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s 18 MILLION AN HOUR IS FAIR RUSS WAGE Workers Must Get That Much Money or They Will Starve. 70 25 CENTS{ Speculators Make Fortunes as the Ruble Jumps Up and ! Down. , i v Star and Chi 3 Neiviee) August G—There t to late of- s of have f al s than ti es of wir short | who caen wor tndeed carr v WMoscow “Dearext City.” two fr thise ook and beer. the other two le Lill, with tip, ca rubies A new ra here—the bolsh came the spe s e ulation on bourgeoise. rs. Two consider- 1 even the of bread— neant hnprisonment. Now the speculator Tut I «ntiz free to specu- even of The curb price of an Ameri lar is 5.000,000 rubles today, 3,500, tomorrow and 4,000,000 rubles next cle; for- we The speculators tun W public officials are | g big money of accomplish- ! which will notl investigation. It is a that when a man iches a responsible post in a gov- t department connected with "he begins to frequent the b ants and his wife develops a taste in dress. Some Officinls Honest. ¢ big men. thet puhblic, ure straight. other officia fiercely ¢ their own rectitude that | out. One man of this kind, with the co-operative movement, is sald to boast that he: has had five men shot for trying to bribe him. g Part of the high cost of living here fs due to the incompetence of most help. The averaze workman does not Jnow his job. He is out of practice. and if he is a young man he has had yo opportunity to learn during the 1 bear too clo mmonplace prety Not con- seven bor_is very seions of Suggest to a svorker how he can do a thing better, ¢ retort by putting on his ¥ou to do the thing &nd he m: Yt and leaving yourself. axation other lands talk of high n Moseow th ally have . Evervthing is taxed, and taxed to the hilt. Lately it has bheen found yecessary to lower some of the taxes decanse the people could not pay. N1l kinds of privileges are farmed out by the e A man has an open-alr 1. quite a tiny one, at the street corner near me. He pays 400 rubles a year to the clty s open, but after a few weeks s them closed. The owners cannot pay the tax. No Place for the Poor. The Moscow city government tries to run clean. The tram services fares are a quarter of a million rubles a journey—are well managed, | there are no the streets are swept, Y sambling halls or div The public wardens are once more planted with flowers. The museums are open and well kept. You can buy almost any- thing in reason. from French cham- pagne to sable coats. Caviar is ‘heap just now—S$1.50 a pound. You can buy fine fruits from the south. Williams pears at from 50 cents to $1 a pound, delicious peaches and ihe like. Sturgeon is plentiful. You FINANCIAL. The selection aster for fthis ity will be made within the Nt few day L Ac- | cordinz to a d d from Washington, indications point to_the i 3 Kuight. Rep- emp 15 quoted ts Mr. sent to within few days {a meeting of the :G-—nrg. vy 3 i i High Woodside ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 16 (Special).—The Northern Virginia Odd Fellows’ Association will hold a meet- ing in this city November 14. There wiil be a big parade at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, which will be followed by a class initiation. Preliminary rangements for the meeting were de- cided upon last night at a meeting of the committee from the association named for that purpose. It is ex- pected there will be in the neighbor- hood of 3,000 Odd Fellows here. 'he officers of the association have anged the following hcd;llu of the eptembe: nber 1% ; Sept september eptember ptember Arlington, September and Lovetts wrent Church, Dumfrie: eptember B omac, ville, Qc- jation now has & member- ship of more than 1,500, of a pos arded as mors be done after republican ¢ be held in Roanoke, th + sold on the mittee of for pur- T - dibrar the move W free p move re ment I Woman's Cl Tater, is The ab. Other expects movemen prese its mecting Th council at whit I nest i< for ement of @ num- x county will be highway - the Middlebu: by the Citizens of Washington a ed ved a big on of the First ned frém 2t his will The - will be Turned,” Withe the In- in sht of HYATTSVILLE. Md., September 16 | estimated the | h J ipal teacher Morris, n additio and mathe hundred prix of th nty teach- s being h v in orgetown law school building, n = program begun at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Annual election of officers w this afternoon. Mrs. John ¥ Sippel dent of the State Federation of en’s Clubs t night addressed Tyattsville Women': hall of Pinkne first Club in the parish public schools | four | | to take place | of Baltimore, | The Events Leading Up to the Tragedy. I'LL 6o FisHind \WiTH YOU To-MORROW, LHARLIE IFITS A NICE DAY [ 1 CA T TAk £y CHAMCES CATCHING A COLD. t Came . OuT HERE To CALIFORMIA —By WEBSTER. | BUT IF iT's_COoLO AND RAW AS (T 15 To OAY You'LL HAVE To Coun™ ! EVE™ IF THE Sun SHOULD BC SHIrING To MOKROW U S ib5E ¢ 0 BETTER TAKE My wAm - CoAT A~D RUBBERS WOMAN GAMBLERS Passengers Fail to Complain of Losses to Feminine Sex and They Collect. 1 { NEW YORK, September 14.—Women are replacing gambiers aboard jocean liners ttle Eddi man * Mallon, the watchdog of the piers, whose job it is to “spot” She, was accom Hax of Halti- secretary of the e of the national Memorial Church, panied here by Mr: more, correspondir federation. Mrs. Sippel spc recent convention of the federation in Chautauqua > outlined p for federation work in the s The meeting was largels attended, members of clubs frc College Park. lLanham. and other nearby communitles being present. Members of leagues throughout the county are planning to attend the card party to be given by the Prince County League of Women Maryhurst, the home of Sawyer. chairman of the near here the even- nber J. Voters at ROCKVILLE. Md., September 15 (Special).—Prof. n W. Broome, county ~ superintendent of public schoois, has announced the appoint- ment of teachers as follo Princi- pals—J. M. Bishop. Sandy Spring Mrs. Minnie G. Hines, Hendrick ants—M Rockville High ROCKVILLE Cedar Beatrice Mason, School; Miss Helen Bratton, Wheaton. William E. Furnas has been named instructor in the agricultural de- rtment of the Sandy Spring High ., and Beulah C. Lee and Mrs. Ashton h been appointed pals of the colored schools at Sandy Spring and Grafton, respec- 1y. All appointments have been confirmed by the county board of education. Miss Z I'ost, Va.. and John Washington ried in Rockville within the two. sued by, prine ta Mae Gardiner of White Ellenbrock of of the circuit court here to Stevens, § of Chevy Ch and Miss Anna M. Hane of Bethesda, this coun and Howard S. Abel of Shacklet, Va., and Miss Agnes W. Broadhurst of Browningsville, this county. For violating two of the motor { vehicle regulations of the state, C. A. Willilams of Washington was fined $50 and costs in the police court here. Charles D. Brayton, also of Washing- ton. was fined $5 and costs for a similar offense. The handsome silver cup offered by Gen. Clinton Riggs of Baltimore for the best Duroc pig. exhibited at the regent Timonium fair by a member off a Boys' Pig and Calf Club, was awarded to Ulysses Griffith of Lay- tonsville, this county. On his Fox can. if you will, wallow in luxury. But Moscow is not a city for a poor man. The worker who earns no snore than 1,000,000 rubles an hour ynust live in the slums. There are plenty of slums here. BUTTER TRADE WEAKER. CHICAGO, September 16.—Cooler weather and heavier storage holdings combined to cause the butter market to lose strength, according to the weekly butter review of the special hureau _of agricultural economics jssuéd. Fancy butter held steady, but genarally the quality of fresh butter Hall farm in Baltimore county &en. Riggs has many fine specimens of Durocs, one weighing around 1.100 pounds. BRENTWOOD. BRENTWOOD, Md., September 16 (Special) —A volunteer fire depart- ment has been organized here with the following officers: C. G. Sipes, chief; Stephen F. Tillman, assistant chief; "Earl Hutchinson, secretary and_J. M. Ehrmantraut, treasurer. L. V. Moxley, M. O. Link, Joseph Gerhardt, J, F. Clark and J. L. Green have been named directors. There ! lensburg | “were among the couples | seagoing B authority for the st e men claim they use the: lers are too too watch- t ! tem are g found that teareful and ship's effice says Mallon, Most of the gamblers @ just about to that conclusion | the time a White Star cap t ell known gambler to the detention i ho aboard his ship following Titel rty in the smoking when were brought into jroom, fists action. {" But where men im ave dropped ecard 1 lice, wo! and : taken them U {The women are known to Eddie and fto other detec who help watch the piers, but the problem is | catch One m. big liner nd Eddie, ine. He as v JSt_himsslf as soon But by th ched the pier h | povped into view, sore and disgust { with disappointment lin his face. . “I lost again,” grumb His story was brief. He had re- ceived a wireless tip that there was |a woman aboard, aristocratic and cul- tured: that she had been very sweet to s al of the man passengers, that {she had reluctantly consented to play ! bridige practically every night at sea | that she had collected rather heavil {at the end of each sittin “I talked to about five men about her.” continued Eddie, “and not one {would complain. She was a woman, {they said, and they were not willing |to accusé a woman of cheating a lcards. So ! had to let ‘the Duchess come ashore and she has just pa: her baggage. She will probably be {back on tne French line next week, laughing at me. hat's the big trouble now. We could beat the men at the game, but now man i ngers who either won't admit a woman could outwith them or else they won't complain. The women are getting away with it simply because they are women. “FILE OFF THE BARBS.” ]A Writer Argues for General Use of Barbless Fish Hook. From the Outlook. All those who know trout are agreed that to break the protective { covering of slime upon their bodies {is to invite a fatal fungous disease. { They are equally agreed that any | damage to the gills results in most ;cases in death. This is the reason why the barbless hook is a fish pre- servative of the first order. In the hands of even a moderately iskillful fly fisher the barbless hook is almost as eflicient an instrument as its barbed rival. If the line is kept properly fish lost (particularly in lake fish- {ing) which would not have been lost from a barbed fly is negligible. Wherein, then, we may be asked, lies the advantage of the barbless va- riety? ° It Is to be found in this—the barb- he Duchess’ he to relezse practically any fish which touching it with his hands. Small by a barbed No. 10 or even a No. 12 WHAT'S GoimG To HAPPE ™ 1 THIS BEASTLY CLimATE g time | i to be read | i ler; lower grades ed | | pared with week ago, fat lambs, 1.00a | 12 i NOFE ALL THAT'S KMOWN 15 HE WENT To CALIFCRMNIA AD DISAPIYEAREY WITHOUT A TRACE . THERE'S SomEe TALk OF Foul ( TouGH ABUT E0 BROUERICK WASNT IT? Aty NEW TEVELO POMEMTS tr THE CASE 7 and Live Stock GRAIN AND PROVISIONS, Grain, Produce L.OCAL WKOI.ESALE PRICES. fresh, selectad. c:.ndlglt)i. | rece average v—Roosters, per Ib., " 15; per b, spring chick- ens, per Ib., 28a30; keats, young, each, fowls, 24a2 killed spring : hens, per Ib. S, per b, per I ts, young, each, stock—Calves, chofce, pur iium, per lb., 1vail; anibs. choice, per Ib., 5,00 exch: live hog: 1 fruits—Appl per busiiel bas oranges, per crate, §.00 4.00a Canta- flats, S0a Beans bu:, 1.50a1 bhage, 10: 100, 5.00: 6.00. Celery, Apples. packed, bbl.. 2.002%.00: loo: 1.0022.00: bu.. 50a1.00. Cantaloupes. crate, 1.00a2 Crab apples, bu., and plums, bu., 1.00a Grapes, 20-1b., basket, 1.00a1 Peache 2 per basket, 1 Rockyford: L.00: honevdews, 2.25a2.50. Yégerables—Potaioes, per bbl., No. 1. N s 2, 508 00, 275, New York, per crate. ymaine lettuce, 1.50. Cymblings, 00a1.50. Onions, per sack, hLage, West Virginia, 1.50a nearby cabbage, per bbl Cucumbers, per bu.. 1.00a gplants, per crate, 15al.23 box. nearby, 25al.25. Peas, 2.00a Peppers, per crate, 25a Spinach, per crate, iima beans, per quart. 15a30. per doz., 50a1.00. Corn, 10220 quotations; 1.13%: No. 3, s . 2 red win per bushel 1 ber, no bid. Sales—Bag 10ts of nearby, by sam- [l_lP, at 65 to 1.00 per bushel. Car lots, No. 2, red winter, spot, at 1.14% and 1143 2 Cob eorn—Old, contract. I spot. 731 1 Corn- | per bushel Oats—Wh i bushel: N i Rye ! bushel: 21, per Hay—R {for falr 19.00, and fair 1 tangled rve, 0: No. 1 wheat, 9.50a10.00; . nominal, 12.00a12.50. CHICAGO, September a0 lery. per doz. c hushel 4. no quotati Na. o 0. 2 or better, $nast DAIRY MARKETS. BALTIMORE. Md., September 16 ). — Live poultr. Spring pound, 2432 leg- old hens, white old roosters, 18 . small_and poor, lim pair, 25; guinea fowl, new 46a{Gla per ew 458433 5 per stern export. spot no auotations tons: market firy at 16.00a to £00d mixed, 1.06a N ;P each, 40a60. Eggs—Loss off, native and nearby firsts, dozen, 35; southern, 33. Butter—Creamery, fancy, pound. 41 a42; prints, 41243; nearby creamery 33a35; ladles, 27a28; rolls, 24a2 store-packed, dairy prints, 24a26 process butter, 31a32. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, September 16.— (United States Department of Agriculture) ttle—Receipts, 1,000 head; com- pared with week ago, better grades beef steers and yearlings, 35a50 high- and western strong higher; extreme top beef steers, \15; highest of year: best vearlings, 11.15; strictly choice and prime year- lings comparatively scarce; fat cows 5a30 higher: some mediumn to good heifers, 00 higher: cunners and cutters largely 25 higher: bulls. higher; veal calves mostly 5 higher; heavy vealers gaining less stockers and feeders largely 25 high- er; week's bulk prices nativ: beef 210.80; stockers and feed- 25; beef cows and heirers, a7.50; canners and cutters, 3.00a desirable veal calves, 12.75813.25. Hogs—Receipts, 5,000 head; market, active; light and butchers, strong to 10 higher: bulk, 180a230-pound aver- & bulk, 240-325-pound : 'bulk packing gs, steady, around y .75; medium, 9.40a light, 9.70a10.00; light light, packing sows, smooth, | 5a8.25: packing sows, rough, 7.10a 65; killing pigs, 8.3589.25. Sheep—Receipts, 500 head: 15.0 16.—Wheat and the market opened unsettled Some of the traders here have been ving to bull wheat, but sp far have jbeen given little assistance. While ithe market at Liverpool closed at an |advance. the strength there did not } tully reflect the upturn on this j the "Atlantlc the previous dav. The | Winnipeg market failed to reflect any uneasiness over the European situ { tion. and values there went to a wide {discount under Chicage commission | house orders. Both buving and sell- jing were small during the early d jings and prices held within relatively narrow limits. The opening, which varied from 1 lower to % higher. with December 1.81% to 1.01%¢ and May to 1.07, was followed by a slight setback all around. Corn and oats followed the trend of Wheat. advance, with December 571 to 5715, | the corn market underwent a slight ' general sag. Oats started off to a little ad- vance, with December 251 to 35%, and then eased off slightly. Provislons reflected the strength in hog values. WHEAT— September December . 5 D) 8.60a9. Beptember . com- , December . vearling and heavy sheep, ; light and medium weight sheep, 25a50 higher; feeding lambs, 50a75 higher; closing top higher; 1.00 highe taut the number of less hook permits the careful angler he does not desire to keep without fish which might be seriously injured lambs, 14.00; bulk, around 13.75; na- tive culls, mostly 9.50; fat heavy ewes, largely 4.00a4.76; best handy- weight, quoted to 7.00; feeding, largely 13.00a13.50. —_— SUGAR TRADE QUIET. NEW YORK, September 16.—There were no sales in the local raw sugar market today and prices were un- changed at 3% cents for Cubas, cost and frieght, equal to 4.73 for centrjf- pounds, 1, with offerings at that level. rom Garrett county. R o wan only a quiet trade’ in| Actual sugar made, said Mr. Dennes, raw sugar futures Prices closed at|was 102,000 pounds, about 35 per cent net deciines of 1 to 5 points under|less than the average seasonal output, scattered liquidation. osing: Octo- | but sirup tapped was 24,000 gailons, or ber, 3.05; December, 3.15; March, 2.99; | about 60 per cent above the average SUGAR AND SIRUP YIELD. BALTIMORE, September 16.—Mary- land’s maple sugar and sirup crop this year was a bumper one, according to figures furnished by John S. Dennes, Baltimore statistician for the bureau of economics, United States Depart-1| ment of Agriculture, co-operating with the Agricultural College of the Univer- sity of Maryland. Trees tapped, in terms of sugar yleld, furnished 292,000 pounds, he said, most of which came | worker 5 per harrel: {lacked leadership at the start today : ide of | After opening % lower to % | FINANC JOB AWAITING EVERY WORKER, BUT MANY YET UNEMPLOYED Industr%al Review Shows Larger Pay Rolls Than at Any Time in More Than Two Years. BY J. C. ROYLE. pecial Correspondent of The Star. (Copyright, 1922.) NEW YORK, September 16.—There is a job for ever: =9 in the United States who want “ho can hold it down. Cashiers und paying teilers who make up the weekly, semi- monthly and monthly pay rolls of the will handle more cash next ¥ than at any time in over years. In spite of that fact, however, employers a week from now two | will still be advertising and clamor- ing for a chance to put names of new workers on the pay roll, The job and the worker may not be the same locality . The worker There will be just as many s who want to be musicians as ever, and just as many steelwork- ers who want to be motormen. But there will be jobs for all, and em- plovers are more than willing to nelp the’ worker to seek and reach the job. joh mechani Still Many Unemployed. Neverth . there will be more than a million and a half workers unemployed next Saturday. One-third | of these will be voluntarily idle, either through strikes or because they do not want worl The remainder will comprise those “suit case me chanics” of the wandering ioot, who are in 2 state of transition from one turnover is minimized by the fact that they invariably are present to fill the sr«a ing need of any locality for in- ustry. se facts are collected from dis- s received within the last twen- hours from business men. . mine owners, rallroad ‘ment bureaus and con- chicts, emple tractors throughout th ruunlr)‘.l These reporis point to one inevitabie | clines were quite sharp. They ra conelusion t the trend of WaeS) trom & polnt And o Balt th choss is upward. mplovers are in the market for raw material, labor along | with the other commodities. They have orders 6n their books and they will pay what laws of supply and de. mand dictate to fill those orders. So will the d who buy their prod- ucts and will the ultimate con- sume Wage of Skilled Artisans. The average wage of skilled arti- sans In the building trades is more than $10 a day. More thun one-twen- tieth of the workers of the country have received wage increases within the last month. Employers are bid- ding for workers not only against r competitors, but against other be paid New an was rding to re- igures compiled e Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Paul and San Fran- cisco show that wages paid rallroad can be expected to increase 00,000 in the same perfod. The miners of the country will draw more than $150,000 more next then this, merely | dicates the general t be affected even tdowns of blg plants such as tortes. It is not ers of the flann Th are equaily hants are increas rical staffs are being nd good stenographers are premium 5 e not far to seek. A ftremendous volume of goods, already {=0ld or with a ready market in pros- demands transportation. There s boom from one end of the othe Silk and have commenced 1o 1emand for cotton goods actories in spite of igh pri he raw staple and abor troub! Woolen manufactur- ers are marketing their products in atisfactory volume. Coal !s being produced at a record rate, faster, in tfact, than it can be carried to mar- el shirts The crowdin believe himself above or below REALIZING SALES |+ {4 CAUSEASLONP to another. The latter are an t, not a liability. The cost of} restl wanderings in labor confined | i | have deferred buying, thinking they would secure the advantuge of lower prices, are now placing their orders. E Business Toples. 'HILADELPHIA, Septem (Special)—The . Sesqui-Contemnen e position in 1926 {nsures a continuation here of the building boom for four| years more. Three large new hotels will goon be under way, it was an- nounced today. Top prices are being maintained for all manner of im- proved and unimproved real estate. MINNEAPOLIS, September 16 (Spe- ctal) —Lumber camps, mines and | steel mills, railways and factories are in the market for labor. accor ing to the state labor department to. day. Three establishments are count- | ed to absorb all of the farm labor re leased at the close of the harvest in the northwest. i ;Near East Situation and i Week-End Profit-Taking Responsible Factors. BY STUART P. WEST. NEW YORK, September 16.—Prices iwem lower for the most part in to- day’'s two-hour trading Among stocks which have recently had the most extensive rise, the de- points. Inasmuch as Wall street always pre- fers tside to an inside reason, it o ascribe the decline to crisis” in the rnear east. As u matter of fact, the Turkish threat to advance on Constantineple had been known just as well on Friday and the market had ignored it complete This morning the news was d allies “had adopted a united front tinctly better. in that the European | 1AL. TREASURY CALLS FOR $81,833.300 Statistics of Local National "Banks—Woodridge-Lang- don Savings Bank Election. BY I A. FLEMING, This morning Secretary Mellon called upon all n anks holding proceeds of th tificates, dated / into their res tions the full amount of such pro of the Total $245.4 for Tuesd: draw $51,5 During th heen called on to banks nearly $300 of drafts on the pro ate i Local National Bankx. ling to the 1 i m n T Hext year uge Total reesurces $20.706.010.400 posits posit dealing with the Turkish commander and had taken measures for mecting the situation, which it was confidentl; felt, wouid be effected Had there been an cern o the 1 ments it would have shown first and mos. emphatically in the foreign ex- changes. As it happened, the exchange mar-. slightly lower, but they did not get below where they stood on Thurs- day, when the Turkish. question firs begame a factor. The commodi markets, too, did not show the un- easiness they had on the previous da Week-End Realizing. Such eelling as_occurred in the { stock market was partly the familiar in end of the week realizing and, part, the clearing up of speculati accounts on the idea that in some directions, at least, the upward move ment had for the time being cul- minated. Mexican Petroleum was oft 10 points from its recent top, Baldwin Locomotive 5 points, Studebaker | Pullman’ 6 and American Locomo- | tive 4. Rallway etocks came off Instances a point. But. outside of the few high-priced favorites and two or three of the {recent poal selections, there was no }weakness of consequence. leveland Motors, in common With other motors, lost 3 points. ‘Weber & Hellbroner. in some i er, which was one of the bright spc in'today’s market, was due to repor | ket. Stcel Prices Moving Up. | Steel prices are moving up in para {1l lines with demand and wages. The {Guotations for the non-ferrous metals {have advance id additional mer iuxn being employed at the mine: Perhaps the m signitficant ytion or tt trend of wage tels tuge of un “Mments appear- v 1 ing s ie ond question that fthe now employed in the harvest is and orchards will be absorbed zene: indu. this winter hout menace of bread llnes and oup kitehens, which loomed imminent n 1921 Reports on Commedities i Frem Business Centers Machinery. PHILADELFPHIA. September 16 (Spe- | clal).—The Baldwin locomotive works {are now working on an order for fifty Mikado type locomotives for the B. & |3, railroad. This order will aggregate about $5.000,000. i Conl. | CLEVELAND, September 16 (Spe- {eial).—With conl coming forward more for upper lake ports a few boats would have been tied up because f lack of coal and ore tonnage are se- There is an increase for tonnage to move is_expected to increase 1, announced today that it is pre- | pared to finance the marketing of the state crop at a profit to the producer. Hardware. SEATTLE, September 16 (Special).— There is_a very steady movement In builders’ hardware throughout the north- west. Prices are fairly even with a tendency toward advancement. Jobbers and wholesalers have jumped prices from 5 to 10 per cent. This was taken | by the trade today to forecast a further | retail increase. Stocks in the hands | of jobbers are small. | Wheat. TOPEKA, Kan., September 16 (Spe- clal)—The 1923 Kansas wheat crop probably will be the lowest in his- tory, according to the state board of agriculture today. Because of low prices and adverse conditions farmers are cutting down their acreage. Fruit. SAN FRANCISCO, September 16 (Special).—Apple growers are more cheerful today. Prices are low with small demand, which is largely due to the fact that the merchant apple crop is large. Merchant growers are en- deavoring to open new markets in the orlent. i€ Lumber. was,poor and wholesale prices on 92 score lost lz cent, closing yesterday A “sain of % cent for_the was reported at New York, Bos- ind Philadelphia, where closing prices were 40, 39% and 404 cents, respectively. Some export Inquiry gave the New York market a better feeling. Unsatis- factory condltions in the fresh butter market led to Increased use of storage goods as shown by decreased holdings, the report said / A Tried Diplomat. From the Boston Transcript. Bmployer—We want a diplomatle, tactful office boy. Applicant—Well, T used to send sis- ter's beau away when she didn’t want W see hinn are thirty-five charter members. At the present the department has only a drawn chemical tank, but later plans to get @ motor truck equipped with hose and chemicals. Organi- zation of the department will mean a reduction in fire insurance rates in the town. MT. RAINIER. MOUNT RAINER, Md., September 168 (Special).—J. B. Griffin has been appointed general utility man for Mount Rainer by the mayor and town council. He will receive a salary of $130 a month. Councilman F. B. Mathias of the third ward has tendered his resig- nation, askipg that it be accepted at once, can be released without the slightest harm from a barbless hook of the same size. There are still many waters in this great land of ours which are so amply stocked that there is no real excuse for fishing them with a barb- ed hook. The sooner the barbless hook comes into universal use the sooner we can cease worrying lest the recreation of trout fishing be lost for our children. 1f your tackle dealer is not pro- gressive enough to carry barbless hooks in stock, a small file will mod- ernize_and humanize your barbed |7 o last week. hooks with neatness and dispatch. A fiy tier's vise is a useful though not a necessary adjunct for such an oper- May, 3.1 crop. With néhmy all r?‘flnlersbcll;!fid hl’; the day there was little business rofined’ sugar and prices were un- LONDON WOOL AUCTION. changed at 6.25 for fine granulated.| TONDON, September 16.—At the ‘wool auction sales 12,000 bales were offered. Prices ciosed irregular. Good Refined futures nominal. _——— NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. | . b ngs were from 5 to 10 per NEW YORK, September 16.—The|dearer. Faulties were u..&’..,.?e"af actual condition of the hlurln,- house Go;‘ crossbreds, especlally scoureds, banks and trust companies for the|wete from 7% to 10 per cent higher. week shows that they hold $100,387,- [ Choice inferiors were.5 per cent down. | 460 in excess of legal requirements.|Capes puntas were par and 5 per This is an Increase of $66,683,250 | cent dearer. The home trade was the h‘lgh‘eet buyer, followed by the con- tinent. ¥ The cars of Havana electric_rail- T ation on what ought to be regarded | way, standard’equipment of the United| A new paper in the interests of as the vermiform appendix of the old- | Stat fashioned hook. make all Havana and environs | Swedish women is published in Got- accessible to visitors. tenburg. NEW ORLEANS, September 16 (Spe- clal).—Lumber production in this sec- tion is averaging 75,000,000 feet a week or_ about 90 per cent of ca- pacity. Mills today hold 344,000,000 feet of unfilled orders. Prices are practically stationary, but very firm. Steel. BOSTON. Beptember 16 (Special).— Jobbers and retailers today are buy- ing steel products with more freedom for forward delivery, and steel manu- facturers are predicting higher prices. Canned Goods. CHICAGO, September 16 (Special). —Canners in the middle west reported today that real Interest is again de- veloping in the canned food market among wholesalers. Retailers who l throughout the thet an increase in the dividend rate . from §1 to $1.50 seemed likely at the | next meeting of the board of direc- { tors. The dividend is payable semi- nnually when 50 cents has been de- * clared. {. Weber & Heilbroner, like the cloth ng and chain-store companies, has enjoved a very good business f. I some time past, and i earning a divi { dend several times over. Financial Notes. The Erie raiiroad has placed an or- der for thirty freight locomotives of {the Mikado tvpe, with the Baldwin Locomotive Company. The order will | involve expenditure of about $1.800, ! 000. | Gas rates in Albany, Utica, Syracuse jand Rochester have been reduced 3 cents per thousand cubic feet. The Indiana Pipe Line Compan: day declared the regular quarterly dend of $2, pavable November 13, stock of record October Central Petroleum Company today declared regular semi-annual dividend of 1% per cent, pavable October 16 to stock of record September 30. The Newton Steel Compan: declared regular quarterly dividend o 1115 per cent 6n common and 1% per cent on preferred: both are payable October 1 to stock of record Septem- j ver 20. Independent Preumatic Tool today declared the regular quarterly div dend of $2, payable October 2, to stock of record September FEATURES OF THE WEEK IN THE COTTON MARKET NEW YORK, September 15.—The cotton market has shown continued irregularity during the past week. Various features have been commen ed upon by local traders as tending to strengthen confidence in the ulti- mate value of the staple. This, how- to- ivi- to 1 ever, has remained subject to a feel-; ing of uncertainty with reference to the absorption of crop receipts, and the action of prices has reflected the oonflicting influences arising from such views of the situ- ation. It is hardly expected that gin- ning will have reached its height much before the middle of next month | and traders feel that if the south | continues to sell freely the markets will be called upon to absorb a good deal of cotton during the next three or four weeks. This idea would seem to have been largely responsible for the apparent tendency of offerings to increase around or above the ! cent level, while the bulllsh vie of ultimate values is sald to have brought in buyers on the compara- tively moderate declines. Advices received here from the south claim that large spot interests have been buying new orop cotton rapldly as offered, but this has bee refleoted In hedge sclling in the futures markets, which has helped to hold the advances in check. Ner- vousness over the European situation ; ff was somewhat increased by repor: of unsettled political conditions in lhe‘l(\ r east toward the end of the week. crop Indications from 9,900,000 to 10, 282,000 bales. —_— BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. NEW YORK, September 16.—For- ;:fln bar silver, 69%; Mexican dollars, LONDON, September 16.—Bar sflver, 35% per ounce. Money, 1% per cent. Discount rate, short bills, 2%a2l; per cent; three months’, 2'; per cent. —_— More than one-half of the gold marketed every year is produced within the bounds of the British empire, ket displayed the same indiffere wogay as it had on Friday. Rates! on sterling, franes and marks wer. increasing new | Midmonth condition figures range from 49.4 to 53.6 and private | 11 WAR CLOUD IN EUROPE HALTS DROP IN WHEAT | visions lan wav clash be pean the eoun &0 i twi r had mu, ptember a pro of mark the made higher. _— COTTON MARKETS. YORK southern s contracts w s probably | ithern Sell for long “icted by T near the { uatton. count wa i ports o {Islagd {traders |\» on u of fave NEW OR nervous ar |seen on 1he {early trading t {was the situatic made for sellin { hurricane reported in the Wes itoo much rain in of the belt views o uncertain ter the below lying to 12 to 5 point, but later r { points tober t < high as 20.54 a pound. { —_—— places of w s are conducts lansuage | Tondon has thirty ship where the in_the Welsh SPACE The Ed-monds ‘ Building v11 15th St. N.W. Washington’ Newest Office Building Harry Wardman . 1430 K ST.N.W. Main 4190 ] 1 i | [ £ ® 15 ey o | i