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Evening star., 1914-05-10
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. May "a further de-
cline of 3 to points was the result OF
today's trading in the local cotton market.
A drop in prices shortly after the opening
followed Liverpoors downward shading
as the result Of general improvement
in weather conditions in all parts of the
cotton belt and throughout the short day
there was q general tendency toward
lower levels.
Prices were held up somewhat. how
ever. by the covering by traders Tor the
short account and more or less buying
for a moderate reaction over the week
end by floor traders. At the end OF the
day the market was steady and showed
a rather good undertone.
Spot cotton-Quiet and unchanged: mo
ding, l3i.: sales OH the spot, 400 bushels:
to arrive, 165 bushels.
Cotton futures closed steady: May,
los.: July. 1855, August, 12.35; october,
u66. December, LIZA
Evening star., 1914-05-10
COVE POINT FLAGSTAFF UP.
Maritime Signal Station Again in
Working Order.

In a heavy gale which swept Chesa-
peake bay last winter the tall fiagstan
at the Cove Point Md. maritime signal
ing station was blown down. new one
has been erected recently. The Balti-
more Maritime Exchange. which main
tains the station, gives notice that it is
now ready for duty.
The new staff considerably taller than
the staff destroyed by the wind is used
TO signal vessels bound up and down the
Chesapeake bay. Pilots and masters
are urged to display their signals when
pa ssing up and down the station, their
agents and owners may be advised
promptly Of theiI Qassaga
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COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. May a.-The coffee narlte,
remained very quiet today. but ruled
generally steady in sympathy with steady
Brazilian markets. and after opening dull
at unchanged prices closed steady at a
net advance of to points Sales. 6.25O;
May, $50: July. SGT; September, s.s6
October. s.94; December. 800: January
9.15; March. 9.2I.
Spot quiet Rio No. = Ss.: Santos No
4, 11A- Mild coffee. dull; Cordova. 124a
16. nominal.
IIavre. unchanged. Hamburg. un-
changed TO Il higher Rio, unchanged
Brazilian receipts. 1900 bags: Jundahy
5000 bags. Today's Santos cables re.
ported fours unchanged: Sac Paulo re
ceipts, 10000 bags. Santos futures, un.
chalaged 10 Ia higher.
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Few Untitled Orders.

L. S. Steers monthly tonnage figures
reflected the continued slowness of steel
trade conditions, but the decrease of 376,-
ocO tons was no larger than had been pre-
dicted. The amount of untitled orders on
the steel corporations books at the first
of the month fell under the low total of
December 81 last and was the smallest of
any month since November of 1911
Missouri Pacific broke nearly points
on sales of 1000 shares at the opening to-
day. but later recovered. The bonds re-
flected more definitely the failure of re-
cent financial plans. At the days low
prices the convertibles We're 2 points low
er and the As were down 312.
The expected gain in cash. amounting
to nearly Si.JtO.O0O. was shown in the
bank statement. In view of the continued
accumulation of funds here and the un-
usually low rates for loans of all periods.
the announcement that Sl.0oO.O0 more
gold had been engaged for Paris had lit
tie effect.
Bonds were irregular Rock Island
bonds were active. rising Il to la.. To-
tai sales tpar valuel. S1.O02.OOO United
States bonds We're unchanged on call on
the week.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, May ?.-Hogs-Receipts. TO-
10" head. weak, :, cents lower: bulk of
sales. s.iJas.55: light. S35as 55; mixed.
,.5oas,55: heavy, s1Oas.52l. rough, s. 1Oa
s.25; pigs. I.toaS.45.
Cattle-Receipts, 2OD head. steady.
beeves. 1-2Ja95o Texas steers, 7.IOaS Is:
western steers, 1.I0as. 10: stockers and
feeders las.30: cows and heifers :, I(,a
$50: calves. I.ooalo.0o
Sheep-Receipts. 1909 head: slow. ma
tive. > 1tao.!b. western, J.2Oa53J. wear
linss. 90. lambs, native. 62Oa7 ;a
western, 625a1%.
Evening star., 1914-05-10

in foreign countries. the services of such a
man are badly needed. This offer proved
that President Wilson and Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo have no intention to
discriminate against the great banking IN
terests of New York, and that they rec
ognize that such policy would be ruin
GUS to the country at large. The other
men are of high standing as bankers
business men and economists whose serv-
ices will be of inestimable value to the
country in the conduct of the new system
from which SO much is expected.
Evening star., 1914-05-10
TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition Of the United States Treas
urv at the beginning OF business YESTERDAY y
was; Net balance in general fund. sI6-
7is. .Io5 total receipts Friday. 81 9i5, 2293
total payments FRIDAY. Sl.9l5,4l9. Tn.
deficit this fiscal year is 81 .Hi ,E1.t
against surplus of $685., 1o6 last year
exclusive OF Panama canal and public
debt transactions,
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NAVAL OPERATIONS.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

1t is the boast of the naval warrior
that If is his service which performs
the most scientific of all the acts of
war This operation is the blockade
1t Is the most scientific of war opera
tions in that it effects its object OF
reducing the enemy without neces-
stating the spilling of his blood.
In his choice of weapons for forcing
Mexico to redeem herself from the nor
ror of continual slaughter and pillage.
President Wilson determined upon the
our ships were to close the
ports of the turbulent republic TO the
world by a bristling fence of twelve,
thirteen and fourteen inch guns. 10
complete the isolation. our gunboats
and destroyers would patrol the coasts
Behind this impenetrable wall the
free reign of anarchy would son nave
ragged itself into exhaustion. The tur-
moil and plunder-loving Mexlcans
would have burned all their powder
and expended every cartridge Lack
of munitions of war. lack of food, OF
clothes and a general desolation would
have brought about the pacitication of
Mexico through the carrying out OF
his most certain and most scientific of
war operations, the complete blockade.
X X
Destruction of MeXicos supplies and
wealth and not of her citizens lives
was to have
Mission Was Not brought order out
to Destroy Life. against the riot
Gus country south of the Rio Grande
the blockade would be peculiarly eff
fective 1t possesses no navy with
which to break the grip of encir-
cling chain of modern battleships. Its
few cruisers, gunboats and armored
fishing smacks would have been USE
less. Moreover, without money and
without peace, ambitious revolutions
would have smothered through lack
of sinews of destruction. The worlds
eternal July would have had to come
to an abrupt conclusion.
The naval blockade is not especially
costly. 1t is not nearly such luxury as
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Asks SOS 900 for Prosecution.

Frank r. Evans has filed suit to re-
cover $4,000 damages from the Proyi-
dent Relief Association. John Brosnan.
Timothy Brosnan and John Brosnan. jr.
Malicious prosecution is alleged. Attor-
news r. H NcNeil and W. b. Hampton
represent the plaintiff. 0
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Steel Business Contracted.

Business in the steel trade this week
was further contracted and the Industry
as whole is now operating scarceiv 81
per cent of total ingot capacity, while
pig iron output is down close to 80 per
cent of capacity. Specifications against
contracts held by the Steel CORPORATION
subsidiaries were reduced ; per cent
There is much irregularity in the oper-
atons of various mills. however. one or
two of the Carnegie works have 20 per
cent to IS per cent of capacity busy. The
tinplate mills are running nearly fun
and some Of The eastern fabricating
shops have increased TO 80 per cent Of
capacity; but the majority of the COM
panies rolling the heaviest amount OF
steel are under so per cent
In April the operations of the Steel Cor
poratton averaged about 20 per cent in
dicating an output of l.09OOOo tons of
tons of rolled products. but new orders
were received at the rate of only 1900
tons daily.
Railroad orders for equipment were
gain light. The principal rail orders
were 14.OO0 tons for the Erie. 1000 for
st Paul and $500 miscellaneous steel
building work was more active orders
aggregating 10000 tons
Pig iron output in April was reduced
about 5000 tons, with "a further sharp
curtailment since May l. Business this
week was again light, but more inquiries
were out. Lake ore prices for 1914 were
reduced 80 to 10 per cent from the 1913
basis.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, May 9--Cotton goods
markets were quiet and steady today
Yarns were quiet. Curtailment In mill
centers increased. Burlap markets Were
quiet. Linens were in moderate demand
for fall
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development of greater power took
the course of stronger explosives and
smaller guns Now. however. the size
of the guns is growing again. and Ger
man ships now building are expected 20
mount new l5-inch Krupp guns OF
tremendous power. Steel will be temper
ed in vain to resist the might OF modern
weapons of destruction.
Today the grim dreadnoughts IN battie
would utterly crush and destroy while
dim specks to one another upon the hori-
zon. 1t would be a matter of getting the
range and the effective shots in first and
the tardy ship. with its complement OK
hundreds of men. would be lost.
Evening star., 1914-05-10

the financing of large army of invasion.
The great ships lying at anchor, conf
manding the situation by the silent frown-
ing of their big guns. represent a saving
rather than an expense to the govern
ment. 1t will astonish the average Amer
lean to learn that our naval operations
at Vera Cruz mean probable saving to
the country. More fuel would have been
burned and more expended in powder and
she'll in the holding of spring target
practice and maneuvers.
The Spanish-American war cost the
Navy Department $4,000. 600 in excess of
its regular appropriation. AS there were
only two important naval engagements
fought in this war, 1t will easily be under
stood that punitive naval operations can
only be supported without bitter distress
by the most prosperous nations.
In our naval operations against Spain
there was expended under the urgent de-
ficiency act
Amount Expended s25,aeo.ooo for
In War With Spain. hire and al.
teration of merchant vessels. There was
an excess expenditure of s9os.0oO for the
maintenance of naval stations. The pur-
chase of coal and other supplies was ad-
vanced by $2.ss6OO and 100000 worth
Of provisions more than used in times of
peace were needed. Extra medical sup
plies amounted to $sS5OO. but the toll of
life was negligible compared to what it
would be In a struggle with a real naval
power Other items of naval war cost
were $4,000 for coast signal service,
1851 900 for wrecking Spanish ships and
S4, ,7SO,OOO increased expenditure for pay
and transportation of officers and enlisted
men.
Another item Of extra expense occa-
stoned by this war which serves to Illus
trate how tremendously expensive
struggle with a first-class naval power
would be is that of $7.612.OO0 paid Tor
ordnance. or guns and ammunition. How
this item of cost mounts can best be
shown by taking the expense of operat-
ing a single monster gun. The 14-inch
gun. with a charge of 365 pounds Of
smokeless powder, flashes 1.N0-pound
shell through the air. This shell costs
approximately 500. The powder charge
costs about S1S5 more. One shot from
this terrible gun costs enough to start a
man in business.
fire about once in every five minutes
while today they are constructed to fire
twice every minute. Thus in five minutes
of hot action modern dreadnought with
a battery of ten big guns would use up
something like SSS.5O0. or a sum large
enough to make the average American
family comfortable for life.
An Improvement has been adopted by
the British navy which makes the burn
Evening star., 1914-05-10
WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business May at the
New York Stock Exchange.
Railway and Miscellaneous Shares

d table shows the weeks highest Lowest a1 & STOCK
week High 1913 and he yea
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Hold Off From Speculation.

Temporary satisfaction of the demand
from the shorts left the weeks stock
market in a fabby state This condition
was aggravated by the lessening of con-
fidence in the success of mediation in
Mexico. and toward the end of the week
the market lost ground. Dissemination to
embark speculation either for rise
or fall was a characteristic of the mar
ket.
The crop prospect constituted back
log for confidence. The government re-
port formulated the promise of winter
wheat crop 100000 bushels in excess
Of last years heavy yield. and defined
the forward state of other crops Busi-
ness. however, still hesitated. Hand-to-
mouth buying of merchandise, cautious
lending by banks and the preference of
investors for short-term securities all
manifested doubts. The Influence of de-
clining stel markets was supplemented
by the decreased copper consumption and
the growing number of idle freight cars.
Current eanings reports of the railroads
were somewhat better by comparison with
a poor period last year and with the ad-
vantages of economies this year.
Shifting Of the demand for gold from
London to New York threatened stiffen-
ing Of interest rates for money. although
the continued accumulation of funds here
on transactions with the interior and the
small requirements of the business world
made unlikely any marked Tightening of
the money market in the immediate fu-
ture- The struggle with credit troubles
of various railroads burdened the whole
market. The selections for the federal
reserve board made a good impression
In Europe uneasiness was renewed over
Ulster and the Balkans. with the suspi-
cion that gold absorption was going into
war chests.
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Garfield for Cooperation.

James R. Garfield of Ohio struck the
nail fairly on the head when he said ):
we should recognize that government is
something not apart from business. that
1t Is not an organization for the benefit
of those who happen to be in power.
Government has two distinct purposes
hrst the establishment of justice. and
second, the promotion of the general well
fare. Business is as much interested in
the public welfare as is the government
ana II devolVes upon us as good citizens
to perform our duties and obligations.
Action has been taken at times that was
unjust That can be avoided in the future
only If you control the railroads and the
banks are willing to assist in dealing with
these problems If the leaders of bust
ness are unable or unwilling to confer
with those in charge of government, then
the actions taken by those in charge of
government may be unjust because they
are uninformed If those in charge of
government, on the other hand turn their
backs on the leaders of business. they
are equally to blame. Both types have
stood in the way of a realization Of the
proper relations. Where the two elements
got together they were able to create
an intelligent public opinion.
1t is the apparent inability to get to-
gether and to work in harmony that has
wrought such injury to the business in
terests. The politicians have been too
prone to regard themselves as the mas
ters instead of the servants of the peo-
pie. and to believe that Congress is de-
signed only as a place for them to gain
fat livelihood instead of being a work
shop for the peoples benefit.
Evening star., 1914-05-10

Two interesting items in the modern
paraphernalia for battle are the smoke
and Illuminating
Modern Inventions shells. The first
Adjunct of War. the enemy to
conceal from him torpedo operations or
the movements of an attacking ship
which has found the range. The second
invention has been suggested as an aid
for waging a naval battle at night.
While the development of offensive
strength has gone forward with startling
rapidity. one remarkable feature has
been Incorporated in the dreadnought's
plan of defense This is the use Of com
pressed air to make the present-dar
battleship unsinkable The compressed
air is used to protect wounded sections
of the ship by eXerting pressure IN
that section greater than the pressure of
the water and SO holding the sea as
securely in check as though no shell had
torn its way through the enveloping
arrnor. Several of later dread
noughts have been equipped with this
system for self salvage.
While in the operation of the blockade
the navy is able to weld an effective and
a bloodless power the grim carnage Of
battle between modern drea thoughts
would probably present spectacle niof.
terrible and revolving than any which
this earth has hitherto endured.
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Adjournment Deemed the One
Thing Most Necessary to
Restore Prosperity.
WANT TIME TO DIGEST
MEASURES so FAR PASSED
General Approval Expressed of Presi-
dents Choice of Federal Re-
serve Board Members.
BY w. S. COUSINS.

NEW YORK. May "A careful and
comprehensive canvass of business and
financial sentiment in the United States
at the present time leads to but one con
viction. which is that the greatest handi-
cap to returning prosperity at this time
Is a wholesale distrust of the legislative
policy now being presented to Congress
by the present administration at Wash
ington. Financial interests, great and
small, are in fact more concerned over
the warfare that has been conducted on
legitimate business by the radical ele-
ment in Washington than they could
ever be over a military outbreak with our
troublesome neighbors In the little repub-
lie in the south.
The absolute necessity for a better
spirit of cooperation between represent
atives OF the government and business
men was the absorbing topic discussed
by a gathering of influential men who
attended the fourth annual dinner Of the
trust companies of the United States"
at New York, this week The speakers
were selected because Of their peculiar
and intimate knowledge of this important
question.
Evening star., 1914-05-10

Two interesting items in the modern
paraphernalia for battle are the smoke
Evening star., 1914-05-10
THE YEAR 1914 TO DATE
ON LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE

The table complied by
1914 inclusive ' ~ "' -
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0ne-Man Control
of Broadside Guns.

easier of accomplishment This is an ap-
paratus for one-man control of the broad
side fire of big guns. The super
dreadnought Thunderer was the first
ship to be fitted out with this device The
Thunderer is armed with ten l3 5-inch
guns. Through use of the new machn-
cry, one man controls the direction and
fire of these guns by electricity instead
Of passing ranges and signals to the va
rious gun crews. In order TO fire $4,000
worth OF shells he merely has to press
an electric button. All the gun crews
have to do is to clean the guns after each
round and load them for the next house
and lot worth.
Each of these heavy guns has
muzzle energy of $1,000 foot-tons. or
strikes with the force of 5000 tons
falling one foot. The advantage of the
one-man control is that If shell
strikes all ten will land. and the ship
has not yet been constructed which
could stand the impact of ten 1.25O-
pound shells at once, or IL. 500 pounds of
steel smashing against its shell with
d striking force OF 69O,UOO foot-tons
This would be a force sufficient to lift
the biggest battleship now building
twenty feet in a single second.
What the naval battle between two
Evening star., 1914-05-10
Modern Fleet Fight
Unknown Quantity

it would be terrible beyond mans wild
est dreams of carnage and destruction.
The 14-inch guns. with the mod
ern improved powders. are able to drive
their ], 1,4O0-pound shells through at least
five feet of wrought iron. Then. there
are 15-inch and 16-inch guns now
in building The l6-inch guns are
able to throw projectiles weighing
more than a ton into the vitals of a
ship more than seventeen miles away.
True, there We're l5-inch and 10
inch guns on the battleships of some
nations way back between lsSo and 1880.
hut their power and deadliness were
less than the modern Pinch gun. The
powder used in them was of much lower
efficiency than is that used today. The
Italians had l7-inch guns on their
1S OO-ton battleships more than twen-
tv years ago. These guns weighed
I05 tons Great Britain also had
1t;A -inhc guns weighing 10 tons
upon her old battle cruisers. The
Evening star., 1914-05-10

An improvement has been adopted by
the British navy which makes the burn
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destruction of MeXico's supplies and
wealth and not of her citizens lives
Evening star., 1914-05-10

What the naval battle between two
modern first-class fleets would be like
The state herald., 1914-10-30
Mark In
This
Column
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
Vote For One.)

Republican
Progressive
- :
Democratic
Independent
-
The state herald., 1914-10-30
CHARLES W. sEDERBURG

CHARLES W. sEDERBURG
Postoffice address, Holyoke, Colo.
Place of residence, Holyoke, Colo.
Place of business, Holyoke, Colo
ALvA A. TREGO
Postoflice address, Holyoke, Colo.
Place of residence, Holyoke, Colo.
Place of business, Holyoke, Colo.
The state herald., 1914-10-30
Democratic

Republican
Progressive
The state herald., 1914-10-30
FOR REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Mark
CnI OpAnO n ouo Torn, Thi
\-1--e -f~-A-'/
FOR REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO TO FILL VACANCY.

o. S. GALBREATH, JR.
PostofIice address, Pagosa Springs
Colo.
Place of residence. Pagosa Springs
Colo.
Place of business. Pagosa Springs
Colo.
CHARLES r. DUDLEY
Postotiice address, Denver, Colo.
Place of residence, 1864 Marion st.
Business address, 400 Boston Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-02
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate judge:
 $225o-Fairfield Landes to Frank M Moody, lot 39 in block 4s survey of Corey Land company.
 $1S00-Miller Grain and Commission con- pany to H. Moughon, part of lot 3. in block 652, survey of city of Birmingham.
 s1S00--James J. Garrett and wife to Charlie P. Davis, lot 3, block 27, East Lake Land company's survey of East Lake.
 $1250-F. M. Savage and wife to Mrs. Eva Savage, lot 10, of Peoples Realty company's subdivision of Ensley.
 $l30o-Mrs. Ollie B. Parkel to w. A. Eubanks and M A. Eubanks, lot 90, in block 67. survey of Birmingham Ensley Land and Improvement company.
 $210o-Robert Myers to Robert Fl. Myers, lots 23 and 4 block 16-I, Ensley Land company's fifth addition of Ensley
 $1500-N. A. Barrett and wife to the Providence Life Insurance company of Philadelphia, lot 16, in block 56, survey of the Elyton Land company.
 $46. 6.0O0-Loceman, Joseph & Loeb to John P Tillman and Annie S. Tillman, an un- divided half interest in lot 50x140 front ing Third avenue and running parallel to Seventeenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-02
FIGURES SHOW B|G 0UT-OF-TOWN TRADE Fashion Week and Week Following Make Tremen-
 dous Showing

Last week the official figures on railroad fares rebated by the Business Mems league were s361303, which in- dicate a total amount of business done with rebaters of $133,075.93. The fare rebates for last week. be it understood, are considered to be the result of Fash ion Week, many purchasers coming here the week following the fashion ex- position, believing the crowds would be too dense through the week to permit of selecting goods for purchase.
 During Fashion Week itself the re- bates amounted to $4063.26, indicating purchases by out-o town shoppers of S135 4422 20 for the week The difference between the week of fashion and the week immediately following it is but $2356.27, and the total for both weeks is $26S,5 ,52S.13. The figures were com rjled by Miss Julia Bessiere, who has charge of the rebate bureau of the Bus mess Mems league.
 The merchants generally are greatly pleased with the good showing made last week and are more than ever in favor of making Fashion Week an an nual event, as the directors of the league have decided to do.
 The figures above given do not in ciude the purchasers from out-of- town points who failed to take advantage ot the rebate privileges of the Business Mems league, nor does 1t include local buyers