Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1924, Page 27

YOUNGT. R. FIGHTS TOHOLD IS OWN Gubernatorial Campaign Di- . rected to Prove Candidate Is More Than a Name. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. NEW YORK, October 17.—Endeavor- Eng to stand “on his own” and not Lo be considered fit for office merely Decause he bears his fathers nam tvoung Col. Theodore Roosevelt is mak ung an uphill fight to be the next Gov ‘ernor of New Yor. That his wholelife's ambition centers in the success of the Present campaign he freely admits. His friends say the governorship would be but a stepping-stone eventually to the White House, De; Teat in the present campalgn, how «ever, might wreck forever the political Tuture of the young aspirant for an- other of the offices his father once filled. Old-time leaders of the Republican Party admit the nomination of young “Ted,” as they call him, was very much of a gamble, but they feel Tow he probably will prove as good @ vote-getter as they could possibly have selected. They,wanted some one with imagination, some one with an «special appeal to the people, to off- #et the State-wide popularity of Gov. Al Smith, whose political assets are not discounted his experienced opponents. ation Is Interested. National interest is being mani- fested in the campaign of young T. ., which is proving one of the most unique cver made. The effort of the Republican managers is to get young Roosevelt in personal contact with 4s many voters as possible. He is Leing rushed about the State on a special train, with stops at anywhere from 10 to 20 towns and villages in a day and with just that many 5 and 10 minute speeches. During most of his journeys Col. Roosevelt has been accompanied by a “spellbinder” of the old school. Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, former lead- er of the House of Representatives in Washington, has done the “heavy work” on the part of the tour; Sena- tor James W. Wadsworth, who did more than any one else to insure the nomination of Col. Roosevelt, is de- pended upon to do the heavy firing ihrough the latter stages of the cam- paign. The Republican plan, frankly stated, Is to “sell” the personality of young Roosevelt. Al Smith's fling, that the cpublicans had nominated a “name” and nothing cise, admittedly is back of the plan. Col. Roosevelt himself Las said to the voters “look me over,” and this virtually has become the . slogan of his sponsors. The young colonel's campaign is as strenuous as any his father ever undertook, but he is being accompanied day and night by his wife, whom he invariably in- troduces to the station throngs that &reet his train as it sweeps through the northern stretches of the State. The colonel is physically fit, having inherited his father's belief in pre- paredness in that direction. Fighting Natural Traits. Young Roosevelt has been facing a difficult situation. His political critics have been ready to pounce upon any word or facial expression which they might construe as an imi- tation of the late President and “Ted’ has found himself in the position of unconsciously fighting against per- fectly natural family traits and ma ners which have been handed down 1o him just as the same strain runs through less conspicuous families It would seem to the casual ob- server that the backers of young Rtoosevelt are carrying their effort to divorce him from his family influ- ence a trifle too far. Some of those who have introduced him have said that he has seen more of actual war- fare than his father ever dreamed of. They have recited that the Navy De- partment over which the young Rooscvelt has presided as assistant ccretary, is a vastly different, more complicated and greater piece of ma- inery than the department Roose- velt, the elder, presided over in a yimilar capacity. The statements are frue enough, but the politicians have overlooked the many pitfalls aut G s of comparison, Has Splendid Voice. Young Roosevelt has a big booming voice—much heavier than his father's, Dbut it breahs occasionally with the same talsetto squeak the one-time President used to s0 much advantage in emphasiz- ing a point. The present candidate for governor ix not the experienced cam- paigner that his father was: he is just learning the art; he is only 37. But the young man takes to politics like a duck o water. He has adopted it as his career. He likes the “stunts” of the same. He grinned the famous Roose- velt grin when, decked out in a butcher’s »ron, he was given a side of barbecued meat to carve for a &core of persons. Mo is a great handshaker, and Mrs. Roosevelt is, 100, by Ted” knows he has a hard job in his | attempt to defeat Al the betting is 7 to 5 of sucey Smith ; he know. against his chances s, but he is throwing all he has zot into the fight, and every one who has seen him in action must admit that he is having a “bully time.” (Copyright, 1924.) FRANCE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ZR-3 BUILT Journal Tells of Scheme to Delay Dismantling of Zeppelin Plant in Germany. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, October 17.—A scheme which would postpone the dismantiing of the Zeppelin works at Friedrich- shafen, Germany, for at least two vears and by which the construction of another giant dirigible, similar to the ZR-3, would be made possible, is described in Le Journal today. A ¥rench company which has purchased patent rights from the Zeppelin Com- pany with the intention of using them for commercial dirigible lines, accord- ing to the newspaper, has suggested that the Zeppelin Company build an- other ZR-3 for France, to be consid- ered on_the reparation account. The German government is under- stood to favor the scheme, which will be put before the reparation commis- sion. Commissions Awarded. Arthur T. Brice, jr., 1437 Spring road, has been appointed a major of Infantry; George E. Strong, Wardman Park Hotel, a captain in the judge advocate gen- eral's department, and Gerald A. Fits- gerald, United States Bureau of Fish- eries, a second lieutenant, Coast Artil- Iery, all in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. Wife Charges Cruelty. Rebecca Kaplan today sued her hus- band, Simon Kaplan, for a limited divorce, charging cruelty, inadequate support and desertion. They were married September 19, 1894, and have four children. Besides incidents of alleged cruelty, the wife tells the court her husband left her three times in the last nine months. She is represented by Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and R. H. Yeatman, BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. NEW YORK, October 17.—It was evident from the action of the curb market today that speculative op- erators were giving more considera- tion to developments in the political situation than they were a week and two weeks ago. After a period of quiet strength in which the oil shares werc bid up a point to two points further, the demand for stocks grad- ually increased and took in public utilities, radio shares and a large namber of industrial specialties. The buying movement kept on in Prairie Oil and Gas, which began teo be felt following the announcement a few days ago that this company had abandoned its pro-rating schedule, cATTYing the price.up another four points to 214. Standard of Indiana and Imperial Oil of Canada were prominent on the side of higher ,e—— ___TINANCIAL, _________THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 94 _ — 'm g - NEW YORK CURB MARKET Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office prices, and others of the group went along sympathetically. New Mexico and Arizona Land, the new Pennock stock, and Venesuelan Petroleum were outstanding points of strength among independents. In the afternoon the radio shares were taken up. Ware, after opening tractionally lower, resumed its up- ward movement, carrying along with it _Dubilier and Jones Radio. Persistent strength of public utili- ties caused considerable attention to be directed to this group. The de- mand kept on for such active fa- vorites as American Light and Trac- tion, American Power and Light, new; East Penn Electric and West- ern Power. Tennessee Electric Pow- er second preferred, selling ex the quarterly dividend, retraced most of the amount which came off the sell- Ing price. ——— NEW YORK, October 17.—Follow- ing is an official list of bonds and stocks traded in on the New York Curb Market today: Sales in BONDS. thousands. High. 2 Allied Packers 6s... 723 Allied Packers 8s... €8 Alum 75 '25.. 3 Alum 7s new s & Elec 6s.. 958 Am Pow & Lt 6s old Hity Am Pow & Lt s, Apaconda ‘6s . 86 108 1071 05 24 0410 1085 s s " 10414 10318 102 2 Beth Steel 7 '25. (3t Serv 78 D11 Cons Gas Balt 68 A Dewre & Co Tlos .. Detroit City Gas 6 Dun Tire & Rub 7 Fed Sugar 6s ‘33 .. air. Robt 7s...... alena Signal 0il 75 General Petroleum 63 Gulf Ol Corp Bs.... Int Match 6% 5 an City Term 5% Kennecot Copper Lehigh V Har Ry Lehigh Val R R 5e WL real est 75 Manitoba Power 7s.. orris & Co T3 . Nat Leather & . New Orl Pub Ser 3% orthern Ce Ry os A Northern Sta P 615 Pan-Amer R fis wi.. Penn Pow & Lt b Penn R It 6s.... Phil Pet Thas w w . Pub 8 G B 5%s.... Pub Serv of N J &« 7 il Co G143 . 100 9514 1058 100% 977y 10015 102% 106 101 SO0NY 6% 0 N Y Swift & Co "Tidal Osa, 3 1n Bl L & P 1 Un Ol 65 B Tn 0il Prod 8s.. Un Drags fis alvorine 0il FORE| Ind Mort Bk Fin 65 i King of Neth s Rep of Peru Sy Rep of Pern 8 44.. Rus Gvt Blgs nat of 13% Solv & Co 63 '34 B 101% Swiss Govt ox ... 10 1003 STAWDARD OIL ISSUES 100% 1023 e axye MLy 13 in_unit Anglo-Am_0il Atlantic Lobos ] Borne Scrymser .. Ruckeye U L...... Gal Sig Oil..... 000 Humble 0l & R... MPL.. s Imp 01l of ¢ c. Solur Refin South Peon 01 Southern P L. S'0 Indiana . [itH Sales INDE! OIL STOCKS. .85 .80 ston-Wyo Oil rib Syndicate. Cities Service... 80 luz ol 2 Washington Stock Exchange SALES. Potomar Electric deb. 63—$7.500 at 100, Potomac Klectric g. and_ref. 7s "41_-$1,000 at 1063, $1,000 at 1063, $1,000 at 1063, Washington Gas fs—S$1.000 at 973, Washington Gas 6s '33—-$200 at 100%, $300 at 1003, S ‘Washington Gas Light—8 at 511, Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.—3 at 79. Commercial National DBank—10 at 140, 20 at_140. 20 at 140, District National Bank-—5 at 167 Second N 3 at 1 Lanston Monoty 10 at 79%. Washington Gas 6 '33—$200 at 100%, $300 at 1003, .. i Washington Rws. & Flec. 48—$1,000 at 7534, Wardman Park Hotel 65—$1,000"at 100, UNLISTED DEPT. Departmental Bank—14 at 7%. Washington Title lnsurance Co.—16 at 9. Money—Call loans. 5 and 6 per cent. BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITY, American Tel. & Telge. 4s. | American Tel. & Telga. 4%: Am. & Tel. ctl. tr. 5a. Am. Tel. & Tel. conv. @s.. Anscostia & Potomac 5s. Anacostia & Potom: & P. Telephone 5 & P. Telephone o pital Traction R ty & Suburbun 3 Georgetown Gas 3 Electric 65 . Pow. g m. & Joint Stock Ld. Bk Alex. & Mt Ver. Il Alex., ‘& Mt sh., Balt'& Aupap. Washington Washington Wash. Rwy. .l wy. & Elec. gen. 6s. MISCELLANEOUS. D, C. Paper Mfg. B...... Riggs Reaity 55 (long).. Riggs Realty 54 (short). Southern Bidg. Gs... Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5x.... rdman Park Hotel 6s.. STOCKS. PUBLIO UTILITY. American Tel. & Telg: pital Traction. shington_Gas. Norfolk & Wash. Steamboat. Wash. Rwy. & Elec. co Wash, Rwy. & Elec. pfe Terminal Taxi com. NATIONAL BANK. National Capital.. Columbis - Commercial Ditrict 3 Varmers & Mechanics Federal-American Liberty e National’ " Metropaiitan. Riggs ... . &aa z ational Bank of Washington... TRUST COMPANY. American Security & Trust... Continental Trust. Megrchants’ Bank. National Savings Union Trus 200 Wash, Loan & Trus BAVINGS BANK. & Savings. ... 200 gomer b e i Rec. Savings & Com. 250 lnnllhs.mxrefl Saving %nshh‘m &tchlnfi:l. FIRE INSURANCE. Pire Insurance. Amrices pi e TITLE INSURANCE. bla_Title . Soul Betate Titie.. MISCELLANEOUS, Merchants’ Transter & Storage. Mergenthaler Linotype . Natl. Mtge. & Invest 01d Dutch Market com. 01d Duteh Market pfd. Lanston Monotype.. 15 163 1 Cities Serviee ptd. 2 Cities Serv ptd B. 1 Citles Sery B cfs. 3 Buelid 0l . 13 Gult Oil of Pa 10 Hudson 011 Lago Pet ... Latin Amer Oil. 5 Mount Prod...... Mutual Oil vot cfs. New Rradford O New Mex Land Penn Beaver Ofl. Pennock Oil.. Pentock Oil new. Ited Bank Oil. Royal T % aS-aaal e Woodley Pet INDUSTRIALS. d Pack new .. 6 % & Elec pfd s & El ew L & Tract . L & Tract pfd Pw & Lt new.. Super Heat A Super Heat Am Tob pew wi... Am Tob B nw wi Arpala Pow & Lt Borden & Co . Borden & Co pfd. Rradley Firepr(g Brown William B.. Bklyn City RR..... Am Am Am 2 Am Am lum G&E b pf A Commonwealth P C Coal.... Doehler ¢ & Radio Durant Mot ....... Pont Motors. . Co A Wi...... st Penn Elec Co Motor Co Can Hazeltine Corp Heyden Chem | Hoe R Co A . Hud & Mann Rr Hud & Maon Rr Hudson Co pfd 3 Jones Kadio . Lehigh Pow sec . Iehigh Val Coal... Leh Val Coal N €. McCrory Sts war cf Middle West THil.. Midvale Co. Nick Pl new pfd wi ot wi Power Pite Tm CI Co p wi 3 Radio Corp .. iadio Corp pra . Reo Motor ©.... Rova Rad Co i ¢ 413 243 Western Power .. 8 INDUSTRIALS. Arfzona Globe Cop. .04 Biogham Mines ... Canario Copper Cons Cop Mines Digmondfid Bl But. Eureka Croesu First Thought G Harmill Div Hawthorne Mas Inc Hollinger ... Jib Cons Kay Copper Corp.. Kerr Lake ........ Lone Star "0 Tor Sil Synd Ltd. National Tin' 5 New Jersey Zinc vada_Ophir. xon Nevada OhioCopper. L L FPY jor . Reorgan Div Anne: Kok Mt Sm & Hef Kilverdale s 88~ Bullion . Trinity Copper ... Tuited Verde Bxt. U'S Continental... Unity Gold .. Wenden Copper . —_— TAX BOARD CITED. Must Show Cause for Refusal to Admit Accounting. Justice Stafford of the District Su- preme Court today cited the United States Board of Tax Appeal to show cause next Friday why a writ of mandamus should not issue to compel the admission before the board of H. Ely Goldsmith, a certified public accountant of New York City. The order of the court is based on a petition of Mr. Goldsmith, in which he says he is a public_ac- countant duly certified In New York and qualified under the rules of the board for admission. He made ap- plication in conformity with the rule of the board, he states, and Septem- ber 1 last filed petitions of tax ap- peals for three taxpayers. September 27 last, he tells the court, he was informed that his application had been denied. He says there was no evidence before the board on which the denial could be based, and asserts it is the result of arbitrary action and actuated by prejudice. URGES LAND SETTLEMENT Woman Tells President Oregon Idea Would Aid Farmers. Mrs. R. Barrett, city manager of Warrenton, Ore., discussed with Pres- ident Coolidge at the White House to- day plans for relieving the agricul- tural situation of the country, and explained to him the plan of the land settlement committee of the Port- land, Ore, Chamber of Commerce, which, she stated, has done much for the agriculturists of, that State. Mrs. Barrett informed the President that this plan, in her opinion, should be adopted by the Federal Govern- ment and that its application would unquestionably make a change for the betterment in the present agri- cultural and economic problems of the Nation. Mrs. Barrett, who is representing the committee, believes that if -the Federal Government should adopt that plan it would be -unnecessary for the Prepident to appoint the ag- ricultural fact . finding commission, which he is considenag at this time. Mrs. Barrett sald, slter seeing the President, that she was amazed at his knowledge of general agricul- tural conditions, and also was pleased to know that he was quite familiar with the more important features of the Oregon land settlement plan. — A German school teacher has re- cently broken the world record for glider flights, remaining in the air for 8 hours 42 minutes 9 seconds. [ ELECTRICAL G00DS INLIVELY DEMAND Curling Irons Compete With Radio Sets in Setting Records for Sales. BY J. C. ROYLE Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 17.—Britania may rule the waves but electricity governs the permanent wave which has become a factor not only in fashion but in business. The elec- tric curling iron industry is flourish- ing as never before. This advance. however, has been paralleled by a decline in the manufacture of hair pins that has been startling. It all works back to the fad for hobbed hair. The hairpins which for- merly confined the black, brown, red, yellow, gray and white locks on the heads ' of "American women have largely disappeared from use. The electric curling fron has taken their places. More than $1,500,000 worth of electric curling irons will be sold in this country before the year 1924 is at an end. Device Very Popular. So universal has the use of this toilet device become that nearly all modern hotels are equipped with electric connections to supply current for the curlers. The vogue for bobbed hair has also affected the manufac- ture of products in which human hair plays a part. The factories making wigs, switches, braids, puffs and re- lated articles have fallen in number from 128 in 1921 to less than 100. Many of these which remain have turned to the production of other than hair articles. But the output of those which continue operations will prob- ably come close to $12,000,000 in val- ue for the current year. Use of dyes and bleaches on the hair has also been curtailed by the present fashion, since many reliable hair dressers decline to attempt to produce a permanent wave in hair which has becn bleached or dyed. The cost of buman hair has dropped perceptably in the last vear, ing only §5.565,007 for the las as compared with $6,734,188 for previous annual period. Household Appliances in Demand. The bobbed hair vogue has put an awful dent in the chief industry of Cheefoo, China. Shipments of human hair from that port, which mak a specialty of buying tre: s from Chinese women, totaled only $319,884 for the first half of this year. as| compared with $481,399 {m the corre- sponding period of 1 Electrical equipment sales in gen- eral are expanding rapidly at present. The aggresate sales of the two chiet | manufacturers of miscellaneous elec- trical equipment probably will reach $260,000,000 for the last stx months of the year, making a total for the 1924 period of $4%82,000,000. Additions to telephone equipment are being made steadily in nearly every section of the United States. Household equipment sales show no signs of slackening in spite of any regional letup in new building operations. Radio Sales Very Heavy. The export sales of household elec- trical equipment and radio supplies has been running approximately 30 per cent heavier than last year and probably will total between $72,000,- 000 and $75,000,000 for the year. The radio business undoubtedly has proved itself a scasonal onme. Sales since the industry got off to a flying start have risen sharply around vember, maintained a level high point throughout the Winter and then drop- ped as Summer approached. This vear the jump in demand came nearly two months earller than usual. This undoubtedly is due somewhat to the intense interest in the political campaign now in progress and to the increased attention being given sports, both national and interna- tional. Many fans who listened in at the broadcasting of the progress of games in the world series declare that the picture presented by the broadcaster was so vivid and graphic that their enjoyment was nearly as great as if they had witnessed the contests in person. Fans Increase Buying. the chief demand ' parts, but batteries In radio supplies at present is for “low loss the sales of receiving sets, and equipment have been large all along the line. There are now over 3,000,000 receiving sets in operation in this country. Of these at ieast one-third are cheap sets, which, how- ever, have turned their owners into rabid radio fans, anxious and willing to purchase more efficient and more expensive equipment. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 17 (Spe- cial)—The city school board last night adopted resolutions expressing fullest confidence in Richard C. Hay- don, principal of the Alexandria High School, who was fined Tuesday in police court for slapping Kenneth Poole, stepson of Policeman Pat- rick L. Magner. The school board in discussing the affair, which was re- terred to only as an “unfortunate oc- currence,” said ‘that the teachers would have to enforce discipline or the children would not be permitted to attend school. The resolution was framed and_introduced by Gardner L. Boothe. The board authorized the expenditure of $528 for the rebuild- ing and sodding of terraces around Jefterson School, A committee com- posed of Miss Mary Lindsey and Mrs. C. W. Wattles was appointed to investigate reported crowded condi- tions at Parker Grey Colored School. More than 500 local Odd Fellows and members of Rebekah lodges left here this morning by motor and train to attend the annual meeting of the Northern_Virginia Odd Fellows' As- sociation, which is being held in Quantico. An ordinance which, if enacted, will attempt to regulate the bulilding of small garages within the fire limit was introduced before city councll yesterday by City Manager Rich, who has just returned from his vacation. Pending a study of the ordinance, all applications for garage construction will be acted upon directly by coun- cil. High school students this afternoon will parade in anticipation of the foot ball game tomorrow afternoon be- tween Episcopal High School and the local team. A special drill of Company M, 116th National Guard, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Armory Hall. Two negroes, who gave the police names believed to be fictitious, were arrested here last night and four gold watches were found in their posses- sion. Twenty-five Kiwanians left this afternoon to attend the initiation ceremonies of the club recently form- ed in Manassas. E. A. Feldtkeller is chairman in charge of the trip. SUGAR BEETS ABOVE 1923. An estimate of the sugar beet crop in" Czechoslovakia just received by the United States Department of Agriculture from the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome brings the total of estimates received ate from seven countries up to 19,7'8,000 short tons, compared with 15,889,000 short tons produced by the same countries last year, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924 PACKERS MUST ANSWER WALLACE’S CHARGES Hearing in Unfair Practice Case Is Set—Armour Defends Present Methods. The complaint against Armour & Co. and Swift & Company issued by Secretary Wallace under the packers and stockyards act, charges these companies with refusing to do busi- ness with traders located on the Chi- cago live stock market, and requires an answer to the charges by Novem- ber 20. A hearing is set for Decem- ber 1 in Chicago. The complaint declares that about one-third of all hogs consigned to commission men at Chicago are pur- chased by traders, although they ulti- mately are secured by the packers. The Armour and Swift companies are alleged to be restricting and con- fining their purchases to commission men of hogs not previously pur- chased or handled by any trader. The complaint declares this to be an unfair and discriminatory prac- tice. Representativ of Armour & Co. In a statement said the only instruc- tions on the subject given to their hog buyers were that In o far as practicable they should purchase first-hand hogs and not second-hand hogs, because recent results showed large shrinkage on the second-hand hogs, amounting in some Instances to as much as 19 pounds per head. Armour & Co., therefore, could not afford to buy such second-hand hogs on a competitive basis for first-hand hogs, the statement sald. ADMIT RUM CHARGES. Former Sailor and Woman Com- panion Plead Guilty. Maurice Andrews Woodson, former sailor, and Fthel Burke, a young white woman, were defendants in the Police Court today charged with possession and transporting whisky in violation of the national prohibi- tion law. Both pleaded guilty and asked that they be tried by the court, walving their right of a trial by a jury. On recommendation of Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart, prosecuting the defendants, the personal bond of the woman was taken and Woodson was fined $200 and in default to serve 60 days in jail. The_evidence in the case showed that Woodson and the woman had been arrested in the ninth precinet the night of October 15, in an auto- mobile in which Officers B. C. Kueh- ling, Murrn Henning and Sergt J. 0 B.Gray =aid they found fourteen gallon cans containing corn whis- kyv-—70 gallons in all ‘The automo- bile and whisky were confiscated Judge Gus A. Schuldt said there were mitigating circumstances in the case, otherwise he would impose a jail sentence and a heavy fine in addition. ASKS $50,000 DAMAGES. A. T. Stewart Sues Washington Terminal Company. Adelbert T. Stewart today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to re- cover $50,000 damages from the Wash- ington Terminal Company for alleged personal injuries. He says he had purchased a ticket and was ahout to board a train at Union Station when a truck was propelled against him and injured his right foot and leg. A< a result of the injuries he lost large sums of money, he declares, and 0 had to refuse an offer of an ap- ntment as assistant director of the Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce, at & salary of $6,000 per annum. He is represented by Attor- neys Daniel Thew Wright and Philip Ershler. PO 1t you need work, read the want columns of The Star. FARMERS SHARING AN BETTER TIMES Marylamd Agriculture Is Get- ting Back to Normal, Lat- est Reports Show. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 17.—Agricul- ture in Maryland is “swinging toward par.” The farmers' share in the gen- eral prosperity is gradually approaching what it should be. The authority for these statements is John S. Dennee, agricultural statisticlan of the United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. Dennee explains that while the re- covery from the price decline of 1920 has been discouragingly slow for the farmers, the average of farm prices continues to rise and the spread be- tween the price farmers are getting for what they have to sell and for those articles which they have to buy grows noticeably narrower. At the present time the ratio of farm prices to wholesale prices of non-agricultural commodities isabove 85 and is moving toward 90, accord- ing to the statistician. Farm prices continue to improve in relation to the general price level. Comparixon With 1014 Yields. The following figures show the per- centage of crops this year, as com- pared with those of 1914, the prices of that year being regarded in each case as 100 per cent. Wheat, bushel, 117; corn, 173; oats, 140; rye, 120; tobacco, pound, 300; potatoes, bushel, 135; sweet potatoes, 286; apples; 111; butter, pound, 133; eggs, dozen, 103; chickens, pound. 186; hogs, cwt., 107; beef cattle, 99; veal calves, 94; sheep, 100; lambs 143; milk_cows, 140; unwashed wool. pound, 173; hay, ton, timothy, 119; clover, 115. Mr. Denne says: “Higher prices for wheat and corn are supporting higher prices for oats. Prices of oats may not be expected to rize in proportion to the higher prices of corn, as the price of oats is almost wholly determined by the United States crop. And the United States crop s considerably larger than last year. Higher Hog Prices Likely. “This fact, coupled with a prospec- tive reduction of about 20 per cent in hogs, which consume about 40 per cent of the corn crop, indicates the corn crop will be relatively small even under favorable weather condi- tions. “The general tendency of hog prices is upward. Hog prices move in cycles and evidence supports the view that they are now on the upward swing of the price cycle.” - INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ABOLITION IS FAVORED CHICAGO, October 17.—By a unani- mous vote the administrative board of the American Engineering Council today agreed to insist on the aboli- tion of the Department of the In- terior of the Federal Government, to be replaced by a department of pub- lic_works. The Department of the Interior was held to be arcyaic and the motion, as put by L. P. Alford of New York and adopted, called for an aggressive course in support of the plan. The board chose this policy rather | than support the recommendations of the Brown committee, appointed under the Harding administration, and the proposed legislation which would reorganize the Interior Depart- ment into two divisions—the division of public domain and the division of public works. James Hartness. former Governor of Vermont and president of the council, who presided, offered some offsetting arguments to criticism of the pro- nosed legislation. 26¢h and Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. *Masachusetss Ave. and 2ad St., N. W. *Connecticut Ave. and Nebraska Ave., N.W. *These stations not only extend the vsual geswil- ‘water-air service but also special lubrication ‘asion, differential and COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY PHILADELPH'A, October 17.—De- mand for clothing is better by far than it was in the Fall of 1923, and output of local factories is high, with manufacturers reporting a decided preference on the part of retaile:s for the better grades. CHICAGO, October 17.—Butter pro- ductlon is declining, with the set- back estimated at 6.9 per cent, com- pared to two weeks ago. The decline left receipts still 19 per cent above the same week in 1923. Storage hold- ings of butter have decreased two and one quarter million pounds dur- ing the past week. A large surplug Temains, DENVER, October I7.—The Gremt Western Sugar Co. this week mailed checks for approximately $3,500,000 to beet growers in Nebraska, (olo- rado and Montana in final payment for the 1923 crop and the remainder of the initial payment for 1924 beets. The total disbursement of this com- pany for beets in 1923 was $20,278,180. KANSAS CITY, October 17.—The Spring openings this week of wash goods lines included the largest variety ever offered by local whole- salers, both in variety of patterns and number of cloths. The showings included a large variety of silk and cotton mixtures, silk and cotton crepee and imported and domestic broadcloths. PITTSBURGH, October ness is fairly brisk in most finished steel lines, particularly in merchant pipe, sheets, wire products and bars. Oil country goods are in slack de- mand, being affected by the seasonal slackness and the conditions in the oil industry. Tin plate is dull. 17.—Busi- —_— SZECHENI'S PROPERTY NEARLY SOLD FOR TAX Hungarian Envoy's Estate Saved ‘When Funds, Delayed by Ac- cident, Arrive. By the Associated Press. PRAGUE, October 17.—An accidental delay In the payment of state taxes, amounting to 1,000,000 Czechoslo- vaklan crowns, on the estate near Pressburg of Count Laszlo Szechenyi Hungarian minister to the United States, almost caused him to lose a considerable quantity of his property today. The failure to pay the tax caused the authorities to advertise the auc- tion of 1,000 sheep, 6,000 pounds of cereals and several tons of agricul- tural machinery belonging to the es- tate, and 400 eager buyers assembled for the sale. At the last moment, however, the estate administrator appeared with the money and the auction was called off, the manager sending a cablegram to the count informing him of the narrow escape of his property. THOMAS R. SIMPSON DEAD. Dies Suddenly Home Here. Thomas R. Simpson, 33 years old, a boilermaker, died suddenly of heart disease at his residence, 904 Sixth street southwest, last night. He was resting on a couch and talking to friends when the end came. Dr. Wil- liam Walters was summoned and pro- nounced Mr. Simpson dead. Only a few minutes before his death Mr. Simpson had been talking to his mother and seemed in a cheerful hu- He was born in Charles County and had been a resident of Shington for about 20 years. He is survived by his mother, Mrs Aradenia M. Simpson, and two si ters, Miss Catherine V. Simpson and Miss Caroline Simpson, all of Wash- ington. Funeral services and inter- ment will be at Wayside, Md., Sunday morning. Boilermaker at POULTRY DEMAND Y INCREASES HERE! Fresh Turkeys to Appear i Local Market—Eggs : Remain High. Dealers report an inereased demand for poultry, and receipts are enough to supply the demand. Poul- try is reported in splendid condition Live cirtckens were quoted at 25 and 30, while dressed stock commanded from 33 to 35 cente, Turkevs, chiefly storage around 40 ecents and the increased. Fresh killed appear for the cason. Prices of eges remain with no material increas Fifty cents is the price stock and 46 and ceipts. Western cents. Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today’s market report on fruits and vegetables compiled by the Market News Service Bureau of Agricultural Economics says Apples—Supplies liberal: light, market dull; Mary ginia and West Virginia inches up, Grimes, best, H quality, 3.50a4.50. Boxes, Washing ton, medium to large sizes extra fancy Delicious, 4.25a4.30; Jonathans and Winter ANAn 00 5. Bush- els, Maryland and Virginia, various varietie: 1.0 2 Stayman Wine- sape, best, 1 Delicious, 00 a%s Cabbage—Supplies mand light, market York, bulk per ton €¥pe, 20.00a25.00; mostly stock, rold mand has turkeys soon Th high, but in demand for selected for average re- storage eggs are 40 demand and, Vir No. % 00 fair a2.00; de- New Round moderate; steady: Domestic 20.00, Grapes Are Cheaper. Grapes—Su modera; New York, 2 ares and ; 12-qt cords, 1.15. Onions—Supplies moderate: demand light, market steady. New York, Ohio and Massachusetts, 100-pound sacks vellow varieties U. S. No. 1. large size. 1.10a1.15; medium to small sizes, 1.75a 2.00. Pear erate, bushel baskets few a3 Washin Boggs, mostly Potatoes—si £ood, lies moderate; demand ghtly weaker Climax baskets, Dela- baskets, Cor Supplres light; demand mod- market iy ew York tictds and Seckels kels, large size, 3.50 u, boxes Anjous and nplies ightly ral: demand weaker. New ks Round Whites 042,40 per sack. Michi- pound sacks Russet Rurals 1 40 por sack Supplies moderate; mand moderate, market steady Yo Big Boston type, small, 50a1.75; poorer, leafy, 50al.25 Celery — Sur light, demand light, market New York, 2-3 crates Golden aching, in the rough, 2.00: crates’ Golden Hearts, bunched, mostiy 6.00; other varieties, 4.00a5.00, according to qual- ity. GIVEN MILITAgY RITES. Richard T. Jones. Former Mes- senger, Buried at Arlington. Military homors ma d Arlington Natiol terday of Rirhard & on office of the chicf of staf his home in < v last He was a veteran and for man ars senger to the late Sheridan, Licut. Gen. Schotield angd Lieut. Gen. Miles, commanding Army. At the time of his retirera in , he was on duty in of the chief of staff of t de New firm, the burial yes- a retired duty 1 the who died Mo of the Civil served mes-1 Gen. Phillip H.3 Cemetery ssenge SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 T the new *“Standard” Service Station just rebuilt at Florida and New Jersey Avenues and S Street—on the opening day every purchaser of five gallons or more of “Standard”’ Gasoline will receive coupons for Four Quarts of ‘“Standard” Polarine—Free The coupons are redeemable at any of our sixteen service stations in Washington. The easiest and safest way to keep your car full of pep and cleared for action is to have your “Standard” Service Station man grease, oil and gas it. Call at the new Florida Avenue station for your four quarts of “Standard” Polarine, and see for yourself just what these new up-to-date “Standard” Service Stations will mean to you. “STANDARD" SERVICE STATIONS nksgiving ,