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Evening star., 1922-05-14
SHARP BREAK IN WHEAT
IN THE CHICAGO MARKET

CHICAGO, May 13-wheat prices
broke sharply during the last half
hour OF the session here today, May
leading the decline. Selling, believed
to be by the leading long interests.
started the break. At the finish
to 1.43k, and July 1.25 to 1855
corn was down AaH; oats showed a
net loss of Aak, and provisions
ranged from unchanged to 47k
higher.
Trading in wheat was relatively
ing by house with seaboard con-
nections-around 100000 bushels of
wheat being taken. The September
showed more strength than the other
deliveries early. The bulk of the
trading was of a local character. and
on the bulges there was fair selling
by local longs. who were evening up
out on all the swells. but the trade
was not as large as the previous day.
Deliveries on May contracts aggre-
gated 246.0O0 bushels -
Corn and oats held within relatively
narrow limits. with trade almost en-
tive strength OF wheat tended to pre-
vent the pit element from taking the
selling side freely. and the market
responded quickly to any good buy
Ing or selling.
Provisions averaged higher with
the strength in hogs and a good de-
mand for cash meats.
NEW YORK, May 13.-Wheat. spot.
firm; No. 2 red and No. 2 hard, L571s !:
No. Manitoba, 1.61, and No. mixed
durum. 146 C. i. +. track N. Y. to ar
rive. Corn. spot, steady; No. yellow
and No. 2 white, 81, and No. 2 mixed,
80s C 1. t. N. Y, all rail. Oats, spot,
barely steady: No. 2 white, 491a. Lard,
Arm; middle west, 11.95a12.05. Cotton
seed oil. easy; prime crude 1000. nor
NAL: prime summer yellow spot, lilo;
July, 11.S1; September. 11.79; Decem-
Der, s.91, all bid. Other articles un:
changed.
Evening star., 1922-05-14

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 13.-Southwater
street, where about billion dol
lars worth of turnips. cheese,
ducks, eggs, onions and other food
stuffs are ,bartered in a year. is
preparing to pick up its squaking
fowls, it's smells, its babble OF
tongues, it's slippery cobblestones
and move. A twenty million dol
lar rdouble-decked street-oouievaro
above, trafficway beneath, is to re-
place it. The street extends six
blocks along the river through the
heart of Chicago.
Promoters Of the Chicago beauti-
full plan say that the crooked
riverside street will give way to
q boulevard that will rival Mich
igan avenue in beauty. The gay
limousine will fash where heavy
huckster wagons and delivery
trucks rumbled. Silks will rustic
where the commission house cat
purred atop an orange crate.
Southwater street, more or less
known wherever people eat, VIII
become a "reminiscences.
The new street, like the old. will
begin at the site of Fort Dearborn,
the original nuclens of Chicago,
and will connect with other boule-
wards about half a mile to the
west; close to where the pavilion
or wigwam stood in which Abe
Lincoln was nominated for the
presidency. It. will wind with the
Chicago riyer and the lower, deck
will have docks.
Overcrowded for, years in a be-
wilderipg jam six blocks long, the
commission. merchants under the
: new plan are to spread out over
the very latest thing In market
places to. be constructed a mile, or
two away on West Randolph street.
Assessment rolls amounting to
$20,006,000 for the Southwater
street improvements will be filed
within the. month.
The new quarters for the food
merchants will be an immense
rectangular section containing
railroad tracks alternating with
streets. the commission houses to
/. face inward along the outer sides
OF the restangle. leaving the in-
terror free Tor movement OF tfaafc
Adjoining will be another large
restangis cgnta4ning switching
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 13.-The cotton
market was comparatively quiet to-
day and much of the business was al
tributed to a further reduction OF
scattering interest from over the
week end. There was some selling on
improving weather conditions in the
south, but offerings were restricted by
the reports of q better trade demand
and after selling off from 1888 to
19.41 October closed at 1851, with the
general market closing steady net un-
changed to points lower.
The opening showed the effect OF
conflicting influences, being steady at
an advance of s points to decline OF
s points. Old crop months were
higher on. reports of increased spot
sales in the south and favorable week
end reviews of the cotton goods mar
kets. Later deliveries were unchanged
to 3 points lower on the favorable
showing Of last nights weather map
and prospects for GENERALLY clear
weather today and tomorrow. In ad-
dition to realizing there was some
local and Liverpool selling and an
early rally was followed by declines
which carried May Off TO 1875. July
to 1910 and December to 1915. or 10
IL points net lower. Offerings were
comparatively light, however, and
the close was some to 10 points UP
from the lowest
Evening star., 1922-05-14
Morse LoHs at Old Maine Home
While Fighting Return to Prison
snec;al Dispatcb to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BATH, Me-, May 13.-Charles w
Morse, seeking seclusion once more
from a host of pursuers, has come
back to his old home in Bath. where
they declared a holiday and burned
red Are years. ago when he was re-
leased from the federal penitentiary
in Atlanta
The one-time ''ice king" banker.
shipbuilder, promoter and millionaire
has forsaken his fine residence in
New York and come here to spend
possibly his last days among old
friends and well wishers.
His refuge is not undisturbed, how
ever, for Mr.. Morse is under constant
surveillance of special agents Of the
Department of Justice at Washington.
They note his callers, and every time
he saunters out for a stroll or motors
over. to Brunswick or down to Port
land one Of Uncle Sans sleuths trails
him and reports every twenty-four
hours to Chief William J.Burns what
Morse has been doing. AS yet there
has been no effort to take the former
shipbuilder into custody on the bench
warrants issued In New York for his
arrest.
Occupy Old Homestead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morse arrived here
about month ago and have lived
quietly at tE,s old homestead, ram
bling, faded, Grown structure, with its
great Corinthian pillars, large win
dows, spacious rooms and Railways,
velvety lawns, shrubbery and spring
flowers. But still there is something
about the place which suggests aloof-
ness from all neighbors and shyness
toward the public. Its semi-deserted
appearance and the absence of move
ment about the old house. with its
drawn shades and barred doors,
mark it as a place of mystery.
whose occupants do not encourage
visitors and prefer to be left alone.
1t was in this city that Charles w.
Morse was born and began his mete-
oric and eventful career of money
making, branching out into New
York, where for years he was one
of the most noted figures and power
full factors in Wall street. When
ever in all the. turbulent years he
has felt in need of rest or restora-
tion Mr.. Morse has retraced his steps
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COFFEE FUTURES QUIET.

NEW YORK. May 13.-The market
for. coffee futures was very quiet
today. the only sales reported being
In September at $50 compared with
9.16 at the close yesterday. The OPEN
ing was to 8 points higher In SYM
pathy with higher cables from Rio,
and the market. closed net point
lower to I points, with prices nominal
in most cases. Sales were estimated
at only 1900 bags. Closing quota
tsmber. M s.7s; october. ] M 3. Il; e Dseember. sn
9.5s; January, 9.54; March, s.45.
y Spot coffee, dull; Rio 70, II; Santos
4s, 146. No fresh offers were re-
ported In the cost and freight market.
BraEilfan port reostptA %. ~;
JundiAhy, z0,ot1.
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| ment trading. no speculation. Hence
/ there is no reason for the slightest
concession as to price.
With money in large supply and
soft, there are plenty of opportuni-
ties on the local list for good in
vestment buying.
Prices are not far from the highest
Nearly 500 burglaries, attempted
burglaries. hold-ups, forgeries and
other crimes against banks were in
vestigated under the protective activi-
ties Of the American Bankers Asso-
from September l, 1921, through
March 81, 1922.
These facts were brought out today
by the report Of the protective COM
mtttee and the protective department
OF the association. presented to the
annual spring meeting Of the execu-
tive council.
The report said that, as q result of
the departments operations against
criminals in the stated period, there
was a total of 314 arrests. There
were pending from arrests prior to
posed of. OF the. aggregate of $40
cases handled during the period 2s2
convictions were secured, while those
released, escaped, died or insane
amounted to 1872, leaving 156 cases
awaiting trial on March 81.
L, IL
stated. there have been reported to
the committee 145 burglaries and at
tempted burglaries against members
Of the American Bankers Association
and 81 against non-members.
No burglaries or attempted bur-
glaries were reported to 1t in the
states Of Arizona. Connecticut. Della
ware. Florida, Kentucky. louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts. Nevada, New
HAMPSHIRE, New Jersey, Rhode Is
land, Vermont, West Virginia and the
District of Columbia.
the association 80 were successful
burglaries and IS unsuccessful, while
Of the attacks on non-member banks
o6 were successful and 81 unsuccess-
full
The losses sustained by members
from burglaries were $70,79451, and
by non-members. $31,657s2.
Since the inauguration of the pro-
tecttve features Of the American
Bankers Association in 1895 the to-
tai reported burglaries and attempted
ourglaries against non-members have
losses of $3.s42.970.70; those against
members were 1,196, with losses to-
falling sS0s.641.2s. the report stated.
Hold-ups involving members of the
association since September 1, 1921,
amounted to So. with loss of $751;
7os.so. and hold-ups Involving non
members totaled 2s, with a loss Of
$443.s72.30. In the following states no
hold-ups were reported: Alabama
Arizona. Connecticut. Delaware. Flor
ida. Georgia. Kentucky, Maine, Mary
land. Massachusetts, Mississippi Ne
vada. New Hampshire, New Jersey,
North Carolina. Rhode Island, South
Carolina. Vermont. Utah, Wyoming
and the District Of Columbia.
The figures relative to members Of
the association were more complete,
the report pointed out, since members
as a rule report all attacks and losses
sustained, whereas non-members
rarely make such rports. 1t was also
bers covered 22,202 banks, while there
are only s,573 non-members.
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and come back to the scene of his
boyhood, to be greeted by old friends
and welcomed by his kith and kin
under the sheltering roof of the old
homestead.
If Mr.. Morse had, had his way he
would now be taking the cure at
some famous watering place in Eu-
rope. But the Department of Justice
interrupted that plan. Denied the
seclusion of Europe, the banker has
come to Bath.
Fights Return to Prison.
Aided by the loyal wife. who fought
and prayed so hard for his release
from the federal penitentiary a dec
ade ago, he is determined now to fight
all the new charges against him to
prevent a return to prison. and so
that he may end his days in the peace
and quiet of the community where his
life began.
Time has thinned the ranks of his
old friends in his native city, but
those who remain still cling to their
old faith in him and gave him a cor
dial welcome when he arrived. His
friends say Morse is chafing at the
restraint put upon his movements by
the Department of Justice, but out
wardly he maintains his usual COM
posure, and until the issuance of the
bench warrants was seen daily on the
streets of Bath.
Morse is now sixty-five years old,
broken in health, a small, wiry man,
cautious and cool to all except those
in his confidence. He has been a
fighter all of his life and a great boon
to lawyers in general, for it is said
he probably has contributed more
large fees to the legal fraternity than
any other man in business life in
America.
In the last fight he Is likely to make
for freedom, he will depend once more
upon Mrs. Morse, a woman of strong
character, quick judgment and re-
sourcefulnesS in an emergency. She
today is the buffer for her husband.
She has known about all of happiness
and misery that life holds for any
one person, but her loyalty to and her
admiration of her husband have never
weakened.
To those who have commended her
Mrs. Morse has replied that she had
done only that which any woman
would do who loves her husband.
(COpyright, 1927
Evening star., 1922-05-14

and Mechanics Savings Bank. and J..
Preston Atkins have Joined the direc-
torate Of the General Finance and Sc
curity Company, Inc. James j.
O,Donnell is also one of the directors
of the company.
Credit Men to Meet.
The annual dinner of the Washing
ton Association OF Credit Men will
be held next Wednesday evening at
the City Club.
Sidney Anderson. representative
from Minnesota district, will out
line what Congress Is doing for the
economic relief of farmers.
After the address and dinner the
election of the association will be
held.
George OConner will make things
lively for the credit men.
Local Securities.
Local securities have not sympa-
thized with the sharp advance in the
New Yorw market; they are better,
prices are higher, but there has been
nothing here but legitimate invest
Evening star., 1922-05-14

Va, June 10, IL. 13, three business
sessions with extra time devoted to
business If needed. and ample time
for rest and recreation, which will
be available in ample quantities at
the world-famed Homestead Hotel.
Mr.. Deyber, the general chairman
Sof the committee, and George w.
White, associate chairman. have made
plans to accommod a larger crowd
than has attended any Of the three
preceding conventions.
J Howard Moran, chairman Of the
program committees has devoted
much of his. time to this feature Of
the convention and q. 0. McQuade,
who will conduct the symposium, Is
working hard: to, develop Important
topics and features. More tim6 will
be given to the social features and
full advantage will be taken Of the
facilities Of Homestead Hotel.
General Finance Company.
0vtag Owens, M q. McCoS1nick,
'3olADL Dessident Of the Merchants
Evening star., 1922-05-14
PRoBsT WANTS TO SAIL.
Butler, Alleged Fiance Of Wealthy
Girl, Ends Deportation Fight.

NEW YORK, May. 13-August
Probst, Swiss butler. who claimed he
was being railroaded out Of the coun-
try because Of love affair with. y
wealthy girl at the Rolling Rock Club
near Pittsburgh, wants to go back
home. - "a;
migration officials at Ellis Island,
where Probsts is awaiting deporta-
tion, sent word to the district attor-
ncys oifice that Probst does not want
to be questioned any further in sched-
uled legal proceedings. His only
America
/ The district attorneys ONCE had no
o6dciais comment, but It was tndic1t.
ia that the e4se was considersd
closed. b. II rs
Evening star., 1922-05-14
BETHLEHEM DEAL
SURPRISES MARKET
Absorption of LackaWanna
Company Drives Prices
Upward.

NEW YORK, May 13.-ReactIouary
tendencies in the financial markets
became more clearly defined this
week. but the reversal was suddenly
checked on news of the prospective
absorption of the Lackawanna Steel
Company by the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation.
Details of this deal have not been
disclosed, but the bare announce
ment caused advances of 5 to Is
points among many of the independ-
eht steel shares, with Lackawanna
leading.
Oils Share in Rebound.
Equipments, motors and other is
sues closely related to the steel and
iron industry shared in the rebound
rumor in several instances associet-
ing their advance with ambitious
merger plans. Incidentally. however,
negotiations for the consolidation OF
the Pierce-Arrow and Lafayette
Motor companies were dropped.
OILS were under pressure regardless
Of additiopal advances in prices OF
products and the increasing prom
ihence of that commodity in the
worlds markets. Rails were slug
gish at best, but metals showed firm
ness as available supplies diminished
and the foreign demand increased
Shares of miscellaneous companies
which follow the trend of general
trade were only moderately respon-
sive to signs of current business re-
vival although textiles, rubbers and
tobaccos were in better demand.
Industrial Situation Hopeful.
Industrial conditions were more
hopeful, save in the sections affected
by the coal strike. Car loadings
gained, crop prospects in the west
and northwest were highly encourag-
ing and money rates imposed no re-
straints, call loans again relaxing
to 81 per cent. r.-
Sterling bills were at their highest
levels in three years.
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$2O 600. 900 DOUBLE-DECKED STREET
TO REPLACE PRODUCE CENTER

yards for produce and affording
. direct connection with approxi-
mately thirty railroads entering
Chicago.
Charles Godding, member of the
committee of wholesale merchants
that has the new market place
project in hand is authority for
. the statement that the business
done in Southwater street totals
nearly billion dollars a year.
Evening star., 1922-05-14
SALE OF TAYLOR EFFECTS.

LOS ANGELES. Calif.. May 1s.-The
personal effects OF William Desmond
dead February /, will be sold at public
auction May %.
These effects include two automobiles
one valued at $4,000; a piano, phono-
graph and clothing.
Taylor's jewelry will be turned over
Ito his daughter Ethel Daisy Tanner
now in New York. This includes a
Iocket containing the photograph OF
Mabel Normand, motion picture actress
who was his close friend and, one Of the
last persons known TO haya seen hin,
A1ives The 1ocket was MISS Normand'r
gift to Taylor.
Evening star., 1922-05-14
coTToNsEED OH LOWER.

NEW YORK, May 1s.-Tenders Of
1000 barrels on contract and conser
quent liquidation in May caused an
easier ruling In cottonseed oil to-
day. May closed Is points lower and
the balance 2 to net lower. Sales,
$500 YbarrelA Prime crude, 1000
nominal; prime summer yellow spot,
lilo bid; July, l1.S1: September,
11.79; December, 9.S1; all bid.
Evening star., 1922-05-14
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, May 13.-Cotton goods,
were uuieter today. but one of. the,
leading houses advanced prices on all
sheetings half cent yard over the
prices current a week ago. Yarns
ruled firm. Burlaps were higher in
noticed here. wool goods were firm
and further advances were predicted
by agents. Knit goods were In
rea asonab1e demand for quick lots.
Evening star., 1922-05-14
BLAST IN PAPER PLANT,
Chicago Tribune Suffers $4,000
Loss by Kerosene Explosion.

CHICAGO. May 13.-Several thou
sand persons blocked Michigan boule-
ward last night to watch fire which
| followed the explosion of two forty
gallon tanks of kerosene in the stereo-
typing room In the basement of the
Chicago Tribune plant.
Only one workman was in the base
| ment at the time of the explosion,
the cause of which is unknown. He
ran out as the blazing Kerosene
gushed from the tanks. sending a
great volume of dense black smoke
through the air shafts and windows
The force of the blast blew several
holes in the walls of the basement
but did no other damage. the total
loss being estimated at $4,000.
The publication of the Tribune, II
was announced, would not be inter
fered with.
Evening star., 1922-05-14

EAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK. May la-Foreign bar
silver. TON: Mexican dollars. 5lH.
LONDON, Nay 13.-Bar silver, S3Kd;
nonsy. rs per can't: discelnt sstas,
EslnEt bins md tArss.m1nt1. ~ per
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RANGE OF MARKET AVERAGES.


stocks dealt the New York Stock period
Friday.
Of The
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Fencing 10 regarded a. Q great &c
oomrlishMsnt, for Young women IN
japan.
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LIBERTY BONDS AT A GLANCE.

sS, June :, 5sS which n @ The % issue % ssnsd
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THE WEEK'S BOND MARKET.

shown Of the fluctuations OF prices OF ses
New York Stock Exchange for the week endeo
May l3, 1922: Erva' wsaS.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-11
SPORTING

| President Harding will play in the
Einter-city newspaper mems golf tour
nament on June II in New York city,
possibly on the course of the Engi-
neers' Golf Club. This fact became
known in Boston when it wss learned
that the President. who is an enthusi-
astic golfer. had entered the tourna-
ment.
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion, referring to announcements Il
the United States nat arrangements
for bout between him and Jess VIII
lard were progressing favorably, said
in Paris he would be CAD to meet Will
lard again. He also was ready to meet
the winner of the Carpentier-Lewis
bout in London, he declared.
Golf, tennis and other athletic games
no admission fee is charged do not
come under the Sunday sports han,
District Attorney Harry Rowand an
nounced at Pittsburgh.
Frank Flourney, match maker for
Madison Square Garden, New York,
has matched Ray Pryel of Homestead
to box Jimmy Hanlon, Denver light
weight. ten rounds May 49,
The boxing benefit at Vernon, CAL,
for Ad Wolgast. former lightweight
champion, realized $500. Wolgast
was practically penniless.
Ralph Greenleaf. national pocket bill
lizard champion, at New York defeated
Walter Franklin of Kansas City 156 to
"a in the first block of their title
match. The champion ran out in 36
innings His high run was 20.
At Guymon, Okla, Chief John Meto-
qua. Larned, Kan. Indian, won over
jim Flynn, the Pueblo (Colo.) fireman,
by a knockout in the sixth round of a
scheduled ten round bout. They are
heavyweights.
Pepper" Martin knocks out Babe
Herman after one minute and forty
five seconds of fighting in the first
INround at Madison Square Garden.
Robert Gardner, former Yale star
athlete and former national amateur
| golf champion, viii have the un-
enviable task Of selecting the United
States amateur golf team which will
play against the Great Britain team
for the Walker Cup next September.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-11
MOVES TO PROBE
WAR Time FRAUD.
Both Executive and Legislative
Branches of Government Pre-
pare to Take Action.

Washington.-Steps were taken by
the executive and legislative branches
of the government for investigation
and prosecution with vigor of war
time fraud cases.
President Harding sent to the House
request for special appropriation of
$500,000 to be used by the Department
Of Justice TO investigate and prosecute
all cases, civil or criminal, growing out
of the war.
Simultaneously Attorney General
Daugherty announced the appointment
of former Representative Rosco Nc
Culloch of Ohio as special assistant
attorney general TO take charge of the
governments Investigation and possi-
Bile criminal prosecution of cases in
volving war camp contracts and ex-
penditures.
The attorney general, In announcing
the appointment OF McCuiioch, said
he had written the chairman of the
House Rules Committee that the Da-
partment of Justice had no objection
to its investigation and "to go along
with it."
l want to say this, however. he
added Investigation by the depart
ment Of wartime transactions has been
going on as rapidly as possible with
the funds Congress has provided, and
the use of other funds where they
could be legitimately used
The department never will allow. nor
has it allowed, politics to interfere
with its work. II is as much the duty
OF the department to protect the inno-
cent as it is to prosecute those who
are guilty. No person will be indicted
unless we feel he is guilty. and feel
there is reasonable assurance he will
be convicted.
The day of the demagogue is past.
It is a serious thing TO charge that a
man has been dishonest in dealing with
his government. and we propose to ba
conservative, and in no sense handle
this matter from a political standpoint.