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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-08
Wall Street GOSSIP

ton mark U. s. Steel begins TO fight.
When the steel readjustment start
ed, some folks cherished the hope
mat consumers would remember how
the corporation had stuck to the es-
tablished prices and did not follow
the example of the Independents in
getting all they could while the get
ting was good.
The resultant failing of in orders
showed just how much real sentiment
there is in buying steel. Now that
the corporation has publicly thrown
Its hat in the ring" the independents
can look for stern competition.
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be arrived at. The facts now avail
able. however. would indicate that
the main elements In business and
Industrial recession have made their
effects manifest, and there have
been in the majority of lines fairly
extensive realignments of relation
ships.
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u, S WILL SAFEGUARD
GRAIN SALES SCALES

Farmers are to be given further
protection by Government measures
for Standardization of grain scales.
Director Strstton, of the Bureau of
Standards, announced today that the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
the Commerce Department are CO.
operating upon a plan in this connec-
ton
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Foreign Exchange.

NEW YORK. July s.-The foreign
exchange market opened weak today,
with demand sterling u cent lower
at s371h Francs yielded one CEN
time to 1881 for cable and 7.s4h for
checks. Lires declined 5h points to
47sh for cables and ATTN for checks.
Belgians unchanged to 7.S4 for cables
and 7.S3 for checks.
Other quotations are Guilder cables
32.88, checks 1924; Sweden kronsn
cables p. so, checks 21.75.
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Grain and Provision Market.

CHICAGO. July s.-wheat opened
4 higher; corn v to y lower; oats
MdA lower: provisions lower for
lard and higher for ribs.
Opening: Wheat, July 21@119k.
Corn. July ~ os1; Sept .6o%ah
Dec. .6oH. Oats, July .35h; Sept.
.3sAd3s; Dec. .40h@A. Lard. Sept.
11.0o611.05; Oct 11.16917. Ribs, Sept.
1o.65Q6T.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

LIVERPOOL, July s--Good business
was reported in spot cotton at the be-
ginning of business here today. Prices
were firm. sales were ten thousand
bales. including three thousand late
Thursday. t.@- u.
American mids fair. 1914; good
mids.. s.74: fully mids.. s.34; mids.,
1884: low mids., $50: good ord, STA;
ord, 400.
Futures opened steady.
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Local Stock Market
SALES.

Washington Gas b's--$6o0@77.
Washington Railway General 6s-
81 .000G 02%. Si.O00@82%, $4,000
S2&, sl.0O0G92%, s1.0Oo992x, $1,000
q92%. $1,000 T92k. $1,000 GS2
s1,0O0@82&, $l.000692%. $1,000 o
92@, 81 900 692&. s1.o00@92%,
Potomac Electric deb. 6s--$l.0ooG
93&, $l.000@93h.
Potomac Electric general M. os--
s1.000@95 ~ 900 986h. 10000
95&.
National Saving and Trust Co.---lo0
276.
After cali--Cspitai Traction--20
SOY.
per cent with per cent bid.
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BUYING BY RAILROADS.

The railroads. pleading poverty are
'ot going to rush In and make DIG
expenditures for equipment until they
get labor where they want II ana
secure funds from the Government.
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A. Robert Elmore
Goes As Secretary
Of State Mission

"A. Robert Elmore who is asso-
ciated with the Washington office
of A. A. Housman & Co.. members
Of the New York Stock. Exchange,
has just been designated by Presi-
dent Harding as secretary OF the
special diplomatic mission which
will represent the United States
at the Centennial Of Peruvian
independence, according to an
nouncement made today.
The mission is made up of
Admiral Hugh Rodman, Albert
Douglas, Gen. Hunter Liggett, DR..
w. c. Farabee, William Heimke,
and William Boyce Thompson.
Mr.. Elmore plans to sail from
New York tomorrow on the U. s.
S. Arizona, and will return to
Washington about August 15.'
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Liberty Bonds.

NEW YORK. July S.-Openins
Liberty bonds: sta's, $s7.52; LIST AIS
$3.50; End AVS, sS722; 3rd AVS.
sol .04; 4th ANS, 1914; Victory ANS,
S983o.
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the railroads showed a net oper-
ating income OF only $4,000, 900.
about ss.000,0Oo short of meeting the
fixed charges for the month.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
MEDICAL USE Q" WHISKEY

Things are not always what they seem. says the poet. Aud ill the world of practical affairs. general statements, even oft repeated and popularly accepted, do rot always check up with the facts Much has been made of the claim that the adoption of federal prohibition has seriously iRterfered with the use Of whiskey for medical purposes by physicians. The Anti-SalOOn League of Delaware, in a recently issued circular, presents an interesting ta- ble on this question, based on infOr- nation furnished b. federal and state officials and statistics taken from the American Medical Direc- tory. According to this tabulatiou there were at the time the federal prohibition amendment was adopt ed. twenty-foUr states-one-half the entire number-whose laws forbade either the writing or filling of pre- scriptionS for whiskey or brandy. In these states. naturally, no permit under the federal law could be is sued to physicians. h the remain ing twenty-fOur states, in which there is no S-gl law and in which under the Eolstead Act, permits to prescribe whishey may be issued to physicians. there are according to American Medical Directory. 112,- 23S practicirg physicians. Yet in these twenty-four states, only 33.- S79 physicians-29 per cent.-Aace
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
EDITORIAL
MAIN STREET"

The Main Street" boom is dying down and I won't worry when it's dead-ard once again the country town begins to raise it's humbled home of hicks. wAose souls can't rise above the dust. where all Isthetic games and tricks are look ed upon with deep disgust. In go- pher towns I've lived and loved. and there I learned tr swat wy Tyre. and as long as Main street mcmCm and as along Main street l showed, | saw a whole lot 70 admire. And there I've known t1e finest gents. great fellows, lar-e of mind and heart: I wonder why they pitched their tents so far from Culture and from Art? Tue country town in spires the jokes of specialists ia caustic mirth: but there you'n often find the folks who are the salt of this old earth. The country town has many rUbeS, who on tGeir idle errands trot. and if you only look for boobs. as Lew,s did. you'll ind a lot. But ii you l0o., for t'Other kind. strong men who ornament the race. and women gracious and refn- ed. you'll find them. also. in the place. Go. visit now the Hall of Fame. and mark the High Nobs looking down. and figure out how many came from Gopher or some smaller town. Iae Main Street" book is not SD bad. as twaddle. for the twaddling mob; but as pie ture of our grad it is the poorest sort of daub.-Walt Mason.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

greater light and apparently for a brief while become q part of our system, only to pursue its own way after discovering the vanity of its affection. When the comet chances to cross the orbit of the earth we experience a meteoric shower. This is what we are told is to happen to us as the result of the visit of Pons- Winnecke.
 Sometimes Jupiter reduces them entirely to subjection and they stay on with that planet as part of it's numerous and expansive family. They then circulate in elliptical orbits around their substance along their tails until they become entirely in visible.
 "The tail of comet in all it's gOrgeousness is not mere append age. If it were. it would not long stand the wear and tear that hurt ling through space would give such q thin mass of matter, nor could it be Tipped from one side to the oth CT as is the case when the body pass es in the neighborhood of the sun. It must be made largely of dissipat- ing vapor, meyer the same Cor sec ond, yolatilizing or vaporizing from the heat of the sun, to shift like the smoke in a chimney with the out side influences which control it.
 All of us remember Halley's comet because it appeared in all its noted briliancy in 1910 on it's 75 year tour of the skies in harmony with the astronomers predictions concerning it. One of the most fam ous comets in history is that of 1860, by which Newton proved that comets move under the influence of the gravitation of the sun: it is be- lieved to be the one which appear ed shortly after Julius Caesar was murdered, as well as the comet which caused excitement in 531 and in 11O6. If Halley's suspicious be confirmed that this is the same com ct with a 575 year period. our pos terity will hail it in 2255."
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
Shooting Scrape
 Leads Up to
 Still Discovery

Anchorage.-Through the arrest of Joe Karlin and Mike Kasoff last night the marshals office believe they have the perpetrators of series of burglaries, three of which have been unidentified and one yet to be ascer- tained Incidentally, the marshals claim to have captured still oper- ated by the men in an ingeniously constructed cellar in the southeast ern portion of the city.
 And mingling in the capture is a tale of shooting in which Joe claims Mike took four shots at him, two of which grazed his leg and one his wrist.
 Among the burglaries indentiiied are two where women in the south- eastern portion of the city lost val uable toilet articles, bracelet and ivory sets, these goods, says the mar shal having been found in the house occupied by the men arrested. In the alleged loot recovered is also many articles stolen from the rep resentative of the Walter N. Moore Dry Goods company, whose samples were raided several weeks ago in the Carroll building. There are oth- CT articles supposed to represent a fourth burglary, which have not been unidentified.
 According 10 the circumstances ir the case it is alleged that Mike Kas. off financed the operations of the white mule plant and Karlin did the heavies about the place. It is claim ed that there was q disagreement over split of the emoluments when Kasoff pulled an automatic pistoI and peppered his partners raiment.
 Kasolr has been in trouble before according to the marshars office, and has been a resident of Anchorage Z or three years. Karlin also has been resident two or three years.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

It Is given out that the American people paid $3.OOOCOO last year to the telegraph companies for the privilege of using the SupertlouS word please" in thc.r messages. But no one will say that the money was really wasted. The word is seldom Supertluous. It is q part of the courtesy that makes life worth living, says Los Angeles Times. If please" and thank you" were to be mustered out of the grand army of words in the business vocabulary of the nation, this would be d glum world, indeed.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
GOOD MAN HEADS G. O. P.

Beginning at salary" of $500 per week. John T. Adams entered the employ of sash and door fac tory in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1881. He is now hhe head of the firm-an es- tablishment that has been eminently successful and has branches in var ions cities of the West. Although entering upon his business career at the age of 19, and sticking pret- tv close to the job, MT. Adams found time to pursue literary, historical and economic studies in which he found pleasure as well as intellec- tual profit. He has one of the best private libraries in Iowa, reads French and German almost as cas- ily as English. and has an intimate knowledge of every phase of Amer ican history. The accomplishments, together with his very satisfactory management of the 1920 Republi- can campaign in al! the states west of Pennsylvania. abundantly quail fed him for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee 10 which he was recently elected Ey
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
Strike at Premier Mine Near Hyder
 Is Terminated

Premier mine strikers have re- turned to work on the managers terms with the promise of D. l.. Pitt that there would be no discrimina- ton and that living conditions ct the mine would be bettered as soon as possible. With this action the tram workers who were out fn sym pathy with the mine crew alltomat- ically ceased to be on strike. On the tram men are being put to work as fast as places can be made for them and living accommodations provided and at the mine and mill the necessary work is proceeding as before. MT. Pitt stated "Wednesday night that when the number to be employed reaches the maximum. there will be between 300 and 493 men working. The strike lasted three weeks, and while the time lost had no particular effect on the mine or mill it could hardly be spar. ed on the tram construction, as it will be nip and tuck to complete the contract before the big snow next winter. However, T. H. Cra- ham. superintendent of constru2- tion, will bend every effort toward making up for the delay. and with an even break in the luck sholid pull through on the safe side..-Hy- der Miner,
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
Our Mysterious
 Visitors---Comets

Washington. D. C., June.-A mod est little local brief in the jOurna! of this universe. which q physicist believes to have some limit, even though one astronomer now con- ceives it to be a thousand times larger than we thought it might read like this:
 On June 27 the tiny planet Earth is expected to see sparks (meteoric showers) from the swish of the D. OOO. 900 mile tail of the comet. Pons- Winnecke. which will just miss hit ting Earth by only 12 million miles. '
 Though we are not certain of the exact nature of these hairy stars astronomers believe comets are made up of small particles very far from each other. surrounded by masses of gas" explains q bulletin from the Washington, D. C., head quarters of the National Geographic Society
 "The main body of a comet varies from few hundred to few thou sand miles in diameter. and its tail, which makes it as spectacular am- ong heavenly bodies as the tail of the peacock makes his ill the bird world. measures from a few million to more than hundred million miles in length.
 Tails Turn From Sun.
 "The tails of comets have some peculiar characteristics. They al- ways turn away from the sIn and they increase and decrease with as- tonishing rapidity. The sun evident ly causing them to lengthen enor- mously. Though it's volume is very great. the actual mass of comet is very small. Scientists tell us that the average density of comet is but fraction of that of the air near the earth's surface, and that the density of the extremely of the tail is. of course. very much less.
 This is evident from the fact that these bodies, which are so much larger in volume than the planets, are dehected from their or bits by the planets. which are dis turbed enough by their appearance for any observations to be taken of it. Even when comet passed thru JupiteT>s satellite system in 1886 not a moon yeered from it's course, but the comet totally changed its orbit as a result of the magnetic force eXerted. That the substance of comets and their tails is much rarefied is further apparent because even the faintest of the visible stars can be seen through them.
 Work associated with the be- havior and the nature of comets and their orbits is yet ill its infancy. and the knowledge that the spectroScope reveals regarding their composition is confusing. IL seems to say that they are made of hydrocarbon vapor which shines by it's own light, but part of their light must be reflected sunlight as it approaches the sun and diminishes as it passes away.
 "The idea that comets are wander CTS in space has long ago been given up. Now we know that they belong to our solar system. but their orbit are such large parabolas or ellipses that they sometimes require hund- reds of thousands of years to com, plete a revolution. Occasionally the fascinating Jupiter will lure one of the shooting stafs' from its straight and narrow path. Like the foolish moth it will reyolye around the
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
KellerKwality Kream-has for six 1

KellerKwality Kream--has for six years been recognized as the supef- ative result of a perrect blending of ingredients. Pure cream, pure%ugar and fresh eggs, and the highest qual- ity of Vanilla extract obtainabic, sci entifically hygienically frozen and is guaranteed free from ldultcrations whatsoever, making it wholesome food. Served only at, or delivered from Keller's fountain.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

The mIkado's son. the crown prince, Is in the midst of violent love tangle with a pretty girl of the proletariat. and he's going to take a trip around the world to forget her. Nature never counts q girls money when distribut- ing beauty and other charms. That meaSly job Is left to those who clothe her.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

taken out permits, Evidently, the remaining T per cent do not regard whiSkey as of enough value in the practice of medicine to go to the trouble of taking out permit Journal of the American Medical As sociation, February 19, 1921.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
WHAT STATE?

John Kellerman, who at one time was connected with the Ken necott Copper Corporation, is now married and settled down in that State.-McCarthy news.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

The Huns talk as if they had a monopoly on the willingness to leave the verdict on the war to history, but they haven't. That's where It will have to be left. anyhow, remarks h. diauapoliS Star. and nobody Is more willing so to leave 1t there than the people who fought the Huns
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

The Rhode Island board of agrlcul- ture claims to have discovered fer tilizer that will grow grass and kill weeds at one and the same time. Couldn't they get up an improvement that will also now the lawn?
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

Speaking of the dog that bites the hand that feeds him. a Berlin dispatch says that German Reds favor an alll- ance with Russian Reds to make war on the United States As meal tick CT Uncle Sam must look for his reward In heaven.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

The fact that Popocatepetl is show ing signs of an eruption will move many an Old-timer to renew the efforts made when as a youth he tried to pro- nounce the name of that mountain In the geography class.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

According to recent dispatches there is not enough room in Geneva both for tourists and the League of Ma tiouS. and the league is planning to move on. Tourists will regret losing the opportunity ito do the league" in an afternoon.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
Piles Cured in 0 co I4 Days

Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep after first application. COG.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

Another reason why we shall not fall for the new spelling is, we had to work too hard to get the old style right to surrender il for simple system that any phonOOgist can master.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

A thief who stole a S25,0O0 Liberty bond sent it back to the owner with the word that it was too big to be dis posed of safely. Tip: Get your SlO0 bond converted into a S25,OOO one.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

An inventor has patented a device which. he says. will prevent people from becoming seaSick. It Is said to be fnfaIlible if used ou cross-country voyages.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

Since the million Chinese eggs were imported into this country. our native hens are probably doing lot of cack- ling about the yellow peril.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

D'AununziO is now writing a book about #, which probably was his main collective al the while.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25

Subscribe for the Alaskan and get all tho news while it is news.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-25
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-13
BELGIUM MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS IN
REBUILDING FARMS

WASHINGTON, Jan. II - Bel
sium is making good progress in
rebuilding farms and rehabiltating
It's agricultural production. Reports
from the American consul at Brus-
sells show that the end Of the first
nine months of 1920 more than 61,-
as acres out OF about 14S. 26O acres
Of war-swept soil had been put into
condition for cultivation.
Since the signing of the armistice
Belgium has put forward every pos
sible effort 10 rebuild and intensity
it's agricultural industries Assist
auce in many different ways has
been given by the Belgian depart
ment of agriculture in Order 10 en-
courage speedy reconstruction.
The total area under cultivation
last year was a marked increase
over the 1919 area and the number
Of farm animals has shown large in
crease.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-13
OLDEST MN LIVING
IS ILL FOR FIRST
TINE m 40 YEARS.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. IA
For the first time IN his life OF l46
years, Fora Mehmed, who IS SAID TO
be the oldest man in the world. is
i'll.
He is suffering from indigestion.
for which ne blames a set OF false
teeth.
All his working life Fora has been
carrier OF heavy weights. ranging
from 200 to 1000 pounds.
During the NapOleOnic wars ne
had n bet that he could lift 500
ponds with his teeth. and he ruined
them in making the attempt. He got
along for some time without any
teeth, and then he obtained g set
which wore out.
About twenty years ago he got an
other set. which. ne says. have al
ways given him indigestion and have
finally made him go TO the hospital
for treatment OF the complaint
Fora was born in Turkish Ar
menia, as the birth record in the
mosque there shows. in 1874.
he has a son aged go and a young
daughter OF 50. In appearance he
is only about 20.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-13

es." said Mr.. Holland. that I am not
asked how We expect 20 keep the
tunnel from being filed with gas
from the constant stream % auto
mobiles that will pass through this
5000 feet long below-the-rtver pas
sage.
The answer is simple We pro-
pose to force fresh air into the tun
mel and draw the foul air out az IL
precisely as Is being done every day
in any big building. such as an audi
torium. where thousands OF persons
are congreEated, only on a much
yaster scale. of course.
5000 Feet Tunnel
THE tunnel Will be 5000 feet
long. but the points OF ingress and
eCress Of fresh and foul air VIII not
lie separated that distance.
There will be four huge shafts. or
chimneys. leading into the tunnel.
which viii be 3.4O0 feet apart Mt the
farthes-. At the top of these shafts
There viii be two kinds of fans.
fans which viii supply ventilation
much as IL is furnished in the mines
Theer will be two kinds OF fans
blower fans" and exhaust fans"
the former forcing fresh air into the
tunnel and the latter drawing the
bad air out OF il.
by this system the air in the tun-
mel will be changed at least once
every two minutes"