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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-01
AMERICAN LEGION NEWS

The tallest man in the American
service during the world war was Leo
Hartley, of Satanta, Kan, state Off
Gals of the American Legion declare.
He is seven feet, two inches in his
sock feet. He will be among the dele
gates from Satanic to the American
Legion national convention at Kansas
City and will carry the post Legion
banner in the parade. Hartley served
in the air service.
BY strenuous efforts, membership of
the Kansas department of the Ameri-
can Legion has been increased in the
last few days to 22,516, which is in
excess of the number a year ago, and
entities the state to the twenty-eighth
delegate to the national convention.
Each state is given five delegates at
sand members or major fraction
thereof. Three hundred new mem
bers were added, largely thru the eff
forts of the Topeka and Kansas City,
Kan, posts.
The family of Mamma G. Bruner, of
independence. is in itself a thriving
war veterans society. According to
information received men and women
call Bruner, who is a Civil war vet
eran, by the familiar Papa" An
even dozen sons of the Union soldier
served overseas with the A Z. r. VI
the remaining children, twenty are
girls and one son was too young to
fight.
American Legion posts thruout the
state have been, according every mill
tary honor in the burial of Kansas
men, just returned from France. The
funerals of Cedric H. Shaw, for whom
the Pratt Legion. post was named,
and of Wayne G. Austin, for whom the
Newton post was named, were held
recently under auspices of the local
Legion posts.
All delegates to the national con-
vention of the American Legion at
Kansas City, Mo. October 31-Novem-
Der 1 and ,, are requested to bring
their uniforms with them, according
to a bulletin received by Adj. Frank
z. Samuel. of the Kansas department.
The convention committees empha-
sized the importance of bringing uni
forms for use in the parade which is to
be reviewed by Marshal Foch, General
Diaz. General Jacques. General PERISH
ing and other celebrities.
The state convention of the Ameri-
can Legion at Hutchinson will be
asked to name a delegate to represent
Kansas at the ceremony attending
burial in Arlington cemetery, with ma
tional military honor of an unknown
American soldier to be brought home
from France by General Pershing.
Before sailing from the United States,
General Pershing indicated the body
probably would be selected from the
Argonne cemetery at Romangne,
where most of the unidentified dead
were inferred following the fighting
in the forest tangleS-
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REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS.

lots IS to a, Main st, Kingston So. 900
J. A. Farley to Shawnee Co, TT. in W.
y of NV. L 16-13-15. ..,............ 100
A L. Chamberlain to Z. H. Happe,
lots 40, S. 4 IS, College ave, Elm
X Covey to F. W. Hennessey, n. L
Sw. \. .l2-11-13- ,OOO
T. F. Lilis to F. J. Teif lots 446 to
4S6 West ST. Kings add. 1
J. +. Wadley TO n z. Blair. lot 50,
Chandler st. kleins add.--.-.-.-
25s5 o. & SIS add. -. 80 - 1000
To c. W Goodwin. lots 1905 to 2695,
Lincoln St. u q SIS add 49,
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build MODERN SCHOOLS
liss Wo2saer's Report Shows Total OF
SS3 New SchoOEhouses.

Modern, well-equlpped schoolhouses
are being built in Kansas.
Despite the high cost of labor and
material $50 new school buildings
we're erected at a cost of $4.997, O69.78
n the two years ending June 80, 1920,
tccording to figures just tabulated by
Miss Lorraine Z. Wooster, state super
ntendent of public instruction. These
lew buildings in many cases were ex-
sellent models of various types, rang
ing from a one-room country school
o a half-million dollar high school.
Sedgwick county led the state in the
.wo-year period with sixteen schools
constructed at a cost of 1898, 600. But
err county vas second with fourteen
4chools costing $532.9o0 And Atchi-
ION county was third was six build
hgs erected at a cost of 100000.
Pratt. Cherokee. Reno. Dickinson,
Saline. Geary, Wyandotte and Sumner,
ranking in the order named, were
other counties with school construc-
tion totalling more than 100000
Thirty-six counties did not erect any
new buildings in 1919 and thirty-three
none in 1920, if the reports received
are correct.
or the $50 buildings, 1855 were
erected in 1919 at a cost of S1,72O,-
873.T4; and 1913 were erected in 1920
at a cost of s3,266.1g6.O4. The in
crease in number of buildings in 1920
was principally in one-room schools.
The increase in cost was mainly in
the towns and cities.
The average cost of the buildings
erected 1919 was S11.1O2.41, while
the average for 1920 was 16,495.94.
The record of school construction for
representative counties, with the num-
Der of buildings and total cost, fol-
lows:
Allen 90 $1s,571.O5; Atchison CD
1907, 900; Barton 90 $53,000: Butler
G4) $582.9OO; Clay (3) $4,000; Cloud
% $65,0O0; Cowley 42) sos, 900;
Crawford "a $4,000; Dickinson CD
1857, 800; Douglas % $2,279; Ford
"a HOPS; Franklin CD $4,000;
Geary 90 S143.62O: Harvey 60 S38,-
900; Labette go $39, 800; Montgomery
go $37,S0O; Neosho (1) $1,4OO; Reno
(13) $241,34.27; Rice 60 $4,000;
Saline (11) S146,5OO SedSwick C16)
S63S, 900; Shawnee 90 500, 400; Sum-
ner t1Z) $4,000; Wilson CD s4,SS7;
Wyandotte (5) $123,739
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BUSINESS CHANGES.
BUILD RESIDENCES

Want interview with some 1nd1v1d-
ual who has a few thousand dollars
to invest in building company to in
crease residences in Topeka Can
show safe and profitable investment
124, care Journal
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
Nan desiring to own permanent. money
making business, exclusive for Kansas. has
to do with building GOOD ROADS, should
write us quick. Full investigation invited
$4,000 Investment required few months
STORMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Charlottesville. Ind.
$50 STARTS you in business. Exclusive
distributor wanted for fast selling auto
accessory. Large profits. Money back
guarantee. Car owner preferred. Fan
Flame Spark Plug Co. Inc Yonkers. n. v
FOR SALE-Restaurant in small ton Ii,
Lyon Co. low rent; doing nice business; ;
lease; clearing $3.50 month. Price for
short time, $3.50; $3.50 cash, bal terms
Furman's Real Estate 106 West Sth.
FOR SALE-3arage building, 70 miles
from Topeka and lot, $1,400. mtg. 81 900,
with pump, stock will invoice about $1,000;
machinery and tools. cash only. Furmans
Real Estate. log West Sth.
FOR SALE-Interest in dairy close TO To-
peka, doing $500 monthly, everything
complete. Price SLIGO cash; no trade. Fur
man Real Estate, LOG West sth.
FOR SALE-S-room brick house. equipped
store room on first floor. See owner. 301
Branner.
THREE grocery stores and two restaurants
for sale. all in good location. Call 5I23
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TREE TRIMMING

We do tree work of all kinds. Phone
1855.
MEN WANTED for detective work. Exper
fence unnecessary Write J. Ganor, for
mer L. s. government detective, ST. Louis.
DRIVER-Know the town and drive a
Ford. Man with family preferred. yell
low Cab Co. 205 West Sixth street
FIREMEN. AKEAfEN-Beginners $50.
later $3.50 monthly. Write Railway, care
State Journal
HAVE FEW openings left for hustlers
Apply RIM Chemical Co., Room {, Aetna
Rldg.
EXPERIENCED garment presser. indie
pendent Cleaners, 91S920 Kansas ave.
WANTED-Good hustlers with wheels.
Western Union Telegraph Co.
WANTED-Car washer 205 West 9th.
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HUNDREDS L. s. government positions
now open. Girls, women over II. Steady
$50 $40 month. Short hours. Vacation
Common education sufficient. List positions
free Write Immediately. Franklin Institute,
Dept. 626Y. Rochester. N y.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. arm Mattresses.
send west, $50 month, board and room ::
help: counter girls; housekeepers; maids.
Furman's Employment Office. Jog West Sth
WIDE AWAKE WOMAN to take charge of
our local trade. 81 to 50 a day steady.
No experience required. Pay starts at once
Write today. American Products Co., 4725
American Bldg. Cincinnati. Ohio.
WANTED-Girls, any locality. for pleasant
work during spare time. Inquire immed-
lately. Wilson Co, Clara Minerva, St
Louis No.
wANTED-A colored girl for general
house work 1915 Boswell.
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WANTE1,-<ALEss1EN

statesmen with car preferredl TO sell
dealers new 5000 mile guaranteed Auto
Tires. No seconds or rebuilts. Main or
sideline. Experience unnecessary 800
weekly easy. HARRISON TIRE FAC
TORY. Harmon. Ind.
MAKE $4,000 to $4,000 per month dis
tributing Speedoline; easy. permanet
work; exclusive territory: automobile free
Write for particulars. SPEEDOLINE CO,
Dept. H.. Dallas, Texas.
SIDE LINE SALESAIEN-Attractive pro-
position for live men $500 to SOD %
commission csaeh order. Full credit on re-
peats. CANFIELD MFG. CO, 40O3 Broad
way, Chicago
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DENTISTS TO MEET HERE.
First District Assn. to Hold Confer
cnce at c. of c.

The First District Dental association
conference will be held in Topeka on
Monday and Tuesday of next week at
the Chamber of Commerce.
A number of local dentists will be on
the program. including W. A. COston.
Z. E. Carpenter, G. p. Williams, E.
F. WEIGH, ]. D. Corbutt and w. A. Nc
Carter.
Monday evening the dentists will
have a dinner at Pelletier's Tea room.
DR.. Karl A. Menninger will be one OF
the speakers. and his subject will be
Dental Mental and Oriental" DIR. S.
J. Crumbine. of the state board of
health, will also speak. giving a digest
of the recent free dental examination
of II, 900 school children
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MILITIA CHIEF TO RETIRE
Gen. jesse Mel. Carter Leaves Active
= ARMY Scrvios at Own Request.

= Army Scrvio. at Own Request.
Washington. Oct. l. Brig. Gen.
Jesse Nc l. Carter, chief of the war
department militia bureau since the
early days of the war except for his
service as commander of the Eleventh
division, Camp Meade, Md. just be-
fore and after the armistice, retired
from active service today at his own
request. He had served 80 years,
having been appointed to West Point
from Missouri in 1882.
General Carter, as militia bureau
chief. directed the organization of the
United States guards to safeguard
utilities and industries after mobiliza-
ton of state forces for war in 1917.
He was awarded the distinguished
service medal for this work, having
conceived the plan for Supplementary
police forces with federal guards.
After the war he directed the reor-
ganization Of the national guard vir-
tuaily wiped sOut of existence thru
wartime federaliza ton.
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BARTLEsvILLE JAIL EMITTED.

BartlesviIle. Okla, Oct. Posses
were securing the country in all direc-
lions today in an effort to round up
nine prisoners of the county Jail who
esca ped last night. The fugitives I'M
locked the Jail doors and walked out
after they had overpowered the jailer
and had taken his keys.
Four of the escaped prisoners were
being held on murder charges. one
of them was a woman, Emma Beatty,
charged with an attempt to kill.
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CASE GOES To CIRCUIT COURT.
Iiabcas Corpus Proceedings Brought
to KcIcRsc Ben CraXcns.

Habcas corpus proceedings brought
to release a man claimed to be Ben
CrGVens, notorious oklahoma bandit,
have been appealed to the United
States circuit court. Judge Pollock
refused TO grant the writ when the
Gaze vas before him in the district
cOu.
man serving a prison term in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth
claimed he is Charles Maust and not
Ben CraVens, the bandit and muir
dercr But the government contends
that that it has made no mistake and
the man committed as Cravens is serv-
ing life sentence. Maust admittedly
does ont look like Cravens, but he was
committed to prison when BertilIion
experts declared that his finger print
record was that of the Oklahoma bad
man
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MAIZE AND FENfALE.

MAN OR WOMAN wanted, salary $50 full
time. Toe an hour spare time. selling
guaranteed hosiery to wearer Experience
Unnecessary. international Mills, Norris
town, Pa.
Man or woman wanted salary $50. full
time, Toe an hour spare time. selling
guaranteed hosiery to wearer. Experience
Unnecessary International Mills, Morris
town. Pa.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

YOUNG MAN desires to enter good pay
ing business, some capital and best of
references. Write A-100, care Journal
EXPERIENCED truck driver, knows all
the streets, wants job. Phone 1924 K-5.
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LOST AND FOOND.

LOST-Brooch valued as keepsake, on
Gage Park car or Quincy st. between
water office and It'll. Reward. Phone oOi
or Blue 2S22
PUP-Fox terrier lost Sept IL, answers to
name Trixie. Liberal reward. Phone
White 1885.
AIREDALE PUP lost answers to name of
Jack little girls pet. Phone 5l1o-J.
Reward
LOST-30x31a star casing between Topeka
and Kansas on 3rd. Phone Blue 4090-
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wANTED-FEMALE HELP
Experienced Saleswoman

We have permanent positions for several
women with previous experience in selling
women's ready-to-wear garments. We will
not consider anyone without experience
BERKSON BROS,
TO5-707 Kansas Ave.
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SIX nicely furnished housekeeping rooms
for rent, adults, northwest corner First
and Fillmore Call Sunday or after 80
during the week.
keeping, upstairs. private entrance ;
adults only. Phone Blue 1893.
FOR RENT-Large modern room, nicely
furnished; gentlemen preferred. 400
1923 KANSAS AVE.-Modern furnished
sleeping room for L or gentlemen
Jhone 1901.
FURNISHED rooms. Strictly modern,
close in; homelike surroundings. Phone
90 WEST STH-MOdern furnished house
keeping room and kitchenet. hone
MODERN sleeping room for employed
lady, meals next door if desired. Phone
5521-J.
LARGE, nicely furnished front room. 31t
Huntoon or 18th and Harrison Phone
FOR REN@Sleeping room I'm modern
home on Topeka ave. steam heat. Phone
1905.
FOR RENT-Modern room for man ani
wife, with kitchenet. Phone White 26i2
FOUR housekeeping rooms, close in, partly
modern. No children. Phone 4SI3-J
1922 MONROE : Two nicely furnished
modern light housekeeping rooms.
FOR RENT-MOdern furnished sleeping
room. reasonable. 700 van Buren
WANTED TO RENT modern furnished
house ny couple. Call Red 2j19.
FOR RENT-Front furnished rooms. and
garage. 321 Jefferson.
III WEST GTH-One modern sleeping
room. Edison heat.
222 WEST STH-Modern housekeeping
room. Phone 1861.
1925 WEST ST.-Modern sleeping rooms.
Phone Red 2T5s.
FOR RENT-Large front sleeping room
.221 Clay
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WANTS
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka State
Journal 10 / cent a word each insertion
minimum 10 cents; by the week 3 cents
word; minimum 50 cents.
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be
accompanied with cash or check In tuil
payment of the same Note the foregoing
Instructions about counting the words and
the rate per word for The Topeka State
Journal.
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FOR RENT-sTs,RE ROOMS

tOh KEN 81 ItOONAS
STORE ROOM 25xG5 FT. ON EAST STH
AVE, NEXT DOOR TO NOVELTY THE
ATER. INQUIRE ROOM 3, MAJESTIC
BLDG
STORE ROOM, 25x65, on East Sth. Good
location. Inquire Room 2. MajeStic Bldg.
FOR RENT-GARAGFsS
FOR RENTED Fillmore St, garage
Phone a93. Come and see It.
FOR SALE-VEHICIsES
FOR SALE@A good surrey. SO; also two
cows Inquire 4o5 East nth
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FOR RENT-KOoMs

FOR RENT-Three rooms, unfurnished,
water, gas, bath, $3.50 per month. 129
Buchanan
FOR Rents rooms and above, unfur-
nished. 2SS Van Buren,.
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FOR RENT-FURNIsHED ROOMS

NICELY furnished room in steam heated
apartment Home privileges. Employed
couple preferred. Phone 4500.
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FOR RENT-HoUsEs
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

-~O~-~--O~--------@------
SIX large rooms with bath, 2nd floor of
duplex, heat and water furnished, S69,0n
per mo. winter. $1,000 summer; no chill
dren. 42S Tyler.
FOR ISENT-Modern apartment, will sell
furniture. 507 West Sth. Phone Red 4755.
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SIX nicely furnished housekeeping rooms
for rent, adults, northwest corner First
and Fillmore. Call Sunday or after 6 80
during the weeks
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

institutions Clearing Through MembersAverage Figure
For the Week Ended November IL. 1921.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Rio GRANDE DO Sui
TOBORROW IN US.
Closing Of $10,00O,000 Loan
by Bankers Her Awaits
Only Cable.

The State OF Rio Grande do Sui s1o,-
100000 loan Is near to completion. and
bnkers yesterday awaited only a cable
closing UP the deal 1t Is possible that
an offering will be made tomorrow,
but this Will not be known for a GER
tainty until cable, due to-day. Is re-
cetved. Pending the completion Of nego-
ttations the names OF the bankers are
withheld by request.
If the proposals made by the bankers
are accepted the loan will consist Of &c.
100000 of twenty-five year per cent.
sinking fund gold bonds Of the external
loan Of 1921, non-callable prior to Oc-
tober I. 1881. but due on October /.
IS46. and repayable through sinking
fund or at their maturity at los and
accrued interest The sinking fund, as
proposed. Is to be deposit of 100000
annually in quarterly instalments.
Proceeds Of the new issue are to be
used for the Improvement Of transporta-
ton In the State through construction In
connection with the wharf work Of Porto
tion of equipment for coal properties
and retirement Of the States funded
debt The bonds. in addition to being
direct and general obligtion OF the
State. are specifically secured by a lien
on certain taxes. The States revenues
for the last twenty years have shown in
every year a surplus over expenditures
There Is no record of default on any of
its funded debt obligations, internal or
external.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
BONDS IN STOCK EXCHANGE

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1921.
Days sales
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
BANK CLEARINGS DROP.
Last Weeks Loss II 25.5 Per Cent.
in United States.

Bank clearings in the United States
for the week ending November 10. re-
ported by telegraph to Brddstreets Jour.
nal, aggregate s6,109,7S6.O00, against
S7.254.S32, 900 last week and $S,209,614,
900 in the corresponding 1920 week. The
losses are respectively 25.5 and 1877 per
cent.
Outside Of New York the total Is
$2.626, 900. q decrease Of 20.1 per
cont. from that Of last week and Of 7.2
per cent. from that Of the corresponding
1920 period.
New York shows drop Of 29.2 per cent
compared with the figures Of the corre-
spending 1920 period. All except eight
OF the fifty cities reporting reportsmaller
totals than they did for the correspond
ing 1920 week. Chicago lost 1853 per
cent Philadelphia. 29.5 per cent. Bos-
ton. 9.4 per cent. Kansas City, 31.5
per cent: st. Louis. 15 per cent: San
Francisco. GA per cent. Cleveland, 36.9
per cent: Detroit, 26.9 per cent Min
neapolis, 1927 per cent; Los Angeles,
25.3 per cent, and Cincinnati. 21.1 per
cent.
Canadian clearings aggregate 1884,
$4,000, In contrast to s317. 7.956.000 in
the preceding week and s3s2.749.000 In
the corresponding 1920 week last year.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
CHILDREN BEG IN RUSSIA.
Paternalism Fails to
Work Out.

PErRoGRAp, Nov. IA Russian who
was returning 10 his native land after
ten years of absence in America and
who Is very sympathetic with tho Boil
shevist Government was amazed at see
ing children begging about the station
Immediately after the train had crossed
the Esthonian border. As the train pro-
ceeded into Russia the number OF beg
ging children increased. at every sta
ton they appealed for bread.
IL was told there were no begging
children in Russia" the Russian re-
marked with surprise. II heard the
children were all looked after by the
State, and II has been decreed that they
we're not permitted TO beg"
However. the streets OF all Russian
cities and villages abound In children
who are asking lor bread. They are nu-
merous among the ad ults who frequent
railway stations in the hope of getting
help from travellers. Theoretically the
children do not ask aims. There are
DEGREES against Il. But Government de-
crees arc not always lived w to.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Wickwfre-
SpencerStIist
MILLER's" OUTLOOK.

Special Despatch to The NEW York HERALD.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.--According to the
Modern Miller mo general relief has
como irs the Southwest from the pro-
longed dry spell, and the affected te-.
ritory Is so extensive and so importan'
as to winter wheat acreage that appre-
hension over the condition Is growing
Much ground Is waiting to be seeded or
reseeded. and work win not be started
until the soil IL moistened. IF rain
comes soon there will be ample time to
get in the new seed and permit eermina-
ton, but the outlook Is that the crop will
not go into the winter In STURDY condi-
ton. Conditions east Of the Missouri are
favorable. and the Illinois prospects are
good. Improvement is noted In Ne
brsska and eastern Kansas since recenS
rains
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
CENTRAL AGUIRRE
SURPLUS IS LOWERED
Reports $4.A a Share for
Last Fiscal Year.

The Central Aguirre Sugar Company
for the year ended on July 81 reports a
surplus Of $667.137. or $4.44 a share on
the 100000 shares % it's stock outstand-
ing in contrast to s2.730.162 in surplus.
or s34.62 share 10 It's preceding fiscal
year.
Its total income Sor the year ended on
July 81 was $5,601.s7s against SIT. $780,
800 in 1920. Expenses aggregated
$4,759.117. against $S,3s1.S29 In the pre-
ceding year, leaving net profits Of $842,-
761. in contrast to ss.178.491 In the year
ended on July 81. 1920 The company's
profit and loss surplus on July 81 last
was s7.703. 400. against $s.1o3.927 a year
previous
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
SUES ON U. S. UNIFORMS.
Gen. Wrongcl Says Those He Got
in Paris Were Ruined.

PARIS, Nov. 12.--Cien. Baron Wrangei
formerly commander OF the anti-Soviet
army in southern Russia, has brought
suit In tho Paris courts 70 recover
1.s5o,oo0 francs which his representative
IN Paris paid In 1920 for $4,000 khaki
uniforms from the American army
stocks. The uniforms were purchased
from a dealer.
Cen Wrangel claims that when they
arrived In Russia they were absolutely
useless, as they had been in a fire and
fell apart when the Cossacks tried TO
wear them.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

BOSTON, Nov. IA proposal to re-
organize the National Leather Com
pany's finances was announced by
George u. Swift It's president here to-
day. Because of serious inventory losses.
IL was str led, the company needed ad-
ditionsJ capital which would be obtained
by the issue Of sI5.000.000 OF Its pre-
ferred stock of 800 par. and it's common
stock would be reduced by cancclling p
25D.0oo shares, leaving 10000 shares
Of $40 par. A special meeting 10 act on
the proposal will be held in Portland
Me-. on December ..
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
FLOUR AND MEAL.
NEW YORK PRICES.

Spring patents, $6.7591.25: spring clears.
S47b@5.5o; soft winter straights. s5.50@6
hard winter straights. S6.5op7. BUCK
100 lbs. RYE FLOUR-Dull; fair TO good
$o.25a5.5o; choice TO fancy s5.5oQ5. 10
CORNMEAL-Dull; fine white and yellow
granulated, Sl55ll1.65 FEED--City quiet
bran, 100 h. sacks, $22: heavy midaling
S23 red dog flour, 140 ID. sacks. $50: West
ern quiet: bran. 100 Id. sacks. $2l.vO =
ard middiing, sacks. $3.50; flour niddling.
sacks, 500: red dog flour. 40 ID. sacks.
$50 so; oil meal. $43a43.5o a ton.
Minneapolis Prices.
MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 12.-i'lour unchanged
to CSC. higher; family patents, 7.2oQ7.30.