Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 4

Baldwin Statement Held Sure ! To Arouse Debate in F rance Part of Claims Called Banal and Poin- | care Policy Blamed for Giving Basis for Other Criticism. BY ANDRE TARDIEU. Former French High Commissioner 0 the United States. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, July 14—With as much anxlety as was evidenced before Prime Minister Baldwin made his reparations declaration to the house of commons, France now awalts the political debate that will come as & result of Mr. Baldwin's statement. At firat blush it seemed that Bald- win planned not only a new Furopean policy, but & new world policy. Yet. on second thought and in reality, his declaration was only another link in| the long chain of procedure which has been taking place for months be- tween the British and Frénch in thelr diverging views on reparations and the Ruhr. Baldwin announces his ac- tion for the morrow, but he fails to state his decisions. Hinges on One Point. One single point is of immediate practical importance: England con- siders the latest serving of an answer. She belleves it merits examination and reply. France and Belgium, as everybody knows, think differently. The ~com- munique which followed the last Franco-Belgian conference declared the German note unacceptable. Such Is the precise disagreement existing between the French and British view- oints, and the gulf separating them s not expected to narrow in the next few d Baldwin, it Is true, said that, since no one had taken the initiative to pre- pare a common answer to (Germany England was taking the responsibi ity and that when the answer was ready it would he communicated to the ment on it would be reached. When this communication is received de- bate after debate will follow if France and Belgium persist in think- ing an answer to Germany is un- necessary. Except for this, however, the Brit- ish declaration says nothing. Cer- tain parts are even quite banal. It s well understood that in ing a divergence of views. But after four vears what is the use of reiter- ating an agreement as to aim if na- tions are unable to agree as to the means? What Is the use of saving Europe cannot find peace unless three problems—reparations, national se- curity and Interallied debts—are solved, when each of these problems contains a conflict between those whose collabora- tion is necessary before any of them can be solved Firm Stand on Ruhr. On the other hand, the British prime minister expressed himself un- compromisingly regarding the Ruhr occupation. He makes it responsible — e T TVeTeste SEEK RECEIVERSHIP OF DOLLINGS FIRM (Continued from First Page.) “the amount of which 16 unknown,” and therefore “it has no earning capacity, excent through dividends and commissions.” Charge Two Rale. It is alleged by those seeking the reéceivership that officers of the com- pany have refused to pay them back e wock subscriptions “on de- mand,” as had been promised by their agents and that “Benham and Har- rison dominate the board of direc- tors so that the board has no volce in the affairs which come before them.” That the “concern is being man- | aged for the purpose of selling stock and not for benefit of stockholders” | also is charged. 1t is alleged that “as preferred stockholders they can- | mot have a volce in the company unless four dividends are passed and the company has rald dividends from capital assets to prevent such a condition arising.” The International Note and Mort- gage Company of Ohio is capitalized for $10,000,000, the petition stated, and a company by the same name with a capitalization of $2,500,000 has been incorporated in Indiana. Proceeds from the sale of this stock, it is alleged, bave been loaned the | R. L. Dollings Company of Ohio and | Indiana wSthout security and by | them loaned to subsidiary companies. | None of the local officers of the de- | fendant companics would make any stategent tonight, saying that they had not had time to carefully read and study the petitior. LOCAL MANAGER IN DARK. cash on hany, Does Not Think Suit Will Have Effect Here. Charles H. Pietsch, sales manager of the local ofiice of the R. L. Doll- ings Company of Pennsylvania, 1108 | 16th street northwest, said last night that as far as he knew the Columbus suit would have no effect on the Washington office or the company's clients. He said the local office would be open for business as usual | tomorrow and that he was completely | “In the dark” concerning the sult in Columbus The R. L. Dollings companies were ! started about ten years ago and have maintained an office in Washington for the last three vears as a branch of the Pennsylvania company, with | headquarters in Philadelphia. The | local representatives have sold secur- itles in Waskington and counties of Maryland. No estimate of the num- ber of local security holders was avatlable last night. Mr. Pletsch said that he felt sure there was no cause for alarm on the part of local investors and that a full statement from some official of | the company probably could be ex-: pected very soon. He was unable to get in touch with the Philadelphia office last night. The Dollings com- pany, it was said, Is engaged in the German note de- | allies in the hope that an agree- | difficult ; cases banality is often useful in hid- | | then Kansas and Nebraska. | communication from Mr. Dora for all present and future troubles. He forgets that for more than three vears Germany has flaunted a threat of bankruptcy in an effort to escape the penaities she rightly deserves. He forgets especially-—and the same re- proach may be addressed to Premier Polncare—that the Ruhr occupation is not an absolute entity: that ear- ried out another way it might have escaped the criticism the present way provokes. The present debate does not stress the points of this essen- tial element. Baldwin complains that economic anarchy ls following the Ruhr occu- pation. If Poincare last January had {used other methods, If he had imposed the soverelgnity of French military law on the German industrials in- stead of notifying them that he wish- ted their good will and the good will of the reich, work would have con- tinued and the Ruhr would have been a productive pledge in_a real sense. |Had this been done France would ihave achleved the results of which |she Is now deprived. and the occasion for Baldwin's criticism would not ex- ist. Baldwin said: : | “The Ruhr produced less repara- {tions in 1923 than it aia in 1922. Used Bad Methods. This is true, but it simply means lthat the occupation methods were ybad. It dces not mean that more icould rot have been obtained by other I methods. But Poincare, rejecting haughtily a'l criticism, has prevented { the favorable answer. And also, when ! Baldwin, with equal haughtiness, con- {demns the occuration h wets that two years ago. on Ma 12, 1921, -to Ibe exact, Lloyd' Geor then British | prime minister. proclaimed that o tcupations might be. necess; { and ended his speech with the follo {ing words: ! “During the war the great German arsenal for cannon. | shells ana poison Industrial de- velopment in south Germany depends i exglusively on Ruhr coal. Seize th iRuhr and industrial Germany is ruined.” i Repudiates Own Stand. | England, therefore, repudiates the IpMnciple of occupation, which { formerly justified. She placse herself on the same uncertain basis of Pre- !mier Poincare, who proclaims he has obtained the maximum results from | the occupation. The debate between {England and France staris with a {double "equivocation. The English itake advantage of the French blun- jders. The French deny the existence of blunders. Must it be said that this distressing chicanery cxists between countries which shed Llood in a c Despite oratorical precautions, it seems that poth sides are hard-heart- ed and cold-hearted. The:* argue like antagonistic lawyers ratlhier than na- jtlons mindful of the wooden crosses of the poilus and the Tommies, who are deserving of better things. The comradeship of arms seems forgot- ten in the dispute of selfish intere Ruhr was a iNATION TO WATCH MINNESOTA GO TO POLLS TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) the workers’ party is urged to vote for Johnson. Tactles of Republicans. In accordance with the efforts of the republicans to drive a wedge be- {tween the labor and the farmer wing | of the farmer-labor party, a state- ment was published today from the | business agent of the local union of the Electrical Workers' Union of America, urging a labor-farmer party Instead of a farmer-labor party. He quotes from Johnson's keynote speech, in which Jphnson said: “If farmers could buy where most of | their prices are made—the world mar- | ket—they would be in far better shape | than they are today. If we could | wear the overalls, shoes and shirts | made by the man who eats our wheat fn London and Liverpool, it would not take so much wheat to dress a family, or 50 many bushels of pota- toes to buy a pound of tea. “What does he mean?" asks thel statement. “Does he want the wages of labor in the United States cut to the level of wages paid in Europe? Does ke want to bring America labor to_the starvation point now reached in Eng- land? Sees Wage Cut Policy. i “Does Johnson think just because he is a farmer that the wages of builders, overall makers, shoemakers, shirt makers and other producers | should be cut That is just what he says. b “It is time that we tarmer party i labor party didate for United understands what he is “It is very evident th not for the laboring r not vote for him.” But this is calculated rathes late in the ganda of doubtful efficienc l(k{l)‘ that “the animal has got his sot” by this time. and Monday's out- come will depend upon whether all persons. interested ko to the polls. It is said that if the farmer-labor- ftes win, they will immediately ex- tend their efforts to other states south of here. Oklahoma is de clared to be the next ohjective and have a labor- of a farmer- have a can- enator who king about. t Johnson is an and I shall to prove| Propo~ Tt is Dentex Book Statement, A local paper today printed a le ter from Bishop Hamilton- of Methodist Church of Washington Frank Doran of this city |ing upon an alleged interview w | Magnus = Johnson, —in" which “an Johnson was quoted as saying: “I don’t glve a damn for books.” This evening's St. Paul Dispateh. under the same management as the Ploneer Press, prints the following t-4 the to . comment- ‘To the Editor of Dispatel today's Ploneer Press you. quote ‘o letter from Bishop John H. Hamil- ton of Washington, D. (. received by me relative to an alleréd inter- mmon cause? ; |of rupture? Or is there a scintilla of {BRITISH DEFY HEAT | collars, ! cashmere trousers—the compl THE BRITAIN SEEN FAR FROM PARIS TERMS lRuhr Compromise Difficult, With Lines More Sharp- ly Drawn. BY A. G. GARDINER, Britain's Greatest Liberal Editor. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, July 14.—It is difficult to | concelve that France will accept any | reply drawn up by Prime Minister Baldwin in the spirit of the terms of his reparations speech thls week. Such a reply must deal with a pro- posal for an expert commission to fix reparations that Germany would be! able to pay. France is bitterly hos- tile to any such plan, while England is favorable to 't. What prospect ls there for a compromise with the issue 30 sharply defined? What prospect is there that Premier Poincare will| agree to any scheme which ultimately involves the withdrawal of French troops from the Ruhr? This is re- garded as the acid test of any real agreement. The door to practical résults is still open, but few persons in England have any hope that Poincare will enter it The French premier 'is conscious tha he holds two strong cards. He has established France's military dominanee on the continent of Europe beyond its wildest dreams and, while it is destroying Germany. it _is also bleeding English tra white. T'wo milllon people are expected to > without employment in England this winter. France has no unemploy- cd. M. Poincare exploits this unem- ployment menace to Britlsh existence | as an argument to compel his country | IS indorse war o tae doal wita | rmany. M.. Buldwin knows that ituation eannot he saved that He is determined to get Europe out of the road to ruin at whatever cost. In this aim he represents the overwhelming mind of the country. | Apart_from the Morning Post’ and | Le Dally Mail, which con nte their | irenzied _appedl to the government to back France, the country has made up Its mind to have peace in Europe and 1f Polncare persists in his war policy a rupture is inevitable. | The gravity of the outlook Is fully realized. The public 1s aware at last wow frankly M. Poincare rests hl!i' sase on French military power and| Barl Grey's speech in the house of: lords this week in relation to the new | competition in armaments has cre- | lated a profound Impression. Lord Grey has been France's hest friend againet Germany in fhe past and France owes more to him than to any man in Burope. Will she listen to his grave warning or is she re- golved to plunge Europe in flames orce more? The next few days will how. In the meantime Germany falls visibly from precipice to precipice. Has America no word to say on this gigantic tragedy? Wild Orgies of Newly Rich Stir Starved German W orkers Harden Scores Government for Rate of Exchange at Variance With World, Permitting Speculation. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, July 14.— “People who formerly were servants, clerks, copy- ists, barbers and so forth, but who became suddenly rich because of the stock swindle, knew no bounds in thelr extravagance. They not only kept harems and uniformed lackeys, but also exhibited their contempt for paper money by burning it to heat the chafing dishes at their elaborate ban- quets.” These sentences are taken ffom a letter written in Paris in 1720 at a time when the Misslssippi bubble.of John Law wab at its crest. But they might just as truly be written in al- most any German city in the year 1923. Dollar 89,000 Marks Lews. This is the situation in Germany today. In Berlin 150,000 metal work- ers are on strike. 1f they are not succensful in their demands for higher wages a general strike may be called. On the same day that these workers went cn.strike she dollar cost 39,000 marks less in Berlin thah it did in New York. Hence whoever bought a thousand_doilars in Berlin and sold them in New York or some western | European bhourse made a profit of $9,000,000 marks. In order to prevent such speculation and to continue Its remarkable “stabilization policy,” the government was compelled to disal- low foreign demands for non-German currency and to grant only 3 to 5 per cent of the domestic demands. Stifies Importation. The ratloning of the purchases of foreign money has a more dangerous offect because it stifies the importa- tlon of the necessities of life and raw materials. Importers today are able to obtain only 3 to 5 per cent of the amounts they need, conse- quently they cannot finance {mports, and stocks are disappearing. Grist mills deliver flour only in return for wheat. Four pounds of the poorest Lread cost 10,000 marks, and pos- s:ors of foodstuffs and raw mat vialy are tempted to withhold their goods by the promise of still higher priccs. But the big speculator or capltal- its maneuvers simost at will through Danzig, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Zurich and the ocupied German dis- tricts. All of her persons, however. are losing what remnants of courage they had in the mark. Nobody wants to retain these notes, which, day by Crisin Stage Nenrer. Mr. Baldwin's speech simply brings the Anglo-French crisis a stage fur- ther along. It is generally regarded as a wise and statesmanlike attempt to save Burope from the final dis- aster of an’'open breach between | Britain and France. His address was moderate in tone, but firm in purpose. it_ignored M. Poincare's -unylelding attitude and announced Great Brit- ain's intention to draw up its own reply to the German proposals and submit them to France, in the hope of reaching an agreement. 1s this simply delaving the evil day hope that M. Poincare is becoming reascnable? The writer is bound to cay that the gemcral impression in England ie without cheer. The attitude of M. Poincare through- out the five-week negotiations ha been absolutely relentiess. He ha got Germany by the jugular vein, and apparently he does not mean to let ge, reparations or no reparations. TO REMAIN FORMAL!| Tophats, Cutaways and All Stay On Despite Glaring Sun of Open Field. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 14.—Anierica’s shirt- sleeved democrats, who have often noted that nothing save bedtime or bathtime can make an Englishman take off his coat, may or may not be interested In knowing that he does not even remove it for a heat wave. In fact, the Britisher retains even his walstcoat, that woolen garment which modestly hides his braces—better known overseas as suspenders. For some days now the temperature in London has been in the upper eightles, occasionally slipping over the ninety line on the thermometers. Thick-blooded natives keep on eating thelr roast beef and mutton, wearing last winter's wooldn suits and drjink- ing steaming tea. They say they never felt so hot in all their lives. On the hottest day of the entire torrid spell Oxford and Cambridge be- gan their annual cricket contest on the fashionable Lords cricket grounds at St. John's Wood. The sun blazed down ‘and there was no breeze, but not a spectator came in a Palm Beach suit, straw hat or silk shirt. All save a few appeared in gray or black top hats, heavy black cutaways, high waistconts and pin-striped e for- mal davtime attire for the well dressed man. The editorial writers did not seize upon this fashion show as an oppor- tunity for a little merriment. In- stead ., one of them wrote of the oc- casion as “the topper's triumph,” con- cluding In this manner: “We do many things and cherish many ideals because we have done so for hundreds of years. * ¢ ¢ The absurd and incongruous top hats at the Lords' is the outward and visible sign of an inward spiritual grace Which England will lose at its peril. PARIS CABINET HOUSES view with Magnus Johnso % date for United States Senator Bishop Hamilton had good reason to belleve the interview was authentio because of the high standing of the sale of securities for industrial cor- porations and has always paid its dividends regularly. The company’ cliehts have received a return of 7 per cent on their investments, —_— INJUNCTION RESTRAINS SALE OF SECURITIES By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, July 14—A new plan of attack against alleged fake stock dealers and bucket shops, which have recently been under investigation by the grand jury was disclosed today when the secretary of state filed the first of several contemplated petitions against dealers in securities not com- plying with the state blue sky laws. A temporary injunction was asked against F, Mings, Marjorie A. Terry and John H. Harlow, to restrain them from offering securities of the Sym- pho Clnema Syndicate or from dia- tributing any literature dealing with the comcern. Similar action is being planned in a number of other cases, it was reported. . papers quoting it. I have, howev: Just had an interview with Mr. yohn. son and he assures me that he never made any such statement as ‘I don't glve a damn about books.’ Mr. John. son's denial should end the matter. (signed) ~ “FRANK DORAN." MOHAMMEDANISM SPREAD AMONG NEGROES IN U. S. Special Dispateh to The Sta NEW YORK, July 14—Dr. Abd: Hamed Sulelman, a native 131 Arlhl‘fl =ald to have been the high-priest at Mecca, for several years, has inaugu- ;:l;lfldu Tnvamem for h'nr ading Mo- edanism among the n the United State; & R i oslem groups have been_ started, one of them &t Newark, N. J., where a temple has been established. The Mohammedans, in ‘New York hope to. construct a mosque here. Dr. Sulei- man, who 1ives at 143 West 130th street, says he is bringing into cl religious harmony the negro, Turkish and Byrian Moslem: LOOTED OF VALUABLES Antique Furniture Disappears and Is Replaced by Imita- tions. Dy the Associated Press. PARIS, July 14.—The other day Minister of Agriculture Cheron dis. covered that & tablecloth, described a8 thirty-two-cover sise, was missing from the ministry. He notifled the police, but was too late, as the wom- an responsible for the department's linen had fled. The incident aroused more than one smile among those knowing something about how éasily far more important pletés of furni- ture have disappeared from the rin isterial palace. ‘The ministry of the intérior, for ex- ample, was furnished with specimens of antique furniture of incalculable value. Many of these have been re- aced by copies, the originals having en removed on the pretext of need- repairs. Among others was a set " sofn and armchairs fn beauvais iny of tapestry which has had the Fepiaced by & paintod.limen rebror duction of the e colorifig and general effect as' the al, {ing of paseengers arriving on AIDS AGAINST HEAT LACKING IN LONDON Americans Seek Vainly for Lightweight Suits, Electric Fans and Iced Drinks. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, July 14.—The first greet- the Leviathan and other big ships this week has usually been, “We hope it is not as hot in London as it has been in New Yor! The are soon disillusioned, how- ever. London during the past week h been ?.xperlpndn: a genuine heat wave, with daily temperature approaching 90 degrees, and Amer: icans on visits are beginning to roalize the sad truth too well known to those residents here—that for ar-| to keeping cool Lon- compare with American cities. The reason i3, of course, that really blistering heat Is of rare oc- ctirrence here and people do mot think it worth while to provide against it. This, however, does not comfort Americans, who 'search in vain for Palm Beach suits, clectri fans, iced drinks and light foods. The last three may be found in some of the larger hotels and restaurants, but for the Londoner himself they are practically non-existent. L Tmiprovement Since ‘War. What slight advances have been made in this direction have taken place almost entirely since the war. In 1920, for instance, there were scarcely half a dozen places in Lon- don where iced soft drinks could be purchased. Today, thanks chiefly to the Lyons chain of tea shops, such places can be found on almost every street. If ‘one Is persistent one may even purchase athletic underwear, but the only possibility of getting silk suits lies in going to some tailor specializ- ing in tropical outfitting. Straw hats have made some inroads in recent years, but the general appear- ance of London men (for women do not share the masculine preference for sweltering and in hot weather promptly don cool frocks) on the hottest days of summer s no_differ- ent from that of the cooler days in spring_and autumn. It Includes a felt hat, tweed suit and woolen socks. ‘Woolen Clothes the Rule. In an hour of observation along the Strand, Regent street and Oxford street this afternoon I saw only two men who were not wearing woolen suits. One was obviously an Ameri- can, who had on a linen suit similar to my own, while the other wore an Indian outfit of white duck and a cork sun helmet. The combination of straw hat, linen suit and white shoes and socks attracts almost as much attention as would a small size riot, while the spectacle of any one except a workman appearing in_the stroet in his shirt sleeves is abso- lutely unknown. Even to shed the vest is considered rather daring. "The lced water cooler found in most American offices 18 rare here, as is the refrigerator in private homes— the proportion being perhaps one in & thousand. Possibly the latter con- dition is due to the fact that there are no deliveries of ice here, the ap- proved method being to obtain chunks from fishmongers if they are willing to' bargain. This sometimes gives one lced tea—which again is ana- thema in England—a slightly fishy taste, but the consensus of opinion among < Americans resident here is that it {s better than no ice at all. Beer Seryed Warm. The average restaurant menu for hot-weather lunch comprises roast beef or mutton, boiled potatoes and cabbage, with perhaps some conces- Slons to heat in_the shape of lobster, or orab salad. In places catering to Americans they are usually willing to put beer on ioe, but at the average bar beer is served lukewarm, on the theory that icing spoils it. Ice in highballs likewise is seldom to be d. ‘While a limited number of Lon- doners can go up the Thames or to the coast to try and keep cool, there is nothing camparable to shore or b ts that are accessible from most American cities {n a short time. One mercitul rellef, however, that even during the warm spells the nights are usually cool. % ‘or the P when it is hot, Lon- don, or the greater part thereof, seems to Americans to have only o consolation; the heat wave won't last patience is one of the “long suits. tificlal aids don cannot begin to day, drop in value, Everybody buy: stock certificates, jewelry, luxuries, wares of all kinds, “What is left over is_spent for travel, dissipation and amusements of every sort. Extravagance Goes On. The wild extravagance goes on. The government, with a floating debt of nearly 25 triilion marks and with taxes lost last year to the value of $160,000,000 in American money, keeps the printing presses grinding, grind- ing, grinding away as though they were a source of income and not an instrument for the creation of a de- eeptive substitute for money whose emisslon today at.once destroys the value of yesterday's emission. The fear of being stranded with stacks of marks moves hundreds of thousands to the most extravagant mode of living. Meantime, the workingman see all and hearg all. For years he has been unabie to buy a shirt, a sheet for his bedding, or a sult of clothes, with the wages pald him. He has long since had to give up milk and eggs, wheat, bread and butter. He can. buy meat not-more than twice a week at the outside. But when he secks & wage equivalent to six or soven cents an hour his demand 1s regarded as monstrous and excessivi If the demand is granted, one hea complaints that Germany's export !trade s ruined. And these complaints are not without foundation for the | export trade is serlously endangered when a German workman, who for- merly received a third of the average wage pald in America, today receives one-seventh. Urgen Semi-Weekly Raises, By ralsing wages semi-weekly on the basis of increased living costs a too great disparity between prices and wages can be prevented. Per- haps a general strike can, in this way, be temporarily averted." But the belief that such means can avert the coming unemployment and economic crisis I8 as foolish an idea as that held in London to the effect that end- ing the Ruhr action would cause English_trade to flourish. The good will of Prime Minister Baldwin of Great Britaln, as evi- denced by his utterances to parlia- ment, is of little avail to a govern- ment that establishes its rate of ex- change at variance with the world's inion and in opposition to the needs its domestic markets, and then de- lares its course was decided by the principles of honest merchants. This whole problem is one of continental Europe. A solution can come only through the economic union and col- laboration of the Kuropean nations. (Copyright. 1923.) Scientist Alters | Colors of Birds By Diet Changes By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 14.—Esthetic poultry raisers in the future may give prize birds any color they choose by vary- ing their diet, according to Dr. Ehren- | reich, an investigator who has been studying the coloring of the feathers of living birds. Hereafter white Wyandottes may be converted into salmon pink or chrome yellow fowls, according to the whim of owners, th ld ctor asserts. It will be possiy. :| to fool watchful hawks by giviug | | feathered flocks the ecolor of their | surroundings and camouflaging them after methods adopted by the armies in the world war. Feathers of all hens cannot be materially doctored in color, but dye | stuff put into their food affects the hue of the egg volks to & noticeable degree. Experiments made with caterpil- lars have shown that those fed on Falnut follage become dark. butter- os. Indians have long understood the art of changing the color of living birds, but it has not been studied extensively by modern scientists un- til recently. SAVINGS OF NATION IN YEARLY INCREASE Bankers’ Association Reports $17,-; | 300,000,000 on June 30, or 4.1 Per Cent Gain. NEW YORK, July 14—Increased savings were reported throughout the country in figures compiled and_made public today by the American Bank- ers’ Association. Savings deposits in banks, as of June 30, 1922, the last available date, were $17.300,000,000 compared with $16,620,005,000 the same date the previous year, or 4.1 per cent increase. California led the list in amount of individual savings. In mutual savings banks the ave age balance on June 30, 1922, was $489 in New England: $713 in New York; $670 in the middle Atlantic states; $495 in Washington; $978 in California, and $590 for the 621 mu- tual savings banks in the seventeen states reported. In state banks and trust companies the average savings account was $364 in New England; 3441 in New York; $352 in the middle Atlantic states; $349 in Washington; $540 in California, and $503 for all state banks and trust companles reported, which include 20,308 state banks and 1,480 trust companies. In national banks the average sav- ings account was $376 in New Eng- land; $526 in New York: $393 in the |middle Atlantic states: $336 in Wash- ington; $673 in California, and $334 for all’ national banks in the United States. She Only Borrows. From the Christian Advocate. Mrs. Flatbush—Who is that woman you just bowed to? Mrs. Bensonhurst—Oh, next-door neighbor. 1 “But she didn't return your bow. ‘“No: she never returns anything.’ METAL GARAGES “Only the Best” As Low as $5 Cash, $7.50 Per Month Phone Main 7984 WASHINGTON GARAGE CONSTRUCTION €O. 701 Continental Trust Bidg. STORAGE Large Cars, $20 Monthly Small Cars, $15 Monthly Vermont Garage, Inc. she's my SUNDAY: STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 15, 1923-PART 1. CHICAGO PLANS BIGGEST HIGH SCHOOL IN -AMERICA By the Associated Prees, CHICAGO, July * 14.—~Construction will begin in October 6f the largest high school in the United-States.. It Wwill be situated im Chicago and is planned to cost $4,000,000, according’ to Charles M. Modernwelll, president of the "board of education, who an- nounced plans’ today. " . ‘The bullding will cover an eight- and-one-half acre site. 1t will be a combination of Tudor and: Gothic architecture. Plans call for a seatin capacity of 4,07 pupils. The build- ing will be completed in 1925, . _— Copper wire wi made by cutting and hammering fsom 5500 B. C, yet the drawing of wire remained un- known for 6,000 years. Doctor—Ah, yes! _Very mnervous, irregular puise, palpitation of the heart and feverish. t me sse your tongue. -Young Man—Theré's nothtg the matter with me, sir. I just came to ask.for your daughter's hand. About 10,000 varleties of fish are known. wiy " . NINT FROM THE AVENUE AT H To Begin Monday Morning at 9 O’clock Clearance Sale! Women’s Tailored Togs Off . Including everything in our women’s section; sport suits, knicker suits, riding habits, sport dresses, sport coats, jacquettes, sport hats, sweaters, sport shirts, sportskirts and bathing suits.. Hosiery only excepted. 89 Sport Sujts : Of English and domestic fabrics. Also 17 tailored suits of blue and black tricotine and poiret twill. Sizes: 14 to 18; 36 to 40. Yester- day: $29.50t0$67.50. Tomorrow: $19.67 to $45 17 Jacquettes Of Roshanara Ci’epe, in plain and brilliant shades. Yesterday: $21.50 to $26.50.. -Tomorrow: $14.33 to $17.67 67 Sweaters ' Sleeveless, slip-ons and tuxedos, of pure silk, silk and wool, fiber silk and wool. Yesterday: $37.50. Tomiorrow: £6. 50 to $25 . to $35. 31 Sport Dresses Of white and colored crepe de chine and washable silks. One style il- lustrated above. Yesterday: $26.50 Tomorrow: $17.67 to $23.33 33 Sport Skirts Of pure silk and silk and wool, pleated and plain. Yesterday: - $10.75 to $21.50. Fomorrow: 31 9.75 t 7 - to $21.50. $7.17 to $14.33 Sport Hats Felts, leghorns and milan straws, plain or trimmed. Yesterday: $4 Tomorrow: $2.67 to $14.33 Worsted Bathing Suits that-were $5, IOW . .+ . .. $3.33 Sport Blouses that were $2.95 to $16.50, now $1.97 to $11.00 Knicker Suitsthat were $44 to $65, now $29.33 to $43.33 Riding Habits that were $29.50 to $55, now $19.67 to $36.67 Sport Coats that were $29.50 to $77.50, mnow $19.67 to $51.67 Second Floor! The Avenue at Ninth o 9.\ DECIATIIES ¥