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The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
GRANGE OPPOSES
REPEAL OF TAX ON
EXCESS PROFITS
I. c. Atkeson Also Fights
Smoot Sales Levy Be
fore Committee.
SAYS RICH CAN PAY
Denies Present Rates Are Re
sponsible for High Re
tail Prices.

Objection to imposition of a sales
tax. or to the repeal Of the excess
profits tax. or reduction Of surtax
rates on incomes was made to the
Senate Finance Committee yester-
day by T. c. Atkeson, representing
the National Grange. The Oranges
position on these taxes was clearly
expressed in resolutions at it's full
meeting in Boston, Mr.. Atkeson
said.
The argument that excess profits
taxes are passed on and refecfed
in higher costs is exploded by the
zeal OF the sales tax propagandists
to legalize this tax which can be
passed on. he said. Substitution Of
a sales tax for the excess profits
tax would simply relieve of the tar
burden a few persons who are most
able to pay millions Of dollars 20
the government. and place the bur
den on several million people of
low incomes, already loaded past
their ability to pay the indirec,
taxes now passed on TO the con-
sumer"
Attacks Exemption CLAUSE.
OF the Smoot sales tax bills pro-
posal to exempt from the tax per-
sons doing a business of 5000 or
less annually. Mr.. Atkeson said Il
would permit "a large number Of
people to add all the increased sales
prices due TO cumulative prices 20
their selling prices and then keep
them" This would probably amount
to several million dollars annually.
he said
Mr.. Atkeson said the claim Of
sales tax propagandists that the
excess profits tax rs responsible ror
"23 per cent or any other percent
of high retail prices" is disproven
by the present decline in retail
prices amount in the city Of wash
ington, he said. to az per cent un-
der wartime values and IS per cent
under prices Of one year ago.
Urges Higher Corporation Tax.
Mr.. Atkeson suggested that Con-
gress make up governmental rev.
enue losses resulting from the de-
creased productiveness Of the ex-
cess profits tax and surtaxes by fn-
creasing the graduated corporation
tax, by eliminating the $4,000 cor
poration profts exemption and by
elimination OF the exemption from
taxation of securities,
Frederic r. Kelloa. a New York
segreEste the capital assets tax
bracket from the ordinary income
or corporation tax schedule, and 20
modify the rates. which are in
many cases prohibitive, he declared.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
NdtiOnaIIy-KnOlDn
Advertiser Is Dead

PHILADELPHIA, May ls.-Albert
G. Bradford, a member of the ad-
vertising firm Of N. w. Aver and
Son. died at his home here Mon
day after an illness of several weeks,
Albert Green Bradford was the
ninth in direct descent from Gov
William Bradford. of Plymouth Col
ony. He entered the employ of Aver
and Son in 1884 as bookkeeper, and
was admitted to the firm January
l. 1898. For years his special work
was the placing of advertising for
his firm. giving him a very wide
acquaintance with publishers, and
doubtless made him the largest in
dividual purchaser of advertising.
More recently he has had the care
OF the finances of his firm.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
COTTON CLOSES
SLIGHTLY LOWER
Profit Taking and Burst of
Southern Selling Wipes
Out Early Gains.

NEW YORK. May 1S.-Today's Liv-
erpool sdvices did not fully con-
firm yesterdays optimistic reports
for the probable settlement of the
British miners strike this week. on
which prices for the general con-
tract list here had been advanced
Is to 90 points from Mondays clos
ing. After a further rise of to
mainly from some further activity
by the local and Wall Street bull
element on the advance the stock
market then made, there was a re-
action in which prices went off 90
to IS points from the early high
levels from profit taking by local
trade interests and fresh Southern
selling. The latter has appeared on
very moderate advance of late to
discourage the local bulls after the
market has made many false starts
the past month. The advance of
late yesterday and early this morn
ing was another of the movemen S
which failed to develop enough new
local or outside responsive buying
to absorb such selling and local
profit taking. and hold the gain.
In the early advance May con-
tracts sold at 1855; JULY. 1905;
October. 1875: December. 14o1: and
next January deliveries about l414.
In the setback which occurred in
the early afternoon, May reacted
to. 12.45: July. 1856: October, 13.4S;
December. 1893: and January to
about 1895. Some of the early buy
ers sold out on this decline with
the market ruling very dull and
barely steady during the last hour.
At Liverpool cotton futures clos
ed steady at net advance of S
English points on the old crop
months to and s on the new,
against 1 to 4 advance due to have
met our closing of yesterday. Spots
there, however. were dull and in
rather poor demand with total sales
Of only 1000 bales for the day at
a decline of points in prices to
the present basis of 7.47d for mid
ding
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
FIRMER TONE TO
BOND MARKET
Greater Regard for Values
Mark Trading Devoid of
Special Action.

NEW YORK. May 1s.-A slightly
hrmer tone was noted in the bond
market today. Trading was con-
Quoted with a greater regard for
values and the market was prob
ably more free from special action
than it Tad been during the pre-
vious sessions. What happened to
the Chilean government IS yester-
day was foreign to the real office
of a sound bond market The dis
appearance of sensational features
from today's market was recognized
as a healthy sign The Silestan
situation as an influence on for
eign bonds disappeared about as
quickly as 1t arose. European ex-
ternal issues went slightly higher.
Belgian SIS selling around sSS and
the 7hs as high as ssS. compared
with a price of es at the close on
Tuesday. japanese government
sterling Is advanced u of a point
to esZ.
The market for railway bonds
issues convertible into stock natu-
Idly TtSuilco IFOD1 Ine OSlleT prices
for the stocks themselves. In a
general way rail bonds were enti-
tied to make as proportionately as
good a response as did stocks to
the forecast of a wage decision to
be handed down by the Railway
Labor Board on June /. Chesapeake
and Ohio convertible SIS went from
S3% to sag; st. Paul convertible
4lzs from 66% to SIS; Missyuri
Pacific general Is from SAY to 55:
and St Louis and San Francisco
income IS up a point to 53E. In
dustrials were quiet and steady.
New York telephone IS advanced u
point to 90.
Liberty bonds seemed for the
time to be relieved of selling pres
sure. but showed no disposition to
recover.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
Partial Moratorium
Is Declared by Peru

The government of Peru has de-
clared partial moratorium, the De-
partment of Commerce was advised
yesterday.
Under government decree debts
to banks and banking houses are
collectable in installments of :. 10
and 80 per cent. at the expiration
or thirty. sixty and ninety davs
respectively. after maturity. The
balance can be renewed on easy
terms.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Eggs-Western Maryland, Pa. and
nearby. frsts, 24c: Eastern Shore,
Md, and Va. firsts, 24c; Western
(Ohio). firsts,, 24c; Southern IN.
Carolina). firsts. 24c; West Virginia,
firsts, 23c.
Butter-Creamery, Western sepa-
rator, extras, 35a36c; do, firsts, 33a
S4c: Western prints. k-lb, extras,
36a37c: do, frsts, 34a35c; Western
prints, lb, extras. 36a37c; do, firsts,
34a35c: nearby creamery, extras,
33a34c; dairy prints, extras, 21a22c;
firstss 2oa21c: Maryland, PennsyI-
vania and Virginia. storepacked ed,
firsts. 14a15c.
Live Poultry-Chickens, under 9
lbs. per lb, soc; young White Leg
horns. per ID. 35a40c; spring, Id. IA
lb and up. 50a55c: old roosters, per
lb, 15c; old hens. over 4 lbs. 33c; do,
small. pound, 31a32c; white Leg
horn hens. lb. 31a32e.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
LABOR LEADERS
LITTLE SURPRISED
AT RAIL PAY CUT
Still Contend Proposed
Wage Reduction Is
Unjustified.
RATES N EXT ISSUE
Willard Declares Roads Have
Difficulty in Hiring Good
Executives.

Announcement that the Railroad
Labor Board. IN Chicago. had deter
mined upon a general reduction in
wages for unskilled workers brought
little surprise to officials Of the gov
ernment or onicials of labor unions.
Labor leaders said they expected
q reduction. and repeated conten-
tions that it was uniustified. They
declined to make detailed comment
until they had seen the decision of
the board. and until the amount Of
the reduction had been determined.
Advises Rate Adjustment.
The reduction in wage is un-
Justified" declared Frank Morrison.
vice president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Government officials, who have
been studying the transportation
crisis. regarded the action of the
board as bringing nearer the rate
adjustment which it is hoped can
be accomplished. Various projects
advanced for solving the problem
have been held in allegiance, pending
settlement of the wage disputes be-
fore the Labor Board.
Railroad executives. appearing be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mittee of the Senate, which is con-
Quoting a railroad investigation. de-
he
mepL
Defends Executive Salaries
Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio, discussing
wages paid railroad officials. said
the matter has been much in the
public mind and much misrepresenJ-
ed" He said agitation and proposed
legislative limitations, were making
it difficult for the roads to obtain
good executives, and argued that
salaries are not excessive.
A II. Smith. of the New York
Central. told the committee that in
his opis.ion the railroads of the
United states furnished the most
economical transportation to be
found anywhere
shopmen Return to Work.
BLOOMINGTON. Ill, May IS
Two thousand men returned to work
with the reopening today of Chi
cago and Alton Railroad shops here,
closed last fall. The roads main
tenance of way forces was increased
so per cent. The remainder of the
shopmen now off will be returned
to work by June l.
Reopening of shops followed an
nouncement of wage reductions by
the Federal Railroad Labor Board.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
Cambria Steel Cuts
Wages to 1917 LeUeI

JoHNSTowN. Pa. May 1s.-A
general wage reduction affecting
every department of the Cambria
Steel Company. together with a re-
vision of the salary schedule, was
announced today by officials of that
company. The reduction, the Sec
ond, since last November, will be
effective June 4 and will bring
wages back to the 1917 level.
Common labor will be Gu: from IS
to 80 cents an hour. Payment of
time and half for all overtime in
excess of eight hours will be dis
continued. All other hours, day
turn, tonnage, and piecework. will
be adjusted to conform to this basis.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
District Buyers in New York.

NEW YORK. May 49, The fol-
lowing buyers from Washington
were here today:
Woodward & Lothrop-F. E.
Mack, domestics, linens, white
goods: Mrs. B. Allen, extra size
coats. suits, dresses; Mrs. G. N. Die
ter, dresses. downstairs only. 3s4
4th avenue.
Parker-Bridget Co.-H. A. Less
ner, mems clothing. 200 5th avenue
Hecht & Co.-Miss L. Langen-
kamp, coats. suits. lis West 30th.
s. Kann Sons & Co.-F. R. Muir
ply, millinery; W. F. Fred, repre-
senting. 1872 4th avenue.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19

NEW YORK. May 1s.-Butter-
Market easier; creamery extras.
2sha31c: creamery firsts, 25a2shc;
creamery. higher scoring, 30a32c:
state, dairy tubs, 2oa2sc; renovated
extras. =: ladies'. first, fresh. 22a
221sc.
Cheese-Market fairly steady;
State. whole milk specials, 1sa1sc;
whole milk. fancy. 15a1Shc; whole
milk. lower grades. 13a14hc; Wis
consin. whole milk, fancy Young
Americas. 17ka1sc.
EgEs-Market easier; unsettled:
nearby white. fancy, 34c: nearby
brown, fancy. 2sa3oc; extras csc;
nrso 2Sa3lc
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
Introduces Check Bill.

Representative Zihlman, OF Mary
land. introduced in the House yes
terday a bill to provide punishment
for the issuance of checks or drafts
within the District of Columbia or
any bank or other depositary when
the person drawing the check OF
draft has not sufficient funds to his
credit to meet the payment.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
Miners Will Refuse Cut.

NEW YORK. May 1S.-American
coal miners will accept no wage
reductions. it was stated today by
John l. Lewis. president Of the
United Mine Workers, following a
conference with leaders OF the an
thracite workers.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
TIMELY WALL STREET TOPICS

NEW YORK. May ls.-Today's
stock market was what traders call
"spotty." 1t was frm In some
places and weak in others. as
might be expected In view of the
various news items affecting par
ticular isues. Only two classes Of
stocks moved in group order, the
rails advancing and the steels work
ing lower on the accumulation OF
further signs pointing to the stiII
uncertain position of this indus
try. On the whole the market for
industrials seemed to bear wit
ness to what observers were saying
about the absence Of any factor
making for general bearishness and
also the lack Of any factor on which
a raIIying movement could be based.
1t was a trading market with the
advantage slightly in favor of pro-
fessional sellers.
The stock markets troubles seem
to come in battalions- The effect of
the Peoples Gas and Cuban -Ameri-
can Sugar announcements was seen
directly in the market. Dividend
omissions by the Cambria Steel
Company and the Pacific Mails
Steamship Company served to inn
pair speculative sentiment in a gen.
cral way. Although the latter IL
listed on the stock exchange. IL -
inactive. II did not appear during
the first three hours following the
dividend announcement. A partial
offset to the Cambria dividend ac-
tion came In the form of another
1aparal reduct{on in wages This
company made its first wage reduc-
tion last November. The new rates
will he on par with those existing
in 1917.
The Cuban American sugar com
mon dividend announced today was
just half the rate paid on the COM
mon stock on January and April,
yet the stock was not heavily sold.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19

Prices realized on Swift q Co. sales Of
carcass beef TO Washington for week end
ing Saturday. May Il. 1921. on shipments
sold out ranged from Is cents to us cents
per pound and averaged l6.5 cents per
pound-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Egg-Nearby. 24c; Southern, 23c:
average receipts, 23a24c:
Butter-Print, 35a40c: creamery
extra 30a32c: store packed. 15a1sc.
Poultry-Alive: BOOSTERS. 1Sa2Oc:
turkeys, 2sa32c; spring chickens,
6oa6oc: white Leghorns. 4Oa5Oc:
hens. 34c; keats. 75c; dressed fowls,
s5a3sc; turkeys, 4Oc; roosters, ga
3sc-
Green Fruits-Apples. Western,
perbox. S3.50a4.50: apples, per bbl.,
s3a1o; pineapples. s4.50a5: Califor-
mia oranges, s6a6.5o; California
lemons. per box. s3.50a4.50; grape
fruit. per crate, s6a6.50; Florida
oranges, s6a6.50; Strawberries, goa
s5c at
yegetables-Potato nearby, per
Dbl. s1.6oa1.75; Northerp, per sack,
s2oOa2.25: string beans, per basket,
Florida, s2.5Oa4.00: new cabbage,
s3a3.5o per ct: beets. per bunch, Ia
loc: lettuce, romaine, per crate, 81. .25
az: peppers. per crate. S3a4.50: GYM
lLngs. per crate, s3.5sa4; eggplant,
per crate, s3a4.50; onions. Texas,
s2a2-25 per ct: spinach, per bbl.
s2.50a3: Florida tomatoes, per ct,
t4.50a5; sweet potatoes, per bbl.,
tsa7; yams, S5a6: Florida celery,
per crate, s450a5; bunch, celery.
s1.25a1.5o; peas, per basket, $3a4.
culture, Bureau of Markets.
Based on May Is quotations in i'm
portant markets prices for hay. feed
and grain carlots delivered Wash
ington. D. C.. for prompt shipment
are quoted as follows:
No. 1 timothy hay. s25 ton; No. 2
timothy hay, $3.50: No. 1 clover
mixed. $3.50; spring wheat bran.
s25; spring wheat middlings, s2425;
cottonseed meal (36 per cent?.
s3s.5e; old process linseed meal,
$3.50; gluten feed, $3.50: hominy
feed (white), s29: dried beet pulp,
$3.50; No. 2 white corn. S01sc bus. 4;
No. . yellow corn, S01sc bus: No. 3
white corn 7sIsc; No. yellow corn,
7sbc; No. white oats, 491zc; No. 3
white oats, 4SIzc.
The following commodities may be
obtained from local dealers in car
lots, basis cash payment at prices
quoted.
No. 1 timothy Cwestern) hay.
s37; No. . timothy Cwestern) hay.
sSoB W. CAONeE mixed, SZ5. spring
wheat bran, s26; winter wheat bran.
t3s; standard middlings, s25.25;
Flour middlings, $50; cottonseed
meal Css per cent?, $3.50: gluten
feed. s32.5o; hominy feed Cwhite).
$50.
Flour-Soft winter straight Gao
lbs. jute), s7.ooa 500: hard winter
straight Gao lbs jute). sS.7Sto S9. so
per bbl.; fancy spring patent Cfam-
lily brandy, s8.75 to 1915 per Dbl. No.
D white corn. s3i1c per bushel (bass
extra); No. 2 yellow corn. S3Izc per
hushel (oags extra); No. white
corn. SAKE per busheI (bags extral;
No. yellow corn, s21sc per bushel
(bags extra); No. 2 white oats, 52hc
per bushel (bags extra); No. white
cats. S1hc per bushel (bags extra)
Joboers' prices in ton lots or more.
terms cash. at dealers warehouses,
range mostly from 81 to So per ton
over local market prices on hay and
from 50 to 50 per ton on feed.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
Breadstuff Movements

NE" YORK, May 1S.-The fol-
lowing shows the movement of
breadstuffs at New York TO-DAY in
bushels of grain and barrels Of
-four:
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19

CIV. B. Hibbs & Co.. Members N. 7. Cot.
ton Exchange.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19

dnce TOT the sew
en- principal ports of the Atlantic
seaooard New York. Boston. Phila-
deiphia, Baltimore. Newport News,
galveston and New orleans) thus
far this week as compared with
the he|corresponding day of last week
have been as follows:
Flour Wheat Corn Oats
To-day. $1,000 3s4 900 $1,000
This week 11I.0oo 3.8s5 900 s23. 900
Last week l4S,ooo s.1ss.ooo 500, 900 II 1000
Exports of wheat from the four
ports New York, Boston, PhiladeI-
phia and Baltimore) were 1000
bushels; last year $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

(w. B. Hibbs b Co., Hsmbers Chicago Board
Of rrade.)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-10-29
Red Cross Trains
147 Blind Vets
In Useful Work

Training designed to fit them for the
battle of life was taken by LAT blind
ed eX-service men at the Red Cross In
stitute for the Blind, near Baltimore,
Md, during the fiscal year 1920-1921.
according to the report of the Iasti.
tute for that period
Of this number, 10 have gone on to
other institutions, in almost every
case to institutions where those hav-
ing sight are receiving advanced edu-
cation. The blind ex-service men who
have entered such institutions are pro-
vided with special textbooks in
Braille, reading which they were
taught at the Red Cross Institute.
Twelve men have passed from the
Institute to successfully carry on some
occupation or business for which they
were fitted by special training. A few
have withdrawn from the Institute be-
cause of poor physical condition, II are
receiving further training on the
job" and 81 are still in training.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-10-29

Was Self-Appointed Public Execu-
tIoner.
protest to sweep Warsaw. Many pro-
tests were made to the police, but
she evaded arrest. Her Waterloo came
after she had obtained from one Of
her victims, Baron Lenken, the sum
Of $25,000
With police hot on her trail she
went to Prague, where she robbed
former captain Of the German Hussars
of diamonds and other jewelry worth
100000 From Prague she went to
Vienna, where she found dupes who
turned over more than $4,000 to her.
Forced to leave Vienna, she went to
Budapest, where her actions were in
vestigated and she was finally ar
rested.
Held Wild orgies.
Anna Sadek was one of the most
beautiful women In Germany. When
she was eighteen years old, although
without visible means Of support, she
maintained n luxurious apartment in
the center of Berlin, to which were
cajoled young boys and young girls.
Orgies that followed led to her arrest,
when it was found that she owed huge
bills to tradesmen, who thought she
was a noble.
She was sent to prison, but since
Z the war she has been freed and re-
Gently made her appearance as of old
in Berlin. Arrested subsequently for
having obtained $150,000 fraudulently
from banker, witnesses identified her
as the famous gold crook by her ex-
traordinary wealth of copper-colored
hair.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-10-29
Three VAMPIRES
PREY ON RICH
Beautiful Girl Criminals Terrorize
Men of Prominence In Eu.
ropes Capitals.
CAREERS COME TO END
Mobiles and High Officials Prey for
Sirens Whose Sinister Hearts
Were Masked by Beautiful
Faces and Forms.

Pars.-"Vampires of Fate" ia the
term applied by Paris newspaper to
three famous beauties of Russia and
central Europe, who have come to the
END Of their extraordinary careers.
One of the women is 1.-THE Beautiful
Ched0rovska," who has just been ar
rested in Budapest charged with a
score of audacious crimes whereof
men enslaved by her charms were the
victims. The second IS Anna Sadek,
who posed as Russian grandduchess
to the deception of all European high
society, and who was recently tried
and convicted of fraud by Berlin
court.
The third was Krashinskaya, most
sinister of all, who became q power
in Russia. was self-apponted public
eXecutiOner and who has Just been
killed by Il soviet official. She ap-
peared in masculine garments and
performed the duties of eXecutioner.
shooting down all whom she consi.
dered guilty. Her reign was short,
for, when credentials were demanded
Of her by soviet official sent to in
vestigate, the woman opened fire and,
in the duel which followed the soviet
official inflicted fatal wounds.
Began as Dancer.
Born at Warsaw, the beautiful
Chedorovska, whose real name is Anne
liza Wisinsky began her career as
dancer in public cabaret. After sew
eral weeks she was the most talked
of woman in Poland. OF tall, 1.-THE
form and with face so lovely as to
daze men who beheld her, she gave
nightly dances, virtually unclothed,
of a character that caused wave of
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-10-29
Red Cross Plans
100000 Effort
To Save Children

Medical care and clothing for thou
sands of children in Central and East
ern Europe are outlined as the activ-
tiles of the American Red Cross. in
Europe for the current year, says
statement on the eve of the Annual
Roll Call Of the organization. These
activities, supplemented the feeding
operations of the European Relief
Council of which Herbert Hoover is
chairman, are designed to provide the
most adequate and balanced relief
within the resources of private phi
lanthropy.
Through the establishment of child
welfare stations in the centcrs of pop.
ulation of those countries where ade-
quate medical care is not now obtain
able, the American Red Cross plans
TO provide the medical assistance need
ed to restore these children to a nor
mally healthy life. The sum of &c.
100000 has been made available for
this work.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-10-29
EAR SEWED BACK ON MAN
Victim Had Been Thrown From Horse
and Stepped Upon, Cutting
Off Ear.

Winchester, Ky.-James Pail, oil
company employee, was thrown from
his horse, which stepped on his head
and cut off an ear.
Nall was taken to the Clark county
hospital the next day, where an op-
Grafton was performed and the ear
sewed on.
Physicians believe his hearing will
not be affected. Nall lives at Tor
rent, this county,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-13

Their age IS about the only thing
women attempt to conceal these days.
After attending "A Commercial Asso-
ciati6n feed we decided that when Il
man can sit calmly without blushing,
grinning or clearing his throat while
the POSTMASTER is introducing him. he
may be said to have poisc.