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New-York tribune., 1920-12-29

oers' including prices, amount Of ma
terlals used and all sorts of data in
connection with the business Of each
member, so that each concern nigh,
know the extent and circumstances OF
the business of his competitor. Daily
reports also are received from each
manufacturer through exchanges with
all the others
Mr.. Hulsart said that sales for spe-
citic jobs constituted about SO per
cent of the business. Cement s., sold
must be used in accordance with q
form contract. Asked if cement SO
sold was cheaper, Mr. Hulsart said he
didn't know.
The association" he added, "has
nothing to do with prices
Close Tab on Prices
"Yet these bulky reports Of prices
are promptly made. Why queried M-.
Untermyer
so the members may have complete
information as to the business" re-
piled Hulsart
"lf the dealer buys more than he
requires he is made to return it, isn't
he?"
II don't know"
Mr.. Untermyer later produced con-
p
ers supporting his contention.
The point of all this is that If there
was too much cement on the market it
might affect or break the price,"
1T might
You have six inspectors to see that
no dealer gets more cement on con-
tract than the contract job requires ?"
yes"
Another witness explained later that
the purpose Of this was to prevent
speculation among dealers.
On the quarterly report of $50 trans
actions ending September /. 1920. in
brooklyn, it appeared that in each Of
the sales. ranging in amounts from 200
barrels to $4,000 barrels, the price was
IN every case $265 barrel.
iou have no reason for the exact
uniformity of prices over hundreds of
various places at the same time from
different manufacturers = like the
workings Of clock?" asked Mr.. I'm
termyer.
Prices Everywhere Uniform
NO, sir. The association is not in
the least interested in the prices Of
cement. 1t has to do with the manu-
featuring and distributing of cement
only as an aid"
But these contracts were as far
away from each other as Maine, New
Hampshire, New York and other
states"
The witness could not explain how
the prices on all these contracts were
IDENTICAL
Mr.. Untermyer, referring to the rule
whereby members in each regional
group carefully kept out of each
others association" asked Hulsart
what could be the purpose of this prac-
tice, except to maintain uniformits in
prices and divisions in selling territory.
Hulsart gave the explanation that it
was the intention to prevent duplica-
ton of contracts. so that dealer could
not order from members of both asso-
Citations. If this was done, he said.
there would be a surplus of cement in
the bins Of the manufacturers at the
end OF the year.
Isn't your explanation ridiculous ~
"skrd Nr 'errnve~. "WAv sh lan'+
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Two Building
Rings Bared;.
One. Smashed
Continued from psss ens)

CONTINUED from pass ene)
conclusion of his testimony told him
ne would turn his testimony over to
the grand jury for action.
Kept Data on Prices
from Hulsart Mr.. Untermyer learned
that the association members covered
what was known a the Lehigh district,
consisting of eastern PENNSYLVANIA.
western Maryland and the Hudson
River section. From the bylaws of the
association MIR. Untermver read a rule
that all members were to file monthly
information concerning all contracts.
work, prices, deliveries and "other
data" on the business of the member
ship firms.
According to the testimony, it was
shown that there are three such re-
glonal associations Of cement manufac-
turers IN the country. In the South
said Hulsart, there is the Southern Sta
tistical Bureau and in the West the
Midwest Credit and Statistical Bu-
reau. Mr.. Hulsart said his protective
association exchanged data with the
Western bureau. The bylaws of the
protective association, as read into the
record by Mr.. Untermyer, showed that
secretaries of each similar" or regional
body were to exchange this informa-
ton.
In addition to these regional bodies
1t was testified that there was a ma
tlonal association, called the Portland
Cement Association. Hulsart said he
group who were not members of the
a 40 RI
were between ninety and a hundred
manufacturers of Portland cement in
the country.
Mr.. Untermyer said that the bust
ness was dominated by "big five" in
the business. These. he said, included
the Atlas, Alpha, Lehigh, Vulcanite and
Universal Portland Cement companies.
All but the Universal, it was said are
Eastern concerns.
Runs Complex Card System,
Hulsart, who said his salary was
$4,000 year, declared he conducted an
Office for the Protective Association at
10 West Fortyfourth Street, where he
had seven girls employed on a complex
card system wherein no less than
twentye ght different forms are en-
ployed In addition, he said, he had SIX
inspectors who go out to determine if
prospective Jobs need as much cement
as dealers ordered.
In accordance with a contract form
submitted by the manufacturers to
dealers, the latter are forced to re-
turn all cement in excess of that
actually used by them for any specific
job. The dealers are not permitted to
keep the surplus or dispose Of it any
other way
At three month intervals, it was
coverinc over'' rtract of al its me-,
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alone consumed 6,o00.0 900 barrels of oil
during the past year and that he would
vigorously resist any move that would
take from the navy its oil reserve
lands in California, Colorado, Utah and
Wyoming, comprising upward Of 16o,-
900 acres. The naval secretary be-
lieves these lands are capable of pro-
ducing 100000, 900 barrels of fuel oil
unless oil wells sunk just outside the
reserve lands are now draining the
government property of its deposits.
"Other nations are conserving their
oil in the ground and buying American
OIL" Secretary Daniels said. eve have
been prodigal to the point of injury to
American interests on the sea. We
should conserve our own oil here and
obtain reserves in other countries. We
should have oil storage wherever
American naval or merchant ships
touch"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Mayfower, Presidents
Yacht, Damaged by Fire

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s-The mess
room and several statcrooms in the
officers quarters on the Presidential
yacht Mayfower were burned out to-
day while tie yacht was ed up at the
navy yard here. A board of inquiry
was convened to determine the. origin
Of the fire.
Secretary Dan els said the amount of
the damage had not been determined
but that number of the officers lost
all Of their personal effects. The fire
was extinguished before it reached the
state dining room and the Presidents
quarters.
Eigit newspaper reporters and pho
tographers who entered the navy yard
by passing the marine guard were ar
rested and held st the commandants
office for questioning, but Mr.. Daniels
ordered their release.
The yard officials were said to have
sought to establ sh from the men how
hey were able to get by the guard.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29

the light Of subsequent events, it would
be difficult to justify on a business
boS,-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Gould Renews Demand
For Wilson Fund Audit
atemized Statement of Expendi-
tures by House, Grayson
and Others Is Sought
From The T,.ibune's Washinqton B

FROM The TfibVne'S Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dee. 28.-An itemized
account of how certain large sums
turned over to Colonel T. NJ. House
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson and
others by the President from the specia
lump sum appropriations of $3.50, 900 900
placed~-at his disposal during the war
were spent, is asked of President vii
son in a resolution introduced in the
House to-day by Representative Nor
man ]. Could, of New York.
Representative Gould introduced h
similar resolution year ago. President
Wilson responded at that time with a
report which stated fiat allotments OF
large sums were turned over to .indi-
vi'uals in charge of various commits
sions, committees and bureaus Ir-
formation as to how these allotments
were spent is asked in Mr. Gould's fol-
low-up resolution of to-day
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Naturalization of Coal
Is Demanded by Daniels
ownership of Oil Lands Also
Urged to Insure Plentiful
Supply for Navv

on 4ne 7rsoune's Washington Burea.
;,. wASHlNGTON. Dec 2s.-Nationa,-
naua ,arv.oh OF coal, fuel oil and water
Sscra, iahos was advocated to-day by
nry necssy OF the Navy Daniels as a
Of ~ step If an adequate supply
y. oi is to be available for the A,per
'esn Navy and merchant marine.
secretary Daniels said the navy
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29

Thrift and Investment Cam
paign letters written by Mr..
William C. Freeman for Henry
l.. Doherty & Company.
The object of that campaign
is to induce thrift and to have
the proceeds Of thrift invested
in we'll chosen corporation
bonds and stocks so as to get
not only safety but the best pos
sible income yield.
You can assume, if you want,
that the thrift campaign is one
hundred per cent seltish-but it
is not.
This letter has nothing to do
with that campaign, but is ad-
dressed to those who are so
fortunate as to have ready
money available now. Our mes
sage is this:
Perhaps never again will
there be such bargains in
investment securities as the
market now offers and so
we say to all, and this
means you,-scrape togeth-
er all the money you can
get without borrowing and
buy investment securities
and buy them now.
You can also assume that this
message is one hundred per
cent selfish if you want to-but
it is not.
We don't know that the abso-
Lutte bottom has been reached,
but the man who is always
waiting to buy at the absolute
bottom nearly always waits un-
il it is too late.
Come to us and we viii ad-
Sc you what to buy, whether
Tou have one hundred dollars
r a million to invest. If you
c'annot come. write. If you
ant to depend upon our iudg-
ent. we will treat it as an
aonor transaction.
If you don't want to buy
hroug', Us. t'1en 90 to any
equitable inveetoGent house and
5uy on their advice. Contrary
20 r9'1e~al opinion dishone sty
N Wall Street is the rae ex-
ception, not the ~enora' nile
here are many honest and
9lert inves ment houees II tie
Val Street district. While we
would like to do your business,
We are more anxious t. oof v7u
% buy now to your own advan-
taqe than to wait until we G'lc-
ceed IN convincing you that we
can serve you as vel, IS the
rest other agency could pos
sibly do.
If vou doubt the wisdom Of
our advice to buy. AID b1v now.
we ask you to cut this letter out
OF the paper. together with the
market Quotetions of the listed
and unlisted bonds and stocks
as they appear in the New
fork papers Of next Sunday
morning. and put these market
quotations with cur letter. in 4
sealed envelope. II be opened
one year from today. We ven
ture the opinion that when YOU
open tat envelope vou will
realize th2t you have lost q rare
opportunity, ard will greatly
regret it.
NAM OF the safest securities
are selling at the heaviest dis
count. There is a reason for
this, which we will explain in
another letter tomorrow. It is
rot necessary to 30 opts;de of
strictly investment securities to
get a handsome income and
sooner Or later eubstantial en-
hancenlent in market value.
Unloes vor are professional
investor let US advise with ven
IN se'ecfln" vour invesfmorts.
huf If you do not come to us
seek TIE dice Of some raputa-
bic investment house for +here
never was @~eater benefit to
buying than now.
Yours cordially,
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STOP ITCHING eczema
Penetrating, Antiseptic Zemo
Will Help You

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed. you can stop burning. itching
eczema quickly by applying Zemo
Furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, $l.00. Healing begins the
moment Zemo is applied. In q short
time usually every trace Of eczema.
letter, pimples. rash, blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making 1t
vigorously healthy. alwaysuse Zemo, the
penetrating. antiseptic liquid. II Is not
igreasy salveanditd oesnot stain. When
,thers fail It Is the one dependable
treatment for skin troubles OF all kinds
tt. y W. pr-e 90. C'ev~isnd. O.
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BIZ THORNTON w. BURGESS
What Boomer the NighfhasDk SaiO

nHE million little stars looked
u down and twinkled and twin
hied- Bneath them lay the Green
Meadows and the Green Forest.
They didn't look green now. because
Jolly, round. red Mr. Sun had pulled
his nightcap en- and gone to bed be.
hind the Purple Hills. and there
wasn't light enough for the grass
and the leaves TO show their green
color.
Over the meadows and along the
4 dre OF the forest sailed Boomer
Ne Nighthawk. Sometimes he was
Is low that he almost touched the
meadow grass. Sometimes he flew
10 circles way. way high In the sky.
Boomer the Nighthawk was happy.
Vie had slept all day. for Boomer
likes best to sleep by day and fly
By night The bright light Of day
hurts his eyes. and he can see bet
ter In the starlight than In the day
light Then at night there are lots
ana lots OF little insects flying about
and very few hungry little people TO
catch them
10 Boomer the Nighthawk was
happy, for there was plenty to eat.
Every few minutes he would open
MS great big mouth and then close
n with a snap, and every time he
SdId this there was one less insect TO
nv about and get into mischief.
Really Boomer was helping Farmer
Brown. tho he didn't know this
You gee some Of these little insects
lived on the green things growing In
FARMER Browns garden, and would
epon have killed the little plants
growing there But Boomer the
growing there. But Boomer the Night
hawk wasn't thinking of this- He
per this was really his dinner time.
you know tasted, and what splendid
fun IL was TO ny and ny. and not all
the time have TO be watching out
for danger.
. BY and by he few away. way up
over so high In the sky. Then he
half closed his wings and coasted
down, down so fast that 1t seemed
a. IL he must surely hit the ground.
But he didn't. Just before he reached
the ground he spread his wings and
won't Swimming over the meadow
grass instead Then he did It all
ever again. He came down % fast
49, ~ ~ sustsd thsu The long.
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FOXY PHILIP

- g - hssst ~ - ~ u
fAiry landlord tsrn u eurnaR tsok.
ing - cross ~ . bear.
-ouickr ~ called TO his win. who
was washing the baby's earA ~Comc
here F1opsy. And when Mr.. TinEn-
ling calls for his rent tell him I've
gone On Q vAraxicn. I'm ensy going
on Q i've minute vacation down In
the mud ~ ths bottom q The pond.
but u wont b ~ al necsssary for
you 70 tell him thsG when he's
gone. Just 80 Ksr-ehunkf nrss
timss. and I'll come up again Now.
do exactly A. I ten ycu and svery.
thing viii BE- fins ~ . spidcr.weh-.
PIN gave . Mop and . dive and .
wiggis and was coma Nothing to BE-
seen anywhere but = few lazy rings
Of mud oczing up toward the top Of
the water. Just then the rent collect.
crs arrived.
tCcpyrieht. isss. n. n A.
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BIZ ALTMAN
BIZ LEO
BIZ BLOSSER
By POP MOMAND
ByAHERN

at Ivychurch Rectory. Kent. Another
card was just delivered to Mrs. Fa-
gan which was posted by her son.
about three miles away. over -
years ago.
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Rupture Kills
1000 Annually

Seven thousand persons each year are
laid avay--the burial certificate being
marked ''Rupture". Why Because the
unfortunate ones had neglected themselves
or had been merely taxing care Of the
sign dwelling, OF the affliction, and pay
ing no attention to the cause. what are
yeu doinEf Are you negiectiug yourself
by wearing q truss. appliance or whatever
name you choose to call III Al best tho
truss 10 only . makcshift--a false prop
against q coliapsing wsil--and cannot be
expected to act ~ more than a mere me-
chsnicsi support. The binding pressure
retards blood circulation, thus robhing the
weakened muscles OF that which they
need Observation-Disclosures
But science has found q way. and every
truss sufferer In the land IL invited 10
make FREE test right IN the privacy
OF their own home. The pLAPAO meth
cd is unQuestionably the most scientific.
logical and successful seif-trcetment for
rupture the world has ever known.
The PLAPAO PAD, when sdherlng
closely to the body, cannot possibly slip or
shift out OF place therefore. cannot chafe
or pinch, Soft AZ v,lvet.-ossy TO apply
inexpensive. To be used whilst you work
and willis. you sleep. No Atraps. buckles
or SPRING. attached.
Learn how TO close the hernial opening
- nature intended, 80 the rupture CAN'T
come down. send your nAmc today 20
P14APAQ CO., Block ssl. 81. Iouis, No.
for FREE trial Plspae and he intsrnA.
49, nnn6nsnsR
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~. TingAling limpsd awAy ~
Forty Turtles houss holding on for
Gar nfs 70 Nick and Nancy. his Ut
ue friends. because Torty's Grand
dad shut up his sheu on The fniryman
and pinched him And. mind you.
he trted 10 ~ sfterwards that he
/ thought TingAfing Wa = pearl but !
.ardfy bslisvs that TingAling being
- roty-poiy and round n every'
1ing. But affair AL that may have
besa ~ very reason.
Wen, Just between Tortyp cav
end Marty AInk's house LIVED that
cid rascal. Phu Frog. wbe told such
Z yarn about Marty Mink gsttine
caught when b. wasn't caught at all
Mr.. T1ngaling hadn't forgotsen
that not for . minute; and the
panchins he'd Just got didn't make
him FEEL . BIT moro lihe forstvfns
anybody anything. - Il was small
wonder that Mr.. Philip had paipiia-
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&far Seattle -.
::3fqEZ;y n; 9b;.q{,R!,
Page LA
DANGER

rough they picked her up and car
ried her.
"she got 90 she didn't expect
70 walk anywhere; her Indian
friends were always there. and al.
ways ready 10 serve their hyas
mahkook t'kcpe sikhs VERY dear
white friend.
$50 you soc Il was only some of
the Indians We had TO fear.
The back parior of the big
house never was furnished.
II should say Il had no chairs
and tAbles and pictures and rugs
In H.
Instead VEN bcxes Of ammuni.
don. kegs Of wunpowder ana
stacks Of wuna II was . real lit.
tie arsenal right there In our own
house
AN thru tho country people
were belng murdered by hostile
Indiana No white man vas safe.
for tho indiana doctrine was one
Of revenge.
mo forgivsnsss had ben taught
them.
sIf . chief vs. killed. then shsy
must XII q chief In return
sIf many men Of = tribe were
destroyed then that tribe must In
turn destroy many men Of the
enemy.
"ons mosninR mother had I'm
ishcd her household duties. her
baby was sleeping. and tho little
ones were playing about the door.
when she heard The sound Of moo
casined fcsl
at was not tho son pad.pad Of
. man who comes on . common
errand. but . swift running thud.
thud.thud-thu Of one who Ii In
treat need. Or who dec from dan
80.
Qs - Csut1nue4
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g A ND when the big old greasy
"A Indian gave the baby hack.
did that little baby be your Peg
~ asked
ooh. Pceryr David protested.
Don't you remember she just
ssid Il was her brvthrs"
The gentle lady drew Peggy
into her lap.
No. dear. wasn't that baby.
Ny mother had two little boys be
fore cAme. and the winter I
came abe was In san Francisco.
% I really was not born In the
Puget Sound country.
-Mothex aid when she reached
Caltfornia she was perfectly
amazed 10 find that her two little
sons spoke almost no English.
They had played 80 constantly
with the Indian children they
knew only tbs language II their
plAymateA
'ous day they came IN ana aid.
Mama. . bog said -watsr"; whA,
y '.water"r
And mother had 70 tn them.
why. he means "chuck.s That
y the Indian word for water.
when we returned from San
Francisco things were pretty bad
with the Indtan--not our own
Indians. the Clalium tribe--they
were devoted to mother and her
children. and a. much afraid OF
the Snooualmies and Northern In
dams a. the white settlers were.
~When mother went out to pick
berries tshc lowed TO TO into the
woods for Wild blackberrtcsl she
never had to walk she was. As I
have told you. . delicate little
voman. and the Indiana loved her
- they wouldn't Let her 90 things
for hsrssh. When The trail va
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-01

stiff fcathefs Of bis winGs and made
= loud. booming sound. which Is the
reason he II called Boomer. II
startled some Of the little birds out
Of their sleep In the bushes along
the edge Of the Green Forest. and
this made Boomer chuckie, for he
thought II great fun
Once when he came booming down
out Of the shy no saw something
that made him stop his long slide
half way. II was something moving
In the blacklist shadows. Boomer
turned and flew right over the black
shadows whers he could look right
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-01
Ellen Terry's Gems
Are Sold at Auction

LONDON. Sept l,--Jewcis worn
By Mise Ellen Terry during her vari'
Gus Appearances on the stage were
sold AZ public auction for S+,s7s. A
lovely emerald and brilliant pendant.
the pick OF tho lot, brought $4,000.
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Pa Was Highly Insulted

were reunited after . separation Of
20 years and married The groom
Is -. the bride IS. Each had mar.
ried after their tilt years ago. Hill
became a widower a few months ago.
The bride had been q widow for four
years.
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Letter Mailed in 1905
Is Finally Delivered

LONDON. Sept Ia Christmas
card posted at Fernham on Decem.
Der Is. 1905. has Just been delivered
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-01

Perhaps tho most famous weather
vanc In America is the golden grass
hopper that has whirled since l742
above Faneuil hall In Boston.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-01
Sweethearts Unite;
Separated 26 Years

ELIZABETH. N. j.. Sept L.
Harry C. Hin and Mrs Catherine
Owen King. swcethearts In youth.
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Up in the Sky Boomer the
NighthdWk Watched Gran
M and Reddu For.

down into them. Az he looked be
saw two figures creeping slowly
along. One OF them limped and
seemed TO bc having . dreadful time
to get along. "It's Granny and
Reddy Fox" said Boomer To him
self. They werc 20 intent on their
own affairs that they hadn't noticed
him At all He opened his mouth to
shout to them. Then he closed IL
again without making a sound. 'T'il
just wait and see what mischief they
are planning now" he thought
SO from up In the sky Boomer
the Nighthawk watched Granny and
Reddy Fox cross the Green Meadows
and climb the hill toward the far.
away old pasture. Il wonder what
that means7" said Boomer the
Nighthswk 10 himsslk
Next 0tsrU Pshs RAbbn Hart .
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personal management s.,oo su,y AZ.
1901. do not compete with cheap.
transient. advertising dentists.
My prices are the lowest con.
sistent with first.class work.
EDWIN J. BROWN. ID. ID, 8.
4aattis's Loading Dentist
a loe Columbis st.
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Seattle's
Leading
Dentist

/ am now devotin>
my entire time 10 MI
dental practice. I MAKE
ell examinations ant
diagnose each case, a
well as do all extract
ing between tho hour
Of . o. m. and s p. m
My offices have beer
established for mor'
than a quarter OF 4
ranffIry md liDder M