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ern bankers and cotton men. and Of
ilcials of the War Finance Corpora
ion at the conference held in Atlanta
few days ago. ConSummation Of
the agreement is now up to the board
or directors of that corporation. Their
approval Of it probably will have a
marked influence upon the cotton
market.
- Crop Setbacks Problem.
Recent unseasonably cool weather
has given the cotton crop a very Sc
rious setback. This, together with
the largely reduced acreage. is al
ready cutting the probable yield to
point that is upsetting the calcula-
tions of spinners who have postponed
rent reports indicate that the Eng
lish spinners foresee this condition.
lh'y are said to have acquired a
quarter of million bales in Texas
within the past few weeks.
Now the Japanese are reported
securing the interior towns of that
state. buying what is left. and pay
ing premiums of as much as half a
cent pound over current market
quotations to get it.
Lumber Orders Increase.
Orders for lumber continue: to come
to the mills in this section from all
over the country in increasing
diIiouHLS. VI several weeks tne Or
ders received have exceeded produc-
tion. Last week orders for 7200O,0OO
feet were received by them. Their
production totaled only 57O0O,OOO
feet. These increasing orders indi-
cate a general revival in building all
over the country.
Lumber prices have already ad-
vanced from 81 to 50 thousand
within the week. Further advances
are predicted If the demand continues
to grow. Local retail handlers of
building supplies have reduced prices
from 10 to 40 per cent. This has had
the effect Of stimulating the building
of residence properties.
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PHILADELPHIA TRADE ACTIVE
sssDESPITE HANDICAP OF STRIKES
of Knitted Goods From All
Parts of Country In Convention Report
~ Good Business-Other Lines

their lines is good. Because of labor
trouble here the local mills are still
handicapped. but machinery makers
report sales brisk and inquiries heavy
for future deliveries in New England.
The proprietor of one large plant
near Trenton says that his sales in
April of textile machinery We're %
per cent of his total sales for ten
months.
In addition to the textile strike 9TH
er labor troubles tend to make bust
ness dull in this city. men in the
building trades. printers in job Of
fees and seamen being on strike. But
in the retail shopping district there is
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Strikes Slow Up Trade,
But Chicago Shows Push
BY A. ID. WELTON
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, May 4.-Strikes Of various
kinds and for various reasons have
turned attention again to the wage
and labor questions as an influence on
business. The addition Of more than
80. 900 men to the number of unem-
ployed. the closing of print shops and
many factories has not been exactly
Il trade stimulant. Live stock ham
dlers went out Monday morning. The
theory Of their leaders was that they
were key men. But their places were
quickly filled and business was not
interrupted
With the slowing up because of the
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no indication of dullness, streets and
stores being thronged.
New COal TnN for Consumers.

no indication of dullness. streets and
stores being thronged.
New Coal Tax for Consumers.
The Pennsylvania legislature has
imposed tax of !. per cent on the
value of anthracite prepared Tor mar
ket at the mines, which will amount
to about II cents per ton. taking the
average of prices the year around on
various grades. unless the price comes
down from the very high level.
On an annual production OF 10000 :
GOO tons this will raise about SS.ooNo0o
or more, which consumers of anthra-
cite everywhere must pay. The lcSis-
lature repealed the full-crew law.
which will relieve the railroads and
may eventually help to lower freight
rates. 1t is expected the governor
will sign both hills.
Domestic markets for bituminous
coal are duh and production is still
much below normal. Pennsylvania
crude oil has dropped to $3.50 per bar
rel which is but 25 cents above the
price in January. 1917. and $3.50 be-
low the high price of January. 1920.
Living Costs Arc High.
Living costs were extremely high in
this locality owing to the great in
flux of workers at munition plants
and shipyards. Provision men csti-
mate that prices for food have fallen
about 81 per cent from the peak. Re
tail prices of all manner OF goods
are down from 33 13 to so per cent
compared with one year ago. kentS
and anthracite are about the only
items that are still holding above the
high war level.
Savings bank officials. in convention
here. stated that they are free buyers
of mortgages on real estate. The
old rate for such loans here was 81
per cent and when such mortgages
are resold. they do not command par.
but new loans and renewals are made
at per cent. the maximum legal rate.
IL building operations could be start
ed. there probably would be an abun-
dance of trust funds available for
well-sccured mortgages at 6 per cent.
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marking the progress
~ the defiation and readjustment
S5rocess in business throughout the
country, giving the conclusions or
Gpecial correspondents. who have
6een instructed to present conditions
9nd indications as they really exist
ire printed daily in The starr
81 BY F. ID. McLAIN.
NpeciAl Dispatch to The star
z Phil May 4-Manufac-
furers Of knitted wear from all parts
of the country and makers of knit
ling machinery attending a conven-
stion here this week say business In
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Cotton Men Are Hopeful
for Federal Aid by Banks
BY 1. v. SHANNO
.riaI DiSpatch 10 The Star,

Special Dispatch TO The star
NEW ORLEANS. May 4.-The cot
ton interests are looking forward
eagerly for an announcement from
the War Finance Corporation which
they feel will go far toward reStOr-
ing confidence and normal conditions
in their trade. The understanding is
that an offer soon vii be made by
that corporation to advance southern
banks s50,00O.0O0 to he used in con-
centrating and carrying cotton until
it is ready to be shipped abroad.
This plan was worked out by south
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ache, Neuralgia. rheumatism. Ear
ache. Toothache, Lumbago and tor
Pain. All druggists sell Bayer
Tablets of Aspirin in handy tin
boxes of II. and in bottles of "a and
100. Aspirin is the trade mark Of
Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic.
acidester of Salicylicacid.
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1,4S7 FAILURES IN APRIL.

NEW YORK, May 4.-Insolvencies
among American firms in April mum.
bered 1,4S7, r. G. Dun & Co.'S month.
ly report said yesterday. This was ISL
above the number in March, although
the liabilities. more than $3S,000.000
were S28,0OO,00O below the preceding
month.
The April failures and the amount
of liabilities were in excess of any
April since 1915.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Quota ions furnished by W. b. Hibbs 4 c.
Selling checks: Dollar value
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J. Warning! When You see the name
,"Bayer" on package or on tablets
you are getting genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians for twenty
zone years and proved safe by mil
Lions. Take aspirin only as told in
Nhe Bayer package fo- Colds, Head
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STANDARD OIL DROPS.

NEW YORK. May 4.-The Standard
OIL Company of New Jersey today
announced reductions of one-half cent
to a cent gallon in the price OF
various grades of gasoline in terri
tory outside New Jersey.
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LIBERTY BOND NOON PRICES.

NEW YORK, May 4.-Liberty bono
prices at noon: 3las, ss.ss: first As
$3.50: -eecond As, $40 bid; first AZ S
S7.74: second ANS. S7.3S; third AZ s
9O.56: fourth AVS. S7.44: victory 3& s
9S; victory AZ S, 9s.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

She was a mighty nice girl, and as
smart as YOU fnd EN-
High Jack seemed TO take IL
hard ! guess he must have esteem
ed Miss Blue Feather quite highly.
I could see that he'd referred the
matter to the whisky jug That was
his weak point-snd many another
mans. I've noticed that when a
man loses q Eirl he generally takes
to drink either jus. before or just
after it happens.
From Washington we rsilrosdeo
II to New Orleans. and there took
a tramp steamer bound for Belize.
And a gale pounded US all down the
Caribbean. and nearly wrecked Us
on the Yucatan coast opposite a lit
tie town without a harb0r called
Poca de CoacOyUla- Suppose the
ship had run against that name in
the dark.
Better fifty years OF Europe
than a cyclone in the hay, says
High Jack Snakefeeder. So we get
the captain to send us ashore m
a dory when the squall seemed 70
cease from squallinE
We will find RUNS here or make
en- saws High. The government
doesn't care which We do An aDpro-
priation is an appropriation.
TO BE CONTINUED
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Sermons Heard Here Yesterday
Secular League Hears
Miss Younger Talk on
Conditions in Austria
Since Signing of the
Armistice.

A graphic word picture of the
after-war conditions of Austria was
portrayed yesterday afternoon in
the Perpetual Building hall. when
Miss Maude Younger, of the Ma
tional Women's party, told of her
recent visit there.
Miss Younger told the members
Of the Washington Secular League,
in a sympathetic and realistic way,
the intense sufferings of the war
trodden people, and of their at
tempts to bring about a return to
their normal and prewar state of
industry and happiness.
These hard pressed peoples, "
said Miss Younger, ARE still exist
ing-not living-on more stringent
rations than ever in operation dur
ing the years of war. Disease is
scattered about by the lack of prop
er nourishment, while the people
are striving in the best manner pos
sible to bring things about which
will tend to make their lot a hap
pier one.
AT no time during the war were
conditions so hard. The black bread
is still in evidence, and with the
winter on, one cannot predict what
hRrdships will have to be endured" !"
Tributes to Rev. Levi N. Powers,
who died last week, and who served
as pastor Of the Universalist Church,
were rendered by John D. Bradley
and others. "A great liberal" he
was termed in resolutions passed.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Humility, Not Riches Nor
Poverty, Can Buy Sal
vation, Is Theme of the
Pastor of Carolina Ave.
Methodist Church.

THE Finished Work" was the
topic of DIR. J. Franklin Bryan's
sermon yesterday morning in the
North Carolina Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church, following which
communion was administered to the
members of the congregation in cell
ebration of the new year.
Rev. Bryan rehearsed the work Of
the parish and the hearty co-opera-
tion of the members during the past
year. He told of Christ as the
greatest worker among the rich, the
poor, the great and the small. He
spoke Of Him as the Savior of the
learned and the ignorant, for Il
matters not who may come to Him
for salvation, for he will not be
turned away"
mo matter how rich a man may
be, his riches cannot buy salvation.
and it matters not how poor he may
be, for his poverty will in no way
exclude him from full and free SAL
vation, that which comes only
through Christ. Likewise, great
ness has little merit in the ewes Of
God, unless the greatness be for the
Divine, and the lowIy will not be
deprived of the fullness of joy which
comes in believing In Christ as the
Savior and God.
"of the learned, what good with
out having the knowledge to de-
fend the doctrines of Christianity.
and Christ. Other learning will not
make him deserving of life ever
lasting. The ignorant will not be
hindered from possessing and
abundantly enjoying the fruits of
saving peace, if he has faith in the
Lord"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

let's see-eth-yes, ethnology. That's
the art that goes back and traces
the descent of different races Of
people. leading up from jeIly-fsh
through monkeys and TO the
O'Briens. High Jack had took up
that line too. and had read papers
about il before all kinds Of riotous
neutrality-suspicious. and Choc-
taws and Chowder-parties and such
Having d mutual taste for mUsty in
formation like that was what made
EN- like each other, l suppose. But
l don't know, What they call con-
geniality Of tastes amt always it.
Now, when Miss Blue Feather and
me talking together. listened
to her sfidavits about the first
families OF the Land Of Nod being
cousins german CwelL II the Ger
mans don't nod, wko does?J to the
moUnd-bUilders of Ohio with in
comprehension and respect. And
when I'd tell her about the Bowery
ana Coney Island. and sing her q
few songs that Id heard the ia
maica niEEers sing at their church
lawn-parties, she didn't look much
less interested than she did when
High Jack would tell her that he had
a pipe that the first inhabitants Of
America originally arrived here on
stiits after freshet at Tenaf'y. y. '
But l was going to tell you more
about High Jack.
About six months ago got a let
ter from him. saying he'd been COM
miSsicned by the Minority Report
Bureau of EthnOIOEy at Washing
ton to go down TO Mexico and trans
late some excavations or dig up
the meaning of some shorthand
notes on some rUinS-or something
OF that sort. And il Id so along
he could squeeze the price into the
expense account.
Well, I'd been holding a napkin
over my arm at ChUbb's about long
enough then, so I wired High Jack
Yes; and he sent me a ticket, and
met him in Washington, and he had
lot OF news TO tell me. First OF all
was that Florence Blue Feather had
suddenly disappeared from her home
and environments.
"'Run away? I asked.
Vanished says High Jack DIS
appeared like your shadow when the
sLn goes under a cloud. She was
seen on the street, and then she
turned a corner and nobody ever
seen her afterward. The whole com
munity turned out to look for her,
but we never found a Clew'
That's bad-that's bad says !
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Music and Arts Open
Doors to True Practice
Of Religion, DR.. .U.G.B.
Pierce Tells All Souls
Congregation.

The utilization, sanction ana
commentator of the arts of civil
ization in the modern church formed
the Sbasis of the address of DR.
Ulysses G.. r. Pierce, pastor of the
All Souls Church, in the Knicker-
booker Theater yesterday mornInr,
Celebrating the success of the re-
cent Unitarian campaign, with the
formal closing after Washington's
quota Of 100000 had been raised,
DR.. Pierce spoke on The open
Door" emphasizing the great benert
Of art, music, literature and drama
in religion.
"One of the open doors of religion
is art" said the clergyman, "an0
the functions of art are vast. Rv
it the world is opened. and the tired
business man is given relaxation
and stimulation. Not the same kind
appeals to every personality.
Music is the greatest, and II is
the great solvent for human emo
tions. Many problems of intellect
uality, seemingly intangible and
difficult, find solution in the feeding
Of the musical emotions. Its road is
unending and very wide. No es,,-
nation of the value Of the modern
instruments, the phonograph, the
player-piano, the symphony orches-
ira, can be made by one man, for
these mean much to the world,
The drama is best in the facr
that it not only pictures, but In
terprets humanity and the life OF
the world. The moving pictur.
functions most Importantly, since
1t has become the simple Amusement
of every class of people, providing
as 1t does relaxation at every hour,
and every type of appeals Music is
favorably allied to 1t.
with these literature is admir-
ably blended and without it the re-
cordiRg and registering of the life
and traditions of the world--the
wisdom. would be forgotten.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Ritz. Ball
On Jan. 28
Social Leaders Make
Plans for Union
Benefit.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Mrs. Henry
p. Dawson, Mrs. James r. Shefneld'
Mrs. William S. Edgar, Mrs. kegi-
nald Barclay, Mrs. Ellen Marvin
Mrs. Frederick w. Moss, Mrs.
Thomas E. Satterthwaite and Mrs.
Edwin NJ. Bulkley form the commit
tee in charge of the arrangements
for the Union Settlement ball to be
held on January 2S at the Ritz-Carl-
ton. Miss Annie Burr Auchincloss
is chairman of the debutante. com
mittee. and John c. Borden or the
floor committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. oliver Gould Jen-
nings will give a dinner tomorrow
night for Miss Annie Burr Auchin-
Gloss at their house, SS2 Firth
avenue.
Mrs. Lindsey Tappin, of 81 West
Fifty eighth street, has announced
the engagement of her daughter by
former marriage, Miss Eleanor HUNT
ingtOn Francke, to Jay Goulo
Remick, son of Joseph Remick, Of
this city, and a nephew OF w. II.
Remick, president Of the New fork
stock Exchange. Miss Francke was
introduced to society last winter and
is a member of the Junior League.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. DeForest,
of SO East Seventy ninth street and
Aiken, S. C, will give a dance at
the Colony Club on January Fl for
their daughter, Miss Julia Mary De-
Forest
Mrs c. Austin Whitehouse will
give a reception tomorrow Afternoon
at her home, the Apthorpe, to intro
duce her daughter, Miss Josephine
Meredith WhitehoUse.
The Misses Florence Blair Mobcrly
and Margaret Moberly daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett Mo
berly. of 32O Park avenue, will have
double wedding in the chapel of st
| Bartholomew Church next Wednes-
day afternoon. Miss Florence Mob
erly will become the bride of Harry
Messiter Addinsell, and her sister
will be married to Franklin Craig
Morton.
ARRANGEMENTS have been complet-
ed for the marriage of Miss Kath-
crime Bissell, daughter of Mrs. Jos
Rissell. Of the Gotham, TO Lawrence
Jones. jr.. Of Louisville. Ky, next
Thursday. in st. PatriCk's Cathedral
Thr wedding of Miss Helen
| Cloanne Wigham and Courtlandt Van
| Clief is to take place in the West
minister Church, Buffalo, next Tues
day.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
CHURCH ASSURED
FOR UNITARIANS
Sixteenth and Harvard SITS.
Is Site-D. c. Quota
Raised.

The national church Of the Uni
tartan sect. which will occupy a cor
ner at Sixteenth and Harvard
streets northwest. is assured, sc-
cording 70 Frederick A. Delano,
general Unitarian committman, who
announced yesterday that Wash
ington's quota Of 100000, has been
raised.
The national campaign is for So
100000, and much Of this is already
realized, II was announced at yester-
days celebration in the KickerbOck-
er theater, where DR.. Ulysses G. B,
Pierce conducted services.
An expression Of thanks to the
campaign committee was made by
George A. Kicker, chairman Of the
Board OF Trustees OF All Souls
church, and to the canvassers. so
licitors, and subscribers, who have
expended much OF their time in the
last six weeks towards the reali-
Zation Of their goal.
Additional pledges will permit an
expenditure Of between 100000 and
100000 for the new edifCe.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

The ceremony was witnessed only
by the members of the embassy staff
and a reception for the small com
pany present followed at the resi-
denCe of the naval attaChe Of the
Russian Embassy and Nine. Mish-
towt, where the bride and bride
groom we're guests while in Wash
ington. Lieut.. and Nine. Wren left
later in the afternoon for New York,
where they will reside for the pres
ent.
Mrs NJ. w. Ireland. wife of the
surgeon general of the army, will
again be at home Saturday, January
Is, instead of January 5, as prevl-
ously announced.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
SOCIAL CALENDAR

Today.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood,
at home.
st. vincent's Auxiliary dance.
One Hundred Club, dance
Mrs. Cromwell Brooks, dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison McClin-
took, a super.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armistead Peter,
a tea,
Wedding OF Miss Emma Mel
bostsd to Rudolph W. Santel-
mann.
Miss Isabel Wells, a dance at
Rauscher'R
Mrs. Alfred B. Leet, a lunch
con.
Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, a
luncheon.
Holy Comforter Church, bene-
At dance.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Night Course at Business.

A class in office practice, provid-
ing finishing courses for stenoE-
raphers and typists, will be opened
tonight at Business Night School,
F. e. Lucas, principal. has announc-
ed. The course, covering two
months work, will be given Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday even
Eazs from 1890 to $50.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
FREE TUITION FOR
FRENCH BEGINNERS.

The Washington Salon, through
its board of patrons. consisting of
leading society women and promi-
ncnt men. has made arrangements
for an additional free tuition French
class for beginners. enrolment to
be held next Thursday evening be-
tween 1870 and 8 o'clock at the
salons school at 1913 II street.
There are at present over 300 stu
dents, including many people Of
prominence, attending the various
French classes. The next fort
nightly soiree Of the French Club
will be held Thursday evening Of
next week, when an interesting
program will be presented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lyman Neu-
hauser entertained Saturday at
their residence at 1907 Twenty first
street northwest, in honor Of their
house guest. Miss Helen SouthwOrth,
of Brookline, Mass.
Miss Jessie M Lennon. Of the To-
rontO Apartments, has returned to
this city from holiday visit to her
parents at Churchville, Pa.
Coast Guard Cadets Almon $. Mel
son and Harley Evans GroGan. who
had been home for the holidays,
were entertained at the Hotel
Washington, New Year Eve, by Mr..
Reamy. Mr.. Nelson and Mr. Grogan
returned to the Coast Guard Acad-
emy at New London. Conn. New
Year Day.
The Americanization ball to be
given by the District Of columbia
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion promises to he the event of Jan
uary II, for all Washington is in
terested in the educational work OF
the D. A. R., for which the ball is
planned and named. Mrs Glen FAY
jerks, wife OF Col. Jenks, L. S :.
is chairman of ARRANGEMENTS; Mrs
Edward NJ. ROOmc, chairman Of the
special AmeriCaniZatiOn committee
and Miss Helen Hill Hopkins. char
man of the young ladies' committee
Lady Geddes, wife of the British
Ambassador. will assist the ladies
of the Cabinet and officers of the
D. A. r. in receiving the guests.
Brig. Gen. William D. Conners.
U. S. A, will make the presentations.
and Col. Edwin D. Brickers serve a.
chairman of the floor committee.
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall. Mrs
cambridge Colby. Mrs. David Frank
lin Houston, Mrs. Newton y. Baker.
Mrs. JOsephus Daniels. Mrs. Edward
White, Mrs. Matthew T Scott, Mrs.
Frank w. Mondell, Mrs. J. Frank
lin Bell, Mrs. Wade Ellis, Mrs. c. c.
Calhoun. Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood,
Mrs. George w. W. Hanger and Mrs.
Francis ST. Clair are among the
patronesses.
The young ladies' committee in
cludes the following debutantes OF
this and last season: The Misses
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

Col. and Mrs William T. Chant
land have announced the marriage on
December 81 of their daughter,
Grace Corinne, to Elliott A. Telford
of Cincinnati.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander N. Griffith
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Hazel Elizabeth, to Elmer
NJ. Pusey at tea given. Sunday
afternoon, December &c, at their
home. 2116 Connecticut avenue, Mr..
Pusey is with the American Red
Cross National Headquarters
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

Colby. Miss Dorothy MOndcll, Miss
Katherine Sutherland, Miss Cath
crime Marriott. Miss Ann Wickes
Craven, Miss Katherine Munson,
Miss Enid Sims, Miss Nina GOrem.
the Misses Lazaro. Miss Margaret
Woolley, Miss Marie Mcclure, Miss
Florence Scofield. Miss Marie Ridge
" and Miss Florence Curry.