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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, June 23.-Flour-Quiet;
spring patents. 4.GDa4a5: winter straights,
t. 45a4.,:,: winter patents, 3.IIa31O; spring
clears 4WOa4.2); extra No. ], winter. 3.sC
10; do No. winter, 3.70a3.SO; Kansas
straights. 4.20a4.3O.
Wheat-In absence of sales the local
market was dull early, quotations show
ing very little change from Saturday.
close.
Pork-Steady: mess. 90 .225a22 10: family
- OOa25.OO; short clear. 81. 70a22.OO.
Beef-Quiet; mess. 1SUa19.O0; family
% OOa23.0O.
Lard-Quiet; middle west, 11.1Oa11.D
Raw sugar-Firm: muscovado. 2.S3a2 SO
centrifugal, 3.33a3.36; molasses, 2.5Sa281
refined steady: crushed, 4.95; fine gran
ulated 49,; powdered. 44'
Petroleum--Steady; refined New York
bulk. 800: barrels, SO: cases. IL 90.
Enthusiastically; New Orleans open
kettle, :'1a5''.
Hay-Firm; No. ], 1.O2'za1 %; No. -
3Ga9j: No. 3, I5aS3.
Hides-Firmer: Bogota, 29Ha30,4; Cen
trail American. 2912.
Leather-Firm; hemlock firsts. 2Sa3
seconds. 2Ia2S.
Butter-Weak: receipts, 6.156 tubs
creamery, extras. 271.a27sa: frsts, :S1aa
81; seconds, 25$4 a26A; thirds. o4a25
state dairy finest, 261aa27: good to prime
2sa2s; common to fair; 3sa24h process ,;s,
24Iaa25: seconds. 22a221a; packing stock,
No. ]. %: No. 2, 21ao11a: No. 5. 2oa20h.
Cheese-Quiet; receipts. ga boxes
state, whole milk. fresh white and pale
and colored. specials. 14%: do. average
fancy, 14l+a14h; do, fresh, under
grades. 13a14; skins, Ball.
Eggs-Irregular: receipts. 1922 cases
FRESH gathered. extras. 22!sa24; extra
frsts, 2Oaa22: firsts. 1ea20: seconds,
17ha1S1a: thirds. 161zal7A: fresh gath
cred. dirties. No. l, II; No. 2. 13alS
ch choice
dry, 15a16; do. checks. undergrades. per
case. 15Oa4. 90: state. Pennsylvania and
| nearby hennery whites, as to size and
quality, 2Sa26; state Pennsylvania and
nearby gathered whites, 21a24; western
gathered, whites. 20a23: state. Pennsyl-
Vania and nearby hennery browns. 23a26
do, gathered browns and mixed colors,
1924.
Dressed poultry easy: fresh killed
western chickens, 25a26; fowls, 16alS1s
turkeys, 1Sa19.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23
THE COURTS.
District Supreme Court.
EQUITY COURT no. 2-Justice Ande

EQUITY COURT no. 2-Justice Ander-
| son.
| In re lunacy of Goodridee: auditors
report approved and disposition of
charged: attorney. Frederick A. Fen
| ming.
| In re lunacy of Richard Wojcrechow
ski; order authorizing new bond; at
torney. Frederick A. fleming.
In re lunacy of Annie Parsekian: or
der appointing Frederick A. Fenning
committee: bond. 5000: attorney, Fred
erick a. Fenning.
Comtograph Company agt. Adder Ma
chine Company: bill dismissed with
costs: plaintiffs attorney, Fl. \. Low {:
defendants attorneys, Church &
Church.
Walker agt Ofenstein: order to pur-
chase real estate; plaintiffs attorneys,
r. II. Walker and c. d. Garrett; de-
PENDANTS attorney NJ. D. Rosenberg.
Darne agt. Darne; reference to audi
tor: plaintiff attorneys. u. s. Mackall
and NJ Strasburger; defendants attor-
Herman agt Sterrett: order of publ
cation; plaintiffs attorney. NJ D. Ro-
senberg.
Ward agt Harvey; offer of settle
ment of suit at law ratified; plalnt1n S
attorney. Chaplin Brown.
Shreve agt. Dorsey: reference to au-
ditor: plaintiffs attorney. J. Enos Ray;
defendants attorneys, ]. W. Glennan
and J. T. Sherier.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1-Justice
Stafford.
United States agt. Wilbert W. Ho!ley.
assisting prisoner to escape; defendant
committed.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2-Justice
Gould.
McIntire agt. Green; motion for new
trial filed; plaintiffs attorneys. c. c.
Tucker and E. S. Bailey; DEFENDANT
attorney, John Ridout.
United States agt Robert W. Stearne,
grand larceny: juror, withdrawn; case
continued; bail fixed at 500; attor-
neys, Grossman & Bernstein.
In re estate Of Frank Schroth; trial
of issues continued to October %.
In re estate of Catherine NJ B. Jones;
trial of issues continued to October 90.
BANKRUPTCY COURT-Justice Ander-
son.
In re Charles P. Wilmington; hearing
on discharge fixed for August 4, 1913.
PROBATE CoURT-Justice Anderson.
Estate Of Myra B. Tweedale; petition
for probate of will filed.
Estate of Mary A Barrett: will ad-
mitted to probate and letters tesla
mentary granted to John P. Sheehan;
bond, 5000: attorney, c: J. Murphy.
Estate of Ignatius Tinaglia: Will adj
mitted to probate and letters tesla
and Trust Company; attorney. John B.
Larner.
Estate of Edward Treacy; letters Of
administration granted to Walter A.
Treacy: bond. $1.iO: attorneys. Fred
erick a. Fenning and s. w. Parker.
Estate of Rosalia A. King; order ap-
pointing Sallie W. King guardian:
bond, $4,000: attorney, H. o. II. Muir
ray.
Estate Of Domenico Borghigiani: order
extending time to file account: ATTORNEYS.
Ellis e. Donaldson.
In re Leo J. Pope; order of allowance;
attorney. w A. Lee.
In re Anna c. Rhodes; order to expend
| income: attorney. A. H. Bell
Estate of Julian Maczrosky: order to
erect monument; attorneys. Frederick A.
Fenning and B. w. Parker.
Estate of Mary A Lyme: petition for
probate of will filed; attorney, D. w.
iO'Donoghue.
| Estate of James A. Cross; petition to
transfer assets filed: attorneys, Hatch
McAllister & Raymond.
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BILL FAvoRs COMBINATIONS.
Would Permit I. C. c. to Approve
Railroad Agreements, if Beneficial.

A bill authorizing the interstate
commerce commission to approve con-
tracts or combinations between rail-
roards which violate the Sherman anti
trust law. if in the opinion of the COM
mission the disadvantages, If any,
arising from the restraint OF trade
caused by such contract or combina-
ton are outweighed by the benefit &C
cruing to the public by reason there
Of" was introduced in the House to-
day by Representative Levy Of New
York
The bill would amend the interstate
commerce act to confer this additional
authority upon the commission, and
would suspend the operations of the
prohibitory clauses of the Sherman law
and the interstate commerce act when
the commission approved such suspen-
sion.
In a statement accompanying his bill
Representative Levy said that the CO.
operation of railroads would result in
great benefits to the public, and that
they should be allowed to cooperate
through combinations or contracts.
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PLACED UNDER OBSERVATION.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Prall Believed to
Be Mentally Unbalanced.

Mrs. Elizabeth c. Frall. forty-five years
old, residing at 400 4th street northwest
was today sent to Washington Asylum
Hospital for observation as to her mental
condition, having been arrested Saturday
night on a warrant alleging disorderly
conduct.
Mrs Emma Prall Knorr, sister law
of Mrs. Prall. and residing at go Avenue
of the Presidents. entered the complaint
upon which Precinct Detective Harry
Evans made the arrest, and today Mrs.
Knorr made oath that she thought her
sister-in-law was of unsound mind.
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Convicted in Murder Case.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 23.-Morris
Lubin, convicted of assault and battery
for his part in the killing of Morris
Goldman, July 81, 1911, during the gar
ment workers strike, today was fined
$500 and sentenced to six months in
the workhouse-the limit sentence-by
Judge Nickery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23
GEORGE E. SHERIFF BURIED.
Funeral Services Held at Holy Name
Catholic Church.

The funeral of George E. Sheriff. sew
enty-f1ve years old, who resided on the
Bell farm at Benning, D. c.. all his life,
took place at 10 o'clock this morning
from the Holy Name Catholic Church.
Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father D.
J. Kervick. Three nephews and three
cousins of Mr.. Sheriff acted as pail
bearers. Interment was in Mount Olivet
cemetery.
three sons. &. W. Sheriff, T. Fl. Sheriff
and George b. Sheriff, ir., survive him.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, June 22-Hogs-Receipts,
1900 head; steady; bulk Of sales. S.0Oa
8.75; light. S.50as.SO: mixed. S.45as.SO;
heavy. s5aS75; rough, S25as.45; pigs,
g. T5aS.5O.
Cattle-Receipts, 1850 head; higher;
beeves. 7.25a9. 10; Texas steers, 7.OOaS. 10:
stockers and feeders, 6.OOaS 10: cows and
heifers, 3.8OaS.40; calves. 675a9.JO
Sheep-Receipts. 10000 head; strong
native, A0Oa55: yearlings. 5.5Oa6.50:
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS. June 3.-Prices were easy on
the bourse TODAY.
Three per cent rentes. S3 francs 60
cen;imcs for the account Exchange OH
London, - francs - centinlcs for checks.
Private rate OF discount. ia per cent.
BERLIN, June .3.-Trading was quiet
aud prices were firm Oh the course to-
~.
Exchange on London. 20 marks Al.
-ernics for checks. Money. per cent.
.iva;e rate OF discount. asSa6 per cent.
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Bulgaria Declines Cars Plan.

VIENNA, June 23.-A special dispatch
from Sofia says that Bulgaria has def
nitely declined the Russian emperors
proposal for meeting of the premiers
of the Balkan states at st. Petersburg
to discuss the critical situation in the
near east.
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 23.-Wheat-Quiet:
Old spot, No. > red, 1.O3k: July No. 2
red. o.: August No. red, IS: receipts,
N.314 bushels.
Corn Dull: spot contract, Ga; receipts,
5.64 bushels
Oats--Easier: No. white, IS: standard
white 4o14 asked: No. white, 441aa44;
receipts 1922 bushels.
Rye-Firmer; No. = western export, 6511
a6ji.; receipts. 5,1H3 bushels.
Hay-Firm; No. l timothy, 1850 asked
No. l clover mixed, 14.6Oa15OO.
Grain freights-Quiet; steam to Liver
pool per quarter, Is ID June; Cork for
orders, per quarter, Is Sd June.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sa!es-Resular cal'. II o'cocs noon
Washington Railway and Electric Is. 81 900 a;
s21s; 81 .f-sI ct Soi., sl.ID al SILL. $50 a
s"la. Sl.CND at SOL. 5000 ut S.l., Sl.GUb AZ
t:1:. $l.GD az S2ls. $1,000 al S:1..
Potomac Cons. Is Sl.GtD lUoii. $l,Hio a
1905. $1.GUO at 1OJ;,. sI.CCO at 1OUi,. Sl.0J0
Mt lOJl.
Washington Hallway and Electric pfd ) At
90.
Washington Gas 70 at 81; at Sc a Sc.
% at Sst1s. - at SGI.. - at SGi4. ~ S64.
Mergj inhaler. 10 at 21ii2. 10 Mt 20.
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. June 23.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at a decline of to 3
points in response to lower Liverpool
cables, a favorable view of weather con-
ditions over Sunday and renewed realiz-
Ing by old longs. The opening prices re-
fiected a reaction of some 10 to ::J points
from the high level of last week, how
ever. and the market met good deal of
buying by recent sellers for a turn, or
by people who had been waiting for a
setback on which to secure a position
on the bull side. Prices steadied, conse-
quently and the market rallied 3 or 1
points from the lowest during the early
trading.
Futures opened steady. July, 12O2:
August. 11.?2; September. 11.66; October,
ll-42; November. 11.31; December, Hap;
January. 11.36; March, 11.46; May. 11.51.
After selling off to a net loss of to 10
points under continued realizing and easy
Liverpool cables, the market steadied
again on covering late in the morning,
with prices showing rallies of j or 4
points at midday.
Estimated receipts today 1900 bales
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Virginia Beach Postofice Looted.

NORFOLK, Va. June 23.-The pcs;
Office at Virginia Beach was broken
into early today and the postmas;ers
entire stock of stamps. amounting TO
several hundred dollars was taken. An
irr success -r1,I f"art made 10 blow
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WEATHER..
Showers Tonight: Tuesday Cloudy
and Somewhat Warmer.

! For the District Of Columbia. showers
this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday
! cloudy and somewhat warmer: light va
riable winds.
! Pressure is decidedly below normal in
the Roc:-y mountain region and the north
western states. with the lowest pressure
29.i: inches over stern Montana. Pres
: sure is relatively high over the eastern
and southeastern states.
The temperature has risen general!
over the plains states and the region OF
| the great lakes. and it has changed little
elsewhere.
| There were showers and thunderstorms
during the last twenty-four hours In the
| Atlantic states from Maryland south
ward. and in the Ohio and middle Missis-
Sippi valleys anG the far northwest.
| The weather will be unsettled, with
showers during The next thirty-siN hours
along the Atlantic coast from Florida TO
southern New England. and in the ONO
valley. the region of the great lakes and
Tennessee. In northern New England and
the east gulf states the weather will be
generally fair tonight and Tuesday:
Temperature will rise Tuesday II the
Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic
states. and it will change little elsewhere
during the next thirty-sN hours.
The winds along the Atlantic and east
gulf coasts Will be light variable.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the tWentN-four
hours bei inning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Ye sterday. pm. II: s
pm. II: L. midnight. 60: today. am,
cs: s am. IS: t. noon. 6: > pm, IS.
Maximum, at 40 pm. yesterday;
minimum. fS at : am. toiay.
Temperature same date last year-MaXl-
mum. 81: minimum. 81.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. pm. 1888; )
pm. 2"93: L. midnight. ::h.H2: today. 4
am. 1919: s am. SoG2: l. noon, 1904;
= pm, :O.c..
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great Falls-Temperature. "a:
condition. 22. Daiecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, 20: condition at north connec-
ton. :: condition at south connection, H.
Tide Tables.
Tuday-IOw tide. $50 am. and 6:ol
PM: high tide. % am. and 11:o3 pm.
Tom orroW-LOW tide. 6:2a 3. m. and 6:i4
pm; high tide. 12:6D am
The City Lights.
Public electric arc and electric mean
descent lamps are lighted fifteen minutes
after sunset and extinguished fortE-1Ve
minutes before sunrise: public gas lamps
lighted twenty minutes after sunset and
eEtinsujshed forty minutes before sun
rise. Naphtha lighting service has been
discontinued.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to the Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va. June %
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
clear this morning.
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LIVERPOOL

No. 1 Manitoba IS 9lad; No. q Is 81kd;
No. s, Is nd: futures steady; July, Is
cad: october. Is s4d; December. Is AID.
Corn-Spot firm; American mixed. new,
kiln dried. IS SID; American mixed, old,
Is: American mixed, old. via Galveston,
IS Sd; futures easy. July LA Plata, Is
1OIsd; September. As ND.
Flour-Winter patents 29s Cd.
Hors-In London CPaciflc COAST "a los
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f,ecre:arv DANES Returns.

..,.it,..ry. .anie's returned to this city
49,, ;i:e Dolphin from ten-day
II =, -. - emo navy !aros and
-. - were MrS- L'i'eH'
g g, Is co...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23
"a: eli Dnango Reported.

MEXICO CITY, June 1.-THE 'capture
e the city OF durango is reported uno:-
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Saturday Losses Retrieved.

Practically all of Saturdays losses
were made up before the close of the
morning session of the day. the rise
being greatest in Union Pacific, which
was the weakest feature of Saturday.
Bonds were firm.
Activity abated and prices reacted half
q point or more.
The check to the advance was due in
part to the satisfaction of the foreign
demand. which amounted to $500 shares,
and to the running in of the more timid
shorts.
Some short selling was again evident.
especially in Union Pacific, which cost 1t
half of its earlier rise.
Bears were inclined to strengthen their
commitments in their Hartman shares
owing to the uncertainty as to what form
the dissolution plan would ultimately take.
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Hearing Set for Wednesday.

The committee arranged a hearing for
Wednesday, when the secretaries OF the
Interior and Of Agriculture, the heads OF
the reclamation and forestry service and
the geological survey and Clifford Pin
chot former chief OF the forestry bureau
will be asked to p. esent their views on
the Hetch-Hetchye plan as embodied in
a bill introduced today. Six hours will
be allowed these departmental chiefs, six
hours to proponents OF the bill generally
and six more hours to any opposition ~
the measure.
The committee expects to agree on
the plan next week, and will ask eau
Gus approval for early action by the
House.
The bill, agreed upon by the San
Francisco delegation and those repre-
senting the irrigation interests was
presented as committee plan. 1t
would grant to the city and county OF
San Francisco a maximum of $50 feet
width right Of way in. over and
through lands in the Yosemite Ma
tional Park and Stanislaus national
forest and other lands in California.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, June G.-Cotton-Spot
easier. quiet: middling. fair. 7.32: good
middling, 63s; middling. GA; low mid
ding, 6-5S: good ordinary, GIG; ordinary,
5.s2 Sales. 600 bales, including 1900
American. and 100 for speculation and
export. Receipts. 300 bales. including
1.SD American Futures closed steady.
June, 81; June-July. 6.45: July-August.
6.t312. August-September, 6.3414; Septem-
ber-October. 6.2}l2: October November.
G.IIi2; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GA; Decem-
ber-January. 61S; January February, q. Is
February March. Gil: March-April, els;
April-May 6.16; May-June, 611.
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Leader in Saturdays Weak
ness Heads improved Prices
on Change To-Day.
COVERING BY BEARS
ON EXTENSIVE SCALE
Heavy Buying Fellows Improved
feeling Over Changed Views Oh
Freight Rate Decision.

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE leading
stocks rose strongly as trading began
today. although heaviness OF sem Of the
less active shares gave the IN aTset ain
appearance Of irreguiarity. The largest
gains amounting to a point o" more were
made by Union Pacific, Reading, cana
dian Pacific. St. Paul and Chesapeake and
ONO. American Locomotive receded IL.
and Westinghouse Electric a point
Bear covering was on an extensive
scale. the Improvement in speculative SEN
timent over Sunday causing a more GeE-
eraI turn TO the long side by the pro-
fessional element.
international stocks made the best show
OF strength. Canadian Pacific gained -
points Union Pacific :'a and Reading
and I.pbi..I - DOintS.
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Hearing at the Capitol.

City Engineer Shaughncssy, City
Clerk Dunnigan and City Attorney Lons
representing San Francisco. as we'll as
others interested in the project, present
ed their case at another hearing today
before the committee. following an agree
ment reached between the San Francis
cans and those representing the irrlga-
ton interests in the Modesto and 'iurlock
intervening country IOr prOiectlon OF
those sections. This agreement was
reached Saturday and unde: it, it is
claimed, the project will cost the city
about 81 .OOO,OOU additional.
Chairman Ferris and others of the COM
mittee favor the project, Interior Depart
ment and forestry reserve officials are on
record for the plan and the San Fran
cisco people say they are ready to begin
work at the moment of authorization by
law and regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23
BIG SUPPLY OF WATER
At SAN FRANCISCO
Project, Likely to Go Through
After Many Years, Will
Cost SIS. O00,0 900.

The tWelye-year fight of San Francisco
for water supply from the Sierra Ne
vadas may be won soon if the plans Of
the House public lands committee are
carried out.
The seventy-five-million -dolar project
which the San Francisco officials now
here claim to be vital TO the present and
future welfare of the city. contemplates
a lake three miles long and half mile
wide in the picturesque Hetch Hetchy
Easin in the Yosemite national reserve.
The right Of way would include fourteen
miles Of high-pressure tunnel with a
daily capacity of ICO.UOO.WO gallons to
supply San Francisco and the San Fran
cisco peninsula, Berkeley. Alameda and
ad Ia ceni sections
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23

Bar silver easY. 26*.d per ounce.
Money, 3La3k per cent.
Discount rates-Short and thrce-month bills,
4ssa4 7-l6 per cent.
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Believe Decline Overdonc.

The Wall street point of view under
went a change over the week end, and
there was no trace during the morning
of tine acute weakness OF Saturday. Be
lief that the decline had been overdone
led TO heavy buying today, and the
early rise in prices was we'll maintain
eG through the morning, although
trading became dull at the higher
level
The Improvement was duc, partly. 10
the belief that the beaTiSn inierpreta-
tion placed OH the Interstate commerce
commissions ruling Saturday was
h. rdly justified, in view of the COM
missions decision to institute an in
4uiry a to whether existing freight
rates were adequate.
Bear traders were disconnected by
the narrow movement of American Sc
curities in London. following the severe
decline here which brought last weeks
trading To a close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23

XXX Dividend ToAay.
American Wooden pfd.. TX: Beach
Creek r. R.. !. and Agricultural Chemi-
cal pfd., II.
Call Money......... 2 ~
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Special Dispatch to the star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va. June %
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
clear this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-23
The City Lights.

Public electric arc and electric mean
descent lamps are lighted fifteen minutes
after sunset and eXtinguished forty-five
minutes before sunrise; public gas lamps
lighted twenty minutes after sunset and
forty minutes before sun
-ise. Naphtha lighting service has been
The Lexington advertiser., 1913-06-20

ance of the development of the oil
fields in Mexico, in Texas and Louisia
ma prospecting east of the river has
been neglected. Some drilling has
been done in Mississippi but it has
been in the hands of inexperienced
operators. Moreover there are certain
to be long stretches of barren soil as
is the case in the oil districts further
westward. Acting on the theory that
money spent in prospecting in eastern
gulf coastal plains is bound to prove
of great service to the petroleum in
dustry whether oil is found or not is
leading experienced oil men to under
take the wildcatting now in progress.
Another inducement to stimulate the
interest in attempting to get at this
great store of wealth, thought to be
locked up under the American Mediters
ranean, is the increasing price of oil
and the desirability of getting the sup
ply as near the seaboard as possible in
view of the increasing use of the fluid
as marine fuel.