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Evening star., 1915-11-29
WALL STREET MARKET
MOVES RATHER SLOWLY
Early Advances Lost and Recovered
in Later Action-Some Special
ties Make Good Gains.
Bear Factors in the Rails, Prospect
of Strikes In West and Canadian
Wheat Edict.

NEW YORK. November 2e--With the
Immediate opening of the market. there
were real signs of an upturn. and
some sharp advances were made in the
irdustrials and a few in the rails, but
before the session was much advanced
the trend was entirely the other way,
the reaction wiping out gains and
scoring additional losses.
Then for an hour, between 1890 and
1880, the market remained just about
as slow as possible. the ticker moving,
but with no indication of even fairly
good action.
1t looked like the market was ready
to jump one way or the other. but the
action gave forth no hint of the direc-
ton.
The railroads led in the easier tone.
A referendum vote by brotherhoods of
trainmen and engineers for either high
er wages or shorter hours is to be
taken in day or two. The result
might be announced in advance. as all
votes by these organizations are affir-
native when wages or hours are under
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Boy Alleged to Be Fugitive.

John H. Lynch, fourteen years old, of
Dunbar. Pa. was arrested yesterday b,
Detectives Vermillion and Messer as
fugitive from parents. John was foun,
visiting friend in this city. He Wa.
given accommodations at the house OF
detention until he was returned home.
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LONDON MONEY,

27 3-16d per ounce. Money, 4a4A Der
cent Discount rates. short bills and
three month, 5A per cent.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. November 29-Wheat-
Spot No. Manitoba, lis Sd: No. 3. lis
No. hard winter. old. 12s 31ad.
Corn-Spot La Plata, 8s Sd.
Flour-Winter patents, 42s.
Hops in London (Pacific coast), 94a
f5.
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Oklahoma Levies Upheld.

Oklahoma corporation tax levies were
upheld today by the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Evening star., 1915-11-29

New York city has two Jones streets,
ne plain" Jones and another Great
= ones. SO named to diRefentiate Il. the
aiming having been In honor Of Chief
Justice David Jones.
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NEW YORK COTTON.

Quotations furnished by ". p. Hibbs 4 Co,
members New York stock Exchange New YORK
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade.
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NO PRESSURE TO SELL
ON THE LOCAL MARKET
Washington Gas Was in Good De-
mand at 7311a-Dividend Earned
for the Year.
No Bond Transactions Reported.
Utility Shares Generally
Held Firmly.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

Washington Gas was the only security
that moved with any freedom on the
local stock exchange today. and these
. shares were decidedly firm at 1917
While the utility shares were more or
less neglected at the low quotations
now current. il is evident that there is
no pressure on the part OF holders TO
dispose of their securities and that'
while an occasional sale or two is re-
ported, the acquisition of large block
around present values would be impos-
sible
II Is also the opinion of bankers ana
brokers that present prices have fully
discounted any new regulations that
may be made by the public utilities
commission, as a result OF physical val
nations or of other Investigations no"
being conducted. The floating supply
of Capital Traction and Railway com
mon and preferred rs very light, while
Washington Gas,NseHiUg several points
under the other utilities, is well thought
of and admittedly earning dividend re-
quirements. and paying nearly 612 per
cent on market price.
An odd lot of Railway preferred sold
at S2Ja and one of Mergenthaler at
1T3a
Bonds were entirely neglected. Prob
bly, the high prices for the faNorite
issues have turned the buying. of banks
to other :ssues-for the present, at
least
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EXCITED RUSH OF BUYING
ON ACTION BY CANADA
Chicago Market, as a Whole, Does
Not Prove as Wild as Expected.
Sag Follows.

/ CHICAGO, H., November 2a.-Cana-
dian communicating of millions of
bushels of wheat brought about an ex-
cited rush of buying here today and
caused decided upturn in prices. The
market. however, is whole, did not
prove as wild as many traders had ex-
pected, and the advances were moder-
ate. compared with what had previously
oeen witnessed many times since the
beginning of the war. Notwithstand- :
ing that the Canadian seizures of wheat
were generally accepted as emphasiz-
ing European need for wheat, the bulls
here were restrained by fears expressed
that no increase of export demand from
the United States would follow. espe-
claily while ocean vessels were being
largely monopolized by the British gov
ernment to carry shipments from Can
ada.
Opening prices of wheat here, which
ranged from IL to 212 higher, with
december at LOS to 1.06, and May at
10y to l.0SE. were succeeded by de-
cifne to slightly under the lower side of
the initial range, December sagging to
104A.
Corn Gains Only Temporary.
Corn was bullishly affected by the
advance in wheat. The gains. how
ever, were only temporary. After open
ing a shade off to %a1s up the market
rose to more than a cent above Satur-
days finish. but gradually receded.
oats developed firmness with corn
ana wheat. Fluctuations though were
relatively narrow and the market eased
or when corn underwent a setback
Grain strength and rise in the hog
market carried provisions upgrade
Transactions, however, were not on
large scale.
In later transactions the market ruled
comparatively steady, with bullish SEN
timent predominant, but traders were
disposed to be cautions Fair export
sales by way of the Gulf of Mexico
counted somewhat in favor of higher
prices. The close was Arm, at 2A to
2Sa2A net advance. with December
1.05A and May LOSE.
Later the corn market rose higher
than before. Fresh strength in wheat
and active foreign call for oats were
chiefly responsible. The close was
firm at net gains of to 1Aa1S
Wheat-No. red, 1.11ka111A: No
red. los; No. hard, l05A: No. 3
hard. 1.O0a10l%
Corn-No. 2 yellow. old, 6Sha69; No
4 yellow. new. 61a63A; No. white,
new, 60kas2h.
oats.No. 3 white. ssaasz: standard,
409sa41k.
Rye-No. 2. s4as5.
Barley, 59a70.
Timothy 5.0Oa775
Glover, 10.00a19.0O.
Pork, 1917.
Lard, 927
Ribs, 1O.25a1O.75
Evening star., 1915-11-29

Turkish parents chastise unruly chill
dren by beating them on the soles Of
their feet.
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The Safest Investments

Ase thoss that % nse aecsaass ansiAg d.
tsrbed conditions of the money o. eeseb
market. First deed OF trust notss f1fst
00tgases), weii secured on real estate II
the District Of Columbia. constitute ''Rift.
edge" Investments. They do not depend
sidvals or corpors tions for their stahiiif,
snt are exempt from taxation aa pessone.
PFoDsrty. We can supply such fuveat:
for booklet. ''Concerning Josus sa0 "
SestmeLIs."
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Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water
lat S am: Great Falls-Temperature
AZ; condition, IS. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature. IA; condition at north
connection. 20: condition a south con-
nection, %, Georgetown distributing
eservoir-Temperatur 43; condition
at infiuent gatehouse, %: condition at
eff1uent gatehouse, 80.
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Sensations of the List.

General Motors and Cuban Sugar
were the sensations of the list, the
former advancing II points to 416,
which the latter scored 13 points net
gain for the session
The oil stocks showed comparatively
little change, Texas Oil being the firm
est of the group.
The excellent showing of the st. Paul
road for the month of October acted
as a strengthener to the railss and they
were stronger in the afternoon, but
failed to continue their advancing
trend for reasons before mentioned.
AS the session wore on the market
became less active and there were
fractional recessions of the high, many
of the leading rails and industrials
practically making no changes of inn
portance between Saturdays final and
todays closing
Evening star., 1915-11-29

An ANNUITY.
in the Mutual Life Insurance Company Of New
York guarantees for life certain income
which IL secured by over 3600OO0. .O0p. aecumn.
lated in a successful business experiences Of
over seventy three years. Applications re-
THOMAS p MORGAN,
Room 423. Southern bldg.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES
Mergenthaler Linotype, at f73a.
After call-Mergen;haer Linotype ) at 173Z
Washington Gas Light, 25 at 13I2 "a at 732
Washington Railway pfd.. 9 at s2k..
Rid and Asked pric.,
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Dividend.

The directors of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company have
declared the usual quarterly dividend
for the last quarter of the year. 2 Il per
cent, payable January /, to sharehold-
,erS of record, December %.
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American Financing Abroad.

= The Americas published by the Ma
tional City Bank of New York, refers
at some length to the new machinery
for American financing abroad. the
great fifty million dollar corporation of
which Frank A. Vanderlip is to be
chairman of the board of directors. 1t
is pointed out at some length that the
countries that have financed other
countries. contributed capital to their
development, have reaped benefit there
from. Also, that any nation not pre-
pared to aid in financing operations is
under severe handicap in efforts to
secure foreign commerce
i. New enterprises in foreign countries
are appealing to American financial as
sistance, and many profitable undertake
ings heretofore financed by European
nations will now be available to Amer
lean effort.
The American International Corpora
tion will not offer stock to the public,
s25. 900 being available for sub
scription by shareholders in the Ma
tional City Bank and the other half of
the stock having been placed with
strong financial associates.
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Hourly Sales of Stocks To-day.
To II am. IL 800 Tol2m. .2i5,9)o
To 1pm. ..3l4,5oo To 2p.m,,35440)
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CURB STOCKS.

Quotations Furnished by W b. Hibbs & Co.
mbers New York Stock Exchange
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Discouraging to Rail Managers.

Coming at a time when the railroads
of the country, by the closest kind of
figuring. have been able to make
economies that have turned losses to
gains, it is certainly discouraging to
railroad managers, as well as to stock
holders, who have waited for their
returns on investments.
Then, too, Canada's seizure of wheat
within the Dominion was a bear factor
on Northwestern stocks and Canadian
Pacific shares
About midway in the second hour of
the morning the market seemed to
gain strength and recoveries were
quickly noted in many stocks, rails no
less than industrials.
From then on until the second hour
of the afternoon sharp upturns were
noted here and there throughout the
market
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Considerable Resistance Shown.

= Close observers claim to note evil
dences of continued opposition to any
advance on the part of group OF
shorts and insiders who Peddle out
Steel common on every rise and in this
way seek to depress and check rises.
The market showed considerable re-
sistance to these efforts and acted de-
cidedly firmer, making recoveries but
few net gains for the session were
scored up to the second hour of the
afternoon.
Beet Sugar gained points on Satur-
days closing. American Locomotive
2M Baldwin Locomotive. "; Texas Oil,
"a; Sugar. II: Industrial Alcohol, z
points: General Motors, IL to 4IS. and
New Haven. after a decline to 1212,
point net, came back with a two-point
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Up-River Waters

Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, Novem-
ber 29.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers both were clear this morning.
Weather in Various Cities.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
ARIZONA KICKLETS
More Fresh News from Giueadam Gulch.

regular nightshirt Or hankering after
four-in-hand ties.
But a. an editor-bifY. We are right
on the hustle. Nothing Is too good for
our re readers; hsns we 81 spare no pains to keep &c
that we can't pay out too many dollars
to make the Kicker all that-the most
critical subscriber can expect.
have added an engraving department to
our already liberal plant, and are now
ready to MI orders for illustrated Bibles.
books. novelettes. school books. etc. We
done under our own roof In future. The
specimens presented in this article prove
what can be done. He was drunk all the
way from Chicago to this town. and Is
now trying to sober up. He will have To
get used to our climate. our whiskey and
our ways. and will then shake the hat
to astonish the would-be artists Of this
section. We are now boss of a weekly
a shoe store. a grocery. n real estate
agency. an insurance bureau and an in
telligence omce-an under one manage
ment and under one roof. Come West.
young man."
Our third attempt within the year to
establish an agriculture depa rtment in
the Kicker has. like those before II.
proved a fatal failure. We have been
deceived and humbugged until We are al
most ready to abandon the idea. True.
the only agricultural products of this
vicinity. are confined to jackass-rabbits.
Piute half-breeds. cactus plants and wire
grass which eats mule In two length
ways within q month. but an agricultural
department always gives a weekly a fin
ished expression Of countenance
An old monkey-wrench comes along
about four weeks ago and claimed to
have run the Agricultural Department
at washington for four years. He
could talk ruta-baga. and subsoil plough
ing faster than you could shoot buck
shot at an Indian dog. and he wanted
bureau at Washington than for any
salary expected. We put him on at 50
a week; calculating to raise him as he
got was when We raised him out of the
ssnctum for trying to kiss us while
maudlin drunk.
blunders this fellow made in his depart
ment last week. We supposed he couId
be depended on and did not read the
proofs.
For "s.oeo bushels to the acre" read
forty bushels
For sixty perch of sub-soil." read
sixty perch of stone.
For .talluring dispositions read al
For forty tons of top-dressing per
hog" read one ton Of top-dressing per
acre.
The next galoot who comes along here
and claims to have done the ayri :ultual
for the New York World. cIevelanu
Plain Dealer, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Ro-
chester Chronicle and Chicago Finis has
got to have some certificate besides u
red nose. a cataract in his left eye and
! his toes to the weather.
Our lop-eared contemporary down the
street with his usual disregard Of truth
and fact. came out yesterday with -
dou ble-leaded article headed:
AT Last"
The Kicker Man Gets His Dose
"A Good Job. Well Done.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

and wrote the following as easy as roll
ing down hill:
James Clymer had a spotted bull
That bull he was a beauty:
And when a tramp he climbed fence
That bull he did his duty"
One Sunday morn dressed in his best
Poor James he went a-walking:
The bull he tossed him on his horns
And there's no use Of talking"
Yes. Door James," sigher Mrs. Manton.
as handed her the verses to read. He
must have been in an absent-mindeo
mood that morning. or he would not
He was walking along with his hands
under his coat-tail and they said that
the bull flung him forty-feet high and
when he came down he was all musseo
know what happened TO her daughter
Ruth? Mrs. Scott is broken-hearted yet.
but some poetry will console her..
Ruth Scott she rose at early morn
As was her usual habit
When she walked out she took gun
To kill a bob-tailed rabbit"
She went to climb q six-rail fence
The gun caught on a splinter.
And at the grave the preacher said
She'd stay away all winter"
% Why A6e this s,s is ssSsG it
of brutally saying that the gun was
discharged and blew her head of, you
leave II to the reader to infer that some
sort Of accident happened. How kind
and considerate of YOU. You know that
the bullet went through her loving
neart but there was no need to say So
Now try one for Mrs. Bright You
know how her poor girl. Hammer. was
removed from this cold world. BE just
as delicate as you can, For the mother
can't speak of her without tears coming
to her eyes and her chin trembling.
II worked up my delicate FEELINGS ana
wrote:
Zone evening Hammer Bright went down
The cellar steps for cider:
She had one pitcher in her hand
And another stood beside her.
.Tbe faucet she had hardly turned
When the bar'l II exploded;
And up beyond our human ken
Poor Hammer was rail-roaded.
"How delicate! How grand: whisper
ed Mrs. Manton to herself. Here Is a
poet who does not come out like Homer
would and say that pieces Of poor Han
ner's body were almost blown to the
other world and that all the jars Of
picked peaches. down there: were shat.
tered by the explosion. Abe. you will
will be loyal to you till death comes
Now. an epitaph for Mrs. Skinner. You
grow better and better. You know how
her daughter, Janet died OF course"
II knew all about Il and I wrote:
Twas 3 o'clock one Autumn morn.
The wind blew cold and free;
When Janet Skinner.
she,went out to climb IN apple trs'
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
THE PERus OF oRTHoGRAPHY

1 was riding through the country
west of Pekin. ILL.,, with an organ and
piano agent, when We came along to a
schoolhouse one evening and found a
spelling school in progress. We had
three miles yet to go to reach town.
but the agent suggested that we stop
for a while. adding:
IT can't spell the whole school
down, then don't want cent"
There was a big turnout. and the
master at once invited us tc take a
hand In. I had been there before. and
politely declined The agent. however.
went into the ranks with great enthu-
siasm, and in the course of fifteen min
utes had dOwned all but twelve. Then
I overheard growls and threats and
mutterings from half dozen young
to his doom, Five minutes later there
were only Six up. and at the end of
another five the agent and the belle of
the school stood alone. The mutter-
inRs grew louder and more menacing.
and I decided to slip out doors 1 was
unhitchine the team when there came
loud cry. followed by succession of
through the door. The agent was being
dragged by the hair of the head. and
as soon as well out into the yard they
rolled him down a bank into the creek
I got out with the team by the skin
of my teeth. and. reaching the town.
sat up all night for the agent. He came
In about daylight, his clothing in rags.
and going lame in both legs. and as he
fell into a chair he explained:
Before using and after using. I first
downed the school and then the school
downed me. and I'll be hanged X I ever
sV another word according to Web
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

the biggest gang of children, was thu
hIst one to drive over and introduce him.
self He received pleasant greeting
and was very favorably impressed The
widow had settled a few household ar.
ticles in the house. cut down the weeds
around the door and was in a cheerful
mood. She told him, as she had told
be very light. She hadn't the money
out one
Farmer Cook drove home with some
thing like smile around his mouth He
a widow. who did not want to be court
ed When his children came running to
meet him he had a good mind to tell
them that they should have a new mother
within six months.
Jason Turner was the next caller and
ne went over the same ground and came
away feeling just as good. So it was
with Luke Harper, Moses Swift and
Philetus Johnson. All looked upon the
widow Ridgeway as a prise to be won
mind to win her. though he didn't say
anything to the others about it.
Two weeks had passed when they all
called again and this time their talk
with, with the he widow dow. was s,,, more free They
try and make a living and they SYM
pathized with her and offered their as
sistance- Tears stood In Miss Ridge
ways eyes as she thanked them and they
went away with full hearts. 1t was a
burnina shame that little woman
should try to make her living OF those
old hostile acres. They would marry
her and give her a comfortable home, and
gang of motherless children to bring up.
1t was at the third call that the plot
developed. II the farmers could spare
a little time from their own work they
might plow q little and plant a little for
her and thus help her along. OF course
they would They would be onlv too
glad to do 1t. By this time they looked
upon each other as rivals. but concealed
their feeling and talked the matter over
among themselves. It was finally agreed
among them to make a concerted effort
to make the old acres produce something
besides big weeds and thistles-s What crop
did the widow think would paw her best!
She promptly answered that potatoes
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
SOME EASY MARKS

To let You into a part of the plot at
the beginning SO that 1t may not be so
great puzzle to your BRAIN, it may be
stated that there was a widow named
Ridgeway living at Colville. a town of
900 inhabitants.
There was living. also. at Beach Hill
and Coiviile. were forty miles apart
hut the lawyer and the widow had some
how become acquainted and perhaps
thev would have fallen in love had either
hard times with both for from Beach Hill
to Dandy Crossroads was FIVE miles. The
county man had it as Dandy but all
people spoke of the hamlet as Widower-
Vile. There was a good reason for IL.
Five widowers, all farmers. had built
their houses there. Each widower had
a gang Of children numbering from five
To eight. Each had been widower for
at least three years and some for seven.
Each widower would have taken .
secopd wife IL he could have found one.
and one widow lived within twelve
miles Of them. Twelve miles is a long way
TO go conrting and besides that. neither
the old maids nor the widow wanted to
Between Beach Hill and widowville
was farm of eighty acres called the
Lester farm. In seven years it had had
five tenants The soil was so poor thar
they all starved out The house was in
fair repair but the owner Of the land
could find no one to lease the farm at
and it looked as IL IT might remain so
for an indefinate period when the Widow
Ridgeway appeared. She had leased the
place for the coming year.
As IL the coming of young widow.
who was cute and good looking. was not
excitement enough. II was heaped up
by the statement that she intended to
run the farm alone and without help.
She hadn't a horse. a plow or other
she was only going to raise garden
stun the first year. but In the secono
she would probably branch out into
wheat and other crops. The farmers.
OF course the fve widoWers of Widow
ervfIle heard Of the widows arrival and
what she proposed to do and they prick
would be doing. Enos Cook. who had
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

She Rugged the trunk and she went W
Despite the rent and wreck;
The limb II broke-she tumbled down
And broke her golden neck.
Splendid. Napoleon couldn't have
beaten it in his palmiest DAYS. Just "ns
more. Abe, and ] will let you Off and
present you with big piece of hot mince
pie and a glass of cider"
Who wouldn't do his best for pies like
that? I drew a long breath and wrote:
"A hired man was Encs White
A praying man was hr;
But when his dander did arise
II scattered Ger the lea.
"As he was feeding OF the stock
A mewl it nipped his arm;
He was a critter without guile.
And surely meant no harm.
"Rut F.nos raised his mighty foot
And gave a mighty kick:
The mule kicked back-and Enos White
Was with the angels-Quick."
And I ate my pie. drank my milk anG
went on my way a glad man."