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The Washington times., 1921-04-16
DU POINT RURAL ESTATE
TO Be SOLD APRIL q

or interest to both financial and
realty circles is the announcement
made yesterday that white Eagle"
the country estate of the late Mrs. AL
fred /. du Pont, located at Roslyn,
l.. l., valued. at over 1900 900 Is TO be
sold at public auction on April 70 In
the large entrance hall OF the main
dwelling on the 250-acre parklike
property.
Arthur c. Sheridan has been select
ed as suctioneer by Mr.. du Pont.
white Eagle" Is one of the most
celebrated country seats in America
On the south IL is adjointed by "Har-
Dor HILL" Clarence H. Mackay's home,
and on the north Is the home Of Har-
ry Payne Whitney. and surrounding
are the homes of many OF Americas
leading financiers, including Nicholas
r. Brady. Otto Kahn, ]. Pterpont Nor
gan, Thomas II. Hitchcock. Ebert II.
Gary and Ormond G. Smith, the lat
ter two having recently purchased
country seats valued at prices OF
$3.50. 900 and 81 100000, respectively.
white Eagle" was designed by Car
rero g. Hastings. architects. with In
terror by Charles. of London. 1t con-
sists of a large Georgian dwelling. all
necessary outbuildings and ESQ park
like acres beautifully laid out in
lawns, gardens. private lake. rare
strawberries and trees, roadways and
pathways. The estate was only fin
ished in January of this year, and al
though II is completely furnished II
has never been occupied. No money
was spared by Mr.. du Pont to make
his Roslyn country place one of Amer
ice's finest. Annals OF real estate
history will record in white Eagle"
a sale that has never happened before
and the outcome is being eagerly
watched by people throughout the
The Washington times., 1921-04-16

Contractor from the building de-
partments of 1s4 cities show 47824
building permits issued during
March. 1921. whose total estimated
valuation is s124,45O.62s as compared
to 35,3s2 permits issued during
March of 1920 whose $l56.323.263 val
uation exceeded the valuation of the
current year by 20 per cent. Much
of this 20 per cent may be charged
to higher construction costs of last
year. The fact that the number OF
permits is greater this year seems to
bear this out. though part of the
increased number must be accounted
for because of the fact that the per-
centage of residence construction Is
higher this year than last.
13O MORE IN MARCH.
Comparing activity in 156 cities for
February and March shows March
increase In $50. This is a much
better percentage of increase than
Is shown by comparing only the
larger cities, and indicates that the
present start toward what may
eventually become building boom
The Washington times., 1921-04-16
STATISTICS SHOW
) BUILDING SPURT
March Construction Records
Reveal Material Increase
Over February.

March building statistics show ma
terial gain over those of February
and attest that the squirt in activ-
ity during the second month of this
year was not abortive.
Underlying conditions, such as
material prices and labor cendi-
tions, seem to be righting themselves
tn q hrmness sufficient to support
further increase in activity during
succeeding months.
Official reports to the American
The Washington times., 1921-04-16

Mrs. willard Salisbury will enter
tain at tea tomorrow afternoon. Hell
brother and sister-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Ford, of Philadelphia, are
visiting her.
The Washington times., 1921-04-16

Mrs. Edwin T. Earle, of California.
who has been at the Shoreham
through the early spring. will give
dinner dance there tonight.
The Washington times., 1921-04-16

Mrs. Fred Morris Dearing. wife OF
the Assistant Secretary of State, who
has been spending a few days at the
Lafayette Hotel with her husband,
will return to New York tomorrow.
Mrs. Dearing came down to attend
the dinner given last night by the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes.
Mrs. Dearing will return to Washing
ton the end OF this month to stay
more or less permanently. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dearing will then be 1t the
Lafayette.
The Washington times., 1921-04-16

Mrs. Fred bennett and hundreds Of
others of note.
The Vice President and Mrs. Coo
lidge will be entertained at dinner
tonight by Mrs. Henry +. Dimock.
There will be thirty-four In the dis
tinguished company asked to meet
the GUESTS of honor. among them
Edwin DENLY, Secretary OF the Navy;
the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Wallace. the American Minister to
Switzerland and Mrs. Hampson Gary.
who are here on leave; Count ard
Countess Raben, OF Denmark; Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins, whom
the Rabens are visiting; and Mr.. and
Mrs. ChaTlemagne Tower. of Phila-
delphia, who are staying with Mrs.
Dimock.
Mrs. Dimock will be at home to-
morrow afternoon. when Mrs. Tower
will receive with her.
-
The British Ambassador and Lady
Geddes will be hosts at dinner to-
night, their guests numbering thirty
four and including Col. George Har-
vey. newly appointed American am
bassador to Great Britain. and Mrs.
Harvey. and Captain Armstrong. Brit
Mrs. Armstrong.
Captain and Mrs. Armstrong, who
came to Washington to attend the
dinner, will be guests at the embassy
overnight.
The Ambassador and Lady Geddes
will go to New York next week to at
tend the Father Knickerbocker ball
to be given by the City History Club
on Tuesday evening in the Hotel AM
bassadoA
Congressan and Mrs. Frederick c.
Hicks will give tonight the first of a
series OF dinner parties they are plan
ming. the guests having been asked to
meet the French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand. They have invita-
tions out for dinners on April 26, May
4 and May IS.
Early in June Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks
expect to go to their Long Island
home, where Mrs Hicks and her infant
son will spend the summer months.
Mr.. Hicks will be with them when
ever he can be spared from his duties
at the Capitol,
The Washington times., 1921-04-16
MISS KITTELLE wEDs.

Much interest is centered in the
wedding this afternoon OF Miss Anna
Louise Kittelle. daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. Sumner f. w. Kittelle, and Lieut..
Comdr. Charles J. Moore, u. s. N,
which will take place at 5 o'clock at
the Church of the New Jerusalem,
Rev. Paul Sterry officiating.
Owing to the fact that the date of
the wedding was advanced. the re-
ception following the ceremony will
be most informal with only the rela-
tives' close friends present.
Captain Kittelle will give away the
bride, who will wear wedding gown
of white brocaded Chinese crepe made
on straight lines with slight draperies
on the skirt, The long court train is
fashioned of crepe and lace, and the
veil is mode OF handsome Brussels
and rose point lace which has been
In the family for over a hundred
years. The rose point lace forms the
cap for the veil, falling in points on
the side. and tiny clusters of orange
blossoms are caught here and there
around the face. She will carry a
shower bouquet Of bride roses and
lilies OF the valley, and her only
ornament IL a beautiful old gold lock-
The Washington times., 1921-04-16
HE PRESIDENT AND MRS.

"HE PRESIDENT AND MRS.
HARDING are going to New
York to attend the cere-
monies attendant upon the unveil-
ing of the monument to General
Bolivar. the liberator OF Venezuela,
which will take place on April 10.
and some sixty or seventy persons
prominent In official life will also
go from Washington to be present.
Headed by the Secretary of State.
Mr.. Hughes. they will be guests of
DR.. Borges. foreign minister of
Venezuela. and the members OF the
Venezuelan special mission, which
is in this country for this interest
ing event.
The party, which will include the
diplomatic ENJOYS Of the Latin
American countries, members OF the
cabinet. officials of the State De-
partment and OF the American
Union, will make the trip to New
York In q private car. leaving. town
early on the morning of April 10.
They will attend the luncheon which
the special mission is giving that
day In compliment to Mayor Hylan
and the mayors dinner for the dis
tinguished visitors In the evening.
They will return to Washington the
following day. This party will be
limited to men, but the wives of
some OF the officials are going
earlier to New York and will be
present at sope of the festivities.
These events in New York will
be echoed in Washington later in
the week. when the mission arrives
here for a visit OF several days.
The minister of foreign relations
OF Venezuela and members of the
mission are today sending out invi-
tations for a reception at the Pan
American building on April % in
honor of the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hughes to which official so
ciety is being GENERALLY invited.
Dancing will be a feature Of the
entertainment and the Marine Band
will give a concert in the Aztec
Garden. The reception win be pre-
ceded by a small dinner for Cabi-
net members. the heads OF missions
OF the Latin-American countries.
State Department officials and
few other official guests.
The Washington times., 1921-04-16
MRS. EIa<INs HOSTESS.

The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Weeks will be the honor guests at a
dinner which Mrs. stephen B. Elkins
Ia giving tonight, sharing honors
with Mrs. James r. Mckee, of New
York, who is visiting Mrs. Elkins.
=
Congressman and Mrs. Henry ID.
Flood will be hosts at an informal
buffet supper tonight, entertaining
the Democratic members OF the Vir-
ginia delegation in Congress and
other guests. The supper party is one
of a series which Mr.. and Mrs. Flood
are planning now that they are estab-
lished in their new home, 1928 New
Hampshire avenue. This house, which
they have recently purchased, is the
one in which Mrs. Flood made her
home during her girlhood. Congress
man and Mrs. Flood have recently
returned from the Pacific coast. They
made the trip West with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Ryan in their, private car.
~ -
Mrs. George T. Odell will be hostess
at an, informal tea this afternoon In
compliment to Mrs. Samuel Adams.
who is visiting her. Mrs. Frederick
Wynn. who has returned to Washing
ton to make her home after living in
New York, will preside at the tea
table. ,
Mrs. Adams, whose husband was AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior in
the Taft Administration, will be at
the Shoreham next week and her son,
Charles Adams, a student at Harvard
University. will Join her there for his
spring vacation.
-
Mrs. Edwin T. Earle, of California,
who has been at the Shoreham
through the early spring, will give
The Washington times., 1921-04-16

Leading Real Estate Firms
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
REORGANIZATION OF YAoUi
 INDIAN TRIBES IN SONORA
 DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE

MORALES, Ariz.. Jan. IT, Reorgan- ization of Yaqui troops in Sonora was said to have been discasse- at con ference in Nogales. sonora. oi Brig. Gen. Alfonso de la EIuerta. military conimamder Of the northern district of sonora: Gen. I.ascaro Cardenas. chief of military operations in So nora. and Gen. I. Sanchez, of the state ot Morelos. The military leaders were also to meet with chiefs Of the Yaquis. it was understood. regarding demands of Yaquis lately returned from Chihuahua and the central part states. where they have been in miIi- tary service. The demands related 70 pay and foodstuffs. Gen Miguel Pima. recently appointed governor of Son ora. was in conference today with the chiefs at Torres. Sonora
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
COCO DAM CONSTRUCTED ON kiHBlE RANCH; WILL LAY
 S11,ooo WATER PIPE LINE

DOUGLAS. Jan. 12.-ln an effort to concentrate sufficient water to tide his 900 head of cattle over until the spring. C. C. Kimble, well known rancher. who owns the -argest ranch in the Chiricahuas. has constructed a slo.O00 concrete dam. according 10 in formation obtained today
 In addition 10 the dam. Kilnble hls contracted for s11,0co worth of pipe line. of which will De run from the upper region of the Cnu-canuas. a distance Of five and one-half miles, To his ranch on the lower land It was explained that the water would be piped to the ranch by power O, gravity. The dam was constructed I, the head Of lockwood canyon.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
Europe's Experimen. With Oebased
 Silver Coinage

High prices for silver ill the first seven months of 1920 also inspired movement among certain govern ments tO issue silver coinage of re- duced silver content Holland. it is said. has new silver coin .20 fine instead Of 9i5 fine Canada has one Of Se0 fineness compared with the older coins. s25 fine. Great Britain was expected at the end of the year 10 place in circulation a coin of but 600 fineness as compared with the former standard Of 925 fineness Even sl29 imperil our silver dollar coin age and above s1.3s. our subsidiary silver coinage. To offset the advance above the latter figure early in 1920 our government again resorted to the silver dollar reserve in the Treasury and used l3.OGo.0Oo of these dollars against demands from the Far East
 The practical worth of silver coin age Of reduced silver content is a greatly debatable matter and may prove 10 be as disastrous as the ones l struck by the famous or infamous King Henry the Eighth. In the first place they obviously circulate inter nally as of the same value as the coins Of e2j and larger content which is an imposition on the ignorant Ex- formally they are of no greater value than their actual silver value rather
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
TWO SONORA TOWNS
 ARE RAioEo BY TAoUiS

MORALES. Ariz. Jan. ls.-A band Of laqui Indians has resumed the warpath and today killed three Mexi can COW boys and footed a ranch at Cruz Piedras, eight miles south of Guaymas, sonora. according to off cial advices reaching the border this evening.
 laquis yesterday footed .he towns of Cocorit and La Dura. also south of GuaHmas. according to the sdyices Both towns are in the Yaqui valley iOns claimed hy the inGians as the.r rishtful home. Ne loss of life was reported in connection with the loot ing of tn. towns. United States Con sul Francis Dyer. of Nogales. Sonora said tonight il appeared not to be q general tribal outbreak. but that a band of troublesome young men was temporarily out of control
 Reports of a Ysqui outbreak in the vicinity of Racum. Esperanzo and Ca jeIne. in ;he heart of the Yaqui val ley. were verified tonight by govern. ment officials. mining men and farm CTS having interests in that locality. They had advices regarding the loot, ing of Cocorit and La Dura. by small bands of Indians. and the terrorizinc of the population.
 Mexican officials stated the out. break had been contemplated for some time and that President Obre- -;"n had dispatched number Of ex- perienced military commanders. ia miliar with the Yaqui situation. % the state of Sonora in the past few days. They said the troublesome sit nation was confined to what was known as the "Yaqui belt of Sonora. and said the problem could be han dled by the troops in the field
 Consul Dyer said no American had been molested according to his infor- nation
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
PLAN TO ROUTE MORE
 TOURISTS ALONG BORDER

EISEEt; Jan l3. \ plan for in crcasin. the automobile tourist travel over this section of the Bankhead | highway has been put on foot by the | Douglas chamber oi commerce and mines which has called D meeting of representatives of chambers of com | merce of the important towns on the i Bankhead highway from Fl Paso to Tucson. for the purpose of forming permanent organization this meeting to be held at Douglas on Saturday. February 2Sth.
 . Among the towns that will send representatives tc the meeting are Fl { Paso. Dcmins. I.ordsburg. Douglas, I:isbce. Tombstone. Benson and Tue son The meeting has .een called at Douglas because of it's central locs ton in the territory concerned.
 .iccordin. to statistics secured by the Douglas chamber of commerce- during 1920 more than 15.Vo0 tourists Arizona having been routed west through that point from Socorro. New Mexico. Many times that number were turned west in the vicinity Of Albuquerque, and went through Gal lup and theme. through northern Ari- zona. None of these ears ever reach ed the Bankhead highway. although from Fl Pa>o west il is incomparably jh" best route. and many tourists would prefer to come this way IT they knew the facts.
 Ii is in order to obtain concerted action in this important matter thst the coming meeting has been called It is declared that the proposition B entirely too big to be handled by any one town. but with all the Interested towns working together the purpose can be accomplished in an efficient manner and at comparatively small cost to each town.
 It is intended that when the new organization is formed paid secre tary will be maintained who will take care of the issuance of literature, maps and publicity articles and the erection of signs at stragetic points il is possible that man will be kept at Socorro. New Mexico. or further north. to meet tourists and dssem
 mat- information aLou- tie advau- tages of the Bankhead route through this section.
 At a meeting of the board oi direc tors oi the Warren District Commer- 1 cial Club held yesterday afternoon it was decided to attend the meeting at Douglas in a body. and all members of the club who can were urged to attend
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23

denceG today when it became known, that within d week nine soldier pris- onprs have been given sentences al, Fort Leavenworth ranging from six months to twelve and one half years The alleged offenses included steal ing. robbery and assault. conspiracy to steal. mutiny. desertiou and hosns check passing
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
STACKER GETS JAIL
 TERM OF FOUR MONTHS

TUCSON, Jan. lg.-Francisco B. jarano. convicted of failing to regis ter for the selective service draft during the war, was sentenced to four months and 15 days by Judge Wm. H Sawtelle in United States district court Tuesday.
 Bejarano has been in jail since September F. His sentence was made retroactive to that time.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
TO TURN LAND OVER
 TO DISABLED MEN

PIIOENlN. Jan l6- Putting into effect the plan outlined by the feder- al board of vocational education turn ing over 2o0.000 acres of land to dis abled eX-service men. the first unit to he established in the United States will be organized today with the ar rival of twelve men government yoca- tional students of the University Of Arizona
 This announcement was made yes terday by Fred Rowlen. supervisor of the Phoenix office of the federal board. who said that the first land taken over in this valley would be the Edna ranch. three and one-h half miles from Phoenix on the Yuma road
 The program was outlined at d con ference recently held in Tucson be tween OlICerS rom tue central once al Washington and the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. including Dr. W. ]. Quick. agricultural advisor of the federal board and Charles B ES liott and l.. W. Bartlett. who repre- sented the district including Arizona. Mir. Rowlen received the following report from Tucson of the conference.
 The project. as outlined by the of iicers. will mean the turning over or 2o0.0 acres of land now in a state or cultivation io disabled ex-service men of the federal board For the purpose of securing this opportunity for its trainees and through the interest in this work manifested by T. W. Me Dewitt, prominent land owner of Cali iornia and Arizona, the federal board has entered into contractural agree ment with the McDevitt corporation whereby vast tracts of land now own ed by the corporation will be worked by federal board men under the dirac tion of the federal board.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
he Grief Factors Determining Price
Trend in 1921.

Ia conclusion 1t would appear that silver production iu 1921 will hardly exceed that of 1920 and even 1T this volume is maintained il will be due to the more favorable conditions in this ocuntry As regards demand ,con- sumption, it appears 10 be d conserva- tive conclusion that il will continue to show the same pronounced excess above yearly production
 Payments due Far Eastern coun- tries in liquidation of net trade bal anccs are larger at the end of 1920 than they were for the corresponding period of 1919. For the first 10 nOnths they amounted to Si63.2l9.- 900 and in the same period less than S2400o0.OOp. both in silver and gold had been shipped to the same coun- tries
 The paper money issues of British India have much smaller backing" of both silver and gold than in pre- viuus years Against the smaller stocks of silver in China. both the famine conditions in four provinces and the operation of the Chinese con- sortorium means d further demand for silver since payments especially ! for relief work and expenditures are in silver
 The Economic Revolution" in In- dia which includes d boycott against export trade may be terminated in , the early part of 1921 or it may de- velop into Silver Revolution" siEl- liar Co the one in 1917 which might mply sensational siver markets all over rhe world
 The Meuien bond scheme accepted at the end of the year by some of the members of the League of Nations will not solve the problem of either exchange rates or international trade payments and it is likely that there may be more pronounced effort this year to increase silver reserves by the banks of Europe as well as other world banks
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23

silver coinage of Europe is less than l2.HDo.u"0 ounces yearly this some what desperate expedient hardly seems worth while
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
Again Silver Demand Exceeds
 the Present World Output

NEW YORK. Jan. -S.- Evidence that silver production of the world continues Co decline appears to reflect the apprehension of leading European countries. with the possible single ey- ception ot Spain: that silver prices are likely to repeat the high record figures of Sl2. recorded early last year and in November. 1919. Great Britain is resortine to the somewhat dangerous expcdient Of placing in cir culation silver coins of 800 fineness compared with the older coins. s25. fine.
 World silver productions in 1920 was around lsioUr.Uo0 ounces. TO- 5co. .eoe ounces less than in 1919 and G. 192s33 ounces under the high rec ord established in 1911 In this coun- try output was about 50,o00.o00 ounc- rs. also new low record for the past nine wears Estimated consumption in is2" WAS about i0o .o0o.0o0 ounces. Even coinage requirements were about s25. .OOo. .0o0 ounces
 In the first six mont:is or tine past year S9-. "on .Oua in gold was shipped to .hsiatic countries. exclusive of Japan and apparently because O; the lack of sufficient silver.
 The principal national banks of Europe increased their silver reserves from s23a .c00. .voo to s23.. GOO 900.
 In British Indian both gold and sil- yer reserves have been drawn down in the past four months the gold item alone showing decrease of nearly soo. .ooc "oo rupees at the end Of Nov, cmber
 Despite the fact that we exported more than $65 0cU m silver 70 China during the year and England about l50O0. GOO ounces. stocks both at Shanghai and Hong Kong were lower al the end ot 1920.
 Pronounced excess in consumption over production has been the domi- nant feature of the silver situation since 1916. In four years British In d;a used 6i6.0O0. OU0 ounces for coin age purposes of which 260.l2I.554 sil. yer dollars from our Treasury were used to make up the difference be tween production miscellaneous re melting and this single source of de mand. In Europe in the past year the temptation to remelI silver coinage to secure the profit in the difference be tween the higher bullion and exchange value as compared wita' tine face val ur of this coinage undoubtedly partly contributed to the problem of meet. ins the deficiency in production. Just how much silver bullion was placed on the market in this manner is rath- CT difficult to determine but il hardly exceeded 41.ooo.o 600 ounces of which certain proportion was added to the silver reserves of the national banas of France. Holland. Belgium, Switzer- land and undoubtedly 10 the com and bullion account of the Bank Of Eng land