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The Washington times., 1912-02-25

when It says: "a large volume of busl-
ness Is doing, but because II does not
break previous records and does not
there is a disposition to discribe trade
conditions as less than satisfactory,
whereas the situation is. In fact, as good
As could reasonably be expected in a
year when a Presidential campaign
lends to retard enterprise. outside this
ouadrennial influence there is no ground
for loud complaint"
Banking Combination and Money.
without doubt the most discussed fea-
ture in the money market of the week
did not concern money rates at all, but
centered upon the action of the Bank
ers' Trust Company in taking over the
Manhattan Trust Company, forming
thereby an institution with a combined
capital Of $4,000, 900; resources of $751;
3ao, 900 and deposits of t15S, 200; and
thus creating an institution second only
in size to the National City Bank: Al
though the modern tendency is for large
banks and although the resources OF
do not come up to those of the
largest English and French banks
there was a manifest disposition to
criticise the latest combination. Chietly,
however because the ssnR,gsIH amslgamaHfn ifn
timed on the eve Of the Money trust
investigation. 1t is generally felt that
the new combination will revive as
cussions Of the power of aggregate
capital, but, as State institutions, this
latest combination is probably beyond
the Congressional probe.
Heavy borrowing by Germany early IN
the week impaired somewhat frmer
tendency to money, but rates continued
unchanged and the borrowing demano
was very light. The bank statement OF
| the day was unfavorable, cash holdings
decreased $685. 900. loans Increased
, s. 6SS 900 in the report of actual conoi:
| tions, and the surplus reserve decreased
s., ,Oo3, 75o The surplus of the clearing
| house members. according to the state
ment, is $2s, s,199 200 above legal require,
ments. A close analysis or the report
| shows that most of the surplus Is In th'
banks and that the proportion Of ex'
cess reserve in the trust companies II
very slight indeed. However, the banks
| and trust companies are now working
in harmony instead of at cross pur
poses as before 1907, so no one give!
| Concern to this feature of dissimilal
reserves.
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
IN LOCAL FINANCIAL CIRCLES

merger Of these companies is desirable
from several points of Wow, which APP
peal alike TO the financiec and the pub
lie. The cost Of operation for the two
companies would be much reduced by
the merger. Economy In the way Of
tho duplication of tracks, the cost OF
the universal transfers, II they are de-
mardtd by Congress. apd the problem
Of covering territory not nov, reached
by the lines are financial questions.
But Washington is face to face with
requirement which undoubtedly, Will
hasten the merger of the companies.
Present street railway facilities are not
adequate to the demands put upon
them. The Capital is so rapidly filling
with population that the railway conf
E1nies operating as they do have never
been able to keep up with the rush.
Great advances have been made, AMI at
the present time the tracks in the center
of the city are carrying about all the
traffic they will bear, and increase in
facilities without the occupation Of
more streets and the extension OF lines
and loops is impossible.
When 1t comes to the re1istrictlng of
the downtown territory between two
operating companies. 1t may be readily
seen that those companies will make
haste to put this most important of the
public Utilities under one management
The day for the multiplication of tracks
In the center Of the city, SO as to re-
|, be put Off more than five years longer
It is as inevitable as the next Presl-
Dental election. and plans for the en-
largement Of facilities are known to be
under advisement in the offices of both
companies, in more or less tentative and
alf-completed form. 1t may be safely
predicted that a merger Of the two
companies will antedate the spread of
the car lines over new streets in the
business section.
Knowing that some such step as this
| Is imminent, ii is but natural that the
| management of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company would be
/ desirous of putting Its financial house
| In ORDER so as to profit as largely as
possible in the reorganization of the
street railway system which must CO.
| incide with merger of the two COM
| panies.
This alone would lead to a manage.
| ment of the property which would make
1t pay, and give greater stability and
/ worth to the securities of the com.
| pany than they have had at times ir
| the past 1t all comes legitimatelS
! from the growth of the city, the in
| crease in traffic and the impelling neeC
| for better street railway facilities
which in and of themselves add to th'
| revenue of the concern the momen
| they are made.
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
New Bank Examiner.

]. Francis Miller, of Williamsburg, Pa,
has been appointed a national bank
examiner OF the Treasury Department
district.
Mr. Miller has been in the banking
business since 1887. and has been vice
president and general manager of the
Mlklnsburg Central National Bank.
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
LIABILITIES.

lOldl 1ooOI Sfi l.
District OF Columbia, City OF Washington. IS:
!, S. J. HENRY, Treasurer OF the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that tin
above statement is true, TO the best of M
knowledge and belief,
S. J. HENRY, Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me thI,
24th day of February, 1912.
I. Il. DALRHMPLE, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
James A Cahill, Wade II. Ellis.
A. G. Clapham, Samuel ]. Henry.
H. Bradley Davidson, Gldridge E. Jordan,
r. Golden Donaldson, Arthur Lee,
William f. Dennis, IOrrin G. Staples
1t Directors
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
John p. Gillis Dead,

WILMINGTON, Del. Feb. c5.-John
p. ellis, aged sixty-six years, son of
the late Commodore John p. Gins, u.
s. N, who achieved great distinction
during the civil war, died suddenly
last night at his boarding house, $40
West street. He Is survived by his
widow. I
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
slighting the Steel COrpOratiOn.

It cannot be said that the news de-
velopments Of the week were ignored in
the financial district, but they certainly
were without much effect In the specu-
lative market. The bond division also
was less satisfactory than of late, ex-
cept for some new offerings at attrac-
tive prices. In this connection much
Toxic, Japan, 8 per cents; In part, of
course, because that portion of the issue
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
Olive Oil Ruling.

Olive oil by itself is sweet oil. and
may be so labeled, but olive oil and
cottonseed oil mixed is not sweet oil,
and cannot be labeled as such, under u
decision of the pure food board all
by DR.. Wiley.
The Washington times., 1912-02-25

Stocks OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company have occupied
large attention on the Stock Exchange
during the week, and the usual discus
Sion has been going on as to the spe-
cial causes for the. rapid rise of these
securities within the past few months.
Getting down to facts in regard to the
matter, the rise in the stock, both
common and preferred, is attributable
to one cause.-the enlarged business,
better management, and increased
earnings of the company. ~-
The report of the company, submitted
to Congress and read at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, showed
earnings which warranted larger divi-
dends upon the common stock and lod
the directors TO provide for the pay
ment of the dividend upon the pre-
ferred stock in quarterly instead of
semi-annual installments. Placing the
common stock on the basis OF the new
dividend, II has a book value of some
thing over $40 a share, and the new
price of the stock is equal to that and
the fluctuations which speculation and
the eagerness to obtain 1t may give
| on the local Stock Exchange. This is
the actual reason for the advance in
these stocks.
Some have sought to complicate the
obvious explanation with the deal that
is said to be going forward for the
merger of the Washington company
with the Virginia Railway Company,
operating in adjacent territory across
the river. It is believed to be true that
such negotiations are in progress,
though no such statement has emanat-
| ed from the officers of either company
and is not likely to do so until the deal
is finished and the merger accom-
plished.
But 1t is difficult to see how such a
merger could much affect the price of
the securities OF the Washington cor
poration. 1t is much the larger con-
cern. and any merger. contemplated or
actually carried out, would amount to
an absorption OF the smaller by thu
larger company. The stocks and bonds
of the smaller company might be af.
fected thereby, but hardly those of the
larger, at least 20 the extent of some
$50 a share on the common stock.
There is left another possibility, which
has not yet taken practical shape and
belongs entirely to the future, though
IT is almost sure of realization at nc
distant day. That is the union on some
fair financial basis of the two com
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK

closing prices
Stock
and the year
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of the
limited States Trust Company,
RESOURCES.

at Washington. In the District of Columbia
at the close OF business, February 20 1872.
The Washington times., 1912-02-25
Life Insurance Company of Virginia

JOHN q. WALKER, President
T. WIN. PEMBERToN, First Wee-President
w. L. T. ROBERTSON, Second Wee-President
e. D. HARRIS, Secretary
JOHN SIDNEY DAVENPORT, Jr.; Actuary
II. cABELL TABB, d., Medical Director
REGINALD GILLIAN, Treasurer
A. s. HURT, Auditor
COKE 4 PIcKRELL; General Counsel
The Washington times., 1912-02-25

There is left another possibility, which
has not yet taken practical shape and
belongs entirely to the future, though
It is almost sure of realization at no
distant day. That is the union on some
fair financial basis of the two COM
panics operating in Washington. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
Feature Blosraph at Colonial Tomor.
ROW

Two great pictures will be shown
at the Colonial theatre tomorrow, a
beautiful Telegraph picture. The
Eternal Mother and Pathe's Weekly
In the Eternal Mother the young
couple are betrothed and later are
married, and so the days pass by, they
happy and contented on their little
farm, each helping with the others
burdens, until restless, thoughtless
woman appears and meets the man.
He is possessed of an irresistible fas-
cination for her, and so the grief
stricken wife, whose love for her
husband is of the unselfish kind feel
ing he would be happier with the at
tractiye woman, makes the sacrifice
of freeing him He is divorced and
married to the other woman, and
later begins TO pay the penalty. His
second wife is i'll, and he is alone in
his distress, when his. first wife, in
whom is strong the spirit OF the etern
al mother, comes to him in his houl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22
THE WORLDS MARKETS
CHICAGO Live Stock.

/, CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Hog receipts
90, 900; market &c higher. Mixed and
butchers. $5.95@640; good heavy.
s6.s0@6.42hs: rough heavy. $4,000
$40; light. $5.3o@6.271s; pigs, s475@
5.S5.
Cattle. receipts $500; market weak.
Beeves, s49o@S.5O; COWS and heifers,
$2.25@6.50; stockers and feeders,
s3.50@6.50; Texans, s500@6.S0;
calves, s5.50@7.50.
Sheep receipts $4,000; market Zoe
higher. Native, s3.40@4.75; western,
$3.75@4.So lambs, $4,4o@7.1O; west
ern, s4.75@71o.
ST. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22.-Cattle re.
ceipts, 1900; market, strong to loo
higher: Texans. receipts, 800:
strong; native beef steers, s4.75@
$50; COWS and heifers, s3.o0@6.75;
stockers and feeders, $3.75@6.OD; Tex.
an steers, $5O0@70o; COWS and heif-
ers, $3oo@5Oo; calves Gear lots),
s5OO@T50
Hogs, receipts, 10000: market, sc
higher. Mixed and butchers, $4,000
6.45; good to heavy. s6.35@6.5o;
rough. $6.OO@6.25; light, $6.2O@6.40;
bulk, s6.20@6,4o.
Pigs, $500@sGo0.
Sheep, receipts, 5000; market,
steady Sheep and mutton, $S.75@
Ats; lambs, s5oo@6.75.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22

Of need caring for the wife and taking
the infant after her death. It is now
that the man awakens to the realiza-
ton of his unworthiness, and as the
years pass he works out his redemp-
ton.
One of the features OF Pathes
Weekly Is President Taft's New Year
reception.
Three shows tomorrow night, at I,
g and 8.
Don't miss the big attraction tonight
the motion pictures of the Loyal
Order of Moose and "A Red Cross
Martyr. Three shows, commencing
at Z, and 8.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22

Reading Mt. Vernon .......-.
........,. Beulah Uher
Song Mt vernon's Bells.
Reading from Elson, No. 2 ......
...,. B Glass, Room 6
Song Our Country's Father.
Washington Maxims B Class. Room
The American Flag .... Irene Smith
Song Star spangled Banner.
Why We Salute the Flag ....,..
.......... Leila Hummer
Salute to Flag.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22
WOMEN

Women Ct the highest type,
women Of superior education and
refinement, whose discernment
and judgment give weight and
force to their opinions, highly
praise the wonderful corrective
and curative properties Of Cham
berIain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Throughout the many stages
Of woman's life, from girlhood,
through the. ordeaIs of mother
hood to the declining years, there
is no safer or more reliable med
icine. Chamberlain's Tablets are
sold everywhere at Csc a box.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22
POSTAL MESSAGE
BY PRESIDENT
Continued from page II

Ices of that class Preparations are
also being made to establish the sys-
lem at about 10000 fourth class of
ices. The deposits in II months have
reached total of $11,0O0,00o, distrib-
uted among 2,71o national and state
banks"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22
Reduced Tire Prices.

Reduced tire prices have Just been
announced by the Michelin Company
The new prices went into effect on
Monday, February 10Th. This an
ouncement sets at rest the many ru-
mors regarding price revision that
have agitated the tire trade for some
time. On inquiry among dealers it
was learned that while several tire
makers have recently offered special
inducements to the trade, Michelin is
the first to give tire users the benefit
of a reduction Michelin's new prices
show marked saving over previous
quotations. the reduction on several
of the larger sizes being as much as
seven dollars per casing. On the small.
er sizes the saving averages from sew
en- to ten percent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22

Recitation. In the Days of Glorious
Washington 1880. Warren Perdew
The Boyhood of Geo.
Washington .... Clifford Ward
Toasts Bessie Howell, Margaret
Chaser. ,Iosephie Hamilton and
Gladys Roland
Song, The Flag of Our Union For
ever .............-.. School
Being Like Washing
ton ................J Jack Fallon
Exercise, Washington .....,...
Kenneth Henke. Clifford Ward,
Ralph Heckler, Norman Utley,
and Albert Agnew.
Song The Star Spangled Banner
.........s. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. School
Recitation The Dear Old Flag.
..,...... ...:.'........ Marie Scott
Exercise, Lincoln ...............
Frank Howell, Raymond Starr,
Warren Perdew, Raymond Nc
Cleary. Alvin Winters and Ed
ward Becker
Song Mt. Vernon Bells ........School
Recitation Liberty Bell, Bessie Howell
Reading. Little Blossom and Presi-
dent Lincoln 49,. Elmer Bunch
Recitation, A Small Boys Plan.
.....s.....,... John Burrows
Recitation, Abraham Lincoln. -.
.................. Gladys ROLAND
Song, Our Country ......,.... School
Recitation, The Making of the Flag
Lorna Hedrick
Exercise, The Days of February.
Margaret CHASER, Gladys Nc
Kenney, Vivian Halzer. Hilda
Larson and Alma Pearson.
Recitation, The Good Old Times.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Elmer Bunch
Song, Unfurl the Starry Flag.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. School
The Flag Salute ..............Sch School
Room 8.
Mt. Vernon Bells ........... School
What Was The Secret. ........
.......... Beulah Anderson
To the Flag be True. Mildred Nelson
Our Flag ..................lr ma Carr
General Washington .......... School
February 22nd .....,.,.. Helen Sitter
Washington's Birthday Evelyn Frye
Why Am Like Washington $500.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Carl Elgin
Why? ..........,... Georgia Holley
The, Good Old Time. .Jaunita Thoeny
Tribute to Washington ..........
.............M Mabel Loewenstein
Hail Columbia ................Sc School
A High Resolve ............Geo. Luft
Washington ....,... Madge Layporte
The Flower of Liberty. ....... School
Play ....-.. .Jaunita Thoeny, Algot
Huffman, Mildred Nelson, Carl
Elgin, Madge Layporte, Kath-
crime Mcnamara Eugenia Holz-
er.
Washington. reading, G. A. R. In
struction ......... Clayton Jones
America Observation-Disclosures. School
| Flag Salute
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st. Mary's School.

Chorus. Washington.
Recitation, February. What Our
Flag Means.
Reading, Our National Songs.
Chorus, Home Sweet Home.
Recitation, A Chain of Dates.
Chorus, Medley of National Songs.
Address, Rev. DR.. G. Giglinger.
Wells School.
The pupils of rooms s and 4 will
present the following program in
room 4 Of Wells school:
Song Country's Honored
Father.
Little February" $50. Marjorie Hill
1.-THE Birthday Month ........,
........ Rosetta Daniels
February %" ........ Mable Osburn
Like Washington ...., John Sidders
"A Young Patriot" .............
..... Lindley Broadwell
Song-Small Boys Desire ~. School
BE Like Washington Byron Hart
Making of the Flag Leatha Stice
Our Flag .............. Reta Beck
Being Like Washington" $500.
1880. William Shepherd
Which General $500. Floyd Griffith
Song Washington" ........ School
How to be Heroes Oscar Ferris
Little Boys Ratchet story -.
........,. Leo Kesselring
Little Martha Washington 49,.
........... Mary Baldwin
"Hatcbet Song" ....... John Inman,
James Vaughan, Edward Mon
ogue
RED, White and Blue Ruby Beck
Song Our Country is the Broadcast
The Boy Washington .........
........ Leland Siegfried
Exercise Flag -. Ruth Shaffer,
Emmogene Stice, Marie Osburn,
! Sophia Wrieden.
| Civic Greed ...........,... Room 4
| A High Resolve Kenneth Bevering
What Was the Secret? ~. Dora Diet7
Exercise Our Hero :. Eugene Citing
Clifford Iunkins, Lysle Hopson
Harold Roberts.
/ Washington Birthday ......
..... Mary Louise Dillon
What Cannot be Denied ........
,.... Raymond Allen
A Resolve ..........s.s.s... John Beer
Washington ........ Lucille Schmidt
Play February Days 1890. Room
Miss February ........ Ruth Ferris
lLincoln's Birthday $500. Dora Diet2
Valentines Day ........ Ollie Griffith
/ Washington Birthday ~. Iva Boyer
February Twenty-ninth .....
...... Harold Robert;
Song Mt. vernons Bells !. Room
Salute to the Flag .........,. Schoo
Song My Country.
SAEa
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Room s.

Room 5.
song-My Country 'Tis of Thee
Our Flag .......... Verne Laporte
Recitation in concert-The Flag
Month OF Birthdays Billie Thompson
Song-Our Hero's Birthday
Growing Lincoln I. Gladys Matheney
u II p .. Malcolm Tiemau
Like Washington Rudolph Schneider
song-The Blessings that Crown
Our Land.
Recitation ......,...-.. Aloil1o oole
Young American Emanuel Vinson
Washington's Attributes
....... Eada Blaisdell
VIZ, ...,. Leland Circuit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-22

Bernice Wildman
Paul Megchelsen, Francis Lutz
A Hero's Birthday ............ School
Play-In Old Colonial Days
Uncle Sam ......... Edwin Peterson
Colonies
.............. BERTHE Parks
New Hampshire -. Dorothy Aldrich
South Carolina ........ Edith Garlick
North Carolina $500. Francis Young |
Georgia .. Edna Gustafson
Rhode Island ....... Hedwig Lang
Connecticut 1890. Goldie Schneider
Massachusetts ........ Alice Sexton
PENNSYLVANIA -. Claudine thompson
Delaware ..... Bertha Plug
New York . Margaret Aldrich
MARYLAND Lillian Wright
New Jersey .s..... Jennie Hancock
Cherries
Helen plug. Leona Foulkes,
I.ouisc Scheerer. Nellie High,
Bernice Wildnlan.
COMMITTEES on Decorations-Te
Moore Reginald South, John
Witch
Room 1.
g.. ,,.,,o. School
. .ai.a, 60 sS,o,ars ~ our F,ag,
,1oao,,n prounfie,d
pao,t.tian .,rha F1,g,,
Etho1yn Mathews
poa,..t;a, .on. E,.o, nanie, Mills
.rr,, p;r 1,rn,,, School
:, o .a:,a4;an ..-,,,a ro,,rt, Of INV
iS'e''''S' lewis Leighton
.,...,a, ..caldior ~,
''esi.A'i K.thrrr aff;newe,l
r...... ..rha r,n+a;,,,,
eS''''s'' N.dio uolzer
&C.. 90 ,a,+ AVID Good,
nasa..;ax .arha pin nrru.,
.,,,..,,;,,a.on,. p;r,bday.
School
Recitation. George Washington"
Lars Lundborg
Recitation oTbe Flag,
Evelyn Larson
Rac,tation "The Parade. Beulah Hisey
Song "a Small Boys Desire
Recitation Our Flag.
Marjorie Inskeep
Recitation "The Old Flag" Bessie Star
Recitation "a Mighty Name" -.
......... Harold Johnson
Song eve March Like Soldiers.
School
Recitation. Our Country" .......
James Mallory
Reading. our Flag" James Metzinger
Raadinp mrhe Ratchet
Dorothy Shaeffler
Reading "Three Cheers" .......
Ada Bell Roach
Reading George Washington.
/ Emily Patterson
song az Hero,s birthday, School
4 Room 8.
u,,,r. .nd Iirco,n progra M.
e1... ~ IN Ey., School
~ g. school
- sc. 80 caarsa washinotop
49, - c,ifford Carter
: a. c.a.aa Mashington Nav starr
| Co1, IN tho Elan .lOln BrYanI
% Taiu.o p ~ .n - w,s,in,ston
Gail Broadus
- - > Dora Jackson
i.t,a pov hudson burton
G. S,,an por,s nas:re schoo,
nj, p;n.hdo, Mouth
Rernice Greenslaugh
ru,o p,,,a George West
ue r.,,;a. WI Andersen
~ A., nc w.shinoton
Clifford Carter
49,. ceao,oI pov Hams
Vision of Lincoln ...............
u,.,s Roo" ;. u.,., s,,,.,
ao ineo,n n''e'ies Thelma Wake,
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Children Participate in Entertain
ments on Anniversary OF the Birth
Of George Washing
ton.
SHOW MUCH PATRIOTISM
Several Hundred Children Between
Ages Of six and Fourteen Years
Entertain Their
Parents.

Programs In commemoration of the
birthday anniversary Of George Wash.
ington were given in the public
schools of Keokuk today, several hun
dred school children participating
The various rooms had their programs
for the entertainment of parents.
Carey School.