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VOIOR WINSTON WILKINSON. .VIOLIN m- Brown. ;"h:: lnbh-: 3 Write for inormation s e | fo i 83| Gray and Mansfield completed the gues! The Star’s Week End Fiction Last of Three Installments, The Story Thus Far. Helen Grey goes to Kennedy to tell him she thinks her employer—she 1s his private secre- tary—Djamond Jack Mansfleld, has been pol- soned. “He is a successful promoter, a man about’ town, and a_collector of diamonds. The night before he had a little supper party at s apartment. That morning his valet had overed h'm desperately ill, and sent Dr. Murray and then for Miss Grey. He hnd worn one of his most wonderful diamond sets, which cost more than a hundred thou- sund dollars. He kept them all fn a su deposit vatlt, and took out whatever he wanfe to wear. The set he wore the night hefore contained the M-1273, a famous stone. It was sone, and must have been taken from the wall fe. where he had put it for the night. The M-1378, a blue diamond set in a ring, had a weltd liistory of mixfortune behind it. from the time 1t was pried from the month of a dying native who had tried to smuggle it from the mine In South Africa and who had cursel every one who should come in contact with the stone. M.—for Munstield—is the thirteenth Ietter, and the figures 1. 2. 7 and 3 add up to thirteen. The first a numbers make thirteen, and that s the er of letters in John Mansfiel’s name. The supper for the lovely little actres ndel grave. Anothier actress, Mina Leitch, Flemin Lawls, Wall sireet broher: Mr. M, M diclor admits to Kennedy that he is baffed by the iliness, which ix due to xome toxic polson. Kenned a blood specimen. The chef says they had mushrooms from Miss Hargrave's own collar. Kenuedy tukes n sam- ple of the mushrooms. The chef says he is very careful In preparing Mr. Mansfield's food, and that both Mansficld and Miss Hargra came into the kitchen while he was working. Kennedy finds a sequin in front of the wall wafe Miss Hurgrave wore 2 sequined frock. Fleming Lewis comes to the apartment. It is his suggestion that the robhory was an inside job, and must ha with_the help of A servant. tosts with the blood s ekins containing mnshrooms b guinea pigs, but Contents of the sixth ramekin have - guinca pig vers ill. Ile and Jame- n start ot 1 the Long island lony. where Miss Hargrave lives. ENNEDY lost no time introduc- ing himself and coming to the point of his visit. Madeline Hargrave was a slender, wil- lowy type of girl, pronouncedly blond, striking, precisely the type I should have imagined that Mansfleld would have, been proud to be seen with. “I've just heard of Mr. Mansfleld's \llness,” she said, anxiously. “Mr. Lewls called me up and told me. I don't see why Miss Grey or Dr. Murray didn't let me know sooner.” She said it with an air of vexatlon, tragedy, however. I did not detect the as though she felt slighted. In spite of her evident anxiety to know about the depth of feeling that Helen Grey had . the thoughtfulness of <t led me to believe ther than Mansfield, Fle that It w: for whom she really cared. " We chatted a few minutes as Ken- nedy told what little we had discovered. He said nothing_about the spangle. “By the way,” remarked Craig at h, “I would very much like to a look at the famous mushroom v of yours." For the first time she seemed mo- mentarily to lose her poise. “I've always had a gre mushrooms,” she explained., “You—you do not think it could be the mushrooms—that have caused Mr. Mansfleld's {llness, do_you Kennedy passed off the remark as best he coud under the circumstances. Though she was not satisfied with his answer, she could not very well refuse his request, and a few minutes later we - |-were down'in the dark dampngss of the cellar back of the house, where Kennedy set to work on a most exhaustive search. 1 could see by the expression on his ftace, as his search progressed, that he was not finding what he had expected. Clearly, the fungi before us were the common «dible mushrcoms. The upper side of each, as he examined it, was white, with brownish fibrils, or scales. Underneath, some were beautiful sal- mon-pink, changing gradually to almost black in the older specimens. The stem was colored like the top. But search as he might for what I knew he was after, in none did he find anything but a small or more often no swelling at base, and no “cup,” as it is called. ‘As he rose after his thorough isearch I saw that he was completely tisled. 3 1 hardly thought yeu'd find any- thing,” Miss Hargrave remarked, no- look on his face. "ve ticing the always been very careful of my mushrooms.” “You have certainly succeeded ad- mirably,” he complimented. “I hope vou will let me know how Mr. Mansfield is,” she said, as we started back toward our car on the road. “I can't tell you how I feel. To think that, after a party which he gave for me, he should be taken ill, and not only that, but be robbed at the same time. Really, you must lct me knowa—or I shall have to come up to the city.” Tt seemed gratuitous for Kennedy to promise, for 1 knew that he was by no means through with her yet; but she thanked him, and we turned back toward town. “Well,” I remarked, as we reeled off the miles quickly, “I must say that puts me all at sea again. I had con- vinced myself that it was a case of mushroom poisoning. What can you do now?” “Do This pu that's all. Far from being discouraged at what had seemed to me to be a fatal blow to the theory. he now seemed to be actually encouraged. Back in the city, he lost no time in getting to the laboratory again. A package from the botanical de- partment of the university was wait- ing there for Kennedy, but before he he echoed. “Why, us a Step nearer the truth, [could open it the telephone buzzed furiously. I could gather from Xennedy's words that it was Helen Grey. “I shall be over immediately,” he promised, as he hung up the receiver and turned to me. “Mansfleld is much worse. While I get together some material I must take over there, Walter, I want you to call up Miss Hargrave and tell her to start for the , city right away—meet us at Mansfield’s, Then get Mina Leitch and Lewis. You'll find their num- bers in the book, or else you'll have to get them from Miss Grey.’ ‘While I was delivering the mes- sages as diplomatically as possible Kennedy had taken a vial from a medicine chest, and then from a cab- inet a machine which seemed to con- sist of a number of collars and belts fastened to black cylinders from which ran tubes. An upright roll of ruled paper gupported by a clock- work arrangement for revolving it ang, a standard bearing a recording pen; completed the outfit. “I should much have preferred not being hurried,” he confessed, as we dashed over in a car to Mansfleld's gain, bearing the several packages. “I_wanted to have a chance to inter- MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE UNITED STATES STOEAGE 0O. . MOVING, PACKING, SHIPPING. PHONES: M. 4220: F. 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A glance at Mansfleld was enough to convince any one that unless some- thing was done soon the end was not far off. “Another convulsion and sinking spell is about all he can stand,” re- marked Dr. Murray. ay 1 try something?’ asked Kennedy, hardly walting for the doc- tor to azree before he had pulled out the little vial which I had seen him place in his pocket. Deftly Kennedy tinjected some of the contents into Mansfleld’s side, then stood anxioygly watching the effect. The minutes lengthened. At least he seemed to be growing no worse. In the next room. on a table, Ken- nedy was now busy setting out the scroll of ruled paper and its clock- work arrangement, and connecting the various tubes from the black cylinders In such a way that the re- cording pen just barely touched on the scroll. He had come back to note the still 'unehanged condition of the patient when the door opened and a hand- some woman In the early thirtles en- tered, followed by Helen Grey. It was Mina_ Leltch. “Oh, isn't it terrible! T can hardly believe it she cried, paying no at- B t{;\n to us as she moved over to I recalled what Miss Grey had said about Mansfleld’s attention. It was evident that, as far as Mina was concerned, her own attentions were monopolized by the polished physi- cian. His manner in greeting her told me that Dr. Murray appre- clated it. Just then Fleming Lewis bustled in. “I thought Miss Hargrace was here.” he sald. abruptly, looking about. “They told me over the wire she would be.” “She should be here any moment,” returned Kennedy, looking at his watch and finding that considerably over an hour had elapsed since I had telephoned. What it was I could not say, but there was a coldness toward Lew.s that amounted to more than latent hostility. He tried to appear at ease. but it ‘was a decided effort. There was no mistaking his relief when the tension was broken by ihe arrival of Madeline Hargrave. | The circumstances were so strange that none of them seemed to object while Kennedy began to explain, briefly, that, as nearly as he could determine, the i{llness of . Mansfield might be due to something eaten at the supper. As he attached the bands about tim necks and waists of one after another of the guests, bringing the little black cylinders thus close to the middle of their chests, he con- | trived to convey the impression that he would like to determine whether any one else had been affected in a lesser degree. I watched most intently the two women who had just come in. One would certainly not have detected from their greeting and outward manner anything more than that they were well acquainted. But they were an interesting study, two quite op- posite types. Madeline, with her baby-blue eyes, was of the type that craved admiration. Mina’s black eyes flashed now and then imperlously, as thought she sought to compel What the other sought to win. His preparations completed, Ken- nedy opened the package which had been left at the laboratory just be- fore the hasty call from Miss Grey. As he did so he disclosed several specimens of a mushroom of pale- lemon color, with a center of deep orange, the top flecked with white bits. Underneath, the gills were white and the stem had a sort of veil about it. But what interested me most, and what 1 was looking for, was the remains of a sort of dirty, chocolate-colored cup at the base of the stem. “I suppose there is scarcely any need of saying, began Kennedy. “that the food which I suspect in this case is the mushrooms. Here 1 have some which I have fortunately been able to obtain merely §o illustrate what I am going to say. This is the deadly Amanita muscaria, the fly- agaric.” Madeline Hargrave seemed to be fol- lowing him with a peculiar fascination. “This Amanita,” resumed Kennedy, “has a long history, and I may say that few species are quite so interesting. | Macerated fn milk, it has been employed for centuries as a fly-poison, hence its name. Its deadly properties were known to the ancients, and it Is justly cele- brated because of its long and distin- guished list of victims. Agrippina used it to polson the Emperor Claudius. Among others, the Czar Alexis of Rus- sia died of eating it. “1 have heard that some people find it only a narcotic, and It is said that in Siberla there are actually Amanita debauchees who go on pro- longed tears by eating the thing. It may be that it does not affect some people as it dges others, but in most cases that beautiful gossamer veil which you see about the stem is really a shroud. “The worst of it is,” he continued, “that this Amanita somewhat resem- bles the royal agaric, the Amanita coesarea. It is, as you see, strikingly beautiful, and therefore all the more dangerou He ceased a moment while we looked in a sort of awe at the fatally beautiful thing. _ “It {s not with the fungus that’I am 80 much interested just now, how- ever,” Kennedy began again, “but with' the poison. Many vears ago sclentists analyzed its poisonous al- kaloids and found what they called bulbosine. Later it was named mus- carin, and now is sometimes known as amanitin, since it is confined to the mushrooms of the Amanita genus. “Amanitin s a wonderful and dan- gerous alkaloid, which {s absorbed in the intestinal canal. It is extremely violent. Three to five one-thousandths of a gram, or six one-hundredths of a grain, are very dangerous. More than that, the poisoning differs from most poisons in the long time that elapses between the taking of it and the first evidences of its effects. “Muscarin,” Kennedy concluded, “has been chemically investigated i more often than any other mushroom poison and a perfect antidote has been discovered. Atropin, or belladonna, is such a drug.” For a moment I looked about at the others in the room. -Had it been an accident, after all? Perhaps, If any of the others had been attacked, %ne might have suspected that it was. ut they had not been affected at all, at least apparently. Yet there could be no doubt that it was the poison- g\l! muscarin that had effected Mans- eld. “Did you ever see anything like that?” asked Kennedy suddenly, hold- ing up the gilt spangle which he had found on the closet floor near the wall safe. Though no one sald a word, it was evident that they all recognized fit. Lewis was watching Madeline closely. But she bertayed nothing except mild surprise at seeing the spangle from her dress. Had it been deliberately placed there, it flashed over me, in or- der to compromise Madeline Hargrave u;:d,dlvnn suspicion from some one else I turned to Mina. Behind the defi- ance of her dark eyes I folt that there ‘was ' something 'orkhlg. Kennedy have sensed it even before I did, for he suddenly bent down over thc recording needie and the ruled paper on the table. “This,” he shot out, “is & pneumo- graph which shows the actual inten- sity of the emotions by recording Detoma AT e D T Wiy 4 Foodward BUE o1 miore R % | thelr eftects on the heart and Tungs CLEAN, DRY STORAGS FOE together. The. truth can literally be 54 pianos. Eatimates cheectully given. Coa | tapped. even where no confession can venient loca WESCHLER'S, 920 La. ave, | be_extractdd. A mementi™s aw. Phome b —— : | this line, traced here by each of you,'. can tell .the/ erpert more than words.” = “Then {t was a mushroom that poi- soned Jack?" interrupted Lewls eud- denly. “Some poisonous Amanita got mixed with the edible mushrooms?” Kennedy gnswered, guickly, with- out taking his eves off the line the needle was tracing: “No; this was a case of the de- liberate use of the active principle itself, muscarin—with the expecta- tion that the death, if the cause was ever discovered, could easily be blamed on such a mushroom. Some- how—there were many chances—the poison was slipped into the ramekin for Mansfleld. The method does not interest me so much as the fact—-" There was a slight noise from the other room where Mansfleld lay. In- stantly we were all on our feet. Before any of us could reach the door Helen Grey had slipped throukh it. “Just a second,” commanded Ken- nedy, extending, the sequin toward us to emphasize 'what he was about to say. “The poisoning and the rob- bery were the work of one hand. That sequin is the key that has un- locked the secret which my pneu- mograph has recorded. Some one saw that robbery committed—knew nothing of the contemplated poison- ing to cover it. To save the reputa- tion of the robber—at any cost—on the spur of the moment the ruse of placing the sequin in the closet oc- curred.” Madeline Hargrave turned to Mina, while I recalled Lewis' remark about Mina's stepping on the train and tearing it. The deflance In her black eyes flashed from Madeline to she cried; “I did it! As quickly the deflance had faded. Mina Leitch had fainted. “Some water—quick!” cried Ken- nedy. I sprang through the door Into Mansfleld's room. As 1 passed I caught sight of Helen Grey support- ing the head of Mansfield—both ob- livious to actresses, diamonds, every- thing _that had so nearly caused a tragedy. T I heard Kennedy say to Lewis as I returned; “it was mnot Mina. The person she shielded was wildly in love with her, insanely jenlous of Mansfield for even look- ing_at her, and in debt so hopelessly in Mansfleld’s ventures that only the big diamond could save him—Dr. Murray himself! THE END. (Copyrizht, 1922.) —_—ia e STOCK TRADING BROADER; FURTHER PUBLIC BUYING EW YORK, August 26.—The up- ward movement in stock and bond prices was continued this week, dospite some early irregularity re- sulting from the faflure of the an- thracite coal and rail strike confer- ence to effect a settlement. Resump« tion of fairly extensive public buy- ing caused more extensive dealings, million-share days coming back into the market for the first time in two months. The outstanding development in the industrial situation was the announce- ment of a 20 per cent wage advance, effective September 1, by the United States Steel Corporation and inde- pendent plants. - Threatened shortage of day labor when the expected in- dustrial revival gets under way next month is belleved by the financial community to have prompted the ad- vance at this time. It whs followed a few days later by higher prices for steel and iron products, with more expected. which found reflection in the higher prices of steel United States Steel rising to the high- est point in more than two years. Car loadings of revenue freight con- tinued to increase, coal loadings mak- ing a particularly Impressive show- ing. Several industries, however, con- tinue to feel the effects of the coal shortage. The automobile Industry has been particularly hard hit. Ona of the Ford plants laid off 3,000 men, but an interesting feature in this connection was the announcement that arrangements had been made to burn fuel oil In some of the Ford factorie: Some Increases were noted in com- ! modity prices during the weel, tut further reductions took place in the sugar and rubber industries. Increas- ed purchases were noted on the part of retailers, who are reported to “ave bought the largest amount of mer- chandise from wholesgjers and manu- facturers than in any other week since April, 1920. Failure of the reparations commis- sion to reach an agreement with the German government was the out- standing development in the Euro- pean situation. It was accompanled by a decided slump in Paris and Berlin | exchange, French checks falling to the lowest price of the year and Ger- man marks being quoted at the un- precedented low rate of 5 cents a hundred. Swedish kroner, on the other hand, were quoted at par for the first time since 1919, while Czechoslo- vakian crowns also advanced to a new high record, virtually doubling their price of a month ago. Money rates con‘inue to be easy, with recent fluctuations being at- tribute to withdrawals by interior banks In anticipation of September 1 requirements. Inquiries for indus- trial credit are still restricted in vol- ume, borrows apparently being skep- tical about making long-term or ex- tensive commitments because of strikes which are holding several ¢ roriant development projects in ab SHIPPING NOTES. Traffic created by fall movement of crops from this country is not expected to advance rates, as it is pointed out that surplus tonnage probably will ex- ceed cargoes offered by 30 per cent dur- Ing September, when most of the coal chipments are due In the United States. The shipbuilding industry is feeling the effects of low rates. Current prices for tonnage usually represent a capital- ization of current return on the in- vestment in the vessel, which, at pres- ent, i extremely low. Under these circumstances little encouragement is offered for mew construction. Present British _construction is only one-tenth of the pre-war level. The fifth naval district reports that the wreck of the former German sub- marine _U-111, sunk in Lynnhaven roads, Chesapeake bay, has been re- moved. The gas buoy moored to mark wreck will be withdrawn. TImporters of English coal are pleased with rapidity with which these cargoes are unloaded over here. It is reported that the Dutch steamer Bellatrix, which brought 4,700 tons of soft coal from Immingham, England, was uploaded at Philadelphia in nineteen hours. The Shipping Board has chartered three more veseels for the coal trade between Great Britaln and the United States, making seventy-two boats that have now been placed” for this service. 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S AT S 1) 12000 Bos & Slon Dev.. 17T 16 18 2100 Bos & M Con i 1% s 08 3000 Goldfield Oro, 5000 Harmill D Min 3600 Hilitop Min.... 200 Hollinger G Min 500 Howe Sound Co... 7000 Independ Lead Min . 10000 Knox Divide. 5 11000 Lone Star 3 | 2000 MeNam in & ‘Mii - Marsh M Cons.. Mason Valley. 100 Nipissing 5000 Ohio Copper 2300 Ray Hercules 300 Rex Con; 1000 Suceess Mining 5300 Tech Hughes %% Tonopah lielmon 6100 Tonopah Divide 100 Tonopah Mintag 1000 Tri-Bul Sm & Dev. . 100 Tuolumne ~Capper.. 600 Tnity Gol 300 United Easfer 400 West End Con Mining. BONDS. er 6s... 13 Allied Packer 6s ctf. 2 Am Tel & Tel 86 ‘22, 7 Cant & .. 2 Charconl Iron Ss Cities Serv Chic Un Sta 5s *'B 5 Columbia Graph Ss.. & Commonw Power #s.. 10 Cop Exp As 8s '35, 6 Guodrich 1 Gulf Ol 7 Hood Rubber & lec 6o 7 7 it Co 105! : 2 Kings Co El ’DD‘;P! S W‘L" lg“ lg 4 3 Phil EI 1 Phillips Pet National Otis Steel 8 Pub Ser Cor N 104 7 Robert Gair 7s. 087, 2 Bears, Roeb Ts, 1003 3 Ol N Y 7s, 108 0 Un Oll Calif @s. 10 2 Tn Ol Prod 8 10013 1Un Rys of Hav 10615 1081 1 12 Western Electric 7a. 106%, 106% 106! FOREIGN BONDS. 13 Argentine 7s, '23.... 101 100% 101 2 Canadian Steam 057 857 95% 86 King Nether ds. F 061q King Serbs Croats 8s 051, 8514 95 2 Swiss 54s . 104% 1041 104 5 U 'S Mexico 45 38" 3% 38 READING ORDERS 100 CARS. Philadelphia and Reading has made a contract with Union Car Manu- facturing for construction of 100 re- frigerator cars, to cost about $3,200 each, and to be delivered this fall. They will be of steel, with latest improvements. The Reading will be in a good position regarding cars this fall and winter. Its rolling stock has been thoroughly overhauled and the number of cars out of service has been greatly reduced. It has in- creased its motive power, and the fifty Jocomotives recently ordered will be delivered in a few weeks. ELECTRICS AT STANDSTILL. The electric market is almost at a i standstill as a result of the coal and rail strikes, says this week's review of the market by the Electrical World. Conduit stocks are reported lower each day, shipments of pipe from the Pennsylvania district being held up. Poles are not moving so quickly, and some price stiffening is noted. A good market for fixtures in schoolhouses {s reported, and manu- facturers are busy supplying the de- mand. Lamps are selling well, espe- cially in the ordinary sizes. SPLENDID SALMON SEASON. QUEBEC, August 26.—The salmon anglers have experienced a splendid season in the rivers of Gaspe and | Tadousac districts. Weather and water conditions were favorable and many high scores were made. The angling_and commercial fisherie: largy maintained by the hatcherles oper- nion government, which, this season. distributed nearly sac district and over 1,250,000 in the and soon rallled to 22.08 on reports ! Gaspe dlltric‘!. of an increasing business in cotton goods and bullish crop advices. This bulge met renewed realizing, and was not fully maintained, the ‘early market being nervous and irregular. - Futures opened barely steady; Oct ber, 21.70; December, 21.80; 'January, 21.85; March, 21.90; May, 21.90. NEW ORLEANS, August 26.—The cotton market moved in an unc way in the early trading today, advances being stimulated by con- tinued highly unfavorable crop ac- counts and the continued drought in the western belt, while moderate re- cessions resulted’ from the profit-tak- ing operations on the Jong side and the unfavorable rail ke situation. After rising six to eleven points around the opening there was a fail to levels thirteen to eighteen points der the close of yesterday, but o the ‘end of the first hour -t’hnllna:: $5,500,00¢ rices were well up toward the high. le’st a October traded as hln‘- 21.68 and as low as 21.44. October, 21.60; 46; Marca, ertain | In 1920 they were § small | 119,153, respectively. were principally exports of bread-.| —_— MEXICAN TRADE GAINS. NEW ORLBANS, August 26—Trade - | between New Orleans and Mexico in|tjve lambs most 1921 fell off in value but increased in volume. Exports in 1921 were $28,- 035,923 and Imports were $20,309,606. 31,211,221 and $32,- The increases stuffs and imports of crude ofl. Ex- ports of steel, iron, cotton and textiles and imports of sugar and sisal fell off. U. P. BUYS 80 LOCOMOTIVES. OMAHA, Neb, August 26.—The Unton Pacifie announces the purchase PiOlEhty locomotives 8t a cost of 0. Fifty-five are to be the ywerful locomotives_ever con- o (24, acoording to Union Pacific officials. Twenty-flve of the new en- gines will be foll' fre|5)l|‘t‘2nu;:-ng,‘ T:O e mer locomotives are to be Beeafa the mountaln division. ‘most po' 31 either coal or oil s N (, INCREASED.PURCHASING POWER IS DOMINANT TRADE FACTOR Counted on Tl;rough General Business Survey to Expand Business and De- pletc Unemployment Ranks. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 26.—Purchas- ing power of the public, the dominant factor In the merchandising and busi- ness situation of the United States, has increased by millions of dollars within the last week, and can be counted on to increase still further. To begin with, hundreds of thousands of miners have gone back to the slopes and the tipples of the soft coal fields at wages which satisfy them and with which they can purchase the necessities and some of the comforts : of life. The 20 per cent increase granted to the employes of the United States Steel Corporation alone added over $50,000,000 a year to the purchasing power of the country, and the jump of one-ifth fn the pay rolls of “the in- dependent steel companies added more than as many millions. Furthermore, many of the textile workers of New England are return- ing to work, not at the reduction of 20 per cent, against which they struck, but under an agreement which makes the old wage scale operative from Sep- tember 1 on. Fair Profit for Farmers. Finally the farmers of the country are being pald cash for their crops, and while their complaints are loud In the ears of every agricultural com- munity, the fact remains that they can buy and are buying and are pay- ing cash. There is every evidence, from reports received from all sec- are selling goods fast enough so that a score of limes have been withdrawn from the market in the last week by the leading producer. Lumber production is being shoved up as fast as men and machinery will permit, but shipments still are ber.u new orders and the trend of prices is upward. The enormous home build- ing program has resulted in a brisk demand for furniture, floor coverin plumbers’ supplies, hardware and kitchen utensils. Price advances, however, are amply guarded against excess by the detc mined attitude of buyers who mani- fest universally a_determination to do without rather than pay what they consider excessive figures. . Commodity Reports From Various Sections Machinery. PHILADELPHIA, August 26 (Spe-| cial).—Baldwin Locomotive plant, which did a business of approximztely $24,000,000 last year, has unfilled or- ders on its books for $16,000,000, and has just added 500 men to its working force, which now totals 9,000 men. Fruit. SEATTLE, August 26 (Special).— A big movement of apples from Seat- tle through the Panama canal to Eu- rope by refrigerator ships is predict- ed because of engagemen's made by the Apple Growers’ Association for storage of Washington fruit this fall at this port. Present bookings at local warehouses amount to 1,000,600 box- tions within the last twelve hours, that 2 < % T s of ths Soniey mor unty| e neazly. three imes tic amouns will be amply supplied with funds for last year. the necessities, but will complete the year with a falr average of profit. For these increases in income and in purchasing power the tremendous development of building operations throughout the country is largely re- sponsible. Building trades have ab- sorbed the surplus labor of the other industries and the disappearance of unemployment has created a demand and it has required wage advances to fill. These increases in buying power can be counted on to empty shelves of the retail stores, to crowd the or- der books of the jobbers and manu- facturers and to Increase the pace of the producers of raw materials. The factors which produced them can also be counted on to increase costs of production and a general, although not excessive, increase in prices may be expected. Steel Production Lively. Such advances have already begun to make their! appearance. Steel prices have shown advances this week and those advanves have by no means reached the top of their swing. However, a condition exists which makes deliveries for the mo- I ment of equal importance with price, and additional furnaces are going into commission as coal production makes it possible. Industrial plants all over the coun- try are clamoring for power to en- able them to meet requirements. A dozen representatives of even the hydro-electric plants, independent of for _fuel, were scurrying around New York today begging and buying current from each other to supply customers at points all the way from the Missouri river eastward where streams and water reserves are at their lowest at this season of the year. Auto factorles continue to turn out cars at top speed, although some of the smaller makers, lacking quantity production, are being hard put fo it to meet recent price cuts by the quantity producers and still main a margin of profit. Tire manu turers and parts makers are havine difficulty in moving their products into the auto factories fast enough. Cotton Prices Stiffen. Cotton deterforation in the fields is stiffening_the market for the raw staple and this condition has been re- flected in some degree in the price for cotton goods. The wool markets still are marking time until the re- sult of the House and Senate confer- ences on the tariff bill are deter- mined, but the woolen manufacturers Grain, Produce LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICES. Building Materials. NEW YORK. August 26 (Special).— Experienced distributors of build- ing materials are placing orders for cement, glass, metal laths, wire laths and_other materials well in advance. Deliveries which formerly took six to seven days coming from the south and Ohid now require thirty days in transit. Dry Good: FORT WORTH, Tex, August 26 (Special).—Department store sales as shown by complete figures for July, which just became available today, were 19 per cent higher this vear than in July, 1921. These figures cover all lines of purchase: Rice. NEW ORLEANS, August 26 (Spe- cial).—Rains which are occurring al- most daily are forcing curtailment of shipment of new rice and reducing output. Prices are being maintained at a high level as a result of these conditions, but the trade is ind posed to buy at present time, hoping for later declines. Furs. PITTSBURGH. Pa., August 26 (Spe- clal).—Local merchants are success- fully pushing overcoat and fur sales although last week has brought ex- mely hot weather to this section. Volume of business has been eftreme- Iy gratifying. Fodder. KANSAS CITY, August 26 (Special). —Dry weather has strengthened the hay market, especially alfalfa. Prices for the latter product have advancad $1 a ton, and it is now selling at 1% Notes. . PHILADELPHIA, August 26 (Spe- cial)—One wholesome indication of the business situation in Philadelphia is seen in drop in business litigation. Innumerable small bankruptcies are being cleared up and few new cases are arising. There also has been a declded decrease in number of other civil_cases docketed for trial. TULSA, Okla., August 26 (Special). | —Unemployment in Oklahoma has in- | creased 10 per cent the last thirty d; This is attributed partly to rail coal-strikes and partly to the cur- ailment of drilling operations in oil field and Live Stock! GRAIN AND PROV { BALTIMORE. August Eggs—Strictly fresh, selected, can- dieq® per dozen. 27a3s; average re-| —Potatoes, white, barrel, ceipts, 27; southern, 25. No. 2, 75a100; 100 pounds. Live poultry—Roosters, per 1b., 15;| bushel, 30a sweels, .barrel, turkeys, per 1b, 25; spring chick- Yavis: barrels 150200 ens, per 1b, 32a33; Keals, youns, el, 60aih; lima beans. 60a75: each, 35a50; fowls, 23. ) beets, 100, 2.00a3.00; cabbage. 100, Dressed poultry — Fresh killed | 2.00a4.00; carrots, 100, 3.00a4,mn; spring chickens, per 1lb., 30a35; hens, per 1b., 25; roosters, per Ib. 10; tur- Corn, dozen, 1 : cucumbers, bas- ! keys, per 1b. 35a40; keats, YOuns,|ket, 75al.00; eggplants. basket, 40! each, 35a50. a50; lettuce, basket, 1.00a onions, | Live stock—Calves, cholce, per 1b., | bushel, 50a peppers, ba 11alll; medium, per 10a10%; | 50; squash, basket, 25a30: thin, per lb., pa7. Lambs, choice. per packing stock, bushel, Tb., 13a13%; live pigs, 3.00a8.00 each; ; vellow, basket. 30a35. live hogs, per 1b., 10. <, ‘barrel, 1.00a2.00; bushel. 50 | Green fruits—Apples, new, per bbl, cantaloupes, basket, 50a1.00; 1.00a4.50; per bu. basket, nearby. 50a | crate, 1.00a2.00; crabapples, basket. 1.50. California oranges, Per_CTate. | 50a65: da pound. 6a7: Erap 8.00210.50; lemons, per box, 3.3035.00. | basket, 75a1.0¢; peaches, basket, 50a Peaches, per. crate, 1.50a3.00. Canta-|i5; crate, pears, basket, 50 louves, 50a2.50. a1.00; watermelons, prime to selects, Vegetables— Potatoes, per bbl, No.| g0 ere was no material pressure on 1. 2.00a2.50; per sack, 50a1.00. Sweet potatoes, North Caro-| grains at_the opening of the market | lina, 1.00a2.50; nearby, 2.50a3.00. Leftuce, | today. Wheat was given a firm un- | per crate, 50a75; New York, Der crate, | dertone, in sympathy with higher 1.00a1.50. Romaine lettuce, 1.30.| quotations at erpool. The open- Cymblings, per crate, 75aL00|ing which varied from unchanged Onions, per sack, 3.00a3.50° Cabbage, | figures to % higher. with September West Virginia, 1.50al. er bbl.;| 101 .02, and December 1.03% to nearby cabbage, per bbl. 1.00aL50. /16355, was followed by a slim gen- Cucumbers, per box, 1.00a3.00. EEE-|eral decline all around them some- plants, per crate, 75al.00. Toma-|what of a ral toes, per box, nearby, 50al0. Beans., Corn and oats were firm in line| 3.005.00 per bbl. Peas, 2.00. with wheat and on scattered buving. | basket. Peppers, per Crat - | After starting % to_13: higher, with Kale, 50a75. Spinach, per crate, 50a | September 60% to 607, the corn mar- 5. Lima beans, per quart, 15a20.1ket hardened a little more on all de- liveries. Oats started % to % up. with September 32% to 32%, and held near the initial range. Provisions were weak. Potatoes—Strong on early Celery, per dog., 50a1.00. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, August 26 (United States of Agriculture) —Cattle Ohios, Department steady on white; receipts, 26 carload —Teceipts, 2,000 head, compared Witk | total” United States shipments, 741 a week 3 mizlk gu Toves ar- | Minnesota bulk early Ohios, 1.40a1 steers, a\era!sh.pomfl !Cl"“‘kfis' de- | €Wt.: Wisconsin sacked cobblers. 1 e “btriony ‘prime vearlings and | {1 OFeEQ FAGERE, 1oLl O best matured steers steady; butchery ;.0 %y G005 oot 95250 lower; canners and she stocks o0 fteady: bulls steady cutters ab CHICAGO, Augubt 26.— lower; veal calves largely | WHEAT— = Open. High 5 fl,‘:.'g ® stockers and feeders steady | September ... 1.01% 1.021 %o firm; week’s beef steer top, 10.95; D103 ales beef steers, 8.75 to yws and heifers, 4.75 to utters, 2.70 to 3.50; 2.00; stockers and week's bulk 10.15; beef co 7.00; canners and ¢ veal “lv“'s 111.05‘;15.1 .25a7.00. reffi:é:’_?zuemts. 6,000 head; market Islow around steady. Bulk, 170a200 pound welights, 9.5029.60; real gom:! D4 ‘choice weighty butchers few; packing sows, mostly 6.50a7.10; hold- Beers moderate; top, 9.65; bulk of 5.6029.60; heavywelght, 7.75a §35: ‘medium weight, 8.7529.60; light- welght, 9.40a9.66; light light, 8.'151‘ 9.55; packing SOwS, !m_onlh, a7.45; packing sows, rough, 6.50a6.85; killing 500875, pigs, 1608870 bis, 1,500 head—mostly September December May ... LARD— September Octcber . a 1035 DAIRY MARKETS. BALTIMORE, August 26 (Special). Poultry—Live; spring chickens, pound, 25a30; white leghorns, 22a25; old hens, 20a25; white leghorns, 20a21; old roosters, 15; ducks, 19a22; small, 15a 16; pigeons, pair, 25; guinea fowl, Sheep—R: 3 .ed to week ago fat na- each, 50a60. direct; compared 1o Boe, her: other | Eggs—Loss off; native and nearby tl; feeders and breeders [firsts, dozen, 26; southern, 23a24. killing classes, : ‘week’s top native | Butter—Creamer: fancy, pound, o 26e Blgh e . 15.007 week's |37a38; prints, 35ad0: nearby ‘vreamery. lambs, 1320 fat lambs, 12.50213.00; |33a34; Jadles 26a27; rolls, 2224 lis, native lambs, 9.00; best yeaf-|store ked, 22; dairy prints, 23a24 fiogs, 1050; fat ' ewes, 4.00a725;|process, butter JUIR . o 5 der year- N <, Eus! .—Butter— feeder lambs, 12.50a12.75; feeder ¥ Firm; receipts, 14,439 tubs. Creamery lings, 9.30a10.00. firsts (88 to 91 score), 32%4a36. 230,717 e same period this vear as against 331,549 to a decline of 1922 of travel for thi totaled 263,541, August 18 last year, 58,391, The surplus avhilable for dividends was $711,974, and the sur- plus after dividend payments amount ed to §111,542. —_ ggu—?‘lfin: recfln:s.l 13,135 cases. TLANTI ARRIVAILS. eese—Firm; receipts, 2, Xes. A C PORT Poultry—Live: no quotations. Records of steamship lines show| poujtry—Dressed; steady and un- that passengers, all classes, arriving | changed. at Aantle ports this year up (o zad ,745 per- —_— ln:‘:”%‘%r":;fi‘::;fle"::flod last year | ,Atlas Powder for six months ended :I?s total was 413,462, a decline for June 30, 1922, reports gross sales of 'Outward-bound | $7,439.217 and net operating profits of FINANCIAL WERCHANTS' BANK 10 OPEN A BRANCH Acquires Embryo Brookland Institution’s Building at 12th and Newton N. E. BY L A. FLEMING. The Merchants' Bank and Trust Company will open a branch office in Brooklard, on the corner of 12th and Newton streets northeast, the 1st of October next. On this site has been erected a complete one-story bank building, in- tended to house the embryo Bank of Brookland, organized some months ag0 under an Arizona charter, but prevented from going ahead by the | refusal of the controiler of the cur- irency to permit an institution to do business if a commission, stated sum or other charges for stock sales had been incurred in the formative proc- ess of stock selling. The rchants’ Bank and Trust Company has ucquired the new bank building and with it the good will of the tertative officials of the pro- posed bank. B ~al/TUry, president of the Mer- chants'®3ank and Trust Comnany. his made an inspection of the new build- ing and location believes that there are opportun: ) ing in large deposits from ti rounding , merchanis and sav from hodseholders, ae well as employment of funds in advancing interest of the ne borhood. In order to give the new hranch more direct representation in the stitution an advisory com local people will be sele n probable thai an addition or two will be made to the directory of the big trust company. The manugement of the new branch is a matter of later settlement Wardman Park Bonds. Payment on Wardman Park 6s has been called for August 31. Thereafier interest will be charged until the sub- scriptions are taken up. 1t is understood that the bonds sold well and that since the offering frac- tional advances have been reported on the issuance price. Tel. and Tel. Financing. In 1595 the capitalization of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was $76.060,000. Increases in capitalization have been as sure as the rotating of the calendar vear, just as sure as Ameri- can business expansion, and varying from a few millions increase to $250.- 000,000 annually. Stock increases do not affect the dividends of the company. Each new expenditure, cach new Increase in stock brings in its added business and enables the company to meet the dividends on the added capitali- zation without any trouble Daily average telephone connec are about 35,000,000 g day The new stock, $117,000.000, will re quire $10,350,000 a year dividends the 9 per cent basis, and the earnin 1 more than warrant the declara- tion. Each and every day increases the Bell equities and develops added need for national expansion in this most fertile field. Personal Mention. J. Thilman Hendrick has returned from Hot Springs, Va, and will be on "change Monday. C. C. Glover, chairman of the board of directors of the Riggs Nationa' Bank, has returned from a summer's outing at Bar Harbor, Me. DIVIDEND RATE RAISED. Virginia Railroad uC;mpany Au- thorixed to Increase to 6 Per Cent. The Virginia Railr sur- g 1he d Company authorized today by the Inters: Commerce Commission to increase the annual dividend rate on its preferred stock, of which $£27.909,000 is oui- standing, from 5 to & per cent. T proposal for the increase Wwis mad: jointly by the company and the ho in order $8.386.500 in ers of the preferred s obviate payment of crued dividends to which the prefe red stockholders were entitled by th accumulative right to the 5 per cent rate. The stockholders, under the ar- rangement made t¢ will resign their right to any of th ued divi- dends and will receive instead the higher future rate of return on their holdings. WOOL CLOSES WEEK FIRM Expect Wage Adjustments 'in Mills to Aid Trading. August Special) Wage adjustments in the textile mills of New England are counted on to improve trading in the local wool market, but the full f manu facturing activity will he felt until after Labor day Summer street closed prices for medium wools and three- eighths _blood very firm i with prices for other grades miintainefl except in the flecces AGENCY TRADE REVIEW. NEW YORK. —Dun's re- view of trade s: “While a solid ha not he week with is for commercial expansion clearly exists, Progress is still impeded by the prevailing labor unsettiement. Resumption of coal mining operations at different points at _relieved the industrial the continuance of the raflroad strike, despite negotiations for its settlement, is a repressing factor. Stimulus to trade activities is to be expected as the end of summer approaches, vet varfous uncertainties evert a restraining influence and i full measure of business development is lacking. Hesitation in entering upon important new commitments not unnaturally results from the doubts about future supplies and priced com- modities and not a few transactions, as in steel and iron, are prevented by the inabllity of sellers to make early deliveries. With costs of production further enhanced in some industries by' upward wage revisions, price In- creases are still being established and premlums over the regular market wre readily obtainable where there is any advantage on shipments. Weekly bank clearings,$5,625,187.000." s FOREIGN EXCHANGF (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbe & Co.) Selling checks—dollar values at close todar: tension, London 0325 Relgraed . 2000019 Montreal By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 26.—Foreign exchange irregular. Great Britain. 1demand, 4.46; cables, 4.46%; 60-day bills on banks, 4.43%. France, de- mand, .0748%; cables, .0749. Italy, de- mand., .0439: cables, .0439%. Belgium, demand, .0710; cables, .0710%. - Ger- many, demand, .005%; cables, .005%. Holland, demand, .2900; cables, .3906. Norway, demand, .1718; Sweden, de- mand, .2654; Denmark, demand, .21 Switzerland, demand, .1907; Spain, de. mand, .1555; Greece, demand, .0310; Poland, demand. .0013%; Czechoslg, vakia, demand, .0373; Argentine, de- mand, .3625; Brazil, demand, .1338: Montreal, 99%.