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Evening star., 1922-07-27
IRREGULAR ACTION
ON CURB MARKET

BY Special Leased Wire to The Star.
NEW YORK. July 27.-Trading on
the curb exchange today was only
moderately active. with irregular
fluctuations throughout the entire
session. During the early trading
oils were under considerable pres
sure. Cities Service issues continued
to decline. the common stock show
ing a loss OF points at one time and
the bankers shares were of " a
point, at 10. The preferred was down
only fractionally. International Pc
were the active leaders Of the Stand
ard Oils. The Indiana shares above
SSH were up over u points. and In
ternational Petroleum after starting
lower regained its loss.
Smashing Alcon OIL.
The outstanding incident of the in
dependent oils was the second bear
drive within a week against Alcon
Oil. After opening at IA. this stock
encountered. but later the stock
touched new low of IN. The other
oils were irregular. Carib Mutual
and Simms held steady
Motors Wanted.
Stutz Motors featured the dealings
In the motor group, the first sale TAX
ing place at 20. During most of the
session the stock sold between IL
and Is A good demand appeared for
the Durant issues, while Moon Hayes
Wheel and REQ ruled about steady.
Boston and Montana continued to
be purchased. and again passed the
81 mark on heavy transactions.
Motherlode. National Tin and Ray
Hercules were active and Arm.
Philip Morris Gains.
In the miscellaneous section Phil
lip Morris attracted attention, with
sharp advance from its low. The
buying on the upturn was by houses
supposedly acting for insiders. United
were quiet. Radio common was COM
paratively heavy. but Dubilier was
well held. Acme Coal encountered
some proflt-taking.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
SEES BIG LUMBER TRADE.
r. A. Long Says Outlook for Indus
try Is Very Promising.

KANSAS CITY. July Pr, A. Long.
chairman of board of Long Bell Lum-
her. declares. speaking from statistics,
that the permanent outlook for the lum-
ber industry is more promising than
ever before within his memory. He
pointed out that underproduction dur
ing and since the war and the unusual
demand for residential building are re-
sponsible for the consumption of all the
lumber produced during the last two
years.
Since it would require some twelve
years Of work at 25 per cent above
normal to make up the country wide
housing shortage" said Mr.. Long. 'it
Is clearly evident that the demand for
lumber certainly should increase rather
than fall off. In addition, there is the
demand for railroad material. which has
been better during the last few months
than for a long while. and this demand
still Is increasing. Then. too. general
conditions are better now than they
have been for some time. As there are
no new sawmills Of consequence under
construction, stocks of lumber in the
hands Of retailers and at the source of
production are below normal
Evening star., 1922-07-27
Fall and Winter Buying
Is Record for Three Years
BY PAUL G. HEDRICk.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEATTLE. July 27.-Wholesale dry
goods concerns throughout the Pa
cific northwest have already begun
to place their orders for hosiery and
underwear for 1923. Active buying
of fall and winter merchandise by
the wholesalers in the Puget sound
territory stands out as a record in
comparison with the business done
for the past three years. Local rep
resentatives of the lage eastern job
bers in dry goods, millinery and mems
furnishings are booking orders for
basis larger than in pre-war years.
The business in shoes. however, is
an exception to this trend. which is
attributed to the drastic cleanup of
stocks by retailers during 1921 and
the first half of this year.
Trade is booming in ice cream,
candy and confectionery, both at
wholesale and retail. Seattle never
before had sixty days of consecutive
hot weather. and as a result the soda
fountainn and ice cream dealers are
cleaning up small fortunes. The mo-
tion picture houses. however. have
suffered, the afternoon audiences. es
pecially in the more expensive thea
ters. having fallen of decidedly in
the last two weeks.
There is almost double the tonnage
Of strawberries and other small fruits
in cold storage this year than was
stored in 1921. This fruit will be
manufactured into jams and jellies.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
BY GUY TROCKWELL.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, July 27.-The short
age of coal and coke has not been
felt here with any great keenness. 30
far, because the majority OF the large
mills and factories use electric power
furnished by the Cleveland illuminate
ing Company. That institution still
has about thirty days fuel supply on
hand. The shortage is beginning to
be ksenly felt in the steel mills OF
the Mahoning Valley. however.
Higher prices are reported for steel
products because Of the scarcity and
increased prices for coal and coke
and the uncertainty under which the
mills are operating. Pig iron has
risen $3.50 q ton to $26 this week.
Coke has jumped to $14.50 q ton.
Connellsville ovens basis. and talk
of $50 q ton is heard in trade circles
Coal sold today at $S.75 a ton at the
mines or $11 in Cleveland.
Announcement that Otis Steel Is
preparing to construct four open
hearth furnaces. a blooming mill. a
sheet bar mill and a cold-rolled strip
mill, indicates the confidence steel
men have in conditions here. The
new construction will involve ex-
penditure of more than eight and q
half million dollars. All the depart
ments of the Otis company have been
operating at IS per cent of capacity
or better, while the sheet mill has
been running at 100 per cent
Evening star., 1922-07-27
Slowing Down of Business
More for Fear of Future
BY DICK SMITH.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
KANSAS CITY. July 27.-The delay
in the threshing of wheat caused by
wet weather throughout the south
west has been more than offset by the
benefit to corn and pasturage. Crop
conditions. usually the outstanding
influence at this season here. continue
encouraging. but the depressing in
fluence of the coal and rail strikes
continues to grow, although the slow
ing down OF business has been more
the result of fear for the future than
any immediate transportation or fuel
shortage.
The significant development of the
business situation has been the small
ness of the demand for funds to
finance the wheat harvest. With the
harvest over in Kansas, the nations
greatest wheat state. bank deposits
are greater than they were when the
harvest began. The bankers see in
this fact the development of more
efficiency and economy on the farms
and draw the conclusion that the
wheat crop will mean more than in
other years in purchasing power.
Wholesale and retail trade in dry
goods and kindred lines has declined
moderately, but IL the strike situation
clears. the outlook for the remainder
of the year is hopeful. Special end
of-the-season sales are stimulating
retail trade materially just now.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
Commodity Reports
From Various Sections
Clothing.

PHILADELPHIA. July 81 Especially.
Manufacturers of mems and boys
clothing have substantial orders for
fall delivery. Women's cloak and
suit manufacturers are anxiously
awaiting development of fan busi.-
prospects for fall. with fair volume
Of advance sales.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July 27
(Special).-There is continued anx-
iety over possible failure of the rail-
roads to provide transportation for
northwestern parts of the lower
peninsula indicate the cherry crop is
ripening faster than it can be han
died by Gamers, and also that the
size of the crop is greater than any
ed with cherries can be seen daily on
roads into canning centers around
Traverse City.
PITTSBURGH. July 81 (Specia).-.
western Pennsylvania this season has
its greatest crop Of blackberries.
Berries are Of unusual size and in
abundant supply. q,
Lumber.
NEW ORLEANS, July 81 Especially.
Pine lumber orders. which dropped
to about 70 per cent of normal pro-
auction early this month, largely be-
cause of tie rail strike, are again ex-
banding. Building construction and
an increase in export orders are re-
sponsible for gain.
Tobacco.
LANCASTER, Pa, July 81 Especially.
The 1900 acres in tobacco in this
state show q condition Of 50 per cent
a Weld Of 60,37e.0o0 pounds. Quality
Is expected to be excellent.
Leather.
CHICAGO. July 81 tspeciaD.-Im-
proyement il shown here in all
feathers, but actual business has been
somewhat retarded because tanners
are asking at least cents more than
buyers are willing to pay.
Coal.
LONDON, July 81 Especially
American demand for British coal
continues active, the call being main
ly for prompt supplies. which are
available in only limited quantities
here. Many sellers are completely
covered into September. Newcastle
leaders are declining further Ameri-
can forward business until they have
looked after needs of their regular
customers.
PHILADELPHIA. July 81 Especially.
While there are no large stocks Of
domestic size anthracite coal In
stated today that reserves Of pea coal
on hand are ample for fall needs of
householders as a substitute, pro-
vided the public is judicious in its
demand and all do not insist on hav-
ing coal delivered at the same time.
DETROIT, July ~ (Special).-'
First indications that coal shortage
had affected mining operations in the
upper peninsula Of Michigan WIS the
announcement that Charcoal Iron had
reduced its forces BY $50 men at the
Evening star., 1922-07-27
LOCAL SECURITIES
=. & HOLD VERY FIRM
Business Light, But Outside
Prices RuIe-B. & o. Earn
ings Satisfactory.
BY 1. A. FLEMING.

While waiting for further develop
ments in connection with the inquiry
for the 27.500 shares Railway common.
II there be any coming. the market does
not show any uneasiness, but Is just as
firm as 1t can be.
Business was rather light on todays
session of the exchange but the dullness
was not attended by any pressure OF
stocks for sale.
Transactions were generally restricted
to small amounts and the aggregate was
much lighter than usual.
Capital Traction shares firm at 101.
The only sale of Railway common was
odd lot at 579.. the full top of the mar
ket. The preferred sold at 7s1s.
Potomac debenture 6s brought S9%
and Capital Traction 5s 9711.
Lanston Monotype shares rose to 79b,
a new high on this movement.
Federal National Bank shares sold at
Columbia Graphophone.
For the first six months Of the
year S24.900 shares of common stock
of the Columbia Graphophone Com
pany have been sold and bought. and
10000 shares of the preferred stock.
not far from the capital stock. Prices
have ranged from \ to So for the
common and to 81 for the preferred.
Personal Mention.
John B. Larner will spend another
week at his summer home in Pennsyl-
vania
and Trust Company will be away an
other week.
Albert F. Fox. president of the CO.
lumoia National Bank. is resting at
Buena Vista for few weeks.
E L. staudermann. secretary Of the
District Guaranty Corporation. rs
spending short vacation with Mrs.
Staudermann at Virginia Beach.
Capital Traction Earnings.
June earnings of the Capital Trac-
tion Company were s11s,Sss. a de-
crease of $4,000 from the May show
ing and $4,000 from June, 1921.
Shareholders do not nor should they
show the slightest uneaSinesS over
the apparent drop in earnings, as the
expenses will probably show a cor
responding increase, maintenance of
track and way being something of
hobby of the company at this time.
probably more SO than for several
years.
Baltimore & Ohio Earnings.
Railway operating revenues of the
Baltimore and Ohio system for June
produced gross revenues of Sl1,5S0.-
600. an increase of s1.264.000. Operat-
ing expenses, s13.77S.s07, decreased
in comparison with the same month
of last year by s1.210,7Ss.
Net revenue from operation. $3.s03,-
sos. showed an increase as compared
with June, 1921. Of s2.475.2s9. In the
same comparison the net operating
income for June increased s2.S45,1ss.
For six months the net operating
income was S14,5So295, showing an
increase for the first six months of
1921 of S6.94e,S31.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
TARIFF TALK, AFFECTS.
Has Strengthening influence in
Boston Market

BOSTON. July 27 (SpeciaD.-Prog-
ress of wool tariff legislation at
Washington had a Strengthening ef-
feet on the wool market today. but
did not result in materially increas-
ing the volume of trading. Prices
were firm. The demand for medium
secured woods and twelve-month Tex
as continued good At firm prices. The
trade Is watching for the results of
the sales at Cokeful, Wyo., where
100000 pounds will be offered July
81 and August /. to determine the
trend of prices in the west. South
Dakota woods are selling at from 81
to 81 cents in the grease, with about
400. 900 pounds still unsold.
The trend of carpet woods at Liver
pool today was also closely watched.
as buying is expected for American
account.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
ILLINOIS TRACTION EARNINGS

Illinois Traction reports for 1921 3
surplus of 81. 1.4s5.s6l after charges. in
terest, depreciation and taxes. as con-
trasted with $1,475,1ss in the previous
year. The income account showed
S2l.350,SS1. After the payment OF ci-
vidends there remained q surplus OF
$16s ,046. In comparison with $2o9..484.
The company's profit and loss surplus
was $1.sSs,57T. against $l.245,45S.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Potomac Electric deb. 6s-S1 900 at e9E
Capital Tsscton-2e at 1o1. 25 1T 1ol. at
101. S at 101.
Federal National Bank-10 At IT'S.
Lanston Monotype-20 at 1915.
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric deb. 6s-S1 900 at 99A,
8 900 At 99A
Washington Railway and Electric comic
at 57l.
Capital Traction 5s-s4. 600 at e7K.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd-lo
At 1871.
Money-Call loans. 5ae per cent
Evening star., 1922-07-27
LONDON. WOOL ACTIVE.

LONDON. July 27.-At the wool
auction sales. 10.468 bales were Of
fersd. Competition again was active
throughout the home and foreiga
sections. Prices continued on . Arm
basis for all descriptions.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
LIBERTY BONDS
WERE THE LEADERS
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BY Special Leased Wire to The Star
NEW YORK. July 27.-Confiicting
influences were responsible for the
irregularity throughout the bond
market today. The abundant supply
Of money induced further buying of
the United States government issues.
Foreign government external loans
moved uneven1y. as our own domestic
troubles overshadowed in Importance
the news from European centers.
Railway securities became more un-
settled as the continued uncertainty
of strike difficulties partially offset
the effect of June railway earnings
and last weeks favorable car loading
statement The upturn in Consolidated
Gas convertible rs following the
company's declaration of a 81 quar-
terly dividend was the feature of the
industrial list.
Libertys Strong.
Liberty bonds were strong. and the
advance of the fourth ANS was most
conspicuous. This issue got to a new
high record. while the other members
of the group equaled their top hg-
ures for 1922, or sold near their high
points.
The action Of the called and uncall
ed victory AZ per cent notes attract
ed attention, although neither was
much changed.
In the foreign group losses Of
point occurred in the Mexican gov
ernment 5s and Brazil IS. and half
point gains and declines were nu-
merous in other issues. The Japanese
4 per cent sterling loan bonds were
strong.
Action In Rails.
In the railway section, the Seaboard
Air Line stamped As went up over
the st. Paul issues and Erie DIS rose
substantially.
Such issues as Rock Island refund
ing Is and New York, Westchester
and Boston 41ks receded. fractionally.
da but held their sround we were
The dividend action of the Consoli-
dated Gas Company directorate brought
the stock from Z to an per cent
annual basis. and the Improvement
which it caused in the shares was re-
fiected in the convertible Z per cent
bonds. Consolidated Gas stock had
been paying 81 since 1915 and the rate
Of IS had obtained from 1911 to - IA.
Sugar Bonds Slow.
Less interest attached to sugar
bonds today. Punta Allegro Sugar Is
were the strongest. Oil issues were
moderately active and weakness ap-
peared in the Mexican Petroleum IS
and Marland Oil securities.
Pan-Amerfcan Petroleum and Invin-
chile Oil bonds kept steady. Brooklyn
Edison IS, General Electric IS and
American Telephone and Telegraph
convertible IS were the features of the
public utility group. Market Street
Railway consolidated SIS sold on.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19
A SENSE OF HUMOR

Lillian Russell, said to be the best
known woman in America, begins hel
autobiography in Cosmopolitan maga.
zine:
VERY certain am that if there was
good fairy somewhere behind the
scenes when | first made my appear
ance upon this world-whch the i'm
mortal Shakespeare names "a stage
she gave me as her single shining gift,
not the beauty with which | have been
credited (for beauty is merely a mat
ter of Standards not the voice which
inherited from my mother (for
voice is only mental impression d.
rected upon the minds Of listeners)- -
but sense of humor."
Men and women may be talented be-
yond recounting, and their activities
may leave an impress on their fellows
of contemporary times and on down
through the ages, but lacking in sense
of humor how tragic for them are
many incidents and triyiaIities, trag-
edy for them and comedy for those
who behold. There was a time. in
which the cup that cheers was not un-
der the ban, when we might have
called a sense Of humor the wine Of
life. Wen let it 40 now by terming it
a sauce, or salad dressing if you will. |
Dinners served up endlessly with only
the staples.of diet soon pail the health |
lest Of appetites. And life with its
burdens and tasks and problems and |
complexities soon gals TO morosity, If
ones temperament is not fitted TO
catch the fun that eddies at every cur
rent. if one has never learned, or for
gets how to laugh. A sense Of humor
rs the mother Of optimism. a burly,
chuckled-headed youth, who fiays and
pats to route blue devils out Of whole
some joy.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

1t does seem that something is wrong
when the farmer gets SO little for his
livestock and the ultimate consumer
pays so dearly for his roast. steak or
chops. But the retailer holds the whip
hand until American meat eaters learn
how not to demand exclusively the
high priced cuts. Who ever hears these
days of old fashioned boiled dinners?
A restoration Of their popularity will
have more effect on retail meat prices
than all of the Investigations that eco
nomic reformers can devise.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19
MuuA Rtupr Olartpr
Subscription, $500 Per Year.
THE NEW JURY LAWS

Seeking to cure an evil In the jur,
system in Multnomah county. legisla
tors thoughtlessly foisted on every
rural Oregon county, in the repeal Of
the special jury law, system thai
may run the expense of trying Grim
nal and even civil cases into ten-fold
the expense of the former system OF
procedure. At the same session with.
out any apparent effort to set it in
alignment with the new venire law, or
to make the two new laws workable in
conjunction with each other, the legis-
ature adopted the women's jury law,
which provides that any woman, who
wishes, when summoned, may serve on
juries in cases wherein minors are in
volved. The latter law was submitted
to the people and was carried. as we
remember, by small majority. The
law is crudely put. Insofar as it jibes
with existing procedure Of Oregon
courts. Apparently it was adopted by
the legislature to satisfy the whim of
a few overzealous and very earnest
women. The men Legislators, through
extreme chiyalry or more likely
through a fear of political conse-
quences. allowed the measure to go
through and pass thence to the people
themselves, who adopted it. Despite
all this routine. we wonder how many
women in Oregon know that they are
eligible for jury service. We will wa
ger that 80 per cent of the men of the
state, although the measures title ap-
peared on the ballot at the election of
June, 1921, do not realize that Oregon
has women's jury law.
We believe that jury service of women
is fundamentally wrong. The very prov
ince Of woman, her binding ties of the |
home and her natural inclinations elm
mate her. Of course a certain portion |
of women will be ready, either through |
a sincere desire to be of service to the |
body polite or from morbid curiosity,
and be willing to answer a summons
to jury service. Nevertheless the very
nature of things limits to relatively
small percentage of the women citizens
those who are willing and are in posi-
tion to serve on juries.
The burdens that the two new laws,
and the necessity of their application
TO coincide with each other and exist
ing procedure of courts. will entail.
leads US to wonder why the legislature
ioes not have within itself some kind ,
If committee or commission that might {
eliminate just such evils as those in
which courts are now becoming en- I
angled. We always thought such a
existed. If it was in exist
nee at the 1921 session it was not
'unctioning.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19
TEMPERATURE WAS
12aa DEGREES BELOW

Except for the record of q degrees
below zero, during the cold December
of 1919, Tuesday night, with temper
ature of l25 degrees below zero, re-
ported from the West Side cooperative
weather station of Leroy Childs, was
the coldest here in 25 years. Six miles
away at Odell the temperature was 10
degrees below, and in the high altitude
of the Upper Valley but two degrees
below were recorded by the weather
station.
Plumbers are reaping a harvest,
scores of homes reporting frozen pipes.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

Senator Watson, lending his ear tc
vengeful ex-service men. who appar.
emily wish TO get even" for merited
punishments, is endeavoring to be.
smirch the names Of prominent army
officers in his congressional investiea-
tion. 1t is probably true that in in
stances soldiers were treated with
cruelty, and that punishment was
meted out without justice. The cases
were exceptional. however. rather than
the general rule that the Georgia sua-
tol would have the world believe. The
Watson mind is smaller and more vi
cious than those Of the disgruntled vet
Grams. whom be would seek to aid in
bringing dishonor to honorable men.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

Rabbits Of the Walla Walla, Wash.
district have become afflicted with
rabies or have bad access. it il
thought, to moonshine mash piles.
The bunnies are reported to be attack.
ing greyhounds. In instances in their
ferocity they have launched attacks on
poles carrying power wires.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

Leave the oak at the corner OF Oak
and Fourth streets. Il rears itself in
the corner Of the sidewalk and is no
obstruction to traffic. Il took q long
time for the beautiful tree to grow
there. Il is natural ornament The
very axemen who fell it will miss its
protecting boughs.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

If it was an adult who turned in the
recent false fire alarm, he indeed, is
playing with the fire of the law. If it
was some bad boy, and he be caught.
the fremen should aid the father in
administering strap oil.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

January 20, according to announce
ment, is the dead line set for new
automobile license tags. Judging
from the prevailing number of 1921
plates still visible, many motorists are
going to ride over the dead line.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

Taxes, like the youth who ascended
the Alpine pass, are ever pushing up
ward. But we never hear anyone, at
least Of those who pay, crying, lex.
ceIsior -
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19

Soon the men of Hood River like
the rest of the world will be divided
into two camps, those who play golf
and those who do not.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-19
BLUE DIAMONDS TO
MEET THE DALLES

The crack Blue Diamond basketball
team will meet a team from The
Dalles at the high school gym next
Tuesday evening. Fans are looking
for the best game of the season.