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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

Total resources of the federal reserve
banks decreased by approximately So
100000 during the past week. The
statement of the banks condition
March 81. issued yesterday by the re-
serve board, shows:
RESOURCES.
March 81 1915.
Gold coin and certificates vault. .$25s. O52. 600
Gold settlement fund ............... 7a.640.OOO
Gold redemption fund with United
states treasurer -...--.-.....-.- l54e,ouV
Total gold reserve. .............. sss5, e4o, 900
Legal tender notes silver, etc.. 9,93S. 900
Bills discounted and bought:
Maturities: Within 10 days:...... I,126,0
From II 10 30 days. 11.721,0O
From 81 80 days. q ,409. 600
From 81 TO 90 days. l9, 453. 600
Over 30 days. 1895. 900
Investments: United States bonds.... 4O.275. 900
Municipal warrants ..........-... 3.Ol5,OOo
Total earning assets. $134, e65. 900
Federal reserve notes-net. -........ 5000
Due from federal reserve banks-net. 13. 12s 600
All other resources. 4,975. 900
Total resources s523, 3s4, 900
LIABILITIES.
CaptaI paid Observation-Disclosures. $54 SIS 600
Government deposits .....-....-.-.. IS. 469, 600
Reserve deposits-net ............. 4l9 as7 600
Federal reserve nntes-net. ........ 5000. 900
lation ............... ss4, 900
All other liabilities. Observation-Disclosures. 1s3.OOO
Total liabilities ..............s 5o3 1884, 900
Gold reserve against net deposit and
note liabilities tAl.--.......-...-- 1880
CASH reserve against net deposit and
note liabilities Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Cash reserve against net deposit liza
bil1ties after setting aside 40 per
cent gold reserve against aggregate
net liabilities federal reserve
notes in crcua ton (A).......... 1910
Richmond District Bank.
Resources and liabilities Of the fed
eral reserve bank at Richmond are:
RESOURCES.
Gold coin and certificates in vault. s4,76s 900
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Condition of the Treasury.

The condition of the United States
Treasury yesterday was
Net balance In general fund. s125,320,-
$50: total receipts, $2,S76.65S; total pay
ments, $2,5i1,112.
The deficit this fiscal year is s4s,1S7.-
144 against a deficit of $685., 219 last
year. exclusive of Panama Canal and
public debt transactions
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FINANCIAL
| Will Sell

aS.0O0 washinGton Gas 50 at 10S. 4
$4,000 Wash. Ry. 4 Elec. - ne NJ !
1000 Potomac Con. 81 1t 100.
&3SO Pot. 4 Chea. Steamboat So.
- Capital Traction mt 90.
~ Wash. Rwy. & Elec. com. At IS
Is Wash. Rwy. & Elec. pfd. ut S2k.
100 Wash.-NirKinia Rwy. com. (bid
wantedb.
900 Warrington Utilities At =.
80 WashiDgtou Gas at rs.
Z Georgetown Gas at 40.
3x Pot. 4 Ches. Steamboat pfd.
10 Nor. 4 Wash. Steamboat at 1871.
10 Mergenthaler Linotype ut l0S ex div.
20 LnnstOn At 50.
100 Farm. 4 Mech. Nat. Bank At 3S0.
10 American National Bank at 1871.
s Nunsey Trust nj 20.
800 Bank Com. 4 Saw. ibid wantedl.
500 miller Train Control.
Gayety Theater at $50.
s GraphOphOne pfd. at 100.
rs RUSSELL Ice Cream at %Oh.
80 American Paper Can At So.
900 Oklahoma Oil Mt % cents.
80 Wash. Investment ibid wanted).
10 Ontario Apt. ibid wantedD.
& Wash. Safe Deposit ibid wanteds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK. April Cotton goods
and yarns were firm today. Knit goods
were firm with a scarcity in hosiery.
Linens were in better demand. Burlaps
were steady to firm.
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| Will Buy

y Capital Traction NJ sSA.
50 Wash. Ry. & E1ec. pfd. at STA.
Is Wash. Ry. & Eiec. com. At 81
Is WaahinGton Gas at 74N.
3 MerRenthaler At 163.
10 LanafOn Mt II.
5 American NAT. Bank NJ 1894.
10 Franklin National Bank At ITS.
10 Continental Trust At l27Ls.
50 Warrington Base Ball Club NJ 1lk.
5000 Oklahoma OIL.
Subject to previous acceptance or
cancellation. All executions for cash.
Buying and selling orders on all listed
stocks and bonds solicited.
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Richmond District Bank.

Guiding about $4,000 tons for export
Domestic orders included about $500
tons more for the Southern Pacific.
$4,000 tons for the New York Central,
1880 tons for the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas, and 10000 for the Missouri Pa
cifc. Orders also We're placed by the
Kansas City Southern. the Buffalo.
Rochester and Pittsburgh and by the
New York. Ontario and Western. The
total rail contracts were between 100000
and $4,000 tons.
The car orders included 1900 for the
Erie. 500 for the Burlington. $50 for the
Union Tank line. to be built by mer-
chant shops. and 1000 for the Pennsyl-
vania. to be built at it's Altoona shops.
In March the railroads bought $4,000
cars The demand for motive power was
impressive, sales during the week
amounting to 2e3 locomotives. the
largest orders being for fifty for the
Pennsylvania lines west. thirty for the
Missouri Pacific. and seventy-six for the
Russian imperial government The total
March orders were 473 engines, making
total purchases since the beginning of
the year. $50 locomotives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES.
Corrected to the Close of Business April l, at
the Office of The Evening Star.
Railway and Miscellaneous Shares.


stock
1914
% date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

The British meteorological Office has
established a station for furnishing
weather information and forecasts to
aviators and aeronauts.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS April PRO-
nounced steadiness at the decline and
undertaking pressure based on the
rains in the drought districts of Texas
were the outstanding features of the
cotton market today. The weather map
showed good rains in the west and pri-
vate reports told of more. but while the
market was depressed it met an ex-
tremely good character of buying,
which held the decline down to 8 to IL
points at the lowest levels of the SEES
sion. which was at the close.
Ordinarily the rainfall report ed to-
day. following prolonged drought
would have created selling wave of
great proportions, but an undercurrent
Of buying readily absorbed offerings,
and short sales were not in the volume
which most traders seemed to think
the weather map warranted Contribut-
ing to the undertone of Steadiness was
the disposition of recent short sellers
to take their profits.
Spots were quoted quiet at yester-
days prices, and this helped hold the
market to a small decline and to offset
reports OF easiness among spot mar
kets in the interior
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. April 1.-Reports of
good rains in the southwest and easy
cables caused quite a sharp break in
the cotton market here today and trad
ing was more active than for the past
two or three weeks. After selling at
1896 on the call. July contracts rail-
later trading and closed at 1913, with
the general list closing steady at net
loss of II to IA points.
Private cables attributed the decline
in Liverpool to hedge selling and the
Texas rain news. and one of the Eng
fish advices also said that the south
was Offering spots more freely. with the
southwest relatively cheap. The open
ing decline of to points in the mar
ket here was hardly full response to
the English showing. and the effect of
the cables was probably modified to
some extent by an idea that the decline
rates. which might lead to shrinkage
of the differences between the two
markets There also seemed to be some
trade buying and covering of shorts for
over Sunday. on which prices rallied 4
or points during the early trading.
But the selling became more active as
the rain news circulated, and there ap
peared to be some southern selling as
we'll as offerings from Liverpool. Wall
street and local sources Prices grad
ually eased off in consequence, with
May selling down to 1l;s4: October to
1900 and December to 12.17 in the late
trading. Offerings were well enough
taken on e scale down to give the mar
ket quite a steady undertone. but clos
ing prices Were practically the lowest
of the day. Except for the talk Of some
southern selling mere, there was moth
ing in the reports received on the floor
to indicate any easier tone in the
southern spot markets. and there was
wire from eastern belt sections which
reported an improved demand for low
grades, with light offerings. Reviews
of the domestic goods trade showed
continued activity. and the trade buy
ing here on the decline was supposed
to be partly for the account OF domes-
tic spinners. The amount OF cotton on
shipboard showed a decrease for the
week, which was considered in line
| with expectations of smaller exports
during the first part OF April. and some
of the local sellers were looking for q
| falling off in spot demand.
Port receipts today. 1926 bales: for
| the season. 6.0s2,99S; exports today.
| 1.4os; for the season, 3,9ss.650. Stock,
|
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Saturday Trading Light, But
Several Miscellaneous
Issues Show Strength.
SOME WAR STOCKS SHARE
IN THE MODERATE GAINS
Trade Reviews Disclose Steady
Business Expansion and Scarcity
of Labor.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The week end
ed as it began, with irregularity the
dominant note. Trading today was
very light and more narrow than in
the preceding days Oils and other
Mexican issues were strong on over
night developments south of the Rio
Grande. Mexican Petroleum and Texas
Company were higher by 2la to 81
points, respectively, and American
Smelling rose points.
Coppers in general resumed yester-
days activity and the automobile
group was better by I to .. Among
war issues Crucible Steel. common and
preferred; New York Air Brake. Bald
win Locomotive and American Car made
similar gains and Mercantile Marine
preferred. supplemented yesterdays
advance by points.
Miscellaneous Issues Gain.
The usual miscellaneous issues. not
ably L. S. Industrial Alcohol and Amer
lean Coal Products. were better by 2
TO points. but South Porto Rico Sugar
was the only stock of it's particular
class to manifest especial prominence.
rising II to the new record of PA.
Rails were heavy or irregular. New
Haven adding a substantial fraction
TO yesterdays setback. but New York
Central made some recovery. Reading
was unchanged. but the second pre-
ferred yielded points. u. S. Steel held
firm signs of better support and
Bethlehem Steel fell to asa. but re-
CARED much of it's loss. Total sales
of stocks amounted to $4,000 shares.
Trade reviews touched upon the
steady expansion of general business
and the increasing scarcity of labor.
especially in the textile industries.
Banks in remote sections report an in
creased demand for money. with
further hardening of longtime accom-
modations.
Big Increase in Loans.
The local bank statement showed an
actual increase of sI3.3s2.000 in loans.
with no material change in cash hold
ings and a further decrease in re-
serves, drawing the excess down to
Sl23s230o0, the smallest total thus far
this year.
Weakness of Tires in today's exchange
market seemed to refute recent rumors
Of an arrangement between London
tances Sterling and francs were firm.
Anglo-French IS duplicated this
years best quotation of a5!s, but the
general bond list was irregular Total
sales of bonds, par value, were $2.ls0,-
600
United States bonds we're unchanged
on call during the week.
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Metal Demand Increases.

coppers and kindred shares were ia
vorably influenced by reports of an in
creased demand for the higher-eraded
metal from domestic and foreign CON
sumers. In fact, the inquiry for cop
per has attained such proportions as to
keep most OF the largest producers
busy for the greater part of tine cur
=eut year. An average price of 27I,
cents was quoted for deliveries UP TO
The midyear.
Some of the more conspicuous indus
trials. notably United states Steel.
were under persistent restraint. mainly
in consequence of the note of caution
issued by trade authorities which in
timated rather broadly that the high
level of activity had been or soon
would be reached. Nevertheless. indie
pendent manufacturers ordered further
upward price revision of materials
most in demand.
Slump in Foreign Exchange.
Foreign exchange furnished the basis
of much inconclusive discussion. be-
cause Of the pressure directed against
francs and marks. The Paris check
Of $685. came within easy range of the
low record established last year, and
marks held around their recent low
quotations.
Active trading in the new Dominion
of Canada bonds and the Anglo French
war Issue overshadowed all other fea-
lures of the bond market. The three
classes of Canadians sold well above
their subscription prices. and the
AnSlo-French IS. touched 80 -. equaling
their high quotation OF the year. but
s'fll considerably under the best quo
tation of last October Further in
restment buying is expected to follow
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Activity in Building Line.

Steel building work continued active.
contracts taken by the fabricating shops
amounting to $4,000 tons. half of which
will be required in the building of the
National Tube Company plant at Gary,
Ind.
Advances in prices of rolled products
included 81 to SO per ton on bars. plates
and shapes 81 on bar iron. 81 to SO on
sheets. 81 to 81 on steel and iron pipe,
and 50 on boiler tubes.
Sales of pig iron for the week aggre-
gated 100000 tons, and for the month
10000 tons.
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WEEKLY FISCAL STATEMENT
OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Gold settlement fund: TO- a5s ~ GO
Gold redemption fund. .............. 3l3'ooo
Total gold reserve. $751; $4,000
Legal tender notes, silver, etc. 12I,oD
Total reserve SIS. s41. 900
pu,. discounted members S. 165. 900
Riiis bnngbt i'm omen market, .,. 1900
Total hills On hand. Sc, $50, 900
Investments:
Municipal warrants ........ $1,000
Total earning assets. ............ s7.s47. 900
Due from other federal reserve banks,
net -.......-..........- e. ~ u uu
All other resources 1O5 900
Total resources ..................$ 25, IL. 900
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid in. Observation-Disclosures. $780, 900
Government deposits ............... 1927 900
Reserve deposits. net. ....... 1882 900
Federal reserve notes. net. 1899. 900
All other liabilities NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000
Total liabilities S-o, ti-,opu
MEMORANDUM.
Federal notes issued to the
Federal reserve notes in hands of
banks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 'Sl'ooo
Federal reserve notes in circulation SO 1876 900
Gold and lawful money with agent. Sc. 1856, 900
Carried to net liabilities. ..-....... 3.938,ooo
Reserve Agents Report.
Accounts of the federal reserve agent
at Richmond are:
Federal reserve notes:
Received from the controller s17. 900, 900
Returned to the controller. 2,374, 900
Chargeable to federal reserve agent. IL. 500. 900
In hands Of federal reserve agent. 1900, 900
Issued to federal reserve bank less
amount returned to federal
serve agent for redemption. II, 7o6, 900
Accounts held by federal reserve agent: .
In redemption of liability out
standing notes:
Credit balances:
In gold redemption fund ........ 1926. 900
With federal reserve board. $3.50, 900
As security for outstanding notes:
Commercial paper ................ 4.s7O.OOO
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .s11, 726, 900
Amount of commercial paper de
Tivered to federal reserve agents. 5.0Os, 900
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Orders Placed for Rails Heavy.

The rail mills took orders for 100000
tons Of standard and light sections. in
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NOT TO ATTACK TRAINS.
Friends Of Villa Deny He Would
Force Intervention by That Means.

Ell PASO, Tex. February 16.-Friends
Of Francisco Villa deny that the out
lawed Mexican chief had any intention
of seeking to force Intervention Of the
United States in Mexico by attacking
trains on the Ell Paso and Southwestern
or any other American railroad near
the international boundary.
They point to the fact that Villa sent
messenger to this side of the border
q day or two ago bearing assurances
that Villa again had decided to af-
ford protection to all Americans and
, was planning to concentrate armed
forces at Casas Grandes for another
campaign against the Carranza govern
ment. This campaign. it was said, would
again make a battle-ground Of the state
of Sonora
Evening star., 1916-02-16
Airmen Drop Bombs on Rimini.

FORL1, Italy, February Is. via Paris,
February 16-Austrian aeroplanes flew
over Rimini at dawn this morning,
dropping several bombs They soon
fed northeastward.h however. before the
fire Of the anti-aircraft batteries. The
material damage was slight. Two
civilians were wounded.
Evening star., 1916-02-16

composing his ships company, while
the captain of the Pacific could &C.
count for only thirty-five Of the sixty
officers and crew of that steamship
Those missing were mainly coohe
stokers.
Capt. Benjamin Smith of the Bolton
Castle and six Of his crew made their
crawling hand-over-hand on a rope
to a barge. Mrs. Smith fell into the
water, but was rescued by sailors. All
the rescued persons were given shelter
on a nearby pier.
Only Two Are Missing.
Six hours after the fire started the
police said they had accounted for all
but two of the missing persons. II
was then believed that the loss Of life
would not exceed that number.
When the first company of firemen
reached the scene the pier was blaz-
ing so fercely that they could not
gain access to it. The Pallazia wal
more off the dock. but it was impossible
to move the other two steamships
Fireboats saved the Bellgrano. but
could make no progress against the
flames on the other two vessels.
Was Loading With Gasoline.
The Bolton Castle was loading with
gasoline for Russia and this fed the
blaze The boilers of both the Bolton
Castle and the Pacific blew up when
the fire was at it's height, completing
the work of destruction. Several
barges loaded with gasoline, lying
near the steamers. were destroyed.
Fire boats prevented a spread Of the
fire to adjoining piers and before day.
light had it under control.
The Bolton Castle. a British vessel of
1859 tons. arrived here February 6
from Singapore, Port Natal and St.
Lucia The Pacific, of 2,612 tons, ar
rived from Hull. England, yesterday.
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Escape From Bolton Castle.
The captain of the Bolton Castle was
able after the fire to account for only
forty-two of the sixty-three persons
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Loss of Warship Is Denied.

BERLIN, February 16, by wireless to
Sayville.-Denial is made by the Over
seas News Agency Of the recently pub
1ished report that q German man-of-
war had been sunk In the Cattegat.
Evening star., 1916-02-16

Both belong to the Castle line. Tho
burned pier was leased to Barber 4
Co.. steamship agents, and Is believed
to have been filled with merchandise,
including war munitions.
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Bolton Castle and Pacific
Burned in 100000
Brooklyn Fire.
VESSELS BEING LOADED
WITH WAR MUNITIONS
Officials Suspect Blaze Was of In
cendiary Origin and Two Coolies
Are Missing.

NEW YORK, February 1e.-The
steamships Bolton Castle and Pacific.
and a 900-foot pier belonging to the
| New York Dock Company, at the foot
of Pioneer street, Brooklyn, were de-
stroyed early today by the most disas-
trous fire on the Brooklyn water front
in years. Another steamer, the Pal
lazia, was damaged, about twenty-five
scows and lighters were partly or
wholly burned, and upward Of forty of
the coolies from the Bolton Castle and
Pacific were missing after the fire. but
all but two were accounted for. The
loss is estimated at considerably more
than $1.ooO.00o.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but suspicious that it was incendiary
were aroused because of the fact that
some of the steamers were loading
with war munitions. some of which was
| intended for shipment to the Russian
government and to be delivered at
Vladivostok.
Watchman Discovers Blaze.
A watchman aboard the Bolton Cas-
tie discovered that the buildings on the
pier were on fire soon after 1 o'clock
| this morning. The blaze spread SO rap
idly that the officers and crews Of the
steamers and lighters lying at the pier.
after vain effort to prevent the
spread of the flames to their vessels,
were compelled either to leap over
board or to seek safety aboard other
lighters or tugs, which hastened to the
rescue.
The three steamers lying at the pier
were surrounded by a fleet of about
fifty lighters and barges, on each of
which was one man or more. On some
of the barges were the wives and fam
lilies of the captains. Some of them
were compelled to jump overheard to
escape the swift onrush of the flames
Fifemen and policemen dragged many
of them out of the waterto adjoining
piers and others were rescued by tug
boats or fireboats. 1t was not known
early today whether all had escaped
death.
Escape From Bolton Castle.
The captain of the Bolton Castle was
able after the fire to account for only
forty-two of the sixty-three persons
Evening star., 1916-02-16
Washington Correspondent OF
New York Paper Discusses
Commoner's Mood.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
MAY INFLUENCE PROGRAM
Predicts Nebraskan Will Support
Mr.. Wilson Should He Be
Party's Choice.

David Lawrence, Washington corre-
spondent of the New York Evening
Post, in a signed dispatch in that paper
says:
Williams Jennings Bryan-the man
xbo made the nomination Of Woodrow
Wilson possible at Baltimore-will In
all human probability oppose the re-
nomination of President Wilson at the
democratic national convention next
June.
.HThfs Is the fixed Impression which
the former Secretary Of State left on
my mind after two long talks with him
recently and some supplementary cor
respondence from Miami. Fla. He asked
particularly that until the President
formally announced his candidacy
nothing be said of his views, and even
then he did not want to be restricted
by any utterance or pronouncement IN
advance of the convention. He wanted
to be left free to do as he thought best
to express himself at the moment ne
thought most opportune.
No Fight in Primaries.
1.-THE Presidents letter. however. per-
mittins the use of his name on the
Ohio primary ballot is just such an
announcement as Mr.. Bryan had In
mind. But Mr.. Bryan isn't taking the
primaries any more seriously this year
than did the Baltimore convention in
1912. He will make no fight in the
primaries of Nebraska, where his own
preference must be exercised on the
ballot. He went instructed for Clark
in 1912 because the state democrats SO
desired. He will go instructed, no
doubt, for Wilson because the state so
orders it. Mr.. Bryan isn't worrying
about primary instructions.
"As a matter of fact. exactly what
William Jennings Bryan will do at St.
Louis William Jennings Bryan today
does not know and is unwilling to pre-
dict. As things look today. he is ready
to concede the denomination of Mr..
Wilson. but should there be a wide
spread revolt against the Wilson pol
fcies, something not just now foreseen,
of course. the opposition will absorb
the peculiar energies of the three-time
candidate and later Secretary of State.
THE fact that the nomination of
President Wilson for a second term
seems assured will not alter Mr..
Bryan's conviction on the matter of a
single term for Presidents. He is we'd
ded to that principle. He holds that
It Is vitality related to the public well
fare and has held that view for twenty
years-long before he ever heard of
woodrow Wilson.