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Mrs. Mabel T. Boardman.

the shipping centre to the point of de-
livery.
when Congress is obliged to provide
money for war purposes II appropriates
a lump sum, which has to be divided
up. A certain amount Is allotted to the
medical service of the army. 1t is never
enough, and utmost economy has to be
exercised in its expenditure. Certain
things are absolutely needed and there
is not much left over for extras. Ac-
cordlngly funds contributed from out
side sources accomplish good in two
ways, furnishing many comforts which
otherwise the sick and wounded would
not enjoy, and conserving the resources
Of the medical service, so that what
money it has goes further
In case of war the Red Cross will
need funds for the purchase of medical
supplies. Suppose that there are
wounded MeXicans in base hospital
Government money cannot be spent to
buy medicines and invalid foods for
them. yet they cannot be allowed to
suffer for lack of such necessaries.
Accordingly the Red Cross. in whose
view friend and foe are equal when
demanding succor is obliged to depend
upon outside contributions.
The work Is already in progress.
Yesterday we sent TO Vera Cruz by
torpedo boat 500 vaccine points, 10000
quinine tablets. 10000 cholera mixture
tablets and other medicines. on the
Wyoming, from New York. went a large
consignment of condensed milk, matted
milk, biscuits in paper cartons, canned
corn, canned beans, &c.
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one officer continually uses the range
finder stick to determine the distance
between the fleets just as the officer on
shlpboard constantly uses the real range
finder when the warshp is approaching
the enemy. Another scale has been de-
signed TO facilitate the movement of the
miniatures. 1t is 20 inches long and
represents 20 nautical miles. If the ship
steams at 20 knots for an hour 1t travels
just 20 inches in a given direction over
the game board. The craft will cover
inches II it steams at 10 knots for
one-half hour.
When battleship turns there Is
loss Of Roadway; the greater the turn,
the greater the loss of Roadway. This
Is an important consideration in
manpuvring fleets. A semi-circular scale
shows the loss of Roadway for any
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WOMEN WOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE AND
IMPORTANT PART IN WAR WITH MEXICO

I'm the event Of war much money
will be NEEDED by the Red Cross to pro-
vide for the personnel of its organiza-
ton in the field-doctors. nurses, phar-
macists, cooks. hospital attendants,
litter bearers laborers, &c. The Gov
eminent provides for the transportation
and subsistence Of all these people, but
Il does not pay them. The Red Cross
must attend to that.
I'VE are fairly flooded by applca-
lions from women all over the country
who are anxious to be war nurses. A
great majority of them. are unframed.
But We do not want them. However
much their patriotism and willingness
OF self-sacrifice may be admired. they
would not be useful for our purposes.
We have plenty of trained nurses already
at hand women OF experience, whose rec
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groups OF officers pittlng their brains
and knowledge against each other. The
latter amounts to nothing more than
deep reading and an analysis OF prece-
dents.
The game board is a wooden table
twenty feet square. representing a por-
ton of the open sea. 1t is OF solid con-
struction so the players may move about
on it without risking tumble. 1t is di-
vided into checkered units. each repre-
sentlng about 200 square miles of ocean.
on this board the officers man9uvre
miniature fleets of dreadnoughts, sub
marines and destroyers.
Tiny boats less than an inch long are
pieces for the game. These represent
dreadnoughts.- battleships, cruisers, de-
stroyers, submarines. auXiliaries and
merchantmen. one fleet Is enamelled
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blue; that is the United States fleet.
the other is enamelled red; that is the
enemy. A long pin is thrust through
the toy so that when the piece is moved
1t may be firmly stuck in any desired
position on the board. Colored flags at
tached to the top of the pins indicate the
nature Of the craft represented by the
toys.
A substitute for the range finder has
been invented for the war game. 1t is a
stick about yard long, divided so that
each unit represents 500 yards.
There Is practically no escape from
battle when ships of warning nations
come within range For effective fire,
the maximum range Is about $4,000
yards. Therefore. when the toy ships
Of the game theoretically come within
this range, they commence firing.
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armies in case Of war with Mexico.
Hundreds Of them are actually holding
of cases, In other words keeping out
OF steady employment. in order to be
ready at a minutes notice IL called
We could mobilize the whole 5000 in a
few days IL they were required. A
short time ago we got word from Cleve-
land that sixty nurses in that city
were ready to start that day IL needed
Suppose we have an emergency call
for nurses. We telegraph to the chair
man of the nurses committee in New
York. say, telling him that so many
nurses are wanted from him immedi-
ately. The chairman has list of
every nurse in the metropolis or its
vicinity who has been enrolled. He
calls up each one in turn by telephone
and asks, Are you free?' 1t may be
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speed. In the war game there is no
guess work. 1t is serious study. Real
warships of the Powers-Great Britain,
Germany. France and Japan-are rep
resented by those tiny toys and the
problems solved are those which would
arise in actual war.
All facts are accepted at full value
1t is a study too serious for trlhng.
Every conceivable exigency that might
arise has been worked out from every
angle.
AS Mexico has practically no navy,
the ordinary problems taken up at the
War College can hardly find expression
with reference to Mexico. Here Is a
sample problem: Enemy's fleet of eight
dreadnoughts. ten battleships, twenty
four destroyers and seven auxiliaries
has left European ports. Their object
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at hand. II they were wanted we could
mobilize 500 nurses ready to go to the
front inside of twenty-four hours.
THE 5000 are ali of them picked
nurses. 1t is not every trained nurse
by any means that makes a good war
nurse. Sturdy physique is a prime es-
sentlal and there are other qualities
that are essential. such as steady
nerves and the habit of GOODNESS. In
selecting nurses for enrolment such
matters are carefully considered; they
figure in each woman's record. Many
applicants are unavoidably rejected,
always with the understanding that 1t
is no slight upon them personally, but
merely that they do not seem to be
adapted for war work.
Every nurse on the roll has had at
least two or three years experience in
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orders, she has learned how to obey.
For such work women are wanted who
have acquired the habit of obeying
orders.
THE service they are required to
undertake is a military service and dis
cipline is essential. An unframed nurse
might say to the doctor, L think another
way would be better The trained nurse
would never think Of making such a
remark. She does what she Is told
to do.
"The whole system Of utilizing the
services Of trained nurses in war Is, Of
course. very new. All the nurses who
volunteered for work during the civil
war were without training. and 1t fol-
lowed necessarily that, with the best
intentions in the world. they were con-
stantly making dangerous blunders. The
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Is to capture Guantanamo, establish an
advance base and commence operations
against the Panama fortiications. The
ships of the American fleet are scat
tered up and down the coast: several of
them are in dry dock; and the garrisons
at Guantanamo and Panama need be
strengthened. The War College stu
dents determine how such a situation
should be met.
This problem is typical. Every battle
ship of both fleets would be listed with
its speed, armor and armament. The
probable efficiency of each ship would
be estimated so that the battle strength
Of the fleets could be compared. Then
as no fleet can travel faster than the
maximum speed Of the slowest ship
the length Of time It would take for
the enemy's fleet and the American
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Fat for Health.
rom the BROOKLYN Eagle

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
he old gibe that nobody loves rat
man has been emphatically discredlted.
The insurance companies love him De-
cause he is a good risk, and their pres
idents. recently assembled in TINS city
for conference, officially announced his
advantage, especially in regard TO tu-
berculosis, that great menace TO the lie
insurance business.
These figures show that out of ten
deaths of men slightly under weight.
from families which had suffered from
tuberculosis, five died from that dis
ease, On the other hand. of ten men
slightly over weight, with the same
family conditions, only three died OF
tuberculosis, while Of ten men dis
tinctly "heavy" or fat, only one died Of
tuberculosis. The point is that good
feeding is the great enemy Of tuber-
culosis, and the fat man is well
nourished Fat men die, of course, but
they die from other causes. and, as the
victims of these are insignificant in
contrast to the ravages of consumption.
their chance for living on and paying
their premiums is much better than
that Of their gaunt brethren. who boast
of their perfect condition
Shakespeare was not a life insurance
president when he made Caesar say,
IL let me have men about me that are
fat" but his discrimination shows that
he would have made a good one il the
business had been invented in time for
him, The fat man should perk up. No
body has come forward to champion
the envied college athlete as good
risk. His heart Is too apt to go back
on him.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
RESOURCES INCREASING
Total of Twelve Institutions Larger
by $1,7o0,000 the Past Week
Than Preceding.

Inc total resources of the twelve fed.
eral reserve banks, at close of business
thursday. December "a, according tc
weekly statement of condition made
by the federal reserve board, is about
sl''oo,ooo larger than for the preced-
ing week. This increase is regarded
as mainly due to larger amounts of
federal reserve notes in the hands of
the New York federal reserve bank.
New deposits show a gain equally
large. Cash resources show a slight
gain. Rediscounts decreased about
half a million dollars, as compared
with the totals of the preceding week.
Reserve Note Circulation Unchanged
Hardly any change is shown in the
nsures of net circulation of federal
reserve notes. Reports from federal
reserve agents, however, indicate that
almost a million dollars of additional
federal reserve notes were issued to the
banks during the week.
Because of the larger amounts of gold
and lawful money deposited with the
federal reserve agents. also of the
larger amounts Of notes In the hands
Of the banks themselves, their net
liability on account of these notes
shows decrease from $3,S56,0OO to
100000 the past week.
The deposits shown are net, exclusive
of 81 million dollars in transit between
difference between $24,313.oOO reported
as due from other federal reserve
banks and s1s.650.000 reported as due
to other federal reserve banks.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

tfon, to cali back a number of their
unemployed mechanics whom they had
been compelled to lay of because OF re-
str1cted income. Already a number of
the roads have complied with the sec
ond condition, and 1t is expected that
they will not be slow in showing their
sincerity as measured by test number
one: This will mean a great advance
In the steel trade.
Returns to Stockholders.
In view of the substantial increase
Just granted to the railroads, 1t is in
teresting to note what returns to
stockholders have been made in the
past fiscal year by the leading rail-
road systems. OF .twenty-eight COM
panies selected for the purpose of
study. 1t will be seen that six paid no
dividends, and of these six two showed
q dencit after charges, so that no
ments. These two were the Missouri
Pacific and the St. Louis and San Fran.
cisco.
The rate of ca; .lings as indicated be-
low does not, of course, show the ef-
rect OF the partial rate Increase grant
ed last August, as the fiscal year of all
1ne q. railroads here included closed June
raliroad companies and one industrial,
timately affiliated with the railroad
systems as to warrant its inclusion, to-
gether with the rate earned by each on
ITS capital stock, the rate paid and the
rare di,,e Q. the last periodical payment or
dividend declaration. (These figures
are taken from an eminent authority
In such matters-the New York .Jour.
nal of Commerce.:
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and 1t is not likely that open trans
aS.Ions VIII be attended by any recess
sion in prices
The interim between July 80 and date
, nias slVen opportunity for holders of
securities to finance themselves, while
.hose who have open trades have had
they might desire.
AT the present time a committee of
.ne exchange is busily engaged in re-
vIslhe the constitution and bylaws of
tne organization, and some important
ruies are likely to be adopted before
unrestricted trading is resumed
IN the matter of losses through
passed and reduced dividends, WASH
,nston investors have Jared only fair
~ We'll The Capital Traction Com
pany reduction of 4 of 1 per cent
quarterly was something of surprise,
Whiie the loss of two Lanston diyi-
dends has been the most serious sus-
famed A loss of so cents a share in
the usual extra distribution of Mergen-
thaier was not seriously felt. in the
satisfaction that existed that the cut
was not larger.
All banks have maintained their reg
uiar dividend rate. as have the other
utility corporations
In the matter of prices as comnared
with the declines that have taken
piace In other markets, local investors
nave sustained but little loss.
Banks. utilities and other cornora.
Ions whose securities are listed on
tne exchange have enjoyed a. fairly
prosperous year. all things considered.
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Foreign Exchange Rate Drops.


International bankers were much in
terested in the rather severe decline
in foreign exchange rates, which on
Monday rached 4.S525. as compared
with the previous low figure of 4.853o
in February OF this year. This. doubt
less, is reflection Of Americas for
eign trade position, particularly that
with belligerent nations. In part the
big decline in sterling, which was re-
fected also in francs, marks and other
exchange bills, was due to the liQuida-
tion of long line Of exchange bills
at much higher prices by speculatively
inclined interests who thought they
foresaw heavy demand for exchange
in the closing week or ten days Of the
month. This demand, they believed,
would result from the reopening of
the stock exchange, with consequent
foreign selling of American stocks,
and partly for the usual year-end set
Elements. But the most potent factor,
as foreign exchange circles admitted,
was the swinging of the foreign trade
balarce in favor Of the United States
The November balance. announced
last Saturday. was $79,000.O00 The
goods sold in November have been
paid for to a great extent and ex-
change is being received daily in pay
ment for the rest. Practically ail of
the foreign exchange finds its way Inn
mediately to the New York market,
and with little demand existing for
payment Of American debts abroad the
price of exchange has suffered.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 26.-Flour-
Steady.
Rye four-Steady.
Buckwheat flour-Quiet.
Buckwheat-Steady.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Rye-Steady
Barley-Steady.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. 2 red, 1874
No. hard, 1.34K all rail c. |. f. track
export; No. 1 northern Duluth, 1.35 Il
and No. / northern Manitoba, 1.31 C. 1. f.
Buffalo. Futures without transactions
closing 1s net higher. May, 1879.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2 yellow. u C. l.
f. to arrive; Argentine. I3 nominal, de-
oats-spot quiet.
Hay-Steady.
Hops-Quiet.
Hides-Firm; Bogota, 31a32: Central
America. 291aa30.
Leather-Firm.
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Quiet.
Beef-Quiet.
Lard-Steady.
Tallow-Quiet
Wool-Steady.
Rosin-Qufet.
Turpentine-Quiet: machine, barrels,
IS nominal.
Rice-Quiet.
Enthusiastically
Cottonseed. oil-Holiday.
Evaporated apples-Firm.
Prunes-Very steady.
Apricots-Quiet.
Peaches-Steady.
Raisins-Dull.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
ANTWERP BOMBARDMENT.
The Effect of the German Shells il
Getty Of Dreadful Night"
nder Powell, In Scribner's.

E Alexander Powell. in scribner's.
The bombardment of Antwerp began
about 10 o'clock Wednesday evening.
The first shell to fall within the city
struck a house in the Berchem district.
killing fourteen-year-old boy and
wounding his mother and his little SIS
ter. The g. cond decapitated street.
sweeper as he was running for shelter
Throushout the night the rain of death
continued, the shells falling at the
rate of FIVE minute. The streets were
absolutely deserted. Not living being
was to be seen. The few who had re-
mained in the city were covering In
their cellars. Though the gas as and n. .lo1e the
were illumina. ed by the glare from the
blazing oil tanks at Hoboken. which
had been set on fire by the Belgians.
The racket was deafening: The pave
to rock and sway. The very air vi
hrafed to the incessant conclusions. 1t
was indeed a City of Dreadful Night.
There would come the whistling Shrek
tons. followed, an instant later, by
SCATTERING, rending crash, and the
whole facade of the house where it had
struck would come topping into the
ter It was not until Thursday night,
however, that the Germans brought
their famous forty-two-cent meter
guns into action. The destruction
Wrought by these monster cannon was
appalling. The projectiles they rained
upon the city weighed ton apiece,
and had the destructive properties of
that much nitroglycerin. So terrific
was the noise of their discharge that it
seemed at first as though the German
batteries were firing salvos We heard
them as they came. We heard the roar
in the air which they caused, sounding
at first like an approaching express
until the atmosphere quivered as be-
fore a bowling cyclone. Then came an
explosion which seemed to split the
very earth. Huge geysers of dust and
shiverinK city. When one of these pro-
jectiles struck a building II did not
merely tear avay its upper stories or
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, December 26-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000; higher. Bulk. 705a7 20;
light, 6.7Oa7.20; mixed, 6.S0a7.25; heavy
6s0a725; rough. S.s0aS.s5; pigs. 5.50a
720.
Cattle-Receipts, 400; strong. Native
steers, 5.5Oa10.80; western, 5.2Oa8.1O
cows and heifers, 3.20aS.30; calves
750a10.00.
5.65aS.S0; yearlings. 6.70a7.s5: lambs
675aS.75
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO,

CHICAGO, December 26.-Wheat to-
day rose to 1.S0b a bushel for May
delivery, the highest price since Sep
tember 2. when, owing to war excite
ment, the market touched 1872. Signs
of increasing difficulty of obtaining
supplies from first hands was largely
responsible for the new upturn. Prices
closed strong at Halls to ~ net ad-
vance: Other leading staples. too, all
scored gains-corn, 1& to 1 y: oats, V
to IS, and provisions. 10 to 27h.
Despite much hesitation early, wheat
trading In the last hour today develop
ed into the biggest bull market of the
month. Most of the large interests had
taken to the buying side, with atten-
tion mainly directed to the scantiness
of offerings by the country. Almost
next to nothing was said to be forth
coming in some quarters, notwith-
standing bids that were best so far
on the crop. In Kansas especially
2 to 80 higher than heretofore. and
yet were barely managing to compete
with the demand for wheat for export.
Bearish feeling which at first domi-
mated the wheat market seemed in a
considerable measure due to lower
prices in Argentina. Other news from
there was conflicting, however, and the
Argentine situation was lost sight of
altogether when afterward there were
reports of decied advance in quota
tionS for cargoeS at Liverpool, and 1t
became apparent that for the time
being rural holders were disposed to be
inflexible.
Corn showed great strength from the
start. Investors seemed to look with
favor on the idea that the cereal was
relatively cheap compared with other
grain. In addition, prevailing cold
weather had brought heavy demand
from feeders.
oats rose with corn. Rumors Of big
export sales were not confirmed.
Provisions climbed because of the
advance in grain and hogs. The VOL
ume of business, however, was only
moderate.
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Invading London.

From London Opinion.
Overstrung Eervy Householder-Good
gracious! Are you Germans?
Official--No. mum. We're from the
water company to see the fittings.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

"How is it you make no mention oe
the battle of Pobooskg'
"Why, that was merely a skirmish
Only 100000 men involved. kansas
City Journal.
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Railroad Earnings.

Twenty-four railroads operating in
the United States only report gross
earnings for the third week in De-
cember of s7,252,72S, as compared with
earnings for the corresponding week
last year of ss.1s0.403. The net de-
crease in the comparison is S927,675,
or 11.34 per cent.
Four roads reported increases ag.
gregating s1S4,730, while twenty re-
ported aggregate losses of $1,1l2.4O5.
Since the fourth week in March thir-
ty railroads reporting weekly have
shown steady decreases in earnings
from LAG per cent to 1905 per cent.
with an average decrease close to 5
per cent
Evening star., 1914-12-27

blow a gaping aperture in it's walls;
the whole building collapsed in utter
ruin as though fiattened by mighty
hand,
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WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business December 26 at
the New York Stock Exchange
Railway and Miscellaneous Shares.

following highest lowest and closing
1915
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Attention. ImvestorsQ

Opportunity for careful Investor N ,,,,N
sSo,oo stock. par value S1O0, for SIP m.
TnnS 1Mmsoiate ne % purchase; s1,ooo.ooo CoRPoRA.
bears searching investigation details nro,
inquiry; inquiry; established business. Box a2s. Stss
Evening star., 1914-12-27
new YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. December 26.-Nearly
all the leading primary dry goods
houses were closed today.
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DUL[EST HALF DAY
IN FOURTEEN YEARS
New York Stock Exchange
Has Output of Only
4,000 Shares.
s>-,.-- >..>
ISSUES SHOW ADVANCE
IN THE CLOSING HOUR
Rumors Of Foreign Orders for Cot
ton and Copper-Concern Regard
ing War Insurance Rates.

NEW YORK, December 26.-With its
meager output of about $4,000 shares,
today's session af the stock exchange
was the record for dullness Of any
half holiday in fourteen years. Open
Ing prices were mostly lower. United
States Steel and Southern Pacific again
selling at the lowest prices permitted
under the existing rules, while other
prominent issues manifested heavier
tendencies.
Improvement was noted in the final
hour. Reading, Lehigh Valley, Union
Pacific and other h-priced railroad
stocks gained 1 to 2 points over
Thursdays close on buying that came
principally from the short interest.
There appeared to be less outside de-
mand than usual, except for some OF
the Investment stocks. Steel alone Of
the leaders failed to better it's position,
at no time advancing the smallest frac-
tion over its minimum. Bethlehem Steel
regained part of its recent decline and
some of the equipment group also par
ticipated in the late recovery.
Outside news bore only indirectly
upon the financial markets, advices
from the dry goods and textile trades,
tenor. Holiday trade in retail lines de-
rived some impetus from the more sea-
sonable weather, but bank clearings
clearly show marked falling off in
comparison with the corresponding
period of 1913.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

1t pays to read the want columns Of
The Star. Hundreds OF situations are
flied through them.