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Evening star., 1923-11-29
NO WHEAT SURPLUS
EXISTS, SAYS LITTLE
Kansas Representative Cites Fig
ures to Show Grain Crop
Is Absorbed.

Pursuing his study of wheat statis-
tice. Representative Little of Kansas
declared today that if exports of
wheat continue at the rate they have
been going since harvest all the ex-
portable wheat will be overseas by
New Year day.
There is no surplus" says Mr..
Little. 1.-The figures 1 have received
from the Secretary of Agriculture
show that we have used S0,000.0Q0
bushels as seed and up to November
12 have exported 100000. Sub
tracing this from our total crop this
Year of ISL 10000 bushels, we have
624 100000 bushels with the farmer.
Mr.. Wallace tells me that the people
will eat 537,O00,000 bushels and the
stock will eat 100000 bushels, a
total of $4,000, 900 bushels. This
leaves us 4S,000,000 bushels on the
farms If we export as we have since
harvest this will all be overseas be-
fore New Year day.
The department tells me that
Russia produced no more wheat this
year than il did last year, when we
fed them lest they starve. They will
not cut an acre of wheat below the
equator for weeks and nobody knows
anything about the Argentine prod
uCt. 1t is true Canada produced a
large crop, but about half of it is
NnthraShed and most of that is I'M
stacked in the field, where it will un-
dcrgo November SHOWS, and Canada
will not export as much wheat as ii
did last year.
IF the figures furnished by the de-
partment are correct there is not a
surplus bushel of wheat in the United
States or anywhere else this side of
the planet Mars
Evening star., 1923-11-29
ADJUSTMENTS
San Carlo Company in
MADAME Butterfly"

Mime. Haru Onnki, the petite Japa-
nese prima donna of the San Carlo
Grand Opera Company, in her ex-
quisite portrayal of the little butter
fly who had laid her all on the altar
Of love only to reap the loss of every
thing, was the outstanding figure of
Puccini's sad, but beautiful, opera
Madame Butterfly" at Polls Theater
last evening. Indeed, Nine. Onuki S
realistic performance has come to be
regarded as one of the most beautiful
offerings of Fortune Gallo's splendid
aggregation, which has so much else
OF superior merit in its artistic ac-
complishmentS to entitle it to the
nigh rank it has unquestionably at
tanned. 1t is a thing, apart in operate
effort in which, strangely, the music
or the role, while never lost, Is yet
subordfnated to the portrayal of one
of the most pathetic characters in
opera. And in last evenings per-
fomance the work of the prima donna
seemed all the more remarkable be-
cause of the manifest failure of
Adamo Chiappini to realize the op-
portunities offered in the role OF
Pinkerton.
riage broker, gave a portrayal of the
Willy matchmaker, which fully
matched that of the Japanese prima
donna and won the heartiest approval.
Anita Klinova as Suzuki also was well
cast and the sympathetic qualities of
her voice, particularly in the lower
register, coupled with her tender care
tor the little Butterfly. added strength
to her performance. Mario Vale left
nothing to be desired as Sharpless. and
others of the cast who rendered ade-
quate support included Frances Moro
Evening star., 1923-11-29
MARYLAND LOSES
ON RACE TRACKS
States Estimated Revenue
of $4,000 Not Met Be-
cause of Small Crowds.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispa tch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, November %
With a racing year in Maryland al
most at AN end, it is estimated that
the states revenue from the four one
mile tracks for the year Will fall
short of 100000. In the current bud
get the annual revenue from the
tracks is placed at $1l2.0OO.
Under the present law the amount
the tracks must pay to the state
varies. The law provides that each
of the four onc-mile tracks must pay
$4,000 for each day OF racing and, IN
addition, - per cent of its net
Bad weather and the big foot ball
games here were said to figure in
the falling off OF attendance n the
tracks this fall.
4 proposal was advanced at the last
session of the legislature to do away
with the ! ) per cent tax and to levy
n fee of $4,000. instead OF $4,000. for
each day of racing.
Revival Of this plan at the coming
session of the Legislature is CouSld-
cred not unlikely. That an anti
gambling bill. ostensibly to prevent
betting and ahulishing state control
and licensing OF the tracks, viii be
introduced again is taken for
granted.
The racc-track issue. politicians
say. figured more prominently IN the
recent campaign than has been sup
posed. In some counties, among
them Cecil it is said TO have been Il
considerable factor in the anti Ritchie
vote, the governor being asSailed not
only as Il champion of the vets, but
as a supporter OF race track betting.
1t is thought at this coming session
the governor may point out that
abolition of race-track revenues car
rieS with il the necessity of revising
downward the state budget cXpendi-
lures IO the extent of nearly three
quarters of "A million.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. November %
(SpeciaD D.-Thanksgiving was OBJ
served here today with services rep
resenting all the churches-the three
Episcopal churches separately and the
union services held at the Southern
Methodist Church this morning. Rev.
DR.. Ernest NJ. Delaney, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church, preach
ed the annual Thanksgiving sermon.
He was assisted by the Rev. Robert
Browne. pastor of the Methodist
Protestant Church. and Rev. Frank A.
killmon, pastor of Trinity NJ. T..
Church. as we'll as by Rev. William s.
hammond, who as pastor of the
southern Methodist Church acted as
chairman.
Several hundred attended these
services, while the business of the city
stopped to pay it's annual Thanks
giving tribute. Donations We're be-
ing made this morning III the office OF
the Alexandria Hospital, while the
school children DIN particular We're
the Anne Lee Memorial Home for the
Aged
Word received by Gardner L. Boothe,
counsel for Arthur l.. Reynolds. re-
ceiver for the Washington Virginia
Railway Company. indicates that S3,-
100000 of the company'S first lien
and refunding mortgage bonds, due
January l, 1869. were sold at auction
in Philadelphia yesterday.
According to the message. Edward
Hopkinson, jr., attorney, was the pur-
chaser, acting for the note holders pro-
rective committee of bank officials of
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
The sale was conducted by Samuel T.
Freeman & Co.
The bonds. it was explained, are
part of an authorized issue of S12,-
500, 600, none of which are outStand-
ing. although the $3,000,000 block is
deposited as collateral to secure
$S49,400 4 notes and $S55, 500 b notes.
due January l, 1922, the principal and
| interest of which are in default
Mr.. BOothe said that this was only
! the regular routine in the prelimi-
nary steps for closing up the COM
| pany'S affairs in view of the impend-
| ing foreclosure, which was authorized
! in the appointment of Il receiver.
The naming of a coreceiver for the
! District of Columbia of the railroad is
| believed not to be feared. The court
! last week took the matter under ad-
! visement and has not yet made any
| recommendation.
Charges made in the last Intervening
petition filed by Charles H Merillat, at
| torney for Matte NJ. Newcomer are
being investigated by counsel for the
receiver.
J. Lawrence Magner of Hume Springs,
was slightly injured yesterday after
noon, when the car he was driving col
lided with a machine driven by the Rev.
+. b. Mcclure, a Baltimore priest, at
the intersection of Russell road and
King street Neither car was damaged
badly. The case will be heard in police
court tomorrow. Masners injuries con-
sisAd of a deep cut on the arm and
other cuts and bruises. He was treated
at the Alexandria Hospital.
Funeral services for Thomas Spicer,
who died Tuesday near CuIpeper, will
be held from Wheatley's chapel tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock. Services will
be conducted by Rev. Owen p. Lloyd.
Burial will be in Bethel cemetery.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
BOOSTERS WELCOMED
BY FAIRFAX CROWD
Speeches Feature Gathering Of
Alexandria Party at
Courthouse.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, November 29.-More
than $50 autos containing approx
mately 600 persons. members or the
Alexandria Boosters Club and Alex
andria Chamber Of Commerce. jour
moved to Fairfax Tuesday over the
newly completed Little River pike,
which was opened Saturday last.
The crowd left Alexandria about
pm. and made it's first stop at the
Lineoluia School. where ice cream and
prizes were distributed. The next
stop was made at the Annandale
school and the crowd arrived at Fair
fax about pm.
A large number of persons from
Fairfax and the adjoining county
assembled on the courthouse green
and a speech was made by Mr..
Waller, president of the Boosters
Club and the address of welcome was
delivered by r r. Keith.
Prizes were tnen distributed TO the
number of about a hundred. These
were donated by the merchants of
Alexandria and consisted OF tires,
toilet articles, electric fixtures, etc.
After the ceremonies on the court
house green the Boosters were enter
tanned at the home of Thomas r.
Keith.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
BOY SEVERELY BURNED.
Children Playing With Matches
Cause Gasoline Explosion.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MOUNT RAINIER. Md, November
2s.-An accident which may result in
serious injury of seven-year-old Perry
Boswell, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
ry Boswell of Newton street, this
place, was caused yesterday after
noon by children playing with
matches.
Little Perry and Oscar Anderson
were playing in the yard at the lat
ter's home. An old automobile, which
had been unused for months, was
parked there. One of the boys threw
a lighted match in the gasoline tank.
The Boswell boy then went to look
into the tank when it exploded, burn
ing him severely about the head and
face.
File was removed to Sibley Hospital.
where the doctors this morning were
unable to state just how serious the
injuries may be. The boys father
was former mayor of Mount Rainier.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
"HARD" COAL IN VIRGINIA,
u. S. Shows Decreasing Anthracite
Has Substitute Prospect.

Coal mined in southwestern vir-
ginia. in or near the great valley
in Montgomery, Pulaski and Wythe
counties, offers the most promising
substitutes for the anthracite coal
mined in Pennsylvania, which is de-
creasing in quantity, while the price
steadily mounts. the geological sur
vey of the Interior Department an
nounced today. The most promising
of these coal fields, called the Valley
fields, have recently been examined
by the survey in cooperation with
the geological survey of Virginia.
The coal is not an anthracite coal
but has distinctive properties which
make it nearly the equal of anthra-
cite in heating volume If treated prop
erly 1t falls into the class called
"semi-anthracite," but if properly
cleaned, the survey says, it will per-
haps be an even more attractive fuel
for some purposes than the dry" an
thracite of the Pennsylvania fields.
The worst feature of the coal is its
high percentage of ash.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
$4,000 DAMAGES ASKED
FOR DEATH IN CARD GAME
Defendant Had Been Acquitted in
Criminal Action for Fatal
Shooting.
snecial nisnatch 10 Tho star.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
MARTINSBURG, ". Va. November
29.-PreIimiuary pancrs in a suit for
$4,000 damages have been filed in
circuit court here Tor the estate of
The late Edward SOnuers against
Sheriff William Dean and his bonding
company. the bill OF declarations COW
ering fifty pages.
Sonners was killed during a raid by
officers on a card game near this
city early in August. The sheriff and
two Of his deputies We're charged
with having fired the fatal shot and
tried early this month. Sheriff Dean
and Deputy Charles Jack were lib
Grated when the court sustained a
motion to direct verdict in their
favor because there was no evidence
showing that they had fired in the
direction of where Sonners was found.
The court directed that the verdict
against the other deputy be either
guilty of involuntary manslaughter
or not guilty, and the jury found him
not guilty
Evening star., 1923-11-29
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH.
Dress Catches Fire From Open
Crate.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, November 90
Emily Ellington, aged four. was
burned to death in her home here
yesterday. Her mother had left her
but a moment while she went to see
one of the other children off for
school, and when she returned to the
room the little girl was in a blaze,
her dress having caught from an open
fire.
She was rushed to a hospital, but
died within an hour. Mrs Ellington
was severely burned in her effort to
save her daughter from burning.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

sini as Kate Pinkerton: Natalie Cervi
as Yamadoro and Pietro de Biasi as
the Bonze.
Carlo Peroni welded the baton both
during the opera and the ballet music,
when the Pavley Oukrainsky Ballet
gave the gypsy dance from the fourth
act of Carmen, which was one of the
brilliant and delightful features of
the evening.
This afternoon Flotow's opera,
Martha" will be given and "Tosca"
Will be sung tonight.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
MISS TRINKLE ILL.
Daughter of Governor Has Slight
Attack of Diphtheria.
snac;sI pisnstcb to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, November %
Helen Sue Trinkle. daughter of the
governor, is Sonfined to the mansion
by a slight attack of diphtheria. She
was to have appeared in a Mother
Goose" play at the school which she
attends, but the physicians refused to
let her leave the house.
All the children in the school have
been examined. The reception to be
given to the visiting teachers by the
governor at the mansion has been
transferred to the capitol.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
HAMMER KILLS MAN.
Accidentally Released When En-
ploye Falls in Foundry.
Special Dispatch to The star.
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special Dispatch to The star.
MARTINSBUPG. w Va. November
29.-James +. Hess, aged seventy, a
former resident of this city, will be
buried here tomorrow, following his
death in WayneSboro, Pa, when he
fell while at work in the forge shop
OF the F'rick Company, there, and in
falling released the lever that operat-
ed a trip hammer. The hammer fell
on his head, killing him instantly.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

The mineral tourmaline becomes
electric under pressure and magnetic
when heated in peat ashes.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
CLIFFORD THORNE BURIED

WASHINGTON. Iowa, November 80
Funeral services for Clifford Thorne,
noted Iowa lawyer, who died in Lon
don November Is, were held at the
Methodist Church here yesterday.
More than 1900 persons attended.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

The soy bean will produce a milk
at one-sixth the cost of ordinary
milk and with a fat content Of 20 per
cent,
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Slip-Ons, 81

Wool and Mohair Slip-on,.
in wanted colors. The Mo
hair Slip-ons have a thread
silk border at the bottom.
Cotton Waists, 75c. With
the popular Peter Pan coll
lars and Y necks. Slightly
Soiled or mus ssed.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Hats, 81

Velvet and Felt Hats marked
down from our regular stock.
They are in a variety of
shapes and styles. These are
very low priced, and there
fore represent values OF a
most unusual character.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Wool Hose, 81 Pair

This low price wool hose in camel and gray
is possible because OF special purchase.
Sizes from 81 to 91I. A few pairs would make
a splendid gift.
Silk Hose, 81. Pure thread silk hose, full fash
ioned in log cabin, beige and grays Sizes so
to 10 Slightly irregular.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Palisadian., 1923-05-18
Public Service
For the Particular
Woman

The Electric Curling Iron
keeps the coiffure neatly
dressed.
The Electric Vibrator Is
soothing, restful. Tired
nerves relax under it's use
tired lines disappear from
the face.
The Electric Hair Dryer
takes all the disagreeable
features out of the shampoo.
Hair dried electrically is
beautifully fluffy, and ap-
pears to be much more abun-
dant.
Palisadian., 1923-05-18
BY
r. JULES DUPON
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Some people like to read the jokes
About the Mayor and other guys.
They think they're very funny,
And they call the author wise.
They hold their sides, laugh in glee
At different things he wrote;
But when the joke is turned on them,
1t sure does get their goat.
DEFINITIONS
SEWERS.-That modern conven-
ience that the folks in West Grant
wood and West Coytesville are al
ways talking about
TACT.--That which prevents a
gray-haired old man from reminding
a younglooking woman about the
time they went to school together.
THRIFT.-That which prompts the
telephone comany to issue an order
to the effect that no operator shall
tell subscriber the time of day In
stead of saying, 50 O'clock she saves
a lot of time and trouble by saying:
81 am very sorry, but we are not per-
mitted, under the rules of the COM
pany, to give you the time of day"
LOVE.-That quality which per-
suades a stenographer to marry her
boss and work for him thereafter
without any salary.
Another case of stineiness
Is Jeremiah Heath;
He takes his food in capsules
So he can save his teeth.
ONE FINE THING ABOUT BEING
RY FROM THE FIVE AND TEN
CENT STORE AND GET AWAY
WITH 1T.
One Good Point
Prohibition, of course, has it's bad
features, but it has some good ones
as well-at least when you go up to
soda fountain you are not approached
by some weepy fellow who wants to
tell you the sad story of his downfall.
It takes
14o nuts
to hold
Ford to-
gether
and only
one to
hold it
on the road.
Would you dare say of the mara
thon dancers that they are tripping
the light fanatic?"
Ii a boy is a lad and he has a step
father, would he necessarily be a
step-ladder?
" y
A wise man with spring garden
will always make it small enough for
his wife to finish.
Evening journal., 1923-01-16
Woman So Ill
Gould NOT STAND
Says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Made Her Well
and Strong

Glens Falls, N. Y" For over two
months l was so sick Twas not able to
Evening journal., 1923-01-16
Uncle IedS Bedtime Stories
British and French Debts
African Spells Of War Can Pay Them

grazing lands. and the wide agricul-
tural districts have produced but a
very small part Of what they are cap
able OF yielding? The riches of our
own great West were not known
until the country had been thor
-oughly explored and prospected.
| There has been no attempt as yet.
even 10 discover all the wealth that
those African colonies contain.
But even the little that has al
ready been done" by the white set
tiers has disclosed a great variety
OF products that in the future can
be increased and made to yield rich
returns. Just let me give you a
list Of some OF them: Cocoa, rub
Der. rice, maize. yams. tobacco, cot.
ton. kaDOk. coffee, copal. copra, kola
nuts kaflir corn. sisal fibre, sorg-
hum, bananas. vanilla, tea. manioc.
palm oil. palm kernels dyewoods.
ivory. guano. hides and skins. cop
per. marble. gold. sulphur. iron,
mica, garnets. salt. lead, agates. to-
paz and diamonds. Why. children.
more than S72.0OO,O0O worth Of dia-
monds alone have been found in
those new countries. and the diamond
mines are being enlarged all the
time. There are about $3.50, 900
cattle there. 7.450,0O0 sheep and
goats, and 10000 horses. Animal
diseases. poisonous bugs and wild
animals have prevented larger herds.
but they will all give way 10 mod
ern methods OF science.
Now. why is all this OF so much
interest TO the United States? I Will
tell you. I have told you before Of
the huge debts owed by Great Brit
ain and France to this country. The
British debt amounts 70 about S4,-
OO.OO0,OOO and the French debt
equals $4,000, 100000. Our govern
ment Is being urged all the time 10
cancel a part or all OF those debts
on the ground that their payment
would place an awful burden on the
British and French people. who
might, indeed. never be able 10 pay
them. In everything that the Brit
ish and French representatives have |
said about their debts and their |
ability to meet them. they have been /
very careful never to mention the |
rich African spells they grabbed |
from Germany in the war. They 1
want TO get the very best terms they /
can from the United States before
there Is anything said about the
wealth that Is going TO come out of
Africa and flow into their treasures.
But the people IN this country
ought 10 be alive TO all the facts. We
have heard so much about the ex-
RENE poverty OF these countries.
hat we are apt 10 overlook the ire
nendous extent of their new African
and 10 forget 10 credit
hem with the greatest wealth that
s going to come from those new
territories in the years before US.
Every estimate OF their value, based
n what is already known about them
md on the history OF the develop
nent OF similar areas in other parts
II the world. indicates that enough
an easily be realized from them to
ay the British and French debts"
Evening journal., 1923-01-16

The Plant Juice Man ~ that city
Mr. Hall is a we'll known railroad
man, having been employed by the
Southern Railway Co. for the past
four years. Continuing. he eaid:
For about four years had been
troubled with catarrh OF the head
and throat. II caused a constant
dripping into my throat and my head
was stopped up all the time. tried
many medicines for this trouble and
spent a great deal OF money. but the
best 1 ever got from anything was a
little relief for a few days.
"A friend told me about Plant
Juice. This man had suffered from
trouble similar TO mine and he
said he had derived wonderful re-
lief from taking Plant Juice and so
I decided 10 give Il a trial. That
was one OF the best decisions I ever
made IN my life because your med
icine has completely relieved me Of
my catarrhal trouble. My head IS
as clear as a bell now and all that
congestion 1 used 20 have in my
throat has disappeared. Plant Juice
also relieved me Of bowel trouble
with which I had suffered for
long time"
Plant Juice is sold IN Wilmington
at the Miller drug store 400 Market
street; in New Castle by z. Chal-
lenger and Son; in Newport by G.
b. White; IN Newark by W. +.
Brown.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1923-01-16

bonds. grains. coffee and sugar.
700 p. m.-Adventure stories Of
travel.
7.3O p. m.-"why a Corporate
Trustee?" by Il. Kelsler
7.45 p. m.-Concert by Clara
Brockhurst. contralto.
s.45 p. m.-"Broadcasting Broad
way" by Bertha Brainard.
9.15 p. m.-Concert by Erna Ca
velle. soprano. and Kurt Dieterle,
viollnist.
9.55 p. Huntington time sig
nails. weather forecast.
1000 p. m.-Program continued
by Erna Cavelle. soprano. and Kurt
Dieterle. voiiin'st.
Station kDkA, Pittsburgh
700 p. m-Newe. fashions and
fads for women. health hints.
7.3O p. m.-Bedtime story for chill
dren.
7.45 p. m.-Report OF the New
York Stock Exchange.
500 p m.-Addresses by promi-
nent business men and women.
$50 p. m.-Piano and cello re-
cltal by Professor Vladimir Karap-
etoff. OF Correll University: Mar
garette Schotte. soprano. and Mrs
Hazel Harnish, composer and accom-
PIANIST.
Evening journal., 1923-01-16
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