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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. -C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1921. p cases. Indications nt toward good | 9 | poEontne Tt SWEOPEMTAW._|SMALLEST AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY gy e o WoolotSnee . e b, ot TN AVHENT oo - =" %" DUE INVENTORY AND HOLIDAYS|™™ ’ | ! ville, 8. C. : Don't permit the woodwork in Rubber. : CLEVELAND, D b 23 (Spe- 2 3 A Tice Dhlsen Soem) o E oaneed Company’s Head Declares, How- |Investigator in North American to the lowest levels ever reached and | ever; That Method of Other Mills ' Indian History Long Connected 1 your home (inside or out) to de- GREENEVILLE, 8. C., December 23. Several New Industrial Projects, However, |sismifes 5 intsned tires " thiotsnou: e e Secleraite, _Cupanlt BevEunon. —Seventeen thousand two hundred i and fitty pennies! That Is the “croy R. K. FERGUSON INC. Y P the country are reported at the low- Is Great Obstacle. est point In two years. James Mooney, prominent ethnolo- i v N. ita- - NW. Pl N, 231-z32 ]| |of @ country storekeeper, N. S. Wh NG BY EXPERTS ker, who carted them to town and de- . R . e e e olae, - posited them in one of the city banks. Brlghten Detroit’s Outlook Matenally. AKRON, Ohlo, December 23 (Spe- | Wiiliam M. Wood, president of the Irm, connected ~with the bureau ot |Banks Show Prosperity in clal).—The Firestone Tire Company iAmerican Woolen Company, today au- | American ethnology of the Smith- |As he drove along the country road s 5 . reports that tire sales for the year |thirized the announcement to employes | Sonian Institution since 1885, died S and down the streets of the city 5 Sltuatlon Elsew}lere fell off 15 per cent in volume and 42 |that their ~wages for the coming sea- | yesterday at his residence, 2550 Uni-| Added Dividends—War passers-by little reckoned the value of .2 ) per cent in monetary sales.The com- |son are not to be reduccds” in'a let- | versity place, atter a long filness. | pany ol als say they are now in ter to the company's magazine, in which 'or years Mr. Moo had conduc = the{contentatotitne plalnibuslapisaci Doation o 40 s SreAtable buniness. |the amnouseemm: anaEazine. I mever, | for the burean extended feid mvesti. | Finance Report—Notes. in which the pennles made tMeir BY PHIL S. HANNA. after the first of the year because of|The business of the Miller Tire Com- |he took occasion to call attention to|Eations among the Cherokee and the ¥ journey. The merchant brought the|g.... the liquidation of many old accounts,|pany is progressing steadily. what he termed an obstacle “which |tribes of the great plains. He pre- BY L A. FLEMING. savings to the bank on his fiftieth | S'cial Dispatch to The Star. ¢ | made possible by the loans made by threatens the maintenance of the pres- | pared governgent Indian exhibits birthday, and the amount represented! DPETROIT, December 23.—The last|the War Finance Corporation. Non-Ferrous Metal ent standard of wages in the American 7 the perifod of time in which he hasiWweek in December and the first week | The banks here are in excellent o 2 ‘Woolen Compan: This obstacle, he |Louis expositions, and was w in- [Ington banking institutions are being been collecting the pennles. He tried|in Jan 1 the smallest |Shgpe. Collections are good In the| JOPLIN. Mo., December 23 (Special)- said, “‘was the competftion of certain{formed on the history of the North |jiberally treated this year in the ad- to save a penny & day, he said, except- NArY NIl psea; (the cities” and the usual end-year divi-(—Sales of lead and zinc ores in the|mills in other states than Massachu- |American Indian. On this subject| .., . .0 (iciiends, they sharing in Ing the national holidays. {amount of activity in manufactur-!denqs are being pald, with bonuses in | tri-state fleld will exceed $10,000,000 | setts, where hours are longer than those|his knowledge was detalled, compre- . ! 1ing in this section that has been |some instances to employes. Business|Dbefore the end of the year. The mar-|in the American Woolen gfompany and | hensive and accurate. His death isithe prosperity enjoyed by the banks To Farms b You Breakfast at Bellevue Farms Lunch 4-36 G St. N.W. ew York Avenue for Chicago, Nashville, Omaha and St,| Stockholders in many of the Wash- ks. | where wages le. his must oc- | considered a great loss to the science | quri %o 2 One fis recorded for a year, but this slump |Seems to be getting better without|ket is stronger than for many wee! where wages are less. Do s uring the entire year. One 4 i knowing it. Men’s clothing stores are cur to you,” he added, “as an unfalr | of ethnology. instituti . dded is due to the presence of the inven- = | competition, and ‘hat affects you| Mr. Mooney was a member and a|institution after another hus add tory season and the holidays and not iii’«‘i"’i’é‘f xi"'fi."i}.fw"‘,ffl’.'s‘i‘;f‘if, ';‘.5? Plumbers® Supplies. eIyt pe S ? 18 YOU| okt president of the Anthropologi-|the Christmas distribution in the to general business conditions, and |chase an excellent sult for $25 to $80,| SEATTLE, Wash., December 23 (Spe-| “in hig jetter Mr. Wood called attention | cal Society of Washington; member {form of an exira dividend, until there are several new projects under | Turkeys dressed are sel |cla).—Local dealers still have heavy|i; the fact that the company's mills|of the Mississippi Valley Historl = 2 way which brighten the outlook ma- | cents & Bouny o o selling at 80 2tocics of plumbers’ supplics on hand [ che fuct That the companyie MR | U ssoctation, and. first president of |Means in the aggregate many do terially. Stockholders of the 'Paige | tween 20 s o0 ondis &N fange be-land the market is stagnant due to the |, go were running “to full capacity” at|the Gaelic Society of Washington. |10WIng into pockets of shareholders Detroit Motor Car Company have or- naie0icen tajatdozon slackening of building operations. |, ogent, adding:- “Your attitude in real- | He was author of “Sacred Formulas | MONey was largely employed dur- izing the situation and accepting the|of the Cherokee,” “Siouan Tribes of | iN§ the first alf of the year, with 1 z Z ganized the Jewett Motor Company ! . e s of_the s : We Are Offering to the Public 50 Barrels of and will begin production of a light. iNumber of Hollday Sales Shoes. reduction in wages had much to do with [ the East” “The Ghost-Dance Re-|Fates for many loans 7 per cont. somy six-cylinder car early next year. It : SEATTLE, Decemper 23 (Specialy.— | the, happy state of affairs liglon” “Calendsr History of fhe>, (0e favsred customers paying & is planned to manufacture at least | Are Exceptlonally Large Sl J et on |, The letter said further: ““We are about | Kiowa Indlans,” “Myths of the Chero- | ¥ n 1g th 4 5k 20,000 Jewetts in 1922, Production of shoes in this Sectiof|to enter upon a new season’s business. |kee.” and many other articles. as well [ the demand for accommodations 1oy a c o"n g The Charcoal Tron Company, whose BY J. N. FINING. now has reached 65 to 80 per, cent of Weire"adviaed (hat many of our com: |as of " Holldsy. Customs of (28t Fremury o o e cal rincipal plants have been closed a g, 3 petitors are badly In need of work and|and “Funeral Customs of 1 Het TS et generally covered £0o: principal plan Special Divpatch to The Star. in being marketed as far_east as|Beliiors are badly in nced of work andjund “Funeral Customs of Ireland | 0, 1i%0n Surplus funds long_while, announced today thati g e . : i : | the Manistique piant will he in full | ST LOUIS, Mo., December 23—|Montana and south to California. | sharpest kind of competition. morrow morning at 9 o'clock at St | Some money was loaned below & operation January The company | Many lines of business are more or | Oriental and South American deman ‘We hear vague rumors of a re-|Paul's Catholie Church. 13th and \|PeT cent, but very o loans has received a large number of or- |less stationary owing to the concen- | N28 been curtailed by the condition of{gyction in wages. Among some of our | streets. 2 [have been mad. a5 Bt 0T ders for pig iron and will open |tration of interest in holiday trade In | €Xchange. Interior buyers are stock-|cystomers there seems to be a de- utions expressing \soerow apa| EXtra ‘aividend Cments the Yale mine at Bessemer Jan-ithis section and the focusing of at- |iN& UP on heavy shoes for loggers I |jusion that prices for goods must be|eulogizing the work of Mr. Mooney | JUeS an exts cont paid hey 5 the unfilled - tonnage - of- | tention on inventories in the whote- |inticipation “of increased Inbering |{lower, notwithstandivg that raw ma- |were adepted. today: b the soiooni | the 3 AP ol S dered for 1922 being sufficient to take | sale lines. The number of holiday | activity next spring. terials and wool particularly areigiafi of the Smithsonian Institution. care of all the minc production, r\\xurch;}sm are exceptionally large. ;::lrxhfl ane A:r"evi‘gt;' ;-;'r'ilflh('filh';o:"; el cenly the loss of a L ATt vhich age s 6 tons. Man 24 5 e e e 3 painstaki v athetic co- o “The éfifi.’:flfi‘&!fm"sn.mn.,., here isfmix'rna:lr"-ff the vear's 'I:Tx:;ed-:ur.x:; OSAGE, Okla., r::,‘:,,mb" 23 (Spectal), | Practically amounts to an embargo. Worker . ama ‘theel e the e ey pproximately the same as It was aibeen S0 satisfactory that 1t has| _Undeveioped oil leases recently sold {4nd this has the 'lle“lfle':;{qu‘_"':"a_y'm resolution cited. “whose knowledge |3 Per cent semi-annual dividy ear ago. With the Ford plants ibrought their volume of trade far inl!here to the Sinclair, Cosden and Prairie | {fnl’."‘ O e o Chings a0 | of those cthic activities of the Amer- Ol lion SR e Jders of. re d for inventory there are lessiexcess of last vear and their total|companies brought the highest prices| cit W truc that Just GOt U RIS (0t ican Ind to which he gave espe- o otk 100.000 men at work, compared | dollar value of sales on a level with | ever recorded in this section. Oil men [got 100K al ";” e lnimnithaieemsl s . was unsurpassed. if, > e |with a normal employment of about | 1520 deciare that the improvement in the d0 not share the pessimism that scems | indecd, equaled, by that of anv other | Lerly, payable Dwecember 31, to 1] 350,000. The reasons assigned for this trade | ofl industry is likely to continue. G 3 scholar. and was of infinite value, not | ] 3 7 After This Lot is Sold We Cannot Guarantee the Price. TURKEY SUBSTITUTES CHICKENS, Frying and Bking ... 35¢ b, Money is easier everywhere, but|mills for 240 ors believe we can maintain the i : : : and Commercial Bank stimulation are the liquidation of S, rectors m the work of the bureau of |4nd : ! et present wages for the coming season et e fureau Of " The extra by the latter bank is the FRES“ SHO“L Ens, I.al'ze.SlaI, Isc 'b' General Feeling New Year E;:](e‘-«fitthv‘::;nfln;“:‘:f!;?:{5':::““;{“‘{‘ umber. and a further reduction is farthest!(hronoiomic mrode whorermr®it% A0 | second additional dividend distribui- i il i vertis| f NEW ORLEANS, December 23 (Spe- |from our thoughts. be pursued in the world at large, {¢d during the yvear Will Have a Fine Opening | yertising ot retail stores, The smuller | ial)—The French government placed | “After the turn of the vear we ex- ¢ e T s aTEe | ““And while the bankx have bee 4106 fbs. tageo L YAR"|an ‘order this week with southern {Pect Dprospects to brighten and we |, rch has been a source { £00d 10 their shareholders they have 'y Average = . 2 ) hare of the business and be able to of whom lLave worked overtin Special Dispatel to The Star. this 15 especially noticcable in the | Per. and this has enabled the mill ) 10 tass 2 ATLANTA, December 23 — Thejcities. Merchanta are making strenu- | 10 oberate without reduction of thel Smbiedn e Lo e ‘;.‘l'f,,';:: —_— D e I i) At SuIots ' Christmas trade has picked up toious efforts to dispose of old stocks. | (orces. M“mmslm"rr; = '““s‘"“;‘,‘" by doing your utmost to increase ef- the ran the Do payers, v HAMS 8 10 10 Ibs. Average c lb such a marked extent this week infThe most gratifying outlook is pr ;‘;gl“‘;n‘;“"r‘:';l D on dome: ficlency In the mills by the careful HELD IN CHECK INQUIRY. S5E dojeach e = o y g 'y L] the southeast that merchants are ex-|sented by the wholesale dry goods| g%l S Sute o be tollo) prevention of unnecessary waste and e e per cent of his o pecting the volume of business for|men, who declare, in comparing this the month to exceed that for Decem-|gauson with last year, that they have ber, 1920. While the gross money re-!large orders in for goods to be de- ceipts will not be so large as lastilivered In the spring. whereas last| CHICAGO, December 2 | year. because of the reduction in r they had booked practically no | Woodworking plants here are busy. advances in price. They believe pres- {in many other ways that will occur to |Two Men Accused of Passing {_ The Iotomi ent prices are at the bottom. you and by so doing co-operate with its profit-sharing plan (Specigl).— | the management to help in the re- ‘Worthless Paper. femployes with gre duction of cost so that we may meet than other institut the expected competition and se-| TWo men, giving their names as Callx for Xi%.000,00 SMOKED HAMS, 20 bs. average, 20 Ib. e s one ¥ etin ity | S0 anceibualness: O raiss eavusniion SUZS Work [os ourseines Berlertuc Washburn Stwenty nine | Seeretirpiaralion b 2 gy | “If you will do t sou will aid|Years. a illiam aniel Mac- : ceds of > v Vi E iskly i 8 y & < the new year will be begun under : hand to keep them going br ateraIy T ettt o wareo|Grath, fifty-eight years, both of A NS “ KE A“s 8 to 12 Ibs. 22@ Ib ausnicious cireumstances. Whole-| COmModity Reports through March. Chair factories re- |Talelially In malntalning mood wages |0l (o G R " taay and nend ment of $35.000 i y Cags L] lers and jobbers are expecting tra port a large demand. meet the outside competition you will | for investigation connection with the region » pick up in_the country districts From Varlous Secflons — be helping yourself. I congratulate | he Dassing of several alleged worth- of ne = | * Flour. vou upon your splendid efforts this|less checks on lecal merchants. ye had the use thi Aoy TN H Leather. - {last year." The two men have in the city | ne > ! S CITY, December 23 (Spe. ast year. 1 R 1n 3 months BERMUDA—CUBA | sosrox. pecember 2 neciatye=t i e s as rescned the dowost several days, and had registered ut Py |Leather dealers in this section are |jeyel recorded In the crop year a e el o lihe impatt iprominent hotels PORK LOINS, kaif or Wioke ... 23c Ib. WEDITERRANEAN CRUISES |refusing to follow the hide market up. 3 ed for seven vear: here. Washburn, the police sav, ad- | 5 Finest A . caused a shortage of hides and prices | nled within the last two weeks. Flour ALES. ¥ the Willard Hotel, and another for & | and Thurel: s fh e ey or a“sa e efl it c CARIBBEAN CRUISES have advanced from 50 to 100 per cent | yyuyers are holding off until the mar- TR Sl 4 similar sum at the Willard shop. | today’s y Quality . . . CALIFORNIA AND HONOLULU |{T0m last spring’s level. There has | ket becomes more stable. urity and Trust Company—3 at i E 2 War Finance Corporation. *ISPREAD YULETIDE CHEER. |, F2" i Legion Commander aand Veteran | Bureau Official Visit Hospital. ! been no corresponding increase in Via PANA CANAL ieather. Inexperienced workers at the Earope, Orien: i i Produce. Steamship Tickets—All 5T 3 NEW YORK. Dccember 23 (Spe- OBER’S cial).—Shipments of celers this ve: re far in excess of those for Steamship nnd Tourixt Agencys | cpicac ORANGES, Fancy.... 30c & 45¢ doz. Steel. December 23 (Specialy— | éason. This city is absorbing ab - - No. 1 Woodward Balldiug SacAnOmD R S | one-third of the New York sta S RS APPLES, Fancy, Eating and Cooking . . . ac Ib. 3 iy o S R S O T moyatson B. Miller, department com- fat 50 pe: = i Legio p Steel 1{,\:, ! of . . =——————————————" PITTSBURGH. December 23 (Spe-|" Wadiy Alto Hos Stores Will Close All Day Monday December e b B S : . B program will mean business for the BONDS. £ 10 the | as mgtons Pittaburgh district, “The Colorado e i Red ll{ and Washington will be electricaily id and As es. Crose house th i 18 Basy Markets Conveniently Located at g ‘ 3 T B | i iven, the entire electrical propelling PUBLIC UTILITY. pSart Ailler shoke on the relution- 1% 3 2 O cquipment being manufactured by the Rid. Asked (Ship and application the heast Markot 13th and B Sts. Tih and O St 6. E. | Chrlstmas coned : fauipmentibeini warut Yt T, A Bertios alterviceiamen: Eastern Market (meats only). 2019 14th_St. N. W. 1 5 : idriven turbines to - - elec- : and 96" jand principles were 3272 M Bt. N. W., Georgetown. §38 Penns. Ave. N. W. Store e i e S by him. 13 O St. N. W. 4% and C Sta. 8. W. | A r . Capt. Haan in his 1920 Nichols Ave. B. E.. Amsvostin. 815 434 5t. 5. W. - B EECOmMPATTY ; A Potomac 5 the operations and § o. N. W.. tieorge-' 710 Tth Bt. 8. W. for > 2 = N 2 and Potomac D! R erans’ Bureau, citing individual c and needs of var| The Distriet Lo sum_of $100 of Mount Alto Hospital. flier during the Chrisi tiea will visit e hospi 1335 Wisconsin town. 1201 4% 82 8. W, 1ith St. N. W. 2200 Fenna. w. 1522 Wisoonsin A . W, N.W. men. | nt the Christivas fund 1 ommander i s festivi- | wi the various it Where service men are | while \ ey ! NEW ORLEANS, December 23 (Spe- i \ cial).—Belated crders from rtaile 2 g i who underestimated the demand are | Keeping the candy faciories workingz |} jovertime in this section u probably | 1 {will keep them cp speed : 5 1 I W v W i Christmas. housed. tirm at €1 s of publi Fruit. SATTLE, l)n';:lu»r Waskinzton Gas SUES FOR 3282,000. id at 128 Sales of winter-keeping W astinatoa Gas e |71 Amer apples from the chief 1 RO lares Fritz Schutte Seeks Funds From Alien Property Custodian. i 10 cars. The bulk of t 11 Fritz Schutte of New York. t out by rail. although Pa noX “{of Germany. who has dec sents will ineresse d Seorag sieiio (83 Cllintention of becomin nda@ of this and hus reside £ ¢ 190 Supre 121,000 cars of Liberty \ational Dividend 1 n estimated crop for this 5 ' i native er i ared his b an Ameriean in this cou filed suit in the Court . the proc t pleasant for ith a grate full of ¢! ita, Nationa! Dividend. 0 g 1 burn (he |li NEW YOF r 23 (§ tion throug 2 burning _uul. It will burn ti [t nt aormextic 5 el lation tir I;u.!sl.w : n_prop- N S Wik whole night through, slowly, “ted rw rllmm‘u «gmu ; n'. " ) ting yesterd | R til 3 olida ) o e acte « s ared the F r Rent steadily, and leave the living A e IO TR S T By actendusts T i ‘ o room warm for you in the Nsllar! treasurer of the ion voted « o 4 bonus sent of § 3 r salaries r cent on th ates. Mr s mever an hutte claim en enemy of the United States and is entitled to his I share of the proceeds of the business. |«PENT;SY" FOREIGN HOLDINGS 3 PHILADELPHIA, December 2 PERJURY CHARGE MADE. [Foreign holdings of stock of the _ Pennsylvania_practically_doubled in Sth & U Sta. Jioperations will not be tied up by | Washington . L Lieut. Grabam Asks Assignment |November This 1s liy fdrst definis 10th and H Streets N.W. - i it & mrathiolic strikes A R e R \for *New Alienation Tiial - ‘war. | December Also-$econd Floor to be NEW YORK, December 2 the ] e s er 23 (Spe- tal Tra 105 o 3 S ain represent Arranged to Suit Tenant s===u | clal)_The Erie railroad has issued | Xatons) Savings an | Licut Lorimer ¢ Graham, U. s. N, | amount outstanding. ian order putting shop, track and of- "fllln?:*l. Daniel Thew Wright | per cent a month earl fice forces in some of its Pennsvi- i : i Ershler. today submitied {crease was ascribed to remn PERPETUAL San1a areitory ‘on s Ralt-time sehad- FAVINGS BANK, . Stafford o6 the District Su- (i Amier e e P 3 g nd Savings . s “ourt a motion to reset 1or |which ¥ be done at profit ule. This order supplants the order W Z2lan early date his half-million-dollar {now, and more particularly to sued some weeks ago making : - issued so! go making it U it against A. L. Humes | tyrn of seeurities by the British 1 mpulsory for each employ: ay | e Savings and ¢ b - | alienaticn p . Saving: 3 's fo i owne securi i PHILADELPHIA, December 23 n Savings - ¢ _'r‘;“fl’:"’:m‘r“:w’ ;‘IM' e S an ur !(spma,,__o,,e reason why building e the war to strengthen Brit r & S case to United States Attorney |here. After four months of decreases {is expected te take a decided jump !Gn don for an investgation by (ne |the stockholders on December 1 tot | forward next spring in this section is grand jury of the “production and | | the announcement that the efficiency 2 i : i er n [ Cffering by the defendant cf false X, " The I num- of the men in ‘the building trades | threta and perjured testimony” during i s sed to such an extent that 5 recent trial. wrich resulted in a dis- ¢ 1. 1921, An inerease Pays 6 Per Cent production is 40 per cent greater than |} . b laercement o thi P S oidgs oo e i vages are esti- | Columbia Titl B bort of defense counsel the ering 63 on shares maturing in 45 [| |creaed tn price and wages'are esti- | L T e e e e MISCELLANEOUS. court deferred 2 hearing on the mo- or 83 months. Tt The wage scales for next year prob- | . i 1ia Graphoplione com. 3 31! tion until January 6. Mr. Lambert fably will remain unchanged in this 4 4 . Paper Mfg. jcxplained he had sent a copy of the Pays 4 Per Cent section. | Mo iants, Tramsfer o métien to the defendant and his New e Lo enthaler Linotrpe = , 3 ¢h Market com. on shares withdrawn be- COTTON MARKETS. gid Duteh Market pr 8 i s in al mo fore maturity NEW YORK, December 23.— The |Lanston Monotrpe of Wesiern Mar cotton market opened firm toda pay ot e {declined 3139 431 Yor werond iuary notices . were reported out, but EEL as . Assets More Than that month was rélatively firm on cov- s7 ooo ooo ering by shorts, and this helped the »U00, tone -of the general list, while there S also was scattered buying on the smh, N“m‘ steady showing of Liverpool and fa- 'vorable reports from the goods trade. $800,000 January. sold at 18.33 or 25 points net A morning. December 23 (Spe icml) The plumbers’ union and the master plumbers are still in dead B. J. Werner | e e i Q o fli mand that wages be reduced from o 1510 to $8, assurance of greater per- atioual Metropolitan R. R. atding fl| sonal efficiency on the part of work- | Kigks & storage yard [l i men and further assurance that their | Second - Down Town 912 New York ¥For full particulars apply to Thomas J. Fisher and Co., Inc. 738 Fifteenth Street N.W. | ( n Snowy, ‘ Frosty Weather 141.075 Call « WEST 84 Taxi! - WEATHER reperts forecast a heavy winter “with a generous allotment of snowfall and frost. But the most severe weather conditions need not in- terfere with any of your plans—social or business. Simply phone WEST 84 and make your calls in a warm, comfortable taxi, safe from the ravages of winter. WESTERN MARYLAND LOSS. BALTIMORE, December %! York lawyer, and had not received their answers. i { week was 9. as i SPRING SHOE BUYING SLOW. |Street Bailways to Run Extra Cars | 150, M50 ™ sicceipis irom coal and for Two Days. rnloieslnmmd $137. ora declvm{,u( . 105.537. eceipts from other The Washiniton Rallway and Elec- | facent only fell off § the tric Company will operate eighty-!\iek' while passenger = ing -of spring shoes by retailers has|eight additional cars and the Capital [ clined $5.880 and express been slower than usual, on the whole, {Traction Company forly during the ‘,”“, St EvETNES Nront| AR non-ru ours today and tomor-|to December 14 were $16 to date. Excepting In the case ofli7u™o accommodate the crowds of |§] 125008 lexs than for some of the high-priced" goods, few |last-minute Christmas shoppers. sponding period lines of men's &hoes have been or- Here"l‘s :fl“"“n:e‘;x:r: }\‘. l}h:nd Hl from coal and coke 2";,,‘",,,\3 to ],‘.A cars will be distributed for the next 50,201, or $1,556.513 less than lax dered to more than 60 per cent of the | {0’ days, between the hours of 9 and | vaay. Fxprics earnings showed « capacity of the factories which made |3 o'clock: Eleventh street-North Cap-|jogs of $172,407. them. Many manuafcturers have not | itol line, 9; Connecticut avenue, 12 2 that much merchandise | COlumbla line, 15; Maryland line, 11 R T disposed of that much merchandise |t strest-Brightwood, 24; George:| JAFFA PORT DEVELOPMENT. to date, although Christmas should | town-Lincoln ~Park line, 13, and| "roorn®orc it BB e e Thual. T?é'{::;‘.:‘:{n:i government employes, 1t the. Prophet Jonah should return ness on thelr books practically in 168 | wio will leave ofice at noon fomor- | Within the next few months to this entirety. Women's shoes for the new |row, the W. R. and E. will operate |little atavistic port, ce. L 2 fitty-one extra cars to the bureau of | sail on his tempestuous vovage, h scason are said to have sold so far |fifty e S e e more slowly than men's, prob.|€ngraving and printing, between 11:45 | probably i : - aations; for members, $157.395.64 ,-nl A twentieth-century other,.for members, ! bills use of the greater style ele- i g lnsped at Once DOuEht In open market. $61.707.250; | it Tt emters (heir sale. January,|Cars during the same period. R e 3801 to 3831 - total bills on hand, $298,196975; fotal | nawever, I8 expected to be an active _— e e o NEW YORK, December 23.—Despite several “bright spots” in trade, buy- higher, and later months showed net advances of 12 to 17 points shortly after the call, with March at 18.23 and Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. i | May at 17.78. JAMES BERRY., President Futures opened firm: January, 18.19 ) 16; May, 17.15; July, 17. J0SHUA W. CARR, Secretary [f |March 13.15; May, 17.75; July, 17.26; —— 50c for Ten Blocks 75¢c in City' Proper Our rates for efficient taxi service are the chupe‘lt 2 P NEW YORK RESERVE BANK. in the city. For a distance of ten blocks the charge is NEW YORK, December 23.—The 50 cents: sud 'you can travellany distaace in 5 - s statement of condition of the Federal r "" 15’ o y the city i | Reserve Bank of Now York, at the proper for cenl : . V clos: oflguaineu D’?f%‘i’;f& ;huws.i 5 i 5 : \ i Total gold_reserves, $1.061.936,913; tota ! thte ‘WEST 84 and employ this leelper. better /4 3 4 remerves, $1,104,190,148; bills discount- taxi service for all your needs. . g - ed, secured by government war obli- and 1:15, and to Potomac Park, seven | metamorphosis. Taxis by the hour as low as $2.00 Specicl Rates for out-of-town trigs t N teaioat earning gssets, $380.423.975; uncol- th throughout the entire trage. { ki it. An Itallan banking ansas Ave. N.W. ~ now, when p = members, reserve ount, ,640,- = necessary capital, subject to adequaie between Quincy and Ran- omizing in-every way, the J47Sto (deponits $12191.321e MORE COLOR FOR SHOES. The second co-operative lecture and | goyernmental guaranties. The plan< —betwe ncy 5 : Federal resefve notes in actual cir-§ " VORK, December 23—Stren-|concert course of the Washington |for expenditure are not to exceed cflolph 14St}f.SOnly ll'% squares uous efforts are being made by | Misslonery Coilege, the Co-operative |$7,000,000, to be retired with intercst rom 14th St. car line. = n 6 and 8 large rooms; attic; Hupmobile is more popu- cl;ltlttlrn. ;lsfis,{snl‘z::*WE’ JEY ; L tals e GG epoRiL $ Welfare Association and the Wash- |ywithin thirty years. B ipaagever women's shoe manufacturers to break |, ion Sanitarium and Hospital was h.-w. h.; electric lights; lots of closet space; double rear 1lndb}?ex:r% reserve :ote labilities e e i o Sl A O o : . ted in Columbla Hall. Takoma STERRETT & FLEMING [ ! attributed fuch of the current dull | il Wednesday . evening by the| FRESH CHERRIES FOR N. Y. porches; wide cement front _Incorporated S I e S Champlain St. at Kalaroma day malls here are larger than ever ! —_— CHRISTMAS MAIL HEAVIEST. |ncse,in the footwear trade olons. ack | Fisk University Jubilec Singers. With s ing on the part of consumers. The in-|entirely of negro folk songs. The | from soul(‘h ;Ame'rlllt“n "(‘, r\fe:lh‘m:‘:- each house. In a2 most ex- Road Phn Increase over l1ast yoars |Jection of color in shoes for spring IsSingars were: J: A. Myers, first tenor: | Which will give this city fre - clusive location. E it is reported, is 10+ per |taking the form of combinations, chief-| A, . Clark, baritone: Carl J. Bar- |plies the year around, a consignmen For Sale by (Blow 10 ot ) ot “"The regular clerical force of |1y patent leather vamps with quarters | bour, second tenor: and L. D. Collins, | of “Heart of Pigeon” cherrica arrived 3 Phone North 5050 115,000 has been increased to 17,500 |of medium gray oome calf, buck or kid. | bass: Mrs. J. A. Myers. contralto and '{"ii::dco:::ix mold¥hy #ih il s Strapped models are being shown in|accompanist. Auc! " o e Thos' A' Jamem "bSL"%%'l.a:h"'x'r'."’m?fl'é":cn‘éfi."R.V.E the new spring samples, but tie num-| Dr. Russel H. Conwell will deliver|in history ew Yorkers will hav W] ND BUIL 414 motor_trucks have been added to 208 N e Aver N o 5w -~ |the 276 in use erdinarily and the or 5 P number of horse-drawn trucks has been lucicased fiom 0 to 140, NEW TAXI SERVICE CO. - 1140 21st Street N.W. : ber of straps has been reduced to two|his lecture, “Acres of Diamonds,”|fresh cherries for their Christmax or one, with the preponderance in favor | Monday, January 16, at Columbiaftables. Further shipments will in- of one-strap styles, faustening with a|Hall. as Ythe third number of the|clude fresh grapes, peaches and button instead of a buckle. ; lecture and concert course. artichokes.

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