Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1923, Page 4

rg ¢ THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1923. THE WEATHER..PACKER MERGER ' { | GOL. SAMUEL SYME GLAIMED BY DEATH Confederate Veteran Dies at ' Age of 85—Long in the B Treasury Department. Col. Samuel A. M. Syme, father of me and Conrad H. Syme, a vet: army, a resident of this city since 1881, and for a long period connected with the United States Treasury De- partment, died at an early hour yes- torday morning at his home In the Chaument apartments, 1338 1 street, northwest, aged 85 years. Col. Syme was a great-grandson of Col. John §; who came to this country from England about 1730 as a member of the king's council gov- srning the then Colony of Virginia. He marrled Sarah Winston. There as one son by that union, who was know . John_Syme IL His ived John Henry and be- mother of Patrick Henry. me was & son of Dr. Wililam e of Hanover county, near a. He was born in Lewis- April 17, 1838, He was by profession. sturted in 1561 Col. Richmond Blues, ion made up of 1 flies of the d with that ginla cam- Vise and was later frs of Gen. Floyd n , he married Miss well Hunt, of Fredericke- . Va. He had been connected rith the United s Treasury De- nurtment for vear: he ci Col. After the close of the ecivil w Syme was _en- o 1 at his profession in West Vir- California, coming to ve children, Con- William_H. Syme, y Syme and Mrs. Eliza ad of this city and Mrs. well Pratt, ¢ of Rev. dell Pratt of Columbia, §. 1 will be held from Ga rtaking establishment to- 3 o'clock. morrow rnoon at _— Passion Play—Why? — Advertise- ment CONGRESSIONAL PARTY | ON TRIP TO COLORADO Leaves to Inspect Imperial Irri- tion Project and Boulder Canyon. States sena tatives, = AV [/ / 7 4 Passenger Cars, Trucks and Accessories "ONVENTION HALL (Both Floors) thand L Sts. N. W. 'MARCH 10 to 17 Inclusive , | trom Switzerland. CHARLES P. HANCOCK Funeral for Well Known Business, Fraternal and Club Man to Be Held Tomorrow. CHARLES P. HANCOCK. Charles Pannell Hancook, well known in business, fraternal and club circles, died yesterday at his home, 3008 Dent place, Georgetown, aged fifty-six years. The funeral will Dbe held from the chapel of Glenwood | cemetery, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and the interment will be in that cemetery. Mr. Hancock was a native of Albe- {marle county, Va. coming from near lottesyille. He had resided in this for (he past quarter of a century. Ie was a photo engraver by trude, and for a long time had been in_that businees here. He was at the head of the Standard Photo Engraving Company. at 1212 G street northwest. He was a member of Washington-Centennial Lodge, No. 14, .: Knights Templars, the ottish Rite, Grotto, Club, nights of Pythias, the City Club, Washington Chamber of Com- |X merce, Washington Board of Trade bt and the American Photo Engravers Assoclation. The funeral will be under the aus- plces of the Masons. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Hancock. and three children, John Pannell Hancock, Louise Henry Han- | cock and Elizabeth Winbish Hancock. WORLD MATCH IN U. S. The next International match for rifle | WA championships Wwill be held at Camp Ohio, In September, in connec- vy crack teams in the tition. During the past twenty these international matches have been held in Europe, and except for vic- .|torles by the United States teams in 1921 and 1922, were all won by teams Gavel | M; ¢ THE WEATHER ight, probsbly \followed by rain or snow tomorrow; eomewhat oolder; lowest ~temperature tonight near freesing: fresh somthwest, shifting to no;u;wen winds, gln;lnl;hh': m:ro:' and becoming_easterly by tomorrow. M dy and slightly arylan: u colder tonight; tomorrow unsettled, probably rafn or snow; colder in east portio fresh to strong southw. winds, shifting to northwest diminishing tonight and becoming easterly tomorrow. Virginia—Cloudy tonight, probably followed by rain in south snd rain or snow in north portion late tonight or tomorrow; somewhat colder Sun- day and in the interior tonight; strong southwest and west winds, diminish- ing and becoming northeast and east tomorrow. Records for Twenty-Feur Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 44; 8 p.m., 12 midnight, 85; 4 a.m.,’ 37; 8 am., 41 noon. 47. Barometer—4 p.m. $0.39; 8 p.m., 30.37; 12 midnight, 30.32; ¢ a.m., 30.20; 8 a.m., 30.06; noon, 20.92. Highest temperature, 47, occurred at noon today. Lowest temperature, 85, occurred at 11 p.m. yesterday. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 45; lowest, 42. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falle—Tem- perature, 36; condition, slightly muddy. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey). Today—Low tid 6 a.m. and 9:19 p.m; high tide, orrow—hlln\;l tide, p.m.; i 3:37 pm. e Today—Sun rose 6:09 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rise b H LS es 6:28 a.m.; sun Moon rises 2.35 a.m.; sets 12:63 p.m. Weather in Varfous Citfes. —— R e ¢ Temperature, ® :29 am.; sun sets i s B3 - Gtatioas. § 5 & % s [1] 14 3 ] E 2 84 o4 Ginciimagt. =3 Cleveland Denver Detroit . El Dawo; 2 Galvexton i Helena H & ron, 8. K Los Angele Loulsvilia HRERAEE 2RIZIRTILLI AL LERZIIERRLETBRSBIRLIENET 4 44 32 48 45 001 Cloudy FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today. Statione. Tempasature, Weather. London, 38 Part cloudy n Rataing Part i Part cloady Part cloudy r Glear Resolve to Improve the Way You have started the new y During these ten months you: hope to raise your How better can you do this than by you. standard of living. You Live car. 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A new high record for Panama canal trafic was established during the week ended February 17, when 168 | vessels, including 81 ships of the At-| lantic fleet, were transmitted. The || naval craft passed through to joim| fleet’ for - joint Residents of Mount Pleasap;t‘;{ Protect your Securities and Valuablis “from fire or theft by renting a NEARLY SETTLED tion of Morris Company by ships of the Pacific Armour Expected Tuesday. |msheuvers in Pacinc waters without ; delay to commercial traffic. * Despite the heavy load, reqllulrlnlt' By the Assoctated Press. operation of the locks until late a night, the trafic “was handled by lhye . CHICAGO, March 10.—Indications today were that the formal state- ment making effective absorption of Morrls & Co. by Armour & Co., con- summating a merger of two of the “big five” packers with a combined capital of $500,000,000, would be forthcoming probably elther Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Despite the complaint of illegal combination filed by Secretary od Agriculture Wallace, the one stum- bling block that remained, establish- ment of values of Armour & Co. stock for purposes of exchange, Was un- derstood to have been removed yes- terday. : Agree om Valuations. Adjudicators of the stock values, James B. Forgan of the National Bank of Chicago and Albert H. Wig- gin, New York banker, agreed on the valuations after a conference with Nelson Morris, head of Morris & Co., and other offictuls of the concern at Ocean Park, Fla. No announcement was forthcoming from Mr. Forgan as to the value placed on thé Armour & Co. certificates that are to bo ex- changed for the Morris & Co. stocks. The last published financial state. ment of Armour & Co., as of Decem ber 31, 1922, placed the assets of th concern and {ts subsidiaries at $441 589,620. Morris & Co.’s etatement, of October 29, 1921, placed its assets at $91,405,239. Ruling by Daugherty. Attorney General Daugherty ruled against the proposed merger. But the plans for the merger were continucd and Secretary Waullace filed his com- plaint of illegal combination. The packers have denied the allega- tlone and propose to prove their con- tentions when the case is called for hearing. Safe Deposit Box regular orgapizations - without special arrarigements being made.’ cording to. the current issué of the Canal Record, “and no merchant ‘ves- sel failed of prompt transit ace count of the passage of the fleet.” —_— 18 BELGIAN REDS HELD. Prisoners Deny Receiving Propa- ganda Money From Berlin. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, March 10.—Eighteen of the forty Belgian gommunists round- ed up by the police have been held. Thelir leader is said to be Le Soil, councilor of the commune of Chate-, lineau. 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