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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

DETROIT. Oct. ls.--Close: The mar
ket got an upturn at the start on Sat-
urday because so many shorts had
profits To take and the taking looked
good. Higher prices were noted in
both foreign and domestic markets.
Liverpool based the frmness Of a
steadier tone In Winnipeg and forecast
OF smaller American exports as shown
by Bradstreets. This started a cover
ing movement that WAS helped along
by bad crop reports from india. firmsr
European bids and more continental
demsnd. Later Manitoba offers were
more liberal and the close was at a
small recession from the top. May
wheat was a leader In strength. Buenos
Ayres was irmer for corn.
After the drastic liquidation of the
FOR anything but an upturn. Shorts
We're satisfied and did not care to tempt
fate by going over holiday without
ing new OF "A bullish character in the
market stocks were increasing and
demand was small as ever. Export
millers were taking Theat sparingiy.
The movement from farmers hands
was bullish. Winter wheat farmers
spring wheat receipts at Duluth and
Minneapolis fell 543 cars behind the
movement OF year ago. These condi-
all season without causing any anx-
iety among shorts. Winnipeg receipts
continue very heavy.
Selling on the advance was popular
from the start and wheat steadily de-
clined until IL reached Fridays closing
prices. the lowest of the season. There
was no showing of strength after the
first few minutes Of trading.
Corn was steady. Oats advanced hc,
beans 3@5c and cloverseed SC. Rye
Wheat fluctuations. Cash NJ . rod
Gle; December opened with a Jump OF
hc at 9ahc and declined to ssc May
At sssG and declined to ssSs
low. 72c; No. 3 yellow. 7lhc, Oats:
standard. 2 cars at 4iAc; No ; white;
white. ssAc Rye; Cash No. O., SIC.
Beans; Immediate; prompt and oeto-
and and December. $3.50; March. $3.50:
::ssmple red "a bags at s"2s. Is at
spot. 80 bags at s2.45; Alfalfa: Prime
spot. 1925. Barley: BY sample, car
at u.4o and 1 at $3.50 per cwt;
urday Included 1000 bbls of -four.
cars OF wheat, I car OF corn. Of rats.
I Of barley. 2 OF rye oon and Of hay:
and 5000 bu Of oats. Stocks are 1850
bu Of wheat. 1900 bu Of corn. 10000
bu OF oats and 1880 bu or rye.
Wheat stocks at Minneapolis increas-
ed 100000 bu for one day.
American wheat exports during Sep
TENDER. 17,47s,ooo bu; year ago. 1e.-
s48 900 bu.
Duluth reports vessels chartered for
100000 bu OF wheat and 100000 bu OF
oats
Receipts of wheat Saturday: Winni-
peg, 1,132 cars against o41 year ago:
Duluth, 20c cars. against $50: Minneap--
oils. 336 cars against Az: Chicago. 30
cars. against 10: southwest. 21s.000
bu. against $50 900 blu.
Winnipeg reports wheat inspection
up to date at 45 9O8 900 bu: In store at
country points $4,000. 600 hu; in transit.
y 2.500. 900 bu: needed for bread and seed.
10000. 900 bu. n total OF l0440S000 bu,
which shows that the heaviest pres
sure n over.
Primary wheat receipts were 1885
900 bu. against 1896 900 blu a year ago.
Exports Of wheat and -four Saturday.
$1,000 blu.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20
q SOLDIERS
DIE IN WRECK OF
TROOP TRAIN
Coast Artillery Companies En-
Route to Mississippi State Fair
Meet With Disaster
ENGINE JUMPS TRACK,
PASSING OVER TRESTLE
Baggage Car and Three Coaches
Plunge Twenty-Five Feet
to GraNnd

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-An
investigation Of the troops train
wreck on the Mobile 4 Ohio rail-
road, will be made by the Inter.
state commission at once, Off.
clals stated today. inspectors O.
s. Reynolds and q. S. johnson.
left NahVilIe. Tenn. for the
scene early today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20
PRODUCE

SO far as price changes are concern
ed, there Ia nothing to be said for the
produce market this morning. Butter
Ia firm, and II the market changes nj
all this week IL will be upward. Eggs
up last week except for a little No. =
stock. and with nothing In this morn
ing tho market was steady to firm in
tone. The cheese market Is on the easy
side. but is no lower. Peaches are now
back number and fruit offerings con-
sist Of apples, pears and grapes. and
the latter are nearly done.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20

cs.seS c:.e.--AYpiss. .xs!::x s,;;so
beass. 81 0i.SS COM: fancy Maine.
clio. standard. &c. Table bssts. site
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20
El9in Autter.

ELGIN. Ill. Oct l3-Butter was
quoted at 29h cents today, a decline
OF ~ cents under the prevailing price
Of last week
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Oct. is-Opening-whea
December up &c: May up &c. oats:
visions: slow and steady.
-C1ose--wheat: December down Nc:
MAY down W. Corn: December down
&C: May down &c. Oats: December
Slightly easier.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20
LIVESTOCK
EAST BUFFALO.

Dunning & stevens' Live stock Report.
EAST BUFFALO. Oct; 2o..cattle,
best 1900 to 200 lib steers. Ss25Vs.50:
best LOO to 1.2oo-lb. steers. ssGs.26;
@fsc; choiee handy steers. 1906 t" to
1000 to LOO lbs. s7.25gte5; grassy
500 to 1:o00-lb: steers. $s.5oG7, best
cutters. N.36g4.6O; trimmers. s.. 75V
butcher heifers. ts0s25; stock heiisrs.
best a sG%msS s fssdn ss s:.
common light stock steers. sSSS.sS;:
Sss ' Ss. oas ss SOCK s Ss O :;
$3.50; best mixers and sprinyers. 80
Gloo. common to good do, $50dso.
Hogs; Receipts, 1870 cars; market.
: :'o% sa Ss'g si9. :ssssSSsssssSs workers.
strong top~lambs, SITS; yeariinss.
:sssoas' wethers, sS.s5@S.4o; ewes
uNi0N STOCK YARDS.
UNION STICK YARDS. CHICAGO.
os, l1o I.so Receipt. ss;ooo nan "a n
heavy ss s0Ss 7eS s9yS sSt@ ;4io@ aGpE
pigs; ;S@.;7s. Cattle; Receipts sec 100
cows and heifeSrs. ssscgsso; 's stocieps
and feeders. s5.20Q7.65; Texans, Sc SOC
40: calves. S7M11. Sheep: Receipts.
1000 market. weak; native. $3.90GI /:
western. 34G sos. lambs, $5.75G7.15,
western. $5.S0@7.15.
CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, o.. Oct. 1S.--Hogs Re-
ceipts. 1900 head: market. 5@lOc
workers.. sss5: pigs. s7.aS Cattle. Ire Re.
ceipts. cars: market. weak. sheep
and lambs; Receipts. ~ cars; S7m6.
Calves Receipts, 100 head: S11.50M6.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-20

Masked. xb-xs-SpIit. s-sold. b-Bid.
CulCA 400 oRAIx AND PROVISIONS.
y CHICAGO. Oct fe.--Wheat had A
nrmev tone ~. the opening, and with
shorts covering freely prices were &c
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

Before fame came to him. Eernard
Shaw wrote drama ic criticisms for
the London Saturday Review. The
following sample was preserved by
the late Clyde Fitch as character
istic:
- am in a somewhat foolish posi-
ton concerning a play at the Opera
Comique, whittier | was hidden this
day week. For scme reason | was
not supplied with a program: so
thai never learned the name of the
play. AT the end of the second act
he play hal advanced about as far
as an ordinary dramatist would have
brought it five minutes after the
first rising of the curtain; or say.
as far as 1bsen would have brought
1 ten years before that event. TAX
ing advantage of the second interval
to stroll out in the Strand FIR a lii
tie exercise. unfortunately forgot
all about my business. and actually
reached home before it occurred to
me that | had not seen he end of
the play. Under these circumstances,
it would i'll become me to dogmatize
on the merits of the work or its per
Torrance. | can only offer the man
aSement my apologies"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
Continuous Daylight at
Panama-Pacific Exposition

The Illumination OF the Panama
Pacific International Exposition in
1915 will demonstrate the most mod
ern system of lighting by indirect
light says the October Popular Me
chanics magazine in an illustrated
article Artificial daylight, produced
by diffused and reflected electric
light, will battle the entire grounds
in flood # uniform light extending
to height OF 125 feet above the
ground. Although almost four bill
ion candlepower will be used, there
VIII be no glare or unprotected
light to tire the eyes Previous ex-
positions have been Illuminated by
uncovered ares, searchlights, and
outline strings of electric bulbs on
the exterior of the buildings. The
great distortion Of architectural and
sculptural effects at night because
of dark spaces and shadows. There
will be no outlining at the Panama
Pacific Exposition, and its elaborate
scheme of lighting will illuminate
the buildings almost as naturally and
with as little distortion as daylight.
Five principal sources of light
will be used. The eXteriors of the
buildings viii be illuminated by
thousands OF lum nous arc standard },
like huge lamp-posts, in front of the
buildings. On top CT each standard
So IT. above the ground, great clus-
tiers of electric arcs will send out
5000 to 10000 cp. Canvas banners,
white on the inside and deliberately
painted on the outside, will shield
the arcs and reflect their light upon
the buildings facades. bringing out
every architectural detail clearly and
fountains Of dense white glass, with
waterfalls near their bases, will shed
soft. even. dffused white glow
over the water and grounds. Two
Of these fountains, with glass col
umns 20 #. high, and arcs develop
ing 100000 cp., will stand in the
Court Of the Sun and Stars. TIC
light the walls behind colonnades
and overcome the shadows cast
by other lights outside. shaded arcs
will be concealed in inches on the
backs CT the columns. Their sub
dued and reflected light will sci
off the costly paintings on the walls
without shadows or distortion; wher
shadows are desired they will be
produced with soft purplish light
Nor will there be any glare inside
the exhibit palaces and other build
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

For three solid hours the captain
had been lecturing his men on the
duties of a soldier and he thought
ii was time to see how much they
had unders cd Of his discourse
Casting his eyes round the room, he
fixed on Private Murphy as his
first victim.
Private Murphy" he asked. why
should soldier be ready to die for
his country?"
Private Murphy scratched his head
for a moment, and then a smile Of
enlightenment crossed his face
Sure CAPITA he said pleasant
~, you're quite right Why should
he?"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

The repair crew of the signal corps
which was sent out from Valdez
to repair the recent break south of
Teikhell found that the telegraph
line was broken in fifty places. An
effort was made at the time to es
tablish communication with the In
terror by using the coast wireless
and connec ing with Nome but
weather conditions prevented.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

ings. The larger spaces will be
flooded with soft white light from
arcs concealed in chandeliers, u it.
in ameter; smaller spaces will be
provided with less powerful basin"
lamps which shed their light on the
ceiling. Rows of starlike glass
prisms around the huge lantern chan
deliers will catch light coming from
all directions and spread it uniformly
into every corner.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

when arose to speak, related
a martyred statesman, some one
hurled base. cowardly egg at me
and it struck me in the chest
And what kind of an egg might
that be-" asked a fresh young man.
"A base. cowardly egg" explain.
ed the statesman, lis one that hits
YOU and then runs
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

Homer Davenport yhe cartoonist
played in brass band many years
ago. He was unable to be on hand
when the uniforms came, and had to
put up with what was left.
The coat wasn't so bad" says Mr..
Davenport, but the trousers Hon
est, l had to take two steps to make
those trousers go one,"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

How far is it between these two
toWns?' asked the lawyer
About four miles as the flow
cries replied the witness.
you mean as the cry flows"
NO. put in the Judge, he means
as the fly crows"
And they all looked at each 9th
er, feeling mat something was wrong.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

1T is not always necessary to make
direc. accusation" said the lawyer
who was asking damages because in
situations had been made against
his clients good name You may
have heard of the woman who called
to the hired girl, Mary, Mary. come
here and take the parrot downsta RS
the master has dropped his collar
button!'"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

Please, your Satanic Majesty"
begged lost soul who was fishing
from the banks OF a boiling lake,
cant l try my luck somewhere
else? I've been fishing from this
blamed place fer the last hundred
years and haven't had bite yet
That's the hell OF it," explained
his Satanic Majesty.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

Fair Maid wonder what causes
the flight OF time?
Brilliant Young Man-It is prob
ably urged on by the spur OF the
moment
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

The musical young woman Who
dropped her peekaboo waist in the
piano player and turned out Bee
even sonata, has her equal in the
lady who stood in front of a five
bar fence and sang all the dots IN
her VEIL
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

The date for the trial of w D.
Fitzgerald. charged with shooting with
intent to kill, has not been set owing
to the inability of the government to
secure witnesses.
Ale; Almdahl left for the Chisana
country yesterday driving 12 dogs to
n loaded sled. He Is travelling by
the Tanana route. Patrick Breen
will also leave for Chisana this week.
Henry J. Miller is sought by mother
in far away Arizona. She has not
heard from him for several months
and fears something has happened to
him.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

ReEerends and Wrong. Reverends of
every order. Lost. Reformers and
Lawmakers. born with heavenly com
passion in your hearts, but with the
reverence of money in your souls
And lost thus around us every day.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

There is quite difference between
a close friend and a close-mouthed
one.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

There's Dorsett, now. Would you
call him a patient man."
"All depends"
"On what"
Whether he's fishin' or waitin'
for his supper"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

"Sourdough Club" has been or
gained at the University of Wash
ington. Membership is limited to
hose who can qualify as having been
sourGoughs in Alaska, and several
former young Fairbanksans are en-
rolled upon the charter list.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

Elsie saw sign employment
Agency" and went in. Many girls
We're sitting against the wall In
| chairs. Several well-dressed ladies
We're looking them over. One white
Haired. kind-faced old lady in rustling
black silk hurried up to Elsie.
MY dear" she said in sweet,
gentle voice, ARE you looking for a
position? I like your face and appear
| ance much. I want a young wom-
an who will be half maid and half
| companion to me. You will have a
good home and I will pay you $50
| a month"
her gratified acceptance. young wo-
man with gold glasses on her bony
nose and her hands in her jacket
pockets seized her arm and drew her
aside.
Il am Miss Ticklebaum." said she.
"of the Association for the Proven
ton of Jobs Being Put Up on Work
ing Girls Looking for Jobs, We pre-
| vented forty-seven girls from securing
positions last week. am here to
protect you. Beware of any one who
offers you a job How do you know
| that this woman does not want to
make you work as a breaker-boy in a
| coal mine or murder you to get your
teeth? If you accept work of any
kind without permission of our as
ISOLATION you will be arrested by one
of our agents"
But what am I to do?" asked Ell
sic Il have no home or money. /
must do something. Why am / not
allowed to accept this kind lady's
offer?"
II do not know said Miss Tickle
baum. THAT is the affair of our
committee on the adjustment of en-
ployers. 1t Is my duty simply to see
that you do not get work. You will
give me your name and address and
report to our secretary every Thurs
day. We have 600 girls on the waiting
list who will in time be allowed to ac-
cept position as vacancies occur on our
roll of Qualified Employers, which
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

Two city boys" relates f. S. Bruce
of the forest service, went shooting
in the woods. AS they passed a ruin
ID house on their way home at dusk
a huge owl flew OUT One OF the
boys raised his gun and fired. The
owl. with an unearthly shrek. fell
flut.ering to the ground. The awed
boys peered through the twilight at
the great, round face and outspread
wings.
&c csh. whispered the younger
Dear knows whatll happen to us
We've gone an shot a cehrubm!''
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

where's that bird dog you used
to have?"
"Oh, the milliner down the street
complained that he kept her custom
ers away by obstructing The side
walk"
constructing the sidewalk"
Yes. You see he spent all his
time down there pointing the birds
IN tie win 'ow."
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

He was an old darby He wore
ne oYercoat, and the icy wind twisted
his threadbare clothes about his
shriveled body.
Wind" he demanded whimsically
''whar wuz you dis time las July?"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

When We speak Of a delicate sit
uation We generally mean an indeli.
cate one.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
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t"f o. = ''tt'f' olhahS ana iurs. on
t""'f tt"ad"aEs lie was an oil
man. "Iia Hnhh'hE gait SO caauf-
i'uf f''h ann down one day when
t!e OH man nome wacfe II" lay on
| MS "td Il 5'tt anu 'aeh aIed' leaNlhs
Sou III 'aSh ana letter from Mr..
outer "ilerihE I" do anything he
touid 10 R'iP MS talthfui old EN-
PloSee. me Ola cutter regarded this
n''I as HaIu'o'e legacy TO ms
''aaS 'l'er' ana ne put II INTO her
MINUS WIN trld' as the SHtarS Of
me dltan '''eai"r ana Reaper snin-
I'h on . tS 'it'ah Oh me
That WIS the landlords cue: and
forth he came and lid his part in the
reat eviction scene There was no
Snowst"rm ready fer Elsie to steal
out into. drawing her little red wool
IN shawl about her shoulders, hut
she went out. regardless. And as for
the red shawl-Elsie's fall tan coat
vas cheap, but it had the style and
lit Of the best at Fox x offers.
And her luckily stars had given her
good looks, ana eyes as blue and in
noeent as the new shade of note pa
Der. and she had 81 left of the So so
And the letter from Mr.. otter Keep
your eyes on the letter from Mr. OF
ter,
And so We find Elsie starting out
to seek her fortune. one trouble with
the letter from Mr.. otter was that
it did not bear the new address Of
the firm. which had moved month
before. But Elsie thought she could
find it. She had heard that police
men, when politely addressed or
thumb-screwed by an investigation
committee. will give up information
ard addresses, So she boarded a
downtown car at One Hundred and
SeVcnty-scventh street and rode south
To Forty-second.
\ kind-faccd sunburned young man
went past Elsie into the Grand Cen
trail station. That was Hank Ross.
on his way home from a visit to the
East. Hanks heart was heavy. for
the Sunflower Ranch was a lonesome
place, lacking the presence of wom-
an. lie had hoped to find one during
his visit who would coneenialIy share
his prosperity and home, but the girls
of Gotham had not pleased his fancy
But, as he passed in, he noted, with
a jumping of his pulses, the sweet.
INGENIOUS face of Elsie and her pose
of doubt and loneliness With true
and honest western impulse he said
to himself that here was his mate.
He could love her, he knew; and he
would surround her with so much
comfort and cherish her so carefully
hat she would be happy.
Backed by his never-before- ques-
toned honesty of purpose, he an
preached the girl and removed his
hat Elsie had hut time To sum mn
shy look of modest admiration when
burly cop hurled himself upon the
ranchman, seized him by the collar
and backed him against the wall,
Two blocks away burglar was com
ing ont of an anartment bonca with
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

tNo eai,e,s to tin performance thrown
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-23
Homenaje a
un maestro

Con motive de retirarse del magiste-
rio ell ilustrado professor particular don
Pedro AIOcz0 Baniet, quien por espacio
de mas de treinta amos haSe venido dedi-
cando a la ensenanza. much0s de los
puertOrriqueilos que con 6l cursaron los
estudios del bachillerato Sc proponen
hacerle un homemade que tendra efecto,
prObablemente, Ell los 1ltimos dias del
corrIente mes.
Ell homenaje consistira en- celebrar
una fiesta intima en- union del senior
Mocz0 Y su familia al igual de las que
llevaban a cabo, todOs los alumn0s
de su colegio, en- esta miSma 6p0ca de
JUNO y despues de los examenes. en- los
tiempOs memorables del Institute pro
vincial.
Ademas de estO. ell senior Afocz0 reel
bira ell regalo de TN objeto de valor con
inscription alusiva al acto IN album
conteniendo las fotograf1as Y los auto
grafos de todos los alumnos que SIC unan
a esta bella idea
Els, en- verdad, ell se1or MOcz6 digno
del homenaje que piensa tributarsele,
nc solo por el brilIante resultado que ha
dadO su sistema de ensenanza. como con
secuencia de la cual todos los que
fueron sus discfpulos son hoy aven-
tajadOs hombres de carrera, V algunos
Ocupan altos cargos pilblicos, sino por-
que a 10 cOncienzudo de su labor vasta Y
activlsima hemos de unir Ell cariho la
bondad Gle que supo redearla cualidades
estas POGO frecuentes, a la vez, en- los
que al duro trabajo de la ense1anza de-
dican sus disposiciones
All hacernos eco die este rasgo de los
que fueron disc1pulos del senior ,Mocz6.
aprovechamos la OCCASION para felicitarle
y rendirle tambien, por nuestra parte,
ell homenaje que 10 han hecho mere
cedor los treinta amos que labor6 por la
cultnra y progreso de nuestro pals.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-23
Los franceses
en- MarruecOs
Sangriento combate.

Los ultimos telegramas que, con fe-
cha IA de JUNO, publica la prensa
americana dan cuenta de un sangriento
combate habido en- la region de Tadda
al este de Chaouia. entire la commna
del coronel Mangin y la tribu de Mo
hadond Said.
Despu6s de una lucha encarnizada.
los franceses lograron dispersar a sus
enemigos, haciendoles muchas bajas.
Por 10 que hace al n1mero de las su-
fridas por la col1mna de Mangin, hay
disparidad en- los telegramas que Sc
reciben de Casablanca Tn periodico
parisiense asegura que hubo 81 muertos
y 100 heridos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-23
Noticias de Sociedad



Varios distinguidos j6venes socios del
Casino de Rio Piedras asaltaron. ano-
che los salonas de aluel Centre social.
La improvisada jarana, que dur6 hasta
las II de la n0che, revisti6 tcda la i'm
pOrtancia de TN bale formal. V en- ella
vlmos numerosas senoritas pertenecien-
tes la 'crema de aque&a sociedad. en-
tire las que Sc hallaban las bell1simas
Richard, Bird, Jim6nez, Garcia Ubarri.
Orcasitas, ATontoto, Marcano, Gloria
Paradis, y otras que ser1a POLIO emu
merar.
Ell sabado contraieron matrimonio
en- Mayaguez, la distinguida senorita
Irene Balzac y el apreciabla joven,
Pharmaceutical de Rio Piedras. don .Joa-
quIn Villa. Terminada la ceremonial. los
recien casados Sc trasladaron a la 6lti-
ma de las poblaciones citada, donde
han establecido su nido de amor