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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
aDy4 asSr HaHpe BUSINESS AND FINANC E
Local Stocks.

SALES. ~
Washington Railway and Electric
general SIS, 81 ,000m97.
Potomac Electric debenture SIS.
81 .000@9S1s, $50O@9Sas.
Capital Traction. 25@95h.
Washington Railway and Electric
common, 256SS.
Lanston Monotype, lo@7lh, 200
II, 5Q71. IL
Mergenthaler Linotype, 50@137. 8
@1s7. 4q137, f0qi37. 10@1s7h, 3
@13S. t
After call:
Washington. Hallway Electric pre-
ferred, 4@66, 1906. 1906.
Capital Traction, 1Oq95%.
Washington Railway and Electric
As, $1.000@69.
Washington Gas 7h's. ssOO@1od,
$500Q106, $1,000@105R.
Lanston Monotype, SOIL. ..
Potomac Electric general mortgage
and refunding rs, $l,000@1O5. $1,000
Q105. 10000 05.
Money-Call loans, s to 6 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
LATEST NEWS
OF FINANCIAL WORLD

Of the public through dishonest prac-
tices are greater than frail human ma
ture should be subjected to. These
specialists carry In their little note
books all the selling as well as buy
ing orders placed for execution In their
particular stocks at the exact figures
specified by the prospective buyers or
sellers. They thus have the chance
to buy or sell on their own hook with
absolute certainty of making profit,
since they know what buying or sell
ing orders will be fxued when the
quotation reaches certain point.
On this subject member, or the
stock exchange writes:
"The New York Stock Exchange
incident. where a member was ex-
PEELED for taking 500 shares person
ally which he had bought on a Gus
TONER'S order. opens fine oppor-
tunity to supplement what You have
already done by presentation OF one
great evil which is still in effect,
and which defrauds the public, to
wit, the permission of specialists to
trade in their own stock. A SPECIAL
list has book filled with orders to
buy and sell. No other party can
as t. its market condition or vul-
nerability He can use this informa-
ton to trade securely in his own
stock to the detriment of customers
or, worse still, impart his informa-
ton to some big floor trader as has
often been done. i know of an in
cident once where the specialist
sold 1900 shares in order to reach
and secure big stop-loss order. The
stock Immediately turned about.
pushed up by the specialist, and
handsome profit was realized.
This specialist afterward committed
suicide" 49,.
Is it a fair assumption that this
months expulsion of a specialist for
questionable conduct proves that
stock exchange authorities are &C.
lively on the trail of the specialist
evils? ..
This whole matters warrants fur
Their probing.
Stock exchange affairs certainly
are agitating the public's mind. In
teresting developments are brewing.
Copyright. 1922. by b. c. Forbes.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
Liverty Bond Market.
Ask o. K. on Car Purchase.

The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany today asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission 70 rauthority
to execute an agreement with the
Pullman Company for $50 refrigera.
tor cars at an aggregate price of
81, 74S, 500, to be paid in semi-annual
installments from October 1, 1922, to
April 1, 1882.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
National Bank Of WashingtOn

The directors Of the National Bank
Of Washington reelected the executive
officers as follows: Clarence F.. Nor
ment, president; George l.. Starkey,
George p. Sacks and James Trimble,
vice presidents: w. Wallace Marin,
cashier: j. Frank White. assistant
cashier: Edwin c. Brandenburg, trust
officer: Charles Linkins, assistant trust
officer, and Everett II. Parsley. auditor.
President Moments report showed
that the institution had year of pros.
perity and growth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
Seek 15-Year U. S. Loan.

The Atlanta, Birmingham and A..
lantic Railroad Company today ask.
ed the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion for a government loan of $685.
593 for a period of fifteen years to
enable the road to take up certain
taxes due in 1921 in Georgia and
Alabama, amounting to s22S,1OS, the
balance to be used in taking up two
short time notes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
Ask for 100000 Loan.

The Boston and Maine Railroad
Company today asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission for authority
eminent loan Of s5,0o0.000 for a pc.
Of the loan is to refund n loan for
a like amount made May 81, 1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26

The net income of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company for the
month of December aggregated $46,-
O16.52, according to reports filed with
the Public Utilities Commission yester-
day. During the corresponding period
one year previous the company re-
ported a net income Of $141, 924.95, and
in November, 1921, $243,509.15 was re-
ported, the incorporating income dur
ing these latter periods being swelled
considerably, due to interest and divi-
dend payments.
Operating revenues for December.
1921. amounted to $45S,127.49, with
operating expenses amounting to $751;.
99S. 90. Incorporating income amounted
to $6,917.15, with gross income. less
operating expenses and taxes, aggre-
eating $113,045.66. Deductions for the
month totaled s67,029.l4.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-26
Merchants, Bank Elects.

Yesterday the Merchants Bank re-
elected it's officers as follows: Peter
A. Drury, president: Joseph A. Ber-
berich and f. Z. Herrell, vice presi-
dents; Frank p. Hartman, jr., cashier:
f. w. Popkins, assistant cashier, and
Michael ]. Keane, counsel.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

trying TO mend and correct such OWLS
as poor ventilation. bareback nues, de-
fective drains. leaking Ice boxes, danger
Gus exploding gas ranges, without much
success. IL Is only too true that job
IL starred and badly started is very
seldom brought to a satisfactory finish.
II was really a pity. when everything
else about the club was all right. that
the kitchen should be lacking what the
cooks who have 10 work in il need
most namely, natural light. plenty Of
space, high ceilings TO render the heat
bearable and good ventilation. Who was
responsible for this wretched state OF
affairs?
Certainly not the chef. Although at
that time the chef had been more than
twelve years with the club, yet, incred-
ible as it seems. he never was directly
consulted about the plans OF the kitchen
where he was going to work. In fact he
saw the kitchen for the first time two
short weeks before moving in. The
harm had already been done, OF course.
IL carte blanche had been given the chef
20 plan and lx his department accord
ing to his judgment based on long expe-
rience, and II his advice had been sought
on the coming reorganization OF the res
taurant, much money would have been
saved and a different story would now
be told.
But what is the use Of talking? Some
persons will commit the same blunders
time and time again. Misplaced pride
forbids them to do otherwise. Anybody,
smart or foolish. rich or poor, can make
a mistake; but 1t takes really great
man 10 admit It and II takes still
greater man to pick UP enough courage
TO enable him to right an injustice
caused by wrong act on his part
Chef ALpHoSsr PLrMHpArTs.
NEW York, April !.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Cans Made to Protest.
Night Collection Of Rubbish n Failure
When Tried In Flatbush.

To THE NEW York HERALD Night
collection OF rubbish. ashes and garbage
has been tried In New York. ] have a
vividly unpleasant recollection or how
the cloistered calm OF Flatbush dawn
was shattered by Wagnerian orchestral
effects by the Can Brothers--ash and
garbage. This was the accompaniment
OF a recitative. duet and solo in which
every word began with @ or a d.
Tho laborers employed vowed that IL
they weren't allowed 10 sleep at night
nobody else should Nbe. And nobody was.
They further expressed their feelings
by deliberately placing the garbage can
covers beneath the cart wheels and
running the covers. / saw them on sew
eral sleepless morns.
The theory is fine but the application
is word beginning with II.
NEW YoRR. April 4. "A. w. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
A Mosquitoless New Jersey.
Systematic Work Reported to Re
Exterminating the Pests.

To THE New YORK HERALD: For a.
number OF years the matter of publicity
and public cooperation has been before
the executive committee OF the New
Jersey Mosquito determination Assoc.a-
ton. We found that ii would be Inn
possible to ask for publicity without
greatly injuring the real estate interests,
as we could not ask for public coopera-
tion without also publishing the fact
that mosquitoes existed.
Now after seven years work the time
has arrived when we can show the pub
lie facts namely, reduction OF the num-
Der Of cases OF malaria from III in 1914
to only s6 in 1921, Notwithstanding our
population increased 3S6.000. and In
crease OF real estate valuations. 'rhr
figures taken from the tax books show
that the Newark meadows assessments
Increased 3.il7 per cent. New Jersey
IL rapidly being made mosquitoless.
New York city is in the care or
Eugene Winship and q very practical
end effective force. They are working
hard, but they have an immense terri
tory to cover. Mr.. Winships work is
remarkable and effective. as the New
York Bureau OF Vital Statistics shows
that there were only I10 cases OF NAL
aria In Greater New York In 1921, which
compares very favorably with the ST.
cases in New Jersey in 1921. These
cases were caused by infection by the
Anopheles mosquito. and were nearly all
In outlying districts OF New York, and
as New York has a great shifting traffic
there can be no doubt that some of these
cases were imported.
There Is need OF work In Suffolk
county There Is splendid and effective
mosquito work being done in Nassau
county, but it avails little when Suholl
county breeds mosquitoes in myriads,
which not only fy into Nassau county
but into other counties at this end, and
strong cast wind blows them into
Staten Island, and from there we get
them in Hudson county and Union
county in New Jersey. This Is a fact
proved by investigations by a commit
tee composed both Of New Jersey and
New York officials.
DIR. Alvah III. Doty says "All the
parks should be charted and divided into
sections, and each OF these sections care
luAlN tAdHilutu iibrquilO DIEeulHE
places" This Is a good plan, but who
will do the work: Let me suggest that
this be carried out BY the Park Com
missioners through the Boy Scouts. Give
a small section to each boy. After ex-
planning what he must observe let each
boy have card ruled off into sections
and let him mark ON that card the de-
pressions or hollows IN the ground which
the rain fills. After this is done and the
cards collected the worknen can e.
around and fill MP the deTressions or
make drainage channels. When this &,
done there will be no mosquitoes there.
Tho lakes in Central Park and espe-
cislly the edges OF the lakes, can be
taken care OF by oiling
CHARLES LEE METERS.
NEW YonK, April /.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

to their continuance now that peace
has been proclaimed. II comes in
part from real estate men, In part
from persons inspired solely by the
desire to conserve the civic beauty
OF Washington. They object to these
hotels as not being in harmony with
the general design OF the Capitol
grounds and as being a blemish on
the landscape. These critics would
have the hotels torn down and their
1000 guests obliged to seek the ac-
commodations which are the lot Of
those not fortunate enough to have
Uncle SAM for a landlord.
The question offers perplexities. OF
course many persons will hold that it
is not Uncle SANS business to be
landlord; that the pride the nation
takes in the beautiful vistas OF Wash
ington forbids the Disagreement OF
the capital by structures OF the char.
acter of the Government hotels. At
the same time the 1000 women clerks
will not be without sympathizers.
Probably the outcome of the discus
sion will be compromise. The Gov
ernment hotels are likely to stay
until rents in Washington come
down little and their guests can
find living quarters elsewhere at rea-
sonable prices.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Showers of Stones.
Said to Occur Indoors as Well as
Outdoors In the West Indies.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Refer
ences have appeared in the newspapers
! recently to a mysterious shower or
| stones at Chico. Col. 1t may be of in
terest to note that this remarkable ara.
seemingly impossible phenomenon .s
not without precedent
In the West Indies somewhat similar
showers OF stones have been reported
| from many of the islands, not once but
| hundreds OF times. During a long resi-
dence in the West Indies I have heard
OF these occurrences from both the ma
tives and most trustworthy and intelli-
gent and educated Engllshmen. as well
as from the officials and police.
At first / was inclined to attribute
the stories to the negroes imagination
and belief In Obeah. but upon thorough
investigation I learned to my amaze
ment that such showers unquestionablv
did occur in various islands Indeed.
on one of the islands the resident Eng
lsh doctor said that he had personally
witnessed such a shower and had Sc
cured some OF the stones, which he
showed me. These We're perfect quartz
crystals, and as far as known no SINH
lar crystals had ever been found on the
islands.
Several years ago a shower OF stones
occurred in jamaica, the stones falling
inside OF natives house. and although
several policemen We're detailed to in
! vestigate and nobody was allowed near
yet the stones continued to fall appar
emily from the ceiling while one OF the
policemen was within the shack. II.
ro1i I,..t ,,st,- to- ~
the Leeward Islands. describes some
what similar shower in one OF his
books, and il is matter of common
knowledge and belief throughout the
islands. more especially In the Trench
British islands of Dominica, st. Lucia
and ST. Vincent that stones thus fall
upon houses from a clear sky, some
times at night and at other times In
broad daylight. and sometimes within
the house or building itself.
No plausible theory has ever been
advanced to account for such manifes-
tations. AS they occur in fair and
pleasant weather, ii cannot be claimed
that they are sucked up and dropped
by waterspouts or tornadoes, and, more
over, they are very local, often falling
only on one small hut and nowhere
else. which would preclude the possibil-
ity Of their being of meteoric origin.
But even If we should accept some
such theory 10 explain these showers
when they occur out Of doors. how can
we account for their falling indoors or
for the fact that they only fall on Ger
tain houses and very often on the same
house repeatedly at long intervals.
The natives with their usual super
stition look upon them as supernatural.
claiming they are the work OF Obeah
men. but unlike most obeah doings they
do not greatly fear them. ! am afraid
1t will be a long time before anybody
earns the reward offered for solution
OF the Chico shower. and ! imagine that
for the present at least we might JUST
as well accept the West Indians expla-
nation OF Obeah. A. HYATT VERRILL.
New York, April /.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Plays With Short Casts.

The theater manager accounts him
self fortunate when he can please the
public without too great an outlay.
The enterprise in which small capi.
tai produces large dividends is as
much esteemed in the world OF art
as in commercial spheres. Maybe
the manager who can this year tempt
the customer at slight expense Is bet.
ter satisfied than ever. At all events,
there are indications OF an approach.
ing revival of the play which requires
the services OF only few actors in
its Interpretation.
One OF the current successes has
two characters. A promised novelty
has three. II the outlay for decora.
tions is as small as the payroll Of the
actors even moderate receipts mean
certain amount OF profit, not very
large, possibly, but steady. Therefore
the manager is on the lookout for the
play with few roles.
Possibly the most notable Of all
such works is "Inhdele." by ROBERTO
BRAoco, which ALA NAziMoyA pro
duced here as Countess Coquette.' :
The list Of these plays also includes
some OF native origin, such as WILL,
IAN LocKE's THE Climax" which had
only four characters and was highly
successful FOR a long time, and THE
Storm by GEORGE BEoADnURsT. with
the same number Of characters, which
was played for whole season at
a theater in this city. Then there
were "Under Orders" in which two
actors impersonated four personages,
and before that tThe Havoc
The mere novelty Of the small cast
does not by any means guarantee
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
The Clubs Kitchen.
Unfortunate Result Of q Failure to
Consult an Accomplished Chef.

To THE NEW York HERALD: one
month had elapsed since we'll known
club had moved to it's new quarters on
New Yorks most fashionable avenue.
On that particular day of May all was
excitement inside the palatial establish
ment, and no wonder, Just think OF Il:
for the first timo in it's history the club
had opened it's doors to the ladies /!
Between 3 and o'clock the building
was simply teeming with members and
their feminine friends. The squash and
tennis courts. dining rooms. library.
Turkish baths. bar, wore inspected and
praised for their magnifcence. As the
kitchen was the least conspicuous OF all
the departments. situated as II was on
the mezzanine floor a. comparatively
small percentage OF the crowd found its
way thero, and that was just as well,
because 1t could hardly hold more than
two score persons, including the cooks.
Furthermore. the few visitors who en-
tered did not linger very long. the tenn
perature being rather high there. though
Il was a very pleasant day outdoors.
Don't you think the roof is rather low
for a kitchen?' jokingly remarked
gentleman TO his companion, hitting the
ceiling with his cane and mopping his
brow at the same time
But IN general the visitors just threw
a glance at the kitchen from the door,
remarking invariably. ITS very fine
Kitchen"
One lady seemed to take little more
interest ID the culinary department.
After looking around few minutes she
inquired OF the chef X that was the
main kitchen. On the chefs assurance
that what she saw was the clubs one
and only kitchen. the lady, who have
learned since belonged TO the -Four Hun
dred. exclaimed:
"Do you mean 70 say that YOU poor
fellows have to work IN this hole? Who
planned such kitchen, anyway? Is
that the only window this kitchen has?"
pointing TO a small aperture facing the
wall under the passageway arch. 'Well.
we'll: compared with the rest Of the
house this kitchen certainly is distinct
disappointment 10 me-"
The lady had the true notion about
the Kitchen. Subsequent events proved
that she was right. For a full year
foiiowlng the opening workers we're busy
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Our Soldier Dead.

The funeral services to be held
today at the army base in Brooklyn
over the bodies OF the soldier dead
brought back from France on the
transport Cambrai mark formally the
completion OF the Governments task
OF restoring to tho next Of kin the
remains OF the members OF the Amer
ican Expeditionary Forces who fell
abroad in the war. The time for
filing applications for the return OF
bodies expired on March 81.
The work of returning these bodies
began in February, 1920, fifteen
months after the armistice was
signed. To the families OF the Amer
lean soldiers was given the privilege
OF deciding whether the bodies should
be inferred in American national
cemeteries near the spots where the
men fell or should be brought back.
Many fathers and mothers, like Colo
mel and Mrs. ROOSEVELT, felt that 1t
was more fitting that the graves of
their sons should be In the land
where honorable death overlook
them; where the tree falls there
let il lie," was the phrase Colonel
ROOSEVELT used to express his thought
concerning his son QUENTIN.
But the next of kin OF 45,459 men
decided that their dear ones should
sleep In American soil. and that num-
ber OF bodies have been returned to
this country. or them 37,710 have
been buried privately and 5,71S rest
in national cemeteries. Eightynhnc
bodies were dispatched from France
to other foreign countries at the re.
quest OF relatives. The statistics OF
the disposal Of the bodies are as yet
incomplete.
In the American Fields Of Honor in
France, which are in Suresnes. near
Paris: Bony, near st. Quentin; Bel.
leau Wood. near Chateau Thierry.
and Romagne-sous-Mo there
will be 30,496 graves, and in Brook.
wood, Surrey, England, 500, these
being the final resting places OF men
who gave their lives in England, Ire
land, Scotland and Wales.
Among these thousands lie 1850
men whose names have been lost, the
unidentified dead OF the American
Expeditionary Forces, from among
whom was chosen the Unknown Sol
dier who sleeps in Arlington, where
the great OF many lands have paid
tribute to him as the representative
OF valor and patriotism.
The cemeteries in France and Eng
land will be maintained by the Gov
ernment. At Romagnesous.Montfau-
con an amph!theater similar to that
at Arlington will be erected. Rest
houses for visitors will be provided
at all the cemeteries. Both in Eng
land and in France the residents Of
the country in which are American
graves have displayed touching de.
sire to honor the strangers whose
last homes are near their own dwell.
iup uiaces
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Government Hotels.

Uncle SAM has a variety OF duties
to perform in attending to the special
needs of the members OF his big fam
lily OF more than one hundred mil
lions. One of his functions is that OF q
benevolent landlord to some 1000
women employed as clerks and in
other capacities in the executive de-
partments OF the Government at
Washington.
The exigencies OF war time and the
sudden rise in rents In Washington,
as elsewhere, made 1t necessary for
the Government to furnish accommo.
dations for these women. The men
in Uncle SANS employ had OF course
TO shift for themselves, but In the
case OF women there was the special
factor that many OF them were
strangers I'm Washington, having
come from all parts OF the Union to
do war work, and were without rela.
tives or friends at the capital, and for
this reason IL was desirable to pro.
vide homes for them. The authori-
ties solved the problem OF housing,
so far as they we're concerned, by
the erection OF what are called the
Government hotels on the wide open
space between the Capitol and tho
union railroad station.
Here stcnographers. clerks and
other women employees to the mum.
Der OF 1000 lived comfortably and at
an expense within their means. From
their viewpoint Uncle SANS expert.
ence as a landlord was a pronounced
success. some keepers Of boarding
houses may have objected to what
they deemed an invasion OF their
privileges, but as war measure the
Government hotels met with general
approval.
A more serious objection has srisen
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
PhiladeIphia INDICATED.
The Shifter Movement Ended There
Before It Was Heard OF Here.

To THE New YORK HERALD: read
with much interest the following state
ment in your paper about the shifters:
Everybody who wasn't wise has been
.tung into the shifters." said a moro or
less prominent member OF that ephemeral
movement yesterday, 'and oil others
have been let in on the secret by the
newspapers Therefore, there being no
easy marks left the fad is leaving New
York, probably for Pittsburgh or Baltl-
more. In a few years We shall hear
from {. in Philadelphia"
Now just how do these New Workers
get that way? Perhaps you don't know
it--New YorIks so dead anyway--but
the shifter fad was In Philadelphia and
out again month before New York
ever heard OF II. The students at the
University Of Pennsylvania were going
around with shifter designs on their
coat lapels about three months ago.
PHILApELprIrAN.
PHILADELPHIA, April i.