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The New York herald., 1920-01-25
FRENCH PARLIAMENT URGED
TO ADOPT DAYLIGHT SAVING

PARIS, Saturday.-The Ministries Of
Public Works and of the Interior have de-
cided to urge Parliament to pass the re
Gently proposed bill providing for the
turning ahead Of the clocks one hour be-
ginning February 1 as fuel conservation
measure Their decision was the result of
a meeting at the Ministry OF Public Works
at which it was shown that France re-
qured forty per cent more coal than she
could obtain by production and importa-
tion OF the commodity
1t was also decided to reduce street
lighting to the minimum consistent with
public safety. ...
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

10000 the total export gain made over
october.
W. G. Souders & Co. have purchased and
will shortly offer $4,000, per cent serial
purchase money mortgage bonds of the
Detroit Pressed steel Company. The bonds
are due serially December 1, 1921 to 1926
and yield from sas per cent to per cent,
according to maturity.
Clinton Gilbert bank stock specialist,
has issued a circular for free distribution
showing capital. surplus, book value. divi-
dends and deposits of all New York city
banks and trust companies for 1919. There
have been thrty-seven increases in divi-
dends in these issues during the last year.
s. A. Traugett until recently associated
with the Albany office of the National
City Company, has resigned from that or
gani1ation to become associated with \.
ID. Converse & Co.
r. NJ. Grant & Co. arc offering $1,000
Port of Tacoma Wash. per cent inn
provement bonds dated February 1, 1920,
and maturing annually from February /.
1881. to Februarg J. 1858. The bonds are
exempt from federal tax and are offered
at 500 and interest.
William West & Co. are offering $1,000
Madison County. y. Y, bonds to yield iia
per cent. maturing serially from January
I. 1921 TO January J. 1881. The bonds are
exempt to investors in New York State,
both federal and state taxes, excepting
inheritance taxes
Armour & CO. say:-"Hogs sharply
higher this week. selling up to top record
for packing season. naturally resulted In
stronger and higher markets for cured
products. which for some time haye been
selling below legitimate manufacturing
costs Domestic demand for hams and
other sugar cured smoked meats has been
Of increasing volume Fresh pork cut
market is steady. with very strong de-
mand and heavy shipments.
The LAWYERS Title and Trust Company
and the Commonwealth Trust Compa ns,
Of pittsburE. Pa, have been appointed
registrars and transfer agents for the
Williams Tool Corporation.
Under the caption Use Your Influence
to Save the Railroads, W. +. Newell. as
ISOLATED with the firm Of C.. |. Hudson d
Co. has compiled a circular, In which he
says the imperative need of equitable
treatment of our railroads by arequate and
Immediate legislation cannot be too
strongly urged not only upon the hold
ers of railroad securities. but upon the
public nj large The necessity. he ADDS
has become more vital than any problem
now confronting tho nation
secor. BELL & Bec<with. Of Toledo. an
nounced that Iiberty-Ovens preferred
stock viii sell cx dividend 5}s per cent on
February 90
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

Surplus after dividends OF the American
Brass Company for the year ended De-
cember 81. 1919. amounted TO sl.ou6. .140
That compares with se2,2le in 1918 Earn
ines we're s3&S. 14o. as compared with
Sc. .9oo, ,219 Dividends paid totalled s1.S0o.0Oo.
as compared with 100000 in 1915 The
annual me ,,ing of stockholders will be
held at Waterbury, Conn. February 3. at
which time tho Board of Directors will be
increased from fifteen to nineteen mem
bcrs.
Crude oil production OF the world in 1918
was 5I4729.2d barrels, as compared with
60s 702. .9o2 in 1917, an increase OF SOS .l52
barrels, or per cent. The United States
and Mexico produced more than 81 per
cent Of the worlds total production.
william a. Read Company has pur-
chased sl5,0O0.0o0 Z per cent preferred stock
of the Sherwin Williams Company, paint
and varnish manufacturer The issue will
be offered shortly. Proceeds will ba used
for enlargement of the company's plants.
Application has been made to the Stock
Exchange TO list the following securi-
tles:-St Louis and San Francisco Rail-
way Company, s10536 900 prior lien mort
gage per cent bonds, series G, due, July
I. 1921: Butte Copper and Zinc Company.
81. .Oc0O0 capital stock; Famous Players
I.asty Corporation. s9O0o0oO0 cumulative
convertible preferred stock 900 shares
without par value.
Cotton exports lead tho list of American
exports for the year 1912 Expectations
~ cotton totallcd n,3laW0.oC. For the
month OF November exports OF. cotton,
raw aud manufacturer, ycocdcd by slJ-
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Lessons in Oil

NOTE:-EroiV WreStor putting money
into oil reHtures should accitHpidtc conl
else knowiedOo 0f hc dctdHs Of OIL pro
GHcttoH and the character Of The oil fields.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
WANTED
BROKER,
UNDERWATER,
SALES ORGANIZATION

to handle stuck issue 81 o rcal OIL company
ono "a Ing ir NldContncnt fields. Has substsn
tlai production many wells drilling un proven
territory and large holdings. Successful manage
mont \ live prppusitun. now cuarging it~ opera.
tions Address SECRETARY. boz 80 Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
/ HlI 70 PLACES
IN HALL OF FAME

Additional selections OF famous
4 nori6Ans Tor the Hall OF Fame In New
Hofk are to be made this year. In ae-
eoe1Ancs with the rules OF the founaa
nson. providing for an election every
- ysArs Nominations BY the public
III z hrEa are now open and win con-
11a1A until May /. The election viii
II ~ hAld October /.
Robert Underwood johnson, director
s0k the Hall OF Fame, wifi sail soon as
snmbassador TO Italy. During his at
oeuce Mrs. William vansrnee VIII he
nGeine director and secretary. Twenty
SaeAoNnev electors have been chosen 20
sxpanee those who have died or resigned
snonqo the last meeting, they include
N. John Fl. Finley, Charles r.. Miller,
NINA Root, Major General Leonard
Weed and Melville Y. Stone.
B Twenty vacancies are to be filled this
lyonR. The board already has 10 narn~s
Aa1d over from the last election IN 1915
Only persons who have been dead ten
- more years are eligible Ia be chose n
Any spsrson raAy send In a nomination.
0aa hundred and nfty panels in all are
- - Inscribed. for which the following
havs ALREADY been chosen
n fSes---cecrre washington. Abraham
IAnecin Daniel webster. benjamin
Franklsn. Ulysses 8. Grant. John Mar
shall Thomas Jefferson. Ralph Waldo
Elnaracn. Henry Wadsworth Longfsl~
.1eW, Robert Fulton Washington Irving.
sJ0nathAn Edwards. Samuel F. r. Morse
naEM q. Farragut, Henry Clay. Ma
tAAnlel Hawthorne. George Peabody
40Aarf E. Lee. Peter Cooper e1iy
WAftney. John James Audubon. Horace
Mann. Henry ward Beecher. James
Kent, Joseph Storey. John Adams, Will
llaz6 sLniery Chanting. Gilbert Stuart.
- Gray.
11Gx-John Quincy Adams, James
4&G6Au lowell, William +, Sherman
1Afnep Madison, John G. whittier, Mary
I4SAs Emma willard. Maria Mitchell.
AlA4nAder Hamilton. Louis Agassiz,
JEAN Paul Jones'
4 111N--Harrfet Beecher. Stowe, Oliver
HT0ASal Homes, Edgar Allen Poe,
I11AE4o Fennimore Cooper. Fhilfips
|8fookx, William Cullen Bryant Francis
~ willard. Andrew Jackson. George
Bancroft. John Lothrop Motley.
% 1oa6---NArk Hopkins. Francis PART
,ksqna fEfiAs Howe. Joseph Henry, Rufus
Ehsaas. Daniel Bccne. Charlotte cush-
s:sAns
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
Old Fashioned Wife, In Old
Fashioned Home With
Old Fashioned Furni-
ture-That's Mrs. A.
! Mitchell Palmer.
Wife of Fighting Quaker
Believes in Votes for
Women.
Swarthmnre College Ro-
nance Begun in School,
/ DAYS May Lead to
! White House.

The moment q man becomes a
presidential possibility the first
hing every woman in the country
wants to know is whether he Is mar
riei and what his wife is like.
An old fashioned wife in an old
fashioned home surrounded by old
fashioned furniture-tha. 's a thumb
nsf ricture Of Roberta Dixon
Palmer who may become the first
ls,, ~ tire land.
Old fashioned she IL. In that In q
world If women seeking personal
glory and furthering individual am
hilton. abe believes that the greatest
and most fascinating career is to be
a wife and mother, and new fashion
ed enc Ia in that she also believes in
votes for women and woman's
rirht IN make her own place in the
world
This continuation might seem
rerndoxicsl were Il not for the fact
ths. Mrr Paine ifke the Attorney
General If the United States. A.
Mitchell Palmer himself. comes Of
old or1ter stock md the Ouakers
generations ago, maintained the
fraedon mi equality Of women. TIRE
v-hi'e their wives tended the hearth
fr~e with ouite as much devotion and
ski'7 80 other women.
Her Quaker Birthright.
II n because Of this Quaker birth
right that Mrs Palmer can be a suf-
irrgist. stand for all that is pro-
Fressive In woman's affairs. and still
hr6 .ha. being the wife of A.
Mitchell Palmer and the mother OF
EARNING, ten~year-old Mary Dixon
Palmer. the most thrilling adventure
N me world.
There need he nothing eontradic-
lory. IL, Mrs. Pa,mer's opinion. be-
tween old ideas and new necessities
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
CAPTAIN

legged failure to bring about the sf-
economy and responsibility.
which 1t had proposed Ia efrecttng the
adjustment Of the administrative
board, and recognising the method OF
city government. There arc moro
clerks now In tho City Hall than
ever before. and all Of them ara
drawing higher wages, ths captain
declared, and there are Just - many
departments as there wsrs usem-
bers OF the administrative board,
each with multiplicity Of sub-heada
drawing pay from tho city. /
Captain Mccarthy spoke for two
hours aud was listened to Attent1vely.
He denounced the moving picture
shows being exhibited In Richmond
as curse more dangerous to itx
social life than murder. arson Or
burglary and declared thAx the mayor
and director Of public safs<y were
negligent In their duty to perrn1k
such exhibitions to bA given.
He declared ~ tmpracficahae a.
proposition for the CITY to taxa own
tho viaducts and operate them ira.
The Virginia Railway ana Power
company, he aid would welcome the
idea, since It would rel1svU them of
all cost OF upkeep, ana all respond.
bnity for accidents ana damaxun.
AZ the same time II would derras,6
free right OF way over the bridFsU.
~ Il did over the Mayo brfdrN
claiming the right under IA usonS
viAions OF its charter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
Calls Children to Compete in
Tree Planting and Report on
Progress to American Forestry

Washington, March 22.--which state
viii make the best record in memorial
tree planting Is the question the Amer
lean Forestry association asks in an
nouncing today that Minnesota and
New York arc or in the lead among
the Northern states and that Georgia
and Florida are In the lead OF the
states farther South. The American
Forestry association Is registered all
memorial trees planted on a national
honor roll and viii send any one free
tree planting instruction and a tree
day program.
In Minnesota a campaign has been
started for memorial tree planting
among the school children by the
Minnesota forest service. Arthur Il.
Opel has issued Instructions to the
rangers ana offered aid in tree dis
tribution. Rangers will be allowed a
certain number OF trees. This Is the
first attempt OF this kind Mr.. Opel
reports to the American Forestry AS
ISOLATION. and the service Is limited as
TO trees. but has bigger plans under
way for next year Memorial tree
planting day" will be declared In the
spring. ,,4.~., . ,..s..
The New York State College OF
Forestry sends out cali for Me-
mortal Tree Planting and directs all
tree planters to register their trees
with the American Forestry associa-
ton.
This Is a great constructive piece
OF work" said Charles Lathrop Pack.
president OF the American Forestry
Assse ataasf. hon we interest, tho
coming generation IN the value OF
trees great good will result. In edu-
cation viii we get nearer and near to
4 national forest policy The General
FEDERATION OF Women's Clubs ana
patffbtsc orEAhsxNyidfs stIch an the
American Legion AMI thu Service Star
Legion are All cooperating with the
American Forestry Association. Now
that etAteo Ike Nav York md Mime
- - ssAffa1 - maooaee e IL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23

which other women may discover
something of the s~tret o. her bus
bands s,iccess'
Since they were married Mrs
Palmer's husband has xune from
court stenoGrapher to successful
lawyer, Congressional leader Cab
met officer and finally to q candidacy
for the presidency which 10 seriously
recognized Throughout the nation.
Their snarriase might be called \
Swarthmore romance. Il was 1t
that Quaker eo-educstional inst..i-
ton that they discovered each Other
Mitchell Palmer was senior when
Roberta Dixon was eophomnre,
In those days. when young Palmer
was glad to have Job az caart
stennCrarher. while he read law ut
night. not even Roberts D4xous
fondess dreams included his being
attorney general, let alvns Z presi-
dentaai possibility.
From, Plain Everyday Beginnirx.
And .he Palmers are Of that re-
freshine sort who remember that
they came from plain. every day be-
ginninRs. Mrs. Palmer has long
been prominent in affairs ct the
National capital. but she does not
forget the Days when her husband
was establishing his law practice
and she was mothering her first
babies. two little boys who died IN
childhood. leaving little Mary Dixon
Palmer to heal the sorrow brought
by their passing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer still use In
their home the "thee" and "thou" Of
their youth, but despite her Quaker
derivation and training. Mrs. Palmer.
like most women, has one extrava-
Rance. II isn't hats nor Japanese
prints. nor anything that may BE-
merely for money. It Is flowers,
howers that bloom IN every room Of
her home-and her garden.
Flowers in pots and vases, lovely
a. they are" says Mrs Palmer, ARE
only substitutes. Ny real 10y 10 a
garden, = great big lovel7 garden"
An Old. Fashioned Garden.
There are "a varieties Of old-fash-
toned flowers in the old-fashioned
Qusker garden at StroudsburR. Pa.
1t u rust such . garden. this that the
growE-up Quaker girl loves and
tenaa a. was loved and tended in the
long ago BY gray-clad, bonneted
QLaxer maids who did not worry
about LIES problems, because all
were solved for them by . beautiful
and suf:ieing philosophy.
There ars hollyhocks, and YER
benas. and pansies and four clocks
and live-forever and oahlias and for
get-me-nots and moss .oses, and
but II you're ever in Stroudsport in
summer, 20 and see that gardea.
| Mrs Palmer viii be glad TO shcw
| you ...s.s- - -4-----... ------~--.--.-,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
ny SIR AuCKI.ANp CEppEs

by SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES
(New British Am bassador to the l.. 81
London, March 20.---I decline to
take a gloomy view OF the future of
Great Britain or Of the American en-
change which ia weighted 30 heavily
against this country,
The American exchange Is barring
out luxuries from England and keep
ing its industries busy. When / read
the screams in the British press of
the gloomy-faced prophets who de-
clare that the American exchange Is
running Great Britain. / am inclined
to say: my poor. dear fellow. IL the
exchange were normal the state OF
the country would really be what you
fear 1t may become"
The exchange will right itself. and
the day Will come when the gold COL
icc1ed i'm American banks will come
To Great Britain In = strcam develop
ing from trfckle To 4 torrent, and
America will then become q serious
competitor with Great Britain In
British markets
We have got to get Europe on its
feet, and when people say. sTet us
see that German industries never rise
again" they are really saying, Let
us see that part of England Is bank
rupt when the American exchange
rights ITSELF because that ~ what 1t
means.
1t liz all folly. One lesson the war
ought to have taught traders is that
nations are intcrdependent not indie
pendent
would warn against giving way to
International hatreds and spites.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
NOT FIGHTING
Continued from Page One.)

sonaily in favor OF prohibition do
stand for upholdIng the prohibi-
ton law, not because II IS prohi-
bition but because It In the law.
But the protestants and the Jews
have no monopoly Of law1ess dis
turbers or designing schemers.
II Catholics az citizens. or the Cath
Ollie church a. such wish to bring
about the repeal OF the prohibition
amendment that IL their privilege. But
IL that Is their intention they should
not complain over being compelled to
work In the open AZ the advocates and
defenders OF prohibition have worked
and are working.
However. any attempt to trample
upon or evade the law while It Is
the law, is an assault upon the con-
stitution and our American system OF
government, and an offense against
law and order, whether perpctrated
by protestant. Jew or Catholic.
The Anti-Saloon league intends,
wherever II finds Catholics working,
~ such against prohibition enforce
ment. to call that fact to the atten-
ton of the public. II such activity
Ia praiseworthy and commendable
our telling of II will benent the
church. II such activity In not proper
then our action will benefit the pub
lie. In neither case has any Cath
ollie any just ground for complaint
The time Ii coming, II It Is not al
ready here, when the Catholic church
in America will have to decide
whether It will intellectually
| stand for an honest test OF the prohi-
bition policy adopted by the American
nation az provided by tina constitu-
ftnn ~ v,A ~
that policy 30 long a. Il 10 the su-
preme law OF the land, or whether Il
will stand with those who by political
and other means are trying to brins
the amendment into dtarepute through,
violation Of the law.
We believe that whom confronted
with such an alternative the Cath
Ollie church with stand with the law
and for Americanism OF the sober
brand which will give the best OPP
portunity to everything that fs gen
uine and true in religion. But II II
should take the other alternative the
forces behind prohibition will not
hesitate = single instant to meet the
issue head-on, for while IL might win
temporarily In New York city 1t can
not win In the nation or even In New
York state a. q whole II such an Is
sue II ever Joined.
';x@ he Iakhalic church Is q great arfsi
powerful organization which has done
tremendous amount or good ana II
capable OF vast amount OF good In
the future, hut II It should ally itself
with the brewers who werc enemies
OF the country. n II should take q
position In favor Of bringing bncR the
liquor trafflc which has been the toe
OF true morality Ana has act = ssc:l4
attribute to redeem II; II II should ar
ray itself against the American cons
science which haA determined mat
Democracy Ahail mot tail IN Infant And
waiting world on Z rnOfMi tissue, thon.
In tbs uztrarneiy iznpr0babAe epent
that II should tAkS Ana0S ~ & nntNA-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
DELAWARE. DELAYS
SUFFRAGE ACTION

Dover. Del. March 2s.--Much to the
disappointment Of the sufff fists OF
Delaware as well as the National Della
ware did not ratify the suffrage amend
ment on the opening day OF the special
legislative session. called primarily for
that purpose. and from Indications
here tonight 1t does not look az though
the suffrage question will be settled
nntil the Delaware school code ID ,ut
Of the way.
Suffrage leaders OF national and state
reputation. Democratic and Republican
state ARD. national lsadeEs. sAiad .AraAa&
advocates Of suffrAgists, all flook-
ed to Dover today.
The suffrage amendment. white pre-
scented at this aftsrnoon's session by
accident. was quickly withdrawal. the
explanation being that II had become
mixed up with I concurrent resolution
which had been handed to Representa-
tive Gregg.
~ Representatives ARENA. AerrAs.ean
1ocr leader was scheduled to present
the suffrage bill and llkefy will present
il at tomorrow's session.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
Polidy. Demands Helping
Late Enemies, Says Geddes

should have thought that any man
would be satisfied with what the allies
have done to their enemies-they are
crushed, they are broken. they are
humbied. and d lot OF them are dead
As matter Of plain self-intercst,
the allies ought to pick up their late
enemies and try to get them on their
feet. xf they do not they win leave
Europe shattered, and her paralysis
will extend everywhere.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
Dry u. S. Critical of Credits
for Wet, lndulgent Britain

all thoughts OF mere destruction and
to recognize that the attempt to an
initiate Germany by preposterous de-
mands for reparation would hurt
themselves far more than 1t would
hurt Germany. and would mean not
only economic, but social suicide for
England.
Nor must there be any British boy
colt of German trade. The biackness
OF the cloud which hangs over the
European continent is alarming TO nil,
and is a gloomy background to all the
hopes we can base on reviving British
trade
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
REVIVAL SERVICES BIsrN
AT SEVENTH ST. (yHRISTyAx

Revival services began at Seventh
street Christian church last night.
The services will continue until Eas-
Ter sunday. The pastor, Rev. II. d.
g. MacLachlan preached on the sub
ject of Tasks of Christians"
The chorus choir. which In a fea-
ture OF the revival, was directed hv
Henri Beauregard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
AURORA D0RtALIS
PLA|N|Ne VISIBLE

New York, March 2e.--Aurora
boreais, commonly known as North
ern Lights caused prolonged and
widespread interruption throughout
the day and tonight on telegraph
wires all over the country.
Brokerage wires in Wall Street
were badly handicapped during the
day. and press associations suffered
severely tonight.
Many cities reported brilliant cleo
trical displays lasting for minutes at
a time.
The great Northern lights were
plainly visible in Richmond last night,
the whole fsee~i se t9~ . long period
irning a brilliant reflection, which
was witnasSc4 Is thousands,
Telegraph wires were materially
ndscapped. and operators had Diff
nenlty in receiving press reports over
both the Universal and Associated
Press private wires. 1t was not until
after midnight that the wires got back
to normal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
Bible Glass Offlccrs Euexsrsf

Officers OF the r. GRAY Haddon
Mems Bible class, Laurel street Meth.
odist church. have been elected as
follows:
w r Graefe. president; Howard
Jones. vice-president. H. Il. Reefs,
secretary; q. w. Gwaltney, treas,,r
er; T. Gray Haddon, teacher: Roger
Williams, assistant teacher; A. c.
Evans. reporter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
KAISER EATS BtnRRIEs,
FORMER SUBJECTS srARvE

Brnssels, March 23.--whiie thou
sands of his former subjects are In
desperate straits from starvation In
Germany, william Hohenzollern Is ea.
ing strawberries at s1.95 each IN Hol-
land. IT was learned today. =.
The strawberries are bling bougs,t
mere and shipped to Ameringen for The
former kaiser's table.
The ex-emperor la reported to be a
frugal eater now. his sole luxury being
forced fruit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23
LABOR UNIONS
CONTINUED From Page one.)

the nationwide feeling time to sub
side and make II possible to divide
the people into their respective par
ties again for political issues,
Whenever 1t ts possible, an at
tempt ia to be made to negotiate with
the radicals and only to use arms
where the radicals themselves en-
deavor to use them.
The war map" of Germany today
shows three strong centers Of the
Red" movement In the country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-23

She 10 neither perplexed nor per-
turbed by the multiplicity of ''rnove
ments"
ri cannot understand the point Of
view Of the woman who thinks it saf-
fees TO minister to the material side
Of her husbands needs" she said.
"To me it is quite as essential to I'M
derstand my husbands views and
Is to have his home well ordered and
his meals properly cooked and
served.
Thought can neither be measured
nor bound, and a woman's mind can