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4 STATES JOIN
IN URGING PRO
SUIT DISMISSAL
~ CASE FILED ~ RHODE
ISLAND 10 TEST VALIDITY
OF my LAW
BRIEF FILED BY HUGHES
Gov,inncnr ..sas supreme Cont Ia
tanrel Arguments Action
Opposed In second iiricf
Presented.

| ny Associated If-ss
Washington. March | Twenty
one states Joined with the federal
government today In asking the
I supreme court TO dismiss the
original suit brought by Rhode
island to test the validity OF the
prohibition amendment Ia the con-
s,iiutiOn. Subscribing To brief
liled by Charles T.. Hughes. with the
courts permission and which asked
dismissal of the Rhode Island ease
On the grounds that no Justiciabl"
questions were involved. were
ne states uf Delaware, North
Carolina. Kentucky. Louisiana.
Indiana. Alabama. Maine. Arkansas.
Michigan, Florida. Oregon. Kansas.
West vrblnia. Nevada, Nebraska.
Montana. North Dakota. South Da-
kotl wyoming, rtah and Arizona.
Law l. Attacked.
Dismissal of the suit. which the
government has moved, VAS opposed
In another br,pf presented by At
torney General Herbert \ Rice Of
,hndo Island. who asserted that the
governments View that the amend
ment o. "unassailablc could only
lead to anarchy aud oppression
Another dcyclopmnt today In the
proceedings was Indefinite postpone
meni by permission OF the court Of
arguments. which were to have been
heard neat Monday. In order 10 per
init appeals from Kentucky and
Massachusetts. Involving the amend.
mont's validity. To- be- heard al the
same time.
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70 sustain iis deere that the steel
concern " good" combination.
the majority todry found that u
controls about half of the American
iron aud steel trade including mines.
mills. r ,lroads. ships and ore fields.
fconiinued on Page SixD
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vance against Poland be stopped
and arrangement begun Tor a.
armistice. In answering the Allied
suggestion the Soviet government
Immediately accepted the situation
as one strongly faToring the chance
Of Official Allied recognition Of the
There are even yelled implica
tons that Lloyd George may have
anticipated Just what Lenine did
He certainly acted on behalf o.
ali the Allies. when he made his
suggestion for an armistice direct
" to the Soviet government Of Rus
sia, and now Is In q position. II be
desires. to bring pressure to -beat
upon Mill@snd that sincs pego'
tiations have been opened with
Russia there Is nothing to do but
70 through With them IN order 70
help Poland. :
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RIlLRDAIIJIES
0TINI[R[sTaE:.RE|
|DOings on the Baltimore
& Ohio and Mononga-
hela Lines.

j. D. Hecksr, ticket agent Of the
Is. & o. railroad. is on the sick List
today.
Two cans, an empty and . load
| ed enc, were derailed IN the west
end Of Fairmont yards Of the B. &
| o railroad last evening at 1920
o'clock. "A side track was blocked
Ifor q time.
at sHoult last evening Two load
led cars we're derailed on the B.
Ia %. railroad. The Pittsburgh tratn
was late asa result
Work on the tracks In the B. 4
10. yards at Fairmont preparatory
| to running mallet engines Is pro
crossing fairly well. The work Is
Expected to be completed BY Sep
ltember /, although it may run a
little later than that time. The
Wheeling division laboring. gang
Iis sent on the Job every Monday,
lint the remainder Of the week they
spend on their own division.
Il. J. Higgins, Brownsville, Pa.
general agent, Monongahela Rail
way, was in Fairmont today.
Seyenty-fiye berry pickers went
10 townsville on the Monongahela
railway today. Yesterday the berry
pickers came home with well laden
B. 2. Holverstott, Grafton, as
sIstant superintendent Of the Mon
ongah division Of the B. & 0. rail-
road, and ]. N. Jordan, Grafton,
division freight agent. B. 4 o. are
in Fairmont today.
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l.lNBICElE ]
NIRCH0Fu|DERS

CHARLESTON July 27-That
.se limited Nina workers al Amer.
~ s oms rssnors;bl i. for tos ths armed
70 ssa.c az 4 s ,n;ners into Rome com.
- an s y q. for ia purpose
y, o on,e Sss,S nrean X "a a Con.
Il Ci, ,s%s ssscSeS Nv Major Thoraas
i =: ysvs; s Sv covs r John j
S Sorpu~sII n i,vestissts conditions
y I oasn s ~ s
u M nUss nr,nted yaoort d. tho inyes.
LIE. las p, M ,,aSe nnblic iast night.
osSsr ea ssS s are lie follow.
s SsaeF s9uss1s'Ss
lns s;.o ma, onera4ors IA the Guyan
,oi uav t ara not employing armed
yaie y. S St an. rSs ne eHst through the
: ga aann S gos ef nnesrstors ASSOCIATION
= ~ .Ser+S n iogan county q
70 ING :, s aranav q eacS sI month which
sum .s " 1 ~ Nv sc certain deputies.
T Is ass a.,c ~ ~ = Condemned By the
TINS p.sSase p y s the charge
coMml ,soul.a-s teeS Tera beaten and
tn I., S y NJ cosl fialds Of Guyan
sl9geo y ~ INC eor T%n o received
yauey . W. ~. SSu # q nnmher who
tne me-. .ss tSav were arrested and
5tateu sueS
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new THEORY N
trunk MYSTERY
tRv Associated Pre4I

DETROIT, July q. A state
ment 10 the police by Mrs. Leg
lrumbull, wife Of q patro!man, ual
Mrs. Eugene Leroy, victim OF De
troit's trunk murder mystery, mac
confided in her that she was about
i to become a mother, injected q new
theory into the case today.
Police today divided their atter'
ton between q hunt for Leroy, nus
band for the slain woman, and q
second trunk believed to contail!
the vital organs OF The body and
which Is known to hive been sent
from the apartment house where
the Leroy's lived.
Police believe that examination
Of the organs might reveal wheth'
er death was due 10 criminal oper'
alton, as has been limited since
Mrs. Trumbull made her state
ment.
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LAKE QUOTA
Continued from page one.


being necessary to make up al
bacE tonnage for the lakes. 0per
ators who do not ship their LAKE
coal as directed Will have their Goa
''i itissp to the Mouougah division
Of the B. & o. railroad to senc
daily 10 the lakes 1Se cars Of coal;
the West Virginia district Of the
Mouongahela railway, 30 cars and
the Charleston division Of the B
o. railroad (coal 3 Coke 5 cars
Good Car Supply.
Indications point 10 an e1ceuen!
car sNeply on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. Not only was the
nun rood today, but this morning
there we're 500 empies In. sight fot
Wednesdays loading. As the day
wears on this number should DC
greatly increased.
Only ten mines are idle on the
B. 60. railroad today, there being
1924 cars on the division and ,ths
early morning placement Is LISA.
The cars are classified as follows:
Opeil, 1,140; coke, 81; BMR., So;
NJ. v, =. 81 Cars left over from
the previous day were LIZ.
on the Mn1ongahela railway N
West Virginia there are 20 emp.
ties placed of which number lob
cars were assigned. This means
that III commercial cars are IN
he West Virginia district today.
In the Pennsylvania district there
are 27S cars placed. For Wednes.
DAYS loading the Indications THU
morning were that only fuel cars
would Be In sight, there being q
brace Of New York Central equip
ment coming this way.
Empties on the Haen's Run and
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a!lg EVK
4 i 4 pat on.

i ss pdg. o. S. Pat OF.
Az ssers "a esterday's XVII.
ma Original form Of the
mod Clock was Q water clocl
nm 9 6is
Land q Perpetual
sufiSSasi Is 8 designation otter
giss1 tGs state Of Florida.
drction Is a lessenins
!, 1 lowering Of the size or degree
b ything.
obstruction Is an OBJ
IiaEie shindr Trance Or blocking up
horse cuts is second sci
n teeth. when It Is five years old.
The capital Of Missouri !:
jsEterspn City:
me !. Log Of the Shark" wa
VIC eu:hy Mrs. Chairman London,
No tucrtbes IN i the South sea
IoyaS Of herself and her late
hISb band Jack London.
ME : supreme genius o.
SnIirs Cesar vas that Of a world
Snilder! It was his aspiration to
f. Al ,c.nrrnfries nnder one GOV.
make he ernnent the pest tna'
mn could devise.
eonee bread, Is 9 sWeetens =
Ind fequently ;spleed bread, u
sln1ll tlke Of biscuit form. tnas
vas aginaiiy served at the atei-
noon edttee drinking hours u
Eafled
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elallf 800 ~ lt.z - L i. :. -i9e :,
IN Ira nnnib e q e11pty cc4l
cafS stSndlng sh6lls
one q lhe @ iclals salo NY!
.sTkey 0nghf To- ID no % etetes.
DOM here lcadi thell. ~ \ %
Nnitsd Nine ttetker.: /.
\ Edward Matthew. secretary v
sab district { B m tho Cisrkse1il
Nick Aiello, district board men
her Is n Grant Town today.
John Cnstalac. district otElni'
1er, Is at work At yamis on = y .
Of. Keeusy, Charleston, pred
dent 81 d.strict II leaves Cnatlea'
ton tonight for Fairnlont. y.
w i. Ray, district pearg msu
ber, Is N At his home N 81 AiesaA
KanaHha county.
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SOAKING It TO
TIE SPEEDERS

Talk about the high cost Of liv-
ing-It is the high cost Of speed
Ing that is worrying a great many
Fairmonters these days. Slowly
but surely one William 7. Conway
MAYOR Of the City Of Fairmont, has
increased the cost Of speeding Just
four hundred per cent. Instead o.
The good old days Of the last ad-
miristration when IS was the
speeding fine, It now costs 80 lot
die first oitense- a fine which
makes the offender rare back ana
realize that be has actually violat-
ed the law.
But the $40 fine for the tirst o.
Tense Is not the worst Of 1t all;
MAYOR Conway has warned mora
man one that he has q perfectly
GOOD cellar In the city bui!dtns
where he will send speeders VINO
are before him for the second OIL
tense. ~.
congested streets and Is miles per
honr on all other streets, the
speed limits, Is not very fast driv-
iny. Those who do not have a
twenty spot TO donate to the CITY
had better not get caught for re-
gardless Of class or distinction, he
will pay the penalty.
This morning two speeders were
before Mayor Conway and each
maid the usual fine. L. K. Coma
Yay caught going out Pennsylvania
avenue at a IS mile per hour clip
while ]. Il. Sloan paid his fine for
speetins on Morsantown avenue.
The driver for the Chiffon taxi
service company was before Mayor
Bowen on a charge Of reckless driv-
ing. denied the charges and his
case was pUSlpOueu uuIA
this afternoon at which time wit
nesses will testify.
Thomas Weaver was before May,
or Bowen this morning charged
With lettering. He denied the
charges and his case was postponed
until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Laura Brown, the woman with him
at the time put up a forfeit Of $2O
to appear at police court this morn
ing. She appeared but for some
reason left Just before her case
came up. The $50 forfeit went to
the city treasurer.
S. ]. Enix who yesterday morning
denied charges Of gambling was
to be tried this morning when Wit
ness could be brought to court to
testify against him. he strongly
denied the charges all day yester-
day while In jail, but last evening
confessed, paid q fine Of SO and
was dismissed.
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G00II0GE
fcoltinued tron Page onel.

row Of Kentucky and the reply o.
Governor Coolidge.
Rescue from the actions Of wa
was described as the transcenaen'
need Of the nation In the address
which Governor Coolidge delivered
aTbs chief task that lies before
us." be said 'is to repossess ne
people Of their government anu
their property"
Gov. Coolidge found. another
choice Of graTest public concern %
be athe feactionary tendency 70
substitute private will for the pub
| liz win" He said there had been
| . disposition on the part OF many
indiyiduals and Of groups to IN
ouire whether they liked the law
and IL not to disregard It and pre-
vent its execution by the methods
Of direct action.
"The observance Of Iue 4aM ~
said is the. greatest solvent o.
public Ills" He deplcred attempts
TO create class distinction
Discussing economic relations
Gov. Coolidge declared the extrav;,
agance standard Of governmental
expenditure bred Of recent years
must be eliminated and a revision
Of taxation be accompanied BY 9
reduction Of private extraTagance.
| he urged a different public attt-
tude toward industry, 9 larger
! comprehension Of the interaeoen;.
dence Of capital, management Of
labor and better facilities for u.e
prompt and reasonable adjustment
| Of Industrial disputes. The need o.
the farmers Is an enlarged power
Of organization waereby the erlg.
| insl pfoducers profit 10 o larger de-
gree by the high prices paid foi
his produce by the consumer and
THAT at the same time decrease
tthe cost Of food. "
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Sensational Break
in Wheat Market

CHICAGO, July q. Sensational
breaks IN prices took place n the
wheat market today and the flnisn
showed losses of II and "a 70 u
cents per bushel in additional to 9
an extreme drop yesterday Of $
The new price today was due
chiefly to selling Of stop loss char
scter By discouraged holders
March delivery closed up to 81 as
against 251 last night.
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Realty Deeds Are
Filed fol. Record

The following deeds were filed
with County Clerk a. G. Martin
yesterday:
c. 3. philips, Lille Phillips, to
L. D. Martin, parcel Of land In
Harrington, $500.
Jerome Anderson, Jennie Ander.
son to W. S. Stoneklng. parcel Of
land In Warrington district $500.
J. S. Freeman, Flossie E. Free
man to J. c. Keener, c. c. Arnett,
h. L. Larue. trustees Of Elite
Lodge No. 423. /. 0. o. F., parca
Of land in Rivesville. $500.
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B. { 0. PULLS
Continued from page one.)

vile and as this is q road haul nj
tariff Is provided as no shifting ar
rangements are reckoned on e1cepl
on terminal movement. y
The action Of the B. & o. hal
not only raised the Ire Of the high
officials Of the P. & L. E. and Mo
nonsahela railway, but scores o.
shippers are indignant over this
Arrangement, which they term an
injustice. Prior to the war, It ap'
pears, q similar condition prevail
ed, but Just as soon as the govern
ment took over the lines the hrst
thing done was to replace the re
ciprocal switch.
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II||'||lI||l|'IRPE|||l ]
CHlDl|[.NI0B||||[
GV[G}OT E|I%
Special Arrangements ID
be Madefor Them on
Wednesday.

The names a1d addresses OF
crippled children IN Fairmolt are
wanted BY tie committee in charge
| q the Chfdrns Outing tomorrow,
which Is being held under the aus
piees Of the Fairnont lodge Of
Elks, but. which Is purely . COM
munity affair, TO- the success Of
which people not EfkB are expected
to contribute along with the mem
bers Of that order.
The Idea Is 70 make special eff
fort to give q good time 70 the.
children Of Fairnont and vicinity
who are not able to keep up with
other boys and girls when II comes
10 foot racing and sports Of this
nature. The proposition makes
these children the fortunate ones
on this occasion instead Of the M
fortunate ones. r.
Anyone knowing Of crippled chill
dren in Fairmont VIII be doing
their share IN making the outing
q success BY calling Arthur 9.
Frey (Phone D at once 80 that In
making the arrangements ior au.
tonobiles be can have crippled
Youngsters included in the mile OF
children that Is expected to parade
| he streets Of Eairmont. going down
The river as far as Rivesvllle and
then back to Fairmont and up to
the Country Club for q feed.
The invitation has gone out for
1000 children under IA to attend
this outing. The outing viii IN
clude the automobile ride, eats at
The Country Club and entertain
ment at that point. The American
WALTON effort Of the Elks lodge win
be- emphasized IN this affair BY
having the children carry Tags:
John G. Burthinal has charge Of
his department Of the arrange
mants and has arranged with the
Fairmont Woulworth store TO draw
on other stores In that chain at
wheeling. Grafton, Clarksburg and
Moreantown 90 that one thousand
flags may be ready for the occa-
sion.
The children Of Fairmont are en-
titled to a little attention In the
belief Of the Eairmont lodge OF
E1ks. Tina organization felt cer-
tain that everyone IN Fairmont and
vicinity breathed this game thought
when It undertook the monster
project Of 0 children's outing. The
committee In charge fully realizes
that It has q big undertaking on
he hands but feels certain that It
can depend upon the community
for automobiles, drivers, chaper-
ones and for the hearty cooperation
that is necessary to make the event
a success.
The meeting Of the Elks lodge
tonight VIII be largely taken up
with the preliminary ARRANGEMENTS
for this outing. It Is expected that
additional designation OF members
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l5ss,S.,A .SSas = No. n the
~, ~ + :. ;toSsy
IN ~. :; IN sSs; asnSeri51
I9s.,a ssS,c ~ = ys I. I; SrdiiSINere
! iss sSss.S - =; :
~ ss nan, p,od,etion. &:
,v.,- !, , Ian n Tonday mo-
d- sI .ss.s : fsssnsre EJery M
,ssS 4 IA AZ rreSior SaA 4 rood nm
"a, ~ .s,, nv r ~ me totsl ton
s ~. sroa1csS m lSonday'vss 1896
49, 80 n cosl AMI c6ke-ig77 cars
| y ~ sal Il M "a an al coke.
Mines sIons De Mononsah d.
,, SIo2 e = sa son Ss. Ssd 4 sood dly
; 49, - vas 4 Ii tonnace no
| SneaS ThiS M 1876 cars Of coal
AMI cote-isos cafs sof coal and
Il ~ cass of eofe, Of this there were
1 i car =, 81 col loaded east and
s sS ,oaSs west: coke production
t M Il csrs q which 10 cars
S mt. east ana / sars vest. Wagon
r,ine nrnSncf,or a dropping re-
Gently tSere having been but s
ssrs ~ cosI snduead Yesterday
! ~ e', .hon, fiftv sIer cant Of what
tssse mines ,vete running Inst
T 49, -. =
m fSe.,at,ans m the West virginia
a,st.Srt Il. ira Nononeahela raIl-
s.ss. .roS 4, an cars al coal on
Wcndsv The mines az the Penn
s rS district loaded 3S7 cars Of
eosI /
Aion, the Bslen,s RIM and
wvetth,n 6ranches Of the
w 49, 5ssrv,sna rsiivay on Mon
ssy ' there were l2s cars Of coal
,i lsuI .;ec.d 1est S ware "a loaded.
''S' .AsG n,iIS sSinments.
n,,,, sSiInsn,s nff the Balti-
rare 4 0hio raiIroad q, Monday
v ,vs % felIovs: Curtis Bay, 512
s ss,e s. Georrss. Ia cars: Iskes,
TX ' c.r ~ Michis,n noints. 10 cars:
n an s1 no,,t T * cara. misca!laneous
y v.sS no;nts 40 ears.
"s'.e. PsiI,a,d Euel
RayIno,d incl loadiug off The B.
4 n -silroad m Monday aegregat-
a X sas ss cars n enal Railroads Sc
c ~ nv Anal mt oifhe FaIrmort re-
, Inn sv sse ii. : we're as follows:
3 = x i97 cars. Bangor & Aros-
nj Il, : 10 cars ar c,of N. J., IS cars;
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glMSeo 10 Winona-At a meet
ine 81 the Ministerial Association
fliIs morning at the Y. N. G. A, y
;Wss agreed that the ministers, al
manylss could, with officials Of sne
various churches would go to WI
I mona LAKE TO meet with Bully Sun
: sdSys o. August 16. Word has beer
received that he viii be there On
that date An the ministers are ~ 4,
Syited q 70, but many Of them VIII
Is uusbie TO do So However .
So6aiJ number Of laymen and min
istefsTill 90 TO Winona Lake.
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IjE|IgIll|IIRE|' !
tcostiuued nom pige oral

-c,-,,,
Inc .sssl.ls
Sand for Z No
Aonsst. 1. s,,,...,,t
W. W. !. aSrr.S r.
SlssS = =. S1 Tal1sa,, Ta,tea
S =. .;s,s p 1 -
~ nS Tautsss ~
Inc !. ~. Mesa s5 u.,.
I aIi - Sse rnn me +
heam .' Ws - WeI
he vg19 ~ Nos
aaE 9, S ~. ~
On " .. ms Atm"s rha ga
ana s 49,
Which g. q ! s SppEss.,
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sosultsl Gases . At the Cool
i,cspItsf last night Mrs. c. G. Walls
Hhinnytnn. underwent q minor opei'
: afiori while Miss Frances West
60S Maryland avenue, had her Ton
ilssysnoEed yesterday.
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Midsr injured = Allgna Cotton,
memo, & niiner, Of Carolina, was In,
jrre about The. head by a fall Of
I slSfs Yesterday. BE Is a patient
!. - fhe Fairmont State hospital.
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every.day Clothes,

Every.uay VIuu!eS,
zone finds 1t difficult In these
times TO dress as one ought
"0h, I don't know. ] have a SUI
Of clothes for every day IN me
week.
-Yes, this is it"-Ttt-Bits tL0n
dom.
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Millionaire Melanehella.
The millionaire was dour and glum
We asked how he was hurt.
.rhe ultimIlionaires," hesobb
'Treat me Ike so much Dirt"
49, -IudYe.
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csss srom South = Miss Red
! diel l6f virginia, and Miss Red.
diE df North Carolina, are The
met d Ma Clement I. Shaver
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nesdaT fan ant
warmer.
Local Readings
E P.sHalI, Oh.
temperature q
5 a metoday 81.
Ye S t erday''
weather clear
temperature, ma,
mum E; mini
mum 81; prectpi'
tatlon none.
River 1853 fee
,olling
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GFRIIANS

CONTINUED from page ole.J
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s10-What Is q wheeze?

K Tair tonight, WEI
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]. D. Hecksr, ticket agent q the
5. & o. railroad. is on the sick List
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being necessary to make up al
bacE tonnage for the lakes. 0per'
ators who do not ship their lake
coal as directed viii have their coal
Evening star., 1920-11-15
Havana IS HI! HARD
+ BY THE LIVING COST
Commodities Range About
Double High-Mark Prices
in American Cities.

HAVANA. November 13.-American
women disturbed by the mounting
cost of living ought to come to Cuba.
,, The trip would make them satisfied
with conditions at home.
Broadly speaking, prices in Havana
are just about double the high mark
in top notch American cities. One
cause. according TO dealers. is the
unprecedented port congestion, ap-
parently with little hope of early
clearing. and which has resulted IN
the ruin Of hundreds Of tons of Deces-
sary products. Whatever the cause.
of high cost. described by papers here
as more burdensome than that found
elsewhere on the face of the earth.
Sugar - Cents n Pound.
Even here. where II is produced in
sufficient bulk to supply millions
elsewhere. sugar retails on the Ha-
vana market around "A cents pound.
Grapefruit. going 10 waste r..
miles from town, sells at New York
quot atoms. Financial depression. the
demand for ready and available cash.
and the moratorium. under which
banks limit Withdrawals to 10 per
cent. have failed to start price re-
luxuries to meet weekly pay rolls.
Until the mora ;oriun ends. December
H.. hotels will not permit patrons to
sign bar and cafe checks, a time
honored custom here. Cash is needed
and man pays when he eats.
Conditions In Havana are Of little
concern to the wealthy element from
the states that will be coming here soon
by the thousands for the winter and
racing season. But for folk of ordinary
means, with two weeks for recreation, a
big bank roll is needed. About the low
ont hnf fol rat &c 2 dn for a
bath. And this is not at the best
places. for there rates are much higher.
and along toward the middle of Noyem
Der the 81 rooms will fetch SIS.
Americans Have Tale of Woe.
Americans living in Havana pour out
n tale of woe to friends from the states.
The women seem to be hit the hardest.
show that a good pair Of mems low
shoes cost as high as SIS. The rainy
season is not ended, and So for cotton
umbrella is bargain" Flannel
trousers are there for S25 and silk shirts
for $50. A lot of odds and ends that Q
man needs cost more than twice the
mark at home. The correspondent saw
panama hat valued at $3.50 and the
dealer declared that sugar men pay 1t
without blinking
age at home cost go here, and for a 81
box of American candy they ask 81.
Two-cent American papers. three days
old, cost IL cents. You may get rea-
sonably fair suit of clothes out of stock
for 800 In most cases ,women's shirt
waists. it was explained, cost three
times the home figure. The only ex-
ception in the upward trend is the straw
hat. the cost of which. is about on the
American scale.
The only paper money in circulation
here is American. The bills are 80 worn
and utterly filthy that man parts with
them rather gladly.