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Evening star., 1924-09-02
TREASURY BUYING
LIBERTY BONDS
Market Steadier-European
Issues Firm-Coffee :.
Liens Active.
ny GEORGE r. HUGHES,

special Dispat tch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September Eth.
bond market opened the week firm
but quiet. Banks appeared to have
but a few large institutions were re.
ported bidding for high grade under.
lying railroad issues. some of them OF
the more inactive type. New Or.
leans terminal Is Is an example. The
demand for short term maturities
winch was so prominent last month
has been about satisfied and quota
tons for such were shaded in con-
sequence.
were trihe heavier. 1t was reported
from Washington that the Treasury
had again entered the market. taking
advantage of the drop Of last week
The Inference was that Secretary
Mellon did not expect any pronounced
decline in Liberties. Today's reports
were that the Treasury Offering OF
September 10 would take the form
of $300,000.00O in short term notes
and that the coupon rate would be
about te same as that of the last
Offering, which was 2Z per cent.
Speculative Rails Active.
In the speculative rails the feature
was the insistent buying Of 7. q. n
adjustments and the firm tone for
both st. Louis. San Francisco income
6s and adjustment 6s. OF the indus
trials Wilson & Co.'S obligation
stages sharp recovery, particu-
larly in the convertible is and the
convertible 7hs The first mortgage
6s gained in lesser degree. Copper
bonds were generally higher. with
Chile Copper 6s the leaders. In the
sugars Punta Allegro Sugar IS were
up point.
Interest in the foreign group CEN
tered in the new Offering Of $4,000. 900
Kingdom of Belgium 25-year 6las at
- to yield over per cent. Books were
reported closed early in the day. but II
remains to be seen whether the bonds
have been permanently placed. Belgian
7i:s were steady. but the IS yielded a
fraction. There was no important change
in French bonds.
Todays new issues included $1,000
600 Central Indiana Power 5la Per
cent collateral notes due 1927 to WELD
$50 per cent.
Liberty B0nds Steadier.
BY the Associst ted Press.
NEW YORK, September Bond
prices resumed their upward trend
today. European issues were firm
but South American bonds eased OFF
on reports of continued abnormal
conditions in Brazil.
Re-entrance of the United States
Treasury into the open market to
purchase Liberty bonds for SINKING
FUND requirements steadied the Gov
ernment lists. Contrasting price
movements marked trading in rail-
road liens, improvement in New
Haven, Seaboard. Norfolk and West.
ern and Southern Railway issues
being offset by heaviness of Illinois
Central As. Delaware and Hudso1
refunding As and Northern Pacific
412s. Industrials were firm with
gains of l to , points recorded by
Chile Copper Is, Magma Copper Is,
Punta Allegro Sugar IS and the Will
son issues
Evening star., 1924-09-02
CALL MONEY MOVES
UP HALF PER CENT
First Advance Since June Not Ex-
pected to Be Perma- ,.eI"', ,seI.
~ 80
nenl. .t d@s
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. t.. -" =.
NEW YORK, September 1.-The u
Stock Exchange rate on call mone3sV
which has ruled unchanged at 2
per cent since June s, advanced 10 .,
81. per cent today, owing to- theE
heavy demand for funds forn6frsu q
of the month requirements. Wbi,g,:
a stiffening of money rates is beiI.s n
looked for this fall, due to the grc~-
ing revival of trade, the present ad-
vance is generally believed to be
only a temporary one, as no indica-
tions of money shortage have Seer 4
revealed in recent bank statemenaS :,
Evening star., 1924-09-02
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. September tSpe-
ciaD.-Potatoes, new, barrel, 1.9Oa
2.25: bushel. 40aS5; sweets and yams.
barrel. 2.00a5.0Q; beans. busheI, LISA
l.50; beets. 100, 3.O0a4.O0; cabbage,
100. 3.OOa5.00; carrots, 100, 3.OOa4. 90:
corn, dozen. 10a25: celery. bunch. goa
rs: cucumbers, basket, 9Oal.UO; egg
plant. basket, 90a1.OO: lima beans.
bushel, 3.00a3.50: lettuce, crate, lisa
225; peppers, basket, 25a3O: peas,
bushel. 1.50a2.00; spinach, basket. goa
100: squash, basket, 30a4O; tomatoes,
basket. 40a60; packing stock, bushei,
1.00a1.15.
Apples. barrel. 2.ooa5.oo: bushel;
1.Ooa2.00; Damsons, pound, 3ka4;
berries, quart, 10a12; peaches. basket.
25a60; bushel, 75a2.25; melons. 100,
1O.O0a50.OO; cantaloupes. basket, 25a
so; pears, basket, 40a1.00; bushel,
150a250.
Settling Prices on Grain.
wheat-No. red Winter, spot,
1864; No. red Winter, garlicky,
LES; No. 8 red Winter, garlicky,
1.24h.
Sales-Rag lots of nearby sold at
a range of 1.l6 to 1.25 per bushel
Cargoes on grade, No. red Winter,
garlicky, at 1.27: No. red Winter,
garlicky, at 1924; No. red Winter,
garlicky. spotty. at 1.20; No, red
Winter, garlicky, spotty, at 1.16.
Corn-Cob. old yellow, $50 per bar
rel; old white. 6.35 per barrel; No. 2
corn. spot, no quotations: No. 3, no
quotations; track corn, yellow, No. 2,
1876.
Ssles-None.
oats-No. new. 5sa5sk; No. 3, no
quotations.
Rye-Nearby, 95a1.00: No. rye.
spot, 99h.
Hay-Receipts. ~ tons. There is
no life in the demand for any grade
of hay, and current receipts of new
hay are ample for all trade require
ments. The range of sales in hay is
1900 to 1000 per ton, with heated
and off stock having no definite mar
ket value.
Straw-No. wheat. new, 12oOa
1900: No. / oat, new, 13.o0a14.0o.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK, September Eggs ir-
regular; receipts 5,594 cases. Fresh
gathered, extra firsts. 3Sa40, do. firsts,
35a37; do. second and poorer. 2Sa34;
nearby hennery whites. closely select
ed extras, 53a56; nearby and nearby
western hennery whites. first to aver
age extras, 40a52; nearby hennery
browns, extras, 44a4S; Pacific coast
whites, extras, 50a51: do first to extra
firsts, 40a49; refrigerator, extra firsts,
"a ass; do. first, 32l4a34.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
EARNINGS TAKE DROP.

NEW YORK, September 2.-Ameri-
can Agricultural Chemical Co. earned
net profit of $112,463, after interest,
depreciation and reserve, in the year
ended June 80, equal to 80 cents a
share on the preferred against $501, ,4s1,
or SITE a share on the preferred in the
previous 12 months. Profit and loss
deficit totaled $19,404,s75. compared
with $12,SI7, ,5S4 the year before.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
WALL STREET HOLDS
OPTIMISTIC VIEWS
Outlook Called Brighter Than for
Some Time-Grain Now
Moving.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September WALL
Street got back to business after It's
holiday in an optimistic frame or
mind, traders generally expecting
that foreign and domestic trade re
vival will be reflected shortly IN the
securities market Observers look
for improved stability in European
and world trade when the Dawes
plan becomes operative.
Business also is expected to he
stimulated by the start In the move
ment of grain. the effect always
having been noted al soon as the
farmers begin to receive funds tor
their crops. Observers consider that
the outlook is bright1s than it has
been for some time
Evening star., 1924-09-02
COTTON QUOTATIONS
LOWER IN TRADING
Large Volume of Southern Selling
Weakens Values After
Holiday.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 2.-Reia-
lively firm Liverpool cables failed to
create much buying power in the
cotton market during today's early
trading.
After opening steady at a net de-
cline of to 20 points, active months
soon showed net losses of Is to %
points under liquidation and local
and Southern selling. A considerable
volume Of Southern selling was sup
posed to represent an accumulation
of hedging over the holiday. De-
cember eased off to 24.10, and while
there was covering and some scat
tered buying on crop deterioration
reports from the South, 1t was sup
piled on rallies of or points.
A private crop report made the
condition 62.6 and the indicated crop
12407 900 bales.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK. - Stocks irregular:
rails under steady accumulation.
Bonds firm: Dawes plan develop
ments aid European issues Foreign
exchange steady; sterling and francs
moderately higher. Cotton lower:
larger crop estimates. Sugar quiet
and featureleSS. Coffee advanced: Euro
pean buying.
CHICAGO.-Wh heat lower: large de-
liveries. Corn barely steady. Cattle
higher; shipping demand. Hogs
steady to higher.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
Find Prehistoric Cave Dwellings,

KRASNOSARSK, Siberia, September
1.-Two explorers, Auerbach and
Sosnovsky, are reported to have dis
covered the cave dwellings of pre-
historic inhabitants of middle Siberia.
Some zoo utensils made of stone or
of bones were found, as were also
articles Of adornment and the scep-
ters of chieftaine.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
ATLANTA RENTS CUT.

ATLANTA, September (SpeciaD.-
August building permits have passed
the s2,000.00O mark. and the moving
of families, which post office author
titles say has been heavier than usual,
has stimulated sales of furniture and
household goods. Rents have been re-
duced 10 to Is per cent.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
RATES ON BAR SILVER.
Quotations Furnished by Redmond & Co.

LONDON, September 2-Bar silver
47-16d per ounce. Money, rs per
cent. Discount rates-short bills, 3 35s
as 11-16 per cent; three months, 1s-
16a35s.
NEW YORK, September Bar sill.
yer, 6sx; Mexican dollar, 527s.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

New OFfeanH Market Qufef.
NEW ORLEANS, September 2.-The
cotton market opened about steady.
Liverpool, after declining during the
American holiday, rallied today and
was about as due when American
markets opened. First trades were 3
points up to IL down here, but the
market eased off at once, owing to
the execution of a large volume of
selling orders accumulated over the
double holiday. October traded down
to 1856, December to $3.50 and jan
uary to 23.95, or % to 80 points be-
low the close of last Saturday. Trad
ing, which was active at the start
quieted down after the accumulated
selling orders had been disposed of.
Cotton futures closed steady net decline
Of IN
Evening star., 1924-09-02
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
By the Associated Press.

BY tHt AhSUE1dttu rtSS.
NEW YORK, September 2.-Foreigu
exchanges irregular. Quotations (in
United States dollars) Great Brifain
demand. i.4S 5-16: cables. as 9-1ss
0-day bills on banks, 445 Gle. France,
demand. 5.40A; cables, 5.41k 3ItahT
demand. .o442is; cables, .o44s. sEB,sf
GUM. demand. .05071a; cables, .o5os.
Germany, demand (per trillion), 2S{.
Holland. $3.50; Norway, 1884: Sweden.
1855; Denmark. 1876; Switzerland.
:lss2 spain, .loso' Greece, .01S1; Po-
land, .00l9A; Czechoslovakia, .o3oO
Jugoslavia, .012Sh Austria. .0oOoi4l.
Runiania, .0049A; Argentina, $500
Brazil. 1000; Toxic, Al: Nontreai.
SO 31-S2.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
BUTTER UNSETTLED.

CHICAGO, September 2.-Butter un-
settled; creamery, extras, 81; STAN
dards, S6h; extra firsts, 35 ka36; first,
34a35; seconds, 32a33.
Eggs higher; receipts, 1855 cases;
hrsts, 23as5; ordinary firsts, 3oaSl.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
procured through them.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

II pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
procured through them.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

tPartly extra. fPayabi. ip preferred stock.
are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly or half-yeariv deelara tons
dividends are not included.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

1t pays to read the want columns of
The. Star. Hundreds of situations are
procured through them.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

If the law required everybody TO
attend to his own business there
WouIdn; oc ouch heed Of other laws
Evening star., 1924-09-02
EaAtman (t7Ll,

| Gardner Motor.
! Gen Asphalt.
| General Elec(S)
| Gen Ell spe 5000
! Gen Mot t1.2nO.
! Gen Mot db co.
Gen Mot pf n ca
! Gen Petm co.
! Gimbel Pres. -.
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Goodrich.
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! Goodyear pt.
! Gdyear pr pf 90
! Granny Consol.
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CT North pf go. .
| CIR Nor Ore f3)
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Hartman Co "a.
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Houston Oil. -.
Hud Mot c (3>.
Illinois Cent 70.
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Kan City South.
Kan c So pf %.
Kelly Spr Tire.
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Magma Copper. .
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| Man Ell std 90.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received by Private Wire Direct o The Office

II NEW
II Recei,
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Ajax Rubber.
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Allis-Chalm 90
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Am Car & Fy(12,
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Am SAT r (50c).
! Am Ship & Com.
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Am S & r pf 90.
Am Stl Fdys (3).
Am Sugar.
Am Sugar pf %.
Am T & Cab 60.
Am 7 & Tel (s).
Am Tobac (12).
Am Tob 3 (12).
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Am Water wks.
Am w w pf 90.
Am Woolcn 90.
Am Zinc.
Am Zinc pf.
Anaconda
Arm of Del 10.
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Barnsdall A..
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Bethlehem Steel
! Srk Edison 80.
Brk Man Tran.
Br Man T pf 90.
Brklyn Tn G 90.
Burns Br B co
Butte c & Zinc.
! Butte&Superior.
Cal Packing 60.
Cal Pet t1s). =.
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Calu & .AriZ co.
Can Pa cific tl0)
Ga Sc Threshing
Case Thrs'g pf
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Oh Mil & st P pf.
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! ChStP Min & O. q.
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| Coca Cola o..
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! Colo Southern. =.
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| Cub Am Sug f3).
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| Cub Cane Su pf.
| CuShma ms 80.
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/; Foundation 90.
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Freeport Texas.
| Gardner Motor.
! Gen Asphalt.
| General Elec(S)
| Gen Ell spe (60c)
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Evening star., 1924-09-02
New Orleans Market Quiet.

Opening: October. 23.1S; December, "A
January 2436; March. 24.45; May, "a c.
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trondokoro. they cheered themselves
hoarse and sang songs in praise IF
he Bwana Mkubwa. Kingi ya
Amerik THE big chief. the king OF
America).
That night Colonel Roosevelt
asked Haddon and myself to dine or
board the Dial" Kermit had got the
ships cook to remove his beard
and cut his hair. and he appeared
at dinner looking unusually spick
and span. Colonel Roosevelt was IL
line form. and told us about his
hunt after the giant Gland. He
spoke most warmly of Kermit. and
Of his excellent management Of the
''safari" and his wonderful powers
Of endurance in tracking.
Kermit runs in the mid-d4,
heat" he asserted. proudly. "aftel
his quarry when trailing them down,
and never seems to tire. Once he is
on the track of a beast he wants, he
will not let it alone until he has
killed it,
Consider what the two t>oosevelts
had achieved. Colonel Roosevelt
and Kermit had shot close on SOC
large mammals between them, in
GLIDING three giant Glands, two
bongo, eleven white rhino, one sta
tunga, seventeen lions. eleven Gle
plants, ten buffalo, ten ordinary
rhino, eight hippos, nine giraffe.
three sable antelopes, three leopard,
seven cheetah and a great number
Of antelope and gazelle. and other
animals too numerous to count.
Kermit, as I think I have already
stated, was a boy in thousand. He
took to the life of a hunter as IL he
had been born one. He was a most
likeable companion, and ever ready
for a playful joke or some daring
feat. Few boys, receiving such at
tention and such feteing. could have
come through the ordeal upspoiled;
but Kermit did so.
He was just the same happy-go-
lucky Kermit at the end of the long
expedition as the one who had gone
to Africa a year previously, but he
had filled out and had more purpose
in life. cannot bestow higher
praise on him than to say he was al
ways just as modest and silent about
his own great achievements in the
field as he was expert in hunting,
and that is saying very great deal
On Feb. %, the Dali started off
down stream for the Sudan, it hav-
ing been arranged that the Roose-
velts should do a little shooting in
the Sudan and then reach Khartoum
on March Is. At Khartoum Mrs.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER xxx
Roosevelt at GOndOkOrO


1T7 HE Roosevelt expedition
headed by Colonel Roosevelt
- and Kermit, arrived at Con
dokoro on the early morning of Feb
II.
All the residents of this little out
post on the bords of Uganda and
the Sudan had assembled on the out.
skirts of the station at the point
where the RoOsevelts would enter
the village. The first to arrive was
Kermit, and he was quickly followed
by Mearns. They joined us to wait
for the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt
and the big safari.
Suddenly, from the distance, came
the music of a bugle and drum band
playing, alternately, British and Bel
gian bugle marches. And then the
long string of pOrters came round d
bend in the road. At their head
marched a porter. carrying the large
American flag that had accompanied
the expedition for the past eleven
months. Immediately behind them
walked Colonel Roosevelt and Lor-
ing. Everybody cheered as they rec
ognized him.
They had marched in from Chief
kiriba's village. distance of sixteen
miles, since o'clock in the morn
ing.
Immediately\behin Colonel Rooso-
welt came Chief Kiriba, who was
dressed in n khaki suit, the sun
helmet and sun glasses that 1 had
given him, and blue puttees Every
now and again he would turn round
and. urge his banI to play mere
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% 1914 MA Service IN

vigorously and louder IN honor of
the "Kngiya Amerik."
1t appeared that Chief I{iriba had
iondok0ro, for the whole distance
u sixteen miles, despite the protests
Of Colonel Roosevelt who wished TO
shcot as he Travelled mt Gondokoro.
The band, however. rendered any
same shooting entirely out of he
question.
Behind the colonel trailed along
he mules, tent boys. cooks, saises,
gun bearers, Salim the headman and
lis porters with their loads, and all
he other impedlments of an African
atari. That endless stream into
;ondokoro continued for a space of
hree hours. Cunninghame and
Heller were the very last to arrive
took Colonel Roosevelt and Ker-
hit down to the Dial" where Cap
tain Middleton was introduced to
them ana told how he had been sent
ny to bring them down to kh1rtoum
~ the Sudan government.
Above the DIAL ;iuttered the
Stars and Stripes; while in the stern
Goated the Sudan flag, and in the
DOW tine Egyptian Khedival flag
Truly was this an international
yacht!
After lunch was over, Kermit and
Loring distinguished themselves by
a most heroic attempt to rescue a
drowning porter. It seemed that,
while playing on the barge alongside
of the "Dal," one of the porters had
pushed another into the Nile. I'm.
fortunately this man could not
swim, and he had already sunk
twice before Kermit and Loring saw
what had happened.
There was a large crowd of ma
tives on the bank, but they made no
attempt to rescue the man. Before
Kermit could get to the side of the
Dali and dive in, the man had gone
down a third time. Kermit Owed re-
peatedly into the swift-f1owing river
in the hope Of finding the mans
body and saving him; but the cur
rent travels here at the rate of four
miles an hour and all his gallant at
tempts to save the man proved UNI
lvailing. Loring gave Kermit yeo.
man assistance, and both of them
were absolutely indifferent to the
danger of the current and the nu-
merous crocodiles.