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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
LONDON STOCK MARKET.

LONDON. December 16.-MOney was in
good demand today. Harder discount
rates here and on the continent give rise
to fears of a general advance in bank
rates in Europe.
In the absence of foreign demands the
Bank of England secured mos. Of the
SI,OOO,OO0 new gold offered in the open
market.
The stock market opened cheerful, and
home and foreign rails advanced. but
weakness developed in other esctIOns on
Berlin and Paris selling, induced by dear
money and apprehension regarding the
outcome of the various settlements. Ca
madam Pacific and copper shares were
weak features, and fears of unfavorablc
statistics accentuated the tlatness in cop
pcrS
American securities opened steady and
"A fraction higher. Prices advanced from
a to rs over parity during the fore
noon: Union Pacific and Canadian Pa
cific were firm leaders until the cary
afternoon. when Wall street offerings
forced the list one to two points lower.
Prices continued to sag during the late
trading, and the market closed weak and
Mt 4 h1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK December 16.-COttOn
Futures opened steady: December. 12S2
January. 12.sS; February. ESQ bid;
March, 1888: May. 12.?S; July, 1898; Au-
gust. ESQ; September, l2.19; October.
I204.
The market opened firm at an advance
If Ga1O POINTS and sold 10 to IL points net
higher during the first few minutes on
pver-Sunday buying orders. cover ng and
renewed support from leading trade in
fercsts. Realizing was very heavy
around l.: cents for the active spring
months. which established new high rec
ordS for the season. and the market eased
off = or points from the best during the
middle of the morning, but offerings were
We'll enough absorbed Oh d scale down to
give the market steady undertone.
Prices eased off ? or IL points from the
best later in the forenoon, but offerings
We're well taken on this decline. and the
market at midday was steady. with
active months still showing net gains of
3 to q points. Spot cotton-Quiet: mid
ding uplands. 132 nominal
Estimated receipts at all the ports today
were G6.G0D bales. against III, 4:'S last week
and Isl; last year: for the Week. :s1Jt0J
bales. against :i>4.:s.'l last week and :p7.S16
last year. TOdays receipts at Galveston
were Il 81 bales. against 1854 last year:
AT New Orleans. 1000 bales, against
-..,JJ last year. and at Houston, 70 S11
bales. against 2J.211 last year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Real Estate Transfers.

VILLA PARK-Clara A. Marden ct vir,
Edwin r.. to Mrs. Ira Hannah, lot -.
square 1893: $3.50. Same to George
W. Brown. lot %, square 4241: $5o3.12
BUZZARD'S POINT SOUTH EST-Rob-
ert L. Montague. trustee, to Mary P.
Sullivan, original lot !, square south
of square 6f7: 5.
CHILLUM CASTLE MANOR-James Mil
Ter ct uX. 10 Charles w. Miller. part
of Chllum Castle Manor and all lot
1; so.
ELEVENTH AND II STREETS NORTH
WEST-Jordan & CO. to julius ]. Pey-
ser. part original lot =: square 344: $40.
NO. 11Oo STREET NORTHWEST-Ju-
Illus l. Peyser ct ux. to Annie E. Nc
Queen. lot 3, square 312; SO.
PET a. Curtin. trustee,
to Annie +. Mcqueen, lot 50, square
3O21 80.
U STREET NORTHWEST between 18th
and 18th streets-Natalie Peyser to
Annie +. Mcqueen, lot $50. square
$50: SO.
NO. 935 X STREET NORTHWEST
Miriam Peyser ct al TO Annie E. Nc
Queen, lot "a, square 371: SO.
FIRST STREET NORTHWEST between
+ and @ streets-Walter S. Brady ct
ux to George II. Laleger. lot 1879.
square 5J2; so. George II. Laleger ct
ux. to Glenn w. and Catherine f.
Ashley, same property; SO.
NO. 90S 10TH STREET NORTHWEST
William \. Domer ct uX. to Sue H. E.
Domer. part original lot {, square
3I3; so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 16.-Flour-
quiet and barely steady.
Wheat-Fa vorable Argentine news
lower cables big northwest receipts and
weakness In northwest markets caused
951s "s' % '-i''
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Firm
Lard-Steady: middle west 1O65a1O rs
Sugar-Raw steady; muscovado. 50 test
3.42; centrifugal, 96 test 1872; molasses
- test. BIZ; refined steady
Petroleum-Steady
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Quiet.
Hides-Dull.
Leather-Firm.
Butter-Irregular; receipts. 4.O1O tubs
creamery extras. 3O1s37; firsts, 33a35
seconds 29a32; thirds. 27a2s: creamery
onds. 23a:O: thirds. 26a2S: state dairy
finest, 33a34; good to prime, 29a32; com.
mon to fair. 25a2S; process extras. 27s
tn 1irsts. 26a2G1a: seconds. 23a25: imi.
tation creamery. firsts. 25a2o11; factory
held. 24a244: factory current make, first
24a2413: seconds, 2221sa23,1s; packing stock
held. 2212a231e: packing stock. current
make. No. .. 21l.a22: No. 3. 2Oa21.
Cheese@Steady: receipts :I::3 boxes:
state. whole milk. held. colored specials.
age fancy. 17Ea17a.: state, whole milk
fresh. white or colored. specials. liza
171z; do. average fancy. 6a4a17: do. very
green and pasty, I6a16la: state whole
milk. poor. 141.a151.; daisies, held best,
IS.
Eggs-Ffrm: receipts. jO14 cases: fresh
gathered extras, 34ai6: extra first, :i2a:s:}
firsts. 13a31: seconds and lower grades,
21a2S: held fresh average best, 23a25; do.
poor to fair. 1Sa22; fresh gathered dir
ties. 16a19: fresh gathered checks, 15a17:
refrigerator specials. marks, fancy. local
storage charges paid. 20a:Ola; refrigera-
tor firstS locas storage paid, 19a13E; re-
frigerator firsts. on dock. 1S1aa19; sec
ands. IS: thirds and poorer. Halt: state
Pennsylvania and nearby hennery, white
fancy large new laid, 42a45. do. selected
whites, defective in size and quality, 35a
10; do. hennery browns. S4a36: do. gath
cred brown and mixed colors, 2Sa33; near
by selected whites refrigerators, 1Sa.o
western gathered whites, 3U;t:,i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
BREEDS THROUGHOUT YEAR.
Fever-Carrying Mosquito in the Ma
larial Districts of Burma.
Correspondence Of The Star.


CALCUTTA, November 30 1872.
The Rangoon correspondent Of the Eng
lishman gives some interesting part;cu-
lars from the report of Maj. y. ?. Lalor,
|. NJ. s., special malarial officer in Bur-
ma, who has devoted special attention to
Kyaukpyu, one of the worst places for
malaria in all Burma. Mai. Lalor states
that out of eleven species of mosquito so
far discovered in Kyaukpyu, only one. the
Nyssorhyncus fuliginOsus. was found to
be fever carrier. Unfortunately, how
ever. this species is far the most abun-
dant, and outnumbers others during the
rainy season by six to one. Moreover,
it has been proved to breed all through
the year. which others do not.
Maj. Lalor has made discovery
which may be very far reaching in it's
importance. There is, it appears, a para
site fly which infests the anopheles of
three species. but devotes it's special at
tenton to the fuliginOsus Maj. LalOr
has Professionally called this ally of man
the CeratopOgon feroN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
EXPECT SUFFRAGE DECISION.
Portuguese Parliament May Decide
Question in Short Time

Foreign Correspondence OF Inc Star
LISBON, December . 1872.
The decision of the lower house of
parliament in Portugal on the woman suf-
frage question, is expected shortly.
few months ago the senate. in debating
the bill to reform the electoral law,
amended the first clause by the addition
of the following paragraph:
Women having attained the age of
twenty-five years and having passed
through a secondary or special course or
education, shall be eligible for the munich
pal and parliamentary franchise.
This amendment was only carried after
a long and lively discussion, during which
some speakers vehemently advocated it as
realizing the idea of justice and others
combated it with the ancient arguments
SO dear to anti-feminists. NJ. lie Senateur
Ab:!io Barreto initiated the suggestion to
include women in the electorate
1t is impossible to prophesy the action
of thu, lower house on the question. In
any case, the resolution of the senate
marked a great advance in the ideas in
this country on the suffrage question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Jails of Montenegro.
From the Chicago News.

If the Montencgrins treat their Turkish
captives with half the leniency they ex-
tend to their own criminals. there will be
little ground for complaint. The central
prison at Cettinje is probably the most
easy going in the world. No walls SUI
round it, and the inmates. who furnish
their own cells just AS they please, seem
to stay there only because they find their
quarters comfortable. The diet is liberal
with wine on occasions and always cipa-
rettcs. There is no work to do, no dis
tinctive garb is worn and comparatively
free intercourse Is allowed with the OUT
side world. On certain feast days indeed
tho prtsonrrs are even allowed to enter
tain friends. .-.. :. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
GALE WRECKS BIG CRANE.
Two Workmen Killed and Twelve
Hurt at barrow. Eng.

I-VNIVpN, II''tlnbef -. I!I2.
In the height Of gale huge canti-
lever crane at Mcssrs.. Vickcr'S naval
construction yard at Barrow was blown
over. with The result that two men,
Fh"inaS Scott and Thomas Mckenzie
80 i'irkenhestd. We're killed ana twelve
other workmcn injured
The big canti1cver cranes stand high
above the hulls of ships in course Of
construction and run on rails on high
Santrics with electric power. The crane
IN question was conveying ma terial
from one place to another when a sud
den Squali Of wind carried il along. The
driver. failing TO stop il, jumped out
on To- til" platform and the crane das :
81 against the stops and fell complete
ly over, crashing through the roof of a
she'd i'll which hundreds of workmcn
were busy. Hundreds of tons of metal
work came down. and one end of the
shed was entirely wrecked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
CRUSADE TO BE OUTLINED.
Board of Trade Committees Will Con.
slider Pushing of Mcmillan Plan.

The executive committee and tho pub
licity committee of the special board of
trade committee on the Mcmillan park
commission plan for the completion of
the park system of Washington are to
meet at o'clock this afternoon in the
directors room of the Washington
Southern Bank.
Arthur G. Moses, chairman of the full
committee, said today that he would call
a meeting of the committee as soon as
the subcommittee We're ready TO make
recommendations in regard to the cam
paign to be waged in the interests of the
park system.
The members of the executive COM
mittee appointed by Mr.. Moses are r. {.
Graham. cha rman: John l.. Weaver,
Frank Upman, ]. Selwin TAFT. J. Miller
Kenyon, Richard B. Watrous, w 5.
Corby. Samuel J. Prescott, Henry T.
Offterdinger, and eX officio the officers
of the full committee. Arthur c. Moses
chairman; w. E. Shannon. vice chair
man. and Ogle r. Singleton, secretary.
The publicity committee is composed of
Otto J. DeMoll chairman; George +.
Schutt, F.. z. Mertz, George w. harris
and w. j. EynOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. December 16.-Larger world
shipments than expected tended today to
pull wheat down. There were also re-
ports Of favorable weather for the Argen-
tine harvest. and traders were inclined
to look for bearish estimate from
Washington; Opening figures varied
from Aass lower to Il up. May, which
started at s91. to SOS, loss of Is to 4,
declined to SOS.
Corn eased with wheat. May opened
unchanged to Is higher. at 4SH to 4S3s
and receded to 4SMa4Si4.
Buying by leading houses kept oats
steady May started unchanged to a
shade up. at 327s to 3227sa31 and reacted
to 32z4a32's
Bear speculation attacked the pro-
vision market with vim. First sales
ranged from Saturday nights level to
11le lower, with May 1927. to 1880
for pork; 1000 to 1905 for lard, and
9.1L for ribs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher
EGGSNearby fresh Virginia. 2aaas,
West Virginia and southwest Virginia
2Ja26. Tennessee. 2,a96.
BUTTER-Elsin fancy, per H.. .. 12a:;a
western firsts, 35i2a3a: seconds, 34a:;3'
store packed. l?a2O.
CHEESE-New York state factory. new.
19a19I5.
POULTRy-Hens. per H.. l3al3la
ROSTERS. per H.. Sa9: Turkeys. l6alS; chick
ems. 1aal6: ducks. per H.. 12a1o-
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens;; choice.
per H.. Halls: turkeys, per 10. lSa2p:
ducks. Hale: chickens, 1JalS.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples, box, 4oa13
hill oo to 40; Florida oranges, 2.o,a2. a.
oranges. California. box. 2:ala3."; grape
fruit per box. 2.Joa:'.p; pineapple. una
80: grapes. per four-lb basket. cataN Ia
5aS: cranberricS. biol. s.%ia.'tss: taii@'r-
ines per strap. 3.eDa;.,''-
HAY AND STRAW-lIay. western. No.
1. 1OOOao0.J0; No. .. I5ooalS.oo; mixed
hay, 12.OOa16.O0: straw. rye. bale, 6oca
100; machine thrash. 3Ooa1O.Oo; straw,
wheat, per ton. 6.5oa1.O0: straw. oat. per
ton 7OOa7.50.
VEGETABLES Potatoes. No. I. pc
bu.. ,yaso: per Dbl. 1.35al. 80; No. =. per
bbl. 75aLoo; sweet. per hbi., 3toa;i.t'
vans eastern Shorc). per Dbl. l..Da2.'o
onions, per sack, ltelal.l0; Spanish, pc
IS: lettuce. per basket. 75a1.50: string
beans. Florida, per basket. l.JOa2.oo;
squash, per basket. 2pa2..o; beets, per lVi
punches. 2.JOa3:50; tomatoes, per craft.
L. 0a3.0: cucumbers. per doz.. 40; Flor
da 2tea3.O per basket; celery, per doZ
:Ga6o: egg plant. per crate. 2."ta3'".
celery per crate. 2.0oa3.Oo: peppers. 1-:yta
- Oo per crate; Florida white squash, Liza
2.23 per crate.
GAME-Rabbiis. per doz.. No. 1, 2.29a
30: No .. per doz.. l.ooa1..o.
LIVE STOCk-Sheep. per H.. 213a3i
lambs. per To-. las; calves. choice, per
h., 11H: medium. per To-. loal1.
WOOL AND HIDEsS-Wool. washed.
free of burrs. per H.. 33a33: wool. un-
washed. per h.. 20: hides. dry. per ib..
l5a16: salt hides. H.. l3: calfskins. green.
each 1.25a2.O 90.
GRAIN-Wheat, per bu., S5a1ol; corn.
shelled per bu., S5aS7: ear, new. per bb!..
2 15a3 90; oats. western, white. No. ,. per
bu 42a4S: mixed. per bu.. 40a42
SEEDS-lover. red, 1O.50a11.2o Glove.
alske. L. ua 1925; timothy, 2.2oa2.Jo: blue
grass. I.50a2.O0; orchard grass. 1.35alGJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Excited Fluctuations Noted in
Stock Market.
COURT DECISIONS EFFECT
Issues Advance After News of An
thracite Case Ruling.
Reading Goes Up to 1865. After
It Had Dropped Down
to 1885,.

NEW YORK. December 1G.-lieaVy sell
ing uf Reading weakened tho price rap
idly in the opening transactions today
The quotation dropped ~, to lGi. "A new
low record for the present movement.
Most of the other important issues were
heavy. Canadian Pacific fell = points,
Amalgauated IL. Union Pacific i anu
smelling and General Electric =.
Active selling caused a materially lower
range of prices, with several issues rul-
ing we'll below last weeks lowest Can
ALLAN Pacific was hammered down !:
POINTS Reading -. Lcliigh Valley pa and
southern Pacific ~. Some stocks made
quick recoveries of u point. but the gen
oral list did not improve much aud be-
came dull ON the rise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
TO GET POWER FROM FINLAND
Russian Banks Will Finance St. Pc.
tersburg Electric Company.
Dondence OF The Star

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG. December 1, 1912.
The six principal Russian banks. i'm
concert with a powerful Belgian
croup. have obtained imperial sanction
for the company to be formed for
utilizing. the available water power in
Finland. including the lesser Jmatra
and three other falls, as well the
Russian fall on the NOlkhov river. to
supply electrical energy to st. Peters,
burg and environs. The scheme com
nrises not only furnishing light and
mower for the city and suburban indus
tries, but for extensive undertakings
like the circular electric railway
around St Petersburg and the cleo
IRRIGATION Of the existing railway
for suburban trah1c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
SUGAR FAMINE THREATENS.
Frice Of Product Is Rising Steadily
in Southern Russia.
ign CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
ODESSA, November 2S 1912
The hardship threatened by the coal
famine in south Russia is likely to be
aggravated by a sugar famine. An Off
cial report from Kieff says that, owing
to singuIarly unpropitiOus weather con-
ditions. the beet crop this year is much
over 30 per cent short of it's normal yield.
The price of sugar is steadily rising in
all the southern and southwestern CEN
tiers, and the shortage will later be felt
throughout the whole OF European Rus
STA. The government is primarily re-
sponsible for an eXigency which eco
nOmically affects the masses: it controls
the sugar trusts total output twelve
months in advance. and, apparently, never
reckons with the possibility of a beet
crop failure.
The Odesski Iistok states, on what
it describes as authority, that the Rus
sian sugar trust has come to an agree
ment with the Brussels sugar congress
whereby 1T WILL I'm the course of the next
six years, export 300 900 tons Of sugar
to western Europe.
The Russian trust makes no secret of
its intended attempt to capture the Brit
ish sugar market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
FIFTY AER0PLANEs ORDERED.
High Powered Machines Only Want
ed for German Army.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.


BERLIN. December 5.-The Prussian
ministry of war, the Tagliche Rund-
schau learns. has placed with German
manufacturers orders for fifty aeroplanes
to replace the old-fashioned ones at the
stations at Metz. Strasburg. Cologne.
JuterbOg. where artillery practice is con-
Quoted, and DoberitZ. the exercising
ground of the guard regiments. where the
military flying school has its headquar-
ters. All the types ordered, this journal
learns. have been thoroughly tested at
DOberitz, and some have already adopted
the improvements which We're found dur
ing the recent imperial maneuvers to be
advantageous.
Preference is given by the war minis
try to machines OF dove shape. and both
mOnoplanes and biplanes have to be fit
ted with motors developing from eighty
to a hundred horse power, as the weaker
motors have proved incapable of fulfill
ing their military tasks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Wants Ships Unsuitable.

He demanded for every large ship,
whether carrying passengers or freight,
the arithmetical proof of its unsuitable
ness while taking the stability into ac-
count; that this proof shall be submitted
to an independent authority which is
abreast of modern science; that the ca
pacity of the lifeboats shall correspond
not with the registered tonnage of the
ship. but with the number Of persons on
board her, fer it is lives and not reg
istered tons that have to be saved; and.
finally, that all such regulations shall Ice
within the grasp of an engineer who has
had Il modern training.
Prof. Page!, technical director Of the
German Lioyds, contended that the
question of making ships unsuitable
must be solved internationally. Care
must be taken, he said, not to make
freight ships economically useless by
means of regulations. Herr Walter. di-
rector of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Steam
ship Company. said that shpowners
would welcome the helping hand OF
science, but it must not become a thump-
Ing fist DR. Forester one of the Ham
burg America line engineers, showed by
means Of lantern slides that the lessons
of the Titanic disaster have been pro-
fitted by in the construc::o of the giant
steamship lmperator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE. December Wheat
Firm; spot No. > red, %; spot No. red
western, 1.Ol December No. red, 30:
January No. red, 1.Ou4; February No.
2 red. 1.024: March No. " red, 1.O41a
steamer No red. 311a; receipts, 921,O1S
bushels; exports. 1854 bushels.
Corn-Steady; spot contract. 53A; year.
3d.; January. 52s; steamer mixed, jO1l :
receipts 1899 bushels southern white
corn. J01sa53i.: southern yellow corn. :Oi4
a:s54.
Oats-Firmer: No. - white, 3S12a3Ss4 :
standard white, 3311:a37l4: No. >, white
Rye--Dull: No. western domestic.
74a75; receipts. 1881 bushels.
Hay-Steady: No. l timothy. 10 GOA
1850: No. | clover mixed, 15.5Oal60O.
Grain freights-Quiet; steam to Liv-
erpOOl. per quarter. IS 7lad December;
Cork for orders. per quarter, As 11sd
December
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. December 1G.-Closing
Cutton-Spot in fair Demand: prices
hisheS: American III ddling fair. 80: good
middliEg. Us; middling. lis: low mid
ding, 100; good ordinary. cd: ordinary.
t;CD. Sales. 10000 bales of which 1909
Mere for Speculation and export. and in
GUIDED STA, american. Receipts were
49,. -, bales, all american. Futures
opened quiet and steady and closed bare
j. steady. December. u -: December and
.iaUuary. G>S: January and February.
$50; February and March. 6.St,ia: March
aud .\pril. GS-'ix. April and MAY. SSH;
MAY and Junc. isl: Jinc and July. GS.;
july and august. 90; August and Sep
t"m!'cr 6%,: September and october,
Ill: October and November. GIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
LIVERPOOL,

LIVERPOOL. December 16.--Closing:
Wheat-SpOt. steady: No. l Manitoba,
IS Cd: No. =. do. IS 41ad: No. 5. do.
IS Sd: futures weak: December IS 4d :;
March. rs 3lsd: May, IS 1Ad.
Corn--SpOt. quiet: old American mix
ed. Us 4d: do, via Galveston, is I'd );
futures easy; December. As 10asd; Janu-
airy. As 9i4d.
FlOur-Winter patents. 29s Cd.
Hops in London Pacific coast), 81
1JcaG6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
QUESTIONS MENTAL CONDITION.
Joseph Acton Sent to Washington
ASYLUM Hospital for Observation.

Joseph Acton, for many years mem
Der of the Metropolitan police force and
recently an inmate of the Home for H.
curables, was sent to the Washington
Asylum Hospital today for examina ton
as to his mental condition
He left the home this morning and IS
said To have gone 10 the L street barn or
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, where for some time he jumped
on an off of moving cars. He Was placed
under arrest and sent to the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Building Permits.

Permits for building repairs were is
sued today TO the following:
w r.. Shannon, To repair dwelling al
--..'F, Cathedral avenue northwest: esti-
mated cost, S1Cn
Appleton Cady, To repair dwelling a.
20. Il street northwest; estimated cost
S-.sH
american National Bank to repair
bank Offices at i::1:-11 T. street north
west. estimated cost. Sl6
j. y NSpinwsil, To repair dwelling al
IL Dupont circle. estimated cost $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, December 16.-Three per cent
rentcs. IS francs 81. cent.mes, cx-divi-
dends; exchange on London, 20 francs
2dis centimes for checks; private dis
count rate, 1 per cent.
BERLIN, december 1G.-EAchanyc on
London, NJ marks. "a pfennigs for
checks: money. 5l.a6 per cent; private
discount rate, u per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Regular call. II O'Clock noon:
Washington Railway and Electric As. $1,ooO at
S2*4. ~ .o,, =,
Capital Traction 10 at 1c:l:, 10 at 122a, i
at 1221.. 90
Washington Railway aud Electric pfd., ) Mt
IS. 10 at ssh.
Mergenthaler, . at 2lti.. at 2l'h2.
Lanston. ~ at 81. = at S91..
After call-Capital Traction Us. 500 at ITO.
Lanston. 30 mt 50.
Washington Railway and Electric As, 81 600 at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Spectators on Edge.

Speculative sentiment was on edge to-
day owing to uncertainty whether de-
ciSions would he announced by the SUI
preme Court in the Minnesota rate and
the anthracite cases Bear operators
made a determined attack on prices, and
were aided i'll unsettling the market by
a heavy fall in copper metal abroad
which was reflected in extensive liqulda-
tion of copper shares here
Last weeks low prices for the impor-
tant issues were broken through and
losses ran from ] to = points. with Read
in; the chief sufferer. Commission house
business was on large scale and con-
siderable portion of the selling was due
to further liquidation of Out-Of-tOWn hold
iugS Bonds were heavy.