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Evening star., 1915-05-17
BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. May ..-Wheat-Quiet
but f1rmer: spot No. red, 1.52i. spot
No : red western. 1,3S: May No. red,
1.52ia; receipts. 1889 bushels.
Corn-Firmer; spot contract. IS: May.
1s: steamer, mixed "A; receipts. 44,253
bushels: exports, 5a.S52 bushels: south
srn white corn, TN: southern yellow
corn, 77s4
Oats-Quiet; standard white. So: No. ;
white. 57;a; receipts. 90,s17 bushels.
Rye-Easier; No. . western export,
1.25a1.26: receipts. 19.025 bushels
Hay-F'irmer: No. timothy, $500
bid: No. l clover mixed. 21.O0a2I50
Grain freights-Firm; steam to Liv-
erpool, per bushel, Is. June: picked
ports, per quarter, Is 9dass, June
LIVERPOOL,
LIVERPOOL. May 1s.-Wheat-spot
No. Manitoba. 13s lid; No. i north
ern spring. lbs sd: No. hard winter,
13s Cd.
Corn-Spot; American mixed, new, ss
412d; La Plata mixed. Ss 1hd.
Flour-Winter patents, sos
Hops-1n London (Paciflc coast), E3
5saf4 15s.
Evening star., 1915-05-17

The western disturbance of the last
several days has reached the Atlantic
states in rather broad forma. OIL. and
rains continue quite generally from the
upper Mississippi valley eastward. with
some snow in the northern upper lake
region. In the rear of the disturbance
moderately high pressure prevails. but
only to the mountains. In the far west
there has been another general and de-
cided fall in pressure with rains. In
the plains states. the south and the
southwest the weather was fair.
1t is decidedly cooler throughout the
central portions of the country. and
Temperatures are much below the sea-
sonal average east of the Rocky noun
tains. except in the south. In the east
ern plateau region 1t Is much warmer.
With the exception of showers to-
night in New England. generally fair
weather will prevail tonight and Tues
day east of the Mississippi river. 1t
will be cooler tonight in the Ohio val
ley and from Maryland and Virginia
southwestward through the east gulf
states
There will be frost tonight in the up
per lake region, the Ohio valley and
the eastern mountain districts. - .Ae
weather clears.
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate easterly, be-
coming variable; on the middle Atlantic
coast moderate variable. becoming
northwest; on the south Atlantic coast
moderate west to northwest, except
variable on the Florida coast; on the
east gulf coast gentle to moderate
northerly.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 4:1S am. and 4:58
pm; high tide, 1907 am. and 1O:41
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 4:57 am. and
$40 pm high tide, 1o:4S am. and
l1:23 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 4:4S am; sun sets,
7:01 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 4:46 am: sun
SETS 1908 pm.
Moon sets. lO:3i pm.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature,
IS; condition, 20 Dalecarlia reser-
roir-Temperature, g.; condition at
north connection. II; condition at
south connection. is. GEORGETOWN dis
tributing reservoir-Temperat 81:
condition at infiuent gatehouse, s. con-
dition at effluent gatehouse, 8.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
WEATHER..
Partly Cloudy and Cooler Tonight
Tuesday Fair. Cool.

For the District of Columbia and
Maryland. partly cloudy and cooler to-
night. Tuesday fair: continued coo!
gentle to moderate shifting winds.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
Financial Notes.

The syndicate handling the twenty
fve-million per cent issue or nve-
wear Argentine government bonds an
nounced this morning that the entire
issue had been placed with investors.
Washington took a considerable amount
Of the bonds. through the local member
of the syndicate. Crane. Paris & Co.
Pullman Car Company is operating its
passenger car productive equipment to
so per cent of capacity.
signs of fundamental revival in real
estate" are reported from New York
city
Chemical National Bank of New York
showed an increase in deposits from
s25,9s1 900, March 4. to s91,o15.000 May
]. Some special financing operation
sas responsible. National City Bank S
deposits in the interim between March
and May / increased s35, ,4s1 900.
England is heavy consumer of rails
from Germany and France under nor
ders are being sent to the United
States and they are helping in main
tanning prices.
Short sellers Wall street were
given a sufficient scare TO start them
to covering this morning, the result
being a 2-point average advance in
values. while Bethlehem Steel common
rose points in the initial trading
The statement has been made that
New York bankers are discriminat-
ing against large loans on war stocks, -
though willing to take fair proper
tiou of these with other collateral
Evening star., 1915-05-17
NEW YORK COTTON.

Qnotstions furnished by ". B. Hibhs 4 Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange New York
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board OF Trade.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
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 2 pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures pm. SO; s
pm, 56; ~ midnight. "a: today. am,
%: 8 am, "a; IL noon. 60; pm, 81.
Maximum 64. at . pm. today; mini
mum, So, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, IA minimum. a..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pm. 29.73;
pm, $3.50. II midnight. 29.76: today,
a a I'M. 2976; s am, $3.50, II noon,
1880; . pm, 1880.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1915-05-17

00IWUIln otUleS P' 1ISII 1I5II 1I'z wv
Selling Ell Dividend Today.
To am. l73,4o) To IL m... 20S,6)o
To lp.m.. 239,l1) To 2p.n.. 257,4D
High Low
CAL money today.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
Bus Competition.

The first move in retaliation to the
so-called jitney competition by street
railway corporation has just been m
augurated by the Virginia street Rail-
way Company of Richmond. one hum
dred automobiles have been ordered
and will be put in direct competition
with jitneys. although whether IN op-
Grafton in outlying districts in con-
junction with railway or in direct
competition in city routes is not stated
In Baltimore the municipality is be-
coming interested in the jitney ques-
tion, as the receipts of the street rail-
way company are being reduced and 2
per cent of the gross revenues goes to the
mark fund Regulation is being talked
of The mama cement of the United
Railways and Electric Company deny
the report that they VIII put on auto
mobile lines to meet the competition.
Omnibus lines have not been great
successes judged by the record OF the
past,
New York banking house. with San
Francisco connections. has recently un-
dertskeu 10 sell the fleet of motor
busses that We're in operation ana
owned by the Eposition Motor Coacn COM
pany These buses are part OF the
enujpment of the former Pacific Motor
, coach Company of Los Angeles. sold
under the hammer. after a short career,
Lines of buses in PhiiadelphiS- Ddt
las Tex: Indianapolis iittsoursh;
New Haven and St. Louis have proved
t,uprofita BILE while il is reported that
The operation of the Metropolitan
coach Company of this city has cost
its owners practically S2oo.ooo
A Washington street car man eX-
pressed the opinion today that the
time would come when II would pc
necessary to operate motor cars or
buses between the street car i1neS
Of ho
not he profitable to operate street rail-
Evening star., 1915-05-17
District Supreme Court.

EQUITY DIVISION Justice Mccoy.
Riggs National Bank agt. Williams
ct. al; on hearing: plaintiffs attorneys
J. w. Bailey and F. J. Hogan: defend
ants attorneys, Charles Warren, John
E. Laskey. Samuel Untermeyer, Louis
Brandeis and J. c. Adkins.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
United States Court of Claims.

Present: Chief Justice Edward X.
Campbell. Judge Fenton W. Booth
Judge Samuel S. Barney and Judge
George w. Atkinson
Evening star., 1915-05-17
CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by ". r. Hibbs & Co.
members New York Stock Exchange
Evening star., 1915-05-17

CIRCUIT DIVISION 1-Justice Gould,
Washington Gas Light Company agt.
District Of Columbia; demurrer to
declaration overruled: plaintiffs attor-
neys. Berry & Minor; defendants at
torney, F. H. Stephens.
O'Leary agt. Washington Railway
and Electric Company; on trial: plain
tiff's attorneys. D. w. Baker and o. II.
Osterman: defendants attorney, John
S. Barbour.
Evening star., 1915-05-17

No. s33. Claude n. Dean. appellant.
agt. r. Beal Davis, jr.. trustee, etc;
motion to dismiss submitted by Mr..
Bartlett Roper and Mr.. Richard Il.
Davis for the appellee in support of the
motion, and by Mr.. c. v. Meredith for
the appellant in Opposition thereto.
No. $50. Willie Bethune. plaintiff in
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
MUST BE TRANSFORMED.

"Our trade cannot afford to longer
oppose an aroused public sentiment
says Bonfort's Wine and Spirit Circu-
lar. 1T would be like Belgium stand
ing alone against the German empire"
And the editor says that in order to
defend the trade successfully liquor
leaders must make war on those
things that breed opposition-must
demand whatever changes are neces-
sary to adapt our affairs to the de-
mands Of public sentiment" The w.
C. It. u, through its monthpiece, the
Union Signal, informs "the trade
that It is a change in nature, not In
method, which public sentiment is de-
manding, and reminds the liquor inter
ests OF the declaration OF Mr.. Nc
Donough, former president of the Ma
tional Liquor league, to wit; This
talk OF reforming the saloon sounds
well in the form of a resolution, but
II is all rot" The change necessary
to adapt the wine and spirits trade to
the demands of public sentiment Is
nothing less than transmutation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
POOR ADVERTISEMENT.

"Our town offers especially strong
inducements to men with growing fam
flies who want to raise their children
in the atmosphere Of the saloon; no
town offers better opportunities for ed
ucating the youth In the habit Of drink
ing; we boast OF ten saloons, one on
almost every corner"
mo one ever saw an advertisement
like that and never will" says the
Kansas City Star. There is not town
in the world that bases its prosperity
ON the number OF its rum shops. VII
lages, towns and cities advertise their
good points. not their bad points.
They have this and that opportunity
for employment. The climate Is more
or less wonderful. The transportation
facilities are told OF. Good neighbors
are valuable asset. The town has so
many churches and so many schools.
II 1t is without saloons, that good point
is made much OF as an appeal TO men
and women with families to come
there. But II 1t has saloons there Is
never a word about It! That is hidden.
covered up"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
CHALLENGE OF PATRIOTISM.

This is the challenge of patriotism
America needs every mar at his best,
and ii is written in the plan of God
for the ages that America shall not
fail.
Are the progress armies OF the great
republic less patriotic than the armies
of Europe? The armies OF Europe
have banished intoxicants.
Is America less patriotic than Chi
ma? China has banished opium.
Is America less patriotic than Rus
sia? Russia has banished vodka.
Is America less patriotic than
France? France has banished alb
sinthe.-Daniel A. Paling.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
WE CAN AND WE WILL.

-s~-N.~~~~~c~~-N~N~~~~~~~-
WE CAN AND WE WILL.
"A few years ago ] was up IN tne
interior OF China" says Bishop Samuei
P. Spreng OF the Evangelical church.
1T was about three years after they
had determined to do away with the
opium traffic. The opium trafnc is as
great curse, or was as great a curse
in China, as the liquor traffic has ever
been here, aud the government de-
termlned to pit that traffic away WIN
in ten years. That was in 1906. Three
years later in the interior cities you
could not find an opium der except
hidden away In the back alleys, In tne
little places, just where they have 10
look for the blind tigers and places OF
that kind here. BY the time the ten
years are up that traffic viii be blotted
out among those four hundred millions
OF people, and they did that, they un-
dertook that, in spite OF the TACT, OF IN
view of the fact. that nearly 20 per
cent OF their revenues came from the
opium traffic. They let the revenue go
and looked for other sources OF rev
enue that are honorable and honest
and clean, TO carry on their govern
ment and let the opium traffic go. And
| say II the most conservative. the
bulkiest, the biggest people on the face
OF the earth can put away the opium
traffic inside of ten years, we Ameri-
cans ought to be ashamed OF ourselves
II we cannot put down the liquor traf-
flc. And we are going to do II, we
are able to do 1t, we are not going 70
say that we cannot II we will. We
can and we will, God helping u.s."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
WANTED BY The sALooNl

One hundred boys for new Gus
toners. Most OF our old customers
are rapidly dropping out.
Ten committed suicide last week.
Twenty are in jail; eight are in the
chain-gang.
Fifteen were sent to the poorhouse;
one was hanged.
Three we're sent to the insane asy-
lum.
Most OF the balance are not worth
fooling with-they have no money.
We must have new customers
fresh, young blood.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
Scotch Humor.


An old Scotch woman who had made
great deal OF mon' by selling
whisky was visited when on her death
bed by her minister,
"And so. Molly" said the minister
you tell me that you have all this
money"
Indeed. minister, | have" replied
Molly.
"And you tell me. too" continued
the minister, that you made all this
money by filling the nogging"
ma, ma. minister" said the dying
woman Il dinna tell ye that. ! made
the maist Of It by not filling the nog-
GIN
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
esr1gR USE FOR LIQUOR MONEY.

THE liquor bill would pay for 50,-
600, 900 bales of cotton at ten cents a
pound-about equivalent to four years
production for the entire South" as
serted Senator Morris Sheppard in a
speech delivered at Little Rock, Ark.
1T would pay for 125Ooo,ooo tons of
cotton seed at $50. 1t would pay for
all the corn the entire nation raises In
two years, at the rate of dollar a
bushel. 1t would pay for all the cattle
and hogs Arkansas can raise in two
decades"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
cowL OVER THEIR HEADS.

Those people who take alcohol in
the mistaken assumption that they are
taking nIghtcap. are not only taking
drug which is akin to narcotics, and
which produces an artificial slumber,
but they are really putting cowl over
their heads and intellects. DR. T. B.
Hyslop.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18

London England the
decided last In favor OF
sngsby old OF this photograph The decision
be legitimate Of Charles Raymond Slngsby
OF the royal who settled
Morgan
otherwise Little Teddy Of $4,000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18

Corporal Holmes, " c., who was
given a great civic welcome the other
day when he returned to London from
field hospital in France. won the
Victoria Cross by saving British
gun under incessant artillery fire from
the Germans, and by other equally
brave deeds on the battlefield.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18

Gen. Sir Henry Macleod Rundle,
who is in command of Great Britain's
Fifth army corps, was born in 1862
and in his 80 years of military service
has distinguished himself in many
campaigns. After his name he may
write X. c. b., G. C. V, c., X. G. Nj. g..
c. M. G.. and ID. S. o.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18
The Status Of the Case.

Some of these theorists say war
is tonic for the race"
THAT may be, but II you ask the
British. III bet they tell you II Is Teu-
tonic"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-18

AID TO ARMIES.
A field marshal has declared that
the spread Of temperance IN the army
Is equal to the embodiment OF q new
battalion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10
TIMES MANY CHANGES
oLD-TIMER BECOMES REMlNlS-
CENT ON THE SUBJECT.
Extinction of the Wild Pigeon on a
Par With That of the Buffalo
But the Sparrow Still Is
With Us.

"Time does change the order OF
things" said one of number of ell
derby men who were gathered in a
grocery store over at the Cape one
evening last week, land some OF the
changes that are hardly noticed or
even known by most of the younger
people of today are in many ways re-
markable
''Take, for instance, the wild pigeon
that was to be found in almost every
patch of woods in the state when |
was a boy; there is not one to be
found in the entire country east or
west of the Rockies today, and one
of the departments at Washington has
offered large reward for anyone
who will produce or tell where nest
of the wild pigeons can be found.
GAS said they were very plentiful
in these parts back in the SOS and
many were found in the SOS and early
'70s, but today not one can be found
In the United States. The cause Of
all this lies In the fact that many
people carried on the business of trap
ping them and out in Scarboro a man
by the name of Plummer did this to
such an extent that he came to be
known as Pigeon Dave Plummer. The
traps were so arranged that hundreds
of the birds would be caught at one
spring of the trap, and when one
comes to think that this business was
carried on all over the country, it Is
easy to see how in years their num-
bers dwindled and finally died out al
together"
''On the other hand" said another
of the party, comparatively a few
years ago we had never heard of such
a bird as the English sparrow, and
today they are as thick as white weed
in a poor mans pasture"
Speaking of white weed" said the
first speaker, reminds me of the time
| went to school way up on what is
now Highland avenue, and white weed
was just making its appearance in
the fields. 1t was not very plentiful,
however, and | remember that farm
er nameu Dyer lOlu us DOyS tHdt ue
would give us a cent a dozen for all
we could pick in his field, for by that
means it was kept from going to seed.
Look at the fields nowadays. If one
could get cent dozen for it now,
person could get rich in the course
of couple of years and not have to
work but week or two each year at
that. Yes, sir, there have been many
changes in such things as these dur
ing the last 20 or more years, and are
Advertiser.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10
Where Responsibility Ends.

During the time of the Boer war,
letter had been received by the SER
geant major in an artillery regiment
from the war Office with reference to
one Gunner Brown, who, reported
dead, had arrived at Woolwich. Could
: full and satisfactory explanation Of
same be forwarded? The noncom.
thereupon sought the officer command
ing the battery, who dictated the fol-
lowing reply:
Brown was an old comrade of mine,
l visited him when dying, and after
wards attended his funeral. Hence,
know that he is dead, and am consid-
erably surprised to hear of his return
to Woolwich, but please exonerate me
from further blame, inasmuch as l am
not responsible for his subsequent
movements"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10
No Use.

The civilians who volunteered the
services Of themselves and their mo
tor cars to convey the Fatherland's
holiday gifts to the German troops II
the trenches at the front were sum
moned before a gray old Bavarian
general to receive instructions as to
their behavior in the enemy's country
The general explained to them thai
they might expect in passing through
a village to be fired on by francs
tireurs, and added that the persons
who fired the shots might not always
be men entitled to bear arms.
Take an example," said he, fixing
his eagle eye upon one of the volun
teers; suppose you have entered 6
Belgian village, and while you are
spinning along through the market
square there is lively fusillade di
rected at you from the surrounding
houses. You turn toward your assail
ants and see nothing but empty win
dows. Only in the second story o.
one house an old woman Is peerinG
out. What you'd you do in that case
Mr.. Meier?"
I'D not look back" was the reply.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10

There is limit. The number OF
cocktails, highballs, fixes, and other
favored and perfumed libations known
to possess a slow, sinuous, undulating
recoil action Familiarity known as a
kick" that may be consumed at one
sitting is just three. The three-round
limit applies, however, to a relatively
small zone of operations, but, never.
theless, a popular one.
The rule has been promulgated by a
leading hotel for guidance of the fire.
quenters of the public room known as
the lounge, and which is most crowded
during the afternoon tea hours. Since
this room is designed for the special
comfort of women, and no mere man
can purchase anything in it unless he
Is escorting one or more of the fair
sex, there is a suspicion that the rule
had the women in view when designed
San Francisco Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10
Jam and "BulIy Beef" for British.

The amount Of jam that the British
soldier is eating on this campaign has
attracted the notice of all the foreign
newspaper correspondents, American,
Belgian and French, who have seen
for the first time the British soldier
in war. The supply of this particular
delicacy seems to have been unlimit.
ed. With jam, bully beef" biscuits
and tea, the British soldier seems able
to go anywhere and do anything. No
doubt jam is excellent food and, to
a certain extent, l fancy that it re-
places fresh vegetables. The first
campaign i'll which jam played a no.
ticeable part was the second Boer
war.
In Peninsular and Crimean days
freshly killed beef and biscuits were
usual rations Of the troops; but the
travelling field kitchens on wheels
which now accompany all regiments
and batteries have improved the Brit.
ish soldiers lot.-Exchange.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10
FATHER WAS ONE EXCEPTION
Characteristic Story of Makeup Of
English Militants-Mrs. Blanc
Was Easy on Everything.

Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, the noted
English suffragette. said the other day
to New York reporter.
your idea of militants is that
we are vixens, tartars, man-haters.
But, as a matter of fact, we have IN
our ranks some of the most elegant
and fascinating women in London so
ciety.
mo, the militant is not like Mrs.
Blanc, who said to her daughter one
day:
"1 am certainly easy on shoes.
Look at this pair of elastic sides. I've
worn them three years, and they're
still as good as new. I'm easy on
clothes, too. There's my tweed-just
as fresh as the day I bought it, seven
years ago. And hats, gloves, stock.
ings-in fact, I'm easy on every
thing"
Except father, eh?' said the
daughter, without looking up from
her book."-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-04-10
Science Museum.

Several groups of objects of special
interest as illustrating appliances
used in war by sea, land, and air
have been brought together in two
rooms in the Science museum, South
Kensington, London. Perhaps the
most striking of these are the series
of models of types of British warships
and of British and foreign aircraft.
Among the former are models of sew,
eral well-known ships, including a
model of his majesty's ship Good Hope
and one of the dreadnaught battleship
his majesty's ship Monarch, the latter
recently added to the collection on
loan. Submarines are represented by
drawings and photographs. With sew
eral of the models in the aeroplane Sec
ton there are full-size engines and
parts. The enemys aircraft are rep
resented by a general model of the
Rumpler-Taube monoplane, which was
the chief German army machine at
the beginning of the war, and dia-
gram drawing of a Zeppelin.