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EGGS GO HIGHER, GHICKENS LOWER Calves and Lambs Also Bit Cheaper Today—Other Market Quotations. aceipts cor of eggs. Candling losses have been ex- ceptionally heavy the past few da ealers s and there has been a all- ng off in receipts. Average receipts 3172, while selected much as Dealers for cheaper ecg term, and poss! not 1l weather prevents losses. Spring chickens are a trifle cheaper, broilers selling at 42 and 45 cents, those welghing two pounds and over <elling at 4%. -Calves und lambs were Also reported as being slightly cheaper. 31 and zht nt to Dy look heate the F when Dressed: IFowls, 30: i Live stock—Calves, choice, 10%; me- dium, 10all; lean, Lambs. ring, 31,a14. Live ho, e Bee veal, 18 . 30: hog: 1,n22; loins, 26a28; shoulders, 18420, Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today's market report on fruits and vegetables (compiled by the Market tureau of Agricuiturai pring jad?: hams No supplies on the Cucumbers mand light. ma mith Caroling Supplies liberal; de slightly weaker el hampe: bus and 7g-bu. Virgin few Iy hot pers, 1pp! "atifornis m n Nor K sectic sales; ushel ha rate; demand | market firm; ates, leeberg type. ton type home- | rowns supplying the market. Onions—Supplies light: deinand mod- erate, market steady exas, standard vellow Bermudas, commercial pack, mixed, No. 1 and 2, 4.00a4.%5. Peaches—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market firm for good stock North Carolina, sixes, Mayflowers, 2.5 00; some overripe, soft, low as Potato Market Potatoos, old rong. Supplies very fizht: demand moderate, market trong: New York, 150-1b. sacks, round whites, S. No, 2.75. New stock-— Supplies moderate: demand moderate, market steady: South Carolin: tog els Irish Cobblers, No. few 6.00; Ny lina ux\t barrets Trish (flb 025.50; stock — a cloth-top, Strawberr modera wn, T & the market, moderate: de market steady: Florlda, | and turning. wrapped, | condition, fancy count 4.00: poorer, besi. mostly Mississippi wrapped > and lizht, es, ripes upply Suppl mand ran m. choice poorer. 1.5( ripes and 1.6021.75 Watermelon Supplies Light. termelons—Supplies very Light; onily sales reported Strinz Beans—Supplies light: de ood fur good stock, market uth Caroling, bushel hamper: rdinary quality and conditiol P ndition, low s S-peck hampers, X, mostly 4.00. light; demand IMiorida, crates, wstly” 4.00a4.50. Supplies moderate; de. market firm; North 32-quart crates, best, 5.00a turning. W Supplies ket rest, wherries mand limited, Carolina, Supplies steady .00a. light: demand Florida, pepper 0. light, crates, $9,000,000 GAS ISSUE ON MARKET TODAY NEW YORK, June 2 (#).—New of terinzs today include an issue of $9, 600.000 Consolidated G Elec Light and Pow-r Co. of Baltimore fir: refunding me per cent sinking 2ol ies I, June. 1560 a1 1001 and accrued interest, and 83 talo and Port Erie Pub Tic )-ve ver cent f bonds market No. 1, sinkin, mort interest NEW EXCHANGE HEAD ONLY 42 YEARS OLD| YORK, June 2 (®).—Richard | managing partner of the eruge firm of Harriss, Irby s elected presi- rk Cotton Ha Vo nt ar s ldward E. Bart- jr.. who has been head of the or- 2anization for the past two years. Mr. Harriss is 42 years old and a native of Tex GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. BALTIMORE, Potatoes, per sweet potatoes 23.00; new p Asparagus, hamper hushel, 2 Celery, hamper, Onions June 2 100 pounds, 1.00al and yams, bushel, 1.50 atoes, barrel, 2.5046.00. | rzen, Beans, 3.00a .25, Kale, 100, 4.0026.00. Cucumber: nts, (Special). iis | Anierican Tel. & Telga. 4x BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. NEW YORK, June 2.—The sianding fewiure on the curb exch: |in Adirondack Power and Light ! der plans had been filed amalgama at Alban {on of four Ne- | NEW n ot traded in on Market today: Sales in thousand Allied Pk 9 Allied Pi YORK, June Following the New York BONDS Hizh, &1 Low 81 3co 32 sols 10 Analan Nat Cof 10 And N 30 Q& E 0%, 1 Aso G & E os wi == 50 1 Con G Balt 31as on G Balt on G_Balt ha Co N General Pet ¢ i Rubter 7 Pure Oil ( 1 Shawshee! Sloss-She et Sun O Bl Switt & Co'Ba. . § Transcont Oil 7 24 Thyssan T & & 3 Tyrol Hy z5: 5995523555 "B phE S DS SRS Hi FROERE 07y 10 Vacu O e, . 105% 10818 FOREIGN BONDS. Mont S : Aloin Salss in units 500 Anslo-Am ) Prairie 0&G new ) Prairie P L. 1 Washington Stock Exchange SALES. Gas 59—$2.000 A ashinston = Gas Ge—=%1.000 at 1007, <1,000 at 100 % hington ‘Ga : sp i teBington Ruy., « ap(ul at 933, 1005 at 1033 500 at __Georgetovn at 500 Traction 95%, Rincton Gas Light—0 at 5 .10 st 58. 10 at 58 AFTER CALL. & Elec. pfd— o 1t 1607, 3—51,000 at 103 % Mone:—all loans, 5 and 6 per cent BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITY. Bid Bo. 03 101 ] An'er, Tel, & Telga. 432 Am. Tel. & Tel. ctl. tr. 5s Am. Tel. & Tel. conv. s Alicostis & Potomuc 5. Aa. & Potoran ru. *.'& P. Telaphone 8.’ . & P. Talenhons of Va pital Traction R ¥ & Suburbun £ 23332R535838233382 otome otoma c. ¢ Eotomac Ele. & M. . & Annap. h SammZSz3er0n: o6, MISCELLANEOUS, Pot. Jt, Stic. Ld. B Rizes Realts 56 (lonx).. Ricxs Realts 58 (short) Bl STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. 50: Bpring onlnn hamper, 04300, res, 100, 0250, Squ , crate, 1, 1 barrel, - 4.0029.00; rapefruit, box, quart. 103 Pin 100, 1.0041 Pep Rhubar! bushel niato packed, 1.5043.00. Strawberrie box, 6.0028.00 a4.00. Peaches, 1ckberri quart, ntaloupes, crate. 3.50u6.00. Selling Prices at Noo Wheat—No. 1 red Wintes no quotations; domestic, 1.84; No. 2 red Win- garlicky. domestic, 184; No. 3§ red Winter. no quotations. i Sales—None. | Corn—Cob, new, yellow, 2 . nominal, per barrel; . 1.30_ bushel +ch. 10a15. spot, e, red Winter, spot, track y 59 asked; No. 3, 57 1.10aL.15; No. 2 rye, spot, Hay—Receipts, 52 tons. The de- mand that prevails for hay Is con- fined to the top grade of timothy and choice light clover, mixed, of which tvpes of hay there is no oversupply. Demand generally is light. Medium and low-grade hay is in ample supply | and hard to move at any price. Quotations today—No. 2 timothy, 7.50a18.00; No. 3 timothy, 14.50a No. 1 light clover, mixed, 17.00a 0. 1 clover-mixed, 16.50a17.00; , clover, mixed, 14.00a15.00. Straw—No. 1 wheat, 15.00a15.50 per ton: No. 1 oat 5.50a16.50; No. 1 straight rye, 18.50a13.00, National olumbia il ik’ ot Waih. TKL“T COMPANY. Natl i fion Trust Wash. Loan & Tras SAVINGS BANK American Fircmen's re National Union. TITLE INSURANCE. bia Title.. ne.'."i:mu "Tit) MISCE‘LLANFAUS D. C. Paper_ptd. Merchants' Tran: Mery enlhl\nr Linotype. Natl. Mtge. & Invest. 0ld Dutch Market com. 0Old Dutch Market pfd. Lanston Monotiype. Security Storage. Wlnhhlh: Market. Ye{lg cd:r. 1Stock dhldend o( ’)00 000 One share for ‘every three mow owned. ‘-. out- <o was a pronounced upward movement The and followed announcement that for the n- | icial Het of bonds and stocks Curh (acres, and_the yield of lint cotton per THE EVENING NEW YORK CURB MARKET Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office cerns into a $30,000,000 superpower unit. The public appetite for utilities was by no means sadsfied, and after some early profit-taking the upward move- ment was resumed. 1t carried Lehigh, Southeustern, Middle Wesc Utilides |and National Power Corporation o { New York up more than wo points. Sun Ol attraced consids entfon ‘when it rose over (wo 50O Vacumn ~ Ofl - Sale in INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS biuna ells, 64 Am Maracaibo 15 Am Cant O1l. 1 Ark Nat Gi' Carih Synduvte] o' Serv pew umbian | Srnd Woodley Pet INDUSTRIALS 1 P P § AT 3 A Ga $Am G 1A T2 ™ Mutgr o ¢ A% BT An P & 1Dl h'.ln\ R Pro | 1 Am Rod Mach g Am Thnerae =0 o B0, Am Super plit #Armour & ¢ 1y 8 4es0 Cos & Il At Fruit : 41 Ghapin S & © 20 Chatterion & | on hrvater M C et Commonwity B¢ 154 3 Gommons ¥ € be'kd ommea e ww U 315 1125 Comnm'w P C 3 Bu'c pfd.. ‘I Tob, - To habllier © & Rad Junhill Ind Durant Mot | Diiz” T A Bd & Sn pid. lBu Sh n co | e 5Intl Match C nter” Ocray Re Inter Uil B ones Radio Kel'inator ¢ . Lehigh P e T Val Coal. oF Pathe Ex Inc A. Penn Water Po’ Power Cor of N v Bl Cor X! 20 C & I new: . | | Southens P & P Stutz Mot . Swift Il Tenn Eley e RO Ve Ton Prad. FE : & E new \m Lt T & %50252 SRR & Y Bid Vie Tk Brach’ Ware Radio Warner Bros A= St 3 Wilson & C nw wi 1414 WilskC A nw wi 20 5 WilkC nw pf wi 69 Yellow Taxi N ¥ 111% MINING. noém Glore C.: 28 24 Canario Co T4 Chie et Min con’ Cop & oS Ryer! 1 Dolores Esper.. GEng Gd M Lt 1. 10 Porty Niné M 20 Goldfield Cons.. . 260 Hill Top Nevada. ollinger . . 2 Kay Co Cor 60 National Tin . piseing . 9 Ohio Cop . 7 Premier Gold M. 10 Silvardale 3 rhead Gol (3 mk & Tomo B4 1§ Tono Extens 9 Tono_Min 1 Uni East Min 0 4 Uni Verde Ext.. Utah Apex . Wenden Cop It COTTON REPORT. By the Associated Prevs. The condition of the cotton crop was 76.6 per cent of a normal on May 25, compared with 62 a year ago and 81 the 10-year, May 25, average, the Department of Agricul- iture today announced. Acreage figures will be announced next month when the first forecast of production will be made, Revised estimates of the acreage in cultivation on June 25 last year were | announced as 42,641,000 acres, the area picked last year as 41,360,000 acre as 157.4 pounds, the total pro- duction having been 13,619,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. CLOTH SALES SLOW. NEW YORK, June 2 (Special).— The cotton cloth market was extreme- Iy dull today, with little movement. The 64x60 print cloths eased % to 9%. The 68x72s remained at 10%. Traders held off to await the Government cot- ton report. Raw silk was firm, as it has been all week, both here and in Yolohama. Quofations - were un- changed. . A large electrometallurgical plant for experimenting purposes in connec- tion with the School of Mines is to be established in Ouro Preto by the gov- ernment of Brazil. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, JUNE 2 1925 VIOLENT DECLINE IN COTTON PRICES, "™ Government Report Starts Break—Crop Conditions Br NEW ki £1.50 he > e Government’s report on the it n iz mates, ih v N NuEW Adton hich } nounces New Orlean at net d is D00 France of this year to § isuance the suspe Best Since Aseo | Press. / YORK, n cotton Je aced t i decline of « thin the nd va the 1. n thix thr ne of 3t ew ORLEA on the d the ver prices 1 condition touchir or I8 of th the high ided cot aoline of \ fut Y o conservatively Amerfean te betwe:n Nay June prices, r of the Govel V future; 40 points, Orleans Values Drop. market and will sp 00,000 while there Baltimore to By the Associatod Press s of domestle iz conl by The coal 1 them by 1918. local retal men say © iy brought about t mine ope; Pay 25-Cent Increase Ton for Coal the in- ers declare they .mmrl.ed one increq 1t did not feel a sxecond wdva o1l rice $15.5 rang today followed | ment ¢oop | he condidion on Nt of normat 1918, Trade at these ot ney No. No. buck 1 3. $16; con oint | | ALL OLD R Fan than 4 poi u clal averuz ne of the year. « closed steads at During the operat justified in an No ncrease {5 nwle in the pri The ton: nut, $15.50. 'STOCK SALES BREAK ECORDS Busmexs on Baltimore Exchange IMav Tofaled More Than 101 000 Shares. Specisl Dis BALT reco | timore {in the ihe of_time durinz | PUTPeY 6.5 was an- | o cided drop | sher than | and {7 oints sell- | ¢ hecame | n of of shares—10 ving April and the' total for ended e sold gitinst 890 hi e amounted e day. L g approsin the total for the fisc |l exchanze. 1y ures closed steady valnts nd honds for the I h, ctocks, 35 April, stocks, $34,160 May, stocks, $10 1 $1,026.100. 1 th 400 in April, —May proved month on ‘the nge, stocks sold, 83 the number of shares trad-| Bal- particularly The s near- nearly one- e 12 months to $1,036,100, and this one-ninth of I Year on the lo- | in. Following are the figures in stocks | b hres months bonds, $! bonds, $909 9%3; _bonds, HEAVY STEEL ADVANCED. NEW YORK, meliing steel ton in the « tions ra June estimated that rists Wil yisit wnd September nd 2 ano rom totul of | Pi ng ) 1o $21 —When Jack Frost’s belated return filled homes and offices with uncomfortable and health-endangering Associated Members And Recommended Burners Kleen-Heet Sales Co. “Kleen-Heet” 1013 12th St. N.W. Telephone Main 7886 Ray Fuel Oil Burner Co. “Ray” 1504 Conn. Ave. N.W. Telephone Potomac 160 Standard Engineering Co. “Caloroil” - 2129 Eye St. NW. Telophone West 1343 The Federal Heating Co. “A. B. C. 310 13th St. N.W. Teiephone Main 4140 Zellers & Co. “Actna” 2035 K Street N.W. Telephone West 858 Automatic Heating Corp. “Nokol” 1719 Conn. Ave. N.W. Telephone North 627 B.llml 0Oil Equipment Co. “Ballard” i 1745 Conn. Ave. N.W. Telephone North 659 Blcn,l'}glaneerl,lnx o 1310 14th St. N.W. Telephone Franklin 317 G. and H. Heating Co. “0il-O-Matic” 917 H St. N.W. Telephone Main 4886 Mutual Service, Inc. “Gil” 1411 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Telephone Main 3883 Associated Oil-Burner Dealers ron has been cut 50c w ton, ). —Heavy has been advanced 50c | rieago district, present $16 to $16.50. now .- | many PENNSY TO CONTROL Valued at $97.000,000—Taps Coal Region. By the As CHICAG Heruid and Pixaminer it is indleated “in au ters” that the Chicazo and Eastern | inois Raflway is shortl: to pas into the control of the Pennsylvant Raflroad system The Tllinois road’s valued at $97.000,000. miles of line t fmportant the countr |reported 1 {FORD FIRST BILLIONMRE Writer Calls Him ”Gled!e" Money- Making Machine in History." Henry e the N |ever Hived. Street That Ford Is the ;reatest mone mauking machine the ‘world s ever seen cannot be Zuinsuid John D. Rockeseller never billionaire. e loose-thinking world gave him that title for a long (ime until his son u few veurs ugo di pated the conception in & public s ment. Probably $700,000.000 rer rents the high-water mark of the Rockefeller fortune when it was great lest and intact. Mr. Rockefeller has | glven away bublic and irge portfon ciated Prese ine ~The said today horitative hicazo that properties It owns ough une of the most coal-produ sections of A deficit of $77 wes the road Vord i is no. only om the the the fivst Lillionaire. richest man richest man Mazazine of Wall was @ priv of te bequests and J& the balunce has |and that of his family. wealthier than John There are today who |are D. Rocke | feller, sr. | In considering Vord's perzonal | wealth ouside of the Ford Motor o, we are entering into the realms of pure conjecture. \What he and the members of his family own In way of securities. real estute, invest { mente, personal property, etc.. nobody kno It Henry Ford 1s not poten tiall @ ire today he will ILLINOIS RAILROAD| Chicago and Eastern Illinois Is; quar- | in, 70 per cent of his fortune | en placed in the hands of his son | the | New $45,000,000 Argentine Loan Taken in Hour! Associated Press YORK, June Argentine 1o . Mor: NEW - 000,000 day ¥ the The $45,- . offered to- & Co., and jonal City (¢ s sold hour after the subscrip. tion buoks were opened, with an in- dicated oversubscription. 'y advance inquiries were re- 6 per cent bonds used to retire ma time obligutions. the honds 1 yield per cent to the investor. 'PROBE OF MAXWELL _ |MOTOR STOCKS BEGUN | Sensational Advance Causes New | York Exchange to Launch Special Inqmrv Do the Associated Tress. NIEW YORK, June 2.—The X York Stock Exchange today began investigution Into the market position |of the” Maxwell Motors Corporation | stocks, which ha recorded a sen. | stational advance since lust June. The | “B" stock, which sold as low us 331f lin Januury, today touched a new rec crd top at 11612, an overnight gain of 614 points. E. V. D. Cox. secretary of the ex change. =eiit a letter to members say ing, in part “How many shares and for whor? Tlow many shares of each short and for whom? ‘How many shares | rowed and of whom? | “Tow many shares whom?" of each | 1o stock of each bor loaned and to HUDSONS NET JUMPS. June 2 (). ot Hudson Metor (" Co. for won.he ended May 31 are re- ,w‘fl to have been close to $10.000,- {000, equal to an annual rate of more | thun i]u + ghare on the common stock Shipments in that period aggregated 110,460 cars, Net earn- CLAMMY COLDNESS Were You Comfortable? If your home was one of the two thousand local Automatic Oil-Burner homes, your house was like an afternoon in Miami. All day and every day of the unexpected “flareback” there was an abundance of fresh, invigorating heat—neither below nor above the exact temperature you enjoy. Every room, up- stairs and down, was equally comfortable. All this, independent of any effort, or time, or thought on your part! King Coal Has Been Dethroned! Why Remain His Slave? Break the chains that hold you to the laborious coal pile—with its smoke, dirt, ashes, soot and downright nuisance. Install an Automatic OIL Burner. stock | o7 ES 29 'HIGH-GRADE COFFEE | SHORTAGE REPORTED [ Medium Grades Sufficient for All Wants—More Ships Due in Short Time. Special Dispateh to BALTIMORI, June Local report that there is a &h h vather thai reported from Wask it to the lack of Cacilities bhetween and North America. no falling off in also said. ot rm weather substituting The Sta de | | ! | | { e | cofree strike.’ and a portatior America e trans South There the retail thar begins and {of from price - of | coffee of rom: 40 very best kind | hood of 60 cent Within the a pound ext month or the shortage will be relieved more vessels are scheduled north with coffee cz rgoes |STOCKHOLDERS URGED { T0 BOOST BUSINESS B. & 0. Sends Out | | Special Appeal in Letter With | Dividend Checks. | President of BALTIMORE, June | just mailed to siockholders of timore and Ohio Railroad alonz quarterly dividend che: P Danfel Willard daclares the railroad in good physical condition | eauipped 1o perform | satistactory passe | esider nd amply tive and freizht | service, Mr. Willard's mess: | tion on the part of the management It cites the desirability of increasing traffic and urged the stockholders co-operate in obtaining move | from the territory in whict e is an innos bus hey live { The | with a machine Briti now motor output leads c indnstr of over 140,000 R LRI OIOTO: B0 % & & X BHBEes Ask an Associated Oil-Burner Dealer for the facts about modern heating—today—when you both have the time to discuss it write—no obligation. thoroughly. Simply phone or of Washington

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