Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1923, Page 22

'22 RAILWAY SHARES SHOW BETTER TONE Marland 0il Reporf—To Meet in Association Rooms. Credit Charters. BY L A. FLEMING. There was a little beiter exhibi- tion of strength in the local stock market than on the earlier days of the week, especially in the traction shares, which have been inclined to weakness. Capital Traction sold at 99 and Railway common at 66, was no activity in either, but dent firmer tone. orfoll and Washington Stean shares moved up a fraction to Wwhile Washington sold s 53, in a small way. 1 the bond section Traction os were easier at 96%, Gas Tla per cent notes brought 1031 and Washington Gus bs 9714 Railway 4s sold at Ready to Start Building. “"he Washington Loan and Trust Com- pauy is practically ready to stari the crection of its new bank building on the corner of 1ith and G streets north- west, Tt will be exclusively a bank-{ g home, ome story of the ltalin renalssance, with every facility for} the prosecution of busine i The contract has been placed, Pend- | ing the compiction of the building the banking offices will be removed door south or leit in the present ~ture, a matter not decided upon as et e muel J. 10 99y s, «t Prescott. ¢ of the board of the Sceond Bank, is still in Florida, and peeted back later in the month. ‘To Meet in Own Home. is ex- THE EVENING NEW YORK CURB MARKET Received by Private Wire BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. NEW YORK, March 17.—The clos- ing curb session of the week was for the most part dull and -uninter- esting. The professional evened across for over the week end while outside participation was smaller than in any previous session this week. Prices generally proved over a narrow range with gains and losses about evenly divided, except in one or two special instances where sub- stantial advances were established. One of the noteworthy occurrences of the week was the exceptional trength in bond and stock of Mara- ibo Oil Exploration Company. The irise in the bonds aggregated a gain iof about forty points on the week, ‘while the stock rose from 10% to NEW YORK, March 17.—Following | an official lfst of bonds and stocks | itraded in on the New York Curb Market today: Saten 1 ehousands BONDS. Higli By 1 etroit otroit Edi 17 08 of Pa food Rulbher The general committee of the Dis- tric: Bankers' Association having chavge the Afth annuzl conventi of 1he ascociation, will meet on Mon- day aiternoon in the association roow New Masonic Temple, 1nsien oi the stock eachange rooms. first nousced Meeting is called for 4 fuil atiendance of the mem sircd rtiment seems entirely in fuvor Tiot Springs, V. n as the convention place. cater satistaction war given than by any other pla. e Working Order. three charters under the act, the Federal Boird vesterday made making the new govern we available to farme. arte vere gran lard banks at Columb Louis and Baltimore In announcing that the charters hed been granted, Commissioner Lob- dell of the tarm Loan Buard expressed the hope that it would be possil to lave smilar action compieted nung banks to federal la creiits Farm Loan progress in ment credit Wiih respect to the other nine banks | within ten days. The hoard has bezun the drafting ©f the code of rules for the system, and upon completion of this work. which Commissioner Lobdel] #aid was going forward rapidly, will determine the in- terest rate at which money will be ade available to the producers’ or- anizations or to banks loaning to pro- ducers. Mr. Lobdell believes the code weuld be ready by the time all ban receive their chariers gricultural | T8 N BONDS Sutie in nnits P L 1006 Humble 0 & It new 1340 Inp Ol of Can n Taterl Pot Co Ltd N Y. Transit 1 & Gas Mex Fuel Prairie P L 0 Tnd wum - 01 new 1t has been determined almost defi- nitely that such banks will be allotted $1,200,000 with which to start oper tioas. The law provides a total capi tal of $60,000.000, but the board has decided that not all of the fund will be needed at once. Members of the board expressed the beitef that early demands on the sys- tew for credit would be small. They expect the applications increase rapidly, however, as those in need of credit become more familiar with the new federal facilities, The Marland Oil Company. Col Franklin R Kinney. det of the Marland Oil Company su-d the following official toduy Directors of the Marland paay at the meeting just held the regular quarterly dividend of dollar per share, payable -April stockholders of record of March 24.” The annual report of the wcompany shows the net income of betors canital extinguishm 24,000 ard net income of 34,1 extinguishments, ' including dry holes. and reserves for de preciation, depletion agalnst. cost, bad and’ amortization. Balance sheet December 31, 1922, shows net current askets of $5.559.000. istimated earnings for tile company for the first quarter 1923 are $2,800,000 be’ore capital extinzuishments, as com- pared with 395,000 for same period in 1922, or an increase of over 7 to 1. Mariand gross_production on March was 50,591 bafrels daily: this includ partnership and royalty oil and is prac- tically all of 41 degrees gravity or bet- Oil Com- one to ter, with « posted market price of $2.60 | a barrel, and with Zasoline contents. This production is Hm W 1 pro- tecied, lurge proven areas. with mul- tiple sands. and, in the opinion leading oil geologiste, will increase &nd produce an enormous volume of hizh-grade lizht ofl for many years ““This is of vast importance, as there i o decline of high-grade light_oil production in the United States. The increase being from the heavy grades of crude oil, which are not so rich in the great essentials, like gasolin “fhe crude oil production of g-avity or bette Id is now 135, ¥, of ch the Marland Oil Corpany and sociates are producing more than 30 per cent. “The Marland Oil Company is 8bly the greatest discoverer ducer of light oil in Americ production could be enormou creased, but inside locations .drllled, and conservative and Jealous protection of grade reserves s ey BULGARIA READY TO PAY REPARATIONS IN 60 YEARS Willing to Settle for 550,000,000 Gold Francs if Commission Will Accept Sum. B the Associated Press. PARIS, March 17.—The long conflict over settlement of Bulgaria's repara- tion debt to the allies is expected to be terminated-through acceptance by the reparation commission of the sum of 550,000,000 gold francs, payable in sixty years, according to Henry F. Holils, financtal adviser to Bulgaria. He pointed out that Great- Britain sxample in deciding to puy her debt to the United States in a sixty-year period probably will be fellowed not only by Bulgaria in settling her repa- rations debts, but by other nations owing money to the United States. Tnder the proposed arrangement Bul- garfa will pay the allies one-fourth the sum demanded by the treaty of Neuilly, and if the reparation com- mission accepts the arrangement, the first payment will be made this year. RS — CONVICTED AS SLAYER. over 43 per cent 11 e not operation proven high- its consistent pol- | Michigan Woman Found Guilty of ' Killing Husband. CASSOPOLIS, Mich., March 17.—Mrs. Maude Cushing Storic was convicted of killing her first husband, Claude Cushing, by a jury in circuit court, Tere today, and immediately was sen- tenced to life imprisonment by Judge L. Burget des Voignes. The jury had deliberated since yesterday afternoon. The state charged the woman with ng Cushing’s death by polson. statement declared | Jac e do o of mid-continent ! i | | | i | | i o n Rock Oil T Granada 0i1 3 Gulf Oil of T Harris Cons 0 Hudson Of ... S Independent 0 & G ) Keystone Ranzer 60 Livingston 011 37 Livingston Pet 35 Lyons' Let 4 Mamoth 01 ... 2 Marlund e 132 Marncaibo O 281 Mex oil ¢, Prod Mutual Ol ot New Mex Land Omar 011 & Gas Penn Beaver Oil nock 0il cal Canadian 3 Ryan Con ck 0 Salt e i» Washington Rws Stock Exchange | RALES Washington “Capital Washin Norfolk and ractio “10 at i Washingto R | Mergentn 1707, 4 at| —S300 at 957, SLOO0 At 1034, Washingte 5112, 10 at 51, 6 at 51} BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices. ¢ PUBLIC UTILITY. i Bid. Asked. | 911, | el & American AL & P. Telephone os...... X P Telephone of Vi “apital Traction R. R, & Subnr Georgetown G Metr, b, Pow. & m . & Mt D & Mt Vern. & Annap. 5 Pot. Pot. & Flee, 3% . K. m. 68 | iiggs Teal | Biges Realty 5 | Securlty Ntor. & Bnfe = { Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5s... | Wardman Park Hotel s i STOCKS puBLIC UTILITY. American Tel. & Telga..... ral-American Liberty Lincolu National Rigzx Secoud Metropolitan.... TRUST COMPANY. rican Sceurity & Trust. i Trust. ings and Trus Union Trust.. Washington Loan nd Trust... SAVINGS BANKS. Commerce aud Saving £ast Washingtou. Eecurity Savings & Commercial. 245 | Beventh Street. 175 Tnitea States... . 215 Washington Mechanies™.. " 30 FIRE INSURAN American Corcoran ¥ f TITLE INSURAN Columbla Title. Reul Estate Title, MISCELLANEOUS. Columbia Graphophone com. Columbia_Graphophove pfd.... Merchanty’ Tramfer & Stora Mergenthaler Linotspe. 1 Duteh Markel co Old Dutch Market ptd Lanston Monotype. Security Btorage. Washiogton Yellow Cab.. *Ex-dividend. | | the de { higher official | Michigan, Direct to The Star Office. 16 during the same period. The incentive back of the move was the report that Gulf Oil Is seeking control of company and that negotia- tions are nearing completion. Mara- caibo has concesslons in South Amer- ica, which have been made extremely valuable by the bringing in of a great well recently in the Maracaibo Basin, Venczuela. Peerless Truck at 60% was up only slightly from above the —previous close, despité announcement that the dividend rate had been increased from 75 cents to $1 a share. Durant Motors crossed 61 again, while others of this group were neglected. United Verdi featured the group, reaching a new top, reflecting recent dividend action, while Cortes: Silver rallied from the low reached eariier in the week. Inde- pendence Lead was another of this group that was active and strong. 4% s 315 21 e 0% PIo 4 Snpulps Refin 45 Seaboard Oil 21 8on St R 130 Texas Kausas Oil.. arman Oil West State 4 3 o a7 oi Amal Auto er Cab Mfg A vt ofs L3 W Conl. ilier ¢ & Radio Durant Motor Gurdn Glen Gondyear Goodyear o R ntd pt1 Rub L ne 13 subi iron . at Dept S Prima Kudio a huteal Prod Elec Uni Prof Shar Tnit Retail Uai Ret Can F Mach Cor .t Tdaho ¥oe (o Willys (0 Ve Ist pid i Co NY 132 MINING Alnska-Jirit_Colo Alvarade Min Aviz Giohe Copper itig Leds Mutte’ & Western or Atieln Tack ot n Minin (5 Tiardshell 3 Unity Gold DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY: Madrid Prosecutor Names Two in! Trial for Slaying Ex-Premier. MADRID, March 17.—A pre s investigation of the assassination of former Premier Dato. who was killed here on March 8, 1921, has resulted i a demand Ly the state’s attorney th. th penalty be imposed o teo and Luis Nicc must_pass on the opinion before the trial Pedro at- be ted in » wa Madrid soon shot to death a motor cycle taken in Ber- Mateo was arre after Premier Da v the occupants of sidecar. Nicolau wa lin in October. 1 and_ later brought with his wife to Madrid, where both were imprisoned. The woman was released March 6. NAMED AS LECTURER. Columbia University Professor to Discuss International Problems. N sity department of history, has been selected by the Nobel Institute, scien- tific organ of the Nobel peac prize, to inaugurate an annual serles of lec- tures on international problems af- fecting peace and war, it has been stated. The series was provided for by a foundation recently craeted Prof. Shotwell, who has been de- voting most of his time since the war to_the preparation for the Car- negie Endowment for International Peace of an exhaustive economic and social history of the war, will sail March 27 to attend the infernational conference of historians at Brussels. {WANTED ON U. S. CHARGE. Alleged Alley of Communists Long Sought By Officers. DANBURY, Conn, March 17.—Al- fred Wagenknecht, arrested by fed- eral authoritles in a remote part of the town of Bethel, here, on the charge of fraudulently applying for | a passport by declaring under oath | that he was Walter Frederick Bon- | to bel strup of Cincinnati, is said wanted also on a federal warrant in Federal officers are said to have searched the country for Wagen- knecht, whom they had watched for a long time, and it was only re- centl ythat they learned the man had gone to Europe last spring on a mission said to have been linked up with the communists. He has been released on $5,000 bail | furnished by his mother-in-law, Mrzy Mattie A. Martin of Bethel, pending a hearing March 26. FRENCH OFFICIAL RESIGNS. _PARIS, March 17.—Jean V. Par- mentier, administrator of the minis- try of finance, is reported to be leav ing his post, the Journal says today. The ministry would neither confirm | nor deny the report. GREEK PARTY AT WEST POINT WEST POINT, N. Y., March 17. Princes Christopher and Andrew of Greece, paid an_ informal visit to the United States Military Academy yes terday. They spent more than two hours in a tour of the buildings and points of interest. mining |. levels | 2W YORK, March 17.—Prof. James | T. Shotwell of the Columbia Univer- ! STAR. WEEK SEES HIGHER PRICES IN STOCKS Industrial Averages Again Get Into New Levels—Other Shares Heavily Bought. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, March 17.—Despite in- termittent profit-taking and short sell- ing in varlous sections of the list, the main price tendency in this week's stock market continued upward, with the industrial averages again getting into new high ground. Railroad aver- #res showed little change on the week, although they enjoyed a brief period of midweek activity and strength in re- sbonse to a continuation of record car 'radink was on a reduced use of the caused scale be- interference with wire e by the country-wide While pools were again the dominating factor in the determination of quoted values, an enlarged public demand was indicated by the unusually large increase in odd-lot transactions. New High Prices for Year. Equipments and sugars developed impressive strength, virtually all the active issues in those groups establish- ing new high prices for the year. 1uipments benefited by the heavy :;ulx'nml‘!:l = of rolling stoek, he establishment of a new hig the) cata! ut of a new hig iug of that French imy interest in 1 Motor. motor accessory food, m ndising and se public utility and oil issus heavily bought at but they developed considerable reg closing di < nade 4 mod- s of unusually ments abroad at cents a po; Americ surplus of February, as - correspon February con- X production b 710 tons, and the price of the meta! advanced to 71, cents a pound. the highest since August, 1t Important Dividends. Louisville Nashville railroad directors stock dividend of A a semi-annual cash ividend 8f 21, per cent on the new ock, equivalent t wnnual rate of on the old, which had been payving 7 per cent. The only other important declarations were the raising of the in Petroleum om $4 to the resum pay 1d and W T owing t British ters revived speculative up. shipping, yme of th conper as high A and the report of tie Institute showing 10,864 tons winst 61, ing period Tast { sumption Stocks and tors nth 1 Change for _the for ence of which got first re French 6.30 above in ted on rep o the P - sottle vould be The sterlin ex- cents - near futute rorned in reflection of the unusus volume of bills against gral and copner exports payment of more than $4.00 United war debt SIOUX WARRIOR DEAD. North Dekota Indians Mourn Loss of Charging Thunder. From the Roston Transcript Old 1oux Indians de fime {=“Charging Thunder Peently on the St [ reservation. His <p { proverbial Happy Hunting Grounds. B {the name of “Charging Thunder” wil not be forgotten for it was conferred upon Marshal F n an. impressive corer Rix t the time of the allied com visit in 1921, Waile t was not purposely given becaus under bore 1t the old that it had been tuk ared that he re In mourning 1 ian warrior. * which oceurred r iding Rock Indian it has gone to t e n Chz rtes, a historian Sioux Indians, has written an unt of the life and times of Charg Mr. Fiske's story folle 3 ws in ler took part in many inst ail foes of t December 21, 1866, the tile attacks of the Sioux eulminat- in & general assauit on the wood in and escort at Fort Phil Kearney Vo hutary m of the Powder The post outlook had b aled for aid, and Commander ton sent out a relief party of cighty-one men, consisting of infan- rv_and cavalry under Col. Fetter- man. The Indians were Seen near Poe Creek, having retired in a feint ed it from the wood train in order to en- | trap the soldiers. Fetterman into the ambuscade, and all re killed. The battle. known as Tt Phil Kearney cre.” next to Cus- H last fight ranks well among the Dbig encounters with the Sioux. Charg- {ing Thunder killed fifteen soldiers that day. Charging Thunder, in early man- hood, had the audacity to defy the great thunder birds. so the story goes. After a storm had passed he saw one of these birds hastening to overtake its companions brought it down, and has thus been known as “Charge-of-the-Thunder- Bird,” or “Charging Thunder.” PICKED WOMAN FOR BOSS. rushed | From the New York S | Trimming finger nails may | generally regarded as a_profession {6ffering rewards for skill and in- Justry greater than a fat tip or a heater party, vet one young mani- icurist in the financial district has ! Worked herself Into a positlon that | will be envied by all wielders of the orange stick. - This young woman has the distine- tion of having held hands with almost levery member of the New York Stock ‘Exchange. In her position in the stock exchange barber shop she has “lis- {tened in” on conversations that might not be Yet with true good breeding ishe never repeated in one company that which she learned in another. Friends pumped her for “tips,” but {outside the portals of the stock ex- fchange the manicurist talked about the weather. The time arrived for the stock exchange to increase its facili- tles and a new building was put up that towers above the old one. In {the basement a handsome new barber |shop was installed exclusively for {members. The problem arose of find- ling a trustworthy manager to replace | the old veteran retiring. One member suggested the voung manicurist for the job. The governing committee surveyed the siim young brunette and gasped. Some time later the digmified gov- lernors of the stock exchange, who {met only to expel a member or to iperform” an equally important duty, /in solemn conclave decided that the {former manicurist should be made | supreme boss of the new barber shop i{with the full weight of the power {of the committee of arrangements to back her up. And she is hardly old enough to vote. The stock exchange barber shop re- quires the services of about ten bar- bers. Some of the men have been em- iploved by the institution for many years. Yet every barber is a loyal supporter of the female skipper. Indeed, the men barbers are fully appreciative of the many advantages of having a woman over them. For instance, one barber reported to work with a sick stomach. Instead of a brutal remark about “hangovers’ he was heard with sympathetic under- standing and sent over to the nea: est drug store to-‘get something for it.” | glants. ork Central | He shot the bird and | {have precipitated battles of financial | | COMMODITY NEWS | WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY KANSAS CITY, March 17.—The de- mand for farm labor in the flields of the middle west will be far ahead of the supply this spring, according to an- nouncement by the local branch of the United States farm labor hureau today. ATLANTA, March 17.—Cotton plant- ing is well under way today in the southern section of the southeastern belt, although weather conditions have not ‘been speciaily propitious. The fer- tilizer movement has been heavier than any time since the war and sales of planting machinery have been unprece- dented. PITTSBURGH, March 17.—Whole- salers today are shipping straw hats to retailers in larger volume than last year. The largest demand is for low and medium prices, but more costly hats have also found a ready market. Wholesalers say retailers have bought with a confidence that has not been in evidence for several years f EAST ST. LOUIS, March 17.—Trad- ing in horses and mules in th mar- (ket is exceptionally brisk toda. | Volume of transactions again is on a normal basis and shipments of stock are going freely to th southwest and to New CHESTER, Pa., chant Shipbuildin resumed the manufactur The plant is now working on an order for New York city water supply ag- gregating 10,000 tons of pipe eight feet in diamete % 17.—The Me Corporation has of pip: March in_ this 1 produc annound W factory 00 workers T are PHILADELIPHIA k nufucturer: ison & ald start & at Christinna employing “{E DETECTOR” AN PLEADS NOT GULTY Marston Provides $2,500 Bail in Boston for Arraignment Alleged Mail Fraud. s e | BO: i Marston, { University Assoe IN. a o Press, March 1 professor Washingtor Willia M American at who elaims to wid in criminal investigations larraizned here yvesterday on two fed indictments charging the 1 in b guilty and was | |eral grand jury {fraudulent use,of uils and aiding not nited States iy i wdictment Marst Marston ruptey hingtor w Marston v urday s J Weaver rom Wil ment of th was brough mov a bo irrested Mar Washing Deputy i up o Depart 1 { on dof § Best Roof in Snowfall. taton Journal i rutior gland their don tehed roofs v'hud learne ym their experienice that the snows {prevalent in this region every winter piayed havoe with houses where the pitch of the roof was not sufficient to carry away the plus blanketing But noi ien experimente with the By all ordina logic. one expect the flat roc to pile up trouble for house-own- or. urely such a man would have his ha full shoveling the u- lated d such a build Now i Iding steep-y inj tended 1o flut 5 w itts on 8 r folks. we behold a < with flat ro n observant t wsons espects when the hav than usual n have never off the v only they have had to do is te tops of the verandas cleared. lee side { reason? 1t is perfectly obvious. sed roofs the wind ha and has proved thorough snow Xevas { where the 1d folks, who stuck so conservatively to pitched roofs for {three centuries, in a snow-laden cli- {mate, were really tricked out of the ladvantages of the flat-roof IThey didn't believe anvthing Iroof with a steep piteh would well host of new and if you last few ly this aught the been | shovelin N fon the The | { i Ik r remover. house. but a work Forget War for Heine. { Frem the Yonth's Companion. | The grave of the | Heinrich Heine is in ,f Montmartre, Paris and shrubs about it are Kept in order Ly a firm of Parisian floris under contract with the nkfurter Zel- tung, Because the value of the mark I decreased almost to nothing th Frankfurter Zeltung recently found that it had not enough money in the Heine fund to pay the caretakers and regretfully told them so. The answer of the French florists is the most pleasing word that has come out of Europe since the armistice: “Dur- ing the war we tended the grave of the great poet constantly, and we have no intention of quitting now. 11f things are readjusted to their for- mer values, you will be our debtor; if not, you will owe us nothing.” R A RO Return of 5-Cent Fare. From the Portland Oregonian. Seattle, having on it cipal street railw who |was giving rise to many financial ditficulties, seems to have decided that a few more financial difficulties could not make that branch of muni- cipal activity any worse to bear. So on March 1 the city restored the 5-cent fare. It is not exactly the 5-cent fare of the days before the war, for the 5-cent fare in those days carrled with it the free transfer privilege. | The present 5-cent fare is for a ride without transfer. Tokens which carry the transfer privilege may be had at the rate of four for 25 cents. A single cash fare, with transfer, costs 7 cents. £ Seattle bases the experiment on two theories. One is that a great many more persons will ride at the lower rate than at the old 8 1-3-cent fare, the other is that by leasing a; large number of cars of a smaller type, by rerouting and by the practice of numerous economies, a saving will be made, which, together with the | increased traffic, will put the system on a sound tinancial basis. We hope Seattle is right. Reports on the first day's results did not bear out the increased travel | theory. The new rate was just 40 per cent lower than the old, and the days receipts fell off Jjust 40 per cent.’ But the weather was bad, and although it is admitted that most bad weather drives people into the street cars, the cheerful optimnists in Seatile say that this was bad weather of a type that keeps people at home, German poet the cemetery and the flowers i i hands a muni- e operation i —_— Ethereal Drapery. * From Life. “Don’t you think Angelica ituello in that evening gown?' “Well, I must admit there’s not much of the material about her.” ooks fthe a ifect, { limitation WASHINGTON,. D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923. PACKERS' MERGER NEAR GOMPLETION Armours’ Purchase of Mor- ris Interests May Be An- nounced Next Week. EFFECTIVE OCT. 28, 1923 Believed Federal Intervention Has Been Avoided by Methods Adopted in Deal. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 17.—Purchase of Morris & Co. by Armour & Co., news storics published here today said, probably will be announced early next weck, the transaction being cffective as of the close of the formers fiscal ar, October 28, Class A common stock, figuring in the transaction, reports said, had been valued at $85 a share. Cireumvention of federal interven- tion was believed to have been ac complished by the methods by which will be consummated, said s stories. Armour an of Purchaxe. Armour & Co. will buy the physical »f Morris & Co. through on subsidiaries, probably Armour & of laware, recently org: zed, Of the $30,000,000 pur- . $10,000,000 will be paid in $10,000,000 in preferred stock of r & Co. of Ilinois at par and of cluss A common stock of Armour & Co. of Tlinois at $85. Morris & then will liquidate. vine ite preferred stockholders a idend of 100 per cent in preferred ck of Armour & Co., its common stockholders a cash dividend and a dividend of $10,000,000 of Armour & Co. non stock The $10,000,600 Armour & Co, mon will be turned Morris by J. Ogden Chairman of board. Morris Co. stock will enter into the deal, said the newspapers. STUDENT IS KILLED IN HIGH SCHOOL BLAST Several Othiers Injured When Gas Plant Blows Out. Shaking City of Brawley. Calif. the ne assets its com- over to Armour, & Co the & By the Associated Prese BRAWLEY, Calif., student was killed an Iy injured here nt of the Brawiey ion High hool blew up. The exj n rocked i 1 wrecked the front of the ilding e student killed Smith xirl, Katherine Hovley evere spinal injuries, Powell is suffering Lruises which magy Ma —One ral others 1 the zas reh sev wh Un ool b was Halli Anot ned rd nd from prove ta [ b w cement pillars in front of the wn 100 feet out onto RAIL EARNINGS DOUBLED. I January Total, $68.941,000. Com- pared to $35.265.000. Year Ago. Larnings of railroads during Janu- Y were approximately twice as great as during the same month of 1922 according to Interstate Com- ommission ficurcs announced erday. The railroads earned al §65,941,000 in January, 1922.} gainst £2 .000 for the same month 4 year azo. A large increase in the volume of transportation was re- tponsible for the increased earminge, | otal revenues for nonth of Le $502.160.000, January of | ot I net of t the prese nst § yoar, L fizures announced by ifssion were from 194 class 1 roads operating about 0 per cent of the al rail mileage of the country 5,777,000 for the com- Vermont Judge Cites Constitutional Right in Letter to House. By the Asso MONTELI Vt. March 17.-—Exer- cising his right under the state con- stitution, Judge Harland B. Howe, of the United States District Court at Burlington, has sent a communica- tion to the House of Representatives remonstrating against further in- crease by the legislature of taxes “on anything for any purpose, whether against the rich or poor.” He also Setitianed for “reduction of taxes oal| anything that i being taxed.'” H The communication, which i to the house yesterday, o clause in the Vermont constitution ‘ “The people have a right to apply to the legimlature for a redress of | grievane petition or remon- strance.’ ng the day the house Killed two tax bills. ACCEPTS TREATY REPORT. French Chamber Committee to Rec- ommend Naval Armaments Pact. By the Associated Pre PARIS. March 17.—The chamber of deputies foreign affairs subcommit- tee formed to study the Washington conference_treaties has adopted the report of M Guernier. which, in ef- recommends ratification of the of naval armaments pact. The full committee will deal with the report at it meeti ad s { Lonisvilie New THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Mary —Fair tonight, with lowest temp ture near freezing; tomorrow incre; ing_cloudiness and warmer; rain to- morrow afternoon or night; muc colder Monday; winds becoming southerly and increasing tomorrow. Virginia—Fair tonight, warmer in extreme west portion: tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness and warmer, prob- ably rain tomorrow afternoon in ex- treme west and north portio diminishing north and mnortheast winds, becoming southerly and in- creasing_Sunday. West Virginia—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudi ness and warmer, followed by rain ton®rrow afternoon; much- colder tomorrow night. Records for Twenty-Four Hour Thermometer—4 p.m., 60; 8 p.m., 45; 12 midnight, 39; 4 a.m., 37; 8 a.m., 35; noon, 42. Barometer—4 p.m., 29.91; 12 midnight, 30.0 8 a.m. 30.30; noon, 30.23. Highest temperature, at 4 p.m, yesterday. Lowest temperature, 35, occurred at $ am. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 46; lowest, 30. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 38; condition very muddy. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide, 2:22 am 2:44 pm.; high tide, 8:14 am 135 pm. Tomorrow—Low _tide, 3:03 a.m 24 p.n.; high tide, 8:52 a.m. 13 p.m The Sun and Moon. T y—Sun rose 6:18 a.m.; sun 6:16 pm Tomorrow—Sun sun sets 6:17 pn Moon rises 6:22 a.m, Automobile lamps to half hour after sunset ‘Weather in Various ARGES FRENCH PLOT FOR POWER Bavarian Newspaper Says “Putsch” Was Part of Plan for New League. land era- URGED CUNO DOWNFALL Army Officer Declared to Have accurrea| Tushed Conspiracy Bared ] by Arrests. 60, By the Associated Press, MUNICH, Bav oceupa of the rising in Bavaria have ta French plan for establis tinental | of nati domination of France, the Muencher Neueste which m with the Fuch, a Machaus, suspicion of The ceived pectus March 19 and n Ruiir an parts ot in unde gue s cord fcht kes the charge rrest March 7 of Prof. Herr re and conductor, newspaper sets informa for th provided for the the little en v Jarts of Austria French du or contem that pros lated leag of France avariz and rises 617 am.; sets 6:33 p.m. be lighted one- = Fuch and £ Temperature. newspaper Advocated Bavarian “Put Richert a d touch with the 1 first met iz < nee cated e, Tox Albany : Atlaniie Ciry Baltimore Birmingi Bismare Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Cincinnati. . | Cloveland Denver Detroit Fl_Paso Galveston Helena Huron, &1 Jacksonville Kunsas City Fos Angelce. in order to front of ti L said “Ba tere action downfail the e: ment confuse to1a P clondy an i Clondy * 3030 30 30.1 3030 P 0.25 C2ve L anzy a0, 29 any longer, This Il bring about tha 0 government and of a ‘red’ govern A Axked to Start Unrest. Nach that Ma-. date had been Col. Baque, in hevik unrest in 5 h the aid of the ench, in order to give Bavaria the nost f Contint when asked why in_a M The chaus ten asserts earijer i 29,58 30.00 0. 0. 2 7% 3% Miami. Fla Orleans Clear York 3 Cloy Okla. City.. 2 oo Clear ia 5 Cle adelphin Cl Pt.c Cléa New terest lthe Ciondy | foudy | udy B polie 1 spean introduc Richert then said i with i to carry out t that R to ha ewspaper Spokane { Bavar WASH D¢, 3 FOREIGN. Greenwich time, fodas | Temperature. Wea ) ®am Station London. Paris. Vienna, Copentagen, Stockholm, Frane nal Zone. JOINS WIFE IN DEATH. | MISS FONTAINE LOCATED. Fonter: Miniater Charsed thllndicted for Perjury in $1.000.000 / Slaying. Leaves Suicide Note. | Breach iof Promise Suit. JACKSONVILLE, Fla 17 | NEW YORK, March The ses note saving he had gone | for Fyan ! to join his “dear wife, who has gone | rte before me,” W. A. Ruis, fifty-four. former minister, who was out on hond on a charge of having murdered his | wife, ¢ mitted suicide at his home near MacClenny. | Mrs. Ruis W killed several weeks ago as she lay in bed. Ruis, admitting that he killed her. maintained that a shotgun was discharged accidentally after he had pro red it for the pur- pose of frightening away some dogs. STATE HONORS PORTER. Orders Suspension of ‘! s | Whitney's representatives, de Business During Funeral. {the $1.000.000 suit, had falsific Z {tain envelopes, letters and JACKSON. Mi March 17.—Gov. | graphs Lee M. 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