Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1924, Page 26

OPERATORS SAY COAL, IS AT DULLEST STAGE Producers Casting Hopeful Eyes Toward Lakes as Navigation Season Approaches. NEW reports elds Anxious to ot in tige om that of the April 17.—Coal Age market conditions to business in all YORK coul review of follows think of something of the depre overhangs the soft- many hopeful 1 of the lakes 1 season approaches. mid country, ting a the- directi navig like Mi eventually awber, t will turn up to dis- ed dullness is the daily some- secupat de—more or- COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY ‘ NEW ORLEANS, April 17.—Orders at Southern Pine Association mills in- sed 4.5 per cent in the last week. hipments fell off per cent and production 1.7 per cent. Sixty-nine million feet were prdered, 68,000,000 were shipped and 73,000,000 feet pro- duced. Orders on hand total 239,000,- 000 feet. April 17.—Foreign cargo lumber from the Puget first quarter of 002,000,000 ; 200,000,000 feet last r SE. TLE, hipments of Sound mills for the this year tota compared with NEW YORK, April 17.—Radio ap- paratus is being installed in every voom of the new $4,000,000 Beth Is- rael Hospital he POTTSVILLE, Pa, April elect hovel which will b th 1t was that the first knitting mill in the United States was cordmg to a research just ompleted by Textiles, which shows that in that year Bailey knitted underwear with two machines. MILL KNITHNG DATES BACK TO YEAR 1830 Sketch of Industry, Showing Its Progress in U. S. Since Bus: ness Was Founded. in Cohoes, W. Y., in 1830 establighed, ac- Egbert began Egberts and Joshua the manufacture of Years of study and experimentation were spent before machinery was in- vented that was practical for knit- ting, and it took more years before e public could be induced to discard its old muslin or “red flannel” under- wear and accept the newfangled knitted garments. In a tiny wooden shack the two pio- neers set up their two primitive knit- ting machines and went to work. They had no assistants, either to operate the machines or to sell and distribute the finished knit goods After spending the day at their ma- chines they would start out with their merchandise piled into a little handeart, peddling from door to door, since they could find no retail store’ keeper who was willing to tuke the risk of stocking up with any knitted garments. A The building in which the two ploneers estabiished their mill has long since been demolished to make room for a more modern structure and there is no trace of the actual machinery they used. It is interest- ing to note, however, that from its all beginning as the site of Amer- first knitting mill Cohoes has grown to be one of the principal cen- of production of knitted under- and outerwear in the country. than twenty of the leading un- derwear knitting companies operate , D. O, THURSDAY, A TRADE SITUATION GOOD. St. Paul Notes Increase in Freight plants there, turning out thousands of dozens of garments dail, The Associated Knit Underwear Manufacturers of America will hold their annual convention at the Hotel Traymore, at Atlantic City, N. J., from May 22 to 24, inclusive, it is an- nounced at New York by Roy A. Che- ney, executive secretary The program for the meetings has not yet been completed. nor has the list of speakers been finally decided upon. Mr. Cheney states, however that a~rangements are being made to have the sessions addressed by somc of the most famous men in America who are thoroughly conversant with the problems of the knitting industry SEEK BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL. TLANTA, Ga, April 17.—At meeting of ' federal and state e tomologists held here steps were ake andardize methods of ex- perimentation in boll weevil t | and control of weevil remedies. W Hinds, state entomologist of Lou presided and the meeting was stton-growing authori- 1 over the south bu 16 ST. PAUL, April 17 (Special).—The ! cali trade situation in this section is un- doubtedly healthy, as is shown by in. creased freight loadings and improvement in | s1. ar. The PRIL 1 camps has been rapid. This has been accounted for by the opening of mines | and shipping and spring activities in | 1 building and highway construction.| This applies to both skilled and un- | skilled workers, and the wil call an additional number of workers | if the next two weeks. Manufactur ing plants are working a normal num- ber of hands, but wholesale trade is no more than holding its own com- | it pared with last spring. { e The longest river in_the British | th Isles is the Shannon, it Ireland, with | it 4 length of 224 miles Loadings. postal ' receipts, heavier ing act pts have 000,000, or tie : Paul_postal gis a gain of 2 per cent over last absorption of labor re- sed with spring from the logging red e e e COURL dDer cems BN NN LR N E RN NS RN AN NN NN RN RE R REEE N shows rand unc | pounds bullion, ties, dec its, decr was count, BANK OF ENGLAND REPORT. LONDON Jhe PALAIS RQOYAL SEFEREEAEARANAEN SN RSN ERERENE NN RN E N G & 11th Sts. Service and Courtesy Established 1877 ible fro 4 are the expectation sthers 1o lake ovement rate n yet to thry: o T Wi 1 ginning nest cason of luke nav e distance off, but activities have been ings and arrangements r. Contractin inary ppointin bein ith the mestic busine downs of mines als are s showing up. Wh ars of lunip, the rters % still run- appear- was ahout d with 46,45 PLAN SUPERPOWER TEST. Electric Project, Utilizing Both Coal and Water. chief en service rned was mittee or s 1t 1 the subject e ro- £ the future needs Statee can only onnection of existing development of all on super- forth that these s cannot be located . the lack of The senerative Baltimore, be ed use the report, where else in this are This and Ba midway between the north and tin e of the most desirable superpower plant COFFEE FUTURES QUIET.. Market Evens Up in Anticipation of Easter Holidays. NEW YORK, April 17.—The for coftee future up fo ’ iz Easte sterday fation, with market market with « & July, 12903 § 12.10; De Spot §l2; Santos 4= ind freight offers part Bourbon at 183 to 19.80 itio exchange on London unchanged; dollar buying rate, 10 reis higher. SPRING BUYING RETARDED Detroit Feels Effect of Readjusted Production Schedules. DETROIT, April 17 (Special).—The readjustment of production schedules hy motor companies as a result of ctarded Spring buying is beinz felt by inakers of accessories and parts. This has had a d d effect on produe- »n in the alley steel ants, and dealers here are that rtomobile fac: weeks many o larger _mills have not taken an While \as been somewhat affected, the slack buying n counterbalanced by n the red metal from The first expected to | be E through the Sault Ste, farie locks by April 2 The work of prepa he locks for an ex- ceptionally active season is already completed. BANK' OF FRANCE CHANGES. | PARIS, April 17.—The weekly state- ment of the Bank of France shows he following changes in francs: Gold 1 increased 125,000; silver in 1 creased 139,000: notes in eir- n, decreased 202,225,000; treas nry deposits, increas ral deposits, decrea: nills discounted, decrea dvances, decreased 4 ate repaid the bank bz 100,000,000 K, w otal out- | ! under | ck of scrap is | ; | “Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient to tion gh 380 tons and pacity of se and rds. It will re snteen cars to of vperations. April 17.—Manufac- machinery are well due largely to SACO, Mas! turers of texti 2 engaged at presen Jraers from d other foreigu ountries. Th ndition of cland textiles has retarded do KANSAS CITY, April 17.—There Is an 4 1 in tents and ctivities of the have resulted in a s and bunting ana svangelists are . Orders for this coverng are coming southern California 1aho wool as the date 924 clip. ter thal lesota Potato Grow- will market 14,000,000 fall, requir- storage floo: refrigerator ored in the tha, Kansas ort Worth, «ph, New York rowers in fif cing count signed exchan t have with the DELPHIA, April 17, nufacturers are receiving hospitals throughout the for walls to sted to inf t patients may be seen rout danger of spread- gers April 17. iculture will con- riments this year d the cxpansion of cot- in the delta district of Mi-souri. BALT!MORE PORT RECORD. $6,803,764 Gain in Imports, First Quarter, Over 1993. BALTIMORE, April 1 Special).— Imports a port of Baltimore for of 1924, showed .64 ov 360 tons in during the for the first | of the year show a 1 in excess of incomplete. 1 irope, perm me profits d ist one way, for the loss During the first quarter of the report show 1 tonnage of 876,196 tons of a total v the port. The with an ag proximately valued pite opera- are blamed vessels, with with cargoes 194, entered rst quarter fact that fi during the fir quarter of an sailed in the cor- responding period of the export tonnage for the latter iner of 46,090 tons over the year bef. hile of shipments shows a 0ss o 4 SAUNDERS FILES APPEAL. Former Piggly Wiggly President Resists an Injunction. CINCINNATI, Clarénce Saunders. 3 fc 3 ¢ of the F in < diled an United cuit court of here against an injunction gra Judge J. W. Ross of the United States district court at Memphis. The in- junction was on the application of the Pizzly. Wigely corporation, and re- strains Saunders from opening or o1 ore in Memphis with a t on which the | ©=F Loveliness A Clear . Healthy Skin Insured by Every.da Use of Cuticura Soan CORNS Off-No Pain! | | | | { | | | | | Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop a little | “Freezone” on an aching corn, Instantly |that corn stops hurting, then shortly | you lift it richt off with fingers. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of | remove every hard corn, soft corn, or |corn between the toes, and the foot lcalluses, without soreness or Irtation. [ E H E A R E N E R A EEE R N EEEEEEE RS EEGS EEEEEERENESER 1924 | The Missouri | ear shows an | | | Tw Service and Courtesy Jhe PALAISRQOYAL G & 11th Sts. Established 1877 Opened With a Rush! Going Right Along and “Hitting On All Six” NECKBAND AND COLLAR-ATTACHED STYLES On. Sale Palais Royal, Men's Shop—Street Floor. Day Sale of Imitation Ivery and Shell Toilet Articles Du Barry Pattern, Imitation Ivory Regular Perfect Stock Mirrors. with regulation. long handles ” Mirrors, Bonnet shape, with long handles vias Hair Brushes . Hair Brushes Powder Bofes Hair Receivers Jewel Boxes . Large Size Trays .... Pin Trays .... Cream Boxes . Pin Cushions Picture Fram hoe Horns Nail Buffe: .$7.75 Sale Price $2.25 £3.03 189 Select Easter Gifts from this sale of Du Barry and.Nemours pat- terns, with slight imperfectAiéns that do not mar their service. All at_special prices. Nemours Pattern, Imitation Shell Hair Brushes... Dressing Combs . Mirrors ....... Buffers . Cuticle Scissors Shoe Horns .. Powder Boxes Hair Recelvers . Cream Box>s .. Cloth Brushes . Ldrge Size Trays Picture_Frames . Jewel Boxes . Pin Cushions Bud Vases Perfume Bottle Regular Perfect Sale Price $2.75 65 $4.95 $1.35 ¥1.00 7Be 31.65 $1.65 $1.00 $1.58 .75 NS NN NN NN NN NN NN NN NSO NN NSNS NSNS NN NN A M E NN NN NN NN NN NEENAN N NN NGNS NN NN SN NN NS NN NN NS NN NN ENRNEAERNENEDA Specially Priced for Friday $18, $23.75, $26.75 Dresses of Roshanara, Flat Crepe and all the new Spring Sport ma- terials—Sport Crepe with rows and rows of buttons and contrasting pipings; Knitted Sport Dresses— not the usual kind, but some new arrivals. And a few sport silks. There are lovely dresses of Spot Delaine, Crepes, embroidered and beaded, with the new button trim- ming so much the rage—long silk tassels and pleated ruffles. Plain colors, combinations of con- trasting colors, printed crepes which are a fovorite for spring #nd sum- mer silk dresses—cool and lovely and dressy enough for any informal occasion. The sketches cannot do jus tice because the gay colors and materials nnot b shown—but they do show tw« of the models ineluded at these exceptional prices. Palais Royal—Third Floor. Coats an A For the Larger Woman 4 Special Selection at Prices that Will Please yman and ithusiastic Not all the good things are for the sm miss. Our customers were so ¢ over our most recent effort to pro r woman, that we have made still greater effort to offer to them coats and suits at prices far below those usually ¢} for these Large women have grown so tomed to paying high prices coats and suits quoted here will be a pleasant prise. sur poris Coats For motoring, early-morning so many occasio the only suitable wrap woolly 1 tweeds and sp aterials with lengthwise stitchir farly adapted to the la marketing s when j such a coat Dressy Coats Twills, in black, navy, tan and twills are so fashionable that no needed in their favor $25.00 to $65.00 Twill Suits In plain twill and the hairline stripe latest and best models, with trimmings cle erly used to bring out the lo ender lines §29.75, $45.00, £59.75 Palais Roynl—Third Floor, Two models sketched showing stylish lines of modes for the lara- er woman. Easter Flowers In Bloom Fresh From the Greenhouse Easter Lilies 35¢ a Bloom Hydrangeas, specially priced at 89, $1.49, $1.89 and $2.39. Choice Rambler Rosebushes, especially priced at $1.79, $2.69 and $3.69. Beautiful Ferns, Scottie and Teddy _Junior Varieties, specially priced at $1.79 and $3.39. Palais Roysl, Main and Fourth Floors. (FEREEEEER R RN R R R R R R R R R RN ' REERNERENRRRERERRNRNRNRRERNENRINEENNEEEREEREERNNEENNNENENENERENBEREEEERERERRERRENEENRREENEENEREEENENENNRNENRENRREREENNEN]