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tons. the largest increases are being
made In the south and Texas u probably
In the lead OF these states.
NiIes-Bemept-P Pond Company has de-
clared the regular quarterly divtdened OF
/ 1-2 per cent on the preferred stock.
Pratt & whitney Co. has declared the
regular quarterly dividened Of l IL per
cent on the preferred stock.
-Four of the largest utility companies
in Texas which have reported earnings
for the twelve months ended March u,
1914, show G,75s,S5l gross. compared with
S6.77.16O for the preceding year. gain
Of 1851 .0sl Combined net earnings Of the
four companies for the year we're S,s3A.-
l5S, compared with $2.s55.1ls.. an increase
Of $3S9, O36, while the surplus after all
charges was s, "a. as against H.sl5,5S3 for
the twelve wonths ended March 81, 1918,
or an increase Of $357,si2
The heavy shrinkage in Standard Oil
share prices this week follows the an
nouncement of dividend reductions by
several of the former subsidiaries. Fol-
lowing the first announcements of crude
oil price reductions. the oil group suf-
teTcu seNcTc ioSscS. d5 podeio anu
vestors came to realize that the oil bust
ness was In a state of depression. but
after successive reductions in crude prices
In various parts of the country. from
day to day. a rallying movement set In.
Reduced dividend declarations by the
Buckeye Pipe Line. Crescent Pipe Line.
and Solar Refining Company. following
the recent action Of the Eureka Pipe
Line directors In cutting that company's
again called a halt to the up
ward movement, and prices have shown
further large declines.
The Savoy OIL Company, a producer in
Oklahoma, Is one Of the first to show
the effects Of recent reductions in crude
oil prices, having omitted its usual extra
dividend for the month of May.
Speaking Of reductions in several OF
tie former Standard Oil subsidiary COM
panies dividends and recent cuts I'm
crude oil prices one of the leading men
in the Standard Oil group says:
These adverse changes are only a re-
nection of the general depression in the
oil business which became marked dur
ing the latter part of 1918.
This slackening in business. which is
the result of general industrial depres-
sion, is affecting all branches of the oil
industry.
Last year was good one for the
oil companies. 1t does not look as il the
separated Standard Oil companies will be
able to show as good results for 1914"
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new YORK PRODUCE.

New York. May .-Milfeed-Strong: Of
ferings are small: trade is quiet Spring
bran. in l00-pound sacks, $50; in transit
and to arrive. lake and rail. s27.OO: stand
ard middling. spot. s21.15: to arrive, 81 90;
Western red-dos. SEQ IS: winter wheat. in,
ioo-pound sacks. 70 arrive. ESQ; city
bran. In bulk. ESQ Argentine bran. 10
arrive. Is held at SgIoo. in oo-pound sacks.
Rye four-Steady; trading is inactive.
Good to choice at $3.2Ja31O
Cornmeal-Firm: business is lifeIess.
kiln-dried. for export. 1896: coarse meal,
in bags. 81 HdI5
Pork.Steady: trading Is limited. Mess.
s. sod9@; family. s2LooGe5.5O; clear
Beef-Steady; business is inactive.
Packet. sE.5CNls0O: family. SIS 5OdI9 90
Hay-Receipts. 92l tons: easy; demand
light and offerings ample. Quotations:
Prime timothy. N.l2h: No i timothy
81 10: No. 2. N.00: No. :. $3.50 cents.
Straw-Receipts. % tons; fiat: demand
Is quiet Long rye quoted at s5deo cents.
Lard-Steady: transactions moderate.
Prime western. Slo. %: refined. Continent.
loso: South American. slI.30; refined
Brazilian. in kegs. $3.50: beef stearine,
81, cents: lard stearine dull: New York,
liz cents.
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CHICAGO PRODUCTS.
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations given below for larg, lots Of good
marketable goods only Jo0bers' prices higher.
Lover grades may be sold for less Fancy gooos
brought higher pricrS
Light rtcsipts continued yesterday calves and
lanbs. and these goods sold readily at quotations
The market for fruits and vegetables yesterday was
inactive and Ettle changed. Sweet potatoes ruled
slightly stronger. The quotations cncumbers low
cred under more liberal receipts. Asparagus again
flooded the market and while the better grades sold
Ter weak fgnres. difficulty was experienced in NOV
ing the poorer goods Receipts Of North Carolina
strawberries were not heavy they might have
been. and the result to keep the figures high.
considerable demand prevailed hay. straw.
and corn. the best grades bringing easily the top
quotations.
GREEN GOODs-Yams per Dbl. L5oa225; sweet
potatoes. North Carolina. per Dbl. l.5oz2.5o; da
native. per Dbl. l75a25o; potatoes. per sack LIZA
80; do. No. = per Dbl. locals; Florida new
potatoes L7sa5 50 per bb: beans. Florida per has
ket 10ae0: cabbage. Florida, Ter crate. l5os2 90
do. per basket. 5oa75; South Carolina. per crate
L7ja2co: carrots, Southern bunch. 3ai; rsdishes
homegrown. per 100. Looals5: lettuce. per basket,
5osi25; cmblings. per crate. L25al5o: celery. per
dozen 60al 90; do Florida small. crate. ll5a2 9
cucumbe-. rer basket. 2ooas2S: Western yellow
onions. per sack 2ooa275 white onions. per bushel
Texas. per crate. LTssSOC: beets. PER bunch. las;
esgplants per case. L7sa30o: tomatoes. Florida per
crate. choice L3a20; fancy. 25os3.5o spinach. per
b6L 75aio kale Dbl 4osso Florida peppers crate.
lSaa2oo; per basket. 1c5al1 reas. per basket looa
500; okra. per crate 2s0s3so; asraraEus per dozen
bunches leca2oe; rhubarb. per bunch, lta2; cauli-
flower. South Carolina. per basket. L25a2.so lima
bezns. per basket, 3ooai.m
lsh.
LARD-Tus, pure per h., lls.al2H: do. COM
pound. per It.. 81. Cotouseed oil. per can. $50
h., .; Process per h. 2la2: undergrade. per h..
2a2s: store packed. per h.. loaH
FRESH FISH AND CRABS-tPrices given below
are BY the pound unless Otherwise .tatedl-Buiter
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HEAR ABOUT FISHES

A roomful of Riddles" at the House
of Play yesterday afternoon heard DR..
Hugh NJ. Smith, United States Commits
sioner of Fisheries, tell the story Of
Around the World Fishing" and saw
lantern slide views of fish, fishers and
fisheries in all parts of the world. In
order to give more children a chance to
see and hear all about the people who
fish in other lands, DIR. Smith will repeat
his lecture Saturday. May 16, in connec-
ton with the regular afternoon play
hour. On May Il David G. Fairchild. Of
the Department of Agriculture. will give
his illustrated nature talk on The
Monsters Of Our Back Yards
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, May 7.-Cali money opened at Ia rer
cent; high. 2: low. IA: renewals. IA: close II.
ruling rate. IL.
Time money is again distinctly weaker. Sixty-dsy
loans are being arranged at a decline Of \ per cent
Lenders also are asking 4 per cent less for ninety
days accommodated. while borrowers are bidding
4 Ter cent less for four months The volume Of
turnover is small owing to the lack Of demand.
Raies are q. mr. cnt for sixty days. "a per
for ninety days. 24a3 per for four months.
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ginning October !, was larger than In
any other corresponding period In the
history of the company. While the earn
ings of the company were satisfactory,
they were not showing the correspond
ing net increase. due partially to the fact
that the company was now making a
smaller machine ut reduced price for
the small country papers, which had
hitherto not been on the linotype map
The company is operating full force
and the export business, which amounts
to about % per cent of the total bust
ness, is improving. Some of the foreign
orders involved difficult delivery. One
recently sent to Colombia had to be
rehandled fourteen times after being
laned on the Coast
Ralttmore's Losin, Fight.
A brief containing Baltimore's protest
against the selection made by the re-
serve bank organization committee was
FLED yesterday. Copies will be distributed
generally.
II is thought unlikely that the Federal
reserve bank will make any change in
the selection of reserve centers.
II is reported that Mr.. Warburg lie
favorable to such a change, but 1t is
improbable that he would care to make
any fight over the matter, especially as
Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Will
Jams can be depended upon to secure
two additional votes out of the five active
members.
The success of the new currency sys-
TEN will rest in no small degree upon
united action in the Federal Reserve
Board, and the location of reserve CEN
tiers and districts is not a matter Of basic
Importance.
Two changes will shortly be made by
the Western Maryland Railway Company
One will be the removal of the su-
perintendent's department to Hagers-
town, and the other will be the resigna-
ton of II. w. Williams as general agent.
He will be succeeded by w. A. Shrop-
shire, of Atlanta, Ga.
The transfer of Superintendent Stanton
Ennes and his headquarters and staff to
will be made May Is. and it
is believed it will permit of more ad-
vantageous operation and economical
of the train service from that
town. The Office force of seven men OF
this department, now in Baltimore, will
be transferred to Hagerstown
Norfolk and Westerns March state
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TORONTO QUOTATIONS..
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

ssles-Reyuhr csll T. O'CLOCK noon.
Rigs Realty s. long. 81. 600 at lo2 100 At loe.
81 90 at To-,
Capital Traction S. 500 at lGS.
City and Suburban S.. A.ocs at lc2
Washington Railway Is. 81. coo at sls.
Potomac Electric cons b, ST. 600 at Ssh. 5000 at
ooL1 500 At SIS. 5000 at ei. 81. 900 at ee4.
81 90 ssis 81 coo at ss1. 900 at 81. 5000 at
ISL. loo at ssii.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone s.. 81 90 at
los
Washington Railway preferred. at s55s. 10 at g.
Washington Gas. 3 at ~. at ~.
District National Rank. 10 at y,
After call-Capital Tracticn 10 at looS at 1904.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.
COTTON MARKETS.

The market showed resistance all day. starting out
with good demand for July from spot interests and
later in the day there unofficial reports that
ain was falling in Dallas and other Texas points
which brought out buying Of new crops The ring
was apparently short, and around the close were
covering. New Orleans brokers were also among the
buyers. prominent ring operator who was
thought to be short bidding Tor large blocks Of
December on the close. Buying of July was scat
freed. most Of which looked to be short covering
1t is believed there is still large short interest in
July. which would run to cover on further rally
md should another bad spell Of weather strike the
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The Safest Investments

Are those that do not fuctuate during tfs
turbed conditions Ct the money or stock mar
k,ts First deed Of trust notes lhrst mort
rases). veil secured on real estate In the Dis
ire, Of Columbia. constitute -gilt-edgs" in
yrs;meu.s Trey do not depend upon tbs
financial responsibility of individuals or cor.
ror.tions tor their stability. and are exempt
from taxation As personal property. We can
SUPPLY such Investments in amounts from -"
upxard. Send for booklet. "Conerrnins Loan
and Inves,nent&"
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Finance and Commerce

per cent for Eve mouths. ,a5k per cent for dx
months. and Nat per cent for over the year.
There Is no alteration In commercial paper rates
The extreme for prime regular maturities 10
STAT per cent. with ySa3h for the shorter dates.
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William Brown. who owns 100 miles
| square in Central Oregon and huge hocks
of sheep. was school teacher at $40
month twenty-seven years ago.
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western belt tnst nov, which 10 cot unlikely from
what the local weather map readsFs ~. u vcuh
result In = sood uptum In new uupa Sentiment
last ,night was decidedly more .fsvurabie 10 the
market. The Close vas steady. with Liverpool dueto
come 81 to ~ msher.-Herbert n. Brown. manasa
for n L. CARPENTER 4 Go.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-08

The Treasury Department will de.
post in several of the national banks OF
Washington District tax money during
this month and June. The deposits
slightly will exceed 5000. CO., and will be
made in four installments, returnable al
stated periods, beginning July Is. The
money offsets the excess of tax receipts
over disbursements.
Government Is at IO9 is are at the low.
est price in twenty years at least. At
that price they yield only a trife more
than , per cent. The IS are dull and in
active at 96 bid and the Panama is are
also sluggish at par bid. Obviously deal
ers in governments are still of the opin-
ion that the government will be Obliged
to finance its expenditures for naval and
military purposes.
The reserve bank organization COM
mittee yesterday announced that the
subscriptions to the capital stock of the
twelve Federal reserve banks thus far
received amount to s96. 20 COO. The sub
scriptions have come from 6,097 national
banks out of a total of 1901. The sub
scriptions received from the banks in
each of the twelve districts amount to
more than the minimum amount re-
quired for the organization of the banks
and arrangements are now being made
for the selection of five banks in each
district, which, under the Federal re-
serve act. will be expected to sign the
certificate Of incorporation or orSaniza-
ton of each Federal reserve bank
The largest number of subscriptions
received from any one district is from
the Chicago district. in which Isl banks
have made their subscriptions. The next
largest number of subscriptions have
come from the Philadelphia district
where SIS banks have subscribed In
the Cleveland district. 617 banks have
sent in their subscriptions; Kansas City
Gle banks, and Dallas coz banks
The largest amount subscribed is in
New York State, 197l2.OOO being sub
scribed by 426 banks
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BALTIMORE WHOLESALE MARKET

Baltimore. May f.-HAY-No. I timothy. ls.ooa
$50: standard timothy. Hdalsoo; No. 2 E.oals.ou;
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New York Futures.
New Orleans Futsrcs.

Statistics.
Furnished By n. l. Carpenter 4 Co.
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Total sales 2b.II5 shares against o37 YESTERDAY
2so.l6S a week ago. and la 80 year ago. From
January to date. 0,sl2.5s2 against 3, 4so,li3 a
year ago.
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Norfolk and Westerns March state
ment compared with 1918 is as follows
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NEW YORK COFFEE.
Furnished BY N. L. Carpenter Il Ca
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.

er York. MAY I.-clo-ins quotations Of ni.cc,.
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While in substantially all sections OF
the country gains are being reported in
earnings by the public utility corpora
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Liverpoei Futures.

rarni.hed b n. L. csrp.nter Z O..
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE CITY STOCKS REG.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-11-21

OF the waterways of his eocntry-
at once the Oldest of nations and the
youngest of epublics--which have
been in constant use for thousands
Of years. Acceptances have also
been received from Senators Weeks
OF Massachusetts,, Simmons of NoIth
Carolina, and William Alden Smith
Of Michigan, from Speaker Champ
Clark and from Ex-Governor Clfas. s.
Oeneen of Illinois. Ex-Maycr Magee
OF Pittsburgh VII speak on the need
for Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship
Canal, Mr.. John X. BARNARD of New
Orleans, the builder of new type
CT self-propelled barges now IN use
on the Warrior and Tombigbee
rivers, between the Alabama coal
fields and the Gulf, will taik uf Our
Unused Waterways and Mr.. Irving
G. Norwood, forme" Washingtmi
newspaper correspondent, now sec
rotary of tho Greater Davenport
iowa. committee, will give an il
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-11-21

energy. There was always a fear and
dresd In my mind, / had cold, nervous,
weak spells, hot flashes over my body.
] had . place in my right side that was
go sore that / could hardly bear tbs
weight of my clothes. tried medicines
and doctors. but they did me little good,
and never expected to get out again.
| got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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tainly would have been in grave or in an
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me. But now can work all day. sleep
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AL pains. aches, fears and breads are
gone, my house, children and husband
are no longer neglected, as | am almost
entirely free of the bad symptoms | had
before taking your remedies, and all is
pleasure and happiness in my home. -
Mrs. Josie HAN, r. Il. ID. l, Box 2e,.
Shamrock, Missouri.
Ifyou want special advice write
Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co..
!eonfidsnttsD Lynn. Mass.
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the decisive factor. In the prssanI
stage of the war less than ever be-
fore we are not afraid of Russian
nunerical superiority. At Tsnhen-
burg the Russians outnumbered US
three to one. vet the result was a
notable German victory.
1.-THE Russians are good soldiers
and observe discipline, but discipline
of another sort than that of The
Austro- German, which is based on
thinking and the execution OF coEi-
mand, while the Russian discipline
is a mere blind. dull obedience.
1.-THE Russians have learned much
since the Japanese war. particularly
in the science of entrenching. but
when the ground is frozen they viii
no longer be able to dig themselves
in. Then they will have bad time
of it. That is one of the advantages
the winter campaign will bring US.
ut is a sad but good thing that
war and sentimentality do not go
together. The merciless conduct OF
war is in the end the most m erciful
because war is soonest ended there
BY. "
The war with Russia is now
chiefly a question of whose nerves
will snap first. II Austria and Ger
many have stronger nerves-and
they have them-they will be VIC
torious."
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-11-21

General OF. the Daughters of the
American Revolution. and by Mira.
Sherman of Chicago. Chairman of
the Committee on Conservation and
Waterways of the General Fedora.
tion of Wosnan,s clubs. On the same
evening there will be an illustrated
lecture on THE Picturesque Water
WAYS Of Europe by Mr.. Otis b. Kent
Of Washington, ID. c.
Apparently good many of those
who made II did not realize the
charge that Rivers and Harbors bills
are Pork Barrels" is a charge that
The U. S. Army Engineers are either
incompetent or corrupt. The off
GERS of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress resent this charge
with indignation. and are especially
gratified to announce that the rep
resentative of the Army Engineers
at the convention will be Col. George
we 0VCthaAor Tic WIZ
builder of the Panama Canal. Ii is
certainly to be hoped that the slides
in the Culebra Cut will behave.
That the members of the National
Rivers and Harbors Con gress are not
TO be intimidated by the existing
opposition to waterway improvement
will be made evident at the couven-
tion next month. Senator Ransdell
, of Louisiana. the president of the or
ganization, has long been an enthu.
siastic advocate. OF definite and gen
erous governmental policy regarding
the waterways of the country, and
Of AN annual Rivers and Harbors, bull
rather than biennial or triennial
bill, which was customary previous
to the year 1910.
The improvement of our rivers
and harbors." says Senator Ransdell,
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NINE. CALvE A NURSE.
!. sooTHEs WOUNDED IN
& i. FRANCE WITH SONG

New York. Nov. 20.--Emma Calve
the opera singer, Is serving with the
ised Cross in France and soothing
the wounded With song. She made
this known IL. Il letter TO friend
In this city
My sister-in-law and myself are
both in thg Red Gross and taking
care of the Wounded III the hospitals
of Toulon, wrote Nine. Calse. II
sihg to the wounded and hull them
to slepp wAen they are getting better
and sing war songs for those who.
after the healing OF their wour DIS.
are going back to defend poor
France" ..
Nine. Calve wrote that she hll
given up concert tour in California
to perforln this service for the Red
Cross and her country.
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Berlin, via The Hague and Lon
don, Nov. 20.--The great battle ID
West Poland is in full progress. Of.
fetal reports state that no decision
has vet been reached
The engagements previously re-
ported eastward OF the Mszurlan
Lakes In Soldau, Lipno, Wloclawek
and Cracew, seem to have been mere
ly preliminaries to a general engage
efnnt along the whole line. The Ger
man bulletin mentions fehting north
Ward Of Lodza While the AistriaRs
report the advance of their army
northward from Cracows and 1T is
evident that the Teutonic aiIies and
the Russians are engaged in the cen.
ter along a north and south line.
Hence sit seems that the Teptonic
allies arc leyeling concentrated at.
tack from three directions against
the Russian force.
The newspaper cgitics snterpref
conditions as Generosity favorable IL
the AustrorGermans, and assert thai
the German advance bssondt Miawfs
and the vicinity. OF Pluck, has eiimi-
hated danger OF m invasion OF East
and West Prussia, except by such,
cayalry forces rs are operating
northward of Eydtkohnen, in East
Prussia on the Russian border. These
however, are only raiders.
Bruges, Belgium, Thursday, Nor.
10, via Sluis and London. Nov. 2o.---
Large bodies Of Ger=an engineers
have oeen seen passing toward tao
front. according to information re,
ceived here. and it is believed the
Germans are planning to cross the
inundated country by scientific en-
cheering methods.
Meanwhile the western storm con-
tiaues, and the waters of the North
Sea are sweeping inland through six
big locks at Newport,