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IA QUIET OPENING
 ON MORRIS AVENUE
Retailers Supplied and Good
 Business Not Expected Until After Holidays

The week opened on Morris avenue very quietly. No changes in prices were noted and the receipts were ample. The de- mand was light throughout the day.
 The sluggishness of trade following Christmas still continues and is not ex- pected to improve much until after New Years, according to the leading whole salers. All the retailers are plentifuly supplied and are not dealing with the wholesalers very much. Yesterday's s wholesale quotation follows:
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Kansas City Grain

Kapsas City, December 30.--Cash wheat No 2 hard, SS6 soc; No. 2 red, s1.021s .06; corn No. mixed and white, 46G461ac each; oats, No. white, 34 c 35e; No. 2 mixed. 33@34c. Close, wheat. May, s6c; July, sage; corn, May, 46M46sc; July, 47m47Ac; oats, May, 34ssc.
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Dry Gnods

New York December 30-The cotton goods markets were quiet and firm. Sales ruled steady with the demand light, In dress goods circles sponge is being bought freely for spring suits. Strikes in the tailoring trades are bring ing requests for callations for piece eoDdg
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, u5sc; compound, 0ise; D. 5. short ribs, 1.70c: bellies. 12.70c: nam butts. 15c; Boston butts. 14hc: pork loins, 13c; spare ribs, 13c; breakfast bacon, 22W27c; smoked bacon, 16c; reg ular ham, 17i2c; skinned ham. 171sc.
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New York Produce

New York, December 30.-Lea ther steady; petroleum, rosin, turpentine, rice steady. Wool quiet; molasses quiet; raw sugar steady; Muscovado, S9 test s9.2S centrifugal SC test. s3.7S; mo- lasses S9 test, $29S; refined quiet.
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tdsn uuOldtiOnS were as loiiVNs. Rye, No. 2, 62963lac
 Barley: Feed or mixing, 494 52c; fair to choice malting, 59@ 72c Timothy seed: sSGD 390. Clover seed: S10@ 1850. Mess pork: $1675@17. Lard: In tierces, S9.67iA. Short ribs; Loose. s9.121a Q9.75.
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City. December 30.-Receipts: Wheat. 126.000; corn. 106,000; oats, 16.- o00 Shipments: Wheat. 91,o00; corn, 48,000; oats, 10000.
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MoercAcEs ho.,o.+ ..,a ..a

MORTGAGES bought, sold and nc gotiated in large and small depamina tions. 6onds and Stocks boud sold on commission. Correspo v and personal interviews invitet
 COLUMBIA LOAN ta
 INVESTMENT GO.
 s1O0 2nd Ave. Blrmingham, hsr-
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French Money

Paris, France, December 30.-Three per cent rentes, S9 francs 15 centimes for the account; exchange on London % francss 16 centimes for cheques Private rate of discount, 1 per cent.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, December 30.--(Special.)- Spot cotton was quoted in Montgomery today as follows: Strict low middling, s2ssc; middling. 127sc; strict middling, l2s4cA
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, December 30.-Gotton seed oil opened easy under selling by re- liners today. but rallied slightly with cotton and closed steady at net decline of 2G5 points. Prime crude 514c nominal; prime summer yellow, 6.10do. .35c; January and February. 6.12c; March, 6.1sc; April. 619c: May. 6.26c; June, 6.2Sc; July, 6.31c; August. 6.3Sc; prime winter yellow. 6254 G. 9Oc; prime summer white, 6.15G6.7oc.
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City Bred

From Fliengende Blaetter
 Say Ella. shall we go to the woods next Sunday to gather cranberries?''
 ''To be sure, yesl love so to climb up trees"
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Naval Stores

Savannah, Ga, December 30-Tur- pentine firm. 3sA c S9c; sales. 357; re- ceipts. 196 shipments, 100; stock, 35.-
 500. Rosin firm; sales, 2492; receipts, 1884; shipments. a5s1; stock, 145.6o0. Quote: A. B. $550; C, D, s5.55; F. s5.65; G. $5.70; II, $5.721a; I, s5.77a: K. s6.35;
 NJ, s7; N, $7.25; VIC, $7.35; wv, $7.45.
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Live Stock Market

Chicago, December 30.-Cattle: Receipts. .s,oe0; market steady to 10c up. Reeves, s 5.S019.60; Texas steers, s4.75q5.90; west |ern steers, S5.75G7.60; stockers and feed CTS, s4.25N7.40; cows and hefers, s2.05D 760; calves, s6.5o010.
 Hogs: Receipts, 42.000; market active and 5@10c up. Light, S.204155; mixed, sI.2oa7. .55; heavy, S2o@76O: rough, s7.2O0 7S5; pigs, s5.5oQ7.i0; bulk of sales, s7.4Oa 755.
 Sheep: Receipts, 32,000; market steady to 1oc up Native, &.35@560: western, si.4O @56o: yearlings, s6a75o lambs, native, $6.45QS.S5.
 St. Louis, December 30.-Cattle: Re- |oeipts. $500. including 2600 Texans; market
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Wool Market

St. Louis, December 30.--Wool steady: medium grades combing and clothing. 23E O 26c; light fine, 19@21c: heavy fine. 13m fSc: tub washed, 27M 33c.
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Flour and Foodstuffs

Self raising flour, s6; Tennessee flour, s5.5O: Indian flour. s5.7O; Oklahoma flour, s525; Michigan flour. s665; bolted meal, per 96 lbs, s1.40: No. corn. per. bushel, 74c: pure wheat shorts, SO; pure wheat bran, s2s; c. S. hulls, De rton. s1s; prime c. $. meal per ton, $30; c. s. feed meal, per ton. S26; No. timothy hay, per ton, $22; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton. s20; corn chops. per 100 Ib sack, $1.50; alfalfa hay. per ton, y2s: Johnson grass. per ton, s15; mixed feed, per ton; $32; oats, 4Sc bushe,.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. December 30.-Rice was unchanged today. Quote: Clean Hon duras. sG5hc; Japan. 3@4c. Receipts: l: Rough, 68s7; millers. 6677. Sales: Rough Japan. 300 at 3.s6@ i.62hc; clean Hon duras. 7so at 3ls @5asc; Japan, 327 at 35sc.
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large flyers. 12G1Sc; medium flyers 15c; {; small flyers. 16c; ducks, 30n40c; guin- eas. 25c; roosters, 25c: geese. 6Oa70c: :: live turkeys, 16alSc; fresh eggs, case 'candled. 33c; extra graded candlsd eggs. 35c: cold storage eggs. 23q25c. Rabbits. 32 2s per dozen.
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Fish and Sea Foods

d snapper. 10c in bbl. lots: 11c in ST II lots: groupers. 6c; Spanish mack errl, 121sc; speckled sea trout. 111zc; carp, sa' shs, Sc; mullet 6isc; sun perch or ef m, 1oc; pompano, 20c; mixed fish. fs91 in barrel lots: 7c in small lots: crock eEs SEC; fresh water perch. SEC.
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A Good Banking Connection

Is valuable asset Individuals firms and corporations who contemplating change in their banking connections or who desire open additional cordially invited to establish relations with the largest bank in Alabama which patrons attention and nexceed bank ing facilities.
 First National Bank of Birmingham Capital s1,500,O00 Surplus S1, 100000
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Creamerv Products

Country butter, 25Q30c; fresh creamery cheese, 19c; imported Swiss cheese 32c German brick cheese, 20c; limburger cheese, 19c; imported roquefort. Bic; Neuf- chatel cheese. per dozen. 45c: Pimento butter. 40c; process butter. 311ac; daisy cheese. per dozen, $1. 70.
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Coffae and Suoar

Coffee-Arbuckies. sz5.05 per hum dred pounds; Luzanne. 27c ger pound; Sugar. standard granulated. 5Ihc per pound.
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Poultry and Eggs Hens, 3J040c; live per pound, 124121ac;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-26
Pimlico Entries Tomorrow.

PIMLICO RACE TRACK, Nd. April
26-The following are the Pimlico en-
tries for tomorrow:
First race. three-year-olds and upward !.
selling: six furlongs-Warbler. 1O7; 'Her-
bert Turner, 1O2: Premier. 100, Miss
Wigs, 50; Black Chief. 100: Beau Chill
ton, 1O1; Miss Nett, 100; sServicence.
1OS; sIvabel 1O4, and Belle Hampton. %.
Second race. maiden two-year-olds; four
furlongs-Mary Scribe. 107: Flying Fairy.
1O7; Asrush. 1OT; Smash, 107; Star Gaze.
ITO; Little Hugh, 1O7; Lady Anna, lOI:
Silver Moon, 107; Sands Vale, l07; Old
Cofn 10: Leesburg Girl. 1O7; Martha Al
len, 1O7, and Miccosukee. 1O7.
Third race. three-year-olds and upward:
six furlongs-Master Edwin, 10e. Light
o. My Life, 10j; Outlan, 113: Spring
Board. los: Kyle, 113: Royal Meteor. ll3;
Belle Nelson. 100: CaIiph. lO5
Fourth race. steeplechase; the lnaugu-
raj; four-year-olds and up: selling: two
miles-Selena L., 142; Black Bridge, 1a9:
The King, IA: Gun Cotton, 14O. Jimmy
Lane 141; Garterman, $50: The Speaker.
IA; High Hat. $50; Miss Hynes, ISt:
Mystic Light, $50; Aronoe, Ia.
Fifth race. two-year-olds; four furlongs
EARLY Light, Ito: Aurific, III; Candy.
100: Turkey in the Straw, 112: Lace. lob:
Tartar, 112. Liberty Hall. 12a. Isheihurg,
III; Church Bell. 100.
Sixth race, Country Club purse; three
year-olds and up; mile and forty yards
Miss Wigs. o.: Bounder. 11S; Amalf.
lib; Supervisor, lib. Taboo. 11o; Pete. III:
Stairs. 81.
Seventh race, three-year-olds and up;
selling; six furlongs-Camel 1OI: Good
acre, 1O4: lGalinda, 1O2; Baron Dieskau.
1O4; The Gardner. 100: Lady Orimar. lo2:
Pharaoh, 10: senex. 81; Billy vanderver.
112; Cloud, 104.
apprentice allowance claimed. Wealth
|er cloudy. track fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-26

the THAMES operator in receiving an ice
message and asked whether this one in
stance was not sufficient proof of the ne
cessity Of placing the operators under the
absolute control Of the captain.
THE delay was unfortunate, said the
witness. but in this instance 1t was not
material, for the Titanic got 1t thirty
minutes later. That Was more than five
hours before the accident"
More experienced men at better. wages
and with reasonable, fixed hours of duty,
said Senator Smith. also would go far to-
ward solving the problem. He said that
legislation looking toward such reforms
would follow.
Evidently smarting under the criticism
that the British witnesses were being I'M
duly detained by the committee. Senator
Smith asked the witness II he was salts
fled with the treatment accorded him.
Entirely So" responded Mr.. Franklin
quickly. In the case Of the witnesses
from abroad they are very anxious to
get home and naturally are FESTIVE. We
all recognize that you have big problem
on your hands. and If you believe our
testimony can aid, you are the best judge
of that"
Senator Fletcher asked Mr.. Franklin
II he deemed it practical for ships to
cross the ocean in pairs.
The witness said it would not only be
q commercial impracticability, but an
element of danger to the ships them
selves
Mr. Franklin was then excused and
Ernest Gill of Liverpool, aged twenty
nine, wireless operator Of the steamship
Californian, was called.
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Steward Says Three in
Water Were Taken Aboard

George Frederick Grove Of Southamp-
ton, q steward, examined by Senator
Bourne, said that Fifth Ohicer Lowe
in crews lfeboat No. IL had expressed
the opinion that his boat would carry
eighty persons and wanted to return to
the ship for more. but that the women
had protested.
Asked why 1t would not have been bet
ter to send back one Of tho less crowded
boats, the witness said that his boat was
the only one CARRYING an ofhcsr.
Then 1t was dtscipaine?"
'Just q matter Of discipline, yes"
When the boat returned to the wreck
are one passenger noeting about was
picked UP, but he expired soon after
ward. A steward and Chinaman were
rescued. A coliapsible boat containing
Berthon boat carrying twenty-five men
and one woman was LETT.
Grove said that when No. II was being
lowered some men who were neither
1t and that the ofiicer in charge had
nred his revolver, but without injuring
any one. He said there had been . mo-
tee given Of |. IRE drill on Sunday. but
He told Of the T.tanic's sinking. AFTER
getting clear OF the ship the lights were
stu, burning very brightly. but ~ we
got away she seemed to 80 lower and
rsndicuiar and her Hehts went aim. and
presently she broke clean in two. prob
ably two-thirds OF the length Of the
ship-two- thirds IN the water. one-third
Of the aft funnel sticking up. She broke
and, the after part doated back. Then
there was an explosion and the att
part turned on end and sank"
Grove said he had heard several ex-
plosions. but that the sound Of them was
munlad a. II coming from Q distance. He
stated that he had been told that several
hundred tons Of Ice had been found on
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LORD AND EVANS COMING.
Captain and Wireless Man Of Cali
fornian to Be Examined.

BOSTON. April 2a-In response to q
summons from the Senate committee that
is investigating tho Titanic disaster. Capt.
Stanley Lord and Wireless Operator
Evans OF the Leyland line steamer Cali
fornian left Boston today for Washington
to testify before the committee. Before
leaving Boston Capt. Lord said he had
nothing of value to tell. not having been
in q position when the accident occurred
to render assistance to the Titanic.
In regard to q statement made by
Ernest Gill, fireman on the Californian.
he believed to be the Titanic and that no
attention was paid to them by the Cali
foFnian, Capt. Lord said:
''It II untrue, and on the face It shows
he does not know what he 10 talking
about. According 70 the newspapers, tho
accident happened ct l1:4O, yet Gill says
he came on deck at II SO and saw the
lights on q steamer In the distance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-26
HARSH TERMS USED
Clash Over Bill in Interest of
Dental Supply Stores.
PERMITS SALE OF DRUGS
Measure Opposed by Dr.. Hamilton
Wright, DR.. Keller and Others.
FBEF0RE SENATE COMMITTEE
Proposed Legislation Favored by
Delegation Representing the Dem
- tai Society Of Washington.
BEFORE, SENATE COMMITTEE

Sharp conflicts. marked by the use Of
such expressions as absolute falsehood''
and haven't stated the TRUTH" char
'acterized q hearing before the Senate
District committee today on a bill pro-
posing to give dental supply stores per-
mission to sell to dentists. to be used in
the actual practice Of their profession,
drugs, such as morphine and cocaine. and
compounds yip which they are found.
on the side OF the proposed amendment
was DR.. Emory A. Bryant. attorney land
prActicing dentist. representing the ma
tional Capital Dental Society. and repre-
'sentatives of the three dental supply
stores in Washington affected by the bill
Against 1t there appeared DIR. Hamilton
Wright OF the State Department, who
has represented this government in in
ternational conferences for the suppress
sion of the opium traffic; DR.. L. F. Keb-
Ter Of the bureau of chemistry Of the
Department of Agriculture, speaking in
behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture;
8. L. Hilton. secretary Of the board of
pharmacy Of the District of Columbia,
and others.
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Challenge to Pharmacists.

Those representing the dentists pointed
to a clean record for dentists in the use
Of drugs under the drug act of the Dis
trict and challenged pharmacists to equal
the record. The pharmacists came back
with the statement that. while nothing
was to be said against the present dental
supply stores In Washington, similar
stores in other places have enabled those
addicted to the use Of narcotics like
opium and morphine to easily get the
drugs.
At the beginning Of the hearing letters
for and against the proposed amendment
to the drug law were read by Chairman
Gallinger. When DR.. Bryant, In behalf
OF the dentists. began his speech, he re-
ferred to the letters of protest from Sec
retarys Of Agriculture Wilson and from
DIR. Hamilton Wright Of the State De-
partment as based on information fur
nished by the board of pharmacy of the
District and as mot stating the truth"
You mean that they are inadvertently
in error" suggested Senator Gallinger.
Eyes. Inadvertently" agreed DR.. Bry.
ant And the. statement that the dental
supply stores have sold poisons to the
public in violation of the law, as stated
in one Of the letters, Is an absolute false
hood, II there ever was one"
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Took Mysterious Message.
From Captain to Engineer

Alfred oliver. standby and quarter
master on the bridge at the time Of the
CRASH, told the committee of taking q
mysterious message from Capt. Smith tc
the chief engineer It was written
message-that he did not read. The en-
sineer told him to take it back to this
captain.
What kind Of a message was it,?
asked Senator Burton.
ST cannot say as to the message. II
was on a piece of paper. and the paper
was closed"
where did you find the chief en-
gineer?''
Down in the engine room"
Were the engines running?"
''rhe engines were not running; they
were stopped. delivered the message
and waited for an answer. waited for
two or three minutes. Then he saw me
standing, and he asked me what want
ed. said / was waiting for an answer
to the message took him. He told me
to take 1t back-to tell the captain that
he would get 1t done as soon as possible"
do you know what it was?"
81 do not. SIR The message was on the
paper. and did not see It.
1.-THE chief engineer did not say. any,
thing more to you?" ~
oliver left the ship in lifeboat No. 5,
which had a narrow escape.
Ibid you hear Pitman give an order to
go back to the ship?''
Yes. sir. The woman passengers I'M
plored him not to go. because they reck-
oned it was not safe"
Ibid Pitman. then countermand the
order?"
Did only a few passengers object t.
his going back or did all?"
very nearly all objected
Did any ask him to 60 back?'
mot as I know Of" .
ITO my ideas. sir, no. I reckon II
would have been endangsring the lives
of the people We had in the boat al
ready
persons trying to climb on!'
Both. sir" -
(Which would have been the more
serious of the two?'
1.-THE suction. as thought. SIR
After the ship was sunk there could
There could have been none. no; but
this was before. We had orders to pull
hack toward the ship before she sank"
did you have any orders to pull back
after she sank?"
Were there cries and moaning from the
place where the boat bad sunk?'
Eyes. 1t lasted about ten minutes"
80 far as danger OF capsiztng 10 con-
cerned. after the boat had sunk, you
could have gone back, could you not?
the senator continued.
Eyes, sir; could have gone back" said
OLIVER.
Were you afraid that the boat would
be capsized by persons trying to climb
in?'
mo, sir; was not afraid
''Who was afraid?"
1.-THE passengers the women especial
IT,"
lust before the Titanic sank and that he
believed they were caused by the bulk
heads irving in. He said he knew the
watertight doors had been closed by On
Ger Murdoch.
oliver declared that after the crash
the Titanic went half speed ahead before
hard astern."
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Andrews Enjoins Silence.

You fellows have not half an
hour to live" Hemming said he
was told by the joiner, who added
that his information came from
Mr.. Andrews Of the shipbuilding
company. Hemming further de-
clared that the joiner told them to
keep the fateful information to
themselves and "let no one know"
Other witnesses of the crew de-
clared they did not get such a
warning and that many of them
were "skylarking and joking
after the accident.
Several sailors told of ]. Bruce
Ismay, managing director of the
International Mercantile Marine.
and his escape from the ship. One
of them corroborated the testi-
mony of Fifth Officer Lowe, who
told Ismay to get to h away
from here SO that we can work"
when the boats were being low
cred. This seaman declared that
Ismay after that was aiding the
women and children into the
boats.
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deck after the collision. but he had not

deck after the collision, but he had not
seen 1t.
the iceberg, saying the shock was SO
slight that after going on deck he went
back to his bunk, and that the stewards
were making quite joke OF 1t; they did
not think 1t serious at the time.
on which Fifth Ohicer Lowe also went.
and which carried fifty-seven women and
children and seven men. His boat. ne
said. shipped eight inches OF water, which
he attributed to q leak caused by the
boats fall into the water. Some of its oc-
cupants were than transferred to other
boats.
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kind in the DISTRICT" asked DIR. Bryant.
That's done from end Of the country
to the other" replied DIR. Wright. He
ADDED that he had no charges to make
specifically against the present dental
stores in Washington.
II the dental supply stores are to be
allowed to sell drugs, he said, Congress
would next be asked to allow the dealers
and even to allow grocery stores to deal
in such things. He saw no necessity
for the legislation.
Secretary Wilson's Letter.
DR.. Kebler Of the bureau of chemistry
appeared to back up a letter which Sec
rotary Wilson sent to the committee In
opposition to the legislation. The head
of the Department of Agriculture ex-
pressed the opinion that the passage of
the bill will be serious blunder and
a detriment to the public"
AT present every effort possible is
made throughout the United States,' Mr..
Wilson added. ito cuytail and restrict the
distribution Of these drugs 1t is a well
recognized fact that these agents are a
great menace to the public welfare II
improperly used. In my opinion. 1t is
a mistake to extend the sale and distribu-
ton of these drugs to other than those
specifically provided for in the present
pharmacy act of the District of Column
bia.
Il do not see any good reason why the
sale of opium, morphine. cocaine. etc,
should be placed in the hands of dental
supply houses. The manager and those
connected with these houses have as a
rule very little knowledge of the action
and character of these drugs.
This present bill simply opens another
avenue for the dissemination of these
dangerous, habit-forming drugs"