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New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Fur Auction Program
Division of Lots for Sale Next
Week FIXED

The New York Fur Auction Sales
Corporation yesterday announced the
following program for the sale at auc-
tion of $3,5o0,o90 worth of raw furs,
which it will conduct in Masonic Hall,
beginning Monday, September 19:
Monday-1,135 otter. 1,ofs lynx, iM
stone marten, 275 baum marten. l20W
ermtne, s16, 600 mole, 392 600 muskrat n
Guiding Southerns; 5000 black rnuskist
Tuesday-2.sso badger. IL, 600 gray toz
1850 white fox. 537 cross fox. 16s silver
fox, 2 sea otter. 116 blue fox, 1850
skunk.
vednesday-1ss wolverine. s51 bear. l..
zoo Russian sable, 35,244 wolf. 21.2oo red
fox. 4S0 monkey, 6,16o beaver.
Thursda ay-20 900 house cat, $500 r.ngtsl
cat, So 500 marmot, 2,SO0 hair seal. seea
pony. $3.50 rnarten, 1000 japanese marten
21.500 japanese mink. 26l 900 American
opossum.
Triday-ssa. 600 pounds Australian and
New Zealand rabbit, 5000 Australian
opossum, 2S5 Tasmanian opossum. S0iee
ringtail opossum. l4.40o wallaby. 5ees
wombat, 40,s00 Australian fox. 4ss kan.
garoo, sos leopard, s2s chinchilia, 2eS@
mink.
saturday--23, 900 kolinsky. 2s, ooo hteh
45.70o civet cat $1,000 nutria. 2sbes
Persian lamb. 10000 shiraz. 900 South
American and Mongolian lamb, $40 caracut
$500 sundry fox, Is. 900 wild cat, s!s
dressed and dyed Alaska seal. S6sss
raccoon. $500 squirrel
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Business Continues
To Show Improvement
More Liberal Ordering; Fail.
ures Increase, Reports
Credit Guide

Business continues TO show g..
steady improvement which st.~..,
about seven weeks ago. according !,
the Credit Guide. "In the vorn..,.
wear trade" says this agency. ~.
every 1000 orders reported to y.
Credit Guide this week there v.,.
$50 last week, and in the mems wa,
for every 1000 orders there were aos
last week. In the wearing apparel In.
about 80 per cent more machines A..
operating than six months ago."
Several garment manufacturers a,
the women's wear trade are raport.d
to be sold up to capacity, while N.
tailers are said to be finding them.
selves actually short of fall mercb.n.
disc. Wholesalers and nanufactrrsr.
report distinct improvement IN u.
quantity and number Of orders.
OF the 33s business failures I'll,
week, the analysis by the Credit Guid.
showed that sixty-three. or 21 per cent
were in business less than two year.
Last week failures totaled sss, with "a
per cent new concerns, the report
stated. The wearing apparel and DIV
goods industry, as anlyzed by this
agency, suffered the heaviest burdsn
Of the suspensions, reporting a total
Of 80 per cent of the gross failurs.
compared with q per cent last week.
Complaints of unjust cancellation,
of contracts, unfair returns of mer.
chandise and other such practices have
increased, according to the Credit
Guide. A total of 4,160 complaints
were filed against that number Of mer.
chants, as compared with 1892 similar
mplaints last week. The increase a
attri huted larpelY In hearier h,,uine
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Butter. Cheese and Eggs

Butter--Receipts We're 7,1S0 packa ges
Creamery, higher than extras, lb., Ar @
@41c; seconds, s41h @3sc; lower grades.
32@34c; unsalted, higher than extras, Al
0D45c; extras, 4s@43lsc f1rsts 38@42c
seconds, S41a @37c; state dairy tubs, finest
40041c; good to prime, 81 @39c common
to fair 400 sec; ladies' current make, ex
27@2711c: lower grades, 26@261Ac; pack
ing stock current make No 1, 27c; No. 2,
26c; lower grades, 24@25lac.
Cheese-Receipts were 1851 boxes. New
York State flats, held specials, lb.. 21@.
22c; fresh specials, 21@21lac; average
211Ac; average run. 2o@201ac; Wisconsin,
double Daisies. fancy, 20@21c; single
Daisies, fancy, 2o@21c; Young Americas.
81 ~ D22hc; state SKINS. s@15c.
Eggs--Receipts We're 25,6O7 cases Fresh
iirsts. IS @ 42c; drsts. s4@s7c; seconds. 20
@33c; trade eggs, 23 30c; dirties. regular
packed, No. /, 26028c No. and poorer,
lsQ 25c; checks fair to choice. dry. 22@
24c; refrigerator eggs. special marks,
@S2l &c; white eggs, $50 44c; Jersey, hem
merry extra fancy selection Soc; state Penn
sylvania and nearby Western hennery
whites, average extra, G0@62c: extra firsts,
$40 5sc; firsts. 500 SIC; gathered whites,
firsts to extra tirsts. 500 5Sc; under grades
40@4Sc; Pacific Coast. white, extra irsts,
52@56c, firsts, 4eG Sic; other Western and
Southern, gathered whites. 35 Gp soc; state.
Pennsylvania and nearby Western hennery
browns, extra, 46Qp49c; gathered brown
and mixed colors, graded extras. As a 46c !;
firsts to extra firsts, 35 @ 42c.
Pctatoes--Maine. $50 lbs St25045O.
Long Island. bbl., s4Q5; Jersey red, l5o lbs
$2.5oGf3.25; No. :, sl.25GD150; sweets, Viz
ginia, bol, slg5; North Carolina. $3.50
ss' Jersey basket, SIS OQ$2; Delaware and
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Commercial Credit

With call money rates stiffening
somewhat yesterday afternoon, the
demand for prime bankers acceptances
continued light Dealers reported no
change in quotable rates. The demand
for commercial credit shows signs of
expanding somewhat with the approach
of the fall season. Commercial paper
rates are steady around 6 per cent,
with the really high grade names be-
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
American Sumatra Earns
SIS. ~ Share ON Common

For the twelve months ended July 81
the American Sumatra Tobacco Com
pany reported net income, after de-
Quoting interest, reserves for taxes and
depreciation of tobacco of $966,637,
which, after deducting preferred divi-
dends for the year, left balance equiv
alent to S5.74 share earned on the
$4,000 shares of common stock.
This compared with net income Of
$2,581 ,031, or S16.91 a share earned on
the common stock in the preceding
year. Cash amounted to $1,O7l ,839, and
accounts and notes receivable, $685.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Satisfied Judgments
In Now York Counts

The first name is that of the debtor, the
second that OF the creditor and date when
Judgment fled
James, Cecil &C. r. Harper:
June 12 1919 .:............. s15s.s6
Conlan Rose--P. Cusack; April
21. 1919. Observation-Disclosures. 4214l
Buckingham Steel Co. Inc
Central Leasing Co.: Jan. 1S,
1915 ;...-... 1ao.as
July 20. 1921. s.2ss.is
Levine, Chss. AZ. A. Bradley:
Feb. 10, 1920 ....... 5,sss.s2
jamin-C. n. Volckman ct al:
Jan q. 1871 syacateal -... 7o6. 40
Cantwell VIM. w. and Paul NJ -
Abraham--West Publishing Co;
:, Nov. 1s, 1914. 1852
Wyman, Boris-~state Bank; Dec.
q. 1911 245.s5
mans. Bitter ct al: March
81. 1921 1896
Kneppe. George - G.. Schfnstt:
4 June IS. 1920.........S Sr.aaa1o
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Food Prices Increase
6 u. C.. Here il, august

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. = In
creases in the retail prices of food
in August, as compared with July,
were shown in statistics for fifteen
additional cities, made public to-
day by the Department of Labor.
In Rochester, N. Y, there was an
increase of s per cent, in Buffalo,
4; Baltimore and New York, 6;
Milwaukee, Newark and Norfolk, 5;
Charleston, S. c., Louisville, KY,
Manchester, N. H., and Portland,
Me-, 4 Houston, Texas, 3; Butte,
Mont, and Dallas, Tex, 2, and Min
neapolis, per cent.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Foreign Bonds
Cotton Goods Ouiet

Activity in unfinished cotton goods
yesterday was confined largely to
trading at second hands In view Of
the rise in the raw cotton market
mills were reluctant to quote. The
64x60 print cloths sold at Sh cents at
second hand. Mill quotations, when
obtainable, usually were cents.
Forty-inch S8x88, $50 combed lawns
were quoted at 16 cents.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Prices Irregular
I'm Active Trading,
On Curb Market
Peerless Motors Spurts Up
5 Points i'm Late Deal
ings, but Movements I'M
Other Stocks Uncertain

A squirt of points in late dealings
in Peerless Motors featured yester.
days active trading on the curb mar
ket. Most of the other stocks moved
uncertainty, and the trend ut the close
was irregular.
Glen Alden Coal gained more than
u at 36%, while Tobacco Products Ex-
port sagged back to b1a.
In the oil group, Cities Service and
Standard Oil of Indiana lost fractions,
but Maracaibo recovered to 18. Inter
national Petroleum also worked higher.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
PACIFIC OIL COMPANY
Notice Of Meeting

165 Broadway. New York. N. l.,
August s. 1874.
The Annual Meeting of the stockhoioos,ys a
Of the Pacific Oil COMPANY will be i,er ne,s
at the principal office of the CofpoIaaslVss -
Number West Tenth Street in the cisy o.
Wilmington. County of New Castle, psaaa ps.sa
ware. on Tuesday October T. 1921, az is.ss 81.
O'Clock p. NJ. standard tirnn for the W.
lowing purposes, viz:
/. To elect three Directos for te'l
of three years to succeed IN Directors y
the First Class. 30
2. To transact all such > Aer buslnes'
as may legally come befor. the 'ueeIshs,
including the approval and Ratification "A 4
an action of the Board OF Directors 49, ~
OF the Executive Committee since fas ~. ~
meeting of the incorporafors and ~ us,
scribers TO the Capital Stock Of the lofps
ration on December 3, 1920. u.
For the purpose OF the meeting, X X
books for the transfer OF stock VII IL. =
closed at 3 o'clock PM, Tuesday. 81. I.
tefnber 13, 1921, and will be reopenss
10 O'Clock AN. Wednesday. octooes
1921.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors.
HUGH NELL, SecrefaIs.--
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
DIVIDEND NOTICES
pR0DrC1e CORPOEAIl0S

September ,. Is1..cc ~
The Board OF Directors Of Topssssss ~
Products Corporation have deelafeca q
one one ana three % quarters percent. az x',s y &
One Dollar and Seventy-fve Cents sss.,sd
per share on the outstanding piess.s.s
capital stock Of the Corporation, % !.
on October /. 1891. to stockneius's ~.
record at the close OF business Q"
ternber 10. 1921.
Checks Will be mailed.
WILLIAM A. FEReuSv,ss,,v..s 4
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10

Southern Spot Markets-Norfolk steady
76 points higher at 1880; sales, 56 bales
Augusta steady, rs points higher at 10 25c .
sales, 5S bales. Memphis steady. un-
changed at 19c; sales. 1850 bales Hous-
ton steady 125 points higher at 19.50c
sales, 7.405 bales. Little Rock steady. 100
points higher at 19.5Oc; sales 391 bales
Dallas steady. l15 points higher at 10 o5c ;
points higher at 1890; sales sss bales
Fort Worth steady, ll0 points higher at
9.l0c; sales. 6127 bales. Galveston steady
100 points higher at 1976c sales sal
bales New Orleans steady, 100 points
higher at &c; sales, 4155 bales Mobile
firm. SO points higher at 1Sc; sales. SO
bales. Savannah steady. 100 points higher
at 1880; sales S40 bales
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
NEW YORK TRANSIT coMpAss

Dt''"nas. -S0" sse.sst sT lsss,.
A dividend of four dollars per snssff g u shis
been declared on the Capital ssoeHs ssi II
Company payable October loths "a Snek
stockholders of record at the eioss -
ness September Goth. 1891. ..vu,61f
All communications regarding 20 3s ~
or ch ange OF address should pe $3.50 ssset%.v N
undersigned not later than pctosStssS 8
1871. GEORGE CHEsEBRQ'. sscsvs
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10

ing discounted on slightly ,s...
basis
The American Acceptance cor,.,,
yesterday quoted the following saas
on primo bankers 2cceptanccs s,,s,sssa ,ss,ssa
for purchase by Federal Psssasce
Banks: saervs
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Business Troubles

:, Go5sI Es.s RIstssy y"s'"ols D'sss 1s4qa
Henry e 1ivezey Co.. isc..chem. 1'147S2
" 1lGia. ical Natl; Bank of y. y. s.44122
Hallett Harrison HI. Fl.
= Ranger 1,l, .,..~........ 4.o51.71
ty Cob. S. Miller eft all AJAX a1
Jewell. Edw. H.--H. C. Hopper. 1883
Kelsey. Robert c.-p. NJ. Martin 1868
ct al ............... 3s2. 27
Lederich, Oscar S.-R j. Blum 4s6 "a
AMacNeil & MacNeiD-H. r.
Mdsann1fz nnlaay Iossas = 2ss.II.
sMoscositZ, Josepn Eli. H. Sptz 112.22
MMoTTlseo, NickAW- Peters ....- s54.4l
,,sssa;, Com, State N Y; s.o72 90
Motor Car Engineering & Service
Co. lnc--N. Y. Edison Co... 122ss
Nagayama. Hideyoshi w. c.
Newman. Harry, and Emanuel NJ. 1910
Harris--C Josephson ......... 54s6o
oluf. Nelson Construction CO..
Incl. Barth & Son. Inc. 1870
Ozonated Beverage Corp and
David l.. Herman-W. II. Wat
Quinn, Miehaei IA B. crehiore. 1876 1876
Reelcraft Pictures Corp.-B. Berk
Ready to Wear Pub. Co. inc. 1'Sl0-OS
alexander Holden Paper Co..
Ribeiro, Albert Pennsyivania ''''' %
Rubber Co. ............ $50 so
Rubin, Benja min-W. F. De Null
g. lin 1876 5e
simon. Paul CIV. waiiach.. s9ssS s9s 80
cclinon, Nathan-M. singer ct al. 112. SO
Spyrides. Andrew-E. Levine ct
sherman. sam-Trading Clothing i'O10
Co, Inc .,...,:... s7eo4
Shields. chsries-N. p. Housiaan '''4'
:, Oyster Co. Inc. ........... 1926
mon senner--American Union
~, bank ............. 1880 20
~ 1rnuIslon. VIVA. 5-Lord a. Taylor 1874
Hspp (Taylor s. Hepp)-A. L.
Auerbach ct al Observation-Disclosures. 1850
,rayior, Rose MI kefas ct al. 1856
=, slovak commercial Corp. Gas ss
Wsi,tra,,, van tNsnius' Euward,-H. H. Long 1.o1670
-, pie, etc ......... 1ooO3
W. w aihel. aii, 1g9rge--More land Bros. 364.32
man tWallach & Newman)-J
zo Palmer r. ..,....... 2os.72
I'D Cornnan ct al....... 208. .4s
zinn,. Bennett. Herman c. Pol
lack and Harry Butler-G. c.
Kalem. Isidore DIV. Golden. ofo' 81
oium ct al ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 111.76
In Bronx County
Beirield.s misunderstanding G. Hi
der Bros Inc. Observation-Disclosures. s51 ss
DTggert, Albert-D Mayer Brwg
co .:............. 1878
Elite French & Danish Pastry Co,
G. Inc-I Schmidt ............... s17.22
Isllli Sliie,oane ........-..... 1872
B Novelty Co, Inc. nc.......... 13342
Feigenbaum, Morris and Peter
:, :, Corn Exch Bank. ...-......... 2l5
Gallagher. VIM and Jno--I Kopel-
iowitz -. .................... s42.5s
Tronilnger' Harry-L Blotsky-... 1912
Johnson, Dorothy = Westchester
Title Mfg Co. .........-.... 1l4oo
Muller Tire & Rubber Co, Inc
Class Journal co............ 245.os
Merck, Wm and Chas Massth-
People. state. etc............. 10000
Monarch Novelty Co. Inc C
Gareiss ..........,..... 1888 2s
kosenstein, Edw-~J C Sal.nlan... I'll. %
Seide. JOSH Gutenberg. ..... 1891
Tiffany, Leonard R--P Tiffany. 90.33
Young, Martin-Ebling Brwg Co. 17t.47
label, Fred--A Gaurieder. ........ S4.72
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Cotton Statistics

Liverpool Cablcs-Spot cotton in good de-
mand at points decline. Middling, 12.56d
Sales. $4,000 bales; American, 1000 bales.
Imports, 1000 bales, all American. Futures
points advance. Closed barely steady net
8 points lower to points higher. October.
13.43d; December. 1850; January. 1226d
March. 12.06d; May. 11.94d; July, 1l81d.
Manchester; Yarns and cloths irregular.
COttonseed Oil
Prices at the close were 5 points net
higher to 0 points lower.
The "a npa of nricea. Th11ra-
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10

The bonds bearing The above nunucss
will be paid at par and accrued interest,"
upon presentation at the office of the IN.
dersigned on September %. 1921, on wn'ol
THE NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
TRUSTER
B. G. Curtis Secretary.
rs Broad Street
New York City.
September 6. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Judgments Filed

The following judgments were filed yes
terday. the first name being that OF the
debtor
..,... c.oroorat;o, or An,ar
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Markets i'm Other Cities

Baltimore
ea1as Open High Low. Last.
2s Citizens Bank. 40 40 40 40
Com Credit. 43h 43h 1914 43h
100 C,osden - 26 25 25 25
is Con Coal. SON soh sos soh
1875 Cent TT sug pf 9, g. g. .ss>
10 Dawson Chem. SSh S6h 381a 3Sh
20 Eouita Bile Tr... 81 81 81 81
Fidelity & Dploo 100 100 100
mo Mfrs Fin pf. 21M Elm 21% 2lM
10 Mt Vernon pf so so SO so
is Penn w Power s5h 85h S51s ssh
Bonds
600 Con goal Goal S TsH 81 IL as ass ss
5000 E3 Elkhorp IS ss ), 81 81 81 81 81
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10

CaII Ioahs against acceptancss
per cent
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
FINANCIAL

SAINT MAURICE LUMBER C0MPANY
Notice IS hereby given that pursuant 70
provisions OF Trust Deed, dated SeptewbG
3, 1907. the following bonds have beel
drawn by lot for account of tho Sinking
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Philadelphia
Bonds

*5U0U E1ec & Fec As. IS So IS IS
1929 1929 Equit q Gas 5s: s7ts s7h s7la 97ls
200O Pub Service 5s.. 6S 6S 6s~ 6S
1000 W.T. lst SIS s6 Sc S6 az
New-York tribune., 1921-09-10

Raw Sugar Futures-The range of prices:
TI,t,rc cIo,v 80
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-12
LOCAL BRIEFS.


Straw hat season ends T-nur~dav.
though many win be worn after thsf
day.
Joseph r. OToole. secretary man
ager Tor the National Retail coal
Merchants Association. addressed fh.
convention ~ the Nrs York STATE
Coal Merchants Association at fba
morning session Saturday ~ nlrh.
field Springs. New York. TO aadre~sr,i
the Secretsrics' Conference Wednss-
day afternoon
The Woodlswn Trustees. Inc. have
had several squads n men bunly fn.
gaged Tor several weeks past in grad.
ing and curhing on Hsysrd grrnus
running south from D~isware avenue
10 Sixteenth street Bavarf avenue !.
being widered ~ the same time tn fha
fun width proposed 80 feet whieH
viii mean ono ~ the finest streets ln
the city.
The second annual family reunion a
the Bullock family, descendants nf fha
late John M. and Violet smith nui.
lock. win BE- held M Shcilpot Park IN
Thursday September IS. ~ the nins
children ~ the founders ~ the family
the three oldest descendants Twins
who VIII attend are Mr. and Mrs
George Hobson. ~ Newark. and Nra
William Bullock. ~ this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-12
RANKING STARS MEET
IN THIRD DAYS PLAY
Zenzo Shmidzu and William r
Tilden Meet in Feature
Match.
e. Asaociated presz . Every Eveninx.

Philadelphia, Sept. 12.-Ranking
stars meet in the third days play Of
the national singles championship Of
the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation this afternoon. National and
international experts are scheduled
to compete, and before night fall the
list viii be cleared Of some of the
most formidable of the entire los en-
trants in the doth annual tituIar
tourney.
While almost every match viii be
a clash of stars. the two outstanding
Of Zenzo Shirnidzu. the Japanese
tennis cup player. and William 7. TIL
den, worlds champion, and William
NJ. Johnston, former champion, and
Vincent Richards. the youthful hold
er of several national titles.
Still another contest Of exceptional
interest is that between John B..
Hawkes. and J. o. Anderson, two MEM
bers of the Australian Davis Cup
team. r. Norris Williams has s.
Howard Voshell as an opponent and
Dean Mathey is scheduled to cross
racquets with F. Gordon Lowe. the
English star.
In the opening matches the players
We're paired as follows:
12 Noon--J. B. Hawkes. VS.. J.. O..
Anderson. both of Australasia; F..
Gordon Lowe. England, ys. Dean
Mathey, Crawford. n, J.
The other pairings were as follows:
2 T. M.-William NJ. Johnston, San
Francisco. VS.. Vincent Richards. Yonk-
ers, n. Y.
8 p. M.--Craig Biddle. Philadelphia,
VS.. A. ID. Hammett. New York; II. o.
Kinsey, san Francisco. VS.. w. t.
knight, Philadelphia; w. f. John
ston. VS.. L. Nj. Edwards, both of Phil
adelphia: c. Fischer. Cynood, Pa. VS..
F. t. Hunter, New York: r. Norris
Williams I'd, Boston, VS.. s. Howard
yoshell, New York; t. b. Banks, Jr..
Seabright. y. T.. VS.. S. w. Pearson.
Philadelphia; Phil Neer. Portland.
Ore, VS.. w. f. Davis, San Francisco:
w. J. Clothier Philadelphia. VS.. G..
T. Emerson. Orange, N. j., r. G.
Kinsey. San Francisco, VS.. f. A. Fall,
New York.
4P. NV. T. Tilden, ID, vs. ZenzoI
Shimidzu, and DR.. George King, New
York, VS.. f. It. Anderson, New York.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-12
MARYLAND SERIES
WON BY FREDERICK
Defeated Princess Ammo, Sat-
urday, Making Four Vic
tories to One.
Standing OF the Clubs.
w. l.. PC.
Frederick .... 4 1 500
Princess Anne. 4 500
Standing OF the Clubs.
W d,

Frederick. champions OF the Blue
Ridge League, won the Maryland base
ball series by downing Princess Anne.
winners OF the elimination tests on
the Eastern Shore In fast game nj
oriole Park Baltimore. Saturday
afternoon, to 4. It Wac F,rederick's
fourth win and 1t officially ended the
series.
Some 1000 fans turned out to get an
'dea Of the class of baseball being Of
fered in the two sections. Governor
Ritchie also lent some color by throw
ing out the first ball.
The Princess Anne fans. who &C.
cupied the third-haso section OF the
grandstand. gave vent to quite
bunch of enthusiasm when Moore,
hefty third sacker. put the Shore boys
out in front in the first inning with
a fImer over the left-field fence, with
Porter on first. Ii was quite n blow
aid at the same time the only real
highlight of tho afternoon. Moore
didn't last long after his homer. por-
ter, the yonngster who In to report
to the Orioles in the spring. covered
short for Princess Anne.
As matter of fact, Frederick took
both ends OF double header on
Saturday, to 4 and to 3.
Hummer Of Princess Anne. hurled
just as well as King of Frederick, but
his support was not as good The
score.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-12
Y. 4. n. yKTERAxs.
Associstisrs BsIsg fsrme< ssA De-
veIeped on An Divisions.

Employees long associated with The
Penrsylv~nla railroad are conducting
vigorous camp-Ixn 20 organize ytt-
eran employees association on all aivi-
sicng which have not already orxAnlx-
ed and 70 Increase The membe.rhip -
those already In existence. Am soon 80
tho divisional organizations ere per-
fected IL is planned 10 hpld a Pennzyi-
vanis system convention 10 be- attend
81 by the officers and deleRates ~ the
various ass ocka tons.
Reports received from the four re-
xionai vice presidents Indicate hat
approximately 3s.77s employee are e.
igible for membership IN the veterans
associations BY virtue u twenty or
rore years OF service with tho Penn
sylvsnis rnilroad. Of the 100. 900 srn-
pioyes on the payroll ~ pr saent. ap-
groximateiy 20 percent have served
the railroad and the public al least a
score Of years. One ernpioye In aee -
clas@ed - veteran.
Many ~ the 6.fs5 former Penn~yi-
vania employees nov on the pension
Roli - Honor" are members ~ the
Veterans Assrciafiona on tho divi.
sIons where they formerly worried
Several ~ the local Orxaniza tons have
nearly 100 per cent nembcrship ~
eligible employees
The purpose ~ the veteran en-.
pioyes' association ls outlined as f0i-
lows in the constitution 81 one ~ me
largest local units. The object ~ fhi.
Association ehaii BE- tho encourage
ment and promotion 81 friendly inter-.
course and mutual regard among -
members and a spirit ~ esteem fnr fha
CORPORA tion IN whose service they are
employed and enthusiastic devn,,ou
70 its interests"
Since these associations were nr4t
started by the employees themselves m
lss4. they have been among the most
active factors i'm perpeftsfing those
traditions and ideals ~ public ae~,fe.
and mutual cooperation between 81.
hcers and men which have hfon hand.
"a down through IS years of psnn~,l-
gsnia railroad history.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-12
URGED TO DECORATE.
To Fly Flags and Make Special Win
daw Displays orf Glazed KID Week.

In honor Of Glazed Kid Week" be-
ginning Monday. September 10, all
merchants OF the city are urged to dis
play flags and other decorations on
their buildings az well as make special
window displays.
The Mercantile Section Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce win give a dinner IN
the ballroom OF the Hotel du Pont on
Monday evening. at which Secretary
Of Commerce Herbert Hoover viii
speak.
Fifty Ianca ster merchants are 20 be
guests Of the Mercantile Section on
that occasion, and a program OF en-
tertainment will be carried out lr
their honor.