Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1924, Page 23

IN AUTO |NSURANGEI Better Safety Devices and Fewer Accidents” Canse Dowl-x\ ward\ Revision: - \ BETTER DRIVING I§ FAC’!O,B —_— Mighest Chnrgu in N‘ew oved. safety devices, belter traffic’ rég tions and, above were the chief factors in providing a ®aving of several million dollars a dear to owners of passenger auto- it Pipe on Wl‘k Dnnght uelllnl' ipe, [ aL Detter driviag | ‘ BY WILLIAM F. HEFFDRNAN. NEW YORK, Jantary 14~-Dealings on the curb market today were much e confused, but_with: most. stocks d cHning. Pool Speraticias wene in v~ 00 in a number-of speclalties, but telling was quite pronownceu—r-res ceat industrial favoritea The bad break {n United States Cast {he gtock oxchange into Centrifugnl R e e T R TR on to around e former company, Lauvad process of Pipe’ menatastore, Tor which Centrifuga 21y on all pipe produced. Eipe common was ested. receives a roy- Universal sympathetically NEW YORK, Janu 18 an official list offin" :‘n‘ded in on the New Yo e nd_stocks Curb Mar- mobiles through reduetion~of fnsur=1- ance rates which went into_effect tos day. The revision of rates and rules for automobile accident insurance made by the Natlonal Buremn-of Cas- 7 and Surety Umierwriters shows @ reduction of public liability fnsurd ance of 6 per cont {oF the country as 4 whole, and as high as .0 ner, cent for some cities. Ratex Based on Records, 4 ‘These new r: - citont ates for automebile ac. record of automobile accidents in each city orlocality and the & owner thercfore from safety measirgs taken b self, his neighbors un\khxa mugurpal- Iicretofora in order to obtain the lowest accident rates owners have had 10 agree that they alone would oper: 4te the machine. Under the new Tules one policy give ons who may any one car, and the same-ra 4pply whetlier the machiné s us tor pleasure nr busiress. This drivers' rule, according te- i< kurance nien, grew sut of the b treased wonian: drivers. \as sho dents to l& not the most carefa) “drivef, and’ the owner's wife fs just s care= xu. and skillful, if. not miGre 8e.: Where Rates”Are Lowest, The lowest rates under the new system will involve cities of medium Size and rural distrjce- tM—the south “nd far west. These territoried have shown the greatest freedem from ac- cident In the Iast three: vears:-—Fhe ¥ rate will apply fo owners in' York city, with Bualo Pwadelpma third; Clevalant: o E fth; Chicago, sixth, and 3 "Rochester, Syracuke and ’Lcuvz own grouped for seventh. ne there has @ slight in- n rates fo perty damage Y)le‘d owing to the increased num- ‘Wer _of “bumps.”\ due to congested traffic. in which nd.persenal iujutics Lave been involved Protection for Funerals. The increased pace of trafic. and the danger it Iniposes has even af- fected funérale. In the days of horse-drawn vehicles- there were. fow applicationa - for sccident insurance on a hearse, but R..H. Faxin, execu- {. tive secretary of the National Selected Morticians, ‘Is conducting negotia- tions with the underwriters to secure lie best pogsible rates for.autdmo- labiilty insurance workmen's compensation for undertakers' employes. It no- louger ‘a jake o he run Tun -over. The ornate auto- hearse and the speclaily pullt rs for bearers and costly limousines for mourners have entailed am- in- vestment which the morticians feel must be adequately tected. Auto Show Exhibits Sales Trend. ew York auto show, Just over, drew more actual purchasers of new models than ever before, and ft 1s estimated that. sales wers fully 10 per cent zheadof those of the 1923 show. As was indicated in these colurmins months ago, one of the ma; industry -has b rice flelds rather tha. Fances or reductionk. larger makers put out in graduated price d first time. Ex tives present at the show con- fidently predicted that 500,000 cars would be sold in_the first six_months of this year. Each -Geclafedr.sales might fall off somewhat after that period. but none oxpre!tvd bellef that total sales for 1934 would fall as low &s 3,500,000 vehicles. The Ford Com- pany states that mors than 200,000 persons have enlisted under the week- Jy purchase plan, and it iz understood ord_executives’ expect plant capac- v will be far oversold during the spring. rivalry in price ad- Many of the ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, M4, January 14 (Spe- Many persons from the upper Shction of e eomnty ttended”the funeral at the Baptiet Church at Cedar Grove yvesterday aftefioon. of Mrs. Maggie K. King, widow of Crit- tenden H. King, a former member of the county board of education. Burial g's death was due to para Under diréction of Samuel of Brighton, Grand ence of a large number of the:mem-. bers of the organization, thé rec: clected officers of Olney” Grang “this county, were inatalled as- follow. Master. Clarence L. Gllpin; oversser, Willlam J. Th secretary, Mr: treasurer, Mies 8; stewi assistant “steward, Batckeeper, Robert Chichesters ¢ smssistant blaward, Miss Ele; funeral Fenderson, Henderson -of formerly a_resident. of- German-| town, this county who died at “the' Montgomerv . County Géneral - Hospital, Bandy Spring, -on- Friday, following a prolonged iliness, wat héld yesterdny om the home of Rebert mr~. #on near Germantown.. Buri ‘L n the cemetery--at Neelesville,- ~-= -~ A community temperance rally was: held in the Friends’ Meeting House at Sandy Spring, this eounty, yeste day afternoon, ‘@ -Jarge number” of temperance workeérs . and . otfiers. nonr . dlflrrenx Darts of the CouNty: Attend- ing. principal address was by Re: L. Jones, superintendent ©f e Arti-Sdioon Tangue of Louisiana. “The first installment of bogks for the free circulating _JHbrary: -estab- lished at Bethesda, ‘thie county,.b! the Bethesda Womeh's cmb will be Toceived within a few days from the. TFree Public Library -Advisory eom-} mission. The h porarily in Bry iquarters -are- tean- Where books m ey's: uore. Beth; bo_obt. Mt fifty-four wears Old- and uni Ile was well known to h\lmll'efll o( Dlack-bass fishermen and autolsts of Washington and other places whom Lie and hi ster, Mrs. Andr‘w M| nl entertained at- &Hair ‘Hpme." Bej Jrs. Milne, he is aur\/h!d by Q.Wu isters, Mrs. Tetess Colllér and—-Mrs lrank CnthWell ~-0f - wmlmuh‘ nd, n_-gddr y sington ITome Ech Assoclation nést; senger travel also increased 10 per cent Ovlr the prevlou! year. t and for| % fhsurance |~ % R a tuncral or for-a funeral} .4 ed trends|. in -1 i ‘ Georgetown Gas m Tk read C L5 Anaconan 6 *.o" - 10 Angio A 01 10 deesim nigw & 3 ATC & W LS E Fotaioy S n‘v'v?‘ o By Yo 10 Yot insurance are based- wA- the: to_ts Textiien ta: 7 Deere & o 00% 7 Detroit. City Gas o«wa- 15 Detroit Edison o Duslop T & R Eederal sug s 7 Fisher Body Itf i e PP S0000000% i g 94 e Sidewi 108 FOREIGN BONDS. saies snsmxn OIL 1ssuES: Y Auet0 Am o aglo Am Oil -0 Rorae Se: +50 Cumberland P 4 185 Gal Siz O 500 5 0 Kan 21 & & Reatueke 850 8 O Nebraska Washington Stock Exchange. SALES, 5 Sanital Traction Eg—.; At 9%, 5 av 9415, | Capttal Tr"uw 0.3 at MK, 0. 5 at 94%, 10 ui ? b lncata” Nateat Banko-16 o oo, Washiogton Rwy. & Eiec. pic.—a at 73, Mones—Call loans, 5 aad @ per cent, BONDS. Bid and ‘Asked Priées. Bd. Allmd & Anseostia & Potomac 6. Anseoetia & Potomae gusr: O C. &P Telephone n,. i & P’ Telephons of Gapitan Traction R City & Suburban Metropolitan R. - Washiagton Gan 3 2 wamn fwy. e 6. rr m' Realty B {‘on ‘oug . Rull! B8 (short! ‘Mkt. Cold Btoray Wardisa Bark Hoter «" e PUBLIC UTILITY. American Tel. & Tel Bapital Traciion... o Wathiogton Gas. Norfolk & Wasb. Wash e 051, ami | AT NEW .YORK CURB 'r Recelved by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Tho -fiew ‘issues of Ward Baki¥ Company _conginued active, the? Shares gettiug eloseto-21 betor i a8 checked, while the p: !-rrcu d 80. - These gtocks n top | later with other Dust’ c‘on-onflon Hold .doy poln openllong kc%l on ln ?Ylo OW -] Ci Leader production, but the stock failed to maintain the early advance. Goodyear Tire common remained firm around 1l. The b\l'hl‘—hqr‘ tnuawed estimates that" the show earnings for 1923 0! nwroxl- matety fll\ 001 cnnmnmd Mlh $4,368,000 In 142 - -Siliea-J&1 (mrbonllsn ‘oun‘.\fllt cortificates of no par value were ad- m;tl:d and sold at 3,5 lblockht:rlde:; of the “Dayison, emical are offer: ta subsceibo at $25 a share. 00, Nat Gas, 0% 3 Roston Wro Oilang, 18°Garip Synd L ohda 01 EN 18 Peanock 0il 55 Pan Am P ris ¥ 13 Rovel Can O & It. salt Ck 4 e 87 Wilcox 0il & Gs INDUSTRIALS, 20 Acme Pack . 25 Canay Prod Cop i~ - TXeutnt Irou. Pipe.. 18 b new | 20 Dubtier € & d 3 oot 1t 1 B0 oid u ey wl» 1§ Goodsens Tice 8 Hevden Chem . 1 Hydror Corn NatDaire] 24 N Y Tel Co pfd. Park & Tifora Poeriess v 1st pf of pd Tux Cor N r Comini 18 s ciobe. 1e 19 Iudin 1 Kerr Lake 20 Loue 8t 20 Maen s qn OBTAINS NEW SHOPS. “With, Southern -Rallway. Ap-coulm-m-u; 16 The'R: SPARTANBURG, S. C.; —'nns fty-Tra¥ agreed to : inating - all grade crossings of the Houthérn railway here and €hé: coiapany:sdn ks turn will establish shops to cost $2.500,003, “asaure a monthly pay roll of $125, SEEKS RUSSIAN TRADE. Bufinass Move. Bpecial Pipateh to The Star. CLEVELAND; January though w=¥aral Cleveland 14— Al- manufac- 15 turers fepott recent buying has been rict ere & Mechinicy 5 VK W'T‘ ORTON, ~JAMmfY: 310 | Engincers of the Fore River . Merchants' a8 | Nations] nmu Trust. U!hn . Loan & Trust...i.,. _BAPINGE BANK. Wi uh‘nllul Ilat af 12* *Ex dividesd. more substantial, those seeking for- a {cign business cannot make such \urnble report. However, the E which has had i e n. }%;o e Russia sinea th \Y‘ar has. ABK.I)ME)!M a connection ‘through ' the, Centrolosoyos of "Amer- lvq, lm*{ oY &wmcn it hopes soon ‘BETIEB. BUSIIESS SEEN “t—tShectal).— lant of the Bethlehem Shipbullding Co pora tlon aro yeported 40 be. Sgbrigy on {m- rtant contracts Wwhich bo pro- Boctive of active business son reseiit ths plant is operating 20 of- cxpaeity. with 2,400 _men. #s-against- a- Dol o -of /8.999. During the war 25, 300 were emp'loyo i . PABIS MARKET SPOTTY. PARIS, January 14—Trading was active -and :priess maxed, !;roqul.;ug | 61i"the Tourse today.~ ~The dollar. 56 centinres:” et ia RATES ON BAR SILVER: LONDON, January 14—Bar siiver 337-16 pence per ounce.:’ Money, £ per cont Discounit rates ehort bille adl, per cent. 'rhne month muu, 35-16a3% per cent. . e _._._..___,_.__.___.._....:.a:..».-._. Spnrtahfiurg- 5. C., Makes New Deal ! Em)nn m&w Company Muk—a New 3o y Special Dhag BOSTO! ot ot Baily, the Boston »naMaing 4w York, New Haven and to. (aczease.. twelve-ride commutation tickets s to add $150.000. $700,000 and res) those ro: mission held i were permitted to increase forty-six and sixty ride tickets. GET $1.25 PER HOUR, CLEVELAND, the building busif uninterrupted mnuu‘nan through- out the year as a result o{-the re- cent wage settlament with jthe car- cnters union, ' Bhe-carpefiters have Bireed to the'praNent~stale for an- jother year. This provides for a wago ‘ot $1.25 an_ hour. only minor anges in working conditions have been requested, it is felt that the othier crafts aiso will agree to the scale. CLAIMS UNF UNFAIR METHODS. Foderal Trpde Comuiseion- 4 Acts |5 Against Silver Plate Firm. Price maintenance metlods used by the Oneida Community, Ldt., of New York, in selling_silver pls(zd ‘ware, | were attacked todag-hu the federni] trade commission, in- a -eomplaint charging them to cuflllllulo unfair competition. A- “standard piice” for resale of the goods by the jobber, wholesaler and retailer, was =ald to be maintained by the company. The respondent will be given thirty” days. in which to answer the complafit-be- fore investigation. . Through co-operation with a t; lfknowu Glove firm we ‘Have seclired these very notable _values in Fabric and ‘ool Gleves for women, misses and children. values are among the best‘of the season and offer sau- and woolen gloves. In gray to the revenue lo ENORMOUS WAGE LOSSES ARE LAID TO AC&IDENTS '3{ uary ‘-T"h 1] 13 dwuu:ont ol? ,nbu:u lt‘ln-E gfugfl.;m usetts permitting Lo Bo: tion for the same causes, he said. roximately - 500.000.. warkers are injured so badly each year that elther _they &re_maimed for life or tm rmqg s time in OV oul .l?- Reavier ol of ln)qud than e world war exacted in the’ nine. erican_partitipa- ntary on these surveys show itse' hceidents to be ’mper percau- niness. GRMK»SH}EHEI!TS JUMP PREFIOUS. WEEK: Graln exports trom.the United States list week amounted to 2.330, 000 bushels~Tompared with 1,330,000 bushels the wetk betore:, Commerce Départment. figamey’ to- -day gave the following gown’fllons b‘u\fi’cn oxporgs last )er and those of, Spevions, w el Barior 60000 e -aatnst none: corn, 371,000 bu. n‘llns( 486,000 bu. on ats, 40|m bu. againsi 44,000 bu.; rye, bu.. ‘n‘mn?mn“ i 1 u. against nnxd‘}nu grain exportea’ from the United States ports amounted to 4.- 060.000 bu. against 3,469,000 the week befote, States 603,001 yorfs last week Frels® agatnet s,mo‘o burs rqis aweek ago. e -~ PRY GOODS-PRICES OFF. - NEW YORK, January 14 (Special), \:g ynods markets opewed this weak wit eulng pr!r huylng sltirer m ¥ &ouds oF sheet- Print clot n( W quofed” at d -G8x72e at educt| cag] some_gecond hands wer omr!ug goods stil 9f 23 to G cente & pound were quoted ct, _Both the a |.l 'mfio rama’ markets - were quiet Women s and .'Mluel Gloves Strap and bickle “chamois lisle, and women’s 2-clasp cashmerette 7z silk lined. Thése gloves are samplés of a high grade of fabric, brm\n., covert, black and ¢ “And Hlfle[ Children's 1-clasp chamois lisle, waol wool seamless doubk ~tlasp 1 misses! cashmerette. e e grade gloygs. ... COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY SPOKANE, Wash., January 14. ~m @ the first of the year, Washingtom shipped 25,823 carloads of apples, he etmpnr-d _with 28,395 for 1922. Ore- Mpped 4,300 Cars fast year, com- und with 3,893 in 1923, while Idaho [s6rit " GuT BT, "E¥ AUMSTE,223 (n 1922, * The market is soft, with the best-keeping grades favored. KANSAS CITY, January 14.—The Western Frult Jobbers' Assoclation -|SUIT FOR $10,000,000-:. ENDS OUT OF COURT| B, uo’hon 60 dathugfs broght by Louts N. Hartog against Chaties ¥. Tammany Hall chiafteld. and others in oonnection with ol Corn Products Company transactions, haa been settled out of court, it was an not When the case was cnllu{fax m; in the supremse court. Terms o ¢ the™ “Getiemont wers not mad fc. 1&,’:.11 involved the manufacture has determined on an advertising |’ campaign, in which milllons of dol- lars will_he expended. This cam- paign, qxunued into all parts of s c Wholesalers, retailers and job! of “fruit and vegetables dividing‘the ezpense. 0, Jariuary 14.—More than ZWurand. 6f machinery and sup- ‘Dliés wore on.exhibit here today at the opening-of the twenty-first an- nual good roads show: 1t {8 predicted that more miles of roads will be lmpqua_ {8 year. ATLANTA,” - January lé—Atlanta jobbers have launched a wigorous zales campslgn through co-opera. tive advertising and weekly circulur- the trade territory. ing for cash now coming sfofe: Midwinter buy- in from small rural Sidepotham, Inc. plant of the Belding Company at Chi- cago and will remov SAN FRANCISCO, Planting of wheat, has been retard:d dry weather. lowing anofher drop in the south. :1Ivlt'\q now range between 33 cents| for pullets and <6 for extras. e The first pioduced at Drury Lane Theater in [Pohaon. in These for street, Women'’s, Misses’ Child'ren’a Gloves seamless gauntlets, _full full gloves: .and boys’ wool " gloves with cuffs. Jomen's 2- ned cashmerétte and l-clasp % - doe lined Sunpl:s of h|gh— or In 1zing of every well rated fetailer it is reflected in orders PHILADELPHIA, January 14.—John has bought the tape it to this city, January 14— |- bgrley und oate Eafly sown grain ha not thriven and cnnndeume reseeding wlill be néc-i- Grea January 1 —.H further. eut: of- 2. cents & dozen has been made in the prica of eggs here rows of embroidéry.: and buckle chamois lisle. ..cafe, bla Colds - Hgadache Pain ristmas pantomime was | T maltodextrine, a glicoss ;m?m sed in \hu making of naar'neer, ana’ aro: tran wotions. cone Murphy. Hnnow. John A. Anu “‘the Corfl Products Contpany ing the wor{d war, v A counter suit for $200,000, by Murphy agatmst—] g @ volving Stmila lnn-ulon., will not bg-IBtried. res 01!'. PRICES- ABVANCE. HOUSTON, To¥. J&WUkry 14—The Humble 61l Gompany advanced Pow- ell and™Mexia to _$1.40 a Bdrrel, ef- fective today, pladifix €fia flelds on 2 'at with mid-continent. crudes. - SAY “BAYER” when-you buy— [ Proved safe by mxlhons and prescribed by physicians for Neuralgia Toothache Neuritis Lumbago Rheumatism Accept only " “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—~Druggists: Aspipin is the trade wirk of Bayer Mapufactare of Mouoceceticacidester of Sallcylicacid Remarkable Values Ma-nufac.ture‘r- s Cleaténce Sale of Gloves ings of the most substantial kind. ples of high-grade gloves of fabric and wool. dress-and sports wear. 48¢ Women's Gloves 2-clasp chamois, lisle, strap buckle gloves, . with tlirce Strap and browns, chamois, gray, id cove: Included are sam- Gloves Not all colors or sizes in every. style, but all sizes in each price group. Women's _Gloves’ Strap, buckle, duplcx “em- broidered " mosquetaires, 12 16 button mosquetaires in samples ‘of high-grade gloves. browns, grays, ‘beaver : and white. -In’. black, - mode, Included Are Samp les of ngh Grade Gloves nowv BTAIRS § TORE fSale—Seamless High- Grade Axminster Rugs “Extremely Because Low Priced “They Are Slight Seconds.- Many of Them Look and Will Wear As ‘Well As Perfect Rugs - Roo_m - 6 «46x6.6 ..... Sizes $49.75 $46.75 .$37.75 1182175 ...81475 Hall Runners 27x9 ... % 27x12 ...... 8140 . 3x9 ...l DOWN STAIRS u‘ons wt .su.zg,_- . $1475. 319 50