Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1923, Page 26

A Son of the Sahara A Modern Story of the Desert (Copyright, 1923, by the Macaulay Os, m By Louise Gerard s (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) Full of gratitude, Pansy watched Rim go. And her conscience smote On the whole she had treated him rather badly, She had promised to marry him, and then had gone back on her word. She did not deserve his kindness and consideration. He had been xo cold and harsh that night on her yacht in Grand Canary. He was none of these things now. He was just as he had been during their one brief week of friendship, but even nicer. Pansy wistful. Why wasn't he just like other men Why had fate been so unkind? Giv ing her Jove, but in such a form that pride revolted from taking it Then Pansy went to bed. to lie awake for some time, brooding on the miracle the dav had brought forth and the black barrier that stood be- tween her and her lover. She was about early the next morn ing and wandering in the garden Tt was a long stretch of shady walks and sunken ponds and splash ing fountains. full of tropical trees, mcented shrubs and rare blossoms—a tangle of delights. In one t she found a tennis court. walled with pink roses. The grounds went on, ending | g flagied terrac sighed, and her face grew a STOMAGH BAD— Instantly! Correct your digestion at once! The moment “Pape’s Dispepsin” resches the stomach you never feel any more misery from indigestion, sourness, flatulence, gases, heart- VERY HOME-SE ORE MAKING stm Surrounded by a cated overlooking Na beauty places convenient. Al Observators ~not only outlay high 1 Don’t Fail To problent. Open and 1. Sen a Represent: 928 15th Sample House, 2547 Wisconsin Avenue *Headquarters for New Homes " | with stone seats ana_shallow steps leading down to the blue waters of the lake. High walls ran down either side of lthe “spreading garden. Behind, huge bullding rose in domes and tur- rets and terraces—the palace of El- Ammeh, had Pansy but known it, of which her new quarters were but a turther portion. | Biisstully Ignorant of this fact, she tirned her steps from the rippling lake and wandered along a flower- decked path that twisted under shady ftroes and creeper-grown arches, com- {ing presently to a locked iron gatse et into the massive walls. I" 71t guve a view of a scorched pad- dock where a dozen or more horses were browsing. 2 g | Pansy paused anjmal | One was strangely familiar. | That gaunt chestnut browsing thers {could only be “The Sultan”! | Amazed at her dlscovery, she called the horse by name. At once the brown head was up, nd the beast came galloping in her diry fon. Even in the days of her illness and during _her {imprisonment - in nalace- Pansy had spared a thought ‘or her protegs. 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Through the fron bars Pansy ressed her pet” “T never expected to see you again, Sultan. old ,boy,” she said. “Raoul ‘must have Bought you, too.” She was standing there talking to and petting the animal ‘when Le Breton's step roused her. ed to Bes him again? greeting her. leased isn't the word for it. But :f'1dm you manage to gét hold of A, “He was really the cause of my getting hold of you he replied with- Sut hesitation. ossession of one of ad come. back from that foray. That made me doubly certain who the white girl was whom the sultan was going to put up for sale.’ “Raoul, you must let me give you back all you had to pay for me,” she said. “Why should you?’ he asked, a ght smile hovering about his lips, “You saved my life. Now we're ‘quits.’ lsn't that what you called it?" Pansy did not argue the point. Nevertheless, she determined to repay him once she and her father were back in civilization. “How long will it take to get my father free?” she asked. “It all depends on the sort of mood 1 catoh the sultan in. With the best of luck, i1l be some week “Has he got my note yet, do_you think?" she asked anxiously. “He'll go gray with worrying over me. I can't bear to think of the look on his face when he saw me in that * that awful slave market. Le Breton had destroyed her mes- sage the moment he had reached his own rooms. Now he could not meet the beautiful eyes that lll'mked at him 1 such perfect trust. P Sxcpect the message will get through before the day is out” he answered. “ItUs merely & matter of bmlhfif:hkums the world became quite a nice place again for Pansy, the only shadow in it now the dark bloed in her lover. CHAPTER XVL Night filled the harem with shadows and scent. The silver lamps cast o w through the huge hall, B Ek o ‘wide ottomans and piles of cushions, on little tables set with Coffec and sherbet, sweets and fruit cigarettes. N here were perhaps thirty women in the great room, but the majority of them were the attendants of the half-dozen girls lolling on couches |and cushions around the splashing | Leonora was stretched, her dark eves Axed spitefully on an adjacent lounge where the Arab girl her f | hidden in the cushions, her golden m almost buried In her wealth of .- ca- soldiers who it's nlnhlh again id, malice in her jce. “Night! And sim has not come to visit See. R | Leonora K rd vyma, YoThere was a sob from but no reply. B ot Pou_ Seered at me, Rayma. when you Stole his heart from me, Leonora went on. “But now it seem another has stolen his heart from You, since he no longer comes to see You, Another whom I shall welcome | e v taunt Rayma sat up sudden- a wild gesture pushing the of black hair back from her the other 1y, | mass o for weeks and weeks he has not been here,” she wallad. h, my heart it breaks for love of himr Teonora laughed, but an elderly | woman sitting near laid & soothing, | hand on the distraught girl. “Hush, Rayma, my pearl,” she said. ‘Haven't T often told you our sultan has had thoughts for nothing but| vengeance of late “Would vengean 3 from me all these weeks than vengeance. 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Asgirn 1s the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoscatcacidester of Sallylcacd 5 | confused manner. _ STAR. slim, jeweled hands. “Tell me, Sara, you come and go at will' through the palace. Is there ane?" : § “My pearl, 'if thers was one. wouldn't- she be here in the harem?" Sara answered diplomatically. Yes, and so she would,” Rayma replied more quietly. “And I could measure my beauty against h . Then she started rocking herself to and fro, in an agony of grief, *DId he but come, my love, my Lord Casim, his heart would be mine again,” she sobbed. Then she stopped wailing suddenly, and faced the old woman anxiously. “Sara, tell me quickly, have these weeks ‘of weeping made me less beautiful However, she did not wait for any reply. Her gaze went to the arches, where night looked in -at her mockingly. “Look. 1t is night” she cried. “And my heart is hungry for love. For the love of my Lord Cadim. For his arms. His kisses. Again It is night. And he has not come.” Then through 'the vaulted room plercing shriek after plercing shriek rang—the shrieks of a lovesick girl In the throes of hysteria. As Sara sat patting Rayma's hands and trying to soothe her she thought of the milk-white maid with the wide blue eyes and the golden curls whom the sultan himself had brought u. conscious to his palace, and who w: lodged—as no other slave girl had ever been—in his own private suite. And who treated her master—as no other slave had ever treated him—as 1t she were his equal, even his su- perfor, making him wait on her—a task the sultan seemed to find pleas- in CHAPTER XVIL On the terrace of her quarters Pansy sat at dinner with her host Three days had passed since her res- cue from the slave market—three de- lightful days for the girl, assured of her own safety, her father's coming freedom and the welfare of her friends. During the time Le Breton had been with her almost constantly. From breakfast time until after din- ner always at her disposal, ready to fall in with her wishes, so long as they did not entail too much exertion on her part anxious to be on “the Sul-| and offer for a long gallop, but | this he vetoed firmly. It would cause too much of a sensation,” he had sald. “In this country women don't ride ahout on horseback. We should have the whole city at our heels.” Pansy had no desire for this to hap- pen. lest the Sultan Casim should learn ehe had fallen into the hands of a friend and snatch her away from her rescuer, so she did not urge further. But it was on account of her health, and not the idea of a crowd of his own subJects, that made Le Breton refuse this indulgence, for fear she should not be strong enough to stand the shaking. He was quite willing to take her rowing on the lake, to playscroquet with her, or a game of billiards, but. most of all, willing to sit at her side in the peaceful, scented garden, or in the cool gallery or the salon, watch- | ing her—an occupation that Pans: with an extensive knowledge of m and thelr ways, knew the ultimate nd of. An end she was doing ler, best to keep at ba: But, in spite of everything. she had the feeling of being a prisoner. The iron grilles at either end of the long | gallery were never unlocked, nor was | the gate into the paddock. There was | néver a boat at the foot of the steps | leading to the lake, except when Le Breton was with her. { she had explored her quarters| furtber. Beyond the salon there was | a combined billiard room and library | and Its one exit led into a sort of | Lig alcove dressing room. Beyond | that was her host's bedroom, as to| her dismay she had discovered on | opening the door. For she had found him there n shirt sleeves and trou- | sers with a dark-faced valet, who, on eing her, had melted away dis- creetly. . Pansy would have melted away also. but it was too late. In a per- fectly unperturbed manner Le Breton had crossed to her side. S0, Pansy, you've come to & visit?" he suld teasingly. “That's| hardly the sort of thing I'd expected | of you. | “I'd no idea—" she began in 2 g mel “There’s no neel to make excuses. You'll find all the toad Mecca. And I'm always pleased to! see you,” he broke in, In the same teasing ‘strain you'd kept your promise we should be quite a stald married couple by now. And youd be free to come and go in my apart- ments. Think of it, Pansy?" | Pansy thought of it, and her face ‘went crimso Her blushes made him laugh. To the sound of his laughter, soft and mocking, she retreated and she did not explore in that direction again, She explored by way of her own bedroom instead, only to find that led into his study. she did no more exploring. seemed that all roads did lead to Mecca. Whichever way she turned Raoul Le Breton was there, coming between her and the man she feared and hated—the Sultan Casim Ammeh. 1 feel like a prisoner,” she re- marked on one occasion. 1 here lead to | For it WASHINGTON, D. C., JANU | she wondered, | xeep: And after that| They were sitting by the lake, under the shade of fragrant trees, with the blue water lapping the marble steps and the sun setting over the desert. A gilded world, INSPECT TODAY ARY 7 where 'a - golden sunset .edged the golden sand, one flaming yellow-sea above another. ou're a novelty here,” he replie “A pearl of great price. If I didn keep you well guarded there would be & hundred ready to steal you. And 1 flatter myself that, on the whole, You'd rather be with me.” He paused, watching her with dark, smoldering eyes. ‘Am I right, Heart's Ease?" he fin- hed tenderly. Pansy colored slightly under the ardor of his gaze. Had he been as other men were she would not have hesitated in her reply. She would have said in her own impulsive, truthful way: d rather be with you than any one in the whole wide world." But now his cgalor “ahd religion were constantly befare” her. -. And pride kept any such contession from her lips. 5 . So instead she said: .’ No one could have beén kinder than you, Raoul. I can, never be grateful enough.” Yoy His kindness had been before her that night, when she dressed for din- ner. Pansy had no clothes except the ones in which he had brought her. But, within three days, there was an elaborate wardrobe at her disposal— the frocks fashioned like those she had worn in Grand Canary, In one of these dresses she now at at dinner with him—a misty robe of chiffon, but there were no dia- monds sparkling like dew upon it All her jewels had been left behind in the dim, gilded room in the palace of El-Ammeh. When dinner was over, as they sat together in the salon, Le Breton re- marked on the fact. “They've stolen all your pretty {owels,” Pansy,” he said. “Vou must et me give you some others.” “You've done quite enough for me already,” she replied promptly. *J can manage without jewels until I get back to England.” At her words his eyes narrowed. “Couldn’t you be content to st he asked in a rather abrupt ew weeks, perhaps. then I should be craving change and va- riéty. ‘Tha Light of the Harem' act isn't one that would satisfy me for long. Theni Pansy was sorry she had spoken. She remembered that he had admitted to having a harem, prob- ably somewhere in this very hous: But she had spoken with the idea of letting him see his case was hope- less, of saving him the pain of re- fusal. “Considering how 111 you've been, the “Light of the Harem' uct, as you call it, would he the best sort of life for you for some time to come.’ How do you know I've been ill?” she asked quickly. Le Breton saw he had made a slip, but he cavered it up snartly. “Gossip told me,” he said coolly. Thene was silence for a time, during h e sat with his gaze on her. Why don't you smoke? FPansy asked suddenly, anxious to get some- thing between herself and him. When you're about I don't need any soothing sirups.” he replied. He was approaching dangerous ground again. To ward him off Pansy rose and went to the piano, Seating herself thers she wandered from one item to another, with scarcely a pause between. But the feeling of his eyes never off her made her stop all at once and laugh hysterfcall A crisis had (0 be faced sooner or later. Things might as well come to a head ¢ a5 tomorrow or next weel. At that moment Pansy remember- ed the man who had held her with such fierce strength and passion in the moonlit garden of the villa. And not without a touch of alarm. how he would take her re- She got up and went to his side. “I must give you something else to do than just watching It makes me nervous” she said. From a box a-table near she took a cigarette and placed it De- tween his Iips. Then she struck & ma nd held it toward him. In & lazy, contented manver, he let her do it But when the cigarette wus lighted, he did not give her time to draw her hand away He caught her weist, me. o and drawing her hand a little closer, blew out the mateh. When this was done, he did not let her hand go. Instead. he took ne or two puffs at_the cigarette, all the time watching her closely. [ didn't give yYou my hand ‘for * she said. “I want it back agaln. please’ Tt was hint enough for any man, but Le Breton did not take it. In a_deliberate manner, and with her still a prisoner, he got to his feot, and put the cigarette on the table. Pansy did not try to fres herself. The situation had to be faced. When the cigarette was lald down, he took the other delicate rist into his keeping. Then he drew the girl right up'te him, until her hands were restini on his chest, ansy, suppose I ask vou to re- deem your promise?’ he sald. “Oh no, 1 couldn’t,” she answered, a trifile breathlessly. “Why not? I'm exactly the same man now that T was when you prom- ised to marry me. A much better man, knew it. Thanks to meeting you ‘I didn’t know anything about you n. ‘But you knew.you loved me.” ‘I do now, Raoul,” she said. ‘Does the fact of my Arab blood make marriage between us impos- sible?” There was no reply. s (Continued In TOMOITOW'S Star.) 22 Our New 6-Room Homes On Kansas Avenue Between Allison and Buchanan These Homes Represent Our Best Effort@in Planning, Designing, Workmanship and Finish Sample, No. 4515 Kansas Avenue, Just ‘North of Allison . Between 7th and $th—Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. DESCRIPTION: - A six-room home, with comfortable, roomy and homelike conditions throughout. For instance—One bedroom, 18% feet ide; another 15 feet in.length; bk Such a home iy what constitute, Think of a slee leeping compartmenty 127 feet deep, face Kansas .avenue, northwest, and within one square of Sherman Circle. room, 16x14. - Then' the porches! ough for two §x19. 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It is apparent, the summary says, that the adverse bal- ance sheet has been reduced by more 4han £100,000,000. Coal Exports Trebled. Coal exports in 1922 nearly trebled in quantity and nearly doubled in value, while exports of cotton goods showed a remarkable increase. The output of coal was considerably higher, and the production of pig iron and stesl showed a considerable ex- pansion; in the case of steel the - crease amounted to more than 60 per cent. - The report says that probably the biggest revivai of the year was in the coal Industry, in which the ex- pbris, owing to the American demand i the latter months, exceaded the pre-war average. Cotton Exports Grow. The close of 1922 found the Man- chester cotton Industry stiil in a state of depression, although the report de- clares that conditions were not so bad As was generally reported. The ex- | ports of cotton goods to Indla in the last twelve months were considerably more than in 1921, The cost of llving as registered by ! the ministry of labor shows no change. The Index figure on Decem- ber 1, as on November 1, stood at 80, whereas it was 99 on December 1, 1921~ Wholesale prices showed a slight increase during December STOCK PRICES DROP. l Worry Over Europe Causes Henvy; Week-End Selling. NE YORK, January that French determination Penalties from Germany for the lat- ter's inablity to meet the January 15 reparations payment may lead to serious consequences induced heavy selling of stock for both accounts in today's brief session of the market, | declines of 1 to 2 points being quite | common. French and Belgian bonds also weakened, an did the foreign ex- changes. The selling was conducted, how- ever, in an orderly fashion, although it was apparent that the buying sup- port, which had been furnished by professional interests to stem yes- terday’s short selling, was consider- ably less effective today. News that the Turkish delegation had walked out of the subcommittes mesting of r eaut conference at Lausanne =0 was a disquieting factor. Industrial stocks, particularly the speculative favorites, were the hard- est Lit in the reaction —Pears NEW RAIL TRAFFIC RECORD. | More traflc is moving over raliroads | at the present time than ever has been encountered at this season. reports of the car service division of the American Rallway Assoclation show. For the week ending December 23, the latest period for which data have been com- plled, railroads accepted 834,591 cars loaded with revenue freight which was 167,986 cars more than ever handled in the same period of any previous year { H WANT WHEAT BOARD. { WINNIPEG, Man, January Premiers of three provinces will meet | in Winnipeg Monday to discuss plans for formation of the wheat board,| which were dropped last fall when it was found impossible to obtain the services of a_competent chairman in time to handle the crop. Premier Bracken sent wires to Premfer Dun- ning of Saskatchewan and Premier Greenfield of Alberta last week ask- Ing them to attend and has received acceptances. == LESS BUYING REPORTED. NEW YORK, January 6.—Buving trom wholesalers and_manufacturers during the week ended January 1 showed a decline of 8.4 per cent for the country us & whole, according to the weekly merchandising report is- sued by the Credit Clearing House. The middle agriculaural section was the only one In which increased buy- ing was registered. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, January 6.—Foreign exchanges sold off slightly. Demand sterling dropped about half & cent to $4.643%; French francs slumped from 7.08 cents to 6.96, and Belgian trancs from 6.55 to 6.41%. The Ger- man mark was down to 1.16 cents a hundred, as against the new low rec- ord of 115 cents a hundred estab- lished yesterday. S S EINSTEIN IS HONORED. MOSCOW, January 6 (Jewlsh Tele- graphic Agency).—Honorary member- ship has been conferred upon Prof. Albert Einstein, of relativity theory fame, by the officlal Russian Academy of Science, it is announced. | ot | spand | entrance doors from FINANC 1AL, RIGGS BANK'S NEW BRANCH i WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW Officers Plan for Gala Event af 14th andJ Park Road—Equipment Orders Heavy. Annual Elect Another milestone along the path of financial progress in the District of Co lumbia will be reached tomorrow when the doors of the new branch of the Riggs National Bank, at 14th street and Park road, will be thrown open to the publie. thing could demonstrate better the onward march of prosperity in the ever- growing Mount Pleasant section of the city than acknowledgement by many of its citizens that thers is room for addi- tional banking facilites to attend to the requirements of those living in the community, Not that the neighborhood has been entirely without such, for the Park Savings Bank, one of the most substantial and thriving in the city, has been established at 1ith and Kenyon streets since 1910, and today is looked upon as a Mount Pleasant landmark. That the new Institution will be wel- comed by all residents of Mount Pleas- ant, and especially by the officers and directorate of the FPark Savings, who appreclate that competition is the life of trad assured, and from the time the doors open tomirrow morning at 3:30 o'clock until 10 o'clock tomorrow night, when a speclally arranged mus cal program will have been presented, there will be few in the nelghborhood | who will not have called to pay their respects. Many Invitations Issned. Invitations to the opening have & extended to the heads of virtually eve financial institution in the District, und that these, togehter with their ofiicial families and directorates, will avail themselves of the opportunity to visit the new bank {8 evident from the num- ber of acceptances that have been re- Souvenirs of the occasion, in the form of beautifully bound histories of Mount Pleasant which include ap- proximately twenty half-tone repro- ductions of the prominent churches and public buildlngs in the vicinity, will be given to all visiting the bank during the day. One item of interest to Wash- ingtonians appearing in the outline of the vicinity is the fact that prac- tically the very spot where the new Riggs Bank has been erected was once part of a race track where { celyed by the Riggs people. to exuct|John Quincy Adams and other early|actually patriots of the republic were wont to spend their spare time in the early years of the nineteenth century. Officers to Recelve. Officers and directors of the Riggs Bank proper, all of its branches, will be on hand at different intervals dur- ing the day and- evening to receive the guests, and at night a stringed orchestra will play until the bank closes its doors. The building itself, which is a part of & joint $1,000,000 building project the Riggs National Bank and Charles H. Tompkins, is' practically ompleted, needing only a few fins ishing touches to the exterfor, which is of classic design, being in general a two-story Greek Ionic order with an attic story. The columns of the order are Indlana limestons with granite bases, and the third or attic story s of Indiana limestone ashlar, {the ‘main and parapet cornlces both being of the material. The entrance motif at the inter- on of Park road and 14th street n general, a replica of the facade jof the main Riggs Bank, and Is of the lonic order with@ pediment cor- nice. The exterior window openings of the bank are fitted with the latest: improved steel sash and protected by ornamental iron grilles. These es, together with the pilasters at jumbs of same, the ornamental Is above and the xill pancls are of heavy cast iron. The the main en- trance and the Park road entrance are steel doors. s the below Interior Decorations. The interlor of the banking rcom is Grecian in design, the room of rectangular shape with a meaz nine for working space at the west end, 'The mezzanine, which has an ornamental iron facia with a wrought iron handrail, !s made subsidiary to the main room by the use of two marble Dorit columns, behind which the mezzanine runs 1ons Tuesday. - The side walls of the room are i plaster, marked off in stone jnintioe With a pllaster order around the ..« kllrn room. The pllasters are of Bo {ticino marble, with grande wuttq | marble base and Georgia marbie cany. The two column at the west or mer- | zanine end of the room are of iz same materfal. | _The banking screen is of Bo and grand antique marble and | The design is Greclan, very plain, the only ortament being the pllast |caps. The doorways are of Bottici: marble, with carved heads, with sn acanthus leaf acroter at each end | the head. The floor of the b room is of gray Tennessee marble. Other Special Decorations. The safe deposit department & coupon booths are in brown paneist mahogan he ladies' room w have decorative scheme of old biue and gold, the furniture being a spe-ial decorated design, with Chinese rugaé / on the floor. The furniture for t lobby and officers’ quarters will be mahogany. Check writing desk in ¢ lobby will be bronze The fain entrance to the bank on 14th street and opens into the sps cious lobby 18 feet by 52 feet. O the right of the main lobby is lobby for the ladies' departmer The large paying and receiving cags will sccommodate four teilers. T officers’ guarters in the center of tis main bahking room are between ti icinn ones, ) s | paying and receiving cage on one sid. and the note teller's cage on the other Provislon is made for two savingré t llers and an information window The large mezzanine will provide ad- ditional working space to meet grow ing demands. The present workirg space will care for thirty to forty em ployes Equipment Orders Heavy. Railroads of the United States, i Ing hud In 1922 the Jargest car sho age in thelr history, have order more freight cars than in any yes since 1912, more passenger cars th: | Bince 1916, and more locomotives tha since 1918, according to the Rallwa Age. The number of freight cars order has been 173.558. The average orde: in the nine years ending 1921 we 92,216. These figures include frelg! cars ordered by industrial concer: and private car lines as well as b rallroads. The number of frelght car bullt during the year wa 66262, which shows that the c | builders have still a very large num i ber on order. The number of locomotives ordered | was 2456, against 239 the previou: year, or a number almost equal to the ‘total orders placed in the las: thres preceding years, and largel: in excess of the average yearly or ders in the preceding nine years, which amounted to 1,889. The number of passenger cars o: dered has been 2,403, as against 24% fn 1821, the total number ordered In the 'four preceding years bein Cars Cost $1,700 Each. The average cost of freight ca is now about $1,700, of passenge: cars about $22,000. and of locomotives about $50,600. Estimated total cost of railroad equipment ordered this year is § ,000, 8 follows. Freight s, '$297,505,000: passenge cars, $52.866,000, nd locomot! $122.700,000. While there have been large in creases in the number of locomotive and cars ordered, the constructi of railway lines has shown the same declining tendency in 1922 as in other recent vearr. The ne mileage bulit Has been only 505 miles while 194 miles of line have berr abandoned and torn um, and 496 miles of line in addition have beer abandoned, but not torn up. American locomotive and car build ers have received the following « ders for export: Freight cars. 1. pagsenger cal 19, and locomoti’ 1 N\ H Elections Taesday. Yirtually all banking institut in the city will hold their annua lections Tuesday, when officers a directors will be chosen to serve fo- the encuing vear. There will, | course, be a number of eliminat and additions to the many dire rates of local banks, but as a wholc. few changes in the personnel of { officers now serving the different i \ stitutions are looked for. SALES EXECUTED ON THE WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30, 1922. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., Hibbs Bullding. Sales BONDS. $7,300—Ana. and Pot. River R. R. G 1,300—C. and P. Telephone of Va. bs 8,000—C. and P. Telephone 1st 5s 419,500—Capital Traction 1st 80,000—City and Suburban R: 9,500—Georgetown Gas Lt. 1s 28,000—Metropolitan R. R. 1st 5s. 39,000—Pot. Elec. Power ist 5s. 225,000—Pot. Elsc. Power Cons. bs 96.500—Pot. Elec. Power deb. 6s 800—Pot. Elec. Power gen. .65 8,000—Wash., Alex. and Mt. Ver, &s and Elec. gen. s, 8 T8 ... . P, gen. mort. gs Realty (long) 58 1,000—Riggs Realty (short) bs.. 4,800—Wash. Market Cold Stge. 5s. 16,500—Wardman Park Hotel 6s.... Shares. STOCKS. 10—Amer. Tel. and Tel. 10—Amer. T. and T. Rights W. L 8,271—Capital Traction seee 5,685—Washington Gas . .. 229—N. and W. Steamboat. . 8,238—Wash. Ry, and Elec. com 6,063—Wash. Ry. and Elec. pfd 1 1 1 1 . Just Finished, Ready for Occupancy 1016 16th St.| Select location, granite andj§! plate-glass front, vapor heat, re- trigeration, incinerators and all latest refinements; reaso: o rent. 4, 5 and 6 room apartments, with bath; bullt<in plumbing, hardwaod fleers, % 8—Terminal Taxi, com 24—Terminal Taxi, pfd.. 11—American Nat. Bank 1—Columbla Nat. Bank.... 310—Commercial Nat. Bank. 189—District National Bank. 10—Farmers and Mechanics’ 114—Federal National Bank 4—Lincoln Nat. Bank 66—Nat. Bank of Wash. 18—Nat. Metropolitan Bank. 43—Riggs National Bank 68—Second Nat. Bank 12—Federal-American . 832—Amer. Sec. and Trust 323—Continegtal Trust High. Low 50 90 Open, (flat). and Elec. cons. 4s 177—National Savings and Trust. 177—Union Trust 49—Wash. Loan and Trust.. 10—Merchants' Bank .. 20—Bec. Sav. and Com. Bank. 16—Firemen's Fire Insurance. 46—Nat. Union Fire Ins. 238—Columbia Title Insurance.. 77—Real Estate Title Insurance 100—Col. Grapho. com.. 200—Col. Grapho. pfd..... 10—Dist. of Col. Paper Mfg. pi 9—Mergenthaler Linotype 5—Old Dutch Market com. 225—0ld Dutch Market pfd. 5,039—Lanston Monotype .. 1—8ecurity Storage Co. 185—Washington Market COTTON PRICES LOWER. Week End Selling Held Largely Responsible for Reaction. NEW YORK, January 6.—The cotton market was comparatively quiet todsy and fluctuations were irregular. In & general way early advances reflected favorable week end trade Teviews, while reactions were promoted by continued nervousness ovar European affairs, but the bulk of the actual trading was at- tributed to evening-up commitments for over the weelk end. March contracts sold off from 26.79 to 28.57 and closed at 26.67, with the general market closing steady, net 2 Doints higher to 12 points lower, new crap positions belng relatively frm, 225 35 duripg the past week and also a better trade with Egypt. NEW YORK, January 8.—Business failures for the current week report-) ed to R. G. Dun & Co. were 39! | ared with 407 for last weak and 540/ or the same week a year ago. The| declines were general in all sections except the Pacific coast. WEEK'S COFFEE PRICES. W YORK, January 6.—While no Jarge yolume of bubsiness has been reported, copper has been .generally steady to firm during the past week. and producers today were genaraily quoting 14.75 for electrolytio, with | LI s P i e bR