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Evening star., 1911-08-24
Nearly All Active Issues De-
cline on Early Trading.
STEEL DRIVEN WAY DOWN
Heavy Selling During Morning Re-
suits in Slump of Stock.
HARRIMANs ARE ALSO HIT
Rumors of Strike Being Called on
Southern Pacific Lines Depresses
That Company's Shares.

NEW YORK, August G.-Heaviness de-
veloped at the opening OF today's stock
market Practically all active issues
showed marked declines. with loss OF
point and a quarter In American Tobac-
CO preferred and one in Canadian Pacific
and Erie. There were heavy dealings In
limited States Steel at a fractional loss
and Union Pacific, Reading. Northern
Pacific and Southern Pacific all were
lower.
New low prices for the movement were
made by Southern Pacific and American
Tobacco preferred. with further declines
elsewhere Selling was moderate except In
steel and Union Pacific and the move
ment In a small way resembled the re-
cent liquidating movement. Before the
end Of the first hour Canadian Pacific had
fallen ia Union Pacific, 1ss. with point
losses i'm nearly all stocks of the specu-
iative class From this level there was
very slight recovery.
Steel Reaches Low Level.
The market fell away again in the
second hour under another spasm of sell
ing. which concentrated on STEEL sending
that stock under its low prices of the
wear The entire list declined in sympa-
thy. and at noon heaviness was most
marked. on reports of strike on the
Hartman roads. The trading element
was clearly at work again. with an ad-
mixture of further liquidation. Bonds
were heavy.
Unmistakable liquidation set in during
the noon hour. particularly In the Harri-
mans, which went we'll below lowest
prices of the year. Weakness of these
stocks resulted from rumors that strike
had been officially declared on Southern
Pacific lines, while selling of steel. which
continued in large volume, was ascribed
TO trade developments. The shutting
down of a big Independent plant in New
Jersey was cited as proof Of the adverse
condition now confronting that industry
Evening star., 1911-08-24
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call, IL o'clock noon-Capital
Traction 5s. 5000 at Ill, $1,000 at Ill, $500
Columbia 4. r. IS, $500 at 1o1.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s. $1,000 at 102.
Washington Gas. 2o at SSss.
Mergenthaler Linotype. 10 at 1881, at 2o54,
2 at 2}3.
Lanston Monotype, 10 at 95.
Washington Virginia Rwy CON-, 100 at 42l2.
After call-Washington Nwy. and Elec pfd.,
So at S9h
Mergenthaler Linotype, at 2S3.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, August 24.-Wheat-
Steady; spot contract, 91asa91k: spot No.
2. red western, D21sa92as; August. OLGA
91A; September. 82a92h: December. 96a
96A: steamer No. 2. red, SSA: receipts
So 784 bushels; southern by sample. Goa
9O51: southern on grade, S91ha91h1.
Corn-Dull: spot contract 6Sh: year,
6311b: receipts. 1896 bushels: exports.
1,OOc bushels.
Oats-Quiet; No. white. DID, A: new,
43iaa43s: standard white. old. 1917; new.
13a43A; No. 3 white, old. AZ: new, 42ha
42N: No. mixed, new, 42a42k: receipts.
43 3S5 bushels.
Rye-Firm: No. western domestic, 81
a92: receipts, GO bushels.
Hay-Steady. unchanged.
Grain freights-Quiet. unchanged.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, August 2.-The cotton
market opened barely steady at a de-
cline of Sails points in response to lower
cables reports of good rains in the south
west and unfavorable advices regarding
the English labor situation. New crop
months sold about IL to Is points under
the closing figures of yesterday during
the first few minutes. but around 11.2S
for December there was renewal OF
bull support. shorts continued more or
less nervous owing to the approach of
the government condition figures, and
prices rallied or s points from the low
est before the end of the first hour.
Rumors that preliminary returns to the
National Ginners Association indicated
an average crop condition of "a per cent
or deterioration of Is per cent for the
month. started quite furry of buying
during the middle of the morning, and
prices sold up to a net advance of from
TO 3 points on the active positions. At
this level demand became less urgent, and
the market later reacted several points
under realizing. with trading quiet and
prices about to : points net lower at
midday. Spot nominal.
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
1900 bales. against Zig bales last week
and 7.o45 bales last year. For the week.
S5.OHO bales against SO. 3SS bales last week
and IS, 4I6 bales last year.
Today's receipts at New Orleans, 314
bales. against .25 bales last week and II
bales last year. At Houston today, L., 400
bales. against 1885 bales last week and
10.033 bales last year.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August "a. Closing:
Wheat-Spot. dull: No. l Manitoba, Is
1O1.d; No. Manitoba not quoted; No. 3
Manitoba, Is I'd; futures steady: October.
Is 2Md; December. Is 3l1d: March. Is 4d.
Corn-Spot firm; new American mixed
s. 6Ikd; old American mixed, is ID; new
American kiln dried, IS I'd; futures firm;
September, IS 6hd: October, is I1ad.
Evening star., 1911-08-24

FOR the District OF CoIumbia, unSettled
and cooler tonight. Friday fair: mod
crate temperature; light variable winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, "a; year ago. S6.
There is trough Of moderately low
pressure extending from Texas into the
Ohio valley, with general high pressure
to the northward and eastward, resultii.g g
In cloudy weather east of the Rocky
mountains. except in the southeast. and
In low temperatures over the interior
northern portion Of the country. In the
northwest temperatures have been low
since Sunday night. and freezing tempera-
ture was reported Thursday morning at
Yellowstone Park.
Showers were quite general east Of the
Rocky mountains. except from the upper
Mississippi valley eastward and in the
south Atlantic states, while west Of the
mountains fair weather continues.
Unsettled weather will continue tonight
and Friday east of the Mississippi river.
with local showers. except over extreme
northern districts.
1t will be cooler in the Ohio valley and
the southern portion of the middle Allan
tic states. and will remain moderately
cool to the northward.
The winds along the New England coast
will be light to moderate, mostly north
to northeast: on the middle and south
Atlantic coasts light to moderate and
variable: on the east gulf coast light to
moderate southeast to south.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to moderate north
erly winds and generally fair weather to
the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation ia
inches) has been reported during the last
twenty-fOur hours:
Galveston, 1.O4: Springfield. ILL.,. 1-52:
Springfield. Mo-, 1.56; Durango. 1.36; Dali
las, Tex. 100: Dublin, Tex, 100; Sher-
man, Tex, 2.4O: Waxahachie, Tex, 1.20;
Weatherford, Tex. 200: Saltwater, Okla.
1.60 Tulsa, Okla, 2.2O; Valdosta, Ca,
Evening star., 1911-08-24
Sugar Again Advanced.

NEW YORK, August 24.-All grades OF
refined sugar were advanced 10 cents q
hundred pounds today.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
Detroit Game Postponed.

DETROIT. Mich, August 24.-Detroit-
Washington game postponed. Rain. Two
games tomorrow.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at . pm. yesterday:
pm. 81: Il midnight. Is: today, am.
20; s am. a: IL noon. 81; , pm. 90
Maximum, 81, at 4:15 pm. yesterday,
minimum. 50. at ) am. today.
Barometer-Yesterday. pm, 3ooo:
a m. 1912: am, 3O12; u noon, 1907;
= pm, 30.O4.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature, 81
8. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, 81: condition at north connec-
ton, 8: condition at south connection,
81: condition at inf1uent
gatehouse, 3: condition at effiuent gate
house, 10.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 2:O4 am. and 2:N
p. M: high tide, S:O5 am. and S:32 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1856 am. and ::2j
p. m.: high tide. $3.50 a m. and 9:2O pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose 5:2l am; sun sets 6:45
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:22 am.
Moon sets 6:3o pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset:
begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
forty-hve minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va. August "a.
The Potomas river is clear and the
very cloudy this morning.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby fresh Virginia, l0a2O:
West Virginia and southwest Virginia,
1Siaa13; Tennessee. 1Sa1Sl2.
BUTTER-Elgin fancy. 2shsao9l5; west
ern firsts, 27aos; seconds. 28aH.
CHEESE-New York state factory, new.
Halo.
PoULTRY-Chickens. per lb., ie; hens,
per lb., -; roosters, per h., SAP; tur-
keys, per H.. 1sa20.
DRESSED POCLTRY-Hens, choice.
per IT,. 10; chickens, 16a17: ROSTERS. per
h.. 10.
yEGETABLES-Pot new, No. 1,
per bbl, 3.Ooa3.25; No. 2, per bbl., 1.5Oa
1.75: sweet IN CO.. per bbl.. 30Oa3.2o;
bbl. 1.JOa2-oO: eggplant. crate. 40 to %;
lettuce IN W, per basket, 40 to IS; Gym
Iings, per bbl., 5Oa75; string beans, per
bbl. 75al.23; peppers, per crate. 90 to
matoes, home grown. 80 to Loo; green
corn, home grown. per doz, 1Oaa.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. per bbl..
1.00a4.00; oranges, California, per box,
400a5 90; Florida, 4.O0a4.50; lemons.
per box. a-o5a4OO; grape fruit. per
box, 4.00a450; pineapples, 2.75aS.o0;
crate, home grown. 1.ooa2oo; peaches
per crate, 1.25a25O; grapes. Niagara, pei
crate, l.25a1.JO; Delaware, Local 70
black. 75al.25: plums. per S-lb. basket
2la3O; damsons. per S-lb. basket, 2oaSo
HAY AND STRAW-Hay, western.
No. /, 24O0a25.00; No. 2, 20.00a23.50;
mixed hay. 1S.00a22.00; straw, rye.
bundle, 1O.00a1O.50: machine thrash.
7.50a8.00; straw, wheat, per ton. 6.60a
600; straw, oat. per ton. 7.00as.00.
LIVE STOCK-Sheep, per h., 2ha3k;
lambs. spring. per lb.. Cat; calves,
choice. per lb., ~; medium. per h.,
81.
GRAIN-Wheat. new. per bu., S0asS
corn. shelled. old. per bu.. 75as0; ear,
per bbl, 4.00a4.25; oats. western white.
No. 2, per bu.. 49a51: oats, mixed, per
bu., 47a49: bran, per ton, 27.00: mid
ding. per ton. $500.
WOOL AND HIDES-Wool washed
free Of burrs. per lb.. 25a26; wool. un-
washed. per h.. 21a22: hides, green. per
h.. 8: hides, dry, per h.. 15al6; salted
hides. h.. 10: and calfskin. green. each
125a1.50.
SEEDS-Red clover. per bu. l1.OOs
1900: alsike clover. per bu, 11.0oa12.00;
white clover. per bu., 15.00a18.0o; Grim
son clover. 600a6.25: timothy, per
bu.. 7.oUa7. go; blue grass. per bu., 30
a3.60: redtop grass. l4.00a1800 per 100
lbs: alfalfa. per bu.. 10.0Oa13.00.
Evening star., 1911-08-24

Mrs. Agnes Castle. wife OF George T.
Castle, died Tuesday at Thurmont w.
Va.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August 24.-Closing:
Cotton-Spot business small, owing to
the uncertainty of transit facilities:
prices five points higher: American
middlinS. fair. 7.45: good middling, III:
middling. 6.s1; low middling. SCI; good
ordinary, S.35; ordinary. 8.10. The
sales of the day were 1000 bales, Of
which 200 were for speculation and
export, and included $500 American.
Receipts 200 bales, all American
Futures opened quiet and steady, and
closed steady.
August. s.4a: August and September
S.35: September and October. 6.12:
October and November. 6.07 IL Novem-
her and December. 500: December and
January, 500: January and February,
6.o4l2. February and March. SOC;
March and April. s.011 April and May.
$685.; May and June, 6.091..
Evening star., 1911-08-24
LONDON. August "a, 4 pm.

Bar silver quiet AIsd per ounce.
The rate Of discount I'm the open market for
short bills is 2iaa2as per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
three month bills 10 ~ per cent.
Evening star., 1911-08-24
WEATHER
Unsettled and Cooler Tonight; Fri
day Fair, Moderate Temperature.

For the District of Columbia unsettled
and cooler tonight Friday fair: mod
crate temperature; light variable winds.
Evening star., 1911-08-24

,Ex. Div United Dry Goods preferred
1%.
CALL MONEY.
Call Money ...... 24 rs rs 22s
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10

the latter, the films will show the farmer trying to carry loads of prod uce over bad road; how he became sick; how the doctor is unable to reach him, and how. because of the mud ruts, the undertaken finds 1t ex- ceedingly difficult to get him to his grave. Another film will show another farmer carrying his produce-twice as much-over a model road constructed un6er the supervision of the govern ment
 The department of agriculture will be able to show, in entertaining as well as instructive style, the effects of pure food and impure food; the secretary of war will be able to show the advantages of army life, and the secretary of the navy the advantages of life on the bounding waves, while the interior department will be show ing how forest fires are fought and entombed miners are rescued.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
Bulk of Concealed Assets Recovered

was recovered, and from John F. Gay nor $29 9.651.O5.
 Most of the assets of Captain Car ter were in trust funds. They were traced to and corralled in the hands of receivers for the estate of Captain Carter. These trust funds included real estate. bonds, stocks and cash. The government made attachment in this case. Of the $501, ,S55.39 recov cred from the Carter concealed assets the Supreme Court of the United States allowed 111,O54.2S for Carter's counsel expenses.
 All the proceedings in the courts in the Carter case have been terminated but all of the assets turned over to the government have not been con verted into cash. The total amount of cash in the Carter assets turned in ia $227, 1852. The balance Is in real es- tate in New York and New Jersey, and certain securities in Georgia. They now are in process of being sold. In every case the assets corralled had been transferred by Greene, Gaynor and Carter to other persons or held by persons for them in concealment. The tracing of the assets was most difficult
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
waae Warfare on HatpIn.

A few months ago the Berlin police president, Herr von Jagow, issued 9 courteous appeal to the fair inhabit- ants of the city requesting them not t. wear dangerously long hatpins in theis headdress without covering the point with protecting sheaths. The police presidents appeal. however. does noi appear to have met with the desired compliance, and several more or less serious hatpin accidents have recent ly happened. Herr von Jagow has now proceeded to stronger measures, and a new police edict makes a wom- an whose unprotected hatpin inflicts a wound on another person liable to a fine of $175 and to term of imprison- ment not exceeding two years. in ad- dition to which the injured party may claim damages up to $1.500.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
Aue of Simplicity.

This is a period of studied sim plicity in dress which does not imply that dress is any the less costly mere ly that we see no beauty in elabora- ton or superfiuity, and display of pretty tendency to wear wreaths of wild flowers on our hats instead of plumes and roses.
 Incidentally, no more striking proof can be furnished of an artificial age than love of simplicity. In Charles IFS day, the fair ladies posed as shepherdesses. and tried to be the heroines of the pastorals, though never, taken as whole. was society less near to nature. The Roman no bility believed in a return to the prim- itive life, while indulging in the great est luxury. The people who are real Iy. poor cherish no happy illusions about plain attire and plainer fare. To them they are merely accompani- ments of poverty of which they are ashamed since they cannot help it.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
Uncle Sam Builds Prison for Women

A PRISON within prison is being "A built at Leavenworth, Kan, and it will be the first exclusive federal prison for women in the United States. The new jail is being built within the walls of the United States peniten- tiary, but it will have wall of its own and the inmates will be more se- curely shut off from the world than the more desperate men confined in the mems prison.
 This inside prison will have room for about 500 women, there being now about that number in the various state penitentiaries in the United States, the government paying the states for their keep. These women have been convicted mainly of viola tions of the postal laws, smuggling, counterfeiting or white slaving.
 While the women's prison will be under control of the warden, there will be a woman superintendent and under her a corps of subordinates. Because of being confined behind double walls no guards will be neces- Bary. It will be a rule that no men, especially men prisoners. be allowed
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10

WASHINGTON. = Cities outgrow
 W their clothes just as children do. Washington wss known three-quarters of century ago as the City of Magnif- lcent Distances. The White House was known as the Presidents Pal ace" and the government buildings, planned on generous lines, were con sidered to be far and away too great for the business of the country. Now the national capital is over 100 years old, and has outgrown everything that was planned for her. Tremendous wings were built to the capitol even before the war. The White House has been remodeled and remodeled until it presents very small appearance of the original We have outgrown our beau tiful treasury building, our state, war and navy building, we have outgrown two postal departments, and we long ago outgrew the ten miles square of the district boundaries. In fact, the residents of Washington have Tapped over into Maryland and Virginia at great rate.
 The treasury building is of an- cient Greek temple design, and simply cannot be remodeled. To add to or take from it a single stone would be
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10

TIE United States has recovered
 ! nearly $75O,OOO from the concealed assets of Gaynor, Greene and Carter, who defrauded the government out of $2,OOO,OO0 in Savannah harbor i'm provement contracts in 1897. The actual amount unearthed and attached was $636, ,s6669. This does not in clude $4O,0OO forfeited surety of John F. Gaynor. This sum the government Is endeavoring 70 recover by civil suit in the United States district court for the northern district of New York. More than half of the recovery came from the concealed assets of Capt Oberlin M. Carter, the engineer officer in charge of the work at Savannah harbor and co-conspirator of Greene and Gaynor, the contractors. The total assets of Captain Carter seized by the government amounted to $501.- s55.39. From B. D. Greene $105. .460.25
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10

from the other. Nature endowed these insects with their leaf-like markings for protective purposes. Few persons. however, may be aware that there Is a leaf-like fish, known technically as Platax vespertilio.
 Professor Wiley of the McGill uni versity, Montreal, who spent many years in the tropics studying animal life. describes this funny nature faker in a volume on evolution which he just completed. He says the fish has the habit of floating idly on its side. and the details of it's color and mark ing, as well as the thinness of body implied by the floating habit. conspire to produce the suggestion of leaf
 It must be said, however, that na- ture has not displayed any especial partiality toward the little leaf fish in her distribution of self-preservation favors. Even the humble founder iS endowed with the means of losing It's identity on the muddy bottom of the channel where 1t rests and feeds. The white underside of the founder would reveal its whereabouts to larger fish seeking their prey, but the founder is wise enough to keep the white under side down and hidden from sight
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
Government to Start Picture Shows

IT NCLE SAM himself is going into V the moving picture show business. With the authority of President Taft, a contract has been entered into by the government officials and Chicago firm for the purpose of reproducing in moving pictures all of the various ae- tivities of the nation. The pictures will be shown in hundreds of moving picture houses. Marines at work on battleships, gunners firing at the hulk of an old battleship, cavalry drills mine and rescue work, plant and ami nal industry, road building and every single activity of the government will be shown on the films.
 The problem of educating the public to the work being done by its own government was carefully considered by the president and members of his cabinet before the contract was en- tered into Each cabinet officer was then authorized to make his own ar engagement with the film concern, hay ing the right to arrange for such pie lures as he wished to have taken and reject those he does not care for.
 In the United States office of public roads, for instance, the director, Lo- gan Waller Page, arranged to have pictures taken showing the effects of good and bad roads. In the case of
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
HUNTING FOR BLACK oPALs
Gem 10 Found In Matrlx of lrenstcne and Sandstone In Australla--
 Sapphlres Rank Next.

The gem most sought after in Aus tralia is the black opal, declares a writer in the Daily Consular and Trade Reports. It appears in limited quantities in the matrix of ironstone and sandstone in the Lightning Ridge district of New South Wales. It is estimated that since 1890 opals val ued at over S5,500.O0O have been found in the state of New South Wales. The state of Queensland also produces many opals, the production up to the S1,OOO,oO0
 Sapphires rank next among Aus tralian gems in value of production. They are found in New South Wales and in Queensland, chiefly in the lat ter state, in the gravel or creek beds. The gems show excellent fire and luster, but the color is darker blue than the oriental sapphire. In Queens land the present production amounts to about $75.OOO per year. the total output to date being about $700.000.
 Other precious gems found in diff ierent parts of Australia include emer- aids, turquoisess topazes. ircons. gar nets, rubies. amethysts. tourmalines and beryls- Diamonds are found to limited extent in New South Wales and in South Australia. In the latter state the total production up to date has been somewhat over $500.000 These diamonds found locally are used mostly for glass cutting. while South African diamonds are mostly used in the jewelry trade. Pearls found in pearl shall fishing along the northern coast of Australia are usual ly small, but their aggregate value is probably considerable.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-10
Mystic Number.

Nine is the mystic number of the Orient and also of the ancient Greeks It is a trinity of trinities. According to Pythagoras nine represents the deity. Milton writes of the nine enfold- ed spheres, Macaulay makes Porsens swear by nine gods. The nagas or sa- cred serpents of India are nine. Mil ton says the gates of Hades are thrice threefold, and that the fallen angels were nine days falling. and so was Vulcan when he was kicked out of heaven There are nine crowns in heraldry. There are nine marks of cz- dency. The hydra had nine heads. if we find nine green peas in peapod 1t is lucky. Nine buttons are a sign of official rank in China. Nine tailors make a man, and cat has nine lives. Erasmus says the proper number for a dinner party is not less than three nor more than nine.