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Evening star., 1922-12-16
CLOSING COTTON PRICES.
Weeks Quotations Close Steady On
Exchange.

NEW YORK. December 1.-THE
cotton market showed increasing
firmness late in the morning on bull.
ish southern spot advlces. January
sold up to 26.4s. or as points net high.
or. and closed at 35.l4. with the zen.
eral list closing steady at . net ad-
vance OF Is to 30 points.
Cotton futures closed very steady
December. 36.41; January. 26.44;
March. 1865; May. 2s.1s; July, $3.50
Spot cotton, steady; middline, 26.7o.
NEW oRLEANS. December IT,
Favorable reports concerning the
general trade Of this country gave
tho cotton market Z steady tone to-
day and in the first halt hour OF, the
session prices advanced to II
points. January rose to 76.l7. The
advance was made In the face of q
continued disposition on the part Of
traders on the long side to take
NEW ORLEANS. December IL
The pronounced strength OF French
exchange increased the demand for
contracts and on top Of this were ex.
ports out OF Houston OF 2o.e7s bales
Of cotton for French and continental
ports. Spot centers In Texas wired
brokerage houses here that tho de-
mand for spots was Increasing. with
the consequence that the basis was
rising. Highest prices were reached
In the late trading when the active
positions were 20 to 81 points up.
The close was ls to - up. January
traded up to $3.50 and closed At 1913.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
BY STUART r. WEST.
|peeiAl Disuatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 15.-The
gravity of Gcrmany's financial crisis
10 the point most stressed In the
financial discussion of the past week
First there was the break-off Of the
London conference Of premiers, In
which French and British viewpoints
regarding reparations were shown to
be as far apart as ever. Then there
was the declaration OF the British
prime minister that II the burden
on Germany's shoulders were not
lightened. complete financial collapse
was inevitable. Following came the
dlsoouraGinG proof that the French
taken public opinion. refused to rec
ognixs the impossibility OF collecting
the indemnity money unless Germany
Is kept on her feet.
Apparently the nations are no near
er agreement on tho reparations ques'
tion than they have been at any time time
settling the kindred problem OF In
terallied debts. England claims hel
inability to pay America unless she
IL paid by France. France says she
cannot meet her obligations ethel
to Great Britain or the United Statei
unle6s she 10 paid by Germany. and
Germany says she cannot pay unless
helped from the outside.
German Loaa VIII BE Discussed.
Thus the argument proceeds in
circle. The suggestion on all side'
10 that this country. II she ever hopel
to realise anything on the $1l.o00.'
100000 Of war debt. will have tt
come to oermany's assistance. A
great deal will be said from now or
on the subject Of Q German loan.
The first impression regarding suci
4 Notation are that 1t could not pos
sibly be put through on any sucf
scale as would be necessary to pul
Germany out OF the hole. But this
Judgment might we'll be modified Il
It were to develop that the ables
bankers in the world were enlisted II
the enterprise and were cooperating
to work out a plan that would make
German government bonds acceptable
to the investing public and at thu
same time not provide too much OF {
burden for the investment market.
Mark Partially Recovers.
The partial recovery in mark eN
change toward the close OF the weel
appeared to reflect at once some hop'
In an outside loan and a certain
amount Of confidence that In the ent
the allied countries will agree upoi
. settlement OF reparations which viii
greatly reduce the sum demanded.
The Austrian situation affords {
Evening star., 1922-12-16
BY WILLIAM r. HEFrERNAN.

NEW YORK. December 16.-rrad-
ing throughout the days short ses-
sion on the curb exchange remained
active. hut with speculative interest
centered In no particular group of
stocks.
Announcement of reduction of
cents = gallon in gasoline prices by
Standard Of New York and expecta-
tions THAT further reductions will be
announced by other oil companies
had no especial effect upon the
stocks concerned. Prices moved over
. narrow range with varying
changes.
Announcement that Anglo-Ameri-
can OIL Company had declared an In
terim dividend Of shilling per share
brought about more activity In this
Evening star., 1922-12-16
MARX Partially Receivers.
COST OF SKY SIGNS.
Thousands Spent Every Month in
New York,

Raymond G. Carroll writes in a spe-
cial from New York to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger as follows about the big
electric light signs in the metropolis;
Probably the most extravaEant and
set on the west side OF Longacre
SQuare, a vari-colored affair OF $4,000
electric lamps. about two hundred feet
wide, with moving figures. The charge
for that sign is $4,000 a month. The
illuminations are arranged for IN yearly
That would pay for I don't know how
many pages OF advertising In a news
paper, quite a few at any rate.
The next sky sign to get the eye and
hold It 10 q huge set Of 1000 nitrogen
electric lamps that beam to the south
from over a building that faces 47th
street, between Broadway and 7th ave-
nue.. It formerly blazoned forth the
merits Of underwear. but now in great
letters pleads the cause Of Q theatrical
is fifty.five feet high and fifty feet wide.
and costs the theatrical man $1,000 a
month to keep going.
Another torch from above Broadway
IL the ginger ale sign at 4eth street and
the west side Of Broadway. being an
set. surrounded by a blue -bordered win
SNOWFALL, which breaks open after the
manner Of a rocket and tosse. out the
letters which spell the name Of the soft
drink. That sign carries 5000 Tampa
and CLOSE inspected stands seventy feet
tall and sixty feet wide.
A department store has two letter
signs, one At each end Of Longacre
Square, that cost $4,000 a month to
maintain. There is an oil electric sign
at Columbus Circle that sets back the
concern advertising exactly $500
monthly. Over on the roof Of a building
at the southwest corner Of 9Th avenue
and 42d street has been placed tobac-
CO Illumination on a bulletin board foI
the daytime that contains 1000 lamps
It Is vari-colored. can be seen as far
as the front OF the Grand Central sta
tion and represents monthly outlay OF
$500.
The electric signs plastered all over
the front Of theaters are not put there
on the monthly rental basis. Instead
they are paid for outright, some OF
them costing as much as 100000.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
MERCY MAKES
A ASHARP RECOVERY
Moves Up to 177-Unusual
Sales in Days Record.
Railway Firm.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

There was considerable trading on
today's session of the local stock ex-
change without any special activity
in anything.
The feature of the market was the
unexpected jump in the price OF Mer-
genthaler Linotype shares from the
112k of earlier in the week to l71
without sales between the high ana
the low. The advance was probably
in sympathy with squirt in Boston.
as that seems to be the dominant
market for Mercy.
Transactions in Terminal Taxi
shares also attracted some attention.
the common selling at iS and the
preferred al S6L.
Another unusual sale was the trans
fer of ten Washington Market at So.
Buyers and sellers were apart In
Railway common until after the call.
when thirty shares sold at 81 and
later twenty shares at 67h.
t;as sold at Ssh.
The only business transacted in
bonds was in Traction SIS. at s6A.
United states Savings Bank
Directors of this prosperous up
town bank have just declared the
regular quarterly dividend of per
cent. the annual distribution being
on the basis Of 20 per cent.
Wade Fl. Cooper. president OF the
Institution, has been making study
of bank buildings of late with q view
10 the ultimate improvement OF the
banks property with a new home.
On the last report to the controller
CT the currency this bank reported
deposits of little more than
$2.G90. 900.
increases Dividend Rate.
The East Washington Savings Bank,
frequently referred to as the one
strictly savings institution in the city.
has just declared a semi-annual dfvt-
dend on it's capital stock of per
cent. thus definitely committing the
bank to the 12 per cent annual basis.
According to the official sheet OF
the local stock Exchange. the bank
formerly paid per cent per annum.
so that the increase is per cent
per annum.
1t was also decided to carry $4,000
undivided profits to the surplus ac-
count giving the bank $4,000 sur
plus. while the capital is 100000.
Prosperity for the old institution is
plainly indicated.
Reserve Ratio ISL Fer Cent.
Despite the big movement in money
incident to the federal financing on
the 18th. the reserve ratio OF the fed
cral reserve banks increased as COM
pared with 74.3 per cent a week ago.
Yesterday's Fiscal Operations.
Expectations were fully realized
yesterday when tax payments on the
last installment of income taxes were
made. Victory notes called for pay
ment, on which interest ceased last
night. were taken up freely.
The payments for the day OF $1,o00.-
100000 were offset by $l.o7s,oo0.ooo
receipts.
Subscriptions for the $7o0. 900. 900
new offerings were in excess OF the
offerings by s10o.000.00o, with the 2h
year and AZ per cent bond issue
highly favored.
National Capital Insurance.
At the monthly meeting of the Ma
sional Capital Insurance Company
directors a semi-annual dividend of 8
per cent WAS declared payable De-
cember 81. William NJ. Payne. jr.. re-
ported an excellent business. improv-
ing steadily. The company started in
business January 10. 1920, and IL now
nearing the end Of it's third year. The
present dividend Is it's third semi
annual.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The St.r 0mes.

stock. STANDARD Of Ksatueky react
ed slightly. while change In other
standard Issues were unimpoYtent
0ilAland OIL rssctsd to . new lev
for the year.
Expectation Of stock aividsnd Of
20 per cent on Delaware IaekAWanna
and Western Coal resulted In . new
top for lSs9 in these sharea Snort
coverings in New Fiction. Publishing
was responsible for Z gain Of about
a point. while New York Telephone
preferred and Campbell preferred held
/ Arm. Fifth Avenue Bus displayed un-
usual activity, advancing sharply.
Motor stocks. however. were practi-
caily neglected. The new issue Of
Oselda Corporation ran up sharply
in the first hour. but subsequently,
lost more than the early gain.
A noteworthy incident was the con-
tinued buying Of recent leaders OF the
mining group. Ohio Copper reached
new high for the present movement,
and Gold Field Florsncs and For.
tuna Mining were in demand ct
higher prices.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
RETAIL BUYING ACTIVE.
Bradstrest's Weekly Review On.
usually Favorable.

NEW YORK. December 1e.-RstAil
buying has been unusually active dur.
ing the past week, according to trade
by holiday demands. powerfully REIN
forced by cold weather and snow.
active employment and the distribu.
tion Of very large chrtstmAs club ool-
lections OF funds These develop
mSnts, according to Bradstreets.
have assumed FIRST place in the situa-
tion. In connection with gsnsral con.
ditions. the agency says that the Job
bling trade. except in quick shipment
buying to I'LL ruah orders. 10 easing OF
and Wholesale trade proper 10 quiet.
pending the approach OF the inventory
period.
Both lines report. however. full or
der books for the first quarter OF
1923." 1t is continued. which is =
better condition than . year ago. Re.
tail trade 20 far seems 70 have dwarf
ed that Of year ago It most cities"
Evening star., 1922-12-16
STOCK DIVIDEND VOTED.

NEW YORK. December 16.--E. L
Doheny, president Of the Pan -Amsri.
can Petroleum and Transport Com
pany. announced yesterday . 20 per
cent stock dividend. payable in class
B stock to holders Of the common
plus Of the company, after acquiring
80 per cent Of the Mexican Petroleum
Company. was more than $4,000, 900,
and that $12.00o,0o0 Of the surplus
would be capitalized by the increase
In stock.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

DETROIT, Mich, December 1e.-
Rect sugar manufacturers are com
planning today that while the nes.
crop here is only about 90 per cent
Of normal, the overhead OF the lac-
tories is as high as II they were run
ninr at capacity and that consequent l.
~ small margins of profit will be inc
rule.
BOSTON. Mass. December Is
Makers Of boots and shoes are run
ming their plants at full capacity "
day in many instances and the indus-
try in New England as whole no"
.. turning out finished products al
hetter than so per cent of capacity.
NEW ORLEANS, La. December 10.
SALES of mems winter ciotnins %
far this season have been oniy aooo'
ne-third as large as usuai oh
count of the warm weather.
SEATTLE, Wash. December 10
An apparent glut in the market IN the
eas. for Scotch cured Alaska herring
has put a stop to shipments from @ In.s
market. Seventy cars moEed 10
York in October and November. Aooue
46. 900 barrels out of a pack of 100000
barrels is unsold and in storage.
YOUNGSTOWN. December 10.
Steel production in the Mahoning val
lev is little changed from last week.
The decline in fuel costs have been
largely passed on to the consumer,
but buyers are hesitating today until
the new price scale is tested out.
FORT WORTH. December 16.-Cat-
tie are selling today at the best price S
in years, sales being recorded as hlgn
as s4.65 per hundred pounds.
To merchants and business men in
running their factories At capacity
are the mainstay of the market. Tor
manding an advance OF from 90 to 90
CEMENT CITY. Mo, December 10
For the first time in several years
the Missouri Portland Cement Com
pany's plant here is running at ca.
pacity and turning out $500 to 2,800
barrels daily.
| CHICAGO, ILL.,. December 16.-Dry
goods merchants said today that
dress goods have taken the usual sea
| sonal slump. while household goods,
bed and table linen are in greater de-
mand than usual because household
ers have held off from buying for A
long time on account of high prices.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
F0REI0N EXCHANGE.
"A Asnoeiat ted proSo.

NEW YORK. December 1S.-Forsign
exchanges ffrm. Great Britain. demand,
l.et; cables, Assn: 60.day on
bands, 4.634. France, deman -!7e3h;
ess,ss. S7ss Ss, y; Lsniy; ds,msnS1 %smsn1 SsaS
cabISs, .0703. Germany, demand .oo01e7:
oAbieS, .0oolsS. Holland. demand. 1000;
cables, 1904. Norway, demand, 1896;
sweden: demand. $3.50; Denmark. dss. ds.
.oiiS: Poland, demand. .6o0oss: CEecho.
slovakia, Demand. .o3sS; Argentine. de-
fnafd, 1906; Brasil. demand, .122o; Mon
troal, 80 s.it.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Washington Stock Exchange

Capital Traction 5s-$1 900 at s6k.
Washington Gas Lght-10 at 5Si7, at
65h 10 at 55E. 8 at ssh.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 At III.
Washington Market Colo at as.
AFTER CALL
Washington RWy. & Elec. com.-10 at s.. 10
Terminal Taxi Cab pfd.-1O at s6A. 4 At
s6L. 10 at s61l.
Terminal Taxi Cab CONS at "a
Washington Rwy. and Elec. com.-10 At
61L, 10 at GIL.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Wood for Boxes,

Information Bureau. Eaeto1al Lumber Mann.
factufars' Assoeiatiea.
It 10 calculated that about Is per
cent Of all ths>lumbef produced in
tho United States II consumed In the
manufacture Of wooden boxes. Florida
alone requires about 1S,000,0 900 boxes
fruits and California reauifes about
the same number for the same pur-
pose.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.

NEW YORK, December i6.-The
actual condition of clearing house
banks and trust companies for the
week shows that they hold 3<0.330,030
in, excess Of legal requirements. This
is an increase in reserves Of $l7,-
17S,G20.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
PARIS MARKET FIRM

PARIS. December 16.-Prices were
firm on the bourse today. Three per
cent rentes, 50 francs.
Exchange on London. 81 francs 80
centimes.
. Five per cent loan. 7s francs 1s cen.
times.
The dollar was quoted at - francs
c6 centimeL -
Evening star., 1922-12-16
EXTRA SUGAR MELON.
By the Associated Pres,

HONOLULU. r. H., December 16.-
Directors Of the Onomea Sugar Com
pany today voted to pay a special divi-
dend for December Of per cent, or
81. This makes the total dividend for
this month s per cent.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Great Scheme.

Mr.. Follies-waitsr, heres . dollar
tip.
waiter--I thank. you, cir. Do you
wish to reserve Q tAeie?
Mr.. Foilies--No. ! shall bring In .
party Of friends. Just tsi1 us- that
every table is engaged.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
s2.000.0O0 IN SCHOOLS.

MINNEAPOLIS, December f6 (spe-
cial l).-Approximately $30.o00.00o was
invested in this state this year for
new school, college and university
buildings. Construction of a new
So. 500, 600 hotel Is planned here next
spring by local business men.
Evening star., 1922-12-16

NEW YORK, December 1s.-Fol-
lowing is a list OF today's highest,
lowest and closing prices for the most
active bonds and stocks dealt IN on
tho New York Curb Market:
Evening star., 1922-12-16

The brotherhood Of Railway Clerks
~ erecting q bank ana ofhce building
IA Cincinnati 1t cost Of 100000.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON. December 1e.-Following
is a list Of today's highest, lowest
and closing prices for the most ac-
tive stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1922-12-16

The enasnal on teeth ID the haraest
tissue in the human body.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Finance and Trade Conditions
By Roger w. Babson.-

SATURDAY,. hi. :sn stua: Of SIsins writing
Evening star., 1922-12-16

CEMENT CITY. Mo-, December 10
For the first time in several years
the Missouri Portland Cement Com
panys plant here is running at ca.
pacity and turning out $500 to 2,soo
barrels daily.
Evening star., 1922-12-16

To merchants and business men in
running their factories At capacity
are the mainstay Of the market. for
mandinG an advance OF from 20 to 81
Evening star., 1922-12-16
BUNYAN MUCH MAIIGNED.

Copyright. 1e22. }
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-01-20
OUR FIRST DISARMAMENT
TREATY.

The first disarmament treaty to
which the United States was a party
was negotiated by Democratic dip
lomat and signed by a Democratic
President James Monroe-the Rush
Bagot Treaty of 1918, which pro-
vided for the naval disarmament on
the Great Lakes, allowing one vessel
of one hundred tons armed with 49,
pound cannon on Lake Ontario, one
on Lake Champlain and two on the
other great lakes. Under the terms
of the treaty no other vessels were
to be built thereon and all other
armed vessels on those lakes were
to be forthwith dismantled. BY a
tacit understanding no additional
forts or garrisons were to be placed
on the 5000 mile water line stretch
ing westward to Puget Sound. As a
result of this Democratic disarm-
ament treaty. peace has prevailed
on the Americana Canadian borden
for more than hundred years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-01-20

70 to be a significant demonstration
Of Americas belief in idealism is ar
historical occasion, and to be con-
memorated as such. An emblem ha,
been adopted which will permanent,
represent the spirit of the Foundation
The central feature Of the emblem is
q portrait of Woodrow Wilson.
A number OF reproductions Of this
emblem have been struck off in thf
form of certificates to be presented t.
subscribers to the endowment. The
will mark the recipient as one OF tn
founders.
1t is the present purpose of the
Woodrow Wilson Foundation to raist
the endowment. When that has been
done 4 board Of trustees composed o.
eminent Americans will be appointel
and entrusted with the administration
of the fund and the granting of the
awards.
Macmillan Harden has said Of the
war and it's aftermath: only one
cOnqueror's work will endure-Wil.
sons thought"
Acting with franklin D. Roosevelt,
the national chairman. is an executive
COMMITTEES Of national distinction, in,
Guiding Cleveland H. Dodge, chair.
man.
For Maryland the state chairman is
Clarence X. Bowie. Baltimore head
quarters, 1905 Fidelity Building, Bait
more. Mrs. 8. johnson Poe, Baltimore
II chairman OF the women's com
Mittee.
On the national committee. among
the Maryland members are Governor
Albert c. Richie, Dean John Fl. La,
tame. of Johns Hopkins University;
Ex-Governor Harrington and Hon
Blair Lee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-01-20
NEW PEACE DOLLAR.

The new silver dollar, depictinp
the Arms Farley was put into circu.
lation last week 1t is being ship
ped from the Philadelphia Mint tc
the Federal Reserve Banks. The
new coin was made in commemor.
alton Of the Peace Conference in
Washington and is designed with
the head of Liberty on one side, and
on the other dove upon a mountain
top, clutching an olive branch.
struck by the rays of the sun with
the word, peace" beneath it. This
was the first time the silver dollar
has been changed since 1878, and
the new design will be the standard
one for the next IS years unless
changed by legislation. The coin
age laws do not permit any change
in the design more often than once
in~25 years except by special legis-
lation. The first dollar was pre-
sented to President Harding, de-
livered by special messenger. The
coin was designed by Anthony De-
Francisco.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-01-20

Usually after two or three DAYS
OF the symptoms described the rash
appears. This shows first behind
the ears, on the neck, or at the root
OF the hair, over the forehead. 1t
appears as small dark-red spots
which are at first few and scattered
and resemble flea bites. Within "a
hours the rash is spread over the
body, and the child looks very much
bespeckled and swollen. In from
b to z days the rash begins to fade
and within three or four days more
has entirly disappeared, leaving only
a faint nothing on the skin.
IL is not the purpose of this article
to describe the various symptoms.
complications and treatment of diff
ferent cases of measles. Those who
desire such information should
write to the information Editor. U.
5. Public Health Service, Washing
ton, d. c., and ask for supplement
No. 1.
Careful studies have shown that
the germ of measles is present In the
discharges of the nose and throat
even before the rash appears In
fact, just before the rash COMES is
probably the time when the dis
charges are most highly DANGEROUS
to other children. No Child sNffar-
ing with the symptoms descJibed
above. should be allowed to "a 10
school or to mingle with other chill
dren. In all cases of doubt : nbv-
stefan should be called to dac,da
what should be done. The d. gar
of spreading the disease IN o.Aars
disappears soon after thu annaara,,ca
OF the rash. so that in d eomnlio,ked
cases it is usually co iderad H.
- .l'e ss,, saIe 70 have the HID rettrn
- onoi week AFTER rash flrst
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-01-20
Worth Considering.

The question is not so much hoy
you contract a cold, but how to ge,
rid of it with the least loss of time
and inconvenience. If You will con
slider the experience of others under
similar circumstances, who have
been most successful in checking
their colds, in their beginning, 20.
will secure bottle of Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy without delay, and
use it faithfully. There are many
families who have used this prepa
ration successfully for years and
hold it in high esteem. 1t is ex-
cellent.