at 30,
~ At 221i4
Riggs National Bank. 10 at So.
After cal'-C. 3. coupon "a, $500 at 102as.
Washington Rwy. and Flee. pfd. at 3Ota.
Washington Rvy. and EIee. CON-, % at 81.
= at ~. o at As 2a at IS.
I.anston .Aonotype. 10 at az
Mergenthaler Linotype, 70 At Dds.
Washington Gas .je 81 ,oO0 at ITO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special nispaich 10 The Star
BALTIMORE. Md, July a1.-Wheat-
Easier: spot contract. SO: spot No. >. red
western @is: July, 80: August, Ss7sasa:
september &1a: steamer No .. red. S.,
receipts, lSs.Gs' bushels: exports, 10000
bushels: southern by sample, 113as7is:
southern on grade, S5t4aSeI..
Corn-Duli: spot contract, 67iz: receipts
'69o bushels: exports. 1000 bushels.
oats-Easier: old. No. >, WHITE. 44a44is;
old stand. white 43,aa44: old No 2 whita
i3a4Slz: receipts. 6.201 bushels.
Rye-Dull: receipts, 21S bushels
Hay-Firm. unchanged.
Grain freights-Firm, unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
REACH LOWER LEVEL
Stocks Take Fractional Drop
at Market Opening.
HEAVY SELLING OF READING
Though Advance Is Made at First,
Decline Soon Follows.
LEHIGH VALLEY Is STRONG
Advances Nearly Point and Half,
overshadowing Remainder of
List-Bonds Steady.
HEAVY SELLING OF READING
LEHIGH VALLEY IS STRONG

NEW YORK, July IA slightly lower
level prevailed at the opening of the
stock market today. Losses We're frac-
tional. being heaviest among the north
western railroad group. st. Paul lost "a.
and Great Northern preferred y. The
only gains were made by Consolidated
GAG, which advanced a point: Denver and
Rio Grande q, and American Smelling
preferred Il.
Heavy buyins of Reading was the fea-
ture of the first hours trading. The
stock advanced to 16O4. its highest price
for more than two months. The general
list improved after the opening, and most
Of the initial losses were recovered. Beth
lehem Steel common and preferred and
St Louis and Southwestern preferred
gained q point each.
Heavy Trading in Reading.
Trading was less active and varia-
tions in prices of stocks during the
morning were small. For the third
successive day buying of the coalers
was conspicuous. Trading in Reading
during the early part of the session
constituted more than one-third of the
total, and with Lehigh Valley. which
became increasingly active and strong
in the second hour. overshadowed the
remainder of the list.
Boardroom gossip connected the name
OF prominent trader. who is reported
To have lost heavily in the cotton
market. with the recent selling of
stocks particularly Reading.
This stock was offered so literally to-
Day that il fell back to yesterdays clos
;i.: after its early advance. Lehigh Val
'"y rose 1as and Minneap polls. st. Paul
Pad Sault Ste. Marie a point. Bonds
ere steady.
Losses During Noon Hour.
The market receded abruptly during
&c noon hour. the Hartman issues and
=. Paul, Canadian Pacific and Virginia
carolina Chemical preferred losing / to
points, with one-pont losses in Great
,crthern preferred Great Northern Ore
certificates, New York Central, Norfolk
nd Western and St. Louis and San
! rancisco second preferred. Some other
stocks were fractionally lower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27

1T is said that inspetuous people have
black eyes"
Yes. and IL they don't have them they
are apt to get them."-New York Even
ing Mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
may CALL ROOSEVELT
IN STEEL TRUST PROBE
George w. Perkins to Be Sum-
moned Before House Inves-
tigating Committee.

NEW YORK. July 27.-George ".
Perkins. former partner OF j. Pier
pont Morgan & Co, chairman of the
finance committee Of the International
Harvester Company and a member Of
the board of directors OF the United
States Steel Corporation, Is to be sum-
moned before the steel trust committee
of inquiry of the House Of Representa-
tives. now in session here.
This was determined upon at an
executive meeting Of the committee
which has transferred it's field OF ac-
tivity from Washington. Just how
soon MIR. Perkins will be called has
not been determined
Tomorrow the committee expects to
renew it's probing into the absorption
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
pany by the United States Steel. Cor
poration during the financial panic Of
1907. Mr.. Perkins will be asked what
he knows about events leading up to
that transaction. and there are many
other bankers, brokers and steel cor
poration men in New York who We're
interested in the threatening events of
that time who are to be summoned
May Summon Roosevelt.
Former President Roosevelt. to whom
Ebert II. Gary. chairman of the board
of the 'nited States Steel Corporation.
and, Henry &. Frick appealed when the
deal to take over the Tennessee company
and its vast ore resources was planned
may he q witness.
Representative a. q. Stanley of Ken
lucky. chairman of the committee, would
not commit himself as to the calling Of
Mr.. Roosevelt When asked If the former
chief executive would appear before the
committee the chairman raised his eyes
toward the ceiling Of the aldermanic
chamber committee room and said:
Il have not yet thoroughly digested that
subject. The Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company transaction. however is to be
thorouhly investigated
Hear Witnesses Tomorrow.
1t had been expected that the committee
would begin the examina ton Of witnesses
today. but Chairman Stanley announced
the postponement until tomorrow be-
cause plans for the hearings had not
been completed and papers and docu-
ments necessary for the examination of
witnesses had not arrived from Washing
ton.
Richard ,Lindabury, counsel for the
United States Steel Corporation, who has
followed the inquiry from the beginning
was Immediately notified Of the post
ponement. Mr.. Trim!ole, secretary Of the
corporation. who had been subpoenaed
for today, probably will be the ffst wit
ness tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
A Pessimist.
From the {

From the Galveston News.
A pessimist is person who tells you
that what appears to be a silver lining
in your cloud is only low grade Of
tinfoil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
Sugar Advances Ten Cents.

NEW YORK. July 2s.--Ail grades Of re-
fined sugar were advanced 10 cents hun.
Arsd pounds today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
Supposed Mad Dog Caught.

Among the dogs captured by the dog
catcher yesterday was one which showed
SYMPTOMS of rabies. There were twelve
other dogs in the pen at the time, and
the canine bit many Of them. AS a re-
suit. OF the queer antics OF the dogs all
were killed at cnce. The head of the dog
supposed to have been suffering from
rabies was turned over to DR.. James j.
Caryey, a veterinarian, for examination.
The remains. OF Capt. A. A. Davis were
forwarded this morning to Strasburg, Va.
at which place they will be buried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
Capital Not to Be Last.

Residents Of Washington will probably
not have the opportunity this year to
secure any Of the postal savings in
terest-bearing bonds.
1t was stated at the department today
that the Postmaster General wishes first
to see how the new system operates at
the four big cities. New York, Chicago.
Boston and st. Louis, before extending
1t to other large cities, where the con-
ditions are very different from those at
the second-class post offices. Washington
will probably be designated for a postal
depository on or about October /, IL all
goes well. 1t will not be among the last
Of the big cities, 1t was declared at the
department today.
With the issue of the bonds the de-
positors who secure them will secure In
creased interest on their savings. The
certificates of deposit bear interest at
the rate Of per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually.
The bonds bear interest at the rate OF
~ per cent per annum, also payable
sefni-annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Packet Steamer Trenton Is
Sold by U. S. Marshal.
WRITING DIVIDEND CHECKS
Will Be Sent Out Monday to De-
positors of Defunct Trust
Company.
Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July q. 1911.
The packet steamer Trenton. belonging
to the Potomac Navigation Company OF
Washington. which was recently nbeled
in this city, was sold at public auction
at noon today by Deputy United States
Marshal David f. Robey and purchased
by Arson 8. Taylor of Washington for
SO, 500 The boat was bid in for Mr.. Tay-
lor by Judge c. r. Nicol.
The steamer. it is understood, was
bought for a number of the former own
tomac Navigation Company OF Washing
ton. 1t is understood that the company
will be at once reorganized, and that the
Trenton will be given a general overhaul
ing, after which it will again be placed
on it's former route to the lower river
landings. The steamer carries both freight
and passengers.
Dividends for Depositors.
Judge J.. X. NJ. Norton, one of the re-
ceivers for the defunct Virginia Safe
Deposit and Trust Corporation, an
nounced this morning that on next
Tuesday the depositors in the defunct
concern will receive dividend of 20
per cent.
The total sum which will be paid out
to the deposftors is sos 900, and nearly
5000 checks representing the forego-
ing total are now being prepared and
will be mailed Monday evening to the
depositors. Most Of the depositors are
scattered throughout the state.
Fifteen hundred tickets for the Alex
andria police departments annual excur-
sion to Marshall Hall, which Is on today,
found their way to dump pile. the po-
lice say, and the .'coppers' are today ex-
cee6ingly aprrehensive lest some of the
tickets may be presented when the steam
err departs for the resort this evening.
The tickets were misprlnt.
The excursion this morning was well
patronized, and it Is expected that the
evening boat will also carry a large
crowd Funds derived from the excur-
sion Will be applied to tae uniform fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
FIRST POSTAL BONDS
They Are Sent Out to Depos-
itors in Savings Banks.
MISSOURI FAMILY IN LEAD
Father, Mother and Daughter Be-
tween Them Get $500.
WASHINGTON MUST WAIT
Depository Not Likely to Be Estab-
lished Here Before First
of Next October.
MISSOURI FAMILY IN LEAD


The first allotment of United States
bonds to depositors in the postal savings
repositories Of the United States, repre-
senting the conversion of their savings
into Understanding securities, will be
sent by registered mail from the Post
once Department today.
The shipment will consist of special
2ls per cent coupon bonds provided for
by the act establishing the new postal
savings system, and they will be abso-
lutely free from taxation, national, state
and municipal, by the terms of the law.
The total value Of the bonds TO be thus
shipped will be Sc. 100 Tomorrow the
second shipment will be made, and it will
represent S4I.9O in registered bonds,
making the total issue of these bonds
into which postal savings are converted
this Year, up to July |, S4S,U2o.
The bonds will be sent to the post
masters AT the repositories from which
the surrendered certificates Of deposit
for them were received. The post
masters will receipt for them to the de-
partment. and in turn will take receipts
for them from the depositors to whom
they are delivered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27
Missouri Family First.

The first three five-hundred dollar
bonds were issued to one family in
Carthage, Mo, consisting Of father,
mother and a daughter, whose name,
under the law. must be withheld by the
postal authorities
The conversion Of deposit certificates
into bonds for the first time does not
begin to give an idea of the amount
or the deposits made in the more than
100 repositories that have been es-
tablished. but represents the savings
from but a small percentage Of the Of
1ces mostly those which were made
repositories when the system was first
inaugurated the early part of the year
The great bulk of the repositories now
authorized were created in June and
July. In order to secure the bonds the
depositors had to notify their post
master at the latest by June Is, as the
regulations require such notices on or
before June Is and December 10 of each
year, while the bond issues are made
January I and mi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27

Special Dispatch to The star
HARPERs FERRY, w. Va. July H.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
clear this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-27

CRIMINAL CouKf-yustice Wright.
United states agt. Arthur W. Walling
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-30
DEVELOPMENT Near MOSier.

The Hood River Orchard Land Com
pany is expending a large sum in
development this spring. They have
made a great outlay in teams and i'm
plements and have large pay roll.
Sixty men were sent from here to the
scene of their active Development last
week. The company, of which Devlin
Il Firebaugh, of Portland, are the SELL
ing agents owns $500 acres in the Hood
River and Mosier districts and is plac-
ing on the market a tract of 2400 acres
of apple land five miles southeast Of
Mosier. This tract will be known as
the Mosier View Orchard and will be
planted and developed by the company,
which will turn it over to purchasers
at the end of five years, when the
orchards will be self-sustaining.
The varieties to be planted are Yel-
low Newtowns, Spitzenbergs and Ort-
leys, with some Arkansas Blacks as
pollenizers. Three-year-old roots with
one-year-old buds are to be planted.
The company is starting nurseries of
its own in the Moser View Orchards
and will have $4,000 trees ready to
plant yearly.
A piece of 80 acres of this tract has
been plated for a townsite. A store
has been opened there, and hotel and
a number of residences are soon to be
constructed. Roads are being built
and general improvements are under
way, force of so men being employed
on the various operations. The com
pany has a monthly payroll of $4,000,
which will soon be increased.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-30

Rubber Stamps at the Glacier office
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-30
Annie Blossom Carnival.

Yakima has decided to make use of
its orchard blossoms as Portland does
her roses. A spring festival to last a a
week has been planned, and special
rates on the railroads will be in force
at the time the apples and the pears
are in their prime.
Believing that they have a natural
asset in their acres of bloom. which
will enable them to make their blossom
festival an institution and bring scores
of people here from the Sound, and
from farther away, for their hrst
breath of spring. the Commercial Club
members, acting in cooperation with
the Business Mems Association, and
representatives of the Portia. Twen-
tieth Century, Woman's and Coterie
clubs, have decided to launch the first
spring festival about the middle OF
April. Special excursions through the
fruit districts here about and into the
sub-vallcys will be arranged. There
will be a street parade with floats,
special decoration of streets and stores
and bands to play upon the slightest
provocatlon. .,
Added to the attractions will be a
two DAYS musical festival of the
Choral society, which is to present
"The Daughter of the Rose" Noted
soloists, brought in from larger cities,
will assist. Spokane Spokesman Re-
view.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-30
PASS AMENDMENT
TO GRAZING LAW

The Secretary of agriculture, after a
conference with representatives of the
National Woolgrowers Association and
the American National Livestock Asso-
caiton, has amended regulations gov
erning grazing on the National forest
reserves in two important and several
minor particulars.
Hereafter the department will recog-
ni2e permanent National advisory
board, representing sheep and cattle
interests, which will confer annually
with the Secretary of Agriculture con-
cerning grazing matters. Beginning
next season on all reserves where quail
ity of range and advantages for rails
ing sheep and cattle are equal, the
yearling rate for sheep will be 80 per
cent of the yearling rate for cattle.
The department also modified its regu-
lation to prevent speculation in grazing
privileges.