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Am; -four 20 white n5ddhngz B.1x20; wNsArn
middlings Byck5Ia: city rnills' niddhnx. Emo
$50; DO. white niddHnSs. = u~1.U; winter 6an.
3.DxA9
LIVE PoULTRY-ohickens Old hens iDs. knd
over, per h. ssisH; DO. Old beua. smaller. D.
lsxiss; rooster, h., Y; DO. young hre. per d.
2sz; do. winter, Lbs. and over. ss1; do. small.
per ID. fssis4; duco. Auscop. Ihs. lsis; so.
puddle. lbs. and over. lsxa; Indian Runner.
iealf; pigeons. psir, SAC; s1inea fowl, N pounds
and over, rs; do. smaller. 90; geese. hsryirnd aoc
Virgins, ls&lss Western and Southern. lssH.
EGGs-harJtapd. Penp~ly&nts and Wesss1
h1ts. 20: West Virginia, %; Southern, ~
BUTTER-Cresnery. fancy, PER n, Bsat
choice. SAY; good. 3aS; prints. as4o; baccks
sssso; lsdIes. aKz; Maryland and Peunzylsanis
rolls. As2e: Ohio rolls. .: West virginia rolh, =
stOre-pscked. .; dairy prints. 2; process butter
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PHILADELPHIA GRAIN.

Philadelphia. March B.-wHEAT-Tbe market
ruled steady under moderate Orerinzs and a fair
demand. We quote: Car lots in export elevator
No. red spot and March, l.l7sl %; No South
ern ned. l.l5al.ls; steamer No. . nd, ll&lI7: No
red, ial.E; rejected A, Lllitsl lF4; rejected b
Ilosl.lJ
CORN-Ruled finn and &c higher under light Of
tenngs and fair demand We quote car lots fol
local trade. to location No. 9 yellow T-Txss
steamer yellow 77sts7s4 No. yellow, Tp.,7sH
No. yellow 72lsa754; cob corn. per 20 pounds. 70
OATS-DemAnd fair and the msrtst rule
hruI and &c higher under light oferinsx We quot.
No. white, 5la5lE; standard white ieI.25J4: No
white. $40: No. I white slesfIt: sample ost.
SsH; purified oats. graded. tsisxSO
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Memorial to Mr.. Finley.

President Harrison OF the Southern
Railway announced yesterday that ar
engagements had been made to send $1,000
each TO the State agricultural college in
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Mississippi,
Kentucky and Tennessee. to be desie-
mated, Southern Railway Loan Fund:
William Wilson Finley Foundation" as
a perpetual memorial to the interest In
Southern farming shown by the late
president of the system.
Loans from the fund are to be made
to deserving students by the college au-
thorities providing that the students
come from counties trsversed by the
Southern system. This fund will take
the place Of the four-year scholarships
provided by Mr.. Finley, which expire
this year
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, March D-Can money today opened
at per cent; high, per cent; low. IN per cent;
closed, * per cent; ruling rate. per cent; re-
newals, . per cent.
Time money was dull and trifs sssier. Ths
inquiry continued on the same restricted scale.
but offerings showed slight increase. Rates. how
ever, were at e1sas. per cent for sixty days. 2+aJ
per cent for ninety days and aSA per cent for
four and five and six months.
Conditions surrounding the commercial paper mar
ket were UNCHANGED. Trading dull and the
most attractive paper could be placed on per
cent basis. but the supply Of this grade was
virtually nil. Paper not quite SO attractive con
unued 10 move 3I,ays per cent
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BALTIMORE GRAIN,

Baltimore. March D.-FJOUR-winter clear, 4eoa
ass; do, straight. 6o5a5.3o; do. patent, S5os5T5;
spring clear. 4Sa59o d. straight, 5.5oaaeo; do.
patent, 575ss.o6; city mills best winter patent.
SIS: do, ble6ded patent. SIS; do, high. grade
straight, SIS; do, extra, A5oai0; do, spring
patent. SIS; re flour medium to choice 52sa5 rs
corn meal. Per 100 lbs l.soa!.eo.
OATS-Stock in elevators. $50, 500 bushels ship.
msnts from elevators s. 5si bushels standard white
~; No. white. 4Aa+6l4 No white. 44sirs, as
TO quality.
RYE-stock in elevators. a4ss bushels. Export
delivery, on spot, No. 2, Western, LOO; do, No
>. 90; No. 4, IS; bag lots Of new rye as to quality,
2xN
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NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York. March O-wHEAT-strouzsr. demand
10 fair. No. Northern. {. o. b. Lzs; No, 2 red,
T. o. b.. Lea, to arrive; No. hard winter. L IN
c o. b; No l naearoui, Las No. Manitoba,
fT opsnins Of nartsation, l.nat. Ezporten took
500 900 bushels. part last night
oATs-Flrmer; inquiry s modetste No. Q whfts.
nominal; No. } white 5oa5l; No. white, ga sei,
elevator basis, ungrzded ss53. Exporter toos
81. 10 eushels. T =
coRN-stronssr; trade qries Ne. y.Iiow. an
rail TO arrive, SIS; No yellow, kilndried 10
srr1re. %. c. l. e.; No. J. nln-dried to arrive
9. {. e. Exporfeu TOOK noooo osshelA - :
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new SUB CRISIS
SCARES MARKET
Uncertainty Reflected from
Diplomat C Situation and
Threatened Gasoline Probe.
OTHER FINANCIAL NEWS
Expect Lanston Dividend Will Be De-
clared at Meeting of Directors on
Tuesday-Copper Booms.

Uncertainty as to the outcome of the
new submarine crisis continued to show
in the general list in New York yester-
day. and in addition oil shares reflected
the threat of Congressional inquiry into
the cost OF gasoline.
Regarding the probabilities Of the in
ternational situation, the best informa-
ton New York can get from Washington
is that the President Is through with
underwriting and that it will be a diff
cult job even for Congress to soothe his
present distemper
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Lanston Dividend Expected.

Lanston stock reflected some reassur-
ance on the part of brokers yesterday
following the announcement that another
meeting of the directors prior to the an
nual meeting probably would declare
Is per cent dividend. payable June l. 1t
is expected the regular monthly meeting
Of the directors next Tuesday will see
the declaration of a dividend
Eight directors were present at We'd
nesday's meeting, and all were favor
able to the declaration of a dividend. The
absence of the chairman of the finance
committee is believed to have been the
cause. for the failure OF those directors
present to declare a dividend. A S per
cent dividend would call for $4,000, and
leave a good working surplus.
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Railroad Earnings Leap.

The February earnings OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company
showed an increase Of s1,s56,l2s over
the gross operating revenue of the same
month a year ago. Net operating reve-
nue. Increased, in the same comparison.
but 1881.
For the eight months ended with Feb
ruary, the net operating revenue in
creased s5,776,5s5, as compared with the
same months of the previous fiscal year.
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BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore March 9.-DREssED POULTRY
Chickens. straight young per b.. 2a2,; do mixed,
Young and old per 10, lsseb; do, Old ROSTERS h.
L; ducks. choice. fat. per ID. lOs0; cspous Z
rounds, Sas; do, medium, @iz25; do snail, ga
p; geese. choice nearby, leal7
MILLFEED lin 1ooIh saeksl-snrns bran. . 50.
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PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia, March So-EGGs-Receipts moders te
for the time Of the war, and values were we'll
sustained with fair trade. The quotations were rs
follows: In free cases. nearby extra &c per dozen
frsts, SIS PER standard case; nearby current re
ceipts. $50 per case; Western extra hrsts. 6s pc
case; frsts, $50 per case: Southern. 5sos6.3O pei
case: fancy selected csndled fresh eggs were job
bins at z7a2q per dozen.
BCTTBR-The market ruled firm under light
offerings and fair demand. We quote: Western
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Resins shows surpIu. Gain.

The figures for all companies of the
Reading system for February show an
increase in surplus OF s1,1l,74S
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Bank to Pay Dividend,

The Columbia National Bank will pay
the usual quarterly dividend Of 8 per
cent tomorrow.
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1t is said that 100000 pounds of COP
per was sold Wednesday and that the
demand continues TO exceed all previous
records in the history OF the United
States.
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Warrington Gas show. weakness.

Washington Gas continued to show
slight weakness yesterday in the face Of
fair activity. A total OF 1O4 shares
changed hands at a downward range OF
"A IL to "A IA. At the closing. the stock
was offered at IA II, with "A the best
bid
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

New York. March O-DealingS the curb To-
day were an exceptionally small scale while
Price changes were narrow and without any
marked trend.
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STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished by w. b. Hibbs d Co,

SALES
Norfolk and Washington steamboat. at ls,
Washington Gas Light. 8 at ia; . at ia;
D at 7i,s; Is at 74x
After call:
Washington Gas Light. Il at 74A.
Capital Traction, 10 at So. r.
Building & Loan Con. &c. 5000 at 100 S.coo
at 100
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E is the most common letter.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Boston hsrch o-rhs mErfst Va oui-t snd
without potable testurs. but generally soft-
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DIRECTORS:

George W. Gray
william D. Hoover
George Howard
Reginald S. Hui6ekoper
o. n. p. johnson
Thomas r. Jones
Victor Kaufman
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unless We provision prevent the dumping
ducts sold at prices against which
can stand IN competition.
Senator Oliver upbraided the financial policy OF the
Wilson administration when be said
When the Democratic porty came into power on March
1913 they stepped into goodly heritage One tmport
ant item Of this inheritance available cash balance
in the treasury OF over $150oo000o. BY the end OF
the present fiscal year according to their figures
without the aid Of their various reinforced emergency
revenue measures this balance would be reduced TO
something less than $40 100000 In addition to this they
inherited fiscal system the product Of the best thought
OF the abest minds in the Republican party which pro-
yided ample revenue the Of the government
without giving cause to any within our border to
saw that he was overtaxed All they had to do was to
lat we'll enough alone the machinery was oiled and
in operation SO that government would run itself But
this would not do they set about to undo the aborous
work Of 1s years. and they ncubated brought forth
the Underwood tariff act Now what is the result? Dur
ing the cal year ending 3o 1913 the last year IN
which the Republican tariff force total imports
were valued at $17666s9ooo and the collected
tberefrom amounted to sS12.252.o0o. The Underwood
took effect on October 1919 During the fiscal year
ending June go 1914, the imports amounted to $1,s06-
100000 and the revenue derived therefrom was only
900 Here we have an increase in imports OF
$4,000 and decrease Of S2soO000o and
It must be remembered that the Underwood act was only
in force for nine months OF that year.
Every speaker expressed the greatest confidence that
the people of the United States would without doubt
return the Republican organization to power In he cleo
ton next November. ami that In SO doing they would
show their hearty dsapprova Of the methods employed
by the present administration.
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SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 80.
,.AMERICA FIRST
HIT ON ALL SIDES.

SrHE policies OF the Democratic administration were
roundly censured by brilliant speakers at the an
nua Grant banquet which was held in Pittsburgh
on Thursday The Democrats were attacked with great
vigor from all angles Every argument backed with
ample proof 1t that the policy of the admin
isration in regard to tariff not only reduced the rev.
enues The government to such an extent that abom1n
able internal taxes be resored to to help make up
the deficit but policy being pursued by the party
in power makes no preparation for financial aad COM
mecal readjusment which is to come at the con-
cuson of the war Europe and which will work untold
8hardships on United States unless means are en-
poyed prevent the crisis The excuse offered IN some
sections that Mexican trouble to the party as
heritage from the Republican administration "as ex-
pleded by c. Knox in able address Senator Oliver
present administration for its extravaganza
and remarked that totally unfit to hold the egns
gofsgoYernmCnt.
Speaking OF the great need for return to Republican
principles protective tariff at the close OF
in order to prevent this country from becoming
dumping ground for the nations of Europe Boise Pen
rose said:
The war in Europe will end later, and then
itis general admitted conditions again will arise IN
much more intense and similar to those which were
developed prior to under the Underwood tariff
law Millions OF men will return to the pursuits OF
peace and the consuming power of Europe generally will
curtaed not exhausted The products OF the cheap
labor OF Europe will be dumped the American mar
ke which is worth all the other markets OF the world
Combined We may then logically expect conditions
worse than other time in the history Of the country
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
FAIRMoNr TIMES RLUNoERs

(From the Philippi Republican,
The Falrmont Times OF April 26,
graaping at the last straw, goes back
and digs up a statement made by Col.
Roosevelt in 1914, purporting to be in
derIsion Of George NJ. Bowers, to the
effect that IL Mr.. Bowers were elected
he would listen to the dictates of tho
stand patters and not to the progress
siyes. Could the Times have publish
ed anything more complimentary
about Mr.. Bowers Is 1t not caudt'
dates first duty to stand by the princt-
pies OF the party whose standard he
bears? II the only thing the Demo.
Gratis can bring up against Mr.. Bowers
Is the charge that he will stand by
the principles Of the party whose
standard he 10 bearing and whose
cause he Is espousing, they had bet
ter say nothing. Then, too, to go back
to a time when the party was spit
and produce statements made by Col
onel Roosevelt when he was campaign.
ing for the Progressives seems as
though they have entirely forgotten
that there Is no progressive ticket
In the field. We note they forgot to
look up what the Colonel said about
the Democrats. But to repeat, It seems
ridiculous for the Times to try to
take a knock at a man because 1t ts
acknowled ged that he will stand by the
party that electa him. Think It over.
Could q man have any better qualia.
90 top q s. =
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viii fire on the Americans at every

will FIRE on the Americans at every
opportunity.
Those who are sympathetic with
President Wilson's desires are con-:
graduating him on having gotten rid OF
william F. McCombs as Chairman
OF the Democratic National COM
mittee. That Mr.. Wilson would rid
himself of McCombs was predicted in
this correspondence many weeks ago.
II was promptly denied by the White
House. Mr.. McComhs declared that
he had no intention OF retiring, but
Mr.. Wilson never abandoned his pur.
pose, AfcCombs was one of the origi-
nal Wilson men. McAdoo came along
later. McAdoo found McComhs often;
sive and his methods distastetul
McCombs has always believed that
McAdoo was doing President Wilson
n great harm politically, and naturally,
McAdoo dfsliked McCombs. McAdoo
has been predicting for some time
that McCombs would be got rid of, and
those knowing the relations between
NicAdoo and the President felt safe In
predicting the result. With the same
adroitness with which he got rid OF
Secretary Garrison and deceived the
unthinking public as to8the real cause,
Mr.. Wilson has rid himself OF the un-
welcome McCombs, actually inducing
McCombs to announce, for publtcas
ton, that his law practice will not per.
nit him to serve as Chairman during
the approaching campaign. It Is gem
orally predicted that Fred B. Lynch
OF Minnesota, will succeed McCoEbs,
as the Presidents friends hope by the
selection of Lynch TO guard against
any hostile influence of one william
Jennings Bryan.
Democratic Methods.
Representative Johnson, of Washs
ington. has started the House by
pointing out the methods by which the
Democratic Administration is achiey1a
ing economy in the transaction Of the
public business. AS Is we'll known, tho
lumber industry of the Puget Sound
region has suffered severely ever
since the Underwood tariff bill went
into effect. But when Congress pass:
ed legislation authorizing the building
by the Federal Government OF the
Alaskan railway there were some gop-
timist on the Pacific slope who fully
imagined that benefit would accruesto
that industry. They had no es7pres
citation of Democratic methods, how
ever. There was abundant timber In
Hindoo and Chinese labor which will
the national forest reserve and dts
cutting and shipping would have pro;
vided employment for numerous lum:
bermen who had been thrown out OF
by the Underwood bill
But the Democratic Administration
had determined to be economical
at all costs. 1t found that lumber
could be purchased in British Colun.
bia, where there Is an abundant OF
work for next to nothing, for less than
It would cost to cut the timber in tho
forest reserves of Washington and jac+
cordingIy, the contract for ties, shor:
ing etc, for the Alaskan railwaySwas
let to British Columbia lumbermen
and the American workmen In Wash:
ington are at liberty to seek a means
of livelihood elsewhere.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
a WARNING

MoNoNGAH, April 2S.-(Editor Of
The West virginian)-It has been
brought to the attention OF the Board
OF Health. controlling the district IN
and around Monongah, W. Va, that
the quarantine laws have been viola
ted, IN several instances. We wish to
call your attention to Section 1888 OF
the Code, which reads as follows:
Every person found guilty Of viola
ting any OF the quarantine laws, pre-.
scribcd by the Code, shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25l nor
more than one hundred dollars (S1O0),
And the undersigned Board OF
Health has fully made up their minds
that any one found guilty OF this Of
Tense shall be prosecuted to the full
extent OF the law.
Signed Local Board Of Health, Mar
ion County, w. Va.
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ia penitentiary at Moundsville after
serving one year for violation OF the
federal antt-narcotic law, William F.
Horton was re-arrested by deputy mar.
shals from Wheeling. He is charged
with completely in the recent robber'
les of the Mason City postoffice. Hor.
ton was indicted at the last term OF
federal district court at Charleston up
on information from Liutenant OF Po'
lice Pickering, OF this city, who Sc
cured information concerning the rob
berry from Dave Nesselroad, alias "the
Ravenwood Kid" Horton went to
Parkcrsburg over a year ago with a
gang OF alleged "dope" peddlers who
operated on household In the Little
Kanawha river. Others In the gang
were: w. ]. CASTLE, later released,
and Lee Lester. who is now serving an
II year term at Moundsville for com
plicity In the postoffice robberies in
Ohio and West Virginia. Following a
road on the houseboat by local police
Horton was tried at the Elkins term
Of federal court, found guilty.
Wednesday was an unlucky day in
West Virginia. The claim department
OF the compensation commission on
that day received the reports OF "
accidents. including one fatality.
Hon. Morris P. shawkey, state su.
perintendent OF free schools, while in
Huntington en- route from Blueheld to
Charleston took occasion, to side with
the Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
faction OF the Shakespeare.Bacon con.
troversy which recently came to the
front when Chicago judge declared
Francis Bacon to be the author OF the
works Of the Bard of Avon. Mr..
Shawkey bases his opinion on the fact
that for three hundred years It has
been popularity supposed that MT.
Shakespeare was in deed and in truth
theauthor of the celebrated works
which bear his name. In the view OF
Mr.. shaRkey It Is impossible to hum
bug all the people for 30 long Pc
Rod, and he says that II It were true
that Francis Bacon is the author OF
Shakespeare's' works 1t would be q
hum.bug OF the most colossal charac:
ter. Neither 10 Mr.. Shawkey among
those who believe that Shakespeare'a
education was too limited to permit
him to display such wide knowledge
aS ID evidenced continually in his writ:
inEg. shAkesp ease's greatest quality,
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thanks to the war, bean soup is not
an every day feature OF the menu, but
Is luxury served out only upon rare
occasions. In place OF bean soup
there Is substituted rice soup alterna'
ted with pork and sauerkraut. The ad.
vance of the price OF beans from $3.50
a sack to SIS a sack as result of the
war, has caused their being eliminated
from the work-house daily menu.
John D. Sutton, Sutton, Braxton
county, wa sin Charleston the other
day on business. He is engaged in
writing history Of Central West Viz
ginia and Braxton county and he was
in the capital to gather some data to
be used in the forthcoming work.
The Democratic State Executive
Committee will meet Monday after.
noon at o'clock In the Chancellor
hotel at Parkersburg. This was an
nounced Thursday afternoon at the
meeting of the Third congressional dis
trict executive committee at the Wal
do, by Chairman c, L. Shaver OF the
state committee.
While Sardis o., farmer is ue'
batting the advisability Of paying S6.7S
postage on eight dozen eggs because
he wrote a note on one OF them the
eight dozen are reposing in the Wheel.
ing post office vault and are degener.
ating from strictly fresh" to the "just
eggs" classification. The problem OF
the eight dozen eggs is the most pecu.
liar one ever brought before Wheeling
postoffice authorities, and 1t is be-
lieved to be the first time an egg was
ever declared letter, says the Wheel.
ing Register. The eggs were sent from
Sadis ia local family and were car
ried under parcel post rates. When
tho shipment arrived here flaw IN
the package permitted an argus.eyed
clerk to read the following message
on one Of the eggs: II will be up
Saturday" The clerk brought the mat
ter to the attention OF the poatmas.
ter's office. A big pow.wow was held,
regulation referred to and the decision
reached that the eggs was a letter.
The crate was weighed and the due
postage computed at SETS. From pres.
emit Indications the eggs may become
dead letter and detunct eggs at the
same time.
40. 49, Jn.,,I. :. AZ TIIa1k FflvS1H.
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HE NEEDS 1T.

~UR neghbor. The Times, is devoting practically its
IL entire edition each day to the support of Sam ".
woois for Congress in the Second district, When
man needs all that bolsering in order to attempt to
make his campaign success it leads one to believe he
is not as strong is said to be- Sam " Woods prob.
ably needs the combined space Of three four news
papers When you put much molasses your bread
1t sometimes makes it sickening sweet. When you
spread sugar all over newspaper every page prac
ticay for one certain Individual make the newspa
per look like political haDdbill.