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The Washington times., 1922-08-12
FRUIT GROWERS
FACING RUIN BY
RAILROAD T|EUP
Santa Fe Road Puts Embargo
on PerishabIe Goods-crops
Cannot Be Moved.
By ELLIS ii. MARTIN.
international Sews Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IA
With a loss staring them in the
face that leading growers said
would dwarf the monetary cost of
the San Francisco earthquake,
California fruit growers today faced
the most serious situation in their
history as a result of the combined
shoPmen's strike and the walkout
of the big four brotherhood Tlen.
One great transcontinental artery
has been tied up, while other out
let's to the East are gravely threat,
ened. s.
The Santa Fe railroad, whose
Eastern outlet was cut off by the
walkout OF enginemen, firemen and
conductors at Needles. Cal, and
Arizona points. today had placed
embargoes on all perishables and
was accepting other freight only
subject to delay.
The Western Pacific Railroad
was restricting its acceptance Of
Eastbound perishables, and the
Southern Pacific, while placing no
embargo, was placing certain de-
livery restrictions.
The greatest loss is promised to
Fallon fruit growers in the rich
San Joaquin valley, through which
the Santa Fe runs.
Crops this year are of record
breaking nature and are estimated
in value at $4,000 900.
Railroad offices were swamped
today by anxious excursionists here
attending conventions. They were
advised that in most cases they
could complete their itinerary as
planned. The Santa Fe is selling
no tickets East and was routing
all who held tickets over their
lines via other roads.
As an evidence of the concilia.
tory attitude adopted by the
Southern Pacific in the crisis. 1t
was pointed out by l.. l.. Sanford,
Pacific Coast chairman of the
engineers. that his road had. with
in the past few days removed in
the neighborhood of sixty objec.
tionable armed guards against
whom protests were filed bX the
Big Four" leaders.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
FINDS HIS MOTHER AFTER
SEARCH FOR 20 YEARS

CHESTER, Pa. Aug. IA hapsS
py reunion took place yesterday inuc
Ridley Park. when George WARS,
rett, jr., twenty-five years old, after
searching for a week found his
mother, Mrs. Carrie Beeson, whom heh
had not seen since he was five years,T
old. 49, -- ~
Twenty years ago his father ,deS, J
serted his woung ~Ire in Marcush'
Hook and took his son with him..
leaving a younger daughter with the
mother. The father and son remain
ed together until the latter was
eighteen years old, the son being in
formed by his father that his mother
was dead.
After wandering about the Western
States the son arrived in Martins
burg. Pa, July 80, and discovered his
sister was a resident there. She
told him his mother was living apd
had married again.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
.S|GNsOF PEACE J !
!. IN COAL STR|KE1l
!. GROW CLEARER
White House Officials PIeasedsss
With Anthracite Nego- 9S
T tiations. ~
BY International News Service.

} Evidences that the prolonged coal -
strike will soon end are multiplying, ,i1d
Administration officials who sress,h
handling the strike situation de-
clared today.
Observers of the Department OF
Labor who are attending the Cleve-A
land conference telegraphed Secreayts
tary Davis that both sides were
optimistic that an agreement would -
be reached shortly. ~
Official announcement from the
White House that a climax in the.
anthracite situation would be-
reached within a week indicated
that resumption of hard coal min ~
ing might be looked for next week. (
In the meantime the Presidents -,
fuel committee and Federal Fuel
Distributor Spencer have the r@-.,,s
tioning of the present production.
of coal well in hand. Producing .
operators are cooperating generally ~
with the committee at the Hoover -,
scale of prices, Spencer said. I
Alabama operators claim that q,
production costs have increased be-,
cause of the scarcity Of cars. and
have asked for. an increase In the !;
Hoover scale. No
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
BEATS HARVARD RECORD
FOR BRAINS AND SPORTS

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. IA
Henry T. bunker, of Davenport, Ia,
an eighteen-year-old Harvard fresh
man, holds what, is believed to be the
record at Harvard for combined
athletic and academic standing,
bunker, who is better known to his
Classmates as "Heine," won an "a"
in every subject he took last year.
While carrying on his educational
activities he acted as guard on the
freshman football team and as cap
tain. of the freshman track team.
He is a candidate for the varsity
eleven next fall,
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Local Wholesale Prices.

Exgs-strtctly fresh, selected. per dor, d.
1s8aT; average receipts, IS; Southern, -.
1--we poultry-Roosters. per To-. IS:
turkeys per ib.. IS: spring chickens, per
10. soess; keats. young. each 5000:
pressed pouitry-Fresh- killed. winter
chickens, per H.: 2sasS; hens, per ID.
-: roosters. per lb.. 10: trrkeys, per h..
IS q 20; keats, young. each. $50 10.
Livestock--Cslves, choice, per 1b.. 50
~: lambs. choice. per h.. 1o0i2; live
hogs, per H.. loh.
per boz. 2.1S0I7s. California oranges
per crate. s.oe0Io.Se Lemons. per box.
tSe0s.eo. Raspberries, 2e0to. Peaches
per crate. ieo9Seo. csntaloupes. 50
Vssetsbies-Potstos No. /. per bbi !.
soo0Loe: per sack. l,oog 2.oe; new
potatoes. per bbl. No. I. Soe0soo: No. 2.
a2oa AGO. Sweets. t.eo0LBo. fams. 3.O5
o. 80. Lettuce. Southern. per crate. SEQ
90 Romaine lettuce, $50. ~ymblings
per crate. 7t0lso. Onions. Der crate
b9i.se; Cabbage. new. Per cst., i.oo9
boz. FLORIDA, 2ce0sSo Beans. i.SoG
400 per basket. Peas, aee02Be. Pep
pers. per crate, $500. Celery, Bo@I.eo.
Spinach, per bbI., so0TS.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
BUILDING BOOM STAYS;
ISSUE Sc, 900 PERMITS

washington's building boom con-
tinues. Permits for buildings and
improvements to cost SS.536,757 In
the aggregate were issued at the
office of the Building Inspector
during the month of July.
Twenty apartment house permits,
totaling s3,1s0,000, is the largest
single item in the monthly report
of the Building Inspector. Per
mits for the erection of three
churches to cost s2s5.oOo were also
issued. p. u
The office issued 1873 permits for
dwellings, to cost in the aggregate.
$1,473,650.
The different sections Of the Dis
trict profited by July's permits as
follows Northeast. $1S.SaS: south
east. s30,100: northwest, S1.311.975:
southwest, $3.50; county. s4.G46,230.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
HAVE RIDIcULE
FOR AMERICAN SCIENTISTS

PARIS. , Aug. l2.-Parisian men
Of letters and Of science are poking
fun at the report that American
astronomers are going to try to build
telescope that will reveal the
secrets Of Mars.
Let's not let ourselves be buff
faioed with what seems big" said,
in effect, an observatory astrono-
mer reporter for Bonsoir. These
giant telescopes have not been and
never will be productive of fantas.
tic results.
For purposes of studying life on
Mars an opera glass is as good as
the best telescope. And, anyway, no
true astronomer is interested in
whether there is life on Mars or
not. We are absorbed in studying
the laws OF gravitation, which is a
problem Of equations. not Of ~obser-
A paragrapher demanded il the
placement of the proposed telescope
in a well were symbolical Of the
Americans attempt to find truth, so
Tar as It concerns the planet. -~.-
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
PRICE GOUGERS
Baking PEACE,
COAL MEN AVER
Cleveland Conference Alone
Can Avert Famine This Win
ter, Operator Declares.
BY WILLIAM J. HUSKE,
International News Service.

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. H.
Operators and miners here for the
Interstate conference by which it is
hoped to establish a basic wage that
will end the nationwide strike and
avert a coal famine this winter see
In the renewed opposition by power.
Sul interests in the fourState field
q desire on the part of some to
"profiteer" in the price OF fuel this
winter, as We'll as to grab markets
which have heretofore belonged to
other sections of the field, 1t was
said here today.
A leading operator told 1nterna,
tional News Service today that the
success of the present movement
was the only hope of averting fuel
famine OF tremendous proportions
this winter.
This is true" he declared. "wheth-
er the tonnage in the central com
petitive field of western Pennsyl.
Vania. Ohio, Indiana. and Illinois ac'
cepting is large or small, because
contingent upon the signing Of an
agreement here, based upon plans al
ready agreed upon, Immediate agree
ments may be made with outlying
mines and the loaGing of coal can
begin Immediately. should the TOUR
State conference fail then either the
strike must continue or each district
must work out In separate conVen.
ton a basic wage. This means fur.
ther, delay, and this the country can
not stand"
Supporting this view 1t was point
cd out that any considerable delay
would mean that the Illinois field
nearest to the northwest must supply
the fuel needs of the states in that
region, as a supply from this section
OF the field can only reach there pro
vided II is mined in time to be ship.
ped by water.
That an agreement will be reached
here very quickly was the consensus
of opinionn today. Both operators
and miners were optimistic of the
outcome, although II was thought
that the conference might continue
into next week.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
ATTEMPT MADE TO BOMB
DINING CAR At ALABAMA

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Aug. IA
Officers today are searching for the
persons who last midnight attempt
ed to dynamite dining-car In the
Frisco yards here.
According to railway officials, the
explosive, which was hurled, missed,
the dining-car by n few feet, struck
the top Of n box car and demolished
II. The diner is used by EMPLOYEES
of the railroad. and about one hun.
dred OF bem were eating a midnight.
lunch "a II.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
BLAME WRECK
ON FAULTY LOCOMOTIVE

Semi-officjal word was received
here today by legislative officers OF
the Big Four rail brotherhoods that
following the Missouri.Pacific train
crash at Sulphur, Springs. Mo, last
Sunday in which thirty eight lives
were lost. the boiler of the colliding
engine exploded.
From this statement in reference
to the tragedy. they drew the con.
clusion that the locomotive should
not have been allowed out of the
round house, and that the explosion
was another link in the chain of
evidence they are building that
dangerous equipment is in use on
the railroads. 1t would be virtually
impossible for boiler to explode
even after the violent impact of a
wreck. said one, unless some of the
bolts were weak or had pulled out.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
NIECE OF REAM TO SUE
HEIRS OF $40, 900, 900

CHICAGO, Aug, 12.-Handicapped
by the loss of her left hand, and
angered at wealthy relatives who she
declared were apathetic, Miss Lenore
Ream prepared yesterday to file suit
for $4,000 against the heirs of the
sac, 900, 900 estate of her uncle, the
late Norman B. Ream, Chicago and
New York capitalist.
The suit Is based on an implied"
contract said to have been executed
by Mr.. Ream thirteen years ago
when Miss Ream lost her hand In a
railroad accident. Her uncle was one
OF the directors OF the road.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
DISGUISED AS FLAPPER
,.H BURGLAR LOOTS HOME

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE police de-
partment has sent out a warning Of
a new type Of burglar who has been
active within the last week.
A man disguised as a boulevard
lipsticked and rouged, in short
skirts and with bobbed false hair.
has called at several homes and,
complaining Of illness, gained en-.
trance. Then he would draw a re-
volyer and ransack the place. The
"flapper" Burglar called at the home
of Mrs. Frank Creighton. Mrs.
Creighton informed the burglar that
she could not aid her" and that her
husband was at home.
You're a liar" doomed forth a
heavy male voice from the red lips
and the disguised man tried 10 block
the closing Of the door. Mrs. Creigh.
tons screams frightened him away.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
sP@ BUSINESS AND FINANCE E u5AzH#aaHgMnp
Wall Street Wizard
Says Patience Is
Requisite
ny Universal Service.

LONDON, Aug. 12.--Jesse
Liyerntore, the Wall Street
speculator who left for Paris
today, gave out a little '.mar-.
ket advice" to interviewers
who Saw him of at the station.
Throughout the war l. was
a bear; since then ! have been
a bull" said Livermore. "The!
secret Of successful speculation
is anticipation Of the future.
There is no safe line to fol-,
low. All you can do is to form
your own judgment and then
play the market.
"You cannot be a bear one
day and bull the next. You
must have patience, prove that
your judgment is right, and
not weaken.
~ have ceased to get that
thrill that comes from stock
speculation any more and am
now trying to beat Colonel
Bogey at golf"
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO. Aug. 12.-TSeptember
wheat started at $1.04x to 1.04 or u
to Y cent lower than the previous
close. Later months were unchanged
to Y cent lower.
There was general selling at the
outset because OF weakness in Liver
pool cables, which made futures Id
lower and spot unchanged to I'd low.
er. Corn started Il cent higher to
Y cent lower for September and u
Shorts in September were nervous
because of the rail situation. Oats
started unchanged TO u cent lower,
with dull featureless trade. Receipts
estimated at 200 cars.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
ARMY PLANS TO CHECK
STRIKERS LITERATURE

Army corps commanders will take
steps to prevent the dissemination
Of radical literature among troops
In the present industrial turmoil,
the War Department announced
today.
No general order will be issued
the pamphlets which have
appeared telling soldiers:
Don't shoot strikers II called
out for duty in strikes!' l.
The War Department indicated It
did not consider the matter serious
enough to warrant a general order.
make a cal on May Irwin, the ac-
way, unless he interferes with the
processes OF orderly government"
said War Department official.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

Large Earnings Expected.
This issue also participates with
the common stock in surplus earn
tngs. The earnings OF the hotel
have been conservatively estimated
by hotel experts, and 1t is believed
that the earnings of the preferred
stock will be considerably in ex-
cess of the per cent mark.
The hotel has been planned with
very definite ideas as to economy
OF operatioh. In effecting this
Daniel p. Ritchey, recently elected
managing director of the hotel, has
been invaluable to the architect,
Robert f. Beresford and the asso-
ciate architects, Warren & Wetmorc,
of New ork. ..
Mr., Ritchey, whose connections
with the finest hotels in the coun-
try, cover a period of thirty years.
during which he has won a nation
wide reputation, states that, Hotel
Walker will be one of the best de.
signed and planned hotels, as well
rs one of the most beautiful, In
the country-a model for others to
follow. He is enthusiastic over
the outlook for the success of the
great enterprise, which is to mean
% much for Washington.
Officers and Directors.
The officers and directors include
some of the most successful and
professional men of Washington,
among them being Charles +.
Berry, of Berry & Whitmore.. Jew
elers; w. Wallace Chiswell, presi-
dent of the Peoples Mutual Benefit
Insurance Company; Paul Hender.
son, Assistant Postmaster General;
w. NJ. Hoffman, president Of the
Firemen's Insurance Company; Aus
tin M. Knight. rear admiral United
States navy. retired; Harry c.
Moses, of w. B. Moses & Sons;
Reginald r. Walker. local physi-
clan; John r. Waller, of the Inter
national Bank. and Bates Warren,
local attorney Mr. Ritchey also
was elected a director. Allan f.
Walker, president Leroy Gaddis,
jr., vice president; William l..
Browning, secretary-treasurer; w.
Edgar Leedy and S. 4. Goddon
complete the directorate.
Construction of the hotel is pro.
crossing rapidly and every effort
will be made to have it>ready for
operation early in the fall of 1928.
The hotel. including site. building,
equipment and furnishings will rep
resent an investment of between
S7,000,000 and $S,000,000.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
SEABoARD WILL ISSUE
TRUST CERTIFICATES

The seaboard Air Line railroad was
authorized today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to assume Il.
ability for ss,oos,sso of equipment
trust certificates to be issued by the
Chase National Bank Of New York.
II was stipulated that 81. 2.450. 900 of
the certificates are to be sold Mt
e7.02 and s559,9s0 Of deferred certi-
flcates are to be sold at par. the
proceeds to be used In procuring
equipment.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
!. c. c. to Probe Carrier.

Failure of the Indiana State pub
lie service commission to permit the
American. Railway Express Company
with the 20 per cent increase grant
ed by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on interstate shipments OF
such commodities win be investigated,
the Interstate. Commerce Commits
sion announced today.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Baltimore Grain Market.

Wheat, steady: No. 2 red winter
S120$; No. red winter garlicky
$1.14A; receipts, 176,16S bushels; ship.
ments, 1888 bushels.
Corn, steady: No. 2 yellow or bet.
ter domestic 79@79k cents bushel
receipts, 56,S54 bushels: shipments
Al ,599 bushels.
Oats, easier: No. white domestic
new. AN: receipts, none; shipments,
3,409 bushels.
Rye, easier; No. 2 Western export
spot, 86K; receipts, 92,611 bushels
shipments, 220 bushels.
Hay, quiet: supply ample.
Flour, dull.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Termina al to Extend Notes.

The Interstate Commerce COM
mission today authorized the Union
the holders or $3.50, 900 Of its per
cent unsecured notes for the ex-
tension of the maturity date of said
notes from October 10, 1922, to
October 10, 1923, and for the pay
ment of interest thereon at rate
not exceeding 8 per cent until paid.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Seeks to EEtend Line.

The Tennessee. Alabama and
Georgia railway today asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission
sor authorit, to extend its line in
T,towah and st. Clair counties, Ala.
hama, to connect with the Seaboard
Air Line at either Odenville or
Margaret. Ala, on the Central Of
Georgia railroad.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Weeks Failures Increase.

NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-Business
ss nnst 10 Number ses which corn.
pares with 352 last week, 800 in
the like week Of 1921: 147 in
1920: Ii5 in 1919 and l6l In 1918,
according TO Bradstreets.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Note Issue Authorized.

The Kansas and Oklahoma South
ern was today authorized by the
Interstate Commerce Commission TO
issue $4,000 Of two-years per
cent promIssory notes. The pro-
ceeds are to be used for construc-
ton purposes.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
So. African Markets Firm.

Markets In South Africa are
generally firmer, the Commerce De
rartment was advised today bv
American Trade Commissioner
Stevenson.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Hotel Walker Offers
$75O,OOO Stock Issue
Books Opened for Subscription to 8 Per Cent
Preferred Cumulative Participating Stock
/ ji;Re of New Hotel Corporation.
BY HARRY GUSACK.

That the stock issue of the Walker Hotel Corporation will
be of the popular recently offered Washington in
vestors indicated today with the opening of books for
subscriptions the of $750000 per preferred
cumulative participating stock in the corporation Indica
tons that the entire issue will be quickly absorbed large
of the stock already having been subscribed
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Curb Stocks.

BY Cosmopolitan News Service.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Oil Stocks.

FURNISHED by w. b. Hibbs Coz
Prices at noon: Bid Ask
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-04-27
Haren Victim
Tells Story

stolen from ner nome on the night
before her wedding and Imprisoned for
i've years 10 d Turkish hsress. AgEatni
MILAN q besufifnl nineteen year-old
Armenian girl from Bitiis. has al last
been discovered BY her lover and
through the assistance OF the Near
East Relief forcibiy taken from her
master aud brought TO one OF the
American Rescue Homes 10 Constant
uople Here she iii stay until mr.
Engagements can be made for her mar
rage aud her return 10 her old home.
"siy slOry--ir Is ike hundreds OF
others" Aghsvni said simply. Il was
gosen from my hoH,- on the night that
the massacres FIRST began In Bitlis II
was the night before ! was 10 have
been married. was just folding my
wedding veil away when the Turkish
soldiers broke into the house. They
carried me on. l. They took me
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-04-27
FEAST FIT FOR THE GODS
Traveller IN Asia Tells ~ Wonderful
Food Served Guests al Hssss
Of Shslk IN szgdsd.

never missed a chance 10 bagdad
20 meet aud know the bedOuin. lie
has mach of the DARK ieonine" Ia
Temperament ss well as complexion.
Yet with all his dignity and reticenee
be IL very gracious 10 friend or
guest How s,DptuOus q feast ne
can spread / discovered on -. memoir
able evening when | VAS asked with
four other officers 10 dine al the
house Of Sheik
Though We we're conscious That
there were servants and wOdren about
and felt quite cer'siD that they had
viewed US from the latticed windows.
we did not so much as catch glimpse
VI them: our host brought In the DIN
Der on huge round copper trays ana
he himself waited on Us. There were
40 forks Instead OF plates there
were khubz. or pieces " bread, which
We knew were made OF round thin
slabs OF dough stuck 10 the hat sides
Of a hot earth oven and baked until
they fell on. The nrst course Was
chicken apiece. followed BY Iigris
salmon and meat cooked Ia sppetlz-
ing ways with strange Favored spices
and herbs.
Sometimes the sheik selected
choice BIT aud thrust II into the mouth
Of favored guest. Not the servants.
but the wives VI our host. had done
all the cooking. and before Offering Us
any dlsb, he himself tasted II. 10 make
sure that II was up ~ bis standard
He pulled q wry face over the sherDet
and sent II back. The second part
OF the feast consisted Of the most de-
licious vegetables. salads and fruits
The shelk did not sit down with Us
and did not eat At all. but continued
for two mortal hours to bring In dish
after dish. until we had to beg him
to have mercy. The fact that We knew
he would consider II the height VI good
breeding II We gave loud and demon
stratiye signs OF rspletion saved the
day for US. He was pleased 10 ma
US surfeited with his generosity and
At last hs permitted Us to eat the
khubz.
What was left OF the dinner he be
slowed upon \ crowd OF bcxEars who
had gathered round his door After
dinner there we're cigarettes. provid-
I'd as AN especial compliment 10 the
guests. for the Arab Is devoted to the
lsisurely wsterpips .-Rolsnd oarbod
u Asia.