Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 29

FINANCIAL. * AUTO TRAFFIC AN * BUSINESS MENACE Autos Held Most Vital to Trade. BY J. C. BOYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February 8.—Plans for most effective use of parking space In the cities throughout the country now under consideration are naturally dependent on the layout and conformation of the streets them- selves, but in general the congestion 13 now such that in many centers parking during busy daytime hours in the business section is entirely prohibited. In other locations the time a car may be left is strictly limited. In New York city there is no ordi- nance Wwhich . precisely regulates parking, except that cars must not be parked where they obstruct traf- fie. The police powers are sufficient to allow determination as to what constituted obstruction of traffic, and parking privileges are severely re- stricted. — Oblique parking in most cases throughout the country is per- mitted or prohibited according to the width of the streets involved. Methods in Philadelphia, The use of the one-way street sys- tem in Philadelphia has been espe- cially effective because many of the thoroughfares are narrow and have only one-way trolley lines. This per- mits drivers to pass on either side of a street car and allows street car passengers to enter and leave cars with greater safety. In cities like Washington, where the streets are exceedingly wide, there has been less extensive use of one-way street system. The tional Capital is one of the few cities which has raised safety zones for protection of street car passen- gers. However, if the strict system enforced in Washington regulating the passing of a street car by an automobile were enforced in larger centers, traffic would he slowed down. Philadelphia prohibits parking for longer than one hour on any street in the downtown section between 8:30 am. and 6 p.m., but the ban is raised at night in some streets for the benefit of theatergoers. New Thoroughfare in Boston. In Boston, where streets are nar- row, fully 90 per cent of the thor- oughfares in the business section are limised to one-way traffic in the day- time. A new thoroughfare is under construction from Park Square to South Station, which will cost many million doliars, but it may be found to be too narrow to accommodate traflic by the time Is is completed. Pittsburgh is another city where arking rules are somewhat freely gnored. Parking is positively pro- hibited in the main downtown streets, but the traffic police follow the prac- tice of “‘tagging” the offending car, thus notifying the owner to appear in traffic court, The automobile owner, however, has the option of malling & $1 fine If it Is his first offense. All parking spaces in the center of the city are crowded to capacity throughout the daytime, although a charge rangingz from 50 cents to 75 cents must be paid. The city main- tains a public parking station at the Monongahela river wharf, where 10 cents Is charged, but it is incon- venient to reach for most business men, Refore You Invest—Investigate. Ever notice that the fellows who try to get rich quick are always broke? CONTRACTORS FEAR PAINTERS’ DEMANDS Building Activity in Chicago Men- aced if Higher Wage Move- ment Spreads. Zpecial Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, February 8.—The de- mand for an additional 25 cents an hour by painters, if it is pushed, and taken up by other building trades, ‘will have a most disastrous effect on construction activity here, according to contractors. Edward M. Craig, | secretary of the Bullding Construc- tion and Employers’ Association, es- timated today that 70,000 men would be affected and the increase in cost of construction would be at least $140,000 daily, or $30,800,000 in the ten open months. Fainters are paid $1.25 an hour. ] DEALERS SAY DEMAND | IS FOR SMALL PICTURES | Large Canvases by Old Masters Find Practically No Mar- ket, They Bay. LONDON, February 7.—Large cln-! vases painted by old masters to hang upon the spacious walls of the rich | man’s mansions are hard to sell in these days of apartments and small houses. . Bond street dealers the demand s almost entirely for small plctures. so that prices frequently are 1n inverse Tatio to size. ogt-war social changes are held responsible for the poor market sc- corded huge masterpleces with their many yards of canvas. Scores of country mansions have been closed or sold to the newly-rich, who have been too occupled with money-mak- ing to care about art, and most town houses are already overfilled with furniture and ornamentations. l ¢ { COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY FRESNO, Calif., February 8.—A new secret process for coating ralsing with chocolate without hand dipping is responsible for a decided Increase in the sale of raisins In this state, according to the Sun Maid Ralsin, Growers' Assoclation. One group of L! California confectionary stores is u ing a ton of raisins daily. SEATTLE, February 8.—Boxed win- ter keeping apples fro eastern Wash- ington are moving to north Pacific terminals in considerable quantities because of a softening of markets in the east. Ten trainloads from Yakima and Wenatchee are being .assembled for export to England and Germany. SALT LAKE CITY, February 8.—A two-cent-a-gallon increase in the price of gasoline was put into effect today In Utah, 1daho and Montana, This followed a boost in crude pri in the Wyoming flelds: TORRINGTON, Wy, The Holly Sugar Corporation has contracted for the planting of 8,000 acres of sugar beets in this nelghbor- hood and announces it will move i plant. at Anaheim, Calif, to Torring. on, PITTSBURGH, February 8.—The National - Car Wheel Company, with plants at West Homestead, is re- sported to have been absorbed by the Pressed Steel Car Company at a cos of more than $4,000,000. The national 0'0: capitalized for less than §2,000,- NEW YORK CURB MARKET Recelved by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN, February 8.—The action of Swan & Finch on the curb i market today following the sharp H advance Thursday substantiated re- Better Methods in Handling ports that the company is considering the acquisition of another important 1t is also belleved that resump- NEW _YORK, unit. tion of dividend payments can looked for in the near future. €9, it was selling 17 points above the im- provement was not maintained. Co- Thursday closing, but all the incldent with the rise in Swan in Chesebrough Manufacturing ; sldiaries. ket today : Sales In BONDS. thousands. 5 Allied Packers Gn 2 Allied Packers 8 5 Alum 78 ‘25 . 8 Am Gas & Elec Gs Am Roll Mills 6 Anaconda 6s Anglo Am "0l AtG & W 1888 40% Belgo Can Paper 65 02in Beth Steel 7a_'S3 B Can Ry Eq Charcoal Co Am Chie & North Ss wi Chie M & St P & Chi Union Sta B 5i Cit Serv 78 C M 2ielorasut e ., 31a & Co Thn, Detroit City oo Detroit Edison 6s .. Dunlop T & Rub 7s. EmpireG & F @ w@gme Galr Robt 7s... Galena Sig Oil Grand Trunk G Gulf 0l of Hood Rubber 7 TCCStLosAWI Inferb R T 8y '22.. Inter Match 634s v | Kans City Pow Lt 53 Kennecott Cop 7s... Laclede Gas 5138 C. Lh VI Hre Ry fs wi Libby, MeN & L Ts. Lig Win Lig't ¢ 7s. Manitoba Pow 7. Maracutbo 011 Ts "25 Market St Ry 78 w i rris & Co'7 P T IO P Y T DT T Pitts Yngatn Pub Serv N J Tu..... Pub Serv El Pow 8a. Pure 0l .Co 6l4s. Solvey et Cle 6s. South_Calif Ed NY 782 - JOYSTPIDTETSE. PPV~ PR 4 Un Ele L & P 51454 Tnit Ry Hav 78s.. Vacum Oil a...... Virglaia Ry 6 ‘wi.: Webs Mills 6%5 wi. FOREIGN BONDS. Gov Argenting 6s wi 1003 Gov Argen 68 '057 wi 981 Mex Govt 6s ¢ 0 d. B3% Rep of P 981y Russian e ol 1n 4 3 (3 10 Russian 25 Russ v Blgs o G Bin et 3 Swiss Govt 5s 25 U 8 Mex 4s cf of Salenin STANDARD OIL ISSUES. unitn. 1200 Anglo Am Oi! 10 Horne Scrymaer 40 Buckese P L...... T: 135 Chesebrough Mfg .. 356 400 Continent 01l new. 32 80 Cumberland P L... 130 30 Eureka P L 071 35 Gal Slg Oil 7900 Humble 0 & 4©1Mm P L. 735 Imp Ol 90 Tod P L. 7100 Intl Pet 70 Magnolia Pet 200 Nat Transit . 1400 Ohlo Ofl pew. 890 Prairie Oll & Gas Finch was a sharp runup of 20 points 355, another of the Standard Oil sub- Other olls were not helped by the pronounced strength in these two stocks. —_——— NEW YORK, February 8.—Following is an official list of bonds and stocks traded in on the New York Curb Mar- _ BALES. Washington Gas 6s '33—$300 at 101. Washington Rwy. & Elec. 45—8$1,000 at Potomac Elec. & & r. 6s 100831, 103 $1.000 at 103" o] Light—10 at 49%. § Lanston Monotype—10 at 7434, 10 at 74, ydlerchants Transter & Storage Co—10 AFTER CALL. Washington Gas Ge—$300 at 63%. Riggs Reaity Longs 55—32,000 at 9214, Georgetown Gas 58—3300 at 88 Potomuc Blee, deb. Gx—§1.000 Unfon Trust 5 at 165. Money—Call loans, 5 and 6 po® cent. BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITY. Bid. ALk Am. Te Am, Tel Anacostia & Potomac ‘Auncostia & Potom: C. & P. Telephone 5 C. & P. Telephone of Capital Traction R. R. City & Suburban 5 Georgetown Gas lst 5. Metropolitan R. R. Gu. Potomac Elec. 1st Bs. Potomac Elec. cons. 5t | Potomac Elec. deb. 6s. Potomac Elec. 63 1938. Pot. Elec. Pow. g m. & re Waih., Alex. & Mt. Ver. Mt. ington o, Bwy. & Elec. 4 y 5 (loni Realty Bs (short). . Mkt, Cold Storage Ss. e an Park Hotel.o. STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. American_Tel. & Telga. pital Traction gaptiat Commer Dantrra & Mechanics Federal-American Riges merican Security & Trust.. &,u...m Trast Merchants' Bank National Union Trust SAVINGS BANK. erce & Savings.. S:."t"‘w shington. ... Becurity Savings & Seventh Street. United States.. Washiogton Mechanics’ FIRE INSURANCE. o858 BEEE.S . February 8.—| &% Fresi® vniss. TITLE INSURANCE. Title. S Bitase Tidi D. C. Paper pfd.. poses saovs chants’ Transfer & Btorage. 100 et eatnaler Lisotype, 5 Oid "Dutch Market com 0id Dutch Market pfd. Lanston type. Security _Storage. Washington Marke! Tellow Cab.. Washington Stock Exchange. | 10 at 164, 10 at 164, 10 at 184, 10 at 165, Asked. S 5% "*u 122 The selling, whith became noticeable on the previous day, was even more pronounced, and esulted in a de- cline of 4 to 6 points in Standard of Ohlo, Tiinols Pipe and South' Peun. Ofterings of Standard of indiana were heavy enough to bring about a de- cline of more than a hailf point, while oth leaders were down Declaration of the regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents on Imperial Oil of Canada falled to help that stock. The actlon of industrial stocks in- dlcated an indigposition on the part of those who had been active on the buying side, to carry on their opera- tions. Mesabi Iron e off almost & point, but raliled later, Durant of Delaware lost over a point, while Silica Gel voting trust certificates fluctuated over a range of a point. Candy Products was the most ac- tive of the low-priced lssues, getting up to a new high on the move. Bos- ton and Montana and Lafayette Oll were removed from trading. be At & to 105 105 725 Prairle P L. 50 Solar Refin . 310 Routh Penn OIl. 11700 Vacuum Oil new Sales INDEPENDENT OIL 8TOCKS. in hunderds. 10 Allied Oil new ... T Atk Nat Gas....... 1 Brit-Control Ol Fid © Carib Syndicate 1% Citien Service 10 Citles Service pfd. 1 Cities Service pfd B M Cit Serv B ofs ... $1,000 Cit Serv C serip. . 36 Creole Synd . 6 Derby 0 & B wi.. 3 Gen Pet .. . 2 Gill Ol vot fr cf 7 Guif OIf of Pa 3 Gulf St 0 & R 140 Hudwon 011 80 Keystone Iiai 1 Kirby Pet . 23 Lago Pet 35 Latin Amer 0il 4 Livingaton Pet 1 Marine oOll 1 Marland 1 Mex Eagle 20 Mex Oil . F2a2ut, 3 9 Penn Beaver Oil.. . Pennock 011 . P 7 fapulps Refin Reanoara Oil West States O} Wilcox Ol & G You ..o Am Haw Am L & Armour & Borden & Co BrAm Tob Co Rex Bkiyn City B R .. Du Pont Motors ... El Rond & Shar pf Ford Motor Co Can. F & W Grant w | Gillette Safety R Great West Sug nw Havana Tobarco pf Heyden Chemical .. Inter Cont! Rubber. Interl Carbon new Kreake Dept Stores Landover Rldg Cor Lebigh Val Coal. Leh ‘al_Coal new. Lebig) Wi S Bl dlo aos! B 23 B3asBoaBalE208 (d 5 D FEXFFS Pyrene Mfg Radio Corp Radio Corp Reo Mot . Sal Gil Pr ¢ Singer Mfg Standsrd G & Stuts Motor . Swift & Co. Tenn Elec Power. Tobacco Prod Lxpts 5o Y e, & FREE Bkg Co B wi Wayne Coal . Warner Bros Willys Corp 18t bt Yel Tax Co ¥ Y 1t MINING. 10 Ariz_Globe Copper 10 Belcher. Divide 10 Booth Mining. 3 20 Bound “Red Mount . 12 Canario Copper 10 Candelaria Min (. . 14 Cous Cop Mines néw . 50 Cortex Bilver 10 Cracker Jack M 17 Cresson Gold 4 Crown Reserv i 290 Diamondfield BI Bu 4 Dolores Esper 40 Eureka Croesus . 680 Fortuna Mines . 20 Goldfield Develop. . 20 GoldSield Deep Mine - 80 Gold Zone 60 Hardshell 40 Hill Top 1 Jerome V D 13 Kell ) 535233242832 64 ovi evel. £ New Domin Cop. ©Ohio _Copper. Ray Hercules 2258883 Unity Gold .. Wenden Copper 5 West End Consol 10 West End Ext . 70 Wess Lorrain Si 1 Yukon Gold . TURN BACK TO COAL all Street Financiers See New Angle to Further il Price Advances. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February $.—Aside from the discussion concerning the complaint of a South Dakota senator about the recent advances in gasoline prices, another phase of the oil situ- ation was introduced in Wall street today. In substance, it was that crude ofl prices now are at a level where any further advances are quite likely to curtail consumption of fuel ofl. Since 1920 bituminous coal prices have been tending downward. Even at ‘present price levels in many lo- calities there is a turning back from fuel oll to coal. This theory does not fit in with the | recent utterances of men high places in the oil industry, nor does it coincide with the belief held by some that we are facing a shortage of oil. B HARRIMAN SELLS SEAT. NEW YORK, February 8.—Oliver C.' Harriman, one of the youngest mem- bers of the New York Stock Ex- change and recently divorced by his wite, formerly Miss Loise Bisbee, ha: sold’ his_seat on the exchange $85,000. Harriman resigned his m bership in a brokerage firm. = -— 2,828 GET NEW JOBS. . DETROIT, February 8 (Special).— The Detroll employment report ‘for the last week showed a further in- crease of 2,828 to 4 new high total of 242,33 compares with a total of 205,000 men for the corresponding week & year ago. Lo e e U The mall carrler who looted let- ters to relleve the monotony of his 1 find Uncle Sam provide: for such attivity, e may. s | an antidote similarly. | WINTON SUSPEADS " NAKING AUTES Veteran Firm Will Continue Manufacture of Diesel Engines. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February $.— Reports that the Winton Company is suspending the manufacture of automobiles have been confirmed here by Charles . Farnsworth, local banker. who announced that the com- pany is liquidating its automobile debtedness and extended merchan- dise creditors. s - s automoblle manufacturing busine: in the country. Decision to liquidat, follows the failure of several plan: to _reorganize. The liquidation does not affect the Diesel engine business carrled on by the company. —_— MEXICO MAKES FIRST PAYMENT OF INTEREST By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February S.—Arrival of the first remittances from Mexico to 1apply on the 1924 interest payments of the government's honds under the debt agreement has removed doubts that payment might be delayed indefinitely by the revolution. Recovery of the ol flelds by federal forces, ensuring control of the ofl taxes, bankers said, was expected to provide sufficlent funds to cover the entire year's requirements. THAN FACTORY JOBS | Special Dispateh to The Star. BOSTON, February 8.—Investigation by the Boston Chamber of Commerce into labor conditions here has served to show why prejudice against the “overall” job, as compared with the white collar job, is disappearing jamong local young men. At the open- ing of the war the average clerical salary was 61 per cent above the average shop job pay. By the end of lho: war this ‘margin had been wiped out. Now th force has regained an advanta per cent above the average wage level of those in fac- tories. The report observes, how- ever. that for the fitst few years of employment the young man may be able 10 earn more at the bench than at a desk. STEEL AND AUTO PLANTS MUCH MORE ACTIVE Special Dispatch to The Star. CLEVELAND, February 8. —Increase in production in steel and automobile plants in the last few weeks has bet- tered general employment here by 7 per cent. according to the latest offi- cial report. Automobile works are employing 1.143 more men than a {month ago, an increase of 15 per cant. { There now are 88,400 men employed {in 100 of the city's largest plants, as icompared “with 87,802 In_December ;Kllfl 87,358 In November. An advance +in wages from to 44.9 cents an hour for common labor has accom- panied the improvement. LITTLE WORfiY OVER SUIT. { Purchase of Cambria Steel Com- | pany Practically Completed. { NEW YORK, Febrvary 8.—Officials iof the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, | commenting on the suit brought by six _minority stockholders -of the Cambria Steel Company to set aside Bethlehem's purchase of the Cam- bria’s properties, declare liquidation of Cambria's affairs had been nearly completed and that the holders of all, except about two one-thousandths of its stock, had surrendered their shares ‘and received their part of the pur- chase price. Plaintiffs in the suit, they said, held only 125 shares of the total par value of $6,250. Counsel for the Bethlehem Corporation examined the complaint and reported to the directors that the {suit was without merit. SHIPPERS SAVE LUMBER. Fiber Containers Called Great Con- servator of Forests. Special Dispateh to The Star. CHICAGO, February 8—The fiber contafner industry, in meeting the shipping problem of the nation, is a conservator of forests that is little appreciated. according to G. R. Brow- der, manager of the National Con- tainer Association, In an address be- fore the organization here. = “Statistics show.” said Mr. Brow- der, “that millions of feet of lumber have been saved for other uses by the introduction of fiberboard. Made of waste products reworked with but 10 to 15 per cent of new pulp, paper- i 1 ! { | ice formerly required of the wooden box, &ind in many instances at a sav- ing to shippers and public.” BUSINESS TOPICS. World's Biggest Factory Making Teeth May Expand. i {,. YORK, Pa. February 8—The Den- !tists Supply Company, which oper- iates the largest factory for produc- |tion of artificial teeth in the world, is considering a European factory at Baden, Germany. HOUSTON, February $.—Reports ireceived here indicate that tractors are working night and day in .the Texas panhandle brqaking new ground for cotton. ST. PAUL, February 8.—Automobile sales directly attributable to the an- Inual Twin cities automobile show wilt exceed $10,000,000, according to deal- ers. Lt By Bivwige “Evil Eye” Strange Power. From Current History Magazine. ‘The Gvil Eye” is a' mysterious who are thereby able to injure oth- ers, or even to cause their death, by simply looking at them. This ‘an- clent and widespread _superstition was at one time sanctioned by the classical authors, the fathers of the church and the physicians of the middle ages, and {8 still believed in by many nations within the range of Christendom. The bellef is widely spread among the Itallans and Span- iards at the present day, as well a8 among the Turks, Chinese and Japanese. The ancient Greeks called it Baskania, and the Rormans, Fas- cigum. Virgll, in the third eclogue, speaks of an “evil eye” that has be- witched the tender lambs, and St. Paul, in Galatians lil.1, makes use of the idea metaphorically to denote the spiritual perversion of the Gala- tians as follows: “Q foolish Galatians, who hath be- witched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath evidently set forth; cru- cified among you - ——— Not Identified. From the Pathfinder. The orderly officer was inspecting rations. “Any complaints?” he asked. “Just taste this, sir.” said & Tommy, ting a cup of liqu very good soup, said . the officer. “Yes, sir, but the corporal _says its tem and the cook says its colfee, and I found a scrub brush at the bottom. of the kettle.™ OFFICE NOW PAYS BETTER!: board boxes are performing the serv. | power attributed to certain persons: {PREDICTS BIG YEAR = - IN STEEL INDUSTRY President Grace at Bethlehem Plant in Baltimore—Rush _ of Orders Ahead. " *| Special Dispateh to The Btar. BALTIMORE, February,8.—A good year for business in general and for the steel business in particular was predicted by Eugene V. Grace, presi- dent of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion, at a lunchon yesterday at the joffices of the Bethlehem shipbullding iplant at Sparrows Point. All the plants of the company, with the exception of the local shipbuild- ing plant, he sald, are operating | nearly at capacity, and the plant at Sparrows Point has orders which are i the next six montha. z | E. B. HIll, vice president of thé icompany, and J. E. Larkin, assistant | luncheon, which was the first n\ul' conference at the Baltimore plant of the employes’ and managers repre- sentatives. ——e iMRS. PUTNAM TELLS | OF LITERARY CAREER ! ‘Emerges From Seclusion She Has Kept Since Recent Di- vorce Case. i BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispatch to The Star. DEL RAY, Fla., February 7.—Mrs. na Wilcox Putnam, the novelist, has emerged at last from the seclu- sion which followed her unfortunate attempt to transform an ex-clam dig- ger and ex-house painter into a literary agent and adviser. Mrs. Putnam emerged in a simple lingerie gown and a small white hat with a bunch of camellias on one side. She came out to talk to the Miaml branch of the League of American Pen Women, and If she ever enter- talned any real misgiving as to the attitude of “her public” toward her as a result of her recent experiences, they were completely swept away by the cordiality of her- reception and the attentions the women showered upon her. Mrs. Putnam gave her audience of amateurs an intimate “close up” of the life of a professional writer. She took something of a slap at “the other side” of her two marital mis- adventures by eaying che had alway been the breadwinner in the famil | —had been so ever since she was fifteen, And as for “inspiration,” {Mrs. Putnam indicated that was, in the language of Gov. Al Smith of New York, “all bunk.” She says her real { inspiration comes from those Shake- sperian words, often employed by the crapshooter, “Mah baby needs a new pair of shoes Gives Homely Advice. advice abounded in Mrs. talk, She let it be known she has no patience whatever with the woman who for the indul- gence of her vanity neglects her do- mestic duties for the sake of an amateur career. “She deserves any sort of disaster which may befall her.” sald the au- thoress, “but it {3 different with the professional writer, the one who has to write to earn a living. “After the birth of my son. John Francis Putnam, six and a half years 2go, I found it necessary to remove myself arbitrarily from the family for a certain number of hours every day, in order to accomplish anything worth while. At first 1 had my office in New York and commuted every day from our suburban home, but later I found it was not necessary to go 20 far away from home and had a studio set up about & mile and & half away from our dwelling. “This plan worked splendidly, but no woman can do professional work in the atmosphere of the home, where she cannot divorce, herself from the multitude of household details which demand her attention. “The woman who is out doing pro- fessional work.” sald Mrs. Putnam, “has the same inspiration that sends a good husband out to do a good job at the office. Like him, she has got to bring home the bacon. Trying to be a good wife and mother and at the same time being a breadwiner s one of the great problems of our modern civilization.” Writer Works Hard. Mrs. Putnam plainly told her audi- i ence of enthralled women that life! is not all beer and skittles with a} i writer. : There necessarily is a good deal of drudgery about the daily task. Mrs. Putnam’ usually writes uninterrupt- edly from 8:30 or 9 o'clock in the morning until noon. Then she calls it a day. Plots are a matter of me- chani First you must find out what you have done and what others have done, and then you must tring your thoughts together like clothes on a clothesline. There must be & chart of the emotional thought un- of France, | Iprepared it is noted that bread and {wine, which the average Frenchman = ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., February $ (Spe- eial).—With about a hundred mem- bers of the orgaunization and others in attendance, the annual banqyet of the Rockville camp of the Modern Woodmen of America was held at the Montgomery Country Club here 188t gpecial Dispatch to The Star. o com-| LYNCHBURG, Va., February 8.— evening. It was in charge of mittee consisting of W. -Valentine Wilson, chairman; Marvin W.. Sim- mons, Berry E. Clark, Marbury F. Gates, Albert Moulden and Guy Wat- kins and proved an event of much in- terest and enjoyment. The large hall 'was attractively decorated with flags 8. Attorney John A. Garrett Was toastmaster-and toasts were re- sponded to by Judge Robert B. Peter; Mayor Oti§ M. Linthicum, Preston B. Ray, _cles of the circuit court; Sherift H. Clay Plummer, former Sheriff Clifford L. How: . Bar- nard Welsh, Rev. 8. G. Goode, Robert business in order to pay its bank in-;nearly three times its capacity for G. Hilton, George M. Hunter, Theo- dore Ricketts and others of Rockville and State Deputy McCaffery and Messrs. Potter and Millard of the A. The company is one of the oldesti, the president, also attended the R. Talbott Camp of Washingto: n. During the evening a_ vaudeville progrum was given by talent from a ashington theater. An orchestra played at frequent intervals. In memory of former President Wilson the program was halted and all pres- ent stood in. silence for one minute. Women to Meet. In order that the chalrmen of the economics committees of the various clubs composing the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs may gain new ideas for conducting home economics meetings in _each of the clubs of the federation Mrs. Eu- gene Scott of Rockville, who is chair- man of the home economics commit- tee of the county federation, has called a meeting of the chairmen to be held in the courthouse at Roc! ville the afternoon of February 25. Miss Berthe Knight, state clothing specialist of the e xtension service, College Park, Md., will assist Miss Blanche 1. Corwin, county home dem- onstration agent, in giving demon- strations. Those attending will be asked to take back to their clubs a Teport of the work being done by the county agent and to make plans for exhibits at the annual county fair next August. Fines totaling $1,000 and four years in the Maryland house of cor- Tection were the sentences handed out by Judge Samuel Riggs in the police court here to Benjamin Man- ger, a young Washingtonian after he had pleaded gullty to six charges of violating the local option law of the county by selling intoxicating liquor. In each of two .cases a fine of $500 and costs was imposed, and a year in prison was the sentence in each of the other four cases. The imprison- ment sentences, however, were sus- pended pending the defendant's good behavior. Woman's Charges Fail. On a charge of assault preferred by Miss Eveline Duvail, daughter of Mrs. Matilda E. Duvall of the vicinity of Dickerson, this county. Jones F. Hoyle, a well-known resident of the Dickerson neighborhood, was before Judge Samuel Riggs in the police court here. The young woman testi- fled that while she was alone in her home, Hoyle, who came there on a matter of business. acted toward her in & manner that did not accord with her ideas of propriety. Hoyle, who fs fifty-three years old and married, de- nied that he had been thing reprehensible, insisting that all he did was to pat the young woman on the arm in a friendly manner. Judge Riggs accepted Hoyle's ver- sion and adjudged him not gulity. John Lancaster, colored, was found gullty of recklessly operating an au- tomobile and was fined $10 and costs. He was acquitted on a charge of speeding. His arrest followed the up- setting of his machine near Brooke- ville, this county, a few days ago. Licenses have been issued for the marriage of George W. Butt and Miss Elizabeth M. Shore, both of Washing- ton; Ralph C. Conklin and Miss Eva Dixon, both of Danville, Va., and Charles Henry Pearce of Washington, and Miss Theima Botts of this county. HIGH COST OF LIVING " MADE CAMPAIGN ISSUE Opposition in France Points to In- crease in Price of Necessities. PARIS, February 7.—The high cost of living in France promises to be one of the principal issues, injected by the opposition to the present gov- ernment, during the campaign for the forthcoming general elections. Posters are being prepared for placarding in all the municipalities empbasizing the increase in the price of necessities of life un- der the present rule. In_the lists regards as first in the necessities of life, have been subjected to the smallest relative increase. SELLS DAUGHTER TO PAY EXPENSES OF FUNERAL Poverty-Stricken Chinese Woman Disposes of Girl to Bury Mother-in-Law. derlying the story. Then you must draw other lines above this main theme to represent the incidents am- plifying and emphasizing the main theme. Mrs. Putnam, in_her spare moments on her citrus farm is writing what she terms a Eerious novel. She hopes, however, 1t won't be too serious, be- cause she thinks it the greatest privi- lege in_the world to make people laugh, Mrs. Putnam also is writing two children's books. One is a child’s history of the United States. But at bothers Mrs. Putnam the most at the moment is the amount of work to be done on the citrus farm. There are sheds to build and fences to paint. All the feminine folk in her household are lending a hand at-the work. Even little John Francis is doing his bit. But there Is a gap. Ellsworth Bassett certainly could jwield & wicked paint brush. He also showed signs of literary appreciation. lBut ail that is a t i H hing of the past. WOOL TRADE AT SEA. Week Finds New Low Price Basis Puzzling. BOSTOYN, February 8.—The Com- mercial Bulletin will say tomorrow: “The wool trade has been seeking to get Its bearing as a ‘result of the in- itial opening of heavy-welght goods by the American Woolen Company on an unespectedly low-priced basis. As yet it is impossible to say that there has been a definite reaction on the 1part of the buyers, and so the wool trade is at sea, although holding firm on quotations, the few eales of the week being at unchanged prices. “Foreign markets are very firm everywhere except on faulty wools, which have been slightly easler in London. All good wools have been strong, and super-merinos have shown a rising tendency both in Lon- don and Australia.” ATLAS EARNINGS JUMP. - NEW YORK, February 8.—Sales of the Atlas Powder Company in 1923 totaled $19,616,170, *an Net income after all 8" was $2,296,271, equivalent’ to $6.72 earned on ‘each share of the new. common stock, or more than 20 per cent on| the old common stock befare it was split up. e e TAKE UP RETAIL PROBLEMS, CHICAGO, February 8 (Special).— Nineteen hundred members of the In- terstate Merchants' Council, who have ‘been in session here, are agreed that the greatest single problem of retail- ers-today is_“shoplifters.” Members stated that 75 per cent of the shop- lifters were housewives who fell un- der suddén and unexpected tempta- tion. 3 1 By the Associated Press. PEKING. February 6.—A young Chinese ~woman, poverty-stricken through the long absence of her hus- band, recently sold her flve-year-old daughter for $30, and used the pro- ceeds to bury her mother-in-law, ac- cording to Peking police records. The husband many months ago jolned one of the army divisions in Hupeh. The young, wife supported her aged mother-in-law and child by sewing. She was highly respected by her neighbors because of her plety and diligence. ‘When the old woman dled the daughter-in-law, prompted by devo- tion born of generations of reverence for the elders of the family, sacrificed her child that her husband’s mother might receive proper burial. 'RESUME GOLD MINING. Ore of Good Quality Is Found in Virginia Shaft. Special Dispateh to The Star. o FREDERICKSBURG, Va., February 8.—Mining for gold in the adjoining Loulsa county is progressing, accord- ing to Justice E. C. Tillotaon of Min- ‘eral. The shaft at the old Slate Hill mine is belnf sunk deeper, and ore of_good. quality is being found. Preparations are under way for the operation of the Twin Vein, or old Louisa mine, and for this purpose new machinery is arrivin he two mines are close together. Consid- erable gold was mined from the Slate Hill mine prior to the war between the states. —————— KILLED BY ENGINE. Locomotive Runs Away on Four- Mile Grade. 'Bpecial Dispatch to The St Frodeniok W Viring, W Vicrin, o avia, W, Ve.. . February 8.— sixty-one years father of Mrs. increase of | Of age, 153,000,000 over the preceding .year.:J, E: Sharp of this city and manager ? beock Lumber and Boom Com- ey B kantly wiiled when a5 en §ine on which hie was riding ran away on & four-mile grade. The engine left the track, pinioning Mr. Vie: be- neath-it. - - IRELAND AIDS BUILDERS. DUBLIN, February 7.—The Free Btate suv.rnmem will ~ advance '$1,500,000 as & subsidy to relieve the ‘housing-shortage in Ireland. Private builders ‘will -benefit as weil as mu. nicipalities. The purpose is, If possi- ble, to bring down the cost of a three-room house._ to $1,300; foui reoms, $1,800, and five rooms, §2,300. imill OFFICER IS EXONERATED | . IN KILLING OF NEGRO Says He Shot in Self-Défense, When Victim Tried to Grab Revolver. W. H. Irvin, speclal officer for the Southern Railroad, who shot .and killed Frank Daniel, negro, here Monday night, has been discharged from custody after trial in the muni- cipal court, the court holding -the officer had acted.in self-defense. Irvin testified that he had arrested the negro on a charge of stealing coal and ordered him to throw up hie hands. While he startad to get handcuffs he held a_ revolver in his right hand and flashlight under his arm, a second revolver being exposed to view in his belt. As he started to clamp the cuffs on the negro, Danlel grabbed the ojcer's left arm and tried to get his revolver with the right hand. It was here that a fight started, which ended when the officer gent a bullet into the forehead of the negro, which caused Instant death. ——— e HYATTSVILLE LIBRARY SHOWS RAPID GROWTH 3,000 More Books Circulated in mzs‘wm in Preceding Year, Report Shows. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 8.— A total of 4,576 books, an increase of about 3,000 over 1922, wero loaned by the Hyattsville Public Library during 1923, according to the report of Miss Agnes L. Espey, librarian, just sub- mitted to the mayor and town council. ‘The institution enjoyed a marked growth during the year, it was shown. About two-thirds of the 1,165 borrowers now on the library’s rolls are un- der eighteen years of age. A total of 361 books were bought for the li- brary during the year and 150 were donated. A total of 800 books were rebound. January 1 last the library had on hand 2,081 books. The library is on a sound financial according to the report of Mrs. C. J. Plerson, treasurer, which shows that on January 1 last it had a bank balance of $368.14. The year 1923 was started with a bank balance of $371.90 and during the year received 3300 from the town, 3$53.27 in fines from patrons and 320 as a donation from the Hyattsville Horticultural Society. A total of $359.03 was spent during the year, $271.30 for books and magazines and $87.73 for equip- ment and supplies. The library co-operated with Mrs. H. M. Sturgls, principal of the Hyattsville elementary schools, in insugurating a course in supple- mentary reading for pupils from the third to the seventh grades, both in- clusive. Children's book week was observed with two afternoons of story-telling for the children. e RAISING CONVICT LABOR PRICE BRINGS OBJECTION 15 and 25 Cents Increase a Day Announced by Maryland Prison Board. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. Md., February S8.— And now the price of convict labor has gone up and road contractors who in the past have been employing such labor are objecting to the in- crease of 15 and 25 cents a day, an- nounced for this year by the prison board of welfare. The prison_ labor had previously cost them $1.50 a day per man if he was boarded in & convict camp away from the prison and. $1.85 a day if fed by the prison authorities and returned to the institution at night. The new prices are $1.65 for the former and $2.10 for the latter class. The prisoners themselves get 50 cents & day. The state gets the mainder, which it spends in part for guards for the road gangs. — OLD MILL BURNED DOWN. Structure Dating to 1818 Destroy- ed in Madison County. Special Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., February 2.—Peola Mill in Madison county, one [of the oldest mills in the country, is a mass of ruins, following fire which quickly consumed the struc- ture. Three thousand bushels of meal were consumed. : The five-story structure was built in 1818 and had been but little chang- ed since then. New machinery in the had cost approximately” $4,000 and the owner. W. H. Revercomb, was preparing to executé a large milling contract. Tt {s understood that he had but $5.000 insurance on the bulld- ing and contents, and the loss is many times that amount. e | i JURY DISAGREES. No Verdict Reached in Killing of Man by Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., February 8.—Thw jury in the case of the state ve. Harry Cummings, charged with running down and killing Moses Eine; an aged peddler of the Harpers Ferry section, disagreed in circult court here and was. discharged by Judge J. M. Woods. The state alleged Cummings was driving recklessly and at an excessive rate of speed, and there was direct testimony on the stand that he was drinking. It is understood the jury stood eight for conviction-and four A ALEXANDRIA, Va., 'February (Special).—A city ordinance, paral leling in many particulars the state Prohibitionr law, was introduced-and advanced to its first: reading at a meeting of city council, held yester- day afternoon. The purpose of tiis bill is to divert the huge flow of fine money from the state treasury to the city's coffers in cases of liquor vio- Mol lations involving quantities of less than one quart. 2 Heretofore when police have arrested @ man charged with drunkenness and have found on him even less than & gill of whisky he has been bound aver to the grand jury. With the Dbroposed ordinance in effect the case could be quickly dispatched, with th added advantage that the police, paid by the city, would materially add ta the city's Tevenues through the re- sultant fines. N The ordinance would have no bears Ing on cases involving bootleggers ' _ but, rather, would serve only to sim plify matfers in the “hip-pocket cases. A financial report covering the first Seven months of the current fiscal year presented by City Manager Ricly shows that the city has kept well within the budget prepared at the be- ginning of the year, June 1, 1923. Lit- - tle likelihood of a heavy deficit i1 - manfest by figures procured so fay according to Mr. Rich. i While estimates have been running * rather {rregularly, those going be- low counterbalance well those running above the budget, passed solely upon the estimate of revenues. The city had on hand at the beginning of 1824 $113,727.30, having expended during the first seven months of the vear $561,198.11 out of $674,925.41, total re- ceipts. City Manager Rich told the council in presenting his report that he was well pleased with the way the city finances are turning out. Several miscalculations will throw the bal- ance at the end of the year only- a little out of the way. The city can live well within its income, he said. Marked improvement is noted in the . city gas plant operation, the planc being about $7,000 ahead of its usual schedule. James T. Preston has resigned aa secretary and treasurer of the Old . Dominion Boat Club, a position which he has held for many years.. Inability to devote a sufficient time was given as his reason for retiring. Walter T. Belt, war veteran under arrest here charged with violation of the prohibition law, will be paroled today in order that he may enter the. veteran's hospital at Mount Alto. Belt's case was investigated by Cal Hamilton, commander of the local® American Legion post. who toda: procured a medical examination of Belt, the result of which was com- municated torney Willlam P. Woolls and Judge + Howard W. Smith, The examination _ disclosed the fact that Belt is a suf- ferer from active tuberculosis, The veteran was arrested several days ago with a gill of whisky while “riding the rods” of a freight train through the city. He declared that he was en route from Richmond to ‘Washington, where he expected to enter a hospital. The investigation conducted jmmediately by Cant. Hamilton disclosed that the ex-s: dier's story was straight. A dance will be given in Elke' Hall tonight by the Kiwanis Club, pro- ceeds going toward the liquidation of* a small indebtedness inourred by the club last vear. Permission_has been granted tho Alexandria - Playgrounds Association: to sell artificli cherries on the streets of the city February 22. E More than 600 delegates are expec'- ed to attend the state meeting of tha: to Commonweslth’s At Order of Eastern Star to be held here -. February 13, 14 and 1 Investment Properties FOR SALE Vicinity Conn. Ave. & L St. N.W. | JORDAN & CO. Incorporated. 1027 17th St. N. W. ~ Money to Loan Secursa by first deed of trust on real esfate Prevailing interest and eommission. Joseph I Weller (5.7 & § 5% EQUITABLE Co-Operative Building Association Organized 1879 4th YEAR COMPLETED Asaets 84,755,170.52 Surplus $1,248,320.6% Accomplishes Most Systematic saviog is the most effective _means of accumulating money. Joint the Equitable and save ‘with best results. Subscription for the 86th Issue of Stock Being Recelved Shares, $2.50 Per Month EQUITABLE BUILDING 915 F St. N.W. JOHN JOY EDSON, Presideat FRANK P. REESIDE, Sec'y. for acquittal. —there is.“a fool born every minute,” or six hundred million dollars would not have been lost to the American people through unwise investments in 1923. This estimate was made by the Better Business Bureau of New York City. Start now with a resolve to stick to basic principle of safe investment by placing your money in a “sure thing”—viz.: First Mortgage Notes on improved real estate in the District. - We have them at the »hjghelst' rates of interest to-be absqlutely secure, and our Mortgage Department will cheerfully fur-" " nish details. MORTGAGE -INVESTMENTS 713 and 715 14th Street N.W. Main 2345