Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1923, Page 27

women ef the city weould “stick te- gether” they eould bring the price down to morm: - He commended the organization, stating the ebief thing it weuld have to combat would be |ndifference, The housewives, h.bfluv w.r; !h: nn:n lIA: bhert C. Ritehie, speaking last eveping | make a sugar boycott effective, as ll'the meeting of Ihe' Housewives' | is they who buy the sygar and plan League, told the members thit if the the meal URGES SUGAR BOYCOTT. Specisl Dispateh to the Ster. BALTIMORE, May 322—Declaring that a boycott of sugar by the house- wives was the only :(fective way to reduce the price of sugar, Gov. Al- olor® - ALL for the Price ofa Return Ticket fo Yellowstone alone Yellowstone National Park, Nature's unspoiled wilderness and temple of wonders. Unique Salt Lake City with ity great dome- roofed Mormon Tahernacle, world -famous organ and mysterious Great Sait Lake. Colorado, where it is cool when the rest of the country swelters. Snowy peaks nearly three miles high. Every out-door sport under a tur- quoise sky; ranches, camps, luxurious hotels, All these and memorable car window views of the Overland and Oregon trails, the Rockies, Eche and ‘Weber Canyons and the giant Tetons at the cost of & ticket to Yellowatone alone when you travel via the West Yellowstone entrance—an advantage exclus sive to this route. You can do it in two weeks or stop over at any point as long a8 yoy wish. $100.95 Round Trip from Washington Automabile transportation in Yellowstone with accommodations at hotels $54.00 additional; at camps $45.00. (Sessen opens June ide trip from Denvar to Rocky Mountain National ( Estes) Park $10.50. If going to the Pacific Coast visit all these places enroute. Let us plan your vacation, We shall be glad to re- lieve you of all details, make your slesping car reser- vations and send you free descriptive booklets, road Ticker Office, or jen’ C‘-" B "i‘l‘--‘ Philadeiphla For information, ask amy Ri M. Davi " W. By. D. Gen'l A e € < are Pennsyivania Bld So8 Comi Tru Phifsdeiphia 15th & Market Sta- isth and Chestnut § Chicago & NorthWestern * Union Pacific System. DEATHS. LAND, Md.-~Mrs. Begtrico yesrs of sge. d., Hos- TWO BODIES RECOVERED, Conductor and Fireman Victims of Pluange of Train. - NORFOLK, Va. May 22.—~The badies of W.'A. Girant, eenductor, and Jesse Gould, negre firep;an, were re- covered tod.‘y tom the Perquimans river, gecording Hertford, N. C. Friday night when ern raj ki lway engine twenty-geven feet of ing & froleht car with it whep t! ridge across the Perquimans river, one mile east of Hertford, cellapsed. Beth vietins resided in Novfolk. —— SEIZE LIQUOR IN TRUNE. Special Dispateh to The Star. g LYNCHBURG, Va, May 22.-=THe police staged a raid Saturday when they captyred an Army trynk contain- ing twenty-four quarts of liquer in the basement of the Medicsl building. where are located offiees of physicians end dentists. Robert Bryant, negro janitor, was arrested. Later the squad went fo the ofee of Wright's taxi el bulld, A dem. nimetesn wife of Themas Haddem, Long died at the Western Maryland pitsl Saturday at midnight. Zane C. Hinkle, sixty vears of age, gleg‘ sunu‘z 'lkhlubho:a:. on lx‘he altimere Liy 9 abouyl lour miles east of this etty‘- % . Mrs. ¥lora Richards, sevemty-eight years of age, widow of Milton Rich- wrds, merchant and Union veteran, dled Sunday wmorning, foliowing & hirief ilinees. - FREDERICK, Md.—H. Jefferson Krise elghty-four years old, mer. chant and ene time an internal rev- ¢nue agent for this city, died Satur- day at bis home, following a long illness. WARRENTON, Va.—George H. Sla- ter, a wealthy farmer, fifty years ¢ld, died yesterday afterneon at his home near Upperville. ————— STATE MILITIA ENLARGED. Speeisl Dispaten to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., May 23.—Forma- tion of another battery of artillery here gives Virginia a eomplete regi- ment of this brapch of the service. drag. % service next deor to the Med ing, found three pints gnd ar c Levine, w fuel available to all motorists Here are the physical reasons why Royal Cords have been delivering the excess value you have heard so much about The New Spreyed Rubber~ the first rybber produced’ by scientific process from the rubber latex. Uniform in quality. Acid- free, and uncontaminated with smoke residues or foreign matter. The New Web Cord—for the first time a rubber-webbed cord ;:nnumu w“h“;h tleatlmads ughan, witi pure rubber by direct use of the latexitself. Notto be confused with the practice of using rubber solutions, The New Flat Band Method of Building Tires—3 new method ensuringthepositivelength,angle, tension and strength of gach gord. A uniform tire equalized _out in resiliency and resistance to wear, . : ; : WITH the announcement of these three “U. 8/ discoveries, now being pub- lished in detail in the news- papers and magazines—car owners are given the physical explanation for Royal Cord leadership and dominance. The question of tire value is uket?:sut of the realm of opinion and put on the solid ground of demonstrable fact. nis::a use R:v‘;l Cords i: l1392?' has nnwhafg:&lm a ‘t"uRoynl Cord Tires. b Todealers the significance is this: iu:owam are for U-.: Cords, even now are secking the dealer who has an adequate Royal Cocvg stock, TM a get ¢ United States Tires are Good Tires © 1923.United States Rubtier Campany.Naw Yark NORMAL SCHOOL FUND DRIVE TO RUN 3 DAYS Student-Alumnse ' Building' Cam- paign at Fredericksburg Will Open on Thursdsy. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 22— A campaign will be conducted in this city Thursday, Fridey and Sat- vrday “for the ' Student-Alumnae building st the Frede, Normal Scheol. A large number of citizens of the ‘city have been in- vited to a dinner and entertainment features at the schoel next Wednes- day evening, but this invitation is not for the purpose of asking the students’ guests for contributions. The school desires thé citizens of the city to inspect the school plant, P e i cksburg State given the ofore as- the lutter The new company will company designation h signed to Fredericksburs, having been u combat train and headquarters command. The Fred- ericksburg command will be made & firing battery. The new company will complete a’ battalion for this city, and beadquarters will be trans- ferred to Richmond L. M. student bedy and be em: y them on the lawn with and to have nt and fac- . After dinner the program enlargement of this reat educationsl plant Will be out- ined in a few briel talks and the plans for the Stydent-Alumnae buiid- ing, including & picture of it, will be discyssed in & few brief ad- dregses. J. W. Adams has secep the chairmanship of the locel eam- paign committee. The entire eoms mittee will eonsist of thirty citigens, who will lunch together eaeh day ofs the campaign at the Princess Anne Hotel and make daily reports of the progress of the campai«n. MARRIAGES. FREDERICKSBURG Va. Cur» rell Pattie of Fredericksburg and Miss lela Harmison of Springs. daughter of the county elerk of Morgan county, W. Va., were merried May 16 at the home of the bride. CUMBERLAND, Md.—Martin C. Sweeny and Miss Mary Rierdon were married in New York, following Mr, Sweeny's return from gbroad. C. Alvin Mulhollen and Miss Lor- aine "DeVare were married Sunday st the home of the bride’s sister, Mre. u the ed b When service counts alike. this year for Royal Cords More speed for the speed € AY for the United States Mail!” Men have suffered, sacrificed and died in order to expedite the country’s mail. In fact, the mail has become a symbol not unlike the flag itsclf; whatever else happens, the mail must go through. Many people even today scarcely realize the great advance in mail service that has been brought about in the age of gasoline. In the cities, motor trucks whisk the mail from railway to postoffices. In the rural part, even more credit is due to the gasoline engine. And it is in these out-of-the- way places particularly that the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) has shown its sincerity of purpose by market- ing “Standard” Motor Gasoline, making this efficient motor STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) One million new users Berkley | OF VIRGINIA FARMERS Subject Heads Questionpaire of.Oy- ganization, Bent Legislative Candidates. Bpegial Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. May 22.~That the Ieiilllll\'c campaign of the Viy. ginla Farmers' Educational and Co- operative Union this vear for the general assembly is to desl with staté highway construction is indi- cated by the questionnaires which have gone to legislative candidates The questions are: | “Regardless of state-wide referen- {dum, will you be favorable er un- | favorable to @ bond issue te build ! the roads !n the state highway sys- |tem? | “The buildings of the varjous state liustitutions are in the aggregate less {than half insured: the state is car- | *¥ing over half the insurance. The appropriations by the general assem. bly for the insurance premjums dur- ing the Just twenty years have been over three times the money received on account of fire .osses. Will you, therefore, be favorable or unfavora- ( arry al)l of its insurance? jll you favor or oppoee a bill prohibiting the use of cocoanut ofl jor other vegetable fat #s a substi- t for butter fut in condensed or evaporated milk? Do you favor or oppose legislation that may weaken or nullify the pres- €Dt co-operative marketing laws?" BOOTLEG CHARGE GETS TOWN’S LAST CONSTABLE Special Dispatch to The Ster. WILLIAMSPORT, Md, May 2 This city is withoyt police protection today, &s a result of the arrest of Congtable William Sharer on charge of bootlegging. Several days ago "John Bowers, the other con- stable, was arrested. Bharer has been engaged in the | drive ordered by Btate’s Attorney Wolfinger for the eclean-up of Wil- lismsport. Eight, besides himself, were indicted by the grand jury. He | says his indictment is the result of & | frame up. i $250,000 PENSIONS READY. Specie] Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., May 22.—Cheeks | for $260,000 are ready to be mailed | to the Confederate pensioners of the state the last day of this mgnth, there being about 10,000 of thgse— | veterans and their dependents. Un. Ger the law of the state these checks | must be cushed at face value, no de- | ductions or fees of any sort being allowed for payments. The checks £re good ut any bank In the state. FIRES HIT TWO TOWNS. Specia) Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, 3 Moy 22— Cavetown and Smjthburg, neighbor villages near here, were threatened with~ destruction night by two fires, wggregating $25,000 loss. The | planing mill and carpenter shop of George Bushey, at Cavetown were destroved, and the home of Dr. H. L.! Massey ut Smithville burned. Dr.! Massey and his wife were reseved by their ~ children. The Hegerstown firemen gave aid, CONFESSES SHOOTING. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md. May James Imes, fifty-seven. confessed | today to the shooting of Eimer Miles, thirty, who is in & hospital in & seri- | oys condition. The trouble resulted | from a quarrel at the Miles home, to 22| HIGHWAYS CHIEF ISSUE (FREIGHT from the state headquarters here. | Ile to a law providing for the state ! bullion shipments, REVENUES - J | ANALYZED BYLC.C. Railroads Make Most Per Net Ton on Poultry—Returns Low- est on Logs. il A larger revenie per net ton came to the railroads frog poultry.shipped as freight than any other commodity during 1822, while citrus fruits, po- tatoes, butter, eggs, cheese and autos mobiles other products .from Which prroportionately large returns Were secured, according to statistics compiled for the first.time, and is- sued yesterday by the Interstuts Cemmerce Commission. ‘The cheapest transportation afforded @pparently Works out from the rates applied to logs, posts, poles and .cordwood, smounting to 96 cents per ton The commission pajd no wttentiof to distunces of shipment The rates of eatning per ton varied widely from the rutes of carnings when applied to the number of cars hauled. Cjtrue {ruits still ranked high in the classi fleation by cur revenues, and carriers Kot 4 net revenue of $430.34 per cur handled and §31 per ton At the same time the revenue on 0 which wags enly $10.45 per ton, worked out to $461.79 per cur handled. Poultry revenue, though amounting to §34.14 per ton were only $382 per exr. The log. post and A'prdunod Tate gave car revenuyes of §28.81. For butter, egg and cheese the carnings of ahout $24 per ton were approximately $215 per car. RENTAL DROPS $26,000. P, B. & W. Statement Explained by President Rea. PHILADELPHIA, May 22—The an. nual statement of the Philadelphis, Baltimore and Washington Railr Company, a8 of December 31, 1 £hows a 'decrease in rents from the lease of the r Pennsylvania railroad of §2 decrease, according to Samue president, in a statement that panies the report, is due to the re ment of $1,500,000 in bonds, whic matured January 1 and November 1, 1922. The decrease in rental is exact. Jy equivalent to the reduction of fixed charges caused by the retirement of bonds. Current assets. statement, are with $7,676.326 latter amount are according to the 431,536, a¥ compared rrent liabilities. Tt however, includes 065,441 “miscelineous accounts pay- able.” In this is included $1.514,148, which, according to President Rea. in- cludes advances by the Pennsylvania rallroad for road and equipment ex- penditures. and for the retirement ofs bonds peferred to above. Without the miscellaneous “accounts pavable item the current liabilities are $610,585, 2,500 JOBS VACANT. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. CLEVELAND, May 22.—Indust #nd building activity in this sect; ] Would be jncreased if more workers were gvajlable. According 1o the! state-city free employment bureaud there are jobs for 2,500 wo s which the bureau has been unable tof fill. More than 30,000 men. employed? in ‘the buildings trades, are working overtime here. according to Charles® Smith of the byllding trades council.| Bmith gtated today there was a short-; age of 500 bricklavers, 200 lathers, 100 plasterers and many sgheet metal WARS ON LABOR SEEKERS. | South Carolina Acts to Keep Negro Workers at Home. peeiai Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBIA. §. C, May 22.—Gov. MeLeod of this state hus issued 4 | proélumation to all officers to arrest {all agents seliciting labor from out- !side the state or collect from them the state and county license tax of |$2.500 each. This step was taken in | an effort to check migration of negro | workers to the north and west, | —— Washington Stock Exchange, | SALES Washingtan Gas 55—$500 at 081 Capital Traction 5s—3$500 st 9214, $1,000 at | 923 $300 at 922, i Powomac Electric g. w. 65—3$1,000 at 100, ¢ ion Co.—4 3t 8%, 5 st 9%, £1.000 ton Monotype—10 at 79. 5 at T0. | enthaler Linotype~10 gt 154, 7 af 134% AFTER CALL. ric g m. 6<—$1.000 at 100 ngton Rwy. & Elec 45— $1,000 at T0L.. $1.000 at 704, S1, | $1,000 at 70'% | | i i Money~Call logus, 3 and 6 per ceat. BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices, PCBLIC UTILITY, Bid. Ased. American Tel. & Telg: Am Chesapeske & Pot Tel. of § Capital Traction R. R, bs. City & Suburban 5, Georgetown Gas s Metropolitan R. R. Gs Potomac Electrie J5t o5 Potomac Electric cons. b Potoma c [ Pot. Elec. & m. & ref. Ts, 1084 Balt, & Anoap, Bs...... T4 hington Gas Bs........ Ry. & Elec. Ruws. & Flec. & Alex. & Mount Ver. 5¢.. Alex & Mt. Vernon. ctfa 24 MISCELLANEOUS, D. C. Paper Mfg. 6s. Riggs Realty 5s (long) Riggs Realty 5s (short Security Storage & Wardman' Park Hotel e STOCKS. PUBLIC. UTILITY. American Tel. & Telgi Capltal Traction. Washington Norfalk & Wash 4 & & Wash Wash!, 200 TRUST COMPANY. American Security and T Contimental Trust Merel Bank....| National Savings and Tru: Union_ Trust... Washington Loan aud Trust. SAVINGS BANK Commerce and Saving: East_Washingto Security. Savings snd Com. reet. .| againet 1435 howd last week. Good jare being modified. and cement workers. BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK. BALTIMORE, May 22.~Cattle—> Receipts for week ending at noon yesterday were 2,571 head, against’ 2,223 head last week Receipts, 90] carioads for market for the week.' Market active, with steers and heifers), 260 higher; cows and bulls steady. E. Driver & Co. sold to Jaeger Bros.; @ carload fancy yearlings fed by 1. G Gatewood. Rectortown, Va., at $10.50 per 100 pounds. : Bought by Sohlyderberg-Kurdle Company, 107 head; A. W. Schmidt &* Sone, 24; Corkran. Hill & Co.. 159 George Schuppner & Sons. wold Packing Company, 2 Bros.. 40; Edward J Shafer & Co, §: Kaufman Company. 36; ¢ Co., 9 head. Steers—Choice, 9.50a10.00; good butche er, 49.00; medium, 8.00; com-* mon, 6.50 Heifers—Choice, 8.00 #8.50; fair to goad, 'y ; common to medium,. 6.5027.00. Bulls—Choioe, 6.5087,00; fair 'to good. § common 'to medium, 4.5065.50 Choijce, 6.0086.00; fair to good 5.75: commen to ‘medium. 2.50a3.00 Sheep and lambs—Receipts for week ended noon yesterd were 4.451 head, against 2,661 head last week, Fair suppiy; market higher. Sheem 2.00a7.00; spring lambs, 13.00a17.50; clipped lambe. &8 week Hogs—Receipts cnded | ineon yesterday, 12,339 head, against 16,271 head last wegk. Moderate sup- 1y; market lower. H € pigs, : 4 light ' pig roughs, 4.308 § 6.3 Calves—“Receipts at noon vesterdey were for week 2,357 ended ; head, § $0pply;; markst lower. Calves, uw‘: COMMODITY NEWS : WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May An appeal for strawberry pickers has | been sent out by growers in the’ Ozark region. The crop is of normal proportions, but pickers are very ! scarce, PITTSBURGH. May 22.—Operators § in the deep sand oil flelds in this sec- tion consider prices of crude oil to- day too low to justify development work. Drilling under way has not been interrupted by recent declines } in crude, but plans for future work | In the shallow } sands fleld wark is progressing with- } out interruptfon. H FALL RIVER, Mass. May %2~} Sales of print cloths in the last week here ‘amountsd to only about 10 per} cent. of the nermal dutput ATLANTA, May 2 —spot cotton § .| merchants here declared today that | the statistical ‘position of the s i# strong, and that prices probably would he stabilized around present | {levels for some time to come. ! ' DETROIT, May 22 —During the first {four months of this year the Ford { Motor Company made deliveries in ¢ the United States of 59,978, trucks, ov 30, more than were sold during the corresponding period last year. Yord officials said today the demand for trucks had more than double CHILLICOTHE, Mo., May Milwaukee railroad officials have just completed a survey of conditions here in connection with the attempt§ rivate interests to develop %§ phalt field in northern Car- nty. : remen’s National Union. TITLE INSURANCE. PITTSBURGH, May 22—Pig_iron is quiet here today. Nominal prices are $30 on Bessemer, $29 on basic and $31 on foundry and malleables valley. : YOUNGSTOWN, May 22.—The iron and steel industry here is showing ne effects of the general slackening in demand reported elsewhere. IEK, Col.. May derstood here today tha the merger of gold producers. in th rict takes place the d:\tlwpm.nm of the new company \»u«-mui Y New York capital wiil ||n‘lulhi deiving of a dralnage tunnel to open bodies below present drafjes age lovels. = 1 -