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COTTON IS EASIER
IN TRADING TODAY
Weather and Liverpool News
Factors in Decline of 10
to 13 Points. W.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May l5.-~Cotton flu
lures opened steady; July. 18.46: Oc-
tober. 17.63; December, 1850: Janu-
airy. 1881; March, 1859.
The market was steady at a decline
Of ! to points in response to rather
easier Liverpool cables and sold off to
1885 for July and 1884 for December,
or about 10 to 13 points net lower in
the first hour. Local traders seemed
to he selling on belief that weather
conditions over the week end would
be less unfavorable than apprehended
by buyers yesterday, and scattering
liquidation developed on the decline.
Business was comparatively quiet.
Private cables said trade calling in
Liverpool had been offset by local
nd Manchester selling.
The amount OF cotton shipboard
awaiting clearances at the end of the
week was estimated at 31,1S2 bales
against 1882 at the same time last
year.
New York Cotton futures closed very
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TOXIC ELECTRIC LIGHT.

NEW YORK MAY Is LP.-Gross
income Of the Toxic Electric Light
Co, Ltd, for the II months ended
November 30. 1925. translated into
dollars ct As cents per ven, are re-
ported by the Guaranty Co. OF New
York at s13,es3ees. compared with
si2,162.27s In the preceding year.
Rslance for dividends. reserves, etc,
after interest. was $11,4s5.e27 for the
1925 period. Gross income available
for interest after deduction Of ST.
25s.25o for depreciation, amounted to
more than 51a times the $2.47S,071
interest charges for the year ended
November 80, 1925.
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New Orleans Quotations.

NEW ORLEANS. May Il LP.-Cot
ton futures opened steady: March.
$50 bid: July. 1882; October, 17.17
December. l7.1S: January. 1920.
The market was easier here today.
AS Liverpool was lower than due and
earlier advices indicate moderate rains
in the belt. First trades showed
losses Of : to II points and prices
later eased off until July traded at
17.75. October at 1903 and December
al 1907. or II to % points below
yesterdays close Although the
weather map showed considera hle rain
in the belt. the forecast was for fair
and warmer weather which induced
selling. At the end NJ the first hour
the market showed an easy tone and
was At the lows.
New Orleans cotton futurns closed steady
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NEWS PRINT PRODUCTION,

NEW YORK. May Is LP).-Produc.
ton OF news print in The United States
In April was 1882 tons, against 145..
$40 tons in March. Shipments were
l44,6oo tons. against 1855. Canadian
mills turned out 151.739 tons, com.
pared with 154,oa3 in March, while
shipments totaled 154.o15 tons. sgainst
153.157.
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BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, May 15.-The most
important piece of outside news so
far as 1T had any bearing upon the
movement of prices on the Curb Elk
change today was the general advance
OF - cents barrel in Mid Continent
rude OH quotations. initiated by the
fralrle on and Gas Co, the largest
OF the Mid-Continent units.
While it has been pointed ont for
two weeks that reimbursement on the
upside in crude oil quotations was
1t was evident from the
action OF the oil shares that II came
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BUILDERS IN STRIKE.
,ecisl Dispatch to The sta

KANSAS CITY, May ia strike
of union carpenters. hosting engineers
and tile settlers helpers may affect
other crafts here and throw several
thousand additional wot kmen out Of
employment. Employers and workers
in the first named trades have bsen
unable to agree on a new wage scale.
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Your Banker, Knows.

When in doubt about security
consult your banker. 1t is equally as
much his interest as your TO protect
your savings. You trust him with
your deposits--why not trust him
with your investment problems?
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FRANC PLUNGEs AGAIN.

PARIS. May Is GN.-The franc
dropped on unofficial quotations TO-
day to $3.50 to the dollar after es
tablishing an official low yesterday
of 1852
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New Orleans cotton futures closed steady
a net dnchne Of II 70 nnlnis
POTATO MARKET WEAKER

CHICAGO. May Is CF).--Potatoes--
Receipts 60 cars: total United States
shipments, 562 cars; on track. 223 cars,
trading slow. market weaker: prices
lower; Wisconsin sacked round whites.
325a350: few, 800: Minnesota sacked
round whites. 2SOa31o; Idaho sacked
russets, 3o5a3.5O; best, mostly $50.
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Secured by frat deed of trust on re<i estate.
Prevailing interest and commi ssion.
Joseph |. WellertssiSs r wa H. l. L NV NV!
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NEW YORK. May t5.-FollowinS
is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb
Market today.
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BAR SILVER PRICE.

NEW YORK, MAY IL LA).--Bar sill
yer, 65L Mexican dollars. go
White Eagle Oil and Refining Co.
has bought at receivers sale %
tank and service stations formerly
operated by West Brook Tank Line
Co. in Wisconsin. Last years sales
through these stations were $500 900
gallons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-15

KANSAS CITY. May 15.-Slackness
in the -four trade has been followed
by another reduction in output by
local mills. Two mills have closed
entirely and others are operating at
reduced rates. Old bookings are near
ly all flied.
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looks as If she would break In =
mans hands
Well. here you are. Harriet
Louise Huntley." she said, when
the girl came in.
Harriet Louise" was Honey
LOUIS given name. But nobody ex-
cept mother ever called her any
thlr but Honey Lou.
''Yes--afd almost camle BY au-
tonlubile tonighti'' Honey Lou
answered breathlessly. IF you
hadn't brought me up to be a
goody.goody. would have. too.
A man asked me If he could drive
me home. and--and almost told
him that he could"
She went into the little white
bedroom that she shared with Mar
garet. and took off her wet coat
and hat.
From the mirror Of the white
dressing table, her reflected face
looked at her. There was q little
flame burning In each OF the soft
cheeks. and light in the liquid
brown eyes.
i m sorry Isdion't get into that
automobile" she said fiercely to
herself. II wish had wish !
could be like ''One Armed Anniei'
But the next afternoon she was
enormously thankful that she was
not like Ann Ludlow. She was
thankful and glad that she had
not spoken to the man who had
stopped her in the street and
aalSad her, To ride hnYlla with him.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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1contlnued From F,irst Page:l

= >
had been as ugly as sin itself!
She had the thing we call
"pep.' She had charm and O
loyable gayety. She said funny
things without trying to be funny.
She was sugar--but sugar with
dash OF red pepper: That was
Honey Lou.
All the other girls at Wallack's
liked her.
Well Liked
They liked her because she did
not try to ''upstage" them. even
ii she was Old Man Wallack .
private secretary.
They liked her because she call
ed him Grumpy" to his face
when he was in one OF his tenn
pers--and because she never car
ried tales to him
They liked her because of the
cheerful slang that rolled from
her lips like length of silk
richly, smoothly and softly.
And Honey Lou liked every
body at Wallack's 8. in return.
That is. she liked everybody but
Joe Meadows, the shipping clerk.
It was at the top of the iron
stairs that Honey Lou first laid
eyes on Jack Wallack.
She did not know then that he
was Old Man Wallack's only son
and that he was going to
mean everything to her, some
time.
He was standing at the win
- hoH 81
of the stairs, and his back was
toward her.
But as she came running up.
still singing "Velencia" under
her breath, he turned and look
ed at her. His blue eyes met
Honey Louis golden brown ones
and held them foe a full minute.
Then all at once Honey Lou
smiled. A wonderful smile it was.
too, that set her eyes to dane.
ing like brown butterflies.
She did not realize that she
was smiling.
What she did know was that
she had never felt so friendly
toward anyone In her life as. she
felt, suddenly. toward this man
with the blue eyes. Friendly
and something else. too.
Her breath caught in her throat.
and her heart was beating like
a tiny trip-hamnaer as she opened
the door of the big bright outer
office and closed it behind her
closed it between. her and the
blue-eyed man
A Bright Spot
She sat down at her desk. II
was In a bright corner by II
window. and on the sill beside
her was q red geranium In a
pot. 1t was the only spot OF
gayety and color In the dingy.
room--that scarlet geraniuIn Of
Honey LOUIS.
What are you giggling to your
self about?"
Honey Lou fairly jumped In
her chair at the sound OF the
high voice close behind her.
It belonged-that high shrill
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the tiled courtyard below and join
Joe Meadows who stood there
talking to a group of teamsters.
Her thin, high voics floated up
to Honey Lou through the open
window Of the room-"Come
along, Joe! Going my way?''
She slipped her arm INTO his,
and the two of them started
away through the rain and mist
Of the darkening afternoon.
A&
When Honey Lou went out into
the courtyard that night she did
not notice a long. black roadster
with nickel trimmings. standing
in one corner ,of it,
But as she stepped out into. the
lampIit twilight the car turned
and rolled slowly out OF the
courtyard after her.
1t passed her and stopped ar
the corner where Exchange
Street turns into Chester Row.
Even then she did not see It.
The Blond Youth
But as she reached the corner
a man stepped out Of 1t, and
stood in her path. A tall. blond
young man, VINO wore a shiny
black slicker and held his hat in
his hand as he spoke to her.
"I'm going your way" he said.
May 1 give you a lift?'
Honey Lou gave a little gasp
and her brown eyes widened
1t was the n1an-the man she
had seen in the hallway Of the
Mills. that very afternoon,
Even through the mist and the
half-darkness she could make out
the blueness Of his eyes and the
frank friendlniess of his grin.
But she shook her head, and
passed him.
"IIow do you know you're go
ing, my way?" she wanted to ask
him.
But she did not.
She walked on, and the twilight
swallowed up the lovely. flowing
lines Of her small body.
At Home
1t was after 6 O'Clock when
she got home that night.
Home" was a five.room flat
on the second floor Of an old
apartment house on Ellsworth
Street.
1t wasn't much Of a fiat, to
start with. But Honey Louis
mother had fixed 1t up with flow.
cred cretonne curtains and chair
covers, so that. 1t looked bright
and cheerful and comfortable
even IL It was not very elegant.
She was sitting under the
yellow lamp In the living room
when Honey Lou walked in.
Honey LOUIS mother was a
lady. in the old-fashioned mean
ing of the word. She wassa gen.
tlewoman.
She had been born and raised
In the Blue Grass Of Kentucky,
and 1t was from her that Honey
Lou and Margaret, her half.
sister, got their lovely soft, husky
voices.
It was from her, too, that
Honey Lou. got her undeniable
bee rty. Her mouth was the same
fur Cupid's bow. and her face the
same beautiful oval.
Only Mrs. Huntsey was plump
and middle-aged where Honey Lou
W, young and so slim that she
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Love Wrec.ser' Gives
Plenty of Thrills

voice-to Ann Ludlow. whose un.
tidy desk was just behind Honey
LOUIS orderly one.
Above It, Ann LudloW's small
impudent face grinned at her.
Ann was the office ''valnp."
She had worked In the office
of the Mills. for 10 long, years.
Most Of the men In the place.
from Alcorn, the bookkeeper. to
Jepson. the city. salesman. mad
been suitors of AIMS at one time
or another.
~ wasn't giBgling. was T.?
Honey Lou asked her, and began
to tap rapidly on her typewriter.
The smile had vanished almost
instantly from her face.
Now is the time for all god
men to come to the aid of their
party" she wrote on the type
writer, because she could think of
nothing else.
Her vision was still filled with
the face of the man she had Just
left in the hallway.
Who was he, she wondered. Was
he still standing out there. beside
the window?
screwed up enough courage to
walk over to the door and look out
into the hall. He was not there.
With a queer sinking feeling in
her heart, she walked back to her
desk.
'sT'll probably never see him
again." she told herself, but II
doesn't matter"
She knew that 1t did matter TO
her. though. She tried to put the
thought Of him out Of her mind
But she couldn't.
All afternoon his face was be-
fore her minds eye as she tapped
.-tapped--on the little steel keys
of her typewriter.
GirIish Condolences
do you believe In love at first
sight? she asked Ann Ludlow. az
the two Of them started down the
stairs to the dressing room at $50.
.Oh. sure! Ann answered. cheer.
fully and without sentiment. "And
love at last night. and at second
sight. None OF it lasts, though.
SO don't ever kid yourself that 1t
does! Why? Have you fallen for
somebody at Iast?"
Honey Lou shook her brown
head.
mot exactly--I just happened to
see a man today that thought
I'd like to know" she said, and
Ann could get nothing more from
her.
Honey Lou called Ann Ludlow
''one.Armed Annie" to herself. for
Ann was the kind Of girl who takes
anything she can get from a man
candy. flowers, perfume, books.
magazines Anything
A new love affair was to hel
what Christmas is to a greedy
child. A chance to get lot OF
new presents. 1t is doubtful that
Ann had ever been in love hon.
estly and sincerely in all the 90
years Of her life.
From the window OF the dress
Ing room few minutes later,
Honey Lou saw her come out into
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ENGLISH DEBATING TEAM
GREETED BY PRESIDENT

Members OF the Cambridge Uni
versity debating team and those Of
George Washington University were
presented to President Coolidge at
noon today. The President greeted
the visiting British debaters warmly
and shook hands with the George
Washington representatives Of the
local university and the British
embassy officials present.
The day was spent by both teams
in sightseeing.
Tonight the fourth annual inter.
national intercollegiate debate will
be held in the George Washington
University gymnasium, beginning
at 8 o'clock.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO TARIFF DISCUSSED

Wilbur F. Wakefield, former
United states appraiser for the port
Of New York, will confer -oday with
members OF the House Ways and
Means Committee in connection
with proposed amendments to the
tariff laws. s...
The committee now IL conducting
haarines on the alien property bill.
Mr. Waterman urges establishment
If values for dutiable purposes at
the American dock or in the Ameri-
can warehouse rather than at the
wholesale market in the country q
origin,
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MRS. c. H. coNsoLvo Ill
FROM POISON, REPORT

BALTIMORE. Nov. 20. - Mrs,
Charles II. Consolvo. formerly Of
winchester. Va, is seriously III in
Union Memorial Hospital here.
she is reported to have taken
poison by mistake. Hospital an
thorities refuse to discuss her case
she was formerly Mrs. Alexander
Lee Ccbie. and member Of the
Byrd family Or Virginia.
Her marriage to Consoivo, owner
or the Belvedere Hotel here ana o.
other hotels In Richmond and nor
folk, took place two years ago u
Atlantic City.
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tpry enforcement Meeting

The first session of the third
annual meeting Of the United Com.
mittee for Prohibition Enforcement
will open this afternoon at o'clock
in the Raleigh Hotel. The chair
man. Clinton Howard, announced
an intention OF opening all subse-
Quent meetings to friends OF their
cause or those representing other
organizations.
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ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realised on Swift & Company
sales OF carcass beef In Washington, y. C.
Tor week ending Saturday. November %,
1878 on shtpments sold out, ranged from
It.VO cents to 1880 cents per pound
ana averaged 14.41 cents per pound.
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They are a real treat at that price,
too! So many new fashions developed
in splendid suedes, pinpoints and
bolivias, with rich satin de chine lin
ings, and large collars and cuffs of
raccoon mandel, fitch mandel or
Mendoza beaver. Embroidered sleeves,
tucked effects, bloused backs and lots
of other smart details. Sizes Is to "a
in all the wanted colors.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-09

Upton spent Monday with Mf. and Mrs. Fred Botham and family.
 Mir. and Mrs. Nelson Platt and fam i ily and George Platt spent the Fourth with relatives in New Haven. Mrs. Platt is spending week there.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward Carson and son Philip of Norwich, and Miss Ad- die Hutchins were recent visitors at Mrs. Frank Sweat's in Hopedale, Mass.
 Mir. and Mrs. B. w Whitehouse and children Karl and Dorothy, and Ruth Amidon attended the Whiton reunion held at Keeney Park in Hartford Sat urday.
 A meeting of the Christian Endeav- or was held last Sunday evening. Miss Dorothy Kenyon was elected chair man of the music committee, Miss Dor othy Horton was elected secretary and treasurer, and Miss Eva Covell was appointed head of the program com mittee.
 The Christian Endeayor met at the Congregational church last Sunday evening. Stanley Amid0n was elected chairman and Dorothy Horton was elected secretary and treasurer. Eva Covell was elected chairman of the program committee, and Dorothy Ken yon was elected chairman of the com mittee having charge of the music.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-09
CITY NEWS NOTES

George Payne was in New York on a business trip a few days this week.
 Albert Robinson of Hartford spent the holiday weekend at his home on Church street.
 Newton B. Stone of Boston spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Will liam E. Stone of Sunnyside.
 Mir. and Mrs. Clarence Kent and family and Mir. and Mrs. E. E. Sam derson were in Marion, Mass, Sum- day.
 Oscar Bouthillette of Hartford was the holiday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Regis Bouthlllette, Battey street
 W. s. Johnson, who has been at the Day Kimball hospital 8 few days, Is much improved and will soon return to his home.
 Miss Edith coyette and Miss Nolis Caplette spent the weekend and hoii- day at Lake Sunapee, \. H., and sur rounding towns.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. F. Clark of Grove street entertained Frank F. Clark and daughter, Mrs Ada F. Durant of Ok ford, Mass, Friday. They are for mer residents of Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-09
At The Ben-Grosvenor Inn

Mir. Robert T. Narnum is spending week in Newport and is stoppng at the Viking.
 Miss Dorothy Morrison is arriving from New York today for stay of several weeks at the Orchard cottage. Miss Margaret Bayne of New York will join her at later date.
 Miss Pauline Riggs and MT. Robert Moves were among those departing this week. They will be at Woodstock, Vt., for several weeks and will return to the Inn in the autumn.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hobart Thompson of Troy. N. r., were overnight regis trants on Monday. They were we'll known visitors in Pomfret several years ago.
 Mir. and Mrs. James Ridegay Poor of Boston, and their guests. Mir. and Mrs. Howard Mann of Brookline, left on Monday after spending the week end at the Main House and Orchard cottage.
 Mrs. Benjamin Buttolph of Provi- dence is at the South cottage for a fortnight Mir. Buttolph will join her for the weekend
 AuloHR NiOst arriving At4a WRth al v Mrs. Horace K. Blanchard of Provi- dence, who Is staying at the Orchard cottage until the middle of Septem- Der, and Miss Grace Lawton of Provi- dence. who will remain throughout July and August.
 Mrs. William Studley accompanied MT. Studley to Providence Tuesday and remained for several days.
 The list of visitors over the Fourth included MT. and Mrs. fl. W. Harmon and MT. and Mrs. C. K. Thurston of Providence, MT. $. K. Mahon and his daughter, Miss Dorothy Mahon, of Toledo, Ohio; Mir. Alden Jones of Lakewood, N. J.; MT. Francis Mason and his daughter. Miss Lucy Mason, of Brooklyn, N. |.
 Mir. Edward Bloom, of Paterson, N. J., was an overnight visitor at the Or chard cottage on Tuesday
 Reverend George T Linsley of Hart ford Is the guest of Reverend and Mrs. \. George Thompson at the 0l- i've cottage.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-09

ur and Mrs. William P. Warren .-s spending a few days in New York fftv. a,...-..-4-----
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-09
MARRIED

KENNEY-CoNVERsE Pomfret, July ', 1926, by Rev. Frank II, Bigelow, Miss Mona Converse and John Kenney of Southbridge.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-09
PUTNAM PERSONALS

Allen Thayer has entered the em- ploy of the Cargill Trust Co. for the summer.
 M,s. E. C. Morse and Carolyn have been spending a month in Brooklyn, \. 4., with relatives.
 Dr. and Mrs. William Saretzki and children were with relatives in New Haven over the holiday.
 Mir. and Mrs James MeCulloeh and two children were in Marlboro, Mass, over the weekend and Fourth.
 Mayor and Mrs Chapdelaine and Miss Edna Chapdelaine are at their summer home at Oakland Beach.
 Mrs. Annette Googins Is taking a much needed rest and vacation of sev- eral weeks with friends in Duluth, Minn.
 Mir and Mrs. Raymond Durfee en- tertained Mir. and Mrs. Harvey H. Hewitt of Groton, Conn, over the weekend.
 fly motored to Lake George and Lake Ghamplain spending the weekend and the Fourth there.
 Mir and Mrs. Wiifred De,.ulniers of Leominster were the guests of MT. and Mrs. William Desaulniers of Church street last week.
 Misses Blanche Muire, Marie Cir. aca and Leoza De Rousseau spent the holiday in New London, the guests of Miss Muire's relatives.
 A. Graydon Sharpe has resigned hi. position with the Putnam Light X Power Co., to become an insurance agent for q local company.
 Mir and Mrs. Mark Gallant enter. tained Alfred Gallant of Hartford and Miss L. Lorena Gallant of Will hmantic over the weekend and holi- day.
 MT. and Mrs. Hiram oatley. Mrs. Ernest Bousquet. Sr.. and Mrs Flu gene Barrett of Woodstock spent "Wednesday and Thursday in Hart ford
 Mrs. Ada Tourtellotte of South Main street entertained Miss Florence Tourtellotte and George Tourtellotte of Hartford over the holiday week end
 Miss Hazel Clifford and Miss Chrystobel Clifford spent the weekend and holiday in Willimantie the guests of Mrs Clarence C. Webster and family.
 Mrs Warren s. Ames has TO. covered sufficiently from her recent operations at St. Vineent's hospital, to return to her home on Farrows street.
 David Fshlstrom, employed by the Putnam Water Company. has gone to Sweden for a two months vacation This is his first visit to his old home in twenty years
 Miss Margaret Dolan of Chapman street. who has been under observa- ton at St Francis hospital, Hartford. for the past week, Is improved and is expected home soon.
 Miss Edith (. Bowen of Laurel street and Miss Olive Whitney of Farrows street leave Saturday for q two-weekS' western trip. their desti- nation being Lansing. Mich, where they will visit friends and relatives.