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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
CARE IN BOOM PLAN
All Approved Stage Traditions
Carefully Observed.
WALL STREET FIREWORKS
Traders Did Their Very Best to Gre
ate Enthusiasm.
BIG PEOPLE NOT EXCITED
Are Injured to Such Plays and Man
aged to Remain Unperturbed
Through Turmoil.
BY w. G.. NICHOLAS.

NEW YORK, December ia boom in
the steel and copper industries was in
trOduced into the stock market with
every possible theatrical effect-red fire.
brass bands and every method of pub
licity and sensation. The immediate eff
feet and value of orders for few hum
dred thousand tons of steel rails and
other products of the mills count for
rors of something that may happen some
time in the indefinite future. The imag-
ination may be terrorized by visions of
evil, but there is WholesomeneSS about
actual new orders on the books which
more than counteracts the dim distant
evil.
Wall street seized upon the opportunity
and played up the fireworks FOR all that
could be made out of the occasion. The
really big people were not much dis
turbed, nor were they carried off their
feet by the demonstration, but the spec
ulators and fraction chaSers on the eX-
change became immensely enthusiastic.
Good times were restored over night and
employment was to be given hundreds of
thousands of idle men right off the bat.
The faVOriteS on the exchange were adj
vanced sharply and the entire list trailed
along with more or less earnestness.
The big people who are seasoned to
that sort of thing quietly let the boys
fact which tended TO cool the fever
somewhat. The week ends with a con-
sidera BILE part of the Improvement held
and some outside support worked up for
stocks at the increased valuation. The
underlying feeling is however that the
little boom has been worked for about
all it is worth and that reaction is in
order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
New York Mining Stocks.
TREASURY STATEMENT.

At the beginning of business yester-
daV the condition of the United States
Treasury was: Working balance in
Treasury offices, $50. 713.aS5; in banks
and Philippine treasury. So. 1910. OoO;
the total of the general fund was S1o6,-
2S4 4J6. receipts yesterday were $2.O6,.-
,S.: disbursements were SOIL. J49; the
deficit TO date this fiscal year is $24 :
IS0.o29, as against deficit of S5.691 .3I4
at this time last year. These figures
exclude Panama canal and public debt
transactions.
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Improvement in Business.

The Improvement in business conditions
vent on during the week. according to the
trade reviews. While the increased ac-
ivity in the steel trade was the prominent
feature of the week. business in other di-
cections has been stimulated by the hOli-
day demand. An increase in the number
Of idle freight cars i'll almost every part
OF the country was noted in the report
covering the last fortnight. The change
was due largely to the greater number of
idle cars. which was ascribed to the mild
ness of the weather.
The bond market was firm and active
Total sales (par valuel. 81, 9t4 900. l.. S.
- lost q call on the week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK, December l6-The metal
markets Were quiet and practically NOM
inal as usual, in the absence or eN-
changes. Lake copper. 137sa ~: cleo
trolytic l3s4al4 and casting. 131ea'3s4
Tin 43.7Ja4i25; lead, 4.fJa4.Jo; spelter
g. 25a6 30: anthony, cooksons, 1.I5; iron
unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
Grounds More Relative.
he ,lilwaukce Sentinel

4 rom inc hii"auAe' S'hihei'
The earth will be habitabl for the next
100000 years. according to a scientist.
but a good many of US are wondering how
to make il habitable during the winter
months, with coal at its present price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
MARKET IS Strong
Traders Become BeariSh Be-
cause of Long Supply.
lEHIGH AN ACTIVE. ISSUE
Supplants United States Steel as
Market Favorite.
BANKS GAMERS IN CASH
Early Predictions Borne Out When
Weekly Statement of Condi-
ton Is Issued.

NEW YORK. December 16--A strong
tone developed i'll the stock market today
after an early period of hesitation. Long
stock was supplied in considerable vol
ume. and the trading element showed
signs of bearishness, on the theory that
q reaction was due But these influences
were more than offset by the steady de
mand for the standard stocks.
The movement was of broad and sub
stantial character. although gains at the
end of the day for the most part were
not large. Lehigh Valley, Union Pacific.
Erie second preferred. T. S. Steel. .Amcri-
can Smelling and few of the specialtics
made the best gains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, December 1.-THE de-
mand for cotton domestics IL OF moderate
but steady. Underwear and
hosiery demand is quiet. Linens are In
better call from the retail trade for spring
delivery. Burlaps are in fair demand and
short supply. Yarns rule quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
Price Level at Midway.

At the current range OF prices the mar
ket is about midway between the high
points attained in January and July and
the low levels touched on the slump
which took place in September last. Tax
ing into consideration the general bust
ness depression that has lasted in war;
ing degrees throughout the year. it can
be easily reasoned out that values are
about where they should be. Union Pa
cific at 10 is % points above the low of
the year and IL points below high. United
States Steel common at 6S is is points up
from the bottom and II points below Ugh.
Reading is Is points above bottom quota
tons of the year and 10 Ioints under the
highest reached. Eastern trunk line stocas
have swung within a range of - TO L.
points, and are now occupying station
about half way between the two extremes.
It is in this class of stocks that the small
investor has been busiest. He has taken
an enormous aggregate out of the float
ing supply and tucked away i'm the stron z
box. as evidenced by the large increase in
the number of stockholders of record in
such systems as Pennsylvania, Baltimore
and Ohio. Louisville and Nashville Atoh
iSon and Chesapeake and Ohio.
ST. Paul is one of the roads that has
been persistently under the hammer. and
at the present writing it is only points
above the low figure reached on the de-
cline. st. Paul is not showing up we'll in
point of earnings, either gross or net
Experts claim that it is not coming
within two or three points of making
dividends and that if conducted along
rigid rules it would not be able to show
more than per cent net. To make mat
tiers worse. the Hill roads have forced
friendly alliance with their old-time rival,
Chicago and Northwestern. Indeed il is
whispered that there has recently been
established a, closer community of own
erShip between the great Vanderbilt and
Hill systems of the northwest. and that
har p.4f fe "a
under one control Nothing worse for ST.
Paul could happen. That system would
be bottled up. and prevented from eX-
panding in any direction. Prophecy is
made in Wall street that before the end
of 1912 ST. Paul Will be selling back to its
old time figure of 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
Poor Father.

From Judge.
mas
"A notice from the bank that my ac-
count was ovedraWn."
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Ends Profits on Ore.

Owners of certificates in Mr.. Hills
Great Northern Ore Company are prob
ably seeing their last dividend in many
years. 1t was given out unofficially. yet
apparently by good authority, that all the
money paid in by the United States
Steel Corporation hereafter will be hived
away for the purpose % developing the
property. after the steel trust lets go in
1919. Between now and the exp ration
of its contract with the ore company the
steel corporation will pay into the treas
ury of the Hill subs diary nearly $500
coo, d nice fat sum with which 10 de-
velop the ore lands in competition with
the steel trust 1t Is not often that an
intended rival and competitor is this
generous in providing capital for the
enemy. Ore certificates have been losing
ground almost from the day they were
distributed among the stockholders of
the Great Northern railroad They have
been going down sharply from the day
the steel trust served the notice OF cam
collation. of its contract. This week the
price broke under ia loss of about
20 points in a few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17

Bar silver steady. 25l2d per ounce
Money 3ai per cent
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills is 3!sa3 1j-l6 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
Production Curtailed.

A greater degree of confidence is felt in
the reports of improved conditions in the
steel industry than in the copper eXpan-
sion. The premises are not the same. 1t
is universally understood that the basis
of the revived inquiry for copper and the
higher prices that have been made for
fetal curtailment of production and that
every fraction of cent rise in the raw
material will stimulate the output; for
that reason the theory is commonly held
that the Improvement in the copper sit
uation may be Short-lived. Gentlemen $
agreements to curtail mining operations
are not strong enough to withstand the
temptation of 13l2 to II cents for the
metal.
1t is true that the development of the
electrical industry makes continuously for
a broader permanent demand There has
been remarkab BILE increase in production
for the last few years, and there appears
TO be no definite limit for the uses to
which copper be applied. The great
mining companies feel confident that they
have the situation we'll in hand now, and
can protect the market against any flu
ture overplus in supplies. They feel that
there is reasonable chance for estab-
fishing the price of the metal around IA
cents and holding it there Indefinitely.
That would mean money for the miners
and would entail no hardship upon manu-
facturers and consumers.
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Big Orders for Steel.

At the rate orders coming in for
steel mill products there would be pro-
duction of :O.OOO0CO tons a year. provided
the speed is kept up. That would be
about 4,0Oo,O00 tons above the record.
The fear is. however. that the present
pace cannot be maintained, although
prices are certainly tempting to buyers
and users of material and equipment.
Railroads and other large users of steel
products evidently feel that they will not
be able to obtain supplies at lower prices.
and that they will be wise to make con-
tracts around these figures. 1t is admit
ted that the mills are making very narrow
profits at quotations they are now taking
orders 1t is not surprising, therefore.
that almost every day brings its notice of
d marking up in the price of the goods.
There is nothing in the market situation
which enchains the attention of the street
more than the current developments in
the steel and copper trades.
The public at large is absorbing stand
ard dividend paying stocks steadily. but
not noisily. At the prices now ruling q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
Rich Men Buying Stocks.

Stocks are scarce far as Wall street
is concerned. Brokerage Offices are not
now carrying the shares and bonds of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17

NEW YORK, December 16-The state
ment of clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold $15,i1l,-
$50 reserve in excess of legal require
ments. This is an increase of $40. $50
in the proportionate cash reserve as COM
pared with last week.
The statement follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

OF confident, unexcited voice on one in
danger is wonderful. II TIE person is only
exhausted and has his wits about him 1t is
we'll to tell him when a few feet OF TO
place his hand lightly on your shoulder
and to swim the breast stroke in assisting
him. If too far gone to do this you can
turn him on his back and tow him in. az
described before, or run your arm under
his chin, across the chest and under the
armpit. swimming with the legs and free
arm A body floats naturally, so that II
one goes about II rightly very little effort
IS needed.
COMPLICATIONS arise when one is dealing
with frantic people, and It Is necessary to
be very clrcumspect. First care should be
taken TO secure n hold that makes them
powerless: the rest is easy. One frequently
hears advocated the stunning OF the strug-
gler with good blow, but such drastic
measures are brutal and totally unneces-
sary. Spashing water at the victim is quite
as effective, for his head Will turn from the
splashes or he will at least put up his
hands 10 ward them of. From personal
experience / have found II the best way
either 10 go under water when about
yard away and come up behind him. or
watch for q chance to seize his wrist and
with n quick sideways movement twist his
body around so that the shoulders are
brought toward you. II is only from the
back that disabling grips can be obtained.
Once this position is secure even .
novice can obtain mastery OF tho situation
by placing one hand on either side of the
others face and holding the chin firmly. 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
he One Whom Sea Has Brought Near Death |:
Many of the Recent Deaths by
Drowning Might Have Been
Averted by These Means.

entirely, and have had remarkable results.
They take the tongue between the fingers
with handkerchief or cloth and move II
In and out with regularity. Medical Jour-
nails report almost unbelievable success
with this method. One woman who had
been under water for half an hour, and
whom doctors pronounced dead, was sub
mitted to tongue traction and was revived
after two hours Of treatment.
| In England and Australia they believe
II Is wrong to lay drowned people on their
I backs. for the tongue sinks into the throat
| and chokes up tho respiratory canal. They
| stretch the body face down, so that the
tongue falls naturally forward and out of
the way, and they stimulate the action of
the lungs by pressing alternately on the
small OF the back and then releasing the
pressure. According to the best modern
authorities. this method gives the most
rapid results.
One feels the necessity of impressng
firmly on the reader not to become discour-
aged II the patient does not respond i'm
mediately to treatment. The case OF the
woman in France who was resuscitated
after being apparently dead for two and
half hours and many others on record
In which life returned only after an hour
or more Of work show how loath one should
be to give up hope. A human life is at
stake and no effort should be spared to
save IT.
In ordinary cases a patient RECEIVERS as
soon as natural breathing is restored. but
where the shock to the system has been
very great the vitality Is often so low that
exceptional care must be used TO avoid
complications. Friction and massage are
OF great help. The limbs should be rubbed
from the extremities toward the body and
heart
All wet clothing should be removed and
the patient kept warm with blankets or
other covering. being allowed to rest where
there Is free circulation OF fresh air. II
warmth does not soon return to the body
hot fannels. water bottles or heated bricks
must be applied to stomach. armpits, thighs
and feet. little brandy. whiskey or hot
water administered in tablespoon doses at
intervals OF ten or fifteen minutes is often
beneficial.
An after effect to se guarded against In
cases OF drowning Is congestion Of the
lungs. Absolute rest and warmth are the
best preventives, but should such. symp-
toms as great difficulty In breathing and
choking tremors be observed mustard plas-
ters on the chest and renewed applications
Of artificial respiration are advisable.
---~ IL De B. HANDLEY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

basis that the profit Of $500 TOT .ne ye",
was figured out. II the power plant ia.
paid q price anywhere near the commerce.
cos. OF coal in the city the prohts CT inc
mine would have figured out severai 'hou-
sand dollars more than the 2,5W.
Iethbridge several years ago abandoheu
On. svstern of laying its water and sewer
mains by contract 1t does all that kihu
of work itself by day labor. Last year
even went so far as to purchase all the &C.
ment required for the years programme
NJ eranolithc sidewalk laying.
The public ownership Of so many Puohc
utilities and the policy entered upon OIL
doing all work by day labor that is posi-
BILE. instead Of letting contracts, means a
vast amount OF work for the Mayor ana
BOARD OF Aldermen, and necessitates a
large staff of highly paid and efficient city
officials
II was doubtless this fact 'that leo INC
citizens at the elections last fall 10 vote
so Overwhelmingly. as they 3D. IN FAVOR
OF a straight commission form OF govern
nent responsible direct to the people, ana
the complete abolition Of the aiderinahic
MISUNDERSTANDING (Alberta) Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

small likelihood OF being useful, for it
is necessary to search for the body UNI
der water. A good swimmer, however.
can easily do this, and will find II
simple matter TO tow the unconscious
one ashore. In still water II is best 10
dive where the victim has last been
seen and work in a circle, gradually in
creasing it's width. on coming upon the
body Il can be seized by the hair, the
chin, the armpit. or still better, by the
clothing at the back Of the neck. when
possible. a few good leg strokes and
soon bring one TO the surface. when, by
turning on the back and retaining the
same hold, IL is no hard task to reach
safety In swiftly flowing water II is
a mistake to start the search below the
place where the person has disappeared.
Many do il and often lose valuable time.
A body may be caught by reeds and OBJ
structions. or il may drift faster than
one calculates. IL is advisable to begin
at the exact spot where the victim has
gone under and follow the direction of
the current, watching carefully TO right
and left. In swimming one moves faster
than the water and will soon overtake
drifting object.
The rescue OF those still ahoat presents
little difficulty, unless they have gone
frantic with fear. In approaching one
should encourage and reassure them, trying
to be calm and to speak quietly. The effect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

markets in the city and a municipality
owned milk supply are among the matters
which are under consideration of the Leth-
bridge Board OF Health.
Municipal aBattoirs have been in opera
ton In other cities, If not In Western Can
ada, at least in Great Britain and Europe.
and the same thing probably can be said Of
the securing Of a civicly controlled milk
supply, but there IL one municipal enter
prise which Lethbridge has embarked upon
I'm regard to which the city probably stands
alone not only in Canada but in the world.
Iethbrdge owns a coal mine from which
Il draws the whole supply OF fuel required
at its power plant, and for the heating 81
the City Hall, fire stations and other mu-
nicipal buildings, including the municipal
blacksmith shop. This mine is situated close
to the power plant. The city has forty
acres containing hundreds Of millions OF
tons of coal Of the famous Calf quality.
The mine is so operated that the laden cars
run from the entries down an incline and
automatically dump themselves into hop
pers. from where the coal IS elevated to the
bins and automatically stocked into the fires
beneath the boilers, without being once
handled by man or horse.
The mine began operations only last
spring, the best part of the year previous
having been taken up by development
work, opening up rooms" and so forth,
and yet, according to Superintendent
Scott's annual report. It was operated at
a profit Of $3.50 during the few months
that IL was worked. The total amount or
coaI Talon ont was 1904 tons 16 cwt The
power and light department paid IL 50
ton for the coal it used and the different
city buildings 50 20 ton. 1t was on this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
It Has Free Play in Cities of
Western Canada.

Western Canada is nothing II not pro-
gressive, and in no field does the progress
sive spirit show itself as i'm the realm OF
municipal government. The most conser-
vative faction In western Canadian city
would IN the older countries be considered
radical, II not socialistic.
Nearly all western cities own their own
waterworks systems. the majority OF them
their own electric light and power systems,
and more than one city its own telephone
system. In Alberta the telephone system
IS owned by the province, which purchased
It three years ago from the Bell Telephone
Company, and so the necessity Of owner
ship Of this utility by the municipalities
has been TO all intents and purposes obyi-
ated
Lethbridge is not behind the other cities
In owning its own utilities. II always
has owned its own waterworks system
In September, 1909, 1t purchased and took
over the plant and system Of the Leth-
bridge Electric Company, private cor
poratlon, which. for several years prior
to that time, had supplied the city with
light and power Immediately after pur-
chasing the plant of this company the
city began the erection OF new pow
er plant which has recently been COM
pleted at a cost of approximately S225,OOJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

, The new plant is new i'm every respect
no portion whatever of the machinery from
the old plant being transferred to it, The
profits of the plant in the year 1910 were
over $1,000, and this sum is to be given
back to the consumers in lower rates, the
exact amount Of the reduction not yet hav-
ing been determined on.
The citizens OF Lethbridge in the fall OF
1909 voted down by a large majority the
proposition Of granting a streetcar fran
chise to a company Of local men, known
as the Lethbridge Radical Railway Com
pany. The people OF Lethbrdge are so
firmly in favor of a municipality owned
system that in spite OF the fact that the
installation OF system by the city VIII
mean the expenditure OF large sum OF
money that the need of a system Is felt
in the worst way and that IN the present
stage OF the city's growth II Is very doubt
ful indeed whether It would be a paying
system for some time. the citizens are will
ing TO stand for a possible temporary loss
in order that they may retain for them
selves the profits Of the future, and al
though there are many capitalists who
would spend large sums in order 10 obtain
a franchise, there has been no talk what
ever. not even street gossip, of an applica-
ton for a franchise since the citizens
showed their mind so emphatically In 1863.
A municipality owned system is a foregone
conclusion, and the city council m its pro-
gramme of work for the present year has
included the laying OF rails when The paw
ing is being done on certain streets on
which 1t has been practically determined
that the street car line will run.
A municipality owned abattoir 20 replace
tho slaughter houses OF the various meat