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Evening star., 1915-11-07
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, November 6.-Predictions
of a liberal increase of the visible supply
total Monday gave an advantage today
to the bears in wheat, and so also did a
reasons for the departure of Earl
Kitchener from London. The market
closed unsettled at the same as yester-
days finish to Y cent lower. with De-
cember at 1.O4A a1.04as and May at
.1,O51s Corn closed a shade off to l4ass
up. oats at a sixteenth down to like
advance. and provisions unchanged to 80
higher
Announcement that primary receipts of
wheat today amounted to one million
bushels more than on the corresponding
day year ago had much to do with
making the bulls uneasy in regard to the
extent of the prospective enlargement OF
the United States visible supply ngures
Big totals for the preceding days OF tns
week. with estimates that Chicago and
Kansas City would each have as many
as six hundred carloads arriving Mon
day, acted as further discouragement
for holders who were also handicapped
by surmises current that Earl Kitchener
might attend peace conference in
Switzerland. The uncertainty as to his
real mission left the way open for
variety Of other rumors, too, that in some
degree tended to have a bearish effect on
the market late in the session.
Reports that the French government
had bought one million barrels Of -four
in the United States furnished strength
to wheat throughout most of the first half
of the day Forecasts of unsettled wealth
er likely to interfere with receipts proved
also of some effect toward lifting prices.
but the influence failed to last, being
offset by complaints that the winter crop
southwest was in need of rain.
Corn averaged higher as a result of
bulIish crop reports from Iowa. and
owing to export demand for shipments
by way of the gulf The market. how
ever, reflected somewhat the late. weak
ness in wheat.
Oats to keep firm within narrow
range. Export inquiry was. good.
Active buying of lard helped provisions
I'D grade as a whole. Tank lard, which
not long ago could not be sold except at
| so cents under the January option. was at
a discount today of only 40 cents.
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Seaman's Law Enforced Here.

As far as Washington is concerned.
the new seaman's law went into effect
last without causing ripple
of trouble in steamboat affairs. Ac-
cording to reports, Inspector Dunn of
the United States steamboat inspection
service examined sixty-three men at
this city for lifeboat.nan. the section
of the law requiring a certain per-
centage OF able seamen in crews not
applying to the steamers out of this
city. The men must be competent,
however, to man and handle lifeboats
Vessels plying on the coast come under
the full scope of the law and must
have certified able seamen aboard,
provided they are Of over 100 tons
GROSS legisteP.
Evening star., 1915-11-07
The Innocent Bystanders.

From the Chicago journal
Reports smuggled out of CONSTANT
nople indicate that the kaiser's good
Turkish allies have butchered at least
800. 200 helpless Armenians. Some esti-
mates put the number as high as 7o0,-
900, and, if losses from cold. hunger
and disease be included. probably the
latter figure is not too large.
The burden of war is falling most
heavily on the countries which had
nothing to do with making it. Bel
GUM kept her pledge of neutrality
only to be trampled under the feet of
the kaisers swarming legions. Thou
sands of Belgians were slaughtered,
nearly a million are in exile, unguessed
numbers have died of the hardships
thrust upon them. Poland is in even
worse case; the land has been tram
pied to a CORY mire by the march and
countermarch of contending armies.
Armenia is desolated by one of the
periodical outbursts of Turkish bar
barity.
What had these nations to do with
the killing of more or less valuable
Hapsburg in an Austrian town year
ago last June?
Evening star., 1915-11-07
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher
EGGs-Nearby. 32as3: West Virginia
and southwest Virginia, 80.
BUTTER-Elgin. fancy, per lb.. 32ka
onds. per lb.. 29a30; store packed. per
lb., 17a18. 80.
cHEEsE-New York state factory,
new. 17a1S.
POULTRY-Hens, per lb., H. roost-
ers, per- lb., IL: turkeys, per lb., l9:
spring chickens, per lb.. is; ducks,
old. per lb.. IL: ducks. young. per h.
l2a1l.
DRESSED PouLTRy-Hens. cboics.
turkeys. per lb.. 21a22: ducks. per lb..
lsal5: roosters. per lb.. 11a12.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. new. nor
bbl., 15Oa4.0 90: per box. 30a2.50; oranges.
per box. 4.50a5.50; lemons. per box.
s.ooa4oo: pineapples. per crate. $50
per crate, 5Oa75; pears. 2Oa1.5O basket: :
l.00a2.50 box: grapes, per basket. Con-
cords, lOa11; Niagaras. 12a15: Delawares,
12a15; chestnuts. 3a5.
vEGETABLES-Potat home grown
75aso; sweet potatoes. per bbL.
1.5oa2. 90; yams. per bbl., LOCAL. .25: to-
matoes, home grown, 2.0Oa2.5o per box:
kale, per bbl. 40a50; string beans. per
ha sket, 1.50a1.75; peppers, per bbl, .5Oa
$50; carrots. 1.00a2.00 per 100 punches
okra, per crate, 75a1.00: radisnes, per 100
5Oa1 90; cucumbers. hot house, 75al so
doz.: New York lettuce, 75a1.25 basket:
onions, 1.75a200 per sack: eggplant,
/ O0al | so per crate: cabbage, per bbl, 5Oa
rs: beets, per bunch. 2a3: lima beans.
per qt, 25a30; celery. per dozen, 25a75
celery, per crate, 2.00a300: romaine let
tuce, 75a1 25 per basket; corn, 15a2O Der
dozen; caulihower. 1.oOa1.75 per crate.
LIVE sToCK-Sheep. per h.. 4a5;
lambs. spring. per h.. s1sas; calves. per
h., 11a11h; medium. per h.. 10ka11;
common, 7a8.
GAME-Rabbits. 2.75as.oo per doz.
rabbit kits, 10a15 each.
SEEDS-Red clover, 12.25a12.50 per bu. ::
alsike clover, TO- 05Oa10.7 Is per bu.; GRIM
son clover, 4.50a5.0O per bu.: timothy.
3. 50a3 6G per bu.: red top. Halls per Ib. !:
blue grass, 1.50a1.65 per bu.: orchard
grass. 225a235 per bu.: white clover.
so per 10.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling, per bu., 1.00a
LOS; ordinary, per bu.. S0as5; corn, yell
low, 73a74 per bu.: white. per bu., 72laa
73: oats, new, white, 42a44 per bu !:
mixed. 41a42 per bu.
HAY-No. 1 timothy. per ton, COCOA
21.00; No. 2 timothy. per ton. 1s.oOa
1880: No. mixed. per ton. 17.50a18 so:
No. mixed, per ton, 1S.00a14.0O.
sTRAW-Long rye. per ton. 1s 5oal4. 90;
tangled rye, per ton, 1Q.0oa1050.
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HOUSEWIVES ADVISED
TO VISIT FOOD SHOW
Supt. Sherman Says Exhibit Has
Tendency to Promote
Economy.
Calls Attention to What Dealers Are
Doing Toward Educating
the Public.
BY JOHN H. SHERMAN.

Superintendent of Weights. Measures and Markets
Of the District.
Every housewife should attend the
national food show running at Con-
vention Hall until the night of No
vember 13. 1t is a good thing that
people are there congregating to see
and talk and think and study about
the foods they eat. 1t has been our
greatest ndustry--eating. The big
gest single factor in the expense of the
average family is the item for food,
averaging more than one-half of the
total family budget the country over
and yet up until very recently people
seem to have thought very little about
it.
1t is good thing that people are
learning the necessity and the value of
thinking about the things they eat;
thinking about getting good qualities
and thinking about getting them eco
nomically. You know if people get to
thinking. really thinking. on almost any
subject, pretty soon something useful
gets done along that line. The differ
ence between Intelligent thinking and
thoughtleSS habit is measured in the
difference between the results they ac-
complish.
Good Work by Dealers.
In the matter of foods and food dis
tribution, it is significant that much of
the best and most earnest effort to as
sst the people to buy and eat intelli-
gently is being done by the food deal
ers themselves. The general public
should take notice of this and give
credit where credit is due. The truth
is that for several years past the bet
ter class of dealers have been doing
more for the public along these lines
than the public has done for itself, and
this food show is an excellent example
of their efforts
The housewife should go there, not
to see. but to learn things. Many things
to be seen there are expensive luxuries
on the average table, but some people
want them, grocers must carry them
and, carrying them. must do what they
are able to do in an effort to build up
enough volume of the business to make
1t pay.
On the other hand. many things are
there which should be used more COM
monty than they are now used, and
mere Is an opportunity to learn about
them and about their use.
1his is the greatest Immediate good
that the housewife will get from this
exhlbition-a wider knowledge of the
products that she may be able in the
future to use in securing greater va
riety for the table, at economical costs
For Better Understanding.
Another good result will be a greater
friendliness and better understand
between trade and public than would
otherwise be the case. Much of the dis
satisfaction SO often voiced against
present trade conditions arises merely
from failure on the part of the people
on opposite sides of the counter to
| know ana understand one another and
| to understand one another's problems
and difficulties
This office. being public Office
could not so frankly advocate attend
ahce upon a private exhibit at which
an admission is charged were it not
that the nominal fee collected is sc
small as to barely cover expenses, pre-
ciuning any private profit
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large blocks of which have been taken
out Of the market and placed in strong
boxes for permanent investment. The
demand for these securities will un-
broaden as the season ad-
vances. especially as at this season in
vestors always anticipate the regular
of their semi-annual divi-
dend and interest earnings. The public
is still cautious. however, and is invest
ing its funds in short term notes rather
than in the longer term securities.
feature of the October market for
investment securities was the renewed
demand for municipal bonds Com
mencing about the 1st of the month.
this movement gained force all through
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Cruisers.
From the Loudon Globe.

From the Loudon Globe.
1t is certainly strange that one par
ticular class of ship should have been
singled out for the title of CRUISERS"
more especially as the great majority of
them have a much smaller cruising ca
pacity than the majority Of battleships
Our first ships to which the word was
applied Cthe admiralty then spelt 1t with
a y were the picturesque vessels OF the
old Amphion class. launched in 1888, and
shortly after a clean sweep was made
of the term Corvette" In the steam
era the word cruiser has become asso-
ciated more particularly with speed,
though there is no apparent connection.
Many cruisers now doing Useful work
are, too, considerably slower than mod
ern battleships, while the 25-knot Queen
Elizabeths are nominally as fast as, and
probably. in practice. faster than, the
battle cruisers of the Invincible group.
These "ffteen-inch battleships" ought
really to be grouped with battle cruisers.
with which they have several points in
common. ssF
Evening star., 1915-11-07
Gorizia.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the westminster Gazette
Gorilla, which the Italians hope to
take. was for centuries the capital OF
a county held in fief from the holy
Roman empire. which eventually re-
verted to the overload. and at present
possesses for -"count" no less per-
sonage than Emperor Francis Joseph.
BY some perversity this town, connect
ed from time immemorial with Ger
manic powers and a favorite Austrian
winter resort. has practically no Teu-
tonic element among the Inhabitants.
most of whom are neither Germans nor
Italians. but Slavs. Gorilla has a
rather pathetic link with France. Here
in 1886 died the exiled Bourbon king.
Charles x, the last French Nonarch
who was crowned with chrism in the
ruined cathedral Of Rheims.
Evening star., 1915-11-07
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. November 6.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 10000 head; steady. Bulk. 6.55a
7.15: light, 6.25a7.30; mixed, 6.35a7.55
heavy. 6.25a7.45; rough, 6.25a6.40; pigs,
3.75a6.4O.
Cattle-Receipts, 500 head; weak. Ma
tive beef steers. 6.O0a1035: cows and
heifers, 2.75aS-2O; calves. 6.75a1O.50..
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head firm.
Wethers. 5.75a6.35; ewes, 3.50a5.65;
lambs, 6.5Oa9.OO.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, November 6.-Beeves-
Receipts. 265 head; no trading.
Calves-Receipts, II head: no trading.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 2,172
head; strong. Ordinary to prime lambs,
9.0oa9.50: culls, 6.50a7.00: sheep, 3.5Oa
$50.
Hogs-Receipts. 9O5 head; steady
Prime state hogs, 7.65: rough, 6.25a6.35.
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Hurts Increase Susceptibility.

When a hens vitality is lowered from
any cause she is susceptible to contagious
diseases to greater extent than If she
is normally we'll
As it does not cost any more to have
all roosts on a level and conveniently
close to the floor it would seem to be a
wise plan to SO arrange the roosts, even
if the old style have to be torn out and
a few new ones placed in the poultry
house. for one disabled laying hen cuts
down the profits to the extent Of her value
at time Of injury, and if she continues to
live and eat for several months without
producing a reasonable number of eggs
she becomes an additional expense on the
balance of the flock
Evening star., 1915-11-07
STREET SWEEP|NGS FREE
TO ALL DESIRING THEM
District Will Gladly Give Them to
Residents or Non-Resi-
dents of District.

s-eIs j. something that should inter-
e.; every farmer in nearby Maryland
ana Virginia as well as every resident
Of the District who owns garden
The District street cleaning depart
'.cnt viii give street sweepings for
-erJiIizInG purposes to any person who
applies for them. II the applicant lives
IN the District. within a reasonable dis
t-iice from the collection areas the
s~ecpings will be deposited at a point
where IL y iN be convenient to call for
them. II he is a farmer living outside
the District, he may engage freight
car and the department will fill it with
swecDings without charge.
This liberal offer il is believed, will
De tai ken advantage Of on & large scale,
and Will lead to a big Improvement in
the productivity of local gardens and
L.arby farms.
Sweepings Good Fertilizer.
an analysis of the value of street
s"eepinG for fertnizins purposes has
.'"en made by the bureau of soils, and
s.se result is in the hands of j. w. Pax
;sH, superintendent of the street clean
iSs department The belief that asphalt
s~eepings would have tendency to
harden soils is not borne out by this
analysis, which can be obtained upon
application to Mr. Paxton
IN applying for the sweepings, the
procedure should be to communicate
with Ir. Paxton as 10 the amount
wanted, and the point at which it can
he most conveniently collected.
The regular collection points are at
attn street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast: foot OF 30th street and Po-
tonIac river northwest, and 2zth and N
streets northwest.
Should Call for Sweepings.
i; is desired that all who can do sc
caould cali for the sweepings at these
Places, but where the hauls are too long
the department will deposit the ma.
Serial for collection at other points
AS a vast amount of leaves are mixed
with the sweepings just now. the fer.
tAiZing value of the material Is prob.
ably best at this time of year There
practically is no limit to the supply OF
the sweepings. and II is believed that
the demand can be filled.
It is suggested that in rural commu.
Afties farmers could organize small
clubs, engage one or more freight cars
and haul out a sufficient amount at one
time to .ertilize several good-sise acre.
&JS-.
Evening star., 1915-11-07
WEEKLY FISCAL STATEMENT
OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Reserve deposits of the federal re-
serve banks increased by about s.
500 600 during the past week. accord
ing to a statement of the banks con-
dition November ;, issued yesterday
by the federal reserve board. 1t shows:
RESOURCES.
Gold coin and certificates in vault G.S.ooo
Gold settlement fund. ......-..-..--. "o,slo.eo"
Gold redemption fund with L. :. ,o.
Treasurer ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A'--''''"
Total gold reserve. s29i. .7l5.ooo
asaI ,ender notes silver etc 81. .J61. .ot'u
ro.., reserxe .......s3 1896. 2s2 600
Bills discounted and bought:
MaturitIes-Within 10 days. $o,so3-Uo
From II to 30 days. 10. i36 900
From II To GO days.... u, 900
From 81 to 90 days. 8. sVU
Over 10 days. 2.I24,UV
ro,,, S4s,1 127 900
1nvestments-JI 8 bonds .. SO, ,5:s3 600
MuniciuaI warrants, %. las, 900
Federal reserve notes. net u, 1si.reO
Due from federal reserve banks, net. 12.4S3.Oo0
All other resources 1852 oJ0
Tota, resources sis2 7l3 coo
LIABILITIES.
Genital Maid in ~ SJ4 S4S coo
Government deposits ..-....-...--- lo.VDVo'
Reserve deposits net............. 346. .O6: 900
Federal reserve notes, net. l3.6Gl.UU
All other liabilities ............ 3,141 900
Total liabilities .............$ 1882, 719 600
Gold reserve against liabilities. Sl.4 per cent
Cash reserve against net liabilities 80 per cent
Cash reserve against liabilities after
setting aside 40 per cent gold
reserve against net amount of fed
eral reserve notes in circulation. $40 per cent
Richmond Banks Statement.
Statement of resources and liabilities
Of the federal reserve bank at Rich
mond is as follows:
RESOURCES
Gold coin and certificates In vault. $500 600
Evening star., 1915-11-07
Tried Poultry Remedies.

Leg weakness. in chicks is often due
to the food being of fattening ma
ture. and the bodies, in consequence,
become too heavy for the muscular
strength of the chicks legs. There
should be bran in the soft food that
is fed. it being one of the best bone
and muscle foods that could be given
Afflicted chicks should be given quinine
water daily-made by dissolving five
grains Of quinine in quart Of drink
ing water. Also. add bone meal and
charcoal. and also give green food
daily.
Very often fowls. from some unex-
plainable cause. will become afflicted
with swelled head and fever. Ex-
posure to a draft OF air, while roost-
ing at night, however. is the most
common reason. in which case the eye
nearest the draft becomes first af-
fected. In itself. swelled head is not
roup. but when the Jumps appear 1t Is
A very good treatment is to mix one
part spirits of turpentine and four
parts of sweet oil. With this anoint
the head. face and comb daily. Then
give. twice a day. a pill composed Of
equal parts of bromide Of potash and
quinine-the pill to weigh one grain.
Add. in addition. a teaspoonful OF
chlorate OF potash to each quart of
drinking water.
generally Is due to something 1t has
eaten. Increase the amount Of mid
dlings in the hash. and add teaspoon
full of charcoal every day to each quart
of soft food. Fowls should have char
coal at least twice a week.
Evening star., 1915-11-07
Cheap Vermin Powder.

While there are many ready-prepared
lice mixtures on the market. none is
more effective than a mixture recon-
mended by Pennsylvania State College.
1t may be made at home and is cheap.
The formula is: Two and one-half
pounds of plaster Of paris, three quar-
ters of a pint of gasoline. one-fourth
of pint of crude carbolic acid. When
the ingredients are mixed. one will
have an effective lice powder that
costs less than cents a pound. The
mixture should be worked through a
fine sieve. to break up Jumps and to
get in such form that 1t Will sift read
lily.
When it is frst mixed it will be too
wet to sift. but the gasoline will soon
evaporate. The active principle in
driving away the lice Is the carbolic
acid. To use the homemade prepare
ton. which should be kept on hand the
year round. one Sits It over the
birds the same as any other lice pow
der.
Evening star., 1915-11-07

The United States railroad mileage
in 1912 was 246,S16.
Evening star., 1915-11-07
Fight for Highest Places.

The hens when going to roost nat
urally sought the highest roosts. In
the struggle for the places many of
the hens We're pushed off. falling to
the floor. and often being bruised and
strained in the fight to keep the high
roosts and further hurt in the fall
when they lost their hold AS the
hens and pullets were in heavy laying
many of them were found to have
broken the eggs that were already
formed in the oviducts.
Those broken eggs remained unex-
PEELED, and in addition the injuries to
the delicate g-producing machinery of
the hen further weakened the fowl. Thus
a purely physical injury to the fowls re-
suited in weakened condition that, by
lowering the vitality of the fowls, rendered
them liable to colds. which became chronic
and developed into infectious colds. an
ailment scarcely to be distinguished from
roup. In first-class condition to contract
or develop the more serious disease, the
germs Of which are present In practically
every flock, awaiting only a favorable
opportunity to attack the fowls, the hens
soon became roupy: the infection spread,
and soon the entire flock was affected.
This, in brief, was the sequence of cause
and effect as developed by the investi-
gator. AS soon as the roosts were placed
lower and on a level with each other. the
crowding and pushing ceased. no more
hens received injuries to their internal
mechanism, and the weakened condition
disappeared. together with the colds and
the roup
Evening star., 1915-11-07

sene as a remedy for poultry diseAses
If given the fowls internally. the re-
suits would probably be fatal. and its
external use would cause blistering.
Mixed with equal quantities Of melted
lard the oil is safe to use.
Evening star., 1915-11-07

A hen over two years old is past her
profitable days except as a breeder or
show bird.
Evening star., 1915-11-07

Don't forget that the drinking foun-
tain Is source of disease if 1t Is not
kept clean and fresh.
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INJURIES TO FOWLS
BRING ON DISEASES
Minor Hurts Lower Vitality and
Render Hens Liable to
Infection.
Faulty Arrangement of Roosts Ere
quent Cause of Injurfes-Sugges-
tions From Poultry Authorities.

Tracing an epidemic Of roup from
poor arrangement of the roosts in the
poultry houses may seem far-fetched
to the average poultryman. but in
vestigations and post-n1ortems con-
Quoted at one of the important agri-
cultural colleges on hundreds of hens
have proved that the connection with
such faulty location of the roosts often
is the primary cause of epidemics of
roup and other poultry diseases.
Roosts arranged in pyramid fash
ion-that is. one roost back of and
above another. the roosts rising in a
tier-in several cases were found to
be the cause of epidemics that result
ed In serious losses. AS soon as the
roosts were rearranged the trouble
disappeared. The explanation given
by the poultry husbandman to whom
the mystery was turned over for solu-
ton was this:
Evening star., 1915-11-07

Bulbs increase in number in much
the same way as potatoes. and for
this reason they need to be dug up
and replanted occa sionally. In the
case of tulips this will become nee
essary in about three years, and with
other bulbs about five.
Evening star., 1915-11-07

This is the time to dispose of market
birds. 1t Is Improbable to winter them.
Evening star., 1915-11-07

Bulbs planted in the sod on the lawn
are very attractive. If this is done they
should be hit and miss. an irregular
group In one place. scattered plants
here and there, Just as one would find
wild flowers This is especially pretty
for the small flowers. The tops will die
down. soon after blooming, and nothing
more will be seen of them until the
following spring. Tulips show to best
advantage when they have a back
ground of Shrubbery.
Evening star., 1915-11-07

digh-Grade Bonds in Demand.
Investment bankers still hnd q
healthy demand for high-grade bonds,
Evening star., 1915-11-07

In many places it is difficult to get the
milk, or at least to buy it at a reason
able price. 1t is we'll to feed it at all
stages of growth, but If it Is expensive
and you wish to feed it for a short
time, say a month or six weeks it
might be well to try feeding it( to
chicks that are halfgrown. Right now
is about the best time to feed it to most
young stock.
The fancier or Snowman does not, of
course. figure costs very closely. The
utility poultry raiser, however, must
figure carefully the question of cost of
feed for his flock.