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Evening star., 1914-04-19
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. April 1S-Higher European
cables and reports of slightly steadier
cost and freight offers were followed by
an opening advance of five to seven points
in coffee this morning. There was little
demand, however, and prices turned easier
under renewed May liquidation, and scat
tered selling. Close steady, net 1 lower
to higher. Sales. $4,000 bags.
April, s.52; May, s.57; July. s.75: August.
sS3; September. SOL: October, s.9S; De-
cember, 914; January, go; March, 9.34
Spot quiet: Rio No. Z, so: Santos As.
11k; mild quiet: Cordova, 121sa163 nomi-
nal: Havre. q to 1 franc higher; Ham
burg. q pfennig higher; Rio: - higher
at 5SO5O: Brazilian receipts. $1,000 bags:
Jundiahy. 5000 bags: Sac Paulo. 1900
bags: Santos cables reported spots un-
changed futures net unchanged to %
higher.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-After showing
steadiness during today's
early trading. the cotton market broke
very sharply, and closed weak at net
loss of 13 to 16 points.
Liverpool was lower than due and
the loca' market opened steady at de-
cline of to points under scattering
liquidation of May contracts. which was
accompanied by some local and southern
selling. Offerings We're well taken
around the initial figures. and the mar
ket soon rallied on the western belt fore
cast. which suggested that unsettled
weather might be followed by lower tenn
peratures over Sunday. May rallied
about 10 points from the opening pr1ce,
and the active old crop months sold
point or two net higher during the mid
die of the morning, while later deliveries
worked back to practically last night 8
closing figures. Demand failed to broad
en- to any extent on the advance, how
ever, and late in the morning there was
a sudden renewal Of liquidation, which
the ring. Early buyers on the weather
news turned sellers as prices worked
lower and the market closed at practi-
cally the lowest point OF the day.
There appeared to be no fresh turn in
the news to account for the break in the
late trading. which most local brokers
attributed to an effort to take profits
for over the weekend in an empty mar
ket Private cables reported quiet
market in Liverpool with a steady un-
dertone in the face of weekend realiz-
ing. and there were private reviews of
the Manchester situation. which said
that the tone of the goods market was
cheerful, owing to a continued active de-
mand from India. These favorable for
eign trade advices were Offset to some
extent. however, by continued reports
of a poor demand for domestic yarns
and further predictions Of short time
among domestic spinners. Private crop
advices indicated that planting had
made rapid progress under the warmer
weather conditions of the past week.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
FAKE OIL PROMOTERS
UTILIZE U. S. SURVEY
Director George Otis Smith Saws
Private Claims Are Never
Investigated.

Complaint is being made by the United
States geological survey that promoters
of fake oil land boorns are using the
survey TO boost their schemes. George
Otis Smith. director. says a number of
such cases have been brought to his at
tention lately and that it is only the
cleverness of the wording in. the adver-
using hterattre that saves the pro-
moters from being Jailed for fraudulent
use OF the mails.
The Wae in which the promoters utilize
the survey is to- write a prospectus that
carries the Impression that the field in
question has been investigated by the
geological survey and favorabIy reported
on Dr. smith says as Il matter OF fact
the survey never makes reports on pri-
waite claims OF this sort and where a gov
ernment report Is made on new field
" rs never allowed to get out till II is
printed and made public so that any one
can have access 10 it,
''ne case that has caused the survey
some trouble recently was a campaign
N favor Of supposed rich oil field near
Denver that had been officially reported
ON by the government experts. After
some trouble there MAS found a mention
or the region in monograph - of the
survey printed twenty years ago and
there was nothing in that or any other
htity of oil in the region. In fact Dr.
Smith says. the Only working oil We'll
that ever has been drilled in that vicinity
Is in a field at Boulder, twenty miles dis
tant from the. property advertised
Dr. Smith says. however, that the oil
land promoters harp on the reports of
government experts as their one sure
claim TO credibitty, though the report
when found, like monograph %. is sure
TO be worthless and obsolete. He says
that when any one is attracted bv an
advertisement sof this sort the only safe
course to take is to insist on seeing the
.ofticial' publication ON which the claims
are based. He says the publication if
ever produced will carry its Own refuta-
ton.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, April 1s.-The one
feature of the trading in cotton today
was the heavy selling in the morning.
This generally was attributed to short
account, and it put prices to a level 8 to
IL points under yesterdays close. The
net results of the days business was a
loss of to IL points.
Weather news was unfavorable be-
cause of heavy rains in the western belt
and prospects of more to come. Reports
from the eastern belt showed dry wealth
er and fairly high temperatures, being
favorable for planting and the germina-
ton of seed. In the early part of the ses-
sion the main influences appeared to be
about evenly balanced.
Special selling was based. according to
gossip, on the political outlook and the
desire to force liquidation Of long cotton.
Spot steady unchanged. Middling, 1916.
Sales on the spot, 1900; to arrive. 1000.
Futures closed: May. 1896: July. 1886;
August 1926; October, 11.55: December,
1152
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-Flour-Lower
to sell.
Rye 1our-Steady.
Cornmeal-Barely steady
Rye-Quiet.
Barley-Steady.
Wheat-Spot irregular: No. hard win
ter. 99A, C. i. I. New York; No. red,
lo41s, elevator: No. l northern Duluth.
LOO. and No. l northern Manitoba, 1OOk
7. o. b. af1oat. opening navigation
Futures easier under liquidation: May.
LOO: July, 94zs: September 93
Corn-Spot weak; No. yellow, 70 c. /. I.
to arrive.
Oats-Spot easy: standard white, 43a
4314; No. 3. 421ka43: fancy clipped white.
43a451x.
Hay-Steady.
Hops-Quiet.
Hides-Steady.
Leather-Firm.
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Quiet.
Cut meats-Steady
Lard-Firm; middle west TO- 90:
refined firm; compound steady.
Tallow-Quiet.
Cotton seed oil-Steady; prime summer
yellow. 7.40a7.sO; May, 7.42; July. 73s;
September. 7.67
Petroleum-Steady
Wool-Steady
Rosin-Quiet.
Turpentfne-Steady
Rice-Steady.
Molasses-Steady.
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BELGIAN FIRM sUSPENDs.
Liabilities Estimated at 81, O00, ,OO0
Fraud Is Charged.
NEW YORK, April IS.
BOSTON, April 1s.

BRUSSELS. Belgium, April 1s.-The
brokerage firm of Collet de Coon sus-
pended payment today. with liabilities
estimated at $2,OO0,O00 The partners.
who are brothers-in-law, are under ar
rest. charged with fraudulent practices.
The firm had numerous clients among
the Belgian aristocracy. One OF them.
Count Champanille Is said to have lost
$50 900. The Antwerp firm of CASTOR
de Lichtenfelde and Jacobs suffers to the
extent Of 100000
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Prison for Wall Street Promoter.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-Clarence NJ.
Smith, Wall street promoter, doing
business as Clarence NJ. Smith & Co..
was sentenced today to serve six months
in the penitentiary on his plea of guilty
to an indictment charging him with hav-
ing used the mails to defraud investors
in the bonds of the Oxford Linen Mills
of North Brookfeld. Mass. Seven officers
and directors of the company were re-
Gently sent to prison.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
A Frank Talk.
IN the Pittsburgh Post

From the Pittsburgh Post
.'Wombat, 1 have always been a true
friend to you. have spoken nicely of
you behind your back as well as to your
face. And yet you have always been
suspicious of me-
ii admit it, old chap. You act SO diff
ferent from my other friends that 1 have
never known what to make Of you."
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Antarctic Diet .

From London Tft-Bits
Talking about shortage Of food at
one period during his last expedition.
Sir Ernest Shackleton tells a story of
one of his companions. On his return
to England his bootmaker met him and
asked:
How did you find those boots 1 made
for your
BEST I ever tasted" was the prompt
reply.
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TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition of the United States
Treasury at the beginning of business
yesterday was: Net balance in general
fund, SS6,3s1. .6ss; total receipts Friday,
81, ,739, ,24S; total payments Friday, 81, $751;
$40 The deficit this fiscal year is $780,
6s4, ,632, against a surplus of sS,246342
last year, exclusive of Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

so you have no references" said
Farmer Giles to the boy who offered him.
self as a farm hand
mo. SIR said the youngster. But
the reason is that left without asking
for one. You see, when [ had been there
a month a COW died. and We had to eat
it. Some weeks afterward a pig died.
and-would you believe tive had 10
eat that. Well, two days ago the Old
woman died. and SO I hoped it-'-Lon-
don Tid-Bits.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

Notwithstanding wheat statistics Mon
day expected to favor the bulls.
In oats, Notwithstanding shorts were
good buyers the market felt the effect
Of the setback for corn. Weather re-
ports tended also to depress prices.
Scantiness of hog supplies made pro-
visions ascend regardless of grain. Pack
ers bought freely.
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Reminiscent.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Wife-John. how is it that line in the
old song goes? Is it: Those blissful
days of long ago." Or
Hub-That blissful daze of long ago.
my dear
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

goods closed the week firm. Silks were
quiet Cotton goods were steady and
quiet Yarns were dull.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

1t matters little what 1t is that you
want-whether a situation or q servant
want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
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A Great Disseminator.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
IT admit that my wife and I quarrel
occasionally. but 1t is soon all over"
Yes. soon all over the neighborhood
Mrs. Nexdore attends to that"
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WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business April 18 at the
New York Stock Exchange.
Railway and Miscellaneous Shares.


of
4todae
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Railway Bond Prices Decreasing.

Taking a survey of the railroad bond
market, as indicated by the course of the
twenty-five representative tstatisticaD is
sues, we find that the market price has
been steadily declining, and that it
reached its lowest point in June of last
year, following which 1t enjoyed tenn
porary rise. followed by another decline
in the last month. Generally speaking.
railroad bonds have shown a better tend
ency for some months past. The latest
reports of the national banks of New
York city show that these institutions
have liquidated nearly S3O,OOO,OUO worth
Of their security holdings since January
13 of the present year.
The following table will give an exact
comparison of the price of twenty five
representative railroad bonds. as they
were quoted in the last week of each
month beginning 1911. 1t will be seen
therefrom that the decline has been
steady and gradual. and that the chief
rallies have occurred in the months of
January and February, that is, mmedi-
ately after the payment of the January
interest and dividend earnings, when the
money market has been in the most
hun
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THE YEAR 1914 TO DATE
ONLOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE

Of
md also the range
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Money to Loan

Secured by First Deed OF Trust on Real Estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph I. Weller, go F St. NV.
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DIRECTORS:
WILLIAM II. BURcH,
ALEX. S. CLARKE,
ANTHONY GAEGLER,
JOHN q. GEIER,
J. p. HERMANN,
r. II. JOHNSON,
WIN. MILLER,
HOWARD MORAN,
JOHN Il. RUPERT,
3. r. SAUL,
w. e. SHANNON.
JAMES r. SHEA,
JOHN SHUGHRUE.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

OFFICERS:
q. r. SAUL, President.
JAMES r. SHEA, Vice President.
ALEX. S. CLARKE, Secretary.
HOWARD MORAN, Treasurer.
EDWIN e. SWAN, Asst. Treas.
r. G. ADDISON, Jr.. Asst. Treas.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-17
AM HuMo7lsTs.

"The first distinctive American hui
morlst," If we arc to accept the author
tty OF Artemus Ward. was Judge Thorn
as Chandler Halliburton. a Nova SEQ
tian jurIst and author. who was born In
Windsor, Nova Scotia, us years ago
today, Dec. II, 1896. lie was best
known as the creator OF Sam Slick"
in which he detailed the adventurous
anG amusing experiences OF q Yankee
clock.maker. The various Sam Slick"
volumes enjoyed a wide popularity. and
doubtless their success furnished the
Inspiration to many later cnnorists.
In his native province, and he turned to
In his native province, and he turned to
The author Of sam Slick" was q jurist
literature merely as q diversion, his
early efforts being published in a local
paper. Judge Halliburton retired from
the bench of the Nova Scotia Supreme
{ curt in 1856 and settled in England,
where he was elected to Parliament,
being one OF the first natives of British
America to achieve that honor. He
died about half a century ago, md
while Sam Slick" now finds compare
lively few readers, its author is entt-
tied TO remembrance as the pioneer n
tho most typicaily American type CT
literature.
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Luke McLuke
(From Cincinnati Enqutrer.)

What has become Of the old fash.
Toned man who used to begin q let,
ter: II now take my pen in hand 10
write you these few lines to let you
know that we are all well and hoping
you are the same"
The man who had the windows OF
his residence filed with Make Ohio
Dry" pennants before election now
has the windows of his store filed
with prunebooze and Hit.the.Spo:
Bitters.
II Santa Claus can fill some of the
girls stockings he is a wonder. 1t is
more than Nature could do.
If we could see ourselves as others
see us about 10000 photographers
would starve to death.
One thing in favor OF the man whose
pants are shiny in the seal is that
they didn't get that way from learn
ing the Sea Lion Dip at a Tango Tenn
pie.
In defense OF the modern girls who
run around in a union suit and two
yards of serge it a be said that the
old fashioned variety who wore three
petticoats were always doctorlng for
the rheuamtiz.
While linguists may be scarce, al
most any dub knows a few assorted
cuss words in several of the Language
eS.
Eve may have had her troubles but
she was never tempted to hawl out
the laundry man because the baby
ribbon was missing from her fig leaf
combination.
Father gets mad at the children be.
cause they want o second cup Of COT
fee at supper time. Then he will go
up to his favorite corner and get mad
because the bartender wants to close
up the place before Father has hal
time to get his twenty-second beer.
There was a time when Bertha NJ.
Clay was considered Hot Stun. But
they didn't know anything about Eu-
genics and Damaged Goods in those
days.
When the widow is collecting the
life insurance she discovers that we
never realize the full value Of a thing
until we lost it.
Every time a married man digs UP u
new excuse for being out late he in
fringes on some other fellows pat
ent.
Every wife is a leading lady. But
some husbands seem to find the chick
ems in the chorus more interesting.
A Corn Feds idea Of Safety First
is to have the dressmaker use carpet
thread on the seams Of the skirt in
the regions around the hips.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-17


Wheeling. IL seems, has led the way
IN the free textbook movement that
is gathering strength and appreciation
throughout the State, and which
PROMISES to become Statewide In its
demand. The Huntington Trades ant.
Labor Assembly has taken up the
matter and Is ngitating the ecure
meut Of free textbooks for the Hunt
ington school. Free textbooks was
one Of tho planks in the platform OF
the editor Of the FairmCnt West Vir-
riniau when he was a candidate for
State Senator. 1t is q good and de-
sirable thing from every point OF view,
but VIC cannot agree with the propost'
ton of the paper which advocates
c1Lly q partial application of the pro
ject, that lis. requiring parents able to
do so to pay for their %Children's books.
That would tend to a discrimination
that would be calculated to tnJure the
fee schools system. Which aims to
place al scholars on an equality In tho
school room. Such q distinction as
suggested, where the able shall be ro'
uujred to pay, would place the chill
dren of the unable under an uncom-
Portable feeling and emphasize the
straitenod circumstances of the famt'
II in more ways than one Equality Is
tho keystone in the arch of the free
school s~ystem.-Wheellng Intelligent
Ger.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-17
"YANKEE NOTIONS" PLAY A
BIG PART IN MODERN WAR.

The European conflict would have
assumed an entirely different charac-
ter and might already have been end
| cd by q decisive defeat, except for n
certain experiment which was made
lust eleven years ago today, Deem
Der II, on the barren XII Devil sand
hills near Kitty Hawk, N. G. There
a couple OF crazy Yankess," oryille
and Wilbur Wright, the sons Of q
Dayton, Ohio, Clergyman, tested a con
traptlon consisting OF wings, q rud'
der, Il lit.is gusclene motor and twin
y. ".ellers 'rhe precious pair ot
ycIng fools actually expected this ma
chine, weighing 200 pounds, to carry
one Of Llt IN Through the mir! Funny
thing avcut ii. II ciu; Josr success
FIJI lights we're made on that his
toTlc day at Kitty naWk The aero
plane@efor that was what Sthose: crazy
Wright boys called their contraption
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rose ii the air and Travelled n dis
lance Of 852 feet, carrying n OF the
inventors with it-this being the first
instance in history where a person
has been carried from the ground In
without artificial aids"
While the aeroplane has not in It.
self been made an engine Of 'destruc'
ton, to any marked degree, 1t has
entirely changed the character of war.
fare. Aeroplane scouts are able 10
keep SO close a watch on the move
mcnts OF the enemy that surprises
arc almost impossible. and, withou:
surprises, decisive victories over a foe
at all equal in numbers and general
ship become almost impossible.
The heavier than air flying machine
is not the only Yankee notion" which
Is playing a big part in the present
a The Wright brothers, who IN.
vented the flying machine in the In.
teryals between their regular job OF
repairing bicycles, have had many pre-
dccessors. There was Richard j. Cat
ling, a native of North Carolina, who
d EldEiIlIAS tA SRN"A"0 49,
bullets, and the improved descendants
of his death dealing gun r RESPONSE
bic for thousands of widows and or
phans. This year marks the CEN
tenary Of the construction of the first
steam war vessel. and the inventor
was Fulton, an American, who thus
became the father Of the great nav
les of the present day. The repeat
ing rifle, the torpedo, smokelcss gun
powder, the HotclIkiss shell. the re-
yolvcr. and hosts of other devices for
wholesale and retail murder, are the
creatures Of American inventive gen
ius.
Another yankee notion" which
promises to rcvoIutionlze naval war
fare is the submarine. John P. iIol'
land was a native OF the Emerald Isle
but an adopted son OF Uncle Sam. His
first under water craft a a failure
and It now lies ut the bottom OF the
Passatc river, but Holland persevercd
until now he has succeeded.
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! Chinese.

Chinese. |
The unusual size of some game fish
caught in the irrigation bitches in
Washington led to the belief that they
had fattencd themselves by alfalfa
and an Investigation proved the the.
DRY correct.
The warden of a Georgia prison has
been puzzled by an order to give oAa
of his prisoners u 10 days allowance
on his sentence. AS the sentence Is
for life. the order is difficult to car:
ry out.
Sabullite is tho name OF a new high
power explosive. tests Of which haYa;i
lately been made in British Colutn.
bia. 1t can be handled without dam
ger and is cheaper than dynamite
which has only about one-thtrd it's
destructive effect. 1t is used for blast.
ing purposes only.
The Dcutsches theater. in Berlin
opened its season August2Ss TeneSown;
ers and the managers; Of the Heater
have announced that 10 pere cent 1t
their gross returns Of eTey PERFORM
ance will be given to the Red groIes
and that they are willing to carry
the risk and forcgo any profit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-17
WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.

(DuTe o. GumEerI3nQ.g
One of the pathetic tragedies Of this
tragic war is the reported insanity OF
tho aged Duke OF Cumberland, whose
son, the Duke Of Brunswick, married
the German Kaiscr's only daughter.
The Duke is n member of the HanoV'
criun family. which for two centuries
has held the throne OF England HIS
grandfather, Ernest Augustus, King OF
Hanover and Duke of Cumberland,
was a brother of William ", OF Great
Britain. and UNNECESSARILY consptred
with the Tories Of England and the
Orangcmcu OF Ireland to win the Brit
ish crown in the place of his niece.
Queen Victoria. Next Sunday Will
mark the thirty.sixth anniversary OF
the Duke Of Cumbcrlnnd's marriage
to his bride, being the Princess Thyra
OF Denmark, a younger sister OF Queen
Alexandra Of Great Britain, the Dow
ager Empress OF Russia, and the late
Kings OF Greece and Denmark. The
Duke was born in 1915, and recently
began his seventeen year. His faith
er, George v, the last King OF Han
over, was blind, but despite that ar
fiction he took an active part III the
war OF 1866, fighting with Austria
against Prussia. The present Duke
also fought gallantly in that conflict.
AS a result OF the war the King and
his heir were driven into exile and
Hanover was annexed to Prussia. The
present Duke, on the death OF his blind
father in 1878, issued u circular to the
soverefgns OF Europe in which he
maintained his right to the Hanover
ian throne. The Duke has made his
home In Austria since 1866, and re-
fused all overtures from the German
Emperor until his son fell in love with
tho Kaiser's only daughter and enter
ed the German army. The aged Duke
then gave in and was r~econciled to his
old enemy, at least to all outward ap-
pearance. ."
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The dags1 1uv so true:
Mytold man fought for this satm nag
& got his penshum, too
I'm willing to get busy, Cap.
Jest when l fee. that way;
I'm fite!ng for the flag / luv.
But not no more today.
Well, sed Pa to Ma, wen he got
thru, what do you think of that for
q war song.
think it is PERFECTLY gorgus, sed
3la, I think 1t Is divine. / hoap you
cit sum nice musick to it.
Do you RELY like it that much? sed
Pa. He looked kind of sur-przed.
Beekaus Ma never sed she liked any
Of his poems beefoar.
Bless yure deed hart, sed Pa, I am
glad now that ] had the idee OF rite
irg the song. l always sed that you
had heeps of literary judgment, Pa
sed. Do you think thare ought to be
a other verse too, he sed.
No, no. sed Ma, you must not spoil
the symmetry Of yure poem. AS 1t
stands, 1 do not think that thare was
ever q other war song like 1t. Oh,
3y the way, deerest luv, sed Ma, that
war song reminds me that tlay are
having a war time sale down at Jones
stoar & l can vary eesily saiv you
.gl mummy If I have fifty dollars now
TO buy IN ywinter hats with.
Bless yure deer little hart, sed Pa.
here is seventy five dollars, & you
can have moar II you want l.
Tomorrow l am going to rpatse
Pa's song & git sun dough for N.Y.
self.
Copyright, 1914, Brooks Feature
Syndicate)