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Evening star., 1922-02-05
u|TTEEPEP SHOWN
|NSTEEL MARKET
Volume of New Orders Book
ed in January Regarded
Disappointing.

NEW YORK, February At Is ad-
mitted in the steel trade that the VOL
ume of new orders booked during
January was a distinct disappoint-
ment. Toward the close of the month
the demand broadened somewhat,
however. and there are sufficient evil
'dences of new business in sight to
give the trade confidence that a gen.
erai Improvement in the volume of
business is not far off.
The market for pig iron is irregular
and producers are inclined to shade
prices to effect sales.
Copper Moves Slowly.
copper MS remained very quiet. A
little business placed through the cop
per export aSsocia ton Is understood to
have been made. at slight price con-
cessions. but. generally speaking.
there has been little sign of interest,
ana foreign buyers appear unwilling
TO pay over 13h f. a. s. Telegraph
ana telephone interests and other do
mestic consumers are believed to be
pretty we'll covered for February re-
quirements. Continued competition
by second-hands or some of the small
er producers for the small business
onering has led to .eher price-shad-
ing; a1s,,an5 and small lots are now reported
iivered. The larger producers are
awaiting developments.
I'm mas been easy. with no i'm
provement in consuming demand. A
substantial increase in the worlds
visible supply has increased the weak
ness. and 1t is pointed out that Amer
lean deliveries of foreign tin during
January were the heaviest in fifteen
months.
Lead is steady, without much change
IN the situation, except that freight
rates from Missouri sections will be
reduced, effective February s.
zinc Et6adv. with hnverS rafhor car.
nous. owing to the recent reduction
In the freight rateson slab zinc.
Antimony is easier under increased
Selling pressure and a light demand
Evening star., 1922-02-05
COFFEE FUTURES QUIET.
BUT CONTINUE STEADY

NEW YORK, February 4-The
market for coffee futures remained
quiet but showed continued steadi-
ness today on the steadier showing
of Brazilian cables and talk of a
slowly improving trade demand. The
opening was two to four points high
er, and active months sold five to
nine points above last nights final
figures, with May touching s.5e. List
prices were the best of the day, with
the market showing q net advance
of eight to ten points. Sales were
estimated at about 10000 bales.
Cable advices stated that the Ger
man government was expected to i'm
pose a new coffee duty of 80 marks
per pound, which would make coffee
luxury article. but the report had
little or no apparent effect on the
market. March, S.65: May. S.5S: July,
s.49; September, S.4S; October, SAT:
December, 8.45.
Spot coffee firm; Rio rs. 9 to sh;
Santos As. IL to 12k. Cost and
freight offers were firmer, including
Santos 3's and SIS at 1915 and Rio rs
at s.65, American credits.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
C0TT0NsEED OIL HIGHER.

NEW YORK. February 4.-Cotton.
seed oil was higher DESPITE the dis.
appointing action of lard and grain.
owing to the bullish crude situation
and support from leading longs.
Closing bids were seven to eleven
points net higher. Sales, 1O,700 bar
rels. Prime crude, s.25 sales: prime
summer yellow spot, $40; March, 9.67;
May, s.s6: July, 1910, all bid.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

tied wage conditions In New England
were given as an added cause for un-
settled cloth markets today. Gray
goods were easier under a light de-
mand. Silk goods were quiet. Wool
goods were unchanged but tfe vol
ume Of new business developed more
slowly than was expected for fall
Burlaps were quiet and linens firm.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
YOUNGSTOWN TELEGRAM SOLD

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. February A.
Youngstown Telegram for fifteen years.
today announced It's sale to the ScrippS-
McRae newspaper interests.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
INVESTMENT 81 \
OPPORTUNITY

paying 5000 for 1900. or $4,000 for q, 900.
One year or less. Gilt-edge collateral a. se-
curity. Banking references. Not q stock
proposition. Details BY appointment. Address
Attorney, Boz 29S-B, Star office.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

Home sweet home is a whole lot
sweeter when it houses some kind of
musical instrument.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
THAT FREIGHT RATE SEE-SAW.

j. A. ID. Morrow, President of the
National Coal Association now tells
the world that freight rates on coal
shipments must come down if the bus
mess of the nation is to be revived.
This from Washington. AT the same
time The American Association of
Railway Executives, also operating as
an organized unit, makes its little bow
and tells the suffering reader that
freight rates must go up if the bust
ness of the country is to be saved and
the cost of living materially reduced.
This from New York. Between the
two, what is a perplexed public to
understand--what support?
The Coal Association, from its Press
Bureau in the national capital tries to
impress the people with arguments
generously prepared without charge,
its sole purpose being to attune the
American mental machinery to a justi-
fication for high prices for1coal, and it
merrily passes the buck to the rail
roads, the wage question having been
put in the background for the time
being. The Railway Executives just
as enterprising in the matter of "edu-
%cational' effort would sell" the peo-
PIC On Iit uOuSnl vi I1SitI ItlSH
rates, lower wages, and a general sup
port of all railroad policies. y
The people have been very conside-
rate of the railroads, and certainly
they have been patient with the coal
companies. They have been made to
dance a pretty tune to keep warm and
they have paid the piper and remained
cool. 1t might not be amiss now, if
these and other giant industries bent
their highly paid mentality to estab-
fish some method of -reciprocation.
We never had a division of opinion
such as this when the roads owned
and controlled the mines, yet the sit
uation was fundamentally the same.
The price of coal always has and al
ways must be affected by transporta-
ton cost. Frankly the people are
confused. The average American is
always ready to respond to an appeal
for fair play and always is sensible
enough to realize hat industry must
be fostered. Likewise he knows legit-
innate prosperity is not a crime. The
thing that bothers him is this perpet-
ual game of Simon Says Thumbs Up,
Simon Says Thumbs Down" The re-
suit is that he begins to "Wiggle
Waggle." The people seemingly can
not get any knowledge on either the
coal or the railroad situation on which
to base a judgment say that fed to
them in homeopathic and p%urposeful
doses of propaganda. If we might
make a suggestion to these Generals
of Industry we would like to say the
time has come for plain out in the
open speaking, for common and intel
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
Grains of Sand Trip Justice.

In Raymond B. Fosdick's endless
s%torehouse of material there are to be
found many cases of trivial technical
ity resulting in the failure of Ameri-
can justice.
The setting aside of a murder YER
dict because the word 'aforethought"
Is omitted after the word malice :"
the freeing of a man convicted of as
sault with intent to kill because the
copying clerk omitted the letter "l' in
malice; y excluding an indictment for
rape because it concluded against the
peace and dignity of state instead of
against the peace and dignity of the
state; - the freeing of a horse thief be-
cause the indictment mentioned wv.
Virginia. instead of West Virginia.
Horace Green in Leslie's.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

Should it ever happen that you were in
want of So, come to me, and l will lend
1t to you. Good-by, tailor, adieu to
you"
When the tailor came out into the
hall, Theopulus looked him over care
fully, to see If he had any mortal
wound, and then said to himself:
"Well, l never! l thought all of
Bowser's room would be spattered
with blood, and here l shall not find
a single drop. Those men may say
all they want to, but he is crazy, if
ever a man was!"
When Mr.. Bowser took the car for
home, the conductor was rather timid
about holding out his hand for the
fare. Several times Mr.. Bowser had
used sarcastic words to him and he
was afraid he might get more of them.
He didn't, however. ~IYe was welcomed
with a smile and the words:
$50 you are after my fare, are you?
Well, you have got a wearisome job,
and l think you ought to be cheered
up. Here's a quarter and you may keep
the change to buy candy for your chill
dren. You are a good, patient man,
and | am going to speak to the presi-
lent of the company to promote you"
The conductor blushed and then
went away. He could not quite make
out what was coming, and it was with
q sigh of relief that he reached the
rear platform.
Mrs. Bowser noticed a change the
moment Mr.. Bowser stepped into the
hall of his house. She noticed 1t at
the dinner table, and she noticed it
when they returned to the sitting
room. She was as puzzled as Theopu-
lus. but she kept her thoughts to her.
self.
When Mr.. Bowser fell asleep, she
rose up and took a long look at him.
The smile was still there and she
sighed in despair, as the drowsiness
of sleep came over her. What did it
all mean? Was there going to be a
new Mr.. BOwser?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
! Shall Raise Your Wages Next
Week."

Your life, If he makes the least mo-
ION. If he keeps smiling, it's a pref
g sure sign that he is going mad"
Thus ii became known in three or
tr offices. that Mr.. Bowser was act
< queerly, eand three or four men
ade to call on him and talk
IRE or less. None of them found
N very strange, but he was unus-
lily polite and he talked about the
ace League in a way to surprise
,em. As they came out into the hall,
e said to the other:
Il don't think he's going crazy. hut
= is so polite and dignified that |
ant quite make him out. l never
NV such II fatherly smile on his face
'efore."
NO, nor |, either. Hadn't we ought
20 try to get him to send for a doc
,or?'
NO, not vet. He might feel hurt
about it
\ little later Il tailor came up with
y bill and he asked of Theopums Il
Mr. Bowser was in his room. Theopu.
,rs saw II chance for some fun. If Mr..
Bowser BALI killed TINT tailor ii would
re Il great amusement. and so he said:
"Yes. he's right in and will be glad
~ $50 rHr ~ u ronNr' MY. and
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
"VAMPS" WHO
MADE
By JAMES c. YOUNG.
THE WOMAN WARMAkEH.

TT WAS an Inflated ship which
1 brought n wonderfully beautiful
Italian girl to England, toward tie
close of the Seventeenth century. Bun
no one who saw this ivory-skinned,
dark-eyed beauty, would have thought
that she was 10 plunge England into
a period of bloodshed. SO her destiny
proved, for Mary of Modena was the
embodiment of bad luck to England.
She came over from Italy as the be-
trOthed bride of the Duke of York.
In the course of a few years he as
cended the throne as james II, al
though at the time of his marriage no
one could have foreseen that event.
James was a bad king, and what Is
perhaps worse, he was a weak king.
The people muttered against him. and
his wife, Mary of Modena, urged that
emily was dethroned, William of
Orange taking his place. Immediately
James followers banded together in
what was called the Jacobite upris-
ings, his being a play on h Latin
name for James. which is Jacobus.
Mary, watching events from France.
paid her court to Louis XIV. She Is
said to have caught the fancy of the
gallant Louis and to have persuaded
him to declare her son the true king
of England, instead of William. Louis
assented and a new war promptly be-
gan, much worse than the civil con
flict which had preceded it In Eng
land. William succeeded in gaining
allies when Louis declared his own
grandson to be king of Spain. Soon
the War of the Spanish Succession
was In It's full red tide and Europe
ran with blood. The struggle lasted
IA years and before it ended practical
ly every nation of the continent was
drawn in. Armies we're wiped out,
furious battles won and lost. Prince
Eugene, insulted by a slight of Louis.
went to Austria and inflicted heavy
defeats on the French, becoming the
greatest military leader Austria ever
had-and he was a Frenchman. Marl-
" ob6 WI aIiti ptt't't -
England and undying fame for HIM
self. Louis ablest leader died and
France just escaped falling into the
clutches of her enemies.
Mary, the maker of wars, had well
earned the name. But she still was
unsatisfied, and when peace finally
came she used all of her blandish-
ments to stir up new Jacobite trou-
bles In England. The Jacobite re-
belllons dragged on for a number of
years. But they We're hopeless, for
William had firmly seated himself on
the throne. Still Mary kept on
with the resolution of despair and
not until her death in 171S could the
English king breathe easy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

II he owes you anything he will pay
it,"
The tailor was ushered in. Mr..
Bowser swung around and smiled at
him and said:
"Ah, | was wondering why you
didn't come. Two weeks ago l called
at your shop with a pairrof pants to be
cleaned and pressed. You said the
work would cost me half a dollar and
that | was to call two days later. l
called, but you were not in. You boy
permitted me to take my pants home
and said you would come with the bill.
You are here. Here is your money. l
am very sorry if | have put you to any
inconvenience. Some folks seem to
think that tailors have no feelings, but
I am not of that number. You have
feelings, the same as the President of
the United States, and l take you by
the hand and wish you all happiness
and prosperity"
Eyes, sir" replied the tailor, tim
idly offering his hand. 81 just called,
you know"
eyes, / know. You called for your
money, as any gentleman should, and
here 1t Is. l must tell you that l am
satisfied with your work. You cleaned
and pressed my pants in a noble man.
ner. I doubt If there is a senator in
Washington who could do the job as
well. Keep right on, tailor, and you
will arrive at the zenith of prosperity.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTvILLE.

Mayor-Thomas F. Crawford.
Clerk-Nehemiah Andrews.
Assessors-First Ward, Reuben E.
Adams; Second Ward, George M.
Bates. 0
Tax Collector-Webster Price.
City Treasurer-Wilbur C. Adams.
Engineer--Samuel J.. Clark.
Tax Search Clerk-Webster Price.
Solicitor-Louis ID. Champion.
Chief of Police-Robert Marshall.
Police Justice-Richard G. Brown.
Building Inspector-Warren Austin.
Plumbing Inspector = Edward G.,
Helfrich.
Overseer of the Poor-Daniel S.
Edwards.
Chief Fire Dept.-W. J.. Hudson.
Fire Warden-James A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund Commissioners =
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; Wilbur
c. Adams, City Treasurer; Osborne
Ware, Harry Lovett, Samuel E. Whit
man.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders First Ward, Clark
Adams; Second Ward, Robert M.
Willis.
Councilmen-At large, Albert E.
James; First Ward, James Yates
(President), Frank Blackman and Ed
ward T. Stephenson; Second Ward,
Charles M. Peck, Edwin J. WINS and
Harry Umbrine.
Council Committees
Finance-Peck, WINS, Stephenson.
Streets-Peck, Stephenson, WINS.
Lights-Stephenson, Peck, WINS.
Sewer = Stephenson, Peck, Black
man.
Public Property-Ivins, Peck, I'm
brine.
Fire-Stephenson, WINS, Peck.
Education-Ivins, Peck, Blackman.
Poor-Ivins, Peck, James.
Supply Stephenson, WINS, UNI
brine.
Shade Tree Commission-Umbrine
WINS, Peck.
Regular meetings first and third
Monday evenings of each month.
Board of Education.
Misunderstanding II. Stiles, Presi-
dent; John S. Weaver, Vice-President;
Lewis r. Smith, Warren C. Marshall,
Robert II. Zane.
Secretary-Charles E. Jackson.
Custodian School Funds-Webster
Price.
City Superintendent of Schools
William C. Sullivan.
Medical Inspector. II. North.
Nurse-Miss Ida Stephenson.
Truant Oficer-Harry J. Grimm.
Committees
Finance-Marshall, Weaver, Zane.
Building-Smith, Weaver, Marshall.
Teachers-Zane, Marshall, Weaver.
Property-Smith, Weaver, Zane.
Grievance-Weaver, Smith, Zane.
Books and Supplies = Marshall,
Weaver, Zane.
Truancy-Weaver, Smith, Zane. .
Regular meetings first Tuesday of
each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Thomas f. Crawford, Mayor; James
Yates and Edward r. Stephenson,
Councilmen; John S.. Weaver and War
rem c. Marshall, members Board of
Education.
Board of Health.
Neil S. Campbell, president; Chas.
r. FramDes, vice-president; Neil S.
Campbell. registrar of vital statistics;
Jesse Bowen, secretary; VIM. L. An
rson, Guy Wilson, Pardon Adams,
Inspector-W. j. Hudson.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.30
o'clock in Council Chamber.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
OUGHT to Include Worms.

"Mydeaf," said Mr.. Peckton, apollo
getically, "just at this particular time
l think you ought to spare me the
ahem-strictures that quite unfit me
TO lead a normal happy existence"
"Why, at this particular time more
than any other?"
81 notice in the paper that this is
BE Kind to Animals week."-Birming-
nan Age-Herald.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

81 don't remember"
you should look out for such
things, because you are a poor, help
less boy and don't want to be MUIR
dered. When you go back to his room,
be prepared to spring away and save
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
Heredity Again.

Late for reveille again, l see, O'Mal-
ley" snorted the irate captain. How
do you account for this persistent
hardness?
"'Tis inherited, sir" answered Pri-
vate O'Malley. me father was the
late Michael O'Malley."-The Ameri-
can Legion Weekly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

'Does he roll his eyes aroundfp
Maybe he dld bht 4 wasn't hooking
Didn't you see amy froth on his
.,.,.+l. - 1ftA NAf4HH4 IA <4
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
A TactfuI Reminder.

why do you always switch the
conversation around to the theory of
relatively every time our boy Josh
starts talking?" asked Mrs. Corntossel.
Because" replied the farmer, IL
think mebbe it's for his own good to
keep Josh reminded that there are a
few things in the universe that he
doesn't know all about.
Star.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
0m ToLoRADo
o. :? !? g? :: :: ! 9 !: :: :: ! !: !
MokSM ~ is he
III d @NAH for in the
%aW gold and sill
1@ e it sur
passes all other States, produc-
ing about one-third of the total
\output of the entire country. In
fact, its real history starts in
1858, when gold was first dis
covered.
Prior to that time there had
bttn Dul llltlt SttlllhS III lliio
region. Spanish explorers had
traversed the country in the lat
ter part Of the Eighteenth CEN
fury, and laid claim to it. AS a
part of the Louisiana Purchase
it came into the possession of
the United States in 1903. Off
GERS of the United States army
were sent out to explore this
wilderness among whom were
Lieutenant Pike in 1906, and ii
was after him that Pixies Peak
was named. In 1919 Colonel
Long made extensive explora-
tions and he was followed in
1912 by Fremont, whose activi-
ties in the Mexican war brought
him into much prominence. AT
the close of the Mexican war,
Mexico coded her rights to this
territory to the United States,
but it was considered a barren
waste and unattractive for set
tiers.
Then in 1858 came the dis
covery of gold in the bed of Dry
Creek, a few miles south of
where Denver now stands. The
following spring tens of thou
sands Of men fiocked into what
was then called the Pixies Peak
country. In 1859 Denver became
a town of one thousand inhabi-
tants, and by the next year had
grown into a big city with news
papers, theaters, and a govern
ment mint.
In 1861 the Territory of Col
orado was created and in 1876
Colorado was admitted as the
thirty-eighth state of the Union.
Its area is 103, 94S square miles
and its population entities the
state to six presidential cleo
tors.
The name is taken from the
Colorado river, and is a Spanish
adjective meaning "colored red"
Colorado is often called the
Centennial State, as it was adj
mitted to the Union just n
hundred years after the Declara-
ton of Independence.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper s~yndieate.)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
His Prize Lamp.

Father (reading a letter from his
son at college to mother)-"Myopia
says he's got a beautiful lamp from
boxing"
Mother-"I just new he'd win some
thing in his athletics ."-Orange Owl
Oregon Agri.l.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
An Abused Boy.

Mother-Now, remember, Johnny,
there's a ghost in that dark closet
where | keep the cake.
Johnny-Fnnny you never blame the
ghost when there's any cake missing
it's always me--Boston Transcript
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

MR.. BOWSER'S
OFFICE BOY
He Thinks MIR. Bowser Is
Crazy.
By M. QUAD.
By M. QUAD.


W.
When Mr.. Bowser reached his office
ten minutes ahead of time the other
morning he found T%heopulus, the office
boy, making an examination of n of
he had caught the boy at it, and TOOK
him by the collar and shook him, and
said
"You young rascal you! If | ever
catch you at this again, | will break
your neek!"
smiled u fatherly smile and kindly
said:
"%Theopulus, you are arranging my
papers. You are a good boy to put
in your extra time that way. l do
not think l quite appreciated you In
the past, but / shall in the future.
Here is a h%alf-dollar for your extra
time and | shall raise your wages next
week. | surely have a prize in you!
"But-but-but-" stammered Iheop-
illus, more taken aback than as If he
had received a cuff on the ear.
"Oh, | want no thanks" said Mr..
Bowser. Il see a good boy when
see you. Should any other offices in
this building offer you four times what
| am paying you, let me know, and l
will give you more than they will. 1t
seems to me that you look tired and
exhausted. l do not wish to overwork
YOU. Take the morning paper and sit
down and read for a couple of hours.
The look of amazement on the boys
face was a study. He tried to say
something, but no words would come.
He finally backed out of the room and
went down the hall, to where a chum
OF his was sitting on the window sill.
Say he whispered TO the boy,
my old boss has become dangerous!'
How, dangerous!'
"Nyhy, he got here ahead of time
this morning and he caught me looking
through his desk"
"And he knocked one of your ears
off? thought l heard you yell out,
Let me see"
mo, he never touched me He just
smiled and called me a good boy, and
gave me a h~alf-dollar and said he was
going to raise my wages next week.
That's how dangerous he is. Wouldn't
you call that crazy?"
"Of course 1 would!" replied the
boy. "You hadn't better be in there
alone, or he may rattle you. That's
the way with some lunatics. They
talk mighty soft to anyone, for a spell,
and then turn around and grab them
by the throat. Hadn't we better get
a cop?"
81 guess not, but you better tell
your boss not to go in there. We
don't want any bloody tragedies up
here"
Does he crate his teeth?"
Il DIDN'T notice.
Does he roll his eyes aroundf'
NMaybe he dld bht I wasn't looking
Didn't you see amy froth on his
mouthf'
81 don't remember"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04

A lot of strength and health is
thrown into the garbage barrel when
folks don't eat the hides of baked
potatoes.