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MONDAY. JUNE 22. Todays Financial and Commercial News AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET Middling closed today at 14*/^. Tone Steady. Middling last year 12%e. CLOSING Good ordinary ..11 7-8 Strict Rood ordinary 12 3-8 low middling 13 1-4 Strict low middling 13 7-S Middling U 1-8 Strict middling 1.14 3-8 Good middling • Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 3-8 Previous Day’s Figures Good ordinary - . 11 7-8 Strict good ordinary .....12 3-8 Low middling 13 1-8 Strict low middling 14 Middling 14 1-4 Strict middling 14 1-1 Good middling ™» Tinges, first >l4 Tinges, second . 13 S-8 Receipts For Week , Soles. Sn'n. Slilot. Saturday.. ... 144 123 363 Monday 124 10 160 Tuesday .... .... .... Wednesday . ... -—« Thursday. . . . —— —— ——• Friday Comparative Receipts 1913. 1914. Saturday 122 16 Monday 15 65 Tuesday —— Wednesday —— Thursday —— Friday ~~ Stocks and Receipts Stock in Augusta. 1913 24,542 NEW YORK COTTON New York.— Relatively weak cables and reports that spot cotton was being pressed for sale in Liverpool encouraged renewed selling in the local cotton mar ket at the opening today. First prices were seven points lower to two points higher with the old crop months rela tively weak in sympathy with the for eign showing and practically all posi tions made new low ground for the movement. There was some nervous ness over predictions for very high tem peratures in the belt, however, and prices rallied several points during the early trading. The market continued steady during the forenoon with the active months selling about six to ten points net higher but offerings increased somewhat around midday and prices eased off three or four points from the best. Trading was quiet during the early afternoon but the market held steady and an»ut six to ten points net higher. Cotton futures closed firm. High. Low. Close. July ... . .. >12.70 12.58 12.89 August ... * 12.69 12.54 12.68 October ... -2.53 12.37 12.52 December ... ...12.57 32.42 12.56 January 12.44 12.32 12.44 March 12.48 12.37 12.49 NEW ORLEANS COTTON New Orleans.—Cotton opened un changed to six points off. Buying set In immediately after the call and the market did better. Half an hour after the opening prices were one to seven points over Saturday’s close. Offerings were readily absorbed throughout the morning session. At noon prices were at a net advance of six to eleven points. CHICAGO ORA IN MARKET Chicago, Ills.—Wheat took a down ward turn today, Influenced by falling quotations at Liverpool. The result was the lowest price level reached here so far on this year’s crop. The opening was a shade to 5-8 lower and the market gave no signs of any important rally. Weather prospects weakened com. The start, ranging from 1-8 off to 1-8 up, was followed by a sag, especially no ticeable In the July delivery. Oats dropped with corn. Higher prices for hogs made provisions firm./ A 'further decline In wheat resulted from reports that never before had new wheat started ftom first hands in such volume as at present. The close was weak 1 to 1 1-4 net lower. The smallness of the increase in the visible supply helped check the decline in corn and It closed weak at a net loss of 5-Ba3-4 to 1 1-8. ' , Open. High Low Close WHEAT— July .... 81% 82 81% 81% Sept . . . . 80% 80% 80% Ju < iv >nX— . . 69% 6974 68% 68% Sept .... 67% 67% 67 67 OATS— July .... 39% 39% 39% 39% Sept .... 38 38% 38% 38 LARD— „„„ July . . . .2070 2070 Sept .. . .2022 2025 2005 2007 PORK— July . . . .1015 1017 1010 1010 Sept .. . .1035 1035 1027 1027 RIBS— . . July . . . .1155 1157 1147 1147 Sept .. . .1165 1165 1155 1155 LIVE STOCK MARKET CHICAGO HOG AND CATTLE MARKET Chicago, Ills—Hogs: Receipts 41,000; strong; hulk 840a846; light 815a»45; mix ed 515a850; heavy 805a817 1-3; rough 805a820; pigs 730a810. Cattle: Receipts 12.500; strong; beeves 750a910; steer* 690a820; stoekcrs and feeders 615a815; cows and helfera 370a -885; calves 700 a 10.25. Sheep: Receipts 16.000: steady; sheep 63 f ’a640; yearlings 640a750; lambs 660 a• 840; springs 700a95Q. HOURLY TEMPERATURES Degrees. 6 A. 72 7 A. 73 8 A. 77 9 A. 10 A. M 88 11 A. *1 12 M ... 93 1 P. 2 P. 96 MONEYMARKE'T New Vork.—Mercantile piper 3 l-2»4. Sterling steady 60 days 4.86; demand 4.88.16. i Commercial bills 485 1-2. f Government bonds steady. Rbllrcad bonds Irregular, f Call money steady *1 3-la2; ruling rate t: clowng 1 3-4a7-8. Time h.aji ß steady: 60 days 2 I*4; 90 days 2 1-f; six month* 3 1-4. Stock in Augusta, 1914 17,995 Rec. since Sept. 1, 1913 333,578 Rec. since Sept. 1, 1914 370,956 Augusta Daily Receipts 1913 1914 Georgia Railroad 27 Southern Ry, Co 19 Augusta Southern Augusta Southern Ry.. .. Central of Ga. Ry Ga. &■ Fla Ry C. and TV. C. Ry. 9 A. C. L. Ry Wagon 5 Canal —— River Net receipts 5 55 Through 10 —«• Totals 15 60 Port Receipts Today. Last Yr. Galveston 1965 557 New Orleans 95 1055 Mobile 135 S'nvanah 119 Charleston —— —— ■Wilmington 29 Norfolk 464 Total ports est.) 4000 Interior Receipts Today. Last Yr. Houston 990 631 Memphis 123 32 St. Louts Cincinnati —— ——■ Little Rock Weekly Crop Movement, End ing Friday, June 19, 1914. 1914. 1913. 1912. Shipments . 25,715 15,323 16,973 Stock 44,170 35,0'.17 29,697 Receipts .... 220.845 251,025 164,619 Came in St. 90,732 74,643 68,605 Crop in St. 13,956,545 13,075,819 15,070,519 Vis. Sup.... 4,241,306 3.649,529 3,543,695 NEW YORK STOCK MARKET New York Attention on the stock ex change was directed toward Washington this afternoon with some hope that one or more of the Important decisions af fecting financial interests might be handed down. A sudden spurt of over a point In Southern Pacific followed the decision of the supreme court in favor of the Southern Pacific railroad regard ing the company's oil holdings in Cali fornia. There were contrary movements, however, Amalgamated and Western Un ion manifesting weakness. The five per cent bonds of the Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway, which last week fell 27 points, today added another ten points to their loss. Efforts during the forenoon to revive bullish speculation by bidding up repre sentative stocks met with only tem porary success. Although the list Im proved slightly after the opening prices were shaded later and by afternoon the average was fractionally under Satur day’s close. Sterling exchange was strong and higher. The market closed strong. Southern Pacific extended its rise to over three points on lagely exchanged dealings Other stocks rose to fractional extent... NEW YORITsTOCK LIST Last Sale. Amalgamated Copper 71% American Agricultural cx-div 55 American Can 28 American Car and Foundry 52 American Cities pfd ... . 60 American Smelting 63% American Sugar 108 American Tel. and Tel 323% American Tobacco 230% Atchison 99% Atlantic Coast Line ... 121 Baltimore and Ohio 92% Canadian Pacific 195% Chesapeake and Ohio 51% Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul 100% Erie . ... 29 % General Electric 148% Great Northern pfd 124% intefborough Metropolitan pfd 6274 Kansas City Southern 27 Louisville and Nashville 138% Liggett and Myers 214 Lorlllard Company 170 New York Central .91% N. Y., N. H. and Hartford *6 Norfolk and Western 105% Northern Pacific 111% Pennsylvania 112 Reading 165% Rep. Iron and Steel 237 k Rock Island Co., pfd 3% Seaboard Air Line 19% Do pfd 54% Southern Pacific 97% Southern Railway 24% Do pfd 79 Texas Company 145% Union Pacific 157 United Staes Steel 63% Do pfd 109% Vlrglnla-CaTnlina Chemical 29% Western Union 58% SURE, CUT IT OFF. “Professor,” asked a senior student, according to The Cleveland Plain Deal er. “Is It proper to amputate for ery sipelas when you can't check the dis ease ?” “Always, sir!” answered the instruc tor. "I have told you that before now, I believe. Some of you fellows can't remember a thing over night.” “Thank you, doctor. I was glad to he reassured. I thought I mlgha have made a mistake at the hospital the other day.” “Tell the class about your case.” “Well, the patient had erysipelas all over his head. "You said we ought to amputate In every case of that kind, so I did. I felt bad about It— decapitating a fine looking fellow— but I’m glad to have you tell me I did right. It made me nervous till 1 got a chance to talk to you.” MATTER OF A COMMA “Bill,” the poet gasped, staggering into his friend's room. "Why, what’s wrong’”’ the friend Inquired, startled as he grasped hold of the tottering man. "Wrong!” the poet muttered. "Ye gods! I wrote a poem about my little boy. I began the first verse with these lines; ” ' My son! My pigmy counterpart.'” "Yes? Yes?” The poet drew a long breath as he took a newspaper from his pocket. "Read!” he blazed suddenly. See what thta criminal compositor did to my opening line. The friend read aloud; "My son! my pig, my counterpart!” —National Monthly. CARELESS CONSTRUCTION. Salt —Yes, miss, we had an awful storm here last week. The lighthouse yonder was washed away except for a few blocks of stone. Miss—Dear me! Whatever did they build It In such an exposed position for? —Saturday Journal. FINLAND TO COMPETE IN OLYMPIC GAMES? Rullian Government Using All of Its Powers to Prevent Her Doing So. Helsingfors, Finland.—The Russian government lias determined to use all Its power to prevent Finland from compet ing in the Olympic games at Berlin next year as a nation. General Steyn, the governor general, will soon issue a de cree dissolving the Finnish Olympic com mittee and if Russian officialdom has its way the Finnish athletes will not ho able to appear at Berlin unless they en list under the Russian flag. This action is partly due to the gen eral Russian policy of suppressing na tional aspirations, partly to a desire to have Russia make a better showing at Berlin than she did at Stockholm in 1012. All who attended the games at Stock holm will remember the contrast be tween the splendid delegation from the little Baltic province of Finland, and the far inferior representatives of the Rus sian nation. The Finns appeared under their own flag as a separate body, with a great assemblage of athletes, gymnasts, and swimmers, while the Finnish women who took part in the two last branches of the sports were, like the ladles from the other Scandinavian countries, one of the most attractive features of the occa sion. Among the eighteen prize-winning na tions Finland stood fourth with fifty-two points—only Sweden, the United States and Great Britain beating her—while Russia ranked only fifteenth, with six points to her credit. Throughout the meeting there was constant friction be tween the Finns and Russians. The Russians resented the appearance of the flag of Finland among the others as though she was an independent nation. The trouble culminated in a scene in the royal box at the stadium during an even ing concert of singing societies, when the Finnish choirs sang one of their na tional hymns which contained refer ences to Russia as the “oppressor,” and a Russian grand uke with his officers felt called upon to leave the box with ostentation. Whether the Russian government will be able to prevent the Finns from run ning their own show at Berlin remains to be seen. M. Isvolsky, the Russian am bassador at Paris, is said to have re quested the Olympic committee to refuse to recognize .Finland, or to receive the Finnish delegate, Baron von Willebrand, hut his arguments were wihout result. The only way by which Russian officials can carry their point would be to pre vent the Finns from going to Berlin. If they could induce them to go under the Russian banner Russia would be one of the formidable competitors among the nations. LIVERPOoTcoffoN Liverpool.—Cotton spot easier; good middling 8.04; middling 7.50; low mid dling 7.02. Sales 7,000; speculation and export 300. Receipts 2,400. Futures steady. June 7.29% June and July 7.11 July and August ...■ 7.11% August and September 6.97% October and November 6.68 December and January 6.59% January and February 6.59 Marcli and April 6.61% COTTON THIS WEEK New Orleans.—lmprovement In weath er conditions over the belt was the basis for a selling wave of considera ble proportions in the cotton market last ■week. The highest prices were made around the first of the week and the lowest prices were recorded Saturday. Rains In the eastern belt breaking the long drouth there, and ample sunshine In the western belt, allowing rapid cul tivation, changed the tenor of crop ac counts and, toward the end of the week caused the trade to begin to look for a substantial Improvement In the per centage of condition In the next govern ment report. This week the ring will be much oc cupied with tho bureau figures, which will give the per centage of the condi tion on June 25th. With continued favorable weather up to that date the hull side probably will not pay much at tention to private bureau forecasts showing a falling off compared with the last figures.. At tho same time bear ish feeling probably will be held in check by the outlook for bullish figures on the area planted this spring. Acreage and condition reports will come together and the evidence thus far fends to Indicate that, owing to abnormal condition through foul fields Inability to culti vate and absence of germination through drouth, the acreage will show at least a moderate decrease. compared with last year. This ought to give the mar ket a steady undertone. WEEK’S FINANCE REVIEW New York.—The freight rate situation, further large gold exports and Mexican mediation, more or less In the order named, engrossed the attention of Wall street's speculative public last week Ll.ttte wns heard of the crop outlook which loses none of its brilliant pros pects, except In isolated sections Trading was of the professional and narrow character, with few changes of note, except towards the end of the week, when the Rock Island reorganiza tion plan, the most drastic presented In many years, created considerable ac tivity among the Issues most concerned, Securities of the old Chicago. Rock Is land * Pacific Rnllway showed material improvement hut the several Issues of the Rock Island Company, one of tho two holding companies which will he Completely obliterated if the plan goes through, made but feeble response. On the whole, the financial community ex pressed s feeling of relief tha' this mat ter, so long an overshadowing feature, Is soon to he adjusted In accordance with latter-day methods. The Investment sltuntlon, It Is he lleved, will show no marked change un til the rate question, now before the In terstate commerce commission, has been finally Settled. The matter has grown lievnnd the hounds of Wall street, *f. fectlng a* It does, many Industrial and mercantile Interests as well. Reports of general trade eondltlon*. continue "onfllrtlng while the state of the Ptcel and Copper trades ranges from the uncertain to the unsatlsfnetorv. An alTupt decline In exchange towards the end of the week offered hope that the I recent almost unprecedented outflow of gold to Europe had enme to a halt, tem porarily at least. Money continues easy, chiefly by reason of dull business. HE FOUND hTm.” In a class of 12 boys one of them had broken a school rule, hut none of them would own up to being guilty or tell on the one they knew had com mitted the offense. ”1 will thrash every bov |n the class until I find the offender!” announced the teacher. So he began and whipped 11 of them. When ho reached the last bey he said: “Now, If you tell me who did this I won’t thrash you.” “Alright, sir,” was the quick answer. T did It,"—National Monthly. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Daily Pattern 9667 \ | jj | | 9667. —A SIMPLE STYLISH DESIGN. Ladies' H*<use Dress. Suitable for gingham, gala tea, cliam bray, lawn, or percale, this model may also be developed in jatlne, linen, or linene, for more dressy weir. The fronts are cut low and a shawl collar finishes the neck. The skirt has a hem tuck at the centre back. The pattern is cut In six sizes: 32. 24, 36. 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. It requires five yards of 44-inch material for a 36-inch size. A pattern of this Illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in silver or stamps- N« Cll« N»m« WrNt u 4 N# ‘ a City .......tat* AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS GROCERIES. PROVISIONS D. 8. Reg. Ribs. 60-lb. 12% D. S. neg. Plates. 8-lb. av 11 D. 8. Clear Plates 14) I). S. Kellies, 25-lb 13% Pearl Grites, 96-lb., all sizes 1.95 Yellow Corn 85 Red Cob White Corn 98 Mixed Feed Oats 52 Rest White Outs 65 Fancy Head Rice 05% Medium Head Rice .05 Japan Head Rice .03% Fancy Gieen Coffee '4% Choice Green Coffee 13% Fair Green Coffee 12 Tencent Roasted Coffee. 100 pkgs.. .67 Arbuekle’s Coffee, pr. eg., 100-lb 19.10 Arbuckle's Ground Coffee, 36-1b5...19.30 R. A. J. Coffee, 60-lb. pkgs 15 Heno Coffee, Ground, 100 1-lb 21 P. It. Molasses, bbls 20 Cuba Molasses, bbls 28 Reboiled Ga. Syrup, % bbls 80 N. Y, Or. Sugar, bbls. or bulk bags 4.30 N. Y. Gr. Sugar, 4 26 bags 4.36 N. Y. Gr, Sugar <6O 2 ertns), per lb 4 55 N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2crtns), per lb. 4.65 N. Y. Gr. Sugar 32-3% ertns, per lb 4.56 12-oz. Evaporated Milk 8.75 Peerless 5c Evap. Milk, 6 doz. ... 2.85 M. & U Stick Candy. 30-lb. boxes.. .06% Ground Pepper. 10-lb. pailß, per lb. .18% Mixed Cow Peas, per bu 2.00 White Cow Peas, per bu. 2 35 Tanglefoot Fly Paper 2.70 1- Chum Salmon 90 2- Tomatoes 70 3- Tomatoes 96 New Argo Salmon, per doz 1.50 Va. Peanuts 05% WARSHIP’B FILIPINO RELEASED Mexico City.—The Brazilian minis ter hag been Informed by the Mexican foreign office that the Filipino, 4lre gario Alcarez, attached to the United States battleship Florida, for whom the state department at Washington has been searching, was released front Santiago military prison June 9. PROBE INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS Philadelphia.—Tho United States commission on Industrial relations, which has held meetings in New York and Paterson, N. J., began ses sions here today to study Industrial conditions In Philadelphia. To hearings horo will continue through out the week. - - I ««» ■ BACK FROM VERA CRUZ New York.—The battleship Utah ar rived at New York today from Vera Cluz where she had been In service since January. “You never laugh, Myrtle; you seem to have no sense of humor." “My dear, It’s not my humor —It’s my teeth.”—The Hruart Set. Future Federal Players Drawing Interest on Money That They Will Earn During Next Year Washington, D. C.—A Wnuhlngfon ball player who requested that hi* name be withheld, matin a startling revelation to day. ll* said he knew hlx playtrs who have hooked up with th« Fed* for next season. Their safari** fpr next neuron have l>een placed In bank* for them. The flayer* are even drawing Internet on their money, which they trnve earn ed In no way oth«*r than putting their mimes at the bottom of a sheet of pa per. The two old league* are sleeping on a volcano. The authority for the above further declared during the recent vlalt of the Nationala to thin city that he knew 25 player* who are ready to ko over to the Federal* a* noon a* their present con tracts expire at the end of thin season. Information which cornea from peraona clowe to the playerw of (’lark Griffith’* club make* it certain that Walter John son I* not the nnlv player who** future la turning: Griffith’* hair from Kray to white. The attempt* of the Federal* to get some of Griffith’s players for ths COPS II CHARGE OF THE LIONS Killed and Partly Devoured Keeper Who Entered Dimly Lighted Cage Alone. Chicago.—A squad of police armed with rifles today had charge of the five young lions and their mother which last night killed and partly devoured their keeper, Emerson Dietrich, the son of a wealthy Brooklyn, N. V. architect. Whether the animals will be killed will be decided after an inquiry into the tragedy. The police planned to investi gate why Dietrich went into a dimly lighted den with six hungry lions with out means at hand rcr ids protection. The lions, part of a troupe of perform ing animals were used in a theatrical nioduction. Only when Dietrich’s body had been covered with a strong disin fectant last night were rescuers able to drive back the enraged beasts and with a pole in the hands of city firemen re covered the body. The sixth lion in the cage, the oldest of the troupe of ten, sought at first to save Dietrich but was driven asido by the others. While the keepers were trying to re cover the body a lion escaped from an adjoining den, leaped from the car in which they were caged and terrorized residents of the thickly populated down town quarters where the car was side tracked. The lion finally was drivoh back to Its car, having harmed no one. Dietrich was known on the vaudeville stage as a high diver. He also had staged a series of automobile polo games, lie was engaged to Marry Madame Addle j Castillo, to whom the lions belonged. The lions taste of blood apparently had aroused all to a high pitch and all night they maintained an uproar that could be heard for blocks. PRES’T READY FOR FIGHT ON BOARD HEADS (Continued from Pnge 1.) confirmation of nearly all (lie men he. nominated, but it was made clear in circles close to the president to day that he thinks the board the best it was possible lo get and will stand behind it. The president is understood to have decided on Mr. Jones for governor of the board and is particularly Inter ested in his confirmation. “LECON D’ HISTOIRE”— WORK BY PRINCE MEDJID Paris. —Among the more unpreten tious pictures at the Salon of tip. So ciety of French Artists in one Hi At has escaped much notice although Its au thor is nn Imperial Highness. The work Is ‘‘Lecon d’Histoire.” It was painted by Prince Abdul Medjld, son of the Sultan Adbul Aziz of Turkey, cousin of the reigning one and fourth in succes sion to the throne. Prince Abdul Med jid, was kept in confinement during 28 years, Abdul Hamid, obtain ing his release only when the latter was dethroned. It was during this long Incarceration that he took up the study of painting to while away the time. AUGUSTA SECURITIES, BONDS AND STOCKS (Corrected Weekly for The Augusta Herald by Martin & Garrett) Bank Stocks. Bid. Ask Augusta Ravings Bank 169 Merchants Bank 212 216 National Exchange Bank of Augusta 135 184 Planters Loan At Savings Bank (par value 10) 43 46 Citizens & So. Bank 240 250 Union Savings Bank (par value 3100) 126 Railroad mocks. A. A W. P. R. R. Co 160 152 Augusta & Savannah Ry. C0..103 14)6 Chattahoochee & Gulf R. R. Company 103 Ga. It. It. A Rkg. Co 268 262 Seabonrd pfd stock 00 63 Seaboard Common Stock 20 Jit Southwestern R. R. Co—, 104 106 Factory Bends. Augusta Factory, Ist 6s, 1915 M. & N 91 99 Eagle & Phoenix Mllle Co. Ist ss, 1926. J. & J hi 104 Enterprise Mfg. Co., Ist 6s 1923. M. & N 90 92 Sibley Mfg. Co., Ist 6s, 1923. j. A J 90 92 Factory Stooka, Ornrdtevllle Mfg. Co ]?8 King Mfg Co 77 as Aiken Mfg. Co . —— 25 Augusta Factory 30 Enterprise Mfg. Co. —— «o King Mfg. Co., pfd 103 105 Warren Mfg. Co 70 Warren Mfg. Co., pfd 102 HAV: MEYER'S DAUGHTER TO WED. New York.—Advices from London announce the engagement of Miss Edythe llavemeyer, daughter of tho late Henry llavemeyer, of New York, and the Earl of Eqston. The earl, who wns born In 1850, Is the heir of the Duke of Grafton, who Is 98 years of age. Miss llavemeyer. In 1905, at the ago of 22, caused something of a social stir by announcing her Independence and breaking away from family ties. Hho bad been living with her married sis ter In Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Hhe went to London and fitted ly her own home, where she has since been living with a, chaperone. next year are not viewed with pleasure at this particular time by Washington funs, who feel that the Nationals have a chance to win the pennant. it Is fig ured that dreams of future wealth will Interfere with the work of the players in the present campaign. With the ten days* clause decided In favor of the organised forces and against the Feds, the future operations of the new league will he directed ugalrisi the reserve clause. Player* will he r« g irded ns free agents as soon as the life of their contract expire*, despite the re serve clause, by the Feds at least, and many of these players have reached th* same conclusion. While little publicity has bean given to the question It Is known that there are several players In the major leagues who are taking the same stand that Walter Johnson Is tak ing. They refuse to sign new contracts, nnd will wait until next fall to lot both the Fed* and their present employers hid for their services. Plan for World Church Peace Council August 2 New York Plans for a world church peace council to bo held in Constance, ■ Switzerland, on August 2 and to con tinue four days, the first event ot‘ its kind in history, were detailed to day by Dr. Frederick Lynch, secre tary of the church peace union, found ed by Andrew Carnegie in February with nn endowment of $2,000,000. On the same days, in Liege. Belgium, n conference of Catholics will be held mid of the leadership of Count Albert Apponyl, the Hungarian statesman ami peace advocate. Both meetings will be under the auspices of the Car negie Union. The services are intended, Dr. Lynch said, as a preliminary step toward a church peace congress of monumental proportions, to be held In 1916, at the time of the Hague Peace Conference. % 139th Anniversary of Washington’s Departure Philadelphia.—Prelitniray to their pngrlmuge from the city of Cam bridge, Mass., over the route taken by General Washington w.i.m ho v. ent. to New England to take com mand of the Continental Army in 1775, members of the National So ciety of Sons of the American Revo lution, today visited historical placas in this city and Germantown and also made a trip to Valley Forge. Tonight a banquet will be given to commemorate the farewell dinner tendered General Washington on the night before his departure to take command of the army. Tomorrow, the KJDtli anniversary of Washington’s departure for Cam bridge, members of the society fak ing part in the pilgrimage will leave in automobiles for the Journey. Boat’s Canvas Gurtains Made It a Death Trap Syracuse, N. V.—lnventlgatlon of tho launch accident which resulted In tho drowning of 12 persons In tho < tnwego canal last night was begun today un der direction of Coroner Moore. There were 20 passengers on the boat ami it was reported today it was licensed to carry only ten. It was raining at tile time of the ncoident and the can vas curtains lmd hoen pulled down and buttoned securely so that the boat proved a death trap for its passen gers. licwls Painer, owner of the launen, «aid today lie was not more than fif teen feet from the bank, that there were sufficient life preservers on tU* boat to accommodate all on board and all would have been saved but the rain and darkness made it impossible to see the people struggling In tho water. Painer said that bis boat struck Rome object in the water and overturned. • Sunday’s Summer Storm Disperses Thirty Yachts Chicago.—All tho boats caught on Lake Michigan in yesterday's storm have been accounted for, according to United States life saving crews. The last two yachts to reach Chicago from Michigan City., Iml., arrived to day after an exciting experience. They were Charlotte K., with seven passengers and tho Anaina with three passengers. Anxiety Over Them. Chicago.—Fears for the safety of two sailing yachts with Hi persons on board were felt here today when Charlotte It. and Annina, bound with thirty other pachts from Michigan City to Chicago, failed to report after the fleet had been scattred and many vessels endangered by a sudden sum mer storm. Charlotte it., wns a 30- Toot sloop and had six persons aboard. Anarna carried seven. Boats from tho United Htates life saving stations and life savers from all tlie Chicago stations were busy helping yachts and launches in dis tress. Damage to property was con siderable but no loss of life was re ported from the pleasure fleet. Sev eral swimmers were drowned. 4,000 Pickets Surround the Westinghouse Plant Pittaburgh,—We have no word from Washington about the coining of mediators to settle tho strike and we don’t care If wo never hear from them,” said Bridget Kenny, secretary of the Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union, In charge of the Westinghouse strike, today. "That’s money the gov ernment don’t need to igiend," she added. President E. M. Herr, of the West inghouse Electric Hnd Manufacturing Company, said he had no Information about tho mediators. Four thousand pickets surrounded tho Westinghouse plants this morning In anticipation of an attempt to take workmen into the stiope, but there was no evidence that the company bos abandoned its policy of waiting until the old men return. Aviator Atwood and Wife Safe From Lake’s Storm Toledo, O. —llftrry N. Atwood. the n viator, and Mrs. Atwood who were be lieved to lie vs Unowned In J.ake Brie, while flying In an alrboat from ftandusky to Toledo yesterday during «n electrical storm, /ire safe at liono, 12 miles east of Toledo. At f» o'clock this morning Atwood telephoned to Toledo that his airship had been beaten down by the storm to n small Island and that later he* made bin way to the maln'and In the alrhgit which was undamaged. TRY TO PREVENT CHASE PLAYING WITH “BUFFEDS” Chicago. Steps will be taken today to restrain Mai Chase, former Ameri can League star, from playing another game with the Buffalo Federal*, ac cording to an announcement last night by Charles A. 4!oiniskey, president of the Chicago Americans, after ho tiad been Informed (-’base had played In Sunday's Federal game. CEB'S PEACH AND APPLE CROP Dep’t of Agriculture Announces Reports Today. Only <34 Per Cent of Apples Last Year. Washington, D. C.—Apples this year promise h heavy yield in Maryland and North Carolina, the finest crop in the history of Colorado, an unusual crop in Michigan, good crops in Virginia, Geor gia and South Carolina and prospects in other states generally good or above overage, according to reports to the department of agriculture announced to day. The commercial apple crop was con siderably less in 1913 than in the pre ceding year, shipments by rail ami water indicating it was 64 per cent of the 1912 season. A bumper peach crop is indicated in West Virginia and a very large one in Georgia. A light yield Is indicated in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia where late frost did injury. i 4 FDD THEGRNND CHALLENGE CUP Britons Seriously Concerned at the “Foreign Invasion” For Henley Week Races. London. English oarsmen are serious ly eoncernsd over the “foreign invasion” nf Henley. The coming of crews from America, Canada and Germany to row ■ for the Grand Challenge (hip in the first week of July lias set them to figuring as to what they can depend upon to de fend English prowess, which in this event has only four times lowered its flag to the foreigner. The first foreign victory was in 1906 when the Belgians won the cup. They repeated the victory in 1907 and again In 1909, while an Australian crew took the cup in 1912. Ilowovor, this year the oarsmen are watching the Americans more close'y, remembering how near the Vesper Boat Club ofr Philadelphia came to winning in 1905. With all this competition, Kngland this year finds herself sadly lacking in first class ni iterial. The Launder Club, which in previous years could be depended upon to put a strong crew on the river, has not been receiving so many rowing recruits lately. Formerly it was the usual thing for rowing men from all the universities and colleges to join Leand cr on graduating and to keep up their rowing for some years afterwards. Now more men from the universities go into business and have not the time to de vote to training, or else they go abroad. Only rec ently the Leander Club lost its captain, Stanley Gartin, and this posi tion has fallen to A. F. R. Wiggins, a former president of the Oxford Uni versity Boating Club. He will have the assistance of K. L. Bourne, who stroked Oxford, and will stroke Le&nder; Serut ton nn F.ton captain: C. 8. Clark, a Cam bridge* blue, and Horsfall, another Uni versity oarsman, nWhere the others are to come from has not yet been disclosed. What Oxford and Uambrldgo will do in the way of crews cannot yet be stated as their summer' races come very late this year and until they are over no crews will be made up. The foreign entries; which had to be in by June 1 follow: Grand Challenge Cup-Ruder Verain, Mayence, Germany; Harvard Athletic Association Boat Club, IT. H. A.; Union Boat Club, Boston, U. 8. A.; Winnipeg Rowing Club. Winnipeg. Canada. Thames Challenge Cup—Royal Club Nautique, Ghent, Belgium. Htc wards Challenge Cup—Grasshopper Club. Zurich; Ruder Vereln, Mayence. Diamond Challenge Hculls—James B. Ayer, Union Boat Club, Boston; Robert Dibble, Don Rowing Club, Toronto, Can ada; William Tudor Gardiner, Union Boat Club. Boston; Guiscppl Sinlgaglla, Dario Club, Como, Italy; Paul Withing ton, Union Boat Club, Boston. A DEPARTURE IN STREET LIGHTING BE TRIED OUT Pari*. —A departure in street light ing is to be tried on the vast open space In front of the Cathedral of No tre Dame, by the I 'aria City Council. • Many complaints have been made of accidents to persons while creasing this square, und the erection of ref uge spots was decided on »s Impera tive. In the ordinary way lamp post* would lie erected on these refuges, hut this would have completely spoiled the free aspect of the approach to the an cient idle, ft was, therefore, decided th t the refuge places should be light ed from underneath by lamps under thick glass. FRANCE CLAIMS VICTORY AMERICAN HORSE; DERBY Pari*. —France claims the victory of the American horse Durban II In the English derby as her own, for the horse was born and trained in this country and of half French stock. H. B. Dur yea is extremely well known on Hie French turf and his colors are popular with the public All the great journals o{ I’arts have agreeable things to S4tp of him in connection with his winning the derby. Mr. Duryea was so confl de:.t tha’ he would win that he Is re ported to have backed himself to tho extent of SIO,OOO or $15,000. Some of the odds were oven higher than 20 to 1, and ho Is reputed In Barts to have won close to $300,000, Including the stukes. AFTER THE HONEYMOON Newsdd —I was worried for nearly three years, for fear I wouldn’t get you Mrs. Newedd—What are you think ing of now, dear? Newedd—Thinking how foolish I was to worry.—Boston Transcript. HIS POSITION. Tho Colonel —Did your son play In the varsity football match? Mrs. M.—lndeed he did. Why, he was the star drawback.—-London Opinion. j, $11.85 Wrightsville Beach and Re turn Summer Tourist Tickets. $8 10 Wilmington, N. C., and Re turn, Week End. Atlantic Coast Line NINE