Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1921, Page 12

Sum‘fiy, August 21 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN Via Delaware River Bridge Eastern Standard Time, Lvs. Weshington.... 1201 AM. Tickets on sale beginning Friday pre- ceding date of m at Consolidated exeursio Ticket Office, 18th and F streets, and at Union Station: Returning, Leaves Atlantic City '...... 600 P.M. Pennsylvania System MUST REDUCE FREIGHT RATE AS FARM RELIEF Secretary Wallace Said Rallroads Should Share Economic Burden ‘With Agriculturists. Burden of the present economic situa- tion must be shared by the railroads with the farmers by reduction of freight rates. Secretary Wallace said yesterday before the Interstate Com- merce Commission, which is investigat- ing rates on grain and hay. High freight rates practically have stopped production, the Secretary said, adding that if the present situation con- tinued production from the farms would be reduced materially. ““We cannot afford to let our agri ture be destroyed,” he declared. In attempting to relieve the distress of the farmers we are dealing with great economic forces. All our people ought to share the burden of the present de- pression.” ‘The farmer now is bearing more than his share of the economic load, he added, because the purchasing power of farm products is below the average of other commodities. He presented figures to show that in Towa the purchasing power COUPES ]ng’ofii] 1 F" Never, we believe, has there been offered to the public a line of inclosed cars so attractive in de- sign, elegant in finish and perfect in appoint- ments as the 1921 Oldsmobile coupe and sedan SEDANS at prices so sensational. We invite your inspection and comparison. Our salesroom will be open all day tomorrow and Sunday as well as every evening next week. Oldsmobile Sales Company 1016-1018 Connecticut Avenue \ / Complete ‘sleepingyor parlor cars.. Afternoon Mgkt - tickets prepared, make ! and 7 s o L Passeng Washin fo Pittsbur ' via the Short line : __ Four through trains, with high-class, jmodemjcosches, Artive Pittsburgh : ‘ W‘V-‘Bo Leave Washington’. 10.05 .22 M—/0.20 12:05 AM.~— The moming train affords 2" convenientdep: an early evening arrival in_Pittsburgh. _ 'The afternoon train #(observation (with a convenient evening arrival in Pittssurgh. (with "ear service) imsures a “dayl Potomae, hundred miles als owr_ s route your information may and F Streets N. W, and Union Station.”" Baltimore & Ohio ° Telephone Main 7837 gton ) ong P by way_of fameus Harper’s Ferry. Y Division 656—and Passenge , 823 Homer Building, 13th and F Streets N. W., will have your, reservations and lay aside until called for. also be obtained from "Established 1827 er Service arture, with. D ) “allows the business man o fall half “day in"Wiahington, 20 his (X e o e bustoess day. As'a. uriaer on of oats is 48 per cent of what it was from 1909 to 1914. . Reductions in freight on the com- modities under investigation, especially on hay, the Secretary said, would be re- flected in a larger volume of and therefore in greater revenues for the railroads. The prosperity of the rail- roads, he added, depended in a large measure upon the prosperity aof the farmers. Many young farmers purchasing land at high prices during time of abnormal prices were foreclosed when the depres- sion came, the witness pointed out, causing a situation which should be a matter of public concern because of re- duced production. © In reply to questions by attorneys for the railroads the Secretary sald that wheat from Argentina could be 1aid down at Atlantic ports and in for- eign ports at less than the price Ameri- can-raised wheat must bring under present condition: —_— FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Selling checks—dollar values at n Londor 8.85% Budapest And Right There Is Where I Made My Big Mistake. Look AT ThHAT Fumny OLD DUFFER WiTh TH Lou© ST} More Difficult BY PHIL 8. HANNA. Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, August 19.—Although there have been some trade recessions in this territory, the motor industry continued on the uptrend and business progress in general has been maintained. Bank clearings here for the last week were $105,000,000, compared Wwith $141,000,000 for the corresponding week in 1920, but in view of the lowered scale of prices this is taken to indicate a decided in crease in comparative volume of bu ness. Deposits in clearing house banks are up $8,000,000 and borrowings from the ) i % THAT'S THE KiND OF A SUIT GEORGE ADE SAYS UN'T LARGE EMOUGH To-SHOW THE ENTIRE PRTTERN NICE ,RESTFUL DESIGN, ALECK, t KNEW A PROFESSIOMAL GAMBLER ONCE \WHO HAD A SIIT J4ST LB 32288¥ 3 since April, 1919. The difficulty of most manufacturers, however, lies not in securing money, but in getting orders for goods. A few fac- tories outside the motor fleld find the margin between cost and sales price so narrow as to be almost unnoticeable. One lumber manufacturer declared to- day, “it is getting 5o my customers treat me like an approaching mendicant.” Automobile manufacturing continues the bright spot in the situation, and activity has been accelerated this week by price cuts on Hudson, Essex and King cars. The Pere Marquette railroad handled 1,785 €arioads of sutomoblles from Detroit and Flint in the last two weeks, which compares favorably with peaktime shipments. Trade in St. Louis Area Is Comparatively Steady BY J. N. FINING. Special Dispatch to The Star. - ST. LOUIS, August 19.—Commerce here is settling down with compl: cense and confidence for a steady drive over the last lap of the read- justment period. Notwithstanding that manufacture and construction remain inert, the situation in general commerce is better now than at any time since the reaction began, and there is every reason for certainty that betterment will be progressive for the remainder of the year. The policy of retail merchants of buying only as much merchandise as they need, but of buying frequently and choosing a variety of goods, has showed that trade will be compara- tively steady with the sales stretched out over several months. It is fore- cast that these sales ultimately will total a fairly large volume. Some improvement has bee: in manufacturing, but so fag it has been light. Grains are sellink easily in this section. Quantities of cotton from the southeast and southwest are being sold abroad and arrangements for financing increased shipments are being concluded. Diversified agricul- ture has been both pronouncedly suc- cessful and encouraging to farmers, - RIGHT ‘THERE 15 WHERE | MADE MY BI& MisTAake! MY WIFE OUGHT To SEE 1T FIRST, —_— ME SAID SHE \WouLD BE CI 'y ABOUT 1T, WELL, I BELIEVE AND IF YoU LET YouR. WIFE SEE I'T O You noted Comeiohs, 1981, M. 7. Webstoas < ALSATIANS PAY HONORS Will Sprinkle Chalk TO U. S. WAR VETERANS To Brand Lovers Who Make Spoon on Steps By the Associated Press. | ‘TAMEA, Fla, August 19.—As a result of’ complaints that DETROIT CHIEF GOES TO AID IN MURDER QUEST [5eggertne to fo s within sixty of ninety Big Upturn is Predicted by Georgia Cotton Factors BY RALPH SMITH. Special Dispatch to ThéWtar. i Sicilian Crime Hunt Extends to New York, Where Seventy Have Been Killed. DETROIT, August 19.—Lieut. Bert McPherson, chief of the Detroit “black- han squad, is on his way to New York to assist the authorities there in rounding up the gang alleged to have been responsible for numerous Sicilian murders in New York, Detroit and Chicago. 5 McPherson plans to interview Bar- tolow Fontano, former Detroit barber, ‘| whose revelations to the eastern au- thorities cleared up the mystery sur- rounding the murder of eight men here since 1917. If Fontano is iden- tified as having been associated with local Italian§ who have come under Civil and Military Authorities Give Welcome to Amer)f:n young couples were parking Legion Delegation. themselves on the step: --: n; “ dark cormers of publjic school A By the Associated Press. = buildings here in the evening, STRASBOURG, Alsace Loraine, Au e e s gust 18—CIvil and military author-| | joved, as he expressed it, Pro- itles, delegations of veterans’ assocla- bation Officer Earl Stumpf has . tions and & company of Infantry with| | announced that white '« Eres colors and a band paid honors to the| | STound to b 3 - ! American Legion delegation when it| | #Brinkled thickly over the Steps arri: here this e g. Great 5 cm!z'.‘ of Alsatians mersd and| | “branded, that the world may cheered them. ~ En route to Strasbourg the legion- | |aires stopped off at St. Die, proceed- know who they are.” “It would be better that per- mons with loving matures either ing to a point familiar to thousands of Americans, in the rear of the old Luneville sector, where they placed a and that the price will lines of business activity. This con- in Savannah and other ports. Prob- ability of resumption of commercial relations with Germany is viewed use the young lady’s own front veranda or borrow one from the neighbors and remain at a safe distance from school buildings,” effect on the export of cotton. murders that have occurred in the Italian colony here since 1917 that will lead to additional arrests. McPherson is of the opinion thht Fontano has been in custody here, but police records do not show any charges were preferred against him. Local authorities are compiling a mass of data concerning the murders and bombing outrages in the Detroit Italian quarter that will be given to the eastern officials for use in connec- tion with their investigation. No ar- rests have yet been made here as the result of Fontano's statements. ° tian monk, Waldsee Muller, wrote a letter suggesting that the continent 'be named after Amerigo Vespucci. Capt. Rene Fonck, the French ace, now a deputy, was witk the author—' lot of youmg 001 nteps were | eymooning.” think, having ideas, that the erected for h ities who weicomed the Americans at St. Die. attended by unusual patronage. today adopted resolutions WOULD FORCE PAYMENT.- Albert D. Esher was appointed today by Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court as recpiver for a Packard auto- mobile worth $4,000 purchased by Murhl Taylor from the Luttrell Com- pany, on which there is due a pote for $150." The bond of the receiver was fixed at $5,000. Herbert H. Schoder complained. to the court that he has a judgment for $1,000 against Taylor which he has been unable to collect and alleges that Taylor to defeat his judgment re- fuses to pay the last installment of 'PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity in 1922. Commodity Reports From Various-Sections Cetton. PICNIC FOR SCHOOL BENEFIT. An all-day old-fashioned picnic will be held at Forestville, Fairfax county, Va., tomorrow to raise funds to pur- chase bmaterials for the building of the ne¥ Forestville High School. The foundation for the school already has |been dug by the citizens of Forest- NEW The cotton milis are rapidly reaching a position firm enough to resist any at- tempt by’ buyers to force -prices down. Consumer buygng. it is anticipated, will have become sufficiently general by the first part of September to be reflected back to the mills with another increase of buying orders. BOSTON, August 19 (Special).—Me- dium count cotton yarns are being Dbought freely in this market and has been followed by advance of asking prices by the mills. The thread trade is having increased business and is buying more liberally. CHARLOTTE, N. C., August 19 (Spe- cial).—Operations were renewed _this $150 due on the machine, the title to|one “Fe picnic program will $n- which, under a conditional bill of eale. | Cluds athlette sports, base bail games, remains with the Luttrell Company | jck horse races, community singing until the final note i3 paid He Joins|anq" speaking by prominent publiic Taylor and the Luttrel] Company in men. Refreshments will be served. his suit. Justice Hitz ordered the i i plaintiff to pay into the registry of RESERVE BANK STATEMENT. the court $175 to cover the last note and interest and directed the recefcer | NEW YORK, August 19—The state- ment of condition of the Federal Re- to ‘take_possession of the car pending ; Cannon mills here, which ssets More Than a_final hearing on, the matter. Serve Bank of New York at the close | week at the 3 i 7 000,000 =|of business August 17 shows: _Total [have been closed on, accomni of labor $7,000, Don’t Make Costl s, 5512.555,08; il licounted pe- |comPARY expests o have 135,000 spindles Sarplas Neari on e suy cared m‘; ‘“;{?5“:9’;‘1 war obligations in operation shortly. lll'p .m' for members, | 2 all other for - 2 PAINT EXPERIMENTS members, $195.439.938; bills bought in Kaitted Wear. open market, $20,268,742; totals bills on hand_ $388,405,001; total ‘earning assets, $447,208,401; uncollected items, $120,- 167,193; due to members reserve ac- $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. Consult Ferguson first. Experts with years of experience are at your service. Betimates. Opening of spring lines of knitted un- derwear for 1922 indicates that these garments probably will be available to Interior and Exterior Work. reserves to deposit and federal reserve Paint Department, Ph. N. 231238, pos; . note labilities combined, 72.2 per cent. UTICA, N. Y., August 19 (Special). The wages of 7,000 employes of the Utica Knitting Mills will be reduced 10 per cent September 1. The mills will increase the working time, however. Lumber. Fla., A new book by the Director of the Budget CHARLES G. DAWES while General Purchasing Agent for. the A. E. F., and 'American member of the Military Board of Allied Supply, kept a journal which gives a remarkably vivid and inter- esting picture of the War from behind the lines. While: Al 19 southern lumber men and has con- tracted with )t:h. fipy::xer & Ru;z:'n Company of this city creosote - 000 %.( {hu ties. The remainder of the order will be shipped uncreosoted. ! Hostery. PHILADELPHIA, August 19 (Spe- éial).—The fashion of wearing gray hose with black patent leather shoes and with black dresses has revived a strong demand for gray silk full- tashioned hosiery in all shades among the retail stores here and this dee .20 ) ' ; . mand is reflected in sales of manu- e Risscnte! putting through the gigantic projectsof the Supply Board, e.;g}v.'c;o;"x ':w sy Some 11s' producing woolen hosiery are sold up to the first of the year demand continues brisk with prospects for a good fall trade. General Dawes was in the closest contact with Allied gen- erals and statesmen, and particularly with General Per- shing, a long-time friend, and he writes of these leaders| with characteristic frankness. General Dawes’ recent appointment to one of the most responsible positions in American public life makes espe- cially timely the publication of this war-time diary, which is now -on sale in two.large and lavishly illustrated vol- umes, under the title A JOURNAL'OF THE GREAT WAR g = S r Agent—Mr., Tickets. city: ticket_office. who are liquidating their loans or ATLANTA, August 19.—Cotton fac- +tors in Augusta, second largest inland cotton market in the world, predict a big upturn in business within the next four weeks, when the new cotton crops begin to move. They believe the staple will command at least 15 cents, encourage further liquidation among the farmers and act as a general stimulant in all fidence is shared by cotton merchants with much satisfaction in the light of its commemorative _ tablet on a _house a S e L. ontalpens Which Is called the “Baptismal font of | | Mr Stumpf declarcd. <fhese | | police suspicion, officials here believe AR T A e America’ It was in this house, ac-| | are mot all young people, elthers | they will be able to obtain other in-|pc’as successtul as were the peach and cording to tradition, that an Alsa-| | for I am aware of severnl chaed | | formation concerning the seventy | watermelon . yields. Reports from Gainesville, Toccoa and Tallulah indi- cate a record crop with a quality of fruit such as to command high prices. The larger retail merchants of At- lanta afe conducting cut-price “'r]:‘ e Georgia farmers' congress at Macon urging farmers to eliminate cotton as a crop YORK, Aiugust 19 (Special).— NEW YORK, August 19 (Special).— ‘count, ‘$610,152,279; total deposits, $625,- | retail buyers next spring at prices about JAMES BERRY, President B. K. FERGUSON; INC. 1124 567,279. Federal reserve notes in actual |one and one-half times those current JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary 5 9th st, || circulation, $637.644,500. Ratio of total |before the war. JACKSONVILLE, ugust (Special).—The Pennsylvania raflroad has ordered 400,000 railroad ties from FOR ALL LINES IN DETROIT AREA! Traders Find Getting Orders for Goods Than Securing Working Capital. Live stock prices continued weak t! ;vee'k, ;-;mlce native steers aemngh::' 0 $6 a hundred pounds as pared with $8 in 1913. o Flour. KANSAS CITY, August 19~ —The flour market here h‘!l:ub’:{“r: very erratic this week, although millers declare that the price of Wheat is not likely to go much lower it the economic importance of the farmer is to be considered. — Hemp. federal reserve are at the lowest point{R two centavos per 22 Pounds are not expected to increas shipments of that commodity, becatise. of the large st in this coflmlr;clu of sisal now held Garments. PHILADELPHIA, August 19 (Spe« cial)—Having failed to find basis for an arbitration arrangement between garment manufacturers and w: over a demand for & 20 per cont reduction in wages, both sides are marking time in the hope of furth negotiations. A strike of 5,000 work- $rs is threatened if the proposed cut inoWages and increase in the work- rx\ghwvak from forty-four to forty- eight hours are put into effect. — Canned Goods. ATTLE, August 19 (Special Prices for the 1921 Aalmun‘p:l.k aots jlaska red fails at 3225 a_dozen at $1. 1 5 and SinEs ef 3175 pinks at $115 and BLACKBIRD, Del., August 19 cial). —Canners who deciihed to sons tract for tomatoes this spring now are sending agents among the farm- ers attempting to buy the present ¢rop. ~Farmers, however, are refus- g o mell at 50 cents a’ basket and o or i between 70 and 90 cerfl.;’.ce. T [PORTLAND, Me., August 19 (Spe- cial).—Maine corn canners have ene joyed a good business on their new Dack. One prominent canner has al ready withdrawn, while others are prorating their customers. Dack smong regular — Rubber. N CASTLE, Pa., August 19 (Spes cial).—Operations have been Ntar‘ln‘l at the plant of the new Lehigh Rube ber Company, where 1,000 tubes and 500 tire casings a day are being turned out under direction of Frank :in?vflb:;gn“ Dre!ld’entt of the com< g was one of the of the Goodyear Company. e KANSAS CITY, August 19 (Speci 8 al.) —The sales of Hood tires in this dis< trict for July exceeded $59,000 and collections were 95 per cent, accord< ing to announcement today. Walter Limton, district manager of the com« pany, predicts a tire business for hisg company next y Qistrior year of $800,000 in thig PH. - PHILADELPHIA, August 19 - cial) —Shoe - manufacturers in *iu district report an increased deman for women's shoes from the souths Black kid and patent leather shoes are much in demand for fall wear. NEW ORLEANS, August 19 e. clal).—Traveling salesmen in this tors ritory report that it is easier to sell good bills of shoes in this section than at any time this year. Stocks are low and belief has became mo: general that prices e Stable. s have - hocome e Paints. N ORK, August 19 (Speci There has been a lagging de’:::n:‘l“f:: most pigments here, and prices for lithopone, which has showed some :g:l(!\"‘l’t);. h‘n‘:e been reduced % cent a 0 6% cents in by 6% in barrels. A e i s Notes. SBURGH, August 19 (Special), —W. H. Walker, vice president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Housing Corporation, stated today that within two months work wiil be started on more than 200 new dwellings. The corporation has ap- plications for assistance in erect- ing 500 homes. The Pittsburgh school board is receiving bids on five school buildings and in one day fifty-five lots were sold in a single plan for home building offered by a local firm, ST. LOUIS, August 19 (Special).— manufacturers of this section are flooding Congress_with urgent ap- pe: that the Winslow-Townsend ad financing bill be passed at the earliest possible moment in hope that orders from the rallroa for material and supplies will en- able them to operate their plants ag least on part time and hold their working. intact. It is also hoped the program of repair and, maintenance work of carriers will re= duce the number of unemployed. DETROIT. August 19 (Special).— The so-calied jitney" service bes tween Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids has been carrying capacity loads of passengers since the service started this week. It is believed to be the longest passenger-carrying auto line in the country. The fare to Lansing is $3.25, as compared with $3.30 on the railroad, and the run- ning time is within twenty minutes of the fastest Fere Marquette trains. urly service from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m, is maintained. g NEW YORK, August 19 (Special).— Garment manufacturers continued to discuss possible action in connection Wwith a letter alleged to have beem distributed by the Retall Research Association, an organization includ ing nineteen large department stor in various sections of the country This letter was interpreted manua facturers as outlining & plan to in- form members of the association of any financial difficulties of manufac< turers us:d :omen-bdlrmth-m to take of those difficulties to bu: goods at low figures. ¥ LEAF TOBACCO MARKET. BALTIMORE, August 19.—Net re« ceipts for the past week totaled 2,38 hogsheads, which is the largest of t season. were 1,627 hogsheads, The market ruled firm for all desir« able grades, with 42 cents being thq top price for a few fancy hogsheads. Quite a lot of the early planted to4 bacco is now being cut and harvest: iq and while there is not much wve: leafy, it will make good, serviceab! tobac: If favorable weather con4 and a late fall, the late planty ing may still exceed the previous un4 tinue favorable reports. Prices, per 100 pounds, are: orces SEATTLE, August 19 (Special).— oo 444! E ? méf;{i 33 ~ /