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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
TIMELY WALL STREET TOPICS

NEW YORK. June 1S.-Absence
Of any disposition to purchase
stocks for speculative account was
the chief feature of the trading in
the stock market during the past
week. At times large blocks of
stocks were bought, but as a rule
those purchased were connected
with bearish operations as in the
case of Mexican Petroleum on
Thursday, when a late rally was
wholly due to purchases against
privileges to put the stock to an
associate of one of the leaders IN
the steel industry who for several
years has been referred to as the
heaviest seller of puts and calls.
1t was a matter Of general under
standing among those who were
employed In the execution of SELL
ing orders that the great bulk of
the supply represented the liqui-
dation of important holdings but
no one seemed to have a definite
idea as to the exact source from
which the supply of stocks came.
In some quarters II was insisted
that institutions have been the
nCaNitSN eSlCIb anu lhdh
stitutions have been closing out
loans on which the margins had
been impaired as rapidly as posi-
BILE without much regard to the
prices obtained. Commission houses
almost without exception were re-
ported as steadily liquidating ac-
counts of whose re-
sources had been exhausted and
who> were unable to respond to
calls for additional margins.
Continued reductions in prices Of
crude oil and petroleum products
brought out conflicting statements
in regard to the situation. c. II.
Haskell. chairman of the Middle
States andfmperial directorates said.
in speaking Of the outlook, The
market price of crude oil is a goi-
den harvest for such marketing
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CHINESE VOYACERS
PROVE EXPENSIVE
Boat Companies Fined 81, 900
For Each One Who Flees
Ship at Honolulu.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)
BY GEORGE r. NELLIST.

HONOLULU, June 1S.-Steamships
in the trans-Pacific service touch
ing at Honolulu within the last
few weeks have paid fines totaliHg
$4,000 for the escape of Chinese
steerage passengers at this port.
For each Chinese who slips
ashort at Honolulu a fine of $1,000
is imposed on the ship from which
he fed. II the fugitive is caught
for deportation the fine Is RENTED.
Two Chinese who got ashore from
a Japanese liner a few days ago
are reported to have slid down the
bow line of the vessel, walking
ashore from the dock in the con-
fusion attending the berthing of the
craft.
A great majority of the Chinese
who smugSle themselves into
Hawaii are apprehended and de-
ported. but in some instances sew
eral years have elapsed between
their escape here and their enforced
return to the Orient.
Copyright, 1917
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

concerns as Sinclair. Texas and the
Standard companies and they should
make record earnings this year
we congratulate ourselves that n
short time ago we completed con-
tracts for two years with the Sin
clair and Standard joint purchasing
companies. There are various ways
Of conducting the oil business so as
to safely hedge against a dip i'm
market prices and oil production ir
the stable fields OF the United
States Is. one OF the surest sources
from which to derive a profitable
income"
Pan American owns 3l4,5l0 shares
Of Mexican Petroleum out of a to-
tai issue of $4,000 shares. This
leaves 134.4s0 shares OF free stock
Sales of the stock on several days
during the week amounted to about
one-half the shares of free stock,
indicating a good deal OF churning
by bear plungers, room traders and
outside spectators and the impress
cioh was IndI lHc NlOlcnl
decline could not have occurred ex-
cept with the consent of the con-
trolling interests in the property.
Much of the selling in large blocks
was by brokers often employed by
the operator who is regarded by
many as the most aggressive bear
plunger. The Pan American Com
pany cannot sell any part of Its
holdings without first giving notice
to the New York Stock Exchange.
II may be regarded as an even
question as to whether the Mexican
oil companies have been hurt most
by development in the oil trade or
the shipping situation. The Pan
American Petroleum and Transport
Company in it's recently issued an
nual report stated that its fleet
consisted of thirty-one vessels of
carrying capacity of 272.is3 tons
and that IL had half interest in 42o,-
900 tonnage of the British Mexican
Petroleum Company's fleet! The
company's assets on December u
included Mexican Petroleum stock Of
par value of s4o,496.0o0 which was
valued at s53.673.SS2. The 314.sioI
shares of Mexican Petroleum COM
mon had a valuation of 1877 in jan
uary. Pan American stocks is $50
par value.
Peculiar conditions existed in the
money market during the past
week. Call money on the Stock
Exchange ranged from to per
cent, the lowest rate touched since
April 6. There were heavy loans of
call money made outside of the
exchange as low as ) per cent, the
lowest rste touched since August,
1918. and this business outside of
the exchange was effective in caus-
ing large amounts to be left I'M
loaned on the Stock Exchange floor
at the close of each day. On We'd
nesday over sf5.o00.O00 in brokers
hands was left unloaned and the
was heavily increased IN
Thursday. Yesterday the amount
left unloaned in brokers hands at
the close of the exchange reached
the unprecedented sum of S2l,Ooo'-
600 This situation at last had an
influence on the time money mar
ket, loans being made in fairly
large amount yesterday at 6i2 and
offers to make large loans at q
per cent were refused and later
were placed at concessions.
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CANADA'S WHEAT SURPLUS
YIELDS GROWING EXPORTS
Method of Trade Reviewed Under Free
Market and TariH.

Hersid's Ecensmist.D
longer any need to keep il separate
from American wheat The imports
of wheat are shown in table No. /
up to 1919. inclusive.
In the last months of 1920 came
the big movement or dumping of
wheat into our market which
served to stimulate the tariff move
ment to some extent The 1920
movements were as follows:
IMPORTS OF CANADIAN WHEAT AND
FLOUR BY MONTHS.
TOGO omitted.D
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OF STOCKS FEATURES WEEK--FARNERS STRIKE AT END
Industrial. Average 2.es Point loss week

NEW YORK. 1sFor kended clos Of bust
Friday in Of
compared with last Comparisons
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

The Canadian bureau Of statistics
divides the 1920 crop as follows:
mn
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CANADIAN WHEAT PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION
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Evening journal., 1921-05-19
PLAINTIFF WINS.

on an appeal taken by the defend
ant from the verdict Of the Court OF
Common Pleas. tho case OF John A.
Ordway. etc. trading as the Sedlis
Manufacturing Company. vs.. Ben
jamin Muderick. was tried before
Judges Rice and Heisel and a jury
in Superior Court this morning Tho
verdict was for the plaintiff for the
full amount.
The plaintiff asked s55O.5O. with
interest from May. 1919. for goods
delivered the defendant on the lat.
ter's order. The defendant claimed
however. that he ordered and ac-
ccptcd goods, consisting of dresses
ard aprons. amounting TO only s144
The additional goods sent him by
the plaintiff. Muderick claimed. h,
returned.
Edmund S. Hcllings was attorney
FOR the plaintiff. and Ayres J. stock
ley represented the defendant
Evening journal., 1921-05-19

ing after long illness. She is sur
vived by her husband. two sons.
Alan ID. and Daniel W. Henry. one
daughter. Miss Elizabeth j. Henry:
two brothers. Edward NJ. and Alan
ID. Johnson. of Elkton. and three
sisters. Mrs. Olivia Woodburn. Of
Springyalo. Me. Mrs. ". ID. Price
and Miss Elizabeth ID. Johnson. Of
Elkton. Burial will be private on
Friday afternoon.
Cherry Grove farm. containing 517
acres situated in sassafras Seek.
the old Governor Ncascy homestead.
was sold at public sale on Tuesday
and was purchased by Reginald Con-
stable. OF Eikton. for s15.5OO. This
is one Of tho finest farms in Cecil
county.
Memorial services win be held az
Leeds on May 30. Grant Post. 40.
10. G. A. r.. will have charge Of the
exercises. This post is now reduced
to ten members. The following
committee will have charge of dec
Grating graves: Elkton and Bethel
Joshua NJ. Ash. j. 7. Racine and
Charles Kelly; Union. Bouldcn'i
Chapel and Cedar Hill. r. b. Grosh
and Benjamin Miller; Cherry Hin
sharps and st. Johns. George r
Spence. John Burke and Joseph
IOcum.
Irwin r. Kepler, OF Elkton. is at.
tending the Maryland State Bankers
Association meeting at Atlantic City
y. j.. this week.
Charles p. Finley has sold his
residence on East Main street. Elk.
ton. 20 J. b. Decker, OF the Victory
sparkler Company. Mr.. Finley vii
remove to Philadelphia. where ne Il
engaged in the practice OF law. Th'
property sold was the home Of Mis-
Martha Finley. author Of the note,
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
FARMERS OPPOSE SALES TAN

WASHINGTON. May l9.-Oppo-
sition to a revision Of taxes on the
basis Of wishes of a majority Of the
wealth" rather than a majority OF
the people was expressed yesterday
by r r. G.. Atkeson. representing the
National Grange who filed with the
Senate Fninace Committee a lengthy
protest against general sales tax
and repeal Of the excess profits tax
The chief argument for the sales
tax. Mr.. Atkeson contended. was
that il would permit repeal Of an
other taxes on business This. ne
added. showed an intent to lift the
burden from "a few thousand and
saddle il on many who are less able
TO pay."
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
WEASELS CARRY OFF
ALL HIS CHICKENS

CHESTER. Pa. May 19.-pas-
Qualle Caminan. who leases tho old
Osborne farm In Boothwyn. bought
so chickens in this city and took
them 20 the farm. The next morn
ing when ne opened his chicken
house he found the go dead. a
weasel had entcrod in the night. kill
cd each fowl and then sucked their
blood.
Caminall then decided that he
would dress the chickens and take
them Co market for sale but a color
cd noighhor advised him not TO sell
them as they had been poisoned boy
the weasel Later the savory odor
of stewed chicken filled the air and
the owner discovered 90 his sorrow
that the negro had invited some OF
his friends to a big chicken dinner.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
DRAMATIC CLUBS TO
GIVE THREE PLAYS
snocial 10 Tho Evcning Journal

Special TO The Evening Journal
NEWARK. May 19.-Consider-
able interest is being conferred around
fho three plays TO be given by the
combined dramatic clubs OF IN,
mems and women's colleges OF tho
University OF Delaware. in Wolf
Hall. next Tuesday evening. The
fact that three separate plays an of
which are unique In kind. will be-
given in one evening IS sufficient tu
attract large crowd and many
tickets have been sold for the occa-
sion.
"Simoom." by August sirindbcre
which Is laid in Mohamedan
shrine. in the desert. is the FIRST
play: 'Tho Maker OF Dreams" by
Ouphant Down. an odd playlet. full
Of humor and love. will he the sec
ond. and Gods Of the Mountain.
by Lord DuNsany. one OF the most
extraordinary plays ever written by
the famous author. will be het finale
This last play gives a wide field FOR
scenic beauty and the girls of tho
women's college are planning "a
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
WHISKY CARAVAN
NOT In NEW YORK

The two automobile trucks con-
tanning whisky valued az $4,000.
which left here at $40 yesterday
morning. for Brooklyn. have not yet
reached their destination.
United States Marshal Money said
az noon today that he did not know
whore they were, but was sure they
have not yet reached their destina-
tion. or he would have been noti-
fed.
The trucks were amply guarded
and Marshal Money feels confident
the delay is only due to accident OF
the condition Of the roads.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
cecil SHERIFF
ISFINED 5000
Seth Pleads "Nolle Con-
tendre' to Having Liquor
in His Possession
J.. B. DECKER BUYS
FINLEY PROPERTY
Special to The Evening Journal

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
ELKTON. Nd. May 19.-Sherim
Lewis a. Seth. Of Cecil county.
pleaded "nolle Contendre" in the
United States District Court in Bal
timore. a few days ago. and was
fined 5000 for having liquor in his
possession without notifying the
Federal officers. Charges OF con-
spiracy TO conhscate liquor from
bootleggers against Magistrate Frank
n. Pratt and Deputy Sheriff oscar
p. Humes. OF Elkton. were dis
missed.
Mrs. Mary d. Henry. wife Of Harry
d. Henry. Of Elkton, died at her
home on Main street. Tuesday even
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
,
FROM OUR YORK
CORRESPONDENT.

YORK. $. C.-Charlic Caldwell.
cotton buyer, is also one OF the most
expert fishermen in this section.
For years he has been accustomed
10 wade In the streams and grab
under the banks with his hands for
suckers and cats and other species
Result: The hands are an gnarled
and SCARED through contact with
the fms Of captured FISH.
He has just had blacksmith con-
struct for him a tool similar TO a
Evening journal., 1921-05-19

make Il the extravaganza Of the eve
ning
Miss Mabel X. Tebo. %, president
OF the Dramatic Club. is acting as
student coach and advisor. Dr. i.
NJ. *. Foster. Miss Dorothy Wolf
and Miss Rachel Taylor are faculty
advisors.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19

Elsie Books and other works. she
was an aunt Of Charles b. Finley.
The clothing store OF Jacob Sing
man. on Main street. Elkton, was
entered by robbers Saturday morn
ing and a quantity OF goods stolen.
Union Hospital Training School
for Nurses will hold their annual
commencement in Mechanics Hall
Eikton, on Thursday, May 26.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
THEY GET THE FISH.

His face and hands decidedly
tanned. Dr. Joseph II. Odell, direc-
tor Of the Service Citizens. returned
TO Wilmington today from fishing
expedition TO lower Delaware Bay.
Doctor Odell was the guest OF Henry
r. Scott. tho banker. ON board the
latter's power-boaL Splendid strings
Of FISH were taken.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
ERROR IN STREET ADDRESS.

A typographical error in The
Evening journal yesterday made it
appear that Mrs. Amelia Handy. wEo
addressed a letter to the Levy Court
relative to wireless operators here.
lived at sos Pine street. Mrs. Handy
lives at 500 Pine street. Tho prop
erty at sos Pine street is occupied
by Mrs Clara A. Barker.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
SQUAD OF POLICE
AT Mccoy FUNERAL

Sergeant John +. Devenish and
squad OF 25 patrolmen attended the
funeral OF former State Detective
Frank W. Mccoy this afternoon. The
patrolmen acted as an escort and ac-
companied the body from the Mccoy
home. at 126 North Broome street.
10 the cemetery. The police depart
ment sent a handsome floral wreath
TO the Mccoy home today.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
M1DELEY AID SOCIETY

The Ladies Aid Of Madeley NJ. +.
Church will meet at s o'clock this
evening in the church parlors. Tho
hostess will be Howard Sutton. vii.
liam Goodman. Cecil Preston anc
Mr.. Mills. Mrs. Jane Mahan is cor
responding secretary Of the Society
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
KEEPING ICE.

Ice will keep longer when you 60
on that picnic II you have piece Of
clean flannel 10 use inside the news
papor wrappings.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19

nail grab hook.
Now he locates the FISH with his
bare feet and then dives into the
water and clamps them with his
new grab hook.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-12
Il. B. & A. Wage Dispute
To Be Taken to Harding
Mediation Board Considers
Receiver Refused Services
Except With Reservations

ATLANTA, March 11.-Failure of
mediation in the strike on the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad was
indicated to-day. when correspondence
between the members of the Federal
Mediation Board and Receiver B. l..
Bugg was made public. It was shown
that the mediators, Judge W. L. Cham
lers and Whitehead Kluttz, considered d
that Receiver Bugg had refused to ac-
cept mediation.
MIR. Bugg, in his letters, contended
tnat he could not accept any PROPOSE
ton which bound him to agree to paw
wages beyond the power of the road
tc earn. Judge Chambers replied that
the mediators construed the receivers
position to be one of refusal to mediate
except with reservations, which thew
considered as impossible under the cir
cumstances.
1t was indicated by the mediators
that they would present the facts in
the case direct to President Harding
and seek his aid in arriving at settle.
ment Of the strike.
Colonel Bugg said to-day that plans
were practically perfected for the re-
sumption Of increased passenger and
freight service, early next week. al
though he indicated that normal condi.
tlons would not be attained
New-York tribune., 1921-03-12
Labor Federation MOTTO
Interfere on Wage Cuts
From The Trtburc's Wdsh;unto,, R,,r.,,

From The Tribune's VasAin oton Burenu
WASHINGTON, March II. = It was
made clear to-day at American Fedora
ton of Labor headquarters that the
parent organization is to maintain a
strict policy of "hands OFF, in the waee
reduction prospect before the railway
employees of the country. Any nos,
slble strike action by the brotherhoods
as the result of wage cuts is entirelv
IN the hands Of the joint committee Of
the sixteen railway labor organizations.
Secretary Frank Morrison discussed
the situation to-day with labor leaders
here. He told them that the Federation
OF Labor believes the railway workers
committee, which represents the four
big brotherhoods and twelve inde-
pendent pc der torganizza,tions, is competent to
any strike call would be issued bv II
and not from headquarters in Washing
ton. The Joint committee is under the
guidance of William II. Johnston. of
the machinists, and Warren S. stone. Of
the locomotive engineers. Both are
now in Chicago with the Railroad Labor
Board. -1'''0i
New-York tribune., 1921-03-12
Daylight Law
Dead; ; Issue Up
To Cities Now
Governor Signs Repeal of
State Act, Giving LOCAL.
ties Right TO Set Clock
Ahead if They Wish
Referendum Is Sought
Brooklyn Assemblyman Con
iinues Fight and Asks
Vote by People in the Fall
From q staff Correspondent

ALBANY, March IL State wide
daylight saving in New York State
underwent a permanent eclipse to-day
when Governor Miller signed the Low
man. Belts bill repeating the act of
1918, placing the daylight saving law
on the statute books.
The repeal proposal which met with
strong opposition from organized labor
and business interests throughout the
state, provides for local option by the
various communities for the continual
ton of daylight saving
The new law permits any CITY or
village in the state to enact ordinances
advancing the time one hour during
the late spring, summer and carly fall
months 1t is optional with the locali-
ties to fix the number of months for
daylight saving, but the law stipulates
no such ordinances must take effect
earlier than the last Sunday in March
or remain effective later than the last
Sunday in October.
The objections to the new statute
we're based on two grounds: First,
that the majority of the residents Of
the state wanted the daylight saving
law continued, and, second, that the
local option feature would create gen.
eral confusion, as some localities
woald adopt daylight saving ordinances
and others would not.
The fight for statewide daylight
saving viii be continued by Assem- bly,
man James 7. Carroll, Of BROOKLYN,
VINO has introduced Il bill which would
submit the question to referendum
this fall. The act took effect in 1918.
when the Federal government enacted
the national daylight saving act az
a war emergency. When the Federal
government repealed the act farmers
IN New York State sought to have the
state law repealed. A meaeure to this
END was introduced by Assemblyman
Charles II. Belts, Of Wayne, last year
IT was passed after two unsuccessful
1xttempts, n only to be vetoed by Alfred
Il. Smith, then Governor.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-12
Moving Train Robbed
OF Silk in Jersey City
Thieves Break into Express Car
and Throw Loot From Door;
Flee Without SnoiIs

Robbers got aboard an American Ex-
press train bound for Philadelphia and
Washington over the Jersey Central
late last night in some manner not
yet explained, opened door of one Of
the cars and threw off twenty and
twenty-five packages of silk as the
train was passing Van Nostrand Ave
nue., Jersey City.
The train was stopped and searched
at the West Eighth Street station
Bayonne, but the men had escaped,
probably at that point.
The train was solid express
bound for Washington by way of Phila-
delphia. 1t left the terminal in Jer
sey City at 11:10 p. m. As it SLOWED
up slightly near Van Nostrand Avenue
the towerman at that station noticed
the side door of one Of the cars open
and packages being thrown out. He
Immediately notified ~the office Of the
train dispatcher in Jersey City and the
latter had the train held for police
from Bayonne Headquarters in West
Eighth Street
New-York tribune., 1921-03-12
43 States Attack
IL C.. Rate Power
In Supreme Court
Arguments Begun in Test
Case Against Authority of
Board TO Govern Tariffs
Within Commonwealths

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Author-
ity of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission under the transportation act
to supervise railroad rates within the
states was in turn denied and upheld
in opening arguments to-day before
the Supreme Court on the test case
brought by the State of Wisconsin.
Attorneys for Wisconsin and the
fortytwo states joining in the pro-
ceedings declared the construction
placed on the transportation act by
the commission in exercising control
over state rates to be destructive of
our dual form of government and con-
trary to the spirit of our Constitution"
and to amount to "unitied control over
commerce"
Counsel for the railroads, in uphold
ing the authority of the commission,
declared that the states which have re-
fused to approve rate increases within
their borders to the level Of interstate
ra tes, as ordered by the commission,
mot only are injuring interstate COM
merce but are claiming an unfair adj
vantage of their sister states who have
acted literally in the public interest"
The forty-three states joining in the
proceedings are attempting to obtain
an order vacating the injunction
granted by the Federal courts to the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail
road preventing any interference with
that road in its establishment of in
creased freight and passenger rates
within the State of Wisconsin, as au-
thorized by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Permission was given the
various states to file briefs and to be
represented orally through the attor-
ney acting for all. They selected John
Z. Benton, general solicitor of the Ma
tional Association of Railway and Util-
tiles Commissioners, as their repre-
sentative.
The Importance attached to the case
was illustrated Immediately when the
court allowed total of nine hours for
argument NJ. B. Olbrich, special
counsel for Wisconsin, who opened for
the appellants, barely concluded his
presentation of the case to-day and it
was estimated that the remaining time
will throw the closing argument late
into the session Of next Tuesday.
Bruce Scott, general solicitor of the
burlington, opened for the carriers.
but had barely begun when the court
adjourned until Monday
Chief Justice White assured counsel
that the court appreciated the impor-
tance of the issue and would give every
moment it could spare to hearing the
case.