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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-07
WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Quotations given below are for large lots Of sesx
marketable goods only. Jobbers prices are higher
Lower grades may be sold for less. Fancy good,
The produce market yesterday under light receipts
inactive Figures continued firm. Fruits and
vegetables were quiet and figures generally firm.
Beets were slightly lower.
EGGs-Fresh. per dor, Z5a2i; do, Southern, q
BUTTERFLIES prints new. per h. IS; do. tub
per h., 81; process 8; under grade creamery
29a0; store packed, lsa2o.
LARD-Tub. pure. h.. Isl2; do. compound IUi
cottonseed oil. per can, 3.75
CHEEsE-New York. new. per h., IS; flst, DC,
b.lsis: Swiss domestic. per h.. q; do. foreign
per h., 40.
LIVE PoULTRY-Hens. h.. II; ROSTERS, h..
II spring ducks, per h.. lsa9O; chickens per H.
2a23 turkeys, per H.. Zs2s.
GREEN GOODS-Beans. per bas., I.00a3O0; beets
per crate, loOal.51; Brussels sprouts per qt 4aI7
cabbage per Dbl. 75asO; do. new. per basket, lOOa
l2j carrots. per bunch. 5ae caulflower, per crate
2ooa225; celery per crate, 4.oOa45O; do, FLORIDA
crate. l5os2Oo; cueumbers. bas, 25Oa5OO; cymb-
hngs, FER crate l.75a2Oo eggplants per crate Ooa
$50; kale, Dbl, LOCALE lettuce, Florida Der
pas, L0oa25O; onions. per sack 275a3Oo; parsnips
per box 5Oaeo; peppers crate l75a2 50; popcorn, boz
1aas5; potatoes sack, 275a3 10; sweets bbl ZOa2 50
Jams. per bbL. l.5Oa2Oo; squash. per Dbl, l.sOa
LIB rhubarb. per doz., 50aloo spinach, per Dbl
20; tomatoes Florida. per crate I5Oa275; turnipS
per Dbl, l.ooal.o; do. per box, 5sA.
bRUITS-Apples. per bbi., 2.0Oa400; cranberriss
per Dbl. s.0Oalo.50; d. per box. L75a2OO; grape
trult per box, 2l5a5OOi lemons, per box 400a4 50;
oranges 40oa4.5O; oranges. Fla, per crate 2os3oo
pineapples, per crate s.5Oa4.oo
LIVE SToCK-Neal calves, prime. Per h., Ilalih
do. medium. h., lOal0A; spring lambs. per ID, O.
DRESSED GOODS-Dressed hogs. small. Der d.,
lOhall do. medium, per h., lOalOz.
HAY. STRAW. AND CORN-HSy. best Timothy.
per ton lsoo; mixed. per ton I2Ooal5oO straw. PEI
ton. loooai3.oo; wheat straw. per ton. 90; corn.
rev. per Dbl, 100.
sEEDS-CloTer, red. per h.. Isa30ls; do. alsike,
per H., lb8lB. do. timothy bua y /.
redtOp. per b. uKaI2; orchard grass Der bus
2Sa25O; blue grass. per bus. 10 COW peas per
bushel, le5a22; soy beans. per bus. J.75; alfalfa
clover, per h.. 0a22; seed potatoes, per bbl, 40
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BEST FINANCIAL PAGE IN WASHINGTON
COTTON MARKETS..

New York. March Section was hrmer today.
Offerings were Light, making price sensitive 10 buy
ing orders. There little selling from the
South in the form Of hedges.
feature q the trading active buying Of
July By prominent local broker who frequently
operates foe trade interests and which led to an
IDEA that hedges being covered against recent
sales Of spots. It was reported that ocean freight
room bad BEEN offered from New York TO Liverpool
at $50 per 100
Spot at Liverpool was in moderate demand to-
day at decline Of point the basis Of T.. SD
for mid-upland. Futures IN the English market
were barely steady.
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BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Baltimore. March I-WHEAT-Reoeipts. Iu361
bushels. consisting Of 6o6 bushels Southern and
ll3.0l5 bushels Western; shipments from elevators,
1900 bushels. The market opened easier. as fol
lows: Spot. liz. nominal; No. 2 Western, %
March. l.I7a4. nominal.
OORN-Receipts. 81 7SI bushels. consisting OF - =
764 bushels Western and $3.50 bushels new South
EN-; shipments from elevators. q $50 bushels Prime
sail yellow is QuOtable at 70 per busheI: cob corn
vas quoted at 3.s5 PER barrel The market opened
frmer. Spot. IS. nominal: March. g. nominal;
April. 7s4. nominal
OATS-Receipts, Y IS bushels Withdrawn from
elevators, eos bushels; stock in eieyators 81 SIS
bushels. Prices were: STANDARD white 4s,: No
white. a. No white IS.
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PHILADELPHIA GRAIN.

Philadelphia, March 6 -wHEAT-The market
ruled steady at the late advance with a fair export
demand, We quote: Car lots, in export elevator
No. red, spot and March, 1sal 2; No. Southern
red, l.7al0; steamer No. red, 1.l6al 10; No
red l.l6allS; rejected A. Il35Ia 1871; rejected B.
l.l2al.l5
CORN-The market ruled steady at the late de.
cline. but trade quiet Quotations follow
Car lots for local trade as to locaton-No. vel.
low. Soasl; steamer yellow. 7sIfa7s5A No yellow.
74Aa753s; No. yellow 7Z54a7y5; COB per 70 lbs, 7s
OATS-The market quiet, with ample o.
feTnEs, at the recent decline The quotstions
No. white, 72a525; standard white, 50a5l; No
white, 49a5o; No. white 47a4s sample oats, 44ag5
purified oats, graded 4ei4a5l
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. March S.-FLOUR- Steady: inquiry /,
TAR Kansas straghs. to arrive, in car lots 5 SOs
30; spnng patents for March to April 5.65aS Is
spring clears 5l5a54O; soft straights To arrive
5s5a5sO. All quotations are on sack basis in whole
sale lots
sPORk-Steady; business is inactive Mess q 90
family. 4.OOa23OO clear, 30Oea3O
BEEF-Steady: inquiry is modsrats Packet
u. 5Oals.Oo; family. laOOa!sW; extra India mess
BO0a9O
LARD-Steady; moderate inquiry Prime West
en. OS; refined continent. I.i5 South American
ll55; refined Brazilian in kegs l255: beef stsarine
10 cents; lard stearine slow at liz cents
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NEW YORK GRAIN.

New IOrk. March s-wHEAT-Hisher; demand
active. No. Northern, (. o. b., LP: No. . red,
I. o. b., IL. to arrive: No. hard winter, LIS,
o. b.; No. Manitoba, Z. OBJ E. 1871; No. l maca.
roni In. Exporters took 10000 bushels Of NAV
contracts 10 exchange for cash wheat but how
much Of this done Is unknown
CORN-stronssr inactive inquiry. No yellow.
all rail, 70 arrive 81 new No. yellow kiln dried
to arrive, ga c. l. T.: new No. }, Eiln-dried, to
arrive. 800. C l. (. Exporters took nothing,
OATS-Fimer; business inactive No white
nominal; No white Sac; No. white f7aB
elevator bass. uugraded, fG52. Exporters took 100
900 bushels, chiefly at outports
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. March Call money TODAY opened $
per cent: high. 2 per cent: low, Ia DER cent: re-
Dewals. per cent ruling rateI2 per cent; last.
per cent.
Lenders Of time money were still under The in
hueDce Of the uncertain political Eituat ton in Wash
ington with the result that the frmer tone noted
last week maintained. Business was quiet with
loans being made chiefly at per cent for ninety
days and - per cent for six months on an indus.
trial collateral Rates for mixed money were
quoted 25a2A per cent for sixty days. 2Ea3 per
cent for ninety days. per cent for four. ave and
six months.
Underlying hrmness featured the commercial napsr
market, and th9re was a fair volume moving at
2s5A per cent. Only the choicest names sold
at the lower figures. Offerings. however, showed
no increase, and the stronger tendency was dine
entirely to the uncertain political situation In
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STRIKE DOESN'T
AFFECT MARKET
Traction Trouble Fails to In
Auence Stocks and Bonds,
Prices Holding Stationary.
OTHER FINANCIAL NEWS
Crucible Earnings Reported to Be
60.000-Untermeyer Buys Ma
rine Preferred in New York.

The local traction strike, which had
not been adjusted when the Washington
Stock Exchange closed yesterday, had no
appreciable effect upon prices bid and
asked for utility stocks and bonds. No
transactions were recorded yesterday, but
prices remained stationary.
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BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK.

Baltimore. Nd. March 6.-PIGS-AS 10 az,
and condition. l.OoalsO shosts apiece a. to siz.,
2SOz30
BEEF CATTLE-IOung steers in good condition
weighing Loo 10 200 bounds per ID S4aT; steers
Weighing under lOoe pounds. 5ss oxen per H.
s~s-: bulls Az: large Ulug COWS per h. in
good order, 4Aj; COWS. poor to meoum grades gia
ga fresh COWS. with calf per head IS Oa6o co. poor
thin. meadow stock. per head, looOal5.OO
CALNES-Choice, ARndv-Weight yeals per h.. la
ia good IeAls. 10lsall: heavy, smooth fat caIy,s
PER head, l5oA90o; heavy, rough calTer 10 oOz %
small. thin calves. 7.Ooas-0; grasseTs. heavy, per
head. lOOOsl5OO
LAMBS AND SHEEP-Chnce fat sheep per p
sas; fair sheep, pei head. lSosZD; old bucks pr
H.. as to quality aud condition 4a5; 1915 Iambs
choice, fat, per b.. salO; fair TO medium Grade
lambs per h. sas1s
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U. S. Treasury Statement.

Net balance in general fund $12O, 264, 026.
Total receipts S2,OO7.OlS.
Total payments s.. .439.
The deficit this fiscal year IL SJi. 22I.-
IH against a deficit of s76 ~, Us last
year. exclusive of Panama Canal and
public debt transactions
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tip circulated yesterday on coppers
declared that there is a good chance of
Inspiration starting at s. instead of s.;
that Anaconda will be put on a virtual
50 basis, and that another increase by
Miami is likely.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

New York, March s.-Lntsrest in the new rold
mining field was reelected in the brisk demand for
scratch Gravel Gold Mining, which rose from %
rents 70 800 before noon on heavy trading
The tone on the Broad Street curb was zgpsr,IFv
strong in the early trading when many stock,
made substantial gains, but business became aueter
around midday
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Coal Settlement Likely.

1t was reported in New York yesterday
afternoon that soft coal operators and
miners were close to an agreement in
volving an advance in wages. A COM
plete settlement was expected before
night
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CrucibIe Earnings Large.

Earnings of Crucible were reported yes
terday as $l,760,OO0. This represents an
annual rate OF about IS per cent on COM
mon stock after allowing for per cent
on the preferred.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Boston. March 6.-The market. was generally
strong. even buuyant with Alaska Gold con
spicuous exception. United States Smelling was
active. 200 shares Of it selling this morning Zine
stocks continued to climb
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET

Baltimore, March 6.--Brisk buying Of oil shares
was reflected in a generally firm tone to the Balt-
more market today. Business however was on
restricted scale, except in Cosden issues which
were bought in round amounts
STATE SECURIT1ES
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Untermeyer Buys Marine.
Earnings Are Reported

Samuel Untermeyer was buying Marine
preferred in New York yesterday.
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
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SALES
Capital Traction S. $50 at 1861.
Washington Railway Is 500 at sOa.. 1000 at
Potomac Electric cons. Is $1,000 at 99S.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
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II you have any doubts about the
Dement'S you will derive from adver-
Using suppose you talk to some one
whose business you see advertised in
this newspaper-Dan Sayles,
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New Haven shows Increase.
Inspiration May Advance.

New Haven for January showed a net
increase OF $685., 524
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SENATE CONFIRMS FRANCIS.

of Shea.
The President sent TO the Senate yes
terday the nomination of David r Fran
els, of Missouri, to be ambassador TO
Russia.
The Senate, at an executive session
later, confirmed the nomination and also
the nomination OF Joseph H. Shea. Of In
diana, to be ambassador to Chile.
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MARKET GAINS
in Strength
News IN General Favorable
and Prices Advance
Sharply.
VERDUN PROVES FACTOR
Oil Stocks Go Up. Along with Sugar.
Railroad Issues Repressed by
Report from London.

New York, March 6.-News in general
was favorable when the stock market
opened today and prices advanced
sharply. Several of the upward move
ments were based on genuinely new de-
velopments in the way of big earnings,
but most Of the strength was purely
technical.
Wan Street construed as good news.
market-wise, the fact that the Germans
had made no great impression at Verdun
over Sunday. Professional traders have
decided that Verdun is not going to be a
decisive bGttle. They are looking else
where for market inspiration now. It
is likely that tomorrow Congress will
get most of their attention as the cues
ton Of warning citizens against travel
ing on armed liners is to be brought to
an issue
The perpendicular advance of nine
points in Crucible Steel was reliably
stated to be at the expense OF a trader
who was short. This trader has been
selling freely between 70 to "A.
Sugar on Advance.
Gasoline and sugar were allies in the
advance on the bears today. The motor
stocks also advanced. Those most
actively traded In were those of COM
panies specializing in low-priced cars.
Sugar stocks reflected the advance of
NudI COnlInOOlly 10 ABOUT record prices
and expectation or still higher prices.
Railroad stocks were repressed today
by announcement from London that the
British goveTnmnt was insisting that
banks call all loans in which railroad
securities appeared as collateral This
is along the line of policy already an
nOunced and throwing these stocks out
of the loans practically turns them over
TO the government for use in the deal
IL to he
another loan in New York, or for actual
sale here.
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MiddlinE. 7.S2; yesterday. re. Sales. 700 bale
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STATE SECURITIES.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-30

rubies.
THAT the tariff on you is
high.
THAT you are NOT to be
treated lightly.
know these things.
My coop is elegantly white
washed. And heated whenever
there's a hint of winter.
Ground oyster-shells are fed to
me, often. And my daily diet is
corn-meal mush with q dash of
red pepper. Beside that, am
given corn. And sometimes, raw
cabbage.
These are the fools that the
poultry books recommend for me.
No more chick-weed for me.
Show me the prize-fighter or
the baby who is fed more care
fully than 1.-The HEN!
Once, when the women-folk
gathered In for a sewing bee, or
In afternoon tea, what did the
men-folk call their harmless fes-
tivities?
Why, hen-party.
Bpt never again will the phrase
be- Used to ridicule and poke fun.
For a hen-party these days
would be as serious an affair af
q directors meeting.
it wocsd affect the stock mar
kct should The hens lay off lay
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BY a Hen

In the old days when anyone
mentioned my name, 1t was to
spring some bright quip like this:
why does hen cross the
road?"
But these days am no Laugh
ing Matter. | am the HEN.
And IL cross the road now
people do not laugh. They follow
me. And bring me back.
For my middle name is
MONEY.
The goose that laid the golden
egg isn't in 1t with me.
For when my cluck is heard
abroad in the chicken-coop, II
means more revenue than
Sohpmann-Heink's trills and
Geraldine Farrar's thrills.
| am worth my weight in
platinum.
What's more, I'm worth my
weight, and then some, in ONE
lets, custards, egg-nogs, and
sponge cake.
In the old days whenever peo.
pie were provoked by fussy per
son they used the phrase, "you
old hen"
But not any more. Nay, nay!
For to say hen" now v .ald
mean:
THAT your price Is above
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-30
By Mabel Abbott

Scenario for The Times great
moving picture, just completed,
entitled From 9th and Com
meree to S19 Pacific avenue"
First scene shows interior OF
old Times office, with staff
peacefully engaged in getting out
the paper.
Editor talking to three people
at once while he answers the tel
ephone with one hand and wields
his blue pencil with the other
Reporters operating typewriters
under forced draught. Compos-
ing room bawling for copy. Ev-
erything nice and normal.
Enter several bandits armed
| with hammers, saws and Other
weapons, and instigated and di'
rected by Mechanical Superin.
tendant Norman Messerly, wnC
proceeded to wreck the estab
| Iishment.
Then PandemOnium
Next scene. Still trying to ge
out the paper. Partitions tori
out, files lost, cuts shuffled, paste
on the floor. Reporters register
frenzy. Closeup of the editor
shows reason lettering. Papel
gets to press on time, but will
internal evidences of terrific
strain.
Scene III. Press still going
wieckers carrying off type-cases
| cohpositors taking their machines
to, pieces; procession of truck
down hill in the rain with frag
ments of the plant, escorted b!
staff carrying personal impedi
menta, and followed by racing
Inewsboys with the last edition o.
The Times that will be got out II
| the old office.
Scene Nv. Getting into the
new home. Carpenters, painters
and plasterers still at work
Chairs, tables typewriters, waste
baskets, adding machines. etc.
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It Was a Pandemonium for
a While, But We're Moved

ETC., piled in heaps. Society and
sporting editors quarreling over
places for their desks. Business
office running around in circles.
In the alley, longshoremen hoist
ing linotypes into the second
story, coolly juggling ton of
miraculously complicated appar-
atus worth $4,000 at the end OF
string while Messerly has a
nervous collapse.
Inset, complaint of longshore-
men, More machinery than an
Ingersoll watch"
Last scene. Getting out the
paper Monday. Staff streaked
with fresh paint and pale with
WEAKNESS, but registering bliss,
as things settle down In the new
we'll lighted, roomy, convenient
quarters.
The interior Of The Times. new
building has been completely re-
modelled into a modern newspaper
plant. The advertising, circula.
ton and accounting departments
occupy the ground floor, with the
press-room, housing new press, In
the rear.
The entire second floor is oc-
cupied by editorial offices, COM
posing room and stereotyping de-
partment. Everything has been
arranged for efficiency.
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MAN Y
III VE,S
LOST!

United Press Leased wire.)
LONDON, Oct. 3O.--The
Donaldson liner Marina, fly
ing the British flag and num-
beriBg several American cisi-
Zens among her crew, was
sunk by submarine Sat,tr-
day afternoon with u heavy
loss of life.
The first advices received mere
said that 20 OF her crew were
missing, only 81 having been
landed.
Later Lloyd's dispatch from
Rockhayen asserted that patrol
boat had rescued the crew.
The steamer was sent TO the
bottom by shell fire. Dispatches
from Queenstown quoted Aaeri-
can Consul frost as reporting
that the ship was torpedoed With
out warning.
The American embassy, how
ever, has received no message
from the consul confirming this
statement.
Reports of the destruction of
four other ships have reached
London in the past "A hours.
They were the Danish steamer
Sif, the Russian threelmaster In
gersoll, the Norwegian bark Re-
gina and the Greek steamer An
gheliki.
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Omitted Press Leased Wfrc)
DORTV,ANn nre 0Ct. IN

(United Press Leased wire)
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 80.
Police of Seattle and Ta-
coma we're asked to coop
crate with the Portland do
partment today In ascertain
ing the identity Of pretty
girl taken into custody with
= w. p Whitney, alleged vet
Gran Of Villas army, on q
charge Of passing bad checks.
e The girl, who said her hom'
was In Tacoma, declared she me
Whitney there and left town will
him.
Questioned by police Whitne,
asserted the woman was his wife
Detectives declared che told then
she was married to another man
The pair came here from Sc
attic whore they are alleged +
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Stadium's Seating Limit
Learned For First Time;
Here's 81 for Best Guess

How many buttons does 1t
take to make a campaign?
How many huckleberries
equal one pie?
Never mind about those;
YOU don't need 10 apologize
for not knowing.
But here's one you ought
to know.
How many persons Will
the Tacoma Stadium seat?
The Stadium Is known all
over the United States, so
Tacoma people are likely to
pe asked this question at any
time, and wherever they
may be.
4 The correct answer never
before has been known.
But today The Times has
the actual count, made by
the architect, Frederick
Heath, of the number OF per-
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sons of ordinary size who
can be seated i'm the big
horseshoe.
To the first person who
brings to The Times office
the correct number, written
out, with the guesser's name
and address, The Times will
give u cash prize Of one dol
II the guess is mailed and
no correct guess is brought
In, the award will be made
to the answer bearing the
earliest pOstmark on the
envelop.
II several correct answers
bear the same pOstmark, tho
first one received in the cdi-
tOrial office will be given tho
prize. II no correct answers
are received by Saturday
noon the award will be
made the nearest one.
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Falls rs Feet;
Lands on Head;
TacOman Lives

Gilbert M. Gonyeau, 1919
North Orchard ST., a laborer at
the Tacoma Smelter company's
plant, fell head foremost from
the top of a converter furnace
to a cement floor 20 feet below,
and may recover.
The accident occurred at A
o'clock Monday morning. Con-
yeau's skull was fractured, and
he was unconscious all day Mon
day. But attendants at the
Tacoma General hospital report
ed that he had good chance OF
life,
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I ing to have a party.
For these are the days Of the
Rise In the Price of Eggs.
And we hens are the manufac-
turers of a product that comes at
|b5 cents a dozen-almost a