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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-10

HOMESTEAD
Can locate you on claim which
will cruise between and 9million
feet of timber. Have three relin-
quishments for timber claims for
sale. Clear filing is Immediately
obtainabie. Address Box CO, Times.
Farm for sale, So acres, stock
and machinery. For particulars adj
dress Fred Harness. Yelm. WIN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-10

For sale. nice little farm. water.
front; cheap tie. ms. No. s Andrews
Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-10

When responding to Times
Ads, say II saw 1t in The Times"
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BUSY MEN AND WOMEN find II
convenient to telephone their For
Sale and Want Ads to The Times.
Main IL. Only one cent a word
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PETERSON BROS. hay. grain. poul-
try supplies and coal and wood
AtNth and X Phone Main ais-
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EXCHANGE

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EXCHANGE - Typewriter, hay,
(baled), bicycle wv. Leghorn
hens, fine). What have you. Adj
dress y. A. Times.
FOR AUTOMOBILE win exchange
five vacant lots or new 5-room
house with two lots ON paved
street. Main 71o5.
FOR TRADE-32o acres near Lind,
Wn., good 1-room house, barn; 500
acres ready for crop.
FOR SALh--Good candy and fruit
stand on Pacific av. snap. Call
for Mr.. Harris. e03 Pacific az. Main
647I.
WANTED - Improved ranch with
stock and tools in exchange for
Tacoma residence property; no
agents. Call or address fl5 So.
goth st
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Olalla Olalla Olalla

Write e. w. Reed of Olalla, Wn.,
about those fine garden tracts he
has for sale on terms of one-quar.
ter cash and balance in three year.
ly payments. This is your chance
to get good home at low price,
on easy terms. Write to him when
you will be at Olalla, and he will
the land.
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HOMESTEAD

oLALI.A the home Of the early
berry.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

moved to 207 Equitable bldg.
with private entrance 1101 Com
merce st.
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Surety Bonds Fire Insurance.
E. +. Gregory Co., Inc.
s. r. Webb. E. r. Gregory.
ed Floor Natl Realty Bldg.
1117 Pacific av.
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Situations Female

PRACTICAL middle aged woman
wants maternity cases. Box CT
Times.
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A new 4-room bungalow with "
acre lot of good garden soil, some
nice shade trees, a fine place for
chickens and gardening, city water,
&c car fare, In south part of city.
Price only $500. Will be sold on
easy terms. More land can be had
IL desired.
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o ACRES IN CROPS
ONLY $500
Is all very best soil, fenced,
cleared and in crop; small housed
near school, store and car. Small
payment down, balance to suit.
Owner lives in town and don't need
the place.
KEsSINGER-sTOUT co.
213 Bankers Trust Bldg.
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WANT 70 rent. desk in office. cen
trally located, with phone and
typewriter privilege. Address HI,
Times.
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CLEANING and pressing done. also
dressfnaking. 4f9 st Helens az.
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STEAM BATH PARLOn
WOOD AND COAL

NEWEST method OF curing chronic
s disenses zkh SO. G st Main 52Rt
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WANTED TO BORROW

A Gamuster Multigraph No. 8 BOX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
New Orleans Cotton Markct

New Orleans. October 17.--Cotton futures opened steady at an advance of 4m6 points today on good cables and continued rains in the western half of the cotton belt. While the weather atlas was more reassuring so far as the tropical disturbance was concerned the forecast called for unsettled and showery weather in the western belt g continuation of yesterdays Texas and Vera Cruz storms and was taken today to indicate damage to cotton. Shorts were buyers in the early trading. At the end of the first half hour of busi- ness prices were scr points up.
 Activities in the Balkan states checked the advancing tendency around the middle of the forenoon and caused some little. short selling in the entire market. The list acted oversold. how ever, and at no time displayed much resiliency or recuperative power. Re- ports from the western belt were not favorable. and indicated that the grow ing crop has received more or less dam age through rains. This had the effect of restricting short offerings. Prices at noon were unchanged to one point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
LOSS IF 3-0IO7-8 IN WHEAT MARKET News of Wars Wears Out as a Market Influ-
 enCe

Chicago, October 17.-News of wars wore out today as a market influence despite the fact there was fighting between five countries around the Dardanelles. In wheat the outcome was a decline of ssa 7sc net. Corn finished unchanged to 1sq sse down. oats off i4915c. and provisions varying from the same of last night to 2oc down.
 Though the widening of the struggle with Turkey led to some display of wheat strength there was not enough buying to sustain the weight of hedging sales due to spring crop receipts northwest. More over European markets turned limp. Ar rivals of wheat at primary terminals mounted to the iiigh aggregate of 2,oOo.- ooo bushels. nearly doubling the record for the corresponding time year ago.
 The market was also depressed by spec ulators. who were busy closing trades between here and Minneapolis, selling December in Chicago. This option ranged from 9l7sc to 9Slsc, with last sales 7sc net lower at 9l7sc. The final tone was steady. Corn sagged owing to fine wealth CT and longs were heavy sellers on haro spots. Argentine shipments promised to be 6,ooO,oO0 bushels for the week against none a year ago. December varied be- tween 53e and 53ssc. closing steady, 19Q ssc under last night at 5Sq5sssc. Cash grades were in poor request. No. yell low. eiise Liberal receipts pulled oats down on inadequate shipping exits. De- cember swung to 32ssc on the top and closed lke down at s9ls@S9Hc Hogs were on the scale down and carried the pro vision market along. November lard was weak, suffering a net decline of 20c.
 Future quota tions were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady; middling, 107sc: net receipts, %, 41s; gross receipts, 9S, 4l9; sales roo; stock. 367,S9i coastwise, 4ioa.
 New orleans Steady middling, 10 1-16c net receipts, 10,005; gross receipts, 100l2 sales, 3125; stock, 100,SS6; exports to France, 5ss3; to the continent 32.
 Mobile: Steady; middllng, 10e: net re- ceipts, 2236. gross receipts. 2236; stock &, 2S0 exports to Great Britain, 26,ooo; to France. 3435; coastwise, 2Ss.
 Savannah: Steady middllng, 10 1-l6ei net receipts 17079; gross receipts, H.Ol9i sales, 127S; stock, 14s,212; exports to the continent, lilo; coastwise, 205l
 Charleston: Steady; middling, 10 9-16e net receipts, s995; gross receipts, 3995 stock, 42,6l6; exports to France, 5000.
 Wilmington: Steady; middling. lo11c; net receipts, 4674 gross receipts, 4674; stock p6, l42.
 Norfolk: Steady; middling, 10 9-l6c; nei receipts, 6514: gross receipts, 65l4. sales 1896; stock, 3s,974; coastwise, 26sl.
 Baltimore: Quet middling, 10sc; gross receipts, 500; stock, 4450; exports to the continent, ST.
 New York: Quiet middlng, 10.75c; gross receipts, 3493; sales, 600; stock, 124.703; ex- ports to Great Britain, 422S; to the con tinent, 1883; coastwlse, 1f70.
 Boston: Quiet; middling, 10.75e; gross receipts, 1883; stock, s49O; exports to Great Britain, 800.
 Philadelphia: Steady; middling, lie; gross receipts, 355: stock, 74I5.
 Texas City: Net receipts, I095; gross re- ceipts, 7095; stock, 66,004.
 Port Arthur: Net receipts, 1908; gross receipts. 1908: exports to Great Britain, 1908.
 Aransas Pass Stock, G5O; coastwise, 154.
 Jacksonville Stock, 174.
 Tacoma: Net receipts. 10l1: gross re- eepts, 10i1 exports to Japan, 10ll.
 Total today at all ports: Net, 77,0S6; ex- ports to Great Britain, S336; to France, H. SIS; to the continent, SIP; to Japan, 1011, stock, 467,S ,S97.
 Consolidated. at all ports: Net, 4l5,9s2; exports to Great Britain. 137,7l3; to France 4s. .o92. to the continent, 54,792; to Japan, 69s2
 Total since September l, at all ports: Net, 2,237 s70 exports to Great Britain, G65, ,5s7; to France 22l.731; to the Conti- nent 4S7,393; to Japan, II, l91.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston Steady; middling, 1oAc net receipts. 16,985 gross receipts l16,ss5, shipments. 16,332; sales. 3512 lstoek, 10S.S6S. l Augusta: Steady; mlddling, 10 11-16e net receipts, 4605; gross receipts, 5255 shipments, 3336; sales, 1852; stock 44,642.
 Memphis: Quiet; middling lie; nei receipts. 565S; gross receipts, 93s2i shipments. 65Ss; sales, 2400; stock 47,779.
 St. Louis: Quiet; middling, 11hc; net receipts, 753; gross receipts. 2215; Ishipments, 16l2: sales. 15s; stock, 3S06 cincinnati Net receipts, $40; gross receipts. $40; shipments, 6S7; stock l17,733.
 Little Rock: Quiet; middling. 10 o-16e net receipts. 2022; gross receipts, 2022 shipments, 1291; stock. 27.649. Total today: Net receipts, 3O,is3 gross receipts, 36,199; shipments, 29,- lS76; sales, TYPO; stock, 250,497.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
DISCOUNT RATES
 RAISED ABROAD Foreign Conditions Again Factors of Chief Impor-
 tance in Stocks

New York, October 17.-Foreign condi- ance in the stock market today. Formal declaration of war by Turkey against Bull garia and Servia called renewed attention to the tensity in Europe in the eastern quarters, and advances in the British anc French discount rates. While these were not unexpected they served as reminders of impending as well as current trend of events at important continental cen- ters. Of Europe's three leading financial institutions the statement of the Imperial bank of Germany was far the most fav- orable, disclosing large gains in gold and cash with a decided contraction of dis counts. The British bank lost more gold, it's liability reserves being much under last years figures, and the per cent dis count rate is the highest touched in about two years. The Bank of France also lost some gold and increased its discounts by over s37,00o.cO0 Firmness prevailed on the Paris bourse.
 Berlin was reactionary by reason of the Balkan troubles. Money was higher in London as a result of the higher bank rate and our securities evinced an inclina- tion to sag. Later on London turned mod crate buyer in this market, again taking Amalgamated Copper and United States Steel. Amalgamated Copper was the fore- most feature of this market, surpassing all other speculative favorites as to activ- ity and width of movement.
 Shortly before the close announcement of the increase in the annual dividend from per cent to per cent in Amalga- mater Copper known.
 The stock failed to equal it's best prIce of the forenoon. The rest of the list lost none of it's early heaviness in several i'm portant instances, on the contrary making lower levels.
 The bond market was dull and easy. Total sales, par value, q, ,400000. United States bonds on call were unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
SHARP ADVANCE
 EASES 0FF AT CLOSE:
Cotton Close Steady, But at Net Loss of Two
 Points

New York. October i7.-There was quite sharp advance in cotton early today, but the market soon yielded to continued southern selling, and while
 the close was very steady. last prices were net points lower to points higher.
 The opening was firm at an advance of to. 12 points on unexpected firm ness in Liverpool, reports that the con tinent had been a heavy buyer follow ling earlier week sales in the market, covering of shorts and foreign buying.
 January contracts touched 1o.5oc right after the call, but the south was a heavy seller on this advance, the wealth
 CT map showed rather more favorable conditions in the south than had been anticipated. and with the official fore cast indicating warmer conditions in the east prices soon turned easier.
 After selling back to practically the closing figures of yesterday, bullish report on eastern belt conditions, re- ports of heavy rains In Texas light i lfrosts in North Carolina and Memphis advices indicating a more active spot demand, caused a bulge of or 6 points. This news, however, failed to attract any material broadening of out side demand, and the market during the afternoon turned easier again under leontinued selling and liquidation by learlier buyers. December contracts held a point over yesterdays closing | figures, but other months sold or 3 points lower, or back to nearly the low level of the week. Toward the close rumors that the national ginners' association had issued preliminary report indicating 6,65O,O0o bales ginned 1 to date against 7,75S000 last year caused a slight rally. with most of the active months closing shade over the final figures of last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18

The second session of the legislature Of Governor Lindsays administration ad- journed finally on February e6, 1872. The GOO in expenses. Among the bills intro duced was one to increase the salaries of certain state officers elected in 1870,
 the attorney general included. This of ficer promptly sent forward his protest to the speaker of the house, calling atten- tion to the proviso of the constitution of 1868. which prohibited salaries of the class indicated to be increased or de- creased for the term of the incumbent of ficer.s Congress was petitioned to refund the tax on cotton, which had applied to three crops, first cents the pound, re- duoed to PIE, because it was most unjust and oppressive" A joint memorial was sent forward to President Grant praying
 ''ln behalf of the farming interest of Ala bama, to establish through the state de- partment at Washington, by international cooperation, a general and systematic plan of meteorological observations and crop reports for the purpose of
 providing for D general system of tele- graphic meteorological and crop reports. to the end that our knowledge of the laws
 which control the functions of the at mosphere may be ipcreased, and that ae- eurate and useful forecasts may be made out at frequent intervals as to weather and crops in all countries" The govern | mental agency here recommended has rlpened into perfect system. The idea originated with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun about the year 1919. The sec
 retary ordered the military posts in the western wilderness to make and report to
 him correct observations of the weather and the course of the winds. At that time nothing of the kind was known to the world. Immediately after news of Calhoun's system reached the nations of western Europe, all adopted it.
 Memorials to Congress for grants of alternate sections of public lands were passed to build several railroads intended to open the mineral wealth of the state roads was a continuation of the road then fin operation from Louisville, Ky. to Decatur, Ala, to carry IL to Aberdeen, Miss, thence westward to Marshall, Tex.
 The advantage to Alabama would bo In opening to commerce a region of country as large as Massachusetts blessed with u most salubrious climate, rich in many val uable minerals and large supplies of min erals Another proposed bounty in gov ernment land was for a railroad to con- meet "Tuscaloosa with Deoatur or Hunts vile" The territory which this road
 would traverse is described by the leg
 islature to Congress as lying between the
 Warrior and the Tennessee. the center of the great Warrior coal fields. embrace
 ing 1000 square miles, the richest in
 America in coal of the finest quality and diversified with inexhaustible beds of iron
 and other minerals" In every valley there was perpetual water power.
 The legislature under Governor Smith had made direct appeal to the legisla-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
TEN YEARS OF ALABAMA
 t865-t874
No. 59--Administration of Governor Lindsay

, ture of Florida to sever west Florida. that the territory might be annexed to Alabama The matter was submitted to the vote of the people of the area in- terested. Several persons at the expense of Alabama canvassed west Florida be- fore the election in favor of annexation. Annexation carried by a majority of about three to one. The Alabama legis- lature now petitoned Congress to opon e | ship canal across the peninsula of Flor l Ida, to connect the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic.
 The memorial set forth a. large number and 0 variety of benefits to American
 coastwise and foreign commerce that must accrue with the building of the canal. Insurance of ships and cargoes around the capes was heavy, navigation | by way of the canal would be cheaper In outlay of money with a valuable saving of time. The foreign demand for the canal would be prompt and regular. A canal across Florida peninsula would be entirely of the United States govern ment ownership. Shipping from the en- tire Atlantic coast, from Maine to Geor- gia, would use it. American ships, there- l fore could command the commerce o1
 Mobile. New Orleans and Galveston. in l competition with the fleets of western Europe. The memorialists believed that at a near day canal would be cut across
 the isthmus of Tehauntepec. In that
 event ships that had the use of the Flor
 ida canal would be far ahead in the trade
 with the Pacific coast of the western l hemisphere.
 l It is of historic interest that many | years later senator from Alabama.
 John Tyler Morgan. took up tho general l argument of this memorial and by most l persistent learned, laborious and elo- quent argument from his seat for 15 years prevailed. To the senator from Alabama belongs the well earned honor of putting | in motion practical methods that have resulted in the marvellous achievement.
 the Panama canal.
 l Through this legislature certain citis zens of Mobile. Messrs c. E. Thomas. A.
 C. Danner. G. II. Ellison, g. H. Price and O. s. Holmes petitioned Congress as "the Mobile and Perdido Canal company
 to donate the public lands in Baldwin county, Alabama, and Escambia, Flori- da to them to enable them to cut "a canal six miles long, nine feet deep and | 90 wide" to connect g. point on Bon Secour bay. on Mobile bay. with Perdido bay. thence eastward to Pensacola bay. l The object was to establish cheap water carriage for the enormous wealth of tho adjacent country in long leaf pine lumber | and naval stores.
 We bring to light the energy of Alas bama in her season of difficulty unparal- leled. The land grants for railroads so-
 icited and the aid for canals failed to compete for the favors of Congress. In- equitable distribution of government dis bursements. as against the south, became startling. Today the proportionate shars of Alabama in government pensions to l Union soldiers and their heirs is more l than twice the amount of state taxes
 The disbursement does not reach Ala-
 bama in any appreciable amount. l JOHN WITHERsPooN DuBosE-p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
Money on Call

New York. October 17.--Money on call firm, 4%15 per cent. Ruling rate, "A per cent closing bid, As per cent; offered at 47s per cent. Time loans. firm; 50 day bills, 51a per cent; 90 days, 5s4 per cent six months, 514d51a per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, ' per cent; sterling exchange easy, with actual bus mess in bankers bills s4S .75 for 60 day bills and s4.s5. 80 for demand. Commercial bills, $4.S21a. Bar silver, 6Siac Mexican dollars, 4S%c. Government and railroad bonds steady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, October 17.-Cotton. spot gool demand prices steady American mid ding fair 6.51d; good middling, 609d low
 middling, 5.Sod good ordinary, 5.S7d; or. dinary, s4.S9d. Sales, 10000, of which 50' were for speculation and export and in
 cluded Seo0 American. Receipts, 25,o0
 bales. including 23.400 American. Futures openeu firm and closed quiet october 5.s5d: October November, 5.s4d: Novem- ber- December, December-January. 5.79c Janiary-February 5.s01@d; February March, 5.s2d March-April. 5.s31zd; April May. 5.s5d May-June, 5.s6d June-July, 58G15d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
Metal Market

New York, October T.-Copper quiet; stsndard spot. s17.2o bid. October. No vember and December. $17. .2oq17 .5o Elec- trolytic, ST .62Q17.s7. Lake, ST 62q17 27 Casting, ST 25@17 .37. Tin easy;- spot s496 Q5O; October, $49 62Q49.95; November, s49. .5764s.s7. Lead, steady, s5.U1a@5. .25 Speiter, quiet; s7.5og7. 60. Cookson's an timony, slOd10 20. Iron, firm; No. l north ern, s1Sd1s.5o; No. 2 northern. sl7.50@1S. Copper arrivals at New York today, 1000 tons. Exports this month. 12,95e tons. London copper. dull; spot. f76. Is. Cd; futures, f77, 7s Cd. Local exchange sales: Tin, 20 tons. London tin firm; spot. s226. 15s: futures, a226. Local exchange seals lead 4O0,00o pounds. London lead &2l Lon don spelter 927, 12s, Cd. Iron, Cleveland warrants, 66s, 719d in London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
SHERIFF SHOOTS
 MAN ENTERING JAIL

Muskegon, Mich, october 17.-Edward Fromm, B years of age who. while ur- der the influence of whisky is said to have had a mania for burglarizing other peoples houses and sleeping there, was shot this forenoon by Sheriff Frederick Nelson. According to the officer the man attempted to break into the county jail by mistake. He was entering the rear window of the jail when the shot was fired by the sheriff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
New Orleans Rice

New Orleans, October 17.-There was a better feeling in the rough rice market today: clean rice was steady. Receipts, Rough, 4230; millers, 15S0 clean, 1882 Sales: Rough, so5 Honduras at 3.1o@3s0c; 756 Japan at 2.40a9.75c clean, 324o Hon duras at 25sGl5c; 1759 Japan at 3hd3 11-16c. Quotations: Rough nominal clean Hon. duras. 4G5c: Japan, 3ssd4c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
Coffee Market

New ork, October 1T.-Coffee futures opened steady at an advance of to . points covering, European buying and moderate support from trade houses. Trading was quiet at the start. but de- mand became more active following bull ish Brazilian crop reports and smaller Brazilian receipts. The close was steady at net gain of to B points. Sales. 750 bags. October, November, December. January and February. 14.25c; March, H.32c; April. 37c; May and June, 4.44c; July and August, 14. 45c; September, IA. 47c Spot coffee steady; Rio Ts, 15lsc; Santos fs, 167sc. Mild coffee quiet; Cordova, 16kGlsc.
 Havre, A franc higher; Hamburg un- changed to E pfennig higher. Rio and Santos unchanged Rio exchange on London. 1-64d lower at 16 17-Gid Brazilian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
St. Louis Produce

St. Louis. October 17.-Flour strong. Hay steady: timothy. sl3.5ootls5o; prairie, s14n16. Whisky. sl40. Iron cotton ties. 94c; baggng, 10 3-16c; hemp twine, sc. Pork, lard, dry salt meats. bacon un- changed Receipts: Flour, 120o0; wheat, 73.00o: corn. 15.00O: oats, 103.O00. Ship. ments: Flour, 12,oo0; wheat. 75.000 corn, 15,0o0; oats, 63000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-18
CONSUL
 COMMITS SUICIDE

Teneriffe, Canary Islands, October f7.- William Whitney Kitchen. United States consul at Laguna, committed suicide last night by shooting himself with a revolver. He was victim of acute heart disease. Kitchen was Canadian by birth but was naturalized in Buffalo. N Y., in 1s0S He was appointed to his place on March 2 1912