Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1923, Page 14

14, * SUGARS ARE FIRM - IN STOCK MARKET Shares Furnish Leading Fea- ture in Today’s Short Session. ~The prin- the stock market strength of the and the pan-Americans, the weakness of the rails, and with which even stocks like common, which an advance pril 21 al features in were the peculiar tates Steel Unjited much had had of yiclded to bear attacks. )] common _at its low of 104% Ny within of poin - has sold _th the major the steel trade it had occurred It was evides on the short t that operators work- side were concen 1 their main effort upon Ste S L‘.ll\l: of the upsettling effect weakness in it would have upen the rest of the list. Shorts Cover in Sugar. no developments in the ere were L et railway situat ount for Stocks ble 1 the vernmer alarm at imates and e prices held steady hen ran market T ac the of thesa A couside built up owing the Ms quick Americans Kness Sugnr Probe. spatches h_ that the ak up the s ZOINE and that the jail. sugar | new cron mornin rnmen the limit to be put i senting th P oprices actual raw sugar v from 6% to b1 < away from the top, and th ks stood out strikingly 1 while th lement in tw « in First Ho the sullty” “ntions were repr stov the t general points 1 buyin pro 1i was | € as § $ tive 10 ACISED O MENINCOUAT | Released on Bonds—Arresti‘. e , Faces Other Forty-Nine Indicted. Cor c ie il promoters FORT WORTH the mninety-two o 1 the federal | i using the { ¢ forty-three e|C & from $5.000 to|C uniess they the Uhlt operators indicted rrand jury to ma defraud, made 40,00 ran The appear sma el volun fore Aigned laus Aust ! cania Calu; nee felt | Cax FINANCIAEL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO , D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1923.° NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Adv Rumley.... Alr Reduction. . Ajax Rubber. . Alaska Juneau Allied Chem. ... Allis Chalmers.. Am Agr Chem. . Am Ag Chm pt.. Am Bosch...... Am Brake Shoe. Am Can. & Am Express. ... Am H & Lea pf. AmIce. .. Am Icepf. . Am Internat'l Am La France. . Am Linsced. Am Linseed p Am Locomo. | Am Metals. . Am Metal pf. Am Roll Mill pf. Am Safe Razor.. Am Ship&Com. . Am Smelting 1 Am {Am Am Sugar. . | Am Sum g na | Am Tel & Telg. . Am Tob Am Tobac (B).. 1 Am W, | Am wwke {Am WWKT% pf. Am Woolen. . Am Zine& Lead. . Am Zine&Ld pf. melt pf. . eel Fdy. tra ter Wks pt. naconda. ! Asso D Goods. . Atchison n Bir& nCst 1 Atlantic Atl Fruit e fAtlantic Gulf. .. AU Gulf pr.. ... ~fining pf.. n Nichols. . Auto Knitter. Raldwin Lo | Balto & Ohi Bank of Barnesdal Bklyn I Bk vn Rap Trn. 4 IBKklyn Un ¢ Butte Cc il Butte & Super At i neigne [ Butterick Caddo Oil ‘A‘A.lu’ Pa per. allf Petrol if B andler Mot hesap hes & O pf wi hi R 1& Pac hi RU&T Tabulat. new’ Textile ont Can. ... ontinental Mo. orn Products. . rn Prod pf Cosden & Co. teel. .. rucible rucible St pf.. uban-Am ub Cane uban Dom’can. 4| Davidson Chem. er today, will be ar- | De Beere.. { Del & Hudson trol pf.. G112 98% % 15% 63% 1 . 38% 59% 102 T10 hile Copper. ... { Cuba Cane Spf.. 6ivg 10 3014 2714 ced by Federal Judge | Detroit Edison. . 106 on that hearings the indicted men will begin May 1 and that district judges from out- wide of thix district_would be called | in. It will requ than a vear | for all of the h to be com- | vleted, for some larger com- panies will require several weeks for the presentation of their evidence. May Use Fraud Order, ‘n given by of the o indications have be: Is of the com to whether the companies rate while awaiting trial. but as indicated by United States I trict Attorney Henry Zwiefel 1ight that governmen would used in several This order permits the return £1l mail sent out from companie ve urred the govern- - traud order. ore of the men tments were re- ment, in which indictment wa i pol'tical enemie who wished to disqu: him for the |G ppointment of postmaster at Feo Worth, for which he has been r ommended. it i F ur Wi in. issued a ved his about by inst rurned, G G it G plorer Under Bond. ! fek A explorer, whose pend w 5,000 in one case and $1 another, was among the first © released after ths Were returned he report of the grand ju d that the public had hewn out of more_ than $7 more than victimized. The tot set by the government is $ The indictment nected with spment interests charged that the promotions | were manipulated by using as a fig- |1 urehead an elderly man, “Gen.” Rob- ert A. Lee. According to the indic ment he was held forth fraudulently |1 10 the public as a descendant of the || ramous Lees of the colonial days and |1, Gien. Robert I, Lee of the Confederacy. |1 The indictment further set forth a |y cpresentation by the promoters the Yankees and.rebels alike had | swamped the said Robert A. Lee with | purchased every interest ;! in his lease within fifteen days. I The indictment against those con- |I nected with the Petroleum Producers’ Association alleged that frauds were | I perpetrated b v “direct of set 000 | 000, ¥ sale methods.” which Dr. Cook was | ], advertised numerous | dends, only two of which, | weeks apart, weng paid, it was 4. Such “dividends." the This | indic sales. SEES HARMONY LACKING IN FEMININE APPAREL Special Dispateh to The Star. April 21.—“All elegence | it is nothing else,” says . L. George turning away from his novels for a brief space to discuss clothes. He believes that “most women do not make the best of their clothes.” He says that the average woman “does not know how 1o manage her clothes.” It is this matter of harmony in the costume and with-the environ- ment that is of special interest ‘In teaching women how to be well and correctly dressed, according to 2 teacher of domestic science in the Chicago public schools “Young girls must learn that geor- gette and serge are not interchange- ayle,” sald this expert, “that chiffon <& 'fragile fabric and cannot be ex- pected fo give much satisfatcion in the way of hard service, and that tha silk stockings for general wear zre about as suitable as egg-shell china for paving streets. W E i Fi } Gt Northe Cook, former | Great Nor Ore Guantana $ of i Dupont (E1). | Dupont deb. .. man Kod. .. “amous Play Famous Play pf Av Bus wi. .. isk Rubber Fleishma : <t | Freeport Texas. . fraud orders !Gen Am Tk Car. ¢ |Gen Asphait. . o |Gen Asphalt pt. Gen | Gen Gen Motors. Gen Mot 6% d. imbel Bros. imbel Bros pf i Goldwin Corp. . oodrich. ranby Consol. npf. i ulf Mo & N to ' Gulf M & Nor pf indictments | Gulf St Steel. ... - declar. | Hartman Corp.. decier | Hayes Wheel. 0.000 and that | Hendee Mfg. . 00,000 persons had been | Houston Oil. . amount of honds | Househ'd Prod. . Tudson Motors.. ons con- | Hydraulic Stl.... Illinois Central. ndiahoma. .. nspiration nterb Rap Tr nt Cement . n Combust E. nt Harvester hat 110 Mer Marine. . Int M Marine pt. nt Nickel. nt Nickel pf. ntl Paper. . Intl Paper (sta). nt Shoe. ... the “merger scheme” | Invincible Oil. Iron Products sland Oil. Jewel Tea. . Jones Tea. Jones & L'gh pf. nt continued, were paid from stock | gayser (Jullus). 38% 1 Kayser (J) pf... | Kelly-Spr Tire. . ! Kennecott. . ] Keystone Tire. . | Kinney G R. Kresge (SS). ... Kresge (SS) pf. | Lehigh Valley. . Lima Locomo. Loews Inc. 2 Louis & Nash. .. fack Truck: fagma Copp Mallison & Co Manati Sugar... Man El inv guar. Manhat El Sup.. Manhat Shirt. Marland Oil Martin-Parry Mathison Alki Maxwell (A). Maxwell (B).... May Dp Stores. MeclIntyre Por. Mex Seaboard Mex Sbd ctfs Miami Copper Middle St Of1. 139% 8713 10915 6412 45 Goody pr pf wl.. 55 96% 8814 42% 19 61% 3% 28% 3 113% 13% Inland St pf w i. 104% *Ingersol-Rand. 120 38 18% 40 25' 884 9 35% 14% 76 . asw 67% . % . 15% 61% Ya 20% 59 107% " 111% 65 69% 18% 1403 88 85 36% 681y 43% 56 41 49% 84% 52% 55 184 7 18% 17% 167 20% 1% 51% 49 78 95% « 126% 5% 104% 84 28% 12% 32% 5i% 132 49 114 98% ™ 16 62% 991 38% 8% 28% 122% 1621 150% 384 13% 8% 48% 26% 523 49% 78 96% 126% 57% 104% 84 28% 12% 3215 56 132 49 114 98% T 16% 64% 99% 39% 80 29% 122% 163 150% 39 59% 91 95% 15% 53 487 80 102 8813 28 17 6 1784 | 16% | 87% 48 997 6 £6% 9 52 294 3% 81% 10 15 55 96% 883 42 19 61% 87% Open. Midvale Steel... 32 MoK & T (new). 14 MEK&T pf clA(n) 38% Mo Paclfic. 16% Mo Pacificpf.... 42% Montg'y W'rd. .. Moon Motors. ... Mother Lode. ... Nash Motors. ... 106% Natl Acme...... 14% Nat Biscuit wi.. 41% Natl Biscult pf.. 120% Natl Cloak & S.. 59% Nat Cloak&Spf.. 96 Natl Dept Stores. 40% Natl Dept Sto pf. 95% Natl Enamel.... 68 Natl Lead. < 127% Natl Lead pf. 111% Nevada Copper. 15% N Or Tex&Mex.. 99 NY Air Brake.. 88% NY Air Brk(A).. 49% N ¥ Central..... 94 N Y Dock. .. 234 N Y Dock pf.. 50 NYNH&Harttd.. 18% Norf & West 111 North Amer. 23% North Pacific T4% 2% Oklahom Prod Orpheum Cir 19% Otis Steel. .. 2 Owens Bottle. PacificG & El. Pacific Ol1. Packard Motor. Pan-Am Pete. Pan-Am P (B) Panhandle. . 397% 148, 0 67 474 abd St vlvania. People’s Gas. ... Pere Marquette. Philadelphia Co. Philli PhiHips Pete Phoenix Hoslery. Pierce-Arrow. Pier rpf.. Pierce-Ar pri Picree Ol Pierce Oil pf.. Pitts & WV, Postum Cereal Produc & Ref. Pub S Pub Serv pf Pullman Co Punta Alegre. Pure Oil. .. Nap Tr Sec w.l.. RapTr Sec pf wl Ray Con Cop. Reading .. Reading 1st pf. Remington. Replogle Steel. Rep Ir & Steel ., Rep Ir & Stl pt Reynolds Spr ¢ Tobac (B) Royal Dutch. ... 40% 465 691 631y 40 124 301 68 4 = 9% 116 50% 981 103 126% 66 26% 167 45% 145 ,76% 50 43% 25% 623, 93% 261 64 50% 2315 4 3214 St L South pf. ab'd ALDpS... ars Roebuck neca Copper. Shell Tr&Tran. Shell Union. . shell Union pf. . Simmons. . .. Simms Petrol Sinclair Oil. Skelly Oi Sloss-Sheffield. So Porto Sugar. South Pacific Southern R! Southern Ry pf. Spicer Mfg Co. St Oil of Calif St Oil Calif rts. Stand Gil of NJ St Ol of N.J pf. Steel&Tube pf.. Sterling Prod Stew't-Warner. Studebaker Submar’e Boa Superior Ofl . Sweets Co of Tenn Copper. Tex Company Tex Gf Sulphur. Tex & Pacific Timken Bear... Tobacco Prod.. Tobac Prod A Trans Cont Ofl. Transue&Will. . Union Bag & P.. Union Pacific... Un Alloy Steel. . United Drug. | United Ry Inv. Utd Ry Inv pf. Utd Retail Strs U S Hoffman M U S Indus Alco. . U S Realty. U S Rubber. U S Rub 1st pf. U S Smelt&Ref. . U S Smelt&R pf. U S Steel. = U S Steel pf Utah Copper. Utah Securities. Vanadium Cop Va-Car Chem Va-C Chem pf. Vivadou -Wabash..... Wabash pf (A) Waldort Sys. West Penn Co. West Penn pf West Elec pf. Western Md. West Pacific Western Union West Air Brke. Westhse E1&M. Wheel & LE pf.. White Eag Oil.. ‘White Motor. White Oil. Wickwire Wilson Co Willys-Overld. . ‘Will's-Overl pf 28% 12 Woolworth. Worthington ! Wright Aero. *0dd lot. 30% 41% 44 7614 112 12 16% 112 116% 5714 14% 264 65 314 10% 35 7% 63% 210 35% 10 ————— SHORT TERM SECURITIES. (Quotations furnished by Redmond & C Aluminum Co. of Amer. 7s 19; Aluminum C American Sugar Gs 19 American T: Auaconda Copper 6s 1929. Anaconda Copper 7s 1929 Anglo-Anerican Oil 7y i . Simmons Haw. ‘4 1 Bell Tel. of Canada 7s 1025, Bethlehem Steel 7s 1923 Capadian Northern 5%s 1924 Cent. Argentine Rwy. 6s 1 1l Leather 5s 1 C. & St. L. tis 1929 leago Tel. 5s 1923. Pont 1% Hocking Valley 68 192 Humble Oil 548 1982 Kansas, City Term. 6s 1023 Kennecott Copper 7s 1830.. Morris & Co. 7%8 1930, Tenna. K. R. 75 1930. St. Paul Union Depot sears, Roebuck & C Tidewater Oll Co. 6! nion Tank Car 7s 1030. Rubber 7i4s 1980. Western ‘Union 6%s 1930, Westinghouse E. & s 1923 3s June 15, 1923.. 33}s September 15, 1923 1%4s September 15, 1923, ber 15, 1923 1 June 15, December 15, 1035 1% March 15, 1926. 4148 September 15, 1926, .. 41,8 December 15, 1927. of Amer. Ts 1833 American Cotton Ofl 6s 1924.. American Tel. & Tel. 65 1924 . & Tel. 68 1925.. Libby, McNeil & Libby 7s 1931 M., 5t. P. & 8. S. M. 89 1031, M. 75 1981, TREASURY CERTIFICATES. (Quotations furnished by Redmond & Co.) lose. Bid. Close. 324 18% 39 16% 42% 23% 27% 1n 107 14% 41% 120% 59% 96 41 9b% 67% 127% 111% 15% 99 29 49% 93% 25% 50 19 111 ' 28 4% % | | 9% 391, 17 92 32 127% 33% 284 55 60 897 33% 66% 21% 50% | 34 38% | 116% 97 60% 1173 121% <13 4% 134 11 48% | 6274 | 25% | 418 | 574 | 83% | 10 36% 3% 137% | 863 | 84% | 13% 424 81 18% | { i 56 3% | 10% | 35 5% 65 210 358, 10 107 108 = 107% 0% 100 110 01516 9 1516 100152 510 109 i 01 1-1 99 1 ————— The total daily water consumption|desires the property New York city is 7 500 000 ; 8 101516 16 100 gal- jand {951, FURTHER STRENGTH | [exxzx vorx BONDS stock ercmavce -INFOREIGN BONDS Domestic Issues Reactionary and Dull in Closing Ses- sion of Week. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Special Dispatch to The Star. . NEW YORK, April 21.—Foreign bonds were firm In an otherwise dull and reactionary market today. Trad- ing was on a small dcale during the two hours of business, Naturally enough it was the specu- lative bonds that lost the most ground, the decline being a reflection of the weakness in stocks. Such is- sues Seaboard Air Line fs were in supply. It is in bonds like these that speculation has centored fn tie last few weeks. The Seaboard's earn- ings have shown consistent improve ment and on the basis of the Febru- ary statement it is estimated that charges, including interest on the ad- Justment bonds, will be covered this year. Other speculative moved Irregularly. In bonds of higher grade there were fractional declines. There was little change in the high-gkade bonds, and liberties were quiet and stead. Among the foreign ponds French 8s and French 7%s equaled their high of Friday and then reacted slightly. Czechoslovakia 83 sold a little below the high of yesterday. Mexican bs advanced. Among the day's gains.the feature was an advance of 2 points in Punta Alegre Sugar 7s. convertible dnto Punta Alegre stock at about 5 GOTTON SPINNING SETS NEW RECORD Bureau Says March Figures Exceed 5,000,000,000 Spindle Hours. raliroad bonds Cotton spinning set March, reaching more than nine one-half billion active spindle hours, the census bureau's mnnlul_\' report today showed, In cotton- growing states spinning activity ex- ceeded five billion active _spindle hours for the first time. Active spindle hours for March the entire country totaled 9.531,00: or an average of 255 hours each spindle in place, $.449,376,685, or an average of hours per_spindle in February this year and or an average 2 a new record numbered . of which 0,- 18 were operated at some time dur- ing the month, compared with 02 in place February 28 and 07 operated at some time dur- bruary, and 7.877 in place March 31, last vear, and 31.872,842 operated at some time during the month. The average number operated during March numbered 40,389,029, or at 108.3 per cent of capacity on a single shift basis, c pared with 40.847.835, or at 109 cent capacity in February Statistics for cotton-growing states follow : Acting spindle_hours, 5,116,534,762, or an average of 314 hours per spindle in_place. Spinning_spindles in place M totaled 16,313,156, of which 16,0 were active at some time during the month. i DOMESTIC BUTTER PRICES IN TUMBLE New Low Level Reached During Week Due to Heavy Sup- plies on Hand. of spindles ey the Associnted Press. CHICAGO, 111, April 21.—Excessive stocks of foreign butter caused the domestic butter market to become very weak this week. ' Prices broke sharply to a new low level for the season. Trading was marked by frantic selling on the part of those who had a surplus and indifference on_the part of buyers. Efforts to find a level where the consumptive demand' would be suffi- ciently increased to absorb the cur- rent receipts were regarded as the cause of the declines during the week. From a statistical standpoint it was rather difficult to understand 'the weakness. Production showed only slight increases and the receipts at the four markets did not show in- creases that might indicate such a sharp break. Withdrawal from stor- age was small. Offerings of a cargo of New Zealand butter, first at New York, where it was refused, and then at_Boston, had a disastrous effect. The butter markets on 92 score stock at the four leading trade cen- ters closed yesterday as follows: Chicago, 4215 31 points. York, 41; loss, ignoints. Boston, loss, 3 points. Dhiladelphia, 44; 3 points. 3 FOREIGN EXCHANGE. April 21, 1923—12:30 p.m. (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) Nominal Selling checks, London. pound..... Montreal, dollar. Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Rome, ' lir Zurich, franc. Athens, drachma. Madrid, pese Vienna, ero Budaper Prague, crown. Warsaw, mark. Copenhagen, ¢ Christiania, crown. Stockholm,” crown. . By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 21.—Foreign ex- changes irregular. Quotations. Great Britain, demand, 4.65%; cables, 4.651%; sixty-day bills on banks, 4.63% France. demand, .0665%; cables, .0666. Italy, demand, .049513; cabl 0496, Belgium, demand, .0574 cables, .0575. Germany, demand, .000037% ; cables, .000038. Hojland, de- mand, .3909; cables, .3912.” Norway, demand, .1790. Sweden, demand, .2671. Denmark, demand, .1885. Switzerland, demand, .115. Spain, demand, .1532 Greece, demand, .0118. Poland, de- mand, .000021. Czechoslovakia,”.0297. Argentina, demand, .3662. Brazil, de- mand, .1087. Montreal, .98, 1-16. ARMY TO SELL BASE. Sealed bids wil be received by the quartermaster general, War Depart- ment, May 22, for the purchase of the Army_supply base located at Nor- folk, Va. - The piant covers an area of about 540 acres and Includes two, piers, warehouses, trestles, tanks, tracks, re- pair shops, fire equipment and sys- tems of heating, lighting, water and ewerage, etc. The city of Norfolk and large pri- alzo vate interests _. isubmit bids. Received by Private Wire (Balen are ia 31,000 UNITED STATES BONDS. (Fractions represent _thirty - seconds. Example: 101-1 means 1011-32.) . Sales. High. Low, Close. Lib 3%s 6Z 101-6 101-2 101-6 Lib 2d 4s 2 97-9 97-6 976 Lib 1st 4 16 97-21 97-18 97-19 Lib2d4%s... 93 97-18 97-8 97-9 Lib3d 4%s... 269 98-1 97-30 98 Lib 4th 4%s.. 369 97-24 "97-18 97-20 Victory 4%s.. 47 100 100 100 US4%s1952. 76 99-2 99-1 99-1 FOREIGN. Bales. High. Argentine 7s . 3 102% Belgium 7% 11 102 Belgium 6s 10 96% 13 102% . 2112 17 9% 6 80% 20 82% 5 96% . 5 100% .13 102 - 10 100 991 1034 1024 103% 46% 9% 99% 90 109% 9T% 5% 95 90 100 95 95% 914 9314 93% 81% 83t 80 80% B5% 541 3614 8615 99% 111 98% 76% 2 7818 106% 100% 93% 9314 25 87% 68 105% 118% % 114% 104% Close. 102% 101% 96% 102 111% 914 80 82% 96 100 101% 100 99'% 103% 102% 103% 46% 9% 99% 89% 108% 97% 95% 95 89% 100 95 95% Low. 102% 101% 96% 102 111% 9% 80 82% 96 100 101% 100 99 103 102% 103% 46% 91 99% 89% 108% 9% 95% 94% 88% 997% 947% 95% 91% 93% 92% 814 82% 80% 80 54t b4% 35 8614 9914 111 98% 6 78% 1064 100% 93% 93% 95 867 67 105 118% 7% 114% 104 Bordeaux 6s. Brazil 7s Brazil 8s Canada 55 192 Canaga 51 19 Canada 6s 1931 Canata 6% 1952 Chile 981946 Chile s 1926 . Chile831941...... 6 Chinese Gov Ry 58 2 Copenhagen G1s. . Cuba 6%s w1 Czechoslovakia 8s. 10 Denmark 8s. Denmark 6s...... 8 Dutch EastT 6s'47 9 Dutch East I 6s '62 33 Framerican 7%s. . 13 French Govt 8s French Govt T3, Haitl 65 ctfs. "Holland-Amer # Japanese Ist 4 1. TJapanese 2d 41s. . Japanese 4s. 5 Jergen U M 65°47. 148 Lyons6s.... Marseilles 63 Mexico 5s. . Mexico 5s large Mexico ds.... Montevideo 75 Netherlands 6s. orway.8s. Norway 6 aris-Ly's- Prague 7%s. ... Queensland 7s. . Queensland 6s. Rio de Jan 85 1946, Rio de Jan 8s 1947. 14 Rio Gr Do Sul 8s. . Seine, Dept of. 75.. Serbs Crotes Slo §8 15 Sweden 6s. .. 6 Swiss Confed §s... Tokio bs. . el 12 Ud Kingm 5% '29. 53 Ud Kingm 6%s '37. 29 Uruguay 8s... 2 105 105 Zurich $s.. 2 112y 112% . MISCELLANEOUS. Ajax Rubber 8s. 2 9% Am Agr Chem 7T%s 2 101% Awm Cotton Oil6s.. 1 66 Am SmIt&R 1st 5s. 40, 8815 Am Sugar Ref 6s.. 6 102% AmT& T cv 68 . 8 115% AmT& Tcltr5s.. 24 98 lAmT & Tcltr4s.. 10 91% Anaconda cv db 41 102% Anaconda 1st 6s. .. 97 Armour & Co 4%s. 32 &6% Atlantic Refin 5s. . Bell Tel J’a bs rcts. Beth Steel rf os... Beth Steel pm 58 Beth Steel s f 65 Bklyn Edison 7s Bklyn Ed gen 5s.. Bush T Bldg 55 '60. Central Leather bs Chile Copper 6s. Chile Copper 7s. Commonwth P Con Coal Md 1st 5 Cuba Cane cv d 8 Du Pont de N 7% Duquesne Lt 73s. Duquesne Light 68 E Cuba Bug 7%s... Empire F&G T4, Fisk Rubber 8s. ... Gen Elec deb 5s. Goodrich 6%4s. Goodyear 8s 1931.. Goodyear 8s 1941. . Humble O&R 51zs. Indiana Steel 5s... Int Mer Marine 6s. Int Paper 1st 58 A. Int Paper 1st 5s B. Spring 8s... Lackawa S 5s'50. . Liggatt & Myers 7¢ Magma Cop cv 7s.. Manati Sug sf Ti4s Marland Ofl 7148 Marland Oil 8s w Morris&Co 1st 4%3 New Eng Tel 6s. .. N Y Edsn 1st 6%s. N Y Tel 6s ‘41 N Am Edison 6s. Northwst B Tel 7; Otis Steel 8s. Otis Steel T3s. . Pacific Gas & El 55 PacT & T 58°'52. Phila Coref 6s A Pierce-Arrow 8s Public Service 5s.. Punta Alegre 7s... Sacks & Co s Sinclair Oil 7s. Sin Crude Oil Sin Pipe Line 5s. South Bell Tel 58 So Por Rico Sug 7s St Oit of Calif 7 Tenn Elec Pow 6; Tide Wat Oil 6% Tobacco Prod sf Union Bag & P 63 Unit Drug cv 8s. l U S Rub 1strf 58 S Steel 81 55. Utak Pow & Lt 5s. Va-Car Chem 7s... Va-Car Chm T4s v Warner Sugar . West Union 61! Wilson & Co 1st 65 Wilson&C cv 7%s. 100 Wilson & Co cv 6s. 3 94% 94 Winchester A Ts 1 102 102% ——— RAID “RUSSIAN EAGLE.” Prohibition Agents Disappointed ‘When No Liquor Is Found. NEW YORK, April 21.—Twenty-five prohibition agents last night raided the “Russian Eagle” cafe in East -57th street, just off 5th avenue. The cafe was operated by Gen. Theodore La- dnisky and several others, who de- clared they were former Russian no- bles. : Fifty men and women in evening dress were in the cafe when the raid- ers entered the establishment. The raid was conducted on a search war- rant after a prohibition agent had previously visited the place on intro- duction as “Count von Myers of Aus- tria.” The agents searched the building from cellar to garret and withdrew when they failed to find any trace of liquor 97% 101% 66 87% 102% 99 9014 90 100% 6% B4y 121% 101% 100 98 86 93 101% 105% 94 108% 105 9% 111% 873 101% 87% 90% 84% 103% 1081 977 100% B4y 121 101% 99% 98 86 93 101% 106% 94 103% 105 97% 111% 87 101% 87% 90%, 844 103% 1081 97% 100% 941, 1021 101 99% 98 86 93 101% 105% 94 103% 104% 97% 111% 8674 101% 87% 90% 8414 1031 108% 974 DEEIE PN T EPOTIACE Y So — BOSTON STOCK MARKET. BOSTON, April 21.—Following is a Ilist_of today's highest, lowest and closing prices for the most active stocks dealt in here: Atioues .. Anmeek ' Arcadian Cons Amer Tel & Tei Arizona ‘Com Roston Eleva Calumet & Arizo Calumet & Hecl Copper Range East Butte Eastern 8 8 alind oreek © ass Gas .. Mayfiower 00 Mohawk .. New Corneii 01d Dominion Switt & Co Shoe Machine | U'S Smelt p Venturs OII' ... 28" 23 ol iy @ - - tourniquet was invented French surgecn, Morel, in 1674, Direct to The Star Office. RAILROADS. Sales. High. Atchison gen 4s. 10 UG"}: Atchison adjds... 3 79% AtlanticCL1st4s 1 85% AtlanticCLcl4s.. 2 7 B&ODrInYin... 45 som 20 6% 1 100% 11 79% 6 82 T 94% 1 63% k3 92% 924% 88% 88% 114% 114% 112% 112% 79% 78% 84 84 89% 88% 87% 87 83% 82% 51%7 51% 27 27 98% 98% 61 b1 601 60% 6714 67% 82% 65% 80 107 81% 7% 87% 72" 101 102% 83 B4% 854 9815 57 451 481 495 1045 114 10814 99 9% Close. 86% 9% 86% 8% 95% 76% 100% 79% 81% 94% 63% % 924 924% 88 887% 114% 112% 9% 84 88% 87% 82% 51% 27 98% 51 60% 67% 82% 66 80 107 8% 7% Low, 86% 9% 86% 78% 96% 76% 100% 9% 81% 94% 63% 75 92'% 92% 88 88 Canad North 6. Canad Pac aeb"tm Central Pacific 4s. Ches & Ohlo cv 5s. Ches & Ocv 4y . Ches & O gn 4%, Chi & Alton 3s. .. | Chi & Alton 3155+ Chi B&Q 18t rf 55, Chl Great West 4s. ChIM&S Preasgs Chi M&St P cv 5s. . Chi M&St P 432 Chi M&S Pev4igs CM&StPgn4iss Chi&NW7s., . ChiRys 5s. . Chi R1& Pacrf ChiUn Sta 43s. .. Chi & W Ind cn 45, CCC&St Lrf6s A, Cleve Term 5145 Colo & Sou 414s. .. CubaRR5s. .. Del & Ha 1st rr Del & Hudson 5 !; Erie 1st con 4s e gen 4s. . e conv ds A Erie conv4s . |\ Gr Trunk sf db 6s. Grand Trunk . Gr North gen 7y, .| Gr North gen 6155, Green B& Wdb B Hud & Man ref 55, Tud & Man af 6s. 11 Central 514n. | Int Rap Tran 65 Int R Transit 75 Int& G Nor aj 65, . Towa Central'rf 45 Kansas City S 3s. Kansas City S 55 Kan City Term 45, Lake Shore 45 '31. Long Island rf 4s Louis & N unt 4 Louis & Nash Louls & Nash 5 Manhat Ry cn 4s. . Market Stcn 5s. . | MStP & SSM 61;5. MK&TprinssA 1 MK&T4sB MK&Té6sC MK & T adj 53, Mo Pacific 6s. . . 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Union Pac 1st 4s Union Pac cv 4 Union Pac cv Wabash 1st 55 Western Md % Western Pacific 55 West Shore 1st 4s. Wheel & LE cn 4s. 1 Whel &LErf 438, 95% 60% 9% 79% 59% 51 TOTAL SALES (Par. Value] ilam.. 2749000 12 noon. 5211000 CHICAGO STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, April 21.—Following i report of today's sales, high, low and closing quotations at Cl Stock Exchange: el Sales. High. 200 Armour of Tl ptd 14 Armour of Del ptd 8 1775 Continental Mot .. amond Mateh ossard, H' W ontgomery Ward, 0585 Stewart-Warper 200 Swift & Co 1130 Un Carh & 625 Yellow Mfg B o 033, o5 Total sales, FOREST FIRES RAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA Miners in Hard-Coal Regions ih'op Picks to Fight Flames in " Mountains By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—Forest fires, some of which had assumed serious aspects, were repyrted today from many sections of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of mine workers are fight- ing fires in the hard coal regions. Two fires at Hazleton appeared to be the most extensive, one of them hav- ing reached the city limits before it was turned back. A fanhouse for supplying air for the mines of. the Cranberry Creek Coal Company was destroyed. Officials of the company caused the arrest of a resident. He is alleged to be of un- {sound mind and to have threatened to fire all the mounfains in the Hazle- ,ton region. Pottsville reports two fires, one on Broad mountain and the other south of Tremont. The Broad mountain blaze burned within 600 feet of the village of Brickton before it was diverted. Nearly 500 men, mostly miners, are battling the flames. One were destroyed in the South mountain near Dillsburg, York county, last night. Johnston reports a fire 'which ha: burned over 300 acres, and is spreading rapidly. Other fires are at Heshben, Indiana county, and Mineral Point and Flinton, Cambria county. Just Breaking the Hoodoo. From tire Boston Transcript. “What, leaving, Jane?” an’ that's unlucky. “Why, then, did you come?” “Cause I had to have a thirteenth, thonehl T et it over with, 1 | 65% | 73% | thousand acres of timberland | FINANCIAL Live Stock LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. There has been very little fluctua- tions in prices this week. There is every indication that lower prices for butter and eggs will prevail the first of the coming week. Meat prices have undergone practi- cally no chapges this week. There ig an ample supply of choice meats of all kinds on hand, the supply being more than equal to the demand. Warm weather has resulted in the receipt of encouraging news from the fruit and vegetable growing regions, and dealers expect increased supplies the next few days. Eggs—Strictly fresh. selected, can- dled, per dozen, 26a2i: average re- celpts, 26; southern, 25. Live poultry—Roosters, per Ib, 17; turkeys, per lb., 25a35; spring chickens, per 1b., 60; winter chickens, per 1b., 40a50; keats, young, each, 65; fowls, per Ib., 26a27. Dressed 'poultry — Fresh-killed spring chickens, per 1b., 75a80; win- ter chickens, per 1b., 45a50; hens. per 1b. 32a33; roosters, per ib. 19a20; turkeys, per 1b., 45850; keats, young, each, 70a80. Live stock—Calves, choice. per lb. 10a11; medium, per 1b, 9a8%: thin, per 1b, 6a7. Lambs, spring, per Ib., 18. Live pigs, 3.00a5.00 each; live hogs, per 1b., 9. Green fruits—Apples, per bbl, 3.00a 7.50. California oranges, per crate, 4.50a5.50; Florlda, 5.50a6.50. Lemons, per box, 4.00a4.50. ~Grapefrult, 3.502 .50. Vegetables—Potatoes, per bbl., No. 2.00a3.00; per sack, 3.35a3.50: No. Z 50a1.00. ‘Sweet potatoes, North Caro- lina, 2.00a3.00; nedrby, 2.00a3.00. Let- tuce, per crate, southern, 50a2.00; Romaine lettuce, per crate, 150a2.00; Ice berg lettuce, per crate, 3.50a4.00. Nearby cabbage. per bbl., 1.50a2.50; southern, 2.00a2.75 per basket. EgR- plants, per crate, 3.00a5.00. Tomatoes, per box, Florida, 2.00a4.50. Beans. 2.00a5.00 per_basket. Peas. 3.00a6.00 per hasket. Peppers, per crate, Flor- 04200. Kale, per barrel. 50a Spinach, per barrel, 1.50a2.00. ry, per crate, Florida, 2.75a3.25. h, 2.50a4.00. 'Florida lima beans, 4.00a5.00 per basket. South Carolina asparagus, 2.00a6.00. GRAIN AND PROVISIO RALTIMORE. Md.. April 21.—(Spe- cial). ~ Potatoes, white, 100 pounds 1.25a 150 pounds, 2.00a3.50: new !potatoes. barrel. 6.00a15.00: bushel {1.7584.00: Sweets, barrel { bushel, Yams, barrel { bushel Asparagus, dozen. 3.0 a7.00. Beans, bushel, 2.00a3.25. Beets, 100. 5.00a7.00. Cabbage, hamper, 2.0 a2.50. Carrots, 100, 4.0026.00. Célery, crate, 1.50a2.50. Cucumbers, crate, 3.00a4.50. Fggplants, crate, 2.50a4.00 | Horseradish, bushel. 2.50a3.00. Kale, |bushel, 40a45. Lettuce. basket 1.00a Onions, 100 pounds, 2.00a4.50. Spring onions, 100, 1.00al.33. Peas. shel, 2.50a3.50. Peppers, crate, 3.00 a1.50. ~Radishes, basket, 1.25al. Rhubarb, 100, 6.00a8.00. Spinach. bushel 50a75. Squash, crate. 3.00a 14.00. Tomatoes, crate, 1.50a4.00. (. Apples. packed, barrel, 3.00a6. {vusher 1.0ba1 box apples, 1 12 Grapefruit, _box. |Oranges. box, 4.0026.50. Strawberries, {quart, 20a45. i Selling Preles at 12:30. Wheat—No. 1 red winter, spot. no quotations; No. 2 red winter, spot, 1141 No. 3 red winter, spot, no qu: tation: 2 red winter. garlicky., |1.38: No. 2 red winter garlicky, spot. no_quotations; April, 1.38. Sales—Bag lot of nearby at 1:15 per bushel. Corn—Cob corn, new. 4.75 per bar- rel; contract, spot, 883 per bushel; No. 2 corn, spot, 91%; 4, no quo- track corn, vellow, No. 3 Dbetter, 94 per bushel. Sales—200 bushels of No. 2 yellow and 56 per . 5412 and 55 per bushel. Rye—Nearby, 80a30 per bushel; No. western export, spot, 94 per No. 3, no_quotations. Receipts, 87 tons; ample re- ceipts for all trade wants from 17.00 to 21.00 per ton. The market is dull for lower grades and inferfor hay, ich is of uncertain value. Straw—No. 1 tangled rve, 15.00a 116.00: No. 1 wheat, 12.50a13.00; No. 1 | 0at, nominal, 14.00215.00 TODAY’S CHICAGO PRICE:! CHICAGO. April 21.—Rain bene- {fiting the winter crop led to price downturns in the wheat market to- |day during the early dealings here. {and so likewise did lower quotations !at Liverpool. Commission houses were the principal sellers. Buyers remained scarce until prices showed a setback of about 3 cents from re- cent top figures. The opening, which varied from unchanged figures to % lower, with May 1.24 to 1.24% and July 1.21% to 1.2214, was followed by a moderate drop all around and then {something of a reaction. i~ Corn developed independent weak- ness as a result of free selling. ascribed to speculative sources. Val- ues started ' to % lower, May 781 to 781s, and later showed further de- clines. { In oats the initial prices were un- changed to 3 down, May 45 to 43%. Declines afterward became general. Provisions lacked support. i WHEAT— Open. High. Low. {May o 5 1July | Sentember CORN— May July {Septer i OATS— May A lymy S0 {September ... L4413 LARD— May 11.10 {July 1135 |, RID {Fuy 1112 1187 11 1 11.10 135 9.92 9.92 DAIRY PRODUCTS. BALTIMORE, Md., April 21 (Spe- cial).—Live poultry—Chickens, 1b., 35: poor and thin, 25; winters, 40a45; springers, 55a60; leghorns, springers, 45a50; old hens, 26a27; small and leg- Ihorns, 25; old roosters, 15a16; ducks, 1 25a28; small and poor, 22a23; pigeons, i pair, 35a40: guinea fowl, each, 40a60. Eggs (loss off)—Native and nearby firsts, doz., 26; southern, 25. Butter—Creamery, choice to fancy, 45a47; prints, 48a50; nearby creamer: 142243 rolls, 38a42; store packed, 3§ dairy prints, 40a42. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, April 21 (United States Department of Agriculture)—Hogs, {receipts, 7,000 head: butchers around steady; lighgs opened steady; closed mostly ten lower; bulk, 150 to 210 pound averages, §.10a8.30; early top, 3.40; 225 to 326 pound butchers, 7.80a 5.10; packing sows unevenly iower; mostly 6.50a6.70; few roughs around 6.25; pigs, steady to 25 lower; esti- mated holdover, 3,000: heavy welght hogs, 7.75a8.10; medium, $.00a8.30; light, 8.00a8.40; light light, 7.00a8.30: packing sows, smooth. 6.50a7.16: packing sows, rough, 6.15a6.65; kill- ing plgs, 6.50a7.85. Cattle—Recelpts, 500 head; com- pared week ago: Beef steers and yearlings, 16 to 25 higher; all grades yearlings showing full advance; ex- ireme top matured steers, 10.35; best yearlings, 10.10; mixed steers and heifers, 9.90; beef cows and heifers, 15 to 40 higher; canners, cutters, stock- ers and feeders, steady to unevenly lower; bulls, 25 higher; veal calves, 50 to 76 higher. Week's bulk prices fol- low: Beef steers, 8.25a9.63; stockers apd feeders, 6.60a7.75; beef cows and heifers, 5.76a7.85; canners and cutters, veal calves, 8.00a8.75. Receipts, 4,000 head; today’s run mostly direct;: compared weck ago: Lambs, steady to weak; aged stock, steady to 25 lower; heavy kinds off most; week’s extreme top old crop lambs, 14.60; bulk, light weight, 14.25 214,60 heavier kind, 13.65a14.00; ex- treme’ weight, 12.75a13.00: clipped lambs, mostly 10.75a1i.50; choice handy-weight, up to 2.10; weighty, shorn, 10.00 downward; wooled ewes, up to 9.00; clipped description, 7.25a 8.00; aged wooled wethers, 8.00a9.00; clipped kind, 7.00a8.40; few loads feeding and shearing iambs, 13.00a 14.00 mostly. o Did Not Get Him. From the New York Bun, First Englishman — Charley, did you hear that joke about the Egyp- tian guide who showed some tourists two skulls of Cleopatra—one as a girl and one as a woman? Second Englishmon—Ne; let's hear 995 992 Grain, Produce and FIRM TONE SHOWN IN LOCAL MARKET Buyers and Sellers Slightly Apart in Views—Gas Earn- ings—Notes. BY L A. FLEMING. Trading in local securities was un usually restricted today. Buyers and sellers were apart in their views, w a firm undertone in the list. Railway common was unchanged 10 a little easier, being offered at 65°, at which price a small sale was mad, while the preferred shares of the same corporation showed strengi: With a fractional advance from to 7 A few shares of American Se and Trust brought 325, this being only sale of bank share aon 5 2lso moved slowly, one showing o e i g on the sa he only change in the quotatio of the uniisted Tist was a hid et for American Commercial and Bank and an advance in the i, of Banking Trust and shares of 13 point to 10 The Anacostia Bank was quoted u 165 bid and 200 asked. Washington Gas Earnings. March earnings of the Gas Comnpa compared with $44.7 sponding month last year and $126.4 for the month of February, 1923 1 why there should have been siuch : big drop between earnings of Fel ary, a twenty-eight-day month March. with thirty-ene days, markable. but jt is evidently custo ary. as shown by the March car of Tast vear. Dull Day at Banks. While there was the u business at the bLanks was nothing in the turned loo The mee ers’ Council and the A. I B. and Shriners' nothing to give onut. At the Riggs Natlonal remodel: work is going ahead with speed. 11 galleries” at the north end of building have been removed; the wor of removing the old vauit is und way and it will not be very long b fore the changes that have been und way since last summer are completerl he District National is ng a mezzanine floor for its partment. it being the inte the company to push this b business recorc pr Mortgas is oy 1 roy today, ther way of ne ngs of the District Bar committee welcome 1 Unlisted List. LONDS, b tropolitan ( : Sacks §75 pf. Chapin-Sacks 7% pf.. Citizens' Savings Bank. . ristian Heurich Brewers . Hotel Co...... partmental Bank... ct Title Ins. v Ings Bank . ational Bank n. & Kav. n Title Ins. Washington Rabe Ball Club Woodridge & Langdon Svg. BK. |COTTON FUTURES IN SHARP DROP Lowest Prices of Week Reached in Today's Two-Hour Sessions. Bank [ Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, April 21.—Excitemer continued in cotton today with low est prices of the week reached he fore the exchange had been open hal an hour. Further rains in the cotton belt and a temperature of 46 at Okla compared with 66 in opened prices somewhat higher. advance only served to renew selling movement and July, afte: starting above 23%zc, broke 40 points with a rush New Orleans showed an even weak er tone than New York. July breal ing through 26c there to 2 New York was 25 points. NEW YORK, Apri 2 October, 24.10; December, Januar Cotton spot quie; Cotton_futures closed barely stead) May, 27.10; July, 2 October, 23.95 December, 23.50! January, 23.20. NEW ORLEANS, April 21.—Cotto futures opened steady. May, July, 26.25: October, 23.40: Decembe 23.03; January, 22.83." Futures close: easy, 6 points down to 3 points up. net. ' Closing bids: Mayv. 26.55 26.24; October, 23.10; December, January, 22. Spot cotton Sales on the none. middling, 2 23:02 ints low to arri midd good middling. VILLAGE IN ASHES, REBUILDING STARTED ‘Bnrke, W. Va., in Ruins as Flames Sweep 100 Buildings—Loss, $1,000,000—1,000 Homeless. By the Associated Press. BLUEFIELD, W. Va. April The pick and shovel were di for the hammer and saw today village in McDowell county, which was converted into a huge ash he. by flames last night, with an esti ed property damage of $1,000,00¢ More than 1,000 persons were rende: ed homeless by the fire, which dr stroved 100 buildings, including cottages belonging to the Houstor Coal and Coke Company, but thers was little suffering, as the homeles: ! sought refuge in the nelghboring vil lage of Keystone. With the break of dawn the tireles miners, who had fought herofcall the flames of the night before, wer: occupled in clearing away the debris and erecting new homes. Authoritie said it would be only a few days un til_the village was rebuilt. The fire was belleved to have beer caused by a defective flue. WOOL MARKET QUIET. BOSTON. April 21 (Special).—Dea ings in the local wool market con tinued decidedly slow today. Th: principal demand at the moment centered in the finer grade wools, wit/ worsted wools occupying the front of the stage. The feeling along Sum mer street 1s distinctly conservative at this ti * \ scores of miners of Burke, a mining