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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
GAINS AT OPENING
Moderate Strength in Early
Stock Trading.
RAILROAD ISSUES ACTIVE
Lehigh Valley and Union Pacific
Make Substantial Advances.
WEAKNESS IS LATER SHOWN
But Market Is Steady at Closing,
Leaving Net Result Practi-
cally Unchanged.
RAILROAD ISSUES ACTIVE
WEAKNESS IS LATER SHOWN

NEW YORK. June 11.-Moderate
strength developed in the early trading
on the stock exchange today. The open
Inc range of prices showed fractional
gains for most of the active railroad
stocks Lehigh Valley advanced point
ard Union Pacific u The industrial Is
sues showed n lesser degree or suenstn.
United States Steel sold unchanged ana
Nmalgamated Copper advanced =
Although there were reports or needed
rains in various wheat and cotton sec
tions. the market Weakened directly art
al tho opening. Reading. Union Pacihc
and United States Steel were supplied
freely and reacted TO fractionaily below
Yesterdays closing The rise In Iehign
Valley was Cancelled. and the HUI stocks
we're depressed over a point below last
ripbt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Police Should Garry Letters
rom the Worcester Evening Gazette.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
Officers in the future ought to carry
letters Of introduction so that people
they arrest will not have their polite
instincts Jared by having to walk
through the streets in company with a
man they have not been properly in
troduced. to-. declared Judge Ctley in the
district court recently. after hearing the
story of George Swenson, who was
charged with setting a bonfire on Hen
shaw street. After making this remark
he fined Swenson So
Mr.. Swenson claimed that he was a
much abused man. as the officer who ar
rested him had first ordered him to put
the fire out without telling him he was a
police officer He said he had told the
fresh stranger where he could go, and
then told him he would sue him for dam
ages. He said he was then arrested for
merely burning few newspapers in a
hole twenty feet from a house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

As is frequently the case at the end Of
a week Of business. the meeting of the
Washington Stock Exchange at noon to-
day was practically devoid of interest.
Trading was almost at a standstill, and
very little more was accomplished than
the repetition Of bid and asking prices of
the different stocks and bonds
The beneficial influence of the rumor
that former Senator Nathan p. Scott is
to be elected president of the United
States Trust Company was evidenced in
the quotations for the trust company
stock, which for a long time past have
ranged closely around 115 to III and lis.
Two sales of ten shares each were made
on the exchange floor today, one block
going at 49, while the other brought 10.
At the close the bid for the stock was
1201s, while the lowest offering was at
1874
Two sales were recorded of Wash
ington Gas stock, one three-share lot
going at s9hs, while the other. sale
of quotation lot Of twenty-five shares,
was made at SSA
Ten shares of Commercial National
Bank were offered and taken at 200.
American Fire Insurance Company of
the District of Columbia the following
officers and trustees were elected for
the ensuing year: Herman Gasch. presi-
dent: E. G. Schafer, vice president: J.
A. Maedel, treasurer; II. II. Bergman.
secretary; G. NJ. Emmerick, assistant
secretary, and Charles Schafer, +. L.
Schmidt, c. B. Pearson, W. E. Ed
monston. F. A. Blundon. O.. L. Wolf
steiner, trustees.
At the annual meeting of the board of
directors Of the National Currency Asso-
citation Of Washington. D. c., June u.
1911. the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved. That 1t is the opinion Of the
National Currency Association of Wash
ington, D. c., that the suggested plan
for monetary legislation presented by
Senator Aldrich to the national monetary
commission, as amended by the executive
council Of the American Bankers Asso-
citation at the Nashville meeting. emf
bodies in its main outlines a satisfactory
remedy for the existing deficiencies in our
banking system, and that We unanimously
recommend to the Senate and House OF
Representatives the adoption of a bill
containing the essential features OF this
plan at the earliest possible date and be-
fore the necessity for such legislation
shall have been forced upon the attention
Of the country by the recurrence of such
a financial collapse as 1t is designed to
prevent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Seattle's Golden Potlatch. .

From the Los Angeles Express
Fourteen years ago. July IL. 1897. Seat
tie had a great stroke of fortune when
the steamer Portland arrived In Puget
sound with more than five hundred thou
sand dollars worth of gold from the
Klondike.
This was the beginning of the great
rush to the north. from which the United
States assay office In Seattle has since
received S1O9,345. SCI in gold dust and
nuggets, much of which came from the
goidfields afterward developed in Alaska.
In commemoration OF its prosperity
from this gold rush. Seattle will hold a
Golden Potlatch'' july 1722 There will
be aeroplane and pyrotechnic exhibitions.
athletic and aquatic sports, concerts by
six Of the best bands i'm the country.
historical and other pageants and an i'm
posing naval parade by the Pacific squad.
ron in Elliot bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
WEATHER
Showers Tonight and Sunday, With
Moderate Temperature.

For the District of Columbia, Mary.
land and Virginia. showers tonight and
Sunday: moderate Temperature; light to
moderate variable winds
The western depression has moved very
slowly eastward to eastern Missouri and
showers have continued from the Rocky
mountains eastward to the Mississippi
valley. and have extended into the upper
lake region. the Ohio valley and Ten
nessee. There were also local showers
In New England. the middle Atlantic
states. the lower lake region and the in
terror of the east gulf states. In the
extreme west the weather was fair
High temperatures continue in the
southwest and In the middle Mississippi
valley. but elsewhere they are moderate
Unsettled weather will continue tonight
and Sunday east of the Mississippi river
with general showers except over the
extreme northern districts.
Temperature changes will not be i'm
portant.
The winds along the New England coast
will be moderate variable: on the middle
Atlantic coast moderate variable, becom-
ing easterly; on the south Atlantic coast
moderate variable except northeast to
east on the North Carolina coast; on the
east gulf coast, light to moderate south
to southwest.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have moderate variable winds
and unsettled weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the last
twenty-four hours: Chicago, 1.O4; Du-
buque. las: Madison. 1.2s
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twentyfour hours be-
ginning at > pm. yesterday:
ThermOmeter-Yeste 4 pm. 80;
pm. "A: IL midnight, 66: today. am
%: am. 65: II noon. "a: pm, 7s
num- o6 at am. today.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pm. 1918;
pm, 2as2: II midnight. 1890: today. !
am. .3.9:: am. 29.?7: II noon, 5000: :
pm. 600 Maximum temperature past
tWenty-four hours, 80: a year ago, 81.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
= am: Great Falls-Temperature. Il;
condition. 45. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, "A; condition at north connec.
ton, 20: condition at south connection
-. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature IL; condition at influent
gatehouSe. GO; condition at eff1uent gate
house, CT.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. GAS am and TIA
pm; high tide, 12:A am. and 1921
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:3S am. and SOC
pm; high tide, 40 am. and :2S pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 4:34 am; sun sets
7:27 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:34 am.
Moon rises, 1.52 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps al
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset
extinguishing 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 10 The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, June IL
Potomac clear and shenandoah little
muddy this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

the part Of any ministry 70 propose to
reform them ALL either one at time or
at once. Yet probably a general bill COW
ering these points and designed to reor-
ganize the house OF commons as a truly
representative body would meet with
popular approval There would. OF course.
be a tremendous outcry against IL by the
entail electors in the small constituent
cies. by the university graduates, who in
all send nine members to Westminster
from the various seats OF learning In ad :
dition to their own local members. and by
party leaders who are tenacious OF adj
vantages derived from the nursing OF the
anomalies Of an ancient and outgrown
system. There would he individual indig-
nation on the part of members from the
rotten boroughS,' which they have made
their own by almost hereditary prescrip-
ton. But the great majority OF voters,
who have but A single ballot each, and
are constantly gaining in political per
ception, would approve. even, il may be
without regard to partisan feeling.
II has been formally claimed, in the
course of arguments before the royal com
mission already mentioned, that under
the present system OF distributing the
getting a house of commons out of a
general election representative of the
popular will. In proof statistics have been
adduced Of an interesting character. For
instance. In the general election OF 1'sD
the unionists secured 4Oc seats from
2.o4s. 136 votes. while the liberals and
their allies got only 26S seats with 2.39l
n? votes. Had the votes cast given
proportionate results, the unionists would
have had S43 seats and the liberal coali-
ton 327 In 1876 the conditions were re-
versed The liberal alliance got 5lS seats
from 3.39J.s1l votes. and the unionists
got only 1o1 seats from 2.494. Ia4 votes,
whereas there should have been 3sI lib
eral and 2S3 unionist seats. On at least
one occasion. Furthermore, popular ma
Jority has been reversed in the results.
In 1886 the conservatives secured a ma
jority of 14 seats. although the liberals
polled 54,3a1 more votes at the general
election. Similar anomalies have been
noted in American elections. and were II
not for the radical differences between
the two systems of representation il
might be possible to ignore these mani
festations of misadjustment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. June 11.-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot dun. prices two points higher.
American middling fair, ss3: good mid
ding. s5l; middlinS, $50; low middins.
500: good ordinary. 7.S,; ordinary. 1.S
The sales of the day were 1900 bales, Of
which 800 were for speculation and ex-
port. and included $500 American Re-
ceipts. 1000 bales, including LOO Ameri-
can. Futures opened steady and closed
quiet. June. 500; June and July. 1914:
July and August. 1.S'13: August and Sep
TENDER, 1.6212 September and October,
1.2S. October and November, 1.13ts. No
vember and December. I.ns: December
and January. 1.oI; January and F'ebru-
AIRY. I.07: February and March. 1914:
March and April Iasi2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Industrial Stocks Heavy.

Industrial stocks showed some heavl-
ness. the decline of lie in Nirginia-Caro-
lima Chemical on uncertainty over main
tanning dividends causing some selling OF
other issues.
American Beet Sugar sagged ana Ma
-ional Riscrit IL, There was a sharp
ALLY before IL o'clock and losses were
mostly recovered.
The market closed steady Trading fell
Of in the second hours, and the list took
another dip. but recoveries came toward
tho end OF the session. leaving the net re-
suit comparatively unchanged. save in
the case Of certain specialties. and the
fertilizer issues showed no recuperatlve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Chicago Cattle Market.

beeves. 4.1oa655, Texas steers, 4.6Oa3 so;
estimated az 4tD head: market steady;
beeves 4.IOa65J: Texas steers, 4GOa5. 90.
western steers. 4sOa5.75: stockers and
feeders. =. IOa5fO; COWS and heifers, 2.JOa
so: calves. 6.OOaS.OO
Hogs-Receipts estimated al 700 head !.
market generally &c higher: light. 5.a5a
63.,. mixed. Ja,a6.335: heavy. 5S5aG 321a
rough .,.SJa6.OO. good to choice heavy,
6ma6.32ha pigs, 5.6Ja6 % bulk OF sales
620a6.0
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 6.OOO head !:
market steady: native. 2.J0al.3J: western
= loa ! 40 yearlings 4ma4.@: lambs
native, 3.o0a6.4o. western. 4.JOa6. 70:
spring lambs. 4JOa1 10: ewes, > 23a3.9O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.

Flattery is the praise we hear Of others.
Merely a coincidence is what the pla-
giarist calls 1t.
A miser doesn't even enjoy joke at
his own expense.
The man who loses the game IL never
accused Of cheating.
Only very rich man can afford to
have things given TO him.
Even II you haven't a good opinion Of
yourself. see that others have.
Ever notice how deaf people manage
to hear the things they shouldn't?
When love changes to Indifference
matrimony Is on the verge Of bankruptcy
Many a mans failure Is due to the fact
that he bit off more than he could chew
There's always something about a we'd
ding that doesn't suit woman who was
not invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Condition of Money Market.

Money on call nominal: time loans cas-
Ter. sixty days. IA per cent; ninety days.
2a.a3: six months. 3l4a3i5.
Close: Prime mercantile paper. 10
~ per cent: sterling exchange steady,
with actual business in bankers bills at
asa for sixty day bills and at +.S5.S5 for
demand Commercial bills. 1924. Bar
silver J3i, Mexican dollars. A. Gov
eminent bonds steady. Railroad bonds
irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch TO The star
BALTIMORE. Md, June 17.-Wheat-
Quiet: spot contract. 8lA: spot No. RED
westernf 91A; June. 91h July, 500: Au
gust ssls: September, s9h; steamer No.
red. sta4. receipts, 3,279 bushels; ex-
ports. 10000 bushels
Corn-Quiet: spot contract. 59k aJ9A
June, 59isa59i4; July. 591za59A; receipts,
1908 bushels. exports, 500 bushelt.
Oats-Steady: No. white, ~ 4a4o:
standard white. 441aa44s4: No. } white,
44n44A: receipts. s.I22 bushels.
Rye-Nominal. No. western domes-
tic 93a96.
Hay-Quiet: unchanged.
Grain freights-Quiet, unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
Sweet Girl Graduate.

Entertaining articles in our Sunday
Magazine tomorrow are: 1.-The Sweet Girl
Graduate by Ella Hutchinson Ellwan-
ger: "A Rope of Water by l. /. Rose
a bunch Of National Topliners." by
James Hay. jr., and our illustrated song
1.-The Harp That Once Through Tara's
Hail. illustrated from q drawing by
Rose O'Neill Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Hay and Grain Feed Fire.

NEW YORK. June Inlay and grain
fed the flames Of observation-disclosures
nifty Thousand dollar fire today In a
three-story building occupied by George
N. Reinhardt & Co, grain dealers, in
the Bronx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

At a cost of $4,000 the building COM
mittee OF the new ST. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, Va, has
purchased a lot m Rivermont and work
on q ifty-thousand-d dollar church viii he
commenced shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. June lion the stock ex-
change here today American securities
opened slightly over parity, and after
la few transactions closed dull, but
steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

Rar silver steady. - q led per ounce.
Money. ialt. per cent.
The rate 81 discount in the open market for
bort hills - "a per cert.
Tho rate ~ discount in the open market for
arrr- month bills is IA per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w B. Hibbs & Co..
bankers and brokers. Hibbs building,
members New York Stock Exchange.
Washington Stock Exchange and Chi.
cago Board of Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

John w. Butts. for half century a
farmer Of Back Creek valley. dropped
dead at his home at Jones Spring, w.
Va, death being due to heart failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. June 11.-Closing-Wheat
Spot quiet: No. ! Manitoba, Is SID; No.
Manitoba, IS I'd: No. :; Manitoba, Is Id;
futures. firm: July. Is 1Okd; October,
IS SID December, Is SIS
Corn-Spot, steady; American mixed
new, As Sd: American mixed old, 5s 4d;
new American kiln dried. As 1Od; futures
steady; July, As SID; September, As 11ssd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call, IL o'clock noon-W Washing
ton Gas. 3 at S0it. 25 at sSsS.
Mergenthaler Linotype, at 225.
Commercial National Bank 10 at 200.
United States Trust. 10 at 119. 10 at l20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

The construction of the big Union rail-
way passenger station and Office build
ing at Norfolk, Va, was begun Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

II pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds OF situations ara
filed through them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, June 11.-F1our-Quiet and
about steady; spring patents. 4.SJa-'. 10
4.lOa4.5O: spring clears, 3.85a4.OO; winter
extra No. /. 3.3Ja3.J0; winter extra No. 2
3. 15a325: Kansas straights. 4.1Oa4.25.
Rye f1Our-Ffrm: fair to good, 5.OOa-521
choice to fancy. 5.3Oa.JO.
Barley-Quiet; mailing, 97a1.O3 C. j. f.
Buffalo.
Wheat-Opening easier under rains west
and private reports of showers northwest,
wheat soon recovered on firm Liverpool
and Berlin cables, indications of lighter
worlds shipments than expected and bull
support. July, 81 3-16a94 7-16; Septem-
Der, 93asa33a4.
Corn was without transactions.
Boof-Steady; mess, local .JO; family,
IL GOAL 30; beef hams, q 5Oa29.JO.
Pork-Steady; mess. 17.OOa11 so; family
1SOa19.JO: short clear, 10.75a11.OO.
Lard-FIrm middle west. s3OaS.4O.
Raw sugar-Firm: muscovado. ~ test.
$50; centrifugal, 96 test. $50; molasses
sugar. 50 test. 3.14: refined steady;
crushed, SO; granulated. 800; powdered,
80.
Petroleum-Steady; refined. 7.2o.
Coffee-Spot firm; No. Rio, 121a No. 4
Santos. 1875.
Molasses-Steady: New Orleans open
kettle, 30aJO
Hay-Steady: prime. 1.35: No. l, $50:
No. .. 1.1Oa1. 10; No. 3. 95a1.O0
Butter-Steady; Receipts. 2,134 pack
ages, factory current IIldhc SeCOHuS, -
packing stock, current make, No. :.
1917; packing stock, No. 3. 14laa1oh.
Cheese-Firm; receipts. 1871 boxes;
state. whole milk, lower grades, white.
Gall.
Eggs-Generally steady, unchanged; re-
cepts. 14.JlS cases.
Poultry-Alive firm: western spring
chickens, 22a24; fowls, 16a16la; turkeys.
Is; dressed firm western broilers, 1Sa.5
fowls. western, 111za141a. turkeys, 12a15.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, June Trains in the
spring wheat country carried down
prices here today Good commission
buying caused rally. but the market
again sagged. Bearish feeling was in
creased by the fact that country offer
ings of wheat 10 arrive were decidedly
free. with purchasers holding off. Cash
was Aa2s lower to shade up. July
started lsaL to 14aas off. at S73s to S7A.
rallied to S7la, and then fell back to s71s.
Cooler weather and more moisture
made corn easy. The resulting decline
brought out rather generous support. but
the market failed to show much re-
covery September opened "a to y down,
557.. Notwithstand buying on the part
of some former longs. the oats market
sagged with the decline Of other grain.
September started Aa3s to Hsal2 lower. at
3sTs to 30. but reacted to 391s.
Provisions displayed firmness on &C
count OF the lighter run OF hogs and be-
cause Of limited speculative offerings.
September delivery $50 for lard and
s. aOas. 321. for ribs; no business was done
I'm pork.
rYvyrnnnnr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Wrongs to Be Righted
Special From STAFF Correspondent.

This 10 an impressive array OF wrongs
to be righted. 1t will require courage on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

For the District Of Columbia, Mary
land and Virginia. showers tonight and
Sunday: moderate temperature; light to
moderate variable winds.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-14
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMENDED
IN REPORT
Increasing effectiveness o.
The Merit System Is
Pointed Out
tBy Associated Press.)

Washington, d. c., Mar 1S.-Pres-
ident Taft in a special message has
transmitted TO congress the twenty
seventh annual report OF the civil
service commission The report
states that the increasing effective.
ness of the merit system has
strengthened the public conviction
that 1t is indispensable TO economy
and efficiency In governmental af-
fairs. Il l. shown that the eXamin-
alton system tends to lessen the
number OF employees required under
similar conditions by raising the
standard OF efficiency and at the
same time facilitates the extension of
governmental activities to new fields
by furnishing the best practicable
means OF testing qualifications for
scientific technical and professional
work
A better spirit of cooperation on
the part OF the administrative officers
and the public is noted, thus render
ing civil service administration more
effective. Economies have been Ell
fected in the use OF registers, fewer
persons being examined although
more were appointed than in the pre-
ylous year.
1he report shows SS4'OSS persons
in the executive civil service. 222,27S
OF whom are In the competitive clas-
sified service. The number of com
petitiye classified positions, which
does not include mechanics and labor
ers, by 5.4SS. On the other hand an
opinion rendered by the attorney gen.
eral, during the year, that mechanics
and laborers at navy yards are not
classified though they have been SO
regarded, gives an apparent decrease
by taking them from the figures OF
the year The commission urges the
classification by executive order OF
these navy yard employees, showing
that the classification of similar pos
itions in other parts of the service
is beneficial, and that the navy yard
mechanics are performing duties
whose classification was contemplate
ed BIZ the rules
The commission urges legislation
looking TO increased efficiency in
the service, especially a reclassifi-
cation OF salaries in accordance with
the work performed with enough
grades to insure frequent promotions
some provision for retirement and
promition on merit 10 the higher posi-
tions.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-14

smacked of statesman, said that the
legislature had done what it had set
out to do in the beginning enact u
few laws of general statewide bere-
fit; amend and repair statutes al
ready enacted Bur it would take the
work of several more legislative ses-
sions to thoroughly iron out the
wrinkles in Oklahoma laws. For
this reason, he urged the members OF
this legislature, especially the new
members to stand for reelection for
the next legislature. You will be
twice as valuable TO the state next
session he said The experience
in legislative matters you have gain
ed this season, added to the broader
ideas you row have Of the needs and
activities of the entire state, make it
your duty to again offer yourselves
for the place The. money in the job
is little, none from a standpoint of
gain, but it is the duty of all good
citizens to make some sacrifice-do
something for the state at large, and
there Is no better way a good citizen
and qualified law maker can serve
the state than in the legislature