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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-17
New York
Stock Market

New York. May 1e.-Having sold
stocks on the two previous days trad
ers bought them back to-day. The slow
{ upward movement represented another
or tho alternate advances and declines
of the week in response to the drift of
speculation. Bear traders, fearful OF
an over-eNtension of the short account.
did not venture to carry selling fur
Their, In view of the evidences of
strength ut the opening and the adj
vance OF American securities In Lon
don. Stocks were in scant supply, and
although the demand seemed to he lin
tied principally TO the requirements OF
the shorts. prices rose generally. When
covering was completed the market
came virtually to a standstill. but
prices were held firmly at the higher
level. The underlying strength of the
market was indicated by its resistance
to renewed liquidation. which broke
out late in the day. chiefly among the
lower-priced railroad securities.
Seaboard common and preferred. Wa
bash preferred and St Louis and San
Francisco common and second pre-
ferred all touched new low points for
the year. Weakness OF several issues
of railroad bonds was still more con-
spicuous Rock Island collateral fours.
81. Louis and San Francisco fours and
fives Chesapeake and Ohio convertible
4i-as and Southern Railway hves
touched the years low point. In spite
of liquidation OF these securities. the
general market held firm. closing at
the best prices of the day.
Reduction Of the New Haven divi-
dcnd rate from TO 6. announced after
the close yesterday. had been fully dis
counted in the long decline of recent
months, and the price advanced to-day.
Amalgamated was strengthened by the
fortnightly statistics of the copper
stocks in Europe showing an expect
edly heavy decrease
Forecasts OF the weekly bank state
ment indicated q gain OF cash of So
100000 to 100000.
Bonds wSre irregular
New York. May 16.-Money on cali.
steady; 21-i0o7S per cent. ruling
rate ? "a bid closing bid, ala; offered
a; zig.
Time loans nrln; sixty and ninety
days, 4il4l-4 per cent; six months.
4l-2G43-4.
Prime mercantile paper, 61-4G5 Ia.
Sterling exchange steady. with 40
tual business I'm bankers bills at
s4.S22o for slXty-day bills, and at
S4.S635 for demand.
Commercial bills. S4.s2l-2
Bar silver. 60 IS.
Mexican dollars IS.
Government bonds easy; railroad
bonds irregular.
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MARKET CONDITIONS.
Pouitry-iicns in good demand; chickens
also. EgGs-ReCeipts increasing: SUNNY
about equal 10 demand Live Stock-Market
stronger this week; demand heavy
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New York May .-Reeves--lrregular
Steers. s6iSGS.sb; bulls s5.5o67.7s: cows. tS75a
100: extra. S.25 Calvcs-Strong. Veals sssp
1850: culs. s6as.50 buttcrmilks s65o77 90
sheep and lambs Best sheep. &c, higher
others steady. sheep. HG6.25: cul!s ST. 5od
$50: lambs. s5.,5dsIo: spring lambs ssTlo so
Hogs-Firm at ss.ao6sl0.
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Chicago H. May 16.-Hogs-Active and
steady. Bulk OF sales ss.5oHs. Cattle
Dull. generally steady. Beeves s5lo0S 90.
cows and heifers. s3&179o. calves. ss25aeOo
Sheep-Steady TO strong at s5.9od6.so: lambs
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RICHMOND HAY MARKET.

Richmond. Va. May Is 1918
Following arc the quotations on the Rich
nnond Hay Exchange:
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Quotations for interest paying bonds are
e. price 20 which interest must be added
Income bonds and certificates OF indebted
ness are fat.
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LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS..

FURNISHED by Levy Commission Co. Conn
mission Merchants. Richmond. Va)
Richmond, Va. May I6 1913
ACTUAL WHOLESALE QUOTATIOSS IN,
NJ
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
BY caskIe G. Bureh & Co..

BY Caske G. Burch g Co..
Stock and Bond Broker lol5 Z. Main Street.
Richmond. Va, May ls. 1918.
SALES AT BOARD.
Virginia Railway and Power Co-lco at "a
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked
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baltimore. Nd. May .--Wheat-Firmert At
!los. Corn irmer N; 53i.c. Oats FIRM AZ
Sc. standard white. iSdf2isc. Rye-InaGt,ve
30 western. car lots export. gsnsslac.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO ,IARKrr

ItIChmond, VA, May Is lol3
Following are the quotations on the Rich
mond Tobacco Exchange:
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RICHMOND GRAIN ,,,nKrr

Richmond. Va. May IG 1919.
WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS on CHANCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
Girls Basket Ball Teams i'm High Schools

has for an assistant Miss Helen Black
istone, who was recently appointed to
that position by the athletic council of
the school.
The girls of the Central team will be
given just one chance this year to ap-
pear in the limelight before the whole
school. This lone opportunity will come
when, late in the year. Principal Emory
Wilson will call them upon the raised
platform in the schools big auditorium
and formally present them with the
school letter. a large blue C These
"C's'' will be presented at the same
time that the base ball players are
similarly rewarded for their efforts on
behalf of the school.
The interest displayed in basket ball
by the girls of the Mckinley Manual
Training School is thing of very re-
cent birth. Within the last two months
Principal Daniels has caused one Of the
large study halls at Tech to be con-
verted into a basket ball court, and al
ready some twenty girls gathering
twice weekly to learn the game Tn
der the expert tutelage OF two former
Goucher players. now members OF the
schools faculty, they are making rapid
strides.
All the Tech enthusiasts should make
good for every one of them was re-
quired to bring a physicians certificate
of fitness to play. and out OF the whole
number wishing to join the squad only
participate in the semi-weekly practices.
OF the four high schools supporting
the basket ball interest, Business can
boast the largest number of girls en-
rolled with the squad. The Business
coach. Miss Sanderlin, states that there
are $50 girls playing. Miss Sanderlin's
system of team development is unique.
When the girls answer the first call for
candidates she groups them in section
teams, the girls from the same class
room constituting such a team.
These section teams play games
among themselves for some weeks
under the watchful eye of the coach.
Then the best players. chosen for their
showing in the intersection team games.
are grouped into first and second class
teams representing the freshmen. sophie
more, Junior and senior classes. These
teams in their turn play a regularly
scheduled series of championship games.
and the team having the largest per-
centage of wins at the close of the sea-
son this month is. awarded silk banner.
which becomes its property until lost to
some stronger team in succeeding years.
In addition to the banner the members
of the championship team are awarded
ribbon badges of the school eolors- The
highest honor that any OF the Business
basket ball girls can win is the right to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

d RoTEcTING tall edifices from dan.
ger of being struck in case OF
lightning during electrical storms
occunies much of the time OF the build
ers. The lightning rod plan is usually
accorded the most efficient means to
safeguard a building. and system work
ing on this principle is doing everything
toward the protection of that very vul-
nerable shaft, the Washington Mohu-
ment. This equipment is not visible to
outside observers and is rarely mention
ed to sightseers. who have probably
never wondered how great would be the
fall thereof if the Monument We're to be
struck and disrupted.
At the very beginning of the construc-
ton of the Monument a plan for pro-
lection was provided. The possibility of
it's being struck in case of storm was
obvious, so the protective plan matured
with the blue prints.
The four iron beams forming the frame
work for the elevator shaft which rises
in the center of the Monument were al
ways during course of construction, made.
to extend higher than the surrounding
masonry, so that when the shaft was
left in an unfinished state during the
civil war, at the height which is indeIibly
marked on the outside, the beams eX-
ceeded In height. The purpose of this
was to have them serve doubly-that of
attractors and conductors of the light
ming which would play about the Monu-
ment and framework for the elevator.
At the base of the beams where they
rested on their foundation stones. copper
wires were attached. These We're run to
On underground well thirty-two feet in
depth under the shaft This we'll was
f.iled with water and had a bottom of
clear sand. Under this sand a thin
layer of water in which was grounded
that tie wires We're attached. This
seemingly intricate grounding is an illus
tration of the delicacy with which the
out.
During the suspension of work this sys-
tenn adequately protected the Monument
When the work was resumed the beams
were extended to the point where the
browning pyramid joins the slantinS
sides of the shaft. When this pyramid
was completed the most delicate work
was at hand.
At the apeX-a height of 900 feet-a top
of pure aluminium. then so expensive that
it was worth about SD pound, was ad-
justed From this tip directly to the sum-
nit of each shaft on the inside Of the
pyramid were extended and connected
four copper rods about one and one-haif
inches in diameter. This connection then
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these girls might be sitting on the side
lines.
The prohibition of dribbling, the coaches
say, has marvelously improved the pass
ing Of the players, and the physical bene-
fit to be derived from the passing style
of game. they point out. far surpasses
that to be gained from the old dribbling
style. Much rough work has also been
done away with since the practice OF
dribbIing has been discontinued.
The coaches of the high school teams
are emphatic in their Endorsement of the
basket ball interest as a physical deve-
Oper for the girls In fact. 1t is only
necessary TO compare the playing or the
freshman and senior teams at Central
10 DC satisfied that the girls gain vastly
in the control of their bodies by the four
years spent in learning the game.
The freshmen are awkward and UNI
steady on their feet. they cover territory
slowly. become wildly excited and go up
in the air. at the slightest provoeation.
Their eye" too. is bad. good goal
thrower among the ranks of the fresh
men being very rare. On the other hand
the seniors play far more cool and
careful game. handle their bodies easily
and gracefully. shoot the baskets with
precision and do not become easily ex-
hausted.
Moreover. this noticeable difference In
the bodily control and mental poise OF the
upper and lower class girls is not due
10 the greater maturity or the seniors,
for such upper class girls as take up bas-
ket ball toward the end of their school
career seldom make better showing
than the girls of freshman and sopho-
more groups.
Western and Central are the only
schools at present playing outside games.
Formerly Eastern and Business put var
sity teams in the field. but their policy in
regard to the playing of matches has
changed, and they no longer seek laurels
outside their own gyms. Miss Sanderlin.
physical director of girls athletics at
Business High School. says that the
tendency in all the leading schools and
colleges of the country. where women
play the game is to restrict the schedule
of matches to games between teams
within the school.
The underlying reason for this tend
ency." she says. lis that under the sys-
tenn of outside game schedules the entire
efforts of players and coaches are di-
rected wholly to the scientifically perfect
development of single team. so that
the girls who fail to make the first team
are given no attention and get little or
no opportunity to take part In games.
The result is that only those especially
fitted to play remain on the squad and
reap the physical benefits Of the game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
TIE FinsT CALL To ORDER,
IN TIE HOUSE

he can every letter in the future busy
days, signs it and then
The secretary hands him the envelope,
neatly addressed, and waits. The new
member looks the envelope over carefully.
wonders what the joke is. and waits. too.
Finally the secretary says: Twill you
please frank it. Mr.. Blank"
Frank it, Just to think that the new
members name can waive aside all pos
tai regulations and act as a postage
stamp. This is power, indeed, and as Mr..
New Member signs he wishes his old
schoolboy rival could be looking on. Sam
Brown has real value as a name at
last 1t may not he quite as fancy as
Percival Redfern, but look what it can
do. So carefully and with his best -four
ishes and painfully dotted is and crossed
It's Mr. New Member writes his first
frank.
After hit the novelty of writing
franks wears off and the new member
will resort TO stamp or prepared
franked envelope as his colleagues do.
Just now he yearns for something to
frank. During the fiscal year ended June
30 1912 the postal service handled g.
3Il coo pieces of franked mail. so it can
be readily seen that congressman would
have to spend his time franking mail if
he did not resort to some aids.
\ big social moment for the new men,
Der happens when he pays his first social
duty and calls on the President at the
White House. If it is a social call he
goes in at one of the wings of the White
House designed by the late Stanford
White during the Roosevelt administra-
ton. Here, after due ceremony, the line
of callers is admitted to the President S
private office This differs slightly from
the old regime. when the presidential Of
fees were upstairs and the Presden, en-
tered from his private Office and passed
around. speaking. to each of his callers in
turn.
in the big room of the executive offices.
The new member greets his chief, re-
ceives congratulate tons on his advent and
goes out. happy that he is a congress
man. after a genial chat of five minutes
with President Wilson.
A big moment of mis- actual House
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swivel chair and handy desk. But the
new member is thankful for the bench
and misses not the joys he never knew.
The next big moment of the new mem
Der is when he decided he would like to
take run over to the House office build
ing and take look around at his Of
fice.' Going out Of the House cham
Der he looks for an elevator in which to
elevators. one marked For Members
Only the others Public. He starts
to get into the public one, when. with a
rush. recollection returns to him. He is
a congressman and can ride in the other
one. TRYING to look careless he walks
over to the members elevator and gets
in He fancics the elevator man eyes
him a trifle suspiciously. but the elevator
man is too wise to voice his suspicious.
He has been fooled before. and burnt
child breads the fire. He knows new
congressman sometimes has few points
of resemblance to the older members. so
he takes a chance.
The new member soon discovers. how
ever, that his privileges of private ele-
yators does not extend to members of his
family. l found that out myself shortly
after father promulgated the new rule
that only members of the press can ride
in the private elevators. The day after
the rule went into effect | cheertully
started up as usual in the private ele-
vator l was reminded OF my father
rule by an embarrassed operator.
had the laugh on father little later,
though The next time We started on
an elevator in the House wing he strobe
on the private one and beckoned me to
come with him. With dutiful air
shook my head and said: Sire. | am not
eligible being neither member nor en-
loving the privileges of the press gal
lery'' He laughed and walked down
with me- and have made walking down
so attractive to him that when l go for
him afternoons he walks down with me
instead of riding in solitary state in the
private elevator.
Speaking of members exclusive priv
ileges one of the funniest sights is when
the new member attempts to use the pri-
vate phones in the House office building
corridors. A page will step up, and. not
recognizing him. will say: Private
phone, sir He drops it in hurry.
never realizing that he has the right.
Then the next time he sees a fellow-mem-
Der using the sacred telephone. he says:
How are you using that; tAat is pr-
vate" Then the old member says, with
scarce concealed scorn: Because ! am
member.
Then another big moment dawns. and
the new member loses no time in inn
pressing on the blase page that he, too.
is a member and has a right to use the
most private phone
But to follow the new member chrome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
Observation-Disclosures.
IS A SOFT answer turneth away wrai

IS A SOFT answer turneth away wrath.
A tactful one. by the same token.
saves many a man his job
The speaker was George w Perkins
He continued
II once had occa sion to rebuke a youp.
clerk for inefficiency. / may have been
too severe. The lad. after all. was faith
ful and willing. despite certain element
of stupidity in him.
At any rate. he silenced me very well
lndeed-as a matter of fact he raised
himself both in my esteem and my paw
roll-when he answered distressfully TO
my rebuke:
Look here. Mr.. Perkins the trouhl.
with You is that you want all your men
TO be as clever as you are yourself But
ii We We're all as clever as you are YOUR
self, where then would you be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

Der. BY and by Mr.. New Member stops
looking at fly on the wall or regarding
the polish on his boots in an intent.
statesmanlike absorption, and lets his
glance travel over the crowded galleries
for the faces he knows glow for him.
The god of luck stays with him. and
he singles out amid the fuss and feathers
and spring millinery the ones. or perhaps
the one. Then the pride he has antici-
pated but until now has singularly failed
to feel grows in him. For one long mo-
ment hisS beaming eye holds the eye of
the one in the gallery think after all
it is the one-and he knows that some
body knows he is there and that he is 1t.
So when he goes forward with that
group which this time is not to be so
small to the Speakers rostrum to take
the oath of Office he feels almost as
much exaltation and citation as Presi-
dent facing the Chief Justice at that
breathless moment when Presidents come
and go. His voice that he thought he
had lost comes back to him full and
strong. and he accepts the congratula-
tons of his colleagues. Richard IS him.
self again.
The big moment of former Congresses
has departed this year in the change in
sembly. The marvellous growth of the
country and the reapportioning of dis
triets is responsible for the abolition of
the individual desk system. Formerly it
was big moment when the new member
opened his desk in full sight of his fell
1owmen and established there his lares
and penates as a sign that he was in
readiness. Now, alas. the best Uncle
Sam can do for him is magnificent office
in the House office building. or. if he is
very unfortunate new member and ar
rives late on the scene. in the annex that
shelters the "cubs of Congress" an
eighth of a mile away from the Capitol
and the House Office building. But when
he takes possession of that Office is an
other big moment, and We must not an
ticipate.
But to return to the seating arrange
ments The House membership now is
on benches literally. The plan is adopted
from that of the British house OF COM
mons and makes certainly for close COM
munion if nothing more. Perhaps the
nations schoolboys will enjoy the free
dom of the benches after awhile. Just
now the new member hears a murmur
of discomfort now and then from some
old member who misses his comfortable
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formed a complete course for the conduc-
ton of the lightning flashes In electrical
construction beams to the inundated
plate in the grounding.
The Monument was finished in 1884 and
the system effectively protected until
April j. 1885. Then. during the course of
d severe storm. five immense sparks
We're seen to center on and fly from the
apex but no damage resulted. Two
months later. however. during another
storm, a severe discharge Of lightning
cracked stone under the apex and
forced it slightly outward. The e..icacy
of the system was then questioned. and
decision to investigate resulted in the
appointment of commission composed
of Col Casey. United States Army En-
gineer Corps; Prof. Henry A Rowland of
Johns Hopkins University and Prof. r.
C.. Mendenhall of the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology. These three men
were about the most prominent In the
electrical world at that time and of all
the most competent TO judge and decide
They investigated and concurred in the
opinion that the fault of the system lay
not in it's insufficient carrying capacity,
but was due to a deficient number OF
points OF attraction.
TO remedy this they extended ten rods
horizontally around the pyramid. On each
of these rods, at an interval of five feet
between, were placed pointed conductors
gold plated and tipped with platinum.
three inches in length. There are 300 Of
these conductors in all. exposed on the
pyramid. Down the four outer edges of
the pyramid from the apex copper wires
We're run. They were brought forward
toward the center to connect with the
iron beams. These four wires, then,
crossing the rods holding the small point
ed conductors, connected them and the
aluminium apex to the beams. With the
four wires that We're placed on the inside
of the pyramid as original connection,
there are now eight wires connecting 2O1
points with the grounding. whereas be-
fore four wires had connected with one
point. This increase was the remedy the
effected. 1t made no altera-
ton in the grounding, which remains to-
day the same as ever
The change in the attractive mechanism
of the system seems TO have justified its
expense for the one-million- three-h hum
fred-thousand-dollar testimonial to George
has been weathering the
storms for the past twenty-eight years
ntrepidly and without mishap
The wires are frequently inspected to
see that no Jar has caused disconnection,
and the entire system Is kept under sur
veillance to insure its ableness to protect
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A Correction.

THE Cinnaminson Scimitar will say TO.
morrow:
I'VE much regret that. in our recent ar
ticle entitled. Ages of Celebrities We
wrongly gave the age Of the famous
actor, John Draws. AS Mr. Draws has
pointed out to US, transposition of fig
ures made us say that he was thirty-six
Years old. whereas he is, of course sixty.
three