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The Washington times., 1911-08-31
NO LIFE IN MARKET
FOR LOCAL STOCKS,
BUT VALUES FIRM
Comparative Statistics OF
Banks Of the District,
1911-1o10.

The Comptroller Of the Currency gave
out statement showing the COMPARE
tive assets and liabilities of the banks
in the District of Columbia as Of June
a, 1911. as compared with June 90. 1910.
While the facts contained In the statc-
ment are well known, the figures them
selves are interesting.
They show that the aggregate assets
Of the banks. thirty-one in all, increased
in one year $1,043, 553; that loans and
discounts increased 657.046: that bond
holdings decreased S1.06l,Sl3; cash, in
bank increased sS15.1s5; capital increased
$3.50; surplus and profits increased
$660, $50, and Individual deposits were
larger by $685., ,939.
These gains have been continued on
about the same basis siEce June z, with
the exception Of the item of deposits.
A statement at this time, and one Is
iue, would probably show slight de-
crease in deposits Of individuals, a gain
in cash in bank and surplus and profits.
while capital would remain unchanged.
1t Is past time for the fourth call,
although this is optional with the
made on the 7th day of TIE month.
january, March, and July. Perhaps II
will be made September z.
The local stock market was relieved
from the meager limitations Of yester-
day by the sale Of 100 shares Of Wash
ington Railway and Electric common at
44lS. and 30 shares Of Provident Savings
Bank at 8. practically increasing the
trade Of the day over four.fold more
than the volume of Wednesdays limi-
tations. But that was all Every
brokers' office was denuded of custom
ers this morning because of the wealth.
er. Practically no buying orders were
in evidence. although the usual quota
tions showed a price at which stocks
or bonds could have been sold. but no
ore was anxious to sell at the Did fg-
ures.
other than tho sales mentioned few
odd lots of Railway preferred at 80,
Merger thaler at 22S& to go. and one
81, 900 Gas at 1921. the lowest figure
for months. were recorded. That's all.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31

NEW YORK, Aug. a.-The market
really acted as II it were trying to DO
better, but 1t had hard time making
progress, which is an admission that
II did make some small gains, modest,
but none the less welcome TO holders
Of margined securities wearied by fire.
quent call for additional security-tha'
anything that gives surcease for day
or two even is gratefully received.
There was one stock that acted in
manner to put brakes down on the
whole list-Lehigh Valley, weak amid
strength, soft amid hardness. Just why
no one could say, but with the ever
ready intelligence of Wall Street seek
ing an excuse one was found in the
reported liquidation of holder Of a
block OF stock purchased before the
recent melon cutting and now being
dropped as a precaution against pos
sible decline.
A factor that was potent, in a way, in
steadying values was the evening-uo
process In evidence in advance OF a,
three days adjournment OF the Ex-
change, from Friday next until Tues
day.
But when values showed improvement
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Letter Writer Never His
Fiancee, David Bitz Says

Years after he last saw Miss Harriet
Dewitt. daughter OF a wealthy mer-
chant, David Butz, now Washington
attorney and married for more than
three years, today learned that after
Miss Dewitt had been arrested in
Easton, Pa, a few days ago, charged
with being the author of scurrilous let
tiers, his name had been mentioned as
an old acquaintance of hers.
Attorney Butz, in his offices in the
Equity Building on John Marshall
place, today admitted that years ago he
knew the woman whose case Is now
puzzling the police of Easton and Post
office inspectors from Philadelphia and
New York. He refused to discuss the
matter, however, more than to deny
that he was ever engaged to marry
her. as reports from Easton had II.
The arrest of Miss Dewitt, after
search which is said to have lasted nine
years, was made yesterday in Easton.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Postal Bank System
Has Great Growth

The fifty postal savings banks to
be opened in second class postoffices
tomorrow will make the total number
OF that class approximately 1900. it
was announced today at the Postof-
fee Department. These, with the 100
first class postoffices having the saw
ings system, will establish a record
for growth that is considered remark
able. The system was instituted
January 3.
There are only about 1900 second
class and 450 first class postoffices in
the United States, so that shortly the
extension of the postal savings sys-
tenn will reach the third and fourth
class offices.
Officials of the department today
spoke with pride of the fact that
though nearly 1000 postal savings
banks had been Instituted, no extra
men had been employed.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
No Disposition Made
Of CanoeiStS' Cases

No decision has been reached as yet
as to the disposition of the cases
against the twelve canoeists who are
charged with having been on the river
at night without lights on their canoes,
in violation Of the navigation laws.
Several Of the canoeists have written
Whitfield Mckinley. collector of the port
Of Georgetown, explaining to him that
they were ignorant of the law. These
letters have been forwarded to the
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor. 1t
is up to him to decide what punishment
shall be meted out. A maximum fine
Of $500 could be imposed.
Deputy Collector Koogle said today
that tthe Department of Commerce and
Labor had not advised the collector
what disposition to make Of the cases
The canoeists were allowed to go on
their own recognizances, and their
names have not been made public.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Testimony Of Sully
Will Be Taken Later

Examination at Watch Hill, R T..
of Daniel ]. Sully, New York cotton
king" in his s1,50ooOO damage suit
against John Hays Hammond. special
ambassador to the London coronation,
has been postponed until September 8
Mr.. SulIy then viii give his chief testi-
mony against Hammond and others In
volved in promoting the Cotton Secur-
tiles Company. in which 6uliy declares
Hammond damaged his reputation.
Other witnesses in the Sully-Ham-
mond suit will be examined September
II and ~ at New York Attorney John
C. Cuttings is prosecuting Hammond as
counsel for Sully. and Hammond IL do
Tended By Attorney Joseph Walker.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Mail By Freight Plan
To Be Started Tomorrow

The shipment Of monthly and semi
monthly publications by freight from
publishing houses to several Of the main
distributing points OF the postal service
will begin tomorrow, In accordance with
orders recently made by the Postoffice
Department.
class matter by fast freight viii be
under the supervision and direction of
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart. Mr.. Stewart said today, that
the publishers had shown q ready ac-
duiescense IN the plan, by which It is
expected the Government win save
much money.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Madero Progressives
Hope To End Strife

MEXICO CITY. Aug. s1.-with Fran
cisco I Madero unanimously selected as
its candidate for President the progress
sive party in convention here adopted a
sweeping reform platform which it is
expected will bring an end to the fac
tional strife that has been rife since the
ment-
The convention adopted resolutions
favoring the abolition Of the office Of
vice president.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Miss Boss Case Is
Continued Ten Days

Hearing on the false fraudulent check
charge against Miss Mary L. Boss was
continued until September IL in Police
under the bond Of $500 furnished at the
time of her arrest by Miss Bertha
Caron. one Of Miss Boss alleged VIC
TINA
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
Today's Sales on the
Local Exchange

Washington Railway and Electric,
common, 1009441k
washington Railway and Electric.
preferred, 3@S9.
Mergenthaler, 192es%. 3G230.
Provident Savings Bank, 3U19.
After call-Washington Gas SIS, S,000
@109k.
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New York Curb Market.

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Hartman & Co., New York; @. B. Chipman
manager local branch, Colorado Building.
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WINDOW SHADES

w. H. SPELSHOUSE,
lois 7th 1t. n. w. Phone NJ $500
Reliable Window Shades
Made At Popular PriosA -
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SITUATIONS. WANTED
Female.

WANTED-By colored woman, position az
cook. morning or evening; or place clean
Ing Offices; good girl; references. 502 o
st. n. W.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
DENTISTRY

PAINLESS DENTIsTRY-sPEcIAL PRICES
Beautiful work. very best material Our
Bridgework. s. All filings, 50 cents ur.
Painless extraction and cleaning FREE. 4
guarantee to all work. ARMY AND NAVY
DENTAL PARLORS, n. q. cor. Tth and
sts. Entrance. $50 3 st n. w.
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New York Cotton Market.
Chicago Grain Market.

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@. Plant A Co lIl5 @ straet nnrthEa.t
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Observation-Disclosures on ladies' and
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W0RKINGMEN'S WANTS

WoRKINGMEN-Don't let your think tank
CONCEAL and harden; but. pray pardon
here's what we say: Slightly used suits
So to so. II what takes 'em away; one price
JUSTHS OLD STAND, 61s d. l.
The Washington times., 1911-08-31
HELP WANTED-MALE

MAN-white. 70 work in coal yard: must
understand care Of horses: rent free. J. :.
coNNELLY. ID and p sts. n. w.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
CORRECTING The LAW.

The two millions appropriated for
the purchase of the White mountain
lands as a national reservation, and
which became unavailable June 80.
1911 because the geological survey
could not do the necessary work within
the prescribed limit. is not to be per-
mitted to revert to the United States
treasury but is to be made legally
available by the passage of a resolu-
ton which Will extend the time of it's
legal use for three years.
Congressman Weeks of Massachu-
sets, who was the author of the erigi-
nal bill. has introduced into the house
resolution which has been favorably
reported back from the committee on
rivers and harbors, providing that the
money appropriated for 1910 and 1911
shall be available until 1915, and the
chances are that the resolution will
be adopted, before congress adjourns.
1t was never the intention of the
author of the bill that the leisurely
methods of the geological survey should
result in negativing the force of the
act and thus defeat it after the great
struggle that was made ito secure the
passage of the measure. This feature
of the law and the way it was operat-
the most business like buzzing they
ever listened to. 1t is hoped three
years will be sufficient to enable the
survey to carry forward its work to
make the law effective.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEG.
1871 Attire

The fact that the senate has voted
TO adjourn on July % does not deter
mine the matter, since what the SEN
ate does depends upon what the house
has in hand on that dato.
There is a very general feeling
throughout the state that it is time for
the legislature to wind up it's affairs;
and the promptness with which it does
it may help somewhat toward it's re-
deeming its character.
The attempt made to have the leg
islature adjourn until fall found Sen
ator Judson against it. In opposing
the movement, he said:
Our curse is in too much legisla-
ton and not too little of it. Lawyers
cause most of the bills to be intro
duced for the purpose of benefitins
private interests. If a number of these
bills are never reported by commit
tees the people of the state will suffer
TO loss or Inconvenience. We have a
few very Important matters, the com
pensation act, the employers liability
and those SHOULD be considered
Let us hope that these important
matters which have been dragged
through several legislatures will not
oI'y be considered but enacted into
i1w. The important matters IL which
the people are interested are the ones
which usually fail in the finals.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
SELLING FooDSTUFF CHEAPER
ABROAD,

A great powwow has been raised in
this country because American ma de
machinery was discovered to be SELL
ing for a less price in foreign coun-
tries than in our own country. Now
Canada discovers an economic mys-
terry and it is this. as stated by the
Ottawa Citizen:
"WnIle we ship millions of bushels
Of wheat to England, breid is nearly
three times as dear ir Ottawa as it
Is n London. Canada exports the
finest bacon that England can buy and
millions of dollars worth of PORK
while our lumber and mining camps
have to import their supplies from the
United States. which is a country that
does not bear a reputation for low cost
Of living. In Ottaw today citizens
are paying prices for lamb and beef
that run from Is to % cents a pound ;
ii the Inhabitants of London, England,
hal to do the same. tfty per cent.
Won d starve to death
JUS think of this, you kickers over
conditions in America you do not I'M
derstand. And The Citizen says far
ther hat Canada grows I'D produces
a Sufficient food suppl to feed rs
eight million people AMI still it has to
import millions of dollars worth of
foodstuH from America Read this
also:
we have Dominion iaCerior de-
partment paying salaries to a small
army of specialists Who can furnish
data and statisticians who can com
pile it: every province has its own ag-
riculturai department similary equip
ped, and yet there has not been any
satisfactory solution of the mystery
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
Stay at Home Travellers.

It was thard to stif1e a feeling of
envy as I watched my friend, the pro-
fessor. waving a farewell to me from
the deck of the departing liner. II
wondered why fate hadn't ordained
that / too should spend a. summer in
Switzerland 1t has always been one
of the passions of my life to travel.
The tourist trains, the great ships in
dock and the gay, hurrying vacation
lists have always filled me with wlStv
full yearning that l hope some day will
be satisfied Just now my limitations
both of time and of purse keep me
pretty steadily at home and on my
daily job
But I am not going to gamble or
even be unduly envious Of the profess
sor. He has no monopoly of oppor-
tunities There are various happy ex-
or the plains w,oh observation-disclosures
lot it may not be to cross the ocean
or the plains, who are denied the priv
ilege of actually looking on strange
cities on. famous scenes
We can get many OF the educational
advantages of travel without leaving
home if we know how. Do we realize,
for instance that they public library is
full of fascinating books of travel. with
illustrations copiouS and beautiful? Do
we know that for a penny we may buy
reproductions of the finest works of art
that man has ever created? After a
few evenings with a beautiful book on
Venice I once felt almost competent to
guide a stranger about the canals of
the Queen of the Adriatic. And if ]
have never vet seen the Sistine Ma
donnas. shall, at least know it when
I do Gee it, for a copy hangs on the
walls of my sittingroon.
Moreover, there are always interest
ing sights in our immediate vicinity if
we have eyes to behold them. How
many of us really know the history,
the traditions, the landmarks of our
own locality? A man spent several days
in a small New England village and
voted it a duh experience. He did not
know that a building in that village
contained the actual flag that the men
of the place carried in the fight at
Concord bridge His host Let him &C
away without even telling him of this
glorious relic. Other people had come
hundreds of miles TO look upon so hon
orable banner.
After all. those who sound the mean
ling of what lies within the range of
daily experience are richer than those
who may have toured all the continents
to return with dull minds. Sir said
DIR. johnson to a fine gentleman. who
had just returned from a long holiday
in Italy, some men will learn more In
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08


a byword on the lips of men. He never
journeyed beyond his native land The
great centers of population, Rome.
Athens, Thebes, he never visited. Yet
his life was rich and full beyond COM
pare and the blessing of it comes down
to you and me and to our children
after us.
Even if / am not with the professor
on the high seas, then / am not go
ing to get soured on my own chances
for happiness this summer There are
good books to read and interesting
places to visit and people when it is
worth while to try to know better. I
will be a stay home traveller. And
fail shall find me, by the grace of God,
a more interesting and more contented
man.
Did you ever read that quaint old
poem of Christopher Harvey's, in
which he declares that, though he
lacked the opportunity of travelling in
to foreign countries, he found sufficient
field for exploration in his own little
world.
Is it fit
To labor after other knowledge SO
And thine OWE nearest, dearest sell
not know?
Travels abroad both dear and danger
Gus are,
Whilst oft the soul pays for the body's
fare;
Travels at home are cheap and safe,
He that doth live at home and learns
to know
God and himself. needeth no further
THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
VACATIONS

make it better for children on their
return home, or do they come to
feeling that such forms are used only
for the criticism of others, and can be
laid aside when no one is looking?
Then what of those who yacate a
comfortably appointed room at home
for one much less desirable in fash
ionable hotel devoid of almost every
thing which is esteemed needful at
home? How foolish it seems to en-
dure all these priyations for the sake
of being announced in the papers as
having spent a time at --! This
usuolly applies to the feminine portion
Of the household, "pater familaS, be-
ing left at home to get his meals
where he can, and spend his nights in
an empty house.
ooh, he doesn't mind we hear it
said by the absent wife and house,
keeper. Perhaps he may not, and per-
haps he is not to be pitied after all.
At all events, the plan is repeated,
year after year, so it must meet the
approval of those concerned, and if
they are content far be it from fAn
Jdler' to strive to control the affairs
of others Occasionally, we see the
wife remaining at home till the nus
band is at liberty, and the vacation is
spent together at some desirable point.
To one standing outside the procession
that seems the ideal plan.
A change from toll to leisure, from
city to country or seashore, no doubt
is desirable for every one, but when
such is taken at the sacrifice of the
comfort of others, or preceded and fol-
lowed by extra work in preparation or
the make up for lost time, then the
vacation becomes what Samantha calls
a pleasure excition,'' and not a rest
To take a vacation on such terms re-
calls another word from the same
source and indicates a vacant" mind
By all means let us all have vaca-
tions as opportunity offers them for
enjoyment or rest and rejoice in them,
but to feel them a necessary thing,
because they are the fashion re-
minds me of the answer lately made
by little child when asked why we
celebrate Arbor Day. Because we
want to do what other people do said
the small philosopher, and that is
true of so many things in life. IL we
could only be Independent enough to
Judge for ourselves in such matters, it
would be better for us.
Perhaps it would help us, if we re-
mem bered the great majority to whom
vacations are unknown, and who are
equally content and happy without
them Remember too, that vacations
have sprung into fashion of late years
and many generations back of US made
little use of the word. and We're equal
" we'll off without the knowledge or
use of it,
Enjoy our vacations when we have
them be content without them when
we must and our rest and refreshment
will come with the frame of mind with
which we face the inevitable. +.
AN IDLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
IMPROVED PRISON LIFE.

The idea is eaioing ground that the
Trison may b as great a crime against
the imprisoned as any crime they have
committed against society. The old
idea of humilating prisoners by cut
ting their hair short and compelling
them to wear stripes and subjecting
them to other indgnities is regarded
by the advanced as a relic of a less
humane age. That is an interesting
experiment being carried on at Guelph.
Ont, where the authorities have aban-
doned these marks of disgrace and are
putting the prisoners out at their
trades to work unguarded. They are
fed well and sleep in large, clean
dormitories. They are doing useful
work And they do not run away. They
joyously serve out their time.
There can be no doubt of the eff
cacy of kindness and confidence in the
treatment of prisoners; and the
chances of reform must be greater
than the less considerable and humane
methods which it is deemed wise to
abandon.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-08
A SOURCE OF COMFORT TO YER
MONT,

Vermont at first had a feeling of de-
preston over the census reports which
showed such a falling off in her rural
population; but now that New York
is discovered TO be in a like predica-
mert Vermont does not feel so bad,
for she finds she is right in fashion,
if the predicament is rather deplora-
BILE.
The St. Adams Messenger addresses
itself to DIR. Rossiter of that state in
this way:
DIR. Rossiter is cordially invited TO
take notice that the publication of the
census statistics of New York state
shows the Same Kind of a decrease III
the population of the rural regions that
he recentlg pointed out in Vermont
when he slid that conditions here offer
perhaps the gloomiest statistical pic
ture to be found at the present time
in the United States"
Then The Messenger quotes The
Journal OF the American Medical as
ISOLATION as saying:
"The reason for the more favorable
palance of births and deaths IN the
cities is doubtless that young people
are moving into the cities rapidly,
leaving the sterile older population
in the country.
Meanwhile, a safe deduction seems
to be that we should give our attention
inost seriously TO developing the al :
fractions of rural life for young peo-
pie. A land where the rura! popGla-
ton cannot hold its own. and the only
increase is in tire cities. comes very
near being one where wealth accumu-
Iates ant men decay"
~
are nation wide, Vermont requests thu, t
she be not pointed to as a solitary ex-
ample of these tendencies and condf-
tianS