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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-29
Truth Must Be Paramount.

Speaking of the relation of a teacher
| to truth. Mr.. Claxton asserted that a
teacher should always be wiling to tell
the child the truth. although 1t might be
| against the teachers prejudiccs.
| IF you are from the southern half of
! the country. and in your history lesson
Won find that in certain battle the peo-
pie from the northern side of the line
| were right tell the children the truth
about it. If You are from the northern
| side and find truth in favor of the
southern side, tell the children the truth
| If YOU are Il Protestant and find truth
| in favor of the Catholics. or you are a
| Catholic and find truth in favor of
| the Professionals. tell the children the
| truth.
IF YOU do not know something the
children ask you. admit it, he continued
Il would rather have a truth-telling
teacher who admitted she didn't know
this or that, than a teacher who knows
it all The man in whom / have con-
tidence is the man who SAYS he doesn't
know when he doesn't. Also. a teacher
should always withhold final Judgment
| and should be ready to revise his or her
opinion at a moment's notice.
He advised his auditors to read the best
! in literature, and to learn to know good
art and good music. Further, he urged
them to know what they taught Know
your subject anlytically and Syntheti-
cally," he urged, ..be able to teach it
without the book. Take up some one sub
ject-the you like most and study it
thoroughly for two or three years. Then
study another subject"
Should Like Teaching.
eff you don't want to teach don't do
it, the educator advised; be lawyer. a
doctor. anything else. but not teacher.
| If you a lawyer and you lose a
mans case and his property, he can get
more property. but a teachers failure is
| not her loss. but the chldren's loss in
| time money and everything. If she takes
| two days to teach something that might
! have been taught in one the children
| have lost this time forever. If the teach
| er does her job bunglingly the children
| will be halt, manned and blind forever
| Mr. Claxton thought that the present
| system of having a child promoted from
one grade TO another and leaving the
teacher in the same grade was wrong
and wasted time. Some day. he
prophesied. I'VE will have better meth
| cd. We will let the teacher 60 m
| through the grades with the child, so
/ that she can complete the training which
! she has started.
/ "A teacher should be proud of his pro-
| fession" concluded the speaker THE
| names of educators will be becoming
prominent when those of Napoleon and
other fighters are becoming lost to MEM
| DRY and the great warskips are rusting
/ of he I2or ,l,or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-29
The Boys Shop Has the Boys Prefer
ence---and the Provident Parents, too.

Boys Serviceablc Chcviot Suits. i'll
Double Breasted and Norfolk styles: the
colors that are good for play and neat for
dress wear. Every seam anchored i'll its
place by careful sewing. Sizes to II
The Washington times., 1911-04-17

NEW. YORK, April lit was a case
of waiting again for the decisions that
did not come. And the gloom and dis
gust of the Street was even more IN
tensified, although the absence OF the
usual Monday crowd seemed to indi-
cate that the interest had passed and
the general public had decided that 1t
would wait the, decisions without wait
ing from week to week in brokers' Of
fees. The three days holiday brought
nothing in the way of good news, other
than the Government crop report, busi-
ness reports being along the same con-
servative lines of retrenchment that
have been sent out for the last few
months.
The exports for March show a further
good gain and an increasing favorable
trade balance. London was closed. The
sale of the New York bond ISSUE over
subscribed ten times, with 104.30 the
best bid. indicates very plainly the drag
that the trust cases are on the whole
business of the nation. There is abun-
dant money to finance railroad improve
ments and equipments; there are mil
lions of idle dollars in banks that
would be used in business If the way
was clear: enough to give the stock
market a lift from the present inactiv-
ity, and in the meantime business waits.
Wall Street believes that the court is
at wide variance on the trust cases,
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
CitV of Homes.

New York city, with more than three
times the population of Philadelphia,
has no more homes owned by their oc-
cupants than has the City of Brotherly
Love
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
"People Saving Money"

President Frank A Vanderlip, Of the
National City Bank OF New YORK
city, who has Just returned from an
eight weeks trip of 10000 miles
through the western part of the coun-
try and the Southern Pacific section
of Mexico, brings back a picture OF
conditions as he found them. which
should give encouragement to every
student of financial conditions who
has been puzzled by the apparent con-
traction in trade everywhere in the
face of an agricultural outlook Tor
new record yields all along the line.
Mr. Vanderlip said no one could make
such a trip without being favorably
Impressed with general conditions,
and being highly optimistic.
He found some political and fin
ancial reforms being tested. the out
come of which business and trade in
but crop conditions were excellent
and banking conditions sound, the
of last year having
been largely corrected, while the land
booms had faded away.
There was no land craze on and
general business looked good, even II
trade was a trife slow.
The slow gait. was not going to hurt
the country, however, and Mr.. Van
delip thought it a good thing for all
of us. He wound up his Interview b.
the most significant observation or
all:
"People are saving money"
Right in this short sentence may be
found the explanation OF all the gen.
eral 1uieting down of trade.-Ffnan-
cial World
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Real Estate Transfers.

II street northeast. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets-John Shughrue. trustee
to James B. Nicholson, lots 65 to "a and
part original lots a. Is. 16, square 1927
S17,500
Pretty Prospect-Josephine P McGovern to
James B. Henderson, part, So
Thirteenth street northeast. between B and
c streets-Lawrence Hufty to Arthur r.
Wood, east half original lot H. square
1910 SO.
Brookland-John B. Lord ct ux. to trustees
OF King David Lodge. No. IS, F. A. A. M,
part lots II and 12 block 2l, 800.
Fourteenth Streets Heights-Gilbert c. Spit
ger ct ux. 10 Milton L. Veasey. lots 3 to
s, square 29lS, SO.
street southwest, between Ninth and Tenth
streets-George A Dant ct al. to George l.
Dant, part lot 15 square HS $40.
U street northwest, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets-Alice Henkel to Mag
dalena Click, lot 25S square 150 SO.
Eighth street northwest. between d and f
streets-Gustave Lansburgh ct al. to Lans-
burgh & Bro, corporation, parts orig
inal lots and g. square 4S1, $40
Buena Vista-Stephen T. Walton ct al. trus-
tees. to Iris Realty Association, lots to IS.
16 to Al. block 9; lots IL to 20, block, TO- So.
Barry Farm-Same to same, part lot l, sec
tion 6, S.
Addition to Uniontown-same to same. lots
5l5, 716 III. IS. Albert Hart ct al. to
same, lots 8. 4. and S, square 5770. So
s36 Ninth street southeast-Annie L. Ciscle
70 Charles and Lille B. Wood, lot II, and
part lot 10. square 944, SO.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Building Permits.

The following building permits were issued
today:
To H. r. HowensteIn. for two two-story brick
dwellings at 1925 and 1923 @ street south
east: architect and builder n. R. Howen-
stein: estimated cost. 5000
To Laura L. Paul. for two two-story brick
dwellings at 142 and 1H Kentucky avenue
southeast: architect. George s. Cooper:
builder. Sloan Construction Company; es-
tImated cost, Sc. 900.
To Anna F. Cooper, for one one-story frame
dwelling at l123 Harrison street north
west: architects. Gregg and Lensenring; !;
builders Skinker & Garrett: estimated
cost. So 600.
To II. A. Kite for one two-story buick store
and apartment at 2505 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest: architect, A. H. Beers; builder
H A. Kite; estimated cost. $4,000
To Mary c. King, for one two-story frame
dwelling at 2946 Mills avenue northeast;
architect and builder. W. r. Coon; esti-
mated cost, $3.50.
To ]. p Ianning for one two-story frame
dwelling at $500 Carolina place northwest
architect J. P. tanning; builders, henerly
& Lanning: estimated cost 81. 500
To Carolina Appich. to repair building at
rear s12 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
architect Swift & Company; contractor
Page Construction Company; estimated
cost Sc 900.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
GORDON HOTEL SALE
TOCOLONEL STAPLES
NEARLY COMPLETED
Proprietor of Riggs House
Expected to Acquire
Property.

Negotiations are expected to be con-
cluded within a short time by which
the Gordon Hotel will pass from its
present ownership to Col. o. G..
Staples, proprietor of the Riggs
House. Considerable interest has been
expressed over what hotel would take
the place of the Riggs when 1t should
be demolished to give place to the
new office and theater building which
Is planned by the Riggs Realty Com
pany.
1t is believed that the Gordon will pass
TO Colonel Staples at price in the
neighborhood of S16O, 900, and that as soon
as the lease on the Riggs expires he will
transfer his hotel business to the Cor
don. Two years ago the property was
offered for SIPS, ,000 The Gordon is To-
Gated at the corner of Sixteenth and l
streets, and runs nearly through to K.
1t has been conducted for years as a
family hotel more than a purely trans
lent one.
The lease on the old Riggs House will
expire on June /, when the architect,
]. H. deSibour, will let contracts for the
construction Of the new and pretentious
office building and theater.
P. B. Chase will occupy the theater
section of the building. which is ex-
pected to be completed before 1t will be
necessary for Mr.. Chase to move his
place of amusement from Pennsylvania
avenue. The rest of the building will
be devoted to office purposes.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Wall Street Again Disappointed Easy-Good Local 7rade
STOCKS WERE GENERALLY EASIER,
BUT WITH NO ACTIVITY.
GOSSIP OF DAY.

otherwise the matter would have been
settled two weeks ago. Speculation is
INDUCED in as to the views of this or
that justice. but 1t Is purely guesswork,
as the pride of the Supreme Court is
that 1t never leaks.
. While there was no life in the market
early In the day or later on worthy Of
special mention, the trend was to lower
prices; this, too, despite the acknowl-
edged fact that stocks are not in large
supply, and that the borrowing demand
indicates that there is short interest
of modest proportions.
The especial weakling of the session
was Cottonseed Oil. 1t has been selling
down recently and was under pressure
from the start. 1t dropped from close
at 5611 on Thursday to 54h, and the re-
covery was insignificant.
The leaders lost an average OF Il and
81 of a point during the morning hours,
and recovered slightly. Mop was under
pressure, the bears having picked 1t
out as an easy stock to turn specula-
tive flyer on, and 1t yielded to their
efforts with IL loss. and y recovery.
The failure of the court to hand down
the decisions was expected to cause FUR
ther activity, and attacks by the bears
but they did not have the temerity to
make any important plays for declines.
Passing through the noon hour the
market remained just as quiet as 1t had
been all morning. and In the second
hour of the afternoon, continued on its
dull, uninteresting way. Union Pacific
was off y; Steel, II, and Reading, a.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
ACCUSES POSTAL
DEPART TMENT Of
HOLDING UP ROADS
Vice Chairman of Commit
tee on Mail Pay Quotes
Statistics.

NEW YORK, April 7-Direct charges
that the Postoffice Department, under
present management, is holding up
the railroads of the country for more
than s20.0O0.0o0, were made today by
President Ralph Peters. of the Long
Island railway.
As vice chairman of the committee on
railway mail pay, which represents more
than 100000 miles of read, Peters today
issued a statement. saying that the rail-
roads will demand that the Government,
inasmuch as it insists on regulating
their rates, shall treat the companies
the same as other business concerns.
IAN analysis by our committee of the
reports submitted to the Postal Depart
rnent shows that a million and a quarter
dollars more should have been collected
for mail transportation, at the average
rate charged for other transportations,
during the single month covered by the
inquiry of the Postoffice Department
than actually was paid, or $1,000, 900.
THE railroads are operating $500
apartment mail cars for the conven-
ience of the postoffice I'm asserting mail
In transit without receiving a cent for
space. This work would cost the de-
partment 100000 a year If performed
under contract.
The railroads are compelled to give
free passenger service not provided for
by law in transporting mail clerks
while off duty that would amount to
more than one million dollars a year
at the arte of two cents a mile, besides
being forced to carry free all officers,
inspectors and agents OF the depart
ment.
BY its exactions. the Government
puts itself in a position of undue ad-
vantage which II would not permit to
other users of transportation facilities. 4"
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
LOCAL SECURITIES
WERE IN REQUEST
AND RATHER FIRM
Gas Shares Higher-United
States Trust Company
Elects a Director.

Many orders were executed on the
local exchange, others went untitled be-
cause of the strength of securities and
their scarcity as well. Trading was not
especially well distributed, the type
settlers being entirely neglected. The
active leader In the stock list was WASH
ington Gas, which advanced sharply
despifc the introduction in the House
of SO-cent and 75-cent gas bills. Bank
stocks continue to attract attention, and
the investment buying. Bonds we've
less active. but the offerings are not
especially heavy-that is of the high
grade per centers, for which buyers
would pay good prices.
Railway As found d buyer early At
s5A, and then they eased to A7s at the
close. Potomac Consolidated Electric
5's were represented in the sales list
Gas shares were firm, advancing to
Sly ex-dividend $40 a share. 1t sold
quite freely at S1S@SlA. The only other
utility stock showing in the sales REG
ord was Railway preferred at $50.
In the bank stocks Farmers and Nc
chanics was prominent at 270. Ameri-
can Security sold at 3S7 to 2S8 to 2s7
Union Trust 143. Arlington Insurance
was firmer selling at 2sXq2s. National
Insurance Sh.
Samuel ]. Henry. assistant cashier
of the Commercial National Bank, has
been elected a director of the United
states Trust Company and also
treasurer of that institution.
Mr.. Henry is a washingtonian by
birth. He entered the National Saw
ings and Trust Company some eight
cen years ago, serving in various posi-
tions until two years ago when the
Commercial National secured his serv
ices.
AS assistant cashier Mr.. Henry has
had entire charge of the clerical force
of the Commercial National, and
handled much of the correspondence
with and business of outside banking
institutions.
Charles W. Warden, formerly vice
president and treasurer. retains the
position Of vice president of the
United States Trust Company.
w. 4. Galliher. president of the Amer
fcan National Bank, and Mrs. Galliher
were the hosts on Saturday night to the
entire stan Of the bank and Mr.. CALI
hers fellow-officers. The invitation was
also broadened to include the wires and
sweethearts of officials and employees.
Dinner was served promptly at S
o'clock in the main dining room OF the
Continental Hotel. and from that time
on until near the dawn OF Easter Sun
day good fellowship prevailed.
George II. OConnor. William Clay
baugh. Edwin Callow. Martin Horn. and
Edward Muth were the entertainers of
the evening. and the only guests present
other than those connected directly or
indirectly with the American National,
and there were fifty-four guests at the
affair.
Each of the ladies received silver SOU
venirs and flowers. and the men were
given silver pencils.
Shop talk was strictly avoided, and
also fornality. The affair was in the in
nf ha and good feeling he
tween employees and officials.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Wholesale Produce Market

Cheese-New York. new, 13al4c per lb- !;
fat cheese 13c per lb.; daisy cheese. 13isal+c
per ID.
Eggs-Searby. fresh. 16iha1sc per doz.
1--we Poultry-Hens, 15c per lb.; chick
ems, small. Soa35c per lb.; large. 2ea2Sc per
Ib.; ROSTERS. 1Oc per lb.: turkeys, hens. lsc
Der lb.: toms. l5c per h.; geese, plucked,
Saloc per lb; unpIucked, 1oa12c per h.: ducks.
l5al6c per lb.; keats. l4c per ID.
Green Goods-StrawberTies. l5c per box;
oranges, California, s5.ooa3.e5 per box;
Florida, s. o0a3.25: grapefruit. s20a3. IS
per box; apples. per bbl., $500: per box.
50 OOa2 IS; potatoes, per bu.. 6Sa7oc: sweets,
per bbI., s3OoaS. IS: cucumbers. Florida $3.50
80 per basket: tomatoes. fancy. Florida,
s. 25a2E0 per box; lettuce. North Carolina
$500 per basket; South Carolina spring cab
base, H.2s per crate: squash. 81 25al.75 per
box; celery, 75a90c per bunch: eggplant, 81. 2o
a. 80 per crate; Florida peppers, 81. 25a1 80 per
crate; beans, S275aS.50 per basket: kale, per
bbI, 5Cas0c; spinach. s1.0o per bbl.: Florida,
parsley, 81 .5Oa1.75 per basket: oyster plant,
75ca1 90 per doz.; asparagus, No l, s3.soa4. 80
per doz: No. ., So 0Oa3.0o per doz.
Live Stock-Calves. prime. 7l1asc h.: me-
dunn, &c per lb; common. 5a6c per lb. I;
hogs, live ss.75a700 per cwt.; spring lambs.
l2al4c per h.; winter. 6a7c per lb.: old sheep.
S3 5Oa4 SO per cwt.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Studying Oil Fields.

A commission OF experts has been sent
by the Argentine government to inves-
tigate the extent OF an oil field discov-
cred in the southeastern part OF that
country by an American prospector.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
BONDS
New York Curb Market.

Furnished to The Washington Times by
Hartman & Co. New York: Q. q. GhIpmaa,
manager local branch, Colorado Building
Omen Hi1h Low Tast
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Readjusting Business
And Also Liquidating
cFrom Henry CIew's Letter.


The main difficulty with business is
that it is passing through a period OF
Nouidation and readjustment similar
to that through which the securities
markets passed a year or two ago.
Our commodity markets have been
upon too high a level The public
buying power had become exhausted.
Feverish activity and imitation had
carried the rise in prices to a stand
still. Credit was unduly strained.
Liquidation was inevitable, and there
n no cure in sight except a return
to normal conditions through gen.
eral decline in commodity values. This
curative process is now under way.
IL has made considerable progress in
some directions, notably in food prod
ucts. Bread stuffs have declined
about 25 per cent. while pork prod,
per cent Steel products have shown
g considerable depreciation. while
copper and cotton have also shown a
downward tendency since the high
records of last year.
A new factor has arisen in the sit
uation; that is the consumer. The
campaign against general extrava-
gance is having its effect Economy
average man is either spending less
on food and clothing or else making
his money go further by substituting
cheaper materials. This is unQues-
tionably having a distinct though
silent effect upon many lines OF busi-
ness.
Another cause for reaction is the ces-
sation in new enterprises, Drought
about by the OVERRIDING which culmi-
mated in 1909 and 1910. Doubtless this
has >been accentuated by uncertainty
attending the court decisions and tar
iff legislation, as well as by adverse
railroad developments; but had these
factors not intruded 1t is unquestion
able that there would still have been
tion owing to inevitable reactionary
tendencies.
In the steel trade the outlook is not
as bright as a month ago.
Railroads are economtzing, some
thing they are we'll able to do because
of their present excellent physical
condition. The refusal of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to grant
the railroads permission to raise their
rates is being met in practical fash
Ion; economies are being introduced
wherever possible. and the railroads
before carrying projected improve
ments any further are calculating
upon buying cheaper iron and steel.
The copper situation is another illus
tration of an important industry which
is suffering from purely artificial con-
dttions. Production has been unduly
stimulated by a persistent mainte-
nance of high prices, the result being
a tremendous oversupply. Probably no
cure for the situation can be found ex-
cept by lowering prices and thus
stimulating consumption - a policy
which producers at present are un-
wisely opposing
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Today's Sales on
The Local Exchange

Washington Railway and Electric 49,
$5OOqS5A. -oo,,
Potomac Consolidated 5's. 81 ,0o0q 1914,
81 .o0o6 gssk. 81, ,oo091 999s. 81. .f00d99Ss.
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred, 10@SsA. o-e,,, o-a
Washington Gas, 1dS1B. 2ogsl9s, Zon
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank, 10G2I0. eoo-,.
American Security ard Trust, lq2s112.
1OI2S7. 10a2S71a, 10qe8.
Union Trust, 104l43.
Arlington Insurance, 25G2S&, 2Sq9.
National Union insurance, 100qSls.
After call-Washington Railway and
Electric as, $1,OOOdS5, $30ooaS4S. $l.ccVg
SAN. ,o7oo7
washington Gas SIS, A.OoO9110is.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Sues Company, Alleging
Assault By Conductor

For an alleged assault by a street car
conductor in removing her from front
&c a rear seat of Fort Myer car after
it left the District. Marie H. Lucas to-
day filed suit in the District Supreme
Court for $50 90 damages against the
Washington. Arlington nd Falls Church
railway and the Observation-Disclosures
Railway Company
The incident occurred May 10. 1910. on
the Government reservation, at Fort
Myer.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Stolen Diamond Is Sent
To Its Owner By Mail

A so diamond ring stolen last Febru-
ary from the home Of Mrs. E. N. Leach.
262 Fifteenth street southeast. was re-
turned to her through the mail today.
The ring was carefully wrapped in It's
sue paper and placed in small match
box, but there was nothing about the
package to give the slightest clue to the
Identity of the sender. The ring was
stolen from a bureau drawer in Mrs.
Leach's room.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
New York Cotton Market.

Furnished to The Washington Times by
4. G. Plant & Co.. 7l4 Fourteenth stree,