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Evening star., 1914-07-24
Funeral of James La Fontaine.

Funeral services for James La Fon-
tame who died yesterday morning at his
home, 464 Maryland avenue southwest.
are to be held at ) o'clock Sunday after
noon at his late residence. The body is
later to be taken to st. Dominic's Catho-
lie Church. 9th and E streets southwest.
where reuqiem services will be held.
terry. Members of the Association Of the
Oldest Inhabitants Of which Mr.. La ron
taine was a member. will attend the
funeral in a body.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, July 24.-cotton
futures today opened 2 to points
down. The forecast of dry weather
stimulated buying. and half an hour
after the opening the market stood un-
changed to l point up. compared with
Yesterdays close.
Futures opened steady. July, 1924;
August. 1885, asked: October, 12.47; De-
cember. 1881. asked; January. 1855;
March, 1884.
The small mill takings for the week
caused a wave of selling which by noon
put prices to points under yesterday S
finals.
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Col. Harding on Vacation.

Capt. Mark Brooke. assistant engineer
commissioner Of the District. who has
been detailed for duty in the Philippine
Islands. today became acting head OF the
engineer department in the place of Col.
Chester Harding, who IS away on vaca-
ton. The latter Official left this morning
for a two-week outing at Martha's Vine
yard. Mass. Capt. Brooke expects TO
leave about October 1 for the Phi1ppines.
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Market, However, Does Not
Reflect Altogether the
Depression Abroad.
SOME NEW LOW PRICES
ARE RECORDED BY RAILS
Coppers Also Reactionary-Special-
ties Share in the Losses, and
the Closing Is Weak.

NEW YORK. July 24.-With Londons
market demoralized as a result of the
Ulster and Austro-Servian situations. the
local stock market naturally opened with
general decline. though in few instances
did prices fall as law as abroad
Canadian Pacific, which lost two points
in London. yielded only point here. but
it's affiliated property. commonly known
as $780," declined two points
In addition to Canadian Pacific new low
levels were recorded by Baltimore and
Ohio. Erie common and first preferred
and Chesapeake and Ohio.
Losses in Numerous Specialties.
There were one point losses in numerous
specialties, but leaders were comparative
ly firm.
Prices fell lower as the session pro-
gressed. Canadian Pacific and Erie first
losing two points, with general heaviness
ern Pacific, Pennsylvania. New Haven and
Coalers
Coppers also became reactionary. Anal
gamated losing a point on reports of
further price cutting.
Specialties like Harvester, General
Electric, Consolidated Gas, Western Union
and American Tobacco lost one to four
points.
Sales here for London and Berlin were
estimated at fully 10000 shares, mainly
Canadian Pacific, Erie, Steel and Coppers.
Bonds Are Heavy.
Aside from the unfavorable foreign
news. authorities reported some clouding
of spring wheat and corn prospects.
Bonds were heavy.
A better tone was shown on the con-
clusion of the foreign selling. but recov-
cries were not long maintained. further
weakness in Canadian Pacific causing re-
newed weakness elsewhere.
Future sales of Baltimore and Ohio pre-
ferred and various bonds were again on q
liberal scale.
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TWO SALES RECORDED
ON LOCAL EXCHANGE
Small Attendance of Brokers and
Trading Unusually
Light.

The sale of two bonds represented
the only trading on the local exchange
today. Washington Gas 5s. sold $1,000
at 104h and $1,000 Capital Traction 5s.
brought 1919.
The attendance of brokers was un-
usually small and there appeared to be
a scarcity Of buying and selling orders
Prices remained about stationary.
Richard E. Claughton. a member OF
the exchange, plans to leave tomorrow
for a six-week vacation. during which
he will visit the Thousand Islands and
the great lakes. Mr. Claughton will
make his way to Boston by rail and
there board a steamer for Baltimore.
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Chief johnson Now May Pitch.

CHICAGO. July 24.-Judge Baker Of
the appellate court today refused a Pc
tition of the Cincinnati Nationals to
grant a stay of dissolution of the in
junction prohibiting Pitcher Chief
johnson from playing with the Kansas
City Federals. There 10 now no legal
impediment to Johnson's playing.
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Closing Prices.
FOREIGN BOURSES.

PARIS. July N-The tone of the
)ourse was unsettled. A heavy fall in
.entes from 81 francs to 70 francs 80
:entimes was due seemingly to the
Austro-Servian ultimatum.
Rentes. 70 francs 80 centimes. Exchange
IN London. % francs - centimes. Pri-
ate discount "a per cent.
BERLIN. July 24.-Exchange on Lon
ion. 20 marks 50 pfennigs. Money. per
.ent: private discount. 2ia
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Admits Passing Bad Check.

Samuel r. Mcfarland pleaded guilty in
Police Court this morning to passing a
bad check for $3.50 on Paul Balcioni.
In view of the fact that the defendant
had made efforts to refund the money
thus obtained, the court suspended a
sentence of four months in the work.
house
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. July 24.-Cotton-spot
steady good od middling d;ddng. 'ss; middling. dn
'.3S: low middling. $50! good ordinary.
iG: ordinary. $40. Sales. 5000
oales. Speculation and export. 800 bales.
Receipts. 1000 bales. Futures quiet and
steady.
July 7.151s; July and August.
.l5H; September and October. 6.76;
December and January. 6.65k; Febru-
ary and March, 6.67t; April and May,
s69E.
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Butter-Higher: creameries. 21a27a1.
Eggs-Unchanged: receipts. 1920
cases.
Potatoes-Lower: receipts thirty cars;
Kansas and Missouri. Ohios. 5Oa55 !:
Kansas and Missouri, cobblers, 6Oa65:
per bag; Virginia. barrels, 2.eSa2.sH. v'-'O'
Poultry-Alive. lower; springs, 18a21:
fowls, 1871.
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NEW YORK METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK. July 24.-Lead-Quiet
3.s5a3s5; London. Els 12s cd. Spelter-
Quiet; s5.00a5.10; London. Ell 12s Cd.
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WEATHER..
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Satur-
day; Stationary Temperature.

For the District Of Columbia. Mary
land and Virginia-Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; not much change
in temperature; light variable winds.
High temperatures continue in the
middle Atlantic states, the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys and the south. Tenn
peratures near or slightly above the
season average prevail along the
northern border and in the Rocky
mountain region and on the Pacific
slope.
There were showers during the last
twenty-four hours in the north At
lantic states. the region of the great
lakes and at widely scattered points in
the Mississippi valley and the plains
states
The indications are that the weather
will be generally fair, without decided
change in temperature, tonight and
Saturday in the states east Of the Mis-
sissippi river.
The winds along the New England
coast will be light variable. mostly
west: on the middle and south Allan
tic and east gulf coasts light to mod
crate variable.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermome p.m., 50; 8
pm, 50; II midnight "a: today. am.
IS; 8 am. 81: IL noon, 81; pm. 50.
Maximum, 9S at pm. yesterday; mini
mum. II. at am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum, 81; minimum, 6S.
Barometer-Yesterday, pm. 1896; 8
pm. 1894; IL midnight, 1888; today. 4
am, $3.50; 8 am. 1902; IL noon, 1902;
pm. 1880.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 2:55 am. and 1874
p.m.: hgih tide, S.52 am. and 9:25 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 3:43 am. and
4:18 pm; high tide, 9:40 am. and
1000 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose. 4:6s am; sun sets.
1913 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:54 am; sun
sets, 1913 pm.
Moon sets 1892 pm.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature.
So; condition at north
%; condition at south con-
nection, 40. Georgetown distributing
eservoir-Temperatu SO; condition
at infiuent gatehouse. 60; condition at
eff1uent gatehouse. %.
Weather In Various Cities
Evening star., 1914-07-24

new English mine rescue appa-
ratus does away with the helmet and
weighs only twenty-eisht pounds, yet
with it a man can work in deadly
gases more than five hours.
Evening star., 1914-07-24
THE COURTS.
District Supreme Court.

EQUITY COURT-Justice Wright.
Roe agt. Nagle; rule returnable Au-
gust s; plaintiffs attorneys, Ellis &
Donaldson.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. July 24.-Wheat-No. 1
Manitoba, Is SID; No. 2. 7s Id; Oc-
American mixed IS Sd; September. 5s
67sd.
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xEx Dividend Today.
Amalgamated Copper. 1k; United
Cigar Manufacturing Company. !; Pa
cifc Coast Company. l, preferred OF
same. N. and second preferred, l.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, July 24.-Money in in
.reased demand; discounts firm
The weakness Of the continental
courses following Austria's ultimatum
o Servia caused another depressing
lay on the stock exchange. Conti
rental favorites. Canadian Pacific. Rio
rintos. de Beers and Brazilian issues
we're the weak spots. which closed
rear the lowest Consols declined
hree-sixteenths. but recovered a quar-
er with other home stocks later on
., more hopeful view of the Ulster
question. Mexican rails were firm.
Closing Prices.
The market generally closed irregu-
ar.
The American department declined
lnder the lead of Canadian Pacific on
ealixing and New York selling. The
market finished easy.
Consols for money. "a 1916. consols
or account, 70: Pennsylvania, 56N
-nited states Steel. 61as. Bar silver
-asy. 24xd. Money. 1ha2; discount rates,
hort bills. 2: three months bills. 2ss
= His.
Evening star., 1914-07-24

Go to the ant. thou slugsard; you
will find many Of her at any basket
picnic. =
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Htbbs 4 Co..
members New York Stock Exchange.
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For the District Of Columbia. Mary
land and Virginia-Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday: not much change
in temperature; light variable winds.
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1 - s
Balto. & Ohio pfd. -.
Bethlehem Steel pfd..
Brooklyn Rap. Tran .
California Oil conn.,.
California Oil pfd.
Canadian Pacific. %.
Central Leather com.
| Central Leather pfd..
Chesapeake & Ohio.
| Chi. 4 Gr. West. com.
| Chi. & Gr. West pfd..
Chi, Mil. & S. P.com.
| Chicago & NV. com.
Chino Copper.
| Col. Fuel & Iron com.
| Consolidated Gas. -.
! Corn Products COM.
| Corn Products pfd.
Den. & Rio Gr. CON-.
Den. & Rio Gr. pfd.
Erie Railroad CON-.
Erie Railroad lst pfd.
Erie Railroad I'd pfd..
| General Electric. ....
| Gen. Motors com. -.
| Gen. Motors pfd. ....
| Goodrich, B. F. COM.
| Great Northern pfd..
| Great Northern Ore..
Illinois Central. .....
Inspiration Copper.
| Tnterboro.-Met. com.
Interboro.-Met- pfd..
Int. Har. Of N. J. com.
Inter. Mer. Ma COM.
Kan. City Sou. com.
Kan. City Sou. pfd...
Laclede Gas Of st. L.
Lehigh Valley.
Louisville& Nashville
Mex. Petroleum com.
Miami Copper.......
M.,S.P.& S.S.M.com.
Mo, Kan. & Tex.com.
Mo. Kan. & Tex. pfd.
Missouri Pacific. 80.
Nat. Biscuit COM.
Nat. Enam. & S. com.
Nevada Copper.
New York Central.
N. Y, N. H. & Hart.
N. Y, Ont. & Western
Norfolk & Western.
Norfolk Southern. %.
Northern Pacific.
Pacific Mail Stms'p..
Psc. Tele. & Teleg....
Penna. Railroad. 80.
Peoples Gas Of Chi. :.
P, C., C. & St. Icon.
Pittsburgh Coal COM.
Pittsburgh Coal pfd..
Pressed StI. Car COM.
Ry. Steel Springs pfd.
Ray Con. Coppar.
Reading Railway.
Rep, L. & Steel COM.
Rep. G. & Steel pfd..
Rock Island conn.,.
Rock Island pfd. 80.
Rumley pfd. d.........
Seaboard Air l. com.
Seaboard Air L. pfd..
Southern Pacific. 90.
Southern Ry. conn.,.
Southern Ry. pfd. -.
Studebaker com.
Tennessee Copper.
Texas Company.
Third Avenue Elsv...
Toll, St. L. 4 W. pfd.
Tn. Bag & Paper COM
Union F2clhc CON-.
Tn. Pacific Warrants.
Union Pacific pfd.
ltd. Dry Goods pfd..
United Ry. Inv. pfd.
US. Rubber com.
| U. S. Steel com. .....
| US. Steel pfd. ......
; Utah Copper. er........
| Va.-Car. Chem. com.
Wabash pfd. d.........
West. Maryland com.
Western Union. .....
| Westinghouse Eleo. :.
Wisconsin Cent. com.
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LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE.

Sales-Regular call, 10 o'clock noon:
Washington Gas IS, 81 900 at 1O41a.
Capital Traction IS, 81 900 at 1O719.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Evening star., 1914-07-24
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06
FOUNDER OF SUNDAY SCHOOL

Robert Raikes, the man who found
ed the modern Sunday-school, was a
journalist, with a passion for what he
termed "botanizing in human nature,
and seems to have had very little in
his makeup of the conventional re-
ligious reformer. His great expert
ment is said to have been suggested
by the disturbance caused by crowds
OF little ragamuffins playing beneath
his window on Sunday afternoon
when he was correcting proofs. "Why
should they not be got together and
taught the elements of religion and
good behavior?' he asked himself and
answered the question by establishing
the first Sunday-school at Gloucester
in 1880. 1t was characteristic oil the
man that in his school scheme he laid
as great stress upon the incubation
of manners as on the teaching of the
catechism-London Chronicle
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06
MRS. HYDE EXoNERATEp.

Editor Caldwell Tribune:
We, the undersigned neighbors oil
Mrs. Hyde of Sunny Slope, wish to
correct the erroneous impression given
in the article recently published in
your paper under the head of Child
Deceived"
We very much deplore the fact that
Mrs, Hyde's name was brought into
this unpleasant affair in such con-
temptible way, as it was an untrue
insnuation against Christian char
acter.
Mrs. Hyde, mother OF two child
rem, aged eleven and thirteen, has a
wide circle Of friends including Cath
crime Finn, with perhaps one enemy,
and that being the person who wrote
the malicious article above mention
ed
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06
SIMPSON ASKS THAT
JUDGMENT BE
SUSPENDED
Fort Worth. Texas. Jan. %. 1914.
Caldwell Tribune,
Caldwell. Idaho.

Dear .SiTSs~->----~-- ----------
IF Notice in your paper an account
OF the arrest of myself and brother
and mention to the effect that | am
resisting extradition and | hope in JUS
tice to me you will give publicity to
this letter through the columns oil
your paper.
lived in Caldwell for eight years
and watched it grow from village
to thriving little city and can truth
fully say that my hand and soul was
in its progress and | am not the least
bit afraid to come back among the
people there, for have done no
wrong, and such thing as fighting ex-
tradition has never entered my mind.
Complaint was filed against me in
Fort Worth and was required to
give bond TO appear before a IT,, s.
Commissioner, which did. The
Commissioner continued the same
amount OF bond for me to appear at
Boise and | will be there and will also
come to Caldwell.
ask my friends and acquaintance
there to suspend judgment until the
matter is fully heard, after which, none
can be found who will believe me
guilty of any wrong doing. | have
done no wrong, and fear no evil
Il will. of course, be some salts
faction to some to know that my in
dictment will make it hard to hold a
position of trust on my part and there
are those against me now, whom |
have in the past helped to start the
rugged road OF life, for those who are
so ungrateful / have no word, but
for those who have known me, and
know me as am. only ask that the
real facts be kaown before am CEN
sured.
Trusting that you will publish this,
] am,
Yours truly,
S. d. SIMPSON.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06
$l0.OSo Is
VICTORY

Well, says the philosopher ci
Folly, i just won my case against
the seoundrel who took my house away
from me. My lawyers going to move
into It next week. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06

Borah Continues to grow in the es-
TEEN of his party associates and TO
assume a larger share of his party S
burdens in the Senate.-Baltlmore
Sun, January II.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06

Travers Cphoning tailor)-What do
YOU mean by sending bill with my
new suit / consider it an iS5Rllt.
Tailor (meekly)--Very sorry, sir.
Its the new bookkeeper's fault; he
evidently got you mixed up with those
who pay.-Boston Transcript.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06

Mrs. Heller -"Tommie, don't you
thing you've had enough chocolateSF
Tommie-"No. mother. There are
two lei. "-Lif".
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06

If you need glasses, we will test
your eyes and give you lenses which
are Constructed to meet The necessity
of your particular case.
Immediate attention to failing eyes
means comfort in the future.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-06
HUNTER PAYS ss CENTS
ON DOLLAR TO CREDITORS
Boise Association Winds Up Affair.
Of Merchant.

The Boise Credit Mems association
this week paid the final dividends TO
creditors OF W. C, Hunter. In all IS
per cent. of the liabilities were paid
With its final dividend the association
renders the following statement of
receipts and disbursements:
Receipts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-12

ence will meet in Cordele next year,
Feb. %, 1915.
South Georgia Conference furnishes
more Missionaries than any other, and
Wesleyan College more than any col
lege in the United States. Many of
the schools in foreign lands are con-
Quoted by Georgia people. Such ali
inspiration to Georgia to know that
her women are doing such grand work
in missionary endeavor.
IS
Macon, Ga, Wesley House, deacon
ess, Misses Matte Anderson, Cora
Borchers, Yada Young
Meridian, Miss, Wesley House, dea-
coness, Misses Lois Tinsley, Mollie
Womack Miss Lois Tinsley is a Geor-
gia girl, reared at Leslie, Ca, near
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Notes From Ladies' Auxiliary of
the First Methodist Church

At the Woman's Missionary meeting
of the Americas District which con-
vened in Smithyille, Ga, June %, three
Misses Ruth Carter o.
Button, Bernice Garnet, of WASN'T
and Mary Saunders of Leslie. Miss
Saunders is a niece of Rev. c. A.
Jackson, a former presiding elder of
the Americas District. Another mat
ter of interest was a fine talk by Mrs.
E. J. Peacock, Corresponding Secretary
Of the Home Department, South Ga
Conference, and the presence and in.
spring talk of Miss Anderson, the
deaconess from Macon, engaged IN
settlement work
At the meeting of the Americas
Auxiliary, July G, the members had
the pleasure of listening to an inter
esting talk by Miss Anderson, deacon
ess Of the Wesley House, Macon, Ga
In detail she told of the work done
among the mill people. She has charge
of a night school for boys who WORK
in the mills during the day She stat
ed that these people were eager tc
learn, eager to hear about Christ ani
His love. Institutional church WORK
includes the mothers clubs, sewing,
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other months. Our net exports bal
ance will probably exceed 400 million
dollars for the current fiscal year.
Russia, Roumania, Seryia, Egype, India
and Java each shows a preponderance
of exports over imports.
The United Kingdom has a foreign
trade of $3.50 million dollars, imports
being valued at 3,741 million, or 652
million in excess of all exports, do
nestle and foreign. Germany in 1912
had a trade of 5,O59 million, imports
being 1854 million or 449 million in
excess of all exports. The United
States in the calendar year 1913 had
foreign trade of Apt million dollars,
imports being 1,793 million and ex-
ports of domestic and foreign goods
(chiefy the former, 2,4S4 million,
making an excess of 691 million on
the export side Canada's imports
are nearly double the value of her ex-
ports, and France shows an excess OF
imports of 293, million dollars in a
total trade of 1854 million in 1912.
The aggregate imports of the Is
principal countries and colonies of
the world in 1928 were valued at
2O,845 million dollars, or 2,147 million
more than their exports. In this vast
theatre of International trade the Unit
ed States plays an important role,
having bought 10 per cent of all the
goods which the leading nations ex.
ported, and having sold IA IL per cent
of the merchandise which they purch-
ased in the markets of the world
Considering the commerce of the
United States from 1890 to 1913, it is
noted that the aggregate excess of ex-
rorts over imports of merchandise in
the 124 years in question was S,312
million dollars and the aggregate ex-
cess of exports of gold and silver over
imports thereof, 1909 million. In the
So years prior to 1875 imports usually
exceeded exports of merchandise,
, there being only 16 exceptions. In the
40 years since 1874 exports have al
most invariably been larger than i'm
ports, only 4 years 1875, 1888, 1889,
, and 1S93-showing a balance on the
import side. In the movements of
gold and silver the balance of trade
shifts more frequently from one to
the other side of the ledger, and in
the last decade imports of specie have
about equaled exports thereof.