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The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
BALTIMORE MARKETS.

Baltimore Dec. 3.-GREEN FRUITS-Applcs,
loose, per bb. fancy. L25aL.75; do, fair to good
per bbl.. 75al.5O: do Western Maryland and Penn
SylTania per bbl packed. l5Oa2 80; do. New York
State per bbl.. 2Ooa35O cranberies. Cape Cod. per
bbl S00al0OO: do. per box, 225a2 50; grape fruit.
Florida per box, 4OOa45O; grapes per Alb. basket.
Niagara l2al2Is; Concord llallt4; do Catawba l0iz
ALL pineapples, Florida. crate. 2o0a2 90; oranges
Florida. per box. as to size. 2ooa275; tangerines
Florida. per strap, 35Oa4.0.
GREEN VEGETABLES -Beets. native. per box,
40a50: beans Florida, bushel box 35Oa4 50; cab
bage. New York State. per ton; Danish, DOOa23ooi
carrots. native. rer box. 5a40; celery. New York.
per crate 4OOa65O cucmbers. Florida. per basket,
30Oa4oo eHgpAntS Florida. crate. l.5Oa250; lettuce.
Florida. per half barrel basket. l5Oa2Oo; onions,
Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bushel.
yellow, L25al3O; do. New York and Western. per
bushel ll5sL25; oyster plants. native. per bunch.
): parsnips per box. 5oa6O: pumpkins, each. 3a5;
spinach native. per box 35al5; squash. FlOrda per
basket. 2OOa3Oo turnips native, per bushe box, Is
an: tomatoes Florida, per carrier. 30oa5.W.
POTATOES-White. nearby. per bushel. prime.
SaaO; do. Western Maryland and Pennsylvania.
per bushel, prime sas6; do. seconds, 75asO; do.
New York and Maine. per bushel, prime, 90al.OO
sweets yellow per Dbl. North Carolina. 25a3O
do. Eastern Shore. Maryland. 25a3.oO; yams, per
bbl.. North Carolina. L25al.5O; do. Potomac, lisa
l.3
EGGs-Maryland. Pennsylvania, and nearby frsts
loSs Off %: do. Eastern Shore. Maryland and Vr-
Einia 20; Western frSts loss of. 20; West Virginia
hrsts los off, .; Southern North Carolina. loss of,
d: guinea eGEs. doz., lhl5
BUTTER-Creamery. fancy. H.. 81: do choice,
lb, 35a36; do, good III. 3a35; imitation, H. 25a27
do. print, lb., Sass; do, blocks 35aS; ladle. ID,
Da2; Maryland and Pennsylvania rolls. lh, Zla22
Ohio rolls b. 2ls22; West Virginia rolls h., Ia22;
store-Tacked. per H.. o. Maryland, Virginia, and
Pennsylvania dairy prints h.. aa23; process butter
2saH.
LIVE PoULTRY-Youug chickens. large per Ih.
Il; rough. poor. 10; old hens, heavy. Per pound.
II; do, small TO medium. per lb.. 10;
old ROSTERS s; ducks young white Pekins fat
l3al4: do. puddle. large. H.. II; do. Muscovy
II: guinea fowl. young. 2 lbs, 20; do. l.. &c;
do. N lbs and under. 3; do. old. each, Z5;
gpese nearby. per h., l2Al3; do. Western and
Southern, per ID. llal2: do. Kent Island. lIal5;
turkeys young. pcr h.. l6; do. old, IS; do,
small and poor. lOal2 pigeons. per pair old. 70:
do. young per pair. ~
DRESSED POuLTRY-Tmkeys choice small. lb.
Halls; do, fair to good b. l5al6: do rough 10
poor. h.. llal2; chickens. choice young. lb., lila
L; do. old and mixed, ID, lOall; old roosters. h..
SAG; ducks. I2al4; geese. near by, rer lb., l2a4;
do, Western and Southern, per h.. Ilal2
GAME-NeniSOn saddles, per h.. Sa3o; whole
deer. per h.. 15a1s Wild ducks mallard. per pair,
ScaI.oo: do, blAckheads, 3OAIo; do redhesds LOoa
l25i do. canvAsbacks l.fja-co; wild geese, No l,
each, T5aLOo.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Standard Securities Are Strong, but All Gould
Issues Shop that Reorganization Is Needed

price at which 1t has sold since 1897.
Collapse of the stock to that level is
accepted as public notice OF reorganiZa-
ton soon to come. The Denver has in
volved itself so deeply by guaranteeing
the interest on the Western Pacific bonds
that 1t has been compelled to suspend
its divideI ds. Present management Of
the Missouri Pacific, which includes the
Denver and the Western Pacific, is un-
derstood to be good, but there are some
things that even good management can
not overcome.
Lehigh Valley and Louisville and Nash
VILE declared nothing more than the
regular dividends, although many per-
sons expected extra disbursements. New
York Central on Friday issued a notice
to bondholders of the Lake Shore that
merger of the Lake Shore was contem-
plated.
1t is understood that this merger will
not be carried out Immediately. A big
bond issue may be expected from the
Central, therefore, in the near future. II
Lake Shore or Michigan Central merges
with Central. Central will have to issue
bonds guaranteeing the bonds of the
merged properties.
The American Tobacco Company re-
leased the United Cigars Stores Company
from the trust. There v as great irregu-
larity in the market for tobacco sub
salaries, and the Cigar Stores stock sold
under 200 for the first time in years. The
company will open about 800 new cigar
stores in the South this winter and begin
an aggressive campaign for business all
over the country. British-American stock
was hurt by reports of damage to its
property in China.
Official announcement was made of the
merger of the Inspiration Copper Com
pany with the Live Oak Conner Company
through the organization of the Inspira-
ton Consolidated Copper Company, hav-
ing a capital of S3OOO0.0OO in shares of
$40 par
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

YER The second was to put the result
Of these communications with st. Paul
and Denver to Mr.. A. The third call
formed the final decision in the deal
These changes have come fast So the
SO 900 man must be everlastingly alert as
to every move on the business chess
board. Competition is overwhelming and
his responsibility according.
The big men of to-day are those who
have gone through every phase of expert
ence in the business in which they are
engaged. They are drawn from all con-
ditions of men. There is a great inter
change of thought. and the big men are
only those who welcome this. To think Is
the thing.
Education is a great factor in growth.
but business brains are not built entirely
from books, but hard experience and abil-
ity to keep the mind machinery in march
with man-made machinery.
The $4,000 man must be honest. The
day has come when to be honest means
not technically. legally honest, but broad
". humanely honest in thought, in pur-
pose, in act.
AS to business itself and its evils, at
least two things must be done:
Business must give up its improper,
harmful practices and the law must re-
adjust itself to modern economic cOndi-
tons"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
AFFINITY" SEEKS
TO ASSIST WIDOW
Woman Who Killed Husband
Has Sympathy of All.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec 23-Thomas
Trout, father If Homer Trout, who was
shot and killed last Monday night by his
wife in the :iermania Cafe, will be the
strongest witness for the woman. THE
father of the slain man announced to-day
that he knew his daughter-in-law did not
intend murder, did not blame her, and
that he had the greatest sympathy for
her. and would testify in her behalf
Mrs. Jewel Salyard, nineteen, the "affin-
ity' with whom Trout was dining when
shot by his wife. expressed the hope
that Mrs. Trout will be freed and get
we'll. She declared that If it were possi-
BILE she would gladly suffer in place of
Mrs. Trout. and that she blamed her
self for the tragedy, though her relations
had been only those of friend
Mrs. Salyard separated from her hus-
hand in Oklahoma four months ago and
Is employed here as an artist.
Mrs, Trout has been hysteriCaI since
the shooting and a nurse Is constantly
by her side. She declares that she
loved her husband and only intended to
frighten him, not knowing that the re-
volver was loaded. She had Trout's
statement that the weapon was empty.
She aSCribes all OF her troubles to
the automobile which Trout recently
bought, which led him first to neglect
her. He gave auto parties which his
wife did not learn Of until afterward, and
then followed disputes. But he was
good to me and we loved each other"
she insists.
Mrs. Trout is twenty years old and
her husband was twenty-eight. Mrs.
Trout and Mrs. Salyard never met until
the tragedy, and, oddly enough, it ap-
Tarently has made them friends.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
MARRIAGE MAXIMS
BY JAMES PATTEN
Millionaire Proud of Daugh.
ter About to Wed.

Chicago, Dec 23.-With a tribute to
American fathers and mothers and a
criticism of socially ambitious women,
speRdthrifts, and heiress-hunting noble
men, James A. Patten, the millionaire
wheat broker, to-day gave out a series
of marriage maxims' which he declared
were inspired by the romance and ap-
preaching wedding OF his daughter, Miss
Agnes Patten.
Miss Patten. Monday night. will be
married to Lawrence Russell Wilder, son
of J. E. Wilder. The wedding will be
one of the quietest that has ever taken
place in the millionaire colony at Evans
ton.
THE next to the finest thing society
has produced" said Mr.. Patten, is the
great American father. When you are
called father by a wholesome, cleanly
bred American girl, you may feel worthy
to associate with any human being. You
have really achieved something then.
But greater, of course, than the Amer
ican father is the American mother
Only she is his peer. Take her as you
find her, the mother of our American
boys and girls is the acme OF sympa-
thetic and intelligent development"
Between the father, who is the best
provider in the world, and the mother,
who is unequaled as home-maker
American children are more fortunate
than any children who have ever lived
They are reared by great team Of par
ents. They can't help stacking up pretty
high in the average.
In our family there always have been
a few little pet theories as to the proper
manner of bringing up children. I have
taught my daughter to believe in the
social democracy of hard work. The
man, who tolls hard has been pointed out
to her as the finest citizen.
The European nobility should have no
appeal to an eligible American girl. The
title of a lord is of no more use to
family than your great-grandfather's s
Cast-off necktie.
My daughters wedding will be very
quiet have always felt there has been
too much display in the weddings Of our
American girls. 1t does not take 3 brass
band to start a young couple happily to
The mufier has never
been known to do any harm.
Our millionaires, think, make grave
by the ostentatious display Of
their wealth. Some men can give their
wives $4,000 necklaces without seriously
cutting into their fortunes: but by doing
so they cut into their social morals, and
that's the trouble. Men who see their
wives suffering for the mere want of food
are made anarchists by such extrava-
gances."
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
AMERICAN GOODS
ASK FAIR PLAY
Discrimination in European
Markets Charged.

1t is beginning to he apparent that num-
bers of large industries in the United
States whose interests have not. despite
strong governmental efforts, been ac-
corded fair treatment abroad are going
to make strenuous efforts to enable the
government of the United States to prop
crly care for those interests.
Singularly enough, although interest is
usually taken in recommendations of the
President respecting foreign relations, the
press seems not to have grasped the i'm
portance of President Taft's recommen-
dations for the change referred to. 1t is
claimed that the retaliatOry clause of the
law as it now stands has probably proved
effective in securing for United States eX-
ports generally fair traiff treatment.
Determinations. however. against Amer
lean trade have apparently not yet all
been removed. This is evidenced by COM
plants. for instance, in the South. of the
discriminatory treatment which the gov
ernment of Austria Hungary accords cot
tOnSecd oil. 1t is said that the market in
Austria Hungary is closed for the oil and
that the former trade Of approximately
&nO,OOO per annum has been utterly de-
strOyeu by the increase of the tariff.
The fertilizer manufacturing industry in
the South, as well as the consumers of
fertilizers throughout the country be-
can be secured. the existing unfortunate
situation respecting the price of potash
salts can he speedily and satisfactorily
cleared up.
The instances above are but two of
large number OF similar complaints, but
they are of particular interest to the
people of the South.
Sentiment appears to be rapidly grow
ing for the view that the Democratic
party can. with much credit to itself. aid
in relieving such situations as the above
by needing the recommendation of the
President. He should be empowered. in
his discretion. 20 increase by admin istra-
tive order the duty on one or more ar
tiCes now imported from certain for
eign countries under the minimum tariff
rate-nOt necessarily TO the full extent
Of the maximum rate (25 per cent in
CreaSpD-but to such intermediate rates
g. per cent, 10 per cent, or more) as in
his judgment may be required to secure
fair treatment for American products,
and 10 apply such rates not only 10 dutia-
BILE articles, but also to articles now on
the free list. or To either or both classes
as may best serve the purpose in view.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
GOING BACK ON THE STAGE.
Edna Goodrich VIII Try to Forget
MatrImony.

New York, Dec. 23.-Edna Goodrich,
fourth, and recently divorced wife of Nat
c. Goodwin, who recently received more
than $4,000 from the actor. is about to
return to the stage. The actress to-day.
in a letter to her attorney, Herman Roth,
announced that she had signed a con-
tract to open in January in Chicago un-
der the management of Daniel Frohman
in His Neighbor's Wife, and other
plays.
Owing to domestic troubles" says
Miss Goodrich in her letter. my career
on the stage has been interrupted am
delighted to resume my stage work. and
shall devote myself now entirely to my
professional duties.
Il have nothing to say about my per-
sonal affairs, except to say that / am
happy. My interests are entirely CEN
tered on the resumption Of my career as
an actress, and to achieve a creditable
position on the stage, to serve the public
and my management to the best of my
ability. EDNA GOODRICH"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
AIM TO EXCLUDE
AMERICAN GOODS
Russia and Japan-Busy on
Commercial Treaty.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 23.-Intimation that
the commercial treaty which is being ne
gotiated between Russian and Japan Is
aimed to exclude all goods of American
manufacture from Manchuria was made
semi-officially here to-day. 1t is said to
be part of the tariff war which Russia is
preparing to wage against the United
States in retaliation for the abrogation
Of the Russo-American treaty OF 1882.
The unwonted speed with which the
negotiations are being carried on here
and at Tokyo in order to have the con-
vention ratified within the next fortnight
if possible, indicate that both nations are
acting from a more important impetus
than ordinary mutual consideration. 1t
has been the aim of Japan since her ac-
qulsition of Korea to foster her trade in
Manchuria.
The opportunity which has been pre-
sented by the Russo-American situation
is the most favorable that has yet pre-
sented itself. While such a movement
between Japan and Russia would amount
virtually to an international boycott, the
United States would have no ground for
complaint, il is pointed out, on account
of her own high tariffs.
The NOvoe Vrenya. the official newspa-
per of st. Petersburg, intimated to-day
that Russia and Japan had entered into
a commercial league, but it made no at
tempt to reveal the clauses of the new
Russo-Japanese treaty. These are being
kept secret.
Russia and Japan control all entrances
to ManChuria. In the north Russia con-
trolls the ports Of ingress through the
Chinese Eastern Railway, which is mere
ly a continuation of the trans-Siberian
from the Siberian frontier to VladivOstok.
In the south the important gateways of
Port Arthur and Korea are owned by
Japan.
If the once famous open door question
is again raised it will affect only the
United States.
Russia feels that her slaps at the
United States through tariff manipula-
tions contain a double sting in view of
Secretary Knox's propaganda of dollar
and the extension of Ameri-
can trade.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
By THOMAS c. sHoTwELL.

ny InOhHS - SnoA " rSbb'
New York, Dec. 22-Receivership of the
Wabash and further collapse of Gould
securities were features of the stock mar
ket this week. Standard securities were
strong and some approached the previous
high levels of the movement Liquida-
ton. however was evident in behalf Of
some of the leading operators. The mar
ket is being maintained so that banks
and trust companies in their reports at
the end of the year may make a good
showing. The January investment move
ment has been anticipated by the De-
cember rise
The receivership for Wabash was no
surprise except in having been delayed
so long. There is substantial evidence
that the Union Pacific or some other road
would like to get control of the property
and the protective committees that have
been formed are looked upon as being
in behalf of some system other than the
Goulds. These committees are Offering
to pay the interest on the bonds as an
inducement for their deposit. Conserva-
tive bankers are urging clients to refuse
to deposit these bonds because should a
fight develop for possession OF the prop
erty the bonds not deposited would be in
strong position and could bargain with
either side.
Receivership CT other Gould properties,
and particularly the h-Pittsburg 6
Terminal and Wheeling and Lake Erie
has been of Il peculiar nature. Testimony
has been taken behind locked doors and
in secret and the settlement of affairs
has been postponed for an unreasonable
time. There is a general demand for pub
licity OF Gould railroad affairs. and the
secrecy maintained leads the public to
believe that there is something the in
siders do not dare let the public know
about.
Late in the week Denver and Rio
Grande preferred collapsed to the lowest
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
George w. Perkins Points
Out that the Natural
Reason" Is the Recent
Emancipation of the
Mind.

New York, Dec 23-Thomas Edison re-
Gently deplored the lack of $4,000 men.
"A New York man was looking for a
couple of such men the other day." he
said, and couldn't find 'em. Plenty of
twos and threes, but no tens"
George W. Perkins epitomized the situ-
alton to-day in the foregoing statements
and declared that the great reason is
the natural one"
No one is more competent to know
the dearth OF $4,000 men than Mr. Edi-
son." declared Mr.. Perkins. The hu-
man mind has been emancipated from
the body.
Electricity has given wings to the hu-
man mind, and it is the mind, not the
body, that does the business.
As late as 1910 the shortest possible
length of time required for a mind in
the United States to communicate with a
mind In Europe was between fifty and
sixty days. To-day a mind on our Paci-
nc coast can communicate with a mind
IN Japan through the air almost stimuli
taneOusIy.
In the past few years the men who
nave been making their way to high
salary work have been making those
tremendous strides. almost unprepared
IT has come too fast-so that when they
have reached the 10,OO0 point, they have
gone up the line and have rarely been
found. in the vernacular, out of a Job.
The other night ! was at a dinner
with five other business men. In a short
space of time Mr.. A was called to the
telephone three times. 1t developed that
in that time a business deal had been
consummated
His call was from Chicago the man
with whom he had the direct deal The
Chicago man. in turn. had to consult
with man in St Paul and one in Den
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
COLLEGE GIRLS SHINE SHOES.
The Class Presidents at wellesley
Handle the Brushes DeftIy.
From the Boston Globe

Frtm the Boston Globo
Wellesley-like an up-to-the-minute
department store catering particularly to
women-with Wellesleys now famous
girl shoe shining squad as one of the
star attractions-Was the scene presented
i'm College Hall Chapel when Wellesley
College girls conducted an elaborate fair
10 swell the fund for a 500, 900 students
building
Undergraduates. alumnae. heads Of
houses, and the faculty united in MAX
ing the fair a success. As a result of
these combined efforts during several
months OF careful preparation. the fair
easily was the largest entertainment of
the kind ever given by Wellesley STU
dents for any purpose. Students. grad
yates who returned to the college spe-
cially for the fair. and invited guests
patronized the different departments
literally from the time the doors of the
transformed chapel were opened.
Eight distinct departments constituted
the patrons had obeyed the admonition
to do your Christmas shopping early"
and had patronized all the departments,
most OF them found still more enter
tainment in having their footwear deft-
ly polished by the presidents of the Sc
nior' Junior. and sophomore classes
The principal departments included one
devoted TO art in charge of Miss Mary
Wadsworth; arts and crafts, IN the
charge of Miss Elizabeth Slatterv and
Miss Gladys DowIing, and a CANDY de-
partment under the management of Miss
Emily Toll
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
AMERICAN CROOKS
AT WORK IN PARIS
Daring Exploits Zoo Clever
for French Talent.

Paris, Dec. 8.-Working upon the
theory that an organized band of Ameri-
cans is responsible for the crime wave
which is sweeping Paris, Police Prefect
Lepine to-day launched the most drastic
campaign against lawlessness Of recent
years to round up the ringleaders.
While the search for the cHlprits is be-
ing conducted with great secrecy, it has
become known that secret service agents
of the French government are co-operat-
ing with the municipal police in an en-
deavor to run down the criminals.
That American brains planned and
American criminals carried out the muir
der and robbery of approximately $4,000
from a bank clerk in the heart of the
French capital on Thursday, and the
robbery of jewels, at first reported to be
worth 100000 from the corpse of Nine.
Lantelme, in a tomb in Pere la ChaIse
Cemetery, is the belief that has crystal
lized from the meager facts so far known.
1t has since been learned that the gen.
uine pearls which they had sought were
overlooked. At least, this is a police
version.
Other burgIaries which have been re-
ported to the police, but which have not
all been allowed to reach the public, are
also attributed to this same band. The
archconspirators who have planned the
series Of daring outrages recently they
will be able to recover the famous art
work, Mona Lisa" which was stolen
from the Louvre several months ago.
At the office of the prefecture of po-
lice it is learned from unofficial circles
that the directory of French criminals
which is kept there shows no French
lawbreakers who are capable of planning
and carrying out the hazardous depfe-
dations which for weeks have kept the
French police in despair.
There is talk that Eddie Guerin, the
most notorious American crook known
to the International police, may have
been implicated either directly or in
directly in the crimes. However, ever
since GuerIn made his sensational es-
cape from Devils Island, the Partisan
police whisper his name whenever an
unusually brilliant piece of outlawry is
perpetrated. Guerin's whereabouts is un-
known. but he was last heard from in
England over a year ago.
For the first time since he became
head of the Partisan police, sixteen years
ago, Police Prefect Lepine is under the
fire Of hostile criticism.
Friends Of the prefeCt declared to-day
that he had abandoned his intention Of
retiring from police work and enter
ing politics until he had cleared up some
OF the crimes which have terrorized
Paris recently.
He wants to leave an absolutely clean
record behind him and to satisfy the
demands of duty" before he leaves Of
fee, they say.