Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1923, Page 5

Stinnes Invests a t Random, But Builds Unheard-of Super-Trust: German, a Publisher Among Diversified Activities, Prints Government Money and Gets Paid for It. BY HIRAM KELLY MODERWELL. Bpecial Correspondence of The Star and Chicago Daily News Foreign Service. BERLIN, Germany, April 18.—Three years after the close of the war Stinnes had his super-trust built and working smoothly. It included coal mines in the Rubr, iron mines in Austria, blast fur- naces and steel mills chiefly In the Ruhr, factories for electro-technic ma- chines and many others using iron and ships. Hls problems then became, not how to make money, but what to do with the money he made. - v he seeins y much at ran- purchases re rs or else to form the basis new ones. To assure supplies of d needed for con tion w in coal mines, he purchased for t Prussia and Scandinavia. Then to consume the surplus produce of the for- ests he bought celiulose mills and paper factories. To assures a steady sale of the products of these factorles he bought newspzpers and publishing houses, and even a type foundry Long List of Publications. h paper and ty it cady proved a ‘man be- the Berlin ng. which iece, the ing Company in Berlin. lles and two weeklies, a dozen other German . the Stevermuhl interests in Vienna with four dailies and three dailies in Budapest. Rumor credits him with the ownership of a daily in Stock- Tiolm and control of a number of new papers in the the Buxenstein, North German Printin Compan: d has fo Stinnes Rook and Paper Company. He even possesses a_ weekly comic paper. . The Telegraphen-Union News Agency is owned by d others are supposed 10 be under his control, n that Stinnes ha ¢ to build up papers wh were proud of their independence have COIT GIRL RETURNS: MYSTERY DEEPER Seized With Desire to Travel, She Says—Made Trip to Chicago. By the Associated Press MONTCLAIR. J.. May 5.—Pla for one of the most intensive hu for a human being ever designed were discarded last night when Miss Lliabeth Coit, Litchfield, Conn., girl. slipped back Into New York from Chicago as quietly as when she my teriously left last Monday, impelled then. she said today, by a force for which she cannot account. Her mother. Mrs. Charles R. Coit, wife of a Litchfield banker, worn ou by four days of ceaseless worry. had Just left police headquarters to go to her hotel for photographs of her daughter which the officers purposed having exhibited on every movie . screen in the country while radio stations broadcast descriptions of her. When Mrs. Coit reached her hotel she found a telegram from her daughter sent from Utica, N. ing she was on her way to the eit Wanted to Travel. Miss Coit was on her way from Montclair lasi Monday to mect her mother at the Grand Central etation when, according to her story, she was h and . printing passed out of existence since the war, leaving few but the large dailies which could command strong financial back- ! Ing. Stinnes' control over the paper | supply gives him a great advantage ! over rival publishers. Prints Government's Mon: i Stinnes, as publisher, actually prints; the money in which he'is being indem- | nified for his losses in the Rhur. When | the demands of the German Rovern- ment, for funds became too much. even | for the Reichsbank presses, the firm of | Buxenstein was Intrusted with the ! printing of the remainder. Gehetmrat | Buxenstein is regarded as German leading expert in the printing of money {and to him alone s pervision of the » gave H own printing house. hich nnes had ; purchased some months before, all the | work it could take on. and distributed | the rest among printfi hops in Rerlin, § Leipzig, Dresden, N i i Karlsruhe, Stuttgart burg, Hamburs, Bre: berg. Stinnes not o on printing this mone: paper of which it is made. Among Stinnes' purchases were sugar mills in Czeckoslovakia oft coal mines in Germany. 1 of building with Hoch-und hau Gesellschaft. 1ch was a party to the famous nnes-Lubersa: reement, Not n named Ciprut t of shares in 1 . Madge- | d Konigs- | wkes w profit upplies the i hought the Terlin I a powerful instituti creased its capital sinc ning of the Stianes bought these shares as he had bought the Bochumer shares from Herzfeld. The been chiefly interested in 1 Konzern. Stinnes' chief rival, and the Otto Wolf corporation. These two have lately been approach- ing a complete agreement, and it was supposed to he Stinnes’ aim to drive a wedze between them. Though he ! did not succeed in getting a majority of the stock. he seems at least to| delaved the amalgamation. Tt| s said that he bought these bank shares with money borrowed from the bank itself. i Owns Ships and Hotels. { ¢ on every "If. Having enorm tities of things to send | abroad. he acquired the ships to carry them in. His principal overseas ship- ing interest is the Hugo Stinnes cor- . to_which hls son devotes all his energle not modest. The * npany rding to the s navigation ¢ sort. Including the providing ne ry equipment at home | and abroad, trade in all the products | of mines. iron mills, chemical and electrical industries. ‘agriculture, as ! 1 as trade In goods. finished prod- | s. half finis| and raw products Ing food for man | mineral and veg- | d other textile | and beast, etable oils, raw aterials, hides, Jute. wood, | woodpulp paper and ali finished prod- | ucts made therefrom to further the | packing and storing of such products | for import or export. The company is | also authorized to undertake the pro- | duction. acquisition and working up of goods, finished products. half-fin- | ished products and raw materials of | every sort on its own account.” having twenty- in several coun him raw m | s siness and has i ed an agency in Hamburg which | most alluring cruises. But | tourists must live in hotels, so Stinnes | . Includ- | “ the At- | . the Carlton in v he hostelries o, i Thuringia Hotel As: | ciation, (The nest next e in this series wiil be pub- | Richest in i Vitamins seized with an intense desire to travel. | She sent a porter for a ticket and left tmmediately for Chicago, where &he remained until she saw her pho- tograph reproduced in a New Yo newspaper and learned what efforts were being made to find her. She borrowed money from friends and came home, but shortly before she reached Utica a man, who noticed her perturbed condition. pproached her, and before long she had confided 1o him her ident telegram for her, kept her spirits ug until they reached New York, and the % described her daughter's befriender as that ‘“noble human being.” Memory Not Clear. Miss _Suzanne cyer. the aunt whom Miss Coit was with today, sued a statement through her attos ney, explaining the girl's disappear- ance. Miss Coit was said not to rec- ollect clearly where she spent all her time in Chicago, but she thought the first night was in a Y. W, C. A., whose accommodations she did not like and whose location she did not know. It was the second instance within a week in which a newspaper photo- graph had been the means of recover- ing a lost person. The first. Verner Alexanderson, six-vear-old son of the chiet engineer of the Radio Corpora- tion of America. was ldentified by a man who saw his photograph in af newspaper. 48-HOUR WEEK BEATEN. . Bank Tax Bill Also Dies in New Hampshire Legislature. CONCORD, N. H, May 5—A bill yroviding for a forty-eight-hour work week for women and minors #nd another for the taxing of the =urplus, as well as the capital stock of national banks and guaranty sav- ings banks, killed in the closing *tours of the New Hampshire legis- lature, which adjourned early today. Bills were passed at this session by which revenue will be derived from the income on iIntangibles and from the sale of gasoline. WASHINGTON is known as the City Beautiful Help keep it so. Use only the best paints and varnishes. Geo. F. Muth & Co., 710 13th St. N.W. uality Since 1865” | i | i | He sent the | d OVER _¢8_YEARS L ?ZM‘Q‘?‘ZM‘#{%{-:% % : Offices for Rent PHILLIPS ' BUILDING { 921 Fifteenth Street N.W. Overlaoking Beautiful 1 McPherson Square | Apply Rent Department ¢ WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS Kealtor i li Fifteenth and K Streets N.W. Main 4600 TAXIS & AUTOS Lower Rates ! Main 431 Coffee ROASTED OR GROUND Best Blend 1b., 42¢ Best Maracaibo, Ib., 30c Best Golden Rio, 1b., 25¢ Best My Coffee, 1b., 33c - White House, 1b., 43¢ Chase & Sandborn, Ib., 45¢ Barrington Hall, Ib., 48c Kaffee Hag, Ib., 65¢ De Kofa 1b., 90c Cafe des Invalides, Ib., 65¢ ESTABLISHED 1875 Magruder’s Fine Groceries Conn. Ave. & K St. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1923. From Foreign Ports ROM Theodore Haviland, in France, comes a beautiful and exotic pattern in China Dinnerware—the Paradise pattern, centering a colorful bird of Paradise and bordering the china with delicately colored garlands. Open stock set of 100 pieces, $184. And a new set from England claims attention with its delft blue border and flower basket motif. 100 pieces, $62.75. OLLECTORS of unusual vases. bowls and console sets will delight in this Czecho- Slovakign glass with its vivid colors combined with jet black. Holland sends us a new type of stemware in amber or aquamarine colored glass—the tum- blers in low shapes of many curves. Here. too, are the newest designs of Venetian glassware, tinted and hand-decorated with quaint little flowers. APAN contributes most unique baskets for fruits, bonbons or covered sewing baskets— the newest are embossed with colored fruits or flowers, $1.50 to $7.50. HEN one selects foreign Cretonnes and Draperies. there’s an assurance of rich- ness and distinction in color harmonies. French and English Cretonnes, $1.25 to $2 yard. ROM Holland—Braided Rush Rugs ior summer homes and verandas, chosen for their artistic colored patterns, in browns, natural, blues, mulberry, greens and black. According to size (square or oval), $5.50 to $37.50. Japanese Rush Rugs, with a different artistic appeal, $6.75 to $38.50. Belgian Hemp Rugs use Chinese or Egyptian patterns for their dull and lovely colored effects, $7.50 to $45. SO MANY novelties come from foreign ports to make boudoirs more delightfully personal. \We mention Normandy embroideries and laces for covering pillows or toilet tables. RENCH vanities for one’s dressing table re- flect a fancy of an earlier period. Of colored silks, exquisite with tiny rosebuds and laces. French prints are reproduced in Candle Shields and Shades. Shields, $1.25; Shades, 50¢c, $1 and $2. TOYS that have delighted the little folk of foreign lands are here to delight our own little Americans. OR BABIES the finest of handmade French Dresses, $5 and up; from Japan, Quilted Silk Comforts, $3.50 to $10; from England, Dimity Smocks, $7.50 to $12.50. HILDREN’S Fine Imported Socks show many beautiful solid colors, stripes and plaids; rolled or regular tops, 50c and 75c pair. With the docking of the big merchant vessels, come to us with great regularity the newest importations that foreign markets have to offer. Our offices in Lon- don, Paris, Brussels and Berlin; our repre- sentatives in Florence, Vienna, Shanghai and Yokohama—our American buyers who frequent foreign centers—all establish a broad contact for us with old world mer- chandise. And we, in turn, establish that desired contact for you. So that when you shop at Woodward & Lothrop’s. you shop abroad. The English Shop For Men Here are found the finer things for men, from England and the Continent. Topcoats, tailored exclusively for us by The ton & Wright, London, of fine Irish, English and Scotch fabrics, all-silk yvokes and sleeves, $50 to $75. Lounge Suits, tailored for us by Jos. May & Sons, Ltd., developed in the finest of English woolens, $60 to $75. Golf Suits, by Jos. May and other English makers, tailored as only an English tailor can make them, with freedom of action. style and solid comfort, $50 to $65. Neckwear, Hosiery, Shirts, Sweaters, Walk- ing' Sticks, Handkerchiefs, Golf Hose—all our exclusive importations. And from England to the Men's Shoe Section, adjoining the English Shop—Golf Oxfords, $9.50; Patent Leather Pumps, $12; Walking Oxfords, $17. Imported Linens The very essence of refinement and positive beauty is enjoyed in the possession of these finest of linens; products of skilled handicraft that is a heritage of the older countries. Ttalian women, long trained in the art, have fashioned exquisite Luncheon Sets—one in particular of luxuri- ous beauty is hand-embroidered with solid and cut work on the finest of linen—a 13-piece set. $90. Large centerpieces of filet and embroidery are mas- terpieces in art embroidery. One is priced at $250. Many Madeira Luncheon Sets are in our collections. At $15 to $18. An all-over filet set, entirely handmade and with new long doilies was sent from China. 13-piece set. $50. Irish Damasks are to be had in so many new patterns, both in cloths and sets—all white or with colors. French hand-colored embroidery for unusual lunch- eon sets. $18.75. And the Staple Linens in Cloths, Napkins, etc. Cloths begin as low as $5. FIRST fashion interest to WOMEN are our imports of apparel, and out of these great trunks come the clothes and the acces- sories that smart Parisiennes are wearing now. FROCKS of voile and crepe for women in lovely pastel colorings, hand-drawn by clever fingers of French needlewomen, $15 to $39.50. Similar charming frocks for misses. $12.50 to $25. BLOUSES. gorgeous creations, of heavy French crepes, with intricate designs car- ried out in beads and embroidery of vivid hue. $15 to $50. FRENCI-I hats from the Grande Modistes, and smart models from the petite modistes on the road to fame, $18.50 to $45. C ROYDON Topcoats for women irom Lon- don, tailored expressly for us, of shower- proof Scotch tweeds and West of England Cloth. $35 and $45. S WEATERS from England, Scotland, Austria and Switzerland, many styles, among the newest a golf coat of brushed silk, $50; other Sweaters for women and misses, $9.75 to $50. GOLF SOX from England, $2 and $3; fine liste hose from Saxony, $1 to $1.50, and French silk hose with Paris clox, $4. NGLISH Wool Scaris, $3 to $5; Pastel Suede Gloves, our own import, $5; Beaded Bags, gay and exotic in color and design, $25 to $85, and among smart English Handbags. a distinctive tan calf bag, $35. RANCE, Belgium and the Philippines send the most exquisite lingerie, fashioned by hand, exquisitely embroidered and trimmed with real Irish, Filet and Valenciennes laces. Philip- pine Lingerie, $2 to $5; French Lingerie. $2.50 to $35; Belgium Lingerie, $3 to $10. ORGEOUS Negliges, creations that typify the ingenious French imagination for beauty of design and exotic ¢oloring, $38 to $100. ERFUMES, of exquisite fragrance, come from the best known perfumers of France, $3 to $15. RENCH Ratines, the most popular fabric of the season, $1 to $1.75 yard; English Voiles. $1.25 and $1.75, and English Crepes, in wonder- ful shades, $2 to $2.50 yard. IRECT from England, for BOYS. Knicker Suits, $30 and $35; Junior Boys’ Suits, $18 and $20. “Royal Tar” Reefers, $18; Tailored . Wash Suits, for boys 3 to 8, $5 to $10.