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Evening star., 1914-07-21
Real Estate Transfers.

CHEVY CHASE-H. d. Gordon. trustee
to Fulton R. Gordon. lot IL. square
1857: s1.4J0.
CHEVY CHASE-H. D. Gordon and Rob-
ert T.. Heater. trustees. TO Fulton X.
Gordon. lots ~. 4o square 11f9: 81. i21.
BROOkLAND-Albert L. Collins TO Gus
tav III. Dabilke. lot ). square 3ssl: sic
ROSEDALE AND ISHERWooD-Fran-
els S. Royster ct al to Martha c.
Royster, all lot L. block 81: 81.
2604 STREET NORTHWEST-Edmu
Darlington and Erskine Gordon. trus-
tees. ct al. to George II. Harris. part
lot GO, square 12i2: Sl.9o.
2Gn p STREET NORTHWEST-otto q.
Won Herbulis to George II. Harris
east half lot 60 square l262: Sl"
WOoDLEY PARk-David ]. Howell ct
lis. square .eoa: SO.
121 9TH STREET NORTHEAST
George W. Smith to NJ. Grace Deiany.
part original lot ia. square So: slo.
12l 9TH STREET NoRTHEAST-M.
Grace Delanv to f S. Read, part
original lot IL. square SCI: SO.
CHEVY CHASE-Ephraim s Wilcox ct
ux to Eudora b. Johnson. lots Ia. 1a
and 10. square 1851 $40.
SOUTH GROUNDS OF rOLTMBlAN
CoLLEGE-Charles w Barbee 10
Ephraim :. Wilcox. lot is:' SO.
DOBBINS ADDITIoN-Eudora b. John
son to Charles W. Barbee. lot 81.
block ): so.
ct ux. TO Robert Wolfe and Mary
Wolfe, lots lis to 122, square 2ss'5;
FIRST AND p STREETS NORTHWEST
Robert Wolfe et uX. to John l..
Warren. part original lot H. square
GIG: $40
NO. 400 IL STREET NORTHEAST
Onofrio Nitale and Grazia Nltale 10
Thomas Raftery and Elizabeth Raf-
terry, lot .. square SDS: $40,
NO liza . STREET NORTHW EST
Hannah r. Woodman To Ashley NJ.
Gould. lot 2!1. square l:'j; S.WH'
CHrCHESi f,R-Pctcr e Gardon ct ny
to Edmund V. Rice lots $. .. i". II.
Is. II and il: slo.
NO. l::42 q STREET NoRTHW -John
W HAYES "t uX. 10 Elizabeth ]
O'Brien. trustee. part lots Il 10 %
square asi: slo.
NO. 1872 . STREET NORTHWEST
Elizabeth T. OBrien. trustee. to lc-
nazio, parts lots II to -. SQUARE al
ADDITION Tt BRooKLAND-Milton
d. Campbell ct uN. to Mary n liar-
vey. lot g. block AZ: Sr'
Mary A. Harvey to NIL
ton u. Campbell lots 3. to 81. square
1919. $40.
LANIER HEIGHTS Frank p. R"eside
and Guy Fl. johnson. trustees. TO An
mabel CrandalI lot Isl, 81"
HETGHTS-H. Bradley
Davidson and Luther =. Frstoe. trus-
tees, to Charles H. Davidson. lot 4.
block 4: s21..as,
to Frederick A. Whitaker and Rertha
NJ Whitaker. lot 80 square ~. $40.
PLEASANT-Edith ii. Gottwals
to Ellis Beck lot 49,. SO.
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TRADING FEATURELESS
ON LOCAL EXCHANGE
Sales Confined Mostly to Odd Lots.
Prices Remain Un-
changed.

Trading on the local stock exchange
was featureless again today. sales OF
stock were confined mostly to odd lots
and prices remained practically un-
changed.
Capital Traction stock was fairly
strong. a sale of single share at par
following sales aggregating seventeen
shares at 991aays The closing bid for
quotation lots was 99A.
Railway and Electric common sold
seventeen shares at s7i. The bonds OF
the company sold $500 at SO and $1,000
at S2;s. Potomac Consolidated 5s
brought 1O01a for $1,000.
After ten shares of Washington Loan
and Trust stock had sold at 231. TWEEN
ty shares brought 230. Five shares of
Washington Gas stock sold al 49, 3.
Announcement has been made of the
declaration of a regular quartely divi-
dent Of 21a per cent by the National Sav-
ings and Trust Company. payable August
to stockholders of record July %,
G. Bowie Chapman. manager of the
Washington branch of Hartman & Co.,
will leave this afternoon for West Spring
field, n. H., where his family ls spending
the summer.
The Fidelity Storage Company has de-
clared it's fourteenth semi-annual dividend
of 81. per cent.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
CONVICTED Of THEFT
Of [AUNDRESS' WAGES
Alfred Fortune, Who Collected for
Blanch Nickens, Betrayed
Trust,

Found guilty Of larceny after trust by
Judge Aukam in Police Court today. AL
fred Gatune. colored. was sentenced to
at Occoquan.
Gatune pleaded not guilty to the charge
preferred by Blanch Nickens. who claimed
that he. being a collector for her laun-
dry work. used 81 which he had collected
for personal expenditures.
Charged with assault upon William
Vessel. Richard Henson. colored, was
found guilty by Judge Aukam and
sentenced to eigh, months in the work
house.
Max Solomon. after pleading guilty TO
a charge of embezzlement of funds in
trusted to him by the Reliable House
furnishing Company. was placed on pro-
baton by Judge Aukam.
Soloman. who was collector for the
company. Incorporated funds
amounting to Sc July s. and the court
had imposed a sentence of thirty days
in Jail.
Found guilty of petty larceny on two
counts, Nelson Ellis co1ored. was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $50 or serve
ninety days.
Ellis. who has previously served time
for petty larceny and has been an in
mate OIL a reform SchOOl, was accused
by Clement p. Cox of stealing n toy
wagon and four tickets valued at s3.25.
Charged with robbing the cash drawer
Of a grocery store on AZ street, John
Brown, colored, was sentenced to serve
five months in the workhouse
The prosecution showed that Brown
entered the store, which is owned by
Henry Clark, while the proprietor's wife,
who was in charge, was in a back room.
His hasty departure when Mrs. Clark
entered aroused her suspicion and 4
hurried investigation showed the cash
drawer to be empty.
Brown was arrested when passersby,
aroused by her screams for the police,
gave chase to the fleeing colored boy,
and found $3.50 tucked in his shoe.
AS a result of falling out" between
her best fellow" and herself Georgian
ma Jackson. colored, faced Judge
Aukam. The charge which originally
read assault with dangerous weapon"
was changed this morning to simple as
sault The court. after sentencing
Georgianna to sixty days, took her
personal bond.
Georgianna, it was alleged. assailed
her one-time fellow" with a razor and
bricks.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
SWAT THE CATERPILLAR
COCOON, OFFICIALS URGE
Held to Be Best Method of Checking
Insects Ravages on Dis
trict's Foliage.
Swat the caterpillar cocoon.

Swat the caterpillar cocoon.
This is the advice given by the de-
partment of trees and parkings of the
District to property owners, who are CO.
operating with the local authorities in an
endeavor to put check on the activities
of the insect which has attacked Wash
ington's foliage trees with unusual Sc
verify this season.
Despite the fact that the department
has sprayed nearly every tree along the
principal thoroughfares of the city with
an arsenate of lead solution. the para
site has kept up the work of devastation
on big scale.
The moths are now going into cocoons
and can be easily seen on the foliage of
the trees in the form of patches
Citizens are urged to destroy all
cocoons that may be reached, as, from
now on. this will be the most effective
method of combating the pest, it is stated.
stated.
The department will continue it's work
OF spraying trees. particularly soft
NAPLES, which have borne the brunt of
the insect attack. Trees in the south
west. southeast and northeast sections
have been sprayed. and those in the
northwest are now undergoing similar
treatment
Evening star., 1914-07-21
STRAIGHT VICTORIES RULE
Good Matches Played in Longwood
Tennis Championship
Contests.

BOSTON. July 21.-Straight-set victories
were the rule in the forenoon matches in
sthe Longwood tennis championship to-
day. One of the best matches was be-
tween Murray of San Francisco and
Dana of Providence. the former winning
6-3. 6-3 6-3
Summaries, Longwood singles. third
round:
F. C. Baggs. New York, defeated Har-
old Mckinney. Providence. by default
a. S. Dabney, Boston defeated Lewis
Hobbs, Narragansett Pier. 60. 6-22. 90
F. B. Alexander. New York. defeated
William Rosenbaum, New York. GO.
6-1. e.
F, c. Inman. New York defeated A. y
Reggie. Boston. 81. 6-3. S-1.
r. l.. Murray. San Francisco, defeated
Russell Dana. Providence, 6-3. 6-3.
6-3.
G. T. Putnam. Boston, defeated J. e.
Thomas, Boston. 60, O.. 81.
w. F. Johnson. Philadelphia defeated
]. D. E. Jones. Providence, c.. e..
6-3.
Eastern doubles championship second
round-Thayer and I-awton. Boston. de-
feated Wightman. Boston. and Brown.
Philadelphia. Ga, 81, -.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July 21.-It was j wealth
er market again in cotton this morning.
ard as Texas failed To get any relief from
its dry spell of several weeks duration
early demand vas active enough to ad-
vance prices from to Il points on the
opening. after which they sold up about
ten points over the previous close. Part
of the demand came from large spot i'll
tercSts who We're leading sellers in the
last hour yesterday. Cables Were steady
and several points higher than expected.
Futures opened steady: july. l2.::,: Au-
gust 12.:;'t: October. 12:":,: December
1c-Ji: January. Els; March. Phi May,
l21i
The weekly weather report. while
pul'ish on Texas. as had been cX-
pected. exerted little influence at midi
lay. as the market had practically dis
'ountod il. Trading was inclined to
Ie quiet with prices four to seven
,oiniS net higher
Evening star., 1914-07-21
AN ULTIMATUM TO HINDO0s.
Must Yield or Fight, Dominion Au
thorities Declare.

VANCOUVER. b. c.. July I.-The
Dominion government cruiser Rainbow
reached the harbor this morning to join
with the military forces here to suppress
the trouble aboard the komogata Maru.
whose Hindoo passengers are resisting de-
portation. At 10 O'Clock the Hindoos were
given until noon to decide whether to
surrender or fight. The Hindoos have so
far shown no sign of yielding and ap-
parently intend TO fulhll their threat of
yesterday that they would night
Thousands of persons thronSed the
water front, expecting to witness a
moving picture drama of absorbing in
terest. Officials of the local military
corps and immigrant department went
aboard the Rainbow to hold consulta-
ton.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
R. J. EcKLoFF DEAD.
Body to Be Brought Here for Burial
from Mt. Pelier. Idaho.

News OF the sudden death of Ran
dolph j. Eckloff was received by his
friends here yesterday from Mount
Peller. Idaho. where Mr.. Ecklof was
living. Arrangements have been made
to bring the body to Washington
Mr.. Eckloff was for several years
resident of the District. being en-
gagged in the merchandise brokerage
business. Mining interest In the west
caused his departure from the city
and for number of years he had been
manager of Bonanza Mining Company
and of the Randolph mines He was
forty eight years old.
Mr. Eckloff leaves his wife, two sons.
Howard and Randolph, u. and two
the latter of this city.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
NAL ONE, FOE OF RED TAPE.
CAUGHT IN LOOSE ENDS
Customs Collector Denied Use of Tax
icab Allowance in Operating
His New Machine.

Dudley Field Malone collector of rho
port at New York. who. by his own ad-
mission. is fond Of cutting red tape. has
and has been tripped up by decision of
the controller of the Treasury George f.
Downey. Collector Malone recently DUR
chased an automobile. which he is using
for personal and official business. Con-
troiler DoWney has baked his purpose to
apply a maximum allowance made to the
collector of customs of SO month for
taXicab hire to the expense of running
the automobile.
The authorization of the allowance for
taxicab hire reads: For use of collector
and surveyor. not to exceed $40 per
month each" Collector Malone sent in a
bill for $50. covering the two-month
period from May to June 30 with the
memorandum to the effect that he had
purchased an automobile which he uses
for official and personal business. and has
therefore applied the $40 a month allow
ed for taXicab hire. as far as it will 90
toward defraying the cost of the auto
mobile and chauffeur. when used for Of
11cial purposes.
Controller Downey points out that the
proposition of Collector Malone is sub
stantially to substitute the use of his
own automobile and chauffeur for the
official use in which they may be en-
ployed. much or little, in lieu of the
actual use of taxicabs as authorized for
such service. the collector to receive as
compensation the maximum sum of SIS
a month authorized for taxicab service
1.-The authorized maximum expenses
of taxicab hire" comments the con-
troller in ruling out Collector Malone's s
plan, cannot lawfully be commuted
at an equal fixed rate for the uncer-
tain or indefinite use or service of an
automobile owned by the ot1icer'
Evening star., 1914-07-21
LEFT UNDER THREAT.
Temperance Lecturer Explains His
Mysterious Disappearance.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. July 21-Rev.
Louis r. Patmont, temperance lecturer
who disappeared from Detroit more than
month ago and was found at Rib Lake,
Wis. Saturday, passed through Rugby
Junction today en- route to Detroit. Pat
mont was accompanied by Rev. Claude
F. Witty and A. Y. Malcolmson of De-
troit. 1t is planned to place Patmont in
sanatorium at Detroit until he has re-
cuperated.
Rev. c. i. Milton Of Milwaukee, who
identified Patmont Sunday, reached home
today.
Patmont is very nervous man and
part OF the time seems to be demented, -
said Mr.. Milton.
Patmont told me that the real cause
for his disappearance from Detroit was
he was held up by two men who threat
ened to kill him if he did not leave the
city. The men who threatened him gave
him $50, he said
Evening star., 1914-07-21
U. S. AGENTS UNDER ARREST
Serious Charges Against Fur Seal Is
land EMPLOYEES Under Probe,

On a charge of a serious nature af-
fecting their conduct and treatment of
the natives. women and men. of the Pribi-
lof Islands, in Bering sea. five American
government agents are under arrest at
their stations on the islands better known
as the Fur Seal Islands.
Officials of the Department of Com
merce say that the first intimatons the
department had OF the offenSes was when
the five men sent in their designations
from the service upon being apprised Of
the fact that high off1cia, Of the depart
ment was on visit Ia the islands. Their
Evening star., 1914-07-21
WAGE HEARINGS SECRET.
Federal Mediators to Sit in Chicago
Behind Closed Doors.

CHICAGO, July 21.-Kegular sessions
of the federal board of mediation with
the managers of the western railroads
and the chiefs of the enginmen's unions
are to be held daily behind closed doors
until agreement is reached or it is evi-
dent that agreement cannot be reached,
it was announced today by Federal Judge
Martin A. Knapp. one of the mediators.
The order of the proceedings will be a
morning session with the managers and
an afternoon session with the employees
committee of 100. headed by Warren S.
Stone. grand chief of the engineers. and
W. S. Carter, president of the engine
mems brotherhood. No joint sessions will
be held, it was said. Nothing of the pro-
ceedngs will be made public according
to Judge Knapp, until the conference has
ended.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
POLICEMAN ASKS $4,000.
Alleges Malicious Prosecution in
Suit for Damages.

Bosier Castle. Il policeman, filed suit to-
day to recover 5000 damages from Fran
ceS a. Downer for alleged malicious
prosecution. The case grew out of an
affidavit filed by Miss Downer with the
police department in WHICH she charged
Castle with using unnecessary violence
in placing her under arrest and with re-
fusing to allow her to communicate with
friends.
Castle stood two trials before the police
trial board and was acquitted at both
hearings.
He declares the allegations of the af-
fidavit were groundless. without probable
cause. and were intended to harm and in
jure him. He says he has suffered in the
estimation of his friends and members
of the police force and WAS put to great
expense to defend tlse charges made
against him.
He is represented by Attorneys j. S
Easby-Smth and Ralph B. F'leharty
Evening star., 1914-07-21
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today to
the following:
c. II. Nell. to build dwelling at 1s37
Madison street northwest: architect.
e. Landvoight: builder. NJ. II. Bray
estimated cost, $1,000
7. J. Molloy. to build store and dwell
ing at 12al X street northeast: architect.
j. Wenig; builder r p. Whitty Com
pany: estimated cost, $500
c. R. kengia jr.. to build garage in
rear Of ao12 street northwest: archi-
tect and builder. Palmer Concrete Ma
chine Company: estimated cost. S40.
Carroll Brooks. to repair stable at aocs
G street northwest: estimated cost. $l'n
George Stoner to repair carriage house
in alley between c and b streets and 9th
and 9Th streets southwest; estimated
cost $g1
Evening star., 1914-07-21
GET BUILDING CONTRACT.
Washington Firm to Repair Old En-.
craving Bureau Structure.

A contract for structural alterations
for the auditors building, formerly oc-
cupied by the bureau of engraving and
printing, has been let to Skinker & Gar
rett of Washington, lowest of six bid
ders for the job of repairing the suspend
ed ceilings of the building.
This work, when done. probably will
the needs of the auditors offices that are
now installed there. The work will be
prosecuted while the auditors forces CON
tinue at work. The contract price is
$lO,O6S
Evening star., 1914-07-21
BALTIMORE.
special dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispat tch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, July 21-Wheat-strong;
spot No red. s5as: spot No. red west
ern. s7&s; July No. red. $3.50; Augusta
No. = red, s5as; July red. s;5ss; steamer
No 9 red. s1H; receipts. 245, 500 bushels:
exports. 81, 600 bushels; new southern by
sample. 6Oas2h: new southern, on grade,
SO14aS41a.
Corn-Firmer: spot contract. 761s; re-
cepts, 1886 bushels
Oats-Firmer: standard white. 4o1a
a42&: No. white, 41a4 a42; receipts,
18.400 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. western export.
63a64; No. western domestic, 68a69;
receipts. 120 bushels.
Hay-Firm; No. timothy. unchanged;
No. 1 clover mixed, unchanged
Grain ferights-Firm; steam to Liv-
erpool, per bushel. unchanged.
Cork. for orders, per quarter, un-
changed.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
ROOSEVELT NOT TO RUN.
Hinman Expected to Head New York
Progressive Ticket.

OYSTER BAY. n. Y. July 21.-After
Theodore Roosevelt had gone over the
New York state situation last night
with New York progressive leaders. it
was learned that citizens ticket
probably will be put into the field for
the fall campaign
Indications were that Col. Roosevelt
had decided definitely not to accept
tne gupernatoriai nomination. For
Broome county. republican, was re-
garded as the man most likely to head
the ticket. 1t was said authoritativeIy.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. July 21.-Hogs-:eceipts
1000 head: strong; bulk, s.Soae. .O5: :
light. >-.oa9.15; mixed. S.60a9.15:
heavy. N.i5a9-l5: rough. S.45aS.60: pigs,
...Ia>.0u.
Cs,ttle-Receipts. $500 head: steady:
JeeveS. a-.0a@-91; steers. 6.i0aS. 80 /;
Stockers and feeders. 5.S0aS.0O: cows
and heifers. 3.S3aS.1a: calves. 1.5Oa11 90.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head: steady
sheep. -'.1sa3->5: yearlings, 5.60a6.75
lambs. 6.nUaS1J
Evening star., 1914-07-21
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. July 21.-Money easy Dis
count rates dearcr on Paris taking most
of tue S4Tr.Wr gold offered in the open
market today. Both the home and Aus
further nervousneSS and selling on the
stock exchange. Cousols fel1 three-six-
tcenths. and home rails followed suit. be-
ing supplemented later by more CONT
ncntal selling. Russian and Balkan issues
were the weak spots. Oil and kattir
shares We're offered freely
The market closed depressed.
The American department moved ir-
regularly until the last fifteen minutes
when New York buying orders caused
prices 10 harden.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
FOREIGN BOURSES.

BERLIN. July 21.-SellinG continued
on the Austrian -ScrvIau situation on
the bCrIrSc. and the whole list was
low Cr- Russian securities lost L., pojuts :
and Naphtha. 10 Exchange ON Lon
Ion. 20 marks 30 pfenuigs. Money. ::
private discount. IL.
PARIS, July 2I.-The bourse opened
1crvous but closed quiet. Reutes. 81
FrancS 10 centimes- Exchange on Lon
Ion. - francs Il centimes Private
discount. -.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
WANTS SHORTER NAME
Watskey Asks Court to Change It to
to Watts.

Jacob Watskey. naturalized citizen.
wants to eliminate the foreign termina
ton to his name and to have a name con-
formable with his American citizenship.
Today he asked permission of the Dis
trict Supreme Court to be known hence
forth as James Leicester Watts He was
born in this country and became natural
ized when his father took out citizenship
papers. Attorney H. P. Lang represents
the petitioner
Evening star., 1914-07-21
HAS DISAPPEARED AGAIN
Rev. L. R. Patmont Reported to
Have Left Train at an
Early Hour.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. July 21.-Rev
Louis r. Patmont, temperance worker,
has again disappeared, having left the
train on the 500 line bound for Chi
cago some time after = o'clock this
morning, according to a telegram
ceiYed from Rev. Claude +. Witty. dated
Lakeville. ILL.,, by Rev. c. L. Milton, Mil
waukee.
Evening star., 1914-07-21

The body of woman found floating off
River View Park yesterday morning was
identified in the afternoon as that of
Miss Sophie Gensier. thirty-five years old,
who lived with her aunts. Miss Rosa
Shanch and Miss Elizabeth Logan in
Baltimore, For IL time the police be-
h.vcd that there was a mystery sur
rounding the death of the woman. but
there We're no marks of violence on
Ine body.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
SIXTH PLAGUE RAT TAKEN.
No New Cases of Disease Reported
at New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS. July 21.-A rat cap
tured at the Dumaine street wharf was
infected with bubonic plague. accord
ing to announcement today by DR..
eral in charge of the plagre f1ght in
New Orleans. This is The sixth in
fected rat captured
No new cases had been reported up
to this afternoon and with one excep-
ton those at the isolation hospital
were improving rapidly. The condi-
tion of Helen Soell, aged ten, who de-
veloped the disease last week. still was
considered dangerous.
Evening star., 1914-07-21
NEW ORLEANS.

Nt.W ORLEANS July 2l.-t'ontinued
drs weather in the western belt caused
a rising tendency in the early trading in
cotton today. Initial prices We're to ,
points UP. After the call the demand
strengthened and the new crops went >
to Il points over the final figures of yes
terday.
Futures opened steady July. 1885,: Au-
gust. 12.S1: October. l2.-o: December
l2..s;: January, 12.JI: March. 12G