Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1926, Page 29

TRADING IS BRISK IN FISH MARKET Demand for Oysters Heaviest in Yzars, Due to Cooler Weather. Early morning buyers were very much in evidence at Municipal Fish Market this morning. They were | there to get first pick of oysters, fish and other marine products for their Friday trade. Dealers reported a much heavier early season demand for oysters than has been experienced for a number of vears, attributing the extra de mand to the cool weather and ex cellent quality of the oyster Butter and egg prices this morning were the same as vesterday. Chica- o reported a slight increase in but ter prices vesterday, but the change did not affec Cool weathe the demands for prices today being the auoted yest y. Apple receipts continue liberal, while receipts of most other fruits re reported moderate, and only mod- o supplies of most vegetables are reported. Today's prices of most commodities were substantially the same as prices reported vesterday. Today’s Wholesale Prices. Butter- tubs, 49a. hennery, 45; current receipts, 38; storage, 36. Poultry, alive—Turkeys, 35; Spring brollers, 28a30: white s fowls, 28a%9 old, s 500 240. Dressed—Turkeys, 40 broflers, 33a35; keats, young, 80 290; old, 40a50. Meats—Beef, 18a19: veal, lamb, 26a30; fresh hams, 30a32 a24: loins, 33a34 ;. smoked shoulders, 2 Live stocl 3 medium, 11a12; thin, 7a8; lambs, 14. | 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; demand ht, market slightly weaker: boxes, "ashington medium to large size extra fancy Delicious, 3 3.50; few higher; Jonathans, 2.50: . Winter Rananas, mostly mbination extra fancy and 2.25 3 an - s 21h-inch, 1.00a ieties, medium size, small si 40a50. Supplies moderate; de- mand slow, market slightly weaker: bulk per ton domestic round type, 25.00a26.00; few higher Pennsylvania, bulk, per ton, Danish 1vpe, mostly around 30.00. Celery—Supplies light: _demand , market steady; New York, 2-3 tly 2.00. ! istern supplies light: de- niz e, market steady; New York, 2-quart climax cords and_Niagaras, 20a22; Wyoming Lettuce - Supplies light; demand moderate, market firm; New York, dozen crates, Big Boston type, quality, 1.5 California Teeherg type, dozen, 5.00a eberg type, <upplies light: demand market steady; Michigan and Indtana, 110-pound sacks, yellows, U. 8. No. 1, mostly 2.00. Peach Market Dull. Peaches moderate; mand moderate B York, bushel t large to very 2.00a2.50; Virginia, bushel medium to ; demand mod New York, . No. 1. ripe, me overripe, soft, low as | 00; Washington, boxes Anjous and Rosc, extra fancy, mostly 3.30 Potatoes—Suppiies moderate; de- mand moderate, market steady; Mich- | igan, 150-Ib. sacks Russet Rurals and Matne, 150-1b. sacks Cobblers, U. § No. 1, 4.00a4.25. | Sweet potatoes—Supplies light; de- mand light, market firm; North Caro- lina and Virginia, cloth-top stave bar- rels Yellows, No. 1, mostly 3.00, Corn—Supplies moderate: demand | moderate, market steady; homegrown, | sacked, per dozen sugar corn, 18a20 v poor quality lows as 10, omatoes—Supplies modarate: de ind moderate, market firm; home own, half-bushel hampers, 1.00a best mostly 1.25. ; REVENUES OF B.. C. & A. SMALLER IN AUGUST Decline $8,132 as Compared With Total for Same Month a Year Ago. Deficit, $162.709. Special Dispatch to The Star { BALTIMORE. October 1. Reve. of the Baltimore, Chesapeake | Atlantic Railway Co. for August | declined $8.132, as compared wit! rotal for a deficit of $1 ay oper | ik transportation of gar- | ind other frelght is | 1ributed to the steady loss of the rail which operates on the Eastern .’ has a e of boats serving ke Bay and its tributaries. s HOCKING VALLEY INCOME. COLUMBUR, Ohio, October 1 (&) % in the net in Railroad iod ending by F. D.| the road. income .| same period . and the net income, after ges were deducted. increased |tous. of which 402 {bought and September sales av | orders. COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY PITTSRURGH, October 1.—Produc- tion of tin plate is running heavy as has been the case for the last three months. The usual seasonal decrease ' has been much less marked than! 1 on account of the heavy expor | S—Retail trade is showing nice weekly *gains under stimulation of cooler weather. | All classes of Winter goods are being about 6 per cent more tha corresponding month a RIGHMOND, Calif.It has been an- | nounced that the construction of an ! £800,000 Ford assembly plant here virtually is ass | SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The St Louis-San Francisco Raflroad has handled 1.450 carloads of grapes from the Ozark region so far this year. ction is estimated at between 25 50 per cent of normal. PATRONS FOR BEAUTY. | RACE ANNOUNCED| Arlington List Includes Many Prominent Citizens Preparing Sesqui Celebration. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON. Va., October 1 Patrons and patronesses for the ball to be given Monday night In Odd Fellows” Hall. under the auspices of | Arlington Post, American Legion the Arlington County Chambe; Commerce, and at which the selec- | tion of u “Miss Arlington,” who will grice the “Gauteway to the South” float in the Virginia and Legion day parades at the Sesquicentennial, will be made, were announced vesterday, as follows: and Mrs. Clarence R. Ahalt, W. P. Ames, Mr. and r. and Mrs Church, Mr und s K. A. Bramback. ) k, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. C. AL S Mr. and Mrs. W. & and Mrs. W. J. Ingram, Mrs. E. ¢, Turnburke, Mr. and Mrs. William Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Duncan, M Wade Bail, Mr. and Mrs reen, Prof and Mrs. Fletcher Kemp, State Sena- tor and Mrs. Frank Ball, Delegate and Mrs. les T. Ji and the ! officers of the Women's Auxillary of | Arlington Post, No. 13 1 rank, president Beattie, secre- and Mrs. Arthur s for the “Miss Arlington” honor have been instructed to ap-| pear at the Chamber of Commerce | headquarters, in the Rucker Building, | tomorrow afternoon at 5:30 o'clock : Miss Sade Catharine Coles wil ) them for the contest. PYTHI;\NS DATE SESSION. | Martinsville to Be Scene of ‘1927 Virginia Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., October 1.—Martins ville, Va., W selected as the 19 Knights of Pythias convention city { \d H. B. Gilliam of Petersburg named as grand chancellor by the Grand Lodge, which will conclude its three- day convention here this evening. Other officers elected were C. Tylor, grand vice chancellor: H. der elected w nd chief, M June Woolrldge of Roanoke; g irs. Nettie Crowder of Wash ity: grand junior. Mrs. Addie Dannehl of icksburg: _grand | ma Mrs. Znnis of Peters- | and protector, Mrs, Lula Arm- | of Norfolk: grand outer guard, Mrs. Matt of Washington; past grand of, Mrs. Mollie Cli-| bourne; GG. M Marks of Washington; Julia Hill of Richmond, ganizer, Mrs. Carrie Washington. i Committees were appointed this | morning, among them the most im- portant one selected to let the con- | tract for the Pythian Orphanage, at | New Market | C. & P. REVENUES DROP. August Total $13,000 Less 'l.‘hsmi July, Report Shows. { Special Dispatch to The Star. i BALTIMORE, October 1.—Revenues | of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- | phone Co. for August were $13,000 less than July, thelr financial report, just filed with the Public Service l‘nm- mission, shows. Gr revenues for August were $960,121.9 and expenses for the month totaled §772,779.74. | Capltal expenditures for equipment during the first eight months of 1926 amounted to more than $2,DO0.00(\> and for the 12 months ended August | 31 equipment sxpenditures (\)lfi‘?ll‘ $3,588,092. ' et revenues for the same perdod | were equivalent to 6.14 per cent of !hel Average value of the company’s prop- | erties. | LUMBER MILLS ACTIVE. ! = " YORK. October 1 (® Operations of the softwood and hard wood mills of the country show little change for the week ended Septem: ber 25 from the high lev of :lollvhyi the week hefore, the National Lumber Manufacture: Assoclation report Production,” shipment and new busi < of softwood mills were somewhat for the week. compared with a | vear ago. as 15 fewer mills reported. | Hlardwood operations showed nominal | decreases in production and shipment, but almost a 10 per cent gain in Unfilled orders of 231 South- ern pine and We “oast mills were 442,716 feet, against 531, mills the previous week COPPER '(VJONSI’Iv}VIi’TION. NEW YORK, October 1 (®).—World consumption of copper in the first | half of 1926 is calculated at 764, :w«l 0 tons were used {in the United States. World consump- | CHARTER IS FILED. XGTON, Del.. October 1 () Gas and Electric Cor rter at Dover yes. 1 stock of the com. | pansy 5,000,000 shares, 1,000,000 pre. | farred at $£100 par value and 4.000,000 ! k of no par.value. The | ompuny wuthorized to sell and petroleum. | Iver. natural gas and also to manu- | sineering work | NEW YORK MARKETS wr 1 (P —Flour | ». 750a7.90; hard fab, New Y export lLard f 15 18a1 W he tures opened stend par, 14T O her art ire gas and d {tion of the metal in 1925 was in this countr 512,300 | s, of which 738.300 tons were used | GASOLINE PRICES CUT. NEW YORK. October 1 UP. — Gasoline prices on the Pacific Coast have been cut four cents a gallon to a retail price of 16 cents a gallon, without the 2-cent tax, by Standard Ol of Californla, Shell Co., Associ- ated Ol aud Union Oil. The change | does not apply to areas where re- | ductions previously had been made. PRICES ON PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, October 1 UP). — Prices larly in the Bourse to cent rentes, 48 francs | exchange on London. | 0 centimes, five per centimes wam quoted at 3L francs men THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sturdy steeds to ride and gay Mother Goose pictures to gaze upon while being bobbed here. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1926. for YOull Specialty Barber Shop for children nearby their own departments on second floor —a jolly spot. _ On the second floor—just now are many new importations from Europe that add high zest to your selections here. From Iingland, Chilprufe Jersey Frocks and Bloomers for little girls; Milwata Rain Sets of the softest rubber imaginable, leg- gings, coat and hat; Jerseys and Shorts, quaint knit suits for boys. Little Paris handmade Coat and Hat. Jelgian Dresses of an exquisite charm that beggars description. Real Brittany lace pillow covers: Toilet Sets from Vienna; Knit Wear from Scotland—a host of interesting new thing's you will want to see. The Beret Arrives for - Washington’s Younger Set $1.69 A sensible hat, with all its French chic, because it is easily worn and becom- ing to all faces. Of excel- lent suede cloth with peaked top, fashioned after the beret worn by Marshal Foch and his Basques, now popularized by Borotra, the famous French tennis star. Navy, red, green, French blue and buff. Gymnasium Shoes, $1.50 High shoes are required on many floors, in other instances boys and girls need their support for fast exercise. White or black canvas, laced style, sizes 2% to 8. Oxfords of similar de- scription, $1.35. Bicycles $34.50 No better way to get the healthful exercise a boy should have, than with a bike. Many boys are rid- ing to and from school these days, saving time for study and sports. 18-inch frame, new - departure brake, rubber - gripped handles, ball-bearing, rub- ber pedals. Finished in blue. (Sixth Floor.) © © Skate to School On Union Hardware Skates $].89 Adjustable to several different sizes. Well made ball-bearing skates. with rubber cushions to act as shock absorbers. (Sixth Fleor : Boys and girls can dash off to school, filling their lungs full of good fresh asr, and be all the better 1n the schoolroom for a skate to school, | K Select Miss 7 to 16’s Coat Tomérrow Variety of Smart New Winter Models $l 0.95 Collars and Cuffs of Mandel and Nutria Now is the most opportune time to select your girl's Winter coat, while stocks are more complete; later, when snows are flying, she will be smartly ready for out-of-doors. These coats, exceptional at the price, have quality to meet mother’s ideas, and modes that voung girls enjoy wearing because they are of the “last minute.” All-wool cheviot, angora. Polaire and fancy Polaire, trimmed with large collars and cuffs of mandel and nutria. 7 to 16 vears. Wine, rust and deer tan. And Now the Tom- Girl Rig, $6.95 Flappers are adopting this loose, unconventional style of their brothers because it comfortable as well as “doggy.” The Tom-Girl Skirt with hip pocket, the silk web belt with man- nish buckle, the broadcloth blouse with high neck and long sleeves give the proper silhouette. Skirts, separately, $5.00: Blouses, $1.95. (Second Floor.) Warmly lined. (Second Floor.) Washable Frocks for School, $1.95 Lucette Dresses for little girls of 8 to 14 years. Prints, broadcloths and chambrays, that are dressy enough for school yet comfortable for play- time wear. New plaitings, new neck- lines, new trimmings and long sleeves are used. Those in sizes 8 to 10 years have full-cut bloomers to match, others straightline. (Second Floor.) “*Longie’ is off to High School }-Piece Suits Novelty and Plain W eaves $15.95 Sizes for Young Men of 12 tor 18 Dress.cd“in one .«)ri I!IES(‘ swagger four-piece suits he is ready to meet all competition. A “Longie,” a Golf Knicker, a Mannish four-pocket Vest, and a Double-breasted Col- legiate Coat, of splendid woolen and powder shades. Lumberjack Sketched, $3.93. Boys’ Four-Piece Vest Suits, $10.95 Sturdy, lined suits for school and dress-up wear. Cheviots and smooth~ finished cassimeres. in plain and fancy weaves. (Grays, tans, browns and olive mixtures. Two pairs of knick- ers, vest, mannish tailored coat. 7 to 17 yvear s (Second Floor. 600 Boys' New Mannish Shirts---Like Dad’s---5] Ea. smooth ¢ Novelty patterns and plain weaves. meres and cheviots. Gray, browns, tans (Second Floor.) Sweater Sketched, $3.95 : Lumberjacks and % Sweaters, $3.95 For boys who like comfort, and “what men are wearing.” - All-wool fabrics in gay plaids, many color com- binations, fashion the Lumberfacks;. the Sweaters in gol( «nd sports styles, slip-on models, varicus new designs and colorings. Sizes 8 to 18 years. (Second Floor.) Plain blue and tan, striped and checked patternsin variations. Fast colors. Double vokes and reinforced sleeves, pearl buttons, double-stitched seams. THE HECHT Co-F STREET 12 to 14 neck sizes. (Second Floor Store Hours: 9:15 AM. te 6 PM. Fall Velours for Girls and Misses 53.95 Great charm of youthiul tashion, for a little price Pokes, turn-up backs and off-the-face models, also the favored stroller madel. Tailored trimmings and bands of grosgrain ribbon. You may choose from oak. henna, rose, red, green navy, black and brown. Two New hoes of the Autumn--- 0 For Juniors—a ditierent one-strap pump in patent with a narrow tan reptil- ian insert and corded trim- ming at sides. Sizes 2V to 7. The second, a tan or black calf blucher oxford. with 5 evelets. Extra tapped sole and slug heel of leather. Good for walk- ing and general wear., 213 to /. i Second Floor. ) Silk and Fiber Hose $] Pair lLong or 7g length silk and fiber stockings, in the new shades which harmon ize with Fall dresses and coats. (Good wearing hosiery for girls’ evervday wear. Sizes 6 to 91%. 1Second Floer.) Junior Misses” Dresses With New Chic 5] 6.50 Indelibly marked as new, in their Vionnet sleeves, bloused effects and the combinations< of sheen silk and dull geor gette. Crepe de chine, flat repe. satin and two-piece models of rorgette A va riety of colors, such as Chane red. jungle green, toast, tan navy, black. Sizes 13, 15, 17 years, Besent T