Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1923, Page 27

IR AT AT} N I A 00 A G HE MANAGEMENT of the Union Trust Company is in the hands of experienced, successful bankers of the institution satisfactory just as they make its safety complete. OFFICERS EDWARD J, STELLWAGEN. e2eceeo. /PROMGODY GEORGE M, HAMILTUN../cccs0q.-18t Vico-President Attorney and Trust Officer GEORGR K. FLEMING....ccc.c... 204 Vice-President Asst, Trust Officer WALTER 8. BABRBAN..............5rd Vice-President EDWARD L. HILLYER............4th Vice-President EDSON B, OLDB..c...covveirninianbus W. FRANK D. HERRON........ REQINALD RUTHERFORD...........Asst. Treasurer IRVING ZIRPEL.... . WILLIAM 8, LYONS....0c00000000....A80t. Becretary . .Treasurer ...Asst, Treasurer 0 R0 SO 8.0 P D D e D S § 2 Ot T & R @ 0 2 Secretary DIRECTORS William Braisted Joseph H. Cranford G. Thomas Dunlop - George L. Fleming George B. Hamilton John . Hanna Walter S. Harban Frank C. Henry John . Hoyt D. J. Kaufman A Kenny James B. ok Thos. P. Morgap Arthur Murray George H. Myers O Daniel W. O'Doneghue Aulick Palmer D, S. Porter Ord. Preston Francis A. Richardson John H. Small, 3d Emmons S. Smith Luther F. Speer Edward J. Stellwagen Wilson i | Lambie Charles ¥ | €t s S 8 8 21 © 2 @ 2 v 0 O I o0 © € Pt © .5 2 = 2 T ¢ T UNION TRUST CO. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMEIA I uulllll AR Announcement THE GREAT NORTHERN v |STEAMSHIP COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. i IMAD DASH LANDS | Announces That Arrangements Are Now Being Made for Monthly $110 Round Trips to Europe Boston—Southampton Boston—Gothenburg $110 .. $138 " e = ONE WAY $75 0'.\ W‘AV 'Sfm Connecting for Connecting for Christiania, Stockholm, Helsing- London, Liverpool, LeHavre fors, Danzig, Riga, Copenhagen THE ABOVE PRICES INCLUDE RAILROAD FARES TO POINTS, AS FAR NORTH AS STOCKHOLM The Company plans to carry approximately two thousand passengers monthly. Make your plans now for a trip during the coming season Lives of passengers will be protected by EVER-WARM SAFETY SUITS ‘Which prevent drowning and protect from exposure thousands of intelligent persons who wish to visit the battle- fields of - France, the Shake- speare country, Scandinavia, the Tand of the Midnight Sun, etc. A chance of a lifetime! So it would seem; but.t is more than that. The company is building for a permanent business, sct- ting a new standard" of high- class ocean travel on a one-class basis. That this can be done at a fair margin of profit has al- ready been proved and is fur- ther outlined in our prospectus. You'll find it extremely interest- ing. WE WILL ALSO SHOW YOU HOW YOU MAY BECOME A PART-OWNER IN THE MOST-TALKED-OF ENTERPRISE IN YEARS 2% Cut out and mail us with your name-and address. <& A. Wikstrom Information Dep't Edmunds Bldg., Suite 54 Boston, Mass. A round trip, with all ex penses on shipboard included, at more expense than a vacation right here at home! To mect the ever-increasing de- mand in this country for an in- expensive and at the same time thoroughly comfortable and en- joyable transatlantic voyage, is the prime object of the Great Northern Steamship Company. Organized by progressive busi- ness men who realize the excep- tional opportunity offered now for inexpensive travel in Europe, the Company will cater to the no A. Wikstrom Information Dep't Edmunds Bldg., Suite 54 Boston, Mass. T am interested in securing full information regarding a trip to: (Mark with a cross) Ove way Round trip England | e France : I am interested in becoming part-owner in the Great North- ern Steamship Company. Norway Denmark Baltic Provinces Finland Russia Please send me prospectus and full particulars, Name ... - Street or R. F. D.. City or Town....... 5 i Street or R. F. D. City or Town AUTOIST IN TOILS and Failing to Reveal Iden- | tity in Crash. i Charged with assault, colliding and CONGRESS HEIGHTS CITIZENS LABOR TO MAKE THEIR OWN LITTLE CORNER OF WORLD BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN Held for Assault, c(?“id'l'lfl Many Moves for Civic Well-Being Pro- moted. failing to make known his identity| WINS VICTORIES after an automobile accident, Thomas J. Keating, thirty years old, 1204 Kennedy street, a statistician in the | Department of Commerce, was arrest- | ed at his home early today by De- tectives Thompson and Embrey. Keating was suffering from a broken nose, having received the injury in an accldent near 18th and U streets about 7 o'clock last night,'when William E. Hottel, twenty-seven years old, 3149 Mount’ Pleasant street, a pedestrian, was severely injured. H Keating, accompanied by George Hughes, 1909 19th street, made a turn to enter an alley adjoining 1740 U! street. His car bumped into the car of Earl Roth, 1933 18th street, in which Richard J. Crawford, 1933 18th street, was seated, Following the collis continued on his dash_ and landed against the steps of 1740 U street. Police reported that Keating abandon- ed his car and went home. He was rele: d on bond in the sum of $1,700 for appearance in Police Court. Hottel was taken to Emergency Hospital, where it was found he had recelved a fracture of his right leg and numerous cuts and bruises about his body. While his condition was serious, surgeons said he probably would recover. AIRPLANES TO FLY FROM SUBMARINES Airplanes capable of being launched from subn ine are a reality., Ad- miral William T. foffett. chief of the bureau of aeronautics of the vy. told members of th, smopol- itan Clud at the Hotel Hamilton yes- terd He said that some of these |l craft would be brought to the naval | air field here for demonstration. Admiral Moffett said that one of the largest airships ever to be built is undergoing construction at Lake- hurst, N. J. “This ship will be com- pleted in the summer and will be brought to Washington.” said the of- | ficer. “Tours of the country will be made with the ship, and it is likel it will also make a trip to Europe, and probably tg the north and south poles.” In conclusion the speaker said the Navy Department is making a com- of aviation for use in 'We have k out for| eral . e times ted States.” he as the i liflower presided. Boost- James C er prizes were awarded C. H. and Edward Gramm were J. Clinton_Hiatt, and R._Gordon French. FOR ITS MEMBERS President One of Busiest Individuals in W hole The Congress Helghts Citizens' As- | Keating | gress It purpose | street-car service from Anacostia to | Congress water, sewer and light systems and the opening of 4th street southeast It has succeeded in obtaining these along with other improvements dur- ing its several years of efforts. The assoclation was organized with twenty-five charter members and has now grown to a membership of 325. ity. sociation, organized in 1911 and until | two years ago known as the Con-! Heights Public Assoclation, occupies a unique posi- ! j tion In the circle of eivic bodies. was organized chiefly to obtain an extension Helghts, extensions Meets Each Month. It holds its meetings once a month the Chureh ongress Heights Baptist Territory covered by the as- ycfation is bounded by St. Ellzabeth's Hospital and the Dist east, the Potomac river on the west. the Anacostia river on the north and the District line on the south. t line on the Activities have been confined large- v to matters of local interest. accomplishment of which the organi- zation 1s most proud is obtaining the paving of Nichols avenue from Ana- costla to Congress Heights, now in progress. - The Representation on the various trade organizations of the city and other representative bodies been favored by members of the as- soclation. have always The population of the Heights has Dr. E doubled since the organization of the citizens’ numerous improvements accomplished and others to be obtained a great fu- ture is predicted for that section. assoclation, and with the E. Richardson, listed in coun- | Whose Who in America. president of ¢ planes | the association for the last two years {and acting_ president for two years {prior to Hites | presiden Guests present | of that vicinity, and is president of D. Robinson 'and holds offices in so many organi- zations that he has a hard time re- the time he was elected i3 one of the real live wires First Mortgage Loans Made On Improved Properties (Including Residences) In the District of Columbia 51/2% Interest Reasonable Aunual Curtailments Required Loans for Less Than $30,000 May Be Paid in Whole or in Part at Any Interest Period Without Charge H. L. RUST COMPANY Main 6888 912 15th Street Loan Correspondent for the Prudential Insurance Company of America Private-Appearing, Superior - Sedan Service Ideal for All Occasions —SHOPPING, SIGHTSEEING, BUSI- WEDDINGS, PLEASURE, NESS, FUNERALS, ETC. ool No. Additional Charge! The. rate per hour rate, the regular mete for the first two-fif! cents for each additional two-fifths. PHONE— Mt. Pleasant Branch, 2400 16th St.— Improvement for the of in DR.EERICHARDSON . ]’fe:iicle/ci . ’ ~—— pensis GUSTAV BENDER Recordirg 7reasurer membering all of them. Among the organizations with which h 8 con- nected are as follow President of the Central Union Mission for the last twelve vears, president ¢f the Philo- Society. a trustee of 't Bible Institute of New Or- first vie president of the Anacostia Park committee, and a member of the Society of Philosophy and Psychology. Has Many Degrees. Dr. Richardson holds the B. M. D., and Ph. D. degrees fra George Washington University, ing graduated at the of forty-five in medi was u professor in medic Washington for a number of lund now teaches a class in philg at that insi He is a member of the Med v of the District of Columbia and also the pastor of | the Congress Helghts Raptist Church. Prior to his entrance into George Washington he was the first-honor M. S. FARMER DEAD. | Was U. S. Marshal in District Quar- | ter Century and 71 Years 0ld. Matthew Singleton Farmer, for a| quarter of a century a deputy United | ates marshal connected with the | administration offices of the Depart- | ment of Justice in this city, died | Thursday at the family residence. 651 | Lexington street northeast, aged | seventy-one years. Iuneral ervices | will be held at the home this after- ' noon ut 3 ocloc he body will be shipped to Hendersonville, for | | interment { M- Farmer wa | Rock, - He ¢ to W in 18 to cept an apy a deputy United ate: the Department of Ju ition he had held up to {wo vears ago, when | he retired. He was not affiliated with | any of the fraternal organizations. ¢ his wife ve of Flat hington intment as marshal in A. Farmer. | cld. 1] 1l [ | of a_year ago. | ¢xperiencing COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY DETROIT, April 27.—Although sales departments of automobile companies | today see no. diminution in demand,| !the under current of opinion here is that a change is imminent. One' manufacturer bases his <belief on the assumption that it will be impossible ! to keep suffictent employes to main- ! tain present production. | MINNEAPOLIS, April — Twin | cities automobile dealers reported to- day that sales were exceeding those They sald they were extreme difticulty in | supplying demand despite. the long | continued coid weather. CANTON, Ohio, Aptil 27.—The Can= ton chamber of commerce reported to- day that a shortage of at least 2,000 workers exists here. It is expected that this will be relieved later in the year when the motor industry is ex- pected to slacken. One motor builder is expected to cut his inventory in half starting in July BOSTON, April women's shoes here that the spring styles were meeting with excellent demand. the red and! green shades being especially popular. —Retailers of | reported today NEW ORLEANS, April 27.—Sales of | farm implements this spring in tl south have been more than double the total of the similar *period last year. A notable feature is that a large num- ber of purchasers were of tWwo-row plows and small tractors. PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 27 ate Fimancial Secretzry T graduate of the Vermont Academy, a military school located in the state of Vermont. His ambition was to get a commission in the Army as lleuten- ant. He was kept from doing th due to an injury to his arm while participating in athletics. Gustav Bender, treasurer of the as- sociation, and Julian A. Marceron, its secretary, who have been officers of the association for a number of years and have always taken a most active part in the affairs of the association L. D. Weeks, first vice president; F. C. White, second vice president, angl E. C. Purdy, financial secretary, are the other officers who lend much of their time and energy toward the better- ment of conditions around Congress Height: On special occasions the association gives entertainments of some Kkind in order to enable its members and guests to become acquainted. An entertainment is now being planned to celebraté the completion of the repair work on Nichols avenue. PATENT ATTORNEY DIES. John Forbes patent_attorney Beale, well known died at Sibley Hos- rital Wednesd: evening. Funeral services will be held at St Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon. The interment will be in Rock Creek cem- etery. Mr. Beale was a member of the firm of Beale & Park, patent at. torneys. He was a native of Wash- irgton and was seventy-four vears He was cducated in the Ritten- house Academy and completed his edu- cation in Georgetown University. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cath- erine H. Beale, and one daughter. ZONTA CLUB PLANS TEA. The Zonta Club held its weekly luncheon at 1 o'clock vesterday at the City Club. The past president, Edith gave a report of a visit to the Soroptomists’ Club and the presi- dent, Tmogene James, reported & visit with the College Women's Club. The club will give a tea May 9 from reports show an increase today in cattle fattening in this section. Three per cent of the farmers in Allegheny county are raising steers for market. In Westmoreland, Crawford, Greene, Washington and Mercer the percent- age is 5. TOPEKA, Kan. April abandoned ‘wheat acreage of Kans Is placed today at 28.69 per cent, compared with 26.3 per cent a vea ago. Condition of growing wheat ‘is placed at 75.1, compared_with 75.9 a year ago. About 8,069, main out of the 11,315 season. ROSEVILLE, Calif. struction has started today on the ad- dition to the ific Fruit Express g plant here, which will make it the largest ice-manufacturing plant in the world. DETROIT, April — Retail and wholesale prices for ice have been in- creased here by all ice companies. The advance amounts to 65 cents a ton re- tail and 50 cents a ton wholesale. Higher wages and power costs are as- signed as the reason for the increase. 67,304 WOMEN NOW OWN PENNSY STOCK Increase in First Quarter of 835 on Books—Hold 48.40 Per Cent of Shares. 00 sown last PHILADELPHIA, April —in March stockholders of Pennsylvania Railroad Company increased 163 to 139,061, the fifth consecutive month to show an increase. Gain was the smallest for some time and compares with an increase of 353 in February and 1,469 in January, making total increase in first quarter of this year 1,985, % Woman stockholders held 31.64 per cent of stock, increase 38 per cent. BUSINESS GAINS STILL VERY RAPID Reserve Board Reports New Strides in Expansion of Trade and Production. Continued increases industrial production, further expansion in building operations and freight move ments heavier_each wee corresponding week in four 3 were reported as among the outstand ing features of business conditions this month in a statement today by the Federal Reserve Board. Gener. production, the statement announced. was 8 per cent higher on the boai index ratio than the high peak « 0 and 67 per cent above the point of 19 - the rd with expans tatement L0t was de length to which It was tained, howeve quarters the miding of o ome alarm w significance of this condition Bank Loanms Ine There has as yet been no reflect in the redscounis by the federal re serve banks of the reported heav borrowings from member bunks the reserve system, The banks, it was said, lave been able thus far to take care of the call~ for funds, which have become in singly great as the industrial nsion progressed e loans of member commercial purposes i $43 000,000 in the thirty days prior to April 11. The increage. however. hus not been reflected in the rediscounts of the reserve banks, largely result, the stutement explain withdrawal of funds from ments and the continued inf gold. This conditi ed in more or less banks eased to tablc Store Sales Also Jum, March sales as reported money ¥ department stores to the reserve bank were about 22 per cent greater thi & year ago. With this went an i créased turnover of.stock, as shown by the fact that stocks held by the Teporting stores were only 6 per cent greater than in March, 1922. Sales by mail order houses were reported as larger than in any month November, 1920. and 35 per cent larger than March of last r. I both the mail order and retail estab. lishments the were said to b continuing in il at rates that in- dicated equally high totals RISING TENDENCY NOTED IN IMPORTS Eight-Month Record Shows Steady Expansion in Goods Shipped Into United States. since Imports into the United St ing February amounted to 000, compared to $329,843,000 uary last and $215.743.000 in ary: 1922, the Department merce reports. The total for was greater than in any previou: Febru- of Com- February and numbered 04, increase 835. They constituted 48.40 per cent of to- tal stockholders. Corporation holders total, 1,137, increase 1 James J. Turner, vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad, in charge of corporate work on lines west of Pittsburgh, will retire May 1. Mr. Turner was seventy years old April and retires under the company’s pen- sion rules. He lives in Pittsburgh and has been affiliated with the road for fifty-three years. Mr. Turner is one of the veteran railroad executives of the country. He Las been a vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad s 1896. Two important proje with which he has been prominently identificd in recent years have been the entrance of the vlvania railroad system , into and the planning and building of the new Union station at Chicago. Mr. Turner is associated as an officer or director with fifty-four transporta- tion and other corporations, the ma- Jority*being constituent companies of ihe Pennsylvania railroad system. when February imborts totaled $467.- 402,000. In February, 1814, a nor pre-war month, the 4 8.- 044,000, total was $14 The February greater than those for any month since November, 1 except for Sep- tember, 1922, and January, 19 During the current scal which began with July, 1922, imports !lave shown an almost constant ris- ing tendenc; For the eight months ending with February the Yotal wn 2,319.204,000, compared with $1.621 599,000 in the cight months e¢nd February, 1 | MIDWEST OPENS FIGHT l ON RAIL CONSOL!DATIONS imports werc Special Dispate! KANSAS to The Star CITY, Mo., April resentatives of Missouri gathered here tod Henry Clay Hall, viver cities ¢ to present bef member of the In- terstate Commerce ( mmission, their is $2.50—the. trip r rate of -30 cents of a mile, and 10 city, surv They are Miss Mary Farmer, Tudor e Matthew Singleton Farmer, jr., ert Graham Farmer, Dr. W. C. Farmer and Mrs. Frederick Y. Denn. to 7 tional Conference of Boys' Clubs. menumhlflmudbmtheluudtsn work at our display rooms. Ruud 85 and 95 are new,—absolutely new. Their long- lived perfection is guaranteed by the tens of thousands of Ruuds that have been giving large homes a super- service for years. - i Hot water becomes a known and dependable factor the minute that Ruud 85 and 95 are installed. Perfect ser- vice becomes a fact. There is steaming hot water instantly for everything -nd'l"e;: y. Nobody watches it,—nobody waits for it. uud is ready to work automhbtically, every winute of every day. Set asidefive minutes to see the Ruud heating i ond water aunm“nurh-q’ .r it flows to g Stk s o B Ruud 'Manufacturing Company : (The Original and Largest Makers of Automatic Water Heaters) 73313th St. N.W Phone Main 6985 Sold by Plumbers and Washington Gas Light Co. p.m. at the Hut of the Grace Dodge Hotel, having as their guests the mothers in attendance at the Na- PANAMA TONNAGE UP. Official reports of the War Depart- ment show the volume of tanker ton- nage using the Panama canal has in- creased steadily during recent months, and in March constituted more than 30 per cent of the total commercial tonnage using the water- way. In cargo tons the volume of mineral oils carried by the tankers last month exceeded the combined cargo tonnage of all commodities car- rled by vessels transiting the canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic in any previous March. A large per- centage of the tanker tonnage using the waterway last month was en- gaged in intercoastal trade under the American flag. The total general cargo vessels using the canal in March aggregated 1,958.19 objections to the proposed mergers of railroad lines in this tecritery. The fight of the midwest against the con- solidations is being led by Clyde M Reed, chairman of the Kansas publii service commission. LEAF TOBACCO. BALTIMOF April Receipts increased last week to 300 hogsheads. while sales totaled 225 hugsheads for the past week. The/ good demand practically all grades Maryland prices pe Inferior and frosted, common, 5.0008.00; good 8.00a15.00 medium, 1X.00; to fine red. 2%.00112.00% seconds. common to 12.00; do. Rood to : groundleaves. 5.00423.00; upper coun- try, air-cured. nominal continued for 100 pounds 00a sound comm m Vancouver to Alaska, extends the Inside Passage, the most beautiful water trip in America—a sea voyage of over 600 miles, in.calm waters protected #€lands. Wondrous seascapes and mountain wviews of the snow-capped coast range. Canadian National Ocean Steam- shi Tiskt v ipofic Fus Parklic apartof fastest and largest in North Pacificwaters—all outside staterooms. T Tt S a that for charm and grandeur of scen- Stop at the Dominion®s Finest Hotels Gar ‘.v ipeg, .; MacDonald, & '"flflm : mm.‘&’;m ark, Oni-s The Prinee A Tiutionst n : Port Arthur, , Ont.; Prince Edward, Brandon, ton, Alta.; Jasper Park Lodge, Chateau lA\lnu" , Ottawa, On! ur, Man. For full information, write C. E. Jen- ney, 1270 Bro y » New York, N. Y. CanadaWelcomes United States Tourlsts= No Passports Required, The Canadian National route through the Rockies skirts Canada’ peaks, at the easiest lient D s route.