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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
Specialties Are Strong.

Thu market closed strong. Realizing
in Reading checked the demand for
The active stocks for a time. but the
>pccialt5es continued to show buoy
anrX. Great Northern Ore increased
its gain To IL. and InterbOro- Metro
pnlitan preferred to 31e American Can
preferred and American Beet Sugar
were brought into the movement with
substantial gains. and there was a
general broadening of interest in this
department. The whole list Stiffened
again in the final dealings
close: Prime mercantile paper. 4 !. a
~ per cent. Sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bank
eTS bills at 4 1925 for sixty-day bills
ant al i.S6.$3 for demand. Commercial
bills. f-S2l.. Bar silver. 5iL Mexican
dollars. 10 Government bonds steady
Railroad bonds firm.
Money on call nominal Time loans
easy; sixty days. 4ai4 per cent and
ninety days. 4: six months. 4.
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Additional Capital Needed.

The directors arc of the opinion that
the business cannot be profitably contin
ued i'm the future unless additional work.
ing capital is supplied and the fixed
charges reduced, and additional working
capital can only he obtained by a read
justment of the company's capitalizatlo
The stockholders committees are endeav-
Oring to agree with the bondholders' COM
mittee upon a plan of readjustment and
il Is expected that such a plan will ne
shortly submitted to the security holders
for their approval.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. December 3u.-Americau se-
oirities opened steady and about un-
hanged on the sock exchange here to-
Gay. Later there was a fair demand for
Southern Pacific. Union Pacific and New
EcTk Central. and the rest of the list ad-
VInced in sympathy. The closing was
steady, with prices ranging from IA to la
higher than yesterdays New York clos
in-.
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light to moderate variable winds
Cold weather continues over the west
ern half of the country, the line of
zero temperature extending into south
western Kansas, while over the east
ern half of the country temperatures
are generally and decidedly higher. ex-
cept in New England and the middle
Atlantic states.
The weather is generally unsettled
pressure over the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys and the southwest and
SHOWS and rains We're general except
In the Atlantic states.
There Will be snow over the northern
rain or snow over the central and rain
over the southern districts east of the
Mississippi river tonight and Sunday,
with higher temperatures In the At
lan!ic states and a decided fall in
temperature during Sunday Or Sunday
southwark into the east gulf states.
Cold wave warnings have been or
dered for eastern Minnesota. eastern
and central Iowa. eastern and southern
Missouri. western and southern Wis
cOnsin. Illinois, Arkansas extreme
western Tennessee. northern Missis-
Sippi, northwestern louisiana eastern
Texas and the southwest portion of
western Texas.
Heavy snow warnings have been is
Sutu LOT w lScOnSIn ana extreme north
ern Illinois
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate north and
northeast, on the middle Atlantic coast
moderate mostly northeast and east:
on the south Atlantic coast moderate
northeast and east. on the cast gulf
coast moderate east to southeast
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have moderate winds.
mostly north and northeast, with in
creasing cloudiness. to the Grand
Banks
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the
last twenty-fOur hours: Galveston. 46:
Houston. 2.20: Little Rock, $40; Pales-
tine, LOO; Shreveport, PA.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls temperature, SO;
condition. 100: Dalecarla reservoir,
temperature 40: condition at north
connection. 800; condition at south con-
nect1on. 20: Georgetown distributing
reservoir. temperature. 3S: condition at
in1uent gatehouse. 10: condition at
eftiuent gatehouse. 10
Tide Tables.
pm; high tide. ESQ am. and 1870 pm.
TomorrOW-LOw tide, 10 am and
1l:O5 pm thigh tide, 3:47 am and Ala
p. m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 7:18 am; sun sets
4:46 pm
TomOrfOw-Sun rises 7:l9 am
Moon sets 1:34 am. tomorrow
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sun
set: distinguishing begun one hour be-
fore sunrise. All arc and incandescent
lamps lighted fifteen minutes after
sunset and eXtinguished forty-fiye
minutes before sunrise
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LIVERPOOL.

= LIVERPOOL. December 3O-CIosing:
Wheat-Spot dull: No. = Manitoba, as
SID; futures steady; March. IS Id: May,
1s 2l.d.
Corn-Spot steady; American mixed,
new Us Sd: American, mixed. old. Us I'd.
futures steady; January, rs Sd; February,
IS 1bsd
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 80. - Flour -
Quiet and steady; spring patents, 5.OOa
go; winter straights. 4.1Oa4.2O: w te
patents. 4.35a47O; spring clears. Al
4.jo: winter extra No. l. "7Oa3.SO; winter
extra No. ., 3.J5a6.5O; Kansas straights,
4.JOa4.7O
Wheat-There was slight advance in
wheat on reports of unsettled weati er
In Argentina, light receipts. strength of
northwest markets and covering over the
holidays. May, 1O.7sa1 .N3i4.
Beef-Steady: mess. 13.OOa 1880; family.
4:Na1om: beef hams. 29.0Ga31.O0.
Pork-Steady; mess, 1I.OOa1I.5O: family,
1e.oa2OOO: short clear, 11.2oalS.5O.
Lard-Steady: middle west. 925a935.
Raw sugar - Holiday: muScovado, -
test. 411a4.15: centrifugal. 96 test l.61a
ed. ~.
Steady: refined. bbls. 81
tie, 3,a5O
IIay-Quiet: prime, 100: No /. LISA
$50: No. 2. 1.1oa1.15: No 3. s5a1.oO.
Hides-Quiet: Bogota. 22,,a23,a; Cen
trail America. p.
%; seconds, 24a26: thirds. 21a22: re-
jects. Is.
Butter-Firmer; receipts. 1852 pack i,
ages: creamery extras. 361:a37 first,
34a35: factory seconds. 22a22t
Cheese-Firm; receipts. LILO boxes:
weekly exports. LOO boxes: state,
whole milk. fall and earlier specials,
16L4a16i2 do. average fancy. 10: state.
whole milk. current make specials. 15s. :;
do. average fancy. 15l.: state. whole
milk. under grades. 131aa15h: daisies.
fall and earlier, best. 16ha16l2: skins
4a14.
Egss-Unsettled: receipts. 4.1:O cases.
Fresh gathered. :.,a34 extra first -.
first 3oa31: seconds, 2Sa29: thirds and
poorer. .Ja:1: held. fresh poor to fair.
22a26: refrigerator seconds. 22a23: state.
Pennsylvania and nearby henhery white.
fancy large. new laid Al: do, selected
whites. fair to good :::a:;S: nearby
whites. small cSa;2: western gathered
whites, 32a:;6 state. Pennsylvania and
nearby hennery browns. "a: do. gathered
brown and mixed colOrS. 30a33.
All other grades of butter. cheese and
eggs unchanged from Tuesdays prices.
Poultry-Alve firm; western chickens.
1112a12H: fowls. 1:iaA4; turkeys, 17a1S:
dressed quiet: western chickens, 6a16h:
fowls. Gale; turkeys, 12a2O.
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Bonded Debt, $11,14S,OOO.

The Allis-Chalmers Company, which,
manufactures all sorts of heavy machin-
cry. was Incorporated in New Jersey in
1901 as combination of four smaller
western manufactures of machinery. 1t
has outstanding about S19.S2O.O0O common
and $16,1N.OOO preferred. The bonded
debt is $11.14s.OOO The company's gen.
eral offices are in Milwaukee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

While tearing up the floor of the base
nent of the old Warren house, at Har-
rsonburg, Va. workmen unearthed a
coffin full Of human bones. So far as is
known, the basement of the place had
not been disturbed for fifty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
BOOK ON GOVERNMENT
AMONG BEST SELLERS"
Haskin's Product Breaks All
Records, and Demand Is
UndiminiShed.

The truth of the statement 1T PAYS to
advertise has been striking~ demon
strated by the record-breaking sale of
the book. The American Government -
by Frederick j. Haskin. The Evening
Star gave ii the publicity necessary to
introduce 1t to the people of Washington.
and the book itself continued the adver-
Using after il reached the readers. The
book is of great value not only with re-
Spect TO it's text. but also in its physical
makeup, and its sale at the low price
offered by The Star convinced every pur-
chaser that he had got a real bargain.
Effective, if Truthful.
Its great scale also gives emphasis to
the fact that advertising must be truth
full to be effective Had the book been
misreprensented in the early announc-
ments the deception might have sold
some books at first. but the volume would
not have had the hearty Endorsements
of the early buyers and therefore would
have failed.
1t pays to advertise, it pays to adver-
tise truthfully and it pays to have the
information about your government
that is contained in such compact form
in Mr.. Haskn'S hook. The last coupon
is printed in this issue of The Star, and
all intending purchasers are urged to call
for their books possible so
that the sale may be wound up.
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Gifted.

Gifted. II, ....
tho great numbers of visitors who visit
Fort Myer. Arlington anu otner places
80 hi.tort.. interest in Alexandria county.
trommissfoner Judson promised TO do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

Three prize entries in our Sunday Maya
zine tomorrow. Stories by Frederic Van
Rensselaer, Dey, James Hay, IT., and
Katharine Lee Bates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
The World of Finance and Trade
Washington; New York; London.
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, 1911-12-30

what he can to comply with Capt
Mackey's request.
Senators Martin and Swanson of ytr.
ginia will assist Capt. Mackey TO get sn
appropriation for the erection OF the
station.
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.ONDON. December 20. pm.

Bar silver qu"' - I-I6d per ounce.
Money. Stat per cent.
The rate OF discount in the open market for
sIort bills is : I.j-I6 per cent
The rate Of discount in the open market for
three month bills is 81 per cent
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE. Md December 30
Wheat-Firmer: spot contract, "41s; spot
No. > red western. 94%; December, 34l2;
January, 9412; February, :kias: May. zoos ::
steamer No > red. SOL. Receipts, 9,G,2
bushels; exports. 119,SSl bushels.
COrn-Firmer; spot contract. new.
G73sa67s4; year. 67asa61s.; January. 67B;
February. 67a6114 May, 67ls; steamer
mixed 64ls. Receipts, 1c9.S}l bushels;
exports. 1J1, 800 bushels Southern yellow
corn. 611a.
Oats-F'irm: No. white. J21a; standard
white, -: No. :; white, 3l1e Receipts.
1872 bushels.
Rye-Quiet: No western domestic.
1.Wa1.O1. Receipts. 326 bushels.
Hay-Steady; No | timothy unchanged;
No. 1 clover. mixed. unchanged
Grain freights-Firm: steam to Liver
pool, per bushel. unchanged: Cork for
orders. per quarter, unchanged
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WEATHER
Rain or Snow Tonight and Sunday
Warmer Tonight.

For the District of Columbia and
Maryland. rain or snow. probably rain,
tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight;
light to moderate variable winds
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. December 80. Showery
weather in the Argentine helped give the
wheat market today something of lift.
Opening prices here were Il off to 4 up
May started at 3s9s to ~. the same
change from last night as the market
taken altogether, and then rose to g9is
a bit OF furry developed in the corn
market, December jumping up a full
cent. May opened Is to 4 higher at t2}e
to t:sss and advanced to 639sa63a4.
May oats started Is to Lass up at 4734
to ATS, and seemed inclined to hold with
in that range.
A large run of hogs west made pro-
visions easy. Initial sales were I'M
changed to sc lower. with May delivery
1890 for pork. go to 9-27k for lard
and s.55as.571a to s.511a for RIBS.
Cash srain-Close: Wheat-No. . red,
95a9I; No. ). 34a9J; No. hard. 91a1.GO
No. :; hard. ?4a9s: No. 1 northern, 1.Oja
90: No. 2 northern. LOT; No. northern.
97a1.O4: No. spring, Mia1 C2: No. 3
spring, 9ia1.OO; No. spring. S;a95: vel
Vet chaff. 90a94: durum. Nia1O2.
Corn-NO. g. 6U12a61: No. :; white. Silica
g.; No. :: yellow, G1a611.; old, 30: No. 1,
51lza5St2: No 1 white. 5aAaGl: No. 1 yell
low. 5sa59l2.
Oats-No. white 4Siaa 4Ss4; No 3. AZ;
No. > white. 41a4Sis; No. white, Haiti;
standard, 4S14
that option suddenly dropped , cents
under last night. May nevertheless held
steady and closed at - even. a gain
4 net
Shorts bid the market UP on themselves
making the price bulge nearly cents
over last night. The May option though,
remained steady and closed at 63ssa63l.
a net advance of a shade.
No. rye. 81; barley. 15a1.:0: clover,
1.,.d,a1,ID: timothy, l. ga LOO
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The City Lights.
.it,, Ii.,hru :, nj ,.l.t

The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sun
set: eXtinguishing begun one hour be-
Iore sunrise All arc and incandescent
lamps lighted fifteen minutes after
sunset and extinguished forty-five
minutes before sunrise
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26
Desirable Carpets and Rugs

more than make up for the cost In
the Orient. soiled rugs are scrubbed
with n heavy lather OF pure CASTLE
soap. rubbed in with the grain OF the
ring. never agains, IL. They are rinsed
with slightly warm water the same
Temperature as tue first lather, until
the water runs clear. then hung In a
shady place TO dry.
Many or me handsemest OF hand
wrought Oriental patterns are now
duplicated in machine-made domestic
velvets and brussels, affording really
tasteful door coverings. There are
even those who prefer the domestic
rug. as il is more regular more per
feet and lies fiatter upon the hoor.
Plain toned, or twotoned hand tuit'
ed rugs. are also much favored by
decorators They equal the Orientals
In wearing qualities. and in price
but they are exceedingly dimcult 10
care for and keep clean.
Even the least expensive or rugs
and carpets. produced nowadays, are
In excellent taste, as TO pattern and
coloring. and wearing qualities have
also improved with modern methods
of manufacture.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26
~ EVELYN MARIE STUART,


Ia purchasing rugs and floor cover
|nes. generally, even perhaps more
han In any other article OF domestic
0tility, should quality be borne in
mind. for to nothing does time apply
b more severe test. This Is why,
Whenever possible, IL is best TO buy
seed Oriental rugs which have 10
Recommend them not only their sur
passing beauty and value as works
Of art but qualities of endurance as
veil, far beyond those OF almost any
other floor covering. OF course the
price exceeds that OF any other rugs,
and yet not so greatly as not to prove
AM economy In the long run.
A good rug should, and will, with
The proper care, last at least a life
tine. even under the hard conditions
ofIwear I'm this country In the Orient,
where the custom of removing ones
stfeet shoes, or sandals, upon enter
InE house prevails, these rugs last
for generations. and improve in color
and surface finish as they gather age.
The dyes, which impart the beauti-
flu hues 10 the yarn used in these
rugs. are all OF vegetable nature,
ard the colors therefore tone perfect
.lyl with the passage of time Contact
With the heavy wooden stockings,
worn the year round by Oriental peo
pie, causes the yarn OF the nap of the
rug to unravel, and polishes the sur
lace, thus imparting a wonderful
silken sheen. So much admired by
|collectors is this velvety appearance
that rug dealers have resorted to
various means TO produce this gloss
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26
NEW EFFECTS IN
WALL FINISHES
BY EVELYN MARIE STUART

4
| Copyrighted. 1911. by l. J Robinson.
Is Colors in all fabrics have Of late
\ years shown a marked tendency TO-
ward improvement-soft meZZo tints
having found. II seems, permanent
place In popular fancy. Wall papers
nowadays are real dreams OF art de-
signed by true artists, with the prop
er feeling for tone and right ideas or
decoration.
The use OF paper and draperies
which match. or at least are designed
for use together, is noticeable fea-
ture OF present day modes in wall
treatment. Paneling is another OF
the distinct characteristics OF fashion
able wall decoration. very narrow Dor
ders being used TO outline these
panels.
Another dainty arrangement, espe-
eially In bedrooms, is the use or mar
row borders about the doors, win
dows. above the Dashboard and below
the molding. Pale pink. blue and
cream toned papers receive an added
touch OF delicacy from these narrow,
lowered borders, which are often re-
peated in the pattern OF the cretonne
draperies. or in cretonne borders, ap-
piled TO curtains in the plain shades
OF rose. blue or cream TO match the
walls. or in plain white to match the
ceiling. A dainty idea, where Gre
tonne Is not desirable. consists in ap-
plying a colored cretonne border TO
curtains OF white net or lace. in this
way securing the contrasting touch
so desirable In all interior decorations,
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

artificially Dampening the surface
with a solution OF glycerine, ana
pressing with very hot irons, tmparts
something the same effect. but does
not improve the rug One should
therefore favor a rug which does not
exhibit this characteristic too strong
ly. as, unless the price be very high.
one may be sure that the gloss is not
natural.
A still more damaging practice, re-
sorted TO both I'm the Orient and here.
is the so-called washing process. New
rugs. In the vivid hues OF freshly
dyed woods. are stretched on inclined
boards over which chlorine water is
permitted TO flow. This fades the sur
faces in soft tones. but so weakens
the fibre of the rug as TO cut its life
time in two. A washed rug can east
ly be detected, as upon examination
II will be found that only the surface
OF the nap is in dull tones. very bright
colors appearing deeper in the fibre
and upon the back of the rug. Rugs
which for any reason have been ex-
posed TO sea water. will fall TO pieces
quickly under every day wear, as
the chlorine from the salt in the wa
ter rots the yarn.
Good rugs, especially Orientals.
should never be shaken or beaten. the
old-fashioned mauling with a stick,
cane or wire implement being particu-
larly injurious. The carpet sweeper
and vacuum cleaner, for every day.
and the steam or naptha process
twice yearly. will keep rugs and car
pets in good condition-and in what
they add TO the life Of the fabric Will
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26
By oRVILLE G. VICTOR.

Copyrighted. 1911. by l. J. Robinson.
For this splendid time Of year, the
hatmakers have provided for the Am
erican man the greatest variety or
headgear ever shown within the mem
DRY OF the present generation.
New styles are prominently dis
played among the hat-stores, and the
man who has pretensions of being
well-dressed must let his wife give
his last seasons hat TO the 1anitor or
the Salvation Army, and provide him
elf with a new one.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

while dong away with the light OBJ
securing over curtains. The narrow
wall paper borders and cretonne Dor
ders applied TO net are generally cut
out around the edge OF the pattern.
Where scheme OF period decora-
ton is attempted, the wall papers and
draDeries are all important factors in
carrying IL TO completion.
When number OF pictures are to
be hung in a room. plain and un.
obtrusiVe wall paper should be select.
ed and fancy effects In applying il Ia
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

Side-wall paper may also be used
as border above the molding. with
the cut out. narrow border at the top
ceiling line and below the molding.
In broad borders. panel and frieze
effects prevail. Formal landscapes
often appeal in these broad borders,
or groups OF classic figures, repeated
NJ wide intervals. Dutch landscape
borders, In delft blue. With quaint hg'
ures OF Dutch peasant girls and boys,
are very pretty for dining room use.
with a dull blue side-wall. Some
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

booed. Pictures hung upon a paneied
wall must be very carefully arranged.
with due regard To the paneling
Plain or striped papers are some
times carried TO the ceiling. with a
tiny border at the top, and another
two or three feet below marking the
top of the panels. These borders are
usually OF the wreath or garland de-
sign. cut out along the lower edge,
with the background OF plain cream
or the tone OF the side wall paper
along the upper edge.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

times, In dining rooms two borders
are used-one above the plate rail and
the other just above the moldlng, the
top border being different from
though In harmony with the lower
Panels of the side-wall paper some
times appear I'm a broad border.
Absolutely plain walls. with drop
ceilings. In lighter shades, are always
In upassailable good taste. and safe
choice IN a small room, or one well
filled with furniture. bric-a-brac or pic
lures.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

EBssIness-IIke Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain neat kind that
looks right. Tins Printing 20. rs
John X st Ph Main 1879 " Ctty ssS6.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-26

A greater range OF fabrics and color
than we've ever sho wn before siz
and model for every man and young mar
whether tall slim. short. stout Of reg
ular build