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The Washington times., 1922-04-16
AMERICAN 7. & 7.
NET UP ss,000,000
Increase for First Quarter Re-
fleets General Business
Improvement.

American Telephone q Telegraph
Co. reports for the quarter ended
March 81. a net income of s16,ss5,-
52s, compared with a net income
of s12.0s2,7s7 for the correspond
ing quarter of 1891. The total In
come from dividends interest. tele-
phone revenues and miscellaneous
revenues amounted to s2s,5sl.sss.
compared with s2s,356,7s2 for the
same quarter of 1891. and the oper-
etins income was s2o,11s,s55, COM
pared with S1s,0s5,s24. After pay
ment Of dividends of S12.<s3,ss3. the
surplus for the quarter was sa,6oI,-
624, compared with s4,22<,2<i for
the quarter ended March 81. 1874.
In his remarks to stockholders.
President II. b. Thayer. states:
'The volume Of business of the
Bell System shows increases in GER
tain sections which reflect a some
what improving business situation.
The conservative policy of the
Bell System In advancing wages
during the feverfsh period following
the war only to such q level as we
has been amply justified by the re-
DuAAos NFc hofu UiofS prI fluit~ft
force working moro efficiently than
ever before, which Ia reflected In a
higher standard of service coupled
with economies In operation already
realized.
The great activity I'm radio tele-
phone brosdcastinG Of music, enter
tainmsnt and news has aroused a
wide interest. The American Tele-
ph%ns a Telegraph Co. has kept
and is keeping at the forefront In
the development of RADIO telephony.
and by it's own inventions and by
the acquisition of licenses and pat
ents IL has a clear field in the APP
plication of radio to the teiephone
service OF the Bell System. Radio,
however. is 80 inherently limited
that we cannot extend the hope
that II will be Substantially helpful
to the service OF telephone inter
communication between our many
millions of Subscribers.
I'VE have made an installation
Tor radio broadcasting In connec-
ton with our wire service. with a
view TO determining whether there
is q commercial value in such serv-
ice. independent Of the sale of re-
ceivfnG sets. The development of
wireless communication with ships
at sea I'm connection with our wire
service is now In progress, and we
look forward to it's successful oper.
alton"
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

whole radius OF the markets activity.
Many of the stocks that have long
remained in the inactive class are
now commanding attention because
of the spectacular developments of
the companies whose ownership
they represent. The railroad stocks
have reflected the satisfactory prog
ress that has been made in trans
forming the financial prospect of
the carrier systems. the steel stocks.
the high record of operation OF the
steel manufacturers, and the indus
trial, OIL, tobacco. food. equipment.
accessory, and other groups, have
been prominent as developments sf-
fecting one or the other have been
featured In the news of the day. The
big commission houses report that
the market is assuming less of the
professional nature and that the
general public Ia coming In on a
larger scale, but on this point there
Is great deal Of skepticism.
Records are continually broken in
the bond market. where II Is found
to be practically impossible to sat
isfy the voracious appetites of Amer
money rates have naturally empha-
oiZcu hnc httIdCtiNcttcoS VI bcCurAtfco
that have been selling out OF line
with the prevailing rate for ioanabie
funds In other departments of the
financial markets. The gratifying
performances of the Liberty bond Is
sues has been referred to In this
column. During the past week the
principal advances have been In the
semi-speculative railroad bonds. some
Yof which have added five to eight
points to their market prices. Most
prominent In this class were tie
Erie gen. fours. the Frisco adj. and
income skies, St. Paul, European
As. Boston and Westchester Az 8,
M. X. and T. issues and Missouri
Pacific adjustment 5's. The rapid
absorption Of all new issues offered
for pubic subscription has encour-
aged participation In syndicate un-
derwriting OF domestic as well as
foregn issues and some big develop
ments may be looked for In this line
In the near future.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Easter Week Busy One
For Investment Market
Important Developments Affects All Indus
tries Favorably, With Continued Rise
in Security Prices.
BY w. s. COUSINS.

8 tf ccepynEht cosrnopontaa =
NEW YORK, April 15.-The Easter week was crowded
with reports of interesting worldwide developments of
the most favorable character contributing altogether
important record Of business and economic readjustmen
of this country as well of the important Euro
pean nations.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
WETzEL VOTES BONDS.

NEW MARTINsvILLE, w. Va,
April 16.-wetxel county sl4e, 900
school board bond issue carried at
q special election by vote Of I,<13
to a0x-
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

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New-York tribune., 1922-01-20

WASHlNGTON. Jan. 49, Aerccmen.
was reached az a meeting late to-day
between Secretary Davis Of the Labor
Departm and coal mine operators
of the New River field of West Virginia
that eviction proceo eodings instituted
against miners families who are occu-
pyng company houses. although no
longer on the pay rolls, would be stayed
pending an ;nvestig igation OF labor CON
ditions in the field.
An appropriation OF 100000 for tho
relief Of unemployed coal miners and
their families in kentucky. West Vir-
ginia. Alabama. Ohio and Pennsylvania
was proposed in hill introduced to-
Gay by Represcntativ Thomas, Demo
crat. Of Kentucky. Dcstitution and
suffering exist in the mining districts
according to Mr.. Thomas
representative London, Socialist. Of
New York. introduced resolution to-
day calling for an investigation by
House committee of conditions prevail
ing III various coal mining regions.
with particular reference to the condi-
ton Of workers in the industry.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Hylan Appoints Boyle
ChiIdrcn's Court Justice
Iammany Executive Secretary
to Resign Leadership in 18th
Assemble, District

Edward +. Boyle. chairman of the ox-
ecutlve committee of Tammany Hall. was
appointed justice Of the Childrcn's
Count by Mayor IIylan yesterday. The
justices Of this court arc usually ap-
pointed to the Court Of Special Sessions
tor ten-vear terms at a salary OF ST. 600
annually. and assigned by the Mayor
TO tho thildren's Court for five-vear
terms. The Mayor. it is understood.
appointed Mr.. BOYLE in both capacitios.
Mr.. Boyle was formerly a Deputy
Comm sSioner of Accounts when the
late Mayor Mitchell filed the office Of
CommisS ioncr Mayor Mitchell ap-
pointed him city magistrate and later
nc was appointed a justice OF the Mum
cipal Court He resigned this position
to become Borough President of Man
haitian. having been elected by the
NaNhattan aldermen TO succeed the
'atc Frank l.. DoWliNg lie served for
three months and was nominated nv
Iammany for the office. but was de-
feated by Henry L. Curran. Repub-
lican He has long been a Tammanv
leader in the Eth Assembly District
which office. he said yesterday. he in
tended to resign. The new justice sat
on the bench yesterday with presiding
Justice Franklin c. Noyt and Justice
Cornelius F. Collins. to familiarze
himself with the workings Of the Chill
drcn's Court
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Arbuckle Case Witness
Not Sure She Told Truth
ley Provost "Docsn't Remcm.
bcr' as to Testimony Girl
Said Comedian Injured Her

san FRANCISCO. Jan. 1s. Miss
Icy Provost. show girl and leading
witness for the prosecution. does not
remember" whether she told the truth
IN the first trial of Roscoe c. Arbucxlc.
she testified to-day in the second trial
Of the film comedian on nanslaughter
charge. AT the conclusion Of her tes-
timony she was ordered to return to
court Tomorrow. No reason for the
order was assigned
Miss Provost was asked if Miss Vir-
g'nla Rappe. whose death was made the
basis of the charge against Arbuchle.
said. che hurt me-" after she was al
legged to have been fatally injured AT a
party in the Hotel St Francis. The
witness said she did not hear Miss
Eappe make such a statement.
She was shown her testimony in the
previous trial in which she was quoted
as saying that Miss Rappe exclaimed,
me hurt me- Upon further question
ing the witness made the admission n
that she did not remember if she told
the truth in the first trial
Miss Provost, who was ore of the
guests at the party. was on the stand
most Of the dav
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Footsorc Mother Asks
Harding 10 Free Son
Believes Youth in Military Pris-
on Will Be Released. After
Her Walk From SO. Dakota

WASHINGTON. Jan. l".-1hc pray
crs of an aged mother for her crran'
soldier son fell on sympathetic ears at
the White House to-day. Mrs. Mar
garet Anderson. sixty-thrcc years old
who made her way largely afoot from
Sioux Fails. S. D.. to Washington. left
tho White House strong with hopes
that her son. Joseph. who is serving
two-ycar sentence at Lcavenworth on
charge Of dcsertion. would soon be
released. The boy. a private in Com
pany X. 139th Infantry OF the 35th Di
vision, WAS wounded and gasscd in the
Argonnc. After his return from abroad
he received n furlough, but failed TO
return to his regiment. He enlisted in
a coast artillery unit under different
name. which constitutes dcscrtion un-
der military law.
Mrs Anderson said that her visit had
not been in vain. that she had not
trampcd many weary miles through
snowy roads for nothlng and that
Everything is all right and am happy
now.
"Whcn 7 went 10 the White House. "
she said. 81 did not expect to see the
President. but was ushcrcd right into
his office. and when found myself
before President Harding | was nearly
para lvzcd."
Mrs. Anderson is to spend a day or
two in Washington before going to
Fort 1.eavcnworth. where she is to get
some additional information. She said
She would not walk TO Lcavcnvorth.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Transit Decision
Ends City Barrier
TO More Subways
Board of Estimate Must Act
on Contracts Long De-
laycd or Commission Will
Force Needed Provisions

One Of the most harmful barriers to
the extension Of the city's transit ia
c!ities. which the decision Of the Court
Of Appeals. upholdng the transit law.
has removed, it was said yesterday. IS
that raised by the Board Of Estimate
md Apportonment against subway
construction under the dual contracts
Of 1913
with the Board Of Estimate obligated
to honor the Transit Commission g sal
airy and expense acquisitions at ITS
meeting to-day, the commission is look.
ing forward to action on s6.000,000 Of
contracts which the board has held up
for many months.
The prosecution Of this work is re-
carded as highly essential by the com
mission, and It's pressing need has been
frequently pointed out TO the city au-
thorities. The commi sson. it s IN
derstood, will wait reasonable length
Of time for the board to act. and if the
obstructive tactics OF the aom inl stra-
tion are continued, viii take the ncccs-
sary steps.
Jn.,er the dual contracts .hc city ls
obligated to appropriate $4,000. 900 for
the completion Of important links %
the subways. In urging action in this
direction the commission has done
nothing more than follow the power.
vested in its predecessors, which we're
recognized by the city uthorities. The
only additional duty placed upon the
present comm sson. a 3 pointed out by
Chairman George McAneny. is that Of
formulating plan Of reorganizston.
The largest and most important con-
tract awarded by the commission upon
which the Board Of Estimate failed to
take action was for the construction
Of the extension of the Queensborough
subway from Grand Central Station 70
Forty-first Street and Eighth Ave-
nue. The holding up Of this contract.
amounting to approx imately $4,000, 900.
and others for the construction o.
tracks and yards has seriously deferred
the day when the city would receive
the full benefit Of the dual arrange
ment. according TO testimony a t recent
hearings Of the commissions
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Slavery i'll Abyssinia
Pictured as Ficndish
Investigators Tell of Bands of
Men. Women aud Children
Chained Together

LONDON. Jan. io.-ln thcir conclud-
ing article on conditions in Abyssinia
printed IN The Westminster Gazette"
tho two corrcs spondcnts who recently
visited that country assert that slave
raidng and slave trading has increased
by lcsns and bounds in recent years
at is Saving in its worst form
open, cruel. fiendsr-un unfettered by
European interference and scarcely dis
oouNtonanccd by toh European foreign
Offices. said the article. The slave
gangs arc smaller than formerly. be
cause the border districts are bccom.
jne oepopulated. but they can be wit
nesson by any traveller. 81 southern
AbysSinia there are TO be seen men
chained together and women and chill
drcn dragging themselves painfully
alongside them. many % them dying
from exhaustion by the roadside. They
arc captured not only in AbySsiniaA
territory. but in BRITISH East Africa
and the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. Their
comparative immunity tcmpts nc raid
ers TO penetrate further and further.
and on ono occasion they advanced I'D
mics into British 1crritorY.'
The CORES Spondents say they foac
there Is no way of abolishing the slave
system. except by demonstration Of
European authority Of physical .orce.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Carvcy's Dusky Partisans
Jam Federal Building
Suspicious Of White Mems JUS
iicc in Fraud Case Against
African s'Prcsident"

Five hundred excited negroes rallied
to the support Of Marcus Garvey, "Pro-
visional President Of the Republic Of
Africa" yesterday. when the time came
for his examination before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock on the
mail fraud charges on which he was ar
rested last week. The corridors Of the
Federal Building were jammed for
more than an hour with admirers Of
tho negro Moses.
When the marshal informed them
that the hearing had been postponed
for week by agreement Of counsel
there was loud murmur of discon i
tent. Not a negro would believe the
announcement, and for nearly an hour
Garvcy's supporters stood around in
small groups discussing this conhrna-
tion Of their fears that the government
was acting in bad faith in An attempt
TO suppress the Universal Negro I'm
provcmcnt campaign. IF white man
approached one Of the groups there
was an immediate hush. as the would
be Africans nud9ed one another and
commanded silence.
Three stockholders in the Black Star
Line. in connection with the sale Of
whose shares Garvey was arrested. de
clared that they could furnish proof
positive Of its presidents honesty,
going on to state that he was running
fine and honorable laundry IN Har
lem.
"Wc have mad an accounting Of every
penny we have given him and every
thing is straight, they agreed.
The negro elevator man in the build
ing was about the only sHeptc. "Wait
till they try to get their money back,
was his suggestion.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Poison Kills Mrs. RYAN:
Husband Still Prisoner
Mystery in Meeting of Ameri-
cans in Paris Just Before
Tragedy Not Solved

PARIS. Jan. 10 by The Associated
Press).-Mrs. Thomas Stewart Ryan.
widely known American violinist.
known professionally AS Miss Audrey
Creig died to-day in the America n
Hospital at Neuilly. She had been suf-
fering for several days from the cf
fects of swallowing poison tablets.
Mrs. Ryan was taken 10 the Ncullv
hospital January Il, having swallowed
several poison tablets while in room
with her husband in hotel here.
Ryan, an American newspaper CORE
spondent. was taken into CUSTODY bv
the police the next day. and is still
held. There have been various con-
f'ct'nE versions of the circumstances
surrounding Mrs. Hyan's taking the
poison. She is said to have told thc
police hat when her husband returned
TO Fars unexpectedly from India he
toid her ne WAS ready to grant her a
divorce. but wanted her to 90 with HIM
for farewell dinner ''''''
Mr.. Ryan has firmly protested his in
nocence, denying all his wifes sfotc.
ments. 'c
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Whisky, as Medicine,
Upheld by Physicians
Only Small Majority, However.
Call 1t Necessary: and Beer
Is but Slightly Favored

CHICAGO, Jan. l9 Bv The Asso-
ciated Press s).-Whisky is a necessary
therapeutic agent in the practice OF
medicine. according TO 81 per cent Of
the 3l.llo doctors who answered the
qucstionnaire issued by The Journal
OF the American Medical Associa. ion .
Forty-nine per cent disagreed.
On the question Of the medical value
Of beer and wine, there was not sucn
close division. Seventy-four per cent
Of the physicians said beer was not
necessary and 68 per cent said wine
had no value in their practice
The "Journal" sent questionnaires to
$1,000 physicians. OF whom 5S per cent
replied
Tabulated by states, the vote shows
nineteen states and the District OF
Columbia favoring the use of whisky
and twentv-nine states opposed TO il.
while every state returned negative
vote on the beer and wine qustions.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
NalelLcdE by Ear
While Calling Him
Baby Says Doctor
Witness Tells of Aged Mans
Dislike for Columbia and
Unfoundcd Fear of Pow
erlv Despite Millions

pr. Robert II. Wiley. for many years
friend and physician Of Amos +. Emo,
whose VIII is being contested. con-
tinucd his testimony at the trial Of
the contest in the Surrogatcs' Court
yesterday. MIR. Emo left the residue Of
his estate to Columbia University. the
institution's share OF the Emo prop
erty amounting to *o.000.000 or So,
100000
Dr. Wiley. witness for the con-
tcstants, testified that Mr.. Emo on scv
eral occasions told OF his dislike for
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
Of Columbia University. and Of the in
sutton. Other testimony. elected from
the witness to support the contention
that the testator was not Of sound
mind when he made his will. was that
for several Years before his death he
spoke Of his fear that he would be
come poor; that he was careless about
his personal appearance. and also
about his speech in the presence Of
women. freely commenting on his
physical condition.
DR.. Wiley also told Of his patient
taking pills suggested by Eugene
preference TO the medicine prescribed
by his physician. The witness said he
had seen the milionaire's valet grab
him by the ear and lead him to his
room. the valet addressing his en-
ployer as baby"
Under cross-exam nation Dr.. Wiley
admitted that Mr. Emo had opposed
the affiliation Of his nephews. Clifford
Pinchot and Amos X. f. Pinchot. two
OF the contestants. with the Progress
slve party, founded by Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Tie physician said
ne had never heard Mr.. Emo call Amos
X. E. Pinchot "parlor Socialist" but
did hear him refer to him as "parlor
politician. DR.. Wiley admitted that
his recollection OF events and dates
was much better in 1916. when he
was a witness at the first trial Of the
will contest, than it is now
Edmond Bcaut. for many years
valet TO Mr.. Emo. was next called as
a witness for the contestants. In 1916
at the time OF the first trial. Bigaut
was private in the French army
fighting ia the " orld War. BY spc-
clal arrangement with the French gov
ernment at the time he received a
leave Of absence from the trenches
that ne might come here and testify
Bigaut testified yesterday that he
made several trips 30 Europe with Mr.
Emo. He viii continue his testimony
to- day.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Food Cheaper, Fue! Higher
Wholesale Price Level General
IL Stationary. Bureau Finds

WASHiNGTON. Jan. l9-Thc gem
era level Of wholesale prices remained
stationary through November and De-
ccmber. the bureau of labor statistics
of the Department Of Labor announced
to-day.
Food tufts. farm products. cloths.
clothing. chemicals aud drugs showed
declining tendency, which was most
pronounced in such articles as cattle.
hay, hops. peanuts. butter, cheese. eggs,
lard, lemons. oranges and sugar Metals
and house furnishing goods were listed
as unchanged. while fuel prices showed
Il slight increase and building materials
advanced per cent in December
An increase for December Of , per
cent was reported in bran. milfeed.
middlings. linseed meal lubricating
oil, paper manila rope. Mexican sisal
and tankage. or the 327 commodities
ll6 were shown to have decreased. 80
increased and l22 remained stationary
in price in December.
The general level Of wholesale prices
in December. according to the announce
ment. was II per cent lower than it
was one year before
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Department Dimes Copeland
HvIan Praises Him as Greatest
Health Commissioner

DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Commits sioner
Of Health. was given a dinner last
night at the Hotel Astor by 900 Health
Department employees. Mayor Hylan,
one Of the speakers, referred to the
Commissioner as the greatest Health
Commits ssioner New YORK City ever mad >"
When the Mayor was INTRODUCED
some one called out, "Nomnate him for
Governor" The Mayor. smiling, said
that he did not want to be Governor
but that he did want to be Mayor four
years longer.
Dr. Copeland was given chest Of
silver. Or. A|onzo Biauvelt made the
speech of presentation. Dr. William
II. Gulfoy was toastmaster. The
chairman Of the arrangements com
m ttce was Dr. Frank j. Monaghan.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Fcss Heads Republican
Congressional Board
Committee Plans Vigorous
Campaign to Retain Con-
troll of Next House

fo1n The YrbtacS Washington Blreou
WASHINGTON. Jan 19 The Re-
publican National Congressional Com
mittec q, an enthusiastic meeting to
night elected officers and began prepa-
rations for d vigorous campaign to
control The next House.
Representative S. u. Fcss. Of Ohio
was reelected chairman; Representa-
tive Will Il. Wood, of Indiana. first
vlcepres dent: Representative John "
Iilson, Of Connecticut. second vice
pres idcn': Representative J. \ Tinch
er. Of Kansas, third vice-prcs den, ;
Representative Z. II. Wason. OF New
HAMPSHIRE secretary; Milton +.
Ailes. Of Washington. treasurer An
executive committee of fifteen, headed
by Nj. l'esS. WaS chosen and Mr.. Fess
also was empowered 20 namc the work
ing com Wltlccs.
General sentiment Of the committe.
Nas ia ,aror OF an active campaign an!
Tic working committees viii soon be
named and enter on the detailed plans
for -" coming contest.