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Evening journal., 1921-06-30
LIVERPOOL OOTTON.

LIVERPOOL, June 30 CUnited
Press spots opened quiet today
with prices easier. Sales amounted
to 5000 bales. Receipts totalled
1000 bales all American Futures
opened quiet
American middhngs, fair. 1915;
god middlings. S.25; full middlings.
725; low middlings. 6.25; ordinary.
4.25.
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
REDUCED PRICES ON
CONGOLEUM RUGS

The reduction sale Of Gold Seal
Congoleum Rugs. now going on at
Miller Brothers store. is proving TO
be one OF the most important bar
gain events Of the year, as It offers
5onafide reductions on a nationally
known line, whose selling price is
liked by the manufacturer.
only by special permission OF the
Manufacturer were Miller Brothers
enabled to quote reduced prices for
1 stipulated period. The sale is OF
welve days duration and win end
Saturday, July Q.
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SQUIRE RRoNfAN is 90.

Magistrate Lawrence J. Broman
not 20 years Of age. as stated in
1 morning paper. having celebrated
lis 69th birthday last Tuesday.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden. Mr..
Broman has been a resident OF Della
ware for fifty years. He married
here forty-six years ago, and has
me son, William, living. He has
,een a magistrate and notary pub
ice almost continuously for the past
dXteen years, and has about a year
'emaining OF his present term.
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SELL MILK AT
HEALTHCENTERS
Eleven Cents a Quart to
Children Who Attend
Regularly
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FOR WELFARE WORK

A new director OF the State Child
Welfare Commissions work will be
chosen at a meeting OF the commits
sion. to be held at $50 o'clock. VIII
mingtonC this afternoon in the State
House in Dover. Mrs Ina ]. n. Per
klns who has held the post. has
retired.
Tomorrow the commission win be-
gin the sale OF high-grade milk at
cost at its health centers through
out Wilmington.
The new director OF the commits
sion. Il Is learned. will be a physi-
clan. and the title Of the Office will
be changed from director" TO
medical director" Amount Of salary
and term OF Office will be decided at
the meeting Of the commission in
Dover this afternoon. Later medical
inspectors are to be named to assist
in the welfare work I'm the State
Mrs. Perkins retired from the post
of director on June q. going to New
York for the present. She expects
TO place her son IN a summer school.
rest for a period and then take up
research work. Resolutions ex-
pressing appreciation of the COM
mission for her services as director
were presented at a former meeting
but owing 10 strees OF business were
held over. These I'm every probabil-
ity will be passed this afternoon.
Speaking Of Mrs. Perkins today,
Mrs. William II. Laird. president Of
the commission. said too high praise
could not bestowed upon Mrs. Per-
kins for her work. "She has done
wonders toward improving the
health conditions Of the children Of
Delaware" said Mrs Laird. "and
nearly wrecked her health by her
devotion to the children's interests.
We all regret to lose her"
Besides Mrs. Laid the members Of
the commission are: Arley b. Ma
gee. Dover. secretary; Mrs. Charles
Warner and Dr. r. +. Enegood.
Wilmington; Mrs. Herman Cochran.
rural New Castle; Mrs. Ella G.. En-
ory and George II. Hall, Sussex
county. and Mrs. William d. Den.
ney. wife OF the Governor. Kent
county.
There is a vacancy on the com
mission from rural New Castle.
Governor Denney is expected to hll
this shortly.
Dispensing OF high-grade milk at
IL cents a quart, or cost price. will
begin tomorrow at the following
health centers in Wilmington:
Maple and Porter streets. Ninth
and Union streets, $50 Kirkwood
street. 3O1 East Seventh street and
b and Heald streets.
A deposit OF 10 cents viii be re-
quired for the first quart purchased.
or II cents for the milk and cents
for the bottle. After the first pur-
chase only IL cents will be asked
provided the empty bottle previous
| ly purchased is returned.
No milk will be sold unless the
child for whom il is intended is an
attendant al a health center. Fail
ure TO take the child TO the center
to be weighed and measured week
ly viii forfeit the milk privilege.
No milk will be dispensed 10
adults unless by written request of
a physician.
Sales Of milk will be made daily
between the hours Of 1 10 4 p. m.
except on Saturdays. Sundays and
holidays. when II will be sold from
9 TO IL a. m.
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c. ID. OF A. MAKE SALES.

Under the auspices OF the local
organization Of the Catholic Daugh-
tiers Of America. two bakes sales
will be held on Saturday morning.
one sale will be at Sixth and Madi-
son streets and the other at Seventh
and King streets. Homemade
cakes. bread, pies. rolls and candles
will be offered. The proceeds OF the
bakes viii go to the building fund
Of the society.
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, June 80 (United Press)
Opening grain:
Wheat. July 122 y: Sept 10 Y a
122.
Corn. July s1%@H; Sept es0
62H.
oats, July s5% ass; Sept ass.
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FINED FOR FIRING PISTOL.

Kendrick Armstrong. 9O5 Walnut
street. charged with firing a toy
pistol at John Johnson, was ar
raigned in the Juvenile Court yes
terday afternoon, and fined the
costs in the case and placed on
probation.
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
COUNCIL MEETS
EARLIER TONIGHT

City Council will meet tonight. at
7.30 o'clock. a half hour earlier than
usual. as the members have other
matters on hand for later in the
evening. This will be the last ses-
sion OF the old Council.
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FINED $500 AS BOOZE CARRIER

Morris Kramer. who was arrested
last April on a charge Of transport
ing intoxicating liquors. WAS arraign-
ed before Judge Morris in United
States Court. yesterday afternoon.
and fined $500 and the costs OF
prosecution.
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
PRYOR CASE CONTINUED

Pending investigation. the case Of
Chester Pryor. charged with nom
support of his wife, was continued
until July . by Deputy Judge Lynn
in Municipal Court this morning
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
MERCHANTS TAKE LICENCES

Clerks in the Office Of the Clerk of
the Peace John L. Wright are busy
these days issuing mercantile
licenses. The fiat rate is charged
this month. Beginning tomorrow
a penalty OF s per cent will be add
ed and in September an additional
penalty Of 10 per cent.
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
,sorIRE IN NEW HOME.

Magistrate Broman is located at
his new Office, the southeast corner
Of Seventh and Shipley streets. for
merly occupied by Magistrate GillA
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
MEXICAN OIL
SHARES DROP
Proposed Tariff on Crude
Petroleums Send Stocks :.
Down

NEW YORK. June 30 Omitted
Press)-Proposed tariffs on Mexican
oils resulted in quick drop in those
shares on the New York Stock Ex-
change today
The proposal Of the House Ways
and Means Committee to tax crude
petroleum imported to this country
was entirely unexpected by Wall
Street.
Mexican Petroleum opened on ~
at los, and quickly lost another point.
Pan American was on u at Al
American oils were strengthened
by the proposal. Texas Company
was up ; y and Houston gained 1oA
10 SAX.
Speculative interest in stocks was
wholly overshadowed by the activ-
ity In oils. Foreign oils continued
TO sink. Mexican Petroleum broke
TO new low at 1o4h. The rest OF
the list showed signs OF strength.
International Paper held at 53A.
and studebaker was holding around
n. Crucible advanced half 10 50 u
and American Locomotive was firm
at so. The proposed duties on crude
and fuel oil will worry the consum-
er more than the producer. accord
ing TO the belief in Wall Street where
/ II was supposed the tax would be
/ passed along to the former. There
was belief however, that the pro-
posed duty either will be eliminated
or reduced before the tariff bill is
passed.
At the opening Mexican Petroleum
sold on ~ points at los; Central
Leather was of y AZ 347k; Ameri-
can Sugar "a, MP u - Bethlehem b..
Az, up y; u. S. Rubber 81. or u ;
Northern Pacific 60. unchanged; A.
r. and r., 12S. unchanged; Interna-
tionai Paper san. up u; Pan-Amer-
lean a., on y Studebaker 77is. up
AZ Crucible 5sia. up *; Asphalt
53A, or y; Texas Company sax
up Y American Wooden 69H. un-
changed; u. S. Steel TAX. on y;
General Motors 11&. up b-
Evening journal., 1921-06-30
TEMPLE OF TRUTH SERVICES.

Special services will be held at the
Temple Of Truth tomorrow evening
with Rabbi f. Charles Sydney. OF
New Castle, occupying the pulpit
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The Want Ads are straws to show
which way the trade winds are
.blowing.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-06-30

The Want Ads work for you con-
stantly; that is why they in out
Adv.
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LOCALS SECURITIES

Laird and Company. dupont Build
Ing. furnish the following quotations
Of local securltles:
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NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK. juno 30 CUnited
ress)-The cotton market opened
easier today. July was on s az lilo;
October 1870. on IL; December
IAN. on 9; January 1850. on IL;
March 13.12. OF IL
The New York herald., 1921-09-18

The Government as an incentive to pri-
vate companies operating the airways, offers
a substantial subsidy, in return for which
IL maintains a control over all machines
used and over the pilots. In this way
France has always in hand formidable
air fleet, always at the call OF the Govern
ment, which within space of few hours
could be put into fighting trim to repel any
invader.
Civil firms are given by the Government
half of the cost of all planes used on
purely French lines. In addition, pre-
MUM is paid in accordance with the num-
ber Of passengers and the amount of freight
carried. For all firms other than French
the Government offers fuel at cost. so that
there are no firms operating airways which
are not in every sense of the word
financial success
The French have every reason to be proud
of their air programme and the progress
they are making Their air policy has been
neatly framed with view to making the
most of aeronautics as commercial asset.
Aeronautics like any other transport sys-
tenn, must have special character combin-
ing private industry with public service. In
France the State has intervened with ex-
emplary discretion. 1t has promoted tests
and experiments. II encourages. 1t has
lent legal force and ample funds. 1t has
given the new branch discipline and
code similar to that Of the merchant
marine"
The authorities in whose hands rests the
future Of French aviation have realized
that the surmounting of the obstacles de-
pends in the first place, upon permanent
alliance between the State and private
pioneers. The collaboration between these
two powers is essentially happy and
loyal one.
The New York herald., 1921-09-18

dirigible service across the Mediterranean.
The former German airship Nordstern has
been refitted so as to carry as many as
fifty voyagers in it's two passenger cabins
in addition to its crew of five men.
1t is expected that while passengers in
number will be carried by these ships the
principal bulk of their earnings will come
from the handling of freight. They will
open up to France her African colonies,
While the proposed line from Bordeaux
TO Genoa, via Montpelier and Marseilles,,
will be inaugurated by freight carrying
plane, it is eventually proposed to use
dirigible over this route. This airway is
primarily for freight also, for it will lessen
delivery time by five days.
In addition to planning its new airways
the Air Department Is at present most
occupied with the problem of developing
a stronger motor capable of propellng
heavier type of passenger and freight
plane. For the most part the motors used
at present remain from the stock manu-
factured for war purposes. While they
were ample to drive the light reconnais-
sance planes the fighters and even the
slow moving but heavily weighted bomb
ers they are not exactly the type required
for passenger service, which demands both
speed with lifting power.
While in 1914 an airplane engine
weighing 120 pounds furnished so h. p.
this strength had been increased by the
time of armistice to 200 h. p. for the same
weight motor. Higher and faster were the
requirements of an army plane and these
motors served their purpose, and served IL
we'll as the air supremacy of the Allies
proved during the war, but now with COM
mercial aviation coming to the fore there
Is a need for heavier, safer, equally strong
motor. but built along more robust lines,
which will permit longer continuous flights.
The New York herald., 1921-09-18

voyagers however, for they are put away
snugly in a luxurious cabin, fitted with
movable chairs, tables for card playing,
magazines and toilet room. On some
airways tea and cakes are obtainable on
board, while in all of them is a supply Of
iced water Only smoking is prohibited,
for the danger of fire Is too great to permit
of this relaxation.
With all its many advantages 1t is not
surprising that air travel has grown by
leaps and bounds. In 1919, from July to
December, LIB passenger flights were
made over French airways. This number
grew during 1920 to 4,42S, while during
the first three months of the present year
the number increased to 1,625. The num-
ber of passengers carried grew from 729
for the last half year OF 1919 to 5,968 for
1920 and 1884 for the first quarter OF
1921-an approximation of over 1900 for
this entire year.
The number of passengers carried on
the Paris-London airway doubled during
the last year, while the traffic on the
Paris-Rumania line increased six times,
-Brussells-Amsterdam three times
and Nimes-Nice ten times. AS an example
the Compagnie des Grands Express
Aeriens carried between Paris and London
and Paris and Amsterdam 27 voyagers in
January, % in February, 1856 in March,
231 in April. 270 In May, 407 in June and
will have passed 500 this month.
In some instances there are strap hang
ers even In these air expresses, for the
demand for reservations far exceeds the
supply. In May 81 prospective passengers
were refused transportation on the Paris
Rumania airway and 40 at the other air
ports.
The Air Department is making active
preparations for the Inauguration OF
The New York herald., 1921-09-18

pose was frankly stated by the management
to be ito effect closer relation between
the producers and the exhibitors and to con-
centrate the producing and distributing ends
of the business under one management"
To what extent that purpose has been real
lied may be gathered from these citations
from the official application filed by the
Famous Players In it's appeal last year to
the stock list committee of the New York
Stock Exchange for the listing therein of
$40 000, 900 of it's authorized issue of $20.-
900 900 cumulative convertible 8 per cent
preferred stock, and 305,552 shares common
stock. without nominal or par value:
The preferred stock applied for has
been sold for cash. which has been used
in the extension and enlargement of the
production and distribution Of motion
pictures, the erection of a modern Eastern
studio at Long Island City and of mod
ern laboratory. and In the acquisition of
theatres, including controlling stock In
terest In the Rivoli and Rialto theatres
In New York city, new theatre and
office building in the course of erection
at st. Louis. Mo-. in the acquisition Of the
stock Of Southern enterprises and OF the
holdings of S. A. Lynch Theatres operat-
ing lis theatres in eleven Southern
States in the acquisition of interests in
theatres in Los Angeles and San Fran
CISCO Cal. Denver. COL. Quincy, Mass.
Dover. N. H: of theatre interests in
Texas. and of the New York Theatre
Building (including Criterion Theatre)
and the Putnam Building. both in Times
square, New York city. and in the ac-
QUESTION of an interest in Charles Froh-
man, Inc: of interest in a circuit of
eighteen theatres In Canada, and in the
A. S. Black Circuit of forty-fve theatres
in England
The 1852 shares of common stock ap-
piled for have been issued in the acquisi-
tion OF an interest in the Stanley Com
pany of America. operating a chain of
theatres in Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Atlantic City and adjacent territory.
Since May, 1919, the corporation has ac-
quired all the issued and outstanding stock
of the following corporations: Realart Pic
lures Corporation, of the State Of Della
ware, a producing and distributing company
having its principal Office at 469 Fifth ave-
nue., New York: Hamilton Theatres Corpora
ton, which owns and operates the Kincaide
Theatre of Quincy Mass. and the Missouri
Theatres Corporation. which has commenced
the erection of theatre and stores at the
The New York herald., 1921-09-18

A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR corpora
~ ton evolved from a "shoestrng"
nucleus within period of eight
years. That sounds like necromancy, even
in d land where the fetching Of eggs aid
rabbits from conventional plug hats is rudi-
mentary in the arts or corporate leger-
demain.
But there is no magic in the evolution of
the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
unless there be magic in the vision the
hard headed commercialism the bold
acquisitveness with which a small group
of men somewhat earlier than most of their
fellows realized and capitalized the worlds
unappeased appetite for moving picture
dramas of the better type.
The practising of magic is not the crime
of which -he greatest of all movie concerns
stands accused by the United States Govern
ment. 1t is hailed to the bar in the action
recently begun by the Federal Trade Com
mission to answer the accusation of unfair
competition under the Clayton act. In it's
complaint the commission traces the history
of the corporation from it's start as a small
enterprise with scant capital and AYERS that
now, 'as result of conspiracies and affilia-
tions made IN pursuance of said combina-
tions and conspiracies." it has eliminated
competition by buying up the businesses OF
It's competitors and has monopoly over the
entire motion picture industry.
In other words, the forty million dollar
corporation has attained to the dignity of
being ranked as a corporate octopus along
with the Northern Securities, Standard Oil
United States Steel and all the other mon
sters which have had to have their tertacles
either clipped or readjusted by Federal
surgery.
1t is not the purpose of this review to
attempt to weigh the merits of the allega-
tons. The courts doubtless will attend to
that. 1t is intended merely to sketch some
of the processes in the evolution OF this
ostensibe octopus from its embryonic proto-
plasm into the present fearsome colossus 1t
is said to be.
One who knows both Adolph Zukor and
Jesse L. LasSy, prime factors in the assailed
corporation. has characterized the former as
"the clever man" and the latter "the
lucky man" of the combination. Zukor Is
as years old. He was born of humble origin
in 1878 in Hungary, and came to America
when he was 16 years old. In New York,
in 1888 through the kind offices of a boy
hood chum who had established himself in
the fur business, Adolph got job at the
bench and learned that trade He was frugal
and provident, and at Il had accumulated
some savings. These he invested with fiat
tering returns, in one of the Fourteenth
street peepshow penny arcades, and subse-
quently sold out his interest at a large
profit.
The New York herald., 1921-09-18
Stood Out Against Absorption.
But Was Forced to Yield Control

Hodkinson stood firmly against coming
under producer domination He held that
distributor to fulfil his function to the ex-
hibitor must always be absolutely indo-
pendent But finally, to quote Mr.. Hodkin-
son himself
Tho temptation to come under producer
control was too much for certain individuals
in the Paramount organization. was forced
out of the presidency of Paramount by three
of my associate directors. acting under die
tation of the producers. | then resigned as
a director rather than go against the die
tates of my principles"
Upon the consolidation of the Zukor and
Lasky concerns into the new combination
Zukor became the president OF the Famous
Players -Lasky Corporation, while Lasky was
made it's first vice president. in charge of
production One of the corporations most
valuable personal assets was Cecil B. De
Mile. who came to II with the Lasky com
pany as director general and became mem
Der of the board, The original chairman of
the board of directors was Samuel Goldfish,
who had married Miss Blanche LaslSy,
sister of the producer. He is better known
now under his business cognomen OF cold
wyn" of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation,
having substituted the "wyn" in place of
the FISH" terminal of his name in Difference
10 his professional amlation with the
Seiwyns
At the time OF the consolidation It's pur
The New York herald., 1921-09-18

corner of Grand and Lucas avenues, st.
Louis. Mo.
1t has purchased all the stock of the
1893 Broadway Corporation, which owns
the Putnam Building, occupying the entire
west side Of Broadway between Forty third
and Forty-fourth streets, the land running
west about 207 feet in depth.
The corporation has purchased 1850
shares of outstanding common stock of
Charles Frohman, Inc, and has contracted
to purchase the remainder of its common
capital stock, consisting of 1850 shares
without par value, which 1850 shares are
deposited in escrow pending its acquisition
by the Famous Piayers-Lasky Corporation.
Charles Frohman, Inc, Is a corporation
formed under the laws of the State of New
York to take over the theatrica! business of
the late Charles Frohman, after his death
upon the sinking of the Lusitania. 1t leases
the Empire Theatre in New York city, and
is interested in the Lyceum Theatre In that
city, and in various theatres in Boston,
Chicago Seattle and other cities.
The Famous Players acquisition Of the
Rialto and the Rivoi theatres. which were
among the first of the high class houses to
be devoted exclusively to film entertainment
in conjunction with music Is supposed to
have been achieved through the friendly in
terest of Otto III. Kahn of the banking house
of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., who had large invest
ments in the amusement houses named. In
the Famous Players directorate Felix e.
Kahn shares with Adoph Zukor, Jesse l..
Lasky William II. English, ce-president
Of the Empire Trust Company, and Maurice
Wertheim the honor of having been elected
for the term not expiring until 1924.
Group of Five Men Dominates,
Wall Street Gossip Ayers
According to current Wall Street gossip
however, the innermost council of the cor
porations affairs is dominated by a group
of five men. These are said to be Zukor,
Lasky, De Mile Elek John Ludvigh, secre-
tarytreasurer and general counsel, who
guided the corporation through the mazes
of many of its recent great expansions. and
Harris de Haven Connick, consulting engi-
neer. formerly of San Francisco and later
vice-president of the American International
Corporation of New York.
Famous Players -Lasky has paid quarterly
dividends ranging from $3.50 to $3.50 a
share except in 1918, when dividends were
suspended 'in order to increase the output
of the producing department and on ac-
almost completely paralyzed the entire in
dustry," as was explained by the corpora
ton.
1t has gone on expanding, signing up star
performers and star managers at enormous
salaries. The management boasted in large
types not long ago: $50 great has been the
expansion of the export business of the Fa-
nous Players-LasBy Corporation that there