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Evening star., 1922-07-21
KlWAE|S MOTIVES
LAUDED|N ADDRESS
Thomas Lyons of Baltimore
EuIogizeS Late Lillian
Russell.
CONVENTION DATES SET
Civilians Plan International Gath.
ering to Be Held Here June
l9, 20 and 21.

Repeating an address delivered at
the recent convention OF International
kiwanis, in Toronto. Thomas Lyons
of the Baltimore kiwanis Club enter
tanned the members of the local or
ganization at the Hotel Washington
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Lyons lauded the spirit and mo-
tiVes of kiwanis and in paying a
tribute to the character of the late
Lillian Russell. said that the actress
reputation for charity. kindliness and
square dealing with her fellow men
eXemplified in no small way the true
aims and ambitions of Kiwanis.
Charles +. Roberts presided and
called for debate or the proposed re-
division of the Capital District of XII
wants, which will be presented to the
trustees of the District when they
meet here Saturday.
Approve Division of District.
1t was pointed out by Claude Wood
ward, former president of the club,
that, owing to the unwieldy condi-
tons now prevailing, greater efii-
cheney would be derived by elimi-
mating the state of Virginia and al
lowing Il new district in that terrific
ry. After much discussion. in which
Eugene Adams spoke against the idea,
Mr.. Woodwards motion was finally
adopted. and the matter will be pre-
serted to the board.
James ii. Thompson, former presi-
dent of the Tampa. Fla, Kiwanis
club, made a brief address, after
which a musical program, arranged
by Willis Fridell, representing the
Gibson Company, distributors for the
new Edison diamond disk phono-
graph was given. Solos and duets
by William Raymond and Fred East,
accompanied on the piano by George
Wilson, were sung in conjunction
with the music from the instrument.
Fred Huber and Mr.. Lyons were
recipients of prizes for the hand
soonest and homeliest guests present.
Civitan Convention Dates
After much consideration to the
matter June 10, 90 and 81 1923,
Were selected as dates for the hold
ing of the International convention
of Civitan. which meets in Wash
ington next year, by the local Civitan
organization at the New City Club
yesterday.
More than 5000 visitors are ex-
pected to attend the gathering and
every effort was made to prevent
the meeting conflicting with the
large Shrine session. which also
time.
Satisfactory reports of the conduct
of the childrens camp on the
Patuxent. river: which is being fos-
tered by the club. were read.
The official news publication made
its appearance yesterday. The new
Civitan Club Octet entertained with
several songs. Rudolph Jose pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
WALKS INTO CLUE.
Policeman's Little Conversation
Results in Capture.

How the mysterious disappearance
OF some magnetic and engine parts
from a public buildings and grounds
truck was cleared up has come to
light, with an unusual capture of the
guilty man.
Wednesday evening Col c. o. Sher-
rill reported to Capt. McMorris of the
park police the theft of the property
from truck stored in the propagat-
ing gardens near the Monument.
Park police, on the lookout for clues.
watched the grounds until Sergt. H.
Is. Marcy of the park police at the
early hour of 5 O'Clock yesterday
morning saw negro. Charles Cant
of East Arlington. Va, former park
employe, lingering about the Paul
tie conversation-then Sergt. Marcy
accused the negro point blank. He
admitted having taken the property,
which was recovered.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
PLAN WESTERN TRIP.
Spanish War Veterans to Send Five
Convention Delegates.

A discussion of plans for sending
the five delegates. previously elected,
to attend the twenty-fourth national
encampment of the United Spanish
War Veterans, in Los Angeles, Au-
gust. 20 to 25. featured the fort
nightly meeting of Richard j.
Harding Camp. No. =, United Spanish
War Veterans at Pythian Temple last
night.
One delegate is allowed for every
hundred members, the camps uqota
being five. Besides the regular dele
gates. six other members of the camp
expect to make the trip. 1t was
pointed out with pride at last nights
meeting that Camp No. 2. has
the distinction of having furnished
its full quota of delegates annually
for the last eleven years.
Approximately six hundred dele
gates are expected to attend the ma
tional encampement this year.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
BILL AIDS LOAN LOSERS.
Senate Passes Measure to Help
$500 Liberty Loan Subscribers.

A House bill to relieve $500 sub
scribers to liberty loans through
banks which have failed finally was
passed by the Senate Wednesday and
now goes to conference, after being
passed by the House last November.
The claims involved a total of $254,-
900. which the controller general is
authorized to determine and pay. the
government to have like liens against
assets of the defunct banks for the
amount of Che individual bond sub
scriptions which were lost through
the bank failures.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
FRYE IS CONVICTED.
Sentence Not Yet Passed on Al.
legged Slayer of Negro Doctor.

Guilty of murder in the second de-
gree was the verdict returned late
yesterday by the jury in the trial
of James Alphonso Frye. colored, held
for the killing of DR.. Robert w.
Brown, a colored physician, in No
vember, 1920.
Frye denied he committed the
crime and hiA counsel made an un-
successful effort yesterday to obtain
permission from the court to apply
to the defendant a scientific ;.lie-
detector' to determine whether he
told the truth. The court has not
yet pronounced sentence upon the
convicted man. q
Evening star., 1922-07-21
HARBORD TO HEAD PROBE.
General and Commission to Inves.
tigate Armenian Massacres.

Mai. Gen. James G. Harbord, deputy
chief of staff, who has been in France
for more than month on a special
mission, will head the American di-
vision on the British American COM
mission to investigate reported mas
sacres in Armenia, should the Turks
government ultimately agree to such
an investigation.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
ORDERED TO PHILIPPINES.

Col. John Il. Bellinger, Ouartermas-
ter Corps, at Boston, has been ordered
to Manila Z. l., for duty and Col,
William S. Scott. Quartermaster
Corps, in the Philippines. has been
ordered to Omahha, Neb, for duty.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

\ KalIipolis Grotto viii give. fts an-
n1al picnic tomorrow from l to
pm. at Zoo Park. Autos will meet
those arriving at Harvard street en-
trance. Games for children and other
features.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
NEW BEACH SCHEDULE.

A new Sunday schedule of trains to
Chesapeake Beach was announced to-
day by officials of the Chesapeake
Beach Railway Company. Hereafter
trains will leave District line Sun
days at $50. 1890 and 1880 an and
2, 3. 4:45 and s pm.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

Motion pictures will be shown at
meetings of Business Women's Coun-
Gil at Church of the Covenant.
Dance by Curley Club at Fort Berry
Country Club, $3.50 o'clock.
Carnival for benefit of st. AIMS In
fant Asylum in grounds Of that insti-
tuition, 2300 K street.
Evening star., 1922-07-21
GIVEN D. C. ASSIGNMENT.

Capt. Henry ]. Ziegemeier has been
detached from command of the bat
tleship California and ordered 10 this
city for duty as director of naval
communications, Navy Department.
Evening star., 1922-07-21

Pastor Of Mount Rainier Christian
Church, Rev. Leslie L. Bowers. will
speak at Y. NJ. c. A. open-air service
Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Park.
Evening star., 1922-07-21

The Wanderlusterx' hike for sum
day will start from Chesapeake juno
tion at 2:30 pm. The route will be
through Seat Pleasant, the valley of
Cabin branch, Signal hill and Car
mody road. Mr.. Hall will lead.
Evening star., 1922-07-21

Naomi Chapter. No. 3, o. K. s., will
hold d social basket picnic tomorrow
at the Reservoir Park, 18th and Ken
nedy streets. The committee on ar
rangements has rounded up all mem
bers of the chapter for the outing.
Evening star., 1922-07-21

Father Johns Medicine
Wards off summer colds.-Advertise-
ment.
Evening star., 1922-07-21

Lndies' Auxiliary to National Capt.
tai Post. V. F. W.. will meet tomor-
row, pm, at Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
WEEKS COTTON MARKET
IS WEAK AND UNSETTLED

NEW YORK, January 2S.-The cot
ton market has been weak and un-
settled during the last week. with
prices making new low ground for
the movement at the opening today.
May contracts sold at 1900, the lowest
price touched since they advanced to
22:SS early last September and a de-
cline OF 1850 per bale from the high
price touched at the beginning of this
mpnth. At this level the market
showed evidences of a fir:ner techni-
cal position and there were rallies
trade buying was also reported. ac-
companied by reports of a steadier
tone in the southern spot markets
and slightly better business in cot
ton goods. The declines earlier in the
week were due to reiterated reports
OF unfavorable trade conditions and
apprehensions of increased spot liqui-
dation with the approach of the
planting season.
According to private advices a sharp
break in the Bombay market was du.
to the collapse of a bull deal in
January contracts there and riots in
Egypt were attended by reports of a
decline in the cotton market at Alex
andria. More recent reports from
Bombay, however, indicated a rally
following the liquidation of the jan
uary bull pool holdings for the benefit
OF creditors and an increased demand
from Japan. These developments In
India and Egypt are supposed to have
been partly responsible for unfavor-
able reports from Manchester and the
unsettled showing Of the futures mar
ket at Liverpool.
There have also been reports of Ia
Dor troubles in New England mills
over reduced wages and some talk Of
mill curtailment in the south, but the
latter was contingent upon the failure
of business to improve within the
next few weeks and SO far as known
domestic mill consumption Is still pro-
ceeding on the recent scale.
The census report showing 7,913,971
bales Of cotton ginned up to January
16, or only 2S.093 for the last period.
was regarded as pointing to a crop
slightly under the governments esr-
mate, but had no material influence
on the market, which was dominated
by the unfavorable trade reports. To-
ward the end of the week buyers Of
cotton goods we're reported a little
more active and considerable price,
fixing for the trade developed in the
futures market here on the basis Of
16. for May and about Is for Decem-
Der.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
STEEL TRADE RfPpRTED
ABOUT .HOL LDiNQiTS OWN

NEW YORK, January. 2S.-The VOL
ume Of new business insAe steel market
Is not impressive. FROM the point OF
production the market is about holding
Its own. and the trade. is very confident
that conditions are shaping themselves
ior an improvement. Export sales are
from Japan and the far east, as well as
from South America. Domestic buyers
are. holding of, partly on account of un-
certainty over freight rates.
Fig iron Is quiet. and while prices are
not much changed, the tone Of the mar
ket Is unsettled. Competition is keer
Tor new business, especially for orders
OF moro than ordinary dimensions.
In the copper market no Improvement
has been reported during the week.
=, A little business has been put through
the export association for shipment to
Germany and France at prices equal to
about IA cents elf. European ports.
Otherwise no revival OF export interest
has been noted and very few buyers for
domestic consumption have been in the
market. Competition for the small busi-
ness Offering has led TO price shading
by second hands and some of the small
producers. So far as can be learned,
however, the larger interests are not
pressing for business and are holding
their quotations up to the 14-cent level.
Tin has been weaker in response to
heavy selling by Chinese interests and
consequent weakness in London and
Singapore. Domestic dealers and oper-
ators became buyers on Thursday: but
consuming interests are not in the mar
ket.
Lead is quiet. with producers pretty
we'll sold up to the end of February and
asking premiums for March and April
deliveries.
For zinc there is very little demand
from consumers, and. with competition
keen, prices are the lowest since last
fall.
Anthony continued easy under scat
tered local pressure.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
STOCK MARKET FOR week
is DULL AND UNCERTAIN

NEW YORK. January oS.-Apart
from selected issues of the steel, cop
per, equipment, oil and sugar groups.
most of which have been mentioned
in connection with prospective con-
solidations, trading in the stock mar
ket this week was dull and uncertain
A very large portion of the daily
dealings centered around half score
of issues. including such favorites as
Gulf States Steel, Dawson Chemical
and several Of the low-priced motors
and subsidiaries.
Rails were hesitant, while not ir-
regular although labor conditions
better earnings and the probability o.
a retention of prevailing freight rate;
invited moderate buying Of low-grad
issues.
The money market reflected impend
ing demands from agricultural cen
ters, call loans again rising to 6 Pc
cent. Most of the weeks demana
funds were placed at 5 per cent u,
lower, however, with free supply o
time funds for commercial .,aper an
bank acceptanceS
Foreign exchanges continuedst 10 e>-
press the uncertain state OF Europeal.
politics. but brisk rise in remit
tances to London and Paris was az
companied by reports that the British.
and French governments were coming,
together on important economic Iues-c
tions. +-+
Evening star., 1922-01-28
CURB DEALINGS SMALL;
CHANGES ARE IRREGULAR

NEW YORK, January % Especially.
Dealings on the curb exchange
were small today and price changes
were irregular. Professionals were
in control Of the market and they
appeared to be concentrating their
interest in the low-priced mining
shares. Boston & Montana was in
heavy supply and reached lowest
touched in some time, and a numbev
OF other mining issues. including Ray
Hercules, were materially lower.
Magma Copper was fractionally
higher. and steadiness was shown in
Nipissing and Motherlode. Lincoln
Motors sprang into prominence as a
result of rather urgent buying or
ders. Eastman Kodak, when issued,
was fractionally higher.
Business was light in the oil
shares. A firm tone was displayed in
Cities Service issues. and Standard
Oil of Indiana and Imperial Oil of
Delaware were steady. Kirby Pc
troleum was dull and unchanged
Bonds were less active, but held
generally steady. Columbia Graphic
phone SIS moved irregularly over
comparatively wide range.
Evening star., 1922-01-28
WHEAT PRICES UPWARD.
on FOREIGN GRAIN NEWS

CHICAGO. January 2S.-Upturns
mere In the price of wheat this week
nave come about alarming as refiec-
ting market changes at Liverpool and
Buenos Aires, and because of fears for
the safety of the domestic winter crop
In Kansas and Oklahoma. Wheat QUO
tations here this morning as COM
pared with a week ago were "a to 2S
net higher, corn was up q shade to n
to 70. - :"
Considerable attention by wheat
traders was given to an opinion from
a British authority pointing to pros
pective scarcity Of supplies for inn
porting countries.
This view was supported to some
extent by a reduction of 3O,000.OO0
bushels In final estimates of the Can
aalan crop and by liberal decrease
OF the United States visible supply
and OF the bonded stock of wheat in
the United States. Assertions that
foreign advances in wheat prices were
at least in part due to fluctuations 4.
rates of exchange failed to have any
Eotlceable effect on sentiment here.
and toward the week end in particu-
lar the market was on the upgrade,
with renewed reports current that the
crop outlook in Kansas and Okla
homa was for much abandoned. acre
age, the result of cold and draugtit.. =
Liberal export buying Of corn gave
little firmness' to the corn market
and to oats as we'll. -
Provisions continued to respond te
the smallness of stocks On hand
Evening star., 1922-01-28
BY STUART p. WEST.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 27.-The last
week in January to the last week In
February is commonly known in the
business world as the in-between-
season period. The markets have
exhausted the stimulus Of the Janu-
ary. reinvestment demand and the
easy money conditions regularly oc
curing after the turn of the new
year. They are waiting to get
line upon the trade situation as 1t
will be in the spring, and it Is not
until well along in February that
volume of spring orders. An invest
ment or a speculative market which
has had a considerable rise in the
first three weeks Of January Is In
clined to sag off during this interval
Of waiting. 1t very seldom happens
that the second month OF the year
sees Wall street attempting any
fresh start.
There is no reason to- believe that
this year will be any exception IN
observing this precedent. All that
has to be noted is that the January
gether moderate, involving very
little increase in speculative activity.
Consequently, such reaction as Is
now occurring should be correspond
ingly small.
Bond Market Expansion.
In the bond market there has been
much more of an expansion, ana
hence there is room for more OF a
retrograde movement than in the case
of stocks. With the course or the
week. moreover, new uncertainty
has arisen, which already has made
itself felt in curtailing investment
buying. and which may in the end
prove still more disturbing factor.
| This is the proposed soldier bonus
Legislation, admittedly certain to pass
at the present session of Congress.
With the merits of this question on
| the moral side the. financial critics do
not concern themselves. From the
standpoint of the business and finan-
! cial position of the country 1t can
scarcely be doubted that it is bad
| thing. Inasmuch as the great bulk
| Of the taxes are paid by 10 per cent
! of the popula ton, it is easy to under
stand where the majority sentiment
| in favor of this measure is derived
from The man in the street sees
! only that 1t is not he that is direct
| ly bearing the tax burdens. and he is.
| therefore. perfectly willing that the
other fellow should be assessed for
the bonus or any other cause. He
Evening star., 1922-01-28
FINANCE AND TRADE NOTES.

Purchases of chemical laboratory
apparatus have been confined to hos,
health until recently. One of the
largest Pittsburgh steel plants now
is negotiating for. .sthe re-equipment
of its laboratory and Detroit automo-
bile factories have asked for esti-,
mates. Dealers have been able to
buy experimental glass goods and
other apparatus in Germany at about
half of American costs.
The manager of large general in
surance brokerage business has had
better business than he expected this
year, although the volume is smaller,
than at this time in 1921. ::
An umbrella manufacturer has had
unusually good business in women.s
grades. but purchases of mems
models have been restricted. Wom-'
ems umbrellas have come to be res
garded as much an article of cloth
ing as a device to shed rain.
Wholesalers dealing in cotton blan-
kets report that this business has
been very satisfactory: They believe.
manufacturers did well in not insist
ing on an advance in prices:
There is a good demand for dimity
bedspreads, although tnere mas oeen
an advance in the price and still an
other advance is expected. There is
not so much sale for crochet spreads,
but the satin effects are moving
freely. 49,.
Glass manufacturers look for a,
tremendous demand for window glass
the coming season. Confirmation Of
this comes in an increased demand
for arsenic and salt cake. largely
used in the production of glass. The
supply of arsenic is somewhat limit
ed. japan is the principal source OF
There is limited supply of cotton
linters. A Philadelphia dealer who
has been travelling through the south
for five weeks found 1t very difficult
to buy any unless the holder had i'm
mediate need for cash. Mills are re-
ported holding for still higher prices.
Four buckle arctics for women are
having q tremendous sale and houses
selling these goods are unable to OBJ
tain enough to supply the demand.
This footwear came into vogue as
fad in a small way a year ago. but
the sale has greatly increased ~
In household brushes. personal
brushes and automobile brushes, sales
for 1921 showed a big gain over 1929,
and the indications are for q con-
tinued improvement In this trade, ac-
cording to the representative OF
large manufacturing plant.
A large dealer in linseed oil says
that Indications point to an increass
ed consumption this year, IS conf
pared with 1921. If the European
demand is about the same same as las last
lively short. Buying is expected to
increase considerably in the near flu
ture. Prices advanced 1 cent gal
lon Monday. ..
fiscal year ended, October 81. 1921,
shows a loss Of $s71,5s4.40. Profits be-
fore deducting interest charges or
allowing for depreciation We're
$S01, ,s7i.5S. The allowances for in.
terest charges were Ss3l,35s.o1. and
depreciation, $542,D4S,s5. :
Evening star., 1922-01-28
MARKETS WAIT TO GET LINE ON
TRADE PROSPECTS FOR SPRING
Seldom Happens That Second Month Of
Year Sees Financial World Attempting
Fresh Start-Industry Marks Time.

does not, see how an increase in tax
alton at a. time when industry Is
struggling to Its feet reaches out into
every section Of the community. hit
ting the poor harder than the rich.
Effect ON Libertys.
How the soldier bonus will event.
ually affect investment conditions de-
pends upon how large cash sum has
to be raised, and no idea of this can
be formed until the bill is actually
law, and the veterans have chance
to show their preference. as between
the form of compensation which offers
money and that which offers other
forms Of property. 1t is not as yet
cleaS how largely the government
will have to borrow in the market.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
estimated an increase of at least one
billion dollars in the national debt. to
serve which new taxes will have to
be created. If any such bond issue
as this were to come upon the market
within the next six months or year,
1t would most certainly have, de-
pressing effect upon the present
liberty bonds: 1t would probably cause
an advance in the interest rate, and
in this way would produce more or
less extensive reaction in the entire
investment list.
While there has been little contri-
button during the week in the shape
OI tTdue He"Ss Tie odHhlH6 pOoIeASil
has continued to gain. The federal
reserve ratio. which only month ago
was II per cent, now stands at TN
the highest since April, 1917. Sterling
exchange has passed its best figures
of either 1921 or 1920; it is back to
where it was in the fall Of 1919.
Market CoHcerns Future.
Since last weeks movement on the
stock exchange was inspired so largely
by the merger rumors. it is not sur
prising that the market should have
been sensitive to reports that these
negotiations in the case of the inde-
pendent steel companies had struck a
snag. The fact remains. however. that
it is the logical thing to form these
combinations in a business situation
like the present, where the outlook is
for low commercial prices and narrow
profit margins. and this consideration
must in the end prove strong enough
to overcome the obstacles. The mar
ket has already had some test Of how 1t
!, can stand up against the 1921 earnings
statements, with the ravages which
these are showing in so many instances
upon the accumulated surpluses of the
past.
It will have many more tests OF the
same kind during the next month or
so, but it Is to be doubted whether the
share list will be more than tempo
rarily disturbed by such exhibits:
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1922-01-28
DRY GOODS STRONGER.
Trading Is Limited, However, t
Week End Needs,

NEW YORK, January % Especially.
There was stronger tendency cit
ed in the dry goods market today, al
though trading was limited in most
cases to the usual week end require
ments. This position in the print
cloths reflected the stronger tone Of
the market for raw cotton. Southern
64X60s. 5.35 yard are quoted in the
neighborhood Of SA cents yard.
while there has been some trading re-
ported in 6Sx72s Ats yard at 9k. The
market for sbeetings is fairly firm.
The trading in silk goods was al
most at a standstill today. The trad
ing in raw silk also was dull, with
only meager information reaching
this country from the orient. Prices
Of silk goods are holding off. as many
Of them expected the slump in raw
silk prices to be reflected in the fin.
ished product.