Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1921, Page 26

"6 - FIRE DESTROYS COTTON. MACON, Ga.. April ¥W.—Damage of N\ it started, has destroyed 31,000 bales|an effort -/ of cotton linters at the warehouse of the Buckeye Cottan Oil Company here. i THE SUNDAY STAR the smolder- been #burning A0l of the to extinguish ing fire, which has nearly twenty-four hours. between $100,000 and $150.000 is ex- Firgmen today are pouring water|damage is covered by insurance. The pected to result fram a fire which | from six lines of hose into the con-|cauee of the fire has not been deter- @ince late yesterday .afternoon, when'crete and steel warehouse building in mined. . 735 7 $2 —Weekly Pays for This Beautiful ran Phonograph Plays All Makes of Records —So Much Better 10 Selections FREE . SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY gg"(mp Ceurd € OF AMERICAN ROME FURN( 2 th STREE'(S'“&S.a Jd i =2 Guaranteed 5 Years Have Yours Sent Home At Once AMERICAN RABB | WILL CONFER HERE |Expect 135 From All Parts | of United States to Attend Sessions This Week. rabbis A conference” of American regarded as one of the most impor- tant events of the year for the Jewish clergy, will be held at the Hotel hington, starting tomorrow and ! continuing until next Sunday noon. | The meneral sessions will not open iuntil Wednesday morning, Monday 2nd Tucsday being occupied with spe- cial committee meetings. A-number of topics of vital inters to the Jews of America will occup: the time at the onx. On Wednes. day, after regist ion of the 135 rab~ bis expected to attend. a will be tendered to all delegates. The day will consist of sightsceing and of preliminar; sions. Serien of Lectures. Thursday morning Prof. Lauderbach will deliver a lecture on “The Attitude of the Jow Toward the Non-Jew.” in which he will trace the relations from earliest times. At 4:30 o'clock re- certion will be tendered the d ates at the White Housc, and a banguet at 8 o'clock will conclude the day’'s ses- Loui. Friday, and Dr. Chicago, will 1 address will Witt of St Tive ial legure Abram Hirschberg of speak Saturday be delivered Saturda 5 of Vittsburgh, on Reli the Pulpit Reacts on the People. address Saturday night will be held at the Kighth Strect Temple of the Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation. Conference Reports. During the conferences reports will be made by committees on the follo ing topics: Church and state; social justice; revision of the prayer book: + special book on mediation and prayer | marriage and divorce; survey of re- ligious conditions and others. R. B. H. Lyon, chairman of the com- mittee on hotel arrangements, has com- pleted plans for the entertainment of the deldgates during their stay in Wash- lington. The Washington Hotel will be the headquarters for the conference. a s A Separate Store for Men— Clothing and b Fumisfiing.s Main Floor Direct Entrance From K Btreet. ‘ equaled in mixtures. Savings of $20.00 and $22.50 Dress Trunks Guaranteed Thrée-ply Veneer Fiber or Canvas Covered Trunks; in 32, 34, 36 and 38 inch sizes; dress or steamer shapes. Brass dowels and bolts, with extra reinforced trimmings. Sale price, $12.75 —Single-breasted patch pocket models, also black with brown stripes. —Double-br_easted styles in neat ~ f Regular sizes—34 to 44. Wardrobe sizes. $30, $32.50 and $35 Trunks ‘Three-ply Veneer Fiber-cov- ered Dress Trunks; cretonne lined; extra tray; draw bolts and best spring lock. Thor- oughly dependable in construc- tion and built for hard service. Sale price, $19.75 Yoir'llsee $30.00 Suits advertised every day. Anybody can offer suits at this price, but to be able to invite men to come in and take the pick of such a fine collection of Spring Suits as these is some- thing out of the ordinary. i : In this group of Suits at $30.00 vou will find better fabrics, better workmanship and newest sstyles—BETTER VALUES that cannot be specialty stores,” because we buy clothing at lowest figures and sell it at a very small margin of profit. U Models for men and voung men in a wonderful variety of clever spring styles, fabrics and colors. A Specially Arranged Sale of / Men’sand Young Men’s Suits / ’ ‘in the popular HerringBones, browns and grays, stripes; conservative models in brown checks and Heather Goldenberg’s Clothes Shop for Men—FIRST FLOOR—Direct Entrance From K Street. Sale of TRUNKS One Third to Nearly One Half A prominent trunk manufacturer closed out to us his surplus stocks and discontinued numbers, comprising two carloads of fine Trunks. The sale in- cludes all the most desirable kinds-—Dress Trunks Trunks—every Values and variety exceeding any previous one guaranteed to give $45.00 Wardrobe Trunks Three-ply Veneer Wardrobe Trunks; full size, heavy brass trimmed; cretonne lined; 8 “hangers; three drawers and hat box; draw bolts and strong brass lock. 40x22x21-inch full size. Sale price, $26.75 alé of its kind we ever held. $12.00 and $13.50 Dress- Trunks 32, 34 and 36 in. size Canvas-covered Dress Trunks, with heavy leather straps, steel clamps and good strong lock. In- o cluded are well constructed Steamer Trunks of same Salel prIdBi i ot e e Bt o s e Traveling Goods Department-Fourth Fleor. . See Pages 24 and 25 of Today’s Star for Other Gceldenberg Advertisements Steamer Trunks and service and satisfaction, $7.95 $65.00 W"ardrobe’ Trunks High-grade Wardrobe Trunks; very best three-ply veneer fiber covered; riveted throughout; round edge; lift top; crctonne lined; laundry bag and shoe pockets; draw bolts and spring lock. Finest construction and finish. Sale price, $39.75 WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 'RUSSIAN WOMAN, NOW IN D. C.. PICTURES REVOLUTION HORRORS! S reception ! will de- | The | Thusband. 10 Mme. and Col. Poloushkin Forced to Flee From Reds to Save Lives. Husband Member of Russian General Staff During the ° World War.. Living quietiy, practically ohscure, ,In & modest little apartment at 2511 | Pennsylvania avenue northwest. two victims of the holshevist revolu- !tion in Russia, Col. and Mme. Nicho- las S. Poloushkin. Four years ago they wero members of Petrograd's so- {coremony despite the { war. Today, their vast estatee conflscated by the bolshevists, they are beginning a new life in the land of the free. Col. Poloushkin was a member of the general staff of the Russian arm lin tae great world conflict. I'revious fantry in the Czar's Imperial Guard. |Six months prior to,tae revolution that overtnres, the CZar s government he married Anne de Bretiel, the daughter of a wealthy land owne the province of Novgorod, the estat isting of 9.000 acres. :oupin moved to a home in Peterhof, a suburb of Petrograd. Colonel Encaprs Death. Then came the uprising. It was the custom of Col. Poloushkin to com- mute between the capital and his home. and ghis bride, on the first d of the revdlution, upon learning th a mob was forming to kill all officer: thet arrived on the evening train, jrushed to the denot to defend her The cofonel was apprised of the movement in time to save his life and left the coach before its i in_Peterhof. His companion. n officer, who did not heed the arning, was Killed by the waiting crowd. The following day th, flamed th liquor, Poloushkin house wihe. Fearing, the band in an officer’s uniform would |infuriate the mob to violence Mme. Poloushkin, braving its enmity, threw {open the doors of ner home, and fac {ing it calmly and bravely prevailed upon the men to keep cool in the face of the peril that surrounded them. Her courageous action had the desired ef- f and the men dispersed. That night. accompanicd by a young wom- an friend, she trudged through the snow to an encampment of soldiers nearby and induced them to return to town with her and guard the resi- dence from fire. All night long the women served tea, cake and r- ettes to the guards, and their faithful duty saved the building. Fled to United States. On the third day matters became worse. The servants began to gossip among themselves quietly, and then became more bold. Harassed by the fear of death at the hands of the revolutionists, ~the * young wife pre- vailed upon her husband to abandon their home, andfthey fled to Arch- angel, where the$-remained for seven months practically prisoners. In the meantime Col. Poloushkin had made application for passports to take them to America, and one of the last acts of the Kerensky regime was to sign the important papers. The passports arrived in Archangel on the morning of the bolshevist revolution, but were signed at the last moment by the lead- ing official of the provisional govern- ment. 3 Arriving in the United States, they eventually reached this city, where the colonel was attached to the chancery of the Russian embassy, re- populace, in- urrounded the nd demanded ght of her hus Meariwhile Mme. Poloushkin turned her talents as an artist and linguist to advantage, and thus they began life anew. Plctures Rus n- Horrors. “Conditions in Russia, after aid Mme. Poloushkin, y ‘are indescribable. M. died of a broken heart after the ‘bol- shevists confiscated his estates. aged grandmother, she was eighty, was forced to work in the fields with a broken leg, and shefinally succumb- ed to this torture. Today my mother, who is past sixty, and my two sis. ters, Helena and Margaret, are obliged we er- are clety, which maintained its pomp and | | Iy he had served as an officer of in- in | The young maining there until May of last year.| father | ana | inclosure 1921—PART 1. —— SCALE FOR INDUSTRIALS FINANCIAL. The following chart sentative stocks dealt in on the New | RANGE OF MARKET AVERAGES. . shows graphically the action of forty repre York Stock Exchange. The perio covered is the past month. up to and inciuding the ciose of the market Friday. April S. The v of the market MARCH lower section 10112 14151617 18 1921 222324 9728 of the chart indicates the rclative ~——APRIL—— 293031 2456178 ANNA POLOUSHKIN. COL. NICHOLA the s He evists, Bretzel s an officer in regiment my husband. taken prisoner by the bol: escaped twice. finally r kin’ rmy. sought shelter on an ship and was taken to Egypt. w but ching Deni- When they met defeat he Sngiish battle- There, to his great joy. he found his wife, his three children and his wife's mother, after a separation of two years. My youngest brother, Capt. Jacob de Bretzel, escaped into Japan s still living there. “Conditions among the Russian ref- ugees in Egypt are terrible. They are living in camps formerly occupied by prisoners of war with a barbed wire around them. In. letters ave received from my uncle that I jin Alexandria 1'learn that there are generals, senators, members of the nobility and gentlemen and women living in these camps under the most terrifying conditions. Refugees Without Clothing. “They have no proper clothing and the food is poor. Among the generals is Fok, the second in command at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. He is eighty vears old now and was lionized by his ‘men. as he was opposed | to, Stocssel surrendering. He is today e .I'i(houl @ shirt or other comfortable ar! s of wear and he is omly one of thousand “Relief needed for the Russian refug, st in the suburbs of Con- stantinople, in Egypt. in parts of the { Balkan states and in sections of China. My husband has been in communication with twenty cities in Europe where Ru: ians with anti-bolshevist views are i ing and the situation, as far as food and clothing are concerned, is deplor- able. 1 estimate the number who have to work on farms doing the moat me. | been driven from Russia at more than nial kind of labor. They were not even permitted to take any linen with them when they were sent to Boro- vitchi, where they were when 1 last heard from them. Two~of my broth- ers were killed fighting for Russia. "My oldest brother, Col. Alexie de GEORGETOWN STUDENTS TO OPEN DENTAL CLINIC Answers Board of Education Ap- ' peal on Behalf of School Children. Georgetown University dental stu- donts will answer the appeal of the dental clinfes in the District’ of Co- lumbia, where school children “can receive proper attention, by estab- lishing a completely equipped pro- phylactic station at 920 H street northwest. The Dental School has contracted for 5,000 toothbfushes, which will be given to school children and oth- ers who apply for treatment. Oral hygiene instruction will be given and the students, under the supervision of the faculty members, will give in- structions in the proper care of the teeth. Funds for the work will be tially raised at a minstrel show which_ the students will give the evenings of April 20 and 21 at Gon- zaga Hall. Additional funds will be required to establish an operating room in connection with, the free station and the students hope to raise the necessary money through their own activities. The Georgetown College Glee Club will participate in the minstrel show, which is under the management of James H. arkey. The music was written by Max Schwartz, one of the students, while another, { Frank Golden, is responsible for the lyrics. ¢ Dr. Bruce' L. Taylor, dean of the Dental 8chool, Is co-pperating, so that the new station, when it is opened, { will be a success. The students are {limited now in their free work for the people of Washington, but it is_soon hoped that ample quarters will be provided to accommodate all who desire treatment. par- $500,000 CASH DIVIDED. Fort Wortl—x Banker Leaves Big Sums for Legal Widow and Other. FORT WORTH, Tex., April 9.—The $500,000 cash esiate. iwhich John L. Jackson, Fort Worth banker and capitalist, left to the Spiritualist Society two year: and which has been tied up in t courts since, will be divided between the church and the heirs, according to an agreement reached here today. . The church will receive $75.000. the son by a common-law wife, $225.000, and the legal widow. $150,000. The latter's marriage to Jacksgn ,was after secret. and was not known urtil his death. ACQUITTED OF MURDER. NEW YORK, April 9—John Ried board of education for more freel | original ; of Milwaukee today was acquitted of } a_ second-degree murder charge for the killing of Leeds Vaughn Waters, a wealthy clubman, here last November. He admitted killing Waters, but pleaded self-de- fense. Riedy. technically a Qeserter from the Navy, was in ‘unifarm wheit Waters'Invited him to his hotel. room. in a hotel room | 1 istone. [u-» streets of this city iMary's Cemetery will a million men, women and children, all of whom have lost their real and the vast majority their personal property." Mme. “Poloushkin's poster work for the: Russian relief campaign. which starts Tuesday, is attracting consider- able attention 'in the shops and. hotel lobbies, where they are on display. ALEXANDRIA. - ALEXANDRIA. Va., April 9 (Spe- clal).—At a_ meeting of the creditors of the General Shipbuilding Compan |Inc., held today in the United |court before Charles Henry referee in_bankruptcy, ‘the claim of the Emergency Fleet Corporation of $6,000 was agreed upon. The ref- eree, however, refused priority this claim. An appeal was noted from the decision of ghe referee by {Henry J. Gibbons, Insel for the Emergency Fleéet Corporation. The referee allowed $1.500 for attorneys’ fees and an appeal was noted from this on the ground that the compen- sation was inadequate, Mount Vernon Chanter, Daughters of the American Revolution. has voted a donation to the erection of a memorial fountain at Plymouth, Mass., in honor of the Pilgrim moth- ers. A donation’also has been made toward the painting to be placed in the war museum of the Hotel des In- lides, Paris, in remembrance of the sacrifices of the allies in the cause of liberty during the world war. The chapter also will participate in the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the District of Columbia boundary stone next Tuesday, *which will be under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter, D. A. R. The e ercises will mark the 1h anni ry of the laving of the boundary Announcement is made that a new bus line soon expects to start op. orations between this city and Wash ington. The proposition is backed b: local capital.” Each bus will have a :‘-_;;ymgny of hl\ enty-six passengers. he fare each way, it | i o e way, it is stated, will The Dreadndught Athletic Club will open the base ball season tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'cloc - When they will cross batg with the . §. 8. May. flower team, on .Baggett's field, Motion pictures are to be made in by a movie ncern shortly. The film company will take in the various business in- stitutions. children ~ coming from school and many of the business houses, it i announced. the corporation court .” Judge Robinson Moncure pre. siding. a final decree .‘or divorce on the ground of desertflon has been awarded Mrs. Eva May Sylvester from Joseph E. Sylvestel Proposed Improvements this to St be considered by the lot owners at a .meeting which will be held at 3 o'clock tomor- row afternoon in the Lyceum Hall. James R. @aton will address the ‘members of the Asbury Bible Class of “Tripity M. E. Church at.10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Industrials 88, January 3 Rails .. 37, November3 | Low 1920 | Industrials . 66.75, December 21 Rails 67.83, February 11 | Twenty Am Am Sugar Central Am Car & Fdrs Am Tel & Tel Am Locomotive Ana Am Smelting Bald March 10, c Friday. Saturday March 16, March 17, Mareh 18, March 1 Thursday Friday turday Monday . Tuesday 23, ‘Wednesdsy Thursday 1920. High. Low. Liberty 375 .. 10040 89.30 Liberty 1st 4s. .. 9348 8300 Liberty 2d 4s.... .. 9290 8140 Liberty Ist 4'4s. . 9400 84.00 Liberty 2d 413s.. .. 9284 8L10 Liberty 3d 4} . 95.00 85.60 Liberty 4th 4%s. . 9300 8200 Victory 334s . . 9940 94.60 Victory 434s . .. 9940 9470 Stock E { Up to and Including BOND: na. and Pot. River R. R. 5s.. . and P. Telephone 1st 5s 86,500—Capital Traction 1st is. 1.000—City and. Subgfban Ry. 8,000—Metropolitan R. 1 t 4.000—Pot. Elec. Power 1st 5: 50,000—Pot. Elec. Power con. 5. 12,000—Pot. Elec. Power deb. 6s 00—Pot. Elec. Power gen. 6s. Alex. and Mt. 3 2,000—Was| er. 47.500—Wash. Gas Light gen. 58. g\n.non—wash. Ry. and Elec. con. ,000—Wash. Ry. and Elec. ges $8.400—Wash. Gas. 7 100=Dist. of Col. 3.63s. .. Shares. STOCKS. 1.534—Capital Traction . Steamboat....... and Elec. com.. and Elec. pfd.. Ry. com....... t. Bank.. Nat. Bank Nat. 5-—District N 53—Federal 9—Liberty 10- g 30—National Metropolitan Bank 3—Second National Bank.... 78—Amer. Secur. and Trust 1—Continental Trust 120—National Savings and Trust.. 41—CUnion Trust .... it 10—Wash. Loan and Trust. 10—Merchants’ Bank ..... 59—Security Sav. and Com. 17—Union Savings - 5 * 40—Corcoran Fire Insurance. *3610-20—Col. Grapho. com +30—Col. Grapho. pfd. 5 459—Mergenthaler Linotype . 388—Lanston Monotype .. 42—Washington Market OUTLOOK FOR STEEL. Plants in Ohio Towns to Increase Operations Next Week. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 9.—Steel mill operations in the Youngstown | district will be increased next week, particularly in sheet and tin mill according to schedules given out to day at company offices. The spurt is said to be due not to large orders, but to insistence of small buyers for quick deliveries. The Trimbull Steel Company at Warren will increase the number of operating sheet mills from six to sev enteen, and the Falcon Steel Company {of Warren, which was closed this eek. will open seven sheet mills. The larger steel plants show slight gains. {SUGAR MARKET UNCHANGED. NEW YORK, April No_further [changes were reported in the local raw sugar market today, and while the committee made no change trom their 5-cent level for Cubas, cost and freight. equal to 6.02 for centrifugal, {uncontrolled sugars are offered in pretty fair volume at 1, cent below. There were additional sales today of | 5.000 bags of Porto Rico at equal to 5.77 for centrifugal, and there is con- siderable sugar still offered at this level. : | There was no_improvement in the demand for refined sugar nor any | change in quotations. which range from to 8 for fine granulated. There was only a small volume of business in sugar futures. but prices were easier. Closing prices were 8 to points net lower. Final bids—May, Jdly, 4.80; September, 4.8 COFFEE FUTURES SLUMP. NEW YORK. April 9.—VYesterday's advances were followed by reactions | in the market for coffee ftures owing to the failure of Brazilian markets to show any increased strength as a re- ult of the reported government buy-! ing. The opening here was 6 points lower and active positions showed net losses bf 17 to 18 points during the| early trading as a result-of scattering liquidation. After selling off to 6.14 July rallied to 6,24 on covering, and Closed at 6.20, with the general mar- GlennyL. Justice will address the Westminster Bible Class of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church tomormw morning. ITALIAN FACTIONS CLASH. VENICE, Ttaly, April 9.—Fighting between socialists and Fascisti, or extreme nationalists, in which one person was killed and sixteen wound- ed. occurred herv today. As a.consequence of the cfrflict a general strike has been declared. ket showing a net decline of & to 11 points, May, 5.77; July, 6.20; Septem- | ber. 6.58; October, 6.71; December, 6.96; | January, 7.04; March, 7.18. H — e RICHMOND, Va., April 9.—The leaf tobacco situaticn continues to show improvement. This is especially true of the better grades, on which prices are considerably up. Reports from Western tobacco markets indicate a similar trend, with prices steady, bet- ter grades firm, medium grades bring- inz better prices and common grades stronger. = 3 &y Twenty Railroad Commos The Year 1921 to Date on the Washington Furnished by W. B. Hibba & Co., H { light receipts and fair demand for un- SIBVHS WOIN to Date 8. March 23 Industrt Rails eee....77.56, January 15 Low 1921 to Date Industrial March 11 Rails .10, March 10 dustrial Common Stocks Used Are: U S Steel Utah Copper W, Leather & Steel Stocks Used Are: Atchison € M & St Paul K C Southern Northern Pacie Reading Maltimore & Olio Del & Hudson Lehigh Valiey New Haven Southern Pacife Canadian Pacific Erie Touis & Nash Norfolk & Western Nouthern Rwy Ches & Ohio 1ilinois Central N Y Central Pennsyivania Unioa Pacific Daily Movement of Averages: ’ Indy Rails. | Industrials. Rail Thursds 70.20 | March 3 Saturday .. Monday Tuesday Wednesda. Thursda; Friday . LIBERTY BONDS AT A GLANCE. Maturity 1921, Close date. High. Low. Yesterday. Yield. 6-15-47 93.50 8990 9004 4. 6-15-47 88.50 87.50 11-15-42 88.10 8760 494 6-15-47 8870 8770 5.1 11-15-42 88.40 8756 521 9-15-28 91.14 9076 579 10-15-38 88.60 8764 534 5-20-23 9772 *97.56 494 5-20-23 97.76 .9"7‘053 595 xchange. Building. Friday, April 8, 1921, Open. High. Close’ 62 67 66, 90 A8 62 92 . ¢ BALTIMORE PRODUCE. BALTIMORE. April 9 (Special The general live poultry market, Wwith the exception of old hens whic are in liberal receipt and lower, rules firm. the receipts being light and demand good. This is especially true of winter chickens weighing 2 to 2% pounds each and spring chickens averaging 1 to 11; pounds. the fo mer selling at 50 and 55 cents a' pound, and the latter 65 to 75 cents. Oid hens are quoted at 30 and 32 cents. Ducks are easier under freer erings, at 30 to 38 cents. Turkey season over and with receipts unim- portant prices are purely nomina Market for pigeons firm at 50 and 55 cents per pair. Receipts of guinea fowl light and, with good demand. the market is steady at 90 cents aplece for young and 30 cents for old. The egg market is about steady at 25 cents a dozen under a fair de- mand for desirable stock. Daily re- ceipts keep closely cleaned. but the situation is mainly dependent- upon the cold storage outlet. Old potatoes are cleaning up a 1it- tle closer with moderate receipts and the market is firm on a basis of 90 cents to $1.25 per 100 pounds for No. 1 stock. McCormicks are quot- ed at 75 and 90 cents and No. stock of all kinds at 40 and 50 cents. The market for sweets and yams also is firm under light but ample sup- plies, the former selling at $4 to $6 a barrel and the latter $3.50 and $4.50. No. 2 stock and culls of both are draggy at $2.50 and $3. Virginia asparagus made its first appearance this week and Is in good demand at $3.60 to 35 per dozen. Native and nearby rhubarb. kale and spinach are selling well, the first at 4 and 5 cents a bunch and the lat- ter two at 15 to 30 cents and 40 to 70 cents per bushel, respectively. Onions are a shade hizher under sprouted stock at $1 to $1.50 per 100} pounds. Spring onions in good de- mand at 75 to 90 cents per 160 bunches. > Although prices remain practically unchanged there is a firmer tone to the apple market, all standard ve- rieties selling at $3.75 to $6 a barrel and No. 2 of the same $3 and $4 Box apples. all varieties, are quoted at $1.50 to $3.50. Loose unpacked stock slow sale at $1 and $1.50 per 100 pounds as to quality and condition. HOWAT FINED $200. PITTSBURG, Kans., April 9. —Alex- ander Howat, Kansas miners' union head, was found guilty of contempt of court in ordering a strike of coal miners two weeks ago and was, sentenced to pay a fine of_$200 by Judge Andrew.d. Curran of the Craw- ford county distriet, court.