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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
AMERICAN CONSUL DEAD
w. w. Masterson Was Stationed at
Plymouth, England /

London, Mny 1,--tBy 4. F.)-An-
nouncemcnt was ipade today of the death
yesterday of William Wesley Master
son, American consul ut Plymouth. fol
lowing an opera ion for appendicitis.
Mr.. Masterson was born In Carroll.
ton. NY. In 1Sti. Soon after gradua
tion from the Cincinnati Law Scbno,
he was appointed consul at Alden.
Arabia. resigning In 1886. llc returned
10 his native town to re- enter the prnc
tice Of law and for some time also edited
newspaper. In 1903, he returned to
Alden as American consul, and In o,
was transferred in turn to Batum. Hur.
put, Durham and Plymouth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
ZEPPELIN FOR U. S.
tNsrmany Ordered to Build Ship of
10000 Meters Capacity

,Snsailles. May H. (By A. PD-
lin many a will manufacture Il Zeppc-
ia ronI -, seventy thousand meters capacity
StatapS' the one allotted to the United
dxtrNS,oGy drS Gy the Versailles Treaty, but
Of tho' IN Germany, under the award
lows ae Ambassadors Council which al
IN iiUNs ,0. America three million gold marks
Germ"Ss United States had asked that
lOl l@Ss @Sns De ordered to build for it II
Womb %n.rnblr' meter Zeppelin, which
,str,"tonh nave been the largest ever con-
y tlonShta The war council ut first
;fs,,ssst, snip of 20, 900 cubic meters
"a xin should be sufficient.
Navy department ut Washing
SSuha this suggestion. inadequate,
Hwar council increased the sire
meters. Ono ol The condl-
.Dast sGsst = Germe9 eF6K skail fGis
Rpesan to ths unitSd etsteA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
RAIL SHOP DECISION
/. FACES COURT TEST
Roads Will Contest Ruling Of
( Labor Board, Executive
Forecasts
100000 WORKERS Affected
BY the Associated Press

Baltimore. May 11.---Railronds in
volvcd in last nights decision Of the
Railroad Labor Board. declaring the
contracting of shop work TO outside
firms to be n violation of the Trans.
portntion Act. will not submit TO the
decision without testing its legality in
the courts. in the belief Of Maxwell G..
Bycrs. president of the Western Mary
land Railroad.
While the decision does not apply
specifically to tho Western Maryland,
which has EARNED out" its maintc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
PEGGY JOYCE LOVER ILL
sn''ean Takes Poison-Called An.
0'ner Victim Of Unrequited Affection

raris, May 11.-Another victim of
ms uhrequited love of Peggy Hopkins
nnoyce' in the belief of the French police,
~ 10 critical condition at Nice.
aNutehant Rivas Muntt, an attache
,nc Chilean Legation at Paris, at
S.mpted suicide by swallowing an over
Gom t~n OF poisonous medicine. Clutched
M MS locked hands, when he was found,
pssra s newspaper clipping containing
fo, fesS ,H, Joyce's statement of her love
'or Billy Errazuriz.
oo.,, .mrrazuriz, another Chilean youth.
S"a,nltted Sooated suicide at Paris ten days ago
Imause Is. e. Peggy Tilted him, according to
w,iLD tne general belief is that Muntt. too,
fos f'atu h 70 die because of unrequitcd love
: as aS ,hn ine beautiful siren of the century,"
No 'ney now call Peggy,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
Flyosan is used bv

u. S. Army, Navy and Marine
Corps
u. S. Public Health service
20 leading steamship companies
Boards of health in many cities
Many hospitals. restaurants and
hotels the country over
Hundreds Of large institutions.
IF Flyosan should, in any way,
L fail to live up to your highest
expectations, we will refund the
purchase price.
Sold by drug. grocery. hard
ware and department stores.
Write for the Flyosan Booklet.
1t tells how to rid your home OF
every kind Of insect pest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
VERMONT EX-GOVERNOR DIES
Body Of A. m. Fletcher, Wealthy
Man, Found In Hotel

Rutland. VT. May 11.-CBy 4, pD
ALLEN NJ. Fletcher. Of Cnvendish.
former governor Of Vermont. was found
dead In n room at the Berwick Hotel
here today. due TO cerebral hcmor
rliagc.
Mr.. Fletcher was one of Vermont.
richest men. lie had extensive real cs .
tate holdings in indianapolis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
survived by a number Of children nnt
grandchildren.

United States Senator Edge, OF Nis
city. came to the shore yesterday ana
completed arrangements for the week.
end visit Of President Harding ana ms
party at the Seavicw Country Clnp'
seven miles from here.
There will be sixteen members IN the
party. including several Cabinet Ofncers
and their wives. according to reservn.
tions made at the club. The party Will
leave Washington early tomorrow ana
motor to the shore, going direct to the
country club, where they are TO remain
until Tuesday. under the arrangements
made Yesterday. Names Of the party
were not disclosed here.
The State Highway Department yes: Z:
tcrday was pctitioncd by the Board OF
Freeholtlcrs for the erection Of a retain
ing wall along the new highway now
leading from the resort toward New
York. to prevent damaging graves a
century old in the Smithvillc Cemetery.
J. Vaughan Mathis, architect builder.
of this city, was seriously injured at
Longport yesterday. when his nutomo :
bile was struck by Il trolley car. The mn :
chine was wrecked. Passengers of the
trolley. themselves badly shaken up by
the force Of the impact. cxtricated and
rushed him to the City Hospital. Later
he was removed to his home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
Moths

- s!SS sxsS = !yS:SS :sss with sss: Il:
" need for expen-
observation-disclosures" smelly"
moth balls. Spray Flyosan
in a closet full Of clothes and
shut the door quickly. Soon
the moths will be dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
Cockroaches
Lice

These vernin feed on
warm -blooded animals, in
Guiding man, cattle and
poultry, and carry disease.
A spraying Of Flyosan kills
lice and prevents hidden nits
from Matching.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Factors Making for Progress in Auto
Industry, as Vie,oed by on, Outsider
What Retailers Are Buying
By Alfred anti

OATS have been selling estimates Of what will ,r
g DC assuredy public
~ Sno" quality combined with
Necess where morey commonplace offerings
excellent results
c" retail prices in cities Of
now aIaatle full length
'oe Materials silk lined and
ers producing better effect having
s1ching and embroidery
" ana Somerset bolivia portion
0a black acul beaver having lars
ano being lined throughout
FuFs continue to popular toward
extensive the hpcpgh
these short sport
light - O' ~ N'
Ihe better suit houses
tree-piece
et'o TO $loo Very marked Immediate
oey universally called for has made
oack navy and brown macase
Emphasis here and to
any tendency
the popular fall goods mateasse bled
orocae ribbons
AhoS Inc paisley
o spread.
Jersey blou cuffs and finished
knitted dress opening in eliminating stretching
i'll drawing the the
pronounced demand developed
mats set Off the face and poke effects
collar Venice aco combinations
sleeveless having a attache
Among which
of dress hockdo wells selling
predomnang taking
This is the ninth
sale markets by Mr. Fcnt i
and Editor)
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Problem, of Picking

The picking of cotton is one of the
most serious problems confronting the
American cotton grower. Its cost TO-
day approaches the total value of cot
ton ten or so years ago. The operation
spreads in some areas over a period
of nearly four months. during which
an amount OF casual labor far in ex-
cess Of that required for cultivation
must be available. The situation is
further complicated by the migration
of the negro population, and the fact
that the young men who have come
back from the army and navy in only
few instances have returned TO the
farms. They are seeking the sawmils,
the factories and the machine shops,
where they can earn far more as day
laborers than they can possibly earn
in the cotton growing industry
To mention the factors influencing
the cost of picking is to mirror their
significance and uncertainty. The yield
of seed cotton per acre has very i'm
portant bearing on the amount of labor
required for picking The weather con-
ditions throughout the harvest period
are also important because of the in
fiaence on the rapidity of ripening and
subsequently on the length of the pick
ing period. The boil and plant char
acters that facilitate picking are Of
special Importance in the United States
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Lack Of Regulation

Incidentally reference in this annual
report to the comparative lack of regu-
lation suggests one of the main asssts
Of the automotive industry. 1t has
successfully kept itself out of national
politics. Being newer, it has grown up
in a different spirit from that prevail
ing some ninety years ago, when the
pioneers Of railway transportation first
laid their plans. The leaders of tho
automobile industry understood that
their interest lay in serving the
farmer, for example, not antagonizing
him. On the financial side the industry
is virtually free of regulation. Moth
ing but taxation and free competition
can limit the earnings Of the automo-
bile corporations. Congress has not
decreed that So per cent is fair re-
turn for automobile companies, and
that half of the excess earnings shall
be turned into q common pot. If
Studebaker earns so per cent on it's
capital, no one squirms nearly as much
as IHey WOul0 IL tHe railways eakHeu
what Congress calls fair return.
AS matter Of fact, if the drift
toward ogressivism continues, the
only directly adverse effect on busi-
ness might conceivably be an inter
ference with the present scheme of
railroad legislation, which, unchanged,
should prove highly favorable to rail
road earning power. There is no po-
litical capital in swatting the automo-
bile industry, as there has been in re-
stricting the field Of free endeavor for
railroad men. The automobile indus
try, Of course, would lose its favored
position if competition should be fol-
lowed by collusion, and if public serv-
ice faltered.
In another way the automotive in
dustry differs from the railroads. The
automotive industry is a growing, liv-
ing thing, perpetually throwing its
future into the test tubes Of the labora-
tory, ever seeking radical betterments.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Misleading Trade Terms

Just now there is strong movement
towar dthe elimination Of confusing or
misleading trade terms. The Federal
Trade Commission in a recent action
against hosiery concern put into con-
crete form an idea that has. prevailed
among trade leaders in the industry
tor some time. 1t night be remarked
that the hosiery and underwear trades
are among the chief offenders in the
practice Of using misleading trade
terms. "Merino," for instance, does n,t
stand for all pure marno wool. Wool"
nose, are not necessarily all wool. in
fact some of them contain as much as
60 per cent cotton. oSme business men
believe that labels should state ex-
actly the proportions of various raw
materials contained within any given
piece of merchandise.
In the mems clothing trade there is
spirited discussion on what is meant
and included in the term "haad
tailored The advertising Of "hand
tailored" clothes, that were in fact
not hand tailored, has led two or three
manufacturers to issue lengthy book
lets for public distribution, setting
forth what they consider the essential
points to be included in a garment be-
fore it can properly be called "hand
tailored"
The mems clothing retailers them
selves have become so involved in the
many trade terms in their industry
that at the convention of the National
Association of Retail Clothiers in this
city last week a code of business
ethics was adopted, in which one of
the most important clauses affirmed
that "the history of any article of
merchandise concealed beneath trade
expressions or symbols (the meaning
of which leads the buyer to form an
opinion more faorable than would oh
tain without such disguise) is unfair
to the buyer, and therefore contrary
TO our ethics"
The. proper designation of fabrics
that contain artificial silk is a prob
lem with which the silk trade is wrest-
ling. Some manufacturers frankly
state in their advertising that such
and such of their products are made
wholly or in part of artificial silk. So
involved has the term become that
President Farrell of the Silk Associa-
tion of Great Britain and Ireland, be-
fore sailing for home a little more
than a week ago after a visit to this
country, suggested thta the silk trade
of this and his country take oo-opera-
tive action to eliminate the term
artificial silk" entirely and give the
product new trade name.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Soviets Grant Bank Concession
Swedish Capital Reported Interested in New Inter
national Institution at Moscow; Stock
holm Trade Improving

ment for lumber sales. ard It is De
lieved that the krone may even rise
further. Consular reports from sew
eral countries, especially Italy and the
Dutcn East Indies, show that Swedish
goods are gaining an increased market.
italy IS an active buyer OF Swedish
pulp steel. iron and telephone equip
meme and the Dutch Indies buy eonsid-
cradle Quantities of Swedish cement.
machines, paper, matches. tools and
films.
The financial and commercial pancr
AfIaersvacriden" comments with sat
lsfaction on the result OF the prohibi-
tion referendum, whereby the anti.
prohibition majority has removed tht
danger of the grave financial eonstA
quences threatened By the prospects
of dry Sweden, which the paper calls
q financially and socially dangerous ex-
pertinent. The paper also points out
the well-know fact that the snti-pra-
hl5itsonists are far more numerously
represented among the non-voters than
the prehibitionists, and that therefore
pubic opinion in reality shows
strong majority against prohibition.
Reports to the Swedish Board OF
Trade state that Swedish matches are
being sold in largely increased quaint.
ties in Australia, the total value OF
Swedish shipments now being more
than i262,00o, which is a ten-fold in.
crease over the figure recorded four
years ago, while Japan, formerly
Sweden's principal competitor in this
line, has seen It's export dwindle from
S225,ooo to about $4,000 during the
same period
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Along the Highways Of Finance
BY Merryle Stanley Rukeyser

of the new organization are offered to
the public in exchange for their marks
at the rate Of 10000 marks a share,
The marks thus obtained, it is an
nounced, will be invested in Germany
in real estate, securities and participa-
ticn in industrial and commercial en-
terprises. This purpose is harmonious
with the general flight from the de-
preciating currency into tangible eco
nomic goods--the race from money into
things that remain valuable. Indi-
viduals in this country made similar
shifts. The program of the United
European Investors involves trusting
UP to the hilt the judgment and in
tegrity of its officers. Their powers
are sweeping. And yet some such
escaps seems preferable to sitting back
waiting pitifully for realization Of
the blatant promises made since the
arnistice by unscrupulous brokers to
the effect that the mark would return
to par.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
In Favored Position

Parenthetically, the automotive in
dustry is in favored position, as
compared with number Of the older
industries. Unlike the piano industry
or the lighting t1xture industry, it can
count on repeat orders. Your experts
tell me that the average life of car
is not more than five years. Of course,
the surcst basis Of your business is
the replacement feature, which now ap-
proaches two million cars a year. And
during the life Of car, Of course, new
accessories and parts are continually
needed. The automobile is a machine
whose invention has not tended to
throw men out Of work, for it has
supplementary industries.
1t has an advantage over an industry
like the garment trade, where any one
with needle and an idea can become
competitor. The automotive indus
try is thing of mass production, and
despite the tendency to capitalize too
many sales managers into new COM
panies, competition is automatically
restricted to those able to mobilize
large units of capital.
Unlike many of the older industries,
the automotive is one of progressivism
There are no conservative leaders, in the
the sense Of precedent hounds. 1t is nee
essarily an industry Of drastic change
and incessant experim entation. When
speak of the future of the industry
am not foolish enough to visualize
any special kind Of models, but merely
an idsa Of an improved automatically
propelled vehicle. The goad Of COM
petition is perpetually driving the pi-
lots Of the industry to. discover means
of more efficient use Of fuels, greater
simplicity of design, and heightened
comfort for passengers. Always re-
newing itself and growing faster than
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

Special Foreign FimanciGI spondencc
STOCKHOLM, Sept. "A concession
for the forming of private interna-
tional bank IN Russia, the first Of its
kind since the Bolshevik regime set in,
has just been granted by the Soviet
government, according to report pub
lished by "Svonska Dagbladet." This
new bank is 70 have a subscribed capi-
tel OF 10,ooo.00o gold rubles, its head
quarters will be in Moscow, and the
heads of several old Russian private
banks, sometime directors of the Sow
let State Bank, will direct it's activity.
Among those is mentioned Tarnowsky,
managing director Of the Bank OF ST.
IBERIA. The Stockholm paper does not
give the names of the various coun-
tries interested, but thinks that Swedish
capital enters into the combine. No
confirmation of this report has so far
been obtained from Stockholm finan-
ciera.
The official figures for Sweden's
foreign trade during July show contin-
ued Improvement. The total export
during July being l,390,0o0 tons, or
100000 tons above the June figure. The
export total amounts to 81 per cent,
and the import to rs per cent of the
pre-war normal. Lumber, pulp, paper
and matches show very favorable fig
ugey, while iron ore decreased and pig
iron is very low. The high rate of the
krone, which is now at par with the
dollar. is ascribed TO the incoming nay
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
No Practical Machine

There remains the possibility Of
practical mechanical cotton picker be
ing developed Inventors have been
at work on devices to supplant tae
efficient "ten black fingers" for years.
the degree o. success. or rather lack
o. it, so fer attained was described 30
the world cotton conference by John
NJ. Parker, Of Louisiana, pessimisti-
cally thus: 81 figure that no machine
has ever been invented that will picl
cotton successfully. l haven't been
able to find one and AVE seen every
one Of the machines put on the mar
ket." | also have seen many of them
but the one that'will do the work sue
cessfully and conc within the reach
of the million is as yet in the womb
Of time. When such a machine is
available. as no doubt it will be some
day, the growing of cotton (pests per
mitting) in the South as we'll as IN
many another country will spread with
unexpected rapidity. For IL is this
one thing that is more than any other
The obstacle to cotton culture in new
lands
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

public works carried out on account of
the state amounted to 100000 600
lire. III the last budget speech Senor
Peano declared that the government
had refused numerous offers of loans
by British and American capitalists. 30
as not TO burden the commercial bal
ance with foreign debts He pointed
out that these offers constituted a
proof OF the faith the country enjoys
abroad.
Unfortunately. this year, the wheat
crop will be poor. and it is estimated
that twill be necessary to purchase
abroad Omitted States, Canada and
Argentina 25,oo0,oo0 quintals7 (22O
pounds, which at 110 lirs per quntal
means an expenditure OF 2,750,000 900
lire. On the other hand, silk produc-
ton promises to be excellent. and as
this is an article of high value and
crease its expectation considerably.
The administration of the Port
OF Trieste, having taken into full
mercial development between Amer
lea and the Orient, has granted
reduction of tariff and certain fs-
cilities for unloading and storing prod
ucts arriving from the United States
and passing through Trieste. In 1918
tho total imports of Trioste by water
ways amounted to about $4,000, 600
ouintals, and the exports to about H.
100000 qulntals. The United states
sent about 100000 quintals COTTON,
oils, metals, etc.,) and took about e97
600 quintals. The imports of Trieste
from America are now five times as
great as in 1918. In 1919 imports from
the United States amounted to almost
100000 quintals out of fetal inn
portation of about 100000. In 1921
imports from America amounted to
100000 quintals (2s per cent OF the
total import trade) consisting princi-'
pally of cereals, Goals and iron partly
worked for the docks near Trieste. The
exports are still considerably below the
pre-war figures and in 1921 went as
low as $4,000 quintals. the chief prod
uct being the Stiria magnesita.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
The Used-Car Problem

Marketability is valuable quality
for security or a commodity. It's
worth can best be appreciated when it
is lacking.
For example, the automotiye trade
is weeping tears over the used car
problem. In the competitive rush
for business, dealers have OF late
been offering inflated allowances for
second hand autom obiles TO encourage
owners to buy new machines. With no
real technique for Judging market val
ues, dealers often accumulate used
ears which capnot hr acid without great
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Financing Labor Unions

The loan of 100000 by the Hartman
National Bank to the United Mine
Workers of America hardly jibes with
the orth odoX socialist doctrine of the
class struggle. AS a matter of fact
formal capitalism as definite system
exists only in the imagination of its
critics. Of course class consciousness
obtains, yet there is an infinite variety
of opinion on all subjects among those
with their hands on the pursestrings.
Incidentally, in the coal strike, even
some of the ultra conservative capital
istic" newspapers indorsed the position
Of the men. The Eight shed on the
methods of financing the strike was
Illuminating, for there is all too little
public knowledge regarding this highly
fascinating phase of the modern in
dustrial sytem, namely, the technique
Of financing labor unions.
An effort to give q consolation prize
to those who were foolhafdy enough to
convert excellent American dollars
into almost worthless Teuton marks is
now being made. The launching Of the
United European Investors, Ltd, fol-
low the example set by disappointed
holders of marks in many Of the neu-
tral European countries. The fact that
Franklin D. Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency OF the new organization is
evidence that the attempt to save some
thing from the investment wreckagc will
be sincerely made The common shares