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The Washington times., 1911-02-24
Chirnn1te's S History

HTRISTOFER XII 'MBJS WAS a dago
IL kid what come Of poor people, but
he forgot more il one mint dan dc wise
guys what lived in deIA days learned in
year. kIumbus had d hunch dat de
earth was beatin' il 4rouEu like lost
spitbaII, but de wise guys give him d."
laugh and put in their two cents worth
by sayin dat de ting was nat as dc
weeks wash.
Back up, klumbus comes back AT
EN-. IF il was fiat some boneheads
like you would get showed off de edge.
and den you'd find out if it VAS round
or not"
SO klumbus gets King Fcrd nand in
a corner and tips him the wink.
"'FerdIe,' he says, cough up a mil
lion plunks or so and we'll call their
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bluT and get our names in the third
grade hist'ry books
Beat it, says King Ferd nand,
you're bugs"
But klumbus hunts out Queen Is'bel-
Ia and she. bein a sport, hooks her
crown and buys KIumbus three wop
fcrrNbnats.
This is a cinch" says Klumbus. and
n" hits II up with the fishes till he
bumps into the United States.
Gee. says klumbus, this must be
Indiana. Pipe the Indians"
Then he plants an EyetaIian flag and
says, Spaghetti for ever and hotfoots
II back 10 break de glad news to
IS'bella and give dc wise guys de merry
ma ha. But he hadn't more dan turned
his back when George Washington come
and copied De whole shcbanc for MS
Americans. And ever since den de world
has been round
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TROUBLE CHASERS

Ill-gotten gains usually put up the
most brazep front.
The dentist delights to use gold
in filing his enga gements.
Some able-bodied men are not
able to clothe the body as it should
be.
The cost of living may he high,
but it is so because of mans own
making.
Just because a man is trying to
look up is no sign an aeroplane is
passing.
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THINKS
Lend me five dollars

Lend me five dollars
Till I draw my pay. My baby's
sick and wife is going away. The
rent-what? Pal, I'm sorry. Say
Lend me two dollars.
No? Slip me a dollar. Wife is
throwing fits out I'm the hall. 7 got
to get two bits. Let's take ii, pal,
and then well call it quits
On the five dollars.
By links.
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Reason Enough.

Geraldine-You haven't been to see me
since you asked my father for my hand.
Geraldine; this is the first time I've
been able to get about.
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He Knew.

john said his wife, II have lots of
things l want to talk to you about"
That's good" answered Mr.. SPEND
ers, generally you want to talk to me
about things you haven't got"
The Washington times., 1911-02-24
Where Honor Is Due.

Danvers-Do' you believe there is such
thing as honor among thieves?
Enthusiastically not Thieves are
just as bad as other people.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24

If their bachelor uncles were 70 leave
them a fortune some folks would then
complain because they would have to
die rich.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24

Don't laugh at the girls trouser
skirt. Wait till you get laced into a
corset coat
The Washington times., 1911-02-24

Don't be cynical about marriage. You
may suffer from il yourself some day.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24
The Optimist.

The man who keeps his temper always
has the key to the situation.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24

Don't talk about another mans faults
Your own ought to keep You busy.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24
Pert Paragraphs.

The people who cry down picture
shows as corrupters of youth should
remember that a boy can spend a
nickel for admission and for cigarettes,
too-rut the same nickel.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24

Swear not at all, for many have
thereby invited suits for perjury.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24

1t takes lots of charity to enable a
man who likes a good square meal to
approve of a dietician.
The Washington times., 1911-02-24
MR.. PEE WE'D PROTESTS
Against the Meeting
Of the Bridge Club
TO HIS PATIENT WIFE
WIFE E

my at ss M" % S1g"s ssa S ;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October 16-Cotton-
Futures steady; October, 600; December,
3.15; January, 900: February. 9.O2 bid ::
March. 9.12: May, 9.25; June. $50 asked !;
July. go; August 9.21 bid; September.
go.
The cotton market opened steady, at a
decline of points to an advance of 1
point in response to steadier late cables
from Liverpool. Offerings were heavy,
but We're well absorbed by covering or
buying by reactionists, and prices sold
about to Z points above the closing
first hour. Private cables from Liverpool
attributed an early break there TO heavy
offerings Of actual cotton, followed by a
rally to within point or two of Satur-
days finals on coverings. and the buying
here appeared TO be inspired by fears of
cold weather in the western belt.
The western belt forecast. pred citing
Texas panhandle. was followed by a
more urgent demand from shorts during
the middle OF the morning and prices
worked up sharply to net advance OF
about 1sa23 points. with the late months
relatively firm. At this level, or around
3I2 for December and 933 for January
offerings We're heavier and the market
and irregular, but several points off from
the best under realizing by early buyers
and continued southern selling, although
the offerings from tbs source were hardly
as heavy this morning as antic' ,ated
Spot. nominal.
The estimated receipts at the ports to.
day were 1900 baleS against 1000 las,
10000 bales. against AS. 20 last week
and 4i9,223 last year. Today's receipts
at New Orleans. were i,23J bales
against 9,24l last year
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington: New York London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL; NEWS.

Business was dull today again at the
session of the washington Stock Elk
change. For FIVE shares Of Gas stock
81 was paid. and the same price was
bid for more. While this is a recent
high level for this stock, and especially
just at the beginning Of a new dividend
period, the advance for today was not
more than an eighth Of point, as the
last bid last week was S61s.
Mergenthaler sold at lower levels. but
in limited quantities. Five shares sold
for 234 and ten for 23311. A sale at
the last session was made at 235. The
closing bid today was three-quarters
Of a point less than that Of Saturday.
The announcement was made that the
books for the transfer of both the COM
mon and the preferred stock of the
Washington Virginia railway would be
closed tomorrow. preparatory to the
payment of the semi-annual dividend OF
IL per cent on each issue. At the
next dividend period the rate on the
preferred will be changed from to 4
per cent per annum.
The rate to be paid on the common
stock is one-half of per cent greater
than the rate paid for the first six
months of the current year. Then 1t
was / per cent. and now it Is to be IN
per cent for the six months ending in
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The Gold Cross of the Kremlin.

st. Petersburg Correspondence London Times.
In collecting mementos of the Napo-
leonic invasion for the centenary celebra-
lions in Moscow next year attention was
drawn to the memoirs of the Comte de
Segur and other French contemporaries
regarding the fate of the great cross of
Ivan Veliky. the church which dominates
the Kremlin. Napoleon had this cross
pulled donw, believing it to be of solid
gold and intending to have 1t placed over
the Dome des Invalides. He was prompt
ed to this act by a desire to punish the
Russians for setting fire to the city. espe-
cially as the cross was popularity be-
lieved to have a legendary connection
with the greatness of Russia. With
enormous difficulty the cross. measuring
sixteen feet. was brought down. ard. ac-
cording to Segur. had to be abandoned on
the march to Smoiensk,. being sunk with
q quantity of other impedimenta in Lake
Semlevo. The lake having been recently
drained, careful search was made.
which brought to light innumerable re-
mains of dead horses. harness. carts. uni
forms, etc. but no trace of the cross.
Letters published in the Novoe Vremya
argue that it never left Moscow and was
probably buried under the wreckage of
the Kremlin caused by the blowing up of
it's buildings at Napoleon's command. The
real gold cross remained undetected on
one of the churches which escaped de-
struction.
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Real Estate Transfers

RANDLE PARK-Thomas F. Simpson e.
ux. to Thomas P. Simpson, lots 10
and II, block 9: SO
RANDLE HIGHLANDS-John e. Pope
ct ux. to Thomas A: Martin, lot %,
block 9; SO.
THE RIDGE-Walter c. Quarles, trus-
tee, to Charles Addison and Fannie
Barnes. lot Z; $40.
FOURTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
The Northwest Washington Company
to Valley Building and Loan Assoc a
ton, lots Ii and II. square 2917: $40.
FOURTEENTH STREET. HEIGHTS
Margaret L. Bruce to Valley Building
to Is. 20, %, "a. square 2911: lots =
and 3, square 2919; lots 3, %. q, %,
80, 35, square 2S17; $40.
DOBBIN'S ADDITION-William c. Blum
don ct ux. to Thomas j. Heany, lot
u, block 80: So
CLARK MILLS ESTATE-Mary King to
James r. and Anna r. Farrell. part
GRANT PARK-John P. F. White ct ux.
to Andrew Morris. lots II and 80.
square 524S; $40.
SOUTH KENILWORTH - Bernard G.
Brown ct ux. to Lottie A. Jones, part
square 5155: SO Same to William H.
Dawley, part same square: SO.
WEST HOLMEAD MANOR - Harry
Wardman ct al. to Meta c.. Ruerner
lot 81, square 2S27; $40.
EIGHTH STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween n and o streets-Henry H.
Bergman ct al, trustees. to Minna K.
Friedrichs. part lots Il and %. square
500; So, AGO.
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u. S. Court of Customs Appeals.

The following decisions were handed
down today:
No AT. A. G. Pritchard & Co.. appel
lants. agt. United States; opinion by Bar
this case is brown paper known as
kraft paper. and the question is whether
1t is dutiable under paragraph 1856 of the
tariff act of 1897 at Is per cent ad val
orem, or paragraph 400. at 25 per cent ad
valorem: the board CT general appraisers
sustained the action of the collector as
sessing duty under paragraph 4O2, and
the decision of the board is affirmed
No 80. American Trading Company
appellant, agt. United States; opinion by
Barber. associate judge; the merchandise
involved in this case is handmade paper
weighing over ten pounds to the ream
the appellant claims that 1t is also print
ing paper, suitable for books, and the
question was whether it is dutiable under
paragraph 395 or 4O1 of the tariff act of
July "a, 1897; the collector and the board
assessed it under paragraph 401. and the
decision of the board is affirmed
No. 523. United states. appellant agt E.
Hartwig; opinion by Smith, assoc;a q
Judge: this case involves the classification
of certain fox skins entered at the port
sessed for duty by the collector at 80
per cent ad valOrem as fur wearing ap-
parel and some at 30 per cent ad valorem
as manufactures of furs under the pro-
visions of paragraph 439 Of the tariff
act of August 5. 1909. The appellee
able at 20 per cent ad valorem under
paragraph 4SO. The board assessed duty
at 35 per cent ad valorem and the deci-
sion of the board Is affirmed.
pellants. agt. United States: opinion by
Smith. associate Judge: the merchandise In
question was leather. The collector assess
ed it for duty at Is per cent ad valorem as
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leather not specially provided for under
the provisions of paragraph 451 of the
tarin act OF August 5, 1909. The i'm
porter claimed that the merchandise was
either band. bend or betting leather, or
rough or sole leather dutiabie at per
cent ad valorem under paragraph 45l
or grain or split leather. dutable al ~
sion of the board is affirmed, as to grain
feathers and split feathers made from,
the hides of animals other than those OF
the bovine species and reversed as to
other leather.
No. $40. Choy Chong Woh & Co ct al,
appellants, ast. the United States; opinion
by Montgomery. presiding judge. The
merchandise in question is mushrooms in
tins contained in outside wooden cases.
They were assessed for duty by the col
lector at Pip cents per pound. in cludins
the weight of the immediate or tin cover
ings. The importers claimed it to- ne
dutlable at the same rate, excluding the
weight of the tins or immediate cover
inSs. Both assessments were made under
the provisions of paragraph 2o1 of the
tariff act OF 1863. The board of general
appraisers sustained the action OF the
collector. and the decision Of the board is
affirmed.
No. 455. United States appellant, aSt.
Bennett & Loewenthal: opinion by Bar
Der, associate judge. The merchandise in
question is imitation horsehair. which was
assessed for duty by the collector under
| marks per kilogram. The importers later
filed a certified consular invoice, showing
the cost of horsehair to be 1880 harks per
kilogram. and claimed duties were prop
erly assessable on that basis
The board of general appraisers
ana the circuit court for the south
ern district of New York allowed the
claim of the importers and the decision
OF the board and the court is reversed
No. 115. United States, appellant, agt
Frank & Lambert; opinion by Hunt, as
sociate Judge The merchandise involved
| in this case Is cotton goods. 1t was as
sessed by the collector on the value stated
in pro forma invoice. The importers
gave bond for the production of a duly
certified invoice, which they subsequent
ly supplied and claimed that duties were
properly assessable hereunder. The board
OF general appraisers sustained the pro-
test of the importers and the decision of
the board is reversed.
Out of respect to the memory of the
late Justice Harlan it was announced by
the court that there would be no session
of the court tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
PRINCETON TRACK WORK.
Al Shrubb Starts Cross-Country Men
Training.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. October 16.-Al
Shrubb, the professional distance runner
who is coaching the Harvard cross-coun.
try team again this season, began work
with his men on tine stadium track the
other day. There were about thirty
candidates including most of last year $
men, headed by Capt. P. r. Wilmington
Of the varsity track team, who is Har-
wards best cross-country man as well
Wilmington will be in charge Of the dis
lance work, and the fall training of the
regular track men, who will hold their
games November 4, will be in charge OF
Trainer Donovan and D. P. Ranney, the
Harvard middle distance runner
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. October 16-Wheat
-Ffrmer, spot contract 96,s: spot No. .,
red western. 9Sas; October. 9SH Novem-
Der. 971. bid; December 99h4 bid: stea mer
No. red, a3@s bid, receipts. 12337
bushels; exports. 24,OO bushels; southern
by sample, S3a94.
Corn-FIrm. spot contract. -. Year, 67,a
afhs; January, 61iAa67as; February, 674a
-; March. 6si=aSs@.; receipts. 1924
bushels
Oats-Steady; No. white, 5Ia5lA =:
standard white, 50}&a51: No. 3 white, 5Ol.
alMs. receipts. 1,0J1 bushels.
Rye-Firm: No. . western domestic l. O6
bid: receipts. 2,4G2 bushels
Hay-Steady; No / timothy so3 JOa
s-4o; No clover mixed. 500. JOas2I 90
Grain freignts-Firm steam to Liver
pool. per bushel nd. October Cork
FOR orders, quarter. Is 6ia2s 7iad, October
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October 16-Flour-Steady,
with moderate demand.
Wheat-Light worlds shipments; firm
Liverpool cables and bullish Russian
news caused an opening advance in
wheat, which was soon followed by a
setback. due to prospects for a liberal
increase in the visible; December, IONA
1O41a
Pork-Steady
Realistically.
Lard-Firm.
Raw sugar-Quiet Muscovado. 50 test.
o.45: centrifugal. SO test, 5.95: molasses,
50 test. 80: refined. steady.
Petroleum-Steady.
Spot coffee-Firm; No. Rio, 15s4. No
4 Santos. 1914; nominal
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Quiet.
Bu;ter-Steady: receipts, 5.5s5 packages
creamery specials. 81; extras, 30; frsts,
27a2Sk; seconds 25a26; thirds. 23ao4 .
creamery held specials. 29lz: extras, 2slka
%; firsts. 261aa2S; seconds, 241aa2J11z: stat.
dairy, finest. %; do. good to prime 25a2S:
do. common to fair. 2Oa25; process spe-
cial, PAN; extras, 29za24: firsts, 22a221a
firsts. 2la2l seconds. 201a; thirds, 1Sa
1917.
Cheese-Barely steady: receipts. 3,52J
boxes: state whole milk specials, 14lka
14%; do average fancy. IA. do. lower
grades. 12a14; state whole milk. daisies
best. 12Aa121s; skins. 12a121s.
Eggs - Barely steady; receipts. 7,19
crates; fresh gathered extras. 3Oa31 extra
firsts. 26a2S: firsts. 23a25: seconds, 3Da22
thirds. 17al9: held. fresh poor to fair, /:
a19; fresh gathered dirties. No. 1, 17a1S
No. 2, 151ea1 la6; do poor to fair. 13a15
fresh gathered checks. prime. rs; do. poor
to good, 1Oa15: refrigerator firsts, season,
storage. charges paid. 2OIaa21; seconds
i9a2O thirds. 16a1S: state Pennsylvania
and nearby hennery white fancy large
new laid 4la42: do fair TO good 36a 10
do. gathered white, 3Oa4O; state. Pennsyl.
vania and nearby hennery brown. 3Oa31
do. gathered brown and mixed colors, .
a29; western gathered whites 26a32
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. October 16-Closinr-
Cotton-Spot in fair demand: prices .
10 points lower; American middIins
fair. SO; good middling. 5.32: middling.
us: low middling. 5.0+: good ordinary
1872; ordinary. 4.5-. The sales of the
day were 10000 bales. of which 500
were for speculation and export, and
included $500 American. Receipts were
1920 bales. all American.
Futures opened easier and closed firm
October. 500: October and November
1877: November and December, 1872:
December and January, 4.e2; January
and February. 4-94 y: February and
March. 4.91; March and April, 499.
April and May, SOL May and June.
5.o3: June and July. 5.04k: July and
August. sos: August and September.
5.0412 September and October, 500:
October and November. 5.oo1z.
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Found Home Decorated.
TAKES FORTY WELLS.
To Supply Big Swimming Tank at
Yale.

NEW HAVEN. October 16.-Forty- odd
wells supply the swimming tank at the
Yale gymnasium. Few persons realize
what big job it is to fill the mosaic
set pool back of the gymnasium and
the care necessary in regulating the
flow of water.
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FOREIGN BANKS,

PARIS. October 16.-CIosing: Three per
cent rentes. "a francs 20 centimes for
the account: exchange on London, -
francs 1872 centimes for checks
BERLIN October 16.-Exchange on
London. 20 marks u pfennigs for checks:
money. per cent; private discount rate,
SIS per cent.
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WILL ENTER FOR CUP.
Commodore Jessup Says Upton Will
y Make Another TRY.

SAN FRANCISCO, October lex
Commodore Alonzo' Jessup of the San
Diego Yacht Club returned from Eng
land recently. While abroad he was the
guest Of Sir 1nomas Upton on the Erin
He said Sir Thomas would enter a.. zach,
in the yacht race from San Diego to
Honolulu which is to be part Of the ce,e-
brations In connection with the opening
of the Panama canal in 1914 or 1915.
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GOOD BACKS.
Poor Linemen Are Causing Coaches
= Most Trouble.

NEW. YORK, October l6.-Wealth of
backfields material Is causing the coaches
lsofSthe' larger college foot ball elevens Ut
.f1e or no worry about this department
this season.. Even the minor colleges
j;reportl better backs. Almost every sea
son Il Is the same way. There Is a. ways
"a a ~ eat, deal more trouble IN developing
txoOd line than a good back field. but this
SEASON the candidates for the positions
|tehlud the line seem to be universally
better than for the last few years
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land, unsettled tonight land Tuesday
slightly warmer; light to moderate east
to south winds.
| Maximum temperature past twenty
| four hours, 90; a year ago %.
The disturbance that was over Kansas
Sunday morning has moved slowly north
eastward TO central Iowa. and was at
tended by rains in the states Immediately
surrounding A moderate offshoot from
its southern edge has reached the Texas
coast. attended by thunder showers IN
| the west gulf states. over the eastern
portion of the country the weather was
unsettled, and there were local rains Sun
| day in the middle Atlantic states and
| southern New England. In the west
pressure is high with fair weather and
mod era tely low temperatures. except IN
the coast states, where il is warmer.
The weather will he unsettled, with
rain tonight or Tuesday, over the eastern
| half of the country, except, probably, IN
northern New England.
+, 1t will. be ooolsEsT tuesday,. in, the uppss
lover Owe Ohio ssits4' gfandessee. .aia ,sshs
east gulf statAsa 10 aA'lsla bes. &ohne6fed
warmer in -theaxnidd die Atlantic states ald
western New England $500 49, - :
Storm WARNINGS are Displayed on k.akes
Michiganl and, Supefior, except at sSault
ste Marie and on the Texas- coast'fronr
Corpus Christi eastward :.
The winds along the New EngTand sceiasi
| will be. moderate 5norfherlys' heeomins
variable; on the middle and south At
lantic coasts light to modera e. seeomins
westerly ovef Western psofffoff.
Steamers departing today fer Eurouean
ports VIII have moderate VARIABLE winds,
! becoming east and Southeast with gen
orally fair weather. to. the Grand Banks.
| The following heavy precipitatten IN
| inches) has been reported during theFlast
| twenty-four hours: Valentine, LBS; Mo-
bile, 1.32; La Crosse, lao; lola, Lei;
Austin. Tex, 100: Paris. Tex. Ito; Val
| ley Junction, Tex, LILO.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginnin~ at pm. yesterday:
esterday, 4 pm, 50;
% m. 80; II midnight, "a; TODAY. 4 am,
81: am, SO; IL noon. So; pm. 65.
Maximum, IS. at pm today; MINI
mum, 81, at a m. today:
IN, 3O.O6; IL mdng ht, 5000; today, 4
a. m. 3O12; s am. 30.11; IL noon, 5o.ls;
2 pm, 30.16.
Tide Tables.
Today Low tide. 9:23 am. and CAB
p M: high tide, 2:2S am. and $40 pm.
Tomorrow - Low tide, 1Q:29s a. m. ana
1850 pm; high tide, $40 a. M and f:lo
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today - Sun rose 6:1O am: sun sets
5:2l pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises Gil am.
Moon rises 1872 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset !:
extin gushing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star. 49,
HARPERS FERRY. w. ya.. sOckdbar
clear this morpil,g., ~, 80. 4
So Ssfss
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TO WIN TITLE.
Is One Ambition of Matt Wells, Eng
lish Boxer.

NEW YORK. October 16.-The one am
bition in the life of Matt Wells. the Eng
lish lightweight champion. is to win the
worlds title from AID WOlgast, and it is
largely because he wants to earn enough
money SO that he can insure his mother
a trust fund of at least SO a week as
long as she lives.