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Evening star., 1921-07-10
KILL EIGHT RAITLERS IN BATTLE,
WITH TEMPERATURE I2O DEGREES

most ran into a group of berry
pickers.
The fight began as soon as the
men could grab fence rails. Some
Of the rails were rotten and de-
cayed and broke with the first
blow, and several times during the
fight the berrypickers admitted
they felt impelled to run. but with
renewed courage they held their
line intact. and finally slew the
snakes.
The reptiles were placed on eX-
hibition at Capon Bridge and at
tracted large crowds. 1t was the
biggest snake killing to occur in
that region in many years. it was
said. Mountain folk said the
snakes rarerly come to the
streams unless the mountain
springs fail in dry weather.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Frederick County
Liquor Invention
Has Vigorous Kick
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Nd, July g.
RaidS ON stills In this county
this week have brou4ht to light
. new member OF the SmoOn.
shine" family. Edward O'Brien,
In now out ON b0nd ,peAdiAg q
hearing In the case.
The chief tngfedlents 68 the
new concoctfon .arc ordinary
field clover and peaches. It q
said that this brand Of ~m0on-
shine" has . Tremendous kick-
an alcoholic cOntent more awful
than "streakea lfgAtninE.n or
@setting hen"
When O,Brienss place was xalA.
Cd at Rfehps Mills, aboat twelve
miles southeast Of this city.
about f6uF barrels Of mash and
four barrels Of ~moonshine,n to-
Eether with q lNrEe quantity Of
equipment and supplies, were
COnf1scatede
Evening star., 1921-07-10
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

from the operations division of the
general staff, one colonel from each
office Of the chiefs OF infantry, cav
airy. field artillery and coast artil-
lery; an additional colonel from one
of the services and a recording off,
officer from the adjutant generals
Office. Hereafter, VIXEN necessary to
convene a board of decorations. its
composition will follow along similar
lines. the senior member to be de-
tailed from the nearest combat divi-
sion, the Coast Artillery Corps men,
Der to alternate with the balance Of
services to alternate between the
service. Hereafter retained records
Of all cases completed or unfinished
will be handled by the adjutant gen.
erals Office. For the present, when
revision is necessary. the case will be
referred to the operations division,
War Department general staff. for
action.
Added to Surgeon Generals ONCE.
There was established in the sur
a training division under the direction
Of Brig. Gen. Walter D. McCaw. NJ. c.,
U. S. A. Gen. McCaw will assume
these duties in addition to his duties
as commandant of the Army Medical
School at Washington. His chief as
sistant is Lieut.. Col. Robert U. Pat
terson. The training division will
have general supervision of all train
ing in the medical department. in
Guiding the Medical Field Training
School at Carlisle. Pa: Army Medical
School. Washington. D. c.: all R. O.
T. c. work and all training in sum-
mer camps. etc.
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To Return ON the ZR-2.

Lieut. Clifford r. Tinker. naval
reserve force. recently detached tenn
porarily from duty at the Navy De-
partment. in the office of the director.
of aviation, sailed from BOSTON July
on the Utah to Cherbourg and
thence to England for duty as pub
licity oficer in connection with the
dirigible ZR-2. now undergoing trial
runs. and which will sail for this
country about August Is. under com
mand OF Commander l. H. Maxheld.
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duties as aide for supply in the third
naval district and reported to the
paymaster general for his new duties
in charge Of the Supply Corps School
Of Application. which will begin Its
work very shortly Capt. Hunt is
on duty as aide for supply in the
first naval district. Boston.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Decorations hoard.

For the purpose Of recommending
individuals who are entitled to the
award of medals or decorations as
authorized by Congress, the Secretary
Of War has directed the appointment
Of q board Of decorations to convene
September I. composed of the nine
following officers: One brigadier. gem
eral from Camp Meade, one colonel
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p.v Of Naval Reservists,

ray OF NAVAL fte0CfV1Bt8s
Under the new system Of payment
Of retainer pay of naval reservists.
effective July 1. payments to con-
nrmed members OF the naval reserve
force will be made quarterly from
date Of enrolment. except that pay
ment to those who hold only provi-
sional ranks or ratings will be made
annually; All members Of the naval
reserve force, except classes 1c, ID
and 3, are required to attend thirty
six drills or perform other equivalent
duty during each enrolment for the
year. Drills are based on the en-
rollment year; heretofore. payments
have been made on the fiscal year
basis. Commandants of naval dis
will be allowed to determine what
may be credited As equivalent duty.
except that officers OF class s must
have at least fifteen hours OF actual
flight and members Of class Will
be required to perform such duty as
prescribed by the Secretary OF the
Navy; and naval duty without pay
may be accepted by the cemmandant
as equivalent to an appropriate mum.
her Of drills. The proper return OF
vouchers and the utmost care must
be preserved in preparing them. as
discrepancies in names. dates. or rat
inRe. will cause unnecessary corfe-
spondence and delayed payments. The
two months active service required
for each term of enrolment, and
which may be taken in periods Of less
than fifteen days. will not be prorated
for the present. but credit may be as
signed for such pay as accrues after
~ becomes apparent that the re-
ouired duty cannot be performed
prior to expiration Of enrolment. pro-
vided some duty, has been performed
within the current enrolment year.
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that has been advanced against any
radical change that shall be manda-
tory in its terms is that officers may
not be in a position to acquire civil
ian clothing. an element of personal
expense that should not be ignored.
Pay for Reserve Medical Omcers.
According to a ruling of the con-
troller, specific appropriations have
been made for pay of reserve officers
separate and apart from other ap-
propriations for Army pay. While
ice of reserve officers to these spe-
cific appropriations, the specific ap-
preparation may now lawfully be
supplemented by a1lotments of the
bureau of war risk insurance ap-
preparations, with a statutory au-
heading Of this appropriation to such
extent as may be necessary. This
statutory authority is sufficient to
cover payment of such reserve medi-
cal reserve officers and nurses of the
Army employed in the treatment of
war risk insurance patients as may
be ordered to active duty for that
purpose.
A. G. o. to Handle Glass b Cases.
Beginning September 1, the adju-
tant generals Office will take over
all operating functions in connection
with the classification and elimina-
tion Of officers under the provisions
of section 246 of the act Of June 4,
1920. Policies and procedure for these
cases are now being formulated by
the general staff, which will complete
all cases now under consideration or
that may arise prior to September l.
Correspondence covering cases al
ready completed and in which orders
have been issued will also be han
died by the adjutant generals office
in accordance with existing policies.
Pay for the Army.
There are many items under pay
Of the Army where Congress failed
amples being communication OF quar-
ters and foreign service increase. or
course, it will be possible to draw
upon the pay of enlisted men and
the pay Of officers as well to exc
out the deficit: or it may be neces-
below 100000. reducing the average
correspondingly, in order to bring
the expenses in various directions
within tho amount available: 1t is
quite evident that the War Depart
ment will have to figure out how
Inl8 may US UOuo <1lu duoPS . &s~.Ae
which will indicate where the cuts
may be made.
Encourage Leaves Of Absence.
Officers and enlisted men may now
avail themselves of opportunity Tor
leaves of absence or furloughs when
it is due them. This is q new policy
which has been enunciated by Secre-
tary Weeks, in q memorandum signed
last week. which reads: Periods OF
cessation from routine work for the
purpose Of travel. healthful recreation
and diversion are essential for the
best efficiency Of all persons in the
military service. Except in cases Of
great emergency. it is the policy OF
the War Department to encourage the
taking Of leaves of absence by OFF,
GERS and warrant officers and OF fur
loughs by enlisted men. 1t Is the
duty Of commanding officers, having
authority to grant leaves. to encour-
age all such officers to take the full
legal amount Of leave due them" BY
the same token, enlisted men will be
permitted to go on furlough, when
this can be done without manifest
injury to the best interest of the in
dividual."
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sn,yly cerps ApDsintnents.

The appointment for the rank OF
rear admiral Of Capts. John 3. Car
penter and Livingston Hunt will be-
coma eneetiya with the redistfibu.
tion Of commissioned personnel when
the new appointments are made IN
the permanent establishment: Capt.
Carpenter has been detached from his
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WARFARE FOR ALLIES
LOOMS IN NEAR EAST
Abdication of Sultan Certain TO Solidify
-Nationalistic Effort to Regain Old En-
pire-Bulg garia Unlikely to Fight.

ern Europe. He may remain ada
mant against what the allies may
consider the most liberal terms.
There is every reason to presume
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GRIDIRONlNG THE u. S.
WITH AIR HIGHWAYS

CONTINUED from First Page)
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aeronautics. This committee serves
without pay and under the law holds
itself at the service Of any depart
ment or agency Of the government for
the furnishing of information or as
sistance in regard to scientific or
technical matters relating to aero
nautics: their work in particular is
the Investigation and study of prob
lens in this field. with a view OF their
practical solution. There are eleven
m embers Of the committee which rep
resent the highest type Of scientific
and engineering ability in America.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
Reserve Rates Higher
Than For Three Years

Federal combined ratio stands at 675 per cent
gain of points previous week This the highest
point reached since February 49, 1913 and is an advance
OF l6.7 points since March 25. , ,
Improvement for the week under review was heiped
appreciaby by gain of approximately $31 in cash
reserves This item stands at ST. 834 5O2 600 and
shows increase of $685. 900 compared with
spending week of last year.
Increase in cash by means the only i'm
proveent that occurred in the combined Federal Reserve
statement it the most important Total bills on
hand declined from 81 900 for the previous week.
to $1,468 874, 900, decrease of $84,533,00
Total deposit liabilities, against which minimum of 35
per cent cash be carried declined 900
and Federal Reserve in actual circulation declined
$25,9120OO.
Compared with year ago loans have declined 81 1361-
934,000 deposit liabilities $293599000 and Federal Re-
serve notes in actual circulation sos, ,030,000
New York Federal Reserve ratio advanced from 1873
cent to 757 per gain for the week of 28 points
year ago the ratio for the local bank 1915 cent
Less of the improvement made during the week due
to increased cash for New York than for the system
whole Cash gain only $19 900, while total bills
on hand declined $55 900 and stand $34O
10s Cash held lacks less than 900 being equal
to loans and deposits together
There was decline of $74so.ooo in Federal Reserve
notes actual circulation and this item $685.
84182 Notes in circulation have decreased $780,
in the past year, deposits 900 and total
loans $523, 900 900.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
F0ODPR0DUCTS
SLUMP 3 POINTS
IN Ny, MARKET
Short Session Shows Continued
Irregularity-oiI Shares
Heavily Sold.
BY MAX KASE,
!. n. 8. Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE irregu-
larity which marked the stock market
yesterday was continued in the short
session today. First prices were
strong and were followed by rather
sharp reactions, but at the close the
list showed rallying tendency.
There was little in the overnight sit.
uation to affect prices either way
The Guaranty Trust Company an
nounced a reduction in It's quarterly
dividend rate of from to per cent,
but this had little influence.
Any advancing tendency the market
may have shown was checked by sell.
ing Of the oil shares, particularly the
Mexican Petroleum issues. Mexican
petroleum broke 3 points, Pan-Amer'
lean petroleum over l point. Houston
oil points. and general asphalt over
point. The steel shares, which had
been strong at the start, turned soft
and sold off about / point from the
opening figures, steel common after
selling at 1919 falling to 1871.
The feature of the session, however
was the continued slump in United
food products, which sold down oven
points to a new low Of 11h. At the
close II rallied fractionally. UnfavorY
able reports Of the company's financial
condition led to the selling.
The rails were practically neglected
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
CENSUS BUREAU GETS
COTTON SEED STATISTICS

The Census Bureau today issued
the following statistics on cotton
Sgd received, crushed and on hand.
and cotton seed receivel, shipped
out, on hand and exported for the
one-month period ended August 81.
"2i and 1920, respectively:
Cotton seed received at mills, ex-
cluding reshipments, tons, 1870, 1893 and
22,92S; crushed, tons, 100,+s6 and
2o,oss.
Products manufactured: Crude oil,
pounds, 29.630,396 and 4,s92.705: re.
fined oil, pounds, 30.172,02S and H..
020,195: cake and meal, tons, A,78S
and S,6s6; hulls, tons, 30,776 and
6,127: linters, bales, $3.50 and 2.305;
hull fiber, bales, 269.
Stock, August 81: Seed at plants,
tons. 124,377 and 32,923; crude oil,
pounds, 16,693,133 and 13,152,S76: re.
fined oil. pounds, 155,23s,372 and $780,
92,747.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
BANKERS START
LUXURIOUS TRIP
To CONVENTION
Drawing Room Cars With Maids
and Wallets Galore for
Coast Journey.

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-In three
special drawing room compartment
trains. provided with BARRIERS, Wallets
and maid service, nearly 400 bankers
and their wives from New York and
neighboring States left the city for q
tour de luxe" which will land them
In Los Angeles. Cal, on October 2 for
the annual convention OF the Ameri.
can Bankers Association, which will
be held there from October 3 to 7.
On their way to Los Angeles the
bankers will visit Chicago, st. Paul.
Minneapolis, Lake Louise. Canada;
the Glacier National Park, Vancouver,
b. c.; Seattle, Portland, the Yosemite
National Park and San Francisco. The
trip from Vancouver to Seattle will
be made by boat.
Return by Scenic Route.
The return trip will be made over
the Sante Fe scenic route to Chicago,
and then by the New York Central
to New York, 1t was announced.
Each OF the three trains was made
up OF ten drawing-room and compart.
ment Pullmans, one observation draw.
ng'room car. two dining cars. a bag.
gage car and a club car.
The bankers will attempt to gauge
business, industrial and agricultural
conditions In, the sections through
which they pass.
Important Convention.
Just before stepping onto his train,
Thomas B. McAdams, of Richmond,
Va, vice president of the American
Bankers association, who has spent
the last lew days in New York, said
This, in my opinion. will be one OF
the most important conventions the
American Bankers Association ever
held. The program is an extensive
one. and there will be a great deal OF
good as a result Of our meeting in Los
Angeles"
Sixty.four leading New York city
bankers were among those who left on
the trip. together with 100 from New
York State, forty-s from New Jersey
fifty.three from Pennsylvania and
thirty-seven from New England.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
DuraEit Forms
Canadian COMPANY

The Durant Motors Of Canada,
Ltd, q subsidiary Of the Durant
Motor Company, has been in
corporated for $4,000. 900, under
the laws Of the Province Of
Ontario.
Durant Motors has purchased
the munitions plant at Leaside,
a suburb Of Toronto, and plans
to manufacture there the CON-
plete line of Durant four and
six.cylinder cars.
Additional buildings will be
erected on this property for the
purpose Of bringing the capacity
up to 100 cars a day. The plans
call for production to begin by
March I, 1922.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
j. s. AIR SERVICE
BILL MAY PASS
CONGRESS SOON
Resignation Of Cen. Menoher
Believed to Have Smoothed
Way for Measure.
BY International News Service.

With the request Of Maj. Gen. c.
T. Menoher for relief from duty us
chief of the air service in the hands
of Secretary of War Weeks, intere It
in the row was directed today toward
a bill recently introduced by Sena.
tor Wadsworth. favorably reported
by the Senate Military Affairs Com.
mittee and passed by the Senate just
before Congress recessed.
The bill, which is entitled an act
to amend the national defense act.
contains what has been characterized
in some quarters as a Joker"
Greater Significance was attached to
these developments, first, because the
bill was introduced by the Repub-
lican chairman of tho Senate Mill.
tary Affairs Com 4, who is
known to be on = Of terms
with the Administ1 second, be.
cause the alleged would di.
rectly affect the appointment Of a
new chief of the air service, and,
third, because It is practically Ger.
tain that the bill will pass the House.
Among other things the proposed
amendment contains the following
provision. Except as otherwise here.
in prescribed, chiefs and assistants
to the chiefs of the several branches
shall hereafter be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, for a pc.
riod of four years, unless sooner re-
lieved by the President, and such
appointments shall not create vacan.
cies.'
The phrase unless sooner relieved
by the President" coHtains the al
legged "joker." AS the national de.
fense act now stands, minus this
amendment, a considerable formality
is necessary before the President can
remove the chief of any Of the sew.
eral branches Of the War Depart.
ment.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
Baltimore Grain Market.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 17.-wheat-
Easier. No. red winter, s1.34; No. 2
red winter, garlicky, s1.23%. Re.
ceipts, 7S.037 bushels; shipments, 231,,
357 bushels.
Corn-Easier. No. 2 yellow do.
nestle, 74c. Receipts, 31,1lS bushels
shipments, 1910 bushels.
Oats-Steady. No. white do.
mestic. 49@50c. Receipts. 10,51a
bushels; shipments, 8,576 bushels.
Rye-Easier. No. 2 Western ex.
port, spot, $1.1sk. Receipts, 43,7s7
bushels; shipments, 124,276 bushels.
Hay-Steady at from $1,000 per
ton as to grade.
Flour-Quiet.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
B u SINESS AND Fl A N E vul%T
Durdnt After
Peerless Motors?

It is understood that negotia-
tions are under way between
R. H. Collins, former vice presi-
dent of the Cadillac Motor Car
Company, and now connected
with Durant Motors, Inc, and
officials of the Peerless Truck
and Motor Company.
1t is said attorneys are work.
ing out details of change of con-
troll and an announcement will
60 forward to Peerless stock
holders early next week.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
REPLIES TO INVESTORS
II you have an investment problem,
Write us fully. inclosing stamped
addressed envelope for reply, and
address the Financial Editor.

c. E. MI would be very pleased
If you could give me some informa-
tion on following question:
l am at present time the owner
Of twenty shares $50 per share) of
The Hydraulic Clutch Drive Com.
pany, Inc, State Of Delaware. These
shares is an investment OF $500.
Is there any market value to these
shares? II so, kindly give informa-
tion Of any value whatsoever and
how could said shares be best dis
posed Of II on market.
Answer--We desire to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of recent
date. We find ourselves unable TO
give you the information you desire
Our files contain no reference to the
company in question. Therefore, we
cannot tell you anything about the
value OF the stock 1t Is not very often
we slip up. for we usually have the
Information a reader wants.
When we do not have the facts II IL
embarrassing all around. But there
has been such a vast number of these
companies organized in the past few
years that no statistical department
could keep any accurate information
on hand Of more than a small fraction
OF them. We are not in position to
say your stock is worthless, hut II ap-
pears to have no market value, AMI
we should not be surprised II it did not
have any intrinsic value.
C. o. W., Md.-Please give me
what information you can about
Callahan Lead and Zinc; also Hy.
draulic Steel, and do you think them
any good on speculation
Answer-we desire to acknowledge
the receipt Of your good letter OF
March II and are glad that you have
placed us in position where We may
be OF some slight service to you. But.
as a matter Of fact, the stocks yor
confer with us about are SO specula
tive In character that they cannot
really be measured by the standards
OF appraisal that we use in determin.
ing the value of real investment Sc
curities. And this difficulty is in.
creased by the fact that we do not
know how well you can afford to as
sumo a speculative risk, and there
fore under the circumstances we do
not want to take the responsibility OF
giving very definite advices.
Perhaps 1t would be better to invest
in stable stock or bond. In the long
run you would get more satisfaction.
The possibility Of a speculative re.
ward would not be present to any
great degree, but compensation i'm
safety would make up for this. In
the final analysis we must request
that you exercise your own judgment
In the matter under advisement, but
you are likely to lose nothing II you
will allow yourself to be influenced by
the thread Of caution running through
these lines. The New York Stock Ex-
change banking houses stand always
ready to suggest sound investments To
our readers. It will cost you nothing
more than little effort at letter
writing to secure advices from them.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
Chicago Live Stock.
, w. b. Hibbs q Co.
FURNISHED by Redmond q Coz

CHICAGO, Sept. 17.-Live stock
Hog receipts, $500: market steady 10
strong. Bulk, 6.75@s.40; top, $50
heavyweight, 7.60QS.20; medium
weight, S.25QS.60; light weight, S.25
QS.60; light lights, 7.S5QS.35; heavy
packing sows, smooth, 6.758725
packing sows, rough, 6.S5@6.75; pigs,
7.0o@S.0O. Cattle receipts, 500; sheen
receipts, $500.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17

large-scale opera.
tor on the stock
market. Until q
few weeks ago he
was recognized as
the leader of the
bears. Then he
announced that he
had switc h Q d.
Since then he is
credited with hav-
ing been extreme
ly active on the
bull side Of the
market.
This would not
be very important
in itself. Accord
ing to w a !
Qfraef however.
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
FINANCE
IN
BY b. @. FORBES.

The man who In most talked OF In
Wall Street today Is totally unknown
outside of Wall Street. He is Jesse
Livermore. a youngtsh man, who mas
had q most spectacular career as
The Washington times., 1921-09-17
Liberty Bond Prices.

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Closing Lib.
erty bond quotations: avs, SS7.64,
first As, ss.o6: first AVS, 800; second
AVS, $500; third 4k's, 92.S4: fourth
AVS, $500; Victory 3x's and <xs.