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It was a regular Banquet, so there
was no getting away from Filet de
Biff aux Champignons. It was brought
on merely to show what an American
Cook with q Lumber-Camp Training
could do to a plain slice Of Steer after
reading a Book written by a Chef.
Next, in accordance with honored
Tradition, a half-melted SNOWFALL i'm
pregnated with Eau de Quinine.
, Just about the time that the White
Vinegar gave way to the Aniline Dye,
a nut-headed Swoozie, who could get
into Matteawan without Credentials,
moved down the line Of Distinguished
Example was followed by $50 other
Shropshires. so that for the next 30
Minutes the Festal Chamber resembled
the Auditing Department Of a large
Mercantile Establishment.
During this Period the Department
Of Geology in the University was hon
ored by the appearance Of a genuine
petrified Quail.
4 Il
Between the Rainbow Ice Cream and
the Calcareous Frontage, a member OF
the class Of '08. who could not Sing
arose and did so.
Then each Guest had to take q
Tablespoonful Of Cafe Noir and two
Cigars selected by q Farmer Student
who had promised his Mother never to
use Tobacco.
It was now after 10 o'clock and time
to 20 Home. Those who had started
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phrase Tame
ducks" applied to
legislative states
m e n W h o h a v q
been deprived Of
their jobs by the
electorate, is al
ways used humor-
ously. From a GER
tain angle-the an
gle which incites
some poor humans
- ! - L
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baffied by this new and growing game.
They haven't the least idea how to beat
it. The work is SO swift. the job can be
pulled SO easily. and the getaway is SO
perfect that the police are in a guam
dairy. How are the police to get line
on anything SO vague as "a big black
touring carc' There are thousands OF
such machines in New York; and the
police can't reasonably be expected to
peer into all of thena as they swing by.
II they did try that peering game they
wouldn't find out anything; for the rob-
bers leaping from the automobiles to
perform their swift jobs have uniformly
been described by witnesses as exceed
ing.y we'll dressed men. And If the po-
lice were to take a look at the occu-
pants of all of the 'big black touring
cars" whirling through the streets OF
New York all day and all night there
would be howl from the riders In such
cars that would cause Mayor Gaynor to
write one Of those letters.
One of the features Of this automobile
hold-up business has not been commented
upon, SO far as 1 have been able to see.
1 refer to the passing of the downtown
dead line" as 1t was called during the
long regime of the late Tom Byrnes as
the head Of the New York detectives and
later the head Of the entire police sys-
tenn.
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= $500 A&AAAS - 49, AA$t
one ere e v e 3,
when men will be
walking tho streets
Of New York with
all Of their pockets
turned inside out,
thus serving notice
that the pockets, OF
necessity, must be
empty; or when
they will wear neat
placards. both front
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When Byrnes was chief Of New York
detectives (and, it is needless to say. the
best detective chief thh town or any
other town ever had) he established what
he called a dead hne" for thieves at
Fulton street This was to keep the
hold-up men and sneak thieves from the
financial district and away from the dia-
moRd industry district on Maiden lane.
1t was the most effective police dead
li.e that ever vas laid out Tie .roons,
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But the boys" wanted a younger man.
And from the hour that the younger man
was elected to the job the old man be-
gan to crumble. I am telling the back
of-the-curtain story about this one So
termed (harshiy termeD lame duck in
particular. because his case was charac-
teristic of that Of q great many Of the
lame duck cases to be observed In Wash
ington.
He possessed ample means. He had q
fine estate In his native state. He was
verging upon eighty when he was de-
feated for reelection. Why. then, did he
not settle down comfortably at home to
enjoy the remainder OF his old age in
peace and quiet? It is very natural to
ask such question. Also it Is, upon
examination. very unreasonable.
Public life was the blood Of his body
and the breath Of his nostrils. He had
been public officer In various legal
capacities and then a state legislator
down home for many years before
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the phrase may be regarded as funny.
From about one thousand other and more
humane angles, however. it isn't in the
least comical. The lame duck himself
doesn't SO consider it-and he knows. I
have known great many Of these poor
lame ducks. One and all, they always
seemed to me to be pathetic figures, al
most figures Of tragedy: not comic fig
ures at all.
Recently there died in Washington an
old ex-representative in Congress from a
southern state. He was q characteristic
lame duck, although one dislikes to ap-
ply such a term to a man who was vener-
able and, in his prime. distinguished. He
was past eighty years Of age when he
died. But he had been exceptionally rug
ged up to, the time he lost his seat in
Congress. He had never had a sick day
in his life. When. short time before his
death, he took to his bed, the doctors
could not find that there was anything
the matter with him that they could lay
finger on and treat.
-
As a matter Of fact, there wasn't any
thing the matter with the old man-ex-
cept broken heart. He couldn't stand
being rudely thrust out Of his rut. He
was what is known as a game man: had
served with distinction through the civil
war on the Confederate side; had never
been known to crawfish or straddle or
back water during his long career as
public man. Even when his people re-
jected him. in his old age. and after his
fifty years Of service in their behalf. he
never spoke of the blow that had thus
been inflicted upon him. even to his init
mates. But the barb auivered in his
heart. and he died of it.
There Is no moral to be drawn from an
incident Of this sort. The people Of the
old gentleman's district, swept by the
tide OF modern political thought, wanted
younger man to represent them in the
House of Representatives. They chose
the younger man, and the old man had to
take his medicine. That he took it
bravely no one who was acquainted with
lot OF humane and thoughtful men In the
old mans state felt sorry that his con-
stituents hadn't been able to see their
way to permit him to hold his seat In
Congress until he received the final sum-
mons. Certainly he was useful man to
his state and to his constituents up to
the time Of his rejection. He had not
rusted. He was on the job for his people,
morning. noon and night. Every day
the earliest Of the representatives to ap-
pear at the Capitol. He made the rounds
of the departments in person, old as he
was, In attend 'ng to the departmental az
fairs Of his constituents. He saw that
they got their share of patronage. He
retained his keen mind for public ques-
lions, nor was his a silent voice as to
those questions up to the time that his
seat was taken from him.
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To insure a Riot Of spontaneous
Gaiety the following Organization was
effected:
Committee on Invitation.
Committee on Reception.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK. February "a, 1912
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The World Of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.

to the bad because Theodore Roosevelt
could be relied upon to Offset disturbance.
The philosophy has been excellently fruit
full. Tens Of millions must have been
added to the Perkins fortune.
Z Impersonally, the market goes forward
day by day to higher prices. 1t looks as
If We were In for a market which may
develop into vaster volume. whose buoy
ancy may run back to what We had in
1905.
Business conditions N the country are
good, far better than ordinarily are
quoted. Railway earnings are better net
than gross. And Industrial corporations
are for the first time In more than two
years engaged upon full time. What is
consequential is that capital (hitherto
withheld) Is now available for all of the
big companies, and what this means for
activity and quick profit may hardly be
overestimated.
Some stocks have been kited up quick
ly. largely. They ought not to be
bought. But in the stock exchange list
the majority have hardly yet moved. 1t
seems safe to buy any of the lower priced
stocks which have not yet been jumping.
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, April 13.-There was an
other sharp advance in the cotton market
this morning, with all positions makins
new high records for the movement, ow-
ing to unsettled weather in the south
and reports Of further breaks in the
Mississippi levees. Realizing continued
very heavy, and after having shown q
net gain Of about IA to 16 points the
market eased off, with the close steady,
net. L point lower to points higher.
The opening was firm at an advance OF
3a12 points on reports of bad weather
in the south, and the market sold IA 70
16 points above the closing figures OF
yesterdy within the first half hour
There was extremely heavy buying for
both accounts on the prospects for fur.
ther rains in the belt and reports thai
the flooded area in the Mississippi valley
had been extended owing to additional
cent sellers appeared to be covering on
the advance which carried July contracts
up to 11.44 and October to 1155. OF
about 80 points above the low lever
reached on the reaction of Thursday
The appearance Of the weather map
showing an extensive low barometer
northwest of the belt. extending Its
influence southwark and eastward. in
spired private predictions or rains IN
the south over Sunday. which no douot
The official forecast for showers In the
eastern belt and clearing weather, with
lower temperatures. in the west. how
ever, proved rather more favorable
than anticipated, and may have In
creased the tendency. to take the profits
on long cotton for over the weekend
Selling was also encouraged by pri-
vate reports from some eastern belt
sections claiming that the showers
there were beneficial At any rate
offerings were heavy during the last
hour. and New Orleans was a partic-
ularly active seller here just before the
close. Last prices were about l to
points above the closing figures OF
last night on the active months. Re-
views Of the dry goods situation in
dicated rather q less active demand fol
goods, but prices were reported firm,
with an advancing tendency in some
lines.
Cotton-Spot closed steady; mid up
lands. 11.65; do. gulf u.00; no sales
Futures closed steady
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COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. April 13-The market for
conee futures. opened steady at an ad-
vance of 1a4 points in response to steady
European aud Brazilian cables. There
was continued scattering demand Tor
both accounts. and the market ruled
well up to the opening figures during
the early trading, but eased off some
what later under realizing for over the
week end. The close was steady, net >
points lower to points higher. sales,
1920 bags. April. 1898: May, l4.OO:
June. 14.06; July, 14.11; August, l4.17: Sap.
tember. 1422: October, 1410; November.
l4.14; December. 400: January ana Feb.
ruary, 14O6; March, 14.W.
Havre was Aax franc higher Ham
burg was NAN pfennig higher: Rio. .
reis higher. at $S675: Santos, un-
changed: As. $500; Is. 1890. Receipts
at the two Brazilian ports, 1900 bags.
against q holiday last year. Jundiahy
receipts. 5000 bags. Todays special SAN
tos cable reported As unchanged. New
York warehouse deliveries yesterday. "a
453 bags. against 6.687 last year. Show
ers were reported In two districts Of Sac
Paulo. with fine or cloudy weather else
where.
Spot coffee steady; Rio No. 7, 1Ak: san
tos, No. 4. 1874. Mild coffee Quiet: Cor
dova, 16a1Sk nominal.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. April 13.-A wild rush to
buy wheat swept the market higher to-
day as much as Az cents. One firm sus-
pended. The remarkable advance was
due to increased alarm about crop dam
age. said to equal 50,OO0.O 900 bushels. Al
though violent fluctuation interviewed.
the close for the day was strong. at
prices running from 1al1b to 3Ha4 cents
above the figures current last night. All
other leading staples joined in the up
turn. Net gains were: Corn, ] to lie;
oats. a shade to Nan. and provisions.
71f to 15
Confusion in the wheat pit reached
such a point that at one time quotations
sales made at the same instant by trad
ers almost within arms length Nearly
every county in Illinois. Ohio and Indi-
ana sent messages telling of injury or
complete destruction that warm spring
weather had disclosed in thousands OF
acres planted last fall and regarded un-
til now as promising q good yield, de-
spite the long.severe winter. Missouri
and part of Kansas, too. forwarded COM
plants today nearly as distressing as
from the states farther to the east.
1t was from the hurried piling up OF
orders to purchase. however, rather than
from statements OF field conditions, that
the trade virtually broke over all re-
straint. until the advance for the week
amounted to a round 10 cents. Margins
were reported to have been called heavily
on shorts, especially St. Louis leader
who defaulted on contracts year
Large lines for his account were said to
have been summarily closed out on to-
days latest bulge. The difiiculties Of the
Chicago firm which suspended business
were said not to be serious in extent nor
to involve any other concern.
The advance tempted a great deal OF
profit taking. wiping out at intervals
nearly all the gain. but the fever tn
purchase remained undated. Between
the opening and the finish May delivery
sold from 1.O611 to Ito, and wound up a.
1.O0A, a rise of 3HaA over tho night L.
fore. July netted an even gain of &c.
Corn narrowly missed hitting 50 cents a
bushel for May. The only sellers were
owners who wished to realize on their
investment. Industries as a rule with
drew from the market, asserting that the
prices asked were prohibitive. May corn
ranged from 7SA to 19A, and closed
steady 1 net higher at TON. Cash grades
were firm: No 2 yellow was quoted at SOFA
aS1 Heretofore stubborn shorts acKnowl-
edged defeat in the oats crowd. and COW
cred in lively fashion. There was be-
sides an unusually large demand from In
vestors, Notwithstanding that reports on
weather and seeding were all that could
be asked. Upper and lower limits touched
for July were 55h and S. with last tran
sactions Max higher at 50ha55A. Prov-
sions were caught In the general upward
whirl in the prices of grain and hogs.
Activity and strength showed most plain
ly in the call for lard. At the last gong
the advance for packing house products
averaged 10 above the cost to buyers
twenty-four hours before.
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new YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, April 13.-Flour was quiet
and nominally higher. Spring patents,
c35a5.6O; winter straights. 40a4.JO; win
ter patents. 4.6Oa4.90; spring clears. Asa
4.Jo; winter extras, No: |: 51Oa3 80: win
ter extras, No. ?. 3.55a3.60; Kansas
straights, 4.15a4.S5. Receipts 70, $50 bbls. {:
shipments. 1888 bbls.
Rye Flour-Firm; fair to good. 4.S0a
500; choice to fancy, 5O5a5.2O.
Cornmeal-Steady; fine white and yell
dried $50.
Rye-Firm; No 2, 81 c.if Buffalo to
arrive.
Barley-Steady: mailing, 1.25a1.38 elf.
Buffalo.
Wheat-Spot strong; No red, III ele-
vator. export basis to arrive and 1.13A
fob afioat; No. l northern Duluth, 1.261a
fob. afioat, opening navigation. Fu-
lures market was sensationally strong,
with active buying on further bullish crop
advices, firm cables. small receipts. bad
weather and in sympathy with the out
side markets. closing 1asa1s net higher.
May. 1.12Aa1. 1915. closed 1.13b; July,
1.O91sa1 .1OA. closed. 1.1UA: September, Los
al 90, closed, LOO. Receipts, 148, 800 BUSH
els: shipments, 243, 236 bushels.
Corn-Spot firm; export, ssh. nominal.
t. o. b. af1oat. Futures market was noni-
nal. No receipts: shipments, $500 bushels.
Oats-Spot firm; standard white. 6411
elevator: No. 2, 6411; No. 3, 81; No. 4.
6Sa67 on track. Futures market was
nominal: receipts. 45. $50 bushels.
Hay-Firm; prime, Las: No. 1. lao; No.
3 1.3Oa1.35: No. 3, 1.15a1.2O.
choice 1911. ssa5o: 1910. nominal: Pacific
coast 19i1. 41a44: 1910, nominal.
Hides-Ffrm; Central America, 2fs;
Bogota, 24a25.
Leather-Firm: hemlock firsts. 25a27;
seconds, 24a26; thirds, 21a22; rejects. Is.
Pork-Ffrm, mess, 19.O0a19.5O: family,
2O.OOa21.OO; short clear, 1SOOa19.OO.
Beef-Steady; mess. 13.5Oa14.O0; family.
16.OOa16.5O; beef hams. 29OOa31 90.
Cut meats-Steady: picked bellies. 10 to
IA pounds, 1Cl2a12; picked hams. 12a12A
Lard-Strong; middle west prime, 1O3Oa
1910: refined firm; continent 1880;
South America. 11.s5; compound. sasA..
Tailow.-steady: prime city. hhds, q 3-l6;
special, ga country, 5ha6A.
Cottonseed oil-Steady: prime crude
southeast. 534a5.4O; prime summer yell
low. 8:45a6.6o; April. 9. 45a6.53: May, GAIA
6.iS: June. 6.49a6.53; July. 652a6.53; Au-
gust. 656a6.O.
Petroleum-Steady: refined, New York
bills, $40; refined, New York, bulk 400
Philadelphia, bbls.. $50; Philadelphia
bulk, AGO.
wool-steady; domestic fleece Xxx Ohio
Rosin-Quiet: strained common to good
! 6.7Oa8.SO.
Turpentine-Quiet; machine, bills. 4S1k
Rice-Steady; domestic, 3ha5A patna
6sa6s.
Molasses-Steady; New Orleans open
kettle. 35ajO.
Raw sugar-Nominal: muscovado, 81
| test, 355: centrifugal, % test, 4.O5: mo-
lasses sugar, 80 test, $50; refined sugar
quiet: cut loaf. $40: crushed, 800; mold
"a" 5.65; cubes. sos; xxx powdered
| 5.45: powdered, $40; granulated fine, $50
diamond A. $50: confectioners' "A.
| SIS; No. l, SIS; No. =, sic; No. 3, sos
| No. 4. 500; No. 5, 4.95; No. 6, 40; No. Z
4.85: No 8, 4.SO: No. 8, 4.75; No. 10, 40
No. IL. 4.65; No. IL, AGO; No. IL, 4.55
No. IA, 4.55
Potatoes-Steady and unchanged.
Cabbages-Firm: South Carolina, new
| crate, 2.OOa325: Florida, do, 2jOa4.JO.
Freights and peanuts-Unchanged
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. April 13.-Cotton
futures opened steady at an advance Of
to 8 points on good cables, poor
weather map and reports of more over
flows. Buying for both accounts was
heavy as soon as the market opened and
the demand was met principally by offer
ings from nquidating longs.
The forecast promised wet weather over
Sunday in the eastern half Of the cotton
belt. which prevented short selling quite
as much as did the fear Of more breaks
in levees In the Mississippi valley. Tele-
grams from many sections Of the belt
said that farm work was impossible on
account Of rain.
Profit taking by longs increased around
the middle Of the morning. being stimu-
lated by the rurhor that the first bale of
the new crop had been ginned at Derby,
Tex. Investigation. showed that the cot
ton that went into this bale was raised
In Mexico and shipped to Derby. It was
the general opinion that the cotton was
Of the volunteer" sort and was not
picked from cotton grown from seed.
Toward the end of the morning o4er-
ings from longs weighed on tho market
heavily and prices were put to Z points
under yeaterday's final quotations. The
close was steady ct the lowest. The
market closed steady at . net decline OF
Is to points.
April. 1l.6O nominal; May. 1i.es; July.
l1.72: August. 11.56: September. Has: Oc-
tobsr. lila; Decsmhsss, Hat: january.
l1.lo.
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LONDON STOCK MARKET
Fears of Loss of Dividends
Hurts Early Trading.
Tone Irregular.

LONDON. April 13-Trading was mod
erately active during the week on the
stock exchange. with interest centered
principally in the specialties Price move
ments were irregular, but the tone was
good.
The cessation of the coal strike, which
had been largely discounted the previous
week. little affected home rails, but heavy
traffic losses created fears of reduction
in dividends and eased quotations until
Friday when fresh support wiped out the
earlier losses. Although consols and
Irish stocks were not much affected by
the home rule bill. which the market
does not believe will become a law, gilt
edged securities generally dropped on the
fact that money is not so cheap as had
been expected with the turn of the quar-
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CONDITION OF TREASURY.

At the beginning of bushes yesterday
the condition Of the United StateSTreasury
was: Working balance in Treasury Of
fees, SCI, 587. 216; in banks and Philippine
treasury. $50 965. $50; the total balance in
general fund. SIZE. I60. 800; ordinary re-
ceipts Friday. $2.31l.2 24; ordinary dis
hursements. $2.557.O 00.
The deficit to date this fiscal year, $11.-
6l6.O65, as againstsa deficit of $S4l 500 at
this time last year.
These figures exclude Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
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Expect Era OF Prosperity.

The roster Is long. big one Of those
who have come into the security market
stocks and bonds brought at bottom prices
because in the Perkins view there would
develop through Roosevelt . new era of
prosperity Wholly apart from whether
sane basis existed for proposal like this,
the fact Is that land 1t Is first stated here
upon Official authority q pool backed by
over $5O.O0OO00 was last December or
ganized to accumulate stocks at the
bargain prices then prevailing, with the
result that the quotations Of New Year
are now tremendously advanced. Profits
are stupendous. George w. Perkins has
been the prophet Of II all. Ask him why
ne was bullish when everybody else was
oearish, and his answer will be that
hs had faith that The country could not 60
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STILL MARKET BR0ADENS
Number Of Stocks Make Records
Equaling Those Years Ago.
WALL STREET AND POLITICS
Observers Insist Roosevelt Victory
in Illinois Not Inimical to
Capital.
BY II. ALLOWAY.

Copyright. 1912, by r. G. Hopper. New York;
NEW YORK. April 13.-On almost
every day this week there has appeared
a new reason for interrupting security
market Improvement. Once il had to do
with whispered suggestions OF grave COM
plications for our government with Mex
leo. One day IT involved the solvency
OF a great railway system, suddenly
brought face to face with problems
which could not he solved as formerly
they were when the systems dominating
financier was last year alive. On other
occasions the worry was over the dis
closure of financial exigencies in high
corporation quarters where maturities of
some tens of millions of dollars could
not be comfortably handled except
through the usury issue of short-time
notes on a stupendous scale; the worry
was over newly developed jealousies be-
tween multi-millionaries with Kilkenny
dispositions. both extensively engaged in
market operations; over the flood desc
lation through the Mississippi valley, and
most excitab le-worry over politics.
Yet despite all the serried regiments OF
bear act and bear fable. the market has
calmly broadened into stin greater
breadth and strength. number of stocks
this week making record quotations for
a period stretching back to the buoyancy
that prefaced 1.U7's panic. All the while
they whose names are most conspicuous
in Wall street have been unceasing and
unequfvocal in their confidence, it being
the popular view that Wall street just
now Is only at the beginning of boom
which is destined to become historic The
lean years are to have a sequel of pros
perity. So runs the general belief, or at
least the general voicefulness.
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May 11.34 to lib: June. 11.32 to II 81 !:
July 11.A to 11.2S; August, 11.45 to IL .33;
September. 11.43 to 11.43: October. 11.b5
to 11.40; November 11.56 to 11.56: De-
cember, 11.61 to 11.46; January, 11.59 to
11.A4; March, ITO to 1855.