Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1929, Page 4

BUILDING IN SOUTH - QUICKENS BUSINESS fiO‘MIIIion to Be Spent Next Year in 11 States, Sur- vey Shows. By the Assveiated Press. With business throughout the South quickening due to the holiday season’s approach, a survey conducted Saturday shows nearly $250,000,000 in contem- plated expenditures for public improve- ments and businéss buildings during the next year in 11 Southern States. ‘Bight States have highway programs inyolving the expenditure of $119,818,- 260, with other public improvements and private enterprises already an- nounced totaling $113,175,000 for the coming year, with prospects of many others to be announced before the new year. The States included in the totals are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgla, Ken- tucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Vir- ginia and Tennessee. Highway con- struction is going forward in North Carolina on a program adopted several years ago, while in Florida and Missis- sippi plans have been made to extend the State systems during the' coming year, but their totals were not available. Louisiana Holds Lead. Louisiana leads the Southern States in announced programs, - with .. more than $60,000,000 in contracts announced to be let during the next -six months, including $50,000,000 in New Orleans. Bullding expected to be launched in New Orleans inchudes $3,000,000 for Cana. street paving, $9,000,000 for drainage, $2,000,000 -for a new city auditorium, & new - criminal courts building, and expansion at Tulane Uni- wversity. Bonds have been sold for construe- tion of the third attack wing, United States Army fleld, at Shreveport, which will cost $1800,000 or more, and at Baton Rouge, La., an oil company has announced plans for a $9,000,000 re- finery. Building plans for New Orleans over & three-year period contemplate an ex- | penditure of $340.000,000, d the ; State of Louisiana has sold $5,000,000 in bonds for highway censtruction this year. In the Birmingham district in Ala- bama steel mills and foundries are humming with activity as huge orders have been placed by railroads for equip- ment, and inost industrial plants report a good supply of unfilltd orders. The | $6,000,000 expansion program of the Gulf States Co. at Gadsden, Ala. is being pushed forward rapidly and through the coal belt of Alabama busi- Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, N. November 23.— Mobilization of the Nation's best brains and business ability, backed by vast sums of capital, insure to the United States a period of immediaie and sub- stantial activity in commercial fields, reacting to the material benefit of svery ‘wage earner, it is stressed by executives | of "corporations, bankers and leaders of business and industry in all flelds, | whose opinions were obtained today in a country-wide survey by The Star and the New York Herald-Tribupe. “The Hoover conference has produced the country’s most striking exhibition of team work since the World War, New York banker states. ‘“Other views emphasjzed the effects of the confer- ence as. having ‘“completely restored confidence,” and of “having healed sore spots caused by an unwarranted and unprecedented decline in stock market prices.” The opinions, obtained by telegraph and by personal interviews follow: A. Giannini, president Trans- America Corporation: “The action of Mr. Hoover in summoning business leaders of the Nation has resulted 1 expressions that helped to establish the confidence of the people in the strength and solidity of American industry and commerce.” | W. B. Storey, president, Atchison, | ‘fopeka & Santa Fe: “I feel tha President Hoover's conferences have been reassuring to industry and that they will go forward with much greater confidence with projects which other- wise would have been held in abey- ance because of uncertainty as to the future.” Lamont du Pont, president E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co.: “President Hoover's conferences have been con- structive and helpful, resulting in get- t together facts, exchanging views and defining weaknesses that exist. The beneficial effects resulting will be the elimination of the tendency toward un- warranted steps urged upon the indi- | vidual through fear and the stimula- | tion of courage in industrial managers to take only steps which are con- structive and helpful.” F. O. Watts, chairman, First National ' Bank of St. : “Conferences such as President Hoover is holding with trade and labor groups will have a good effect. Such co-operation should enable busi- ness to institute sound measures which will moderate any tendency toward an unnecessary curtallment in industrial activity. A survey of the actual facts and needs at this time, when depressing psychological factors are prevalent, is the sound method of procedure.” Charles Hayden, of Hayden, Stone Co. ‘At the present time the economic, ! cial and industrial situation is in| the most sound condition that any one could ask for. In my opinion there is nothing in the recent stock market break which should in any way deter the industrial growth and progress of this country. Mr. Hoover's confer- ences are showing to the public that HOOVER’S “MOBILIZATION” LAUDED Soundness in Present Industrial Conditions Stressed. Great Expansion Programs to Go Ahead, Say Heads of Utilities Throughout Country. make for continuance of, prosperity. EVidence of this has alreads manitested itselt.” John' Prentiss, of Hornblower & ‘Weeks: think that the meetings that Mr. Hoover has been holding have done a great deal of l'lem They are rapid- ly restoring public confidence, which is ne t this time, They will undoubtedly do mueh to sta economic situation in the country.” John E. Zimmermai esident United Gas Improvement Co.: “The outstand- ing feature, to my mind, of the confes ences held by President Hoover during the last week was the determination on the part of the leaders of the great business interests of this country not | to rely upon the expenditure of public funds by the Federal and State govern- ments to restore confidence, but to as- sume that responsibility for themselves. While the expenditure of public funds for works of public improvement will furnish temporary relief, any perma- nent improvement in the situation must come from industry itself, as every dol- lar expended in extensions of plant capacity in the United States will add to the wealth of the Nation and will provide permanent rather than tem- porary employment. The increase electric and gas sales during the last 12 months of the companies in which the United Gas Improvement Co. is in- terested has been 15 per cent for elec- tric and 25 per cent for gas. The only effect of the present situation that I anticipate is possibly some reduction in the rate of increase.” William B. Anderson of Block, Ma- “The announcement in 's New York Herald-Tribune that the result of Persident. Hoover's meeting with all the chief executives of 1 industries in the United States is hat $4,500,000,000 will be spent for ex- pansion, etc., is most gratifying. Th: is no doubt that real prosperity emanates from man power, and with $4,500,000,- 000 pledged it means about $15,000,000 a day figuring 300 working da: year. This will undoubtedly do much to continue our prosperity. Shannon Crandall, president Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce: “We believe the conference of all business interests called by President Hoover can only result in stabilizing conditions and restoring the consciousness of the American pzople to the fact that American industry and business is| sound.” i D. D. Tenney, president Mlllel”“l! Civic and Commerce Assoclation: | “Business leaders throughout the! Northwest are watching with great in- teiest the conferences called by Presi- dent Hoover. We are hopeful and be- lieve that these conferences will de- velop a program which will stabilize conditions in the manufacturing centers | of this country. We realize that the manufacturing centers are the best markets for our Northwestern crops. In the Northwest there is a growing feel- ing of confidence and an awakening of this is the situation and that, therefore, every one should go shead normally in Arkansas is spending $15,000,000 for highways the ing year and $3.850,- 000 for charital and eleemosynary institutions, while South Carolina is pre- | paring to sell $10,000.000 in bonds as the first, gtep in_a $65,000,000 road- building program.” The Georgia State hlehway board | has asked for bids on projects totaling | $1.000.000. to. be el ry .and February, and shortly after January 1 is expected to announce its full pro- gram for the yea Office butidings and hotels announced in Atlanta and those -now under . con struction aggregate. more than $1i 000.000, including .a new 22-story cold storage plant .that will be started in May of next year, a new 20-story hotel and an 18-story office building. The highway program in Virginia ealls for an. expenditure of $12,818.000 during the coming year with .other construction totaling $2,800,000, - while the Chesapeake & Ohin Railroad has announced & program of improvements % vdllue of which has not been di- ged. Quarantine Is Modified. Modification of the fruit fly quaran- tine in Florida has quickened business. An improvement already has been noted in that State with heavy lumber and naval stores’ movement. 'Canning fac- tories are getting under way with some | new ones making their appearance. Re- | sorts are preparing for a good tourist season. There is considerable. building .re- ported in the larget genters.of Florldl.! Wwith one $12.000.000 vroject for estates of a group of millionaires under way. in | Miami Beach. ¥ Considerable employment will be af-| forded labor in Louisville, Kv.. where the city voted bonds for $3 .000 to construct public schools, and a portion | of $10,000,000 for sewer construction is being spent. The city is also spending 82,000,000 in eliminating grade cross- . while construction of buildings | for two new industries is under way. ‘The Kentucky State high: program calls for an expenditure of nearly $17,- 000,000 during the coming year and an | $11,000.000-bond issue to buy and con- ! struct bridges is'planned. | The totals above do not include county highway work, or public and private construction in smaller cities, nor do they take into consideration the smaller business and residential con- struction. ‘Throughout the, South factories and textile mills are reported as running with a fair supply of orders and in some instances are running behind schedule, Industry is particularly active in the steel distriet of Alabama. WOMAN WITH SPINE FRACTURED IN FALL RIDES BACK TO ROAD / (Continued From First Page.) the rocks. I knew I was badly hurt, but_not how bad. “I told the man to ‘catch my horse. He protested that 1 surely couldn't ride, but there was no other way to get out. He helped me up. I was in such .tor- ture I didn't remember much of the le to the road. The man. held the bridle and guided the horse, but I man- aged to keep erect by myself, “At Plerce Mill we. hailed an auto- mobile and it took-me- to the hospital. I don't know who was driving it.” ington, Ky., shouldn't learn of the ac- !ica means good business. ! ness is_good. the d»evelvpmmt of his individual busi- Thomas N. McCarter, president, Pub- Service Ct ration of New Jersey: b) is outlined by our schools of agritulture. lie of the result in | house Electric and Manufacturing Co.: “The outcome of President Hoover's conferences is a determination on the! part of Government, business and lsbor to earry on as usual for tue very good reason thet nothing. was found that would lead any one to expect anything unusual except the decline of stock orices. And business as usual in Amer- General busi- except for seasonal let- downs here and there. Labor is well and gainfully employed. Money is no‘ scarce. In a very substantial way I think the conference satisfied the look and listen’ attitude of business, NOw we are re: to go back to with enthusiasm and confidence.” Julien H. Hill, president, State Plant. ers’ Bank & Trust Co, Richmend: “President Hoover deserves the com- mendation of the entire country for his constructive program in holding con- ferences with business leaders. Aside from the tangible results of a gather- ing of some of the ablest men in the United States, representing as they do varied industrial activities, there are many intangible ntages in the ef- fect the meetings should have on the public in restoring confidence in the fundamentals -of business to offset the state of mind caused by the unexpected and sudden recession in stock market | prices. Already, in our judgment, aj measure of good has been accomplished. and we believe the ultimate result will be very beneficial to the country.” Gerhard M. Dahl, chairman, Brook- lyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation: President Hoover's conferences have moblilized the constructive thought and e of business and labor leaders and of the public in general. His financial accomplishments will limit the results of the recent stock market debacle to its necessary minimum economic conse- quences ‘without the multiplication and intensification thereof by pessimism and fear of the future. The morale of the economic army of the country will re- main unimpaired. ; § chairman, Johns-Man- Corporation: “Every _indieation from our offices throughout the United States and Canada indicates that busi- ness is progressing as usual, and we ex- pect good business to continue for the balance of the year. Sales for the first 10 days of November show a rate of increase over last year no less than our year to date figure. Sales and Drofits in 1929 will be the best in Johns- Mansville’s 70 years of business. =Resi- dential and speculgtive building has been seriously curtailed all this year rlnd we believe deflation of the market will bring cheap money and a renewal | of building programs. Public confidence and optimism for the future has been greatly restored through the ablé lead- ership of President Hoover's business leaders’ conferences. We are laying all | our plans for incerased business next ork. J. A. Campbell, president, Youngstown Sheet and Tube: “While business is quiet at present, we are of the opinion that the assembling and co-operation of the business leaders of this coutnry bring back improvement in business | very much sooner than if these con- ferences had not been held. Business conditions are sound and with money plentiful ' ‘and ' ‘chedp the situation should gradually improve.™ L. F. Loree, chairman, Delaware and Hudsori Railroad: “We have authorized the construction of 600 freight cars and further budgets will be considered at the November or December meet- ings. There are many cases invelving elimination of grade crossings which cident. She came here four years ago from the Kentucky city and became a member of the police force. « Immediately after: Miss Garrard's ar- rival at the hospita} Sergt, Rhoda Mil- the Woman's Bureati, was noti- came 8t once 10 the injured fives ‘at 1921 Ralorama will ‘be dealt with as approved by the public service commission.” 2. elborn, chairman, Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.: "The country will unquestionably approve of President Hoover's conferences. An exchange.of information and views among the sev- eral elements Having to do with our economic jons ~ will development unfounded fears and toP. | packing Co. with President Hoover will tend to (P a feeling of prosperity among our farm- ers. To confirm this a financial insti- tution here, one of the largest holders of farm mortgages in the Northwest, reports more partial payments on farm mortgages this year than in any year since 1921. The improved conditions on our farms have been brought about )y the program of diversified farming The farm school's efforts have been $econ by the commercial organiza- ions. Newspapers, civicy leaders thoughtful farmers throughout this sec- tion believe this united effort is bulld- base for continued, farm- e bern most constructive, | and that the various business interrsts | will be pleased to co-operate with him. By the various business interests 1 mean the railroads, the public utility companies and the various counties and municipalities. They will be giad to co-operate with Mr. Hoover, and it will result in the continued prosperity of the country.” E. A. Cudahy, ident Cudahy sident Hoover's business conferences are reflected | throughout - the country in establishing ! confidence in both the.administration and business men to satisfactorily see this country through this or any other crisis. The country feels safe under | President Hoover's leadership. Business | will recede some the early part of 1930. But general business conditions are sound.” ) | Samuel J. Insull, chairman, Middle West Utilities (Co.: “The Middle West| Utilities system 1s now experiencing normal business, and in the territory served by the system we consider busi- ness to be normal only when there is evidence of steady progress. Construc- tion expenditures in 1929 are approxi- mately $63,000,000 and will be bet.'e!n| $75,000,000 and $85,000,000 in 1930.” C. W. Kellogg, president, Engineers’ Public Service Co.: “President Hoover's conferences represent a supreme tri- umph of national co-operation on a uufl hever before witnessed in peace times. The strengthened feeling of confidente resulting from them arises not only from the impressive showing | Alexa: of huge purchasing power by the men who will direct the spending, but also from the feeling that we have the helm & man, with the know! ), eX- rience and ability to mobilize ef- ively the economic forces of the country, It is probable that at no erisis in its history has the Nation had & President more conspicuously fitted to cope with the emergency. ' Roy D.. Chapin, chairman, Hudson Motor Car Co.: “It is too early to judge the success of the Hoover business con- ference, However, the President is so well equipped fundamentally to co-oper- ate with business in this country, and as he doubtless has anticipated just such a situation as this, T have great confidence in favorable and tangible developments because of the conference.” L. A. Downs, president, Illinois Cen- tral Rallroad: “It is my view that fundamental business conditions are sound and that the physical situation stands in no particular need of improve- ment. What the country most needs at this time is confidence in the future and will to work to achieve prosper- ity. Hoover conferences mnd: a significant contribution to the economic health of the Nation.” F. Edison White, president, Armour & Co.: “The industrial and business leaders of America enjoy the confidence of the public. It is reassuring, there- fore, to the public to have these lead- ers meet at the call cf President Hoo- ver to give thought to the national roblems. They will find the solution, SUPERIOR GARAGES IN ALL MATERIALS TIN ROOFS PORCHES BUILT B A" AR 2N CONSJ_I}UC VI g 10N bilize the |1 {in my opinion, accomplished a great and the public is secure in that knowl- hur W. Loasby, chairman, Equita: ble Trust Co.: “The conferences be. tween President Hoover and business leaders of the couritry will unquestion- ably tend to stabilize industry and stimulate confidence.” H. Frasier, chairman, Gemeral Bak- indamental business conditions thrmuh;ut the country are s‘:und l‘:d any well managed company in any in- dustry can look forward to good busi- ness provided they get on the job and work intelligently. Mr. Hoover's con- ferences have done much toward re- establishing confidence In assured con-| tinuance of prosperity.” Harry E. Ward, president, Irving Trast Co.: “Business prosperity has received sub- stantial assurance of continuation in the acticn of business leaders in hasten- ing toward completion ?ev:lg'gmem n . way endous sources are put into in support of national economic safety. ‘This probably is the country’s most exhibition of teamwork since the World War.” F. Edson White, president, Montgom- ery, Ward & Co.: . The calling of the general confer- | ence of business leaders by President Hoover undoubtedly is a step in the right direction and should do much to store public confidence ~the fun- mental soundness of the country's general business.” B. Miller, ehairman Southern California Edison Ce.: “President Hoo- ver's conferences have unquestionably re-established confidence, thus giying all industry courage to forward. Our Southern California ison Co. will push construction development wher- ever and as much as possible.” Charles Donnelly, president Northern Pacific Raflread: “I believe that the conferences called by Presiderit Hoover have contributed, in & most direct and important way, to restore public confi- dence in the essential soundness of | business conditions throughout the United States. There never wag any | good reason for misgivings as to their soundness and the conferences have roved this. The results are bound to helpful and inspiring.” C. E. Denney, president Erie Rail- ““The Hoover conferences h deal toward restoring confidence and | stabllizing business. We are preparing | a budget for 1930 which will be along | substantially the same lines as that for | 1929. It is necessary, of course, to! control operating expenses in line with decreased volume of traffic beginning | with the last week in October, out we | are hopeful that traffic will increase to nearly normal by or before the end| of the year.” Kerwin H. Fulto sident Outdoor | Advertising Co., Inc: “Current reports | from our sectional office, in close con- tact with business in 44 States and knowledge of «the selling plans for 1930 of manufacturers generally, coupled with our recent investigation of com- modity distribution in 54 of the key markets of the country, all indicate be- yond question the of in tion by Presiden and construction activities and under his guidance I look forward to a period of sound expansion and & continuance | C. C. Conway Can Co.: “I believe the Hoover confer- ences have stres confidence in the future of our industries and will | crystallize the thoughts and plans of | their leaders looking toward continued improvement in business. it Continental FORD TO BUY HOUSE IN ALEXANDRIA TO = BE SENT TO DEARBORN (Continued From First Page.) and paved the way for their union in the Revolution some two decades later. i Gen. Braddock with' his force of | British regulars landed at Alexandria | in 1755 and began the march to Fort | Duguesne, now Pittsburgh, which ended | in disastrous defeat at the hands of the French. Col. hington joined Braddock at Alexandria and was ap- pointed one of his aides. ‘When Washington returned to Alex- andria with the remnant of the Colon! troops thatr had accompanied Gen. Braddock he was the hero of the battle in that wilderness which had resuited in the death of Braddock and the tem- | ry triumph of the French at the | eadwaters of the Ohio River. Once-a-Week Visitor. From the time Washington moved to | Mount Vernon until his death, except d the time he was with the Conti- nental Army or away in New York or Philadelphia as President, he visited ndria once & week and sometimes oftener. Even before Washington's death birthday balls in his honor were given by the people of the city. ‘Washington's “town house” in Alex- andria was at King and Cameron itreets, It was a sm structure with two or three bedrooms for use when he or his guests were in the city. It also contained the office he used when transacting his business with the towns- people. Many of the old buildings are still intact. The City Hotel at Cameron and Fairbanks streets, otherwise known as Gadsby's Tavern, is one of these. There Washington first met Martha Oustis, who became his wife. There John Paul Jones and Lafayette were introduced. From its front steps Washington gave | his Jast military command at a militia review a little before his death. o ‘Washi, 0 Christ urch, Cameron and Wash- | ington streets. Gen. Robert E. Lee was { confirmed at this church and sttended | it regularly. Heat at a glance. ture all Winter long. Nothing but heat, and as .want by the simple turn " still, ask any of the more Open Erem'ug‘s Until 9 P.M. | made was that President Hoover' e | logs described by Mr. 1 | stream of Simply set the dial on your Silent Automatic and it will maintain that tempera- No outside interference. No more dirty coal, no more ashes and clinkers. about this Silent Automatic Oil Burner, or, better Phone for a list of users. SILENLAU] HOOVER APPEALS T0 ALL GOVERNORS Barnes Reassures Nation| Over Radio of Soundness of Business in U. S. (Continued Prom First Page.) try a far more detailed report of Mr. Hoover's conferences with industrialists than was made public after the meeting. Expenditure on Homes. One of several new disclosures he, con- | ference with leaders in the building | trades contemplated an expenditure ot about $2,000,000,000 next year in mod- ernization of homes alone. ‘The White House, quiet after four days of extreme activity with the Presi: dent in consultation with the Nation’ business leaders, furnished no further development in the situation than the President’s telegram to the governors and publication of reassuring messages from John C. Philips, governor of Arizona; Harry A. Mackey, mayor of Philadel phis, and John M. MacDonald, com- missioner of public works in St. Paul. These officials pledged their support to the President and gave notice that they were proceeding at once with ex- pansion programs, which, in Philadel- shh and St. Paul, will mean an expen- iture of $80,000,000. Continued Conferences. By the time the gubernatorial in- formation is received, the countinuing economic conference suggested by Presi- dent Hoover and now being formed by ted to be hm; it hopes to of the information In his address last night, an incident without parallel in American a spokesman for the Government was able directly to advise the people against a self-injurious at- titude in the face of a serious econo able to turn over to_this council. optimistic report of the conditions de- ugl!ibofl to the President by the captains of industry Thursday, although admitting that both Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric Co., and A. V. Roberston of Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co., “reported a hesl-| tation which awaits a definite decision | for expansion of the utilities for new electric equipment. Independence of Industry. 1t indicated the Interdependence of | all American industry and proved the | wisdom of. the present united action of | the Government, capital and labor, Mr. | Bernes admitted. But with railroads and public utili- ties seeking the assurance that their) bonds for vast expenditures will taken up at reasonable rates in order to place their contracts, which, inc dentally start other industries at work. the banking judgment of America had come forward, he explained, in a way that promised prompt solution of that "gbm‘f..m'pruum bly. is one of the key jably, one 1 Barnes as neces- America ] to start i in it flowing freely again. It will be the primary function of the tinuing ic conference which Mr. Barnes is forming, to the charmel clear, and he gave last t a more com: prehensive picture of what the Presi- dent expects of this of private business which is to have the active co-operation of the Government. ‘The reassuring telegrams to the President were given out at the White y. ed his | MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury §This Bank has made over 38 thousand loans aggregating nearly 9 millions of dollars to as- sist persons of character to accomplish some worthy putpose. §In connection with the loan the borrower agrees to make monthly or semi-monthly deposits in a savings account with which bhe may pay the loan; thus the borrower forms the habit of saving regu- larly. < > | mic disturbance, Mr. Barnes gave ai ‘ who met with him oni sary to be little or as much as you of your wrist. Ask us than 800 satisfied users. MATIC 1218 N. Y. Ave. N.W. National 2014-2015 Install Your SILENT No support even before the President sent his telegram. He said his State ex- pansion program already had begun, consisting of additions to the capitol bl;l::n.,‘ State prison and Ploneers’ “The present: psychological hysteria due to the in stocks has not affected business here,” he telegraphed. “The outlook is bright for a prosperous ‘Winter in this State.” Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia tele- sraphed last . Monday that municipal improvements in that city would be igorously and that within the next 18 months the city would spend approximately $65,000,000 for municipal projects. Even before that John. M. MoDonald, commisisoner of public for St. Paul, telegraphed that his city had adopted a $15,500,000 schedule of public development projects, many of which now are under way and that the bal- ance would be expedit as much as possible this Winter. Heavy Private Building. C. B. Randall, president of the St. Paul Association’ of Commerce, in- formed the President that beside the public works program there was a pri- yate building program for next year totaling $16,125,000. E. L. Carpenter of Minneapolis, presi- dent of the National Lumber Manufac- turers’ Association, issued a statement today to the lumber industry, sugges ing full co-operation with the move- ment undertaken by the Government to sustain present levels of industrial and rcial activities. “In behalf of the lumber manufac- turing industry,” the statement said, “1 have assured the President that al of its facilities will be available to aid In carrying out such constructive pro- gram for the stimulation of building and other business activities as may develop from the series of conferences which he is now holding and from the surveys which he is having instituted through the Department of Commerce, with the ald of the United States Chamber of Commerce.” Conference Ends Tomorrow. President Hoover's conference to as- sure business progress in the face of its biggest threat since 1921, will be terminated tomorrow when he meets leaders at the ' White itural House. It has been suggested in :ome quarters that the President improve | this opportunity to bring about the same kind of truce between Western -fmulmra and Eastern industry, which divided sharply over the tariff bill, as he affected on Thursday between capital and labor, when employers pledged themselves not to reduce wages and labor leaders not to press for in- crease until business has:weathered its present test. SPORTS EDITOR DIES. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 23 (#). —G. Clyde Tuttle, sports editor of the Ohio State Journal, died while sitting at his desk tonight. Orly a moment before his death Mr. ‘Tuttle was chatting with his fellow | staff workers and had cation that he was not health. cause of his not immediately determined. iven no indi- FRENCH MINISTRY ASSURES NATION Confidence in New Cabinet Helps Financiers Bear Wall Street Slump. BY GERVILLE REACHE. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, November 23.—The Tardieu- Briand ministry has been favorably re- ceived in France as well as abroad. In Prance it has had even greater success than was expected in the cham- ber. It has quieted minds and this allowed the financial markets to bear splendidly the Wall Street slump a: its_consequences. ‘Tardieu appears to be & man of action desirous of keeping the economic in- terests of the country ahead of political disputes. Just as have the United States Republicans, he has placed him- self under the sign of prosperity and has proposed a program of national realizations and appliances by which he has regained popularity. Abroad, especially in Germany, people have been fully reassured by Briand's speech confirming the continuation of the European reconcilietion policy at, has provided fresh proof by the Franco- German conference relating to the Sarre. This mining district, near | Alsace-Lorraine, which belonged to France in the seventeenth century, has been intrusted to the League of Nations as far as government is eoncerned, while the mines have been ceded to the !l;r:ngg t‘r‘:etrl:mmtt g‘: comp;m-unn for ction of the coal | - mines of France. Although a plebiscite was provided for d | posits and earry the Quai D'Orsay. Moreover, this week | many na fi this country, which the antee provided by the Locarno agree. ment and which was to be the object of separate negotiations. Negotiations were undoubtedly pretty long and there may well be occasion to return to them; but they lr.u'x:mml that the concilia- tion on. plan ap- ‘was not included n frontier guar- In the domain of the Young plication, the bank of international set- tlement statutes, which have been pub- lished, have shown some apparent con- traditions. For instance, by article' 25 it is forbidden to make advances to goverments, but by article 22 it may b:‘n’l M-mrflll :.:m bills and other state of kind commonly ne- gotiable on the “‘hskA - to Young plan the bank ought not in principle “inte-fere in fienuvu carried on b“ existing establishments,” but finally will be abie to make discounts and accept de- which banks do t.hno}ll: ! e of issue. WS e ~~ (Copyrixht. 19: m‘?uflmu weighing n:cr::’y 3 lon pounds were sen m -China to the United States in a recent month. e e : T;o Begmm-. Liv- ing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Re- ception Room. Electric Refrigeration. 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EDGAR MORRIS SALES CO. 1305 G St. N.W. National 1032 PITTSBURG WATER HEATERS. " ‘.