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FIGHTING AT PUERTO PLATA.

A number of deaths among non-
combatants in Puerto Plata, San Do
mingo, have occurred as the result of
the rifle fire of President Bordas' army,
Capt. Eberle, of the U. s. s. Washing
ton. yesterday cabled the Navy Depart
ment. No fighting of consequence has
occurred for several days. Capt. Eberls
declared. An unofficial report of the
capture of Lavego, the first revolu-
zionist victory of any consequence
reached Puerto Plata yesterday.
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NEW YORK COFFEE.
Furnished by n. L. Carpenter { Co.
WALL Street GOSSIP.

Visible supply copper. Europe. .se4 tons
May Is; increase Of 1.461 in last fortnight
The Ohio OIL Company has declared
regular quarterly dividend Of SIS and
75 cents extra. payable June 20 to stock
of record May 26.
The Norfolk Railway and Light Com.
pany has declared the regular semi-an-
nual dividend Of per cent.
The American Bridge Company has is
sued orders to put its big plants at
Pencoyd at work at full time. The
plants nave been operated at about half
capacity for several weeks. The new or
der is effective today.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Speyer & Co.
announce that $70,0O0.000 of subscriptions
were received for the $35,000.0o0 of one
year 41-2 per cent collateral gold notes
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company which were purchased by them.
As result, participants received only
80 per cent of their subscriptions.
According to an official report from In
Ola the wheat crop in the united pro-
vinces is placed at c.9O4,00O bushels
against ITO, 1885, 900 last year, and in the
central provinces at 25.12O0OO bushels
gainst 40, ,120. 900 last year.
Application to list the following securi-
ties has been made to the New York
Stock Exchange:
Illinois Steel Company Omitted States
Steel Corporation), 100000 additional
debenture Ala per cent bonds, due 1870
Indiana Steel Company UNITED States
Steel Corporation), $3.035.00 additional
first mortgage per cent bonds. due
fsa2.
Moler to W. B. Hibbs & Co.-The situ-
alton and outlook Is still regarded by
those best informed in the financial dis
trict as sufficiently favorable to continue
q conservative trading position on the
bull side for moderate turns and to ia
vor purchases of the better class Of rail-
road and Industrial stocks in event Of
any fresh reaction There is every in
dication .of the continuance of cheap
money in abundance for speculative pur-
poses, and as the brilliant outlook for
the crops continues unimpaired and the
financial conditions at Berlin and Paris
as well as in London are clearing, any
favorable developments in the Mexican
situation would undoubtedly cause much
broader trading and good advance in
prices.
Philadelphia and Reading reports for
nine months. includi9eA March. as fol-
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The day VI tae closed mortgage. excep1
Tor smaller concerns. . over, q
S The New York Central vas The aret
rsilfoad 70 launch the idea n - in6sa'
uiteiy expansihle mortgage, alkhouah nj
the Grit actually to execute such an In
strumeht II has been fairly demon-
strated that the rights and interests of
investors can be ss wen safegnarded
under an open mortgage ~ under one
which limfts the bonds isuuable under
= TO specific amount. such mortgages
havo- been drawn which. in the opinion
Of eminent lawyers, make the bonds H.
sued under them savings bank invest
ments.
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SUFFRAGE LEADER LEAVES.

Mrs. Sherman Booth. of the Congress
sional committee of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association.
yesterday went to Wilmington, Del, to
confer with the State suffrage leaders.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk will leave today
for Macon. Ga. where she will spsas
at thfee-day carnivalN
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BALTIMORE WHOLESALE MARKET

Baltimor~. May r.-HAY-No. timothy. Isoos
m: standard timothy. s.5uaisco: No. .. lf.5oan0:
No. J. ISgosi6so; light clover mixed. H.soals.oo:
Ma L np: No & l55oaiao; neau, l6.0al6.D: no.
1 clover. mixed. ls.aaI7.oe; no. 2 M5oaik.D; no
s.fabliGbed usde 1o.0oaNW; ample bay. AZ to
kind. quality. md condition. GooaioaS.
LIVE POljLTRY-Chickens old hens. heasy, h.,
M: do.. small TO medium. Ib.. EK; de-. Old
su>u1ern Joslle do young. large. 1saz; do. rough
- a.oy. ID. 1sais; d.. winta. ~ lbA and over,
~ ~ a. sprins. avefsging ] 70 " pondA =;
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]. n. SHERMAN TAKES OATH.
New Saperintendent of Weights.
Measures and Markets Sworn In.

Announcing that it would be his pur-
pose to bring about a closer cooperation
between the department Of which he has
been made the head and the District
governments in the development Of the
municipal markets, John H. Sherman yes
terday took the oath of office as superin-
tendent of weights, measures and mar
kets.
Mr.. Sherman was appointed to the po-
sition last Saturday, succeeding the late
Col. Haskell He is a graduate Of the
Central High School finishing his course
there in 1904 He also went to Cornell.
For the last three years he has been
working in New York.
The oath of office yesterday was admin
istered by Dr. william Tindall, secretary
to the Board of Commissioners.
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FIFTY TO BE INITIATED.
kallipolis Grotto VIII Admit Can
didates at Entertainments ToniHht.

Fifty candidates will be invited at a
ceremonial, session Of Kallipolis Grotto.
No. Is. N. o. v. p. E. R.. in the bali
room of the New Willard tonight. This
will be the last Initiation Of the grotto.
prior to the session of the supreme coun-
Gil. which meets at Richmond June 5. ..
and TO-
ranged an elaborate program, in which
Kallipolis Cand win engage. Rehearsals
for the event have been In progress for
the past month. and Il b. certainty
that this AFFAIR Will eclipse anything the
6rotto has prsssnts1 n tie past
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Sales Regular eaI. II oiciock noon:
Washington Gas s.. SO at losA. $50 st iosh. s.
at ln5k.
Capital Traction. at ~
washinstn Railway fd., 10 at y. 10 at u.
at o.
washington Gas. at n. 10 at n. 10 at II. l.
1t a.
MergenthaIcT. 4 at as
washingfon Loan and Trust. at n.
After call-Capiial Traction. at - at 70
Capital Trsction g. 80 st l0S-
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revenues. s2sas.so2; total operating ex-
penses. H.ll2.sit; net revenue from opera
ton. $LS2s. .ssS: taxes. $15.. 30; income from
operation. $i.67i. .lsa; gross incoqe, 81
'ess 90; total deductions. "a. -; net In
come. $s54e65.
Frank rrumbull. chairman OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio board OF directors,
sailed yesterday for Europe for two
months, vacation.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.
NEW YORK MONEY.

New fork. May M-Can money opened ct IN psu
unt; high. per cent; low. ~ per cent; renewsls
~ pr cent; cloae. ~ pr cent; ruling nate, II -
The week opens with the upward tendeoy q shs
taneAoney market naking further prusrso On -
veekis los q sold TO Europe and Saturday nthsl
The Washington herald., 1914-05-19
SCHOOLS OBSERVE PEACE DAY.
Even kinderEarteners Celebrate An
niversary of The Hague.

Peace Day was celebrated in all the
public schools of Washington yesterday.
Each teacher was instructed through the
principals to arrange a special program
to observe the anniversary of the first
peace conference at The Hague.
Even the kindergartens, who had no
regular program for the afternoon. were
told stories that related to the history
of the first conference and its moral
effect on the world. In the higher classes
the children had programs Of songs and
recitations appropriate to the sixteenth
of the conference.
Superintendent of Schools Thurston had
sent out orders to the principals of the
schools that a half hour in honor of The
Hague Conference should be taken from
the lessons yesterday afternoon.
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Philadelphia and Reading reports for
nine months. ineludi9s\ March. as fol-

There is good prospect that the new
mortgage which President Willard inti-
mates II to be authorized for the Balti.
more and Ohio win not be limited to any
specific amount but win be an open
mortgage, subject to the limitation Of
conditions set up In the instruments but
not expressed in dollars. The belief Is
gaining grou1d in financial circles and
among officers of large corporations that
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ADVANCE SCORED
ON WALL Street
Steel Leads IN General Rise IN.
Prices on the New York
Stock Exchange.
BALTIMORE FILES BRIEF
Monumental City Strikes at Rich
mondEBis Crops Means Busi-
ness Revival.
BALTIMORE FILES BRIEF
Ry w. srEALEv.

Leading issues on the New York Stock
Exchange yesterday showed provincial
strength.
Steel closed 62%, gain of nearly a
point and half over Saturdays close
Union gained a point. closing Isl s-L
Reading. Copper, Northern. Missouri, Pa
cific and Pennsylvania gained fractions
chesapeake and Ohio, New Haven and
Consolidated Gas were the weak spots in
the market.
The market showed a good undertone
throughout the days trading. The prin-
5 cipal feature was the sharp rise OF
1s4 additional in Steel. carrying that
stock up to S. This makes a total rise
Of seven points from its low level in the
recent depression.
The Steel Corporations untitled orders
are back 10 the low record Of the end
of January, and this has kept most of
the traders bearish on the stock. as Ii
Ia well known it has not been earning
the fun amount on the common stock
since the opening Of the year. However.
trade reports are commencing to show
m Improvement SO that the worst OF
the depression may have been exper-
fenced, and any change now necessarily
must be for the better.
Local Stock Exchange.
Washington Gas again sold at a on
the local stock exchange yesterday. Fifty
shares were bought. after which rs IA
was bid, but the stock was held at
TIA One $500 of the company sold
los - and two $500 IS at los IA
Ten shares of Traction sold at SO, five
shares at 80 Ia One $500 5, Of the COM
pany, sold 107 5-S
Thirty shares of Railway preferred sold
at 81, two shares of common at S1-4-
Ten shares of Mergenthaler sold at Us.
Bank and Trust list was confined to
one share of Washington Loan and Trust.
selling at 22s.
Baltimore Protest FILED.
While the Federal reserve bank for
the FitAh district was being Incorporated
in Richmond yesterday the committee In
charge of Baltimore's fight to get this
bank away from the Virginia capital
was distributing copies of a pamphlet
presenting Baitimore's claims to re-
gionaI bank.
Under the title "An Appeal to Justice"
the pamphlet presents in a concise snd
readily digested form Baltimore's claims
to financial supremacy over Richmond
Five to One is the caption OF table
which gives the following interesting
comparison:
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Artificial limbs arc said to have been
used In Egypt ~ early ~ 100 B. c.
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The Safest Investments

Are those that do not nuctuate during d,s.
turbed conditions Ct the money or stock mar.
ketA First deed Of trust notes ttrst mort.
gaeul. well secured On real estate in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, Constitute 'gilt-edgs' IN
yestmen.A They do not DEPEND upon ths
financial responsibility Of individuals or COR
porations for their stability, and are e1szuus
from taxatiou as personal property. We can
supply such investments In amounts from Noe
upward. Send for booklet. Conserving Loans
and InyeucUentA"
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In the preface is said:
This booklet is an appeal to you to
assist US in remedying a national in
Justice"
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New York F.snres.

Furnished % N. l. c.rpcnter 4 Co.
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Liverpesl Futures.

Funi.ned by N. L. c.rp-n.er { Co.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-19

Johan Hansen, by his will, dated June
2 1905. leaves to Mrs Emma Brockman.
wife of John Brockman. $1,000. The rest
is to go to John Brockman, who. In con-
nection with his wife, are named execu-
tors
The Washington herald., 1914-05-19

The American Bridge Company has is
sued orders to put its big plants at
Pencoyd at work at full time. The
plants nave been operated at about half
capacity for several weeks. The new Or
der Is effective today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07
Southern Io1ua Items

from pneumonia He was knownsas
one of the old timesHaerlbers OF the
Des Moines conference and had served
the congregations at Little Sioux. Glen
wood circuit Dow City and Missouri
Valley among other places. He was
native of West Virginia. and began
his work in the ministry in that state.
He came to Iowa and Joined the Des
Moines conference in the sos He was
about So years of age. and Is survived
by his wife, three sors and one daugh-
ter
Council Bluffs.
Using revolver that he had taken
from his home in this city, Martinus
Peterson, Of this city. shot and instant
ly killed himself in the apartments OF
his wife, from whom he had separated,
Friday evening. after making an inef-
fectual attempt at reconciliation. he
went to Omaha In the early evening,
taking with him pistol belonging to
his brother. it developed at the inquest
by Coroner Crosby yesterday after
noon. The evidence adduced before
the Jury related to the trouble he hao
had with his wife. but the verdict OF
the iurv merely was that he "came to
his death by gunshot inflicted by his
own hand"
/ Council Bluffs.
With June 30, the last day on which
| linuor can be sold In Council b'uHs
under the existing petition, less than
three months d'stant, the saloon men
and thr'sa Interested in the business IN
this city are beginning to take an In
| terest in the question Of the next peti-
! ton. They all appreciate the strength
I of the "antr feeling in the city ant'
/ realize there will be an unusually nae1
I fight and are making preparations 1oT
one Under the Iowa statutes the con-
! sent petition in cities OF over 5000 pop
, ulation must be signed by more tnai!
! so per cent of the voters at the ias'
election previous to the time OF CIR
| culation. The vote at the city elec-
| ton, which ts the last possible before
| the work is started this spring, was
6,32s. 80 the petition will have 70 pear
more than 1852 signatures Of voters n
the election.
ciarinda.
| After a years operation under the
business manager plan, Clartnda. the
only Iowa town having adopted this
system, declares 1t to be Q success. o.
101 cities in the state required to ME
annual reports with the state munich
pal accounting department., Clartnds
Is the first to produce its statsment
In April. 1913, Clarinda selected =
Wilson as Its city manager and turned
the affairs Of the city over to him. The
financial statement shows he finished
the year with a cash balance Of $l1-
2s574. compared with a balance O
/ 312,933.s2 at the close Of the year pre-
vious. The total expenditures for thu
year were $27,756.01, as against $500.
318.24 for the year before. The citl
debt reduced $4,000. The municipa
water plant sold water at 90 cents
thousand gallons and paid the city
j good profit. A good savings was Als.
made in the care Of the cemetery. r.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL coNvEN
TON At CEDAR RAPIDS
THIS WEEK.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
PLANS GREAT DoINos
Exhibits Of Manufactured Cereal Pro.
duets 70 30 ehown Banquet al
Mentress Hotel on Thursday Even.
ina-Larusst Attendance on Record
Expected-Ths Program

Cedar Rapids, April Members o!
the Western Grain Dealers Association
are looking forward eagerly to the
fourteenth annual convention that is
to be held in this city April 8 and 10
1t promises to be the most successful
convention that the association has
ever held, and best attended il the in
Gu!ries conserving the acconn odations
in this city are any criterion OF the
number OF men who viii be present.
The program, now prepared. speaks
cf a successful convention for every
man who attends. There Will be pa
p@Ts on subjects THAI are of vital i'm
portance 10 every man who has any
thing to Go with buying, selling OF
the hand ing OF grain. The entertain
lnent that is to De PROVIDED for the
visitors is of the variety that will
make all of the men want to come
back to Cedar Rapids.
One OF the big features Of the con-
yent:on will be the exhibit Of pro-
ducts made in Cedar Rapids mills,
showing how the grain enters the mills
and in what condition 1t leaves.
Convention Program.
The convention sessions Will be held
il, the assembly room &C the CONNER
cial Club. The first session will be
called Thursday morning at o'clock,
and the following program viii be car
ried out:
Address Of welcome-Hon Louis
Roth, mayor. Cedar Rapids.
President annual addrass-Mr. f. A.
Fields, president SIOUX City.
Secretary report-George
4. Wells, Des No!nes
Wcrkmans Compensation Act-F1on.
Warren Garst, Iowa industrial COM
missioner.
The Common Law Liability of Car
riers, Attorney Clifford V. Cox, Des
Moines.
Government Grades OF Corn-Dr. j.
W. r. Duvel, Washington. D. c.
Deliveries on Future Contracts-M.
E. DeWolf Spencer.
Compensation for8Labor Of Cooper
ing Cars-F. D. tMilligan, Jefferson.
DELAYED Re-inspection at Terminal
Markets-Mr. N. S. Beale. Tama.
Federal Supervision Of Grain 1nspec-
tion-George A. Wells. member iesis-
lative committee Grain Dealers Ma
tional Association.
Deneral Discussion: 1. An Assoc!a-
ton ATTORNEY. 9 Bill-Lading Condi-
lions. 8. The Moisture Test. 4. Scale
Inspection 5. Western Trunk Line
Rules. G.. Shippers Weight certtfi-
Gates. Z. Transit Pstxpeses. 3. Switch :
ing and spotting FhTge!se. Land.
lords Lien Law. ib. Shipping out
Scales IL. Private Car Seals. IL Car
Door Lumber. 49, Membership.
Banquet Thursday Evening.
Thursday evening ~ the Montrose
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07
MITCHELL PASTORS MEET.
Association Of congregational Church,
es and Ministers in Session.
Spacial % Tinoes-

Association Of Congress ational Church.
es and Ministers in Session.
Special to Times Republican.
New Hampton, Aprf1 THE annual
meeting of the Mitchell Association OF
Congregational Churches and Ministers
IS in session 1T Charles City now. The
program begins today at noon, and
continues throughout tomorrow.
The program contains the usual or
der OF business, and the praise and de-
~ntional services. Some of the sub
iects discussed are christian Activ-
ity." christian Faith" The I'm
churched Multitude" and THE Country
Church and Social Service" The last
topic will be handled In an illustrated
lecture by Superintendent P. Adelstein
Johnson Of Grinneil. Others on the
2~cgran. arc the Pew. Mr.. Erends. c. y
Moxie, of Bassett; F. G. Bliss, of Rock
ford; r. e Marsh New Hampton: B.
w. Bprleigil. of Nashua: G. E. Plant,
Of Clear Lake: j. w. Welsh. OF Mason
CITY: +. s. Artz Of Orchard; r. e.
Roberts Of Buffalo Center: c. w.
Hampstead, Of Riceville; l.. A. Goddard
of Algnnt: H. D. Allen. Of Usage: l.. y.
B,ardford. OF Rockwell; Edwin Ewell.
Of Garner: w. A. Marzolf OF Clear
Lake: 7. B. Souchman, of Forest City:
A. Anderson. OF Britt; William Hard
astle. president, Of Iowa Christian En-
deayor Union. IL ,saor-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07
KELLEY BANK CASE CALLED.
Litis ation Growing Out Of Psnsis'd's
Operation Begun.

Special to Times Republican.
Nevada, April THE first jury case
assigned for trial at the present term
of the Story county district court y
that Of Amin Atkinson vs. Bank OF
Kelley ct al. which went on trial yes
terday afternoon. 1t Will be one OF the
most complicated cases tried in the
courts here for years, the matter en-
bodying ninety-two counts or that
many complete cases. There Is
motion to separate the cases and try
them separately, which. If done, Will
drag the matter out for years in the
courts here. Under one head the case
would take probably more than a week
for trial.
This case is brought by the creditors
Of the defunct bank caused by the de-
falcat!on of E. *. Pentield and is
brought against the bank, c. l.. Siverly
and A c. Banks. Penfield skipped out
leaving the creditors and his associates
holding the sack. Siver!y, now cashier
OF the Union Ma. ioral at Ames, was
then connected or had been connected
with the bank. and Hankss was the
fsther-ir law Of Penia!d.
There is I. large array Of legal talent
IN the case There are several thou
sand dcllaTs involved in tho case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07

Vegetable Compound 80 I threw away
the medicines the doctor left me and be-
gan taking the Compound. Before I
had taken half bottle was able to sit
up and in short time I was able to do
all my work. Your medicine has proved
itself able to do all you say it will and I
have Recommended it In every household
] have visited. Mrs. MARY JoHNsToN,
2lo Siegel Street. Philadelphia, Pc.
y Another Bad Case.
Ephrata, Pa" About . year ago I
was down With nervous prostration. I
was pale and weak and would have hys-
teric spells, sick headaches and . bad
pain under my shoulder blade. I was
under the care of different doctors but
did not improve. Twas 20 weak I could
hardly stand long enough TODD mydishes.
Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com
pound has made me well and happy and
/ have begun to gain in weight and my
face looks healthy now."-Mrs. J. w.
HoRNBERcER, r. No. 8, Ephrata, Pa.
II ysa want special sdvise Write to
Lydia E. Pinkhan 1edicins c.. (csnfl.
dsatial) Lynn, 1ass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by Z
Monaa and held Il strict con1deaee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07

hotel ct $40 o'clock. . banquet will b
served at which time many toasts Will
bs given. Following - the program OF
the banquet. w. q. Haskell. president
Of the Commercial club. will act in the
capacity OF toastmaster.
Introductory--Mr. e. A. Fields. pres
ident Western Grain Dealers" Associa
ton.
Toastmaster-w q. Haskell. presi-
dent Cedar Rapids Commercial Club.
Music by the Cedar Rapids Booster
Glee Club.
Cedar Rapids, the Cereal City-John
wunderlich, secretary, Cedar Rapids
Commercial club.
A Stereopticon EXhibit-H. A. Foss'
chief weighmaster, Chicago Board OF
Trade.
Future Trading an Economic Me-
cessity in the Commercial Distribution
Of Grain; Board Of Trade Rules and
Regulations Governing Same-C. III.
Candy, president Chicago Board OF
Trade.
Grain Trade Conditions. L. Mess
more, x-president st. Louis Merchants
Exchange.
Grain Products Manufactures-J. c.
Oats Co. @
Vaudeville.
Friday morning the visitors will be
taken about the city in automobiles,
showing them the different points OF
interest and taking them thru the
milling plants, that they may have a
practical demonstration of the way
grains arc handled here.
At noon Friday the grain dealers
will be the guests Of the Commercial
club at luncheon. Following this, the,
w.ill transact their business and hear
the reports of the different committees
en- nomination, resolutions and audit
Ing.