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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
Corn Swaps With Wheat.

Corn swayed with wheat. Buying was
only of a scattered character. After
opening unchanged to u higher. ana
scoring a little additional advance. the
market underwent moderate general
sag.
Oats lacked any aggressive support
What demand there was came chieny
from floor traders.
Weakness. in the hog market had
depressing effect on provisions. SELL
ing. though. was not of an urgent sort;
Weakness in cottonseed oil counted
against the bulls, and so, too. did as
sertions that the monthly statement OF
warehouse stocks here would show an
increase of lard.
In the later trading wheat rallies
took place largely as the result Of sea-
more for export. but the effect failed to
last.
There was considerable selling be-
cause of German success at Verdun and
owing to notice Of an embargo by the
Grand Trunk on grain shipments east.
The close was weak, 4 to y net low
err, with May at 1.13Ha1.14 and July at
1.12a1.12h.
subsequently the corn market hard
port sales and the lightness of re-
ceipts. Prices closed steady at shade
to haA net advance.
wheat-No 2 red, 119h: No. 3 red.
nominal: No. hard, 11612; No. hard,
1.11Aa1.14h.
yellow, 72a74: No white. 70ha73.
oats-No. white. 43a44; standard.
46a47.
Rye, No. 9. IS; barley. SARA: timothy.
4.5Oas.Oo; clover, 10.oOa1s.50; pork.
21,5Oa2262; Lard, 11.OO; ribs, II .50a11 90
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. March Slight
showers in Texas and prospects of more
to follow stimulated selling of cotton
or this market today. In the first half
hour of business prices of the most
active months lost to points from
the level of yesterdays close. Trading
was small.
Futures opened steady. Opening
bid: May, 11.7s; July. 1875: October,
1913, December, 06; January, 1916.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES.
Washington Gas -. 81 900 at 16ea4 81 oa0 n
l-;s.
Iii,
Tztn>t"n IT al - IL NJ - 10 at - = a, -
10 1T :, -.
Union Trpst Company. at 1a3
After call.
Washington Gas IS $500 az 1861
Capital Traction. ! at sJI,
Washington Hallway Is. 81 900 at sos
Capital Traction. 3 az So. 1 at $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
Lecture to Philosophical Society

At the meeting of the Society for
Inquiry. to be held at the
Public Library tomorrow at 4:45 pm.
DR.. J. S. Lemon will present paper
on The Fixation of Technology in
to be followed by the
usual discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March 3l.-Wheat-
Spot No l Manitoba, 13s I'd. No. 3, 13s
I'd No red western winter. lis I'd;
No hard winter. gulf. lis Sd.
Corn-Spot. American mixed. new.
los 4d.
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WEATHER..
Fair Tonight; Tomorrow Partly
Cloudy; Little Temperature Change.

For the District of Columbia and
Maryland. fair tonight; tomorrow part
ly cloudy: little change in temperature;
gentle shifting winds.
For Virginia. fair tonight probably
frost in low places: tomorrow partly
cloudy; moderate north and northeast
winds.
For West Virginia. fair. warmer to-
night: tomorrow partly cloudy.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste 4 pm, 60;
pm. IS; IL midnight. SO; today. 4
am. 40: am. 40: ~ noon. Ga 2 pm.
81. Maximum. 81. at 2 pm. today; min
imum. As, at $50 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. As: minimum. 26.
Barometer-Yesterday p.m 2999: s
pm, 1904: IL midnight. 30.05; today. 4
am. 30.05: am, BOIL: IL noon. 30.12;
pm, 5000.
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French Bourse Is Quiet

PARIS, March 31-Trading was quiet
on the bourse today. Rentes, 63 francs
rs centimes. Exchange on London, %
francs. sou centimes Five per cent
loan, SO francs 8 centimes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March 31.-Flour-
Firmer; spring patents. 5.75a6.10.
Pork-Firm.
Beef-Firm; mess, 1750a1S.oO: family.
19.0Oa20.O0.
Lard-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Quiet.
Hides-Firm.
Leather-Firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
LONDON MONEY.

LONDON, March 31.-Bar silver,
% 15-16d per ounce. Money. 4a4h per
cent. Discount rates-Short bills and
three months. 4ha4A per cent.
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NEW YORK COTTON.

Quotations furnished by W. p. Hibbs Co
members New York Stock Exchange, New Yort
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade
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Rails Under Pressure.

In the rails. New Haven was easier
while small fractional gains were made
early in Chesapeake and Ohio. Canadian
Pacific. Fries and Union Pacific, while
Reading moved up to ssh a q net gain
During the first hour barely 100000
shares changed hands.
Entering the last hour of the afternoon
the market was still dragging as to in
dustrials. with the rails under pressure
for l. to | point decline here and there
throughout the list. Reading losing all
its gain and ~ point additional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
EASIER TREND SHOWN
IN LOCAL SECURITIES
But Little Investment Demand.
Either for Stocks or Bonds.
Gas Easier-Lanston Lower.
Fractional Price Recessions the Rule.
Bankers Out of Manufacturer
Financial News Items.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

Local securities seem to he working
slowly and very gradually to lower
level. The investment demand IS OF
the most restricted character. and the
demand for bonds. which has been
very good up to recently. has almost
entirely subsidized. Bankers have been
the largest bond buyers, and while they
are still possessed of large surplus
funds for which they are constantly
seeking employment. they are pur-
chasing outside bonds. favoring short
maturitIes. that they may be the better
prepared to meet any unexpected de-
mand for accommodations from their
customers.
There is absolutely no speculation in
the local market, if the limited trading
by parties familiar with the workings
of the Lanston Monotype Company's af-
fairs, when the stock was to 10 points
below present values. is excepted.
Washington Gas was the leader in
the trading on the stock exchange to-
day. fifty shares selling in all at 14A
yesterdays inside price
Lanston showed a little easier feeling
with sales of fifty-fve shares in lots It
-, point or from the asking price of
Yesterday. The official closing was 16A
bid and TX asked.
A few bonds changed hands at 1861
for Washington Gas IS and S01s for
Railway Is. both issues showing a
slight recession from the last previous
sale.
ON the call of Arlington insurance
stock bid of 50 a share was made
Cor the capital stock or any part there
Of and this brought out a tender of
900 shares at $40. without a trans
-"tion resulting.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
nd was lowered points: the bid for
Nergenthaler on the call was fraction
lily lower and the bid for Railway
ommon also.
Dividend Declared.
The National Metropolitan Bank will
nay a per cent semi-annual dividend
April Is, to shareholders of record
April S.
Other Local News.
The executive council of the District
Bankers Association will meet this
evening at the District National Bank
Harry r. Carroll. general manager of
the Carroll Electric Company was
elected a director Of the Merchants
Bank at a meeting Of the full board
held yesterday afternoon.
Omcers and directors of the District
National Bank will give dinner to the
employees of the institution at the Hotel
Gordon Wednesday evening. April s.
After the dinner the final lecture in the
efficiency course will be delivered by
W. G. Wall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water
at s am: Great Falls-Temperature
43; condition. 400. Dalecarlia reser-
As: condition at
north connection. 500: condition at
south connection, $50. Georgetown dis
tributing acknowledgements As:
condition at influent gatehouse, 100;
condition at effiuent gatehouse. IS.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
Highest Prices of Day.

The highest prices of the day were
generally Immediately after the OPEN
ing and thereafter the slow recession
from high seemed to be in order.
Bethlehem Steel gained five points
and lost it promptly. United States
Steel common was decidedly firm, hold
ing steady around 81.
Maxwell Motors was lacking in
strength. although both Maxwell and
Studebaker opened higher but lost
their gains.
Mexican Petroleum was slow and
slightly better.
Crucible Steel held the better part of
a point gain. as did Baldwin Locomotive
and Industrial Alcohol
United Fruit gained points, while
Porto Rico Sugar made new high
at POS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
Industrials Are Affected.

In the industrials the recommended
ton of Secretary Daniels that the gov
eminent own not only it's armor plant
but make all it's needed ammunition,
seemed to have an effect.
The submarine issue, however. and
the embargo both in rail freights and
ocean cargo room are factors that can
not be overlooked in their influence on
the market.
While this uncertainty hangs over
the market. traders at all inclined to be
chances of daily happenings that would
or might greatly disturb Wall street
conditions.
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IMPROVED CROP REPORTS
SHIFT wheat MARKET
Initial Strength Due to Higher
Cables Is Followed by Setback
All Around.

CHICAGO. March 31.-1mproved crop
reports from Illinois points tended to
turn the wheat market downward to-
day after an early advance. The initial
strength was due to higher quotations
from Liverpool and to reports Of delay
to shipments from Argentina and Aus
tralia. This influence appeared to be
more or less offset, however. by an
nouncement Of the Tightening of the
blockade in the war zone.
Opening prices. which ranged from
shade off to Nal advance. with May at
1.14H to 1.15h, were followed by slight
further gains and then a setback all
around to well below yesterdays finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
selling Eek Dividend To-day.

SELLING Elk Dividend Today.
Shattuck- Arizona Copper, II. and Y
graph. 2: Allis- Chalmers preferred. ~:
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph prefer
red X; Central and South American
Telephone. IL; Kansas City Southern
preferred. l: Virginia Carolina Chemical
preferred. 2: Westinghouse Electric, Y
Pittsburgh Coal preferred. IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by ". r. Hibbs 4 c.
members New York Stock Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
Dividend Declared.

The National Metropolitan Bank will
nay per cent semi-annual dividend
April Is, to shareholders of record
April 5.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

Hack" Spencer is the only catcher
in the big leagues who doesn't use
shinguards No wonder he came back
to fasti
Bartenders in New York threaten
to join the striking street car men.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19
September THUNDER
STORM comes QUICKLY

Bih, bang. rattle, run for shelter
might have been the description OF
the electrical storm which visited
Wilmington last night, for there was
no warning Of the storm until a sharp
crack of thunder like that Of an ex-
ploslon. and in just about two seconds
the rain came down in torrents. The
storm. which occurred at about 7.30
o'clock, caused many people to think
there had been an explosion about the
city, and hundreds telephoned the po-
lice department asking where the ex-
plosion was.
The noise was caused by lightning
striking a telegraph pole at Ninth and
Locust streets. The pole was set on
fire and the response Of the FIRE COM
panies to an alarm sent in caused a
good deal Of excitement.
There was a sharp drop in the tenn
Evening journal., 1916-09-19
Louis, l to o

Hans Wagner was manager of the Pr
rates while Jimmy Callahan was kept
abed by illness
Pitcher Meyers, Connie Mack's latest
sensation, shut out the Tigers ana
showed them into second place.
Even the mighty Cobb failed 10 do
any damaging work against the young
hurler.
The Philies scored six runs on the
seven hits they pounded out of the de.
livery Of two Cub hurlers.
Ernie Shore was Just good enough 10
beat the White Sox, 4 10 3.
Nlarsans and Hartley divided the two
hits Thomas allowed
Brooklyn got the first conflict from
the Reds. but Rube Marquard couldn't
make it two in a row, and the Dodgers
slipped half a peg.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

However all is not lost so long as the
cabaret dancers remain neutral.
Germany" Schaefer has been can
ned by the Yankees Bill Donovan
opined he would sacrifice the Joke
column to bloster up his basehit
column a bit
Comiskey's White Sox are COM q
ing clean all of a sudden. Some .
body must have turned a hose q
on them
.
Some day the manager OF fighter
who loses z decision will admit that
his man was fairly beaten, and sport
ing editors viii drop dead of heart
failure.
The tip has gone out that Carl Nor
ris and Frank Moran will meet in
New York this fall Fall is The cor
rect word.
Sec where Mike Gibbons is think
ing about battling Jack Dillon. One
cant be pinched for Just thinking.
Fielder Jones has hooked a pitcher
named Trout, who is said TO possess q
fsh-ball delivery
Medical sharks have discovered that
Johnny Evers' nervousness Is due 10
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

his jaw. National League umpires
made the same discovery years ago.
Speaking Of game losers. how about
the Athletics, Milwaukee and Cincin-
natl
Dispatches from Atlantic City indi-
cate that Fred Plum is demon trap
shot. It's been said that Plum is a
Peach on the range.
Every now and then Chick Evans
takes day off and modestly refrains
from coping a golf championship.
Doc Gradwohl has promised to take
the Vandevers around the world n
Evening journal., 1916-09-19
POWDFRMAKERS PLAN
Baseball Series
Carney Point and Hopewell
Play First Game in
Wilmington Thursday
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
OF DUPONT PLANTS

To decide the baseball champion
hin of the DUPONT powder works in
different section Of the country a
series OF games have been arranged
between the crack Carney Point and
HONEYWELL. Va. teams. The first game
Of this great series will be played in
his city on Thursday.
The Hopewell people will be the
guests OF the local and Carney Point
men and will be entertained at the
dupont Hotel during their stay. The
first game of the series will take place
al the Front and Union streets
grounds Thursday at D. m. The sec
ond game will be played Friday on
The Y. N. c. A. diamond at the bach
eior quarters at Carney Point at 3
D. M. The third game will be called
at D. m. Saturday at the Front and
Union streets grounds and and will
be the last TO be played in this vicin-
ity. Two more games have been ar
ranged 10 be played az Hopewell, Va,
the following week.
The company officials and employees
Of the various powder plants in New
Jersey and other sections are greatly
interested in this series and will bring
large delegations TO the games.
Daniel Coogan. formerly coach OF
the L. Of r. and Cornell University
baseball teams. manager Of the Carney
Point club. realizes he has a hard
proposition ahead Of him, as the Hope
well team has been putting up a fast
article OF ball Manager Coogan
however. says his team is fit and will
make a strong bid for the champion
ship.
Both teams are made I'D largely OF
former college and minor league stars
This is especially true of the Carne,
Point Club
Among them is Phil Barry, IA.
NOUS halfbsck and pitcher Of Penn
Evening journal., 1916-09-19
ORGANIZE Church BASKET
BALL LEAGUE THURSDAY

The movement to organize a Church
League of basketball teams in the city
will take definite form at a meeting
TO be held in Hanover gymnasium on
Thursday night Thomas T. Cloward
who is at the head OF the movement
has sent out the following letter &c
about twenty-five church organiza-
tions of the city
Dear Sir:
The Hanover Church Athletic
Association has directed me to
call meeting Of all parties in
terested in forming a church bas-
ketball league for the coming sea
son, and we would be pleased 10
have you. with any others repre-
senting your church, meet with
rs at D. m. Thursday next, the
21st instant, in our new gymna-
stun. Eighteenth and Boulevard,
for the purpose OF organizing
II is desired TO form an eight or
ten team league. and IL you know
any contemplated church basket
ball teams, try to get their pro-
moters to attend this evening.
Yours truly.
TT. CLOWARD, Chairman,
No. 7O4 West Twentieth street.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

sylvania State College: Charlie"
Toomey, who held down third base OF
the University of PENNSYLVANIA var
sity and was reckoned one OF the best
college iniielders in the country !:
"Dory' Elsh, one Of the best known
players in the East, who went South
with the New York American team
last spring, and who played in the
Atlantic League; Frank Hoffecker.
formerly pitcher Of the Maryland
Agricultural College; Harry Kelly.
who caught for Upland in the Della
ware County League during the last
season; Steele. one OF the star PLAYERS
on the Kiskeminetss School near
Pittsburgh: George Grossman the
clever left fielder Of the Georgia Tech
nology. and Gown. whose work has
been watched by big league scouts
this year.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

they win the A. W. pennant next year.
Har' Hari
Experts have often said that one
star can make a ball team. Then
again there's the peculiar case Of
Iris Speaker. He leads the league in
batting but pause TO contemplate the
position of the Indians.
Yesterdays hero George Tyler. Tie
southpaw star hurled a victory for the
Braves. allowing the Cardinals only
three hits. and drove in both Boston
runs by his own hitting.
The Pirates nearly stopped the Giants
string OF victories, but rain called OF
hostilities with the score Of the second
game a tic The New Workers have
taken twelve straight
Benny Kauff's home run was the only
tally in the second game for the Giants.
Claude. Thomas. a youthful finger
from the Western League, pitched his
first big league game and shut ont ST.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19
TO Discuss ORGANIZING
OLYMPIA FOOTBALL TEAM

Furman G. Cole, for several years
manager Of the Olympia football
team, has received a letter from the
manager OF the Ex-Carlisle Indian
football team, asking for a game A
similar request has been received
from the Paschall team. OF Philadel-
phia. Manager Cole would like to
hear from all former players on the
local team 10 hear their views rela-
tive 10 organizing. Address Mr.. Cole,
care of City building.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

Your position is calling 10 you to-
day in the Want columns. Heed the
call Of oportunity.-Ady.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

Look among the want Ada today
and see il the very 9lsce for you is
not advertised as needing a cnadfreur
and. IL not why run a Want Ad Of
your own and tell the owners that you
are in the market now and you Will
soon ne fixed for the entire auto sea-
son.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

perature after the storm and every
thing looked as if it had been thor
oughly washed.
Evening journal., 1916-09-19

You can find out. through the Want
Ads, where the best places are to go
for swimming. sailing OF camping
Adv.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-20
C0NFUCIANISM IS
 POPULAR IN CHINA
Steps to Abolish It Meet With
 Disfayor Among 0rientals

Correspondence of the Asso. Press)
 Picking, Sept 2o.-Because of the late Yuan Shi-kai's espousal of Confu- cianism and the important part that religion, or philosophy, played in the effort to restore the monarchy, ultra republican members of parliament re- gently made an attempt to have Con- fucianism abolished by legislation on the theory that such action would grant greater freedom of conscience and insure the perpetuity of the re- public.
 This step aroused great indignation among the modern admirers of Con- fucius and called forth a shower of protests. Rang Yu-wei, the dis tinguished scholar, who is among the prominent publicists who oppose the eradication of Confuciansm, tele- graphed to the central government declaring that the Confucian religion is distinctly the religion of China, and that if it be rejected Chinese would become like brutes. What would be the use of the knees," he asked, If they be not employed for the wor ship of Confucius"
 Premier Yuan Chi-jui replied that the public has great reverence for Confucius, but that this reverence is in the hearts of the public and that 1t IS no longer necessary for them to prostrate their body on the ground to show their respect for China's great sage.
 In spite of the efforts of politicians to keep religion out of the political turmoil in China, various religious agltators have been able to intensity the internal troubles of the Chinese republic. China has no state re- lig1On, even Yuan Shl-kai did not show preference for any particular re- 1igion. Confucian teachers, Budd- hist, Taoist and Lama priests ell en- joyed his patronage. Representa- tives of many religions participated in his funeral.
 Since the death of Yuan Shi-kai Confucianism has continued to be in great favor in Picking, but its adher- ents deny firmly that the revival has anything to do with the monarchial movement. President Ii Yuan-hung who is a Christian, recently delegated one of his under secretaries to repre- sent him officially at Confucian cere- mony in the temple where Yuan Shi kai formerly worshipped.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-20
HEADACHE FROM
 A COLD? LISTEN
"Pape's Gold Compound" Ends Se-
 were Colds or Grippe in Few Hours.

Your cold will break and all grippe misery end after taking a dose of "Pape's Cold Compound'' every two hours until three doses are taken.
 It promptly opens clogged-up nos- trils and air passages in the head stops nasty discharge or nose run hing, relieves sick headache, dullness, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
 Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head-nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as Tapes Cold Compound,' which costs only 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without as- sistance tastes nice, and causes no inconvenience. Accept no substitute. occasions His daily drink consists of half pint of wine, with full pint in bad weather or during periods of hard labor.
 The other items in his ration are meat, sugar, coffee, lard, potatoes or beans, salt, pepper, cheese, figs, chocolate, dry figs and cake.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-20
H. s. ENGINEER DIES
 AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Charles l.. Willard, 62 Years Old, Had Been at High School for
 Nineteen Years.

Charles l.. Willard, we'll known to hundreds of young men and young women about the city because of his many years of service as engineer at the New Britain High school, passed away yesterday at his home, BOA Park street, following an illness of two or three years. The funeral will be held from his late home at 130 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev. ,Dr. G. w. c. Hill will otticiate and interment will be in the West Meriden cemetery.
 From his many years of association at the High school, where for nineteen years he was the engineer, Mr. Willard had become very well known about the city and his passing will be noted with regret, for he was always well liked by the students and alumni. He was a native of Thompsonville and was a steanIfitter by trade.
 MT. Willard was 62 years, six months and four days of age and leaves, beside his wife, four children. They are Milton of Detroit; Leon P. of Toronto; Mrs. James E. Hamilton of