Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1921, Page 3

Early :Normal Business Seen; . Brief Telegraph News of U. S. By the Associated Press. N, January 28.—A return to business conditions by April or May was predicted by Prof. Charles I, xck, chairman of the commit- tee on economic research at Harvard Untversity, in an address to the As- soctated Savings Trust Companies of Massachusetts. last night. “We would have suffered the worst mlo in history,” he said, “but for two QT For the first time Europe was our debtor to the extent of fifteen or twenty billions and we had our fed- eral reserve system. Wholesale prices never fell so fast nor so far inl so brief a period as now. We now appear. to be in the last phase—liquidation of re- talil prices and labor.” Rewards for Night Riders. - FRANKFORT, Ky.—Gov. Edwin Morrow has offered rewards of for the arrest and conviction of each person participating in -night-riding in Fleming and Bath counties, and in- structed the state adjutant general to have four troops of cavalry in readiness for immediate action. Taft Reaches New York. NEW YORK.— Former President ‘William H. Taft arrived here_ yester- 0! company went into bankruptcy last March a shortage of $2,000,000 worth of stocks and assets belonging to its cus- tomers was disclosed, it was charged. Accused ns One Ringleader. TUSCUMBIA, Ala—Jake Smith, leged to be one of the ringleaders of @ band of Colbert county moonshiners who last Saturday waylaid and fired upon a party of prohibition officers, killing one and seriously wounding two others, surrendered to Sheriff Tip Miller here, making the seventeenth man now held in jail charged with complicity in the attack. Pennsylvania Gets $60,000,000. PHILADELPHIA.—In confirming the sale of $60,000,000 of Pennsylvania railroad bonds to Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Samuel Rea, president of the com- pany. said the proceeds of the issue would be used largely for meeting maturing obligations of the raflroad company and those of its subsidiary, the Pennsylvania Company. Thewre- mainder, he said, would be used for other capital requirements. Liquor Prescriptions Forged. CLEVELAND.—Dr. Frank Tyman of Chicago and Herbert Moran and John day on the steamship Fort Victoria from Bermuda. He avoided discuss- ing politics save to say he understood Herbert Hoover would have a place in the incoming Harding cabinet. He thought this cabinet would be a strong one, but declined further to predict its personnel. Walsh Hopeful for Labor. NEW YORK.—Frank P. Walsh, for- mer chairman of the War Labor Board, speaking here at a meeting of striking membeérs of the Ama ed Clothing Workers of America. pre- dieted failure for the Clothing Manu- | facturers’ Association in its attemptl to have the workers' organization dis- | solved in the courts. Begin Wire-Tapping Inquiry. ATLANTA.—A far-reaching investi- gation by federal officials into the operations of wire-tapping and swindling syndicates in Atlanta and other southern cities has been begun by post office inspectors from several states, who conferred with alleged victims of the swindlers and with Jocal, state and federal officials. Reecount of Votes Demanded. CHICAGO—Demand for a recount of votes cast in the last election in the hope of unseating Representative John W. Rainey, A. J. Sabath and Stanley Eunz, the only three demo- crats elected to the national House of Representatives from Illinois, has'been filed before the election commission- ers by their defeated opponents. % Traction Plan Not Feasible. NEW YORK—Conditions peculiar to New York city render impracticable Gov. Miller's traction program for a unified state-controlled system, as outlined in his message to the legislature on Mon- day, it is asserted' in a report of trac- tion Investigations conducted by the City Club of New York just made public. Signs of Business Revival. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The turA of the Mitchel of Cleveland were indicted by the federal grand jury, charged with printing, forging and circulating a large number of counterfeit govern- ment medical prescription blanks for liquor. - They are under arrest. Inte: nal revenue officers detected the forg- eries when the certificates were turned in by Cleveland druggists. Denfes Mafl Theft Guilt. CENTRALIA, Tll. — Loren William- son, twenty-five years old, charged jointly with Gus Kyle, former Free Methodist preacher, with_ the mail robbery at Mount Vernon January 14 last, when $216,000 was obtained, pleaded not guiity when arraigned before United States Commissioner Grant Featherling, and was released under $20,000 bond. Williamson de- nied any knowledge of the robbery. Bingham Accused of Murder. FLORENCE, S. C. — Edmund D. Bigham, held in jail here since short- ly after five members of his family were found shot to death at Pamlico, ‘was formally charged with their mur. der last night by a coroner’s jury. Mexicans Die in Sing Sing. OSSINING, N. Y.—Augustin L. San- chez and Henry Garcla, Mexicans, convicted of murder, were put to death last night in the electric chair in Sirig Sing prison after an eleventh- hour attempt to gain a reprieve from Gov. Miller had failed. Philippine Trade Booms. NEW YORK.—Foreign trade in the Philippine Islands in_1920 was the best in history, the Philippine gov- ernment commercial agency declared in a statement here. Imports and ex- ports totaled $300,662,138, an increase of about $64,000,000, in 1919. Bar Nom-Partisan Leaguers. NELSON, Neb.—A citizens’ commit- tee, in which former service men were prominent, waited on five Non- Partisan Leagug organizers who have been in this vicinity several days and asked them to leave Nuckolls county and stay away. The organizers com- n, plied. . PHILAD! asked council for the exposition to be @efray expenses held here in 1926, celebrate the 150th anniversary of independence. m eof Un GRAND RAPID! bers of the staff of suffering: Poison. ty-one mem- igett ital from an um are; eported by the hospital to be re- | spobding to treatment and further fatall- ties are not looked for. ¥ Former Brokers Indicted. QHICAGO- Marcus o 2 Ca, “Gefanct " broker -, n frm were federal and | of - 5 p.m. ®FiNB LIMOUSINE CAE JOE BIED B good family; mATE‘m AND Wmfi TAK: motice—Wh; on mew roof wi one B Lot s DUt it on with Liquid Asbestos ! Gement. We guarantes same for five ‘Slag roofs, ten years. Phone Line. 4219. has{gyard, the $10,000 pearl ne: Must Wear $10,000 Necklace. SAN FRANCISCO.—A_court order directing Mrs. James B. Blum to wear for thrity days each year, under police lace of a relative, in order to keep “life” in the gems through their contact with a human body. was issued by the superior court. ‘Would Put War Up to People. BOSTON.—Ultimate abolition of the | War and Navy,departments and es- tablishment of the State Department as an “International department of £ood will * are included in the declar- ation of principles formulated by the Association to Abolsh War. The as- of war depend vote of two-thirds of the people. ldake House Bans Jupamese. by the grand charge of th BOISE, 1daho,— Taatls Wfi“ eTiaus. When the n the probibiion. of (s ario 5 NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. Doctor Ask Us to Submit Ideas on. Clever Printing 12101202 D St NW. The Shade Shop Window Shades of the Best Grade at Factory Prices. CUSHIONS FOR BOATS, WINDOW BEATS corners; any site’and shay :fllllrmhcm z;:fin 'y 417% 12th N.] Phone Lincotn $406.WJor Lincrin 982, 4 ABOUT YOUR ROOF The cheap man will botch your 5 e L and Xeep you dry. TRY U1 "L Mald investigation. Geo. M. Barker Co,, Inc, SI9-651 N. Y. ave—1517 Tth at. Tel. M. 1348, CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO,, #&h Avold Itinerant By 907 F_ST THE HOME OWNI clation was formed e EET. ERS' PROTBCTIV] ABSO- Tor the purposs of of houses i v S 7q| ] 1 Abe Martin Says: Skirts may be longer next year, but it’ll be too late. Speakin’ o’ best minds, mind your business is a dandy. Copyright National Newspaper Service. Japanese into this country passed the lower house of the Idaho legislature today by a vote of thirty-five to fifteen. Meteor Alarms Hundreds. JOHNSTOW: Pa.,—The falling of a large meteor north of Somerset, Pa., caused hundreds of rasidentsthroug! out the Somersct-Westmoreland dis- trict to believe that an explosion had occarred. When the meteor struck the shock was felt for many miles, points as far away as Comnellsville reporting that earth tremors had occurred. Poison Kills Virginia Farmer. DANVILLE, Vg-<The body of W. S. Carter, Halifax county, Virginia, farmer, residing near South Boston, who strangely disappeared in that town December 18, wi found last RENTS OF 660 FAMILIES * | INCREASED HERE IN YEAR [rwo Four hundred and eighty-nine fam- ilies in the District of Columbia had their rent increased from 25 to 50 per cent from October 1, 1919, to October 1, 1920, the bureau of labor statistics arnounced yesterday, in making public the report of a compilation made last fall by the Association of Chief Clerks of the -Executive Departments. the same time 142 families reported increases of from 50 to 75 per cent, while twenty-nine families reported increases of 100 per cent and over. The statistics showed that the larg- est rent increases came between 1917 and 1919, the rent increases since October, 1919, having been nelther so large mor so many in number. Questionhaires were given to ‘the employes of the several government departments asking for a statement showing the amount of rent paid month for the premises they occupied on April 1, 1917, or later date in case their renting did not extend back so far, together with any changes that miy have been made in the rate of rent paid up to October 1, 1920. U. S. EXPORTS GAIN. Breadstuffs and Mifieral Oil Ship- ments Grow. Exports of breadstuffs from the United States during December, 1920, totaled $96,237,608 in value, the De- partment of Commerce announced yes- terday. This total compared with total exports of $55,775,989 of breadstuffs in_December, 1919. Exports of mineral oils in December totaled $62,447,747 in value, as against $33.227,055 in December, 1919. Meat and dairy products in December were exported to the value of $52.866,131, against $63.231,397 in December, 1919. Cotton exported in December was valued at $92,385,393, against $180,- 648,278 in December, 1919. = i i LOGICAL ADVICE! Strike at the ness root of weak- advice to might in his brother’ suburb of the town. Death is attribut- ed to a fatal dose of laudanum. FIND WHISKY DOCTORED. Health Department Chemists Re- port Samples Are “Weak.” The health department, it has been learned, is investigating reports that some 'whisky being sold by local druggists on physician’s p scriptions is adulterataed, probab! with water, Health Officer William C. Fowler stated that one sample al- ready analyized by his chemists was found to be considerably wéaker than the required percentage of alcohol. The whisky tested, it was said, was obtained from a drug store on a bona fide prescription for a sick ‘person. Dr. Fowler has written Prohi- bition Commissioner Krameér, asking the commissioner if hig office should handle sich cases, or whether he pre- fers tke local health authorities to deal with it. 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The springy strip, of . tempered steel in the arch of the shoe, the. cushiony cork filler in the sole, and the roomy fore part of the shoe are some of the features contributing to comfort. And the handsome leathers and substantial workmanship that give that custom-made look are as- surance that you will wear Kahler Shoes pridefully and long. Men's Kabler Shoes kangaroo, will be $12.50 for L COMFORT and oxfords, calf, kid and 2 short period oniy LER SHOES P ————————— IR P. KAHLER & Sons 60313t St NWnearZs: Wash DC. ew York addrew 15 IW.44D5¢. T night about 10:15 o'clock. FIRE IN HOLMES HOTEL. Firemen Overcome—Other Small Fires Reported. Holmes' Hotel, 333 Virginia avesue southwest, was damaged by fire yes- terday afternoon. Sergt. A. C. Mec- Mahaney and Private J._R. Best were overcome by smoke and taken to Emergency Hospital. They were not seriously affected, however. The fire is thought to have started on an upper floor. 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