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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, March 29.-Favorable
weather and reports of the excellent
condition Of wheat crops In the win
ter wheat belt offset today higher
cables and fears that damage to the
crop in the Ohio and Indiana flood
district would be great. The effect was
to make the range of prices narrow.
The market closed steady. Is lower to
n higher. Corn finished with a net
gain of a lie to Is. oats with a SINH
lar net advance and provisions shade
lower to ~ higher.
Reports that flood damage to grow
ing wheat in Ohio. Indiana, Illinois
and Kentucky would be at least ID
per cent caused a good early demand
and the market opened strong and &C
tive, but under ready selling soon
eased off.
Later reports from the flood country
aided in keeping the price advance In
check 1t being held by some investi-
gators the damage to wheat was con-
fined to narrow strips and was more
than counterbalanced by the benefit
from moisture on the uplands
Primary receipts of wheat were 549,
600 bushels, against $4,000 bushels
last year. Statistics on seaboard cities
of wheat and -four were not COM
pleted.
Business in corn today was confined
largely to local dealers. Though the
tone Of the market was dull. light
shipments kept prices firm. Buying
Of oats by elevator interests was the
feature Of that cereal
After a firmer feeling in provisions.
owing to a light run of hogs, prices
eased off, on little liquidation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
THE HALL MARX.
The Name of Maker and the Date
on Old Silver Ware.

From the Magazine of American History.
The marks upon plate made in Great
Britain are designed to show, in addition
to the warrant of fineness, the maker
and the place and year Of stamping. An
ordinary piece of English silver plate
has four and sometimes five marks. The
first is that of the maker. which must
be the first letters of his Christian
and surname. The second mark is diff
ferent for each Of the assay offices. Lon
don marks with the leopard's head of
the company of Goldsmiths, Birmingham
with an anchor, Chester with it's city
arms of three garbs and a sword. Shelf
field with a crown. Edinburgh. with a
castle, Glasgow with a tree, fish and bell,
and Dublin with the harp crowned. For
mer assay offices existed at Bristol. Exeter.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich and York.
The third plate mark is the lion PEASANT,
supposed to be the sovereign's mark. The
fourth mark is a letter which dates the
article. The fifth mark. now and since
1890 foregone, is the sovereign's head i'm
pressed upon such articles as were charge
able with duty Each assay Office selects
a certain type of letter for its date mark,
and each year adopts the next succeeding
letter in that alphabet until the cycle is
completed. Then a new alphabet is
adopted and a new cycle begins Hav-
ing an acquaintance Win Tue DISTINGUISH
ing marks Of the several assay Offices
and the initial year of each date cycle.
it is possible to determine the date of
the mark of any English plate made
since 1438. Inscriptions dealers have
been known to cut the han mark from
an antique piece of small value and to
build up around the mark a modern fab
rication with far more silver and a better
chance of bringing a good price; there
fore a hall mark needs expert substan-
tiation in doubtful cases. 1t would be
impossible to enter upon any details
without the use of illustrations. For
those and for a full discussion of
how to use the marks one should con-
suit such works as Cripp's English
Plate Marks" and "Old English Plate, -
and Chaffer's Handbook to Hall Marks
on Gold and Silver Plate
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Ate Raw Goldfish.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
II have just heard of an incident at
one Of the New England colleges says a
correspondent, (which illustrates an odd
ity in betting. Youths working their way
through college will often do much and 60
far to win degree. Not long ago a
freshman-a Bostonian. too-was chal-
lenged in bantering spirit to eat one of
several little goldfish swimming in a
glass globe on the table in chum S
room.
.I'H give YOU quarter to do it, cried
one OF the boys.
AS the Boston boy needed ready money,
he promptly accepted the offer. He put
his hand into the globe, caught the little
fish and in q twinkling crushed it in his
teeth and swallowed 1t in triumph.
AS he took the quarter, another student
said, Bob, I'll give you half a dollar
to eat q second one" The gritty youth
instantly accepted. and seizing another, a
somewhat larger fish, hurriediy devoured
it.
The boys. now thoroughly aroused, kept
on Offering their money for encores until
the fish supply gave out and the BoS-
tonian had won total OF $3.50.
The feat became the talk Of the dorni-
tories, and next day when the piscatorial
prodigy entered the dining hall at noon
he was instantly recognized and a great
shout of applause went up from the
threats of 80 of his enthusiastic admir-
erS.
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NEW YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK, March 29.-The statement
of the actual condition of clearing house
hanks and trust companies for the eseek
shows that they hold SIS. 762. GOO reserve
in excess of legal requirements. This is
an increase of s.. 206. 400 from last week.
The statement follows:
Actual condition:
Loans. LAG 2l3.OOo increase. sI4,61s.-
600.
Specie, 1929. 464. 600: increase, 81 90s.OOO.
Legal tenders. $s1.S77 600; decrease.
Net deposits. SLIGO. 1856 600. increase.
Circulation. SAG. 34o. 600: increase. $4,000
Banks cash reserve In vault, $344.954.
600.
Trust companies cash reserve in vault.
E66 3S7 900.
Aggregate cash reserve, $411.34l. 600.
Excess lawful reserve. SIS, 762. 600: in
crease. 81, 206. 400.
Trust companies reserve with clear
ing house members carrying % per cent
cash reserve. So, 329, 900.
Summary of state banks and trust COM
ed I'm clearing house statement:
Loans. s56SI15.0O0: decrease. $2367.-
500
Specie. ss5514. 300; increase. sass. 7oo.
Legal tenders, 800; increase. $2S,-
Total. deposits, >ss2s.s,4loo: decrease
$1,000. 200. .,
The Financier says today:
After a long period of loan iiduida
lion the clearing house banks OF" Nep
York for the week ending Saturday re
ported an expansion in this item amount
ing to $14.6lS0O0. The increase wa:
doubtless connected with April dividend
and interest disbursements. The pay
ments for the current quarter will b,
unusually heavy. The banks also re
ported gain of approximately s7.OO0.00'
in specie and legal tender, the movement
for the week having been in favor O
New York. Net deposits, as a result q
loan expansion and in cash. rose So, Jas.
OOO and while this necessitated IsrEe
reserve requirements, the gain in casl
more than offset such requirements, an,
the result was a further increase.in ex
cess reserve OF s.. Dos. 400. which bring
the surplus kbove the % per cent mini
mum to sl5, 762. oo0."
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.
NEW YORK. March 2s.-Fiour-DulI.

NEW YORK. March 29.-Fiour-Dull.
Rye four-Quiet-
Cornmeal, rye and barley-Steady.
Wheat-SI,ot barely steady. No. red.
l. 1Oh eleva or and ]. Il fob. af1oat nomi-
nal: No. 1 northern Duluth 9es1 f. o. b.
afioat. Futures steady on show OF
firmness al road and on small offerings.
May, 97A: July. 961a: September. 36.
Corn-Spo- steady. Export, % I. o. b.
af1oat.
Oats-Spo. steady.
Hides, Gu. meats and lard-Steady.
Tallow-Quset.
CottonseeI oil-Firm. Prime summer
yellow, 65S 1865; May, 6.65; July, Its.
Petroleum. wool, rosin, turpentine, rice
and molass es--Steady.
Surprisingly, unchanged.
Hay, Leaf aer, pork, beef-F1rm.
Hops-Quiet.
Cottonseei oil was firm in sympathy
with lard and on reports of a good, con-
Stunning demand, closing las points net
higher. Prime crude. $50; prime summer
yellow spot. S.5Sa665 April. SEQ: May.
6.65: June, SCI; July. 6.75; August. $40:
September, 6.S1: October, $50: prime Win
ter yellow. 6.75a7.5O; prime summer
white. 6-70s7.dO.'
Coffee futures advanced IL to II points
i'm response to higher European cables
and reports Of continued steadiness in
Brazil. Msrch, 11.64. May, 11-S2; July.
ZOO: Septs mber. %: December, 12.24:
spot coffee steady, unchanged; Havre, Il
to / franc higher; Hamburg unchanged
to u pfenn 6 higher; Rio. 150 reis lower
at 6$S75; Sntos unchanged.
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New York's Subways.

One of the most gigantic schemes of
costly public service construction ever
undertaken has made considerable head
way in New York. Five years work haa
been mapped out and hundreds of miles
of new subways and surface tracks will
be built in and around the metropolis
at cost of between $500, 100000 and
S4OO, 200 600. Traffic congestion, which is
now the curse of the city, will be re-
Iieved. The stupendous expenditure Will
doubtless result in a still further jump
in population, which now h0vers around
the 5000, 900 mark. This vast outlay Is
in addition to fully $4,000 600 spent and
being spent by the Pennsylvania and
New York Central on their terminals
here BY way of good measure. Balti-
more and Ohio, Reading, Lehigh Valley.
Jersey Central and other systems with
terminals in Jersey City and Staten
Island will spend at least another 500,
100000 in that quarter within the next
three years.
About $175,OO 600 will be distributed
next week in interest on bonds and divi-
dends on stock. This is an increase over
last year Of approximately $4,000. 600.
There is nothing in these figures to
Justify claims of shocking depression in
general business. The industries and the
railroads have all been making more
money than they did year ago. despite
the high cost Of living.
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TREASURY Statement.
BOSTON, March 20

The condition Of the United States
Treasury at the beginning OF business
yesterday was:
working balance, $79.321. 4Oo.
In banks and Philippine treasury. $43.-
i44,SS7.
Total OF general fund. $14S. 255, $3.50.
Receipts yesterday. 1878, 1874.
Disbursements. 81. 901 ,347.,
The surplus this fiscal year is $12.6SO, 236
as against a deficit OF $14,Os2. 732 last
year.
The figures for receipts. disbursements
and surplus and deficit exclude Panama
canal and public debt transactions.
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CHICAGO.
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY, March 29.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, 1UO head; no southerns; steady
Dressed beef and export steers. S.15aS.9O
fair to good. 7.oOaS. 10; southern steers
g. 50as. 10; southern cows, 4.5Oa7.5O: bulls
6OOa7. %; calves, 6.J0a9.75.
Hogs-Receipts. 1000 head; strong
bulk, 80Oa9.OO; heavy. S.9OaS.05; pack
ers and butchers. S.90a9O0: light, 8.95a
600; pigs, 7.75a8.25
Sheep-Receipts, none; steady; Colorado
lambs. 8.OOa8.5O: yearlings, 7.5Oa8.7 Is
wethers, 625a7 80: ewes. 600a675; stock
ers and feeders, 4.JOa6.0O
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Issues Cottonseed Report.

The census bureau yesterday issued its
report showing cotton seed statistics for
the 1912 crop as follows: Cottonseed,
crushed. 4.5i0.SOo tons: linters obtained.
Cos, 1Oa running bales: number of estab-
lishments, $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

$ NEW YORK. March .. - Dry goods
markets in the primary division are quiet
with prices holding generally steady.
Cotton goods are quiet and silks continue
in good demand and light supply owing
in part to delays caused by strikes.
Yarns are quiet.
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A Child's Good Guess.
From the Taller

From the Taller.
Now. Daisy. can you tell me the name
OF the Insignificant little worm by whose
industry l am able to wear this silk
dress?"
~ know-papa.''
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A Noisy Infant.

From the Louisville CourerJournui
The automobile is only i'm its infancy.
so there is hope that it may eventually
become less noisy.
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CATTLE MARKETS.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. March 29.-Beeves-Re
ceipts. 357; unchanged. Calves-Receipts
none: steady City dressed veals, 15a19
country dressed veals. 12a1S.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts. 40; steady
dressed mutton, 1Oa13; dressed lambs
Halls.
Hogs-Receipts 1900; nominally steady
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. March 0-Close: Hogs
Receipts, 1900 head; higher; closed
weak: bulk Of sales, 9.o0a9. 35; light, 9.Oi
a945; mixed, 9OOa0.45; heavy, S.75a9.35;
rough S.75aS.90: pigs, 7OOa9.M.
Cattle = Receipts. 200 mead; slow;
beeves, 7.1Oa8 10: Texas steers, 6.0Oa7.7O;
stockers and feeders, 61Oa8 10: cows and
heifers, 3.6Oa7 90; calves, 6.OOa9.O0.
Sheep-Receipts, $500 head; steady
native. 59Oa6.T0: yeariings, 6.S5a7.So;
lambs native, 6.9Oa8.65.
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From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston transcript
Pa-Son. you talk too much.
Son-Well pa. am to blame for your
marrying into q talkatiYo family2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

chimerical schemes, perhaps. but few that
find their way into circulation. How
ever, it gives the boys something to talk
about and it doesn't cost them anything.
1t is like putting up an opinion as mar
gin on a stock deal-that is, as inexpen-
ciu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

1t pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
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METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK. March 29--Metal An rkets
dull and practically nominal All pfssss
-mnchanged.
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WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business March % at the
New York Stock Exchange

and closing prices
1912 and the
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March 29-The cotton
market was active today and presented
a somewhat excited appearance owing to
a rush of belated March shorts to cover,
and an advance of nearly 80 points in
the price of that delivery. Later months
were also steady to firm, and the market
closed steady at net gain of % points
on March and of 4 to 8 points in other
positions.
The opening was steady at unchanged
prices to a decline of points. being in
fluenced by somewhat disappointing
cables, a fairly good weather map and
private predictions that the low area in
the northwest would move directly east
ward instead of working down into the
belt. The strength of late yesterday.
which had resulted from the rather ag-
gressive support by leading trade inter-
ests, and which had also suggested the
presence of a considerable March short
interest, tended to restrict offerings. how
ever, and March began to advance shortly
after the call. Perhaps not more than
1900 or 1900 bales Of March changed
hands, but there were only a few sellers,
tween transactions. In the late trading
there were sales at 1916 or % points
above the closing figures Of yesterday.
and fully 20 points, or $3.50 per bale
above the low point of the month. March
closed within a point of the best. and it
any short interest outstanding 1t had
only until noon Monday in which to
finally adjust commitment. Reports OF
rapidly rising water in the Mississippi at
Memphis, and the eastern belt forecast
for showers in parts Of the eastern belt
tomorrow, probably contributed to the
advance which carried May and later
positions of about Z to 10 points net
higher. Realizing caused reaction of only
point or two in the late trading.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. March 29.-The cot
ton market had a firm undertone through
out the short Saturday session and prices
were put higher after an initial decline
by general buying in which 1t was said
that prominent spot interests led. A
comparatively heavy volume of business
was transacted. On the opening the
tone was quiet and steady at loss of
2 or 3 points. Liverpool was not high
enough on futures and the weather map
was better than expected. From the
first call offerings were well taken care
of and the lowest levels were only de-
cline of and 4 points. Around the
middle of the morning the buying was
strongest and prices were put s to 10
points over the final quotations of yes
terday Much liquidation of long cotton
came out on the rise, buyers of the earlier
part of the week being satisfied with
their profits. but the market stood the
realizing well. The forecast of unsettled
and cloudy weather for a large part of
the belt with rains in the southern por-
tons of Alabama. Mississippi and Geor-
gia, where too much rain has already fall
len, was help to the bull side. The close
was steady at net gain of to points.
Spot cotton steady. lie up; middling. 121e;
sales on the spot, i 800 bales; to arrive 45.
Closing futures-January. 11.65: March,
1880; April, 1910: May. 1910; July, 1890;
August, 1908; September, 11.73; October,
11.64; December. 11.65.
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JIM I,awford Arthur Koppelman, Walter A. McGlannan
LaWfOrd & McKim,
CASUALTY INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. -
2O1 Woodward Building.
Telephone Main 1898.

STATE TENT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
Employers Liability Assurance
Corporation Limited,
LONDON. ENGLAND,
On the 31st' ay of December. 1912, as required
under the District Of Columbia code, amended
June 80 1)02. and August Is, 1911.
ASSETS.
cash n ,a,ce $3.50 80
go g., rent $3.50 A
STOCKS and b mis- market vaiue).. 5.s19.S22 so
81 agents MT oyedue. ...... 1925 1865 81
interest due ind accrued. .. 7s.4sO 20
Cash depositei with trustees with
t M~stf' 49, s7,ls2 50
LIABILITIES.
Not un,aia 9 aims s., $50 81 90
60. nrer,f,,, ~ less reinsurance cs43 4S1 50
Saf.r;os ronts EXPENSES. taxes etc I25OO0 90
ror,r,;s.ions brokerage etc 400 1856 10
Amount OF rifk assumed and char
acter Of but mess transacted dur
ing the year 1872 o,+4o,too %
Losses sustai ned during the year
1912 o'Voo,'oA II
Money receiy ed during the year
1912 o.ofo,voo x
Expended dur ng the year 19l2.-.. 5,lol,Slo Il
SAMUEL APPLETON.
limited States Manager and Attorney.
Subscribed and SWORN to before me this 9th
day of February. 1873
Iseap HARRY F. MORSE. Notary Public
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Money to Loan

Secured by rst Deed OF Trust on Real Estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph l. Weller, 62o F St. NV.
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Iron and Steel Hold Own.

Pig iron. which was inactive during
most of the week. showed signs of a
better movement toward the close. Some
contracts for foundry were closed for
second quarter delivery and some bust
ness was done in silicon grades. The
flood situation is expected to cause de-
layed Shipments from Ohio and western
Pennsylvania and buyers are already i'm
portuning furnaces for deliveries
Basic iron has advanced to $685. val
ley and Bessemer Is strong at $17.25
minimum on most attractive business.
Some big deals are In process covering
more than 60.o00 tons of the former and
3e600 tons at least of the latter.
Bridge-building contracts are increas-
ing in number. The Boston and Albany
asks bids on LOO tons. the New York
Central on 1.100 tons, and the Pennsyl-
vania on 900 tons. The I>ehigh Valley
has awarded a contract for 40 tons to
the Pennsylvania Steel Company. which
will also furnish $40 tons of steel to the
Pennsylvania railroad for wharf extern
sions. Other work requiring structural
steel in the near future are the Hills
Publishing Company's new building. call
ing for 3.O0o tons. and the Hallenbeck
building for a like quantity. and the
Kaufman department store in Pittsburgh,
which will require some 5000 tons.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

IT sales Tor The day, 81. NO bnHfes'
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-28
AFTER MUCH EXPERIENCE GIRL
MAY FINALLY GET A HUBBY


San Francisco, June 29.-After an
agent in an employment agency had
told Eileen Shaw, aged 16, that if
she couldn't live on $40 month, she
should do something on the side as
all other girls do, she decided she
could not earn an honest living with
out sacrificing her womanhood, and
is today in the city jail for mas
Querading in boys attire.
The girl was captured by the police
when her longing for husband and
a home led her to appeal to a matri-
monial agency. Detectives found her
working in hotel as a ''be1-boy"
under the name of Herbert Emery.
MY folks live in Humboldt coun-
ty," she sobbed, as she admitted her
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-28

so called up Captain Meagher, and
he told me where she could go and be
given shelter until she could get
honest work.
The captain is just humanitarian,
and he is grieving sorely because
gossip accused him of grating off
criminals and prostitutes.
But the thing l wonder about is
this: You know that when a wo-
man stops to gossip, she lets the
dishes pile up in the kitchen sink,
never makes the beds, and permits
the flies to wander in through the
open door.
Now, is that the reason that some
Of the pickpockets and other breeds
of criminals that have gone into
Judge Mahoney's court have slipped
away so easily? 1t isn't because the
judge is trying to reform them, for
they are twice as brazen once they
go free.
Is it a case of the dirty dishes piling
up while the judge has been leaning
over the fence and telling such wild
tales about a man whose record
makes the charges ridiculous?
And also isn't it pity that there
isn't some way outside of expensive
litigation to stop either a gossiping
woman or man from using Islander as
revenge?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-28
JOYRIDERS INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT

Four persons were injured last
night when an automobile contain
ing three men and three girls went
into the Salt Creek slough at Bell
wood.
The accident came as a climax to
night of joyriding.
Those injured are: Irving Peter
son, 1924 N. Drake avenue, three ribs
broken, internal injuries, will prob
ably die; Paul Schultze, 1926 Armi-
tage avenue, scalp wound; Mabel Oh
sen, 1748 N. Talman avenue, right
knee injured; Dina Olsen, her sister,
legs bruised.
Norda Peterson, 1893 N. Washte-
nav avenue, and Carl Schultze, 2420
Southport avenue, driver of the car,
escaped without injuries. Schultze
was arrested. He admitted the party
had been drinking.
-O-O-
SHATTERED
Two souls with but single thought.
Two hearts that beat as one.
This romance ends right here be-
cause
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sex, 'but 1 have been working in
Portland. When l came here 1 tried
to get a job and the agent at the en-
ployment place offered me $40
month, out of which l was to pay my
own board and lodging, and when I
said l couldn't live on that, he told
me to make something on the side
like other girls do.
disappearing as a boy, l sue
ceeded in getting work, but 1 longed
for the companionship of a good man
and appealed to the matrimonial
agency"
John Stuger, a young automobile
painter, whose letters to the girl
through the matrimonial agency
caused her discovery, visited the Jail
and secured her release. Admitting
her pluck, Stuger is pressing suit and
their marriage is expected soon.