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The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

New York. Nav 2.-MILLFEED-Ir Irregular: de.
mand inactive. Sprin. bran. loolb. sacks "A ooa
q .. TO arrive standard r,iI'ings to arrive Is 50
reddos. 10 srirc. 4.c"; winter wheat in InoIb.
sacks. to arrive. August. 400; city BRAN in bulk
eco
RYE FLntiR-Stesdy: light business. Good to
choice. s.Ioas.55 IN sacks
CORNMEAL-tnsettled; demand limited Kiln
dried. fnf export 3..5, in sacks; meal. in
bags. L5ssl.61
HAf-Hereips. l.lso tens steady: demand fair.
QUOTE: Prime timothy. 10: No. timothy. u7I.a
ID: No. .. iT'zallo; No. ; loaaln5
STRAW-RccsIrts o tons steady: quiet deslins.
SLrply il hight No ! rye 75as0 cent.
PuRk-Flst: demand is slow. Mess loooals 30
family. @CaE2.'o: clear. I95osI.o
BEEf-Steaiv: inquiry is Iifeless. Packet 49, Goa
10 50; family laGa2o"o extra India mess 81 0ns3i 90
LARD-fla'; trading is inactive. Prime West
ern. los refined Continent 1910; South American,
1910: refined Brazilian. in kegs l.C: beef stearne
9 cents; lard stearine. slow: New York, liz cents
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago. Nav s.-New wheat Of the year 1915 CIT
h-ure in the matter uf rrice making the Chi
csco BosTd 81 Trade TODAY. This grain pur-
chased ey Chicago houses in Oklahoma and Texas
and hedging sales in the July future were rut
out against il Additional amounts AZ new wheat
were Offered and II is expected that the movement
the coming week wiz show vast increases in all
parts Of the winter wheat belt Farmers Who arc
nov carving old wheat will. il is likely DISPOSE
81 II leas psr Of IL. crop prosrccts have i'm
rrosed some the Tas, few DAYS. since the forward
march Of the insects halted BY the rains
Tie crop months were lower. with the July
sho~ing Q net las Of ] cent and tho September
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. May n-Money IN call was nomina Nv
i. per cent tIday For the week the range II
rates 2I:al Ter cent tho Monday range being
and | Ter cent. Tuesday and IL Ter cent.
"Wednesday -; and u. per cent Thursday . and
IA per cent and Friday and ~ Der cent
Time money during the week Vas very quiet.
The lenders were liberal in the amount they
were willing 10 place. especially for the shorter
maturitics but the demand continued very quiet
throughout. Rates ~ psr for sixty DAYS.
"a Per cent for ninety DAYS. per cent for four
months. Sap. per for five and six months. 5i7a
=. per cent for the year loans.
Commercial IsTeT in fair demand
Throughout the week in this and other centers
The outprt. however. not such to afford
the opportunity for heavy Investment. as merchants
do not nerd much accommodation al this time
Rates: .isai Ter cent for sixty and ninety DAYS
indorsel bills well for choice four months
single names: 3%si per cent for six months single
names 81 per cent for othecs.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

! strong mt a dinner In London, las,
year, the EnEIixhman said: "You know
we are looking with jealOus-ahem
| mean to say intercsted-eyes At the
Panama Canal
British diplomats BEGAN to study
the map of the world very early. m
deed" says Maj. Herwarth. The f1g-
ures of their calculations are found
at the different longitudes and lati-
tudes of our planet, the total sum will
be found at no other point than at
the Panama Canal There American
right and English interests will come
into close conflict.
But every page of the worlds his
tory teaches what will become of the
rights of any nation that comes into
conflict with British interests. And
this gives us the key to understand
! the quarrel about the exemption of
charges for coasting vessels. II is not
an unimportant quarrel; it is well
planned step on the road which Eng
land only has left once and for a
short time. when it was forced to do
so by the South African war.
THE present war is considered by
England as an excellent chance of
changing the worlds map entirely.
And he who doubts that the Panama
Canal will be on the list of the Brit
ish wishes does not know England or
is helplessly blind"
In conclusion. the general staff says
that the year of the world war was
brought ahead because the Panama
Canal was completed. Its idea is tina,
Americans would come to understand
England's attempted domination of the
Canal and that in the event of the
world war. America. knowing the
oil h- To ~
once turn against England to become
worthy factor in the scales. if not
going to war. working against Eng
land in every way and aiding Ger
many. To Offset this condition they say
that ENGLAND hurried on the war.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
Life Cost Most Important.

In an address at Decoration Day ex-
ercises yesterday at the Government
Printing Office James Tanner. Register
OF Wills of the District Of Columbia
and past commander-in-chief of the
G. A. r.. said: Il get hot under the
collar when l hear people talking about
the cost of war in dollars and cents
The speaker declared that persons
making such statements ought first to
figure the number of lives lost in war
before they take into consideration the
money cost.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
HOLIDAY HURTS EXCHANGE.

Business was almost at a standstill on
the Washington Stock Exchange yester-
day only two odd lot sales of stock and
one bond being disposed Of. The usual
Saturday dullness was increased by the
holiday tomorrow. many brokers leaving
the city for a three-day trip.
One share OF Mergenthaler Linotype
stock was disposed Of at lS. after the
entire bond list had been called without
sale. The recent activity OF the public
utility bonds was lacking. An odd lot of
Lanston Monotype stock at 50 consti-
tuted the only other stock sale. A Riggs
Realty tshoro bond was disposed of
after the regular call at 100 IA.
The bid on Capital Traction and WASH
ington Railway and Electric, common.
each declined half a poiQk
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Conner Boom in 1915.
COTTON MARKETS.

Nr- York Nav ca-Co:toa market wa, easy
t'dav on liquidation Nv longs and weakness AZ
New Orleans. finishing decline n 2
paints. There WAS CsHCTin. at times. The market
APPEARED - have discounted government Cond-
ton rsIor sliEhtlv above 81. Business was on
small >raie. The Journal If Commerce makes
the condition =: the plant 80 Of ayeras.
date a Ma -. Port receipts for the day were
shoU $50 hal"s. against ls le9 bales last week
ESQ haIrs last and 1879 haleS in 1911? Tn.
Eeneia visible supply iS Sis 81 bales. against
i.2S6i last wear. The American supply il $50.
90. against :.Sl264l.
As n's-t to the selling of detained cotton b.
the English government and the entrance Of Italy
into the var shutting a IIe-nanys SUPPLY through
Genoa and switzerland. il pointed out that
the demand for cotton goods the United States
of rEerv description would som bring the problem
d Inr-easnE the working time If the mill, to
The attention of nanUfsc tureTs.
There cables from Liverpool today. but
busir-ss will ~ resumed in the English market
Monday.
SPOT cotton is quiet and unchanged at e.so.
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PRETTY ACTRESS ARRESTED.
Miss d'Avery, PlayinE- with Stool
Company, Taken for Theft.

pretty actress. twenty years old
who says her father is fighting at the
front for his native France and hel
mother is nursing the wounded. was ar.
rested yesterday by. Central Office De
tectives Hewlett and Vermillion on q
charge Of larceny. The girl gave hel
name as Maud Grenier d'Avery, and said
she left Paris a few weeks ago. =.
Miss d'Avery is member Of q stock
company playing In a Washington thea.
ter. The complainant is Miss Daisy
McNulty. 1il9 Thirteenth street north
west. who charges that a dress was stol-
en- from her. Detectives say they found
the dress In the defendants Possession.
She was taken to the House Of Detention.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
ASKS FOR ENCAMPMENT MONEY.
Thomas Grant Calls for Sans Due
ON Pledges.

Thomas Grant. secretary of the gen.
eral committee of 100 directing the
plans for the fiftieth annual encamp-
ment of the G. A. r.. mailed yesterday
the call for payment Of the second ard
final installmen' II sums due on the
pledges to the eNpensa fund Of the re-
union.
In his letter Col. Harper requests
that payments be made as soon after
June as possible. as the committee
Is now making expe mixtures for the
encampment. and funds are needed.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
WANDERs OUT OF HOSPITAL.
Walked Oat While Physicians wer
Comins to Operate on Hin.


How Arthur I. Clark. . clerk in the
Treasury, who was found wandering near
Emergency Hospital on Friday night In
dazed condition from blow on his
head. came by his injury was explained
to the police last night by william WEIGH.
1921 NJ street northwest. Clark was taken
to the hospital in an automobile by two
men.
They assisted the orderiies on duty to
lay him on the operating table. but while
physicians were coming downstairs. Clark
wandered away. He was found by two
colored people.
&Ir. WEIGH told the police he was pass
ing Thomas Circle when he saw Clark
stumble and fall. He went to his assist
ance, and while working over him, an
automobile hove in sight. which he stop
ped. Another passerby came along and
helped place Clark in the machine. The
second stranger went along in the auto
mobile to Emergency Hospital. The in
jured man. suffering from a bruised and
lacerated wound on the head, had i'm
proved greatly yesterday
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
MEXICANs NOT EXECUTED,
Arizona Executive Grants Stay o.
Receipt OF Bryan's ReSuest.

Secretary Of State Bryan was advised
yesterday by the governor of Arizona
that five Mexicans sentenced to be
executed yesterday were granted a stay
Of execution until July 90 This action
was taken by the governor upon represen-
tations made by the Secretary of State
In his telegram. Gov. Hunt said
Should such representa- tons as are
before you with reference to the relation
of the condemned men in the Arizona
State prison to the situation existing be-
tween the United States and Mexico be
of such nature as to necessitate the fur
ther cooperation of the Arizona State
government. I. as governor. assure you
Of my willingness to do everything in my
power to facilitate the work Of your de-
partment."
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

The great drive against the Russians
In the Carpathisn theater of war is
Germany's greatest victory in the war.
Gen. Mackensen. Field marshal Won
Hindenburg's right arm in the War
saw campaign. leads the victorious
armies. and is said to have declared
that there would be no stop to the ad
vance until the Cars forces were
again across their own borders and
PermysI. the city which cost the Rus
SLAMS so mach time. treasure and life,
was once more held by the Teuton
forces
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
MANY IMPORTS STOP IN JUNE
Orders in Council Effective in Full
After June Is.

The British Embassy has issued a cir
cular instruction to British consuls In
the United States that American import
ers who claim to have paid for goods
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Back from Philsdelphia.

Rev. Alexander willbanks returned
recently from Philadelphia. where he
has been conducting an evangelistic
campaign among the coiored, people.
Rev. wilibanks has again taken up his
work as pastor OF the Friendship Bap-
tist Church. Of this city,
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Arrested for Auti.Germ.n Riots

Geneva. Switzerland. May 2S.-Two hun
dred and sixty three persons who took
part in the violent anti-German riots at
Milan. Italy. have been arrested by sol
diers under Gen. Spingardi. Many build
ings were destroyed
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
Russian Steamer Burns: 40 Killed

Copenhagen. May 2s.-The steamship
Bore ii. under charter to the Russian
government. was destroyed by fire off
Helsingfors. Finland. today with the
loss of forty lives.
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RALLY FAILS TO
lover DAYSLOSS
btreet Is Quiet, with Brokers
Still Waiting German
Reply.
TRADING REMAINS LIGHT
Steel and Union Pacific Gain Over
Low-water Mark on Close. but
Other Advances Scarce.
TRADING REMAINS LIGHT

>-.,. York. Nav Notwithstanding
,cnorte that the German note would pe
~ . ronciliatory nature. the market 10
a. maintained its policy OF watchiui
yaiting." preferring to get the actual
rop.ents Of the note before making new
commitments. This resulted IN announcer
Lesion Of light trading with narrow price
fluctuations that resulted III "iii'i'lo' '"i'1
rhan-es for the day.
A. the open!ng prices showed but trif-
in, changes small fractional changes,
md losses heinz about equally divided
Scattering selling before the end OF the
frst hour of copper shares and war
Etocks caused an easing on IN prices. IN
r-bicb Steel lost more than one-haf and
Tnior p,ciac half A point. with the war
stocks down to . points. In the last
hour there was rally. led by Union
pscifc and Steel each gaining point
from the days low. closing the list
Xstronr but with most issues showing
3sIizht fractional net losses.
Statement. Knock. Price.
Cbira.o Rock Island and Pacific was
roavv and lost about point. owing TO
Ix+,,.ment by Receiver II. L. Nudge. in
Cbiraro that an estimate OF 81 ZOO, 600
debt for the current fiscal year sounded
about right when an allowance of 81
$40 900 WAS made for depreciation. This
statement knocked into cooked hat
recent utterances hy Rock Island en-
thusissts who have heen displaying in
the financial district estimates of earn
iugs showing a surplus for the current
wear of moro than S3.010Coo. These fig
! ures were said to have come from the
receivers hut they were badly Sarhled.
Missouri Pacific was firm on "Npecta-
|tion that the plan for extending the s25.-
|CIn, OoO notes maturing Tuesday would be
declared operative next week. At the
CLOSE of business there were Sla.22i.o Ho
NOTES dcpositei The directors are ex
pected at their meeting on Tuesday to
extend the time limit for the deposit of
the notes.
Copper Boom in 1915.
Coprer shares paid little attention to
the disaptChcs from Butte. Mont. that
John n RYAN. president of the Amalga
mated had declared the copper industry
for the next :car would experience A
great boom and greater prosperity than
ever.
Sentiment in favor Of the railroad
shares Vas hNlTed by the decision of two
| St Paul Justices enioining the enforce
ment Of the two-rent passenger rate law
| in Arkansas and granting railroads op-
eratine in that State a rate of three
cents per mile. This Will increase pas
senger earnings of railroads traversng
that State - per cent.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

iory or Margaret. There are several
other surnames derived from the names
Of women, although, of course. they are
much less usual than such names as
Thompson and johnson. which mean.
respectively. the son Of Thomas and the
The Margessons of Offington. Sussex.
do not accept this derivation of the
name. They claim to be descended from
the French family OF Argenson. They
say that one John d'Argenson who lived
in France In 1449 had two sons. one of
whom fought in the battle Of Pavia and
the other. Peter, came to England and
founded the Offington family of Mar
xessons The Marsetsons Of Yorkshire
also claim this derivation of the name.
but many genealogistR consider such a
derivation rather fanciful.
1t il quite possible that the Nova Scotia
MarEcsons were originally of the fam
lily Of Yorkshire. England. although
their connection with the English family
has not been clearly recorded.
The arms illustrated are described:
Sable q lion PEASANT, Ruardant. argent.
q chief indented or. Crest. on a ducal
coronet or. . lion PEASANT guardant
sable. Eorged with q ducal coronet or.
The motto 10 'Loyalte me lie.'' that is,
Loyalty binds- me-"
The Bishop OF Armagh used q coat-of-
arms very much like this with the mot
to: Par Dieu est mon tout" or. liter
ally translated. Through God Is my all"
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

To J. d. Haxsard who asks whether
there In truth in the statement that
there 10 tendency to intermarriaGe In
the Hazard family. also what Is tn.
correct sr~'iing Of this name-Hazard
or Hazard?
III essiy srSeprds e ths Hassaxd, or
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

Total sales. 1851 shares against 1871 yester
day. je3. is a week ago, and holiday year ago
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
At Mercy of British.

The German general staff believes
that all these steps have been taken
because the Panama Canal. with its
tremendous strategic position must De
like the Channel. Gibraltar. the OAR
danelles q. e. Malta. and the Suez
Canal at the mercy of the British
navy.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

Mai. Won Herwarth told me that
ShiIe he sat next to Sir George Arm
The Washington herald., 1915-09-05

build and demeanor. Before we left the
fort an old hunter called me aside and
said
DO you believe thar is a cache
Why not
"Bekase an Iniun says thar is. Allus
take en- contrary to what they say. Is
your scalp nailed to your head"
DO you mistrust that man.
Never saw one vet that l didn't I'm
going to bet my rifle agin keg of pow
der that you don't come back
As soon as we were out of sight of the
fort | motioned for the Indian to take
the lead. He seemed to take il as a mat
and held 1t for six or seven miles with
out n halt. had not only to keep my
eye on him. but scan the country as well.
He appeared to be on the lookout. as well
he might be. If his story was true, and
about II o'clock We approached the spot
where he claimed to have hidden his
property. / had kept him in the lead all
the time. and we had had more or less
Half a mile from the grove ! drew rein
and said:
Il will wait here while my brother goes
after his property
is the swift rider tired with his ride?'
he sarcastically answered.
One must keep watch for danger
will do that, for you will be quite busy"
IL my Wnlte Drotner Is dlralu ne need
not go'''
IF my red brother has a cache in the
grove. let him look for it. If not. We will
return to the fort
He hesitated a moment. and then. sat
isfied that I was on my guard he walked
away and soon disappeared in the grove.
had every confidence that the trees
sheltered band OF redskins, and il would
not have surprised me in the least to
have seen a body of them dash out.
tak oha h.
of about a quarter of an hour to see
Little Smoke reappear with a backload
Of stun from his cache. He came straight
toward me. but very slowly. and halted
every few yards to adjust his burden.
was carefully watching him when my
horse shifted the air uneasily, and all al
once IL came to me that ! was being
stalked. ! left the shelter of the cotton
woods for the open ground. and as l
rode away two bullets tipped close to my
head. having been fired from the opposite
side of the stream At the same moment
Little Smoke dropped his goods and nred
The Washington herald., 1915-09-05
But Why did he wink and She want

But why did he wink and she want
t" .EIgg!e%,, asked Mr. Bowser.
knew that you We're not in the Boer
war. That the Beers had no warships.
That no man-of-war ever carried a
crew of above thousand men. Mr..
Bowser your story contained three OF
the most whOppinS lies I ever heard" ="
oh. I don't know about that"
One evening about TWO weeks ago"
said Mrs. Bowser after looking at hir
IN stonishment. our neighbors. y 4.
and Mrs. Green came in for, ga ie
mentioned the fact that he had just
met that day that man who had saved
his, life some thirty years ago. As
skate on small lake He lad been
skatin2 aboIt thgee-Quarters of an
hour when a large wolf came out of
The pursuit had lasted nearly an hour.
and the hoy was about to fall from
exhaustion when the man spoken Of
was frightened awav. Mr. Bowser did
S": Most Certainly, p he b5a snswtred' ar ~
Yes. Won did. and Mr.. Green began
He seemed to understand that there
was a whopper coming. and he was
right You said that when you were
ents lived near river in FLORIDA; you
went out one night with your skates
to have a little spin. Wolves were
plenty in that location. but you did
not think that any wolf would be
so daring as TO attack young Samuel
BOwser You didn't even take crow
had with YOU as weapon OF defense.
When you made the statement Mrs
Green was looking on the floor for a
lost hairpin. You may have thought
she had lost one. but. ! knew better
She wanted to get her face out Of
sight so that she could laugh"
But why did she want to laugh
asked Mr.. Bowser.
Mrs Rowser's only direct reply to
this was look of contempt. and then
she went on.
You had only gone half mile on
your skates when you heard the howl
of a wolf Did it scare you" Not much
Young Samuel Bowser was not kid
to get scared over the howl of one
wolf You simply continued to cut
pigaon-wings and curly-cues. Present.
iy there came the howl of a second
wolf No attention was paid to 1t
The howl was heard ty your mother at
home hut she only greeted il with
smiles she didn't know much about
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IN me- with his musket. While half a
dozen Indians in my rear were yelling
and shooting, rode down to within Ts'
feet of the smooth-tongued traitor and
dropped him dead in his tracks. There
we're five Indians in the ambuscade, and
pursued me for three or four miles. but
| got safely away.
The second attempt was made in De-
cember. half-breed Cheyenne-an old
man with a very honest face-came into
the fort and reported that white man.
a trapper was in camp on the river
above US with a broken leg, and he r
volunteered to come in ana report the
case The distance was not over hNe
miles. but the snow lay deep on L
ground and il was very sharp weather
The old man probably figured that
would be sent out to guide
the relief party. He was asked
to do so. but refused, even uh-
refusal aroused my suspicious and in
stead of going as relief party, dozen
went armed 10 the teeth. The place des-
ignated was a grove and We approached
il as near as possible under cover. and
then made a sudden dash. Eight mount
ed Indians rushed out on the otheT slde.
There were evidences that they had been
there In camp for two or three days
In the spring. when war had been for
maHy declared. most of my work was
along the Smoky Hill stage route. When
the stages finally ceased running ! Jar
r!ed food and ammunition TO the station
employees. or guided them safely to the
posts Lookout station. twenty miles be-
yond Fort Hays. was more exposed to at
tack than any other on theroute. The hut
for the shelter of the men was half wood
and half mud. Two stables filed with
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hay and oats fianked 1t. and stood dan.
ton the men had made dugouts for their
protection. this precaution had been neg
IecteG at Lookout Small bands of In
dians had appeared and been stood of
by the well-armed men. and they had
come to believe that they could defeat
any force likely to appear. On the morn
ing of April 10. l was approaching Look
the men. when. just as day fairly broke.
| was discovered and pursued by band
of about nifty Indians. i got into the
station after a lively chase, and within
an hour Il was surrounded by over =
hundred redskins. 7 had been recognized.
three men their lives If they would hand
me over. The offer was twice repeated.
and then the Indians settled down to be-
siege the station.
During the day the fire was kept up al
long range. All the horses in the stables
were wounded. AS night came. l deter
mined to get away, being under orders
to report at Hays as soon as possible.
The men encouraged me to go, SAYING
they could hold the place until / sent as
sistance.
AT about O'Clock 1 crept out of ths
hut, crawled on my hands and knees into
the darkness, and after twice almost
humping against Indians, L got beyond
their lines and headed for the fort. I
was only three miles away when l saw
the glare of the burning stables. The hut
the three brave fellows were finally driv-
en- out, they were shot down by the
horde in waiting and thus every vsstixS
of the station was wiped out