Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1921, Page 25

. | Spain’s Capital, Chosen as Compromise, Flourishes Aft- er_Ages of Drawbacks. Madrid, capital of Spain, which was almost alone among European coun- tries to emerge from the war period , Process in with a:halance of trade in its favor asd with surplus cash in its coffers, i8 descrfbed in the following bulle- tin issued by the *sraphic Society. “While Madrid was not ‘made from National Geo- ; FINANCIAL THE EVENING FUL- SIGN IN SOUTHWEST HISTORY OF NADRID P2 ASTER TRADE IN ST. LOU STANDS OUT UNIQUE |5 B.ying in Marked Contrast to Early Last Fall Business—Situation in Other Sections. BY J. VION PAPIN, (Dispatchex marking the progress | of the defiation and readjustment | enn throughout the giving the conclusions of | ceuntry, *pecial correspondents who have been instructed to present conmditions and ications an they really exist, are ted daily fu The Star.) Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. LOUIS, March .—One of the the whole cloth,’ as Canberra, the | most hopeful signs noted recently in new capital of Australia is being fashioned,” says the bulletin, “in a|, g, way {t is as truly an artificial cap- ital. ~ Physically, the rather tableland on which Madrid is sit- uated had little to commend it as a site for a capital or a great city save that it is almost the exact cen- ter of Spain. But it was political :‘euure that really pushed the Span- ish court to the former Moorish vil- lage of Madjrit; because of jeal- ousy the Castilians, the Aragonese, the people of ‘Toledo and Seville, and all the other groups would not per- mit the selection of an_ existing city of importance “when Spain became united.” Like Awmerican Midwe: “Picture a._bare . plateau semi-arid American west, an in the insig- nificant stream several hundred feet | merchandise have picked up in satis- below and its top and” sides deeply carved by erosion. Madrid must have been much like this when the Span- ish captured the place from the Moors in 1083, Castilian monarchs lived in the unimportant Madrid off and on for several hundred years, but it was first made the seat of the gov- cgnment in 1360. the younsgest of the great cities and capitals of Europe. “The - smallness of Madrid Wwhen + Philip II made it the Spanish capital brought about the institution of a . queer tax, from which followed queer it was decreed that all per- ; ing houses above a cer- ! tain size must fake in as guests cour- tiers and nobles who attended the court. The canny Spaniards who car- ried on any building operations took care to build houses just short.of the ! mark. They were termed ‘spite | houses® by the courtiers, and the Mad- rid of.a few hundred vears ago be- came full of them. ; French Once Held City. “The small houses naturaHy did not ing beauty 4o old Madrid. -In addi- tion the town was poorly cleaned and even in the middle of the eighteenth century had the reputation of being one of the dirtiest capitals in Europe. The Bourbons early in the eighteenth century _began to build- palaces and public” buildings, however, and the French, during the brief hold which they had in the helght of Napoleon's power, st: ‘®_number of improvements. . The network of railroads which covered Spain during bleak | pecially It is thus one of | gregate returns of sixty selected in- this section has been the brisk Easter Goods for women's wear, es- novelties, and specialti have moved into‘consumption during the past three weeks at a pace in marked contrast with the apathy pre vailing since early last fall. Three leading shoe manufacturers were fairly sold out on their Easter spe- cialty lines, and were unable to sup. ply the eleventh-hour demands for| additional goods. A similar report was given by the National Candy Company, the largest producer of con- fectionery in this country. Incident- ally, the stiffening in sugar prices has'served to put a stop to the de- cline in candies, sirups, preserves and canned fruits. Generally orders for factory shape since March 1. There is little buying for future delivery. but the public is in need of commod ties for immediate consumption and is disposed to fill its wants. Collections Much Better. Collections are much better, ag- terests canvassed showing a gain of 12 per cent during the first three weeks in March over the same period in February. Further strength_in the position is shown. The reserve ratio{ of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis stands at 524 per cent, and loanable funds in the hands of com- mercial banks are materially larger than thirty days ago. Interest rates. however, remain firm, and there is nothing in the present aspect of things indicating cheaper money in the mear future. Rents hereabouts continue to soar. Landlords have ad- vised tenants whose leases expirg this spring that they will have to pay higher rentals or vacate. The shortage of small houses and apart- ments at low rents is particulariy | acute. ' Detroit Auto Show Sales | Reflect Revival in Trade BY PHIL S. HANNA. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. DETROLT, March 25.—The attend- the nineteenth century,” with Madrig | ance and interest in the Detroit auto- as their focus, gav greatest impetus. . “Manufacture, population have the railroad passed well beyond the and is incréasing . streets, fine build! ly. © capital its|mobile show this week seem to lend serious doubt as to the existence of frade, W hard times, inflation or deflation, or “1n ;::l.',‘:k:":, credit lack. Attendance up to Wed- e population has|nesday night was 7.000 more than 650,000 mark | that of the whole 1920 show. The to- 2 Fine | tal for the first four days is 38.556, and wonderful | against 31,722 in 1920. There is a parks and promenades have trans-|marked increase in sales at retail and formed the city’s appearance in the |the report of wholesale contracts half century, = Famous Pletyre ‘Gallery. which will be made public at the end of the week is expected to show sub- “To the east, less:than half a mile | Stantial increases over last year. from the city’ Sol, famous Prado and the ‘Paseos.’ or promenades. These great wide spaces and boulevards, with rows of from five to eight trees in their cenfer, form ‘one off the most handsome eart—the Puerta.del promenades and.‘show streets’ in the{3000 cars @ day and the worlds The revival indicated at the show where ten’ streets meet—is tne ( 13 2150 being expressed in the Detroit | triff wijl b Stock Exchange. where FPaige-De- troit, Packard and some of the lead- again . increagsed it -dally--output, which makes the tota] now about employers’ association reports a net gain for th “Across the .space of the Prado is|week ended Monday this week of the refiowned ‘Museo de-Prado'—ofte 6,400 men, making the total employed called merely “The Prado’—a picture|by the seventy-nine member firms of }?H:ry which houses one orld’ the paintings of the masters. The Prado’ gallery. is particularly famous for its group of the best works of the great Spanish. master, Velazquez. who lived and worked' in Madrid. Statu to Velazquez ;a8d- ta other famous of _ the | the association. 82,187, compared with ; most wonderful collections of | 75,781 the week previous. Ehcrs. i htthe aw Call for Investments. The Michigan country banks are be- flunhw; on Detroit bond and Daper. or investments. Wed n ;_three banks in different sec- tions of the state telephoned in for 3 Unfon. Nat banking | | district, the most active in New York in the building line at the present mo- ment. It involves store space in a new 42d street building for a clothing | firm at an aggregate rental of $3,000,- 000, or about $150.000 a vear. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Stock of Pay- able. Apr. 14 Apr. Conden & Diamond Fin. & T Int. Com Lawyers' Norfolk & West. pf., North. ~ Statex Power } $1. onio’ Fuel Sip., 4 0o Fuel Sup., Shaffer 0. & K. pt over Mfg. & Ei Gas, ¥ Chem. Car. able in victors notes. BANKERS GIVE 0. K. Indorse Policies of Federal Inter- national Co. at Macon Meeting. _MACON, Ga.. March —The poli- cies of the Federal International Ilanking Company, in which approxi- mately %00 Georgia bankers sub- scribed stock some time ago, were in- dorsed by the Georgia Bankers' As- ation” at its closing session here. The establishment of community packing houses was indorsed. Other resolutions adopted call upon the gislature to appropriate a “suffici- ent sum for the support of the Uni- versity of Georgia and other higher educational institutions of the state.” Courtney Thorpe of Savannah was elected president of the Georgia Bankers' Association. Four hundred bankers from all parts of Georgla were in attendance. DIAMOND MATCH PLANS. Will Build Part of Plant to Pro- duce Better Grades. CHIC, 25.—The Diamond Mateh will rebuild part of its machinery to produce other “profi- table. safe ‘and reliable” types of matches, leaving the penny-a-box matches largely to Japanese and Scandinavian manufacturers, accord- ing to the annual report of the com- pany. The net earnings. of the company for the year ended December 31, after all_charzes and taxes. were riven as $2.147.300, compared with $2,173.615 in 4919, A plan was announced to increase the capital stock when market con- ditions improve and to retire the $6,- 000,000 debenture bonds. ‘WOOL DEMAND INCREASES. BOSTON, March 25.—The Comm Bulletin tcmorrow will say: "Th: de- mand- for wool has increased during the ‘weck, manufacturers apparently being convincsd that the emergency e passed in the not distant future and deeming it wise to cover £ome of their needs, at least, now. Prices f:'&t appear to have afivanéed partic THeforefgn markets have receded every- where. with American buying very limited in_the foreign primary markets, although buying of wool tops continues in England at lower' prices. The mill situation ix_steadier, and mome business 18 being done more or less regularly. w_reported from the west. Mohair is dull and unchanged.” —_— SOUTHERN R. R. EARNINGS. Statements of rafiroad gross earn- irgs by weeks wére never read with 1 Madrilenos. Cervantes and the Span- Imore than §118,000 worth of paper to | Teater interest than at present. They ish Shakespeare, Calderon de a Barca, [ one house. Other houses report an in- adorn the parks. - creasing call from banks throughout “A mile or more to the northeast of | the state. the Prado, across-the city's most- ex- The indications apparent for somel tensive pdrk, “The Retreat’-is what|little time of a building boom are may be considered the antithesis of the world-famous picture gallery. It is a great circular ampitheater. a somewhat smaller Roman €olesseum. It is the ‘Plasa; de Toros'—the bull . ring—in _ which more vivid this week. S. W. Stranss & Co. are offering to finance apart- n.ents and similaf building projects in amounts of $200.000 and upward at 6 per cent interest. E. F. Hascall, secretary of the Build- 14,000 ~ Madrilenos |ers and Traders’ Exchange, computes | ‘gather on feast days 1o see their fa-|the contracts under way at prezent as vorite matadores kill buil affer bull (CANTATA TQ BE SUNG. “Crueifixion” Will Be Presented at ) Church of Covenant Tonight. Sir John Stainer's Lenten -cantata, | wrhe Crucifixion,” will be sung by|the totaling more than $75.000,000 for 121, and states that this season will see the biggest home-building move- ment since before the war. Both Has- call and Strauss advise patrons that prices for building material, in their opinion, are at rock bottom, and urge an immediate start. PHILADELPHIA, March 25.—Dele- &ates to the semi-annual meeting of National Association of the | the evening choir of the Church of the | Sweater and Knitted Goods Industry Covenant, under the leadership of |In Zession here. report good business Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, tonight. Soloists on the program: include Richard Backing. tenor: Herman Fak- ler, baritone, and Frank Haneke, L] ke . Mary Beisser, contralto, will sing_a special ®olo, “The Robin and the Master.” and Rev. Charles Wood, pastor of the.church, will deliver a short address on the Crucifixion. No éards are necessary. The doors will open at 7.30 and a silver offering will be taken up for the benefit of the musio fund of the chureh. [ — SUES BANK FOR $5,000. Jessie P. Maxwell Claims Valid Check Was Dishonored. Jessie P. Maxwell today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $5.000 damages from the Riggs Na- tional Bank for alleged dishonor of a check. She says she had $79.95 on de- posit in the bank when, November § lagt. she gave a check to a storekeep- e for $5° When the paper was pre- sented“for payment, she states, it was + returned with the indorsement, *“No such fccount.” name ¢and business reputution been damaged have Attorney L. Cabell Williamson ap-!1ast year. pears for the plaintift. HERMAN C. EWALD DEAD. Engaged Confectionery 2 Baking Business 25 Years. b icrman . Ewald, seventy-seven vears 'id, died yesterday morning at § c'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. A. Herrmann, 722 10th street southeast, after an illness of one week.: Funeral services will be held tomorfow afterncon at 2 o'clock at his_late home. He was born in Hesse Cassel, Ger- many.December 24, 1844, and came to Ameriea at the age of twelve vears. gaged in the confectioner: gk ing business on Tth street be- tweentG and H streets for more than ty-five vears. [He retired about in and She claims her good| at 8 o'clock | Prospects, particularly in New Eng- land and the middle west. The officers have urged member concerns to make preparations to take care of Increased orders, NEW YORK. March 25.—Hyman ‘Weitzer, international fur merchln(,l who has just returned from Leipzig declares that the Germans are work ing hard to re-establish that city as the fur center of the world. On the other hand, he asserts that if the trade agreement between Great Britain and the soviet government of Russia proves a success it may establish London as the fur center of the fu- ture. MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, March 25, —The Laughlin Tinplate pfant of the American Sheet and Tinplate Com- pany, @ United States Steel subsidiary, will be enlarged. The plant has been working steadily, but all the men have not been employed at full time. The Yorkville Tinplate plant of the Wheeling Steel Corporation, idle for nearly two months, will Start six mills Monday. LANSING, Mich., March 25—Build- ing permits for the first three months of 1921 thus far show an increase of 25 per®cent over the same period of according to figures just made public_by the building depart- ment. Permits for buildings other than dwellings. have increased 40 per cent over last year. The MuacSimbar Paper Mill at Plainwell, Mich, closed since last November, hag reopened. Business Notes. SEATTLE, Wash, March 25.—The best informed department store ex- ocutives declare that Easter buying here, both as to numbers of sales and yardage Involved, has been on a par with last year. Reductions in prices, however, have diminished the cash and account returns on gross business about 20 per cent. Wholesale trade also has picked up, but still is classed only as fair. This is because retailers are feeling their way and buying only on a hand-to-mouth basis. They are not certain that the consumers’ strike is over, despite the briskness of the Easter trade. cen vears ago. His wife. who rs. Rosa . Henry, died in 1893 v Y <, March 25— v Two daaghters, Mee T Lattimer and T New Fork appears 1o, be Mrs. F a'\ lj:; e ,’}"",'. {-f“lhm approaching the normal. A strong clg end. 2 o e Gt of| revival of the building, buying and Penn Gro i SUEVIVE leasing movement has been noted re- cently and the past twenty-four hours have recors some g deals. A pur- ¢FARM LABOR PLENTIFUL. | M5 "Cr o iarge plots in the upper Farm labor s relatively plentiful | West Side for the erection of $3,000,- this vear, according to reports from all parts of the country to the De- partment of Agriculture. Wages in Mpyland are about 30 per cent lower n last year, it is reported, 000 worth of multi-family houses, and the conclusion of one of the largest leasing transactions of the year were among the features. The leasing deal was in the Grand Centrs) terminal | ever, shed some light on traflic. conditions, The Southern railway statement of §ross for the second week of March shows the first increase of any week since early in January, The total was $3.197,000, an increase of $9.780. Since January 1 this road’s gross has been $33.808.000, a decrease of $4,328.000. Mobile and Oblo, & subsidiary of the Southern railway, hax been. showing by 1 consistent improvement week week, ita total gross since Januar: being §3,865.000, an inerease of 3323 _— LEAF TOBACCO MARKET. BALTIMORE, March 25.—Receipts for last week, 175 hogsheads, with sales of 122 hogsheads, most of which werb ug! or export at about 1i for the last few weeks. Fullng prices ces per 100 pounds—Inf frosted, 3.0085.00; sound cun:g-r 850 a10.00; good common, 11.00a17.00; me- dium, 17.00a27.00; good to fine red, 28.00a 40.00; fancy, $40.00 and over; seconds, common to medium, 5.00a17.00; do., good to fine, 18.00a30.00; ground leaves, 3 00n 23.00; upper country nominal. groGck in warchouses—Maryland, 17, 79; Ohio, 4,591; total, 21,970. Gi icaves to dafe, 1,083 hogeheuds, —OUmT FINANCIAL NOTES. Southern Pacific system in Febru- ary made a better showing than for the corresponding period a year ago. but gross fell under the January to- tal by $2,048.950. February net, how- increased over January and February, 1920. Directors of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company announce passing of the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on common stock because of general business conditions. ~The regular quarterly preferred’ dividend of 2 per cent was declared payable April 15. BIDS ASKED FOR BONDS. TORONTO, Ont., March 25.—] a bond issue of $6,000,000 werf‘,":lfis by the provinee of Ontario today. The bonds are to bear 6 per cent interest, maturing in ten years. Alternative bids for a like amount of treasury bills to run for six months. or the same amount of one-year treasury bills were asked. Bids will be re- ceived up to moon March 31. MOTOR STARTER RECEIVERS. NEW YORK, March have been appointed Starters Corporation, —Receivers for the Liberty manufacturers of starters for automobiles and air-, planes. with a plant at Poughkeepalé and a sales office in this city. The complainant is Frederick S. Taggart, trustee for Howard S. Borden, who claims $20,000 for money loaned. COAL DIRECT TO FARMS. MORGANTOWN, W. Va, March 25. —The West Virginia farm an‘f:. federation is endeavoring to estab- lish direct contact between the coal operators of West Virginia and the farmers of the middle west, who are now ready to buy their summer coal co-operatively in large quantities. —_— MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, March 25.—Prime mer- cantile —paper, 7%al%. Exchange nominal; sterling sixty-day bills and commercial sixty-day bills-on banks, 4.86%: commercial _sixty-day _bills. 3.86%; demand, 3.91%; cables, 291%. Francs, demand, 6.91%: cables, 6.92. Belglan_ francs,’ demand, 7.23%: ca- bles, 7.24. Guilders, demand, 34.40. cables, 34.50. Lire, demand, 3.97; ca- bles, 3.97%. Marks, demand, 1.56% cables, 1.57. Greece, demand, 7.55, Ar- i stk e discounty el B aithoughi- the market ‘in steadier. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH THE WEATHER. District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy, with local showers late tonight or tomorrow: not much change in temperature; fresh southwest winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy weather, with probably showers late tonight and tomorrow; moderate tem- perature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m. 8 p.m. 12 midnight, 54; 4 a.m, 52; 8 a.m., 52; noon, 65. Barometer—4 p.m. 30.00; 29.93; 12 midnight, 29.; 8 a.m., 2.98; noon, 30.00. Highest temperature, occurred at noon today. Lowest temperature, 51, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Temperature some date last year— Highest, 72; lowest, 39. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Temperature, 53; condition, 35. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States and geodetic survey.) Low tide, 3:21 am. and h tide, 9:16 a.m. and 9:42 p.m. coast row—Low tide, 4:08 am. and 8 p.m.; high tide, 10:02 am. and 27 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 6:24 p.m. omorrow—Sun rises, 6:03 a.m.; sun sets, 6:24 p.m. Moon rises, 8:42 p.m.; sets, 6:59 am. Automobile lamps to 'be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in Varlous Citles. sun sets, State of Stations. Weather. Abilene, Tex. Albany ', Atlantic 'City Haltimore Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clowdy o Hain Clear Cloudy Detrole. . Cloaay El Paso! Clear Galveston Clear Helena . Cloudy Jacksonviiie, 30.10 P.cloudy Kansas City. Itain Los Angeles. Clear Loufsville .. 2 Clear Miami, Fla. Pt.cloudy New Orleans 30.0 New York. hoenix, Ariz 29, 6% Pitteburgh . 254 Il'nrilnml. Me 20,55 or ¥ . a0 i 34 046 0.08 Pucloudy Cloudy i 18 L i st Faul WASIL, D.C, Pt.cloudy | Clear Cloudy REV.-T. J. CRYAN HURT. Rector of Catholic Church at Ridge, Md., in Hospital Here. |-. Rey. Thomas J. Cryan, S. J., rector jof the Catholic Church at.Ridge, Md,, and well known in Washington, i# 'at Georgetown Unfversity Hos- pital rccovering from injuries re- ceived In a recent automobile acci- dent. He was riding near Great Mills, Md,, last Thursday, when he came abruptly upon a curve in the road leading across a narrow bridge.. A womin driving alone in 8 buggy was approaching him. Rather than run down the woman, Father Cryan turned his machine into the side of the road, plunging it down a fifteen- foot gully. Fitched ' through the alr. Father Cryan wag pinned beneath tiie wreek- Bgcrot s oar. Mo was (aken to Georgetown Hospital. where he is suffering from « severely strained back. Wather Cryan was formerly pre- fect of discipline at Georgetown Uni- versity and also was connected with Gonaaga College. 5 -— - 750 JOIN GAVEL CLUB. Charter List in Masonic Organiza- tion Brought to J,414. The Gavel Club brought its charter list to 1.414 members when 150 peti- tioners were initiated at a meeting held at 1317 New York avenue Wedne day night. Dr. Montgomery Hunter president of the club. i THe club is composed of professional ! and -business men who are Masons, and has had a tremendous growth ringe it was founded several months ago by James S. McCarthy, James M. Harrigan and Ralph W. Stone. : ‘The charter list ix now closed, but | new members will be enrolled from | meeting to meeting. The objects of the club are good fellowship and en- tertainment. An instrumental andj vocal program was given at the meet- ing last night by the Mohawk Quartet and the Grotto Band. Roe Fulkerson is senior vice presi- dent of the Gavel Club, Clyde J. Nichols, junfor vice president; Ralph W. Stone, secretary; L. P. Steuart, treasurer, and John T. Crouch, sen- tinel. ' _————— G.W.U. IN DEBATE TONIGHT Will Clash With Penn State Arguers on Labor Question. l Debating teams representiag George | Washjngton University ana I’ennsyi- | vania State College will clash | verbal contest at the central Y. M. A. 1736 G street, tonight at 8:15! o'¢lock. Henry H. Glassie of the D partment of Justice will presid Judges will be Huston Thompso: chairman of the Federal Trade Com- mission; Representative C. William ! Ramseyer of lowa, and Robert L.| Henry, former dean of the University | of Towa law School. ' Pennsylvanja State College will up- hold the affirmative of the question, “Resolved, That labor should share in | the management of corporate indus- | try. H in aj| THREE FELLED BY AUTOS. Miss Lillian Hutchinson and Two ; Boys Taken to Hospital. | Miss Lillian Hutchinson, twenty years old, 1328 12th street, was | knocked down on Massachusetts ave- nue near Scott Circle last an automobile and severely injured | about_her head and face. Police re- ported that the driver of the machine falled to make his identity know: Miss Hutchinson was taken to Eme gency Hospital. Albert Nalls twelve-year-old boys, the former re- siding at 2136 Pennsylvania avenue and the latter at 2143 Pennsylvania avenue, were knocked down by an au- tomobile near their homes last night and injured. Identity of the driver of the automobile was not learned by the police. The boys were taken to Emergency Hospital. HOMEOPATHS TO BE HERE. The American Institute of Home- opathy _will meet here June 19-24. Briz. Gen. Sawver, Medical Corp President Harding’s physician, is a: influential member of the organiza- tion and one of its frustees. Two years ago he was its president. 1t is expected that the coming meet- ing of the institute will bring to ‘Washington a large gathering of homeopathic physicians from all parts of the country. Dr. Frank A. Swart- wout of this city is chairman of the local committee of arrangements. The institute has not previously met in Wum:gton since June, 1900, ‘when, during the McKinley adminis- tration, the Hahnemann monument was iled in th la...:":..... Bnasmsn i taking Partdurgbe sxercisom night and George Walker, IGrain, Produce { British 95 . 1921 and Live Stock GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. BALTIMORE, March 25 (Special).— | Kggs_Strictly fresh, per dos., Potatoes—White, No. 1. per 100 I southern, 25, R SR TR 1.00a1.10; Cobblers, 1.00a1.10; Me- | Live pouitry—Roosters.ipeg b 21 Cormicks, 75a85; No. 2. 40a50. swee:u.{l...-key,_ per 1b. 45a53; chickens, per bbl, 3.50a5.00. Yams. 4.00a4.30;|chring ner Ib., 50a60: hens, per Ib., 38; No. 2 and culls, 2.50a3.50. Beans. keats, young, each, 60a75. green, pearl and w: per ofate, 3.00 Dressed poultry.— Fresh killed a6.00. Beets, per bunch. 4 | spring chickens, per 1b., 55a60: hens, Cabbage, per ton 25; turkeys, 10.00214.00. Cauli- | per Ib., 40; roosters, per fower. per crate, 3,00, Cucum- | per Ib.! G0acs. : bers, per box, 7.00a8.00. Celery, Der | pork—Dres all b, 1516 crate, 2.50a3.00. Eggplant. per crate, | oo it ,';l,,’fl';d'..:.';;, "10a13; live hoss, 6.00a7.00. Asparagus, per doz., 4.00 || a7.00." Kale, per bblL, 50a1.00. Let- | . s tuce, per n.u'l’( t, 1.50a3.00. Onions, | _Live stock—Calves, choice, per 1b.. 14 per 100 Ibs. 75a1.10. Parsnips, per |lambs, choice, per Ib., 23a25. bu. 1.00. Peppers, per crate, 4.00a | Green fruits — Apples, per bbL, 3.008 6.00. Radishes, per basket, 1.5022.50. |8.00; per basket, 7522.00; western, per Spinach, per bbl. 1.50al. Peas. | box, 3.50a4.50. California lemons, per per basket, 4.00a5.00. Tomatoes, per | box, 3.50a4.50. California oranges, per crate, 1.50a6.00. Turnips, per bu. |crate, 4.005.00." Florida oranges, per 1.25. crate, 4.00a4.75. Grapefruit, per crate, Apples, per bbl. 3. 1.50am00. Orang .75, Grapefruit, per box, 2. 26.50; per box, | 4.00a5.00. per box, 3.00a | Vegetables—Potatoes, nearby, No. L . .75a2.25; northern, per 83 0a4.50. Tan-, sweet potatoes, per bbl.. No. gerines, per strap, 6.00 Cran- | & er Derries, per b, SUANC |Gt 5 St 0 Tetbace, - Fiora: par berries, per qt., 30a65 | crate, . California iceberg let- 3 2 | tue 5 00; celery, per doz., 1.00a DAIRY MARKET. [ Fiorida celery, 2.50a3.00; Ro- BALTIMORE. Md., March 25.—Poul- | maine lettuce, 1.2522.00, Cymblings. '—Young chickens, alive. per pound. | per crate, Florida, 4.00a6.00. Spinach, | dressed, 40a old, 36a37i per bLbl. 2.00a2.50. Kale, 75a1.00 per dressed, 37a33; roosters, dressed. |bbl, Peppers, per basket, 6.00a7.00. 22; winter, two and a half pounds Tomatoes, per box, 4.00a5.30. Onions, and under, per pound, 5. Ducks, per | per sack, 1.25a1.50. Brussels sprouts, pound, 32440; dressed, 38242, Turkeys, | per qt.. 25a30. Cranberries, 20.00225.00 per pound, 40a53; dressed, 40a54.|per bUI. New cabbage, per crate, 2.00a Pigeons, per pair, Guinea | 3.00. fowls, each, 50a85. Capons, dressed. per pound, 42a53. 3g&s (loss off) by, per dozen, eggs. 60. Butter—Creamery, fancy, per pound, strictly fre southern, h near- | duck REFINING CO. INQUIRY. Action Follows Charges Against 48a49; prints, 49a51: nearby creamery, 45a46; dairy prints, 20a rolls, per Management of Affairs. pound. 19a22; ladles, 28a30; process S e butter, 30a31; store packed, 19. NEW. YORK; March 25.~Holders of No grain quotations chamber of flarge blocks of stock of the American commerce closed, legal holiday. CHICAGO, March 25 —Butter lower; creamery extras, 44; standards, Smelting and Refining Company have undertaken an examination of the af- fairs of that corporation through the Eggs, lower; receipts, 20,406 case ] 1 i : firsts, $214a23; ordinary firsts, 19a20}| formation of an investigating commit- at mark, cases included, o~ | Lee, it is reported herc. try, alive, lower; fowls, 30: springs, 34.] _ Action follows fecent charges of Karl Srilers, a former vice president, although the formation of the committee is said to be apart from Mr. Seilers’ efforts to s e CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, March 25 (United States|bring about early changes in the com- Bureau of Markets).—Cattie—Re- | pany's management. The inquiry will ceipts, 4,000 head: beef steers, dull;|be impartial. the committee said, and weak to unevenly, lower; quality.|aimed toward the acquisition of more plain; bulk beef 'steers, '$.50a9.50;!information on the company's affairs butcher she stock and bulls. slow.|than was set forth in its 1920 report. weak: bulk fat cows and heifers,} Members of the committee are not con- 0a7.75; canners and cutters mostly, { nected with the company’s management, 3.00a4.50; bulk bulls, 5.2526.25; calve: steady; bulk vealers, 9.00a9.50; stock- ers and feeders, weak to lower; bulk nd feedar steer: elected meaty feede the announcement declared, nor with those who “are attacking the manage- ment.” Hogs—Receipts, 15.000 head: slow very uneve cady with ye terday's average; lop early. 1.1 bulk, 200 pounds down. 10.60a11.00: wITH CAPITAL buik. 220 pounds up, 9.25a10. mostly steady 00 head; k : higher he Profit, of$3C,000, for $15,000 steady to st: wooled lamos, top. . 9.35; 101-pound shorn Invested. Investment - secured by . ‘buik fat weoled lambs orthwest Real Estate 10.60. LoDy Buliera NO RISK. Cash firvested returned 580425 within a year; Prompt action nec- —_—— cessary. - BAR SILVER QUEOTATION Room 20z Phone: M., 593 NEW YORK, March 2! domestic, 891% ; foreign, dollars, 44%. e e NEW CAR STOP ORDERED. Otilities Board Also Authorizesl Change in Crossover. The Public Utilities Commi day authorized the Washington Rail- way and Electrlc Company to estab- | ligh a new car Btop on the near side | of 10th street and New York avenua! northwest for westbound cars of the! Columbla line. i The commisgion also approved plans| of the™@apital Traction Comvany to move the crossover on l4th street: near Park road o a point farther north- | ward. A request of the Washington Rall- way and Blectric Colgpany for a change in the car stop on New York | avenue between 14th and 15th streets)| northwest was refused. i BRITISH ATTACHE NAMED. % ; Mexican ; 1336 N.Y. Ave. R GETTING —Bar .«xl\‘er.“ ! RRRERRE ordinary interest, to fully co-operation. tion that is thoroughl render a prompt and Sidney R. Bailey, D. S. 0. - flag commander of Admirai| cial need Beatty, commander-in-chief of the| grand fleet from 1916 to 1919, has been appointed naval attache at the | embassy in this city. He will succeed Capt. Geoffrey Blak who has had eighteen months serv 10th & G Sts., N.W. ice In the United States, Canada aund Central America. The chanze will D E— e effect Aprit 1. 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