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Evening star., 1915-03-12
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. March 12.-The cotton
market opened at a decline of 3 to =
points today under scattered realizing
or little local selling which was
probably inspired by the relatively
easy ruling of Liverpool Offerings
We're light however. and the mark t
soon steadied on the firm ruling of
southern spot markets. with prices sell
ing back to within . or points OF
last nights closing figures at the end
of the first hour.
Futures opened steady; May. $50:
July. a.14; October. 9.41: ecember.
9.5Sa9.59.
After selling q point or two above
last nights closing prices on Liverpool
buying and local bull support, the mar
ket became very quiet, with prices cas-
ing back to net decline of or 8
points under realizing Tor over the
weekend. Reports of great activity
in getting cotton on shipboard for
Europe before the end Of the month
probably encouraged the early advance.
but were offset to some extent by pre-
dictions of restricted movement after
the beginning of April
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BOSTON WOOL FAIR,
Market Has Been in Waiting Att.
tude During the Past Week.

BOSTON. March 1.-THE Commercial
Bulletin will say tomorrow:
THE wool market has been in a
waiting attitude during the past week,
and while little business has been ac-
complished day by day the total vol
ume of business has been only fair.
Prices on some woods have been easier,
but not materially SO. Elsewhere
throughout the world wool prices rule
strong and the tendency has been up
ward again.
Purchasing In the west has been
rather desultory during the week and
about on the same level of prices
named last week.
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$250,0O0 PLANT PLANNED
FOR RITTMAN'S INVENTION
Secretary Lane, as Trustee for Gov
eminent, Also Applies for
Patents on Processes.

Secretary Lane announced after the
cabinet meeting today that he had
entered into contract with private in
terests to build a o-hundred-and
fty-thousand- dollar plant to handle
the invention of Dr. Walter G. Ritt-
man Of the bureau of mines-a process
for the manufacture of gasoline, dye.
stuffs and explosives from crude pe-
troleum.
Secretary Lane, acting as trustee TO,
the government. has already applied
for patents on DIR. Rittman's Invention
Later he viii announce details of the
plan for utilizing it.
DR.. Rittmau's invention has been ex.
planned TO Il number of manufacturers
and is expected to cheaper the mann.
facture of gasoline, analine dyes, mod
ern explosives and other articles
Evening star., 1915-03-12
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. March 12-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000 head; strong; mostly 16c
above yesterdays average; bulk, 6.10a
$50; light, 6.55aS.s5; mixed. 655a6. 81 4
heavy. 6.25a6.s212; rough, 6.25a6.4o;
pigs. 5.50a675
Cattle-Receipts. 1000 head steady;
native steers. 5.7oaS.I5: western, 5.oGa
7.35: cows and heifers, 3.30a7.40; calves
6.25a9.75.
sheep-Receipts. 5000 head; slow
Sheep, 7.00aS.10: yearlings, 7,1Ja9.00;
lambs, 7.65a10.00
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sUFFRAGISTS WIN mitchell.
New York Mayor Promises to Vote
for Cause in November.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Mayor
Mitchell promised, in an address he
delivered at a meeting under the aus
pices of the woman suffrage party in
Brooklyn last night. that he would vote
for woman suffrage in November. The
mavor said he was convinced that 1t
was only a matter of time before wom-
en- would vote in this state. Some of
those present recalled that last May
Mayor Mitchell had asserted in an ad-
dress that he believed women did not
need suffrage to bring them into pub
lie life.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. March II. = Butter =
Firmer; receipts, $3.50 boxes: creamery
extras (92 score). 29a29A; creamery
(higher scoring). 3Oa3Ok; tirsts, 26a
281a; seconds, 23l2a251a.
Egss-sIeauS' Ieceipls: i4,4ob cases.
firsts. 1917; frsts, 18ha19; seconds, 17s.
a1sk; nearby hennery whites, fine to
fancy, 23a24; nearby hennery browns.
81.
Cheese = Irregular: receipts, 2.024
16Aa17k; do, average fancy. 1914 a
l6A.
Live poultry-Steady; western chick
ems, 14a15; fowls, 171a1S; turkeys, 13a
Is: dressed. dull. prices unchanged.
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch The Star.
BALTIMORE, March l.. = Wheat -
Strong; spot No. 2 red. 1.59; spot No. 2
red western, 1.625; March No. 2 red,
159: April. 1.s0; steamer No. 2 red,
154; receipts. 2,112 bushels.
Corn Firmer; spot. 76A; March,
76A; April, 77M; steamer mixed, 73a. !;
receipts, 24S.998 bushels; exports, 49,
857 bushels.
61%; No. white, 60a4aS1A receipts,
los, ,665 bushels.
Rye--Strong and higher: No. west
ern export, l.2lal.22; receipts, 39,04l
bushels.
Hay-Steady; No. ! timothy, un-
changed: No. clover mixed. un-
changed
Grain freights-Firm; steam to
Liverpool, per bushel, unchanged; !;
picked ports, per quarter, unchanged.
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LONDON MARKET FIRM.
War Loans, Home Rails and Bonds
Active-and Dearer.

LONDON, March 12.--The favorable
war news received since yesterday $
close impaired tirmness to the stock
market today. War loans, home rails
and investment bonds were active and
dearer, katfirs continued to rise and
oil and Marconi shares We're again
active.
American securities attracted more
attention. Erie, Missouri. Kansas and
Texas and Canadian Pacific were the
most frequently marked. The latter
eased off in the late trading, but the
rest of the list closed firm.
Money was plentiful and discount
rates were dearer.
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Sugar Futures Are Firmer.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Sugar-
Futures opened firmer today in antici-
patton of the English embargo being
lifted and u more active demand in the
spot market. Prices at midday were
10 to Ii points net higher.
Raw sugar-Firm; centrifugal, All
molasses, 400; refined, firm. Is points
higher; cut loaf, $50: crushed, $40;
mold A. 6.35; cubes. els; xxx powdered
COS; powdered, 500; fine granulated
5.a0: diamond A. 500; confectioners A.
!, so. No : Ga
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Says Grain Rates Unprofitable.

CHICAGO. March l2.-Figures pur-
porting to show that the interstate
freight rates on grain and grain prod
ucts in the southwest territory were
not sufflcient to yield profit to the rail-
roads were given by &. T.. Perkins.
freight traffic manager of the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain systems, who
resumed his testimony today in the in
terstate commerce commissions hear
ing of the western railroads petition
for higher freight rates
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Still Hopeful for Bowles' Recovery.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, March 12-
Slight improvement in the condition
of Samuel Bowles, publisher of the
Springfield Republican. who was strick-
en- with a cerebral shock Wednesday
morning, was reported by his ply
sician today. Hope Is still held out
for his recovery. A message of SYM
nathy was received by the family from
President Wilson.
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A R C.. premiers to Confer.

RIO JANEIRO. March 12.-Dr. Lauro
Muller, Brazilian minister of foreign
affairs, probably will visit Argentina
and Chile in May 1t Is believed here
that he will confer at Euenos Aires
MAY % with Jose Luis Murature. Ar
eentine foreign minister. and Manuel
Salinas. who holds the same portfolio
in the Shilean cabinet.
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Would Tax Bachelors IS a Year.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. March H.
Delegate James Of Mingo county has in
troduced In the West Virginia house of
delegates a bill proposing a tax on
bachelors 1t would tax all bachelors
between twenty-five and fifty years of
age IS annually. The money would be
paid into the county road funds.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
Washington Stock EXCHANGE.

SALES
Washington Gas IS. $500 at i045s 81 600 At
105
Washington Railway As. $1,000 at sou, 81 ,oou
at 81 '
Potomac Cons 5s, $1,000 at s9i,. s1OOoo AZ
"3i4. $4,000 at 93A. 1000 at 39l4. 81 600 at
99A.
al 1909
Washington Railway com. at ssa.
Washington Railway pfd., 5 at s4 8 at 81
Mergenthaler, . at l721s, 10 at I72la. 10 n
l72!a. 10 at l72l2, 10 at 172h, 10 at 1731s, at
172h.
After cail-Graphophone COM, 10 at bsh
Bid and Asked pricos
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Washington Securities.

Investment buying of bonds was the
feature of the afternoon call on the
local stock exchange, with prices hold
Ing their own firmly. Sales We're made
at l04ts and los for Washington Gas
5s. 99l4 for Potomac Consolidated Eiec
trio SIS. s07s to 81 for Washington Rail
way and Electric 4s and ln09s for
Riggs Realty 5s. long maturity.
Mergentnaler was the leader in the
stock list, good buying absorbing Of
ferings of tifty-fve shares ut 1124a. y
few shares of Railway common brought
ssA. and thirty shares of the preferred
sold at s4. Graphophone common was
q point Off to 5S7s.
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BANKS PURCHASES AID
MILLIONS OF FINANCING
Foreign Loans and High-Grade State
and Municipal Bonds
Are Bought.
Money Rates Low and Employment
Of Funds Is Sought-Finan-
cial Notes.
By I. A. FLEMING.

washington bankers are participat-
ing in the general wave OF financing
that Is now being undertaken by
municipalities, states. railroad and
utility corporations well as in for
e:gn loans for both neutral and war
ring nations.
Refunding operations are being car
Pied on in large amounts, the ease of
money and the large amounts of un-
used capital making for the success
Of any good proposition offered.
The Argentine loan of $1J.ooo.o0o was
quickly distributed: French credit
was taken by two or three big banks :;
the Swiss loan of $4,000. .oou proved
attractive, also issues of New York city
and state bonds and notes; Baltimore. $
AZ per cent issue and other hish-Grade
utility bonds were almost Immediately
absorbed
Ihe controller Of the currencE's call
for n statement from national banks
as OF March released many millions.
and. before stated, local bankers
are competing with other buyers to
keep their surplus money employed.
AS evidence of tn. ease of money.
rates in New FORK city quoted as
follows:
BANK aF'epraIC"S OF thirlN Gays. = :
TO 2l4 per cent; of ninety days, rs to
2ie per cent: high- grade commercial
paper-the Kind that the regional
banks of the federal reserve system
seek for discount-3i. to 70. per cent
for four-nlonth paper, 81. to per cent
for siN-nlonth paper and 3I4 TO 81. for
sixty to ninety day paper. Gail money
rates, repayable on demand. / z, to l IS
per cent.
Bankers in seeking Investments al
maturitieS. realizing that conditi ions
are not going to remain now and
that they may need their funds for
business requirements in the not dis
tanl future
Evening star., 1915-03-12
DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO,

CHICAGO. March 12.-Butter-Lower;
creamery, 20a2S.
Eggs-Lower: receipts. 15.052 cases:
at mark, cases included. 16a17h; or
binary f1rsts 16a16A; frsts. 1714
Potatoes Unchanged: receipts, is cars
Poultry-Lower; springs, 16h; fowls,
l6lna16.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
C, H. Billingsley Faces Arrest.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March H.
Warrants for the arrest of c. H. BILL
ingsley. former state pure food and
drug clerk in the department of agri-
culture, on charges of conversion of
state funds and embezzlement, have
been issued following an examination
"a. i <
Evening star., 1915-03-12
French Bourse Is Heavy

PARIS, March 12.-Prices were heavy
on the bourse today.
Rentes, II francs 35 centimes
Exchange on London. 25 francs 80
centimes
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LONDON MONEY.

LONDON. March 12.-Bar silver,
"a 3-l6d per ounce.
Moneq l per cent.
Discount rates-Short bills, l7sa112
per cent: three months, 112al%s per
cent.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. March 12.-Flour-Firm
Pork-Quiet.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Firm; middle west, 2.90a10.00.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Hay--Easy.
Hides-Steady.
Leather-Eirm.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, March 12-Cotton-
spot; prices steady: good middling
o.4S; middling. 5.17; low mddling, Az
Sales, 1000 bales: speculation and export
1000 bales: receipts, $4,000 bales Fu-
lures quiet May and June, 5041a
June and July. 5.O9: July and August
ol5h: October and November, 5.3l;
January and February, 5.3S
Weekly cotton statistics: Total for
warded to mills. 5000 bales, of which
$4,000 were American; stock, 1868, 900
American. 1,064.o0 imports, $4,000
American. 1os.o0o; exports, $1,000.
Evening star., 1915-03-12

With tn" exception of rains in the
north Pacific states. SHOWS in New
M|AiCo and NoEt1N eSf.rn Colorado. and
light local SHOWS III the lower lake re :
&ion, West Virginia and portions OF the
nlGGlc Atlantic states. fair weather
rr"Vnifcd during rhe last twenty-four
hours. Pressure has risen over the
eastern and southern portions of the
country. with somewhat lower tenn
perature in the northeast In the north
vest ii Is considerably warmer, as a
rule.
Generally fair weather Will continue
tomight aud Saturday east of the Mis-
SiSSippi river without temperature
changes of consequence.
The winds along the New England
and middle Atlantic coasts will he mod
crnte northcrly. on the south Atlantic
coast moderate north to northeast: on
the east gulf coast gentle to moderate
mort flcaSt.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
The Sun and Moon.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau fer the twentyfonr
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Therfnnnet"r-Yest / pm, AZ:
pm. -. T. midnight, Sc: today, 4
2> Maximum. 43 ut pm. yesterday;
minimum. 81. at . a m. today.
Temperature same date last year
Max imum. A. minimum, 8.
Raro1neter-Nc csterdaL. 4 pm, 2a9t !;
pm, 20 81; l. midnight 29 80; today,
ann. 3".o2, am, 3o12; IL noon,
30. 6: : pm. 30.l T.
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WEATHER..
Fair Tonight and Saturday; Mod.
crate Northerly Winds.

For the District of Columbia. fair to-
night and Saturday; temperature to-
night slightly below freezing; gentle
to moderate Hortherly winds
Evening star., 1915-03-12

Utah copper, 20 cents per share,
,,;uggenheim Exploration Company, s71a
cents per share; Texas Companies, 2ta
Nevada Copper. % cents per share; Ma
tional Lead com, "a American Snuff
com, 3. and preferred of same stock,
H.; Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi
Tobacco Company CON-, 3, and prefer
red of same stock, / r..
Evening star., 1915-03-12
NEW YORK COTTON.

Quotations furnished by W. p. Hibbs & Co,
members New York stock Exchange, New York
Cotton Enchsnge and Chicago Board Of Trade.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
LIVERPOOL,

LIVERPOOL. March 12.-Wheat-
Spot No. 9 Manitoba, 13s 4d. Corn
Spot American mixed. new, Is e1ad;
old, IS Sd; March. Is AID.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
Afternoon Trend Downward.

Early afternoon trading was mainly in
stocks. which normally have little follow =
ing, Including Missouri Pacific. Tennessee
Copper Beet Sugar and the motor shares
Prices We're variable. but the trend in
general was downward.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
| NEW YORK METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Lead-
Steady, 3.90a4.09; London, G21 IS I'd.
Spelter not quoted; London, G44 los
Evening star., 1915-03-12

1t pays to read TIL. want columns 81
Tn. star Hundreds of situations arr
TILED through thom
Evening star., 1915-03-12
Free Wheat Purchases Lift Corn.

Free purchasing by commi ssion
houses lifted corn. Rural offerings
were light. The opening. which varied
from the same as last night to 1saA
higher was followed by a moderate
gain all round.
Continued export call gave strength
to oats. Estimate of the Argentine
surplus were said to have been greatly
reduced.
Provisions rose with hogs. Stock
yard interests, however. seemed will
ing to unload on the bulge.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
Dividends.

The District National Bank has dc
clared its regular quarterly dividend o
11a per cent. payable April !, to stock
holders of record March -.
The Union Trust Company will pa,
Its regular quarterly dividend of -:
per cent April II, books being closet
from April l to "A. inclusive
Treasury Statistics.
Disbursements b. the Treasury De
partment of the United States for
March 10 exceeded receipts by sS2,a0o
making the excess disbursements for
the fiscal year to date s1o2.211.s6s, as
compared with excess disbursements of
sa0.103,sss for the corresponding date
of the previous fiscal year.
Financial Gossip.
change sold yesterday for $4,000, ar
advance Of 5000 from the latest previ-
GUS sale.
Phelps, Dodge & co. have declared
their regular quarterly dividend o
$3.50 share. an extra distribution o
81 a share, payable March so, to share
holders of record March 90.
March l there was a net surplus o
303, ,9S7 idle cars on the tracks, as com
pared with 27s,411 February /.
Foreign holdings of the United
States Steel Corporations shares De
cember 81. 1914. are given as 1.193.ob,
shares of the common and 309,4oi OF
the preferred stock. June 80. 1914
they were stated as 1.214,24I of COM
mon and 312,3s2 of preferred.
j. p Morgan & Co. have arranged j
syndicate for Erie Railroad Company
financing to the extent of S10.00o,00O o1
one-year notes, bearing per cent in
terest.
Earnings OF the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois Railroad Company for tbs
seven months of the fiscal year ended
income OF s5.7.6s2 having produced
this return in spite Of decrease OF
s1.o57,105 in gross earnings.
Rail orders for 1915 delivery are he
low those of 1914. Estimates of or.
ders to March /. this year. were 500. .00(
tons: year ago orders were booked
for 521 900 tons
Twenty-four railroads operating ir
the United States reported weekly
gross earnings for the fourth week ir
February of s7.333.4S2. a net decrease
ing of the same roads for the CORE
sponding week in 1914.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. from July ! to March T. show ed
a gain of s654,11o In gross earnings
For the same period the "Monon route
showed decrease of 1851, ,9Sa: Colo.
-ado and Southern i gain of sJ22. .756
NJ. *. and T. a gain OF $50 10; an,
Texas Pacific loss OF s163.252, al
same period in the previous fiscal year
Evening star., 1915-03-12
Bonds Irregular and Narrow

Gains were lost before midday. no" =
ever some of the STANDARD stocks sell
ing under yesterdays close on profit
taking.
Among the more severe declines We're
losses of to Az points in United
Railways of San Francisco common and
preferred.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
American Wooden Prominent.

Of the more dormant specialtes
American Woolen preferred was promi-
nent for it's rise of c1a.
Motor shares continued to absorb the
bulk of the light trading. dealings In
those issues comprising about 20 pei
cent of the early sessions entire out
put. Steel. Union Pacific. Reading "nt
some others of the active group were
in steady demand. this being reflected
in their higher price levels.
Evening star., 1915-03-12
CURB STOCKS.

oaoeations furnished by W B. HibLs 4 Co
members New York Stock Exchange
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he Safest Investments

Arr those that do not fuctuate during dis
turbed conditions Of the money or stock
market. First deed Of trust notes first
mortgages. well secured on real estate in
the District Of Columbia constitute gilt
edge investments. They do not depend
upon the financial responsibility of indi-
yiIuals or corpora tious for their stability
and are exempt from taxation as personal
property. We can supply such investments
in amounts from $500 upward Send for
booklet. Concerning Loans and Invest
mentS."
Evening star., 1915-03-12
LIVELY WHEAT BUYING
FOLLOWS FEDERAL REPORT
Additional Strength to Chicago
Prices Is Impaired by Liver
pool Advance.

CHICAGO. March Ira pidly dinlin-
ishing supplies in mills and elevators
had a bullish effect today on the price
of wheat. There was lively buying as
a result of the government report
showing the total stock to be about
10000. 900 bushels less than at the cor
responding time year ago.
Additional strength was derived from
an advance in quotations at Liverpool,
where demand was said to be on the
increase.
After opening IS to IL higher. the
market here made a decided further
upturn before beginning to react.
Evening star., 1915-03-12

Call Money. Ia lts 1s4 Ia
Hourly Sales OF Stocks To-day.
II am. 1880 l2m.... 1890
lpm.. l4o,7U Ppm. l79,lOO
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TRADING
IS IN EVIDENCE AGAIN
Motor Issues Continue to Occupy
Bulk of Light Dealings
Today.
Some of the Standards Yield Heav-
lily Under Protit-Taking, Los
ing the Early Gains.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Automoniie
shares were again conspicuous at INC
outset of today's trading. with 1nr'heE
material gains, while speculative Ia
vorites were relatively neglected
The advance in the motor issues ana
affiliated stocks ranged from lls TO az
points and was due in large part 10
professional manipulation, outside IN
tcreSt being tritling.
Among the leaders. L. S. Steel and
Amalgamated Copper gained half a
point each. with strength in Lehleh
Valley and 500
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12
PLAYGROUND EXPERT HERE.

Edward b. De Groot. general secretary
of the Fairgrounds Association of Chi
cago. who gave the lecture and lantern
exhibit before the Monday Evening Club
at the New willard last night. has an
interesting career as the official promoter
Of public recreation in various cities
throughout the United States.
Mr.. De Groot has carried on the work
of the S15.OO0, 600 public recreation. system
of Chicago from its inception to the
present time. He also had charge of
the public recreation schemes for Denver
and st. Paul, and drew up the city plans
for the recreation centers Of Lincoln,
Nebr.
He will be in Washington for a short
time TO develop a report which will be
issued eventually as a public document
by the Children's Bureau and will be an
inclusive survey OF the recreation move
ment in Washington toward greater IA
cilities for Fairgrounds, swimming pools.
bathing beaches and park extensions.
From this city Mr.. De Groot win go
TO San Francisco. where he win assist In
the preparation OF a government exhibit
In connection with the exposition. Dur
ing the summer session OF the University
OF California. he will give lectures on
public recreation In civic centers.