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Evening star., 1915-09-15
DECISIVE STRUGGLES NEAR
IN REGION OF THE WILMA
German Cavalry Is Astride Railroad
Only ADO Miles From the
Cars Capital.
SUFFERING IN MOSCOW:
OUTSIDE HELP NEEDED
Great Number of Russian Wounded
Adds to Difficulties of
Situation.

LONDON, September 15.-An appeal
sent by telegraph by mining engineer
who is a resident of Moscow, seeking
to obtain funds to relieve the refugees
pouring into that city. describes their
condition as frightful The small Eng
lish organization maintaining the hos
pital, according to the dispatch, is feed
ing 5000 persons daily, but this charity
is totally Inadequate. 1t is asserted
that the authorities are una able to cope
with the situation. as they already have
taken care of one-third of the total of
Russian wounded. 1t is suggested that
a fund be raised in London and turned
over to the American consul general.
The distress is frightful." says the
appeal. Women and children are in
their summer clothes. with winter COM
ing. Immediate preparations must be
made to provide soup, shelter and
warmth The English community is
doing its utmost. together with the
Princess Bariatinsky fund. but this is
insufficient to meet the awful distress.
Moscow already has received one
third of the total wounded. and the
authorities are overwhelmed by this
tremendous new influx of refugees.
Outside assistance Is vital to cope nth
the terrible destitution."
Evening star., 1915-09-15
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today
to the following:
John Bant to build garage in rear of
1869 Perry place northwest: architect
and contractor. Leo J. Long; estimated
cost, $40.
Herman F. Carl. to build garage in
rear of 1874 Ontario place: architect
and contractor. V. 7. III. Bein; esti-
mated cost. $3.50
Mrs Annie H. Craley. to build garage
in rear of 40 w street northwest; esti-
mated cost, $3.50.
Clarence NJ. Knight. to build dwell
ing at 6525 1st street northwest; archi-
tect, Conrad NJ Clancy; builder. John
d. Miller; estimated cost. s2,7S0.
Federal City Construction Company,
to build eight-story office building at
131a, D and z streets northwest: archi-
tect, Millburn & Heister: builder. James
L. Marshall: estimated cost, $546,0OO
Moore & Hill. to repair garage at 1902
T street northwest; estimated cost, 500
Charles c. Clark, to repair dwelling
at 1882 Jefferson street northwest; esti-
mated cost. 500.
H. J. Rupert, to repair dwelling at
1905 street northwest; estimated cost,
$500.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
LONDON STOCK MARKET.

LONDON, September 15.-Money con-
tinued comparatively plentiful today, and
the banks bought treasury bills with more
freedom. Discount rates were quiet.
American exchange was not affected by
reports that IA credit had been arranged
in New York, as it is believed that much
negotiation will he necessary before the
loan Is an accomplished fact. Cable
transfers, after an easy opening, became
steady at 4.66.
The stock market was quiet and cheer
fuL The war loan eased off. but foreign
bonds and other gilt-edged securities were
steadily supported. and mining shares
closed strong.
American securities were inactive.
Prices varied but little during the day
and the closing was steady.
Bar silver, % 9-16 per ounce. Money.
3ha4 per cent. Discount rates. short
bills, ~ per cent. Three-months. AZ a
~ per cent.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
PLAN TO MARKET APPLES.
Effective Cooperative Organizations
for Handling Crop Suggested.

may be most profitably marketed
through effective cooperative organi-
cations, according to a survey of con-
ditions issued today by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Uniformity in
packing and adequate distribution, it
was pointed out, were advantages to be
gained by the system.
War did not have the bad effect upon
apple exports that had been feared
Consumption was stimulated by low
prices, shipments were made direct to
Scandinavian markets for the first time
and South American trade was devel-
oped.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
PATENT MEDICINES HIT.
Evils Can Be Stopped Only by Dras-
tic Action, Saws Department.

The Department of Agriculture, an
nouncing successful prosecutions under
the food and drugs act today, stated
that Officials charged with the enforce
ment of the law are of the opinion
that the evils of the patent medicine
business can be stopped only by the
most drastic action"
More than fifty cases have been ter
minated under the Sherley amendment
to the law prohibiting false and fraud
ulent claimseon the curative effects of
medicines. Criminal prosecutions were
brought in twenty-five cases. and in
thirty-one others the products were
seized
Evening star., 1915-09-15
Real Estate Transfers.

MOUNT PLEASANT-william T. CALI
her, Leo c. Brooks and George C.
Gertman, trustees, to George Koch
ler. lots 492. 5o4, 507. 513. 51i. SIS.
4Ss. Mount Pleasant. and lot 81.
block 35. Columbia Heights: 81.
NO. 1417 STREET NoRTHW EST
John NJ. Daniel. trustee. ct al. to
Thomas w. Stubblefield. lot 1s1.
NO. 1924 w STREET NORTHWEST
the Juniata)-John II. Chaney to
W. MURRAY Bechtel. lot SO. square
203: $40: stamps. S42.50.
CHIcHEsTER Laura NJ. Harrell to
II to 20. "a to %. 81. SO, 40. square
aS12: $40: stamn. 81
SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Lynchburg Investment Corporation
to Emma La Porte, lot >. square
27s5: $40: stamp. so cents
william NJ Terrell t. T. Clarence
Cooke and Leila J. Cooke. lot So.
square 81: SO: stamp. sl.5o.
NO. s12 NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE
sOUTHEAST-Sarah V. Crittenden
et al to Virginia b. Griffin. lot Z.
square 921: 81
SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Emma La Porte to virginia L.
lot 2. square 2.S5: $40: stamp. 50
cents.
CENTER ECKINGTON-Thrift Build
ing Company to john y. and Bertha
L. Peed. lot IS, square s621: $40;
stamp. 81.
MOUNT PLEASANT AND PLEASANT
PLAINS-Charles A. Tignor to
James lie Count Chestnut and Mar
garet f. Chestnut. lot PIG, block 4:
$40: stamps, 80 cents.
THIRTEENTH STREET AND PENN
SYLVANIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST
Martin $. Fealy ct ux. Ia Joseph f.
and Margaret r. Snel:on. lot l25,
us@HsTe s@qaEs let$; dSn s,p; stamps ss r!a,, 81,
to Allen b. Sprague. lots SS and a.
square 5S12: $500.
NOS. I29 AND 1871 Nth STREET
NORTHEAST the IsabeD-Capital
Realty Company to Karl +. Brodt.
lots IA and -, square eSs; stamps
WHITNEY CLOSE-wiliam S. Philips
el ux TO Albert u. ard Rebecca
Kanode. lot 81. block 3: $40
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. y. Harrell et ux.
to Robert H. Scott, lot 80, square
INTEREST-Josephin Sheehy to Mil
ton w. King. all proDe-ty conveyed
TO her i'll L'ber 1927. folio 50: 81. NJ.
w. King conveys same property to
Josephine and Maurice +. Sheehy: 81.
NACOSTIA-Maurice OtterbacK ct uy.
to Jacob r. McCane, part lots 1876.
la5 and i9S; $40; stamps. sl.So:
"A ~
to H. s. Newcomb. lot II, block .:
$40: stamp, So.
RANDLE PARK-Herhert A. Wrenn
and Irwin Owings. trustees. to H. $.
Newcomb. lot 35. block .: $3.50;
stamps, 50.
TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET NORTH
WEST between and q streets
Charles II. CraC n, trustee, TO
George c. Gertman, part lot 1os.
square 1850: so.6cO..
Oppenheimer ct
ux. to Carroll III. Dikeman. lot Ill.
square 2604; sle; stamps. 81.
HEIGHTS-John F. Con-
nor ct al to Charles Facchina. lots
43 to AZ and 50. block s: SO; stamps.
$3.50
NO. 371s JENIFER STREET NORTH
wEST-Harry Wardman ct AL 10
Edith F. Gore. lot "a. square 1873.
Mount Airy; SO; stamps. $3.50.
NO 1906 EAST CAPITOL STREET
NORTHEAST-Norma W. Miller to
Madella ]. Miller. lot 13, square 1912:
$40.
NO. $40 TENNESSEE AVENUE
NORTHEAST-Norma w. Miller to
Madella ]. Miller. lot IL. square
1862: $40.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
RAILWAY COMMON IS
ACTIVE AT A DECLINE
Sales of $50 Shares Made at IS, the
Low Price for the Year to
Date-Investors Buy.
Nothing Is Done in Other Stocks or
Bonds-Bankers Believe Big For
eign Loan Will Be Made.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

There was a distinct feature to the
session of the Washington Stock Ex-
change today. namely, the sale OF loo
shares of Washington Railway ana
Electric at SIS, the low point OF the year
to date on this per cent divldend-pay-
ing security. For weeks there nave
been no sales of these shares, buyers
and sellers being so far apart IN their
views that trading was impossible Yes
terday's bid price was So with So asked.
The. transactions today, six twenty
fve-share lots. showed that the point
has been reached where investors will
buy the shares. All offered at S5 were
taken and the closing was S4a4 bid and
Sc asked.
few shares of the preferred stock
sold at S01&. the bid price for quotation
lots.
Capital Traction nominal, with s514
bid and Sc asked, ex-dividend.
Other securities. stocks and bonds
were neglected. Lanston was held at
81 with IS the best bid.
Loan Probable.
1t is generally believed in financial
circles that the British and French
financial representatives now in this
country seeking a loan will be able to
SohSiooe ehSii HcSOti<iliouS SuSSSSSAoi
]y, if not for the entire sum. then for
the greater part of it, with the chances
for the entire loan being satisfactorily
foated. 1t is not likely that the fed
eral government will offer any objec-
tions, by reason of the size of the loan
suggested, as loans have been recently
foated in this country by Great Britain,
France. Russia and Germany amount
ing to millions of dollars.
1t is understood that the money is to
remain in this country for the purpose
of buying supplies. The success of the
loan would be the signal for another
upward movement in New York Stock
Exchange prices.
With the enormous crops there will
be hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of products ready and available
for export. which might suffer if the
European markets were closed to the
United States in large part, as would
be the case with the allies buying in
South America, as threatened.
Treasury Statement.
The condition of the United States
Treasury a the close of business yes
terday was:
Net balance in general fund, s49,-
265,642.
Total receipts. s2.5S9,2s3.
Total payments, s3,313.S4S.
The deficit this fiscal year is $32,660,-
052. against a deficit of s16,042.961 last
year, exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
HELD AS SPIES BY SWISS.
Eighty-Four Persons Have Been Ar
rested on Espionage Charge.

GENEVA, September IA, via Paris,
September 15.-Since the beginning of
the war eighty-four persons have been
arrested by the Swiss authorities on
the charge of being spies. The arrests,
made in various towns. were mostly
of Austrians and Germans
At Lausanne yesterday three spies,
their leader German, were sentenced
to a years Imprisonment and to pay
heavy fines.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. September 15.-Cotton-
Spot in active demand; prices firm.
Good middlfng. 6.6S: middling, $50:
low middling, SIS. Sales. 1900 bales.
including 10,400 American and 800 for
speculation and export. No receipts.
Futures closed quiet and steady. Sep
tember, 6.22: September and October,
6.211a: October and November. 6.23: No
vember and December. 6.27i.: Decem-
ber and January, S.31; January and
February, 634la: February and March.
S3S; March and April, 6.41h; April
and May. 6.44: May and June. 6.47h;
June and July. S.49l.; July and August,
6.5lE August and September, SLY.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
WEATHER..
Fair Tonight and Probably Tomor-
row-Little Temperature Change.

row-Little Temperature Change.
For the District of Columbia. Mary
land and Virginia, fair tonight and
probably tomorrow: not much change
in temperature; light seutherly winds.
For West Virginia. probably fair to-
night and tomorrow: not much change
in temperature
Cooler weather has overspread the
upper lake region, the upper Mississip-
pi valley and the plains states. and
cool weather continues in far western
districts. High temperatures prevail in
eastern and southern states. There
were frosts this morning in Minnesota
and the northern Rocky mountain and
western plateau regions.
Showers have fallen within the last
twenty-four hours along the south At
lantic coast and in the west gulf states.
the upper Mississippi valley and the
upper lake region.
The indications are that there will
be widely scattered showers in the
lake region. the lower Ohio valley
and on the south Atlantic coast, and
generally fair weather elsewhere east
OF the Mississippi river during tonight
and tomorrow
Temperature will be somewhat lower
tonight and tomorrow in the lake
region and the Ohio valley, and tomor
row in the interior of New England
and New York. Temperature changes
elsewhere east of the Mississippi river
during the next thirty-six hours will
be unimportant.
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate south and south
west; on the middle Atlantic coast
southerly: on the south Atlantic and
east gulf coasts moderate to fresh
easterIy.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh southwest
--inds and generally fair weather to
the Grand Banks.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide 6:4s am. and e:46
Pm; high tide. 1918 am.
Tomorrow--Low tide. 7:47 am. and
1855 pm: high tide. 1850 am. and
1:2O pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 5:41 am: sun sets,
$40 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises. 5;42 am; sun
sets, 500 pm.
Moon sets. 9:o7 pm.
p 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:
:,
pm. 81; Il midnight. IS: today. am.
IS: am. 76; IL noon. 81; pm, 81.
Maximum, "a. at 2:45 pm. yesterday;
minimum, "A, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. ~: minimum, 49.
Barometer pm. BOIL;
pm, 3O.13: II midnight. 301S: today
am. 30.21: 8 am. 1925; II noon,
1927: pm, 1925.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls-Temperature. 73;
condition. 95. Dalecarl'a reservoir-Tem-
perature, so: condition at north connec-
ton, 80; condition at south connection,
SO. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. 81; condition at influent
gatehouse. 80: condition at effluent gate
house, 20
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, September
15.-The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both were muddy this morning
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, September 15.-Cot-
ton opened steady. October. 1854; De-
cember. 1886: January, HOP asked;
March, 11.32: May, 11.55.
After hesitation on the opening call
today the cotton market advanced on
good cables and threatened unfavora BILE
weather in the western portions of the
belt At the end of the first half of
business prices were IL points over
yesterdays close.
Prices were depressed by favorable
weekly weather reports to level ! to
points over yesterdays close, but
later there was recovery and at
noon the market stood at a net rise Of
8 points.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. September 15.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. $4,000 head; strong. 10 to Is cents
above yesterdays average. Bulk. 7O0a
7.95: light, 7.55aS As; mixed, 6S0aS. 90:
heavy. 6.50a7.90; rough. G50a6 10; pigs,
4. .00a7.50.
Cattle-Receipts. 1900 head; firm. Ma
tive beef cattle, 6.10aIO.35: western
steers, 6.70aS.90: cows and heifers, e90a
$40: calves. 7.50al2.0O.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head: Arm,
Sheep. 5.2sa5.sO; lambs, e.40as.85
Evening star., 1915-09-15
Treasury Statement.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. September 15.-Cotton
futures opened steady. October, 1862;
December. 1896: January, 11.09; March,
11.4i: May, 11.72.
After selling IA to Is points net high
er. or up to 1910 for October and 11.24
for January, the market reacted or 8
points in anticipation of bearish
weekly weather report, which. when
published, indicated generally favor
able week for the crop. The showing,
however, was not altogether favorable
as to conditions in the southwest and
prices rallied during the early after
noon on covering and a renewal of
bull support
Evening star., 1915-09-15
Selling Ex Dividend Today.

selling Ex Dividend Today.
Southern Railway Mobile and Ohio
certificates. .; George Helme Tobacco,
Company common. ~, and preferred,
1Z: Montana Power Company common,
u, and preferred, TX; Lorrillard To-
bacco Company common, 2h. and pre-
ferred. TX; Twin City Rapid Transit
Company comon, 1s. and preferred.
TX: American Beet Sugar preferred
lk: Cuban-American Sugar preferred,
H; New York. Lackawanna and Western
Railway. X (: Light and Myers Tobacco
Company preferred. l%; North Amer
|icAsCompany, 1A: Brooklyn Union Gas
Company, lH: Sears, Roebuck 4 Co
preferred, IN; Manhattan Elevated Of
New York. IA; American Tobacco pre-
Evening star., 1915-09-15
HIGH POINTS REACHED
BY THE STEEL ISSUES
Bethlehem and Crucible Make New
Records, Allis. Chalmers
Looms Up.
Union Pacific Regains Fractional
Losses, Rock Island Suffers a
Break-Bonds Steady.

NEW YORK, September 15.-Early
trading in stocks today was mainly a
repetition of recent sessions. War
shares furnished the only features of
interest, Bethlehem Steel making a
point, to $50, and Crucible Steel break
ing into new ground at 961s, an over
night advance of 1 e. U. s. Steel again
ma infested uncertain tendencies, open
ing at slight decline, soon recovering.
but as suddenly reacting. Investment is
sues were more or less neglected, with
no marked changes in that branch of
the list.
New Leader Appears.
A new leader appeared in the first
hour, Allis = Chalmers superseding
United States Steel and Crucible Steel
as the most active issue. The stock
rose to 44B and then fell away mod
erately. Other war shares shaded
to 3 points, except Bethlehem Steel pre-
ferred, which rose 10 points to 1894
and American Locomotive, which rose
34 to 56s4. United States Steel made
a second recovery and Coppers also i'm
proved. Union Pacific regained its
loss. but Rock Island broke
2A to 20 on confirmation Of the re-
port that suit was to be instituted
against present and former directors of
the operating company.
Bonds were steady, in the face OF
more foreign selling.
Specialties Develop Strength.
New features of strength developed
the specialties later. such is!
JY,.:k
Continental Can and
American Ice making appreciable ad-
vances. U. s. Steel was under re-
newed pressure.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
PROVISION MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. September 15.-Flour-
Steady
Pork-Steady.
Beef-SIeady.
Lard-Firm: middle west, s.25as35.
Molasses-Quiet.
Hay-Firm; No. /, 1.30; No >, 1.20;
So. 3. 1.05: shipping, s0a95.
Hides-Steady
Leather-Firm
Butter-Cnsettled. Receipts, l3,l6S
packages. Creamery, extras t92 score).
26a26A. creamery (higher scoring),
2Sha27; frsts. 24a2514; seconds, ga
23,2.
Eggs-Firm. Receipts, S,S52 cases
Fresh gathered, extras. 29l2a301. ::
extra frsts. 27l2a2si2; frsts. 25a2Si2 ::
seconds. 221za24h. Nearby hennery
whites. fine to fancy. 37a3S: nearby
hennery browns. 32a3;.
Cheese steady; receipts, 1856 boxes;
state whole milk fresh fats, white
and colored. specials. l4$4al5; do. av-
erage fancy, l41z.
Live poultry firm; western chickens,
broiIers. 1si.a1S; fowls. 15a16: turkeys,
15al6. Dressed steady: western frozen
roasting chickens. 19a22; fresh fowls,
iced. 12ha17: fresh turkeys, iced, Is
ale.
Raw sugar quiet; centrifugal, AS !;
molasses. 3.S8: refined quiet
Sugar futures opened quieter today
and at noon prices were ! to 3 points
lower.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
PAUL F. MEYERHE1M DIES.
Noted German Painter Who Exhibit.
ed at Two q. S. Expositions

BERLIN. September II, via London.
September Is. 4:22 a.m.-Paul Friedrich
Meyerheim. the painter. died today.
Meyerheim was born in Berlin August
13, 1912. the son Of Friedrich Edward
Meyerhein, well known genre paint
er. The young Meyerheim was noted for
animal studies. landscapes and still life
paintings. He exhibited at the exhfbi.
ton in PHILADELPHIA in 1878 and the
world fair In Chicago in 1898. and at
both places won medals for his work.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
Heavy Hedging Sales a Setback.
BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. September l5:-Wheat
Steady. spot No. 2 red. l.o9h2; spot
No. 2 red western. 1.131s; September
No. red, 1.091; october NO. red
s3.S08 bushels; exports. 12s.4S0 bushels;
southern by sample. 9%al.05.
Corn-Receipts. 53S bushels.
Oats-Steady: No. white, 3S sales:
Nof white, 3414a35; receipts. 60,265
bushels.
Rye-Steady; No 9 western export.
97a98; receipts, 6S,373 bushels; exports.
S7.785 bushels
Hay-Steady: No. ] timothy. un-
changed; No. l clover mixed, un-
changed.
Grain freights---Firm; steam to Liver
pool, per bushel. unchanged: picked
ports, per quarter, unchanged.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
GERMANS HAVE SHOT BOLT,
EARL KITCHENER THINKS

LONDON. September Is, Sis pm
'The Germans appear almost to have shot
their bolt" said Earl Kitchener. secretary
for war, today Their advance in Rus
sia. which at one time averaged five miles
a day, now has diminished to less than
one mile a day."
Evening star., 1915-09-15
BAD WEATHER AFFECTS
SPRING WHEAT STATES
Frequent Showers Delay Thrashing
Of Crops-Conditions Elsewhere.
Outlook for Corn.

Cloudy weather, with frequent show
ers during the latter part of the week.
greatly interfered with thrashing in
the spring wheat states" the National
Weather and Crop Bulletin announced
today. I'm the winter wheat states.
however. the weather was generally
much more favorable and thrashing
proceeded without material Interrupt
tion.
Continued warm and dry weather
over much of the corn belt greatly i'm
proved the outlook for the safe matur-
ing of large crop, although in Iowa
and portions of surrounding states fur
ther rains delayed ripening.
Some, damage to corn in the far
northwest from severe cold already has
cold area eastward will threaten the
proper maturing of much more. Over
the more eastern districts the weather
was ideal for maturing and ripening,
and in the south an excellent crop of
late corn Is now practically assured.
Heat Benefits Cotton.
of the preceding week to the hot and
dry weather of the week just ended
was generally beneficial to cotton, es-
pecially in the northern districts. where
the late crop made rapid advancement
and in the eastern and central districts
where the bolls opened rapidly and
picking became general and made good
progress.
I'm Texas the crop appears not to
have responded so promptly to the
more favorable conditions. Damage by
the boil weevil is increasing and the
outlook for fair top crop is poor. The
crop in Oklahoma appears to have re-
sponded to the better weather and is
now reported as doing well. and i'm
is noted in Arkansas"
Evening star., 1915-09-15
j. S. CONSULS ORDERED
FROM NORTHERN MEXICO

American consuls and consular
agents in northern Sonora and
Chihuahua have been ordered by
this government to withdraw to
the United States because of the
dangers in border uprisings and
inability of Mexican military lead
ers to protect them.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
BRITISH WAITING POLICY
AFFECTS WHEAT PRICES
Setback Also Caused by Hedging
Sales-Frost Reports Slight
ly Advance Corn.

CHICAGO, September Is. Wheat
prices leaned to the bear side of the
market today. Influenced chiefly by
lower quotations from Liverpool. Brit
ish traders were reported to have
adopted a waiting attitude. relying on
enlarged receipts seen both in the
United States and Canada. Official es-
Inmates of the Canadian yield amounted
to nearly double last years total. The
opening here, which ranged from Is de-
cline to II advance, with September at
1.O1A to 1.O11a and December at 95 ss
to 95 7s, was followed by moderate
upturn and then sag all around.
Corn Offerings Quickly Absorbed.
Pit offerings were readily absorbed
After opening unchanged to q higher
the market scored some additional
gains before beginning to react.
Oats were strengthened a little by
wet weather. Trade, though. was light
Provisions rose decidedly on account
of substantial buying and because OF
offerings being only moderate. The
orders to purchase appeared to be
largely for investment.
Heavy Hedging Sales Setback.
Subsequently reports of heavy hedg-
ing sales at Minneapolis gave the wheat
market here a material setback The
close was steady. p to 1Ralh net
lower, with September at 1.00k and De-
cember at S4a94b.
In later transactions the corn mar
ket sympathized to some extent with
the break in wheat values. The close
was unsettled at shade to 4 above
last night.
Evening star., 1915-09-15
SIS. 900, COO a Day for War.

PARIS, September 15.-During the
last quarter of the year the expendi.
lures of the French government prob.
ably will run in excess Of $4,000, ,00(
a day. ..