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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. March 6-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of las points and sold about to 10
points net higher during the early trad
ing on a continuation of yesterdays buy
ing movement and reports of unfavor-
able weather in the south. Liverpool
c9bes We're better than due. contribut-
ing to the firniness here. but there was
no Improvement in the English labor
news, private cables were not optimistic,
and with new crop months relatively
firm local traders were inclined to at
tribute the strength to the continued
complaints of delayed farm work. Real
king by scattered longs checked the up
ward movement and caused reactions of
: or points during the middle Of the
morning, but there was enough buying to
give the market a steady undertone, and
part Of the demand appeared TO come
from eastern belt points.
The market continued fairly active late
In the forenoon and notwithstanding con-
siderable realizing held generally steady
to firm. with prices some to 10 points
higher on covering of shorts, fresh buy
ing inspired by unfavorable reports as to
new crop prospects, and support from the
leading bulls.
Spot quiet; middling uplands. 1915
nominal.
day, 2s.00 bales, against 81 $50 last week
and 1867 last year. For the week. 2o5,
40 bales. against 2S6.346 last week and
s3, tao last year
Today's receipts at Galveston. SIP
bales. against 2.M5f last year: at New
Orleans. 1855 bales, against 4,f6S last
yeas and at Houston. 9,:2,2S bales, against
2.uf4 last year.
Reports that English iron mills were
closing Down as a result of shortage of
coal caused rather heavier offerings dur
ing the early afternoon. and prices eased
of ; or points from the best under
realizing by early buyers There was no
aggressive selling, however. and the mar
ket ruled fairly steady. with the active
months still showing net gains OF from
:: TO q points.
CottOn-SpOt closed quiet, unchanged:
middling uplandS. IN II; middliDg gulf,
P.Io. Sales NO bales.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO. March notwithstanding
19,OU head; market slow, generally
steady. beeves, 5G0aS.SJ: Texas steers
1 70a6ta,: western steers. 5.1Oa1.1 10; stoc--
ers and feeders. 41Oa6.20; cows and heif-
ers o.25a67O calves, 6.OOaS 90.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; market
m,iet at Yesterdays average: light, 6.25a
SsF5. mixed. 63Oa6 sig; heavy. 63Ca66O;
rough, 6.3Oa6.4O: pigs. 4.7Oa67o; bulk Of
SHE .sheep-Receipts. 1900 head: market
strong to Zoe higher: native. 35Oo5. .;
western. 4.OOa5.25; yearlings. 5.1Oa5S5:
lambs. native. 475a7.1O: western. 5.20a7.O
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Felix Garziglia in Recital.

Felix Garziglia Is to give a piano
recital at the Columbia Theater next
Friday afternoon. which will 'be his
first appearance before q Washington
audience in three years. Among the
numbers on his program will be "a
Chopin group. five numbers by Debus-
sey. Schumann's 'Etudes Sympho-
niques," LISTS "Au Bord dime Source
the Sehultz-Eiyer arrangement OF
Strauss Blue Danube" waltzes. and
the prelude and fugue in Z minor by
Bach.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS. March 6.@Closing: Three per
cent rentes, "a francs 32h centimes for
the account. Exchange on London, %
francs % centimes for checks. Private
discount rate, 31s per cent.
BERLIN, March 6.-EXchange on Lon
don, 10 marks I6h pfennigs for checks.
Money, AZ per cent. Private discount
rate, AZ per cent
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. March 6.-Americap securi-
ties moved irregularly during the first
hour today The opening was about
unchanged. but later prices eased off
on realizing. and at noon were from b
higher to u lower than yesterday
New York closing.
Later in the forenoon realizing caused
slight recession. The market varied
little during the rest Of the session
and at the closing was dull.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March 6.-Closins: Wheat
Spot steady; No. Manitoba. IS sgd.
Futures steady; March. IS 1O7sd; May.
rs 5sd July, is ID. Corn-Spot American
mixed old quiet. Is I'D; American mixed
nominal. kiln dried, steady, Us I'd. Fu-
lures steady. March, 6s 15sd; May. is
1Bd.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March 6.-Cotton-Spot in
fair demand: prices : points higher:
American middiing. fair 6.6I: good mid
ding. 6.2:s: middling, 3.97: low middling,
Sales of the day were 5000 bales, of
which 200 were for speculation and ex-
port and included 100 American. Re-
ceipts. 12,NU bales, including 10. 4OJ
American. Futures opened firm and
closed firm. March. 5.71: March April.
81: April-May. 5.1S: May-June, 579is:
June-July. l.19iz: July-August. :,Ig1t:
:.56k. September-Oc-
tober. 3.I41s: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5.7S:
November December. 81: December
January, .1I1s: January-F cbruary. 3.1Iia.
Febt uaryMareh. i.7ala: March-April.
:, s3i:.
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famous Maine Inn Burned.

BANGOR. Me-, March 6.-Moosehead
Inn, a. famous tourist resort at Green
vile Junction. was burned. last night.
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NEW YORK. March s.-Directors of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway Company today declared an ex-
ira dividend Of 8 per cent. An extra
dividend of IL per cent was also declared
on the stock Of the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie Railroad, Company.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch 10 Tho Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 6.-Wheat-
Quiet; spot contract. 99ss: spot No. red
western. 1.Un1s: March, H'5s; April. 1.OO's;
May, Log. asked; receipts. 1923 bushels
Corn-rasier: spot contract, G9Aa69H;
March. G9aati.l7s: April, 1u5s; steamer
mixed esia4: receipts, 13U,4W bushels; ex-
ports, :.s661G bushels; southern white
corn, 1::.
Oats-Quiet; No. = white, 3S14a3St2;
standard white. 37AaJSA; No. :; white,
i,vc-i)un: No. :, western domestic, LOO
asked Receipts. 31US bushes.
IIay-Firm; No. timothy. unchanged;
No. ] clover mixed unchanged.
Grain frcights-Quiet; steam to Liver
pool per bushel, unchanged. Cork FOR
orders per quarter, unchanged.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. March G.-Wheat receipts on
a larger scale than bulls had looked for
gave the market today an easy tone.
Then. too. Liverpool prices had a down.
ward tendency on account of labor dis
turbances and because of more liberal
offerings from Argentina and the Danube.
The opening was the same as last night
to x lower. May started at 1.HAal.o'b
to 1.O3as. shade to "a down, and sagged
to I.O3lsa1 .U,A
Generally favorable weather conditions
and "A selling attitude by farmers made
the corn market weak. May opened 1s to
u off, at 7tas to 7Gs4, and dropped to
7O3sa7GIs. Support was poor in oats. Mod
crate selling pressure carried quotations
downward from the outset. May started
" to u lower, at 523s to a2A, and de-
scended to .2E.
There was rather free unloading of hog
products as result of the weakness in
grain. Initial transactions varied from
2Ibc lower to IL advance. with July de-
livery 16.1Ik for pork, 3.5I@ to 3.eO for
lard and SlJ for ribs
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ACTIVE LIST WEAK
Fractional Declines Recorded
in Leading Stocks.
SLIGHT RECOVERY Is MADE
Buying Orders Uncover Lower Fig
ures, But Demand Soon Ceases.
ERIE ISSUES AGAIN STRONG
New York Central Also Responds to
Extra Dividends Declared by
Vanderbilt Lines.
SLIGHT RECOVERY is MADE
ERIE ISSUES AGAIN STRONG

NEW YORK. March 6.-Leading stocks
opened with fractional declines today.
United States Steel. Union Pacific and
Reading were dealt in moderately, and
some of the specialit.es were slightly I'M
der yesterdays closing prices. Canadian
Pacific and Missouri Pacific We're among
the few stocks that showed opening gains.
Minneapolis. st. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
advanced IL in the initial trading.
Buying orders were uncovered at the
lower figures and the opening losses were
made up. When this demand ceased,
however, the list went off again, with
some of the important stocks selling low
err than at the outset American Tobac-
CO and American Snuff broke 4 points
each.
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Causes for Reaction.

For lack of more tangible reason
traders seized upon the rejection of the
anthracite coal miners demands as the
chief cause of today's reaction. AS a
matter Of fact in no important instance
except Reading. did the decline extend
much beyond a point from yesterdays
best. 1t is not unlikely that recessions
were due more to realizing for profits
than to any other cause.
Some improvement was noted before
the extra dividends declared by several
of the Vanderbilt lines. including Lake
shore and Michigan Southern. Fries
were again strong. but the movement
otherwise was unimportant. Bonds were
steady.
Bears Undermine List.
Bear operators sold moderately again
and undermined the list, causing the
well known stocks to sag TO the lowest.
Several minor issues showed decided
strength, particularly the Erie and Lake
Erie and Western shares.
Prices picked up slightly in the late
afternoon, seemingly more on account or
a suspension of selling orders than of
any confident demand. Standard Mill
ing stocks rose several points on the an
nouncement of the increase in the divi-
dend on the preferred stock.
Prime mercantile paper. to Al per
cent. Sterling exchange steady. with
actual business in bankers bills at
1875 for sixty-day bills. and at 4SI.2O
for demand. Commercial bills. 1884,.
Bar silver, J83s. Mexican dollars. AZ.
Government bonds strong; railroad
bonds irregular.
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BAR silver steady, 26Isd per ounce.
Money. ;a3L per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is :;la per cent.
The rate OF discount i'm the open market for
three month bills Is :; 7-16 per cent
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CALL MONEY.
Call Money % ~ 2ss "a
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For the District of Columbia, snow to-
night; temperature about 10 degrees.
Thursday probably fair; light to moder-
ate northeasterly winds, becoming varia-
BILE.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
Army AWators Ready
For Winter Quarters

The others are attached to the College
Park corps.
The favorite course of the army avia-
tors Is across country in Virginia from
the hydro camp at Washington Barracks
TO Alexandria or from College Park to-
ward Fort Myer. 1t is seldom that
flights over Warrington are attempted.
although the professional aviators make
a practice of such flights.
\ touch OF romance has been lent the
flights at Washington Barracks by the
TACT that a fair automobilist. whose
identity is a mystery. has been a resu-
lar attendant. and has swamped Lieuts.
Arnold and Geiger with missives asking
10 be taken in an army aero as a pas
senger- 1t is against the rules for out
siders. especially women, to be granted
this privilege.
\ new army aviation camp is to be
established in the Philippines shortly.
with Lieut.. Frank Lahm. a veteran
birdman. in charge. A Type c Wright
machine will be shipped to the new sta
ton. Two more Wright machines have
been accepted by the government and
Will be shipped for use in the West
Capt Hennessy will go to Fort Riley
shortly TO assist Lieuts. Arnold and Mill
ing. Aeroplane artillery experiments are
to be made.
II is also likely that winter camp
VIII be established in the vicinity OF
Palm Beach. Fla. Nothing definite has
been decided in regard to this as yet
The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
Photo By Harris & Ewing.

it was not long before he had learned all
there was to know about running the
shabby little train of cars that then con-
stituted the only means Of reaching
Washington from that section of the Old
Dominion.
Graduated by West Point.
At twenty young Hine was at West
Point. Presidential alternate appointee,
and from this school for soldiers he was
graduated with unusual distinction in
tactics and discipline. At twenty-eight
he had done post duty for four years,
during that time having studied and won
his degree in law during his leisure
hours.
The call of the railroad had by this
time become 80 strong that he could no
longer resist. So one hpe day he packed
his uniforms and saddles and resigned
from the army, promising his services
IL ever his country went to war. j.,
His first railroad experience was an
substitute freight brakeman on the ..Bik
Four" His first months wages were
SIS, as against the &l27 he had reIin-
quished with his commission. Next
month he did better. and hia pav en-
velope contained $50. From substitute
freight brakeman he made an early jump
to switehman. and from that. success
The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
ANTS AS REMEDIES.
In Europe Preparations Nude from
the Insects Are scd.
From the Chicasu News

trofn the Chicago News.
Among the last of the remedies provoc-
ative of nausea OF the imagination to dis
appear from the lists OF official remedies
have been preparations made from ants.
Such preparations. h wever, have not OBJ
tanned much recognition in this country.
even among the wise old women in domes-
tic practice-though in parts of Europe
they are yet in use. Ant baths made BY
boiling ants in water, are yet in use by
Bavarian Peasants for rheumatism and
gout. and also in Hessen and Hungary.
In Bohemia. II is said. for paralysis of
the lower limbs patients are placed in an
anthill and allowed TO remain until the
whole body is covered with the insects.
which are then shaken of when the cure
is effected. In Brandenburg an aching
tooth is rubbed with blood by means of
crust of bread. and the crust is then
placed in an anthill.
1mpoverishment Of blood Is cured by
means of an egg buried in the hill of tho
large red ants. The egg must have been
laid by pure white or black hen, and
must have been found when still warm.
In Oberwalz the crushed eggs and larvae
or ants stirred up with cream are used
as remedy for collie. A salve made from
wood ants, dog fat and coal dust is said
TO be used by Hungarian gypsies against
goltre There Is in use in Montenegro the
ant suture" in domestic surgery. Those
who had been bitten by ants had noticed
that the heads remained clinging to the
SKIN when the BODY wa. torn away beipS
held in place by the powerful mandibles.
The idea was thus suggested that the
ants jaws could he used to close the
edges Of wounds. The edges of the cut
are pressed together. an ant is held so
that rs jaws will grasp both sides and
Its body is cut of. Several are applied
along the wound and serve instead of the
usual catgut stitches.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
Suggestion Includes Provision for College to Meet
in Some City. and Expenses to Be Paid Out
of Appropriation Made by Gov
eminent for Purpose.

In practice. Assume that in the year
ln6 there have been no nominating con-
ventions and no persons' have been pro-
claimed candidates for President and
Vice President. The electors. numbering
5N. have been chosen at the November
elections by direct vote Of the people,
and Congress has dedgnated central
city and made suitable appropriation for
the meeting. The college assemblies.
chooses temporary ofhcers in the usual
manner. by whom the roll Of members 10
made up. and the body conducted to .
permanent parliamentary organisation.
The college adopts such rules A. may
be necessary for It's special work and
proceeds to business. Candidates will
naturally be presented in nominating
speeches, and there will be a lining up
Of electors by parties II the smaller
parties Of the countryside Socialist. the
Prohibitionist. Woman's Suffrage. or
Labor party-have chosen any electors.
these will doubtless make themselves
heard and may WELD some influence.
Under present conditions. the real con-
test will be between Republicans and
Democrats. Party caucuses will be held.
in which different factions will contend
for their favorites. and the name agreed
upon by the electors Of each party will
be submitted to the college. The voting
body may order. viva voce. by count of
heads, by call Of the roll, by ballot. or
otherwise. and II one party has a ma
jorfty a nomination will easily be made.
II there be no majority of any party,
there being three or more parties repre-
sented. the situation may become diff
cult. but always less difficult and with
better chances Of solution than in elec-
tions by the House Of Representatives
under existing constitutional rules. The
college will appreciate its imperative
duty to nominate a candidate who will
receive in the formal election a majority
Of all the electoral votes The wisdom
and patriotism OF such an assemblage
will find a way. A rule Of elimina ton.
dropping the name or names lowest on
the list after each voting. would speedily
effect nomination. and enough MEM
bers Of the least numerous party or
parties might pledge their electoral votes
to the candidate thus named to assure
his election. candidate for Vice Presi-
dent having been chosen in the same
manner. the electors will return to the
several States. and. assembling in their
capitals on the day appointed by law.
will give, certify. and transmit their
votes in the regular manner. the nomi-
nees Of the convention receiving a safe
majority. Indeed. so beneficent a change
in our party life might be expected with
the disappearance of long and Irritating
personal campaigns that after a fair and
open contest in the assembled college the
formal election might often be prac-
tically unanimous.
Thus the election need never be thrown
into the House Of Representatives-anI
expedient which has proved in the past
The Washington herald., 1912-11-03

the weak and backward underfed; there
fore undeveloped. therefore Improbable,
and allowing the bigger and more ag-
gressive birds to take advantage and
thus overfeed was also improbable. So
the ten-year-old gradually changed the
manner of feeding the flock at Hine
Farm.
These instances of the manner of
thought and work of the lad tell the
whole story of his Ssuccess. Since he
was nine years old Charley Hine has
been using his brain to its utmost ca
pacity in planning better methods for
accomplishing the days work, be that
work the herding Of cows or the rum
ming Of railroads. And because he has
put his hand to nothing without giving
It his best is the main reason why Mai.
Charles Delano Hine is regarded as the
greatest organization expert in America.
has been consulted by the President of
the United States on the reorga anizatio
of the government service, and is at
forty-five. vice president and general
manager Of an important railroad.
At fifteen, when laws were less
stringent regarding out-of-town pupils.
Charley Hine was travelling daily from
his home in Vienna, Va, over the steam
road to the Capital. On these trips his
love Of railroadinS Was generated. and
The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
Plan Is Proposed to Do Away with National Con
ventions by Returning to Constitutional First
Principles-Bill Is Suggested by
Writer in The Forum.

body. the authors OF the Constitution
Icreated q responsible body, clothed with
full and hnal power to both choose and
elect, exercising this power under the
solemn sanction of an oath Of once and
duty to the people, by whom now they
are directly elected. This body was te
represent as nearly as possible the Statei
and the people OF the States and to EN-.
body their highest wisdom and virtue
Meeting as "A grand electoral college,
II was to be at once the nominating con-
vention and plenary elective agency OF
the nation.
Electors Are Paralysed.
There can be no doubt but the electoral
college in this form would have proved
itself reality. would have vindicated
its prerogatives and actually chosen our
Presidents to this day. Its members
would not have tolerated dictation from
without. but would have procured immu-
nifty from pressure and undue influence
through protective statutes enforced by
the courts. But. most unluckily, the con-
vention changed its perfected plan at
the last moment, and thereby unwit-
tingly negatived its own will. In appre-
hension Of the difficulties and expense Of
travel in that day, the electors were
several States. Thus the power Of max
ing a choice Was annihilated-the electors
were paralyzed in their essential func-
ton. 49,
Bancroft summarizes substantially as
follows:
And now. the whole march to the
mode of election OF the President may
be surveyed. The constit utional con-
vention at first reluctantly conferred that
office on the National Legislature, voting
in joint ballot. To escape from danger
Of cabaf and corruption. II next trans
ferred full and final power of choice to
an electoral college that should be the
exact counterpart of the joint conven-
ton of the two Houses of Congress in
the representation Of the States. as well
as the population OF the States. and
should meet at the seat OF government.
- From confidence in the purity OF
the electoral body thus established, the
re-eligibility OF the Executive was again
affirmed. Then. fearing that SO
large a number of men would not travel
to the seat of government for that sin
the way, nor would the first
characters in the State feel sufficient
motives to undertake the electoral ofYice,
the thought arose that the cleo
ors might cast their votes in their own
several States and transmit the certifi-
;ates of the votes to the general legis-
ature- History of the Constitution.
Vol. II, p. 14.
Why the fatal result of this after
hought was not foreseen may be partly
explained by conditions then existing.
n the person of Washington the imme-
late candidate for all electoral votes |