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WILLIAM R. BAUM,
New cashier of the Security Saw
ings and Commercial Bank, sue
ceeding John Baltz. Mr.. Baum
has been connected with the bank
since 1913, holding the position
of assistant cashier.
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The American Security and Trust
Company's Fourteenth Street Home
Savings branch will be closed after
Saturday, and all accounts and other
business transferred to the main Of
fee of the trust company. This move
is being made on account Of the
branch's closeness to the main office,
since the trust company absorbed the
Home Savings Bank a few months
ago.
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The $50,OOOOO0 issue OF Imperial
Russian government 81 per cent
bonds are being quoted flat" in Wall
Street today, and will continue to be
quoted until redeemed by that coun-
try. This is the result of the failure
to pay at maturity Wednesday, al
though no other action was expected
in view Of the chaotic condition of
affairs in Russia. Another issue of
Russian government bonds has circu-
lated in this country bearing 81 per
cent interest. These bonds are traded
in with interest" as they do not
mature until 1921.
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The Washington Market Company
today declared their eighty-fifth semi
annual dividend of so cents a share,
payable July I to stockholders of
record June 26.
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The Federal National Bank has de-
cIared a dividend of 81 a share, pay
able July to stockholders Of record
June &c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-20

Apathy marked the days trading on
the Washington Stock Exchange, no
particular security featuring. Sales
were made in Washington Railway IS.
Potomac Electric LIST 5's, General
Mortgage 6's. Capital Traction, Wash
ington Gas. and Mergenthaler.
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Frank G. wilkins has been elected
president of the Washington Market
Company to succeed E. o. Whitford,
who died May II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-20

The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Of Washington has declared a regular
semi dividend of per cent.
payable June 10 to stockholders of
record June %.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-20

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Total business on the Washington
Stock Exchange for the week ending
today was 800 shares OF stock and
S2I 900 in bonds.
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The Security Storage Company has
declared a regular quarterly dividend
of pa per cent on its capital stock,
payable July 10 to stockholders of
record June so.
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New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
7ruinload of Gin
On the Way Here
Heartily Guarded Special
Is Rushing $7,OOO,OOO
Worth To Be Exported

Special Correspondence
PEORIA, Ill.,, Dec 4.-Somewhere
between this city and New York ST.
100000 worth of gin, loaded on a spe-
oial train, each car of which is under
heavy guard, is racing through the
night. On reaching New York the
liquor is to be transferred to ship
bound for Cuba.
The departure of the train was
shrouded in the utmost secrecy. Not
until late this afternoon was it learned
that the booze" special had left Pc
oria at o'clock this morning. The an
nouncement yesterday by railroad Of
tcials that the train would not leave
here until midnight tonight was given
out to protect the train as much as
possible. II. D. Page, terminal man
ager of railroads, said this afternoon
The final loading and switching of
the twenty seven cars of the train
were carried on under supervision
of heavily armed guards. When the
train was ready to start q special
squad of armed meA boarded it. A
guard was assigned to each of the
cars. Every precaution against train
wreck has been enioined upon the dis
patchers along the Lake Erie & West
ern Railroad and the New York Cen
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25

WHEREAS, in the exercise of
w authority committed to me
by law | have heretofore, through
the Secretary of War, taken pos
session of, and have, through the
Director General Of Railroads. ex-
ercised control over certain rail-
roads, systems of transportation
and property appurtenant thereto
or connected Herewith, including
systems of coastwise and inland
transportation, engaged in general
transportation and owned or con-
trolled by said railroads or sys-
TENS of transportation; including
also terminals, terminal companies
and terminal associations, sleeping
and parlor cars, private cars and
private car lines, elevators, ware
houses, telegraph and telephone
lines and all other equipment and
appurtenances commonly used
upon or operated as part of
such railroads and systems of
transportation; and,
Whereas, | now deem it need
full and desirable that all rail
roads, systems of transportation
and property now under such
Federal control be relinquished
therefrom,
Now, therefore, under author
ity of Section IA of the Federal
control act approved March 21,
1918, and Of all other powers and
provisions of law thereto me en-
abling, I, Woodrow Wilson, Pres
ident Of the United States, do
hereby relinquish from Federal
control, effective the first day of
March,, 1920, at 1901 o'clock
a. m., all railroads, systems of
transportation and property of
whatever kind taken or held un-
der such Federal control and not
heretofore relinquished, and re-
store the same to the possession
and control of their respective
owners.
Walker D. Hines, Director Cen
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25

eral of Railroads, or his successor
in office is hereby authorized and
directed, through such agent and
agencies as he may determine, if
IN any manner not inconsistent
with the provisions Of said act of
March FL, 1918, to adjust, settle
and close all matters, including
the making Of agreements for
compensation, and all questions
and disputes of whatsoever nature
arising out of or incident to Fed
eral control, until otherwise pro-
vided by proclamation of the
President or by act of Congress.
And generally to do and perform,
as fully in all respects as the
President is authorized to do, all
and singular the acts and things
necessary or proper in order to
carry into effect this proclamation
and the REIMBURSEMENT of said
railroads, systems of transporta-
tion and property.
For the purposes of accounting
and for all other purposes this
proclamation shall become effec-
tive on the first day of March,
1920, at 1901 a. m.
In witness whereof | have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done by the President, through
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of
War, in the District of Columbia,
this Oath day of December, the
year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen, and
of the independence of the United
States of America the one hun
dred and forty-fourth.
WOODROW WILSON.
By the President:
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State.
NEWTON d. BAKER,
Secretary of War.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
Police Guard
Officials From
Red Revenge
Sympathizers With Those
Sent Away on Buford Are
Said to Have Threatened
Christmas Day Reprisals

The homes of public officials and
other well known men who have been
active in the prosecution of extreme
radicals will be guarded by the police
to-day as q precaution against possible
Red" demonstrations Information is
said to have been received by the au-
thorities that a Christmas Day ere
prisal against the deportation of the
249 Russian anarchists on the trans
port Buford was contemplated.
The precaution will be similar to
that taken last Fourth of July when
policemen were stationed on the prem
ises of many Fifth Avenue homes in
the belief that bomb outrages would
be attempted. However, nothing hap
pened to warrant the fear
Since the Buford sailed last Sunday
1t was said threats have been made
to show resentment against many per-
sons who showed sympathy toward the
deportatlons. 1t was stated definitely,
however, chat no bomb plot had been
discovered
Officials Of the Postoffce Depart
ment said yesterday that apparently all
danger Of anarchists sending bombs
through the mails had passed. A sys-
tenn of inspecting suspicious packages
has been put into force
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
HerFiue POzsndFur
Coat Cost $85, 900
Ninety-three Skins Used
in Sable Garment Made
for Christmas C. i t

A certain New York woman this
morning will receive what probably is
the most expensive Christmas present
of 1919. 1t is Russian sable coat.
costing $4,000, and is made up of furs
imported from several corners Of the
globe.
The coat will be gift of the wom-
ans husband, who was willing, he said,
to pay for the finest coat that could be
had.
The gift is a garment of rare lowell
ness, consisting of ninetvthree skins.
1t was purchased through the firm of
Balch, Price & Co., Brooklyn, who i'm
ported the SKINS for the purpose of
providing the wife of the New Yorker
with the klnd of coat desired.
According to the management Of
Balch, Price e. Co., the garment was
paid for at the rate of 81, ,062 an ounce,
pounds. 1t is valued approximately at
fifty-two times its weight in gold.
Many handsome fur coats have been
purchased for Christmas gifts this
year. local fur importers say, but moth
ing that has been sold approaches the
magnificent wrap consisting Of ninety
three skins.
The only cheap" furs now in the
New York market, it is said, are Rus
sian pony and Australian coney (rab-
bit). Coats of these materials, trimmed
in heavy beaver or nutrla, are selling
for from $500 to $4OO. A year ago
these furs brought only half the
money. Hudson Bay and Alaska seal
skin coats which formerly sold for
from $500 to $400 now are bringing
from $3.50 to $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
March I Suits
Railroad Heads
Officials Here Are Chiefly
Interested in the Plans
for Rate adjustment

! Satisfaction was expressed last night
by the heads of four important rail
roads when they were told that Pres-
dent Wilson had fixed March | as the
date tor the return Of railroad proper
ties to private control None of them
previously had anv idea what date
President Wilson would fix.
George f. Baker, chairman of the
board Of directors of the Central Rail
road of New Jersey, said:
"March l is all right. We are
chiefly interested. however, in guaran-
tees. Some Of the railroads can't live
with existing rates. Two months time
should be sufficient for Congress to
enact the needed legislation"
William H. Truesdale chairman of
the board of directors of the Delaware
Lackawanna & Western Railroad, said
II should say that March / will be
satisfactory to the railroad people. We
haven't known when the roads would
be returned, but we have been very de-
sirous that they shouldn't be returned
until protective legislation had been
enacted by Congress-"
John b. Kerr, of the New York, On
tario e. Western Railroad. said:
We'll, that gives Congress adequate
time to take care of the situation. Two
months should be ample time to pre-
pare. But the rate situation must be
attended to-"
James II. Hustis, of the Boston &
Maine Railroad, said:
Il think it will be a general relief
TO every one that a specific date has
been fixed for the return of the rail
roads to private control"
BALTIMORE Dec. 24.-Daniel Will
lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company, said tonight he
considered March 1 a very satisfactory
date for the return of the roads.
Il am very glad that the President
has seen fit to turn the roads back and
to defer the date from January l, be-
cause at January l proper legislation
will be lacking" he said
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24.-Thomas
De Witt Cuyler, a director of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and chairman
of the Association of Railway Execu-
tives, representing virtually all the
important railroads of the country
said:
"The Presidents statement is ad.
mirable in its tone and substance and
is entirely satisfactory to the railroad
companies They will be fully pre-
pared and organized to take over thei,
properties. / entertain no doubt bnl
that by March l Congress will. have
enacted sound and constructive Law
for the protection of the railroaas anf
} the public nlika.''
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
Store Robbed.
w oman Slain
TO Stop Cries
One of Three Bandits Opens
Fire When Screams of
the Proprietor's Wife
Quickly Bring a Crowd

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Goldstcin were
about to close their clothing store at
646 Main Avenue, Passaic, N. j., at 12
o'clock last night after doing rushing
Christmas Eve business, when an auto
mobile drew up at the curb and three
men entered the establishment.
They asked to see some overcoats
and Mr.. Goldstein showed them several.
One of them picked out s65 coat and
said he would try it on. After eyeing
himself critically in mirror he an
nounced that 1T would do. He started
out of the store and the expostulatons
OF Mr.. Goldstein that payment was in
order died on his lips at sight of a
revolver that flashed suddenly in his
customers hand
At the same time the other two men.
who We're standing near the door, drew
revolvcrs. Mrs Goldstein shrieked.
The store is only few doors from the
busiest corner in the city, and even at
that hour faces began to cluster at the
window In response to the woman's
cries
Without further parley one of the
men at the door opened fire. He fred
t.iice Sno'S, one OF winch penetrated
Mrs. Goldstein's body. She sank to the
floor. The three men strobe out of the
store. through the clustering crowd at
the door and escaped in their car.
Mrs. Goldstein was placed in another
car and started fer st. Mary's Hospi-
tai. She died on the way. She was
about fifty years old and lived with
her husband at S4 Grove Street. Pas
sale. Their store is one of the more
important ones in the city and had
been thronged with customers until
within a few minutes of the visit of
the trio of bandits.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
Aubrey Vibbert Killed
Under N. Y. Central Train
Christmas Cards in Pocket
Identify Broker ON Way
Home With HOLIDAY Gift

Christmas cards in the pocket of the
coat of Aubrey Vbbert, an insurance
broker, of 80 Maiden Lane, led to his
Identification last night after he had
been killed by White Plains express
of the New York Central at the 13Sth
Street Station.
Vibbert apparently missed his foot
ing and fell from the northbound plat
form directly in the path of the train.
Several cars passed over him. The
dead man lived at 81 West Fifty eighth
Street a silver sugar bowl, evidently
intended as a Christmas present, was
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
S32.OoO.OOO

The board distributes the interest
on the above funds currently and is
empowered to distribute the principal
IN its discretion
In 1919 Mr.. Rockefeller gave the
BOARD The sum of s20.O00,o 900 for the
Improvement of medical education, the
interest to be distributed currently and
ss sae principal to be distributed within
nifty years.
" IN reference to the present gift, DR..
"ailace Buttrick. president of the Gen
stal Education Board, makes the fol-
0wlng statements:
=, The general public is we'll aware
mat the salaries of instructors in col
sssses and universities have not thus
lar, IN general, been sufficiently in
creased to meet the increased cost of
isiving. The General Education Board
mas since the close of the war re-
Slelveo applications for aid from col
'sges and universities the sum total
~ which would practically exhaust the
"onsking capital of the board.
An emergency exists. 1t is ur-
sehtiy necessary to take steps to in
.Iease salaries in order that men in
ene teaching profession may be able
asnu nappy to remain there. in order
snat young men and young women who
Aa'',he TO teaching as career may not
neterrcd from entering the teaching
s.o1essicn, and. finally, in order that
y
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
Nebraska Women Renew
Their Boycott on Eggs

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 24-The ban on
the purchase of eggs by Lincoln women
will go into effect again next Satur-
day.
Recently Mrs. N. F. Hildreth. head of
the civics department of the local wom-
ems club announced prices for eggs
had tumbled from 85 to 55 cents a
dozen following Il two weeks boycott
on them and that the ban had been
lifted But removal Of the boycott was
followed by price increases. Some re-
tailcrs, it is said, are asking as high
as 90 cents a dozen, so the women
have decided to eliminate eggs from
their daily purchases until prices take
drop. SiXty-tive cents a dozen is con-
sidered by them TO be a fair price.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
General Education Board
Gets Gift TO Aid in Pro-
viding Adequate Sala-
ries in Higher Schools
Immediate Use of
Fund Authorized
$50, 900, 600 Goes to the
Foundation for ssWelI.
Being of M a n k i n d.

John D. Rockefeller gave away
slO0,OO0,000 yesterday-S5O, ,0OO.O 900
tc the Rockefeller Foundation and
S50,0OO,000 to the General Education
Board.
The entire sum, on the suggestion
Of Mr.. Rockefeller. is to be used at
once. The gift to the General Edu-
cation Board will be devoted to the
payment of more adequate salaries
b members Of the teaching profes-
SON. The gilt to the Rockefeller
Foundation will be devoted "to pro-
mote the well-being Of mankind
throughout the world.'
Mr.. Rockefeler's gifts now total
Al2.000,000. This amount does not
include large general subscriptions
70 the Baptist Church, to- missions
md other interests. His total bene-
actions are roughly estimated at
l45o,OOO,O0O
Five million dollars of the $50
100000 given yesterday to the
Rockefeller Foundation will be de-
'oted to Canadian medical schools.
Adequate Salaries for Teachers
The formal announcement of the two
gifts was made in the Office of Ivy l..
Lee, of 81 Broadway, Mr. Rockefeller's
publicity agent, who gave out two
statements. The first. with reference
TO the gift to the General Education
Board, follows
The General Education Board an
nounces that it has received from Mr.
John D. Rockefeller new and special
sllt of $50 900 coo to be devoted to CO.
operating with higher institutions of
earning in increasing the salaries of
the teaching staff. In transmitting the
git Mr.. Rockefeller forwarded this
memorandum:
The attention of the American
public has recently been drawn to the
urgent and immediate necessity Of
providing more adequate salaries to
members of the teaching profession.
IT is Of tne highest Importance that
those intrusted with the education
OF youth and the increase of knowl-
edge should not be led to abandon
their calling by reason of financial
pressure or to cling to it amid dis
couragements due to financial limita-
tons.
1T is of equal Importance to our
future welfare and progress that able
and aspiring young men and women
should not for similar reasons be
deferred from devoting their lives to
teaching.
"'While this gift is made for the
general corporate purposes of the
board, | should cordially indorse
decision TO use the principal, as we'll
as the income. as promptly and large
" as may seem wise for the purpose
Of cooperating with the higher insti-
tutions of learning in raising sums
specifically devoted to the increase
OF teachers salaries.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Gifts to Board Announced
The gifts of Mr.. Rockefeller to the
General Education Board since its es-
,,aohshment in 1902 have been as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
Lack of Legislation by
Congress Held Respon-
sible for Failure to Give
Carriers Back January l
Hines Given Power
To Execute Order
Director General Calls ON
All Employees to Help
Better Previous Record
Neu York Tribune
WdshfrotO Bureuu

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a The
railroads Of the country, together
with the express systems, will be
returned to private ownership and
operation at 1901 o'clock on the
morning of March 1, 1920.
President Wilson tonight issued
formal proclamation returning the
transportation and express systems
on that date.
This statement in explanation was
given out by Secretary Tumulty:
Last May in his message to the
Congress the President announced
that the railroads would be handed
over to their owners at the end
of the calendar year. 1t is now
necessary to act by issuing the
proclamation. In the present cir
cumstances, no agreement having
yet been reached by the two houses
of Congress in respect to legisla-
tion on the subject, it becomes
necessary in She public interest to
allow reasonable time to elapse
between the issuing of the procla-
nation and the date of its actually
taking effect.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
Wood TO File in So. Dakota
Formal Announcement Expect
ed Before January

MITCHELL, s. D., Dec. 24.-word
was received at Republican district
Headquarters here to-day that Major
General Leonard Wood. Endorsed for
President by the Republican State Con-
vcntion at Pierre, December 2, Will
file & formal announcement of his can
didacy with the Secretary of State be-
fore January 4
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25
President Will Return Railroads March I:
Rockefeller Gives Away $l0O,000, 900 Nor
The Presidents Proclamation

WASHINGTON Dec 24-President Wilson to NIGHT is
sued this proclamation:
By the President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION
REIMBURSEMENT of Federal control of railroads and ss
TENS of transportation:
New-York tribune., 1919-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. -" is the
title of 'Briggs's clever new series
of comic pages which will ap-
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Tribune beginning Dec. 18th.
Briggs has drawn married life
as it feels. Order from your
newsdealer in advance to-day
for next Sunday.