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Evening star., 1922-04-21
CROSS-CURRENTS MARK
CURB TRADING TODAY
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NEW YORK, April 21.-There were
many cross movements on the curb
exchange today. Commission houses
were buyers of some stocks, but sold
others. and appeared to have sold on
balance. The professional floor trad
ers apparently We're taking profits in
some issues which had enjoyed up
turns earlier in the week, and as a
result price changes were highly ir-
regular. Dealings were smaller than
in some time.
Interest was shown in Salt Creek
Consolidated Oil. which was traded in
here for the first time. although there
has been an active market for the issue
in Pittsburgh. A group of banking
houses, including firm that has been
active in the Standard lis over the
counter in the past, has secured block
of the stock Merritt Oil was higher
and there was a fair inquiry for STAN
dard Oil of New York and the Indiana
shares. Maracaibo was in supply and
yielded more than a point and there
was profit taking in Mexican Seaboard
after early firmness. which caused
sharp reaction from the highest. Creole
Syndicate duplicated its recent high
mark.
In the miscellaneous list Durant
Motor and the Hudson Tube issues
were the leaders, establishing new
high records. Phillip Morris, after
it's advance. Lincoln Motors contin-
ued under pressure apparently be-
cause of the uncertainty with regard
to the effect of the government suit
against the company. Goldwyn Pic
lures was firm.
There was more activity than here
tofore in the mining department
Bonds were active and about steady
Allied Packers bonds attracted at
tention because of the erratic move
ments. The SIS were freely sold and
declined sharply while the IS rose
several points. There was no ex-
PLANTATION.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
BONDS IRREGULAR;
BUT MAINLY HIGHER

NEW YORK. April 21.-Bonds We're
irregular though mainly higher in to-
days early dealings. with local issues
the features.
New York, Westchester and Boston
4 Il rose AZ points. Hudson and Man
haitian 5s gained 81 and the refund
ing IS IL.
New York Central Al. $. New Haven
Is. Pennsylvania Consolidated AZ s.
Pacific Gas and Electric 5s and Ameri-
can Telephone 6s rose to ~ points.
Fractional gains were made by South
ern Pacific convertible As. Central Pa
cific firsts. Canadian Pacific'4s. ST. Paul
convertible 4 rs. Rock Island refund
ing As. Reading As and Missouri.
Kansas and Texas As.
In the foreign group Mexican As
French municipals also showing
strength. but Danish IS were heavy.
falling ?. points.
Libertys Are steady.
Liberty bonds were steady on re-
duced dealings. Whatever was re-
sponsible for reactionary tendency
in United States government securi-
ties, 1t failed to depress the rest of
the market. The domestic railway
and Industrial bonds were active as
they had been at any time during the
last few months, and the number of
new high prices increased. The ad-
vance in the better grade of railway
mortgages particularly was moderate,
but quite general, while the speculative
issues in several instances went ahead
sharply. Foreign government external
bonds kept steady at their top prices.
1t was evident that the demand for
railway bonds of all classes was due
in part at least to the favorable
March traffic statements expected
shortly.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. April 81 (speciaD.-
Potatoes-White. 100 pounds. l.25a
1.5O; No. 2. 5Oa75: new potatoes. bar
rel. re 800 and 7;1s: sweets and oys vans. ms.
bushel. 1.ooa1.25; No. 2, 5oa6o; aspara-
gus. dozen. 4.O0a5.50; No. 2. e.0oa3.60;
beans, hamper. 1.50a3.00: beets. bunch,
Sas; cabbage. hamper, 1.ooa1.5O; car
rots. bunch. 4a5: caulifiower. crate,
a.aoaz.oo; celery. dozen, l.ocal:2S;
2.5oaa;25: eggplant. crate, 1.5sas5o;
kale. bushel, 20a25.
Lettuce-Basket. 1.00a250: onions.
100 pounds. 700a9.00: No. 2, 4.00a5.00;
spring onions. hundred. 1.o0a1.25;
Parsnlps; baskets 2S peas hsmPsr "n
radishes. basket, 1,ooa2,oo; rhubarb.
bunch. 4a5; spinach. bushel, 75aS5;
SQUASH. crate. 2.5Oa325; tomatoes.
crate. 1.25a350.
Apples : Packed. barrel 5.ooas; so:
No. 2, 5.00a6.50: bushel. 1.5Oa250; box
3.0oa5.00; oranges. box. 5.0Oa7.50:
strawberries, quart. 20 and 25.
Selling Prices Mt Noon.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter, spot, no
quotation; No. red winter. spot. 1.44
nominal: No. 2 red winter. garlicky.
spot. 1.47 nominal.
Sales-Bag lot of nearby at 1.10 per
buShel.
Corn-Cob corn. old. yellow. quoted
$50 per barrel: contract corn. spot,
So n; No. 4 corn, spot, 6S: track corn.
yellow. No 8. domestic, 20 at wharf
Oats--White, No. 2, 4S1a per bushel;
No. 3. 47a471a per bushel.
Rye-Nearby, 90a1.00 per bushel:
No. western export. spot, LIS; No.
3. no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. % tons: range is
1S.00a21.00 for good to choice timothy
and mixed hay; market firm: supply
on hand ample for trade.
Straw-No. l tangled rye, 1850; No.
wheat. 11.50a12.00; No. l oat. nomi-
nal. 12.00a13.00.
CHICAGO. April 21--Gossip was
current that 100000 bushels of new
crop domestic winter wheat had been
sold for export and that there had
also been European buying of Cana
dian wheat Reactions. which took
place were ascribed chiefly to profit
taking. The close was unsettled,
half to 2as cents net higher. with
May l.4512 to L45as. and July 1.27b
to 127A
Subsequently heavy profit-taking
sales brought about setback in corn
prices. The close was unsettled at
haA cent net decline to a like ad-
vance, with July 647.
Evening star., 1922-04-21

$2OOOO,OOO
Dutch East Indies
Forty Year External Sinking Fund 696 Gold Bonds
uthorzed aw of Decem passed
gdom o. ame
dheD DUR en-
Mrch1,1 ot March
:; s:s s:s $s $$:ss g $s @ @
""''s Il" option pasd a interest whole"
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Guaranty gTrtcn New Aeend
extern
e dennabed
the Netherlands
to borrow claw
the Kingdom Of the Netherlands and approved by the Crown
9612 and
To about64 49, teaEes redemption eMAch,1
Guaranty Company Of New York
Harris Forbes & Co. Lee, Higgmson Co.
Bankers Trust Company, New York Kdder Peabody & Co.
The Union Trust Company Of Pittsburgh
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank The Union Trust Company
Chicago Cleveland
Evening star., 1922-04-21
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Lanston Monotype-1 at -.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric cons. 5S-Sl ,0OU at 94L
Washington Gas 5s-$1 900 at 93.
Money-Call loans. and 8 per cent.
DnNnC
Evening star., 1922-04-21
NEW YORK RESERVE BANK.

NEW YORK, April 21.-The state
ment of the condition of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, at the
close of business April 1s shows:
Total gold reserves. s1,134.998.596.3I;
total reserves. s1,164,2SS,02716. bills
discounted secured by government
war obligations for members, SAL
75S,66?.57: all others. s19.503,61O.0S
Bills bought in open market, S27,975.-
97747: total bills on hand, $S9,23S.-
357.12: total earning assets, s254.634,-
907.12: uncollected items, $137.765,-
929.65. due to members, reserve ac-
count, S702,3S2,S35.73: total deposits,
s73S,S3S. .792.06; federal reserve notes
in actual circulation. s621.6S4,071;
ratio of total reserves to deposits
and federal reserve note liabilities
combined, S56 per cent
Evening star., 1922-04-21
STEEL PRICES ADVANCED.

PITTSBURGH, April 2l.-Prices on
bars, plates and shapes. nails. sheet
bars were advanced from 50 to SO a
ton by number of the smaller mills
in the Pittsburgh district today.
Prices were not advanced by the
United States Steel Corporation nor
by the large independents. but the
opinion was expressed in authorita-
tive quarters that the advance would
hold throughout the trade. when the
coal strike is over and they are again
in the market for new business. The
cause of the advance was explained
by the fact that many smaller con-
Germs do not own blast furnaces and
rolling mills, and are compelled to
go into the market for materials.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
INCREASES NET INCOME.

PHILADELPHIA. April 2I-Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit reports for
March a net income of S2s3.954. after
fixed charges. in contrast to $21S1S5
in final net income for March. 1921.
Its gross operating revenues aggre-
gated in March s3.61L3l2. from which
S2577,361 was deducted for operating
expenses and taxes. Its non-operat-
ing income was s4S.392 and its fixed
charges SSlS,3SS.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
PETE INDUSTRY IMPROVES,

PITTSBURGH, April 21,-Condi-
tions in the petroleum industry are
improved appreciably. and the situa-
tion is much more hopeful than for
the past eighteen months. according
to President Lyon of National Petro-
leum. Traffic Manager Boltz reported
in favor of reduced rates on petro-
leum and it's products by railroads
in citing the case being prepared for
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
FAIRBANKs-MORsE LOSS.

NEW YORK. April 21.-A net loss
of $4,236,S71 is shown by Fairbanks
Morse for 1921, after charges, depre-
citation. inventory adjustments, etc,
against net income of $2,778.735 in
1920. The income account shows an
operating loss of $1,330.417, in con-
II asst to a profit of $4,144,921.
Evening star., 1922-04-21

Foreign competition in casualty
lines has become very keen, assert
local underwriters. Large capitaliza-
tion is aiding them to expand into
various forms OF. coverages, to the
detriment of American companies, 1t
is claimed
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Clark Mcneil

On Tuesday morning occurred the
marriage of two of Norridgewocks
popular young people. Miss Evelyn
Marie Mcneil and Ansel Albert Clark.
High nuptial mass was celebrated at
the Church Of Our Lady of Loudrcs
at Skowhcsan, when the couple were
married by Rev. J. L. A. Renaud.
Miss Mcneil is the daughter OF Dam
iel B. Mcneil, and has resided all her
life in this town. She is a graduate
of the Norridgewock high school,
class of 1921. She has been employ
ed during the summer at Jones'
Spa. Mr.. Clark came here from
Aroostook county several years ago.
He has run an automobile livery for
several seasons and this summer las
operated a garage on the north side
of the river near his home. The
couple will reside in Norridgewock.
but Mr.. Clark will be engaged With
his father in numbering during the
winter in the up river districts.
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State House Chat

State Librarian Henry E. Dunnack
Will deliver an address at chapel eX-
crclSeS at Oak Grove seminary on
the afternoon of Nov. L. His sub
Ject will be students Use of the
Library"
Andrew P. Lane, state fuel direc-
tor. who has been passing a few days
in Boston on matters of business,
will leave there today for Philadel-
phia, Penn.
Ernest l.. Thornton, secretary Of
the Cole Legislative committee at
the State House, passed the week
end at his home at Belfast.
Miss Eula Dysart has accepted a
position as stenographer in the Office
of Fuel Director A. P. Lane.
Word has been received at the Of
flee of the fuel director that a cargo
of anthracite coal arrived by barge
at Cape Cod Canal on Friday on it's
way to Gardiner, Me.
Among. the visitors registered Sat-
urday at the State museum were /:
Nathalie Emerson, Gardiner; Leslye
Green, Lamira. Ohio; and Bernice B.
WEIGH of Corinna.
The members Of the Portsmouth,
n. H. football team, which played
Cony, Saturday afternoon in this
city. visited Saturday morning at the
State House. :.
The Automobile Club, composed of
employees of the automobile section
of the Secretary Of States office, and
which had a successful season last
year, will be reorganiZed, the first
meeting being held Monday evening
| in the rest room at the State House.
Governor Percival P. Baxter and
the mayors Of 20 Maine cities will be
invited to join the Maine delegation
to the third annual convention of
New England Advertising clubs at
Providence, r. l., Nov Is, II and IS.
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OAKLAND

Mrs. Linwood Littlefeld has re-
turned from Winthrop where she was
called by the serious illness of her
sister, Mrs. Walker.
Mrs. Frank Bartlett Of Vassalboro
is guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ev-
erett Perry.
Eden Morrow. who has been a guest
Of his cousin. Mrs. Ross Baker has
some to Fairfield where he will visit
his father. Avery Morrow, for a time
before returning to his home in Dick
,erscn, North Dakota.
Miss Edna Walker has returned from
a weeks visit in Portland
Mrs. Robert Anderson. who has been
visiting her son. Frank Anderson and
family of Aver street. and her daugh-
ter Mrs. Ashton Piummer, of the Wa
terville road. will leave this morning
for her home N ST. Stephens. n. B.
Mrs. Leulu Watson and daughter,
Grace, who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Gibbs. Of Oakland Heights
for a few days. have returned to their
home in North Belgrade.
Miss Irene Flagg and Percy LOUDER,
who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Sturtcvant of Oakland Heights.
have returned to their home in Fair
field.
Miss Gladys Norton. who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. Mahlon Ira
ceE. has gone to Resdtield to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norton. before
returning To Mystic, Conn, where she
IL employed
hr. ana Mrs. Alden Savage and
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Halloween MASQUERADE

A Halloween masquerade social
under the auspices of the Sunshine
class Of the Methodist Sunday School
was held on Friday evening in the
Methodist vestry. which presented a
most attractive appearance with its
decorations of crepe paper in yellow
and black with Jack lanterns and
black cats. The guests numbering
about one hundred and fifty 1900
were for the most part attired in
costumes, and included witches,
ghosts. COLLINS. clowns and people of
all nationalities. Among the number
were two old maids. whose manners
and antiquated clothes furnished
much amusement for the party.
Games and Halloween stunts were
played and refreshments of pop corn
and apples was served.
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opinion that Mr.. Allen had left his
automobile willingly. There were
no signs to indicate a struggle, and
Mr.. Cannon further stated that Mr..
Aliens clothing did not appear as
if he had been dragged from the
machine, as it was believed by many.
Edward L. White. who for five
years has been employed at the Riley
postoffice, stated in answer to ques-
tions by Journal reporter. that he
believed the motive was robbery. He
did not think that Mr.. Allen had an
enemy in the world. Everyone liked
Mr.. Allen for he was always Jolly
and congenial" was the way Mr..
White expressed it.
Mr.. White stated that when Mr.
Allen LETT the postoffice Friday
morning about 7.3O he acted rather
strangely, and contrary to his usual
custom. he did not say what time he
would return. Later in the forenoon,
Mr.. White had been notified that AL
lens car had been found in the road
between Jay and Riley, the engine
running, and he at once telephoned
the county officials.
Accompanied by Charles Allen, an
| uncle of the murdered man. and De-
putty Sheriff Heber Allen, Mr.. White
hurried to the scene. Hardly had
they arrived when Garland Bryant,
young man who proceeded them,
, picked up a pair of glasses worn by
Mr.. Allen. The glasses were lying
near the road in the grass and were
/ bent backward almost double. The
boy quickly spicd Aliens tcdy
; stretched on the ground near a
boulder at the edge of a sand pit
beside the road.
A young girl, daughter Of a Swed :
lsh family, who his lived in Jay for
a number of years, who was driving
along the road about the time Mr..
D., Allen was shot, says that she saw the
machine with the engine running
standing beside the road and that her
! horse was slightly started by noise
in the bushes. She gave it little con-
| sideration at the time.
Mr.. Allen was born in the town
| OF Jay. the son of the late Adelbcrt
| Allen, prosperous farmer of this
! town. When young man he moved
| to Jay bridge and opened a general
| merchandise store. About that time
he married Annie Allen the daugh-
F, ter of very distant relative. He was
member of the local branch Of the
; Masonic lodge and member Of the
. Eastern Star. He was always well
J liked by all with whom he came in
contact and was considered one of
| the most popular men in town.
Aside from his widow and his aged
! mother, Mr.. Allen is survived by two
sons Erland and Elwood, a brother
| in Massachusetts and a sister of this
| town.
The funeral of Mr. Allen will be
| held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
| at the home of his sister, Mrs. Guy
Knights. at Jay Bridge and will. be
| in charge of the Masonic lodge, of
which he was a member.
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HUNT FOR SLAYER
CONTINUED from Page One)

an eX-convict. said to have had trouble
with Allen, and it was further report
cd that Allen had remarked that this
man would get him if he got a
chance
Inquiries made brought out that Allen
won't to Jay Friday morning to bargain
for stove with Mrs. H. Amelia Adj
ans, who lives over the postoffice in
that village. When he left her he said
lie would return to Riley. procure a
truck and return for the stove. He
afterwards called at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Guy Knight, telling her in
the course of general conversation that
two buns" held him up for a ride.
He did rot start for Livermore Falls
TO cash his trading checks. as vas at
first thought, nor did he appear at the
bank that day.
The point at which ne was attacked
is half way between Riley and Jay. at
a deep gravel pit alongside the lonely
read which skirts the Androscoggin
river. Authorities place the time Of his
death as between $50 and 10 O'Clock
Friday morning. for he was seen few
minutes before $50 and his body was
vet warm when it was found shortly
after 10 o'clock.
An incomplete post mortem examin-
alton made by DR.. George Pratt OF
Pennington, medical examiner for this
district revealed three bullet wounds
about Aliens head One shot tore its
way along his skull without splinter
Ing the bone though he was evidently
stunned by it's force. second shot
entered at the tip of the left ear and
shattered his skull from the inside
after piercing the brain while a third
bullet. apparently fred from an oppo-
site angle. tore through a portion of
the right ear and embedded itself in
the skull at the base of the brain.
revolver of 80 calibre was found
near where Allen lay, at a point 1853
feet from the roadway. This weapon
vas identified by Edward Croteau as
one he loaned the postmaster the night
before the murder. because his own
revolver was out of repair
Among those who visited the scene
of the crime, Sunday, was Kenneth
Cannon of Livermore, who was
employed as fireman on the train
between Canton and Livermore and
was one Of the members of the tain
crew who saw the body of Allen
shortly after the murder had been
committed. 1t was Mr.. Gammon's
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erican five reeler. You will also be
interested in knowing that Of these
titles fully one third have five words
or fewer. I take no special credit for
this because the picture lent itself to
rapid story telling.
1T is also interesting to note the
new development in the handling Of
lights by the Europeans. The past
tendency has been either to use too
little light for subdued scenes or to
light the entire scene with a fiat
spray of illumination. In 1.-THE Loves
of Pharaoh" we begin to see the first
development of light manipulation.
"There is one scene, for instance,
where there is a very large crowd
assembled in great throne-room
and Mr.. Lubitsche, instead of flood :
ing the crowd with light to prove to
the audience that he was employing a
vast number Of people, leaves the
crowd in the shadow, casts his high
light one half way up to the side of
the room along a great row of pill
lars so that it leads the eye to the
focal point of the action away in the
distance. 1t is a perfect marvel of
applied optics. There are various
other instances Of the same nature
which indicates that the European
producers are swiftly assimilating
whatever is best Of our technique.
ADV.
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ADJUSTMENTS
1.-THE Loves Of Pharaoh" Most Giaan.
tic Picture Production of Decade,


tic Picture Production of Decade.
More persons are said to appear
in THE Loves of Pharaoh" than in
any other motion picture ever made,
The spectator sees 10000 persons in
this most tremendous production d.
rected by Ernest Lubitsch, creator of
Passion and Deception" When
Mr.. Lubitsche announced at a lunch
con in New York, that 10000 per-
sons appeared in THE Loves Of
Pharaoh" some Of those who heard
him were frankly skeptical. That
was far more than were used in
Passion" Deception and 1.-THE
Birth of Nation" combined.
Mr.. Lubitsche turned for corrobor-
alton to his manager. Paul Davidson,
who showed receipt from a theat-
rical agency for its commissions for
furnishing 1905 extras during the
mining of the Paramount picture
The Loves of Pharaoh which will
be the feature at the Opera House
today and tomorrow.
This Paramount picture shows
the best elements of American tech
nlque continuity. grated upon the
best direction that Lubitsche has ev-
err displayed" writes Randolph Bart
lett, who titled the picture, in letter
to the New York Times. "As a re-
suit was able to cover eight reels
with only $50 titles which is far less
Than are usually required in an Am
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brother. Jason Merrill of saltwater
an instructor in pulp paper and
chemistry in L. of NJ.
Miss Prudence Bently of Dexter
and Herbert Dow of Augusta were
in town to attend the funeral services
of the late Charles F. Files. They
remained over the weekend as
guests at the Files home.
The entire teaching staff of the
town attended the Teachers Conven-
ton in Bangor last week. Other
teachers include Mrs. Harold Brown,
Mrs. Carrie Jones, Mrs. Nellie l..
Cain, Miss Blanche Roundy.
Mrs. Florence Merrill is the guest
Of her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Clam
berlai nand family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Brown were
visitors in Madison Sunday.
Clarence Basford OF Green Lake.
ond Harvey Basford of Brewer have
been visitors at the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. James o. HoXie for few days.
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N0RR|DCEW0CK
Funeral of Mrs. Annie Grant

On Thursday occurred the fun cral
of Mrs. Annie Grant, wife of Alex
ander Grant, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George Lyon, Rev.
+. G. Davis, pastor of the Congre-
gational church, officiating. Mrs.
Grant died on Monday at the Ken
nebec valley hospital i'll Skowhcgan,
where she had undergone a serious
surgical operation. She was 50 years
of age. She leaves to mourn her loss,
two daughters, Miss Bessie Grant,
and Mrs. George Lyons, five sons.
Harry, Kenneth, Gurven Vernon of
this place, and Freeman of Nova
Scotia. She also leaves one brother,
John Halliday, and two sisters, Mrs.
James Webb and Mrs. Linus White
all of this town, besides number of
other close relatives and a. large
circle of friends. who held her in
high esteem.
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STATE MAY AID
IN PROBE OF CASE

Jay, Me-, Oct. 29-The theory of
robbery as a possible motive for the
Staying of Arthur E. Allen. Riley
postmaster. Friday morning, was
strengthened today when it became
known that the Lewiston bank in
which he made weekly deposits re-
ceived no money from him on the day
Of his death. Aliens clerk says the
dead man had $500 in cash on his
person when he left Riley for this
town where he transacted some bust
ness at the postoffice. 1t is reported
here that the State may be asked to
aid in an investigation Of the shoot
ing. Franklin county officials report
ed no developments today.