Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 29

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922. FINANCIAL, !The Humorist. THREEHOURPARL ON REPARATIONS ,Premier Poincare Confers in Paris With Members of the Ministry. () WELL, ! SPOSE You GeT NE ER Six BIG PACKAGES FER ME An' A COUPLA EXTRY VALUABLE ONES | THAT'S REGISTERED A (NSURED AN TEM ER TWELNE INVITATIONS To TURKEY DINNERS GUARANTEES MAIN TOPIC French Anxious for Plan Affecting Control of Ruhr Basin, But Disclaim Annexation. By the Associated Press. i PARIS, December 25.—Reparations and guarantees were the subject of a meeting between Premier Foincare, M. Revel, minister of liberated re- gions; M. de Lasteyrie, minister of finance; Yves le Trocquer, minister of public works; Louis Barthou, presi- dent of the reparations ¢ and other prominent personus meeting lasted three hours An_ ofticial mmission. The note i clusion of the Spe that the nitrat ded Germany was cussed, It added the ministry ions gave ; an account entmission to | Berlin and of the difticulties they en- | counterevd i Not Seeking Annexation. H In connection with this meeting, the t the government is| h a plan for operating | on the left bank of the Rhine re; almost to details, including the es- tablishment of a customs harrier be- | tween the Rhine and the H basin on the one and_the of Germany on the other. ernment at the san time 3 ! utmost importance to having the | true nature of the plan unde | It is distraint on productive gu. i tees, not a military expedition i tended to annex territorics { The intervention of the army. \ tinues the Matin, is fore | extent n ¢ for th H customs employes or control of ¢ state property. Engineers Summoned. paper says en_invit name naval s who should hold aph to m_engines —By Webster. meet_this the Germ cient te and. rod from suthi- ROCKVILLE. r domestic ROCKVILL Md, Deceniber USE OF GAS FIRES GROWS |, S0y ks, e broen IN THE JAPANESE HOMES | biaces i dfontgomers coines” v county i inaugurated several 3 " the Montgomery County So- ice League and has become 0 popular that there is believed to e no doubt that it has come o stay. At Rockville ihe singers gathered around the community Christmas tree in front of the high school bullding of quaint old sited all sections ang wherever the window e e d the many 1t is 4 That Method for Cookstoves and | Heaters Gradually Displacing Charcoal and the Brazier. TOKI0O. D becoming g ik ¥ are braziers thus far b demand. tributed i apanese a users of mount Tukio ¢ L billion hundred by Mrs. ported place and who were Adkins, w from place night me h their Yuletide icheer. At Kensington 1 other places the carolers were busy Midnight mass was celebrated in St. | Mary's Catholic Church_h the pastor, Rev. , and imilar services were held in St. Mar- {tin's Church, Gaithersburg: St. Rose's 3 of | Church, Cloppers, and St John's acording to | Church, Forest Glen, large congrega- ions attending at each place. The recently completed addition to {warner Memorial Presbyterian H " Church at Kensington, the fine new 4 E | pipe organ installed in_memory of {the late Brainard H. Warner and tr: re to Ty th. billion the f; ed cubic et that o tall Adi snce 19141, owing to the refused its request to in when the cost of coal went up. How r. the company ing a new plant this v made the has de meters mpany Al cubic Distriet of Columbiu—Fair tonight | given by members of the Warner and tomorrow. little chinge [ family, & baptismal font pre o ) ge in tem-| . church by Miss Annie Gayley perature, lowest tonight abeut freez- ! memory of her sister, the late Mrs. J. ing. s handsome pu Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- | Pit Bible, was a gift of Mr SRty war wa {John T. Brady, in _memory of he ol ek o {husband, the late Col. Brady, were Virginia—Fair and mild tempera- ! dedicated vesterday afternoon in the ture tonight and tomorrow. moderate i presence of a v large gathering R inast {of members of the congregation and R {others from Kensington, Washington West V tia—¥air tonight and to- 'apd other place morrow, somewhat warmer tonight. | The exercises were in charge of Re E Robert Atkinson, pastor of the church, Records for l‘v]\cnl)« fiine chrch, »m. ;4 am, { who delivered an. addr who spoke fere Rev. James T. Mar- shall, pastor of the First Presby- terian Church. Georgetown, formerly or of the Kensington church: Hugh K. Fulton, moderator of the Washington presbytery, and. Rev. occurred { Dr. Woodwell of Kensington, who is a L. tempera- | retired Congregational minister. t 7 a.m. toda { Music by a large choir, under the di- gite st tion of W. H. Ronsaville, and a solo Highest. 41; lowest ¢ Mrs. Roy R. Graves of Bethesd Departures. ! \were pleasing features of the pro- Accumulated excess of temperature | gram. Charles T. Ferry, organist of since Jauugary I, 1822, . Excess of { the First Baptist Church, Washington, temperature since, December 1, i presided at the new organ and gave 28, Accumulated excess of precip ions during and follow- January 1922, ing the exercises. The original church precipitation since De-: edifice was_erected largely through Eo the generosity of Brainard H. Warner, in memory,of whose father it was named. FHe donated the lot and sup- ed the funds for the building. The Thermometer 12 midnizht. n t oo, 12 midnight. 30.01: L 20.01: 11 am.. Highest temper At 3 p.m. vesterd ture. 36, occurred Temperature si cember 1. 1 Wenther in Various Cities. = == 13 g £ “Temperature, ddition includes a choirroom. a min- H 3 jister's vestry, an organ chamber and Stations. 3 2E Stateor a classroom. The structure is now 2 2 weather. the county or suburbs of Washington, Raleigh S. Chinn, for a number of i vears manager of a large mercantile establishment in_Rockville, has pur- hased the lumber vard of Oscar | Fulks, at Gaithersburg. and will take jcharge January 1 and conduct a lum- ber and coa! business there. Holy communion was celebrated in Christ Episcopal Church here at 11:30 o'clock last night, Rev. Millard F. Minnick, rector, officiating. Notwith- standing the late hour, a large con- gregation attended. MAMMOTH BONES ADDED TO MUSEUM COLLECTION Skull and Tusks Were Dug Out of Ice on Island in Arctic. LONDON, December 25.—The latest i(me of the finest church properties in Clondy Boston €loudy Bumalo . Charlest Chicago Cincinnati. Cleveland Toulssille X : mi, F Philadelphis . Phoenix, Ariz. 30. \addition to the natural history :de- Tortiand die: 30.14 partment of the British Museum are Tortlandors 304 the skull and tusks of a Siberian Raleig! 30.00 mammoth, the first ever brought into western Europe. The skull was dug out of the ice on one of the Siberian S. Lake City 30.02 Nan__Antonlo 30.00 San_Diego... 80.70 e islands of the Arctic. Preserved as it s, Paol... 2 was in cold storage through count- 1€Ss ages, it is remarkably fresh, even to the fragments of skin still tached to the great jaws. By examining the teeth, which are in exaellent condition and about six inches in diameter, experts have es- tablished that they belonged to a full grown female mammoth. The bones of the head are snow white, in contrast to the usual fossil bones, which are stained brown or black. The tusks are twelve feet long and the Ivory is In perfect condition. Their value as ivory is placed at 1,500. 3 Large quantities of fossilized ivory, dug up in various parts of Siberia, are now coming to England for sale. A shipload of these remains arrived recently and was sold for prices high- er than paid for Indian ivory tusks. The supply of such ivory, however, is limited, and it will not have any material effect on the market. " at- Clondy FOREIGN. . Greenwich time, today. Temperature, Weather, 36 t cloudy Raining . Cloudy Pt ctoudy rt clo Cloudy Part cloudy ST. LOUIS, Mo. December 25.— Thirteen . passengers were injured, some seriously when two street cars collided, hére Saturday night. Both cars were ¢rowded with persons re- turning from theaters. Most passen- gers were injured during a panic tha was caused by the collision. AMUSEMENTS (Continued from Eleventh Paze ) three davs of this week at Crandall's Theater, with Harry Carey a drew capacity crowds yesterday which followed the development of | the story with bated breath, but fre- | quently were doubtful of the eventual | triumph of virtue, as personified by J. | Wesley Pringle, running for sheriff | and at the same time battling a tough | gambler and his gang The story has to do with the con- flict between the honest element in the politics of a town in the south- west near the Mexican border and the gambling fraternity led by a man named Thorpe. Things finally come to the pass where Thorpe leaves Pringle for dead after having crowd- ed him over a precipice on horseback, while safely seated in a large touring car. But Pringle isn't dead, and what he does after regaining his senses is more than enough to give the picture a thrill that few have had. The companlion feature is Mack Sen- nett's comedy, “When mmer Comes,” starring Billy Hevan, Mil- dred June, a trained bear and a troupe of lions. Short-reel pictures of merit ipe-organ Yuletide interludes accompaniment complete the bill. This afternoon’s performance will begin at 3. | LINCOLN—Richard Barthelmess, in “The Bond Boy.” Richard Barthelmess in First Na. tional’s production of “The Bond B Mack Sennett’s hilarious comedy, *“On Patrol.” and a new issue of the Kino- grams are the high lights that delight- ed capacity audlences at the Lincoln Theater yesterday. The same program will be continued through tomorrow, with today’s first performance at 3 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. he Bond Boy” is the 8tory of a poverty-stricken youth who is farmed out to a hard master by his mother as a means of evading the poorhouse. 1 and and I | reunions and the distributio ALEXANDRIA DRIA, Va. “hurch services, December family of gifts marked the observance of Christmas here. Hundreds of former residents, students attending _out - of - town school: holid. The poor last after by the many church organizations. with provisions and other were distributed by the Salvation Army, Alexandria and various other agencies. Elaborate musical programs were given at many churches. The mid- night mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church was attended by a congrega- tion which taxed that church to its capacity. There was a_solemn high mass, with Rev. Louis Smet s (2 brant, Re acon and M. Cannon as subdeacon. cond Baptist Church held midnight, which were largely attended, Rev. O. P. Lloyd, pastor, preaching. At _the city jail the prisoners en- joyed a big turkey dinner with trim- mings and inmates of the city alms- house also enjoyed a epecial Christ- mas_dinner. Although the police have made sev- enteen arrests since Saturday, none was reported today. Of the seven- teen thirteen are charged with hav- ing aboard too much Christmas cheer. All but two left collateral. J. W. Klock, thirty-four years old, died yesterday at the Alexandria Hospital, and his body was taken to Wheatley's mortuary chapel. from whence the funeral will take place at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery. Several automobile accidents were reported to the police last night. Only one victim was treated at the local hospital. The Christmas entertainment for the children of the Knights of Columbus will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A big tree has been placed in the home, and after re- freshments are served the 125 chil- dren expected to attend will be given night were looked benevolent and Baskets filled articles ks and azette While in this master's household he learns facts that threaten the domestic tranquillity of his master's home. Rather than betray the faith of a wom- man he undergoes trial for murder and faces the gallows, and the manner of his_ escape from his pitiful plight furnishes material for a very gripping ‘climax. Mary Alden and Mary Thur- man appear in the principal support- ing roles. “On Patrol.” Sennett's comedy. abounds in wholesome fun, and other features of the bill include a musical embellishment contributed by Louis N. Brown, concert pipe organist. who has arranged a fine program of Christ- mas numbers. SAYS TINY GERM CELL PREDETERMINES GENIUS University Psychologist Declares Average Intelligence of Pop- ulation Is Decreasing. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif. December 25.—Any one with a rela- tive in the genius class has 500 more times as many chances to be a genius himself as one of ordinary forebears, according to observations by Prof. Lewis M. Terman, head of the Stan. ford University psychology depart- ment and compliler of intelligence tests used during the war. “Every human life originates from a single fertilized germ cell,” Prof. Terman said. “This tiny cell, invisi- ble to the naked eye, contains those elements which determine what man- ner of man or woman that cell will become ultimately. These elements dre known to science as ‘genes.’” The combination of “genes” which are contained within the walls of the cell determine whether one is to be blue-eyed or brown-eyed, tall or short, I round-headed or long-headed, feeble- minded, normal or intellectually bril- liant, declares Prof. Terman. If the seed of unusual success is not in the original germ cell, there is no chance for the developed man or woman to become ‘“unusual,” in- tellectually speaking, according to Prof. Terman. Prof. Terman thinks that the av- erage intelligence of the-population is decreasing and that the number of genluses in the future is destined to be comparatively few. He accounts for this fact by quoting statistics showing the intellectually superior to be slower in reproduction even than the socially incompetent. —_— SHRINE PIN AS GIFT. A Christmas present in the form of a gold Shrine pin, stodded with several small diamonds, was present- ed te to Maj. O. M. Balldinger, White House’aide and superintendent of the ‘White House police, by the members of the police force. The presentation was made by Sergt. C. L. Dalrymple. presents. Alexandria merchants report this year's Christmas business better than any previous Christmas in recent years. SWEDISH HOUSEWIVES TAG GOOD COMMODITIES Mark of Guarantee Would Be Per- mitted of Dealers Showing Satisfactory Tests. ASTOCKHOLM, December 2 mark of purity and excellence on goods for home consumption has been_estab- lished by the Swedish National House- wives' Association, according to Mrs. Agnes Ingleman, president. Mrs. Ingle- man states that the assoclation for years has been working to secure the best merchandise for the homes, subjecting different products offered to scientific purity and quality tests. The govern- ment testing bureau, as well as the do- mestic_science school at Upsala, have now placed themselves at the disposal of the Association. This guarantee mark on household provisions, groceries and supplies will be granted only to manufacturers whose goods pass the tests, and on condition fhat they place this mark on all their goods guaranteed thereunder. Perl- odically the goods are subjected to new tests to ascertain whether the standard is being k~pt up. In case the merchan- dise proves to have deteriorated, the manufacturer is immediately notified, and if he then fails to bring the goods up to specifications his right to use the guarantee mark of the association 18 canceled, and the fact that he has been deprived of this privilege is pub- lished. i The officials of the Swedish Associa- tion are aware of a similar activity in America under the name of the Poten- tia Movement, and they have entered into correspondence with those back of this movement in America. —_— 200 JOBLESS INVITED. Turkey Will Be Served Unemployed Ex-Soldiers This Afternoon. A turkey dinner wil be served free to unemployed former service men by the “Volunteers of America” at the Stepping Stone, 2256 Pennsylvania avenue, this afternoon. Arrangements have been made to seat about two hundred, it is stated. Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Swigert and R. L. Grainger, adjutant of the “Volunteers of America” who has charge of the District of Columbia branch of the work of the organiza- tion, are in charge. ¥ —_— “I called for a little light on the financial question,” said the man in the rural editor's sanctum. “Well, you've struck the right place,” returned the editor. “If there is anything we are light on, it is the finances.”—Exchange. nd colleges are here for the | SPLENDID OUTLOOK INSTEEL INDUSTRY Present Heavy Production Assured at Least for First Quarter of New Year. COTTON AND WHEAT l.':‘ll\IN| Industrial Review Shows Plenty of Soft Coal on Hand—1923 Full of Promise. By the Associnted Press. NEW YORK, December 25.—While the holiday season has served to quiet the chief financial markets ap- preciably during the past week, it has brought distinctly active retail trade and has had remarkably little checking effect on the major indus- tries. Thus steel production con- tinues to approximate 80 per cent of capacity, and trade reports state that the year end closing down of plants will be for briefer periods than usually is the case. Most of the producers will reopen their plants Tuesday rather than wait the week whichh more commonly elapses before operations are resumed. Steel in Strong Position. Steel makers are confident, further- more, that their present satisfactory scale of operations will be maintaineg hroughout the first quarter of the new year. Order books are fairly well filled and prices of finished products remain firm. Even pig iron prices, which have been receding ever since the coal shortage began to be relieved, have turned upward, a cir- cumstance which suggests that the bottom of this market, for which both buyers and sellers have been reaching for & number of weeks, has been reached. One factor in hardening the Dig iron market is a stiffening in coke prices, which, in turn, is due to a quickened demand for soft coal with the advent of c¢old weather. Enough Coal for Industry. Railroad carloading meanwhile con- i i { tinues to hold up remarkably well, although the normal seasonal slack- ening is making itself felt. Loadings ended December % ag- | 0,000 cars, which is 178,000 | re than were loaded in the onding wesk a year ago and 000 cars more than in the same week in 192y, when the railroads were | setting a record for the traffic n ment. : Bit production is Leing maintaiogd at the rate of 11.- 000,000 tons a week. and the amount secms onable to to indust all r available adequate Cotton and Wheat Go Up. The commodity prices have shown stinct _strength during the past Both cotton and wheat at- W high levels for the vear. buying of the more distant ay up to approxi- It apparently w: {tainea n Insistent futures {matel CRUDE OIL OUTPUT AT NEW HIGH MARK Total of 1,680,000 Barrels Daily Production Reported for All Working Wells. NEW YORK, December 25.—Produc- tion of crude ofl in the United States is now establishing a new high rec- ord, despite the fact that many wells are being Held in_check. Output is averaging about 1,680.000 barrels a day, against about 1,350,000 at this period last year. This production says the New York Times, far ex- ceeds current consumption, but the opinlon is expressed in the trade that the_oil now going into storage will be for the benefit of consumers, espe- slally in view of the fact that the Jdemands being made upon the in- dustry are constantly increasing Statemente in the trade declare that if all the oil wells of the country were permitted to flow, or pumped to capacity, the combined daily out- put would exceed 1,750,000 barrels. The insufficiency of markets, pipe line and storage facilities in various sections of the country, however. has caused these wells to be shut in to the extent of about 100,000 barrels daily. Production has been growing at a fast rate ever since the first of the year. This has been due to the opening of several new fields, and output is now about 233,000 barrels a day above the total produced during January. Judging from the figures already hand, it is estimated that produc for this country in 19 550,000,000 barrels, a new high_re ord, and an_amount equal to 17 per cent more than the output for 1921. SOLID SUPPORT NOTED IN COTTON MARKET Year-End Liquidation Fails Lower Prices—Next Crop Now Vital Factor. By the Associated Pres 1 NEW ORLEANS, La. December —The range of prices,in the cotton narket last week was ndrrow, the trad- to was in evidence, but for the most part prices were very steady and the mar- ket received solid support. Because of this the year-end liquidation of the long interest, natural under the cir- 5, did not have any great At the hizhest of the week prices were 61 to 12 points over th close of the preceding we lowest they were still 18 to 23 over. The close was at net ga 50 to 62 points, January closing at 25.88, after having trad low ax 25.47 and as high a nts pound. In the spot department prices gained 50 points on middling, which closed 00 cents a pound against 1490 cents on the close of this week t year. The main sustaining influenc the week were the further of a small supply for the se ‘ensus bureau reporting only 4.443.296 bales ginned to the 13th of Decem- ber and signs of an increasing de- mand upon the mills, especial the first quarter of s strength was derived from repor for the eastern belt that the contin- ued exodus of negro labor from cot- ton-growing districts had reached alarming proportions and ready having its effect on plans for next season This week will open tomorrow morning and will close Friday even- cents. the idea that a 10,000.000- and the present rate of con- umption, which s high, mean a shortage before new cotton can be obtained from another crop. A cen- sus bureau report placed the amount of cotton ginned to December 13, at 9,493,000 bales, and this was taken as confirming prevalent views as to the final yield. Higher Wheat Estimates. Influences were mixed in the wheat market and it seems probable that the firmness in prices was due largely to general optimism. Thus the De- partment of Agriculture revised its estimates for the 1922 crop upward, adding some 15,000,000 bushels. Its first report on the new winter wheat crop placed the acreage at slightly more than 46.000,000 acres and the {condition at 79.5 per cent. As com- {pared with the figures for the pre- vious crop. acreage is reduced about 3 per cent and condition increased by a like amount. This first esti- mate is only, of course, suggestive. As the holidays approached the ab- sence of any pressure to liquidate was noticeable in the several mar- kets. Technical conditions appar- ently had been greatly improved dur- ing the past two months. Most ob- servers are looking forward to the new year in a cheerful mood. i | BY RADIO TODAY Schedule of Local Wireless Entertainment. ibased on bale crop | i i i NAA—! Radio Station, Radio, Va. | ing, and trading in consequence is likely to be somewhat restricted. At the same time it is fairly apparent that the near future must bri serious consideration of the extent of consumption for this season and the probabillties for the new crop. —_— SUGGESTS A HOLIDAY DINNER FOR BIRDS Alexandrian Woman Says Feast Should Be Given Feathered Friends. A inner for the birds “who are ameng our best friends and willingly return our hospitality in the good they do for us in destroving t insects in our gardens and parks.” is suggested by Mrs. F, H. G. Hatchell of 209 Prince straet, Alexandria, Va. Further, Mr Hatchell outlines a plan for supply ing a holiday feast to the little feathered friends, as follows: Place a small cedar or pine tree in the center of a small tub or attach it to a window sill so that it will slant outward. Then the menu: Peanuts, some pieces of suet. hard crusts of bread, cranberries and pop- corn all can be tied or placed on the | tree in a manner that will attract the birds. Beneath the tree place a few cracked nuts, leaving the kernals in the hulls. Also a few ears of corn on the ear together with a small pan of water would be appreciated. In a short time, Mrs. Hatchell adds. one can_ watch a most sight. She also suggests that the —Weather report, CW (5.950 cw 5 p.m. meters). 45 p.m.—Weather 50 meters). 0 p.m.—Time signals; weather re- port: ship orders (2,660 meters). 10:30 p.m.—Naval press news (2,650 meters). 11 p.m.—Weather forecast. report, WJIH—White & Boyer Company (380 Meters). 4 to 4:30 p.m.—Music and features. WEAS—The Hecht Co. (360 Meters). 3 to 4 p.m.—Selectlons on the pitono- graph and player-piano. WIL—Continental Electric Companyi (360 Meters). q WPM—Thomas J. Williams, Inc. (360 Meters). ) 8 p.m.—Special concert under the direction_of M. Francis Painter, pre- senting Edward A. Mines and com- pany. WMU—Doubleday-Hill Electric Com- pany (360 Meters). 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.—Statement from Roger Babson's istical bureau on “The European Outlook” and the fol- rogram of music: “Silent “Hark! the Herald Angels Polka Boheme,” piano (Rubin stein); “Nazareth,” baritone (Gounod) “Rose of the Rio Grande,” fox trot, (Gorman-Clarke-Leslie) piano (Jackson); * tenor (Eberhart-Cadman); Perfect Day,” contraito (Jacobs- Bond; selections from ‘“Faust,” piano (Gounod); YLo, Hear the Gentle Lark,” soprano (Shakespeare-Bishop); “Christmas Bells” (S. Liddle); neer’'s Dance,” piano (Powell) to the World (Handel) ; Bring Me Posies.” fox trot (Rose-Hand- man) “Rhapsodie, piano (Liszt); Hear a Thrush at Eve,” tenor (Eb- erhart-Cadman); “I Love You Truly. contralto (Jacobs-Bond); “Around the Christmas Tree,” piano. RADIO NEWS Inaugurating the new year in ap- propriate fashion, WGY will broad- cast a watch night service Sunday of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Schenectady, which will begin at 9 o'clock and last until shortly after 12 o'clock midnight. There will be no vesper radio service on December 31. As special New Year features WGY will broadcast Monday, January 1, at 11 oclock in the morning the inaugural address of Gov. Alfred k. Smith of New York, and during its evening program on that date will broadcast 8 New Yesr message by Gen. John J. Pershing and possibly others. These messages have been recorded on the Hoxie Pallophoto- 5 Tuesda: birds be fed through the cold weather ! “and you will find after they get ac customed to coming for their break- fast or dinner, they will appear each morning in search of food.” AUDIT REPORT TOMORROW Suspended Brokers Also Seek Way to Resume Business. KANSAS CITY, Mo., December The audit of the books of Houston. Fible & Co., brokers, suspended from the New York Stock Exchange last week, will not be completed before J. W. Perry, chairman of the creditors’ committee, said last night. Mr. Perry intimated that an an- .| nouncement of a plan to govern the Cuture of the brokerage company might be expected following a men- eral creditors’ meeting scheduled next Thursday. ‘WHITE OIL HAS DEFICIT. NEW YORK, December 25.—The re- port of the White Oil Corporation and subsidiaries for the nine months end- ed September 30 shows a deficit of oned leases, losses on the sale of cap- ital assets, etc. Sales aggregated $3,507,873 and cost of production $2. 823,334. Miscellaneous income amount- ed to $58,654. Net operating profits after deduc- tions for marketing and general ex- penses were $106,446, against which was charged interest of $207,476. leav- ing a deficit of $11,030. For losses on the sale of capital assets and writing off of abandoned leases, $343,: deducted. 9 was $5,000 Life Policy, $43.85 Ags 30, Bend date of bieth for ilnsication, M. LE ROY GOFF Insuran Branches Room 610. Woodward Building 2. 30. If you have money to invest, we can safely place it on gilt-edge first D. C. Mortgages. Our record of 30 years insures your protection. Courte- ous treatment. Percy H. Russell Co. S.W: Cor. 15th & “K” Sts. Money to Loan by first Geod of trust en real estawm Pt l BRITISH TRADE IN 1923. ! London Bank Points Out Good and ; Bad Features. NEW_YORK, December 25.—In the view of the London City and Midiand Bank of London the volume of Eritish exports “is recovering: slowly and is now 70 per cent of the pre-war figure., EQUITABLE Co-Operative Building Association us compared with 60 per cent in the Il Ausetn S4A5T.5050 December quarter of 1921, Imports [l Sarptas . .. et ot retained for home consumption are also much larger than a year ago,, : : when trade was probably still feeling Systematic Saving the effects of the coal stoppage. and Make your plans now to save it is satisfactory to note that the in- systematically during 1922, and crease is mainly in raw materials. at the end of the year have Eut, despite these encouraging fac- more than in the year just tors, it i5 well to realize that there passed can be no permanent improvement in the volume of our foreign trade until the world’'s effective demand for #oods is increased. { “With Russia a closed market. Aus- tria and Germany in a state of col- lapse, the near cast disorganized by war and revolution and all countries suffering in their internal economy in greater or lesser degree, produc- tion and consumption must ne sarily and for a long time to come be on a reduced scale.” e Subxcriptions for the 84th Issue of Stock Being Recelved Shares, $2.50 Per Month EQUITABLE BUILDING 915 F St. N.W. ing months moving over only 43 to 51| points, and at times a holiday feeling | thou- | interesting | $354,609 after deductions for aband- | JOHN JOY EDSON, President FRANK P. REESIDE, Secy. 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