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Evening star., 1923-01-06
PARIS PARLEY F|zzLE
LOWERS GRAIN PRICES
BY the Associated Press.

by tne ABsOCldtcu Fress.
CHICAGO, January 6.-Fizzling out
of the reparations conference at Paris
has been an important factor this
week toward bringing prices down in
the wheat market here. Compared
with a week ago, wheat this morning
showed declines ranging from ] to
3B; corn was u toss off. and oats,
v lower, to a shade advance. In pro-
visions, there were net gains of to
40.
Before hope faded that the Paris
conference would solve the repara-
tions problem, confidence OF holders
Of wheat had been disturbed by big
domestic receipts and by knowledge
that the new crop in Argentina was
evidence that Canada was competing
sharply. Besides. a substantial In
crease of the United States visible
supply total gave emphasis to the
heavy arrivals of wheat at primary
centers-arrivals that In frequent
corresnonding amounts a year ago.
L Purchasing Of wheat to be shipped
from ports on the Gulf of Mexico and
indications that O. large amount of
rye has also been bought for export
led, however, to moderate rallies in
the wheat market at times. Rela-
tive steadiness, too, OF breadstun
prices at Liverpool tended further to
induce belief in some quarters here
that there had been decline enough,
and as the week drew to an end con-
siderable notice also was taken of gos-
sip that -four business had picked up.
Falling off in the volume OF corn
receipts helped to prevent corn and
oats following to any great extent
the decline of the wheat market.
Upturns in the value OF hogs
strengthened the provision market.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
TONE HOLDS FIRM
IN BOND MARKET
High Grade Utilities in Spe.
ciaI Demand During Two
Hour Session.
BY GEORGE IT. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, January 6.-The bond
market continues to show a firm tone
today, Notwithstanding unfavorable
news from abroad. Activity. however,
was limited by the knowledge that a
large number of new issues are pend
ing. several of which will be offered
next week.
The Armour & Co. $5o,ooo,oo first
mortgage 51Rs will be put on the
market Monday at 96. to yield 5.75 per
cent. considerable amount of new
equipment trust financing is also sched-
uled Tor the immediate future, and the
erect is to make dealers and traders
hesltate before taking on large lines of
outstanding issues.
High-Grade Issues Demanded.
The best buying today. as during
the entire week, was seen in the high
grade utilities, such as Buffalo Cen
eral Electric first SIS. which sell over
the counter around 100&. Among
listed bonds those of the grade of
New York Gas and Electric Light
Heat and Power first 5s were in de-
chesapeake and Ohio consolidated 5s,
Chesapeake and Ohio consolidated SIS
were also taken around 101. The
premium did not seem to discourage
buyers in search of this class of Sc
curity.
Among the second grade and spec
ulative issues. the Chesapeake and
Ohio convertible Az s and convertible
be were active and higher. The AVS
maturing in 1880 at todays price of
80. yield about 6.3 per cent. which is
high for short-term issue. Denver
and Rio Grande refunding 5s, in
which speculation has been so active
OF late. dropped back again today
Toledo. st. Louis and Western is ad-
RhaFnlV he hof Iixyf
dends had been declared on the stock
Brier Hill Steel sig were heavily
dealt In at advancing prices.
Reaction In French Bonds.
There was continued reaction in
French securities. both the 7hs and
the IS losing ground. Belgian bonds
were also comparatively weak. AS
yesterday. the noteworthy thing was
that the losses were so small and that
other foreign bonds were so little af-
fected. Swiss IS for instance, sold
higher today.
All the liberty issues were steady
and price changes were mostly
higher.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE. January Especially
Live poultry-Turkeys, pound. 40a45:
old toms. 35: poor and crooked breasts,
80; spring chickens, 27a28; poor and
Leghorns, 20a25; old hens. 24a27; small
and Leghorns. 20a22: old roosters. 16a
II; ducks, 20a27; geese. 20a97; pigeons,
pair. 30a35; guinea fowl, each. 40a70.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, 42a46;
old toms, 36a3S; poor and crooke
breasts. 80; young chickens. 27a2S; old
and mixed. 26a27: old roosters, 17al8;
ducks, 25a30; geese, 24a30.
Eggs-Loss off: native and nearby,
firsts, dozen, 4S; southern. 46.
Butter-Creamery, fancy. pound, 81 !;
prints, SASS; nearby creamery, Sass
ladies. 35a36; rolls. 33a35; store packed,
sla'si sar fiaasi dairy pFin'Sis'a'S process but
Evening star., 1923-01-06
BUTTER PRICES FIRM.
Market in Best Condition Since
Early in December.

CHICAGO, January 6.-For the first
time since early December butter
market trading for the week ending
today took on a firm tone.
The reaction from the weak period,
generally occurring after the holi-
days. was said to be stronger than
usual, largely due to the statistical
position of the market and the large
buying power OF the public. Decreas-
ed supplies of both domestic and i'm
port stocks added to the reaction.
Weakness of the market centered
on medium to high scores of fresh
butter, with bottom orders holding
firm. Prices for 80 score stock closed
yesterday as follows: Chicago, 50h,
"A point gain; New York, So, X point
loss; Boston, SO, 1 point loss; PhiIa-
delphia, So, points loss.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
TWELVE BELIEVED DEAD
IN VANCOUVER WRECK
Failure of Telegraph Service De-
Lays News of Ship
Disaster.

VICTORIA, B. c., January g.
Paralysis of telesraphic service on
the west coast of Vancouver Island
was blamed by shipping men here
Der twelve, in the wrecking of the
steamer Alaskan near Pachena point
However, their fate remains uncer-
tain, except for three bodies washed
ashore.
Arthur Gordon. keeper of the light
at Pachena point, reported Thurs
day as soon as he could establish wire
communication with the Dominion
department of marine, that Tuesday
evening he had seen distress flares.
Twenty miles from Gordon was the
Bamfield life saving station, but he
was unable to send any word to them,
having nobody to dispatch over the
tangled trail.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
IL KILLED; 40 INJURED.
Old Shells Explode at Shop of Junk
Dealer.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tho ABsocIAteu Fress.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, January g.
Twelve persons were killed and forty
injured here in an explosion Of old
shells at the establishment of junk
dealer. Many persons are missing.
-Four houses were wrecked when
the 500 pounds of explosives went off,
and doors and windows in the whole
quarter were shattered. The dealer
purchased the shells from the inter-
allied disarmament commission. which
is liquidating the Bulgarian war
stocks under the terms of the peace
treaty.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
NEW WANAMAKER HEAD.

PHILADELPHIA. January 6.-An-
ings of the board of directors of
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, and
John Wanamaker, New York, Rodman
Wanamaker was elected president of
both corporations. succeeding his
father, the late John Wanamaker.
William l.. Sevin was elected vice
president Of both corporations.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
KITCHEN MEALS HIS BANE.
s. T. Hunter, in Divorce Answer,
Saws Odors Spoiled Appetite.

Samuel T. Hunter. a jewelry sales.
man. in his answer to a suit for
limited divorce filed by his wife. EN-
ma Hunter. claims he was ordered
from the house by her when he COM
planned against having his meals
served in the Kitchen. The odor OF
cooking took away his appetite, the
husband asserts. He denies the state
ment of the wife that when he mar
ried her he thought she had $4,000
and was disappointed when he learned
she was not SO well off. He also de-
mics the desertion alleged by the wife
Evening star., 1923-01-06
ToDAY's COTTON PRICES,

NEW YORK, January 6.-Cotton
futures closed steady January, 26.42;
March, 1851; May. 1851: July 1855;
October, 24.75. Spot cotton, quiet;
middling. $3.50.
NEW ORLEANS, January 6-Cotton
futures closed steady at a net loss of
to 16 points. January. 26.2S; March,
26.31; May, 26.32; July. 26.12; October,
24.32
Evening star., 1923-01-06
BAR SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, January 6.-Bar silver,
81 15-16d per ounce. Money, " per
cent. Discount rates-Short bills,
2ha a2A per cent; three-month bills,
"a a2H per cent.
NEW YORK. January 6.-Foreigp
barJsilver, 65%; Mexican dollars, so.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
CAUSE BIC SLUMP
INBANK ACCOUNTS

Individual bank accounts receiv-
ed their annual pre-holiday attack
and now average 30 to 40 per cent
lower than a month ago, according
to a statement today by the De-
partment Of Commerce.
The statement adds that retail
trade generally has suffered its
usual seasonal slump since Christ
mas, but figures are not complete.
The department has found that
the depletion of the individual
bank balances had gone to account
for one of the greatest holiday
trade records Of recent years, but
it has not yet obtained definite
statistics on the total.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
PARIS B0URSE QUIET.

PARIS, January 6.-Trading was
quiet on the bourse today. Three per
cent rentes, So francs IS centimes.
centimes. Five per cent loan, rs
francs 35 centimes. The dollar was
quoted at IA francs 21h centimes.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, January 6.-Foreign
exchanges easy. Great Britain, de-
mand, 4.64h; cables. 4.64%; 60-day
mand, .O6s6; cables. .60s7. Italy, de
mand. .05061 "; cables, .o5O7 Belgium,
demand, .0641h: cables. .0642. Ger
many, demand, .000116; cables,
.000117. Holland. demand, 1856;
cables, 1850. Norway, demand, 1898;
Sweden, demand, .2692; Denmark, de-
mand, .2045; Switzerland. demand,
.ss4; Spain, demand, 1872; Greece,
demand, .0116; Poland. demand,
.000055; Czechoslovakia, demand,
.o2S1: Argentina, holiday; Brazil,
holiday; Montreal, .S9%.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.

NEW YORK, January 6.-The actual
condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
Give days) show a deficit in reserve
of $37.012.940. This is a decrease of
61,956,076.
Evening star., 1923-01-06

Standard Oil OF California has an
rounced a reduction effective today of
its offered price for crude oil. No
change was made in the 60-cent per
barrel base price of IA to 10 degrees
gravity crude
Evening star., 1923-01-06

Nine. Alexandra Kolontal, Russia's S
leading feminist, has been appointed
assistant to the chief of the soviet
political mission in Norway.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
CHICAGo srocK MApkrr

CHICAGO. January 6.-Following is
a report of today's sales, high, low
and closing quotations at the Chicago
Stock Exchange:
Evening star., 1923-01-06
uosroN STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON. January 6.-Following is
a list of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1923-01-06

Construction is under way today of
p trunk pipe line between the Teapot
Dome area of the Salt Creek oil fields
In Wyoming and the eastern termi
nal of the Sinclair Pipe Line Com
pany at Freeman, Mo.
Evening star., 1923-01-06

Sugar futures closed steady: ap-
proximate sales, 5000 tons; March,
3.39; May, 3.49; July, 3.61; Septem-
Der, 1858.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
WALL STREET NOTES.

NEW YORK, January 6.-During
the last quarter of 1922 there were
65,66 General Motors stockholders. a
decrease of about $500 from the pre-
ceding quarter.
Evening star., 1923-01-06

The Oil City Refineries. at Oil City,
Pa, today announced an advance OF
a half cent in the price of neutrais.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Matrimonial Agents
Affect Social Airs

Paris.-Matrimonial agencies have
mounted in the social scale higher In
France since the war. The shortage
Of men has made the women more
anxious to secure one and has made
the men more exacting about securing
the best possible one.
The matrimonial agencies practice
a ceremonious discretion in all the for
malities Of arranging the meetings Of
their clients combined with the hard
practically Of a p~awnbroker in exam-
lining the "dot" Of the woman or the
financial ~pretensions Of the man
The most ambitious of the matrimo-
NAL agencies have connections with So
cially prominent women and manage
to introduce their clients to each other
at q tea or reception under the most
impeccably natural circumstances.
Or If the maj is not inclined to
spend enough money to stage such a
meeting as this, his next choice on
the scale of tariffs Is a rendezvous
during the intermisslon of a concert
or at the races, where an imposing
dowager, acting for the agency, Will
recognize the young man and present
him, as a matter Of course, to the girl
who is with her.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Produce Hens Eggs
Twice Ordinary Size

Winlock, Wash.-Hens' eggs averag-
ing nearly twice the ordinary size are
NOW produced by some queer-looking
chickens on the ranch of William
Stubs, near here. The type of big
egg producers has resulted in the sue
cessfuI crossing Of the well-known Leg
horn breed with imported fowls from
South Manchuria.
A species of hen In North China and
Manchuria was reported by the United
States consul as capable Of laying eggs
of which FIVE to six weighed a pound,
The largest American eggs average
more han seven to a pound, the or
binary nine and the very common
about 10.
The Manchurian hens brought here
last summer were mated with pure
blooded Leghorn ROSTERS and the re-
sulting eggs Matched. The imported
hens are black and the Leghorn ia
white, and some of the chicks have
white and black feathers.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
u. S. MEASURES
ROADS, VALUES
Device Records Traffic en- High
ways Constructed with
Government Aid.

Washington.-Uncle Sam is taking
an automatic permanent record OF the
economic worth of our highways,
which he is helping the individual
states to build, that will also show
the development of highway trans
portation.
An automatic device for recording
traffic which shows not only the num-
Der Of vehicles which pass over it, but
also their weight, is now being In
stalled on the MISREPRESENTATION
boulevard In front Of the campus of
the University of Maryland at College
park, Maryland, through cooperation
of the university with the state roads
commission of Maryland. Officials Of
the Department of Agriculture expect
this device to confirm the results Of
Investigations previously made which
show that a good road is such a pay
ing investment that it is the poorest
kind of business judgment to do with
out it.
Establishes Road Worth.
This device which is being installed
on the Observation-Disclosures road was
thought out in the bureau of public
roads.
1.-THE value that such a record will
nave is most obvious" said Dean A. N.
Johnson of the engineering department
Of the university. ut viii give a basis
for determining the economic worth Of
our roads and Indicate into what our
highway transportation is developing"
Work is in progress at the univer-
sity at present Of celebrating the ap-
paratus, casting the slabs of which will
form the covering, and otherwise get
ting everything in readiness for the
installation.
This first installation will be expert
mental, for the purpose of perfecting
and developing the apparatus. When
installed the roadway will be unim-
paired, the concrete slabs, which will
form the covering, being so laid as to
preserve intact the original surface.
This is highly important in order that,
as the traffic rolls over the apparatus,
there will be no inequalities in the sur
face which would induce the impact
loads.
Show Highways Repay Cost.
The United States bureau Of publie
roads produces figures based on a sur
vey of traffic in Connecticut 10 prove
that a good road soon repays all it
cost. An actual count Of the traffic on
the Boston post road showed that the
average weight of vehicles and COM
modities passing over the road in nine
hours each day was LAO tons. Add
Ing one-third as a conservative estl-
mate for the full day increases the
weight to 1920 gross tons daily. /
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
SCIENTIST SAYS MEN DO
NOT USE ALL OF BRAIN
Taking Place in Human
World Very Rapidly.

aondon.-We do not use our brains
half their capacity, says Sir Arthur
ZAth. British scientist, who has just
Returned from the African jungle,
where he made a minute study of the
brains of gorillas and gibbons.
'Most Of u.s. declares Sir Arthur,
shave more brains than we know what
to do with"
The famous an~thropologist said that
changes are gov taking place In the
human. world more rapidly than at
any former period, but that the time
hiss not yet come for the production
ef superman. During the war, he ex-
platnad, the average stature for a man
was s feet 8 inches, the same as in
ne neonxhsc period. The average for
zpen Leading professional lives Is 5
Feet s inches.
The scientist says he Is convinced
that certaln characteristics, which +
EASILY recognized In the bodies Of a
Sarge proportion Of our modern popu-
aation, are Of recent origin. The most
plastic bone In the human body, he
said. is that under the gums. Ia which
the teeth are rooted, and II is here
chat the most marked changes are to
ho noted
'Tn quite 30 per cent of the people
sszs bone" continued SIR Arthur, Elm
pksad Of spreading outward and giving
me roof Of the mouth a wide and
buw vault, as In prehistoric races,
groves IA i vertical direction. giving
MhA palate q narrow and high arch.
en- these contracted palates there
n nclsnger room for the normal num-
bar ef teeth. Such as appear r
azowdad, the wisdom teeth often tail
~ cut or are absent altogether.
s4Lha recession OF the teeth give the
mo&arn none and chin an undue prom
EnaAcy; the tendency OF all modern
9hanxes Is toward the production Of
hpng ana marrow faces. The 'adenoiA'
Rype Of face. With which medical men
GrA 40 familiar In modarn children,
N&a unknown Ia prehistoric times"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Tobacco Juice Routs
Bull That freed Men,

Kingston, n. FRANK Do
bert and Henry Wingle, while
working In the woods near here
were attacked by a bull. The
men hastily climbed a tree,
thinking the animal would soon,8
leave, but 1t kept them treede
nearly an hour.
Finally Dobert suggested spit-
ting tobacco juice in the ami
mails eyes. After several wilds
shots ~Dobert scored a bull's-eye
which started the animal at top
speed toward the mountains.
The men then descended andE
resumed work.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Claimant for Age Record.

London.-The latest entrant for In
ternational old age honors is a Hun
garian woman by the name Of Antonio
Lippai, whose age is authenticated at
ona hundred and twenty-five years.
She is reported to be In excellent
health and very active.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Show Highways Repay Cost.


Augusta, Me.-Governor Baxter or
dered the flag on the statehouse
placed at half mast in memor of
Garry, his Irish setter and for many
a his constant companion. He
buried the dog on his island estate.
near Portland.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Test Shows Sweet Foods
Are Injurious to Teeth

San Francisco. = Experiments con
Quoted on convicts at San Quentin
prison to determine the effect Of sweet
foods on the teeth revealed that such
foods were injurious, according to a
report made to the annual convention
Of the California State Dentists as
zoclation.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Fireman
Dearle
By Henry Firth.
CONTINUED FROM 9Th PAGE

There! Cruel I call It. I'd
never treat a man like that
mo. Nell, and | won't be treated
that way, either. I'll give her up!
You can write and tell her ] won't
lump it. All, Nell, my girl, I'm
regular done now. Thank you, lass,
I'll see you this evening
At the usual spot, | s%uppose?'
.Ay, at the little stile; seven
sharp
ELLEN went away not taking any
notice of me whatsomever. So |
came up to Tom. and said
You and Nellie seem pretty
thick, my lad
Az, not bad that way. Phoebe
has turned me on.
"I don't believe 1t now.
What! When l tell you I've
see her words, no, heard them
all the same. She says l may take
1t or leave it; lump it" is her
words.
.Phoebe Mayburn never used
them words, I'll swear, Tom. She's
a lady, she Isl
"A nice lady to turn over a poor
aremanl No; I'm going on the other
line. III put up Nellie in church on
Sunday, sure's my names Tom.
land you'll be sorry for it, Tom.
Not me, vas his answer, in
them very words. .Nell's a splendid
girl. as handsome as paint
.Then, sir. / knew all interference
was useless-like, so l said no more,
oh, it was a shamei"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
New Use for Income Tax Form.

London.-It is now proposed by the
chancellor of the exehequer to sell
space on income tax forms and other
government papers for advertising
purposes. 1t is claimed that about
S2,5O0,OO0 can be raised in this a
ner.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
AS SEEN FROM
THE SUNNY SIDE

~.
ness Ia TINS CITY one morning some
int since MS wufe approached MIN.
Blliy, SAID she IA coaxIui ac-
cents cant you let me nave q
llttie coinF am beginning 70 look
2 perfect fright. nave worn my
taliormade gown at least three thou-
sano umes inc also need a new
nat,
aM @Wluily sVlly' uSaI, inB1
Jscteu RHiy' Milnous 9 piush' p3e :
haven so1 q cent 70 spare az sne
present time. pau my Insurance
ana some othe oHis YESTERDAY, ana
| leei like q sheareo sheep. 4 you
caH wait q lew udys -
Anae "hae sou alWays say PIT
~ Orohe e Tue soou lady' isploVT
ihsis iou nsEei AYE any iloies
Wheh want IT, pot ! suppose | can
put on a hlmoha ana stay IA the
mousse an
Billy made a hdnch OF other ex-
cuses that would have been exploded
like a toy balloon by a cross-examln-
ing lawyer anu enen nuseieu 1oF nis
Train.
ABOUT = elock '9a1 hlshe MIS-.
ply aWoKe win a sudden start ana
aheel ineenely ilseenins ~ q Mohen1'
ssAsly snooh her nuspanu.
Billy, sne IN lrlsht-
ehs@ voice. enefe > SOMEONE IN lne
mouse! l hearo d loolstep on the
stairs, 2 sheh IN Inc o~ihlng-roomi
you're Dreaming was tne oouDt-
ing response or n sdroWsy Wllllam.
1T was sparrows waking on 4 TIN
rooi or a mouse oanclng the mlnuet;
nav nealo enem loes ot tlmes' ana
Il tell you heard 1ootsteps' was
the positive reJoinder OF Mrs. Bllly.
Don't Q suppose thai can ell
the sound OF a sparrow claw from
a No, . brogang II you don't get up
and see what 1t is Will go down
myself even II | get shot as full OF
shots as a veteran on the govern
ment pension roll"
There was no help for it. Billy
had frequently advertised himself as
a brave mar and now he had to make
good. Showing his hoofs in a pair
of slippers, he cautiously went down
stairs. struck a match to light the
gas in the dining-room and then hast
lily fitted back again.
exclaimed, There has been somebody
in this houses One of the dining
room windows is wide open, and
-
II told yet so!" was the trium-
plant interruption of Bessie. THE
next time you viii believe what /
say, Did they get anything"
don't know yet, answered Bill
ly, trying TO calm his palpitating
heart. Here's my watch all right,
and here are your rings. He
Where is vol pocketbook?"
quegied WHEY satisfying herself that
her jewelry was safe.
1T is in the pocket of my trou-
sers," replied Billy. making a divha
TOT Tue garment 1 IOTSOt 10 pu%1
it under my pillow and-Holy
smoke! Its gone!"
Gomez" cried Bessie, with a
startled expression. How much
money was there in III"
Twenty-Five dollars!" answered
Billy, pathetieally, besides a check
TWENTY-FIVE dollars!' exclaimed
the lady, with a large glare at the
old man. Il thought you told me
this morning, when wanted some
money for a hat and gown that
$50 | did, dear" said William,
promptly But | collected a couple
OF bills today and was going to pay
one that owe tomorrow. -
Isn't that your p~oeketbook lying
out in the hall3" asked Bessie, point
ing to q dark object on the floor.
why, SO it Isl" cried Billy, eager
ly springing forward and picking up
the wallet. "But-but the money